115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1301 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other 

purposes. 

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

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, for military func4 tions administered by the Department of Defense and for 

5 other purposes, namely: 

6 TITLE I 

7 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

8 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

9 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

13 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 

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

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

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

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

20 $40,042,962,000. 

21 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

22 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

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

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

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

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

7 of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $27,889,405,000. 

8 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

9 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

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

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

17 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Re18 tirement Fund, $12,735,182,000. 

19 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

20 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

24 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air 

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

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

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

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

6 $27,958,795,000. 

7 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

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

9 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re10 serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 

11 3038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 

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

13 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

15 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 

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

18 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

19 Retirement Fund, $4,524,863,000. 

20 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

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

22 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re23 serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 

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

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

2 of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re3 serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

4 duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 

5 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart6 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

7 $1,921,045,000. 

8 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

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

10 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 

11 Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 

12 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty 

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

14 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

15 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under16 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv17 alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon 

18 leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 

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

20 Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

21 $744,795,000. 

22 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

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

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

25 Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 
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1 8038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 

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

3 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

5 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 

6 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au7 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 

8 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

9 Retirement Fund, $1,725,526,000. 

10 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

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

12 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na13 tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, 

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

15 States Code, or while serving on duty under section 

16 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United 

17 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

19 while undergoing training, or while performing drills or 

20 equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 

21 section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay22 ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 

23 Fund, $7,899,423,000. 
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1 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

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

3 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na4 tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 

5 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 

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

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

8 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

9 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under10 going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

11 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 

12 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 

13 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

14 $3,283,982,000. 

15 TITLE II 

16 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

17 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

18 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

19 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as author20 ized by law, $32,738,173,000: Provided, That not to ex21 ceed $12,478,000 can be used for emergencies and ex22 traordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or 

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

24 be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential mili25 tary purposes. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

2 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

3 for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the 

4 Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $38,552,017,000: 

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

6 emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 

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

8 and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity 

9 for confidential military purposes. 

10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

11 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

12 for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, 

13 as authorized by law, $5,676,152,000. 

14 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

15 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

17 authorized by law, $36,247,724,000: Provided, That not 

18 to exceed $7,699,000 can be used for emergencies and ex19 traordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or 

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

21 may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 

22 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, $32,373,949,000: 

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 $34,964,000 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 $5,023,000, 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 of the funds provided under this heading, 

14 $480,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

15 2018, shall be available to provide support and assistance 

16 to foreign security forces or other groups or individuals 

17 to conduct, support or facilitate counterterrorism, crisis 

18 response, or other Department of Defense security co19 operation programs: Provided further, That the transfer 

20 authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 

21 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

22 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

23 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

24 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or25 ganization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; re-
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1 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

2 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re3 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip4 ment; and communications, $2,743,688,000. 

5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

6 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

7 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or8 ganization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; re9 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

10 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re11 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip12 ment; and communications, $929,656,000. 

13 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

14 RESERVE

15 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

16 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or17 ganization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Re18 serve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger 

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

20 recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip21 ment; and communications, $271,133,000. 

22 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

23 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

24 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or25 ganization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; 
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1 repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

2 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re3 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip4 ment; and communications, $3,069,229,000. 

5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL

6 GUARD

7 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin8 istering the Army National Guard, including medical and 

9 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 

10 hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc11 tures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; per12 sonnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel ex13 penses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 

14 Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard 

15 division, regimental, and battalion commanders while in16 specting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau 

17 regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, Na18 tional Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army 

19 National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of re20 pair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 

21 equipment (including aircraft), $6,861,478,000. 

22 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

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

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

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

5 modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 

6 equipment, including those furnished from stocks under 

7 the control of agencies of the Department of Defense; 

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

9 authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on 

10 active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 

11 while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 

12 Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the 

13 Chief, National Guard Bureau, $6,615,095,000. 

14 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED

15 FORCES

16 For salaries and expenses necessary for the United 

17 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 

18 $14,194,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used 

19 for official representation purposes. 

20 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the Department of the Army, $170,167,000, to 

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

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

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

3 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

4 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 

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

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

7 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

8 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

9 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 

10 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

11 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

12 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

13 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au14 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

15 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For the Department of the Navy, $289,262,000, to 

18 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec19 retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such 

20 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc21 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 

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

23 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

24 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 

25 to the Department of the Navy, to be merged with and 
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1 to be available for the same purposes and for the same 

2 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

3 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

4 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 

5 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

6 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

7 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

8 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au9 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

10 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For the Department of the Air Force, $371,521,000, 

13 to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the 

14 Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that 

15 such funds are required for environmental restoration, re16 duction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of un17 safe buildings and debris of the Department of the Air 

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

19 available by this appropriation to other appropriations 

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

21 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

22 and for the same time period as the appropriations to 

23 which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter24 mination that all or part of the funds transferred from 

25 this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro-
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1 vided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to 

2 this appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer au3 thority provided under this heading is in addition to any 

4 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

5 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For the Department of Defense, $9,009,000, to re8 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec9 retary of Defense shall, upon determining that such funds 

10 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 

11 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 

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

13 purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro14 priation to other appropriations made available to the De15 partment of Defense, to be merged with and to be avail16 able for the same purposes and for the same time period 

17 as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided fur18 ther, That upon a determination that all or part of the 

19 funds transferred from this appropriation are not nec20 essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

21 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

22 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 

23 heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro24 vided elsewhere in this Act. 
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1 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED

2 DEFENSE SITES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the Department of the Army, $222,084,000, to 

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

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

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

11 appropriation to other appropriations made available to 

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

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

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

16 of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 

17 necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

18 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

19 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 

20 heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro21 vided elsewhere in this Act. 

22 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

23 For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 

24 Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of 

25 Defense (consisting of the programs provided under sec-
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1 tions 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, 

2 United States Code), $123,125,000, to remain available 

3 until September 30, 2018. 

4 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT

5 For assistance, including assistance provided by con6 tract or by grants, under programs and activities of the 

7 Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction 

8 Program authorized under the Department of Defense Co9 operative Threat Reduction Act, $325,604,000, to remain 

10 available until September 30, 2019. 

11 TITLE III 

12 PROCUREMENT 

13 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

14 For construction, procurement, production, modifica15 tion, and modernization of aircraft, 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, $4,587,598,000, to remain available 

2 for obligation until September 30, 2019. 

3 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

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

6 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 

7 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 

8 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 

9 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 

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

11 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

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

14 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 

15 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 

16 foregoing purposes, $1,533,804,000, to remain available 

17 for obligation until September 30, 2019. 

18 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT

19 VEHICLES, ARMY

20 For construction, procurement, production, and 

21 modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 

22 equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and acces23 sories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; 

24 expansion of public and private plants, including the land 

25 necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
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1 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con2 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 

3 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

4 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

5 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

6 layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 

7 purposes, $2,229,455,000, to remain available for obliga8 tion until September 30, 2019. 

9 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

10 For construction, procurement, production, and 

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

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

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

22 for the foregoing purposes, $1,483,566,000, to remain 

23 available for obligation until September 30, 2019. 
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1 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

2 For construction, procurement, production, and 

3 modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and 

4 non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger 

5 motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and 

6 electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 

7 parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized 

8 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 

9 private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 

10 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

11 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

12 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 

13 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

14 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern15 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 

16 expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 

17 $6,147,328,000, to remain available for obligation until 

18 September 30, 2019. 

19 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

20 For construction, procurement, production, modifica21 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 

22 ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

23 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ24 ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter25 ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
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1 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 

2 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

3 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern4 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

5 $16,135,335,000, to remain available for obligation until 

6 September 30, 2019. 

7 WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

8 For construction, procurement, production, modifica9 tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap10 ons, and related support equipment including spare parts, 

11 and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private 

12 plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 

13 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con14 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 

15 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

16 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

17 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

18 layaway, $3,265,285,000, to remain available for obliga19 tion until September 30, 2019. 

20 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE

21 CORPS

22 For construction, procurement, production, and 

23 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe24 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub25 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au-
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1 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 

2 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur3 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac4 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap5 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip6 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

7 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor8 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 

9 for the foregoing purposes, $633,678,000, to remain avail10 able for obligation until September 30, 2019. 

11 SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY

12 For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi13 tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ14 ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli15 ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public 

16 and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con17 tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, 

18 long lead time components and designs for vessels to be 

19 constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of 

20 public and private plants, including land necessary there21 for, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 

22 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

23 title, as follows: 

24 Ohio Replacement Submarine (AP), 

25 $773,138,000; 
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1 Carrier Replacement Program, $1,255,783,000; 

2 Carrier Replacement Program (AP), 

3 $1,370,784,000; 

4 Virginia Class Submarine, $3,187,985,000; 

5 Virginia Class Submarine (AP), 

6 $1,852,234,000; 

7 CVN Refueling Overhauls, $1,699,120,000; 

8 CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $233,149,000; 

9 DDG–1000 Program, $271,756,000; 

10 DDG–51 Destroyer, $3,614,792,000; 

11 Littoral Combat Ship, $1,563,692,000; 

12 LPD–17, $1,786,000,000; 

13 LHA Replacement, $1,617,719,000; 

14 TAO Fleet Oiler (AP), $73,079,000; 

15 Moored Training Ship, $624,527,000; 

16 Ship to Shore Connector, $128,067,000; 

17 Service Craft, $65,192,000; 

18 LCAC Service Life Extension Program, 

19 $82,074,000; 

20 YP Craft Maintenance/ROH/SLEP, 

21 $21,363,000; 

22 For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 

23 first destination transportation, $626,158,000; 

24 Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro25 grams, $160,274,000; and 
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1 Polar Icebreakers (AP), $150,000,000. 

2 In all: $21,156,886,000, to remain available for obli3 gation until September 30, 2021: Provided, That addi4 tional obligations may be incurred after September 30, 

5 2021, for engineering services, tests, evaluations, and 

6 other such budgeted work that must be performed in the 

7 final stage of ship construction: Provided further, That 

8 none of the funds provided under this heading for the con9 struction or conversion of any naval vessel to be con10 structed in shipyards in the United States shall be ex11 pended in foreign facilities for the construction of major 

12 components of such vessel: Provided further, That none 

13 of the funds provided under this heading shall be used 

14 for the construction of any naval vessel in foreign ship15 yards: Provided further, That funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act for production of the com17 mon missile compartment of nuclear-powered vessels may 

18 be available for multiyear procurement of critical compo19 nents to support continuous production of such compart20 ments only in accordance with the provisions of subsection 

21 (i) of section 2218a of title 10, United States Code (as 

22 added by section 1023 of the National Defense Authoriza23 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328)). 
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1 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

2 For procurement, production, and modernization of 

3 support equipment and materials not otherwise provided 

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

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

6 of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expan7 sion of public and private plants, including the land nec8 essary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may 

9 be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 

10 approval of title; and procurement and installation of 

11 equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 

12 private plants; reserve plant and Government and con13 tractor-owned equipment layaway, $6,308,919,000, to re14 main available for obligation until September 30, 2019. 

15 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

16 For expenses necessary for the procurement, manu17 facture, and modification of missiles, armament, military 

18 equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 

19 equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 

20 thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and 

21 Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; ve22 hicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of pas23 senger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion 

24 of public and private plants, including land necessary 

25 therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
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1 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap2 proval of title, $1,307,456,000, to remain available for ob3 ligation until September 30, 2019. 

4 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

5 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

6 aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 

7 specialized ground handling equipment, and training de8 vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

9 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Gov10 ernment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 

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

12 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

13 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

14 thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov15 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 

16 other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes in17 cluding rents and transportation of things, 

18 $14,253,623,000, to remain available for obligation until 

19 September 30, 2019. 

20 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

21 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

22 missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 

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

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

8 things, $2,348,121,000, to remain available for obligation 

9 until September 30, 2019. 

10 SPACE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

11 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

12 spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including 

13 spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling 

14 equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and 

15 private plants, Government-owned equipment and installa16 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac17 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

18 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con19 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re20 serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip21 ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore22 going purposes including rents and transportation of 

23 things, $2,733,243,000, to remain available for obligation 

24 until September 30, 2019. 
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1 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

2 For construction, procurement, production, and 

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

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

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

14 for the foregoing purposes, $1,589,219,000, to remain 

15 available for obligation until September 30, 2019. 

16 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

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

19 and ground electronic and communication equipment), 

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

25 plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 
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1 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

2 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

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

5 $17,768,224,000, to remain available for obligation until 

6 September 30, 2019. 

7 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

8 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart9 ment of Defense (other than the military departments) 

10 necessary for procurement, production, and modification 

11 of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts there12 for, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger 

13 motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public 

14 and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in 

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

16 for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

17 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

18 thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov19 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

20 $4,881,022,000, to remain available for obligation until 

21 September 30, 2019. 

22 DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES

23 For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant 

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

2 $64,065,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 TITLE IV 

4 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

5 EVALUATION 

6 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

7 ARMY

8 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci9 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ10 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa11 cilities and equipment, $8,332,965,000, to remain avail12 able for obligation until September 30, 2018. 

13 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

14 NAVY

15 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci16 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ17 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa18 cilities and equipment, $17,214,530,000, to remain avail19 able for obligation until September 30, 2018: Provided, 

20 That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are 

21 available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique oper22 ational requirements of the Special Operations Forces. 
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1 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

2 AIR FORCE

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, $27,788,548,000, to remain avail7 able for obligation until September 30, 2018. 

8 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

9 DEFENSE-WIDE

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart12 ment of Defense (other than the military departments), 

13 necessary for basic and applied scientific research, devel14 opment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects 

15 as may be designated and determined by the Secretary 

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

17 lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 

18 $18,778,550,000, to remain available for obligation until 

19 September 30, 2018: Provided, That, of the funds made 

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

21 Rapid Innovation Program shall only be available for ex22 penses, not otherwise provided for, to include program 

23 management and oversight, to conduct research, develop24 ment, test and evaluation to include proof of concept dem25 onstration; engineering, testing, and validation; and tran-
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1 sition to full-scale production: Provided further, That the 

2 Secretary of Defense may transfer funds provided herein 

3 for the Defense Rapid Innovation Program to appropria4 tions for research, development, test and evaluation to ac5 complish the purpose provided herein: Provided further, 

6 That this transfer authority is in addition to any other 

7 transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: 

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

9 fewer than 30 days prior to making transfers from this 

10 appropriation, notify the congressional defense committees 

11 in writing of the details of any such transfer. 

12 OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

13 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

14 for the independent activities of the Director, Operational 

15 Test and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of 

16 operational test and evaluation, including initial oper17 ational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, 

18 and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 

19 testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 

20 connection therewith, $186,994,000, to remain available 

21 for obligation until September 30, 2018. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

3 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

4 For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 

5 $1,511,613,000. 

6 TITLE VI 

7 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

8 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

9 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 

10 and health care programs of the Department of Defense 

11 as authorized by law, $33,781,270,000; of which 

12 $31,277,002,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, 

13 of which not to exceed one percent shall remain available 

14 for obligation until September 30, 2018, and of which up 

15 to $15,315,832,000 may be available for contracts entered 

16 into under the TRICARE program; of which 

17 $402,161,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep18 tember 30, 2019, shall be for procurement; and of which 

19 $2,102,107,000, to remain available for obligation until 

20 September 30, 2018, shall be for research, development, 

21 test and evaluation: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

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

23 this heading for research, development, test and evalua24 tion, not less than $8,000,000 shall be available for HIV 

25 prevention educational activities undertaken in connection 
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1 with United States military training, exercises, and hu2 manitarian assistance activities conducted primarily in Af3 rican nations: Provided further, That of the funds provided 

4 under this heading for research, development, test and 

5 evaluation, not less than $1,014,600,000 shall be made 

6 available to the United States Army Medical Research and 

7 Materiel Command to carry out the congressionally di8 rected medical research programs. 

9 CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 

10 DEFENSE

11 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

12 for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal 

13 chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the pro14 visions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Au15 thorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the de16 struction of other chemical warfare materials that are not 

17 in the chemical weapon stockpile, $523,726,000, of which 

18 $119,985,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 

19 which no less than $49,533,000 shall be for the Chemical 

20 Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of 

21 $20,368,000 for activities on military installations and 

22 $29,165,000, to remain available until September 30, 

23 2018, to assist State and local governments, and of which 

24 not more than $13,700,000, to remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 2018, shall be for the destruction of eight 
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1 United States-origin chemical munitions in the Republic 

2 of Panama, to the extent authorized by law; $15,132,000 

3 shall be for procurement, to remain available until Sep4 tember 30, 2019, of which $15,132,000 shall be for the 

5 Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program to 

6 assist State and local governments; and $388,609,000, to 

7 remain available until September 30, 2018, shall be for 

8 research, development, test and evaluation, of which 

9 $380,892,000 shall only be for the Assembled Chemical 

10 Weapons Alternatives program. 

11 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

12 DEFENSE

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 

15 the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 

16 available to the Department of Defense for military per17 sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi18 sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper19 ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 

20 development, test and evaluation, $998,800,000, of which 

21 $626,087,000 shall be for counter-narcotics support; 

22 $118,713,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction pro23 gram; $234,000,000 shall be for the National Guard 

24 counter-drug program; and $20,000,000 shall be for the 

25 National Guard counter-drug schools program: Provided, 
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1 That the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

2 available for obligation for the same time period and for 

3 the same purpose as the appropriation to which trans4 ferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that 

5 all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation 

6 are 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 contained elsewhere in this Act. 

11 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For expenses and activities of the Office of the In13 spector General in carrying out the provisions of the In14 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, $312,035,000, 

15 of which $308,882,000 shall be for operation and mainte16 nance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for 

17 emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended on 

18 the approval or authority of the Inspector General, and 

19 payments may be made on the Inspector General’s certifi20 cate of necessity for confidential military purposes; and 

21 of which $3,153,000, to remain available until September 

22 30, 2018, shall be for research, development, test and eval23 uation. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND

4 DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND

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

7 proper funding level for continuing the operation of the 

8 Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 

9 System, $514,000,000. 

10 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

11 For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu12 nity Management Account, $515,596,000. 

13 TITLE VIII 

14 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

15 SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained 

16 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur17 poses not authorized by the Congress. 

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

19 of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em20 ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States 

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

22 Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi23 rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of 

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

25 of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 
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1 employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is 

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

3 United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percent4 age increase provided by the appropriate host nation to 

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

6 That this section shall not apply to Department of De7 fense foreign service national employees serving at United 

8 States diplomatic missions whose pay is set by the Depart9 ment of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Pro10 vided further, That the limitations of this provision shall 

11 not apply to foreign national employees of the Department 

12 of Defense in the Republic of Turkey. 

13 SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained 

14 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

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

16 SEC. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appro17 priations in this Act which are limited for obligation dur18 ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the 

19 last 2 months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this sec20 tion shall not apply to obligations for support of active 

21 duty training of reserve components or summer camp 

22 training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 

23 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of 

25 Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter-
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1 est, he may, with the approval of the Office of Manage2 ment and Budget, transfer not to exceed $4,500,000,000 

3 of working capital funds of the Department of Defense 

4 or funds made available in this Act to the Department 

5 of Defense for military functions (except military con6 struction) between such appropriations or funds or any 

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

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

9 the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided, 

10 That such authority to transfer may not be used unless 

11 for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military re12 quirements, than those for which originally appropriated 

13 and in no case where the item for which funds are re14 quested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, 

15 That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress 

16 promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority 

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

18 no part of the funds in this Act shall be available to pre19 pare or present a request to the Committees on Appropria20 tions for reprogramming of funds, unless for higher pri21 ority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, 

22 than those for which originally appropriated and in no 

23 case where the item for which reprogramming is requested 

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

25 a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using au-
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1 thority provided in this section shall be made prior to June 

2 30, 2017: Provided further, That transfers among military 

3 personnel appropriations shall not be taken into account 

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

5 may be transferred under this section. 

6 SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific pro7 grams, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts 

8 and adjustments to budget activities corresponding to 

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

10 tables titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in 

11 the explanatory statement regarding this Act, the obliga12 tion and expenditure of amounts appropriated or other13 wise made available in this Act for those programs, 

14 projects, and activities for which the amounts appro15 priated exceed the amounts requested are hereby required 

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

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

18 in the text of this Act. 

19 (b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables de20 scribed in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivi21 sions of appropriations for purposes of section 8005 of this 

22 Act: Provided, That section 8005 shall apply when trans23 fers of the amounts described in subsection (a) occur be24 tween appropriation accounts. 
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1 SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enact2 ment of this Act, the Department of Defense shall submit 

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

5 transfer authorities for fiscal year 2017: Provided, That 

6 the report shall include— 

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

10 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

11 fiscal year enacted level; 

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

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

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

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

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

20 reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in 

21 subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense 

22 committees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in 

23 writing to the congressional defense committees that such 

24 reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 

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

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

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

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

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

8 (5) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Formerly 

9 Used Defense Sites’’; and 

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

12 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

16 United States Code, may be maintained in only such 

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

20 That transfers may be made between working capital 

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

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

25 the Office of Management and Budget, except that such 
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1 transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense 

2 has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer: Pro3 vided further, That except in amounts equal to the 

4 amounts appropriated to working capital funds in this Act, 

5 no obligations may be made against a working capital fund 

6 to procure or increase the value of war reserve material 

7 inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the 

8 Congress prior to any such obligation. 

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

10 be used to initiate a special access program without prior 

11 notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres12 sional defense committees. 

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

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

15 employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of 

16 $20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that in17 cludes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of 

18 $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement 

19 leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic 

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

21 any one year, unless the congressional defense committees 

22 have been notified at least 30 days in advance of the pro23 posed contract award: Provided, That no part of any ap24 propriation contained in this Act shall be available to ini25 tiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order 
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1 quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to 

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

3 That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

4 shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement con5 tracts for any systems or component thereof if the value 

6 of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 un7 less specifically provided in this Act: Provided further, 

8 That no multiyear procurement contract can be termi9 nated without 30-day prior notification to the congres10 sional defense committees: Provided further, That the exe11 cution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a 

12 present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared 

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

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

15 contract executed after the date of the enactment of this 

16 Act unless in the case of any such contract— 

17 (1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 

18 Congress a budget request for full funding of units 

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

20 of a contract for procurement of aircraft, that in21 cludes, for any aircraft unit to be procured through 

22 the contract for which procurement funds are re23 quested in that budget request for production be24 yond advance procurement activities in the fiscal 
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1 year covered by the budget, full funding of procure2 ment of such unit in that fiscal year; 

3 (2) cancellation provisions in the contract do 

4 not include consideration of recurring manufacturing 

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

8 (3) the contract provides that payments to the 

9 contractor under the contract shall not be made in 

10 advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 

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

13 contract. 

14 Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be 

15 used for a multiyear procurement contract as follows: AH– 

16 64E Apache Helicopter and UH–60M Blackhawk Heli17 copter. 

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

20 hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, 

21 United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance 

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

23 Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and 

24 civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations 

25 and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of chap-
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1 ter 20 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga2 tions shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of 

3 title 10, United States Code: Provided, That funds avail4 able for operation and maintenance shall be available for 

5 providing humanitarian and similar assistance by using 

6 Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific 

7 Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, pursu8 ant to the Compact of Free Association as authorized by 

9 Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon a deter10 mination by the Secretary of the Army that such action 

11 is beneficial for graduate medical education programs con12 ducted at Army medical facilities located in Hawaii, the 

13 Secretary of the Army may authorize the provision of med14 ical services at such facilities and transportation to such 

15 facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for civilian patients 

16 from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North17 ern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated 

18 States of Micronesia, Palau, and Guam. 

19 SEC. 8012. (a) During fiscal year 2017, the civilian 

20 personnel of the Department of Defense may not be man21 aged on the basis of any end-strength, and the manage22 ment of such personnel during that fiscal year shall not 

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

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

25 be employed on the last day of such fiscal year. 
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1 (b) The fiscal year 2018 budget request for the De2 partment of Defense as well as all justification material 

3 and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2018 

4 Department of Defense budget request shall be prepared 

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

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

7 year 2018. 

8 (c) As required by section 1107 of the National De9 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 

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

11 Department of Army Science and Technology Reinvention 

12 Laboratories may not be managed on the basis of the 

13 Table of Distribution and Allowances, and the manage14 ment of the workforce strength shall be done in a manner 

15 consistent with the budget available with respect to such 

16 Laboratories. 

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

18 to military (civilian) technicians. 

19 SEC. 8013. None of the funds appropriated by this 

20 Act shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated 

21 funds activity of the Department of Defense that procures 

22 malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for 

23 resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the 

24 drink) on a military installation located in the United 

25 States unless such malt beverages and wine are procured 
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1 within that State, or in the case of the District of Colum2 bia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military 

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

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

5 purchases may be made in any State in which the installa6 tion is located: Provided further, That such local procure7 ment requirements for malt beverages and wine shall 

8 apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military installa9 tions in States which are not contiguous with another 

10 State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other 

11 than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and 

12 the District of Columbia shall be procured from the most 

13 competitive source, price and other factors considered. 

14 SEC. 8014. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in16 fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro17 priation matters pending before the Congress. 

18 SEC. 8015. None of the funds appropriated by this 

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

20 any member of the Army participating as a full-time stu21 dent and receiving benefits paid by the Secretary of Vet22 erans Affairs from the Department of Defense Education 

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

24 credited toward completion of a service commitment: Pro25 vided, That this section shall not apply to those members 
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1 who have reenlisted with this option prior to October 1, 

2 1987: Provided further, That this section applies only to 

3 active components of the Army. 

4 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 8016. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act 

6 for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Pro7 gram may be transferred to any other appropriation con8 tained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing 

9 a Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program developmental assistance 

10 agreement pursuant to section 831 of the National De11 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 

12 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as amended, under the 

13 authority of this provision or any other transfer authority 

14 contained in this Act. 

15 SEC. 8017. None of the funds in this Act may be 

16 available for the purchase by the Department of Defense 

17 (and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard 

18 anchor and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under 

19 unless the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured 

20 in the United States from components which are substan21 tially manufactured in the United States: Provided, That 

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

23 shall include cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing 

24 of chain and welding (including the forging and shot blast25 ing process): Provided further, That for the purpose of this 
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1 section substantially all of the components of anchor and 

2 mooring chain shall be considered to be produced or manu3 factured in the United States if the aggregate cost of the 

4 components produced or manufactured in the United 

5 States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components pro6 duced or manufactured outside the United States: Pro7 vided further, That when adequate domestic supplies are 

8 not available to meet Department of Defense requirements 

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

10 for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case11 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 

12 on Appropriations that such an acquisition must be made 

13 in order to acquire capability for national security pur14 poses. 

15 SEC. 8018. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Work16 ing Capital Fund, Army’’, $140,000,000 shall be available 

17 to maintain competitive rates at the arsenals. 

18 SEC. 8019. None of the funds available to the De19 partment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dis20 pose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, 

21 .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or 

22 to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or am23 munition components that are not otherwise prohibited 

24 from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small 

25 arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified 
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1 by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable 

2 or unsafe for further use. 

3 SEC. 8020. 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. 8021. 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 

25 is over $500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds 
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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. 8022. 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. 8023. 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. 8024. (a) Of the funds made available in this 

2 Act, not less than $40,021,000 shall be available for the 

3 Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 

4 (1) $28,000,000 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) $10,337,000 shall be available from ‘‘Air10 craft Procurement, Air Force’’; and 

11 (3) $1,684,000 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. 8025. (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 

24 other nonprofit entities. 
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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 the current fiscal year may be used by a defense 

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

17 construction of new buildings not located on a military in18 stallation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded 

19 by Government grants, for absorption of contract over20 runs, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include 

21 employee participation in community service and/or devel22 opment. 

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

24 the funds available to the department during fiscal year 

25 2017, not more than 5,750 staff years of technical effort 
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1 (staff years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs: Pro2 vided, That, of the specific amount referred to previously 

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

4 be funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: 

5 Provided further, That this subsection shall not apply to 

6 staff years funded in the National Intelligence Program 

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

8 (e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submis9 sion of the department’s fiscal year 2018 budget request, 

10 submit a report presenting the specific amounts of staff 

11 years of technical effort to be allocated for each defense 

12 FFRDC during that fiscal year and the associated budget 

13 estimates. 

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

15 the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs 

16 is hereby reduced by $60,000,000. 

17 SEC. 8026. None of the funds appropriated or made 

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

19 or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned fa20 cility or property under the control of the Department of 

21 Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United 

22 States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement re23 strictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 

24 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 

25 or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications 
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1 of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, 

2 That the Secretary of the military department responsible 

3 for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case4 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 

5 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

6 Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available 

7 to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 

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

9 to acquire capability for national security purposes: Pro10 vided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to 

11 contracts which are in being as of the date of the enact12 ment of this Act. 

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

14 ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed 

15 Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the 

16 Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Sub17 committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 

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

19 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa20 tives. 

21 SEC. 8028. During the current fiscal year, the De22 partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot 

23 maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels 

24 as well as the production of components and other De25 fense-related articles, through competition between De-
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1 partment of Defense depot maintenance activities and pri2 vate firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Execu3 tive of the military department or Defense Agency con4 cerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that success5 ful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and in6 direct costs for both public and private bids: Provided fur7 ther, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 

8 76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this 

9 section. 

10 SEC. 8029. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after 

11 consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 

12 determines that a foreign country which is party to an 

13 agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the 

14 terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain 

15 types of products produced in the United States that are 

16 covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 

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

19 in that foreign country. 

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

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

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

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

3 purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2017. 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. 8030. 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. 8031. (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 

25 Washington relocatable military housing units located at 
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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 

24 (Public Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 479a– 

25 1). 
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1 SEC. 8032. 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. 8033. 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. 8034. The Secretary of Defense shall issue reg20 ulations to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco21 related products in military resale outlets in the United 

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

23 most competitive price in the local community: Provided, 

24 That such regulations shall direct that the prices of to25 bacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military re-
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1 tail outlets shall be within the range of prices established 

2 for military retail system stores located in the United 

3 States. 

4 SEC. 8035. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 

5 of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 

6 of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the 

7 purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir8 ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur9 ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 

10 customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 

11 Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 

12 to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund 

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

14 investment item would be chargeable during the current 

15 fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of 

16 Defense for procurement. 

17 (b) The fiscal year 2018 budget request for the De18 partment of Defense as well as all justification material 

19 and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2018 

20 Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and sub21 mitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment 

22 which was classified as an end item and funded in a pro23 curement appropriation contained in this Act shall be 

24 budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2018 procurement 

25 appropriation and not in the supply management business 
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1 area or any other area or category of the Department of 

2 Defense Working Capital Funds. 

3 SEC. 8036. None of the funds appropriated by this 

4 Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall 

5 remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 

6 year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for 

7 Contingencies, which shall remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That funds appropriated, 

9 transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intel10 ligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund 

11 during this or any prior or subsequent fiscal year shall 

12 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

13 any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intel14 ligence Agency for advanced research and development ac15 quisition, for agent operations, and for covert action pro16 grams authorized by the President under section 503 of 

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

18 remain available until September 30, 2018. 

19 SEC. 8037. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, funds made available in this Act and hereafter for 

21 the Defense Intelligence Agency may be used for the de22 sign, development, and deployment of General Defense In23 telligence Program intelligence communications and intel24 ligence information systems for the Services, the Unified 

25 and Specified Commands, and the component commands. 
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1 SEC. 8038. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart2 ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Main3 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 shall 

4 be made available only for the mitigation of environmental 

5 impacts, including training and technical assistance to 

6 tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in7 formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de8 veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 

9 to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re10 sulting from Department of Defense activities. 

11 SEC. 8039. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

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

13 Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, com14 plies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this 

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

16 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

17 (b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a per18 son has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label 

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

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

21 in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance 

22 with section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, wheth23 er the person should be debarred from contracting with 

24 the Department of Defense. 
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1 (c) In the case of any equipment or products pur2 chased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is 

3 the sense of the Congress that any entity of the Depart4 ment of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase 

5 only American-made equipment and products, provided 

6 that American-made equipment and products are cost7 competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely 

8 fashion. 

9 SEC. 8040. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

11 available by this or any other Act may be used to consoli12 date or relocate any element of a United States Air Force 

13 Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair 

14 Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) outside of the United 

15 States until the Secretary of the Air Force— 

16 (1) completes an analysis and comparison of 

17 the cost and infrastructure investment required to 

18 consolidate or relocate a RED HORSE squadron 

19 outside of the United States versus within the 

20 United States; 

21 (2) provides to the congressional defense com22 mittees a report detailing the findings of the cost 

23 analysis; and 

24 (3) certifies in writing to the congressional de25 fense committees that the preferred site for the con-
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1 solidation or relocation yields the greatest savings 

2 for the Air Force: 

3 Provided, That the term ‘‘United States’’ in this section 

4 does not include any territory or possession of the United 

5 States. 

6 SEC. 8041. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 

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

8 be used— 

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

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

11 Armed Forces or civilian employee of the depart12 ment who is transferred or reassigned from a head13 quarters activity if the member or employee’s place 

14 of duty remains at the location of that headquarters. 

15 (b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a mili16 tary department may waive the limitations in subsection 

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

18 and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

19 House of Representatives and the Senate that the grant20 ing of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements 

21 or the financial requirements of the department. 

22 (c) This section does not apply to— 

23 (1) field operating agencies funded within the 

24 National Intelligence Program; 
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1 (2) an Army field operating agency established 

2 to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of im3 provised explosive devices, and, as determined by the 

4 Secretary of the Army, other similar threats; 

5 (3) an Army field operating agency established 

6 to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of bio7 metric activities and to integrate common biometric 

8 technologies throughout the Department of Defense; 

9 or 

10 (4) an Air Force field operating agency estab11 lished to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs 

12 Program and Mortuary Operations for the Depart13 ment of Defense and authorized Federal entities. 

14 SEC. 8042. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 

15 this Act shall be available to convert to contractor per16 formance an activity or function of the Department of De17 fense that, on or after the date of the enactment of this 

18 Act, is performed by Department of Defense civilian em19 ployees unless— 

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

21 public-private competition that includes a most effi22 cient and cost effective organization plan developed 

23 by such activity or function; 

24 (2) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter25 mines that, over all performance periods stated in 
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1 the solicitation of offers for performance of the ac2 tivity or function, the cost of performance of the ac3 tivity or function by a contractor would be less costly 

4 to the Department of Defense by an amount that 

5 equals or exceeds the lesser of— 

6 (A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi7 zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 

8 of that activity or function by Federal employ9 ees; or 

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

11 (3) the contractor does not receive an advan12 tage for a proposal that would reduce costs for the 

13 Department of Defense by— 

14 (A) not making an employer-sponsored 

15 health insurance plan available to the workers 

16 who are to be employed in the performance of 

17 that activity or function under the contract; or 

18 (B) offering to such workers an employer19 sponsored health benefits plan that requires the 

20 employer to contribute less towards the pre21 mium or subscription share than the amount 

22 that is paid by the Department of Defense for 

23 health benefits for civilian employees under 

24 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 
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1 (b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard 

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

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

4 notwithstanding any administrative regulation, require5 ment, or policy to the contrary shall have full authority 

6 to enter into a contract for the performance of any com7 mercial or industrial type function of the Department of 

8 Defense that— 

9 (A) is included on the procurement list estab10 lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner11 O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 

12 Code); 

13 (B) is planned to be converted to performance 

14 by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by 

15 a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi16 capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or 

17 (C) is planned to be converted to performance 

18 by a qualified firm under at least 51 percent owner19 ship by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) 

20 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As21 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Ha22 waiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) 

23 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 
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1 (2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts 

2 or contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 

3 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States Code. 

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

5 Department of Defense under the authority provided by 

6 this section shall be credited toward any competitive or 

7 outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be es8 tablished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed 

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

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

11 States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of com12 mercial activities. 

13 (RESCISSIONS)

14 SEC. 8043. Of the funds appropriated in Department 

15 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 

16 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro17 grams in the specified amounts: Provided, That no 

18 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des19 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper20 ations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency re21 quirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 

22 Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

23 Control Act of 1985, as amended: 

24 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 2015/2017, 

25 $15,000,000; 
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1 ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2015/2017, 

2 $23,045,000; 

3 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2015/2017, 

4 $88,000,000; 

5 ‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2015/2017, 

6 $11,933,000; 

7 ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Ma8 rine Corps’’, 2015/2017, $43,600,000; 

9 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2015/2017, 

10 $57,000,000; 

11 ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2015/2017, 

12 $25,500,000; 

13 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 2016/2018, 

14 $34,594,000; 

15 ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Army’’, 2016/ 

16 2018, $5,000,000; 

17 ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2016/2018, 

18 $84,100,000; 

19 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2016/2018, 

20 $6,755,000; 

21 ‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2016/2018, 

22 $5,307,000; 

23 ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Ma24 rine Corps’’, 2016/2018, $6,968,000; 
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1 ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 2016/ 

2 2020: DDG-51 Destroyer, $50,000,000; 

3 ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 2016/ 

4 2020: LPD-17, $14,906,000; 

5 ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 2016/ 

6 2020: LX (R), (AP), $236,000,000; 

7 ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, 2016/2018, 

8 $56,374,000; 

9 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2016/2018, 

10 $383,200,000; 

11 ‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2016/2018, 

12 $34,700,000; 

13 ‘‘Space Procurement, Air Force’’, 2016/2018, 

14 $100,000,000; 

15 ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2016/2018, 

16 $56,369,000; 

17 ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 2016/2018, 

18 $2,600,000; 

19 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

20 Army’’, 2016/2017, $33,402,000; 

21 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

22 Navy’’, 2016/2017, $31,219,000; 

23 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

24 Air Force’’, 2016/2017, $532,550,000; and 
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1 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

2 Defense-Wide’’, 2016/2017, $64,500,000. 

3 SEC. 8044. 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. 8045. 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. 8046. 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 

25 activities and programs included within the National Intel-
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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. 8047. (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. 8048. 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 

25 such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire ca-
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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. 8049. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to retire, divest, realign, or transfer RQ– 

8 4B Global Hawk aircraft, or to disestablish or convert 

9 units associated with such aircraft. 

10 SEC. 8050. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle service com12 petitive procurements may be used unless the competitive 

13 procurements are open for award to all certified providers 

14 of Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle-class systems: Pro15 vided, That the award shall be made to the provider that 

16 offers the best value to the government. 

17 SEC. 8051. In addition to the amounts appropriated 

18 or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 

19 $44,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 

20 Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the 

21 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter22 est, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts speci23 fied as follows: $20,000,000 to the United Service Organi24 zations and $24,000,000 to the Red Cross. 
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1 SEC. 8052. None of the funds in this Act may be 

2 used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manu3 factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of De4 fense certifies to the congressional defense committees 

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

6 capability for national security purposes that is not avail7 able from United States manufacturers. 

8 SEC. 8053. Notwithstanding any other provision in 

9 this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 

10 and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set11 asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs, 

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

13 extramural budget. 

14 SEC. 8054. None of the funds available to the De15 partment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or 

16 expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the 

17 Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by 

18 the contractor to an employee when— 

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

20 excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor 

21 to the employee; and 

22 (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as23 sociated with a business combination. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8055. During the current fiscal year, no more 

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

4 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense5 Wide’’ may be transferred to appropriations available for 

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

7 be available for the same time period as the appropriations 

8 to which transferred, to be used in support of such per9 sonnel in connection with support and services for eligible 

10 organizations and activities outside the Department of De11 fense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States 

12 Code. 

13 SEC. 8056. During the current fiscal year, in the case 

14 of an appropriation account of the Department of Defense 

15 for which the period of availability for obligation has ex16 pired or which has closed under the provisions of section 

17 1552 of title 31, United States Code, and which has a 

18 negative unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obliga19 tion or an adjustment of an obligation may be charged 

20 to any current appropriation account for the same purpose 

21 as the expired or closed account if— 

22 (1) the obligation would have been properly 

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

24 closed account before the end of the period of avail25 ability or closing of that account; 
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1 (2) the obligation is not otherwise properly 

2 chargeable to any current appropriation account of 

3 the Department of Defense; and 

4 (3) in the case of an expired account, the obli5 gation is not chargeable to a current appropriation 

6 of the Department of Defense under the provisions 

7 of section 1405(b)(8) of the National Defense Au8 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law 

9 101–510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Pro10 vided, That in the case of an expired account, if sub11 sequent review or investigation discloses that there 

12 was not in fact a negative unliquidated or unex13 pended balance in the account, any charge to a cur14 rent account under the authority of this section shall 

15 be reversed and recorded against the expired ac16 count: Provided further, That the total amount 

17 charged to a current appropriation under this sec18 tion may not exceed an amount equal to 1 percent 

19 of the total appropriation for that account. 

20 SEC. 8057. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

21 of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may per22 mit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance 

23 Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-avail24 able, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard 
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1 Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for 

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

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

4 credited to funds available for the National Guard Dis5 tance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs 

6 associated with the use of equipment of the project under 

7 that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 

8 purposes without fiscal year limitation. 

9 SEC. 8058. None of the funds available to the De10 partment of Defense may be obligated to modify command 

11 and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command 

12 operational and administrative control of United States 

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

14 the command and control relationships which existed on 

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

16 modification has been proposed to the House and Senate 

17 Appropriations Committees: Provided further, That the 

18 proposed modification may be implemented 30 days after 

19 the notification unless an objection is received from either 

20 the House or Senate Appropriations Committees: Provided 

21 further, That any proposed modification shall not preclude 

22 the ability of the commander of United States Pacific 

23 Command to meet operational requirements. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8059. Of the funds appropriated in this Act 

3 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense4 wide’’, $25,000,000 shall be for continued implementation 

5 and expansion of the Sexual Assault Special Victims’ 

6 Counsel Program: Provided, That the funds are made 

7 available for transfer to the Department of the Army, the 

8 Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 

9 Force: Provided further, That funds transferred shall be 

10 merged with and available for the same purposes and for 

11 the same time period as the appropriations to which the 

12 funds are transferred: Provided further, That this transfer 

13 authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 

14 provided in this Act. 

15 SEC. 8060. None of the funds appropriated in title 

16 IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for deliv17 ery to military forces for operational training, operational 

18 use or inventory requirements: Provided, That this restric19 tion does not apply to end-items used in development, 

20 prototyping, and test activities preceding and leading to 

21 acceptance for operational use: Provided further, That this 

22 restriction does not apply to programs funded within the 

23 National Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the 

24 Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case25 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 
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1 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

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

3 so. 

4 SEC. 8061. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 

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

6 each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 

7 foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 

8 that the application of the limitation with respect to that 

9 country would invalidate cooperative programs entered 

10 into between the Department of Defense and the foreign 

11 country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 

12 for the procurement of defense items entered into under 

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

14 country does not discriminate against the same or similar 

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

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

18 (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on 

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

20 (2) options for the procurement of items that 

21 are exercised after such date under contracts that 

22 are entered into before such date if the option prices 

23 are adjusted for any reason other than the applica24 tion of a waiver granted under subsection (a). 
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1 (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re2 garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear3 ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 

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

5 Schedule of the United States and products classified 

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

7 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 

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

9 8211, 8215, and 9404. 

10 SEC. 8062. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this or other Department of De12 fense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended 

13 for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to 

14 military family housing units of the Department of De15 fense, including areas in such military family housing 

16 units that may be used for the purpose of conducting offi17 cial Department of Defense business. 

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 8063. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper20 ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be 

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

22 Public Service Development Trust Fund established under 

23 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv24 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 
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1 SEC. 8064. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 

3 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense4 Wide’’ for any new start advanced concept technology 

5 demonstration project or joint capability demonstration 

6 project may only be obligated 45 days after a report, in7 cluding a description of the project, the planned acquisi8 tion and transition strategy and its estimated annual and 

9 total cost, has been provided in writing to the congres10 sional defense committees: Provided, That the Secretary 

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

12 basis by certifying to the congressional defense committees 

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

14 SEC. 8065. The Secretary of Defense shall continue 

15 to provide a classified quarterly report to the House and 

16 Senate Appropriations Committees, Subcommittees on 

17 Defense on certain matters as directed in the classified 

18 annex accompanying this Act. 

19 SEC. 8066. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 

20 10, United States Code, a Reserve who is a member of 

21 the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard 

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

23 may perform duties in support of the ground-based ele24 ments of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 
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1 SEC. 8067. None of the funds provided in this Act 

2 may be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity 

3 ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has 

4 a center-fire cartridge and a United States military no5 menclature designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor 

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

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

8 entity performing demilitarization services for the Depart9 ment of Defense under a contract that requires the entity 

10 to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of 

11 Defense that armor piercing projectiles are either: (1) ren12 dered incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; 

13 or (2) used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a con14 tract with the Department of Defense or the manufacture 

15 of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Per16 manent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by 

17 the Department of State. 

18 SEC. 8068. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his des20 ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider21 ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 

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

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

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

25 United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fra-
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1 ternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the 

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

3 a case-by-case basis. 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

7 $75,950,170 shall remain available until expended: Pro8 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

9 the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such 

10 funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Pro11 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized 

12 to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition 

13 of real property, construction, personal services, and oper14 ations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this 

15 section: Provided further, That contracts entered into 

16 under the authority of this section may provide for such 

17 indemnification as the Secretary determines to be nec18 essary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 

19 section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and 

20 local law to the maximum extent consistent with the na21 tional security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 

22 SEC. 8070. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

23 or any other Act may be used to take any action to mod24 ify— 
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1 (1) the appropriations account structure for the 

2 National Intelligence Program budget, including 

3 through the creation of a new appropriation or new 

4 appropriation account; 

5 (2) how the National Intelligence Program 

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

7 R–1, and O–1 documents supporting the Depart8 ment of Defense budget request; 

9 (3) the process by which the National Intel10 ligence Program appropriations are apportioned to 

11 the executing agencies; or 

12 (4) the process by which the National Intel13 ligence Program appropriations are allotted, obli14 gated and disbursed. 

15 (b) Nothing in section (a) shall be construed to pro16 hibit the merger of programs or changes to the National 

17 Intelligence Program budget at or below the Expenditure 

18 Center level, provided such change is otherwise in accord19 ance with paragraphs (a)(1)–(3). 

20 (c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec21 retary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of 

22 achieving auditable financial statements and improving 

23 fiscal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for 

24 alternative financial management processes. Such study 

25 shall include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk as-
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1 sessment to ensure that none of the alternative processes 

2 will adversely affect counterintelligence. 

3 (d) Upon development of the detailed proposals de4 fined under subsection (c), the Director of National Intel5 ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall— 

6 (1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af7 fected agencies; 

8 (2) receive certification from all affected agen9 cies attesting that the proposed alternatives will help 

10 achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and 

11 will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and 

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

13 necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present 

14 the proposed alternatives and certifications to the 

15 congressional defense and intelligence committees. 

16 SEC. 8071. In addition to amounts provided else17 where in this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to 

18 the Department of Defense, to remain available for obliga19 tion until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

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

21 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter22 est, these funds shall be available only for a grant to the 

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

24 and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the 

25 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. 8072. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

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

6 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense7 Wide’’, $600,735,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative 

8 Programs: Provided, That of this amount, $62,000,000 

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; $266,511,000 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 $150,000,000 shall 

17 be for co-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, of which not more than $90,000,000, sub21 ject to previously established transfer procedures, may be 

22 obligated or expended until establishment of a U.S.-Israeli 

23 co-production agreement for SRBMD; $204,893,000 shall 

24 be for an upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile De25 fense Architecture, of which $120,000,000 shall be for co- 
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1 production activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier missiles in 

2 the United States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense 

3 requirements consistent with each nation’s laws, regula4 tions, and procedures, of which not more than 

5 $70,000,000 subject to previously established transfer 

6 procedures, may be obligated or expended until establish7 ment of a U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement for Arrow 

8 3 Upper Tier; and $67,331,000 shall be for the Arrow 

9 System Improvement Program including development of 

10 a long range, ground and airborne, detection suite: Pro11 vided further, That the transfer authority provided under 

12 this provision is in addition to any other transfer authority 

13 contained in this Act. 

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 8073. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

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

17 $160,274,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, 

18 to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases: Provided, 

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

20 Navy shall transfer funds to the following appropriations 

21 in the amounts specified: Provided further, That the 

22 amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available 

23 for the same purposes as the appropriations to which 

24 transferred to: 
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1 (1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con2 version, Navy’’, 2012/2017: LPD–17 Amphibious 

3 Transport Dock Program $45,060,000; 

4 (2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con5 version, Navy’’, 2011/2017: DDG–51 Destroyer 

6 $15,959,000; 

7 (3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con8 version, Navy’’, 2012/2017: Littoral Combat Ship 

9 $3,600,000; 

10 (4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con11 version, Navy’’, 2013/2017: Littoral Combat Ship 

12 $82,400,000; 

13 (5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con14 version, Navy’’, 2012/2017: Expeditionary Fast 

15 Transport $6,710,000; and 

16 (6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con17 version, Navy’’, 2013/2017: Expeditionary Fast 

18 Transport $6,545,000. 

19 SEC. 8074. 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 2017 until the enactment of the Intelligence Author25 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017. 
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1 SEC. 8075. 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. 8076. The budget of the President for fiscal 

9 year 2018 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 

25 component, and estimates of the major weapons systems 
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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. 8077. 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. 8078. 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 $157,000,000. 

15 SEC. 8079. 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. 8080. None of the funds provided in this Act 

25 shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence in-
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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. 8081. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 

9 this Act may be used to transfer research and develop10 ment, acquisition, or other program authority relating to 

11 current tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (TUAVs) from 

12 the Army. 

13 (b) The Army shall retain responsibility for and oper14 ational control of the MQ–1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aer15 ial Vehicle (UAV) in order to support the Secretary of De16 fense in matters relating to the employment of unmanned 

17 aerial vehicles. 

18 SEC. 8082. Up to $10,120,000 of the funds appro19 priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

20 Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Re21 gional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the 

22 Pacific Command to execute Theater Security Cooperation 

23 activities such as humanitarian assistance, and payment 

24 of incremental and personnel costs of training and exer25 cising with foreign security forces: Provided, That funds 
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1 made available for this purpose may be used, notwith2 standing any other funding authorities for humanitarian 

3 assistance, security assistance or combined exercise ex4 penses: Provided further, That funds may not be obligated 

5 to provide assistance to any foreign country that is other6 wise prohibited from receiving such type of assistance 

7 under any other provision of law. 

8 SEC. 8083. None of the funds appropriated by this 

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

10 Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond 

11 the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for 

12 research and technology, which shall remain available until 

13 September 30, 2018. 

14 SEC. 8084. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 

15 31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 

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

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

18 purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship19 building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 

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

21 to the total amount of the appropriation. 

22 SEC. 8085. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 

23 of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel24 ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel25 ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 
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1 of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 

2 2017: Provided, That the report shall include— 

3 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa4 rate column to display the President’s budget re5 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 

6 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

7 fiscal year enacted level; 

8 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro9 priation by Expenditure Center and project; and 

10 (3) an identification of items of special congres11 sional interest. 

12 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel13 ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re14 programming or transfer until the report identified in sub15 section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 

16 committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence 

17 certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence com18 mittees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary 

19 as an emergency requirement. 

20 SEC. 8086. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to eliminate, restructure, or realign Army 

22 Contracting Command—New Jersey or make dispropor23 tionate personnel reductions at any Army Contracting 

24 Command—New Jersey sites without 30-day prior notifi25 cation to the congressional defense committees. 
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1 (RESCISSION)

2 SEC. 8087. Of the unobligated balances available to 

3 the Department of Defense, the following funds are per4 manently rescinded from the following accounts and pro5 grams in the specified amounts to reflect excess cash bal6 ances in Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce 

7 Development Fund: Provided, That no amounts may be 

8 rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con9 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

10 Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

11 the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced 

12 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 

13 amended: 

14 From ‘‘Department of Defense Acquisition 

15 Workforce Development Fund, Defense’’, 

16 $531,000,000. 

17 SEC. 8088. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 

19 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

20 Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456), or 

21 peacekeeping operations for the countries designated an22 nually to be in violation of the standards of the Child Sol23 diers Prevention Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 22 

24 U.S.C. 2370c–1) may be used to support any military 

25 training or operation that includes child soldiers, as de-
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1 fined by the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, unless 

2 such assistance is otherwise permitted under section 404 

3 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008. 

4 SEC. 8089. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper5 ation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, $67,500,000, to 

6 remain available until expended, shall be available, not7 withstanding any other provision of law, to the Secretary 

8 of Defense acting through the Office of Economic Adjust9 ment of the Department of Defense to make grants, con10 clude cooperative agreements, and supplement other Fed11 eral funds to address the need for assistance to support 

12 critical existing and enduring military installations and 

13 missions on Guam, as well as any potential Department 

14 of Defense growth, for purposes of addressing the need 

15 for civilian water and wastewater improvements. 

16 SEC. 8090. (a) None of the funds provided for the 

17 National Intelligence Program in this or any prior appro18 priations Act shall be available for obligation or expendi19 ture through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in ac20 cordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 

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

22 (1) creates a new start effort; 

23 (2) terminates a program with appropriated 

24 funding of $10,000,000 or more; 
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1 (3) transfers funding into or out of the Na2 tional Intelligence Program; or 

3 (4) transfers funding between appropriations, 

4 unless the congressional intelligence committees are 

5 notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming 

6 of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 

7 urgent national security requirements. 

8 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel9 ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 

10 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

11 reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with 

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

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

14 decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex ac15 companying the Act unless the congressional intelligence 

16 committees are notified 30 days in advance of such re17 programming of funds; this notification period may be re18 duced for urgent national security requirements. 

19 SEC. 8091. The Director of National Intelligence 

20 shall submit to Congress each year, at or about the time 

21 that the President’s budget is submitted to Congress that 

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

23 Code, a future-years intelligence program (including asso24 ciated annexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures and 

25 proposed appropriations included in that budget. Any such 
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1 future-years intelligence program shall cover the fiscal 

2 year with respect to which the budget is submitted and 

3 at least the four succeeding fiscal years. 

4 SEC. 8092. For the purposes of this Act, the term 

5 ‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ means the Perma6 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

7 Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

8 the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com9 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 

10 and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 

11 Appropriations of the Senate. 

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 8093. During the current fiscal year, not to ex14 ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made 

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

16 Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Oper17 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by 

18 the military department concerned to its central fund es19 tablished for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to sec20 tion 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 8094. Funds appropriated by this Act for oper23 ation and maintenance may be available for the purpose 

24 of making remittances and transfer to the Defense Acqui-
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1 sition Workforce Development Fund in accordance with 

2 section 1705 of title 10, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 8095. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 

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

5 (c), post on the public Web site of that agency any report 

6 required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 

7 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen8 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

9 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 

10 (1) the public posting of the report com11 promises national security; or 

12 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

13 (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 

14 do so only after such report has been made available to 

15 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

16 no less than 45 days. 

17 SEC. 8096. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

18 otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for 

19 any Federal contract for an amount in excess of 

20 $1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to— 

21 (1) enter into any agreement with any of its 

22 employees or independent contractors that requires, 

23 as a condition of employment, that the employee or 

24 independent contractor agree to resolve through ar25 bitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 
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1 Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 

2 out of sexual assault or harassment, including as3 sault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional 

4 distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, su5 pervision, or retention; or 

6 (2) take any action to enforce any provision of 

7 an existing agreement with an employee or inde8 pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 

9 or independent contractor resolve through arbitra10 tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 

11 of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sex12 ual assault or harassment, including assault and 

13 battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, 

14 false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, 

15 or retention. 

16 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

17 made available by this Act may be expended for any Fed18 eral contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires 

19 each covered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and 

20 not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any 

21 agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub22 section (a), with respect to any employee or independent 

23 contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 

24 For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcon-
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1 tractor’’ is an entity that has a subcontract in excess of 

2 $1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a). 

3 (c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 

4 respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements 

5 with employees or independent contractors that may not 

6 be enforced in a court of the United States. 

7 (d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica8 tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 

9 subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 

10 subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per11 sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 

12 harm to national security interests of the United States, 

13 and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 

14 longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina15 tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 

16 waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, 

17 and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 

18 waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not 

19 avoid harm to national security interests of the United 

20 States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Con21 gress, and simultaneously make public, any determination 

22 under this subsection not less than 15 business days be23 fore the contract or subcontract addressed in the deter24 mination may be awarded. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8097. From within the funds appropriated for 

3 operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Pro4 gram in this Act, up to $122,375,000, shall be available 

5 for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Depart6 ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

7 Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 

8 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

9 2010, Public Law 111–84: Provided, That for purposes 

10 of section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are oper11 ations of the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal 

12 Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet13 erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 

14 Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 

15 Federal medical facility as described by section 706 of 

16 Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That additional 

17 funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for op18 eration and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 

19 to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet20 erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 

21 written notification by the Secretary of Defense to the 

22 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent23 atives and the Senate. 

24 SEC. 8098. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act may be used by the De-
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1 partment of Defense or a component thereof in contraven2 tion of the provisions of section 130h of title 10, United 

3 States Code. 

4 SEC. 8099. Appropriations available to the Depart5 ment of Defense may be used for the purchase of heavy 

6 and light armored vehicles for the physical security of per7 sonnel or for force protection purposes up to a limit of 

8 $450,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other limi9 tations applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying 

10 vehicles. 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 8100. Upon a determination by the Director of 

13 National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 

14 the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 

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

16 exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made available in this 

17 Act for the National Intelligence Program: Provided, That 

18 such authority to transfer may not be used unless for 

19 higher priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence re20 quirements, than those for which originally appropriated 

21 and in no case where the item for which funds are re22 quested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, 

23 That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds 

24 using authority provided in this section shall be made 

25 prior to June 30, 2017. 
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1 SEC. 8101. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

3 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 

4 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

5 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

6 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

7 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

8 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

9 at United States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, 

10 Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

11 SEC. 8102. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

12 otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be 

13 used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the 

14 United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 

15 individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 

16 detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the ef17 fective control of the Department of Defense. 

18 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

19 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

20 Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

21 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

22 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

23 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 
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1 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

2 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

3 and 

4 (2) is— 

5 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

6 control of the Department of Defense; or 

7 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

8 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

9 SEC. 8103. None of the funds appropriated or other10 wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer 

11 any individual detained at United States Naval Station 

12 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 

13 individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 

14 or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec15 tion 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

16 Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1034 

17 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

18 2017 (Public Law 114–328). 

19 SEC. 8104. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Res21 olution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 

22 SEC. 8105. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

23 otherwise made available by this or any other Act may 

24 be used by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official 

25 or officer of the Department of Defense, to enter into a 
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1 contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 

2 agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan 

3 or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary 

4 of Rosoboronexport. 

5 (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limita6 tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with 

7 the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intel8 ligence, determines that it is in the vital national security 

9 interest of the United States to do so, and certifies in writ10 ing to the congressional defense committees that, to the 

11 best of the Secretary’s knowledge: 

12 (1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of 

13 lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 

14 existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern15 ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 

16 (2) The armed forces of the Russian Federation 

17 have withdrawn from Crimea, other than armed 

18 forces present on military bases subject to agree19 ments in force between the Government of the Rus20 sian Federation and the Government of Ukraine; 

21 and 

22 (3) Agents of the Russian Federation have 

23 ceased taking active measures to destabilize the con24 trol of the Government of Ukraine over eastern 

25 Ukraine. 
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1 (c) The Inspector General of the Department of De2 fense shall conduct a review of any action involving 

3 Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the 

4 Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not 

5 later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver 

6 is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector Gen7 eral shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

8 a report containing the results of the review conducted 

9 with respect to such waiver. 

10 SEC. 8106. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be used for the purchase or manufacture of a 

12 flag of the United States unless such flags are treated as 

13 covered items under section 2533a(b) of title 10, United 

14 States Code. 

15 SEC. 8107. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act 

16 for the Department of Defense, amounts may be made 

17 available, under such regulations as the Secretary of De18 fense may prescribe, to local military commanders ap19 pointed by the Secretary, or by an officer or employee des20 ignated by the Secretary, to provide at their discretion ex 

21 gratia payments in amounts consistent with subsection (d) 

22 of this section for damage, personal injury, or death that 

23 is incident to combat operations of the Armed Forces in 

24 a foreign country. 
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1 (b) An ex gratia payment under this section may be 

2 provided only if— 

3 (1) the prospective foreign civilian recipient is 

4 determined by the local military commander to be 

5 friendly to the United States; 

6 (2) a claim for damages would not be compen7 sable under chapter 163 of title 10, United States 

8 Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Foreign Claims 

9 Act’’); and 

10 (3) the property damage, personal injury, or 

11 death was not caused by action by an enemy. 

12 (c) NATURE OF PAYMENTS.—Any payments provided 

13 under a program under subsection (a) shall not be consid14 ered an admission or acknowledgement of any legal obliga15 tion to compensate for any damage, personal injury, or 

16 death. 

17 (d) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary of De18 fense determines a program under subsection (a) to be ap19 propriate in a particular setting, the amounts of pay20 ments, if any, to be provided to civilians determined to 

21 have suffered harm incident to combat operations of the 

22 Armed Forces under the program should be determined 

23 pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary and 

24 based on an assessment, which should include such factors 
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1 as cultural appropriateness and prevailing economic condi2 tions. 

3 (e) LEGAL ADVICE.—Local military commanders 

4 shall receive legal advice before making ex gratia pay5 ments under this subsection. The legal advisor, under reg6 ulations of the Department of Defense, shall advise on 

7 whether an ex gratia payment is proper under this section 

8 and applicable Department of Defense regulations. 

9 (f) WRITTEN RECORD.—A written record of any ex 

10 gratia payment offered or denied shall be kept by the local 

11 commander and on a timely basis submitted to the appro12 priate office in the Department of Defense as determined 

13 by the Secretary of Defense. 

14 (g) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall report 

15 to the congressional defense committees on an annual 

16 basis the efficacy of the ex gratia payment program in17 cluding the number of types of cases considered, amounts 

18 offered, the response from ex gratia payment recipients, 

19 and any recommended modifications to the program. 

20 SEC. 8108. None of the funds available in this Act 

21 to the Department of Defense, other than appropriations 

22 made for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades 

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

24 prepare to reduce the number of deployed and non-de25 ployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below the 
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1 levels set forth in the report submitted to Congress in ac2 cordance with section 1042 of the National Defense Au3 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 

4 SEC. 8109. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 

5 awards on a public Web site in a searchable format. 

6 SEC. 8110. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to fund the performance of a flight dem8 onstration team at a location outside of the United States: 

9 Provided, That this prohibition applies only if a perform10 ance of a flight demonstration team at a location within 

11 the United States was canceled during the current fiscal 

12 year due to insufficient funding. 

13 SEC. 8111. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 

15 (1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 

16 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 

17 1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States 

18 person; or 

19 (2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 

20 such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 

21 United States Code) of any electronic communica22 tion of a United States person from a provider of 

23 electronic communication services to the public pur24 suant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur25 veillance Act of 1978. 
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1 SEC. 8112. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

3 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

4 ratification for the Treaty. 

5 SEC. 8113. None of the funds made available in this 

6 or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 

7 officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who 

8 approves or implements the transfer of administrative re9 sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 

10 project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 

11 of another Federal agency not financed by this Act with12 out the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 

13 this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds ex14 pressly provided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or 

15 provisions of Acts providing supplemental appropriations 

16 for the Department of Defense. 

17 SEC. 8114. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be obligated for activities authorized under sec19 tion 1208 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Au20 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 112– 

21 81; 125 Stat. 1621) to initiate support for, or expand sup22 port to, foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or individ23 uals unless the congressional defense committees are noti24 fied in accordance with the direction contained in the clas25 sified annex accompanying this Act, not less than 15 days 
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1 before initiating such support: Provided, That none of the 

2 funds made available in this Act may be used under sec3 tion 1208 for any activity that is not in support of an 

4 ongoing military operation being conducted by United 

5 States Special Operations Forces to combat terrorism: 

6 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive 

7 the prohibitions in this section if the Secretary determines 

8 that such waiver is required by extraordinary cir9 cumstances and, by not later than 72 hours after making 

10 such waiver, notifies the congressional defense committees 

11 of such waiver. 

12 SEC. 8115. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of 

14 the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), in15 cluding for the introduction of United States armed forces 

16 into hostilities in Iraq, into situations in Iraq where immi17 nent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the 

18 circumstances, or into Iraqi territory, airspace, or waters 

19 while equipped for combat, in contravention of the con20 gressional consultation and reporting requirements of sec21 tions 3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 

22 1543). 

23 SEC. 8116. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to divest, retire, transfer, or place in stor25 age or on backup aircraft inventory status, or prepare to 
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1 divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage or on backup 

2 aircraft inventory status, any A–10 aircraft, or to dises3 tablish any units of the active or reserve component associ4 ated with such aircraft. 

5 SEC. 8117. None of the funds provided in this Act 

6 for the T–AO(X) program shall be used to award a new 

7 contract that provides for the acquisition of the following 

8 components unless those components are manufactured in 

9 the United States: Auxiliary equipment (including pumps) 

10 for shipboard services; propulsion equipment (including 

11 engines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard 

12 cranes; and spreaders for shipboard cranes. 

13 SEC. 8118. The amount appropriated in title II of 

14 this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’ is here15 by reduced by $336,000,000 to reflect excess cash bal16 ances in Department of Defense Working Capital Funds. 

17 SEC. 8119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 this Act, to reflect savings due to lower than anticipated 

19 fuel costs, the total amount appropriated in title II of this 

20 Act is hereby reduced by $1,155,000,000. 

21 SEC. 8120. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to divest or retire, or to prepare to divest 

23 or retire, KC–10 aircraft. 

24 SEC. 8121. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used to divest, retire, transfer, or place in stor-
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1 age or on backup aircraft inventory status, or prepare to 

2 divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage or on backup 

3 aircraft inventory status, any EC–130H aircraft. 

4 SEC. 8122. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex6 penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 

7 of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 

8 topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 

9 by Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 

10 and Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclo11 sure 3, 14a and 14b). 

12 SEC. 8123. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new 

14 or additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 

15 round. 

16 SEC. 8124. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

17 for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $274,524,000, 

18 to remain available until expended, may be used for any 

19 purposes related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet 

20 established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales 

21 Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. 4405): Provided, That such 

22 amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready 

23 Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the 

24 United States Department of Transportation for pro-
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1 grams, projects, activities, and expenses related to the Na2 tional Defense Reserve Fleet. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 8125. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act, 

5 the Secretary of Defense may use up to $20,000,000 

6 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense7 Wide’’, and up to $75,000,000 under the heading ‘‘Re8 search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense9 Wide’’ to develop, replace, and sustain Federal Govern10 ment security and suitability background investigation in11 formation technology systems of the Office of Personnel 

12 Management or other Federal agency responsible for con13 ducting such investigations: Provided, That the Secretary 

14 may reprogram or transfer additional amounts into these 

15 headings or into ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ using es16 tablished reprogramming procedures applicable to con17 gressional special interest items: Provided further, That 

18 such funds shall supplement, not supplant any other 

19 amounts made available to other Federal agencies for such 

20 purposes. 

21 SEC. 8126. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar Sys23 tem recapitalization program may be obligated or ex24 pended for pre-milestone B activities after March 31, 

25 2018. 
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1 SEC. 8127. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 

3 of the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

4 Cuba. 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 8128. Additional readiness funds made available 

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

8 Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, ‘‘Operation 

9 and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, and ‘‘Operation and 

10 Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred to and 

11 merged with any appropriation of the Department of De12 fense for activities related to the Zika virus in order to 

13 provide health support for the full range of military oper14 ations and sustain the health of the members of the Armed 

15 Forces, civilian employees of the Department of Defense, 

16 and their families, to include: research and development, 

17 disease surveillance, vaccine development, rapid detection, 

18 vector controls and surveillance, training, and outbreak re19 sponse: Provided, That the authority provided in this sec20 tion is subject to the same terms and conditions as the 

21 authority provided in section 8005 of this Act. 

22 SEC. 8129. (a) None of the funds made available in 

23 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

24 network unless such network is designed to block access 

25 to pornography websites. 
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1 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

2 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

3 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi4 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, 

5 or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in6 cluding intelligence activities. 

7 (RESCISSION)

8 SEC. 8130. (a) The Ship Modernization, Operations 

9 and Sustainment Fund established by section 8103 of the 

10 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 (division 

11 C of Public Law 113–6; 127 Stat. 321) is hereby termi12 nated, effective as of the date of the enactment of this 

13 Act. 

14 (b) Any unobligated balances in the Ship Moderniza15 tion, Operations and Sustainment Fund as of the date of 

16 the enactment of this Act are hereby rescinded. 

17 SEC. 8131. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to provide arms, training, or other assist19 ance to the Azov Battalion. 

20 SEC. 8132. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, any transfer of funds appropriated or otherwise made 

22 available by this Act to the Global Engagement Center 

23 pursuant to section 1287 of the National Defense Author24 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) 
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1 shall be made in accordance with section 8005 or 9002 

2 of this Act, as applicable. 

3 SEC. 8133. No amounts credited or otherwise made 

4 available in this or any other Act to the Department of 

5 Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund may be 

6 transferred to: 

7 (1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established 

8 under section 804(d) of the National Defense Au9 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 

10 2302 note); or 

11 (2) credited to a military-department specific 

12 fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na13 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

14 2016 (as amended by section 897 of the National 

15 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017). 

16 SEC. 8134. The explanatory statement regarding this 

17 Act, printed in the House of Representatives section of 

18 the Congressional Record on or about March 8, 2017, by 

19 the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives, shall have the same effect with 

21 respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of 

22 this Act as if it were a Report of the Committee on Appro23 priations. 

24 SEC. 8135. No funds provided in this Act shall be 

25 used to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act 
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1 timely access to any records, documents, or other mate2 rials available to the department or agency over which that 

3 Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 

4 General Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspec5 tor General’s access to such records, documents, or other 

6 materials, under any provision of law, except a provision 

7 of law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and 

8 expressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 

9 department or agency covered by this section shall provide 

10 its Inspector General with access to all such records, docu11 ments, and other materials in a timely manner. Each In12 spector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 

13 limitations on disclosure relevant to the information pro14 vided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen15 eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 

16 of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section 

17 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

18 House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal19 endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 
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1 TITLE IX 

2 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL 

3 WAR ON TERRORISM 

4 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

5 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

7 Army’’, $1,948,648,000: Provided, That such amount is 

8 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op9 erations/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 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

14 Navy’’, $327,427,000: Provided, That such amount is des15 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper16 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

17 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

18 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

19 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

21 Marine Corps’’, $179,733,000: Provided, That such 

22 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con23 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

24 section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

25 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

3 Air Force’’, $705,706,000: 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, ARMY

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 

10 Army’’, $42,506,000: Provided, That such amount is des11 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper12 ations/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 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 

17 Navy’’, $11,929,000: Provided, That such amount is des18 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper19 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

20 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 

24 Marine Corps’’, $3,764,000: Provided, That such amount 

25 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
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1 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 

6 Air Force’’, $20,535,000: Provided, That such amount is 

7 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op8 erations/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. 

11 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per13 sonnel, Army’’, $196,472,000: Provided, That such 

14 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con15 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

16 section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

17 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per20 sonnel, Air Force’’, $5,288,000: Provided, That such 

21 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con22 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

23 section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

24 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

2 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main4 tenance, Army’’, $15,693,068,000: Provided, That such 

5 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con6 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

7 section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main11 tenance, Navy’’, $7,887,349,000: 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 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main18 tenance, Marine Corps’’, $1,607,259,000: Provided, That 

19 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

20 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu21 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

22 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

23 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main25 tenance, Air Force’’, $10,556,598,000: 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, DEFENSE-WIDE

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main7 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $6,476,649,000: Provided, That 

8 of the funds provided under this heading, not to exceed 

9 $920,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2018, shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating 

11 nations for logistical, military, and other support, includ12 ing access, provided to United States military and stability 

13 operations in Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic 

14 State of Iraq and the Levant: Provided further, That such 

15 reimbursement payments may be made in such amounts 

16 as the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the 

17 Secretary of State, and in consultation with the Director 

18 of the Office of Management and Budget, may determine, 

19 based on documentation determined by the Secretary of 

20 Defense to adequately account for the support provided, 

21 and such determination is final and conclusive upon the 

22 accounting officers of the United States, and 15 days fol23 lowing notification to the appropriate congressional com24 mittees: Provided further, That these funds may be used 

25 for the purpose of providing specialized training and pro-
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1 curing supplies and specialized equipment and providing 

2 such supplies and loaning such equipment on a non-reim3 bursable basis to coalition forces supporting United States 

4 military and stability operations in Afghanistan and to 

5 counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and 15 

6 days following notification to the appropriate congres7 sional committees: Provided further, That these funds may 

8 be used to support the Government of Jordan, in such 

9 amounts as the Secretary of Defense may determine, to 

10 enhance the ability of the armed forces of Jordan to in11 crease or sustain security along its borders, upon 15 days 

12 prior written notification to the congressional defense 

13 committees outlining the amounts intended to be provided 

14 and the nature of the expenses incurred: Provided further, 

15 That of the funds provided under this heading, not to ex16 ceed $750,000,000, to remain available until September 

17 30, 2018, shall be available to provide support and assist18 ance to foreign security forces or other groups or individ19 uals to conduct, support or facilitate counterterrorism, cri20 sis response, or other Department of Defense security co21 operation programs: Provided further, That of the funds 

22 provided under this heading, up to $30,000,000 shall be 

23 for Operation Observant Compass: Provided further, That 

24 the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports 

25 to the congressional defense committees on the use of 
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1 funds provided in this paragraph: Provided further, That 

2 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

3 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu4 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

5 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main8 tenance, Army Reserve’’, $38,679,000: Provided, That 

9 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

10 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu11 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

12 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main15 tenance, Navy Reserve’’, $26,265,000: Provided, That 

16 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

17 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu18 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

19 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

21 RESERVE

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main23 tenance, Marine Corps Reserve’’, $3,304,000: Provided, 

24 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over25 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 FORCE RESERVE

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main5 tenance, Air Force Reserve’’, $57,586,000: Provided, That 

6 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

7 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu8 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

9 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL

11 GUARD

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main13 tenance, Army National Guard’’, $127,035,000: Provided, 

14 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over15 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

16 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

17 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main20 tenance, Air National Guard’’, $20,000,000: Provided, 

21 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over22 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

23 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

24 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND

2 For the ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, 

3 $4,262,715,000, to remain available until September 30, 

4 2018: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 

5 Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other provision 

6 of law, for the purpose of allowing the Commander, Com7 bined Security Transition Command—Afghanistan, or the 

8 Secretary’s designee, to provide assistance, with the con9 currence of the Secretary of State, to the security forces 

10 of Afghanistan, including the provision of equipment, sup11 plies, services, training, facility and infrastructure repair, 

12 renovation, construction, and funding: Provided further, 

13 That the Secretary of Defense may obligate and expend 

14 funds made available to the Department of Defense in this 

15 title for additional costs associated with existing projects 

16 previously funded with amounts provided under the head17 ing ‘‘Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund’’ in prior Acts: Pro18 vided further, That such costs shall be limited to contract 

19 changes resulting from inflation, market fluctuation, rate 

20 adjustments, and other necessary contract actions to com21 plete existing projects, and associated supervision and ad22 ministration costs and costs for design during construc23 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary may not use 

24 more than $50,000,000 under the authority provided in 

25 this section: Provided further, That the Secretary shall no-
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1 tify in advance such contract changes and adjustments in 

2 annual reports to the congressional defense committees: 

3 Provided further, That the authority to provide assistance 

4 under this heading is in addition to any other authority 

5 to provide assistance to foreign nations: Provided further, 

6 That contributions of funds for the purposes provided 

7 herein from any person, foreign government, or inter8 national organization may be credited to this Fund, to re9 main available until expended, and used for such purposes: 

10 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall no11 tify the congressional defense committees in writing upon 

12 the receipt and upon the obligation of any contribution, 

13 delineating the sources and amounts of the funds received 

14 and the specific use of such contributions: Provided fur15 ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 

16 15 days prior to obligating from this appropriation ac17 count, notify the congressional defense committees in writ18 ing of the details of any such obligation: Provided further, 

19 That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congres20 sional defense committees of any proposed new projects 

21 or transfer of funds between budget sub-activity groups 

22 in excess of $20,000,000: Provided further, That the 

23 United States may accept equipment procured using funds 

24 provided under this heading in this or prior Acts that was 

25 transferred to the security forces of Afghanistan and re-
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1 turned by such forces to the United States: Provided fur2 ther, That equipment procured using funds provided under 

3 this heading in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred 

4 to the security forces of Afghanistan or transferred to the 

5 security forces of Afghanistan and returned by such forces 

6 to the United States, may be treated as stocks of the De7 partment of Defense upon written notification to the con8 gressional defense committees: Provided further, That of 

9 the funds provided under this heading, not less than 

10 $10,000,000 shall be for recruitment and retention of 

11 women in the Afghanistan National Security Forces, and 

12 the recruitment and training of female security personnel: 

13 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 

14 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

15 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

16 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

17 of 1985. 

18 COUNTER-ISIL TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND

19 For the ‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and the Le20 vant Train and Equip Fund’’, $980,000,000, to remain 

21 available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That such 

22 funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense in co23 ordination with the Secretary of State, to provide assist24 ance, including training; equipment; logistics support, sup25 plies, and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and ren-
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1 ovation; and sustainment, to foreign security forces, irreg2 ular forces, groups, or individuals participating, or pre3 paring to participate in activities to counter the Islamic 

4 State of Iraq and the Levant, and their affiliated or asso5 ciated groups: Provided further, That these funds may be 

6 used, in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense may 

7 determine, to enhance the border security of nations adja8 cent to conflict areas, including Jordan and Lebanon, re9 sulting from actions of the Islamic State of Iraq and the 

10 Levant: Provided further, That amounts made available 

11 under this heading shall be available to provide assistance 

12 only for activities in a country designated by the Secretary 

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

14 as having a security mission to counter the Islamic State 

15 of Iraq and the Levant, and following written notification 

16 to the congressional defense committees of such designa17 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall 

18 ensure that prior to providing assistance to elements of 

19 any forces or individuals, such elements or individuals are 

20 appropriately vetted, including at a minimum, assessing 

21 such elements for associations with terrorist groups or 

22 groups associated with the Government of Iran; and re23 ceiving commitments from such elements to promote re24 spect for human rights and the rule of law: Provided fur25 ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 
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1 15 days prior to obligating from this appropriation ac2 count, notify the congressional defense committees in writ3 ing of the details of any such obligation: Provided further, 

4 That the Secretary of Defense may accept and retain con5 tributions, including assistance in-kind, from foreign gov6 ernments, including the Government of Iraq and other en7 tities, to carry out assistance authorized under this head8 ing: Provided further, That contributions of funds for the 

9 purposes provided herein from any foreign government or 

10 other entity may be credited to this Fund, to remain avail11 able until expended, and used for such purposes: Provided 

12 further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive a provi13 sion of law relating to the acquisition of items and support 

14 services or sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Con15 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785) if the Secretary deter16 mines that such provision of law would prohibit, restrict, 

17 delay or otherwise limit the provision of such assistance 

18 and a notice of and justification for such waiver is sub19 mitted to the congressional defense committees, the Com20 mittees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the 

21 Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and For22 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives: Provided fur23 ther, That the United States may accept equipment pro24 cured using funds provided under this heading, or under 

25 the heading, ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior Acts, 
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1 that was transferred to security forces, irregular forces, 

2 or groups participating, or preparing to participate in ac3 tivities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 

4 and returned by such forces or groups to the United 

5 States, may be treated as stocks of the Department of De6 fense upon written notification to the congressional de7 fense committees: Provided further, That equipment pro8 cured using funds provided under this heading, or under 

9 the heading, ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior Acts, 

10 and not yet transferred to security forces, irregular forces, 

11 or groups participating, or preparing to participate in ac12 tivities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 

13 may be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense 

14 when determined by the Secretary to no longer be required 

15 for transfer to such forces or groups and upon written 

16 notification to the congressional defense committees: Pro17 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide 

18 quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees 

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

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

21 nature and scope of support and sustainment provided to 

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

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

24 or individuals: Provided further, That such amount is des25 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
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1 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

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

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 PROCUREMENT 

5 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 

7 Army’’, $313,171,000, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is des9 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper10 ations/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 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 

15 Army’’, $405,317,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is des17 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper18 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

19 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

20 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT

22 VEHICLES, ARMY

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Weap24 ons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army’’, $395,944,000, 

25 to remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
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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 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am7 munition, Army’’, $290,670,000, to remain available until 

8 September 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is des9 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper10 ations/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 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

15 Army’’, $1,343,010,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is des17 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper18 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

19 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

20 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 

23 Navy’’, $367,930,000, to remain available until September 

24 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

25 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
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1 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

2 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

3 of 1985. 

4 WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Weapons Procure6 ment, Navy’’, $8,600,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is des8 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper9 ations/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 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE

13 CORPS

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am15 munition, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $65,380,000, to re16 main available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That 

17 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

18 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu19 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

20 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

23 Navy’’, $99,786,000, to remain available until September 

24 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

25 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
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1 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

2 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

3 of 1985. 

4 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Marine 

6 Corps’’, $118,939,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is des8 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper9 ations/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 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 

14 Air Force’’, $927,249,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is des16 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper17 ations/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 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 

22 Air Force’’, $235,095,000, to remain available until Sep23 tember 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is des24 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper25 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am5 munition, Air Force’’, $273,345,000, to remain available 

6 until September 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount 

7 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

8 Operations/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. 

11 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

13 Air Force’’, $3,529,456,000, to remain available until 

14 September 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is des15 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper16 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

17 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

18 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

19 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, De21 fense-Wide’’, $244,184,000, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2019: Provided, That such amount is des23 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper24 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT

4 For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tac5 tical and support vehicles; other weapons; and other pro6 curement items for the reserve components of the Armed 

7 Forces, $750,000,000, to remain available for obligation 

8 until September 30, 2019: Provided, That the Chiefs of 

9 National Guard and Reserve components shall, not later 

10 than 30 days after enactment of this Act, individually sub11 mit to the congressional defense committees the mod12 ernization priority assessment for their respective Na13 tional Guard or Reserve component: Provided further, 

14 That none of the funds made available by this paragraph 

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

16 procure or modify missiles, munitions, or ammunition: 

17 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 

18 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

19 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

20 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

21 of 1985. 
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1 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

2 EVALUATION 

3 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

4 ARMY

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop6 ment, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, $100,522,000, to re7 main available until September 30, 2018: 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 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

13 NAVY

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop15 ment, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’, $78,323,000, to re16 main available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That 

17 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

18 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu19 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

20 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

22 AIR FORCE

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop24 ment, Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’, $67,905,000, to 

25 remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, 
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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 EVALUATION, 

6 DEFENSE-WIDE

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop8 ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, 

9 $159,919,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2018: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

11 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

12 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

13 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

14 of 1985. 

15 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

16 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Working 

18 Capital Funds’’, $140,633,000: Provided, That such 

19 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con20 tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 

21 section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

22 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

2 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro4 gram’’, $331,764,000, which shall be for operation and 

5 maintenance: Provided, That such amount is designated 

6 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

7 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 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

11 DEFENSE

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and 

13 Counter-Drug Activities, Defense’’, $215,333,000: Pro14 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

15 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter16 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal17 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 JOINT IMPROVISED-THREAT DEFEAT FUND

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the ‘‘Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Fund’’, 

21 $339,472,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2019: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 

23 Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other provision 

24 of law, for the purpose of allowing the Director of the 

25 Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization to inves-
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1 tigate, develop and provide equipment, supplies, services, 

2 training, facilities, personnel and funds to assist United 

3 States forces in the defeat of improvised explosive devices: 

4 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may 

5 transfer funds provided herein to appropriations for mili6 tary personnel; operation and maintenance; procurement; 

7 research, development, test and evaluation; and defense 

8 working capital funds to accomplish the purpose provided 

9 herein: Provided further, That this transfer authority is 

10 in addition to any other transfer authority available to the 

11 Department of Defense: Provided further, That the Sec12 retary of Defense shall, not fewer than 5 days prior to 

13 making transfers from this appropriation, notify the con14 gressional defense committees in writing of the details of 

15 any such transfer: Provided further, 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 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

21 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the In22 spector General’’, $22,062,000: 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 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 

4 SEC. 9001. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, funds made available in this title are in addition to 

6 amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the 

7 Department of Defense for fiscal year 2017. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 9002. Upon the determination of the Secretary 

10 of Defense that such action is necessary in the national 

11 interest, the Secretary may, with the approval of the Of12 fice of Management and Budget, transfer up to 

13 $2,500,000,000 between the appropriations or funds made 

14 available to the Department of Defense in this title: Pro15 vided, That the Secretary shall notify the Congress 

16 promptly of each transfer made pursuant to the authority 

17 in this section: Provided further, That the authority pro18 vided in this section is in addition to any other transfer 

19 authority available to the Department of Defense and is 

20 subject to the same terms and conditions as the authority 

21 provided in section 8005 of this Act. 

22 SEC. 9003. Supervision and administration costs and 

23 costs for design during construction associated with a con24 struction project funded with appropriations available for 

25 operation and maintenance or the ‘‘Afghanistan Security 
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1 Forces Fund’’ provided in this Act and executed in direct 

2 support of overseas contingency operations in Afghani3 stan, may be obligated at the time a construction contract 

4 is awarded: Provided, That, for the purpose of this section, 

5 supervision and administration costs and costs for design 

6 during construction include all in-house Government costs. 

7 SEC. 9004. From funds made available in this title, 

8 the Secretary of Defense may purchase for use by military 

9 and civilian employees of the Department of Defense in 

10 the United States Central Command area of responsi11 bility: (1) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit of 

12 $75,000 per vehicle; and (2) heavy and light armored vehi13 cles for the physical security of personnel or for force pro14 tection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 per vehicle, not15 withstanding price or other limitations applicable to the 

16 purchase of passenger carrying vehicles. 

17 SEC. 9005. Not to exceed $5,000,000 of the amounts 

18 appropriated by this title under the heading ‘‘Operation 

19 and Maintenance, Army’’ may be used, notwithstanding 

20 any other provision of law, to fund the Commanders’ 

21 Emergency Response Program (CERP), for the purpose 

22 of enabling military commanders in Afghanistan to re23 spond to urgent, small-scale, humanitarian relief and re24 construction requirements within their areas of responsi25 bility: Provided, That each project (including any ancillary 
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1 or related elements in connection with such project) exe2 cuted under this authority shall not exceed $2,000,000: 

3 Provided further, That not later than 45 days after the 

4 end of each 6 months of the fiscal year, the Secretary of 

5 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit6 tees a report regarding the source of funds and the alloca7 tion and use of funds during that 6-month period that 

8 were made available pursuant to the authority provided 

9 in this section or under any other provision of law for the 

10 purposes described herein: Provided further, That, not 

11 later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year quar12 ter, the Army shall submit to the congressional defense 

13 committees quarterly commitment, obligation, and expend14 iture data for the CERP in Afghanistan: Provided further, 

15 That, not less than 15 days before making funds available 

16 pursuant to the authority provided in this section or under 

17 any other provision of law for the purposes described here18 in for a project with a total anticipated cost for completion 

19 of $500,000 or more, the Secretary shall submit to the 

20 congressional defense committees a written notice con21 taining each of the following: 

22 (1) The location, nature and purpose of the 

23 proposed project, including how the project is in24 tended to advance the military campaign plan for 

25 the country in which it is to be carried out. 
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1 (2) The budget, implementation timeline with 

2 milestones, and completion date for the proposed 

3 project, including any other CERP funding that has 

4 been or is anticipated to be contributed to the com5 pletion of the project. 

6 (3) A plan for the sustainment of the proposed 

7 project, including the agreement with either the host 

8 nation, a non-Department of Defense agency of the 

9 United States Government or a third-party contrib10 utor to finance the sustainment of the activities and 

11 maintenance of any equipment or facilities to be pro12 vided through the proposed project. 

13 SEC. 9006. Funds available to the Department of De14 fense for operation and maintenance may be used, not15 withstanding any other provision of law, to provide sup16 plies, services, transportation, including airlift and sealift, 

17 and other logistical support to allied forces participating 

18 in a combined operation with the armed forces of the 

19 United States and coalition forces supporting military and 

20 stability operations in Afghanistan and to counter the Is21 lamic State of Iraq and the Levant: Provided, That the 

22 Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 

23 congressional defense committees regarding support pro24 vided under this section. 
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1 SEC. 9007. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli3 gated or expended by the United States Government for 

4 a purpose as follows: 

5 (1) To establish any military installation or 

6 base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 

7 stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 

8 (2) To exercise United States control over any 

9 oil resource of Iraq. 

10 (3) To establish any military installation or 

11 base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 

12 stationing of United States Armed Forces in Af13 ghanistan. 

14 SEC. 9008. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 

16 enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 

17 United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 

18 Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 

19 (done at New York on December 10, 1984): 

20 (1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 

21 Code. 

22 (2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 

23 and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 

24 Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 

25 note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 
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1 regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Fed2 eral Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of 

3 Federal Regulations. 

4 (3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department 

5 of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 

6 to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and 

7 Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 

8 148). 

9 SEC. 9009. None of the funds provided for the ‘‘Af10 ghanistan Security Forces Fund’’ (ASFF) may be obli11 gated prior to the approval of a financial and activity plan 

12 by the Afghanistan Resources Oversight Council (AROC) 

13 of the Department of Defense: Provided, That the AROC 

14 must approve the requirement and acquisition plan for any 

15 service requirements in excess of $50,000,000 annually 

16 and any non-standard equipment requirements in excess 

17 of $100,000,000 using ASFF: Provided further, That the 

18 Department of Defense must certify to the congressional 

19 defense committees that the AROC has convened and ap20 proved a process for ensuring compliance with the require21 ments in the preceding proviso and accompanying report 

22 language for the ASFF. 

23 SEC. 9010. Funds made available in this title to the 

24 Department of Defense for operation and maintenance 

25 may be used to purchase items having an investment unit 
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1 cost of not more than $250,000: Provided, That, upon de2 termination by the Secretary of Defense that such action 

3 is necessary to meet the operational requirements of a 

4 Commander of a Combatant Command engaged in contin5 gency operations overseas, such funds may be used to pur6 chase items having an investment item unit cost of not 

7 more than $500,000. 

8 SEC. 9011. From funds made available to the De9 partment of Defense in this title under the heading ‘‘Oper10 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, up to $60,000,000 

11 may be used by the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding 

12 any other provision of law, to support United States Gov13 ernment transition activities in Iraq by funding the oper14 ations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation 

15 in Iraq and security assistance teams, including life sup16 port, transportation and personal security, and facilities 

17 renovation and construction, and site closeout activities 

18 prior to returning sites to the Government of Iraq: Pro19 vided, That to the extent authorized under the National 

20 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, the oper21 ations and activities that may be carried out by the Office 

22 of Security Cooperation in Iraq may, with the concurrence 

23 of the Secretary of State, include non-operational training 

24 activities in support of Iraqi Minister of Defense and 

25 Counter Terrorism Service personnel in an institutional 
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1 environment to address capability gaps, integrate proc2 esses relating to intelligence, air sovereignty, combined 

3 arms, logistics and maintenance, and to manage and inte4 grate defense-related institutions: Provided further, That 

5 not later than 30 days following the enactment of this Act, 

6 the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall 

7 submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for 

8 transitioning any such training activities that they deter9 mine are needed after the end of fiscal year 2017, to exist10 ing or new contracts for the sale of defense articles or 

11 defense services consistent with the provisions of the Arms 

12 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.): Provided 

13 further, That, not less than 15 days before making funds 

14 available pursuant to the authority provided in this sec15 tion, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres16 sional defense committees a written notice containing a 

17 detailed justification and timeline for the operations and 

18 activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq at 

19 each site where such operations and activities will be con20 ducted during fiscal year 2017: Provided further, That 

21 amounts made available by this section are 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 SEC. 9012. Up to $500,000,000 of funds appro2 priated by this Act for the Defense Security Cooperation 

3 Agency in ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ 

4 may be used to provide assistance to the Government of 

5 Jordan to support the armed forces of Jordan and to en6 hance security along its borders. 

7 SEC. 9013. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act under the heading ‘‘Counter-ISIL Train and Equip 

9 Fund’’ may be used to procure or transfer man-portable 

10 air defense systems. 

11 SEC. 9014. For the ‘‘Ukraine Security Assistance Ini12 tiative’’, $150,000,000 is hereby appropriated, to remain 

13 available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That such 

14 funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, in 

15 coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide assist16 ance, including training; equipment; lethal weapons of a 

17 defensive nature; logistics support, supplies and services; 

18 sustainment; and intelligence support to the military and 

19 national security forces of Ukraine, and for replacement 

20 of any weapons or defensive articles provided to the Gov21 ernment of Ukraine from the inventory of the United 

22 States: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

23 shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds pro24 vided under this heading, notify the congressional defense 

25 committees in writing of the details of any such obligation: 
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1 Provided further, That the United States may accept 

2 equipment procured using funds provided under this head3 ing in this or prior Acts that was transferred to the secu4 rity forces of Ukraine and returned by such forces to the 

5 United States: Provided further, That equipment procured 

6 using funds provided under this heading in this or prior 

7 Acts, and not yet transferred to the military or National 

8 Security Forces of Ukraine or returned by such forces to 

9 the United States, may be treated as stocks of the Depart10 ment of Defense upon written notification to the congres11 sional defense committees: Provided further, That amounts 

12 made available by this section are designated by the Con13 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

14 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal15 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 SEC. 9015. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 

17 available for replacement of funds for items provided to 

18 the Government of Ukraine from the inventory of the 

19 United States to the extent specifically provided for in sec20 tion 9014 of this Act. 

21 SEC. 9016. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act under section 9014 for ‘‘Assistance and Sustainment 

23 to the Military and National Security Forces of Ukraine’’ 

24 may be used to procure or transfer man-portable air de25 fense systems. 
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1 SEC. 9017. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

2 otherwise made available by this Act under the heading 

3 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for pay4 ments under section 1233 of Public Law 110–181 for re5 imbursement to the Government of Pakistan may be made 

6 available unless the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

7 with the Secretary of State, certifies to the congressional 

8 defense committees that the Government of Pakistan is— 

9 (1) cooperating with the United States in 

10 counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani Net11 work, the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e-Tayyiba, 

12 Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and other domestic 

13 and foreign terrorist organizations, including taking 

14 steps to end support for such groups and prevent 

15 them from basing and operating in Pakistan and 

16 carrying out cross border attacks into neighboring 

17 countries; 

18 (2) not supporting terrorist activities against 

19 United States or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and 

20 Pakistan’s military and intelligence agencies are not 

21 intervening extra-judicially into political and judicial 

22 processes in Pakistan; 

23 (3) dismantling improvised explosive device 

24 (IED) networks and interdicting precursor chemicals 

25 used in the manufacture of IEDs; 
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1 (4) preventing the proliferation of nuclear-re2 lated material and expertise; 

3 (5) implementing policies to protect judicial 

4 independence and due process of law; 

5 (6) issuing visas in a timely manner for United 

6 States visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts 

7 and assistance programs in Pakistan; and 

8 (7) providing humanitarian organizations access 

9 to detainees, internally displaced persons, and other 

10 Pakistani civilians affected by the conflict. 

11 (b) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 

12 the Secretary of State, may waive the restriction in sub13 section (a) on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 

14 to the congressional defense committees that it is in the 

15 national security interest to do so: Provided, That if the 

16 Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 

17 of State, exercises such waiver authority, the Secretaries 

18 shall report to the congressional defense committees on 

19 both the justification for the waiver and on the require20 ments of this section that the Government of Pakistan was 

21 not able to meet: Provided further, That such report may 

22 be submitted in classified form if necessary. 

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 9018. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

25 available in this Act, $500,000,000 is hereby appropriated 
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1 to the Department of Defense and made available for 

2 transfer only to the operation and maintenance, military 

3 personnel, and procurement accounts, to improve the intel4 ligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities of the 

5 Department of Defense: Provided, That the transfer au6 thority provided in this section is in addition to any other 

7 transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided 

8 further, That not later than 30 days prior to exercising 

9 the transfer authority provided in this section, the Sec10 retary of Defense shall submit a report to the congres11 sional defense committees on the proposed uses of these 

12 funds: Provided further, That the funds provided in this 

13 section may not be transferred to any program, project, 

14 or activity specifically limited or denied by this Act: Pro15 vided further, That amounts made available by this section 

16 are designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

17 Operations/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: Provided further, That the 

20 authority to provide funding under this section shall termi21 nate on September 30, 2017. 

22 SEC. 9019. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used with respect to Syria in contravention 

24 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), 

25 including for the introduction of United States armed or 
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1 military forces into hostilities in Syria, into situations in 

2 Syria where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly 

3 indicated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, 

4 airspace, or waters while equipped for combat, in con5 travention of the congressional consultation and reporting 

6 requirements of sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 

7 1542 and 1543). 

8 SEC. 9020. None of the funds in this Act may be 

9 made available for the transfer of additional C–130 cargo 

10 aircraft to the Afghanistan National Security Forces or 

11 the Afghanistan Air Force until the Department of De12 fense provides a report to the congressional defense com13 mittees of the Afghanistan Air Force’s medium airlift re14 quirements. The report should identify Afghanistan’s abil15 ity to utilize and maintain existing medium lift aircraft 

16 in the inventory and the best alternative platform, if nec17 essary, to provide additional support to the Afghanistan 

18 Air Force’s current medium airlift capacity. 

19 (RESCISSIONS)

20 SEC. 9021. Of the funds appropriated in Department 

21 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 

22 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro23 grams in the specified amounts: Provided, That such 

24 amounts are designated by the Congress for Overseas 

25 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
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1 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

2 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

3 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, 

4 DSCA Coalition Support Fund’’, 2016/2017, 

5 $300,000,000; 

6 ‘‘Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund’’, 2016/ 

7 2017, $200,000,000; 

8 ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, 2016/ 

9 2017, $150,000,000; and 

10 ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2016/2018, 

11 $169,000,000. 

12 (RESCISSION)

13 SEC. 9022. Of the funds appropriated in Department 

14 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 

15 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro16 grams in the specified amounts: Provided, That amounts 

17 rescinded pursuant to this section that were previously 

18 designated by the Congress for contingency operations di19 rectly related to the global war on terrorism pursuant to 

20 section 3(c)(2) of H. Res. 5 (112th Congress) and as an 

21 emergency requirement pursuant to section 403(a) of S. 

22 Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress) are designated by the Con23 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

24 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal25 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 
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1 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide: 

2 Coalition Support Funds’’, XXXX, $11,524,000. 

3 SEC. 9023. (a) The Mine Resistant Ambush Pro4 tected Vehicle Fund provided for by section 123 of Public 

5 Law 110–92 (121 Stat. 992) is hereby terminated, effec6 tive as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 (b) Any unobligated balances in the Mine Resistant 

8 Ambush Protected Vehicle Fund as of the date of the en9 actment of this Act shall, notwithstanding any provision 

10 of subchapter IV of chapter 15 of title 31, United States 

11 Code, or the procedures under such subchapter, be depos12 ited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 

13 SEC. 9024. Each amount designated in this Act by 

14 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

15 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

16 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

17 of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only 

18 if the President subsequently so designates all such 

19 amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 

2 Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 8, 

2017. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1301 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Department of De2017, and for other purposes. fense for the fiscal year ending September 30,