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Calendar No. 181 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2587 

[Report No. 118–81] 

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 27, 2023 

Mr. TESTER, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending Sep6 tember 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 MILITARY PERSONNEL 

3 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY

4 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

8 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 

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

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

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

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

15 $49,576,005,000. 

16 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY

17 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

21 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 

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

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

25 payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, 
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1 as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department 

2 of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $37,400,340,000. 

3 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

4 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

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

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

12 402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Re13 tirement Fund, $15,482,551,000. 

14 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

15 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

19 between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air 

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

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

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

24 377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Depart-
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1 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

2 $36,118,107,000. 

3 MILITARY PERSONNEL, SPACE FORCE

4 For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 

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

8 between permanent duty stations, for members of the 

9 Space Force on active duty and cadets; for members of 

10 the Reserve Officers Training Corps; and for payments 

11 pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amend12 ed (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department of De13 fense Military Retirement Fund, $1,210,928,000. 

14 RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY

15 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

16 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re17 serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 

18 7038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 

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

20 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

22 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 

23 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au24 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 
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1 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

2 Retirement Fund, $5,333,436,000. 

3 RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY

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

5 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re6 serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 

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

8 section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in con9 nection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 

10 of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re11 serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

12 duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 

13 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart14 ment of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

15 $2,481,249,000. 

16 RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS

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

18 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 

19 Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 

20 10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty 

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

22 in connection with performing duty specified in section 

23 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under24 going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv25 alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon 
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1 leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 

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

3 Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

4 $879,613,000. 

5 RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

6 For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 

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

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

9 8038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 

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

11 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 

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

13 while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 

14 drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au15 thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 

16 and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 

17 Retirement Fund, $2,450,005,000. 

18 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY

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

20 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na21 tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, 

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

23 States Code, or while serving on duty under section 

24 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United 

25 States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
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1 in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 

2 while undergoing training, or while performing drills or 

3 equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 

4 section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay5 ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 

6 Fund, $9,786,667,000. 

7 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE

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

9 travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na10 tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or 

11 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 

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

13 title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, 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 training, or while performing drills or equivalent 

17 duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 

18 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 

19 to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 

20 $5,264,865,000. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY

4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

5 for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as author6 ized by law, $59,904,900,000: Provided, That not to ex7 ceed $12,478,000 may be used for emergencies and ex8 traordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval 

9 or authority of the Secretary of the Army, and payments 

10 may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of necessity 

11 for confidential military purposes. 

12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY

13 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

14 for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the 

15 Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $72,224,550,000: 

16 Provided, That not to exceed $15,055,000 may be used 

17 for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex18 pended upon the approval or authority of the Secretary 

19 of the Navy, and payments may be made upon the Sec20 retary’s certificate of necessity for confidential military 

21 purposes. 

22 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

23 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

24 for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, 

25 as authorized by law, $10,299,917,000. 
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE

2 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

4 authorized by law, $62,449,894,000: Provided, That not 

5 to exceed $7,699,000 may be used for emergencies and 

6 extraordinary expenses, to be expended upon the approval 

7 or authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, and pay8 ments may be made upon the Secretary’s certificate of ne9 cessity for confidential military purposes. 

10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE

11 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

12 for the operation and maintenance of the Space Force, as 

13 authorized by law, $4,958,408,000. 

14 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

17 for the operation and maintenance of activities and agen18 cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 

19 departments), as authorized by law, $52,508,990,000: 

20 Provided, That not more than $2,981,000 may be used 

21 for the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund authorized 

22 under section 166a of title 10, United States Code: Pro23 vided further, That not to exceed $36,000,000 may be 

24 used for emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be ex25 pended upon the approval or authority of the Secretary 
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1 of Defense, and payments may be made upon the Sec2 retary’s certificate of necessity for confidential military 

3 purposes: Provided further, That of the funds provided 

4 under this heading, not less than $55,000,000 shall be 

5 made available for the Procurement Technical Assistance 

6 Cooperative Agreement Program, of which not less than 

7 $5,000,000 shall be available for centers with eligible enti8 ties defined in 10 U.S.C. 4951(1)(D): Provided further, 

9 That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

10 available by this Act may be used to plan or implement 

11 the consolidation of a budget or appropriations liaison of12 fice of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the office 

13 of the Secretary of a military department, or the service 

14 headquarters of one of the Armed Forces into a legislative 

15 affairs or legislative liaison office: Provided further, That 

16 of the funds provided under this heading, $3,000,000, to 

17 remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be avail18 able only for expenses relating to certain classified activi19 ties: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 

20 this heading, $25,968,000, to remain available until ex21 pended, shall be available only for expenses relating to cer22 tain classified activities, and may be transferred as nec23 essary by the Secretary of Defense to operation and main24 tenance appropriations or research, development, test and 

25 evaluation appropriations, to be merged with and to be 
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1 available for the same time period as the appropriations 

2 to which transferred: Provided further, That any ceiling 

3 on the investment item unit cost of items that may be pur4 chased with operation and maintenance funds shall not 

5 apply to the funds described in the preceding proviso: Pro6 vided further, That of the funds provided under this head7 ing, $2,241,600,000, of which $1,316,031,000, to remain 

8 available until September 30, 2025, shall be available to 

9 provide support and assistance to foreign security forces 

10 or other groups or individuals to conduct, support or facili11 tate counterterrorism, crisis response, or other Depart12 ment of Defense security cooperation programs: Provided 

13 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 

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

16 COUNTER-ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND

17 For the ‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 

18 Train and Equip Fund’’, $372,950,000, to remain avail19 able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That such funds 

20 shall be available to the Secretary of Defense in coordina21 tion with the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, in22 cluding training; equipment; logistics support, supplies, 

23 and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and renova24 tion; construction for facility fortification and humane 

25 treatment; and sustainment, to foreign security forces, ir-
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1 regular forces, groups, or individuals participating, or pre2 paring to participate in activities to counter the Islamic 

3 State of Iraq and Syria, and their affiliated or associated 

4 groups: Provided further, That amounts made available 

5 under this heading shall be available to provide assistance 

6 only for activities in a country designated by the Secretary 

7 of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 

8 as having a security mission to counter the Islamic State 

9 of Iraq and Syria, and following written notification to the 

10 congressional defense committees of such designation: 

11 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall en12 sure that prior to providing assistance to elements of any 

13 forces or individuals, such elements or individuals are ap14 propriately vetted, including at a minimum, assessing such 

15 elements for associations with terrorist groups or groups 

16 associated with the Government of Iran; and receiving 

17 commitments from such elements to promote respect for 

18 human rights and the rule of law: Provided further, That 

19 the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days 

20 prior to obligating from this appropriation account, notify 

21 the congressional defense committees in writing of the de22 tails of any such obligation: Provided further, That the 

23 Secretary of Defense may accept and retain contributions, 

24 including assistance in-kind, from foreign governments, 

25 including the Government of Iraq and other entities, to 
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1 carry out assistance authorized under this heading: Pro2 vided further, That contributions of funds for the purposes 

3 provided herein from any foreign government or other en4 tity may be credited to this Fund, to remain available until 

5 expended, and used for such purposes: Provided further, 

6 That the Secretary of Defense shall prioritize such con7 tributions when providing any assistance for construction 

8 for facility fortification: Provided further, That the Sec9 retary of Defense may waive a provision of law relating 

10 to the acquisition of items and support services or sections 

11 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

12 2780 and 2785) if the Secretary determines that such pro13 vision of law would prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise 

14 limit the provision of such assistance and a notice of and 

15 justification for such waiver is submitted to the congres16 sional defense committees, the Committees on Appropria17 tions and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com18 mittees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs of the 

19 House of Representatives: Provided further, That the 

20 United States may accept equipment procured using funds 

21 provided under this heading, or under the heading, ‘‘Iraq 

22 Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior Acts, that was trans23 ferred to security forces, irregular forces, or groups par24 ticipating, or preparing to participate in activities to 

25 counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and returned 
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1 by such forces or groups to the United States, and such 

2 equipment may be treated as stocks of the Department 

3 of Defense upon written notification to the congressional 

4 defense committees: Provided further, That equipment 

5 procured using funds provided under this heading, or 

6 under the heading, ‘‘Iraq Train and Equip Fund’’ in prior 

7 Acts, and not yet transferred to security forces, irregular 

8 forces, or groups participating, or preparing to participate 

9 in activities to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 

10 may be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense 

11 when determined by the Secretary to no longer be required 

12 for transfer to such forces or groups and upon written 

13 notification to the congressional defense committees: Pro14 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide 

15 quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees 

16 on the use of funds provided under this heading, including, 

17 but not limited to, the number of individuals trained, the 

18 nature and scope of support and sustainment provided to 

19 each group or individual, the area of operations for each 

20 group, and the contributions of other countries, groups, 

21 or individuals. 

22 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE

23 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

2 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re3 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip4 ment; and communications, $3,623,948,000. 

5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE

6 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

10 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re11 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip12 ment; and communications, $1,384,310,000. 

13 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS

14 RESERVE

15 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

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

20 recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip21 ment; and communications, $329,895,000. 

22 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE

23 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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

2 vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re3 cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip4 ment; and communications, $4,003,756,000. 

5 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL

6 GUARD

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

9 hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 

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

14 Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard 

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

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

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

21 equipment (including aircraft), $8,706,797,000. 

22 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD

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

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

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

5 modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 

6 equipment, including those furnished from stocks under 

7 the control of agencies of the Department of Defense; 

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

9 authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on 

10 active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 

11 while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 

12 Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the 

13 Chief, National Guard Bureau, $7,268,605,000. 

14 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED

15 FORCES

16 For salaries and expenses necessary for the United 

17 States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 

18 $16,620,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used 

19 for official representation purposes. 

20 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the Department of the Army, $265,860,000, to 

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

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

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

3 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

4 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 

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

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

7 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

8 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

9 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 

10 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

11 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

12 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

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

15 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For the Department of the Navy, $405,240,000, to 

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

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

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

23 for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 

24 this appropriation to other appropriations made available 

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

2 time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 

3 Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 

4 part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 

5 not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

6 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

7 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

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

10 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For the Department of the Air Force, $406,744,000, 

13 to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the 

14 Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that 

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

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

19 available by this appropriation to other appropriations 

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

21 merged with and to be available for the same purposes 

22 and for the same time period as the appropriations to 

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

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

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

4 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

5 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For the Department of Defense, $8,965,000, to re8 main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec9 retary of Defense shall, upon determining that such funds 

10 are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 

11 recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 

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

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

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

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

21 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

22 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 

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

2 DEFENSE SITES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the Department of the Army, $232,806,000, to 

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

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

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

11 appropriation to other appropriations made available to 

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

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

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

16 of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 

17 necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 

18 may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 

19 further, That the transfer authority provided under this 

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

22 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID

23 For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 

24 Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of 

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

2 United States Code), $114,900,000, to remain available 

3 until September 30, 2025. 

4 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT

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

7 Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction 

8 Program authorized under the Department of Defense Co9 operative Threat Reduction Act, $350,999,000, to remain 

10 available until September 30, 2026. 

11 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE

12 DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT

13 For the Department of Defense Acquisition Work14 force Development Account, $79,977,000: Provided, That 

15 no other amounts may be otherwise credited or transferred 

16 to the Account, or deposited into the Account, in fiscal 

17 year 2024 pursuant to section 1705(d) of title 10, United 

18 States Code. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 PROCUREMENT 

3 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

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

6 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 

7 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 

8 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 

9 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 

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

11 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

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

14 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 

15 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 

16 foregoing purposes, $3,154,007,000, to remain available 

17 for obligation until September 30, 2026. 

18 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

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

21 ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 

22 accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 

23 devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 

24 the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 

25 and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
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1 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

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

4 reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 

5 equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 

6 foregoing purposes, $4,826,906,000, to remain available 

7 for obligation until September 30, 2026. 

8 PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT

9 VEHICLES, ARMY

10 For construction, procurement, production, and 

11 modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 

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

14 expansion of public and private plants, including the land 

15 necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

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

18 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

19 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

20 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

21 layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing 

22 purposes, $4,070,011,000, to remain available for obliga23 tion until September 30, 2026. 
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1 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY

2 For construction, procurement, production, and 

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

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

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

14 for the foregoing purposes, $2,888,332,000, to remain 

15 available for obligation until September 30, 2026. 

16 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

17 For construction, procurement, production, and 

18 modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and 

19 non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger 

20 motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and 

21 electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 

22 parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized 

23 equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 

24 private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 

25 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 
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1 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

2 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 

3 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

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

6 expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes, 

7 $8,402,000,000, to remain available for obligation until 

8 September 30, 2026. 

9 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

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

12 ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 

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

16 thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 

17 installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 

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

20 $18,759,061,000, to remain available for obligation until 

21 September 30, 2026. 

22 WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

23 For construction, procurement, production, modifica24 tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap25 ons, and related support equipment including spare parts, 
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1 and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private 

2 plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 

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

5 procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 

6 and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 

7 plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 

8 layaway, $6,124,220,000, to remain available for obliga9 tion until September 30, 2026. 

10 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE

11 CORPS

12 For construction, procurement, production, and 

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

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

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

24 for the foregoing purposes, $1,187,912,000, to remain 

25 available for obligation until September 30, 2026. 
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1 SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY

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

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

8 long lead time components and designs for vessels to be 

9 constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of 

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

12 and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 

13 title, as follows: 

14 Columbia Class Submarine, $2,443,598,000; 

15 Columbia Class Submarine (AP), 

16 $3,390,734,000; 

17 Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–80), 

18 $1,115,296,000; 

19 Carrier Replacement Program (CVN–81), 

20 $800,492,000; 

21 Virginia Class Submarine, $7,129,965,000; 

22 Virginia Class Submarine (AP), 

23 $3,158,782,000; 

24 CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $488,446,000; 

25 DDG–1000 Program, $410,400,000; 
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1 DDG–51 Destroyer, $4,499,179,000; 

2 DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $1,641,335,000; 

3 FFG–Frigate, $2,223,698,000; 

4 LPD Flight II (AP), $500,000,000; 

5 LHA Replacement, $1,830,149,000; 

6 TAO Fleet Oiler, $815,420,000; 

7 TAGOS Surtass Ship, $513,466,000; 

8 LCU 1700, $62,532,000; 

9 Service Craft, $93,815,000; 

10 Auxiliary Personnel Lighter, $72,000,000; 

11 LCAC SLEP, $15,286,000; 

12 Auxiliary Vessels, $142,008,000; 

13 For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 

14 first destination transportation, $513,937,000; and 

15 Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro16 grams, $1,390,093,000. 

17 In all: $33,250,631,000, to remain available for obli18 gation until September 30, 2028: Provided, That addi19 tional obligations may be incurred after September 30, 

20 2028, for engineering services, tests, evaluations, and 

21 other such budgeted work that must be performed in the 

22 final stage of ship construction: Provided further, That 

23 none of the funds provided under this heading for the con24 struction or conversion of any naval vessel to be con25 structed in shipyards in the United States shall be ex-
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1 pended in foreign facilities for the construction of major 

2 components of such vessel: Provided further, That none of 

3 the funds provided under this heading shall be used for 

4 the construction of any naval vessel in foreign shipyards: 

5 Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise 

6 made available by this Act for Columbia Class Submarine 

7 (AP) may be available for the purposes authorized by sub8 sections (f), (g), (h) or (i) of section 2218a of title 10, 

9 United States Code, only in accordance with the provisions 

10 of the applicable subsection. 

11 OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

12 For procurement, production, and modernization of 

13 support equipment and materials not otherwise provided 

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

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

16 of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expan17 sion of public and private plants, including the land nec18 essary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may 

19 be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 

20 approval of title; and procurement and installation of 

21 equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 

22 private plants; reserve plant and Government and con23 tractor-owned equipment layaway, $14,711,311,000, to 

24 remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026: 

25 Provided, That such funds are also available for the main-
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1 tenance, repair, and modernization of ships under a pilot 

2 program established for such purposes. 

3 PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

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

6 equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 

7 equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 

8 thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and 

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

12 of public and private plants, including land necessary 

13 therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac14 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap15 proval of title, $3,957,695,000, to remain available for ob16 ligation until September 30, 2026. 

17 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

18 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

19 aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 

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

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

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

25 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 
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1 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

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

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

6 $20,114,772,000, to remain available for obligation until 

7 September 30, 2026. 

8 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

9 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

10 missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 

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

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

21 things, $5,590,622,000, to remain available for obligation 

22 until September 30, 2026. 

23 PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE

24 For construction, procurement, production, and 

25 modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
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1 cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub2 lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au3 thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 

4 and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur5 poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac6 quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap7 proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip8 ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 

9 plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor10 owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 

11 for the foregoing purposes, $636,579,000, to remain avail12 able for obligation until September 30, 2026. 

13 OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

14 For procurement and modification of equipment (in15 cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment, 

16 and ground electronic and communication equipment), 

17 and supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not oth18 erwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehi19 cles for replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehi20 cles; and expansion of public and private plants, Govern21 ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 

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

23 the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 

24 therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 

25 thereon, prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov-
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1 ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway, 

2 $30,397,452,000, to remain available for obligation until 

3 September 30, 2026. 

4 PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE

5 For construction, procurement, and modification of 

6 spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including 

7 spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling 

8 equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and 

9 private plants, Government-owned equipment and installa10 tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac11 quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 

12 lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con13 struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re14 serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip15 ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore16 going purposes including rents and transportation of 

17 things, $4,034,798,000, to remain available for obligation 

18 until September 30, 2026. 

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 $6,059,196,000, to remain available for obligation until 

8 September 30, 2026. 

9 DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES

10 For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant 

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

13 $431,212,000, to remain available until expended, which 

14 shall be obligated and expended by the Secretary of De15 fense as if delegated the necessary authorities conferred 

16 by the Defense Production Act of 1950. 

17 NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT

18 For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tac19 tical and support vehicles; other weapons; and other pro20 curement items for the reserve components of the Armed 

21 Forces, $850,000,000, to remain available for obligation 

22 until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the Chiefs of 

23 National Guard and Reserve components shall, not later 

24 than 30 days after enactment of this Act, individually sub25 mit to the congressional defense committees the mod-
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1 ernization priority assessment for their respective Na2 tional Guard or Reserve component: Provided further, 

3 That none of the funds made available by this paragraph 

4 may be used to procure manned fixed wing aircraft, or 

5 procure or modify missiles, munitions, or ammunition. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

3 EVALUATION 

4 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

5 ARMY

6 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci7 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ8 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa9 cilities and equipment, $15,893,354,000, to remain avail10 able for obligation until September 30, 2025. 

11 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

12 NAVY

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, $26,362,009,000, to remain avail17 able for obligation until September 30, 2025: Provided, 

18 That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are 

19 available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique oper20 ational requirements of the Special Operations Forces. 

21 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

22 AIR FORCE

23 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci24 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ25 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa-
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1 cilities and equipment, $45,675,802,000, to remain avail2 able for obligation until September 30, 2025. 

3 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

4 SPACE FORCE

5 For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci6 entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ7 ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa8 cilities and equipment, $18,842,930,000, to remain avail9 able until September 30, 2025. 

10 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

11 DEFENSE-WIDE

12 For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart13 ment of Defense (other than the military departments), 

14 necessary for basic and applied scientific research, devel15 opment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects 

16 as may be designated and determined by the Secretary 

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

18 lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 

19 $36,271,140,000, to remain available for obligation until 

20 September 30, 2025. 

21 OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

22 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

23 for the independent activities of the Director, Operational 

24 Test and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of 

25 operational test and evaluation, including initial oper-
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1 ational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to, 

2 and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 

3 testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 

4 connection therewith, $337,489,000, to remain available 

5 for obligation until September 30, 2025. 

6 TITLE V 

7 REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 

8 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS

9 For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 

10 $1,795,079,000. 
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1 TITLE VI 

2 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 

3 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 

5 and health care programs of the Department of Defense 

6 as authorized by law, $39,085,201,000; of which 

7 $36,774,417,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, 

8 of which not to exceed one percent shall remain available 

9 for obligation until September 30, 2025, and of which up 

10 to $19,776,328,000 may be available for contracts entered 

11 into under the TRICARE program; of which 

12 $353,811,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep13 tember 30, 2026, shall be for procurement; and of which 

14 $1,956,973,000, to remain available for obligation until 

15 September 30, 2025, shall be for research, development, 

16 test and evaluation: Provided, That of the funds provided 

17 under this heading for research, development, test and 

18 evaluation, not less than $864,500,000 shall be made 

19 available to the Defense Health Agency to carry out the 

20 congressionally directed medical research programs. 

21 CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 

22 DEFENSE

23 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

24 for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal 

25 chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the pro-
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1 visions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Au2 thorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the de3 struction of other chemical warfare materials that are not 

4 in the chemical weapon stockpile, $1,091,844,000, of 

5 which $89,284,000 shall be for operation and mainte6 nance, of which not less than $57,875,000 shall be for 

7 the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Pro8 gram, consisting of $23,676,000 for activities on military 

9 installations and $34,199,000, to remain available until 

10 September 30, 2025, to assist State and local govern11 ments; and $1,002,560,000, to remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2025, shall be for research, development, test 

13 and evaluation, of which $1,000,467,000 shall only be for 

14 the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. 

15 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

16 DEFENSE

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 

19 the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 

20 available to the Department of Defense for military per21 sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi22 sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper23 ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 

24 development, test and evaluation, $994,490,000, of which 

25 $622,593,000 shall be for counter-narcotics support; 
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1 $134,313,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction pro2 gram; $211,591,000 shall be for the National Guard 

3 counter-drug program; and $25,993,000 shall be for the 

4 National Guard counter-drug schools program: Provided, 

5 That the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 

6 available for obligation for the same time period and for 

7 the same purpose as the appropriation to which trans8 ferred: Provided further, That upon a determination that 

9 all or part of the funds transferred from this appropriation 

10 are not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 

11 amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 

12 Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 

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

15 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For expenses and activities of the Office of the In17 spector General in carrying out the provisions of the In18 spector General Act of 1978, as amended, $525,365,000, 

19 of which $520,867,000 shall be for operation and mainte20 nance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for 

21 emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended 

22 upon the approval or authority of the Inspector General, 

23 and payments may be made upon the Inspector General’s 

24 certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes; 

25 of which $1,098,000, to remain available for obligation 
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1 until September 30, 2026, shall be for procurement; and 

2 of which $3,400,000, to remain available until September 

3 30, 2025, shall be for research, development, test and eval4 uation. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND

4 DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND

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

7 proper funding level for continuing the operation of the 

8 Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 

9 System, $514,000,000. 

10 INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

11 For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu12 nity Management Account, $601,442,000. 
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1 TITLE VIII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained 

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 

14 employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is 

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

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

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

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

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

24 not apply to foreign national employees of the Department 

25 of Defense in the Republic of Turkey. 
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1 SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained 

2 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 

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

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

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

9 duty training of reserve components or summer camp 

10 training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 

11 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of 

13 Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter14 est, the Secretary may, with the approval of the Director 

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

16 exceed $6,000,000,000 of working capital funds of the De17 partment of Defense or funds made available in this Act 

18 to the Department of Defense for military functions (ex19 cept military construction) between such appropriations or 

20 funds or any subdivision thereof, to be merged with and 

21 to be available for the same purposes, and for the same 

22 time period, as the appropriation or fund to which trans23 ferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not 

24 be used unless for higher priority items, based on unfore25 seen military requirements, than those for which originally 
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1 appropriated and in no case where the item for which 

2 funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Pro3 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify 

4 the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to 

5 this authority or any other authority in this Act: Provided 

6 further, That no part of the funds in this Act shall be 

7 available to prepare or present a request to the Commit8 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

9 and the Senate for reprogramming of funds, unless for 

10 higher priority items, based on unforeseen military re11 quirements, than those for which originally appropriated 

12 and in no case where the item for which reprogramming 

13 is requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided 

14 further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of 

15 funds using authority provided in this section shall be 

16 made prior to June 30, 2024: Provided further, That 

17 transfers among military personnel appropriations shall 

18 not be taken into account for purposes of the limitation 

19 on the amount of funds that may be transferred under 

20 this section. 

21 SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific pro22 grams, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts 

23 and adjustments to budget activities corresponding to 

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

25 tables titled ‘‘Committee Recommended Adjustments’’ in 
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1 the report accompanying this Act and the tables contained 

2 in the classified annex accompanying this Act, the obliga3 tion and expenditure of amounts appropriated or other4 wise made available in this Act for those programs, 

5 projects, and activities for which the amounts appro6 priated exceed the amounts requested are hereby required 

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

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

9 in the text of this Act. 

10 (b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables de11 scribed in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivi12 sions of appropriations for purposes of section 8005 of this 

13 Act: Provided, That section 8005 of this Act shall apply 

14 when transfers of the amounts described in subsection (a) 

15 occur between appropriation accounts, subject to the limi16 tation in subsection (c): Provided further, That the trans17 fer amount limitation provided in section 8005 of this Act 

18 shall not apply to transfers of amounts described in sub19 section (a) if such transfers are necessary for the proper 

20 execution of such funds. 

21 (c) During the current fiscal year, amounts specified 

22 in the referenced tables described in subsection (a) may 

23 not be transferred pursuant to section 8005 of this Act 

24 other than for proper execution of such amounts, as pro25 vided in subsection (b). 
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1 SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enact2 ment of this Act, the Department of Defense shall submit 

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

5 transfer authorities for fiscal year 2024: Provided, That 

6 the report shall include— 

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

10 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

11 fiscal year enacted level; 

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

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

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

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

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

20 reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in 

21 subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense 

22 committees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in 

23 writing to the congressional defense committees that such 

24 reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 

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

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

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

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

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

8 (5) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Formerly 

9 Used Defense Sites’’; and 

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

12 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

16 United States Code, may be maintained in only such 

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

20 That transfers may be made between working capital 

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

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

25 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, ex-
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1 cept that such transfers may not be made unless the Sec2 retary of Defense has notified the Congress of the pro3 posed transfer: Provided further, That except in amounts 

4 equal to the amounts appropriated to working capital 

5 funds in this Act, no obligations may be made against a 

6 working capital fund to procure or increase the value of 

7 war reserve material inventory, unless the Secretary of 

8 Defense has notified the Congress prior to any such obli9 gation. 

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

11 be used to initiate a special access program without prior 

12 notification 30 calendar days in advance to the congres13 sional defense committees. 

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

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

16 employs economic order quantity procurement in excess of 

17 $20,000,000 in any one year of the contract or that in18 cludes an unfunded contingent liability in excess of 

19 $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance procurement 

20 leading to a multiyear contract that employs economic 

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

22 any one year, unless the congressional defense committees 

23 have been notified at least 30 days in advance of the pro24 posed contract award: Provided, That no part of any ap25 propriation contained in this Act shall be available to ini-
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1 tiate a multiyear contract for which the economic order 

2 quantity advance procurement is not funded at least to 

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

4 That no part of any appropriation contained in this Act 

5 shall be available to initiate multiyear procurement con6 tracts for any systems or component thereof if the value 

7 of the multiyear contract would exceed $500,000,000 un8 less specifically provided in this Act: Provided further, 

9 That no multiyear procurement contract can be termi10 nated without 30-day prior notification to the congres11 sional defense committees: Provided further, That the exe12 cution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a 

13 present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared 

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

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

16 contract executed after the date of the enactment of this 

17 Act unless in the case of any such contract— 

18 (1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 

19 Congress a budget request for full funding of units 

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

21 of a contract for procurement of aircraft, that in22 cludes, for any aircraft unit to be procured through 

23 the contract for which procurement funds are re24 quested in that budget request for production be25 yond advance procurement activities in the fiscal 
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1 year covered by the budget, full funding of procure2 ment of such unit in that fiscal year; 

3 (2) cancellation provisions in the contract do 

4 not include consideration of recurring manufacturing 

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

8 (3) the contract provides that payments to the 

9 contractor under the contract shall not be made in 

10 advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 

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

13 contract. 

14 Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be 

15 used for a multiyear procurement contract as follows: 

16 Naval Strike Missile; Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Sys17 tem; Patriot Advanced Capability 3 Missile Segment En18 hancement; Long Range Anti-Ship Missile; Joint Air-to19 Surface Standoff Missile; Advanced Medium-Range Air20 to-Air Missile; Standard Missile–6; and 10 SSN Virginia 

21 Class Submarines and Government-furnished equipment. 

22 SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the op23 eration and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are 

24 hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, 

25 United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance 
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1 costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code: 

2 Provided, That such funds may also be obligated for hu3 manitarian and civic assistance costs incidental to author4 ized operations and pursuant to authority granted in sec5 tion 401 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga6 tions shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of 

7 title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That funds 

8 available for operation and maintenance shall be available 

9 for providing humanitarian and similar assistance by 

10 using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the 

11 Pacific Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, 

12 pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as author13 ized by Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon 

14 a determination by the Secretary of the Army that such 

15 action is beneficial for graduate medical education pro16 grams conducted at Army medical facilities located in Ha17 waii, the Secretary of the Army may authorize the provi18 sion of medical services at such facilities and transpor19 tation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for 

20 civilian patients from American Samoa, the Common21 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Is22 lands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, and 

23 Guam. 

24 SEC. 8012. (a) During the current fiscal year, the 

25 civilian personnel of the Department of Defense may not 
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1 be managed on the basis of any constraint or limitation 

2 in terms of man years, end strength, full-time equivalent 

3 positions, or maximum number of employees, but are to 

4 be managed solely on the basis of, and in a manner con5 sistent with— 

6 (1) the total force management policies and 

7 procedures established under section 129a of title 

8 10, United States Code; 

9 (2) the workload required to carry out the func10 tions and activities of the Department; and 

11 (3) the funds made available to the Department 

12 for such fiscal year. 

13 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 

14 be used to reduce the civilian workforce programmed full 

15 time equivalent levels absent the appropriate analysis of 

16 the impact of these reductions on workload, military force 

17 structure, lethality, readiness, operational effectiveness, 

18 stress on the military force, and fully burdened costs. 

19 (c) A projection of the number of full-time equivalent 

20 positions shall not be considered a constraint or limitation 

21 for purposes of subsection (a) and reducing funding for 

22 under-execution of such a projection shall not be consid23 ered managing based on a constraint or limitation for pur24 poses of such subsection. 
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1 (d) The fiscal year 2025 budget request for the De2 partment of Defense, and any justification material and 

3 other documentation supporting such a request, shall be 

4 prepared and submitted to Congress as if subsections (a) 

5 and (b) were effective with respect to such fiscal year. 

6 (e) 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 available in this Act 

13 to the Department of Defense, other than appropriations 

14 made for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades, 

15 or maintenance activities, shall be used to reduce or to 

16 prepare to reduce the number of deployed and non-de17 ployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below the 

18 levels set forth in the report submitted to Congress in ac19 cordance with section 1042 of the National Defense Au20 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 

21 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 SEC. 8015. (a) Funds appropriated in title III of this 

23 Act for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote ́ge ́

24 Program may be transferred to any other appropriation 

25 contained in this Act solely for the purpose of imple-
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1 menting a Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program developmental assist2 ance agreement pursuant to section 4902 of title 10, 

3 United States Code, under the authority of this provision 

4 or any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 

5 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall include with the 

6 budget justification documents in support of the budget 

7 for fiscal year 2025 (as submitted to Congress pursuant 

8 to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) a descrip9 tion of each transfer under this section that occurred dur10 ing the last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which such 

11 budget is submitted. 

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

13 available for the purchase by the Department of Defense 

14 (and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard 

15 anchor and mooring chain unless the anchor and mooring 

16 chain are manufactured in the United States from compo17 nents which are substantially manufactured in the United 

18 States: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, the 

19 term ‘‘manufactured’’ shall include cutting, heat treating, 

20 quality control, testing of chain and welding (including the 

21 forging and shot blasting process): Provided further, That 

22 for the purpose of this section substantially all of the com23 ponents of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered 

24 to be produced or manufactured in the United States if 

25 the aggregate cost of the components produced or manu-
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1 factured in the United States exceeds the aggregate cost 

2 of the components produced or manufactured outside the 

3 United States: Provided further, That when adequate do4 mestic supplies are not available to meet Department of 

5 Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of 

6 the Service responsible for the procurement may waive this 

7 restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 

8 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the Senate that such an acquisition must 

10 be made in order to acquire capability for national security 

11 purposes. 

12 SEC. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this 

13 Act shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated 

14 funds activity of the Department of Defense that procures 

15 malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for 

16 resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the 

17 drink) on a military installation located in the United 

18 States unless such malt beverages and wine are procured 

19 within that State, or in the case of the District of Colum20 bia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military 

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

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

23 purchases may be made in any State in which the installa24 tion is located: Provided further, That such local procure25 ment requirements for malt beverages and wine shall 
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1 apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military installa2 tions in States which are not contiguous with another 

3 State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other 

4 than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and 

5 the District of Columbia shall be procured from the most 

6 competitive source, price and other factors considered. 

7 SEC. 8018. None of the funds available to the De8 partment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dis9 pose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, 

10 .22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or 

11 to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or am12 munition components that are not otherwise prohibited 

13 from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small 

14 arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified 

15 by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable 

16 or unsafe for further use. 

17 SEC. 8019. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap18 propriated or made available in this Act shall be used dur19 ing a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an orga20 nization, unit, activity or function of the Department of 

21 Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Pro22 vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re23 striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 

24 to the congressional defense committees that such a relo25 cation is required in the best interest of the Government. 
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1 SEC. 8020. Of the funds made available in this Act 

2 under the heading ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 

3 $25,169,000 shall be available only for incentive payments 

4 authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 

5 1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor 

6 or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract 

7 award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in sec8 tion 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small busi9 ness owned and controlled by an individual or individuals 

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

11 Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes 

12 of being allowed additional compensation under section 

13 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 

14 1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 

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

16 appropriated by an Act making appropriations for the De17 partment of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Pro18 vided further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 

19 41, United States Code, this section shall be applicable 

20 to any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or 

21 services, including any contract and any subcontract at 

22 any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or 

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

24 or supplier defined in section 1544 of title 25, United 

25 States Code, or a small business owned and controlled by 
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1 an individual or individuals defined under section 4221(9) 

2 of title 25, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 8021. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

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

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

6 tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Da7 kota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 

8 Washington relocatable military housing units located at 

9 Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 

10 Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force 

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

12 needs of the Air Force. 

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

14 no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub15 section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 

16 that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation 

17 Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located 

18 in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Da19 kota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any 

20 such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the 

21 housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 

22 of time, as determined by the Secretary. 

23 (c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re24 solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for 

25 housing units under subsection (a) before submitting re-
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1 quests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection 

2 (b). 

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

4 any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list 

5 published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 

6 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 

7 (Public Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 5131). 

8 SEC. 8022. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart9 ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Main10 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 may 

11 be made available only for the mitigation of environmental 

12 impacts, including training and technical assistance to 

13 tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in14 formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de15 veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 

16 to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re17 sulting from Department of Defense activities. 

18 SEC. 8023. Funds appropriated by this Act for the 

19 Defense Media Activity shall not be used for any national 

20 or international political or psychological activities. 

21 SEC. 8024. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Work22 ing Capital Fund, Army’’, $120,000,000 shall be available 

23 to maintain competitive rates at the arsenals. 
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1 SEC. 8025. (a) Of the funds made available in this 

2 Act, not less than $69,000,000 shall be available for the 

3 Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which— 

4 (1) $55,100,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper5 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 

6 Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 

7 readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 

8 reduction activities involving youth programs; 

9 (2) $11,900,000 shall be available from ‘‘Air10 craft Procurement, Air Force’’; and 

11 (3) $2,000,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other 

12 Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 

13 (b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim14 bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 

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

16 local government agencies. 

17 SEC. 8026. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

18 Act are available to establish a new Department of De19 fense (department) federally funded research and develop20 ment center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a 

21 separate entity administrated by an organization man22 aging another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership cor23 poration consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and 

24 other nonprofit entities. 
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1 (b) Except when acting in a technical advisory capac2 ity, no member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Over3 seers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Com4 mittee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, or any 

5 entity that contracts with the Federal government to man6 age or operate one or more FFRDCs, or any paid consult7 ant to a defense FFRDC shall receive funds appropriated 

8 by this Act as compensation for services as a member of 

9 such entity: Provided, That a member of any such entity 

10 shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem as author11 ized under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when en12 gaged in the performance of membership duties: Provided 

13 further, That no paid consultant shall receive funds appro14 priated by this Act as compensation by more than one 

15 FFRDC in a calendar year. 

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

17 of the funds available to the department from any source 

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

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

20 construction of new buildings not located on a military in21 stallation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded 

22 by Government grants, for absorption of contract over23 runs, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include 

24 employee participation in community service and/or devel25 opment. 
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1 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 

2 the funds available to the department during fiscal year 

3 2024, not more than $2,857,803,000 may be funded for 

4 professional technical staff-related costs of the defense 

5 FFRDCs: Provided, That within such funds, not more 

6 than $456,803,000 shall be available for the defense stud7 ies and analysis FFRDCs: Provided further, That this sub8 section shall not apply to staff years funded in the Na9 tional Intelligence Program and the Military Intelligence 

10 Program: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

11 shall, with the submission of the department’s fiscal year 

12 2025 budget request, submit a report presenting the spe13 cific amounts of staff years of technical effort to be allo14 cated for each defense FFRDC by program during that 

15 fiscal year and the associated budget estimates, by appro16 priation account and program. 

17 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

18 the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs 

19 is hereby reduced by $27,197,000: Provided, That this 

20 subsection shall not apply to appropriations for the Na21 tional Intelligence Program and Military Intelligence Pro22 gram. 

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

24 ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed 

25 Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the 
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1 Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Sub2 committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 

3 of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee 

4 on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

5 Senate. 

6 SEC. 8028. For the purposes of this Act, the term 

7 ‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ means the Perma8 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

9 Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of 

10 the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com11 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 

12 and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 

13 Appropriations of the Senate. 

14 SEC. 8029. During the current fiscal year, the De15 partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot 

16 maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels 

17 as well as the production of components and other De18 fense-related articles, through competition between De19 partment of Defense depot maintenance activities and pri20 vate firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Execu21 tive of the military department or Defense Agency con22 cerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that success23 ful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and in24 direct costs for both public and private bids: Provided fur25 ther, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 
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1 76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this 

2 section. 

3 SEC. 8030. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

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

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

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

8 83 of title 41, United States Code. 

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

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

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

13 in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance 

14 with section 4658 of title 10, United States Code, whether 

15 the person should be debarred from contracting with the 

16 Department of Defense. 

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

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

21 only American-made equipment and products, provided 

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

24 fashion. 
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1 SEC. 8031. 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 fa4 cility or property under the control of the Department of 

5 Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United 

6 States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement re7 strictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 

8 9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 

9 or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications 

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

11 That the Secretary of the military department responsible 

12 for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case13 by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 

14 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

15 Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available 

16 to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 

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

18 to acquire capability for national security purposes: Pro19 vided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to 

20 contracts which are in being as of the date of the enact21 ment of this Act. 

22 SEC. 8032. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after 

23 consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 

24 determines that a foreign country which is party to an 

25 agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the 
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1 terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain 

2 types of products produced in the United States that are 

3 covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 

4 rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy Amer5 ican Act with respect to such types of products produced 

6 in that foreign country. 

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

8 reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under9 standing, between the United States and a foreign country 

10 pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec11 tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 

12 in that country. 

13 (b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con14 gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense 

15 purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2024. Such 

16 report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items 

17 for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to 

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

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

20 international agreement to which the United States is a 

21 party. 

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

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

24 States Code. 
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1 SEC. 8033. None of the funds appropriated by this 

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

3 bearings other than those produced by a domestic source 

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

5 the military department responsible for such procurement 

6 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi7 fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 

8 the House of Representatives and the Senate, that ade9 quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart10 ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that 

11 such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire ca12 pability for national security purposes: Provided further, 

13 That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of 

14 ‘‘commercial products’’, as defined by section 103 of title 

15 41, United States Code, except that the restriction shall 

16 apply to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 

17 SEC. 8034. In addition to any other funds made 

18 available for such purposes, there is appropriated 

19 $207,629,000, for an additional amount for the ‘‘National 

20 Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund’’, to remain available 

21 until September 30, 2026, for activities pursuant to the 

22 Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 

23 U.S.C. 98 et seq.): Provided, That none of the funds pro24 vided under this section may be obligated or expended 

25 until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense provides the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent2 atives and the Senate a detailed execution plan for such 

3 funds. 

4 SEC. 8035. None of the funds in this Act may be 

5 used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manu6 factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of De7 fense certifies to the congressional defense committees 

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

9 capability for national security purposes that is not avail10 able from United States manufacturers. 

11 SEC. 8036. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 

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

13 each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 

14 foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 

15 that the application of the limitation with respect to that 

16 country would invalidate cooperative programs entered 

17 into between the Department of Defense and the foreign 

18 country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 

19 for the procurement of defense items entered into under 

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

21 country does not discriminate against the same or similar 

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

24 (b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to— 
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1 (1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on 

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

3 (2) options for the procurement of items that 

4 are exercised after such date under contracts that 

5 are entered into before such date if the option prices 

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

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

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

12 Schedule of the United States and products classified 

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

14 6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 

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

16 8211, 8215, and 9404. 

17 SEC. 8037. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act, or any subsequent Act making appropriations for the 

19 Department of Defense, may be used for the purchase or 

20 manufacture of a flag of the United States unless such 

21 flags are treated as covered items under section 4862(b) 

22 of title 10, United States Code. 

23 SEC. 8038. During the current fiscal year, amounts 

24 contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 

25 Facility Investment Recovery Account shall be available 
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1 until expended for the payments specified by section 

2 2687a(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 

3 SEC. 8039. During the current fiscal year, appropria4 tions which are available to the Department of Defense 

5 for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 

6 items having an investment item unit cost of not more 

7 than $350,000: Provided, That upon determination by the 

8 Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary to meet 

9 the operational requirements of a Commander of a Com10 batant Command engaged in a named contingency oper11 ation overseas, such funds may be used to purchase items 

12 having an investment item unit cost of not more than 

13 $500,000. 

14 SEC. 8040. Up to $13,809,000 of the funds appro15 priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 

16 Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Re17 gional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the 

18 United States Indo-Pacific Command to execute Theater 

19 Security Cooperation activities such as humanitarian as20 sistance, and payment of incremental and personnel costs 

21 of training and exercising with foreign security forces: 

22 Provided, That funds made available for this purpose may 

23 be used, notwithstanding any other funding authorities for 

24 humanitarian assistance, security assistance or combined 

25 exercise expenses: Provided further, That funds may not 
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1 be obligated to provide assistance to any foreign country 

2 that is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type of 

3 assistance under any other provision of law. 

4 SEC. 8041. The Secretary of Defense shall issue reg5 ulations to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco6 related products in military resale outlets in the United 

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

8 most competitive price in the local community: Provided, 

9 That such regulations shall direct that the prices of to10 bacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military re11 tail outlets shall be within the range of prices established 

12 for military retail system stores located in the United 

13 States. 

14 SEC. 8042. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 

15 of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 

16 of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the 

17 purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir18 ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur19 ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 

20 customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 

21 Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 

22 to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund 

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

24 investment item would be chargeable during the current 
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1 fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of 

2 Defense for procurement. 

3 (b) The fiscal year 2025 budget request for the De4 partment of Defense as well as all justification material 

5 and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2025 

6 Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and sub7 mitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment 

8 which was classified as an end item and funded in a pro9 curement appropriation contained in this Act shall be 

10 budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2025 procurement 

11 appropriation and not in the supply management business 

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

13 Defense Working Capital Funds. 

14 SEC. 8043. None of the funds appropriated by this 

15 Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall 

16 remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 

17 year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for 

18 Contingencies, which shall remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2025: Provided, That funds appropriated, 

20 transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intel21 ligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund 

22 during this or any prior or subsequent fiscal year shall 

23 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

24 any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intel25 ligence Agency for advanced research and development ac-
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1 quisition, for agent operations, and for covert action pro2 grams authorized by the President under section 503 of 

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

4 remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided fur5 ther, That any funds appropriated or transferred to the 

6 Central Intelligence Agency for the construction, improve7 ment, or alteration of facilities, including leased facilities, 

8 to be used primarily by personnel of the intelligence com9 munity, shall remain available until September 30, 2026. 

10 SEC. 8044. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 

11 this Act shall be available to convert to contractor per12 formance an activity or function of the Department of De13 fense that, on or after the date of the enactment of this 

14 Act, is performed by Department of Defense civilian em15 ployees unless— 

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

17 public-private competition that includes a most effi18 cient and cost effective organization plan developed 

19 by such activity or function; 

20 (2) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter21 mines that, over all performance periods stated in 

22 the solicitation of offers for performance of the ac23 tivity or function, the cost of performance of the ac24 tivity or function by a contractor would be less costly 
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1 to the Department of Defense by an amount that 

2 equals or exceeds the lesser of— 

3 (A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi4 zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 

5 of that activity or function by Federal employ6 ees; or 

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

8 (3) the contractor does not receive an advan9 tage for a proposal that would reduce costs for the 

10 Department of Defense by— 

11 (A) not making an employer-sponsored 

12 health insurance plan available to the workers 

13 who are to be employed in the performance of 

14 that activity or function under the contract; or 

15 (B) offering to such workers an employer16 sponsored health benefits plan that requires the 

17 employer to contribute less towards the pre18 mium or subscription share than the amount 

19 that is paid by the Department of Defense for 

20 health benefits for civilian employees under 

21 chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 

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

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

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

25 notwithstanding any administrative regulation, require-
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1 ment, or policy to the contrary shall have full authority 

2 to enter into a contract for the performance of any com3 mercial or industrial type function of the Department of 

4 Defense that— 

5 (A) is included on the procurement list estab6 lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner7 O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 

8 Code); 

9 (B) is planned to be converted to performance 

10 by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by 

11 a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi12 capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or 

13 (C) is planned to be converted to performance 

14 by a qualified firm under at least 51 percent owner15 ship by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) 

16 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As17 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Ha18 waiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) 

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

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

21 or contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 

22 2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States Code. 

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

24 Department of Defense under the authority provided by 

25 this section shall be credited toward any competitive or 
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1 outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be es2 tablished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed 

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

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

5 States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of com6 mercial activities. 

7 (RESCISSIONS)

8 SEC. 8045. Of the funds appropriated in Department 

9 of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 

10 hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro11 grams in the specified amounts: Provided, That no 

12 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des13 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

14 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 

15 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

16 1985: 

17 ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2022/2024, 

18 $10,000,000; 

19 ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: T20 AGOS’’, 2022/2026, $158,300,000; 

21 ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, 2022/2024, 

22 $1,447,000; 

23 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2022/2024, 

24 $45,306,000; 
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1 ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 2022/2024, 

2 $204,000; 

3 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, 

4 2023/2024, $24,000,000; 

5 ‘‘Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund’’, 2023/ 

6 2024, $48,000,000; 

7 ‘‘Other Procurement, Army’’, 2023/2025, 

8 $58,962,000; 

9 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2023/2025, 

10 $225,323,000; 

11 ‘‘Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Ma12 rine Corps’’, 2023/2025, $2,262,000; 

13 ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: DDG-51 

14 Advance Procurement’’, 2023/2027, $77,300,000; 

15 ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: LPD 

16 Flight II Advance Procurement’’, 2023/2027, 

17 $250,000,000; 

18 ‘‘Other Procurement, Navy’’, 2023/2025, 

19 $4,695,000; 

20 ‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2023/2025, 

21 $223,620,000; 

22 ‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2023/2025, 

23 $37,100,000; 

24 ‘‘Procurement, Space Force’’, 2023/2025, 

25 $159,566,000; 
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1 ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’, 2023/2025, 

2 $23,019,000; 

3 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

4 Army’’, 2023/2024, $26,170,000; 

5 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

6 Navy’’, 2023/2024, $116,061,000; 

7 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

8 Air Force’’, 2023/2024, $63,624,000; 

9 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

10 Space Force’’, 2023/2024, $16,878,000; and 

11 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 

12 Defense-Wide’’, 2023/2024, $75,986,000. 

13 SEC. 8046. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used to reduce the authorized positions for 

15 military technicians (dual status) of the Army National 

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

17 Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively 

18 imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on 

19 military technicians (dual status), unless such reductions 

20 are a direct result of a reduction in military force struc21 ture. 

22 SEC. 8047. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex24 pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 

25 of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose: 
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1 Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to any ac2 tivities incidental to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting 

3 Agency mission to recover and identify the remains of 

4 United States Armed Forces personnel from the Demo5 cratic People’s Republic of Korea. 

6 SEC. 8048. In this fiscal year and each fiscal year 

7 thereafter, funds appropriated for operation and mainte8 nance of the Military Departments, Combatant Com9 mands and Defense Agencies shall be available for reim10 bursement of pay, allowances and other expenses which 

11 would otherwise be incurred against appropriations for the 

12 National Guard and Reserve when members of the Na13 tional Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or counter14 intelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 

15 Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the 

16 activities and programs included within the National Intel17 ligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: 

18 Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation 

19 from established Reserve and National Guard personnel 

20 and training procedures. 

21 SEC. 8049. (a) None of the funds available to the 

22 Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug inter23 diction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to 

24 any other department or agency of the United States ex25 cept as specifically provided in an appropriations law. 
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1 (b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel2 ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 

3 counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de4 partment or agency of the United States except as specifi5 cally provided in an appropriations law. 

6 SEC. 8050. In addition to the amounts appropriated 

7 or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 

8 $24,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 

9 Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the 

10 Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter11 est, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts speci12 fied as follows: $24,000,000 to the United Service Organi13 zations. 

14 SEC. 8051. Notwithstanding any other provision in 

15 this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 

16 and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set17 asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs, 

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

19 extramural budget. The Secretary of each military depart20 ment, the Director of each Defense Agency, and the head 

21 of each other relevant component of the Department of 

22 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit23 tees, concurrent with submission of the budget justifica24 tion documents to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of 

25 title 31, United States Code, a report with a detailed ac-
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1 counting of the Small Business Innovation Research pro2 gram and the Small Business Technology Transfer pro3 gram set-asides taken from programs, projects, or activi4 ties within such department, agency, or component during 

5 the most recently completed fiscal year. 

6 SEC. 8052. None of the funds available to the De7 partment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or 

8 expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the 

9 Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by 

10 the contractor to an employee when— 

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

12 excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor 

13 to the employee; and 

14 (2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as15 sociated with a business combination. 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 8053. During the current fiscal year, no more 

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

19 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense20 Wide’’ may be transferred to appropriations available for 

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

22 be available for the same time period as the appropriations 

23 to which transferred, to be used in support of such per24 sonnel in connection with support and services for eligible 

25 organizations and activities outside the Department of De-
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1 fense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States 

2 Code. 

3 SEC. 8054. During the current fiscal year, in the case 

4 of an appropriation account of the Department of Defense 

5 for which the period of availability for obligation has ex6 pired or which has closed under the provisions of section 

7 1552 of title 31, United States Code, and which has a 

8 negative unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obliga9 tion or an adjustment of an obligation may be charged 

10 to any current appropriation account for the same purpose 

11 as the expired or closed account if— 

12 (1) the obligation would have been properly 

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

14 closed account before the end of the period of avail15 ability or closing of that account; 

16 (2) the obligation is not otherwise properly 

17 chargeable to any current appropriation account of 

18 the Department of Defense; and 

19 (3) in the case of an expired account, the obli20 gation is not chargeable to a current appropriation 

21 of the Department of Defense under the provisions 

22 of section 1405(b)(8) of the National Defense Au23 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law 

24 101–510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Pro25 vided, That in the case of an expired account, if sub-
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1 sequent review or investigation discloses that there 

2 was not in fact a negative unliquidated or unex3 pended balance in the account, any charge to a cur4 rent account under the authority of this section shall 

5 be reversed and recorded against the expired ac6 count: Provided further, That the total amount 

7 charged to a current appropriation under this sec8 tion may not exceed an amount equal to 1 percent 

9 of the total appropriation for that account: 

10 Provided, That the Under Secretary of Defense (Comp11 troller) shall include with the budget of the President for 

12 fiscal year 2025 (as submitted to Congress pursuant to 

13 section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) a statement 

14 describing each instance if any, during each of the fiscal 

15 years 2018 through 2024 in which the authority in this 

16 section was exercised. 

17 SEC. 8055. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

18 of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may per19 mit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance 

20 Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-avail21 able, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard 

22 Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for 

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

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

25 credited to funds available for the National Guard Dis-
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1 tance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs 

2 associated with the use of equipment of the project under 

3 that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 

4 purposes without fiscal year limitation. 

5 SEC. 8056. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

6 otherwise made available by this or prior Acts may be obli7 gated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in 

8 storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any C-40 

9 aircraft. 

10 (b) The limitation under subsection (a) shall not 

11 apply to an individual C-40 aircraft that the Secretary of 

12 the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to be 

13 no longer mission capable due to a Class A mishap. 

14 (c) If the Secretary determines under subsection (b) 

15 that an aircraft is no longer mission capable, the Secretary 

16 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 

17 certification in writing that the status of such aircraft is 

18 due to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of mainte19 nance, repairs, or other reasons. 

20 SEC. 8057. (a) None of the funds appropriated in 

21 title IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for 

22 delivery to military forces for operational training, oper23 ational use, or inventory requirements: Provided, That this 

24 restriction does not apply to end-items used in develop25 ment, prototyping in accordance with an approved test 
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1 strategy, and test activities preceding and leading to ac2 ceptance for operational use. 

3 (b) If the number of end-items budgeted with funds 

4 appropriated in title IV of this Act exceeds the number 

5 required in an approved test strategy, the Under Secretary 

6 of Defense (Research and Engineering) and the Under 

7 Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), in 

8 coordination with the responsible Service Acquisition Ex9 ecutive, shall certify in writing to the congressional de10 fense committees that there is a bonafide need for the ad11 ditional end-items at the time of submittal to Congress 

12 of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2025 pursu13 ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code: Pro14 vided, That this restriction does not apply to programs 

15 funded within the National Intelligence Program. 

16 (c) The Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the 

17 submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for 

18 fiscal year 2025 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 

19 United States Code, submit to the congressional defense 

20 committees a report detailing the use of funds requested 

21 in research, development, test and evaluation accounts for 

22 end-items used in development, prototyping and test ac23 tivities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational 

24 use: Provided, That the report shall set forth, for each 

25 end item covered by the preceding proviso, a detailed list 
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1 of the statutory authorities under which amounts in the 

2 accounts described in that proviso were used for such item: 

3 Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, at 

4 the time of the submittal to Congress of the budget of 

5 the President for fiscal year 2025 pursuant to section 

6 1105 of title 31, United States Code, submit to the con7 gressional defense committees a certification that funds 

8 requested for fiscal year 2025 in research, development, 

9 test and evaluation accounts are in compliance with this 

10 section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

11 may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi12 fying in writing to the Subcommittees on Defense of the 

13 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent14 atives and the Senate that it is in the national security 

15 interest to do so. 

16 SEC. 8058. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available by this or other Department of De18 fense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended 

19 for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to 

20 military family housing units of the Department of De21 fense, including areas in such military family housing 

22 units that may be used for the purpose of conducting offi23 cial Department of Defense business. 

24 SEC. 8059. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
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1 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense2 Wide’’ for any new start defense innovation acceleration 

3 or rapid prototyping program demonstration project with 

4 a value of more than $5,000,000 may only be obligated 

5 15 days after a report, including a description of the 

6 project, the planned acquisition and transition strategy 

7 and its estimated annual and total cost, has been provided 

8 in writing to the congressional defense committees: Pro9 vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re10 striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying to the con11 gressional defense committees that it is in the national in12 terest to do so. 

13 SEC. 8060. The Secretary of Defense shall continue 

14 to provide a classified quarterly report to the Committees 

15 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

16 Senate, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as 

17 directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 

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

19 10, United States Code, a Reserve who is a member of 

20 the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard 

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

22 may perform duties in support of the ground-based ele23 ments of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 

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

25 may be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity 
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1 ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has 

2 a center-fire cartridge and a United States military no3 menclature designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor 

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

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

6 entity performing demilitarization services for the Depart7 ment of Defense under a contract that requires the entity 

8 to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of 

9 Defense that armor piercing projectiles are either: (1) ren10 dered incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; 

11 or (2) used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a con12 tract with the Department of Defense or the manufacture 

13 of ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Per14 manent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by 

15 the Department of State. 

16 SEC. 8063. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their des18 ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider19 ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 

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

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

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

23 United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fra24 ternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the 
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1 Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, 

2 on a case-by-case basis. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 8064. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

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

6 $175,943,968 shall remain available until expended: Pro7 vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

8 the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such 

9 funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Pro10 vided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized 

11 to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition 

12 of real property, construction, personal services, and oper13 ations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this 

14 section: Provided further, That contracts entered into 

15 under the authority of this section may provide for such 

16 indemnification as the Secretary determines to be nec17 essary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 

18 section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and 

19 local law to the maximum extent consistent with the na20 tional security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 

21 SEC. 8065. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

22 or any other Act may be used to take any action to mod23 ify— 

24 (1) the appropriations account structure for the 

25 National Intelligence Program budget, including 
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1 through the creation of a new appropriation or new 

2 appropriation account; 

3 (2) how the National Intelligence Program 

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

5 R–1, and O–1 documents supporting the Depart6 ment of Defense budget request; 

7 (3) the process by which the National Intel8 ligence Program appropriations are apportioned to 

9 the executing agencies; or 

10 (4) the process by which the National Intel11 ligence Program appropriations are allotted, obli12 gated and disbursed. 

13 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to 

14 prohibit the merger of programs or changes to the Na15 tional Intelligence Program budget at or below the Ex16 penditure Center level, provided such change is otherwise 

17 in accordance with paragraphs (1)–(3) of subsection (a). 

18 (c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec19 retary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of 

20 achieving auditable financial statements and improving 

21 fiscal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for 

22 alternative financial management processes. Such study 

23 shall include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk as24 sessment to ensure that none of the alternative processes 

25 will adversely affect counterintelligence. 
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1 (d) Upon development of the detailed proposals de2 fined under subsection (c), the Director of National Intel3 ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall— 

4 (1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af5 fected agencies; 

6 (2) receive certification from all affected agen7 cies attesting that the proposed alternatives will help 

8 achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and 

9 will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and 

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

11 necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present 

12 the proposed alternatives and certifications to the 

13 congressional defense and intelligence committees. 

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 SEC. 8066. In addition to amounts made available 

16 elsewhere in this Act, $400,000,000 is hereby appro17 priated to the Department of Defense and made available 

18 for transfer to operation and maintenance accounts, pro19 curement accounts, and research, development, test and 

20 evaluation accounts only for those efforts by the Com21 mander, United States Africa Command or Commander, 

22 United States Southern Command to expand cooperation, 

23 share operational information, advance interoperability, or 

24 improve the capabilities of our allies and partners in their 

25 areas of operation: Provided, That none of the funds pro-
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1 vided under this section may be obligated or expended 

2 until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense provides to 

3 the congressional defense committees an execution plan: 

4 Provided further, That not less than 15 days prior to any 

5 transfer of funds, the Secretary of Defense shall notify 

6 the congressional defense committees of the details of any 

7 such transfer: Provided further, That upon transfer, the 

8 funds shall be merged with and available for the same pur9 poses, and for the same time period, as the appropriation 

10 to which transferred: Provided further, That the transfer 

11 authority provided under this section is in addition to any 

12 other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 8067. During the current fiscal year, not to ex15 ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made 

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

17 Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Oper18 ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by 

19 the military department concerned to its central fund es20 tablished for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to sec21 tion 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 8068. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper24 ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be 

25 available for transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for 
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1 Public Service Development Trust Fund established under 

2 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv3 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 

4 SEC. 8069. None of the funds available to the De5 partment of Defense may be obligated to modify command 

6 and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command 

7 operational and administrative control of United States 

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

9 the command and control relationships which existed on 

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

11 modification has been proposed to the Committees on Ap12 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen13 ate: Provided further, That the proposed modification may 

14 be implemented 30 days after the notification unless an 

15 objection is received from either the House or Senate Ap16 propriations Committees: Provided further, That any pro17 posed modification shall not preclude the ability of the 

18 commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command to 

19 meet operational requirements. 

20 SEC. 8070. Any notice that is required to be sub21 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

22 of Representatives and the Senate under section 3601 of 

23 title 10, United States Code, as added by section 804(a) 

24 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 

25 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 shall be submitted pursuant to 
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1 that requirement concurrently to the Subcommittees on 

2 Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

3 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 8071. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

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

7 ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense8 Wide’’, $500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative 

9 Programs: Provided, That of this amount, $80,000,000 

10 shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov11 ernment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 

12 defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, sub13 ject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agree14 ment, as amended; $127,000,000 shall be for the Short 

15 Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, in16 cluding cruise missile defense research and development 

17 under the SRBMD program; $40,000,000 shall be for co18 production activities of SRBMD systems in the United 

19 States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements 

20 consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce21 dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 

22 for SRBMD, as amended; $80,000,000 shall be for an 

23 upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile Defense Archi24 tecture, of which $80,000,000 shall be for co-production 

25 activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in the United 
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1 States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements 

2 consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce3 dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 

4 for Arrow 3 Upper Tier, as amended; and $173,000,000 

5 shall be for the Arrow System Improvement Program in6 cluding development of a long range, ground and airborne, 

7 detection suite: Provided further, That the transfer author8 ity provided under this section is in addition to any other 

9 transfer authority contained in this Act. 

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

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

12 $1,390,093,000 shall be available until September 30, 

13 2024, to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases for 

14 the following programs: 

15 (1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con16 version, Navy’’, 2013/2024: Carrier Replacement 

17 Program, $624,600,000; 

18 (2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con19 version, Navy’’, 2015/2024: Virginia Class Sub20 marine Program, $43,419,000; 

21 (3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con22 version, Navy’’, 2016/2024: Virginia Class Sub23 marine Program, $100,115,000; 
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1 (4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con2 version, Navy’’, 2016/2024: DDG 51 Program, 

3 $104,090,000; 

4 (5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con5 version, Navy’’, 2017/2024: Virginia Class Sub6 marine Program, $24,646,000; 

7 (6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con8 version, Navy’’, 2017/2024: DDG 51 Program, 

9 $121,827,000; 

10 (7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con11 version, Navy’’, 2017/2024: LPD 17 Amphibious 

12 Transport Dock Program, $16,520,000; 

13 (8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con14 version, Navy’’, 2018/2024: Ship to Shore Connector 

15 Program, $43,600,000; 

16 (9) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con17 version, Navy’’, 2019/2024: Littoral Combat Ship 

18 Program, $23,000,000; 

19 (10) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con20 version, Navy’’, 2019/2024: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro21 gram, $27,060,000; 

22 (11) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con23 version, Navy’’, 2020/2024: CVN Refueling Over24 hauls, $42,422,000; 
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1 (12) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con2 version, Navy’’, 2020/2024: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro3 gram, $93,250,000; 

4 (13) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con5 version, Navy’’, 2020/2024: Towing, Salvage, and 

6 Rescue Ship Program, $1,150,000; 

7 (14) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con8 version, Navy’’, 2021/2024: DDG 51 Program, 

9 $100,000,000; 

10 (15) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con11 version, Navy’’, 2021/2024: Towing, Salvage, and 

12 Rescue Ship Program, $21,809,000; and 

13 (16) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con14 version, Navy’’, 2022/2024: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro15 gram, $2,585,000. 

16 SEC. 8073. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 

17 available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel18 ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 

19 by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na20 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal 

21 year 2024 until the enactment of the Intelligence Author22 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. 

23 SEC. 8074. None of the funds provided in this Act 

24 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

25 reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new 
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1 program, project, or activity unless such program, project, 

2 or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest 

3 of national security and only after written prior notifica4 tion to the congressional defense committees. 

5 SEC. 8075. None of the funds in this Act may be 

6 used for research, development, test, evaluation, procure7 ment or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a 

8 missile defense system. 

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 8076. The Secretary of Defense may transfer 

11 funds from any available Department of the Navy appro12 priation to any available Navy ship construction appro13 priation for the purpose of liquidating necessary changes 

14 resulting from inflation, market fluctuations, or rate ad15 justments for any ship construction program appropriated 

16 in law: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer not to 

17 exceed $20,000,000 under the authority provided by this 

18 section: Provided further, That the Secretary may not 

19 transfer any funds until 30 days after the proposed trans20 fer has been reported to the Committees on Appropria21 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, un22 less a response from the Committees is received sooner: 

23 Provided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to 

24 this section shall retain the same period of availability as 

25 when originally appropriated: Provided further, That the 
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1 transfer authority provided under this section is in addi2 tion to any other transfer authority contained elsewhere 

3 in this Act: Provided further, That the transfer authority 

4 provided by this section expires on September 30, 2028. 

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 

10 levels funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force 

11 shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to 

12 perform other missions in support of national defense re13 quirements during the non-hurricane season. 

14 SEC. 8078. None of the funds provided in this Act 

15 shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence in16 formation unless the information has been lawfully col17 lected and processed during the conduct of authorized for18 eign intelligence activities: Provided, That information 

19 pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled 

20 in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth 

21 Amendment of the United States Constitution as imple22 mented through Executive Order No. 12333. 

23 SEC. 8079. None of the funds appropriated by this 

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

25 Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond 
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1 the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for 

2 research and technology, which shall remain available until 

3 September 30, 2025. 

4 SEC. 8080. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 

5 31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 

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

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

8 purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship9 building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 

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

11 to the total amount of the appropriation. 

12 SEC. 8081. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 

13 of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel14 ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel15 ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 

16 of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 

17 2024: Provided, That the report shall include— 

18 (1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa19 rate column to display the President’s budget re20 quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 

21 due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 

22 fiscal year enacted level; 

23 (2) a delineation in the table for each appro24 priation by Expenditure Center and project; and 
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1 (3) an identification of items of special congres2 sional interest. 

3 (b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel4 ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re5 programming or transfer until the report identified in sub6 section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 

7 committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence 

8 certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence com9 mittees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary 

10 as an emergency requirement. 

11 SEC. 8082. Any transfer of amounts appropriated to 

12 the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Devel13 opment Account in or for fiscal year 2024 to a military 

14 department or Defense Agency pursuant to section 

15 1705(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, shall be cov16 ered by and subject to section 8005 of this Act. 

17 SEC. 8083. (a) None of the funds provided for the 

18 National Intelligence Program in this or any prior appro19 priations Act shall be available for obligation or expendi20 ture through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in ac21 cordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 

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

23 (1) creates a new start effort; 

24 (2) terminates a program with appropriated 

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

3 (4) transfers funding between appropriations, 

4 unless the congressional intelligence committees are 

5 notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming 

6 of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 

7 urgent national security requirements. 

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

10 shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 

11 reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with 

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

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

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

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

19 SEC. 8084. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 

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

21 (c), post on the public website of that agency any report 

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

23 other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen24 cy that it shall serve the national interest. 

25 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
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1 (1) the public posting of the report com2 promises national security; or 

3 (2) the report contains proprietary information. 

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

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

6 the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 

7 no fewer than 45 days. 

8 SEC. 8085. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

9 otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for 

10 any Federal contract for an amount in excess of 

11 $1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to— 

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

13 employees or independent contractors that requires, 

14 as a condition of employment, that the employee or 

15 independent contractor agree to resolve through ar16 bitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 

17 Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 

18 out of sexual assault or harassment, including as19 sault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional 

20 distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, su21 pervision, or retention; or 

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

23 an existing agreement with an employee or inde24 pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 

25 or independent contractor resolve through arbitra-
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1 tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 

2 of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sex3 ual assault or harassment, including assault and 

4 battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, 

5 false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, 

6 or retention. 

7 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

8 made available by this Act may be expended for any Fed9 eral contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires 

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

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

12 agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub13 section (a), with respect to any employee or independent 

14 contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 

15 For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcon16 tractor’’ is an entity that has a subcontract in excess of 

17 $1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a). 

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

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

20 with employees or independent contractors that may not 

21 be enforced in a court of the United States. 

22 (d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica23 tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 

24 subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 

25 subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per-
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1 sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 

2 harm to national security interests of the United States, 

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

4 longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina5 tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 

6 waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, 

7 and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 

8 waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not 

9 avoid harm to national security interests of the United 

10 States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Con11 gress, and simultaneously make public, any determination 

12 under this subsection not less than 15 business days be13 fore the contract or subcontract addressed in the deter14 mination may be awarded. 

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 SEC. 8086. From within the funds appropriated for 

17 operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Pro18 gram in this Act, up to $172,000,000, shall be available 

19 for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Depart20 ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

21 Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 

22 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

23 2010, Public Law 111–84: Provided, That for purposes 

24 of section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are oper25 ations of the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal 
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1 Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet2 erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 

3 Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 

4 Federal medical facility as described by section 706 of 

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

6 funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for op7 eration and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 

8 to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet9 erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 

10 written notification by the Secretary of Defense to the 

11 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent12 atives and the Senate. 

13 SEC. 8087. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this Act may be used by the De15 partment of Defense or a component thereof in contraven16 tion of the provisions of section 130h of title 10, United 

17 States Code. 

18 SEC. 8088. Notwithstanding price or other limita19 tions applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying ve20 hicles, appropriations available to the Department of De21 fense may be used for the purchase of: (1) heavy and light 

22 armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or 

23 for force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 

24 per vehicle; and (2) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit 

25 of $75,000 per vehicle for use by military and civilian em-
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1 ployees of the Department of Defense in the United States 

2 Central Command area of responsibility. 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 8089. Upon a determination by the Director of 

5 National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 

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

7 of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 

8 transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made 

9 available in this Act for the National Intelligence Pro10 gram: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not 

11 be used unless for higher priority items, based on unfore12 seen intelligence requirements, than those for which origi13 nally appropriated and in no case where the item for which 

14 funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Pro15 vided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings 

16 of funds using authority provided in this section shall be 

17 made prior to June 30, 2024. 

18 SEC. 8090. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

19 for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $142,008,000, 

20 to remain available for obligation until September 30, 

21 2028, may be used for the purchase of two used sealift 

22 vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet, established 

23 under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 

24 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such amounts are 

25 available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, 
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1 Maritime Administration account of the United States De2 partment of Transportation for programs, projects, activi3 ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve 

4 Fleet: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

5 2218 of title 10, United States Code, none of these funds 

6 shall be transferred to the National Defense Sealift Fund 

7 for execution. 

8 SEC. 8091. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 

9 awards on a public website in a searchable format. 

10 SEC. 8092. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 

12 (1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 

13 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 

14 1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States 

15 person; or 

16 (2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 

17 such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 

18 United States Code) of any electronic communica19 tion of a United States person from a provider of 

20 electronic communication services to the public pur21 suant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur22 veillance Act of 1978. 

23 SEC. 8093. None of the funds made available in this 

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

25 officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who 
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1 approves or implements the transfer of administrative re2 sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 

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

4 of another Federal agency not financed by this Act with5 out the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 

6 this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds ex7 pressly provided for in Department of Defense Appropria8 tions Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental 

9 appropriations for the Department of Defense. 

10 SEC. 8094. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

11 for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $667,508,000 to 

12 remain available until expended, may be used for any pur13 poses related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet estab14 lished under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act 

15 of 1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such amounts 

16 are available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve 

17 Force, Maritime Administration account of the United 

18 States Department of Transportation for programs, 

19 projects, activities, and expenses related to the National 

20 Defense Reserve Fleet. 

21 SEC. 8095. (a) None of the funds provided in this 

22 Act for the TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to 

23 award a new contract that provides for the acquisition of 

24 the following components unless those components are 

25 manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary equipment 
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1 (including pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion 

2 equipment (including engines, reduction gears, and propel3 lers); shipboard cranes; spreaders for shipboard cranes; 

4 and anchor chains, specifically for the seventh and subse5 quent ships of the fleet. 

6 (b) None of the funds provided in this Act for the 

7 FFG(X) Frigate program shall be used to award a new 

8 contract that provides for the acquisition of the following 

9 components unless those components are manufactured in 

10 the United States: Air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses; 

11 electronic navigation chart systems; steering controls; 

12 pumps; propulsion and machinery control systems; totally 

13 enclosed lifeboats; auxiliary equipment pumps; shipboard 

14 cranes; auxiliary chill water systems; and propulsion pro15 pellers: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall in16 corporate United States manufactured propulsion engines 

17 and propulsion reduction gears into the FFG(X) Frigate 

18 program beginning not later than with the eleventh ship 

19 of the program. 

20 SEC. 8096. None of the funds provided in this Act 

21 for requirements development, performance specification 

22 development, concept design and development, ship con23 figuration development, systems engineering, naval archi24 tecture, marine engineering, operations research analysis, 

25 industry studies, preliminary design, development of the 
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1 Detailed Design and Construction Request for Proposals 

2 solicitation package, or related activities for the T– 

3 ARC(X) Cable Laying and Repair Ship or the T– 

4 AGOS(X) Oceanographic Surveillance Ship may be used 

5 to award a new contract for such activities unless these 

6 contracts include specifications that all auxiliary equip7 ment, including pumps and propulsion shafts, are manu8 factured in the United States. 

9 SEC. 8097. No amounts credited or otherwise made 

10 available in this or any other Act to the Department of 

11 Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account may 

12 be transferred to: 

13 (1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established 

14 under section 804(d) of the National Defense Au15 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 

16 2302 note); or 

17 (2) credited to a military-department specific 

18 fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na19 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

20 2016 (as amended by section 897 of the National 

21 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017). 

22 SEC. 8098. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex24 penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 

25 of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 
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1 topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 

2 by Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 

3 and Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclo4 sure 3, 14a and 14b). 

5 SEC. 8099. (a) None of the funds made available in 

6 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

7 network unless such network is designed to block access 

8 to pornography websites. 

9 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

10 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

11 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi12 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, 

13 or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in14 cluding intelligence activities. 

15 SEC. 8100. None of the funds provided for, or other16 wise made available, in this or any other Act, may be obli17 gated or expended by the Secretary of Defense to provide 

18 motorized vehicles, aviation platforms, munitions other 

19 than small arms and munitions appropriate for customary 

20 ceremonial honors, operational military units, or oper21 ational military platforms if the Secretary determines that 

22 providing such units, platforms, or equipment would un23 dermine the readiness of such units, platforms, or equip24 ment. 
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1 SEC. 8101. (a) None of the funds made available by 

2 this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 

3 memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 

4 with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 

5 to any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil6 ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad7 ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 

8 and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 

9 to an agreement with the authority responsible for col10 lecting such tax liability, provided that the applicable Fed11 eral agency is aware of the unpaid Federal tax liability. 

12 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable 

13 Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment 

14 of the corporation described in such subsection and has 

15 made a determination that such suspension or debarment 

16 is not necessary to protect the interests of the Federal 

17 Government. 

18 SEC. 8102. (a) Amounts appropriated under title IV 

19 of this Act, as detailed in budget activity eight of the ta20 bles of ‘‘Committee Recommended Adjustments’’ in the re21 port accompanying this Act, may be used for expenses for 

22 the agile research, development, test and evaluation, pro23 curement, production, modification, and operation and 

24 maintenance, only for the following Software and Digital 

25 Technology Pilot programs— 
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1 (1) Defensive CYBER (PE 0608041A); 

2 (2) Risk Management Information (PE 

3 0608013N); 

4 (3) Maritime Tactical Command and Control 

5 (PE 0608231N); 

6 (4) Space Command & Control (PE 

7 1208248SF); 

8 (5) Global Command and Control System (PE 

9 0303150K); and 

10 (6) Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z). 

11 (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or prior 

12 Department of Defense Appropriations Acts may be obli13 gated or expended to initiate additional Software and Dig14 ital Technology Pilot Programs in fiscal year 2024. 

15 SEC. 8103. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 

17 enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 

18 United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other 

19 Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 

20 (done at New York on December 10, 1984): 

21 (1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 

22 Code. 

23 (2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 

24 and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 

25 Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 
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1 note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 

2 regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Fed3 eral Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of 

4 Federal Regulations. 

5 (3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department 

6 of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 

7 to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and 

8 Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109– 

9 148). 

10 SEC. 8104. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

11 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense12 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 

13 $300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

14 2025, shall be for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initia15 tive: Provided, That such funds shall be available to the 

16 Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Sec17 retary of State, to provide assistance, including training; 

18 equipment; lethal assistance; logistics support, supplies 

19 and services; salaries and stipends; sustainment; and intel20 ligence support to the military and national security forces 

21 of Ukraine, and to other forces or groups recognized by 

22 and under the authority of the Government of Ukraine, 

23 including governmental entities within Ukraine, engaged 

24 in resisting Russian aggression against Ukraine, for re25 placement of any weapons or articles provided to the Gov-
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1 ernment of Ukraine from the inventory of the United 

2 States, and to recover or dispose of equipment procured 

3 using funds made available in this section in this or prior 

4 Acts: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

5 shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made 

6 available in this section, notify the congressional defense 

7 committees in writing of the details of any such obligation: 

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

9 more than 60 days after such notification is made, inform 

10 such committees if such funds have not been obligated and 

11 the reasons therefor: Provided further, That the Secretary 

12 of Defense shall consult with such committees in advance 

13 of the provision of support provided to other forces or 

14 groups recognized by and under the authority of the Gov15 ernment of Ukraine: Provided further, That the United 

16 States may accept equipment procured using funds made 

17 available in this section in this or prior Acts transferred 

18 to the security forces of Ukraine and returned by such 

19 forces to the United States: Provided further, That equip20 ment procured using funds made available in this section 

21 in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred to the mili22 tary or national security forces of Ukraine or to other as23 sisted entities, or returned by such forces or other assisted 

24 entities to the United States, may be treated as stocks 

25 of the Department of Defense upon written notification 
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1 to the congressional defense committees: Provided further, 

2 That the Secretary of Defense may accept and retain con3 tributions, including money, personal property, and serv4 ices, from foreign governments and other entities, to carry 

5 out assistance authorized for the Ukraine Security Assist6 ance Initiative in this section: Provided further, That the 

7 Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 

8 committees in writing upon the receipt and upon the obli9 gation of any contribution, delineating the sources and 

10 amounts of the funds received and the specific use of such 

11 contributions: Provided further, That contributions of 

12 money for the purposes provided herein from any foreign 

13 government or other entity may be credited to this ac14 count, to remain available until September 30, 2025, and 

15 used for such purposes: Provided further, That the Sec16 retary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 

17 congressional defense committees on the use and status 

18 of funds made available in this section. 

19 SEC. 8105. During the current fiscal year, the De20 partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of 

21 not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec22 tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa23 tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government 

24 of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That, such con-
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1 tributions shall, upon receipt, be credited to the appropria2 tions or fund which incurred such obligations. 

3 SEC. 8106. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

4 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense5 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 

6 $1,316,031,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2025, shall be available for International Security Co8 operation Programs and other programs to provide sup9 port and assistance to foreign security forces or other 

10 groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate 

11 counterterrorism, crisis response, or building partner ca12 pacity programs: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 

13 shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating funds 

14 made available in this section, notify the congressional de15 fense committees in writing of the details of any planned 

16 obligation: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 

17 shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Ap18 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen19 ate on the use and status of funds made available in this 

20 section. 

21 SEC. 8107. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

22 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense23 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 

24 $370,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

25 2025, shall be available to reimburse Jordan, Lebanon, 
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1 Egypt, Tunisia, and Oman under section 1226 of the Na2 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (22 

3 U.S.C. 2151 note), for enhanced border security: Pro4 vided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 

5 15 days prior to obligating funds provided under this sec6 tion, notify the congressional defense committees in writ7 ing of the details of any planned obligation and the nature 

8 of the expenses incurred: Provided further, That the Sec9 retary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 

10 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent11 atives and the Senate on the use and status of funds made 

12 available in this section. 

13 SEC. 8108. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Res15 olution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 

16 SEC. 8109. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 

18 333 of title 10, United States Code, or peacekeeping oper19 ations for the countries designated annually to be in viola20 tion of the standards of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act 

21 of 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) may 

22 be used to support any military training or operation that 

23 includes child soldiers, as defined by the Child Soldiers 

24 Prevention Act of 2008, unless such assistance is other-
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1 wise permitted under section 404 of the Child Soldiers 

2 Prevention Act of 2008. 

3 SEC. 8110. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be made available for any member of the Taliban. 

5 SEC. 8111. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, any transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made 

7 available by this Act, for support to friendly foreign coun8 tries in connection with the conduct of operations in which 

9 the United States is not participating, pursuant to section 

10 331(d) of title 10, United States Code, shall be made in 

11 accordance with section 8005 of this Act. 

12 SEC. 8112. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

13 otherwise made available by this or any other Act may 

14 be used by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official 

15 or officer of the Department of Defense, to enter into a 

16 contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 

17 agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan 

18 or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary 

19 of Rosoboronexport. 

20 (b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limita21 tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with 

22 the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intel23 ligence, determines that it is in the vital national security 

24 interest of the United States to do so, and certifies in writ25 ing to the congressional defense committees that— 
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1 (1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of 

2 lethal 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 Ukraine; and 

7 (3) agents of the Russian Federation have 

8 ceased taking active measures to destabilize the con9 trol of the Government of Ukraine over eastern 

10 Ukraine. 

11 (c) The Inspector General of the Department of De12 fense shall conduct a review of any action involving 

13 Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the 

14 Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not 

15 later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver 

16 is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector Gen17 eral shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

18 a report containing the results of the review conducted 

19 with respect to such waiver. 

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 8113. In addition to amounts appropriated in 

22 title II or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 

23 $3,300,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 

24 of Defense and made available for transfer to the oper25 ation and maintenance accounts of the Army, Navy, Ma-
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1 rine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force (including Na2 tional Guard and Reserve) for purposes of improving mili3 tary readiness: Provided, That the transfer authority pro4 vided under this section is in addition to any other trans5 fer authority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided fur6 ther, That none of the funds provided under this section 

7 may be obligated or expended until 30 days after the Sec8 retary of Defense provides the Committees on Appropria9 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 

10 detailed execution plan for such funds: Provided further, 

11 That of the amounts made available under this section, 

12 $1,900,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 

13 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

14 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 SEC. 8114. Equipment procured using funds provided 

17 in prior Acts under the heading ‘‘Counterterrorism Part18 nerships Fund’’ for the program authorized by section 

19 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon 

20 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 

21 (Public Law 113–291), or under the heading ‘‘Iraq Train 

22 and Equip Fund’’ for the program authorized by section 

23 1236 of such Act, and not yet transferred to authorized 

24 recipients may be transferred to foreign security forces, 

25 irregular forces, groups, or individuals, authorized to re-
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1 ceive assistance using amounts provided under the heading 

2 ‘‘Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund’’ in this Act: Pro3 vided, That such equipment may be transferred 15 days 

4 following written notification to the congressional defense 

5 committees. 

6 SEC. 8115. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 

7 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense8 Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 

9 $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 

10 shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating na11 tions for logistical, military, and other support, including 

12 access, provided to United States military and stability op13 erations to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: 

14 Provided, That such reimbursement payments may be 

15 made in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense, with 

16 the concurrence of the Secretary of State, and in consulta17 tion with the Director of the Office of Management and 

18 Budget, may determine, based on documentation deter19 mined by the Secretary of Defense to adequately account 

20 for the support provided, and such determination is final 

21 and conclusive upon the accounting officers of the United 

22 States, and 15 days following written notification to the 

23 appropriate congressional committees: Provided further, 

24 That these funds may be used for the purpose of providing 

25 specialized training and procuring supplies and specialized 
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1 equipment and providing such supplies and loaning such 

2 equipment on a non-reimbursable basis to coalition forces 

3 supporting United States military and stability operations 

4 to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and 15 

5 days following written notification to the appropriate con6 gressional committees: Provided further, That the Sec7 retary of Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the 

8 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent9 atives and the Senate on the use and status of funds made 

10 available in this section. 

11 SEC. 8116. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 

12 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate amounts made 

13 available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 

14 Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Defense Fund for 

15 fiscal year 2024 pursuant to the transfer authority in sec16 tion 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 

17 Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, in the 

18 amounts specified, and for the projects and activities spec19 ified, in the table titled ‘‘Department of Defense Alloca20 tion of Funds: CHIPS and Science Act Fiscal Year 2024’’ 

21 in the report accompanying this Act. 

22 (b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo23 cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 

24 year under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 

25 if there is in effect an Act making or continuing appro-
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1 priations for part of a fiscal year for the Department of 

2 Defense: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter pre3 ceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation, appor4 tionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing adminis5 tration of programs allocated using funds transferred from 

6 the CHIPS for America Defense Fund, which may be allo7 cated pursuant to the transfer authority in section 

8 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in amounts that 

9 are no more than the allocation for such purposes in sub10 section (a) of this section. 

11 (c) The Secretary of Defense may reallocate funds 

12 allocated by subsection (a) of this section, subject to the 

13 terms and conditions contained in the provisos in section 

14 8005 of this Act: Provided, That amounts may be reallo15 cated pursuant to this subsection only for those require16 ments necessary to carry out section 9903(b) of the Wil17 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza18 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 

19 (d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 

20 the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of De21 fense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 

22 of the House of Representatives and the Senate proposed 

23 allocations by account and by program, project, or activity, 

24 with detailed justifications, for amounts made available 
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1 under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for 

2 fiscal year 2025. 

3 (e) The Department of Defense shall provide the 

4 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent5 atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal6 ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 

7 America Defense Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to 

8 subsection (a) of this section, including all uncommitted, 

9 committed, and unobligated funds. 

10 SEC. 8117. The total amount appropriated or other11 wise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced 

12 by $400,000,000 to limit excessive growth in the procure13 ment of advisory and assistance services, to be distributed 

14 as follows: 

15 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

16 $110,000,000; 

17 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 

18 $55,000,000; 

19 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, 

20 $42,000,000; 

21 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, 

22 $62,000,000; 

23 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Space Force’’, 

24 $8,000,000; 
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1 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, 

2 $113,000,000; and 

3 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army National 

4 Guard’’, $10,000,000: 

5 Provided, That this section shall not apply to appropria6 tions for the National Intelligence Program and Military 

7 Intelligence Program. 

8 SEC. 8118. The total amount appropriated or other9 wise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced 

10 by $100,000,000 to reflect savings attributable to effi11 ciencies and management improvements in the funding of 

12 miscellaneous or other contracts in the military depart13 ments, as follows: 

14 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 

15 $21,000,000; 

16 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 

17 $25,000,000; 

18 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, 

19 $3,500,000; 

20 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air Force’’, 

21 $22,000,000; 

22 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Space Force’’, 

23 $1,700,000; and 

24 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’, 

25 $26,800,000: 
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1 Provided, That this section shall not apply to appropria2 tions for the National Intelligence Program and Military 

3 Intelligence Program. 

4 SEC. 8119. Of the funds appropriated in this Act 

5 under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense6 Wide’’, $47,000,000 shall be for continued implementation 

7 and expansion of the Sexual Assault Special Victims’ 

8 Counsel Program: Provided, That the funds are made 

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

10 Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 

11 Force: Provided further, That funds transferred shall be 

12 merged with and available for the same purposes and for 

13 the same time period as the appropriations to which the 

14 funds are transferred: Provided further, That this transfer 

15 authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 

16 provided in this Act. 

17 SEC. 8120. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to support any activity conducted by, 

19 or associated with, the Wuhan Institute of Virology. 

20 SEC. 8121. None of the funds made available by this 

21 Act may be used to fund any work to be performed by 

22 EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. in China on research supported 

23 by the government of China unless the Secretary of De24 fense determines that a waiver to such prohibition is in 

25 the national security interests of the United States and, 
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1 not later than 14 days after granting such a waiver, sub2 mits to the congressional defense committees a detailed 

3 justification for the waiver, including— 

4 (1) an identification of the Department of De5 fense entity obligating or expending the funds; 

6 (2) an identification of the amount of such 

7 funds; 

8 (3) an identification of the intended purpose of 

9 such funds; 

10 (4) an identification of the recipient or prospec11 tive recipient of such funds (including any third12 party entity recipient, as applicable); 

13 (5) an explanation for how the waiver is in the 

14 national security interests of the United States; and 

15 (6) any other information the Secretary deter16 mines appropriate. 

17 SEC. 8122. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 

19 to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 

20 or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 

21 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 

22 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

23 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
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1 (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 

2 at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

3 Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

4 SEC. 8123. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer 

6 any individual detained at United States Naval Station 

7 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 

8 individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 

9 or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec10 tion 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

11 Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1035 

12 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 

13 Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232). 

14 SEC. 8124. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 

15 otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be 

16 used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the 

17 United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 

18 individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 

19 detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the ef20 fective control of the Department of Defense. 

21 (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 

22 to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 

23 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
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1 (c) An individual described in this subsection is any 

2 individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 

3 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 

4 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

5 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 

6 and 

7 (2) is— 

8 (A) in the custody or under the effective 

9 control of the Department of Defense; or 

10 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

11 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

12 SEC. 8125. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 

14 of the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

15 Cuba. 

16 SEC. 8126. The Secretary of the Navy shall continue 

17 to provide pay and allowances to Lieutenant Ridge 

18 Alkonis, United States Navy, until such time as the Sec19 retary of the Navy makes a determination with respect 

20 to the separation of Lieutenant Alkonis from the Navy. 

21 SEC. 8127. Grants pursuant to section 8120 of the 

22 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022 (division 

23 C of Public Law 117–103) to communities impacted by 

24 military aviation noise for the purpose of installing noise 

25 mitigating insulation at covered facilities may also provide 
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1 for the installation of air conditioning that complements 

2 noise mitigating insulation at such facilities. 

3 SEC. 8128. During their period of availability, 

4 amounts appropriated for the Afghanistan Security Forces 

5 Fund in section 124 of the Continuing Appropriations 

6 Act, 2023 (division A of Public Law 117–180) may be 

7 charged for any proper expense for contract closeouts pur8 suant to section 1553(b)(1) of title 31, United States 

9 Code, notwithstanding the limitation in section 1553(b)(2) 

10 of such title. 

11 SEC. 8129. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this or any other Act may be obli13 gated to integrate an alternative engine on any F-35 air14 craft. 

15 SEC. 8130. None of the funds provided in this or any 

16 prior Department of Defense Appropriations Act shall be 

17 available for obligation or expenditure for the Department 

18 of Defense to— 

19 (1) Implement paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) of 

20 section 834(d) of S. 2226, the National Defense Au21 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, as reported by 

22 the Senate Armed Services Committee; or 

23 (2) Provide loans, loan guarantees, or equity in24 vestments to any entity unless the authority to pro25 vide such assistance is pursuant to either chapter 55 
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1 of title 50, United States Code, or section 831 of S. 

2 2226, the National Defense Authorization Act for 

3 Fiscal Year 2024, as reported by the Senate Armed 

4 Services Committee. 

5 SEC. 8131. The Secretary of Defense may use up to 

6 $650,000,000 of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 

7 made available in this Act to the Department of Defense 

8 for the rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and 

9 associated support services pursuant to section 3601 of 

10 title 10, United States Code, but only for the purposes 

11 specified in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subsection 

12 (c)(3)(B) of such section and subject to the applicable lim13 its specified in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of such subsection 

14 and, in the case of clause (iv) of such subsection, subject 

15 to a limit of $50,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary 

16 of Defense shall notify the congressional defense commit17 tees promptly of all uses of this authority. 

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 8132. In addition to amounts appropriated in 

20 title III, title IV, or otherwise made available elsewhere 

21 in this Act, $1,500,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the 

22 Department of Defense and made available for transfer 

23 to the procurement and research, development, test and 

24 evaluation accounts of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air 

25 Force, and Space Force to reflect revised economic as-
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1 sumptions: Provided, That the transfer authority provided 

2 under this section is in addition to any other transfer au3 thority provided elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, 

4 That none of the funds provided under this section may 

5 be obligated or expended until 30 days after the Secretary 

6 of Defense provides the Committees on Appropriations of 

7 the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed 

8 execution plan for such funds: Provided further, That the 

9 amounts made available under this section are designated 

10 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

11 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg12 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 8133. In addition to amounts made available 

15 elsewhere in this Act, $2,000,000,000 is hereby appro16 priated to the Department of Defense and made available 

17 for transfer to the operation and maintenance, procure18 ment, and research, development, test and evaluation ac19 counts of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space 

20 Force, and agencies of the Department of Defense, only 

21 to address unfunded priorities of the armed forces and 

22 combatant commands for fiscal year 2024 (as submitted 

23 to Congress pursuant to section 222a of title 10, United 

24 States Code) with submission of the budget of the Presi25 dent for fiscal year 2024 (as submitted to Congress pursu-
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1 ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code), as 

2 identified in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, 

3 That the transfer authority provided under this section is 

4 in addition to any other transfer authority provided else5 where in this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 

6 provided under this section may be obligated or expended 

7 until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense, through the 

8 Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) provides the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent10 atives and the Senate a detailed execution plan for such 

11 funds: Provided further, That the amounts made available 

12 under this section are designated by the Congress as being 

13 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

14 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 8134. In addition to amounts made available 

18 elsewhere in this Act, $1,000,000,000 is hereby appro19 priated to the Department of Defense and made available 

20 for transfer to the procurement and research, develop21 ment, test and evaluation accounts of the Army, Navy, 

22 Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force to address de23 fense industrial base capacity and workforce shortfalls: 

24 Provided, That the transfer authority provided under this 

25 section is in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
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1 vided elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That none 

2 of the funds provided under this section may be obligated 

3 or expended until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense 

4 provides the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

5 of Representatives and the Senate a detailed execution 

6 plan for such funds: Provided further, That the amounts 

7 made available under this section are designated by the 

8 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

9 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 8135. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 this Act, to reflect higher than anticipated fuel costs, the 

14 total amount appropriated in title II of this Act is hereby 

15 increased by $500,000,000: Provided, That the amounts 

16 made available under this section are designated by the 

17 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 

18 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 SEC. 8136. In addition to amounts made available 

22 elsewhere in this Act, $1,100,000,000, to remain available 

23 until September 30, 2025, is hereby appropriated to ‘‘Op24 eration and Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ in order to assist 

25 and support the armed forces of Taiwan: Provided, That 
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1 funds may be transferred to accounts under the headings 

2 ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ and ‘‘Procurement’’ for re3 placement of defense articles from the stocks of the De4 partment of Defense, defense services of the Department 

5 of Defense, and military education and training provided 

6 to Taiwan: Provided further, That the Secretary of De7 fense shall notify the congressional defense committees of 

8 the details of such transfers not less than 15 days before 

9 any such transfer: Provided further, That upon a deter10 mination that all or part of the funds transferred from 

11 this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro12 vided herein, such amounts may be transferred back and 

13 merged with this appropriation: Provided further, That the 

14 transfer authority provided under this section is in addi15 tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 

16 this Act: Provided further, That the amounts made avail17 able under this section are designated by the Congress as 

18 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

20 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 SEC. 8137. Each amount designated in this Act by 

22 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 

23 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

24 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available 

25 (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subse-
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1 quently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 

2 designations to the Congress. 

3 SEC. 8138. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to provide for a Confucius Institute 

5 Waiver Program at the Department of Defense, or for the 

6 processing or consideration of such a waiver. 

7 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 

8 Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 
Calendar No. 181 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2587 

[Report No. 118–81] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Department of De2024, and for other purposes. fense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

JULY 27, 2023 

Read twice and placed on the calendar