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Union Calendar No. 99 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2685 

[Report No. 114–139] 

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 5, 2015 

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 

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

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 

purposes. 


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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, for military func6 tions administered by the Department of Defense and for 

7 other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

10 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

11 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

15 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 

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

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

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

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

22 $37,295,571,000. 

23 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

24 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

3 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 

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

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

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

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

9 of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $26,711,323,000. 

10 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

11 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

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

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

19 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Re20 tirement Fund, $12,586,679,000. 

21 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

22 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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


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1 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air 

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

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

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

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

8 $26,226,952,000. 

9 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

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

11 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re12 serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 

13 3038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 

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

15 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

17 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 

18 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au19 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 

20 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

21 Retirement Fund, $4,463,164,000. 

22 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

23 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

24 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re25 serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 


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

2 section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in con3 nection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 

4 of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re5 serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

6 duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 

7 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart8 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

9 $1,866,891,000. 

10 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

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

12 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 

13 Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 

14 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty 

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

16 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

17 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under18 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv19 alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon 

20 leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 

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

22 Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

23 $705,271,000. 


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1 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

2 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

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

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

5 8038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 

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

7 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

9 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 

10 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au11 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 

12 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

13 Retirement Fund, $1,689,333,000. 

14 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

15 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

16 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na17 tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, 

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

19 States Code, or while serving on duty under section 

20 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United 

21 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

23 while undergoing training, or while performing drills or 

24 equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 

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1 ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 

2 Fund, $7,980,413,000. 

3 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

4 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

5 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na6 tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 

7 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 

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

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

10 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

11 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under12 going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

13 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 

14 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 

15 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

16 $3,202,010,000. 

17 TITLE II 

18 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

19 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

20 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

21 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as author22 ized by law, $28,349,761,000: Provided, That not to ex23 ceed $12,478,000 can be used for emergencies and ex24 traordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or 

25 authority of the Secretary of the Army, and payments may 


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1 be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential mili2 tary purposes. 

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

5 for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the 

6 Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $40,548,338,000: 

7 Provided, That not to exceed $15,055,000 can be used for 

8 emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 

9 on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Navy, 

10 and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity 

11 for confidential military purposes. 

12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

13 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

14 for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, 

15 as authorized by law, $5,338,793,000. 

16 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

17 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

19 authorized by law, $36,094,484,000: Provided, That not 

20 to exceed $7,699,000 can be used for emergencies and ex21 traordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or 

22 authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, and payments 

23 may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 

24 military purposes. 


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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, $30,182,187,000: 

7 Provided, That not more than $15,000,000 may be used 

8 for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized 

9 under section 166a of title 10, United States Code: Pro10 vided further, That not to exceed $36,000,000 can be used 

11 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex12 pended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of 

13 Defense, and payments may be made on his certificate of 

14 necessity for confidential military purposes: Provided fur15 ther, That of the funds provided under this heading, not 

16 less than $35,045,000 shall be made available for the Pro17 curement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement 

18 Program, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be avail19 able for centers defined in 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D): Pro20 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated or oth21 erwise made available by this Act may be used to plan 

22 or implement the consolidation of a budget or appropria23 tions liaison office of the Office of the Secretary of De24 fense, the office of the Secretary of a military department, 

25 or the service headquarters of one of the Armed Forces 


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1 into a legislative affairs or legislative liaison office: Pro2 vided further, That $9,031,000, to remain available until 

3 expended, is available only for expenses relating to certain 

4 classified activities, and may be transferred as necessary 

5 by the Secretary of Defense to operation and maintenance 

6 appropriations or research, development, test and evalua7 tion appropriations, to be merged with and to be available 

8 for the same time period as the appropriations to which 

9 transferred: Provided further, That any ceiling on the in10 vestment item unit cost of items that may be purchased 

11 with operation and maintenance funds shall not apply to 

12 the funds described in the preceding proviso: Provided fur13 ther, That the transfer authority provided under this head14 ing is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 

15 elsewhere in this Act. 

16 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

17 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

18 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or19 ganization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; re20 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

21 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re22 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip23 ment; and communications, $2,644,274,000. 


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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

2 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

6 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re7 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip8 ment; and communications, $999,621,000. 

9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

10 RESERVE

11 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

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

16 recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip17 ment; and communications, $276,761,000. 

18 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

19 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

22 repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

23 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re24 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip25 ment; and communications, $2,815,862,000. 


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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL

2 GUARD

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

5 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 

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

10 Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard 

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

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

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

17 equipment (including aircraft), $6,731,119,000. 

18 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

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

21 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 

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

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


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1 modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 

2 equipment, including those furnished from stocks under 

3 the control of agencies of the Department of Defense; 

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

5 authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on 

6 active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 

7 while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 

8 Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the 

9 Chief, National Guard Bureau, $6,605,400,000. 

10 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED

11 FORCES

12 For salaries and expenses necessary for the United 

13 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 

14 $14,078,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used 

15 for official representation purposes. 

16 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For the Department of the Army, $234,829,000, to 

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

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

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

24 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

25 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 


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

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

3 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

4 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

5 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 

6 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

7 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

8 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

9 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au10 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

11 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the Department of the Navy, $300,000,000, to 

14 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec15 retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such 

16 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc17 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 

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

19 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

20 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 

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

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

23 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

24 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

25 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 


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1 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

2 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

3 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

4 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au5 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

6 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the Department of the Air Force, $368,131,000, 

9 to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the 

10 Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that 

11 such funds are required for environmental restoration, re12 duction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of un13 safe buildings and debris of the Department of the Air 

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

15 available by this appropriation to other appropriations 

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

17 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

18 and for the same time period as the appropriations to 

19 which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter20 mination that all or part of the funds transferred from 

21 this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro22 vided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to 

23 this appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer au24 thority provided under this heading is in addition to any 

25 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 


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1 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the Department of Defense, $8,232,000, to re4 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec5 retary of Defense shall, upon determining that such funds 

6 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 

7 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 

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

9 purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro10 priation to other appropriations made available to the De11 partment of Defense, to be merged with and to be avail12 able for the same purposes and for the same time period 

13 as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided fur14 ther, That upon a determination that all or part of the 

15 funds transferred from this appropriation are not nec16 essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

17 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

18 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 

19 heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro20 vided elsewhere in this Act. 

21 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED

22 DEFENSE SITES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For the Department of the Army, $228,717,000, to 

25 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the SecVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:19 Jun 05, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2685.RH H2685

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1 retary of the Army 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 at sites formerly used by the Depart5 ment of Defense, transfer the funds made available by this 

6 appropriation to other appropriations made available to 

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

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

9 period as the appropriations to which transferred: Pro10 vided further, That upon a determination that all or part 

11 of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 

12 necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

13 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

14 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 

15 heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro16 vided elsewhere in this Act. 

17 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

18 For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 

19 Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of 

20 Defense (consisting of the programs provided under sec21 tions 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, 

22 United States Code), $103,266,000, to remain available 

23 until September 30, 2017. 


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1 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT

2 For assistance to the republics of the former Soviet 

3 Union and, with appropriate authorization by the Depart4 ment of Defense and Department of State, to countries 

5 outside of the former Soviet Union, including assistance 

6 provided by contract or by grants, for facilitating the 

7 elimination and the safe and secure transportation and 

8 storage of nuclear, chemical and other weapons; for estab9 lishing programs to prevent the proliferation of weapons, 

10 weapons components, and weapon-related technology and 

11 expertise; for programs relating to the training and sup12 port of defense and military personnel for demilitarization 

13 and protection of weapons, weapons components, and 

14 weapons technology and expertise, and for defense and 

15 military contacts, $358,496,000, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2018. 

17 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE

18 DEVELOPMENT FUND

19 For the Department of Defense Acquisition Work20 force Development Fund, $84,140,000. 

21 TITLE III 

22 PROCUREMENT 

23 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

24 For construction, procurement, production, modifica25 tion, and modernization of aircraft, 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, $5,336,971,000, to remain available 

12 for obligation until September 30, 2018. 

13 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

14 For construction, procurement, production, modifica15 tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including 

16 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 

17 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 

18 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 

19 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 

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

21 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

22 title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap23 pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 

24 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 

25 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 


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1 foregoing purposes, $1,160,482,000, to remain available 

2 for obligation until September 30, 2018. 

3 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT

4 VEHICLES, ARMY

5 For construction, procurement, production, and 

6 modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 

7 equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and acces8 sories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; 

9 expansion of public and private plants, including the land 

10 necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

11 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con12 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 

13 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

14 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

15 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

16 layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 

17 purposes, $1,805,773,000, to remain available for obliga18 tion until September 30, 2018. 

19 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

20 For construction, procurement, production, and 

21 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe22 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub23 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au24 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 

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1 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac2 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap3 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip4 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

5 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor6 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 

7 for the foregoing purposes, $1,007,778,000, to remain 

8 available for obligation until September 30, 2018. 

9 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

10 For construction, procurement, production, and 

11 modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and 

12 non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger 

13 motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and 

14 electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 

15 parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized 

16 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 

17 private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 

18 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

19 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

20 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 

21 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

22 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern23 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 

24 expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 


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1 $5,230,677,000, to remain available for obligation until 

2 September 30, 2018. 

3 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

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

6 ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

7 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ8 ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter9 ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

10 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 

11 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

12 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern13 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

14 $16,871,819,000, to remain available for obligation until 

15 September 30, 2018. 

16 WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

17 For construction, procurement, production, modifica18 tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap19 ons, and related support equipment including spare parts, 

20 and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private 

21 plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 

22 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con23 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 

24 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

25 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 


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1 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

2 layaway, $2,998,541,000, to remain available for obliga3 tion until September 30, 2018. 

4 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE

5 CORPS

6 For construction, procurement, production, and 

7 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe8 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub9 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au10 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 

11 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur12 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac13 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap14 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip15 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

16 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor17 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 

18 for the foregoing purposes, $559,141,000, to remain avail19 able for obligation until September 30, 2018. 

20 SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi23 tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ24 ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli25 ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public 


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1 and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con2 tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, 

3 long lead time components and designs for vessels to be 

4 constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of 

5 public and private plants, including land necessary there6 for, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 

7 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

8 title, as follows: 

9 Carrier Replacement Program, $1,559,977,000; 

10 Carrier Replacement Program (AP-CY), 

11 $874,658,000; 

12 Virginia Class Submarine, $3,346,370,000; 

13 Virginia Class Submarine (AP), 

14 $1,971,840,000; 

15 CVN Refueling Overhaul, $637,588,000; 

16 CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $14,951,000; 

17 DDG–1000 Program, $433,404,000; 

18 DDG–51 Destroyer, $3,012,904,000; 

19 Littoral Combat Ship, $1,347,411,000; 

20 LPD–17, $550,000,000; 

21 Afloat Forward Staging Base, $635,000,000; 

22 LHA Replacement (AP-CY), $277,543,000; 

23 TAO Fleet Oiler, $674,190,000; 

24 Moored Training Ship (AP), $138,200,000; 

25 Ship to Shore Connector, $255,630,000; 


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1 Service Craft, $30,014,000; 

2 YP Craft Maintenance ROH/SLEP, 

3 $21,838,000; 

4 LCAC Service Life Extension Program, 

5 $80,738,000; and 

6 For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 

7 first destination transportation, $601,008,000. 

8 Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Programs, 

9 $389,305,000. 

10 In all: $16,852,569,000, to remain available for obli11 gation until September 30, 2020, of which $389,305,000 

12 shall remain available until September 30, 2016, to fund 

13 completion of prior year shipbuilding programs: Provided, 

14 That amounts made available for prior year shipbuilding 

15 programs may be transferred to and merged with appro16 priations made available for such purposes in prior Acts: 

17 Provided further, That additional obligations may be in18 curred after September 30, 2020, for engineering services, 

19 tests, evaluations, and other such budgeted work that 

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

21 Provided further, That none of the funds provided under 

22 this heading for the construction or conversion of any 

23 naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the United 

24 States shall be expended in foreign facilities for the con25 struction of major components of such vessel: Provided 


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1 further, That none of the funds provided under this head2 ing shall be used for the construction of any naval vessel 

3 in foreign shipyards. 

4 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

5 For procurement, production, and modernization of 

6 support equipment and materials not otherwise provided 

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

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

9 of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expan10 sion of public and private plants, including the land nec11 essary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may 

12 be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 

13 approval of title; and procurement and installation of 

14 equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 

15 private plants; reserve plant and Government and con16 tractor-owned equipment layaway, $6,696,715,000, to re17 main available for obligation until September 30, 2018. 

18 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

19 For expenses necessary for the procurement, manu20 facture, and modification of missiles, armament, military 

21 equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 

22 equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 

23 thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and 

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1 senger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion 

2 of public and private plants, including land necessary 

3 therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac4 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap5 proval of title, $973,084,000, to remain available for obli6 gation until September 30, 2018. 

7 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

8 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

9 aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 

10 specialized ground handling equipment, and training de11 vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

12 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Gov13 ernment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 

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

15 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

16 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

17 thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov18 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 

19 other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes in20 cluding rents and transportation of things, 

21 $14,224,475,000, to remain available for obligation until 

22 September 30, 2018: Provided, That of the funds provided 

23 under this heading for F-35A Joint Strike Fighter air24 frames and contractor furnished equipment, no more than 

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1 frames and associated contractor furnished equipment 

2 may be obligated until the Secretary of Defense certifies 

3 to the congressional defense committees that the Depart4 ment of Defense has accepted Autonomic Logistics Infor5 mation System equipment that meets requirements to sup6 port a declaration of Air Force initial operating capability 

7 for the Joint Strike Fighter. 

8 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

9 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

10 missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 

11 parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equip12 ment, and training devices; expansion of public and pri13 vate plants, Government-owned equipment and installa14 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac15 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

16 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con17 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re18 serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip19 ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore20 going purposes including rents and transportation of 

21 things, $2,334,165,000, to remain available for obligation 

22 until September 30, 2018. 

23 SPACE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

24 For construction, procurement, production, and 

25 modification of spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, 


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1 including spare parts and accessories therefor; ground 

2 handling equipment, and training devices; expansion of 

3 public and private plants, Government-owned equipment 

4 and installation thereof in such plants, erection of struc5 tures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, 

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

7 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

8 title; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 

9 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 

10 foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of 

11 things, $1,935,034,000, to remain available for obligation 

12 until September 30, 2018. 

13 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

14 For construction, procurement, production, and 

15 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe16 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub17 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au18 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 

19 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur20 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac21 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap22 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip23 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

24 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor25 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 


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1 for the foregoing purposes, $253,496,000, to remain avail2 able for obligation until September 30, 2018. 

3 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

4 For procurement and modification of equipment (in5 cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment, 

6 and ground electronic and communication equipment), 

7 and supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not oth8 erwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehi9 cles for replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehi10 cles; and expansion of public and private plants, Govern11 ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 

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

13 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

14 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

15 thereon, prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov16 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

17 $15,098,950,000, to remain available for obligation until 

18 September 30, 2018. 

19 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

20 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart21 ment of Defense (other than the military departments) 

22 necessary for procurement, production, and modification 

23 of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts there24 for, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger 

25 motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public 


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1 and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in 

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

3 for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

4 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

5 thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov6 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

7 $5,143,095,000, to remain available for obligation until 

8 September 30, 2018. 

9 DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES

10 For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant 

11 to sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Produc12 tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2078, 2091, 2092, and 

13 2093), $76,680,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 TITLE IV 

15 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

16 EVALUATION 

17 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

18 ARMY

19 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci20 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ21 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa22 cilities and equipment, $7,372,047,000, to remain avail23 able for obligation until September 30, 2017. 


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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, $17,237,724,000, to remain avail7 able for obligation until September 30, 2017: Provided, 

8 That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are 

9 available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique oper10 ational requirements of the Special Operations Forces. 

11 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

12 AIR FORCE

13 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci14 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ15 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa16 cilities and equipment, $23,163,152,000, to remain avail17 able for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

18 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

19 DEFENSE-WIDE

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart22 ment of Defense (other than the military departments), 

23 necessary for basic and applied scientific research, devel24 opment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects 

25 as may be designated and determined by the Secretary 


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

2 lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 

3 $18,207,171,000, to remain available for obligation until 

4 September 30, 2017: Provided, That of the funds made 

5 available in this paragraph, $250,000,000 for the Defense 

6 Rapid Innovation Program shall only be available for ex7 penses, not otherwise provided for, to include program 

8 management and oversight, to conduct research, develop9 ment, test and evaluation to include proof of concept dem10 onstration; engineering, testing, and validation; and tran11 sition to full-scale production: Provided further, That the 

12 Secretary of Defense may transfer funds provided herein 

13 for the Defense Rapid Innovation Program to appropria14 tions for research, development, test and evaluation to ac15 complish the purpose provided herein: Provided further, 

16 That this transfer authority is in addition to any other 

17 transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: 

18 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not 

19 fewer than 30 days prior to making transfers from this 

20 appropriation, notify the congressional defense committees 

21 in writing of the details of any such transfer. 

22 OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

23 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

24 for the independent activities of the Director, Operational 

25 Test and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of 


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1 operational test and evaluation, including initial oper2 ational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, 

3 and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 

4 testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 

5 connection therewith, $170,558,000, to remain available 

6 for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

7 TITLE V 

8 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

9 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

10 For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 

11 $1,634,568,000. 

12 NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND

13 For National Defense Sealift Fund programs, 

14 projects, and activities, and for expenses of the National 

15 Defense Reserve Fleet, as established by section 11 of the 

16 Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. App. 1744), 

17 and for the necessary expenses to maintain and preserve 

18 a U.S.-flag merchant fleet to serve the national security 

19 needs of the United States, $474,164,000, to remain avail20 able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds pro21 vided in this paragraph shall be used to award a new con22 tract that provides for the acquisition of any of the fol23 lowing major components unless such components are 

24 manufactured in the United States: auxiliary equipment, 

25 including pumps, for all shipboard services; propulsion 


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1 system components (engines, reduction gears, and propel2 lers); shipboard cranes; and spreaders for shipboard 

3 cranes: Provided further, That the exercise of an option 

4 in a contract awarded through the obligation of previously 

5 appropriated funds shall not be considered to be the award 

6 of a new contract: Provided further, That none of the 

7 funds provided in this paragraph shall be used to award 

8 a new contract for the construction, acquisition, or conver9 sion of vessels, including procurement of critical, long lead 

10 time components and designs for vessels to be constructed 

11 or converted in the future: Provided further, That the Sec12 retary of the military department responsible for such pro13 curement may waive the restrictions in the first proviso 

14 on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the 

15 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent16 atives and the Senate that adequate domestic supplies are 

17 not available to meet Department of Defense requirements 

18 on a timely basis and that such an acquisition must be 

19 made in order to acquire capability for national security 

20 purposes. 

21 TITLE VI 

22 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

23 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

24 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 

25 and health care programs of the Department of Defense 


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1 as authorized by law, $31,440,009,000; of which 

2 $29,489,521,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, 

3 of which not to exceed one percent shall remain available 

4 for obligation until September 30, 2017, and of which up 

5 to $13,972,542,000 may be available for contracts entered 

6 into under the TRICARE program; of which 

7 $373,287,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep8 tember 30, 2018, shall be for procurement; and of which 

9 $1,577,201,000, to remain available for obligation until 

10 September 30, 2017, shall be for research, development, 

11 test and evaluation: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

12 other provision of law, of the amount made available under 

13 this heading for research, development, test and evalua14 tion, not less than $8,000,000 shall be available for HIV 

15 prevention educational activities undertaken in connection 

16 with United States military training, exercises, and hu17 manitarian assistance activities conducted primarily in Af18 rican nations: Provided further, That of the funds provided 

19 under this heading for research, development, test and 

20 evaluation, not less than $597,100,000 shall be made 

21 available to the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel 

22 Command to carry out the congressionally directed med23 ical research programs. 


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1 CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 

2 DEFENSE

3 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

4 for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal 

5 chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the pro6 visions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Au7 thorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the de8 struction of other chemical warfare materials that are not 

9 in the chemical weapon stockpile, $720,721,000, of which 

10 $139,098,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 

11 which no less than $50,743,000 shall be for the Chemical 

12 Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of 

13 $21,289,000 for activities on military installations and 

14 $29,454,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2017, to assist State and local governments; $2,281,000 

16 shall be for procurement, to remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 2018, of which $2,281,000 shall be for the 

18 Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program to 

19 assist State and local governments; and $579,342,000, to 

20 remain available until September 30, 2017, shall be for 

21 research, development, test and evaluation, of which 

22 $569,339,000 shall only be for the Assembled Chemical 

23 Weapons Alternatives program. 


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1 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

2 DEFENSE

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 

5 the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 

6 available to the Department of Defense for military per7 sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi8 sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper9 ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 

10 development, test and evaluation, $878,298,000, of which 

11 $616,811,000 shall be for counter-narcotics support; 

12 $113,589,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction pro13 gram; and $147,898,000 shall be for the National Guard 

14 counter-drug program: Provided, That the funds appro15 priated under this heading shall be available for obligation 

16 for the same time period and for the same purpose as the 

17 appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That 

18 upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans19 ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 

20 purposes provided herein, such amounts may be trans21 ferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, That 

22 the transfer authority provided under this heading is in 

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1 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For expenses and activities of the Office of the In3 spector General in carrying out the provisions of the In4 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, $316,159,000, 

5 of which $314,059,000, shall be for operation and mainte6 nance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for 

7 emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended on 

8 the approval or authority of the Inspector General, and 

9 payments may be made on the Inspector General’s certifi10 cate of necessity for confidential military purposes; and 

11 of which $2,100,000, to remain available until September 

12 30, 2017, shall be for research, development, test and eval13 uation. 

14 TITLE VII 

15 RELATED AGENCIES 

16 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND

17 DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND

18 For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Re19 tirement and Disability System Fund, to maintain the 

20 proper funding level for continuing the operation of the 

21 Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 

22 System, $514,000,000. 

23 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

24 For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu25 nity Management Account, $507,923,000. 


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1 TITLE VIII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained 

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 

14 employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is 

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

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

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

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

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

24 not apply to foreign national employees of the Department 

25 of Defense in the Republic of Turkey. 


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1 SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained 

2 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

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

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

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

9 duty training of reserve components or summer camp 

10 training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 

11 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of 

13 Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter14 est, he may, with the approval of the Office of Manage15 ment and Budget, transfer not to exceed $4,500,000,000 

16 of working capital funds of the Department of Defense 

17 or funds made available in this Act to the Department 

18 of Defense for military functions (except military con19 struction) between such appropriations or funds or any 

20 subdivision thereof, to be merged with and to be available 

21 for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as 

22 the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided, 

23 That such authority to transfer may not be used unless 

24 for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military re25 quirements, than those for which originally appropriated 


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1 and in no case where the item for which funds are re2 quested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, 

3 That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress 

4 promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority 

5 or any other authority in this Act: Provided further, That 

6 no part of the funds in this Act shall be available to pre7 pare or present a request to the Committees on Appropria8 tions for reprogramming of funds, unless for higher pri9 ority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, 

10 than those for which originally appropriated and in no 

11 case where the item for which reprogramming is requested 

12 has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, That 

13 a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using au14 thority provided in this section shall be made prior to June 

15 30, 2016: Provided further, That transfers among military 

16 personnel appropriations shall not be taken into account 

17 for purposes of the limitation on the amount of funds that 

18 may be transferred under this section. 

19 SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific pro20 grams, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts 

21 and adjustments to budget activities corresponding to 

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

23 tables titled ‘‘Explanation of Project Level Adjustments’’ 

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1 wise made available in this Act for those programs, 

2 projects, and activities for which the amounts appro3 priated exceed the amounts requested are hereby required 

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

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

6 in the text of this Act. 

7 (b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables de8 scribed in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivi9 sions of appropriations for purposes of section 8005 of this 

10 Act: Provided, That section 8005 shall apply when trans11 fers of the amounts described in subsection (a) occur be12 tween appropriation accounts. 

13 SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enact14 ment of this Act, the Department of Defense shall submit 

15 a report to the congressional defense committees to estab16 lish the baseline for application of reprogramming and 

17 transfer authorities for fiscal year 2016: Provided, That 

18 the report shall include— 

19 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa20 rate column to display the President’s budget re21 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 

22 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

23 fiscal year enacted level; 

24 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro25 priation both by budget activity and program, 


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1 project, and activity as detailed in the Budget Ap2 pendix; and 

3 (3) an identification of items of special congres4 sional interest. 

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

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

7 reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in 

8 subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense 

9 committees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in 

10 writing to the congressional defense committees that such 

11 reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 

12 requirement. 

13 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash bal15 ances in working capital funds of the Department of De16 fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, 

17 United States Code, may be maintained in only such 

18 amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disburse19 ments to be made from such funds: Provided, That trans20 fers may be made between such funds: Provided further, 

21 That transfers may be made between working capital 

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

23 appropriation and the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ ap24 propriation accounts in such amounts as may be deter25 mined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of 


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1 the Office of Management and Budget, except that such 

2 transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense 

3 has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer: Pro4 vided further, that except in amounts equal to the amounts 

5 appropriated to working capital funds in this Act, no obli6 gations may be made against a working capital fund to 

7 procure or increase the value of war reserve material in8 ventory, unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the 

9 Congress prior to any such obligation. 

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

11 be used to initiate a special access program without prior 

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

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

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

16 employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of 

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

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

20 leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic 

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

22 any one year, unless the congressional defense committees 

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1 tiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order 

2 quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to 

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

4 That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

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

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

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

13 present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared 

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

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

16 contract executed after the date of the enactment of this 

17 Act unless in the case of any such contract— 

18 (1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 

19 Congress a budget request for full funding of units 

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

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

23 the contract for which procurement funds are re24 quested in that budget request for production be25 yond advance procurement activities in the fiscal 


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1 year covered by the budget, full funding of procure2 ment of such unit in that fiscal year; 

3 (2) cancellation provisions in the contract do 

4 not include consideration of recurring manufacturing 

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

8 (3) the contract provides that payments to the 

9 contractor under the contract shall not be made in 

10 advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 

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

13 contract. 

14 SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the op15 eration and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are 

16 hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, 

17 United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance 

18 costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code. 

19 Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and 

20 civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations 

21 and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of chap22 ter 20 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga23 tions shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of 

24 title 10, United States Code: Provided, That funds avail25 able for operation and maintenance shall be available for 


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1 providing humanitarian and similar assistance by using 

2 Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific 

3 Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, pursu4 ant to the Compact of Free Association as authorized by 

5 Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon a deter6 mination by the Secretary of the Army that such action 

7 is beneficial for graduate medical education programs con8 ducted at Army medical facilities located in Hawaii, the 

9 Secretary of the Army may authorize the provision of med10 ical services at such facilities and transportation to such 

11 facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for civilian patients 

12 from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North13 ern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated 

14 States of Micronesia, Palau, and Guam. 

15 SEC. 8012. (a) During fiscal year 2016, the civilian 

16 personnel of the Department of Defense may not be man17 aged on the basis of any end-strength, and the manage18 ment of such personnel during that fiscal year shall not 

19 be subject to any constraint or limitation (known as an 

20 end-strength) on the number of such personnel who may 

21 be employed on the last day of such fiscal year. 

22 (b) The fiscal year 2017 budget request for the De23 partment of Defense as well as all justification material 

24 and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2017 

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1 and submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a) and 

2 (b) of this provision were effective with regard to fiscal 

3 year 2017. 

4 (c) As required by section 1107 of the National De5 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 

6 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) civilian personnel at the 

7 Department of Army Science and Technology Reinvention 

8 Laboratories may not be managed on the basis of the 

9 Table of Distribution and Allowances, and the manage10 ment of the workforce strength shall be done in a manner 

11 consistent with the budget available with respect to such 

12 Laboratories. 

13 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply 

14 to military (civilian) technicians. 

15 SEC. 8013. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in17 fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro18 priation matters pending before the Congress. 

19 SEC. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this 

20 Act shall be available for the basic pay and allowances of 

21 any member of the Army participating as a full-time stu22 dent and receiving benefits paid by the Secretary of Vet23 erans Affairs from the Department of Defense Education 

24 Benefits Fund when time spent as a full-time student is 

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1 vided, That this section shall not apply to those members 

2 who have reenlisted with this option prior to October 1, 

3 1987: Provided further, That this section applies only to 

4 active components of the Army. 

5 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act 

7 for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Pro8 gram may be transferred to any other appropriation con9 tained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing 

10 a Mentor-Protege Program developmental assistance 

11 agreement pursuant to section 831 of the National De12 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 

13 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as amended, under the 

14 authority of this provision or any other transfer authority 

15 contained in this Act. 

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

17 available for the purchase by the Department of Defense 

18 (and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard 

19 anchor and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under 

20 unless the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured 

21 in the United States from components which are substan22 tially manufactured in the United States: Provided, That 

23 for the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘manufactured’’ 

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1 ing process): Provided further, That for the purpose of this 

2 section substantially all of the components of anchor and 

3 mooring chain shall be considered to be produced or manu4 factured in the United States if the aggregate cost of the 

5 components produced or manufactured in the United 

6 States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components pro7 duced or manufactured outside the United States: Pro8 vided further, That when adequate domestic supplies are 

9 not available to meet Department of Defense requirements 

10 on a timely basis, the Secretary of the service responsible 

11 for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case12 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 

13 on Appropriations that such an acquisition must be made 

14 in order to acquire capability for national security pur15 poses. 

16 SEC. 8017. None of the funds available to the De17 partment of Defense in the current fiscal year or any fiscal 

18 year hereafter may be used to demilitarize or dispose of 

19 M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, .22 caliber 

20 rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or to demili21 tarize or destroy small arms ammunition or ammunition 

22 components that are not otherwise prohibited from com23 mercial sale under Federal law, unless the small arms am24 munition or ammunition components are certified by the 


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1 Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable or un2 safe for further use. 

3 SEC. 8018. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap4 propriated or made available in this Act shall be used dur5 ing a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an orga6 nization, unit, activity or function of the Department of 

7 Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Pro8 vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re9 striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 

10 to the congressional defense committees that such a relo11 cation is required in the best interest of the Government. 

12 SEC. 8019. Of the funds made available in this Act, 

13 $15,000,000 shall be available for incentive payments au14 thorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 

15 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor 

16 or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract 

17 award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in sec18 tion 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small busi19 ness owned and controlled by an individual or individuals 

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

21 Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes 

22 of being allowed additional compensation under section 

23 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 

24 1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 

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1 appropriated by an Act making appropriations for the De2 partment of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Pro3 vided further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 

4 41, United States Code, this section shall be applicable 

5 to any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or 

6 services, including any contract and any subcontract at 

7 any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or 

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

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

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

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

12 of title 25, United States Code. 

13 SEC. 8020. Funds appropriated by this Act for the 

14 Defense Media Activity shall not be used for any national 

15 or international political or psychological activities. 

16 SEC. 8021. During the current fiscal year, the De17 partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of 

18 not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec19 tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa20 tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government 

21 of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That upon re22 ceipt, such contributions from the Government of Kuwait 

23 shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which in24 curred such obligations. 


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1 SEC. 8022. (a) Of the funds made available in this 

2 Act, not less than $39,500,000 shall be available for the 

3 Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 

4 (1) $27,400,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper5 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 

6 Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 

7 readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 

8 reduction activities involving youth programs; 

9 (2) $10,400,000 shall be available from ‘‘Air10 craft Procurement, Air Force’’; and 

11 (3) $1,700,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other 

12 Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 

13 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim14 bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 

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

16 local government agencies. 

17 SEC. 8023. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

18 Act are available to establish a new Department of De19 fense (department) federally funded research and develop20 ment center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a 

21 separate entity administrated by an organization man22 aging another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership cor23 poration consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and 

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1 (b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, 

2 Overseers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting 

3 Committee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, 

4 and no paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, except 

5 when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may be com6 pensated for his or her services as a member of such enti7 ty, or as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC in 

8 a fiscal year: Provided, That a member of any such entity 

9 referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed 

10 travel expenses and per diem as authorized under the Fed11 eral Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the per12 formance of membership duties. 

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

14 of the funds available to the department from any source 

15 during fiscal year 2016 may be used by a defense FFRDC, 

16 through a fee or other payment mechanism, for construc17 tion of new buildings, for payment of cost sharing for 

18 projects funded by Government grants, for absorption of 

19 contract overruns, or for certain charitable contributions, 

20 not to include employee participation in community service 

21 and/or development. 

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

23 the funds available to the department during fiscal year 

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1 vided, That of the specific amount referred to previously 

2 in this subsection, not more than 1,125 staff years may 

3 be funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: 

4 Provided further, That this subsection shall not apply to 

5 staff years funded in the National Intelligence Program 

6 (NIP) and the Military Intelligence Program (MIP). 

7 (e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submis8 sion of the department’s fiscal year 2017 budget request, 

9 submit a report presenting the specific amounts of staff 

10 years of technical effort to be allocated for each defense 

11 FFRDC during that fiscal year and the associated budget 

12 estimates. 

13 (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

14 the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs 

15 is hereby reduced by $88,400,000. 

16 SEC. 8024. None of the funds appropriated or made 

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

18 or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned fa19 cility or property under the control of the Department of 

20 Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United 

21 States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement re22 strictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 

23 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 

24 or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications 

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1 That the Secretary of the military department responsible 

2 for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case3 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 

4 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

5 Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available 

6 to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 

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

8 to acquire capability for national security purposes: Pro9 vided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to 

10 contracts which are in being as of the date of the enact11 ment of this Act. 

12 SEC. 8025. For the purposes of this Act, the term 

13 ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed 

14 Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the 

15 Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Sub16 committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 

17 of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the 

18 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa19 tives. 

20 SEC. 8026. During the current fiscal year, the De21 partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot 

22 maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels 

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

7 76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this 

8 section. 

9 SEC. 8027. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after 

10 consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 

11 determines that a foreign country which is party to an 

12 agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the 

13 terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain 

14 types of products produced in the United States that are 

15 covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 

16 rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy Amer17 ican Act with respect to such types of products produced 

18 in that foreign country. 

19 (2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) 

20 is any reciprocal defense procurement memorandum 

21 of understanding, between the United States and a 

22 foreign country pursuant to which the Secretary of 

23 Defense has prospectively waived the Buy American 

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1 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con2 gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense 

3 purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2016. Such 

4 report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items 

5 for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to 

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

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

8 international agreement to which the United States is a 

9 party. 

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

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

12 States Code. 

13 SEC. 8028. During the current fiscal year, amounts 

14 contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 

15 Facility Investment Recovery Account established by sec16 tion 2921(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

17 of 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) shall 

18 be available until expended for the payments specified by 

19 section 2921(c)(2) of that Act. 

20 SEC. 8029. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

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

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

23 tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Da24 kota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 

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1 Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 

2 Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force 

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

4 needs of the Air Force. 

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

6 no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub7 section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 

8 that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation 

9 Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located 

10 in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Da11 kota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any 

12 such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the 

13 housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 

14 of time, as determined by the Secretary. 

15 (c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re16 solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for 

17 housing units under subsection (a) before submitting re18 quests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection 

19 (b). 

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

21 any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list 

22 published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 

23 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 

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1 SEC. 8030. During the current fiscal year, appropria2 tions which are available to the Department of Defense 

3 for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 

4 items having an investment item unit cost of not more 

5 than $250,000. 

6 SEC. 8031. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to— 

8 (1) disestablish, or prepare to disestablish, a 

9 Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program in 

10 accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 

11 Number 1215.08, dated June 26, 2006; or 

12 (2) close, downgrade from host to extension 

13 center, or place on probation a Senior Reserve Offi14 cers’ Training Corps program in accordance with the 

15 information paper of the Department of the Army 

16 titled ‘‘Army Senior Reserve Officers’ Training 

17 Corps (SROTC) Program Review and Criteria’’, 

18 dated January 27, 2014. 

19 SEC. 8032. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 

20 of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 

21 of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the 

22 purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir23 ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur24 ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 

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1 Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 

2 to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund 

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

4 investment item would be chargeable during the current 

5 fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of 

6 Defense for procurement. 

7 (b) The fiscal year 2017 budget request for the De8 partment of Defense as well as all justification material 

9 and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2017 

10 Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and sub11 mitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment 

12 which was classified as an end item and funded in a pro13 curement appropriation contained in this Act shall be 

14 budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2017 procurement 

15 appropriation and not in the supply management business 

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

17 Defense Working Capital Funds. 

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

19 Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall 

20 remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 

21 year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for 

22 Contingencies, which shall remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That funds appropriated, 

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1 during this or any prior or subsequent fiscal year shall 

2 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

3 any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intel4 ligence Agency for advanced research and development ac5 quisition, for agent operations, and for covert action pro6 grams authorized by the President under section 503 of 

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

8 remain available until September 30, 2017. 

9 SEC. 8034. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, funds made available in this Act for the Defense In11 telligence Agency may be used for the design, develop12 ment, and deployment of General Defense Intelligence 

13 Program intelligence communications and intelligence in14 formation systems for the Services, the Unified and Speci15 fied Commands, and the component commands. 

16 SEC. 8035. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart17 ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Main18 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 shall 

19 be made available only for the mitigation of environmental 

20 impacts, including training and technical assistance to 

21 tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in22 formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de23 veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 

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1 SEC. 8036. (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 2410f of title 10, United States Code, wheth13 er the person should be debarred from contracting with 

14 the 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. 8037. None of the funds appropriated by this 

24 Act shall be available for a contract for studies, analysis, 

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1 the basis of an unsolicited proposal unless the head of the 

2 activity responsible for the procurement determines— 

3 (1) as a result of thorough technical evaluation, 

4 only one source is found fully qualified to perform 

5 the proposed work; 

6 (2) the purpose of the contract is to explore an 

7 unsolicited proposal which offers significant sci8 entific or technological promise, represents the prod9 uct of original thinking, and was submitted in con10 fidence by one source; or 

11 (3) the purpose of the contract is to take ad12 vantage of unique and significant industrial accom13 plishment by a specific concern, or to insure that a 

14 new product or idea of a specific concern is given fi15 nancial support: Provided, That this limitation shall 

16 not apply to contracts in an amount of less than 

17 $25,000, contracts related to improvements of equip18 ment that is in development or production, or con19 tracts as to which a civilian official of the Depart20 ment of Defense, who has been confirmed by the 

21 Senate, determines that the award of such contract 

22 is in the interest of the national defense. 

23 SEC. 8038. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 

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

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

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

3 Armed Forces or civilian employee of the depart4 ment who is transferred or reassigned from a head5 quarters activity if the member or employee’s place 

6 of duty remains at the location of that headquarters. 

7 (b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a mili8 tary department may waive the limitations in subsection 

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

10 and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Senate that the grant12 ing of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements 

13 or the financial requirements of the department. 

14 (c) This section does not apply to— 

15 (1) field operating agencies funded within the 

16 National Intelligence Program; 

17 (2) an Army field operating agency established 

18 to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of im19 provised explosive devices, and, as determined by the 

20 Secretary of the Army, other similar threats; 

21 (3) an Army field operating agency established 

22 to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of bio23 metric activities and to integrate common biometric 

24 technologies throughout the Department of Defense; 

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1 (4) an Air Force field operating agency estab2 lished to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs 

3 Program and Mortuary Operations for the Depart4 ment of Defense and authorized Federal entities. 

5 SEC. 8039. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 

6 this Act shall be available to convert to contractor per7 formance an activity or function of the Department of De8 fense that, on or after the date of the enactment of this 

9 Act, is performed by Department of Defense civilian em10 ployees unless— 

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

12 public-private competition that includes a most effi13 cient and cost effective organization plan developed 

14 by such activity or function; 

15 (2) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter16 mines that, over all performance periods stated in 

17 the solicitation of offers for performance of the ac18 tivity or function, the cost of performance of the ac19 tivity or function by a contractor would be less costly 

20 to the Department of Defense by an amount that 

21 equals or exceeds the lesser of— 

22 (A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi23 zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 

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

2 (3) the contractor does not receive an advan3 tage for a proposal that would reduce costs for the 

4 Department of Defense by— 

5 (A) not making an employer-sponsored 

6 health insurance plan available to the workers 

7 who are to be employed in the performance of 

8 that activity or function under the contract; or 

9 (B) offering to such workers an employer10 sponsored health benefits plan that requires the 

11 employer to contribute less towards the pre12 mium or subscription share than the amount 

13 that is paid by the Department of Defense for 

14 health benefits for civilian employees under 

15 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

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

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

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

19 notwithstanding any administrative regulation, require20 ment, or policy to the contrary shall have full authority 

21 to enter into a contract for the performance of any com22 mercial or industrial type function of the Department of 

23 Defense that— 

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1 Wagner-O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, 

2 United States Code); 

3 (B) is planned to be converted to perform4 ance by a qualified nonprofit agency for the 

5 blind or by a qualified nonprofit agency for 

6 other severely handicapped individuals in ac7 cordance with that Act; or 

8 (C) is planned to be converted to perform9 ance by a qualified firm under at least 51 per10 cent ownership by an Indian tribe, as defined in 

11 section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination 

12 and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

13 450b(e)), or a Native Hawaiian Organization, 

14 as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the Small 

15 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 

16 (2) This section shall not apply to depot con17 tracts or contracts for depot maintenance as pro18 vided in sections 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United 

19 States Code. 

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

21 Department of Defense under the authority provided by 

22 this section shall be credited toward any competitive or 

23 outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be es24 tablished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed 

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

2 States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of com3 mercial activities. 

4 (RESCISSIONS)

5 SEC. 8040. Of the funds appropriated in Department 

6 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 

7 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro8 grams in the specified amounts: Provided, That no 

9 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des10 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper11 ations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency re12 quirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 

13 Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

14 Control Act of 1985, as amended: 

15 (1) ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2014/2016, 

16 $40,000,000; 

17 (2) ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2014/2016, 

18 $91,571,000; 

19 (3) ‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2014/2016, 

20 $888,000; 

21 (4) ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2014/ 

22 2016, $2,300,000; 

23 (5) ‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2014/ 

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1 (6) ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force’’, 

2 2014/2016, $12,600,000; 

3 (7) ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2014/ 

4 2016, $14,000,000; 

5 (8) ‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked 

6 Combat Vehicles, Army’’, 2015/2017, $30,000,000; 

7 (9) ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2015/2017, 

8 $30,000,000; 

9 (10) ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2015/2017, 

10 $49,377,000; 

11 (11) ‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2015/ 

12 2017, $15,422,000; 

13 (12) ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and 

14 Marine Corps’’, 2015/2017, $8,906,000; 

15 (13) ‘‘Procurement, Marine Corps’’, 2015/2017, 

16 $88,996,000; 

17 (14) ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2015/ 

18 2017, $108,870,000; 

19 (15) ‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2015/ 

20 2017, $75,000,000; 

21 (16) ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2015/ 

22 2017, $8,000,000; 

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1 (18) ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evalua2 tion, Air Force’’, 2015/2016, $60,271,000. 

3 SEC. 8041. None of the funds available in this Act 

4 may be used to reduce the authorized positions for mili5 tary technicians (dual status) of the Army National 

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

7 Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively 

8 imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on 

9 military technicians (dual status), unless such reductions 

10 are a direct result of a reduction in military force struc11 ture. 

12 SEC. 8042. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex14 pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 

15 of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose. 

16 SEC. 8043. Funds appropriated in this Act for oper17 ation and maintenance of the Military Departments, Com18 batant Commands and Defense Agencies shall be available 

19 for reimbursement of pay, allowances and other expenses 

20 which would otherwise be incurred against appropriations 

21 for the National Guard and Reserve when members of the 

22 National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or coun23 terintelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 

24 Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the 

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1 ligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: 

2 Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation 

3 from established Reserve and National Guard personnel 

4 and training procedures. 

5 SEC. 8044. (a) None of the funds available to the 

6 Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug inter7 diction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to 

8 any other department or agency of the United States ex9 cept as specifically provided in an appropriations law. 

10 (b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel11 ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 

12 counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de13 partment or agency of the United States except as specifi14 cally provided in an appropriations law. 

15 SEC. 8045. None of the funds appropriated by this 

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

17 bearings other than those produced by a domestic source 

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

19 the military department responsible for such procurement 

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

22 the House of Representatives and the Senate, that ade23 quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart24 ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that 

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1 pability for national security purposes: Provided further, 

2 That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of 

3 ‘‘commercial items’’, as defined by section 103 of title 41, 

4 United States Code, except that the restriction shall apply 

5 to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 

6 SEC. 8046. In addition to the amounts appropriated 

7 or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 

8 $44,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 

9 Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the 

10 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter11 est, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts speci12 fied as follows: $20,000,000 to the United Service Organi13 zations and $24,000,000 to the Red Cross. 

14 SEC. 8047. None of the funds in this Act may be 

15 used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manu16 factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of De17 fense certifies to the congressional defense committees 

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

19 capability for national security purposes that is not avail20 able from United States manufacturers. 

21 SEC. 8048. Notwithstanding any other provision in 

22 this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 

23 and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set24 asides may be taken from programs, projects, or activities 

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1 SEC. 8049. None of the funds available to the De2 partment of Defense under this Act shall 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. 8050. 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. 8051. During the current fiscal year, in the case 

24 of an appropriation account of the Department of Defense 

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1 pired or which has closed under the provisions of section 

2 1552 of title 31, United States Code, and which has a 

3 negative unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obliga4 tion or an adjustment of an obligation may be charged 

5 to any current appropriation account for the same purpose 

6 as the expired or closed account if— 

7 (1) the obligation would have been properly 

8 chargeable (except as to amount) to the expired or 

9 closed account before the end of the period of avail10 ability or closing of that account; 

11 (2) the obligation is not otherwise properly 

12 chargeable to any current appropriation account of 

13 the Department of Defense; and 

14 (3) in the case of an expired account, the obli15 gation is not chargeable to a current appropriation 

16 of the Department of Defense under the provisions 

17 of section 1405(b)(8) of the National Defense Au18 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law 

19 101–510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Pro20 vided, That in the case of an expired account, if sub21 sequent review or investigation discloses that there 

22 was not in fact a negative unliquidated or unex23 pended balance in the account, any charge to a cur24 rent account under the authority of this section shall 

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1 count: Provided further, That the total amount 

2 charged to a current appropriation under this sec3 tion may not exceed an amount equal to 1 percent 

4 of the total appropriation for that account. 

5 SEC. 8052. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

6 of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may per7 mit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance 

8 Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-avail9 able, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard 

10 Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for 

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

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

13 credited to funds available for the National Guard Dis14 tance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs 

15 associated with the use of equipment of the project under 

16 that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 

17 purposes without fiscal year limitation. 

18 SEC. 8053. Using funds made available by this Act 

19 or any other Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, pursuant 

20 to a determination under section 2690 of title 10, United 

21 States Code, may implement cost-effective agreements for 

22 required heating facility modernization in the 

23 Kaiserslautern Military Community in the Federal Repub24 lic of Germany: Provided, That in the City of 

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1 such agreements will include the use of United States an2 thracite as the base load energy for municipal district heat 

3 to the United States Defense installations: Provided fur4 ther, That at Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center 

5 and Ramstein Air Base, furnished heat may be obtained 

6 from private, regional or municipal services, if provisions 

7 are included for the consideration of United States coal 

8 as an energy source. 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 8054. Of the funds appropriated in this Act 

11 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense12 wide’’, $20,000,000 shall be for support of high priority 

13 Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program require14 ments and activities, including the training and funding 

15 of personnel: Provided, That the funds are made available 

16 for transfer to the Department of the Army, the Depart17 ment of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force: 

18 Provided further, That funds transferred shall be merged 

19 with and available for the same purposes and for the same 

20 time period as the appropriations to which the funds are 

21 transferred: Provided further, That this transfer authority 

22 is in addition to any other transfer authority provided in 

23 this Act. 

24 SEC. 8055. None of the funds appropriated in title 

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1 ery to military forces for operational training, operational 

2 use or inventory requirements: Provided, That this restric3 tion does not apply to end-items used in development, 

4 prototyping, and test activities preceding and leading to 

5 acceptance for operational use: Provided further, That this 

6 restriction does not apply to programs funded within the 

7 National Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the 

8 Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case9 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 

10 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

11 Senate that it is in the national security interest to do 

12 so. 

13 SEC. 8056. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 

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

15 each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 

16 foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 

17 that the application of the limitation with respect to that 

18 country would invalidate cooperative programs entered 

19 into between the Department of Defense and the foreign 

20 country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 

21 for the procurement of defense items entered into under 

22 section 2531 of title 10, United States Code, and the 

23 country does not discriminate against the same or similar 

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

2 (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on 

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

4 (2) options for the procurement of items that 

5 are exercised after such date under contracts that 

6 are entered into before such date if the option prices 

7 are adjusted for any reason other than the applica8 tion of a waiver granted under subsection (a). 

9 (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re10 garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear11 ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 

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

13 Schedule of the United States and products classified 

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

15 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 

16 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 

17 8211, 8215, and 9404. 

18 SEC. 8057. (a) IN GENERAL.— 

19 (1) None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used for any training, equipment, or 

21 other assistance for a unit of a foreign security force 

22 if the Secretary of Defense has credible information 

23 that the unit has committed a gross violation of 

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1 (2) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

2 with the Secretary of State, shall ensure that prior 

3 to a decision to provide any training, equipment, or 

4 other assistance to a unit of a foreign security force 

5 full consideration is given to any credible informa6 tion available to the Department of State relating to 

7 human rights violations by such unit. 

8 (b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection 

9 (a)(1) shall not apply if the Secretary of Defense, after 

10 consultation with the Secretary of State, determines that 

11 the government of such country has taken all necessary 

12 corrective steps, or if the equipment or other assistance 

13 is necessary to assist in disaster relief operations or other 

14 humanitarian or national security emergencies. 

15 (c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense, after con16 sultation with the Secretary of State, may waive the prohi17 bition in subsection (a)(1) if the Secretary of Defense de18 termines that such waiver is required by extraordinary cir19 cumstances. 

20 (d) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

21 establish, and periodically update, procedures to ensure 

22 that any information in the possession of the Department 

23 of Defense about gross violations of human rights by units 

24 of foreign security forces is shared on a timely basis with 

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1 (e) REPORT.—Not more than 15 days after the appli2 cation of any exception under subsection (b) or the exer3 cise of any waiver under subsection (c), the Secretary of 

4 Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

5 committees a report— 

6 (1) in the case of an exception under subsection 

7 (b), providing notice of the use of the exception and 

8 stating the grounds for the exception; and 

9 (2) in the case of a waiver under subsection (c), 

10 describing the information relating to the gross vio11 lation of human rights; the extraordinary cir12 cumstances that necessitate the waiver; the purpose 

13 and duration of the training, equipment, or other as14 sistance; and the United States forces and the for15 eign security force unit involved. 

16 SEC. 8058. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available by this or other Department of De18 fense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended 

19 for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to 

20 military family housing units of the Department of De21 fense, including areas in such military family housing 

22 units that may be used for the purpose of conducting offi23 cial Department of Defense business. 

24 SEC. 8059. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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1 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense2 Wide’’ for any new start advanced concept technology 

3 demonstration project or joint capability demonstration 

4 project may only be obligated 45 days after a report, in5 cluding a description of the project, the planned acquisi6 tion and transition strategy and its estimated annual and 

7 total cost, has been provided in writing to the congres8 sional defense committees: Provided, That the Secretary 

9 of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case 

10 basis by certifying to the congressional defense committees 

11 that it is in the national interest to do so. 

12 SEC. 8060. The Secretary of Defense shall provide 

13 a classified quarterly report beginning 30 days after enact14 ment of this Act, to the House and Senate Appropriations 

15 Committees, Subcommittees on Defense on certain mat16 ters as directed in the classified annex accompanying this 

17 Act. 

18 SEC. 8061. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 

19 10, United States Code, a Reserve who is a member of 

20 the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard 

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

22 may perform duties in support of the ground-based ele23 ments of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 

24 SEC. 8062. None of the funds provided in this Act 

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1 ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has 

2 a center-fire cartridge and a United States military no3 menclature designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor 

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

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

6 entity performing demilitarization services for the Depart7 ment of Defense under a contract that requires the entity 

8 to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of 

9 Defense that armor piercing projectiles are either: (1) ren10 dered incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; 

11 or (2) used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a con12 tract with the Department of Defense or the manufacture 

13 of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Per14 manent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by 

15 the Department of State. 

16 SEC. 8063. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his des18 ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider19 ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 

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

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

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

23 United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fra24 ternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the 


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1 Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, on 

2 a case-by-case basis. 

3 SEC. 8064. None of the funds appropriated by this 

4 Act shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated 

5 funds activity of the Department of Defense that procures 

6 malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for 

7 resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the 

8 drink) on a military installation located in the United 

9 States unless such malt beverages and wine are procured 

10 within that State, or in the case of the District of Colum11 bia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military 

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

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

14 purchases may be made in any State in which the installa15 tion is located: Provided further, That such local procure16 ment requirements for malt beverages and wine shall 

17 apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military installa18 tions in States which are not contiguous with another 

19 State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other 

20 than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and 

21 the District of Columbia shall be procured from the most 

22 competitive source, price and other factors considered. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 8065. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

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1 $76,611,750 shall remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

3 the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such 

4 funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Pro5 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized 

6 to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition 

7 of real property, construction, personal services, and oper8 ations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this 

9 section: Provided further, That contracts entered into 

10 under the authority of this section may provide for such 

11 indemnification as the Secretary determines to be nec12 essary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 

13 section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and 

14 local law to the maximum extent consistent with the na15 tional security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 

16 SEC. 8066. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

17 or any other Act may be used to take any action to mod18 ify— 

19 (1) the appropriations account structure for the 

20 National Intelligence Program budget, including 

21 through the creation of a new appropriation or new 

22 appropriation account; 

23 (2) how the National Intelligence Program 

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1 R–1, and O–1 documents supporting the Depart2 ment of Defense budget request; 

3 (3) the process by which the National Intel4 ligence Program appropriations are apportioned to 

5 the executing agencies; or 

6 (4) the process by which the National Intel7 ligence Program appropriations are allotted, obli8 gated and disbursed. 

9 (b) Nothing in section (a) shall be construed to pro10 hibit the merger of programs or changes to the National 

11 Intelligence Program budget at or below the Expenditure 

12 Center level, provided such change is otherwise in accord13 ance with paragraphs (a)(1)-(3). 

14 (c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec15 retary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of 

16 achieving auditable financial statements and improving 

17 fiscal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for 

18 alternative financial management processes. Such study 

19 shall include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk as20 sessment to ensure that none of the alternative processes 

21 will adversely affect counterintelligence. 

22 (d) Upon development of the detailed proposals de23 fined under subsection (c), the Director of National Intel24 ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall— 


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1 (1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af2 fected agencies; 

3 (2) receive certification from all affected agen4 cies attesting that the proposed alternatives will help 

5 achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and 

6 will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and 

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

8 necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present 

9 the proposed alternatives and certifications to the 

10 congressional defense and intelligence committees. 

11 (e) This section shall not be construed to alter or af12 fect the application of section 1623 of the National De13 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 to the 

14 amounts made available by this Act. 

15 SEC. 8067. In addition to amounts provided else16 where in this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to 

17 the Department of Defense, to remain available for obliga18 tion until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

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

20 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter21 est, these funds shall be available only for a grant to the 

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

23 and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the 

24 needs of military family members when confronted with 


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1 the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military bene2 ficiary. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 8068. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

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

6 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense7 Wide’’, $487,595,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative 

8 Programs: Provided, That of this amount, $55,000,000 

9 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov10 ernment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 

11 defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, sub12 ject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agree13 ment, as amended; $286,526,000 shall be for the Short 

14 Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, in15 cluding cruise missile defense research and development 

16 under the SRBMD program, of which $15,000,000 shall 

17 be for production activities of SRBMD missiles in the 

18 United States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense re19 quirements consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, 

20 and procedures; $89,550,000 shall be for an upper-tier 

21 component to the Israeli Missile Defense Architecture; and 

22 $56,519,000 shall be for the Arrow System Improvement 

23 Program including development of a long range, ground 

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1 siles and missile components may be transferred to appro2 priations available for the procurement of weapons and 

3 equipment, to be merged with and to be available for the 

4 same time period and the same purposes as the appropria5 tion to which transferred: Provided further, That the 

6 transfer authority provided under this provision is in addi7 tion to any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

11 $389,305,000 shall be available until September 30, 2016, 

12 to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases: Provided, 

13 That upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

14 Navy shall transfer funds to the following appropriations 

15 in the amounts specified: Provided further, That the 

16 amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available 

17 for the same purposes as the appropriations to which 

18 transferred to: 

19 (1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con20 version, Navy’’, 2008/2016: Carrier Replacement 

21 Program $123,760,000; 

22 (2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con23 version, Navy’’, 2009/2016: LPD–17 Amphibious 

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1 (3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con2 version, Navy’’, 2012/2016: CVN Refueling Over3 hauls Program $20,029,000; 

4 (4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con5 version, Navy’’, 2012/2016: DDG–51 Destroyer 

6 $75,014,000; 

7 (5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con8 version, Navy’’, 2012/2016: Littoral Combat Ship 

9 $82,674,000; 

10 (6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con11 version, Navy’’, 2012/2016: Amphibious Transport 

12 Dock Program $38,733,000; 

13 (7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con14 version, Navy’’, 2012/2016: Joint High Speed Vessel 

15 $22,597,000; and 

16 (8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con17 version, Navy’’, 2013/2016: Joint High Speed Vessel 

18 $3,638,000. 

19 SEC. 8070. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

20 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel21 ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 

22 by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na23 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal 

24 year 2016 until the enactment of the Intelligence Author25 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2016. 


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1 SEC. 8071. None of the funds provided in this Act 

2 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

3 reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new 

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

5 or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest 

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

8 SEC. 8072. The budget of the President for fiscal 

9 year 2017 submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 

10 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall include sepa11 rate budget justification documents for costs of United 

12 States Armed Forces’ participation in contingency oper13 ations for the Military Personnel accounts, the Operation 

14 and Maintenance accounts, the Procurement accounts, 

15 and the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation ac16 counts: Provided, That these documents shall include a de17 scription of the funding requested for each contingency op18 eration, for each military service, to include all Active and 

19 Reserve components, and for each appropriations account: 

20 Provided further, That these documents shall include esti21 mated costs for each element of expense or object class, 

22 a reconciliation of increases and decreases for each contin23 gency operation, and programmatic data including, but 

24 not limited to, troop strength for each Active and Reserve 

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1 deployed in support of each contingency: Provided further, 

2 That these documents shall include budget exhibits OP– 

3 5 and OP–32 (as defined in the Department of Defense 

4 Financial Management Regulation) for all contingency op5 erations for the budget year and the two preceding fiscal 

6 years. 

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

8 used for research, development, test, evaluation, procure9 ment or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a 

10 missile defense system. 

11 SEC. 8074. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 this Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign ex13 change rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act 

14 is hereby reduced by $1,152,206,000. 

15 SEC. 8075. None of the funds appropriated or made 

16 available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish 

17 the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad18 ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce 

19 the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the 

20 levels funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force 

21 shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to 

22 perform other missions in support of national defense re23 quirements during the non-hurricane season. 

24 SEC. 8076. None of the funds provided in this Act 

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1 formation unless the information has been lawfully col2 lected and processed during the conduct of authorized for3 eign intelligence activities: Provided, That information 

4 pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled 

5 in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth 

6 Amendment of the United States Constitution as imple7 mented through Executive Order No. 12333. 

8 SEC. 8077. (a) At the time members of reserve com9 ponents of the Armed Forces are called or ordered to ac10 tive duty under section 12302(a) of title 10, United States 

11 Code, each member shall be notified in writing of the ex12 pected period during which the member will be mobilized. 

13 (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the require14 ments of subsection (a) in any case in which the Secretary 

15 determines that it is necessary to do so to respond to a 

16 national security emergency or to meet dire operational 

17 requirements of the Armed Forces. 

18 SEC. 8078. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 

19 this Act may be used to transfer research and develop20 ment, acquisition, or other program authority relating to 

21 current tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (TUAVs) from 

22 the Army. 

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1 fense in matters relating to the employment of unmanned 

2 aerial vehicles. 

3 SEC. 8079. Up to $15,000,000 of the funds appro4 priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

5 Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Re6 gional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the 

7 Pacific Command to execute Theater Security Cooperation 

8 activities such as humanitarian assistance, and payment 

9 of incremental and personnel costs of training and exer10 cising with foreign security forces: Provided, That funds 

11 made available for this purpose may be used, notwith12 standing any other funding authorities for humanitarian 

13 assistance, security assistance or combined exercise ex14 penses: Provided further, That funds may not be obligated 

15 to provide assistance to any foreign country that is other16 wise prohibited from receiving such type of assistance 

17 under any other provision of law. 

18 SEC. 8080. None of the funds appropriated by this 

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

20 Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond 

21 the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for 

22 research and technology, which shall remain available until 

23 September 30, 2017. 

24 SEC. 8081. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 

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

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

3 purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship4 building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 

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

6 to the total amount of the appropriation. 

7 SEC. 8082. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 

8 of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel9 ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel10 ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 

11 of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 

12 2016: Provided, That the report shall include— 

13 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa14 rate column to display the President’s budget re15 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 

16 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

17 fiscal year enacted level; 

18 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro19 priation by Expenditure Center and project; and 

20 (3) an identification of items of special congres21 sional interest. 

22 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel23 ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re24 programming or transfer until the report identified in sub25 section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 


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1 committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence 

2 certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence com3 mittees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary 

4 as an emergency requirement. 

5 SEC. 8083. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to eliminate, restructure, or realign Army 

7 Contracting Command–New Jersey or make dispropor8 tionate personnel reductions at any Army Contracting 

9 Command–New Jersey sites without 30-day prior notifica10 tion to the congressional defense committees. 

11 SEC. 8084. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 

13 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

14 Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456), or 

15 peacekeeping operations for the countries designated an16 nually to be in violation of the standards of the Child Sol17 diers Prevention Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 22 

18 U.S.C. 2370c-1) may be used to support any military 

19 training or operation that includes child soldiers, as de20 fined by the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, unless 

21 such assistance is otherwise permitted under section 404 

22 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 8085. Of the funds appropriated in the Intel25 ligence Community Management Account for the Program 


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1 Manager for the Information Sharing Environment, 

2 $20,000,000 is available for transfer by the Director of 

3 National Intelligence to other departments and agencies 

4 for purposes of Government-wide information sharing ac5 tivities: Provided, That funds transferred under this provi6 sion are to be merged with and available for the same pur7 poses and time period as the appropriation to which trans8 ferred: Provided further, That the Office of Management 

9 and Budget must approve any transfers made under this 

10 provision. 

11 SEC. 8086. (a) None of the funds provided for the 

12 National Intelligence Program in this or any prior appro13 priations Act shall be available for obligation or expendi14 ture through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in ac15 cordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 

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

17 (1) creates a new start effort; 

18 (2) terminates a program with appropriated 

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

20 (3) transfers funding into or out of the Na21 tional Intelligence Program; or 

22 (4) transfers funding between appropriations, unless 

23 the congressional intelligence committees are notified 30 

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1 tification period may be reduced for urgent national secu2 rity requirements. 

3 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel4 ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 

5 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

6 reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with 

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

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

9 decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex ac10 companying the Act unless the congressional intelligence 

11 committees are notified 30 days in advance of such re12 programming of funds; this notification period may be re13 duced for urgent national security requirements. 

14 SEC. 8087. The Director of National Intelligence 

15 shall submit to Congress each year, at or about the time 

16 that the President’s budget is submitted to Congress that 

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

18 Code, a future-years intelligence program (including asso19 ciated annexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures and 

20 proposed appropriations included in that budget. Any such 

21 future-years intelligence program shall cover the fiscal 

22 year with respect to which the budget is submitted and 

23 at least the four succeeding fiscal years. 

24 SEC. 8088. For the purposes of this Act, the term 

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1 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

2 Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

3 the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com4 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 

5 and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 

6 Appropriations of the Senate. 

7 SEC. 8089. The Department of Defense shall con8 tinue to report incremental contingency operations costs 

9 for Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Freedom’s Sen10 tinel, and any named successor operations, on a monthly 

11 basis and any other operation designated and identified 

12 by the Secretary of Defense for the purposes of section 

13 127a of title 10, United States Code, on a semi-annual 

14 basis in the Cost of War Execution Report as prescribed 

15 in the Department of Defense Financial Management 

16 Regulation Department of Defense Instruction 7000.14, 

17 Volume 12, Chapter 23 ‘‘Contingency Operations’’, Annex 

18 1, dated September 2005. 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 8090. During the current fiscal year, not to ex21 ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made 

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

23 Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Oper24 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by 

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1 tablished for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to sec2 tion 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 8091. Funds appropriated by this Act may be 

5 available for the purpose of making remittances and trans6 fers to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development 

7 Fund in accordance with section 1705 of title 10, United 

8 States Code. 

9 SEC. 8092. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 

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

11 (c), post on the public Web site of that agency any report 

12 required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

13 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen14 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

15 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

16 (1) the public posting of the report com17 promises national security; or 

18 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

19 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

20 do so only after such report has been made available to 

21 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

22 no less than 45 days. 

23 SEC. 8093. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

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1 any Federal contract for an amount in excess of 

2 $1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to— 

3 (1) enter into any agreement with any of its 

4 employees or independent contractors that requires, 

5 as a condition of employment, that the employee or 

6 independent contractor agree to resolve through ar7 bitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 

8 Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 

9 out of sexual assault or harassment, including as10 sault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional 

11 distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, su12 pervision, or retention; or 

13 (2) take any action to enforce any provision of 

14 an existing agreement with an employee or inde15 pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 

16 or independent contractor resolve through arbitra17 tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 

18 of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sex19 ual assault or harassment, including assault and 

20 battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, 

21 false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, 

22 or retention. 

23 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

24 made available by this Act may be expended for any Fed25 eral contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires 


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1 each covered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and 

2 not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any 

3 agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub4 section (a), with respect to any employee or independent 

5 contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 

6 For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcon7 tractor’’ is an entity that has a subcontract in excess of 

8 $1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a). 

9 (c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 

10 respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements 

11 with employees or independent contractors that may not 

12 be enforced in a court of the United States. 

13 (d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica14 tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 

15 subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 

16 subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per17 sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 

18 harm to national security interests of the United States, 

19 and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 

20 longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina21 tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 

22 waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, 

23 and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 

24 waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not 

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1 States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Con2 gress, and simultaneously make public, any determination 

3 under this subsection not less than 15 business days be4 fore the contract or subcontract addressed in the deter5 mination may be awarded. 

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 8094. From within the funds appropriated for 

8 operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Pro9 gram in this Act, up to $121,000,000, shall be available 

10 for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Depart11 ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

12 Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 

13 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

14 2010, Public Law 111–84: Provided, That for purposes 

15 of section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are oper16 ations of the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal 

17 Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet18 erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 

19 Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 

20 Federal medical facility as described by section 706 of 

21 Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That additional 

22 funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for op23 eration and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 

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1 written notification by the Secretary of Defense to the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent3 atives and the Senate. 

4 SEC. 8095. The Office of the Director of National 

5 Intelligence shall not employ more senior executive em6 ployees than are specified in the classified annex. 

7 SEC. 8096. Appropriations available to the Depart8 ment of Defense may be used for the purchase of heavy 

9 and light armored vehicles for the physical security of per10 sonnel or for force protection purposes up to a limit of 

11 $450,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other limi12 tations applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying 

13 vehicles. 

14 SEC. 8097. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 

16 used by the Department of Defense or a component there17 of in contravention of sections 1661, 1662, or 1663 of the 

18 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016. 

19 SEC. 8098. The Secretary of Defense shall report 

20 quarterly the numbers of civilian personnel end strength 

21 by appropriation account for each and every appropriation 

22 account used to finance Federal civilian personnel salaries 

23 to the congressional defense committees within 15 days 

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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8099. Upon a determination by the Director of 

3 National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 

4 the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 

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

6 exceed $1,000,000,000 of the funds made available in this 

7 Act for the National Intelligence Program: Provided, That 

8 such authority to transfer may not be used unless for 

9 higher priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence re10 quirements, than those for which originally appropriated 

11 and in no case where the item for which funds are re12 quested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, 

13 That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds 

14 using authority provided in this section shall be made 

15 prior to June 30, 2016. 

16 SEC. 8100. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

18 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 

19 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

20 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

21 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

22 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

23 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

24 at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

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1 SEC. 8101. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

2 otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be 

3 used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the 

4 United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 

5 individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 

6 detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the ef7 fective control of the Department of Defense. 

8 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

9 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

10 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

11 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

12 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

13 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

14 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

15 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

16 and 

17 (2) is— 

18 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

19 control of the Department of Defense; or 

20 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

21 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

22 SEC. 8102. 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 

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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 1035 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

4 Fiscal Year 2014. 

5 SEC. 8103. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Res7 olution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 

8 SEC. 8104. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used by the Department of Defense or any 

10 other Federal agency to lease or purchase new light duty 

11 vehicles, for any executive fleet, or for any agency’s fleet 

12 inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memo13 randum-Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. 

14 SEC. 8105. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

15 otherwise made available by this or any other Act may 

16 be used by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official 

17 or officer of the Department of Defense, to enter into a 

18 contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 

19 agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan 

20 or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary 

21 of Rosoboronexport. 

22 (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limita23 tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with 

24 the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intel25 ligence, determines that it is in the vital national security 


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1 interest of the United States to do so, and certifies in writ2 ing to the congressional defense committees that, to the 

3 best of the Secretary’s knowledge: 

4 (1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of 

5 lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 

6 existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern7 ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 

8 (2) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 

9 have withdrawn from Crimea, other than armed 

10 forces present on military bases subject to agree11 ments in force between the Government of the Rus12 sian Federation and the Government of Ukraine; 

13 and 

14 (3) agents of the Russian Federation have 

15 ceased taking active measures to destabilize the con16 trol of the Government of Ukraine over eastern 

17 Ukraine. 

18 (c) The Inspector General of the Department of De19 fense shall conduct a review of any action involving 

20 Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the 

21 Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not 

22 later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver 

23 is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector Gen24 eral shall submit to the congressional defense committees 


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1 a report containing the results of the review conducted 

2 with respect to such waiver. 

3 SEC. 8106. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used for the purchase or manufacture of a 

5 flag of the United States unless such flags are treated as 

6 covered items under section 2533a(b) of title 10, United 

7 States Code. 

8 SEC. 8107. None of the funds appropriated in this 

9 or any other Act may be obligated or expended by the 

10 United States Government for the direct personal benefit 

11 of the President of Afghanistan. 

12 SEC. 8108. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act 

13 for the Department of Defense, amounts may be made 

14 available, under such regulations as the Secretary of De15 fense may prescribe, to local military commanders ap16 pointed by the Secretary, or by an officer or employee des17 ignated by the Secretary, to provide at their discretion ex 

18 gratia payments in amounts consistent with subsection (d) 

19 of this section for damage, personal injury, or death that 

20 is incident to combat operations of the Armed Forces in 

21 a foreign country. 

22 (b) An ex gratia payment under this section may be 

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1 (1) the prospective foreign civilian recipient is 

2 determined by the local military commander to be 

3 friendly to the United States; 

4 (2) a claim for damages would not be compen5 sable under chapter 163 of title 10, United States 

6 Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Foreign Claims 

7 Act’’); and 

8 (3) the property damage, personal injury, or 

9 death was not caused by action by an enemy. 

10 (c) NATURE OF PAYMENTS.—Any payments provided 

11 under a program under subsection (a) shall not be consid12 ered an admission or acknowledgement of any legal obliga13 tion to compensate for any damage, personal injury, or 

14 death. 

15 (d) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary of De16 fense determines a program under subsection (a) to be ap17 propriate in a particular setting, the amounts of pay18 ments, if any, to be provided to civilians determined to 

19 have suffered harm incident to combat operations of the 

20 Armed Forces under the program should be determined 

21 pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary and 

22 based on an assessment, which should include such factors 

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1 (e) LEGAL ADVICE.—Local military commanders 

2 shall receive legal advice before making ex gratia pay3 ments under this subsection. The legal advisor, under reg4 ulations of the Department of Defense, shall advise on 

5 whether an ex gratia payment is proper under this section 

6 and applicable Department of Defense regulations. 

7 (f) WRITTEN RECORD.—A written record of any ex 

8 gratia payment offered or denied shall be kept by the local 

9 commander and on a timely basis submitted to the appro10 priate office in the Department of Defense as determined 

11 by the Secretary of Defense. 

12 (g) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall report 

13 to the congressional defense committees on an annual 

14 basis the efficacy of the ex gratia payment program in15 cluding the number of types of cases considered, amounts 

16 offered, the response from ex gratia payment recipients, 

17 and any recommended modifications to the program. 

18 (h) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

19 deemed to provide any new authority to the Secretary of 

20 Defense. 

21 SEC. 8109. None of the funds available in this Act 

22 to the Department of Defense, other than appropriations 

23 made for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades 

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

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1 ployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below the 

2 levels set forth in the report submitted to Congress in ac3 cordance with section 1042 of the National Defense Au4 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 

5 SEC. 8110. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 

6 awards on a public Web site in a searchable format. 

7 SEC. 8111. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to realign forces at Lajes Air Force Base, 

9 Azores, Portugal, until the Secretary of Defense certifies 

10 to the congressional defense committees that the Secretary 

11 of Defense has determined, based on an analysis of oper12 ational requirements, that Lajes Air Force Base is not an 

13 optimal location for the Joint Intelligence Analysis Com14 plex. 

15 SEC. 8112. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to fund the performance of a flight dem17 onstration team at a location outside of the United States: 

18 Provided, That this prohibition applies only if a perform19 ance of a flight demonstration team at a location within 

20 the United States was canceled during the current fiscal 

21 year due to insufficient funding. 

22 SEC. 8113. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 

24 (1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 

25 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 


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1 1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States 

2 person; or 

3 (2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 

4 such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 

5 United States Code) of any electronic communica6 tion of a United States person from a provider of 

7 electronic communication services to the public pur8 suant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur9 veillance Act of 1978. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 8114. In addition to amounts provided else12 where in this Act for basic allowance for housing for mili13 tary personnel, including active duty, reserve and National 

14 Guard personnel, $400,000,000 is hereby appropriated to 

15 the Department of Defense and made available for trans16 fer only to military personnel accounts: Provided, That the 

17 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi18 tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 

19 this Act. 

20 SEC. 8115. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

22 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

23 ratification for the Treaty. 

24 SEC. 8116. None of the funds made available by this 

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1 copters from the Army National Guard to the active Army 

2 in fiscal year 2016: Provided, That the Secretary of the 

3 Army shall ensure the continuing readiness of the AH– 

4 64 Apache aircraft and ensure the training of the crews 

5 of such aircraft during fiscal year 2016, including the allo6 cation of funds for operation and maintenance and per7 sonnel connected with such aircraft: Provided further, 

8 That this section shall continue in effect through the date 

9 of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act 

10 for Fiscal Year 2016. 

11 SEC. 8117. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be obligated for activities authorized under sec13 tion 1208 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Au14 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 112– 

15 81; 125 Stat. 1621) to initiate support for, or expand sup16 port to, foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or individ17 uals unless the congressional defense committees are noti18 fied in accordance with the direction contained in the clas19 sified annex accompanying this Act, not less than 15 days 

20 before initiating such support: Provided, That none of the 

21 funds made available in this Act may be used under such 

22 section 1208 for any activity that is not in support of an 

23 ongoing military operation being conducted by United 

24 States Special Operations Forces to combat terrorism: 

25 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive 


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1 the prohibitions in this section if the Secretary determines 

2 that such waiver is required by extraordinary cir3 cumstances and, by not later than 72 hours after making 

4 such waiver, notifies the congressional defense committees 

5 of such waiver. 

6 SEC. 8118. (a) Within 90 days of enactment of this 

7 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the 

8 congressional defense committees to assess whether the 

9 justification and approval requirements under section 811 

10 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

11 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2405) have, incon12 sistent with the intent of Congress— 

13 (1) negatively impacted the ability of covered 

14 entities to be awarded sole-source contracts with the 

15 Department of Defense greater than $20,000,000; 

16 (2) discouraged agencies from awarding con17 tracts greater than $20,000,000 to covered entities; 

18 and 

19 (3) been misconstrued and/or inconsistently im20 plemented. 

21 (b) The Comptroller General shall analyze and report 

22 to the congressional defense committees on the sufficiency 

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1 ed sole-source contracts with the Department, discouraged 

2 agencies from awarding contracts, or been misconstrued 

3 and/or inconsistently implemented. 

4 SEC. 8119. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of 

6 the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), in7 cluding for the introduction of United States armed forces 

8 into hostilities in Iraq, into situations in Iraq where immi9 nent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the 

10 circumstances, or into Iraqi territory, airspace, or waters 

11 while equipped for combat, in contravention of the con12 gressional consultation and reporting requirements of sec13 tions 3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 

14 1543). 

15 SEC. 8120. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to divest, retire, transfer, or place in stor17 age or on backup aircraft inventory status, or prepare to 

18 divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage or on backup 

19 aircraft inventory status, any A–10 aircraft, or to dises20 tablish any units of the active or reserve component associ21 ated with such aircraft. 

22 SEC. 8121. Of the funds provided for ‘‘Research, De23 velopment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ in this 

24 Act, not less than $2,800,000 shall be used to support 

25 the Department’s activities related to the implementation 


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1 of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (Pub2 lic Law 113–101; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note) and to support 

3 the implementation of a uniform procurement instrument 

4 identifier as described in subpart 4.16 of Title 48, Code 

5 of Federal Regulations, to include changes in business 

6 processes, workforce, or information technology. 

7 SEC. 8122. None of the funds provided in this or any 

8 other Act may be transferred to the National Sea Based 

9 Deterrent Fund established by section 2218a of title 10, 

10 United States Code. 

11 SEC. 8123. None of the funds provided in this Act 

12 for the T-AO(X) program shall be used to award a new 

13 contract that provides for the acquisition of the following 

14 components unless those components are manufactured in 

15 the United States: Auxiliary equipment (including pumps) 

16 for shipboard services; propulsion equipment (including 

17 engines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard 

18 cranes; and spreaders for shipboard cranes. 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 SEC. 8124. In addition to amounts provided else21 where in this Act for military personnel pay, including ac22 tive duty, reserve and National Guard personnel, 

23 $700,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 

24 of Defense and made available for transfer only to military 

25 personnel accounts: Provided, That the transfer authority 


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1 provided under this heading is in addition to any other 

2 transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

3 SEC. 8125. The amounts appropriated in title II of 

4 this Act are hereby reduced by $359,000,000 to reflect 

5 excess cash balances in Department of Defense Working 

6 Capital Funds, as follows: 

7 (1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

8 $138,000,000; 

9 (2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, De10 fense-Wide’’, $221,000,000. 

11 SEC. 8126. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 this Act, to reflect savings due to lower than anticipated 

13 fuel prices, the total amount appropriated in this Act is 

14 hereby reduced by $814,000,000. 

15 SEC. 8127. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to reduce the end strength levels for the 

17 Army National Guard of the United States below the lev18 els specified for the Army National Guard of the United 

19 States in subtitle B of title IV of the National Defense 

20 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113- 

21 291): Provided, That this section shall continue in effect 

22 through the date of enactment of the National Defense 

23 Authorization Act for fiscal year 2016. 

24 SEC. 8128. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used to enforce section 526 of the Energy 


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1 Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110- 

2 140; 42 U.S.C. 17142). 

3 TITLE IX 

4 GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM 

5 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

6 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

8 Army’’, $5,664,570,000: Provided, That such amount is 

9 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op10 erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

15 Navy’’, $1,643,136,000: Provided, That such amount is 

16 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op17 erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

18 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

19 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

22 Marine Corps’’, $555,998,000: Provided, That such 

23 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con24 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 


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1 section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

5 Air Force’’, $2,376,095,000: Provided, That such amount 

6 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

7 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

9 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 

12 Army’’, $24,462,000: Provided, That such amount is des13 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper14 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 

19 Navy’’, $12,693,000: Provided, That such amount is des20 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper21 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

22 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

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1 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 

3 Marine Corps’’, $3,393,000: Provided, That such amount 

4 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

5 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

6 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

7 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

8 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 

10 Air Force’’, $18,710,000: Provided, That such amount is 

11 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op12 erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per17 sonnel, Army’’, $166,015,000: Provided, That such 

18 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con19 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

20 section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

21 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per24 sonnel, Air Force’’, $2,828,000: Provided, That such 

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1 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

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

3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main7 tenance, Army’’, $18,910,604,000: Provided, That such 

8 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con9 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

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

11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main15 tenance, Navy’’, $6,747,313,000: of which up to 

16 $160,002,000 may be transferred to the Coast Guard 

17 ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ account, notwithstanding the pro18 visions of section 2215 of title 10, United States Code: 

19 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

20 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter21 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal22 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

23 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main25 tenance, Marine Corps’’, $1,871,834,000: Provided, That 


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1 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

2 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu3 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

4 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main7 tenance, Air Force’’, $10,799,220,000: Provided, That 

8 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

9 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu10 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

11 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main14 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $7,559,131,000: Provided, That 

15 of the funds provided under this heading, not to exceed 

16 $1,260,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2017, shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating 

18 nations for logistical, military, and other support, includ19 ing access, provided to United States military and stability 

20 operations in Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic 

21 State of Iraq and the Levant: Provided further, That such 

22 reimbursement payments may be made in such amounts 

23 as the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the 

24 Secretary of State, and in consultation with the Director 

25 of the Office of Management and Budget, may determine, 


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1 based on documentation determined by the Secretary of 

2 Defense to adequately account for the support provided, 

3 and such determination is final and conclusive upon the 

4 accounting officers of the United States, and 15 days fol5 lowing notification to the appropriate congressional com6 mittees: Provided further, That these funds may be used 

7 for the purpose of providing specialized training and pro8 curing supplies and specialized equipment and providing 

9 such supplies and loaning such equipment on a non-reim10 bursable basis to coalition forces supporting United States 

11 military and stability operations in Afghanistan and to 

12 counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and 15 

13 days following notification to the appropriate congres14 sional committees: Provided further, That these funds may 

15 be used to support the Government of Jordan, in such 

16 amounts as the Secretary of Defense may determine, to 

17 maintain the ability of the Jordanian armed forces to 

18 maintain security along the border between Jordan and 

19 Syria, upon 15 days prior written notification to the con20 gressional defense committees outlining the amounts reim21 bursed and the nature of the expenses to be reimbursed: 

22 Provided further, That not to exceed $15,000,000 can be 

23 used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex24 pended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of 

25 Defense, and payments may be made on his certificate of 


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1 necessity for confidential military purposes: Provided fur2 ther, That the authority in the preceding proviso may only 

3 be used for emergency and extraordinary expenses associ4 ated with activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq 

5 and the Levant: Provided further, That of the funds pro6 vided under this heading, up to $30,000,000 shall be for 

7 Operation Observant Compass: Provided further, That the 

8 Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 

9 congressional defense committees on the use of funds pro10 vided in this paragraph: Provided further, That such 

11 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con12 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

13 section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main17 tenance, Army Reserve’’, $124,559,000: Provided, That 

18 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

19 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu20 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

21 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main24 tenance, Navy Reserve’’, $34,187,000: Provided, That 

25 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 


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1 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu2 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

3 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

5 RESERVE

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main7 tenance, Marine Corps Reserve’’, $3,455,000: Provided, 

8 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over9 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

10 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

11 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main14 tenance, Air Force Reserve’’, $209,606,000: Provided, 

15 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over16 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

17 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

18 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

19 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL

20 GUARD

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main22 tenance, Army National Guard’’, $160,845,000: Provided, 

23 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over24 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 


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1 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

2 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main5 tenance, Air National Guard’’, $225,350,000: Provided, 

6 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over7 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

8 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

9 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For the ‘‘Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund’’, 

13 $2,060,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2017: Provided, That such funds shall be available to pro15 vide support and assistance to foreign security forces or 

16 other groups or individuals to conduct, support, or facili17 tate counterterrorism and crisis response activities pursu18 ant to section 1534 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

19 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 

20 Fiscal Year 2015: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

21 Defense shall transfer the funds provided herein to other 

22 appropriations provided for in this Act to be merged with 

23 and to be available for the same purposes and subject to 

24 the same authorities and for the same time period as the 

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1 the transfer authority under this heading is in addition 

2 to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this 

3 Act: Provided further, That the funds available under this 

4 heading are available for transfer only to the extent that 

5 the Secretary of Defense submits a prior approval re6 programming request to the congressional defense com7 mittees: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

8 shall comply with the appropriate vetting standards and 

9 procedures established elsewhere in this Act for any recipi10 ent of training, equipment, or other assistance: Provided 

11 further, That the amount provided under this heading is 

12 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op13 erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND

17 For the ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, 

18 $3,762,257,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2017: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 

20 Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other provision 

21 of law, for the purpose of allowing the Commander, Com22 bined Security Transition Command—Afghanistan, or the 

23 Secretary’s designee, to provide assistance, with the con24 currence of the Secretary of State, to the security forces 

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1 plies, services, training, facility and infrastructure repair, 

2 renovation, construction, and funding: Provided further, 

3 That the Secretary of Defense may obligate and expend 

4 funds made available to the Department of Defense in this 

5 title for additional costs associated with existing projects 

6 previously funded with amounts provided under the head7 ing ‘‘Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund’’ in prior Acts: Pro8 vided further, That such costs shall be limited to contract 

9 changes resulting from inflation, market fluctuation, rate 

10 adjustments, and other necessary contract actions to com11 plete existing projects, and associated supervision and ad12 ministration costs and costs for design during construc13 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary may not use 

14 more than $50,000,000 under the authority provided in 

15 this section: Provided further, That the Secretary shall no16 tify in advance such contract changes and adjustments in 

17 annual reports to the congressional defense committees: 

18 Provided further, That the authority to provide assistance 

19 under this heading is in addition to any other authority 

20 to provide assistance to foreign nations: Provided further, 

21 That contributions of funds for the purposes provided 

22 herein from any person, foreign government, or inter23 national organization may be credited to this Fund, to re24 main available until expended, and used for such purposes: 

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1 tify the congressional defense committees in writing upon 

2 the receipt and upon the obligation of any contribution, 

3 delineating the sources and amounts of the funds received 

4 and the specific use of such contributions: Provided fur5 ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 

6 15 days prior to obligating from this appropriation ac7 count, notify the congressional defense committees in writ8 ing of the details of any such obligation: Provided further, 

9 That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congres10 sional defense committees of any proposed new projects 

11 or transfer of funds between budget sub-activity groups 

12 in excess of $20,000,000: Provided further, That the 

13 United States may accept equipment procured using funds 

14 provided under this heading in this or prior Acts that was 

15 transferred to the security forces of Afghanistan and re16 turned by such forces to the United States: Provided fur17 ther, That equipment procured using funds provided under 

18 this heading in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred 

19 to the security forces of Afghanistan or transferred to the 

20 security forces of Afghanistan and returned by such forces 

21 to the United States, may be treated as stocks of the De22 partment of Defense upon written notification to the con23 gressional defense committees: Provided further, That of 

24 the funds provided under this heading, not less than 

25 $10,000,000 shall be for recruitment and retention of 


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1 women in the Afghanistan National Security Forces, and 

2 the recruitment and training of female security personnel: 

3 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 

4 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

5 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

6 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

7 of 1985. 

8 IRAQ TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND

9 For the ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’, 

10 $715,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2017: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 

12 Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 

13 of State, pursuant to section 1236 of the Carl Levin and 

14 Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza15 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 128 

16 Stat. 3558), to provide assistance, including training, 

17 equipment, logistics support, supplies, and services, sti18 pends, infrastructure repair, renovation, and sustainment 

19 to military and other security forces of or associated with 

20 the Government of Iraq, including Kurdish and tribal se21 curity forces or other local security forces, with a national 

22 security mission, to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and 

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1 ted, including at a minimum, assessing such elements for 

2 associations with terrorist groups or groups associated 

3 with the Government of Iran; and receiving commitments 

4 from such elements to promote respect for human rights 

5 and the rule of law: Provided further, That the Secretary 

6 of Defense may accept and retain contributions, including 

7 assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, including 

8 the Government of Iraq, and other entities, to carry out 

9 assistance authorized under this heading: Provided fur10 ther, That contributions of funds for the purposes provided 

11 herein from any foreign government or other entities, may 

12 be credited to this Fund, to remain available until ex13 pended, and used for such purposes: Provided further, 

14 That not more than 25 percent of the funds appropriated 

15 under this heading may be obligated or expended until not 

16 fewer than 15 days after (1) the Secretary of Defense sub17 mits a report to the appropriate congressional committees, 

18 describing the plan for the provision of such training and 

19 assistance and the forces designated to receive such assist20 ance, and (2) the President submits a report to the appro21 priate congressional committees on how assistance pro22 vided under this heading supports a larger regional strat23 egy: Provided further, That of the amount provided under 

24 this heading, not more than 60 percent may be obligated 

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1 which the Secretary of Defense certifies to the appropriate 

2 congressional committees that an amount equal to not less 

3 than 40 percent of the amount provided under this head4 ing has been contributed by other countries and entities 

5 for the purposes for which funds are provided under this 

6 heading, of which at least 50 percent shall have been con7 tributed or provided by the Government of Iraq: Provided 

8 further, That the limitation in the preceding proviso shall 

9 not apply if the Secretary of Defense determines, in writ10 ing, that the national security objectives of the United 

11 States will be compromised by the application of the limi12 tation to such assistance, and notifies the appropriate con13 gressional committees not less than 15 days in advance 

14 of the exemption taking effect, including a justification for 

15 the Secretary’s determination and a description of the as16 sistance to be exempted from the application of such limi17 tation: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

18 may waive a provision of law relating to the acquisition 

19 of items and support services or sections 40 and 40A of 

20 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785) 

21 if the Secretary determines such provisions of law would 

22 prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise limit the provision of 

23 such assistance and a notice of and justification for such 

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1 gressional committees’’ under this heading means the con2 gressional defense committees, the Committees on Appro3 priations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 

4 Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the 

5 House of Representatives: Provided further, That amounts 

6 made available under this heading are designated by the 

7 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

8 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

9 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

10 of 1985. 

11 SYRIA TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND

12 For the ‘‘Syria Train and Equip Fund’’, 

13 $600,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2017: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 

15 Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 

16 of State, to provide assistance, including training, equip17 ment, supplies, stipends, construction of training and as18 sociated facilities, and sustainment, to appropriately vet19 ted elements of the Syrian opposition and other appro20 priately vetted Syrian groups and individuals for the fol21 lowing purposes: defending the Syrian people from attacks 

22 by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and securing 

23 territory controlled by the Syrian opposition; protecting 

24 the United States, its friends and allies, and the Syrian 

25 people from the threats posed by terrorists in Syria; and 


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1 promoting the conditions for a negotiated settlement to 

2 end the conflict in Syria: Provided further, That the Sec3 retary may accept and retain contributions, including as4 sistance in-kind, from foreign governments and other enti5 ties to carry out activities authorized under this heading: 

6 Provided further, That contributions of funds for the pur7 poses provided herein from any foreign government or 

8 other entities may be credited to this Fund, to remain 

9 available until expended and used for such purposes: Pro10 vided further, That the Secretary may provide assistance 

11 to third countries for purposes of the provision of assist12 ance authorized under this heading: Provided further, 

13 That the term ‘‘appropriately vetted’’ shall be construed 

14 to mean, at a minimum, assessments of possible recipients 

15 for associations with terrorist groups including the Islamic 

16 State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Jabhat al Nusrah, 

17 Ahrar al Sham, other al-Qaeda related groups, Hezbollah, 

18 or Shia militias supporting the Governments of Syria or 

19 Iran; and for commitment to the rule of law and a peaceful 

20 and democratic Syria: Provided further, That none of the 

21 funds used pursuant to this authority shall be used for 

22 the procurement or transfer of man-portable air-defense 

23 systems: Provided further, That nothing in this section 

24 shall be construed to constitute a specific statutory au25 thorization for the introduction of the United States 


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1 Armed Forces into hostilities or into situations wherein 

2 hostilities are clearly indicated by the circumstances, in 

3 accordance with section 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Reso4 lution: Provided further, That such amount is designated 

5 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

6 Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

8 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 PROCUREMENT 

10 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 

12 Army’’, $759,073,000, to remain available until Sep13 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is des14 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper15 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 

20 Army’’, $572,735,000, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is des22 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper23 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

24 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

25 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT

2 VEHICLES, ARMY

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Weap4 ons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army’’, $647,630,000, 

5 to remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, 

6 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over7 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

8 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

9 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am12 munition, Army’’, $431,640,000, to remain available until 

13 September 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is des14 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper15 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

20 Army’’, $1,648,312,000, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is des22 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper23 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

24 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

25 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 

3 Navy’’, $722,274,000, to remain available until September 

4 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

5 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

6 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

7 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

8 of 1985. 

9 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE

10 CORPS

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am12 munition, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $105,459,000, to re13 main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 

14 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

15 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu16 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

17 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

20 Navy’’, $12,186,000, to remain available until September 

21 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

22 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

23 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

24 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

25 of 1985. 


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1 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Marine 

3 Corps’’, $234,741,000, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is des5 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper6 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

8 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 

11 Air Force’’, $1,297,726,000, to remain available until 

12 September 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is des13 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper14 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 

19 Air Force’’, $773,638,000, to remain available until Sep20 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is des21 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper22 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

23 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

24 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 SPACE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Space Procurement, 

3 Air Force’’, $452,676,000, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is des5 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper6 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

8 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am11 munition, Air Force’’, $1,673,358,000, to remain available 

12 until September 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount 

13 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

14 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

19 Air Force’’, $7,045,550,000, to remain available until 

20 September 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is des21 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper22 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

23 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

24 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, De3 fense-Wide’’, $217,701,000, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That such amount is des5 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper6 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

8 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT

10 For procurement of covered items for the reserve 

11 components of the Armed Forces, $1,500,000,000, to re12 main available for obligation until September 30, 2017: 

13 Provided, That the Chiefs of National Guard and Reserve 

14 components shall, not later than 30 days after enactment 

15 of this Act, individually submit to the congressional de16 fense committees the modernization priority assessment 

17 for their respective National Guard or Reserve component: 

18 Provided, That for the purposes of this paragraph, the 

19 term ‘‘covered items’’ means items that— (1) are not 

20 major weapon systems, aircraft, or other items central to 

21 the mission of an organization; and (2) are useful for both 

22 missions performed under title 10, United States Code, 

23 and missions performed under title 32, United States 

24 Code, when applicable, including radios, generators, com25 puters, trucks, and other dual-use items: Provided further, 


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1 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over2 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

3 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

4 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 

6 EVALUATION 

7 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

8 ARMY

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop10 ment, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, $1,500,000, to remain 

11 available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That such 

12 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con13 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

14 section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

15 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

17 NAVY

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop19 ment, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’, $217,647,000, to re20 main available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That 

21 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

22 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu23 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

24 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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1 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

2 AIR FORCE

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop4 ment, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’, $1,366,242,000, 

5 to remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, 

6 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over7 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

8 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

9 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

11 DEFENSE-WIDE

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop13 ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, 

14 $199,264,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

16 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

17 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

18 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

19 of 1985. 

20 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

21 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Working 

23 Capital Funds’’, $88,850,000: Provided, That such 

24 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con25 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 


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1 section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

4 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro6 gram’’, $272,704,000, which shall be for operation and 

7 maintenance: Provided, That such amount is designated 

8 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

9 Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

10 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

13 DEFENSE

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and 

15 Counter-Drug Activities, Defense’’, $275,300,000: Pro16 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

17 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter18 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal19 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the ‘‘Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat 

23 Fund’’, $443,271,000, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That such funds shall be avail25 able to the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any 


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1 other provision of law, for the purpose of allowing the Di2 rector of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat 

3 Organization to investigate, develop and provide equip4 ment, supplies, services, training, facilities, personnel and 

5 funds to assist United States forces in the defeat of impro6 vised explosive devices: Provided further, That the Sec7 retary of Defense may transfer funds provided herein to 

8 appropriations for military personnel; operation and main9 tenance; procurement; research, development, test and 

10 evaluation; and defense working capital funds to accom11 plish the purpose provided herein: Provided further, That 

12 this transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer 

13 authority available to the Department of Defense: Pro14 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not 

15 fewer than 15 days prior to making transfers from this 

16 appropriation, notify the congressional defense committees 

17 in writing of the details of any such transfer: Provided 

18 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

19 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter20 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal21 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the In24 spector General’’, $10,262,000: Provided, That such 

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1 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

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

3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 

5 SEC. 9001. Each amount designated in this Act by 

6 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

7 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

8 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

9 of 1985 shall be available only if the President subse10 quently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 

11 designations to the Congress 

12 SEC. 9002. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, funds made available in this title are in addition to 

14 amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the 

15 Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016. 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 9003. Upon the determination of the Secretary 

18 of Defense that such action is necessary in the national 

19 interest, the Secretary may, with the approval of the Of20 fice of Management and Budget, transfer up to 

21 $3,500,000,000 between the appropriations or funds made 

22 available to the Department of Defense in this title: Pro23 vided, That the Secretary shall notify the Congress 

24 promptly of each transfer made pursuant to the authority 

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1 vided in this section is in addition to any other transfer 

2 authority available to the Department of Defense and is 

3 subject to the same terms and conditions as the authority 

4 provided in section 8005 of this Act. 

5 SEC. 9004. Supervision and administration costs and 

6 costs for design during construction associated with a con7 struction project funded with appropriations available for 

8 operation and maintenance or the ‘‘Afghanistan Security 

9 Forces Fund’’ provided in this Act and executed in direct 

10 support of overseas contingency operations in Afghani11 stan, may be obligated at the time a construction contract 

12 is awarded: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, 

13 supervision and administration costs and costs for design 

14 during construction include all in-house Government costs. 

15 SEC. 9005. From funds made available in this title, 

16 the Secretary of Defense may purchase for use by military 

17 and civilian employees of the Department of Defense in 

18 the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility: (a) pas19 senger motor vehicles up to a limit of $75,000 per vehicle; 

20 and (b) heavy and light armored vehicles for the physical 

21 security of personnel or for force protection purposes up 

22 to a limit of $450,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price 

23 or other limitations applicable to the purchase of pas24 senger carrying vehicles. 


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1 SEC. 9006. Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the 

2 amounts appropriated in this title under the heading ‘‘Op3 eration and Maintenance, Army’’ may be used, notwith4 standing any other provision of law, to fund the Com5 mander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP), for the 

6 purpose of enabling military commanders in Afghanistan 

7 to respond to urgent, small-scale, humanitarian relief and 

8 reconstruction requirements within their areas of responsi9 bility: Provided, That each project (including any ancillary 

10 or related elements in connection with such project) exe11 cuted under this authority shall not exceed $2,000,000: 

12 Provided further, That not later than 45 days after the 

13 end of each fiscal year quarter, the Secretary of Defense 

14 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re15 port regarding the source of funds and the allocation and 

16 use of funds during that quarter that were made available 

17 pursuant to the authority provided in this section or under 

18 any other provision of law for the purposes described here19 in: Provided further, That, not later than 30 days after 

20 the end of each month, the Army shall submit to the con21 gressional defense committees monthly commitment, obli22 gation, and expenditure data for the Commander’s Emer23 gency Response Program in Afghanistan: Provided fur24 ther, That not less than 15 days before making funds 

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1 or under any other provision of law for the purposes de2 scribed herein for a project with a total anticipated cost 

3 for completion of $500,000 or more, the Secretary shall 

4 submit to the congressional defense committees a written 

5 notice containing each of the following: 

6 (1) The location, nature and purpose of the 

7 proposed project, including how the project is in8 tended to advance the military campaign plan for 

9 the country in which it is to be carried out. 

10 (2) The budget, implementation timeline with 

11 milestones, and completion date for the proposed 

12 project, including any other CERP funding that has 

13 been or is anticipated to be contributed to the com14 pletion of the project. 

15 (3) A plan for the sustainment of the proposed 

16 project, including the agreement with either the host 

17 nation, a non-Department of Defense agency of the 

18 United States Government or a third-party contrib19 utor to finance the sustainment of the activities and 

20 maintenance of any equipment or facilities to be pro21 vided through the proposed project. 

22 SEC. 9007. Funds available to the Department of De23 fense for operation and maintenance may be used, not24 withstanding any other provision of law, to provide sup25 plies, services, transportation, including airlift and sealift, 


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1 and other logistical support to coalition forces supporting 

2 military and stability operations in Afghanistan and to 

3 counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: Pro4 vided, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quar5 terly reports to the congressional defense committees re6 garding support provided under this section. 

7 SEC. 9008. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli9 gated or expended by the United States Government for 

10 a purpose as follows: 

11 (1) To establish any military installation or 

12 base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 

13 stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 

14 (2) To exercise United States control over any 

15 oil resource of Iraq. 

16 (3) To establish any military installation or 

17 base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 

18 stationing of United States Armed Forces in Af19 ghanistan. 

20 SEC. 9009. None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 

22 enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 

23 United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 

24 Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 

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1 (1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 

2 Code. 

3 (2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 

4 and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 

5 Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 

6 note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 

7 regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Fed8 eral Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of 

9 Federal Regulations. 

10 (3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department 

11 of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 

12 to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and 

13 Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 

14 148). 

15 SEC. 9010. None of the funds provided for the ‘‘Af16 ghanistan Security Forces Fund’’ (ASFF) may be obli17 gated prior to the approval of a financial and activity plan 

18 by the Afghanistan Resources Oversight Council (AROC) 

19 of the Department of Defense: Provided, That the AROC 

20 must approve the requirement and acquisition plan for any 

21 service requirements in excess of $50,000,000 annually 

22 and any non-standard equipment requirements in excess 

23 of $100,000,000 using ASFF: Provided further, That the 

24 Department of Defense must certify to the congressional 

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1 proved a process for ensuring compliance with the require2 ments in the preceding proviso and accompanying report 

3 language for the ASFF. 

4 SEC. 9011. Funds made available in this title to the 

5 Department of Defense for operation and maintenance 

6 may be used to purchase items having an investment unit 

7 cost of not more than $250,000: Provided, That, upon de8 termination by the Secretary of Defense that such action 

9 is necessary to meet the operational requirements of a 

10 Commander of a Combatant Command engaged in contin11 gency operations overseas, such funds may be used to pur12 chase items having an investment item unit cost of not 

13 more than $500,000. 

14 SEC. 9012. From funds made available to the De15 partment of Defense in this title under the heading ‘‘Oper16 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, up to $140,000,000 

17 may be used by the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding 

18 any other provision of law, to support United States Gov19 ernment transition activities in Iraq by funding the oper20 ations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation 

21 in Iraq and security assistance teams, including life sup22 port, transportation and personal security, and facilities 

23 renovation and construction, and site closeout activities 

24 prior to returning sites to the Government of Iraq: Pro25 vided, That to the extent authorized under the National 


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1 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, the oper2 ations and activities that may be carried out by the Office 

3 of Security Cooperation in Iraq may, with the concurrence 

4 of the Secretary of State, include non-operational training 

5 activities in support of Iraqi Minister of Defense and 

6 Counter Terrorism Service personnel in an institutional 

7 environment to address capability gaps, integrate proc8 esses relating to intelligence, air sovereignty, combined 

9 arms, logistics and maintenance, and to manage and inte10 grate defense-related institutions: Provided further, That 

11 not later than 30 days following the enactment of this Act, 

12 the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall 

13 submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for 

14 transitioning any such training activities that they deter15 mine are needed after the end of fiscal year 2016, to exist16 ing or new contracts for the sale of defense articles or 

17 defense services consistent with the provisions of the Arms 

18 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.): Provided 

19 further, That not less than 15 days before making funds 

20 available pursuant to the authority provided in this sec21 tion, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres22 sional defense committees a written notice containing a 

23 detailed justification and timeline for the operations and 

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1 ducted during fiscal year 2016: Provided further, That 

2 amounts made available by this section are designated by 

3 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

4 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

5 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

6 of 1985. 

7 SEC. 9013. The Secretary of Defense is authorized, 

8 in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide as9 sistance, to the Government of Jordan for purposes of 

10 supporting and enhancing efforts of the armed forces of 

11 Jordan and to sustain security along the border of Jordan 

12 with Syria and Iraq: Provided, That up to $600,000,000 

13 of funds appropriated by this Act for the Counterterrorism 

14 Partnerships Fund may be used for activities authorized 

15 by this section: Provided further, That the Secretary may 

16 accept and retain contributions, including assistance in17 kind, from foreign governments to carry out activities as 

18 authorized by this section and shall be credited to the ap19 propriate appropriations accounts, except that any funds 

20 so accepted by the Secretary shall not be available for obli21 gation until a reprogramming action is submitted to the 

22 congressional defense committees: Provided further, That 

23 the President and the Secretary of Defense shall comply 

24 with the reporting requirements in section 149(b)(1), 

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1 olution, 2015 (Public Law 113–164): Provided further, 

2 That nothing in this section shall be construed to con3 stitute a specific statutory authorization for the introduc4 tion of the United States Armed Forces into hostilities or 

5 into situations wherein hostilities are clearly indicated by 

6 the circumstances, in accordance with section 8(a)(1) of 

7 the War Powers Resolution: Provided further, That 

8 amounts made available by this section are designated by 

9 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

10 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

11 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

12 of 1985: Provided further, That the authority to provide 

13 assistance under this section shall terminate on September 

14 30, 2016. 

15 SEC. 9014. For ‘‘Assistance and Sustainment to the 

16 Military and National Security Forces of Ukraine’’, 

17 $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2016: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 

19 Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary’s designee, with the 

20 concurrence of the Secretary of State, notwithstanding 

21 any other provision of law, for the purpose of providing 

22 assistance, including training, equipment, lethal weapons 

23 of a defensive nature, logistics support, supplies and serv24 ices, and sustainment to the military and national security 

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1 ereign territory of Ukraine against foreign aggressors, 

2 protecting and defending the Ukrainian people from at3 tacks posed by Russian-backed separatists, and promoting 

4 the conditions for a negotiated settlement to end the con5 flict: Provided further, That the authority to provide as6 sistance under this heading is in addition to any other au7 thority to provide assistance to Ukraine: Provided further, 

8 That contributions of funds for the purposes provided 

9 herein from any person, foreign government, or inter10 national organization may be credited to this account, to 

11 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

12 the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional de13 fense committees in writing upon the receipt and upon the 

14 obligation of any contribution, delineating the sources and 

15 amounts of the funds received and the specific use of such 

16 contributions: Provided further, That the Secretary of De17 fense shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds 

18 provided under this heading, notify the congressional de19 fense committees in writing of the details of any such obli20 gation: Provided further, That the United States may ac21 cept equipment procured using funds provided under this 

22 heading in this or prior Acts that was transferred to the 

23 security forces of Ukraine and returned by such forces to 

24 the United States: Provided further, That equipment pro25 cured using funds provided under this heading in this or 


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1 prior Acts, and not yet transferred to the military or Na2 tional Security Forces of Ukraine or returned by such 

3 forces to the United States, may be treated as stocks of 

4 the Department of Defense upon written notification to 

5 the congressional defense committees: Provided further, 

6 That amounts made available by this section are des7 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper8 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

9 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

10 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That the 

11 authority to provide assistance under this section shall ter12 minate on September 30, 2016. 

13 SEC. 9015. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

14 otherwise made available by this Act under the heading 

15 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for pay16 ments under section 1233 of Public Law 110–181 for re17 imbursement to the Government of Pakistan may be made 

18 available unless the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

19 with the Secretary of State, certifies to the congressional 

20 defense committees that the Government of Pakistan is— 

21 (1) cooperating with the United States in 

22 counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani Net23 work, the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e-Tayyiba, 

24 Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and other domestic 

25 and foreign terrorist organizations, including taking 


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1 steps to end support for such groups and prevent 

2 them from basing and operating in Pakistan and 

3 carrying out cross border attacks into neighboring 

4 countries; 

5 (2) not supporting terrorist activities against 

6 United States or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and 

7 Pakistan’s military and intelligence agencies are not 

8 intervening extra-judicially into political and judicial 

9 processes in Pakistan; 

10 (3) dismantling improvised explosive device 

11 (IED) networks and interdicting precursor chemicals 

12 used in the manufacture of IEDs; 

13 (4) preventing the proliferation of nuclear-re14 lated material and expertise; 

15 (5) implementing policies to protect judicial 

16 independence and due process of law; 

17 (6) issuing visas in a timely manner for United 

18 States visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts 

19 and assistance programs in Pakistan; and 

20 (7) providing humanitarian organizations access 

21 to detainees, internally displaced persons, and other 

22 Pakistani civilians affected by the conflict. 

23 (b) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 

24 the Secretary of State, may waive the restriction in sub25 section (a) on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 


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1 to the congressional defense committees that it is in the 

2 national security interest to do so: Provided, That if the 

3 Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 

4 of State, exercises such waiver authority, the Secretaries 

5 shall report to the congressional defense committees on 

6 both the justification for the waiver and on the require7 ments of this section that the Government of Pakistan was 

8 not able to meet: Provided further, That such report may 

9 be submitted in classified form if necessary. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 9016. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

12 available in this Act, $500,000,000 is hereby appropriated 

13 to the Department of Defense and made available for 

14 transfer only to the operations and maintenance, military 

15 personnel, and procurement accounts, to improve the intel16 ligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities of the 

17 Department of Defense: Provided, That the transfer au18 thority provided in this section is in addition to any other 

19 transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided 

20 further, That not later than 30 days prior to exercising 

21 the transfer authority provided in this section, the Sec22 retary of Defense shall submit a report to the congres23 sional defense committees on the proposed uses of these 

24 funds: Provided further, That the funds provided in this 

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1 or activity specifically limited or denied by this Act: Pro2 vided further, That amounts made available by this section 

3 are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

4 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

5 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

6 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That the 

7 authority to provide assistance under this section shall ter8 minate on September 30, 2016. 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 9017. In addition to amounts appropriated in 

11 title II or otherwise made available in this Act, 

12 $2,500,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 

13 of Defense and made available for transfer to the oper14 ation and maintenance accounts of the Army, Navy, Ma15 rine Corps, and Air Force (including National Guard and 

16 Reserve) for purposes of improving military readiness: 

17 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

18 under this provision is in addition to any other transfer 

19 authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

20 SEC. 9018. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used with respect to Syria in contravention 

22 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), 

23 including for the introduction of United States armed or 

24 military forces into hostilities in Syria, into situations in 

25 Syria where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly 


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1 indicated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, 

2 airspace, or waters while equipped for combat, in con3 travention of the congressional consultation and reporting 

4 requirements of sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 

5 1542 and 1543). 

6 TITLE X—ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 

7 SEC. 10001. (a) Congress finds that— 

8 (1) the United States has been engaged in mili9 tary operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and 

10 the Levant (ISIL) for more than 8 months; 

11 (2) President Obama submitted an authoriza12 tion for the use of military force against ISIL in 

13 February 2015; and 

14 (3) under article 1, section 8 of the Constitu15 tion, Congress has the authority to ‘‘declare war’’. 

16 (b) Therefore, Congress has a constitutional duty to 

17 debate and determine whether or not to authorize the use 

18 of military force against ISIL. 

19 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

20 SEC. 10002. The amount by which the applicable al21 location of new budget authority made by the Committee 

22 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives under 

23 section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

24 exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is 

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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 

2 Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 99 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2685 

[Report No. 114–139] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of De2016, and for other purposes. fense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

JUNE 5, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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