FY16

Omnibus

Appropriations

Summary of the H.R. 2029, the Fiscal Year 2016 Omnibus 

Appropriations Bill 

As of 18 December 2015

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Omnibus 

Agreement Final Passage Signed into Law

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2015

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December 18, 

2015 

December 18, 

2015 Senate 

June 11, 2015

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December 18, 

2015

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Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................................ - 1 -

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OVERVIEW ................................................................................... - 2 -

AIR NATIONAL GUARD OVERVIEW........................................................................................ - 2 -

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL ................................................................................ - 3 -

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL (OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS) ...... - 3 -

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE ................................................ - 4 -

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE (OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY 

OPERATIONS) .......................................................................................................................... - 5 -

AIR NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL..................................................................................... - 6 -

AIR NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL (OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS) .......... - 6 -

AIR NATIONAL GUARD OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE..................................................... - 7 -

AIR NATIONAL GUARD OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE (OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY 

OPERATIONS) .......................................................................................................................... - 7 -

BILL TEXT:................................................................................................................................ - 8 -

NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT................................................ - 8 -

ADDITIONAL FUNDING............................................................................................................ - 9 -

JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.........................................................................- 10 -

HOUSE REPORT......................................................................................................................- 11 -

SENATE REPORT...................................................................................................- 16 -

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD MILITARY CONSTRUCTION................................................- 19 -

AIR NATIONAL GUARD MILITARY CONSTRUCTION...................................................- 20 -
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Executive Summary

This guide provides a short summary and analysis of the many provisions in the fiscal year 2016

omnibus spending bill. To obtain a complete understanding of any particular provision, users are 

encouraged to review the actual legislative language. Once they are published, the bills and 

accompanying reports will be available on the NGB-LL web page: 

http://www.nationalguard.mil/Leadership/JointStaff/PersonalStaff/LegislativeLiaison.aspx

Status: 

Defense Appropriation:

The Defense Appropriations portion of the Omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2016 allocates 

$514.1 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Defense. The bill also provides $58.6

billion for Overseas Contingency Operations. In total, the $572.7 billion in defense spending is 

more than 3 percent over the fiscal year 2015 amount. 

Overall both the Army and Air National Guard saw reductions from the President’s budget request 

in both personnel and operations & maintenance accounts. 

Defense Appropriation Highlights:

• The bill provides $1.0 billion in OCO for the National Guard and Reserve Equipment 

Account, with $330 million each going to the ARNG and ANG.

• The bill provides a 1.3 percent across the board pay raise for military personnel. 

• The bill prohibits the transfer or divestment of ARNG Apaches until the enactment of the 

FY16 NDAA and requires the Secretary of the Army to ensure the continuing readiness of 

the AH– 64 Apache aircraft and ensure the training of the crews of such aircraft during 

fiscal year 2016, including the allocation of funds for operation and maintenance and 

personnel connected with such aircraft.

• The bill includes an increase of $7 million over the budget request for the State Partnership 

Program shared between ARNG and ANG accounts. 

• The bill includes an increase of $192.9 million over the budget request for the National 

Guard Counterdrug Program.

Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriation:

The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations portion of the Omnibus spending bill 

allocates $79.9 billion for military construction projects, family housing, base and veterans’ services, 

an increase of roughly $8 billion from the fiscal 2015 level.

Overall the bill funds both Army and Air National Guard military construction projects in line with the 

President’s budget request. 
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National Guard Accounts Overview

Army National Guard Overview

(All Dollars in Thousands)

Army National 

Guard

FY16

President’s 

Budget 

Request

HAC-D Mark Delta from

Request

Omnibus

Mark

Delta from

Request

ARNG Personnel $7,942,132 $7,980,413 $38,281 $7,892,327 -$49,805

ARNG Personnel 

OCO $166,015 $166,015 $0 $166,015 $0

ARNG O&M $6,717,977 $6,731,119 $13,142 $6,595,483 -$122,494

ARNG O&M OCO $60,845 $160,845 $100,000 $135,845 $75,000

NGREA - $500,000 $500,000 $330,000 $330,000

Air National Guard Overview

(All Dollars in Thousands)

Air National Guard

FY16 

President’s 

Budget 

Request

HAC-D Mark Delta from

Request

Omnibus

Mark

Delta from 

Request

ANG Personnel $3,222,551 $3,202,010 -$20,541 $3,201,890 -$20,661

ANG Personnel 

OCO $2,828 $2,828 $0 $2,828 $0

ANG O&M $6,956,210 $6,605,400 -$350,810 $6,820,569 -$135,641

ANG O&M OCO $19,900 $225,350 $205,450 $19,900 $0

NGREA - $500,000 $500,000 $330,000 $330,000
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Defense Appropriations

Army National Guard

Army National Guard Personnel

(All Dollars in Thousands)

ARNG Personnel Appropriation

FY16 President's 

Budget Request HAC-D Mark Omnibus Mark Delta from Request

PAY GROUP A TRAINING (15 DAYS & DRILLS 24/48) $2,606,347 -$2,604,417 $2,606,347 $0

PAY GROUP F TRAINING (RECRUITS) $526,051 $526,051 $526,051 $0

PAY GROUP P TRAINING (PIPELINE RECRUITS) $41,411 $41,411 $41,411 $0

SCHOOL TRAINING $471,330 $471,330 $471,330 $0

SPECIAL TRAINING1,2 $571,720 $575,020 $599,820 $28,100

ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT $3,690,407 $3,690,407 $3,690,407 $0

EDUCATION BENEFITS $34,866 $34,866 $34,866 $0

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 (BAC-01) $7,942,132 $7,943,502 $7,970,232 $28,100

UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT 3,4 - $36,911 -$77,905 -$77,905

TOTAL, ARNG PERSONNEL $7,942,132 $7,980,413 $7,892,327 -$49,805

1.) Program increase for State Partnership Program ($3,300)

2.) Program increase for Operation Phalanx and cyber teams ($24,800)

3.) Unobligated/Unexpended balances (-$80,945)

4.) Program increase for trauma training ($3,040)

Army National Guard Personnel (Overseas Contingency Operations)

(All Dollars in Thousands)

ARNG Personnel (OCO) Appropriation FY16 President’s 

Budget Request HAC-D Mark Omnibus Mark Delta from Request

PAY GROUP A TRAINING (15 DAYS & DRILLS 24/48) 1 $34,199 $34,199 $34,199 $0

SCHOOL TRAINING $2,780 $2,780 $2,780 $0

SPECIAL TRAINING $119,247 $119,247 $119,247 $0

ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT $9,789 $9,789 $9,789 $0

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 (BAC-01) $166,015 $166,015 $166,015 $0

TOTAL, ARNG PERSONNEL (OCO) $166,015 $166,015 $166,015 $0
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Army National Guard Operations & Maintenance

(All Dollars in Thousands)

ARNG O&M Appropriation FY16 President’s 

Budget Request HAC-D Mark OmnibusMark

Delta from 

Request

MANEUVER UNITS 1 $709,433 $708,433 $708,433 -$1,000

MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES $167,324 $167,324 $167,324 $0

ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE $741,327 $731,527 $741,327 $0

THEATER LEVEL ASSETS 2 $88,775 $88,775 $96,475 $7,700

LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT $32,130 $32,130 $32,130 $0

AVIATION ASSETS 3 $943,609 $943,609 $956,609 $13,000

FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT 4,5,6 $703,137 $676,037 $703,537 $400

LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS 7 $84,066 $71,466 $71,466 -$12,600

LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE $166,848 $166,848 $166,848 $0

BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT 8,9 $1,022,970 $996,720 $1,000,720 -$22,250

FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION, & 

MODERNIZATION 10 $673,680 $761,258 $692,947 $19,267

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HQ 11 $954,574 $920,178 $955,178 $604

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY ONE (BAC-01) $6,287,873 $6,264,305 $6,292,994 $5,121

SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION $6,570 $6,570 $6,570 $0

ADMINISTRATION 12,13,14 $59,629 $56,429 $56,429 -$3,200

SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS $68,452 $68,452 $68,452 $0

MANPOWER MANAGEMENT $8,841 $8,841 $8,841 $0

RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 15 $283,670 $272,170 $272,170 -$11,500

OTHER CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT AND REAL ESTATE

MANAGEMENT $2,942 $2,942 $2,942 $0

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY FOUR (BAC-04) $430,140 $415,404 $415,404

SERVICE SUPPORT CONTRACTS REDUCTION -$60,000 -$60,000

OVERESTIMATION OF CIVILIAN FTE TARGETS -$32,700 -$50,700 -$50,700

FINANCIAL EDUCATION $125 $125

RECRUITING CENTER SECURITY UPGRADE TRANSFER -$3,100 -$3,100

TRAUMA TRAINING $760 $760

RESTORE END STRENGTH $84,110 $0 $0

TOTAL, ARNG O&M $6,717,977 $6,731,119 $6,595,483

1.) Printing – unjustified program growth (-$1,000)

2.) Program increase for Operation Phalanx ($7,700)

3.) Program increase for Operation Phalanx ($13,000)

4.) Remove one-time fiscal year 2015 funding increase (-$1,700)

5.) Unjustified program growth (-$5,400)

6.) Program increase for ARNG Cyber Protection Teams ($7,500)

7.) Remove one-time fiscal year 2015 increase for training- Distributed Learning Program (-$12,600)

8.) Remove one-time fiscal year 2015 funding increase (-$8,250)

9.) Justification does not match summary of price and program changes (-$14,000)

10.) Program increase ($19,267)

11.) Fully fund Military Funeral Honors Program ($604)

12.) Supplies and Materials – unjustified program growth (-$3,300)

13.) Transportation and Public Affairs – unjustified program growth (-$900)

14.) State Partnership Program increase ($1,000)

15.) Army Marketing Program unjustified program growth (-$11,500)
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Army National Guard Operations & Maintenance (Overseas Contingency Operations)

(All Dollars in Thousands)

ARNG O&M (OCO) Appropriation FY16 President’s 

Budget Request HAC-D Mark OmnibusMark

Delta from 

Request

MANEUVER UNITS $1,984 $1,984 $1,984 $0

ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE $4,671 $4,671 $4,671 $0

AVIATION ASSETS $15,980 $15,980 $15,980 $0

FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT $12,867 $12,867 $12,867 $0

BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT $23,134 $23,134 $23,134 $0

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS $1,426 $1,426 $1,426 $0

ADMINISTRATION $783 $783 $783 $0

RESTORE READINESS - $100,000 $75,000 $75,000

TOTAL, ARNG O&M (OCO) $60,845 $160,845 $135,845 $75,000
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Air National Guard

Air National Guard Personnel

(All Dollars in Thousands)

ANG Personnel Appropriation FY16 President’s 

Budget Request HAC-D Mark OmnibusMark

Delta from 

Request

PAY GROUP A TRAINING (15 DAYS & DRILLS 24/48) 1 $925,442 $900,442 $900,442 -$25,000

PAY GROUP F TRAINING (RECRUITS) $105,653 $105,653 $105,653 $0

PAY GROUP P TRAINING (PIPELINE RECRUITS) $8,596 $8,596 $8,596 $0

SCHOOL TRAINING 2 $290,988 $349,988 $349,988 $59,000

SPECIAL TRAINING 3,4,5 $182,511 $163,511 $165,211 -$17,300

ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT 6,7 $1,694,558 $1,673,137 $1,673,137 -$21,421

EDUCATION BENEFITS $14,803 $14,803 $14,803 $0

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 (BAC-01) $3,222,551 $3,216,130 $3,217,830 -$4,721

UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT 8,9 - -$14,120 -$15,940 -$15,940

TOTAL ANG PERSONNEL $3,222,551 $3,202,010 $3,201,890 -$20,661

1.) Air National Guard identified transfer (-$25,000)

2.) Air National Guard unfunded requirement ($59,000) 

3.) Air National Guard identified transfer (-$20,000)

4.) Program increase for State Partnership Program ($1,000)

5.) Program increase for Operation Phalanx ($1,700)

6.) Prior Service Enlistment Bonus excess to requirement (-$7,421)

7.) Air National Guard identified transfer (-$14,000)

8.) Unobligated / Unexpended balances (-$16,340)

9.) Program increase for trauma funding ($400)

Air National Guard Personnel (Overseas Contingency Operations)

(All Dollars in Thousands)

ANG Personnel (OCO) Appropriation FY16 President’s 

Budget Request HAC-D Mark OmnibusMark

Delta from 

Request

SPECIAL TRAINING $2,828 $2,828 $2,828 $0

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 (BAC-01) $2,828 $2,828 $2,828 $0

TOTAL ANG PERSONNEL (OCO) $2,828 $2,828 $2,828 $0
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Air National Guard Operations & Maintenance 

(All Dollars in Thousands)

ANG O&M Appropriation FY16 President’s 

Budget Request HAC-D Mark OmnibusMark

Delta 

from 

Request

AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS 1, 2,3,4 $3,526,471 $3,231,764 $3,412,771 -$113,700

MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS 5,6 $740,779 $742,479 $745,079 $4,300

DEPOT MAINTENANCE $1,763,859 $1,745,214 $1,763,859 $0

FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & 

MODERNIZATION 7 $288,786 $326,328 $297,045 $8,259

BASE OPERATING SUPPORT8 $582,037 $556,937 $556,937 -$25,100

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY ONE (BAC-01) $6,901,932 $6,602,722 $6,775,691 $126,241

ADMINISTRATION $23,626 $23,626 $23,626 $0

RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING $30,652 $30,652 $30,652 $0

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY FOUR (BAC-04) $54,278 $54,278 $54,278 $0

LOWER THAN BUDGETED CIVILIAN COMPENSATION - -$51,600 -$51,600 -$51,600

ONLY FOR RECRUITING CENTER UPGRADE 

REQUIREMENTS – OSD REQUESTED TRANSFER FOR 

OMA SAG 131

-$800 -$800

RESTORE A-10 $42,200 $42,200

TRAUMA TRAINING $800 $800

TOTAL, ANG O&M $6,956,210 $6,605,400 $6,820,569 -$135,641

1.) Air National Guard identified excess to requirement (-$26,600)

2.) Justification does not match summary of price and program changes for civilian pay program (-$6,800)

3.) DISN pricing requested as program growth (-$1,300)

4.) Projected under execution (-$79,000)

5.) Program increase for State Partnership Program ($1,700)

6.) Program increase for Operation Phalanx ($2,600)

7.) Program increase ($8,259)

8.) IT Projects funded in fiscal year 2015 (-$25,100)

Air National Guard Operations & Maintenance (Overseas Contingency Operations)

(All Dollars in Thousands)

ANG O&M (OCO) Appropriation FY16 President’s 

Budget Request HAC-D Mark OmnibusMark

Delta 

from 

Request

AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS $0 $154,760 1,2 $0 $0

MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS $19,900 $19,900 $19,900 $0

DEPOT MAINTENANCE $0 $50,690 3,4 $0 $0

TOTAL ANG O&M (OCO) $19,900 $225,350 $19,900 $0

1.) A-10 transfer from title II ($147,740)

2.) Restore A-10 force Structure ($7,020)

3.) A-10 transfer from title II ($15,490)

4.) Restore A-10 force structure ($35,200)
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BILL TEXT:

Section 8024: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this 

Act for FFRDCs is hereby reduced by $65,000,000.

Section 8043: prohibits funds made available in this Act from being used to reduce authorized 

positions for military technicians (dual status) of the Army National Guard, Air National Guard,

Army Reserve, and Air Force Reserve unless such reductions are a direct result of a reduction in 

military force structure

Section 8045: provides for reimbursement to the National Guard and Reserve when members of 

the National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or counterintelligence support to the 

combatant commands, defense agencies, and joint intelligence activities.

Section 8055: provides conditions for the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance 

Learning Project on a space-available, reimbursable basis.

Section 8060: prohibits funds from being used to consolidate or relocate any RED HORSE 

element outside of the United States until the SECAF provides a cost-benefit analysis of such a 

move to the oversight committees.

Section 8064: provides for the use of National Guard personnel to support ground-based elements 

of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System.

Section 8066: provides for a waiver by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau or his designee for 

all or part of consideration in cases of personal property leases of less than one year.

Section. 8120: None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 

used in contravention of section 1054 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2016, regarding transfer of AH–64 Apache helicopters from the Army National Guard to regular 

Army.

Section. 8123: Prohibits the use of funds to divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage or on 

backup aircraft inventory status, or prepare to divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage or on 

backup aircraft inventory status, any A–10 aircraft, or to disestablish any units of the active or 

reserve component associated with such aircraft.

National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account

The House provided $1.0 billion in total for the National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account in 

the OCO account. 

(All Dollars in Thousands)

FY15 President’s 

Budget Request HAC-D Mark SAC-D Mark OmnibusMark

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD -- $500,000 $330,000 $330,000

AIR NATIONAL GUARD -- $500,000 $330,000 $330,000
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ADDITIONAL FUNDING

UH-60 Blackhawks – Adds $138.8 million for ARNG UH-60 procurement and $8.8 million for UH60 Blackhawk A – L conversions.

HMMWVs – Adds $100 million for ARNG HMMWV modernization program

HMMWV Ambulances – Adds $60 million for ARNG and Army Reserve 

C-130s – Adds $33.2 million for T-56 3.5 engine modifications, $10 million for prop upgrades, $1.5

million for in-flight propeller balancing system, and $13.5 for electric prop controls. 

F-15s – Adds $150 million for ANG F-15 AESA radar procurement.

F-16s – Adds $40 million in RDT&E for ANG F-16 AESA and $20 million for ANG F-15E AESA.

National Guard Counter-Drug Program – Adds $192.9 million 

National Guard Counter-Drug Schools – Adds $20 million

Starbase Program - Adds $25 million

State Partnership Program - Adds $7 million spread across ARNG and ANG accounts

Yellow Ribbon Program – Adds $18 million

Youth Challenge – Adds $5.2 million
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Joint Explanatory Statement

BORDER SECURITY MISSIONS

Language in House Report 114-139 directed the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the 

congressional defense committees on the cost-effectiveness of using Air National Guard units to conduct 

remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) missions along the United States- Mexico border in support of Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS) missions. The Committees have subsequently received briefings on the utilization 

and capabilities of Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve RPA units. In lieu of the reporting requirement 

in House Report 114-139, the agreement directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide, not later than 90 

days after the enactment of this Act, a briefing to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on 

capabilities that Air Force reserve component RPA units could provide in support of DHS border security 

missions and the demand from DHS or other Departments for such capabilities.

AIRSPACE COMPLIANCE

The Secretary of Defense is directed to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not later 

than April 1, 2016 on the status of plans to modernize or replace digital avionics equipment for Department of 

Defense aircraft. This report shall be in a format similar to the report submitted in response to Section 152 of 

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, updated to reflect any changes to such plans as 

of the date of submission of the fiscal year 201 7 budget request. This language replaces the direction under 

the heading "Airspace Compliance" in Senate Report

PHYSICAL SECURITY ENHANCEMENT

Recent domestic and international incidents underscore the need to remain vigilant regarding security at 

military facilities and installations. After the July 2015 shootings in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the Secretary of 

Defense issued a directive that emphasized improving physical and procedural security and improving mass 

warning and alert notification capabilities. The Mission Assurance Coordination Board (MACB) is tasked with 

coordinating these activities across the Services, the National Guard Bureau, and the combatant commands 

to ensure the safety of Department of Defense personnel. To keep apprised of progress concerning these 

efforts, the Secretary of Defense is directed to provide a report to the congressional defense committees not 

later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act describing the completed and planned actions overseen by 

the MACB and identifying associated funding requirements.

NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT

The agreement provides $1,000,000,000 for National Guard and Reserve Equipment. Of that amount 

$330,000,000 is designated for the Army National Guard, $330,000,000 for the Air National Guard, 

$140,000,000 for the Army Reserve, $140,000,000 for the Air Force Reserve, $50,000,000 for the Navy 

Reserve, and $10,000,000 for the Marine Corps Reserve.

This funding will allow the reserve components to procure high priority equipment that may be used for 

combat and domestic response missions. Current reserve component equipping levels are among the 

highest in recent history and the funding provided by the agreement will help ensure component 

interoperability and sustained reserve component modernization.

The Secretary of Defense is directed to ensure that the account be executed by the Chiefs of the National 

Guard and reserve components with priority consideration given to the following items: Acoustic Hailing 

Devices, Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures, Advanced Targeting Pods, Security and Support Mission 

Equipment Communications Packages for UH-60 Civil Support Communications, Electromagnetic In-flight 

Propeller Balance System, Joint Threat Emitter Systems, Data Links in Ground Vehicles, upgrades for First 

Responder Tactical Radios, Training Systems and Simulators, Multi-Mission Wide Area Sensors, Wireless 

Mobile Mesh Network Technologies, Personal protection radiation dosimeters, Integrated Facial Protection 

components for standard issue helmets, Laser Protective Eyewear, HMMWV Ambulances, Small Arms 

Simulation Training Systems, Crashworthy Auxiliary Fuel Systems, Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion,

Semi-Permanent Humidity Controlled Shelters, Counter Mortar Radar Systems, Active Electronically 

Scanned Array Radars for F-16, Digital Radar Warning Receivers for F-16 and C-130, and Engine Upgrades 

for C-130 including Modular Blade Technology.
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House Report 114-139

SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE

The Committee remains concerned by the pervasive problem of sexual assault in the military. While the 

Committee is encouraged that the Department of Defense has worked aggressively to sustain and enhance 

its prevention and response systems through programmatic initiatives and policy changes, the Committee 

has previously stated that in order to fully address this problem there must be a culture change that occurs at 

all levels of the military.

Federal law requires the Department of Defense to provide Congress an annual report on sexual assaults 

involving service members. After several years of highlighting sexual assault as a serious issue, the 

Committee believes that more action is necessary to systematically combat this unacceptable epidemic. In 

addition to the aforementioned report, the Committee directs the Director of the Department of Defense 

Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program Office to brief the House and Senate Appropriations

Committees not later than 30 days after issuing the annual report on the initiatives it is implementing to 

reform how the military prevents, responds to, and adjudicates sexual assault cases, as well as the efforts 

underway to more effectively assess and address perceived retaliation towards victims who reported an 

incident of sexual assault that occurred during military service.

The Committee fully funds the budget request of $263,325,000 for Sexual Assault Prevention and Response 

programs at the Service level and provides an additional $20,000,000 for the Department of Defense Sexual 

Assault Prevention and Response Program Office for transfer to the Services, including the National Guard

and reserve components.

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD END STRENGTH

The fiscal year 2016 budget request proposes reducing the Army National Guard end strength from 350,200 

in fiscal year 2015 to 342,000 in fiscal year 2016 and reducing the levels of full time support personnel. The 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 established the National Commission on the Future 

of the Army, which will undertake a comprehensive study of the structure of the total Army to include a 

review of the size of the Army, force mixture, missions, force generation policies, and how the structure 

required to fulfill mission requirements is consistent with available resources. The Committee looks forward 

to receiving and reviewing those recommendations. In fiscal year 2016, the Committee recommends an 

additional $178,101,000 for the Army National Guard military personnel and operation and maintenance

accounts to restore end strength to fiscal year 2015 levels. The recommendation also includes a provision 

that prohibits the reduction of the Army National Guard end strength levels below the authorized fiscal year 

2015 levels.

CYBER PROTECTION TEAMS

The Committee is encouraged that the Army National Guard plans to activate the first three of ten Army 

National Guard cyber protection teams in fiscal year 2016. The Committee directs the Director of the Army 

National Guard to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after the 

enactment of this Act which outlines the activation plan for all ten cyber protection teams.

REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT MISSIONS

The Air National Guard is a dual-use force whose missions include defending the homeland and supporting 

federal efforts. The Air National Guard finds itself in the unique position to support border operations with the 

recent growth of its Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) enterprise. Recognizing the dual-use nature of the Air 

National Guard, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the congressional 

defense committees not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act on the cost effectiveness of using 

Air National Guard units to conduct RPA missions along the border in support of the Department of 

homeland Security and the impact to Air National Guard training and readiness.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET EXECUTION DATA

The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to continue to provide the congressional defense 

committees with quarterly budget execution data. Such data should be provided not later than 45 days after 

the close of each quarter of the fiscal year, and should be provided for each O–1 budget activity, activity 

group, and subactivity group for each of the active, defense-wide, reserve, and National Guard components. 

For each O–1 budget activity, activity group, and sub-activity group, these reports should include the budget 
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House Report 114-139 (Continued)

request and actual obligation amount, the distribution of unallocated congressional adjustments to the budget 

request, all adjustments made by the Department in establishing the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 

1414) report, all adjustments resulting from below threshold reprogrammings, and all adjustments resulting

from prior approval reprogramming requests.

C–130 AVIONICS MODERNIZATION

The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 provided the Air Force with the flexibility to use funds 

previously appropriated for the C–130 Avionics Modernization Program to pursue a more limited scope 

program intended to satisfy safety and airspace access requirements for legacy C–130H aircraft. The 

Committee continues to support a phased approach that prioritizes these more immediate operability 

concerns while retaining options for further avionics modernization and intends that the $33,962,000 

provided in the Committee’s recommendation be used in accordance with this approach.

E–8 JSTARS

The fiscal year 2016 budget request reverses the Air Force’s prior decision to retire five operational E–8 

JSTARS aircraft. The Committee notes that the Air Force has restored funding to address diminishing

manufacturing source (DMS) issues for the primary mission equipment on these five aircraft. Since the Air 

Force’s Next Generation JSTARS aircraft is not expected to achieve initial operating capability until 2023, 

one year later than previously projected, the Air Force will be operating the existing JSTARS fleet until well 

into the 2020s. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a report to the congressional 

defense committees not later than 60 days after the submission of the fiscal year 2017 budget request that 

details how the Air Force will address global air traffic management mandates, as well as the potential

degradation of mission performance due to projected DMS requirements, until the E–8 is replaced by the 

Next Generation system.

FUTURE AIR DOMINANCE

The fiscal year 2016 budget request includes $5,000,000 in the Research, Development, Test and 

Evaluation, Navy account for the Next Generation Fighter and $8,830,000 in the Research, Development,

Test and Evaluation, Air Force account for the Next Generation Air Dominance program. With the 

submission of the budget request, the Department of Defense also announced the Aerospace Innovation 

Initiative (AII), described by the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) as a 

new Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-led program, in partnership with the Navy and Air Force, 

intended to develop technologies and address the risks associated with the air dominance platforms that will 

follow the F–35. While these efforts have been described publicly as ‘‘F–X’’, ‘‘F/A–XX’’, ‘‘sixth generation 

fighter’’, or ‘‘X-plane’’, the Committee understands these efforts not as a single-minded focus on acquisition 

of the next fighter aircraft, but as a consideration of the broader range of capabilities necessary to ensure air

dominance in future conflicts, and supports these efforts as such.

The Committee understands that the Department will complete an AII technology transition plan by July 

2015. The Committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) to 

submit the transition plan to the congressional defense committees not later than September 30, 2015.

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE BUDGET EXECUTION DATA

The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to continue to provide the congressional defense 

committees with quarterly budget execution data. Such data should be provided not later than 45 days after 

the close of each quarter of the fiscal year, and should be provided for each O–1 budget activity, activity 

group, and subactivity group for each of the active, defense-wide, reserve, and National Guard components. 

For each O–1 budget activity, activity group, and sub-activity group, these reports should include the budget 

request and actual obligation amount, the distribution of unallocated congressional adjustments to the budget 

request, all adjustments made by the Department in establishing the Base for Reprogramming (DD Form 

1414) report, all adjustments resulting from below threshold re-programmings, and all adjustments resulting

from prior approval reprogramming requests.
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COOPERATION BETWEEN MILITARY MEDICAL FACILITIES, CIVILIAN HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, 

AND UNIVERSITIES

The Committee recognizes the importance of cooperation between military medical facilities, universities, 

and other civilian partners to provide valuable medical trauma training to sustain the education of military 

medical providers. This training and real-life experience contributes to maintain the capabilities of the 

National Guard Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Explosives Enhanced Response Force 

Packages, the National Guard Homeland Response Forces, and the Army Reserve Consequence 

Management Response Forces.

The Committee encourages the Service Surgeons General and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to 

continue to pursue trauma training with civilian partners in order to maintain unit medical readiness at 

optimum levels as military healthcare providers maintain their individual skills to respond effectively to 

emergency incidents. Additionally, the Committee supports the development of enhanced emergency 

preparedness medical training programs.

MILITARY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

The Committee has expressed its concern for the high number of suicides in the military for the last several 

years and has recognized the potential difficulties for members of the National Guard and reserve 

components to receive required treatment because they often do not live near military treatment facilities. It 

is encouraging that the Secretary of Defense created a pilot program to use community partnerships to 

improve treatment of service members suffering from mental health disorders in the National Guard and

reserve components. The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to expand this program and to 

consider partnerships with entities that engage in research, treatment, education, and outreach activities for 

service members suffering from traumatic brain injuries and mental health disorders. Any additional 

community partners should be chosen through a competitive and merit-based award process.

READINESS

The agreement includes $2,500,000,000 in title IX to be transferred to the operation and maintenance 

accounts and be divided among the Services and the National Guard and reserve components. Funding is to 

be distributed as follows: thirty-five percent to the Army, including seven percent to the Army Reserve and 

ten percent to the Army National Guard; thirty-three percent to the Navy, including the Navy Reserve; seven 

percent to the Marine Corps, including the Marine Corps Reserve; and twenty-five percent to the Air Force, 

including the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard. This funding shall be used only to improve 

military readiness, specifically increased training, depot maintenance, and base operations support. Funding 

should be obligated only in readiness subactivity groups that fund training, depot maintenance, and base 

operations support within budget activity 1 ‘‘Operating Forces’’ or, for the Air Force only, budget activity 2 

‘‘Mobilization Forces’’. The Committee is concerned that in fiscal year 2015, some Services proposed to use 

readiness funds on named operations or to accelerate information technology requirements from future years 

rather than to build readiness. As such, none of the funds provided may be used to participate in named 

operations, and none of the funds provided may be used for recruiting, marketing, or advertising programs.

The funding provided is a congressional special interest item. The Secretary of Defense and the Service 

Secretaries are directed to submit a detailed spending plan by sub-activity group to the House and Senate 

Appropriations Committees not less than 30 days prior to the obligation of these funds. These transfers may 

be implemented 30 days after congressional notification unless an objection is received from either the 

House or Senate Appropriations Committees. Additional funds are also provided to the Army, Army Reserve,

and the Army National Guard in their respective operation and maintenance accounts only for the purpose of 

restoring readiness.

NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT

The Committee recommends $1,500,000,000 for National Guard and Reserve Equipment. Of that amount, 

$500,000,000 is for the Army National Guard; $500,000,000 is for the Air National Guard; $315,000,000 is 

for the Army Reserve; $70,000,000 is for the Navy Reserve; $40,000,000 is for the Marine Corps Reserve; 

and $75,000,000 is for the Air Force Reserve to meet urgent equipment needs that may arise this fiscal year.

This funding will allow the National Guard and reserve components to procure high priority equipment that 

may be used by these units for both their combat missions and their missions in support of state governors. 
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The funding within this account is not to be used to procure equipment that has been designated as high

density critical equipment item, major weapon systems, aircraft, and other items of equipment central to a 

unit’s ability to perform its doctrinal mission. The funding within this account is not to be used to procure 

equipment that should be purchased by the senior Service, to expand or accelerate current Service 

procurement plans increasing program risk borne by the reserve components, to purchase expendable 

items, or to purchase facilities or equipment for any requirement that can be satisfied elsewhere.

The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the National Guard and Reserve Equipment 

account shall be executed by the Chiefs of the National Guard and reserve components with priority 

consideration given to the following items: acoustic hailing devices, large aircraft infrared countermeasures, 

advanced targeting pods, security and support mission equipment communications packages for UH–60 civil 

support communications, electromagnetic in-flight propeller balance system, joint threat emitter systems, 

data links in ground vehicles, upgrades for first responder radios, network wideband radios (including 

airborne terminals), training systems and simulators, wireless mobile mesh network technologies, integrated 

facial protection components for standard issue helmets, and laser protective eyewear.

A–10 AND CLOSE AIR SUPPORT

The Committee has carefully reviewed the Air Force’s renewed request to divest the A–10 in a phased 

manner by 2019. The Air Force’s need to modernize its shrinking and aging inventory of aircraft, when 

coupled with budget constraints in current law, has forced difficult decisions regarding force structure. The 

Committee acknowledges the A–10’s combat-proven advantages in the close air support (CAS) mission, but 

when set against the broad range of missions that the Air Force is required to carry out under the National

Defense Strategy, the ability of other aircraft to perform CAS, and valid concerns regarding the A–10’s 

susceptibility to rapidly advancing anti-air threats in potential conflicts, divestment of the A–10 is the least 

unattractive option in the long run if the Air Force is to meet all of its national security responsibilities.

At the same time, the Committee recognizes that ongoing conflicts and contingency operations, a security 

environment that senior military leaders have described as highly uncertain, and continuing overseas 

deployments of A–10 squadrons raise questions of overall combat air forces capacity and whether it is 

prudent to proceed immediately with A–10 divestment. Due to these considerations, the Committee’s 

recommendation includes an additional $452,700,000 in title IX to preserve the present A–10 force structure.

The Committee also includes a legislative provision that prohibits divestment of the A–10 or disestablishment 

of A–10 units in fiscal year 2016, as well as the further movement of A–10 aircraft to backup inventory status.

The Committee commends the Air Force for actions it has taken to preserve and enhance performance of 

the CAS mission. The Committee strongly supports these efforts and their continuation regardless of the 

disposition of the A–10 fleet in this and future fiscal years. In order to monitor the progress of Air Force 

efforts to sustain the CAS mission, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a report to 

the congressional defense committees not later than 60 days after the submission of the fiscal year 2017 

budget request that describes the CAS policy initiatives stemming from the March 2015 ‘‘CAS Focus Week’’ 

hosted by Air Combat Command and the progress made in implementing these initiatives; presents a set of 

metrics by which CAS training can be tracked year-to-year; and describes efforts to identify new materiel

solutions for CAS platforms and capabilities. Finally, the Committee recognizes that CAS is, above all 

considerations including aircraft platforms, a team effort requiring seamless air-ground cooperation. The 

Committee recognizes the indispensable contribution by the Air Force’s Battlefield Airmen community,

including Tactical Air Control Party members, to the continuing excellence of CAS performance. The 

Committee’s recommendation includes an additional $55,900,000 in Other Procurement, Air Force for the 

acquisition of Joint Terminal Attack Controller training systems and Battlefield Airmen kits. The Committee

directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a spending plan to the congressional defense committees for 

these additional funds not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act.

GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS

General and Flag Officers (GFOs) are the leaders of the military Services. While the size of the military has 

decreased in recent years, the number of GFOs has not. The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 

2014 reduced funding for GFOs and directed the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to provide a report 

to the congressional defense committees detailing all associated costs.
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The GAO found that the GFO population experienced higher rates of growth since fiscal year 2001 than the 

enlisted population and that the full cost to the Department of Defense for GFOs from fiscal year 2001 

through fiscal year 2013 could not be determined because complete cost data for GFOs and their aides is 

not available. Furthermore, the GAO noted that the position of officer aide is not defined in departmental 

guidance and, as a result, the Services were not able to consistently track the number of personnel in these 

positions. The GAO recommended that the Department update and improve information related to GFO 

aides and define the costs associated with GFOs. The Committee directs the Director of Cost Assessment 

and Program Evaluation, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) 

and the Service Secretaries, to update GFO requirements and to define the costs associated with general 

and flag officers, including security details, government air travel, enlisted and officer aide housing costs, 

support staff, official residences, and any other costs incurred due to the nature of their position. Further, not 

later than 270 days after the enactment of this Act, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit

a report to the congressional defense committees outlining the updated GFO requirements and the number 

of GFOs needed to fill these positions, and describing the costs associated with GFOs, including officer and 

enlisted aides

MILITARY COMPENSATION AND RETIREMENT MODERNIZATION COMMISSION

The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission recently provided the President and 

Congress specific recommendations to modernize military pay and benefits. The Committee is encouraged 

that the Commission provided recommendations that endeavor to ensure the long-term viability of the AllVolunteer Force, to support a high quality of life for service members and their families in a manner that 

fosters successful recruitment and retention, to support career opportunities for service members, and to 

modernize the compensation and retirement system of service members for fiscal sustainability. Among its 

recommendations, the Commission suggests moving from a purely defined benefit to a blended defined 

benefit and defined contribution retirement system. The Commission also outlined ways to sustain service 

member education programs, strength- en numerous family support programs, and promote service 

members’ financial literacy. While the Commission decided that its focus would not be budget driven, these 

recommendations offer changes that, if implemented, will impact government expenditures. Recognizing that 

there may be additional opportunities to identify efficiencies in personnel and force structure programs, the

Committee looks forward to receiving the Secretary of Defense’s response to these recommendations and to 

working with the Secretary to ensure pragmatic fiscal sustainability is achieved.

CIVILIAN FURLOUGHS

In fiscal year 2013, the Secretary of Defense furloughed most Department of Defense civilian employees for 

up to six days due to budgetary shortfalls primarily caused by sequestration. The Committee believes that 

the negative impact on productivity, morale, and readiness substantially outweighed the savings generated 

from civilian furloughs. No furloughs were implemented in either fiscal year 2014 or fiscal year 2015, and the 

Committee assumes that the enactment of this Act will eliminate any need to furlough civilian employees in 

fiscal year 2016.

COMBAT TRAINING CENTER ROTATIONS

The Army has recently increased the length of combat training center rotations for active duty soldiers from 

14 to 18 days. While the Army believes that the additional time will increase the effectiveness of the 

rotations, the increased length has reduced the throughput at the training centers from ten to nine rotations 

per year at the National Training Center and the Joint Readiness Training Center. Since these rotations are 

the pinnacle event to prepare soldiers for combat, the Committee supports efforts to make them as effective 

as possible. However, the Committee is concerned that the reduced number of rotations, which results in a 

reduced number of soldiers being trained, may outweigh the benefits gained by the additional number of 

training days per rotation. The Committee is also concerned that the Army did not conduct a full analysis 

prior to this decision and therefore was unaware that increasing the number of days per rotation would 

require a reduction in the total number of rotations held each year. The Committee directs the Secretary of 

the Army to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not later than 120 days after the 

enactment of this Act that provides a detailed evaluation of the decision to increase combat training center 

rotation lengths for active duty soldiers, a full cost-benefit analysis of the decision to increase rotation

lengths, and an analysis of how reducing the number of rotations impacts readiness.
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RESERVE COMPONENT BUDGET REPORTING.-The Committee continues its requirement for the 

Department to provide a semi-annual detailed report to the congressional defense committees showing 

transfers between sub activities within the military personnel appropriation. Reports shall be submitted not 

later than 30 days following the end of the second quarter and 30 days following the end of the fiscal year.

GUARD AND RESERVE DISABILITY COMPENSATION PROCESSING.-The Committee is aware of 

planned Government Accountability Office [GAO] investigations into the disparity in wait times between 

Active Duty and National Guard and Reserve personnel in receiving disability compensation. The Committee 

urges the Department to act quickly on GAO's recommendations and ensure that adjudication of disability 

claims of National Guard and Reserve members are not delayed.

ADVANCED TRAUMA TRAINING PROGRAM FOR NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE

The Committee recognizes the valuable support universities, hospitals, and other military partners provide by 

offering civilian-based emergency response trauma training to sustain medics' and medical providers' 

capabilities of the National Guard Enhanced Response Forces Packages [CERFP], National Guard 

Homeland Response Forces [NGHRF), and the Army Reserve Consequence Management Response 

Forces [CCMRF]. The Committee encourages the National Guard and Reserve to continue pursuing stateof-the-art trauma training with these civilian partners, thus maintaining unit medical readiness postures at 

optimum levels as military healthcare providers in CERFPs, NGHRFs, and CCMRFs maintain their individual 

skills to respond effectively to emergency incidents on the homeland. Furthermore, in order to minimize the 

civilian-military operational gaps in the event of a catastrophic incident, the Committee also encourages the 

development of enhanced preparedness medical training programs focusing on mass casualty triage, 

advanced disaster life support, advanced hazardous material life support, emergency dental, and 

psychological health by increasing civilian-based advanced trauma expertise gained through day-to-day 

experiences and medical research programs.

COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS AND CYBER CAPABILITIES

The Committee supports the ongoing efforts of the department of Defense, U.S. Cyber Command, and the 

Active and Reserve Components of the armed services to develop offensive and defense cyber teams, but 

recognizes a lack of synchronization among Federal and State stakeholders in developing mission and 

funding requirements, especially for National Guard cyber teams. The Council of Governors was created as 

a mechanism for Governors and Federal officials to address matters pertaining to the National Guard, 

homeland defense, and defense support to civil authorities. As outlined in the Council's Joint Action Plan for 

State-Federal Unity of Effort on Cybersecurity, the Council also has a shared responsibility with Federal 

partners to enhance a national unity of effort in protecting critical infrastructure from cyber threats. Therefore, 

the Committee directs the Department of Defense to consult with the Council of Governors regarding cyber 

mission force requirements and synchronization among the Active, Reserve and National Guard components 

not later than 60 days after enactment of this act. Additionally, the Committee requests that the Council of 

Governors report to the congressional defense committees not later than 90 days after enactment of this act, 

any recommendations regarding cyber mission requirements and synchronization.

AVIATION FORCE STRUCTURE.-The Committee notes that, due to fiscal constraints caused by the Budget 

Control Act of 2011 [BCA], total obligational authority provided for the Army's aviation portfolio has been 

reduced by approximately $2,500,000,000 per year through fiscal year 2019. As a direct result, the Army is 

reducing total active duty Combat Aviation Brigades from 13 to 10 and annual aviation accessions and 

training throughput from 1,091 students to as few as 750. These reductions limit the Army's ability to re-grow 

its aviation portfolio in a post-BCA fiscal environment. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to 

submit to the congressional defense committees, not later than 90 days after enactment of this act, a report 

outlining the Army's plans to mitigate impacts on aviation training over fiscal years 2016-2021.

AIRSPACE COMPLIANCE – In order for the Department of Defense aircraft to operate in the both the 

Federal Aviation Administration controlled airspace and International Civil Aviation Organization controlled 

airspace after January 1, 2020, the Department must add appropriate equipment to all current and future 

aviation platforms projected to operate in those airspaces. Due to various delays, the Department has 

indicated that many aircraft will not meet the mandated compliance date and will need waivers to operate in 

controlled airspace. The Committee believes that had the Department taken a 
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centralized role in the oversight of airspace compliance and monitored the progress of each fleet towards 

meeting the mandate, the services would have developed solutions in a more expedient manner and fewer 

waivers would have been necessary. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to report to 

the congressional defense committees, not later than 180 days after enactment of this act, (1) each aircraft 

type, by service, required to comply with the mandates, (2) the cost associated with making the aircraft 

compliant, (3) the projected compliance date for each aircraft and (4) the projected date to obtain waivers for 

each aircraft, if necessary. The Committee expects the Secretary of Defense to take a more proactive role in 

ensuring that United States military aircraft are approved to operate in controlled airspace past January 1, 

2020.

C-130 BEDDOWN –The Committee notes that the Air Force has not formally established a long term plan to 

augment the National Guard's fleet of C-130Hs with C-130Js. To accept new aircraft and to plan for 

modification of their existing C-130H fleet, the National Guard needs adequate time to prepare and budget 

for the future fleet mix. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a beddown 

plan that lays out, by location and fiscal year through the end of the C--130H's expected life, the future mix of 

the National Guard's C-130H and C-130J fleet not later than 180 days after enactment of this act

F-16 AVIONICS UPGRADE

The F-16 Fighting Falcon is currently the primary multi-mission fighter for the Air Force. As threats and 

tactics evolve and weapons and sensor technologies improve, the need to modernize F-16 avionics to take 

full advantage of these advances becomes undeniable. Therefore, the Committee encourages the Air Force 

to undertake strategic avionics upgrades to ensure the F-16, particularly the older blocks, remains capable of 

fulfilling its central role in the fleet and combat relevance.

C-130 AVIONICS MODERNIZATION PROGRAM

.-The Secretary of the Air Force may proceed with and accelerate a C--130H modification program known as 

AMP Increment 1 to address safety and air space compliance requirements, using funds provided in this bill 

and previous funds appropriated for the avionics modernization program of record. In addition, the 

Committee expects the Air Force to continue efforts for AMP Increment 2 modifications, using previously 

purchased components and leveraging research and development efforts to the maximum extent practical 

number of rotations impacts readiness.

JOINT SURVEILLANCE AND TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM

The Committee supports the fiscal year 2016 budget request of $44,343,000 for JSTARS recapitalization 

and is pleased with the recent approval of the Materiel Development Decision to enable the Air Force to 

begin technology development and award technology maturation contracts. However, the Committee 

remains concerned with the duration of the design and development phase of the program and the delay of 

initial operational capability until 2023. As delineated in the report accompanying the Senate version of the 

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2015 (Senate Report (113-211), the Committee continues to 

view the program as primarily an integration effort that will utilize mature, affordable, and existing 

components on a commercially available aircraft. Last year, the Committee directed the Secretary of the Air 

Force to reassess the acquisition strategy to shorten the development phase. The Committee encourages 

the Air Force to work with industry partners and apply the tenets of Better Buying Power 3.0 to reduce the 

duration and cost of the design and development phase and reflect the revised schedules and funding levels 

in the fiscal year 2017 budget request. Given the time required to develop and procure the new aircraft, the 

Committee understands that the Air Force plans to extend the service life of the current E-8 JSTARS fleet 

until the middle of the next decade. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a plan to 

the congressional defense committees, to accompany submission of the fiscal year 2017 budget, that 

outlines how industrial and logistics degradation of the E-8 fleet will be avoided as well as upgrades to the 

fleet to ensure the platform will continue to meet warfighter needs for combat operations. The plan should 

include schedules and annual funding requirements.
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F-16 RADAR UPGRADES

The Committee is concerned about the long-term health of the active electronically scanned array radar 

industrial base. The Committee believes that competition among multiple suppliers is important to reduce 

costs and improve performance. Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a 

report to the congressional defense committees, not later than 90 days after enactment of this act, on how 

the Air Force will address phase two of North American Aerospace Defense CommandlU.8. Northern 

Command Joint Urgent Operational Needs [JUON] NC-0008 to include an acquisition strategy on all aspects 

of the solution set. The report should address the Air Force's radar modernization plan for the entire F-16 

fleet.

POWDER RIVER TRAINING COMPLEX

The Committee recognizes the importance of viable airspace ranges to support training operations for the 

Active, Guard, and Reserve components. It also recognizes that the implementation of approved airspace

must be done in a safe and coordinated fashion. The Committee encourages the Air Force to continue to 

work with the Federal Aviation Administration and all interested parties as the Powder River Training 

Complex Record of Decision is implemented. Facilitating emergency air traffic and providing, timely, regular 

updates concerning airspace usage and scheduling via electronic distribution networks to ensure that 

interested party concerns are received and addressed are of particular concern.

BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE

The Committee recognizes that the men and women of the National Guard and Reserve components need 

greater access to care if they are to maintain a high state of medical readiness to support regularly occurring 

deployments. It also recognizes that the suicide rate in the reserve components is consistently higher than 

the suicide rate for both the active duty military and the civilian population. Therefore, the Committee 

encourages the Department to better ensure that periodic health assessments are followed by medical 

treatment to address any behavioral or mental health conditions that could impact a servicemember's ability 

to deploy, even if such care falls outside of the pre-deployment window. This practice would allow for a more 

medically ready, deployable force and would expand access to behavioral and mental healthcare for reserve 

component servicemembers.

NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAM

The Committee remains concerned that the Department continues to reduce overall funding for the National 

Guard Counter-Drug program, and disagrees with the fiscal year 2016 President's budget request which 

does not fund these activities under an independent budget line as contained in Senate Report 113-211. The 

Committee recommends $192,900,000 for the National Guard Counter-Drug program and urges the 

Department to include an individual budget line for this program in its fiscal year 2017 budget submission.

NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG SCHOOLS

The Committee commends the Department for providing funding for the Counter-Drug Schools program after 

making no request in fiscal year 2015. The counter-drug schools' mission of providing combatant commands, 

law enforcement agencies, community-based organizations and military personnel with training to support 

and enhance their capabilities to detect, interdict, disrupt and curtail drug trafficking is an important 

component of our overall effort to reduce drug crimes and protect national security. The Committee 

recommends $20,000,000 for the counter-drug schools to achieve their full mission and urges the 

Department to include an individual budget line for this program in its fiscal year 2017 budget submission.

NGREA HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS

The Committee directs that the National Guard and Reserve Equipment account shall be executed by the 

Chiefs of the National Guard and reserve components with priority consideration given to the following items: 

HMMWV Ambulances, Data Links for Ground Vehicles, Upgrades for First Responder Tactical Radios, 

Acoustic Hailing Devices, Small Arms Simulation Training Systems, Crashworthy Auxiliary Fuel Systems, 

Laser Protective Eyewear, Helmet-Incorporated Facial Protection, Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion, 

Semi-Permanent Humidity Controlled Shelters, Counter Mortar Radar Systems, Advanced Electronically 

Scanned Array Radars for F-16, Digital Radar Warning Receivers for F-16 and C-130, and Engine Upgrades 

for C-130 including Modular Blade Technology and In-Flight Propeller Balancing Systems.
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Military Construction Appropriation

Army National Guard

Army 

National Guard

FY16

President’s 

Budget 

Request

HACMILCON 

Mark

Delta 

from 

FY16 

Request

Omnibus

Mark

Delta From 

FY16

Request

Total $197,237 $167,437 -$29,800 $197,237 $0

Unspecified Minor 

Construction $15,000 $15,000 $0 $15,000 $0

Planning & Design $20,337 $20,337 $0 $20,337 $0

 Army National Guard Project List

(All Dollars in Thousands)

State

ARNG Military Construction

Project Description

President’s 

Budget 

Request

HACMILCON 

Mark

Omnibus

Mark

CT Camp Hartnell – Ready Building CSTWMD $11,000 $11,000 $11,000

DE Dagsboro – NG Vehicle Maintenance 

Shop $10,800 $0 $10,800

FL Palm Coast – NG Readiness Center $18,000 $18,000 $18,000

IL Sparta – Basic 10M-225M Firing Range $1,900 $1,900 $1,900

KS Salina – Automated Combat Pistol/MP 

Firearms Qual Cour $2,400 $2,400 $2,400

KS Salina - Modified Record Fire Range $4,300 $4,300 $4,300

MD Easton – NG readiness center $13,800 $13,800 $13,800

NV

Reno – NG Vehicle Maintenance Shop 

Add $8,000 $8,000 $8,000

OH

Camp Ravenna – Modified Record Fire 

Range $3,300 $3,300 $3,300

OR Salem – NG/Reserve JFHQ $16,500 $16,500 $16,500

PA

Ft. Indiantown Gap – Training Aids 

Center $16,000 $16,000 $16,000

VT

North Hyde Park – NG Vehicle 

Maintenance Shop Addit $7,900 $7,900 $7,900

VA Richmond – NG JFQH $29,000 $29,000 $29,000

WA

Yakima – Enlisted Barracks, Transient 

Training $19,000 $0 $19,000

Unspecified Minor Construction $15,000 $15,000 $15,000

Planning & Design $20,337 $20,337 $20,337

Total FY16 Program Request $197,237 $167,437 $197,237
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Air National Guard

Air 

National Guard

FY16 

President’s 

Budget 

Request

HACMILCON 

Mark

Delta 

from 

FY16 

Request

Omnibus

Mark

Delta From 

FY16 

Request

Total $138,738 $138,738 $0 $138,738 $0

Unspecified Minor 

Construction $7,734 $7,734 $0 $7,734 $0

Planning & Design $5,104 $1,104 $0 $5,104 $0

 Air National Guard Project List

(All Dollars in Thousands)

State

ANG Military Construction Project 

Description

FY16 

President’s 

Budget 

Request

HAC-MILCON 

Mark 

Omnibus

Mark

AL Dannelly Field – TFI Replace Squadron Operations 

Facility $7,600 $7,600 $7,600

AR Ft. Smith MAP – Consolidated SCIF $15,200 $15,200 $15,200

CA Moffett Field – Replace Vehicle Maintenance Facility $6,500 $6,500 $6,500

CO Buckley AFB – ASE Maintenance and Storage 

Facility $5,100 $5,100 $5,100

GA Savannah/Hilton Head IAP- C-130 Squadron 

Operations Facility $9,000 $9,000 $9,000

IA Des Moines MAP – Air Operations GRP/Cyber 

Beddown-Reno BLG 430 $6,700 $6,700 $6,700

KS Smokey Hill ANG Range – Range Training Support 

Facility $2,900 $2,900 $2,900

LA New Orleans – Replace Squadron Operations 

Facility $10,000 $10,000 $10,000

ME Bangor IAP – Add to and alter fire crash/rescue 

station $7,200 $7,200 $7,200

NH Pease – KC-46A ADAL Flight Sim $2,800 $2,800 $2,800

NJ Atlantic City IAP – Fuel Cell and Corrosion Control 

Hangar $10,200 $10,200 $10,200

NY Niagara Falls IAP – RPA beddown $7,700 $7,700 $7,700

NC Charlotte/Douglas IAP – Replace C-130 Squadron 

Operations Facility $9,000 $9,000 $9,000

ND Hector IAP – Intel Targeting Facilities $7,300 $7,300 $7,300

OK Will Rogers – Medium Altitude Manned ISR 

Beddown $7,600 $7,600 $7,600

OR Klamath Falls IAP – Replace Fire Crash/Rescue 

Station $7,200 $7,200 $7,200

WV Yeager Airport – Force Protection, Relocate 

Coonskin road $3,900 $3,900 $3,900

Unspecified Minor Construction $7,734 $7,734 $7,734

Planning & Design $6,104 $6,104 $6,104

Total FY16 Program Request $138,738 $138,738 $138,738
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