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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1301 

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 2, 2017 

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the 

Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

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, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, for military func6 tions administered by the Department of Defense and for 

7 other purposes, namely: 


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1 TITLE I 

2 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

3 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

4 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

8 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 

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

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

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

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

15 $40,042,962,000. 

16 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

17 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

18 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta19 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza20 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 

21 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 

22 Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro23 vided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for 

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

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


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

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

3 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

4 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

8 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Ma9 rine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve 

10 provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to sec11 tion 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

12 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Re13 tirement Fund, $12,735,182,000. 

14 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

15 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

16 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta17 tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza18 tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 

19 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air 

20 Force on active duty (except members of reserve compo21 nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 

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

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

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1 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

2 $27,958,795,000. 

3 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

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

5 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re6 serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 

7 3038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 

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

9 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

11 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 

12 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au13 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 

14 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

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

16 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

17 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

18 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re19 serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 

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

21 section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in con22 nection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 

23 of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re24 serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

25 duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 


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1 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart2 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

3 $1,921,045,000. 

4 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

5 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

6 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 

7 Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 

8 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty 

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

10 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

11 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under12 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv13 alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon 

14 leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 

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

16 Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

17 $744,795,000. 

18 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

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

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

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

22 8038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 

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

24 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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


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1 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 

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

4 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

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

6 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

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

8 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na9 tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, 

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

11 States Code, or while serving on duty under section 

12 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, 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 training, or while performing drills or 

16 equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 

17 section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay18 ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 

19 Fund, $7,899,423,000. 

20 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

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

22 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na23 tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 

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

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


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

2 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

3 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under4 going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

5 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 

6 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 

7 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

8 $3,283,982,000. 

9 TITLE II 

10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

11 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

12 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

13 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as author14 ized by law, $32,738,173,000: Provided, That not to ex15 ceed $12,478,000 can be used for emergencies and ex16 traordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or 

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

18 be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential mili19 tary purposes. 

20 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

21 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

22 for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the 

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

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

25 emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 


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

2 and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity 

3 for confidential military purposes. 

4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

5 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

6 for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, 

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

8 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

9 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

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

12 to exceed $7,699,000 can be used for emergencies and ex13 traordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or 

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

15 may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 

16 military purposes. 

17 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

20 for the operation and maintenance of activities and agen21 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

22 departments), as authorized by law, $32,373,949,000: 

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

24 for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized 

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1 vided further, That not to exceed $36,000,000 can be used 

2 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex3 pended on the approval or authority of the Secretary of 

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

5 necessity for confidential military purposes: Provided fur6 ther, That of the funds provided under this heading, not 

7 less than $34,964,000 shall be made available for the Pro8 curement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement 

9 Program, of which not less than $3,600,000 shall be avail10 able for centers defined in 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D): Pro11 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated or oth12 erwise made available by this Act may be used to plan 

13 or implement the consolidation of a budget or appropria14 tions liaison office of the Office of the Secretary of De15 fense, the office of the Secretary of a military department, 

16 or the service headquarters of one of the Armed Forces 

17 into a legislative affairs or legislative liaison office: Pro18 vided further, That $5,023,000, to remain available until 

19 expended, is available only for expenses relating to certain 

20 classified activities, and may be transferred as necessary 

21 by the Secretary of Defense to operation and maintenance 

22 appropriations or research, development, test and evalua23 tion appropriations, to be merged with and to be available 

24 for the same time period as the appropriations to which 

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1 vestment item unit cost of items that may be purchased 

2 with operation and maintenance funds shall not apply to 

3 the funds described in the preceding proviso: Provided fur4 ther, That of the funds provided under this heading, 

5 $480,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

6 2018, shall be available to provide support and assistance 

7 to foreign security forces or other groups or individuals 

8 to conduct, support or facilitate counterterrorism, crisis 

9 response, or other Department of Defense security co10 operation programs: Provided further, That the transfer 

11 authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 

12 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

13 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

14 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

15 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or16 ganization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; re17 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

18 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re19 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip20 ment; and communications, $2,743,688,000. 

21 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

22 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

23 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or24 ganization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; re25 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 


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1 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re2 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip3 ment; and communications, $929,656,000. 

4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

5 RESERVE

6 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

7 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or8 ganization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Re9 serve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger 

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

11 recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip12 ment; and communications, $271,133,000. 

13 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

14 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

15 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or16 ganization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; 

17 repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

18 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re19 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip20 ment; and communications, $3,069,229,000. 

21 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL

22 GUARD

23 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin24 istering the Army 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; hire of passenger motor vehicles; per3 sonnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel ex4 penses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 

5 Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard 

6 division, regimental, and battalion commanders while in7 specting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau 

8 regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, Na9 tional Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army 

10 National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of re11 pair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 

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

13 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

14 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin15 istering the Air National Guard, including medical and 

16 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 

17 hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc18 tures and facilities; transportation of things, hire of pas19 senger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air 

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

21 modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 

22 equipment, including those furnished from stocks under 

23 the control of agencies of the Department of Defense; 

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

25 authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on 


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1 active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 

2 while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 

3 Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the 

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

5 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED

6 FORCES

7 For salaries and expenses necessary for the United 

8 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 

9 $14,194,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used 

10 for official representation purposes. 

11 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

19 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

20 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 

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

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

23 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

24 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

25 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 


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1 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

2 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

3 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

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

6 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

14 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

15 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 

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

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

18 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

19 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

20 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 

21 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

22 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

23 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

24 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au25 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 


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1 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

4 to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the 

5 Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that 

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

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

10 available by this appropriation to other appropriations 

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

12 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

13 and for the same time period as the appropriations to 

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

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

18 this appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer au19 thority provided under this heading is in addition to any 

20 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

21 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For the Department of Defense, $9,009,000, to re24 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec25 retary of Defense shall, upon determining that such funds 


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1 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 

2 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 

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

4 purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro5 priation to other appropriations made available to the De6 partment of Defense, to be merged with and to be avail7 able for the same purposes and for the same time period 

8 as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided fur9 ther, That upon a determination that all or part of the 

10 funds transferred from this appropriation are not nec11 essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

12 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

13 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 

14 heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro15 vided elsewhere in this Act. 

16 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED

17 DEFENSE SITES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

20 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec21 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 

22 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc23 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 

24 buildings and debris at sites formerly used by the Depart25 ment of Defense, transfer the funds made available by this 


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1 appropriation to other appropriations made available to 

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

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

4 period as the appropriations to which transferred: Pro5 vided further, That upon a determination that all or part 

6 of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 

7 necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

8 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

9 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 

10 heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro11 vided elsewhere in this Act. 

12 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

13 For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 

14 Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of 

15 Defense (consisting of the programs provided under sec16 tions 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, 

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

18 until September 30, 2018. 

19 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT

20 For assistance, including assistance provided by con21 tract or by grants, under programs and activities of the 

22 Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction 

23 Program authorized under the Department of Defense Co24 operative Threat Reduction Act, $325,604,000, to remain 

25 available until September 30, 2019. 


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1 TITLE III 

2 PROCUREMENT 

3 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

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

6 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 

7 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 

8 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 

9 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 

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

11 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

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

14 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 

15 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 

16 foregoing purposes, $4,587,598,000, to remain available 

17 for obligation until September 30, 2019. 

18 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

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

21 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 

22 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 

23 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 

24 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 

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


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1 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

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

4 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 

5 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 

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

7 for obligation until September 30, 2019. 

8 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT

9 VEHICLES, ARMY

10 For construction, procurement, production, and 

11 modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 

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

14 expansion of public and private plants, including the land 

15 necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

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

18 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

19 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

20 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

21 layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 

22 purposes, $2,229,455,000, to remain available for obliga23 tion until September 30, 2019. 


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1 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

2 For construction, procurement, production, and 

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

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

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

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

15 available for obligation until September 30, 2019. 

16 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

17 For construction, procurement, production, and 

18 modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and 

19 non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger 

20 motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and 

21 electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 

22 parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized 

23 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 

24 private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 

25 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 


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1 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

2 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 

3 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

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

6 expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 

7 $6,147,328,000, to remain available for obligation until 

8 September 30, 2019. 

9 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

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

12 ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

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

16 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 

17 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

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

20 $16,135,335,000, to remain available for obligation until 

21 September 30, 2019. 

22 WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

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


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1 and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private 

2 plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 

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

5 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

6 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

7 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

8 layaway, $3,265,285,000, to remain available for obliga9 tion until September 30, 2019. 

10 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE

11 CORPS

12 For construction, procurement, production, and 

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

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

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

24 for the foregoing purposes, $633,678,000, to remain avail25 able for obligation until September 30, 2019. 


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1 SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY

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

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

8 long lead time components and designs for vessels to be 

9 constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of 

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

12 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

13 title, as follows: 

14 Ohio Replacement Submarine (AP), 

15 $773,138,000; 

16 Carrier Replacement Program, $1,255,783,000; 

17 Carrier Replacement Program (AP), 

18 $1,370,784,000; 

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

20 Virginia Class Submarine (AP), 

21 $1,852,234,000; 

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

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

24 DDG–1000 Program, $271,756,000; 

25 DDG–51 Destroyer, $3,614,792,000; 


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

2 LPD–17, $1,786,000,000; 

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

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

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

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

7 Service Craft, $65,192,000; 

8 LCAC Service Life Extension Program, 

9 $82,074,000; 

10 YP Craft Maintenance/ROH/SLEP, 

11 $21,363,000; 

12 For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 

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

14 Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro15 grams, $160,274,000; and 

16 Polar Icebreakers (AP), $150,000,000. 

17 In all: $21,156,886,000, to remain available for obli18 gation until September 30, 2021: Provided, That addi19 tional obligations may be incurred after September 30, 

20 2021, for engineering services, tests, evaluations, and 

21 other such budgeted work that must be performed in the 

22 final stage of ship construction: Provided further, That 

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1 pended in foreign facilities for the construction of major 

2 components of such vessel: Provided further, That none 

3 of the funds provided under this heading shall be used 

4 for the construction of any naval vessel in foreign ship5 yards: Provided further, That funds appropriated or other6 wise made available by this Act for production of the com7 mon missile compartment of nuclear-powered vessels may 

8 be available for multiyear procurement of critical compo9 nents to support continuous production of such compart10 ments only in accordance with the provisions of subsection 

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

12 added by section 1023 of the National Defense Authoriza13 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328)). 

14 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

15 For procurement, production, and modernization of 

16 support equipment and materials not otherwise provided 

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

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

19 of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expan20 sion of public and private plants, including the land nec21 essary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may 

22 be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 

23 approval of title; and procurement and installation of 

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1 tractor-owned equipment layaway, $6,308,919,000, to re2 main available for obligation until September 30, 2019. 

3 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

4 For expenses necessary for the procurement, manu5 facture, and modification of missiles, armament, military 

6 equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 

7 equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 

8 thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and 

9 Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; ve10 hicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of pas11 senger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion 

12 of public and private plants, including land necessary 

13 therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac14 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap15 proval of title, $1,307,456,000, to remain available for ob16 ligation until September 30, 2019. 

17 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

18 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

19 aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 

20 specialized ground handling equipment, and training de21 vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

22 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Gov23 ernment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 

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

25 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 


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1 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

2 thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov3 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 

4 other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes in5 cluding rents and transportation of things, 

6 $14,253,623,000, to remain available for obligation until 

7 September 30, 2019. 

8 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

9 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

10 missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 

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

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

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

22 until September 30, 2019. 

23 SPACE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

24 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

25 spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including 


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1 spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling 

2 equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and 

3 private plants, Government-owned equipment and installa4 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac5 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

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

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

12 until September 30, 2019. 

13 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

14 For construction, procurement, production, and 

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

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

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


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

2 available for obligation until September 30, 2019. 

3 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

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

6 and ground electronic and communication equipment), 

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

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

13 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

14 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

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

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

18 September 30, 2019. 

19 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

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

22 necessary for procurement, production, and modification 

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

25 motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public 


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1 and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in 

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

3 for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

4 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

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

7 $4,881,022,000, to remain available for obligation until 

8 September 30, 2019. 

9 DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES

10 For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant 

11 to sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Produc12 tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4518, 4531, 4532, and 4533), 

13 $64,065,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 TITLE IV 

15 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

16 EVALUATION 

17 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

18 ARMY

19 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci20 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ21 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa22 cilities and equipment, $8,332,965,000, to remain avail23 able for obligation until September 30, 2018. 


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1 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

2 NAVY

3 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci4 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ5 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa6 cilities and equipment, $17,214,530,000, to remain avail7 able for obligation until September 30, 2018: Provided, 

8 That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are 

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

11 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

12 AIR FORCE

13 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci14 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ15 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa16 cilities and equipment, $27,788,548,000, to remain avail17 able for obligation until September 30, 2018. 

18 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

19 DEFENSE-WIDE

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

2 lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 

3 $18,778,550,000, to remain available for obligation until 

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

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

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

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

12 Secretary of Defense may transfer funds provided herein 

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

16 That this transfer authority is in addition to any other 

17 transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: 

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

19 fewer than 30 days prior to making transfers from this 

20 appropriation, notify the congressional defense committees 

21 in writing of the details of any such transfer. 

22 OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

23 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

24 for the independent activities of the Director, Operational 

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

3 and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 

4 testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 

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

6 for obligation until September 30, 2018. 

7 TITLE V 

8 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

9 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

10 For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 

11 $1,511,613,000. 

12 TITLE VI 

13 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

14 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

15 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 

16 and health care programs of the Department of Defense 

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

18 $31,277,002,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, 

19 of which not to exceed one percent shall remain available 

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

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

22 into under the TRICARE program; of which 

23 $402,161,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep24 tember 30, 2019, shall be for procurement; and of which 

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

2 test and evaluation: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 

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

4 this heading for research, development, test and evalua5 tion, not less than $8,000,000 shall be available for HIV 

6 prevention educational activities undertaken in connection 

7 with United States military training, exercises, and hu8 manitarian assistance activities conducted primarily in Af9 rican nations: Provided further, That of the funds provided 

10 under this heading for research, development, test and 

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

12 available to the United States Army Medical Research and 

13 Materiel Command to carry out the congressionally di14 rected medical research programs. 

15 CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 

16 DEFENSE

17 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

18 for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal 

19 chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the pro20 visions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Au21 thorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the de22 struction of other chemical warfare materials that are not 

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

24 $119,985,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 

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1 Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of 

2 $20,368,000 for activities on military installations and 

3 $29,165,000, to remain available until September 30, 

4 2018, to assist State and local governments, and of which 

5 not more than $13,700,000, to remain available until Sep6 tember 30, 2018, shall be for the destruction of eight 

7 United States-origin chemical munitions in the Republic 

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

9 shall be for procurement, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2019, of which $15,132,000 shall be for the 

11 Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program to 

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

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

14 research, development, test and evaluation, of which 

15 $380,892,000 shall only be for the Assembled Chemical 

16 Weapons Alternatives program. 

17 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

18 DEFENSE

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 

21 the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 

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


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

2 $626,087,000 shall be for counter-narcotics support; 

3 $118,713,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction pro4 gram; $234,000,000 shall be for the National Guard 

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

6 National Guard counter-drug schools program: Provided, 

7 That the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

8 available for obligation for the same time period and for 

9 the same purpose as the appropriation to which trans10 ferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that 

11 all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation 

12 are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

13 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

14 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

15 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au16 thority contained elsewhere in this Act. 

17 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For expenses and activities of the Office of the In19 spector General in carrying out the provisions of the In20 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, $312,035,000, 

21 of which $308,882,000 shall be for operation and mainte22 nance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for 

23 emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended on 

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1 cate of necessity for confidential military purposes; and 

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

3 30, 2018, shall be for research, development, test and eval4 uation. 

5 TITLE VII 

6 RELATED AGENCIES 

7 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND

8 DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND

9 For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Re10 tirement and Disability System Fund, to maintain the 

11 proper funding level for continuing the operation of the 

12 Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 

13 System, $514,000,000. 

14 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

15 For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu16 nity Management Account, $515,596,000. 


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1 TITLE VIII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained 

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 

14 employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is 

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

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

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

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

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

24 not apply to foreign national employees of the Department 

25 of Defense in the Republic of Turkey. 


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1 SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained 

2 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

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

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

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

9 duty training of reserve components or summer camp 

10 training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 

11 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of 

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

16 of working capital funds of the Department of Defense 

17 or funds made available in this Act to the Department 

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

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

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

22 the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided, 

23 That such authority to transfer may not be used unless 

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


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

3 That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress 

4 promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority 

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

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

10 than those for which originally appropriated and in no 

11 case where the item for which reprogramming is requested 

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

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

15 30, 2017: Provided further, That transfers among military 

16 personnel appropriations shall not be taken into account 

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

18 may be transferred under this section. 

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

21 and adjustments to budget activities corresponding to 

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

23 tables titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in 

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1 wise made available in this Act for those programs, 

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

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

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

6 in the text of this Act. 

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

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

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

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

17 transfer authorities for fiscal year 2017: Provided, That 

18 the report shall include— 

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

22 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

23 fiscal year enacted level; 

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


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

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

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

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

7 reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in 

8 subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense 

9 committees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in 

10 writing to the congressional defense committees that such 

11 reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 

12 requirement: Provided, That this subsection shall not 

13 apply to transfers from the following appropriations ac14 counts: 

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

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

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

18 (4) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Defense19 wide’’; 

20 (5) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Formerly 

21 Used Defense Sites’’; and 

22 (6) ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Ac23 tivities, Defense’’. 


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1 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

5 United States Code, may be maintained in only such 

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

9 That transfers may be made between working capital 

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

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

14 the Office of Management and Budget, except that such 

15 transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense 

16 has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer: Pro17 vided further, That except in amounts equal to the 

18 amounts appropriated to working capital funds in this Act, 

19 no obligations may be made against a working capital fund 

20 to procure or increase the value of war reserve material 

21 inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the 

22 Congress prior to any such obligation. 

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

24 be used to initiate a special access program without prior 


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1 notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres2 sional defense committees. 

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

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

5 employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of 

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

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

9 leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic 

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

11 any one year, unless the congressional defense committees 

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

16 quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to 

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

18 That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

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

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

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1 cution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a 

2 present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared 

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

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

5 contract executed after the date of the enactment of this 

6 Act unless in the case of any such contract— 

7 (1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 

8 Congress a budget request for full funding of units 

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

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

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

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

17 (2) cancellation provisions in the contract do 

18 not include consideration of recurring manufacturing 

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

22 (3) the contract provides that payments to the 

23 contractor under the contract shall not be made in 

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1 (4) the contract does not provide for a price ad2 justment based on a failure to award a follow-on 

3 contract. 

4 Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be 

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

6 64E Apache Helicopter and UH–60M Blackhawk Heli7 copter. 

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

10 hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, 

11 United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance 

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

13 Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and 

14 civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations 

15 and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of chap16 ter 20 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga17 tions shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of 

18 title 10, United States Code: Provided, That funds avail19 able for operation and maintenance shall be available for 

20 providing humanitarian and similar assistance by using 

21 Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific 

22 Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, pursu23 ant to the Compact of Free Association as authorized by 

24 Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon a deter25 mination by the Secretary of the Army that such action 


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1 is beneficial for graduate medical education programs con2 ducted at Army medical facilities located in Hawaii, the 

3 Secretary of the Army may authorize the provision of med4 ical services at such facilities and transportation to such 

5 facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for civilian patients 

6 from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North7 ern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated 

8 States of Micronesia, Palau, and Guam. 

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

10 personnel of the Department of Defense may not be man11 aged on the basis of any end-strength, and the manage12 ment of such personnel during that fiscal year shall not 

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

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

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

16 (b) The fiscal year 2018 budget request for the De17 partment of Defense as well as all justification material 

18 and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2018 

19 Department of Defense budget request shall be prepared 

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

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

22 year 2018. 

23 (c) As required by section 1107 of the National De24 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 

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1 Department of Army Science and Technology Reinvention 

2 Laboratories may not be managed on the basis of the 

3 Table of Distribution and Allowances, and the manage4 ment of the workforce strength shall be done in a manner 

5 consistent with the budget available with respect to such 

6 Laboratories. 

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

8 to military (civilian) technicians. 

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

10 Act shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated 

11 funds activity of the Department of Defense that procures 

12 malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for 

13 resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the 

14 drink) on a military installation located in the United 

15 States unless such malt beverages and wine are procured 

16 within that State, or in the case of the District of Colum17 bia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military 

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

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

20 purchases may be made in any State in which the installa21 tion is located: Provided further, That such local procure22 ment requirements for malt beverages and wine shall 

23 apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military installa24 tions in States which are not contiguous with another 

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1 than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and 

2 the District of Columbia shall be procured from the most 

3 competitive source, price and other factors considered. 

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

5 Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in6 fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro7 priation matters pending before the Congress. 

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

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

10 any member of the Army participating as a full-time stu11 dent and receiving benefits paid by the Secretary of Vet12 erans Affairs from the Department of Defense Education 

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

14 credited toward completion of a service commitment: Pro15 vided, That this section shall not apply to those members 

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

17 1987: Provided further, That this section applies only to 

18 active components of the Army. 

19 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

21 for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Pro22 gram may be transferred to any other appropriation con23 tained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing 

24 a Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program developmental assistance 

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1 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 

2 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as amended, under the 

3 authority of this provision or any other transfer authority 

4 contained in this Act. 

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

6 available for the purchase by the Department of Defense 

7 (and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard 

8 anchor and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under 

9 unless the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured 

10 in the United States from components which are substan11 tially manufactured in the United States: Provided, That 

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

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

14 of chain and welding (including the forging and shot blast15 ing process): Provided further, That for the purpose of this 

16 section substantially all of the components of anchor and 

17 mooring chain shall be considered to be produced or manu18 factured in the United States if the aggregate cost of the 

19 components produced or manufactured in the United 

20 States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components pro21 duced or manufactured outside the United States: Pro22 vided further, That when adequate domestic supplies are 

23 not available to meet Department of Defense requirements 

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1 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 

2 on Appropriations that such an acquisition must be made 

3 in order to acquire capability for national security pur4 poses. 

5 SEC. 8018. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Work6 ing Capital Fund, Army’’, $140,000,000 shall be available 

7 to maintain competitive rates at the arsenals. 

8 SEC. 8019. None of the funds available to the De9 partment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dis10 pose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, 

11 .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or 

12 to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or am13 munition components that are not otherwise prohibited 

14 from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small 

15 arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified 

16 by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable 

17 or unsafe for further use. 

18 SEC. 8020. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap19 propriated or made available in this Act shall be used dur20 ing a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an orga21 nization, unit, activity or function of the Department of 

22 Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Pro23 vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re24 striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 


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1 to the congressional defense committees that such a relo2 cation is required in the best interest of the Government. 

3 SEC. 8021. Of the funds made available in this Act, 

4 $15,000,000 shall be available for incentive payments au5 thorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 

6 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor 

7 or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract 

8 award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in sec9 tion 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small busi10 ness owned and controlled by an individual or individuals 

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

12 Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes 

13 of being allowed additional compensation under section 

14 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 

15 1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 

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

17 appropriated by an Act making appropriations for the De18 partment of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Pro19 vided further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 

20 41, United States Code, this section shall be applicable 

21 to any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or 

22 services, including any contract and any subcontract at 

23 any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or 

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

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

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

3 of title 25, United States Code. 

4 SEC. 8022. Funds appropriated by this Act for the 

5 Defense Media Activity shall not be used for any national 

6 or international political or psychological activities. 

7 SEC. 8023. During the current fiscal year, the De8 partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of 

9 not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec10 tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa11 tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government 

12 of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That, upon re13 ceipt, such contributions from the Government of Kuwait 

14 shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which in15 curred such obligations. 

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

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

18 Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 

19 (1) $28,000,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper20 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 

21 Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 

22 readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 

23 reduction activities involving youth programs; 

24 (2) $10,337,000 shall be available from ‘‘Air25 craft Procurement, Air Force’’; and 


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1 (3) $1,684,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other 

2 Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 

3 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim4 bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 

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

6 local government agencies. 

7 SEC. 8025. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

8 Act are available to establish a new Department of De9 fense (department) federally funded research and develop10 ment center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a 

11 separate entity administrated by an organization man12 aging another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership cor13 poration consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and 

14 other nonprofit entities. 

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

16 Overseers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting 

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

18 and no paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, except 

19 when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may be com20 pensated for his or her services as a member of such enti21 ty, or as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC in 

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

23 referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed 

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1 eral Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the per2 formance of membership duties. 

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

4 of the funds available to the department from any source 

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 the funds available to the department during fiscal year 

15 2017, not more than 5,750 staff years of technical effort 

16 (staff years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs: Pro17 vided, That, of the specific amount referred to previously 

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

19 be funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: 

20 Provided further, That this subsection shall not apply to 

21 staff years funded in the National Intelligence Program 

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

23 (e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submis24 sion of the department’s fiscal year 2018 budget request, 

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1 years of technical effort to be allocated for each defense 

2 FFRDC during that fiscal year and the associated budget 

3 estimates. 

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

5 the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs 

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

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

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

9 or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned fa10 cility or property under the control of the Department of 

11 Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United 

12 States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement re13 strictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 

14 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 

15 or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications 

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

17 That the Secretary of the military department responsible 

18 for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case19 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 

20 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

21 Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available 

22 to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 

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

24 to acquire capability for national security purposes: Pro25 vided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to 


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

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

4 ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed 

5 Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the 

6 Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Sub7 committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 

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

9 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa10 tives. 

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

13 maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels 

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

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

2 consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 

3 determines that a foreign country which is party to an 

4 agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the 

5 terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain 

6 types of products produced in the United States that are 

7 covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 

8 rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy Amer9 ican Act with respect to such types of products produced 

10 in that foreign country. 

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

12 reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under13 standing, between the United States and a foreign country 

14 pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec15 tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 

16 in that country. 

17 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con18 gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense 

19 purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2017. Such 

20 report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items 

21 for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to 

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

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

24 international agreement to which the United States is a 

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

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

3 States Code. 

4 SEC. 8030. During the current fiscal year, amounts 

5 contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 

6 Facility Investment Recovery Account established by sec7 tion 2921(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

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

9 be available until expended for the payments specified by 

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

11 SEC. 8031. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

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

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

14 tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Da15 kota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 

16 Washington relocatable military housing units located at 

17 Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 

18 Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force 

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

20 needs of the Air Force. 

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

22 no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub23 section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 

24 that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation 

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1 in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Da2 kota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any 

3 such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the 

4 housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 

5 of time, as determined by the Secretary. 

6 (c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re7 solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for 

8 housing units under subsection (a) before submitting re9 quests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection 

10 (b). 

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

12 any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list 

13 published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 

14 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 

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

16 1). 

17 SEC. 8032. During the current fiscal year, appropria18 tions which are available to the Department of Defense 

19 for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 

20 items having an investment item unit cost of not more 

21 than $250,000. 

22 SEC. 8033. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to— 

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

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1 accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 

2 Number 1215.08, dated June 26, 2006; or 

3 (2) close, downgrade from host to extension 

4 center, or place on probation a Senior Reserve Offi5 cers’ Training Corps program in accordance with the 

6 information paper of the Department of the Army 

7 titled ‘‘Army Senior Reserve Officers’ Training 

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

9 dated January 27, 2014. 

10 SEC. 8034. The Secretary of Defense shall issue reg11 ulations to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco12 related products in military resale outlets in the United 

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

14 most competitive price in the local community: Provided, 

15 That such regulations shall direct that the prices of to16 bacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military re17 tail outlets shall be within the range of prices established 

18 for military retail system stores located in the United 

19 States. 

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

21 of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 

22 of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the 

23 purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir24 ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur25 ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 


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1 customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 

2 Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 

3 to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund 

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

5 investment item would be chargeable during the current 

6 fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of 

7 Defense for procurement. 

8 (b) The fiscal year 2018 budget request for the De9 partment of Defense as well as all justification material 

10 and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2018 

11 Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and sub12 mitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment 

13 which was classified as an end item and funded in a pro14 curement appropriation contained in this Act shall be 

15 budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2018 procurement 

16 appropriation and not in the supply management business 

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

18 Defense Working Capital Funds. 

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

20 Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall 

21 remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 

22 year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for 

23 Contingencies, which shall remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2018: Provided, That funds appropriated, 

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1 ligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund 

2 during this or any prior or subsequent fiscal year shall 

3 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

4 any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intel5 ligence Agency for advanced research and development ac6 quisition, for agent operations, and for covert action pro7 grams authorized by the President under section 503 of 

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

9 remain available until September 30, 2018. 

10 SEC. 8037. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

12 the Defense Intelligence Agency may be used for the de13 sign, development, and deployment of General Defense In14 telligence Program intelligence communications and intel15 ligence information systems for the Services, the Unified 

16 and Specified Commands, and the component commands. 

17 SEC. 8038. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart18 ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Main19 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 shall 

20 be made available only for the mitigation of environmental 

21 impacts, including training and technical assistance to 

22 tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in23 formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de24 veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 


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1 to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re2 sulting from Department of Defense activities. 

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

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

5 Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, com6 plies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this 

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

8 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

9 (b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a per10 son has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label 

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

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

13 in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance 

14 with section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, wheth15 er the person should be debarred from contracting with 

16 the Department of Defense. 

17 (c) In the case of any equipment or products pur18 chased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is 

19 the sense of the Congress that any entity of the Depart20 ment of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase 

21 only American-made equipment and products, provided 

22 that American-made equipment and products are cost23 competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely 

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1 SEC. 8040. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

3 available by this or any other Act may be used to consoli4 date or relocate any element of a United States Air Force 

5 Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair 

6 Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) outside of the United 

7 States until the Secretary of the Air Force— 

8 (1) completes an analysis and comparison of 

9 the cost and infrastructure investment required to 

10 consolidate or relocate a RED HORSE squadron 

11 outside of the United States versus within the 

12 United States; 

13 (2) provides to the congressional defense com14 mittees a report detailing the findings of the cost 

15 analysis; and 

16 (3) certifies in writing to the congressional de17 fense committees that the preferred site for the con18 solidation or relocation yields the greatest savings 

19 for the Air Force: 

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

21 does not include any territory or possession of the United 

22 States. 

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

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

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

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

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

6 of duty remains at the location of that headquarters. 

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

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

10 and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

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

13 or the financial requirements of the department. 

14 (c) This section does not apply to— 

15 (1) field operating agencies funded within the 

16 National Intelligence Program; 

17 (2) an Army field operating agency established 

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

20 Secretary of the Army, other similar threats; 

21 (3) an Army field operating agency established 

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

24 technologies throughout the Department of Defense; 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 by such activity or function; 

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

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

20 to the Department of Defense by an amount that 

21 equals or exceeds the lesser of— 

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

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

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

4 Department of Defense by— 

5 (A) not making an employer-sponsored 

6 health insurance plan available to the workers 

7 who are to be employed in the performance of 

8 that activity or function under the contract; or 

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

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

13 that is paid by the Department of Defense for 

14 health benefits for civilian employees under 

15 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

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

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

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

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

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

23 Defense that— 

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1 O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 

2 Code); 

3 (B) is planned to be converted to performance 

4 by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by 

5 a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi6 capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or 

7 (C) is planned to be converted to performance 

8 by a qualified firm under at least 51 percent owner9 ship by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) 

10 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As11 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Ha12 waiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) 

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

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

15 or contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 

16 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States Code. 

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

18 Department of Defense under the authority provided by 

19 this section shall be credited toward any competitive or 

20 outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be es21 tablished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed 

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

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

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1 (RESCISSIONS)

2 SEC. 8043. Of the funds appropriated in Department 

3 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 

4 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro5 grams in the specified amounts: Provided, That no 

6 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des7 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper8 ations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency re9 quirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 

10 Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

11 Control Act of 1985, as amended: 

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

13 $15,000,000; 

14 ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2015/2017, 

15 $23,045,000; 

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

17 $88,000,000; 

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

19 $11,933,000; 

20 ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Ma21 rine Corps’’, 2015/2017, $43,600,000; 

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

23 $57,000,000; 

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

25 $25,500,000; 


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

2 $34,594,000; 

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

4 2018, $5,000,000; 

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

6 $84,100,000; 

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

8 $6,755,000; 

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

10 $5,307,000; 

11 ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Ma12 rine Corps’’, 2016/2018, $6,968,000; 

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

14 2020: DDG-51 Destroyer, $50,000,000; 

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

16 2020: LPD-17, $14,906,000; 

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

18 2020: LX (R), (AP), $236,000,000; 

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

20 $56,374,000; 

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

22 $383,200,000; 

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

24 $34,700,000; 


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

2 $100,000,000; 

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

4 $56,369,000; 

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

6 $2,600,000; 

7 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

8 Army’’, 2016/2017, $33,402,000; 

9 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

10 Navy’’, 2016/2017, $31,219,000; 

11 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

12 Air Force’’, 2016/2017, $532,550,000; and 

13 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

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

15 SEC. 8044. None of the funds available in this Act 

16 may be used to reduce the authorized positions for mili17 tary technicians (dual status) of the Army National 

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

19 Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively 

20 imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on 

21 military technicians (dual status), unless such reductions 

22 are a direct result of a reduction in military force struc23 ture. 

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1 pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 

2 of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose. 

3 SEC. 8046. Funds appropriated in this Act for oper4 ation and maintenance of the Military Departments, Com5 batant Commands and Defense Agencies shall be available 

6 for reimbursement of pay, allowances and other expenses 

7 which would otherwise be incurred against appropriations 

8 for the National Guard and Reserve when members of the 

9 National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or coun10 terintelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 

11 Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the 

12 activities and programs included within the National Intel13 ligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: 

14 Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation 

15 from established Reserve and National Guard personnel 

16 and training procedures. 

17 SEC. 8047. (a) None of the funds available to the 

18 Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug inter19 diction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to 

20 any other department or agency of the United States ex21 cept as specifically provided in an appropriations law. 

22 (b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel23 ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 

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1 partment or agency of the United States except as specifi2 cally provided in an appropriations law. 

3 SEC. 8048. None of the funds appropriated by this 

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

5 bearings other than those produced by a domestic source 

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

7 the military department responsible for such procurement 

8 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi9 fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 

10 the House of Representatives and the Senate, that ade11 quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart12 ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that 

13 such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire ca14 pability for national security purposes: Provided further, 

15 That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of 

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

17 United States Code, except that the restriction shall apply 

18 to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 

19 SEC. 8049. None of the funds made available by this 

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

21 4B Global Hawk aircraft, or to disestablish or convert 

22 units associated with such aircraft. 

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

24 Act for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle service com25 petitive procurements may be used unless the competitive 


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1 procurements are open for award to all certified providers 

2 of Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle-class systems: Pro3 vided, That the award shall be made to the provider that 

4 offers the best value to the government. 

5 SEC. 8051. In addition to the amounts appropriated 

6 or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 

7 $44,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 

8 Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the 

9 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter10 est, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts speci11 fied as follows: $20,000,000 to the United Service Organi12 zations and $24,000,000 to the Red Cross. 

13 SEC. 8052. None of the funds in this Act may be 

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

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

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

20 SEC. 8053. Notwithstanding any other provision in 

21 this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 

22 and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set23 asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs, 

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

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1 SEC. 8054. None of the funds available to the De2 partment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or 

3 expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the 

4 Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by 

5 the contractor to an employee when— 

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

7 excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor 

8 to the employee; and 

9 (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as10 sociated with a business combination. 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

14 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense15 Wide’’ may be transferred to appropriations available for 

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

17 be available for the same time period as the appropriations 

18 to which transferred, to be used in support of such per19 sonnel in connection with support and services for eligible 

20 organizations and activities outside the Department of De21 fense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States 

22 Code. 

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

24 of an appropriation account of the Department of Defense 

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1 pired or which has closed under the provisions of section 

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

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

5 to any current appropriation account for the same purpose 

6 as the expired or closed account if— 

7 (1) the obligation would have been properly 

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

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

11 (2) the obligation is not otherwise properly 

12 chargeable to any current appropriation account of 

13 the Department of Defense; and 

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

16 of the Department of Defense under the provisions 

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

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

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

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1 count: Provided further, That the total amount 

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

4 of the total appropriation for that account. 

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

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

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

10 Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for 

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

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

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

15 associated with the use of equipment of the project under 

16 that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 

17 purposes without fiscal year limitation. 

18 SEC. 8058. None of the funds available to the De19 partment of Defense may be obligated to modify command 

20 and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command 

21 operational and administrative control of United States 

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

23 the command and control relationships which existed on 

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

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1 Appropriations Committees: Provided further, That the 

2 proposed modification may be implemented 30 days after 

3 the notification unless an objection is received from either 

4 the House or Senate Appropriations Committees: Provided 

5 further, That any proposed modification shall not preclude 

6 the ability of the commander of United States Pacific 

7 Command to meet operational requirements. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

10 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense11 wide’’, $25,000,000 shall be for continued implementation 

12 and expansion of the Sexual Assault Special Victims’ 

13 Counsel Program: Provided, That the funds are made 

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

15 Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 

16 Force: Provided further, That funds transferred shall be 

17 merged with and available for the same purposes and for 

18 the same time period as the appropriations to which the 

19 funds are transferred: Provided further, That this transfer 

20 authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 

21 provided in this Act. 

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

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1 tion does not apply to end-items used in development, 

2 prototyping, and test activities preceding and leading to 

3 acceptance for operational use: Provided further, That this 

4 restriction does not apply to programs funded within the 

5 National Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the 

6 Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case7 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 

8 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

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

10 so. 

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

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

13 each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 

14 foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 

15 that the application of the limitation with respect to that 

16 country would invalidate cooperative programs entered 

17 into between the Department of Defense and the foreign 

18 country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 

19 for the procurement of defense items entered into under 

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

21 country does not discriminate against the same or similar 

22 defense items produced in the United States for that coun23 try. 

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1 (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on 

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

3 (2) options for the procurement of items that 

4 are exercised after such date under contracts that 

5 are entered into before such date if the option prices 

6 are adjusted for any reason other than the applica7 tion of a waiver granted under subsection (a). 

8 (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re9 garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear10 ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 

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

12 Schedule of the United States and products classified 

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

14 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 

15 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 

16 8211, 8215, and 9404. 

17 SEC. 8062. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this or other Department of De19 fense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended 

20 for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to 

21 military family housing units of the Department of De22 fense, including areas in such military family housing 

23 units that may be used for the purpose of conducting offi24 cial Department of Defense business. 


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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8063. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper3 ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be 

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

5 Public Service Development Trust Fund established under 

6 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv7 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 

8 SEC. 8064. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 

10 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense11 Wide’’ for any new start advanced concept technology 

12 demonstration project or joint capability demonstration 

13 project may only be obligated 45 days after a report, in14 cluding a description of the project, the planned acquisi15 tion and transition strategy and its estimated annual and 

16 total cost, has been provided in writing to the congres17 sional defense committees: Provided, That the Secretary 

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

19 basis by certifying to the congressional defense committees 

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

21 SEC. 8065. The Secretary of Defense shall continue 

22 to provide a classified quarterly report to the House and 

23 Senate Appropriations Committees, Subcommittees on 

24 Defense on certain matters as directed in the classified 

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

2 10, United States Code, a Reserve who is a member of 

3 the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard 

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

5 may perform duties in support of the ground-based ele6 ments of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 

7 SEC. 8067. None of the funds provided in this Act 

8 may be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity 

9 ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has 

10 a center-fire cartridge and a United States military no11 menclature designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor 

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

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

14 entity performing demilitarization services for the Depart15 ment of Defense under a contract that requires the entity 

16 to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of 

17 Defense that armor piercing projectiles are either: (1) ren18 dered incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; 

19 or (2) used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a con20 tract with the Department of Defense or the manufacture 

21 of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Per22 manent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by 

23 the Department of State. 

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1 ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider2 ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 

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

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

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

6 United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fra7 ternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the 

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

9 a case-by-case basis. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

13 $75,950,170 shall remain available until expended: Pro14 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

15 the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such 

16 funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Pro17 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized 

18 to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition 

19 of real property, construction, personal services, and oper20 ations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this 

21 section: Provided further, That contracts entered into 

22 under the authority of this section may provide for such 

23 indemnification as the Secretary determines to be nec24 essary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 

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1 local law to the maximum extent consistent with the na2 tional security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 

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

4 or any other Act may be used to take any action to mod5 ify— 

6 (1) the appropriations account structure for the 

7 National Intelligence Program budget, including 

8 through the creation of a new appropriation or new 

9 appropriation account; 

10 (2) how the National Intelligence Program 

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

12 R–1, and O–1 documents supporting the Depart13 ment of Defense budget request; 

14 (3) the process by which the National Intel15 ligence Program appropriations are apportioned to 

16 the executing agencies; or 

17 (4) the process by which the National Intel18 ligence Program appropriations are allotted, obli19 gated and disbursed. 

20 (b) Nothing in section (a) shall be construed to pro21 hibit the merger of programs or changes to the National 

22 Intelligence Program budget at or below the Expenditure 

23 Center level, provided such change is otherwise in accord24 ance with paragraphs (a)(1)–(3). 


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1 (c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec2 retary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of 

3 achieving auditable financial statements and improving 

4 fiscal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for 

5 alternative financial management processes. Such study 

6 shall include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk as7 sessment to ensure that none of the alternative processes 

8 will adversely affect counterintelligence. 

9 (d) Upon development of the detailed proposals de10 fined under subsection (c), the Director of National Intel11 ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall— 

12 (1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af13 fected agencies; 

14 (2) receive certification from all affected agen15 cies attesting that the proposed alternatives will help 

16 achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and 

17 will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and 

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

19 necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present 

20 the proposed alternatives and certifications to the 

21 congressional defense and intelligence committees. 

22 SEC. 8071. In addition to amounts provided else23 where in this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to 

24 the Department of Defense, to remain available for obliga25 tion until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any 


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

2 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter3 est, these funds shall be available only for a grant to the 

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

5 and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the 

6 needs of military family members when confronted with 

7 the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military bene8 ficiary. 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 8072. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

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

12 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense13 Wide’’, $600,735,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative 

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

15 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov16 ernment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 

17 defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, sub18 ject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agree19 ment, as amended; $266,511,000 shall be for the Short 

20 Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, in21 cluding cruise missile defense research and development 

22 under the SRBMD program, of which $150,000,000 shall 

23 be for co-production activities of SRBMD missiles in the 

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1 and procedures, of which not more than $90,000,000, sub2 ject to previously established transfer procedures, may be 

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

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

5 be for an upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile De6 fense Architecture, of which $120,000,000 shall be for co7 production activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier missiles in 

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

9 requirements consistent with each nation’s laws, regula10 tions, and procedures, of which not more than 

11 $70,000,000 subject to previously established transfer 

12 procedures, may be obligated or expended until establish13 ment of a U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement for Arrow 

14 3 Upper Tier; and $67,331,000 shall be for the Arrow 

15 System Improvement Program including development of 

16 a long range, ground and airborne, detection suite: Pro17 vided further, That the transfer authority provided under 

18 this provision is in addition to any other transfer authority 

19 contained in this Act. 

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

23 $160,274,000 shall be available until September 30, 2017, 

24 to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases: Provided, 

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1 Navy shall transfer funds to the following appropriations 

2 in the amounts specified: Provided further, That the 

3 amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available 

4 for the same purposes as the appropriations to which 

5 transferred to: 

6 (1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con7 version, Navy’’, 2012/2017: LPD–17 Amphibious 

8 Transport Dock Program $45,060,000; 

9 (2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con10 version, Navy’’, 2011/2017: DDG–51 Destroyer 

11 $15,959,000; 

12 (3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con13 version, Navy’’, 2012/2017: Littoral Combat Ship 

14 $3,600,000; 

15 (4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con16 version, Navy’’, 2013/2017: Littoral Combat Ship 

17 $82,400,000; 

18 (5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con19 version, Navy’’, 2012/2017: Expeditionary Fast 

20 Transport $6,710,000; and 

21 (6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con22 version, Navy’’, 2013/2017: Expeditionary Fast 

23 Transport $6,545,000. 

24 SEC. 8074. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

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1 ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 

2 by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na3 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal 

4 year 2017 until the enactment of the Intelligence Author5 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017. 

6 SEC. 8075. None of the funds provided in this Act 

7 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

8 reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new 

9 program, project, or activity unless such program, project, 

10 or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest 

11 of national security and only after written prior notifica12 tion to the congressional defense committees. 

13 SEC. 8076. The budget of the President for fiscal 

14 year 2018 submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 

15 1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall include sepa16 rate budget justification documents for costs of United 

17 States Armed Forces’ participation in contingency oper18 ations for the Military Personnel accounts, the Operation 

19 and Maintenance accounts, the Procurement accounts, 

20 and the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation ac21 counts: Provided, That these documents shall include a de22 scription of the funding requested for each contingency op23 eration, for each military service, to include all Active and 

24 Reserve components, and for each appropriations account: 

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1 mated costs for each element of expense or object class, 

2 a reconciliation of increases and decreases for each contin3 gency operation, and programmatic data including, but 

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

5 component, and estimates of the major weapons systems 

6 deployed in support of each contingency: Provided further, 

7 That these documents shall include budget exhibits OP– 

8 5 and OP–32 (as defined in the Department of Defense 

9 Financial Management Regulation) for all contingency op10 erations for the budget year and the two preceding fiscal 

11 years. 

12 SEC. 8077. None of the funds in this Act may be 

13 used for research, development, test, evaluation, procure14 ment or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a 

15 missile defense system. 

16 SEC. 8078. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 this Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign ex18 change rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act 

19 is hereby reduced by $157,000,000. 

20 SEC. 8079. None of the funds appropriated or made 

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

22 the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad23 ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce 

24 the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the 

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1 shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to 

2 perform other missions in support of national defense re3 quirements during the non-hurricane season. 

4 SEC. 8080. None of the funds provided in this Act 

5 shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence in6 formation unless the information has been lawfully col7 lected and processed during the conduct of authorized for8 eign intelligence activities: Provided, That information 

9 pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled 

10 in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth 

11 Amendment of the United States Constitution as imple12 mented through Executive Order No. 12333. 

13 SEC. 8081. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 

14 this Act may be used to transfer research and develop15 ment, acquisition, or other program authority relating to 

16 current tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (TUAVs) from 

17 the Army. 

18 (b) The Army shall retain responsibility for and oper19 ational control of the MQ–1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aer20 ial Vehicle (UAV) in order to support the Secretary of De21 fense in matters relating to the employment of unmanned 

22 aerial vehicles. 

23 SEC. 8082. Up to $10,120,000 of the funds appro24 priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

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1 gional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the 

2 Pacific Command to execute Theater Security Cooperation 

3 activities such as humanitarian assistance, and payment 

4 of incremental and personnel costs of training and exer5 cising with foreign security forces: Provided, That funds 

6 made available for this purpose may be used, notwith7 standing any other funding authorities for humanitarian 

8 assistance, security assistance or combined exercise ex9 penses: Provided further, That funds may not be obligated 

10 to provide assistance to any foreign country that is other11 wise prohibited from receiving such type of assistance 

12 under any other provision of law. 

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

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

15 Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond 

16 the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for 

17 research and technology, which shall remain available until 

18 September 30, 2018. 

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

20 31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 

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

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

23 purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship24 building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 


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

2 to the total amount of the appropriation. 

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

4 of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel5 ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel6 ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 

7 of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 

8 2017: Provided, That the report shall include— 

9 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa10 rate column to display the President’s budget re11 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 

12 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

13 fiscal year enacted level; 

14 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro15 priation by Expenditure Center and project; and 

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

18 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel19 ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re20 programming or transfer until the report identified in sub21 section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 

22 committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence 

23 certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence com24 mittees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary 

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

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

3 Contracting Command—New Jersey or make dispropor4 tionate personnel reductions at any Army Contracting 

5 Command—New Jersey sites without 30-day prior notifi6 cation to the congressional defense committees. 

7 (RESCISSION)

8 SEC. 8087. Of the unobligated balances available to 

9 the Department of Defense, the following funds are per10 manently rescinded from the following accounts and pro11 grams in the specified amounts to reflect excess cash bal12 ances in Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce 

13 Development Fund: Provided, That no amounts may be 

14 rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con15 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

16 Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

17 the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced 

18 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 

19 amended: 

20 From ‘‘Department of Defense Acquisition 

21 Workforce Development Fund, Defense’’, 

22 $531,000,000. 

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

24 Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 

25 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 


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

2 peacekeeping operations for the countries designated an3 nually to be in violation of the standards of the Child Sol4 diers Prevention Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 22 

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

6 training or operation that includes child soldiers, as de7 fined by the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008, unless 

8 such assistance is otherwise permitted under section 404 

9 of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008. 

10 SEC. 8089. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper11 ation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, $67,500,000, to 

12 remain available until expended, shall be available, not13 withstanding any other provision of law, to the Secretary 

14 of Defense acting through the Office of Economic Adjust15 ment of the Department of Defense to make grants, con16 clude cooperative agreements, and supplement other Fed17 eral funds to address the need for assistance to support 

18 critical existing and enduring military installations and 

19 missions on Guam, as well as any potential Department 

20 of Defense growth, for purposes of addressing the need 

21 for civilian water and wastewater improvements. 

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

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1 cordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 

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

3 (1) creates a new start effort; 

4 (2) terminates a program with appropriated 

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

6 (3) transfers funding into or out of the Na7 tional Intelligence Program; or 

8 (4) transfers funding between appropriations, 

9 unless the congressional intelligence committees are 

10 notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming 

11 of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 

12 urgent national security requirements. 

13 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel14 ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 

15 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

16 reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with 

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

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

19 decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex ac20 companying the Act unless the congressional intelligence 

21 committees are notified 30 days in advance of such re22 programming of funds; this notification period may be re23 duced for urgent national security requirements. 

24 SEC. 8091. The Director of National Intelligence 

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

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

3 Code, a future-years intelligence program (including asso4 ciated annexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures and 

5 proposed appropriations included in that budget. Any such 

6 future-years intelligence program shall cover the fiscal 

7 year with respect to which the budget is submitted and 

8 at least the four succeeding fiscal years. 

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

10 ‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ means the Perma11 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

12 Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

13 the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com14 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 

15 and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 

16 Appropriations of the Senate. 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 8093. During the current fiscal year, not to ex19 ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made 

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

21 Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Oper22 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by 

23 the military department concerned to its central fund es24 tablished for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to sec25 tion 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 


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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8094. Funds appropriated by this Act for oper3 ation and maintenance may be available for the purpose 

4 of making remittances and transfer to the Defense Acqui5 sition Workforce Development Fund in accordance with 

6 section 1705 of title 10, United States Code. 

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

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

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

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

11 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen12 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

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

14 (1) the public posting of the report com15 promises national security; or 

16 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

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

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

19 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

20 no less than 45 days. 

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

22 otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for 

23 any Federal contract for an amount in excess of 

24 $1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to— 


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

2 employees or independent contractors that requires, 

3 as a condition of employment, that the employee or 

4 independent contractor agree to resolve through ar5 bitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 

6 Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 

7 out of sexual assault or harassment, including as8 sault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional 

9 distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, su10 pervision, or retention; or 

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

12 an existing agreement with an employee or inde13 pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 

14 or independent contractor resolve through arbitra15 tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 

16 of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sex17 ual assault or harassment, including assault and 

18 battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, 

19 false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, 

20 or retention. 

21 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

22 made available by this Act may be expended for any Fed23 eral contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires 

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

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1 agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub2 section (a), with respect to any employee or independent 

3 contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 

4 For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcon5 tractor’’ is an entity that has a subcontract in excess of 

6 $1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a). 

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

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

9 with employees or independent contractors that may not 

10 be enforced in a court of the United States. 

11 (d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica12 tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 

13 subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 

14 subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per15 sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 

16 harm to national security interests of the United States, 

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

18 longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina19 tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 

20 waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, 

21 and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 

22 waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not 

23 avoid harm to national security interests of the United 

24 States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Con25 gress, and simultaneously make public, any determination 


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1 under this subsection not less than 15 business days be2 fore the contract or subcontract addressed in the deter3 mination may be awarded. 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 8097. From within the funds appropriated for 

6 operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Pro7 gram in this Act, up to $122,375,000, shall be available 

8 for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Depart9 ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

10 Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 

11 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

12 2010, Public Law 111–84: Provided, That for purposes 

13 of section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are oper14 ations of the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal 

15 Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet16 erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 

17 Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 

18 Federal medical facility as described by section 706 of 

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

20 funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for op21 eration and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 

22 to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet23 erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 

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1 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent2 atives and the Senate. 

3 SEC. 8098. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act may be used by the De5 partment of Defense or a component thereof in contraven6 tion of the provisions of section 130h of title 10, United 

7 States Code. 

8 SEC. 8099. Appropriations available to the Depart9 ment of Defense may be used for the purchase of heavy 

10 and light armored vehicles for the physical security of per11 sonnel or for force protection purposes up to a limit of 

12 $450,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other limi13 tations applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying 

14 vehicles. 

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

17 National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 

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

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

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

21 Act for the National Intelligence Program: Provided, That 

22 such authority to transfer may not be used unless for 

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1 quested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, 

2 That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds 

3 using authority provided in this section shall be made 

4 prior to June 30, 2017. 

5 SEC. 8101. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

7 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 

8 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

9 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

10 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

11 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

12 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

13 at United States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, 

14 Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

15 SEC. 8102. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

16 otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be 

17 used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the 

18 United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 

19 individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 

20 detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the ef21 fective control of the Department of Defense. 

22 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

23 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

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1 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

2 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

3 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

4 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

5 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

6 and 

7 (2) is— 

8 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

9 control of the Department of Defense; or 

10 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

11 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

12 SEC. 8103. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer 

14 any individual detained at United States Naval Station 

15 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 

16 individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 

17 or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec18 tion 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

19 Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1034 

20 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

21 2017 (Public Law 114–328). 

22 SEC. 8104. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Res24 olution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 


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1 SEC. 8105. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

2 otherwise made available by this or any other Act may 

3 be used by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official 

4 or officer of the Department of Defense, to enter into a 

5 contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 

6 agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan 

7 or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary 

8 of Rosoboronexport. 

9 (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limita10 tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with 

11 the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intel12 ligence, determines that it is in the vital national security 

13 interest of the United States to do so, and certifies in writ14 ing to the congressional defense committees that, to the 

15 best of the Secretary’s knowledge: 

16 (1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of 

17 lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 

18 existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern19 ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 

20 (2) The armed forces of the Russian Federation 

21 have withdrawn from Crimea, other than armed 

22 forces present on military bases subject to agree23 ments in force between the Government of the Rus24 sian Federation and the Government of Ukraine; 

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1 (3) Agents of the Russian Federation have 

2 ceased taking active measures to destabilize the con3 trol of the Government of Ukraine over eastern 

4 Ukraine. 

5 (c) The Inspector General of the Department of De6 fense shall conduct a review of any action involving 

7 Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the 

8 Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not 

9 later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver 

10 is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector Gen11 eral shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

12 a report containing the results of the review conducted 

13 with respect to such waiver. 

14 SEC. 8106. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used for the purchase or manufacture of a 

16 flag of the United States unless such flags are treated as 

17 covered items under section 2533a(b) of title 10, United 

18 States Code. 

19 SEC. 8107. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act 

20 for the Department of Defense, amounts may be made 

21 available, under such regulations as the Secretary of De22 fense may prescribe, to local military commanders ap23 pointed by the Secretary, or by an officer or employee des24 ignated by the Secretary, to provide at their discretion ex 

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1 of this section for damage, personal injury, or death that 

2 is incident to combat operations of the Armed Forces in 

3 a foreign country. 

4 (b) An ex gratia payment under this section may be 

5 provided only if— 

6 (1) the prospective foreign civilian recipient is 

7 determined by the local military commander to be 

8 friendly to the United States; 

9 (2) a claim for damages would not be compen10 sable under chapter 163 of title 10, United States 

11 Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Foreign Claims 

12 Act’’); and 

13 (3) the property damage, personal injury, or 

14 death was not caused by action by an enemy. 

15 (c) NATURE OF PAYMENTS.—Any payments provided 

16 under a program under subsection (a) shall not be consid17 ered an admission or acknowledgement of any legal obliga18 tion to compensate for any damage, personal injury, or 

19 death. 

20 (d) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary of De21 fense determines a program under subsection (a) to be ap22 propriate in a particular setting, the amounts of pay23 ments, if any, to be provided to civilians determined to 

24 have suffered harm incident to combat operations of the 

25 Armed Forces under the program should be determined 


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1 pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary and 

2 based on an assessment, which should include such factors 

3 as cultural appropriateness and prevailing economic condi4 tions. 

5 (e) LEGAL ADVICE.—Local military commanders 

6 shall receive legal advice before making ex gratia pay7 ments under this subsection. The legal advisor, under reg8 ulations of the Department of Defense, shall advise on 

9 whether an ex gratia payment is proper under this section 

10 and applicable Department of Defense regulations. 

11 (f) WRITTEN RECORD.—A written record of any ex 

12 gratia payment offered or denied shall be kept by the local 

13 commander and on a timely basis submitted to the appro14 priate office in the Department of Defense as determined 

15 by the Secretary of Defense. 

16 (g) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall report 

17 to the congressional defense committees on an annual 

18 basis the efficacy of the ex gratia payment program in19 cluding the number of types of cases considered, amounts 

20 offered, the response from ex gratia payment recipients, 

21 and any recommended modifications to the program. 

22 SEC. 8108. None of the funds available in this Act 

23 to the Department of Defense, other than appropriations 

24 made for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades 

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


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1 prepare to reduce the number of deployed and non-de2 ployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below the 

3 levels set forth in the report submitted to Congress in ac4 cordance with section 1042 of the National Defense Au5 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 

6 SEC. 8109. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 

7 awards on a public Web site in a searchable format. 

8 SEC. 8110. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used to fund the performance of a flight dem10 onstration team at a location outside of the United States: 

11 Provided, That this prohibition applies only if a perform12 ance of a flight demonstration team at a location within 

13 the United States was canceled during the current fiscal 

14 year due to insufficient funding. 

15 SEC. 8111. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 

17 (1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 

18 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 

19 1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States 

20 person; or 

21 (2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 

22 such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 

23 United States Code) of any electronic communica24 tion of a United States person from a provider of 

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1 suant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur2 veillance Act of 1978. 

3 SEC. 8112. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

5 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

6 ratification for the Treaty. 

7 SEC. 8113. None of the funds made available in this 

8 or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 

9 officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who 

10 approves or implements the transfer of administrative re11 sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 

12 project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 

13 of another Federal agency not financed by this Act with14 out the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 

15 this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds ex16 pressly provided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or 

17 provisions of Acts providing supplemental appropriations 

18 for the Department of Defense. 

19 SEC. 8114. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be obligated for activities authorized under sec21 tion 1208 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Au22 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 112– 

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1 fied in accordance with the direction contained in the clas2 sified annex accompanying this Act, not less than 15 days 

3 before initiating such support: Provided, That none of the 

4 funds made available in this Act may be used under sec5 tion 1208 for any activity that is not in support of an 

6 ongoing military operation being conducted by United 

7 States Special Operations Forces to combat terrorism: 

8 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive 

9 the prohibitions in this section if the Secretary determines 

10 that such waiver is required by extraordinary cir11 cumstances and, by not later than 72 hours after making 

12 such waiver, notifies the congressional defense committees 

13 of such waiver. 

14 SEC. 8115. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of 

16 the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), in17 cluding for the introduction of United States armed forces 

18 into hostilities in Iraq, into situations in Iraq where immi19 nent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the 

20 circumstances, or into Iraqi territory, airspace, or waters 

21 while equipped for combat, in contravention of the con22 gressional consultation and reporting requirements of sec23 tions 3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 

24 1543). 


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1 SEC. 8116. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to divest, retire, transfer, or place in stor3 age or on backup aircraft inventory status, or prepare to 

4 divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage or on backup 

5 aircraft inventory status, any A–10 aircraft, or to dises6 tablish any units of the active or reserve component associ7 ated with such aircraft. 

8 SEC. 8117. None of the funds provided in this Act 

9 for the T–AO(X) program shall be used to award a new 

10 contract that provides for the acquisition of the following 

11 components unless those components are manufactured in 

12 the United States: Auxiliary equipment (including pumps) 

13 for shipboard services; propulsion equipment (including 

14 engines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard 

15 cranes; and spreaders for shipboard cranes. 

16 SEC. 8118. The amount appropriated in title II of 

17 this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’ is here18 by reduced by $336,000,000 to reflect excess cash bal19 ances in Department of Defense Working Capital Funds. 

20 SEC. 8119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 this Act, to reflect savings due to lower than anticipated 

22 fuel costs, the total amount appropriated in title II of this 

23 Act is hereby reduced by $1,155,000,000. 


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1 SEC. 8120. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to divest or retire, or to prepare to divest 

3 or retire, KC–10 aircraft. 

4 SEC. 8121. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to divest, retire, transfer, or place in stor6 age or on backup aircraft inventory status, or prepare to 

7 divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage or on backup 

8 aircraft inventory status, any EC–130H aircraft. 

9 SEC. 8122. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex11 penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 

12 of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 

13 topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 

14 by Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 

15 and Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclo16 sure 3, 14a and 14b). 

17 SEC. 8123. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new 

19 or additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 

20 round. 

21 SEC. 8124. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

22 for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $274,524,000, 

23 to remain available until expended, may be used for any 

24 purposes related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet 

25 established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales 


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1 Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. 4405): Provided, That such 

2 amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready 

3 Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the 

4 United States Department of Transportation for pro5 grams, projects, activities, and expenses related to the Na6 tional Defense Reserve Fleet. 

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 8125. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act, 

9 the Secretary of Defense may use up to $20,000,000 

10 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense11 Wide’’, and up to $75,000,000 under the heading ‘‘Re12 search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense13 Wide’’ to develop, replace, and sustain Federal Govern14 ment security and suitability background investigation in15 formation technology systems of the Office of Personnel 

16 Management or other Federal agency responsible for con17 ducting such investigations: Provided, That the Secretary 

18 may reprogram or transfer additional amounts into these 

19 headings or into ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ using es20 tablished reprogramming procedures applicable to con21 gressional special interest items: Provided further, That 

22 such funds shall supplement, not supplant any other 

23 amounts made available to other Federal agencies for such 

24 purposes. 


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1 SEC. 8126. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar Sys3 tem recapitalization program may be obligated or ex4 pended for pre-milestone B activities after March 31, 

5 2018. 

6 SEC. 8127. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 

8 of the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

9 Cuba. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 8128. Additional readiness funds made available 

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

13 Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, ‘‘Operation 

14 and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, and ‘‘Operation and 

15 Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred to and 

16 merged with any appropriation of the Department of De17 fense for activities related to the Zika virus in order to 

18 provide health support for the full range of military oper19 ations and sustain the health of the members of the Armed 

20 Forces, civilian employees of the Department of Defense, 

21 and their families, to include: research and development, 

22 disease surveillance, vaccine development, rapid detection, 

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1 tion is subject to the same terms and conditions as the 

2 authority provided in section 8005 of this Act. 

3 SEC. 8129. (a) None of the funds made available in 

4 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

5 network unless such network is designed to block access 

6 to pornography websites. 

7 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

8 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

9 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi10 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, 

11 or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in12 cluding intelligence activities. 

13 (RESCISSION)

14 SEC. 8130. (a) The Ship Modernization, Operations 

15 and Sustainment Fund established by section 8103 of the 

16 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013 (division 

17 C of Public Law 113–6; 127 Stat. 321) is hereby termi18 nated, effective as of the date of the enactment of this 

19 Act. 

20 (b) Any unobligated balances in the Ship Moderniza21 tion, Operations and Sustainment Fund as of the date of 

22 the enactment of this Act are hereby rescinded. 

23 SEC. 8131. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to provide arms, training, or other assist25 ance to the Azov Battalion. 


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1 SEC. 8132. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, any transfer of funds appropriated or otherwise made 

3 available by this Act to the Global Engagement Center 

4 pursuant to section 1287 of the National Defense Author5 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) 

6 shall be made in accordance with section 8005 or 9002 

7 of this Act, as applicable. 

8 SEC. 8133. No amounts credited or otherwise made 

9 available in this or any other Act to the Department of 

10 Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund may be 

11 transferred to: 

12 (1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established 

13 under section 804(d) of the National Defense Au14 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 

15 2302 note); or 

16 (2) credited to a military-department specific 

17 fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na18 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

19 2016 (as amended by section 897 of the National 

20 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017). 

21 SEC. 8134. The explanatory statement regarding this 

22 Act, printed in the House of Representatives section of 

23 the Congressional Record on or about March 8, 2017, by 

24 the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

25 House of Representatives, shall have the same effect with 


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1 respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of 

2 this Act as if it were a Report of the Committee on Appro3 priations. 

4 SEC. 8135. No funds provided in this Act shall be 

5 used to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act 

6 timely access to any records, documents, or other mate7 rials available to the department or agency over which that 

8 Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector 

9 General Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspec10 tor General’s access to such records, documents, or other 

11 materials, under any provision of law, except a provision 

12 of law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and 

13 expressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 

14 department or agency covered by this section shall provide 

15 its Inspector General with access to all such records, docu16 ments, and other materials in a timely manner. Each In17 spector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 

18 limitations on disclosure relevant to the information pro19 vided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen20 eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 

21 of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section 

22 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

23 House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal24 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 

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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 

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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 

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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 renVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:05 Mar 03, 2017 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00130 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1301.IH H1301

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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 

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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, 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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. 

20 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 

21 Appropriations Act, 2017’’. 

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