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Calendar No. 472 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4870 

[Report No. 113–211] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 25, 2014 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

JULY 17, 2014 

Reported by Mr. DURBIN, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other 

purposes. 

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

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, for military func4 tions administered by the Department of Defense and for 

5 other purposes, namely: 

6 TITLE I 

7 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

8 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

9 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

13 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 

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

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

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

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

20 $41,183,729,000. 

21 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

22 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

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

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

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

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

7 of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $27,387,344,000. 

8 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

9 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

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

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

17 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Re18 tirement Fund, $12,785,431,000. 

19 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

20 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

24 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air 

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

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

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

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

6 $27,564,362,000. 

7 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

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

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

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

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

13 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

15 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 

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

18 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

19 Retirement Fund, $4,304,159,000. 

20 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

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

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

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

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

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

4 duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 

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

7 $1,836,024,000. 

8 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

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

10 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 

11 Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 

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

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

14 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

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

18 leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 

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

20 Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

21 $659,224,000. 

22 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

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

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

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

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

3 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

5 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 

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

8 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

9 Retirement Fund, $1,652,148,000. 

10 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

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

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

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

15 States Code, or while serving on duty under section 

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

17 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

19 while undergoing training, or while performing drills or 

20 equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 

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

23 Fund, $7,644,632,000. 
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1 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

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

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

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

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

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

8 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

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

11 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 

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

13 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

14 $3,110,587,000. 

15 TITLE II 

16 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

17 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

18 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

19 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as author20 ized by law, $32,671,980,000: Provided, That not to ex21 ceed $12,478,000 can be used for emergencies and ex22 traordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or 

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

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

2 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

3 for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the 

4 Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $39,073,543,000: 

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

6 emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 

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

8 and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity 

9 for confidential military purposes. 

10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

11 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

12 for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, 

13 as authorized by law, $5,984,680,000. 

14 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

15 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

17 authorized by law, $35,024,160,000: Provided, That not 

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

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

21 may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 

22 military purposes. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

4 for the operation and maintenance of activities and agen5 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

6 departments), as authorized by law, $30,896,741,000 (re7 duced by $5,000,000) (reduced by $500,000) (reduced by 

8 $5,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

9 $21,000,000) (increased by $21,000,000) (reduced by 

10 $3,500,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by 

11 $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (reduced by 

12 $6,000,000) (reduced by $24,000,000) (reduced by 

13 $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by 

14 $10,000,000): Provided, That not more than $15,000,000 

15 may be used for the Combatant Commander Initiative 

16 Fund authorized under section 166a of title 10, United 

17 States Code: Provided further, That not to exceed 

18 $36,000,000 can be used for emergencies and extraor19 dinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or author20 ity of the Secretary of Defense, and payments may be 

21 made on his certificate of necessity for confidential mili22 tary purposes: Provided further, That of the funds pro23 vided under this heading, not less than $36,262,000 shall 

24 be made available for the Procurement Technical Assist25 ance Cooperative Agreement Program, of which not less 
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1 than $3,600,000 shall be available for centers defined in 

2 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D): Provided further, That none of the 

3 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

4 Act may be used to plan or implement the consolidation 

5 of a budget or appropriations liaison office of the Office 

6 of the Secretary of Defense, the office of the Secretary 

7 of a military department, or the service headquarters of 

8 one of the Armed Forces into a legislative affairs or legis9 lative liaison office: Provided further, That $8,881,000, to 

10 remain available until expended, is available only for ex11 penses relating to certain classified activities, and may be 

12 transferred as necessary by the Secretary of Defense to 

13 operation and maintenance appropriations or research, de14 velopment, test and evaluation appropriations, to be 

15 merged with and to be available for the same time period 

16 as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided fur17 ther, That any ceiling on the investment item unit cost 

18 of items that may be purchased with operation and main19 tenance funds shall not apply to the funds described in 

20 the preceding proviso: Provided further, That the transfer 

21 authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 

22 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

23 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

24 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

25 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
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1 ganization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; re2 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

3 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re4 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip5 ment; and communications, $2,535,606,000. 

6 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

7 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

8 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or9 ganization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; re10 pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

11 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re12 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip13 ment; and communications, $1,011,827,000. 

14 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

15 RESERVE

16 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

17 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or18 ganization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Re19 serve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger 

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

21 recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip22 ment; and communications, $270,485,000. 

23 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

24 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

25 for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
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1 ganization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; 

2 repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

3 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re4 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip5 ment; and communications, $2,989,214,000. 

6 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL

7 GUARD

8 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin9 istering the Army National Guard, including medical and 

10 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 

11 hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc12 tures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; per13 sonnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel ex14 penses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 

15 Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard 

16 division, regimental, and battalion commanders while in17 specting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau 

18 regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, Na19 tional Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army 

20 National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of re21 pair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 

22 equipment (including aircraft), $6,116,307,000 (increased 

23 by $5,000,000). 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

2 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin3 istering the Air National Guard, including medical and 

4 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 

5 hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc6 tures and facilities; transportation of things, hire of pas7 senger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air 

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

9 modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 

10 equipment, including those furnished from stocks under 

11 the control of agencies of the Department of Defense; 

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

13 authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on 

14 active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 

15 while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 

16 Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the 

17 Chief, National Guard Bureau, $6,393,919,000. 

18 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED

19 FORCES

20 For salaries and expenses necessary for the United 

21 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 

22 $13,723,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used 

23 for official representation purposes. 
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1 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the Department of the Army, $201,560,000, to 

4 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec5 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 

6 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc7 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 

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

9 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

10 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 

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

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

13 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

14 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

15 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 

16 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

17 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

18 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

19 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au20 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

21 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For the Department of the Navy, $277,294,000, to 

24 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec25 retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such 
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1 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc2 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 

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

4 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

5 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 

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

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

8 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

9 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

10 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 

11 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

12 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

13 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

14 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au15 thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

16 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For the Department of the Air Force, $408,716,000 

19 (reduced by $37,000,000), to remain available until trans20 ferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Air Force 

21 shall, upon determining that such funds are required for 

22 environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of haz23 ardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of 

24 the Department of the Air Force, or for similar purposes, 

25 transfer the funds made available by this appropriation 
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1 to other appropriations made available to the Department 

2 of the Air Force, to be merged with and to be available 

3 for the same purposes and for the same time period as 

4 the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, 

5 That upon a determination that all or part of the funds 

6 transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for 

7 the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be trans8 ferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, That 

9 the transfer authority provided under this heading is in 

10 addition to any other transfer authority provided else11 where in this Act. 

12 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For the Department of Defense, $8,547,000, to re15 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec16 retary of Defense shall, upon determining that such funds 

17 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 

18 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 

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

20 purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro21 priation to other appropriations made available to the De22 partment of Defense, to be merged with and to be avail23 able for the same purposes and for the same time period 

24 as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided fur25 ther, That upon a determination that all or part of the 
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1 funds transferred from this appropriation are not nec2 essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

3 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

4 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 

5 heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro6 vided elsewhere in this Act. 

7 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED

8 DEFENSE SITES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For the Department of the Army, $233,353,000, to 

11 remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec12 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 

13 funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc14 tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 

15 buildings and debris at sites formerly used by the Depart16 ment of Defense, transfer the funds made available by this 

17 appropriation to other appropriations made available to 

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

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

20 period as the appropriations to which transferred: Pro21 vided further, That upon a determination that all or part 

22 of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 

23 necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

24 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

25 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
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1 heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro2 vided elsewhere in this Act. 

3 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

4 For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 

5 Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of 

6 Defense (consisting of the programs provided under sec7 tions 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, 

8 United States Code), $103,000,000 to remain available 

9 until September 30, 2016. 

10 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT

11 For assistance to the republics of the former Soviet 

12 Union and, with appropriate authorization by the Depart13 ment of Defense and Department of State, to countries 

14 outside of the former Soviet Union, including assistance 

15 provided by contract or by grants, for facilitating the 

16 elimination and the safe and secure transportation and 

17 storage of nuclear, chemical and other weapons; for estab18 lishing programs to prevent the proliferation of weapons, 

19 weapons components, and weapon-related technology and 

20 expertise; for programs relating to the training and sup21 port of defense and military personnel for demilitarization 

22 and protection of weapons, weapons components and 

23 weapons technology and expertise, and for defense and 

24 military contacts, $365,108,000, to remain available until 

25 September 30, 2017. 
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1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE

2 DEVELOPMENT FUND

3 For the Department of Defense Acquisition Work4 force Development Fund, $51,875,000. 

5 TITLE III 

6 PROCUREMENT 

7 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

8 For construction, procurement, production, modifica9 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 

10 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 

11 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 

12 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 

13 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 

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

15 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

16 title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap17 pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 

18 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 

19 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 

20 foregoing purposes, $5,295,957,000, to remain available 

21 for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

22 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

23 For construction, procurement, production, modifica24 tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including 

25 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 
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1 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 

2 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 

3 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 

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

5 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

6 title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap7 pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 

8 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 

9 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 

10 foregoing purposes, $1,217,483,000, to remain available 

11 for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

12 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT

13 VEHICLES, ARMY

14 For construction, procurement, production, and 

15 modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 

16 equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and acces17 sories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; 

18 expansion of public and private plants, including the land 

19 necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

20 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con21 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 

22 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

23 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

24 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

25 layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 
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1 purposes, $1,703,736,000, to remain available for obliga2 tion until September 30, 2017. 

3 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

4 For construction, procurement, production, and 

5 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe6 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub7 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au8 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 

9 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur10 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac11 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap12 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip13 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

14 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor15 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 

16 for the foregoing purposes, $1,011,477,000, to remain 

17 available for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

18 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

19 For construction, procurement, production, and 

20 modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and 

21 non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger 

22 motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and 

23 electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 

24 parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized 

25 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 
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1 private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 

2 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

3 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

4 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 

5 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

6 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern7 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 

8 expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 

9 $4,812,234,000, to remain available for obligation until 

10 September 30, 2017. 

11 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

12 For construction, procurement, production, modifica13 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 

14 ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

15 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ16 ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter17 ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

18 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 

19 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

20 in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern21 ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

22 $14,054,523,000, to remain available for obligation until 

23 September 30, 2017. 
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1 WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

2 For construction, procurement, production, modifica3 tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap4 ons, and related support equipment including spare parts, 

5 and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private 

6 plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 

7 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con8 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 

9 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

10 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

11 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

12 layaway, $3,111,931,000, to remain available for obliga13 tion until September 30, 2017. 

14 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE

15 CORPS

16 For construction, procurement, production, and 

17 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe18 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub19 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au20 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 

21 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur22 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac23 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap24 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip25 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 
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1 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor2 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 

3 for the foregoing purposes, $629,372,000, to remain avail4 able for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

5 SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY

6 For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi7 tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ8 ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli9 ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public 

10 and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con11 tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, 

12 long lead time components and designs for vessels to be 

13 constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of 

14 public and private plants, including land necessary there15 for, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 

16 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

17 title, as follows: 

18 Carrier Replacement Program, $1,289,425,000; 

19 Virginia Class Submarine, $3,507,175,000; 

20 Virginia Class Submarine (AP), 

21 $2,301,825,000; 

22 CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $491,100,000; 

23 DDG–1000 Program, $419,532,000; 

24 DDG–51 Destroyer, $2,655,785,000; 

25 DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $134,039,000; 
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1 Littoral Combat Ship, $951,366,000; 

2 LPD–17 Amphibious Transport Dock, 

3 $12,565,000; 

4 LHA replacement (AP), $29,093,000; 

5 Moored Training Ship, $737,268,000; 

6 Moored Training Ship (AP), $64,388,000; 

7 LCAC Service Life Extension Program, 

8 $40,485,000; 

9 Outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and first 

10 destination transportation, $491,797,000; and 

11 Ship to Shore Connector, $123,233,000; 

12 For completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro13 grams, $1,007,285,000. 

14 In all: $14,256,361,000, to remain available for obli15 gation until September 30, 2019: Provided, That addi16 tional obligations may be incurred after September 30, 

17 2019, for engineering services, tests, evaluations, and 

18 other such budgeted work that must be performed in the 

19 final stage of ship construction: Provided further, That 

20 none of the funds provided under this heading for the con21 struction or conversion of any naval vessel to be con22 structed in shipyards in the United States shall be ex23 pended in foreign facilities for the construction of major 

24 components of such vessel: Provided further, That none 

25 of the funds provided under this heading shall be used 
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1 for the construction of any naval vessel in foreign ship2 yards. 

3 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

4 For procurement, production, and modernization of 

5 support equipment and materials not otherwise provided 

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

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

8 of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expan9 sion of public and private plants, including the land nec10 essary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may 

11 be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 

12 approval of title; and procurement and installation of 

13 equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 

14 private plants; reserve plant and Government and con15 tractor-owned equipment layaway, $5,923,379,000, to re16 main available for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

17 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

18 For expenses necessary for the procurement, manu19 facture, and modification of missiles, armament, military 

20 equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 

21 equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 

22 thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and 

23 Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; ve24 hicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of pas25 senger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion 
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1 of public and private plants, including land necessary 

2 therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac3 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap4 proval of title, $927,232,000, to remain available for obli5 gation until September 30, 2017. 

6 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

7 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

8 aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 

9 specialized ground handling equipment, and training de10 vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

11 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Gov12 ernment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 

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

14 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

15 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

16 thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov17 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 

18 other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes in19 cluding rents and transportation of things, 

20 $12,046,941,000, to remain available for obligation until 

21 September 30, 2017. 

22 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

23 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

24 missiles, spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, in25 cluding spare parts and accessories therefor, ground han-
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1 dling equipment, and training devices; expansion of public 

2 and private plants, Government-owned equipment and in3 stallation thereof in such plants, erection of structures, 

4 and acquisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and 

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

6 construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; 

7 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 

8 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 

9 foregoing purposes including rents and transportation of 

10 things, $4,546,211,000, to remain available for obligation 

11 until September 30, 2017. 

12 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

13 For construction, procurement, production, and 

14 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe15 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub16 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au17 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 

18 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur19 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac20 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap21 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip22 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

23 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor24 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 
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1 for the foregoing purposes, $648,200,000, to remain avail2 able for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

3 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

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

6 and ground electronic and communication equipment), 

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

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

13 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

14 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

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

17 $16,633,023,000 (increased by $6,000,000), to remain 

18 available for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

19 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

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

22 necessary for procurement, production, and modification 

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

25 motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public 
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1 and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in 

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

3 for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

4 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

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

7 $4,358,121,000 (reduced by $5,000,000), to remain avail8 able for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

9 DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES

10 For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant 

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

13 2093), $51,638,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 TITLE IV 

15 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

16 EVALUATION 

17 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

18 ARMY

19 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci20 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ21 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa22 cilities and equipment, $6,720,000,000, to remain avail23 able for obligation until September 30, 2016. 
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1 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

2 NAVY

3 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci4 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ5 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa6 cilities and equipment, $15,877,770,000, to remain avail7 able for obligation until September 30, 2016: Provided, 

8 That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are 

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

11 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

12 AIR FORCE

13 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci14 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ15 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa16 cilities and equipment, $23,438,982,000 (reduced by 

17 $10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000), to remain avail18 able for obligation until September 30, 2016. 

19 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

20 DEFENSE-WIDE

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart23 ment of Defense (other than the military departments), 

24 necessary for basic and applied scientific research, devel25 opment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects 
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1 as may be designated and determined by the Secretary 

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

3 lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 

4 $17,077,900,000 (reduced by $10,000,000), to remain 

5 available for obligation until September 30, 2016: Pro6 vided, That of the funds made available in this paragraph, 

7 $250,000,000 for the Defense Rapid Innovation Program 

8 shall only be available for expenses, not otherwise provided 

9 for, to include program management and oversight, to 

10 conduct research, development, test and evaluation to in11 clude proof of concept demonstration; engineering, testing, 

12 and validation; and transition to full-scale production: 

13 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may 

14 transfer funds provided herein for the Defense Rapid In15 novation Program to appropriations for research, develop16 ment, test and evaluation to accomplish the purpose pro17 vided herein: Provided further, That this transfer author18 ity is in addition to any other transfer authority available 

19 to the Department of Defense: Provided further, That the 

20 Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 30 days prior 

21 to making transfers from this appropriation, notify the 

22 congressional defense committees in writing of the details 

23 of any such transfer. 
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1 OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

2 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

3 for the independent activities of the Director, Operational 

4 Test and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of 

5 operational test and evaluation, including initial oper6 ational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, 

7 and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 

8 testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 

9 connection therewith, $248,238,000, to remain available 

10 for obligation until September 30, 2016. 

11 TITLE V 

12 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

13 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

14 For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 

15 $1,334,468,000. 

16 TITLE VI 

17 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

18 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

19 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 

20 and health care programs of the Department of Defense 

21 as authorized by law, $31,634,870,000 (increased by 

22 $5,000,000) (increased by $500,000) (increased by 

23 $10,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (increased by 

24 $2,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 

25 $10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
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1 $10,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 

2 $1,000,000) (reduced by $30,000,000) (increased by 

3 $30,000,000); of which $30,080,563,000 (increased by 

4 $3,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) shall be for oper5 ation and maintenance, of which not to exceed one percent 

6 shall remain available for obligation until September 30, 

7 2016, and of which up to $14,582,044,000 may be avail8 able for contracts entered into under the TRICARE pro9 gram; of which $308,413,000, to remain available for obli10 gation until September 30, 2017, shall be for procure11 ment; and of which $1,245,894,000 (increased by 

12 $5,000,000) (increased by $500,000) (increased by 

13 $10,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by 

14 $10,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

15 $10,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 

16 $1,000,000) (reduced by $30,000,000) (increased by 

17 $30,000,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep18 tember 30, 2016, shall be for research, development, test 

19 and evaluation: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 

20 provision of law, of the amount made available under this 

21 heading for research, development, test and evaluation, 

22 not less than $8,000,000 shall be available for HIV pre23 vention educational activities undertaken in connection 

24 with United States military training, exercises, and hu25 manitarian assistance activities conducted primarily in Af-
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1 rican nations: Provided further, That of the funds provided 

2 under this heading for operation and maintenance, pro3 curement, and research, development, test and evaluation 

4 for the Interagency Program Office, the Defense 

5 Healthcare Management Systems Modernization 

6 (DHMSM) program, and the Defense Medical Informa7 tion Exchange, not more than 25 percent may be obligated 

8 until the Secretary of Defense submits to the Committees 

9 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

10 Senate, and such Committees approve, a plan for expendi11 ture that describes: (1) the status of the final request for 

12 proposal for DHMSM and how the program office used 

13 comments received from industry from draft requests for 

14 proposal to refine the final request for proposal; (2) any 

15 changes to the deployment timeline, including bench16 marks, for full operating capability; (3) any refinements 

17 to the cost estimate for full operating capability and the 

18 total life cycle cost of the project; (4) an assurance that 

19 the acquisition strategy will comply with the acquisition 

20 rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition 

21 management practices of the Federal Government; (5) the 

22 status of the effort to achieve interoperability between the 

23 electronic health record systems of the Department of De24 fense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, including 

25 the scope, cost, schedule, mapping to health data stand-
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1 ards, and performance benchmarks of the interoperable 

2 record; and (6) the progress toward developing, imple3 menting, and fielding the interoperable electronic health 

4 record throughout the two Departments’ medical facilities. 

5 CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 

6 DEFENSE

7 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

8 for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal 

9 chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the pro10 visions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Au11 thorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the de12 struction of other chemical warfare materials that are not 

13 in the chemical weapon stockpile, $828,868,000, of which 

14 $222,728,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 

15 which no less than $52,102,000 shall be for the Chemical 

16 Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of 

17 $21,016,000 for activities on military installations and 

18 $31,086,000, to remain available until September 30, 

19 2016, to assist State and local governments; $10,227,000 

20 shall be for procurement, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2017, of which $3,225,000 shall be for the 

22 Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program to 

23 assist State and local governments; and $595,913,000, to 

24 remain available until September 30, 2016, shall be for 

25 research, development, test and evaluation, of which 
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1 $575,808,000 shall only be for the Assembled Chemical 

2 Weapons Alternatives program. 

3 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

4 DEFENSE

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 

7 the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 

8 available to the Department of Defense for military per9 sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi10 sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper11 ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 

12 development, test and evaluation, $944,687,000, of which 

13 $669,631,000 shall be for counter-narcotics support; 

14 $105,591,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction pro15 gram; and $169,465,000 shall be for the National Guard 

16 counter-drug program: Provided, That the funds appro17 priated under this heading shall be available for obligation 

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

19 appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That 

20 upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans21 ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 

22 purposes provided herein, such amounts may be trans23 ferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, That 

24 the transfer authority provided under this heading is in 
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1 addition to any other transfer authority contained else2 where in this Act. 

3 JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For the ‘‘Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat 

6 Fund’’, $65,464,000, to remain available until September 

7 30, 2017: Provided, That such funds shall be available to 

8 the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other provi9 sion of law, for the purpose of allowing the Director of 

10 the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organiza11 tion to investigate, develop and provide equipment, sup12 plies, services, training, facilities, personnel and funds to 

13 assist United States forces in the defeat of improvised ex14 plosive devices: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

15 Defense may transfer funds provided herein to appropria16 tions for military personnel; operation and maintenance; 

17 procurement; research, development, test and evaluation; 

18 and defense working capital funds to accomplish the pur19 pose provided herein: Provided further, That this transfer 

20 authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 

21 available to the Department of Defense: Provided further, 

22 That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 

23 days prior to making transfers from this appropriation, 

24 notify the congressional defense committees in writing of 

25 the details of any such transfer. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

2 For expenses and activities of the Office of the In3 spector General in carrying out the provisions of the In4 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, $311,830,000, 

5 of which $310,830,000 shall be for operation and mainte6 nance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for 

7 emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended on 

8 the approval or authority of the Inspector General, and 

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

11 of which $1,000,000, to remain available until September 

12 30, 2017, shall be for procurement. 

13 SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL SPORTING

14 COMPETITIONS

15 For logistical and security support for international 

16 sporting competitions (including pay and non-travel re17 lated allowances only for members of the Reserve Compo18 nents of the Armed Forces of the United States called or 

19 ordered to active duty in connection with providing such 

20 support), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND

4 DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND

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

7 proper funding level for continuing the operation of the 

8 Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 

9 System, $514,000,000. 

10 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

11 For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu12 nity Management Account, $501,194,000 (reduced by 

13 $2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000). 

14 TITLE VIII 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

16 SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained 

17 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur18 poses not authorized by the Congress. 

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

20 of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em21 ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States 

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

23 Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi24 rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of 

25 Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess 
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1 of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 

2 employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is 

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

4 United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percent5 age increase provided by the appropriate host nation to 

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

7 That this section shall not apply to Department of De8 fense foreign service national employees serving at United 

9 States diplomatic missions whose pay is set by the Depart10 ment of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Pro11 vided further, That the limitations of this provision shall 

12 not apply to foreign national employees of the Department 

13 of Defense in the Republic of Turkey. 

14 SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained 

15 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

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

17 SEC. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appro18 priations in this Act which are limited for obligation dur19 ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the 

20 last 2 months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this sec21 tion shall not apply to obligations for support of active 

22 duty training of reserve components or summer camp 

23 training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
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1 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of 

3 Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter4 est, he may, with the approval of the Office of Manage5 ment and Budget, transfer not to exceed $5,000,000,000 

6 of working capital funds of the Department of Defense 

7 or funds made available in this Act to the Department 

8 of Defense for military functions (except military con9 struction) between such appropriations or funds or any 

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

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

12 the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided, 

13 That such authority to transfer may not be used unless 

14 for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military re15 quirements, than those for which originally appropriated 

16 and in no case where the item for which funds are re17 quested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, 

18 That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress 

19 promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority 

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

21 no part of the funds in this Act shall be available to pre22 pare or present a request to the Committees on Appropria23 tions for reprogramming of funds, unless for higher pri24 ority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, 

25 than those for which originally appropriated and in no 
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1 case where the item for which reprogramming is requested 

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

3 a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using au4 thority provided in this section shall be made prior to June 

5 30, 2015: Provided further, That transfers among military 

6 personnel appropriations shall not be taken into account 

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

8 may be transferred under this section. 

9 SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific pro10 grams, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts 

11 and adjustments to budget activities corresponding to 

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

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

14 in the explanatory statement regarding this Act, the obli15 gation and expenditure of amounts appropriated or other16 wise made available in this Act for those programs, 

17 projects, and activities for which the amounts appro18 priated exceed or are less than the amounts requested are 

19 hereby required by law to be carried out in the manner 

20 provided by such tables to the same extent as if the tables 

21 were included in the text of this Act. 

22 (b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables de23 scribed in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivi24 sions of appropriations for purposes of section 8005 of this 

25 Act: Provided, That section 8005 shall apply when trans-
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1 fers of the amounts described in subsection (a) occur be2 tween appropriation accounts. 

3 SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enact4 ment of this Act, the Department of Defense shall submit 

5 a report to the congressional defense committees to estab6 lish the baseline for application of reprogramming and 

7 transfer authorities for fiscal year 2015: Provided, That 

8 the report shall include— 

9 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa10 rate column to display the President’s budget re11 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 

12 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

13 fiscal year enacted level; 

14 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro15 priation both by budget activity and program, 

16 project, and activity as detailed in the Budget Ap17 pendix; and 

18 (3) an identification of items of special congres19 sional interest. 

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

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

22 reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in 

23 subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense 

24 committees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in 

25 writing to the congressional defense committees that such 
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1 reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 

2 requirement. 

3 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash bal5 ances in working capital funds of the Department of De6 fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, 

7 United States Code, may be maintained in only such 

8 amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disburse9 ments to be made from such funds: Provided, That trans10 fers may be made between such funds: Provided further, 

11 That transfers may be made between working capital 

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

13 appropriation and the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ ap14 propriation accounts in such amounts as may be deter15 mined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of 

16 the Office of Management and Budget, except that such 

17 transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense 

18 has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer. Except 

19 in amounts equal to the amounts appropriated to working 

20 capital funds in this Act, no obligations may be made 

21 against a working capital fund to procure or increase the 

22 value of war reserve material inventory, unless the Sec23 retary of Defense has notified the Congress prior to any 

24 such obligation. 
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1 SEC. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not 

2 be used to initiate a special access program without prior 

3 notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres4 sional defense committees. 

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

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

7 employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of 

8 $20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that in9 cludes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of 

10 $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement 

11 leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic 

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

13 any one year, unless the congressional defense committees 

14 have been notified at least 30 days in advance of the pro15 posed contract award: Provided, That no part of any ap16 propriation contained in this Act shall be available to ini17 tiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order 

18 quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to 

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

20 That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

21 shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement con22 tracts for any systems or component thereof if the value 

23 of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 un24 less specifically provided in this Act: Provided further, 

25 That no multiyear procurement contract can be termi-
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1 nated without 10-day prior notification to the congres2 sional defense committees: Provided further, That the exe3 cution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a 

4 present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared 

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

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

7 contract executed after the date of the enactment of this 

8 Act unless in the case of any such contract— 

9 (1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 

10 Congress a budget request for full funding of units 

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

12 of a contract for procurement of aircraft, that in13 cludes, for any aircraft unit to be procured through 

14 the contract for which procurement funds are re15 quested in that budget request for production be16 yond advance procurement activities in the fiscal 

17 year covered by the budget, full funding of procure18 ment of such unit in that fiscal year; 

19 (2) cancellation provisions in the contract do 

20 not include consideration of recurring manufacturing 

21 costs of the contractor associated with the produc22 tion of unfunded units to be delivered under the con23 tract; 
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1 (3) the contract provides that payments to the 

2 contractor under the contract shall not be made in 

3 advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 

4 (4) the contract does not provide for a price ad5 justment based on a failure to award a follow-on 

6 contract. 

7 SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the op8 eration and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are 

9 hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, 

10 United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance 

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

12 Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and 

13 civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations 

14 and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of chap15 ter 20 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga16 tions shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of 

17 title 10, United States Code: Provided, That funds avail18 able for operation and maintenance shall be available for 

19 providing humanitarian and similar assistance by using 

20 Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific 

21 Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, pursu22 ant to the Compact of Free Association as authorized by 

23 Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon a deter24 mination by the Secretary of the Army that such action 

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

2 Secretary of the Army may authorize the provision of med3 ical services at such facilities and transportation to such 

4 facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for civilian patients 

5 from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North6 ern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated 

7 States of Micronesia, Palau, and Guam. 

8 SEC. 8012. (a) During fiscal year 2015, the civilian 

9 personnel of the Department of Defense may not be man10 aged on the basis of any end-strength, and the manage11 ment of such personnel during that fiscal year shall not 

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

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

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

15 (b) The fiscal year 2016 budget request for the De16 partment of Defense as well as all justification material 

17 and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2016 

18 Department of Defense budget request shall be prepared 

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

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

21 year 2016. 

22 (c) As required by section 1107 of the National De23 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 

24 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) civilian personnel at the 

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1 Laboratories may not be managed on the basis of the 

2 Table of Distribution and Allowances, and the manage3 ment of the workforce strength shall be done in a manner 

4 consistent with the budget available with respect to such 

5 Laboratories. 

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

7 to military (civilian) technicians. 

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

9 Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in10 fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro11 priation matters pending before the Congress. 

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

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

14 any member of the Army participating as a full-time stu15 dent and receiving benefits paid by the Secretary of Vet16 erans Affairs from the Department of Defense Education 

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

18 credited toward completion of a service commitment: Pro19 vided, That this section shall not apply to those members 

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

21 1987: Provided further, That this section applies only to 

22 active components of the Army. 

23 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

25 for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Protege Pro-
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1 gram may be transferred to any other appropriation con2 tained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing 

3 a Mentor-Protege Program developmental assistance 

4 agreement pursuant to section 831 of the National De5 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 

6 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as amended, under the 

7 authority of this provision or any other transfer authority 

8 contained in this Act. 

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

10 available for the purchase by the Department of Defense 

11 (and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard 

12 anchor and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under 

13 unless the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured 

14 in the United States from components which are substan15 tially manufactured in the United States: Provided, That 

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

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

18 of chain and welding (including the forging and shot blast19 ing process): Provided further, That for the purpose of this 

20 section substantially all of the components of anchor and 

21 mooring chain shall be considered to be produced or manu22 factured in the United States if the aggregate cost of the 

23 components produced or manufactured in the United 

24 States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components pro25 duced or manufactured outside the United States: Pro-
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1 vided further, That when adequate domestic supplies are 

2 not available to meet Department of Defense requirements 

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

4 for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case5 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 

6 on Appropriations that such an acquisition must be made 

7 in order to acquire capability for national security pur8 poses. 

9 SEC. 8017. None of the funds available to the De10 partment of Defense in the current fiscal year or any fiscal 

11 year hereafter may be used to demilitarize or dispose of 

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

13 rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or to demili14 tarize or destroy small arms ammunition or ammunition 

15 components that are not otherwise prohibited from com16 mercial sale under Federal law, unless the small arms am17 munition or ammunition components are certified by the 

18 Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable or un19 safe for further use. 

20 SEC. 8018. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap21 propriated or made available in this Act shall be used dur22 ing a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an orga23 nization, unit, activity or function of the Department of 

24 Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Pro25 vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re-
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1 striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 

2 to the congressional defense committees that such a relo3 cation is required in the best interest of the Government. 

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

5 $15,000,000 shall be available for incentive payments au6 thorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 

7 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor 

8 or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract 

9 award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in sec10 tion 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small busi11 ness owned and controlled by an individual or individuals 

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

13 Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes 

14 of being allowed additional compensation under section 

15 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 

16 1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 

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

18 appropriated by an Act making appropriations for the De19 partment of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Pro20 vided further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 

21 41, United States Code, this section shall be applicable 

22 to any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or 

23 services, including any contract and any subcontract at 

24 any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or 

25 manufactured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor 
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1 or supplier defined in section 1544 of title 25, United 

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

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

4 of title 25, United States Code. 

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

6 Defense Media Activity shall not be used for any national 

7 or international political or psychological activities. 

8 SEC. 8021. During the current fiscal year, the De9 partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of 

10 not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec11 tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa12 tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government 

13 of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That upon re14 ceipt, such contributions from the Government of Kuwait 

15 shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which in16 curred such obligations. 

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

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

19 Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 

20 (1) $27,400,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper21 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 

22 Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 

23 readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 

24 reduction activities involving youth programs; 
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1 (2) $10,400,000 shall be available from ‘‘Air2 craft Procurement, Air Force’’; and 

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

4 Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 

5 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim6 bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 

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

8 local government agencies. 

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

10 Act are available to establish a new Department of De11 fense (department) federally funded research and develop12 ment center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a 

13 separate entity administrated by an organization man14 aging another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership cor15 poration consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and 

16 other nonprofit entities. 

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

18 Overseers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting 

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

20 and no paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, except 

21 when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may be com22 pensated for his or her services as a member of such enti23 ty, or as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC in 

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

25 referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed 
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1 travel expenses and per diem as authorized under the Fed2 eral Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the per3 formance of membership duties. 

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

5 of the funds available to the department from any source 

6 during fiscal year 2015 may be used by a defense FFRDC, 

7 through a fee or other payment mechanism, for construc8 tion of new buildings, for payment of cost sharing for 

9 projects funded by Government grants, for absorption of 

10 contract overruns, or for certain charitable contributions, 

11 not to include employee participation in community service 

12 and/or development. 

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

14 the funds available to the department during fiscal year 

15 2015, not more than 5,750 staff years of technical effort 

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

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

19 be funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: 

20 Provided further, That this subsection shall not apply to 

21 staff years funded in the National Intelligence Program 

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

23 (e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submis24 sion of the department’s fiscal year 2016 budget request, 

25 submit a report presenting the specific amounts of staff 
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1 years of technical effort to be allocated for each defense 

2 FFRDC during that fiscal year and the associated budget 

3 estimates. 

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

5 the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs 

6 is hereby reduced by $40,000,000. 

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

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

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

11 Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United 

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

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

15 or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications 

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

17 That the Secretary of the military department responsible 

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

20 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

21 Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available 

22 to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 

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

24 to acquire capability for national security purposes: Pro25 vided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to 
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1 contracts which are in being as of the date of the enact2 ment of this Act. 

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

4 ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed 

5 Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the 

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

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

9 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa10 tives. 

11 SEC. 8026. During the current fiscal year, the De12 partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot 

13 maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels 

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

23 76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this 

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

2 consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 

3 determines that a foreign country which is party to an 

4 agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the 

5 terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain 

6 types of products produced in the United States that are 

7 covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 

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

10 in that foreign country. 

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

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

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

16 in that country. 

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

19 purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2015. Such 

20 report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items 

21 for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to 

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

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

24 international agreement to which the United States is a 

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

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

3 States Code. 

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

5 contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 

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

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

9 be available until expended for the payments specified by 

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

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

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

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

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

16 Washington relocatable military housing units located at 

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

18 Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force 

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

20 needs of the Air Force. 

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

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

24 that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation 

25 Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located 
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1 in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Da2 kota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any 

3 such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the 

4 housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 

5 of time, as determined by the Secretary. 

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

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

10 (b). 

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

12 any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list 

13 published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 

14 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 

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

16 1). 

17 SEC. 8030. During the current fiscal year, appropria18 tions which are available to the Department of Defense 

19 for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 

20 items having an investment item unit cost of not more 

21 than $250,000. 

22 SEC. 8031. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 

23 of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 

24 of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the 

25 purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir-
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1 ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur2 ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 

3 customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 

4 Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 

5 to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund 

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

7 investment item would be chargeable during the current 

8 fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of 

9 Defense for procurement. 

10 (b) The fiscal year 2016 budget request for the De11 partment of Defense as well as all justification material 

12 and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2016 

13 Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and sub14 mitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment 

15 which was classified as an end item and funded in a pro16 curement appropriation contained in this Act shall be 

17 budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2016 procurement 

18 appropriation and not in the supply management business 

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

20 Defense Working Capital Funds. 

21 SEC. 8032. None of the funds appropriated by this 

22 Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall 

23 remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 

24 year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for 

25 Contingencies, which shall remain available until Sep-
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1 tember 30, 2016: Provided, That funds appropriated, 

2 transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intel3 ligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund 

4 during this or any prior or subsequent fiscal year shall 

5 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

6 any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intel7 ligence Agency for advanced research and development ac8 quisition, for agent operations, and for covert action pro9 grams authorized by the President under section 503 of 

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

11 remain available until September 30, 2016. 

12 SEC. 8033. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, funds made available in this Act for the Defense In14 telligence Agency may be used for the design, develop15 ment, and deployment of General Defense Intelligence 

16 Program intelligence communications and intelligence in17 formation systems for the Services, the Unified and Speci18 fied Commands, and the component commands. 

19 SEC. 8034. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart20 ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Main21 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 shall 

22 be made available only for the mitigation of environmental 

23 impacts, including training and technical assistance to 

24 tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in25 formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de-
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1 veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 

2 to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re3 sulting from Department of Defense activities. 

4 SEC. 8035. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

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

6 Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, com7 plies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this 

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

9 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

10 (b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a per11 son has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label 

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

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

14 in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance 

15 with section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, wheth16 er the person should be debarred from contracting with 

17 the Department of Defense. 

18 (c) In the case of any equipment or products pur19 chased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is 

20 the sense of the Congress that any entity of the Depart21 ment of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase 

22 only American-made equipment and products, provided 

23 that American-made equipment and products are cost24 competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely 

25 fashion. 
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1 SEC. 8036. None of the funds appropriated by this 

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

3 or consulting services entered into without competition on 

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

5 activity responsible for the procurement determines— 

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

7 only one source is found fully qualified to perform 

8 the proposed work; 

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

10 unsolicited proposal which offers significant sci11 entific or technological promise, represents the prod12 uct of original thinking, and was submitted in con13 fidence by one source; or 

14 (3) the purpose of the contract is to take ad15 vantage of unique and significant industrial accom16 plishment by a specific concern, or to insure that a 

17 new product or idea of a specific concern is given fi18 nancial support: Provided, That this limitation shall 

19 not apply to contracts in an amount of less than 

20 $25,000, contracts related to improvements of equip21 ment that is in development or production, or con22 tracts as to which a civilian official of the Depart23 ment of Defense, who has been confirmed by the 

24 Senate, determines that the award of such contract 

25 is in the interest of the national defense. 
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1 SEC. 8037. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 

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

3 be used— 

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

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

6 Armed Forces or civilian employee of the depart7 ment who is transferred or reassigned from a head8 quarters activity if the member or employee’s place 

9 of duty remains at the location of that headquarters. 

10 (b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a mili11 tary department may waive the limitations in subsection 

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

13 and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives and the Senate that the grant15 ing of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements 

16 or the financial requirements of the department. 

17 (c) This section does not apply to— 

18 (1) field operating agencies funded within the 

19 National Intelligence Program; 

20 (2) an Army field operating agency established 

21 to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of im22 provised explosive devices, and, as determined by the 

23 Secretary of the Army, other similar threats; 

24 (3) an Army field operating agency established 

25 to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of bio-
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1 metric activities and to integrate common biometric 

2 technologies throughout the Department of Defense; 

3 or 

4 (4) an Air Force field operating agency estab5 lished to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs 

6 Program and Mortuary Operations for the Depart7 ment of Defense and authorized Federal entities. 

8 SEC. 8038. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 

9 this Act shall be available to convert to contractor per10 formance an activity or function of the Department of De11 fense that, on or after the date of the enactment of this 

12 Act, is performed by Department of Defense civilian em13 ployees unless— 

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

15 public-private competition that includes a most effi16 cient and cost effective organization plan developed 

17 by such activity or function; 

18 (2) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter19 mines that, over all performance periods stated in 

20 the solicitation of offers for performance of the ac21 tivity or function, the cost of performance of the ac22 tivity or function by a contractor would be less costly 

23 to the Department of Defense by an amount that 

24 equals or exceeds the lesser of— 
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1 (A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi2 zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 

3 of that activity or function by Federal employ4 ees; or 

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

6 (3) the contractor does not receive an advan7 tage for a proposal that would reduce costs for the 

8 Department of Defense by— 

9 (A) not making an employer-sponsored 

10 health insurance plan available to the workers 

11 who are to be employed in the performance of 

12 that activity or function under the contract; or 

13 (B) offering to such workers an employer14 sponsored health benefits plan that requires the 

15 employer to contribute less towards the pre16 mium or subscription share than the amount 

17 that is paid by the Department of Defense for 

18 health benefits for civilian employees under 

19 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

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

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

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

23 notwithstanding any administrative regulation, require24 ment, or policy to the contrary shall have full authority 

25 to enter into a contract for the performance of any com-
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1 mercial or industrial type function of the Department of 

2 Defense that— 

3 (A) is included on the procurement list estab4 lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner5 O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 

6 Code); 

7 (B) is planned to be converted to performance 

8 by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by 

9 a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi10 capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or 

11 (C) is planned to be converted to performance 

12 by a qualified firm under at least 51 percent owner13 ship by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) 

14 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As15 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Ha16 waiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) 

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

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

19 or contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 

20 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States Code. 

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

22 Department of Defense under the authority provided by 

23 this section shall be credited toward any competitive or 

24 outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be es25 tablished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed 
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1 to be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance 

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

3 States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of com4 mercial activities. 

5 (RESCISSIONS)

6 SEC. 8039. Of the funds appropriated in Department 

7 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 

8 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro9 grams in the specified amounts: 

10 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 2013/2015, 

11 $27,000,000; 

12 ‘‘Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, 

13 Army’’, 2013/2015, $5,000,000; 

14 ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2013/2015, 

15 $30,000,000; 

16 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2013/2015, 

17 $47,200,000; 

18 ‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2013/2015, 

19 $27,000,000; 

20 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2013/2015, 

21 $71,100,000; 

22 ‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2013/2015, 

23 $13,800,000; 

24 ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2014/2016, 

25 $200,000,000; 
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1 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2014/2016, 

2 $171,622,000; 

3 ‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2014/2016, 

4 $91,436,000; 

5 ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, 2014/2016, 

6 $1,505,000; 

7 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2014/2016, 

8 $47,400,000; 

9 ‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2014/2016, 

10 $121,185,000; 

11 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

12 Army’’, 2014/2015, $5,000,000; and 

13 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

14 Navy’’, 2014/2015, $105,400,000: 

15 Provided, That no amounts may be canceled from 

16 amounts that were designated by the Congress for 

17 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

18 Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant 

19 to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the 

20 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

21 Act of 1985, as amended. 

22 SEC. 8040. None of the funds available in this Act 

23 may be used to reduce the authorized positions for mili24 tary technicians (dual status) of the Army National 

25 Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force 
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1 Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively 

2 imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on 

3 military technicians (dual status), unless such reductions 

4 are a direct result of a reduction in military force struc5 ture. 

6 SEC. 8041. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex8 pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 

9 of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose. 

10 SEC. 8042. Funds appropriated in this Act for oper11 ation and maintenance of the Military Departments, Com12 batant Commands and Defense Agencies shall be available 

13 for reimbursement of pay, allowances and other expenses 

14 which would otherwise be incurred against appropriations 

15 for the National Guard and Reserve when members of the 

16 National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or coun17 terintelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 

18 Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the 

19 activities and programs included within the National Intel20 ligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: 

21 Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation 

22 from established Reserve and National Guard personnel 

23 and training procedures. 

24 SEC. 8043. During the current fiscal year, none of 

25 the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to reduce 
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1 the civilian medical and medical support personnel as2 signed to military treatment facilities below the September 

3 30, 2003, level: Provided, That the Service Surgeons Gen4 eral may waive this section by certifying to the congres5 sional defense committees that the beneficiary population 

6 is declining in some catchment areas and civilian strength 

7 reductions may be consistent with responsible resource 

8 stewardship and capitation-based budgeting. 

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

10 Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug inter11 diction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to 

12 any other department or agency of the United States ex13 cept as specifically provided in an appropriations law. 

14 (b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel15 ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 

16 counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de17 partment or agency of the United States except as specifi18 cally provided in an appropriations law. 

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

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

21 bearings other than those produced by a domestic source 

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

23 the military department responsible for such procurement 

24 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi25 fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 
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1 the House of Representatives and the Senate, that ade2 quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart3 ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that 

4 such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire ca5 pability for national security purposes: Provided further, 

6 That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of 

7 ‘‘commercial items’’, as defined by section 4(12) of the 

8 Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, except that the 

9 restriction shall apply to ball or roller bearings purchased 

10 as end items. 

11 SEC. 8046. None of the funds in this Act may be 

12 used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manu13 factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of De14 fense certifies to the congressional defense committees 

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

16 capability for national security purposes that is not avail17 able from United States manufacturers. 

18 SEC. 8047. None of the funds made available in this 

19 or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 

20 officer or employee of the Department of Defense who ap21 proves or implements the transfer of administrative re22 sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 

23 project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 

24 of another Federal agency not financed by this Act with25 out the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 
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1 this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds ex2 pressly provided for in Defense Appropriations Acts, or 

3 provisions of Acts providing supplemental appropriations 

4 for the Department of Defense. 

5 SEC. 8048. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

6 of law, none of the funds available to the Department of 

7 Defense for the current fiscal year may be obligated or 

8 expended to transfer to another nation or an international 

9 organization any defense articles or services (other than 

10 intelligence services) for use in the activities described in 

11 subsection (b) unless the congressional defense commit12 tees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

13 Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations 

14 of the Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such 

15 transfer. 

16 (b) This section applies to— 

17 (1) any international peacekeeping or peace-en18 forcement operation under the authority of chapter 

19 VI or chapter VII of the United Nations Charter 

20 under the authority of a United Nations Security 

21 Council resolution; and 

22 (2) any other international peacekeeping, peace23 enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation. 

24 (c) A notice under subsection (a) shall include the 

25 following: 
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1 (1) A description of the equipment, supplies, or 

2 services to be transferred. 

3 (2) A statement of the value of the equipment, 

4 supplies, or services to be transferred. 

5 (3) In the case of a proposed transfer of equip6 ment or supplies— 

7 (A) a statement of whether the inventory 

8 requirements of all elements of the Armed 

9 Forces (including the reserve components) for 

10 the type of equipment or supplies to be trans11 ferred have been met; and 

12 (B) a statement of whether the items pro13 posed to be transferred will have to be replaced 

14 and, if so, how the President proposes to pro15 vide funds for such replacement. 

16 SEC. 8049. None of the funds available to the De17 partment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or 

18 expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the 

19 Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by 

20 the contractor to an employee when— 

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

22 excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor 

23 to the employee; and 

24 (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as25 sociated with a business combination. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8050. During the current fiscal year, no more 

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

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

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

7 be available for the same time period as the appropriations 

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

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

12 Code. 

13 SEC. 8051. During the current fiscal year, in the case 

14 of an appropriation account of the Department of Defense 

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

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

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

20 to any current appropriation account for the same purpose 

21 as the expired or closed account if— 

22 (1) the obligation would have been properly 

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

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

2 chargeable to any current appropriation account of 

3 the Department of Defense; and 

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

6 of the Department of Defense under the provisions 

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

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

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

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

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

19 of the total appropriation for that account. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 associated with the use of equipment of the project under 

7 that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 

8 purposes without fiscal year limitation. 

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

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

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

12 States Code, may implement cost-effective agreements for 

13 required heating facility modernization in the 

14 Kaiserslautern Military Community in the Federal Repub15 lic of Germany: Provided, That in the City of 

16 Kaiserslautern and at the Rhine Ordnance Barracks area, 

17 such agreements will include the use of United States an18 thracite as the base load energy for municipal district heat 

19 to the United States Defense installations: Provided fur20 ther, That at Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center 

21 and Ramstein Air Base, furnished heat may be obtained 

22 from private, regional or municipal services, if provisions 

23 are included for the consideration of United States coal 

24 as an energy source. 
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1 SEC. 8054. None of the funds appropriated in title 

2 IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for deliv3 ery to military forces for operational training, operational 

4 use or inventory requirements: Provided, That this restric5 tion does not apply to end-items used in development, 

6 prototyping, and test activities preceding and leading to 

7 acceptance for operational use: Provided further, That this 

8 restriction does not apply to programs funded within the 

9 National Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the 

10 Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case11 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 

12 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

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

14 so. 

15 SEC. 8055. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 

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

17 each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 

18 foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 

19 that the application of the limitation with respect to that 

20 country would invalidate cooperative programs entered 

21 into between the Department of Defense and the foreign 

22 country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 

23 for the procurement of defense items entered into under 

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

25 country does not discriminate against the same or similar 
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1 defense items produced in the United States for that coun2 try. 

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

4 (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on 

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

6 (2) options for the procurement of items that 

7 are exercised after such date under contracts that 

8 are entered into before such date if the option prices 

9 are adjusted for any reason other than the applica10 tion of a waiver granted under subsection (a). 

11 (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re12 garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear13 ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 

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

15 Schedule and products classified under headings 4010, 

16 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019, 7218 

17 through 7229, 7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 

18 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, and 9404. 

19 SEC. 8056. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) None of the funds 

20 made available by this Act may be used for any training, 

21 equipment, or other assistance for the members of a unit 

22 of a foreign security force if the Secretary of Defense has 

23 credible information that the unit has committed a gross 

24 violation of human rights. 
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1 (2) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

2 with the Secretary of State, shall ensure that prior 

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

4 other assistance to a unit of a foreign security force 

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

7 human rights violations by such unit. 

8 (b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection 

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

10 consultation with the Secretary of State, determines that 

11 the government of such country has taken all necessary 

12 corrective steps, or if the equipment or other assistance 

13 is necessary to assist in disaster relief operations or other 

14 humanitarian or national security emergencies. 

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

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

21 establish, and periodically update, procedures to ensure 

22 that any information in the possession of the Department 

23 of Defense about gross violations of human rights by units 

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

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

4 Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

5 committees a report— 

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

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

8 stating the grounds for the exception; and 

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

10 describing the information relating to the gross vio11 lation of human rights; the extraordinary or other 

12 circumstances that necessitate the waiver; the pur13 pose and duration of the training, equipment, or 

14 other assistance; and the United States forces and 

15 the foreign security force unit involved. 

16 (f) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section the 

17 term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the 

18 congressional defense committees and the Committees on 

19 Appropriations. 

20 SEC. 8057. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available by this or other Department of De22 fense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended 

23 for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to 

24 military family housing units of the Department of De25 fense, including areas in such military family housing 
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1 units that may be used for the purpose of conducting offi2 cial Department of Defense business. 

3 SEC. 8058. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 

5 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense6 Wide’’ for any new start advanced concept technology 

7 demonstration project or joint capability demonstration 

8 project may only be obligated 45 days after a report, in9 cluding a description of the project, the planned acquisi10 tion and transition strategy and its estimated annual and 

11 total cost, has been provided in writing to the congres12 sional defense committees: Provided, That the Secretary 

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

14 basis by certifying to the congressional defense committees 

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

16 SEC. 8059. The Secretary of Defense shall provide 

17 a classified quarterly report beginning 30 days after enact18 ment of this Act, to the House and Senate Appropriations 

19 Committees, Subcommittees on Defense on certain mat20 ters as directed in the classified annex accompanying this 

21 Act. 

22 SEC. 8060. During the current fiscal year, none of 

23 the funds available to the Department of Defense may be 

24 used to provide support to another department or agency 

25 of the United States if such department or agency is more 
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1 than 90 days in arrears in making payment to the Depart2 ment of Defense for goods or services previously provided 

3 to such department or agency on a reimbursable basis: 

4 Provided, That this restriction shall not apply if the de5 partment is authorized by law to provide support to such 

6 department or agency on a nonreimbursable basis, and is 

7 providing the requested support pursuant to such author8 ity: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may 

9 waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying 

10 in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Senate that it is in the 

12 national security interest to do so. 

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

14 10, United States Code, a Reserve who is a member of 

15 the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard 

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

17 may perform duties in support of the ground-based ele18 ments of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 

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

20 may be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity 

21 ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has 

22 a center-fire cartridge and a United States military no23 menclature designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor 

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

25 ‘‘armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API-T)’’, except to an 
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1 entity performing demilitarization services for the Depart2 ment of Defense under a contract that requires the entity 

3 to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of 

4 Defense that armor piercing projectiles are either: (1) ren5 dered incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; 

6 or (2) used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a con7 tract with the Department of Defense or the manufacture 

8 of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Per9 manent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by 

10 the Department of State. 

11 SEC. 8063. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his des13 ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider14 ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 

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

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

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

18 United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fra19 ternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the 

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

21 a case-by-case basis. 

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

23 Act shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated 

24 funds activity of the Department of Defense that procures 

25 malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for 
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1 resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the 

2 drink) on a military installation located in the United 

3 States unless such malt beverages and wine are procured 

4 within that State, or in the case of the District of Colum5 bia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military 

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

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

8 purchases may be made in any State in which the installa9 tion is located: Provided further, That such local procure10 ment requirements for malt beverages and wine shall 

11 apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military installa12 tions in States which are not contiguous with another 

13 State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other 

14 than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and 

15 the District of Columbia shall be procured from the most 

16 competitive source, price and other factors considered. 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

20 $106,189,900 shall remain available until expended: Pro21 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

22 the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such 

23 funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Pro24 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized 

25 to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition 
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1 of real property, construction, personal services, and oper2 ations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this 

3 section: Provided further, That contracts entered into 

4 under the authority of this section may provide for such 

5 indemnification as the Secretary determines to be nec6 essary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 

7 section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and 

8 local law to the maximum extent consistent with the na9 tional security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 

10 SEC. 8066. Section 8106 of the Department of De11 fense Appropriations Act, 1997 (titles I through VIII of 

12 the matter under subsection 101(b) of Public Law 104– 

13 208; 110 Stat. 3009–111; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) shall con14 tinue in effect to apply to disbursements that are made 

15 by the Department of Defense in fiscal year 2015. 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 8067. During the current fiscal year, not to ex18 ceed $200,000,000 from funds available under ‘‘Operation 

19 and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ may be transferred to 

20 the Department of State ‘‘Global Security Contingency 

21 Fund’’: Provided, That this transfer authority is in addi22 tion to any other transfer authority available to the De23 partment of Defense: Provided further, That the Secretary 

24 of Defense shall, not fewer than 30 days prior to making 

25 transfers to the Department of State ‘‘Global Security 
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1 Contingency Fund’’, notify the congressional defense com2 mittees in writing with the source of funds and a detailed 

3 justification, execution plan, and timeline for each pro4 posed project. 

5 SEC. 8068. In addition to amounts provided else6 where in this Act, $4,000,000 (increased by $16,000,000) 

7 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense, to 

8 remain available for obligation until expended: Provided, 

9 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, that 

10 upon the determination of the Secretary of Defense that 

11 it shall serve the national interest, these funds shall be 

12 available only for a grant to the Fisher House Foundation, 

13 Inc., only for the construction and furnishing of additional 

14 Fisher Houses to meet the needs of military family mem15 bers when confronted with the illness or hospitalization of 

16 an eligible military beneficiary. 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

20 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense21 Wide’’, $619,814,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative 

22 Programs: Provided, That of this amount, $350,972,000 

23 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov24 ernment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 

25 defense system to counter short-range rocket threats; 
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1 $137,934,000 shall be for the Short Range Ballistic Mis2 sile Defense (SRBMD) program, including cruise missile 

3 defense research and development under the SRBMD pro4 gram; $74,707,000 shall be for an upper-tier component 

5 to the Israeli Missile Defense Architecture; and 

6 $56,201,000 shall be for the Arrow System Improvement 

7 Program including development of a long range, ground 

8 and airborne, detection suite: Provided further, That funds 

9 made available under this provision for production of mis10 siles and missile components may be transferred to appro11 priations available for the procurement of weapons and 

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

13 same time period and the same purposes as the appropria14 tion to which transferred: Provided further, That the 

15 transfer authority provided under this provision is in addi16 tion to any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 

17 SEC. 8070. None of the funds available to the De18 partment of Defense may be obligated to modify command 

19 and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command 

20 operational and administrative control of United States 

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

22 the command and control relationships which existed on 

23 October 1, 2004, shall remain in force unless changes are 

24 specifically authorized in a subsequent Act: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That this section does not apply to administrative 

2 control of Navy Air and Missile Defense Command. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 8071. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

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

6 $1,007,285,000 shall be available until September 30, 

7 2015, to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases: Pro8 vided, That upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

9 the Navy shall transfer funds to the following appropria10 tions in the amounts specified: Provided further, That the 

11 amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available 

12 for the same purposes as the appropriations to which 

13 transferred to: 

14 (1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con15 version, Navy’’, 2008/2015: Carrier Replacement 

16 Program $663,000,000; 

17 (2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con18 version, Navy’’, 2009/2015: LPD–17 Amphibious 

19 Transport Dock Program $54,096,000; 

20 (3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con21 version, Navy’’, 2010/2015: DDG–51 Destroyer 

22 $65,771,000; 

23 (4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con24 version, Navy’’, 2010/2015: Littoral Combat Ship 

25 $51,345,000; 
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1 (5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con2 version, Navy’’, 2011/2015: DDG–51 Destroyer 

3 $63,373,000; 

4 (6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con5 version, Navy’’, 2011/2015: Littoral Combat Ship 

6 $41,700,000; 

7 (7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con8 version, Navy’’, 2011/2015: Joint High Speed Vessel 

9 $9,340,000; 

10 (8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con11 version, Navy’’, 2012/2015: CVN Refueling Over12 hauls Program $54,000,000; 

13 (9) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con14 version, Navy’’, 2012/2015: Joint High Speed Vessel 

15 $2,620,000; and 

16 (10) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con17 version, Navy’’, 2013/2015: Joint High Speed Vessel 

18 $2,040,000. 

19 SEC. 8072. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

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

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

24 year 2015 until the enactment of the Intelligence Author25 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. 
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1 SEC. 8073. None of the funds provided in this Act 

2 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

3 reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new 

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

5 or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest 

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

8 SEC. 8074. The budget of the President for fiscal 

9 year 2016 submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 

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

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

14 and Maintenance accounts, the Procurement accounts, 

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

19 Reserve components, and for each appropriations account: 

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

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

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

25 component, and estimates of the major weapons systems 
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1 deployed in support of each contingency: Provided further, 

2 That these documents shall include budget exhibits OP– 

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

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

6 years. 

7 SEC. 8075. None of the funds in this Act may be 

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

10 missile defense system. 

11 SEC. 8076. In addition to the amounts appropriated 

12 or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 

13 $44,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 

14 Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the 

15 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter16 est, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts speci17 fied as follows: $20,000,000 to the United Service Organi18 zations and $24,000,000 to the Red Cross. 

19 SEC. 8077. None of the funds appropriated or made 

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

21 the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad22 ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce 

23 the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the 

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

25 shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to 
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1 perform other missions in support of national defense re2 quirements during the non-hurricane season. 

3 SEC. 8078. None of the funds provided in this Act 

4 shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence in5 formation unless the information has been lawfully col6 lected and processed during the conduct of authorized for7 eign intelligence activities: Provided, That information 

8 pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled 

9 in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth 

10 Amendment of the United States Constitution as imple11 mented through Executive Order No. 12333. 

12 SEC. 8079. (a) At the time members of reserve com13 ponents of the Armed Forces are called or ordered to ac14 tive duty under section 12302(a) of title 10, United States 

15 Code, each member shall be notified in writing of the ex16 pected period during which the member will be mobilized. 

17 (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the require18 ments of subsection (a) in any case in which the Secretary 

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

20 national security emergency or to meet dire operational 

21 requirements of the Armed Forces. 

22 SEC. 8080. For purposes of section 7108 of title 41, 

23 United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 

24 made under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 

25 Navy’’ that is not closed at the time reimbursement is 
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1 made shall be available to reimburse the Judgment Fund 

2 and shall be considered for the same purposes as any sub3 division under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, 

4 Navy’’ appropriations in the current fiscal year or any 

5 prior fiscal year. 

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

7 this Act may be used to transfer research and develop8 ment, acquisition, or other program authority relating to 

9 current tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (TUAVs) from 

10 the Army. 

11 (b) The Army shall retain responsibility for and oper12 ational control of the MQ–1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aer13 ial Vehicle (UAV) in order to support the Secretary of De14 fense in matters relating to the employment of unmanned 

15 aerial vehicles. 

16 SEC. 8082. Up to $15,000,000 of the funds appro17 priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

18 Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Re19 gional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the 

20 Pacific Command to execute Theater Security Cooperation 

21 activities such as humanitarian assistance, and payment 

22 of incremental and personnel costs of training and exer23 cising with foreign security forces: Provided, That funds 

24 made available for this purpose may be used, notwith25 standing any other funding authorities for humanitarian 
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1 assistance, security assistance or combined exercise ex2 penses: Provided further, That funds may not be obligated 

3 to provide assistance to any foreign country that is other4 wise prohibited from receiving such type of assistance 

5 under any other provision of law. 

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

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

8 Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond 

9 the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for 

10 research and technology, which shall remain available until 

11 September 30, 2016. 

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

13 31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 

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

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

16 purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship17 building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 

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

19 to the total amount of the appropriation. 

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

21 of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel22 ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel23 ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 

24 of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 

25 2015: Provided, That the report shall include— 
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1 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa2 rate column to display the President’s budget re3 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 

4 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

5 fiscal year enacted level; 

6 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro7 priation by Expenditure Center and project; and 

8 (3) an identification of items of special congres9 sional interest. 

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

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

12 Contracting Command–New Jersey or make dispropor13 tionate personnel reductions at any Army Contracting 

14 Command–New Jersey sites without 30-day prior notifica15 tion to the congressional defense committees. 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 8087. Of the funds appropriated in the Intel18 ligence Community Management Account for the Program 

19 Manager for the Information Sharing Environment, 

20 $20,000,000 is available for transfer by the Director of 

21 National Intelligence to other departments and agencies 

22 for purposes of Government-wide information sharing ac23 tivities: Provided, That funds transferred under this provi24 sion are to be merged with and available for the same pur25 poses and time period as the appropriation to which trans-
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1 ferred: Provided further, That the Office of Management 

2 and Budget must approve any transfers made under this 

3 provision. 

4 SEC. 8088. (a) None of the funds provided for the 

5 National Intelligence Program in this or any prior appro6 priations Act shall be available for obligation or expendi7 ture through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in ac8 cordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 

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

10 (1) creates a new start effort; 

11 (2) terminates a program with appropriated 

12 funding of $10,000,000 or more; 

13 (3) transfers funding into or out of the Na14 tional Intelligence Program; or 

15 (4) transfers funding between appropriations, 

16 unless the congressional intelligence committees are noti17 fied 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds; 

18 this notification period may be reduced for urgent national 

19 security requirements. 

20

21 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel22 ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 

23 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

24 reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with 

25 section 102A(d) or the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
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1 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or 

2 decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex ac3 companying the Act unless the congressional intelligence 

4 committees are notified 30 days in advance of such re5 programming of funds; this notification period may be re6 duced for urgent national security requirements. 

7 SEC. 8089. The Director of National Intelligence 

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

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

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

11 Code, a future-years intelligence program (including asso12 ciated annexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures and 

13 proposed appropriations included in that budget. Any such 

14 future-years intelligence program shall cover the fiscal 

15 year with respect to which the budget is submitted and 

16 at least the four succeeding fiscal years. 

17 SEC. 8090. For the purposes of this Act, the term 

18 ‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ means the Perma19 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

20 Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

21 the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com22 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 

23 and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 

24 Appropriations of the Senate. 
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1 SEC. 8091. The Department of Defense shall con2 tinue to report incremental contingency operations costs 

3 for Operation Enduring Freedom on a monthly basis and 

4 any other operation designated and identified by the Sec5 retary of Defense for the purposes of section 127a of title 

6 10, United States Code, on a semi-annual basis in the 

7 Cost of War Execution Report as prescribed in the De8 partment of Defense Financial Management Regulation 

9 Department of Defense Instruction 7000.14, Volume 12, 

10 Chapter 23 ‘‘Contingency Operations’’, Annex 1, dated 

11 September 2005. 

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 8092. During the current fiscal year, not to ex14 ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made 

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

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

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

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 8093. Funds appropriated by this Act for oper23 ation and maintenance may be available for the purpose 

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

2 section 1705 of title 10, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 8094. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

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

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

15 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

16 no less than 45 days. 

17 SEC. 8095. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

18 otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for 

19 any Federal contract for an amount in excess of 

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

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

22 employees or independent contractors that requires, 

23 as a condition of employment, that the employee or 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, 

14 false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, 

15 or retention. 

16 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

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

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

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

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

23 contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 

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

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

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

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

5 with employees or independent contractors that may not 

6 be enforced in a court of the United States. 

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

9 subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 

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

12 harm to national security interests of the United States, 

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

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

16 waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, 

17 and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 

18 waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not 

19 avoid harm to national security interests of the United 

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

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

2 SEC. 8096. From within the funds appropriated for 

3 operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Pro4 gram in this Act, up to $146,857,000, shall be available 

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

7 Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 

8 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

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

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

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

14 Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 

15 Federal medical facility as described by section 706 of 

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

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

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

21 written notification by the Secretary of Defense to the 

22 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent23 atives and the Senate. 
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1 SEC. 8097. The Office of the Director of National 

2 Intelligence shall not employ more Senior Executive em3 ployees than are specified in the classified annex. 

4 SEC. 8098. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act may be obligated or ex6 pended to pay a retired general or flag officer to serve 

7 as a senior mentor advising the Department of Defense 

8 unless such retired officer files a Standard Form 278 (or 

9 successor form concerning public financial disclosure 

10 under part 2634 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations) 

11 to the Office of Government Ethics. 

12 SEC. 8099. Appropriations available to the Depart13 ment of Defense may be used for the purchase of heavy 

14 and light armored vehicles for the physical security of per15 sonnel or for force protection purposes up to a limit of 

16 $250,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other limi17 tations applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying 

18 vehicles. 

19 SEC. 8100. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper20 ation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ the following 

21 amounts shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, 

22 for the following authorized purposes, notwithstanding 

23 any other provision of law, acting through the Office of 

24 Economic Adjustment of the Department of Defense, to 

25 make grants, conclude cooperative agreements, and sup-
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1 plement other Federal funds, to remain available until ex2 pended, to support critical existing and enduring military 

3 installations and missions on Guam, as well as any poten4 tial Department of Defense growth, $80,596,000 for ad5 dressing the need for civilian water and wastewater im6 provements: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 

7 shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating funds for 

8 the forgoing purposes, notify the congressional defense 

9 committees in writing of the details of any such obligation. 

10 SEC. 8101. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used by the Secretary of Defense to take bene12 ficial occupancy of more than 3,000 parking spaces (other 

13 than handicap-reserved spaces) to be provided by the 

14 BRAC 133 project: Provided, That this limitation may be 

15 waived in part if: (1) the Secretary of Defense certifies 

16 to Congress that levels of service at existing intersections 

17 in the vicinity of the project have not experienced failing 

18 levels of service as defined by the Transportation Research 

19 Board Highway Capacity Manual over a consecutive 90- 

20 day period; (2) the Department of Defense and the Vir21 ginia Department of Transportation agree on the number 

22 of additional parking spaces that may be made available 

23 to employees of the facility subject to continued 90-day 

24 traffic monitoring; and (3) the Secretary of Defense noti25 fies the congressional defense committees in writing at 
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1 least 14 days prior to exercising this waiver of the number 

2 of additional parking spaces to be made available. 

3 SEC. 8102. The Secretary of Defense shall report 

4 quarterly the numbers of civilian personnel end strength 

5 by appropriation account for each and every appropriation 

6 account used to finance Federal civilian personnel salaries 

7 to the congressional defense committees within 15 days 

8 after the end of each fiscal quarter. 

9 SEC. 8103. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

10 or any other Act may be used to take any action to mod11 ify— 

12 (1) the appropriations account structure for the 

13 National Intelligence Program budget, including 

14 through the creation of a new appropriation or new 

15 appropriations account; 

16 (2) how the National Intelligence Program 

17 budget request is presented, organized, and managed 

18 within the Department of Defense budget; 

19 (3) how the National Intelligence Program ap20 propriations are apportioned to the executing agen21 cies; or 

22 (4) how the National Intelligence Program ap23 propriations are allotted, obligated and disbursed. 

24 (b) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec25 retary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of 
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1 achieving auditable financial statements and improving 

2 fiscal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for 

3 alternative financial management processes. Such study 

4 shall include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk as5 sessment to ensure that none of the alternative processes 

6 will adversely affect counterintelligence. 

7 (c) Upon development of the detailed proposals de8 fined under subsection (b), the Director of National Intel9 ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall— 

10 (1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af11 fected agencies; 

12 (2) receive certification from all affected agen13 cies attesting that the proposed alternatives will help 

14 achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and 

15 will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and 

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

17 necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present 

18 the proposed alternatives and certifications to the 

19 congressional defense and intelligence committees. 

20 (d) This section shall not be construed to alter or af21 fect the application of section 924 of the National Defense 

22 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 to the amounts 

23 made available by this Act. 

24 (e) The Director of National Intelligence shall carry 

25 out a merger of the Foreign Counterintelligence Program 
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1 into the General Defense Intelligence Program: Provided, 

2 That such merger shall not go into effect until 30 days 

3 after the Director submits to the congressional intelligence 

4 committees a written notification of such merger. 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 8104. Upon a determination by the Director of 

7 National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 

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

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

10 exceed $2,000,000,000 of the funds made available in this 

11 Act for the National Intelligence Program: Provided, That 

12 such authority to transfer may not be used unless for 

13 higher priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence re14 quirements, than those for which originally appropriated 

15 and in no case where the item for which funds are re16 quested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, 

17 That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds 

18 using authority provided in this section shall be made 

19 prior to June 30, 2015. 

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 8105. There is appropriated $540,000,000 for 

22 the ‘‘Ship Modernization, Operations and Sustainment 

23 Fund’’, to remain available until September 30, 2021: 

24 Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer 

25 funds from the ‘‘Ship Modernization, Operations and 
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1 Sustainment Fund’’ to appropriations for military per2 sonnel; operation and maintenance; research, development, 

3 test and evaluation; and procurement, only for the pur4 poses of manning, operating, sustaining, equipping and 

5 modernizing the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers 

6 CG–63, CG–64, CG–65, CG–66, CG–67, CG–68, CG–69, 

7 CG–70, CG–71, CG–72, CG–73, and the Whidbey Island8 class dock landing ships LSD–41, LSD–42, and LSD–46: 

9 Provided further, That funds transferred shall be merged 

10 with and be available for the same purposes and for the 

11 same time period as the appropriation to which they are 

12 transferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority 

13 provided herein shall be in addition to any other transfer 

14 authority available to the Department of Defense: Pro15 vided further, That the Secretary of the Navy shall, not 

16 less than 30 days prior to making any transfer from the 

17 ‘‘Ship Modernization, Operations and Sustainment 

18 Fund’’, notify the congressional defense committees in 

19 writing of the details of such transfer: Provided further, 

20 That the Secretary of the Navy shall transfer and obligate 

21 funds from the ‘‘Ship Modernization, Operations and 

22 Sustainment Fund’’ for modernization of not more than 

23 two Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers as detailed 

24 above in fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That no more 

25 than six Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers shall be 
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1 in a phased modernization at any time: Provided further, 

2 That the Secretary of the Navy shall contract for the re3 quired modernization equipment in the year prior to in4 ducting a Ticonderoga-class cruiser for modernization: 

5 Provided further, That the prohibition in section 2244a(a) 

6 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to the use 

7 of any funds transferred pursuant to this section. 

8 SEC. 8106. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 this Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign ex10 change rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act 

11 is hereby reduced by $545,100,000. 

12 SEC. 8107. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

14 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 

15 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

16 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

17 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

18 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

19 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

20 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

21 Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

22 SEC. 8108. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

23 otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be 

24 used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the 

25 United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 
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1 individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 

2 detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the ef3 fective control of the Department of Defense. 

4 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

5 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

6 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

7 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

8 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

9 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

10 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

11 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

12 and 

13 (2) is— 

14 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

15 control of the Department of Defense; or 

16 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

17 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

18 SEC. 8109. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

20 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

21 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor22 poration that any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

23 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

24 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

25 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree-
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1 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

2 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 

3 tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 

4 or debarment of the corporation and made a determination 

5 that this further action is not necessary to protect the in6 terests of the Government. 

7 SEC. 8110. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

9 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

10 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor11 poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 

12 under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 

13 where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un14 less the agency has considered suspension or debarment 

15 of the corporation and made a determination that this fur16 ther action is not necessary to protect the interests of the 

17 Government. 

18 SEC. 8111. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used in contravention of section 1590 or 1591 

20 of title 18, United States Code, or in contravention of the 

21 requirements of section 106(g) or (h) of the Trafficking 

22 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7104(g) or 

23 (h)). 

24 SEC. 8112. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 
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1 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

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

3 peacekeeping operations for the countries designated in 

4 2013 to be in violation of the standards of the Child Sol5 diers Prevention Act of 2008 may be used to support any 

6 military training or operation that includes child soldiers, 

7 as defined by the Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 

8 (Public Law 110–457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1), unless such 

9 assistance is otherwise permitted under section 404 of the 

10 Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008. 

11 SEC. 8113. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Res13 olution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 

14 SEC. 8114. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used by the Department of Defense or any 

16 other Federal agency to lease or purchase new light duty 

17 vehicles, for any executive fleet, or for an agency’s fleet 

18 inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memo19 randum-Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011. 

20 SEC. 8115. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to enter into a contract with any person 

22 or other entity listed in the Excluded Parties List System 

23 (EPLS)/System for Award Management (SAM) as having 

24 been convicted of fraud against the Federal Government. 
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1 SEC. 8116. (a) None of the funds made available by 

2 this Act may be used to enter into a contract (or sub3 contract at any tier under such a contract), memorandum 

4 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, to make 

5 a grant to, or to provide a loan or loan guarantee to 

6 Rosoboronexport. 

7 (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limita8 tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with 

9 the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intel10 ligence, certifies in writing to the congressional defense 

11 committees, to the best of the Secretary’s knowledge, the 

12 following: 

13 (1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of 

14 lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 

15 existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern16 ment of the Syrian Arab Republic. 

17 (2) The armed forces of the Russian Federation 

18 have withdrawn from Crimea, other than armed 

19 forces present on military bases subject to agree20 ments in force between the Government of the Rus21 sian Federation and the Government of Ukraine. 

22 (3) The Government of the Russian Federation 

23 has withdrawn substantially all of the armed forces 

24 of the Russian Federation from the immediate vicin25 ity of the eastern border of Ukraine. 
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1 (4) Agents of the Russian Federation have 

2 ceased taking active measures to destabilize the con3 trol of the Government of Ukraine over eastern 

4 Ukraine. 

5 (c)(1) The Inspector General of the Department of 

6 Defense shall conduct a review of any action involving 

7 Rosoboronexport with respect to which a waiver is issued 

8 by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b). 

9 (2) A review conducted under paragraph (1) shall as10 sess the accuracy of the factual and legal conclusions made 

11 by the Secretary of Defense in the waiver covered by the 

12 review, including— 

13 (A) whether there is any viable alternative to 

14 Rosoboronexport for carrying out the functions for 

15 which funds will be obligated; 

16 (B) whether the Secretary has previously used 

17 an alternative vendor for carrying out the same 

18 functions regarding the military equipment in ques19 tion, and what vendor was previously used; 

20 (C) whether other explanations for the issuance 

21 of the waiver are supportable; and 

22 (D) any other matter with respect to the waiver 

23 the Inspector General considers appropriate. 

24 (3) Not later than 90 days after the date on which 

25 a waiver is issued by the Secretary of Defense pursuant 
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1 to subsection (b), the Inspector General shall submit to 

2 the congressional defense committees a report containing 

3 the results of the review conducted under paragraph (1) 

4 with respect to such waiver. 

5 SEC. 8117. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used for the purchase or manufacture of a 

7 flag of the United States unless such flags are treated as 

8 covered items under section 2533a(b) of title 10, United 

9 States Code. 

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 SEC. 8118. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

12 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense13 Wide’’, up to $5,709,000 shall be available for transfer 

14 to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, includ15 ing Reserve and National Guard, to support high priority 

16 Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program require17 ments and activities, including the training and funding 

18 of personnel: Provided, That funds transferred under this 

19 provision are to be merged with and available for the same 

20 purposes and time period as the appropriation to which 

21 transferred: Provided further, That the transfer authority 

22 provided under this heading is in addition to any other 

23 transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

24 SEC. 8119. None of the funds appropriated in this, 

25 or any other Act, may be obligated or expended by the 
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1 United States Government for the direct personal benefit 

2 of the President of Afghanistan. 

3 SEC. 8120. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act 

4 for the Department of Defense, amounts may be made 

5 available, under such regulations as the Secretary may 

6 prescribe, to local military commanders appointed by the 

7 Secretary of Defense, or by an officer or employee des8 ignated by the Secretary, to provide at their discretion ex 

9 gratia payments in amounts consistent with subsection (d) 

10 of this section for damage, personal injury, or death that 

11 is incident to combat operations of the Armed Forces in 

12 a foreign country. 

13 (b) An ex gratia payment under this section may be 

14 provided only if— 

15 (1) the prospective foreign civilian recipient is 

16 determined by the local military commander to be 

17 friendly to the United States; 

18 (2) a claim for damages would not be compen19 sable under chapter 163 of title 10, United States 

20 Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Foreign Claims 

21 Act’’); and 

22 (3) the property damage, personal injury, or 

23 death was not caused by action by an enemy. 

24 (c) NATURE OF PAYMENTS.—Any payments provided 

25 under a program under subsection (a) shall not be consid-
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1 ered an admission or acknowledgement of any legal obliga2 tion to compensate for any damage, personal injury, or 

3 death. 

4 (d) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary of De5 fense determines a program under subsection (a) to be ap6 propriate in a particular setting, the amounts of pay7 ments, if any, to be provided to civilians determined to 

8 have suffered harm incident to combat operations of the 

9 Armed Forces under the program should be determined 

10 pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary and 

11 based on an assessment, which should include such factors 

12 as cultural appropriateness and prevailing economic condi13 tions. 

14 (e) LEGAL ADVICE.—Local military commanders 

15 shall receive legal advice before making ex gratia pay16 ments under this subsection. The legal advisor, under reg17 ulations of the Department of Defense, shall advise on 

18 whether an ex gratia payment is proper under this section 

19 and applicable Department of Defense regulations. 

20 (f) WRITTEN RECORD.—A written record of any ex 

21 gratia payment offered or denied shall be kept by the local 

22 commander and on a timely basis submitted to the appro23 priate office in the Department of Defense as determined 

24 by the Secretary of Defense. 
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1 (g) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall report 

2 to the congressional defense committees on an annual 

3 basis the efficacy of the ex gratia payment program in4 cluding the number of types of cases considered, amounts 

5 offered, the response from ex gratia payment recipients, 

6 and any recommended modifications to the program. 

7 (h) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

8 deemed to provide any new authority to the Secretary of 

9 Defense. 

10 SEC. 8121. None of the funds available to the De11 partment of Defense shall be used to conduct any environ12 mental impact study, environmental assessment, or other 

13 environmental study related to Minuteman III silos that 

14 contain a missile as of the date of the enactment of this 

15 Act. 

16 SEC. 8122. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to cancel the avionics modernization pro18 gram of record for C–130 aircraft. 

19 SEC. 8123. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used by the Secretary of the Air Force to re21 duce the force structure at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal, 

22 below the force structure at such Air Force Base as of 

23 October 1, 2013, except in accordance with section 1048 

24 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

25 2015. 
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1 SEC. 8124. None of the Operation and Maintenance 

2 funds made available in this Act may be used in con3 travention of section 41106 of title 49, United States 

4 Code. 

5 SEC. 8125. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to fund the performance of a flight dem7 onstration team at a location outside of the United States: 

8 Provided, That this prohibition applies only if a perform9 ance of a flight demonstration team at a location within 

10 the United States was canceled during the current fiscal 

11 year due to insufficient funding. 

12 SEC. 8126. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 

14 used by the Department of Defense or a component there15 of in contravention of section 1246(c) of the National De16 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, relating to 

17 limitations on providing certain missile defense informa18 tion to the Russian Federation. 

19 SEC. 8127. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 

21 (1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 

22 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 

23 1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States 

24 person; or 
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1 (2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 

2 such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 

3 United States Code) of any electronic communica4 tion of a United States person from a provider of 

5 electronic communication services to the public pur6 suant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur7 veillance Act of 1978. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 8128. From amounts appropriated in this Act 

10 for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to 

11 $291,000,000 may be transferred to the Ready Reserve 

12 Force, Maritime Administration account of the United 

13 States Department of Transportation, to be merged with, 

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

15 time period as such account, for expenses related to the 

16 National Defense Reserve Fleet established under section 

17 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. 

18 App. 1744): Provided, That the transfer authority pro19 vided under this provision is in addition to any other 

20 transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 8129. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper23 ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be 

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

25 Public Service Development Trust Fund established under 
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1 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv2 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 8130. In addition to amounts provided else5 where in this Act for pay for military personnel, including 

6 active duty, reserve and National Guard personnel, 

7 $533,500,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 

8 of Defense and made available for transfer only to military 

9 personnel accounts: Provided, That the transfer authority 

10 provided under this heading is in addition to any other 

11 transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 8131. In addition to amounts provided else14 where in this Act for basic allowance for housing for mili15 tary personnel, including active duty, reserve and National 

16 Guard personnel, $244,700,000 is hereby appropriated to 

17 the Department of Defense and made available for trans18 fer only to military personnel accounts: Provided, That the 

19 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi20 tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 

21 this Act. 

22 SEC. 8132. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used to reduce, convert, decommission, or oth24 erwise move to nondeployed status (except warm status), 

25 or prepare to reduce, convert, decommission, or otherwise 
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1 move to nondeployed status (except warm status), any 

2 Minuteman III ballistic missile silo that contains a de3 ployed missile as of the date of the enactment of this Act: 

4 Provided, That ‘‘warm status’’ means a status that en5 ables any such silo to remain a fully functioning element 

6 of the interconnected and redundant command and control 

7 system of a missile field and be made fully operational 

8 with a deployed missile. 

9 SEC. 8133. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be obligated or expended to divest E–3 airborne 

11 warning and control system aircraft, or disestablish any 

12 units of the active or reserve component associated with 

13 such aircraft: Provided, That not later than 90 days fol14 lowing the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

15 of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense 

16 committees a report providing a detailed explanation of 

17 how the Secretary will meet the priority requirements of 

18 the commanders of the combatant commands related to 

19 airborne warning and control with a fleet of fewer than 

20 31 E–3 aircraft. 

21 SEC. 8134. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 

23 Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 

24 ratification for the Treaty. 
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1 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 8135. In addition to amounts provided else3 where in this Act, there is appropriated $139,000,000, for 

4 an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

5 Defense-Wide’’, to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That such funds shall only be available to the Sec7 retary of Defense, acting through the Office of Economic 

8 Adjustment of the Department of Defense, or for transfer 

9 to the Secretary of Education, notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, to make grants, conclude cooperative 

11 agreements, or supplement other Federal funds to con12 struct, renovate, repair, or expand elementary and sec13 ondary public schools on military installations in order to 

14 address capacity or facility condition deficiencies at such 

15 schools: Provided further, That in making such funds 

16 available, the Office of Economic Adjustment or the Sec17 retary of Education shall give priority consideration to 

18 those military installations with schools having the most 

19 serious capacity or facility condition deficiencies as deter20 mined by the Secretary of Defense: Provided further, That 

21 funds may not be made available for a school unless its 

22 enrollment of Department of Defense-connected children 

23 is greater than 50 percent. 

24 SEC. 8136. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used to transfer AH–64 Attack helicopters 
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1 from the Army National Guard to the active Army: Pro2 vided, That this section shall continue in effect through 

3 the date of enactment of the National Defense Authoriza4 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015. 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 8137. In addition to amounts appropriated in 

7 title II or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 

8 $1,000,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 

9 of Defense and made available for transfer to the oper10 ation and maintenance accounts of the Army, Navy, Ma11 rine Corps, and Air Force (including National Guard and 

12 reserve) for purposes of improving military readiness: Pro13 vided, That the transfer authority provided under this pro14 vision is in addition to any other transfer authority pro15 vided elsewhere in this Act. 

16 SEC. 8138. Of the amounts made available under the 

17 heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ in 

18 title II and ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in title IX of 

19 this Act, not to exceed $50,000,000 may be obligated for 

20 activities authorized under section 1208 of the Ronald W. 

21 Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

22 Year 2005 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1621): Pro23 vided, That none of the funds made available in this Act 

24 may be used under such section 1208 to initiate support 

25 for, or expand support to, foreign forces, irregular forces, 
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1 groups, or individuals unless the congressional defense 

2 committees are notified in accordance with the direction 

3 contained in the classified annex accompanying this Act, 

4 not less than 15 days before initiating such support: Pro5 vided further, That, none of the funds made available in 

6 this Act may be used under such section 1208 for any 

7 activity that is not in support of an ongoing military oper8 ation being conducted by United States Special Operations 

9 Forces to combat terrorism: Provided further, That the 

10 Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibitions in the 

11 preceding provisos if the Secretary determines that such 

12 waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances and, by 

13 not later than 72 hours after making such waiver, notifies 

14 the congressional defense committees of such waiver. 

15 SEC. 8139. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 

17 used in contravention of section 1035 of the National De18 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. 

19 SEC. 8140. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to implement the changes to hair stand21 ards and grooming policies for female members of the 

22 Armed Forces, as contained in paragraph 3–2 of Army 

23 Regulation 670–1, issued on March 31, 2014. 
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1 TITLE IX—OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS AND 

2 OTHER ACTIVITIES 

3 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel’’, 

5 $5,100,000,000: Provided, That such amount is des6 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper7 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

8 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

9 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main12 tenance’’, $58,675,000,000: Provided, That such amount 

13 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 

14 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

15 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 PROCUREMENT 

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement’’, 

19 $12,220,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

21 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

22 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

23 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

24 of 1985. 
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1 NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT 

2 For procurement of aircraft, missiles, tracked combat 

3 vehicles, ammunition, other weapons, and other procure4 ment for the reserve components of the Armed Forces, 

5 $2,000,000,000, to remain available for obligation until 

6 September 30, 2017: Provided, That the Chiefs of the Na7 tional Guard and Reserve components shall, not later than 

8 30 days after the enactment of this Act, individually sub9 mit to the congressional defense committees the mod10 ernization priority assessment for their respective Na11 tional Guard or Reserve component: Provided further, 

12 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over13 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 

14 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

15 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 OTHER APPROPRIATIONS 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Appropria19 tions’’, $1,450,000,000: Provided, That ‘‘Other Appro20 priations’’ means the Defense Health Program, Drug 

21 Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Joint Impro22 vised Explosive Device Defeat Fund, Office of the Inspec23 tor General, and Defense Working Capital Funds: Pro24 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con25 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
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1 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 

4 SEC. 9001. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law, funds made available in this title are in addition to 

6 amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the 

7 Department of Defense for fiscal year 2015. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 9002. Upon the determination of the Secretary 

10 of Defense that such action is necessary in the national 

11 interest, the Secretary may, with the approval of the Of12 fice of Management and Budget, transfer up to 

13 $4,000,000,000 between the appropriations or funds made 

14 available to the Department of Defense in this title: Pro15 vided, That the Secretary shall notify the Congress 

16 promptly of each transfer made pursuant to the authority 

17 in this section: Provided further, That the authority pro18 vided in this section is in addition to any other transfer 

19 authority available to the Department of Defense and is 

20 subject to the same terms and conditions as the authority 

21 provided in the Department of Defense Appropriations 

22 Act, 2015. 

23 SEC. 9003. Supervision and administration costs and 

24 costs for design during construction associated with a con25 struction project funded with appropriations available for 
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1 operation and maintenance, ‘‘Afghanistan Infrastructure 

2 Fund’’, or the ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’ pro3 vided in this Act and executed in direct support of over4 seas contingency operations in Afghanistan, may be obli5 gated at the time a construction contract is awarded: Pro6 vided, That for the purpose of this section, supervision and 

7 administration costs and costs for design during construc8 tion include all in-house Government costs. 

9 SEC. 9004. From funds made available in this title, 

10 the Secretary of Defense may purchase for use by military 

11 and civilian employees of the Department of Defense in 

12 the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility: (a) pas13 senger motor vehicles up to a limit of $75,000 per vehicle; 

14 and (b) heavy and light armored vehicles for the physical 

15 security of personnel or for force protection purposes up 

16 to a limit of $250,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price 

17 or other limitations applicable to the purchase of pas18 senger carrying vehicles. 

19 SEC. 9005. Not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount 

20 appropriated in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation 

21 and Maintenance’’ may be used, notwithstanding any 

22 other provision of law, to fund the Commander’s Emer23 gency Response Program (CERP), for the purpose of ena24 bling military commanders in Afghanistan to respond to 

25 urgent, small-scale, humanitarian relief and reconstruc-
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1 tion requirements within their areas of responsibility: Pro2 vided, That each project (including any ancillary or related 

3 elements in connection with such project) executed under 

4 this authority shall not exceed $10,000,000: Provided fur5 ther, That not later than 45 days after the end of each 

6 fiscal year quarter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

7 to the congressional defense committees a report regard8 ing the source of funds and the allocation and use of funds 

9 during that quarter that were made available pursuant to 

10 the authority provided in this section or under any other 

11 provision of law for the purposes described herein: Pro12 vided further, That, not later than 30 days after the end 

13 of each month, the Army shall submit to the congressional 

14 defense committees monthly commitment, obligation, and 

15 expenditure data for the Commander’s Emergency Re16 sponse Program in Afghanistan: Provided further, That 

17 not less than 15 days before making funds available pur18 suant to the authority provided in this section or under 

19 any other provision of law for the purposes described here20 in for a project with a total anticipated cost for completion 

21 of $5,000,000 or more, the Secretary shall submit to the 

22 congressional defense committees a written notice con23 taining each of the following: 

24 (1) The location, nature and purpose of the 

25 proposed project, including how the project is in-
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1 tended to advance the military campaign plan for 

2 the country in which it is to be carried out. 

3 (2) The budget, implementation timeline with 

4 milestones, and completion date for the proposed 

5 project, including any other CERP funding that has 

6 been or is anticipated to be contributed to the com7 pletion of the project. 

8 (3) A plan for the sustainment of the proposed 

9 project, including the agreement with either the host 

10 nation, a non-Department of Defense agency of the 

11 United States Government or a third-party contrib12 utor to finance the sustainment of the activities and 

13 maintenance of any equipment or facilities to be pro14 vided through the proposed project. 

15 SEC. 9006. Funds available to the Department of De16 fense for operation and maintenance may be used, not17 withstanding any other provision of law, to provide sup18 plies, services, transportation, including airlift and sealift, 

19 and other logistical support to coalition forces supporting 

20 military and stability operations in Afghanistan: Provided, 

21 That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly re22 ports to the congressional defense committees regarding 

23 support provided under this section. 

24 SEC. 9007. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli-
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1 gated or expended by the United States Government for 

2 a purpose as follows: 

3 (1) To establish any military installation or 

4 base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 

5 stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 

6 (2) To exercise United States control over any 

7 oil resource of Iraq. 

8 (3) To establish any military installation or 

9 base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 

10 stationing of United States Armed Forces in Af11 ghanistan. 

12 SEC. 9008. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 

14 enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 

15 United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 

16 Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 

17 (done at New York on December 10, 1984): 

18 (1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 

19 Code. 

20 (2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 

21 and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 

22 Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 

23 note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 

24 regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Fed-
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1 eral Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of 

2 Federal Regulations. 

3 (3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department 

4 of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 

5 to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and 

6 Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 

7 148). 

8 SEC. 9009. None of the funds provided for the ‘‘Af9 ghanistan Security Forces Fund’’ (ASFF) may be obli10 gated prior to the approval of a financial and activity plan 

11 by the Afghanistan Resources Oversight Council (AROC) 

12 of the Department of Defense: Provided, That the AROC 

13 must approve the requirement and acquisition plan for any 

14 service requirements in excess of $50,000,000 annually 

15 and any non-standard equipment requirements in excess 

16 of $100,000,000 using ASFF: Provided further, That the 

17 AROC must approve all projects and the execution plan 

18 under the ‘‘Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund’’ (AIF) and 

19 any project in excess of $5,000,000 from the Com20 mander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP): Pro21 vided further, That the Department of Defense must cer22 tify to the congressional defense committees that the 

23 AROC has convened and approved a process for ensuring 

24 compliance with the requirements in the preceding pro-
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1 visos and accompanying report language for the ASFF, 

2 AIF, and CERP. 

3 SEC. 9010. Funds made available in this title to the 

4 Department of Defense for operation and maintenance 

5 may be used to purchase items having an investment unit 

6 cost of not more than $250,000: Provided, That, upon de7 termination by the Secretary of Defense that such action 

8 is necessary to meet the operational requirements of a 

9 Commander of a Combatant Command engaged in contin10 gency operations overseas, such funds may be used to pur11 chase items having an investment item unit cost of not 

12 more than $500,000. 

13 SEC. 9011. From funds made available to the De14 partment of Defense in this title under the heading ‘‘Oper15 ation and Maintenance’’ up to $150,000,000 may be used 

16 by the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other 

17 provision of law, to support United States Government 

18 transition activities in Iraq by funding the operations and 

19 activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq and 

20 security assistance teams, including life support, transpor21 tation and personal security, and facilities renovation and 

22 construction, and site closeout activities prior to returning 

23 sites to the Government of Iraq: Provided, That to the 

24 extent authorized under the National Defense Authoriza25 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015, the operations and activi-
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1 ties that may be carried out by the Office of Security Co2 operation in Iraq may, with the concurrence of the Sec3 retary of State, include non-operational training activities 

4 in support of Iraqi Minister of Defense and Counter Ter5 rorism Service personnel in an institutional environment 

6 to address capability gaps, integrate processes relating to 

7 intelligence, air sovereignty, combined arms, logistics and 

8 maintenance, and to manage and integrate defense-related 

9 institutions: Provided further, That not later than 30 days 

10 following the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De11 fense and the Secretary of State shall submit to the con12 gressional defense committees a plan for transitioning any 

13 such training activities that they determine are needed 

14 after the end of fiscal year 2015, to existing or new con15 tracts for the sale of defense articles or defense services 

16 consistent with the provisions of the Arms Export Control 

17 Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.): Provided further, That not 

18 less than 15 days before making funds available pursuant 

19 to the authority provided in this section, the Secretary of 

20 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit21 tees a written notification containing a detailed justifica22 tion and timeline for the operations and activities of the 

23 Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq at each site where 

24 such operations and activities will be conducted during fis25 cal year 2015. 
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1 SEC. 9012. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

2 otherwise made available by this Act under the heading 

3 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ for payments under section 

4 1233 of Public Law 110–181 for reimbursement to the 

5 Government of Pakistan may be made available unless the 

6 Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 

7 of State, certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 

8 that the Government of Pakistan is— 

9 (1) cooperating with the United States in 

10 counterterrorism efforts against the Haqqani Net11 work, the Quetta Shura Taliban, Lashkar e-Tayyiba, 

12 Jaish-e-Mohammed, Al Qaeda, and other domestic 

13 and foreign terrorist organizations, including taking 

14 steps to end support for such groups and prevent 

15 them from basing and operating in Pakistan and 

16 carrying out cross border attacks into neighboring 

17 countries; 

18 (2) not supporting terrorist activities against 

19 United States or coalition forces in Afghanistan, and 

20 Pakistan’s military and intelligence agencies are not 

21 intervening extra-judicially into political and judicial 

22 processes in Pakistan; 

23 (3) dismantling improvised explosive device 

24 (IED) networks and interdicting precursor chemicals 

25 used in the manufacture of IEDs; 
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1 (4) preventing the proliferation of nuclear-re2 lated material and expertise; 

3 (5) implementing policies to protect judicial 

4 independence and due process of law; 

5 (6) issuing visas in a timely manner for United 

6 States visitors engaged in counterterrorism efforts 

7 and assistance programs in Pakistan; and 

8 (7) providing humanitarian organizations access 

9 to detainees, internally displaced persons, and other 

10 Pakistani civilians affected by the conflict. 

11 (b) The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 

12 the Secretary of State, may waive the restriction in para13 graph (a) on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 

14 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep15 resentatives and the Senate that it is in the national secu16 rity interest to do so: Provided, That if the Secretary of 

17 Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, exer18 cises the authority of the previous proviso, the Secretaries 

19 shall report to the Committees on Appropriations on both 

20 the justification for the waiver and on the requirements 

21 of this section that the Government of Pakistan was not 

22 able to meet: Provided further, That such report may be 

23 submitted in classified form if necessary. 

24 SEC. 9013. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used with respect to Syria in contravention 
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1 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), 

2 including for the introduction of United States armed or 

3 military forces into hostilities in Syria, into situations in 

4 Syria where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly 

5 indicated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, 

6 airspace, or waters while equipped for combat, in con7 travention of the congressional consultation and reporting 

8 requirements of sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 

9 1542 and 1543). 

10 SEC. 9014. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act for the ‘‘Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund’’ may be 

12 used to plan, develop, or construct any project for which 

13 construction has not commenced before the date of the 

14 enactment of this Act. 

15 SEC. 9015. No more than 15 percent of the funds 

16 made available in Title IX may be obligated, until the Sec17 retary of Defense provides the congressional defense and 

18 intelligence committees with a detailed spend plan for the 

19 funds provided, including an assurance that no funds will 

20 be used in contravention of section 1035 of the National 

21 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. 

22 TITLE X—ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 

23 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

24 SEC. 10001. The amount by which the applicable al25 location of new budget authority made by the Committee 
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1 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives under 

2 section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

3 exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is 

4 $0. 

5 SEC. 10002. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 

7 or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, pursuant 

8 to the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or 

9 any of its principals— 

10 (1) within a 3-year period preceding this offer 

11 has been convicted of or had a civil judgment ren12 dered against it for commission of fraud or a crimi13 nal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting 

14 to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or 

15 local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or 

16 State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of 

17 offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, for18 gery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 

19 making false statements, tax evasion, violating Fed20 eral criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; 

21 or 

22 (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 

23 criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti24 ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer25 ated in paragraph (1); or 
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1 (3) within a 3-year period preceding this offer, 

2 has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in 

3 an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liabil4 ity remains unsatisfied. 

5 SEC. 10003. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used for the ‘‘Afghanistan Infrastructure 

7 Fund’’. 

8 SEC. 10004. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used to transfer or release to the Republic 

10 of Yemen (or any entity within Yemen) a detainee who 

11 is or was held, detained, or otherwise in the custody of 

12 the Department of Defense on or after June 24, 2009, 

13 at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

14 Cuba. 

15 SEC. 10005. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act may be used to retire, 

17 divest, or transfer, or to prepare or plan for the retire18 ment, divestment, or transfer of, the entire KC–10 fleet 

19 during fiscal year 2015. 

20 SEC. 10006. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to promulgate Directive 293, issued De22 cember 16, 2010, by the Office of Federal Contract Com23 pliance Programs. 

24 SEC. 10007. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used to enter into any contract with an incor-
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1 porated entity if such entity’s sealed bid or competitive 

2 proposal shows that such entity is incorporated or char3 tered in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands, and such enti4 ty’s sealed bid or competitive proposal shows that such 

5 entity was previously incorporated in the United States. 

6 SEC. 10008. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to appoint chaplains for the military de8 partments in contravention of Department of Defense In9 struction 1304.28, dated June 11, 2004, incorporating 

10 change 3, dated March 20, 2014, regarding the appoint11 ment of chaplains for the military departments. 

12 SEC. 10009. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to enforce section 526 of the Energy 

14 Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 

15 140; 42 U.S.C. 17142). 

16 SEC. 10010. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be obligated or expended to transfer man-port18 able air defense systems (MANPADS) to any entity in 

19 Syria. 

20 SEC. 10011. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to design, implement, administer, or 

22 carry out the U.S. Global Climate Research Program Na23 tional Climate Assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel 

24 on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report, the United 

25 Nations’ Agenda 21 sustainable development plan, or the 
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1 May 2013 Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon 

2 for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 

3 No. 12866. 

4 SEC. 10012. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of 

6 the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), in7 cluding for the introduction of United States armed forces 

8 into hostilities in Iraq, into situations in Iraq where immi9 nent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the 

10 circumstances, or into Iraqi territory, airspace, or waters 

11 while equipped for combat, in contravention of the con12 gressional consultation and reporting requirements of sec13 tions 3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 

14 1543). 

15 SEC. 10013. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to plan for or carry out a furlough of 

17 a dual status military technician (as defined in section 

18 10216 of title 10, United States Code). 

19 SEC. 10014. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to implement Executive Order No. 12473 

21 of April 13, 1984, as amended by Executive Order No. 

22 13669 of June 13, 2014, as those amendments apply to 

23 section 405(i) of the Rules for Courts-Martial. 

24 SEC. 10015. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act may be used to pay for 
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1 storage for patrol boats procured under the Department 

2 of Navy Memorandum #105–E2P–196 dated October 12, 

3 2010. 

4 SEC. 10016. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to implement the Treaty on Open Skies, 

6 done at Helsinki March 24, 1992, and entered into force 

7 January 1, 2002. 

8 SEC. 10017. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used to maintain or improve Department of 

10 Defense real property with a zero percent utilization rate 

11 according to the Department’s real property inventory 

12 database, except in the case of maintenance of an historic 

13 property as required by the National Historic Preservation 

14 Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.) or maintenance to prevent 

15 a negative environmental impact as required by the Na16 tional Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 

17 et seq.). 

18 SEC. 10018. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to procure any Army Aircrew Combat 

20 Uniforms. 

21 SEC. 10019. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Con23 vention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Pro24 duction and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on 

25 their Destruction. 
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1 SEC. 10020. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to carry out any of the following: 

3 (1) Section 2(b), 2(d), 2(g), 3(c), 3(e), 3(f), or 

4 3(g) of Executive Order No. 13423. 

5 (2) Section 2(a), 2(b), 2(c), 2(f)(iii–iv), 2(h), 7, 

6 9, 12, 13, or 16 of Executive Order No. 13514. 

7 (3) Section 2911 of title 10, United States 

8 Code. 

9 (4) Section 400AA or 400 FF of the Energy 

10 Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6374, 

11 6374e). 

12 (5) Section 303 of the Energy Policy Act of 

13 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212). 

14 (6) Section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 

15 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852). 

16 SEC. 10021. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to ‘‘consult’’, as the term is used in ref18 erence to the Department of Defense and the National Se19 curity Agency, in contravention of the ‘‘assur[ance]’’ pro20 vided in section 20(c)(1)(A) of the National Institute of 

21 Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g– 

22 3(c)(1)(A). 

23 SEC. 10022. None of the funds made available by this 

24 Act may be used to propose, plan for, or execute an addi25 tional Base Realignment and Closure round. 
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1 SEC. 10023. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used in contravention of Article II, section 

3 2 of the Constitution. 

4 SEC. 10024. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to transfer weapons to the Palestinian 

6 Authority. 

7 SEC. 10025. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to— 

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

10 Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program in 

11 accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 

12 Number 1215.08, dated June 26, 2006; or 

13 (2) close, downgrade from host to extension 

14 center, or place on probation a Senior Reserve Offi15 cers’ Training Corps program in accordance with the 

16 information paper of the Department of the Army 

17 titled ‘‘Army Senior Reserve Officers’ Training 

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

19 dated January 27, 2014. 

20 SEC. 10026. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available in this Act may be used to enter into 

22 a contract for the planning, design, refurbishing, or con23 struction of a biofuels refinery unless such planning, de24 sign, refurbishing, or construction is specifically author25 ized by law. 
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1 SEC. 10027. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to divest, retire, transfer, or place in stor3 age, or prepare to divest, retire, transfer, or place in stor4 age, any A–10 aircraft, or to disestablish any units of the 

5 active or reserve component associated with such aircraft. 

6 SEC. 10028. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available by this Act may be used to transfer 

8 or release any individual detained at United States Naval 

9 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the individual’s coun10 try of origin or to any other foreign country. 

11 SEC. 10029. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

12 none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 

13 by an officer or employee of the United States to query 

14 a collection of foreign intelligence information acquired 

15 under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 

16 Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a) using a United States per17 son identifier. 

18 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to queries for for19 eign intelligence information authorized under section 

20 105, 304, 703, 704, or 705 of the Foreign Intelligence 

21 Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1805; 1842; 1881b; 

22 1881c; 1881d), or title 18, United States Code, regardless 

23 of under what Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act au24 thority it was collected. 
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1 (c) Except as provided for in subsection (d), none of 

2 the funds made available by this Act may be used by the 

3 National Security Agency or the Central Intelligence 

4 Agency to mandate or request that a person (as defined 

5 in section 1801(m) of title 50, United States Code) alter 

6 its product or service to permit the electronic surveillance 

7 (as defined in section 1801(f) of title 50, United States 

8 Code) of any user of said product or service for said agen9 cies. 

10 (d) Subsection (c) shall not apply with respect to 

11 mandates or requests authorized under the Communica12 tions Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47 U.S.C. 

13 1001 et seq.). 

14 SEC. 10030. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used to enter into a contract with any person 

16 whose disclosures of a proceeding with a disposition listed 

17 in section 2313(c)(1) of title 41, United States Code, in 

18 the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Informa19 tion System include the term ‘‘Fair Labor Standards 

20 Act.’’. 

21 SEC. 10031. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used in contravention of section 1034 of title 

23 10, Untied States Code. 

24 SEC. 10032. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used by the Defense Logistics Agency to im-
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1 plement the Small Business Administration interim final 

2 rule titled ‘‘Small Business Size Standards; Adoption of 

3 2012 North American Industry Classification System’’ 

4 (published August 20, 2012, in the Federal Register) with 

5 respect to the procurement of footwear. 

6 SEC. 10033. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be obligated or expended to the following entities 

8 or in contravention of section 2339B of title 18, United 

9 States Code: 

10 (1) The Government of Iran. 

11 (2) The Government of Syria. 

12 (3) The Palestinian Authority. 

13 (4) Hamas. 

14 (5) The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. 

15 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 

16 Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

17 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

18 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

19 Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 

20 30, 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 

21 TITLE I 

22 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

23 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

24 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

25 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station 
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1 travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational 

2 movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between 

3 permanent duty stations, for members of the Army on active 

4 duty (except members of reserve components provided for 

5 elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of the 

6 Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments pursu7 ant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 

8 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Mili9 tary Retirement Fund, $41,222,729,000. 

10 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

11 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

12 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station 

13 travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational 

14 movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between 

15 permanent duty stations, for members of the Navy on active 

16 duty (except members of the Reserve provided for elsewhere), 

17 midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for members of the Re18 serve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments pursuant 

19 to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 

20 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Mili21 tary Retirement Fund, $27,515,655,000. 

22 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

23 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

24 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station 

25 travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational 
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1 movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between 

2 permanent duty stations, for members of the Marine Corps 

3 on active duty (except members of the Reserve provided for 

4 elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to section 156 of 

5 Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and 

6 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

7 $12,826,843,000. 

8 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

9 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

10 interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of station 

11 travel (including all expenses thereof for organizational 

12 movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel between 

13 permanent duty stations, for members of the Air Force on 

14 active duty (except members of reserve components provided 

15 for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; for members of 

16 the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for payments 

17 pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended 

18 (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of Defense 

19 Military Retirement Fund, $27,928,039,000. 

20 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

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

22 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re23 serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 3038 

24 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on active 

25 duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, 
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1 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

2 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under3 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiva4 lent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 

5 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 

6 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

7 $4,223,400,000. 

8 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

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

10 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re11 serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, United 

12 States Code, or while serving on active duty under section 

13 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in connection with 

14 performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, 

15 United States Code, or while undergoing reserve training, 

16 or while performing drills or equivalent duty, and expenses 

17 authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 

18 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

19 Retirement Fund, $1,841,624,000. 

20 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

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

22 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 

23 Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 

24 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty 

25 under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in 
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1 connection with performing duty specified in section 

2 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under3 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiva4 lent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon 

5 leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of 

6 title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the De7 partment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

8 $661,174,000. 

9 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

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

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

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

13 8038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 

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

15 Code, in connection with performing duty specified in sec16 tion 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while un17 dergoing reserve training, or while performing drills or 

18 equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 

19 section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay20 ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 

21 Fund, $1,660,148,000. 

22 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

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

24 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na25 tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, 
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1 or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 

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

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

4 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

5 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under6 going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

7 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 

8 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 

9 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

10 $7,425,722,000. 

11 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

12 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

13 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na14 tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 

15 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 

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

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

18 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

19 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under20 going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

21 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 

22 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 

23 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

24 $3,125,209,000. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

5 the operation and maintenance of the Army, as authorized 

6 by law, $33,396,688,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

7 $12,478,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary 

8 expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of 

9 the Secretary of the Army, and payments may be made on 

10 his certificate of necessity for confidential military pur11 poses. 

12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

13 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

14 the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the Marine 

15 Corps, as authorized by law, $38,822,366,000: Provided, 

16 That not to exceed $15,055,000 can be used for emergencies 

17 and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval 

18 or authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and payments 

19 may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 

20 military purposes. 

21 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

22 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

23 the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, as au24 thorized by law, $5,997,507,000. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

2 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

3 the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as author4 ized by law, $35,485,568,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

5 $7,699,000 can be used for emergencies and extraordinary 

6 expenses, to be expended on the approval or authority of 

7 the Secretary of the Air Force, and payments may be made 

8 on his certificate of necessity for confidential military pur9 poses. 

10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

13 the operation and maintenance of activities and agencies 

14 of the Department of Defense (other than the military de15 partments), as authorized by law, $31,049,591,000: Pro16 vided, That not more than $15,000,000 may be used for 

17 the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized 

18 under section 166a of title 10, United States Code: Provided 

19 further, That not to exceed $36,000,000 can be used for 

20 emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on 

21 the approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and 

22 payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for 

23 confidential military purposes: Provided further, That of 

24 the funds provided under this heading, not less than 

25 $35,745,000 shall be made available for the Procurement 
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1 Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, of 

2 which not less than $3,600,000 shall be available for centers 

3 defined in 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D): Provided further, That 

4 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

5 by this Act may be used to plan or implement the consolida6 tion of a budget or appropriations liaison office of the Office 

7 of the Secretary of Defense, the office of the Secretary of 

8 a military department, or the service headquarters of one 

9 of the Armed Forces into a legislative affairs or legislative 

10 liaison office: Provided further, That $8,881,000, to remain 

11 available until expended, is available only for expenses re12 lating to certain classified activities, and may be trans13 ferred as necessary by the Secretary of Defense to operation 

14 and maintenance appropriations or research, development, 

15 test and evaluation appropriations, to be merged with and 

16 to be available for the same time period as the appropria17 tions to which transferred: Provided further, That any ceil18 ing on the investment item unit cost of items that may be 

19 purchased with operation and maintenance funds shall not 

20 apply to the funds described in the preceding proviso: Pro21 vided further, That the transfer authority provided under 

22 this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority 

23 provided elsewhere in this Act. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

2 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

3 the operation and maintenance, including training, organi4 zation, and administration, of the Army Reserve; repair of 

5 facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

6 travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; pro7 curement of services, supplies, and equipment; and commu8 nications, $2,474,995,000. 

9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

10 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

11 the operation and maintenance, including training, organi12 zation, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; repair of 

13 facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

14 travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; pro15 curement of services, supplies, and equipment; and commu16 nications, $990,633,000. 

17 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE

18 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

19 the operation and maintenance, including training, organi20 zation, and administration, of the Marine Corps Reserve; 

21 repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 

22 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruit23 ing; procurement of services, supplies, and equipment; and 

24 communications, $270,482,000. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

2 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

3 the operation and maintenance, including training, organi4 zation, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; repair 

5 of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 

6 travel and transportation; care of the dead; recruiting; pro7 curement of services, supplies, and equipment; and commu8 nications, $2,989,206,000. 

9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

10 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin11 istering the Army National Guard, including medical and 

12 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hos13 pitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures 

14 and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; personnel 

15 services in the National Guard Bureau; travel expenses 

16 (other than mileage), as authorized by law for Army per17 sonnel on active duty, for Army National Guard division, 

18 regimental, and battalion commanders while inspecting 

19 units in compliance with National Guard Bureau regula20 tions when specifically authorized by the Chief, National 

21 Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army Na22 tional Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of repair, 

23 modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 

24 equipment (including aircraft), $6,231,351,000. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

2 For expenses of training, organizing, and admin3 istering the Air National Guard, including medical and 

4 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal hos5 pitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to structures 

6 and facilities; transportation of things, hire of passenger 

7 motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air National 

8 Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, modifica9 tion, maintenance, and issue of supplies and equipment, 

10 including those furnished from stocks under the control of 

11 agencies of the Department of Defense; travel expenses (other 

12 than mileage) on the same basis as authorized by law for 

13 Air National Guard personnel on active Federal duty, for 

14 Air National Guard commanders while inspecting units in 

15 compliance with National Guard Bureau regulations when 

16 specifically authorized by the Chief, National Guard Bu17 reau, $6,361,281,000. 

18 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED

19 FORCES

20 For salaries and expenses necessary for the United 

21 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, $13,723,000, 

22 of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official rep23 resentation purposes. 
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1 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the Department of the Army, $201,560,000, to re4 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec5 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such funds 

6 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 

7 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 

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

9 purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro10 priation to other appropriations made available to the De11 partment of the Army, to be merged with and to be available 

12 for the same purposes and for the same time period as the 

13 appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 

14 upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans15 ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 

16 purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred 

17 back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the 

18 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi19 tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 

20 this Act. 

21 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For the Department of the Navy, $277,294,000, to re24 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec25 retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such funds 
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1 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 

2 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 

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

4 purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro5 priation to other appropriations made available to the De6 partment of the Navy, to be merged with and to be available 

7 for the same purposes and for the same time period as the 

8 appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 

9 upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans10 ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 

11 purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred 

12 back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the 

13 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi14 tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 

15 this Act. 

16 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For the Department of the Air Force, $408,716,000, 

19 to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the 

20 Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that 

21 such funds are required for environmental restoration, re22 duction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 

23 buildings and debris of the Department of the Air Force, 

24 or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available 

25 by this appropriation to other appropriations made avail-
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1 able to the Department of the Air Force, to be merged with 

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

3 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

4 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

5 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 

6 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

7 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

8 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

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

11 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the Department of Defense, $8,547,000, to remain 

14 available until transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of 

15 Defense shall, upon determining that such funds are re16 quired for environmental restoration, reduction and recy17 cling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and 

18 debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar purposes, 

19 transfer the funds made available by this appropriation to 

20 other appropriations made available to the Department of 

21 Defense, to be merged with and to be available for the same 

22 purposes and for the same time period as the appropria23 tions to which transferred: Provided further, That upon a 

24 determination that all or part of the funds transferred from 

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

2 appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer author3 ity provided under this heading is in addition to any other 

4 transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

5 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED

6 DEFENSE SITES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the Department of the Army, $258,353,000, to re9 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec10 retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such funds 

11 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 

12 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 

13 and debris at sites formerly used by the Department of De14 fense, transfer the funds made available by this appropria15 tion to other appropriations made available to the Depart16 ment of the Army, to be merged with and to be available 

17 for the same purposes and for the same time period as the 

18 appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, That 

19 upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans20 ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 

21 purposes provided herein, such amounts may be transferred 

22 back to this appropriation: Provided further, That the 

23 transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi24 tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 

25 this Act. 
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1 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

2 For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 

3 Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of De4 fense (consisting of the programs provided under sections 

5 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, United 

6 States Code), $100,000,000, to remain available until Sep7 tember 30, 2016. 

8 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT

9 For assistance to the republics of the former Soviet 

10 Union and, with appropriate authorization by the Depart11 ment of Defense and Department of State, to countries out12 side of the former Soviet Union, including assistance pro13 vided by contract or by grants, for facilitating the elimi14 nation and the safe and secure transportation and storage 

15 of nuclear, chemical and other weapons; for establishing 

16 programs to prevent the proliferation of weapons, weapons 

17 components, and weapon-related technology and expertise; 

18 for programs relating to the training and support of defense 

19 and military personnel for demilitarization and protection 

20 of weapons, weapons components, and weapons technology 

21 and expertise, and for defense and military contacts, 

22 $365,108,000, to remain available until September 30, 

23 2017. 
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1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE

2 DEVELOPMENT FUND

3 For the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce 

4 Development Fund, $83,034,000. 

5 TITLE III 

6 PROCUREMENT 

7 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

8 For construction, procurement, production, modifica9 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 

10 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and ac11 cessories therefor; specialized equipment and training de12 vices; expansion of public and private plants, including the 

13 land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

14 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc15 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro16 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 

17 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 

18 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 

19 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 

20 $4,880,153,000, to remain available for obligation until 

21 September 30, 2017. 

22 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

23 For construction, procurement, production, modifica24 tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including 

25 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and ac-
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1 cessories therefor; specialized equipment and training de2 vices; expansion of public and private plants, including the 

3 land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

4 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc5 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro6 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 

7 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 

8 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 

9 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 

10 $1,008,692,000, to remain available for obligation until 

11 September 30, 2017. 

12 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT

13 VEHICLES, ARMY

14 For construction, procurement, production, and modi15 fication of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, equipment, 

16 including ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; 

17 specialized equipment and training devices; expansion of 

18 public and private plants, including the land necessary 

19 therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and in20 terests therein, may be acquired, and construction pros21 ecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement 

22 and installation of equipment, appliances, and machine 

23 tools in public and private plants; reserve plant and Gov24 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 

25 other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
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1 $1,701,549,000, to remain available for obligation until 

2 September 30, 2017. 

3 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

4 For construction, procurement, production, and modi5 fication of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized 

6 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 

7 private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized 

8 by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the 

9 land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

10 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc11 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro12 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 

13 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 

14 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 

15 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 

16 $1,015,477,000, to remain available for obligation until 

17 September 30, 2017. 

18 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

19 For construction, procurement, production, and modi20 fication of vehicles, including tactical, support, and non21 tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger motor ve22 hicles for replacement only; communications and electronic 

23 equipment; other support equipment; spare parts, ordnance, 

24 and accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 

25 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
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1 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and 

2 such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con3 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 

4 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

5 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

6 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

7 layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 

8 purposes, $4,449,383,000, to remain available for obligation 

9 until September 30, 2017. 

10 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

11 For construction, procurement, production, modifica12 tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 

13 ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

14 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ15 ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter16 ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

17 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and in18 stallation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools in 

19 public and private plants; reserve plant and Government 

20 and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

21 $13,960,270,000, to remain available for obligation until 

22 September 30, 2017. 

23 WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

24 For construction, procurement, production, modifica25 tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap-
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1 ons, and related support equipment including spare parts, 

2 and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private 

3 plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 

4 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc5 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro6 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 

7 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 

8 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

9 $3,263,794,000, to remain available for obligation until 

10 September 30, 2017. 

11 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE

12 CORPS

13 For construction, procurement, production, and modi14 fication of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized 

15 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 

16 private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized 

17 by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the 

18 land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

19 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc20 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro21 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 

22 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 

23 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 

24 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 
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1 $754,845,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep2 tember 30, 2017. 

3 SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY

4 For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi5 tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ6 ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli7 ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public 

8 and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con9 tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, 

10 long lead time components and designs for vessels to be con11 structed or converted in the future; and expansion of public 

12 and private plants, including land necessary therefor, and 

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

15 follows: 

16 Carrier Replacement Program, $1,230,000,000; 

17 Virginia Class Submarine, $3,553,254,000; 

18 Virginia Class Submarine (AP), $2,330,325,000; 

19 CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $483,600,000; 

20 DDG–1000 Program, $419,532,000; 

21 DDG–51 Destroyer, $2,671,415,000; 

22 DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $134,039,000; 

23 Littoral Combat Ship, $1,507,049,000; 

24 LPD–17, $800,000,000; 

25 LHA Replacement, $29,093,000; 
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1 Joint High Speed Vessel, $200,000,000; 

2 Moored Training Ship, $737,268,000; 

3 Moored Training Ship (AP), $64,388,000; 

4 Ship to Shore Connector, $184,233,000; 

5 LCAC Service Life Extension Program, 

6 $40,485,000; and 

7 For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 

8 first destination transportation, $503,804,000. 

9 Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro10 grams, $1,007,285,000. 

11 In all: $15,895,770,000, to remain available for obliga12 tion until September 30, 2019: Provided, That additional 

13 obligations may be incurred after September 30, 2019, for 

14 engineering services, tests, evaluations, and other such budg15 eted work that must be performed in the final stage of ship 

16 construction: Provided further, That none of the funds pro17 vided under this heading for the construction or conversion 

18 of any naval vessel to be constructed in shipyards in the 

19 United States shall be expended in foreign facilities for the 

20 construction of major components of such vessel: Provided 

21 further, That none of the funds provided under this heading 

22 shall be used for the construction of any naval vessel in 

23 foreign shipyards. 
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1 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

2 For procurement, production, and modernization of 

3 support equipment and materials not otherwise provided 

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

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

6 of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion 

7 of public and private plants, including the land necessary 

8 therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac9 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap10 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip11 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

12 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 

13 equipment layaway, $6,060,433,000, to remain available 

14 for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

15 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

16 For expenses necessary for the procurement, manufac17 ture, and modification of missiles, armament, military 

18 equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 

19 equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 

20 thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and Gov21 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; vehicles 

22 for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of passenger 

23 motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion of pub24 lic and private plants, including land necessary therefor, 

25 and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and 
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1 construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title, 

2 $944,029,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep3 tember 30, 2017. 

4 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

5 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

6 aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 

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

9 equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Govern10 ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 

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

12 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, 

13 may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior 

14 to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and con15 tractor-owned equipment layaway; and other expenses nec16 essary for the foregoing purposes, including rents and trans17 portation of things, $11,214,612,000, to remain available 

18 for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

19 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

20 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

21 missiles, spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, includ22 ing spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling 

23 equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and 

24 private plants, Government-owned equipment and installa25 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac-
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1 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such lands 

2 and interests therein, may be acquired, and construction 

3 prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant 

4 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 

5 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, in6 cluding rents and transportation of things, $4,652,552,000, 

7 to remain available for obligation until September 30, 

8 2017. 

9 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

10 For construction, procurement, production, and modi11 fication of ammunition, and accessories therefor; specialized 

12 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 

13 private plants, including ammunition facilities, authorized 

14 by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, and the 

15 land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

16 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and construc17 tion prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and pro18 curement and installation of equipment, appliances, and 

19 machine tools in public and private plants; reserve plant 

20 and Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; 

21 and other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 

22 $675,459,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep23 tember 30, 2017. 
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1 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

2 For procurement and modification of equipment (in3 cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment, 

4 and ground electronic and communication equipment), and 

5 supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not otherwise 

6 provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 

7 replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehicles; and ex8 pansion of public and private plants, Government-owned 

9 equipment and installation thereof in such plants, erection 

10 of structures, and acquisition of land, for the foregoing pur11 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac12 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon, prior to ap13 proval of title; reserve plant and Government and con14 tractor-owned equipment layaway, $16,500,308,000, to re15 main available for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

16 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

17 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart18 ment of Defense (other than the military departments) nec19 essary for procurement, production, and modification of 

20 equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, 

21 not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor 

22 vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public and pri23 vate plants, equipment, and installation thereof in such 

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

25 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests therein, 
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1 may be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior 

2 to approval of title; reserve plant and Government and con3 tractor-owned equipment layaway, $4,380,729,000, to re4 main available for obligation until September 30, 2017. 

5 DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES

6 For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant 

7 to sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Production 

8 Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2078, 2091, 2092, and 2093), 

9 $51,638,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 TITLE IV 

11 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

12 EVALUATION 

13 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY

14 For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific 

15 research, development, test and evaluation, including main16 tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities 

17 and equipment, $6,544,151,000, to remain available for ob18 ligation until September 30, 2016. 

19 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY

20 For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific 

21 research, development, test and evaluation, including main22 tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities 

23 and equipment, $15,920,372,000, to remain available for 

24 obligation until September 30, 2016: Provided, That funds 

25 appropriated in this paragraph which are available for the 
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1 V–22 may be used to meet unique operational requirements 

2 of the Special Operations Forces. 

3 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR

4 FORCE

5 For expenses necessary for basic and applied scientific 

6 research, development, test and evaluation, including main7 tenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities 

8 and equipment, $23,082,702,000, to remain available for 

9 obligation until September 30, 2016. 

10 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

11 DEFENSE-WIDE

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart14 ment of Defense (other than the military departments), nec15 essary for basic and applied scientific research, develop16 ment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects as 

17 may be designated and determined by the Secretary of De18 fense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, 

19 and operation of facilities and equipment, $16,805,571,000, 

20 to remain available for obligation until September 30, 

21 2016: Provided, That of the funds made available in this 

22 paragraph, $75,000,000 for the Defense Rapid Innovation 

23 Program shall only be available for expenses, not otherwise 

24 provided for, to include program management and over25 sight, to conduct research, development, test and evaluation 
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1 to include proof of concept demonstration; engineering, test2 ing, and validation; and transition to full-scale production: 

3 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may trans4 fer funds provided herein for the Defense Rapid Innovation 

5 Program to appropriations for research, development, test 

6 and evaluation to accomplish the purpose provided herein: 

7 Provided further, That this transfer authority is in addi8 tion to any other transfer authority available to the Depart9 ment of Defense: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

10 Defense shall, not fewer than 30 days prior to making 

11 transfers from this appropriation, notify the congressional 

12 defense committees in writing of the details of any such 

13 transfer. 

14 OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

15 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

16 the independent activities of the Director, Operational Test 

17 and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of oper18 ational test and evaluation, including initial operational 

19 test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, and in sup20 port of, production decisions; joint operational testing and 

21 evaluation; and administrative expenses in connection 

22 therewith, $214,038,000, to remain available for obligation 

23 until September 30, 2016. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

3 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

4 For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 

5 $1,659,468,000. 

6 NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND

7 For National Defense Sealift Fund programs, projects, 

8 and activities, and for expenses of the National Defense Re9 serve Fleet, as established by section 11 of the Merchant 

10 Ship Sales Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. App. 1744), and for the 

11 necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 

12 merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the 

13 United States, $490,610,000, to remain available until ex14 pended: Provided, That none of the funds provided in this 

15 paragraph shall be used to award a new contract that pro16 vides for the acquisition of any of the following major com17 ponents unless such components are manufactured in the 

18 United States: auxiliary equipment, including pumps, for 

19 all shipboard services; propulsion system components (en20 gines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; 

21 and spreaders for shipboard cranes: Provided further, That 

22 the exercise of an option in a contract awarded through the 

23 obligation of previously appropriated funds shall not be 

24 considered to be the award of a new contract: Provided fur25 ther, That none of the funds provided in this paragraph 
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1 shall be used to award a new contract for the construction, 

2 acquisition, or conversion of vessels, including procurement 

3 of critical, long lead time components and designs for vessels 

4 to be constructed or converted in the future: Provided fur5 ther, That the Secretary of the military department respon6 sible for such procurement may waive the restrictions in 

7 the first proviso on a case-by-case basis by certifying in 

8 writing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

9 of Representatives and the Senate that adequate domestic 

10 supplies are not available to meet Department of Defense 

11 requirements on a timely basis and that such an acquisition 

12 must be made in order to acquire capability for national 

13 security purposes. 

14 TITLE VI 

15 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

16 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

17 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 

18 and health care programs of the Department of Defense as 

19 authorized by law, $31,570,895,000; of which 

20 $29,826,688,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 

21 which not to exceed 1 percent shall remain available for 

22 obligation until September 30, 2016, and of which up to 

23 $14,531,858,000 may be available for contracts entered into 

24 under the TRICARE program; of which $308,413,000, to 

25 remain available for obligation until September 30, 2017, 
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1 shall be for procurement; and of which $1,435,794,000, to 

2 remain available for obligation until September 30, 2016, 

3 shall be for research, development, test and evaluation: Pro4 vided, That of the funds provided under this heading for 

5 operation and maintenance, procurement, and research, de6 velopment, test and evaluation for the Interagency Program 

7 Office, the Defense Healthcare Management Systems Mod8 ernization (DHMSM) program, and the Defense Medical 

9 Information Exchange, not more than 25 percent may be 

10 obligated until the Secretary of Defense submits to the Gov11 ernment Accountability Office and the Committees on Ap12 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen13 ate, and such Committees approve, a plan for expenditure 

14 that describes: (1) the status of the final request for proposal 

15 for DHMSM and how the program office used comments 

16 received from industry from draft requests for proposal to 

17 refine the final request for proposal; (2) any changes to the 

18 deployment timeline, including benchmarks, for full oper19 ating capability; (3) any refinements to the cost estimate 

20 for full operating capability and the total life cycle cost of 

21 the project; (4) an assurance that the acquisition strategy 

22 will comply with the acquisition rules, requirements, guide23 lines, and systems acquisition management practices of the 

24 Federal Government; (5) the status of the effort to achieve 

25 interoperability between the electronic health record systems 
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1 of the Department of Defense and the Department of Vet2 erans Affairs, including the scope, cost, schedule, mapping 

3 to health data standards, and performance benchmarks of 

4 the interoperable record; and (6) the progress toward devel5 oping, implementing, and fielding the interoperable elec6 tronic health record throughout the two Departments’ med7 ical facilities. 

8 CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 

9 DEFENSE

10 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for 

11 the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal chem12 ical agents and munitions in accordance with the provi13 sions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Author14 ization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the destruction 

15 of other chemical warfare materials that are not in the 

16 chemical weapon stockpile, $798,268,000, of which 

17 $192,128,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 

18 which no less than $52,102,000 shall be for the Chemical 

19 Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of 

20 $21,016,000 for activities on military installations and 

21 $31,086,000, to remain available until September 30, 2016, 

22 to assist State and local governments; $10,227,000 shall be 

23 for procurement, to remain available until September 30, 

24 2017, of which $3,225,000 shall be for the Chemical Stock25 pile Emergency Preparedness Program to assist State and 
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1 local governments; and $595,913,000, to remain available 

2 until September 30, 2016, shall be for research, develop3 ment, test and evaluation, of which $575,808,000 shall only 

4 be for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives 

5 (ACWA) program. 

6 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

7 DEFENSE

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 

10 the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 

11 available to the Department of Defense for military per12 sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi13 sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper14 ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 

15 development, test and evaluation, $950,687,000: Provided, 

16 That the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

17 available for obligation for the same time period and for 

18 the same purpose as the appropriation to which transferred: 

19 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

20 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 

21 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

22 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

23 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

24 under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au25 thority contained elsewhere in this Act. 
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1 SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL SPORTING COMPETITIONS

2 For logistical and security support for international 

3 sporting competitions (including pay and non-travel re4 lated allowances only for members of the Reserve Compo5 nents of the Armed Forces of the United States called or 

6 ordered to active duty in connection with providing such 

7 support), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 For expenses and activities of the Office of the Inspec10 tor General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

11 General Act of 1978, as amended, $311,830,000, of which 

12 $310,830,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 

13 which not to exceed $700,000 is available for emergencies 

14 and extraordinary expenses to be expended on the approval 

15 or authority of the Inspector General, and payments may 

16 be made on the Inspector General’s certificate of necessity 

17 for confidential military purposes; and of which $1,000,000, 

18 to remain available until September 30, 2017, shall be for 

19 procurement. 

20 TITLE VII 

21 RELATED AGENCIES 

22 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND

23 DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND

24 For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Retire25 ment and Disability System Fund, to maintain the proper 
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1 funding level for continuing the operation of the Central 

2 Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, 

3 $514,000,000. 

4 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

5 For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Community 

6 Management Account, $509,374,000. 

7 TITLE VIII 

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

9 SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained 

10 in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur11 poses not authorized by the Congress. 

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

13 of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em14 ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States 

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

16 Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi17 rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of 

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

19 of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 

20 employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is com21 puted under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, United 

22 States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percentage increase 

23 provided by the appropriate host nation to its own employ24 ees, whichever is higher: Provided further, That this section 

25 shall not apply to Department of Defense foreign service 
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1 national employees serving at United States diplomatic 

2 missions whose pay is set by the Department of State under 

3 the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Provided further, That the 

4 limitations of this provision shall not apply to foreign na5 tional employees of the Department of Defense in the Re6 public of Turkey. 

7 SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained 

8 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

9 current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein. 

10 SEC. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appropria11 tions in this Act which are limited for obligation during 

12 the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the last 2 

13 months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this section shall 

14 not apply to obligations for support of active duty training 

15 of reserve components or summer camp training of the Re16 serve Officers’ Training Corps. 

17 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of 

19 Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter20 est, he may, with the approval of the Office of Management 

21 and Budget, transfer not to exceed $4,500,000,000 of work22 ing capital funds of the Department of Defense or funds 

23 made available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

24 for military functions (except military construction) be25 tween such appropriations or funds or any subdivision 
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1 thereof, to be merged with and to be available for the same 

2 purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropria3 tion or fund to which transferred: Provided, That such au4 thority to transfer may not be used unless for higher pri5 ority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, 

6 than those for which originally appropriated and in no case 

7 where the item for which funds are requested has been de8 nied by the Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary 

9 of Defense shall notify the Congress promptly of all transfers 

10 made pursuant to this authority or any other authority in 

11 this Act: Provided further, That no part of the funds in 

12 this Act shall be available to prepare or present a request 

13 to the Committees on Appropriations for reprogramming 

14 of funds, unless for higher priority items, based on unfore15 seen military requirements, than those for which originally 

16 appropriated and in no case where the item for which re17 programming is requested has been denied by the Congress: 

18 Provided further, That a request for multiple 

19 reprogrammings of funds using authority provided in this 

20 section shall be made prior to June 30, 2015: Provided fur21 ther, That transfers among military personnel appropria22 tions shall not be taken into account for purposes of the 

23 limitation on the amount of funds that may be transferred 

24 under this section. 
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1 SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific pro2 grams, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts and 

3 adjustments to budget activities corresponding to such pro4 grams, projects, and activities) contained in the tables titled 

5 ‘‘Committee Recommended Adjustments’’ in the explana6 tory statement regarding this Act, the obligation and ex7 penditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

8 available in this Act for those programs, projects, and ac9 tivities for which the amounts appropriated exceed the 

10 amounts requested are hereby required by law to be carried 

11 out in the manner provided by such tables to the same ex12 tent as if the tables were included in the text of this Act. 

13 (b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables described 

14 in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivisions of ap15 propriations for purposes of section 8005 of this Act: Pro16 vided, That section 8005 shall apply when transfers of the 

17 amounts described in subsection (a) occur between appro18 priation accounts. 

19 SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enactment 

20 of this Act, the Department of Defense shall submit a report 

21 to the congressional defense committees to establish the base22 line for application of reprogramming and transfer au23 thorities for fiscal year 2015: Provided, That the report 

24 shall include— 
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1 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa2 rate column to display the President’s budget request, 

3 adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 

4 enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 

5 enacted level; 

6 (2) a delineation in the table for each appropria7 tion both by budget activity and program, project, 

8 and activity as detailed in the Budget Appendix; and 

9 (3) an identification of items of special congres10 sional interest. 

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

12 the funds provided in this Act shall be available for re13 programming or transfer until the report identified in sub14 section (a) is submitted to the congressional defense commit15 tees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in writing to 

16 the congressional defense committees that such reprogram17 ming or transfer is necessary as an emergency requirement. 

18 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash bal20 ances in working capital funds of the Department of De21 fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, United 

22 States Code, may be maintained in only such amounts as 

23 are necessary at any time for cash disbursements to be made 

24 from such funds: Provided, That transfers may be made be25 tween such funds: Provided further, That transfers may be 
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1 made between working capital funds and the ‘‘Foreign Cur2 rency Fluctuations, Defense’’ appropriation and the ‘‘Oper3 ation and Maintenance’’ appropriation accounts in such 

4 amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense, 

5 with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, 

6 except that such transfers may not be made unless the Sec7 retary of Defense has notified the Congress of the proposed 

8 transfer. Except in amounts equal to the amounts appro9 priated to working capital funds in this Act, no obligations 

10 may be made against a working capital fund to procure 

11 or increase the value of war reserve material inventory, un12 less the Secretary of Defense has notified the Congress prior 

13 to any such obligation. 

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

15 be used to initiate a special access program without prior 

16 notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres17 sional defense committees. 

18 SEC. 8010. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 

19 be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear contract that em20 ploys economic order quantity procurement in excess of 

21 $20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that includes 

22 an unfunded contingent liability in excess of $20,000,000; 

23 or (2) a contract for advance procurement leading to a 

24 multiyear contract that employs economic order quantity 

25 procurement in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year, un-
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1 less the congressional defense committees have been notified 

2 at least 30 days in advance of the proposed contract award: 

3 Provided, That no part of any appropriation contained in 

4 this Act shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract 

5 for which the economic order quantity advance procurement 

6 is not funded at least to the limits of the Government’s li7 ability: Provided further, That no part of any appropria8 tion contained in this Act shall be available to initiate 

9 multiyear procurement contracts for any systems or compo10 nent thereof if the value of the multiyear contract would 

11 exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in this Act: 

12 Provided further, That no multiyear procurement contract 

13 can be terminated without 30-day prior notification to the 

14 congressional defense committees: Provided further, That the 

15 execution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a 

16 present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared 

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

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

19 contract executed after the date of the enactment of this Act 

20 unless in the case of any such contract— 

21 (1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 

22 Congress a budget request for full funding of units to 

23 be procured through the contract and, in the case of 

24 a contract for procurement of aircraft, that includes, 

25 for any aircraft unit to be procured through the con-
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1 tract for which procurement funds are requested in 

2 that budget request for production beyond advance 

3 procurement activities in the fiscal year covered by 

4 the budget, full funding of procurement of such unit 

5 in that fiscal year; 

6 (2) cancellation provisions in the contract do not 

7 include consideration of recurring manufacturing 

8 costs of the contractor associated with the production 

9 of unfunded units to be delivered under the contract; 

10 (3) the contract provides that payments to the 

11 contractor under the contract shall not be made in 

12 advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 

13 (4) the contract does not provide for a price ad14 justment based on a failure to award a follow-on con15 tract. 

16 SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the oper17 ation and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are here18 by appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, United 

19 States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance costs 

20 under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code. Such funds 

21 may also be obligated for humanitarian and civic assist22 ance costs incidental to authorized operations and pursuant 

23 to authority granted in section 401 of chapter 20 of title 

24 10, United States Code, and these obligations shall be re25 ported as required by section 401(d) of title 10, United 
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1 States Code: Provided, That funds available for operation 

2 and maintenance shall be available for providing humani3 tarian and similar assistance by using Civic Action Teams 

4 in the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands and freely 

5 associated states of Micronesia, pursuant to the Compact 

6 of Free Association as authorized by Public Law 99–239: 

7 Provided further, That upon a determination by the Sec8 retary of the Army that such action is beneficial for grad9 uate medical education programs conducted at Army med10 ical facilities located in Hawaii, the Secretary of the Army 

11 may authorize the provision of medical services at such fa12 cilities and transportation to such facilities, on a non13 reimbursable basis, for civilian patients from American 

14 Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is15 lands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micro16 nesia, Palau, and Guam. 

17 SEC. 8012. (a) During fiscal year 2015, the civilian 

18 personnel of the Department of Defense may not be man19 aged on the basis of any end-strength, and the management 

20 of such personnel during that fiscal year shall not be subject 

21 to any constraint or limitation (known as an end-strength) 

22 on the number of such personnel who may be employed on 

23 the last day of such fiscal year. 

24 (b) The fiscal year 2016 budget request for the Depart25 ment of Defense as well as all justification material and 
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1 other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2016 De2 partment of Defense budget request shall be prepared and 

3 submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a) and (b) of 

4 this provision were effective with regard to fiscal year 2016. 

5 (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply 

6 to military (civilian) technicians. 

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

8 Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in9 fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro10 priation matters pending before the Congress. 

11 SEC. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

12 shall be available for the basic pay and allowances of any 

13 member of the Army participating as a full-time student 

14 and receiving benefits paid by the Secretary of Veterans Af15 fairs from the Department of Defense Education Benefits 

16 Fund when time spent as a full-time student is credited 

17 toward completion of a service commitment: Provided, That 

18 this section shall not apply to those members who have reen19 listed with this option prior to October 1, 1987: Provided 

20 further, That this section applies only to active components 

21 of the Army. 

22 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

24 for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Pro25 gram may be transferred to any other appropriation con-
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1 tained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing 

2 a Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program developmental assistance agree3 ment pursuant to section 831 of the National Defense Au4 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 

5 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as amended, under the authority of 

6 this provision or any other transfer authority contained in 

7 this Act. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 8016. In addition to amounts provided elsewhere 

10 in this Act, there is appropriated $139,000,000, for an ad11 ditional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense12 Wide’’, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

13 such funds shall only be available to the Secretary of De14 fense, acting through the Office of Economic Adjustment of 

15 the Department of Defense, or for transfer to the Secretary 

16 of Education, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

17 to make grants, conclude cooperative agreements, or supple18 ment other Federal funds to construct, renovate, repair, or 

19 expand elementary and secondary public schools on mili20 tary installations in order to address capacity or facility 

21 condition deficiencies at such schools: Provided further, 

22 That in making such funds available, the Office of Eco23 nomic Adjustment or the Secretary of Education shall give 

24 priority consideration to those military installations with 

25 schools having the most serious capacity or facility condi-
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1 tion deficiencies as determined by the Secretary of Defense: 

2 Provided further, That such grants shall be accompanied 

3 by a reasonable cost sharing agreement. 

4 SEC. 8017. None of the funds available to the Depart5 ment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dispose of 

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

7 rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or to demili8 tarize or destroy small arms ammunition or ammunition 

9 components that are not otherwise prohibited from commer10 cial sale under Federal law, unless the small arms ammuni11 tion or ammunition components are certified by the Sec12 retary of the Army or designee as unserviceable, unsuitable, 

13 or unsafe for further use. 

14 SEC. 8018. No more than $500,000 of the funds appro15 priated or made available in this Act shall be used during 

16 a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an organiza17 tion, unit, activity or function of the Department of Defense 

18 into or within the National Capital Region: Provided, That 

19 the Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a 

20 case-by-case basis by certifying in writing to the congres21 sional defense committees that such a relocation is required 

22 in the best interest of the Government. 

23 SEC. 8019. Of the funds appropriated in this Act, up 

24 to $15,000,000 may be made available for incentive pay25 ments authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing 
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1 Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime con2 tractor or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a sub3 contract award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined 

4 in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small 

5 business owned and controlled by an individual or individ6 uals defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States 

7 Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes of 

8 being allowed additional compensation under section 504 

9 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544) 

10 whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount is over 

11 $500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds appro12 priated by an Act making Appropriations for the Depart13 ment of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Provided 

14 further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 41, 

15 United States Code, this section shall be applicable to any 

16 Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or services, 

17 including any contract and any subcontract at any tier for 

18 acquisition of commercial items produced or manufactured, 

19 in whole or in part, by any subcontractor or supplier de20 fined in section 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or 

21 a small business owned and controlled by an individual or 

22 individuals defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, 

23 United States Code. 
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1 SEC. 8020. Funds appropriated by this Act for the De2 fense Media Activity shall not be used for any national or 

3 international political or psychological activities. 

4 SEC. 8021. During the current fiscal year, the Depart5 ment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of not 

6 to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in section 

7 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipation of 

8 receipt of contributions, only from the Government of Ku9 wait, under that section: Provided, That upon receipt, such 

10 contributions from the Government of Kuwait shall be cred11 ited to the appropriations or fund which incurred such obli12 gations. 

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

14 Act, not less than $37,800,000 shall be available for the 

15 Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 

16 (1) $27,400,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper17 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 

18 Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 

19 readiness, counterdrug activities, and drug demand 

20 reduction activities involving youth programs; and 

21 (2) $10,400,000 shall be available from ‘‘Aircraft 

22 Procurement, Air Force’’. 

23 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim24 bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 
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1 counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and 

2 local government agencies. 

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

4 Act are available to establish a new Department of Defense 

5 (department) federally funded research and development 

6 center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a separate 

7 entity administrated by an organization managing another 

8 FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership corporation con9 sisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and other non10 profit entities. 

11 (b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Over12 seers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Com13 mittee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, and no 

14 paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, except when acting 

15 in a technical advisory capacity, may be compensated for 

16 his or her services as a member of such entity, or as a paid 

17 consultant by more than one FFRDC in a fiscal year: Pro18 vided, That a member of any such entity referred to pre19 viously in this subsection shall be allowed travel expenses 

20 and per diem as authorized under the Federal Joint Travel 

21 Regulations, when engaged in the performance of member22 ship duties. 

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

24 of the funds available to the department from any source 

25 during fiscal year 2015 may be used by a defense FFRDC, 
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1 through a fee or other payment mechanism, for construction 

2 of new buildings, for payment of cost sharing for projects 

3 funded by Government grants, for absorption of contract 

4 overruns, or for certain charitable contributions, not to in5 clude employee participation in community service and/or 

6 development. 

7 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 

8 funds available to the department during fiscal year 2015, 

9 not more than 5,750 staff years of technical effort (staff 

10 years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs: Provided, That 

11 of the specific amount referred to previously in this sub12 section, not more than 1,125 staff years may be funded for 

13 the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: Provided further, 

14 That this subsection shall not apply to staff years funded 

15 in the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Mili16 tary Intelligence Program (MIP). 

17 (e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission 

18 of the department’s fiscal year 2016 budget request, submit 

19 a report presenting the specific amounts of staff years of 

20 technical effort to be allocated for each defense FFRDC dur21 ing that fiscal year and the associated budget estimates. 

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

23 the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs is 

24 hereby reduced by $40,000,000. 
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1 SEC. 8024. None of the funds appropriated or made 

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

3 or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned facil4 ity or property under the control of the Department of De5 fense which were not melted and rolled in the United States 

6 or Canada: Provided, That these procurement restrictions 

7 shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 9515, 

8 American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) or 

9 American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications of 

10 carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, That 

11 the Secretary of the military department responsible for the 

12 procurement may waive this restriction on a case-by-case 

13 basis by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appro14 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

15 that adequate domestic supplies are not available to meet 

16 Department of Defense requirements on a timely basis and 

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

18 capability for national security purposes: Provided further, 

19 That these restrictions shall not apply to contracts which 

20 are in being as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

21 SEC. 8025. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con22 gressional defense committees’’ means the Armed Services 

23 Committee of the House of Representatives, the Armed Serv24 ices Committee of the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense 

25 of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the 
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1 Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropria2 tions of the House of Representatives. 

3 SEC. 8026. During the current fiscal year, the Depart4 ment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot main5 tenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels as well 

6 as the production of components and other Defense-related 

7 articles, through competition between Department of De8 fense depot maintenance activities and private firms: Pro9 vided, That the Senior Acquisition Executive of the military 

10 department or Defense Agency concerned, with power of del11 egation, shall certify that successful bids include comparable 

12 estimates of all direct and indirect costs for both public and 

13 private bids: Provided further, That Office of Management 

14 and Budget Circular A–76 shall not apply to competitions 

15 conducted under this section. 

16 SEC. 8027. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after con17 sultation with the United States Trade Representative, de18 termines that a foreign country which is party to an agree19 ment described in paragraph (2) has violated the terms of 

20 the agreement by discriminating against certain types of 

21 products produced in the United States that are covered by 

22 the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind the 

23 Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy American Act with 

24 respect to such types of products produced in that foreign 

25 country. 
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1 (2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any 

2 reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under3 standing, between the United States and a foreign country 

4 pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec5 tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 

6 in that country. 

7 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con8 gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense pur9 chases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2015. Such report 

10 shall separately indicate the dollar value of items for which 

11 the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to any agree12 ment described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade Agreement 

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

14 agreement to which the United States is a party. 

15 (c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy Amer16 ican Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

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

18 contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 

19 Facility Investment Recovery Account established by section 

20 2921(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act of 

21 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) shall be 

22 available until expended for the payments specified by sec23 tion 2921(c)(2) of that Act. 

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

25 of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no 
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1 cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian 

2 tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, 

3 South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Wash4 ington relocatable military housing units located at Grand 

5 Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Moun6 tain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force Base, and 

7 Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the needs of the 

8 Air Force. 

9 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at no 

10 cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub11 section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 

12 that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation Walk13 ing Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located in 

14 the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, 

15 Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any such 

16 conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the housing 

17 units shall be removed within a reasonable period of time, 

18 as determined by the Secretary. 

19 (c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re20 solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for hous21 ing units under subsection (a) before submitting requests 

22 to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection (b). 

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

24 recognized Indian tribe included on the current list pub25 lished by the Secretary of the Interior under section 104 
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1 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 (Pub2 lic Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 479a–1). 

3 SEC. 8030. During the current fiscal year, appropria4 tions which are available to the Department of Defense for 

5 operation and maintenance may be used to purchase items 

6 having an investment item unit cost of not more than 

7 $250,000. 

8 SEC. 8031. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 

9 of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 

10 of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the pur11 chase of an investment item for the purpose of acquiring 

12 a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale during 

13 the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to cus14 tomers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 

15 Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable to 

16 the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund dur17 ing fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an invest18 ment item would be chargeable during the current fiscal 

19 year to appropriations made to the Department of Defense 

20 for procurement. 

21 (b) The fiscal year 2016 budget request for the Depart22 ment of Defense as well as all justification material and 

23 other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2016 De24 partment of Defense budget shall be prepared and submitted 

25 to the Congress on the basis that any equipment which was 
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1 classified as an end item and funded in a procurement ap2 propriation contained in this Act shall be budgeted for in 

3 a proposed fiscal year 2016 procurement appropriation and 

4 not in the supply management business area or any other 

5 area or category of the Department of Defense Working 

6 Capital Funds. 

7 SEC. 8032. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

8 for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall re9 main available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, 

10 except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for Contin11 gencies, which shall remain available until September 30, 

12 2016: Provided, That funds appropriated, transferred, or 

13 otherwise credited to the Central Intelligence Agency Cen14 tral Services Working Capital Fund during this or any 

15 prior or subsequent fiscal year shall remain available until 

16 expended: Provided further, That any funds appropriated 

17 or transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency for ad18 vanced research and development acquisition, for agent op19 erations, and for covert action programs authorized by the 

20 President under section 503 of the National Security Act 

21 of 1947, as amended, shall remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2016. 

23 SEC. 8033. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law, funds made available in this Act for the Defense Intel25 ligence Agency may be used for the design, development, and 
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1 deployment of General Defense Intelligence Program intel2 ligence communications and intelligence information sys3 tems for the Services, the Unified and Specified Commands, 

4 and the component commands. 

5 SEC. 8034. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart6 ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Mainte7 nance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 may be 

8 made available only for the mitigation of environmental 

9 impacts, including training and technical assistance to 

10 tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in11 formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de12 veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 

13 to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re14 sulting from Department of Defense activities. 

15 SEC. 8035. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

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

17 Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, complies 

18 with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this subsection, 

19 the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 

20 41, United States Code. 

21 (b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a person 

22 has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label bearing 

23 a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product sold in 

24 or shipped to the United States that is not made in Amer25 ica, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance with sec-
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1 tion 2410f of title 10, United States Code, whether the per2 son should be debarred from contracting with the Depart3 ment of Defense. 

4 (c) In the case of any equipment or products purchased 

5 with appropriations provided under this Act, it is the sense 

6 of the Congress that any entity of the Department of De7 fense, in expending the appropriation, purchase only Amer8 ican-made equipment and products, provided that Amer9 ican-made equipment and products are cost-competitive, 

10 quality competitive, and available in a timely fashion. 

11 SEC. 8036. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

12 shall be available for a contract for studies, analysis, or 

13 consulting services entered into without competition on the 

14 basis of an unsolicited proposal unless the head of the activ15 ity responsible for the procurement determines— 

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

17 only one source is found fully qualified to perform the 

18 proposed work; 

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

20 unsolicited proposal which offers significant scientific 

21 or technological promise, represents the product of 

22 original thinking, and was submitted in confidence 

23 by one source; or 

24 (3) the purpose of the contract is to take advan25 tage of unique and significant industrial accomplish-
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1 ment by a specific concern, or to insure that a new 

2 product or idea of a specific concern is given finan3 cial support: Provided, That this limitation shall not 

4 apply to contracts in an amount of less than $25,000, 

5 contracts related to improvements of equipment that 

6 is in development or production, or contracts as to 

7 which a civilian official of the Department of Defense, 

8 who has been confirmed by the Senate, determines 

9 that the award of such contract is in the interest of 

10 the national defense. 

11 SEC. 8037. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 

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

13 be used— 

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

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

16 Armed Forces or civilian employee of the department 

17 who is transferred or reassigned from a headquarters 

18 activity if the member or employee’s place of duty re19 mains at the location of that headquarters. 

20 (b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military 

21 department may waive the limitations in subsection (a), 

22 on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, and cer23 tifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

24 Representatives and the Senate that the granting of the 
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1 waiver will reduce the personnel requirements or the finan2 cial requirements of the department. 

3 (c) This section does not apply to— 

4 (1) field operating agencies funded within the 

5 National Intelligence Program; 

6 (2) an Army field operating agency established 

7 to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of impro8 vised explosive devices, and, as determined by the Sec9 retary of the Army, other similar threats; 

10 (3) an Army field operating agency established 

11 to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of biomet12 ric activities and to integrate common biometric tech13 nologies throughout the Department of Defense; or 

14 (4) an Air Force operating agency established to 

15 administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Program 

16 and Mortuary Operations for the Department of De17 fense and authorized Federal entities. 

18 SEC. 8038. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 

19 Act shall be available to convert to contractor performance 

20 an activity or function of the Department of Defense that, 

21 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, is per22 formed by Department of Defense civilian employees un23 less— 

24 (1) the conversion is based on the result of a pub25 lic-private competition that includes a most efficient 
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1 and cost effective organization plan developed by such 

2 activity or function; 

3 (2) the Competitive Sourcing Official determines 

4 that, over all performance periods stated in the solici5 tation of offers for performance of the activity or 

6 function, the cost of performance of the activity or 

7 function by a contractor would be less costly to the 

8 Department of Defense by an amount that equals or 

9 exceeds the lesser of— 

10 (A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi11 zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 

12 of that activity or function by Federal employ13 ees; or 

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

15 (3) the contractor does not receive an advantage 

16 for a proposal that would reduce costs for the Depart17 ment of Defense by— 

18 (A) not making an employer-sponsored 

19 health insurance plan available to the workers 

20 who are to be employed in the performance of 

21 that activity or function under the contract; or 

22 (B) offering to such workers an employer23 sponsored health benefits plan that requires the 

24 employer to contribute less towards the premium 

25 or subscription share than the amount that is 
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1 paid by the Department of Defense for health 

2 benefits for civilian employees under chapter 89 

3 of title 5, United States Code. 

4 (b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard to 

5 subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or (c) 

6 of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and notwith7 standing any administrative regulation, requirement, or 

8 policy to the contrary shall have full authority to enter into 

9 a contract for the performance of any commercial or indus10 trial type function of the Department of Defense that— 

11 (A) is included on the procurement list estab12 lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner13 O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 

14 Code); 

15 (B) is planned to be converted to performance by 

16 a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by a 

17 qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi18 capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or 

19 (C) is planned to be converted to performance by 

20 a qualified firm under at least 51 percent ownership 

21 by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) of the 

22 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

23 Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Hawaiian Orga24 nization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) of the Small 

25 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 
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1 (2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts or 

2 contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 

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

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

5 Department of Defense under the authority provided by this 

6 section shall be credited toward any competitive or 

7 outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be estab8 lished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed to 

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

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

11 Code, for the competition or outsourcing of commercial ac12 tivities. 

13 (RESCISSIONS)

14 SEC. 8039. Of the funds appropriated in Department 

15 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 

16 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs 

17 in the specified amounts: Provided, That no amounts may 

18 be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Con19 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

20 Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 

21 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budg22 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 

23 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 2013/2015, 

24 $18,242,000; 
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1 ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2013/2015, 

2 $141,726,000; 

3 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2013/2015, 

4 $47,200,000; 

5 ‘‘Procurement, Marine Corps’’, 2013/2015, 

6 $119,400,000; 

7 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2013/2015, 

8 $88,300,000; 

9 ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 2013/2015, 

10 $11,500,000; 

11 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 2014/2016, 

12 $73,500,000; 

13 ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2014/2016, 

14 $142,598,000; 

15 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2014/2016, 

16 $489,267,000; 

17 ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 2014/ 

18 2018: Virginia Class Submarine, $20,000,000; 

19 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2014/2016, 

20 $232,000,000; 

21 ‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2014/2016, 

22 $154,709,000; 

23 ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 2014/2016, 

24 $12,100,000; 
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1 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

2 Air Force’’, 2014/2015, $39,336,000; and 

3 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

4 Navy’’, 2014/2015, $120,470,000. 

5 SEC. 8040. None of the funds available in this Act may 

6 be used to reduce the authorized positions for military tech7 nicians (dual status) of the Army National Guard, Air Na8 tional Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve for the 

9 purpose of applying any administratively imposed civilian 

10 personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on military techni11 cians (dual status), unless such reductions are a direct re12 sult of a reduction in military force structure. 

13 SEC. 8041. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex15 pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 

16 of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose. 

17 SEC. 8042. Funds appropriated in this Act for oper18 ation and maintenance of the Military Departments, Com19 batant Commands and Defense Agencies shall be available 

20 for reimbursement of pay, allowances and other expenses 

21 which would otherwise be incurred against appropriations 

22 for the National Guard and Reserve when members of the 

23 National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or coun24 terintelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 

25 Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the ac-
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1 tivities and programs included within the National Intel2 ligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: 

3 Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation 

4 from established Reserve and National Guard personnel and 

5 training procedures. 

6 SEC. 8043. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Working 

7 Capital Fund, Army’’, $225,000,000 shall be for the Indus8 trial Mobilization Capacity account. 

9 SEC. 8044. (a) None of the funds available to the De10 partment of Defense for any fiscal year for drug interdic11 tion or counter-drug activities may be transferred to any 

12 other department or agency of the United States except as 

13 specifically provided in an appropriations law. 

14 (b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel15 ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 

16 counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de17 partment or agency of the United States except as specifi18 cally provided in an appropriations law. 

19 SEC. 8045. In addition to the amounts appropriated 

20 or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 

21 $20,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 

22 Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the Sec23 retary of Defense that it shall serve the national interest, 

24 the Secretary shall make a grant in the amount specified 

25 as follows: $20,000,000 to the United Service Organizations. 
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1 SEC. 8046. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

2 to purchase any supercomputer which is not manufactured 

3 in the United States, unless the Secretary of Defense cer4 tifies to the congressional defense committees that such an 

5 acquisition must be made in order to acquire capability for 

6 national security purposes that is not available from 

7 United States manufacturers. 

8 SEC. 8047. Notwithstanding any other provision in 

9 this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 

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

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

13 extramural budget. 

14 SEC. 8048. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

15 of law, none of the funds available to the Department of 

16 Defense for the current fiscal year and hereafter may be 

17 obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or an 

18 international organization any defense articles or services 

19 (other than intelligence services) for use in the activities de20 scribed in subsection (b) unless the congressional defense 

21 committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

22 of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations 

23 of the Senate are notified 15 days in advance of such trans24 fer. 

25 (b) This section applies to— 
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1 (1) any international peacekeeping or peace-en2 forcement operation under the authority of chapter VI 

3 or chapter VII of the United Nations Charter under 

4 the authority of a United Nations Security Council 

5 resolution; and 

6 (2) any other international peacekeeping, peace7 enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation. 

8 (c) A notice under subsection (a) shall include the fol9 lowing: 

10 (1) A description of the equipment, supplies, or 

11 services to be transferred. 

12 (2) A statement of the value of the equipment, 

13 supplies, or services to be transferred. 

14 (3) In the case of a proposed transfer of equip15 ment or supplies— 

16 (A) a statement of whether the inventory re17 quirements of all elements of the Armed Forces 

18 (including the reserve components) for the type 

19 of equipment or supplies to be transferred have 

20 been met; and 

21 (B) a statement of whether the items pro22 posed to be transferred will have to be replaced 

23 and, if so, how the President proposes to provide 

24 funds for such replacement. 
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1 SEC. 8049. None of the funds available to the Depart2 ment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or ex3 pended to pay a contractor under a contract with the De4 partment of Defense for costs of any amount paid by the 

5 contractor to an employee when— 

6 (1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in ex7 cess of the normal salary paid by the contractor to the 

8 employee; and 

9 (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs asso10 ciated with a business combination. 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 8050. During the current fiscal year, no more 

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

14 the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ 

15 may be transferred to appropriations available for the pay 

16 of military personnel, to be merged with, and to be available 

17 for the same time period as the appropriations to which 

18 transferred, to be used in support of such personnel in con19 nection with support and services for eligible organizations 

20 and activities outside the Department of Defense pursuant 

21 to section 2012 of title 10, United States Code. 

22 SEC. 8051. During the current fiscal year, in the case 

23 of an appropriation account of the Department of Defense 

24 for which the period of availability for obligation has ex25 pired or which has closed under the provisions of section 
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1 1552 of title 31, United States Code, and which has a nega2 tive unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obligation or 

3 an adjustment of an obligation may be charged to any cur4 rent appropriation account for the same purpose as the ex5 pired or closed account if— 

6 (1) the obligation would have been properly 

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

8 closed account before the end of the period of avail9 ability or closing of that account; 

10 (2) the obligation is not otherwise properly 

11 chargeable to any current appropriation account of 

12 the Department of Defense; and 

13 (3) in the case of an expired account, the obliga14 tion is not chargeable to a current appropriation of 

15 the Department of Defense under the provisions of sec16 tion 1405(b)(8) of the National Defense Authorization 

17 Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law 101–510, as 

18 amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Provided, That in 

19 the case of an expired account, if subsequent review 

20 or investigation discloses that there was not in fact a 

21 negative unliquidated or unexpended balance in the 

22 account, any charge to a current account under the 

23 authority of this section shall be reversed and re24 corded against the expired account: Provided further, 

25 That the total amount charged to a current appro-
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1 priation under this section may not exceed an 

2 amount equal to 1 percent of the total appropriation 

3 for that account. 

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

5 of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may permit 

6 the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance Learn7 ing Project by any person or entity on a space-available, 

8 reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard Bu9 reau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for such 

10 use on a case-by-case basis. 

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

12 credited to funds available for the National Guard Distance 

13 Learning Project and be available to defray the costs associ14 ated with the use of equipment of the project under that 

15 subsection. Such funds shall be available for such purposes 

16 without fiscal year limitation. 

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 SEC. 8053. Of the funds appropriated in this Act 

19 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense20 wide’’, $25,000,000 shall be for continued implementation 

21 and expansion of the Sexual Assault Special Victims’ Coun22 sel Program, and $5,709,000 shall be for support of high 

23 priority Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program 

24 requirements and activities, including the training and 

25 funding of personnel: Provided, That the funds are made 
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1 available for transfer to the Department of the Army, the 

2 Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 

3 Force: Provided further, That funds transferred shall be 

4 merged with and available for the same purposes and for 

5 the same time period as the appropriations to which the 

6 funds are transferred: Provided further, That this transfer 

7 authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 

8 provided in this Act. 

9 SEC. 8054. None of the funds appropriated in title IV 

10 of this Act may be used to procure end-items for delivery 

11 to military forces for operational training, operational use 

12 or inventory requirements: Provided, That this restriction 

13 does not apply to end-items used in development, proto14 typing, and test activities preceding and leading to accept15 ance for operational use: Provided further, That this restric16 tion does not apply to programs funded within the National 

17 Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the Secretary 

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

19 by certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropria20 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate that 

21 it is in the national security interest to do so. 

22 SEC. 8055. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 

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

24 each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 

25 foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 
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1 that the application of the limitation with respect to that 

2 country would invalidate cooperative programs entered into 

3 between the Department of Defense and the foreign country, 

4 or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements for the pro5 curement of defense items entered into under section 2531 

6 of title 10, United States Code, and the country does not 

7 discriminate against the same or similar defense items pro8 duced in the United States for that country. 

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

10 (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on or 

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

12 (2) options for the procurement of items that are 

13 exercised after such date under contracts that are en14 tered into before such date if the option prices are ad15 justed for any reason other than the application of a 

16 waiver granted under subsection (a). 

17 (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re18 garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear19 ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 

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

21 Schedule and products classified under headings 4010, 

22 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 6505, 7019, 7218 through 

23 7229, 7304.41 through 7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 

24 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 8211, 8215, and 9404. 

25 SEC. 8056. (a) IN GENERAL.— 
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1 (1) None of the funds made available by this Act 

2 may be used for any training, equipment, or other as3 sistance for the members of a unit of a foreign secu4 rity force if the Secretary of Defense has credible in5 formation that the unit has committed a gross viola6 tion of human rights. 

7 (2) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

8 with the Secretary of State, shall ensure that prior to 

9 a decision to provide any training, equipment, or 

10 other assistance to a unit of a foreign security force 

11 full consideration is given to any credible information 

12 available to the Department of State relating to 

13 human rights violations by such unit. 

14 (b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a)(1) 

15 shall not apply if the Secretary of Defense, after consulta16 tion with the Secretary of State, determines that the govern17 ment of such country has taken all necessary corrective 

18 steps. 

19 (c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense, after consulta20 tion with the Secretary of State, may waive the provisions 

21 of subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) if the Secretary of Defense 

22 determines that such waiver is required by extraordinary 

23 circumstances, or if the training, equipment, or other assist24 ance is necessary to assist in disaster relief operations or 

25 other humanitarian or national security emergencies. 
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1 (d) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary of Defense shall es2 tablish, and periodically update, procedures to ensure that 

3 any information in the possession of the Department of De4 fense about gross violations of human rights by units of for5 eign security forces is shared on a timely basis with the 

6 Department of State. 

7 (e) REPORT.—Not more than 15 days after the appli8 cation of any exception under subsection (b) or the exercise 

9 of any waiver under subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense 

10 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

11 report— 

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

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

14 stating the grounds for the exception; and 

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

16 describing the information relating to the gross viola17 tion of human rights; the extraordinary or other cir18 cumstances that necessitate the waiver; the purpose 

19 and duration of the training, equipment, or other as20 sistance; and the United States forces and the foreign 

21 security force unit involved. 

22 (f) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section the term 

23 ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means the congres24 sional defense Committees and the Committees on Appro25 priations. 
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1 SEC. 8057. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this or other Department of Defense 

3 Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended for the 

4 purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to military 

5 family housing units of the Department of Defense, includ6 ing areas in such military family housing units that may 

7 be used for the purpose of conducting official Department 

8 of Defense business. 

9 SEC. 8058. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ‘‘Re11 search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ 

12 for any new start advanced concept technology demonstra13 tion project or joint capability demonstration project may 

14 only be obligated 45 days after a report, including a de15 scription of the project, the planned acquisition and transi16 tion strategy and its estimated annual and total cost, has 

17 been provided in writing to the congressional defense com18 mittees: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive 

19 this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the 

20 congressional defense committees that it is in the national 

21 interest to do so. 

22 SEC. 8059. The Secretary of Defense shall provide a 

23 classified quarterly report beginning 30 days after enact24 ment of this Act, to the House and Senate Appropriations 
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1 Committees, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters 

2 as directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 

3 SEC. 8060. During the current fiscal year and here4 after, none of the funds available to the Department of De5 fense may be used to provide support to another department 

6 or agency of the United States if such department or agency 

7 is more than 90 days in arrears in making payment to 

8 the Department of Defense for goods or services previously 

9 provided to such department or agency on a reimbursable 

10 basis: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply if the 

11 department is authorized by law to provide support to such 

12 department or agency on a nonreimbursable basis, and is 

13 providing the requested support pursuant to such authority: 

14 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive 

15 this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writ16 ing to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

17 Representatives and the Senate that it is in the national 

18 security interest to do so. 

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

20 10, United States Code, a member of the National Guard 

21 serving on full-time National Guard duty under section 

22 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, may perform duties 

23 in support of the ground-based elements of the National 

24 Ballistic Missile Defense System. 
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1 SEC. 8062. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

2 be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammuni3 tion held by the Department of Defense that has a center4 fire cartridge and a United States military nomenclature 

5 designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor piercing (AP)’’, 

6 ‘‘armor piercing incendiary (API)’’, or ‘‘armor-piercing in7 cendiary tracer (API–T)’’, except to an entity performing 

8 demilitarization services for the Department of Defense 

9 under a contract that requires the entity to demonstrate to 

10 the satisfaction of the Department of Defense that armor 

11 piercing projectiles are either: (1) rendered incapable of 

12 reuse by the demilitarization process; or (2) used to manu13 facture ammunition pursuant to a contract with the De14 partment of Defense or the manufacture of ammunition for 

15 export pursuant to a License for Permanent Export of Un16 classified Military Articles issued by the Department of 

17 State. 

18 SEC. 8063. In specifying the amounts requested for the 

19 Department of the Army for Arlington National Cemetery, 

20 Virginia, the budget of the President submitted to Congress 

21 shall request such amounts in the Cemeterial Expenses, 

22 Army appropriation, and shall not request such amounts 

23 in the Operation and Maintenance, Army appropriation. 

24 SEC. 8064. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

25 shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated funds 
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1 activity of the Department of Defense that procures malt 

2 beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for resale 

3 (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the drink) on 

4 a military installation located in the United States unless 

5 such malt beverages and wine are procured within that 

6 State, or in the case of the District of Columbia, within 

7 the District of Columbia, in which the military installation 

8 is located: Provided, That in a case in which the military 

9 installation is located in more than one State, purchases 

10 may be made in any State in which the installation is lo11 cated: Provided further, That such local procurement re12 quirements for malt beverages and wine shall apply to all 

13 alcoholic beverages only for military installations in States 

14 which are not contiguous with another State: Provided fur15 ther, That alcoholic beverages other than wine and malt bev16 erages, in contiguous States and the District of Columbia 

17 shall be procured from the most competitive source, price 

18 and other factors considered. 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

22 $106,189,900 shall remain available until expended: Pro23 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

24 Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such funds 

25 to other activities of the Federal Government: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized to enter 

2 into and carry out contracts for the acquisition of real 

3 property, construction, personal services, and operations re4 lated to projects carrying out the purposes of this section: 

5 Provided further, That contracts entered into under the au6 thority of this section may provide for such indemnification 

7 as the Secretary determines to be necessary: Provided fur8 ther, That projects authorized by this section shall comply 

9 with applicable Federal, State, and local law to the max10 imum extent consistent with the national security, as deter11 mined by the Secretary of Defense. 

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

13 or any other Act may be used to take any action to mod14 ify— 

15 (1) the appropriations account structure for the 

16 National Intelligence Program budget, including 

17 through the creation of a new appropriation account; 

18 (2) how the National Intelligence Program budg19 et request is presented in the unclassified P–1, R–1, 

20 and O–1 documents supporting the Department of 

21 Defense 2016 budget request; 

22 (3) the process by which the National Intelligence 

23 Program appropriations are apportioned to the exe24 cuting agencies; or 
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1 (4) the process by which the National Intelligence 

2 Program appropriations are allotted, obligated and 

3 disbursed. 

4 (b) Nothing in section (a) shall be construed to prohibit 

5 the merger of programs or changes to the National Intel6 ligence Program budget at or below the Expenditure Center 

7 level, provided such change is otherwise in accordance with 

8 section (a). 

9 (c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec10 retary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of 

11 achieving auditable financial statements and improving fis12 cal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for al13 ternative financial management processes. Such study shall 

14 include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk assessment 

15 to ensure that none of the alternative processes will ad16 versely affect counterintelligence. 

17 (d) Upon development of alternative financial man18 agement processes that meet the priorities established in this 

19 section, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence 

20 shall, prior to taking any other action— 

21 (1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af22 fected agencies; 

23 (2) receive certification from all affected agencies 

24 attesting that the proposed alternatives will help 
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1 achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and 

2 will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and 

3 (3) not later than 30 days after receiving all nec4 essary certifications under paragraph (2), present the 

5 proposed alternatives and certifications to the con6 gressional defense and intelligence committees. 

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 8067. During the current fiscal year, not to ex9 ceed $200,000,000 from funds available under ‘‘Operation 

10 and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ may be transferred to the 

11 Department of State ‘‘Global Security Contingency Fund’’: 

12 Provided, That this transfer authority is in addition to any 

13 other transfer authority available to the Department of De14 fense: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, 

15 not fewer than 30 days prior to making transfers to the 

16 Department of State ‘‘Global Security Contingency Fund’’, 

17 notify the congressional defense committees in writing with 

18 the source of funds and a detailed justification, execution 

19 plan, and timeline for each proposed project. 

20 SEC. 8068. The Secretary of Defense shall issue regula21 tions to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-related 

22 products in military resale outlets in the United States, its 

23 territories and possessions at a price below the most com24 petitive price in the local community: Provided, That such 

25 regulations shall direct that the prices of tobacco or tobacco- 
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1 related products in overseas military retail outlets shall be 

2 within the range of prices established for military retail 

3 system stores located in the United States. 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

6 under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and ‘‘Re7 search, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, 

8 $621,575,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative Programs: 

9 Provided, That of this amount, $350,972,000 shall be for 

10 the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Government of 

11 Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome defense system 

12 to counter short-range rocket threats, subject to the U.S.- 

13 Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agreement, as amended, 

14 $137,934,000 shall be for the Short Range Ballistic Missile 

15 Defense (SRBMD) program, including cruise missile de16 fense research and development under the SRBMD pro17 gram, of which $15,000,000 shall be for production activi18 ties of SRBMD missiles in the United States and in Israel 

19 to meet Israel’s defense requirements consistent with each 

20 nation’s laws, regulations, and procedures, $76,468,000 

21 shall be available for an upper-tier component to the Israeli 

22 Missile Defense Architecture, and $56,201,000 shall be for 

23 the Arrow System Improvement Program including devel24 opment of a long range, ground and airborne, detection 

25 suite: Provided further, That funds made available under 
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1 this provision for production of missiles and missile compo2 nents may be transferred to appropriations available for 

3 the procurement of weapons and equipment, to be merged 

4 with and to be available for the same time period and the 

5 same purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: 

6 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

7 under this provision is in addition to any other transfer 

8 authority contained in this Act. 

9 SEC. 8070. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used by the Department of Defense to grant 

11 an enlistment waiver for an offense within offense code 433 

12 (rape, sexual abuse, sexual assault, criminal sexual abuse, 

13 incest, or other sex crimes), as specified in Table 1 of the 

14 memorandum from the Under Secretary of Defense with the 

15 subject line ‘‘Directive-Type Memorandum (DTM) 08– 

16 018—‘Enlistment Waivers’ ’’, dated June 27, 2008 (incor17 porating Change 3, March 20, 2013). 

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 8071. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

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

21 $1,007,285,000 shall be available until September 30, 2015, 

22 to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases: Provided, 

23 That upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy 

24 shall transfer funds to the following appropriations in the 

25 amounts specified: Provided further, That the amounts 
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1 transferred shall be merged with and be available for the 

2 same purposes as the appropriations to which transferred 

3 to: 

4 Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conver5 sion, Navy’’, 2008/2015: Carrier Replacement Pro6 gram $663,000,000; 

7 Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conver8 sion, Navy’’, 2009/2015: LPD–17 Amphibious Trans9 port Dock Program $54,096,000; 

10 Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conver11 sion, Navy’’, 2010/2015: DDG–51 Destroyer 

12 $65,771,000; 

13 Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conver14 sion, Navy’’, 2010/2015: Littoral Combat Ship 

15 $51,345,000; 

16 Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conver17 sion, Navy’’, 2011/2015: DDG–51 Destroyer 

18 $63,373,000; 

19 Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conver20 sion, Navy’’, 2011/2015: Littoral Combat Ship 

21 $41,700,000; 

22 Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conver23 sion, Navy’’, 2011/2015: Joint High Speed Vessel 

24 $9,340,000; 
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1 Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conver2 sion, Navy’’, 2012/2015: CVN Refueling Overhauls 

3 Program $54,000,000; 

4 Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conver5 sion, Navy’’, 2012/2015: Joint High Speed Vessel 

6 $2,620,000; and 

7 Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conver8 sion, Navy’’, 2013/2015: Joint High Speed Vessel 

9 $2,040,000. 

10 SEC. 8072. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

11 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence 

12 activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the 

13 Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National Secu14 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal year 2015 

15 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization Act 

16 for Fiscal Year 2015. 

17 SEC. 8073. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 

18 be available for obligation or expenditure through a re19 programming of funds that creates or initiates a new pro20 gram, project, or activity unless such program, project, or 

21 activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest of 

22 national security and only after written prior notification 

23 to the congressional defense committees. 

24 SEC. 8074. The budget of the President for fiscal year 

25 2016 submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 1105 
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1 of title 31, United States Code, shall include separate budget 

2 justification documents for costs of United States Armed 

3 Forces’ participation in contingency operations for the 

4 Military Personnel accounts, the Operation and Mainte5 nance accounts, the Procurement accounts, and the Re6 search, Development, Test and Evaluation accounts: Pro7 vided, That these documents shall include a description of 

8 the funding requested for each contingency operation, for 

9 each military service, to include all Active and Reserve 

10 components, and for each appropriations account: Provided 

11 further, That these documents shall include estimated costs 

12 for each element of expense or object class, a reconciliation 

13 of increases and decreases for each contingency operation, 

14 and programmatic data including, but not limited to, troop 

15 strength for each Active and Reserve component, and esti16 mates of the major weapons systems deployed in support 

17 of each contingency: Provided further, That these documents 

18 shall include budget exhibits OP–5 and OP–32 (as defined 

19 in the Department of Defense Financial Management Regu20 lation) for all contingency operations for the budget year 

21 and the two preceding fiscal years. 

22 SEC. 8075. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

23 for research, development, test, evaluation, procurement or 

24 deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile de25 fense system. 
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1 SEC. 8076. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 this Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign exchange 

3 rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act is hereby 

4 reduced by $300,000,000. 

5 SEC. 8077. None of the funds appropriated or made 

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

7 the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad8 ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce 

9 the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the lev10 els funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force shall 

11 allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to per12 form other missions in support of national defense require13 ments during the non-hurricane season. 

14 SEC. 8078. None of the funds provided in this Act shall 

15 be available for integration of foreign intelligence informa16 tion unless the information has been lawfully collected and 

17 processed during the conduct of authorized foreign intel18 ligence activities: Provided, That information pertaining to 

19 United States persons shall only be handled in accordance 

20 with protections provided in the Fourth Amendment of the 

21 United States Constitution as implemented through Execu22 tive Order No. 12333. 

23 SEC. 8079. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Missile 

24 Procurement, Air Force’’, $125,000,000 shall be available 

25 for the acceleration of a competitively awarded Evolved Ex-
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1 pendable Launch Vehicle mission: Provided, That competi2 tions shall be open to all certified providers of Evolved Ex3 pendable Launch Vehicle-class systems: Provided further, 

4 That competitions shall consider bids from two or more cer5 tified providers: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

6 any other provision of law, such providers may compete 

7 any certified launch vehicle in their inventory. 

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 8080. The Secretary of Defense may transfer 

10 funds from any available Department of the Navy appro11 priation to any available Navy ship construction appro12 priation for the purpose of liquidating necessary changes 

13 resulting from inflation, market fluctuations, or rate adjust14 ments for any ship construction program appropriated in 

15 law: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer not to ex16 ceed $50,000,000 under the authority provided by this sec17 tion: Provided further, That the Secretary may not transfer 

18 any funds until 30 days after the proposed transfer has been 

19 reported to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

20 of Representatives and the Senate, unless a response from 

21 the Committees is received sooner: Provided further, That 

22 any funds transferred pursuant to this section shall retain 

23 the same period of availability as when originally appro24 priated: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro-
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1 vided by this section is in addition to any other transfer 

2 authority contained elsewhere in this Act. 

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

4 Act may be used to transfer research and development, ac5 quisition, or other program authority relating to current 

6 tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (TUAVs) from the Army. 

7 (b) The Army shall retain responsibility for and oper8 ational control of the MQ–1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aerial 

9 Vehicle (UAV) in order to support the Secretary of Defense 

10 in matters relating to the employment of unmanned aerial 

11 vehicles. 

12 SEC. 8082. Up to $15,000,000 of the funds appro13 priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

14 Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Regional 

15 Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the Pacific 

16 Command to execute Theater Security Cooperation activi17 ties such as humanitarian assistance, and payment of in18 cremental and personnel costs of training and exercising 

19 with foreign security forces: Provided, That funds made 

20 available for this purpose may be used, notwithstanding 

21 any other funding authorities for humanitarian assistance, 

22 security assistance or combined exercise expenses: Provided 

23 further, That funds may not be obligated to provide assist24 ance to any foreign country that is otherwise prohibited 
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1 from receiving such type of assistance under any other pro2 vision of law. 

3 SEC. 8083. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

4 for programs of the Office of the Director of National Intel5 ligence shall remain available for obligation beyond the cur6 rent fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for research 

7 and technology, which shall remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2016. 

9 SEC. 8084. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 31, 

10 United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 

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

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

13 purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship14 building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 

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

16 to the total amount of the appropriation. 

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

18 of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel19 ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel20 ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 

21 of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 

22 2015: Provided, That the report shall include— 

23 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa24 rate column to display the President’s budget request, 

25 adjustments made by Congress, adjustments due to 
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1 enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the fiscal year 

2 enacted level; 

3 (2) a delineation in the table for each appropria4 tion by Expenditure Center and project; and 

5 (3) an identification of items of special congres6 sional interest. 

7 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel8 ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re9 programming or transfer until the report identified in sub10 section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 

11 committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence cer12 tifies in writing to the congressional intelligence committees 

13 that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an 

14 emergency requirement. 

15 SEC. 8086. During the current fiscal year and here16 after, none of the funds made available by this Act for excess 

17 defense articles, assistance under section 1206 of the Na18 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Pub19 lic Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456), or peacekeeping oper20 ations for the countries designated in 2013 to be in viola21 tion of the standards of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act 

22 of 2008 may be used to support any military training or 

23 operation that includes child soldiers, as defined by the 

24 Child Soldiers Prevention Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 

25 457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1), unless such assistance is otherwise 
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1 permitted under section 404 of the Child Soldiers Preven2 tion Act of 2008. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 8087. Of the funds appropriated in the Intel5 ligence Community Management Account for the Program 

6 Manager for the Information Sharing Environment, 

7 $20,000,000 is available for transfer by the Director of Na8 tional Intelligence to other departments and agencies for 

9 purposes of Government-wide information sharing activi10 ties: Provided, That funds transferred under this provision 

11 are to be merged with and available for the same purposes 

12 and time period as the appropriation to which transferred: 

13 Provided further, That the Office of Management and Budg14 et must approve any transfers made under this provision. 

15 SEC. 8088. (a) None of the funds provided for the Na16 tional Intelligence Program in this or any prior appropria17 tions Act shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

18 through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in accord19 ance with section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 

20 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–1(d)) that— 

21 (1) creates a new start effort; 

22 (2) terminates a program with appropriated 

23 funding of $10,000,000 or more; 

24 (3) transfers funding into or out of the National 

25 Intelligence Program; or 
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1 (4) transfers funding between appropriations, 

2 unless the congressional intelligence committees are notified 

3 30 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds; this 

4 notification period may be reduced for urgent national se5 curity requirements. 

6 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel7 ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 

8 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

9 reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with sec10 tion 102A(d) or the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

11 U.S.C. 403–1(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or 

12 decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex accom13 panying the Act unless the congressional intelligence com14 mittees are notified 30 days in advance of such reprogram15 ming of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 

16 urgent national security requirements. 

17 SEC. 8089. The Director of National Intelligence shall 

18 submit to Congress each year, at or about the time that 

19 the President’s budget is submitted to Congress that year 

20 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a fu21 ture-years intelligence program (including associated an22 nexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed 

23 appropriations included in that budget. Any such future24 years intelligence program shall cover the fiscal year with 
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1 respect to which the budget is submitted and at least the 

2 four succeeding fiscal years. 

3 SEC. 8090. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘con4 gressional intelligence committees’’ means the Permanent 

5 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Represent6 atives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate, 

7 the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appro8 priations of the House of Representatives, and the Sub9 committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 

10 of the Senate. 

11 SEC. 8091. The Department of Defense shall continue 

12 to report incremental contingency operations costs for Oper13 ation Enduring Freedom on a monthly basis and any other 

14 operation designated and identified by the Secretary of De15 fense for the purposes of section 127a of title 10, United 

16 States Code, on a semi-annual basis in the Cost of War 

17 Execution Report as prescribed in the Department of De18 fense Financial Management Regulation Department of De19 fense Instruction 7000.14, Volume 12, Chapter 23 ‘‘Contin20 gency Operations’’, Annex 1, dated September 2005. 

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 8092. During the current fiscal year, not to ex23 ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made in 

24 title II of this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

25 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Operation and 
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1 Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by the mili2 tary department concerned to its central fund established 

3 for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to section 2493(d) 

4 of title 10, United States Code. 

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 SEC. 8093. Funds appropriated by this Act for oper7 ation and maintenance may be available for the purpose 

8 of making remittances and transfer to the Defense Acquisi9 tion Workforce Development Fund in accordance with sec10 tion 1705 of title 10, United States Code. 

11 SEC. 8094. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 

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

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

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

15 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agency 

16 that it shall serve the national interest. 

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

18 (1) the public posting of the report compromises 

19 national security; or 

20 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

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

22 do so only after such report has been made available to the 

23 requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for no less 

24 than 45 days. 
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1 SEC. 8095. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth2 erwise made available by this Act may be expended for any 

3 Federal contract for an amount in excess of $1,000,000, un4 less the contractor agrees not to— 

5 (1) enter into any agreement with any of its em6 ployees or independent contractors that requires, as a 

7 condition of employment, that the employee or inde8 pendent contractor agree to resolve through arbitra9 tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 

10 of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual 

11 assault or harassment, including assault and battery, 

12 intentional infliction of emotional distress, false im13 prisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or reten14 tion; or 

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

16 an existing agreement with an employee or inde17 pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 

18 or independent contractor resolve through arbitration 

19 any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 

20 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sexual 

21 assault or harassment, including assault and battery, 

22 intentional infliction of emotional distress, false im23 prisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, or reten24 tion. 
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1 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

2 available by this Act may be expended for any Federal con3 tract unless the contractor certifies that it requires each cov4 ered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and not to 

5 take any action to enforce any provision of, any agreement 

6 as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), 

7 with respect to any employee or independent contractor per8 forming work related to such subcontract. For purposes of 

9 this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcontractor’’ is an entity that 

10 has a subcontract in excess of $1,000,000 on a contract sub11 ject to subsection (a). 

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

13 respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements with 

14 employees or independent contractors that may not be en15 forced in a court of the United States. 

16 (d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica17 tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 

18 subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 

19 subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per20 sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 

21 harm to national security interests of the United States, 

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

23 longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina24 tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the waiv25 er and for the contract or subcontract term selected, and 
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1 shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a waiver 

2 and the reasons each such alternative would not avoid harm 

3 to national security interests of the United States. The Sec4 retary of Defense shall transmit to Congress, and simulta5 neously make public, any determination under this sub6 section not less than 15 business days before the contract 

7 or subcontract addressed in the determination may be 

8 awarded. 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 8096. From within the funds appropriated for 

11 operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 

12 in this Act, up to $146,857,000, shall be available for trans13 fer to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet14 erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund in ac15 cordance with the provisions of section 1704 of the National 

16 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, Public Law 

17 111–84: Provided, That for purposes of section 1704(b), the 

18 facility operations funded are operations of the integrated 

19 Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, con20 sisting of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Cen21 ter, the Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting fa22 cilities designated as a combined Federal medical facility 

23 as described by section 706 of Public Law 110–417: Pro24 vided further, That additional funds may be transferred 

25 from funds appropriated for operation and maintenance for 
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1 the Defense Health Program to the Joint Department of De2 fense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 

3 Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Sec4 retary of Defense to the Committees on Appropriations of 

5 the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

6 SEC. 8097. (a) The Secretary of Defense shall submit 

7 annual reports to the Department of Defense Inspector Gen8 eral regarding the costs and contracting procedures related 

9 to each conference held by the Department of Defense during 

10 fiscal year 2015 for which the cost to the United States Gov11 ernment was more than $100,000. 

12 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con13 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica14 ble period— 

15 (1) a description of its purpose; 

16 (2) the number of participants attending; 

17 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the United 

18 States Government, including— 

19 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

20 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

21 (C) the cost of employee or contractor travel 

22 to and from the conference; and 

23 (D) a discussion of the methodology used to 

24 determine which costs relate to the conference; 

25 and 
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1 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

2 used including— 

3 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

4 competitive basis; and 

5 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

6 conducted by the departmental component or of7 fice in evaluating potential contractors for the 

8 conference. 

9 (c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held 

10 by the Department of Defense funded by this Act during 

11 fiscal year 2015 for which the cost to the United States Gov12 ernment was more than $20,000, the Secretary of Defense 

13 shall notify the Department of Defense Inspector General 

14 of the date, location, and number of employees attending 

15 such conference. 

16 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro17 priated by this or any other appropriations Act to the De18 partment of Defense may not be used for the purpose of 

19 defraying the costs of a conference described in subsection 

20 (c) that is not directly and programmatically related to the 

21 purpose for which the grant or contract was awarded, such 

22 as a conference held in connection with planning, training, 

23 assessment, review, or other routine purposes related to a 

24 project funded by the grant or contract. 
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1 (e) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

2 be used for travel and conference activities that are not in 

3 compliance with Office of Management and Budget Memo4 randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012. 

5 SEC. 8098. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available by this Act and hereafter may be obli7 gated or expended to pay a retired general or flag officer 

8 to serve as a senior mentor advising the Department of De9 fense unless such retired officer files a Standard Form 278 

10 (or successor form concerning public financial disclosure 

11 under part 2634 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations) 

12 to the Office of Government Ethics. 

13 SEC. 8099. Appropriations available to the Depart14 ment of Defense may be used for the purchase of heavy and 

15 light armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel 

16 or for force protection purposes up to a limit of $250,000 

17 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other limitations ap18 plicable to the purchase of passenger carrying vehicles. 

19 SEC. 8100. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 

21 used by the Department of Defense or a component thereof 

22 in contravention of section 1266 of the National Defense 

23 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, as reported in the 

24 Senate, relating to limitations on providing certain missile 

25 defense information to the Russian Federation. 
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1 SEC. 8101. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used by the Secretary of Defense to take bene3 ficial occupancy of more than 3,000 parking spaces (other 

4 than handicap-reserved spaces) to be provided by the BRAC 

5 133 project: Provided, That this limitation may be waived 

6 in part if: 

7 (a) the Secretary of Defense certifies to Congress that 

8 levels of service at existing intersections in the vicinity of 

9 the project have not experienced failing levels of service as 

10 defined by the Transportation Research Board Highway 

11 Capacity Manual over a consecutive 90-day period; 

12 (b) the Department of Defense and the Virginia De13 partment of Transportation agree on the number of addi14 tional parking spaces that may be made available to em15 ployees of the facility subject to continued 90-day traffic 

16 monitoring; and 

17 (c) the Secretary of Defense notifies the congressional 

18 defense committees in writing at least 14 days prior to exer19 cising this waiver of the number of additional parking 

20 spaces to be made available. 

21 SEC. 8102. The Secretary of Defense shall require, con22 sistent with applicable international agreements, that the 

23 exchange store system— 

24 (1) shall either become a signatory to, or other25 wise abide by, the applicable requirements and terms 
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1 set forth in the Accord on Fire and Building Safety 

2 in Bangladesh for the purchase of garments manufac3 tured in Bangladesh for the private label brands of 

4 the exchange store system; and 

5 (2) shall provide, to the maximum extent prac6 ticable, a preference to retail suppliers that are sig7 natories to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety 

8 in Bangladesh for the purchase of garments manufac9 tured in Bangladesh from retail suppliers. 

10 SEC. 8103. The Secretary of Defense shall require that 

11 agreements for the licensing of logos, marks and other insig12 nia which are trademarked by the Department of Defense 

13 or a branch of the military contain a requirement that li14 censees, who source from or manufacture garments and ap15 parel in Bangladesh, shall become a signatory to, or other16 wise abide by, the applicable requirements and terms set 

17 forth in the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Ban18 gladesh: Provided, That the requirement imposed by this 

19 section shall take effect no later than 90 days after enact20 ment of this Act. 

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 8104. Upon a determination by the Director of 

23 National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 

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

25 of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to 
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1 exceed $2,000,000,000 of the funds made available in this 

2 Act for the National Intelligence Program: Provided, That 

3 such authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher 

4 priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence require5 ments, than those for which originally appropriated and 

6 in no case where the item for which funds are requested 

7 has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, That a 

8 request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using author9 ity provided in this section shall be made prior to June 

10 30, 2015. 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 8105. The Secretary of the Navy shall transfer 

13 funds from the ‘‘Ship Modernization, Operations and 

14 Sustainment Fund’’ to appropriations for military per15 sonnel; operation and maintenance; research, development, 

16 test and evaluation; and procurement, only for the purposes 

17 of manning, operating, sustaining, equipping and modern18 izing the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers CG–63, 

19 CG–64, CG–65, CG–66, CG–67, CG–68, CG–69, CG–70, 

20 CG–71, CG–72, CG–73, and the Whidbey Island -class dock 

21 landing ships LSD–41, LSD–42, and LSD–46: Provided, 

22 That funds transferred shall be merged with and be avail23 able for the same purposes and for the same time period 

24 as the appropriation to which they are transferred: Pro25 vided further, That the transfer authority provided herein 
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1 shall be in addition to any other transfer authority avail2 able to the Department of Defense: Provided further, That 

3 the Secretary of the Navy shall, not less than 30 days prior 

4 to making any transfer from the ‘‘Ship Modernization, Op5 erations and Sustainment Fund’’, notify the congressional 

6 defense committees in writing of the details of such transfer: 

7 Provided further, That the Secretary of the Navy shall 

8 transfer and obligate funds from the ‘‘Ship Modernization, 

9 Operations and Sustainment Fund’’ for modernization of 

10 two Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers as detailed 

11 above in fiscal year 2015: Provided further, That no more 

12 than six Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers shall be 

13 in a phased modernization at any time: Provided further, 

14 That the prohibition in section 2244a(a) of title 10, United 

15 States Code, shall not apply to the use of any funds trans16 ferred pursuant to this section. 

17 SEC. 8106. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

18 may be obligated or expended by the Secretary of a military 

19 department in contravention of the provisions of section 352 

20 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

21 2014 to adopt any new camouflage pattern design or uni22 form fabric for any combat or camouflage utility uniform 

23 or family of uniforms for use by an Armed Force. 

24 SEC. 8107. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth25 erwise made available in this Act may be used to transfer, 
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1 release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within the 

2 United States, its territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh 

3 Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

4 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

5 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

6 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at 

7 the United States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, 

8 Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

9 (b) This section shall continue in effect through the 

10 date of enactment of an Act authorizing appropriations for 

11 fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department 

12 of Defense. 

13 SEC. 8108. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer 

15 any individual detained at United States Naval Station 

16 Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 

17 individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 

18 or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec19 tion 1035 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis20 cal Year 2014. 

21 SEC. 8109. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of 

23 understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

24 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor25 poration that any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 
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1 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

2 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is 

3 not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree4 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

5 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 

6 tax liability, unless a Federal agency has considered sus7 pension or debarment of the corporation and made a deter8 mination that this further action is not necessary to protect 

9 the interests of the Government. 

10 SEC. 8110. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum of 

12 understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

13 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor14 poration that was convicted of a felony criminal violation 

15 under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, 

16 where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, un17 less a Federal agency has considered suspension or debar18 ment of the corporation and made a determination that this 

19 further action is not necessary to protect the interests of 

20 the Government. 

21 SEC. 8111. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act to carry out voluntary military education programs 

23 may be disbursed or delivered to an institution of higher 

24 education (or other postsecondary educational institution) 

25 on behalf of a student, or to a student to be used to attend 
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1 the institution, unless the institution certifies to the Sec2 retary of Defense that it will not use revenues derived from 

3 educational assistance funds provided in any form under 

4 any Federal law for advertising, marketing or student re5 cruitment activities (other than activities required or spe6 cifically authorized by title IV of the Higher Education Act 

7 of 1965 or otherwise specified by the Secretary of Defense). 

8 SEC. 8112. (a) PROHIBITION REGARDING VOLUNTARY

9 MILITARY EDUCATION PROGRAM ASSISTANCE.—None of the 

10 funds made available by this Act to carry out voluntary 

11 military education programs may be disbursed or delivered 

12 on behalf of a student to a proprietary institution of higher 

13 education (as defined in section 102(b) of the Higher Edu14 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(b))), or to a student 

15 to be used to attend such institution, until the institution 

16 demonstrates to the Secretary of Defense that the institution 

17 derives not less than 10 percent of such institution’s reve18 nues from sources other than funds provided under title IV 

19 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) and funds provided 

20 under such voluntary military education programs, as cal21 culated in a manner to be determined by such Secretary 

22 and consistent with section 487(d)(1) of such Act. 

23 (b) VOLUNTARY MILITARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS DE24 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘voluntary military edu25 cation programs’’ means— 
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1 (1) the programs to assist military spouses in 

2 achieving education and training for extended em3 ployment and portable career opportunities under sec4 tion 1784a of title 10, United States Code (commonly 

5 referred to as ‘‘MyCAA’’); and 

6 (2) the authority to pay tuition for off-duty 

7 training or education of members of the Armed Forces 

8 under section 2005 or 2007 of title 10, United States 

9 Code. 

10 SEC. 8113. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth11 erwise made available by this or any other Act may be used 

12 by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official or officer 

13 of the Department of Defense, to enter into a contract, 

14 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

15 with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guar16 antee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary of 

17 Rosoboronexport. 

18 (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation 

19 in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with the 

20 Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, 

21 determines that it is in the vital national security interest 

22 of the United States to do so, and certifies in writing to 

23 the congressional defense committees that, to the best of the 

24 Secretary’s knowledge: 
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1 (1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of le2 thal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 

3 existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern4 ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 

5 (2) The armed forces of the Russian Federation 

6 have withdrawn from Crimea, other than armed 

7 forces present on military bases subject to agreements 

8 in force between the Government of the Russian Fed9 eration and the Government of Ukraine; and 

10 (3) Agents of the Russian Federation have ceased 

11 taking active measures to destabilize the control of the 

12 Government of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine. 

13 SEC. 8114. None of the funds appropriated in this or 

14 any other Act may be obligated or expended by the United 

15 States Government for the direct personal benefit of the 

16 President of Afghanistan. 

17 SEC. 8115. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act 

18 for the Department of Defense, amounts may be made avail19 able, under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, 

20 to local military commanders appointed by the Secretary 

21 of Defense, or by an officer or employee designated by the 

22 Secretary, to provide at their discretion ex gratia payments 

23 in amounts consistent with subsection (d) of this section 

24 for damage, personal injury, or death that is incident to 

25 combat operations of the Armed Forces in a foreign country. 
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1 (b) An ex gratia payment under this section may be 

2 provided only if— 

3 (1) the prospective foreign civilian recipient is 

4 determined by the local military commander to be 

5 friendly to the United States; 

6 (2) a claim for damages would not be compen7 sable under chapter 163 of title 10, United States 

8 Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Foreign Claims 

9 Act’’); and 

10 (3) the property damage, personal injury, or 

11 death was not caused by action by an enemy. 

12 (c) NATURE OF PAYMENTS.—Any payments provided 

13 under a program under subsection (a) shall not be consid14 ered an admission or acknowledgement of any legal obliga15 tion to compensate for any damage, personal injury, or 

16 death. 

17 (d) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary of De18 fense determines a program under subsection (a) to be ap19 propriate in a particular setting, the amounts of payments, 

20 if any, to be provided to civilians determined to have suf21 fered harm incident to combat operations of the Armed 

22 Forces under the program should be determined pursuant 

23 to regulations prescribed by the Secretary and based on an 

24 assessment, which should include such factors as cultural 

25 appropriateness and prevailing economic conditions. 
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1 (e) LEGAL ADVICE.—Local military commanders shall 

2 receive legal advice before making ex gratia payments under 

3 this subsection. The legal advisor, under regulations of the 

4 Department of Defense, shall advise on whether an ex gratia 

5 payment is proper under this section and applicable De6 partment of Defense regulations. 

7 (f) WRITTEN RECORD.—A written record of any ex 

8 gratia payment offered or denied shall be kept by the local 

9 commander and on a timely basis submitted to the appro10 priate office in the Department of Defense as determined 

11 by the Secretary of Defense. 

12 (g) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall report to 

13 the congressional defense committees on an annual basis the 

14 efficacy of the ex gratia payment program including the 

15 number of types of cases considered, amounts offered, the 

16 response from ex gratia payment recipients, and any rec17 ommended modifications to the program. 

18 (h) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

19 deemed to provide any new authority to the Secretary of 

20 Defense. 

21 SEC. 8116. None of the funds available in this Act to 

22 the Department of Defense, other than appropriations made 

23 for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades or main24 tenance activities, shall be used to reduce or to prepare to 

25 reduce the number of deployed and non-deployed strategic 
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1 delivery vehicles and launchers below the levels set forth in 

2 the report submitted to Congress in accordance with section 

3 1042 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

4 Year 2012. 

5 SEC. 8117. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 

6 awards on a public Web site in a searchable format. 

7 SEC. 8118. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth8 erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

9 to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 

10 States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual 

11 described in subsection (c) for the purposes of detention or 

12 imprisonment in the custody or under the effective control 

13 of the Department of Defense. 

14 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

15 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

16 Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

17 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

18 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

19 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

20 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

21 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

22 (2) is— 

23 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

24 control of the Department of Defense; or 
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1 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

2 States Naval Station, Guanta ́namo Bay, Cuba. 

3 (d) This provision shall continue in effect until enact4 ment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

5 Year 2015. 

6 SEC. 8119. (a) Within 90 days of enactment of this 

7 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the 

8 congressional defense committees to assess whether the jus9 tification and approval requirements under section 811 of 

10 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

11 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2405) have, incon12 sistent with the intent of Congress— 

13 (1) negatively impacted the ability of covered en14 tities to be awarded sole-source contracts with the De15 partment of Defense greater than $20,000,000; 

16 (2) discouraged agencies from awarding con17 tracts greater than $20,000,000 to covered entities; 

18 and 

19 (3) been misconstrued and/or inconsistently im20 plemented. 

21 (b) The Comptroller General shall analyze and report 

22 to the congressional defense committees on the sufficiency 

23 of the Department’s report in addressing the requirements; 

24 review the extent to which section 811 has negatively im25 pacted the ability of covered entities to be awarded sole- 
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1 source contracts with the Department, discouraged agencies 

2 from awarding contracts, or been misconstrued and/or in3 consistently implemented. 

4 SEC. 8120. The Secretary of the Air Force shall des5 ignate a facility located on Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, 

6 to be named after Senator Alan J. Dixon in recognition 

7 of his significant public service achievements. 

8 SEC. 8121. Notwithstanding section 1552 of title 31, 

9 United States Code, funds made available under the head10 ing ‘‘OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE’’ under the 

11 heading ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE’’ under title III 

12 of division A of Public Law 111–5 (123 Stat. 132) and 

13 any funds made available for Fossil Energy Research and 

14 Development by the Department of Energy under title IV 

15 of the same division of Public Law 111–5 (123 Stat. 139) 

16 shall remain available for expenditure, until such funds 

17 have been expended, for the purpose of liquidating the obli18 gations. 

19 SEC. 8122. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

20 subsections (b) and (c), none of the funds appropriated or 

21 otherwise made available by this Act may be used for any 

22 Department of Defense contract with a foreign incorporated 

23 entity which is treated as an inverted domestic corporation 

24 under subsection (d) of this section, or any subsidiary of 

25 such an entity. 
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1 (b) WAIVERS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

3 waive subsection (a) with respect to any contract 

4 under the authority of the Department of Defense if 

5 the Secretary determines that the waiver is required 

6 in the interest of national security. 

7 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 

8 Defense shall notify the congressional defense commit9 tees not later than 14 days after exercising a waiver 

10 under paragraph (1). 

11 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 

12 Department of Defense contract entered into before the date 

13 of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 

14 pursuant to such contract. 

15 (d) INVERTED DOMESTIC CORPORATION.—For pur16 poses of this section— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—A foreign incorporated entity 

18 shall be treated as an inverted domestic corporation 

19 if, pursuant to a plan (or a series of related trans20 actions)— 

21 (A) the entity has, directly or indirectly, ac22 quired— 

23 (i) substantially all of the properties 

24 held directly or indirectly by a domestic 

25 corporation; or 
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1 (ii) substantially all of the assets of, or 

2 substantially all of the properties consti3 tuting a trade or business of, a domestic 

4 partnership; and 

5 (B) either— 

6 (i) after the acquisition at least 50 per7 cent of the stock (by vote or value) of the en8 tity is held— 

9 (I) in the case of an acquisition 

10 with respect to a domestic corporation, 

11 by former shareholders of the domestic 

12 corporation by reason of holding stock 

13 in the domestic corporation; or 

14 (II) in the case of an acquisition 

15 with respect to a domestic partnership, 

16 by former partners of the domestic 

17 partnership by reason of holding a 

18 capital or profits interest in the domes19 tic partnership; or 

20 (ii)(I) the expanded affiliated group 

21 which after the acquisition includes the en22 tity has substantial business activities in 

23 the United States; and 

24 (II) the management and control of the 

25 entity (or of any other member of the ex-
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1 panded affiliated group which after the ac2 quisition includes the entity and to which 

3 this subclause applies under regulations 

4 prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury 

5 or the Secretary’s delegate) occurs, directly 

6 or indirectly, primarily within the United 

7 States. 

8 (2) SUBSTANTIAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES EXCEP9 TION.—A foreign incorporated entity described in 

10 paragraph (1) shall not be treated as an inverted do11 mestic corporation if the expanded affiliated group 

12 which after the acquisition includes the entity has 

13 substantial business activities in the foreign country 

14 in which or under the law of which the entity is cre15 ated or organized when compared to the total business 

16 activities of such expanded affiliated group. 

17 (3) MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of sub19 clause (II) of paragraph (1)(B)(ii), the Secretary 

20 of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall 

21 prescribe regulations for purposes of determining 

22 cases in which the management and control of 

23 an entity is to be treated as occurring primarily 

24 within the United States. 
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1 (B) EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND SENIOR

2 MANAGEMENT.—Such regulations shall provide 

3 that— 

4 (i) the management and control of an 

5 entity shall be treated as occurring pri6 marily within the United States if substan7 tially all of the executive officers and senior 

8 management of the entity who exercise day9 to-day responsibility for making decisions 

10 involving strategic, financial, and oper11 ational policies of the entity are located pri12 marily within the United States; and 

13 (ii) individuals who are not executive 

14 officers and senior management of the enti15 ty (including individuals who are officers 

16 or employees of other members of the ex17 panded affiliated group which includes the 

18 entity) shall be treated as executive officers 

19 and senior management if such individuals 

20 exercise the day-to-day responsibilities of 

21 the entity described in clause (i). 

22 (e) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec23 tion— 

24 (1) any term used in this section which is also 

25 used in section 835 of the Homeland Security Act of 
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1 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395) shall have the meaning given 

2 such term under such section; and 

3 (2) rules similar to the rules of subsection (c)(1) 

4 of section 835 of such Act (6 U.S.C. 395(c)(1)) shall 

5 apply. 

6 SEC. 8123. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

7 to require that seafood procured for the Department of De8 fense from sustainably managed fisheries in the United 

9 States, as determined by the National Marine Fisheries 

10 Service, be required to additionally meet sustainability cer11 tification criteria prescribed by third-party nongovern12 mental organizations. 

13 SEC. 8124. None of the funds made available under 

14 this Act shall be used to suspend, terminate, or otherwise 

15 alter the Federal Excess Personal Property program or the 

16 Firefighter Property program. 

17 SEC. 8125. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth18 erwise made available by this Act may be used to disestab19 lish, or prepare to disestablish, a Senior Reserve Officers’ 

20 Training Corps program in accordance with Department 

21 of Defense Instruction Number 1215.08, dated June 26, 

22 2006. 

23 (b) The Secretary of Defense may not, during fiscal 

24 year 2015— 
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1 (1) downgrade any Senior Reserve Officers’ 

2 Training Corps program from a host to extension 

3 center; or 

4 (2) place on probation any Senior Reserve Offi5 cers’ Training Corps program. 

6 SEC. 8126. Of the amounts appropriated by title VI 

7 under the heading ‘‘DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM’’, 

8 $7,500,000 shall be available for peer-reviewed medical re9 search on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). 

10 SEC. 8127. No plan may be implemented by the Sec11 retary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, 

12 the Director of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, 

13 or any other person to transfer financial management, bill 

14 paying, or accounting services functions from the Defense 

15 Finance and Accounting Service to another entity until the 

16 Secretary of Defense provides the congressional defense com17 mittees a written report on the plan and the Secretary cer18 tifies to such committees that the plan would reduce costs, 

19 increase efficiencies, and maintain the timeline for 

20 auditability of financial statements. 
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1 TITLE IX 

2 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

3 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

4 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

6 Army’’, $3,711,003,000: Provided, That such amount is des7 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper8 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

9 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

10 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

13 Navy’’, $331,347,000: Provided, That such amount is des14 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper15 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

16 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

20 Marine Corps’’, $420,627,000: Provided, That such amount 

21 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op22 erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

23 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

24 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 

3 Air Force’’, $708,347,000: Provided, That such amount is 

4 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper5 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

6 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

7 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

8 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 

10 Army’’, $24,990,000: Provided, That such amount is des11 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper12 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

13 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 

17 Navy’’, $13,953,000: Provided, That such amount is des18 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper19 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

20 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Ma24 rine Corps’’, $5,069,000: Provided, That such amount is 

25 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
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1 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

2 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, Air 

6 Force’’, $19,175,000: Provided, That such amount is des7 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper8 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

9 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

10 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per13 sonnel, Army’’, $185,578,000: Provided, That such amount 

14 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op15 erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

16 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

19 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per20 sonnel, Air Force’’, $4,894,000: Provided, That such 

21 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin22 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec23 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer24 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

2 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte4 nance, Army’’, $16,355,722,000: Provided, That such 

5 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin6 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec7 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer8 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte11 nance, Navy’’, $5,263,921,000: Provided, That such amount 

12 is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op13 erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

14 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte18 nance, Marine Corps’’, $1,474,804,000: Provided, That such 

19 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin20 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec21 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer22 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

23 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte25 nance, Air Force’’, $8,177,556,000: Provided, That such 
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1 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin2 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec3 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer4 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte7 nance, Defense-Wide’’, $6,722,463,000: Provided, That of 

8 the funds provided under this heading, not to exceed 

9 $1,260,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

10 2016, shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating 

11 nations for logistical, military, and other support, includ12 ing access, provided to United States military and stability 

13 operations in Afghanistan: Provided further, That such re14 imbursement payments may be made in such amounts as 

15 the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Sec16 retary of State, and in consultation with the Director of 

17 the Office of Management and Budget, may determine, 

18 based on documentation determined by the Secretary of De19 fense to adequately account for the support provided, and 

20 such determination is final and conclusive upon the ac21 counting officers of the United States, and 15 days fol22 lowing notification to the appropriate congressional com23 mittees: Provided further, That these funds may be used for 

24 the purpose of providing specialized training and procuring 

25 supplies and specialized equipment and providing such 
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1 supplies and loaning such equipment on a non-reimburs2 able basis to coalition forces supporting United States mili3 tary and stability operations in Afghanistan, and 15 days 

4 following notification to the appropriate congressional com5 mittees: Provided further, That these funds may be used to 

6 reimburse the government of Jordan, in such amounts as 

7 the Secretary of Defense may determine, to maintain the 

8 ability of the Jordanian armed forces to maintain security 

9 along the border between Jordan and Syria, upon 15 days 

10 prior written notification to the congressional defense com11 mittees outlining the amounts reimbursed and the nature 

12 of the expenses to be reimbursed: Provided further, That the 

13 Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 

14 congressional defense committees on the use of funds pro15 vided in this paragraph: Provided further, That such 

16 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin17 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec18 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer19 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte22 nance, Army Reserve’’, $36,572,000: Provided, That such 

23 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin24 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
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1 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer2 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte5 nance, Navy Reserve’’, $45,876,000: Provided, That such 

6 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin7 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec8 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer9 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE

11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte12 nance, Marine Corps Reserve’’, $10,540,000: Provided, That 

13 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

14 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu15 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

16 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

17 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte19 nance, Air Force Reserve’’, $77,794,000: Provided, That 

20 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

21 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu22 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

23 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte3 nance, Army National Guard’’, $76,461,000: Provided, 

4 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over5 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur6 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

7 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

8 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Mainte10 nance, Air National Guard’’, $20,300,000: Provided, That 

11 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

12 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu13 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

15 AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND

16 For the ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, 

17 $4,109,333,000, to remain available until September 30, 

18 2016: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 

19 Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other provision 

20 of law, for the purpose of allowing the Commander, Com21 bined Security Transition Command—Afghanistan, or the 

22 Secretary’s designee, to provide assistance, with the concur23 rence of the Secretary of State, to the security forces of Af24 ghanistan, including the provision of equipment, supplies, 

25 services, training, facility and infrastructure repair, ren-
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1 ovation, construction, and funding: Provided further, That 

2 the authority to provide assistance under this heading is 

3 in addition to any other authority to provide assistance to 

4 foreign nations: Provided further, That contributions of 

5 funds for the purposes provided herein from any person, 

6 foreign government, or international organization may be 

7 credited to this Fund, to remain available until expended, 

8 and used for such purposes: Provided further, That the Sec9 retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense com10 mittees in writing upon the receipt and upon the obligation 

11 of any contribution, delineating the sources and amounts 

12 of the funds received and the specific use of such contribu13 tions: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, 

14 not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating from this appro15 priation account, notify the congressional defense commit16 tees in writing of the details of any such obligation: Pro17 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the 

18 congressional defense committees of any proposed new 

19 projects or transfer of funds between budget sub-activity 

20 groups in excess of $20,000,000: Provided further, That the 

21 United States may accept equipment procured using funds 

22 provided under this heading in this or prior Acts that was 

23 transferred to the security forces of Afghanistan and re24 turned by such forces to the United States: Provided further, 

25 That equipment procured using funds provided under this 
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1 heading in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred to 

2 the security forces of Afghanistan or transferred to the secu3 rity forces of Afghanistan and returned by such forces to 

4 the United States, may be treated as stocks of the Depart5 ment of Defense upon written notification to the congres6 sional defense committees: Provided further, That of the 

7 funds provided under this heading, not less than 

8 $25,000,000 shall be for recruitment and retention of 

9 women in the Afghanistan National Security Forces, and 

10 the recruitment and training of female security personnel 

11 for the 2015 parliamentary elections: Provided further, 

12 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over13 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur14 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

15 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For the ‘‘Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund’’, 

19 $1,900,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2016: Provided, That such funds shall be available, under 

21 the authority provided by any other provision of law, to 

22 enhance counterterrorism and crisis response activities un23 dertaken by the Armed Forces, and to provide support and 

24 assistance to foreign security forces or other groups or indi25 viduals, as authorized by a separate provision of law, to 
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1 conduct, support, or facilitate counterterrorism and crisis 

2 response activities: Provided further, That the Secretary of 

3 Defense shall, with the approval of the Office of Manage4 ment and Budget, transfer the funds provided herein to 

5 military personnel, operation and maintenance, or procure6 ment accounts, or, with the approval of the Office of Man7 agement and Budget and the concurrence of the Secretary 

8 of State, may also transfer such funds to ‘‘Overseas Contin9 gency Operations, Bilateral Economic Assistance, Funds 

10 Appropriated to the President, Complex Crises Fund’’: Pro11 vided further, That the transfer authority in the preceding 

12 proviso is in addition to any other transfer authority avail13 able to the Department of Defense: Provided further, That 

14 funds so transferred shall be merged with and be available 

15 for the same purposes, to the extent consistent with the pur16 poses identified in the first proviso, and subject to the same 

17 authorities and for the same time period as the appropria18 tion or fund to which transferred: Provided further, That 

19 the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior 

20 to transferring amounts from this appropriation account, 

21 notify the congressional defense committees and the Com22 mittees on Appropriations in writing of the details of any 

23 such transfer, except that under extraordinary cir24 cumstances, the Secretary of Defense may transfer such 

25 funds if such committees are notified within 48 hours of 
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1 the transfer: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

2 may obligate and expend funds transferred under this head3 ing in excess of the authorized limits in section 1206 of the 

4 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 

5 (Public Law 109–163), as amended, for a total of 

6 $700,000,000 in any fiscal year, and in excess of the author7 ized limits in section 1208 of the National Defense Author8 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375), 

9 as amended, for a total of $80,000,000 in any fiscal year: 

10 Provided further, That recipients of any training, equip11 ment, or other assistance provided with funds transferred 

12 under this heading shall be subject to section 8056 of this 

13 Act: Provided further, That the amount provided under this 

14 heading is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin15 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec16 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer17 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

18 EUROPEAN REASSURANCE INITIATIVE

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For the ‘‘European Reassurance Initiative’’, 

21 $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

22 2016: Provided, That such funds shall be available, under 

23 the authority provided by any other provision of law, to 

24 provide support and assistance to allies and partner na25 tions in Europe: Provided further, That such support and 
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1 assistance may include training, equipment, and logistic 

2 supplies, support, and services; the payment of incremental 

3 expenses of the Armed Forces associated with prepositioning 

4 additional equipment and undertaking additional or ex5 tended deployments in Europe and adjacent waters: Pro6 vided further, That of the funds provided herein, not less 

7 than $75,000,000 shall be made available for activities in 

8 support of Ukraine, and not less than $30,000,000 shall be 

9 made available for activities in support of Estonia, Lith10 uania, and Latvia: Provided further, That the Secretary 

11 of Defense shall transfer the funds provided herein to mili12 tary personnel or operation and maintenance appropria13 tions: Provided further, That funds transferred shall be 

14 merged with and be available for the same purposes and 

15 for the same time period as the appropriation to which 

16 transferred: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

17 shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to transferring amounts 

18 from this appropriation, notify the congressional defense 

19 committees in writing of the details of any such transfer: 

20 Provided further, That upon a determination by the Sec21 retary of Defense that all or part of the funds transferred 

22 from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 

23 herein, such amounts may be transferred back to the appro24 priation and shall be available for the same purposes and 

25 for the same time period as originally appropriated: Pro-
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1 vided further, That such amount is designated by Congress 

2 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter3 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

4 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

5 PROCUREMENT 

6 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 

8 Army’’, $196,200,000, to remain available until September 

9 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

10 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

11 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

12 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

13 1985. 

14 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 

16 Army’’, $29,100,000, to remain available until September 

17 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

18 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

19 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

20 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

21 1985. 

22 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT

23 VEHICLES, ARMY

24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Weap25 ons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army’’, $10,000,000, to 
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1 remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That 

2 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

3 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu4 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

5 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

6 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am8 munition, Army’’, $140,905,000, to remain available until 

9 September 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is des10 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper11 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

12 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

16 Army’’, $614,424,000, to remain available until September 

17 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

18 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

19 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

20 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

21 1985. 

22 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 

24 Navy’’, $158,503,000, to remain available until September 

25 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
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1 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

2 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

3 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

4 1985. 

5 WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Weapons Procurement, 

7 Navy’’, $12,456,000, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

9 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

10 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

11 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

12 1985. 

13 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE

14 CORPS

15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am16 munition, Navy and Marine Corps’’, $152,009,000, to re17 main available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That 

18 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

19 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu20 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

21 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

24 Navy’’, $219,370,000, to remain available until September 

25 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
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1 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

2 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

3 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

4 1985. 

5 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Marine 

7 Corps’’, $67,589,000, to remain available until September 

8 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

9 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

10 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

11 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

12 1985. 

13 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, 

15 Air Force’’, $296,200,000, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated 

17 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob18 al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 

19 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

20 of 1985. 

21 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Missile Procurement, 

23 Air Force’’, $114,939,000, to remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated 

25 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob-
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1 al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 

2 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

3 of 1985. 

4 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement of Am6 munition, Air Force’’, $170,732,000, to remain available 

7 until September 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is 

8 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper9 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

10 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

12 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Other Procurement, 

14 Air Force’’, $3,361,272,000, to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated 

16 by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob17 al War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) 

18 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

19 of 1985. 

20 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Defense22 Wide’’, $211,541,000, to remain available until September 

23 30, 2017: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 

24 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

25 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 
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2 1985. 

3 NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT

4 For procurement of aircraft, missiles, tracked combat 

5 vehicles, ammunition, other weapons and other procure6 ment for the reserve components of the Armed Forces, 

7 $1,000,000,000, to remain available for obligation until 

8 September 30, 2017: Provided, That the Chiefs of National 

9 Guard and Reserve components shall, not later than 30 

10 days after enactment of this Act, individually submit to the 

11 congressional defense committee the modernization priority 

12 assessment for their respective National Guard or Reserve 

13 component: Provided further, That such amount is des14 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper15 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

16 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

17 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

18 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

19 EVALUATION 

20 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY

21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop22 ment, Test and Evaluation, Army’’, $2,000,000, to remain 

23 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That such 

24 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin25 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec-
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1 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer2 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY

4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop5 ment, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’, $35,080,000, to remain 

6 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That such 

7 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin8 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec9 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer10 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

12 DEFENSE-WIDE

13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Develop14 ment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’, $45,597,000, to 

15 remain available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That 

16 such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

17 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu18 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 

19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

21 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Working Cap23 ital Funds’’, $91,350,000: Provided, That such amount is 

24 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper25 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

3 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

4 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro6 gram’’, $300,531,000, which shall be for operation and 

7 maintenance: Provided, That such amount is designated by 

8 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

9 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

10 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

11 of 1985. 

12 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

13 DEFENSE

14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Interdiction and 

15 Counter-Drug Activities, Defense’’, $209,000,000: Provided, 

16 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over17 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur18 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

19 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT FUND

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the ‘‘Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat 

23 Fund’’, $444,463,000, to remain available until September 

24 30, 2017: Provided, That such funds shall be available to 

25 the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other provi-
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1 sion of law, for the purpose of allowing the Director of the 

2 Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization to 

3 investigate, develop and provide equipment, supplies, serv4 ices, training, facilities, personnel and funds to assist 

5 United States forces in the defeat of improvised explosive 

6 devices: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

7 may transfer funds provided herein to appropriations for 

8 military personnel; operation and maintenance; procure9 ment; research, development, test and evaluation; and de10 fense working capital funds to accomplish the purpose pro11 vided herein: Provided further, That this transfer authority 

12 is in addition to any other transfer authority available to 

13 the Department of Defense: Provided further, That the Sec14 retary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to 

15 making transfers from this appropriation, notify the con16 gressional defense committees in writing of the details of 

17 any such transfer: Provided further, That such amount is 

18 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper19 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

20 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

21 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Inspec24 tor General’’, $7,968,000: Provided, That such amount is 

25 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
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1 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

2 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 

5 SEC. 9001. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, funds made available in this title are in addition to 

7 amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the 

8 Department of Defense for fiscal year 2015. 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 9002. Upon the determination of the Secretary 

11 of Defense that such action is necessary in the national in12 terest, the Secretary may, with the approval of the Office 

13 of Management and Budget, transfer up to $3,500,000,000 

14 between the appropriations or funds made available to the 

15 Department of Defense in this title: Provided, That the Sec16 retary shall notify the Congress promptly of each transfer 

17 made pursuant to the authority in this section: Provided 

18 further, That the authority provided in this section is in 

19 addition to any other transfer authority available to the 

20 Department of Defense and is subject to the same terms and 

21 conditions as the authority provided in the Department of 

22 Defense Appropriations Act, 2015. 

23 SEC. 9003. Supervision and administration costs asso24 ciated with a construction project funded with appropria25 tions available for operation and maintenance or the ‘‘Af-
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1 ghanistan Security Forces Fund’’ provided in this Act and 

2 executed in direct support of overseas contingency oper3 ations in Afghanistan, may be obligated at the time a con4 struction contract is awarded: Provided, That for the pur5 pose of this section, supervision and administration costs 

6 include all in-house Government costs. 

7 SEC. 9004. From funds made available in this title, 

8 the Secretary of Defense may purchase for use by military 

9 and civilian employees of the Department of Defense in the 

10 U.S. Central Command area of responsibility: (a) passenger 

11 motor vehicles up to a limit of $75,000 per vehicle; and 

12 (b) heavy and light armored vehicles for the physical secu13 rity of personnel or for force protection purposes up to a 

14 limit of $250,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or 

15 other limitations applicable to the purchase of passenger 

16 carrying vehicles. 

17 SEC. 9005. Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the amounts 

18 appropriated in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation 

19 and Maintenance, Army’’ may be used, notwithstanding 

20 any other provision of law, to fund the Commander’s Emer21 gency Response Program (CERP), for the purpose of ena22 bling military commanders in Afghanistan to respond to 

23 urgent, small-scale, humanitarian relief and reconstruction 

24 requirements within their areas of responsibility: Provided, 

25 That each project (including any ancillary or related ele-
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1 ments in connection with such project) executed under this 

2 authority shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided further, 

3 That not later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal 

4 year quarter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 

5 congressional defense committees a report regarding the 

6 source of funds and the allocation and use of funds during 

7 that quarter that were made available pursuant to the au8 thority provided in this section or under any other provi9 sion of law for the purposes described herein: Provided fur10 ther, That, not later than 30 days after the end of each 

11 month, the Army shall submit to the congressional defense 

12 committees monthly commitment, obligation, and expendi13 ture data for the Commander’s Emergency Response Pro14 gram in Afghanistan: Provided further, That not less than 

15 15 days before making funds available pursuant to the au16 thority provided in this section or under any other provi17 sion of law for the purposes described herein for a project 

18 with a total anticipated cost for completion of $500,000 or 

19 more, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 

20 committees a written notice containing each of the fol21 lowing: 

22 (1) The location, nature and purpose of the pro23 posed project, including how the project is intended to 

24 advance the military campaign plan for the country 

25 in which it is to be carried out. 
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1 (2) The budget, implementation timeline with 

2 milestones, and completion date for the proposed 

3 project, including any other CERP funding that has 

4 been or is anticipated to be contributed to the comple5 tion of the project. 

6 (3) A plan for the sustainment of the proposed 

7 project, including the agreement with either the host 

8 nation, a non-Department of Defense agency of the 

9 United States Government or a third-party contrib10 utor to finance the sustainment of the activities and 

11 maintenance of any equipment or facilities to be pro12 vided through the proposed project. 

13 SEC. 9006. Funds available to the Department of De14 fense for operation and maintenance may be used, notwith15 standing any other provision of law, to provide supplies, 

16 services, transportation, including airlift and sealift, and 

17 other logistical support to coalition forces supporting mili18 tary and stability operations in Afghanistan: Provided, 

19 That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly re20 ports to the congressional defense committees regarding sup21 port provided under this section. 

22 SEC. 9007. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli24 gated or expended by the United States Government for a 

25 purpose as follows: 
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1 (1) To establish any military installation or base 

2 for the purpose of providing for the permanent sta3 tioning of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 

4 (2) To exercise United States control over any 

5 oil resource of Iraq. 

6 (3) To establish any military installation or base 

7 for the purpose of providing for the permanent sta8 tioning of United States Armed Forces in Afghani9 stan. 

10 SEC. 9008. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be used in contravention of the following laws en12 acted or regulations promulgated to implement the United 

13 Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, In14 human or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (done at 

15 New York on December 10, 1984): 

16 (1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 

17 Code. 

18 (2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 

19 and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 

20 Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 

21 note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 

22 regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Federal 

23 Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of Federal 

24 Regulations. 
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1 (3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department of 

2 Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to 

3 Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pan4 demic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–148). 

5 SEC. 9009. None of the funds provided for the ‘‘Afghan6 istan Security Forces Fund’’ (ASFF) may be obligated 

7 prior to the approval of a financial and activity plan by 

8 the Afghanistan Resources Oversight Council (AROC) of the 

9 Department of Defense: Provided, That the AROC must ap10 prove the requirement and acquisition plan for any service 

11 requirements in excess of $50,000,000 annually and any 

12 non-standard equipment requirements in excess of 

13 $100,000,000 using ASFF: Provided further, That the 

14 AROC must approve any project in excess of $5,000,000 

15 from the Commanders Emergency Response Program 

16 (CERP): Provided further, That the Department of Defense 

17 must certify to the congressional defense committees that the 

18 AROC has convened and approved a process for ensuring 

19 compliance with the requirements in the preceding provisos 

20 and accompanying report language for the ASFF and 

21 CERP. 

22 SEC. 9010. Funds made available in this title to the 

23 Department of Defense for operation and maintenance may 

24 be used to purchase items having an investment unit cost 

25 of not more than $250,000: Provided, That, upon deter-
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1 mination by the Secretary of Defense that such action is 

2 necessary to meet the operational requirements of a Com3 mander of a Combatant Command engaged in contingency 

4 operations overseas, such funds may be used to purchase 

5 items having an investment item unit cost of not more than 

6 $500,000. 

7 SEC. 9011. From funds made available to the Depart8 ment of Defense in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation 

9 and Maintenance, Air Force’’ up to $140,000,000 may be 

10 used by the Secretary of Defense, notwithstanding any other 

11 provision of law, to support United States Government 

12 transition activities in Iraq by funding the operations and 

13 activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq and 

14 security assistance teams, including life support, transpor15 tation and personal security, and facilities renovation and 

16 construction, and site closeout activities prior to returning 

17 sites to the Government of Iraq: Provided, That to the extent 

18 authorized under the National Defense Authorization Act 

19 for Fiscal Year 2015, the operations and activities that may 

20 be carried out by the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq 

21 may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, include 

22 non-operational training activities in support of Iraqi Min23 ister of Defense and Counter Terrorism Service personnel 

24 in an institutional environment to address capability gaps, 

25 integrate processes relating to intelligence, air sovereignty, 
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1 combined arms, logistics and maintenance, and to manage 

2 and integrate defense-related institutions: Provided further, 

3 That not later than 30 days following the enactment of this 

4 Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State 

5 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan 

6 for transitioning any such training activities that they de7 termine are needed after the end of fiscal year 2015, to exist8 ing or new contracts for the sale of defense articles or de9 fense services consistent with the provisions of the Arms Ex10 port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.): Provided further, 

11 That not less than 15 days before making funds available 

12 pursuant to the authority provided in this section, the Sec13 retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 

14 committees a written notice containing a detailed justifica15 tion and timeline for the operations and activities of the 

16 Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq at each site where 

17 such operations and activities will be conducted during fis18 cal year 2015. 

19 (RESCISSIONS)

20 SEC. 9012. Of the funds appropriated in Department 

21 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 

22 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and programs 

23 in the specified amounts: Provided, That such amounts are 

24 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper25 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

2 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: 

3 ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2013/2015, 

4 $8,200,000; 

5 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Army’’, 2014/2016, 

6 $464,000,000; and 

7 ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, 2014/2015, 

8 $109,643,000. 

9 SEC. 9013. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used with respect to Syria in contravention of 

11 the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), includ12 ing for the introduction of United States armed or military 

13 forces into hostilities in Syria, into situations in Syria 

14 where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indi15 cated by the circumstances, or into Syrian territory, air16 space, or waters while equipped for combat, in contraven17 tion of the congressional consultation and reporting require18 ments of sections 3 and 4 of that law (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 

19 1543). 

20 SEC. 9014. In addition to the amounts appropriated 

21 in this Act, $250,000,000 is hereby appropriated, notwith22 standing any other provision of law, to conduct surface and 

23 subsurface clearance of unexploded ordnance at closed 

24 training ranges used by the Armed Forces of the United 

25 States in Afghanistan: Provided, That such funds shall be 
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1 available until September 30, 2016: Provided further, That 

2 such ranges shall not have been transferred to the Islamic 

3 Republic of Afghanistan for use by its armed forces: Pro4 vided further, That within 90 days of enactment of this Act, 

5 the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congressional 

6 defense committees a written plan to mitigate the threat 

7 of unexploded ordnance at such ranges, including a detailed 

8 spend plan: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

9 shall provide the congressional defense committees written 

10 progress reports every 180 days after the submission of the 

11 initial plan, until such funds are fully expended: Provided 

12 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

13 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter14 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

15 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 SEC. 9015. The Secretary of Defense is authorized, 

17 with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to provide 

18 assistance, including the provision of defense articles and 

19 defense services, to appropriately vetted elements of the Syr20 ian opposition and other appropriately vetted Syrian 

21 groups or individuals for the following purposes: (1) De22 fending the Syrian people from attacks by the Syrian re23 gime, facilitating the provision of essential services, and 

24 stabilizing territory controlled by the opposition; (2) Pro25 tecting the United States, its friends and allies, and the 
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1 Syrian people from threats posed by terrorists in Syria; 

2 (3) Promoting the conditions for a negotiated settlement to 

3 end the conflict in Syria: Provided, That of the funds ap4 propriated in this title under the heading, ‘‘Operation and 

5 Maintenance, Defense-wide’’, up to $500,000,000 may be 

6 used for activities authorized by this section: Provided fur7 ther, That the Secretary may accept contributions, includ8 ing assistance in-kind, from foreign governments to carry 

9 out activities as authorized by this section, except that any 

10 funds so accepted by the Secretary shall not be available 

11 for obligation until a reprogramming action is submitted 

12 to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, 

13 That 15 days prior to initiating a program to transfer de14 fense articles or provide defense services as authorized by 

15 this section, the Secretary of Defense shall provide the con16 gressional defense committees with a report describing the 

17 details and objectives of such program, including the goals 

18 of the program, a concept of operations, the amount of as19 sistance to be provided, the cooperation of partner nations, 

20 the number of United States Armed Forces personnel in21 volved, and other relevant details: Provided further, That 

22 the term ‘‘appropriately vetted’’ as used in this section shall 

23 be construed to mean, at a minimum, assessments of pos24 sible recipients for associations with terrorist groups, com25 mitment to the rule of law, opposition to sectarian violence, 
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1 commitment to a peaceful and democratic Syria under ci2 vilian rule, and compliance with section 8056 of this Act: 

3 Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be con4 strued to constitute a specific statutory authorization for 

5 the introduction of the United States Armed Forces into 

6 hostilities or into situations wherein hostilities are clearly 

7 indicated by the circumstances, in accordance with section 

8 8(a)(1) of the War Powers Resolution: Provided further, 

9 That the authority to provide assistance under this section 

10 shall terminate upon enactment of the National Defense Au11 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, or September 30, 

12 2015. 

13 SEC. 9016. None of the funds in this Act may be made 

14 available for the transfer of additional C–130 cargo aircraft 

15 to the Afghanistan National Security Forces or the Afghani16 stan Air Force until the Department of Defense provides 

17 a review to the congressional defense committees of the Af18 ghanistan Air Force’s medium airlift requirements. The re19 view should identify Afghanistan’s ability to utilize and 

20 maintain existing medium lift aircraft in the inventory 

21 and the best alternative platform, if necessary, to provide 

22 additional support to the Afghanistan Air Force’s current 

23 medium airlift capacity. 

24 SEC. 9017. Each amount designated in titles IX, X, 

25 and XI of this Act by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
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1 Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

2 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

3 Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, 

4 if applicable) only if the President subsequently so des5 ignates all such amounts and transmits such designations 

6 to the Congress. 

7 TITLE X 

8 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

9 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

10 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

11 COMPLEX CRISES FUND

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, 

13 $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2016: Provided, That such funds may be made available 

15 for the purposes of undertaking counterterrorism partner16 ship efforts, responding to crises, and addressing regional 

17 instability resulting from the conflict in Syria (including 

18 in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur19 poses, up to 5 percent for administrative expenses): Pro20 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con21 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

22 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal23 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

2 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

3 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

4 ACTIVITIES

5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Contributions for 

6 International Peacekeeping Activities’’, $278,000,000, to re7 main available until September 30, 2016, which may be 

8 made available to support international peacekeeping mis9 sions including in the Central African Republic: Provided, 

10 That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over11 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pur12 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

13 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

14 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

15 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Foreign Military Fi17 nancing Program’’, $75,000,000, to remain available until 

18 September 30, 2016, which may be made available to 

19 strengthen the capacity of partner states in Europe includ20 ing to support security sector reform: Provided, That such 

21 amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contin22 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to sec23 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer24 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE 

2 SEC. 10001. The provisions of sections 8002 and 8003 

3 of S. 2499, as reported to the Senate on June 19, 2014, 

4 shall apply to funds appropriated under this heading, in5 cluding for the transfer of funds among fiscal year 2015 

6 appropriations accounts cited therein and including for the 

7 purposes specified herein. 

8 TITLE XI 

9 OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

10 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

11 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE

12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Construction, 

13 Defense-Wide’’, $46,000,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

15 provision of law, such funds may be obligated and expended 

16 to carry out a military construction project outside of the 

17 United States not otherwise authorized by law: Provided 

18 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 

19 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter20 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 

21 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

22 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 

23 Appropriations Act, 2015’’. 

Calendar No. 472 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4870 

[Report No. 113–211] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Department of De2015, and for other purposes. fense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

JUNE 25, 2014 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

J

Appropriations 

ULY 17, 2014 

Reported with an amendment