FY14

Consolidated

Appropriations

Analysis ofP.L. 113-76 the ConsolidatedAppropriations Act for 

Fiscal Year 2014. 

As of 17 January 2014

Bills Status

Passed in 

Committee

Passed in 

Chamber

Conference 

Committee Report Final Passage Signed into Law

House 

12 June 2013

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24 July 2013 

13 January 2014

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15 January 2014 

17 January 2014

Senate 

1 August 2013

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16 January 2014

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Table of Contents

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

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

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

Defense Appropriations

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 -

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

JOINT PROGRAMS .......................................................................................................................................................- 8 -

JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ..........................................................................................................................- 9 -

HOUSE REPORT 113-113........................................................................................................................................... - 11 -

SENATE REPORT 113-85 ........................................................................................................................................... - 16 -

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.......................................................................................................................................... - 21 -

Military Construction Appropriations

AIR NATIONAL GUARD.............................................................................................................................................. - 21 -

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PROJECT LIST............................................................................................................... - 22 -

AIR NATIONAL GUARD PROJECT LIST ................................................................................................................... - 23 -

HOUSE REPORT 113-90............................................................................................................................................. - 23 -

SENATE REPORT 113-48 ........................................................................................................................................... - 24 -
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Executive Summary

This guide provides only a short summary and analysis of the many provisions in the bill. To 

obtain a complete understanding of any particular provision, users are encouraged to review the 

actual legislative language. The bill and accompanying report are available on the NGB-LL web 

page at HTTP://WWW.NATIONALGUARD.MIL/LL/

Status: 

On 17 January, the President signed the $1.1 trillion funding bill for Fiscal Year 2014 that includes 

all 12 appropriations bill. House and Senate Appropriations Committees unveiled the bill on 13 

January nearly a month after a budget resolution had been approved by Congress.

The House and the Senate Appropriations Committee had previously approved their versions of 

the Defense and Military Construction funding bills. However, a budget resolution, approved in 

December, required additional cuts from the earlier marks. 

Highlights:

The bills include numerous provisions that continue to demonstrate Congressional support of the 

Army and Air National Guard as an operational force. 

The bill includes $1 billion for the National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account which includes 

$315 million each for the Army and Air National Guard. The bill also includes additional funding for 

numerous National Guard programs including: an additional $130 million for the National Guard 

Counter-drug program; an additional $10 million for the Youth ChalleNGe Program; and an 

additional $25 million for STARBASE. The STARBASE program was not included in the 

President’s Budget Request. 

For the Army National Guard, the bill would provide an additional $72 million for UH-60 aircraft, an 

additional $75 million for UH-72 aircraft, and an additional $100 million for modernization of 

HMMWVs.

For the Air National Guard, the bill provides $40 million to ensure that the six units transitioning to 

MQ–1/9 remote split operations by fiscal year 2020 are properly equipped for a timely and orderly 

transition to this new mission. The bill also includes RDT&E funding for the Air National Guard 

including: $2 million for Sniper Digital Video; $3.5 million for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Ground 

Based Sense and Avoid; and $47.3 million for C-130 AMP. 

The bill also includes Military Construction funding. The Air National Guard is funded at the 

requested level of $119.8 million, while the Army National Guard is funded $6 million below the 

request for a total of $314.7 million.

On the following pages, you will find a detailed analysis of the Fiscal Year 2014 Consolidated 

Appropriations bill.
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National Guard Accounts Overview

Army National Guard Overview

(All Dollars in Thousands)

Army National 

Guard

FY14 

President’s 

Budget 

Request

House 

Approved

Delta from

Request

SAC

Mark

Delta from

Request Final Bill Delta from Request

ARNG Personnel $8,041,268 $7,958,568 -$82,700 $7,959,072 -$82,196 $7,776,498 -$264,770

ARNG Personnel 

OCO $393,364 $393,364 $0 $393,364 $0 $257,064 -$136,000

ARNG O&M $7,054,196 $7,107,113 +$52,917 $7,082,599 +$28,403 $6,857,530 -$196,666

ARNG O&M OCO $199,371 $199,371 $0 $199,371 $0 $130,471 -$68,900

NGREA* $0 $400,000 +$400,000 $315,000 +$315,000 $315,000 +$315,000

MILCON $320,815 $315,800 -$5,000 $320,815 $0 $314,740 -$6,075

Air National Guard Overview

(All Dollars in Thousands)

Air National Guard

FY14 

President’s 

Budget 

Request

House 

Approved

Delta from

Request

SAC

Mark

Delta from 

Request Final Bill Delta from Request

ANG Personnel $3,177,961 $3,130,361 -$47,600 $3,145,144 -$32,817 $3,114,421 -$63,540

ANG Personnel 

OCO $6,919 $6,919 $0 $6,919 $0 $6,919 $0

ANG O&M $6,566,004 $6,680,999 +$114,995 $6,505,204 -$60,800 $6,392,304 -$173,,700

ANG O&M OCO $22,200 $22,200 $0 $22,200 $0 $22,000 $0

NGREA* $0 $500,000 +$500,000 $315,000 +$315,000 $315,000 +$315,000

MILCON 119,800 $107,800 -$12,000 119,800 $0 $119,800 $0

*The total NGREA account provided in the Omnibus is $1B. 
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Defense Appropriations

Army National Guard

Army National Guard Personnel

(All Dollars in Thousands)

ARNG Personnel Appropriation FY14 President's 

Budget Request

House 

Approved

SAC

Mark Final Bill

PAY GROUP A TRAINING (15 DAYS & DRILLS 24/48) 1,2,&3 2,400,466 2,372,266 2,392,466 2,364,266

PAY GROUP F TRAINING (RECRUITS) 4,5,&6 557,753 512,753 540,503 519,653

PAY GROUP P TRAINING (PIPELINE RECRUITS) 35,718 35,718 35,718 35,718

SCHOOL TRAINING 576,399 576,399 576,399 576,399

SPECIAL TRAINING7&8 665,242 655,742 665,242 602,942

ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT9&10 3,779,017 3,779,017 3,758,017 3,689,517

EDUCATION BENEFITS 26,673 26,673 26,673 26,673

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 (BAC-01) 8,041,268 7,958,568 7,995,018 7,815,168

UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT11&12

-35,946 -38,670

TOTAL, ARNG PERSONNEL 8,041,268 7,958,568 7,959,072 7,776,498

1) House Reduction – Clothing Initial Issues and Replacement excess to requirement

2) Senate Reduction – Improving funds management: Lower than budgeted strength levels

3) Final Bill Reduction – Clothing Initial Issue and Replacement excess to requirement; lower than budgeted average strength levels

4) House Reduction – Projected under-execution

5) Senate Reduction – Improving funds management: Lower than budged strength levels

6) Final Bill Reduction – Projected under-execution

7) House Reduction – Excess to requirement

8) Final Bill Reduction – Excess to requirement

9) Senate Reduction – Improving funds management: Enlistment Bonuses initial payments excess to requirement

10) Final Bill Reduction – Enlistment bonus initial payments excess to requirement; AGR Pay and Allowances excess to requirement; AGR Backfill Pay and 

Allowances excess to requirement; Projected under-execution

11) UNDISTRIBTUED ADJUSTMENT – Improving funds management: Unobligated balances

12) UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT – Unobligated/Unexpended balances

Army National Guard Personnel (Overseas Contingency Operations)

(All Dollars in Thousands)

ARNG Personnel (OCO) Appropriation FY14 President’s 

Budget Request

House 

Approved

SAC

Mark Final Bill

PAY GROUP A TRAINING (15 DAYS & DRILLS 24/48) 50,638 50,638 50,638 50,638

SCHOOL TRAINING 19,444 19,444 19,444 19,444

SPECIAL TRAINING 286,096 286,096 286,096 286,096

ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT 37,186 37,186 37,186 37,186

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 (BAC-01) 393,364 393,364 393,364 393,364

LOWER THAN BUDGETED MOBILIZATION RATES 

-136,300

TOTAL, ARNG PERSONNEL (OCO) 393,364 393,364 393,364 257,064
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Army National Guard Operations & Maintenance

(All Dollars in Thousands)

ARNG O&M Appropriation FY14 President’s 

Budget Request

House 

Approved

SAC

Mark Final Bill

MANEUVER UNITS 800,880 800,880 800,880 800,880

MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES 178,650 178,650 178,650 178,650

ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE 771,503 771,503 771,503 771,503

THEATER LEVEL ASSETS 98,699 98,699 98,699 98,699

LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT 38,779 38,779 38,779 38,779

AVIATION ASSETS 922,503 922,503 922,503 922,503

FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT 761,056 761,056 761,056 761,056

LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS 62,971 62,971 62,971 62,971

LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE 233,105 233,105 233,105 233,105

BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT1,2,&3 1,019,059 1,024,059 1,029,059 1,029059

FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION, & 

MODERNIZATION4&5 712,139 783,353 786,339 712,139

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HQ6,7&8 1,013,715 1,000,418 1,000,418 1,000,418

C-23 SUSTAINMENT9 34,000

ADDITIONAL STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM10 5,000

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY ONE (BAC-01) 6,613,059 6,680,976 6,683,962 6,609,762

SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION 10,812 10,812 10,812 10,812

ADMINISTRATION 78,284 78,284 78,284 78,284

SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS 46,995 46,995 46,995 46,995

MANPOWER MANAGEMENT 6,390 6,390 6,390 6,390

RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 297,105 297,105 297,105 297,105

OTHER CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT AND REAL ESTATE 

MANAGEMENT 1,551 1,551 1,551 1,551

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY FOUR (BAC-04) 441,137 441,137 441,137 441,137

UNJUSTIFIED GROWTH FOR CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 

COMPENSATION -15,000 -22,500

OVERESTIMATE OF CIVILIAN FTE TARGETS -61,000

TRAVEL BUDGET REDUCTION -20,000 -10,000

PROGRAM ADJUSTMENT TO NON-NIP ONLY -122,369

TOTAL, ARNG O&M 7,054,196 7,107,113 7,082,599 6,857,530

1) House Add – State Directors of Psychological Health program increase

2) Senate Add – State Directors of Psychological Health program increase

3) Final Bill Add– State Directors Psychological Health program increase

4) House Add – Restore unjustified efficiency reduction

5) Senate Add – Restore unjustified reductions from FSRM

6) House Reduction – Army National Guard identified severance pay excess to requirement

7) Senate Reduction – Army National Guard identified severance pay excess to requirement

8) Final Bill Reduction– Severance pay excess to requirement

9) House Add – Floor amendment #65 prevents retirement of C-23, added funding for sustainment

10) House Add – Floor amendment #77 added $10M for SPP 
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Army National Guard Operations & Maintenance (Overseas Contingency Operations)

(All Dollars in Thousands)

ARNG O&M (OCO) Appropriation FY14 President’s 

Budget Request

House 

Approved

SAC

Mark Final Bill

MANEUVER UNITS 29,314 29,314 29,314 29,314

MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES 1,494 1,494 1,494 1,494

ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE 15,343 15,343 15,343 15,343

THEATER LEVEL ASSETS 1,549 1,549 1,549 1,549

AVIATION ASSETS 64,504 64,504 64,504 65,504

FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT 31,512 31,512 31,512 31,512

BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT 42,179 42,179 42,179 42,179

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 11,996 11,996 11,996 11,996

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY ONE (BAC-01) 197,891 197,891 197,891 197,891

SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS 1,480 1,480 1,480 1,480

LOWER THAN BUDGETED MOBILIZATION RATES -68,900

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY FOUR (BAC-04)

TOTAL, ARNG O&M (OCO) 199,371 199,371 199,371 130,471
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 Air National Guard

Air National Guard Personnel

(All Dollars in Thousands)

ANG Personnel Appropriation FY14 President’s 

Budget Request

House 

Approved

SAC

Mark Final Bill

PAY GROUP A TRAINING (15 DAYS & DRILLS 24/48)1,2&3 943,573 913,573 925,573 913,573

PAY GROUP F TRAINING (RECRUITS)4&5 111,468 109,468 111,468 109,468

PAY GROUP P TRAINING (PIPELINE RECRUITS) 5,006 5,006 5,006 5,006

SCHOOL TRAINING 250,327 250,327 250,327 250,327

SPECIAL TRAINING 165,588 165,588 165,588 165,588

ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT6&7 1,684,563 1,668,963 1,684,563 1,668,863

EDUCATION BENEFITS 17,436 17,436 17,436 17,436

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 (BAC-01) 3,177,961 3,130,361 3,159,961 3,130,361

UNDISTRIBUTED ADJUSTMENT8&9 -14,817 -15,940

TOTAL ANG PERSONNEL 3,177,961 3,130,361 3,145,144 3,114,421

1) House Reduction –Travel, Active Duty for Training, projected under-execution

2) Senate Reduction – Improving funds management: Travel active duty for training projected under-execution

3) Final Bill Reduction – Travel, Active Duty for Training, projected under-execution

4) House Reduction – Projected under-execution

5) Final Bill Reduction – Projected under-execution

6) House Reduction – Full Time Pay and Allowances projected under-execution

7) Final Bill Reduction – Full Time pay and Allowances projected under-execution

8) Senate Reduction – Improving funds management: Unobligated balances

9) Final Bill Reduction – Unobligated/Unexpended balances

Air National Guard Personnel (Overseas Contingency Operations)

(All Dollars in Thousands)

ANG Personnel (OCO) Appropriation FY14 President’s 

Budget Request

House 

Approved

SAC

Mark Final Bill

SPECIAL TRAINING 6,919 6,919 6,919 6,919

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY 1 (BAC-01) 6,919 6,919 6,919 6,919

TOTAL ANG PERSONNEL (OCO) 6,919 6,919 6,919 6,919
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Air National Guard Operations & Maintenance 

(All Dollars in Thousands)

ANG O&M Appropriation FY14 President’s 

Budget Request

House 

Approved

SAC

Mark Final Bill

AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS 3,371,871 3,371,871 3,371,871 3,371,871

MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS1&2 720,305 710,605 720,305 710,605

DEPOT MAINTENANCE3 1,514,870 1,604,870 1,514,870 1,514,870

FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & 

MODERNIZATION4&5 296,953 326,648 325,153 296,953

BASE OPERATING SUPPORT 597,303 597,303 597,303 597,303

ADDITIONAL STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM6 5,000

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY ONE (BAC-01) 6,501,302 6,616,297 6,529,502 6,531,602

ADMINISTRATION 32,117 32,117 32,117 32,117

RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING 32,585 32,585 32,585 32,585

TOTAL, BUDGET ACTIVITY FOUR (BAC-04) 64,702 64,702 64,702 64,702

OVERESTIMATE OF CIVILIAN FTE TARGETS -89,000 -134,000

PROGRAM ADJUSTMENT FOR NON-HIP ONLY -70,000

TOTAL, ANG O&M 6,566,004 6,680,999 6,505,204 6,392304

1) House Reduction – Budget justification does not match summary of price and program changes for civilian compensation

2) Final Bill – Budget justification does not match summary of price and program changes for civilian compensation

3) House Add – Unjustified cost increase for Contractor Logistics Support

4) House Add – Air National Guard identified shortfall-restore unjustified efficiency reduction

5) Senate Add – Restore unjustified reductions from FSRM

6) House Add – Floor amendment #77 added $10M for SPP 

Air National Guard Operations & Maintenance (Overseas Contingency Operations)

(All Dollars in Thousands)

ANG O&M (OCO) Appropriation FY14 President’s 

Budget Request

House

Approved

SAC

Mark Final Bill

MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS 22,200 22,200 22,200 22,200

TOTAL ANG O&M (OCO) 22,200 22,200 22,200 22,200
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National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account

(All Dollars in Thousands)

FY14 President’s 

Budget Request

House

Approved

SAC

Mark Final Bill

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD $0 $400,000 $315,000 $315,000

AIR NATIONAL GUARD $0 $500,000 $315,000 $315,000

Joint Programs

Youth Challenge – The bill includes an additional $10 million Youth ChalleNGe.

STARBASE – The bill includes an additional $25 million for the STARBASE Youth Program. 

Counter-Drug – The bill includes an additional $130 million for the National Guard counter-drug program.
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Joint Explanatory Statement

C-130 AVIONICS MODERNIZATION PROGRAM

The agreement includes $47,300,000 in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force to continue 

the C-130 avionics modernization program (AMP). The agreement supports the competitive procurement of 

AMP kits if the program proceeds to production. The agreement retains $14,200,000 requested under 

Aircraft Procurement, Air Force for C-130 communication, navigation, and surveillance/air traffic 

management requirements, subject to the conditions set forth in the National Defense Authorization Act for 

fiscal year 2014.

SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE MILITARY

Sexual assault remains a pervasive problem in the military. While the military must do more to stop assaults 

from occurring in the first place, it must also ensure that when they do occur, assaults are investigated 

properly so cases may be effectively prosecuted and perpetrators held fully accountable. A 2013 

Department of Defense Inspector General report evaluating the Military Criminal Investigative Organizations' 

sexual assault investigations found that while 89 percent of investigations completed in 2010 met or 

exceeded investigative standards, 11 percent of cases had significant deficiencies. The agreement directs 

the Secretary of Defense and the Service Secretaries to fully implement the recommendations of the 

Inspector General Report DODIG-2013-091, dated July 9, 2013. From the funds provided, the agreement 

directs the Service Secretaries to fully fund programs to train investigators on how to properly investigate 

sexual assault-related offenses as directed by the Inspector General report.

There are also concerns of reports in which mental health diagnoses were misused to administratively 

discharge or retaliate against victims of sexual assault. Victims of sexual assault should not be punished for 

reporting crimes committed against them. The Secretary of Defense is directed to review separation records 

of service members who made an unrestricted report of sexual assault and to correct records of service in 

those cases in which the victims were improperly discharged.

The agreement also retains a provision contained in the House and Senate bills to provide an additional 

$25,000,000 for the Department of Defense and made available for transfer to the Army, Navy, Marine 

Corps, and Air Force for the expansion of a Special Victims' Counsel program to every military Service, 

including the National Guard and reserve components, as authorized by the section 1716 of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014.

STEM EDUCATION AND STARBASE

The agreement finds that consolidation of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) 

education and significant changes to the STARBASE program are not advisable at this time. STARBASE 

provides a unique low-cost leveraging of community and military resources that another federal agency will 

not be able to duplicate. The benefits of cooperative community and military relationships stimulate the longterm interest of youth in STEM careers. The recommendation therefore provides $25,000,000 to continue the 

Department of Defense STARBASE program in fiscal year 2014. The agreement encourages the Secretary 

of Defense to continue the STARBASE program through fiscal year 2015.

CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT FOR DEPOT MAINTENANCE

The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 consolidated all depot maintenance 

funding contained in the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard budget requests in the respective Depot 

Maintenance sub-activity Groups (SAGs) and directed the Secretary of the Air Force to display all depot 

maintenance funds requested in the fiscal year 2014 budget request in the Depot Maintenance SAG. While 

the Air National Guard fiscal year 2014 budget request displayed all depot maintenance funds requested in 

the Depot Maintenance SAG, it failed to capture costs and quantities for weapons systems that rely on 

Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) for Depot Maintenance. This severely limits both visibility of funding for 

this program and the ability to conduct oversight of a program which is critical to military readiness. While 

funding is not reduced due to unjustified cost increases for CLS, concerns remain that the Air National Guard 

is unable to properly justify requested increases in CLS funding for Depot Maintenance or to differentiate 

between flight line activities, for which funding should be requested in the Aircraft Operations and Mission 

Support SAGs in the budget request, and depot maintenance activities, for which funding should be 

requested in the Depot Maintenance SAG.
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The Secretary of the Air Force is directed to continue to display all depot maintenance funds (and only depot 

maintenance funds) requested in fiscal year 2015 in the Depot Maintenance SAG. Funds which support flight 

line spares and/or repairs shall be displayed in the budget request in the appropriate SAG. The agreement 

further directs the Secretary to fully display costs and quantities for weapons systems that rely on CLS for 

Depot Maintenance in the budget request to provide full visibility of depot maintenance funding and enable 

effective management and oversight of this critical program.

MQ-1/9 REMOTE SPLIT OPERATIONS

The agreement provides an additional $40,000,000 to procure equipment necessary for the transition of six 

Air National Guard squadrons to MQ-119 remote split operations by fiscal year 2020. The Secretary of the 

Air Force is directed to submit an execution plan for these and all other funds made available for this purpose 

not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to include detailed plans for funding, training, manning, 

and equipping all six Air National Guard squadrons. Additionally, the Secretary is directed to begin training 

for all six squadrons not later than fiscal year 2014 as previously indicated by the Air Force and to include 

any additional funding necessary to equip these squadrons in the fiscal year 2015 budget request.

NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT

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

$315,000,000 is for the Army National Guard; $315,000,000 is for the Air National Guard; $175,000,000 is 

for the Army Reserve; $65,000,000 is for the Navy Reserve; $60,000,000 is for the Marine Corps Reserve; 

and $70,000,000 is for the Air Force Reserve to meet urgent equipment needs that may arise in fiscal year 

2014.

This funding will allow the 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. 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: 13K AT Forklift; ARC 210 Radios 

for ANG F-16s; Air National Guard Missile Warning System; Arctic Sustainment Kits; Base Physical Security 

Systems; Blue Force Tracker Next Generation; CBRN Reconnaissance Equipment; Chemical and Biological 

Protective Shelters; Coastal Riverine Force Boats and Communications Upgrades; Counter Communications 

Systems; Digital Radar Warning ALR-69A Receivers for F-16s; F-15 AESA Radars; F-16/F-15/ A-1 0 Radar 

Warning Receivers and Defensive Systems Upgrades; General Engineering Equipment; Generation 4 

Advanced Targeting Pods; HC-130 Hostile Fire Indication System; Helmet-Mounted Integrated Targeting 

System; High-Density Storage Cabinets; In-Flight Propeller Balancing System; Integrated Vehicle Health 

Management System for UH-72As; Internal and External Auxiliary Fuel Tanks for Rotary Wing Aircraft; Joint 

Threat Emitters; KC-135 and C-130 Real Time Information in Cockpit(RTIC) Data Link; Large Aircraft 

Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM); Light Utility Helicopters; Lightweight Multi-Band Satellite Terminal; 

Mobile Ad Hoc Network Emergency Communications Equipment; Modernized Medical Equipment Sets for 

HMMWVs; Modular Small Arms Training Systems; Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion; RED HORSE 

Squadron Vehicles; Remotely Piloted Aircraft Squadron Operations Centers and Targeting Unit Equipment; 

Simulation Training Systems; Small and Light Arms; Tactical Trucks; Targeting Pod Upgrades; UH-60 A-L 

Modernization; UH-60 Civilian Communications Package A & B Kits; Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicles; VSS 

Modernization for Geographically Separated Units and Unified Capabilities; and Wireless Mobile Mesh 

Network Systems.
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House Report 113-113

OPERATIONAL RESERVE

Over the last ten years, regular deployments and an increased operations tempo required the National 

Guard and reserve components to transition from a part-time strategic reserve to an operational reserve. The 

Guard and reserve components have used the lessons learned over the past decade to identify enduring 

priorities that will continue to support and enhance active component requirements. Significant taxpayer 

investments have been made to enable the Guard and reserve to become an integral part of the operational 

force, and they provide great value to the Armed Forces and for the taxpayer. The Department of Defense 

estimates that the reserve components comprise approximately 43 percent of the total force but only nine 

percent of the annual budget.

There are signs that active component support for maintaining an operational reserve is diminishing in 

today’s challenging budget climate. Specifically, the Committee is concerned by the Army’s recent decision 

to deploy active component units in place of scheduled reserve component deployments whenever possible. 

The Committee supports the enduring vision of an operational reserve and encourages the Services to 

continue to utilize the Guard and reserve components as key members of the operational force. The 

Committee also recognizes that new authorities, such as U.S. Code title 10, section 12304b Selected 

Reserve: order to active duty for preplanned mission in support of the combatant commands, provide

continued opportunities for reservists to deploy for preplanned missions and to maintain their operational 

skills even after overseas contingency operations have concluded and encourages their use where 

appropriate.

CYBER OPERATIONS

Cyber security is an important and growing mission area, and the National Guard has unique access to a 

wealth of information technology talent within its ranks as well as unique cyber support capabilities 

associated with both its Federal and State Active Duty statutes. The President's executive order dated 

February 12, 2013, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, focuses on enhancing the resiliency and 

security of the Nation's critical infrastructure. This will be achieved through a "partnership With the owners

and operators of critical infrastructure to improve cyber security information sharing and collaboratively 

develop and implement risk-based standards."

The Committee recognizes that the National Guard can fill the roles denoted iii the President's executive 

order. As dual use, cyber incident response teams, the Guard would focus on forensic analysis and 

defensive cyber operations, providing all purpose "triage" of local/state network incidents. The Committee 

recognizes that these Guard teams may provide aid to civil authorities in Title 32, Title 10, and State Active 

Duty status and should be regionally located near established key infrastructure nodes for the internet to

leverage their capabilities.

NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT

The recommendation provides $1,500,000,000 for National Guard and Reserve Equipment: Of that amount, 

$400,000,000 is for the Army National Guard; $500,000,000 for the Air National Guard; $275,000,000 for the 

Army Reserve; $50,000,000 for the Navy Reserve; $125,000,000 for the Marine Corps Reserve; and

$150,000,000- for the Air Force Reserve to meet urgent equipment needs that may arise this fiscal year.

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

used by these components for both combat missions and for missions in support of state governors. The 

conferees direct 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: Internal 

and external crashworthy ballistically self-sealing auxiliary fuel systems for helicopters; high-density storage 

cabinets; Air National Guard missile warning system; Generation 4 advanced targeting pods; In-flight

propeller balancing system; and ultra-light tactical vehicles.
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RESERVE COMPONENT SIMULATION TRAINING SYSTEMS

The use of simulation training systems has yielded a military that is better trained, more capable, and more 

confident as 'compared to units that do not have access to modern simulation training devices. Simulation 

training is a cost-effective means, by which reserve units can improve tactical decision making skills and 

ultimately save lives. It is anticipated that a portion of funds provided for National Guard and Reserve 

Equipment will be used to procure a variety of simulation training systems. To ensure the most efficient and 

effective training programs, these systems should be a combination of both government owned and operated 

simulators and simulation support from a dedicated commercial activity capable of providing frequent 

hardware and software updates.

STARBASE

The Department of Defense STARBASE program is designed to raise the interest and improve the 

knowledge and skills of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade in science, technology, engineering, 

and mathematics (STEM). The program currently operations on Air Force, Air National Guard, Air Force 

Reserve, Navy, Navy Reserve, and Marine Corps military installations and facilities at 65 locations. The 

military volunteers who mentor student apply abstract principles to real world situations by leading tours and 

giving lectures on the use of STEM in different settings and careers, and they engage students through the 

inquiry-based curriculum with its “hands-on, minds-on” experiential activities in a technologically rich military 

environment. The program has a proven record of improving student understanding, interest, and ability in 

math, science and stimulating interest in STEM careers while establishing lasting relationships between 

community educators and military installations.

The STARBASE program seeks to serve students that are historically underrepresented in STEM, including 

students who live in inner cities or rural locations, are socio-economically disadvantaged, low in academic 

performance or disabled. The fiscal year 2014 budget request seeks to reorganize STEM programs 

throughout the federal government, and all funding for STARBASE was removed from the Department of 

Defense fiscal year 2014 budget request. The Committee finds that terminating the STARBASE program is 

not advisable. STARBASE provides a unique low-cost leveraging of community and military resources that 

another federal agency will not be able to duplicate. The intangible benefits of solid cooperative community 

and military relationships stimulate the long-term interest of youth in STEM careers. The Committee 

recommendation therefore restores funding so the Department’s STARBASE program will continue in fiscal 

year 2014.

SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING AND OUTREACH 

Suicide remains an issue of concern to the Committee and the Services, especially in the Guard and reserve 

components. While there was a slight drop in the number of reported suicides from 2010 to 2011, the 

number, of suicides increased significantly from 2011 to 2012. Whereas servicemembers serving on active 

duty return from deployments to military bases which provide more structured support networks, returning 

Guardsmen and reservists are frequently geographically isolated from, their units and may not have the 

regular interactions with their peers and chain of command that their active duty counterparts experience.

The Committee is aware that suicide remains a problem among servicemembers who never deployed as 

well as those who have deployed once or multiple times. The Committee is aware of programs for the 

reserve components, such as the National Guard Psychological Health Program, to improve access to 

mental health providers. The National Guard Psychological Health Program provides a Director of 

Psychological Health for the Army National Guard in each of the 54 states and territories and will fund an 

additional 24 directors assigned to high-risk states. It also funds a Director for Psychological Health for the 

Air National Guard in all 89 wings. The directors advise leadership on psychological wellness issues, 

provide clinical assessments, ensure targeted mental health referrals, and mitigate problems with access to 

behavioral health care providers in local communities for eligible Guardsmen and their families. The 

Committee understands that the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013 authorized a pilot 

program to improve access to behavioral health care for National Guard and reserve members and their 

families through a collaboration of federal, state, and community partners. The Committee is aware that the 

National Guard Bureau is working to utilize existing federal and local partners to provide timely access to 

qualified and trained mental health counselors and supports efforts to leverage existing infrastructure to 

facilitate access to mental health care for military servicemembers and their families.
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The Committee recommendation provides increased funding the Army National Guard Psychological Health 

Program to increase the number of providers available to Guardsmen and their families. The Committee 

recommendation also provides increased funding for suicide prevention in the Operation and Maintenance, 

Defense-Wide account. In addition the Committee recognizes the important role that programs such as 

Yellow Ribbon play in helping Guardsmen and reservists transition to civil life upon returning from 

deployment, and fully funds the budget request for Yellow Ribbon

The Committee acknowledges the step the Services have taken to implement suicide prevention training and 

outreach efforts and lower the rate of suicide among servicemembers, but it believes that more must be done 

to identify at-risk servicemembers and to improve prevention and outreach efforts. The Committee urges the 

Services Secretaries to continue to make suicide prevention a key priority and to regularly update the 

Committee on actions being taken. 

NATIONAL GUARD CIVIL SUPPORT TEAMS

The Army and Air National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction/Civil Support Teams support civil authorities 

at a domestic Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High Yield Explosive Enterprise incident site 

by identifying hazardous agents or substances, assessing current and projected consequences, advising or 

response measures, and assisting with appropriate requests for state support. There are a total of 57 

National Guard teams, one in each state, plus one each in the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and 

the U.S. Virgin Islands, and two each in the states of California, New York, and Florida, due to the 

geographic separation and concentrations of populations in these three states.

The Committee is pleased that the fiscal year 2014 budget request includes funding for the 57 teams, 

including the two team in New York and Florida that were proposed for elimination in the fiscal year 2013 

budget request. The Committee fully funds the budget request for Civil Support Teams and expects the 

Secretary of Defense to fully fund the two teams in Florida and New York in the fiscal year 2015 budget 

request.

UH-60 HELICOPTERS FOR THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 

The Committee is aware that the Army National Guard operates a fleet of 849 Black Hawk, helicopters. Over 

half of these helicopters are older model, high time UH-60A variants. Under the proposed modernization plan 

for the total Army, the National Guard fleet will be older, less capable, and less reliable. At the end of fiscal 

year 2013, it is estimated that the National Guard Black Hawk fleet Will be composed of 484 UH-60A 

models, 289 UH-60L models with the; older analog cockpit, and only 76 of the newest UH/HH-60M models. 

The UH-60A aircraft need to be modernized or replaced as quickly as possible for the Army National Guard 

Black Hawk fleet to remain viable and mission capable. The Committee understands that the Army is 

changing the prioritization and sequence of modernization of UH-60A Black Hawks to divest the active 

component of their last approximately 300 A-models faster and to delay modernization for the Army National 

Guard. The Committee recognizes the critical role Black Hawk helicopters serve in the Army National Guard 

for their war time and homeland security missions. The budget request includes $1,046,976,000 to purchase 

UH-60M helicopters. The Committee recommendation is $1,192,976,000, an increase of $146,000,000 

above the budget request only for the purchase of Black Hawk UH-60M helicopters for the Army National 

Guard.

UH-72A LAKOTA LIGHT UTILITY HELICOPTER

The budget request includes $96,227,000 for the procurement of ten Lakota Light Utility helicopters. The 

Army's helicopter program had called for 31 Lakota aircraft to be funded in fiscal year 2014. The program 

has consistently achieved cost, schedule, and performance goals. The concept for the Lakota program has 

worked as the Army had envisioned. The less expensive Lakota, purchased as a commercial aircraft and 

non-deployable, has been assigned to utility missions that previously had been accomplished by a Black 

Hawk, thus freeing a Black Hawk for combat duty. The Army still has a Black Hawk shortfall and the concept 

to substitute Lakotas for Black Hawks in non-combat duty remains valid. The Committee recommendation 

includes $231,327,000 for the purchase of 31 UH-72A Lakota Light Utility helicopters, an increase of 

$135,100,000 above the budget request.
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M1 ABRAMS TANK PRODUCTION

The committee is aware of the uncertainty facing the M1Abrams tank program. Production of M1A2 SEP 

tanks for the Army is scheduled to be completed by December 2014. Beyond that date, the Army and the 

contractor will rely to a great degree on foreign military sales to help sustain operation of the tank assembly 

facility until such time as work on Engineering Change Proposal One begins. The Committee also 

understands that the results of the Army force structure review will be released in the summer of the Army 

force structure review will be released in the summer of 2013 and may well have fewer requirements for 

heavy Army battalions and heavy brigade combat teams. A significant number of M1A2 SEP tanks may be 

reassigned to Army National Guard Units that are currently equipped with M1A1s. The request includes no 

funds for the production of M1A2 tanks; however the Committee will continue to monitor Army force structure 

changes and the resulting impact on the required number of M1A2 tanks.

NATIONAL GUARD HMMWV MODERNIZATION PROGRAM

The budget request includes no funding for new HMMWVs for the Army National Guard. The Committee 

recommendation includes $100,000,000 for that purpose. The committee recognizes that the Army National 

Guard has consistently included new model HMMWVs among its top funding priorities. This funding will 

enable new model HMMWV s to be introduced quickly and efficiently into the fleet. The HMMWV will remain 

the backbone of the Army National Guard's tactical wheeled vehicle fleet. Recent natural disasters such as 

Hurricane Sandy highlight the need for reliable and capable utility vehicles to enable the Guard to mobilize 

rapidly to respond immediately to state and national needs.

NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER DRUG STATE PLANS

The Committee recommendation includes $130,000,000 above the fiscal year 2014 request to supplement 

the National Guard Counter-Drug program. The Committee is dismayed that, for the second year in a row, 

the budget request woefully underfunds the National Guard Counter-Drug program, which recommends a 

nearly forty percent reduction from the fiscal year 2012 budget request and a nearly fifty percent reduction 

from the fiscal year 2012 enacted level. The Committee recognizes the importance of the mission of the 

National Guard Counter-Drug program as a support organization to combatant commands and federal, state, 

and local law enforcement agencies. Additionally, the National Guard Counter-Drug training centers provide 

invaluable training tools to soldiers, airmen, law enforcement agencies, and community-based personnel. 

The Committee designates the funding included in the budget request and the additional $130,000,000 as a 

congressional special interest item. Further, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to robustly fund 

the National Guard Counter-Drug program in subsequent budget years.

EMBEDDED MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS

The Committee understands the tremendous toll exacted on all servicemembers and their families, including 

those in the special operations and National Guard and reserve communities, after more than a decade of 

war. The Committee has always made the care of forces and their families its highest priority.

The Committee appreciates the focus that the Commander, Special Operations Command, has put on the 

psychological health and well-being of special operations forces and their families and recognizes the 

importance of providing support to this vulnerable population.

Further, the Committee recognizes the success of the embedded behavioral health program and fully 

supports its expansion to the special operations community. However, the Committee believes that the 

mental health needs of all servicemembers, including special operators, are most appropriately addressed 

within the Defense Health Program by the Service Surgeons General to ensure the highest quality continuity 

of care for the servicemember.

Therefore, the Committee recommendation transfers $21,300,000 requested within the Special Operations 

Command operation and maintenance budget to the Defense Health Program to address the needs of the 

special operations community. The Committee directs the Service Surgeons General to work with the 

Commander, Special Operations Command to implement an embedded behavioral health program for 

special operations units during fiscal year 2014.

The Committee also recognizes that National Guard and reserve personnel in states at high risk for suicide 

and dangerous behavioral health conditions need convenient access to mental health professionals for 

proper screening and care. Onsite access to embedded mental health specialists during training assemblies 
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has proven successful in overcoming geographical, stigma, and time barriers that might otherwise bar a 

member from similar services in an underserved community.

The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to work with the Chief, National Guard Bureau and 

Service Surgeons General to implement an embedded behavioral health program for National Guard and 

reserve component servicemembers in order to provide reserve component personnel with ready access to 

screening and treatment during unit training assemblies and urges the Secretary of Defense to robustly fund 

these programs.

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 maintaining 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 Chiefs of the National Guard Bureau and the Army Reserve 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, in order to minimize civilian-military operational gaps and maximize interoperability in the event 

of a catastrophic incident, the Committee encourages the development of enhanced preparedness medical 

training programs focusing on mass casualty triage, disaster life support, hazardous material life support, 

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

experiences and medical research programs.

MQ–1/9 REMOTE SPLIT OPERATIONS

As a result of Air Force force structure actions, six Air National Guard locations will transition to MQ–1/9 

remote split operations by fiscal year 2020. To ensure that these locations are properly equipped for a timely 

and orderly transition to this new mission, the Committee recommendation includes an additional 

$50,000,000 for the procurement of equipment associated with this mission. The Committee directs the 

Secretary of the Air Force to submit an execution plan for these additional funds not later than 90 days after

the enactment of this Act.

JSTARS TEST AIRCRAFT

The Committee is concerned by the Air Force’s proposal in the budget request to place the Joint Surveillance 

Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) T–3 test aircraft in preservation storage. The Committee is 

concerned by the impact that this proposal will have on current integration and test efforts, especially those 

required by the National Guard. The Committee therefore recommends an additional $10,000,000 to 

continue normal operations of the JSTARS test aircraft.
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NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES IN THE CYBER NATIONAL MISSION FORCES

With submission of the fiscal year 2014 budget request, the Department of Defense--through U.S. Cyber 

Command and the National Security Agency-formally submitted its proposed realignment of cyber mission 

forces into National Mission Teams, Combat Mission Teams, and Cyber Protection Teams. Over the next 

several years, the military services will be providing additional cyber mission forces to U.S. Cyber Command, 

composed of an active duty, civilian, and contractor workforce that has yet to be determined. The Committee 

notes that National Guard and Reserve personnel possess unique skill sets and operate under distinct 

authorities that could be utilized to meet the national cyber mission force needs. Yet, the Department of 

Defense has not provided the congressional defense committees a comprehensive analysis regarding the 

role that National Guard and Reserve forces could fulfill as cyber mission forces are established, nor a cost 

comparison for filling cyber mission forces with active versus Guard and Reserve forces, or a mix thereof.

Therefore, the Committee directs the U.S. Cyber Command, in conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of 

Defense, to provide to the congressional defense committees no later than 60 days after enactment of this 

act, a classified and unclassified report that includes:

-the current number and location of Reserve Component cyber units, as well as skill sets provided by each of 

these units;

-the number of individual teams, their composition by number of personnel, and missions each of the 

services are establishing for U.S. Cyber Command;

-the skill sets required to meet cyber mission team requirements;

-a cost-benefit-analysis of meeting these requirements with teams comprised of solely active duty personnel, 

compared to teams partially or fully filled with National Guard or Reserve personnel; and

-an analysis of cyber missions that are being considered for the National Guard and/or Reserves.

TRAINING OF CYBER NATIONAL MISSION FORCES

The expansion of cyber mission forces requires extensive training of personnel to meet the needs identified 

by U.S. Cyber Command. Each of the services provides personnel with different skill sets and knowledge 

levels, and therefore generate different training requirements. Therefore, the Committee directs the U.S. 

Cyber Command, in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense, to provide to the congressional defense 

committees, no later than 90 days after enactment of this act, a classified and unclassified report that 

includes:

-an identification and analysis of training requirements necessary to meet U.S. Cyber Command cyber 

mission personnel initial and full operational capability;

-a roadmap of training to be provided to active duty and Guard and Reserve personnel to meet those 

requirements;

-cost estimates by service and mission team to meet training requirements for each cyber mission team; and

-an estimated timeline to complete the training required to reach full operational capability of the cyber 

mission teams, as proposed in the fiscal year 2014 budget.

Further, the Committee notes the limitations in existing training resources to meet cyber mission force 

training requirements in the near-term. Therefore, the Committee recommends that the military services 

analyze existing training opportunities and infrastructure, taking into account existing facilities and preexisting synergies with the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community when establishing their 

training programs. The Committee directs U.S. Cyber Command to provide to the congressional defense 

committees, no later than 90 days after enactment of this act, an analysis of U.S. Government cyber mission 

force training infrastructure.
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OPERATIONAL RESERVE

The Committee recognizes the capability and commitment to deploy shown by the Guard and Reserve 

components over the past 12 years of war and applauds their transition from a strategic to an operational 

reserve. As the Department continues to face budgetary constraints and force structure reductions, the 

Committee believes the value of the Guard and Reserve must be taken into account when determining the 

appropriate mix between the Active and Reserve components. The Committee encourages the Department 

to capitalize on the investments made in the Guard and Reserve and appropriately plan and budget for the 

utilization of the operational reserve through U.S. Code title 10, section 12304b Selected Reserve: order to 

active duty for preplanned missions in support of combatant commands.

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 subactivities 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.

RESERVE AND GUARD ACCESS TO THE NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER

The Committee is concerned about the recent limitation in access for Guard and Reserve personnel 

assigned on long-term orders to drill in the National Military Command Center (NMCC) under Joint Staff 

Instruction 5241.01G. Members of the Guard and Reserve perform critical functions to the NMCC and their 

presence enables continued cost-effective operations. The Committee directs that Guard and Reserve 

personnel drilling in the NMCC shall be provided the same access as Active Duty and civilian personnel 

assigned to the NMCC.

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 state of 

the art trauma training with these civilian partners, thus maintaining unit medical readiness postures at 

optimum levels as the CERFPs, NGHRFs, and CCMRFs military healthcare providers 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.

DUAL-STATUS MILITARY TECHNICIANS

Military technicians are civilian employees of the Department of Army or Department of the Air Force, 

employed by a State Adjutant General, but they are also members of the military because they are required 

to be drilling (part-time) military members of the National Guard. These technicians provide the day-to-day 

continuity in the operation and training of National Guard Units. Given their dual-status role, military 

technicians are required to maintain the same individual-level of readiness as their Active component 

counterparts and directly contribute to unit-level readiness in support of National Guard missions. As such, 

the Committee encourages the Department of Defense to treat military technician pay the same as their 

Active component counterparts when planning for employee furloughs.

NATIONAL GUARD INDUSTRIAL BASE

The National Guard Readiness Sustainment and Maintenance Program serves as a surge capacity during 

wartime to support Army depots and other facilities in the repair, reset, and recap of Army and Army National 

Guard equipment. It also provides an independent source of repair for the National Guard to increase the 

equipment on hand of National Guard units and to sustain a greater degree of readiness than could 

otherwise be maintained. The Committee urges that no less than the amount provided for the National Guard 

Readiness Sustainment and Maintenance Program in the fiscal year 2013 appropriations bill be provided in 

the Land Forces Depot Maintenance, Army National Guard account for the repair and return of equipment 

and vehicles.
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NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE FUNDING EXECUTION

The Committee is concerned that the amount of funding appropriated to the National Guard Youth Challenge 

program is not being made available for execution of the program as intended. The Committee has been 

provided inconsistent data on historical execution levels making it difficult to analyze funding elements within 

the entire program.

The Committee expects close coordination between the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Reserve Affairs and the National Guard Bureau to ensure proper execution of this funding. In order to better 

inform future funding decisions, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs is directed to provide 

a report detailing program execution of National Guard Youth Challenge Program funding for the past 3 fiscal 

years to include explanations of changes from appropriated levels each year to the congressional defense 

committees not later than 90 days after the enactment of this act.

HIGH MOBILITY MULTI-PURPOSE WHEELED VEHICLE [HMMWV]

The Committee recognizes the value the HMMWV has brought to the military, not only in contingency 

operations, but also in support of domestic emergency response and humanitarian assistance efforts. 

Furthermore, ensuring the capacity of the U.S. industrial base is a national imperative. The Committee 

further recognizes that the Army National Guard and the state Adjutants General strongly support HMMWV 

modernization and have consistently included new model HMMWVs among its funding priorities. Therefore, 

the Committee urges the Department to continue to invest in and procure HMMWV s as part of its enduring 

vehicle fleet.

UH-72A LAKOTA LIGHT UTILITY HELICOPTER [LUH]

The budget request includes $96,227,000 to procure 10 UH-72A Lakota Helicopters. The request also 

proposes ending Lakota production after the fiscal year 2014 buy and truncating the total program at 315 

aircraft instead of the originally planned 346. The UH-72A Lakota program was established to replace aging 

UH-1 and OH-58 fleets which were already years past their directed retirement dates and to augment the 

UH-60 fleet which was more costly to procure and operate than a UH-72A. The Lakota program has 

achieved cost, schedule, and performance goals and is a more cost effective approach to performing utility 

missions than operating aging and more expensive helicopters; therefore, the Committee does not support 

program truncation short of the original requirement and provides $171,227,000 to purchase 20 UH-72A 

Lakota helicopters in fiscal year 2014.

C-130 MODERNIZATION

The Committee notes the Air Force's initiatives to reduce fuel consumption across its fleet, including flight 

and durability tests of propulsion upgrades to the legacy C-130 fleet. In the fiscal year 2014 budget request, 

the Air Force requested, and the Committee approved, multiyear procurement authority for new C-130J 

aircraft. However, since the Air Force plans to operate over 200 legacy C-130H aircraft until the year 2040, 

the Committee urges the Air Force to consider upgrades to these aircraft to help achieve fuel efficiency 

goals, to include comprehensive propulsion upgrades.
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HIGH-PRIORITY ITEMS (NGREA)

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: 13K AT Forklift; ARC 210 Radios for ANG F-16s; Arctic Sustainment Kits; Base Physical Security 

Systems; Blue Force Tracker Next Generation; CBRN Reconnaissance Equipment; Chemical and Biological 

Protective Shelters; Coastal Riverine Force Boats and Communications Upgrades; Counter Communications 

Systems; Digital Radar Warning Receivers (ALR-69A) for F-16s; F-15 AESA Radars; F-16/F-15/A-10 Radar 

Warning Receivers and Defensive Systems Upgrades; General Engineering Equipment; Generation 4 

Advanced Targeting Pods; HC-130 Hostile Fire Indication System; Helmet-Mounted Integrated Targeting 

System; In-Flight Propeller Balancing System; Integrated Vehicle Health Management System for UH-72As; 

Internal and External Auxiliary Fuel Tanks for Rotary Wing Aircraft; Joint Threat Emitters; KC-135 and C-130 

Real Time Information in Cockpit Data Link; Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures [LAIRCM); Light Utility 

Helicopters; Lightweight MultiBand Satellite Terminal; Mobile Ad Hoc Network Emergency Communications 

Equipment; Modular Small Arms Training Systems; Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion; RED HORSE 

Squadron Vehicles; Remotely Piloted Aircraft Squadron Operations Centers and Targeting Unit Equipment; 

Simulation Training Systems; Small and Light Arms; Tactical Trucks; Targeting Pod Upgrades; UH-60A-L 

Modernization; UH-60 Civilian Communications Package A & B Kits; Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicles; VSS 

Modernization for Geographically Separated Units and Unified Capabilities; and Wireless Mobile Mesh 

Network Systems.

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROTECTIVE SHELTERS [CBPS]

The Committee supports the National Guard's effort to acquire critical dual use equipment. The Committee 

believes National Guard and Reserve Equipment (NGRE) funds should be used to acquire equipment 

identified on the NGRE Report for fiscal year 2014 Top 25 Equipment Modernization/Shortfall Category List, 

such as CBPS. The CBPS is a self-contained, mobile medical unit that is a rapidly deployable collective 

protection system designed to operate in the forward battle area and for domestic response. Previously, the 

Commission on National Guard and Reserves stated that the Secretary of Defense should ensure forces 

identified as rapid responders to domestic catastrophes are "manned, trained, and equipped to the highest 

levels of readiness." The CBPS has been identified as a critical shortfall item for the past 5 years and is 

essential to the National Guard in support of both its national security and homeland missions. Recent 

events and natural disasters highlighted the need for a protected, mobile medical capability. Therefore, the 

Committee encourages the Department to use a portion of this funding to continue the procurement of 

CBPS.

INTENT OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT

Congress established the National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account (NGREA) in 1981 to provide the 

equipment necessary to maintain the readiness of National Guard and Reserve components. The Committee 

recognizes that the Active components do not procure all of the required equipment necessary to resource 

their reserve components, especially in a time of fiscal constraint. 

NGREA funding is intended to supplement the services' base procurement appropriations, not substitute for 

it. The Active components are still expected and required to fund and equip their respective Guard and 

Reserve components to ensure reserve units are at a high level of readiness should they need to be 

deployed. Consistent with the total force concept, the Active components serve as the procurement 

contracting authority in support of the Guard and Reserve components. 

Congress expects the Chiefs of the National Guard and Reserve components to enhance readiness by 

procuring items that the services' base appropriations do not fund. As already established in law, NGREA 

funds have and should continue to be used to procure new aircraft; major weapon systems that are already 

established as a stable procurement program; equipment support items; and modifications to rebuild, 

overhaul, or refurbish existing items without expanding on the platform capability currently supported by the 

Active components.

NGREA provides the needed flexibility to the Guard and Reserve Chiefs to procure priority readiness items 

subject only to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense. The Committee expects that 

the Guard and Reserve Chiefs will continue to execute their portion of NGREA as Congress has historically 

directed within the bill, and outlined within the annual law pertaining to the NGRE account, without prejudice 

to size or function of the Reserve unit benefitting from this account.
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TOTAL FORCE

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 established the National Commission on the 

Structure of the Air Force to determine whether and how the structure should be modified to best fulfill 

current and anticipated mission requirements for the Air Force in a manner consistent with available 

resources. As Congress awaits the recommendations of the Commission, the Committee notes the likelihood 

that the fleets of the Active, Guard, and Reserve components will diverge in the coming years. As aircraft 

and other equipment are increasingly operated solely by the Guard and Reserve, the Committee directs the 

Active component to continue to resource and invest in the necessary maintenance and upgrades of these 

aircraft and equipment, to include program management administration and research, development, test, and 

evaluation efforts required to integrate items procured using National Guard and Reserve Equipment 

funding.

NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG SCHOOLS

The National Guard Counter-Drug Schools program has the unique 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. The 

Committee feels this training is of utmost importance to ensure public safety and national security and 

therefore urges the Department to reverse the funding decline that this program has experienced in recent 

years.

COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

While the Department of Defense [DOD] and the Department of Veterans Affairs [VA] may have different 

missions, they are bound together in a mutual mission to support those who have served in the defense of 

the country. Over the past several years, collaboration between the Departments has significantly increased 

and the number of joint projects and services has expanded. The Committee applauds these efforts and 

believes that future information sharing between DOD and VA must strengthen in order to ensure a 

seamless transition from active duty and timely access to VA benefits.

Nowhere is this more evident than in the transmission of service treatment records from DOD to VA. These 

records are essential in the VA’s process of making accurate and timely determinations of benefits to which a 

veteran may be entitled.

The Committee has been deeply concerned that while cooperation between the two Departments has 

significantly increased, delays in information sharing still plague the system. In order to increase the 

oversight of this process, the recommendation includes bill language directing the DOD Inspector General to 

work in coordination with the VA Office of the Inspector General to assess the time it takes for service 

treatment records to be transmitted to VA, impediments to providing the records in a useable electronic 

format, and recommendations to streamline this process. The Committee further directs that this report be 

submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress no later than July 31, 2014.

The Committee understands that 43 percent of veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars were National 

Guard and Reserve members and that Guard and Reserve records are often the most difficult for the VA to 

obtain because many of these veterans saw multiple, nonconsecutive deployments with different units. 

Currently, the VA must contact multiple individual units to collect these records. The Committee encourages 

the Department of Defense to establish a central clearinghouse for Guard and Reserve records in order to 

speed the transfer of these records and avoid future anticipated backlogs.

The Committee also believes that continuing the transition from a paper-based to an electronic system of 

record transfer is imperative in assisting the VA with providing benefits to veterans in a timely manner. The 

Department of Defense is currently deploying the Health Artifact Image Management Solution [HAIMS], 

which provides DOD and VA healthcare clinicians global access and awareness of images and documents 

generated during the healthcare delivery process through the continuum of care. The Committee provides an 

additional $3,600,000 in order to accelerate this initiative and directs DOD to transmit all records 

electronically to the VA by the end of 2013.

In October 2010, DOD and VA established a first-of-its-kind partnership with the opening of the Captain 

James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center [FHCC]. This is a fully integrated Federal healthcare facility that 

serves Active Duty military, their family members, military retirees, and veterans. The Committee continues 

to support the pilot program at FHCC and believes it will produce valuable lessons that can be used to 

expand future collaboration between DOD and VA hospitals as well as produce substantial savings to the 

taxpayer by combining the two healthcare systems where practical.
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Military Construction Appropriations

Army National Guard

(All Dollars in Thousands)

Army 

National Guard

FY14

President’s 

Budget 

Request

House 

Passed

Delta 

from 

FY14 

Request

SAC 

Mark

Delta From 

FY14 

Request

Final 

Bill

Delta 

From 

FY14

Request

Total $320,815 $315,800 -$5,000 $320,815 $0 $314,740 -$6,075

Unspecified Minor 

Construction $12,240 $12,240 $0 $12,240 $0 $12,240 $0

Planning & Design $29,005 $24,005 -$5,000 $29,005 $0 $22,930 -$6,075

Air National Guard

(All Dollars in Thousands)

Air 

National Guard

FY14

President’s 

Budget 

Request

House 

Passed

Delta 

from 

FY14 

Request

SAC 

Mark

Delta From 

FY14 

Request

Final 

Bill

Delta 

From 

FY14 

Request

Total 119,800 $107,800 -$12,000 119,800 $0 $119,800 $0

Unspecified Minor 

Construction $13,000 $13,000 $0 $13,000 $0 $13,000 $0

Planning & Design $13,400 $13,400 $0 $13,400 $0 $13,400 $0
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Army National Guard Project List

(All Dollars in Thousands)

State

ARNG Military Construction

Project Description

President’s 

Budget 

Request

House 

Passed

SAC 

Approved

Final 

Bill

AL National Guard Readiness Center Add/Alt $4,000 $4,000 $4,000 $4,000

AR Scout RECCE Gunnery Complex $21,000 $21,000 $21,000 $21,000

FL Ready Building $5,700 $5,700 $5,700 $5,700

IL National Guard Readiness Center $14,000 $14,000 $14,000 $14,000

IL Aircraft Maintenance Hangar $28,000 $28,000 $28,000 $28,000

MA Enlisted Barracks, Transient Training 

Addition $19,000 $19,000 $19,000 $19,000

MI Enlisted Barracks, Transient Training $17,000 $17,000 $17,000 $17,000

MN Readiness Center $17,000 $17,000 $17,000 $17,000

MS National Guard Readiness Center $4,500 $4,500 $4,500 $4,500

MS Water Supply/Treatment Building, Potable $3,000 $3,000 $3,000 $3,000

MO National Guard Vehicles Maintenance 

Shop $9,100 $9,100 $9,100 $9,100

MO Aircraft Maintenance Hangar $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000

NY National Guard Readiness Center 

Alteration $31,000 $31,000 $31,000 $31,000

OH Sanitary Sewer $5,200 $5,200 $5,200 $5,200

PA Aircraft Maintenance Instructional Building $40,000 $40,000 $40,000 $40,000

PR

Maneuver Area Training & Equipment Site 

Addition $5,600 $5,600 $5,600 $5,600

SC National Guard Vehicle Maintenance Shop $13,000 $13,000 $13,000 $13,000

SC National Guard Vehicle Maintenance Shop $13,000 $13,000 $13,000 $13,000

TX Armed Forces Reserve Center $14,270 $14,270 $14,270 $14,270

WA National Guard Readiness Center $10,200 $10,200 $10,200 $10,200

Unspecified Minor Construction $12,240 $12,240 $12,240 $12,240

Planning and Design $29,005 $24,005 $29,005 $22,930

Total FY14 Program Request $320,815 $315,815 $320,815 $314,740
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Air National Guard Project List

State

ANG Military Construction Project 

Description

President’s 

Budget 

Request

House 

Passed

SAC 

Approved

Final 

Bill

AL Add to and Alter Distributed Ground 

Station Facility $8,500 $8,500 $8,500 $8,500

IN

Add to and Alter Building 37 For 

Distributed Common Ground Station 

(DCGS)

$7,300 $7,300 $7,300 $7,300

MD 175th Network Warfare Squadron Facility $4,000 $0 $4,000 $4,000

MD CYBER/ISR Facility $8,000 $0 $8,000 $8,000

MT Intra-Theater Airlift Conversion $22,000 $22,000 $22,000 $22,000

NY MQ-9 Flight Training Unit Hangar $4,700 $4,700 $4,700 $4,700

OH Alter Intelligence Operations Facility $7,200 $7,200 $7,200 $7,200

PA Communications Operations and Training 

Facility $7,700 $7,700 $7,700 $7,700

RI C-130J Flight Simulator Training Facility $6,000 $6,000 $6,000 $6,000

TN TEC Expansion - Dormitory and 

Classroom Training Facility $18,000 $18,000 $18,000 $18,000

Unspecified Minor Construction $13,000 $13,000 $13,000 $13,000

Planning and Design $13,400 $13,400 $13,400 $13,400

Total FY 2013 Program Request $119,800 $107,800 $119,800 $119,800

House Report 113-90

CYBER Command at Fort Meade.—The Committee supports the Department of Defense’s goal to stand up 

a Cyber Command. However, the recommendation does not include funding requested by the Navy and the 

Air National Guard for facilities for their Cyber mission. The Committee is concerned that the Cyber mission 

is not clearly defined at Fort Meade and could be planned in a more cost efficient manner. Therefore, the 

Committee directs the Head of U.S. Cyber Command and the director of the National Security Agency to 

provide a master plan for Fort Meade that incorporates all facilities (to include parking) by service and fiscal 

year, an explanation of why 148,884 square feet for the three projects requested cannot be incorporated into 

the CYBERCOM Joint Operations Center also requested in fiscal year 2014 and the number of personnel 

that will be dedicated to this mission on Fort Meade.

Enforcement of Border Security.—Recognizing the need to bolster resources for the enforcement of 

border security, the Committee encourages the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard to consider, 

design, and construct facilities adjacent to our southwestern border that will support National Guard activities 

and house and support defense assets used by Customs and Border Protection and other law enforcement 

agencies for the terrestrial, maritime, and aerial surveillance of those borders, to include aircraft hangars 

suitable for unmanned aerial systems.
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Senate Report 113-48

Army Guard Readiness Centers.—The Committee is aware that fiscal constraints and other strategic 

priorities have resulted in delays in the Army National Guard military construction program, specifically the 

repair and modernization of readiness centers. The Committee recognizes that the Army is entering a period 

of strategic reset, which will affect the military construction program of both the active and reserve 

components. However, the Committee remains concerned about the substandard condition of many 

readiness centers, and urges the Army to prioritize the construction of new and replacement readiness 

centers. The Committee also encourages the Army to reevaluate its investment in reserve component 

construction projects to ensure all projects included in the Infrastructure Requirements Plan are maintained 

in the Future Years Defense Program.