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Union Calendar No. 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2670 

[Report No. 118–] 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of 

the Department of Defense and for military construction, and for defense 

activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 

strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 18, 2023 

Mr. ROGERS of Alabama (for himself and Mr. SMITH of Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 

Services 

JUNE --, 2023 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 18, 2023] 


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A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military 

activities of the Department of Defense and for military 

construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths 

for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Au5 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF 

7 CONTENTS. 

8 (a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into four divi9 sions as follows: 

10 (1) Division A—Department of Defense Author11 izations. 

12 (2) Division B—Military Construction Author13 izations. 

14 (3) Division C—Department of Energy National 

15 Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations. 

16 (4) Division D—Funding Tables. 

17 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

18 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees. 

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 

TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle B—Army Programs 

Sec. 111. Limitation on availability of funds pending assessment of Army trackless moving target systems. 


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Subtitle C—Navy Programs 

Sec. 131. Multiyear procurement authority for Virginia class submarine program. 

Sec. 132. Multiyear procurement authority for MK–48 torpedoes. 

Sec. 133. Procurement authority for Auxiliary Personnel Lighter program. 

Sec. 134. Limitation on upgrades to nacelles of MV–22 aircraft pending certification of upgrade plan. 

Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 

Sec. 151. Extension of requirements relating to C–130 aircraft. 

Sec. 152. Modification of annual reports on T–7A Advanced Pilot Training System. 

Sec. 153. Modification to prohibition on certain reductions to B–1 bomber aircraft squadrons. 

Sec. 154. Modification of minimum inventory requirements for A–10 aircraft. 

Sec. 155. Procurement of over-the-horizon radar systems. 

Sec. 156. KC–135 aircraft recapitalization program. 

Sec. 157. Prohibition on reduction of KC–135 aircraft in PMAI of the reserve 

components. 

Sec. 158. Prohibition on availability of funds for termination of production lines 

for the HH–60W aircraft. 

Sec. 159. Limitation on termination of fighter squadrons. 

Sec. 160. Limitation on divestment of F–16 aircraft. 

Sec. 161. Limitation on procurement of KC–46A aircraft. 

Sec. 162. Limitation on actions relating to remote vision systems of KC–46A aircraft. 

Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters 

Sec. 181. Multiyear procurement authority for domestically processed rare earth 

elements. 

Sec. 182. Prohibition on procurement of certain tactical vehicles. 

Sec. 183. Prohibition on availability of funds for procurement of certain battery 

technology. 

Sec. 184. Plan to expedite integration of Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles into legacy aircraft fleets. 

TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 

Sec. 211. Naval Air Warfare Rapid Capabilities Office. 

Sec. 212. Clarification of role of partnership intermediaries to promote defense research and education. 

Sec. 213. Modification of support for research and development of bioindustrial 

manufacturing processes. 

Sec. 214. Certain disclosure requirements for university research funded by the 

Department of Defense. 

Sec. 215. Consortia to assist in protection of sensitive research performed on behalf of the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 216. Consortium on use of additive manufacturing for Army aviation and 

missile capability development. 


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Sec. 217. Support for defense innovation activities of the North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization. 

Sec. 218. Next Generation Air Dominance family of systems development program accountability matrices. 

Sec. 219. Continuous capability development and delivery program for F–35 aircraft. 

Sec. 220. Process to ensure the responsible development and use of artificial intelligence. 

Sec. 221. Pilot program to commercialize prototypes of the Department of the Air 

Force. 

Sec. 222. Pilot program on near-term quantum computing applications. 

Sec. 223. Pilot program on access to small business advanced technology for 

Army ground vehicle systems. 

Sec. 224. Prohibition on availability of funds for gain-of-function research. 

Sec. 225. Limitation on availability of funds pending documentation on Future 

Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program. 

Sec. 226. F–35 propulsion and thermal management modernization program. 

Subtitle C—Energetics and Other Munitions Matters 

Sec. 241. Establishment of Joint Energetics Transition Office. 

Sec. 242. Consideration of lethality as a key performance parameter for munitions. 

Sec. 243. Pilot program on incorporation of the CL20 compound in certain weapon systems. 

Sec. 244. Assessment of energetics industrial base. 

Sec. 245. Limitation on sourcing chemical materials for munitions from certain 

countries. 

Subtitle D—Plans, Reports, and Other Matters 

Sec. 261. Hypersonic testing strategy and evaluation of potential hypersonic test 

ranges. 

Sec. 262. Modification to annual reports on critical technology areas supportive 

of the National Defense Strategy. 

Sec. 263. Intellectual property strategy. 

Sec. 264. Study on establishment of centralized platform for development and 

testing of autonomy software. 

Sec. 265. Annual report on incremental and transformational research and development. 

Sec. 266. Congressional notification of changes to Department of Defense policy 

on autonomy in weapon systems. 

Sec. 267. Sense of Congress on dual use innovative technology for the robotic combat vehicle of the Army. 

TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle B—Energy and Environment 

Sec. 311. Equivalent authority to carry out certain projects at facilities of the 

National Guard and the Air National Guard. 

Sec. 312. Modifications to pilot program on use of sustainable aviation fuel. 


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Sec. 313. Required determination on availability of charging stations prior to replacement of non-tactical vehicle fleet of Department of Defense. 

Sec. 314. Modification to prototype and demonstration projects for energy resilience at certain military installations. 

Sec. 315. Authority to transfer certain funds as payment relating to Naval Air 

Station, Moffett Field, California. 

Sec. 316. Requirement for Secretary of Defense to develop plan for transition of 

Joint Task Force Red Hill. 

Sec. 317. Designation of official responsible for coordination of renegotiation of 

certain land leases owned by Department of Defense in Hawai’i. 

Sec. 318. Prohibition and limitation on availability of funds for certain energy 

programs of Department of Defense. 

Sec. 319. Analysis of alternatives for battlefield storage and distribution of electric power. 

Subtitle C—Treatment of Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Polyfluoroalkyl 

Substances 

Sec. 331. Improvements relating to exposures to perfluoroalkyl and 

polyfluoroalkyl substances. 

Sec. 332. Prizes for development of technology for thermal destruction of 

perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances. 

Sec. 333. Restriction on Department of Defense acquisition of covered items containing or produced using certain substances. 

Subtitle D—Logistics and Sustainment 

Sec. 341. Repeal of Comptroller General review requirement relating to core logistics capabilities. 

Sec. 342. Disaggregation of certain information in annual report relating to performance of depot-level maintenance. 

Sec. 343. Foreign military sales exclusion in calculation for certain workload carryover of Department of Army. 

Sec. 344. Matters relating to briefings on Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization 

Program of the Navy. 

Sec. 345. Pilot program on optimization of aerial refueling and fuel management 

in contested logistics environments through use of artificial intelligence. 

Sec. 346. Limitation on availability of funds pending quarterly briefing on availability of amphibious warships. 

Sec. 347. Requirement for Secretary of Navy to complete common readiness models. 

Sec. 348. Plan regarding condition and maintenance of prepositioned stockpiles 

of Army. 

Subtitle E—Reports and Other Matters 

Sec. 361. Modification to Joint Safety Council. 

Sec. 362. Recognition of service of military working dogs. 

Sec. 363. Improvements relating to end-to-end travel management system of the 

Department of Defense. 

Sec. 364. Diversity, equity, and inclusion personnel grade cap. 

Sec. 365. Prohibition on elimination of Caisson Platoon and support by such platoon of military funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery. 


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Sec. 366. Assessment on use of certain areas in southeastern United States for 

testing and training in support of Pacific Deterrence Initiative. 

TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 

Subtitle A—Active Forces 

Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 

Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 

Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 

Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the Reserves. 

Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 

Sec. 414. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty 

for operational support. 

Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 421. Military personnel. 

TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 

Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 

Sec. 501. Removal of exemption relating to Attending Physician to the Congress 

for certain distribution and grade limitations. 

Sec. 502. Number of general officers and flag officers on active duty. 

Sec. 503. Promotions and transfers between components of certain Armed Forces 

or to other certain Armed Forces. 

Sec. 504. Modification to grade of Attending Physician to the Congress. 

Sec. 505. Verification of the financial independence of financial services counselors in the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 506. Retired grade for the Director of Admissions of a Service Academy. 

Sec. 507. Establishment of Legislative Liaison of the Space Force. 

Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 

Sec. 511. Grades of certain chiefs of reserve components. 

Sec. 512. Removal of prohibition on active duty members of the Air Force Reserve 

Policy Committee. 

Sec. 513. Removal of prohibition on active duty members of the Air Force Reserve 

Policy Committee. 

Sec. 514. Grade of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau. 

Sec. 515. Transfers of officers between the active and inactive National Guard. 

Sec. 516. Authorization for FireGuard Program. 

Sec. 517. Designation of at least one general officer of the Marine Corps Reserve 

as a joint qualified officer. 

Sec. 518. Report on foreign disclosure officer and foreign military sales officer 

billets. 

Subtitle C—General Service Authorities and Military Records 

Sec. 521. Requirement to classify certain persons as unaccounted for from World 

War II under certain conditions. 

Sec. 522. Authority to designate certain separated members of the Air Force as 

honorary separated members of the Space Force. 

Sec. 523. Military personnel: recruiting; merit-based determinations. 


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Sec. 524. Improvements to medical standards for accession to certain Armed 

Forces. 

Sec. 525. Protections for members of certain Armed Forces who refuse to receive 

vaccinations against COVID-19. 

Sec. 526. Reviews of characterization of administrative discharges of certain 

members on the basis of failure to receive COVID-19 vaccine. 

Sec. 527. Certain members discharged or dismissed on the sole basis of failure to 

obey a lawful order to receive a vaccine for COVID-19: communication strategy regarding reinstatement process. 

Sec. 528. Pilot program on cardiac screenings for military accessions. 

Subtitle D—Military Justice 

Sec. 531. Prohibition on certain communications regarding courts-martial. 

Sec. 532. Technical and conforming amendments to the Uniform Code of Military 

Justice. 

Sec. 533. Treatment of certain records of criminal investigations. 

Sec. 534. Limitation on availability of funds for relocation of Army CID special 

agent training course. 

Subtitle E—Other Legal Matters 

Sec. 541. Supreme Court review of certain actions of the United States Court of 

Appeals for the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 542. Study on removal of Sexual Assault Victim Advocates from the chain 

of command of victims. 

Subtitle F—Member Education 

Sec. 551. Military education for special operations forces. 

Sec. 552. Expansion of individuals eligible to serve as administrators and instructors in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 

Sec. 553. Prohibition of establishment or maintenance of a unit of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at an educational institution 

owned, operated, or controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. 

Sec. 554. Inclusion of advanced research programs at certain institutions of professional military education. 

Sec. 555. Pilot program for enlisted members of the Army and the Navy to attend 

the Naval Postgraduate School. 

Subtitle G—Member Training 

Sec. 561. Increase in accession bonus for nurse officer candidates. 

Sec. 562. Service Academies: numbers of nominations by Members of Congress 

and appointments by the Secretaries of the military departments. 

Sec. 563. Increase in the number of nominees from Guam to the Service Academies. 

Sec. 564. Exemption of cadet or midshipman who refuses to receive a vaccination 

against COVID–19 from requirement to repay tuition at military service academy. 

Sec. 565. Training on the National Defense Strategy for members of certain 

Armed Forces. 

Sec. 566. Prohibition on use of Federal funds for certain training or education 

that promotes critical race theory. 

Sec. 567. Sex-neutral high fitness standards for army close combat force military 

occupational specialties. 


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Sec. 568. Costs of training on critical race theory. 

Sec. 569. Publication of training materials of the Defense Equal Opportunity 

Management Institute. 

Subtitle H—Member Transition 

Sec. 571. Amendments to Pathways for counseling in the Transition Assistance 

Program. 

Sec. 572. Skillbridge: staffing; budgeting; outreach; report. 

Sec. 573. Troops-to-Teachers Program: expansion; extension. 

Sec. 574. Report on the Transition Assistance Program. 

Sec. 575. Skillbridge: apprenticeship programs. 

Sec. 576. Female members of certain Armed Forces and civilian employees of the 

Department of Defense in STEM. 

Sec. 577. Department of Defense report on third-party job search technology. 

Subtitle I—Decorations and Awards 

Sec. 581. Extension of time to review World War I valor medals. 

Sec. 582. Authorization for award of the Medal of Honor to Marcelino Serna for 

acts of valor during World War I. 

Subtitle J—Other Personnel Matters, Reports, and Briefings 

Sec. 591. Armed Forces workplace surveys. 

Sec. 592. Electronic notarization for members of the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 593. Due date for report on efforts to prevent and respond to deaths by suicide in the Navy. 

Sec. 594. Posting of promotional materials for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at military installations. 

Sec. 595. Prohibition on drag shows and drag queen story hour. 

Sec. 596. Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion: report; sunset. 

Sec. 597. Force structure and personnel requirements of special operations forces: 

review; briefing; report. 

Sec. 598. Prohibition on Federal funds for the Department of Defense Countering 

Extremism Work Group. 

Sec. 599. Digital ambassador program of the Navy: cessation; report; restart. 

Sec. 599A. Report on Military OneSource. 

Sec. 599B. Study on service by neurodivergent individuals in the Department of 

Defense. 

TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 

Subtitle A—Basic Pay, Retired Pay, and Leave 

Sec. 601. Parental leave parity for members of certain reserve components of the 

Armed Forces. 

Sec. 602. Expansion of authority of the Secretary of a military department to 

pay a member who is absent without leave or over leave for such 

absence. 

Sec. 603. Report on modernized retirement system. 

Subtitle B—Bonus and Incentive Pays 

Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pay authorities. 

Sec. 612. Authorization of monthly bonus pay for a junior member of the uniformed services during calendar year 2024. 


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Sec. 613. Determination of cold weather location for purposes of assignment or 

special duty pay. 

Subtitle C—Allowances 

Sec. 621. Basic needs allowance: exclusion of basic allowance for housing from the 

calculation of gross household income of an eligible member of 

the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 622. Improved calculation of basic allowance for housing for junior enlisted 

members. 

Sec. 623. Expansion of authority of a commanding officer to authorize a basic 

allowance for housing for a member performing initial field or 

sea duty. 

Sec. 624. Dual basic allowance for housing for training. 

Sec. 625. Basic allowance for housing: pilot program to outsource rate calculation. 

Sec. 626. Independent assessment of housing for military personnel in Guam. 

Sec. 627. Briefings on pilot program on hiring of special needs inclusion coordinators for department of defense child development centers. 

Subtitle D—Family Readiness and Survivor Benefits 

Sec. 631. Modifications to transitional compensation for dependents of members 

separated for dependent abuse. 

Sec. 632. Lodging expenses for dependents of members separated for dependent 

abuse. 

Sec. 633. Access to commissary and exchange privileges for remarried surviving 

spouses. 

Sec. 634. Authority for peer mentoring program for military dependents. 

Sec. 635. Expansion of qualifying events for which a member of the uniformed 

services may be reimbursed for spousal relicensing or business 

costs due to the member’s relocation. 

Sec. 636. Student loan deferment for dislocated military spouses. 

Sec. 637. Grants to assist caregivers in military families. 

Sec. 638. MySTeP: provision online and in multiple languages. 

Subtitle E—Child Care 

Sec. 641. Increase in the target funding level for military child care. 

Sec. 642. Recurring review and revision of pay for military child care employees. 

Sec. 643. Discounted child care for child care employees of the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 644. Expansion of pilot program to provide financial assistance to members 

of the Armed Forces for in-home child care. 

Sec. 645. Wait times for child care services provided through military child development centers: publication; feasibility of certain improvement. 

Sec. 646. Study on effects of child care on readiness and retention. 

Subtitle F—Dependent Education 

Sec. 651. Rights of parents of children attending schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity. 

Sec. 652. Certain assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents 

of military and civilian personnel. 

Sec. 653. Verification of reporting of eligible federally connected children for purposes of Federal impact aid programs. 


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Sec. 654. Financial literacy education in schools operated by the Department of 

Defense Education Activity. 

Sec. 655. Pilot program for routine mental health check-ups in schools operated 

by the Department of Defense Education Activity. 

Sec. 656. Briefings on implementation of universal pre-kindergarten programs in 

schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity. 

TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 

Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other Health Benefits 

Sec. 701. TRICARE dental plan for the Selected Reserve. 

Sec. 702. Extension of period of eligibility for health benefits under TRICARE 

Reserve Select for survivors of a member of the Selected Reserve. 

Sec. 703. Clarification of applicability of required mental health self-initiated referral process for members of the Selected Reserve. 

Sec. 704. Non-medical counseling services for military families. 

Sec. 705. Doulas: certification assistance for military spouses; expansion of demonstration project. 

Sec. 706. Medical testing and related services for firefighters of Department of Defense. 

Sec. 707. Temporary requirement for contraception coverage parity under the 

TRICARE program. 

Sec. 708. Naloxone and fentanyl: regulations; report. 

Sec. 709. Rates of reimbursement for providers of applied behavior analysis. 

Sec. 710. Department of Defense pilot program on health effects of medical marijuana use by veterans. 

Sec. 711. Pilot program on cryopreservation and storage of gametes of certain 

members of the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 712. Psychological evaluations for certain members of the Armed Forces who 

served in Kabul. 

Sec. 713. Authority to expand the TRICARE Competitive Plans Demonstration 

Project. 

Subtitle B—Health Care Administration 

Sec. 721. Clarification of grade of Surgeon General of the Navy. 

Sec. 722. Clarification of responsibilities regarding the integrated disability evaluation system. 

Sec. 723. Sharing of medical data regarding members of the Coast Guard. 

Sec. 724. Organizational framework of the military health system to support the 

medical requirements of the combatant commands. 

Sec. 725. Mandatory training on health effects of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 

substances. 

Sec. 726. Establishment of military pharmaceutical and medical device vulnerability working group. 

Sec. 727. Establishment of medical and surgical consumables standardization 

working group. 

Sec. 728. Pilot program on remote health monitoring technologies. 

Sec. 729. Task force of Department of Defense on mental health. 

Sec. 730. Disclosures by entities receiving grants the Secretary of Defense for biomedical research. 


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Subtitle C—Studies and Reports 

Sec. 741. Amendments to report on behavioral health workforce of the Department 

of Defense. 

Sec. 742. Comprehensive strategy on force resilience of the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 743. Study on non-clinical mental health services of the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 744. Clinical study on treatment of certain members with certain conditions 

using certain psychedelic substances. 

Sec. 745. Study on opioid alternatives. 

Sec. 746. Report on overdoses by members of certain Armed Forces. 

Sec. 747. Feasibility report regarding DHA employment of certain mental health 

providers awaiting licensure. 

Sec. 748. Study on health care available to individuals supporting the missions 

of United States Forces, Japan, and Joint Region Marianas. 

Sec. 749. United States-Israel PTSD Collaborative Research. 

Sec. 750. Feasibility study on creation of centers of excellence in Ukraine for 

treatment of traumatic brain injuries and traumatic extremity 

injuries. 

Sec. 751. Testosterone levels among members of special forces of the Army: study; 

report. 

Sec. 752. GAO report on TRICARE payments to behavioral health professionals. 

TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND 

RELATED MATTERS 

Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management 

Sec. 801. Commercial nature determination memo available to contractor. 

Sec. 802. Prohibition on the transfer of certain data on employees of the Department of Defense to third parties. 

Sec. 803. Principal technology transition advisor. 

Sec. 804. Pilot program on payment of costs for denied Government Accountability Office bid protests. 

Sec. 805. Pilot program for prototype projects for Anything-as-a-Service. 

Sec. 806. Low-methane intensity natural gas pilot program. 

Sec. 807. Prohibition on contracting with persons that have business operations 

with the Government of the Russian Federation or the Russian 

energy sector. 

Sec. 808. Organizational conflict of interests relating to national security and 

foreign policy. 

Subtitle B—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and 

Limitations 

Sec. 822. Modification to truthful cost or pricing data submissions and report. 

Sec. 823. Competition requirements for purchases from Federal Prison Industries. 

Sec. 824. Modification of approval authority for high dollar other transactions for 

prototypes. 

Sec. 825. Clarification of authority of the Department of Defense to carry out certain prototype projects. 

Sec. 826. Acquisition of sensitive material prohibition exception amendment. 

Sec. 827. Modification to acquisition authority of the senior official with principal responsibility for artificial intelligence and machine learning. 


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Sec. 828. Amend prohibition on contracting with entities operating certain unmanned aircraft systems. 

Sec. 829. Avoidance of use of lowest price technically acceptable source selection 

process for certain logistics services. 

Sec. 830. Modification and extension of temporary authority to modify certain 

contracts and options based on the impacts of inflation. 

Sec. 831. Modification of contracts and options to provide economic price adjustments. 

Sec. 833. Pilot program on the use of acquisition authority for Office of Naval 

Research to aid in technology transition. 

Sec. 832. Prohibition on computers or printers acquisitions involving entities 

owned or controlled by China. 

Subtitle C—Domestic Sourcing Requirements 

Sec. 841. Require full domestic production of flags of the United States acquired 

by the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 842. Inclusion of titanium powder in definition of specialty metals exempted 

from certain domestic sourcing requirements. 

Sec. 843. Amend requirement to buy certain metals from American sources. 

Sec. 844. Modification to miscellaneous limitations on the procurement of goods 

other than United States goods. 

Sec. 845. Procurement of covered hearing protection devices. 

Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to Programs for Accelerating Acquisition 

Sec. 851. Pilot program for recurring awards for production, investment, and deployment through competitions. 

Sec. 852. Demonstration and prototyping program to advance international 

product support capabilities in a contested logistics environment. 

Sec. 853. Defense industrial base advanced capabilities pilot program. 

Subtitle E—Industrial Base Matters 

Sec. 861. Additional national security objectives for the national technology and 

industrial base. 

Sec. 862. Use of Industrial Base Fund for support for the workforce for large surface combatants. 

Sec. 863. Redesignation of Industrial Base Fund as Industrial Base and Operational Infrastructure Fund; additional uses. 

Sec. 864. Modifications to the procurement technical assistance cooperative agreement program. 

Sec. 865. Modification to procurement requirements relating to rare earth elements and strategic and critical materials. 

Sec. 866. Securing maritime data from China. 

Sec. 867. Pilot program for analyzing and continuous monitoring of key supply 

chains. 

Sec. 868. Study and report on country of origin of end items and components 

procured by Department of Defense. 

Sec. 869. Enhanced domestic content requirement for major defense acquisition 

programs. 

Subtitle F—Small Business Matters 

Sec. 881 Entrepreneurial Innovation Project designations. 

Sec. 882. Extension and modification of Domestic Investment Pilot Program. 


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Sec. 883. Study and report on the expansion of the Strategic Funding Increase 

program of the Air Force. 

Subtitle G—Other Matters 

Sec. 891. Employee-owned business contracting incentive pilot program clarification and extension. 

Sec. 892. Pilot program on the use of budget transfer authority for Army research 

to aid in technology transition. 

Sec. 893. Seaplane procurement and employment. 

Sec. 894. Limitation on availability of funds relating to contracts with contract 

managers and auditors. 

Sec. 895. Inspector General report on Department of Defense acquisition and contract administration. 

TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND 

MANAGEMENT 

Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Defense and Related Matters 

Sec. 901. Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Innovation Integration. 

Sec. 902. Repeal of position of Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation. 

Sec. 903. Conforming amendments to carry out elimination of position of Chief 

Management Officer. 

Sec. 904. Elimination of the Chief Diversity Officer of the Department of Defense. 

Subtitle B—Other Department of Defense Organization and Management 

Matters 

Sec. 921. Modification of analysis required for reductions to civilian workforce 

under general policy for total force management. 

Sec. 922. Additional requirements under general policy for total force management. 

Sec. 923. Eligibility of Chief of the National Guard Bureau for appointment as 

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

Sec. 924. Coast Guard input to the Joint Requirements Oversight Council. 

Sec. 925. Codification of the Defense Innovation Unit and establishment of the 

nontraditional innovation fielding enterprise. 

Sec. 926. Designation of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Corps as a basic branch 

of the Army. 

Sec. 927. Repeal of authority to appoint a Naval Research Advisory Committee. 

Sec. 928. Eligibility of members of Space Force for instruction at the Naval Postgraduate School. 

Sec. 929. Membership of the Air Force Reserve Forces Policy Committee. 

Sec. 930. Framework for classification of autonomous capabilities. 

Sec. 931. Comprehensive assessment of force design modernization efforts of the 

Marine Corps. 

Sec. 932. Enhancing Department of Defense coordination of geoeconomic affairs. 

Subtitle C—Space National Guard 

Sec. 951. Establishment of Space National Guard. 

Sec. 952. No effect on military installations. 

Sec. 953. Implementation of Space National Guard. 

Sec. 954. Conforming amendments and clarification of authorities. 


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TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Subtitle A—Financial Matters 

Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 

Sec. 1002. Requirement for a covered Armed Force to submit posture statements 

in support of congressional budget process. 

Subtitle B—Counterdrug Activities 

Sec. 1006. Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities. 

Sec. 1007. Threat analysis regarding fentanyl crisis. 

Sec. 1008. Report on role of Department of Defense in supporting National 

Emergency Declaration combating fentanyl crisis. 

Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards 

Sec. 1011. Modifications to annual naval vessel construction plan. 

Sec. 1012. Critical components of national sea-based deterrence vessels. 

Sec. 1013. Grants for improvement of Navy ship repair or alterations capability. 

Sec. 1014. Repeal of obsolete provision of law regarding vessel nomenclature. 

Sec. 1015. Responsibility of Commandant of the Marine Corps with respect to 

naval force battleship assessment and requirement reporting. 

Sec. 1016. Policy of the United States on shipbuilding defense industrial base. 

Sec. 1017. Availability of funds for retirement or inactivation of landing dock 

ships and guided missile cruisers. 

Sec. 1018. Expeditionary fast transport vessels. 

Sec. 1019. Guam shipyard assessment . 

Sec. 1020. Authority to use incremental funding to enter into a contract for the 

advance procurement and construction of a San Antonio-class 

amphibious ship. 

Sec. 1021. Authority to use incremental funding to enter into a contract for the 

advance procurement and construction of a submarine tender. 

Sec. 1022. Plan for extended prohibition on retirement of ships. 

Sec. 1023. Congressional notification regarding pending retirement of naval vessels viable for artificial reefing. 

Sec. 1024. Quarterly briefings on submarine readiness. 

Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 

Sec. 1031. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

Bay, Cuba, to the United States. 

Sec. 1032. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facilities in the United States to house detainees transferred from 

United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

Sec. 1033. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

Bay, Cuba, to certain countries. 

Sec. 1034. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to close or relinquish control 

of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 

Sec. 1041. Modification to definitions of Confucius Institute. 

Sec. 1042. Limitation on provision of funds to institutions of higher education 

hosting Confucius Institutes. 


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Sec. 1043. Modification of vetting procedures and monitoring requirements for 

certain military training. 

Sec. 1044. Limitation on availability of funds until delivery of report on next 

generation tactical communications. 

Sec. 1045. Limitation on use of funds related to Military Religious Freedom 

Foundation. 

Sec. 1046. Prohibition on use of funds for advisory committees related to environmental, social, and governance aspects. 

Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 

Sec. 1061. Annual report on unfunded priorities of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. 

Sec. 1062. Quarterly briefings on Joint All Domain Command and Control Effort. 

Sec. 1063. Extension of requirement to submit a report on Department of Defense 

support for Department of Homeland Security at the international borders of the United States. 

Sec. 1064. Air Force plan for maintaining proficient aircrews in certain mission 

areas. 

Sec. 1065. Assessment and strategy relating to range capability and capacity for 

Joint All-Domain Operations. 

Sec. 1066. Report on defense of Department of Defense facilities and forces in European and Indo-Pacific regions from missile and air attack. 

Sec. 1067. Independent study on naval mine warfare. 

Sec. 1068. Report on establishment of joint force headquarters in Indo-Pacific region. 

Sec. 1069. Annual briefings on implementation of Force Design 2030. 

Sec. 1070. Plan for Taiwan noncombatant evacuation operations. 

Subtitle G—Other Matters 

Sec. 1081. Navy consideration of Coast Guard views on matters directly concerning Coast Guard capabilities. 

Sec. 1082. Development of commercial integration cells action plan within certain combatant commands. 

Sec. 1083. Requirement to update warfighting requirements for confronting Russia in Europe. 

Sec. 1084. Update to strategic plan on Department of Defense combating trafficking in persons program. 

Sec. 1085. Guidance for use of unmanned aircraft systems by National Guard. 

Sec. 1086. Sense of Congress regarding defense presence in the Indo-Pacific region. 

TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS 

Sec. 1101. Authority to establish excepted service positions for army law enforcement activities. 

Sec. 1102. Authorization to pay a living quarters allowance for Department of 

the Navy civilian employees assigned to permanent duty in 

Guam for performing work, or supporting work being performed, 

aboard or dockside, of U.S. naval vessels. 

Sec. 1103. Consolidation of direct hire authorities for candidates with specified 

degrees at science and technology reinvention laboratories. 

Sec. 1104. Direct hire authority for certain personnel of the Department of Defense. 


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Sec. 1105. One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on premium pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian 

employees working overseas. 

Sec. 1106. Extension of authority to grant competitive status to employees of inspectors general for overseas contingency operations. 

Sec. 1107. Extension of direct hire authority for Domestic Industrial Base Facilities and Major Range and Test Facilities Base. 

Sec. 1108. Waiver of limitation on appointment of recently retired members of 

armed forces to DOD competitive service positions. 

Sec. 1109. Exclusion of nonappropriated fund employees from limitations on 

dual pay. 

Sec. 1110. One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, benefits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a 

combat zone. 

Sec. 1111. Support United States Strategic Command and United States Space 

Command enterprises. 

Sec. 1112. Temporary extension of authority to provide security for former Department of Defense officials. 

Sec. 1113. GAO report on civilian support positions at remote military installations. 

Sec. 1114. Modification to shore leave accrual for crews of vessels to support crew 

rotations and improve retention of civilian mariners. 

Sec. 1115. Assessments of staffing in Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness. 

Sec. 1116. Military Spouse Employment Act. 

Sec. 1117. Amendments to the John S. McCain strategic defense fellows program. 

Sec. 1118. Including military service in determining family and medical leave 

eligibility for Federal employees. 

Sec. 1119. Assessments of staffing in Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering. 

Sec. 1120. Assessments of staffing in DOD Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. 

TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS 

Subtitle A—Assistance and Training 

Sec. 1201. Support of special operations for irregular warfare. 

Sec. 1202. Modification of Combatant Commander Initiative Fund. 

Sec. 1203. Equipment disposition with respect to building capacity of foreign security forces. 

Sec. 1204. Mission training through distributed simulation. 

Sec. 1205. Modifications to security cooperation workforce development program 

and establishment of defense security cooperation university. 

Sec. 1206. Requirement for military exercises. 

Sec. 1207. Report on end-use monitoring. 

Sec. 1208. Report on enhanced end-use monitoring. 

Sec. 1209. Report on partner country forces. 

Subtitle B—Matters Relating to the Middle East and Central Asia 

Sec. 1211. Extension of cross-servicing agreements for loan of personnel protection and personnel survivability equipment in coalition operations. 

Sec. 1212. Modification of quarterly reports on ex-gratia payments. 


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Sec. 1213. Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to vetted Syrian groups and individuals. 

Sec. 1214. Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to 

counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. 

Sec. 1215. Plan of action to equip and train Iraqi security forces and Kurdish 

Peshmerga forces. 

Sec. 1216. Extension of United States-Israel anti-tunnel cooperation. 

Sec. 1217. Plan to enable Israel to gain observer status in the Euro-NATO Joint 

Jet Pilot Training Program. 

Sec. 1218. Extension and modification of annual report on military power of 

Iran. 

Sec. 1219. Prohibition on transporting currency to the Taliban and the Islamic 

Emirate of Afghanistan. 

Sec. 1220. Modifications to the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. 

Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Ukraine 

Sec. 1221. Direct hire authority for certain personnel of the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 1222. Special Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance. 

Sec. 1223. Extension of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. 

Sec. 1224. Extension of lend-lease authority to Ukraine. 

Sec. 1225. Plan and report relating to allied and partner support to Ukraine. 

Subtitle D—Matters Relating to Russia, Europe, and NATO 

Sec. 1231. Statement of policy relating to NATO-Russia Founding Act. 

Sec. 1232. Strategy to delay, disrupt, and degrade Rosatom’s proliferation activities and other revenue streams. 

Sec. 1233. Baltic Security Initiative. 

Sec. 1234. Prohibition on New START Treaty information sharing. 

Subtitle E—Matters Relating to the Armed Forces Abroad and the Authorities 

of the Department of Defense 

Sec. 1241. Report on hostilities involving United States Armed Forces. 

Sec. 1242. Protection and legal preparedness for servicemembers abroad. 

Sec. 1243. Prohibition on funding for the Global Engagement Center. 

Sec. 1244. Determination of location for McCain Irregular Warfare Center. 

TITLE XIII—OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS. 

Subtitle A—Matters Relating to the Indo-Pacific and Pacific Regions 

Sec. 1301. Extension of Pacific Deterrence Initiative and report, briefings, and 

plan under the Initiative. 

Sec. 1302. Independent assessment and report on the progress made under the 

Pacific Deterrence Initiative. 

Sec. 1303. Sense of Congress on South Korea. 

Sec. 1304. Sense of Congress on Taiwan defense relations. 

Sec. 1305. Briefing on multi-year plan to fulfill defensive requirements of military forces of Taiwan. 

Sec. 1306. Modification to the American, British, Canadian, and Australian Armies’ Program. 


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Sec. 1307. Modifications to initiative to support protection of national security 

academic researchers from undue influence and other security 

threats. 

Sec. 1308. Limitation on availability of funds pending submittal of list identifying certain foreign academic institutions. 

Sec. 1309. Expansion of international technology focused partnerships and experimentation activities in the Indo-Pacific. 

Subtitle B—Matters Relating to China 

Sec. 1311. Modifications to public reporting of Chinese military companies operating in the United States. 

Sec. 1312. Modification to annual report on military and security developments 

involving the People’s Republic of China. 

Sec. 1313. Prohibition on use of funds for work performed by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., in China on research supported by the Government 

of China. 

Sec. 1314. Study and report on implementation of naval blockades of shipments 

of fossil fuels to China in event of armed conflict. 

Sec. 1315. Independent study on defense budget of People’s Republic of China. 

Sec. 1316. Determination on involvement of the PRC in the Mexican fentanyl 

trade. 

TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

Subtitle A—Military Programs 

Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. 

Sec. 1402. Chemical agents and munitions destruction, defense. 

Sec. 1403. Drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense-wide. 

Sec. 1404. Defense Inspector General. 

Sec. 1405. Defense Health Program. 

Subtitle B—Other Matters 

Sec. 1411. Expansion of National Defense Stockpile requirements for era of great 

power competition. 

Sec. 1412. Membership of Coast Guard on Strategic Materials Protection Board. 

Sec. 1413. Authority for transfer of funds to joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 

for Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, Illinois. 

Sec. 1414. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home. 

TITLE XV—CYBERSPACE-RELATED MATTERS 

Subtitle A—Cyber Matters 

Sec. 1501. Harmonization and clarification of Strategic Cybersecurity Program 

and related matters. 

Sec. 1502. Office for academic engagement relating to cyber activities. 

Sec. 1503. Modification to Department of Defense enterprise-wide procurement of 

cyber data products and services. 

Sec. 1504. Authority to establish program of United States Cyber Command on 

dark web and deep web analysis tools. 

Sec. 1505. Military cybersecurity cooperation with Taiwan. 


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Subtitle B—Personnel 

Sec. 1521. Authority to accept voluntary and uncompensated services from cybersecurity experts. 

Sec. 1522. Matters relating to management of United States Marine Corps cyberspace operations officers. 

Sec. 1523. Modifications to rates of pay for certain cyber-related positions of Department of Defense. 

Sec. 1524. Responsibility for cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection 

of the defense industrial base. 

Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters 

Sec. 1531. Oversight for Command Post Computing Environment contract award. 

Sec. 1532. Prohibition on availability of funds relating to censorship or blacklisting of news sources based on subjective criteria or political 

biases. 

Sec. 1533. GAO review of cyberspace operations management. 

Sec. 1534. Study on occupational resiliency of Cyber Mission Force. 

TITLE XVI—SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND 

INTELLIGENCE MATTERS 

Subtitle A—Space Activities 

Sec. 1601. Classification review of space major defense acquisition programs. 

Sec. 1602. Enhanced authority to increase space launch capacity through space 

launch support services. 

Sec. 1603. Modification to prohibition on foreign commercial satellite services. 

Sec. 1604. Authorization for establishment of the National Space Intelligence Center as a field operating agency. 

Sec. 1605. Limitation on use of funds for WGS-12 satellite. 

Sec. 1606. Limitation on use of funds pending submission of certain reports on 

space policy. 

Sec. 1607. National security space launch program phase three acquisition. 

Sec. 1608. Application of TNT equivalency to launch vehicles and components 

using methane propellant. 

Sec. 1609. Plan to improve threat-sharing arrangements with commercial space 

operators. 

Sec. 1610. Plan for an integrated and resilient satellite communications architecture for the Space Force. 

Sec. 1611. Process and plan for Space Force space situational awareness. 

Sec. 1612. Report on national security space vehicle processing capabilities. 

Subtitle B—Nuclear Forces 

Sec. 1631. Establishment of major force program for nuclear command, control, 

and communications programs. 

Sec. 1632. Repeal of requirement for review of nuclear deterrence postures. 

Sec. 1633. Retention of capability to redeploy multiple independently targetable 

reentry vehicles. 

Sec. 1634. Pilot program on development of reentry vehicles and related systems. 

Sec. 1635. Integrated master schedule for the Sentinel missile program of the Air 

Force. 

Sec. 1636. Form of contracting authorized to mitigate risk to Sentinel program 

schedule and cost. 

Sec. 1637. Notification of decision to delay strategic delivery system test event. 


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Sec. 1638. Prohibition on reduction of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of the 

United States. 

Sec. 1639. Limitation on availability of funds for retirement of B83–1 nuclear 

gravity bombs. 

Sec. 1640. Prohibition on availability of funds for naval nuclear fuel systems 

based on low-enriched uranium. 

Sec. 1641. Establishment of nuclear sea-launched cruise missile program. 

Sec. 1642. Quarterly reports on progress of Sea-Launched Cruise Missile–Nuclear 

program. 

Sec. 1643. Congressional notification of nuclear cooperation between Russia and 

China. 

Sec. 1644. Report on acceleration of nuclear modernization priorities. 

Subtitle C—Missile Defense Programs 

Sec. 1661. Qualifications of Director of Missile Defense Agency. 

Sec. 1662. National missile defense policy. 

Sec. 1663. Programs to achieve initial and full operational capabilities for the 

Glide Phase Interceptor program. 

Sec. 1664. Research and analysis on multipolar deterrence and escalation dynamics. 

Sec. 1665. Limitation on use of funds pending submission of report on missile 

defense interceptor site. 

Sec. 1666. Report on Hawaii missile defense. 

Sec. 1667. Report on potential enhancements to Aegis Ashore sites in Poland and 

Romania. 

Sec. 1668. Rescission of memorandum on missile defense governance. 

Sec. 1669. Policy and report on North Atlantic Treaty Organization effective integrated air and missile defense capabilities in Europe. 

Sec. 1670. Independent analysis of space-based missile defense capability. 

Subtitle D—Other Matters 

Sec. 1681. Inclusion of Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 

of Representatives as recipient of quarterly information operations briefings. 

Sec. 1682. Modification to authority to use operation and maintenance funds for 

cyber operations-peculiar capability development projects. 

Sec. 1683. Cooperative threat reduction funds. 

Sec. 1684. Quarterly briefings on implementation of military-code compliant 

GPS receivers through Military GPS User Equipment program. 

Sec. 1685. Moving target indicator programs of Department of Defense. 

Sec. 1686. Reporting mechanism on use of consultants, informants, and other 

human sources to acquire intelligence information. 

Sec. 1687. Report on concept of operations for offensive hypersonic systems. 

Sec. 1688. Indo-Pacific missile strategy. 

TITLE XVII—SPACE FORCE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 

Sec. 1701. Short title. 

Subtitle A—Space Force Military Personnel System Without Component 

Sec. 1711. Establishment of military personnel management system for the Space 

Force. 

Sec. 1712. Composition of the Space Force without component. 


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Sec. 1713. Definitions for single personnel management system for the Space 

Force. 

Sec. 1714. Basic policies relating to service in the Space Force. 

Sec. 1715. Status and participation. 

Sec. 1716. Officers. 

Sec. 1717. Enlisted members. 

Sec. 1718. Retention and separation generally. 

Sec. 1719. Separation of officers for substandard performance of duty or for certain other reasons. 

Sec. 1720. Retirement. 

Subtitle B—Conforming Amendments Related to Space Force Military 

Personnel System 

Sec. 1731. Amendments to Department of the Air Force provisions of title 10, 

United States Code. 

Sec. 1732. Amendments to subtitle A of title 10, United States Code. 

Sec. 1733. Title 38, United States Code (Veterans’ Benefits). 

Subtitle C—Transition Provisions 

Sec. 1741. Transition period. 

Sec. 1742. Change of duty status of members of the Space Force. 

Sec. 1743. Transfer to the Space Force of members of the Air Force Reserve. 

Sec. 1744. Placement of officers on the Space Force officer list. 

Sec. 1745. Disestablishment of Regular Space Force. 

Sec. 1746. End strength flexibility. 

Sec. 1747. Promotion authority flexibility. 

Subtitle D—Other Amendments Related to the Space Force 

Sec. 1751. Title 10, United States Code. 

Sec. 1752. Other provisions of law. 

TITLE XVIII—OTHER DEFENSE MATTERS 

Subtitle A—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 

Sec. 1801. Extension of authority to engage in certain commercial activities. 

Sec. 1802. Modification of defense sensitive support notification requirement. 

Sec. 1803. Modification to requirements relating to combating military reliance 

on Russian energy. 

Sec. 1804. Support for execution of bilateral agreements concerning illicit 

transnational maritime activity in Africa. 

Sec. 1805. Clarification of waiver authority for organizational and consultant 

conflicts of interest under the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 

Sec. 1806. Genealogy collection of family members of servicemembers killed at 

Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. 

Subtitle B—Studies and Reports 

Sec. 1821. Report on increasing national cemetery capacity. 

Sec. 1822. Limitation on funds relating to Federal contractor disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk. 

Sec. 1823. Study and report on damage to infrastructure in Guam resulting from 

Typhoon Mawar. 


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Subtitle C—Other Matters 

Sec. 1851. Technical and conforming amendments. 

Sec. 1852. Referral to museum located at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base as the 

National Cold War Center. 

Sec. 1853. Exemption under Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 for certain 

activities that may result in incidental take of Rice’s whale. 

Sec. 1854. Revision of requirement for transfer of certain aircraft to State of 

California for wildfire suppression purposes. 

Sec. 1855. Restrictive housing reform. 

Sec. 1856. Sense of Congress regarding unmanned aerial, surface, and underwater 

vehicles. 

Sec. 1857. Sense of Congress regarding naming of vessel for Battle of Dai Do. 

Sec. 1858. Risk framework for foreign phone applications of concern. 

DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS 

Sec. 2001. Short title. 

Sec. 2002. Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be specified by 

law. 

Sec. 2003. Effective date. 

TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 2101. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. 

Sec. 2102. Family housing. 

Sec. 2103. Authorization of appropriations, Army. 

Sec. 2104. Extension of authority to use cash payments in special account from 

land conveyance, Natick Soldier Systems Center, Massachusetts. 

Sec. 2105. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at Kunsan 

Air Base, Korea. 

Sec. 2106. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 Army 

military construction projects. 

Sec. 2107. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 Army 

military construction projects. 

TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 2201. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. 

Sec. 2202. Family housing. 

Sec. 2203. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. 

Sec. 2204. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 Navy 

military construction projects. 

Sec. 2205. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 Navy 

military construction projects. 

TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 2301. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. 

Sec. 2302. Family housing. 

Sec. 2303. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. 

Sec. 2304. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2017 Air Force 

military construction projects. 

Sec. 2305. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 Air Force 

military construction projects. 

Sec. 2306. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 Air Force 

military construction projects. 


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Sec. 2307. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2021 Air Force military construction projects. 

TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition 

projects. 

Sec. 2402. Authorized Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment program 

projects. 

Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. 

Sec. 2404. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 Defense 

Agencies military construction projects. 

Sec. 2405. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 Defense 

Agencies military construction projects. 

Sec. 2406. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project at SOF 

Joint Parachute Rigging Facility, Baumholder, Germany. 

Sec. 2407. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2021 project at Defense 

Fuel Support Point Tsurumi, Japan. 

Sec. 2408. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 Energy 

Resilience and Conservation Investment projects. 

Sec. 2409. Authority to carry out military construction projects to improve certain fiscal year 2022 utility systems. 

Sec. 2410. Additional authority to carry out certain military construction 

projects to improve certain fiscal year 2023 utility systems. 

TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS 

Subtitle A—North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program 

Sec. 2501. Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects. 

Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO. 

Subtitle B—Host Country In-Kind Contributions 

Sec. 2511. Republic of Korea funded construction projects. 

Sec. 2512. Republic of Poland funded construction projects. 

TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 

Sec. 2601. Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition 

projects. 

Sec. 2602. Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition projects. 

Sec. 2603. Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction and 

land acquisition projects. 

Sec. 2604. Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition 

projects. 

Sec. 2605. Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition 

projects. 

Sec. 2606. Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve. 

Sec. 2607. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at 

Hulman Regional Airport, Indiana. 

Sec. 2608. Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project at Francis 

S. Gabreski Airport, New York. 

Sec. 2609. Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 National 

Guard and Reserve military construction projects. 

Sec. 2610. Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2023 project at 

Camp Pendleton, California. 


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TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES 

Sec. 2701. Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure activities funded through Department of Defense Base Closure Account. 

TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Subtitle A—Military Construction Programs 

Sec. 2801. Modifications to Defense Community Infrastructure Program. 

Sec. 2802. Modification to authority for unspecified minor construction. 

Sec. 2803. Modification of authority to carry out defense laboratory modernization program. 

Sec. 2804. Expansion of maximum amount of funds available for certain defense 

laboratory improvement projects. 

Sec. 2805. Prioritization of certain military construction projects to improve infrastructure at certain facilities determined to be critical to national security. 

Sec. 2806. Expansion of amount of certain funds Secretary concerned may obligate annually for military installation resilience projects. 

Sec. 2807. Certification of consideration of certain methods of construction for 

military construction projects; annual report. 

Sec. 2808. Authority for certain construction projects in friendly foreign countries. 

Sec. 2809. Reporting requirements and congressional notification for certain 

military construction projects. 

Subtitle B—Military Housing Reforms 

Sec. 2821. Authority to operate certain transient housing of the Department of 

Defense transferred to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, 

Installations, and Environment. 

Sec. 2822. Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness Council. 

Sec. 2823. Inclusion of information relating to compliance with Military Housing 

Privatization Initiative Tenant Bill of Rights in certain notifications submitted to Congress. 

Sec. 2824. Establishing additional requirements for a military housing complaint 

database. 

Sec. 2825. Modification of authority to grant certain waivers relating to configuration and privacy standards for military unaccompanied housing; limitations on availability of certain funds. 

Sec. 2826. Revision of certain minimum standards relating to health, safety, and 

condition for military unaccompanied housing; termination of 

authority to grant certain waivers. 

Subtitle C—Real Property and Facilities Administration 

Sec. 2831. Improvements relating to access to military installations in United 

States. 

Sec. 2832. Real property usage in the National Capital Region. 

Sec. 2833. Revision to Unified Facilities Criteria on use of life safety accessibility 

hardware for covered doors. 


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Subtitle D—Land Conveyances 

Sec. 2841. Extension of sunset for land conveyance, Sharpe Army Depot, 

Lathrop, California. 

Sec. 2842. Land conveyance, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. 

Sec. 2843. Land acquisition, Westmoreland State Park, Virginia. 

Subtitle E—Pilot Programs and Reports 

Sec. 2851. Clarification on amounts available for projects under certain pilot 

program relating to testing facilities at installations of the Department of the Air Force. 

Sec. 2852. Pilot program to provide air purification technology in military housing. 

Sec. 2853. Quarterly briefings on military construction related to the Sentinel 

intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system program. 

Sec. 2854. Plan for use of excess border wall construction materials. 

Sec. 2871. Joint Housing Requirements and Market Analysis for military installations in Hawaii. 

Subtitle F—Other Matters 

Sec. 2861. Expansion of certain exemption relating to funding requirement for 

certain defense community infrastructure projects. 

Sec. 2862. Development and operation of Marine Corps Heritage Center and National Museum of the Marine Corps. 

Sec. 2863. Prohibition on joint use of homestead air reserve base with civil aviation. 

Sec. 2864. National museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force. 

Sec. 2865. Recognition of Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial of the 

National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as 

a national memorial, memorial garden, and K9 memorial, respectively, of Navy SEALs and their predecessors. 

Sec. 2866. Limitation on availability of certain funds relating to the location of 

the headquarters for United States Space Command. 

Sec. 2867. Limitation on use of funds for closure of combat readiness training 

centers. 

Sec. 2868. Limitation on availability of certain funds until submission of certain 

report on military housing. 

Sec. 2869. Guidance on encroachment that impacts covered sites. 

Sec. 2870. Continuing education curriculum on the use of innovative products for 

military construction projects. 

DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

PROGRAMS 

Subtitle A—National Security Programs and Authorizations 

Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration. 

Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup. 

Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. 

Sec. 3104. Nuclear energy. 


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Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations 

Sec. 3112. Extension of authority on acceptance of contributions for acceleration 

or removal or security of fissile materials, radiological materials, 

and related equipment at vulnerable sites worldwide. 

Sec. 3113. Cybersecurity Risk Inventory, Assessment, and Mitigation Working 

Group. 

Sec. 3114. Modification of minor construction threshold for plant projects. 

Sec. 3115. Technical correction to National Nuclear Security Administration unfunded priorities. 

Sec. 3116. Criminal penalties for interference with the transport of special nuclear materials, nuclear weapons components, or Restricted 

Data. 

Sec. 3117. Deadlines for commencement of operations of certain atomic energy replacement projects. 

Sec. 3118. Integrated master schedule for the future-years nuclear security program. 

Sec. 3119. Prohibition on availability of funds to reconvert or retire W76–2 warheads. 

Sec. 3120. Limitation on use of funds pending submission of certain National 

Nuclear Security Administration reports. 

Sec. 3121. Increase in number of authorized contracting, program management, 

scientific, engineering, and technical positions in National Nuclear Security Administration. 

Subtitle C—Plans, Reports, and Other Matters 

Sec. 3131. Biennial detailed report on nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship, 

management, and responsiveness plan. 

Sec. 3132. Plan for domestic enrichment capability to satisfy Department of Defense uranium requirements. 

Sec. 3133. Independent assessment of plutonium pit aging milestones and 

progress. 

TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 

Sec. 3201. Authorization. 

TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES 

Sec. 3401. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE XXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 

Subtitle A—Maritime Administration 

Sec. 3501. Authorization of appropriations for Maritime Administration. 

Subtitle B—Maritime Infrastructure 

Sec. 3511. Port infrastructure development program eligible projects. 

Sec. 3512. Assistance for small inland river and coastal ports and terminals. 

Sec. 3513. Eligibility of shore power projects under port infrastructure development program. 

Sec. 3514. Codification of existing language; technical amendments. 

Sec. 3515. Update to categorical exclusions used by Maritime Administration in 

reviewing environmental impacts of transportation projects. 


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Subtitle C—Reports 

Sec. 3521. Report on administration of programs. 

Sec. 3522. Report on availability of used sealift vessels. 

Sec. 3523. Report on port preferences for US–flag vessels. 

Sec. 3524. Reports to Congress. 

Subtitle D—Other Matters 

Sec. 3531. Cargoes procured, furnished, or financed by the United States Government. 

Sec. 3532. Recapitalization of National Defense Reserve Fleet. 

Sec. 3533. Limitation on use of funds pending submission of reports on Merchant 

Marine Academy. 

Sec. 3534. Maritime workforce working group. 

Sec. 3535. Consideration of life-cycle cost estimates for acquisition and procurement of vessels. 

Sec. 3536. Source restrictions on auxiliary ship components. 

Sec. 3537. Authorization of appropriations for national maritime strategy. 

DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 

Sec. 4001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables. 

TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 

Sec. 4101. Procurement. 

TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

Sec. 4201. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 

TITLE XLIII—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

Sec. 4301. Operation and maintenance. 

TITLE XLIV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 

Sec. 4401. Military personnel. 

TITLE XLV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

Sec. 4501. Other authorizations. 

TITLE XLVI—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 4601. Military construction. 

TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

PROGRAMS 

Sec. 4701. Department of Energy national security programs. 


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1 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES. 

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘congressional defense commit3 tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) 

4 of title 10, United States Code. 

5 DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF 

6 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 

7 TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 

8 Subtitle A—Authorization of 

9 Appropriations 

10 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

11 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis12 cal year 2024 for procurement for the Army, the Navy and 

13 the Marine Corps, the Air Force and the Space Force, and 

14 Defense-wide activities, as specified in the funding table in 

15 section 4101. 

16 Subtitle B—Army Programs 

17 SEC. 111. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS PEND18 ING ASSESSMENT OF ARMY TRACKLESS MOV19 ING TARGET SYSTEMS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds authorized to be ap21 propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 

22 year 2024 for the Trackless Moving Target program of the 

23 Army, not more than 50 percent may be obligated or ex24 pended to procure or further develop the Trackless Moving 

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1 (1) acting through the Commanding General of 

2 the Army Test and Evaluation Command, conducts 

3 an assessment, which shall include a live fire perform4 ance comparison, of commercially available trackless 

5 infantry targets to determine if any such solutions 

6 meet the program requirements for the Trackless Mov7 ing Target–Infantry variant; 

8 (2) obtains direct soldier feedback on the current 

9 Trackless Moving Target program, as compared to 

10 other commercially available and operationally de11 ployed trackless infantry targets; 

12 (3) certifies to the congressional defense commit13 tees that the acquisition strategy of the Army for the 

14 Trackless Moving Target–Infantry variant meets the 

15 current program requirements as set forth in the re16 port of Secretary of the Army titled ‘‘Autonomous 

17 Robotic Targets for Small Arms Range Training’’, as 

18 submitted to Congress in March 2023; and 

19 (4) submits to the congressional defense commit20 tees the report required under subsection (b). 

21 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days after 

22 the date of the completion of the assessment and soldier feed23 back required under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection 

24 (a), the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congres25 sional defense committees a report that includes— 


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1 (1) detailed results of the assessment conducted 

2 under subsection (a)(1), including a comparison of 

3 the Trackless Moving Target–Infantry variant under 

4 development by the Army to other operationally de5 ployed, commercially available targets in use by other 

6 armed forces; 

7 (2) the unaltered results of the direct soldier feed8 back obtained under subsection (a)(2) and a summary 

9 of such results; and 

10 (3) a certification that the development of the 

11 Trackless Moving Target–Infantry variant is in com12 pliance with the requirements of section 4061 of title 

13 10, United States Code. 

14 Subtitle C—Navy Programs 

15 SEC. 131. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR VIR16 GINIA CLASS SUBMARINE PROGRAM. 

17 (a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.— 

18 Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, the 

19 Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more multiyear 

20 contracts for the procurement of not more than 13 Virginia 

21 class submarines. 

22 (b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Navy may not 

23 modify a contract entered into under subsection (a) if the 

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1 ified in the original contract awarded for the submarine 

2 under subsection (a). 

3 (c) AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PROCUREMENT.—The 

4 Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts, 

5 beginning in fiscal year 2024, for advance procurement as6 sociated with the Virginia class submarines for which au7 thorization to enter into a multiyear procurement contract 

8 is provided under subsection (a) and for equipment or sub9 systems associated with the Virginia class submarine pro10 gram, including procurement of— 

11 (1) long lead time material; or 

12 (2) material or equipment in economic order 

13 quantities when cost savings are achievable. 

14 (d) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY15 MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall 

16 provide that any obligation of the United States to make 

17 a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal 

18 year 2025 is subject to the availability of appropriations 

19 or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 

20 (e) LIMITATION ON TERMINATION LIABILITY.—A con21 tract for the construction of Virginia class submarines en22 tered into under subsection (a) shall include a clause that 

23 limits the liability of the United States to the contractor 

24 for any termination of the contract. The maximum liability 

25 of the United States under the clause shall be the amount 


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1 appropriated for the submarines covered by the contract re2 gardless of the amount obligated under the contract. 

3 (f) VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE DEFINED.—The term 

4 ‘‘Virginia class submarine’’ means a block VI configured 

5 Virginia class submarine. 

6 SEC. 132. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR MK– 

7 48 TORPEDOES. 

8 (a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.— 

9 Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, the 

10 Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more multiyear 

11 contracts for the procurement of up to 550 MK–48 tor12 pedoes. 

13 (b) PROCUREMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH EXISTING

14 CONTRACTS.—The torpedoes authorized to be procured 

15 under subsection (a) may be procured as additions to exist16 ing contracts covering the MK–48 torpedo program. 

17 (c) AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PROCUREMENT.—The 

18 Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more contracts, 

19 beginning in fiscal year 2024, for advance procurement as20 sociated with the torpedoes for which authorization to enter 

21 into a multiyear procurement contract is provided under 

22 subsection (a), and for systems and subsystems associated 

23 with such torpedoes in economic order quantities when cost 

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1 (d) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY2 MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall 

3 provide that any obligation of the United States to make 

4 a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal 

5 year 2024 is subject to the availability of appropriations 

6 or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 

7 SEC. 133. PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR AUXILIARY PER8 SONNEL LIGHTER PROGRAM. 

9 (a) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Beginning in fiscal year 

10 2024, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into one or more 

11 contracts for the procurement of up to six Auxiliary Per12 sonnel Lighter class vessels and associated material. 

13 (b) LIABILITY.—Any contract entered into under sub14 section (a) shall provide that— 

15 (1) any obligation of the United States to make 

16 a payment under the contract is subject to the avail17 ability of appropriations for that purpose; and 

18 (2) the total liability of the Federal Government 

19 for termination of the contract shall be limited to the 

20 total amount of funding obligated to the contract at 

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1 SEC. 134. LIMITATION ON UPGRADES TO NACELLES OF MV– 

2 22 AIRCRAFT PENDING CERTIFICATION OF 

3 UPGRADE PLAN. 

4 No action may be taken to move the production line 

5 for upgrading the nacelles of MV–22 aircraft of the Marine 

6 Corps or to implement the MV–22 Tailored Nacelle Im7 provement program until the date on which the Secretary 

8 of the Navy certifies to the Committees on Armed Services 

9 of the Senate and the House of Representatives that the plan 

10 of the Secretary for implementing such upgrades— 

11 (1) is expected to result in greater performance 

12 and reliability improvements to the nacelles of such 

13 aircraft than would otherwise be achievable by com14 pleting such upgrades at the original equipment man15 ufacturer for the MV–22 aircraft during final aircraft 

16 assembly; 

17 (2) is expected to extend the projected service life 

18 of the nacelle; and 

19 (3) addresses the key readiness degradation fac20 tors. 

21 Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 

22 SEC. 151. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO C– 

23 130 AIRCRAFT. 

24 (a) EXTENSION OF MINIMUM INVENTORY REQUIRE25 MENT.—Subsection (a)(3)(B) of section 146 of the James 

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1 Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263) is amended by striking 

2 ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’. 

3 (b) EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION OF C4 130 AIRCRAFT ASSIGNED TO NATIONAL GUARD.—Sub5 section (b)(1) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

6 year 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2023 and 2024’’. 

7 SEC. 152. MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL REPORTS ON T–7A AD8 VANCED PILOT TRAINING SYSTEM. 

9 Section 156 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

10 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117– 

11 263; 136 Stat. 2460) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘through 2028’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘through 2033’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (b)— 

15 (A) by redesignating paragraph (9) as 

16 paragraph (11); and 

17 (B) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol18 lowing new paragraphs: 

19 ‘‘(9) A review of a schedule risk assessment con20 ducted by the Secretary of the Air Force that includes 

21 risks associated with the overlap of development, test22 ing, and production phases of the program and risks 

23 related to contractor management. 

24 ‘‘(10) A plan for determining the conditions 

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1 cept production work on the T–7A Advanced Pilot 

2 Training System that was completed by the con3 tractor for the program in anticipation of the Air 

4 Force ordering additional systems, but which was not 

5 subject to typical production oversight because there 

6 was no contract for the procurement of such addi7 tional systems in effect when such worked was per8 formed.’’. 

9 SEC. 153. MODIFICATION TO PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN RE10 DUCTIONS TO B–1 BOMBER AIRCRAFT SQUAD11 RONS. 

12 Section 133 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

13 for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1574) 

14 is amended— 

15 (1) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The prohibition under subsection 

18 (a) shall not apply— 

19 ‘‘(1) to a bomb wing for which the Secretary of 

20 the Air Force has commenced the process of replacing 

21 B-1 bomber aircraft with B-21 bomber aircraft; or 

22 ‘‘(2) so as to prohibit the retirement of the indi23 vidual B–1 aircraft designated 85–0089, which has 

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1 no longer mission capable and uneconomical to repair 

2 due to damage sustained on April 20, 2022.’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘and ending 

4 on September 30, 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘and ending 

5 on the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force 

6 certifies to the congressional defense committees that 

7 the Air Force has completed construction of not fewer 

8 than 100 B–21 aircraft.’’. 

9 SEC. 154. MODIFICATION OF MINIMUM INVENTORY RE10 QUIREMENTS FOR A–10 AIRCRAFT. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 134(d) of the National De12 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 

13 114–328; 130 Stat. 2038), as amended by section 141(b)(1) 

14 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act 

15 for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263), is amended 

16 by striking ‘‘153 A–10 aircraft’’ and inserting ‘‘135 A–10 

17 aircraft’’. 

18 (b) POTENTIAL TRANSFER OF CERTAIN AIRCRAFT.— 

19 In the case of any A–10 aircraft that is retired, prepared 

20 to retire, or placed in storage using funds authorized to be 

21 appropriated by this Act or by the National Defense Au22 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263), 

23 the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that such aircraft is 

24 evaluated for potential transfer to the military forces of a 

25 nation that is an ally or partner of the United States. 


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1 (c) REPEAL.—Section 142 of the National Defense Au2 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 

3 129 Stat. 755) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking subsection (b); 

5 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 

6 as subsections (b) through (d), respectively; and 

7 (3) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by strik8 ing ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’. 

9 SEC. 155. PROCUREMENT OF OVER-THE-HORIZON RADAR 

10 SYSTEMS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable, the Sec12 retary of the Air Force shall procure not more than six over13 the-horizon radar systems for detection of increasingly com14 plex threats that meet the requirements of the United States 

15 Northern Command. 

16 (b) USE OF COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES.—To the ex17 tent practicable, the Secretary shall use competitive proce18 dures for such procurement, and may use procedures other 

19 than competitive procedures for such procurement. 

20 (c) NOTIFICATION OF USE OF SOLE SOURCE CON21 TRACT.—If the Secretary makes a determination to award 

22 a sole source contract for the procurement of the first two 

23 over-the-horizon radar systems in order to meet the require24 ments established by the Commander of the United States 

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1 such determination, the Secretary shall submit to the con2 gressional defense committees a notification of such deter3 mination, including the rationale for such determination. 

4 (d) SUBSEQUENT CONTRACTS.—With respect to the 

5 procurement of the third and any subsequent over-the-hori6 zon radar system, the Secretary shall use competitive proce7 dures for such procurement. 

8 SEC. 156. KC–135 AIRCRAFT RECAPITALIZATION PROGRAM. 

9 The Secretary of the Air Force may not issue an acqui10 sition strategy for the KC–135 recapitalization program 

11 until the date on which the Secretary submits to the con12 gressional defense committees the following documentation: 

13 (1) A business case analysis and analysis of al14 ternatives for the Next Generation Air Refueling Sys15 tem that is based on a more realistic timeline than 

16 the analyses prepared before the date of the enactment 

17 of this Act. 

18 (2) The business case analysis of the Air Force 

19 for the KC–135 recapitalization program. 

20 (3) Validated requirements from the Joint Staff 

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1 SEC. 157. PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION OF KC–135 AIR2 CRAFT IN PMAI OF THE RESERVE COMPO3 NENTS. 

4 (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to be 

5 appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 

6 fiscal year 2024 for the Air Force may be obligated or ex7 pended to reduce the number of KC–135 aircraft designated 

8 as primary mission aircraft inventory within the reserve 

9 components of the Air Force. 

10 (b) PRIMARY MISSION AIRCRAFT INVENTORY DE11 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘primary mission air12 craft inventory’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

13 9062(i)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code. 

14 SEC. 158. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

15 TERMINATION OF PRODUCTION LINES FOR 

16 THE HH–60W AIRCRAFT. 

17 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

18 Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the 

19 Air Force may be obligated or expended to terminate the 

20 operations of, or to prepare to terminate the operations of, 

21 a production line for HH–60W Combat Rescue Helicopters. 

22 SEC. 159. LIMITATION ON TERMINATION OF FIGHTER 

23 SQUADRONS. 

24 (a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Air Force may 

25 not terminate the fighter flying mission of any fighter 

26 squadron of the Air National Guard until a period of 180 


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1 days has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary 

2 submits the plan required under subsection (b). 

3 (b) PLAN REQUIRED.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air 

5 Force, in coordination with the Director of the Air 

6 National Guard, shall develop a notional plan for the 

7 recapitalization of all fighter squadrons of the Air 

8 National Guard. 

9 (2) ELEMENTS.—The plan under paragraph (1) 

10 shall— 

11 (A) provide options for the modernization of 

12 fighter squadrons of the Air National Guard and 

13 the replacement of the aircraft of such squadrons 

14 at a rate that ensures recapitalization of such 

15 squadrons with relevant and more capable re16 placement fighter aircraft; 

17 (B) ensure that each fighter squadron of the 

18 Air National Guard has the required minimum 

19 of primary mission assigned fighter aircraft to 

20 meet force presentation requirements of geo21 graphic combatant commanders for both steady22 state and operational contingency planning and 

23 execution; 

24 (C) include consideration for the temporary 

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1 other components of the Air Force, as necessary 

2 to meet the requirements of the plan; and 

3 (D) include the Secretary of the Air Force’s 

4 assessment of any effects of the force presentation 

5 on— 

6 (i) combatant commanders; 

7 (ii) aircrew accession absorption ca8 pacity; 

9 (iii) industrial capacity to support 

10 any additional production above pro11 grammed quantities; and 

12 (iv) costs aside from normal training 

13 and personnel costs of unit mission transi14 tions. 

15 (3) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 

16 the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense 

17 committees the plan required under paragraph (1) to18 gether with an explanation of— 

19 (A) any programmatic funding required to 

20 implement such plan; and 

21 (B) how the plan differs from other plans of 

22 the Secretary of the Air Force with respect to 

23 fighter aircraft squadrons of the Air National 

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1 the date of the submittal of the plan under para2 graph (1)); and 

3 (C) any effects of the plan on operations 

4 and efforts to recapitalize or transition existing 

5 fighter aircraft squadrons of the Air National 

6 Guard as proposed in the future-years defense 

7 program submitted to Congress under section 

8 221 of title 10, United States Code, for fiscal 

9 year 2024. 

10 SEC. 160. LIMITATION ON DIVESTMENT OF F–16 AIRCRAFT. 

11 (a) LIMITATION.—Beginning on January 1, 2024, the 

12 Secretary of the Air Force may not divest, or prepare to 

13 divest, any covered F–16 aircraft until a period of 180 days 

14 has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary sub15 mits the report required under subsection (b). 

16 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Air 

17 Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

18 a report on the following: 

19 (1) Any plans of the Secretary to divest covered 

20 F–16 aircraft during the period covered by the most 

21 recent future-years defense program submitted to Con22 gress under section 221 of title 10, United States 

23 Code, including— 

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1 (B) an explanation of the anticipated effects 

2 of such divestments on the missions, personnel, 

3 force structure, and budgeting of the Air Force; 

4 (C) a description of the actions the Sec5 retary intends to carry out— 

6 (i) to mitigate any negative effects 

7 identified under subparagraph (B); and 

8 (ii) to modify or replace the missions 

9 and capabilities of any units and military 

10 installations affected by such divestments; 

11 and 

12 (D) an assessment of how such divestments 

13 may affect the ability of the Air Force to main14 tain minimum tactical aircraft inventories. 

15 (2) Any plans of the Secretary to procure covered 

16 F–16 aircraft. 

17 (c) COVERED F–16 AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this sec18 tion, the term ‘‘covered F–16 aircraft’’ means F–16C/D air19 craft. 

20 SEC. 161. LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OF KC–46A AIR21 CRAFT. 

22 (a) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subsection 

23 (b), the Secretary of the Air Force may not procure more 

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1 (b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of the Air Force may 

2 waive the limitation under subsection (a) if the Secretary 

3 submits to the congressional defense committees written cer4 tification by the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 

5 Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics that— 

6 (1) there are validated needs of the Air Force re7 quiring the waiver; and 

8 (2) with respect to the KC–46A aircraft planned 

9 to be procured pursuant to the waiver, cost estimates 

10 are complete for the long-term sustainment of the air11 craft. 

12 (c) COVERED PERIOD DEFINED.—In this section, the 

13 term ‘‘covered period’’ means the period beginning on the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act and ending on October 

15 1, 2027. 

16 SEC. 162. LIMITATION ON ACTIONS RELATING TO REMOTE 

17 VISION SYSTEMS OF KC–46A AIRCRAFT. 

18 (a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Air Force may 

19 not take any action described in subsection (b) until the 

20 date on which Secretary certifies the to the Committee on 

21 Armed Services of the House of Representatives that— 

22 (1) the Secretary has identified a solution to fix 

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1 (2) such solution resolves all issues identified in 

2 the category 1 deficiency reports for such systems, ex3 cept for issues relating to the panoramic system. 

4 (b) ACTIONS DESCRIBED.—The actions described in 

5 this subsection are the following: 

6 (1) Approving the incorporation of version 2.0 of 

7 the KC–46A remote vision system into production 

8 aircraft. 

9 (2) Retrofitting aircraft with version 2.0 of the 

10 KC–46A remote vision system. 

11 Subtitle E—Defense-wide, Joint, 

12 and Multiservice Matters 

13 SEC. 181. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR DO14 MESTICALLY PROCESSED RARE EARTH ELE15 MENTS. 

16 (a) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT.— 

17 Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, and 

18 from amounts made available by discretionary appropria19 tions Acts from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction 

20 Fund (as established under section 9(a) of the Strategic and 

21 Critical Materials Stock Piling Act ((50 U.S.C. 98h(a))) 

22 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

23 of Defense may enter into one or more multiyear contracts 

24 for the procurement of rare earth elements that are proc25 essed in the United States by qualified domestic sources. 


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1 (b) APPLICATION OF STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATE2 RIALS STOCK PILING ACT.—A multiyear contract entered 

3 into under this section shall be deemed to be an acquisition 

4 under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act 

5 (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.) of materials determined to be a stra6 tegic or critical material under section 3(a) of such Act. 

7 (c) AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PROCUREMENT.—The 

8 Secretary of Defense may enter into one or more contracts, 

9 beginning in fiscal year 2024, for advance procurement as10 sociated with the domestically processed rare earth elements 

11 for which authorization to enter into a multiyear procure12 ment contract is provided under subsection (a). 

13 (d) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY14 MENTS.—A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall 

15 provide that any obligation of the United States to make 

16 a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal 

17 year 2024 is subject to the availability of appropriations 

18 or funds for that purpose for such later fiscal year. 

19 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) The term ‘‘processed’’ means the processing 

21 or recycling of a rare earth material or magnet, in22 cluding the separation, reduction, metallization, 

23 alloying, milling, pressing, strip casting, and sinter24 ing of a rare earth element. 


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1 (2) The term ‘‘qualified domestic source’’ means 

2 a domestic source (as defined in section 702 of the De3 fense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4552)). 

4 (3) The term ‘‘rare earth element’’ means any of 

5 the following: 

6 (A) Cerium. 

7 (B) Dysprosium. 

8 (C) Erbium. 

9 (D) Europium. 

10 (E) Gadolinium. 

11 (F) Holmium. 

12 (G) Lanthanum. 

13 (H) Lutetium. 

14 (I) Neodymium. 

15 (J) Praseodymium. 

16 (K) Promethium. 

17 (L) Samarium. 

18 (M) Scandium. 

19 (N) Terbium. 

20 (O) Thulium. 

21 (P) Ytterbium. 

22 (Q) Yttrium. 


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1 SEC. 182. PROHIBITION ON PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN 

2 TACTICAL VEHICLES. 

3 (a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Defense may not 

4 include in a solicitation for a tactical tracked vehicle or 

5 tactical wheeled vehicle a requirement that such vehicle use 

6 proprietary armor. 

7 (b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 

8 a contract for the procurement of a tactical tracked vehicle 

9 or tactical wheeled vehicle entered into before the date of 

10 the enactment of this Act. 

11 (c) MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT TO BUY STRA12 TEGIC MATERIALS FROM AMERICAN SOURCES.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4863(a)(1) of title 10, 

14 United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘tactical 

15 tracked vehicles, tactical wheeled vehicles,’’ after 

16 ‘‘automotive items,’’. 

17 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

18 paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date that is the 

19 later of— 

20 (A) the date of the enactment of the Na21 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

22 2025; or 

23 (B) September 30, 2024. 


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1 SEC. 183. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

2 PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN BATTERY TECH3 NOLOGY. 

4 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

5 Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 or any 

6 subsequent fiscal year for the Department of Defense may 

7 be obligated or expended to procure battery technology pro8 duced by Contemporary Amperex Technology Company, 

9 Limited (also known as ‘‘CATL’’) or any subsidiary or af10 filiate of such Company. 

11 SEC. 184. PLAN TO EXPEDITE INTEGRATION OF LONG12 RANGE ANTI-SHIP MISSILES INTO LEGACY 

13 AIRCRAFT FLEETS. 

14 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 

15 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De16 fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

17 a plan to expedite the full integration of the Long-Range 

18 Anti-Ship Missile into covered legacy aircraft fleets. 

19 (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan under subsection (a) shall 

20 include, with respect to each covered legacy aircraft fleet, 

21 the following: 

22 (1) An analysis of the operational benefits of in23 tegrating Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles into the 

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1 (2) The feasibility of integrating the Universal 

2 Armament Interface on Long-Range Anti-Ship Mis3 sile weapon platforms. 

4 (3) The timeline, cost, and any increased pro5 duction capacity requirements associated with such 

6 plan. 

7 (4) Identification of any obstacles to the timely 

8 integration of such capability. 

9 (5) Recommendations for expediting the timeline 

10 described under paragraph (3), including an expla11 nation of any resources required to expedite such 

12 timeline. 

13 (6) Recommendations for mitigating the obsta14 cles identified under paragraph (4), including an ex15 planation of any resources required to mitigate such 

16 obstacles. 

17 (c) COVERED LEGACY AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this 

18 section, the term ‘‘covered legacy aircraft fleet’’ means— 

19 (1) the B–52 bomber aircraft fleet; 

20 (2) the F–16 fighter aircraft fleet; and 

21 (3) any other aircraft fleet the Secretary of De22 fense determines appropriate for inclusion in the plan 

23 under subsection (a). 


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1 TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP2 MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA3 TION 

4 Subtitle A—Authorization of 

5 Appropriations 

6 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis8 cal year 2024 for the use of the Department of Defense for 

9 research, development, test, and evaluation, as specified in 

10 the funding table in section 4201. 

11 Subtitle B—Program Requirements, 

12 Restrictions, and Limitations 

13 SEC. 211. NAVAL AIR WARFARE RAPID CAPABILITIES OF14 FICE. 

15 Chapter 803 of title 10, United States Code, is amend16 ed by adding at the end the following new section: 

17 ‘‘§ 8029. Naval Air Warfare Rapid Capabilities Office 

18 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

19 the Department of the Navy a program office to be known 

20 as the Naval Air Warfare Rapid Capabilities Office (in this 

21 section referred to as the ‘Office’). 

22 ‘‘(b) LOCATION.—The Office shall be co-located with 

23 the headquarters of the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons 

24 Division. 


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1 ‘‘(c) HEAD OF OFFICE.—The head of the Office shall 

2 be the designee of the Secretary of the Navy, and shall report 

3 to the Chief of Naval Operations. 

4 ‘‘(d) MISSION.—The mission of the Office shall be— 

5 ‘‘(1) to contribute to the development and testing 

6 of low-cost, rapid reaction targeting and weapon sys7 tems, electronic warfare and other non-kinetic capa8 bilities, and integrated targeting solutions to fulfill 

9 naval and joint military operational requirements; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(2) to contribute to the rapid development, test12 ing, and fielding of new unclassified and classified 

13 naval air warfare capabilities. 

14 ‘‘(e) ACQUISITION AUTHORITIES.—The acquisition au15 thorities of the Office are as follows: 

16 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that 

17 the head of the Office may use available alternative 

18 or rapid acquisition pathways for procurement. 

19 ‘‘(2) The Joint Capabilities Integration and De20 velopment System process shall not apply to acquisi21 tions by the Office. 

22 ‘‘(f) REQUIRED PROGRAM ELEMENTS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy 

24 shall ensure, within budget program elements for 

25 naval air warfare programs, that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) there are separate, dedicated program 

2 elements for naval air warfare rapid capabili3 ties; and 

4 ‘‘(B) the Office executes the responsibilities 

5 of the Office using such program elements. 

6 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Office shall manage 

7 the program elements for naval air warfare rapid ca8 pabilities required by paragraph (1). 

9 ‘‘(g) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the 

11 Navy shall establish a Board of Directors for the Of12 fice (to be known as the ‘Naval Air Warfare Rapid 

13 Capabilities Board of Directors’) to provide coordina14 tion, oversight, and approval of projects of the Office. 

15 ‘‘(2) MEMBERS.—The Board of Directors shall 

16 include the following members: 

17 ‘‘(A) The Secretary of the Navy. 

18 ‘‘(B) The Chief of Naval Operations. 

19 ‘‘(C) The Commander of the Naval Air Sys20 tems Command. 

21 ‘‘(D) The Commander, Naval Air Forces. 

22 ‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On an annual basis, the 

24 head of the Office shall submit to the Naval Air War25 fare Rapid Capabilities Board of Directors and the 


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1 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

2 House of Representatives a report on the activities of 

3 the Office. 

4 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under paragraph 

5 (1) shall include, with respect to the year preceding 

6 the date of the report, a description of— 

7 ‘‘(A) funding allocations for the projects of 

8 the Office; 

9 ‘‘(B) the naval air warfare capability gaps 

10 addressed by the Office; 

11 ‘‘(C) the progress of the Office in developing, 

12 testing, and fielding capabilities described in 

13 subsection (d); and 

14 ‘‘(D) any barriers to the ability of the Office 

15 to carry out its mission, including any legisla16 tive or regulatory barriers.’’. 

17 SEC. 212. CLARIFICATION OF ROLE OF PARTNERSHIP 

18 INTERMEDIARIES TO PROMOTE DEFENSE RE19 SEARCH AND EDUCATION. 

20 Section 4124(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 

21 amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘that assists’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘that— 

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1 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert2 ing ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(B) facilitates technology transfer from in6 dustry or academic institutions to a Center.’’. 

7 SEC. 213. MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND 

8 DEVELOPMENT OF BIOINDUSTRIAL MANU9 FACTURING PROCESSES. 

10 Section 215(c)(1) of the James M. Inhofe National De11 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 

12 117–263; 10 U.S.C. 4841 note) is amended by inserting 

13 ‘‘active pharmaceutical ingredients, key starting materials 

14 for such ingredients,’’ after ‘‘commodity chemicals,’’. 

15 SEC. 214. CERTAIN DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR UNI16 VERSITY RESEARCH FUNDED BY THE DE17 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

18 (a) DISCLOSURES REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

20 of Defense shall require the principal investigator of any 

21 covered research program at an institution of higher edu22 cation to accurately and completely disclose to the Depart23 ment of Defense the following: 

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1 gram, disclose, with respect to each researcher who is 

2 expected to participate in the program— 

3 (A) date and place of birth, country of citi4 zenship, and immigration status in the case of a 

5 foreign national; 

6 (B) educational background from under7 graduate education onwards; 

8 (C) professional and employment back9 ground, as applicable, including any history of 

10 working for a foreign government or on foreign 

11 government sponsored projects; 

12 (D) all previous and concurrent research, 

13 academic and corporate positions, ties, or rela14 tionships; 

15 (E) past and current affiliation with for16 eign governments, including foreign political 

17 parties or organizations, and military ties, as 

18 applicable, in case of foreign national; 

19 (F) past or current involvement in any for20 eign talent programs; 

21 (G) memberships in foreign and United 

22 States academic and professional associations 

23 and organizations; and 

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1 peer reviewed, including all mentions of foreign 

2 funding, research collaborations, and in kind 

3 support that supported the research and publica4 tion. 

5 (2) Disclose the information specified in para6 graph (1) with respect to any researcher who joins a 

7 covered program after funding is awarded by the De8 partment of Defense not later than 90 days after the 

9 researcher joins the program. 

10 (3) Beginning not later than one year after 

11 funding is awarded by the Department of Defense for 

12 a covered program, and annually thereafter through 

13 the end of the award period, disclose— 

14 (A) any direct, indirect, formal, or informal 

15 collaboration that the principal investigator, ei16 ther independently or as the lead of the covered 

17 program, enters into with any third-party per18 sons or entities, including the identity and na19 tionality of the third party collaborator, the na20 ture of the collaboration (whether direct, indirect, 

21 formal or informal) and the terms and condi22 tions of such collaboration; and 

23 (B) any change of status with regard to a 

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1 parture of such researcher from the program, the 

2 terms of such departure, change of immigration 

3 status, and change in foreign ties and collabora4 tion. 

5 (b) FORM; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.— 

6 Each disclosure under subsection (a) shall be submitted in 

7 unclassified form and shall be made available on a publicly 

8 accessible website of the Federal Government. 

9 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

10 (1) The term ‘‘covered research program’’ means 

11 any research program, research project, or other re12 search activity (including classified and unclassified 

13 research) that is— 

14 (A) conducted by an institution of higher 

15 education; and 

16 (B) funded, in whole or in part, by the De17 partment of Defense. 

18 (2) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 

19 has the meaning given such term in section 102 of the 

20 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002) and 

21 includes any department, program, project, faculty, 

22 researcher, or other individual, entity, or activity of 

23 such institution. 

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1 search program, including the principal investigator 

2 and any graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, or 

3 visiting scholars participating in such program. 

4 SEC. 215. CONSORTIA TO ASSIST IN PROTECTION OF SEN5 SITIVE RESEARCH PERFORMED ON BEHALF 

6 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 

8 through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 

9 Engineering, may enter into contracts or other agreements 

10 with one or more eligible consortia to assist institutions of 

11 higher education in protecting sensitive research performed 

12 on behalf of the Department of Defense. 

13 (b) ACTIVITIES.—A eligible consortium that enters into 

14 a contract or other agreement with the Secretary of Defense 

15 under subsection (a) shall carry out activities to assist in16 stitutions of higher education in protecting sensitive re17 search performed on behalf of the Department of Defense. 

18 Such activities may include— 

19 (1) conducting effective due diligence in vetting 

20 visiting scholars; 

21 (2) assisting institutions in meeting applicable 

22 research security requirements, including through the 

23 use of common procedures and practices and shared 

24 infrastructure, as appropriate; 


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1 (3) providing training to employees and offices 

2 of the institution that have responsibilities relating to 

3 research security; and 

4 (4) providing advice and assistance to institu5 tions in establishing and maintaining research secu6 rity programs. 

7 (c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In selecting consortia to re8 ceive a contract or other agreement under subsection (a), 

9 the Secretary of Defense shall consider the following: 

10 (1) The geographic diversity of the members of 

11 the consortium and the extent to which the consor12 tium is able to maximize coverage of different regions 

13 of the United States. 

14 (2) Any ratings of members of the consortium 

15 made by the Defense Counterintelligence and Security 

16 Agency as part of the Agency’s annual Security Vul17 nerability Assessment ratings. 

18 (3) Whether and to what extent the consortium 

19 uses best practices for research security as outlined by 

20 the National Institutes of Science and Technology. 

21 (4) Demonstrated excellence in security pro22 grams, including receipt of awards for excellence in 

23 counterintelligence and outstanding achievement in 

24 industrial security. 


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1 (d) PERFORMANCE METRICS.—The Secretary of De2 fense shall establish metrics to measure the performance of 

3 each consortium with which the Secretary enters into a con4 tract or other agreement under subsection (a). 

5 (e) NOTIFICATION AND REPORT.—For any year in 

6 which the Secretary of Defense exercises the authority pro7 vided under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to 

8 the congressional defense committees a report that— 

9 (1) identifies each eligible consortium with which 

10 the Secretary entered into a contract or other agree11 ment under such subsection; and 

12 (2) evaluates the performance of the eligible con13 sortium. 

14 (f) ELIGIBLE CONSORTIUM DEFINED.—In this section, 

15 the term ‘‘eligible consortium’’ has the meaning given by 

16 the Secretary of Defense. 

17 SEC. 216. CONSORTIUM ON USE OF ADDITIVE MANUFAC18 TURING FOR ARMY AVIATION AND MISSILE 

19 CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

21 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

22 Army shall establish a consortium to facilitate the use of 

23 additive manufacturing for the development of aviation and 

24 missile capabilities for the Army. The consortium shall be 

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1 Aviation and Missile Capability Development’’ (referred to 

2 in this section as the ‘‘Consortium’’). 

3 (b) COMPOSITION.—The Consortium shall be composed 

4 of qualified organizations, selected by the Secretary of the 

5 Army, that have functions and expertise relevant to addi6 tive manufacturing and aviation and missile programs of 

7 the Army. At a minimum, the consortium shall include— 

8 (1) the Army Aviation and Missile Command; 

9 (2) the Army Combat Capabilities Development 

10 Command Aviation & Missile Center; 

11 (3) the Army Space and Missile Defense Com12 mand; 

13 (4) one or more organizations from private sec14 tor industry; 

15 (5) one or more institutions of higher education 

16 or other research institutions; and 

17 (6) departments and agencies of the Federal Gov18 ernment with demonstrated expertise in the use of ad19 ditive manufacturing in space flight. 

20 (c) ACTIVITIES.—The Consortium shall— 

21 (1) facilitate the use of additive manufacturing 

22 for the aviation and missile programs of the Army to 

23 significantly reduce logistic footprints, material costs, 

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1 chain dependencies that often challenge weapon sys2 tem readiness for forward deployed warfighters; 

3 (2) develop standards and a certification process 

4 for the use of additive manufacturing in aviation and 

5 missile programs of the Army, including additive ma6 terial and part certification requirements for additive 

7 manufactured items intended for use in military air8 craft and missiles; and 

9 (3) explore ways to adapt and apply the stand10 ards developed under paragraph (2) across other 

11 aviation and missile programs of the Department of 

12 Defense to enhance efficiency, cost savings, readiness 

13 levels, and safety. 

14 SEC. 217. SUPPORT FOR DEFENSE INNOVATION ACTIVITIES 

15 OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZA16 TION. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of appro18 priations, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the 

19 Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, 

20 is authorized to make funds available to the North Atlantic 

21 Treaty Organization for the joint fund established for the 

22 Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic ini23 tiative (commonly known as ‘‘DIANA’’). 

24 (b) REPORT.—Note later than six months after the 

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1 thereafter until the date specified in subsection (c), the Sec2 retary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

3 Services and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa4 tives and the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign 

5 Relations of the Senate a report on expenditures and activi6 ties related to carrying out the requirements of this section. 

7 (c) SUNSET.—The authority under this section shall 

8 terminate on the date that is five years after the date of 

9 the enactment of this Act. 

10 SEC. 218. NEXT GENERATION AIR DOMINANCE FAMILY OF 

11 SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AC12 COUNTABILITY MATRICES. 

13 (a) SUBMITTAL OF MATRICES.—Concurrent with the 

14 President’s annual budget request submitted to Congress 

15 under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal 

16 year 2025— 

17 (1) the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit 

18 to the congressional defense committees and the 

19 Comptroller General of the United States the matrices 

20 described in subsection (b) relating to the Next Gen21 eration Air Dominance piloted fighter aircraft and 

22 the autonomous, uncrewed Collaborative Combat Air23 craft programs of the Air Force; and 

24 (2) the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the 

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1 General of the United States the matrices described in 

2 subsection (b) relating to the Next Generation Air 

3 Dominance piloted fighter aircraft and the autono4 mous, uncrewed Collaborative Combat Aircraft pro5 grams of the Navy and the Marine Corps. 

6 (b) MATRICES DESCRIBED.—The matrices described in 

7 this subsection are the following: 

8 (1) ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING AND DEVEL9 OPMENT GOALS.—A matrix that identifies, in six 

10 month increments, key milestones, development and 

11 testing events, and specific performance goals for the 

12 engineering manufacturing and development phase 

13 (referred to in this section as the ‘‘EMD phase’’) of 

14 the programs described in subsection (a), and which 

15 shall be subdivided, at a minimum, according to the 

16 following: 

17 (A) Technology readiness levels of major 

18 components and subsystems and key demonstra19 tion and testing events. 

20 (B) Design maturity. 

21 (C) Software maturity. 

22 (D) Subsystem and system-level integration 

23 maturity. 


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1 (E) Manufacturing readiness levels for crit2 ical manufacturing operations and key dem3 onstration and testing events. 

4 (F) Manufacturing operations. 

5 (G) System verification, validation, and key 

6 flight test events. 

7 (H) Reliability. 

8 (I) Availability for flight operations. 

9 (J) Maintainability. 

10 (2) COST.—A matrix expressing, in six month 

11 increments, the total cost for the Secretary’s service 

12 cost position for the EMD phase and low initial rate 

13 of production lots of the programs described in sub14 section (a) and a matrix expressing the total cost for 

15 the prime contractor’s estimate for such EMD phase 

16 and production lots, both of which shall be phased 

17 over the entire EMD period and subdivided according 

18 to the costs of the following: 

19 (A) Air vehicle. 

20 (B) Propulsion. 

21 (C) Mission systems. 

22 (D) Vehicle subsystems. 

23 (E) Air vehicle software. 

24 (F) Systems engineering. 

25 (G) Program management. 


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1 (H) System test and evaluation. 

2 (I) Support and training systems. 

3 (J) Contract fee. 

4 (K) Engineering changes. 

5 (L) Direct mission support, including Con6 gressional General Reductions. 

7 (M) Government testing. 

8 (N) Ancillary aircraft equipment. 

9 (O) Initial spares. 

10 (P) Contractor support. 

11 (Q) Modifications. 

12 (c) SEMIANNUAL UPDATE OF MATRICES.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

14 the date on which the Secretaries concerned submit 

15 the matrices required by subsection (a), concurrent 

16 with the submittal of each annual budget request to 

17 Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States 

18 Code, thereafter, and not later than 180 days after 

19 each such submittal, each Secretary concerned shall 

20 submit to the congressional defense committees and 

21 the Comptroller General of the United States updates 

22 to the matrices described in subsection (b). 

23 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each update submitted under 

24 paragraph (1) shall detail progress made toward the 

25 goals identified in the matrix described in subsection 


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1 (b)(1) and provide updated cost estimates as described 

2 in subsection (b)(2). 

3 (3) TREATMENT OF INITIAL MATRICES AS BASE4 LINE.—The initial matrices submitted pursuant to 

5 subsection (a) shall be treated as the baseline for the 

6 full EMD phase and low-rate initial production of the 

7 programs described in subsection (a) for purposes of 

8 the updates submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) of 

9 this subsection. 

10 (d) ASSESSMENT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE

11 UNITED STATES.—Not later than the date that is 60 days 

12 after the date on which the Comptroller General of the 

13 United States receives an update to a matrix under sub14 section (c)(1), the Comptroller General shall review the suf15 ficiency of such matrix and submit to the congressional de16 fense committees an assessment of such matrix, including 

17 by identifying cost, schedule, or performance trends. 

18 (e) KEY PERFORMANCE PARAMETER REQUIRE19 MENTS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each Secretary concerned 

21 shall develop key performance parameters (referred to 

22 in this section as ‘‘cost KPPs)’’ for the threshold and 

23 objective costs of the programs described in subsection 

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1 ments in any capability development document or 

2 system requirements document for the program in3 volved. Each cost KPP shall include, for each cost cat4 egory specified in paragraph (2)— 

5 (A) a threshold value indicating the highest 

6 acceptable cost for that category, as determined 

7 by the Secretary concerned; and 

8 (B) an objective value indicating the lowest 

9 cost expected to be achieved for that category, as 

10 determined by the Secretary concerned. 

11 (2) COST CATEGORIES SPECIFIED.—The cost cat12 egories specified in this paragraph are the following: 

13 (A) Flyaway unit cost. 

14 (B) Gross/weapon system unit cost. 

15 (C) Aircraft cost-per-tail-per-year. 

16 (D) Aircraft cost-per-flight-hour. 

17 (f) COST LIMITATIONS FOR COLLABORATIVE COMBAT

18 AIRCRAFT.— 

19 (1) CATEGORIZATION OF AIRCRAFT.—Each Sec20 retary concerned shall categorize each Collaborative 

21 Combat Aircraft to be procured by such Secretary 

22 into one of following categories: 

23 (A) EXPENDABLE CCA.—An aircraft shall 

24 be categorized as ‘‘expendable CCA’’ if it is an 

25 aerospace vehicle that is designed not to return 


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1 to a basing location after its mission sortie pro2 file is executed and is characterized as an accept3 able combat loss. 

4 (B) ATTRITABLE CCA.—An aircraft shall be 

5 categorized as ‘‘attritable CCA’’ if it is an aero6 space vehicle that is designed to be used for mul7 tiple mission sortie profiles but may not return 

8 to a basing location after a mission sortie profile 

9 is flown and is characterized as an occasional 

10 combat loss. 

11 (C) EXQUISITE CCA.—An aircraft shall be 

12 categorized as ‘‘exquisite CCA’’ if it is an aero13 space vehicle designed to be used for multiple 

14 mission sortie profiles and is intended to return 

15 to a basing location after each sortie profile is 

16 flown and is not considered an acceptable com17 bat loss. 

18 (2) COST LIMITATIONS BY CATEGORY.—Each 

19 Secretary concerned shall ensure that the flyaway 

20 unit cost (including the cost of any onboard mission 

21 systems)— 

22 (A) for an aircraft categorized as expend23 able CCA under paragraph (1)(A), does not ex24 ceed $3,000,000.00; 


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1 (B) for an aircraft categorized as attritable 

2 CCA under paragraph (1)(B), does not exceed 

3 $10,000,000.00; and 

4 (C) for an aircraft categorized as exquisite 

5 CCA under paragraph (1)(C), does not exceed 

6 $25,000,000.00. 

7 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘Secretary 

8 concerned’’ means— 

9 (1) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to 

10 aircraft programs of the Navy and the Marine Corps; 

11 and 

12 (2) the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect 

13 to aircraft programs of the Air Force. 

14 SEC. 219. CONTINUOUS CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT AND 

15 DELIVERY PROGRAM FOR F–35 AIRCRAFT. 

16 (a) DESIGNATION OF MAJOR SUBPROGRAM.—In ac17 cordance with section 4203 of title 10, United States Code, 

18 the Secretary of Defense shall designate all Block 4 and 

19 Technical Refresh–3 elements of the F–35 aircraft acquisi20 tion program, collectively, as a single major subprogram 

21 of the F–35 aircraft acquisition program. 

22 (b) PROCUREMENT OF F-35 DEVELOPMENTAL TEST23 ING AIRCRAFT.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the aircraft described in 

25 paragraph (2), the Program Executive Officer for the 


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1 F–35 aircraft program shall designate for Lot 18 pro2 duction, two F–35A aircraft, two F–35B aircraft, 

3 and two F–35C aircraft to be manufactured and de4 livered in a necessary configuration that would ade5 quately support future F–35 developmental testing ac6 tivities. 

7 (2) AIRCRAFT DESCRIBED.—The aircraft de8 scribed in this paragraph are F–35 aircraft author9 ized to be procured using funds made available for 

10 fiscal year 2024. 

11 SEC. 220. PROCESS TO ENSURE THE RESPONSIBLE DEVEL12 OPMENT AND USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL13 LIGENCE. 

14 (a) PROCESS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense, 

15 acting through the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence 

16 Officer, shall develop and implement a process— 

17 (1) to assess whether an artificial intelligence 

18 technology used by the Department of Defense is func19 tioning responsibly; 

20 (2) to report and remediate any artificial intel21 ligence technology that is determined not to be func22 tioning responsibly; and 

23 (3) in a case in which efforts to remediate such 

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1 use of the technology until effective remediation is 

2 achievable. 

3 (b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—In developing and 

4 implementing the process required under subsection (a), the 

5 Secretary of Defense shall— 

6 (1) develop clear criteria to determine if an arti7 ficial intelligence technology is functioning respon8 sibly, which shall include consideration of such cri9 teria previously developed by the Department of De10 fense; 

11 (2) take steps to integrate such process across the 

12 organizations and elements of the Department of De13 fense, including the combatant commands; and 

14 (3) provide information on such process to rel15 evant personnel of the Department of Defense includ16 ing— 

17 (A) personnel responsible for developing and 

18 deploying artificial intelligence technologies; 

19 (B) end users of such technologies, including 

20 members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine 

21 Corps, and Space Force who use such tech22 nologies in military operations; and 

23 (C) such other personnel as the Secretary 

24 determines appropriate. 


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1 (c) DEADLINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec2 retary of Defense shall— 

3 (1) commence the implementation of the process 

4 required under subsection (a) not later than 120 days 

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

6 (2) fully implement such process not later than 

7 one year after such date of enactment. 

8 (d) INTERIM BRIEFING.—Not later than 160 days after 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De10 fense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services 

11 of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing 

12 on the progress of the Secretary in developing and imple13 menting the process required under subsection (a). At a 

14 minimum, such briefing shall include an explanation of the 

15 criteria developed by the Secretary under subsection (b)(1). 

16 (e) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

18 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

19 Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the 

20 progress of the Secretary in developing and implementing 

21 the process required under subsection (a), including the 

22 progress of the Secretary with respect to each element speci23 fied in subsection (b). 


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1 SEC. 221. PILOT PROGRAM TO COMMERCIALIZE PROTO2 TYPES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR 

3 FORCE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, 

6 acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 

7 Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, shall carry out a 

8 pilot program to award grants to applicants for a project 

9 to commercialize a prototype of the Department of the Air 

10 Force. 

11 (b) FUNDING.—In carrying out the pilot program 

12 under this section, the Secretary of the Air Force may only 

13 expend amounts designated as budget activity 6 (RDT&E 

14 management support) as that budget activity classification 

15 is set forth in volume 2B, chapter 5 of the Department of 

16 Defense Financial Management Regulation (DOD 7000.14- 

17 R). 

18 (c) AMOUNT.—A single award under this section may 

19 not exceed $10,000,000. 

20 (d) APPLICATION.—An applicant desiring to partici21 pate in the pilot program under this section submit an ap22 plication to the Secretary of the Air Force in such time, 

23 in such manner, and containing such information as the 

24 Secretary may require. 


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1 (e) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the pilot pro2 gram under this section, the Secretary of the Air Force may 

3 consult with— 

4 (1) service acquisition executives (as defined in 

5 section 101 of title 10, United States Code); 

6 (2) eligible entities that carry out activities pur7 suant to a procurement technical assistance program 

8 funded under chapter 388 of title 10, United States 

9 Code; and 

10 (3) such other individuals and organizations as 

11 the Secretary determined appropriate. 

12 (f) BRIEFING.—Not later than December 31, 2024, the 

13 Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Tech14 nology, and Logistics shall provide to the congressional de15 fense committees a briefing on the implementation of the 

16 pilot program under this section and any related policy 

17 issues. 

18 (g) REPORT.—Each time the Assistant Secretary of the 

19 Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics 

20 awards a grant under this section, the Assistant Secretary 

21 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a noti22 fication on such exercise. 

23 (h) TERMINATION.—The pilot program established 

24 under this section shall terminate on the date that is five 

25 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 222. PILOT PROGRAM ON NEAR-TERM QUANTUM COM2 PUTING APPLICATIONS. 

3 (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

4 carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary, in 

5 partnership with the entities specified in subsection (b), es6 tablishes and operates a program that enables organizations 

7 of the Department of Defense, including the Armed Forces, 

8 to test and evaluate how quantum and quantum-hybrid ap9 plications may be used— 

10 (1) to solve technical problems and research chal11 lenges identified under section 234(e) of the John S. 

12 McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fis13 cal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 

14 note) and such other near-term technical problems 

15 and challenges facing the Department and the Armed 

16 Forces as the Secretary may identify; and 

17 (2) to provide capabilities needed by the Depart18 ment and the Armed Forces in the near-term. 

19 (b) ENTITIES SPECIFIED.—The Secretary of Defense 

20 shall seek to carry out the pilot program under subsection 

21 (a) in partnership with— 

22 (1) a federally funded research and development 

23 center; and 

24 (2) one or more private-sector entities with ex25 pertise in quantum computing and quantum infor26 mation science. 


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1 (c) ACTIVITIES.—Under the pilot program, the Sec2 retary of Defense, in partnership with the entities specified 

3 in subsection (b), shall— 

4 (1) convene a group of experts and organizations 

5 to identify challenges faced by the Department of De6 fense, including the Armed Forces, that have the po7 tential to be addressed by quantum and quantum-hy8 brid applications; 

9 (2) develop and deploy demonstrations, proofs of 

10 concept, pilot programs, and other measures to ad11 dress the challenges identified under paragraph (1) 

12 using quantum and quantum-hybrid applications; 

13 (3) ensure that any quantum or quantum-hybrid 

14 application based solutions identified under the pro15 gram are capable of development and deployment in 

16 24 months or less; 

17 (4) assess and utility of commercial quantum 

18 and quantum-hybrid applications for meeting the 

19 near-term needs of warfighters; and 

20 (5) seek to build and strengthen relationships be21 tween the Department of Defense and nontraditional 

22 defense contractors (as defined in section 3014 of title 

23 10, United States Code) in the technology industry 

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1 cific operational challenges of the Department relat2 ing to quantum and quantum-hybrid applications. 

3 (d) BRIEFING AND REPORTS.— 

4 (1) INTERIM BRIEFING.—Not later than March 

5 1, 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the 

6 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

7 House of Representatives a briefing that— 

8 (A) identifies the federally funded research 

9 and development center and any private-sector 

10 entities the Secretary has partnered with for 

11 purposes of carrying out the pilot program 

12 under subsection (a); and 

13 (B) describe the plan of the Secretary for 

14 developing and operating the program. 

15 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—On an annual basis dur16 ing each year in which the pilot program under sub17 section (a) is carried out, the Secretary of Defense 

18 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 

19 the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 

20 that includes— 

21 (A) a description of the problem sets and 

22 capabilities that were evaluated by organizations 

23 of the Department of Defense under the program; 

24 (B) an explanation of whether and to what 

25 extent the program resulted in the identification 


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1 of potential solutions based on quantum and 

2 quantum-hybrid applications; 

3 (C) any potential barriers to the use of 

4 quantum and quantum-hybrid applications to 

5 solve near-term problems for the Department of 

6 Defense, including the Armed Forces; and 

7 (D) recommendations regarding how the 

8 Department of Defense can better leverage and 

9 deploy quantum and quantum-hybrid applica10 tions to address near-term military applications 

11 and operational needs. 

12 (e) DEADLINE FOR COMMENCEMENT.—The Secretary 

13 of Defense shall commence the pilot program under this sec14 tion not later than March 1, 2024. 

15 (f) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out the 

16 pilot program under subsection (a) shall terminate on the 

17 date that is three years after the date of the enactment of 

18 this Act. 

19 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) The term ‘‘near-term’’ means a period of 24 

21 months or less. 

22 (2) The term ‘‘quantum and quantum-hybrid ap23 plications’’ means algorithms and applications which 

24 use quantum mechanics through quantum processing 

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1 (A) quantum-classical hybrid applications 

2 which are applications that use both quantum 

3 computing and classical computing hardware 

4 systems; 

5 (B) annealing and gate systems; and 

6 (C) all qubit modalities (including super7 conducting, trap ion, and photonics). 

8 SEC. 223. PILOT PROGRAM ON ACCESS TO SMALL BUSINESS 

9 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOR ARMY GROUND 

10 VEHICLE SYSTEMS. 

11 (a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Beginning not later than 

12 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec13 retary of the Army shall carry out a pilot program under 

14 which the Secretary seeks to establish an arrangement be15 tween the U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center and 

16 a non-profit research institute operating a contested logis17 tics research center to enhance access to small business ad18 vanced technology through a Defense Commercial Solutions 

19 Opening contract entered into under section 3458 of title 

20 10, United States Code. 

21 (b) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out the 

22 pilot program under this section shall terminate five years 

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 224. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

2 GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH. 

3 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

4 Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the 

5 Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to con6 duct research for the purpose of enhancing the pathoge7 nicity, transmissibility, or host range of a microorganism 

8 or virus (commonly known as ‘‘gain-of-function research’’). 

9 SEC. 225. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS PEND10 ING DOCUMENTATION ON FUTURE ATTACK 

11 RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT PROGRAM. 

12 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 

13 or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024, and avail14 able for the Office of the Secretary of the Army for the travel 

15 of persons, not more than 70 percent may be obligated or 

16 expended until the date on which the Secretary submits to 

17 the congressional defense committees the analysis of alter18 natives document for the Future Attack Reconnaissance 

19 Aircraft program. 

20 SEC. 226. F–35 PROPULSION AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT 

21 MODERNIZATION PROGRAM. 

22 (a) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 

23 (1) ESTABLISHMENT AND VALIDATION OF RE24 QUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of the Air Force (with 

25 respect to F–35A aircraft of the Air Force) and the 

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1 35C aircraft of the Navy and the Marine Corps) shall 

2 each— 

3 (A) establish requirements for the propul4 sion, power and cooling, thermal management, 

5 and electrical power systems of the F–35 aircraft 

6 system that adequately supports the planned 

7 service-life and all planned mission systems 

8 hardware and software capability upgrades for 

9 such aircraft system; 

10 (B) validate the requirements; and 

11 (C) provide the validated requirements to 

12 the Program Executive Officer for the F–35 air13 craft acquisition program. 

14 (2) COST-BENEFIT AND TECHNICAL RISK ANAL15 YSIS.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Based on the require17 ments established and validated under para18 graph (1), the Program Executive Officer for the 

19 F–35 aircraft acquisition program shall conduct 

20 a complete and comprehensive cost-benefit and 

21 technical risk analysis that evaluates and deter22 mines the upgrades and modernization required 

23 of the F–35 aircraft system to support all of the 

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1 (B) ELEMENTS.—The cost-benefit and tech2 nical risk analysis conducted under subpara3 graph (A) shall assess, at a minimum, the cost, 

4 risk, modernization, integration activities, and 

5 acquisition strategy required for the upgrade and 

6 modernization options available for the following 

7 major subsystems of F–35 aircraft: 

8 (i) The aircraft propulsion system and 

9 gearbox. 

10 (ii) The power and thermal manage11 ment system. 

12 (iii) The fuel thermal management sys13 tem. 

14 (iv) The electrical power system. 

15 (v) The engine ice protection system. 

16 (vi) Mission systems hardware, avi17 onics, sensors, and weapons. 

18 (vii) Any additional systems of the F– 

19 35 aircraft system the Program Executive 

20 Officer determines to be relevant to support 

21 the planned service-life requirements for 

22 each variant of such aircraft. 

23 (C) LIMITATION ON COMMENCEMENT.—The 

24 Program Executive Officer may not commence 

25 the analysis required under subparagraph (A) 


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1 until the requirements established under para2 graph (1) have been provided to the Officer. 

3 (D) INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATE.—In de4 veloping the cost-benefit analysis under subpara5 graph (A), the Program Executive Officer shall 

6 obtain an independent cost estimate from an or7 ganization within the Department of Defense 

8 that is not directly associated with the Office of 

9 the Program Executive Officer, the Department 

10 of the Air Force, or the Department of the Navy. 

11 (E) REPORT.—Following the completion of 

12 the analysis under subparagraph (A) but not 

13 later than July 1, 2024, the Program Executive 

14 Officer shall submit to the congressional defense 

15 committees a report on the results of the anal16 ysis. 

17 (3) DESIGNATION OF MAJOR SUBPROGRAM.—In 

18 accordance with section 4203 of title 10, United 

19 States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall designate 

20 all activities relating to the modernization, upgrade, 

21 and integration of the major subsystems included in 

22 the analysis under paragraph (2)(A), collectively, as 

23 a single major subprogram of the F–35 aircraft ac24 quisition program. 


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1 (b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘F–35 pro2 pulsion and thermal management modernization program’’ 

3 means the program of the Department of Defense to mod4 ernize the propulsion, power and cooling, thermal manage5 ment, and electrical power systems of the F–35 aircraft sys6 tem. 

7 Subtitle C—Energetics and Other 

8 Munitions Matters 

9 SEC. 241. ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT ENERGETICS TRANSI10 TION OFFICE. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subchapter I of chapter 301 of 

12 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

13 end the following new section: 

14 ‘‘§ 4015. Joint Energetics Transition Office 

15 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

16 establish a Joint Energetics Transition Office (referred to 

17 in this section as the ‘Office’) within the Office of the Sec18 retary of Defense. The Office shall carry out the activities 

19 described in subsection (c) and shall have such other respon20 sibilities relating to energetics as the Secretary may specify. 

21 The Joint Program Executive Officer for Armaments and 

22 Ammunition, as the Single Manager for Conventional Am23 munition designated by the Secretary of the Army, shall 

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1 ment and shall report directly to the head of the Office on 

2 matters relating to energetics for conventional ammunition. 

3 ‘‘(b) HEAD OF OFFICE.—The Secretary of Defense 

4 shall designate an individual to serve as the head of the 

5 Office. The head of the Office shall report directly to the 

6 Deputy Secretary of Defense without intervening authority. 

7 ‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Office shall do the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(1) Manage the development of energetics sys10 tems, which shall include— 

11 ‘‘(A) establishing a dedicated program 

12 under budget activity 3 (advanced technology de13 velopment) or budget activity 4 (advanced com14 ponent development and prototypes) (as such 

15 budget activity classifications are set forth in 

16 volume 2B, chapter 5 of the Department of De17 fense Financial Management Regulation (DOD 

18 7000.14-R))— 

19 ‘‘(i) to mature, prototype, demonstrate, 

20 and test novel energetic materials and tech21 nologies, including new energetics manufac22 turing technologies; and 

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1 ‘‘(B) administering a joint service quali2 fication and certification group to— 

3 ‘‘(i) identify, review, and assess all 

4 laws, regulations, policies, and directives af5 fecting the development and availability of 

6 energetic materials for defense purposes, in7 cluding any applicable waiver authorities; 

8 ‘‘(ii) based on such review and assess9 ment, make recommendations to the Sec10 retary of Defense regarding potential 

11 changes to laws, regulations, policies, and 

12 directives that may affect the development 

13 and availability of energetic materials for 

14 defense purposes; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) to the extent practicable, estab16 lish uniform safety requirements for the 

17 qualification process for energetic materials 

18 applicable from the stage at which such ma19 terials are discovered through the stage at 

20 which such materials are integrated into 

21 weapon systems; and 

22 ‘‘(C) establishing and operating a public23 private partnership— 

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1 cability of International Traffic in Arms 

2 Regulations (subchapter M of chapter I of 

3 title 22, Code of Federal Regulations) or 

4 successor regulations across the energetics 

5 enterprise of the United States (including 

6 Government, industry, and academia); and 

7 ‘‘(ii) to facilitate the efficient and effec8 tive exchange of information, collaboration, 

9 and sharing of resources among entities in 

10 such enterprise. 

11 ‘‘(2) Establish prototyping demonstration pro12 grams for advanced technologies to speed the matura13 tion of new energetic materials and the integration of 

14 such materials into weapon systems. 

15 ‘‘(3) Establish energetics cross-functional teams 

16 that include representatives of the research and devel17 opment community, acquisition program offices, ac18 quisition requirements offices, and industry to speed 

19 the transition of energetic materials and technologies 

20 from the research and development phase to integra21 tion into weapon systems. 

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1 lations to be more specific and measurable and to re2 duce or eliminate unnecessary standards. 

3 ‘‘(5) Use technologies such as artificial intel4 ligence and machine learning to identify, assess, and 

5 synthesize novel energetic compounds. 

6 ‘‘(6) Develop strategies and roadmaps, applicable 

7 across the Future Years Development Program and 

8 Program Objective Memorandum process, for energetic 

9 materials and technologies to enable the transition of 

10 such technologies to future operational capabilities for 

11 the warfighter. 

12 ‘‘(7) Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to 

13 support the advantage of the United States in devel14 oping energetic materials. 

15 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.—The head of the Office shall provide 

16 a monthly written report to the Secretary of Defense, the 

17 Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, 

18 and Technology, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi19 tion and Sustainment, and the Under Secretary of Defense 

20 for Research and Engineering on the activities of the Office. 

21 Such report shall include— 

22 ‘‘(1) a detailed update on progress and status for 

23 each of the responsibilities described in subsection (c); 

24 ‘‘(2) any shortfalls in resources related to proto25 typing demonstration programs, emerging technical 


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1 opportunities, or that result in increased costs or de2 layed performance in fulfilling the responsibilities de3 scribed in subsection (c); and 

4 ‘‘(3) any other issues as determined by the Sec5 retary of Defense. 

6 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 ‘‘(1) The term ‘energetic materials’ means crit8 ical chemicals that— 

9 ‘‘(A) release large amounts of energy in a 

10 short amount of time; and 

11 ‘‘(B) are capable of being used in explosives 

12 that create lethal effects in warheads. 

13 ‘‘(2) The term ‘insensitive munitions’ means mu14 nitions that are designed to remain unexploded when 

15 exposed to stimuli representative of severe but credible 

16 accidents.’’. 

17 (b) PROGRESS REPORTS.— 

18 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 60 days 

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec20 retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de21 fense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

22 the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 

23 Foreign Relations of the Senate an initial report on 

24 the status of the establishment of the Joint Energetics 

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1 United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), in2 cluding a description of any actions taken to staff 

3 and resource the Office as of the date of the report. 

4 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 

5 after the submission of the initial report under para6 graph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 

7 congressional defense committees, the Committee on 

8 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and 

9 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a 

10 final report on the status of the establishment of the 

11 Joint Energetics Transition Office, including a de12 scription of any actions taken to staff and resource 

13 the Office since the date of the initial report. 

14 SEC. 242. CONSIDERATION OF LETHALITY AS A KEY PER15 FORMANCE PARAMETER FOR MUNITIONS. 

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PERFORMANCE PARAM17 ETER.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure— 

18 (1) that lethality is considered, as appropriate, 

19 as a key performance parameter in the analysis of al20 ternatives conducted for purposes of procuring any 

21 new munition or modifying an existing munition; 

22 and 

23 (2) that if lethality is not determined to be an 

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1 tion for such determination and include such docu2 mentation in the analysis of alternatives. 

3 (b) CONSIDERATION OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS.—In 

4 assessing the lethality of a munition for purposes of the per5 formance parameter described under subsection (a), the Sec6 retary shall include the margin of effectiveness and in7 creased system capacities afforded by the potential use of 

8 novel or alternative energetic materials in the munition. 

9 (c) ENERGETIC MATERIALS DEFINED.—In this sec10 tion, the term ‘‘energetic materials’’ has the meaning given 

11 that term in section 4015(e) of title 10, United States Code 

12 (as added by section 241). 

13 SEC. 243. PILOT PROGRAM ON INCORPORATION OF THE 

14 CL20 COMPOUND IN CERTAIN WEAPON SYS15 TEMS. 

16 (a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

17 Defense shall carry out a pilot program under which the 

18 Secretary incorporates the CL20 compound as the energetic 

19 material for the main fill in the warheads or propellants 

20 of three weapon systems under development by the Depart21 ment of Defense. 

22 (b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—Each of the three 

23 weapon systems selected under subsection (a) shall be a 

24 weapon system that does not, as of the date of the enactment 

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1 energetic material for the main fill in the warhead or pro2 pellant of the system. 

3 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than one year after the date 

4 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 

5 provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing 

6 on progress of the Secretary in carrying out the pilot pro7 gram under this section, including a timeline for incor8 porating the CL20 energetic compound into each of the 

9 weapon systems selected under subsection (a). 

10 SEC. 244. ASSESSMENT OF ENERGETICS INDUSTRIAL BASE. 

11 (a) ASSESSMENT.—The Deputy Secretary of Defense 

12 shall conduct an assessment of the supply chains for ener13 getic materials and the status of the energetics industrial 

14 base to identify opportunities— 

15 (1) to accelerate the development of critical ener16 getic materials; and 

17 (2) to enhance the ability of the Department of 

18 Defense to access such materials for defense purposes. 

19 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under subsection (a) 

20 shall include an analysis of— 

21 (1) any shortfalls in the supply chain for ener22 getic materials existing as of the date of the assess23 ment or that are projected to occur in the future; 

24 (2) expansion of the energetics industrial base to 

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1 tions and options to expand industry participation to 

2 alleviate such limitations; 

3 (3) options for using the authorities provided 

4 under the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 

5 4501 et seq.) to improve the ability of the Department 

6 of Defense to acquire energetic materials, including 

7 the potential use of priority ratings (as described in 

8 the Defense Priorities and Allocation System pursu9 ant to part 700 of title 15, Code of Federal Regula10 tions (or any successor regulation)) for contracts in11 volving energetic materials; and 

12 (4) the potential use of Government-owned, con13 tractor-operated ammunition production facilities to 

14 support alternative energetics formulations. 

15 (c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act, the Deputy Secretary of De17 fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

18 a report on the results of the assessment conducted under 

19 subsection (a). 

20 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) The term ‘‘energetic materials’’ has the 

22 meaning given that term in section 4015(e) of title 

23 10, United States Code (as added by section 241). 

24 (2) The term ‘‘energetics industrial base’’ 

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1 (A) the organizations and elements of the 

2 Department of Defense concerned with the re3 search and development of energetic materials 

4 and technologies; and 

5 (B) contractors and suppliers of energetic 

6 materials and technologies. 

7 SEC. 245. LIMITATION ON SOURCING CHEMICAL MATERIALS 

8 FOR MUNITIONS FROM CERTAIN COUNTRIES. 

9 (a) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of Defense may not 

10 procure a chemical material for munitions specified in sub11 section (b) from any country other than a country specified 

12 in subsection (c). 

13 (b) CHEMICAL MATERIALS SPECIFIED.—The chemical 

14 materials for munitions specified in this subsection are the 

15 chemicals listed under the heading ‘‘Task 1: Domestic Pro16 duction of Critical Chemicals’’ in section 3.0E of the docu17 ment of the Department of Defense titled ‘‘Statement of Ob18 jectives (SOO) for Critical Chemicals Production’’ (FOA: 

19 FA8650-19-S-5010, Appendix VI, Call: 012) and dated De20 cember 5, 2022. 

21 (c) COUNTRIES SPECIFIED.—The countries specified 

22 in this subsection are the following: 

23 (1) India. 

24 (2) Any member country of the North Atlantic 

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1 (3) Any country that is designated as a major 

2 non-NATO ally for purposes of section 2350a(i)(2) of 

3 title 10, United States Code. 

4 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The requirements of this sec5 tion shall take effect on the date that is the later of— 

6 (1) the date of the enactment of the National De7 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025; or 

8 (2) September 30, 2024. 

9 Subtitle D—Plans, Reports, and 

10 Other Matters 

11 SEC. 261. HYPERSONIC TESTING STRATEGY AND EVALUA12 TION OF POTENTIAL HYPERSONIC TEST 

13 RANGES. 

14 (a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro15 priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 

16 year 2024, and available for the Office of the Under Sec17 retary of Defense for Policy for the travel of persons, not 

18 more than 90 percent may be obligated or expended until 

19 the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the 

20 congressional defense committees the strategy required 

21 under section 237(c) of the National Defense Authorization 

22 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263). 

23 (b) BIENNIAL UPDATES TO HYPERSONICS TESTING

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1 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263) is 

2 amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(4) BIENNIAL UPDATES.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than 

5 once every two years after the submittal of the 

6 initial strategy under paragraph (1), the Sec7 retary of Defense shall— 

8 ‘‘(i) revise and update the strategy; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(ii) submit the revised and updated 

11 strategy to the appropriate congressional 

12 committees. 

13 ‘‘(B) SUNSET.—The requirement to prepare 

14 and submit updates under this paragraph shall 

15 terminate on December 31, 2030.’’. 

16 (c) EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL HYPERSONIC TEST

17 RANGES.— 

18 (1) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall con19 duct a study to evaluate not fewer than two possible 

20 locations in the United States, selected in consultation 

21 with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 

22 Engineering, that have potential to be used as addi23 tional corridors for long-distance hypersonic system 

24 testing. 


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1 (2) ACTIVITIES UNDER NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

2 POLICY ACT.—Following the completion of the study 

3 under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall 

4 initiate any activities required under the National 

5 Environment Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

6 seq.) in connection with the conduct of long-distance 

7 hypersonic system testing at the locations evaluated 

8 under the study. 

9 (3) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 2024, 

10 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres11 sional defense committees a report on the results of 

12 the study conducted under paragraph (1). 

13 SEC. 262. MODIFICATION TO ANNUAL REPORTS ON CRIT14 ICAL TECHNOLOGY AREAS SUPPORTIVE OF 

15 THE NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY. 

16 Section 217(c)(1) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

17 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

18 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2029’’; 

20 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through 

21 (D) as clauses (i) through (iv), respectively; 

22 (3) by striking ‘‘including a description’’ and in23 serting ‘‘including— 

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1 (4) by striking the period at the end and insert2 ing a semicolon; and 

3 (5) by adding at the end the following new sub4 paragraphs: 

5 ‘‘(B) for each technology area identified 

6 under subsection (a)(1)— 

7 ‘‘(i) a list of each program element 

8 that funds research, development, test, and 

9 evaluation activities within that area; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) for each such program element— 

11 ‘‘(I) identification of the total 

12 amount of funds obligated or expended 

13 for research, development, test, and 

14 evaluation under that program element 

15 in support of the technology area in 

16 the fiscal year preceding the date of the 

17 report; 

18 ‘‘(II) an estimate of the total 

19 amount of funds expected to be obli20 gated or expended for research, develop21 ment, test, and evaluation under that 

22 program element in support of the 

23 technology area for the fiscal year in 

24 which the report is submitted and each 

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1 ‘‘(III) an explanation of the rea2 sons for such funding allocations; and 

3 ‘‘(C) an assessment of any policies, proc4 esses, or systems of the Department of Defense 

5 that have been modified, or that are expected to 

6 be modified, as a result of the Department’s in7 vestments and other efforts in the technology 

8 areas identified under subsection (a)(1) to com9 pete in an era of strategic competition, with an 

10 emphasis on those policies, processes, or systems 

11 involved in transitioning technologies from the 

12 research and development phase to formal acqui13 sition programs or operational use within the 

14 Department.’’. 

15 SEC. 263. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGY. 

16 (a) STRATEGY.—The Secretary of Defense, in coordi17 nation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research 

18 and Engineering, shall develop and implement an intellec19 tual property strategy to enhance the ability of the Depart20 ment of Defense to procure emerging capabilities and tech21 nologies as described in subsection (b). 

22 (b) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—The strategy under sub23 section (a) shall include the following: 

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1 novate and invest in new warfighting capabilities to 

2 outpace adversaries of the United States in the areas 

3 of new and emerging technology. 

4 (2) Recommendations on the use of intellectual 

5 property and its purpose and benefits— 

6 (A) within research and engineering pro7 grams of the Department; and 

8 (B) in the context of strategic competition, 

9 including in hybrid warfare and deterrence. 

10 (3) Strategies for promoting and encouraging 

11 members of the Armed Forces to create and produce 

12 new tools and technologies for the Department. 

13 (4) Concepts and actionable steps for accel14 erating, to the extent practicable, the procurement 

15 and fielding of emerging capabilities and technologies. 

16 (5) Methods for encouraging innovation, solu17 tions that scale, and the use of patents across the De18 partment of Defense by establishing an integrated, 

19 cross-service approach to the identification, 

20 prioritization, development, and fielding of emerging 

21 capabilities and technologies. 

22 (6) Steps to implement measures to protect 

23 against the theft of intellectual property. 

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1 (c) OPTIONAL ELEMENTS.—The strategy under sub2 section (a) may include the following: 

3 (1) Identification of how intellectual property 

4 may be used to enhance the innovation capabilities of 

5 the Department of Defense to neutralize the effects of 

6 intellectual property theft by competitors of the 

7 United States. 

8 (2) An innovation warfare strategy to promote 

9 the creation of new and emerging technologies to se10 cure the dominant economic and security position of 

11 the United States against adversaries, which may in12 clude strategies to— 

13 (A) further develop the technological base of 

14 the Department of Defense and create intellectual 

15 property security tools needed to outpace adver16 saries and prevent technological overmatch; 

17 (B) develop machine learning tools to iden18 tify possible future technologies; 

19 (C) ensure that Federal research and devel20 opment spending spur innovation as directed in 

21 the 2022 National Defense Strategy; 

22 (D) secure positions that give the United 

23 States strategic advantages with respect to the 

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1 (E) identity and develop cross-functional 

2 capabilities— 

3 (i) for the implementation of the strat4 egy under subsection (a); and 

5 (ii) to facilitate the coordination of ef6 forts to the extent feasible. 

7 (3) Guidance to link priorities, goals, and invest8 ments with respect to intellectual property rights with 

9 individuals and entities that are critical to the func10 tioning of specific programs of the Department of De11 fense, including by— 

12 (A) developing and reinforcing relationships 

13 with academia, the acquisition workforce (as de14 fined in section 101 of title 10, United States 

15 Code), the defense industry, and the commercial 

16 sector to create scalable solutions that are pro17 tected through intellectual property rights; 

18 (B) developing a marketing strategy to 

19 make members of a covered Armed Force aware 

20 that the members may be able to patent inven21 tions the members create while serving; and 

22 (C) identifying funding, investments, per23 sonnel, facilities, and relationships with other 

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1 ment without which defense capabilities would be 

2 severely degraded. 

3 (4) Methods to support the coordination of acqui4 sition priorities, programs, and timelines to meet re5 quirements and security objectives of each covered 

6 Armed Force and the combatant commands with the 

7 research and engineering activities of the Department. 

8 (5) Recommendations for changes to statute, reg9 ulations, or policies to support the achievement of the 

10 goals set forth in the strategy. 

11 (6) Processes to inform senior leaders of the De12 partment and Members of Congress of the potential ef13 fects of the intellectual property strategy on the devel14 opment of policies and regulations guiding strategic 

15 competition with adversaries of the United States in 

16 the military and technology domains. 

17 (7) Methods to support the efficient implementa18 tion of the strategy to address near-term, mid-term, 

19 and long-term capability gaps, with an emphasis on 

20 spurring innovation and overcoming, to the extent 

21 practicable, the gap between the research and develop22 ment of emerging capabilities and technologies and 

23 the procurement and fielding of such capabilities and 

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1 (8) Methods to support the issuance and enforce2 ment of patents within the Department of Defense. 

3 (9) An assessment the potential supporting roles 

4 of military education institutions and science and 

5 technology reinvention laboratories (as designated 

6 under section 4121(b) of title 10, United States Code), 

7 including roles relating to encouraging innovation, 

8 raising awareness of intellectual property rights , and 

9 the conceptualization, development, testing, and im10 plementation of innovative solutions for emerging ca11 pabilities and technologies. 

12 (d) ALIGNMENT WITH NATIONAL DEFENSE STRAT13 EGY.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the strat14 egy developed under subsection (a) aligns with the National 

15 Defense Strategy under section 113(g) of title 10, United 

16 States Code. 

17 (e) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 2024, the 

18 Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Under Sec19 retary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall sub20 mit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

21 the House of Representatives a report on the intellectual 

22 property strategy developed under subsection (a). 

23 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) The term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the 

2 Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space 

3 Force. 

4 (2) The term ‘‘intellectual property’’ has the 

5 meaning given the term ‘‘IP’’ in Department of De6 fense Instruction 5010.44 titled ‘‘Intellectual Property 

7 (IP) Acquisition and Licensing’’ (issued October 16, 

8 2019). 

9 (3) The term ‘‘intellectual property rights’’ has 

10 the meaning given the term ‘‘IP rights’’ in Depart11 ment of Defense Instruction 5010.44 titled ‘‘Intellec12 tual Property (IP) Acquisition and Licensing’’ 

13 (issued October 16, 2019). 

14 SEC. 264. STUDY ON ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRALIZED 

15 PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING 

16 OF AUTONOMY SOFTWARE. 

17 (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense, in 

18 coordination with the Chief Digital and Artificial Intel19 ligence Officer, shall conduct a study to assess the feasibility 

20 and advisability of establishing a centralized platform for 

21 the development and testing of autonomy software. 

22 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study under subsection (a) shall 

23 include, at a minimum, the following: 

24 (1) An assessment of the status of efforts to re25 source and integrate autonomy software into systems 


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1 of the Department of Defense, including systems in 

2 use by the Department as of the date of the study and 

3 systems that may be used in the future. 

4 (2) Identification of systems of the Department 

5 of Defense which are, or can be, integrated with au6 tonomy software to enable the continuous operational 

7 capability of such systems in GPS- or communica8 tions-denied environments, including those systems 

9 identified in the report required under section 246 of 

10 the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

11 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 

12 116–283; 135 Stat. 1622). 

13 (3) An assessment of any gaps in— 

14 (A) program funding relating to the acqui15 sition of autonomy software; 

16 (B) acquisition processes, including the 

17 planning, programming, budgeting, and execu18 tion process for acquiring and integrating auton19 omy-enabling capabilities across relevant pro20 grams of record; 

21 (C) training capabilities relating to auton22 omy software; 

23 (D) capabilities for testing, evaluating, 

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1 all environments, including virtual and real2 world environments; and 

3 (E) efforts to test, resource, and scale com4 mercially available autonomy software for use by 

5 the Department. 

6 (4) A plan to address, to the extent practicable, 

7 the gaps assessed in paragraph (3), including— 

8 (A) updated procedures to plan for the po9 tential costs of autonomy software at the onset of 

10 the acquisition life cycle; 

11 (B) plans to include, in greater detail, the 

12 projected costs of autonomy software for applica13 ble programs of record in the future-years defense 

14 program submitted to Congress under section 

15 221 of title 10, United States Code; and 

16 (C) plans to standardize the acquisition of 

17 autonomy software for programs of record across 

18 the Armed Forces. 

19 (c) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one 

20 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec21 retary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

22 Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 

23 report on the results of the study conducted under subsection 

24 (a). 


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1 (d) CDAO DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Chief 

2 Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer’’ has the meaning 

3 given that term in section 846(b) of the James M. Inhofe 

4 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 

5 (Public Law 117–263). 

6 SEC. 265. ANNUAL REPORT ON INCREMENTAL AND TRANS7 FORMATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOP8 MENT. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 days after the 

10 date on which the budget of the President is submitted to 

11 Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States 

12 Code, for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029, the Under 

13 Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall 

14 submit to the congressional defense committees a report that 

15 identifies— 

16 (1) the number of incremental research and de17 velopment projects that are in progress within the De18 partment of Defense as of the date of the report and 

19 the total amount of funding allocated to such projects; 

20 and 

21 (2) the number of transformational research and 

22 development projects that are in progress within the 

23 Department of Defense as of the date of the report and 

24 the total amount of funding allocated to such projects. 

25 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) The term ‘‘incremental research and develop2 ment project’’ means a covered research activity that 

3 is in the research and development phase as of the 

4 date of the submittal of the report under subsection 

5 (a) and that is expected to achieve initial operational 

6 capability by not later than five years after such date. 

7 (2) The term ‘‘transformational research and de8 velopment project’’ means a covered research activity 

9 that is in the research and development phase as of 

10 the date of the submittal of the report under sub11 section (a) and that is expected to achieve initial 

12 operational capability by not earlier than five years 

13 after such date. 

14 (3) The term ‘‘covered research activity’’ means 

15 a program, project, or other activity of the Depart16 ment of Defense designated as budget activity 1 (basic 

17 research), budget activity 2 (applied research), or 

18 budget activity 3 (advanced technology development), 

19 as such budget activity classifications are set forth in 

20 volume 2B, chapter 5 of the Department of Defense 

21 Financial Management Regulation (DOD 7000.14-R). 


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1 SEC. 266. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES TO 

2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY ON AU3 TONOMY IN WEAPON SYSTEMS. 

4 Not later than 30 days after making a modification 

5 to Department of Defense Directive 3000.09 (relating to au6 tonomy in weapon systems) the Secretary of Defense shall 

7 provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing 

8 that includes— 

9 (1) a description of the modification; and 

10 (2) an explanation of the reasons for the modi11 fication. 

12 SEC. 267. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DUAL USE INNOVATIVE 

13 TECHNOLOGY FOR THE ROBOTIC COMBAT VE14 HICLE OF THE ARMY. 

15 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

16 (1) The Army is developing the Robotic Combat 

17 Vehicle using a sound and innovative acquisition 

18 strategy. The Robotic Combat Vehicle program is 

19 leveraging dual-use commercial innovation for its au20 tonomous driving system. 

21 (2) The Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle Software 

22 Pathways program will take an agile and phased ap23 proach to the ultimate solution, which is an autono24 mous, artificial intelligence-based navigation soft25 ware. The technical focus will be on developing robust 

26 software pathways for the Army to conduct vehicle 


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1 navigation in increasingly complex terrain, diverse 

2 operational conditions, and GPS-challenged environ3 ments, while still providing the ability to remotely 

4 operate the vehicle. 

5 (3) The Army’s acquisition strategy for the 

6 Robotic Combat Vehicle is smartly separating the 

7 platform ground combat vehicle prototypes from the 

8 autonomous software system. This approach is stand9 ard in the private sector and modern product develop10 ment. With this approach, the Robotic Combat Vehicle 

11 program is establishing a blueprint for future autono12 mous development programs of the Department of De13 fense. 

14 (4) By using this dual acquisition approach, the 

15 Army will receive the best value for the taxpayer as 

16 it will leverage private sector investments made on 

17 autonomous software and create an interoperable soft18 ware stack for use on future applications. 

19 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

20 that— 

21 (1) the Army should continue to use the software 

22 acquisition pathway approach and leverage dual-use, 

23 innovative commercial technology for the Robotic 

24 Combat Vehicle program; 


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1 (2) the Army should consider a similar frame2 work for future ground vehicle programs, such as the 

3 Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle program and the 

4 Common Tactical Truck program; and 

5 (3) the other Armed Forces should consider using 

6 a similar dual acquisition approach for their autono7 mous ground vehicle programs. 

8 TITLE III—OPERATION AND 

9 MAINTENANCE 

10 Subtitle A—Authorization of 

11 Appropriations 

12 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis14 cal year 2024 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 

15 activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex16 penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and main17 tenance, as specified in the funding table in section 4301. 

18 Subtitle B—Energy and 

19 Environment 

20 SEC. 311. EQUIVALENT AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN 

21 PROJECTS AT FACILITIES OF THE NATIONAL 

22 GUARD AND THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD. 

23 (a) REVISION OF DEFINITION.—Section 2700(4) of 

24 title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

25 (1) by striking ‘‘State-owned’’; 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘owned and operated by a State 

2 when such land is’’; and 

3 (3) by striking ‘‘even though such land is not 

4 under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense’’ 

5 and inserting: ‘‘without regard to— 

6 ‘‘(A) the owner or operator of the facility; or 

7 ‘‘(B) whether the facility is under the juris8 diction of the Department of Defense or a mili9 tary department.’’. 

10 (b) INCLUSION UNDER DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL

11 RESTORATION PROGRAM.—Section 2701 of title 10, United 

12 States Code, is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘State14 owned’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (c)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘State16 owned’’; and 

17 (3) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ‘‘or at a 

18 National Guard facility’’ after ‘‘Secretary’s jurisdic19 tion’’. 

20 (c) ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION ACCOUNTS.—Sec21 tion 2703(g)(1) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘, a 

22 National Guard facility,’’ after ‘‘Department of Defense’’. 

23 (d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

24 (1) REPEAL OF PROVISION.—Section 2707 of 

25 such title is amended by striking subsection (e). 


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1 (2) REFERENCE UPDATE.—Section 345(f)(1) of 

2 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

3 Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1646; 10 

4 U.S.C. 2715 note) is amended by striking ‘‘facility 

5 where military activities are conducted by the Na6 tional Guard of a State pursuant to section 2707(e) 

7 of title 10, United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘Na8 tional Guard Facility, as such term is defined in sec9 tion 2700 of title 10, United States Code’’. 

10 SEC. 312. MODIFICATIONS TO PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF 

11 SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL. 

12 Section 324(g) of the James M. Inhofe National De13 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 

14 117–263; 136 Stat. 2518; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 2922) is 

15 amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol16 lowing new paragraphs: 

17 ‘‘(2) The term ‘applicable material’ means the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(A) Monoglycerides, diglycerides, and 

20 triglycerides. 

21 ‘‘(B) Free fatty acids. 

22 ‘‘(C) Fatty acid esters. 

23 ‘‘(D) Municipal solid waste. 

24 ‘‘(E) Renewable natural gas. 


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1 ‘‘(3) The term ‘biomass’ has the meaning given 

2 such term in section 45K(c)(3) of the Internal Rev3 enue Code of 1986. 

4 ‘‘(4) The term ‘lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions 

5 reduction percentage’ means, with respect to non-pe6 troleum-based jet fuel, the percentage reduction in 

7 lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions achieved by such 

8 fuel as compared with petroleum-based jet fuel, as de9 termined using the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) The most up-to-date Carbon Offsetting 

11 and Reduction Scheme for International Avia12 tion which has been adopted by the International 

13 Civil Aviation Organization with the agreement 

14 of the United States. 

15 ‘‘(B) The most up-to-date determinations 

16 under the model known as the ‘Greenhouse gases, 

17 Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Trans18 portation’ model developed by Argonne National 

19 Laboratory, or any successor model. 

20 ‘‘(5) The term ‘sustainable aviation fuel’ means 

21 the portion of liquid fuel that is not kerosene and 

22 that— 

23 ‘‘(A) meets the requirements of— 

24 ‘‘(i) ASTM International Standard 

25 D7566; or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the Fischer Tropsch provisions of 

2 ASTM International Standard D1655, 

3 Annex A1; 

4 ‘‘(B) is not derived from coprocessing an 

5 applicable material (or materials derived from 

6 an applicable material) with a feedstock which is 

7 not biomass; 

8 ‘‘(C) is not derived from palm fatty acid 

9 distillates or petroleum; and 

10 ‘‘(D) has a lifecycle greenhouse gas emis11 sions reduction percentage of at least 50 per12 cent.’’. 

13 SEC. 313. REQUIRED DETERMINATION ON AVAILABILITY OF 

14 CHARGING STATIONS PRIOR TO REPLACE15 MENT OF NON-TACTICAL VEHICLE FLEET OF 

16 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

17 (a) DETERMINATION REQUIRED.—Section 328 of the 

18 James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 

19 Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2519) 

20 is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and the de22 termination described in subsection (c)’’ after ‘‘the re23 port described in subsection (b)’’; 

24 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

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1 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 

2 new subsections: 

3 ‘‘(c) DETERMINATION.—The determination described 

4 in this subsection is a determination by the Secretary of 

5 Defense that, with respect to the potential replacement of 

6 the existing non-tactical vehicle fleet of the Department with 

7 an exclusively electric non-tactical vehicle fleet, there is in8 frastructure to support such electric non-tactical vehicle 

9 fleet (such as charging stations) available in each covered 

10 command area of operations at a level sufficient— 

11 ‘‘(1) to ensure that military logistics and oper12 ational requirements within such area would not be 

13 negatively affected as a result of a lack of such infra14 structure in peacetime; and 

15 ‘‘(2) to ensure that military logistics and oper16 ational requirements within such area would not be 

17 negatively affected as a result of a lack of such infra18 structure in the event of a conflict (including a con19 flict in which an adversary may target electric grid 

20 requirements within such area). 

21 ‘‘(d) ASSESSMENTS.—On an annual basis until such 

22 time as the Secretary is able to make the determination de23 scribed in subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall sub24 mit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 


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1 Representatives and the Senate an assessment as to whether 

2 such determination may be made.’’; and 

3 (4) in subsection (f), as redesignated by para4 graph (2)— 

5 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

6 through (8) as paragraphs (4) through (9), re7 spectively; and 

8 (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol9 lowing new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(3) The term ‘‘covered command area of oper11 ations’’ refers to the area of operations of each of the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(A) The United States Indo-Pacific Com14 mand. 

15 ‘‘(B) The United States European Com16 mand. 

17 ‘‘(C) The United States Central Command. 

18 ‘‘(D) The United States Africa Command. 

19 ‘‘(E) The United States Northern Com20 mand. 

21 ‘‘(F) The United States Southern Com22 mand.’’. 

23 (b) DEADLINE FOR FIRST ASSESSMENT.—Not later 

24 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

25 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 


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1 defense committees the first assessment required under sec2 tion 328(d) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Au3 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (as amended by sub4 section (a)). 

5 SEC. 314. MODIFICATION TO PROTOTYPE AND DEMONSTRA6 TION PROJECTS FOR ENERGY RESILIENCE AT 

7 CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 

8 (a) MODIFICATION TO COVERED TECHNOLOGIES FOR

9 PROTOTYPE AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—Section 

10 322(c)(6) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Author11 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 

12 Stat. 2511; 10 U.S.C. 2911 note) is amended by adding 

13 at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(C) Hydrogen creation, storage, and power 

15 generation using natural gas or renewable elec16 tricity.’’. 

17 (b) APPLICABILITY.—This section and the amendments 

18 made by this section shall apply with respect to covered pro19 totype and demonstration projects (as defined in section 

20 322(k) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authoriza21 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 

22 Stat. 2511; 10 U.S.C. 2911 note)) commencing on or after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 315. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER CERTAIN FUNDS AS 

2 PAYMENT RELATING TO NAVAL AIR STATION, 

3 MOFFETT FIELD, CALIFORNIA. 

4 (a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER FUNDS.— 

5 (1) TRANSFER AMOUNT.—The Secretary of the 

6 Navy may transfer an amount of not more than 

7 $438,250 to the Hazardous Substance Superfund es8 tablished under subchapter A of chapter 98 of the In9 ternal Revenue Code of 1986, in accordance with sec10 tion 2703(f) of title 10, United States Code. Any such 

11 transfer shall be made without regard to section 2215 

12 of such title. 

13 (2) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Any transfer under this 

14 subsection shall be made using funds authorized to be 

15 appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2024 for the 

16 Department of Defense Base Closure Account estab17 lished by section 2906(a) of the Defense Base Closure 

18 and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note). 

19 (b) PURPOSE OF TRANSFER.—A transfer under sub20 section (a) shall be for the purpose of satisfying a stipulated 

21 penalty assessed by the Environmental Protection Agency 

22 on May 4, 2018, regarding former Naval Air Station, 

23 Moffett Field, California, under the Federal Facility Agree24 ment for Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, which was en25 tered into between the Navy and the Environmental Protec26 tion Agency in 1990 pursuant to section 120 of the ComVerDate Nov 24 2008 11:43 Jun 29, 2023 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00124 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 C:\USERS\TAMERYWEATHER\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\H2

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1 prehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 

2 Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620). 

3 (c) ACCEPTANCE OF PAYMENT.—If the Secretary of the 

4 Navy makes a transfer under subsection (a), the Adminis5 trator for the Environmental Protection Agency shall accept 

6 the amount transferred as payment in full of the penalty 

7 referred to in subsection (b). 

8 SEC. 316. REQUIREMENT FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO 

9 DEVELOP PLAN FOR TRANSITION OF JOINT 

10 TASK FORCE RED HILL. 

11 (a) PLAN FOR TERMINATION REQUIRED.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 

13 consultation, to the maximum extent practicable, with 

14 appropriate Federal, State, and local stakeholders, 

15 shall develop a plan for the termination of and tran16 sition from the Joint Task Force Red Hill. 

17 (2) ELEMENTS.—Under such plan, the Secretary 

18 shall— 

19 (A) subject to subsection (b), determine the 

20 date on which the Joint Task Force Red Hill (or 

21 any successor organization) shall be terminated; 

22 (B) designate appropriate officials or enti23 ties to be responsible for— 

24 (i) engaging and communicating with 

25 communities in proximity to the Red Hill 


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1 Bulk Fuel Storage Facility following such 

2 termination; 

3 (ii) communicating, in a clear and 

4 consistent manner, with the heads of rel5 evant Federal and State agencies and such 

6 communities with respect to all operations 

7 involving the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage 

8 Facility; and 

9 (iii) ensuring the attendance of appro10 priate experts and public relations profes11 sionals at any public meeting or event re12 lating to such operations; 

13 (C) coordinate and communicate with such 

14 communities and the heads of applicable State 

15 regulatory authorities with respect to— 

16 (i) such termination; and 

17 (ii) the responsibilities designated 

18 under subparagraph (B); 

19 (D) ensure adequate resourcing and per20 sonnel to meet continued community engagement 

21 requirements and priorities of the Department of 

22 Defense; and 

23 (E) provide for or update any plan relating 

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1 taminants stored at such facilities following such 

2 termination. 

3 (3) DEADLINE.—Not later than 90 days after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De5 fense shall submit to the congressional defense com6 mittees the plan under paragraph (1). 

7 (b) AVAILABILITY OF PLAN.—The Secretary shall make 

8 such plan and any supporting documents available to the 

9 public and State and local elected officials. 

10 (c) RESTRICTION ON TERMINATION AUTHORITY.—The 

11 Secretary of Defense may not terminate the Joint Task 

12 Force Red Hill before the date that is 30 days after the 

13 date on which the Secretary submits to the congressional 

14 defense committees such report. 

15 SEC. 317. DESIGNATION OF OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR 

16 COORDINATION OF RENEGOTIATION OF CER17 TAIN LAND LEASES OWNED BY DEPARTMENT 

18 OF DEFENSE IN HAWAI’I. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

21 shall designate an official to be responsible for, in coordina22 tion with appropriate officials from the covered military 

23 departments and the United States Indo-Pacific Com24 mand— 


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1 (1) coordinating Department of Defense-wide ef2 forts relating to the renegotiation of land leases owned 

3 by the Department of Defense in the State of Hawai’i 

4 expiring between 2029 and 2031; 

5 (2) representing the Department of Defense dur6 ing any such renegotiation; and 

7 (3) ensuring clear and consistent communication 

8 to such State, State and local elected officials, and the 

9 public of the needs and priorities of the Department 

10 of Defense with respect to joint land use in such 

11 State. 

12 (b) SELECTION.—In making the designation under 

13 subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may appoint an in14 dividual with a significant background and expertise in— 

15 (1) relevant legal and technical aspects of land 

16 lease issues; and 

17 (2) working with State and local elected officials 

18 and the public in such State. 

19 (c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days after the 

20 Secretary of Defense makes such designation, the Secretary 

21 shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the 

22 Governor of Hawai’i a notification that includes the name 

23 and contact information of the individual designated under 

24 subsection (a). 


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1 (d) COVERED MILITARY DEPARTMENT DEFINED.—In 

2 this section, the term ‘‘covered military department’’ 

3 means— 

4 (1) the Department of the Army; 

5 (2) the Department of the Navy; and 

6 (3) the Department of the Air Force. 

7 SEC. 318. PROHIBITION AND LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY 

8 OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN ENERGY PROGRAMS 

9 OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

10 (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to be 

11 appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 

12 the Department of Defense for any operational energy pro13 gram (including an operational energy program that uses 

14 renewable energy) may be provided to an entity owned or 

15 controlled by the Russian Federation or the Chinese Com16 munist Party. 

17 (b) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro18 priated by this Act or otherwise made available for the As19 sistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

20 Sustainment, not more than 50 percent may be obligated 

21 or expended until the Assistant Secretary submits to the 

22 Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representa23 tives and the Senate a report on operational energy pro24 grams of the Department of Defense that includes— 


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1 (1) a list of all operational energy programs of 

2 record; 

3 (2) a description of— 

4 (A) how each such program improves readi5 ness or capabilities; 

6 (B) how each such program shall be sus7 tained (including in a contested environment); 

8 and 

9 (C) the life-cycle costs of each such program, 

10 including cost avoidance over such life-cycle. 

11 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) The term ‘‘operational energy’’— 

13 (A) has the meaning given that term in sec14 tion 2924 of title 10, United States Code; and 

15 (B) includes renewable energy used by non16 tactical power systems and generators deployed 

17 to a contested environment. 

18 (2) The term ‘‘renewable energy’’ includes elec19 tricity generated from solar energy and energy stored 

20 in a lithium battery. 

21 SEC. 319. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES FOR BATTLEFIELD 

22 STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC 

23 POWER. 

24 (a) ANALYSIS.—Not later than one year after the date 

25 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall 


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1 conduct an analysis of potential alternatives to systems for 

2 the storage and distribution of electric power, for prospec3 tive use by the Army on the battlefield or in other austere 

4 environments. 

5 (b) SCOPE.— 

6 (1) STUDY GUIDANCE.—In conducting the anal7 ysis of potential alternatives under subsection (a), the 

8 Secretary shall develop study guidance under which 

9 such analysis is required to include for consideration 

10 as such potential alternatives the full range of mili11 tary and commercially available capabilities for the 

12 storage and distribution of electric power. 

13 (2) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretary 

14 shall ensure that, for each potential alternative ana15 lyzed pursuant to subsection (a), such analysis in16 cludes a detailed evaluation of the cost and capabili17 ties thereof, including with respect to the following: 

18 (A) The per-unit cost of the potential alter19 native. 

20 (B) The mobility of the potential alter21 native. 

22 (C) The capability of the potential alter23 native to store and distribute electric power nec24 essary for the charging of soldier-worn devices of 

25 members of the Army on the battlefield. 


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1 (D) The capability of the potential alter2 native to store electric power for, or distribute 

3 electric power to, multiple systems (including 

4 through a network or microgrid), to sustain tac5 tical command posts. 

6 (E) Any other capabilities the Secretary de7 termines necessary to meet operational require8 ments. 

9 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

10 on which the Secretary completes the analysis under sub11 section (a), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional 

12 defense committees a report containing the following: 

13 (1) The results of such analysis, including the re14 sults of— 

15 (A) consideration of the full range of capa16 bilities specified in subsection (b)(1); and 

17 (B) the evaluations required under sub18 section (b)(2). 

19 (2) An assessment of the types of analyses the 

20 Secretary conducted under this section to determine 

21 the costs and benefits associated with the prospective 

22 use by the Army on the battlefield or in other austere 

23 environments of commercially available potential al24 ternatives referred to in subsection (b)(1), including— 


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1 (A) an identification of whether, and to 

2 what extent, the Secretary— 

3 (i) conducted such analyses using best 

4 practices; 

5 (ii) fully addressed concerns with such 

6 prospective use relating to acquisition, oper7 ational requirements, or user communities; 

8 and 

9 (iii) evaluated such prospective use 

10 based on total cost, capabilities, and inter11 operability with existing or planned systems 

12 of the Army; and 

13 (B) a description of how the Secretary— 

14 (i) determined the requirements appli15 cable to such commercially available poten16 tial alternatives (including pursuant to sub17 section (b)(2)(E)); and 

18 (ii) evaluated the cost of, delivery and 

19 operability schedule of, risks posed by, and 

20 other considerations (including those listed 

21 in subsection (b)(2)) relating to each such 

22 potential alternative. 

23 (d) MICROGRID DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

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1 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act 

2 for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263). 

3 Subtitle C—Treatment of 

4 Perfluoroalkyl Substances and 

5 Polyfluoroalkyl Substances 

6 SEC. 331. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO EXPOSURES TO 

7 PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL 

8 SUBSTANCES. 

9 (a) INCLUSION OF EXPOSURE TO PERFLUOROALKYL

10 AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES AS PART OF PERI11 ODIC HEALTH ASSESSMENTS AD DEPLOYMENT ASSESS12 MENTS.— 

13 (1) PERIODIC HEALTH ASSESSMENTS.—The Sec14 retary of Defense shall ensure that any periodic health 

15 assessment provided to a member of the Armed Forces 

16 includes an evaluation of whether the member has 

17 been— 

18 (A) based or stationed at a military instal19 lation identified by the Department of Defense as 

20 a location with a known or suspected release of 

21 perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl sub22 stances during the period in which the member 

23 was based or stationed at the military installa24 tion; or 


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1 (B) exposed to such substances, including by 

2 evaluating any information in the health record 

3 of the member. 

4 (2) DEPLOYMENT ASSESSMENTS.—Section 

5 1074f(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amend6 ed by adding at the end the following new subpara7 graph: 

8 ‘‘(E) An assessment of whether the member 

9 was— 

10 ‘‘(i) based or stationed at a military instal11 lation identified by the Department as a location 

12 with a known or suspected release of 

13 perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl sub14 stances during the period in which the member 

15 was based or stationed at the military installa16 tion; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) exposed to such substances, including 

18 by assessing any information in the health 

19 record of the member.’’. 

20 (b) PROVISION OF BLOOD TESTING TO DETERMINE

21 EXPOSURE TO PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES OR

22 POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES.— 

23 (1) PROVISION.—If a covered evaluation of a 

24 member of the Armed Forces results in a positive de25 termination of potential exposure to perfluoroalkyl 


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1 substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances, the Secretary 

2 of Defense shall provide to that member, during that 

3 covered evaluation, blood testing to determine and 

4 document potential exposure to such substances. 

5 (2) INCLUSION IN HEALTH RECORD.—The results 

6 of blood testing of a member of the Armed Forces con7 ducted under paragraph (1) shall be included in the 

8 health record of the member. 

9 (c) DOCUMENTATION OF EXPOSURE TO

10 PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES OR POLYFLUOROALKYL

11 SUBSTANCES.— 

12 (1) REGISTRY.— 

13 (A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of 

14 Defense shall establish a registry of members of 

15 the Armed Forces who have been exposed to, or 

16 are suspected to have been exposed to, 

17 perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl sub18 stances. 

19 (B) INCLUSION IN REGISTRY.—The Sec20 retary shall include a member of the Armed 

21 Forces in the registry established under subpara22 graph (A) if a covered evaluation of the member 

23 establishes that the member— 

24 (i) was based or stationed at a location 

25 identified by the Department of Defense as 


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1 a location with a known or suspected release 

2 of perfluoroalkyl substances or 

3 polyfluoroalkyl substances during the period 

4 in which the member was based or stationed 

5 at the location; or 

6 (ii) was exposed to such substances. 

7 (C) BLOOD TESTING.—The results of any 

8 blood test conducted under subsection (b)(1) shall 

9 be included in the registry established under sub10 paragraph (A) for any member of the Armed 

11 Forces included in the registry. 

12 (D) ELECTION.—A member of the Armed 

13 Forces may elect not to be included in the reg14 istry established under subparagraph (A). 

15 (2) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary 

16 of Defense shall provide to a member of the Armed 

17 Forces additional information on perfluoroalkyl sub18 stances and polyfluoroalkyl substances and the poten19 tial impact of exposure to such substances if a covered 

20 evaluation of such member establishes that the mem21 ber— 

22 (A) was based or stationed at a location 

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1 stances during the period in which the member 

2 was based or stationed at the location; or 

3 (B) was exposed to such substances. 

4 (3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

5 subsection may be construed to preclude eligibility of 

6 a veteran for benefits under the laws administered by 

7 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by reason of the ex8 posure of the veteran to perfluoroalkyl substances or 

9 polyfluoroalkyl substances not being recorded in a 

10 covered evaluation. 

11 (d) COVERED EVALUATION DEFINED.—In this section, 

12 the term ‘‘covered evaluation’’ means the following: 

13 (1) A periodic health assessment conducted in ac14 cordance with subsection (a)(1). 

15 (2) A deployment assessment conducted under 

16 section 1074f(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, as 

17 amended by subsection (a)(2). 

18 SEC. 332. PRIZES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY FOR 

19 THERMAL DESTRUCTION OF 

20 PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES OR 

21 POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES. 

22 (a) PRIZES.—Section 330 of the National Defense Au23 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 

24 10 U.S.C. 2661 note prec.), as amended by section 343 of 

25 the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act 


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1 for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 

2 2530), is further amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

4 following new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(3) Technology for the thermal destruction of 

6 perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl sub7 stances.’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘October 1, 

9 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2026’’. 

10 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

11 authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense 

12 for fiscal year 2024 $1,000,000 to carry out this section. 

13 SEC. 333. RESTRICTION ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AC14 QUISITION OF COVERED ITEMS CONTAINING 

15 OR PRODUCED USING CERTAIN SUBSTANCES. 

16 (a) MODIFICATION.—Section 333 of the National De17 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 

18 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 3062 note; 134 Stat. 3531) is amended 

19 to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 333. RESTRICTION ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AC21 QUISITION OF COVERED ITEMS CONTAINING 

22 OR PRODUCED USING CERTAIN SUBSTANCES. 

23 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION BEGINNING APRIL 1, 2023.— 

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1 the Secretary of Defense may not acquire any covered 

2 item that contains perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) 

3 or perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). 

4 ‘‘(2) COVERED ITEM DEFINED.—In this sub5 section, the term ‘covered item’ means— 

6 ‘‘(A) nonstick cookware or cooking utensils 

7 for use in galleys or dining facilities; and 

8 ‘‘(B) upholstered furniture, carpets, and 

9 rugs that have been treated with stain-resistant 

10 coatings. 

11 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITION BEGINNING APRIL 1, 2025.— 

12 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—Beginning on April 1, 

13 2025, the Secretary of Defense may not acquire any 

14 covered item that contains or is produced using any 

15 of the following: 

16 ‘‘(A) Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). 

17 ‘‘(B) Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). 

18 ‘‘(C) Perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS). 

19 ‘‘(D) Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA). 

20 ‘‘(E) Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA). 

21 ‘‘(F) Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA). 

22 ‘‘(G) Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid 

23 (PFHxS). 

24 ‘‘(H) Perfluoroheptane sulfonic acid 

25 (PFHpS). 


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1 ‘‘(I) Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA). 

2 ‘‘(J) Perfluorodecanoic Acid (PFDA). 

3 ‘‘(K) Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA). 

4 ‘‘(L) Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoDA). 

5 ‘‘(M) Perfluorooctanesulfonamide (PFOSA 

6 or FOSA). 

7 ‘‘(N) Hexafluoropropylene Oxide (HFPO) 

8 Dimer Acid (GenX). 

9 ‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—In carrying out this 

10 subsection, the Secretary shall include the prohibition 

11 under paragraph (1) as a term in any contract or 

12 other agreement entered into on or after April 1, 

13 2025, by the Secretary for the acquisition of a covered 

14 item. 

15 ‘‘(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

16 subsection shall be construed as— 

17 ‘‘(A) requiring the disposal of, or otherwise 

18 affecting, covered items acquired by the Secretary 

19 of Defense prior to April 1, 2025; or 

20 ‘‘(B) imposing an obligation on the Sec21 retary to test covered items to confirm the ab22 sence of perfluoroalkyl substances or 

23 polyfluoroalkyl substances. 

24 ‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

25 ‘‘(A) The term ‘covered item’ means— 


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1 ‘‘(i) non-stick cookware or food service 

2 ware for use in galleys or dining facilities; 

3 ‘‘(ii) food packaging materials; 

4 ‘‘(iii) cleaning products, including 

5 floor waxes; 

6 ‘‘(iv) carpeting; 

7 ‘‘(v) rugs, curtains, or upholstered fur8 niture; 

9 ‘‘(vi) sunscreen; 

10 ‘‘(vii) shoes and clothing for which 

11 treatment with a perfluoroalkyl substance or 

12 polyfluoroalkyl substance is not necessary 

13 for an essential function; and 

14 ‘‘(viii) such other items as may be de15 termined by the Secretary. 

16 ‘‘(B) The term ‘perfluoroalkyl substance’ 

17 means a man-made chemical of which all of the 

18 carbon atoms are fully fluorinated carbon atoms. 

19 ‘‘(C) The term ‘polyfluoroalkyl substance’ 

20 means a man-made chemical containing at least 

21 one fully fluorinated carbon atom and at least 

22 one nonfluorinated carbon atom.’’. 

23 (b) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 

24 (1) REPORTS.—Not later than 270 days after the 

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1 after, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 

2 Committees on Armed Services of the House of Rep3 resentatives and the Senate a report containing a de4 tailed description of the following: 

5 (A) Steps taken to identify covered items 

6 acquired by the Secretary of Defense that contain 

7 or are produced using perfluoroalkyl substances 

8 or polyfluoroalkyl substances. 

9 (B) Steps taken to limit the acquisition by 

10 the Secretary of covered items that contain or 

11 are produced using perfluoroalkyl substances or 

12 polyfluoroalkyl substances. 

13 (C) Planned steps of the Secretary to limit 

14 the acquisition of covered items that contain or 

15 are produced using perfluoroalkyl substances or 

16 polyfluoroalkyl substances. 

17 (2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the terms 

18 ‘‘covered item’’, ‘‘perfluoroalkyl substance’’, and 

19 ‘‘polyfluoroalkyl substance’’ have the meanings given 

20 those terms in section 333(b) of the National Defense 

21 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 

22 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 3062 note; 134 Stat. 3531), as 

23 amended by subsection (a). 


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1 Subtitle D—Logistics and 

2 Sustainment 

3 SEC. 341. REPEAL OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW RE4 QUIREMENT RELATING TO CORE LOGISTICS 

5 CAPABILITIES. 

6 Section 2464(e) of title 10, United States Code, is re7 pealed. 

8 SEC. 342. DISAGGREGATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IN 

9 ANNUAL REPORT RELATING TO PERFORM10 ANCE OF DEPOT-LEVEL MAINTENANCE. 

11 Section 2466(d)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 

12 amended by inserting ‘‘, including an analysis of such in13 formation disaggregated by depot’’ after ‘‘sectors’’. 

14 SEC. 343. FOREIGN MILITARY SALES EXCLUSION IN CAL15 CULATION FOR CERTAIN WORKLOAD CARRY16 OVER OF DEPARTMENT OF ARMY. 

17 Section 377 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

18 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117– 

19 263; 136 Stat. 2542; 10 U.S.C. 2476 note) is amended by 

20 striking ‘‘that applies’’ and inserting ‘‘that—’’ 

21 ‘‘(1) applies a material end of period exclusion; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(2) excludes from the calculated carryover 

24 amount the proceeds of any foreign military sale.’’. 


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1 SEC. 344. MATTERS RELATING TO BRIEFINGS ON SHIPYARD 

2 INFRASTRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM 

3 OF THE NAVY. 

4 (a) MODIFICATION TO BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.— 

5 Section 355(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

6 for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 8013 

7 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

8 subparagraph: 

9 ‘‘(D) A risk analysis of how the schedule for 

10 such project affects the availability schedule for 

11 submarines and aircraft carriers, including the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(i) A timeline for the completion of 

14 such project, including construction dates 

15 and dates of planned maintenance at each 

16 shipyard under such project. 

17 ‘‘(ii) Contingency maintenance plans 

18 if such project is delayed, including any 

19 backup location for maintenance availabil20 ities determined by the Chief Naval Officer 

21 and any resulting alteration in plans or 

22 schedules for maintenance. 

23 ‘‘(iii) The effect on public shipyards 

24 should a delay to such project result in the 

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1 the workforce and workload capacity at the 

2 public shipyard with respect to which such 

3 project is conducted. 

4 ‘‘(iv) A cost-benefit analysis of the po5 tential for private shipyards to assist with 

6 such workload should such project be de7 layed, including an identification of any 

8 gaps in the capability of private shipyards 

9 to conduct the maintenance described in 

10 clause (ii). 

11 ‘‘(v) An assessment of whether greater 

12 flexibilities in authorities are necessary to 

13 better support fleet maintenance needs and 

14 the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization 

15 Program.’’. 

16 (b) BRIEFING ON IMPLEMENTATION STATUS.—Not 

17 later than February 1, 2024, the Secretary of the Navy shall 

18 provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing 

19 on the status of the implementation of the Shipyard Infra20 structure Optimization Program of the Department of the 

21 Navy. Such briefing shall include, with respect to each cov22 ered project, the information specified in each of subpara23 graphs (A) through (D) of section 355(b)(2) of the National 

24 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, as amended 

25 by subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 345. PILOT PROGRAM ON OPTIMIZATION OF AERIAL 

2 REFUELING AND FUEL MANAGEMENT IN CON3 TESTED LOGISTICS ENVIRONMENTS 

4 THROUGH USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTEL5 LIGENCE. 

6 (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than 90 days after 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Digital and 

8 Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense, 

9 in collaboration with the Under Secretary of Defense for 

10 Acquisition and Sustainment and the Chief of Staff of the 

11 Air Force, shall commence a pilot program to optimize the 

12 logistics of aerial refueling and fuel management in the con13 text of contested logistics environments through the use of 

14 advanced digital technologies and artificial intelligence. 

15 (b) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the pilot program 

16 under subsection (a) shall include the following: 

17 (1) Assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of 

18 artificial intelligence-driven approaches in enhancing 

19 aerial refueling operations and fuel management 

20 processes. 

21 (2) Identifying opportunities to reduce fuel con22 sumption, decrease operational costs, and minimize 

23 the environmental impact of fuel management while 

24 maintaining military readiness. 

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1 the existing logistics infrastructure of the Department 

2 of Defense. 

3 (4) Enhancing situational awareness and deci4 sion-making capabilities through real-time data anal5 ysis and predictive modeling. 

6 (5) Addressing potential challenges and risks as7 sociated with the integration of artificial intelligence 

8 and other advanced digital technologies, including 

9 challenges and risks involving cybersecurity concerns. 

10 (c) COORDINATION AND CONSULTATION.—In carrying 

11 out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Chief Dig12 ital and Artificial Intelligence Officer shall— 

13 (1) coordinate the activities carried out under 

14 such pilot program with the Commander of the 

15 United States Transportation Command and the 

16 Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Com17 mand, to ensure such pilot program aligns with exist18 ing operational requirements; and 

19 (2) seek to consult with relevant experts in the 

20 fields of artificial intelligence, logistics, aviation, and 

21 fuel management. 

22 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 

23 of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Digital and Artificial 

24 Intelligence Officer shall submit to the Committees on 

25 Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 


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1 Senate a report on the initial findings and planned future 

2 activities of the pilot program under subsection (a). Such 

3 report shall include an assessment of the potential oper4 ational efficiencies and benefits derived from the artificial 

5 intelligence-driven approaches employed under such pilot 

6 program. 

7 (e) TERMINATION.—The authority to conduct the pilot 

8 program under subsection (a) shall terminate on January 

9 1, 2027. 

10 SEC. 346. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS PEND11 ING QUARTERLY BRIEFING ON AVAILABILITY 

12 OF AMPHIBIOUS WARSHIPS. 

13 (a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro14 priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 

15 year 2024 for Administration and Servicewide Activities, 

16 Operation and Maintenance, Navy, not more than 50 per17 cent may be obligated or expended until a period of 30 days 

18 has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary of 

19 the Navy provides the first briefing required under sub20 section (b). 

21 (b) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act, and once every 

24 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2026, the Sec25 retary of the Navy shall provide to the congressional 


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1 defense committees a briefing on the operational sta2 tus of the amphibious warship fleet of the Armed 

3 Forces. 

4 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing under paragraph 

5 (1) shall include, with respect to each amphibious 

6 warship, the following: 

7 (A) The average operational availability of 

8 the amphibious warship during the 90-day pe9 riod preceding the date of the briefing. 

10 (B) The number of days the amphibious 

11 warship was underway during such period for 

12 the following purposes (disaggregated by pur13 pose): 

14 (i) Training for the purpose of sup15 porting mission essential tasks of the Ma16 rine Corps, including— 

17 (I) unit-level well-deck or flight18 deck operations training of the Marine 

19 Corps; and 

20 (II) integrated training for Am21 phibious Ready Groups and Marine 

22 Expeditionary Unit. 

23 (ii) Deployment (not inclusive of 

24 scheduled or unscheduled in-port mainte25 nance). 


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1 (C) The expected completion date for any 

2 maintenance for the amphibious warship that is 

3 in progress as of the date of the briefing, includ4 ing scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. 

5 (D) An update on any delays in the comple6 tion of such scheduled or unscheduled mainte7 nance, and on any casualty reports, of the am8 phibious warship, affecting— 

9 (i) scheduled unit-level well-deck or 

10 flight-deck operations training of the Ma11 rine Corps; 

12 (ii) scheduled mission essential task 

13 certifications of the Marine Corps, includ14 ing with respect to mobility, communica15 tions, amphibious well-deck operations, 

16 aviation operations, and warfare training; 

17 or 

18 (iii) the composition, or deployment 

19 dates, of Amphibious Ready Group-Marine 

20 Expeditionary Units that are deployed or 

21 scheduled to be deployed. 

22 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) The term ‘‘amphibious warship’’ means a 

24 ship that is included in the battle force inventory of 

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1 instruction from the Secretary of the Navy published 

2 on June 28, 2022, titled ‘‘General Guidance for the 

3 Classification of Naval Vessels and Battle Force Ship 

4 Counting Procedures’’ (SECNAVINST 5030.8), or 

5 any successor instruction, and is classified pursuant 

6 to such instruction as— 

7 (A) a general purpose amphibious assault 

8 ship; 

9 (B) a multi-purpose amphibious assault 

10 ship; 

11 (C) an amphibious transport dock; or 

12 (D) a dock landing ship. 

13 (2) The term ‘‘Amphibious Ready Group-Marine 

14 Expeditionary Unit’’ includes a minimum of three 

15 amphibious warships, of which— 

16 (A) one is a general purpose amphibious as17 sault ship or a multi-purpose amphibious as18 sault ship; and 

19 (B) at least one is an amphibious transport 

20 dock in the Flight I generation. 

21 SEC. 347. REQUIREMENT FOR SECRETARY OF NAVY TO COM22 PLETE COMMON READINESS MODELS. 

23 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than December 31, 

24 2025, the Secretary of the Navy shall complete the establish25 ment of common readiness models for each maritime or 


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1 aviation major weapon system of the Department of the 

2 Navy. 

3 (b) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2024, the Sec4 retary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

5 Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 

6 report that details the metrics and models used by the Sec7 retary of the Navy for determining the readiness of each 

8 maritime or aviation major weapon system of the Depart9 ment of the Navy. 

10 (c) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (b) shall 

11 include, at a minimum, and with respect to the applicable 

12 major weapon system— 

13 (1) detailed information on— 

14 (A) the metrics used by the Secretary of the 

15 Navy to assess the effect of variations in funding 

16 for the system (by dollar amount) on the readi17 ness of the system, to inform budgetary decisions; 

18 and 

19 (B) the modeling capabilities that take into 

20 account and optimize predictive maintenance, 

21 supply, and manpower resources and are used by 

22 the Secretary of the Navy to inform decisions re23 lating to the readiness of the system; and 

24 (2) an assessment of the extent to which such 

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1 tailed requirements and design of the system, includ2 ing by providing for, as appropriate, interface with 

3 the digital thread and digital twin of the system. 

4 (d) MAJOR WEAPON SYSTEM DEFINED.—In this sec5 tion, the term ‘‘major weapon system’’ has the meaning 

6 given that term in section 3455(f) of title 10, United States 

7 Code. 

8 SEC. 348. PLAN REGARDING CONDITION AND MAINTE9 NANCE OF PREPOSITIONED STOCKPILES OF 

10 ARMY. 

11 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

13 Army shall develop a plan to improve the required inspec14 tion procedures for the prepositioned stockpiles of the Army, 

15 for the purpose of identifying deficiencies and conducting 

16 maintenance repairs at levels necessary to ensure such 

17 prepositioned stockpiles are mission-capable. 

18 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 30 days after 

19 the date on which the Secretary completes the development 

20 of the plan under subsection (a), and not less frequently 

21 than twice each year thereafter, the Secretary shall inspect 

22 the prepositioned stockpiles of the Army in accordance with 

23 the procedures under such plan. 

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1 (1) BRIEFING ON PLAN.—Not later than 120 

2 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

3 Secretary of the Army shall provide to the congres4 sional defense committees a briefing on the plan devel5 oped under subsection (a). 

6 (2) BRIEFINGS ON STATUS OF PREPOSITIONED

7 STOCKPILES.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days there9 after, the Secretary of the Army shall provide to the 

10 congressional defense committees a briefing on the sta11 tus and condition of the prepositioned stockpiles of the 

12 Army. 

13 Subtitle E—Reports and Other 

14 Matters 

15 SEC. 361. MODIFICATION TO JOINT SAFETY COUNCIL. 

16 Title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating the second section 184 (re18 lating to the Joint Safety Council) as section 185; 

19 (2) in section 185(d), as so redesignated— 

20 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (7) 

21 through (9) as paragraphs (8) through (10), re22 spectively; 

23 (B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol24 lowing new paragraph (7): 


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1 ‘‘(7) Ensuring each military department has in 

2 place, for the safety management system and program 

3 described in paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively, of 

4 that military department— 

5 ‘‘(A) a resolution plan that identifies spe6 cific corrective and preventative actions to ad7 dress the causes of mishaps; and 

8 ‘‘(B) an implementation plan for such sys9 tem and program.’’; 

10 (C) in paragraph (8), as redesignated by 

11 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the safety man12 agement systems described in paragraphs (9) 

13 and (10)’’ and inserting ‘‘the safety management 

14 system and program described in paragraphs (5) 

15 and (6), respectively’’; and 

16 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

17 paragraphs: 

18 ‘‘(11) Not later than one year after the initial 

19 identification of corrective and preventative actions 

20 by a military department pursuant to a resolution 

21 plan under paragraph (7)(A), and periodically there22 after, reviewing and validating each such identified 

23 corrective and preventative action to ensure the action 

24 is effective. 


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1 ‘‘(12) Ensuring any related change in methods, 

2 tactics, or procedures necessary for the conduct of 

3 such identified corrective and preventative actions 

4 have been implemented.’’. 

5 SEC. 362. RECOGNITION OF SERVICE OF MILITARY WORK6 ING DOGS. 

7 Section 1125 of title 10, United States Code, is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—’’ 

10 before ‘‘The Secretary of Defense’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub12 section: 

13 ‘‘(b) RECOGNITION OF SERVICE OF MILITARY WORK14 ING DOGS.—The Secretary of Defense shall create a decora15 tion or other appropriate recognition to recognize military 

16 working dogs under the jurisdiction of the Secretary that 

17 are killed in action or perform an exceptionally meritorious 

18 or courageous act in service to the United States.’’. 

19 SEC. 363. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO END-TO-END TRAV20 EL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF THE DEPART21 MENT OF DEFENSE. 

22 (a) TERMINATION AND REPLACEMENT OF DEFENSE

23 TRAVEL SYSTEM.—Except as provided in subsection (b)— 

24 (1) the Secretary of Defense shall— 


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1 (A) terminate the end-to-end travel manage2 ment system of the Department of Defense known 

3 as the ‘‘Defense Travel System’’ on December 31, 

4 2025; and 

5 (B) establish and maintain a program to 

6 replace the system specified in subparagraph (A) 

7 with a new system for end-to-end travel manage8 ment of the Department of Defense (including the 

9 management of travel related expense processes) 

10 that is a fully integrated commercial system, for 

11 the purpose of improving efficiency and customer 

12 satisfaction with respect to Department travel; 

13 and 

14 (2) not later than December 21, 2025, the Sec15 retary of each military department shall complete the 

16 transition to the replacement system specified in 

17 paragraph (1)(B), including by ensuring the enter18 prise resource planning system of that military de19 partment is integrated into such replacement system 

20 by such date. 

21 (b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may issue a 

22 waiver for the termination and transition deadlines under 

23 subsection (a) if the Secretary— 

24 (1) determines such waiver necessary; and 


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1 (2) submits to the Committees on Armed Services 

2 of the House of Representatives and the Senate a noti3 fication and justification of such determination. 

4 (c) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there6 after until the date on which the respective requirement has 

7 been completed— 

8 (1) the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the 

9 Committees on Armed Services of the House of Rep10 resentatives and the Senate a briefing on the efforts 

11 and progress of the Department of Defense with re12 spect to the requirements under subsection (a)(1); and 

13 (2) the Secretary of each military department 

14 shall provide to such committees a briefing on the ef15 forts and progress of that military department with 

16 respect to the requirements under subsection (a)(2). 

17 (d) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS PENDING

18 BRIEFING.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 

19 this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 

20 for the Defense Travel Management Office, not more than 

21 20 percent may be obligated or expended until the date on 

22 which the Secretary of Defense provides to the Committees 

23 on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 

24 Senate a briefing on the plan of the Secretary to complete 

25 the requirements under subsection (a)(1). 


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1 SEC. 364. DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION PERSONNEL 

2 GRADE CAP. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the military de4 partment concerned may not appoint to, or otherwise em5 ploy in, any position with a duty described in subsection 

6 (b) a military or civilian employee with a rank or grade 

7 in excess of GS–10 not adjusted for locality. 

8 (b) COVERED DUTIES.—A duty described in this sub9 section is the following: 

10 (1) Developing, refining, and implementing di11 versity, equity, and inclusion policy. 

12 (2) Leading working groups and councils to de13 veloping diversity, equity, and inclusion goals and 

14 objectives to measure performance and outcomes. 

15 (3) Creating and implementing diversity, equity, 

16 and inclusion education, training courses, and work17 shops for military and civilian personnel. 

18 (c) APPLICABILITY TO CURRENT EMPLOYEES.—Any 

19 military or civilian employee appointed to a position with 

20 a duty described in subsection (b) who holds a rank or grade 

21 in excess of that authorized under subsection (a) shall be 

22 reassigned to another position not later than 180 days after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 365. PROHIBITION ON ELIMINATION OF CAISSON PLA2 TOON AND SUPPORT BY SUCH PLATOON OF 

3 MILITARY FUNERAL SERVICES AT ARLINGTON 

4 NATIONAL CEMETERY. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the De6 partment of the Army an equine unit, to be known as the 

7 Caisson Platoon, assigned to the 3rd Infantry Regiment of 

8 the Army, for the purpose of conducting military and State 

9 funerals and for other purposes. 

10 (b) PROHIBITION ON ELIMINATION.—The Secretary of 

11 the Army may not eliminate the Caisson Platoon of the 3rd 

12 Infantry Regiment of the Army established under subsection 

13 (a). 

14 (c) BRIEFING.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less fre17 quently than every 180 days thereafter until March 

18 31, 2027, the Secretary of the Army shall provide to 

19 the congressional defense committees a briefing on the 

20 health, welfare, and sustainment of military working 

21 equids. 

22 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing under paragraph 

23 (1) shall include the following: 

24 (A) An assessment of the ability of the Cais25 son Platoon of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 

26 Army to support military funeral operations 


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1 within Arlington National Cemetery, including 

2 milestones associated with achieving full oper3 ational capability for the Caisson Platoon. 

4 (B) An update on the plan of the task force 

5 of the Army on military working equids to pro6 mote, support, and sustain animal health and 

7 welfare. 

8 (C) An update on the plan of such task 

9 force to ensure that support by the Caisson Pla10 toon of Arlington National Cemetery and State 

11 funerals is never suspended again. 

12 SEC. 366. ASSESSMENT ON USE OF CERTAIN AREAS IN 

13 SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES FOR TEST14 ING AND TRAINING IN SUPPORT OF PACIFIC 

15 DETERRENCE INITIATIVE. 

16 (a) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall con17 duct an assessment of the capacity of the Department of 

18 Defense to routinely train, test, evaluate, and qualify the19 ater-level operations in support of the Pacific Deterrence 

20 Initiative using test or training areas located in the south21 eastern region of the United States, for the purpose of in22 creasing the capacity and rate of force readiness with re23 spect to deterrence and defense at theater-level distances. 

24 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under subsection (a) 

25 shall include the following: 


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1 (1) An assumption, for purposes of evaluating 

2 the capacity described in such subsection, that the 

3 Secretary of Defense will conduct at least one tabletop 

4 exercise per fiscal quarter to inform and advance 

5 operationally relevant testing and training in the Pa6 cific context (across domains), employing test or 

7 training areas located in the southeastern region of 

8 the United States. 

9 (2) An identification of any test or training area 

10 located outside of the area of responsibility of the 

11 United States Indo-Pacific Command (and in par12 ticular, in the southeastern region of the United 

13 States) with the potential to be used to expand the ca14 pacity and persistence of theater-level operations, in15 cluding any such areas owned or operated by any 

16 Federal department or agency, State, institution of 

17 higher education, or commercial entity. 

18 (3) An analysis of the combined capability of the 

19 total test or training areas identified under para20 graph (2) to simulate various public, private, and 

21 academic initiatives in support of the Pacific Deter22 rence Initiative while advancing military readiness. 

23 (4) An identification of the coordination, sched24 uling, reimbursement processes, and other require25 ments necessary for the potential use of such test or 


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1 training areas to advance the challenge of distance in 

2 the area of responsibility of the United States Indo3 Pacific Command and accelerate development in such 

4 area or responsibility (across domains). 

5 (5) With respect to missions conducted in the 

6 area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pa7 cific Command, an analysis of— 

8 (A) the estimated frequency of use, sched9 uling lead time, cost, and other requirements as10 sociated with each test or training area located 

11 in the southeastern region of the United States 

12 and identified under paragraph (2) for purposes 

13 of such missions; and 

14 (B) any other permissions required to in15 crease force readiness levels using such test or 

16 training areas in support of stated national 

17 strategic objectives. 

18 (6) A review of any test or training areas identi19 fied under paragraph (2) that may enhance efforts of 

20 the Department to train at scale and range, when 

21 persistently networked into a live, virtual and con22 structive Pacific environment. 

23 (7) An assessment of any cost savings or time 

24 savings that may result from the use of test or train25 ing areas located in the southeastern region of the 


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1 United States to advance force readiness with respect 

2 to operations in the area of responsibility of the 

3 United States Indo-Pacific Command. 

4 (8) A recurring assessment of training and oper5 ations necessary to fulfill integrate priority list line 

6 items. 

7 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

8 of the enactment, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 

9 the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Rep10 resentatives and the Senate a report containing the findings 

11 of the assessments under subsection (a). 

12 (d) TEST OR TRAINING AREA DEFINED.—In this sec13 tion, the term ‘‘test or training area’’ includes any range 

14 or other facility that may be used by the Secretary of De15 fense for testing or training purposes. 

16 TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 

17 AUTHORIZATIONS 

18 Subtitle A—Active Forces 

19 SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 

20 The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active 

21 duty personnel as of September 30, 2024, as follows: 

22 (1) The Army, 452,000. 

23 (2) The Navy, 347,000. 

24 (3) The Marine Corps, 172,300. 

25 (4) The Air Force, 324,700. 


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1 (5) The Space Force, 9,400. 

2 Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 

3 SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 

5 strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve com6 ponents as of September 30, 2024, as follows: 

7 (1) The Army National Guard of the United 

8 States, 325,000. 

9 (2) The Army Reserve, 174,800. 

10 (3) The Navy Reserve, 57,200. 

11 (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 33,600. 

12 (5) The Air National Guard of the United 

13 States, 108,400. 

14 (6) The Air Force Reserve, 69,600. 

15 (7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 7,000. 

16 (b) END STRENGTH REDUCTIONS.—The end strengths 

17 prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any 

18 reserve component shall be proportionately reduced by— 

19 (1) the total authorized strength of units orga20 nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such 

21 component which are on active duty (other than for 

22 training) at the end of the fiscal year; and 

23 (2) the total number of individual members not 

24 in units organized to serve as units of the Selected 

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1 (other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici2 pation in training) without their consent at the end 

3 of the fiscal year. 

4 (c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or 

5 individual members of the Selected Reserve of any reserve 

6 component are released from active duty during any fiscal 

7 year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for 

8 the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be in9 creased proportionately by the total authorized strengths of 

10 such units and by the total number of such individual mem11 bers. 

12 SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE 

13 DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES. 

14 Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411(a), 

15 the reserve components of the Armed Forces are authorized, 

16 as of September 30, 2024, the following number of Reserves 

17 to be serving on full-time active duty or full-time duty, in 

18 the case of members of the National Guard, for the purpose 

19 of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or 

20 training the reserve components: 

21 (1) The Army National Guard of the United 

22 States, 30,845. 

23 (2) The Army Reserve, 16,511. 

24 (3) The Navy Reserve, 10,327. 

25 (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,355. 


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1 (5) The Air National Guard of the United 

2 States, 25,713. 

3 (6) The Air Force Reserve, 6,070. 

4 SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS 

5 (DUAL STATUS). 

6 The minimum number of military technicians (dual 

7 status) as of the last day of fiscal year 2024 for the reserve 

8 components of the Army and the Air Force (notwith9 standing section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall 

10 be the following: 

11 (1) For the Army National Guard of the United 

12 States, 22,294. 

13 (2) For the Army Reserve, 7,990. 

14 (3) For the Air National Guard of the United 

15 States, 9,830. 

16 (4) For the Air Force Reserve, 6,882. 

17 SEC. 414. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU18 THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 

19 OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 

20 During fiscal year 2024, the maximum number of 

21 members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who 

22 may be serving at any time on full-time operational sup23 port duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United States 

24 Code, is the following: 


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1 (1) The Army National Guard of the United 

2 States, 17,000. 

3 (2) The Army Reserve, 13,000. 

4 (3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200. 

5 (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000. 

6 (5) The Air National Guard of the United 

7 States, 16,000. 

8 (6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000. 

9 Subtitle C—Authorization of 

10 Appropriations 

11 SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 

12 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

13 hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2024 

14 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 

15 agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not oth16 erwise provided for, for military personnel, as specified in 

17 the funding table in section 4401. 

18 (b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The author19 ization of appropriations in the subsection (a) supersedes 

20 any other authorization of appropriations (definite or in21 definite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2024. 


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1 TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 

2 POLICY 

3 Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 

4 SEC. 501. REMOVAL OF EXEMPTION RELATING TO ATTEND5 ING PHYSICIAN TO THE CONGRESS FOR CER6 TAIN DISTRIBUTION AND GRADE LIMITA7 TIONS. 

8 Section 525 of title 10, United States Code, is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) by striking subsection (f); and 

11 (2) by redesginating subsection (g) as subsection 

12 (f). 

13 SEC. 502. NUMBER OF GENERAL OFFICERS AND FLAG OFFI14 CERS ON ACTIVE DUTY. 

15 (a) INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED STRENGTH FOR THE

16 SPACE FORCE.—Subsection (a)(5) of section 526a of title 

17 10, United States Code, is amended in by striking ‘‘21’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘25’’. 

19 (b) EXPANSION OF EXCLUSION FOR THE SPACE FORCE

20 FOR JOINT DUTY REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection (b)(2)(E) of 

21 such section is amended by striking ‘‘6’’ and inserting ‘‘10’’. 

22 (c) TEMPORARY ADDITIONAL JOINT POOL ALLOCA23 TION.—Section 501(a)(3) of the National Defense Author24 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 

25 U.S.C. 525 note) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘positions authorized by para2 graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘positions designated under 

3 subsection (b)(1) of section 526a of title 10, United 

4 States Code’’; and 

5 (2) by striking ‘‘30’’ and inserting ‘‘22’’. 

6 SEC. 503. PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS BETWEEN COMPO7 NENTS OF CERTAIN ARMED FORCES OR TO 

8 OTHER CERTAIN ARMED FORCES. 

9 (a) PROMOTION AND TRANSFER OF A WARRANT OFFI10 CER BETWEEN COMPONENTS OF AN ARMED FORCE OR TO

11 ANOTHER ARMED FORCE.—Section 578 of title 10, United 

12 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

13 new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(g)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (d), and subject to 

15 regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, in the 

16 case of a warrant officer in a covered armed force who is 

17 selected for promotion by a selection board convened under 

18 this chapter, and who, before the placement of the warrant 

19 officer’s name on the applicable promotion list, is approved 

20 for transfer to another component of the same covered armed 

21 force or to another covered armed force, the Secretary of 

22 the military department concerned may place the warrant 

23 officer’s name on a corresponding promotion list of the new 

24 component or covered armed force without regard to the 

25 warrant officer’s competitive category. 


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1 ‘‘(2) A promotion under this subsection shall be made 

2 pursuant to section 12242 of this title. 

3 ‘‘(h) In this section, the term ‘covered armed force’ 

4 means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space 

5 Force.’’. 

6 (b) OFFICERS TRANSFERRED TO RESERVE ACTIVE7 STATUS LIST.—Section 624 of such title is amended by add8 ing at the end the following new subsections: 

9 ‘‘(e)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), in the case 

10 of an officer in a covered armed force who is selected for 

11 promotion by a selection board convened under this chapter, 

12 and, prior to the placement of the officer’s name on the ap13 plicable promotion list, is approved for transfer to the re14 serve active-status list of the same covered armed force or 

15 another covered armed force, the Secretary of the military 

16 department concerned may place the officer’s name on a 

17 corresponding promotion list on the reserve active-status 

18 list without regard to the officer’s competitive category. 

19 ‘‘(2) An officer’s promotion under this subsection shall 

20 be made pursuant to section 14308 of this title. 

21 ‘‘(f)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(3), in the case 

22 of an officer who (1) is placed on an all-fully-qualified-offi23 cers list, and (2) is subsequently approved for transfer to 

24 the reserve active-status list, the Secretary of the military 

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1 appropriate all-fully-qualified-officers list on the reserve ac2 tive status list. 

3 ‘‘(2) An officer’s promotion under this subsection shall 

4 be made pursuant to section 14308 of this title. 

5 ‘‘(g) In this section, the term ‘covered armed force’ 

6 means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space 

7 Force.’’. 

8 (c) DATE OF RANK.—Section 14308(c) od such title 

9 is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para11 graph (4); and 

12 (2) by inserting, after paragraph (2), the fol13 lowing new paragraph (3): 

14 ‘‘(3) The Secretary of the military department con15 cerned may adjust the date of rank of an officer whose name 

16 is placed on a reserve active-status promotion list pursuant 

17 to subsection (e) or (f) of section 624 of this title.’’. 

18 SEC. 504. MODIFICATION TO GRADE OF ATTENDING PHYSI19 CIAN TO THE CONGRESS. 

20 Section 715 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 

21 to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘§ 715. Attending Physician to the Congress: grade 

23 ‘‘An officer serving as Attending Physician to the Con24 gress, while so serving, holds the grade of O–6.’’. 


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1 SEC. 505. VERIFICATION OF THE FINANCIAL INDEPEND2 ENCE OF FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNSELORS 

3 IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

4 (a) VERIFICATION OF FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE.— 

5 Section 992 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b)(2)(A)— 

7 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

8 end; 

9 (B) in clause (ii)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘shall’’; 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘installation by any 

13 means elected by the Secretary from among 

14 the following:’’ and inserting ‘‘installa15 tion—’’; 

16 (iii) in subclause (I)— 

17 (I) by striking ‘‘Through’’ and in18 serting ‘‘through’’; and 

19 (II) by striking ‘‘Defense.’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘Defense;’’; 

21 (iv) in subclause (II)— 

22 (I) by striking ‘‘By contract’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘by contract’’; and 

24 (II) by striking ‘‘Internet.’’ and 

25 inserting ‘‘Internet; or’’; and 

26 (v) in subclause (III)— 


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1 (I) by striking ‘‘Through’’ and in2 serting ‘‘through’’; and 

3 (II) by striking ‘‘counseling.’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘counseling; and’’; and 

5 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

6 clause: 

7 ‘‘(iii) may not provide financial services through 

8 any individual unless such individual agrees to sub9 mit financial disclosures annually to the Secretary.’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘installa11 tion by any of the means set forth in subparagraph 

12 (A)(ii), as elected by the Secretary concerned.’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘installation in accordance with the re14 quirements established under subparagraph (A)(ii) 

15 and (iii).’’; and 

16 (3) in subsection (b)(4)— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘The Sec18 retary’’; and 

19 (B) by inserting at the end the following 

20 new subparagraphs: 

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1 seling on financial services under paragraph (2), submit 

2 financial disclosures annually to the Secretary. 

3 ‘‘(C) The Secretary concerned shall review all financial 

4 disclosures submitted pursuant to subparagraph (B) to en5 sure the counselor, or the individual providing counseling, 

6 is free from conflict as required under this paragraph. 

7 ‘‘(D) If the Secretary concerned determines that a fi8 nancial services counselor under paragraph (2)(A)(i), or 

9 any other individual providing counseling on financial 

10 services under paragraph (2), is not free from conflict as 

11 required under this paragraph, the Secretary shall ensure 

12 that the counselor, or the individual providing counseling, 

13 does not provide such services until such time as the Sec14 retary determines that such conflict is resolved.’’. 

15 (b) REPORT ON FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE.—Not later 

16 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

17 and annually thereafter, each Secretary concerned shall 

18 submit to Congress a report on the percentage of financial 

19 services counselors under paragraph (2)(A)(i) of section 

20 992(b) of title 10, United States Code (as amended by sub21 section (a)), and other individuals providing counseling on 

22 financial services under paragraph (2) of such section (as 

23 amended by subsection (a)) whom the Secretary determined 

24 to be free from conflicts as required under paragraph (4) 

25 of such section (as amended by subsection (a)). 


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1 (c) SECRETARY CONCERNED DEFINED.—In this sec2 tion, the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ shall have the mean3 ing given to such term in section 101 of title 10, United 

4 States Code. 

5 SEC. 506. RETIRED GRADE FOR THE DIRECTOR OF ADMIS6 SIONS OF A SERVICE ACADEMY. 

7 (a) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.—Section 

8 7342 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) by inserting ‘‘, or the Director of Admis10 sions,’’ before ‘‘of the United States Military Acad11 emy’’; and 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘as such a professor’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘in such position’’. 

14 (b) UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.—Section 

15 8470a(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and subject 

17 to paragraph (3),’’ after ‘‘subsection (b),’’; and 

18 (2) by adding at the end the following new para19 graph: 

20 ‘‘(3) Upon retirement, an officer of the Navy or Marine 

21 Corps serving as a permanent professor, or the Director of 

22 Admissions, of the United States Naval Academy in the 

23 grade of captain or colonel, and whose service in such posi24 tion has been long and distinguished, may, in the discretion 


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1 of the President, be retired in the grade of rear admiral 

2 (lower half) or brigadier general.’’. 

3 (c) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.—Section 

4 9342 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) by inserting ‘‘, or the Director of Admis6 sions,’’ before ‘‘of the United States Air Force Acad7 emy’’; and 

8 (2) by striking ‘‘as such a professor’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘in such position’’. 

10 SEC. 507. ESTABLISHMENT OF LEGISLATIVE LIAISON OF 

11 THE SPACE FORCE. 

12 Chapter 903 of title 10, United States Code, is amend13 ed by inserting, after section 9023, the following new sec14 tion:— 

15 ‘‘§ 9023a. Legislative Liaison of the Space Force 

16 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is a Legislative Liaison 

17 of the Space Force. 

18 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Legislative Liaison shall per19 form legislative affairs functions under the direction of the 

20 Chief of Space Operations.’’. 

21 Subtitle B—Reserve Component 

22 Management 

23 SEC. 511. GRADES OF CERTAIN CHIEFS OF RESERVE COM24 PONENTS. 

25 (a) IN GENERAL.— 


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1 (1) CHIEF OF ARMY RESERVE.—Section 7038(b) 

2 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by strik3 ing paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 

4 ‘‘(4) The Chief of Army Reserve, while so serving, holds 

5 the grade of lieutenant general.’’. 

6 (2) CHIEF OF NAVY RESERVE.—Section 8083(b) 

7 of such title is amended by striking paragraph (4) 

8 and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(4) The Chief of Navy Reserve, while so serving, holds 

10 the grade of vice admiral.’’. 

11 (3) COMMANDER, MARINE FORCES RESERVE.— 

12 Section 8084(b) of such title is amended by striking 

13 paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(4) The Commander, Marine Forces Reserve, while so 

15 serving, holds the grade of lieutenant general.’’. 

16 (4) CHIEF OF AIR FORCE RESERVE.—Section 

17 9038(b) of such title is amended by striking para18 graph (4) and inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(4) The Chief of Air Force Reserve, while so serving, 

20 holds the grade of lieutenant general.’’. 

21 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub22 section (a) shall take effect on the day that is one year after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to 

24 appointments made after such date. 


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1 SEC. 512. REMOVAL OF PROHIBITION ON ACTIVE DUTY 

2 MEMBERS OF THE AIR FORCE RESERVE POL3 ICY COMMITTEE. 

4 Section 10305 of title 10, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘not on active duty’’ each place 

7 it appears; and 

8 (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘of the reserve 

9 components’’ after ‘‘among the members’’. 

10 SEC. 513. REMOVAL OF PROHIBITION ON ACTIVE DUTY 

11 MEMBERS OF THE AIR FORCE RESERVE POL12 ICY COMMITTEE. 

13 Section 10305 of title 10, United States Code, is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘not on active duty’’ each place 

16 it appears; and 

17 (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘of the reserve 

18 components’’ after ‘‘among the members’’. 

19 SEC. 514. GRADE OF VICE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 

20 BUREAU. 

21 Section 10505 of title 10, United States Code, is 

22 amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

23 ‘‘(c) GRADE.—(1) The Vice Chief of the National 

24 Guard Bureau shall be appointed to serve in the grade of 

25 general. 


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1 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall designate, pursu2 ant to subsection (b) of section 526 of this title, the position 

3 of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau as one of the 

4 general officer and flag officer positions to be excluded from 

5 the limitations in subsection (a) of such section.’’. 

6 SEC. 515. TRANSFERS OF OFFICERS BETWEEN THE ACTIVE 

7 AND INACTIVE NATIONAL GUARD. 

8 Section 303 of title 32, United States Code, is amended 

9 by inserting after subsection (c) the following new sub10 sections: 

11 ‘‘(d) ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.—Under regulations 

12 prescribed by the Secretary of the Army— 

13 ‘‘(1) an officer of the Army National Guard who 

14 fills a vacancy in a federally recognized unit of the 

15 Army National Guard may be transferred from the 

16 active Army National Guard to the inactive Army 

17 National Guard; 

18 ‘‘(2) an officer of the Army National Guard 

19 transferred to the inactive Army National Guard pur20 suant to paragraph (1) may be transferred from the 

21 inactive Army National Guard to the active Army 

22 National Guard to fill a vacancy in a federally recog23 nized unit; 

24 ‘‘(3) a warrant officer of the Army National 

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1 unit of the Army National Guard may be transferred 

2 from the active Army National Guard to the inactive 

3 Army National Guard; and 

4 ‘‘(4) a warrant officer of the Army National 

5 Guard transferred to the inactive Army National 

6 Guard pursuant to paragraph (1) may be transferred 

7 from the inactive Army National Guard to the active 

8 Army National Guard to fill a vacancy in a federally 

9 recognized unit. 

10 ‘‘(e) AIR NATIONAL GUARD.—Under regulations pre11 scribed by the Secretary of the Air Force— 

12 ‘‘(1) an officer of the Air National Guard who 

13 fills a vacancy in a federally recognized unit of the 

14 Air National Guard may be transferred from the ac15 tive Air National Guard to the inactive Air National 

16 Guard; and 

17 ‘‘(2) an officer of the Air National Guard trans18 ferred to the inactive Air National Guard pursuant 

19 to paragraph (1) may be transferred from the inactive 

20 Air National Guard to the active Air National Guard 

21 to fill a vacancy in a federally recognized unit.’’. 

22 SEC. 516. AUTHORIZATION FOR FIREGUARD PROGRAM. 

23 (a) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 5 of title 32, United States 

24 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

25 section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 510. Authorization for FireGuard Program 

2 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Defense may 

3 use members of the National Guard to carry out a program 

4 to aggregate, analyze, and assess multi-source remote sens5 ing information for interagency partnerships in the detec6 tion and monitoring of wildfires, and to support any emer7 gency response to such wildfires. Such a program shall be 

8 known as the ‘FireGuard Program’. 

9 ‘‘(b) RESOURCES; LIMITATION.—If the Secretary car10 ries out a program under this section, the Secretary— 

11 ‘‘(1) shall transfer the functions, personnel, as12 sets, and capabilities of the FireGuard Program, in 

13 existence on the day before the date of enactment of 

14 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

15 Year 2024, to the FireGuard Program authorized 

16 under this section; 

17 ‘‘(2) may direct the Director of the National 

18 Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to provide such assist19 ance as the Secretary determines necessary to carry 

20 out the FireGuard Program; and 

21 ‘‘(3) may not reduce support, or transfer respon22 sibility for support to an interagency partner, for the 

23 FireGuard Program authorized under this section.’’. 


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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

2 the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the 

3 end the following new item: 

‘‘510. Authorization for FireGuard Program.’’. 

4 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The National Defense 

5 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117– 

6 81) is amended by striking section 515. 

7 SEC. 517. DESIGNATION OF AT LEAST ONE GENERAL OFFI8 CER OF THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE AS A 

9 JOINT QUALIFIED OFFICER. 

10 The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that at least one 

11 general officer of the Marine Corps Reserve is designated 

12 as a joint qualified officer. 

13 SEC. 518. REPORT ON FOREIGN DISCLOSURE OFFICER AND 

14 FOREIGN MILITARY SALES OFFICER BILLETS. 

15 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress— 

16 (1) recognizes the critical importance of the Aus17 tralia-United Kingdom-United States (hereinafter re18 ferred to as ‘‘AUKUS’’) trilateral agreement; 

19 (2) believes that appropriate staffing in the De20 partment of Defense must be committed to ensuring 

21 its success; 

22 (3) finds that more seamless and expedient 

23 transfer of advanced defense technologies both to and 

24 from allies and partners is— 


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1 (A) in the national security interest of the 

2 United States; and 

3 (B) critical to ensuring retention of a tech4 nological edge over adversaries; 

5 (4) exhorts the Secretary of Defense to commit 

6 resources to ensuring full-time equivalents and billets 

7 for foreign disclosure officers as well as foreign mili8 tary sales officers in the Department are fully staffed 

9 to support the fulsome review and expedient transfer 

10 of defense articles to AUKUS parties; and 

11 (5) encourages the Secretary of Defense to 

12 prioritize the hiring and retention of individuals in 

13 these roles. 

14 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 

15 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De16 fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

17 a report identifying gaps in the level of staffing necessary 

18 to accomplish AUKUS-related efforts in the Department of 

19 Defense, including those described in subsection (a). The re20 port shall also include— 

21 (1) an assessment of any personnel shortfalls; 

22 (2) a detailed plan for ensuring that existing po23 sitions described in subsection (a) are prioritized for 

24 hiring and retention; 


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1 (3) an assessment of future staffing needs to en2 sure the noted goal of more rapid technology transfer 

3 to AUKUS parties; 

4 (4) a plan for the implementation of the rec5 ommendations included in the report, including an 

6 explanation of any additional funding, authorities, or 

7 organizational changes needed for the implementation 

8 of such recommendations; and 

9 (5) any other matters determined appropriate by 

10 the Secretary. 

11 Subtitle C—General Service 

12 Authorities and Military Records 

13 SEC. 521. REQUIREMENT TO CLASSIFY CERTAIN PERSONS 

14 AS UNACCOUNTED FOR FROM WORLD WAR II 

15 UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. 

16 Section 1509 of title 10, United States Code, is amend17 ed— 

18 (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 

19 (g); and 

20 (2) by inserting after subsection (e), the following 

21 new subsection: 

22 ‘‘(f) REINVESTIGATION OF CERTAIN REMAINS.—(1) 

23 With respect to a person described in subsection (a)(1) 

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1 mine such person to be unaccounted for if the identification, 

2 by a practitioner of an appropriate forensic science, of re3 mains as those of such person, demonstrated discrepancies. 

4 ‘‘(2) Upon request of the primary next of kin of a per5 son whom the designated Agency Director determined unac6 counted for pursuant to paragraph (1), the designated 

7 Agency Director shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) exhume the remains of such person; and 

9 ‘‘(B) direct the senior medical examiner assigned 

10 or detailed under subsection (b)(2) to investigate such 

11 remains using state-of-the-art technology.’’. 

12 SEC. 522. AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN SEPARATED 

13 MEMBERS OF THE AIR FORCE AS HONORARY 

14 SEPARATED MEMBERS OF THE SPACE FORCE. 

15 Chapter 933 of title 10, United States Code, is amend16 ed by adding at the end the following new section: 

17 ‘‘§ 9254. Authority to designate certain separated 

18 members of the Air Force as honorary sep19 arated members of the Space Force 

20 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Air Force may 

21 prescribe regulations that authorize an eligible individual 

22 to be designated as an honorary separated member of the 

23 Space Force. An eligible individual so designated may be 

24 referred to as a ‘Legacy Guardian’. 


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1 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—Regulations prescribed under this 

2 section may include the following elements: 

3 ‘‘(1) Eligibility criteria, including applicable 

4 dates of service and constructive service credit, for 

5 designation under this section. 

6 ‘‘(2) An application process through which an el7 igible individual, or a survivor of a deceased eligible 

8 individual, may apply for such designation of such 

9 eligible individual. 

10 ‘‘(3) A certificate, approved device, or other in11 signia of such designation. 

12 ‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Designation of an eli13 gible individual under this section shall not be construed 

14 to entitle such eligible individual to any benefit in addition 

15 to those established by this section or pursuant to regula16 tions prescribed under this section. 

17 ‘‘(d) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—In this sec18 tion, the term ‘eligible individual’ means an individual— 

19 ‘‘(1) whom the Secretary of the Air Force deter20 mines served in support of space operations as a 

21 member of the Air Force; and 

22 ‘‘(2) who separates (or previously separated) 

23 from the armed forces as a member of the Air Force.’’. 


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1 SEC. 523. MILITARY PERSONNEL: RECRUITING; MERIT2 BASED DETERMINATIONS. 

3 (a) RECRUITING.—Not later than September 30, 2024, 

4 the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations that any 

5 effort to recruit an individual to serve in a covered Armed 

6 Force may not take into account the race or gender of such 

7 individual. 

8 (b) MERIT-BASED DETERMINATIONS.—Not later than 

9 September 30, 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 

10 regulations that, with regards to a military accession, as11 signment, selection, or promotion— 

12 (1) a determination shall be made on the basis 

13 of merit in order to advance those individuals who ex14 hibit the talent and abilities necessary to promote the 

15 national security of the United States; 

16 (2) a candidate shall be evaluated on the bases 

17 of qualifications, performance, integrity, fitness, 

18 training, and conduct; 

19 (3) no determination may be based on favoritism 

20 or nepotism; and 

21 (4) no quota may be used. 

22 (c) COVERED ARMED FORCE DEFINED.—In this sec23 tion, the term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the following: 

24 (1) The Army. 

25 (2) The Navy. 

26 (3) The Marine Corps. 


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1 (4) The Air Force. 

2 (5) The Space Force. 

3 SEC. 524. IMPROVEMENTS TO MEDICAL STANDARDS FOR 

4 ACCESSION TO CERTAIN ARMED FORCES. 

5 (a) IMPROVEMENTS.—Not later than one year after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, and every two years there7 after, the Secretary of Defense shall— 

8 (1) conduct an assessment of the prescribed med9 ical standards and medical screening processes re10 quired for the appointment of an individual as an of11 ficer, or enlistment of an individual as a member, in 

12 each covered Armed Force; 

13 (2) taking into account the findings of such as14 sessment— 

15 (A) update such standards and processes, as 

16 may be necessary; and 

17 (B) take such steps as may be necessary to 

18 improve the waiver process for individuals who 

19 do not meet such prescribed medical standards; 

20 and 

21 (3) submit to the Committees on Armed Services 

22 of the House of Representatives and the Senate a re23 port containing, with respect to the most recently con24 ducted assessment under paragraph (1)— 


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1 (A) the findings of that assessment and a 

2 description of the actions carried out pursuant to 

3 paragraph (2); and 

4 (B) recommendations by the Secretary for 

5 any legislative action the Secretary determines 

6 necessary to further improve such standards and 

7 processes. 

8 (b) COVERED ARMED FORCE.—In this section, the 

9 term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the Army, Navy, Air 

10 Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force. 

11 SEC. 525. PROTECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF CERTAIN ARMED 

12 FORCES WHO REFUSE TO RECEIVE VACCINA13 TIONS AGAINST COVID-19. 

14 (a) PROHIBITION ON ADVERSE ACTION.—The Sec15 retary of the military department concerned may not take 

16 any adverse action against a member of a covered Armed 

17 Force solely on the basis that such member refuses to receive 

18 a vaccination against COVID-19. 

19 (b) REINSTATEMENT.— 

20 (1) REQUEST; CONSIDERATION.—At the request 

21 of a covered individual during the two years following 

22 the date of the involuntary separation of the covered 

23 individual, the Secretary of the military department 

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1 (A) as a member of the covered Armed 

2 Force concerned; and 

3 (B) in the grade held by such covered indi4 vidual immediately before the involuntary sepa5 ration of the covered individual. 

6 (2) TREATMENT OF PERIOD BETWEEN SEPARA7 TION AND REINSTATEMENT.—The Secretary of the 

8 military department concerned shall treat the period 

9 of time between the involuntary separation of a cov10 ered individual and the reinstatement of such covered 

11 individual under paragraph (1) as a period of inac12 tivation from active service under the following provi13 sions of section 710 of title 10, United States Code: 

14 (A) Subsection (b). 

15 (B) Subparagraphs (B) through (D) of 

16 paragraph (2) of subsection (f). 

17 (C) Paragraph (4) of subsection (f). 

18 (D) Subsection (g). 

19 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) The term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the 

21 Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space 

22 Force. 

23 (2) The term ‘‘covered individual’’ means an in24 dividual involuntarily separated from a covered 

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1 individual to receive a vaccination against COVID2 19. 

3 SEC. 526. REVIEWS OF CHARACTERIZATION OF ADMINIS4 TRATIVE DISCHARGES OF CERTAIN MEMBERS 

5 ON THE BASIS OF FAILURE TO RECEIVE 

6 COVID-19 VACCINE. 

7 (a) MANDATORY REVIEW.—A board established under 

8 section 1553 of title 10, United States Code, shall grant a 

9 request pursuant to such section to review the characteriza10 tion of a discharge or dismissal of a former member of a 

11 covered Armed Force if such discharge or dismissal was 

12 solely based on the failure of such former member to obey 

13 a lawful order to receive a vaccine for COVID-19. 

14 (b) PRIORITY.—A board described in subsection (a) 

15 shall consider a request described in such subsection before 

16 any other request on the docket of such board. 

17 (c) COVERED ARMED FORCE DEFINED.—In this sec18 tion, the term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the Army, 

19 Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force. 


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1 SEC. 527. CERTAIN MEMBERS DISCHARGED OR DISMISSED 

2 ON THE SOLE BASIS OF FAILURE TO OBEY A 

3 LAWFUL ORDER TO RECEIVE A VACCINE FOR 

4 COVID-19: COMMUNICATION STRATEGY RE5 GARDING REINSTATEMENT PROCESS. 

6 (a) COMMUNICATION STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later 

7 than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

8 the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secre9 taries of the military departments, shall communicate, to 

10 a covered individual, the current, established, process by 

11 which a covered individual may be reinstated in the covered 

12 Armed Force concerned. 

13 (b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 

15 submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House 

16 of Representatives and the Senate a report on implementa17 tion of the communication strategy under subsection (a). 

18 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) The term ‘‘covered individual’’ means an in20 dividual discharged or dismissed from a covered 

21 Armed Force on the sole basis of failure to obey a 

22 lawful order to receive a vaccine for COVID-19. 

23 (2) The term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the 

24 Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space 

25 Force. 


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1 SEC. 528. PILOT PROGRAM ON CARDIAC SCREENINGS FOR 

2 MILITARY ACCESSIONS. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than September 30, 

4 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot pro5 gram to provide an electrocardiogram to individuals who 

6 undergo military accession screenings. Each such electro7 cardiogram shall be provided— 

8 (1) on a mandatory basis; 

9 (2) at no cost to the recipient; and 

10 (3) in a facility of the Department of Defense or 

11 by a member or employee of the military health sys12 tem. 

13 (b) PURPOSES.—In carrying out the pilot program, 

14 the Secretary shall— 

15 (1) determine the costs (including protocols and 

16 personnel and equipment for each military entrance 

17 processing station) and benefits to the Department of 

18 providing an electrocardiogram to every individual 

19 who undergoes a military accession screening; 

20 (2) develop and implement appropriate processes 

21 to assess the long-term impacts of electrocardiogram 

22 results on military service; and 

23 (3) consult with experts in cardiology to develop 

24 appropriate clinical practice guidelines for cardiac 

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1 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

2 on which the pilot program terminates, the Secretary shall 

3 provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

4 and the House of Representatives a briefing on the pilot 

5 program. Such briefing shall include the following: 

6 (1) The results of all electrocardiograms provided 

7 to individuals under the pilot program— 

8 (A) disaggregated by Armed Force, race, 

9 and gender; and 

10 (B) without any personally identifiable in11 formation. 

12 (2) The rate of significant cardiac issues detected 

13 pursuant to electrocardiograms provided under the 

14 pilot program, disaggregated by Armed Force, race, 

15 and gender. 

16 (3) The number of individuals, if any, who were 

17 disqualified from accession based solely on the result 

18 of an electrocardiogram provided under the pilot pro19 gram. 

20 (4) The cost of carrying out the pilot program. 

21 (d) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall terminate 

22 after three years after its implementation. 


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1 Subtitle D—Military Justice 

2 SEC. 531. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS RE3 GARDING COURTS-MARTIAL. 

4 Section 837 of title 10, United States Code (article 37 

5 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by 

6 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(e)(1) No court-martial convening authority, nor any 

8 other commanding officer, may provide a briefing con9 cerning a pending court-martial, or allegations that may 

10 lead to a court-martial, to any subordinate who may be 

11 selected to serve as a member of such court-martial. 

12 ‘‘(2) The prohibition in paragraph (1) shall not apply 

13 to a briefing provided in the course of a court-martial pro14 ceeding to a member of the armed forces who is partici15 pating in such proceeding.’’. 

16 SEC. 532. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO 

17 THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. 

18 (a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT RELATING TO GUILTY

19 PLEAS FOR MURDER.—Section 918 of title 10, United 

20 States Code (article 118 of the Uniform Code of Military 

21 Justice), is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘he’’ each place it appears and 

23 inserting ‘‘such person’’; and 

24 (2) in the matter following paragraph (4), by 

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1 son is otherwise sentenced in accordance with a plea 

2 agreement entered into between the parties under sec3 tion 853a of this title (article 53a).’’. 

4 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE

5 MILITARY JUSTICE REFORMS IN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE

6 AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.— 

7 (1) ARTICLE 16.—Subsection (c)(2)(A) of section 

8 816 of title 10, United States Code (article 16 of the 

9 Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by 

10 striking ‘‘by the convening authority’’. 

11 (2) ARTICLE 25.—Section 825 of title 10, United 

12 States Code (article 25 of the Uniform Code of Mili13 tary Justice), is amended— 

14 (A) in subsection (d)— 

15 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 

16 ‘‘may, after the findings are announced and 

17 before any matter is presented in the sen18 tencing phase, request, orally on the record 

19 or in writing, sentencing by members’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘shall be sentenced by the military 

21 judge’’; and 

22 (ii) by amending paragraph (2) to 

23 read as follows: 

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1 cused to death, the accused shall be sentenced in accordance 

2 with section 853(c) of this title (article 53(c)).’’; 

3 (B) in subsection (e)— 

4 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 

5 ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the member being 

6 tried’’; and 

7 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

8 (I) in the first sentence, by strik9 ing ‘‘his opinion’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

10 opinion of the convening authority’’; 

11 and 

12 (II) in the second sentence, by 

13 striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the mem14 ber’’; and 

15 (C) in subsection (f) in the second sen16 tence— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘his authority’’ and in18 serting ‘‘the authority of the convening au19 thority’’; and 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘his staff judge advo21 cate or legal officer’’ and inserting ‘‘the staff 

22 judge advocate or legal officer of the con23 vening authority’’. 

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1 FECTIVE DATE OF MILITARY JUSTICE REFORMS ENACTED

2 IN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FIS3 CAL YEAR 2022.— 

4 (1) AUTHORITY.—Section 824a of title 10, 

5 United States Code, as added by section 531 of the 

6 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

7 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1692), is amend8 ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

9 ‘‘(d) SPECIAL TRIAL COUNSEL AUTHORITY OVER CER10 TAIN OTHER OFFENSES.— 

11 ‘‘(1) OFFENSES OCCURRING BEFORE EFFECTIVE

12 DATE.—A special trial counsel may, at the sole and 

13 exclusive discretion of the special trial counsel, exer14 cise authority over the following offenses: 

15 ‘‘(A) An offense under section 917a (article 

16 117a), 918 (article 118), section 919 (article 

17 119), section 920 (article 120), section 920b (ar18 ticle 120b), section 920c (article 120c), section 

19 928b (article 128b), or the standalone offense of 

20 child pornography punishable under section 934 

21 (article 134) of this title that occurred on or be22 fore December 27, 2023. 

23 ‘‘(B) An offense under section 925 (article 

24 125), section 930 (article 130), or section 932 

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1 after January 1, 2019, and before December 28, 

2 2023. 

3 ‘‘(C) An offense under section 925 (article 

4 125) of this title alleging an act of nonconsen5 sual sodomy that occurred before January 1, 

6 2019. 

7 ‘‘(D) A conspiracy to commit an offense 

8 specified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) as 

9 punishable under section 881 of this title (article 

10 81). 

11 ‘‘(E) A solicitation to commit an offense 

12 specified in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) as 

13 punishable under section 882 of this title (article 

14 82). 

15 ‘‘(F) An attempt to commit an offense speci16 fied in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) 

17 as punishable under section 880 of this title (ar18 ticle 80). 

19 ‘‘(2) EFFECT OF EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY.— 

20 ‘‘(A) TREATMENT AS COVERED OFFENSE.— 

21 If a special trial counsel exercises authority over 

22 an offense pursuant to paragraph (1), the offense 

23 over which the special trial counsel exercises au24 thority shall be considered a covered offense for 

25 purposes of this chapter. 


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1 ‘‘(B) KNOWN OR RELATED OFFENSES.—If a 

2 special trial counsel exercises authority over an 

3 offense pursuant to paragraph (1), the special 

4 trial counsel may exercise the authority of the 

5 special trial counsel under subsection (c)(2)(B) 

6 with respect to other offenses described in that 

7 subparagraph without regard to the date on 

8 which the other offenses occur.’’. 

9 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO EFFECTIVE

10 DATE.—Section 539C(a) of the National Defense Au11 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 

12 117-81; 10 U.S.C. 801 note) is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘and shall’’ and inserting ‘‘and, except as provided in 

14 section 824a(d) of title 10, United States Code (article 

15 24a(d) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), 

16 shall’’. 

17 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

18 subsection (b) and subsection (c)(1) shall take effect imme19 diately after the coming into effect of the amendments made 

20 by part 1 of subtitle D of title V of the National Defense 

21 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117– 

22 81) as provided in section 539C of that Act (10 U.S.C. 801 

23 note). 


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1 SEC. 533. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN RECORDS OF CRIMINAL 

2 INVESTIGATIONS. 

3 (a) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 

4 shall develop and implement uniform guidance providing 

5 for the modification of titling and indexing systems to en6 sure that a record identifying a member or former member 

7 of the Armed Forces as the subject of a criminal investiga8 tion is removed from such system if that member or former 

9 member is cleared of wrongdoing as described in subsection 

10 (d). 

11 (b) REVIEW AND DOCUMENTATION.—Not later than 60 

12 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Sec13 retary concerned, pursuant to the guidance issued by the 

14 Secretary of Defense under subsection (a) and in consulta15 tion with the appropriate Judge Advocate General, shall— 

16 (1) review the titling and indexing systems of the 

17 defense criminal investigative organizations under the 

18 jurisdiction of such Secretary to identify each record 

19 in such system that pertains to a member or former 

20 member of the Armed Forces who has been cleared of 

21 wrongdoing as described in subsection (d); 

22 (2) notify the defense criminal investigative or23 ganization involved of each record identified under 

24 paragraph (1); and 

25 (3) direct the head of the organization to remove 

26 the record in accordance with subsection (c). 


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1 (c) DEADLINE FOR REMOVAL.—The head of a defense 

2 criminal investigative organization that receives a notice 

3 under subsection (b)(2) with respect to a record in a titling 

4 or indexing system shall ensure that the record is removed 

5 from such system by not later than 30 days after the date 

6 on which the notice is received. 

7 (d) DISPOSITION OF INVESTIGATIONS.—A member or 

8 former member of the Armed Forces who is the subject of 

9 a criminal investigation shall be considered to have been 

10 cleared of wrongdoing for purposes of subsection (a) if— 

11 (1) the member or former member is found not 

12 guilty at military or civilian trial for the alleged of13 fense; 

14 (2) an investigation conducted by defense crimi15 nal investigative organization or another Federal or 

16 civilian law enforcement agency determines that— 

17 (A) the member or former member is not re18 sponsible for the alleged offense; or 

19 (B) was mistakenly identified as a subject; 

20 (3) the alleged offence was addressed through 

21 non-judicial punishment imposed under section 815 

22 of title 10, United States Code (article 15 of the Uni23 form Code of Military Justice) and the involuntary 

24 separation of the member was not required or rec25 ommended as part of such punishment; 


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1 (4) the investigation into the alleged offense has 

2 been open for 10 years or more and charges have not 

3 been filed; 

4 (5) the member or former member is pardoned; 

5 (6) the reasons specified for the charges are un6 supported by the evidence of the offense a for which 

7 the member or former member was under investiga8 tion as determined by— 

9 (A) a court-martial or other proceeding 

10 brought under chapter 47 of title 10, United 

11 States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Jus12 tice). 

13 (B) an administrative proceeding within 

14 the Department of Defense or the Armed Force 

15 concerned. 

16 (C) a civilian court; or 

17 (7) the Government makes a final determination 

18 not to prosecute the member or former member for the 

19 criminal offense for which the member or former 

20 member was under investigation. 

21 (e) PROHIBITION ON INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION.—No 

22 member of an Armed Force may be involuntarily separated 

23 solely for— 

24 (1) an offense for which the member is cleared of 

25 wrongdoing as described in subsection (d); or 


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1 (2) an offense for which the punishment of sepa2 ration was not specifically recommended— 

3 (A) by a court-martial under chapter 47 of 

4 title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code 

5 of Military Justice); or 

6 (B) by a commander pursuant to the com7 mander’s authority to impose non-judicial pun8 ishment under section 815 of such chapter (arti9 cle 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice). 

10 (f) EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.—The requirements of this 

11 section are in addition to any requirements imposed under 

12 section 549 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

13 Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263). This section shall 

14 supercede any provision of section 549 of the National De15 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 

16 117–263) that is inconsistent with this section, but only to 

17 the extent of the inconsistency. 

18 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) The term ‘‘defense criminal investigative or20 ganization’’ means— 

21 (A) the Army Criminal Investigation Com22 mand; 

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1 (C) the Air Force Office of Special Inves2 tigations; 

3 (D) the Coast Guard Investigative Service; 

4 (E) the Defense Criminal Investigative 

5 Service; and 

6 (F) any other organization or element of the 

7 Department of Defense or an Armed Force that 

8 is responsible for conducting criminal investiga9 tions. 

10 (2) The term ‘‘promotion board’’ has the mean11 ing given such term in section 628 of title 10, United 

12 States Code. 

13 (3) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the 

14 meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10, 

15 United States Code. 

16 (4) The term ‘‘selection board’’ has the meaning 

17 given such term in section 1558 of title 10, United 

18 States Code. 

19 (5) The term ‘‘titling and indexing system’’ 

20 means any database or other records system used by 

21 a defense criminal investigative organization for pur22 poses of titling and indexing (as those terms are de23 fined in section 549(g) of the National Defense Au24 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 


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1 117–263)), including the Defense Central Index of In2 vestigations (commonly known as ‘‘DCII’’). 

3 SEC. 534. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RE4 LOCATION OF ARMY CID SPECIAL AGENT 

5 TRAINING COURSE. 

6 (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 

7 appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 

8 fiscal year 2024 for the Army may be obligated or expended 

9 to relocate an Army CID special agent training course until 

10 each of the requirements specified in paragraphs (1) and 

11 (2) of section 548(a) of the James M. Inhofe National De12 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 

13 117–263) have been met. 

14 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘relocate’’ 

15 and ‘‘Army CID special agent training course’’ have the 

16 meanings given those terms in section 548(b) of the James 

17 M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

18 Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263). 

19 Subtitle E—Other Legal Matters 

20 SEC. 541. SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF CERTAIN ACTIONS 

21 OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

22 FOR THE ARMED FORCES. 

23 (a) CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF

24 APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1259 of title 28, 

2 United States Code, is amended— 

3 (A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or de4 nied’’ after ‘‘granted’’; and 

5 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or de6 nied’’ after ‘‘granted’’. 

7 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND8 MENTS.— 

9 (A) TITLE 10.—Section 867a(a) of title 10, 

10 United States Code (article 67a of the Uniform 

11 Code of Military Justice), is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘The Supreme Court may not review by a writ 

13 of certiorari under this section any action of the 

14 United States Court of Appeals for the Armed 

15 Forces in refusing to grant a petition for re16 view.’’. 

17 (B) TIME FOR APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF

18 CERTIORARI.—Section 2101(g) of title 28, United 

19 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(g) The time for application for a writ of certiorari 

21 to review a decision of the United States Court of Appeals 

22 for the Armed Forces, or the decision of a Court of Criminal 

23 Appeals that the United States Court of Appeals for the 

24 Armed Forces refuses to grant a petition to review, shall 

25 be as prescribed by rules of the Supreme Court.’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 

3 amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect 

4 upon the expiration of the 180-day period beginning 

5 on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall 

6 apply to any petition granted or denied by the 

7 United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces 

8 on or after that effective date. 

9 (2) AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE RULES.—The au10 thority of the Supreme Court to prescribe rules to 

11 carry out section 2101(g) of title 28, United States 

12 Code, as amended by subsection (a)(2)(B) of this sec13 tion, shall take effect on the date of the enactment of 

14 this Act. 

15 SEC. 542. STUDY ON REMOVAL OF SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIM 

16 ADVOCATES FROM THE CHAIN OF COMMAND 

17 OF VICTIMS. 

18 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a 

19 study to determine— 

20 (1) the feasibility and advisability of requiring 

21 that any Sexual Assault Victim Advocate assigned to 

22 a victim under section 1565b of title 10, United 

23 States Code, be from outside the chain of command of 

24 the victim; and 


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1 (2) the potential effects of such a requirement on 

2 the ability of the Armed Forces to implement sexual 

3 assault prevention and response programs. 

4 (b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 

6 submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

7 and the House of Representatives a report on the results 

8 of the study conducted under subsection (a). 

9 Subtitle F—Member Education 

10 SEC. 551. MILITARY EDUCATION FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS 

11 FORCES. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 167 of title 10, United 

13 States Code, is amended as follows: 

14 (1) In subsection (e)(2), by adding at the end the 

15 following new subparagraph: 

16 ‘‘(K) Providing for the education of members of 

17 the special operations forces at degree-granting insti18 tutions of higher military education.’’. 

19 (2) In subsection (g)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

21 the end; 

22 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period 

23 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(3) joint special operations-peculiar education, 

2 leader preparation, and leader development, including 

3 payment of tuition fees for members attending degree4 granting education programs.’’. 

5 (3) By adding at the end the following new sub6 section: 

7 ‘‘(m) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 ‘‘(1) The term ‘degree-granting institutions of 

9 higher military education’ means— 

10 ‘‘(A) the professional military education 

11 schools; 

12 ‘‘(B) the senior level service schools; 

13 ‘‘(C) the intermediate level service schools; 

14 ‘‘(D) the joint intermediate level service 

15 school; 

16 ‘‘(E) the Naval Postgraduate School; 

17 ‘‘(F) the United States Air Force Institute 

18 of Technology; and 

19 ‘‘(G) the Service Academies. 

20 ‘‘(2) The terms ‘intermediate level service school’, 

21 ‘joint intermediate level service school’, and ‘senior 

22 level service school’ have the meaning given such 

23 terms in section 2151 of this title. 


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1 ‘‘(3) The term ‘professional military education 

2 schools’ means the schools specified in section 2162 of 

3 this title. 

4 ‘‘(4) The term ‘Service Academy’ has the mean5 ing given such term in section 347 of this title. 

6 ‘‘(5) The term ‘special operations-peculiar aca7 demic education’ means education at degree-granting 

8 institutions of higher military education that involves 

9 or impacts the United States Special Operations 

10 Command.’’. 

11 (b) AUTHORITY TO EXPEND CERTAIN FUNDS.—Con12 sistent with such regulations as the Secretary of Defense 

13 may prescribe to carry out the amendments made this sec14 tion, the Commander of the United States Special Oper15 ations Command may expend funds appropriated for Major 

16 Force Program 11 for fiscal year 2024 or subsequent fiscal 

17 years to support special operations-peculiar academic edu18 cation at degree-granting institutions of higher military 

19 education. 

20 SEC. 552. EXPANSION OF INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE TO SERVE 

21 AS ADMINISTRATORS AND INSTRUCTORS IN 

22 THE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING 

23 CORPS. 

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1 (1) by striking subsections (e) and (f) and redes2 ignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (e) 

3 and (f), respectively; and 

4 (2) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol5 lows: 

6 ‘‘(d)(1) Instead of, or in addition to, detailing officers 

7 and noncommissioned officers on active duty under sub8 section (c)(1), the Secretary of the military department con9 cerned may authorize qualified institutions to employ, as 

10 administrators and instructors in the program, applicants 

11 who are— 

12 ‘‘(A) retired officers and noncommissioned offi13 cers whose qualifications are approved by the Sec14 retary and the institution concerned; 

15 ‘‘(B) officers and noncommissioned officers 

16 who— 

17 ‘‘(i) have completed at least eight years of 

18 service in the armed forces; 

19 ‘‘(ii) have received honorable discharges not 

20 longer than five years before applying for such 

21 employment; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) are approved by the Secretary of the 

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1 ‘‘(C) officers and noncommissioned officers who 

2 are in an active status; or 

3 ‘‘(D) officers and noncommissioned officers— 

4 ‘‘(i) who are under 60 years of age; 

5 ‘‘(ii) who but for age, would be eligible for 

6 retired pay for non-regular service under section 

7 12731 of this title; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) whose qualifications are approved by 

9 the Secretary of the military department con10 cerned and the institution concerned. 

11 ‘‘(2) Employment under this subsection shall be subject 

12 to the following conditions: 

13 ‘‘(A) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe a 

14 joint service instructor pay scale system to pay ad15 ministrators and instructors employed under this sub16 section. 

17 ‘‘(B) Subject to subparagraph (C), the Secretary 

18 of the military department concerned shall pay to an 

19 institution that employs an administrator or instruc20 tor under this subsection an amount equal to one-half 

21 of the pay paid by the Secretary of the military de22 partment concerned to such individual for any pe23 riod. 

24 ‘‘(C) The Secretary of the military department 

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1 amount set forth in subparagraph (B) if the Sec2 retary concerned determines that— 

3 ‘‘(i) the institution is in an educationally 

4 and economically deprived area; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) such action is in the national interest. 

6 ‘‘(D) Payments by the Secretary of the military 

7 department concerned under this subsection shall be 

8 made from funds appropriated for such purpose. 

9 ‘‘(E) The Secretary of the military department 

10 concerned may require an individual employed under 

11 this subsection to transfer to the Individual Ready 

12 Reserve.’’. 

13 SEC. 553. PROHIBITION OF ESTABLISHMENT OR MAINTE14 NANCE OF A UNIT OF THE JUNIOR RESERVE 

15 OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS AT AN EDU16 CATIONAL INSTITUTION OWNED, OPERATED, 

17 OR CONTROLLED BY THE CHINESE COM18 MUNIST PARTY. 

19 Section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, as amend20 ed by section 552, is further amended by adding at the end 

21 the following new subsection: 

22 ‘‘(g) No unit may be established or maintained at an 

23 educational institution that is owned, operated, or con24 trolled by a person that— 

25 ‘‘(1) is the People’s Republic of China; 


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1 ‘‘(2) is a member of the Chinese Communist 

2 Party; 

3 ‘‘(3) is a member of the People’s Liberation 

4 Army; 

5 ‘‘(4) is identified by the Secretary of Defense 

6 under section 1260H(a) of the William M. (Mac) 

7 Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 

8 Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) as a Chinese 

9 military company; 

10 ‘‘(5) is included in the Non-SDN Chinese Mili11 tary-Industrial Complex Companies List published by 

12 the Department of the Treasury; or 

13 ‘‘(6) is owned by or controlled by or is an agency 

14 or instrumentality of any person described in para15 graphs (1) through (5).’’. 

16 SEC. 554. INCLUSION OF ADVANCED RESEARCH PROGRAMS 

17 AT CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF PROFES18 SIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION. 

19 (a) UNITED STATES ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL

20 STAFF COLLEGE.—Chapter 751 of title 10, United States 

21 Code is amended by adding at the end the following new 

22 section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 7423. Establishment of advanced research program 

2 at the United States Army Command and 

3 General Staff College 

4 ‘‘Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the 

5 Army, the President of the United States Army Command 

6 and General Staff College shall establish, within the College, 

7 an advanced research program that examines the character 

8 of near-future operational-tactical warfighting at the high 

9 end of the conflict spectrum in East Asia. The program 

10 shall use wargaming, operations research, and systems 

11 analysis as the primary methodologies for developing sce12 narios for analysis under the program.’’. 

13 (b) NAVAL WAR COLLEGE.—Chapter 859 of title 10, 

14 United States Code is amended by adding at the end the 

15 following new section: 

16 ‘‘§ 8596. Establishment of advanced research program 

17 at the Naval War College 

18 ‘‘Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the 

19 Navy, the President of the Naval War College shall establish, 

20 within the College, an advanced research program that ex21 amines the character of near-future operational-tactical 

22 warfighting at the high end of the conflict spectrum in East 

23 Asia. The program shall use wargaming, operations re24 search, and systems analysis as the primary methodologies 

25 for developing scenarios for analysis under the program.’’. 


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1 (c) AIR UNIVERSITY.—Chapter 951 of title 10, United 

2 States Code is amended by inserting after section 9420 the 

3 following new section: 

4 ‘‘§ 9421. Establishment of advanced research program 

5 at the Air University 

6 ‘‘Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the 

7 Air Force, the Commander of the Air University shall estab8 lish, within the University, an advanced research program 

9 that examines the character of near-future operational-tac10 tical warfighting at the high end of the conflict spectrum 

11 in East Asia. The program shall use wargaming, operations 

12 research, and systems analysis as the primary methodolo13 gies for developing scenarios for analysis under the pro14 gram.’’. 

15 (d) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than February 1 

16 of each year, the President of the United States Army Com17 mand and General Staff College, the President of the Naval 

18 War College, and the Commander of the Air University 

19 shall each provide to the Committees on Armed Services of 

20 the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on 

21 wargaming outcomes and force structure recommendations 

22 resulting from activities conducted under the advanced re23 search programs established under sections 7423, 8596, and 

24 9421 of title 10, United States Code, respectively. 


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1 SEC. 555. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ENLISTED MEMBERS OF 

2 THE ARMY AND THE NAVY TO ATTEND THE 

3 NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—During fiscal year 2024, the 

5 Secretaries of the Army and the Navy shall each implement 

6 a pilot program to send enlisted members of the Army and 

7 the Navy, respectively, to earn master’s degrees at NPS, in 

8 programs determined appropriate by each such Secretary 

9 in coordination with the President of NPS. 

10 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—A member of the Army or Navy 

11 shall be eligible to participate in such a pilot program on 

12 the same bases as a member of the Marine Corps pursuant 

13 to the MCGEP-E Pilot. 

14 (c) PARTICIPANTS: SELECTION; NUMBER.—The Sec15 retary concerned shall select a member who applies to par16 ticipate in such a pilot program on the same bases used 

17 to select a member of the Marine Corps pursuant to the 

18 MCGEP-E Pilot. Each Secretary concerned shall select a 

19 number of participants that equals the number of officers 

20 of the Armed Force concerned who attend NPS at the same 

21 time. 

22 (d) PROMOTION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary 

23 concerned shall promote a pilot program under this section 

24 to encourage members to apply. 

25 (e) DUTIES OF PARTICIPANTS.—The Secretary con26 cerned shall ensure that the duties of a member selected to 


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1 participate in such a pilot program are performed by an2 other member of the Armed Force concerned until the par3 ticipant returns to such duties. 

4 (f) TERMINATION.—Each such pilot program shall ter5 minate six years after commencement. 

6 (g) REPORT.—Not more than one year after the com7 pletion of a pilot program, each Secretary concerned, in co8 ordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to 

9 the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Rep10 resentatives and Senate a report on the pilot program. Each 

11 such report shall include the following: 

12 (1) The evaluation of the Secretary concerned of 

13 the effects of the pilot program on— 

14 (A) the career trajectories of participants 

15 (including effects on pay); 

16 (B) retention of participants; 

17 (C) recruitment; 

18 (D) job performance of participants; 

19 (E) merit-based promotions of participants; 

20 and 

21 (F) objectives outlined in the 2022 National 

22 Defense Strategy to modernize the Armed Forces, 

23 spur innovation, and outpace and outthink ad24 versaries of the United States; 


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1 (2) The recommendation of the Secretary con2 cerned regarding whether to make the pilot program 

3 permanent. 

4 (3) An estimate of funding and any legislation 

5 necessary to make the pilot program permanent. 

6 (4) Other matters the Secretary concerned deter7 mines appropriate. 

8 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) The term ‘‘MCGEP-E Pilot’’ means the Fis10 cal Year 2023 Marine Corps Graduate Education 

11 Program – Enlisted Pilot Program. 

12 (2) The term ‘‘NPS’’ means the Naval Post13 graduate School. 

14 Subtitle G—Member Training 

15 SEC. 561. INCREASE IN ACCESSION BONUS FOR NURSE OF16 FICER CANDIDATES. 

17 Section 2130a(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 

18 amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘$20,000’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘$40,000’’; and 

21 (2) by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘$20,000’’. 


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1 SEC. 562. SERVICE ACADEMIES: NUMBERS OF NOMINA2 TIONS BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND AP3 POINTMENTS BY THE SECRETARIES OF THE 

4 MILITARY DEPARTMENTS. 

5 (a) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.—Section 

6 7442 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter following 

8 paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘10 persons’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘15 persons’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘150’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘250’’. 

12 (b) UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.—Section 8454 

13 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter following 

15 paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘10 persons’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘15 persons’’; and 

17 (2) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘150’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘250’’. 

19 (c) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.—Section 

20 9442 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter following 

22 paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘10 persons’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘15 persons’’; and 

24 (2) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘150’’ and 

25 inserting ‘‘250’’. 


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1 SEC. 563. INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF NOMINEES FROM 

2 GUAM TO THE SERVICE ACADEMIES. 

3 (a) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.—Section 

4 7442 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 

5 562, is further amended, in subsection (a)(8), by striking 

6 ‘‘Four’’ and inserting ‘‘Five’’. 

7 (b) UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.—Section 8454 

8 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 562, 

9 is further amended, in subsection (a)(8), by striking ‘‘Four’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘Five’’. 

11 (c) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.—Section 

12 9442 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 

13 562, is further amended, in subsection (a)(8), by striking 

14 ‘‘Four’’ and inserting ‘‘Five’’. 

15 SEC. 564. EXEMPTION OF CADET OR MIDSHIPMAN WHO RE16 FUSES TO RECEIVE A VACCINATION AGAINST 

17 COVID–19 FROM REQUIREMENT TO REPAY 

18 TUITION AT MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMY. 

19 (a) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.—Section 

20 7448(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

21 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘A cadet’’; and 

22 (2) by adding at the end the following new para23 graph: 

24 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a cadet or 

25 former cadet who does not fulfill the terms of the agreement 

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1 tion imposed under subsection (b), because such cadet or 

2 former cadet was not tendered an appointment as a com3 missioned officer on the sole basis that the cadet or former 

4 cadet refused to receive a vaccination against COVID–19.’’. 

5 (b) UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.—Section 

6 8459(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘A midshipman’’; 

8 and 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following new para10 graph: 

11 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a midshipman 

12 or former midshipman who does not fulfill the terms of the 

13 agreement as specified under subsection (a), or the alter14 native obligation imposed under subsection (b), because 

15 such midshipman or former midshipman was not tendered 

16 an appointment as a commissioned officer on the sole basis 

17 that the midshipman or former midshipman refused to re18 ceive a vaccination against COVID–19.’’. 

19 (c) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.—Section 

20 9448(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

21 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘A cadet’’; and 

22 (2) by adding at the end the following new para23 graph: 

24 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a cadet or 

25 former cadet who does not fulfill the terms of the agreement 


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1 as specified under subsection (a), or the alternative obliga2 tion imposed under subsection (b), because such cadet or 

3 former cadet was not tendered an appointment as a com4 missioned officer on the sole basis that the cadet or former 

5 cadet refused to receive a vaccination against COVID–19.’’. 

6 (d) RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.—The amendments 

7 made by this section shall have retroactive effect and apply 

8 to a cadet or midshipman at a military service academy 

9 who, on or after January 1, 2020, was not tendered an ap10 pointment as a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces 

11 on the sole basis that such cadet or midshipman refused 

12 to receive a vaccination against COVID–19. 

13 SEC. 565. TRAINING ON THE NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY 

14 FOR MEMBERS OF CERTAIN ARMED FORCES. 

15 (a) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of the military de16 partment concerned shall develop training to provide, to 

17 members of each Armed Force under the jurisdiction of such 

18 Secretary, an unclassified, comprehensive overview of the 

19 National Defense Strategy, including— 

20 (1) the security environment facing the United 

21 States as outlined in the National Defense Strategy; 

22 and 

23 (2) defense priorities outlined in the National 

24 Defense Strategy. 


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1 (b) PROVISION; FREQUENCY.—Such training shall be 

2 provided to a member of the Armed Forces— 

3 (1) during initial entry training; 

4 (2) at least once a year; 

5 (3) during a period of unit-level professional 

6 military education leadership training; and 

7 (4) at any other time determined by the Sec8 retary of the military department concerned. 

9 (c) SURVEY AND REPORT.—The Director of the Defense 

10 Manpower Data Center shall include in the annual status 

11 of forces survey a survey regarding the awareness of mem12 bers of the Armed Forces of the mission of the Department 

13 of Defense in the National Defense Strategy. The results of 

14 such survey— 

15 (1) shall be submitted by the Secretary of Defense 

16 to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

17 and the House of Representatives in a report; and 

18 (2) shall be used by the Secretary of a military 

19 department as a benchmark to evaluate and update 

20 training developed and provided under this section. 


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1 SEC. 566. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 

2 CERTAIN TRAINING OR EDUCATION THAT 

3 PROMOTES CRITICAL RACE THEORY. 

4 (a) PROHIBITION.—No funds authorized to be appro5 priated by this Act may be used to promote critical race 

6 theory— 

7 (1) at a Service Academy; 

8 (2) in training provided to a member of the 

9 Armed Forces; or 

10 (3) in professional military education. 

11 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) The term ‘‘critical race theory’’ means the 

13 theory that individuals, by virtue of race, ethnicity, 

14 color, or national origin, bear collective guilt and are 

15 inherently responsible for actions committed in the 

16 past by other individuals of such race, ethnicity, 

17 color, or national origin. 

18 (2) The term ‘‘Service Academy’’ has the mean19 ing given such term in section 347 of title 10, United 

20 States Code. 

21 SEC. 567. SEX-NEUTRAL HIGH FITNESS STANDARDS FOR 

22 ARMY CLOSE COMBAT FORCE MILITARY OC23 CUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES. 

24 (a) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 days after 

25 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

26 Army shall implement sex-neutral fitness standards on the 


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1 Army Combat Fitness Test that are enhanced in each tested 

2 category for members in the following military occupational 

3 specialties or areas of concentration: 

4 (1) 11A. 

5 (2) 11B. 

6 (3) 11C. 

7 (4) 12A. 

8 (5) 12B. 

9 (6) 13A. 

10 (7) 13F. 

11 (8) 18A. 

12 (9) 18B. 

13 (10) 18C. 

14 (11) 18D. 

15 (12) 18E. 

16 (13) 18F. 

17 (14) 18Z. 

18 (15) 19A. 

19 (16) 19D. 

20 (17) 25C assigned to infantry, calvary, and engi21 neer line companies or troops in brigade combat 

22 teams and infantry battalions. 

23 (18) 68W assigned to infantry, calvary, and en24 gineer line companies or troops in brigade combat 

25 teams and infantry battalions. 


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1 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army pro3 vide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

4 Senate and House of Representatives describing the method5 ology used to establish standards under subsection (a). 

6 SEC. 568. COSTS OF TRAINING ON CRITICAL RACE THEORY. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than May 1, 2024, and 

8 annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

9 to Congress a report on, with regards to training on critical 

10 race theory provided by the Secretary during the previous 

11 calendar year— 

12 (1) the number of hours spent by members of the 

13 Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Depart14 ment of Defense; and 

15 (2) total costs to the Department. 

16 (b) CRITICAL RACE THEORY DEFINED.—In this sec17 tion, the term ‘‘critical race theory’’ means an ideology 

18 based on the following premises: 

19 (1) Race is a socially constructed category that 

20 is used to oppress and exploit people of color. 

21 (2) The law and legal institutions of the United 

22 States are inherently racist insofar as they function 

23 to create and maintain social, economic, and political 

24 inequalities between whites and nonwhites, especially 

25 African Americans. 


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1 SEC. 569. PUBLICATION OF TRAINING MATERIALS OF THE 

2 DEFENSE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MANAGE3 MENT INSTITUTE. 

4 Not later than September 30, 2024, the Secretary of 

5 Defense shall publish all materials created by the Defense 

6 Equal Opportunity Management Institute for the purpose 

7 of training members of the Armed Forces on the website 

8 of such Institute. 

9 Subtitle H—Member Transition 

10 SEC. 571. AMENDMENTS TO PATHWAYS FOR COUNSELING 

11 IN THE TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

12 Section 1142(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘Dis15 ability’’ and inserting ‘‘Potential or confirmed dis16 ability’’; and 

17 (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘Char18 acter’’ and inserting ‘‘Potential or confirmed char19 acter’’. 

20 SEC. 572. SKILLBRIDGE: STAFFING; BUDGETING; OUT21 REACH; REPORT. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1143(e) of title 10, United 

23 States Code is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

25 (A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary 

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1 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

2 subparagraph: 

3 ‘‘(B) The Secretary of a military department shall 

4 carry out one or more programs under this subsection.’’; 

5 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 

6 paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 

7 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol8 lowing new paragraphs: 

9 ‘‘(3) To carry out this subsection, the Secretary con10 cerned shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) assign not fewer than two full-time equiva12 lent positions; and 

13 ‘‘(B) develop for each fiscal year a funding plan 

14 that includes funding lines across the future-years de15 fense program under section 221 of this title. 

16 ‘‘(4) For any program under this subsection, the Sec17 retary concerned shall, on an annual basis— 

18 ‘‘(A) circulate, to members serving on active 

19 duty under the jurisdiction of such Secretary con20 cerned, information about the program (including eli21 gibility requirements and the application process); 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(B) conduct outreach to inform potential em24 ployers about Skillbridge, participating members, and 

25 how the program operates, and to increase the number 


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1 of, and types of, employers that hire program partici2 pants.’’. 

3 (b) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2024, the Sec4 retary of a military department shall submit to the Com5 mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Rep6 resentatives a report regarding Skillbridge in such military 

7 department (disaggregated by Armed Force, in the case of 

8 the Departments of the Navy and the Air Force). Such re9 port shall include the following: 

10 (1) The office with primary responsibility for 

11 Skillbridge, including the number of personnel as12 signed to Skillbridge in such office. 

13 (2) The anticipated funding amount. 

14 (3) The annual number of participants during 

15 fiscal years 2019 through 2023. 

16 (4) How such Secretary selects members to par17 ticipate. 

18 (5) How long it takes for a member to receive 

19 approval to participate. 

20 (6) How many members, disaggregated by rank, 

21 who, after participating, receive a job offer from a 

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1 SEC. 573. TROOPS-TO-TEACHERS PROGRAM: EXPANSION; 

2 EXTENSION. 

3 Section 1154 of title 10, United States Code, is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) in subsection (b)(2)— 

6 (A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘; 

7 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

9 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

11 subparagraph: 

12 ‘‘(C) as administrators and instructors of 

13 the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 

14 under section 2031(d) of this title.’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (d)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (3)— 

17 (i) by redesignating subparagraph (D) 

18 as subparagraph (E); and 

19 (ii) by inserting after subparagraph 

20 (C) the following new subparagraph (D): 

21 ‘‘(D) If a member of the armed forces is apply22 ing for the Program to receive assistance for place23 ment as an administrator or instructor of the Junior 

24 Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, the Secretary shall 

25 require the member to meet the requirements in sec26 tion 2031(d) of this title.’’; and 


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1 (B) in paragraph (4)(A)(ii)— 

2 (i) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ before ‘‘agree’’; 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘; or’’ and 

5 (iii) by adding at the end the following 

6 new subclause: 

7 ‘‘(II) agree to seek employment as ad8 ministrators or instructors under the Jun9 ior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in sec10 ondary schools or in other schools under the 

11 jurisdiction of a local educational agency: 

12 and’’; 

13 (3) in subsection (e)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), by inserting 

15 ‘‘administrator or instructor of the Junior Re16 serve Officers’ Training Corps,’’ before ‘‘or ca17 reer’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by inserting 

19 ‘‘administrator or instructor of the Junior Re20 serve Officers’ Training Corps,’’ before ‘‘or ca21 reer’’; 

22 (4) in subsection (f)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘admin23 istrator or instructor of the Junior Reserve Officers’ 

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1 (5) in subsection (h)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘admin2 istrators or instructors of the Junior Reserve Officers’ 

3 Training Corps,’’ before ‘‘and career’’; and 

4 (6) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and in5 serting ‘‘2027’’. 

6 SEC. 574. REPORT ON THE TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PRO7 GRAM. 

8 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than April 1, 

9 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit10 tees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Rep11 resentatives a report on the effectiveness, timeliness, and 

12 execution of TAP. The report under this section shall in13 clude the following elements: 

14 (1) The average length of time before separation 

15 when a member of an Armed Force, eligible for TAP, 

16 begins preseparation counseling under TAP, 

17 disaggregated by— 

18 (A) Armed Force; and 

19 (B) whether such member is an enlisted 

20 member or an officer. 

21 (2) The timeline and plan of action to imple22 ment the recommendations in GAO-23-104538, De23 cember 2022. 

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1 the report cited in paragraph (2) that approximately 

2 70 percent of members did not begin preseparation 

3 counseling under TAP at least one year before separa4 tion. 

5 (4) The feasibility of ensuring that, by January 

6 1, 2025, at least 75 percent of members eligible for 

7 TAP begin preseparation counseling under TAP at 

8 least one year before separation. 

9 (5) The feasibility of implementing a pilot pro10 gram to provide grants to non-Federal entities that 

11 provide industry-recognized certifications, job place12 ment assistance, and related employment services to 

13 members eligible for TAP and spouses of such mem14 bers. 

15 (6) The feasibility of a pilot program that would 

16 require the military transition assistance teams of the 

17 Department of Defense to contact a veteran at least 

18 twice during each of the first three months after the 

19 veteran separates from an Armed Force, regarding— 

20 (A) transition to civilian life, including em21 ployment, access to benefits administered by the 

22 Secretary of Veterans Affairs, education, and 

23 family life; and 

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1 (7) Recommendations of the Secretary (including 

2 legislation) to improve the long-term effectiveness of 

3 TAP and the well-being of veterans. 

4 (8) Other information the Secretary determines 

5 necessary to provide such Committees with a com6 prehensive description of the participation of the 

7 members in TAP and any other program adminis8 tered by the Secretary that assists in the transition 

9 of members of the Armed Forces to civilian life. 

10 (b) TAP DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘TAP’’ 

11 means the Transition Assistance Program of the Depart12 ment of Defense under sections 1142 and 1144 of title 10, 

13 United States Code. 

14 SEC. 575. SKILLBRIDGE: APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. 

15 (a) STUDY.—Not later than September 30, 2024, the 

16 Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of 

17 the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, 

18 shall conduct a study to identify the private entities partici19 pating in Skillbridge that offer positions in registered ap20 prenticeship programs to covered members. 

21 (b) RECRUITMENT.—The Secretary shall consult with 

22 officials and employees of the Department of Labor who 

23 have experience with registered apprenticeship programs to 

24 facilitate the Secretary entering into agreements with enti25 ties that offer positions described in subsection (a) in areas 


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1 where the Secretary determines few such positions are avail2 able to covered members. 

3 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) The term ‘‘covered member’’ means a member 

5 of the Armed Forces eligible for Skillbridge. 

6 (2) The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship pro7 gram’’ means an apprenticeship program registered 

8 under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known 

9 as the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, 

10 chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 

11 (3) The term ‘‘Skillbridge’’ means an employ12 ment skills training program under section 1143(e) of 

13 title 10, United States Code. 

14 SEC. 576. FEMALE MEMBERS OF CERTAIN ARMED FORCES 

15 AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPART16 MENT OF DEFENSE IN STEM. 

17 (a) STUDY; REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 

18 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit19 tees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Rep20 resentatives a report containing the results of a study on 

21 how to— 

22 (1) increase participation of covered individuals 

23 in positions in the covered Armed Forces or Depart24 ment of Defense and related to STEM; and 


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1 (2) change Skillbridge to help covered individ2 uals eligible for Skillbridge find civilian employment 

3 in positions related to STEM. 

4 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) The term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the 

6 Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space 

7 Force. 

8 (2) The term ‘‘covered individual’’ means a fe9 male— 

10 (A) member of a covered Armed Force; or 

11 (B) civilian employee of the Department of 

12 Defense. 

13 (3) The term ‘‘Skillbridge’’ means an employ14 ment skills training program under section 1143(e) of 

15 title 10, United States Code. 

16 (4) The term ‘‘STEM’’ means science, technology, 

17 engineering, and mathematics. 

18 SEC. 577. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORT ON THIRD19 PARTY JOB SEARCH TECHNOLOGY. 

20 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

21 of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress 

22 a report on potential partnership opportunities with com23 panies that provide third-party job search digital solutions 

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1 ment following their active duty service. Such report shall 

2 include the potential use and effectiveness of any such part3 nerships. 

4 Subtitle I—Decorations and Awards 

5 SEC. 581. EXTENSION OF TIME TO REVIEW WORLD WAR I 

6 VALOR MEDALS. 

7 (a) EXTENSION.—Section 584(f) of the National De8 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 

9 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 7271 note) is amended by striking ‘‘six’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘eight’’. 

11 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub12 section (a) shall take effect as if enacted on the date of the 

13 enactment of such Act. 

14 SEC. 582. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF 

15 HONOR TO MARCELINO SERNA FOR ACTS OF 

16 VALOR DURING WORLD WAR I. 

17 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding the time limi18 tations specified in section 7274 of title 10, United States 

19 Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the 

20 awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the 

21 Armed Forces, the President may posthumously award the 

22 Medal of Honor under section 7272 of such title to 

23 Marcelino Serna for the acts of valor described in the sub24 section (b). 


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1 (b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 

2 described in this subsection are the actions of Marcelino 

3 Serna as a private in the Army during World War I, for 

4 which he was previously awarded the Distinguished-Service 

5 Cross. 

6 Subtitle J—Other Personnel 

7 Matters, Reports, and Briefings 

8 SEC. 591. ARMED FORCES WORKPLACE SURVEYS. 

9 Subsection (c) of section 481 of title 10, United States 

10 Code, is amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) 

12 as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and 

13 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol14 lowing new paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(3) Indicators of the assault (including un16 wanted sexual contact) that give reason to believe that 

17 the victim was targeted, or discriminated against, or 

18 both, for a status in a group.’’. 

19 SEC. 592. ELECTRONIC NOTARIZATION FOR MEMBERS OF 

20 THE ARMED FORCES. 

21 Section 1044a of title 10, United States Code, is 

22 amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

23 ‘‘(e)(1) A person named in subsection (b) may exercise 

24 the powers described in subsection (a) through electronic 

25 means, including under circumstances where the individual 


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1 with respect to whom such person is performing the notarial 

2 act is not physically present in the same location as such 

3 person. 

4 ‘‘(2) A determination of the authenticity of a notarial 

5 act authorized in this section shall be made without regard 

6 to whether the notarial act was performed through elec7 tronic means. 

8 ‘‘(3) A log or journal of a notarial act authorized in 

9 this section shall be considered for evidentiary purposes 

10 without regard to whether the log or journal is in electronic 

11 form.’’. 

12 SEC. 593. DUE DATE FOR REPORT ON EFFORTS TO PRE13 VENT AND RESPOND TO DEATHS BY SUICIDE 

14 IN THE NAVY. 

15 Section 599A(c) of the James M. Inhofe National De16 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 

17 117–263) is amended by striking ‘‘180 days after the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

19 2024’’. 

20 SEC. 594. POSTING OF PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE 

21 988 SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE AT MILI22 TARY INSTALLATIONS. 

23 The Secretary of the military department concerned 

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1 sis Lifeline at each military installation under the jurisdic2 tion of such Secretary. 

3 SEC. 595. PROHIBITION ON DRAG SHOWS AND DRAG QUEEN 

4 STORY HOUR. 

5 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

6 Act may be obligated or expended for a drag show, drag 

7 queen story, or similar event. 

8 SEC. 596. DEFENSE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSITY 

9 AND INCLUSION: REPORT; SUNSET. 

10 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 

12 submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

13 and House of Representatives a report regarding how the 

14 Secretary appointed members to the Defense Advisory Com15 mittee on Diversity and Inclusion, including how the mem16 bership was fairly balanced consistent with section 

17 1004(b)(2) of title 5, United States Code. 

18 (b) SUNSET.—Consistent with section 1013(a)(2) of 

19 title 5, United States Code, the Defense Advisory Committee 

20 on Diversity and Inclusion shall terminate not later than 

21 September 19, 2024. 


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1 SEC. 597. FORCE STRUCTURE AND PERSONNEL REQUIRE2 MENTS OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES: 

3 REVIEW; BRIEFING; REPORT. 

4 (a) REVIEW REQUIRED; ELEMENTS.—Not later than 

5 one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

6 covered officials shall conduct a coordinated review of force 

7 structure and personnel requirements for special operations 

8 forces under the jurisdictions of the covered officials to carry 

9 out special operations activities regarding the following: 

10 (1) Operational and campaign plans of the com11 mander of a combatant command. 

12 (2) The National Defense Strategy of 2022. 

13 (3) The Joint Concept for Competing (dated Feb14 ruary 10, 2023) and any additional relevant Joint 

15 Operating Concepts. 

16 (4) Any Executive orders related to strategic 

17 competition. 

18 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the com19 mencement of the review under subsection (a), the Secretary 

20 of Defense shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of 

21 the Senate and House of Representatives on the initial find22 ings of the review. 

23 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after completion 

24 of the review under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense 

25 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 


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1 Senate and House of Representatives a report that includes 

2 the following: 

3 (1) A summary of the findings of the review. 

4 (2) Details of any proposed changes to force 

5 structure and personnel requirements. 

6 (3) The costs associated with any changes identi7 fied in paragraph (2) and the time required to exe8 cute such changes. 

9 (4) If the Secretary proposes a reduction in spe10 cial operations forces force structure or personnel re11 quirements, effects of such reductions on the ability to 

12 carry out plans described in subsection (a)(1). 

13 (d) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Defense may not 

14 make any reduction in force structure, personnel require15 ments, or staffing levels to a special operations force until 

16 after the Secretary submits the report under subsection (c). 

17 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) The term ‘‘covered official’’ means the fol19 lowing. 

20 (A) The Secretary of the Army. 

21 (B) The Secretary of the Navy. 

22 (C) The Secretary of the Air Force. 

23 (D) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

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1 (E) The Commander of United States Spe2 cial Operations Command. 

3 (2) The term ‘‘special operations activities’’ 

4 means the activities described in section 167(k) of 

5 title 10, United States Code. 

6 (3) The term ‘‘special operations forces’’ means 

7 the forces described in section 167(j) of title 10, 

8 United States Code. 

9 (4) The term ‘‘force structure’’, when used with 

10 respect to an organization, means the type of organi11 zation, the mission of the organization, the personnel 

12 required to operate the organization, and the equip13 ment required to execute the mission of the organiza14 tion. 

15 SEC. 598. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE DE16 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE COUNTERING EX17 TREMISM WORK GROUP. 

18 No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 

19 may be used to fund the Department of Defense Countering 

20 Extremism Work Group. 

21 SEC. 599. DIGITAL AMBASSADOR PROGRAM OF THE NAVY: 

22 CESSATION; REPORT; RESTART. 

23 (a) CESSATION.—The Secretary of the Navy shall cease 

24 all activities of the digital ambassador program of the Office 

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1 retary shall notify each individual designated as a digital 

2 ambassador of such cessation and that the individual is not 

3 authorized to act as a digital ambassador of the Navy. 

4 (b) RESTART.—The Secretary may not restart such 

5 program until 60 days after the date on which the Secretary 

6 submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

7 and House of Representatives a report containing the fol8 lowing: 

9 (1) All policies and documents of the program. 

10 (2) The number of digital ambassadors des11 ignated. 

12 (3) The process and criteria for such designation. 

13 (4) The duties of a digital ambassador. 

14 (5) The online platforms (including social 

15 media) on which an individual is authorized under 

16 such program to perform duties of a digital ambas17 sador. 

18 (6) The determination of the Secretary that such 

19 program complies with applicable laws, regulations, 

20 and guidance. 

21 SEC. 599A. REPORT ON MILITARY ONESOURCE. 

22 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

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1 resentatives a report regarding the Military OneSource pro2 gram of the Department of Defense. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under this section shall 

4 include the following elements: 

5 (1) A history of the program, including origin, 

6 development, and expansion. 

7 (2) An accounting of costs to the Federal Govern8 ment to operate the program during fiscal years 2019 

9 through 2023. 

10 (3) Use of the program during fiscal years 2019 

11 through 2023, including— 

12 (A) the total number of individuals who 

13 used the program, disaggregated by whether such 

14 use was through a phone call or the website; 

15 (B) the number of members of the Armed 

16 Forces who have used the program, disaggregated 

17 by Armed Force, race, gender, age, marital sta18 tus, and duty location; and 

19 (C) the most commonly used services offered 

20 through the program. 

21 (4) How records for such usage are kept and pro22 tected. 

23 (5) A list of all services offered through the pro24 gram. 

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1 (7) Services to be added to the program. 

2 (8) Criteria by which services offered through the 

3 program are added or discontinued. 

4 SEC. 599B. STUDY ON SERVICE BY NEURODIVERGENT INDI5 VIDUALS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

8 shall seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded 

9 research and development center that meets the criteria de10 scribed in subsection (b), under which such center shall con11 duct a study to— 

12 (1) evaluate how the Secretary may maximize 

13 the talent of neurodivergent populations; 

14 (2) determine the extent to which current policies 

15 prevent the contributions of neurodivergent popu16 lations in the Department of Defense; and 

17 (3) develop recommendations for modifying in18 ternal policies and practices of the Department to im19 prove employment of neurodivergent individuals in 

20 such Department. 

21 (b) FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND DEVELOP22 MENT CENTER.—A federally funded research and develop23 ment center described in this subsection is such a center 

24 that the Secretary determines— 

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1 (2) has a record of— 

2 (A) conducting research and analysis using 

3 a multidisciplinary approach; and 

4 (B) publishing analyses to inform public 

5 debate; and 

6 (3) demonstrated specific competencies in— 

7 (A) policies regarding military personnel 

8 and readiness, as applied to the national defense 

9 strategy; 

10 (B) personnel assignment policies of the De11 partment of Defense; 

12 (C) evaluating the practices of the civilian 

13 workforce in integrating neurodivergent individ14 uals; 

15 (D) how such practices could be applied to 

16 the military; and 

17 (E) military recruitment policies. 

18 (c) STUDY.—A federally funded research and develop19 ment center that enters into an agreement under subsection 

20 (a) shall conduct a comprehensive study on the recruitment 

21 and personnel management of neurodivergent individuals 

22 who are members of the covered Armed Forces and civilian 

23 employees of the Department of Defense. Such study shall— 

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1 tions, noting any inconsistencies or areas for im2 provement; 

3 (2) evaluate how members with neurodivergent 

4 conditions are currently managed by the Secretaries 

5 of the military departments, including medical treat6 ments and behavioral strategies; 

7 (3) evaluate the unique skills and talents that 

8 neurodivergent individuals can bring to the Depart9 ment of Defense, including in emerging fields like 

10 cyber operations and intelligence; and 

11 (4) identify potential challenges or barriers to 

12 successful inclusion of neurodivergent individuals in 

13 such Department. 

14 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act, the center that conducts the 

16 study shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report con17 taining the following: 

18 (1) The findings of the study under subsection 

19 (c). 

20 (2) Recommendations for changes to— 

21 (A) the medical evaluation process for ini22 tial accessions; and 

23 (B) evaluations for military occupational 

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1 (3) Any additional information determined ap2 propriate regarding the improvement by the Secretary 

3 of recruitment, management, and retention of 

4 neurodivergent members of the covered Armed Forces 

5 and civilian employees of the Department of Defense. 

6 (e) COVERED ARMED FORCE DEFINED.—In this sec7 tion, the term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the Army, 

8 Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force. 

9 TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND 

10 OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 

11 Subtitle A—Basic Pay, Retired Pay, 

12 and Leave 

13 SEC. 601. PARENTAL LEAVE PARITY FOR MEMBERS OF CER14 TAIN RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED 

15 FORCES. 

16 (a) PARENTAL LEAVE.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 40 of title 10, United 

18 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 710 

19 the following new section: 

20 ‘‘§ 711. Parental leave for members of certain reserve 

21 components of the armed forces 

22 ‘‘(a)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary 

23 of Defense, a member of a reserve component of the armed 

24 forces described in subsection (b) is allowed parental leave 

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1 under section 206 of title 37, during the one-year period 

2 beginning after the following events: 

3 ‘‘(A) the birth or adoption of a child of the member 

4 and to care for such child; or 

5 ‘‘(B) the placement of a minor child with the member 

6 for adoption or long-term foster care. 

7 ‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary concerned, under uniform regu8 lations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, may 

9 authorized leave described under subparagraph (A) to be 

10 taken after the one-year period described in subparagraph 

11 (A) in the case of a member described in subsection (b) who, 

12 except for this subparagraph, would lose unused parental 

13 leave at the end of the one-year period described in subpara14 graph (A) as a result of— 

15 ‘‘(i) operational requirements; 

16 ‘‘(ii) professional military education obligations; 

17 or 

18 ‘‘(iii) other circumstances that the Secretary de19 termines reasonable and appropriate. 

20 ‘‘(B) The regulations prescribed under clause (i) shall 

21 require that any leave authorized to be taken after the one22 year period described in subparagraph (A) shall be taken 

23 within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the 

24 Secretary of Defense, after cessation of the circumstances 

25 warranting the extended deadline.; 


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1 ‘‘(b) A member described in this subsection is a mem2 ber of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space 

3 Force who is a member of— 

4 ‘‘(1) the selected reserve who is entitled to com5 pensation under section 206 of title 37; or 

6 ‘‘(2) the individual ready reserve who is entitled 

7 to compensation under section 206 of title 37 when 

8 attending or participating in a sufficient number of 

9 periods of inactive-duty training during a year to 

10 count the year as a qualifying year of creditable serv11 ice toward eligibility for retired pay.’’. 

12 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec13 tions at the beginning of chapter 40 of such title is 

14 amended by inserting after the item relating to sec15 tion 710 the following new item: 

‘‘711. Parental leave for members of the reserve component of the armed forces.’’. 

16 (b) COMPENSATION.—Section 206(a) of title 37, 

17 United States Code, is amended by amending paragraph 

18 (4) to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(4) for a regular period of instruction, period 

20 of appropriate duty, or such other equivalent training 

21 that a member would be required to perform but does 

22 not perform because such member was authorized to 

23 take parental leave pursuant to section 711 of title 

24 10.’’. 


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1 (c) CONTRIBUTION OF LEAVE TOWARD ENTITLEMENT

2 TO RETIRED PAY.—Section 12732(a)(2)(G) of title 10, 

3 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘12 per period’’ 

4 and all that follows through the end of the sentence and 

5 inserting the following: ‘‘1 per inactive-duty training pe6 riod, under section 206 of title 37, during which the member 

7 is on parental leave under section 711 of this title.’’. 

8 (d) CREDIT FOR RETIRED PAY PURPOSES.—Section 

9 602(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De10 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 

11 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 12732 note) is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘maternity 

13 leave’’ and all that follows through ‘‘birth of a child’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘parental leave described in section 

15 12732(a)(2)(G) of title 10, United States Code, taken 

16 by a member of the reserve components of the Armed 

17 Forces’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘maternity 

19 leave’’ and all that follows through ‘‘childbirth event’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘parental leave taken by the member’’; 

21 and 

22 (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘maternity 

23 leave’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘parental 

24 leave’’. 


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1 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend2 ments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 

3 2024, and apply with respect to periods of parental leave 

4 that commence on or after such date. 

5 SEC. 602. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY 

6 OF A MILITARY DEPARTMENT TO PAY A MEM7 BER WHO IS ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE OR 

8 OVER LEAVE FOR SUCH ABSENCE. 

9 Section 503(a) of title 37, United States Code, is 

10 amended by inserting ‘‘or the Secretary of the military de11 partment concerned determines to pay such pay and allow12 ances’’ before the period at the end. 

13 SEC. 603. REPORT ON MODERNIZED RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 

14 Not later than September 30, 2024, the Secretary of 

15 Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 

16 of the Senate and House of Representatives a report regard17 ing implementation of the modernized retirement system 

18 pursuant to amendments in part I of subtitle D of title VI 

19 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

20 2016 (Public Law 114–92). Such report shall include the 

21 following elements: 

22 (1) An analysis of data collected on the effects of 

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1 curity training for members of the uniformed services 

2 during fiscal years 2015 through 2023. 

3 (2) Recommendations of the Secretary regarding 

4 tools or resources needed for the Secretary to improve 

5 financial literacy training for our such members. 

6 Subtitle B—Bonus and Incentive 

7 Pays 

8 SEC. 611. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN EXPIRING 

9 BONUS AND SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES. 

10 (a) AUTHORITIES RELATING TO RESERVE FORCES.— 

11 Section 910(g) of title 37, United States Code, relating to 

12 income replacement payments for reserve component mem13 bers experiencing extended and frequent mobilization for ac14 tive duty service, is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

15 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 

16 (b) TITLE 10 AUTHORITIES RELATING TO HEALTH

17 CARE PROFESSIONALS.—The following sections of title 10, 

18 United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

19 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’: 

20 (1) Section 2130a(a)(1), relating to nurse officer 

21 candidate accession program. 

22 (2) Section 16302(d), relating to repayment of 

23 education loans for certain health professionals who 

24 serve in the Selected Reserve. 


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1 (c) AUTHORITIES RELATING TO NUCLEAR OFFI2 CERS.—Section 333(i) of title 37, United States Code, is 

3 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 

5 (d) AUTHORITIES RELATING TO TITLE 37 CONSOLI6 DATED SPECIAL PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AU7 THORITIES.—The following sections of title 37, United 

8 States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’: 

10 (1) Section 331(h), relating to general bonus au11 thority for enlisted members. 

12 (2) Section 332(g), relating to general bonus au13 thority for officers. 

14 (3) Section 334(i), relating to special aviation 

15 incentive pay and bonus authorities for officers. 

16 (4) Section 335(k), relating to special bonus and 

17 incentive pay authorities for officers in health profes18 sions. 

19 (5) Section 336(g), relating to contracting bonus 

20 for cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the Senior Re21 serve Officers’ Training Corps. 

22 (6) Section 351(h), relating to hazardous duty 

23 pay. 

24 (7) Section 352(g), relating to assignment pay or 

25 special duty pay. 


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1 (8) Section 353(i), relating to skill incentive pay 

2 or proficiency bonus. 

3 (9) Section 355(h), relating to retention incen4 tives for members qualified in critical military skills 

5 or assigned to high priority units. 

6 (e) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY INCREASE IN

7 RATES OF BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING.—Section 

8 403(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (7)(E), relating to an area cov10 ered by a major disaster declaration or containing an 

11 installation experiencing an influx of military per12 sonnel, by striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘December 31, 2024’’; and 

14 (2) in paragraph (8)(C), relating to an area 

15 where actual housing costs differ from current rates 

16 by more than 20 percent, by striking ‘‘September 30, 

17 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 

18 SEC. 612. AUTHORIZATION OF MONTHLY BONUS PAY FOR A 

19 JUNIOR MEMBER OF THE UNIFORMED SERV20 ICES DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2024. 

21 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Beginning on January 1, 2024, 

22 if the Secretary concerned determines that prevailing eco23 nomic conditions may adversely affect an eligible member, 

24 the Secretary concerned may pay a monthly bonus to each 

25 eligible member. 


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1 (b) AMOUNT OF PAY.—Each bonus payment under this 

2 section shall be in an amount equal to a percentage, deter3 mined by the Secretary concerned, of the rate— 

4 (1) in effect on December 31, 2023; and 

5 (2) of, for an eligible member— 

6 (A) pay under section 204 of title 37, 

7 United States Code; or 

8 (B) compensation under section 206 of title 

9 37, United States Code. 

10 (c) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PAY AND ALLOW11 ANCES.—Bonus pay paid to an eligible member under this 

12 section is in addition to any other pay and allowances to 

13 which the eligible member is entitled. 

14 (d) TERMINATION.—No bonus may be paid under this 

15 section after December 31, 2024. 

16 (e) ELIGIBLE MEMBER DEFINED.—In this section, the 

17 term ‘‘eligible member’’ means a member of the uniformed 

18 services who— 

19 (1) is entitled to pay or compensation described 

20 in subsection (b)(2); and 

21 (2) is in a grade below E-6. 


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1 SEC. 613. DETERMINATION OF COLD WEATHER LOCATION 

2 FOR PURPOSES OF ASSIGNMENT OR SPECIAL 

3 DUTY PAY. 

4 For purposes of assignment or special duty pay under 

5 section 352 of title 37, United States Code, the Secretary 

6 concerned shall determine that a duty station is a cold 

7 weather location if, at such duty station, a member of the 

8 uniformed services receives training in— 

9 (1) mountaineering; 

10 (2) proficiency in an alpine environment; or 

11 (3) proficiency in a cold weather environment. 

12 Subtitle C—Allowances 

13 SEC. 621. BASIC NEEDS ALLOWANCE: EXCLUSION OF BASIC 

14 ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING FROM THE CAL15 CULATION OF GROSS HOUSEHOLD INCOME 

16 OF AN ELIGIBLE MEMBER OF THE ARMED 

17 FORCES. 

18 Section 402b(k)(1)(B) of title 37, United States Code, 

19 is amended— 

20 (1) by striking ‘‘in the case’’ and all that follows 

21 through ‘‘portion of’’; and 

22 (2) by striking ‘‘that the Secretary concerned 

23 elects to exclude’’ and inserting ‘‘paid to such mem24 ber’’. 


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1 SEC. 622. IMPROVED CALCULATION OF BASIC ALLOWANCE 

2 FOR HOUSING FOR JUNIOR ENLISTED MEM3 BERS. 

4 Section 403 of title 37, United States Code, is amend5 ed, in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘and shall be based’’ 

6 and all that follows and inserting a period. 

7 SEC. 623. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY OF A COMMANDING 

8 OFFICER TO AUTHORIZE A BASIC ALLOW9 ANCE FOR HOUSING FOR A MEMBER PER10 FORMING INITIAL FIELD OR SEA DUTY. 

11 Section 403 of title 37, United States Code, as amend12 ed by section 622, is further amended, in subsection (f)— 

13 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘certifies that the member 

15 was necessarily required to procure quarters at 

16 the member’s expense.’’ and inserting an em 

17 dash; and 

18 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

19 subparagraphs: 

20 ‘‘(A) certifies that the member was required to 

21 procure housing at the member’s expense; or 

22 ‘‘(B) determines that quarters at the duty station 

23 or in the field environment are inadequate or an im24 pediment to morale, good order, or discipline.’’; and 

25 (2) in paragraph (2)(B)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘the Secretary may author2 ize’’ and inserting ‘‘a commanding officer may 

3 authorize’’; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘who is serving in pay 

5 grade E–4 or E–5’’ and inserting ‘‘who is serv6 ing in a pay grade below E-6’’; and 

7 (C) by striking ‘‘members serving in pay 

8 grades E-4 and E-5’’ and inserting ‘‘such mem9 bers. In authorizing an allowance under this 

10 subparagraph, the commanding officer shall con11 sider the availability of quarters for the member 

12 and whether such quarters are inadequate or an 

13 impediment to morale, good order, or dis14 cipline’’. 

15 SEC. 624. DUAL BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING FOR 

16 TRAINING. 

17 Section 403 of title 37, United States Code, as amend18 ed by sections 622 and 623, is further amended, in sub19 section (g)(3), by striking ‘‘Paragraphs’’ and inserting ‘‘Ex20 cept in the case of a member of a reserve component without 

21 dependents who is called or ordered to active duty to attend 

22 training for at least 140 days but fewer than 365 days, 

23 paragraphs’’. 


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1 SEC. 625. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING: PILOT PRO2 GRAM TO OUTSOURCE RATE CALCULATION. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 2024, 

4 the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into an agree5 ment with a covered entity pursuant to which the covered 

6 entity shall calculate, using industry-standard machine 

7 learning and artificial intelligence algorithms, the monthly 

8 rates of BAH for not fewer than 15 MHAs. 

9 (b) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date 

10 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 

11 the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House 

12 of Representatives a report containing the evaluation of the 

13 Secretary of the rates calculated by a covered entity pursu14 ant to an agreement under subsection (a). 

15 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) The term ‘‘BAH’’ means the basic allowance 

17 for housing for members of the uniformed services 

18 under section 403 of title 37, United States Code. 

19 (2) The term ‘‘covered entity’’ means a nation20 ally recognized entity in the field of commercial real 

21 estate that has data on local rental rates in real estate 

22 markets across the United States. 

23 (3) The term ‘‘MHA’’ means military housing 

24 area. 


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1 SEC. 626. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF HOUSING FOR 

2 MILITARY PERSONNEL IN GUAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall seek 

4 to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research 

5 and development center for an independent assessment of 

6 housing of military personnel assigned to duty stations in 

7 Guam. 

8 (b) ELEMENTS.—An assessment under subsection (a) 

9 shall include the following: 

10 (1) A survey of the housing needs for current and 

11 future military personnel to be stationed in Guam, 

12 accommodating the varying needs of single and mar13 ried members of the Armed Forces at various stages 

14 of their careers. 

15 (2) Possible options for the Secretary to build 

16 new housing to accommodate future service members 

17 and resolve existing housing shortages. 

18 (3) Possible strategies for the Secretary to miti19 gate the impact of military personnel on the local 

20 housing supply in Guam. 

21 (c) REPORT.—An entity that enters into an agreement 

22 to conduct the assessment described in subsection (a) shall 

23 submit to the Secretary and the Committees on Armed Serv24 ices of the Senate and House of Representatives a report 

25 containing the findings of the assessment not later than De26 cember 31, 2024. 


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1 SEC. 627. BRIEFINGS ON PILOT PROGRAM ON HIRING OF 

2 SPECIAL NEEDS INCLUSION COORDINATORS 

3 FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CHILD DE4 VELOPMENT CENTERS. 

5 Section 576(d) of the National Defense Authorization 

6 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 10 U.S.C. 

7 1792 note) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para9 graph (3); and 

10 (2) by inserting, after paragraph (1) the fol11 lowing new paragraph (2): 

12 ‘‘(2) BRIEFINGS ON IMPLEMENTATION.—Begin13 ning on January 31, 2024, until the termination of 

14 the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall pro15 vide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen16 ate and the House of Representatives a quarterly 

17 briefing on the implementation of the pilot program. 

18 Each such briefing shall include the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) The process for selecting child develop20 ment centers under subsection (b). 

21 ‘‘(B) How a special needs inclusion coordi22 nator hired under the pilot program coordinates 

23 with the head of the child development center 

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1 ‘‘(C) How many special needs inclusion co2 ordinators have been hired under the pilot pro3 gram.’’. 

4 Subtitle D—Family Readiness and 

5 Survivor Benefits 

6 SEC. 631. MODIFICATIONS TO TRANSITIONAL COMPENSA7 TION FOR DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS SEPA8 RATED FOR DEPENDENT ABUSE. 

9 (a) COVERED PUNITIVE ACTIONS.—Section 1059 of 

10 title 10, United States Code, is amended, in subsection 

11 (b)— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 

13 inserting a semicolon; 

14 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at 

15 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following new para17 graph: 

18 ‘‘(3) who is— 

19 ‘‘(A) convicted of a dependent-abuse offense 

20 in a district court of the United States or a 

21 State court; and 

22 ‘‘(B) separated from active duty pursuant 

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1 from active duty, for an offense other than the 

2 dependent-abuse offense; or 

3 ‘‘(4) who is— 

4 ‘‘(A) accused but not convicted of a depend5 ent-abuse offense; 

6 ‘‘(B) determined, as a result of a review by 

7 the commander of the member and based on a 

8 preponderance of evidence, to have committed the 

9 dependent-abuse offense; and 

10 ‘‘(C) required to forfeit all pay and allow11 ances pursuant to a sentence of a court-martial 

12 for an offense other than the dependent-abuse of13 fense.’’. 

14 (b) RECIPIENTS OF PAYMENTS.—Subsection (d) of 

15 such section is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘resulting in 

17 the separation’’ and inserting ‘‘referred to in sub18 section (b)’’; and 

19 (2) in paragraph (4)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘determined as of the date’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘determined— 

22 ‘‘(A) as of the date’’; 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘offense or, in a case’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘offense— 

25 ‘‘(B) in a case’’. 


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1 (C) by striking the period at the end and 

2 inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

3 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

4 subparagraph: 

5 ‘‘(C) in a case described in subsection 

6 (b)(4), as of, as applicable— 

7 ‘‘(i) the first date on which the indi8 vidual is held in pretrial confinement relat9 ing to the dependent-abuse offense of which 

10 the individual is accused after the 7-day re11 view of pretrial confinement required by 

12 Rule 305(i)(2) of the Rules for Courts-Mar13 tial; or 

14 ‘‘(ii) the date on which a review by a 

15 commander of the individual determines 

16 there is probable cause that the individual 

17 has committed that offense.’’. 

18 (c) COMMENCEMENT OF PAYMENT.—Subsection (e)(1) 

19 of such section is amended— 

20 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

21 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

22 inserting after ‘‘offense’’ the following: ‘‘or an of23 fense described in subsection (b)(3)(B)’’; and 

24 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

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1 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘(if the basis’’ and all that 

3 follows through ‘‘offense)’’; and 

4 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

5 inserting ‘‘; or’’ ; and 

6 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub7 paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(C) in the case of a member described in sub9 section (b)(4), shall commence as of, as applicable— 

10 ‘‘(i) the first date on which the member is 

11 held in pretrial confinement relating to the de12 pendent-abuse offense of which the member is ac13 cused after the 7-day review of pretrial confine14 ment required by Rule 305(i)(2) of the Rules for 

15 Courts-Martial; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) the date on which a review by a com17 mander of the member determines there is prob18 able cause that the member has committed that 

19 offense.’’. 

20 (d) DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT CHILD.—Subsection 

21 (l) of such section is amended, in the matter preceding 

22 paragraph (1)— 

23 (1) by striking ‘‘resulting in the separation of 

24 the former member or’’ and inserting ‘‘referred to in 

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1 (2) by striking ‘‘resulting in the separation of 

2 the former member and’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’. 

3 (e) DELEGATION OF DETERMINATIONS RELATING TO

4 EXCEPTIONAL ELIGIBILITY.—Paragraph (4) of subsection 

5 (m) of such section is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(4) The Secretary concerned may delegate the author7 ity under paragraph (1) to the first general or flag officer 

8 (or civilian equivalent) in the chain of command of the 

9 member.’’. 

10 SEC. 632. LODGING EXPENSES FOR DEPENDENTS OF MEM11 BERS SEPARATED FOR DEPENDENT ABUSE. 

12 Section 1059 of title 10, United States Code, as amend13 ed by section 631, is further amended— 

14 (1) in the heading, by adding ‘‘; lodging ex15 penses’’ at the end; 

16 (2) by redesignating subsections (k), (l), and (m) 

17 as subsections (m), (n), and (l), respectively; 

18 (3) by striking ‘‘subsection (k)’’ each place it ap19 pears and inserting ‘‘subsection (m)’’; and 

20 (4) by inserting, after subsection (j), the fol21 lowing new subsection (k): 

22 ‘‘(k) LODGING EXPENSES.—A dependent or former de23 pendent entitled to payment of monthly transitional com24 pensation under this section shall, while receiving payments 


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1 in accordance with this section, be entitled to lodging ex2 penses for a period not longer than 30 days.’’. 

3 SEC. 633. ACCESS TO COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE PRIVI4 LEGES FOR REMARRIED SURVIVING 

5 SPOUSES. 

6 Section 1062 of title 10, United States Code, is amend7 ed— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Defense’’ and 

9 inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(a) CERTAIN UNREMARRIED FORMER SPOUSES.— 

11 The Secretary of Defense’’; 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘commissary and exchange privi13 leges’’ and inserting ‘‘use commissary stores and 

14 MWR retail facilities’’; 

15 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub16 section: 

17 ‘‘(b) CERTAIN REMARRIED SURVIVING SPOUSES.—The 

18 Secretary of Defense shall prescribe such regulations as may 

19 be necessary to provide that a surviving spouse of a deceased 

20 member of the armed forces, regardless of the marital status 

21 of the surviving spouse, is entitled to use commissary stores 

22 and MWR retail facilities to the same extent and on the 

23 same basis as an unremarried surviving spouse of a member 

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1 (4) by adding at the end the following new sub2 section: 

3 ‘‘(c) MWR RETAIL FACILITIES DEFINED.—In this sec4 tion, the term ‘MWR retail facilities’ has the meaning given 

5 that term in section 1063 of this title.’’. 

6 SEC. 634. AUTHORITY FOR PEER MENTORING PROGRAM 

7 FOR MILITARY DEPENDENTS. 

8 Subchapter I of chapter 88 of title 10, United States 

9 Code, is amended by inserting after section 1788a the fol10 lowing new section: 

11 ‘‘§ 1788b. Authority for peer mentoring program 

12 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense may 

13 carry out a peer mentoring program for dependents of mem14 bers. Under such program, a mentor shall seek to meet with 

15 a mentee once per month to discuss challenges for military 

16 families. 

17 ‘‘(b) TRAINING.—A dependent who elects to serve as 

18 a mentor in such a program shall receive training from 

19 a mental health care provider.’’. 


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1 SEC. 635. EXPANSION OF QUALIFYING EVENTS FOR WHICH 

2 A MEMBER OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES 

3 MAY BE REIMBURSED FOR SPOUSAL RELI4 CENSING OR BUSINESS COSTS DUE TO THE 

5 MEMBER’S RELOCATION. 

6 Section 453(g) of title 37, United States Code, is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) by striking the subsection heading and in9 serting ‘‘REIMBURSEMENT OF QUALIFYING SPOUSE

10 RELICENSING COSTS AND BUSINESS COSTS’’; 

11 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

13 (A), by striking ‘‘or qualified business costs’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘and qualified business costs’’; 

15 (B) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 

16 as follows: 

17 ‘‘(A) the member relocates to a new jurisdiction 

18 or geographic area as the result of— 

19 ‘‘(i) an assignment to a duty station; 

20 ‘‘(ii) a reassignment, either as a result of a 

21 permanent change of station or permanent 

22 change of assignment, between duty stations; 

23 ‘‘(iii) a transfer from a regular component 

24 of a uniformed service into the Selected Reserve 

25 of the Ready Reserve of a uniformed service, if 

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1 last duty station to the new jurisdiction or geo2 graphic area; or 

3 ‘‘(iv) placement on the temporary disability 

4 retired list under chapter 61 of title 10; and’’; 

5 and 

6 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘reas7 signment’’ and inserting ‘‘relocation’’; 

8 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘reassignment’’ 

9 both places it appears and inserting ‘‘relocation’’; 

10 (4) in paragraph (4)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

12 ‘‘movement described in’’ and all that follows 

13 through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘the mem14 ber’s relocation described in paragraph (1);’’; 

15 and 

16 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘reas17 signment’’ and inserting ‘‘relocation’’; and 

18 (5) in paragraph (5)— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

20 ‘‘movement described in’’ and all that follows 

21 through the semicolon and inserting ‘‘the mem22 ber’s relocation described in paragraph (1);’’; 

23 and 

24 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘reas25 signment’’ and inserting ‘‘relocation’’. 


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1 SEC. 636. STUDENT LOAN DEFERMENT FOR DISLOCATED 

2 MILITARY SPOUSES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 455(f) of the Higher Edu4 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(f)) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 

6 paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 

7 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(4) DEFERMENT FOR DISLOCATED MILITARY

10 SPOUSES.— 

11 ‘‘(A) DURATION AND EFFECT ON PRINCIPAL

12 AND INTEREST.—A borrower of a loan made 

13 under this part who meets the requirements of 

14 subparagraph (B) shall be eligible for a 

15 deferment for an aggregate period of 180 days, 

16 during which periodic installments of principal 

17 need not be paid, and interest— 

18 ‘‘(i) shall not accrue, in the case of a— 

19 ‘‘(I) Federal Direct Stafford Loan; 

20 or 

21 ‘‘(II) a Federal Direct Consolida22 tion Loan that consolidated only Fed23 eral Direct Stafford Loans, or a com24 bination of such loans and Federal 

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1 borrower received an interest subsidy 

2 under section 428; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) shall accrue and be capitalized or 

4 paid by the borrower, in the case of a Fed5 eral Direct PLUS Loan, a Federal Direct 

6 Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, or a Federal 

7 Direct Consolidation Loan not described in 

8 clause (i)(II). 

9 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—A borrower of a loan 

10 made under this part shall be eligible for a 

11 deferment under subparagraph (A) if the bor12 rower— 

13 ‘‘(i) is the spouse of a member of the 

14 Armed Forces serving on active duty; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) has experienced a loss of employ16 ment as a result of relocation to accommo17 date a permanent change in duty station of 

18 such member. 

19 ‘‘(C) DOCUMENTATION AND APPROVAL.— 

20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A borrower may es21 tablish eligibility for a deferment under sub22 paragraph (A) by providing to the Sec23 retary— 

24 ‘‘(I) the documentation described 

25 in clause (ii); or 


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1 ‘‘(II) such other documentation as 

2 the Secretary determines appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(ii) DOCUMENTATION.—The docu4 mentation described in this clause is— 

5 ‘‘(I) evidence that the borrower is 

6 the spouse of a member of the Armed 

7 Forces serving on active duty; 

8 ‘‘(II) evidence that a military 

9 permanent change of station order was 

10 issued to such member; and 

11 ‘‘(III)(aa) evidence that the bor12 rower is eligible for unemployment 

13 benefits due to a loss of employment re14 sulting from relocation to accommodate 

15 such permanent change in duty sta16 tion; or 

17 ‘‘(bb) a written certification, or 

18 an equivalent as approved by the Sec19 retary, that the borrower is registered 

20 with a public or private employment 

21 agency due to a loss of employment re22 sulting from relocation to accommodate 

23 such permanent change in duty sta24 tion.’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub2 section (a) shall take effect 90 days after the date of the 

3 enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 637. GRANTS TO ASSIST CAREGIVERS IN MILITARY 

5 FAMILIES. 

6 (a) GRANTS.—Subject to the availability of appropria7 tions, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under 

8 Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, shall 

9 award grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to support 

10 demonstration projects focused on addressing the challenges 

11 and alleviating the burdens faced by caregivers in military 

12 families. 

13 (1) AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall award such 

14 grants in amounts of not more than $1,500,000. 

15 (2) DURATION.—The Secretary shall award such 

16 grants for periods of three years and not more than 

17 $500,000 per year. 

18 (b) ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—To be eli19 gible to receive an award under this section, an eligible non20 profit organization shall— 

21 (1) be a 501(c)(3) organization under the United 

22 States Internal Revenue Code at the time of the enact23 ment of this Act; 

24 (2) have a demonstrated capacity, through an ex25 isting data platform or other ongoing data collection 


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1 efforts, to effectively capture data for the purposes of 

2 informing program implementation and monitoring 

3 program effectiveness; and 

4 (3) have a demonstrated history and expertise in 

5 the provision of educational, health, or social support 

6 services specific to caregivers. 

7 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible nonprofit organiza8 tion shall use amounts received from an award under this 

9 section to provide at least one of the following activities: 

10 (1) Best-practice training for caregivers in mili11 tary families focused on self-care and education re12 lated to family members’ conditions, collaboration 

13 with clinical health providers, and financial literacy. 

14 (2) Reference and liaison services connecting 

15 caregivers in military families to Department of De16 fense resources, and to other Federal resources and 

17 programs for which they or their family members 

18 may qualify. 

19 (3) Organization and facilitation of peer-support 

20 networks designed to connect caregivers in military 

21 families with each-other as part of directed mental 

22 and behavioral health therapy. 

23 (4) Development of pilot programs to identify 

24 and assess the impact of innovative ideas intended to 

25 support caregivers in military families. 


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1 (5) Capacity building to expand existing evi2 dence-based programs, tailor existing programs to 

3 support the unique needs of caregivers in military 

4 families, or evaluate the effectiveness of existing pro5 grams in supporting caregivers in military families. 

6 (d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

7 under this section, a qualified nonprofit organization shall 

8 submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 

9 such manner, and containing such information as the Sec10 retary may require, including information describing in de11 tail the services that the applicant will use grant funds to 

12 provide for caregivers in military families. 

13 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) The term ‘‘caregiver in a military family’’ 

15 shall refer to a member of the uniformed services in 

16 an active status, or the dependent of such a member, 

17 who is a caregiver for a family member. 

18 (2) The terms ‘‘active status’’ and ‘‘uniformed 

19 services’’ have the meanings given such terms in sec20 tion 101 of title 10, United States Code. 

21 (3) The term ‘‘caregiver’’ means an adult family 

22 member or a dependent who has a significant rela23 tionship with, and who provides a broad range of as24 sistance to, an individual with a chronic or other 

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1 (4) The term ‘‘dependent’’ has the meaning given 

2 such term in section 1072 of title 10, United States 

3 Code. 

4 (5) The term ‘‘family member’’ has the meaning 

5 given that term in section 1720G of title 38, United 

6 States Code with regards to a member of the uni7 formed services in an active status, or the dependent 

8 of such a member. 

9 SEC. 638. MYSTEP: PROVISION ONLINE AND IN MULTIPLE 

10 LANGUAGES. 

11 The Secretary concerned may provide all services of 

12 the Military Spouse Transition Program (commonly re13 ferred to as ‘‘MySTeP’’) online and in English, Spanish, 

14 Tagalog, and the rest of the 10 most commonly spoken lan15 guages in the United States. 

16 Subtitle E—Child Care 

17 SEC. 641. INCREASE IN THE TARGET FUNDING LEVEL FOR 

18 MILITARY CHILD CARE. 

19 Section 1791 of title 10, United States Code, is amend20 ed, in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘115 percent of’’ after 

21 ‘‘not less than’’. 

22 SEC. 642. RECURRING REVIEW AND REVISION OF PAY FOR 

23 MILITARY CHILD CARE EMPLOYEES. 

24 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subsection (c) of section 1792 

25 of title 10, United States Code is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

2 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 

3 (2) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘For the purpose’’; 

4 and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following new para6 graph (2): 

7 ‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary of Defense shall review 

8 and revise the pay scale for child care employees not 

9 less than once every five years. 

10 ‘‘(B) In conducting a review under subpara11 graph (A), the Secretary shall consider factors includ12 ing— 

13 ‘‘(i) the pay scale for employees of the De14 partment of Defense Education Activity with 

15 similar training, seniority, and experience to 

16 that of child care employees; 

17 ‘‘(ii) the rates of compensation paid to em18 ployees of the local educational agency with 

19 similar training, seniority, and experience to 

20 that of child care employees; 

21 ‘‘(iii) the value of the care provided by child 

22 care employees, in the short and long term, to the 

23 children cared for, their families, and the armed 

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1 ‘‘(iv) any other factor the Secretary deter2 mines appropriate.’’. 

3 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

4 carry out the first review and revision under paragraph 

5 (2) of such subsection, as added by this section, not later 

6 than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 (c) REPORT.—When the Secretary of Defense conducts 

8 the second review and revision under such paragraph (2), 

9 the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense com10 mittees a report assessing how the first such revision af11 fected— 

12 (1) the hiring and retention of child care em13 ployees; and 

14 (2) the quality of care at military child develop15 ment centers. 

16 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘child 

17 care employee’’ and ‘‘military child development center’’ 

18 have the meanings given such terms in section 1800 of title 

19 10, United States Code. 

20 SEC. 643. DISCOUNTED CHILD CARE FOR CHILD CARE EM21 PLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

22 Section 1793(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 

23 amended— 

24 (1) by striking ‘‘, a reduced fee for such attend25 ance.’’ and inserting an em dash; and 


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1 (2) by adding at the end the following new para2 graphs: 

3 ‘‘(1) no fee for the first such child under the age 

4 of 13; 

5 ‘‘(2) not more than 50 percent of the amount of 

6 the fee otherwise chargeable for such attendance of the 

7 second such child under the age of 13; and 

8 ‘‘(3) a reduced fee for each subsequent child.’’. 

9 SEC. 644. EXPANSION OF PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FI10 NANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS OF THE 

11 ARMED FORCES FOR IN-HOME CHILD CARE. 

12 Section 589(b)(1) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

13 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

14 (Public Law 116–283) is amended— 

15 (1) by striking the period at the end and insert16 ing ‘‘, and in the following locations:’’ 

17 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub18 paragraphs: 

19 ‘‘(A) Fort Drum, New York. 

20 ‘‘(B) Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. 

21 ‘‘(C) Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. 

22 ‘‘(D) Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 

23 Twentynine Palms, California.’’. 


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1 SEC. 645. WAIT TIMES FOR CHILD CARE SERVICES PRO2 VIDED THROUGH MILITARY CHILD DEVELOP3 MENT CENTERS: PUBLICATION; FEASIBILITY 

4 OF CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT. 

5 (a) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 90 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

7 shall publish and maintain, on a website of the Department 

8 of Defense that is accessible by members of the Armed 

9 Forces, waiting lists for child care services at military child 

10 development centers. 

11 (b) ESTIMATES.—On the website described in sub12 section (a), the Secretary shall publish a tool that uses data 

13 collected by the Secretary to estimate how long a member 

14 assigned to serve at a military installation will wait before 

15 receiving child care services at the military child develop16 ment center of such military installation. 

17 (c) FEASIBILITY REPORT.—Not later than March 30, 

18 2024, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 

19 Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives 

20 a report regarding the feasibility of implementing the busi21 ness management system of the Child and Youth Programs 

22 of the Department of the Air Force for all military depart23 ments in order to increase member satisfaction by improv24 ing communication with members on such waiting lists and 

25 facilitating payments and paperwork for such child care 

26 services. 


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1 (d) MILITARY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER DE2 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘military child develop3 ment center’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

4 1800 of title 10, United States Code. 

5 SEC. 646. STUDY ON EFFECTS OF CHILD CARE ON READI6 NESS AND RETENTION. 

7 (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De9 fense shall seek to enter into an agreement with an FFRDC 

10 described in subsection (b), under which such FFRDC shall 

11 conduct a study on the effects of child care for members 

12 of the covered Armed Forces and civilian employees of the 

13 Department of Defense on readiness and retention in the 

14 covered Armed Forces. Such a study shall include the fol15 lowing: 

16 (1) The effects of the availability, affordability, 

17 and quality of such child care on— 

18 (A) unit readiness and retention; 

19 (B) the ability of such members and em20 ployees to perform their duties; 

21 (C) the quality of the performance of such 

22 duties; and 

23 (D) the job satisfaction of such members 

24 and employees. 


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1 (2) Other matters regarding the availability, af2 fordability, and quality of such child care that the 

3 FFRDC determines appropriate. 

4 (b) FFRDC.—An FFRDC described in this subsection 

5 is an FFRDC that the Secretary of Defense determines— 

6 (1) primarily focuses on studies and analysis; 

7 (2) has a record of— 

8 (A) conducting research and analysis using 

9 a multidisciplinary approach; and 

10 (B) publishing analyses to inform public 

11 debate; and 

12 (3) has demonstrated specific competencies in 

13 policies regarding military personnel and readiness, 

14 as applied to the national defense strategy. 

15 (c) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than six months after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act, an FFRDC that enters 

17 into an agreement under subsection (a) shall submit to the 

18 Secretary of Defense and the Committees on Armed Services 

19 of the Senate and House of Representatives an interim re20 port. Such report shall include the following: 

21 (1) A progress report on the study. 

22 (2) Interim findings of the study. 

23 (d) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 15 months after 

24 the date of the enactment of this Act, an FFRDC that enters 

25 into an agreement under subsection (a) shall submit to the 


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1 Secretary of Defense and the Committees on Armed Services 

2 of the Senate and House of Representatives a final report. 

3 Such final report shall include the following: 

4 (1) The findings of the study. 

5 (2) Strategies to remedy deficiencies in child 

6 care described in subsection (a), and the timelines 

7 and costs to implement such strategies. 

8 (3) Incidents that affect unit readiness and re9 tention. 

10 (4) Other information the FFRDC determines 

11 appropriate regarding the effects of such child care on 

12 readiness and retention in the covered Armed Forces. 

13 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) The term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the 

15 Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space 

16 Force. 

17 (2) The term ‘‘FFRDC’’ means a federally fund18 ed research and development center. 

19 Subtitle F—Dependent Education 

20 SEC. 651. RIGHTS OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING 

21 SCHOOLS OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT 

22 OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY. 

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1 ‘‘§ 2164a. Rights of parents of children attending 

2 schools operated by the Department of De3 fense Education Activity 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The parent of a child who attends 

5 a school operated by the Department of Defense Education 

6 Activity has the following rights: 

7 ‘‘(1) The right to review the curriculum of the 

8 school. 

9 ‘‘(2) The right to be informed if the school or De10 partment of Defense Education Activity alters the 

11 school’s academic standards or learning benchmarks. 

12 ‘‘(3) The right to meet with each teacher of their 

13 child not less than twice during each school year. 

14 ‘‘(4) The right to review the budget, including all 

15 revenues and expenditures, of the school. 

16 ‘‘(5) The right to review all instructional mate17 rials and teacher professional development materials 

18 used by the school. 

19 ‘‘(6) The right to inspect a list of the books and 

20 other reading materials contained in the library of 

21 the school. 

22 ‘‘(7) The right to address the school advisory 

23 committee or the school board. 

24 ‘‘(8) The right to information about the school’s 

25 discipline policy and any violent activity in the 

26 school. 


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1 ‘‘(9) The right to information about any plans 

2 to eliminate gifted and talented programs or acceler3 ated coursework at the school. 

4 ‘‘(b) DISCLOSURES AND NOTIFICATIONS.—Consistent 

5 with the parental rights specified in subsection (a), a school 

6 operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity 

7 shall— 

8 ‘‘(1) post on a publicly accessible website of the 

9 school— 

10 ‘‘(A) the curriculum for each course and 

11 grade level; 

12 ‘‘(B) the academic standards or other learn13 ing benchmarks used by the school; 

14 ‘‘(C) notice of any proposed revisions to 

15 such standards or benchmarks and a copy of any 

16 such revisions; 

17 ‘‘(D) the budget for the school year, includ18 ing all revenues and expenditures (including ex19 penditures made for items and services provided 

20 by private entities); and 

21 ‘‘(2) provide the parents of a child attending the 

22 school with— 

23 ‘‘(A) the opportunity to meet in-person with 

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1 than twice during each school year at a time 

2 mutually agreed upon by both parties; and 

3 ‘‘(B) notice of such opportunity at the be4 ginning of each school year; 

5 ‘‘(3) make all instructional and educator profes6 sional development materials, including teachers’ 

7 manuals, films, tapes, books or other reading mate8 rials, or other supplementary materials used in any 

9 survey, analysis, or evaluation, available for inspec10 tion by the parents of children attending the school; 

11 ‘‘(4) at the beginning of each school year, provide 

12 parents a list of reading materials in the school li13 brary, including a list of any reading materials that 

14 were added to or removed from the list of materials 

15 from the prior year; 

16 ‘‘(5) notify parents in a timely manner of any 

17 plans to eliminate gifted and talented programs or 

18 accelerated coursework at the school; 

19 ‘‘(6) except as provided in paragraph (7), notify 

20 parents of any medical examinations or screenings 

21 the school may administer to their child and receive 

22 written consent from parents for any such examina23 tion or screening prior to conducting the examination 

24 or screening; 


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1 ‘‘(7) in the event of an emergency that requires 

2 a medical examination or screening without time for 

3 parental notification, promptly notify parents of such 

4 examination or screening and, not later than 24 

5 hours after the incident occurs, provide an expla6 nation of the emergency that prevented notification 

7 prior to such examination or screening; 

8 ‘‘(8) notify parents of any medical information 

9 that will be collected on their child, receive written 

10 parental consent prior to collecting such information, 

11 and provide parents an opportunity to inspect such 

12 information at the parent’s request; and 

13 ‘‘(9) notify parents of any policy changes involv14 ing their reporting obligations under the Family Ad15 vocacy Program of the Department of Defense. 

16 ‘‘(c) SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND BOARDS.— 

17 Not less frequently than four times per year, a school advi18 sory committee or school board for a school operated by the 

19 Department of Defense Education Activity shall provide 

20 parents of children attending the school with the oppor21 tunity to address the advisory committee or school board 

22 on any matters relating to the school or the educational 

23 services provided to their children. 


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1 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘school op2 erated by the Department of Defense Education Activity’ 

3 means— 

4 ‘‘(1) a Department of Defense domestic depend5 ent elementary or secondary school, as described in 

6 section 2164 of this title; or 

7 ‘‘(2) any elementary or secondary school or pro8 gram for dependents operated by the Department of 

9 Defense Education Activity.’’. 

10 SEC. 652. CERTAIN ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL 

11 AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DEPENDENTS OF 

12 MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL. 

13 (a) CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL

14 EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DEPENDENTS OF

15 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF

16 DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.—Of the amount author17 ized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2024 by section 301 

18 and available for operation and maintenance for Defense19 wide activities as specified in the funding table in section 

20 4301, $50,000,000 shall be available only for the purpose 

21 of providing assistance to local educational agencies under 

22 subsection (a) of section 572 of the National Defense Author23 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 20 

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1 (b) IMPACT AID FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DIS2 ABILITIES.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated 

3 for fiscal year 2024 pursuant to section 301 and available 

4 for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities 

5 as specified in the funding table in section 4301, 

6 $20,000,000 shall be available for payments under section 

7 363 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization 

8 Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public 

9 Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 1654A–77; 20 U.S.C. 7703a). 

10 (c) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In this 

11 section, the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the mean12 ing given that term in section 7013(9) of the Elementary 

13 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)). 

14 SEC. 653. VERIFICATION OF REPORTING OF ELIGIBLE FED15 ERALLY CONNECTED CHILDREN FOR PUR16 POSES OF FEDERAL IMPACT AID PROGRAMS. 

17 (a) CERTIFICATION.—On an annual basis, each com18 mander of a military installation under the jurisdiction of 

19 the Secretary of a military department shall submit to such 

20 Secretary a written certification verifying whether the com21 mander has confirmed the information contained in all im22 pact aid source check forms received from local educational 

23 agencies as of the date of such certification. 

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1 gressional defense committees a report, based on the infor2 mation received under subsection (a), that identifies— 

3 (1) each military installation under the jurisdic4 tion of such Secretary that has confirmed the infor5 mation contained in all impact aid source check 

6 forms received from local educational agencies as of 

7 the date of the report; and 

8 (2) each military installation that has not con9 firmed the information contained in such forms as of 

10 such date. 

11 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) The term ‘‘impact aid source check form’’ 

13 means a form submitted to the Department of Defense 

14 by a local educational agency to verify information 

15 relating to eligible federally connected children count16 ed for purposes of the Federal impact aid program 

17 under section 7003 of the Elementary and Secondary 

18 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703). 

19 (2) The term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the 

20 meaning given that term section 8101 of the Elemen21 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

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1 SEC. 654. FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS 

2 OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DE3 FENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 

5 through the Director of the Department of Defense Edu6 cation Activity, shall require that each student of a high 

7 school operated by the Activity complete a dedicated course 

8 of instruction in financial literacy as a prerequisite to 

9 graduating from such school. 

10 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The graduation requirement 

11 under subsection (a) shall apply with respect to students 

12 of high schools operated by the Department of Defense Edu13 cation Activity beginning with the cohort of students who 

14 enter ninth grade in the first school year that begins one 

15 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

16 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘high 

17 school’’ has the meaning given that term in section 8101 

18 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

19 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

20 SEC. 655. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ROUTINE MENTAL HEALTH 

21 CHECK-UPS IN SCHOOLS OPERATED BY THE 

22 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION AC23 TIVITY. 

24 (a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Beginning in the 

25 first academic year to begin after the date of the enactment 

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1 plement a pilot program (referred to in this section as the 

2 ‘‘Pilot’’) to provide routine metal health check-ups for stu3 dents in covered DODEA schools. 

4 (b) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall carry out the 

5 Pilot in not fewer than five covered DODEA schools, one 

6 of which shall be located outside the United States. 

7 (c) ACTIVITIES.—Under the Pilot, the Secretary 

8 shall— 

9 (1) subject to subsection (e), ensure that students 

10 at covered DODEA schools receive routine mental 

11 health check-ups, which may include the use of mental 

12 health screening tools, such as the Patient Health 

13 Questionnaire-2 or the Patient Health Questionnaire14 9; 

15 (2) ensure that such mental health check-ups— 

16 (A) consist of biannual or semesterly mental 

17 and behavioral health screenings for disorders 

18 common in children aged 3-17, including— 

19 (i) an initial virtual screening test for 

20 all students; and 

21 (ii) a follow-up screening carried out 

22 by a school psychologist or school nurse for 

23 students with specific needs identified 

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1 (B) include questions about a student’s 

2 mood and emotional state; 

3 (3) train licensed mental and behavioral health 

4 professionals to conduct mental health check-ups, in5 cluding training in— 

6 (A) recognizing the signs and symptoms of 

7 mental illnesses; and 

8 (B) safely de-escalating crises involving in9 dividuals with a mental illness; 

10 (4) establish a streamlined diagnosis-to-treat11 ment process, including a comprehensive process 

12 through which a student with needs identified through 

13 a mental health check-up— 

14 (A) may be referred to certified community 

15 behavioral health clinic in the community in 

16 which the school is located; and 

17 (B) may receive additional care or treat18 ment through comprehensive school-based serv19 ices; 

20 (5) mobilize school nurses and counselors to fa21 cilitate screening in collaboration with administrators 

22 and teachers; 

23 (6) conduct awareness-building educational ef24 forts in conjunction with the screening process; 


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1 (7) implement a robust school-based and tele2 health support system (including options for indi3 vidual or group therapy) for students seeking support 

4 after diagnosis; and 

5 (8) make resources available to the communities 

6 surrounding schools for individuals with a mental ill7 ness through a coordinated referral process with local 

8 community-based health clinics and school-based men9 tal health clinics if such school-based mental health 

10 clinics are available and have the capacity and exper11 tise to handle complex mental health situations. 

12 (d) REFERRAL PROCESS REQUIREMENTS.— 

13 (1) AGREEMENTS WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

14 CLINICS.—For purposes of the comprehensive referral 

15 process described in subsection (c)(4), the Secretary of 

16 Defense shall seek to enter into memoranda of under17 standing or other agreements with Federally-funded 

18 community behavioral health clinics in communities 

19 in which covered DODEA schools are located pursu20 ant to which a school may refer students to such a 

21 clinic. The requirement to establish such a referral 

22 process may not be satisfied solely by providing a list 

23 of nearby community behavioral health clinics to par24 ents of students at covered DODEA schools. 


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1 (2) EXCEPTION.—In a case in which the Sec2 retary of Defense is unable to meet the requirements 

3 of paragraph (1) because there is no Federally-funded 

4 community behavioral health clinic in a community 

5 in which a covered DODEA school is located, the Sec6 retary of Defense shall develop and make available a 

7 comprehensive guide to the mental health resources 

8 that are available to students and parents in that 

9 community. 

10 (e) STUDENT PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—In carrying 

11 out the Pilot, the Secretary shall ensure that a parent or 

12 guardian of a student at a covered DODEA school— 

13 (1) is provided with— 

14 (A) notice that a student may receive a 

15 mental health check-up under the Pilot; 

16 (B) an opportunity to opt the student out 

17 of any such mental health check-up before it is 

18 administered; and 

19 (C) a copy of the results of each mental 

20 health check-up for such student; and 

21 (2) gives informed consent before— 

22 (A) the referral of a student to a commu23 nity-based health clinic as described in sub24 section (b)(4)(A); or 


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1 (B) the disclosure of any information con2 cerning such student to such a clinic. 

3 (f) EVALUATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after com4 mencing the Pilot, and not less frequently than every 180 

5 days thereafter until termination of the Pilot, the Secretary 

6 of Defense shall conduct an evaluation of the Pilot, which 

7 shall include evaluation of— 

8 (1) Pilot processes; and 

9 (2) student outcomes under the Pilot. 

10 (g) TERMINATION.—The Pilot shall terminate after 

11 two academic years. 

12 (h) REPORT.—Not later than one year after termi13 nation of the Pilot, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

14 to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

15 House of Representatives a report on the Pilot. The report 

16 shall include— 

17 (1) the results of the evaluations conducted under 

18 subsection (f); 

19 (2) the recommendation of the Secretary whether 

20 to make the Pilot permanent; and 

21 (3) such other information as the Secretary de22 termines appropriate. 

23 (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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1 ioral health clinic as such term is used in section 223 

2 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (42 

3 U.S.C. 1396a note). 

4 (2) The term ‘‘covered DODEA school’’ means an 

5 elementary school or secondary school— 

6 (A) operated by the Department of Defense 

7 Education Activity within or outside the United 

8 States; and 

9 (B) selected by the Secretary to participate 

10 in the Pilot. 

11 (3) The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘sec12 ondary school’’ have the meanings given those terms 

13 in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

14 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

15 SEC. 656. BRIEFINGS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNIVERSAL 

16 PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS 

17 OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DE18 FENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY. 

19 (a) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.—Not later 

20 than January 30, 2024, and on a quarterly basis thereafter 

21 until December 31, 2029, the Secretary of Defense shall sub22 mit to the committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

23 the House of Representatives a briefing on the progress of 

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1 programs in schools operated by the Department of Defense 

2 Education Activity. 

3 (b) CONTENTS OF INITIAL BRIEFING.—The initial 

4 briefing under subsection (a) shall include— 

5 (1) identification of all locations under the juris6 diction of the Department of Defense at which uni7 versal pre-kindergarten programs and child develop8 ment centers are co-located; and 

9 (2) an estimate of the number of children ex10 pected to transfer from child development centers to 

11 pre-kindergarten programs as a result of such pro12 grams being offered. 

13 (c) CONTENTS OF SUBSEQUENT BRIEFINGS.—Fol14 lowing the initial briefing under subsection (a), each subse15 quent briefing shall include— 

16 (1) the total anticipated costs of funding uni17 versal pre-kindergarten programs in schools operated 

18 by the Department of Defense Education Activity; 

19 (2) the estimated differential between the cost of 

20 caring for a child in a child development center 

21 versus the cost of a child’s participation in a pre-kin22 dergarten program; 

23 (3) the estimated differential between the costs of 

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1 versus the costs of employing teachers in pre-kinder2 garten programs; 

3 (4) the child-to-caregiver ratio requirements for 

4 child development centers versus the child-to-teacher 

5 ratio requirements for pre-kindergarten programs; 

6 (5) a needs assessment of facilities for universal 

7 pre-kindergarten programs based on anticipated ca8 pacity; 

9 (6) an assessment of the availability of teachers 

10 for pre-kindergarten programs; and 

11 (7) an indication of whether, and to what extent, 

12 members of the Armed Forces have expressed a pref13 erence for enrolling their children in pre-kindergarten 

14 programs rather than continuing care for such chil15 dren in child development centers. 

16 TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 

17 PROVISIONS 

18 Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other 

19 Health Benefits 

20 SEC. 701. TRICARE DENTAL PLAN FOR THE SELECTED RE21 SERVE. 

22 Section 1076a of title 10, United States Code, is 

23 amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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1 (i) in the header, by striking ‘‘selected 

2 reserve and’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘for members of the Se4 lected Reserve of the Ready Reserve and’’; 

5 (B) in paragraph (2), in the header, by in6 serting ‘‘Individual Ready’’ after ‘‘other’’; and 

7 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

8 paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(5) PLAN FOR SELECTED RESERVE.—A dental 

10 benefits plan for members of the Selected Reserve of 

11 the Ready Reserve.’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (d)— 

13 (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

14 paragraph (4); and 

15 (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol16 lowing new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(3) NO-PREMIUM PLAN.—(A) The dental insur18 ance plan established under subsection (a)(5) is a no19 premium plan. 

20 ‘‘(B) Members enrolled in a no-premium plan 

21 may not be charged a premium for benefits provided 

22 under the plan.’’; 

23 (3) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘a mem24 ber of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve or’’; 


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1 (4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (k) 

2 as subsections (g) through (l), respectively; 

3 (5) by inserting after subsection (e) the following 

4 new subsection (f): 

5 ‘‘(f) COPAYMENTS UNDER NO PREMIUM PLANS.—A 

6 member who receives dental care under a no-premium plan 

7 referred to in subsection (d)(3) shall pay no charge for any 

8 care described in subsection (c).’’; and 

9 (6) in subsection (i), as redesignated by para10 graph (4), by striking ‘‘subsection (k)(2)’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘subsection (l)(2)’’. 

12 SEC. 702. EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF ELIGIBILITY FOR 

13 HEALTH BENEFITS UNDER TRICARE RESERVE 

14 SELECT FOR SURVIVORS OF A MEMBER OF 

15 THE SELECTED RESERVE. 

16 Section 1076d(c) of the title 10, United States Code 

17 is amended by striking ‘‘six months’’ and inserting ‘‘three 

18 years’’. 

19 SEC. 703. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY OF REQUIRED 

20 MENTAL HEALTH SELF-INITIATED REFERRAL 

21 PROCESS FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED 

22 RESERVE. 

23 Section 1090b(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 

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1 (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 

2 subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘described in para3 graph (3)’’ after ‘‘member of the armed forces’’; and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following new para5 graph: 

6 ‘‘(3) A member of the armed forces described in 

7 this paragraph is a member on active duty for a pe8 riod of longer than 30 days or a member of the Se9 lected Reserve.’’. 

10 SEC. 704. NON-MEDICAL COUNSELING SERVICES FOR MILI11 TARY FAMILIES. 

12 Section 1781 of title 10, United States Code, is amend13 ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(d) NON-MEDICAL COUNSELING SERVICES.—(1) In 

15 carrying out its duties under subsection (b), the Office may 

16 coordinate programs and activities for the provision of non17 medical counseling services to military families through the 

18 Department of Defense Military and Family Counseling 

19 Program. 

20 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 

21 mental health professional described in paragraph (3) may 

22 provide non-medical counseling services at any location in 

23 a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or posses24 sion of the United States, without regard to where the pro25 vider or recipient of such services is located, if the provision 


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1 of such services is within the scope of the authorized Federal 

2 duties of the provider. 

3 ‘‘(3) A mental health professional described in this sub4 section is a person who is— 

5 ‘‘(A) a mental health professional who holds a 

6 current license or certification that is— 

7 ‘‘(i) issued by a State, the District of Co8 lumbia, or a territory or possession of the United 

9 States; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) recognized by the Secretary of Defense; 

11 ‘‘(B) a member of the uniformed services, a civil12 ian employee of the Department of Defense, or a con13 tractor designated by the Secretary; and 

14 ‘‘(C) performing authorized duties for the De15 partment of Defense under a program or activity re16 ferred to in paragraph (1). 

17 ‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘non-medical coun18 seling services’ means mental health care services that are 

19 non-clinical, short-term and solution focused, and address 

20 topics related to personal growth, development, and positive 

21 functioning.’’. 


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1 SEC. 705. DOULAS: CERTIFICATION ASSISTANCE FOR MILI2 TARY SPOUSES; EXPANSION OF DEMONSTRA3 TION PROJECT. 

4 (a) ASSISTANCE FOR MILITARY SPOUSES TO OBTAIN

5 DOULA CERTIFICATIONS.—Section 1784a of title 10, 

6 United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

8 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 

9 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 

10 new subsection (d): 

11 ‘‘(d) DOULA CERTIFICATIONS.—In carrying out the 

12 programs authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary shall 

13 provide assistance to the spouse of a member of the armed 

14 forces described in subsection (b) in obtaining a doula cer15 tification provided by an organization that receives reim16 bursement under the extramedical maternal health pro17 viders demonstration project required by section 746 of the 

18 William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza19 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 

20 U.S.C. 1073 note).’’. 

21 (b) EXPANSION OF DOULA CARE FURNISHED BY DE22 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— 

23 (1) EXPANSION OF EXTRAMEDICAL MATERNAL

24 HEALTH PROVIDERS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—Sec25 tion 746 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry Na26 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 


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1 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) is 

2 amended— 

3 (A) by redesignating subsections (e) through 

4 (h) as subsections (f) through (i), respectively; 

5 and 

6 (B) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol7 lowing new subsection (e): 

8 ‘‘(e) COVERAGE OF DOULA CARE.—Not later than 90 

9 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense 

10 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, the Secretary shall 

11 ensure that the demonstration project includes coverage of 

12 labor doula care, or reimbursement for such care, for all 

13 beneficiaries under the TRICARE program, including ac14 cess— 

15 ‘‘(1) by members of the Armed Forces on active 

16 duty; 

17 ‘‘(2) by beneficiaries outside the continental 

18 United States; and 

19 ‘‘(3) at military medical treatment facilities.’’. 

20 (2) HIRING OF DOULAS.—The hiring authority 

21 for each military medical treatment facility may hire 

22 a team of doulas to work in coordination with lacta23 tion support personnel or labor and delivery units at 

24 such facility. 


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1 SEC. 706. MEDICAL TESTING AND RELATED SERVICES FOR 

2 FIREFIGHTERS OF DEPARTMENT OF DE3 FENSE. 

4 (a) PROVISION OF SERVICES.—During the annual 

5 periodic health assessment of each firefighter of the Depart6 ment of Defense, or at such other intervals as may be speci7 fied in this subsection, the Secretary shall provide to the 

8 firefighter (at no cost to the firefighter) appropriate medical 

9 testing and related services to detect, document the presence 

10 or absence of, and prevent, certain cancers. Such services 

11 shall meet, at a minimum, the following criteria: 

12 (1) BREAST CANCER.—With respect to the breast 

13 cancer screening, if the firefighter is a female fire14 fighter— 

15 (A) such services shall include the provision 

16 of a mammogram to the firefighter— 

17 (i) on at least a biannual basis if the 

18 firefighter is 40 years old to 49 years old 

19 (inclusive); 

20 (ii) on at least an annual basis if the 

21 firefighter is at least 50 years old; and 

22 (iii) as clinically indicated (without 

23 regard to age); and 

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1 pared to prior mammograms so provided, and 

2 provide to the firefighter the results of such re3 view. 

4 (2) COLON CANCER.—With respect to colon can5 cer screening— 

6 (A) if the firefighter is at least 40 years old, 

7 and as otherwise clinically indicated, such serv8 ices shall include the communication to the fire9 fighter of the risks and benefits of stool-based 

10 blood testing; 

11 (B) if the firefighter is at least 45 years old, 

12 and as clinically indicated (without regard to 

13 age), such services shall include the provision, at 

14 regular intervals, of visual examinations (such 

15 as a colonoscopy, CT colonoscopy, or flexible 

16 sigmoidoscopy) or stool-based blood testing; and 

17 (C) in connection with such provision, a li18 censed physician shall review and provide to the 

19 firefighter the results of such examination or test20 ing, as the case may be. 

21 (3) PROSTATE CANCER.—With respect to prostate 

22 cancer screening, if the firefighter is a male fire23 fighter, the communication to the firefighter of the 

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1 the provision to the firefighter of a prostate-specific 

2 antigen test— 

3 (A) on an annual basis, if the firefighter is 

4 at least 50 years old; 

5 (B) on an annual basis, if the firefighter is 

6 at least 40 years old and is a high-risk indi7 vidual; and 

8 (C) as clinically indicated (without regard 

9 to age). 

10 (4) OTHER CANCERS.—Such services shall in11 clude routine screenings for any other cancer the risk 

12 or occurrence of which the Director of the Centers for 

13 Disease Control and Prevention has identified as 

14 higher among firefighters than among the general 

15 public, the provision of which shall be carried out 

16 during the annual periodic health assessment of the 

17 firefighter. 

18 (b) OPTIONAL NATURE.—A firefighter of the Depart19 ment of Defense may opt out of the receipt of a medical 

20 testing or related service provided under subsection (a). 

21 (c) USE OF CONSENSUS TECHNICAL STANDARDS.—In 

22 providing medical testing and related services under sub23 section (a), the Secretary shall use consensus technical 

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1 Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 

2 U.S.C. 272 note). 

3 (d) DOCUMENTATION.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—In providing medical testing 

5 and related services under subsection (a), the Sec6 retary— 

7 (A) shall document the acceptance rates of 

8 such tests offered and the rates of such tests per9 formed; 

10 (B) shall document tests results, to identify 

11 trends in the rates of cancer occurrences among 

12 firefighters; and 

13 (C) may collect and maintain additional 

14 information from the recipients of such tests and 

15 other services, to allow for appropriate scientific 

16 analysis. 

17 (2) PRIVACY.—In analyzing any information of 

18 an individual documented, collected, or maintained 

19 under paragraph (1), in addition to complying with 

20 other applicable privacy laws, the Secretary shall en21 sure the name, and any other personally identifiable 

22 information, of the individual is removed from such 

23 information prior to the analysis. 

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1 data from any tests performed under subsection (a) 

2 with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 

3 and Prevention, as appropriate, to increase the 

4 knowledge and understanding of cancer occurrences 

5 among firefighters. 

6 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) The term ‘‘firefighter’’ has the meaning given 

8 that term in section 707 of the National Defense Au9 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 

10 116–92; 133 Stat. 1441; 10 U.S.C. 1074m note). 

11 (2) The term ‘‘high-risk individual’’ means an 

12 individual who— 

13 (A) has at least one first-degree relative who 

14 has been diagnosed with prostate cancer at an 

15 early age; or 

16 (B) is otherwise determined by the Sec17 retary to be high risk with respect to prostate 

18 cancer. 

19 SEC. 707. TEMPORARY REQUIREMENT FOR CONTRACEP20 TION COVERAGE PARITY UNDER THE 

21 TRICARE PROGRAM. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall en23 sure that, during the one-year period beginning on the date 

24 that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of the Act, 


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1 the imposition or collection of cost-sharing for certain serv2 ices is prohibited as follows: 

3 (1) PHARMACY BENEFITS PROGRAM.—Notwith4 standing subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), of section 

5 1074g(a)(6) of title 10, United States Code, cost-shar6 ing may not be imposed or collected with respect to 

7 any eligible covered beneficiary for any prescription 

8 contraceptive on the uniform formulary provided 

9 through a retail pharmacy described in section 

10 1074g(a)(2)(E)(ii) of such title or through the na11 tional mail-order pharmacy program of the 

12 TRICARE Program. 

13 (2) TRICARE SELECT.—Notwithstanding any 

14 provision under section 1075 of title 10, United 

15 States Code, cost-sharing may not be imposed or col16 lected for a covered service that is provided by a net17 work provider under the TRICARE program to any 

18 beneficiary under such section except for— 

19 (A) a member of the Coast Guard; or 

20 (B) an individual who is a beneficiary be21 cause such individual is a dependent of a mem22 ber of the Coast Guard. 

23 (3) TRICARE PRIME.—Notwithstanding sub24 sections (a), (b), and (c) of section 1075a of title 10, 

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1 or collected for a covered service that is provided 

2 under TRICARE Prime to any beneficiary under 

3 such section except for— 

4 (A) a member of the Coast Guard; or 

5 (B) an individual who is a beneficiary be6 cause such individual is a dependent of a mem7 ber of the Coast Guard. 

8 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) The term ‘‘covered service’’ means any meth10 od of contraception approved, granted, or cleared by 

11 the Food and Drug Administration, any contracep12 tive care (including with respect to insertion, re13 moval, and follow up), any sterilization procedure, or 

14 any patient education or counseling service provided 

15 in connection with any such method, care, or proce16 dure. 

17 (2) The term ‘‘eligible covered beneficiary’’ 

18 means an eligible covered beneficiary as such term is 

19 used in section 1074g of title 10, United States Code 

20 except for— 

21 (A) a member of the Coast Guard, National 

22 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or 

23 Public Health Service; or 


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1 (B) an individual who is an eligible covered 

2 beneficiary because such individual is a depend3 ent of a member described in subparagraph (A). 

4 (3) The terms ‘‘TRICARE Program’’ and 

5 ‘‘TRICARE Prime’’ have the meaning given such 

6 terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code. 

7 SEC. 708. NALOXONE AND FENTANYL: REGULATIONS; RE8 PORT. 

9 (a) REGULATIONS.—Not later than January 1, 2024, 

10 the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secre11 taries of the military departments shall prescribe regula12 tions regarding naloxone and fentanyl on military installa13 tions. Such regulations shall— 

14 (1) ensure that naloxone is available for members 

15 of the Armed Forces— 

16 (A) on all military installations; and 

17 (B) in each operational environment; and 

18 (2) establish a standardized tracking system— 

19 (A) for naloxone distributed under para20 graph (1); and 

21 (B) of the illegal use of fentanyl and other 

22 controlled substances in the military depart23 ments. 

24 (b) REPORT.—Not later than June 1, 2024, the Sec25 retary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 


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1 Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a re2 port regarding naloxone and fentanyl. Such report shall in3 clude the following elements: 

4 (1) Progress in the implementation of regula5 tions prescribed under subsection (a). 

6 (2) The prevalence and incidence of the illegal 

7 use of fentanyl and other controlled substances in the 

8 military departments during the five years preceding 

9 the report. 

10 (3) Processes of the military departments to 

11 mitigate substance abuse, particularly with regards to 

12 fentanyl. 

13 (c) NALOXONE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

14 ‘‘naloxone’’ means naloxone and any other medication used 

15 to reverse opioid overdose. 

16 SEC. 709. RATES OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR PROVIDERS OF 

17 APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—In furnishing applied behavior 

19 analysis under the TRICARE program to individuals de20 scribed in paragraph (2) during the period beginning on 

21 the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on Decem22 ber 31, 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the 

23 reimbursement rates for providers of applied behavior anal24 ysis are not less than the rates that were in effect on May 

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1 (b) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—Individuals described 

2 in this paragraph are individuals who are covered bene3 ficiaries by reason of being a member or former member 

4 of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space 

5 Force, including the reserve components thereof, or a de6 pendent of such a member or former member. 

7 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘covered 

8 beneficiary’’ and ‘‘TRICARE program’’ have the meaning 

9 given those terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States 

10 Code. 

11 SEC. 710. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PILOT PROGRAM ON 

12 HEALTH EFFECTS OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA 

13 USE BY VETERANS. 

14 (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—Not later than 90 days after 

15 the date of the enactment of this Act, subject to the avail16 ability in advance of appropriations, the Secretary of De17 fense, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 

18 shall commence the conduct of a pilot program to study the 

19 effect of marijuana use by covered individuals with respect 

20 to the health outcomes of such individuals (in this section 

21 referred to as the ‘‘pilot program’’). 

22 (b) ACTIVITIES.—Under the pilot program, the Sec23 retary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Vet24 erans Affairs, shall carry out the following activities: 


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1 (1) Conducting preclinical research or a clinical 

2 investigation pursuant to an investigational new 

3 drug exemption under section 505(i) of the Federal 

4 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(i)), in 

5 accordance with a research protocol that has been re6 viewed and approved under such section with respect 

7 to such research or investigation. 

8 (2) Assessing and, subject to the Health Insur9 ance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 

10 (Public Law 104–191) and other applicable laws re11 garding privacy, compiling and publishing relevant 

12 data collected by State-approved marijuana regu13 latory programs and made available to the Secretary 

14 of Defense. 

15 (3) Such other activities as the Secretary of De16 fense may determine appropriate for purposes of the 

17 pilot program. 

18 (c) LOCATION; RELATIONSHIP TO CERTAIN LAWS.— 

19 (1) LOCATION; RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAW.— 

20 The pilot program shall be conducted in one or more 

21 States with a State-approved marijuana regulatory 

22 program, and shall be conducted in accordance with 

23 applicable State law with respect to the manufacture, 

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1 to the extent such activity occurs as part of such pilot 

2 program. 

3 (2) RELATIONSHIP TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

4 ACT.—The Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 

5 et seq.) and Article 112a of the Uniform Code of Mili6 tary Justice (10 U.S.C. 912a) shall not apply with 

7 respect to the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, 

8 or possession of marijuana under the pilot program 

9 as part of preclinical research or a clinical investiga10 tion conducted under subsection (b)(1), to the extent 

11 such activity occurs as part of the pilot program and 

12 in compliance with Medical Marijuana and 

13 Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act (Public Law 

14 117–215). 

15 (3) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in this 

16 subtitle shall affect or modify— 

17 (A) the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

18 Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.); 

19 (B) section 351 of the Public Health Service 

20 Act (42 U.S.C. 262); 

21 (C) the Medical Marijuana and 

22 Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act (Public 

23 Law 117–215); or 

24 (D) any authority of the Commissioner of 

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1 Human Services under a provision of law speci2 fied in subparagraphs (A) through (C) (includ3 ing the authority of the Commissioner or Sec4 retary to promulgate regulations or guidelines 

5 relating to the production of hemp under such a 

6 provision). 

7 (d) EFFECT ON OTHER BENEFITS.—The eligibility or 

8 entitlement of a covered individual to any other benefit 

9 under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 

10 Affairs or any other provision of law shall not be affected 

11 by the participation of the covered individual in the pilot 

12 program. 

13 (e) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

14 on which the pilot program commences, and annually there15 after for the duration of the pilot program, the Secretary 

16 of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

17 committees a report on the conduct of the pilot program. 

18 (f) TERMINATION; RENEWAL.— 

19 (1) TERMINATION.—Except as provided in para20 graph (2), the pilot program shall terminate on the 

21 date that is five years after the date on which the 

22 pilot program commences. 

23 (2) RENEWAL.—If the Secretary of Defense deter24 mines it appropriate, the Secretary may renew the 

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1 following the date of termination under paragraph 

2 (1). 

3 (g) FUNDING LIMITATION.—Amounts authorized to be 

4 made available to the Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health 

5 Care Fund established under chapter 56 of title 10, United 

6 States Code, are not authorized to be transferred or other7 wise made available to carry out the pilot program. 

8 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’’ means— 

11 (A) the Committee on Armed Services and 

12 the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House 

13 of Representatives; and 

14 (B) the Committee on Armed Services and 

15 the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate. 

16 (2) The term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the 

17 Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space 

18 Force. 

19 (3) The term ‘‘covered individual’’ means any 

20 member of a covered Armed Force or veteran diag21 nosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, 

22 or anxiety, or prescribed pain management, by a 

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1 erans Community Care Program under section 1703 

2 of title 38, United States Code. 

3 (4) The term ‘‘marijuana’’ has the meaning 

4 given that term in section 102(16) of the Controlled 

5 Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(16)). 

6 SEC. 711. PILOT PROGRAM ON CRYOPRESERVATION AND 

7 STORAGE OF GAMETES OF CERTAIN MEM8 BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

10 establish a pilot program to reimburse not more than 200 

11 covered members for expenses incurred in the testing, 

12 cryopreservation, shipping, and storage of gametes of such 

13 covered members in a private storage facility determined 

14 appropriate by the Secretary. 

15 (b) AMOUNT OF REIMBURSEMENT.—A covered member 

16 shall receive not more than— 

17 (1) $500 in the case of a member who preserves 

18 sperm; and 

19 (2) $7,500 in the case of a member who preserves 

20 eggs. 

21 (c) INFORMATION TO PARTICIPANTS.—The Secretary 

22 shall provide to a covered member participating in the pilot 

23 program information regarding providers of services de24 scribed in subsection (a) located near the covered member. 

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1 (1) 30 days after the date of the enactment of 

2 this Act, the Secretary shall notify covered members 

3 of the pilot program; and 

4 (2) 60 days after the date of the enactment of 

5 this Act, the Secretary shall— 

6 (A) submit to the Committees on Armed 

7 Services of the Senate and the House of Rep8 resentatives an implementation plan for the pilot 

9 program; and 

10 (B) carry out the pilot program. 

11 (e) NO LIABILITY OR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION.— 

12 The United States shall not be— 

13 (1) considered a party to any agreement between 

14 a covered member who participates in the pilot pro15 gram and a private gamete storage facility; or 

16 (2) responsible for the management of gametes 

17 cryopreserved, or stored for which a covered member 

18 receives reimbursement under such pilot program. 

19 (f) ADVANCED MEDICAL DIRECTIVE.—A covered mem20 ber who participates in the pilot program shall complete 

21 an advanced medical directive that specifies how gametes 

22 preserved under the pilot program shall be handled upon 

23 the death of such covered member. 

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1 retary shall promote the pilot program to covered members 

2 in the course of annual health examinations and pre-de3 ployment screenings. 

4 (h) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the Sec5 retary establishes the pilot program, the Secretary shall sub6 mit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

7 the House of Representatives a report on the pilot program. 

8 Such report shall include the following: 

9 (1) Usage by covered members. 

10 (2) Demographics of participating covered mem11 bers. 

12 (3) Costs of services to participating covered 

13 members. 

14 (4) The feasibility of expanding the pilot pro15 gram. 

16 (5) The feasibility of making the pilot program 

17 permanent. 

18 (6) Other information determined appropriate 

19 by the Secretary. 

20 (i) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall terminate 

21 one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

22 (j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) The term ‘‘covered member’’ means a member 

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1 (A) who has received orders (including de2 ployment orders) for duty for which the member 

3 may receive hazardous duty pay under section 

4 351 of title 37, United States Code; 

5 (B) whom the Secretary determines is likely 

6 to receive such orders in the next 120 days; 

7 (C) who will, under orders, be geographi8 cally separated from a spouse, domestic partner, 

9 or dating partner for a period exceeding 180 

10 days; or 

11 (D) whose application to participate in the 

12 pilot program that the Secretary approves. 

13 (2) The term ‘‘covered Armed Forces’’ means the 

14 Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space 

15 Force. 

16 (3) The term ‘‘deployment’’ has the meaning 

17 given such term in section 991(b) of title 10, United 

18 States Code. 

19 SEC. 712. PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS FOR CERTAIN 

20 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO 

21 SERVED IN KABUL. 

22 (a) INITIAL EVALUATION.—Not later than 180 days 

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

24 of Defense shall provide an initial psychological evaluation 

25 to each member of the Armed Forces who— 


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1 (1) served at the Hamid Karzai International 

2 Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, between August 15 

3 and August 29, 2021; and 

4 (2) has not already received a psychological eval5 uation with respect to such service. 

6 (b) ADDITIONAL EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary of De7 fense shall provide to each member of the Armed Forces who 

8 receives a psychological evaluation under subsection (a), or 

9 would have received such an evaluation but for the applica10 tion of subsection (a)(2)— 

11 (1) an additional psychological evaluation not 

12 later than two years after the date of the enactment 

13 of this Act; and 

14 (2) a second additional psychological evaluation 

15 not later than five years after the date of the enact16 ment of this Act. 

17 (c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 220 

18 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec19 retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 

20 committees a report on the number of members of the Armed 

21 Forces, broken down by component (National Guard, Re22 serve, and Active), that are eligible for, and receive, an ini23 tial psychological evaluation— 

24 (1) under subsection (a); or 


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1 (2) otherwise resulting from service at the 

2 Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Af3 ghanistan, between August 15 and August 29, 2021. 

4 SEC. 713. AUTHORITY TO EXPAND THE TRICARE COMPETI5 TIVE PLANS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 

6 (a) AUTHORITY.—To the extent practicable, the Sec7 retary of Defense shall seek to expand the TRICARE Com8 petitive Plans Demonstration Project to not fewer than 10 

9 locations on or after October 1, 2024. 

10 (b) TRICARE COMPETITIVE PLANS DEMONSTRATION

11 PROJECT DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘TRICARE 

12 Competitive Plans Demonstration Project’’ means the 

13 project designed to test the contract acquisition strategy of 

14 providing an opportunity for local, regional, and national 

15 health plans to participate in the competition for managed 

16 care support functions under the TRICARE program, in 

17 accordance with section 705(c)(3) of the National Defense 

18 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 

19 328; 10 U.S.C. 1073a note). 

20 Subtitle B—Health Care 

21 Administration 

22 SEC. 721. CLARIFICATION OF GRADE OF SURGEON GEN23 ERAL OF THE NAVY. 

24 Section 8077 of title 10, United States Code, is amend25 ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(c) GRADE.—The Surgeon General, while so serving, 

2 shall hold the grade of O–9.’’. 

3 SEC. 722. CLARIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES REGARD4 ING THE INTEGRATED DISABILITY EVALUA5 TION SYSTEM. 

6 (a) CLARIFICATION.—Subsection (h) of section 1073c 

7 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘SECRETARIES

9 CONCERNED AND MEDICAL EVALUATION BOARDS’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘AUTHORITY OVER MEMBERS’’; 

11 (2) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Nothing’’; and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following new para13 graphs: 

14 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding the responsibilities and authori15 ties of the Defense Health Agency with respect to the admin16 istration of military medical treatment facilities as set forth 

17 in this section (including medical evaluations of members 

18 of the armed forces), the Secretary of each military depart19 ment shall maintain personnel authority over, and respon20 sibility for, any member of the armed forces under the juris21 diction of the military department concerned while the 

22 member is being considered by a medical evaluation board 

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1 ‘‘(A) Responsibility for administering the morale 

2 and welfare of the member. 

3 ‘‘(B) Responsibility for determinations of fitness 

4 for duty of the member under chapter 61 of this title. 

5 ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding the responsibilities and authori6 ties of the Defense Health Agency with respect to the admin7 istration of the integrated disability evaluation system, a 

8 commander shall, at all times, maintain absolute responsi9 bility for, and authority over, a member of the armed forces 

10 referred to the integrated disability evaluation system. Such 

11 responsibility and authority include the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) The authority to pause any process of the 

13 integrated disability evaluation system regarding the 

14 member. 

15 ‘‘(B) The authority to withdraw the member 

16 from the integrated disability evaluation system if the 

17 commander determines that any policy, procedure, 

18 regulation, or other guidance has not been followed in 

19 the member’s case. 

20 ‘‘(4) Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Sec21 retary of Defense, a member referred to the integrated dis22 ability evaluation system may file an appeal of such refer23 ral with the Secretary of the military department con24 cerned. Such an appeal— 


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1 ‘‘(A) shall be in addition to any appeals process 

2 established as part of the integrated disability evalua3 tion system; 

4 ‘‘(B) shall include a hearing before an officer 

5 who may convene a general court-martial and who is 

6 in the chain of command of the member; and 

7 ‘‘(C) shall be adjudicated not later than 90 days 

8 after such filing.’’. 

9 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

10 prescribe regulations to carry out paragraphs (2) through 

11 (4) of such subsection, as added by this section, not later 

12 than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

13 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than February 1, 2024, the 

14 Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on 

15 Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives 

16 a briefing on the implementation of such paragraphs. 

17 SEC. 723. SHARING OF MEDICAL DATA REGARDING MEM18 BERS OF THE COAST GUARD. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, United 

20 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

21 new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 1110c. Sharing of medical data regarding members 

2 of the Coast Guard 

3 ‘‘(a) SHARING OF DATA.—The Secretary of Defense 

4 shall provide, on an annual basis, to the Commandant of 

5 the Coast Guard, data regarding medical care— 

6 ‘‘(1) provided at military medical treatment fa7 cilities established under section 1073c of this title to 

8 members of the Coast Guard and beneficiaries of such 

9 members; and 

10 ‘‘(2) received by members of the Coast Guard 

11 and beneficiaries of such members through the 

12 TRICARE program. 

13 ‘‘(b) CAPABILITY AND CAPACITY REPORTS.—The Sec14 retary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Defense 

15 Health Agency, shall provide to the Commandant of the 

16 Coast Guard capability and capacity reports regarding 

17 members of the Coast Guard, and beneficiaries of such mem18 bers, who receive treatment at military medical treatment 

19 facilities. 

20 ‘‘(c) HIPAA LIMITATION.—None of the information 

21 shared under this section shall include personally identifi22 able information, sensitive patient health information, or 

23 information that violates the Health Insurance Portability 

24 and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–191).’’. 

25 (b) PLAN; REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the 

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1 and the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall develop a 

2 plan to carry out section 1110c of such title, as added by 

3 this section, and submit a report containing such plan to 

4 the appropriate congressional committees. 

5 (c) IMPLEMENTATION DATE.—Not later than one year 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

7 and Commandant shall carry out section 1110c of such 

8 title, as added by this section. 

9 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE10 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres11 sional committees’’ means the following: 

12 (1) The Committee on Armed Services of the 

13 Senate. 

14 (2) The Committees on Armed Services of the 

15 House of Representatives. 

16 (3) The Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

17 Transportation of the Senate. 

18 (4) The Committee on Transportation and Infra19 structure of the House of Representatives. 

20 SEC. 724. ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK OF THE MILITARY 

21 HEALTH SYSTEM TO SUPPORT THE MEDICAL 

22 REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMBATANT COM23 MANDS. 

24 (a) DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY REGIONS IN

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1 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 

2 Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 1073c note) is amended— 

3 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

4 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

5 ‘‘HEALTHAGENCY’’ and inserting ‘‘HEALTH

6 AGENCY’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘not more than two’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘military’’. 

9 (b) DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY REGIONS OCONUS.— 

10 Section 712(d) of such Act (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 

11 1073c note) is amended— 

12 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

13 striking ‘‘not more than two’’; and 

14 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘defense health 

15 regions’’ and inserting ‘‘Defense Health Agency re16 gions’’. 

17 (c) PLANNING AND COORDINATION.—Section 

18 712(e)(1)(A) of such Act (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 

19 1073c note) is amended by striking ‘‘defense health region’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘Defense Health Agency region’’. 

21 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

22 section shall take effect on October 1, 2023. 


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1 SEC. 725. MANDATORY TRAINING ON HEALTH EFFECTS OF 

2 PERFLUOROALKYL OR POLYFLUOROALKYL 

3 SUBSTANCES. 

4 The Secretary of Defense shall provide to each medical 

5 provider of the Department of Defense mandatory training 

6 with respect to the potential health effects of perfluoroalkyl 

7 or polyfluoroalkyl substances. 

8 SEC. 726. ESTABLISHMENT OF MILITARY PHARMACEUTICAL 

9 AND MEDICAL DEVICE VULNERABILITY 

10 WORKING GROUP. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than one year after 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De13 fense, in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint 

14 Chiefs of Staff, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 

15 and Readiness, and the Under Secretary of Defense for Ac16 quisition and Sustainment, shall establish a military phar17 maceutical and medical device vulnerability working group. 

18 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—Each member of the working 

19 group shall be a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian 

20 employee of the Department of Defense. 

21 (c) COCHAIRS.—The Secretary shall appoint a chair 

22 of the working group. The working group shall elect a co23 chair from among its members. 

24 (d) DUTIES.—The duties of the working group shall 

25 include the following: 


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1 (1) To provide a forum for members of the work2 ing group to discuss issues involving access, threats, 

3 and vulnerabilities to pharmaceuticals, therapeutics 

4 and medical devices in operational environments of 

5 the Department. 

6 (2) To assess and catalog the work currently 

7 being performed within the Department regarding 

8 such access, threats, and vulnerabilities. 

9 (3) To identify current vulnerabilities, including 

10 supply chain issues, active pharmaceutical ingredient 

11 supplies, device component issues and cyber and elec12 tronic threats that may disrupt operations of the De13 partment. 

14 (4) To identify medications necessary for the De15 partment in specific circumstances (such as armed 

16 conflict) that are critical for operational readiness in 

17 each combatant command. 

18 (5) To develop an annually updated list of phar19 maceuticals critical to the Department (including 

20 medications identified under paragraph (4)) and re21 lated quantities needed to mitigate the risk of supply 

22 disruptions for military treatment facilities. 

23 (6) To develop a risk assessment matrix regard24 ing such pharmaceuticals and medical devices to 


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1 highlight related risks to missions of the combatant 

2 commands and the military health system. 

3 (7) To include any information in the joint med4 ical estimate of the Department or a similar report 

5 that highlights information that would be classified as 

6 sensitive or requiring a security classification above 

7 unclassified. 

8 (8) To develop a plan for the allocation of scarce 

9 pharmaceutical resources within the Department dur10 ing supply chain disruptions and potential conflicts 

11 with competitors highlighted in the national defense 

12 strategy. 

13 (9) To develop a plan for stockpiling essential 

14 medications to ensure availability of a 180-day sup15 ply during armed conflict or other supply chain dis16 ruptions. 

17 (10) To develop a plan that mitigates 

18 vulnerabilities to active pharmaceutical ingredient 

19 supply chains and reduces dependence on active phar20 maceutical ingredients from foreign sources. 

21 (e) MEETINGS.—The working group shall meet at the 

22 call of the chair or cochairs and not less than once per quar23 ter of the calendar year. 

24 (f) BRIEFING AND REPORTS.— 


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1 (1) INITIAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec3 retary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv4 ices of the Senate and House of Representatives an 

5 interim report on the organization, activities, plans, 

6 actions and milestones of the working group. 

7 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than September 

8 30 of each year, beginning in 2025 and ending in 

9 2028, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 

10 Armed Services of the Senate and House of Represent11 atives a report describing the activities, funding, 

12 plans, actions, and milestones of the working group, 

13 and other matters determined by the Secretary, dur14 ing the preceding year. 

15 (g) TERMINATION.—The working group shall termi16 nate on September 30, 2028. 

17 SEC. 727. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL 

18 CONSUMABLES STANDARDIZATION WORKING 

19 GROUP. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than March 1, 2024, 

21 the Secretary of Defense shall establish a working group of 

22 logistics experts, medical experts, and surgical experts from 

23 across the military departments and the Defense Health 

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1 supplies procured and used within the Department of De2 fense. 

3 (b) CHAIR.—The Secretary shall appoint an officer in 

4 a grade above O-6 to serve as chair of the working group. 

5 (c) DUTIES.—The duties of the working group include 

6 the following: 

7 (1) To identify a list of the consumable medical 

8 and surgical supplies acquired by the Department, by 

9 national item identification number or national stock 

10 number. 

11 (2) To identify, of the supplies identified under 

12 paragraph (1)— 

13 (A) unique items; and 

14 (B) non-unique items that are functionally 

15 interchangeable. 

16 (3) Disaggregate such list by the offeror of the 

17 supplies, member of the acquisition workforce (as de18 fined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) 

19 responsible for procurement of the supplies, and the 

20 entity or end user of such supplies. 

21 (4) To revise and standardize the catalog for 

22 consumable medical and surgical supplies of the De23 partment of Defense, including the elimination unnec24 essary and duplicate supplies. 


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1 (5) To ensure supplies identified under para2 graph (1) are provided to the appropriate entity or 

3 end user in a regular and timely manner. 

4 (6) To coordinate with the Director of the De5 fense Logistics Agency to conduct regular stress tests 

6 of the surge requirements for such supplies. 

7 (7) To generate methods to encourage health care 

8 providers in the Defense Health Agency to procure 

9 such supplies through the catalog described in para10 graph (4) instead of through other means. 

11 (d) BRIEFINGS.— 

12 (1) INTERIM.—Not later than October 1, 2024, 

13 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit14 tees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 

15 Representatives a briefing on the activities of the 

16 working group. 

17 (2) FINAL.—Not later than December 31, 2025, 

18 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit19 tees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 

20 Representatives a final briefing on the activities of the 

21 working group. 

22 (e) TERMINATION.—The working group shall termi23 nate two years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 728. PILOT PROGRAM ON REMOTE HEALTH MONI2 TORING TECHNOLOGIES. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

4 carry out a pilot program to furnish, to certain members 

5 of the Armed Forces, technologies that offer remote health 

6 monitoring. 

7 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR PILOT PROGRAM.—The pilot 

8 program shall include members— 

9 (1) of special operations forces; and 

10 (2) the Center for Initial Military Training of 

11 the Army, including members undergoing— 

12 (A) basic combat training; and 

13 (B) the future soldier preparatory course. 

14 (c) CRITERIA FOR TECHNOLOGIES.—Technologies fur15 nished under the pilot program shall— 

16 (1) use facial detection technology; and 

17 (2) provide information on a member’s— 

18 (A) heart rate, including variability; 

19 (B) blood pressure; 

20 (C) blood oxygen saturation level; and 

21 (D) respiratory rate. 

22 (d) BRIEFING.—Not later than six months after com23 mencing the pilot program, the Secretary shall provide to 

24 the congressional defense committees a briefing on the pilot 

25 program, including— 

26 (1) an explanation of— 


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1 (A) the types of technologies considered for 

2 the pilot program; 

3 (B) the success of the pilot program in in4 creasing awareness of the physical and mental 

5 health of members furnished such technologies; 

6 and 

7 (C) any potential barriers to the expansion 

8 of the pilot program; and 

9 (2) recommendations for how the Secretary may 

10 use readily available remote health monitoring tech11 nologies to enhance physical and mental health 

12 awareness of members of the Armed Forces. 

13 (e) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall terminate 

14 five years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

15 SEC. 729. TASK FORCE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ON 

16 MENTAL HEALTH. 

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

18 establish a task force to examine matters relating to the 

19 mental health of members of the Armed Forces (in this sec20 tion referred to as the ‘‘task force’’). 

21 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

22 (1) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense 

23 shall appoint to the task force individuals who have 

24 demonstrated expertise in the following areas: 

25 (A) National mental health policy. 


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1 (B) Military personnel policy. 

2 (C) Research in the field of mental health. 

3 (D) Clinical care in mental health. 

4 (E) Military chaplain or pastoral care. 

5 (2) NUMBER; COMPOSITION.—The Secretary of 

6 Defense shall appoint not more than 15 individuals 

7 to the task force in accordance with the following: 

8 (A) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AP9 POINTEES.—The appointees shall include— 

10 (i) at least one member of each of the 

11 Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and 

12 the National Guard; 

13 (ii) at least one surgeon general of an 

14 Armed Force; and 

15 (iii) at least one dependent of a mem16 ber of the Armed Forces who has experience 

17 working with military families. 

18 (B) NON-DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AP19 POINTEES.—Not fewer than 7 of the appointees 

20 shall be individuals who are not members of the 

21 Armed Forces, civilian employees of the Depart22 ment of Defense, or dependents of such members, 

23 and shall include— 

24 (i) an officer or employee of the De25 partment of Veterans Affairs; and 


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1 (ii) an officer or employee of the Sub2 stance Abuse and Mental Health Services 

3 Administration of the Department of Health 

4 and Human Services. 

5 (C) DEADLINE.—The Secretary of Defense 

6 shall appoint all members by not later than 90 

7 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

8 (D) CO-CHAIRS.—There shall be two co9 chairs of the task force, of whom— 

10 (i) one shall be designated by the Sec11 retary at the time of appointment from 

12 among the individuals appointed under 

13 subparagraph (A); and 

14 (ii) one shall be selected from among 

15 the members appointed under subparagraph 

16 (B) by the members so appointed. 

17 (c) ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON MENTAL

18 HEALTH SERVICES.— 

19 (1) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 

20 date on which all members of the task force have been 

21 appointed, the task force shall submit to the Secretary 

22 of Defense a report containing an assessment of, and 

23 recommendations for improving, the efficacy of men24 tal health services provided to members of the Armed 

25 Forces by the Secretary of Defense. 


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1 (2) USE OF OTHER EFFORTS.—In preparing the 

2 report under paragraph (1), the task force shall take 

3 into consideration completed and ongoing efforts by 

4 the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 

5 Affairs to improve the efficacy of mental health care 

6 provided to members of the Armed Forces. 

7 (3) ELEMENTS.—The assessment and rec8 ommendations specified in paragraph (1) (including 

9 recommendations for legislative or administrative ac10 tion) shall include measures to improve the following: 

11 (A) The awareness of the potential for men12 tal health conditions of members of the Armed 

13 Forces. 

14 (B) The access to, and efficacy of, existing 

15 programs (include telehealth programs) in pri16 mary care and mental health care to prevent, 

17 identify, and treat mental health conditions of 

18 members of the Armed Forces, including pro19 grams for— 

20 (i) forward-deployed troops; 

21 (ii) members of the reserve components; 

22 and 

23 (iii) members assigned to remote or 

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1 (C) The access to adequate telehealth re2 sources including for members described in sub3 paragraph (B), including access to equipment, 

4 bandwidth, and platforms used to deliver care. 

5 (D) The assessment of disruptions to mental 

6 health care as a result of frequent changes to eli7 gibility and coverage for members of the Na8 tional Guard under the TRICARE program, as 

9 well as potential benefits of more consistent care. 

10 (E) Analysis of the potential effect on access 

11 and outcomes for members serving on active duty 

12 as a result of proposed cuts to military end 

13 strengths regarding members with medical mili14 tary occupational specialties. 

15 (F) The access to and programs for family 

16 members of members of the Armed Forces, in17 cluding family members overseas. 

18 (G) Access to, and quality of, private men19 tal health care received by members of the Armed 

20 Forces through the TRICARE program. 

21 (H) The reduction or elimination of bar22 riers to care, including the stigma associated 

23 with mental health conditions, by measures in24 cluding enhanced confidentiality for members of 


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1 the Armed Forces who seek care for such condi2 tions. 

3 (I) The awareness of mental health services 

4 available to dependents of members of the Armed 

5 Forces. 

6 (J) The adequacy of outreach, education, 

7 and support programs on mental health matters 

8 for families of members of the Armed Forces. 

9 (K) The early identification and treatment 

10 of mental health and substance abuse problems 

11 through the use of internal mass media commu12 nications (including radio, and television, social 

13 media) and other education tools to change atti14 tudes within the Armed Forces regarding mental 

15 health and substance abuse treatment. 

16 (L) The transition from mental health care 

17 furnished by the Secretary of Defense to such 

18 care furnished by the Secretary of Veterans Af19 fairs. 

20 (M) The availability of long-term follow-up 

21 and access to care for mental health conditions 

22 for members of the Individual Ready Reserve 

23 and the Selected Reserve and for discharged, sep24 arated, or retired members of the Armed Forces. 


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1 (N) Collaboration between the heads of ele2 ments of the Department of Defense with respon3 sibility for, or jurisdiction over, the provision of 

4 mental health services. 

5 (O) Coordination between the Secretary of 

6 Defense and civilian communities, including 

7 State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, 

8 and local support organizations, with respect to 

9 mental health services. 

10 (P) Coordination between the Secretary of 

11 Defense and the heads of relevant Federal stake12 holders, including the Assistant Secretary for 

13 Mental Health and Substance Use, the Director 

14 of the National Institutes of Health, and the Di15 rector of the Centers for Disease Control and 

16 Prevention. 

17 (Q) The scope and efficacy of curricula and 

18 training on mental health matters for com19 manders in the Armed Forces. 

20 (R) The efficiency and effectiveness of pre21 and post-deployment mental health screenings, 

22 including mental health screenings for members 

23 of the Armed Forces. 

24 (S) The effectiveness of mental health pro25 grams provided in languages other than English. 


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1 (T) Tracking the use of behavioral health 

2 services and related outcomes, including wait 

3 times, continuity of care, symptom resolution, 

4 and maintenance of improvements resulting from 

5 treatment. 

6 (U) Other matters the task force determines 

7 appropriate. 

8 (d) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.— 

9 (1) COMPENSATION.— 

10 (A) MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES; 

11 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.— 

12 Each member of the task force who is a member 

13 of the Armed Forces or a civilian officer or em14 ployee of the United States Government shall 

15 serve without compensation (other than com16 pensation to which entitled as a member of the 

17 Armed Forces or an officer or employee of the 

18 United States Government, as the case may be). 

19 (B) OTHER MEMBERS.—Any member of the 

20 task force not described in subparagraph (A) 

21 shall be treated for purposes of section 3161 of 

22 title 5, United States Code, as having been ap23 pointed under subsection (b) of such section. 


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1 (2) OVERSIGHT.—The Under Secretary of De2 fense for Personnel and Readiness shall oversee the ac3 tivities of the task force. 

4 (3) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The Director of 

5 the Washington Headquarters Services of the Depart6 ment of Defense shall provide the task force with per7 sonnel, facilities, and other administrative support as 

8 necessary for the performance of the duties of the task 

9 force. 

10 (4) ACCESS TO FACILITIES.—The Under Sec11 retary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, in co12 ordination with the Secretaries of the military de13 partments, shall ensure appropriate access by the task 

14 force to military installations and facilities for pur15 poses of the discharge of the duties of the task force. 

16 (e) TERMINATION.—The task force shall terminate 90 

17 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the 

18 appropriate congressional committees the report of the task 

19 force under subsection (c)(1). 

20 (f) PLAN OF THE SECRETARY.—Not later than 180 

21 days after receiving the report of the task force under sub22 section (c)(1), the Secretary of Defense shall develop a plan 

23 based on the recommendations of the task force and submit 

24 such plan to the congressional defense committees. 


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1 (g) REPORTS BY THE SECRETARY.—For each of the 

2 five years following the receipt of the report of the task force 

3 under subsection (c)(1), the Secretary of Defense shall sub4 mit to the congressional defense committees a report on the 

5 recommendations made by the task force with respect to the 

6 Department of Defense. Each such report shall include— 

7 (1) for each such recommendation, the deter8 mination of the Secretary of Defense as to whether to 

9 implement the recommendation; 

10 (2) in the case of a recommendation the Sec11 retary intends to implement, the intended timeline for 

12 implementation, a description of any additional re13 sources or authorities required for such implementa14 tion, and the plan for such implementation; 

15 (3) in the case of a recommendation the Sec16 retary determines is not advisable or feasible, the 

17 analysis and justification of the Secretary in making 

18 that determination; and 

19 (4) in the case of a recommendation the Sec20 retary determines is already being implemented, the 

21 analysis and justification of the Secretary in making 

22 that determination. 

23 (h) BRIEFINGS BY THE SECRETARY.—Not less fre24 quently than annually during the five-year period following 

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1 (c)(1), the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the congres2 sional defense committees a briefing on— 

3 (1) the progress of the Secretary of Defense in 

4 analyzing and implementing the recommendations 

5 made by the task force; 

6 (2) any programs, projects, or other activities of 

7 the Department of Defense that are being carried out 

8 to implement such recommendations; and 

9 (3) the amount of funding provided for such pro10 grams, projects, and activities. 

11 (i) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE12 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres13 sional committees’’ means— 

14 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

15 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Rep16 resentatives; and 

17 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

18 Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate. 

19 SEC. 730. DISCLOSURES BY ENTITIES RECEIVING GRANTS 

20 THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR BIO21 MEDICAL RESEARCH. 

22 Any entity that receives a grant from the Secretary 

23 of Defense for biomedical research shall— 

24 (1) disclose to the Secretary each corporate par25 ent, affiliate, and subsidiary of such entity; and 


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1 (2) certify to the Secretary that such entity does 

2 not receive funding from— 

3 (A) the Chinese Communist Party; 

4 (B) a company included in the non-SDN 

5 Chinese military-industrial complex companies 

6 list maintained by the Secretary of the Treasury; 

7 or 

8 (C) an entity on the sanctions list of the Of9 fice of Foreign Assets Control of the Department 

10 of the Treasury. 

11 Subtitle C—Studies and Reports 

12 SEC. 741. AMENDMENTS TO REPORT ON BEHAVIORAL 

13 HEALTH WORKFORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT 

14 OF DEFENSE. 

15 Section 737 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

16 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117– 

17 263) is amended as follows: 

18 (1) In subsection (c)(1)— 

19 (A) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as 

20 subparagraph (M); and 

21 (B) by inserting, after subparagraph (G), 

22 the following new subparagraphs: 

23 ‘‘(H) The number of behavioral health pro24 viders performing active duty who are perma25 nently assigned to positions outside of their field 


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1 of training (including command, recruitment or 

2 training, and staff assignments). 

3 ‘‘(I) The extent to which collateral duties af4 fect the ability of behavioral health providers de5 scribed in subparagraph (H) to provide care. 

6 ‘‘(J) The number of civilian behavioral 

7 health providers with collateral administrative 

8 duties, and the extent to which such duties affect 

9 such providers/ ability to provide care. 

10 ‘‘(K) The effects of preventing behavioral 

11 health providers from serving in positions rel12 evant to their fields. 

13 ‘‘(L) An analysis of how a full-time equiva14 lent is calculated and the feasibility of standard15 izing the calculation within and across the 

16 Armed Forces.’’. 

17 (2) In subsection (e), by adding at the end the 

18 following new paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(11) The term ‘behavioral health provider’ in20 cludes a— 

21 ‘‘(A) licensed independent clinical social 

22 worker; 

23 ‘‘(B) psychologist; 

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1 ‘‘(D) licensed marriage and family thera2 pist; 

3 ‘‘(E) psychiatric nurse mental health clin4 ical specialist; or 

5 ‘‘(F) psychiatrist.’’. 

6 SEC. 742. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY ON FORCE RESIL7 IENCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 270 days after 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De10 fense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 

11 the Senate and House of Representatives and publish a 

12 comprehensive strategy on force resilience that provides a 

13 proactive, intentional approach to holistic health within the 

14 Total Force Fitness framework of the Department of De15 fense. Such strategy shall include the following: 

16 (1) Priorities and objectives determined by the 

17 Secretary. 

18 (2) Assessments of the effectiveness of current 

19 models, focusing on models that are data-driven and 

20 evidence-based. 

21 (3) Implementation of the recommendation in 

22 the Report to Congress on the Department of Defense 

23 Plan to Achieve the Vision of the DoD Task Force on 

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1 embedded health care and support professional in 

2 high-risk units. 

3 (4) Provision of care in all health domains. 

4 (5) A reevaluation of operational requirements to 

5 ensure that embedded positions are appropriately 

6 billeted, funded, trained, and deployable (if deemed 

7 necessary). 

8 (6) Participation of the prevention workforce of 

9 the Department. 

10 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 90 days after 

11 publishing the strategy under subsection (a), the Secretary 

12 shall implement such strategy. 

13 (c) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to the Com14 mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Rep15 resentatives a report not less than once each year on the 

16 progress of the implementation of the strategy until the Sec17 retary determines all objectives of the strategy have been 

18 achieved. Each such report shall include the following: 

19 (1) Challenges or barriers to implementation of 

20 the strategy. 

21 (2) An assessment of the effectiveness of the em22 bedded health care professionals and support profes23 sionals. 

24 (3) Improvements to the strategy implemented by 

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1 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) The term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the 

3 Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space 

4 Force. 

5 (2) The term ‘‘health care professional’’ includes 

6 a psychiatrist, psychologist, licensed clinical social 

7 worker, nurse practitioner, or mental health techni8 cian. 

9 (3) The term ‘‘high-risk unit’’ means a unit of 

10 a covered Armed Force that the Secretary of the mili11 tary department concerned determines is exposed to 

12 high levels of stress, trauma, and operational tempo, 

13 and is more likely to experience negative health out14 comes. 

15 (4) The term ‘‘support professional’’ means 

16 trained a professional in a field that immediately 

17 supports force resilience, such as a chaplain, nutri18 tionist, or financial counselor. 

19 SEC. 743. STUDY ON NON-CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH SERV20 ICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

21 (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense, in 

22 coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart23 ments, shall conduct a study regarding the following: 

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1 plemented throughout the Department of Defense, in2 cluding distribution of NCMH professionals. 

3 (2) The differences in roles and responsibilities 

4 between NCMH professionals and clinical mental 

5 health professionals. 

6 (3) How the effectiveness of NCMH professionals 

7 and NCMH programs are measured. 

8 (4) The processes by which NCMH profes9 sionals— 

10 (A) track services they provide; 

11 (B) refer and track such referrals to clinical 

12 mental health professionals, chaplains, and other 

13 service providers; and 

14 (C) ease the transition for such a referral to 

15 ensure a treatment plan continues smoothly. 

16 (5) The costs to the United States of NCMH pro17 grams of the Department during the calendar years 

18 2019 through 2023. 

19 (6) The outcomes of NCMH programs. 

20 (7) Recommendations for the future of NCMH 

21 programs. 

22 (b) REPORT.—Not later than June 1, 2024, the Sec23 retary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

24 Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a re25 port containing the results of the study under this section. 


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1 (c) NCMH DEFINED.—The term ‘‘NCMH’’ means 

2 non-clinical mental health. 

3 SEC. 744. CLINICAL STUDY ON TREATMENT OF CERTAIN 

4 MEMBERS WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS USING 

5 CERTAIN PSYCHEDELIC SUBSTANCES. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 

7 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

8 shall carry out a clinical study in military treatment facili9 ties on the treatment of members of the covered Armed 

10 Forces serving on active duty with a covered condition 

11 using covered psychedelic substances. 

12 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year after 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

14 submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House 

15 of Representatives and the Senate a report on the results 

16 of the clinical study. The report shall include the following: 

17 (1) The number of members of the covered Armed 

18 Forces who participated in the clinical study. 

19 (2) The findings of such clinical study. 

20 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) The term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the 

22 Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space 

23 Force. 

24 (2) The term ‘‘covered condition’’ means any of 

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1 (A) Post-traumatic stress. 

2 (B) Traumatic brain injury. 

3 (C) Chronic traumatic encephalopathy. 

4 (3) The term ‘‘covered psychedelic substances’’ 

5 means any of the following: 

6 (A) 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine 

7 (commonly known as ‘‘MDMA’’). 

8 (B) Psilocybin. 

9 (C) Ibogaine. 

10 (D) 5–Methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine 

11 (commonly known as ‘‘DMT’’). 

12 SEC. 745. STUDY ON OPIOID ALTERNATIVES. 

13 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De15 fense shall carry out a study in military treatment facilities 

16 on the efficacy of opioid alternatives for pain management. 

17 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 

19 the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House 

20 of Representatives a report on the results of the study under 

21 this section. Such report shall include recommendations of 

22 the Secretary regarding the use of opioid alternatives in 

23 military treatment facilities. 

24 (c) OPIOID ALTERNATIVE DEFINED.—In this section, 

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1 (1) Cryotherapy. 

2 (2) Hyperbaric oxygen therapy. 

3 (3) Sensory deprivation. 

4 SEC. 746. REPORT ON OVERDOSES BY MEMBERS OF CER5 TAIN ARMED FORCES. 

6 (a) ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY OVERDOSES.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

9 thereafter for four subsequent years, the Secretary of 

10 Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

11 committees a report on the number of annual 

12 overdoses among members of the covered Armed 

13 Forces. 

14 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para15 graph (1) shall include the following elements: 

16 (A) The total number of such members who 

17 suffered a fatal overdose during the previous cal18 endar year, including— 

19 (i) demographic information, includ20 ing gender, race, age, military department, 

21 rank, grade, station, and number of pre22 vious deployments; 

23 (ii) the location of the fatal overdose, 

24 including whether the overdose was on a 

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1 (iii) a list of the substances involved in 

2 the fatal overdose. 

3 (B) Of the members identified under sub4 paragraph (A)— 

5 (i) the number of members who pre6 viously had a non-fatal overdose; 

7 (ii) the number of members who re8 ceived mental health or substance use dis9 order services prior to a fatal or non-fatal 

10 overdose, including a description of whether 

11 such services were received from a private 

12 sector provider; 

13 (iii) the number of members with co14 morbid mental health diagnoses; 

15 (iv) the number of members who had 

16 been prescribed opioids, benzodiazepines, or 

17 stimulants; 

18 (v) the number of members who were 

19 previously prescribed or provided naloxone; 

20 (vi) the number of members who had a 

21 positive drug test prior to the fatal overdose, 

22 including any substance identified in such 

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1 ment, including medication treatment for 

2 opioid use disorder; 

3 (viii) with respect to each members 

4 identified in clause (vii), whether the mem5 bers was referred after a positive drug test 

6 and the source of such referral; 

7 (ix) of the members identified in clause 

8 (vii), the number of members who engaged 

9 in such medical treatment; and 

10 (x) the number of members who suf11 fered a fatal overdose in which a bystander 

12 was present. 

13 (C) The total number of such members who 

14 suffered a non-fatal overdose during the previous 

15 calendar year, including— 

16 (i) demographic information, includ17 ing gender, race, age, military department, 

18 rank, grade, station, and number of pre19 vious deployments; 

20 (ii) a list of the substances involved in 

21 the non-fatal overdose; and 

22 (iii) a determination of whether the 

23 non-fatal overdose was intentional. 

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1 (i) the number of members who pre2 viously had a non-fatal overdose; 

3 (ii) the number of members who re4 ceived mental health or substance use dis5 order services prior to a non-fatal overdose; 

6 (iii) the number of members with co7 morbid mental health diagnoses prior to a 

8 non-fatal overdose; 

9 (iv) the number of members who had 

10 been prescribed opioids, benzodiazepines, or 

11 stimulants prior to a non-fatal overdose; 

12 (v) the number of members who had a 

13 positive drug test prior to the fatal overdose, 

14 including any substance identified in such 

15 test; 

16 (vi) the number of members who suf17 fered a non-fatal overdose in which a by18 stander was present; 

19 (vii) the number of members who had 

20 been categorized as high risk and prescribed 

21 or provided naloxone prior to a non-fatal 

22 overdose; 

23 (viii) the number of members who suf24 fered a non-fatal overdose in which 

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1 (ix) the number of members referred to 

2 medical treatment, including medication 

3 treatment for opioid use disorder, following 

4 a non-fatal overdose; 

5 (x) of the members identified in clause 

6 (ix), the number of members who engaged in 

7 such medical treatment; 

8 (xi) the number of members referred, 

9 including by self-referral, to medical treat10 ment, including medication treatment for 

11 opioid use disorder; 

12 (xii) with respect to each members 

13 identified in clause (xi), whether the mem14 bers was referred after a positive drug test 

15 and the source of such referral; 

16 (xiii) of the members identified in 

17 clause (xi), the number of members who en18 gaged in such medical treatment; and 

19 (xiv) the number of intentional 

20 overdoses. 

21 (E) An analysis of discernable patterns in 

22 fatal and non-fatal overdoses of such members, 

23 and existing or anticipated responses to such 

24 patterns by the Secretary of Defense. 


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1 (F) A description of existing or anticipated 

2 response efforts to fatal and non-fatal overdoses 

3 at military bases that have rates of fatal 

4 overdoses that exceed the average rate of fatal 

5 overdoses in the United States. 

6 (G) The number of such members who are 

7 in recovery or currently taking a prescription 

8 medication for opioid use disorder. 

9 (H) The number of military family mem10 bers of such members who receive substance use 

11 disorder treatment at a medical facility of the 

12 Department of Defense. 

13 (I) An assessment of the availability of sub14 stance use disorder treatment for such members 

15 who— 

16 (i) transferred military bases; or 

17 (ii) returned to the United States fol18 lowing an overseas tour. 

19 (J) The number of medical facilities of, or 

20 affiliated with, the Department of Defense that 

21 have opioid treatment programs. 

22 (K) A description of punitive measures 

23 taken by the Secretary of Defense in response to 

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1 (L) The number of military family members 

2 who live on a military base who suffered a fatal 

3 or non-fatal overdose during the previous cal4 endar year, including— 

5 (i) demographic information, includ6 ing gender, race, age, and relationship to a 

7 members; 

8 (ii) the location of the overdose; 

9 (iii) a list of the substances involved in 

10 the overdose; and 

11 (iv) a determination of whether the 

12 overdose was intentional. 

13 (3) REPORTING ON FEWER THAN FIVE MEM14 BERS.—If the number of such members or military 

15 family members identified under any subparagraph 

16 of paragraph (2) is fewer than five, the Secretary of 

17 Defense shall for, such subparagraph— 

18 (A) not report the exact number of such 

19 members or military family members identified; 

20 and 

21 (B) report that fewer than five such mem22 bers or military family members were identified. 

23 (4) PRIVACY.—Nothing in this section shall be 

24 construed to authorize the disclosure by the Secretary 

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1 such members or military family members, including 

2 anonymized personal information that could be used 

3 to re-identify such members or military family mem4 bers. 

5 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com7 mittees’’ means— 

8 (A) the congressional defense committees; 

9 (B) the Committee on Health, Education, 

10 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and 

11 (C) the Committee on Energy and Com12 merce of the House of Representatives. 

13 (2) The term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the 

14 Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space 

15 Force. 

16 (3) The term ‘‘military family member’’ means 

17 a family member of a member of a covered Armed 

18 Force, including a spouse, parent, dependent, child, or 

19 guardian of a child of such a member. 

20 SEC. 747. FEASIBILITY REPORT REGARDING DHA EMPLOY21 MENT OF CERTAIN MENTAL HEALTH PRO22 VIDERS AWAITING LICENSURE. 

23 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than September 

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1 resentatives a report on the feasibility of revising policies 

2 of DHA regarding the supervision of covered mental health 

3 employees in order to align with the policies set forth in 

4 VHA Directive 1027 of the Veterans Health Administration 

5 (dated October 23, 2019). In determining such feasibility, 

6 the Secretary shall consider issues including the following: 

7 (1) The need to employ covered mental health 

8 employees in DHA. 

9 (2) The capacity of licensed mental health profes10 sionals employed in DHA to supervise covered mental 

11 health employees. 

12 (3) The effects of such alignment on access by 

13 members of the Armed Forces to mental health care. 

14 (4) The potential risks and costs to the United 

15 States of such alignment. 

16 (5) Any statutory or regulatory changes nec17 essary for such alignment. 

18 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) The term ‘‘covered mental health employee’’ 

20 means an individual— 

21 (A) employed by the Defense Health Agency 

22 as a psychologist, social worker, professional 

23 mental health counselor, or marriage and family 

24 therapist; and 


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1 (B) who has yet to be licensed in such pro2 fession by a State. 

3 (2) The term ‘‘DHA’’ means the Defense Health 

4 Agency. 

5 (3) The term ‘‘State’’ has the meaning given such 

6 term in section 901 of title 32, United States Code. 

7 SEC. 748. STUDY ON HEALTH CARE AVAILABLE TO INDIVID8 UALS SUPPORTING THE MISSIONS OF UNITED 

9 STATES FORCES, JAPAN, AND JOINT REGION 

10 MARIANAS. 

11 (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Commander, United 

12 States Indo-Pacific Command, shall conduct a study to de13 termine whether health care services available to covered in14 dividuals is sufficient to support— 

15 (1) the missions of United States Forces, Japan, 

16 and Joint Region Marianas; and 

17 (2) the National Defense Strategy. 

18 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study under this section shall in19 clude the following elements: 

20 (1) With regards to health care services furnished 

21 through the military health system to covered individ22 uals, an assessment of— 

23 (A) the sufficiency of such services; and 

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1 (2) A assessment of the availability of health 

2 care services to covered individuals, including— 

3 (A) the sufficiency of such services; and 

4 (B) challenges to such services. 

5 (3) A mission risk assessment for United States 

6 Forces, Japan, and Joint Region Marianas if health 

7 care services furnished through the military health 

8 system were available in the following scenarios: 

9 (A) To members, civilian employees of the 

10 Department of Defense, and dependents of such 

11 members and employees, only. 

12 (B) To covered individuals on a space13 available basis, pursuant to the policy memo14 randum of the Defense Health Agency dated 

15 March 1, 2023. 

16 (C) To all covered individuals. 

17 (4) A mission cost analysis based on the risk as18 sessment under paragraph (3). 

19 (5) Recommendations of the Commander regard20 ing the assessment under paragraph (3) and the anal21 ysis under paragraph (4), including a recommenda22 tion regarding which scenario in paragraph (3) best 

23 supports the National Defense Strategy for the areas 

24 of responsibility of United States Forces, Japan, and 

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1 (c) BRIEFINGS; REPORT.—The Commander, in coordi2 nation with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 

3 Affairs, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 

4 of the Senate and House of Representatives— 

5 (1) an interim briefing on the study not later 

6 than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act; 

8 (2) a final briefing not later than one year after 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

10 (3) a final report not later than one year after 

11 the date of the enactment of this Act, including rec12 ommendations regarding legislation or funding to im13 prove care services furnished through the military 

14 health system to covered individuals. 

15 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) The term ‘‘covered individual’’ means an in17 dividual who supports the mission of United States 

18 Forces, Japan, or Joint Region Marianas, includ19 ing— 

20 (A) a member of the Armed Forces; 

21 (B) an employee of the Federal Government; 

22 (C) a dependent of a member described in 

23 subparagraph (B) or an employee described in 

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1 (D) an employee of an entity that has en2 tered into an agreement with the United States. 

3 (2) The term ‘‘health care services’’ includes such 

4 health care services furnished— 

5 (A) through the military health system; and 

6 (B) by a source not described in subpara7 graph (A). 

8 SEC. 749. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL PTSD COLLABORATIVE 

9 RESEARCH. 

10 (a) GRANT PROGRAM FOR INCREASED COOPERATION

11 ON POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER RESEARCH BE12 TWEEN UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL.— 

13 (1) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

14 Congress that the Secretary of Defense, acting through 

15 the Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain In16 jury Research Program, should seek to explore sci17 entific collaboration between American academic in18 stitutions and nonprofit research entities, and Israeli 

19 institutions with expertise in researching, diagnosing, 

20 and treating post-traumatic stress disorder. 

21 (2) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense, 

22 in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

23 and the Secretary of State, shall award grants to eli24 gible entities to carry out collaborative research be25 tween the United States and Israel with respect to 


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1 post-traumatic stress disorders. The Secretary of De2 fense shall carry out the grant program under this 

3 subsection in accordance with the agreement titled 

4 ‘‘Agreement Between the Government of the United 

5 States of America and the Government of Israel on 

6 the United States-Israel Binational Science Founda7 tion’’, dated September 27, 1972. 

8 (3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to re9 ceive a grant under this subsection, an entity shall be 

10 an academic institution or a nonprofit entity located 

11 in the United States. 

12 (4) AWARD.—The Secretary shall award grants 

13 under this subsection to eligible entities that— 

14 (A) carry out a research project that— 

15 (i) addresses a requirement in the area 

16 of post-traumatic stress disorders that the 

17 Secretary determines appropriate to re18 search using such grant; and 

19 (ii) is conducted by the eligible entity 

20 and an entity in Israel under a joint re21 search agreement; and 

22 (B) meet such other criteria that the Sec23 retary may establish. 

24 (5) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 

25 grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall 


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1 submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 

2 in such manner, and containing such commitments 

3 and information as the Secretary may require. 

4 (6) GIFT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may ac5 cept, hold, and administer, any gift of money made 

6 on the condition that the gift be used for the purpose 

7 of the grant program under this subsection. Such gifts 

8 of money accepted under this paragraph shall be de9 posited in the Treasury in the Department of Defense 

10 General Gift Fund and shall be available, subject to 

11 appropriation, without fiscal year limitation. 

12 (7) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after the 

13 date on which an eligible entity completes a research 

14 project using a grant under this subsection, the Sec15 retary shall submit to Congress a report that con16 tains— 

17 (A) a description of how the eligible entity 

18 used the grant; and 

19 (B) an evaluation of the level of success of 

20 the research project. 

21 (b) TERMINATION.—The authority to award grants 

22 under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that is 

23 seven years after the date on which the first such grant is 

24 awarded. 


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1 SEC. 750. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON CREATION OF CENTERS 

2 OF EXCELLENCE IN UKRAINE FOR TREAT3 MENT OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES AND 

4 TRAUMATIC EXTREMITY INJURIES. 

5 The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a feasibility 

6 study to— 

7 (1) determine whether opportunities exist for the 

8 head of the center of excellence established under sec9 tion 723 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Au10 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (38 U.S.C. 7327 

11 note) to collaborate with an appropriate counterpart 

12 from the Government of Ukraine to establish a center 

13 of excellence of Ukraine for the treatment of traumatic 

14 extremity injury in Ukraine with the purpose of pro15 viding for the mitigation, treatment, and rehabilita16 tion of traumatic extremity injuries and amputations 

17 experienced in Ukraine as a result of Russian aggres18 sion; and 

19 (2) determine whether opportunities exist for the 

20 head of the center of excellence established under sec21 tion 1621 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

22 for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 

23 453; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note) to collaborate with an ap24 propriate counterpart from the Government of 

25 Ukraine to establish a center of excellence of Ukraine 


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1 for the treatment of traumatic brain injury in 

2 Ukraine with the purpose of— 

3 (A) improving the lives of individuals af4 fected by traumatic brain injury experienced in 

5 Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression and 

6 improving the lives of the family members of any 

7 such individual; and 

8 (B) collaborating with such individuals, 

9 such family members, referring providers, and 

10 relevant researchers to provide to such individ11 uals, to the extent possible— 

12 (i) a point of entry into the health care 

13 system; 

14 (ii) a clear path through diagnosis, 

15 treatment, and reintegration, with respect 

16 to traumatic brain injury; and 

17 (iii) consistent access to high quality 

18 treatment, research, and education, with re19 spect to traumatic brain injury. 

20 SEC. 751. TESTOSTERONE LEVELS AMONG MEMBERS OF 

21 SPECIAL FORCES OF THE ARMY: STUDY; RE22 PORT. 

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1 ning in fiscal year 2024, with respect to the following ele2 ments: 

3 (1) Whether members of special forces of the 

4 Army at entry to the qualification course have higher 

5 levels of testosterone than the average male civilian 

6 for that age group. 

7 (2) The effects of special forces training and de8 ployments on levels of testosterone of such members. 

9 (3) The quality of testing for decreased testos10 terone levels among such members, and whether test11 ing should be conducted at later times of the day to 

12 more accurately reflect testosterone levels. 

13 (4) Assistance offered to prevent and treat de14 creasing testosterone levels among such members. 

15 (5) The impacts of decreased testosterone levels 

16 on readiness of such members. 

17 (6) The impacts of decreased testosterone levels 

18 on the long-term health of such members. 

19 (7) Anything the Under Secretary determines 

20 appropriate. 

21 (b) REPORTS.— 

22 (1) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than one year 

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 

24 Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 

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1 section (a), including recommendations of the Under 

2 Secretary regarding— 

3 (A) the appropriateness of conducting a 

4 pilot program to provide testosterone replace5 ment therapy to such members; and 

6 (B) providing natural remedies to such 

7 members to prevent testosterone loss, including 

8 personalized meal plans, exercise plans, sleep 

9 recommendations, and actions to improve bone 

10 density and red blood count. 

11 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 

12 after completing the study under subsection (a), the 

13 Under Secretary shall submit to the congressional de14 fense committees a final report regarding such study. 

15 (3) FORM.—A report under this subsection shall 

16 be submitted in an unclassified form, but may include 

17 a classified annex. 

18 SEC. 752. GAO REPORT ON TRICARE PAYMENTS TO BEHAV19 IORAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. 

20 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

22 General of the United States shall submit to the Committees 

23 on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 

24 Senate the results of a study on TRICARE payments to 

25 TRICARE network behavioral professionals. 


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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study shall include a comprehen2 sive analysis of the following elements: 

3 (1) The timeliness of such payments. 

4 (2) The accuracy of such payments. 

5 (3) The extent to which contractors comply with 

6 section 6.2.1 of the TRICARE Operations Manual. 

7 (4) Areas of improvement that would enhance 

8 and improve the administrative process of such pay9 ments. 

10 TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POL11 ICY, ACQUISITION MANAGE12 MENT, AND RELATED MAT13 TERS 

14 Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and 

15 Management 

16 SEC. 801. COMMERCIAL NATURE DETERMINATION MEMO 

17 AVAILABLE TO CONTRACTOR. 

18 Section 3456(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 

19 amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Upon the re20 quest of the contractor offering the product or service for 

21 which such determination is summarized in such memo22 randum, the contracting officer shall provide to such con23 tractor a copy of such memorandum.’’. 


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1 SEC. 802. PROHIBITION ON THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN 

2 DATA ON EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT 

3 OF DEFENSE TO THIRD PARTIES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 363 of title 10, United 

5 States Code, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

6 the end the following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 4662. Prohibition on the transfer of certain data on 

8 employees of the Department of Defense to 

9 third parties 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each contract entered into by the 

11 Department of Defense on or after the date of the enactment 

12 of this section shall include a provision prohibiting the con13 tractor and each subcontractor under such contract from 

14 selling, licensing, or otherwise transferring covered individ15 ually identifiable Department employee data to any indi16 vidual or entity other than the Federal Government, except 

17 to the extent required to perform under such contract or 

18 a subcontract under such contract. 

19 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive 

20 subsection (a) with respect to a sale, licensing, or other 

21 transfer of covered individually identifiable Department 

22 employee data if the Secretary determines that such waiver 

23 is appropriate. 

24 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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1 vidually identifiable Department employee data’ 

2 means individually identifiable Department employee 

3 data obtained by— 

4 ‘‘(A) a contractor pursuant to the perform5 ance of a contract described in subsection (a) by 

6 such contractor; or 

7 ‘‘(B) a subcontractor pursuant to the per8 formance of a subcontract under such a contract 

9 by such subcontractor. 

10 ‘‘(2) INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIABLE DEPARTMENT

11 EMPLOYEE DATA.—The term ‘individually identifi12 able Department employee data’ means information 

13 related to an employee of the Department of Defense, 

14 including a member of the armed forces, that— 

15 ‘‘(A) identifies such employee; or 

16 ‘‘(B) which may be used to infer, by either 

17 direct or indirect means, the identity of such an 

18 employee to whom the information applies.’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 

20 chapter 363 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 

21 adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘4662. Prohibition on the transfer of certain data on employees of the Department 

of Defense to third parties.’’. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

3 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com4 mittees a report on the strategy of the Department of 

5 Defense to counter the proliferation of individually 

6 identifiable active duty member information on com7 mercially available datasets. 

8 (2) INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIABLE ACTIVE DUTY

9 MEMBER INFORMATION.—In this subsection, the term 

10 ‘‘individually identifiable active duty member infor11 mation’’ means individually identifiable information 

12 related to a member of the Armed Forces serving on 

13 active duty that— 

14 (A) identifies such member; or 

15 (B) which may be used to infer, by either 

16 direct or indirect means, the identity of such a 

17 member to whom the information applies. 

18 SEC. 803. PRINCIPAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION ADVISOR. 

19 (a) DESIGNATION.—Not later than one year after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a mili21 tary department shall designate a Principal Transition Ad22 visor who shall advise the Secretary on the transition of 

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1 tified and potential warfighter requirements for the mili2 tary department. 

3 (b) DIRECT REPORT.—The Principal Transition Ad4 visor of a military department designated under subsection 

5 (a) shall directly report to the Secretary of such military 

6 department. 

7 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Principal Transition 

8 Advisor of a military department designated under sub9 section (a) shall do the following: 

10 (1) Identify technologies being researched, devel11 oped, tested, or evaluated by science and technology 

12 programs of the Department, including Defense re13 search facilities (as defined in section 4125(b) of title 

14 10, United States Code), that the military department 

15 may use to meet identified and potential warfighter 

16 requirements. 

17 (2) Consult with Department of Defense innova18 tion programs to identify technologies from private 

19 commercial entities, research institutions, univer20 sities, and other entities to identify technologies that 

21 the military department may use to meet identified 

22 and potential warfighter requirements. 

23 (3) Make recommendations to the Secretary of 

24 the military department regarding the acquisition of 

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1 including recommendations on the programs of the 

2 military department under which the military de3 partment should make the acquisitions. 

4 (4) Inform program managers (as defined in sec5 tion 1737 of title 10, United States Code) and other 

6 relevant acquisition officials of the military depart7 ment of relevant technologies identified under para8 graphs (1) and (2). 

9 (5) Develop and maintain metrics tracking the 

10 outcomes of projects and other activities of the mili11 tary department for which the military department 

12 expended amounts designated as budget activity 6 

13 (RDT&E management support) as that budget activ14 ity classification is set forth in volume 2B, chapter 5 

15 of the Department of Defense Financial Management 

16 Regulation (DOD 7000.14-R). 

17 (d) CONGRESSIONAL REPORT.—Not later than one 

18 year after the designation of the Principal Transition Advi19 sor of a military department under subsection (a), and an20 nually thereafter, the Principal Transition Advisor of such 

21 military department shall submit to Congress a report on 

22 the following for the one-year period preceding the submis23 sion of the report: 

24 (1) The activities of the Principal Transition 

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1 (2) The outcomes of projects and other activities 

2 described in subsection (c)(5), including the metrics 

3 described in such subsection. 

4 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

6 means the Department of Defense. 

7 (2) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INNOVATION PRO8 GRAMS.—The term ‘‘Department of Defense innova9 tion programs’’ means the Defense Innovation Unit of 

10 the Department of Defense, AFWERX of the Air 

11 Force, and other programs sponsored by the Depart12 ment of Defense, or any component thereof, with a 

13 focus on accelerating the adoption of emerging tech14 nologies for mission-relevant applications or innova15 tion. 

16 (3) MILITARY DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘mili17 tary department’’ has the meaning given such term in 

18 section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code. 

19 SEC. 804. PILOT PROGRAM ON PAYMENT OF COSTS FOR DE20 NIED GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF21 FICE BID PROTESTS. 

22 (a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

23 Defense shall carry out a pilot program to determine the 

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1 partment of Defense for costs incurred in processing covered 

2 protests. 

3 (b) DURATION.—The pilot program under subsection 

4 (a) shall— 

5 (1) begin on the date that is two years after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act; and 

7 (2) end on the date that is five years after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act. 

9 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

10 on which the pilot program under subsection (a) ends, the 

11 Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 

12 of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report as13 sessing the feasibility of making permanent such pilot pro14 gram. 

15 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) COVERED PROTEST.—The term ‘‘covered pro17 test’’ means a bid protest that is a final bid protest 

18 and that was filed during the period beginning on 

19 October 1, 2025, and ending on September 30, 2028, 

20 by a party with revenues in excess of $250,000,000 

21 (based on fiscal year 2023 constant dollars) during 

22 the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year 

23 in which such party filed such bid protest. 

24 (2) FINAL BID PROTEST.—The term ‘‘final bid 

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1 opinion issued by the Government Accountability Of2 fice and such denial— 

3 (A) has not been appealed and is no longer 

4 appealable because the time for taking an appeal 

5 has expired; or 

6 (B) has been appealed and the appeals 

7 process for which is completed. 

8 SEC. 805. PILOT PROGRAM FOR PROTOTYPE PROJECTS FOR 

9 ANYTHING-AS-A-SERVICE. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

11 enactment of this Act and subject to the availability of ap12 propriations, the Secretary of Defense or any official des13 ignated by the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 

14 each Secretary of a military department, shall establish a 

15 pilot program to enter into transactions to carry out proto16 type projects for Anything-as-a-Service using competitive 

17 multisourcing. 

18 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—Before entering into a trans19 action under this section, the Secretary shall— 

20 (1) develop criteria that technology-supported ca21 pabilities are delivered as a service must meet in 

22 order to be included in a prototype project; and 

23 (2) develop criteria for competitive multisourcing 

24 applicable to the pilot program established under this 

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1 (c) VALUE.—The value of a transaction for a prototype 

2 project carried out under this section shall not exceed 

3 $100,000,000. 

4 (d) TIMING.—The Secretary shall, to the extent prac5 ticable, enter into a transaction for a prototype project 

6 under this section not earlier than 60 days and not later 

7 than 100 days after the date on which the Secretary an8 nounces an opportunity to participate in the pilot program 

9 established under this section. 

10 (e) EXEMPTION.—The requirements of sections 

11 3204(e)(1) and 3702 of title 10, United States Code, shall 

12 not apply with respect to a transaction for a prototype 

13 project under this section if the Secretary of Defense receives 

14 three or more minimally qualified offers for such trans15 action. 

16 (f) BRIEFING.—Not later than December 31, 2024, the 

17 Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to the congres18 sional defense committees on the implementation of the pilot 

19 program. 

20 (g) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after each exer21 cise of authority under the pilot program, the Secretary of 

22 Defense shall submit to Congress a report on such exercise. 

23 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) The term ‘‘Anything-as-a-Service’’ means 

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1 is provided to the Department of Defense as a service 

2 rather than as a product, including such capabilities 

3 as software, platforms, and infrastructure. 

4 (2) The term ‘‘competitive multisourcing’’ means 

5 a method to fulfill the requirements of a transaction 

6 for a prototype project entered into under the pilot 

7 program established under this section to carry out a 

8 prototype project by awarding such transaction to 

9 more than one offeror, of which one offeror shall be the 

10 primary awardee and any other offerors shall be sec11 ondary awardees prepared to take the place of the 

12 primary awardee under the transaction. 

13 (i) TERMINATION.— 

14 (1) PROTOTYPE PROJECTS.—The authority to 

15 carry out a prototype project under the pilot program 

16 shall terminate not more than 24 months after the 

17 date of commencing such prototype project. 

18 (2) PILOT PROGRAM.—The authority to carry 

19 out the pilot program under this section shall termi20 nate on the date that is three years after the date of 

21 the enactment of this Act. 

22 SEC. 806. LOW-METHANE INTENSITY NATURAL GAS PILOT 

23 PROGRAM. 

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1 military department (as such term is defined in section 

2 101(a) of title 10, United States Code), may establish a 

3 pilot program to demonstrate the feasibility of installations 

4 of the Department of Defense using certified low-methane 

5 intensity natural gas, including demonstrating the quan6 tities of such gas that are feasible. 

7 (b) ACQUISITION OF CERTIFIED LOW-METHANE IN8 TENSITY NATURAL GAS.—In carrying out the pilot pro9 gram, the Director shall select installations of the Depart10 ment for which the natural gas acquired for such installa11 tions shall be certified low-methane intensity natural gas. 

12 (c) DEPARTMENT INSTALLATIONS.— 

13 (1) LOCATION.—The Director may select only in14 stallations of the Department that are located within 

15 the continental United States to participate in the 

16 pilot program. 

17 (2) NUMBER.—In carrying out the pilot pro18 gram, the Director shall select not fewer than 5 instal19 lations of the Department to participate in the pilot 

20 program. 

21 (d) DURATION.—If the Director establishes the pilot 

22 program, the Director shall carry out the pilot program 

23 until the date determined by the Director that is not earlier 

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1 and not later than five years after the date of the enactment 

2 of this Act. 

3 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) CERTIFIED LOW-METHANE INTENSITY NAT5 URAL GAS.—The term ‘‘certified low-methane inten6 sity natural gas’’ means natural gas produced by fa7 cilities and through processes certified by an inde8 pendent, industry-recognized certifying entity as com9 plying with low-methane intensity standards. 

10 (2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

11 means the Department of Defense. 

12 (3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the 

13 Director of the Defense Logistics Agency. 

14 (4) LOW-METHANE INTENSITY STANDARDS.—The 

15 term ‘‘low-methane intensity standards’’ means in16 dustry-recognized standards— 

17 (A) for verifying, quantifying, and dimin18 ishing the unintentional release of methane dur19 ing the production of natural gas below the aver20 age amount of methane unintentionally released 

21 during such production; and 

22 (B) certification of compliance with which 

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1 (5) PILOT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘pilot program’’ 

2 means the pilot program established under subsection 

3 (a). 

4 SEC. 807. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH PERSONS 

5 THAT HAVE BUSINESS OPERATIONS WITH 

6 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERA7 TION OR THE RUSSIAN ENERGY SECTOR. 

8 (a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided under sub9 sections (b), (c), and (d), the Secretary of Defense may not 

10 enter into a contract for the procurement of goods or services 

11 with any person that has business operations with— 

12 (1) an authority of the Government of the Rus13 sian Federation; or 

14 (2) a fossil fuel company that operates in the 

15 Russian Federation, except if the fossil fuel company 

16 transports oil or gas— 

17 (A) through the Russian Federation for sale 

18 outside of the Russian Federation; and 

19 (B) that was extracted from a country other 

20 than the Russian Federation with respect to the 

21 energy sector of which the President has not im22 posed sanctions as of the date on which the con23 tract is awarded. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition under sub2 section (a) does not apply to a contract that the Sec3 retary of Defense and the Secretary of State jointly 

4 determine— 

5 (A) is necessary— 

6 (i) for purposes of providing humani7 tarian assistance to the people of Russia; or 

8 (ii) for purposes of providing disaster 

9 relief and other urgent life-saving measures; 

10 (B) is vital to the military readiness, bas11 ing, or operations of the United States or the 

12 North Atlantic Treaty Organization; or 

13 (C) is vital to the national security interests 

14 of the United States. 

15 (2) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The Sec16 retary of Defense shall notify the appropriate congres17 sional committees of any contract entered into on the 

18 basis of an exception provided for under paragraph 

19 (1). 

20 (3) OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL LI21 CENSES.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not 

22 apply to a person that has a valid license to operate 

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1 authorized to operate in Russia by the Federal Gov2 ernment notwithstanding the imposition of sanctions. 

3 (4) AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC MISSION IN RUS4 SIA.—The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not 

5 apply to contracts related to the operation and main6 tenance of the United States Government’s consular 

7 offices and diplomatic posts in Russia. 

8 (c) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall take effect on 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect 

10 to any contract entered into on or after such effective date. 

11 (d) SUNSET.—This section shall terminate on the date 

12 on which the President submits to the appropriate congres13 sional committees a certification in writing that contains 

14 a determination of the President that the Russian Federa15 tion— 

16 (1) has reached an agreement relating to the 

17 withdrawal of Russian forces and cessation of mili18 tary hostilities that is accepted by the free and inde19 pendent government of Ukraine; 

20 (2) poses no immediate military threat of aggres21 sion to any North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

22 member; and 

23 (3) recognizes the right of the people of Ukraine 

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1 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT3 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit4 tees’’ means— 

5 (A) the Committee on Oversight and Re6 form, the Committee on Armed Services, and the 

7 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

8 Representatives; and 

9 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

10 and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 

11 Armed Services, and the Committee on Foreign 

12 Relations of the Senate. 

13 (2) BUSINESS OPERATIONS.—The term ‘‘business 

14 operations’’ means engaging in commerce in any 

15 form, including acquiring, developing, maintaining, 

16 owning, selling, possessing, leasing, or operating 

17 equipment, facilities, personnel, products, services, 

18 personal property, real property, or any other appa19 ratus of business or commerce. 

20 (3) FOSSIL FUEL COMPANY.—The term ‘‘fossil 

21 fuel company’’ means a person that— 

22 (A) carries out oil, gas, or coal exploration, 

23 development, or production activities; 

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2 the transportation of, Russian oil, gas, or coal. 

3 (4) GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERA4 TION.—The term ‘‘Government of the Russian Federa5 tion’’ includes the government of any political sub6 division of Russia, and any agency or instrumen7 tality of the Government of the Russian Federation. 

8 For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘agency or 

9 instrumentality of the Government of the Russian 

10 Federation’’ means an agency or instrumentality of a 

11 foreign state as defined in section 1603(b) of title 28, 

12 United States Code, with each reference in such sec13 tion to ‘‘a foreign state’’ deemed to be a reference to 

14 ‘‘Russia’’. 

15 (5) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means— 

16 (A) a natural person, corporation, com17 pany, business association, partnership, society, 

18 trust, or any other nongovernmental entity, or19 ganization, or group; 

20 (B) any governmental entity or instrumen21 tality of a government, including a multilateral 

22 development institution (as defined in section 

23 1701(c)(3) of the International Financial Insti24 tutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(3))); and 


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1 (C) any successor, subunit, parent entity, or 

2 subsidiary of, or any entity under common own3 ership or control with, any entity described in 

4 subparagraph (A) or (B). 

5 SEC. 808. ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTERESTS RE6 LATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOR7 EIGN POLICY. 

8 (a) PROHIBITION RELATED CERTAIN CONTRACTS OR

9 GRANTS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may not after 

11 the date of the enactment of this Act enter into, 

12 renew, or extend a contract with, or award a grant 

13 to, a covered consultancy. 

14 (2) DISCLOSURE.—Any individual or entity that 

15 submits an offer or bid for a contract to provide con16 sulting services to the Department of Defense shall 

17 disclose in such offer or bid any information relevant 

18 to the individual or entity with respect to the prohibi19 tion under paragraph (1), including— 

20 (A) whether the individual or entity has en21 tered into a contract with, or received grants or 

22 other financial awards from a covered entity in 

23 the five years prior to submitting the offer or 

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1 (B) at the time the contract to provide con2 sulting services to the Department will be entered 

3 into, whether— 

4 (i) any contract entered into by the in5 dividual or entity with a covered entity will 

6 still be in effect; and 

7 (ii) the individual or entity will be re8 ceiving funds from, or have any unobligated 

9 or unexpended funds received under, any 

10 grant or other financial award from a cov11 ered entity. 

12 (3) PENALTIES.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary deter14 mines that a contractor of the Department failed 

15 to make the disclosure required by paragraph 

16 (2), the Secretary shall— 

17 (i) terminate the applicable contract 

18 for cause; and 

19 (ii) initiate a suspension and debar20 ment proceeding with respect to the con21 tractor. 

22 (B) MAXIMUM LENGTH OF DEBARMENT.— 

23 The maximum length of a debarment of a con24 tractor under this paragraph shall be a period of 

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1 (b) CERTIFICATION.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—After a determination by the 

3 Secretary that a company is a covered consultancy, 

4 such company may submit to the Secretary a written 

5 and signed certification that— 

6 (A) the consultancy no longer is— 

7 (i) performing under a contract with a 

8 covered entity; 

9 (ii) carrying out activities under a 

10 grant received from a covered entity; or 

11 (iii) receiving funds, or have any un12 obligated or unexpended funds received, 

13 from a covered entity; and 

14 (B) will not receive or pursue a contract 

15 with a covered entity or a grant or other finan16 cial award from a covered entity— 

17 (i) during the term of a contract with 

18 the Department of Defense; or 

19 (ii) while receiving funds from the De20 partment of Defense, or obligating or ex21 pending any such funds. 

22 (2) STATUS CHANGE.—Upon the approval by the 

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1 consultancy until the expiration of the certification 

2 under paragraph (3). 

3 (3) EXPIRATION.—A certification submitted by a 

4 company under paragraph (1) shall expire on the 

5 earlier of the date on which the company, after sub6 mitting such certification enters into, extends, renews, 

7 or performs under a contract with a covered entity for 

8 consulting services. 

9 (c) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary, in consultation with 

10 the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland Se11 curity, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of Na12 tional Intelligence, the Attorney General, the Secretary of 

13 State, and the heads of such other Executive agencies (as 

14 such term is defined in section 105 of title 5, United States 

15 Code) as determined appropriate by the Secretary, shall 

16 issue procurement policies for the Department of Defense 

17 as follows: 

18 (1) Policies to implement the prohibition under 

19 subsection (a)(1). 

20 (2) Best practices to avoid becoming covered 

21 consultancies under this section and for covered 

22 consultancies to end their status as such. 

23 (3) A policy containing the exact provisions and 

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1 and (3) of subsection (a) to be included in solicita2 tions, contracts, and grants of the Department. 

3 (d) REVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISI4 TION REGULATION.—Not later than one year after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise the 

6 acquisition regulations of the Department of Defense to im7 plement this section. 

8 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) CONSULTING SERVICES.—The term ‘‘con10 sulting services’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘ad11 visory and assistance services’’ in section 2.101 of the 

12 Federal Acquisition Regulation, except that— 

13 (A) the term does not include the services 

14 described in paragraph (3) of such section; and 

15 (B) each instance of the term ‘‘Federal’’ is 

16 replaced with ‘‘client’’. 

17 (2) COVERED CONSULTANCY.—The term ‘‘covered 

18 consultancy’’ means a company that, itself or any 

19 subsidiary or affiliate thereof, in immediately pre20 ceding one year period entered into, extended, re21 newed, or performed under a contract with a covered 

22 entity for consulting services. 

23 (3) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered enti24 ty’’ means any of the following: 


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1 (A) The Government of the People’s Repub2 lic of China. 

3 (B) The Chinese Communist Party. 

4 (C) The People’s Liberation Army, the Min5 istry of State Security, or other security service 

6 or intelligence agency of the People’s Republic of 

7 China. 

8 (D) Any entity on the Non-SDN Chinese 

9 Military-Industrial Complex Companies List 

10 (NS–CMIC–List) maintained by the Office of 

11 Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 

12 Treasury under Executive Order 14032 (86 Fed. 

13 Reg. 30145; relating to addressing the threat 

14 from securities investments that finance certain 

15 companies of the People’s Republic of China), or 

16 any successor order. 

17 (E) Any Chinese military company identi18 fied by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to sec19 tion 1237(b) of the Strom Thurmond National 

20 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 

21 (Public Law 105–261; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

22 (F) Any Chinese state-owned entity or other 

23 entity under the ownership, or control, directly 

24 or indirectly, of the Government of the People’s 

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1 Party that is engaged in one or more national 

2 security industries. 

3 (G) The Government of the Russian Federa4 tion, any Russian state-owned entity, or any en5 tity sanctioned by the Secretary of the Treasury 

6 under Executive Order 13662 titled ‘‘Blocking 

7 Property of Additional Persons Contributing to 

8 the Situation in Ukraine’’(79 Fed. Reg. 16169). 

9 (H) The government or any state-owned en10 tity of any country if the Secretary of State de11 termines that such government has repeatedly 

12 provided support for acts of international ter13 rorism pursuant to— 

14 (i) section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export 

15 Control Reform Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 

16 4318(c)(1)(A)); 

17 (ii) section 620A of the Foreign Assist18 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371); 

19 (iii) section 40 of the Arms Export 

20 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780); or 

21 (iv) any other provision of law. 

22 (I) Any entity included on any of the fol23 lowing lists maintained by the Department of 

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1 (i) the Entity List set forth in Supple2 ment No. 4 to part 744 of the Export Ad3 ministration Regulations; 

4 (ii) the Denied Persons List as de5 scribed in section 764.3(a)(2) of the Export 

6 Administration Regulations; and 

7 (iii) the Unverified List set forth in 

8 Supplement No. 6 to part 744 of the Export 

9 Administration Regulations. 

10 (J) The Military End User List set forth in 

11 Supplement No. 7 to part 744 of the Export Ad12 ministration Regulations. 

13 (4) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS.— 

14 The term ‘‘Export Administration Regulations’’ 

15 means the regulations set forth in subchapter C of 

16 chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations. 

17 (5) NATIONAL SECURITY INDUSTRY.—The term 

18 ‘‘national security industry’’ means— 

19 (A) a military-related industry; 

20 (B) semiconductor production; 

21 (C) researching or commercializing quan22 tum computing; 

23 (D) producing products or services that use 

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1 (F) the cybersecurity industry; or 

2 (G) the mining, processing, or refining of 

3 critical minerals (as such term is defined in sec4 tion 7002(a) of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 

5 U.S.C. 1606(a))) for use by a covered entity. 

6 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

7 the Secretary of Defense. 

8 Subtitle B—Amendments to General 

9 Contracting Authorities, Proce10 dures, and Limitations 

11 SEC. 822. MODIFICATION TO TRUTHFUL COST OR PRICING 

12 DATA SUBMISSIONS AND REPORT. 

13 Section 3705(b)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, 

14 is amended— 

15 (1) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘and 

16 shall identify such offerors that incur a delay greater 

17 than 200 days in submitting such cost or pricing 

18 data’’ after ‘‘should-cost analysis’’; and 

19 (2) by amending the third sentence to read as 

20 follows: ‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall include a 

21 public notation on such offerors in the system used by 

22 the Federal Government to monitor or record con23 tractor integrity and performance.’’. 


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1 SEC. 823. COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS FOR PURCHASES 

2 FROM FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES. 

3 (a) COMPETITION REQUIREMENTS FOR PURCHASES

4 FROM FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES.—Section 3905 of 

5 title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking sub6 sections (a) and (b) and inserting the following new sec7 tions: 

8 ‘‘(a) MARKET RESEARCH.—Before purchasing a prod9 uct listed in the latest edition of the Federal Prison Indus10 tries catalog published under section 4124(d) of title 18, the 

11 Secretary of Defense shall conduct market research to deter12 mine whether such product— 

13 ‘‘(1) is comparable to products available from the 

14 private sector; and 

15 ‘‘(2) best meets the needs of the Department of 

16 Defense in terms of price, quality, and time of deliv17 ery. 

18 ‘‘(b) COMPETITION REQUIREMENT.—If the Secretary 

19 determines that a Federal Prison Industries product is not 

20 comparable to products available from the private sector 

21 and does not best meet the needs of the Department of De22 fense in terms of price, quality, or time of delivery, the Sec23 retary shall use competitive procedures or make an indi24 vidual purchase under a multiple award contract for the 

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1 tion or making such a purchase, the Secretary shall con2 sider a timely offer from Federal Prison Industries.’’. 

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub4 section (a) shall take effect on February 1, 2024. 

5 SEC. 824. MODIFICATION OF APPROVAL AUTHORITY FOR 

6 HIGH DOLLAR OTHER TRANSACTIONS FOR 

7 PROTOTYPES. 

8 Section 4022 of title 10, United States Code, is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)(2)(C)(i)(I), by inserting 

11 after ‘‘subsection (d)’’ the following: ‘‘were met for the 

12 prior transaction for the prototype project that pro13 vided for the award of the follow-on production con14 tract or transaction, and the requirements of sub15 section (f)’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 

17 following new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(3) The requirements of this subsection do not 

19 apply to follow-on production contracts or trans20 actions under subsection (f).’’. 

21 SEC. 825. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE DEPART22 MENT OF DEFENSE TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN 

23 PROTOTYPE PROJECTS. 

24 Section 4022(i) of title 10, United States Code, is 

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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 

2 paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol4 lowing new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY.—The authority of this sub6 section may be exercised to conduct prototype projects 

7 using— 

8 ‘‘(A) funds available for research, develop9 ment, test and evaluation; 

10 ‘‘(B) appropriations for operation and 

11 maintenance; or 

12 ‘‘(C) appropriations for military construc13 tion.’’; 

14 (3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by in15 serting ‘‘using appropriations for military construc16 tion’’ after ‘‘carrying out prototype projects’’; and 

17 (4) in subparagraph (4)(A), as so redesignated, 

18 by inserting ‘‘using appropriations for military con19 struction’’ after ‘‘prototype projects’’. 

20 SEC. 826. ACQUISITION OF SENSITIVE MATERIAL PROHIBI21 TION EXCEPTION AMENDMENT. 

22 Section 4872(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 

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1 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

2 striking ‘‘Subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subsection 

3 (a)(1)’’; and 

4 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘Defense determines that 

6 covered materials’’ and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘Defense— 

8 ‘‘(A) identifies a specific end item for which 

9 a specific covered material’’; 

10 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

11 inserting a semicolon; and 

12 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

13 subparagraphs: 

14 ‘‘(B) determines that no production capac15 ity for such specific covered material exists and 

16 is available outside of the covered nations; and 

17 ‘‘(C) waives subsection (a)(1) for such spe18 cific end item and such specific covered material 

19 for a period not exceeding 36 months.’’. 


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1 SEC. 827. MODIFICATION TO ACQUISITION AUTHORITY OF 

2 THE SENIOR OFFICIAL WITH PRINCIPAL RE3 SPONSIBILITY FOR ARTIFICIAL INTEL4 LIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING. 

5 Section 808 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry Na6 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 

7 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (d)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘$75,000,000’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘$125,000,000’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘in each of fiscal years 

12 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘in each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029’’; 

14 and 

15 (2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘October 1, 

16 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2029’’. 

17 SEC. 828. AMEND PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH EN18 TITIES OPERATING CERTAIN UNMANNED AIR19 CRAFT SYSTEMS. 

20 Section 848 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

21 for Fiscal Year 2020 (10 U.S.C. 4871 note), as amended 

22 by section 817 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Au23 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 

24 136 Stat. 2707), is further amended in subsection (b) by 

25 striking ‘‘in the performance of a Department of Defense 

26 contract’’. 


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1 SEC. 829. AVOIDANCE OF USE OF LOWEST PRICE TECH2 NICALLY ACCEPTABLE SOURCE SELECTION 

3 PROCESS FOR CERTAIN LOGISTICS SERVICES. 

4 Section 813(c) of the National Defense Authorization 

5 Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 

6 3241 note prec.) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ and the 

8 end; 

9 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

10 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new para12 graph: 

13 ‘‘(4) fuel and fuel-related services, if such services 

14 are, or reasonably could be, owned or provided by an 

15 entity owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by 

16 the government of any adversary listed in the 2022 

17 National Defense Strategy.’’. 

18 SEC. 830. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY 

19 AUTHORITY TO MODIFY CERTAIN CONTRACTS 

20 AND OPTIONS BASED ON THE IMPACTS OF IN21 FLATION. 

22 Section 1 of Public Law 85–804 (50 U.S.C. 1431) is 

23 amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 

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1 specifically provided, the Secretary may use them for 

2 such purposes.’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘December 31, 

4 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 

5 SEC. 831. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS AND OPTIONS TO 

6 PROVIDE ECONOMIC PRICE ADJUSTMENTS. 

7 (a) AUTHORITY.—Amounts authorized to be appro8 priated by this Act for the Department of Defense may be 

9 used to modify the terms and conditions of a contract or 

10 option, without consideration, to provide an economic price 

11 adjustment consistent with sections 16.203–1 and 16.203– 

12 2 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation during the relevant 

13 period of performance for that contract or option and as 

14 specified in section 16.203–3 of the Federal Acquisition 

15 Regulation, subject to the availability of appropriations. 

16 (b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

17 of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense 

18 for Acquisition and Sustainment shall issue guidance im19 plementing the authority under this section. 

20 SEC. 833. PILOT PROGRAM ON THE USE OF ACQUISITION 

21 AUTHORITY FOR OFFICE OF NAVAL RE22 SEARCH TO AID IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSI23 TION. 

24 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Navy shall dele25 gate to the Chief of Naval Research acquisition authority 


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1 to enter into contracts or other agreements for the commer2 cialization of a prototype of the Department of the Navy. 

3 (b) AMOUNT.—A single contract or other agreement en4 tered into under this section may not exceed $10,000,000. 

5 (c) APPLICATION.—An applicant desiring a contract 

6 or other agreement under this section submit an application 

7 to the Secretary of the Navy at such time, in such manner, 

8 and containing such information as the Secretary may re9 quire. 

10 (d) BRIEFING.—Not later than December 31, 2024, the 

11 Chief of Naval Research shall provide to the congressional 

12 defense committees a briefing on the exercise of the author13 ity under this section and any related policy or implemen14 tation issues. 

15 (e) REPORT.—Each time the Chief of Naval Research 

16 exercises the authority under this section, the Chief shall 

17 submit to the congressional defense committees a notifica18 tion on such exercise. 

19 (f) TERMINATION.—The Chief of Naval Research may 

20 not exercise the authority under this section and may not 

21 enter into any new contracts or other agreements under this 

22 section on or after the date that is five years after the date 

23 of the enactment of this Act. The performance on any con24 tract or other agreement entered into before such date may 


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1 continue according to the terms of such contract or other 

2 agreement. 

3 SEC. 832. PROHIBITION ON COMPUTERS OR PRINTERS AC4 QUISITIONS INVOLVING ENTITIES OWNED OR 

5 CONTROLLED BY CHINA. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may not 

7 acquire any computer or printer if the manufacturer, bid8 der, or offeror is a covered Chinese entity. 

9 (b) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply only 

10 with respect to contracts or other agreements entered into, 

11 renewed, or extended after the date of the enactment of this 

12 Act. 

13 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) COVERED CHINESE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘cov15 ered Chinese entity’’ means an entity that the Sec16 retary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of 

17 the National Intelligence or the Director of the Fed18 eral Bureau of Investigation, determines to be an en19 tity owned, controlled, directed, or subcontracted by, 

20 affiliated with, or otherwise connected to, the govern21 ment of the People’s Republic of China. 

22 (2) MANUFACTURER.—The term ‘‘manufacturer’’ 

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1 (A) the entity that transforms raw mate2 rials, miscellaneous parts, or components into 

3 the end item; 

4 (B) any entity that subcontracts with the 

5 entity described in subparagraph (A) for the en6 tity described in such subparagraph to transform 

7 raw materials, miscellaneous parts, or compo8 nents into the end item; 

9 (C) any entity that otherwise directs the en10 tity described in subparagraph (A) to transform 

11 raw materials, miscellaneous parts, or compo12 nents into the end item; or 

13 (D) any parent company, subsidiary, or af14 filiate of the entity described in subparagraph 

15 (A). 

16 Subtitle C—Domestic Sourcing 

17 Requirements 

18 SEC. 841. REQUIRE FULL DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF 

19 FLAGS OF THE UNITED STATES ACQUIRED BY 

20 THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4862 of title 10, United 

22 States Code, is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 

24 following new paragraph: 

25 ‘‘(5) A flag of the United States.’’; and 


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1 (2) in subsection (h)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Sub3 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘Except with respect 

4 to purchases of flags of the United States, sub5 section (a)’’; 

6 (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

7 paragraph (3); and 

8 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol9 lowing new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(2)(A)(i) Except as provided by subparagraph 

11 (B), subsection (a) does not apply to purchases of 

12 flags of the United States for amounts not greater 

13 than $10,000. 

14 ‘‘(ii) A proposed procurement in an amount 

15 greater than $10,000 may not be divided into 

16 several purchases or contracts for lesser amounts 

17 in order to qualify for the exception under clause 

18 (i). 

19 ‘‘(B) The Secretary of Defense may waive sub20 section (a) with respect to a purchase of flags of the 

21 United States in an amount greater than $10,000 if 

22 the Secretary of Defense determines such waiver ap23 propriate. 


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1 ‘‘(C) This section is applicable to contracts and 

2 subcontracts for the procurement of flags of the United 

3 States notwithstanding section 1905 of title 41.’’. 

4 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub5 section (a) shall apply only with respect to agreements en6 tered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 842. INCLUSION OF TITANIUM POWDER IN DEFINITION 

8 OF SPECIALTY METALS EXEMPTED FROM 

9 CERTAIN DOMESTIC SOURCING REQUIRE10 MENTS. 

11 Section 4863(l)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 

12 amended by inserting ‘‘, titanium powder,’’ after ‘‘tita13 nium’’. 

14 SEC. 843. AMEND REQUIREMENT TO BUY CERTAIN METALS 

15 FROM AMERICAN SOURCES. 

16 Section 4863 of title 10, United States Code, as amend17 ed by section 842, is further amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (d)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘; 

20 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

21 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period 

22 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

23 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

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1 ‘‘(3) any specialty metal procured as mill prod2 uct or incorporated into a component other than an 

3 end item pursuant to this subsection shall be melted 

4 or produced— 

5 ‘‘(A) in the United States; 

6 ‘‘(B) in the country from which the mill 

7 product or component is procured; or 

8 ‘‘(C) in another country covered under sub9 paragraph (1)(B).’’; 

10 (2) by redesignating subsections (l) and (m) as 

11 subsections (m) and (n), respectively; and 

12 (3) by inserting after subsection (k) the following 

13 new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(l) PROVENANCE OF AEROSPACE-GRADE METALS.— 

15 (1) The Secretary of Defense shall require that, for any sys16 tem or component for which the provenance of materials 

17 must be tracked to comply with safety regulations con18 cerning flight, the supplier of such system or component 

19 shall inform the government if any of the materials were 

20 known to be manufactured or processed in— 

21 ‘‘(A) China; 

22 ‘‘(B) Iran; 

23 ‘‘(C) North Korea; or 

24 ‘‘(D) Russia. 


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1 ‘‘(2) Not later than March 31 of each year, the Sec2 retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 

3 committees a report indicating how much specialty metal 

4 has been acquired and placed into systems of the Depart5 ment of Defense from the countries described in paragraph 

6 (1).’’. 

7 SEC. 844. MODIFICATION TO MISCELLANEOUS LIMITATIONS 

8 ON THE PROCUREMENT OF GOODS OTHER 

9 THAN UNITED STATES GOODS. 

10 Section 4864(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 

11 amended by— 

12 (1) striking ‘‘large medium-speed diesel engines.’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘the following components:’’; and 

14 (2) adding at the end the following new subpara15 graphs: 

16 ‘‘(A) Large medium-speed diesel engines. 

17 ‘‘(B) Propulsion system components (in18 cluding reduction gears and propellers). 

19 ‘‘(C) Components (including alternators, 

20 diesel engines, and steam turbines) used to gen21 erate electricity to power the systems of a vessel 

22 (excluding propulsion systems).’’. 


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1 SEC. 845. PROCUREMENT OF COVERED HEARING PROTEC2 TION DEVICES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in coordi4 nation with the head of the Hearing Center of Excellence 

5 (established pursuant to section 721 of the Duncan Hunter 

6 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 

7 (Public Law 110-417)), may enter into one or more con8 tracts to procure covered hearing protection devices for all 

9 members of the Armed Forces. 

10 (b) PRIORITIZATION.—Under a contract described in 

11 subsection (a), the Secretary shall prioritize award of such 

12 contract to offerors that— 

13 (1) are globally headquartered in the continental 

14 United States; 

15 (2) are majority owned and operated by United 

16 States citizens. 

17 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) The term ‘‘covered hearing protection device’’ 

19 means a completely in canal active hearing protection 

20 device— 

21 (A) that is a commercially available off-the22 shelf item (as defined in section 104 of title 41, 

23 United States Code); 

24 (B) with a minimum noise reduction rating 

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1 (C) that has been previously identified, test2 ed, and qualified by the Hearing Center of Ex3 cellence for procurement by the Department of 

4 Defense. 

5 Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to 

6 Programs for Accelerating Ac7 quisition 

8 SEC. 851. PILOT PROGRAM FOR RECURRING AWARDS FOR 

9 PRODUCTION, INVESTMENT, AND DEPLOY10 MENT THROUGH COMPETITIONS. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

12 establish a pilot program to acquire through repeated com13 petition attritable systems that solve urgent operational 

14 needs in order to incentivize sustainable production, rapid 

15 deployment, and iterative improvements. 

16 (b) COMPETITIONS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Under the pilot program, 

18 competition managers shall, in accordance with this 

19 subsection, conduct competitions with respect to ur20 gent operational needs under which the competition 

21 managers shall rapidly solicit, evaluate, and select 

22 proposed solutions. 

23 (2) REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN.— 

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1 ducted under the pilot program is aligned with 

2 an operational priority of one or more combat3 ant commands, and that the relevant combatant 

4 commanders have an opportunity to participate 

5 in the design of the competition and the evalua6 tion criteria to be used. 

7 (B) OPERATIONAL NEED DETERMINATION.— 

8 Competitions conducted under this pilot program 

9 shall address urgent operational needs as defined 

10 by the Secretary, in consultation with the Chair11 man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and, as deter12 mined appropriate by the Secretary, Defense 

13 Agencies (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10, 

14 United States Code), the military services, and 

15 entities in the private sector. 

16 (C) TIMING.—The Secretary shall ensure 

17 that each competition is executed to facilitate the 

18 award of a production contract or agreement not 

19 later than 15 days after completion of the com20 petition. 

21 (D) COMPETITION FOCUS.—Competition 

22 managers shall employ evaluation and selection 

23 processes that emphasizes effectiveness, trans24 parency, and speed to deploy when conducting 

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1 (E) TECHNOLOGY LEVEL FOCUS.—Competi2 tions conducted under the pilot program shall 

3 focus on proposed solutions at technology readi4 ness levels equal to or more advanced than levels 

5 corresponding to Technology Readiness Level 7 

6 or Technology Readiness Level 8. 

7 (F) INAPPLICABILITY OF JOINT CAPABILI8 TIES INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM

9 MANUAL.—Competitions conducted under the 

10 pilot program shall not be subject to the Joint 

11 Capabilities Integration and Development Sys12 tem Manual. 

13 (3) SELECTION.—When conducting a competi14 tion under the pilot program, the competition man15 ager shall select the best solution for the relevant ur16 gent operational need. 

17 (4) REPEATED COMPETITION.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

19 after a competition under the pilot program with 

20 respect to an urgent operational need, a subse21 quent competition shall be conduct with respect 

22 to such urgent operational need unless the Sec23 retary determines that a subsequent competition 

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1 mittees a written justification for such deter2 mination. 

3 (B) TIMING.—The Secretary shall consider 

4 the nature of each relevant urgent operational 

5 need and the circumstances of performance and 

6 production that resulted from the initial or pre7 ceding competition when determining the timing 

8 of a subsequent competition under subparagraph 

9 (A). 

10 (5) INITIAL COMPETITIONS.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—The first two competi12 tions carried out the pilot program must be with 

13 respect to solving one of the following urgent 

14 operational need: 

15 (i) Short-range air defense. 

16 (ii) Tactical precision strike. 

17 (B) INITIAL COMPETITION CRITERIA.—In 

18 addition to any other criteria for the selection of 

19 a proposed solution under this section, a pro20 posed solution to either of the first two competi21 tions carried out under the pilot program must 

22 demonstrate an ability— 

23 (i) to offer multiple kinetic or non-ki24 netic effects options; 


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1 (ii) to identify individual threats or 

2 groups of threats and, in each case, to track, 

3 target, and deploy effects options to engage 

4 those threats; 

5 (iii) to provide material benefits to the 

6 Department of Defense, including cost sav7 ings or more effective use of personnel; 

8 (iv) in the case of a competition seek9 ing to address the urgent operational need 

10 described in subparagraph (A)(i)— 

11 (I) to destroy, neutralize, or deter 

12 low altitude air threats; 

13 (II) to defend fixed and semi-fixed 

14 assets; and 

15 (III) to maneuver forces; and 

16 (v) in the case of a competition seeking 

17 to address the urgent operational need de18 scribed in subparagraph (A)(ii)— 

19 (I) to engage targets at ranges of 

20 20 to 100 miles; and 

21 (II) to provide surface-to-surface 

22 effects launched from and targeted at 

23 ground-based, sea-based, or littoral lo24 cations. 


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1 (6) COMPETITION LIMIT.—Not more than 8 com2 petitions per year may be carried out under the pilot 

3 program. 

4 (c) AWARDS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The winning offeror of a suc6 cessful competition shall be awarded a contract or 

7 other agreement, including a transaction other than a 

8 contract, cooperative agreement, or grant, under 

9 which the Department of Defense, or relevant compo10 nent thereof, may acquire the proposed solution of 

11 such winning offeror for such competition. 

12 (2) DESIGN AND TERMS.—Except as provided in 

13 this section, a contract or other agreement awarded 

14 under this subsection shall— 

15 (A) be designed to enable the proposed solu16 tion to be produced or provided at a scale and 

17 on a timeline that maximizes the likelihood of 

18 that the solutions will successfully address the 

19 urgent operational challenge; 

20 (B) prioritize speed to award; 

21 (C) provide for subsequent competitions in 

22 accordance with this section; and 

23 (D) limit terms and conditions to those re24 quired by law. 


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1 (3) MINIMUM AWARD AMOUNT.—Subject to the 

2 availability of appropriations, the total amount of 

3 funding provided for an award under this subsection 

4 shall not be less than $50,000,000, unless the Sec5 retary or the Secretary’s designee approves a lesser 

6 amount of funding and certifies to the relevant com7 mittees that such lesser amount is sufficient to ad8 dress the relevant urgent operational need and meet 

9 the general and specific characteristics applicable to 

10 the competition. 

11 (4) MULTIPLE AWARDS.—If more than one offer12 or meets the objectives of the competition, more than 

13 one contract or other agreement may be awarded, as 

14 determined appropriate by the Secretary. 

15 (5) AUTHORITIES.—Except as waived under sub16 section (i), a contract or other agreement may be 

17 awarded under this subsection consistent with the ap18 plicable authorities in sections 4021, 4022, and 4023 

19 of title 10, United States Code, except that paragraph 

20 (d)(1) of such section 4022 shall not apply. 

21 (d) COMPETITION MANAGERS.— 

22 (1) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall des23 ignate a competition manager for each competition 

24 carried out under the pilot program. 

25 (2) OVERSIGHT.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

2 subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall directly 

3 oversee each competition manager with respect to 

4 carrying out competitions under the pilot pro5 gram. 

6 (B) DELEGATION.—The Secretary may dele7 gate the authority for overseeing competition 

8 managers under subparagraph (A) to the Deputy 

9 Secretary of Defense. 

10 (3) DUTIES.— 

11 (A) PRIMARY DUTY.—The Secretary shall 

12 ensure that the primary official duties of each 

13 competition manager shall be conducting com14 petitions, the resulting contracting actions, and 

15 any subsequent competitions. 

16 (B) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—The Secretary 

17 may define additional duties to maximize the 

18 ability of competition managers to coordinate 

19 with a military service, Defense Agency (as de20 fined in section 101(a) of title 10, United States 

21 Code), or combatant command to ensure the 

22 operational success of the competitions. 

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1 priate expertise in the specific focus areas of the 

2 competition which such competition will be con3 ducting and on the defense acquisition system. 

4 (B) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—Competition 

5 managers may be— 

6 (i) civilian officers or employees in a 

7 Senior Executive Service, Senior-Level, or 

8 scientific or professional position; or 

9 (ii) members of the armed forces in a 

10 grade at or above O–6. 

11 (5) AUTHORITIES.— 

12 (A) The Secretary shall ensure that com13 petition managers have the authorities required, 

14 including supervisory authority over contracting 

15 personnel who may be assigned to report to the 

16 competition managers, to facilitate the award of 

17 contracts or agreements under subsection (c) to 

18 the winning offerors of the competitions. 

19 (B) Except where the authority of the Sec20 retary is explicitly non-delegable by statute, the 

21 Secretary is authorized to delegate to competition 

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1 retary submits to the relevant committees a no2 tice of such delegations in writing. 

3 (e) FUNDING TRANSFERS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—In any fiscal year in which 

5 the Secretary of Defense conducts competitions under 

6 the pilot program, the Secretary may use covered 

7 funds available to the Department of Defense to ac8 quire and deploy the proposed solutions selected pur9 suant to such competitions if the Secretary submits to 

10 the relevant committees within 10 days a written 

11 finding that the use of such funds is necessary to ad12 dress in a timely manner the relevant urgent oper13 ational need for such a competition. 

14 (2) MAXIMUM USE AMOUNT.—The covered funds 

15 used under the authority provided by this subsection 

16 may not exceed $200,000,000 in any fiscal year. 

17 (3) COVERED FUNDS DEFINED.—In this sub18 section, the term ‘‘covered funds’’ means— 

19 (A) with respect to the initial competitions 

20 required by subsection (b), funds provided for 

21 short-range air defense and tactical precision 

22 strike; 

23 (B) with respect to all other competitions, 

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1 urgent operational need or needs associated with 

2 such competitions; or 

3 (C) funds available to the Department 

4 under the authorities and constraints of chapter 

5 253 of title 10, United States Code. 

6 (f) BUDGETING.—Subject to the availability of appro7 priations, the Secretary shall ensure that efforts to facilitate 

8 each competition, to include funding for the award of pro9 duction contracts or agreements upon successful completion 

10 of a competition, are included in the annual budget request 

11 submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United States 

12 Code, during each year of the pilot program and the future13 years defense program under section 221 of title 10, United 

14 States Code. 

15 (g) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.— 

16 (1) DEADLINE.—Not later than 90 days after the 

17 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 

18 guidance for the carrying out the pilot program. 

19 (2) ELEMENTS.—The guidance required by para20 graph (1) shall include the following: 

21 (A) Metrics for the design, timing, and or22 ganization of competitions under the pilot pro23 gram. 

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1 Defense Agencies (as defined in section 101(a) of 

2 title 10, United States Code), military services, 

3 and private sector entities. 

4 (C) A process for the general conduct of 

5 competitions under the pilot program, including 

6 merit-based selection criteria for selecting the 

7 most efficient and effective solutions, and proce8 dures to provide as much transparency as prac9 ticable to offerors, government agencies, and the 

10 public. 

11 (D) Procedures to minimize the time be12 tween the completion of a competition under the 

13 pilot program and the award of a production or 

14 service contract to the winning offeror. 

15 (E) Procedures to ensure that the goods or 

16 services from the winning offeror of each com17 petition under the pilot program are acquired 

18 and fielded as quickly as possible, with a goal of 

19 awarding a contract or other agreement under 

20 subsection (c) for the acquisition of such goods or 

21 services within 15 days. 

22 (F) Procedures to include funding required 

23 for the efficient and rapid procurement of the 

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1 annual Program Objective Memorandum and 

2 budget request process. 

3 (h) OVERSIGHT.— 

4 (1) BIANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 

5 March 1 and September 1 of each year beginning 

6 after the date of enactment of this Act, and con7 tinuing until September 1, 2029, the Secretary shall 

8 brief the relevant committees on each competition 

9 under the pilot program that is planned, underway, 

10 or completed. 

11 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing required under 

12 paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

13 (A) The guidance issued pursuant to this 

14 section. 

15 (B) A description of how the authorities 

16 have been used, including the metrics used for, 

17 testing, evaluation, selection, and frequency of 

18 re-competitions. 

19 (C) Accomplishments from and challenges to 

20 using the authorities under section. 

21 (D) Recommendations for legislative or reg22 ulatory changes to the authority under this sec23 tion to promote efficient and effective acquisition 

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1 (3) UNCLASSIFIED FORMAT.—Each briefing re2 quired by paragraph (1) shall be in an unclassified 

3 format but may contain classified annexes. 

4 (i) WAIVER OF ACQUISITION PROVISIONS.—In connec5 tion with exercising the authority of this section, the Sec6 retary may waive the application of any provision of acqui7 sition law or regulation to the same extent as allowed by 

8 the authority provided in chapter 253 of title 10, United 

9 States Code. 

10 (j) CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.—Nothing in this sec11 tion shall preclude an winning offeror from improving the 

12 quality or quantity of goods or services supplied pursuant 

13 to a competition, if the winning offeror can do so in compli14 ance with the terms of such contract or other agreement and 

15 the amount of funding provided. 

16 (k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 (1) ATTRITABLE SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘attritable 

18 system’’ means systems, including unmanned systems, 

19 that are— 

20 (A) purpose-designed and potentially reus21 able; 

22 (B) suitable for integration by digital 

23 means; and 

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1 (2) PILOT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘pilot program’’ 

2 means the pilot program established under subsection 

3 (a). 

4 (3) RELEVANT COMMITTEES.—The term ‘‘rel5 evant committees’’ means the Committees on Armed 

6 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa7 tives and the Subcommittees on Defense of the Com8 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

9 House of Representatives. 

10 (4) RELEVANT URGENT OPERATIONAL NEED.— 

11 The term ‘‘relevant urgent operational need’’ means, 

12 with respect to a competition, the urgent operational 

13 need with respect to which such competition is being 

14 conducted. 

15 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

16 the Secretary of Defense. 

17 (6) WINNING OFFEROR.—The term ‘‘winning of18 feror’’ means, with respect to a competition under the 

19 pilot program, an individual or entity awarded a 

20 contract or other agreement under subsection (c). 

21 (l) TERMINATION.—The authority under this section to 

22 carry out the pilot program shall terminate on December 

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1 SEC. 852. DEMONSTRATION AND PROTOTYPING PROGRAM 

2 TO ADVANCE INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT SUP3 PORT CAPABILITIES IN A CONTESTED LOGIS4 TICS ENVIRONMENT. 

5 (a) CONTESTED LOGISTICS DEMONSTRATION AND

6 PROTOTYPING PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De7 fense shall establish a contested logistics demonstration and 

8 prototyping program to identify, develop, demonstrate, and 

9 field capabilities for product support in order to reduce or 

10 mitigate the risks associated with operations in a contested 

11 logistics environment. 

12 (b) PURPOSE.—In carrying out the Program, the Sec13 retary shall do the following: 

14 (1) Identify ways to leverage the inherent inter15 operability, commonality, and interchangeability of 

16 platforms and information systems operated by the 

17 United States and one or more covered nations, in18 cluding to enable effective maintenance and repair ac19 tivities in a contested logistics environment. 

20 (2) Determine, develop, or establish best practices 

21 to reduce time needed to return repaired equipment to 

22 service. 

23 (3) Identify, develop, demonstrate, and field ef24 fective and efficient means of conducting repairs of 

25 equipment in theater away from permanent repair 

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1 (4) Explore flexible approaches to contracting 

2 and use of partnership agreements to enable use or 

3 development of the capabilities of covered product 

4 support providers to effectively, efficiently, and timely 

5 satisfy the product support requirements of combat 

6 command and covered nation in a contested logistics 

7 environment. 

8 (5) Identify the resources, including any addi9 tional authorizations, that the Department of Defense 

10 requires to reduce or mitigate the risks associated 

11 with operations in a contested logistics environment. 

12 (6) Identify and document impediments to the 

13 performance of product support in contested logistical 

14 environments by covered product support providers, 

15 including impediments created by statute, regulation, 

16 policy, agency guidance, or limitations on expendi17 ture, transfer, or receipt of funds for product support 

18 in contested logistics environments. 

19 (7) Identify and document any statutory or reg20 ulatory waivers or exemptions that may be applicable 

21 or necessary to enable the United States and covered 

22 nations to jointly carry out product support activities 

23 in contested logistics environments located outside of 

24 the territory of the United States, including, for each 

25 such waiver and exemption— 


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1 (A) the office or individual responsible for 

2 requesting such waiver or exemption; 

3 (B) the criteria for approval of such waiver 

4 or exemption; and 

5 (C) the individual or entity responsible for 

6 approving such waiver or exemption. 

7 (c) ADVANCE PLANNING AND PREPARATION.—The Sec8 retary may establish a product support agreements with a 

9 covered product support provider to enable a rapid response 

10 in a contingency operation (as defined in section 101(a) 

11 of title 10, United States Code) to the product support re12 quirements of such contingency operation. 

13 (d) AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out the Program, the 

14 Secretary may, in accordance with section 2753 of title 22, 

15 United States Code, use the authorities under sections 2342, 

16 2474, 3601, 4021, and 4022 of title 10, United States Code, 

17 including the authorities related to use of Other Trans18 action Authorities for prototype projects provided by section 

19 843 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 

20 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263). 

21 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 30 months after the date 

22 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 

23 Congress a report summarizing the activities undertaken in 

24 accordance with this section, including— 


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1 (1) any recommendations to reduce impediments 

2 to meeting the requirements of combatant command 

3 or covered nation for product support in a contested 

4 logistics environment; 

5 (2) a summary of impediments identified under 

6 subsection (b)(7) and specific recommendations for 

7 necessary changes to statutory, regulatory, policy, 

8 agency guidance, or current limitations on expendi9 ture, transfer, or receipt of funds to carry out the 

10 product support activities under this pilot indefi11 nitely; 

12 (3) a summary of waivers or exemptions identi13 fied under subsection (b)(8), along with any rec14 ommendations for changes to the processes for obtain15 ing such waivers or exemptions; and 

16 (4) recommendations for improving the Pro17 gram, including whether to expand the list of covered 

18 nations. 

19 (f) DEVELOPMENT AND PROMULGATION OF DEPART20 MENT OF DEFENSE GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days 

21 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

22 develop and promulgate guidance implementing the Pro23 gram. 


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1 (g) SUNSET.—The authority under this section shall 

2 terminate on the date that is 3 years after the date of the 

3 enactment of this Act. 

4 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) CONTESTED LOGISTICS ENVIRONMENT.—The 

6 term ‘‘contested logistics environment’’ has the mean7 ing given such term in section 2926 of title 10, 

8 United States Code. 

9 (2) COVERED NATIONS.—The term ‘‘covered na10 tion’’ means— 

11 (A) Australia; 

12 (B) Canada; 

13 (C) New Zealand; or 

14 (D) United Kingdom of Great Britain and 

15 Northern Ireland. 

16 (3) COVERED PRODUCT SUPPORT PROVIDER.— 

17 The term ‘‘covered product support provider’’ means 

18 an entity that provides product support. 

19 (4) PRODUCT SUPPORT; PRODUCT SUPPORT IN20 TEGRATOR.—The terms ‘‘product support’’ and 

21 ‘‘product support integrator’’ have the meanings given 

22 such terms, respectively, in section 4324 of title 10, 

23 United States Code. 

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1 tract, task order, or any other type of agreement or 

2 arrangement, between the United States and a cov3 ered nation for the performance of sustainment or lo4 gistics support required for a platform or information 

5 system operated by the United States and such cov6 ered nation, or a subsystems or components of such a 

7 platform or information system, including any agree8 ment or arrangement for the following with respect to 

9 such a platform, information system, subsystem, or 

10 component: 

11 (A) Performance-based logistics. 

12 (B) Sustainment support. 

13 (C) Contractor logistics support. 

14 (D) Life-cycle product support. 

15 (E) Weapon system product support. 

16 (6) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means the 

17 demonstration and prototyping program established 

18 under subsection (a). 

19 (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

20 the Secretary of Defense. 

21 SEC. 853. DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE ADVANCED CAPA22 BILITIES PILOT PROGRAM. 

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary of De25 fense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall carry out 


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1 a public-private partnership pilot program to accel2 erate the scaling, production, and acquisition of ad3 vanced capabilities for national security by creating 

4 incentives for investment in domestic small businesses 

5 or nontraditional businesses to create a robust and re6 silient defense industrial base. 

7 (2) GOALS.—The goals of the public-private 

8 partnership pilot program are as follows: 

9 (A) To bolster the defense industrial base 

10 through acquisition and deployment of advanced 

11 capabilities necessary to field Department of De12 fense modernization programs and priorities. 

13 (B) To strengthen domestic defense supply 

14 chain resilience and capacity by investing in in15 novative defense companies. 

16 (C) To leverage private equity capital to ac17 celerate domestic defense scaling, production, and 

18 manufacturing. 

19 (b) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection 

21 (a), the Under Secretary shall enter into public-pri22 vate partnerships, consistent with the phased imple23 mentation provided for in subsection (e), with for24 profit persons using the criteria set forth in para25 graph (2). 


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1 (2) CRITERIA.—The criteria referred to in para2 graph (1) shall include the following: 

3 (A) The person shall be independent. 

4 (B) The person shall be free from foreign 

5 oversight, control, influence, or beneficial owner6 ship. 

7 (C) The person shall have commercial pri8 vate equity fund experience in the defense and 

9 commercial sectors. 

10 (D) The person shall be eligible for access to 

11 classified information (as defined in the proce12 dures established pursuant to section 801(a) of 

13 the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

14 3161(a))). 

15 (3) OPERATING AGREEMENT.—The Under Sec16 retary and a person or persons with whom the Under 

17 Secretary enters a partnership under paragraph (1) 

18 shall enter into an operating agreement that sets forth 

19 the roles, responsibilities, authorities, reporting re20 quirements, and governance framework for the part21 nership and its operations. 

22 (c) INVESTMENT OF EQUITY.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to public-private 

24 partnerships entered into under subsection (b), a per25 son or persons with whom the Under Secretary has 


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1 entered into a partnership shall invest equity in do2 mestic small businesses or nontraditional businesses 

3 consistent with subsection (a), with investments se4 lected based on technical merit, economic value, and 

5 the Department’s modernization priorities. 

6 (2) AUTHORITIES.—A person or persons de7 scribed in paragraph (1) shall have sole authority to 

8 operate, manage, and invest. 

9 (d) LOAN GUARANTEE.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary shall 

11 provide an up to 80 percent loan guarantee, pursuant 

12 to the public-private partnerships entered into under 

13 subsection (b), with investment of equity that qualifies 

14 under subsection (c) and consistent with the goals set 

15 forth under subsection (a)(2). 

16 (2) PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The tem17 porary loan guarantee authority described under 

18 paragraph (1) is exclusively for the public-private 

19 partnerships authorized under this section and may 

20 not be utilized for other programs or purposes. 

21 (3) SUBJECT TO OPERATING AGREEMENT.—The 

22 loan guarantee under paragraph (1) shall be subject 

23 to the operating agreement entered into under sub24 section (b)(3). 


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1 (4) USE OF FUNDS.—Obligations incurred by the 

2 Under Secretary under this paragraph shall be sub3 ject to the availability of funds provided in advance 

4 specifically for the purpose of such loan guarantees. 

5 (e) PHASED IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE AND RE6 QUIRED REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS.—The program estab7 lished under subsection (a) shall be carried out in two 

8 phases as follows: 

9 (1) PHASE 1.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Phase 1 shall consist of 

11 an initial pilot program with one public-private 

12 partnership, consistent with subsection (b), to as13 sess the feasibility and advisability of expanding 

14 the scope of the program. The Under Secretary 

15 shall begin implementation of phase 1 not later 

16 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

17 this Act. 

18 (B) IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE AND

19 FRAMEWORK.—Not later than 90 days after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

21 shall submit an implementation plan to the con22 gressional defense committees on the design of 

23 phase 1. The plan shall include— 


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1 (i) an overview of, and the activities 

2 undertaken, to execute the public-private 

3 partnership; 

4 (ii) a description of the advanced ca5 pabilities and defense industrial base areas 

6 under consideration for investment; and 

7 (iii) implementation milestones and 

8 metrics. 

9 (C) REPORT AND BRIEFING REQUIRED.— 

10 Not later than 27 months after the date of the 

11 enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide 

12 to the congressional defense committees a report 

13 and briefing on the implementation of this sec14 tion and the feasibility and advisability of ex15 panding the scope of the pilot program. The re16 port and briefing shall include, at minimum— 

17 (i) an overview of program perform18 ance, and implementation and execution 

19 milestones and outcomes; 

20 (ii) an overview of progress in— 

21 (I) achieving new products in 

22 production aligned with Department of 

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1 (II) scaling businesses aligned to 

2 targeted industrial base and capability 

3 areas; 

4 (III) generating defense industrial 

5 base job growth; 

6 (IV) increasing supply chain re7 silience and capacity; and 

8 (V) enhancing competition on ad9 vanced capability programs; and 

10 (iii) an accounting of activities under11 taken and outline of the opportunities and 

12 benefits of expanding the scope of the pilot 

13 program. 

14 (2) PHASE 2.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 

16 months after the date of the enactment of this 

17 Act, the Secretary may expand the scope of the 

18 phase 1 pilot program with the ability to in19 crease to not more than three public-private 

20 partnerships, consistent with subsection (b). 

21 (B) REPORT AND BRIEFING REQUIRED.— 

22 Not later than five years after the date of the en23 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide 

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1 gram under subsection (a), including the ele2 ments described in paragraph (1)(C), and the 

3 feasibility and advisability of making the pro4 gram permanent. 

5 (f) TERMINATION.—The authority to enter into an 

6 agreement to carry out the pilot program under subsection 

7 (a) shall terminate on the date that is five years after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act. 

9 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES.— 

11 The term ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ has the 

12 meaning given the term in section 101(a)(16) of title 

13 10, United States Code. 

14 (2) DOMESTIC BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘domestic 

15 business’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘U.S. busi16 ness’’ in section 800.252 of title 31, Code of Federal 

17 Regulations, or successor regulation. 

18 (3) DOMESTIC SMALL BUSINESSES OR NONTRADI19 TIONAL BUSINESSES.—The term ‘‘domestic small 

20 businesses or nontraditional businesses’’ means— 

21 (A) a small business that is a domestic 

22 business; or 

23 (B) a nontraditional business that is a do24 mestic business. 


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1 (4) FREE FROM FOREIGN OVERSIGHT, CONTROL, 

2 INFLUENCE, OR BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP.—The term 

3 ‘‘free from foreign oversight, control, influence, or ben4 eficial ownership’’, with respect to a person, means a 

5 person who has not raised and managed capital from 

6 a person or entity that is not trusted and who is oth7 erwise free from foreign oversight, control, influence, 

8 or beneficial ownership. 

9 (5) INDEPENDENT.—The term ‘‘independent’’, 

10 with respect to a person, means a person who lacks 

11 a conflict of interest accomplished by not having enti12 ty or manager affiliation or ownership with an exist13 ing fund. 

14 (6) NONTRADITIONAL BUSINESS.—The term 

15 ‘‘nontraditional business’’ has the meaning given the 

16 term ‘‘nontraditional defense contractor’’ in section 

17 3014 of title 10, United States Code. 

18 (7) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi19 ness’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘small business 

20 concern’’ in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 

21 U.S.C. 632). 


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1 Subtitle E—Industrial Base Matters 

2 SEC. 861. ADDITIONAL NATIONAL SECURITY OBJECTIVES 

3 FOR THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND IN4 DUSTRIAL BASE. 

5 Section 4811(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(12) Reducing, to the maximum extent prac8 ticable, the reliance of the Department of Defense on 

9 services, supplies, or materials from potential adver10 saries.’’. 

11 SEC. 862. USE OF INDUSTRIAL BASE FUND FOR SUPPORT 

12 FOR THE WORKFORCE FOR LARGE SURFACE 

13 COMBATANTS. 

14 Section 4817(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

17 end; 

18 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and 

19 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

20 (3) by adding at the end the following new para21 graph: 

22 ‘‘(5) to provide support for the recruitment, 

23 training, and retention of the workforce for large sur24 face combatants.’’. 


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1 SEC. 863. REDESIGNATION OF INDUSTRIAL BASE FUND AS 

2 INDUSTRIAL BASE AND OPERATIONAL INFRA3 STRUCTURE FUND; ADDITIONAL USES. 

4 Section 4817 of title 10, United States Code, is amend5 ed— 

6 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘and 

7 Operational Infrastructure’’ after ‘‘Indus8 trial Base’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and Oper10 ational Infrastructure’’ after ‘‘Industrial Base’’; 

11 (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, acting 

12 through the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

13 Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy’’; and 

14 (4) in subsection (d)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (4), as amended by sec16 tion 862, by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

17 (B) in paragraph (5), as added by section 

18 862, by striking the period at the end and insert19 ing a semicolon; and 

20 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

21 paragraphs: 

22 ‘‘(6) to acquire— 

23 ‘‘(A) strategic and critical materials for the 

24 National Defense Stockpile; and 

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1 ‘‘(7) to provide and expedite infrastructure 

2 projects critical to operational readiness within pri3 ority theaters as determined by the Secretary, con4 sistent with the national defense strategy required 

5 under section 113(g) of this title; and 

6 ‘‘(8) to acquire and deploy capabilities and pro7 totypes developed under the authorities of section 

8 3601 of title 10, section 804 of the National Defense 

9 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 

10 3201 note prec.), and any other alternative acquisi11 tion pathway or mechanism designed to deploy oper12 ational capabilities and operational prototypes for de13 fense purposes within five years.’’. 

14 SEC. 864. MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROCUREMENT TECH15 NICAL ASSISTANCE COOPERATIVE AGREE16 MENT PROGRAM. 

17 (a) MODIFICATION TO DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTI18 TY.—Section 4951(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘private’’; 

21 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub22 paragraph (E); and 

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1 ‘‘(D) An institution of higher education, as 

2 defined in section 101 of the Higher Education 

3 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).’’. 

4 (b) DEFINITION OF BUSINESS ENTITY.—Section 4951 

5 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

6 the end the following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(5) BUSINESS ENTITY.—The term ‘business en8 tity’ means a corporation, association, partnership, 

9 limited liability company, limited liability partner10 ship, consortia, nonprofit organization, or other legal 

11 entity.’’. 

12 (c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Section 4954(c) of 

13 title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive or modify 

15 the percentages in subsection (b) on a case-by-case basis.’’. 

16 (d) FUNDING.—Section 4955 of title 10, United States 

17 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

18 subsection: 

19 ‘‘(e) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Defense may only 

20 use amounts appropriated under this chapter for the execu21 tion and administration of this chapter.’’. 


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1 SEC. 865. MODIFICATION TO PROCUREMENT REQUIRE2 MENTS RELATING TO RARE EARTH ELE3 MENTS AND STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATE4 RIALS. 

5 (a) MODIFICATION REGARDING ADVANCED BATTERIES

6 IN DISCLOSURES CONCERNING RARE EARTH ELEMENTS

7 AND STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS BY CONTRAC8 TORS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Section 857 of the 

9 James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 

10 Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2727; 

11 10 U.S.C. 4811 note) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘permanent magnet’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘permanent magnet, or an 

16 advanced battery or advanced battery com17 ponent (as those terms are defined, respec18 tively, in section 40207(a) of the Infrastruc19 ture Investment and Jobs Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 18741(a))),’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘of the magnet’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘of the magnet, the advanced bat23 tery, or the advanced battery component (as 

24 applicable)’’; and 

25 (B) in paragraph (2), by amending to read 

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1 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—A disclosure under paragraph 

2 (1) with respect to a system described in that para3 graph shall include— 

4 ‘‘(A) if the system includes a permanent 

5 magnet, an identification of the country or coun6 tries in which— 

7 ‘‘(i) any rare earth elements and stra8 tegic and critical materials used in the 

9 magnet were mined; 

10 ‘‘(ii) such elements and materials were 

11 refined into oxides; 

12 ‘‘(iii) such elements and materials were 

13 made into metals and alloys; and 

14 ‘‘(iv) the magnet was sintered or bond15 ed and magnetized; and 

16 ‘‘(B) if the system includes an advanced 

17 battery or an advanced battery component, an 

18 identification of the country or countries in 

19 which— 

20 ‘‘(i) any strategic and critical mate21 rials that are covered minerals used in the 

22 battery or component were mined; 

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1 battery or component were refined, proc2 essed, or reprocessed; 

3 ‘‘(iii) any strategic and critical mate4 rials that are covered minerals and that 

5 were manufactured into the battery or com6 ponent; and 

7 ‘‘(iv) the battery cell, module, and pack 

8 of the battery or component were manufac9 tured and assembled.’’; and 

10 (2) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol11 lows: 

12 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 ‘‘(1) The term ‘strategic and critical materials’ 

14 means materials designated as strategic and critical 

15 under section 3(a) of the Strategic and Critical Mate16 rials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98b(a)). 

17 ‘‘(2) The term ‘covered minerals’ means lithium, 

18 nickel, cobalt, manganese, and graphite.’’. 

19 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (a) of such 

20 section 857 is further amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘provides the 

22 system’’ and inserting ‘‘provides the system as de23 scribed in paragraph (1)’’; and 


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1 (2) in paragraph (4)(C), by striking ‘‘a senior 

2 acquisition executive’’ and inserting ‘‘a service acqui3 sition executive’’. 

4 SEC. 866. SECURING MARITIME DATA FROM CHINA. 

5 (a) COUNTERING THE SPREAD OF COVERED LOGIS6 TICS SOFTWARE.— 

7 (1) CONTRACTING PROHIBITION.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Department of De9 fense may not enter into a contract with an enti10 ty that uses covered logistics software. 

11 (B) APPLICABILITY.—This paragraph shall 

12 apply with respect to any contract entered into 

13 on or after the date that is 180 days after the 

14 enactment of this subsection. 

15 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may 

16 waive the provisions of this subsection for a specific 

17 contract— 

18 (A) if the Secretary makes a determination 

19 that such waiver is vital to the national security 

20 of the United States; and 

21 (B) submits to Congress a report justifying 

22 the use of such waiver and the importance of 

23 such waiver to the national security of the 

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1 (3) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 

2 date of the enactment of this subsection, and annually 

3 for three subsequent years, the Secretary of Defense 

4 shall submit to Congress a report on the implementa5 tion of this subsection. 

6 (b) POLICY WITH RESPECT TO PORTS ACCEPTING

7 FEDERAL GRANT MONEY.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 503 of title 46, 

9 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘§ 50309. Prohibited use 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A covered port authority may not 

13 use covered logistics software. 

14 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary of Transportation, in 

15 consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall publish on 

16 a website of the Department of Transportation, and update 

17 regularly, a list of entities subject to the prohibition in sub18 section (a). 

19 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of Transpor20 tation shall consult with the Department of State in car21 rying out this section. 

22 ‘‘(d) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Transportation, in 

23 consultation with the Secretary of State, may waive the 

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1 ‘‘(A) if the Secretary of Transportation 

2 makes a determination that such waiver is vital 

3 to the national security of the United States; and 

4 ‘‘(B) submits to Congress a report justifying 

5 the use of such waiver and the importance of 

6 such waiver to the national security of the 

7 United States. 

8 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) COVERED LOGISTICS SOFTWARE.—The term 

10 ‘covered logistics software’ means— 

11 ‘‘(A) the public, open, shared logistics infor12 mation network known as the National Public 

13 Information Platform for Transportation and 

14 Logistics by the Ministry of Transport of China 

15 or any affiliate or successor entity; 

16 ‘‘(B) any other transportation logistics soft17 ware designed to be used by port authorities sub18 ject to the jurisdiction, ownership, direction, or 

19 control of a foreign adversary; or 

20 ‘‘(C) any other logistics platform or soft21 ware that shares data with a system described in 

22 subparagraphs (A) or (B). 

23 ‘‘(2) COVERED PORT AUTHORITY.—The term 

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1 receives funding under a program authorized under 

2 part C of this subtitle.’’ 

3 (2) APPLICABILITY.—Section 50309 of title 46, 

4 United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall 

5 apply with respect to any contract entered into on or 

6 after the date that is 180 days after the enactment of 

7 this subsection. 

8 (3) REPORTING.—Not later than one year after 

9 the date of the enactment of this subsection, and an10 nually for three subsequent years, the Secretary of 

11 Transportation shall submit to Congress a report on 

12 the implementation of section 50309 of title 46, 

13 United States Code, as added by paragraph (1). 

14 (c) NEGOTIATIONS WITH ALLIES AND PARTNERS.— 

15 (1) NEGOTIATIONS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

16 State shall seek to enter into negotiations with United 

17 States ally and partner countries, including those de18 scribed in paragraph (3), if the President determines 

19 that ports or other entities operating within the juris20 diction of such ally or partner countries are using or 

21 are considering using covered logistics software. 

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1 diction of such governments to terminate the use 

2 of covered logistics software; 

3 (B) describe the threats posed by covered lo4 gistics software to United States military and 

5 strategic interests and the implications such 

6 threats may have for the presence of members of 

7 the Armed Forces of the United States in such 

8 countries; 

9 (C) urge governments to use their voice, in10 fluence, and vote to align with the United States 

11 and to counter attempts by foreign adversaries at 

12 international standards-setting bodies to adopt 

13 standards that incorporate covered logistics soft14 ware; and 

15 (D) attempt to establish, through multilat16 eral entities, bilateral or multilateral negotia17 tions, military cooperation, and other relevant 

18 engagements or agreements, a prohibition on the 

19 use of covered logistics software. 

20 (3) ALLIES AND PARTNERS DESCRIBED.—The 

21 countries and entities with which the President shall 

22 conduct negotiations described in this subsection shall 

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1 (A) all countries party to a collective de2 fense treaty or other collective defense arrange3 ment with the United States; 

4 (B) India; and 

5 (C) Taiwan. 

6 (4) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 

7 date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary 

8 of State shall submit a report to the appropriate con9 gressional committees describing— 

10 (A) the efforts made by the United States 

11 Government as of the date of the submission of 

12 the report in the negotiations described in this 

13 subsection; and 

14 (B) the actions taken by the governments of 

15 ally and partner countries pursuant to the nego16 tiation priorities described in this subsection. 

17 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT19 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit20 tees’’ means— 

21 (A) the Committees on Armed Services, For22 eign Affairs, and Transportation and Infrastruc23 ture of the House of Representatives; and 

24 (B) The Committees on Armed Services, 

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1 Transportation, and Armed Services of the Sen2 ate. 

3 (2) COVERED LOGISTICS SOFTWARE.—The term 

4 ‘‘covered logistics software’’ means— 

5 (A) the public, open, shared logistics infor6 mation network known as the National Public 

7 Information Platform for Transportation and 

8 Logistics by the Ministry of Transport of China 

9 or any affiliate or successor entity; 

10 (B) any other transportation logistics soft11 ware designed to be used by port authorities sub12 ject to the jurisdiction, ownership, direction, or 

13 control of a foreign adversary; or 

14 (C) any other logistics platform or software 

15 that shares data with a system described in sub16 paragraphs (A) or (B). 

17 (3) FOREIGN ADVERSARY.—The term ‘‘foreign 

18 adversary’’ means— 

19 (A) the People’s Republic of China, includ20 ing the Hong Kong and Macau Special Adminis21 trative Regions; 

22 (B) the Republic of Cuba; 

23 (C) the Islamic Republic of Iran; 

24 (D) the Democratic People’s Republic of 

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1 (E) the Russian Federation; and 

2 (F) the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 

3 under the regime of Nicola ́s Maduro Moros. 

4 SEC. 867. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ANALYZING AND CONTIN5 UOUS MONITORING OF KEY SUPPLY CHAINS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 

8 acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi9 tion and Sustainment and in coordination with the Com10 mander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command and 

11 the Secretary of each military department, shall establish 

12 a pilot program under which a private entity shall— 

13 (1) monitor the supply chains for the covered 

14 weapons platforms; and 

15 (2) analyze the supply chains of the defense in16 dustrial base for potential issues and vulnerabilities 

17 and opportunities for improvement. 

18 (b) MONITORING ENTITY.— 

19 (1) SELECTION.—The Under Secretary of De20 fense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall select a 

21 private entity to carry out the monitoring and anal22 ysis of supply chains under the pilot program estab23 lished under subsection (a). 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The monitoring entity 

2 shall, using the information made available to 

3 the monitoring entity under subparagraph (B) 

4 and such other information as may be avail5 able— 

6 (i) continuously monitor the supply 

7 chains for covered weapons platforms, in8 cluding each entity involved in such supply 

9 chain, for potential issues and 

10 vulnerabilities, including issues related to 

11 the security and capacity of any such sup12 ply chain, and opportunities for improve13 ment; and 

14 (ii) regularly analyze the supply 

15 chains of the defense industrial base for po16 tential issues and opportunities for im17 provement. 

18 (B) AGENCY COOPERATION.—The Depart19 ment of Defense shall make available to the mon20 itoring entity all information held by the De21 partment or available to the Department from 

22 contractors providing goods or services to the De23 partment relating to the supply chains of such 

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1 make available such information as the Sec2 retary of Defense determines appropriate. 

3 (C) SAFEGUARDING INFORMATION.—The 

4 Secretary of Defense shall require the monitoring 

5 entity to take such steps as are reasonably nec6 essary to protect any confidential, proprietary, 

7 or sensitive information. 

8 (D) ISSUE REPORTING.— 

9 (i) IN GENERAL.—The monitoring en10 tity shall report to the Secretary concerned 

11 issues and vulnerabilities identified pursu12 ant to monitoring under subparagraph 

13 (A)(i). 

14 (ii) VALIDATION.—The monitoring en15 tity shall use a process to report issues and 

16 vulnerabilities identified pursuant to moni17 toring under subparagraph (A)(i) that in18 volves manual validation of such issues and 

19 vulnerabilities and other activities designed 

20 to— 

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1 sensitized to such issues and 

2 vulnerabilities; and 

3 (II) avoid providing an excessive 

4 or unmanageable number of alerts re5 garding such issues and vulnerabilities. 

6 (3) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not less than 90 

7 days after the establishment of the pilot program, and 

8 every 90 days thereafter, the monitoring entity shall 

9 submit to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi10 tion and Sustainment a report on the issues, 

11 vulnerabilities, and opportunities identified by the 

12 monitoring entity pursuant under the pilot program, 

13 including— 

14 (A) a list of the vulnerabilities of the supply 

15 chains for covered weapons platforms, cat16 egorized by severity; and 

17 (B) for each vulnerability described in sub18 paragraph (A), a description of such vulner19 ability, whether such vulnerability has been re20 solved, and, if resolved, the time from identifica21 tion to resolution. 

22 (c) CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS.—Not later than 180 

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1 committees (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United 

2 States Code) a report containing— 

3 (1) a list of the vulnerabilities of the supply 

4 chains for covered weapons platforms identified under 

5 the pilot program, categorized by severity; 

6 (2) for each vulnerability described in subpara7 graph (A), a description of such vulnerability, wheth8 er such vulnerability has been resolved, and, if re9 solved, the time from identification to resolution; 

10 (3) an assessment of any legal authorities that 

11 are needed to continuously monitor the supply chains 

12 for all major defense acquisition programs (as such 

13 term is defined in section 4201 of title 10, United 

14 States Code) in a manner similar to the monitoring 

15 of supply chains for covered weapons platforms under 

16 the pilot program; 

17 (4) an assessment of the costs avoided by the 

18 identification of issues and vulnerabilities to supply 

19 chains under the pilot program prior such issues and 

20 vulnerabilities affecting the supply chains. 

21 (d) TERMINATION DATE.—The authority under this 

22 section shall terminate on the date that is one year after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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1 (1) COVERED WEAPONS PLATFORMS.—The term 

2 ‘‘covered weapons platforms’’ means weapons plat3 forms identified in the reports submitted under sec4 tion 1251(d)(1) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

5 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

6 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note). 

7 (2) MONITORING ENTITY.—The term ‘‘moni8 toring entity’’ means the entity that is operating 

9 under an agreement with the Secretary of Defense to 

10 carry out the monitoring and analysis of supply 

11 chains under the pilot program pursuant to a selec12 tion under subsection (b)(1). 

13 (3) PILOT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘pilot program’’ 

14 means the pilot program established under subsection 

15 (a). 

16 (4) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—The term ‘‘Sec17 retary concerned’’ has the meaning given such term 

18 in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code. 

19 SEC. 868. STUDY AND REPORT ON COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF 

20 END ITEMS AND COMPONENTS PROCURED BY 

21 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

22 (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 

23 States shall conduct a study to identify the degree to which 

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1 in foreign countries for the procurement of certain end 

2 items and components. 

3 (b) REPORT.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after 

5 the date of the enactment of this section, the Comp6 troller General of the United States shall submit to 

7 the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

8 the House of Representatives a report detailing the 

9 findings of the study described in subsection (a). 

10 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report described in para11 graph (1) shall contain the following: 

12 (A) A description of the extent to which the 

13 procurement processes of the Department of De14 fense allow for the determination of the country 

15 of origin of the end items and components stud16 ied under subsection (a). 

17 (B) Descriptions of the vulnerabilities in the 

18 supply chains for end items and components and 

19 the countries from which such end items and 

20 components are procured. 

21 (C) Recommendations for legislative or ad22 ministrative action to address the vulnerabilities 

23 described in subparagraph (B), including plans 

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1 countries from which to procure end items and 

2 components. 

3 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) COMPONENT.—The term ‘‘component’’ has 

5 the meaning given the term in section 3011 of title 

6 10, United States Code. 

7 (2) END ITEM.—The term ‘‘end item’’ has the 

8 meaning given the term in section 4863(n) of title 10, 

9 United States Code. 

10 SEC. 869. ENHANCED DOMESTIC CONTENT REQUIREMENT 

11 FOR MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PRO12 GRAMS. 

13 (a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

15 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

16 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com17 mittees a report assessing the domestic source content 

18 of procurements carried out in connection with a 

19 major defense acquisition program. 

20 (2) INFORMATION REPOSITORY.—The Secretary 

21 of Defense shall establish an information repository 

22 for the collection and analysis of information related 

23 to domestic source content for products the Secretary 

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1 for continuous data analysis and program manage2 ment activities. 

3 (b) ENHANCED DOMESTIC CONTENT REQUIREMENT.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para5 graph (2), for purposes of chapter 83 of title 41, 

6 United States Code, manufactured articles, materials, 

7 or supplies procured in connection with a major de8 fense acquisition program are manufactured substan9 tially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined, 

10 produced, or manufactured in the United States if the 

11 cost of such component articles, materials, or sup12 plies— 

13 (A) supplied not later than the date of the 

14 enactment of this Act, exceeds 60 percent of cost 

15 of the manufactured articles, materials, or sup16 plies procured; 

17 (B) supplied during the period beginning 

18 January 1, 2024, and ending December 31, 

19 2028, exceeds 65 percent of the cost of the manu20 factured articles, materials, or supplies; and 

21 (C) supplied on or after January 1, 2029, 

22 exceeds 75 percent of the cost of the manufac23 tured articles, materials, or supplies. 

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1 factured articles that consist wholly or predominantly 

2 of iron, steel, or a combination of iron and steel. 

3 (3) RULEMAKING TO CREATE A FALLBACK

4 THRESHOLD.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

7 Secretary of Defense shall issue rules to deter8 mine the treatment of the lowest price offered for 

9 a foreign end product for which 55 percent or 

10 more of the component articles, materials, or 

11 supplies of such foreign end product are manu12 factured substantially all from articles, mate13 rials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufac14 tured in the United States if— 

15 (i) the application paragraph (1) re16 sults in an unreasonable cost; or 

17 (ii) no offers are submitted to supply 

18 manufactured articles, materials, or sup19 plies manufactured substantially all from 

20 articles, materials, or supplies mined, pro21 duced, or manufactured in the United 

22 States. 

23 (B) TERMINATION.—Rules issued under this 

24 paragraph shall cease to have force or effect on 

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1 (4) APPLICABILITY.—The requirements of this 

2 subsection— 

3 (A) shall apply to contracts entered into on 

4 or after the date of the enactment of this Act; 

5 (B) shall not apply to articles manufac6 tured in countries that have executed a recip7 rocal defense procurement memorandum of un8 derstanding with the United States entered into 

9 pursuant to section 4851 of title 10, United 

10 States Code; and 

11 (C) shall not apply to a country that is a 

12 member of the national technology and indus13 trial base (as defined by section 4801 of title 10, 

14 United States Code). 

15 (c) MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAM DE16 FINED.—The term ‘‘major defense acquisition program’’ has 

17 the meaning given in section 4201 of title 10, United States 

18 Code. 

19 Subtitle F—Small Business Matters 

20 SEC. 881 ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATION PROJECT DES21 IGNATIONS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

23 (1) DESIGNATING CERTAIN SBIR AND STTR PRO24 GRAMS AS ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATION

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1 Code, is amended by inserting after section 4067 the 

2 following new section: 

3 ‘‘§ 4068. Entrepreneurial Innovation Project designa4 tions 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—During the first fiscal year begin6 ning after the date of the enactment of this section, and 

7 during each subsequent fiscal year, each Secretary con8 cerned, in consultation with the each chief of an armed force 

9 under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned, shall des10 ignate not less than five eligible programs as Entrepre11 neurial Innovation Projects. 

12 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—An eligible program seeking des13 ignation as an Entrepreneurial Innovation Project under 

14 this section shall submit to the Secretary concerned an ap15 plication at such time, in such manner, and containing 

16 such information as the Secretary concerned determines ap17 propriate. 

18 ‘‘(c) DESIGNATION CRITERIA.—In making designa19 tions under subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall 

20 consider— 

21 ‘‘(1) the potential of the eligible program to— 

22 ‘‘(A) advance the national security capabili23 ties of the United States; 

24 ‘‘(B) provide new technologies or processes, 

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1 will enable new alternatives to existing pro2 grams; and 

3 ‘‘(C) provide future cost savings; 

4 ‘‘(2) whether an advisory panel has rec5 ommended the eligible program for designation; and 

6 ‘‘(3) such other criteria that the Secretary con7 cerned determines to be appropriate. 

8 ‘‘(d) DESIGNATION BENEFITS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM INCLU10 SION.—With respect to each designated program, the 

11 Secretary of Defense shall include in the next future12 years defense program the estimated expenditures of 

13 such designated program. In the preceding sentence, 

14 the term ‘next future-years defense program’ means 

15 the future-years defense program submitted to Con16 gress under section 221 of this title after the date on 

17 which such designated program is designated under 

18 subsection (a). 

19 ‘‘(2) PROGRAMMING PROPOSAL.—Each des20 ignated program shall be included by the Secretary 

21 concerned under a separate heading in any program22 ming proposals submitted to the Secretary of Defense. 

23 ‘‘(3) PPBE COMPONENT.—Each designated pro24 gram shall be considered by the Secretary concerned 

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1 budgeting, and execution process of the Department of 

2 Defense. 

3 ‘‘(e) ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATION ADVISORY PAN4 ELS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—For each military de6 partment, the Secretary concerned shall establish an 

7 advisory panel that, starting in the first fiscal year 

8 beginning after the date of the enactment of this sec9 tion, and in each subsequent fiscal year, shall identify 

10 and recommend to the Secretary concerned for des11 ignation under subsection (a) eligible programs based 

12 on the criteria described in subsection (c)(1). 

13 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 

14 ‘‘(A) COMPOSITION.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Each advisory 

16 panel shall be composed of four members 

17 appointed by the Secretary concerned and 

18 one member appointed by the chief of the 

19 relevant armed force under the jurisdiction 

20 of the Secretary concerned. 

21 ‘‘(ii) SECRETARY CONCERNED AP22 POINTMENTS.—The Secretary concerned 

23 shall appoint members to the advisory panel 

24 as follows: 

25 ‘‘(I) Three members who— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) have experience with 

2 private sector entrepreneurial in3 novation, including development 

4 and implementation of such inno5 vations into well established mar6 kets; and 

7 ‘‘(bb) are not employed by 

8 the Federal Government. 

9 ‘‘(II) One member who is in the 

10 Senior Executive Service in the acqui11 sition workforce (as defined in section 

12 1705 of this title) of the relevant mili13 tary department. 

14 ‘‘(iii) SERVICE CHIEF APPOINTMENT.— 

15 The chief of an armed force under the juris16 diction of the Secretary concerned shall ap17 point to the advisory panel one member who 

18 is a member of such armed forces. 

19 ‘‘(B) TERMS.— 

20 ‘‘(i) PRIVATE SECTOR MEMBERS.— 

21 Members described in subparagraph 

22 (A)(ii)(I) shall serve for a term of three 

23 years, except that of the members first ap24 pointed— 


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1 ‘‘(I) one shall serve a term of one 

2 year; 

3 ‘‘(II) one shall serve a term of two 

4 years; and 

5 ‘‘(III) one shall serve a term of 

6 three years. 

7 ‘‘(ii) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOY8 EES.—Members described in clause (ii)(II) 

9 or (iii) of subparagraph (A) shall serve for 

10 a term of two years, except that the first 

11 member appointed under subparagraph 

12 (A)(iii) shall serve for a term of one year. 

13 ‘‘(C) CHAIR.—The chair for each advisory 

14 panel shall be as follows: 

15 ‘‘(i) For the first year of operation of 

16 each such advisory panel, and every other 

17 year thereafter, the member appointed 

18 under subparagraph (A)(iii). 

19 ‘‘(ii) For the second year of operation 

20 of each such advisory panel, and every other 

21 year thereafter, the member appointed 

22 under subparagraph (A)(ii)(II). 

23 ‘‘(D) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in an advi24 sory panel shall be filled in the same manner as 

25 the original appointment. 


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1 ‘‘(E) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—Members 

2 and staff of each advisory panel shall disclose to 

3 the relevant Secretary concerned, and such Sec4 retary concerned shall mitigate to the extent 

5 practicable, any professional or organizational 

6 conflict of interest of such members or staff aris7 ing from service on the advisory panel. 

8 ‘‘(F) COMPENSATION.— 

9 ‘‘(i) PRIVATE SECTOR MEMBER COM10 PENSATION.—Except as provided in clause 

11 (ii), members of an advisory panel, and the 

12 support staff of such members, shall be com13 pensated at a rate determined reasonable by 

14 the Secretary concerned and shall be reim15 bursed in accordance with section 5703 of 

16 title 5 for reasonable travel costs and ex17 penses incurred in performing duties as 

18 members of an advisory panel. 

19 ‘‘(ii) PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION

20 OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Members of an 

21 advisory panel who are full-time officers or 

22 employees of the United States or Members 

23 of Congress may not receive additional pay, 

24 allowances, or benefits by reason of their 

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1 ‘‘(3) SELECTION PROCESS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) INITIAL SELECTION.—Each advisory 

3 panel shall select not less than ten eligible pro4 grams that have submitted an application under 

5 subsection (b). 

6 ‘‘(B) PROGRAM PLANS.— 

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible pro8 gram selected under subparagraph (A) may 

9 submit to the advisory panel that selected 

10 such eligible program a program plan con11 taining the five-year goals, execution plans, 

12 schedules, and funding needs of such eligible 

13 program. 

14 ‘‘(ii) SUPPORT.—Each Secretary con15 cerned shall, to the greatest extent prac16 ticable, provide eligible programs selected 

17 under subparagraph (A) with access to in18 formation to support the development of the 

19 program plans described in clause (i). 

20 ‘‘(C) FINAL SELECTION.—Each advisory 

21 panel shall recommend to the Secretary con22 cerned for designation under subsection (a) not 

23 less than five eligible programs that submitted a 

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1 igible programs, such advisory panel may rec2 ommend to the Secretary concerned for designa3 tion under subsection (a) less than five such eli4 gible programs. 

5 ‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUP6 PORT.—The Secretary concerned shall provide the rel7 evant advisory panel with such administrative sup8 port, staff, and technical assistance as the Secretary 

9 concerned determines necessary for such advisory 

10 panel to carry out it duties. 

11 ‘‘(5) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Defense may 

12 use amounts available from the Department of De13 fense Acquisition Workforce Development Account es14 tablished under section 1705 of this title to support 

15 the activities of advisory panels. 

16 ‘‘(f) REVOCATION OF DESIGNATION.—If the Secretary 

17 concerned determines that a designated program cannot 

18 reasonably meet the objectives of such designated program 

19 in the relevant programming proposal referred to in sub20 section (d)(2) or such objectives are irrelevant, such Sec21 retary concerned may revoke the designation. 

22 ‘‘(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of De23 fense shall submit to Congress an annual report describing 

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1 program has made toward achieving the objectives of the 

2 designated program. 

3 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) ADVISORY PANEL.—The term ‘advisory 

5 panel’ means an advisory panel established under 

6 subsection (e)(1). 

7 ‘‘(2) DESIGNATED PROGRAM.—The term ‘des8 ignated program’ means an eligible program that has 

9 been designated as an Entrepreneurial Innovation 

10 Project under this section. 

11 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE PROGRAM.—The term ‘eligible 

12 program’ means work performed pursuant to a Phase 

13 III agreement (as such term is defined in section 

14 9(r)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

15 638(r)(2))).’’. 

16 (2) TARGET CHAPTER TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The 

17 table of sections at the beginning of chapter 303 of 

18 title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

19 after the item related to section 4067 the following 

20 new item: 

‘‘4068. Entrepreneurial Innovation Project designations.’’. 

21 (b) ESTABLISHMENT DEADLINE.—Not later than 120 

22 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secre23 taries of each military department shall establish the advi24 sory panels described in section 4068(e) of title 10, United 

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1 SEC. 882. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF DOMESTIC IN2 VESTMENT PILOT PROGRAM. 

3 Section 884 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

4 for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 15 U.S.C. 638 

5 note) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Not later than 

7 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘Not later than October 1, 2023’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (c)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘Secretary of Defense may 

11 not use’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Secretary 

12 of Defense— 

13 ‘‘(1) may not use’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by 

15 striking ‘‘STTR program.’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘STTR program; and’’; and 

17 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

18 paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(2) shall ensure that such program complies 

20 with the requirements of a due diligence program es21 tablished under subsection (vv) of the Small Business 

22 Act (15 U.S.C. 638(vv)).’’; and 

23 (3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘September 30, 

24 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2027’’. 


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1 SEC. 883. STUDY AND REPORT ON THE EXPANSION OF THE 

2 STRATEGIC FUNDING INCREASE PROGRAM 

3 OF THE AIR FORCE. 

4 (a) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense 

5 shall direct the heads of the offices responsible for carrying 

6 out the Small Business Innovation Research Programs of 

7 the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps to jointly conduct a 

8 study on the feasibility of implementing a covered program. 

9 (b) REPORT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

11 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

12 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 

13 report containing the results of the study required by 

14 subsection (a). 

15 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para16 graph (1) shall include the following: 

17 (A) Funding levels required to successfully 

18 execute covered program. 

19 (B) The effect that a covered program might 

20 have on the Small Business Innovation Research 

21 Programs of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, 

22 including effect on the number of Phase I and 

23 Phase II awards made under Small Business In24 novation Research Program if a covered program 

25 was carried out. 


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1 (C) Any additional authorities required to 

2 establish and carry out a covered program. 

3 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) The term ‘‘covered program’’ means a pro5 gram similar to the STRATFI program that provides 

6 funds to support small business concerns preparing to 

7 seek a Phase III award with respect to a project or 

8 technology for which such small business concern re9 ceived a Phase II award. 

10 (2) The terms ‘‘Phase I’’, ‘‘Phase II’’, and 

11 ‘‘Small Business Innovation Research Program’’, 

12 have the meanings given, respectively, in section 9(e) 

13 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e)). 

14 (3) The term ‘‘small business concern’’ has the 

15 meaning given under section 3 of the Small Business 

16 Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 

17 (4) The term ‘‘STRATFI program’’ refers to the 

18 Strategic Funding Increase program of the Air Force 

19 that provides funds to assist small business concerns 

20 with securing a Phase III agreement (as such term is 

21 defined in section 9(r)(2) of the Small Business Act 

22 (15 U.S.C. 5 638(r)(2))). 


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1 Subtitle G—Other Matters 

2 SEC. 891. EMPLOYEE-OWNED BUSINESS CONTRACTING IN3 CENTIVE PILOT PROGRAM CLARIFICATION 

4 AND EXTENSION. 

5 Section 874 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

6 for Fiscal Year 2022 (10 U.S.C. 3204 note) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (i) by inserting ‘‘or for’’ after ‘‘services 

10 procured by’’; and 

11 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or for’’ after ‘‘may be 

12 procured by’’; and 

13 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘A qualified business’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A quali16 fied business’’; and 

17 (ii) by adding at the end the following 

18 new subparagraph: 

19 ‘‘(B) TOTAL AWARD LIMIT.—Not more than 

20 25 follow-on contracts may be awarded under 

21 this section.’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘five years’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘eight years’’; and 

24 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub25 section: 


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1 ‘‘(g) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT EXEMPTION.— 

2 Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, shall not apply 

3 to any action taken under this section or the pilot program 

4 established under this section.’’. 

5 SEC. 892. PILOT PROGRAM ON THE USE OF BUDGET TRANS6 FER AUTHORITY FOR ARMY RESEARCH TO 

7 AID IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Upon determination by the Assist9 ant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and 

10 Technology that such action is necessary in the national 

11 interest, the Secretary of Defense may transfer amounts of 

12 authorizations made available in Research and Develop13 ment, Army, line 090A, between any covered authorization 

14 or combination of covered authorizations for the purposes 

15 of procuring or otherwise rapidly transitioning new tech16 nologies at the direction of the Assistant Secretary. 

17 Amounts of authorizations so transferred shall be merged 

18 with and be available for the same purposes as the author19 ization to which transferred. 

20 (b) LIMITS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The total amount of author22 izations that the Secretary of Defense may transfer 

23 under the authority of subsection (a) for each procure24 ment or other transition activity may not exceed 

25 $10,000,000. 


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1 (2) OTHER LIMITS.—Amounts transferred pursu2 ant to the authority under subsection (a) shall not be 

3 subject to and shall not count towards the limitation 

4 under subsection (a)(2) of such section 1001. 

5 (c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A trans6 fer made from one account to another under the authority 

7 of subsection (a) shall be deemed to increase the amount 

8 authorized for the account to which the amount is trans9 ferred by an amount equal to the amount transferred. 

10 (d) COVERED AUTHORIZATION DEFINED.—In this sec11 tion, the term ‘‘covered authorization’’ means an authoriza12 tion made available for fiscal year 2024 for— 

13 (1) Aircraft Procurement, Army; 

14 (2) Missile Procurement, Army; 

15 (3) Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, 

16 Army; 

17 (4) Procurement of Ammunition, Army; 

18 (5) Other Procurement, Army; and 

19 (6) Operation and Maintenance, Army. 

20 SEC. 893. SEAPLANE PROCUREMENT AND EMPLOYMENT. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

23 shall submit to the congressional defense committees an 

24 analysis of the utility of, employment opportunities with 


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1 respect to, and the feasibility of the Department of Defense 

2 procuring seaplanes and amphibious aircraft. 

3 (b) CONTENTS.—The analysis required under sub4 section (a) shall include an assessments of— 

5 (1) the role and effects that the use of seaplanes 

6 and amphibious aircraft would have on the ability of 

7 the Armed Forces to conduct contested logistics oper8 ations across a theater of combat operations, includ9 ing resupply and air-to-air refueling; 

10 (2) the utility of seaplanes and amphibious air11 craft in scenarios where access to airfields required 

12 for the operation of existing fixed-wing, tiltrotor, and 

13 rotor-wing assets is limited or such airfields are un14 available; 

15 (3) the effects that the use of seaplanes and am16 phibious aircraft would have on the ability of the 

17 Armed Forces to conduct search and rescue oper18 ations; 

19 (4) the value and cost savings per flight hour of 

20 using seaplanes and amphibious aircraft for search 

21 and rescue operations as compared with the type, 

22 model, and series of aircraft currently used by the 

23 Armed Forces for such activities; 

24 (5) the role of seaplanes and amphibious aircraft 

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1 combat operations and providing support within the 

2 expeditionary advanced basing operation construct; 

3 (6) the utility of using seaplanes and amphib4 ious aircraft to enhance long-range reconnaissance 

5 operations of the Armed Forces; and 

6 (7) options for acquiring seaplanes and amphib7 ious aircraft from allies currently fielding such plat8 forms, including alternative approaches, acquisition 

9 timelines, and timelines for fielding such seaplanes 

10 and amphibious aircraft or domestically-produced al11 ternatives. 

12 (c) ARMED FORCES DEFINED.—In this section, the 

13 term ‘‘Armed Forces’’ has the meaning give such term in 

14 section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code. 

15 SEC. 894. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS RELAT16 ING TO CONTRACTS WITH CONTRACT MAN17 AGERS AND AUDITORS. 

18 (a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense shall annually 

19 review the value of contracts entered into with contract 

20 managers and auditors for the purpose of managing con21 tracts of the Department of Defense for a specified fiscal 

22 year. 

23 (b) CERTIFICATION.—If the Secretary spent an 

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1 tracts with contract managers and auditors, the Secretary 

2 shall submit a certification to the congressional defense 

3 committees. 

4 (c) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—For 

5 each 0.1 percent of funds expended during fiscal year 2024 

6 that is greater than 1 percent of total value of contracts 

7 awarded during such fiscal year on such contracts with con8 tract managers and auditors, of the funds authorized to be 

9 appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 

10 fiscal year 2024 for the Deputy Secretary of Defense for 

11 the nonemergency travel, such amount shall be reduced by 

12 1 percent. 

13 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) The term ‘‘contract managers and auditors’’ 

15 means employees of the Department of Defense, in16 cluding members of a covered Armed Force, and does 

17 not include contractors of the Department. 

18 (2) The term ‘‘covered Armed Force’’ means the 

19 Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space 

20 Force. 

21 SEC. 895. INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT ON DEPARTMENT 

22 OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION AND CONTRACT 

23 ADMINISTRATION. 

24 Not later than March 31, 2024, the Inspector General 

25 of the Department of Defense shall submit to the Committee 


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1 on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report 

2 on the status and findings of the oversight, reviews, audits, 

3 and inspections of the Inspector General regarding Depart4 ment-wide acquisitions and contract management, includ5 ing— 

6 (1) findings regarding the effectiveness of audits 

7 and financial advisory on ensuring that the Depart8 ment obtains the greatest value for the lowest reason9 able costs under when acquiring goods and services, 

10 including by reducing contract costs and ensuring 

11 that the profit of contractors for the provision of such 

12 goods and services is reasonable; 

13 (2) an assessment of allowable, allocable, and 

14 reasonable costs and pricing for contracts; 

15 (3) the authorities and resources for contracting 

16 officers of the Department to obtain certified cost and 

17 pricing data from contractors of the Department; 

18 (4) the authorities and resources of the Chief Fi19 nancial Officer of the Department, the Defense Con20 tract Audit Agency, and the Defense Contract Man21 agement Agency to determine allowable, allocable, and 

22 reasonable costs and pricing for contracts. 


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1 TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DE2 FENSE ORGANIZATION AND 

3 MANAGEMENT 

4 Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary 

5 of Defense and Related Matters 

6 SEC. 901. UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR SCIENCE 

7 AND INNOVATION INTEGRATION. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 133a of title 10, United 

9 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘§ 133a. Under Secretary of Defense for Science and 

11 Innovation Integration 

12 ‘‘(a) UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—There is an 

13 Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Innovation In14 tegration, appointed from civilian life by the President, by 

15 and with the advice and consent of the Senate. A person 

16 may not be appointed as Under Secretary within seven 

17 years after relief from active duty as a commissioned officer 

18 of a regular component of an armed force. 

19 ‘‘(b) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Under Secretary shall be 

20 appointed from among persons who have an extensive tech21 nology or science background and experience in— 

22 ‘‘(1) private or venture capital, commercial in23 novation, or prototype-to-production transition; and 

24 ‘‘(2) managing complex programs and leveraging 

25 public-private capital partnerships. 


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1 ‘‘(c) DUTIES AND POWERS.—Subject to the authority, 

2 direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Under 

3 Secretary shall perform such duties and exercise such pow4 ers as the Secretary may prescribe, including— 

5 ‘‘(1) serving as the chief technology officer of the 

6 Department of Defense with the mission of advancing 

7 technology, innovation, and the integration of com8 mercial technology for the armed forces (and the De9 partment); 

10 ‘‘(2) establishing policies on, and supervising, all 

11 elements of the Department relating to the identifica12 tion of commercial technology for potential use by the 

13 Department and integration of such technology into 

14 the armed forces (and the Department), including— 

15 ‘‘(A) implementing the preference under sec16 tion 3453 of this title for the use of commercial 

17 technology when suitable to meet the needs of De18 partment; and 

19 ‘‘(B) ensuring implementation of a modular 

20 open system approach (as defined in section 

21 4401(b) of title 10, United States Code) to en22 courage increased competition and the more fre23 quent use of commercial technology within the 

24 Department; 


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1 ‘‘(3) establishing policies on, and supervising, all 

2 defense research and engineering, technology develop3 ment, technology transition, appropriate prototyping 

4 activities, experimentation, and developmental testing 

5 activities and programs and unifying defense research 

6 and engineering efforts across the Department; 

7 ‘‘(4) serving as the principal advisor to the Sec8 retary on all commercial innovation and integration, 

9 research, engineering, and technology development ac10 tivities and programs in the Department; and 

11 ‘‘(5) along with the Vice Chairman of the Joint 

12 Chiefs of Staff, providing for an alternate path to in13 tegrate commercial technology into the Department 

14 that does not include applying the Joint Capabilities 

15 Integration and Development System process to the 

16 acquisition of technology that readily exists in the 

17 commercial sector. 

18 ‘‘(d) PRECEDENCE IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— 

19 ‘‘(1) PRECEDENCE IN MATTERS OF RESPONSI20 BILITY.—With regard to all matters for which the 

21 Under Secretary has responsibility by the direction of 

22 the Secretary of Defense or by law, the Under Sec23 retary takes precedence in the Department of Defense 

24 after the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of De25 fense. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PRECEDENCE IN OTHER MATTERS.—With 

2 regard to all matters other than the matters for which 

3 the Under Secretary has responsibility by the direc4 tion of the Secretary or by law, the Under Secretary 

5 takes precedence in the Department of Defense after 

6 the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of Defense.’’. 

7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

8 (1) TITLE 10.—Title 10, United States Code, as 

9 amended by subsection (a), is further amended by 

10 striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Research 

11 and Engineering’’ each place it appears and inserting 

12 ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Innova13 tion Integration’’. 

14 (2) TITLE 5.—Title 5, United States Code, is 

15 amended by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for 

16 Research and Engineering’’ each place it appears and 

17 inserting ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Science and 

18 Innovation Integration’’. 

19 (3) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACTS.— 

20 Each of the following Acts is amended by striking 

21 ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engi22 neering’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Under 

23 Secretary of Defense for Science and Innovation Inte24 gration’’: 


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1 (A) The National Defense Authorization Act 

2 for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91). 

3 (B) The John S. McCain National Defense 

4 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 

5 Law 115–232). 

6 (C) The National Defense Authorization Act 

7 for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92). 

8 (D) The William M. (Mac) Thornberry Na9 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

10 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 

11 (E) The National Defense Authorization Act 

12 for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81). 

13 (F) The James M. Inhofe National Defense 

14 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 

15 Law 117–263). 

16 (c) REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law (other 

17 than this section), regulation, map, document, paper, or 

18 other record of the United States to the Under Secretary 

19 of Defense for Research and Engineering shall be deemed 

20 to be a reference to the Under Secretary of Defense for 

21 Science and Innovation Integration. 

22 (d) SERVICE OF INCUMBENT IN POSITION.—The indi23 vidual serving as Under Secretary of Defense for Research 

24 and Engineering as of the effective date specified in sub25 section (e) may serve as Under Secretary of Defense for 


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1 Science and Innovation Integration commencing as of that 

2 date without further appointment under section 133a of 

3 title 10, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)). 

4 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend5 ments made by this section shall take effect one year after 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 902. REPEAL OF POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF COST AS8 SESSMENT AND PROGRAM EVALUATION. 

9 (a) REPEAL OF POSITION.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 139a of title 10, 

11 United States Code is repealed. 

12 (2) CONFORMING REPEALS.—The following pro13 visions of law are repealed: 

14 (A) Subparagraph (A) of section 131(b)(4) 

15 of title 10, United States Code. 

16 (B) Subparagraph (A) of section 131(b)(8) 

17 of such title. 

18 (C) Subparagraph (C) of section 2222(e)(6) 

19 of such title. 

20 (D) Chapter 222 of such title. 

21 (E) Paragraph (5) of section 1672(c) of the 

22 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

23 Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263). 

24 (F) Subparagraph (E) of section 223(c)(1) 

25 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 


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1 Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 

2 4172 note). 

3 (G) Subparagraph (C) of section 836(e)(2) 

4 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

5 Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 

6 U.S.C. 3101 note prec.). 

7 (H) Subparagraph (E) of section 

8 231(d)(2)of the National Defense Authorization 

9 Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116—92; 

10 10 U.S.C. 4571 note). 

11 (I) Section 101(c) of the Weapon Systems 

12 Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (Public Law 

13 111–23; 10 U.S.C. 139a note). 

14 (3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

15 (A) Section 5315 of title 5, United States 

16 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Director of Cost 

17 Assessment and Program Evaluation, Depart18 ment of Defense.’’. 

19 (B) Section 118(e) of title 10, United States 

20 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Director of Cost 

21 Assessment and Performance Evaluation’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui23 sition and Sustainment’’. 

24 (C) Section 181 of title 10, United States 

25 Code, is amended— 


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1 (i) in subsection (d)— 

2 (I) by striking subparagraph (F); 

3 and 

4 (II) by redesignating subpara5 graphs (G) and (H) as subparagraphs 

6 (F) and (G), respectively; and 

7 (ii) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘, 

8 such as the Office of Cost Assessment and 

9 Program Evaluation,’’. 

10 (D) Section 134(b)(5) of title 10, United 

11 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘ and the 

12 Director of Cost Assessment and Program Eval13 uation’’. 

14 (E) Section 225(e)(4) of title 10, United 

15 States Code, is amended— 

16 (i) in subparagraph (A), by adding 

17 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

18 (ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘; 

19 and’’ and inserting a period; and 

20 (iii) by striking subparagraph (C). 

21 (F) Section 231a(c)(2)(E) of title 10, 

22 United States Code, is amended— 

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1 uation’’ and inserting ‘‘of another organiza2 tion of the Department of Defense’’; and 

3 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘of the 

4 Office of Cost Assessment and Program 

5 Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘of such other 

6 organization’’. 

7 (G) Section 499a of title 10, United States 

8 Code, is amended— 

9 (i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘act10 ing through the Director for Cost Esti11 mating and Program Evaluation’’ and in12 serting ‘‘acting through the official des13 ignated under section 902(b) of the National 

14 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

15 2024’’; 

16 (ii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the 

17 Director of Cost Assessment and Program 

18 Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘the official de19 scribed in subsection (a)’’; 

20 (iii) in subsection (c)— 

21 (I) in paragraph (1)— 

22 (aa) in the matter preceding 

23 subparagraph (A), by striking 

24 ‘‘the Director of Cost Assessment 

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1 inserting ‘‘the official described in 

2 subsection (a)’’; and 

3 (bb) in subparagraph (B), by 

4 striking ‘‘such Directors’’ and in5 serting ‘‘the official and the Direc6 tor’’; 

7 (II) in paragraph (2)— 

8 (aa) by striking ‘‘Director of 

9 Cost Assessment and Program 

10 Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘offi11 cial described in subsection (a)’’; 

12 and 

13 (bb) by striking ‘‘such Direc14 tors’’ and inserting ‘‘the official 

15 and the Director’’; and 

16 (III) in paragraph (3), by strik17 ing ‘‘the Director of Cost Assessment 

18 and Program Evaluation’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘the official described in subsection 

20 (a)’’; and 

21 (iv) in subsection (d)(2), by striking 

22 ‘‘the Director of Cost Assessment and Pro23 gram Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘the offi24 cial described in subsection (a)’’. 


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1 (H) Section 3501(i)(3)(B) of title 10, 

2 United States Code, is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘conducted on the basis of section 3226(b) of this 

4 title,’’. 

5 (I) Section 4251 of title 10, United States 

6 Code, is amended— 

7 (i) in subsection (b)— 

8 (I) in paragraph (6), by striking 

9 ‘‘consistent with study guidance devel10 oped by the Director of Cost Assess11 ment and Program Evaluation’’; and 

12 (II) in paragraph (7), by striking 

13 ‘‘, with the concurrence of the Director 

14 of Cost Assessment and Program Eval15 uation,’’; and 

16 (ii) in subsection (c)(1)(F), by striking 

17 ‘‘conducted by the Director of Cost Assess18 ment and Program Evaluation’’. 

19 (J) Section 4252(a)(3)(C) of title 10, 

20 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, 

21 with the concurrence of the Director of Cost As22 sessment and Program Evaluation,’’. 

23 (K) Section 4325(c) of title 10, United 

24 States Code, is amended— 


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1 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Di2 rector of Cost Assessment and Program 

3 Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘Under Sec4 retary of Defense for Acquisition and 

5 Sustainment’’; and 

6 (ii) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (I) in the matter preceding sub8 paragraph (A), by striking ‘‘the Direc9 tor’’ and inserting ‘‘the Under Sec10 retary’’; and 

11 (II) in subparagraph (C), by 

12 striking ‘‘with the concurrence of the 

13 Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui14 sition and Sustainment,’’. 

15 (L) Section 4376 of title 10, United States 

16 Code, is amended— 

17 (i) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘in 

18 consultation with the Director of Cost As19 sessment and Program Evaluation,’’; and 

20 (ii) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking 

21 ‘‘by the Director of Cost Assessment and 

22 Program Evaluation’’. 

23 (M) Section 4506 of title 10, United States 

24 Code, is amended striking ‘‘Director of Cost As25 sessment and Performance Evaluation’’ each 


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1 place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Under Sec2 retary of Defense for Acquisition and 

3 Sustainment’’. 

4 (N) Section 351(b) of the National Defense 

5 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 

6 Law 117–263) is amended by striking ‘‘Director 

7 of Cost Assessment and Performance Evaluation’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for 

9 Acquisition and Sustainment’’. 

10 (O) Section 1640(c)(1) of the National De11 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 

12 (Public Law 117–263) is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘Director of the Office of Cost Assessment and 

14 Program Evaluation of the Department of De15 fense’’ and inserting ‘‘official designated under 

16 section 902(b) of the National Defense Authoriza17 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2024’’. 

18 (P) Section 833(e)(2)(A) of the National 

19 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 

20 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is 

21 amended— 

22 (i) by striking clause (vi); and 

23 (ii) by redesignating clause (vii) as 

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1 (Q) Section 1507(c)(1) of the National De2 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 

3 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 167b note) is 

4 amended by striking ‘‘Cost Assessment and Pro5 gram Evaluation,’’. 

6 (R) Section 834(f) of the National Defense 

7 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public 

8 Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 4571 note) is amended 

9 by striking ‘‘Director of Cost Assessment and 

10 Program Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘Under Sec11 retary of Defense for Acquisition and 

12 Sustainment’’. 

13 (S) Section 1251(d) of the National Defense 

14 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public 

15 Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— 

16 (i) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking 

17 ‘‘the Director of Cost Assessment and Pro18 gram Evaluation,’’; and 

19 (ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘, 

20 the Under Secretary of Defense (Comp21 troller), and the Director of Cost Assessment 

22 and Program Evaluation’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘and the Under Secretary of Defense 

24 (Comptroller)’’. 


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1 (T) Section 1664(a)(2) of the National De2 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 

3 (Public Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 179 note) is 

4 amended— 

5 (i) by striking subparagraph (A); and 

6 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

7 (B) through (D) as subparagraphs (A) 

8 through (C), respectively. 

9 (U) Section 1709 of the National Defense 

10 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public 

11 Law 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— 

12 (i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, the 

13 Director of the Joint Staff, and the Director 

14 of Cost Assessment and Program Evalua15 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘and the Director of the 

16 Joint Staff’’; and 

17 (ii) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘, 

18 the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 

19 and the Director of Cost Assessment and 

20 Program Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘and 

21 the Chairman of the Joint chiefs of Staff’’. 

22 (V) Section 1053(f)(1)(B)(ii) of the Na23 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

24 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) 

25 is— 


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1 (i) in the heading, by striking 

2 ‘‘CAPE’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘the Director of Cost 

4 Assessment and Program Evaluation’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘the Under Secretary of Defense 

6 for Acquisition and Sustainment’’. 

7 (W) Section 839(b) of the National Defense 

8 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public 

9 Law 115–91; 10 U.S.C. 4171 note)— 

10 (i) in paragraph (2), by striking 

11 ‘‘shall’’ and all that follows through the pe12 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘coordinate 

13 with the Secretaries of the military depart14 ments’’; and 

15 (ii) in paragraph (3)(A)— 

16 (I) by striking ‘‘the Director for 

17 Cost Assessment and Program Evalua18 tion or another’’ and inserting ‘‘an’’; 

19 and 

20 (II) by striking ‘‘the Director of 

21 Operational Test and Evaluation, the 

22 senior official of the Department of De23 fense with responsibility for develop24 mental testing,’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

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1 fense with responsibility for develop2 mental testing’’. 

3 (X) Section 925(b)(2) of the National De4 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 

5 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 4271 note) is 

6 amended— 

7 (i) in subparagraph (A), by adding 

8 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

9 (ii) by striking subparagraph (B); and 

10 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

11 (C) as subparagraph (B). 

12 (Y) Section 3113(b) of the National Defense 

13 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 

14 Law 114–328; 50 U.S.C. 2512 note) is amended 

15 by striking paragraph (4). 

16 (Z) Section 1618(a) of the National Defense 

17 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public 

18 Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note) is amended 

19 by striking ‘‘and the Director of Cost Assessment 

20 and Program Evaluation’’. 

21 (AA) Section 907(a)(1) of the National De22 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 

23 (Public Law 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 1564 note) is 

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1 tor of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation 

2 and’’. 

3 (BB) Section 836(a)(2) of the National De4 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 

5 (Public Law 112–81; 22 U.S.C. 2767 note) is 

6 amended by striking ‘‘, the Assistant Secretary of 

7 Defense for Research and Engineering, and the 

8 Director of Cost Assessment and Program Eval9 uation of the Department of Defense’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘and the Under Secretary of Defense for Re11 search and Engineering’’. 

12 (CC) Section 201(d) of the Weapon Systems 

13 Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (Public Law 

14 111–23; 10 U.S.C. 181 note) is amended by 

15 striking ‘‘Director of Cost Assessment and Pro16 gram Evaluation’’ and inserting ‘‘official des17 ignated under section 902(b) of the National De18 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024’’. 

19 (DD) Section 3221 of the National Nuclear 

20 Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2411(e)) 

21 is amended— 

22 (i) by striking subsection (e); and 

23 (ii) by redesignating subsections (f) 

24 through (i) as subsections (e) through (h), 

25 respectively. 


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1 (EE) Section 4217(c) of the Atomic Energy 

2 Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2537(c)) is amended by 

3 striking ‘‘acting through the Director of Cost As4 sessment and Program Evaluation and’’. 

5 (4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeals and amend6 ments made by this subsection shall take effect on the 

7 date of the enactment of this Act. 

8 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than one year after 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act— 

10 (1) each duty or responsibility that remains as11 signed to the Director of Cost Assessment and Pro12 gram Evaluation of the Department of Defense shall 

13 be transferred to an officer or employee of the Depart14 ment of Defense designated by the Secretary of De15 fense, except that any officer or employee so des16 ignated may not be an individual who served as the 

17 Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation 

18 before the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

19 (2) the personnel, functions, and assets of the Of20 fice of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall 

21 be transferred to such other organizations and ele22 ments of the Department as the Secretary considers 

23 appropriate. 

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1 eral Government to the Director of Cost Assessment and 

2 Program Evaluation of the Department of Defense shall be 

3 deemed to refer to the applicable officer or employee of the 

4 Department of Defense designated by the Secretary of De5 fense under subsection (b)(1). 

6 (d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 

8 submit to the congressional defense committees a report that 

9 sets forth such recommendations for legislative action as the 

10 Secretary considers appropriate for modifications to law to 

11 carry out this section and the repeals and amendments 

12 made by this section. 

13 SEC. 903. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO CARRY OUT 

14 ELIMINATION OF POSITION OF CHIEF MAN15 AGEMENT OFFICER. 

16 (a) REMOVAL OF REFERENCES TO CHIEF MANAGE17 MENT OFFICER IN PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATING TO

18 PRECEDENCE.—Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, 

19 is amended— 

20 (1) in section 133a(c)— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, the 

22 Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the Chief Man23 agement Officer of the Department of Defense’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘and the Deputy Secretary of De25 fense’’; and 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Chief 

2 Management Officer,’’; 

3 (2) in section 133b(c)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Chief 

5 Management Officer of the Department of De6 fense,’’; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Chief 

8 Management Officer,’’; 

9 (3) in section 137a(d), by striking ‘‘the Chief 

10 Management Officer of the Department of Defense,’’; 

11 and 

12 (4) in section 138(d), by striking ‘‘the Chief 

13 Management Officer of the Department of Defense,’’. 

14 (b) ASSIGNMENT OF PERIODIC REVIEW OF DEFENSE

15 AGENCIES AND DOD FIELD ACTIVITIES TO SECRETARY OF

16 DEFENSE.—Section 192(c) of such title is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the 

19 Chief Management Officer of the Department of 

20 Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of De21 fense’’; and 

22 (B) in subparagraphs (B) and (C), by strik23 ing ‘‘the Chief Management Officer’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘the Secretary’’; and 


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1 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Chief 

2 Management Officer’’ each place it appears and in3 serting ‘‘the Secretary’’. 

4 (c) ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL

5 IMPROVEMENT AND AUDIT REMEDIATION TO UNDER SEC6 RETARY OF DEFENSE (COMPTROLLER).—Section 240b of 

7 such title is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘The Chief 

9 Management Officer of the Department of Defense 

10 shall, in consultation with the Under Secretary of De11 fense (Comptroller),’’ and inserting ‘‘The Under Sec12 retary of Defense (Comptroller) shall, in consultation 

13 with the Performance Improvement Officer of the De14 partment of Defense,’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(C)(ii), by striking ‘‘the 

16 Chief Management Officer’’ and inserting ‘‘the Per17 formance Improvement Officer’’. 

18 (d) REMOVAL OF CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICER AS

19 RECIPIENT OF REPORTS OF AUDITS BY EXTERNAL AUDI20 TORS.—Section 240d(d)(1)(A) of such title is amended by 

21 striking ‘‘and the Chief Management Officer of the Depart22 ment of Defense’’. 

23 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO PROVISIONS OF

24 LAW RELATED TO FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT EXEMP25 TIONS.—Such title is further amended— 


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1 (1) in section 130e— 

2 (A) by striking subsection (d); 

3 (B) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) 

4 as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 

5 (C) in subsection (d), as so redesignated— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘, or the Secretary’s 

7 designee,’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘, through the Office of 

9 the Director of Administration and Man10 agement’’; and 

11 (2) in section 2254a— 

12 (A) by striking subsection (c); 

13 (B) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub14 section (c); and 

15 (C) in subsection (c), as so redesignated— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘, or the Secretary’s 

17 designee,’’; and 

18 (ii) by striking ‘‘, through the Office of 

19 the Director of Administration and Man20 agement’’. 

21 (f) ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANNUAL RE22 VIEW OF AGENCY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIO

23 TO THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.—Section 

24 11319(d)(4) of title 40, United States Code, is amended, 

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1 Officer of the Department of Defense (or any successor to 

2 such Officer), in consultation with the Chief Information 

3 Officer, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

4 Sustainment, and’’ and inserting ‘‘the Chief Information 

5 Officer of the Department of Defense, in consultation with 

6 the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

7 Sustainment and’’. 

8 (g) REMOVAL OF CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICER AS

9 REQUIRED COORDINATOR ON DEFENSE RESALE MAT10 TERS.—Section 631(a) of the National Defense Authoriza11 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 10 

12 U.S.C. 2481 note) is amended by striking ‘‘, in coordination 

13 with the Chief Management Officer of the Department of 

14 Defense,’’. 

15 SEC. 904. ELIMINATION OF THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER 

16 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

17 (a) REPEAL OF POSITION.—Section 147 of title 10, 

18 United States Code, is repealed. 

19 (b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 913 of the Wil20 liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 

21 Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 

22 147 note) is repealed. 


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1 Subtitle B—Other Department of 

2 Defense Organization and Man3 agement Matters 

4 SEC. 921. MODIFICATION OF ANALYSIS REQUIRED FOR RE5 DUCTIONS TO CIVILIAN WORKFORCE UNDER 

6 GENERAL POLICY FOR TOTAL FORCE MAN7 AGEMENT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 129a(b) of title 10, United 

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘Such analysis shall be documented in writing.’’. 

11 (b) REVIEW AND REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 

12 2024, the Comptroller General of the United States shall— 

13 (1) conduct a review of any written analysis 

14 prepared by the Secretary of Defense relating to the 

15 reduction of the civilian workforce of the Department 

16 of Defense for purposes of section 129a(b) of title 10, 

17 United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)), 

18 and shall include as part of such review an assess19 ment of whether the analysis prepared by the Sec20 retary sufficiently addresses the readiness needs of the 

21 Department; and 

22 (2) submit to the congressional defense commit23 tees a report on the results of such review. 


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1 SEC. 922. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS UNDER GENERAL 

2 POLICY FOR TOTAL FORCE MANAGEMENT. 

3 Section 129a of title 10, United States Code, is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 

6 subsection (h) and (i), respectively; and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following 

8 new subsections: 

9 ‘‘(f) DATA ANALYTICS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense 

10 shall develop data analytics to specifically identify the 

11 quantitative metrics and qualitative relationships of the 

12 sizing and composition of the civilian workforce of the De13 partment of Defense. Such data analytics shall be docu14 mented in writing. 

15 ‘‘(2) Not later than March 31 each year, the Secretary 

16 of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense commit17 tees a briefing on the analytics developed under paragraph 

18 (1). 

19 ‘‘(g) ADDITIONAL PLANNING, PROGRAMING, AND

20 BUDGETING REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense 

21 shall ensure that planning, programming, and budgeting 

22 reviews consider all components of the total force (including 

23 a active and reserve military, civilian workforce, and con24 tract support) in a holistic manner to avoid duplication 

25 and waste and ensure that risk, cost, and mission valida26 tion and prioritization considerations consistent with this 


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1 section and the National Defense Strategy inform the 

2 sourcing and prioritization of requirements.’’. 

3 SEC. 923. ELIGIBILITY OF CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 

4 BUREAU FOR APPOINTMENT AS CHAIRMAN 

5 OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. 

6 Section 152(b)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code, 

7 is amended by striking ‘‘the Commandant of the Marine 

8 Corps, or the Chief of Space Operations’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

9 Commandant of the Marine Corps, the Chief of Space Oper10 ations, or the Chief of the National Guard Bureau’’. 

11 SEC. 924. COAST GUARD INPUT TO THE JOINT REQUIRE12 MENTS OVERSIGHT COUNCIL. 

13 Section 181(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 

14 amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(5) INPUT FROM COMMANDANT OF COAST

16 GUARD.—The Council shall seek, and strongly con17 sider, the views of the Commandant of the Coast 

18 Guard regarding Coast Guard capabilities in support 

19 of national defense.’’. 

20 SEC. 925. CODIFICATION OF THE DEFENSE INNOVATION 

21 UNIT AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NON22 TRADITIONAL INNOVATION FIELDING ENTER23 PRISE. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 303 of title 10, 

2 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

3 the following new section: 

4 ‘‘§ 4127. Defense Innovation Unit 

5 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the De6 partment of Defense a Defense Innovation Unit (referred 

7 to in this section as the ‘Unit’). 

8 ‘‘(b) DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR.—There is a 

9 Director and a Deputy Director of the Unit, each of whom 

10 shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense from among 

11 persons with substantial experience in innovation and com12 mercial technology, as determined by the Secretary. 

13 ‘‘(c) AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR.—The Director is the 

14 head of the Unit. The Director— 

15 ‘‘(1) shall serve as a principal staff assistant to 

16 the Secretary on matters within the responsibility of 

17 the Unit; 

18 ‘‘(2) shall report directly to the Secretary of De19 fense without intervening authority; and 

20 ‘‘(3) may communicate views on matters within 

21 the responsibility of the Unit directly to the Secretary 

22 without obtaining the approval or concurrence of any 

23 other official within the Department of Defense. 

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1 ‘‘(1) Seek out, identify, and support the develop2 ment of commercial technologies that have the poten3 tial to be implemented within the Department. 

4 ‘‘(2) Accelerate the adoption of commercial tech5 nologies within the Department of Defense to trans6 form military capacity and capabilities. 

7 ‘‘(3) Serve as the principal liaison between the 

8 Department of Defense and individuals and entities 

9 in the national security innovation base, including, 

10 entrepreneurs, startups, commercial technology com11 panies, and venture capital sources. 

12 ‘‘(4) Carry out programs, projects, and other ac13 tivities to strengthen the national security innovation 

14 base. 

15 ‘‘(5) Coordinate the activities of other organiza16 tions and elements of the Department of Defense on 

17 matters relating to commercial technologies, dual use 

18 technologies, and the innovation of such technologies. 

19 ‘‘(6) Coordinate and oversee the nontraditional 

20 defense innovation fielding enterprise established 

21 under section 4063 of this title. 

22 ‘‘(7) Carry out such other activities as the Sec23 retary of Defense determines appropriate.’’. 


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1 (2) MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT

2 CERTAIN PROTOTYPE PROJECTS.—Section 4022 of 

3 title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

4 (A) in subsection (a)— 

5 (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the 

6 Director of the Defense Innovation Unit,’’ 

7 after ‘‘Defense Advanced Research Projects 

8 Agency,’’; 

9 (ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting 

10 ‘‘, the Defense Innovation Unit,’’ after ‘‘De11 fense Advanced Research Projects Agency’’; 

12 and 

13 (iii) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, 

14 Defense Innovation Unit,’’ after ‘‘Defense 

15 Advanced Research Projects Agency’’; and 

16 (B) in subsection (e)(1)— 

17 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 

18 through (E) as subparagraphs (D) through 

19 (F), respectively; and 

20 (ii) by inserting after subparagraph 

21 (B) the following new subparagraph: 

22 ‘‘(C) the Director of the Defense Innovation 

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1 (3) MODIFICATION OF OTHER TRANSACTION AU2 THORITY.—Section 4021 of title 10, United States 

3 Code, is amended— 

4 (A) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘, the 

5 Defense Innovation Unit,’’ after ‘‘Defense Ad6 vanced Research Projects Agency’’; and 

7 (B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘and the 

8 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘, the Defense Innovation Unit, and 

10 the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’’. 

11 (4) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1766 

12 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

13 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘as deter14 mined by the Under Secretary of Defense for Re15 search and Engineering’’ and inserting ‘‘as de16 termined by the Secretary of Defense’’; and 

17 (B) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘as di18 rected by the Under Secretary of Defense for Re19 search and Engineering’’ and inserting ‘‘as di20 rected by the Secretary of Defense’’. 

21 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NONTRADITIONAL INNOVATION

22 FIELDING ENTERPRISE.—Subchapter I of chapter 303 of 

23 title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

24 section 4062 the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 4063. Nontraditional innovation fielding enterprise 

2 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

3 designate within the Department of Defense a group of or4 ganizations to be known, collectively, as the ‘nontraditional 

5 innovation fielding enterprise’ (referred to in this section 

6 as the ‘NIFE’). The purpose of the NIFE is to streamline 

7 coordination and minimize duplication of efforts among 

8 elements of the Department of Defense on matters relating 

9 to the development, procurement, and fielding of nontradi10 tional capabilities. 

11 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The NIFE shall consist of— 

12 ‘‘(1) the Defense Innovation Unit; and 

13 ‘‘(2) each organization designated as a service14 level NIFE lead under subsection (c). 

15 ‘‘(c) DESIGNATION OF SERVICE-LEVEL NIFE 

16 LEADS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) Not later than 120 days after the effective 

18 date of this section, each Secretary of a military de19 partment, in consultation with the Director of the De20 fense Innovation Unit, shall designate a single orga21 nization within each armed force under the jurisdic22 tion of such Secretary to serve as the lead organiza23 tion within that armed force on matters within the 

24 responsibility of the NIFE. Each organization so des25 ignated shall be known as a ‘service-level NIFE lead’. 


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1 ‘‘(2) An organization designated under para2 graph (1) shall be an organization of an armed force 

3 that— 

4 ‘‘(A) exists as of the effective date of this 

5 section; and 

6 ‘‘(B) has a demonstrated ability to engage 

7 at scale with nontraditional defense contractors, 

8 as determined by the Secretary concerned. 

9 ‘‘(d) LEADERSHIP.— 

10 ‘‘(1) HEAD OF NIFE.—Subject to the authority, 

11 direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the 

12 Director of the Defense Innovation Unit shall serve as 

13 the head of the NIFE and, in such capacity, shall be 

14 responsible for the overall oversight and coordination 

15 of the NIFE. 

16 ‘‘(2) SERVICE-LEVEL LEADS.—Each head of an 

17 organization of an armed force designated as a serv18 ice-level NIFE lead under subsection (c) shall serve as 

19 the head of the NIFE within that armed force and, 

20 in such capacity, shall be responsible for the oversight 

21 and coordination of the activities of the NIFE within 

22 that armed force. 

23 ‘‘(e) DUTIES.—The Director of the Defense Innovation 

24 Unit shall carry out the following activities in support of 

25 the NIFE: 


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1 ‘‘(1) Coordinate with the Joint Staff and the 

2 commanders of the combatant commands to identify 

3 operational challenges that have the potential to be 

4 addressed through the use of nontraditional capabili5 ties, including dual-use technologies, that are being 

6 developed and financed in the commercial sector. 

7 ‘‘(2) Using funds made available to the Defense 

8 Innovation Unit for the activities of the NIFE— 

9 ‘‘(A) select projects to be carried out by one 

10 or more of the service-level NIFE leads; 

11 ‘‘(B) allocate funds to service-level NIFE 

12 leads to carry out such projects; and 

13 ‘‘(C) monitor the execution of such projects 

14 by the service-level NIFE leads. 

15 ‘‘(3) On a semiannual basis, submit to the Sec16 retary of Defense and the congressional defense com17 mittees a report on the progress of the projects de18 scribed in paragraph (2). Each such report shall 

19 identify any gaps in resources or authorities that 

20 have the potential to disrupt the progress of such 

21 projects. 

22 ‘‘(4) Serve as Chair of the NIFE Resource Advi23 sory Board under subsection (f). 

24 ‘‘(5) Serve as the principal liaison between the 

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1 tractors, investors in nontraditional defense compa2 nies, and departments and agencies of the Federal 

3 Government pursing nontraditional capabilities simi4 lar to those pursued by the Department. 

5 ‘‘(6) Lead engagement with industry, academia, 

6 and other non-government entities to develop— 

7 ‘‘(A) domestic capacity with respect to in8 novative, commercial, and dual-use technologies 

9 and the use of nontraditional defense contractors; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(B) the capacity of international allies 

12 and partners of the United States with respect to 

13 such technologies and the use of such contractors. 

14 ‘‘(f) NIFE RESOURCE ADVISORY BOARD.— 

15 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

16 the Department of Defense an advisory board to be 

17 known as the ‘NIFE Resource Advisory Board’ (re18 ferred to in this subsection as the ‘Board’). 

19 ‘‘(2) MEMBERS.—The Board shall be composed of 

20 the following members— 

21 ‘‘(A) The Director of the Defense Innovation 

22 Unit. 

23 ‘‘(B) The head of each service-level NIFE 

24 lead. 

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1 ‘‘(D) The Chief Digital and Artificial Intel2 ligence Officer of the Department of Defense. 

3 ‘‘(E) The Director of the Office of Strategic 

4 Capital of the Department of Defense. 

5 ‘‘(3) CHAIR.—The Director of the Defense Inno6 vation Unit shall serve as Chair of the Board. 

7 ‘‘(4) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet annu8 ally and may meet more frequently at the call of the 

9 Chair. 

10 ‘‘(5) RESPONSIBILITIES.—On an annual basis 

11 the Board shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) identify not fewer than 10 objectives of 

13 the Department of Defense that have the poten14 tial to be supported using nontraditional capa15 bilities that are capable of being fielded at scale 

16 within a period of three years; and 

17 ‘‘(B) for each objective identified under sub18 paragraph (A)— 

19 ‘‘(i) develop a specific set of require20 ments and a budget for the development and 

21 fielding of nontraditional capabilities to 

22 support such objective; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) based on such budget and require24 ments, solicit proposals from public and 


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1 private sector entities for providing such ca2 pabilities. 

3 ‘‘(6) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN REQUIRE4 MENTS.—Section 1013(a)(2) of title 5 (relating to the 

5 termination of advisory committees) shall not apply 

6 to the Board. 

7 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 ‘‘(1) The term ‘nontraditional capability’ means 

9 a solution to an operational challenge that can sig10 nificantly leverage commercial innovation or external 

11 capital with minimal dependencies on fielded systems. 

12 ‘‘(2) The term ‘nontraditional defense contractor’ 

13 has the meaning given that term in section 3014 of 

14 this title.’’. 

15 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE AND IMPLEMENTATION.— 

16 (1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

17 by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect 180 days 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

19 (2) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than the effec20 tive date specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary of 

21 Defense shall issue or modify any rules, regulations, 

22 policies, or other guidance necessary to implement the 

23 amendments made by subsections (a) and (b). 

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1 (1) EVALUATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

2 evaluate the staffing levels of the Defense Innovation 

3 Unit as of the date of the enactment of this Act to de4 termine if the Unit is sufficiently staffed to achieve 

5 the responsibilities of the Unit under sections 4063 

6 and 4127 of title 10, United States Code, as added by 

7 subsections (a) and (b) of this section. 

8 (2) REPORT.—Not later than the effective date 

9 specified in subsection (c)(1), the Secretary of Defense 

10 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 

11 the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 

12 on the results of the evaluation under paragraph (1). 

13 The report shall include a plan— 

14 (A) to address any staffing shortfalls identi15 fied as a part of the assessment; and 

16 (B) for funding any activities necessary to 

17 address such shortfalls. 

18 SEC. 926. DESIGNATION OF EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DIS19 POSAL CORPS AS A BASIC BRANCH OF THE 

20 ARMY. 

21 (a) DESIGNATION AS BASIC BRANCH.—Section 

22 7063(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

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1 (2) by redesignating paragraph (13) as para2 graph (14); and 

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (12) the fol4 lowing new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(13) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Corps; and’’. 

6 (b) ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS.—Chapter 707 of 

7 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

8 end the following new section: 

9 ‘‘§ 7085. Explosive Ordnance Disposal Corps: organi10 zation and functions 

11 ‘‘(a) CHIEF OF CORPS.—There is a Chief of the Explo12 sive Ordnance Disposal Corps of the Army. The Secretary 

13 of the Army shall appoint the Chief from among general 

14 officers of the Army who are Explosive Ordnance Disposal 

15 qualified and are serving in the Logistics Corps as of the 

16 time of the appointment. The Secretary of the Army shall 

17 not assign any officer who has not served as an officer in 

18 the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Corps as the Chief of the 

19 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Corps. 

20 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Explosive Ordnance Disposal 

21 Corps shall, at a minimum, perform functions relating to— 

22 ‘‘(1) the disposal of explosive ordnance and mu23 nitions management; and 

24 ‘‘(2) ensuring the safety of explosives.’’. 


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1 (c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 582 of the Na2 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Pub3 lic Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1415) is repealed. 

4 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments and repeal 

5 made by subsections (a) through (c) shall take effect 180 

6 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 927. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY TO APPOINT A NAVAL RE8 SEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

9 Section 8024 of title 10, United States Code, is re10 pealed. 

11 SEC. 928. ELIGIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF SPACE FORCE FOR 

12 INSTRUCTION AT THE NAVAL POST13 GRADUATE SCHOOL. 

14 Section 8545 of title 10, United States Code, is amend15 ed— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘and Coast 

17 Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘Space Force, and Coast 

18 Guard’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘and Coast 

20 Guard’’ and inserting ‘‘Space Force, and Coast 

21 Guard’’. 

22 SEC. 929. MEMBERSHIP OF THE AIR FORCE RESERVE 

23 FORCES POLICY COMMITTEE. 

24 Section 10305(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

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1 (1) by striking ‘‘consists of’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 

2 have voting members, who shall be’’ before ‘‘officers’’; 

3 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) 

4 as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively; 

5 (3) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The committee’’; 

6 and 

7 (4) by adding at the end the following new para8 graph: 

9 ‘‘(2)(A) The committee shall have four nonvoting mem10 bers, who shall be the Chief Master Sergeants of the Air 

11 Force, the Air Force Reserve, the Air National Guard, and 

12 the Space Force. 

13 ‘‘(B) A nonvoting member who cannot attend a meet14 ing of the committee may designate a member in the grade 

15 of E-8 or E-9 to attend in their stead.’’. 

16 SEC. 930. FRAMEWORK FOR CLASSIFICATION OF AUTONO17 MOUS CAPABILITIES. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Digital and Ar20 tificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense, 

21 in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Pol22 icy, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engi23 neering, the commanders of the combatant commands, and 

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1 a Department-wide classification framework for autono2 mous capabilities. 

3 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the framework required 

4 under subsection (a) shall be to facilitate the development 

5 of a common understanding within the Department of De6 fense of autonomous capabilities and related operational re7 quirements to better plan for, resource, and integrate appro8 priate autonomy-enabling hardware and software into cur9 rent and future systems across the Department. 

10 (c) AUTONOMY CLASSIFICATION FRAMEWORK.—At a 

11 minimum, the framework required under subsection (a) 

12 shall— 

13 (1) include multiple levels of increasingly com14 plex autonomous maneuver capability with a focus on 

15 classifying necessary levels of human supervision or 

16 control during operational use; 

17 (2) apply to current and future autonomous sys18 tems operating across land, air, maritime, and space 

19 domains; 

20 (3) include estimates of costs necessary to achieve 

21 specific levels of autonomous capability; and 

22 (4) include— 

23 (A) operational requirements including nec24 essary levels of survivability in GPS- or commu25 nications-denied environments; 


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1 (B) specific operational or engagement sce2 narios; and 

3 (C) necessary levels of teaming with other 

4 autonomous systems. 

5 (d) PROGRESS REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after 

6 the establishment of the framework under subsection (a), the 

7 Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer shall submit 

8 to the congressional defense committees a report that in9 cludes a description of the framework and the specific meth10 odologies, criteria, and operational requirements used to de11 velop the classifications under the framework. 

12 (e) REGULAR REASSESSMENT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than once 

14 every two years, the Chief Digital and Artificial In15 telligence Officer shall reassess and update the classi16 fication framework required under subsection (a) to 

17 ensure the framework incorporates recent develop18 ments in technology, standards, and operational re19 quirements relating to autonomous capabilities. 

20 (2) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days of the 

21 completion of each reassessment under paragraph (1), 

22 the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer 

23 shall provide to the congressional defense committees 

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1 resulting revisions to the classification framework 

2 under subsection (a). 

3 (f) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 90 days after 

4 the establishment of the framework under subsection (a), the 

5 Under Secretary of Defense for Policy shall issue instruc6 tions to the military departments to implement such frame7 work by operationalizing the use of the framework in the 

8 planning and budgeting processes of individual program of9 fices. 

10 (g) PLAN FOR INTEGRATION OF AUTONOMOUS CAPA11 BILITIES INTO SYSTEMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE12 FENSE.— 

13 (1) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief 

15 Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the De16 partment of Defense shall develop and implement a 

17 plan and procedures to standardize the planning, 

18 resourcing, and integration efforts with respect to au19 tonomous capabilities for current and future systems 

20 across the Department. 

21 (2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required under para22 graph (1) shall include the following: 

23 (A) A Department-wide assessment of the 

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1 omy software into current and future systems, 

2 including— 

3 (i) the identification of current and fu4 ture systems across the Department which 

5 can be integrated with autonomy software 

6 to enable continuous operational capability 

7 of such systems in GPS- or communica8 tions-denied environments, including those 

9 systems identified in the report required by 

10 section 246 of the National Defense Author11 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public 

12 Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1622); and 

13 (ii) an assessment of gaps in— 

14 (I) program funding related to the 

15 acquisition of autonomy software; 

16 (II) acquisition processes, includ17 ing the planning, programming, budg18 eting, and execution process for acquir19 ing and integrating autonomy-ena20 bling capabilities across relevant pro21 grams of record; 

22 (III) training capabilities; 

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1 ties in all environments, including vir2 tual and real world environments; and 

3 (V) efforts to test, resource, and 

4 scale commercially available tech5 nologies. 

6 (B) A plan to address, to the maximum ex7 tent practicable, the gaps assessed in subpara8 graph (A), including— 

9 (i) updated procedures to plan for au10 tonomy software costs at the onset of the ac11 quisition life cycle; 

12 (ii) plans to include in greater detail 

13 the projected autonomy software costs for 

14 applicable programs of record within period 

15 covered by the Future Years Defense Pro16 gram; and 

17 (iii) plans to standardize the acquisi18 tion of autonomy software for programs of 

19 record across the military departments in20 cluding the use of the capability classifica21 tion framework under subsection (a). 

22 (3) CONSULTATION.—The Chief Digital and Ar23 tificial Intelligence Officer shall develop the plan 

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1 (A) the Under Secretary of Defense for Ac2 quisition and Sustainment; 

3 (B) the Joint Chiefs of Staff; 

4 (C) the senior acquisition executive of each 

5 military department; 

6 (D) the commanders of the combatant com7 mands; and 

8 (E) such other organizations and elements 

9 of the Department of Defense as the Chief Digital 

10 and Artificial Intelligence Officer determines ap11 propriate. 

12 (4) REPORT.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

14 after the completion of the plan under paragraph 

15 (1), the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence 

16 Officer shall submit to the congressional defense 

17 committees a report that describes the specific 

18 elements of the plan. 

19 (B) FORM.—The report under subpara20 graph (A) shall be submitted in unclassified form 

21 but may contain a classified annex. 


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1 SEC. 931. COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF FORCE DESIGN 

2 MODERNIZATION EFFORTS OF THE MARINE 

3 CORPS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

6 shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded 

7 research and development center to conduct an independent 

8 review, assessment, and analysis of the modernization ini9 tiatives Marine Corps. 

10 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 

11 (a) shall include the following elements: 

12 (1) An assessment of changes in the National De13 fense Strategy, Defense Planning Guidance, Joint 

14 Warfighting Concept, and other strategic documents 

15 and concepts that informed the force design mod16 ernization requirements of the Marine Corps. 

17 (2) An assessment of how the Marine Corps 

18 should be structured, organized, trained, equipped, 

19 and postured to meet the challenges of future competi20 tion, crisis, and conflict. 

21 (3) An assessment of the ability of the defense in22 novation base and defense industrial base to develop 

23 and produce the technologies required to implement 

24 the force design modernization of the Marine Corps on 

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1 (4) An assessment of forward infrastructure, and 

2 the extent to which installations are operationalized 

3 to deter, compete, and prevail during conflict in sup4 port of the modernization of the Marine Corps. 

5 (5) An assessment of the current retention and 

6 recruiting environment and the ability of the Marine 

7 Corps to sustain manpower requirements necessary 

8 for operational requirements under title 10, United 

9 States Code. 

10 (6) The extent to which the modernization initia11 tives within the Marine Corps are nested within ap12 plicable joint warfighting concepts. 

13 (7) An assessment of whether the modernization 

14 of the Marine Corps is consistent with the strategy of 

15 integrated deterrence. 

16 (8) An assessment of the ability of the Marine 

17 Corps to generate required force elements for the Im18 mediate Ready Force and the Contingency Ready 

19 Force. 

20 (9) The extent to which the modernized capabili21 ties of the Marine Corps can be integrated across the 

22 Joint Force, including warfighting concepts at the 

23 combatant command level. 

24 (10) The extent to which the modernization ef25 forts of the Marine Corps meet the requirements of 


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1 current and future plans of combatant commanders 

2 and global force management operations. 

3 (11) The extent to which modeling and simula4 tion, experimentation, wargaming, and other analytic 

5 methods have supported the changes to the moderniza6 tion initiatives of the Marine Corps. 

7 (12) An inventory of existing or planned invest8 ments associated with the modernization efforts of the 

9 Marine Corps, disaggregated by the following capa10 bility areas: 

11 (A) Command and Control. 

12 (B) Information. 

13 (C) Intelligence. 

14 (D) Fires. 

15 (E) Movement and Maneuver. 

16 (F) Protection. 

17 (G) Sustainment. 

18 (13) An assessment of how observations regard19 ing the invasion and defense of Ukraine affect the fea20 sibility, advisability, and suitability of the mod21 ernization of the Marine Corps. 

22 (c) REPORT.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after 

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1 mittees a report on the results of the assessment re2 quired under subsection (a). 

3 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required 

4 under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassi5 fied form, but may include a classified annex to the 

6 extent required to ensure that the report is accurate 

7 and complete. 

8 (d) EFFECT ON OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Effective on 

9 the date of the submittal of the report under subsection 

10 (c)(1), the requirement to submit a briefing pursuant to sec11 tion 1023 of the Joint Explanatory Statement accom12 panying the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authoriza13 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263), shall 

14 cease to have force or effect. 

15 SEC. 932. ENHANCING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COORDI16 NATION OF GEOECONOMIC AFFAIRS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

19 shall conduct a review of the planning, resourcing, and con20 tributions of the Department of Defense to interagency ef21 forts with respect to geoeconomic affairs. 

22 (b) DUTIES.—The review required under subsection 

23 (a) shall include the following: 

24 (1) A Department-wide assessment of capabilities 

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1 (A) assess geoeconomic competition between 

2 the United States and strategic competitors; 

3 (B) identify methods to partner with gov4 ernments and key commercial entities; and 

5 (C) to support United States national inter6 ests. 

7 (2) An assessment of any gaps in— 

8 (A) existing departmental commercial due 

9 diligence and commercial partnership processes 

10 and procedures to enable sustainable cooperation 

11 with governmental and commercial entities with12 in the United States and between the United 

13 States and trusted allies and partners for na14 tional defense purposes; 

15 (B) efforts by the combatant commands to 

16 develop and to coordinate expertise on how stra17 tegic competitors may use economic and supply 

18 chain strategies within the areas of responsi19 bility of the combatant commands; 

20 (C) the contributions of the Department to 

21 the coordinated use of existing industrial base 

22 and supply chain tools, acquisition and budget 

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1 sition reviews to enhance innovation and indus2 trial cooperation and to protect the defense capa3 bilities of the United States and its allies; and 

4 (D) the contributions of the Department to 

5 existing measures to safeguard the intellectual 

6 property and knowledge created from United 

7 States Government and private sector research 

8 and development funding while encouraging, 

9 where appropriate, the sharing of such knowledge 

10 with trusted allies and partners. 

11 (3) A plan to address, to the maximum extent 

12 practicable, the gaps assessed under paragraph (2). 

13 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 

15 the congressional defense committees a report containing— 

16 (1) the findings of the review required under sub17 section (a); 

18 (2) a list of gaps identified by the assessment re19 quired under subsection (b)(2); 

20 (3) for each identified gap, a description of the 

21 gap and an assessment of any legal authorities, budg22 eting and execution processes, or other issues the Sec23 retary deems necessary to address the gap; 

24 (4) the plan required under subsection (b)(3); 

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1 (5) any other information the Secretary con2 siders appropriate. 

3 (d) DEFINITION OF GEOECONOMICS.—In this section, 

4 the term ‘‘geoeconomics’’ means the global interaction be5 tween competing national security and economic priorities 

6 comprising the various activities undertaken between gov7 ernments, allies, competitors, producers, and consumers, in8 cluding— 

9 (1) how economics, technological innovation, and 

10 geography affect the distribution of capabilities in the 

11 international system; and 

12 (2) how states use economic and technological in13 struments in pursuit of their strategic interests. 

14 Subtitle C—Space National Guard 

15 SEC. 951. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPACE NATIONAL GUARD. 

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established a Space 

18 National Guard that is part of the organized militia 

19 of the several States and Territories, Puerto Rico, and 

20 the District of Columbia— 

21 (A) in which the Space Force operates; and 

22 (B) active and inactive. 

23 (2) RESERVE COMPONENT.—There is established 

24 a Space National Guard of the United States that is 

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1 Force all of whose members are members of the Space 

2 National Guard. 

3 (b) COMPOSITION.—The Space National Guard shall 

4 be composed of the Space National Guard forces of the sev5 eral States and Territories, Puerto Rico and the District 

6 of Columbia— 

7 (1) in which the Space Force operates; and 

8 (2) active and inactive. 

9 SEC. 952. NO EFFECT ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 

10 Nothing in this subtitle, or the amendments made by 

11 this subtitle, shall be construed to authorize or require the 

12 relocation of any facility, infrastructure, or military instal13 lation of the Space National Guard or Air National Guard. 

14 SEC. 953. IMPLEMENTATION OF SPACE NATIONAL GUARD. 

15 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Except as specifically provided 

16 by this subtitle, the Secretary of the Air Force and Chief 

17 of the National Guard Bureau shall implement this subtitle, 

18 and the amendments made by this subtitle, not later than 

19 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

20 (b) BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

21 of the enactment of this Act, and annually for the five subse22 quent years, the Secretary of the Air Force, Chief of the 

23 Space Force and Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall 

24 jointly provide to the congressional defense committees a 

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1 National Guard pursuant to this subtitle and the amend2 ments made by this subtitle. This briefing shall address the 

3 current missions, operations and activities, personnel re4 quirements and status, and budget and funding require5 ments and status of the Space National Guard, and such 

6 other matters with respect to the implementation and oper7 ation of the Space National Guard as the Secretary and 

8 the Chiefs jointly determine appropriate to keep Congress 

9 fully and currently informed on the status of the implemen10 tation of the Space National Guard. 

11 SEC. 954. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND CLARIFICATION 

12 OF AUTHORITIES. 

13 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

14 (1) TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, 

15 United States Code, is amended— 

16 (A) in section 101(c)— 

17 (i) by redesignating paragraphs (6) 

18 and (7) as paragraphs (8) and (9), respec19 tively; and 

20 (ii) by inserting after paragraph (5) 

21 the following new paragraphs: 

22 ‘‘(6) The term ‘Space National Guard’ means 

23 that part of the organized militia of the several States 

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1 ‘‘(A) is a space force; 

2 ‘‘(B) is trained, and has its officers ap3 pointed under the sixteenth clause of section 8, 

4 article I of the Constitution; 

5 ‘‘(C) is organized, armed, and equipped 

6 wholly or partly at Federal expense; and 

7 ‘‘(D) is federally recognized. 

8 ‘‘(7) The term ‘Space National Guard of the 

9 United States’ means the reserve component of the 

10 Space Force all of whose members are members of the 

11 Space National Guard.’’; and 

12 (B) in section 10101— 

13 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

14 (1), by inserting ‘‘the following’’ before the 

15 colon; and 

16 (ii) by adding at the end the following 

17 new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(8) The Space National Guard of the United 

19 States.’’. 

20 (2) TITLE 32, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 

21 101 of title 32, United States Code is amended— 

22 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (8) 

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1 (B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol2 lowing new paragraphs: 

3 ‘‘(8) The term ‘Space National Guard’ means 

4 that part of the organized militia of the several States 

5 and territories, Puerto Rico, and the District Of Co6 lumbia, in which the Space Force operates, active and 

7 inactive, that— 

8 ‘‘(A) is a space force; 

9 ‘‘(B) is trained, and has its officers ap10 pointed under the sixteenth clause of section 8, 

11 article I of the Constitution; 

12 ‘‘(C) is organized, armed, and equipped 

13 wholly or partly at Federal expense; and 

14 ‘‘(D) is federally recognized. 

15 ‘‘(9) The term ‘Space National Guard of the 

16 United States’ means the reserve component of the 

17 Space Force all of whose members are members of the 

18 Space National Guard.’’. 

19 (b) RESERVE COMPONENTS.—Chapter 1003 of title 10, 

20 United States Code, is amended— 

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1 ‘‘§ 10115. Space National Guard of the United States: 

2 composition 

3 ‘‘The Space National Guard of the United States is 

4 the reserve component of the Space Force that consists of— 

5 ‘‘(1) federally recognized units and organizations 

6 of the Space National Guard; and 

7 ‘‘(2) members of the Space National Guard who 

8 are also Reserves of the Space Force. 

9 ‘‘§ 10116. Space National Guard: when a component of 

10 the Space Force 

11 ‘‘The Space National Guard while in the service of the 

12 United States is a component of the Space Force. 

13 ‘‘§ 10117. Space National Guard of the United States: 

14 status when not in Federal service 

15 ‘‘When not on active duty, members of the Space Na16 tional Guard of the United States shall be administered, 

17 armed, equipped, and trained in their status as members 

18 of the Space National Guard.’’; and 

19 (2) in the table of sections at the beginning of 

20 such chapter, by adding at the end the following new 

21 items: 

‘‘10115. Space National Guard of the United States: composition. 

‘‘10116. Space National Guard: when a component of the Space Force. 

‘‘10117. Space National Guard of the United States: status when not in Federal 

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1 TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

2 Subtitle A—Financial Matters 

3 SEC. 1001. GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 

4 (a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 

5 (1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 

6 Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 

7 the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 

8 amounts of authorizations made available to the De9 partment of Defense in this division for fiscal year 

10 2024 between any such authorizations for that fiscal 

11 year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of au12 thorizations so transferred shall be merged with and 

13 be available for the same purposes as the authoriza14 tion to which transferred. 

15 (2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in para16 graph (3), the total amount of authorizations that the 

17 Secretary may transfer under the authority of this 

18 section may not exceed $6,000,000,000. 

19 (3) EXCEPTION FOR TRANSFERS BETWEEN MILI20 TARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS.—A transfer of 

21 funds between military personnel authorizations 

22 under title IV shall not be counted toward the dollar 

23 limitation in paragraph (2). 

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1 (1) may only be used to provide authority for 

2 items that have a higher priority than the items from 

3 which authority is transferred; and 

4 (2) may not be used to provide authority for an 

5 item that has been denied authorization by Congress. 

6 (c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A trans7 fer made from one account to another under the authority 

8 of this section shall be deemed to increase the amount au9 thorized for the account to which the amount is transferred 

10 by an amount equal to the amount transferred. 

11 (d) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 

12 promptly notify Congress of each transfer made under sub13 section (a). 

14 SEC. 1002. REQUIREMENT FOR A COVERED ARMED FORCE 

15 TO SUBMIT POSTURE STATEMENTS IN SUP16 PORT OF CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET PROCESS. 

17 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that since the mid-20th 

18 century, as a matter of custom, the Secretary of Defense 

19 and the chiefs of the Armed Forces have provided written 

20 annual posture statements outlining budget priorities to 

21 Congress as a part of the annual budget process. 

22 (b) REQUIREMENT.—Prior to the annual budget hear23 ings of the congressional defense committees for fiscal year 

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1 chief of each covered Armed Force shall submit to the con2 gressional defense committees a written posture statement 

3 in support of budget priorities. Each such posture statement 

4 shall include each of the following: 

5 (1) An identification of the budget priorities of 

6 the department or Armed Force. 

7 (2) An identification of strategic requirements to 

8 support the role of the Department or Armed Force in 

9 the national defense of the United States. 

10 (3) An explanation of how resources are being 

11 applied to the national defense roles and responsibil12 ities of the Department or Armed Force. 

13 (4) Programmatic matters related to the roles 

14 and responsibilities of the Department or Armed 

15 Force. 

16 (c) COVERED ARMED FORCE.—The term covered 

17 Armed Force means the following: 

18 (1) The Army. 

19 (2) The Navy. 

20 (3) The Marine Corps. 

21 (4) The Air Force. 

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1 Subtitle B—Counterdrug Activities 

2 SEC. 1006. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC3 TIVITIES. 

4 Section 112(a)(3) of title 32, United States Code, is 

5 amended by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000’’. 

6 SEC. 1007. THREAT ANALYSIS REGARDING FENTANYL CRI7 SIS. 

8 (a) THREAT ANALYSIS.—The Secretary of Defense, in 

9 consultation with the Director of the Defense Threat Reduc10 tion Agency and Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary 

11 of Defense for Counternarcotics and Stabilization Policy, 

12 shall conduct a threat analysis of any potential threats the 

13 illicit fentanyl drug trade poses to the defense interests of 

14 the United States. The threat analysis shall contain the fol15 lowing: 

16 (1) An analysis of the illicit fentanyl drug trade, 

17 including the manufacture, distribution, and sale or 

18 trade, and trans-shipment of fentanyl and fentanyl19 related substances. 

20 (2) An analysis of new or emerging techniques or 

21 technologies that are likely to affect the evolution of 

22 the illicit fentanyl drug trade. 

23 (b) REPORT.—Not later than March 31, 2024, the Sec24 retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 

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1 (1) The threat analysis required under subsection 

2 (a), including any recommendations of the Secretary 

3 for any related actions. 

4 (2) Any actions the Department of Defense has 

5 taken in response to such threat analysis. 

6 (3) Any other matter the Secretary determines 

7 appropriate. 

8 SEC. 1008. REPORT ON ROLE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

9 IN SUPPORTING NATIONAL EMERGENCY DEC10 LARATION COMBATING FENTANYL CRISIS. 

11 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

12 that— 

13 (1) the declaration of a national emergency by 

14 the President to address the unusual and extraor15 dinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, 

16 and economy of the United States posed by inter17 national drug trafficking is an appropriate whole-of18 Government response to the problems posed by drug 

19 trafficking and, in particular, fentanyl; 

20 (2) the counternarcotics activities of the Depart21 ment of Defense encompass unique capabilities that 

22 are critical for the efforts of the United States Gov23 ernment to combat the trafficking of illegal drugs, in24 cluding fentanyl; and 


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1 (3) Department of Defense support for drug 

2 interdiction capacity and capability should be lever3 aged by Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforce4 ment agencies, as appropriate and as permitted by 

5 law, to gain intelligence and lessons learned, and to 

6 enhance collaboration and effectiveness. 

7 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 

9 submit to the congressional defense committees a report that 

10 includes the following: 

11 (1) A description of Department of Defense ac12 tivities in support of efforts to deal with the national 

13 emergency declared in Executive Order 14059 on De14 cember 15, 2021. 

15 (2) An assessment of the resources and authori16 ties required to fully leverage the capabilities of the 

17 Department of Defense to best support efforts to ad18 dress the threat posed by illicit drugs, including 

19 fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, that necessitated 

20 the declaration of the national emergency in Execu21 tive Order 14059. 


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1 Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and 

2 Shipyards 

3 SEC. 1011. MODIFICATIONS TO ANNUAL NAVAL VESSEL 

4 CONSTRUCTION PLAN. 

5 Section 231 of title 10, United States Code, is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting before 

9 the period at the end the following: ‘‘, together 

10 with the views of the Chief of Naval Operations 

11 and Commandant of the Marine Corps on the 

12 budget’’; and 

13 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

14 paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(3) The unaltered assessment of the Chief of 

16 Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Ma17 rine Corps of the plan required under paragraph 

18 (1).’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 

20 following new paragraphs: 

21 ‘‘(3) In developing annual naval vessel construction 

22 plans for purposes of subsection (a)(1), the Secretary of the 

23 Navy shall take into consideration the most recent biennial 

24 report on shipbuilder training and the defense industrial 

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1 ‘‘(4) If the Secretary of the Navy includes more than 

2 one annual naval vessel construction plan for any fiscal 

3 year for purposes of subsection (a)(1), to the maximum ex4 tent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that the first 10 

5 years of each such plan are consistent.’’. 

6 SEC. 1012. CRITICAL COMPONENTS OF NATIONAL SEA7 BASED DETERRENCE VESSELS. 

8 Section 2218a(k)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following new subpara10 graphs: 

11 ‘‘(P) Major bulkheads and tanks. 

12 ‘‘(Q) All major pumps and motors. 

13 ‘‘(R) Large vertical array. 

14 ‘‘(S) Atmosphere control equipment. 

15 ‘‘(T) Diesel systems and components. 

16 ‘‘(U) Hydraulic valves and components. 

17 ‘‘(V) Bearings. 

18 ‘‘(W) Major air and blow valves and compo19 nents. 

20 ‘‘(X) Decks and superstructure. 

21 ‘‘(Y) Castings, forgings, and tank structure. 

22 ‘‘(Z) Hatches and hull penetrators.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1013. GRANTS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF NAVY SHIP RE2 PAIR OR ALTERATIONS CAPABILITY. 

3 Chapter 131 of title 10, United States Code, is amend4 ed by inserting after section 2218a the following new sec5 tion: 

6 ‘‘§ 2219. Grants for improvement of Navy ship repair 

7 or alterations capability 

8 ‘‘(a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—(1) Subject to the 

9 availability of appropriations, the Secretary of the Navy 

10 may make grants to an eligible entity for the purpose of 

11 carrying out— 

12 ‘‘(A) a capital improvement project; or 

13 ‘‘(B) a maritime training program designed to 

14 foster technical skills and operational productivity. 

15 ‘‘(2) The amount of a grant under this section may 

16 not exceed 75 percent of the total cost of the project or pro17 gram funded by the grant. 

18 ‘‘(3) A grant provided under this section may not be 

19 used to construct buildings or other physical facilities, ex20 cept for piers, dry docks, and structures in support of piers 

21 and dry docks, or to acquire land. 

22 ‘‘(4) The Secretary may not award a grant to an eligi23 ble entity under this section unless the Secretary determines 

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1 ‘‘(A) the entity has access to sufficient non-Fed2 eral funding to meet the requirement under para3 graph (2); 

4 ‘‘(B) the entity has authority to carry out the 

5 proposed project; and 

6 ‘‘(C) the project or program would improve— 

7 ‘‘(i) efficiency, competitive operations, capa8 bility, or quality of United States Navy ship re9 pair or alterations; or 

10 ‘‘(ii) employee, or potential employee, skills 

11 and enhanced productivity related to United 

12 States Navy ship repair or alterations. 

13 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 

14 this section, an entity shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) be a shipyard or other entity that provides 

16 ship repair or alteration for non-nuclear ships; 

17 ‘‘(2) submit an application, at such time, in 

18 such form, and containing such information and as19 surances as the Secretary may require, including a 

20 comprehensive description of— 

21 ‘‘(A) the need for the project or program 

22 proposed to be funded under the grant; 

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1 ‘‘(C) any existing programs or arrange2 ments that could be used to supplement or lever3 age a grant provided under this section; and 

4 ‘‘(3) enter into an agreement with the Secretary 

5 under which the entity agrees— 

6 ‘‘(A) to complete the project or program 

7 funded by the grant within a certain timeframe 

8 and without unreasonable delay and the Sec9 retary determines such project or program is 

10 likely to be completed within the timeframe pro11 vided in such agreement; 

12 ‘‘(B) to return to the Secretary any amount 

13 of the grant that is— 

14 ‘‘(i) not used by the grant recipient for 

15 the purpose for which the grant was award16 ed; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) not obligated or expended within 

18 the timeframe provided in the agreement; 

19 ‘‘(C) to maintain such records as the Sec20 retary may require and make such records avail21 able for review and audit by the Secretary; and 

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1 the-shelf item, unless such product or material 

2 is— 

3 ‘‘(i) an unmanufactured article, mate4 rial, or supply that has been mined or pro5 duced in the United States; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) a manufactured article, material, 

7 or supply that has been manufactured in 

8 the United States substantially all from ar9 ticles, materials, or supplies mined, pro10 duced, or manufactured in the United 

11 States. 

12 ‘‘(c) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary shall issue guide13 lines to establish appropriate accounting, reporting, and re14 view procedures to ensure that— 

15 ‘‘(1) amounts awarded as grants under this sec16 tion are used for the purposes for which such amounts 

17 were made available; and 

18 ‘‘(2) an entity that receives a grant under this 

19 section complies with the terms of the agreement such 

20 entity enters into with the Secretary pursuant to sub21 section (b)(3). 

22 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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1 ‘‘(A) means any item of supply (including 

2 construction material) that is— 

3 ‘‘(i) a commercial item, as defined by 

4 section 2.101 of title 48, Code of Federal 

5 Regulations (as in effect on the date of the 

6 enactment of the National Defense Author7 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2024); and 

8 ‘‘(ii) sold in substantial quantities in 

9 the commercial marketplace; and 

10 ‘‘(B) does not include bulk cargo, as defined 

11 in section 40102(4) of title 46, such as agricul12 tural products and petroleum products. 

13 ‘‘(2) The term ‘product or material’, with respect 

14 to a project or program— 

15 ‘‘(A) means an article, material, or supply 

16 brought to the site where the project or program 

17 is being carried out for incorporation into the 

18 project or program; and 

19 ‘‘(B) includes an item brought to the site 

20 preassembled from articles, materials, or sup21 plies. 

22 ‘‘(3) The term ‘United States’ includes the Dis23 trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 

24 the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American 

25 Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1014. REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISION OF LAW RE2 GARDING VESSEL NOMENCLATURE. 

3 Section 8662 of title 10, United States Code, is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) by striking subsection (b); and 

6 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 

7 (b). 

8 SEC. 1015. RESPONSIBILITY OF COMMANDANT OF THE MA9 RINE CORPS WITH RESPECT TO NAVAL FORCE 

10 BATTLESHIP ASSESSMENT AND REQUIRE11 MENT REPORTING. 

12 Section 8695(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘AM15 PHIBIOUS WARFARE SHIPS’’ and inserting ‘‘RESPON16 SIBILITIES OF COMMANDANT OF MARINE CORPS’’; 

17 and 

18 (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 

19 following: ‘‘and for naval vessels with the primary 

20 mission of transporting Marines’’. 

21 SEC. 1016. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES ON SHIP22 BUILDING DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE. 

23 Section 1025(a) of the National Defense Authorization 

24 Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 10 U.S.C. 

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1 (1) by striking ‘‘United States’’ and all that fol2 lows and inserting ‘‘United States—’’; and 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following new para4 graphs: 

5 ‘‘(1) to have available, as soon as practicable, 

6 not fewer than 355 battle force ships, comprised of the 

7 optimal mix of platforms, with funding subject to the 

8 availability of appropriations or other funds; and 

9 ‘‘(2) that the United States shipbuilding defense 

10 industrial base is fundamental to achieving the ship11 building requirements of the Navy and constitutes a 

12 unique national security imperative that requires 

13 sustainment and support by the Navy and Congress.’’. 

14 SEC. 1017. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OR 

15 INACTIVATION OF LANDING DOCK SHIPS AND 

16 GUIDED MISSILE CRUISERS. 

17 (a) LANDING DOCK SHIPS.—None of the funds author18 ized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made avail19 able for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Defense may 

20 be obligated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, inac21 tivate, or place in storage any of the following ships: 

22 (1) USS Germantown (LSD-42). 

23 (2) USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44). 

24 (3) USS Tortuga (LSD-46). 


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1 (b) GUIDED MISSILE CRUISERS.—None of the funds 

2 authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 

3 available for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Defense 

4 may be obligated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, 

5 inactivate, or place in storage— 

6 (1) the USS Shiloh (CG-67); 

7 (2) the USS Cowpens (CG-63); or 

8 (3) more than three other guided missile cruisers. 

9 SEC. 1018. EXPEDITIONARY FAST TRANSPORT VESSELS. 

10 (a) PROHIBITION ON REDUCED OPERATING STA11 TUS.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 

12 this Act or otherwise made available for the Department 

13 of Defense for fiscal year 2024 may be used to place an 

14 expeditionary fast transport vessel into a reduced operating 

15 status. 

16 (b) STRATEGY FOR USE.— 

17 (1) STRATEGY AND CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS.— 

18 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact19 ment of this Act, the Chief of Naval Operations, in 

20 consultation with the Commander of United States 

21 Military Sealift Command, shall develop and imple22 ment a strategy and concept of operations for the use 

23 of expeditionary fast transport vessels in support of 

24 operational plans in the area of operations of United 

25 States Indo-Pacific Command. 


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1 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the 

2 development of the strategy and concept of operations 

3 required under paragraph (1), the Chief of Naval Op4 erations shall submit to the congressional defense com5 mittees a report describing such strategy and concept 

6 of operations. 

7 SEC. 1019. GUAM SHIPYARD ASSESSMENT . 

8 (a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 

9 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec10 retary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense 

11 committees an assessment of the ship building and repair 

12 capabilities located on Guam, as of the date of the enact13 ment of this Act, and the feasibility of reestablishing the 

14 former Ship Repair Facility, Guam. 

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17 (1) A description of the capabilities to conduct 

18 shipbuilding and ship repair activities in Guam, as 

19 of the date of the enactment of this Act. 

20 (2) A description of any planned improvements 

21 to shipbuilding and ship repair infrastructure in 

22 Guam. 

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1 pair Facility, Guam, including an identification of 

2 options for operating the ship repair capability 

3 through a public-private partnership. 

4 SEC. 1020. AUTHORITY TO USE INCREMENTAL FUNDING TO 

5 ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE ADVANCE 

6 PROCUREMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A 

7 SAN ANTONIO-CLASS AMPHIBIOUS SHIP. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to be appro9 priated by this Act or otherwise made available for the 

10 Navy for Shipbuilding and Conversion for any of fiscal 

11 years 2023 through 2025 may be used by the Secretary of 

12 the Navy to enter into an incrementally funded contract 

13 for the advance procurement and construction of a San An14 tonio-class amphibious ship. 

15 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—A contract entered into 

16 under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of 

17 the United States to make a payment under the contract 

18 is subject to the availability of appropriations for that pur19 pose, and that total liability to the Government for the ter20 mination of the contract shall be limited to the total amount 

21 of funding obligated at time of termination. 


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1 SEC. 1021. AUTHORITY TO USE INCREMENTAL FUNDING TO 

2 ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE ADVANCE 

3 PROCUREMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A 

4 SUBMARINE TENDER. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts authorized to be appro6 priated by this Act or otherwise made available for the 

7 Navy for Shipbuilding and Conversion for fiscal year 2024 

8 may be used by the Secretary of the Navy to enter into an 

9 incrementally funded contract for the advance procurement 

10 and construction of a submarine tender. 

11 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—A contract entered into 

12 under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of 

13 the United States to make a payment under the contract 

14 is subject to the availability of appropriations for that pur15 pose, and that total liability to the Government for the ter16 mination of the contract shall be limited to the total amount 

17 of funding obligated at time of termination. 

18 SEC. 1022. PLAN FOR EXTENDED PROHIBITION ON RETIRE19 MENT OF SHIPS. 

20 In the case of any ship or class of ship for which a 

21 provision of this Act limits the availability of funds author22 ized to be appropriated for the purposes retiring, preparing 

23 to retire, inactivating, or placing in storage any such ship, 

24 the Secretary of Defense shall include, with the Department 

25 of Defense materials submitted to Congress with the budget 


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1 of the President for fiscal year 2025, a plan to resource and 

2 retain such ship or class of ships until— 

3 (1) the end of fiscal year 2027; or 

4 (2) the end of the expected service life of the 

5 ships. 

6 SEC. 1023. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REGARDING 

7 PENDING RETIREMENT OF NAVAL VESSELS 

8 VIABLE FOR ARTIFICIAL REEFING. 

9 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

10 that the Secretary of the Navy should explore and solicit 

11 artificial reefing opportunities with appropriate entities for 

12 any naval vessel planned for retirement before initiating 

13 any plans to dispose of the vessel. 

14 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days before the retire15 ment from the Naval Vessel Register of any naval vessel 

16 that is a viable candidate for artificial reefing, the Sec17 retary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

18 Services of the Senate and House of Representatives notice 

19 of the pending retirement of such vessel. 

20 SEC. 1024. QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS ON SUBMARINE READI21 NESS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

23 date of the enactment of this Act, and once every 90 days 

24 thereafter until September 30, 2026, the Secretary of the 

25 Navy shall provide to the congressional defense committees 


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1 quarterly briefings on SSN (attack) submarine class main2 tenance and readiness. 

3 (b) INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.—Each briefing 

4 under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

5 (1) The original estimated amount of time ex6 pected for SSN (attack) submarine depot-level main7 tenance activities to be completed, any adjustments to 

8 the schedule, the reasons why any changes were nec9 essary, and the new expected timeframe for comple10 tion and any additional costs involved, which shall— 

11 (A) by broken out by shipyard or private 

12 entity (by site), by name, and by type of sub13 marine; and 

14 (B) include any new efforts the Navy has 

15 taken to address the delays it continues to face. 

16 (2) Metrics for improvement and capacity of 

17 public and private shipyards that affect depot-level 

18 maintenance activities for SSN (attack) submarines, 

19 including— 

20 (A) trends in the amount of maintenance 

21 work performed compared to shipyard capacity; 

22 (B) an assessment of the adequacy of the 

23 workforce; 

24 (C) projections with respect to the avail25 ability of parts; and 


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1 (D) major infrastructure requirements at 

2 each shipyard for the subsequent 30 years to sus3 tain the authorized fleetwide SSN (attack) sub4 marine readiness level. 

5 (3) Recommendations for legislative changes re6 quired with respect to policy or resources to ensure ef7 ficient and effective maintenance and operational 

8 readiness for the SSN (attack) class of submarine. 

9 Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 

10 SEC. 1031. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 

11 FOR TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS 

12 DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL STA13 TION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO THE 

14 UNITED STATES. 

15 Section 1033 of the John S. McCain National Defense 

16 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115– 

17 232; 132 Stat. 1953) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

18 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 

19 SEC. 1032. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 

20 TO CONSTRUCT OR MODIFY FACILITIES IN 

21 THE UNITED STATES TO HOUSE DETAINEES 

22 TRANSFERRED FROM UNITED STATES NAVAL 

23 STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 

24 Section 1034(a) of the John S. McCain National De25 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 


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1 115–232; 132 Stat. 1954) is amended by striking ‘‘Decem2 ber 31, 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 

3 SEC. 1033. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 

4 FOR TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS 

5 DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL STA6 TION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO CERTAIN 

7 COUNTRIES. 

8 Section 1035 of the John S. McCain National Defense 

9 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115– 

10 232; 132 Stat. 1954) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

11 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 

12 SEC. 1034. EXTENSION OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 

13 TO CLOSE OR RELINQUISH CONTROL OF 

14 UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA15 NAMO BAY, CUBA. 

16 Section 1036 of the National Defense Authorization 

17 Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 

18 1551) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2018 through 

19 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2018 through 2024’’. 

20 Subtitle E—Miscellaneous 

21 Authorities and Limitations 

22 SEC. 1041. MODIFICATION TO DEFINITIONS OF CONFUCIUS 

23 INSTITUTE. 

24 (a) LIMITATION ON PROVISION OF FUNDS TO INSTITU25 TIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—Paragraph (1) of section 


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1 1062(d) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De2 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 

3 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 2241) is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(1) CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE.—The term ‘Confu5 cius Institute’ means— 

6 ‘‘(A) any program that receives funding 

7 from or has any operational ties to— 

8 ‘‘(i) the Chinese International Edu9 cation Foundation; or 

10 ‘‘(ii) the Center for Language Ex11 change Cooperation of the Ministry of Edu12 cation of the People’s Republic of China; or 

13 ‘‘(B) any cultural institute directly or indi14 rectly funded by the Government of the People’s 

15 Republic of China.’’. 

16 (b) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS FOR CHINESE LANGUAGE

17 INSTRUCTION.—Paragraph (2) of section 1091(d) of the of 

18 the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 

19 Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 1998) 

20 is amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(2) CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE.—The term ‘Confu22 cius Institute’ means— 

23 ‘‘(A) any program that receives funding 

24 from or has any operational ties to— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the Chinese International Edu2 cation Foundation; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) the Center for Language Ex4 change Cooperation of the Ministry of Edu5 cation of the People’s Republic of China; or 

6 ‘‘(B) any cultural institute directly or indi7 rectly funded by the Government of the People’s 

8 Republic of China.’’. 

9 SEC. 1042. LIMITATION ON PROVISION OF FUNDS TO INSTI10 TUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION HOSTING 

11 CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES. 

12 Section 1062(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

13 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

14 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 2241 note) is further 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘ if the Secretary, after con18 sultation with the National Academies of 

19 Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, determines 

20 such a waiver is appropriate.’’ and inserting ‘‘if 

21 the institution of higher education provides to 

22 the Secretary—’’; and 

23 (B) and by adding at the end the following 

24 new subparagraphs: 


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1 ‘‘(A) a commitment that it will not host the 

2 Confucius Institute at any time after September 

3 30, 2026; 

4 ‘‘(B) a plan to close the Confucius Institute 

5 before such date; and 

6 ‘‘(C) a justification for why the institution 

7 is unable to close the Confucius Institute imme8 diately.’’; 

9 (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para10 graph (3); 

11 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol12 lowing new paragraph (2): 

13 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall issue a waiver under 

14 paragraph (1) on a case-by-case basis and may only 

15 issue such a waiver for a single year. An institution 

16 of higher education that receives a one-year waiver 

17 and seeks an additional waiver shall submit to the 

18 Secretary an application that includes— 

19 ‘‘(A) the reason why an additional waiver 

20 is necessary; and 

21 ‘‘(B) a description of the steps the institu22 tion has taken during the preceding year to en23 sure the Confucius Institute hosted by the insti24 tution is closed by not later than September 30, 

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1 (4) by adding at the end the following new para2 graph: 

3 ‘‘(4) The authority to issue a waiver under para4 graph (1) shall terminate on October 1, 2026, and 

5 any waiver issued under such paragraph shall not 

6 apply on or after such date.’’. 

7 SEC. 1043. MODIFICATION OF VETTING PROCEDURES AND 

8 MONITORING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN 

9 MILITARY TRAINING. 

10 Section 1090 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry Na11 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Pub12 lic Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 

14 (f); and 

15 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 

16 new subsection: 

17 ‘‘(e) TREATMENT OF NATO MEMBER NATIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 

19 and (3), the Secretary of Defense may exempt the na20 tionals of a member nation of the North Atlantic 

21 Treaty Organization from the requirements applicable 

22 to covered individuals under this section. 

23 ‘‘(2) PROCESS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De24 fense shall establish a process for granting exemptions 

25 under this section. Such process shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) include— 

2 ‘‘(i) an identification of existing vet3 ting procedures and security measures that 

4 are functionally equivalent to Department 

5 of Defense standards for eligibility for phys6 ical access to Department installations and 

7 facilities in the United States; or 

8 ‘‘(ii) the establishment of alternative 

9 procedures and measures applicable to such 

10 member nations that are functionally equiv11 alent to such Department of Defense stand12 ards; and 

13 ‘‘(B) include such other measures as the 

14 Secretary determines appropriate. 

15 ‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

16 than 30 days before granting an exemption under 

17 paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

18 to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

19 and the House of Representatives notification of the 

20 Secretary’s intent to grant such an exemption.’’. 

21 SEC. 1044. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS UNTIL 

22 DELIVERY OF REPORT ON NEXT GENERATION 

23 TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS. 

24 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

25 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander 


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1 of United States Special Operations Command shall submit 

2 to the congressional defense committees a report on reported 

3 issues with the AN/PRC–163 radio that includes the fol4 lowing: 

5 (1) A history of all issues with the AN/PRC–163 

6 radio reported 30 days before the date of submission 

7 of such report, and the steps taken by the Commander 

8 and the manufacturer of such radio to remedy such 

9 reported issues. 

10 (2) A summary and description of all such re11 ported issues that have not been remedied as of the 

12 date of submission of such report that have been iden13 tified through consultation with users in the field at 

14 the tactical level and recently redeployed operators of 

15 such radio throughout the Command. 

16 (3) A plan, developed in consultation with the 

17 manufacturer of such radio, to address and mitigate 

18 all identified issues with the radio by 2025. 

19 (b) LIMITATION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds authorized 

20 to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 

21 for fiscal year 2024 for the United States Special Oper22 ations Command for procurement of Next Generation Tac23 tical Communications, not more than 75 percent may be 

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1 gressional defense committees the report require under sub2 section (a). 

3 SEC. 1045. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS RELATED TO 

4 MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDA5 TION. 

6 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

7 Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the 

8 Department of Defense may be used— 

9 (1) to communicate with the Military Religious 

10 Freedom Foundation, its leadership, or its founder; or 

11 (2) to take any action or make any decision as 

12 a result of any claim, objection, or protest made by 

13 the Military Religious Freedom Foundation without 

14 the authority of the Secretary of Defense. 

15 SEC. 1046. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ADVISORY 

16 COMMITTEES RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL, 

17 SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE ASPECTS. 

18 (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to be 

19 appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 

20 the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2024 may be 

21 used— 

22 (1) to establish in the Department of Defense an 

23 advisory committee related to environmental, social, 

24 and governance aspects; or 


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1 (2) for the Defense Advisory Committee on Di2 versity and Inclusion or any successor committee. 

3 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) The term ‘‘environmental’’ includes anything 

5 related to— 

6 (A) emissions of greenhouse gases, includ7 ing— 

8 (i) carbon dioxide; 

9 (ii) methane; 

10 (iii) nitrous oxide; 

11 (iv) nitrogen trifluoride; 

12 (v) hydrofluorocarbons; 

13 (vi) perfluorocarbons; and 

14 (vii) sulfur hexafluoride; 

15 (B) climate change; and 

16 (C) environmental justice. 

17 (2) The term ‘‘governance’’ means how a private 

18 entity is run, including the structure and composition 

19 of the entity based on race, color, national origin, or 

20 sex and how compensation is made. 

21 (3) The term ‘‘social’’ includes anything related 

22 to— 

23 (A) race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual 

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1 (B) ideologies that oppose equal protection 

2 of the law or support discrimination on the basis 

3 of race, color, national origin, or sex; and 

4 (C) critical race theory, social justice, or 

5 similar ideologies. 

6 Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 

7 SEC. 1061. ANNUAL REPORT ON UNFUNDED PRIORITIES OF 

8 DEFENSE POW/MIA ACCOUNTING AGENCY. 

9 Chapter 9 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 

10 by inserting after section 222d the following new section: 

11 ‘‘§ 222e. Unfunded priorities of Defense POW/MIA Ac12 counting Agency: annual report 

13 ‘‘(a) REPORTS.—Not later than 10 days after the date 

14 on which the budget of the President for a fiscal year is 

15 submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 

16 the Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 

17 shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman 

18 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and to the congressional defense 

19 committees, a report on the unfunded priorities of the De20 fense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. 

21 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—(1) Each report under subsection 

22 (a) shall specify, for each unfunded priority covered by such 

23 report, the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) A summary description of such priority, 

2 including the objectives to be achieved if such priority 

3 is funded (whether in whole or in part). 

4 ‘‘(B) The additional amount of funds rec5 ommended in connection with the objectives under 

6 subparagraph (A). 

7 ‘‘(C) Account information with respect to such 

8 priority, including the following (as applicable): 

9 ‘‘(i) Line Item Number for applicable pro10 curement accounts. 

11 ‘‘(ii) Program Element number for applica12 ble research, development, test, and evaluation 

13 accounts. 

14 ‘‘(iii) Sub-activity group for applicable op15 eration and maintenance accounts. 

16 ‘‘(2) Each report under subsection (a) shall present the 

17 unfunded priorities covered by such report in order of ur18 gency of priority. 

19 ‘‘(c) UNFUNDED PRIORITY DEFINED.— In this section, 

20 the term ‘unfunded priority’, in the case of a fiscal year, 

21 means a program, activity, or mission requirement of the 

22 POW/MIA Accounting Agency that— 

23 ‘‘(1) is not funded in the budget of the President 

24 for the fiscal year as submitted to Congress pursuant 

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1 ‘‘(2) is necessary to fulfill a requirement associ2 ated with an operational or contingency plan of a 

3 combatant command or other validated requirement; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(3) would have been recommended for funding 

6 through the budget referred to in paragraph (1) by the 

7 Director of the POW/MIA Accounting Agency in con8 nection with the budget if additional resources had 

9 been available for the budget to fund the program, ac10 tivity, or mission requirement.’’. 

11 SEC. 1062. QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS ON JOINT ALL DOMAIN 

12 COMMAND AND CONTROL EFFORT. 

13 Section 1076(a) of the National Defense Authorization 

14 Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 

15 3866) is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘October 1, 2028, the Deputy Secretary of Defense’’; 

18 and 

19 (2) by striking ‘‘the Chief Information Officer of 

20 the Department of Defense,’’. 


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1 SEC. 1063. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT A RE2 PORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUP3 PORT FOR DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SE4 CURITY AT THE INTERNATIONAL BORDERS 

5 OF THE UNITED STATES. 

6 Section 1014(d)(3) of the National Defense Authoriza7 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 

8 U.S.C. 271 note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

9 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 

10 SEC. 1064. AIR FORCE PLAN FOR MAINTAINING PROFICIENT 

11 AIRCREWS IN CERTAIN MISSION AREAS. 

12 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.— The Secretary of the Air Force 

13 shall develop a plan, and the associated actions and mile14 stones for implementing the plan, to designate, equip, and 

15 train the number of combat air forces aviation units (in 

16 this section referred to as ‘‘CAF units’’), equipped with 

17 fixed-wing or rotorcraft assets, that are required in order 

18 to maintain proficient aircrew skills in accordance with the 

19 Core Mission Essential Task List and Designed Operational 

20 Capability Statement of each such unit in the following 

21 mission areas: 

22 (1) Close air support. 

23 (2) Forward air controller–airborne. 

24 (3) Combat search and rescue. 

25 (b) REPORT.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall 

26 submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 


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1 the plan required under subsection (a). Such report shall 

2 include the following information: 

3 (1) The number of CAF units required to meet 

4 steady-state, contingency, and wartime mission re5 quirements for each mission area referred to in sub6 section (a). 

7 (2) The number of proficient aircrews each unit 

8 must maintain in order to be qualified and current 

9 in each such mission area. 

10 (3) The number of CAF units and aircrew per11 sonnel that, as of the date of the enactment of this 

12 Act, are trained and equipped to meet steady-state, 

13 contingency, and wartime mission requirements for 

14 each such mission area. 

15 (4) The location of any CAF unit and associated 

16 aircraft that have been designated to be proficient in 

17 such mission areas. 

18 (5) The minimum quantity of initial training 

19 and continuation training sorties and events aircrews 

20 will be required to achieve monthly and yearly to be 

21 qualified as proficient, current, and experienced in 

22 such mission areas. 

23 (6) Any other information, data, or analyses the 

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1 (c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Air Force may 

2 not reduce the total inventory of the Air Force of A-10 air3 craft below 218 until the date that is 180 days after the 

4 date on which the Secretary submits the report required 

5 under subsection (b). 

6 (d) DEFINITION OF PROFICIENT.—In this section, the 

7 term ‘‘proficient’’, with respect to an aircrew, means that 

8 such aircrew— 

9 (1) has thorough knowledge but occasionally may 

10 make an error of omission or commission; 

11 (2) is able to operate in a complex, fluid envi12 ronment and is able to handle most contingencies and 

13 unusual circumstances; and 

14 (3) is prepared for mission tasking on the first 

15 sortie in a theater of operations. 

16 SEC. 1065. ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGY RELATING TO 

17 RANGE CAPABILITY AND CAPACITY FOR 

18 JOINT ALL-DOMAIN OPERATIONS. 

19 (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

20 after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less fre21 quently than once every three years thereafter until June 

22 1, 2037, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres23 sional defense committees a report containing an assess24 ment of the Department of Defense range capability and 

25 capacity in Florida. 


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1 (b) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—Each report submitted 

2 under subsection (a) shall include each of the following: 

3 (1) The amount and types of testing activities 

4 conducted at ranges in Florida. 

5 (2) The capabilities and capacity available at 

6 ranges in Florida that are not available elsewhere in 

7 the United States. 

8 (3) The capacity of such ranges to be used for 

9 additional testing activities. 

10 (4) An evaluation of the possibility of using such 

11 ranges for the testing activities of other Federal agen12 cies and private-sector entities in the United States. 

13 (5) An evaluation of the capacity of ranges in 

14 Florida to be used to develop and train for current 

15 and future realistic, Joint All-Domain Operations ex16 ercises. 

17 (6) An assessment of Joint All-Domain Oper18 ations training shortfalls at domestic military instal19 lations generally. 

20 (7) An analysis of the use or potential use of 

21 Florida ranges as sites for a large-scale, operationally 

22 relevant, live-fire campaign-level Joint All-Domain 

23 Operations training exercises based on conflict in the 

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1 (8) An analysis of the national security implica2 tions of a changing Military Mission Line. 

3 (9) A review of Department of Defense engage4 ment with the State and local governments in Florida 

5 to maintain and expand Department of Defense 

6 ranges in Florida. 

7 (10) A review of Department of Defense engage8 ment in the Military Aviation and Installation As9 surance Siting Clearinghouse, Sentinel Landscapes of 

10 Florida, and entities assessing existing and future sea 

11 lanes for compatibility with future range require12 ments. 

13 (c) STRATEGY.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than November 1, 

15 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con16 gressional defense committees a strategy to ensure 

17 range capability to develop Joint All-Domain Oper18 ations capabilities and training environments based 

19 on the results of the assessments conducted under sub20 section (a). Such strategy shall include— 

21 (A) a plan to establish and field require22 ments for the development and testing of emerg23 ing technologies that require a Joint All-Domain 

24 Operations range capability in Florida; 


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1 (B) a plan to acquire and field infrastruc2 ture, technology, and human capital required to 

3 develop Joint All-Domain Operations capabili4 ties and training environments in Florida; 

5 (C) an identification of investments nec6 essary to ensure the ranges in Florida will meet 

7 mission-driven, all-domain requirements of the 

8 future; and 

9 (D) an analysis, determination, and 

10 prioritization of legislative action required to en11 sure the Department of Defense maintains range 

12 capability and capacity for future all-domain 

13 test and training in Florida. 

14 (2) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Defense 

15 shall develop the strategy required under paragraph 

16 (1) in coordination with the Joint Requirements 

17 Oversight Council, the Test Resource Management 

18 Center, the Director of Operational Test an Evalua19 tion of the Department of Defense, and the Under 

20 Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. 

21 (3) INCORPORATION.—The Secretary of Defense 

22 shall incorporate the strategy required by paragraph 

23 (1) into any existing capability of the Department of 

24 Defense for development and test strategies. 


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1 (d) INTERIM BRIEFING.—Not later than 90 days after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De3 fense shall provide to the congressional defense committees 

4 a briefing on— 

5 (1) the first assessment of the Secretary under 

6 subsection (a); and 

7 (2) the strategy required under subsection (c). 

8 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) The term ‘‘Joint All-Domain Operations’’ 

10 means operations comprised of air, land, maritime, 

11 cyberspace, and space domains, including operations 

12 with respect to the electromagnetic spectrum, and ac13 tions by the joint force in multiple domains inte14 grated in planning and synchronized in execution at 

15 the speed and scale needed to gain advantage and ac16 complish the mission. 

17 (2) The term ‘‘Military Mission Line’’ means the 

18 north-south line at 86°41′ W. longitude. 

19 (f) FORM OF REPORTS AND STRATEGY.— Each report 

20 required under subsection (a) and the strategy required 

21 under subsection (c) shall be submitted in unclassified form 

22 that does not require safeguarding or dissemination con23 trols, and may include a classified annex. 


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1 SEC. 1066. REPORT ON DEFENSE OF DEPARTMENT OF DE2 FENSE FACILITIES AND FORCES IN EURO3 PEAN AND INDO-PACIFIC REGIONS FROM MIS4 SILE AND AIR ATTACK. 

5 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a 

6 study to determine whether the Department of Defense has 

7 sufficient forces, systems, and capabilities to defend Depart8 ment of Defense military facilities and deployed forces in 

9 the European and Indo-Pacific regions from hypersonic-, 

10 ballistic-, cruise-missile and air attack, or to otherwise de11 feat such attacks. 

12 (b) REPORT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 30, 2024, 

14 the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 

15 committees a report on the findings of the study re16 quired by subsection (a). Such report shall include a 

17 specific and detailed plan for ensuring the ability of 

18 the Department of Defense to defend Department of 

19 Defense military facilities and deployed forces in the 

20 European and Indo-Pacific regions from hypersonic21 , ballistic-, cruise-missile and air attack through 

22 2030. 

23 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 

24 this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified 

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1 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Not later than 14 

2 days after the date of the submission of the report re3 quired by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make an 

4 unclassified summary of the report available to the 

5 public on an appropriate internet website of the De6 partment of Defense. 

7 SEC. 1067. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON NAVAL MINE WAR8 FARE. 

9 (a) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

11 Navy shall seek to enter into an agreement with a federally 

12 funded research and development center to conduct an inde13 pendent study of the mine warfare capabilities of the Navy. 

14 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study under subsection (a) shall 

15 include an assessment and comprehensive review of— 

16 (1) the offensive and defensive mine warfare ca17 pabilities of the Navy; and 

18 (2) the offensive mine inventories of Navy as of 

19 the date of study. 

20 (c) RESULTS.—Following the completion of the study 

21 under subsection (a), the federally funded research and de22 velopment center that conducts the study shall submit to 

23 the Secretary of Defense a report on the results of the study. 

24 The report shall include— 


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1 (1) a summary of the research and other activi2 ties carried out as part of the study; and 

3 (2) considerations and recommendations to im4 prove the mine warfare capabilities of the Navy, in5 cluding recommendations for any legislation that 

6 may be needed for such purpose. 

7 (d) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 

9 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 

10 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

11 House of Representatives— 

12 (A) an unaltered copy of the results of the 

13 study, as submitted to the Secretary under sub14 section (c); and 

15 (B) the written responses of the Secretary 

16 and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to 

17 such results. 

18 (2) FORM.—The submission under paragraph 

19 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

20 include a classified annex. 

21 SEC. 1068. REPORT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT FORCE 

22 HEADQUARTERS IN INDO-PACIFIC REGION. 

23 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

24 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

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1 United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall submit to the 

2 congressional defense committees a report on the progress 

3 of the implementation plan required under section 1087 of 

4 the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act 

5 for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–363; 10 U.S.C. 161 

6 note). 

7 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 

8 (a) shall include the following elements: 

9 (1) A description of the personnel, supporting in10 frastructure, and operational chain of command rela11 tionships associated with the joint force headquarters 

12 that is required to be established by section 1087 of 

13 the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 

14 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–363; 10 

15 U.S.C. 161 note). 

16 (2) An evaluation of the personnel, supporting 

17 infrastructure, and operational chain of command re18 lationships that would be required to support the po19 tential establishment of an additional fully equipped 

20 and persistent joint force headquarters or joint task 

21 force that would be responsible for the operational em22 ployment of forces in the Western Pacific. 

23 (3) An identification of the appropriate rank for 

24 the commander required to lead the efforts described 

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1 an existing component commander to lead these ef2 forts. 

3 (4) An analysis of how the Department’s plan 

4 for Joint Task Force Micronesia aligns with the re5 quirements described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), 

6 and in section 1087 of the James M. Inhofe National 

7 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Pub8 lic Law 117–363; 10 U.S.C. 161 note). 

9 (5) An analysis of the advisability of estab10 lishing an additional joint task force or joint force 

11 headquarters responsible for the operational employ12 ment of forces in the Western Pacific. 

13 (c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

14 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

15 a classified annex. 

16 SEC. 1069. ANNUAL BRIEFINGS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 

17 FORCE DESIGN 2030. 

18 (a) BRIEFINGS REQUIRED.—Not later than March 31, 

19 2024, and annually thereafter through March 31, 2030, the 

20 Commandant of the Marine Corps shall provide to the con21 gressional defense committees a briefing on the pro22 grammatic choices made to implement Force Design 2030, 

23 including new developmental and fielded capabilities and 

24 capabilities and capacity divested to accelerate the imple25 mentation of Force Design 2030. 


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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each briefing provided under sub2 section (a) shall include— 

3 (1) an assessment of changes in the national de4 fense strategy under section 113(g) of title 10, United 

5 States Code, defense planning guidance, the Joint 

6 Warfighting Concept (and associated Concept Re7 quired Capabilities), and other planning processes 

8 that informed Force Design 2030; 

9 (2) an inventory and assessment of exercises and 

10 experiments related to Force Design 2030 beginning 

11 in fiscal year 2020, including— 

12 (A) an identification of any capabilities 

13 that were involved in such exercises and experi14 ments; and 

15 (B) the extent to which such exercises and 

16 experiments validated or militated against pro17 posed capability investments; 

18 (3) an inventory of divestments of capability or 

19 capacity, whether force structure or equipment, start20 ing in fiscal year 2020, including— 

21 (A) a timeline of the progress of each divest22 ment; 

23 (B) the type of force structure or equipment 

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1 (C) the percentage of force structure of 

2 equipment divested or reduced, including any 

3 equipment entered into inventory management 

4 or other form of storage; 

5 (D) the rationale and context behind such 

6 divestment; and 

7 (E) an identification of whether such divest8 ment affects the ability of the Marine Corps to 

9 meet the requirements of the Global Force Man10 agement process and the operational plans, in11 cluding— 

12 (i) an explanation of how the Marine 

13 Corps plans to mitigate the loss of such ca14 pability or capacity if the divestment affects 

15 the ability of the Marine Corps to meet the 

16 requirements of the Global Force Manage17 ment process and the operational plans, in18 cluding through new investments, addi19 tional joint planning and training, or other 

20 methods; and 

21 (ii) an assessment of the actual and 

22 projected recruitment and retention percent23 ages of the Marine Corps, starting in fiscal 

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1 (4) an inventory of extant or planned invest2 ments as a part of Force Design 2030, broken down 

3 by capability areas including— 

4 (A) integrated air and missile defense; 

5 (B) littoral mobility and maneuver; 

6 (C) sea denial; 

7 (D) recon and counter-recon forces; 

8 (E) the amphibious warfare ship and mari9 time mobility requirements the Marine Corps 

10 submitted to the Department of the Navy in sup11 port of the Marine Corps organization and con12 cepts under Force Design 2030 and its statutory 

13 requirements, including an explicit statement 

14 of— 

15 (i) the planning assumptions about the 

16 readiness of amphibious warfare ships and 

17 maritime mobility platforms in developing 

18 the requirements; and 

19 (ii) whether the Navy’s 30-year ship20 building plan of and budget for the fiscal 

21 year covered by the briefing meet the am22 phibious ship requirements of the Navy; 

23 (5) for each capability included in the inventory 

24 under paragraph (4)— 

25 (A) the name; 


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1 (B) the purpose and context; 

2 (C) an identification of the capability being 

3 replaced, if applicable; 

4 (D) the date of initial operational capa5 bility; 

6 (E) the date of full operational capability; 

7 (F) the number of deliveries of units by 

8 year; and 

9 (G) the approved acquisition objective or 

10 similar inventory objective; 

11 (6) an assessment of how the capability invest12 ments identified in the inventory under paragraph 

13 (4) contribute to joint force efficacy in new ways, in14 cluding through support of other military depart15 ments; 

16 (7) an assessment of the ability of the Marine 

17 Corps to generate required force elements for the im18 mediate ready force and the contingency ready force 

19 over the two fiscal years preceding the year during 

20 which the briefing is provided and the expected abil21 ity to generate such force elements through fiscal year 

22 2030; 

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1 prising an amphibious ready group over the two fis2 cal years preceding the year during which the briefing 

3 is provided and the expected availability of such ships 

4 through fiscal year 2030; 

5 (9) an assessment by the Marine Corps of its 

6 compliance with the statutory organization prescribed 

7 in section 8063 of title 10, United States Code, spe8 cifically ‘‘The Marine Corps, within the Department 

9 of the Navy, shall be so organized as to include not 

10 less than three combat divisions and three air wings, 

11 and such other land combat, aviation, and other serv12 ices as may be organic therein.’’; and 

13 (10) an assessment by the Marine Corps of its 

14 compliance with the statutory functions prescribed in 

15 section 8063 of title 10, United States Code, specifi16 cally ‘‘The Marine Corps shall be organized, trained, 

17 and equipped to provide fleet marine forces of com18 bined arms, together with supporting air components, 

19 for service with the fleet in the seizure or defense of 

20 advanced naval bases and for the conduct of such 

21 land operations as may be essential to the prosecution 

22 of a naval campaign.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1070. PLAN FOR TAIWAN NONCOMBATANT EVACU2 ATION OPERATIONS. 

3 (a) PLAN.—The Secretary of Defense, with the concur4 rence of the Secretary of State, shall maintain a sufficient 

5 evacuation plan that is suitable for execution as a non6 combatant evacuation operations plan or any other evacu7 ation mission conducted by the Department of Defense from 

8 Taiwan. 

9 (b) ANNUAL REVIEW AND UPDATE.—On an annual 

10 basis, the Secretary of Defense shall— 

11 (1) review the plan required under subsection 

12 (a)and update such plan as the Secretary determines 

13 necessary; and 

14 (2) submit to Congress certification that the plan 

15 is either sufficient or needs to be updated. 

16 (c) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 

17 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and quar18 terly thereafter, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strat19 egy, Plans, and Capabilities shall provide to the Committee 

20 on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations 

21 of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and 

22 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Represent23 atives an unclassified and classified briefing on the plan 

24 required under subsection (a). 


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1 Subtitle G—Other Matters 

2 SEC. 1081. NAVY CONSIDERATION OF COAST GUARD VIEWS 

3 ON MATTERS DIRECTLY CONCERNING COAST 

4 GUARD CAPABILITIES. 

5 Chapter 803 of title 10, United States Code, is amend6 ed by adding at the end the following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 8029. Consideration of Coast Guard views on mat8 ters directly concerning Coast Guard ca9 pabilities 

10 ‘‘The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that the views 

11 of the Commandant of the Coast Guard are given appro12 priate consideration before a major decision is made by an 

13 element of the Department of the Navy on a matter that 

14 directly concerns any capability of the Coast Guard in sup15 port of national defense.’’. 

16 SEC. 1082. DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIAL INTEGRATION 

17 CELLS ACTION PLAN WITHIN CERTAIN COM18 BATANT COMMANDS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2024, the 

20 Commander of the United States Africa Command, the 

21 Commander of the United States European Command, the 

22 Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, 

23 the Commander of the United States Northern Command, 

24 and the Commander of the United States Southern Com25 mand shall each develop an action plan that includes— 


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1 (1) the potential establishment of a commercial 

2 integration cell within their respective combatant 

3 command for the purpose of closely integrating public 

4 and private entities with capabilities relevant to the 

5 area of operation of such combatant command; and 

6 (2) the potential establishment of a chief tech7 nology officer position within their respective combat8 ant command, who would— 

9 (A) oversee such commercial integration 

10 cell; and 

11 (B) report directly to the commander of the 

12 applicable combatant command. 

13 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act, each commander of a combat15 ant command referred to in subsection (a) shall provide to 

16 the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

17 House of Representatives a briefing on the feasibility, costs, 

18 and benefits of establishing a commercial integration cell. 

19 SEC. 1083. REQUIREMENT TO UPDATE WARFIGHTING RE20 QUIREMENTS FOR CONFRONTING RUSSIA IN 

21 EUROPE. 

22 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

23 that— 

24 (1) European warfighting requirements should 

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1 sessed adversary capabilities, capacity, and intent; 

2 and 

3 (2) maintaining up-to-date plans and assump4 tions is essential to— 

5 (A) identifying and properly scoping global 

6 threats; and 

7 (B) the ability of the Department of Defense 

8 to counter such threats to secure the defense and 

9 national security interests of the United States. 

10 (b) REQUIREMENT.— The Secretary of Defense shall 

11 update the warfighting requirements of the Department of 

12 Defense for confronting Russia in Europe. 

13 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to 

15 the congressional defense committees a briefing on the re16 quirements updated under subsection (b). 

17 SEC. 1084. UPDATE TO STRATEGIC PLAN ON DEPARTMENT 

18 OF DEFENSE COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN 

19 PERSONS PROGRAM. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1, 2024, the 

21 Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committee on 

22 Armed Services of the House of Representatives a briefing 

23 on an updated strategic plan for the combating trafficking 

24 in persons program of the Department of Defense. 


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1 (b) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—The updated strategic plan 

2 required under subsection (a) shall include each of the fol3 lowing: 

4 (1) An assessment of the efforts of the Depart5 ment of Defense to combat trafficking in persons in 

6 areas with high populations of members of the United 

7 States Armed Forces, including in overseas locations. 

8 (2) A review of the coordination of efforts of the 

9 Department to combat trafficking in persons across 

10 the military departments in areas where multiple 

11 military departments operate bases. 

12 (3) Recommendations for improved cooperation 

13 with local communities and relevant Federal, State, 

14 and local law enforcement agencies in addressing 

15 trafficking in persons. 

16 (4) A review of new methods and concepts for 

17 combating trafficking in persons that the Department 

18 has implemented since the previous strategic plan. 

19 (5) A description of plans of the Department to 

20 adapt innovative approaches, and integrate new tech21 nologies. 

22 SEC. 1085. GUIDANCE FOR USE OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 

23 SYSTEMS BY NATIONAL GUARD. 

24 (a) NEW GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 

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1 retary of Defense shall issue new guidance on the use of 

2 unmanned aircraft systems by the National Guard for cov3 ered activities. 

4 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 60 days after the date 

5 on which the Secretary issues the new guidance under sub6 section (a), the Secretary shall provide to the Committee 

7 on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. Such 

8 briefing shall include— 

9 (1) an explanation of whether the new guidance 

10 is more restrictive than guidance on the use of other 

11 types of aircraft for covered activities; and 

12 (2) if the new guidance is more restrictive, an 

13 explanation for the reasons why such guidance is 

14 more restrictive. 

15 (c) COVERED ACTIVITIES DEFINED.—In this section, 

16 the term ‘‘covered activities’’ means any of the following: 

17 (1) Emergency operations. 

18 (2) Search and rescue operations. 

19 (3) Defense support to civil authorities. 

20 (4) Support provided under section 502(f) of title 

21 32, United States Code. 

22 SEC. 1086. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DEFENSE 

23 PRESENCE IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION. 

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1 ties in the area of operations of the United States Indo2 Pacific Command. 

3 TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 

4 MATTERS 

5 SEC. 1101. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH EXCEPTED SERVICE 

6 POSITIONS FOR ARMY LAW ENFORCEMENT 

7 ACTIVITIES. 

8 Chapter 747 of title 10, United States Code, is amend9 ed by adding at the end the following new section: 

10 ‘‘§ 7378. Army law enforcement activity recruitment 

11 and retention 

12 ‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.— 

13 ‘‘(1) Consistent with paragraph (2), and without 

14 regard to the provisions of any other law relating to 

15 the appointment, number, classification, or compensa16 tion of employees, the Secretary of Defense may— 

17 ‘‘(A) establish, as positions in the excepted 

18 service, such qualified positions in Army Law 

19 Enforcement Activities as the Secretary deter20 mines necessary to carry out the investigative re21 sponsibilities of such activities; 

22 ‘‘(B) appoint an individual to a qualified 

23 position (after taking into consideration the 

24 availability of preference eligibles for appoint25 ment to the position); and 


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1 ‘‘(C) subject to subsections (b) and (c), fix 

2 the compensation of an individual in a qualified 

3 position. 

4 ‘‘(2) The authority of the Secretary under this 

5 section may not be used until on or after the date that 

6 each requirement of section 548 of the James M. 

7 Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

8 Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263) has been met. 

9 ‘‘(b) BASIC PAY.—The Secretary shall— 

10 ‘‘(1) consistent with section 5341 of title 5, adopt 

11 such provisions of that title to provide for prevailing 

12 rate systems of basic pay; and 

13 ‘‘(2) apply those provisions for purposes of estab14 lishing rates of basic pay for qualified positions. 

15 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, INCENTIVES, AND

16 ALLOWANCES.— 

17 ‘‘(1) The Secretary may provide employees in 

18 qualified positions compensation (in addition to basic 

19 pay), including benefits, incentives, and allowances, 

20 consistent with, and not in excess of the level author21 ized for, comparable positions authorized by title 5. 

22 ‘‘(2) An employee in a qualified position whose 

23 rate of basic pay is fixed under subsection (b)(1) shall 

24 be eligible for an allowance under section 5941 of title 

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1 employee was an employee covered by such section, 

2 including eligibility conditions, allowance rates, and 

3 all other terms and conditions in law or regulation. 

4 ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN REQUIRED.—The au5 thority granted in subsection (a) shall become effective 90 

6 days after the date on which the Secretary provides to the 

7 congressional defense committees a plan for implementation 

8 of such authority. The plan shall include the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) An assessment of the current scope of the 

10 positions covered by the authority. 

11 ‘‘(2) A plan for the use of the authority. 

12 ‘‘(3) Other matters as appropriate. 

13 ‘‘(e) REQUIRED REGULATIONS.—The Secretary, in co14 ordination with the Director of the Office of Personnel Man15 agement, shall prescribe regulations for the administration 

16 of this section. 

17 ‘‘(f) PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—The probationary pe18 riod for all employees hired under the authority established 

19 in this section shall be one year. 

20 ‘‘(g) INCUMBENTS OF EXISTING COMPETITIVE SERV21 ICE POSITIONS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) An individual occupying a position on the 

23 date of the enactment of this section that is selected 

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1 under this section shall have the right to refuse such 

2 conversion. 

3 ‘‘(2) After the date on which an individual who 

4 refuses a conversion under paragraph (1) stops serv5 ing in the position selected to be converted, the posi6 tion may be converted to a position in the excepted 

7 service. 

8 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) The term ‘Army Law Enforcement Activi10 ties’ means the Army Criminal Investigation Com11 mand (or any successor organization) and any other 

12 Department of Army organization engaged primarily 

13 in law enforcement, security, or investigative respon14 sibilities as designated by the Secretary of Defense. 

15 ‘‘(2) The term ‘excepted service’ has the meaning 

16 given that term in section 2103 of title 5. 

17 ‘‘(3) The term ‘preference eligible’ has the mean18 ing given that term in section 2108 of title 5. 

19 ‘‘(4) The term ‘qualified position’ means a posi20 tion, designated by the Secretary for the purpose of 

21 this section, in which the individual occupying such 

22 position performs, manages, or supervises functions 

23 that execute law enforcement, security, or investiga24 tive responsibilities.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1102. AUTHORIZATION TO PAY A LIVING QUARTERS 

2 ALLOWANCE FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 

3 CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO PERMA4 NENT DUTY IN GUAM FOR PERFORMING 

5 WORK, OR SUPPORTING WORK BEING PER6 FORMED, ABOARD OR DOCKSIDE, OF U.S. 

7 NAVAL VESSELS. 

8 (a) ALLOWANCE.—Notwithstanding any other provi9 sion of law, when Government owned or rented quarters are 

10 not otherwise provided without charge to a covered em11 ployee, the Secretary of the Navy may grant to a covered 

12 employee one or more of the following allowances: 

13 (1) A living quarters allowance for rent, heat, 

14 light, fuel, gas, electricity, and water. The Secretary 

15 is authorized to pay such allowance by reimbursement 

16 or by advance payments without regard to section 

17 3324(a) and (b) of title 31, United States Code. 

18 (2) Under unusual circumstances, as determined 

19 by the Secretary, payment or reimbursement for ex20 traordinary, necessary, and reasonable expenses, not 

21 otherwise compensated for, incurred in initial re22 pairs, alterations, and improvements to the privately 

23 leased residence in Guam of a covered employee— 

24 (A) the expenses are administratively ap25 proved in advance; and 


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1 (B) the duration and terms of the lease jus2 tify payment of the expenses by the Government. 

3 (b) COVERED EMPLOYEE DEFINED.—In this section, 

4 the term ‘‘covered employee’’ means any civilian employee 

5 of the Department of the Navy who is assigned to perma6 nent duty in Guam for performing work or supporting work 

7 being performed, aboard or dockside, of U.S. naval vessels. 

8 SEC. 1103. CONSOLIDATION OF DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITIES 

9 FOR CANDIDATES WITH SPECIFIED DEGREES 

10 AT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY REINVEN11 TION LABORATORIES. 

12 Section 4091 of title 10, United States Code, is amend13 ed— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘bachelor’s 

15 degree’’ and inserting ‘‘bachelor’s or advanced de16 gree’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

19 ‘‘CALENDAR YEAR’’ and inserting ‘‘FISCAL

20 YEAR’’; 

21 (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

22 by striking ‘‘calendar year’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

23 year’’; 

24 (C) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘6 per25 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘11 percent’’; and 


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1 (D) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), by 

2 striking ‘‘the fiscal year last ending before the 

3 start of such calendar year’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

4 preceding fiscal year’’; 

5 (3) by striking subsection (f); and 

6 (4) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 

7 (f). 

8 SEC. 1104. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN PER9 SONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

10 Section 9905(a) of title 5, United States Code, is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

13 inserting ‘‘, 3307,’’ after ‘‘3303’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following new para15 graphs: 

16 ‘‘(12) Any position in support of aircraft oper17 ations for which the Secretary determines there is a 

18 critical hiring need or shortage of candidates. 

19 ‘‘(13) Any position in support of the safety of the 

20 public, law enforcement, or first response for which 

21 the Secretary determines there is a critical hiring 

22 need or shortage of candidates.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1105. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO WAIVE 

2 ANNUAL LIMITATION ON PREMIUM PAY AND 

3 AGGREGATE LIMITATION ON PAY FOR FED4 ERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WORKING OVER5 SEAS. 

6 Subsection (a) of section 1101 of the Duncan Hunter 

7 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 

8 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4615), as most recently 

9 amended by section 1102 of the James M. Inhofe National 

10 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 

11 Law 117–263), is further amended by striking ‘‘through 

12 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2024’’. 

13 SEC. 1106. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO GRANT COMPETI14 TIVE STATUS TO EMPLOYEES OF INSPECTORS 

15 GENERAL FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OP16 ERATIONS. 

17 Section 419(d)(5)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is 

18 amended by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘5 years’’. 

19 SEC. 1107. EXTENSION OF DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR 

20 DOMESTIC INDUSTRIAL BASE FACILITIES 

21 AND MAJOR RANGE AND TEST FACILITIES 

22 BASE. 

23 (a) EXTENSION.—Section 1125(a) of the National De24 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 

25 114–328) is amended by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting 

26 ‘‘2035’’. 


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1 (b) BRIEFING.—Section 1102(b) of the National De2 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 

3 115–91) is amended by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘2035’’. 

5 SEC. 1108. WAIVER OF LIMITATION ON APPOINTMENT OF 

6 RECENTLY RETIRED MEMBERS OF ARMED 

7 FORCES TO DOD COMPETITIVE SERVICE POSI8 TIONS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3326 of title 5, United 

10 States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘cer12 tain’’ before ‘‘positions’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (b)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘the civil service’’ and in15 serting ‘‘the excepted service or the Senior Execu16 tive Service’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘for the 

18 purpose’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Manage19 ment’’. 

20 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

21 the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 33 of such title 

22 is amended in the item relating to section 3326 by inserting 

23 ‘‘certain’’ before ‘‘positions’’. 


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1 SEC. 1109. EXCLUSION OF NONAPPROPRIATED FUND EM2 PLOYEES FROM LIMITATIONS ON DUAL PAY. 

3 Section 5531(2) of title 5, United States Code, is 

4 amended by striking ‘‘Government corporation and’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘Government corporation, but excluding’’. 

6 SEC. 1110. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY AUTHOR7 ITY TO GRANT ALLOWANCES, BENEFITS, AND 

8 GRATUITIES TO CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ON OF9 FICIAL DUTY IN A COMBAT ZONE. 

10 Paragraph (2) of section 1603(a) of the Emergency 

11 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global 

12 War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 

13 109–234; 120 Stat. 443), as added by section 1102 of the 

14 Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 

15 Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4616) 

16 and as most recently amended by section 1103 of the James 

17 M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

18 Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263), is further amended by 

19 striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 

20 SEC. 1111. SUPPORT UNITED STATES STRATEGIC COMMAND 

21 AND UNITED STATES SPACE COMMAND EN22 TERPRISES. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 81 of title 10, United 

24 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

25 new section: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 1599k. APPLICATION OF ACQUISITION DEMONSTRA2 TION PROJECT TO DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR 

3 FORCE EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO SUPPORT 

4 UNITED STATES STRATEGIC COMMAND AND 

5 UNITED STATES SPACE COMMAND ENTER6 PRISES. 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of the dem8 onstration project, the Secretary of Defense may apply the 

9 provisions of section 1762 of this title, including any regu10 lations, procedures, waivers, or guidance implementing 

11 such section, to an employee of the Department of the Air 

12 Force assigned to support the United States Strategic Com13 mand or United States Space Command, or a joint subordi14 nate component command or center, as if the employee was 

15 a member of the acquisition workforce. 

16 ‘‘(b) NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS.—For the purposes of 

17 section 1762(c) of this title, participating employees are 

18 deemed not to be persons who may participate in the dem19 onstration project. 

20 ‘‘(c) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY; CONVERSION.— 

21 Subsections (g) and (h) of section 1762 of this title shall 

22 apply to the authority under this section and to partici23 pating employees, respectively. 

24 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—The term 

2 ‘demonstration project’ means the demonstration 

3 project authorized by section 1762 of this title. 

4 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPATING EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘par5 ticipating employee’ means an employee partici6 pating in the demonstration project pursuant to the 

7 authority under this section.’’. 

8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 

9 chapter 81 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 

10 adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘1599k. Application of acquisition demonstration project to Department of the Air 

Force employees assigned to support United States Strategic 

Command and United States Space Command enterprises.’’. 

11 SEC. 1112. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PRO12 VIDE SECURITY FOR FORMER DEPARTMENT 

13 OF DEFENSE OFFICIALS. 

14 During the period beginning on the date of enactment 

15 of this Act and ending on January 1, 2025, section 

16 714(b)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, shall be ap17 plied by substituting ‘‘four years’’ for ‘‘two years’’. 

18 SEC. 1113. GAO REPORT ON CIVILIAN SUPPORT POSITIONS 

19 AT REMOTE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

21 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 

22 assess and submit a report to the Secretary of Defense on 

23 the following: 


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1 (1) The average number of vacancies for civilian 

2 support services positions at remote or isolated mili3 tary installations in comparison to vacancies for such 

4 positions at other military installations. In carrying 

5 out this paragraph, the Comptroller General shall ac6 count for the differences in military population size. 

7 (2) The average number of days required to fill 

8 such a vacancy at a remote and isolated military in9 stallation in comparison to filling a vacancy of a po10 sition with the same duties (to the greatest extent 

11 practicable) at such other installations. 

12 (3) Any recommendations on additional hiring 

13 incentives for civilian support services positions de14 scribed in subsection (b)(1)(A) at a remote or isolated 

15 installations, and any recommendations on ways to 

16 ensure that such positions described in subsection 

17 (b)(1)(B) are able to effectively staff positions in 

18 order to meet the mission of their applicable military 

19 installation. 

20 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

21 (1) the term ‘‘civilian support services positions’’ 

22 means— 

23 (A) any position within the civil service (as 

24 that term is defined in section 2101 of title 5, 


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1 United States Code), including any non2 appropriated fund (NAF) position; and 

3 (B) any Federal contractor (or subcon4 tractor at any tier); and 

5 (2) the term ‘‘military installation’’ has the 

6 meaning given that term in section 2801 of title 10, 

7 United States Code. 

8 SEC. 1114. MODIFICATION TO SHORE LEAVE ACCRUAL FOR 

9 CREWS OF VESSELS TO SUPPORT CREW ROTA10 TIONS AND IMPROVE RETENTION OF CIVIL11 IAN MARINERS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 81 of title 10, United 

13 States Code, as amended by section 1111(a), is further 

14 amended by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘§ 1599l. Shore leave accrual for civilian mariners of 

16 the Department of Defense 

17 ‘‘With respect to an officer, crewmember, or other em18 ployee of the Department of Defense serving aboard an 

19 oceangoing vessel on an extended voyage, the first sentence 

20 in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of 

21 section 6305 of title 5 shall be applied by substituting ‘7 

22 calendar days’ for ‘30 calendar days’.’’. 

23 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 

24 such chapter is amended by adding after the item relating 

25 to section 1599k, as added by section 1111(b), the following: 

‘‘1599l. Shore leave accrual for civilian mariners of the Department of Defense.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1115. ASSESSMENTS OF STAFFING IN OFFICE OF THE 

2 UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PER3 SONNEL AND READINESS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

5 (1) DOD ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of De6 fense shall conduct an assessment validating each 

7 civil service position in the Office of the Under Sec8 retary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness against 

9 existing personnel of the Office. For purposes of car10 rying out such assessment, the head of the Office shall 

11 submit to the Secretary the alignment of total force 

12 manpower resources of the Office against core mis13 sions, tasks, and functions, including a mapping of 

14 missions to the originating statute or Department 

15 policy. 

16 (2) OFFICE ASSESSMENT.—The head of the Of17 fice shall conduct an assessment on the tasks, func18 tions, and associated civilian personnel the Office be19 lieves are necessary to perform the duties of the Office. 

20 (3) DOD ANALYSIS.—The Secretary shall deter21 mine whether there is any conflict between the assess22 ment conducted under paragraph (1) and the assess23 ment under paragraph (2), and what personnel ac24 tions (if any) the Secretary will take to eliminate 

25 such conflict. 

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1 (1) INTERIM BRIEFING.—Not later than April 1, 

2 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the 

3 congressional defense committees an interim briefing 

4 on the assessments under subsection (a). 

5 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec7 retary shall submit to the congressional defense com8 mittees a report on the assessments under subsection 

9 (a). Such report shall include the following: 

10 (A) A validation of every civil service posi11 tion in the Office against existing civilian per12 sonnel requirements. 

13 (B) The methodology and process through 

14 which such validation was performed. 

15 (C) Relevant statistical analysis on civil 

16 service position fill rates against validated re17 quirements. 

18 (D) Analysis of each civil service position 

19 and grade and whether the position description 

20 and grade match the function and task require21 ments of the position. 

22 (E) Plan to update grades and position de23 scriptions to meet current and future require24 ments, tasks, and functions. 


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1 (F) Lessons learned through the civilian po2 sition validation process and statistical analysis 

3 under subparagraphs (B) through (F). 

4 (G) Any legislative, policy or budgetary rec5 ommendations of the Secretary related to the 

6 subject matter of the report. 

7 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

8 (1) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning 

9 given that term in section 2101 of title 5, United 

10 States Code; and 

11 (2) the term ‘‘Office’’ means the Office of the 

12 Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readi13 ness. 

14 SEC. 1116. MILITARY SPOUSE EMPLOYMENT ACT. 

15 (a) APPOINTMENT OF MILITARY SPOUSES.—Section 

16 3330d of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (a)— 

18 (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

19 paragraph (4); 

20 (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(3) The term ‘remote work’ refers to a par23 ticular type of telework under which an employee is 

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1 agency location on a regular and recurring basis.’’; 

2 and 

3 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(5) The term ‘telework’ has the meaning given 

5 the term in section 6501.’’; 

6 (2) in subsection (b)— 

7 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

8 the end; 

9 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period 

10 at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

11 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(3) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces 

13 on active duty, or a spouse of a disabled or deceased 

14 member of the Armed Forces, to a position in which 

15 the spouse will engage in remote work.’’; and 

16 (3) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 

17 (a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(4)’’. 

18 (b) GAO STUDY AND REPORT.— 

19 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

20 (A) the terms ‘‘agency’’ means an agency 

21 described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 

22 901(b) of title 31, United States Code; 

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1 (C) the term ‘‘remote work’’ means a par2 ticular type of telework under which an employee 

3 is not expected to report to an officially estab4 lished agency location on a regular and recur5 ring basis; and 

6 (D) the term ‘‘telework’’ means a work flexi7 bility arrangement under which an employee 

8 performs the duties and responsibilities of such 

9 employee’s position, and other authorized activi10 ties, from an approved worksite other than the 

11 location from which the employee would other12 wise work. 

13 (2) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 18 months 

14 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp15 troller General of the United States shall conduct a 

16 study and publish a report regarding the use of re17 mote work by agencies, which shall include a discus18 sion of what is known regarding— 

19 (A) the number of employees who are engag20 ing in remote work; 

21 (B) the role of remote work in agency re22 cruitment and retention efforts; 

23 (C) the geographic location of employees 

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1 (D) the effect that remote work has had on 

2 how often employees are reporting to officially 

3 established agency locations to perform the duties 

4 and responsibilities of the positions of those em5 ployees and other authorized activities; and 

6 (E) how the use of remote work has affected 

7 Federal office space utilization and spending. 

8 SEC. 1117. AMENDMENTS TO THE JOHN S. MCCAIN STRA9 TEGIC DEFENSE FELLOWS PROGRAM. 

10 (a) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.—Subsection (d)(2) 

11 of section 932 of the John S. McCain National Defense Au12 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 

13 10 U.S.C. 1580 note prec.) is amended to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(2) GEOGRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION.—Out of 

15 the total number of individuals selected to participate 

16 in the fellows program in any year, no more than 20 

17 percent may be from any of the following geographic 

18 regions: 

19 ‘‘(A) The Northeast United States. 

20 ‘‘(B) The Southeast United States. 

21 ‘‘(C) The Midwest United States. 

22 ‘‘(D) The Southwest United States. 

23 ‘‘(E) The Western United States. 

24 ‘‘(F) Alaska, Hawaii, United States terri25 tories, and areas outside the United States.’’. 


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1 (b) APPOINTMENT, PLACEMENT, AND CONVERSION.— 

2 Such section is further amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (d)(3)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘assigned’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘appointed’’; and 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘assignment’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘appointment’’; and 

8 (2) by amending subsections (e) and (f) to read 

9 as follows: 

10 ‘‘(e) APPOINTMENT.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An individual who partici12 pates in the fellows program shall be appointed into 

13 an excepted service position in the Department. 

14 ‘‘(2) POSITION REQUIREMENTS.—Each year, the 

15 head of each Department of Defense Component shall 

16 submit to the Secretary of Defense placement opportu17 nities for participants in the fellows program. Such 

18 placement opportunities shall provide for leadership 

19 development and potential commencement of a career 

20 track toward a position of senior leadership in the 

21 Department. The Secretary of Defense, in coordina22 tion with the heads of Department of Defense Compo23 nents, shall establish qualification requirements for 

24 the appointment of participants under paragraph (1) 

25 and subsection (f)(2). 


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1 ‘‘(3) APPOINTMENT TO POSITIONS.—Each year, 

2 the Secretary of Defense shall appoint participants in 

3 the fellows program to positions in the Department of 

4 Defense Components. In making such appointments, 

5 the Secretary shall seek to best match the qualifica6 tions and skills of the participants with the require7 ments for positions available for appointment. 

8 ‘‘(4) TERM.—The term of each appointment 

9 under the fellows program shall be one year with the 

10 option to extend the appointment up to one addi11 tional year. 

12 ‘‘(5) GRADE.—An individual appointed to a po13 sition under the fellows program shall be appointed at 

14 a level between GS–10 and GS–12 of the General 

15 Schedule based on the directly-related qualifications, 

16 skills, and professional experience of the individual. 

17 ‘‘(6) EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT.—To the ex18 tent that funds are provided in advance in appro19 priations Acts, the Secretary of Defense may repay a 

20 loan of a participant in the fellows program if the 

21 loan is described by subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of 

22 section 16301(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code. 

23 Any repayment of a loan under this paragraph may 

24 require a minimum service agreement, as determined 

25 by the Secretary. 


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1 ‘‘(7) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMPONENT DE2 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘Department of 

3 Defense Component’ means a Department of Defense 

4 Component, as set forth in section 111 of title 10, 

5 United States Code. 

6 ‘‘(f) CAREER DEVELOPMENT.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

8 shall ensure that participants in the fellows pro9 gram— 

10 ‘‘(A) receive career development opportuni11 ties and support appropriate for the commence12 ment of a career track within the Department 

13 leading toward a future position of senior leader14 ship within the Department, including ongoing 

15 mentorship support through appropriate per16 sonnel from entities within the Department; and 

17 ‘‘(B) are provided appropriate employment 

18 opportunities for competitive and excepted serv19 ice positions in the Department upon successful 

20 completion of the fellows program. 

21 ‘‘(2) NONCOMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT OR CON22 VERSION.—Upon a participant’s successful comple23 tion of the fellows program, the Secretary may, with24 out regard to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 

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1 appoint or convert the participant into a vacant com2 petitive or excepted service position in the Depart3 ment, if the Secretary determines that such appoint4 ment or conversion will contribute to the development 

5 of highly qualified future senior leaders for the De6 partment. The Secretary may appoint or convert the 

7 participant into a position up to the GS–13 level of 

8 the General Schedule or an equivalent position for 

9 which the participant is qualified without regard to 

10 any minimum time in grade requirements. 

11 ‘‘(3) APPOINTMENT OF FORMER PARTICIPANTS.— 

12 The Secretary may utilize the authority in paragraph 

13 (2) for a participant— 

14 ‘‘(A) up to 2 years after the date of the par15 ticipant’s successful completion of the fellows 

16 program; or 

17 ‘‘(B) in the case of a participant who en18 tered the fellows program before the date of the 

19 enactment of this subparagraph, up to 5 years 

20 after the date of the participant’s successful com21 pletion of the fellows program. 

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1 dividuals selected to participate in the fellows pro2 gram.’’. 

3 SEC. 1118. INCLUDING MILITARY SERVICE IN DETERMINING 

4 FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ELIGIBILITY 

5 FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 

6 (a) TITLE 5.—Section 6381(1)(B) of title 5, United 

7 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(B) has completed at least 12 months of 

9 service— 

10 ‘‘(i) as an employee (as that term is 

11 defined in section 2105) of the Government 

12 of the United States, including service with 

13 the United States Postal Service, the Postal 

14 Regulatory Commission, and a non15 appropriated fund instrumentality as de16 scribed in section 2105(c); or 

17 ‘‘(ii) which qualifies as honorable ac18 tive service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, 

19 Space Force, or Marine Corps of the United 

20 States;’’. 

21 (b) FMLA.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—A covered employee who has 

23 completed 12 months of service which qualifies as 

24 honorable active service in the Army, Navy, Air 

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1 States shall be deemed to have met the service require2 ment in section 101(1)(A) of the Family and Medical 

3 Leave Act of 1993, notwithstanding the requirements 

4 of such section 101(1)(A). 

5 (2) COVERED EMPLOYEE DEFINED.—In this sub6 section, the term ‘‘covered employee’’— 

7 (A) includes— 

8 (i) any Federal employee eligible for 

9 family and medical leave under the Family 

10 and Medical Leave Act of 1993 based on 

11 their status as such an employee; 

12 (ii) any Federal employee covered by 

13 the Congressional Accountability Act of 

14 1995 eligible for family and medical leave 

15 by operation of section 202 of such Act; 

16 (iii) any Federal employee of the Exec17 utive Office of the President eligible for fam18 ily and medical leave by operation of sec19 tion 412 of title 3, United States Code; and 

20 (iv) any non-judicial employee of the 

21 District of Columbia courts and any em22 ployee of the District of Columbia Public 

23 Defender Service; and 

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1 ice or the Commissioned Corps of the National 

2 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

3 (c) DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.—Not later 

4 than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

5 Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall modify the family and 

6 medical leave program provided by operation of section 

7 7425(c) of title 38, United States Code, to conform with 

8 the requirements of the amendment made by subsection (a) 

9 with respect to military service in section 6381(1)(B)(ii) 

10 of title 5, United States Code, as added by such subsection. 

11 SEC. 1119. ASSESSMENTS OF STAFFING IN OFFICE OF THE 

12 UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RE13 SEARCH AND ENGINEERING. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

15 (1) DOD ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of De16 fense shall conduct an assessment validating each 

17 civil service position in the Office of the Under Sec18 retary of Defense for Research and Engineering 

19 against existing personnel of the Office. For purposes 

20 of carrying out such assessment, the head of the Office 

21 shall submit to the Secretary the alignment of total 

22 force manpower resources of the Office against core 

23 missions, tasks, and functions, including a mapping 

24 of missions to the originating statute or Department 

25 policy. 


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1 (2) OFFICE ASSESSMENT.—The head of the Of2 fice shall conduct an assessment on the tasks, func3 tions, and associated civilian personnel the Office be4 lieves are necessary to perform the duties of the Office. 

5 (3) DOD ANALYSIS.—The Secretary shall deter6 mine whether there is any conflict between the assess7 ment conducted under paragraph (1) and the assess8 ment under paragraph (2), and what personnel ac9 tions (if any) the Secretary will take to eliminate 

10 such conflict. 

11 (b) INTERIM BRIEFING AND REPORT.— 

12 (1) INTERIM BRIEFING.—Not later than April 1, 

13 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the 

14 congressional defense committees an interim briefing 

15 on the assessments under subsection (a). 

16 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec18 retary shall submit to the congressional defense com19 mittees a report on the assessments under subsection 

20 (a). Such report shall include the following: 

21 (A) A validation of every civil service posi22 tion in the Office against existing civilian per23 sonnel requirements. 

24 (B) The methodology and process through 

25 which such validation was performed. 


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1 (C) Relevant statistical analysis on civil 

2 service position fill rates against validated re3 quirements. 

4 (D) Analysis of each civil service position 

5 and grade and whether the position description 

6 and grade match the function and task require7 ments of the position. 

8 (E) Plan to update grades and position de9 scriptions to meet current and future require10 ments, tasks, and functions. 

11 (F) Lessons learned through the civilian po12 sition validation process and statistical analysis 

13 under subparagraphs (B) through (F). 

14 (G) Any legislative, policy or budgetary rec15 ommendations of the Secretary related to the 

16 subject matter of the report. 

17 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

18 (1) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning 

19 given that term in section 2101 of title 5, United 

20 States Code; and 

21 (2) the term ‘‘Office’’ means the Office of the 

22 Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engi23 neering. 


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1 SEC. 1120. ASSESSMENTS OF STAFFING IN DOD OFFICE FOR 

2 DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

4 (1) SECRETARY ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of 

5 Defense shall conduct an assessment validating each 

6 civil service position in the Office for Diversity, Eq7 uity, and Inclusion against existing personnel of the 

8 Office. For purposes of carrying out such assessment, 

9 the head of the Office shall submit to the Secretary the 

10 alignment of total force manpower resources of the Of11 fice against core missions, tasks, and functions, in12 cluding a mapping of missions to the originating 

13 statute or Department policy. 

14 (2) OFFICE ASSESSMENT.—The head of the Of15 fice shall conduct an assessment on the tasks, func16 tions, and associated civilian personnel the Office be17 lieves are necessary to perform the duties of the Office. 

18 (3) SECRETARY ANALYSIS.—The Secretary shall 

19 determine whether there is any conflict between the 

20 assessment conducted under paragraph (1) and the 

21 assessment under paragraph (2), and what personnel 

22 actions (if any) the Secretary will take to eliminate 

23 such conflict. 

24 (b) INTERIM BRIEFING AND REPORT.— 

25 (1) INTERIM BRIEFING.—Not later than April 1, 

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1 congressional defense committees an interim briefing 

2 on the assessments under subsection (a). 

3 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec5 retary shall submit to the congressional defense com6 mittees a report on the assessments under subsection 

7 (a). Such report shall include the following: 

8 (A) A validation of every civil service posi9 tion in the Office against existing civilian per10 sonnel requirements. 

11 (B) The methodology and process through 

12 which such validation was performed. 

13 (C) Relevant statistical analysis on civil 

14 service position fill rates against validated re15 quirements. 

16 (D) Analysis of each civil service position 

17 and grade and whether the position description 

18 and grade match the function and task require19 ments of the position. 

20 (E) Plan to update grades and position de21 scriptions to meet current and future require22 ments, tasks, and functions. 

23 (F) Lessons learned through the civilian po24 sition validation process and statistical analysis 

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1 (G) Any legislative, policy or budgetary rec2 ommendations of the Secretary related to the 

3 subject matter of the report. 

4 (c) BUDGET REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 

5 shall, in the Secretary’s annual budget submission to the 

6 Office of Management and Budget for fiscal year 2025 and 

7 each fiscal year thereafter, identify mission changes, oppor8 tunities for automation, and business process improvements 

9 that could better optimize the size, structure, composition 

10 of the Department of Defense’s workforce and its allocation 

11 against validated requirements. 

12 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

13 (1) the term ‘‘civil service’’ has the meaning 

14 given that term in section 2101 of title 5, United 

15 States Code; and 

16 (2) the term ‘‘Office’’ means the Office for Diver17 sity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Department of De18 fense. 

19 TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING 

20 TO FOREIGN NATIONS 

21 Subtitle A—Assistance and 

22 Training 

23 SEC. 1201. SUPPORT OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR IRREG24 ULAR WARFARE. 

25 (a) CODIFICATION.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 10, United 

2 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 

3 127c a new section 127d consisting of— 

4 (A) a heading as follows: 

5 ‘‘§ 127d. Support of special operations for irregular 

6 warfare’’; and 

7 (B) a text consisting of the text of sub8 sections (a) through (i) of section 1202 of the Na9 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

10 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1639). 

11 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec12 tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended by 

13 inserting after the item relating to section 127c the 

14 following new item: 

‘‘127d. Support of special operations for irregular warfare.’’. 

15 (b) MODIFICATION OF DOLLAR AMOUNT.—Section 

16 127d of title 10, United States Code, as so amended, is fur17 ther amended in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’. 

19 (c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 1202 of the Na20 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 is 

21 repealed. 

22 SEC. 1202. MODIFICATION OF COMBATANT COMMANDER 

23 INITIATIVE FUND. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 166a of title 10, United 

25 States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(11) Incremental expenses (as such term is de4 fined in section 301(5) of this title) related to security 

5 cooperation programs and activities of the Depart6 ment of Defense (as such term is defined in section 

7 301(7) of this title).’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (c)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

10 the end; 

11 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period 

12 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(4) incremental expenses related to security co15 operation programs and activities of the Department 

16 of Defense, as authorized by subsection (b)(11), for 

17 United States Africa Command and United States 

18 Southern Command.’’. 

19 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

20 authorized to be appropriated to the Combatant Com21 mander Initiative Fund for fiscal year 2024, as specified 

22 in section 4301 of this Act, to carry out the activities au23 thorized by paragraphs (7), (8), and (11) (as added by sub24 section (a)(1)) of section 166a(b) of title 10, United States 


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1 Code, for United States Africa Command and United States 

2 Southern Command. 

3 SEC. 1203. EQUIPMENT DISPOSITION WITH RESPECT TO 

4 BUILDING CAPACITY OF FOREIGN SECURITY 

5 FORCES. 

6 Section 333 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 

7 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(h) EQUIPMENT DISPOSITION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

10 may treat as stocks of the Department of Defense— 

11 ‘‘(A) equipment procured to carry out a 

12 program pursuant to subsection (a) that has not 

13 yet been transferred to a foreign country and is 

14 no longer needed to support such program or an15 other program carried out pursuant to such sub16 section; and 

17 ‘‘(B) equipment that has been transferred to 

18 a foreign country to carry out a program pursu19 ant to subsection (a) and is returned by the for20 eign country to the United States. 

21 ‘‘(2) NOTICE AND WAIT.—Not later than 15 days 

22 before initiating activities under a program under 

23 subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

24 to the appropriate committees of Congress a written 

25 and electronic notice of the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) The foreign country, and specific unit, 

2 whose capacity was intended to be built under 

3 the program, and the amount, type, and purpose 

4 of the equipment that was to be provided. 

5 ‘‘(B) An explanation why the equipment is 

6 no longer needed to support such program or an7 other program carried out pursuant to such sub8 section.’’. 

9 SEC. 1204. MISSION TRAINING THROUGH DISTRIBUTED SIM10 ULATION. 

11 Section 346 of title 10, United States Code, is amend12 ed— 

13 (1) by striking the section designation and head14 ing and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘§ 346. Mission training of certain foreign forces 

16 through distributed simulation and 

17 networked technology to enhance military 

18 interoperability and integration with 

19 United States Armed Forces’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (a)— 

21 (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 

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1 (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

2 by striking ‘‘interoperability’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘interoperability and integration’’; 

4 (C) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘per5 sistent advanced networked training and exercise 

6 activities, also referred to as mission training 

7 through distributed simulation, and other’’ before 

8 ‘‘electronically-distributed learning content’’; and 

9 (D) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘com10 puter software’’ and inserting ‘‘hardware and 

11 software’’; and 

12 (3) in subsection (c)— 

13 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

14 by striking ‘‘shall include’’ and inserting ‘‘may 

15 include’’; and 

16 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(3) Persistent advanced networked training and 

18 exercise activities.’’. 

19 SEC. 1205. MODIFICATIONS TO SECURITY COOPERATION 

20 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND 

21 ESTABLISHMENT OF DEFENSE SECURITY CO22 OPERATION UNIVERSITY. 

23 (a) MODIFICATIONS TO PROGRAM.—Section 384 of 

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1 (1) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(c) ELEMENTS.—The Program shall consist of ele4 ments relating to the development and management of the 

5 security cooperation workforce for the purposes specified in 

6 subsection (b), including the following elements on training, 

7 certification, assignment, career development, and tracking 

8 of personnel of the security cooperation workforce: 

9 ‘‘(1) Establishment of a comprehensive system to 

10 track and account for all Department of Defense per11 sonnel in the security cooperation workforce, using 

12 systems of record in the military departments, the Of13 fice of the Secretary of Defense, the combatant com14 mands, Defense Agencies, Department of Defense 

15 Field Activities, and the National Guard. 

16 ‘‘(2) Establishment of a management informa17 tion system, pursuant to regulations prescribed by the 

18 Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Sec19 retary of Defense for Policy and the Director of the 

20 Defense Security Cooperation Agency, to ensure that 

21 the all organizations and elements of the Department 

22 provide standardized information and data to the 

23 Secretary on persons serving in security cooperation 

24 positions. Such management information system 

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1 retention of information concerning the qualification, 

2 assignments, and tenure of persons in the security co3 operation workforce. 

4 ‘‘(3) Implementation and management of the se5 curity cooperation human capital initiative under 

6 subsection (e). 

7 ‘‘(4) Establishment of a defense security coopera8 tion service which shall include— 

9 ‘‘(A) members of the armed forces and civil10 ians assigned to security cooperation organiza11 tions of United States missions overseas; and 

12 ‘‘(B) personnel of the Department of Defense 

13 performing functions in furtherance of section 

14 515 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

15 U.S.C. 2321i). 

16 ‘‘(5) Such other elements as the Secretary of De17 fense determines appropriate.’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (e)— 

19 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

20 ‘‘GUIDANCE’’ and inserting ‘‘SECURITY CO21 OPERATION HUMAN CAPITAL INITIATIVE’’; 

22 (B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and 

23 inserting the following new paragraph: 

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1 to identify, account for, and manage the career pro2 gression of personnel in the security cooperation 

3 workforce.’’; 

4 (C) by striking ‘‘(3) SCOPE OF GUIDANCE.— 

5 The guidance shall do the following’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The security cooperation 

7 human capital initiative shall do the following:’’ 

8 (D) in paragraph (2) (as amended and re9 designated by subparagraph (C))— 

10 (i) by striking subparagraph (E); 

11 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

12 (F) through (H) as paragraphs (E) through 

13 (G), respectively; and 

14 (iii) by adding at the end the following 

15 new subparagraphs: 

16 ‘‘(H) Identify career paths that provide a 

17 competency-based road map for security coopera18 tion employees to aid in their career planning 

19 and professional development. 

20 ‘‘(I) Develop a competency-based approach 

21 to the security cooperation workforce that enables 

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1 ment questionnaires, and employee training and 

2 development plans. 

3 ‘‘(J) Align with the Department of Defense 

4 and Defense Security Cooperation Agency stra5 tegic planning, budget process, performance 

6 management goals, and metrics to ensure the ap7 propriate workforce mix and skill sets to accom8 plish the security cooperation mission. 

9 ‘‘(K) Include assessment measures intended 

10 to assess progress in implementing the security 

11 cooperation workforce using results-oriented per12 formance measures.’’ 

13 (3) by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) 

14 as subsections (g) through (i), respectively; and 

15 (4) by inserting after subsection (e) the following 

16 new subsection: 

17 ‘‘(f) AUTHORITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ASSIST18 ANT SECRETARY.—Subject to the authority, direction, and 

19 control of the Secretary of Defense, the Assistant Secretary 

20 of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities shall— 

21 ‘‘(1) carry out all powers, functions, and duties 

22 of the Secretary of Defense with respect to the security 

23 cooperation workforce in the Department of Defense; 

24 ‘‘(2) ensure that the policies of the Secretary of 

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1 implemented throughout the Department of Defense; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(3) prescribe policies and requirements for the 

4 educational programs of the defense security coopera5 tion university structure established under section 

6 384a.’’. 

7 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF DEFENSE SECURITY CO8 OPERATION UNIVERSITY.—Subchapter VII of chapter 16 of 

9 title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

10 section 384 the following new section: 

11 ‘‘§ 384a. Defense security cooperation university 

12 ‘‘(a) DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION UNIVERSITY

13 STRUCTURE.—The Secretary of Defense, acting through the 

14 Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Director of 

15 the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, shall establish a 

16 structure for a defense security cooperation university to 

17 provide for— 

18 ‘‘(1) the professional educational development 

19 and training of the security cooperation workforce; 

20 ‘‘(2) research and analysis of defense security co21 operation policy issues from an academic perspective; 

22 ‘‘(3) advancement of the profession of security co23 operation by serving as an intellectual home for crit24 ical inquiry, research, knowledge, publication, and 

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1 ‘‘(4) operation of university components deemed 

2 necessary for the execution of the university mission. 

3 ‘‘(5) implementation and management of the 

4 program under section 384(a) of this title; and 

5 ‘‘(6) implementation of the security cooperation 

6 human capital initiative required under section 

7 384(e) of this title to ensure the workforce is appro8 priately educated, trained, and allocated to execute its 

9 mission. 

10 ‘‘(b) CIVILIAN FACULTY MEMBERS.—The Secretary of 

11 Defense may employ civilian faculty members at the De12 fense Security Cooperation University pursuant to section 

13 1595 of title 10, United States Code. 

14 ‘‘(c) COMPONENT INSTITUTIONS.—The defense security 

15 cooperation university structure shall include the School of 

16 Security Cooperation Studies and the College of Strategic 

17 Security Cooperation. 

18 ‘‘(d) COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

19 AGREEMENTS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In engaging in research and 

21 development projects pursuant to subsection (a) of sec22 tion 4001 of this title by a contract, cooperative 

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1 tract or cooperative agreement or award such grant 

2 through the Defense Security Cooperation University. 

3 ‘‘(2) LABORATORY STATUS.—The Defense Secu4 rity Cooperation University shall be considered a 

5 Government-operated Federal laboratory for purposes 

6 of section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology In7 novation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a). 

8 ‘‘(e) ACCEPTANCE OF RESEARCH GRANTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 

10 acting through the Undersecretary of Defense for Pol11 icy and the Director of the Defense Security Coopera12 tion Agency, may authorize the President of the De13 fense Security Cooperation University to accept quali14 fying research grants. Any such grant may only be 

15 accepted if the work under the grant is to be carried 

16 out by a professor or instructor of the Defense Secu17 rity Cooperation University for a scientific, literary, 

18 or educational purpose. 

19 ‘‘(2) QUALIFYING GRANTS.—A qualifying re20 search grant under this section is a grant that is 

21 awarded on a competitive basis by an entity referred 

22 to in paragraph (3) for a research project with a sci23 entific, literary, or educational purpose. 

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1 only from a corporation, fund, foundation, edu2 cational institution, or similar entity that is orga3 nized and operated primarily for scientific, literary, 

4 or educational purposes. 

5 ‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT FUNDS.—The 

6 Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency 

7 shall establish an account for administering funds re8 ceived as research grants under this section. The 

9 President of the Defense Security Cooperation Univer10 sity shall use the funds in the account in accordance 

11 with applicable provisions of the regulations and the 

12 terms and condition of the grants received. 

13 ‘‘(5) RELATED EXPENSES.—Subject to such limi14 tations as may be provided in appropriations Acts, 

15 appropriations available for the Defense Security Co16 operation University may be used to pay expenses in17 curred by such University in applying for, and other18 wise pursuing, the award of qualifying research 

19 grants. 

20 ‘‘(6) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense, 

21 through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy 

22 and the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation 

23 Agency, shall prescribe regulations for the adminis24 tration of this subsection.’’. 


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1 (c) DESIGNATION OF CENTER OF EXCELLENCE.—Not 

2 later than January 1, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall 

3 designate the School of Security Cooperation Studies or the 

4 College of Strategic Security Cooperation of the Defense Se5 curity Cooperation University to serve as a Foreign Mili6 tary Sales Center of Excellence for the following purposes: 

7 (1) To improve the training and education of 

8 personnel engaged in the planning and execution of 

9 foreign military sales. 

10 (2) To conduct research and establish best prac11 tices to ensure that foreign military sales are timely 

12 and effective. 

13 (3) To expand existing curriculum to ensure that 

14 the relevant workforce is fully trained and prepared 

15 to manage and execute foreign military sales pro16 grams. 

17 (d) IMPLEMENTATION OF DEFENSE SECURITY CO18 OPERATION UNIVERSITY STRUCTURE.— 

19 (1) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense, 

20 acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for 

21 Policy and the Director of the Defense Security Co22 operation Agency, shall develop an implementation 

23 plan for the structure for a defense security coopera24 tion university required under section 384a of title 

25 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (b)). 


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1 (2) ELEMENTS.—The implementation plan 

2 under paragraph (1) shall provide for the following: 

3 (A) Operation under a charter developed by 

4 the Secretary of Defense. 

5 (B) Establishment of a university mission 

6 to achieve objectives formulated by the Secretary 

7 of Defense. Such objectives shall include— 

8 (i) the achievement of more efficient 

9 and effective use of available security co10 operation resources by coordinating Depart11 ment of Defense security cooperation edu12 cation and training programs and tailoring 

13 those programs to support the careers of 

14 personnel in security cooperation positions; 

15 (ii) the development of education, 

16 training, research, and publication capa17 bilities in the area of security cooperation; 

18 and 

19 (iii) implementation of the security co20 operation human capital initiative required 

21 under section 384(e) of title 10, United 

22 States Code (as amended by subsection (a)) 

23 to ensure the workforce is appropriately 

24 educated, trained, and allocated to execute 

25 its mission. 


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1 (C) Establishment of appropriate lines of 

2 authority (including relationships between the 

3 university any existing security cooperation edu4 cation and training institutions and activities) 

5 and accountability for the accomplishment of the 

6 university mission (as established by the Sec7 retary). 

8 (D) A coherent framework for the edu9 cational development of personnel in security co10 operation positions. 

11 (E) Appropriate organizations, such as a 

12 policy guidance council, composed of senior De13 partment of Defense officials, to recommend or 

14 establish policy, and a board of visitors, com15 posed of persons selected for their preeminence in 

16 the fields of academia, business, and the defense 

17 industry, to advise on organization management, 

18 curricula, methods of instruction, facilities, and 

19 other matters of interest to the university. 

20 (F) Implementation of the management in21 formation system required under section 

22 384(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code (as 

23 added by subsection (a)), to address, with respect 

24 to the security cooperation workforce: 


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1 (i) the exchange of human resource 

2 data electronically, leveraging automated 

3 and secure real-time or near real-time 

4 interfaces between a program-managed 

5 management information system and the 

6 human resource system of record of the var7 ious components; 

8 (ii) the technical expertise and business 

9 skills to ensure the Department is able to 

10 manage the full scope of chapter 16 of title 

11 10, United States Code including any and 

12 all reporting requirements while achieving 

13 best value for the expenditure of public re14 sources; 

15 (iii) the collection and retention of in16 formation concerning the positions and bil17 lets; 

18 (iv) the collection and retention of in19 formation concerning the qualifications, as20 signments, and tenure of persons currently 

21 in the security cooperation workforce and 

22 alumni of the security cooperation workforce 

23 who may return to the security cooperation 

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1 (v) the chain of command within each 

2 organization that employs members of the 

3 security cooperation workforce; 

4 (vi) the full workforce (whether full5 time or part-time) engaged in planning, 

6 executing, and managing— 

7 (I) foreign military sales; 

8 (II) end-use monitoring and the 

9 number of hours of training and edu10 cation provided with respect to end-use 

11 monitoring laws, regulations, prin12 ciples, and practice; and 

13 (III) institutional capacity build14 ing and the training and education 

15 provided to institutional capacity 

16 building planners and practitioners. 

17 (vii) measures to ensure the workforce 

18 described in clause (vi) receives the appro19 priate levels of training and education: 

20 (viii) succession management and ca21 reer paths. 

22 (ix) expenditures associated with re23 cruiting, retention, awards, and other in24 centives available to, and provided to, the 

25 security cooperation workforce. 


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1 (x) any other information necessary for 

2 the Secretary of Defense to comply with the 

3 requirements of this section and the amend4 ments made by this section. 

5 (G) Implementation of the defense security 

6 cooperation service required under section 

7 384(c)(4) of title 10, United States Code (as 

8 added by subsection (a)), including plans and 

9 measures to address— 

10 (i) the overall command and control 

11 relationships and organizational construct 

12 of the defense security cooperation service; 

13 (ii) the anticipated number of per14 sonnel necessary to manage the defense secu15 rity cooperation service at initial operating 

16 capacity and at full operational capacity; 

17 (iii) the conditions that define initial 

18 operating capacity and full operational ca19 pacity and the anticipated dates at which 

20 the defense security cooperation service is 

21 expected to reach those milestones; 

22 (iv) the number of military and civil23 ian personnel working at embassies of the 

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1 porated into the defense security cooperation 

2 service; and 

3 (v) any additional authorities needed 

4 for the effective implementation of the de5 fense security cooperation service. 

6 (H) Requirements for each military depart7 ment, combatant command, Defense Agency, De8 partment of Defense Field Activity, or any other 

9 organization of the Department managing secu10 rity cooperation workforce personnel to provide 

11 to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, not 

12 later than July 1 of each year, a joint table of 

13 distribution or equivalent formal manpower doc14 ument that— 

15 (i) lists each position in the security 

16 cooperation workforce of the organization 

17 concerned; and 

18 (ii) uniquely codes every position with19 in component manpower systems for the se20 curity cooperation workforce. 

21 (3) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

22 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

23 the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under 

24 Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Director of the 

25 Defense Security Cooperation Agency, shall submit to 


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1 the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

2 House of Representatives the implementation plan de3 veloped under paragraph (1), including the charter 

4 required under paragraph (2)(A). 

5 (4) DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later 

6 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the 

8 Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Direc9 tor of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, shall 

10 carry out the implementation plan developed under 

11 paragraph (1). 

12 (e) REPORT ON SECURITY COOPERATION WORK13 FORCE.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than two years after 

15 the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less fre16 quently than once every two years thereafter, the Sec17 retary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 

18 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep19 resentatives a report on the Department of Defense se20 curity cooperation workforce. 

21 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under paragraph 

22 (1) shall— 

23 (A) identify current and projected security 

24 cooperation workforce manpower requirements, 

25 including expeditionary requirements within the 


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1 context of total force planning, needed to meet 

2 the security cooperation mission; 

3 (B) identify critical skill gaps (such as re4 cruitment in the existing or projected workforce) 

5 and development of strategies to manage the se6 curity cooperation workforce to address those 

7 gaps; 

8 (C) address development, validation, imple9 mentation, and assessment of security coopera10 tion workforce and Department-wide com11 petencies for security cooperation and associated 

12 occupational series using the Department tax13 onomy; 

14 (D) produce a comparison between com15 petency proficiency levels against target pro16 ficiency levels at enterprise and individual levels 

17 to identify competency gaps and gap closure 

18 strategies, for competencies needed at the time of 

19 the report and in the future; 

20 (E) identify any exceptions and waivers 

21 granted with respect to the application of quali22 fication, assignment, and tenure policies, proce23 dures, and practices to persons, billets or posi24 tions; 


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1 (F) indicate relative promotion rates for se2 curity cooperation workforce personnel; and 

3 (G) include any other matters the Secretary 

4 of Defense determines appropriate. 

5 (f) COMPTROLLER GENERAL EVALUATION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 

7 the United States shall conduct an independent eval8 uation of the actions taken by the Secretary of De9 fense to carry out the requirements of this section and 

10 the amendments made by this section. 

11 (2) REPORT.—Not later than two years after the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

13 General shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

14 Services of the Senate and House of Representatives 

15 a report on the evaluation conducted under para16 graph (1). Such report shall include— 

17 (A) an analysis of the effectiveness of the ac18 tions taken by the Secretary to carry out the re19 quirements of this section and the amendments 

20 made by this section; and 

21 (B) such legislative and administrative rec22 ommendations as the Comptroller General con23 siders appropriate to meet the objectives of this 

24 section and the amendments made by this sec25 tion. 


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1 SEC. 1206. REQUIREMENT FOR MILITARY EXERCISES. 

2 (a) EXERCISES REQUIRED.—Beginning on January 1 

3 of the year which begins after the date of the enactment 

4 of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall require the United 

5 States Central Command or other relevant commands, 

6 units, or organizations of the United States Armed Forces, 

7 as the Secretary deems appropriate, to conduct military ex8 ercises that— 

9 (1) occur not fewer than two times in a calendar 

10 year; 

11 (2) shall include invitations for the armed forces 

12 of Israel, provided that the Government of Israel con13 sents to the participation of its forces in such exer14 cises; 

15 (3) may include invitations for the armed forces 

16 of other allies and partners of the United States to 

17 take part in the exercises; 

18 (4) seek to enhance the interoperability and effec19 tiveness of the United States Armed Forces, the armed 

20 forces of Israel, and the armed forces of other allies 

21 and partners of the United States in coalition oper22 ations; and 

23 (5) shall include, at a minimum, the following 

24 activities— 

25 (A) practicing or simulating large-scale and 

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1 (B) practicing the aerial refueling of com2 bat aircraft of the armed forces of Israel by 

3 United States aerial refueling aircraft; and 

4 (C) practicing the provision by the United 

5 States Armed Forces of other enabling capabili6 ties to the armed forces of Israel, including— 

7 (i) logistics support; 

8 (ii) intelligence, surveillance, and re9 connaissance; and 

10 (iii) air defense. 

11 (b) SUNSET.—The requirements in subsection (a) shall 

12 terminate one year after the date of the enactment of this 

13 Act. 

14 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE15 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres16 sional committees’’ means— 

17 (1) the Committee on Armed Services of the 

18 House of Representatives; and 

19 (2) the Committee on Armed Services of the Sen20 ate. 

21 SEC. 1207. REPORT ON END-USE MONITORING. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

23 of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 

24 United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

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1 ment of State procedures related to alleged violations of re2 quirements imposed by the United States Government with 

3 respect to use, transfers, and security of defense articles and 

4 defense services provided to foreign countries pursuant to— 

5 (1) section 333 of title 10, United States Code 

6 (relating to authority to build the capacity of foreign 

7 security forces) or any other authority of the Depart8 ment of Defense to provide defense items to foreign 

9 countries; and 

10 (2) Foreign Military Sales under section 36 of 

11 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776). 

12 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required 

13 by subsection (a) shall include the following: 

14 (1) The extent to which the Department of De15 fense and the Department of State coordinate to 

16 track, report, and investigate violations described in 

17 subsection (a). 

18 (2) Any findings of Department of Defense or 

19 Department of State investigations of such violations 

20 and the actions taken in response to such findings. 

21 (3) The extent to which the Department of De22 fense and the Department of State have identified les23 sons learned or designated areas for increased moni24 toring as a result of such investigations. 


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1 (4) The extent to which the Department of De2 fense and the Department of State have established 

3 expectations in policy and in transfer agreements re4 garding what would constitute such violations. 

5 (5) Any lessons learned on end-use monitoring 

6 with respect to the conflict in Ukraine and the feasi7 bility to apply such lessons to other regions affected 

8 by conflict. 

9 (6) Any other matters determined to be appro10 priate by the Comptroller General. 

11 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE12 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres13 sional committees’’ means— 

14 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

15 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep16 resentatives; and 

17 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

18 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

19 SEC. 1208. REPORT ON ENHANCED END-USE MONITORING. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

21 of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 

22 United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

23 committees a report on enhanced end-use monitoring of de24 fense items provided to foreign countries pursuant to— 


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1 (1) section 333 of title 10, United States Code 

2 (relating to authority to build the capacity of foreign 

3 security forces) or any other authority of the Depart4 ment of Defense to provide defense items to foreign 

5 countries; and 

6 (2) Foreign Military Sales under section 36 of 

7 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776). 

8 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required 

9 by subsection (a) shall include the following: 

10 (1) A description of the Department of Defense’s 

11 process for determining the items subject to enhanced 

12 end-use monitoring and the factors the Department 

13 considers in designating items for such monitoring. 

14 (2) The extent to which, and how, the Depart15 ment of Defense coordinates with the Department of 

16 State and other agencies in designating items for such 

17 monitoring. 

18 (3) The extent to which the Department of De19 fense considers changing conditions in a country or 

20 region in designating items for such monitoring. 

21 (4) The extent to which security cooperation or22 ganizations at United States diplomatic missions 

23 overseas completed such monitoring as required by 

24 Department of Defense policy in each of the fiscal 

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1 (5) Any lessons learned on such monitoring with 

2 respect to the conflict in Ukraine and the feasibility 

3 to apply such lessons to other regions affected by con4 flict. 

5 (6) Any other matters determined to be appro6 priate by the Comptroller General. 

7 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE8 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres9 sional committees’’ means— 

10 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

11 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep12 resentatives; and 

13 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

14 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

15 SEC. 1209. REPORT ON PARTNER COUNTRY FORCES. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

18 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 

19 report that— 

20 (1) specifies the number of partner countries 

21 whose military forces have participated in security 

22 cooperation training or equipping programs or re23 ceived security assistance training or equipping au24 thorized under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 


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1 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) or chapter 16 of title 10, United 

2 States Code; and 

3 (2) lists each instance, during the period begin4 ning on January 1, 2000, and ending on the date of 

5 the submission of the report, in which a unit of a for6 eign military force trained or equipped under the au7 thorities specified in paragraph (1) subsequently en8 gaged in a coup, insurrection, or action to overthrow 

9 a democratically-elected government, or attempted 

10 any such action. 

11 (b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE12 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres13 sional committees’’ means— 

14 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

15 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep16 resentatives; and 

17 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

18 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 


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1 Subtitle B—Matters Relating to the 

2 Middle East and Central Asia 

3 SEC. 1211. EXTENSION OF CROSS-SERVICING AGREEMENTS 

4 FOR LOAN OF PERSONNEL PROTECTION AND 

5 PERSONNEL SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT IN 

6 COALITION OPERATIONS. 

7 Section 1207(f) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

8 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 

9 Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 10 U.S.C. 2342 

10 note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and in11 serting ‘‘December 31, 2029’’. 

12 SEC. 1212. MODIFICATION OF QUARTERLY REPORTS ON EX13 GRATIA PAYMENTS. 

14 Subsection (h)(2) of section 1213 of the National De15 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (10 U.S.C. 

16 2731 note) is amended— 

17 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

18 by striking ‘‘With respect to a preceding 90-day pe19 riod in which no ex gratia payments were made’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘The status of all other pending ex gratia 

21 payments or requests, including’’; 

22 (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘; and’’; 


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1 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) (as 

2 amended) and (B) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), re3 spectively; and 

4 (4) by inserting before subparagraph (D), as so 

5 redesignated, the following: 

6 ‘‘(A) when any such request was made; 

7 ‘‘(B) what steps the Department is taking to 

8 respond to the request; 

9 ‘‘(C) whether the Department denied any 

10 requests for any such payment, along with the 

11 reason for such denial;’’. 

12 SEC. 1213. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 

13 TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO VETTED SYRIAN 

14 GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS. 

15 (a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 1209 of the 

16 Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National De17 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 

18 113–291; 128 Stat. 3559) is amended in the matter pre19 ceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 

21 (b) SUNSET.—Subsection (l)(3)(D) of such section is 

22 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 1214. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 

2 TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO COUNTER THE 

3 ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA. 

4 (a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 1236 of the 

5 Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National De6 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 

7 113–291; 128 Stat. 3559) is amended in the matter pre8 ceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 

10 (b) FUNDING.—Subsection (g) of such section is 

11 amended by striking ‘‘Overseas Contingency Operations for 

12 fiscal year 2023, there are authorized to be appropriated 

13 $358,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2024, there are 

14 authorized to be appropriated $241,950,000’’. 

15 (c) SUNSET.—Subsection (o)(5) of such section is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 

18 SEC. 1215. PLAN OF ACTION TO EQUIP AND TRAIN IRAQI SE19 CURITY FORCES AND KURDISH PESHMERGA 

20 FORCES. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 1, 2024, 

22 the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary 

23 of State, shall develop a plan of action to equip and train 

24 Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga forces to de25 fend against attack by missiles, rockets, and unmanned sys26 tems. The plan of action shall be based on and informed 


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1 by the results of the report submitted by the Secretary of 

2 Defense pursuant to section 1237 of the James M. Inhofe 

3 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 

4 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 2839). 

5 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The plan required 

6 by subsection (a) shall include the following: 

7 (1) The provision of available equipment to Iraq 

8 and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region to counter the air 

9 and missile threats addressed in the report, to include 

10 air defense systems, to counter attack by missiles, 

11 rockets, and unmanned systems. 

12 (2) The provision of appropriate training of 

13 Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga forces to 

14 support fielding and operational employment of the 

15 available equipment described in paragraph (1). 

16 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

18 begin implementation of the plan required by sub19 section (a) not later than 90 days after development 

20 of the plan. 

21 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may 

22 delay implementation of the plan required by sub23 section (a) if such implementation would adversely 

24 impact United States stocks and readiness. 


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1 (3) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—If the Sec2 retary of Defense exercises the waiver authority under 

3 paragraph (2), the Secretary shall— 

4 (A) notify the congressional defense commit5 tees of the exercise of such authority and the rea6 son therefor not later than 10 days prior to the 

7 exercise of such authority; and 

8 (B) notify the congressional defense commit9 tees of the exercise of such authority every 30 

10 days thereafter until implementation of the plan 

11 required by subsection (a) begins. 

12 (d) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING.—Not later than July 

13 1, 2024, the Secretary of Defense should provide to the con14 gressional defense committees a briefing on progress of the 

15 air defense equipping and training effort against the air 

16 and missile threat to Iraq, including in the Iraqi Kurdistan 

17 Region. 

18 SEC. 1216. EXTENSION OF UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ANTI19 TUNNEL COOPERATION. 

20 Section 1279(f) of the National Defense Authorization 

21 Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 

22 1079; 22 U.S.C. 8606 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Decem23 ber 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2026’’. 


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1 SEC. 1217. PLAN TO ENABLE ISRAEL TO GAIN OBSERVER 

2 STATUS IN THE EURO-NATO JOINT JET PILOT 

3 TRAINING PROGRAM. 

4 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

5 of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall develop a plan 

6 to enable Israel to gain observer status in the Euro-NATO 

7 Joint Jet Pilot Training Program (ENJJPT). 

8 SEC. 1218. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL RE9 PORT ON MILITARY POWER OF IRAN. 

10 (a) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Subsection (b) of 

11 section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

12 Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (2)(D), by inserting after 

14 ‘‘Iran’s conventional forces’’ the following: ‘‘and 

15 Iran’s unconventional or parallel military forces’’; 

16 (2) in paragraph (4)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘mis18 sile launch sites’’ and inserting ‘‘missile launch 

19 and storage sites’’; 

20 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; 

21 and’’ at the end; 

22 (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 

23 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

24 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

25 ‘‘(E) an assessment of Iran’s space launch 

26 vehicle program and the ability of Iran to use 


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1 those technologies to develop and field an inter2 continental ballistic missile; and 

3 ‘‘(F) a detailed analysis of the effectiveness 

4 of Iran’s drone forces.’’; 

5 (3) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘the People’s 

6 Republic of China,’’ before ‘‘Cuba’’; and 

7 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(9) An assessment of groups that are supported 

9 by Iran and designated by the United States as for10 eign terrorist organizations and regional military 

11 groups, including Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, 

12 and the Special Groups in Iraq, in particular those 

13 forces as having been assessed as to be willing to 

14 carry out terrorist operations on behalf of Iran. 

15 ‘‘(10) An assessment of how Iran would utilize 

16 additional resources to further activities described in 

17 paragraphs (1) through (9).’’. 

18 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such sec19 tion is amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(B) includes all branches and sub-branches 

21 of Iran’s national army or Artesh, such as its 

22 ground forces, air force, navy, and air defense 

23 forces as well as most branches of its parallel 

24 military, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard 

25 Corps excluding its Quds-Force.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1219. PROHIBITION ON TRANSPORTING CURRENCY TO 

2 THE TALIBAN AND THE ISLAMIC EMIRATE OF 

3 AFGHANISTAN. 

4 None of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by 

5 this Act or otherwise made available to the Department of 

6 Defense may be made available for the operation of any 

7 aircraft of the Department of Defense to transport currency 

8 or other items of value to the Taliban, the Islamic Emirate 

9 of Afghanistan, or any subsidiary, agent, or instrumen10 tality of either the Taliban or the Islamic Emirate of Af11 ghanistan. 

12 SEC. 1220. MODIFICATIONS TO THE OFFICE OF THE SPE13 CIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AFGHANI14 STAN RECONSTRUCTION. 

15 Section 1229(m)(1)(B) of the National Defense Author16 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 5 

17 App.) is amended by striking ‘‘the reconstruction of Afghan18 istan’’ and inserting ‘‘assistance for the benefit of the Af19 ghan people’’. 

20 Subtitle C—Matters Relating to 

21 Ukraine 

22 SEC. 1221. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN PER23 SONNEL OF THE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR 

24 GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

25 Section 9905 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 

26 by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(d) INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

2 DEFENSE.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General of the 

4 Department of Defense, in connection with the Inspec5 tor General’s oversight of United States support and 

6 activities carried out in response to Russia’s further 

7 invasion of Ukraine, may select, appoint, and em8 ploy, without regard to the provisions of subchapter 

9 I of chapter 33 (other than sections 3303 and 3328 

10 of such chapter), qualified candidates to any of posi11 tions in the Office of Inspector General involved in or 

12 for the conduct of reviews, audits, evaluations, inspec13 tions, and investigations with respect to oversight of 

14 such support and activities, including— 

15 ‘‘(A) financial management, accounting, 

16 auditing, actuarial, cost estimation, or oper17 ational research; and 

18 ‘‘(B) scientific, technology, technical, engi19 neering, data science, or mathematics. 

20 ‘‘(2) SUNSET.—The authority provided under 

21 this subsection shall expire on the later of— 

22 ‘‘(A) the date established under subsection 

23 (b)(1); or 

24 ‘‘(B) the end of the first fiscal year in which 

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1 support and activities carried out in response to 

2 Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine, including 

3 amounts made available for the reconstruction of 

4 Ukraine, is less than $1,000,000,000.’’. 

5 SEC. 1222. SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR UKRAINE AS6 SISTANCE. 

7 (a) OFFICE OF SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL.—There 

8 is established the Office of the Special Inspector General for 

9 Ukraine Assistance to provide for the oversight of inde10 pendent and objective conduct and supervision of audits 

11 and investigations relating to the programs and operations 

12 funded with amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

13 available to the Government of Ukraine to defeat the Rus14 sian invasion. 

15 (b) APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL; 

16 REMOVAL.— 

17 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The head of the Office of the 

18 Special Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance 

19 shall be known as the Special Inspector General for 

20 Ukraine Assistance (in this section referred to as the 

21 ‘‘Special Inspector General’’), who shall be designated 

22 by the President. 

23 (2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The appointment of the 

24 Special Inspector General shall be made solely on the 

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1 counting, auditing, financial analysis, law, manage2 ment analysis, public administration, or investiga3 tions. 

4 (3) SELECTION.—The Special Inspector General 

5 may be a member of the civil service or Foreign Serv6 ice and may be selected from among the offices of the 

7 Inspectors General. 

8 (4) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—The ap9 pointment of an individual as Special Inspector Gen10 eral shall be made not later than 30 days after the 

11 date of enactment of this Act. 

12 (5) PROHIBITION ON POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.— 

13 For purposes of section 7324 of title 5, United States 

14 Code, the Special Inspector General shall not be con15 sidered an employee who determines policies to be 

16 pursued by the United States in the nationwide ad17 ministration of Federal law. 

18 (6) REMOVAL.—The Inspectors General shall be 

19 removable from office in accordance with the provi20 sions of section 403(b) of title 5, United States Code. 

21 (c) SUPERVISION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Special Inspector General 

23 shall report directly to, and be under the general su24 pervision of, the Secretary of State and the Secretary 

25 of Defense. 


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1 (2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

2 section may be construed to limit the ability of the 

3 Inspectors General to enter into agreements to con4 duct joint audits, inspections, or investigations in the 

5 exercise of their oversight responsibilities in accord6 ance with this section with respect to Ukraine. 

7 (d) DUTIES.—The duties of the Special Inspector Gen8 eral are as follows: 

9 (1) To appoint, from among the offices of the In10 spectors General, an Assistant Inspector General, who 

11 shall supervise auditing and investigative activities 

12 and assist the Special Inspector General in the dis13 charge of responsibilities under this subsection. 

14 (2) To develop and carry out, in coordination 

15 with the offices of the Inspectors General, a joint stra16 tegic plan to conduct comprehensive oversight of all 

17 military and nonmilitary United States support for 

18 Ukraine. 

19 (3) To apply key lessons from prior oversight 

20 work, in coordination with the offices of the Inspec21 tors General, to Ukraine response programs and oper22 ations to minimize waste, fraud, and abuse. 

23 (4) With respect to military and nonmilitary 

24 United States support for Ukraine— 


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1 (A) to ensure, through joint or individual 

2 audits, inspections, and investigations, inde3 pendent and effective oversight of— 

4 (i) all funds appropriated or otherwise 

5 made available for such support; and 

6 (ii) the programs, operations, and con7 tracts carried out using such funds; and 

8 (B) to review and ascertain the accuracy of 

9 information provided by Federal agencies relat10 ing to— 

11 (i) obligations and expenditures; 

12 (ii) costs of programs and projects; 

13 (iii) accountability of funds; 

14 (iv) the tracking and monitoring of all 

15 lethal and nonlethal security assistance and 

16 compliance with end-use certification re17 quirements; and 

18 (v) the award and execution of major 

19 contracts, grants, and agreements in sup20 port of Ukraine. 

21 (4) To employ, or authorize the employment by 

22 the Inspectors General, on a temporary basis using 

23 the authorities in section 3161 of title 5, United 

24 States Code (without regard to subsection (b)(2) of 

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1 personnel as the Special Inspector General considers 

2 appropriate to carrying out the duties described in 

3 this subsection. 

4 (5) To carry out such other responsibilities relat5 ing to the coordination and efficient and effective dis6 charge by the Inspectors General of duties relating to 

7 United States military and nonmilitary support for 

8 Ukraine as the Special Inspector General shall speci9 fy. 

10 (6) To discharge the responsibilities under this 

11 subsection in a manner consistent with the authorities 

12 and requirements of this section and the authorities 

13 and requirements applicable to the Inspectors General 

14 under chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code. 

15 (e) DEPLOYMENT OF SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 STAFF.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Office of the Special In18 spector General for Ukraine shall maintain a pres19 ence of at least 1 individual in the country of 

20 Ukraine at all times. 

21 (2) EVACUTION PLAN.—The Special Inspector 

22 General shall coordinate with the appropriate chief of 

23 mission for this purpose and shall maintain a plan 

24 to evacuate personnel should it be required. 


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1 (3) NOTICE AND JUSTIFICATION.—To any extent 

2 that the Special Inspector General determines that the 

3 Office of the Special Inspector General cannot main4 tain such a presence in Ukraine, the Special Inspec5 tor General shall notify the appropriate congressional 

6 committees in writing within 7 days of such deter7 mination, along with a justification for why the pres8 ence could not be maintained. 

9 (f) REPORTS.— 

10 (1) QUARTERLY REPORTS.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 

12 after the end of each fiscal-year quarter, the Spe13 cial Inspector General shall submit to the appro14 priate committees of Congress a report summa15 rizing with respect to that quarter and, to the ex16 tent possible, the period from the end of such 

17 quarter to the date on which the report is sub18 mitted, the activities of the Special Inspector 

19 General with respect to programs and operations 

20 funded with amounts appropriated or otherwise 

21 made available for military and nonmilitary 

22 support for Ukraine. 

23 (B) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by 

24 subparagraph (A) shall include, for the period 

25 covered by the report— 


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1 (i) a description of any identified 

2 waste, fraud, or abuse with respect to pro3 grams and operations funded with amounts 

4 appropriated or otherwise made available 

5 for the military and nonmilitary support of 

6 Ukraine; 

7 (ii) a description of the status and re8 sults of— 

9 (I) investigations, inspections, 

10 and audits; and 

11 (II) referrals to the Department of 

12 Justice; 

13 (iii) a description of the overall plans 

14 for review by the Inspectors General of such 

15 support of Ukraine, including plans for in16 vestigations, inspections, and audits; and 

17 (iv) an evaluation of the compliance of 

18 the Government of Ukraine with all require19 ments for receiving United States funds, in20 cluding a description of any area of concern 

21 with respect to the ability of the Govern22 ment of Ukraine to achieve such compli23 ance. 

24 (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Special Inspec25 tor General shall publish on a publicly available 


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1 internet website each report required by paragraph 

2 (1) in English and any other language the Special 

3 Inspector General determines is widely used and un4 derstood in Ukraine. 

5 (3) FORM.—Each report required by this sub6 section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

7 may include a classified annex if the Special Inspec8 tor General considers it necessary. 

9 (4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

10 subsection may be construed to authorize the public 

11 disclosure of information that is— 

12 (A) specifically prohibited from disclosure 

13 by any other provision of law; 

14 (B) specifically required by Executive order 

15 to be protected from disclosure in the interest of 

16 national defense or national security or in the 

17 conduct of foreign affairs; or 

18 (C) a part of an ongoing criminal inves19 tigation. 

20 (g) PUBLICATION OF UNITED STATES MILITARY AND

21 NONMILITARY ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE.—Not later than 

22 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Presi23 dent, acting through the Secretary of Defense and Secretary 

24 of State, shall publish a comprehensive accounting of 

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1 United States for military and nonmilitary support for 

2 Ukraine on a publicly available website of the United States 

3 Government. 

4 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) The term ‘‘amounts appropriated or other6 wise made available for the military and nonmilitary 

7 support of Ukraine’’ means— 

8 (A) amounts appropriated or otherwise 

9 made available on or after January 1, 2022, 

10 for— 

11 (i) the Ukraine Security Assistance 

12 Initiative under section 1250 of the Na13 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

14 Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 

15 1608); 

16 (ii) any foreign military financing 

17 accessed by the Government of Ukraine; 

18 (iii) the presidential drawdown au19 thority under section 506(a) of the Foreign 

20 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318(a)); 

21 (iv) the defense institution building 

22 program under section 332 of title 10, 

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1 (v) the building partner capacity pro2 gram under section 333 of title 10, United 

3 States Code; 

4 (vi) the international military edu5 cation and training program of the Depart6 ment of State; and 

7 (vii) the United States European Com8 mand; and 

9 (B) amounts appropriated or otherwise 

10 made available on or after January 1, 2022, for 

11 the military, economic, reconstruction, or hu12 manitarian support of Ukraine under any ac13 count or for any purpose not described in sub14 paragraph (A). 

15 (2) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com16 mittees’’ means— 

17 (A) the Committee on Appropriations, the 

18 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 

19 Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Home20 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

21 Senate; and 

22 (B) the Committee on Appropriations, the 

23 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 

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1 and Accountability of the House of Representa2 tives. 

3 (3) The term ‘‘Inspectors General’’ means the fol4 lowing: 

5 (A) The Inspector General of the Depart6 ment of Defense. 

7 (B) The Inspector General of the Depart8 ment of State. 

9 (C) The Inspector General of the United 

10 States Agency for International Development. 

11 (i) TERMINATION.—The Office of the Special Inspector 

12 General for Ukraine Assistance shall terminate 180 days 

13 after the date on which amounts appropriated or otherwise 

14 made available for the military and nonmilitary support 

15 of Ukraine are less than the amounts that were appro16 priated or otherwise available for the military and non17 military support of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. 

18 SEC. 1223. EXTENSION OF UKRAINE SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

19 INITIATIVE. 

20 Section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization 

21 Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 

22 1068) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (f)— 


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1 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

2 by striking ‘‘for overseas contingency oper3 ations’’; and 

4 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(9) For fiscal year 2024, $300,000,000.’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘December 31, 

7 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 

8 SEC. 1224. EXTENSION OF LEND-LEASE AUTHORITY TO 

9 UKRAINE. 

10 Section 2(a)(1) of the Ukraine Democracy Defense 

11 Lend-Lease Act of 2022 (Public Law 117–118; 136 Stat. 

12 1184) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2022 and 2023’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2022 through 2024’’. 

14 SEC. 1225. PLAN AND REPORT RELATING TO ALLIED AND 

15 PARTNER SUPPORT TO UKRAINE. 

16 (a) PLAN AND REPORTS REQUIRED.—The Secretary 

17 of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit18 tees— 

19 (1) a plan to encourage increased total contribu20 tions made by allied and partner countries to meet 

21 the military contributions of the United States; and 

22 (2) every 90 days after the submission of the 

23 plan described in paragraph (1) until the date de24 scribed in subsection (c)— 


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1 (A) a report on all contributions to Ukraine 

2 in absolute and relative terms, disaggregated by 

3 country, in the preceding 90-day period; and 

4 (B) an update on efforts under the such 

5 plan. 

6 (b) FORM.—The report required under subsection 

7 (a)(2) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in8 clude a classified annex. 

9 (c) SUNSET.—The reporting requirement in subsection 

10 (a)(2) shall terminate on the earlier of— 

11 (1) the date that is 180 days after the date on 

12 which amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

13 available for the support of Ukraine are less than the 

14 amounts that were appropriated or otherwise made 

15 available for the support of Ukraine on February 24, 

16 2022; or 

17 (2) December 31, 2025. 

18 Subtitle D—Matters Relating to 

19 Russia, Europe, and NATO 

20 SEC. 1231. STATEMENT OF POLICY RELATING TO NATO-RUS21 SIA FOUNDING ACT. 

22 It is the policy of the United States that the agreement 

23 titled ‘‘Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and 

24 Security between NATO and the Russian Federation’’, done 


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1 at Paris on May 27, 1997 (commonly referred to as the 

2 ‘‘NATO-Russia Founding Act’’), does not— 

3 (1) prohibit the establishment of a permanent 

4 presence of the United States Armed Forces in Eu5 rope; or 

6 (2) constrain in any manner the deployment of 

7 United States Armed Forces or North Atlantic Treaty 

8 Organization (NATO) forces. 

9 SEC. 1232. STRATEGY TO DELAY, DISRUPT, AND DEGRADE 

10 ROSATOM’S PROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES AND 

11 OTHER REVENUE STREAMS. 

12 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

13 (1) Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy corpora14 tion, Rosatom, is providing the People’s Republic of 

15 China highly enriched uranium for Chinese Com16 munist Party fast-breeder reactors. 

17 (2) The Department of Defense’s 2022 report to 

18 Congress on the Military and Security Developments 

19 Involving the People’s Republic of China noted the 

20 key role that increased weapons-grade plutonium pro21 duction is key to China’s nuclear program, stating: 

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1 600 reactors and notes that each reactor will be capa2 ble of producing ‘‘enough plutonium for dozens of nu3 clear warheads annually’’. This buildup puts China 

4 in violation of Article VI of the Treaty on the Non5 Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, requiring states to 

6 make good-faith efforts to cease an arms race and to 

7 engage in good-faith arms control negotiations. 

8 (3) There are also credible reports that ‘‘Russia’s 

9 state nuclear power conglomerate has been working to 

10 supply the Russian arms industry with components, 

11 technology and raw materials for missile(s)’’. Specifi12 cally, a letter from a Rosatom department chief, dated 

13 October 2022, shows Rosatom offering to provide 

14 goods to Russian military units and to Russian 

15 weapons manufacturers that are under sanctions. 

16 (4) The United States Government has taken 

17 steps against Rosatom, such as sanctioning three 

18 Rosatom subsidiaries on February 24, 2023, and 

19 speaking out publicly against Rosatom’s behavior. 

20 (5) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Pol21 icy, Dr. John F. Plumb, testified before the House 

22 Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces on 

23 March 8, 2023, that ‘‘It’s very troubling to see Russia 

24 and China cooperating on this . . .They may have 

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1 around the fact that breeder reactors are plutonium, 

2 and plutonium is for weapons. So, I think the [De3 fense] Department is concerned. And of course, it 

4 matches our concerns about China’s increased expan5 sion of its nuclear forces as well, because you need 

6 more plutonium for more weapons.’’. 

7 (b) STRATEGY.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 

9 coordination with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 

10 the Treasury, and the Secretary of Energy, with the assist11 ance of the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit 

12 to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to 

13 delay, disrupt, and degrade Rosatom’s and other Russian 

14 state-owned entities’ proliferation activities and other rev15 enue streams that directly fund Russia’s military forces. 

16 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE17 FINED.—In subsection (b), the term ‘‘appropriate congres18 sional committees’’ means— 

19 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com20 mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Energy 

21 and Commerce, the Committee on Financial Services, 

22 and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

23 of the House of Representatives; and 

24 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com25 mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Energy 


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1 and Natural Resources, the Committee on Banking, 

2 Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Select Com3 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

4 SEC. 1233. BALTIC SECURITY INITIATIVE. 

5 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

6 that— 

7 (1) supporting and strengthening the security of 

8 the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania is 

9 in the national security interests of the United States; 

10 (2) the United States and the Baltic states are 

11 leaders in the mission of defending independence and 

12 democracy from aggression and in promoting sta13 bility and security within the North Atlantic Treaty 

14 Organization (NATO), with non-NATO partners, and 

15 with other international organizations such as the 

16 European Union; 

17 (3) the Baltic states are model NATO allies in 

18 terms of burden sharing, investing over 2 percent of 

19 their gross domestic product on defense expenditure, 

20 allocating over 20 percent of their defense budgets on 

21 capital modernization, matching security assistance 

22 from the United States, frequently deploying their 

23 forces around the world in support of allied and 

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1 technical, military, and analytical expertise on de2 fense and security matters; 

3 (4) the United States should pursue consistent ef4 forts focused on defense and security assistance, co5 ordination, and planning, such as the United States 

6 Baltic Dialogue, designed to ensure the continued se7 curity of the Baltic states and on deterring current 

8 and future challenges to the national sovereignty of 

9 United States allies and partners in the Baltic re10 gion; 

11 (5) the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of 

12 State should seek to require matching funds from 

13 those Baltic states in amounts commensurate with 

14 amounts provided. 

15 (b) STRATEGY.—Not later than one year after the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, with 

17 the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall submit to 

18 the appropriate congressional committees a report setting 

19 forth a strategy to deepen security cooperation with the Bal20 tic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to— 

21 (1) achieve United States national security strat22 egy objectives; 

23 (2) enhance regional planning and cooperation 

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1 (3) enhance the Baltic states’ defenses and resil2 iency. 

3 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE4 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres5 sional committees’’ means— 

6 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

7 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep8 resentatives; and 

9 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

10 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

11 SEC. 1234. PROHIBITION ON NEW START TREATY INFORMA12 TION SHARING. 

13 (a) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds authorized to be 

14 appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 

15 fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Defense may be used 

16 to provide the Russian Federation with notifications as re17 quired by the New START Treaty. 

18 (b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive the 

19 prohibition in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the 

20 Secretary of Defense certifies to the appropriate congres21 sional committees in writing, 30 days in advance of exer22 cising such a waiver, that— 

23 (1) the waiver is in the national security interest 

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1 (2) the Russian Federation is providing similar 

2 information to the United States as required by the 

3 New START Treaty. 

4 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

5 (1) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit6 tees’’ means— 

7 (A) the Committee on Armed Services and 

8 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

9 of Representatives; and 

10 (B) the Committee on Armed Services and 

11 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen12 ate; and 

13 (2) the term ‘‘New START Treaty’’ means the 

14 Treaty between the United States of America and the 

15 Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Re16 duction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, 

17 signed at Prague April 8, 2010, and entered into force 

18 February 5, 2011. 


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1 Subtitle E—Matters Relating to the 

2 Armed Forces Abroad and the 

3 Authorities of the Department of 

4 Defense 

5 SEC. 1241. REPORT ON HOSTILITIES INVOLVING UNITED 

6 STATES ARMED FORCES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 48 hours after any 

8 incident in which the United States Armed Forces are in9 volved in an attack or hostilities, whether in an offensive 

10 or defensive capacity, the President shall transmit to the 

11 congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign 

12 Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Af13 fairs of the House of Representatives a report on the inci14 dent, unless the President— 

15 (1) otherwise reports the incident within 48 

16 hours pursuant to section 4 of the War Powers Reso17 lution (50 U.S.C. 1543); or 

18 (2) has determined prior to the incident, and so 

19 reported pursuant to section 1264 of the National De20 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (50 

21 U.S.C. 1549), that the United States Armed Forces 

22 involved in the incident would be operating under 

23 specific statutory authorization within the meaning of 

24 section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 

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1 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Each report re2 quired by subsection (a) shall include— 

3 (1) the statutory and operational authorities 

4 under which the United States Armed Forces were op5 erating when the incident occurred, including any 

6 relevant executive orders and an identification of the 

7 operational activities authorized under any such exec8 utive orders; 

9 (2) the date, location, and duration of the inci10 dent and the other parties involved; 

11 (3) a description of the United States Armed 

12 Forces involved in the incident and the mission of 

13 such Armed Forces; 

14 (4) the numbers of any combatant casualties and 

15 civilian casualties that occurred as a result of the in16 cident; and 

17 (5) any other information the President deter18 mines appropriate. 

19 (c) FORM.—Each report required by subsection (a) 

20 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

21 a classified annex. 

22 SEC. 1242. PROTECTION AND LEGAL PREPAREDNESS FOR 

23 SERVICEMEMBERS ABROAD. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in coordi25 nation with the Secretary of State, shall seek to ensure that 


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1 members of the Armed Forces stationed in each foreign 

2 country with which the United States maintains a Status 

3 of Forces Agreement are afforded, at a minimum: 

4 (1) the right to legal counsel for his or her de5 fense, in accordance with the Status of Forces Agree6 ment or other binding law or agreement with another 

7 country; 

8 (2) access to competent language translation 

9 services; 

10 (3) a prompt and speedy trial; 

11 (4) the right to be confronted with the witnesses 

12 against him or her; and 

13 (5) a compulsory process for obtaining witnesses 

14 in his or her favor if they are within the foreign 

15 country’s jurisdiction. 

16 (b) REVIEW REQUIRED.—Not later than December 31, 

17 2024, the Secretary of Defense, in collaboration with the 

18 Secretary of State, shall— 

19 (1) review the 10 largest foreign countries by 

20 United States Armed Forces presence and evaluate 

21 local legal systems, protections afforded by bilateral 

22 agreements between the United States and countries 

23 being evaluated, and how the rights and privileges af24 forded under such agreements may differ from United 

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1 (2) brief the Committee on Armed Services and 

2 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

3 Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services 

4 and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 

5 on the findings of the review. 

6 (c) TRAINING REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 

7 shall review and improve as necessary training and edu8 cational materials for members of the Armed Forces, their 

9 spouses, and dependents, as appropriate, who are stationed 

10 in a country reviewed pursuant to subsection (b)(1) regard11 ing relevant foreign laws, how such foreign laws may differ 

12 from the laws of the United States, and the rights of accused 

13 in common scenarios under such foreign laws. 

14 (d) TRANSLATION STANDARDS AND READINESS.—The 

15 Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 

16 State, shall review foreign language standards for 

17 servicemembers and employees of the Department of Defense 

18 and Department of State who are responsible for providing 

19 foreign language translation services in situations involving 

20 foreign law enforcement where a servicemember may be 

21 being detained, to ensure such persons maintain an appro22 priate proficiency in the legal terminology and meaning of 

23 essential terms in a relevant language. 


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1 SEC. 1243. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR THE GLOBAL EN2 GAGEMENT CENTER. 

3 None of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to 

4 the Department of Defense or otherwise made available by 

5 this Act may be made available for the Global Engagement 

6 Center established pursuant to section 1287 of the National 

7 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (22 U.S.C. 

8 2656 note). 

9 SEC. 1244. DETERMINATION OF LOCATION FOR MCCAIN IR10 REGULAR WARFARE CENTER. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The ‘‘John S. McCain III Center 

12 for Security Studies in Irregular Warfare Center’’, author13 ized by section 1299L of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

14 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

15 (10 U.S.C. 342 note) and by the amendments made to sec16 tion 345 of title 10, United States Code, by section 1204 

17 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act 

18 for Fiscal Year 2023, shall be established at a location deter19 mined suitable pursuant to subsection (b). 

20 (b) LOCATION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall select a 

21 permanent location based on established criteria, which 

22 should include that the location— 

23 (1) is an academic institution that studies secu24 rity implications with respect to irregular warfare 

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1 (2) has an established record in interdisciplinary 

2 studies relevant to irregular warfare; 

3 (3) has a demonstrated network of foreign aca4 demic and government partners; 

5 (4) has availability of facility space and staff; 

6 and 

7 (5) has the ability to provide immediate support 

8 for full operational capability. 

9 TITLE XIII—OTHER MATTERS RE10 LATING TO FOREIGN NA11 TIONS. 

12 Subtitle A—Matters Relating to the 

13 Indo-Pacific and Pacific Regions 

14 SEC. 1301. EXTENSION OF PACIFIC DETERRENCE INITIA15 TIVE AND REPORT, BRIEFINGS, AND PLAN 

16 UNDER THE INITIATIVE. 

17 (a) EXTENSION OF INITIATIVE.—Subsection (c) of sec18 tion 1251 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 

19 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 

20 113 note) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘the National Defense Authoriza22 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘the Na23 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

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1 (2) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2023’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘fiscal year 2024’’. 

3 (b) EXTENSION OF REPORT AND BRIEFINGS.—Sub4 section (d) of such section is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘fiscal 

6 years 2024 and 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 

7 2025 and 2026’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘fiscal years 

9 2023 and 2024’’ each place it appears and inserting 

10 ‘‘fiscal years 2025 and 2026’’. 

11 (c) EXTENSION OF PLAN.—Subsection (e) of such sec12 tion is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2023 and 2024’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2025 and 2026’’. 

14 SEC. 1302. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT AND REPORT ON 

15 THE PROGRESS MADE UNDER THE PACIFIC 

16 DETERRENCE INITIATIVE. 

17 (a) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

20 Defense shall select and enter into an agreement with 

21 a federally funded research and development center, 

22 or another appropriate independent entity, with ex23 pertise on defense matters pertaining to the Indo-Pa24 cific region to conduct an assessment of the Depart25 ment of Defense activities carried out pursuant to the 


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1 Pacific Deterrence Initiative established under section 

2 1251 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 

3 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. 

4 (2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The assessment 

5 required by paragraph (1) shall include updates on 

6 the current state of defense posture in the Indo-Pacific 

7 region, to include— 

8 (A) base infrastructure and resiliency ef9 forts; 

10 (B) prepositioned equipment and munitions 

11 stocks; 

12 (C) investments required to address con13 tested logistics; 

14 (D) the status of current and planned mili15 tary construction; 

16 (E) the planned Indo-Pacom exercise sched17 ule and joint operations; 

18 (F) whether Pacific Deterrence Initiative 

19 funding has aligned with the purpose described 

20 in section 1251 of the William M. (Mac) Thorn21 berry National Defense Authorization Act for 

22 Fiscal Year 2021; and 

23 (G) any recommendations to improve the 

24 Department of Defense’s posture, resiliency, pres25 ence, or lethality in the Indo-Pacific region that 


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1 may be advisable together with analysis of the 

2 feasibility of implementing such recommenda3 tions. 

4 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, the independent entity selected 

6 under subsection (a) shall submit to the congressional de7 fense committees a report on the findings of the assessment 

8 conducted under that subsection. 

9 (c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT.—The Sec10 retary of Defense shall provide the independent entity se11 lected under subsection (a) with timely access to appro12 priate information, data, resources, and analyses necessary 

13 for the independent entity to conduct the assessment re14 quired by that subsection in a thorough and independent 

15 manner. 

16 SEC. 1303. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SOUTH KOREA. 

17 It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense 

18 should reinforce the United States alliance with the Repub19 lic of Korea, including by maintaining the presence of ap20 proximately 28,500 members of the United States Armed 

21 Forces deployed to the country and affirming the United 

22 States commitment to extended deterrence using the full 

23 range of United States defense capabilities, consistent with 

24 the Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and 

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1 1953, in support of the shared objective of a peaceful and 

2 stable Korean Peninsula. 

3 SEC. 1304. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TAIWAN DEFENSE RE4 LATIONS. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that— 

6 (1) the Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96– 

7 8; 22 U.S.C. et seq.) and the Six Assurances provided 

8 by the United States to Taiwan in July 1982 are the 

9 foundation for United States-Taiwan relations; 

10 (2) as set forth in the Taiwan Relations Act, the 

11 United States decision to establish diplomatic rela12 tions with the People’s Republic of China rests upon 

13 the expectation that the future of Taiwan will be de14 termined by peaceful means, and that any effort to 

15 determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful 

16 means, including boycotts and embargoes, is of grave 

17 concern to the United States; 

18 (3) the increasingly coercive and aggressive be19 havior of the People’s Republic of China toward Tai20 wan is contrary to the expectation of the peaceful res21 olution of the future of Taiwan; 

22 (4) as set forth in the Taiwan Relations Act, the 

23 capacity to resist any resort to force or other forms 

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1 social or economic system, of the people on Taiwan 

2 should be maintained; 

3 (5) the United States should continue to support 

4 the development of capable, ready, and modern de5 fense forces necessary for Taiwan to maintain suffi6 cient defensive capabilities, including by— 

7 (A) supporting acquisition by Taiwan of 

8 defense articles and services through foreign mili9 tary sales, direct commercial sales, and indus10 trial cooperation, with an emphasis on capabili11 ties that support an asymmetric strategy; 

12 (B) ensuring timely review of and response 

13 to requests of Taiwan for defense articles and 

14 services; 

15 (C) conducting practical training and mili16 tary exercises with Taiwan that enable Taiwan 

17 to maintain sufficient defensive capabilities, as 

18 described in the Taiwan Relations Act; 

19 (D) exchanges between defense officials and 

20 officers of the United States and Taiwan at the 

21 strategic, policy, and functional levels, consistent 

22 with the Taiwan Travel Act (Public Law 115– 

23 135; 132 Stat. 341), especially for the purposes 

24 of— 


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1 (i) enhancing cooperation on defense 

2 planning; 

3 (ii) improving the interoperability of 

4 the military forces of the United States and 

5 Taiwan; and 

6 (iii) improving the reserve force of Tai7 wan; 

8 (E) cooperating with Taiwan to improve its 

9 ability to employ military capabilities in asym10 metric ways, as described in the Taiwan Rela11 tions Act; and 

12 (F) expanding cooperation in humanitarian 

13 assistance and disaster relief; and 

14 (6) the United States should increase its support 

15 to a free and open society in the face of aggressive ef16 forts by the Government of the People’s Republic of 

17 China to curtail or influence the free exercise of rights 

18 and democratic franchise. 

19 SEC. 1305. BRIEFING ON MULTI-YEAR PLAN TO FULFILL DE20 FENSIVE REQUIREMENTS OF MILITARY 

21 FORCES OF TAIWAN. 

22 (a) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 

23 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De24 fense, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the 

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1 congressional committees on the status of the efforts to de2 velop and implement the joint multi-year plan to fulfill de3 fensive requirements of military forces of Taiwan required 

4 under section 5506 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

5 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117– 

6 263; 22 U.S.C. 3355). 

7 (b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE8 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres9 sional committees’’ means— 

10 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com11 mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select 

12 Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representa13 tives; and 

14 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com15 mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Com16 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

17 SEC. 1306. MODIFICATION TO THE AMERICAN, BRITISH, CA18 NADIAN, AND AUSTRALIAN ARMIES’ PRO19 GRAM. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1274(a) of the National De21 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (10 U.S.C. 

22 2350a(a) note) is amended by inserting ‘‘or the air force 

23 program known as the Five Eyes Air Force Interoperability 

24 Council’’ after ‘‘the American, British, Canadian, and Aus25 tralian Armies’ Program’’. 


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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading of section 

2 1274 of such Act (and the entry in the table of contents 

3 for such Act corresponding to such section 1274) is amended 

4 to read as follows: ‘‘Administration of the American, Brit5 ish, Canadian, and Australian Armies’ Program and the 

6 Five Eyes Air Force Interoperability Council’’. 

7 SEC. 1307. MODIFICATIONS TO INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT 

8 PROTECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY ACA9 DEMIC RESEARCHERS FROM UNDUE INFLU10 ENCE AND OTHER SECURITY THREATS. 

11 (a) PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 1286 of 

12 the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 

13 Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 

14 note) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 

16 following new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(10)(A) The development and implementation 

18 of measures of effectiveness and performance to assess 

19 and track progress of the Department in carrying out 

20 the initiative. 

21 ‘‘(B) In developing and implementing such 

22 measures, the Secretary— 

23 ‘‘(i) shall seek independent advice and guid24 ance to ensure such measures— 


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1 ‘‘(I) align with the measures of effec2 tiveness and performance used in other re3 search security initiatives of the Federal 

4 Government; and 

5 ‘‘(II) incorporate relevant input from 

6 institutions of higher education and other 

7 entities in academic community; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) shall consider— 

9 ‘‘(I) the quality of data available to 

10 support assessments based on such meas11 ures, including identification of any areas 

12 in which gaps in the data available to the 

13 Secretary may require collection of new 

14 data or modifications to existing data sets; 

15 ‘‘(II) available means and methods for 

16 the automated collection of such data, in17 cluding identification of areas in which 

18 gaps exist that may require the development 

19 of new means and methods of data collec20 tion or data visualization; and 

21 ‘‘(III) development of an analysis and 

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1 ods of assessing undue foreign influence on 

2 Department of Defense research activities, 

3 such as commercial due diligence and the 

4 analysis of beneficial ownership, foreign 

5 ownership, and foreign control and influ6 ence.’’; and 

7 (2) in subsection (e)(2), by adding at the end the 

8 following new subparagraph: 

9 ‘‘(G) Based on the measures of effectiveness 

10 and performance developed under subsection 

11 (c)(10)— 

12 ‘‘(i) an evaluation of the effectiveness 

13 of the initiative and the Department’s per14 formance during the period covered by the 

15 report; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of whether and to 

17 what extent the implementation of such 

18 measures affected the ability of the Depart19 ment to achieve the goals of the initiative.’’. 

20 (b) INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH SECURITY PRO21 GRAMS.—Such section 1286 is further amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection 

23 (i); and 

24 (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following 

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1 ‘‘(h) INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH SECURITY PRO2 GRAMS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each institution of higher 

4 education that receives more than $50,000,000 in 

5 funds in a fiscal year from the Department of Defense 

6 for defense research and engineering activities shall, 

7 as a condition of receiving such funds, establish and 

8 maintain a research security policies relating to man9 aging security risks relating to such defense research 

10 and engineering activities in accordance with the Na11 tional Security Presidential Memorandum 33 (relat12 ing to research security) issued by the President on 

13 January 14, 2021. 

14 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—Each research security pro15 gram under paragraph (1) shall include, at a min16 imum, measures to address— 

17 ‘‘(A) cybersecurity; 

18 ‘‘(B) foreign travel security; 

19 ‘‘(C) insider threat awareness; and 

20 ‘‘(D) export controls. 

21 ‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION.—On an annual basis each 

22 institution subject to paragraph (1) shall certify to 

23 the Secretary of Defense that the institution has im24 plemented the research security program required 

25 under such paragraph.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1308. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS PEND2 ING SUBMITTAL OF LIST IDENTIFYING CER3 TAIN FOREIGN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS. 

4 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 

5 or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for oper6 ation and maintenance, Defense-wide, and available for the 

7 Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 

8 Engineering for the travel of persons, not more than 75 per9 cent may be obligated or expended until the date on which 

10 the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense 

11 committees the list required under section 1286(c)(8)(A) of 

12 the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 

13 Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 4001 

14 note). 

15 SEC. 1309. EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 

16 FOCUSED PARTNERSHIPS AND EXPERIMEN17 TATION ACTIVITIES IN THE INDO-PACIFIC. 

18 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

19 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

20 shall develop a plan and roadmap to— 

21 (1) expand international technology-focused 

22 partnerships, agreements, and experimentation activi23 ties in the Indo-Pacific region in order to— 

24 (A) accelerate the creation and fielding of 

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1 nology Strategy, as directed by section 211 of the 

2 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

3 Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81), consistent with 

4 the strategic plans of the Department of Defense 

5 with respect to the activities of Indo-Pacific 

6 Command; 

7 (B) leverage the technological and manufac8 turing capabilities of private sector and govern9 ment organizations in the United States and 

10 international partners; 

11 (C) identify opportunities for cost sharing 

12 and financial and non-financial contributions 

13 by partner countries for activities to develop and 

14 deploy new operational capabilities; and 

15 (D) coordinate with partner countries and 

16 their agencies that are currently involved, or 

17 could become involved, in co-production of capa18 bilities; 

19 (2) enhance capabilities, including those capa20 bilities which use unmanned platforms, using lessons 

21 learned from Task Force-59, to— 

22 (A) respond to grey zone activity; and 

23 (B) enhance Indo-Pacific partner capacity 

24 to protect national resources against illegal fish25 ing and resource extraction; and 


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1 (3) identify and accelerate the fielding of new ca2 pabilities and critical technologies that would im3 prove Taiwan’s self-defense capabilities. 

4 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

5 shall be construed to affect section 112b(b) of title 1, United 

6 States Code. 

7 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 270 days after the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 

9 provide the congressional defense committees a briefing on 

10 the plan and roadmap required under subsection (a). 

11 Subtitle B—Matters Relating to 

12 China 

13 SEC. 1311. MODIFICATIONS TO PUBLIC REPORTING OF CHI14 NESE MILITARY COMPANIES OPERATING IN 

15 THE UNITED STATES. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 1260H of 

17 the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Author18 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is 

19 amended by adding at the end the following sentence: ‘‘The 

20 Secretary of Defense shall also consider information related 

21 to a Chinese military company operating directly or indi22 rectly in the United States or any of its territories and pos23 sessions that is provided jointly by the chair and ranking 

24 member of any of the congressional defense committees in 

25 making such determinations.’’. 


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1 (b) INCLUSION IN ANNUAL REPORT.—Subsection 

2 (b)(1) of such section 1260H is amended— 

3 (1) by striking the period at the end and insert4 ing a semicolon; 

5 (2) by striking ‘‘as applicable, an explanation’’ 

6 and inserting the following: ‘‘as applicable— 

7 ‘‘(A) an explanation’’; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(B) an identification of each entity in10 cluded in the list pursuant to information pro11 vided by the chair and ranking member of a con12 gressional defense committee and considered in 

13 accordance with subsection (c); and 

14 ‘‘(C) with respect to each entity considered 

15 for inclusion in the list pursuant to such infor16 mation, and with respect to which the Secretary 

17 of Defense determined that the entity did not 

18 meet the criteria for inclusion, a justification for 

19 such determination.’’. 

20 SEC. 1312. MODIFICATION TO ANNUAL REPORT ON MILI21 TARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS IN22 VOLVING THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

23 Section 1202(b)(3)(C) of the National Defense Author24 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is 

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1 ple’s Republic of China from the Russian Federation,’’ after 

2 ‘‘the Russian Federation,’’. 

3 SEC. 1313. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR WORK PER4 FORMED BY ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE, INC., IN 

5 CHINA ON RESEARCH SUPPORTED BY THE 

6 GOVERNMENT OF CHINA. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under sub8 section (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated 

9 by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 

10 for the Department of Defense may be used to fund any 

11 work to be performed by EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., in China 

12 on research supported by the government of China, includ13 ing to provide any grants for such purpose. 

14 (b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive the 

15 prohibition under subsection (a) if the Secretary determines 

16 that such a waiver is in the national security interests of 

17 the United States and, not later than 14 days after granting 

18 such a waiver, submits to the congressional defense commit19 tees a detailed justification for the waiver, including— 

20 (1) an identification of the Department of De21 fense entity obligating or expending the funds; 

22 (2) an identification of the amount of such 

23 funds; 

24 (3) an identification of the intended purpose of 

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1 (4) an identification of the recipient or prospec2 tive recipient of such funds (including any third3 party entity recipient, as applicable); 

4 (5) an explanation for how the waiver is in the 

5 national security interests of the United States; and 

6 (6) any other information the Secretary deter7 mines appropriate. 

8 SEC. 1314. STUDY AND REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 

9 NAVAL BLOCKADES OF SHIPMENTS OF FOS10 SIL FUELS TO CHINA IN EVENT OF ARMED 

11 CONFLICT. 

12 (a) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

14 of Defense shall submit to Congress a report that contains 

15 the findings of a study on the feasibility of implementing 

16 one or more naval blockades of shipments of fossil fuels to 

17 China in the event of an armed conflict between the United 

18 States and China. Such report shall include— 

19 (1) a description of— 

20 (A) the requirements for such a blockade to 

21 effectively block such shipments; 

22 (B) methods China could use to ship fossil 

23 fuels using air and land routes after such a 

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1 (C) for each waterway specified in clauses 

2 (i) through (iv) of paragraph (2)(A), how such 

3 a blockade would be implemented in such water4 way; and 

5 (2) an assessment of— 

6 (A) the suitability of strategic waterways in 

7 the proximity of China as a location for such a 

8 blockade, including— 

9 (i) the Strait of Malacca; 

10 (ii) the Taiwan Strait; 

11 (iii) the Sunda Strait; 

12 (iv) the South China Sea; and 

13 (v) the East China Sea; and 

14 (B) the capability of China to satisfy needs 

15 for fossil fuels in China after such a blockade is 

16 implemented through methods that include— 

17 (i) the use of existing stockpiles of fossil 

18 fuels; 

19 (ii) the rationing of fossil fuels; and 

20 (iii) the reliance on existing or 

21 planned cross-border oil and gas pipelines 

22 to ship fossil fuels. 

23 (b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

24 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

25 a classified annex. 


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1 SEC. 1315. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON DEFENSE BUDGET OF 

2 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 

3 (a) INDEPENDENT STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 

4 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec5 retary of Defense shall seek to enter into an agreement with 

6 an entity independent of the Department of Defense under 

7 which such entity shall conduct a study of the defense budg8 et of the People’s Republic of China. 

9 (b) ESTIMATE.—The independent study conducted 

10 under subsection (a) shall include an estimate, based on 

11 open-source intelligence, of the amount of defense spending 

12 of the People’s Republic of China. Such estimate shall— 

13 (1) be generated in a methodologically sound 

14 way that— 

15 (A) avoids reliance on the aggregate spend16 ing amounts announced annually by the People’s 

17 Republic of China; and 

18 (B) employs the most accurate available 

19 purchasing power parity exchange rates; 

20 (2) be presented in a form that may be compared 

21 against the defense spending of the United States; 

22 (3) exclude any spending related to veterans’ 

23 benefits; and 

24 (4) include an estimate of the amounts of defense 

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1 disaggregated by functional defense categories of 

2 spending, including— 

3 (A) procurement from domestic and foreign 

4 sources; 

5 (B) operations and maintenance; 

6 (C) pay and benefits; 

7 (D) military construction; and 

8 (E) research, development, test, and evalua9 tion. 

10 (c) ADDITIONAL ESTIMATE ON OMITTED SPENDING.— 

11 The independent study conducted under subsection (a) shall 

12 include, in addition to the estimate under subsection (b), 

13 an estimate the magnitude of omitted spending from the 

14 official People’s Republic of China defense budget informa15 tion. 

16 (d) SUBMISSION TO SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.— 

17 (1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than one year after 

18 the date of the enactment of this Act, the entity that 

19 conducts the study under subsection (a) shall submit 

20 to the Secretary of Defense a report containing the 

21 findings of such study. 

22 (2) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 

23 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in24 clude a classified annex. 


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1 (e) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 

2 days after the date on which the Secretary receives the re3 port under subsection (d), the Secretary shall submit to the 

4 congressional defense committees such report (without 

5 change), together with any comments of the Secretary with 

6 respect to such report. 

7 SEC. 1316. DETERMINATION ON INVOLVEMENT OF THE PRC 

8 IN THE MEXICAN FENTANYL TRADE. 

9 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 

10 of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall certify to the Com11 mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

12 Representatives whether officials in the Government of the 

13 People’s Republic of China assisted in, or approved with 

14 knowledge of the recipient, the transportation of pill presses, 

15 fentanyl products, or fentanyl precursors to 1 or more Mexi16 can drug cartels. 

17 TITLE XIV—OTHER 

18 AUTHORIZATIONS 

19 Subtitle A—Military Programs 

20 SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 

21 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis22 cal year 2024 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 

23 activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 

24 providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, 

25 as specified in the funding table in section 4501. 


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1 SEC. 1402. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUC2 TION, DEFENSE. 

3 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

4 hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department 

5 of Defense for fiscal year 2024 for expenses, not otherwise 

6 provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruc7 tion, Defense, as specified in the funding table in section 

8 4501. 

9 (b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated 

10 under subsection (a) are authorized for— 

11 (1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and 

12 munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the De13 partment of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 

14 U.S.C. 1521); and 

15 (2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel 

16 of the United States that is not covered by section 

17 1412 of such Act. 

18 SEC. 1403. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC19 TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 

20 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 

21 Department of Defense for fiscal year 2024 for expenses, not 

22 otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter23 Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding 

24 table in section 4501. 


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1 SEC. 1404. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 

2 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 

3 Department of Defense for fiscal year 2024 for expenses, not 

4 otherwise provided for, for the Office of the Inspector Gen5 eral of the Department of Defense, as specified in the fund6 ing table in section 4501. 

7 SEC. 1405. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 

8 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis9 cal year 2024 for the Defense Health Program for use of 

10 the Armed Forces and other activities and agencies of the 

11 Department of Defense for providing for the health of eligi12 ble beneficiaries, as specified in the funding table in section 

13 4501. 

14 Subtitle B—Other Matters 

15 SEC. 1411. EXPANSION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE 

16 REQUIREMENTS FOR ERA OF GREAT POWER 

17 COMPETITION. 

18 (a) DECLARATION OF PURPOSES.—Section 2 of the 

19 Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 

20 U.S.C. 98a) is amended by adding at the end the following 

21 new subsection: 

22 ‘‘(d) The quantities of strategic and critical materials 

23 stockpiled under this Act should be sufficient— 

24 ‘‘(1) during the period beginning on January 1, 

25 2025, and ending on December 31, 2027, to meet the 

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1 riod of not less than two years during a national 

2 emergency necessitating the total mobilization of the 

3 economy of the United States for a sustained conven4 tional global war of indefinite duration; and 

5 ‘‘(2) on and after January 1, 2028, to meet the 

6 national defense needs of the United States, for a pe7 riod of not less than three years during a national 

8 emergency described in paragraph (1).’’. 

9 (b) NATIONAL EMERGENCY PLANNING ASSUMP10 TIONS.—Section 14(b) of the Strategic and Critical Mate11 rials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h–5(b)) is amended— 

12 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (7) 

13 as subparagraphs (A) through (G), respectively; 

14 (2) by designating the matter preceding subpara15 graph (A), as redesignated by paragraph (1), as 

16 paragraph (1); 

17 (3) in paragraph (1), as designated by para18 graph (2), by striking the second sentence; and 

19 (4) by adding at the end the following new para20 graph: 

21 ‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the Sec22 retary shall base the national emergency planning as23 sumptions on— 

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1 a military conflict scenario requiring the total 

2 mobilization of the economy of the United States 

3 for a sustained conventional global war for a pe4 riod of not less than two years; and 

5 ‘‘(B) on and after January 1, 2028, a mili6 tary conflict scenario requiring the total mobili7 zation of the economy of the United States for a 

8 sustained conventional global war for a period of 

9 not less than three years.’’. 

10 SEC. 1412. MEMBERSHIP OF COAST GUARD ON STRATEGIC 

11 MATERIALS PROTECTION BOARD. 

12 Section 10(b) of the Strategic and Critical Materials 

13 Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h-1(b)) is amended by add14 ing at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(6) A senior official of the Coast Guard, as des16 ignated by the Secretary of the agency or department 

17 in which the Coast Guard operates, only with respect 

18 to matters of the Board relating to the Coast Guard.’’. 

19 SEC. 1413. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO JOINT 

20 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF 

21 VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM22 ONSTRATION FUND FOR CAPTAIN JAMES A. 

23 LOVELL HEALTH CARE CENTER, ILLINOIS. 

24 (a) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of the 

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1 available for the Defense Health Program for operation and 

2 maintenance, $172,000,000 may be transferred by the Sec3 retary of Defense to the Joint Department of Defense–De4 partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstra5 tion Fund established by subsection (a)(1) of section 1704 

6 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

7 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571). For purposes 

8 of subsection (a)(2) of such section 1704, any funds so 

9 transferred shall be treated as amounts authorized and ap10 propriated specifically for the purpose of such a transfer. 

11 (b) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—For the purposes 

12 of subsection (b) of such section 1704, facility operations 

13 for which funds transferred under subsection (a) may be 

14 used are operations of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal 

15 Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet16 erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 

17 Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 

18 Federal medical facility under an operational agreement 

19 covered by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De20 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 

21 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 


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1 SEC. 1414. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

2 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 

3 There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

4 year 2024 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 

5 Fund the sum of $77,000,000 of which— 

6 (1) $68,060,000 is for operating expenses; and 

7 (2) $8,940,000 is for capital maintenance and 

8 construction. 

9 TITLE XV—CYBERSPACE10 RELATED MATTERS 

11 Subtitle A—Cyber Matters 

12 SEC. 1501. HARMONIZATION AND CLARIFICATION OF STRA13 TEGIC CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM AND RE14 LATED MATTERS. 

15 (a) HARMONIZATION AND CLARIFICATION.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 19 of title 10, United 

17 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 

18 391a the following new section: 

19 ‘‘§ 391b. Strategic Cybersecurity Program 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) There is a program to be 

21 known as the ‘Strategic Cybersecurity Program’ (in this 

22 section referred to as the ‘Program’) to ensure the ability 

23 of the Department of Defense to conduct the most critical 

24 military missions of the Department. 

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1 of Defense whose office shall serve as the office of primary 

2 responsibility for the Program, providing policy, direction, 

3 and oversight regarding the execution of the responsibilities 

4 of the program manager selected pursuant to subsection 

5 (c)(1). 

6 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—In addition to the office of pri7 mary responsibility for the Program under subsection 

8 (a)(2) and the program manager selected pursuant to sub9 section (c)(1), membership in the Program shall include the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(1) The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 

12 Staff. 

13 ‘‘(2) The Commanders of the United States 

14 Cyber Command, United States European Command, 

15 United States Indo-Pacific Command, United States 

16 Northern Command, United States Strategic Com17 mand, United States Space Command, United States 

18 Transportation Command. 

19 ‘‘(3) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi20 tion and Sustainment. 

21 ‘‘(4) The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. 

22 ‘‘(5) The Chief Information Officer of the De23 partment of Defense. 

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1 ‘‘(7) The Principal Cyber Advisor of the Depart2 ment of Defense. 

3 ‘‘(8) The Principal Cyber Advisors of the mili4 tary departments. 

5 ‘‘(9) Each senior official identified pursuant to 

6 subsection (i) of section 1647 of the National Defense 

7 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 

8 114–92; 129 Stat. 1118). 

9 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM OFFICE.—(1) There is in the Cyberse10 curity Directorate of the National Security Agency a pro11 gram office to support the Program by identifying threats 

12 to, vulnerabilities in, and remediations for, the missions 

13 and mission elements specified in subsection (d)(1). Such 

14 program office shall be headed by a program manager se15 lected by the Director of the National Security Agency. 

16 ‘‘(2) The Chief Information Officer of the Department 

17 of Defense, in exercising authority, direction, and control 

18 over the Cybersecurity Directorate of the National Security 

19 Agency, shall ensure that the program office under para20 graph (1) is responsive to the requirements and direction 

21 of the program manager selected pursuant to such para22 graph. 

23 ‘‘(3) The Secretary may augment the personnel as24 signed to the program office under paragraph (1) by assign25 ing personnel as appropriate from among members of any 


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1 covered armed force (including the reserve components 

2 thereof), civilian employees of the Department of Defense 

3 (including the Defense Intelligence Agency), and personnel 

4 of the research laboratories of the Department of Defense, 

5 who have particular expertise in the areas of responsibility 

6 referred to in subsection (d). 

7 ‘‘(d) DESIGNATION OF MISSION ELEMENTS OF PRO8 GRAM.—(1) The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the 

9 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

10 Sustainment, and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 

11 of Staff shall identify and designate for inclusion in the 

12 Program all of the systems, critical infrastructure, kill 

13 chains, and processes, including systems and components 

14 in development, that comprise the following military mis15 sions of the Department of Defense: 

16 ‘‘(A) Nuclear deterrence and strike. 

17 ‘‘(B) Select long-range conventional strike mis18 sions germane to the warfighting plans of the United 

19 States European Command and the United States 

20 Indo-Pacific Command. 

21 ‘‘(C) Offensive cyber operations. 

22 ‘‘(D) Homeland missile defense. 

23 ‘‘(2) The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 

24 shall coordinate the identification and prioritization of the 

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1 approval of requirements relating to the cybersecurity of the 

2 missions and mission components, of the Program. 

3 ‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF HEAD OF OF4 FICE OF PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY.—In addition to pro5 viding policy, direction, and oversight as specified in sub6 section (a)(2), the head of the office of primary responsi7 bility for the Program designated under such subsection 

8 shall be responsible for overseeing and providing direction 

9 on any covered statutory requirement that is ongoing, re10 current (including on an annual basis), or unfulfilled, in11 cluding by— 

12 ‘‘(1) reviewing any materials required to be sub13 mitted to Congress under the covered statutory re14 quirement prior to such submission; and 

15 ‘‘(2) ensuring such submissions occur by the ap16 plicable deadline under the covered statutory require17 ment. 

18 ‘‘(f) RESPONSIBILITIES OF PROGRAM MANAGER.—The 

19 program manager selected pursuant to subsection (c)(1) 

20 shall be responsible for the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) Conducting end-to-end vulnerability assess22 ments of the missions of the Program and the con23 stituent systems, infrastructure, kill chains, and proc24 esses thereof. 


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1 ‘‘(2) Prioritizing and facilitating the remedi2 ation of identified vulnerabilities in such constituent 

3 systems, infrastructure, kill chains, and processes. 

4 ‘‘(3) Conducting, prior to the Milestone B ap5 proval for any proposed such system or infrastructure 

6 germane to the missions of the Program, appropriate 

7 reviews of the acquisition and system engineering 

8 plans for that proposed system or infrastructure, in 

9 accordance with the policy and guidance of the Under 

10 Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 

11 regarding the components of such reviews and the 

12 range of systems and infrastructure to be reviewed. 

13 ‘‘(4) Advising the Secretaries of the military de14 partments, the commanders of the combatant com15 mands, and the Joint Staff on the vulnerabilities and 

16 cyberattack vectors that pose substantial risk to the 

17 missions of the Program and their constituent sys18 tems, critical infrastructure, kill chains, or processes. 

19 ‘‘(5) Ensuring that the Program builds upon 

20 (including through the provision of oversight and di21 rection by the head of the office of primary responsi22 bility for the Program pursuant to subsection (e), as 

23 applicable), and does not duplicate, other efforts of the 

24 Department of Defense relating to cybersecurity, in25 cluding the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) The evaluation of cyber vulnerabilities 

2 of major weapon systems of the Department of 

3 Defense required under section 1647 of the Na4 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

5 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1118). 

6 ‘‘(B) The evaluation of cyber vulnerabilities 

7 of critical infrastructure of the Department of 

8 Defense required under section 1650 of the Na9 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

10 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 2224 

11 note). 

12 ‘‘(C) The activities of the cyber protection 

13 teams of the Department of Defense. 

14 ‘‘(g) RESPONSIBILITIES OF SECRETARY OF DE15 FENSE.—The Secretary of Defense shall define and issue 

16 guidance on the roles and responsibilities for components 

17 of the Department of Defense other than those specified in 

18 this section with respect to the Program, including— 

19 ‘‘(1) the roles and responsibilities of the acquisi20 tion and sustainment organizations of the military 

21 departments in supporting and implementing reme22 dial actions; 

23 ‘‘(2) the alignment of Cyber Protection Teams 

24 with the prioritized missions of the Program; 


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1 ‘‘(3) the role of the Director of Operational Test 

2 and Evaluation in conducting periodic assessments, 

3 including through red teams, of the cybersecurity of 

4 missions in the Program; and 

5 ‘‘(4) the role of the Principal Cyber Adviser in 

6 coordinating and monitoring the execution of the Pro7 gram. 

8 ‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORTING.—Not later than December 

9 31 of each year, the head of the office of primary responsi10 bility for the Program, in coordination with the appro11 priate members of the Program under subsection (b), shall 

12 submit to the congressional defense committees an annual 

13 report on the efforts carried out pursuant to this section 

14 or any covered provision of law, including with respect to 

15 such efforts concerning— 

16 ‘‘(1) the evaluation of cyber vulnerabilities of 

17 each major weapon system of the Department of De18 fense and related mitigation activities under section 

19 1647 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

20 Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 

21 1118); 

22 ‘‘(2) the evaluation of cyber vulnerabilities of the 

23 critical infrastructure of the Department of Defense 

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1 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 

2 10 U.S.C. 2224 note); 

3 ‘‘(3) operational technology and the mapping of 

4 mission-relevant terrain in cyberspace under 1505 of 

5 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

6 Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 394 note); 

7 ‘‘(4) the assessments of the vulnerabilities to and 

8 mission risks presented by radio-frequency enabled 

9 cyber attacks with respect to the operational tech10 nology embedded in weapons systems, aircraft, ships, 

11 ground vehicles, space systems, sensors, and datalink 

12 networks of the Department of Defense under section 

13 1559 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

14 Fiscal Year 2023; and 

15 ‘‘(5) the work of the Program in general, includ16 ing information relating to staffing and accomplish17 ments. 

18 ‘‘(i) ANNUAL BUDGET DISPLAY.—(1) On an annual 

19 basis for each fiscal year, concurrently with the submission 

20 of the budget of the President for that fiscal year under sec21 tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the head of 

22 the office of primary responsibility for the Program, in co23 ordination with the appropriate members of the Program 

24 under subsection (b), shall submit to the congressional de25 fense committees a consolidated budget justification display 


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1 that covers all programs and activities associated with this 

2 section and any covered provision of law, including with 

3 respect to the matters listed in subsection (h). 

4 ‘‘(2) Each display under paragraph (1) shall be sub5 mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 

6 annex. 

7 ‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 ‘‘(1) The term ‘covered armed force’ means the 

9 Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space 

10 Force. 

11 ‘‘(2) The term ‘covered statutory requirement’ 

12 means a requirement under any covered provision of 

13 law. 

14 ‘‘(3) The term ‘covered provision of law’ means 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(A) Section 1647 of the National Defense 

17 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public 

18 Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1118). 

19 ‘‘(B) Section 1650 of the National Defense 

20 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 

21 Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note). 

22 ‘‘(C) Section 1505 of the National Defense 

23 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public 

24 Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 394 note). 


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1 ‘‘(D) Section 1559 of the National Defense 

2 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023.’’. 

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

4 (A) REPEAL OF DUPLICATE BRIEFING RE5 QUIREMENT.—Section 1647 of the National De6 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 

7 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1118) is amend8 ed— 

9 (i) by striking subsection (c); and 

10 (ii) by redesignating subsections (d) 

11 through (j) as subsections (c) through (i), 

12 respectively. 

13 (B) REPEAL OF ADDITIONAL DUPLICATE

14 BRIEFING REQUIREMENT.—Section 1650 of the 

15 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

16 Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 2224 

17 note) is amended— 

18 (i) by striking subsection (d); and 

19 (ii) by redesignating subsections (e) 

20 and (f) as subsections (d) and (e), respec21 tively. 

22 (C) REPEAL OF DUPLICATE PROVISION RE23 LATING TO STRATEGIC CYBERSECURITY PRO24 GRAM.—Section 1640 of the National Defense 


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1 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public 

2 Law 115–9; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) is repealed. 

3 (D) REPEAL OF DUPLICATE BUDGET RE4 QUIREMENT.—Section 1637 of the John S. 

5 McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 

6 Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 10 

7 U.S.C. 221 note) is repealed. 

8 (E) REPEAL OF DUPLICATE REPORTING RE9 QUIREMENT.—Section 1505 of the National De10 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 

11 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 394 note) is 

12 amended— 

13 (i) by striking subsection (h); and 

14 (ii) by redesignating subsections (i) 

15 and (j) as subsections (h) and (i), respec16 tively. 

17 (F) REPEAL OF ADDITIONAL DUPLICATE

18 BRIEFING REQUIREMENT; REMOVAL OF REF19 ERENCE TO REPEALED PROVISION.—Section 

20 1559 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

21 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 is 

22 amended— 

23 (i) by striking ‘‘, section 1637 of the 

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1 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 

2 Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 221 note),’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking subsection (f). 

4 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

5 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of the 

6 office of primary responsibility for the Strategic Cybersecu7 rity Program under section 391b of title 10, United States 

8 Code, as added by subsection (a), shall submit to the con9 gressional defense committees a report setting forth the plan 

10 of the head to harmonize and interlink the annual reporting 

11 and annual budget display requirements under subsections 

12 (h) and (i) of such section, respectively, to ensure unity and 

13 a lack of duplication in such efforts. 

14 SEC. 1502. OFFICE FOR ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT RELATING 

15 TO CYBER ACTIVITIES. 

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 111 of title 10, United 

17 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2192b 

18 the following new section: 

19 ‘‘§ 2192c. Office for academic engagement relating to 

20 cyber activities 

21 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, act22 ing through the Chief Information Officer of the Depart23 ment of Defense, shall establish an office to establish, main24 tain, and oversee any activities of the Department of De25 fense that pertain to the relationship between the DepartVerDate Nov 24 2008 11:43 Jun 29, 2023 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00750 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 C:\USERS\TAMERYWEATHER\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\H2

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1 ment and academia, including with entities involved in 

2 primary, secondary, or postsecondary education, with re3 spect to cyber-related matters (in this section referred to as 

4 the ‘Office’). 

5 ‘‘(b) DIRECTOR.—The Office shall have a Director who 

6 shall report directly to the Chief Information Officer of the 

7 Department of Defense. An individual serving as Director 

8 shall, while so serving, be a member of the Senior Executive 

9 Service. 

10 ‘‘(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—(1) The Office shall be re11 sponsible for the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) Serving as the consolidated focal point for 

13 engagements carried out between the Department of 

14 Defense and academia with respect to cyber-related 

15 matters. 

16 ‘‘(B) Coordinating covered academic engagement 

17 programs for the Department of Defense. 

18 ‘‘(C) Conducting ongoing analysis, as deter19 mined necessary by the Director, of the performance 

20 of cyber-related educational scholarships, camps, sup21 port efforts, and volunteer partnerships of the Depart22 ment of Defense. 

23 ‘‘(D) Identifying actions the Secretary of Defense 

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1 tion by such personnel in covered academic engage2 ment programs, for the purposes of assisting the Sec3 retary in cyber-related matters and meeting the long4 term national defense needs of the United States for 

5 personnel proficient in such skills. 

6 ‘‘(E) Managing funds and resources for the Na7 tional Centers for Academic Excellence in Cybersecu8 rity program, the Department of Defense Cyber Schol9 arship Program, the National Defense University Col10 lege of Information and Cyberspace, the University 

11 Consortium for Cybersecurity, and the senior military 

12 colleges. 

13 ‘‘(F) Establishing requirements, policies, and 

14 procedures to collect data on, and to monitor and 

15 evaluate, the performance of covered academic engage16 ment programs with respect to the involvement in 

17 such programs by the Department of Defense. 

18 ‘‘(G) Monitoring and evaluating through appli19 cable performance measurements (including those es20 tablished pursuant to subparagraph (F)) the perform21 ance of covered academic engagement programs with 

22 respect to the involvement in such programs by the 

23 Department of Defense, and advising the Secretary of 

24 Defense on whether to continue, modify, or terminate 

25 such involvement. 


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1 ‘‘(H) Making budgetary determinations, taking 

2 into consideration the findings of performance evalua3 tions under subparagraph (G), with respect to— 

4 ‘‘(i) the involvement in covered academic 

5 engagement programs by the Department of De6 fense; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) other matters relating to the respon8 sibilities under this subsection. 

9 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the con10 trary, the Office shall be the office of primary responsibility 

11 for carrying out, among other legislative provisions, the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(A) Section 1633 of the John S. McCain Na14 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 

15 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2125). 

16 ‘‘(B) Section 1640 of the John S. McCain Na17 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 

18 (Public Law 115–232; 10 U.S.C. 2200 note). 

19 ‘‘(C) Section 1649 of the National Defense Au20 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 

21 116–92; 133 Stat. 1758). 

22 ‘‘(D) Section 1659 of the National Defense Au23 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 

24 116–92; 10 U.S.C. 391 note). 


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1 ‘‘(E) Section 1710 of the William M. (Mac) 

2 Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 

3 Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 

4 4086). 

5 ‘‘(F) Section 1726 of the William M. (Mac) 

6 Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 

7 Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 10 U.S.C. 

8 1599f note). 

9 ‘‘(G) Section 1530 of the National Defense Au10 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 

11 117–81; 135 Stat. 2049). 

12 ‘‘(H) Section 1532 of the National Defense Au13 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 

14 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 2191 note prec.). 

15 ‘‘(I) Section 1505 of the National Defense Au16 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 

17 117–263). 

18 ‘‘(J) Section 1535 of the National Defense Au19 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 

20 117–263). 

21 ‘‘(d) AUTHORITY RELATING TO COMPLIANCE.—The 

22 Secretary of Defense shall take such steps as may be nec23 essary to ensure that the Director of the Office has sufficient 

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1 sions or directives issued pursuant to the responsibilities 

2 under subsection (b). 

3 ‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—In carrying out this 

4 section, the Director of the Office may, under any provision 

5 of this chapter or any other provision of this title providing 

6 for the support of educational programs in cyber-related 

7 matters (and unless otherwise specified in such provi8 sion)— 

9 ‘‘(1) enter into contracts and cooperative agree10 ments; 

11 ‘‘(2) make grants of financial assistance; 

12 ‘‘(3) provide cash awards and other items; 

13 ‘‘(4) accept voluntary services; and 

14 ‘‘(5) support national competition judging, other 

15 educational event activities, and associated award 

16 ceremonies in connection with covered academic en17 gagement programs. 

18 ‘‘(f) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER ENTITIES.—The Under 

19 Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the 

20 Secretaries concerned shall coordinate and collaborate with 

21 the Director of the Office on covered academic engagement 

22 programs sponsored by the Under Secretary as Science, 

23 Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) pro24 grams and activities. 


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1 ‘‘(g) COVERED ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM

2 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘covered academic en3 gagement program’ means any of the following: 

4 ‘‘(1) A primary, secondary, or post-secondary 

5 educational program with a cyber focus. 

6 ‘‘(2) A program of the Department of Defense for 

7 the recruitment or retention of cyberspace civilian 

8 and military personnel, including scholarship pro9 grams. 

10 ‘‘(3) An academic partnership focused on estab11 lishing cyber talent among the personnel referred to 

12 in paragraph (2).’’. 

13 (b) DEADLINE FOR ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary 

14 of Defense shall establish the office under section 2192c of 

15 title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 

16 by not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment 

17 of this Act. 

18 SEC. 1503. MODIFICATION TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

19 ENTERPRISE-WIDE PROCUREMENT OF CYBER 

20 DATA PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. 

21 Section 1521(a) of the National Defense Authorization 

22 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 

23 2224 note) is amended— 

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1 (2) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated, by 

2 striking ‘‘(1) through (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) through 

3 (6)’’; and 

4 (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol5 lowing new paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(6) Evaluating emerging cyber technologies, 

7 such as artificial intelligence-enabled security tools, 

8 for efficacy and applicability to the requirements of 

9 the Department of Defense.’’. 

10 SEC. 1504. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH PROGRAM OF UNITED 

11 STATES CYBER COMMAND ON DARK WEB AND 

12 DEEP WEB ANALYSIS TOOLS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Commander of the United 

14 States Cyber Command, pursuant to the authority provided 

15 under section 167b(d) of title 10, United States Code, may 

16 establish within such Command a program, or augment an 

17 existing such program, to integrate into the packages of 

18 tools distributed to the combatant commands tools for the 

19 analysis of information from locations on the Internet re20 ferred to as the ‘‘dark web’’ and ‘‘deep web’’. 

21 (b) ELEMENTS.—Under the program established or 

22 augmented under subsection (a), the Commander may— 

23 (1) develop a comprehensive and tailored ap24 proach to the use of open-source intelligence tools for 

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1 from the locations on the Internet described in sub2 section (a); 

3 (2) develop and validate technical requirements 

4 relating to such collection, analysis, and distribution, 

5 including with respect to data fidelity and data prov6 enance; 

7 (3) assess and acquire technologies to— 

8 (A) collect information from the locations 

9 specified in paragraph (1); and 

10 (B) analyze and, as appropriate, distribute 

11 such information; and 

12 (4) enable the cross-organizational sharing of 

13 such information across the Department of Defense. 

14 (c) ROLE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR

15 CYBER POLICY.—Consistent with section 167b(d) of such 

16 title, the Commander shall implement this section subject 

17 to the authority, direction, and control of the Assistant Sec18 retary of Defense for Cyber Policy. 

19 SEC. 1505. MILITARY CYBERSECURITY COOPERATION WITH 

20 TAIWAN. 

21 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 

23 acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 

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1 mand and the Commander of the United States Indo-Pa2 cific Command, shall seek to cooperate with the Ministry 

3 of Defense of Taiwan on defensive military cybersecurity 

4 activities. 

5 (b) IDENTIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES.—In cooperating 

6 on defensive military cybersecurity activities with the Min7 istry of Defense of Taiwan under subsection (a), the Sec8 retary of Defense may carry out efforts to identify coopera9 tive activities to— 

10 (1) defend military networks, infrastructure, and 

11 systems; 

12 (2) counter malicious cyber activity that has 

13 compromised such military networks, infrastructure, 

14 and systems; 

15 (3) leverage United States commercial and mili16 tary cybersecurity technology and services to harden 

17 and defend such military networks, infrastructure, 

18 and systems; and 

19 (4) conduct combined cybersecurity training ac20 tivities and exercises. 

21 (c) BRIEFINGS.— 

22 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days 

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec24 retary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 

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1 sional committees a briefing on the implementation of 

2 this section. 

3 (2) CONTENTS.—The briefing under paragraph 

4 (1) shall include the following: 

5 (A) A description of the feasibility and ad6 visability of cooperating with the Ministry of 

7 Defense of Taiwan on the defensive military cy8 bersecurity activities identified pursuant to sub9 section (b). 

10 (B) An identification of any challenges and 

11 resources that would be needed to addressed to 

12 conduct such cooperative activities. 

13 (C) An overview of efforts undertaken pur14 suant to this section. 

15 (D) Any other matters the Secretary deter16 mines relevant. 

17 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE18 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres19 sional committees’’ means— 

20 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

21 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep22 resentatives; and 

23 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

24 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 


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1 Subtitle B—Personnel 

2 SEC. 1521. AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT VOLUNTARY AND UN3 COMPENSATED SERVICES FROM CYBERSECU4 RITY EXPERTS. 

5 (a) AUTHORITY.—Section 167b(d) of title 10, United 

6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

7 new paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(4) The Commander of the United States Cyber Com9 mand may accept voluntary and uncompensated services 

10 from cybersecurity experts, notwithstanding the provisions 

11 of section 1342 of title 31, and may delegate such authority 

12 to the chiefs of the armed forces.’’. 

13 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

14 Section 167b of such title, as amended by subsection (a), 

15 is further amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘referred 

18 to as the ‘cyber command’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘re19 ferred to as the ‘United States Cyber Com20 mand’ ’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Cyber 

22 Command’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Cyber 

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1 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Cyber Com2 mand’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘United 

3 States Cyber Command’’; 

4 (3) in subsections (c) and (d)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘cyber command’’ each 

6 place it appears and inserting ‘‘United States 

7 Cyber Command’’; 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘commander of the’’ each 

9 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Commander of 

10 the’’; and 

11 (C) by striking ‘‘commander of such com12 mand’’ each place it appears and inserting 

13 ‘‘Commander of such Command’’; and 

14 (4) in subsection (d)(3)(C), by striking ‘‘of the 

15 commander’’ and inserting ‘‘of the Commander’’. 

16 SEC. 1522. MATTERS RELATING TO MANAGEMENT OF 

17 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS CYBERSPACE 

18 OPERATIONS OFFICERS. 

19 (a) REQUIRED SERVICE.—Section 651(c) of title 10, 

20 United States Code, is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or in the 

22 case of an unrestricted officer designated within a 

23 cyberspace occupational specialty’’ before the closing 

24 period; and 

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1 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 

2 and inserting a semicolon; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

4 closing period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

5 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

6 subparagraph: 

7 ‘‘(C) in the case of an unrestricted officer who 

8 has been designated with a cyberspace occupational 

9 specialty, the period of obligated service specified in 

10 such contract or agreement.’’. 

11 (b) MINIMUM SERVICE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN

12 CYBERSPACE OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES.—Chapter 37 of 

13 title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

14 end the following new section: 

15 ‘‘§ 658. Minimum service requirement for certain 

16 cyberspace occupational specialties 

17 ‘‘(a) CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS OFFICER.—The min18 imum service obligation for any member who successfully 

19 completes training in the armed forces in direct accession 

20 to the cyberspace operations officer occupational specialty 

21 of the Marine Corps shall be eight years. 

22 ‘‘(b) SERVICE OBLIGATION DEFINED.—In this section, 

23 the term ‘service obligation’ means the period of active duty 

24 or, in the case of a member of a reserve component who 

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1 for training status as a member of a reserve component, 

2 the period of service in an active status in the Selected Re3 serve, required to be served after completion of cyberspace 

4 operations training.’’. 

5 SEC. 1523. MODIFICATIONS TO RATES OF PAY FOR CERTAIN 

6 CYBER-RELATED POSITIONS OF DEPARTMENT 

7 OF DEFENSE. 

8 Section 1599f of title 10, United States Code, is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘United 

11 States Cyber Command’’ and inserting ‘‘De12 partment of Defense cyber’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘respon14 sibilities of the United States Cyber Command’’ and 

15 all that follows and inserting ‘‘cyber mission of the 

16 Department of Defense;’’; 

17 (3) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol18 lows: 

19 ‘‘(b) BASIC PAY; SPECIAL RATES OF PAY.—(1) The 

20 Secretary shall fix the rates of basic pay for any qualified 

21 position established under subsection (a) in relation to the 

22 rates of pay provided for employees in comparable positions 

23 in the Department. 


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1 ‘‘(2)(A) Notwithstanding part III of title 5, the Sec2 retary may, for one or more categories of qualified positions 

3 that require cyber expertise— 

4 ‘‘(i) establish higher minimum rates of pay 

5 than those established under paragraph (1); and 

6 ‘‘(ii) make corresponding increases in all 

7 rates of pay of the pay range for each grade or 

8 level, subject to paragraph (3) or (4). 

9 ‘‘(B) The rates of pay under subparagraph (A) 

10 shall be basic pay for the same purposes specified in 

11 section 5305(j) of title 5. 

12 ‘‘(3) Except as provided in paragraph (4), a minimum 

13 rate of pay established for a category of positions under 

14 paragraph (2) may not exceed the maximum rate of basic 

15 pay (excluding any locality-based comparability payment 

16 under section 5304 of title 5 or similar provision of law) 

17 for the position in that category of positions without the 

18 authority of paragraph (1) by more than 30 percent, and 

19 no rate may be established under this section in excess of 

20 the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive 

21 Schedule under section 5315 of title 5. 

22 ‘‘(4)(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), the Secretary 

23 may establish higher annual limitations on special rates 

24 of pay for positions or employees selected by the Secretary 

25 as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(i) With respect to a qualified position that re2 quires cyber expertise for which the Secretary deter3 mines a higher rate is necessary, a rate of pay not 

4 to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level II of 

5 the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5. 

6 ‘‘(ii) With respect to an individual that the Sec7 retary determines, by name, possesses advanced skills 

8 and competencies and performs critical functions that 

9 execute the cyber mission of the Department, a rate 

10 not to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for the 

11 Vice President under section 104 of title 3. 

12 ‘‘(B) Employees receiving a special rate under 

13 subparagraph (A) shall be subject to an aggregate pay 

14 limitation that parallels the limitation established in 

15 section 5307 of title 5, except that— 

16 ‘‘(i) any allowance, differential, bonus, 

17 award, or other similar cash payment in addi18 tion to basic pay that is authorized under this 

19 title, the applicable provisions of title 5, or any 

20 other applicable law (excluding the Fair Labor 

21 Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.)) 

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1 ‘‘(ii) aggregate compensation may not ex2 ceed the rate established for the Vice President of 

3 the United States under section 104 of title 3. 

4 ‘‘(C) The number of individuals who receive 

5 basic pay established under subparagraph (A)(ii) 

6 may not exceed 1000 at any time. 

7 ‘‘(5) If the Secretary of Defense removes a category of 

8 positions from coverage under a rate of pay authorized by 

9 paragraph (2) or (4) after that rate of pay takes effect— 

10 ‘‘(A) the Secretary of Defense shall provide notice 

11 of the loss of coverage of the special rate of pay to 

12 each individual in such category; and 

13 ‘‘(B) the loss of coverage will take effect on the 

14 first day of the first pay period after the date of the 

15 notice. 

16 ‘‘(6) Subject to the limitations in this subsection, rates 

17 of pay established under this subsection by the Secretary 

18 of Defense may be revised from time to time.’’; and 

19 (4) in subsection (k)(5), by striking ‘‘the respon20 sibilities of the United States Cyber Command relat21 ing to cyber operations’’ and inserting ‘‘the cyber 

22 mission of the Department of Defense’’. 


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1 SEC. 1524. RESPONSIBILITY FOR CYBERSECURITY AND 

2 CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION OF 

3 THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE. 

4 Section 1724 of the National Defense Authorization 

5 Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (116–283; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘The Secretary 

8 of Defense shall designate the Principal Cyber Advisor 

9 of the Department of Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘Not 

10 later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 

11 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

12 Year 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall designate a 

13 principal staff assistant from within the Office of the 

14 Secretary of Defense who shall serve’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (c)— 

16 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

17 by striking ‘‘the Principal Cyber Advisor of the 

18 Department of Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘the prin19 cipal staff assistant designed under subsection 

20 (b)’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Sector 

22 Specific Agency’’ and inserting ‘‘Sector Risk 

23 Management Agency’’; 

24 (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Principal 

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1 serting ‘‘principal staff assistant designated under 

2 subsection (b)’’; and 

3 (4) in subsection (e)— 

4 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

5 by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘the Na6 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

7 2024’’; 

8 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Sector 

9 Specific Agency functions under Presidential 

10 Policy Directive-21 from non-cybersecurity Sec11 tor Specific Agency functions’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘functions of a Sector Risk Management Agency 

13 pursuant to section 9002 of the National Defense 

14 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (6 U.S.C. 

15 652a) from non-cybersecurity functions of a Sec16 tor Risk Management Agency’’; and 

17 (C) by striking paragraph (3). 

18 Subtitle C—Reports and Other 

19 Matters 

20 SEC. 1531. OVERSIGHT FOR COMMAND POST COMPUTING 

21 ENVIRONMENT CONTRACT AWARD. 

22 Not later than 14 days after the date on which the Sec23 retary of the Army awards a contract for the procurement 

24 of the ‘‘Command Post Computing Environment’’ program, 

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1 mittees a written notification of the award, including an 

2 identification of the criteria used in the selection of the 

3 award recipient and any other information determined nec4 essary by the Secretary. 

5 SEC. 1532. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS RE6 LATING TO CENSORSHIP OR BLACKLISTING 

7 OF NEWS SOURCES BASED ON SUBJECTIVE 

8 CRITERIA OR POLITICAL BIASES. 

9 (a) PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—None 

10 of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or 

11 otherwise made available for any fiscal year for the Depart12 ment of Defense may be obligated or expended to— 

13 (1) enter into any contract or other agreement 

14 with any entity described in subsection (b) or with 

15 any advertising or marketing agency that uses the 

16 functions described in subsection (b)(4) of such an en17 tity; or 

18 (2) provide any form of support to an entity de19 scribed in subsection (b). 

20 (b) ENTITIES DESCRIBED.—The entities described in 

21 this subsection are the following: 

22 (1) NewsGuard Technologies Inc., or any com23 pany owned or controlled by such entity. 


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1 (2) The Global Disinformation Index, incor2 porated in the United Kingdom as ‘‘Disinformation 

3 Index LTD’’. 

4 (3) Graphika Technologies Inc. or any company 

5 owned or controlled by such entity. 

6 (4) Any other entity the function of which is to 

7 advise the censorship or blacklisting of news sources 

8 based on subjective criteria or political biases, under 

9 the stated function of ‘‘fact checking’’ or otherwise re10 moving ‘‘misinformation’’. 

11 (c) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Prior to the Sec12 retary of Defense entering into any contract or other agree13 ment (or extending, renewing, or otherwise modifying an 

14 existing contract or other agreement) with an entity for the 

15 purpose of that entity implementing military recruitment 

16 advertisements on behalf of the Department of Defense, the 

17 Secretary shall require, as a condition of such contract or 

18 agreement, that the entity certify to the Secretary that the 

19 entity is in compliance with subsection (a). 

20 SEC. 1533. GAO REVIEW OF CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS MAN21 AGEMENT. 

22 (a) REVIEW.—Not later than 150 days after the date 

23 of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 

24 United States shall conduct a comprehensive review of the 

25 management by the Secretary of Defense of matters relating 


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1 to the conduct of, and preparation for, cyberspace oper2 ations. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The review under subsection (a) shall 

4 include an evaluation and assessment by the Comptroller 

5 General of the following: 

6 (1) The number of commands, organizations, 

7 units, and personnel (including an identification of 

8 the rank and grade thereof) responsible for conducting 

9 cyberspace operations across the Department of De10 fense. 

11 (2) The command and control relationships asso12 ciated with such commands, organizations, units, and 

13 personnel. 

14 (3) The number of command staff, secretariats, 

15 organizations, units, and personnel (including an 

16 identification of the rank and grade thereof) with any 

17 responsibility for budgetary, personnel, policy, or 

18 training matters, including the management of such 

19 matters, affecting cyberspace operations across the De20 partment of Defense. 

21 (4) The ratio of personnel specified in paragraph 

22 (1) determined to be fully trained and qualified, as 

23 defined by the Commander of the United States Cyber 

24 Command, relative to the total number of such per25 sonnel assigned to operational billets. 


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1 (5) The ratio of personnel specified in paragraph 

2 (3), relative to the total number of personnel assigned 

3 to billets within the Cyber Mission Force of the 

4 United States Cyber Command. 

5 (6) How the ratio determined pursuant to para6 graph (5) with respect to the personnel described in 

7 such paragraph compares to such ratio with respect 

8 to personnel in other warfighting disciplines, such as 

9 air-to-air combat, infantry operations, or long range 

10 fires. 

11 (7) An assessment of potential duplication in ef12 fort or cost between the various entities specified in 

13 paragraph (3) with any responsibility for budgetary, 

14 personnel, policy, or training matters, including the 

15 management of such matters, affecting cyberspace op16 erations across the Department of Defense. 

17 (8) The extent to which there is a senior official 

18 of the Department of Defense who is accountable to 

19 the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the Depart20 ment of Defense has an effective and efficient force 

21 structure, and has trained and ready forces, necessary 

22 to conduct cyberspace operations at all echelons (in23 cluding strategic, operational, and tactical echelons). 

24 (9) Any other matters the Comptroller General 

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1 (c) COMPONENTS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In carrying 

2 out the review under subsection (a), the Comptroller Gen3 eral shall take into consideration, at a minimum, the fol4 lowing: 

5 (1) Office of the Department of Defense Prin6 cipal Cyber Advisor. 

7 (2) Office of the Department of Defense Chief In8 formation Officer. 

9 (3) Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of 

10 Defense for Cyber Policy. 

11 (4) Office of the Deputy Director for Global Op12 erations, J-39, Joint Staff. 

13 (5) Office of the Director, Command, Control, 

14 Communications and Computers/Cyber and Chief In15 formation Officer, J-6, Joint Staff. 

16 (6) Office of the Department of the Army Prin17 cipal Cyber Advisor. 

18 (7) Office of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G19 3/5/7. 

20 (8) Office of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G21 2. 

22 (9) Office of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G23 6. 

24 (10) United States Army Training & Doctrine 

25 Command. 


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1 (11) United States Army Cyber Command. 

2 (12) Office of the Department of the Navy Prin3 cipal Cyber Advisor. 

4 (13) Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Oper5 ations for Information Warfare. 

6 (14) United States Fleet Forces Command. 

7 (15) Naval Information Forces. 

8 (16) United States Fleet Cyber Command. 

9 (17) Office of the Department of the Air Force 

10 Principal Cyber Advisor. 

11 (18) Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intel12 ligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Cyber Ef13 fects Operations, A2/6, Air Staff. 

14 (19) Air Combat Command. 

15 (20) 16th Air Force. 

16 (21) Office of the United States Marine Corps 

17 Deputy Commandant for Information. 

18 (22) Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command. 

19 (23) Office of the Deputy Chief of Space Oper20 ations for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear, Space 

21 Staff. 

22 (d) INTERIM BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 45 days after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 45 days 

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1 gressional defense committees interim briefings on the as2 sessment under subsection (a). 

3 (e) FINAL SUBMISSION OF RESULTS.—The Comp4 troller General shall submit to the congressional defense 

5 committees the final results of the assessment under sub6 section (a) in such form and at such time as may be mutu7 ally agreed upon by the Comptroller General and the com8 mittees. 

9 SEC. 1534. STUDY ON OCCUPATIONAL RESILIENCY OF 

10 CYBER MISSION FORCE. 

11 (a) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

12 of the enactment of this Act, the Principal Cyber Advisor 

13 of the Department of Defense and the Undersecretary of De14 fense for Personnel and Readiness, in coordination with the 

15 principal cyber advisors of the military departments and 

16 the Commander of the United States Cyber Command, shall 

17 conduct a study on the personnel and resources required 

18 to enhance and support the occupational resiliency of the 

19 Cyber Mission Force. 

20 (b) ELEMENTS.—The study under subsection (a) shall 

21 include the following: 

22 (1) An inventory of the resources and programs 

23 available to personnel assigned to the Cyber Mission 

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2 resiliency of such personnel relative to the respective 

3 operational work role within the Cyber Mission Force 

4 (as defined by the Commander of the United States 

5 Cyber Command) and the number of such personnel 

6 available to perform operations in each such category 

7 of operational work role. 

8 (3) An evaluation of the extent to which per9 sonnel assigned to the Cyber Mission Force have been 

10 made aware of the resources and programs referred to 

11 in paragraph (1), and of measures required to im12 prove such awareness. 

13 (4) A determination by the Commander of the 

14 United States Cyber Command regarding the ade15 quacy and accessibility of such resources and pro16 grams for personnel assigned to the Cyber Mission 

17 Force. 

18 (5) Such other matters as may be determined 

19 necessary by the Principal Cyber Advisor of the De20 partment of Defense and the Undersecretary of De21 fense for Personnel and Readiness. 

22 (c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Upon completing the 

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1 gressional defense committees a report containing the re2 sults of such study. 

3 (d) OCCUPATIONAL RESILIENCY DEFINED.—In this 

4 section, the term ‘‘occupational resiliency’’ means, with re5 spect to personnel assigned to the Cyber Mission Force, the 

6 ability of such personnel to mitigate the unique psycho7 logical factors that contribute to the degradation of mental 

8 health and job performance under such assignment. 

9 TITLE XVI—SPACE ACTIVITIES, 

10 STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND 

11 INTELLIGENCE MATTERS 

12 Subtitle A—Space Activities 

13 SEC. 1601. CLASSIFICATION REVIEW OF SPACE MAJOR DE14 FENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. 

15 Chapter 135 of title 10, United States Code, is amend16 ed by inserting after section 2275a the following new sec17 tion: 

18 ‘‘§ 2275b. Requirements for appropriate classification 

19 guidance. 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Before a space major defense ac21 quisition program achieves Milestone B approval, or equiv22 alent, the milestone decision authority shall determine 

23 whether the classification guidance for the program remains 

24 appropriate and— 


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1 ‘‘(1) if such guidance is determined to be appro2 priate, submit to the congressional defense committees 

3 a certification of such determination; or 

4 ‘‘(2) if such guidance is determined to be inap5 propriate, initiate an update to such guidance. 

6 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 ‘‘(1) The term ‘Milestone B approval’ has the 

8 meaning given such term in section 4172(e)(7) of this 

9 title. 

10 ‘‘(2) The term ‘major defense acquisition pro11 gram’ has the meaning given such term in section 

12 4201 of this title. 

13 ‘‘(3) The term ‘space major defense acquisition 

14 program’ means a major defense acquisition program 

15 for the acquisition of a satellite, ground system, or 

16 command and control system.’’. 

17 SEC. 1602. ENHANCED AUTHORITY TO INCREASE SPACE 

18 LAUNCH CAPACITY THROUGH SPACE LAUNCH 

19 SUPPORT SERVICES. 

20 Chapter 135 of title 10, United States Code, is amend21 ed by inserting after section 2276 the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 2276b. Special authority for provision of space 

2 launch support services to increase space 

3 launch capacity 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of a military de5 partment, pursuant to the authorities in this section or any 

6 other provision of law, may increase Federal and commer7 cial space launch capacity on any domestic real property 

8 under the control of the Secretary through the provision of 

9 space launch support services. 

10 ‘‘(b) PROVISION OF LAUNCH EQUIPMENT AND SERV11 ICES TO COMMERCIAL ENTITIES.— 

12 ‘‘(1) AGREEMENT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 

13 concerned may enter into contracts or other trans14 actions with commercial entities that intend to con15 duct space launch activities on a military installa16 tion under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. Any such 

17 agreement may include the provision of supplies, serv18 ices, equipment, and construction needed for commer19 cial space launch. 

20 ‘‘(2) AGREEMENT COSTS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) DIRECT COSTS.—An agreement en22 tered into under paragraph (1) shall include a 

23 provision that requires the commercial entity en24 tering into the agreement to reimburse the De25 partment of Defense for all direct costs to the 

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3 ‘‘(B) INDIRECT COSTS.—In addition, the 

4 contract may include a provision that requires 

5 the commercial entity to reimburse the Depart6 ment of Defense for such indirect costs as the 

7 Secretary concerned considers to be appropriate. 

8 In such a case, the contract may provide for the 

9 recovery of indirect costs through establishment 

10 of a rate, fixed price, or similar mechanism the 

11 Secretary concerned finds reasonable. 

12 ‘‘(3) RETENTION OF FUNDS COLLECTED FROM

13 COMMERCIAL USERS.—Amounts collected from a com14 mercial entity pursuant to paragraph (2) shall be 

15 credited to the appropriation accounts under which 

16 the costs associated with the agreement (direct and in17 direct) were incurred. 

18 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) SPACE LAUNCH.—The term ‘space launch’ 

20 includes all activities, supplies, equipment, facilities, 

21 or services supporting launch preparation, launch, re22 entry, recovery, and other launch-related activities for 

23 both the payload and the space transportation vehicle. 

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1 ty organized under the laws of the United States or 

2 of any jurisdiction within the United States. 

3 ‘‘(d) TRANSITION LIMITATIONS AND REPORTING RE4 QUIREMENTS.—For fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026, the 

5 Secretary concerned shall— 

6 ‘‘(1) limit indirect costs reimbursed pursuant to 

7 subsection (b)(2)(B) to no more than 30 percent, not 

8 to exceed $5,000,000 annually, of total direct cost re9 imbursements required under any agreement author10 ized by subsection (b); and 

11 ‘‘(2) not later than 90 days after each such fiscal 

12 year, submit to each of the congressional defense com13 mittees a briefing that— 

14 ‘‘(A) identifies total direct and indirect 

15 amount reimbursed to each spaceport for the 

16 prior fiscal year; 

17 ‘‘(B) describes support provided by reim18 bursed indirect costs for the prior fiscal year; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(C) identifies indirect rate and analysis 

21 used to determine the indirect rate for the next 

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1 SEC. 1603. MODIFICATION TO PROHIBITION ON FOREIGN 

2 COMMERCIAL SATELLITE SERVICES. 

3 Section 2279(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

6 end; 

7 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

8 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

9 (3) by adding at the end the following new para10 graph: 

11 ‘‘(4) the foreign entity plans to or is expected to 

12 receive satellite communication services and data 

13 downlinked to ground stations located within sov14 ereign territories shared via treaty with a covered for15 eign country.’’. 

16 SEC. 1604. AUTHORIZATION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 

17 NATIONAL SPACE INTELLIGENCE CENTER AS 

18 A FIELD OPERATING AGENCY. 

19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law prohib20 iting the establishment of a field operating agency, the Sec21 retary of the Air Force may establish the National Space 

22 Intelligence Center as a field operating agency of the Space 

23 Force to analyze and produce scientific and technical intel24 ligence on space-based and counterspace threats from for25 eign adversaries. 


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1 SEC. 1605. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR WGS-12 SAT2 ELLITE. 

3 (a) PROHIBITION ON PROCUREMENT PENDING CER4 TIFICATION REGARDING COMMERCIAL PROVIDERS.—The 

5 Secretary of the Air Force may not issue a contract for the 

6 procurement of a WGS-12 satellite until the Assistant Sec7 retary of the Air Force for Space Acquisitions and Integra8 tion submits to the congressional defense committees certifi9 cation that the requirements established by the Department 

10 for the primary payload for the WGS-12 satellite cannot 

11 be met by a commercial provider. 

12 (b) PROHIBITION ON OPERATION OR LAUNCH.—None 

13 of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or 

14 otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the De15 partment of Defense may be obligated or expended to oper16 ate or launch WGS-12 satellite. 

17 SEC. 1606. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS PENDING SUB18 MISSION OF CERTAIN REPORTS ON SPACE 

19 POLICY. 

20 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

21 (1) Congress established the office of Assistant 

22 Secretary of Defense for Space Policy in 2019 at the 

23 same time as the Space Force was established. 

24 (2) Despite elevating the position, the office has 

25 repeatedly not responded to mandates by Congress for 

26 unclassified reports on space policy topics. 


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1 (3) The threats to and from space by China and 

2 Russia have only increased since the establishment of 

3 the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy 

4 and the Space Force. 

5 (4) The Secretary of Defense has yet to submit 

6 to the congressional defense committees the report re7 quired by section 1609(c) of the National Defense Au8 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 

9 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 2271 note) or the report required 

10 by section 1611(c)(1) of such Act. 

11 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

12 that— 

13 (1) it is concerning that the office of the Assist14 ant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy has been 

15 given responsibility for issues not directly related to 

16 space policy, leading to the inability to complete the 

17 primary duty of the office. 

18 (2) The United States should have a well-estab19 lished and thoughtful national security space policy 

20 that can be discussed and debated in unclassified set21 tings. 

22 (3) Such a policy should be developed in con23 junction with, and taking into consideration, other 

24 relevant national strategy documents, including re25 views regarding nuclear and missile defense. 


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1 (c) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro2 priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 

3 year 2024 for the Department of Defense for travel by the 

4 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, not more 

5 than 90 percent may be obligated or expended until the Sec6 retary of Defense submits both of the following reports: 

7 (1) The report on classified programs managed 

8 under the authority of the Space Force required by 

9 section 1609(c) of the National Defense Authorization 

10 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 

11 U.S.C. 2271 note). 

12 (2) The report on the review of the space policy 

13 of the Department of Defense required by section 

14 1611(c)(1) of such Act. 

15 (d) UPDATES OF SPACE POLICY REPORT.—Section 

16 1611(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis17 cal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) is amended by striking 

18 paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph 

19 (2): 

20 ‘‘(2) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall provide for 

21 updates to the assessments, analyses, and evaluations 

22 carried out pursuant to such review in conjunction 

23 with other national strategy documents, including re24 views regarding nuclear and missile defense.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1607. NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PROGRAM 

2 PHASE THREE ACQUISITION. 

3 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

4 that— 

5 (1) the United States Space Force must continue 

6 to ensure assured access to space through phase three 

7 of the national security space launch program; 

8 (2) the acquisition strategy covered in the brief9 ing provided to the Committee on Armed Services and 

10 the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

11 House of Representatives in April 2023— 

12 (A) includes a dual-lane approach that is 

13 consistent with increasing competition for 

14 launch services needed by the future national se15 curity space architecture; and 

16 (B) balances introducing new launch pro17 viders and systems with meeting all required 

18 missions during the planned ordering period; 

19 (3) as the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

20 with the Director of National Intelligence, completes 

21 the final request for proposals, it should consider in22 cluding funding for launch services support for lane 

23 1 missions that require specific national security 

24 space launch requirements, such as the Global Posi25 tioning Services IIIF satellites that are intended to be 

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1 (4) the Department should ensure that objective 

2 readiness requirements are met by launch service pro3 viders before basic award in either lane. 

4 (b) PHASE THREE ACQUISITION STRATEGY.—In com5 petitively awarding and executing the phase three acquisi6 tion strategy, the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordina7 tion with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 

8 and Sustainment, shall— 

9 (1) maximize competition, to the extent prac10 ticable, for both lanes 1 and 2, as described in the 

11 briefing on the acquisition strategy provided to the 

12 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep13 resentatives in April 2023; 

14 (2) use lane 1 task or delivery order contracts 

15 to— 

16 (A) launch national security space payloads 

17 that require launch systems capable of lifting a 

18 minimum of 20,000 pounds mass to 100 nau19 tical miles; and 

20 (B) provide opportunities for new and 

21 emerging launch providers or systems to compete 

22 for national security space launch missions as 

23 such providers and systems become ready; 

24 (3) use lane 2, firm fixed-price indefinite deliv25 ery requirements contracts to— 


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1 (A) award contracts to national security 

2 space launch providers with launch systems that 

3 are capable of meeting all national security 

4 space launch design reference orbits; and 

5 (B) launch national security space low-risk 

6 tolerant payloads that require full mission assur7 ance that— 

8 (i) are performed by the national secu9 rity space launch program or 

10 (ii) have unique national security 

11 space mission requirements; and 

12 (4) in the case of any new or emerging national 

13 security space launch-class mission that is authorized 

14 for any of fiscal years 2025 through 2029 and is not 

15 identified in the phase three final request for pro16 posals reference manifest contract— 

17 (A) assign such mission to the lane 1 con18 tract referred to in paragraph (2); or 

19 (B) assign such mission to the lane 2 con20 tract referred to in paragraph (3), if the Sec21 retary determines that such a mission is has 

22 unique national security space or other Govern23 ment requirements that could not be met if the 

24 mission were assigned to the lane 1 contract. 


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1 (c) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—If the Secretary 

2 assigns a mission to the lane 2 contract pursuant to sub3 section (b)(4)(B), the Secretary shall submit to the congres4 sional defense committees, the Permanent Select Committee 

5 on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, and the Se6 lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate notification of 

7 such assignment and the reason for such assignment. 

8 (d) PHASE THREE ACQUISITION STRATEGY DE9 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘phase three acquisition 

10 strategy’’ means the process through which the Secretary of 

11 the Air Force— 

12 (1) enters into phase three contracts during fiscal 

13 year 2025; 

14 (2) orders launch missions during fiscal years 

15 2025 through 2029; and 

16 (3) carries out such launches under the national 

17 security space launch program. 

18 SEC. 1608. APPLICATION OF TNT EQUIVALENCY TO LAUNCH 

19 VEHICLES AND COMPONENTS USING METH20 ANE PROPELLANT. 

21 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

22 (1) The United States Government supports hav23 ing a robust space launch services market to support 

24 national security, civil, and commercial space activi25 ties. 


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1 (2) A majority of the new launch vehicles in de2 velopment, testing, and operation in the United 

3 States utilize methane and liquid oxygen as their pro4 pellants (LOX/LNG or methalox). 

5 (3) The United States Government has access to 

6 data and scientific modeling methods that support a 

7 TNT equivalency for methalox that is less than the 

8 default 100 percent TNT equivalency that is applied 

9 when no scientific data exists to characterize the ex10 plosive yield. 

11 (4) The United States Government is not consist12 ently applying data that supports a TNT equivalency 

13 of 25 percent at United States Government owned or 

14 licensed facilities. 

15 (5) The United States Government has initiated 

16 a LOX-Methane Assessment (LMA) working group; 

17 however, the working group’s methodology is not 

18 grounded in launch vehicle designs or test and launch 

19 operations. Further, the working group’s efforts are 

20 expected to take no less than 3 years to complete and 

21 cost the United States taxpayer no less than 

22 $80,000,000. 

23 (6) United States launch operators are incurring 

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1 ate as a result of the United States Government’s in2 consistent policy on methalox. 

3 (7) The People’s Republic of China is already 

4 launching orbital launch vehicles that utilize liquid 

5 oxygen and methane. 

6 (b) INTERIM EQUIVALENCY DETERMINATION.—Effec7 tive on the date of the enactment of this Act, the interim 

8 determination of TNT equivalency applied to launch vehi9 cles and components of such vehicles using methane as pro10 pellant shall not exceed 25 percent for purposes of the explo11 sive siting and hazardous operations for test and operations 

12 of such launch vehicles and their components on or from 

13 any facility owned or licensed by the Federal Government. 

14 (c) IMPROVED PROCESS FOR YIELD DETERMINA15 TIONS.—Not later than one year after the date of the enact16 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary 

17 of Transportation, and the Administrator of the National 

18 Aeronautics and Space Administration shall establish a 

19 process through which scientifically-valid TNT equivalency 

20 determinations can be assessed for launch vehicles while in 

21 flight. 

22 (d) CERTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Not later than 90 

23 days after the completion of the joint assessment process 

24 conducted by the LOX-Methane Assessment working group, 

25 the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, 


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1 and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 

2 Space Administration shall submit to the appropriate con3 gressional committees— 

4 (1) a certification verifying that the Secretaries 

5 and the Administrator reviewed the results of such 

6 joint assessment process and have agreed upon a new 

7 TNT equivalency determination that will be applied 

8 by the Federal Government to launch vehicles and 

9 components of such vehicles using methane as propel10 lant; and 

11 (2) a report describing how the implementation 

12 of that new TNT equivalency determination is ex13 pected to affect commercial space launch activities 

14 and national security. 

15 (e) SUNSET.—Subsection (b) shall have no force or ef16 fect after the expiration of the period of 180 days following 

17 the submittal of the certification and report required under 

18 subsection (d). 

19 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com21 mittees’’ means the following: 

22 (A) The congressional defense committees. 

23 (B) The Committee on Commerce, Science, 

24 and Transportation of the Senate. 


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1 (C) The Committee on Science, Space, and 

2 Technology of the House of Representatives. 

3 (D) The Committee on Transportation and 

4 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. 

5 (2) The term ‘‘launch vehicle’’ has the meaning 

6 given that term in section 50902 of title 51, United 

7 States Code. 

8 (3) The term ‘‘LOX-Methane Assessment working 

9 group’’ means the interagency working group that— 

10 (A) is comprised of representatives from the 

11 Department of Defense, the Department of 

12 Transportation, and the National Aeronautics 

13 and Space Administration; and 

14 (B) as of the date of the enactment of this 

15 Act, is studying the explosive characteristics of 

16 liquid oxygen and methane. 

17 (4) The term ‘‘TNT equivalency’’ means a unit 

18 of energy equivalent to the energy released during det19 onation of trinitrotoluene (TNT). 

20 SEC. 1609. PLAN TO IMPROVE THREAT-SHARING ARRANGE21 MENTS WITH COMMERCIAL SPACE OPERA22 TORS. 

23 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

24 that— 


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1 (1) commercial space providers that contract 

2 with the Department of Defense are vulnerable to 

3 physical and cyber threats; and 

4 (2) United States Space Command has estab5 lished the commercial integration cell to aid in the 

6 integration and protection of United States satellites 

7 and to build awareness of threats. 

8 (b) PLAN FOR THREAT SHARING WITH COMMERCIAL

9 SPACE OPERATORS.—The Assistant Secretary of the Air 

10 Force for Space Acquisitions and Integration, in consulta11 tion with the Commander of United States Space Com12 mand, shall develop a plan to expand existing threat-shar13 ing arrangements with commercial space operators that are 

14 under contract with the Department of Defense, as of the 

15 date of the enactment of this Act. 

16 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

17 of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of the 

18 Air Force for Space Acquisitions, in coordination with the 

19 Commander of United States Space Command, shall submit 

20 to the congressional defense committees a report on the plan 

21 required under subsection (b). 


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1 SEC. 1610. PLAN FOR AN INTEGRATED AND RESILIENT SAT2 ELLITE COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE 

3 FOR THE SPACE FORCE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air Force, in 

5 coordination with the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force 

6 for Space Acquisition and Integration and the Chief of 

7 Space Operations, shall— 

8 (1) as part of the force design process for the 

9 Space Force, consider options for the integration re10 silient military tactical satellite communications ca11 pabilities; 

12 (2) develop a plan for the integration of such ca13 pabilities into the Space Force, as required under 

14 subsection (b); and 

15 (3) ensure that a geostationary small satellite 

16 communications constellation is evaluated for inclu17 sion as a component of the space data transport force 

18 design of the Space Force through, at minimum, the 

19 end of fiscal year 2027. 

20 (b) PLAN FOR INTEGRATION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air 

22 Force, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of 

23 the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration 

24 and the Chief of Space Operations, shall develop a 

25 plan for an integrated and resilient satellite commu26 nications architecture for the Space Force. 


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1 (2) ELEMENTS.—The plan under paragraph (1) 

2 shall include, at a minimum, options for— 

3 (A) leveraging commercially available geo4 stationary small satellite communications tech5 nology developed and produced in the United 

6 States; 

7 (B) ensuring sufficient funding for such an 

8 integration; 

9 (C) including the unique requirements for 

10 small satellite communications constellation 

11 throughout the acquisition and deployment pe12 riod, including support for global X-band cov13 erage and support for secure communications 

14 waveforms using on-board digital processing; 

15 and 

16 (D) potential integration of such geo17 stationary small satellite communications capa18 bility into the enterprise satellite communica19 tions management and control (commonly 

20 known as ‘‘ESC–MC’’) implementation plan of 

21 the Department of Defense. 

22 (3) BRIEFING.—Not later than the date specified 

23 in paragraph (4), than the Secretary of the Air Force 

24 shall provide to the congressional defense committees 

25 a briefing on the plan developed under paragraph (1). 


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1 (4) DATE SPECIFIED.—The date specified in this 

2 subsection is the earlier of— 

3 (A) July 1, 2024; or 

4 (B) the date on which the Secretary of the 

5 Air Force completes the space data transport 

6 force design for the Space Force. 

7 SEC. 1611. PROCESS AND PLAN FOR SPACE FORCE SPACE 

8 SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary of the Air 

10 Force for Space Acquisitions and Integration, in consulta11 tion with Chief of Space Operations, shall— 

12 (1) establish a process to regularly identify and 

13 evaluate commercial space situational awareness ca14 pabilities, including the extent to which commercial 

15 space situational awareness data could meet Space 

16 Force space situational awareness needs; and 

17 (2) develop and implement a plan to integrate 

18 the unified data library into Space Force operational 

19 systems, including space situational awareness and 

20 Space command and control missions. 

21 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

22 of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall 

23 submit to the congressional defense committees a report con24 taining a description of the process and plan required 

25 under subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 1612. REPORT ON NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE VEHI2 CLE PROCESSING CAPABILITIES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 2024, the 

4 Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the appropriate 

5 congressional committees a report on— 

6 (1) the projected needs for national security 

7 space vehicle processing capabilities; and 

8 (2) the potential for public-private partnerships 

9 to enable new projected payload processing providers 

10 to add processing capabilities. 

11 (b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE12 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres13 sional committees’’ means— 

14 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

15 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

16 House of Representatives; and 

17 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

18 Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

19 Subtitle B—Nuclear Forces 

20 SEC. 1631. ESTABLISHMENT OF MAJOR FORCE PROGRAM 

21 FOR NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, AND 

22 COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS. 

23 Chapter 9 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 

24 by adding at the end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 239e. Nuclear command, control, and communica2 tions: major force program and budget as3 sessment 

4 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF MAJOR FORCE PROGRAM.— 

5 The Secretary of Defense shall establish a unified major 

6 force program for nuclear command, control, and commu7 nications programs pursuant to section 222(b) of this title 

8 to prioritize such programs in accordance with the require9 ments of the Department of Defense and national security. 

10 ‘‘(b) BUDGET ASSESSMENT.—(1) The Secretary shall 

11 include with the defense budget materials for each of fiscal 

12 years 2025 through 2030 a report on the budget for nuclear 

13 command, control, and communications programs of the 

14 Department of Defense. 

15 ‘‘(2) Each report on the budget for nuclear command, 

16 control, and communications programs of the Department 

17 under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

18 ‘‘(A) An overview of the budget, including— 

19 ‘‘(i) a comparison between that budget, the 

20 previous budget, the most recent and prior fu21 ture-years defense program submitted to Con22 gress under section 221 of this title (such com23 parison shall exclude the responsibility for re24 search and development of the continuing im25 provement of such nuclear command, control, 

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1 appropriated for such nuclear command, control, 

2 and communications programs during the pre3 vious fiscal year; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) the specific identification, as a budg5 etary line item, for the funding under such pro6 grams. 

7 ‘‘(B) An assessment of the budget, including sig8 nificant changes, priorities, challenges, and risks. 

9 ‘‘(C) Any additional matters the Secretary deter10 mines appropriate. 

11 ‘‘(3) Each report under paragraph (1) shall be sub12 mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 

13 annex. 

14 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 ‘‘(1) The term ‘budget’, with respect to a fiscal 

16 year, means the budget for that fiscal year that is 

17 submitted to Congress by the President under section 

18 1105(a) of title 31. 

19 ‘‘(2) The term ‘defense budget materials’, with 

20 respect to a fiscal year, means the materials sub21 mitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in sup22 port of the budget for that fiscal year. 

23 ‘‘(3) The term ‘nuclear command, control, and 

24 communications programs’ means programs through 

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1 mand and control of nuclear weapons is conducted, 

2 including programs that facilitate senior-level deci3 sions on nuclear weapons employment.’’. 

4 SEC. 1632. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR REVIEW OF NU5 CLEAR DETERRENCE POSTURES. 

6 Section 1753 of the National Defense Authorization 

7 Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 

8 1852) is repealed. 

9 SEC. 1633. RETENTION OF CAPABILITY TO REDEPLOY MUL10 TIPLE INDEPENDENTLY TARGETABLE RE11 ENTRY VEHICLES. 

12 Section 1057 of the National Defense Authorization 

13 Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 

14 495 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘and Sentinel’’ after 

15 ‘‘Minuteman III’’ both places it appears. 

16 SEC. 1634. PILOT PROGRAM ON DEVELOPMENT OF RE17 ENTRY VEHICLES AND RELATED SYSTEMS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air Force may 

19 carry out a pilot program, to be known as the ‘‘Reentry 

20 Vehicle Flight Test Bed Program’’, to assess the feasibility 

21 of providing regular flight test opportunities that support 

22 the development of reentry vehicles to— 

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1 (2) provide an enduring, high-cadence test bed to 

2 mature technologies for planned reentry vehicles; and 

3 (3) transition technologies developed under other 

4 programs, prototype projects, or research and develop5 ment programs related to long-range ballistic or 

6 hypersonic strike missiles. 

7 (b) GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND OTHER AGREE8 MENTS.— 

9 (1) AUTHORITY.—In carrying out a pilot pro10 gram under this section, the Secretary may make 

11 grants and enter into contracts or other agreements 

12 with appropriate entities for the conduct of relevant 

13 flight tests of reentry vehicles and systems. 

14 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives a 

15 grant, or enters into a contract or other agreement, 

16 as part of a pilot program carried out under this sec17 tion shall use the grant, or any amount received 

18 under the contract or other agreement, to carry out 

19 one or more of the following activities: 

20 (A) Conducting flight tests to develop or 

21 validate— 

22 (i) aeroshell design; 

23 (ii) thermal protective systems; 

24 (iii) guidance and control systems; 

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1 (v) communications; 

2 (vi) environmental sensors; or 

3 (vii) other relevant technologies. 

4 (B) Expanding flight test opportunities 

5 through low-cost, high cadence platforms. 

6 (c) COORDINATION.—If the Secretary of the Air Force 

7 carries out a pilot program under this section, the Secretary 

8 shall ensure that the activities under the pilot program are 

9 carried out in coordination with the Secretary of Defense 

10 and the Secretary of the Navy. 

11 (d) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out a pilot 

12 program under this section shall terminate on December 31, 

13 2029. 

14 SEC. 1635. INTEGRATED MASTER SCHEDULE FOR THE SEN15 TINEL MISSILE PROGRAM OF THE AIR FORCE. 

16 (a) DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 

17 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 

18 Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, act19 ing through the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Ac20 quisition, Technology, and Logistics, shall submit to the 

21 congressional defense committees an approved integrated 

22 master schedule for the Sentinel missile program of the Air 

23 Force. 

24 (b) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 days 

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1 basis thereafter until January 1, 2029, the Secretary of the 

2 Air Force shall provide to the congressional defense commit3 tees a briefing on the progress of the Sentinel missile pro4 gram. 

5 (c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days after the 

6 Secretary of the Air Force becomes aware of an event that 

7 is expected to delay, by more than one fiscal quarter, the 

8 date on which Sentinel missile achieves initial operational 

9 capability (as set forth in the integrated master schedule 

10 submitted under subsection (a)), the Secretary shall— 

11 (1) submit notice of such delay to the congres12 sional defense committees; and 

13 (2) include with such notice— 

14 (A) an explanation of the factors causing 

15 such delay; and 

16 (B) a plan to prevent or minimize the du17 ration of such delay. 

18 SEC. 1636. FORM OF CONTRACTING AUTHORIZED TO MITI19 GATE RISK TO SENTINEL PROGRAM SCHED20 ULE AND COST. 

21 Notwithstanding section 3323(a) of title 10, United 

22 States Code, the Secretary of Defense may authorize con23 tracts using cost-plus incentive-fee contracting for military 

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1 trol centers, and related infrastructure for not more than 

2 the first two low-rate initial production lots. 

3 SEC. 1637. NOTIFICATION OF DECISION TO DELAY STRA4 TEGIC DELIVERY SYSTEM TEST EVENT. 

5 (a) NOTIFICATION AND REPORT.—Not later than five 

6 days after the Secretary of Defense makes a decision to 

7 delay a scheduled test event for a strategic delivery system, 

8 the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense com9 mittees written notice of such decision together with a re10 port on the decision. 

11 (b) ELEMENTS REQUIRED.—The report required by 

12 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

13 (1) A description of the objectives of the test. 

14 (2) An explanation for the decision to cancel the 

15 test. 

16 (3) An estimate of expenditures related to the 

17 cancelled test. 

18 (4) An assessment of the effect of the test can19 cellation on— 

20 (A) confidence in the reliability of the stra21 tegic nuclear weapons delivery system involved; 

22 and 

23 (B) any research, development, test, and 

24 evaluation activities related to the test. 

25 (5) A plan to reschedule the test event. 


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1 SEC. 1638. PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION OF THE INTER2 CONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES OF THE 

3 UNITED STATES. 

4 (a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 

5 (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

6 Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the 

7 Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for 

8 the following, and the Department may not otherwise take 

9 any action to do the following: 

10 (1) Reduce, or prepare to reduce, the responsive11 ness or alert level of the intercontinental ballistic mis12 siles of the United States. 

13 (2) Reduce, or prepare to reduce, the quantity of 

14 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles of the 

15 United States to a number less than 400. 

16 (b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 

17 shall not apply to any of the following activities: 

18 (1) The maintenance or sustainment of inter19 continental ballistic missiles. 

20 (2) Ensuring the safety, security, or reliability of 

21 intercontinental ballistic missiles. 

22 (3) Facilitating the transition from the Minute23 man III intercontinental ballistic missile to the Sen24 tinel intercontinental ballistic missile (previously re25 ferred to as the ‘‘ground-based strategic deterrent 

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1 SEC. 1639. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

2 RETIREMENT OF B83–1 NUCLEAR GRAVITY 

3 BOMBS. 

4 (a) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Except as pro5 vided by subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be 

6 appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 

7 fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Defense or the De8 partment of Energy for the deactivation, dismantlement, or 

9 retirement of the B83–1 nuclear gravity bomb may be obli10 gated or expended to deactivate, dismantle, or retire more 

11 than 25 percent of the B83–1 nuclear gravity bombs that 

12 were in the active stockpile as of September 30, 2022, until 

13 a period of 90 days has elapsed following the date on which 

14 the Secretary of Defense submits to the Committees on 

15 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representa16 tives the study required under section 1674(a) of the James 

17 M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

18 Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263). 

19 (b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation on the use of funds 

20 under subsection (a) shall not apply to the deactivation, 

21 dismantling, or retirement of B83–1 nuclear gravity bombs 

22 for the purpose of supporting safety and surveillance, 

23 sustainment, life extension, or modification programs for 

24 the B83–1 or other weapons currently in, or planned to be25 come part of, the nuclear weapons stockpile of the United 

26 States. 


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1 SEC. 1640. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

2 NAVAL NUCLEAR FUEL SYSTEMS BASED ON 

3 LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM. 

4 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

5 Act or otherwise made available for the National Nuclear 

6 Security Administration may be obligated or expended to 

7 conduct research or development relating to an advanced 

8 naval nuclear fuel system based on low-enriched uranium. 

9 SEC. 1641. ESTABLISHMENT OF NUCLEAR SEA-LAUNCHED 

10 CRUISE MISSILE PROGRAM. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 30 days after 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De13 fense shall establish and commence implementation of a nu14 clear sea-launched cruise missile program (referred to in 

15 this section as the ‘‘SLCM-N Program’’). 

16 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the SLCM-N Pro17 gram shall be— 

18 (1) to provide the United States with a needed 

19 nonstrategic nuclear capability and make that capa20 bility available to the Department of Defense; 

21 (2) to strengthen tailored deterrence of regional 

22 adversaries; and 

23 (3) to assure allies and partners of the United 

24 States of the Nation’s commitment to their defense. 

25 (c) ACTIVITIES.—Under the SLCM-N Program, the 

26 Secretary of Defense shall— 


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1 (1) accelerate and conclude research and develop2 ment activities for nuclear sea-launched cruise mis3 siles and transition such missiles to the procurement 

4 and fielding phases; 

5 (2) conduct a concept of operations study to in6 form the fielding of nuclear sea-launched cruise mis7 siles aboard platforms identified by the Navy, includ8 ing the Virginia class submarine; 

9 (3) designate the nuclear sea-launched cruise 

10 missile as an Acquisition Category ID (ACAT ID) 

11 program in accordance with Department of Defense 

12 Instruction 5000.85, titled ‘‘Major Capability Acqui13 sition’’, dated November 4, 2021; and 

14 (4) ensure that the missiles developed under the 

15 program achieve initial operational capability not 

16 later than September 30, 2031. 

17 (d) WARHEAD DEVELOPMENT.—Not later than 30 

18 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis19 trator for Nuclear Security shall initiate phase 6.2 of the 

20 nuclear sea-launched cruise missile warhead designated 

21 W80–4 ALT. 

22 (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

23 shall be construed to supersede or otherwise alter the organi24 zational relationships and responsibilities of departments 

25 and agencies of the Federal Government regarding oversight 


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1 and management of ongoing activities relating to the nu2 clear sea-launched cruise missile. 

3 SEC. 1642. QUARTERLY REPORTS ON PROGRESS OF SEA4 LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE–NUCLEAR PRO5 GRAM. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days after the 

7 last day of each fiscal quarter until the termination date 

8 specified in subsection (c)— 

9 (1) the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the 

10 congressional defense committees a report on the exe11 cution of funding appropriated for the Sea-Launched 

12 Cruise Missile–Nuclear program; and 

13 (2) the Administrator for Nuclear Security shall 

14 submit to the congressional defense committees a re15 port on the execution of funding appropriated for the 

16 W80-4 nuclear warhead variant under development 

17 for such program. 

18 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report required under sub19 section (a) shall include, with respect to the program or 

20 variant, respectively, each of the following: 

21 (1) A description of ongoing and completed ac22 tivities. 

23 (2) A schedule and summary of activities 

24 planned for the fiscal quarter following the fiscal 

25 quarter during which the report is submitted. 


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1 (3) A description of each contract awarded under 

2 the program, including a description of the type of 

3 contract and the status of the contract. 

4 (4) A description of the status of funding for the 

5 program or variant, including identification of— 

6 (A) any obligations and expenditures that 

7 have been made; and 

8 (B) any obligations and expenditures that 

9 are planned. 

10 (5) An assessment of the status of the program 

11 or variant with respect to technological maturity. 

12 (c) TERMINATION DATE.—The requirement to submit 

13 reports under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date on 

14 which the Secretary of Defense provides to the congressional 

15 defense committees a certification that the nuclear-capable 

16 sea launched cruise missile system under development by 

17 the Navy has achieved full operational capability. 

18 SEC. 1643. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF NUCLEAR 

19 COOPERATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA. 

20 If the Commander of United States Strategic Com21 mand determines, after consultation with the Director of 

22 the Defense Intelligence Agency, that militarily significant 

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1 mander shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

2 a notification of such determination that includes— 

3 (1) a description of the military significant co4 operation; and 

5 (2) an assessment of the implication of such co6 operation for the United States with respect to nu7 clear deterrence, extended deterrence, assurance, and 

8 defense. 

9 SEC. 1644. REPORT ON ACCELERATION OF NUCLEAR MOD10 ERNIZATION PRIORITIES. 

11 The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

12 Sustainment shall submit to the congressional defense com13 mittees a report that includes an identification of any addi14 tional authorities and reforms necessary to allow the De15 partment of Defense to accelerate its current nuclear mod16 ernization priorities. 

17 Subtitle C—Missile Defense 

18 Programs 

19 SEC. 1661. QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTOR OF MISSILE DE20 FENSE AGENCY. 

21 Section 205(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 

22 amended by inserting ‘‘a general or flag officer’’ after ‘‘shall 

23 be’’. 


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1 SEC. 1662. NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE POLICY. 

2 Subsection (a) of section 1681 of the National Defense 

3 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 

4 328; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note) is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States— 

6 ‘‘(1) to research, develop, test, procure, deploy, 

7 and sustain, with funding subject to the annual au8 thorization of appropriations for National Missile De9 fense, systems that provide effective, layered missile 

10 defense capabilities to defeat increasingly complex 

11 missile threats in all phases of flight; and 

12 ‘‘(2) to maintain a credible nuclear capability as 

13 the foundation of strategic deterrence.’’. 

14 SEC. 1663. PROGRAMS TO ACHIEVE INITIAL AND FULL 

15 OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES FOR THE GLIDE 

16 PHASE INTERCEPTOR PROGRAM. 

17 (a) PROGRAM TO ACHIEVE INITIAL OPERATIONAL CA18 PABILITY.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, act20 ing through the Director of the Missile Defense Agency 

21 and in coordination with the officials specified in 

22 subsection (d), shall carry out a program to achieve, 

23 by not later than December 31, 2029, an initial oper24 ational capability for the Glide Phase Interceptor as 

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1 (2) REQUIRED CAPABILITIES.—For purposes of 

2 paragraph (1), the Glide Phase Interceptor program 

3 shall be considered to have achieved initial oper4 ational capability if— 

5 (A) the Glide Phase Interceptor is capable 

6 of defeating, in the glide phase, any endo-atmos7 pheric hypersonic vehicles that are known to the 

8 Department of Defense and fielded as of the date 

9 of the enactment of this Act; and 

10 (B) not fewer than 12 Glide Phase Inter11 ceptor missiles have been fielded. 

12 (b) PROGRAM TO ACHIEVE FULL OPERATIONAL CAPA13 BILITY.— 

14 (1) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De15 fense, acting through the Director of the Missile De16 fense Agency and in coordination with the officials 

17 specified in subsection (d), shall carry out a program 

18 to achieve, by not later than December 31, 2032, full 

19 operational capability for the Glide Phase Interceptor 

20 as described in paragraph (2). 

21 (2) REQUIRED CAPABILITIES.—For purposes of 

22 paragraph (1), the Glide Phase Interceptor program 

23 shall be considered to have achieved full operational 

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1 (A) the Glide Phase Interceptor is capable 

2 of defeating, in the glide phase, any endo-atmos3 pheric hypersonic vehicles— 

4 (i) that are known to the Department 

5 of Defense and fielded as of the date of the 

6 enactment of this Act; and 

7 (ii) that the Department of Defense ex8 pects to be fielded before the end of 2040; 

9 (B) not fewer than 24 Glide Phase Inter10 ceptor missiles have been fielded; and 

11 (C) the Glide Phase Interceptor has the abil12 ity to be operated collaboratively with space13 based or terrestrial sensors that the Department 

14 of Defense expects to be deployed before the end 

15 of 2032. 

16 (c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AUTHORIZED.—The 

17 Director of the Missile Defense Agency is authorized to enter 

18 into a cooperative development agreement with one or more 

19 international partners of the United States for the develop20 ment of the full operational capability described in sub21 section (b). 

22 (d) OFFICIALS SPECIFIED.—The officials specified in 

23 this subsection are the following: 

24 (1) The Under Secretary of Defense for Research 

25 and Engineering. 


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1 (2) The Secretary of the Navy. 

2 (3) The Commander of the United States Indo3 Pacific Command. 

4 (4) The Commander of the United States Euro5 pean Command. 

6 SEC. 1664. RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS ON MULTIPOLAR DE7 TERRENCE AND ESCALATION DYNAMICS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

10 shall seek to enter into an agreement with a university af11 filiated research center with expertise in strategic deterrence 

12 to conduct research and analysis on multipolar deterrence 

13 and escalation dynamics. 

14 (b) ELEMENTS.—The research and analysis conducted 

15 under subsection (a) shall include assessment of the fol16 lowing: 

17 (1) Implications for strategic deterrence and al18 lied assurance given the emergence of a second near19 peer nuclear power. 

20 (2) Potential alternative conventional, strategic, 

21 and nuclear force structures to optimize deterrence of 

22 two near-peer nuclear powers. 

23 (3) The contribution made by countervailing 

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1 (4) Escalation patterns arising from Russia’s 

2 Strategic Operations to Destroy Critically Important 

3 Targets operational concept and response options for 

4 the United States. 

5 (5) Multilateral efforts that could contribute to 

6 multipolar strategic deterrence and escalation dynam7 ics. 

8 (6) Capabilities and operations sufficient to as9 sure European and Pacific allies. 

10 (c) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2025, 

12 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres13 sional defense committees a report that includes the 

14 results of the research and analysis conducted under 

15 subsection (a). 

16 (2) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 

17 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in18 clude a classified annex. 

19 SEC. 1665. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS PENDING SUB20 MISSION OF REPORT ON MISSILE DEFENSE 

21 INTERCEPTOR SITE. 

22 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 

23 for fiscal year 2024 for the Office of the Under Secretary 

24 of Defense for Policy, for travel, not more than 80 percent 

25 may be obligated or expended until the date on which the 


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1 Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense 

2 committees the report on the requirement for a missile de3 fense interceptor site in the contiguous United States re4 quired by section 1665 of the James M. Inhofe National De5 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 

6 117– 263). 

7 SEC. 1666. REPORT ON HAWAII MISSILE DEFENSE. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

9 (1) The budget justification materials submitted 

10 by the Secretary of Defense support of the budget of 

11 the President for fiscal year 2023 effectively cancelled 

12 all activities for the Homeland Defense Radar—Ha13 waii due to ongoing reevaluation of the missile de14 fense posture and sensor architecture in the area of 

15 responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Com16 mand. 

17 (2) The budget justification materials submitted 

18 by the Secretary of Defense support of the budget of 

19 the President for fiscal year 2024 include $40,000,000 

20 for the Hawaii Air Route Surveillance Radar Version 

21 4 (ARSR-4), which is intended to ‘‘address Depart22 ment of Defense capability gaps driven by new threats 

23 and provide dual use for Hawaii for Air Traffic Con24 trol and weather monitoring’’. 


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1 (3) Briefings provided by the Department of De2 fense indicated a very limited viewing area for this 

3 proposed radar, which does not support adequate 

4 warning or discrimination of threats, and the request 

5 for ARSR-4 does not include any effort associated 

6 with integrating the radar to the overall missile de7 fense sensor architecture to support increased defen8 sive capabilities for Hawaii. 

9 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

10 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 

11 submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 

12 the findings of the review conducted by the Secretary of the 

13 integrated air and missile defense sensor architecture of the 

14 United States Indo-Pacific Command, and specific pro15 grams of record which support additional sensor coverage 

16 for the state of Hawaii. Such report shall include an identi17 fication of— 

18 (1) the investments that should be made to in19 crease the detection of nonballistic threats and im20 prove the discrimination of ballistic missile threats, 

21 particularly with regards to Hawaii; and 

22 (2) investments to integrate any sensors into the 

23 missile defense system to assist with protection of the 

24 State. 


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1 SEC. 1667. REPORT ON POTENTIAL ENHANCEMENTS TO 

2 AEGIS ASHORE SITES IN POLAND AND ROMA3 NIA. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Missile 

6 Defense Agency shall submit to the congressional defense 

7 committees a report on potential enhancements to Aegis 

8 Ashore sites in Poland and Romania. 

9 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 

10 shall include— 

11 (1) an assessment of the feasibility and advis12 ability of— 

13 (A) enhancing associated sensor systems to 

14 detect a broader array of missile threats; 

15 (B) fielding a mixed fleet of defensive inter16 ceptor systems; and 

17 (C) physical hardening of the facilities; 

18 (2) a funding profile, by year, detailing the com19 plete costs associated with any options assessed under 

20 paragraph (1); and 

21 (3) such other information as the Director con22 siders appropriate. 

23 (c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report submitted under 

24 subsection (a) shall be in unclassified form, but may include 

25 a classified annex. 


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1 SEC. 1668. RESCISSION OF MEMORANDUM ON MISSILE DE2 FENSE GOVERNANCE. 

3 Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 

4 of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall rescind Directive5 type Memorandum 20-002 relating to ‘‘Missile Defense Sys6 tem Policies and Governance’’. 

7 SEC. 1669. POLICY AND REPORT ON NORTH ATLANTIC 

8 TREATY ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVE INTE9 GRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE CAPA10 BILITIES IN EUROPE. 

11 (a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to 

12 contribute integrated air and missile defense capabilities, 

13 such as forward deployed AN/TPY-2 radars and Aegis 

14 Ashore sites, to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to 

15 defeat increasingly complex threats to the United States 

16 Armed Forces and the military forces of member countries 

17 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Europe. 

18 (b) REPORT.— 

19 (1) NATO REPORT.—Not later than 270 days 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec21 retary of Defense shall provide to the North Atlantic 

22 Treaty Organization Conference of National Arma23 ments Directors for Ballistic Missile Defense a report 

24 containing options to improve the existing integrated 

25 air and missile defense architecture to detect, track, 

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1 missile threats to the territory of member countries of 

2 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and deployed 

3 members of the United States Armed Forces. 

4 (2) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 

5 14 days after the completion of the report required 

6 under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall 

7 provide to the congressional defense committees a 

8 briefing on the options contained in the report and 

9 the steps necessary to implement any such option that 

10 is agreed to by the member countries of the North At11 lantic Treaty Organization. 

12 SEC. 1670. INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF SPACE-BASED MIS13 SILE DEFENSE CAPABILITY. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

15 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, 

16 acting through the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, 

17 shall seek to enter into an arrangement with an appropriate 

18 federally funded research and development center to update 

19 the study referred to in subsection (c). 

20 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment conducted for pur21 poses of updating the study shall, at a minimum, include 

22 analysis of the following matters: 

23 (1) The extent to which space-based capabilities 

24 would address current and evolving missile threats to 

25 the United States and United States deployed forces. 


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1 (2) The maturity levels of technologies necessary 

2 for an operational space-based missile defense capa3 bility. 

4 (3) Potential options for developing, fielding, op5 erating, and sustaining a space-based missile defense 

6 capability, including estimations of cost and assess7 ments of effectiveness for different architectures. 

8 (4) The technical risks, knowledge gaps, or other 

9 challenges associated with the development and oper10 ation of space-based interceptor capabilities. 

11 (5) Estimated costs for developing and deploying 

12 such capability. 

13 (6) The ability of the Department of Defense to 

14 protect and defend on-orbit space-based missile de15 fense capabilities, including any recommendations for 

16 resiliency requirements that would be needed to en17 sure the effectiveness of such capabilities. 

18 (c) STUDY SPECIFIED.—The study referred to in this 

19 subsection is the study conducted by the federally funded 

20 research and development center known as the ‘‘Institute 

21 for Defense Analysis’’ examining the feasibility and advis22 ability of developing a space-based missile defense capa23 bility. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after 

2 entering into an arrangement under subsection (a), 

3 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres4 sional defense committees a report that includes— 

5 (A) an unaltered copy of independent as6 sessment completed pursuant to the arrangement; 

7 and 

8 (B) any views of the Secretary of Defense 

9 with respect to such assessment. 

10 (2) FORM.—The report required under para11 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 

12 may include a classified annex. 

13 Subtitle D—Other Matters 

14 SEC. 1681. INCLUSION OF PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE 

15 ON INTELLIGENCE OF THE HOUSE OF REP16 RESENTATIVES AS RECIPIENT OF QUAR17 TERLY INFORMATION OPERATIONS BRIEF18 INGS. 

19 Section 1631(d)(1) of the National Defense Authoriza20 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 

21 Stat. 1742; 10 U.S.C. 397 note) is amended by inserting 

22 ‘‘and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

23 House of Representatives’’ after ‘‘congressional defense com24 mittees’’. 


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1 SEC. 1682. MODIFICATION TO AUTHORITY TO USE OPER2 ATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDS FOR 

3 CYBER OPERATIONS-PECULIAR CAPABILITY 

4 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. 

5 Section 1640 of the National Defense Authorization 

6 Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) is amend7 ed— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘ and each Secretary of the 

10 military departments concerned’’; 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘per use’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘per project’’; and 

13 (C) by striking ‘‘through 2025’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘through 2028’’; 

15 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—Each fiscal year, the Commander 

18 of the United States Cyber Command may obligate and ex19 pend under subsection (a) not more than $16,000,000.’’; 

20 (3) in subsection (c)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘$1,000,000’’; and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘the Secretary of Defense, or 

24 his designee, and each Secretary of the military 

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1 inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Defense (or a des2 ignee)’’; and 

3 (4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2025’’ and in4 serting ‘‘2028’’. 

5 SEC. 1683. COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION FUNDS. 

6 (a) FUNDING ALLOCATION.—Of the $350,999,000 au7 thorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense 

8 for fiscal year 2024 in section 301 and made available by 

9 the funding table in division D for the Department of De10 fense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program established 

11 under section 1321 of the Department of Defense Coopera12 tive Threat Reduction Act (50 U.S.C. 3711), the following 

13 amounts may be obligated for the purposes specified: 

14 (1) For strategic offensive arms elimination, 

15 $6,815,000. 

16 (2) For chemical security and elimination, 

17 $16,400,000. 

18 (3) For global nuclear security, $19,406,000. 

19 (4) For biological threat reduction, $228,030,000. 

20 (5) For proliferation prevention, $46,324,000. 

21 (6) For activities designated as Other Assess22 ments/Administration Costs, $34,024,000. 

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1 able by the funding table in division D for the Department 

2 of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program shall be 

3 available for obligation for fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 

4 2026. 

5 SEC. 1684. QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS ON IMPLEMENTATION 

6 OF MILITARY-CODE COMPLIANT GPS RECEIV7 ERS THROUGH MILITARY GPS USER EQUIP8 MENT PROGRAM. 

9 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

10 (1) Section 2979b of title 10, United States Code, 

11 which was enacted as part of the National Defense 

12 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 

13 117–81), establishes the Council on Oversight of the 

14 Department of Defense Positioning, Navigation, and 

15 Timing Enterprise to oversee all aspects of the posi16 tioning, navigation, and timing enterprise of the De17 partment of Defense. 

18 (2) The law requires the Council to be co-chaired 

19 by the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the 

20 Under Secretary for Research and Engineering, and 

21 the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

22 Sustainment, whose responsibilities are to coordinate 

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1 gation, and timing policies are implemented in ac2 quisition activities. 

3 (3) With respect to the implementation of mili4 tary-code (in this section referred to as ‘‘M-Code’’) 

5 compliant Global Positioning Service (in this section 

6 referred to as ‘‘GPS’’) receivers through the Military 

7 GPS User Equipment program, the Comptroller Gen8 eral of the United States found that ‘‘Significant 

9 issues with data completeness and accuracy re10 main. . .. Poor data hinder the congressional defense 

11 committees’ ability to track the progress of M-code 

12 and support DOD decision-making. User equipment 

13 delays have also had ripple effects on DOD’s ability 

14 to plan for and develop M-code-capable receivers. 

15 These delays have limited the military services’ abil16 ity to fully develop plans for operationally testing the 

17 M-code capability’’. 

18 (b) QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 1, 

20 2024, and quarterly thereafter until the date specified 

21 in paragraph (2), the Co-Chairs of the Council on 

22 Oversight of the Department of Defense Positioning, 

23 Navigation, and Timing Enterprise, shall provide to 

24 the congressional defense committees a briefing on the 

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1 GPS receivers through the Military GPS User Equip2 ment program, including the status of increments 1 

3 and 2 of such program and details regarding expected 

4 dates of M-Code compliance for all sea-, air, and 

5 land-based terminals across the platforms of each of 

6 the Armed Forces. 

7 (2) TERMINATION DATE.—No briefing shall be 

8 required under paragraph (1) after the date on which 

9 the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional 

10 defense committees certification that the increments 1 

11 and 2 of the Military GPS User Equipment program 

12 have reached full operational capacity. 

13 SEC. 1685. MOVING TARGET INDICATOR PROGRAMS OF DE14 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

15 (a) WORKING GROUP.— 

16 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec18 retary of Defense shall establish working group, to be 

19 known as the ‘‘Moving Target Indicator Working 

20 Group’’. 

21 (2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Such working group 

22 shall be responsible for— 

23 (A) addressing Department of Defense joint 

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1 (B) monitoring cost, schedule, and perform2 ance of all efforts to replace the tactical intel3 ligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capa4 bility provided, as of the date of the enactment 

5 of this Act, by the Joint Surveillance Target At6 tack Radar System; and 

7 (C) developing the processes and procedures 

8 for tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, 

9 and dissemination of the data collected by mov10 ing target indicator systems. 

11 (3) MEMBERSHIP.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall se13 lect— 

14 (i) a member of the Space Force and 

15 a member of the Joint Staff to serve as co16 chairs of the working group; and 

17 (ii) members of the Army, Navy, Ma18 rine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force who 

19 represent the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, 

20 Air Force, and Space Force and combatant 

21 commands, as the Secretary determines ap22 propriate, to serve as members of the work23 ing group. 

24 (B) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not 

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1 ment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to 

2 the congressional defense committees notice of the 

3 co-chairs and members selected to serve on the 

4 working group pursuant to subparagraph (A). 

5 (b) BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS.— 

6 (1) INITIAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 120 days 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the co8 chairs of the working group shall provide to the con9 gressional defense committees a briefing on— 

10 (A) any capabilities development documents 

11 either approved by, or in development for, the 

12 Joint Requirements Oversight Council; and 

13 (B) any progress of the working group to14 wards developing tasking, collection, processing, 

15 exploitation, and dissemination for future mov16 ing target indicator systems. 

17 (2) BIANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not less frequently 

18 than biannually, the working group shall provide to 

19 the congressional defense committees a briefing on the 

20 status of any moving target indicator programs being 

21 developed. 


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1 SEC. 1686. REPORTING MECHANISM ON USE OF CONSULT2 ANTS, INFORMANTS, AND OTHER HUMAN 

3 SOURCES TO ACQUIRE INTELLIGENCE INFOR4 MATION. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De7 fense shall establish a mechanism for documenting and re8 porting to the congressional defense committees regarding 

9 the use of consultants, informants, or other human sources 

10 by any element of the Department of Defense, including any 

11 military department, to acquire intelligence information. 

12 (b) ELEMENTS.—The mechanism under subsection (a) 

13 shall include, at a minimum, a requirement that the Sec14 retary of Defense document and, on a quarterly basis, notify 

15 the congressional defense committees of any activity (other 

16 than an activity subject to regulation under a covered direc17 tive) that— 

18 (1) is carried out during that quarter by the Sec19 retary; and 

20 (2) involves the use of a consultant, informant, 

21 or other human source to acquire intelligence infor22 mation. 

23 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) The term ‘‘covered directive’’ means the fol25 lowing directives (or any such successor directives): 


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1 (A) Intelligence Community Directives 304 

2 (relating to human intelligence). 

3 (B) Intelligence Community Directive 310 

4 (relating to the coordination of clandestine 

5 human source and human-enabled foreign intel6 ligence collection and counterintelligence activi7 ties outside the United States). 

8 (C) Intelligence Community Directive 311 

9 (relating to the coordination of clandestine 

10 human source and human-enabled foreign intel11 ligence collection and counterintelligence activi12 ties inside the United States). 

13 (2) The term ‘‘informant’’ means any individual 

14 who furnishes information to the Department of De15 fense in the course of a confidential relationship with 

16 the Department under which the identity of such in17 dividual is protected from public disclosure. 

18 SEC. 1687. REPORT ON CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS FOR OF19 FENSIVE HYPERSONIC SYSTEMS. 

20 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

21 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 

22 coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 

23 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re24 port on the status of the implementation of a concept of 


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1 operations and total munitions requirements for offensive 

2 hypersonic systems. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 

4 shall include the following: 

5 (1) A description and assessment of efforts to de6 velop and implement concepts of operation with re7 gard to fielding, deploying, and using offensive 

8 hypersonic systems currently in development and in9 cluded in future-years defense program submitted to 

10 Congress under section 221 of title 10, United States 

11 Code, for fiscal year 2024. 

12 (2) An assessment of how the use of hypersonic 

13 weapons will be considered with regard to strategic 

14 deterrence and stability. 

15 (3) A description of scenarios and simulations 

16 modeling the use of offensive hypersonic systems in 

17 defined environments. 

18 (4) Criteria to be used for validation of the use 

19 of offensive hypersonic systems. 

20 (5) Identification of existing authorities gov21 erning the use of offensive hypersonic systems and an 

22 explanation of any additional authorities that may be 

23 required for the use of such systems. 

24 (6) A description of how hypersonic capabilities 

25 are incorporated into force development and design. 


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1 (7) A munitions requirement (applicable through 

2 the period covered by the future-years defense pro3 gram submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 

4 10, United States Code, for fiscal year 2024) for each 

5 offensive hypersonic weapons program currently in 

6 development, including requirements provided by each 

7 military department and combatant command. 

8 (8) Identification of any operational gaps for 

9 which additional offensive hypersonic weapon capa10 bilities would have strategic impact on overall con11 cepts of operation of the Department of Defense. 

12 (c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 

13 be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi14 fied annex. 

15 SEC. 1688. INDO-PACIFIC MISSILE STRATEGY. 

16 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

17 (1) The 2022 National Defense Strategy states: 

18 ‘‘The [People’s Republic of China (PRC)] has ex19 panded and modernized nearly every aspect of the 

20 [People’s Liberation Army (PLA)], with a focus on 

21 offsetting U.S. military advantages. The PRC is 

22 therefore the pacing challenge for the Department.’’. 

23 (2) The 2020 report of the Department of Defense 

24 entitled ‘‘Annual Report to Congress Involving the 

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1 ventional ballistic and cruise missiles: The PRC has 

2 more than 1,250 ground-launched ballistic missiles 

3 (GLBMs) and ground-launched cruise missiles 

4 (GLCMs) with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilo5 meters. The United States currently fields one type of 

6 conventional GLBM with a range of 70 to 300 kilo7 meters and no GLCMs.’’. 

8 (3) In September 2021, the United States entered 

9 a security partnership with the United Kingdom and 

10 Australia (commonly known as ‘‘AUKUS’’). In April 

11 2022, AUKUS leaders committed to ‘‘commence new 

12 trilateral cooperation on hypersonic technologies, 

13 counter-hypersonic defense systems, and electronic 

14 warfare capabilities, as well as to deepen cooperation 

15 on defense innovation.’’. 

16 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

17 that— 

18 (1) United States ground-based theater-range 

19 conventional missile systems in the Indo-Pacific re20 gion provide operational and strategy utility in— 

21 (A) availability of persistent, prompt, and 

22 survivable strike options; 

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1 (C) imposition of operational costs on 

2 enemy forces; 

3 (D) responsive strikes against time-critical 

4 enemy targets; and 

5 (E) destruction of high-value targets to en6 able other joint forces; and 

7 (2) an Indo-Pacific Missile Strategy should— 

8 (A) provide coherent direction to concept 

9 and capability development, including procure10 ment and employment; 

11 (B) distribute integrated capabilities at 

12 operationally relevant ranges; 

13 (C) coordinate and differentiate strike mis14 sions among the military forces of the United 

15 States and allies; and 

16 (D) pursue co-development and co-produc17 tion of capabilities with allies and partners, in18 cluding through existing institutional mecha19 nisms. 

20 (c) STRATEGY.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

22 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

23 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com24 mittees a strategy for ground-based theater-range con25 ventional missiles in the Indo-Pacific region. 


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1 (2) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required by para2 graph (1) shall include the following: 

3 (A) An assessment of gaps in conventional 

4 theater-range precision strike capabilities in the 

5 area of responsibility of the United States Indo6 Pacific Command. 

7 (B) An identification of military require8 ments for ground-based theater-range conven9 tional missile systems, including range, propul10 sion, payload, launch platform, weapon effects, 

11 and other operationally relevant factors. 

12 (C) An identification of prospective basing 

13 locations for ground-based theater-range conven14 tional missiles in the area of responsibility of the 

15 United States Indo-Pacific Command and an as16 sessment of steps required to receive host-nation 

17 permission for forward-basing of such weapon 

18 systems. 

19 (D) A description of operational concepts 

20 for employment of such conventional missiles, in21 cluding integration with other capabilities in the 

22 Western Pacific region. 

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1 development of new over-the-horizon range and 

2 intermediate-range conventional missiles. 

3 (F) An assessment of the cost, schedule, and 

4 feasibility of ground-based theater-range conven5 tional missile programs, including any potential 

6 cost-sharing structures through existing institu7 tional mechanisms. 

8 (3) FORM.—The strategy required by paragraph 

9 (1) may be submitted in classified form but shall in10 clude an unclassified summary. 

11 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) The term ‘‘ground-based theater-range con13 ventional missile’’ means a conventional mobile 

14 ground-launched cruise or hypersonic missile system 

15 with a range between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. 

16 (2) With respect to a missile system, the term 

17 ‘‘intermediate-range’’ means a missile system with a 

18 range between 3,000 and 5,500 kilometers. 

19 TITLE XVII—SPACE FORCE 

20 PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 

21 SEC. 1701. SHORT TITLE. 

22 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Space Force Personnel 

23 Management Act’’. 


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1 Subtitle A—Space Force Military 

2 Personnel System Without Com3 ponent 

4 SEC. 1711. ESTABLISHMENT OF MILITARY PERSONNEL MAN5 AGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE SPACE FORCE. 

6 Title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 

7 at the end the following new subtitle: 

8 ‘‘Subtitle F—Alternative Military 

9 Personnel Systems 

10 ‘‘PART I—SPACE FORCE 

11 ‘‘CHAPTER 2001— SPACE FORCE 

12 PERSONNEL SYSTEM 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘20001. Single military personnel management system. 

‘‘20002. Members: duty status. 

‘‘20003. Members: minimum service requirement as applied to Space Force. 

13 ‘‘§ 20001. Single military personnel management sys14 tem 

15 ‘‘Members of the Space Force shall be managed through 

16 a single military personnel management system, without 

17 component.’’. 

‘‘Chap. .............................................................................................................

‘‘2001. Space Force Personnel System ......................................................... 20001

‘‘2003. Status and Participation .................................................................. 20101

‘‘2005. Officers ................................................................................................ 20201

‘‘2007. Enlisted Members. .............................................................................. 20301

‘‘2009. Retention and Separation Generally ............................................... 20401

‘‘2011. Separation of Officers for Substandard Performance of Duty or 

for Certain Other Reasons ................................................. 20501

‘‘2013. Retirement .......................................................................................... 20601’’. 


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1 SEC. 1712. COMPOSITION OF THE SPACE FORCE WITHOUT 

2 COMPONENT. 

3 (a) COMPOSITION OF THE SPACE FORCE.—Section 

4 9081(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) by striking paragraph (1); 

6 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 

7 paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and 

8 (3) in paragraph (1), as so redesignated, by 

9 striking ‘‘, including’’ and all that follows through 

10 ‘‘emergency’’. 

11 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub12 section (a) shall take effect on the date of the certification 

13 by the Secretary of the Air Force under section 1745. 

14 SEC. 1713. DEFINITIONS FOR SINGLE PERSONNEL MANAGE15 MENT SYSTEM FOR THE SPACE FORCE. 

16 (a) SPACE FORCE DEFINITIONS.—Section 101 of title 

17 10, United States Code, is amended— 

18 (1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) 

19 as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and 

20 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 

21 new subsection (e): 

22 ‘‘(e) SPACE FORCE.—The following definitions relat23 ing to members of the Space Force apply in this title: 

24 ‘‘(1) The term ‘space force active status’ means 

25 the status of a member of the Space Force who is not 

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2 the status of a member of the Space Force who is des3 ignated by the Secretary of the Air Force, under regu4 lations prescribed by the Secretary, as being in a 

5 space force inactive status. 

6 ‘‘(3) The term ‘space force retired status’ means 

7 the status of a member of the Space Force who— 

8 ‘‘(A) is receiving retired pay ; or 

9 ‘‘(B) but for being under the eligibility age 

10 applicable under section 12731 of this title, 

11 would be eligible for retired pay under chapter 

12 1223 of this title. 

13 ‘‘(4) The term ‘sustained duty’ means full-time 

14 duty by a member of the Space Force ordered to such 

15 duty by an authority designated by the Secretary of 

16 the Air Force— 

17 ‘‘(A) in the case of an officer— 

18 ‘‘(i) to fulfill the terms of an active19 duty service commitment incurred by the of20 ficer under any provision of law; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) with the consent of the officer; 

22 and 

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1 fied in the terms of the member’s enlistment or 

2 reenlistment agreement.’’. 

3 (b) AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING DUTY STATUS DEFINI4 TIONS.—Subsection (d) of such section is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, including 

6 sustained duty in the Space Force’’ after ‘‘United 

7 States’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (7), by inserting ‘‘, or a mem9 ber of the Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Reserves’’ in subpara10 graphs (A) and (B). 

11 SEC. 1714. BASIC POLICIES RELATING TO SERVICE IN THE 

12 SPACE FORCE. 

13 Chapter 2001 of title 10, United States Code, as added 

14 by section 1711, is amended by adding at the end the fol15 lowing new sections: 

16 ‘‘§ 20002. Members: duty status 

17 ‘‘Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the 

18 Air Force, each member of the Space Force shall be placed 

19 in one of the following duty statuses: 

20 ‘‘(1) Space force active status. 

21 ‘‘(2) Space force inactive status. 

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1 ‘‘§ 20003. Members: minimum service requirement as 

2 applied to Space Force 

3 ‘‘(a) In applying section 651 of this title to a person 

4 who becomes a member of the Space Force, the provisions 

5 of the second sentence of subsection (a) and of subsection 

6 (b) of that section (relating to service in a reserve compo7 nent) are inapplicable. 

8 ‘‘(b) A member of the Space Force who transfers to 

9 one of the other armed forces before completing the service 

10 required by subsection (a) of section 651 of this title shall 

11 upon such transfer be subject to section 651 of this title in 

12 the same manner as if such member had initially entered 

13 the armed force to which the member transfers.’’. 

14 SEC. 1715. STATUS AND PARTICIPATION. 

15 Subtitle F of title 10, United States Code, as added 

16 by section 1711, is amended by adding at the end the fol17 lowing new chapter: 

18 ‘‘CHAPTER 2003—STATUS AND 

19 PARTICIPATION 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘20101. Members in Space Force active status: amount of annual training or active duty service required. 

‘‘20102. Individual ready guardians: designation; mobilization category. 

‘‘20103. Members not on sustained duty: agreements concerning conditions of service. 

‘‘20104. Orders to active duty: with consent of member. 

‘‘20105. Sustained duty. 

‘‘20106. Orders to active duty: without consent of member. 

‘‘20107. Transfer to inactive status: initial service obligation not complete. 

‘‘20108. Members of Space Force: credit for service for purposes of laws providing 

pay and benefits for members, dependents, and survivors. 

‘‘20109. Policy for order to active duty based upon determination by Congress. 


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1 ‘‘§ 20101. Members in Space Force active status: 

2 amount of annual training or active duty 

3 service required 

4 ‘‘Except as specifically provided in regulations pre5 scribed by the Secretary of Defense, a member of the Space 

6 Force in a space force active status who is not serving on 

7 sustained duty shall be required to— 

8 ‘‘(1) participate in at least 48 scheduled drills or 

9 training periods during each year and serve on active 

10 duty for not less than 14 days (exclusive of travel 

11 time) during each year; or 

12 ‘‘(2) serve on active duty for not more than 30 

13 days during each year. 

14 ‘‘§ 20102. Individual ready guardians: designation; 

15 mobilization category 

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations prescribed by 

17 the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force may 

18 designate a member of the Space Force in a space force ac19 tive status as an Individual Ready Guardian. 

20 ‘‘(b) MOBILIZATION CATEGORY.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Among members of the Space 

22 Force designated as Individual Ready Guardians, 

23 there is a category of members (referred to as a ‘mobi24 lization category’) who, as designated by the Sec25 retary of the Air Force, are subject to being ordered 


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1 to active duty without their consent in accordance 

2 with section 20106(a) of this title. 

3 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS ON PLACEMENT IN MOBILIZA4 TION CATEGORY.—A member designated as an Indi5 vidual Ready Guardian may not be placed in the mo6 bilization category referred to in paragraph (1) un7 less— 

8 ‘‘(A) the member volunteers to be placed in 

9 that mobilization category; and 

10 ‘‘(B) the member is selected by the Secretary 

11 of the Air Force, based upon the needs of the 

12 Space Force and the grade and military skills of 

13 that member. 

14 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON TIME IN MOBILIZATION CAT15 EGORY.—A member of the Space Force in a space 

16 force active status may not remain designated an In17 dividual Ready Guardian in such mobilization cat18 egory after the end of the 24-month period beginning 

19 on the date of the separation of the member from ac20 tive service. 

21 ‘‘(4) DESIGNATION OF GRADES AND MILITARY

22 SKILLS OR SPECIALTIES.—The Secretary of the Air 

23 Force shall designate the grades and military skills or 

24 specialties of members to be eligible for placement in 

25 such mobilization category. 


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1 ‘‘(5) BENEFITS.—A member in such mobilization 

2 category shall be eligible for benefits (other than pay 

3 and training) on the same basis as are available to 

4 members of the Individual Ready Reserve who are in 

5 the special mobilization category under section 

6 10144(b) of this title, as determined by the Secretary 

7 of Defense. 

8 ‘‘§ 20103. Members not on sustained duty: agreements 

9 concerning conditions of service 

10 ‘‘(a) AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of the Air Force 

11 may enter into a written agreement with a member of the 

12 Space Force not on sustained duty— 

13 ‘‘(1) requiring the member to serve on active 

14 duty for a definite period of time; 

15 ‘‘(2) specifying the conditions of the member’s 

16 service on active duty; and 

17 ‘‘(3) for a member serving in a space force inac18 tive status, specifying the conditions for the member’s 

19 continued service as well as order to active duty with 

20 and without the consent of the member. 

21 ‘‘(b) CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.—An agreement under 

22 subsection (a) shall specify the conditions of service. The 

23 Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe regulations estab24 lishing— 


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1 ‘‘(1) what conditions of service may be specified 

2 in the agreement; 

3 ‘‘(2) the obligations of the parties; and 

4 ‘‘(3) the consequences of failure to comply with 

5 the terms of the agreement. 

6 ‘‘(c) AUTHORITY FOR RETENTION ON ACTIVE DUTY

7 DURING WAR OR NATIONAL EMERGENCY.—If the period of 

8 service on active duty of a member under an agreement 

9 under subsection (a) expires during a war or during a na10 tional emergency declared by Congress or the President, the 

11 member concerned may be kept on active duty, without the 

12 consent of the member, as otherwise prescribed by law. 

13 ‘‘§ 20104. Orders to active duty: with consent of mem14 ber 

15 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—A member of the Space Force who 

16 is serving in a space force active status and is not on sus17 tained duty, or who is serving in a space force inactive sta18 tus, may, with the consent of the member, be ordered to ac19 tive duty, or retained on active duty, under the following 

20 sections of chapter 1209 of this title in the same manner 

21 as applies to a member of a reserve component ordered to 

22 active duty, or retained on active duty, under that section 

23 with the consent of the member: 

24 ‘‘(1) Section 12301(d), relating to orders to ac25 tive duty at any time with the consent of the member. 


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1 ‘‘(2) Section 12301(h), relating to orders to ac2 tive duty in connection with medical or health care 

3 matters. 

4 ‘‘(3) Section 12322, relating to active duty for 

5 health care. 

6 ‘‘(4) Section 12323, relating to active duty pend7 ing line of duty determination required for response 

8 to sexual assault. 

9 ‘‘(b) APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF LAW.—The following 

10 sections of chapter 1209 of this title pertaining to a member 

11 of a reserve component ordered to active duty with the con12 sent of the member apply to a member of the Space Force 

13 who is ordered to active duty under this section in the same 

14 manner as to such a reserve component member: 

15 ‘‘(1) Section 12308, relating to retention after 

16 becoming qualified for retired pay. 

17 ‘‘(2) Section 12309, relating to use of Reserve of18 ficers in expansion of armed forces. 

19 ‘‘(3) Section 12313, relating to release of reserve 

20 members from active duty. 

21 ‘‘(4) Section 12314, relating to kinds of duty. 

22 ‘‘(5) Section 12315, relating to duty with or 

23 without pay. 

24 ‘‘(6) Section 12316, relating to payment of cer25 tain Reserves while on duty. 


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1 ‘‘(7) Section 12318, relating to duties and fund2 ing of reserve members on active duty. 

3 ‘‘(8) Section 12320, relating to grade in which 

4 ordered to active duty. 

5 ‘‘(9) Section 12321, relating to a limitation on 

6 number of reserve members assigned to Reserve Officer 

7 Training Corps units. 

8 ‘‘§ 20105. Sustained duty 

9 ‘‘(a) ENLISTED MEMBERS.—An authority designated 

10 by the Secretary of the Air Force may order an enlisted 

11 member of the Space Force in a space force active status 

12 to sustained duty, or retain an enlisted member on sus13 tained duty, with the consent of that member, as specified 

14 in the terms of the member’s enlistment or reenlistment 

15 agreement. 

16 ‘‘(b) OFFICERS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) An authority designated by the Secretary of 

18 the Air Force may order a Space Force officer in a 

19 space force active status to sustained duty— 

20 ‘‘(A) with the consent of the officer; or 

21 ‘‘(B) to fulfill the terms of an active-duty 

22 service commitment incurred by the officer under 

23 any provision of law. 

24 ‘‘(2) An officer ordered to sustained duty under 

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1 duty without the officer’s consent except as provided 

2 in chapter 2009 or 2011 of this title. 

3 ‘‘§ 20106. Orders to active duty: without consent of 

4 member 

5 ‘‘(a) MEMBERS IN A SPACE FORCE ACTIVE STATUS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) A member of the Space Force in a space 

7 force active status who is not on sustained duty, may, 

8 without the consent of the member, be ordered to ac9 tive duty or inactive duty in the same manner as a 

10 member of a reserve component ordered to active duty 

11 or inactive duty under the provisions of chapter 1209 

12 of this title and any other provision of law author13 izing the order to active duty of a member of a reserve 

14 component in an active status without the consent of 

15 the member. 

16 ‘‘(2) The provisions of chapter 1209 of this title, 

17 or other applicable provisions of law, pertaining to a 

18 member of the Ready Reserve when ordered to active 

19 duty shall apply to a member of the Space Force who 

20 is in a space force active status when ordered to ac21 tive duty under paragraph (1). 

22 ‘‘(3) The provisions of section 12304 of this title 

23 pertaining to members in the Individual Ready Re24 serve mobilization category shall apply to a member 

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1 Ready Guardian when ordered to active duty who 

2 meets the provisions of section 20102(b) of this title. 

3 ‘‘(b) MEMBERS IN A SPACE FORCE INACTIVE STA4 TUS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) A member of the Space Force in a space 

6 force inactive status may be ordered to active duty 

7 under— 

8 ‘‘(A) the provisions of chapter 1209 of this 

9 title; 

10 ‘‘(B) any other provision of law authorizing 

11 the order to active duty of a member of a reserve 

12 component in an inactive status; and 

13 ‘‘(C) the terms of any agreement entered 

14 into by the member under section 20103 of this 

15 title. 

16 ‘‘(2) The provisions of chapter 1209 of this title, 

17 or other applicable provisions of law, pertaining to 

18 the Standby Reserve shall apply to a member of the 

19 Space Force who is in a space force inactive service 

20 when ordered to active duty. 

21 ‘‘(c) MEMBERS IN A SPACE FORCE RETIRED STA22 TUS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) Chapters 39 and 1209 of this title include 

24 provisions authorizing the order to active duty of a 


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1 member of the Space Force in a space force retired 

2 status. 

3 ‘‘(2) The provisions of sections 688, 688a, and 

4 12407 of this title pertaining to a retired member or 

5 a member of the Retired Reserve shall apply to a 

6 member of the Space Force in a space force retired 

7 status when ordered to active duty. 

8 ‘‘(3) The provisions of section 689 of this title 

9 pertaining to a retired member ordered to active duty 

10 shall apply to a member of the Space Force in a 

11 space force retired status who is ordered to active 

12 duty. 

13 ‘‘(d) OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The following 

14 provisions of chapter 1209 of this title pertaining shall 

15 apply to a member of the Space Force ordered to active 

16 duty in the same manner as to a Reserve or member of 

17 the Retired Reserve ordered to active duty: 

18 ‘‘(1) Section 12305, relating to the authority of 

19 the President to suspend certain laws relating to pro20 motion, retirement, and separation. 

21 ‘‘(2) Section 12308, relating to retention after 

22 becoming qualified for retired pay. 

23 ‘‘(3) Section 12313, relating to release from ac24 tive duty. 

25 ‘‘(4) Section 12314, relating to kinds of duty. 


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1 ‘‘(5) Section 12315, relating to duty with or 

2 without pay. 

3 ‘‘(6) Section 12316, relating to payment of cer4 tain Reserves while on duty. 

5 ‘‘(7) Section 12317, relating to theological stu6 dents; limitations. 

7 ‘‘(8) Section 12320, relating to grade in which 

8 ordered to active duty. 

9 ‘‘§ 20107. Transfer to inactive status: initial service 

10 obligation not complete 

11 ‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—A member of the Space Force 

12 who has not completed the required minimum service obli13 gation referred to in section 20003 of this title shall, if ter14 minating space force active status, be transferred to a space 

15 force inactive status and, unless otherwise designated an In16 dividual Ready Guardian under section 20102 of this title, 

17 shall remain subject to order to active duty without the 

18 member’s consent under section 20106 of this title. 

19 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) does not apply to a 

20 member who is separated from the Space Force by the Sec21 retary of the Air Force under section 20503 of this title. 


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1 ‘‘§ 20108. Members of Space Force: credit for service 

2 for purposes of laws providing pay and 

3 benefits for members, dependents, and 

4 survivors 

5 ‘‘For the purposes of laws providing pay and benefits 

6 for members of the armed forces and their dependents and 

7 beneficiaries: 

8 ‘‘(1) Military training, duty, or other service 

9 performed by a member of the Space Force in a space 

10 force active status not on sustained duty shall be con11 sidered military training, duty, or other service, as 

12 the case may be, as a member of a reserve component. 

13 ‘‘(2) Sustained duty performed by a member of 

14 the Space Force under section 20105 of this title shall 

15 be considered active duty as a member of a regular 

16 component. 

17 ‘‘(3) Active duty performed by a member of the 

18 Space Force in a space force active status not on sus19 tained duty shall be considered active duty as a mem20 ber of a reserve component. 

21 ‘‘(4) Inactive-duty training performed by a 

22 member of the Space Force shall be considered inac23 tive-duty training as a member of a reserve compo24 nent. 


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1 ‘‘§ 20109. Policy for order to active duty based upon 

2 determination by Congress 

3 ‘‘Whenever Congress determines that more units and 

4 organizations capable of conducting space operations are 

5 needed for the national security than are available among 

6 those units comprised of members of the Space Force serving 

7 on active duty, members of the Space Force not serving on 

8 active duty shall be ordered to active duty and retained as 

9 long as so needed.’’. 

10 SEC. 1716. OFFICERS. 

11 (a) ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS.—Subtitle F of title 10, 

12 United States Code, as amended by section 1715, is further 

13 amended by adding at the end the following new chapter: 

14 ‘‘CHAPTER 2005—OFFICERS 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘20201. Original appointments: how made. 

‘‘20202. Original appointments: qualifications. 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—SELECTION BOARDS

‘‘20211. Convening of selection boards. 

‘‘20212. Composition of selection boards. 

‘‘20213. Notice of convening of selection boards. 

‘‘20214. Recommendations for promotion by selection boards. 

‘‘20215. Reports of selection boards. 

‘‘20216. Action on reports of selection boards for promotion to brigadier general 

or major general. 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—PROMOTIONS

‘‘20231. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: time-in-grade and other requirements. 

‘‘20232. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: senior commander nominations. 

‘‘20233. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: designation as joint qualified 

officer required before promotion to brigadier general; exceptions. 

‘‘20234. Opportunities for consideration for promotion. 

‘‘20235. Space Force officer list. 


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‘‘20236. Competitive categories. 

‘‘20237. Numbers to be recommended for promotion. 

‘‘20238. Promotions: how made; authorized delay of promotions. 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—PERSONS NOT CONSIDERED FOR PROMOTION AND OTHER

PROMOTION-RELATED PROVISIONS

‘‘20251. Special selection boards. 

‘‘20252. Other promotion matters. 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER V—APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS

‘‘20261. Applicability of certain DOPMA officer personnel policy provisions. 

1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS 

2 ‘‘§ 20201. Original appointments: how made 

3 ‘‘(a) APPOINTMENTS MADE BY SECRETARY OF DE4 FENSE.—Original appointments of commissioned officers 

5 in the Space Force in grades below the grade of brigadier 

6 general shall be made by the Secretary of Defense. 

7 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION OF CONSTRUCTIVE CREDIT.—The 

8 grade of a person receiving an appointment under this sec9 tion who at the time of appointment is credited with service 

10 under section 20203 of this title shall be determined under 

11 regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Defense based 

12 upon the amount of service credited. 

13 ‘‘§ 20202. Original appointments: qualifications 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An original appointment as a 

15 commissioned officer in the Space Force may be given only 

16 to a person who— 

17 ‘‘(1) is a citizen of the United States; 

18 ‘‘(2) is at least 18 years of age; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) has such other physical, mental, moral, pro2 fessional, and age qualifications as the Secretary of 

3 the Air Force may prescribe by regulation. 

4 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—A person who is otherwise quali5 fied, but who has a physical condition that the Secretary 

6 of the Air Force determines will not interfere with the per7 formance of the duties to which that person may be as8 signed, may be appointed as an officer in the Space Force. 

9 ‘‘(a) CREDIT FOR PRIOR SERVICE.— 

10 ‘‘(1) PRIOR COMMISSIONED SERVICE.—For the 

11 purpose of determining the grade and rank within 

12 grade of a person receiving an original appointment 

13 in a commissioned grade in the Space Force, such 

14 person shall be credited at the time of such appoint15 ment with any active commissioned service (other 

16 than service as a commissioned warrant officer) that 

17 the person performed in any uniformed service before 

18 such appointment. 

19 ‘‘(2) PRIOR CIVILIAN SERVICE.—For the purpose 

20 of determining the grade and rank within grade of a 

21 person receiving an original appointment in a com22 missioned grade in the Space Force, such person may 

23 be credited at the time of such appointment with serv24 ice as a civilian employee of a Federal agency in an 

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1 and experience required for officers of the Space 

2 Force. The Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe 

3 regulations establishing which civilian employee occu4 pation codes and career fields may be considered as 

5 related to the skills and experience required for offi6 cers of the Space Force. 

7 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF PRIOR COMMIS8 SIONED SERVICE THAT MAY BE CREDITED.—The regu9 lations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under 

10 section 533 of this title shall apply to the Space Force 

11 to authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to limit 

12 the amount of prior active commissioned service with 

13 which a person receiving an original appointment 

14 may be credited under paragraph (1). 

15 ‘‘(b) CREDIT FOR EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND EXPE16 RIENCE.— 

17 ‘‘(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Sec18 retary of the Air Force, the Secretary shall credit a 

19 person who is receiving an original appointment in 

20 a commissioned grade in the Space Force and who 

21 has advanced education, training, or special experi22 ence with constructive service for such education, 

23 training, or experience in a particular officer career 

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1 if such education, training, or experience is directly 

2 related to the operational needs of the Space Force. 

3 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may credit a person with 

4 constructive credit under this subsection for each in5 stance of relevant advanced education or training or 

6 special experience regardless of whether two or more 

7 such instances are concurrent. 

8 ‘‘(3) The amount of constructive service credited 

9 an officer under this subsection may not exceed the 

10 amount required in order for the officer to be eligible 

11 for an original appointment in the grade of colonel. 

12 ‘‘(4) Constructive service credited an officer 

13 under this subsection is in addition to any service 

14 credited that officer under subsection (a) and shall be 

15 credited at the time of the original appointment of the 

16 officer. 

17 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED USE OF CONSTRUCTIVE CREDIT.— 

18 Constructive service credited an officer under subsection (b) 

19 shall be used only for determining the officer’s— 

20 ‘‘(1) initial grade; 

21 ‘‘(2) rank in grade; and 

22 ‘‘(3) service in grade for promotion eligibility. 

23 ‘‘(d) EXCLUSION FOR GRADUATES OF THE SERVICE

24 ACADEMIES.—A graduate of the United States Military 

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1 States Air Force Academy is not entitled to service credit 

2 under this section for service performed, or education, train3 ing, or experience obtained, before graduation from such 

4 Academy.’’. 

5 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO ORIGI6 NAL APPOINTMENTS.— 

7 (1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 101 of title 10, 

8 United States Code, is amended in subsection (b)(10) 

9 by inserting before the period at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘and, with respect to the appointment of a member 

11 of the armed forces in the Space Force, refers to that 

12 member’s most recent appointment in the Space Force 

13 that is neither a promotion nor a demotion’’. 

14 (2) ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS OF COMMISSIONED

15 OFFICERS.—Section 531 of such title is amended— 

16 (A) in subsection (a)— 

17 (i) in paragraphs (1) and (2)— 

18 (I) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘Reg19 ular Marine Corps’’; and 

20 (II) by striking ‘‘, and in the 

21 equivalent grades in the Regular Space 

22 Force’’; and 

23 (ii) by inserting after paragraph (2) 

24 the following new paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(3) Original appointments in the grades of sec2 ond lieutenant through colonel in the Space Force are 

3 provided for under section 20301 of this title.’’; and 

4 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Regular 

5 Marine Corps, or Regular Space Force’’ and in6 serting ‘‘or Regular Marine Corps’’. 

7 (3) QUALIFICATIONS FOR ORIGINAL APPOINT8 MENT AS A COMMISSIONED OFFICER.—Section 532(a) 

9 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘Regular Marine 

10 Corps, or Regular Space Force’’ and inserting ‘‘or 

11 Regular Marine Corps’’. 

12 (4) SERVICE CREDIT UPON ORIGINAL APPOINT13 MENT AS A COMMISSIONED OFFICER.—Section 533 of 

14 such title is amended— 

15 (A) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘Ma16 rine Corps, and Space Force’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘and Marine Corps’’; and 

18 (B) in subsections (a)(1), (b)(1), and (f), by 

19 striking ‘‘Regular Marine Corps, or Regular 

20 Space Force’’ and inserting ‘‘or Regular Marine 

21 Corps’’. 

22 (c) SELECTION BOARDS AND PROMOTIONS.—Chapter 

23 205 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection 

24 (a), is amended by adding at the end the following new 

25 subchapters: 


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1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—SELECTION BOARDS 

2 ‘‘§ 20211. Convening of selection boards 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever the needs of the service 

4 require, the Secretary of the Air Force shall convene selec5 tion boards to recommend for promotion to the next higher 

6 permanent grade officers of the Space Force in each perma7 nent grade from first lieutenant through brigadier general. 

8 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTION FOR OFFICERS IN GRADE OF FIRST

9 LIEUTENANT.—Subsection (a) does not require the con10 vening of a selection board in the case of Space Force offi11 cers in the permanent grade of first lieutenant when the 

12 Secretary of the Air Force recommends for promotion to 

13 the grade of captain under section 20238(a)(4)(A) of this 

14 title all such officers whom the Secretary finds to be fully 

15 qualified for promotion. 

16 ‘‘(c) SELECTION BOARDS FOR EARLY RETIREMENT OR

17 DISCHARGE.—The Secretary of the Air Force may convene 

18 selection boards to recommend officers for early retirement 

19 under section 20404(a) of this title or for discharge under 

20 section 20404(b) of this title. 

21 ‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The convening of selection 

22 boards under subsection (a) shall be under regulations pre23 scribed by the Secretary of the Defense. 

24 ‘‘§ 20212. Composition of selection boards 

25 ‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT AND COMPOSITION OF BOARDS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) Members of a selection board shall be ap2 pointed by the Secretary of Air Force in accordance 

3 with this section. A selection board shall consist of 

4 five or more officers of the Space Force. Each member 

5 of a selection board must be serving in a grade higher 

6 than the grade of the officers under consideration by 

7 the board, except that no member of a board may be 

8 serving in a grade below major. The members of a se9 lection board shall include at least one member serv10 ing on sustained duty and at least one member in a 

11 space force active status who is not serving on sus12 tained duty. The ratio of the members of a selection 

13 board serving on sustained duty to members serving 

14 in a space force active status not on sustained duty 

15 shall, to the extent practicable, reflect the ratio of offi16 cers serving in each of those statuses who are being 

17 considered for promotion by the board. The members 

18 of a selection board shall represent the diverse popu19 lation of the Space Force to the extent practicable. 

20 ‘‘(2) REPRESENTATION FROM COMPETITIVE CAT21 EGORIES.— 

22 ‘‘(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 

23 (B), a selection board shall include at least one 

24 officer from each competitive category of officers 

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1 ‘‘(B) A selection board need not include an 

2 officer from a competitive category when there 

3 are no officers of that competitive category on the 

4 space force officer list in a grade higher than the 

5 grade of the officers to be considered by the board 

6 and eligible to serve on the board. 

7 ‘‘(3) RETIRED OFFICERS.—If qualified officers 

8 on the space force officer list are not available in suf9 ficient number to comprise a selection board, the Sec10 retary of the Air Force shall complete the membership 

11 of the board by appointing as members of the board— 

12 ‘‘(A) Space Force officers who hold a grade 

13 higher than the grade of the officers under con14 sideration by the board and who are retired offi15 cers; and 

16 ‘‘(B) if sufficient Space Force officers are 

17 not available pursuant to subparagraph (A), Air 

18 Force officers who hold a grade higher than the 

19 grade of the officers under consideration by the 

20 board and who are retired officers, but only if 

21 the Air Force officer to be appointed to the board 

22 has served in a space-related career field of the 

23 Air Force for sufficient time such that the Sec24 retary of the Air Force determines that the re25 tired Air Force officer has adequate knowledge 


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1 concerning the standards of performance and 

2 conduct required of an officer of the Space Force. 

3 ‘‘(4) EXCLUSION OF RETIRED GENERAL OFFI4 CERS ON ACTIVE DUTY TO SERVE ON A BOARD FROM

5 NUMERIC GENERAL OFFICER ACTIVE-DUTY LIMITA6 TIONS.—A retired general officer who is on active 

7 duty for the purpose of serving on a selection board 

8 shall not, while so serving, be counted against any 

9 limitation on the number of general and flag officers 

10 who may be on active duty. 

11 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON MEMBERSHIP ON CONSECUTIVE

12 BOARDS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in 

14 paragraph (2), no officer may be a member of two 

15 successive selection boards convened under section 

16 20211 of this title for the consideration of officers of 

17 the same grade. 

18 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR GENERAL OFFICER

19 BOARDS.—Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect 

20 to selection boards convened under section 20211 of 

21 this title for the consideration of officers in the grade 

22 of colonel or brigadier general. 

23 ‘‘(c) XJOINT QUALIFIED OFFICERS.— 

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1 scribed in paragraph (2) shall include at least one of2 ficer designated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 

3 of Staff who is a joint qualified officer. 

4 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies with respect to an of5 ficer who— 

6 ‘‘(A) is serving on, or has served on, the 

7 Joint Staff; or 

8 ‘‘(B) is a joint qualified officer. 

9 ‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense may waive the re10 quirement in paragraph (1) for any selection board 

11 of the Space Force. 

12 ‘‘§ 20213. Notice of convening of selection boards 

13 ‘‘(a) At least 30 days before a selection board is con14 vened under section 20211 of this title to recommend officers 

15 in a grade for promotion to the next higher grade, the Sec16 retary of the Air Force shall provide to the officers who are 

17 eligible for consideration by the board and have not been 

18 excluded from consideration under section 20216(d) of this 

19 title notification in writing of the date on which the board 

20 is to convene. In the notification, the Secretary shall inform 

21 an eligible officer of how many times, if any, the officer 

22 has previously been considered by a selection board con23 vened under section 20211 for promotion to the grade to 

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1 ‘‘(b) An officer eligible for consideration by a selection 

2 board convened under section 20211 of this title (other than 

3 an officer who has been excluded under 20231(d) of this title 

4 from consideration by the board) may send a written com5 munication to the board, to arrive not later than 10 cal6 endar days before the date on which the board convenes, 

7 calling attention to any matter concerning the officer that 

8 the officer considers important to the officer’s case. The se9 lection board shall give consideration to any timely commu10 nication under this subsection. 

11 ‘‘(c) An officer on the space force officer list in the 

12 grade of colonel or brigadier general who receives a notice 

13 under subsection (a) shall inform the Secretary of the offi14 cer’s preference to serve either on or off active duty if pro15 moted to the grade of brigadier general or major general, 

16 respectively. 

17 ‘‘§ 20214. Recommendations for promotion by selection 

18 boards 

19 ‘‘(a) BOARD TO RECOMMEND OFFICERS BEST QUALI20 FIED FOR PROMOTION.—A selection board convened under 

21 section 20211 of this title shall recommend for promotion 

22 to the next higher grade those officers considered by the 

23 board whom the board, giving due consideration to the 

24 needs of the Space Force for officers with particular skills 

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1 board under section 615(b) of this title), considers best 

2 qualified for promotion within each competitive category 

3 considered by the board. 

4 ‘‘(b) NUMBER TO BE RECOMMENDED.—The Secretary 

5 of the Air Force shall establish the number of officers such 

6 a selection board may recommend for promotion from 

7 among officers being considered. 

8 ‘‘(c) BOARD PROCEDURES FOR RECOMMENDATIONS; 

9 LIMITATIONS.—A selection board convened under section 

10 20211 of this title may not recommend an officer for pro11 motion unless— 

12 ‘‘(1) the officer receives the recommendation of a 

13 majority of the members of the board; 

14 ‘‘(2) a majority of the members of the board 

15 finds that the officer is fully qualified for promotion; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(3) a majority of the members of the board, 

18 after consideration by all members of the board of any 

19 adverse information about the officer that is provided 

20 to the board under section 615 of this title, finds that 

21 the officer is among the officers best qualified for pro22 motion to meet the needs of the Space Force consistent 

23 with the requirement of exemplary conduct set forth 

24 in section 9233 of this title. 


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1 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON PROMOTIONS UNDER OTHER AU2 THORITY.—Except as otherwise provided by law, a Space 

3 Force officer may not be promoted to a higher grade under 

4 this chapter unless the officer is considered and rec5 ommended for promotion to that grade by a selection board 

6 convened under this chapter or, in the case of an officer 

7 transferring into the Space Force from another armed force, 

8 chapter 36 or chapter 1403 of this title. 

9 ‘‘(e) DISCLOSURE OF BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

10 The recommendations of a selection board may be disclosed 

11 only in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Sec12 retary of Defense. Those recommendations may not be dis13 closed to a person not a member of the board (or a member 

14 of the administrative staff designated by the Secretary of 

15 the Air Force to assist the board) until the written report 

16 of the recommendations of the board, required by section 

17 617 of this title, is signed by each member of the board. 

18 ‘‘(f) PROHIBITION ON ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE

19 MEMBERS OF A BOARD.—The Secretary of the Air Force, 

20 and an officer or other official exercising authority over any 

21 member of a selection board, may not— 

22 ‘‘(1) censure, reprimand, or admonish the selec23 tion board or any member of the board with respect 

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1 any lawful function within the authorized discretion 

2 of the board; or 

3 ‘‘(2) attempt to coerce or, by any unauthorized 

4 means, influence any action of a selection board or 

5 any member of a selection board in the formulation 

6 of the board’s recommendations. 

7 ‘‘(g) HIGHER PLACEMENT ON PROMOTION LIST OF

8 OFFICER OF PARTICULAR MERIT.— 

9 ‘‘(1) In selecting the officers to be recommended 

10 for promotion, a selection board shall, when author11 ized by the Secretary of the Air Force, recommend of12 ficers of particular merit, pursuant to guidelines and 

13 procedures prescribed by the Secretary, from among 

14 those officers selected for promotion, to be placed high15 er on the promotion list established by the Secretary 

16 under section 624(a)(1) of this title. 

17 ‘‘(2) An officer may be recommended to be placed 

18 higher on a promotion list under paragraph (1) only 

19 if the officer receives the recommendation of at least 

20 a majority of the members of the board, unless the 

21 Secretary of the Air Force establishes an alternative 

22 requirement. Any such alternative requirement shall 

23 be furnished to the board as part of the guidelines fur24 nished to the board under section 615 of this title. 


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1 ‘‘(3) For the officers recommended to be placed 

2 higher on a promotion list under paragraph (1), the 

3 board shall recommend, pursuant to guidelines and 

4 procedures prescribed by the Secretary, the order in 

5 which those officers should be placed on the list. 

6 ‘‘§ 20215. Reports of selection boards 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each selection board convened 

8 under section 20211 of this title shall submit to the Sec9 retary of the Air Force a written report, signed by each 

10 member of the board, containing a list of the names of the 

11 officers it recommends for promotion and certifying— 

12 ‘‘(1) that the board has carefully considered the 

13 record of each officer whose name was furnished to it 

14 under section 615 of this title; and 

15 ‘‘(2) that, in the opinion of a majority of the 

16 members of the board, the officers recommended for 

17 promotion by the board are best qualified for pro18 motion to meet the needs of the Space Force (as noted 

19 in the guidelines or information furnished the board 

20 under section 615(b) of this title) among those officers 

21 whose names were furnished to the selection board. 

22 ‘‘(b) OFFICERS WHO SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO SHOW

23 CAUSE FOR RETENTION.—A selection board convened under 

24 section 20211 of this title shall include in its report the 

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1 whose record, in the opinion of a majority of the members 

2 of the board, indicates that the officer should be required 

3 under section 20503 of this title to show cause for the offi4 cer’s retention in a space force active status. 

5 ‘‘(c) OFFICERS RECOMMENDED TO BE PLACED HIGH6 ER ON THE PROMOTION LIST.—A selection board convened 

7 under section 20211 of this title shall, when authorized 

8 under section 20214(g) of this title, include in its report 

9 the names of those officers recommended by the board to 

10 be placed higher on the promotion list and the order in 

11 which the board recommends that those officers should be 

12 placed on the list. 

13 ‘‘§ 20216. Action on reports of selection boards for pro14 motion to brigadier general or major gen15 eral 

16 ‘‘After reviewing a report received under section 20215 

17 of this title recommending officers on the space force officer 

18 list for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or major 

19 general, but before submitting the report to the Secretary 

20 of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force may, under regu21 lations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, adjust 

22 the placement of officers on the promotion list recommended 

23 in the report in order to further Space Force mission ac24 complishment. 


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1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—PROMOTIONS 

2 ‘‘§ 20231. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: 

3 time-in-grade and other requirements 

4 ‘‘(a) TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) An officer who is in a space force active sta6 tus on the space force officer list and holds a perma7 nent appointment in the grade of second lieutenant or 

8 first lieutenant may not be promoted to the next high9 er permanent grade until the officer has completed the 

10 following period of service in the grade in which the 

11 officer holds a permanent appointment: 

12 ‘‘(A) Eighteen months, in the case of an of13 ficer holding a permanent appointment in the 

14 grade of second lieutenant. 

15 ‘‘(B) Two years, in the case of an officer 

16 holding a permanent appointment in the grade 

17 of first lieutenant. 

18 ‘‘(2) Except as authorized by section 20233 of 

19 this title, an officer who is in a space force active sta20 tus on the space force officer list and holds a perma21 nent appointment in a grade above first lieutenant 

22 may not be considered for selection for promotion to 

23 the next higher permanent grade until the officer has 

24 completed the following period of service in the grade 

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1 ‘‘(A) Three years, in the case of an officer 

2 holding a permanent appointment in the grade 

3 of captain, major, or lieutenant colonel. 

4 ‘‘(B) One year, in the case of an officer 

5 holding a permanent appointment in the grade 

6 of colonel or brigadier general. 

7 ‘‘(3) When the needs of the service require, the 

8 Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe a longer pe9 riod of service in grade for eligibility for promotion, 

10 in the case of officers to whom paragraph (1) applies, 

11 or for eligibility for consideration for promotion, in 

12 the case of officers to whom paragraph (2) applies. 

13 ‘‘(4) In computing service in grade for purposes 

14 of this section, service in a grade held as a result of 

15 assignment to a position is counted as service in the 

16 grade in which the officer would have served except 

17 for such assignment or appointment. 

18 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO PRECLUDE FROM CONSIDERATION

19 CERTAIN OFFICERS BASED ON TIME OF ENTRY ON OR DE20 PARTURE FROM SUSTAINED DUTY.—The Secretary of the 

21 Air Force— 

22 ‘‘(1) may, by regulation, prescribe a period of 

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1 tained duty during which the officer shall be ineli2 gible for consideration for promotion; and 

3 ‘‘(2) may, by regulation, preclude from consider4 ation by a selection board by which the officer would 

5 otherwise be eligible to be considered, an officer who 

6 has an established separation date that is within 90 

7 days after the date on which the board is to be con8 vened. 

9 ‘‘(c) CERTAIN OFFICERS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED.— 

10 A selection board convened under section 20211 of this title 

11 may not consider for promotion to the next higher grade 

12 any of the following officers: 

13 ‘‘(1) An officer whose name is on a promotion 

14 list for that grade as a result of the officer’s selection 

15 for promotion to that grade by an earlier selection 

16 board convened under that section. 

17 ‘‘(2) An officer who is recommended for pro18 motion to that grade in the report of an earlier selec19 tion board convened under that section, in the case of 

20 such a report that has not yet been approved by the 

21 President. 

22 ‘‘(3) An officer in the grade of first lieutenant 

23 who is on an approved all-fully-qualified-officers list 

24 under section 20419 of this title. 

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1 ‘‘(d) AUTHORITY TO ALLOW OFFICERS TO OPT OUT

2 OF SELECTION BOARD CONSIDERATION.— 

3 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of the Air Force may provide 

4 that an officer on the space force officer list may, 

5 upon the officer’s request and with the approval of the 

6 Secretary, be excluded from consideration by a selec7 tion board convened under section 20211 of this title 

8 to consider officers for promotion to the next higher 

9 grade. 

10 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of the Air Force may only 

11 approve a request under paragraph (1) if the Sec12 retary determines the exclusion from consideration is 

13 in the best interest of the Space Force. 

14 ‘‘§ 20232. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: 

15 senior commander nominations 

16 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations prescribed by 

17 the Secretary of the Air Force and subject to subsection (b), 

18 a board convened under section 20211 of this title may con19 sider for promotion to the next higher grade an officer in 

20 a space force active status on the space force officer list in 

21 the grade of captain, major, or lieutenant colonel who— 

22 ‘‘(1) does not meet the requirements of section 

23 20412 of this title with respect to time-in-grade; or 

24 ‘‘(2) has already been considered for promotion 

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1 this title the maximum number of times as deter2 mined by the Secretary under section 20415 of this 

3 title and has failed of selection for promotion each 

4 time. 

5 ‘‘(b) NOMINATION REQUIRED.—The regulations pre6 scribed under subsection (a) shall require that, in order for 

7 an officer described in that subsection to be considered for 

8 promotion by a board convened under section 20211 of this 

9 title, the officer must be nominated by the commanding gen10 eral of the Space Force Field Command to which the officer 

11 is assigned or, in the case of an officer on the space force 

12 officer list not assigned to a unit subordinate to a Space 

13 Force Field Command, the first lieutenant general, or civil14 ian equivalent, in the officer’s chain of command or super15 vision. For an officer on the space force officer list assigned 

16 to a joint position, or a position within a Federal depart17 ment or agency outside of the Department of the Air Force, 

18 the nomination may be made by a lieutenant general in 

19 the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps or a vice admiral 

20 in the Navy, or the civilian equivalent. 

21 ‘‘(c) NOMINATION.— 

22 ‘‘(1) The regulations prescribed under subsection 

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1 mining whether an officer described in subsection (a) 

2 should be nominated for consideration for promotion. 

3 ‘‘(2) An officer on the space force officer list may 

4 only be nominated under this section if (A) the officer 

5 is not eligible for consideration for promotion by a se6 lection board convened under section 20211 of this 

7 title, and (B) the officer has not twice previously been 

8 promoted to a higher grade on the space force officer 

9 list under this section. 

10 ‘‘(3) A nomination under this section shall be 

11 submitted to the Chief Human Capital Officer of the 

12 Space Force and shall provide sufficient information 

13 and justification for the opinion of the nominating of14 ficer that the nominated officer meets the requisite 

15 competency-based requirements for service in a higher 

16 grade and is exceptionally well qualified for pro17 motion despite not meeting the eligibility require18 ments for consideration for promotion under section 

19 20412 of this title. 

20 ‘‘§ 20233. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: 

21 designation as joint qualified officer re22 quired before promotion to brigadier gen23 eral; exceptions 

24 ‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—An officer on the space force 

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1 general unless the officer has been designated as a joint 

2 qualified officer in accordance with section 661 of this title. 

3 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subject to subsection (c), the Sec4 retary of Defense may waive subsection (a) in the following 

5 circumstances: 

6 ‘‘(1) When necessary for the good of the service. 

7 ‘‘(2) In the case of an officer whose proposed se8 lection for promotion is based primarily upon sci9 entific and technical qualifications for which joint re10 quirements do not exist. 

11 ‘‘(3) In the case of an officer selected by a pro12 motion board for appointment to the grade of briga13 dier general while serving in a joint duty assignment 

14 if— 

15 ‘‘(A) the officer’s total consecutive service in 

16 joint duty assignments is not less than two 

17 years; and 

18 ‘‘(B) the officer has successfully completed a 

19 program of education described in subsections (b) 

20 and (c) of section 2155 of this title. 

21 ‘‘(4) In the case of an officer who— 

22 ‘‘(A) is selected by a promotion board for 

23 appointment to the grade of brigadier general; 

24 ‘‘(B) is not exempted under subsection (g); 

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1 ‘‘(C) has successfully completed the edu2 cation requirements prescribed in subparagraph 

3 (A) of section 661(c)(1) of this title but has not 

4 been afforded the opportunity to complete the ex5 perience requirements described in subparagraph 

6 (B) of that section. 

7 ‘‘(c) WAIVER TO BE INDIVIDUAL.—A waiver may be 

8 granted under subsection (b) only on a case-by-case basis 

9 in the case of an individual officer. 

10 ‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR GOOD-OF-THE-SERVICE

11 WAIVER.—In the case of a waiver under subsection (b)(1), 

12 the Secretary of Defense shall provide that the first duty 

13 assignment as a general or flag officer of the officer for 

14 whom the waiver is granted shall be in a joint duty assign15 ment. 

16 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON DELEGATION OF WAIVER AU17 THORITY.—The authority of the Secretary of Defense to 

18 grant a waiver under subsection (b)(4) may be delegated 

19 to the Secretary of the Air Force and may not be further 

20 delegated. 

21 ‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

22 prescribe regulations to carry out this section. The regula23 tions shall specifically identify for purposes of subsection 

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1 entific and technical qualifications for which joint require2 ments do not exist. 

3 ‘‘(g) EXEMPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 

4 an officer who transfers to the Space Force from a reserve 

5 component before the first day of the sixth fiscal year begin6 ning after the date of the enactment of this section, and 

7 who, as of the date of the transfer, is serving in the grade 

8 of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel or, in the case of 

9 the Navy or Coast Guard, lieutenant commander, com10 mander, or captain. 

11 ‘‘§ 20234. Opportunities for consideration for pro12 motion 

13 ‘‘(a) SPECIFICATION OF NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES

14 FOR CONSIDERATION FOR PROMOTION.—Under regulations 

15 prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the 

16 Air Force shall specify the number of opportunities for con17 sideration for promotion to be afforded to Space Force offi18 cers for promotion to each grade above the grade of captain. 

19 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES

20 THAT MAY BE SPECIFIED.—The number of opportunities 

21 for consideration for promotion to be afforded officers of the 

22 Space Force for promotion to a particular grade may not 

23 be fewer than two and may not exceed five. 

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1 retary of the Air Force may change the number of opportu2 nities for consideration for promotion to a particular grade 

3 not more frequently than once every five years. 

4 ‘‘(d) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO

5 MODIFY NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES.—The Secretary of 

6 Defense may modify the number of opportunities for consid7 eration for promotion to be afforded officers of the Space 

8 Force for promotion to a particular grade. 

9 ‘‘§ 20235. Space Force officer list 

10 ‘‘(a) SINGLE LIST.—The Secretary of the Air Force 

11 shall maintain a single list of all Space Force officers serv12 ing in a space force active status. The list shall be known 

13 as the space force officer list. 

14 ‘‘(b) ORDER OF OFFICERS ON LIST.—Officers shall be 

15 carried on the space force officer list in the order of senior16 ity of the grade in which they are serving. Officers serving 

17 in the same grade shall be carried in the order of their rank 

18 in that grade. 

19 ‘‘(c) EFFECT OF SERVICE IN A TEMPORARY APPOINT20 MENT.—An officer whose position on the space force officer 

21 list results from service under a temporary appointment or 

22 in a grade held by reason of assignment to a position has, 

23 when that appointment or assignment ends, the grade and 

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1 have held if the officer had not received that appointment 

2 or assignment. 

3 ‘‘§ 20236. Competitive categories 

4 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH COMPETITIVE CAT5 EGORIES FOR PROMOTION.—Under regulations prescribed 

6 by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force 

7 shall establish at least one competitive category for pro8 motion for officers on the space force officer list. Each officer 

9 whose name appears on the space force officer list shall be 

10 carried in a competitive category of officers. Officers in the 

11 same competitive category shall compete among themselves 

12 for promotion. 

13 ‘‘(b) SINGLE COMPETITIVE CATEGORY FOR PRO14 MOTION TO GENERAL OFFICER GRADES.—The Secretary of 

15 the Air Force shall establish a single competitive category 

16 for all officers on the space force officer list who will be 

17 considered by a selection board convened under section 

18 20211 of this title for promotion to the grade of brigadier 

19 general or major general. 

20 ‘‘§ 20237. Numbers to be recommended for promotion 

21 ‘‘(a) PROMOTION TO GRADES BELOW BRIGADIER GEN22 ERAL.— 

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1 dier general and in any competitive category, the Sec2 retary of the Air Force shall determine— 

3 ‘‘(A) the number of positions needed to ac4 complish mission objectives which require officers 

5 of that competitive category in the grade to 

6 which the board will recommend officers for pro7 motion; 

8 ‘‘(B) the estimated number of officers needed 

9 to fill vacancies in those positions during the pe10 riod in which it is anticipated that officers se11 lected for promotion will be promoted; and 

12 ‘‘(C) the number of officers in a space force 

13 active status authorized by the Secretary of the 

14 Air Force to serve both on sustained duty and 

15 not on sustained duty in the grade and competi16 tive category under consideration. 

17 ‘‘(2) Based on the determinations under para18 graph (1), the Secretary of the Air Force shall deter19 mine the maximum number of officers in that com20 petitive category which the selection board may rec21 ommend for promotion. 

22 ‘‘(b) PROMOTION TO BRIGADIER GENERAL AND MAJOR

23 GENERAL.— 

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1 ommendation for promotion to the grade of brigadier 

2 general or major general, the Secretary of the Air 

3 Force shall determine— 

4 ‘‘(A) the number of positions needed to ac5 complish mission objectives which require officers 

6 serving in a space force active status on sus7 tained duty, and in a space force active status 

8 not on sustained duty, in the grade to which the 

9 board will recommend officers for promotion; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(B) the estimated number of officers on 

12 sustained duty and not on sustained duty needed 

13 to fill vacancies in those positions over the 24- 

14 month period beginning on the date on which the 

15 selection board convenes. 

16 ‘‘(2) Based on the determinations under para17 graph (1), the Secretary of the Air Force shall deter18 mine the maximum number of officers serving in a 

19 space force active status on sustained duty, and the 

20 maximum number of officers serving in a space force 

21 active status not on sustained duty, which the selec22 tion board may recommend for promotion. 


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1 ‘‘§ 20238. Promotions: how made; authorized delay of 

2 promotions 

3 ‘‘(a) PROCEDURE FOR PROMOTION OF OFFICERS ON

4 AN APPROVED PROMOTION LIST.— 

5 ‘‘(1) PLACEMENT OF NAMES ON PROMOTION

6 LIST.—When the report of a selection board convened 

7 under section 20211 of this title is approved by the 

8 President, the Secretary of the Air Force shall place 

9 the names of all officers approved for promotion with10 in a competitive category on a single list for that 

11 competitive category, to be known as a promotion list, 

12 in the order of the seniority of such officers on the list 

13 or based on particular merit, as determined by the 

14 promotion board, or as modified by the Secretary of 

15 the Air Force under section 20216 of this title. A pro16 motion list is considered to be established under this 

17 section as of the date of the approval of the report of 

18 the selection board under the preceding sentence. 

19 ‘‘(2) ORDER AND TIMING OF PROMOTIONS.—Ex20 cept as provided in subsection (d), officers on a pro21 motion list for a competitive category shall be pro22 moted to the next higher grade when additional offi23 cers in that grade and competitive category are need24 ed. Promotions shall be made in the order in which 

25 the names of officers appear on the promotion list 

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1 that competitive category have been promoted. Officers 

2 to be promoted to the grade of first lieutenant shall 

3 be promoted in accordance with regulations pre4 scribed by the Secretary of the Air Force. 

5 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON PROMOTIONS TO GENERAL

6 OFFICER GRADES TO COMPLY WITH STRENGTH LIMI7 TATIONS.—Under regulations prescribed by the Sec8 retary of Defense, the promotion of an officer on the 

9 space force officer list to the grade of brigadier general 

10 or major general shall be delayed if that promotion 

11 would cause any strength limitation of section 526 of 

12 this title to be exceeded. The delay shall expire when 

13 the Secretary of the Air Force determines that the 

14 delay is no longer required to ensure compliance with 

15 the strength limitation. 

16 ‘‘(4) PROMOTION OF FIRST LIEUTENANTS ON AN

17 ALL-FULLY-QUALIFIED OFFICERS LIST.— 

18 ‘‘(A) Except as provided in subsection (d), 

19 officers on the space force officer list in the grade 

20 of first lieutenant who are on an approved all21 fully-qualified-officers list shall be promoted to 

22 the grade of captain in accordance with regula23 tions prescribed by the Secretary of the Air 

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1 ‘‘(B) An all-fully-qualified-officers list shall 

2 be considered to be approved for purposes of sub3 paragraph (A) when the list is approved by the 

4 President. When so approved, such a list shall be 

5 treated in the same manner as a promotion list 

6 under this chapter. 

7 ‘‘(C) The Secretary of the Air Force may 

8 make a recommendation to the President for ap9 proval of an all-fully-qualified-officers list only 

10 when the Secretary determines that all officers 

11 on the list are needed in the next higher grade 

12 to accomplish mission objectives. 

13 ‘‘(D) For purposes of this paragraph, an 

14 all-fully-qualified-officers list is a list of all offi15 cers on the space force officers list in a grade 

16 who the Secretary of the Air Force determines— 

17 ‘‘(i) are fully qualified for promotion 

18 to the next higher grade; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) would be eligible for consideration 

20 for promotion to the next higher grade by a 

21 selection board convened under section 

22 20211 of this title upon the convening of 

23 such a board. 

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1 were not placed on an all-fully-qualified-list 

2 under this paragraph because of administrative 

3 error, the Secretary may prepare a supplemental 

4 all-fully-qualified-officers list containing the 

5 names of any such officers for approval in ac6 cordance with this paragraph. 

7 ‘‘(b) DATE OF RANK.—The date of rank of an officer 

8 appointed to a higher grade under this section is deter9 mined under section 741(d) of this title. 

10 ‘‘(c) APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY.—Appointments under 

11 this section shall be made by the President, by and with 

12 the advice and consent of the Senate, except that appoint13 ments under this section in the grade of first lieutenant or 

14 captain shall be made by the President alone. 

15 ‘‘(d) AUTHORITY TO DELAY APPOINTMENTS FOR SPEC16 IFIED REASONS.—The provisions of subsection (d) of sec17 tion 624 of this title shall apply to the appointment of an 

18 officer under this section in the same manner as they apply 

19 to an appointment of an officer under that section, and any 

20 reference in that subsection to an active-duty list shall be 

21 treated for purposes of applicability to an officer of the 

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1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—PERSONS NOT CONSIDERED 

2 FOR PROMOTION AND OTHER PROMOTION3 RELATED PROVISIONS 

4 ‘‘§ 20251. Special selection boards 

5 ‘‘(a) PERSONS NOT CONSIDERED BY PROMOTION

6 BOARD DUE TO ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR.— 

7 ‘‘(1) If the Secretary of the Air Force determines 

8 that because of administrative error a person who 

9 should have been considered for selection for pro10 motion by a selection board convened under section 

11 20211 of this title was not so considered, the Sec12 retary shall convene a special selection board under 

13 this subsection to determine whether that person 

14 should be recommended for promotion. 

15 ‘‘(2) A special selection board convened under 

16 paragraph (1) shall consider the record of the person 

17 whose name was referred to it for consideration as 

18 that record would have appeared to the board that 

19 should have considered the person. That record shall 

20 be compared with a sampling of the records of those 

21 officers of the same competitive category who were 

22 recommended for promotion, and those officers who 

23 were not recommended for promotion, by the board 

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1 ‘‘(3) If a special selection board convened under 

2 paragraph (1) does not recommend for promotion a 

3 person whose name was referred to it for consider4 ation for selection for appointment to a grade other 

5 than a general officer grade, the person shall be con6 sidered to have failed of selection for promotion. 

7 ‘‘(b) PERSONS CONSIDERED BY PROMOTION BOARD IN

8 UNFAIR MANNER.— 

9 ‘‘(1) If the Secretary of the Air Force determines, 

10 in the case of a person who was considered for selec11 tion for promotion by a board convened under section 

12 20211 of this title but was not selected, that there was 

13 material unfairness with respect to that person, the 

14 Secretary may convene a special selection board 

15 under this subsection to determine whether that per16 son should be recommended for promotion. In order to 

17 determine that there was material unfairness, the Sec18 retary must determine that— 

19 ‘‘(A) the action of the selection board that 

20 considered the person was contrary to law in a 

21 matter material to the decision of the board or 

22 involved material error of fact or material ad23 ministrative error; or 

24 ‘‘(B) the board did not have before it for its 

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1 ‘‘(2) A special selection board convened under 

2 paragraph (1) shall consider the record of the person 

3 whose name was referred to it for consideration as 

4 that record, if corrected, would have appeared to the 

5 board that considered the person. That record shall be 

6 compared with the records of a sampling of those offi7 cers of the same competitive category who were rec8 ommended for promotion, and those officers who were 

9 not recommended for promotion, by the board that 

10 considered the person. 

11 ‘‘(3) If a special selection board convened under 

12 paragraph (1) does not recommend for promotion a 

13 person whose name was referred to it for consider14 ation, the person incurs no additional failure of selec15 tion for promotion. 

16 ‘‘(c) REPORTS OF BOARDS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) Each special selection board convened under 

18 this section shall submit to the Secretary of the Air 

19 Force a written report, signed by each member of the 

20 board, containing the name of each person it rec21 ommends for promotion and certifying that the board 

22 has carefully considered the record of each person 

23 whose name was referred to it. 

24 ‘‘(2) The provisions of sections 20215 and 20216 

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1 special selection board convened under this section in 

2 the same manner as they apply to the report and pro3 ceedings of a selection board convened under section 

4 20211 of this title. 

5 ‘‘(d) APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS SELECTED BY

6 BOARDS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) If the report of a special selection board 

8 convened under this section, as approved by the Presi9 dent, recommends for promotion to the next higher 

10 grade a person whose name was referred to it for con11 sideration, that person shall, as soon as practicable, 

12 be appointed to that grade in accordance with sub13 sections (b), (c), and (d) of section 20238 of this title. 

14 ‘‘(2) A person who is appointed to the next high15 er grade as the result of the recommendation of a spe16 cial selection board convened under this section shall, 

17 upon that appointment, have the same date of rank, 

18 the same effective date for the pay and allowances of 

19 that grade, and the same position on the space force 

20 officer list as the person would have had if the person 

21 had been recommended for promotion to that grade by 

22 the board which should have considered, or which did 

23 consider, the person. 

24 ‘‘(e) DECEASED PERSONS.—If a person whose name 

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1 under this section dies before the completion of proceedings 

2 under this section with respect to that person, this section 

3 shall be applied to that person posthumously. 

4 ‘‘(f) CONVENING OF BOARDS.—A board convened 

5 under this section— 

6 ‘‘(1) shall be convened under regulations pre7 scribed by the Secretary of Defense; 

8 ‘‘(2) shall be composed in accordance with sec9 tion 20212 of this title and regulations prescribed by 

10 the Secretary of the Air Force; and 

11 ‘‘(3) shall be subject to the provisions of section 

12 613 of this title. 

13 ‘‘(g) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—The provisions of subsection 

14 (g) of section 628 of this title (relating to judicial review) 

15 apply to the following actions with respect of any person 

16 in the same manner as those provisions apply to cor17 responding actions under such section 628 with respect to 

18 an officer or former officer of the Air Force: 

19 ‘‘(1) A determination by the Secretary of the Air 

20 Force under subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1) not to convene 

21 a special selection board. 

22 ‘‘(2) The action of a special selection board con23 vened under this section. 

24 ‘‘(3) An action of the Secretary of the Air Force 

25 on the report of such a board. 


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1 ‘‘(h) LIMITATIONS OF OTHER JURISDICTION.—No offi2 cial or court of the United States may, with respect to a 

3 claim based to any extent on the failure of a person to be 

4 selected for promotion by a promotion board— 

5 ‘‘(1) consider the claim unless the person has 

6 first been referred by the Secretary of the Air Force 

7 to a special selection board convened under this sec8 tion and acted upon by that board and the report of 

9 the board has been approved by the President; or 

10 ‘‘(2) except as provided in subsection (g), grant 

11 any relief on the claim unless the person has been se12 lected for promotion by a special selection board con13 vened under this section to consider the person for 

14 recommendation for promotion and the report of the 

15 board has been approved by the President. 

16 ‘‘(i) EXISTING JURISDICTION.—Nothing in this section 

17 limits— 

18 ‘‘(1) the jurisdiction of any court of the United 

19 States under any provision of law to determine the 

20 validity of any law, regulation, or policy relating to 

21 selection boards; or 

22 ‘‘(2) the authority of the Secretary of the Air 

23 Force to correct a military record under section 1552 

24 of this title. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air 

2 Force shall prescribe regulations to carry out this sec3 tion. 

4 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSION.—Regulations under this sub5 section may not apply to subsection (g) of section 628 

6 of this title (as incorporated by subsection (g) of this 

7 section), other than to paragraph (3)(C) of that sub8 section. 

9 ‘‘(3) PRESCRIBING OF CIRCUMSTANCES FOR CON10 SIDERATION BY A BOARD UNDER THIS SECTION.—The 

11 Secretary may prescribe in the regulations under this 

12 subsection the circumstances under which consider13 ation by a special selection board may be provided for 

14 under this section, including the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) The circumstances under which consid16 eration of a person’s case by a special selection 

17 board is contingent upon application by or for 

18 that person. 

19 ‘‘(B) Any time limits applicable to the fil20 ing of an application for such consideration. 

21 ‘‘(4) REGULATIONS SUBJECT TO SECRETARY OF

22 DEFENSE APPROVAL.—Regulations prescribed by the 

23 Secretary of the Air Force under this subsection may 

24 not take effect until approved by the Secretary of De25 fense. 


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1 ‘‘§ 20252. Other promotion matters 

2 ‘‘(a) SPECIAL SELECTION BOARD MATTERS.—The ref3 erence in section 628(a)(1) of this title to a person above 

4 the promotion zone does not apply in the promotion of offi5 cers on the space force officer list. 

6 ‘‘(b) With respect to the promotion of officers on the 

7 space force officer list, the provisions of part II of subtitle 

8 A that refer to the effect of twice failing of selection for pro9 motion do not apply. 

10 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER V—APPLICABILITY OF OTHER 

11 LAWS 

12 ‘‘§ 20261. Applicability of certain DOPMA officer per13 sonnel policy provisions 

14 ‘‘Except as otherwise modified or provided for in this 

15 chapter, the following provisions of chapter 36 of this title 

16 (relating to promotion, separation, and involuntary retire17 ment of officers on the active-duty list) shall apply to Space 

18 Force officers and officer promotions: 

19 ‘‘(1) Subchapter I (relating to selection boards). 

20 ‘‘(2) Subchapter II (relating to promotions). 

21 ‘‘(3) Subchapter III (relating to failure of selec22 tion for promotion and retirement for years of serv23 ice), other than sections 627, 631, and 632. 

24 ‘‘(4) Subchapter IV (relating to continuation on 

25 active duty and selective early retirement), other than 

26 sections 637, 637a, and 638. 


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1 ‘‘(5) Subchapter V (additional provisions relat2 ing to promotion, separation, and retirement). 

3 ‘‘(6) Subchapter VI (relating to alternative pro4 motion authority for officers in designated competi5 tive categories).’’. 

6 (d) TEMPORARY (‘‘BREVET’’) PROMOTIONS FOR OFFI7 CERS WITH CRITICAL SKILLS.—Section 605 of title 10, 

8 United States Code, is amended as follows: 

9 (1) COVERAGE OF SPACE FORCE OFFICERS.— 

10 Subsections (a), (b)(2)(A), (f)(1), and (f)(2) are 

11 amended by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps,’’ each place 

12 it appears and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space 

13 Force,’’. 

14 (2) DISAGGREGATION OF AIR FORCE MAXIMUM

15 NUMBERS.—Subsection (g) is amended— 

16 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 

17 (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 

18 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 

19 the following new paragraphs (2) and (3): 

20 ‘‘(2) In the case of the Air Force— 

21 ‘‘(A) as captain 95; 

22 ‘‘(B) as major, 305; 

23 ‘‘(C) as lieutenant colonel, 165; and 

24 ‘‘(D) as colonel, 75. 

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1 ‘‘(A) as captain, 5; 

2 ‘‘(B) as major, 20; 

3 ‘‘(C) as lieutenant colonel, 10; and 

4 ‘‘(D) as colonel, 5.’’. 

5 SEC. 1717. ENLISTED MEMBERS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle F of title 10, United States 

7 Code, as amended by section 1716, is further amended by 

8 adding at the end the following new chapter: 

9 ‘‘CHAPTER 2007—ENLISTED MEMBERS 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘20301. Original enlistments: qualifications; grade. 

‘‘20302. Enlisted members: term of enlistment. 

‘‘20303. Reference to chapter 31. 

10 ‘‘§ 20301. Original enlistments: qualifications; grade 

11 ‘‘(a) ORIGINAL ENLISTMENTS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT.—The Secretary of 

13 the Air Force may accept original enlistments in the 

14 Space Force of qualified, effective, and able-bodied 

15 persons. 

16 ‘‘(2) AGE.—A person accepted for original enlist17 ment shall be not less than seventeen years of age. 

18 However, no person under eighteen years of age may 

19 be originally enlisted without the written consent of 

20 the person’s parent or guardian, if the person has a 

21 parent or guardian entitled to the person’s custody 

22 and control. 


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1 ‘‘(b) GRADE.—A person is enlisted in the Space Force 

2 in the grade prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force. 

3 ‘‘§ 20302. Enlisted members: term of enlistment 

4 ‘‘(a) TERM OF ORIGINAL ENLISTMENTS.—The Sec5 retary of the Air Force may accept original enlistments of 

6 persons for the duration of their minority or for a period 

7 of at least two but not more than eight years in the Space 

8 Force. 

9 ‘‘(b) TERM OF REENLISTMENTS.—The Secretary of the 

10 Air Force may accept a reenlistment in the Space Force 

11 for a period determined in accordance with paragraphs (2), 

12 (3), and (4) of section 505(d) of this title. 

13 ‘‘§ 20303. Reference to chapter 31 

14 ‘‘For other provisions of this title applicable to enlist15 ments in the Space Force, see chapter 31 of this title.’’. 

16 (b) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10 CHAPTER RELATING

17 TO ENLISTMENTS.—Chapter 31 of such title is amended as 

18 follows: 

19 (1) RECRUITING CAMPAIGNS.—Section 503(a) is 

20 amended by inserting ‘‘and the Space Force’’ after 

21 ‘‘Regular Coast Guard’’. 

22 (2) QUALIFICATIONS, TERM, GRADE.—Section 

23 505 is amended— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘Regular Space Force,’’ 

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1 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

2 subsection: 

3 ‘‘(e) ENLISTMENTS IN THE SPACE FORCE.—For enlist4 ments in the Space Force, see sections 20301 and 20302 

5 of this title.’’. 

6 (3) EXTENSION OF ENLISTMENTS DURING

7 WAR.—Section 506 is amended by striking ‘‘Regular’’ 

8 before ‘‘Space Force’’. 

9 (4) REENLISTMENT.—Section 508 is amended 

10 striking ‘‘Regular’’ before ‘‘Space Force’’ in sub11 sections (b) and (c). 

12 (5) ENLISTMENT INCENTIVES FOR PURSUIT OF

13 SKILLS TO FACILITATE NATIONAL SERVICE.—Section 

14 510(c) is amended— 

15 (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or the 

16 Space Force’’ after ‘‘Selected Reserve’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

18 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 

19 and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), re20 spectively; 

21 (ii) by inserting after subparagraph 

22 (C) the following new subparagraph (D): 

23 ‘‘(D) in the Space Force;’’; and 

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1 through (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs 

2 (A) through (E)’’. 

3 (6) COLLEGE FIRST PROGRAM.—Section 

4 511(b)(1)(A), is amended by inserting ‘‘or as a mem5 ber of the Space Force,’’ after ‘‘reserve component,’’. 

6 (7) DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM.—Section 513(a) 

7 is amended— 

8 (A) by inserting, ‘‘, or who is qualified 

9 under section 20301 of this title and applicable 

10 regulations for enlistment in the Space Force,’’ 

11 after ‘‘armed force’’; and 

12 (B) by inserting ‘‘, or be enlisted as a mem13 ber of the Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Coast Guard Re14 serve’’. 

15 (8) EFFECT UPON ENLISTED STATUS OF ACCEPT16 ANCE OF APPOINTMENT AS CADET OR MIDSHIPMAN.— 

17 Section 516(b) is amended by inserting ‘‘or in the 

18 Space Force,’’ after ‘‘armed force’’. 

19 SEC. 1718. RETENTION AND SEPARATION GENERALLY. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle F of title 10, United States 

21 Code, as amended by section 1717, is further amended by 

22 adding at the end the following new chapter: 

23 ‘‘CHAPTER 2009—RETENTION AND 

24 SEPARATION GENERALLY 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘20401. Applicability of certain provisions of law related to separation. 

‘‘20402. Enlisted members: standards and qualifications for retention. 


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‘‘20403. Officers: standards and qualifications for retention. 

‘‘20404. Selection of officers for early retirement or discharge. 

‘‘20404. Force shaping authority. 

1 ‘‘§ 20401. Applicability of certain provisions of law re2 lated to separation 

3 ‘‘(a) OFFICER SEPARATION.—Except as specified in 

4 this section or otherwise modified in this chapter, the provi5 sions of chapter 59 of this title applicable to officers of a 

6 regular component shall apply to officers of the Space 

7 Force. 

8 ‘‘(b) Except as specified in this section or otherwise 

9 modified in this chapter, the provisions of sections 1169, 

10 1170, 1171, 1173, 1174(b) 1176(a) of chapter 59 of this title 

11 applicable to enlisted members of a regular component shall 

12 apply to enlisted members of the Space Force. 

13 ‘‘(c) The provisions of section 1172 of this title per14 taining to a person enlisted under section 518 of this title 

15 shall apply to an enlisted member of the Space Force. 

16 ‘‘(d) The provisions of section 1174 of this title— 

17 ‘‘(1) pertaining to a regular officer shall apply 

18 to a Space Force officer serving on sustained duty; 

19 ‘‘(2) pertaining to a regular enlisted member 

20 shall apply to an enlisted member of the Space Force 

21 serving on sustained duty; and 

22 ‘‘(3) pertaining to other members shall apply to 

23 members of the Space Force not serving on sustained 

24 duty. 


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1 ‘‘(e) The provisions of section 1175 of this title per2 taining to a voluntary appointment, enlistment, or transfer 

3 to a reserve component shall apply to the voluntary release 

4 from active duty of a member of the Space Force on sus5 tained duty. 

6 ‘‘(f) The provisions of section 1176 of this title— 

7 ‘‘(1) pertaining to a regular enlisted member 

8 shall apply to an enlisted member of the Space Force 

9 serving on sustained duty; and 

10 ‘‘(2) pertaining to a reserve enlisted member 

11 serving in an active status shall apply to an enlisted 

12 member of the Space Force serving in a space force 

13 active status or on sustained duty. 

14 ‘‘§ 20402. Enlisted members: standards and qualifica15 tions for retention 

16 ‘‘(a) STANDARDS AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR RETEN17 TION.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall, by regulation, 

18 prescribe— 

19 ‘‘(1) standards and qualifications for the reten20 tion of enlisted members of the Space Force; and 

21 ‘‘(2) equitable procedures for the periodic deter22 mination of the compliance of each such member with 

23 those standards and qualifications. 

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1 in Space Force active status fails to comply with the stand2 ards and qualifications prescribed under subsection (a), the 

3 member shall— 

4 ‘‘(1) if qualified, be transferred to Space Force 

5 inactive status; 

6 ‘‘(2) if qualified, be retired in accordance with 

7 section 20603 of this title; or 

8 ‘‘(3) have the member’s enlistment terminated. 

9 ‘‘§ 20403. Officers: standards and qualifications for 

10 retention 

11 ‘‘(a) STANDARDS AND QUALIFICATIONS.—To be re12 tained in an active status, a Space Force officer must— 

13 ‘‘(1) in any applicable yearly period, attain the 

14 number of points under section 12732(a)(2) of this 

15 title that are prescribed by the Secretary of the Air 

16 Force; and 

17 ‘‘(2) conform to such other standards and quali18 fications as the Secretary may prescribe for officers of 

19 the Space Force. 

20 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON MINIMUM NUMBER OF POINTS.— 

21 The Secretary may not prescribe a minimum of more than 

22 50 points under subsection (a). 

23 ‘‘(c) RESULT OF FAILURE TO COMPLY.—A Space 

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1 ards and qualifications prescribed under subsection (a)(2), 

2 may be referred to a board convened under section 20501(a) 

3 of this title. 

4 ‘‘§ 20404. Selection of officers for early retirement or 

5 discharge 

6 ‘‘(a) CONSIDERATION FOR EARLY RETIREMENT.—The 

7 Secretary of the Air Force may convene selection boards 

8 under section 20211(b) of this title to consider for early re9 tirement officers on the space force officer list as follows: 

10 ‘‘(1) Officers in the grade of lieutenant colonel 

11 who have failed of selection for promotion at least one 

12 time and whose names are not on a list of officers rec13 ommended for promotion. 

14 ‘‘(2) Officers in the grade of colonel who have 

15 served in that grade for at least two years and whose 

16 names are not on a list of officers recommended for 

17 promotion. 

18 ‘‘(3) Officers, other than those described in para19 graphs (1) and (2), holding a grade below the grade 

20 of colonel— 

21 ‘‘(A) who are eligible for retirement under 

22 section 20601 of this title or who after two addi23 tional years or less of active service would be eli24 gible for retirement under that section; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) whose names are not on a list of offi2 cers recommended for promotion. 

3 ‘‘(b) CONSIDERATION FOR DISCHARGE.— 

4 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of the Air Force may convene 

5 selection boards under section 20211 of this title to 

6 consider for discharge officers on the space force offi7 cer list— 

8 ‘‘(A) who have served at least one year of 

9 active status in the grade currently held; 

10 ‘‘(B) whose names are not on a list of offi11 cers recommended for promotion; and 

12 ‘‘(C) who are not eligible to be retired under 

13 any provision of law (other than by reason of 

14 eligibility pursuant to section 4403 of the Na15 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

16 1993) and are not within two years of becoming 

17 so eligible. 

18 ‘‘(2) An officer who is recommended for dis19 charge by a selection board convened pursuant to the 

20 authority of paragraph (1) and whose discharge is 

21 approved by the Secretary of the Air Force shall be 

22 discharged on a date specified by the Secretary. 

23 ‘‘(3) Selection of officers for discharge under 

24 paragraph (1) shall be based on the needs of the serv25 ice. 


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1 ‘‘(c) DISCHARGES AND RETIREMENTS CONSIDERED TO

2 BE INVOLUNTARY.—The discharge or retirement of an offi3 cer pursuant to this section shall be considered to be invol4 untary for purposes of any other provision of law. 

5 ‘‘§ 20405. Force shaping authority 

6 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Air Force 

7 may, solely for the purpose of restructuring the Space 

8 Force— 

9 ‘‘(1) discharge an officer described in subsection 

10 (b); or 

11 ‘‘(2) involuntarily release such an officer from 

12 sustained duty. 

13 ‘‘(b) COVERED OFFICERS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) The authority under this section may be ex15 ercised in the case of an officer of the Space Force 

16 serving on sustained duty who— 

17 ‘‘(A) has completed not more than six years 

18 of service as a commissioned officer in the armed 

19 forces; or 

20 ‘‘(B) has completed more than six years of 

21 service as a commissioned officer in the armed 

22 forces, but has not completed the minimum serv23 ice obligation applicable to that officer. 

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1 Force, means the initial period of required active 

2 duty service applicable to the member, together with 

3 any additional period of required active duty service 

4 incurred by that member during the member’s initial 

5 period of required active duty service. 

6 ‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Air Force 

7 shall prescribe regulations for the exercise of the Secretary’s 

8 authority under this section.’’. 

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 647 of title 

10 10, United States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘(other than 

12 an officer of the Space Force)’’ after ‘‘in the case of 

13 an officer’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Regular Ma15 rine Corps, of Regular Space Force’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘or Regular Marine Corps’’; and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub18 section: 

19 ‘‘(e) SPACE FORCE.—For a similar provision with re20 spect to officers of the Space Force, see section 20405 of this 

21 title.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1719. SEPARATION OF OFFICERS FOR SUBSTANDARD 

2 PERFORMANCE OF DUTY OR FOR CERTAIN 

3 OTHER REASONS. 

4 Subtitle F of title 10, United States Code, as amended 

5 by section 1718, is further amended by adding at the end 

6 the following new chapter: 

7 ‘‘CHAPTER 2011—SEPARATION OF OFFI8 CERS FOR SUBSTANDARD PERFORM9 ANCE OF DUTY OR FOR CERTAIN 

10 OTHER REASONS 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘20501. Authority to establish procedures to consider the separation of officers for 

substandard performance of duty and for certain other reasons. 

‘‘20502. Retention boards. 

‘‘20503. Removal of officer: action by Secretary upon recommendation of retention 

board. 

‘‘20504. Rights and procedures. 

‘‘20505. Officer considered for removal: voluntary retirement or discharge. 

‘‘20506. Officers eligible to serve on retention boards. 

11 ‘‘§ 20501. Authority to establish procedures to consider 

12 the separation of officers for substandard 

13 performance of duty and for certain other 

14 reasons 

15 ‘‘(a) PROCEDURES FOR REVIEW OF RECORD OF OFFI16 CERS RELATING TO STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE OF

17 DUTY.— 

18 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of the Air Force shall pre19 scribe, by regulation, procedures for the review at any 

20 time of the record of any commissioned officer (other 

21 than a retired officer) of the Space Force in a space 


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1 force active status to determine whether the officer 

2 shall be required, because of a reason stated in para3 graph (2), to show cause for the officer’s retention in 

4 a space force active status. 

5 ‘‘(2) The reasons referred to in paragraph (1) 

6 are the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) The officer’s performance of duty has 

8 fallen below standards prescribed by the Sec9 retary of Defense. 

10 ‘‘(B) The officer has failed to satisfy the 

11 standards and qualifications established under 

12 section 20403 of this title by the Secretary of the 

13 Air Force. 

14 ‘‘(b) PROCEDURES FOR REVIEW OF RECORD OF OFFI15 CERS RELATING TO CERTAIN OTHER REASONS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of the Air Force shall pre17 scribe, by regulation, procedures for the review at any 

18 time of the record of any commissioned officer (other 

19 than a retired officer) of the Space Force in a space 

20 force active status to determine whether the officer 

21 should be required, because of a reason stated in 

22 paragraph (2), to show cause for the officer’s retention 

23 in a space force active status. 

24 ‘‘(2) The reasons referred to in paragraph (1) 

25 are the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) Misconduct. 

2 ‘‘(B) Moral or professional dereliction. 

3 ‘‘(C) The officer’s retention is not clearly 

4 consistent with the interests of national security. 

5 ‘‘(c) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LIMITATIONS.—Regula6 tions prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force under 

7 this section are subject to such limitations as the Secretary 

8 of Defense may prescribe. 

9 ‘‘§ 20502. Retention boards 

10 ‘‘(a) CONVENING OF BOARDS TO CONSIDER OFFICERS

11 REQUIRED TO SHOW CAUSE.—The Secretary of the Air 

12 Force shall convene retention boards at such times and 

13 places as the Secretary may prescribe to receive evidence 

14 and make findings and recommendations as to whether an 

15 officer who is required under section 20501 of this title to 

16 show cause for retention in a space force active status 

17 should be retained in a space force active status. Each reten18 tion board shall be composed of not less than three officers 

19 having the qualifications prescribed by section 20506 of this 

20 title. 

21 ‘‘(b) FAIR AND IMPARTIAL HEARING.—A retention 

22 board shall give a fair and impartial hearing to each officer 

23 required under section 20501 of this title to show cause for 

24 retention in a space force active status. 


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1 ‘‘(c) EFFECT OF BOARD DETERMINATION THAN AN

2 OFFICER HAS FAILED TO ESTABLISH THAT THE OFFICER

3 SHOULD BE RETAINED.— 

4 ‘‘(1) If a retention board determines that the offi5 cer has failed to establish that the officer should be re6 tained in a space force active status, the board shall 

7 recommend to the Secretary of the Air Force one of 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(A) That the officer be transferred to an 

10 inactive status. 

11 ‘‘(B) That the officer, if qualified under any 

12 provision of law, be retired. 

13 ‘‘(C) That the officer be discharged from the 

14 Space Force. 

15 ‘‘(2) Under regulations prescribed by the Sec16 retary of the Air Force, an officer as to whom a reten17 tion board makes a recommendation under paragraph 

18 (1) that the officer not be retained in a space force 

19 active status may be required to take leave pending 

20 the completion of the officer’s case under this chapter. 

21 The officer may be required to begin such leave at any 

22 time following the officer’s receipt of the report of the 

23 retention board, including the board’s recommenda24 tion for removal from a space force active status, and 

25 the expiration of any period allowed for submission 


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1 by the officer of a rebuttal to that report. The leave 

2 may be continued until the date on which action by 

3 the Secretary of the Air Force on the officer’s case is 

4 completed or may be terminated at any earlier time. 

5 ‘‘(d) EFFECT OF BOARD DETERMINATION THAN AN

6 OFFICER HAS ESTABLISHED THAT THE OFFICER SHOULD

7 BE RETAINED.— 

8 ‘‘(1) If a retention board determines that the offi9 cer has established that the officer should be retained 

10 in a space force active status, the officer’s case is 

11 closed. 

12 ‘‘(2) An officer who is required to show cause for 

13 retention in a space force active status under sub14 section (a) of section 20501 of this title and who is 

15 determined under paragraph (1) to have established 

16 that the officer should be retained in a space force ac17 tive status may not again be required to show cause 

18 for retention in a space force active status under such 

19 subsection within the one-year period beginning on 

20 the date of that determination. 

21 ‘‘(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an officer 

22 who is required to show cause for retention in a space 

23 force active status under subsection (b) of section 

24 20501 of this title and who is determined under para25 graph (1) to have established that the officer should 


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1 be retained in a space force active status may again 

2 be required to show cause for retention at any time. 

3 ‘‘(B) An officer who has been required to show 

4 cause for retention in a space force active status 

5 under subsection (b) of section 20501 of this title and 

6 who is thereafter retained in an active status may not 

7 again be required to show cause for retention in a 

8 space force active status under such subsection solely 

9 because of conduct which was the subject of the pre10 vious proceedings, unless the findings or recommenda11 tions of the retention board that considered the offi12 cer’s previous case are determined to have been ob13 tained by fraud or collusion. 

14 ‘‘(4) In the case of an officer described in para15 graph (2) or paragraph (3)(A), the retention board 

16 may recommend that the officer be required to com17 plete additional training, professional education, or 

18 such other developmental programs as may be avail19 able to correct any identified deficiencies and improve 

20 the officer’s performance within the Space Force. 

21 ‘‘§ 20503. Removal of officer: action by Secretary upon 

22 recommendation of retention board 

23 ‘‘The Secretary of the Air Force may remove an officer 

24 from space force active status if the removal of such officer 


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1 from space force active status is recommended by a reten2 tion board convened under section 20502 of this title. 

3 ‘‘§ 20504. Rights and procedures 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations prescribed by 

5 the Secretary of the Air Force, each officer required under 

6 section 20501 of this title to show cause for retention in 

7 a space force active status— 

8 ‘‘(1) shall be notified in writing, at least 30 days 

9 before the hearing of the officer’s case by a retention 

10 board, of the reasons for which the officer is being re11 quired to show cause for retention in a space force ac12 tive status; 

13 ‘‘(2) shall be allowed a reasonable time, as deter14 mined by the board, to prepare the officer’s showing 

15 of cause for retention in a space force active status; 

16 ‘‘(3) shall be allowed to appear either in person 

17 or through electronic means and to be represented by 

18 counsel at proceedings before the board; and 

19 ‘‘(4) shall be allowed full access to, and shall be 

20 furnished copies of, records relevant to the officer’s 

21 case, except that the board shall withhold any record 

22 that the Secretary determines should be withheld in 

23 the interest of national security. 

24 ‘‘(b) SUMMARY OF RECORDS WITHHELD IN INTEREST

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1 subsection (a)(4), the officer whose case is under consider2 ation shall, to the extent that the interest of national secu3 rity permits, be furnished a summary of the record so with4 held. 

5 ‘‘§ 20505. Officer considered for removal: voluntary re6 tirement or discharge 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—At any time during proceedings 

8 under this chapter with respect to the removal of an officer 

9 from a space force active status , the Secretary of the Air 

10 Force may grant a request by the officer— 

11 ‘‘(1) for voluntary retirement, if the officer is 

12 qualified for retirement; or 

13 ‘‘(2) for discharge in accordance with subsection 

14 (b)(2). 

15 ‘‘(b) RETIREMENT OR DISCHARGE.—An officer re16 moved from a space force active status under section 20503 

17 of this title shall— 

18 ‘‘(1) if eligible for voluntary retirement under 

19 any provision of law on the date of such removal, be 

20 retired in the grade and with the retired pay for 

21 which the officer would be eligible if retired under 

22 such provision; and 

23 ‘‘(2) if ineligible for voluntary retirement under 

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1 ‘‘(A) be honorably discharged in the grade 

2 then held, in the case of an officer whose case 

3 was brought under subsection (a) of section 

4 20501 of this title; or 

5 ‘‘(B) be discharged in the grade then held, 

6 in the case of an officer whose case was brought 

7 under subsection (b) of section 20501 of this title. 

8 ‘‘(c) SEPARATION PAY FOR DISCHARGED OFFICER.— 

9 An officer who is discharged under subsection (b)(2) is enti10 tled, if eligible therefor, to separation pay under section 

11 1174(a)(2) of this title. 

12 ‘‘§ 20506. Officers eligible to serve on retention boards 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of section 1187 of 

14 this title apply to the membership of boards convened under 

15 this chapter in the same manner as to the membership of 

16 boards convened under chapter 60 of this title. 

17 ‘‘(b) RETIRED AIR FORCE OFFICERS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—In applying subsection (b) of 

19 section 1187 of this title to a board convened under 

20 this chapter, the Secretary of the Air Force may ap21 point retired officers of the Air Force, in addition to 

22 retired officers of the Space Force, to complete the 

23 membership of the board. 

24 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—A retired officer of the Air 

25 Force may be appointed to a board under paragraph 


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1 (1) only if the officer served in a space-related career 

2 field of the Air Force for sufficient time such that the 

3 Secretary of the Air Force determines that the retired 

4 Air Force officer has adequate knowledge concerning 

5 the standards of performance and conduct required of 

6 an officer of the Space Force.’’. 

7 SEC. 1720. RETIREMENT. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle F of title 10, United States 

9 Code, as amended by section 1719, is further amended by 

10 adding at the end the following new chapter: 

11 ‘‘CHAPTER 2013—VOLUNTARY 

12 RETIREMENT FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘20601. Officers: voluntary retirement for length of service. 

‘‘20602. Officers: computation of years of service for voluntary retirement. 

‘‘20603. Enlisted members: voluntary retirement for length of service. 

‘‘20604. Enlisted members: computation of years of service for voluntary retirement. 

‘‘20605. Applicability of other provisions of law relating to retirement. 

13 ‘‘§ 20601. Officers: voluntary retirement for length of 

14 service 

15 ‘‘(a) TWENTY YEARS OR MORE.—The Secretary of the 

16 Air Force may, upon the officer’s request, retire a commis17 sioned officer of the Space Force who has at least 20 years 

18 of service computed under section 20602 of this title, at least 

19 10 years of which have been active service as a commis20 sioned officer. 

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1 computed under section 20602 of this title may be retired 

2 upon the officer’s request, in the discretion of the President. 

3 ‘‘(c) FORTY YEARS OR MORE.—Except as provided in 

4 section 20503 of this title, a commissioned officer of the 

5 Space Force who has at least 40 years of service computed 

6 under section 20602 of this title shall be retired upon the 

7 officer’s request. 

8 ‘‘§ 20602. Officers: computation of years of service for 

9 voluntary retirement 

10 ‘‘(a) YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE.—For the purpose of 

11 determining whether an officer of the Space Force may be 

12 retired under section 20601 of this title, the officer’s years 

13 of service are computed by adding all active service in the 

14 armed forces. 

15 ‘‘(b) REFERENCE TO SECTION EXCLUDING SERVICE

16 DURING CERTAIN PERIODS.—Section 972(b) of this title ex17 cludes from computation of an officer’s years of service for 

18 purposes of this section any time identified with respect to 

19 that officer under that section. 

20 ‘‘§ 20603. Enlisted members: voluntary retirement for 

21 length of service 

22 ‘‘(a) TWENTY TO THIRTY YEARS.—Under regulations 

23 to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, an en24 listed member of the Space Force who has at least 20, but 


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1 less than 30, years of service computed under section 20604 

2 of this title may, upon the member’s request, be retired. 

3 ‘‘(b) THIRTY YEARS OR MORE.—An enlisted member 

4 of the Space Force who has at least 30 years of service com5 puted under section 20604 of this title shall be retired upon 

6 the member’s request. 

7 ‘‘§ 20604. Enlisted members: computation of years of 

8 service for voluntary retirement 

9 ‘‘(a) YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE.—For the purpose of 

10 determining whether an enlisted member of the Space Force 

11 may be retired under section 20603 of this title, the mem12 ber’s years of service are computed by adding all active 

13 service in the armed forces. 

14 ‘‘(b) REFERENCE TO SECTION EXCLUDING COUNTING

15 OF CERTAIN SERVICE REQUIRED TO BE MADE UP.—Time 

16 required to be made up under section 972(a) of this title 

17 may not be counted in computing years of service under 

18 subsection (a). 

19 ‘‘§ 20605. Applicability of other provisions of law re20 lating to retirement 

21 ‘‘(a) APPLICABILITY TO MEMBERS OF THE SPACE

22 FORCE.—Except as specifically provided for by this chap23 ter, the provisions of this title specified in subsection (b) 

24 apply to members of the Space Force as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(1) Provisions pertaining to an officer of the 

2 Air Force shall apply to an officer of the Space Force. 

3 ‘‘(2) Provisions pertaining to an enlisted mem4 ber of the Air Force shall apply to an enlisted mem5 ber of the Space Force. 

6 ‘‘(3) Provisions pertaining to a regular officer 

7 shall apply to an officer who is on sustained duty in 

8 the Space Force. 

9 ‘‘(4) Provisions pertaining to a regular enlisted 

10 member shall apply to an enlisted member who is on 

11 sustained duty in the Space Force. 

12 ‘‘(5) Provisions pertaining to a reserve officer 

13 shall apply to an officer who is in a space force active 

14 status but not on sustained duty. 

15 ‘‘(6) Provisions pertaining to a reserve enlisted 

16 member shall apply to an enlisted member who is in 

17 a space force active status but not on sustained duty. 

18 ‘‘(7) Provisions pertaining to service in a reg19 ular component shall apply to service on sustained 

20 duty. 

21 ‘‘(8) Provisions pertaining to service in a reserve 

22 component shall apply to service in a space force ac23 tive status not on sustained duty. 

24 ‘‘(9) Provisions pertaining to a member of the 

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1 Force who is in a space force active status prior to 

2 being ordered to active duty. 

3 ‘‘(10) Provisions pertaining to a member of the 

4 Retired Reserve shall apply to a member of the Space 

5 Force who has retired under chapter 1223 of this title. 

6 ‘‘(b) PROVISIONS OF LAW.—The provisions of this title 

7 referred to in subsection (a) are the following: 

8 ‘‘(1) Chapter 61, relating to retirement or sepa9 ration for physical disability. 

10 ‘‘(2) Chapter 63, relating to retirement for age. 

11 ‘‘(3) Chapter 69, relating to retired grade. 

12 ‘‘(4) Chapter 71, relating to computation of re13 tired pay. 

14 ‘‘(5) Chapter 941, relating to retirement from the 

15 Air Force for length of service. 

16 ‘‘(6) Chapter 945, relating to computation of re17 tired pay. 

18 ‘‘(7) Chapter 1223, relating to retired pay for 

19 non-regular service. 

20 ‘‘(8) Chapter 1225, relating to retired grade.’’. 

21 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title 10, United 

22 States Code, is amended as follows: 

23 (1) RETIRED MEMBERS ORDERED TO ACTIVE

24 DUTY.—Section 688(b) is amended— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Regular 

2 Marine Corps, or Regular Space Force’’ and in3 serting ‘‘or Regular Marine Corps’’; and 

4 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

5 paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(4) A retired member of the Space Force.’’. 

7 (2) RETIRED GRADE.—Section 9341 is amend8 ed— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘or the Space Force’’ both 

10 places it appears in subsection (a); 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘or a Regular or Reserve of 

12 the Space Force’’ in subsection (b); and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

14 subsection: 

15 ‘‘(c) SPACE FORCE.—(1) The retired grade of a com16 missioned officer of the Space Force who retires other than 

17 for physical disability is determined under section 1370 or 

18 1370a of this title, as applicable to the officer. 

19 ‘‘(2) Unless entitled to a higher retired grade under 

20 some other provision of law, a member of the Space Force 

21 not covered by paragraph (1) who retires other than for 

22 physical disability retires in the grade that the member 

23 holds on the date of the member’s retirement.’’. 


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1 (3) RETIRED GRADE OF ENLISTED MEMBERS

2 AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.—Section 9344(b)(2) is 

3 amended by striking ‘‘Regular’’ before ‘‘Space Force’’. 

4 (4) RETIRED LISTS.—Section 9346 is amend5 ed— 

6 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or the 

7 Regular Space Force’’ and inserting ‘‘and a sep8 arate retired list containing the name of each re9 tired commissioned officer of the Space Force 

10 (other than an officer whose name is on the list 

11 maintained under subsection (b)(2))’’; 

12 (B) in subsection (b)— 

13 (i) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; 

14 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

15 and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), re16 spectively; 

17 (iii) in subparagraph (A), as so redes18 ignated, by striking ‘‘, or for commissioned 

19 officers of the Space Force other than of the 

20 Regular Space Force’’; 

21 (iv) in subparagraph (B), as so redes22 ignated, by striking ‘‘or the Space Force’’; 

23 and 

24 (v) by adding at the end the following 

25 new paragraph: 


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1 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall maintain a retired list 

2 containing the name of— 

3 ‘‘(A) each person entitled to retired pay who 

4 as a member of the Space Force qualified for re5 tirement under section 20601 of this title; and 

6 ‘‘(B) each retired warrant officer or enlisted 

7 member of the Space Force who is advanced to 

8 a commissioned grade.’’; 

9 (C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘or the 

10 Space Force’’ and inserting ‘‘and a separate re11 tired list containing the name of each retired 

12 warrant officer of the Space Force’’; and 

13 (D) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘or the 

14 Regular Space Force’’ and inserting ‘‘and a sep15 arate retired list containing the name of each re16 tired enlisted member of the Space Force’’. 

17 Subtitle B—Conforming Amend18 ments Related to Space Force 

19 Military Personnel System 

20 SEC. 1731. AMENDMENTS TO DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR 

21 FORCE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 10, UNITED 

22 STATES CODE. 

23 (a) PROVISIONS RELATING TO PERSONNEL.—Part II 

24 of subtitle D of title 10, United States Code, is amended 

25 as follows: 


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1 (1) GENDER-FREE BASIS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF

2 ORIGINAL ENLISTMENTS.— 

3 (A) Section 9132 by striking ‘‘Regular’’ be4 fore ‘‘Space Force’’. 

5 (B) The heading of such section is amended 

6 by striking the fifth word. 

7 (2) REENLISTMENT AFTER SERVICE AS AN OFFI8 CER.— 

9 (A) Section 9138(a) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘Regular’’ before ‘‘Space Force’’ both places it 

11 appears. 

12 (B) The heading of section 9138 is amended 

13 by striking the fifth word. 

14 (3) WARRANT OFFICERS: ORIGINAL APPOINT15 MENT; QUALIFICATIONS.—Section 9160 is amended by 

16 striking ‘‘Regular’’ before ‘‘Space Force’’. 

17 (4) SERVICE AS AN OFFICER TO BE COUNTED AS

18 ENLISTED SERVICE.—Section 9252 is amended by 

19 striking ‘‘Regular’’ before ‘‘Space Force’’. 

20 (5) CHAPTER HEADING.— 

21 (A) The heading of chapter 915 is amended 

22 to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘CHAPTER 915—APPOINTMENTS IN THE 

2 REGULAR AIR FORCE AND IN THE 

3 SPACE FORCE’’. 

4 (B) The tables of chapters at the beginning 

5 of subtitle D, and at the beginning of part II of 

6 subtitle D of such title, are each amended by 

7 striking the item relating to chapter 915 and in8 serting the following new item: 

‘‘915. Appointments in the Regular Air Force and in the Space Force 9151’’. 

9 (b) PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRAINING GEN10 ERALLY.—Section 9401 of such title is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (b)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘or the Regular Space 

13 Force’’ after ‘‘Regular Air Force’’; and 

14 (B) by inserting ‘‘or one of the Space Force 

15 in a space force active status not on sustained 

16 duty,’’ after ‘‘on the active-duty list,’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) by striking ‘‘or Reserve of the Space 

19 Force’’ and inserting ‘‘or member of the Space 

20 Force in a space force active status not on sus21 tained duty’’; and 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘the Reserve’s consent’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘the member’s consent’’; and 

24 (3) in subsection (f)— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘the Regular Space Force’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘of Space Force members on sus3 tained duty’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘the Space Force Reserve’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘of Space Force members in an 

6 active status not on sustained duty’’. 

7 (c) PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE AIR FORCE ACAD8 EMY.—Chapter 953 of such title is amended as follows: 

9 (1) PERMANENT PROFESSORS; DIRECTOR OF AD10 MISSIONS.—Section 9436 is amended— 

11 (A) in subsection (a)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘the equivalent grade 

13 in’’ both places it appears; 

14 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 

15 after ‘‘Regular Air Force’’ the first place it 

16 appears; 

17 (iii) by striking ‘‘and a permanent’’ 

18 and all that follows through ‘‘in the Regular 

19 Air Force’’; and 

20 (B) in subsection (b)— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘the equivalent grade 

22 in’’ both places it appears and inserting 

23 ‘‘the grade of lieutenant colonel in’’; and 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘Regular Space Force 

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1 colonel in the Regular Air Force’’ and in2 serting ‘‘Space Force has the grade of colo3 nel in the Space Force’’. 

4 (2) APPOINTMENT OF CADETS.—Section 9442(b) 

5 is amended— 

6 (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting ‘‘, or 

7 the Space Force,’’ after ‘‘members of reserve com8 ponents’’; and 

9 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Reg10 ular’’ before ‘‘Space Force’’. 

11 (3) AGREEMENT OF CADETS TO SERVE AS OFFI12 CERS.—Section 9448(a) is amended— 

13 (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘Reg14 ular’’ before ‘‘Space Force’’; and 

15 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

16 (i) in the matter preceding subpara17 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or to terminate 

18 the officer’s order to sustained duty in the 

19 Space Force’’ after ‘‘resign as a regular offi20 cer’’; 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

22 ‘‘or as a Reserve in the Space Force for 

23 service in the Space Force Reserve’’ and in24 serting ‘‘or will accept further assignment 

25 in a space force active status’’; and 


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1 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

2 ‘‘, or the Space Force,’’ after ‘‘that reserve 

3 component’’. 

4 (4) HAZING.—Section 9452(c) is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force,’’ and insert6 ing, ‘‘or Marine Corps, or in the Space Force,’’. 

7 (5) COMMISSION UPON GRADUATION.—Section 

8 9453(b) is amended— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘or in the equivalent grade 

10 in the Regular Space Force’’; and 

11 (B) by inserting before the period the fol12 lowing: ‘‘or a second lieutenant in the Space 

13 Force under section 531 or 20201 of this title’’. 

14 (d) PROVISIONS RELATING TO SCHOOLS AND

15 CAMPS.—Chapter 957 of such title is amended as follows: 

16 (1) PURPOSE.—Section 9481 is amended— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘to qualify them for ap18 pointment’’ and inserting ‘‘to qualify them for— 

19 ‘‘(1) appointment’’; 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘or the Space Force Re21 serve.’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

22 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

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1 ‘‘(2) appointment as officers, or enlistment as 

2 noncommissioned officers, for service in the Space 

3 Force in a space force active status.’’. 

4 (2) OPERATION.—Section 9482(4) is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘or the Regular Space Force’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘or members of the Space Force in an active status’’. 

7 SEC. 1732. AMENDMENTS TO SUBTITLE A OF TITLE 10, 

8 UNITED STATES CODE. 

9 (a) PROVISIONS RELATING TO ORGANIZATION AND

10 GENERAL MILITARY POWERS.—Part I of subtitle A of title 

11 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: 

12 (1) ANNUAL DEFENSE MANPOWER REPORT.—Sec13 tion 115a(d)(3)(F) is amended by inserting before the 

14 period the following: ‘‘or, in the case of the Space 

15 Force, officers ordered to active duty other than under 

16 section 20105(b) of this title’’. 

17 (2) SUSPENSION OF END-STRENGTH AND OTHER

18 STRENGTH LIMITATIONS IN TIME OF WAR OR NA19 TIONAL EMERGENCY.—Section 123a(a)(2) is amended 

20 by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘a reserve 

21 component’’. 

22 (3) DEPUTY COMMANDER OF USNORTHCOM.— 

23 Section 164(e)(4) is amended— 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘shall be a’’ and all that fol2 lows and inserting ‘‘shall be— 

3 ‘‘(i) a qualified officer of a reserve 

4 component who is eligible for promotion to 

5 the grade of lieutenant general or, in the 

6 case of the Navy, vice admiral; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) a qualified officer of the Space 

8 Force whose prior service includes service in 

9 a space force active status other than sus10 tained duty and who is eligible for pro11 motion to the grade of lieutenant general.’’; 

12 and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

14 subparagraph: 

15 ‘‘(B) The requirement in subparagraph (A) 

16 does not apply when the officer serving as com17 mander of the combatant command described in 

18 that subparagraph is (i) a reserve component of19 ficer, or (ii) an officer of the Space Force whose 

20 prior service includes service in a space force ac21 tive status other than sustained duty.’’. 

22 (4) READINESS REPORTS.—Section 482(a) is 

23 amended by inserting ‘‘and the Space Force’’ after 

24 ‘‘active and reserve components’’ in paragraphs (1) 

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1 (b) DOPMA OFFICER PERSONNEL PROVISIONS.— 

2 Chapter 36 of such title is amended as follows: 

3 (1) NONDISCLOSURE OF BOARD PROCEEDINGS.— 

4 Section 613a is amended by striking ‘‘573, 611, or 

5 628’’ and inserting ‘‘573, 611, 628, or 20211’’ in sub6 sections (a) and (c). 

7 (2) INFORMATION FURNISHED TO SELECTION

8 BOARDS.—Section 615(a) is amended— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 

10 20211’’ after ‘‘section 611(a)’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

12 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

13 ‘‘regular officer’’ and all that follows and 

14 inserting ‘‘regular officer or an officer in 

15 the Space Force, a grade above captain or, 

16 in the case of the Navy, lieutenant.’’; and 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (D)— 

18 (I) by striking ‘‘major general,’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘major general or’’; and 

20 (II) by striking ‘‘or, in the case of 

21 the Space Force, the equivalent 

22 grade,’’. 

23 (3) ELIGIBILITY FOR CONSIDERATION FOR PRO24 MOTION: TIME-IN-GRADE AND OTHER REQUIRE25 MENTS.—Section 619(a) is amended by striking ‘‘MaVerDate Nov 24 2008 11:43 Jun 29, 2023 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00936 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 C:\USERS\TAMERYWEATHER\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\H2

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1 rine Corps, or Space Force’’ each place it appears 

2 and inserting ‘‘or Marine Corps’’. 

3 (4) AUTHORITY TO VACATE PROMOTIONS TO

4 GRADES OF BRIGADIER GENERAL AND REAR ADMIRAL

5 (LOWER HALF).—Section 625(b) is amended— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space 

7 Force’’ and inserting ‘‘or Marine Corps’’; and 

8 (B) adding at the end the following new 

9 sentence: ‘‘An officer of the Space Force whose 

10 promotion is vacated under this section holds the 

11 grade of colonel.’’. 

12 (5) ACCEPTANCE OF PROMOTIONS; OATH OF OF13 FICE.—Subsections (a) and (b) of section 626 are 

14 amended by striking ‘‘section 624’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘section 624 or 20251’’. 

16 (6) SPECIAL SELECTION REVIEW BOARD.—Sec17 tion 628a is amended— 

18 (A) in subsection (a)(1)(A)— 

19 (i) by striking ‘‘major general,’’ and 

20 inserting ‘‘major general or’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘, or an equivalent 

22 grade in the Space Force’’; 

23 (B) in subsection (e)(2), by adding at the 

24 end the following new sentence: ‘‘However, in the 

25 case of an officer on the space force officer list, 


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1 the provisions of sections 618, 20215, and 20216 

2 of this title apply to the report and proceedings 

3 of a special selection review board convened 

4 under this section in the same manner as they 

5 apply to report and proceedings of a promotion 

6 board convened under section 20211 of this 

7 title.’’, and 

8 (C) in subsection (f)(1), by adding at the 

9 end the following new sentence: ‘‘However, if the 

10 report of a special selection review board con11 vened under this section recommends the 

12 sustainment of the recommendation for pro13 motion to the next higher grade of an officer on 

14 the space force officer list who was referred to it 

15 for review under this section, and the President 

16 approves the report, the officer shall, as soon as 

17 practicable, be appointed to the grade in accord18 ance with subsections (b) and (c) of section 

19 20251 of this title.’’. 

20 (7) REMOVAL FROM LIST OF OFFICERS REC21 OMMENDED FOR PROMOTION.—Section 629 is amend22 ed— 

23 (A) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘or 

24 20251(c)’’ after ‘‘section 624(c)’’; and 

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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘or 20251(a)’’ after 

2 ‘‘section 624(a)’’; and 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or 20251(c)’’ after 

4 ‘‘section 624(c)’’. 

5 (8) RETIREMENT FOR YEARS OF SERVICE.— 

6 (A) LIEUTENANT COLONELS.—Section 

7 633(a) is amended— 

8 (i) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Except 

9 as’’; 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘Regular Marine 

11 Corps, or Regular Space Force’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘or Regular Marine Corps’’; and 

13 (iii) by adding at the end the following 

14 new paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(2) Except as provided under section 637(b) or 

16 637a of this title, each officer of the Space Force who 

17 holds the grade of lieutenant colonel who is not on a 

18 list of officers recommended for promotion to the 

19 grade of colonel shall, if not earlier retired, be retired 

20 on the first day of the month after the month in 

21 which the officer completes 28 years of active commis22 sioned service.’’. 

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1 (i) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Except 

2 as’’; 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘Regular Marine 

4 Corps, or Regular Space Force’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘or Regular Marine Corps’’; and 

6 (iii) by adding at the end the following 

7 new paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(2) Except as provided under section 637(b) or 

9 637a of this title, each officer of the Space Force who 

10 holds the grade of colonel who is not on a list of offi11 cers recommended for promotion to the grade of briga12 dier general shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on 

13 the first day of the month after the month in which 

14 the officer completes 30 years of active commissioned 

15 service.’’. 

16 (C) BRIGADIER GENERALS.—Section 635 is 

17 amended— 

18 (i) by inserting ‘‘(a) ARMY, NAVY, AIR

19 FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS.—’’ before 

20 ‘‘Except as’’; 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘Regular Marine 

22 Corps, or Regular Space Force’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘or Regular Marine Corps’’; and 

24 (iii) by adding at the end the following 

25 new subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(b) SPACE FORCE.—Except as provided under section 

2 637(b) or 637a of this title, each officer of the Space Force 

3 who holds the grade of brigadier general who is not on a 

4 list of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of 

5 major general shall, if not earlier retired, be retired as spec6 ified in subsection (a).’’. 

7 (D) OFFICERS IN GRADES ABOVE BRIGA8 DIER GENERAL.—Section 636(a) is amended— 

9 (i) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Except 

10 as’’; 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘Regular Marine 

12 Corps, or Regular Space Force’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘or Regular Marine Corps’’; and 

14 (iii) by adding at the end the following 

15 new paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(2) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) 

17 and under section 637(b) or 637a of this title, each 

18 officer of the Space Force who holds the grade of 

19 major general shall, if not earlier retired, be retired 

20 as specified in paragraph (1).’’. 

21 (E) SECTION HEADINGS.— 

22 (i) The heading of section 633 is 

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1 Force lieutenant colonels; regular 

2 Navy’’. 

3 (ii) The heading of section 634 is 

4 amended by striking ‘‘colonels and’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘and Space Force colonels; 

6 regular’’. 

7 (iii) The heading of section 635 is 

8 amended by striking ‘‘brigadier gen9 erals and’’ and inserting ‘‘and Space 

10 Force brigadier generals; regular 

11 Navy’’. 

12 (iv) The heading of section 636 is 

13 amended by striking ‘‘officers in 

14 grades above brigadier general 

15 and’’ and inserting ‘‘and Space Force 

16 officers in grades above brigadier 

17 general; regular Navy officers in 

18 grades above’’. 

19 (c) MANAGEMENT POLICIES FOR JOINT QUALIFIED

20 OFFICERS.—Section 661(a) of such title is amended— 

21 (1) by striking ‘‘Marine Corps, and Space 

22 Force’’ and inserting ‘‘and Marine Corps’’; and 

23 (2) by inserting ‘‘, and officers of the Space 

24 Force on the space force officer list,’’ after ‘‘active25 duty list’’. 


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1 (d) LEAVE.—Chapter 40 of such title is amended as 

2 follows: 

3 (1) ENTITLEMENT AND ACCUMULATION.—Section 

4 701 is amended— 

5 (A) in subsection (h)— 

6 (i) by inserting at the end of para7 graph (2) the following new subparagraph: 

8 ‘‘(D) A member of the Space Force in a 

9 space force active status, not on sustained 

10 duty.’’; and 

11 (ii) in paragraphs (5)(B) and (6), by 

12 inserting ‘‘, or of the Space Force,’’ after 

13 ‘‘member of a reserve component’’; and 

14 (B) in subsection (i), by inserting ‘‘, or of 

15 the Space Force,’’ after ‘‘member of a reserve 

16 component’’. 

17 (2) PAYMENT UPON DISAPPROVAL OF CERTAIN

18 BOARD OF INQUIRY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXCESS

19 LEAVE REQUIRED TO BE TAKEN.—Section 707a(a)(1) 

20 is amended by inserting ‘‘or 20503’’ after ‘‘section 

21 1182(c)(2)’’. 

22 (3) CAREER FLEXIBILITY TO ENHANCE RETEN23 TION OF MEMBERS.—Section 710 is amended— 

24 (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or of the 

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1 (B) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘, or 

2 a Space Force officer in a space force active sta3 tus not on active duty under section 20105(b) of 

4 this title,’’ after ‘‘officer’’; 

5 (C) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting before 

6 the period at the end the following: ‘‘or, in the 

7 case of a member of the Space Force on sus8 tained duty, to accept release from sustained 

9 duty orders and to serve in a space force active 

10 status’’; and 

11 (D) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking 

12 ‘‘chapter 36 or 1405’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter 36, 

13 1405, or 2005’’. 

14 (e) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF OFFICES WHO MAY

15 BE FROCKED TO A HIGHER GRADE.—Section 777(d)(2) of 

16 such title is amended by inserting ‘‘, or for the Space Force, 

17 the space force officer list,’’ after ‘‘active-duty list’’. 

18 (f) UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE.—Chapter 

19 47 of such title (the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is 

20 amended as follows: 

21 (1) PERSONS SUBJECT TO UCMJ.—Section 802 

22 (article 2) is amended— 

23 (A) in subsection (a)— 

24 (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting 

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1 duty under section 20105 of this title,’’ after 

2 ‘‘regular component of the armed forces,’’; 

3 (ii) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by insert4 ing ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘reserve 

5 component’’; 

6 (iii) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, 

7 or retired members of the Space Force who 

8 qualified for a non-regular retirement and 

9 are receiving retired pay,’’ after ‘‘a reserve 

10 component’’; and 

11 (iv) by adding at the end the following 

12 new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(14) Retired members of the Space Force who 

14 qualified for a regular retirement under section 20603 

15 of this title and are receiving retired pay.’’; and 

16 (B) in subsection (d)— 

17 (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 

18 the Space Force’’ after ‘‘reserve component’’; 

19 (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 

20 the Space Force’’ after ‘‘a reserve compo21 nent’’; and 

22 (iii) in paragraph (4), by inserting 

23 ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘in a regular 

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1 (2) JURISDICTION TO TRY CERTAIN PER2 SONNEL.—Subsection (d) of section 803 (article 3) is 

3 amended by inserting, ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘re4 serve component’’. 

5 (3) ARTICLES TO BE EXPLAINED.—Section 937 

6 (article 137) is amended— 

7 (A) in subsection (a)(1)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub9 paragraph (A); 

10 (ii) by striking the period at the end of 

11 subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

12 (iii) by adding at the end the following 

13 new subparagraph: 

14 ‘‘(C) the member’s initial entrance on active 

15 duty or into a space force active status.’’; 

16 (B) in subsection (a)(2)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub18 paragraph (A); 

19 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) 

20 as subparagraph (C); and 

21 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

22 (A) the following new subparagraph: 

23 ‘‘(B) after a member of Space Force has 

24 completed six months of sustained duty or in the 

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1 member has completed basic or recruit training; 

2 and’’; 

3 (C) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘or 

4 the Space Force’’ after ‘‘in a reserve component’’; 

5 and 

6 (D) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘or to a 

7 member of a reserve component,’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘, to a member of a reserve component, or to a 

9 member of the Space Force,’’. 

10 (f) RESTRICTION ON PERFORMANCE OF CIVIL FUNC11 TIONS BY OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY.—Section 973(b)(1) 

12 of such title 10 is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara14 graph (B); 

15 (2) by striking the period at the end of subpara16 graph (C) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub18 paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(D) to an officer on the space force officer 

20 list serving on active duty under section 

21 20105(b) of this title or under a call or order to 

22 active duty for a period in excess of 270 days.’’. 

23 (h) USE OF COMMISSARY STORES AND MWR RETAIL

24 FACILITIES.—Section 1063 of such title is amended— 

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1 (A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND

2 SPACE FORCE’’ after ‘‘RESERVE’’; and 

3 (B) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after 

4 ‘‘reserve component’’; 

5 (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

6 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; 

7 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 

8 new subsection (d): 

9 ‘‘(d) MEMBERS OF THE SPACE FORCE.—A member of 

10 the Space Force in a space force active status who is not 

11 on sustained duty shall be permitted to use commissary 

12 stores and MWR retail facilities under the same conditions 

13 as specified in subsection (a) for a member of the Selected 

14 Reserve.’’; and 

15 (4) in subsection (e), as redesignated by para16 graph (2), by striking ‘‘subsection (a) or (b)’’ in 

17 paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘subsection (a), (b), or 

18 (d)’’. 

19 (i) MEMBERS INVOLUNTARY SEPARATED.— 

20 (1) ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN BENEFITS AND

21 SERVICES.—Section 1141 of such title is amended— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para23 graph (3); 

24 (B) by striking the period at the end of 

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1 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraphs: 

3 ‘‘(5) in the case of an officer of the Space Force 

4 (other than a retired officer), the officer is involun5 tarily discharged or released from active duty under 

6 other than adverse conditions, as characterized by the 

7 Secretary of the Air Force; and 

8 ‘‘(6) in the case of an enlisted member of the 

9 Space Force, the member is— 

10 ‘‘(A) denied reenlistment; or 

11 ‘‘(B) involuntarily discharged or released 

12 from active duty under other than adverse condi13 tions, as characterized by the Secretary of the 

14 Air Force.’’. 

15 (2) SEPARATION PAY.—Section 1174(a)(2) of 

16 such title is amended by striking ‘‘, Marine Corps, or 

17 Space Force’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘or 

18 Marine Corps’’. 

19 (j) BOARDS FOR THE CORRECTION OF MILITARY

20 RECORDS.—Chapter 79 of such title is amended as follows: 

21 (1) REVIEW OF ACTIONS OF SELECTION BOARDS

22 AND CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS.—Section 

23 1558 is amended— 

24 (A) inserting ‘‘, or the Space Force,’’ after 

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1 (B) in subsection (b)— 

2 (i) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking 

3 ‘‘section 628 or 14502’’ and inserting ‘‘sec4 tion 628, 14502, or 20252’’; 

5 (ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 

6 ‘‘or 14705’’ and inserting ‘‘14507, or 

7 20403’’; and 

8 (iii) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by strik9 ing ‘‘or 14101(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘14101(a), 

10 or 20211’’. 

11 (2) TITLE OF AIR FORCE SERVICE REVIEW AGEN12 CY.— 

13 (A) Sections 1555(c)(3) and 1557(f)(3) are 

14 amended by inserting ‘‘the Department of’’ after 

15 ‘‘Air Force,’’. 

16 (B) Section 1556(a) is amended by insert17 ing ‘‘the Department of’’ after ‘‘the Army Review 

18 Boards Agency,’’. 

19 (C) Section 1559(c)(3) is amended by in20 serting ‘‘the Department of the’’ after ‘‘Air 

21 Force,’’. 

22 (k) MILITARY FAMILY PROGRAMS.—Chapter 88 of such 

23 title is amended as follows: 


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1 (1) MEMBERS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

2 MILITARY READINESS COUNCIL.—Section 

3 1781a(b)(1)(B)(iii) is amended— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘member and’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘member,’’; and 

6 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and one of whom shall 

7 be the spouse or parent of a member of the Space 

8 Force’’ after ‘‘parent of a reserve component 

9 member’’. 

10 (2) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY AND

11 PLANS FOR MILITARY FAMILY READINESS.—Section 

12 1781b is amended— 

13 (A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘mili14 tary families of members of the regular compo15 nents and military families of members of the re16 serve components’’ and inserting ‘‘military fami17 lies of members of the regular components, the re18 serve components, and the Space Force’’; and 

19 (B) in subsection (c)(2)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘both’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘military families of 

22 members of the regular components and 

23 military families of members of the reserve 

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1 members of the reserve components, and 

2 members of the Space Force’’. 

3 (l) TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS.— 

4 (1) PAYMENT OF TUITION FOR OFF-DUTY TRAIN5 ING OR EDUCATION.—Section 2007 of such title is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following new sub7 section: 

8 ‘‘(g) The provisions of this section pertaining to mem9 bers of the Ready Reserve, the Selected Reserve, or the Indi10 vidual Ready Reserve also apply to members of the Space 

11 Force in a space force active status who are not on active 

12 duty.’’. 

13 (2) ROTC FINANCIAL ASSISTANT PROGRAM FOR

14 SPECIALLY SELECTED MEMBERS.—Section 2107 of 

15 such title is amended— 

16 (A) in subsection (a)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘Navy,’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘Navy or’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘or as an officer in the 

20 equivalent grade in the Space Force’’; and 

21 (B) by adding at the end the following a 

22 new subsection: 

23 ‘‘(k) APPLICABILITY TO SPACE FORCE.—(1) Provi24 sions of this section referring to a regular commission, reg25 ular officer, or a commission in a regular component shall 


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1 be treated as also referring to the commission of an officer, 

2 or an officer, who is a commissioned officer in the Space 

3 Force serving on active duty pursuant to section 20105(b) 

4 of this title. 

5 ‘‘(2) Provisions of this section referring to a reserve 

6 commission, reserve officer, or a commission in a reserve 

7 component shall be treated as also referring to the commis8 sion of an officer, or an officer, who is a commissioned offi9 cer in the Space Force not serving on active duty pursuant 

10 to section 20105(b) of this title.’’. 

11 (3) DUTY AS ROTC ADMINISTRATORS AND IN12 STRUCTORS.—Section 2111 of such title is amended 

13 by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The 

14 Secretary of the Air Force may detail members of the 

15 Space Force in the same manner as regular and re16 serve members of the Air Force.’’. 

17 SEC. 1733. TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE (VETERANS’ 

18 BENEFITS). 

19 (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

20 (1) GENERAL DEFINITIONS.—Section 101 of title 

21 38, United States Code, is amended— 

22 (A) in paragraph (23), by inserting ‘‘, or 

23 for members of the Space Force in a space force 

24 active status (as defined in section 101(e)(1) of 

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1 ‘‘(including commissioned officers of the Reserve 

2 Corps of the Public Health Service)’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (27)— 

4 (i) by striking subparagraph (E); and 

5 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

6 (F), (G), and (H) as subparagraphs (E), 

7 (F), and (G), respectively. 

8 (2) DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF SGLI.—Sec9 tion 1965 of such title is amended— 

10 (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘, or 

11 by members of the Space Force in a space force 

12 active status (as defined in section 101(e)(1) of 

13 title 10) but not on sustained duty under section 

14 20105 of title 10,’’ after ‘‘for Reserves’’; and 

15 (B) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ‘‘, or 

16 for members of the Space Force in a space force 

17 active status (as defined in section 101(e)(1) of 

18 title 10),’’ after ‘‘(including commissioned offi19 cers of the Reserve Corps of the Public Health 

20 Service)’’. 

21 (b) PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR INTERMENT IN NATIONAL

22 CEMETERIES.—Section 2402(a) of such title is amended in 

23 paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘ any member of the Space 

24 Force,’’ after ‘‘a Reserve component of the Armed Forces,’’. 

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1 (1) MONTGOMERY GI BILL.—Section 

2 3011(a)(3)(D) of such title is amended by inserting 

3 ‘‘or for further service in the Space Force in a space 

4 force active status not on sustained duty under sec5 tion 20105 of title 10’’ after ‘‘of the Armed Forces,’’. 

6 (2) POST 9-11 GI BILL.—Section 3311(c)(3) of 

7 such title is amended by inserting ‘‘, or for further 

8 service in the Space Force in a space force active sta9 tus not on sustained duty under section 20105 of title 

10 10,’’ after ‘‘of the Armed Forces’’ the second place it 

11 appears. 

12 Subtitle C—Transition Provisions 

13 SEC. 1741. TRANSITION PERIOD. 

14 In this subtitle, the term ‘‘transition period’’ means 

15 the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 

16 Act and ending on the last day of the fourth fiscal year 

17 beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 1742. CHANGE OF DUTY STATUS OF MEMBERS OF THE 

19 SPACE FORCE. 

20 (a) CHANGE OF DUTY STATUS.— 

21 (1) CONVERSION OF STATUS AND ORDER TO SUS22 TAINED DUTY.—During the transition period, the 

23 Secretary of the Air Force shall change the duty sta24 tus of each member of the Regular Space Force to 

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1 order the member to sustained duty under section 

2 20105 of title 10, United States Code, as added by 

3 section 1715. Any such order may be made without 

4 regard to any otherwise applicable requirement that 

5 such an order be made only with the consent of the 

6 member or as specified in an enlistment agreement or 

7 active-duty service commitment. 

8 (2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, 

9 the terms ‘‘space force active status’’ and ‘‘sustained 

10 duty’’ have the meanings given those terms by sub11 section (e) of section 101 of title 10, United States 

12 Code, as added by section 1713(a). 

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHANGE OF DUTY STATUS.— 

14 The change of a member’s duty status and order to sus15 tained duty in accordance with subsection (a) shall be effec16 tive on the date specified by the Secretary of the Air Force, 

17 but not later than the last day of the transition period. 

18 SEC. 1743. TRANSFER TO THE SPACE FORCE OF MEMBERS 

19 OF THE AIR FORCE RESERVE. 

20 (a) TRANSFER OF MEMBERS OF THE AIR FORCE RE21 SERVE.— 

22 (1) OFFICERS.—During the transition period, 

23 the Secretary of Defense may, with the officer’s con24 sent, transfer a covered officer of the Air Force Re25 serve to, and appoint the officer in, the Space Force. 


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1 (2) ENLISTED MEMBERS.—During the transition 

2 period, the Secretary of the Air Force may transfer 

3 each covered enlisted member of the Air Force Reserve 

4 to the Space Force, other than those members who do 

5 not consent to the transfer. 

6 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE OF TRANSFERS.—Each 

7 transfer under this subsection shall be effective on the 

8 date specified by the Secretary of Defense, in the case 

9 of an officer, or the Secretary of the Air Force, in the 

10 case of an enlisted member, but not later than the last 

11 day of the transition period. 

12 (b) REGULATIONS.—Transfers under subsection (a) 

13 shall be carried out under regulations prescribed by the Sec14 retary of Defense. In the case of an officer, applicable regu15 lations shall include those prescribed pursuant to section 

16 716 of title 10, United States Code. 

17 (c) TERM OF INITIAL ENLISTMENT IN SPACE

18 FORCE.—In the case of a covered enlisted member who is 

19 transferred to the Space Force in accordance with sub20 section (a), the Secretary of the Air Force may accept the 

21 initial enlistment of the member in the Space Force for a 

22 period of less than 2 years, but only if the period of enlist23 ment in the Space Force is not less than the period remain24 ing, as of the date of the transfer, in the member’s term 

25 of enlistment in the Air Force Reserve. 


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1 (d) END STRENGTH ADJUSTMENTS UPON TRANSFERS

2 FROM AIR FORCE RESERVE TO SPACE FORCE.—During 

3 the transition period, upon the transfer of a mission of the 

4 Air Force Reserve to the Space Force— 

5 (1) the end strength authorized for the Space 

6 Force pursuant to section 115(a)(1)(A) of title 10, 

7 United States Code, for the fiscal year during which 

8 the transfer occurs shall be increased by the number 

9 of billets associated with that mission; and 

10 (2) the end strength authorized for the Air Force 

11 Reserve pursuant to section 115(a)(2) of such title for 

12 such fiscal year shall be decreased by the same num13 ber. 

14 (e) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—For purposes of 

15 the transfer of covered members of the Air Force Reserve 

16 in accordance with subsection (a)— 

17 (1) the Air Force Reserve and the Space Force 

18 shall be considered to be components of the same 

19 Armed Force; and 

20 (2) the space force officer list shall be considered 

21 to be an active-duty list of an Armed Force. 

22 (f) RETRAINING AND REASSIGNMENT FOR MEMBERS

23 NOT TRANSFERRING.—If a covered member of the Air Force 

24 Reserve does not consent to transfer to the Space Force in 

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1 Force may, as determined appropriate by the Secretary in 

2 the case of the individual member, provide the member re3 training and reassignment within the Air Force Reserve. 

4 (g) COVERED MEMBERS.—For purposes of this section, 

5 the term ‘‘covered’’, with respect to a member of the Air 

6 Force Reserve, means— 

7 (1) a member who as of the date of the enactment 

8 of this Act holds an Air Force specialty code for a 

9 specialty held by members of the Space Force; and 

10 (2) any other member designated by the Sec11 retary of the Air Force for the purposes of this sec12 tion. 


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1 SEC. 1744. PLACEMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE SPACE FORCE 

2 OFFICER LIST. 

3 (a) PLACEMENT ON LIST.—Officers of the Space Force 

4 whose duty status is changed in accordance with section 

5 1742, and officers of the Air Force Reserve who transfer 

6 to the Space Force in accordance with section 1743, shall 

7 be placed on the Space Force officer list in an order deter8 mined by their respective grades and dates of rank. 

9 (b) OFFICERS OF SAME GRADE AND DATE OF RANK.— 

10 Among officers of the same grade and date of rank, place11 ment on the Space Force officer list shall be in the order 

12 of their rank as determined in accordance with section 

13 741(c) of title 10, United States Code. 

14 SEC. 1745. DISESTABLISHMENT OF REGULAR SPACE FORCE. 

15 (a) DISESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Air 

16 Force shall disestablish the Regular Space Force not later 

17 than the end of the transition period, once there are no 

18 longer any members remaining in the Regular Space Force. 

19 The Regular Space Force shall be disestablished upon the 

20 completion of the change of duty status of all members of 

21 the Space Force pursuant to section 1742 and certification 

22 by the Secretary of the Air Force to the congressional de23 fense committees that there are no longer any members of 

24 the Regular Space Force. 

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1 notice of the disestablishment of the Regular Space Force, 

2 including the date thereof, together with any certification 

3 submitted pursuant to subsection (a). 

4 (c) CONFORMING REPEAL.— 

5 (1) REPEAL.—Section 9085 of title 10, United 

6 States Code, relating to the composition of the Reg7 ular Space Force, is repealed. 

8 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

9 this subsection shall take effect on the date on which 

10 the certification is submitted under subsection (a). 

11 SEC. 1746. END STRENGTH FLEXIBILITY. 

12 (a) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO VARY END

13 STRENGTHS.— 

14 (1) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 

15 115(g) of title 10, United States Code, upon deter16 mination by the Secretary of the Air Force that such 

17 action would enhance manning and readiness in es18 sential units or in critical specialties, the Secretary 

19 may vary the end strength authorized by Congress for 

20 a fiscal year as follows: 

21 (A) Increase the end strength authorized 

22 pursuant to section 115(a)(1)(A) of such title for 

23 a fiscal year for the Space Force by a number 

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1 (B) Decrease the end strength authorized 

2 pursuant to section 115(a)(1)(A) of such title for 

3 a fiscal year for the Space Force by a number 

4 equal to not more than 10 percent of such au5 thorized end strength. 

6 (2) TERMINATION.—The authority provided 

7 under paragraph (1) shall terminate on the last day 

8 of the transition period. 

9 (b) TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FOR THE SPACE FORCE

10 FROM END STRENGTH GRADE RESTRICTIONS.—Sections 

11 517 and 523 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply 

12 to the Space Force during the transition period. 

13 SEC. 1747. PROMOTION AUTHORITY FLEXIBILITY. 

14 (a) PROMOTION AUTHORITY FLEXIBILITY.—During 

15 the transition period, the Secretary of the Air Force may 

16 convene selection boards to consider officers on the space 

17 force officer list for promotion, and may promote Space 

18 Force officers selected by such boards, in accordance with 

19 any of the following provisions of title 10, United States 

20 Code: 

21 (1) Chapter 36. 

22 (2) Part III of subtitle E. 

23 (3) Chapter 2005, as added by section 1716. 

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1 (1) For a selection board convened pursuant to 

2 subsection (a) to consider members of the Space Force 

3 for promotion in accordance with chapter 36 of such 

4 title— 

5 (A) provisions that apply to an officer of a 

6 regular component of the Armed Forces shall 

7 apply to an officer of the Space Force; and 

8 (B) the space force officer list shall be con9 sidered to be an active-duty list. 

10 (2) For a selection board convened pursuant to 

11 pursuant to subsection (a) to consider members of the 

12 Space Force for promotion in accordance with part 

13 III of subtitle E of such title— 

14 (A) provisions that apply to an officer of a 

15 reserve component of the Armed Forces shall 

16 apply to an officer of the Space Force; and 

17 (B) the space force officer list shall be con18 sidered to be a reserve active-status list. 

19 (3) For a selection board convened pursuant to 

20 subsection (a) to consider members of the Space Force 

21 for promotion in accordance with either chapter 36 or 

22 part III of subtitle E of such title— 

23 (A) section 20213 of such title shall apply 

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1 (B) the provisions of chapter 2005 of such 

2 title regarding officers on the space force officer 

3 list eligible to be considered for promotion to the 

4 grade of brigadier general or major general shall 

5 apply; 

6 (C) section 20216 of such title shall apply; 

7 and 

8 (D) the provisions of chapter 36 or part III 

9 of subtitle E of such title, as the case may be, re10 garding failure of selection for promotion shall 

11 apply. 

12 (c) EFFECT OF USING NEW CHAPTER 2005 AUTHORI13 TIES.—If the Secretary of the Air Force convenes a selection 

14 board under chapter 2005 of title 10, United States Code, 

15 as added by section 1716, to consider officers on the space 

16 force officer list in a particular grade and competitive cat17 egory for selection for promotion to the next higher grade, 

18 the Secretary may not convene a future selection board pur19 suant to subsection (a) to consider officers of the same grade 

20 and competitive category under chapter 36 or part III of 

21 subtitle E of such title. 


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1 Subtitle D—Other Amendments 

2 Related to the Space Force 

3 SEC. 1751. TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE. 

4 (a) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF

5 GRADES FOR OFFICERS OF THE SPACE FORCE.—Title 10, 

6 United States Code, is amended as follows: 

7 (1) COMMISSIONED OFFICER GRADES.—Section 

8 9151 is amended by inserting ‘‘and in the Space 

9 Force’’ after ‘‘in the Regular Air Force’’. 

10 (2) RANK.—Section 741(a) is amended in the 

11 table by striking ‘‘and Marine Corps’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘Marine Corps, and Space Force’’. 

13 (3) DEFINITION OF GENERAL OFFICER.—Section 

14 101(b)(4) is amended by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force’’. 

16 (4) TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS TO POSITIONS

17 DESIGNATED TO CARRY THE GRADE OF GENERAL OR

18 LIEUTENANT GENERAL.—Section 601(e) is amended— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps,’’ and in20 serting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force or’’; and 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘or the commensurate 

22 grades in the Space Force,’’. 

23 (5) RETIRED GRADE OF OFFICERS.—Section 

24 1370 is amended as follows: 


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1 (A) Subsection (a)(2) is amended by strik2 ing ‘‘major general’’ and all that follows in sub3 paragraphs (A) and (B) and inserting ‘‘major 

4 general or rear admiral.’’. 

5 (B) Subsection (b) is amended— 

6 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (I) by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ 

8 and all that follows through ‘‘the Space 

9 Force,’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, 

10 or, Space Force or lieutenant in the 

11 Navy,’’; and 

12 (II) in subparagraph (B), by 

13 striking ‘‘major general’’ and all that 

14 follow through ‘‘Space Force’’ and in15 serting ‘‘major general or rear admi16 ral’’; 

17 (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘or 

18 Marine Corps’’ and all that follows through 

19 ‘‘Space Force,’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine 

20 Corps, or Space Force or captain in the 

21 Navy,’’; 

22 (iii) in paragraph (5)— 

23 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik24 ing ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ and all that 

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1 serting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force 

2 or lieutenant commander in the 

3 Navy,’’; 

4 (II) in subparagraph (B), by 

5 striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ and all 

6 that follows through ‘‘Space Force,’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space 

8 Force or commander or captain in the 

9 Navy,’’; and 

10 (III) in subparagraph (C), by 

11 striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ and all 

12 that follows through ‘‘Space Force,’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space 

14 Force or rear admiral (lower half) or 

15 rear admiral in the Navy,’’; and 

16 (iv) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘, or 

17 an equivalent grade in the Space Force,’’. 

18 (C) Subsection (c)(1) is amended by ‘‘or 

19 Marine Corps’’ and all that follows through 

20 ‘‘Space Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or 

21 Space Force or vice admiral or admiral in the 

22 Navy’’. 

23 (D) Subsection (d) is amended— 

24 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or 

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1 ‘‘Space Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine 

2 Corps, or Space Force or rear admiral in 

3 the Navy’’; and 

4 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or 

5 Marine Corps’’ and all that follows through 

6 ‘‘Space Force,’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine 

7 Corps, or Space Force or captain in the 

8 Navy,’’. 

9 (E) Subsection (e)(2) is amended by strik10 ing ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ and all that follows 

11 through ‘‘Space Force,’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine 

12 Corps, or Space Force or vice admiral or admi13 ral in the Navy,’’. 

14 (F) Subsection (f) is amended— 

15 (i) in paragraph (3)— 

16 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik17 ing ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ and all that 

18 follows through ‘‘Space Force,’’ and in19 serting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force 

20 or rear admiral in the Navy’’; and 

21 (II) in subparagraph (B), by 

22 striking ‘‘ ‘or Marine Corps’ and all 

23 that follows through ‘Space Force’ and 

24 inserting ′′Marine Corps, or Space 


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1 Force or vice admiral or admiral in 

2 the Navy’’; and 

3 (ii) in paragraph (6)— 

4 (I) in subparagraph (A), by strik5 ing ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ and all that 

6 follows through ‘‘Space Force,’’ and in7 serting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force 

8 or rear admiral in the Navy’’; and 

9 (II) in subparagraph (B), by 

10 striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ and all 

11 that follows through ‘‘Space Force,’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space 

13 Force or vice admiral or admiral in 

14 the Navy’’. 

15 (6) HONORARY PROMOTIONS.—Sections 

16 1563(c)(1) and 1563a(a)(1) are each amended— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘general,’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘general or’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘, or an equivalent grade in 

20 the Space Force’’. 

21 (7) AIR FORCE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Section 

22 9020(a) is amended by striking ‘‘the general, flag, or 

23 equivalent officers of’’. 

24 (b) OTHER TITLE 10 AMENDMENTS.—Such title is fur25 ther amended as follows: 


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1 (1) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF RETIRED MEM2 BERS ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY.—Section 690(a) is 

3 amended by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps,’’ and insert4 ing ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force,’’. 

5 (2) THE UNIFORM.—Section 772(i) is amend6 ed— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘an Air Force School’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘an Air Force or Space Force school’’; 

9 and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘aviation badges of the Air 

11 Force’’ and inserting ‘‘aviation or space badges 

12 of the Air Force or Space Force’’. 

13 (3) MEMBERSHIP IN MILITARY UNIONS, ORGA14 NIZING OF MILITARY UNIONS, AND RECOGNITION OF

15 MILITARY UNIONS PROHIBITED.—Section 976(a) is 

16 amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ in para17 graph (1)(C) after ‘‘member of a Reserve component’’. 

18 (4) LIMITATION ON ENLISTED AIDES.—Section 

19 981 is amended— 

20 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Marine 

21 Corps, Air Force,’’ and inserting ‘‘Air Force, 

22 Marine Corps, Space Force,’’; 

23 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘and Ma24 rine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, and 

25 Space Force’’; and 


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1 (C) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting 

2 ‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’. 

3 (5) DEFINITION OF VETERAN FOR PURPOSES OF

4 FUNERAL HONORS.—Section 1491(h)(1) is amended 

5 by striking ‘‘or air service’’ and inserting ‘‘air, or 

6 space service’’. 

7 (6) HOUSING FOR RECRUITS.—Section 9419(d) 

8 is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after 

9 ‘‘training program of the Air Force’’. 

10 (7) CHARTER OF CHIEF OF SPACE OPER11 ATIONS.—Section 9082 is amended as follows: 

12 (A) CROSS-REFERENCE CORRECTION.—Sub13 section (d)(5) is amended by striking ‘‘sections’’ 

14 and all that follows through ‘‘of law’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘sections 171 and 3104 of this title and other 

16 provisions of law’’. 

17 (B) ELAPSED-TIME PROVISION.—Subsection 

18 (e)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘Commencing’’ 

19 and all that follows through ‘‘the Chief’’ and in20 serting ‘‘The Chief’’. 

21 SEC. 1752. OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW. 

22 (a) TRADE ACT OF 1974.—Section 233(i)(1) of the 

23 Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2293(i)(1)) is amended by 

24 inserting ‘‘, or a member of the Space Force,’’ after ‘‘a mem25 ber of a reserve component of the Armed Forces’’. 


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1 (b) TITLE 28, UNITED STATES CODE (JUDICIARY AND

2 JUDICIAL PROCEDURE).—Section 631(c) of title 28, United 

3 States Code is amended by inserting ‘‘members of the Space 

4 Force’’ after ‘‘Coast Guard’’ the second place it appears. 

5 (c) SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT.—The 

6 Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) 

7 is amended as follows: 

8 (1) MILITARY SERVICE DEFINED.—Section 

9 101(2)(A) (50 U.S.C. 3911(2)(A)) is amended by in10 serting ‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’. 

11 (2) SAME RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS AS RE12 SERVES ORDERED TO REPORT FOR MILITARY SERV13 ICE.—Section 106 (50 U.S.C. 3911) is amended by 

14 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(c) The provisions of subsection (a) apply to a mem16 ber of the Space Force who is ordered to report for military 

17 service in the same manner as to a member of a reserve 

18 component who is ordered to report for military service.’’. 

19 (3) EXERCISE OF RIGHTS UNDER SCRA.—Section 

20 108(5) (50 U.S.C. 3919(5)) is amended by inserting 

21 before the period at the end the following: ‘‘or as a 

22 member of the Space Force’’. 


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1 TITLE XVIII—OTHER DEFENSE 

2 MATTERS 

3 Subtitle A—Miscellaneous 

4 Authorities and Limitations 

5 SEC. 1801. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN CER6 TAIN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES. 

7 Section 431(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 

8 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 

10 SEC. 1802. MODIFICATION OF DEFENSE SENSITIVE SUP11 PORT NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. 

12 Section 1055(b)(3) of the National Defense Authoriza13 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 10 

14 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— 

15 (1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting ‘‘AND

16 EXTRAORDINARY SECURITY PROTECTIONS’’ after ‘‘SUP17 PORT’’; 

18 (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

19 by inserting ‘‘or requires extraordinary security pro20 tections’’ after ‘‘time-sensitive’’; and 

21 (3) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or after 

22 the activity supported concludes’’ after ‘‘support’’ both 

23 places it appears. 


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1 SEC. 1803. MODIFICATION TO REQUIREMENTS RELATING 

2 TO COMBATING MILITARY RELIANCE ON RUS3 SIAN ENERGY. 

4 Section 1086 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

5 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117– 

6 263) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘main operating base’’ each place 

8 it appears and inserting ‘‘operating base’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘main oper10 ating bases’’ and inserting ‘‘operating bases’’; and 

11 (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

12 following new subsection (c): 

13 ‘‘(c) INSTALLATION ENERGY PLANS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION OF INSTALLATIONS.—The 

15 Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 

16 defense committees a list of main operating bases 

17 within the area of responsibility of the United States 

18 European Command ranked according to mission 

19 criticality and vulnerability to energy disruption as 

20 follows: 

21 ‘‘(A) In the case of a main operating base, 

22 by not later than June 1, 2023. 

23 ‘‘(B) In the case of any operating base other 

24 than a main operating base, by not later than 

25 June 1, 2024. 

26 ‘‘(2) SUBMITTAL OF PLANS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) MAIN OPERATING BASES.—Not later 

2 than 12 months after the date of the enactment 

3 of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

4 to the congressional defense committees— 

5 ‘‘(i) an installation energy plan for 

6 each main operating base on the list sub7 mitted under paragraph (1)(A); and 

8 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of the feasibility of 

9 reaching the goal for the elimination of the 

10 use of Russian energy pursuant to sub11 section (b) on that base, including— 

12 ‘‘(I) a description of the steps that 

13 would be required to meet such goal; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(II) an analysis of the effects 

16 such steps would have on the national 

17 security of the United States. 

18 ‘‘(B) OTHER OPERATING BASES.—Not later 

19 than 24 months after the date of the enactment 

20 of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

21 to the congressional defense committees— 

22 ‘‘(i) an installation energy plan for 

23 each operating base on the list submitted 

24 under paragraph (1)(B); and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of the feasibility of 

2 reaching the goal for the elimination of the 

3 use of Russian energy pursuant to sub4 section (b) on that base, including— 

5 ‘‘(I) a description of the steps that 

6 would be required to meet such goal; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(II) an analysis of the effects 

9 such steps would have on the national 

10 security of the United States.’’. 

11 SEC. 1804. SUPPORT FOR EXECUTION OF BILATERAL 

12 AGREEMENTS CONCERNING ILLICIT 

13 TRANSNATIONAL MARITIME ACTIVITY IN AF14 RICA. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in coordi16 nation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and in 

17 consultation with the Secretary of State, may provide as18 sistance to the Coast Guard for the execution of existing 

19 maritime law enforcement agreements between the United 

20 States and friendly African countries that were established 

21 to combat transnational organized illegal maritime activ22 ity, including illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. 

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1 tary training, operations, readiness, or other military re2 quirements. 

3 (c) FUNDS.—Amounts made available in a fiscal year 

4 to the Secretary for operations and maintenance shall be 

5 used to carry out this section. 

6 (d) ASSISTANCE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

7 ‘‘assistance’’ means the use of surface and air assets as bases 

8 of operations and information collection platforms, commu9 nication infrastructure, information sharing, and the pro10 vision of logistic support, supplies, and services (as defined 

11 in section 2350 of title 10, United States Code). 

12 SEC. 1805. CLARIFICATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR OR13 GANIZATIONAL AND CONSULTANT CON14 FLICTS OF INTEREST UNDER THE FEDERAL 

15 ACQUISITION REGULATION. 

16 Section 9.503 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

17 shall be revised to require that— 

18 (1) a request for a waiver under such section in19 clude a written justification for such waiver; and 

20 (2) the head of a Federal agency may not dele21 gate such waiver authority below the level of the dep22 uty head of such agency. 


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1 SEC. 1806. GENEALOGY COLLECTION OF FAMILY MEMBERS 

2 OF SERVICEMEMBERS KILLED AT PEARL HAR3 BOR ON DECEMBER 7, 1941. 

4 (a) CONTRACT FOR GENEALOGY.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, act6 ing through the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agen7 cy, may enter into a contract with an entity to con8 duct genealogy of the deceased servicemembers from 

9 the U.S.S. Arizona, identify family members of such 

10 servicemembers, and solicit genetic samples from such 

11 family members and servicemembers. 

12 (2) MARKET RESEARCH.—Before soliciting bids 

13 for such contract, the Secretary of Defense shall con14 duct market research to identify available technology 

15 and resources to carry out such contract. 

16 (3) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary may allow 

17 for genome sequencing for purposes of conducting a 

18 comprehensive genealogy under such a contract if the 

19 terms of such contract include the following: 

20 (A) A requirement that a genealogist con21 ducts the genome sequencing. 

22 (B) A requirement that the contractor fol23 lows protocols established by the Defense POW/ 

24 MIA Accounting Agency relating to genome se25 quencing, including requirements relating to 

26 standards, swabs, and storage. 


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1 (b) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 

2 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than January 

3 31, 2024, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

4 with the Secretary of the Navy and the Director of the 

5 Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, shall submit 

6 to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

7 and House of Representatives an initial report re8 garding the use of a contract described in subsection 

9 (a). Such report shall include— 

10 (A) a description of the market research 

11 conducted pursuant to subsection (a)(2); 

12 (B) expected timelines for contract perform13 ance; 

14 (C) the process by which the Secretary se15 lected a contractor; and 

16 (D) detailed strategy of implementation and 

17 for the expenditure of funds. 

18 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than November 

19 31, 2024, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

20 with the Secretary of the Navy and the Director of the 

21 Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, shall submit 

22 to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

23 and House of Representatives a final report regarding 

24 the use of a contract described in subsection (a). Such 

25 report shall include— 


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1 (A) details of the contract award; 

2 (B) an update on expected timelines for 

3 contract performance; and 

4 (C) an update on the strategy of implemen5 tation and for the expenditure of funds. 

6 Subtitle B—Studies and Reports 

7 SEC. 1821. REPORT ON INCREASING NATIONAL CEMETERY 

8 CAPACITY. 

9 Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 

10 of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 

11 Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to Congress a report 

12 that contains a proposal to increase national cemetery ca13 pacity through the expansion or modification of a national 

14 cemetery that has, or will have, the capacity to provide full 

15 military honors. 

16 SEC. 1822. LIMITATION ON FUNDS RELATING TO FEDERAL 

17 CONTRACTOR DISCLOSURE OF GREENHOUSE 

18 GAS EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE-RELATED FI19 NANCIAL RISK. 

20 (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 

21 appropriated by this Act for the Department of Defense 

22 may be obligated or expended to recommend or require any 

23 entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose, 

24 as a condition of submitting the offer, any of the following 


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1 information, or the existence of any of the following infor2 mation: 

3 (1) Greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related 

4 financial risk as described in the proposed rule titled 

5 ‘‘Federal Acquisition Regulation: Disclosure of Green6 house Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial 

7 Risk’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 68312), or any substantially 

8 similar rule. 

9 (2) A greenhouse gas inventory or any other re10 port on greenhouse gas emissions, including Scope 1 

11 emissions, Scope 2 emissions, and Scope 3 emissions. 

12 (3) Greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets 

13 for validation by any non-governmental organization, 

14 including the Science-Based Targets initiative. 

15 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) GREENHOUSE GAS.—The term ‘‘greenhouse 

17 gas’’ means— 

18 (A) carbon dioxide; 

19 (B) methane; 

20 (C) nitrous oxide; 

21 (D) nitrogen trifluoride; 

22 (E) hydrofluorocarbons; 

23 (F) perfluorcarbons; or 

24 (G) sulfur hexafluoride. 


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1 (2) GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY.—The term 

2 ‘‘greenhouse gas inventory’’ means a quantified list of 

3 an entity’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. 

4 (3) SCOPE 1 EMISSIONS.—The term ‘‘Scope 1 

5 emissions’’ means, with respect to an entity, direct 

6 greenhouse gas emissions that are emitted from 

7 sources that are owned or controlled by the entity. 

8 (4) SCOPE 2 EMISSIONS.—The term ‘‘Scope 2 

9 emissions’’ means, with respect to an entity, indirect 

10 greenhouse gas emissions that are— 

11 (A) associated with the generation of elec12 tricity, heating and cooling, or steam, when such 

13 electricity, heating and cooling, or steam is pur14 chased or acquired for the entity’s own consump15 tion; and 

16 (B) emitted from sources other than sources 

17 that are owned or controlled by the entity. 

18 (5) SCOPE 3 EMISSIONS.—The term ‘‘Scope 3 

19 emissions’’ means, with respect to an entity, indirect 

20 greenhouse gas emissions, other than Scope 2 emis21 sions, that are— 

22 (A) a consequence of the operations of the 

23 entity; and 

24 (B) emitted from sources other than sources 

25 that are owned or controlled by the entity. 


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1 SEC. 1823. STUDY AND REPORT ON DAMAGE TO INFRA2 STRUCTURE IN GUAM RESULTING FROM TY3 PHOON MAWAR. 

4 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a 

5 study on damage to infrastructure in Guam resulting from 

6 Typhoon Mawar. 

7 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act, such Secretary shall submit 

9 to the congressional defense committees a report that in10 cludes— 

11 (1) the findings of such study; 

12 (2) a list of each component of civilian infra13 structure in Guam damaged by Typhoon Mawar, and 

14 the extent to which such damage impairs military 

15 readiness in Guam; 

16 (3) an analysis of existing authorities such Sec17 retary could use to support recovery from such dam18 age in Guam; and 

19 (4) a description of efforts, if any, of such Sec20 retary to coordinate with municipal governments in 

21 Guam to support such recovery. 

22 Subtitle C—Other Matters 

23 SEC. 1851. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

24 (a) TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 10, 

25 United States Code, is amended as follows: 

26 (1) In the subtitle analysis for subtitle A— 


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1 (A) by striking the item relating to chapter 

2 113 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘113. Defense Civilian Training Corps ........................................2200g’’; 

3 (B) by striking the item relating to chapter 

4 207 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘207. Budgeting and Appropriations ............................................ 3131’’; 

5 (C) by striking the item relating to chapter 

6 225 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘225. ƒReserved≈ ...................................................................................... 3271’’; 

7 (D) by striking the item relating to chapter 

8 272 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘272. ƒReserved≈ ...................................................................................... 3721’’; 

9 (E) by striking the item relating to chapter 

10 287 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘287. Other Contracting Programs ................................................ 3901’’; 

11 (F) by striking the item relating to chapter 

12 305 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘305. Universities .................................................................................... 4141’’; 

13 (G) by inserting after the item relating to 

14 chapter 307 the following new items: 

‘‘SUBPART F—MAJOR SYSTEMS, MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION

PROGRAMS, AND WEAPON SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT

‘‘321. General Matters ........................................................................... 4201

‘‘322. Major Systems and Major Defense Acquisition Programs Generally ......................................................... 4211

‘‘323. Life-Cycle and Sustainment .................................................. 4321

‘‘324. Selected Acquisition Reports ................................................. 4350

‘‘325. Cost Growth-Unit Cost Reports (Nunn-McCurdy) ....... 4371

‘‘326. Weapon Systems Development And Related Matters 4401’’; and 

15 (H) by striking the item relating to chapter 

16 383 and inserting the following new item: 


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‘‘383. Development, Application, and Support of Dual-Use 

Technologies ................................................................. 4831’’. 

1 (2) Section 172(c) is amended— 

2 (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘per3 forms’’ and inserting ‘‘perform’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘estab5 lishes’’ and inserting ‘‘establish’’; and 

6 (C) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘con7 ducts’’ and inserting ‘‘conduct’’. 

8 (3) Section 231 is amended— 

9 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

10 ‘‘plan and certification’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘plans and certifications’’; and 

12 (B) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘such 

13 plan and certification’’ and inserting ‘‘such 

14 plans and certifications’’. 

15 (4) Section 386(b) is amended— 

16 (A) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking ‘‘bi17 lateral’’ and inserting ‘‘bilateral’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (4)— 

19 (i) in subparagraph (E)(iii), by insert20 ing ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (H), by striking 

22 ‘‘sections’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’. 

23 (5) Section 392a is amended— 


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1 (A) in subsection (b)(2)(B) by striking ‘‘de2 signed’’ and inserting ‘‘designated’’; and 

3 (B) in subsection (c)(4)(A), by striking 

4 ‘‘clause (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’. 

5 (6) The second section 398 (relating to pilot pro6 gram for sharing cyber capabilities and related infor7 mation with foreign operational partners) is redesig8 nated as section 398a. 

9 (7) Section 398a, as so redesignated, is amend10 ed— 

11 (A) in subsection (b)— 

12 (i) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking 

13 ‘‘paragraph (a)’’ inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 

14 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 

15 ‘‘paragraph (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

16 (1)’’; and 

17 (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking 

18 ‘‘clause (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; 

19 and 

20 (B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘para21 graph (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 

22 (8) Section 491(c) is amended by striking ‘‘the 

23 a’’ and inserting ‘‘a’’. 

24 (9) Section 526a is amended by redesignating 

25 the second subsection (i) as subsection (j). 


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1 (10) Section 701(l)(1)(B) is amended by redesig2 nating clauses (A) through (B) as clauses (i) through 

3 (iii). 

4 (11) Section 1074h(c)(1) is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘section 491 of title 14’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2732 

6 of title 14’’. 

7 (12) Section 1076a(d)(1)(E)(i) is amended by 

8 inserting ‘‘)’’ after ‘‘subsection (e)(3)’’. 

9 (13) The section heading for section 1090a is 

10 amended by striking the period after ‘‘disorders’’. 

11 (14) Section 1090b(e)(1)(B)(ii) is amended by 

12 striking ‘‘ensure’’ and inserting ‘‘ensuring’’. 

13 (15) Section 1134a(b) is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘section 491 of title 14’’ and inserting ‘‘section 2732 

15 of title 14’’. 

16 (16) Section 1370 is amended— 

17 (A) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘to’’ be18 fore ‘‘ ‘active duty’ ’’; and 

19 (B) in subsection (f)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘1370e(e)’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘1370(e)’’; and 

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘reference to ‘chapter 

23 71’ of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘reference to 

24 ‘chapter 71 of this title’ ’’. 


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1 (17) Section 1789(c)(3) is amended by striking 

2 ‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

3 (1) or (2)’’. 

4 (18) Section 2200g(a) is amended by inserting 

5 ‘‘IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’. 

6 (19) Section 2228(c)(2) is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘;;’’ and inserting ‘‘;’’. 

8 (20) The table of sections at the beginning of 

9 chapter 134 is amended by striking the item relating 

10 to section 2249. 

11 (21) Section 2275(g)(3) is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘sections’’ and inserting ‘‘section’’. 

13 (22) Section 2700(2) is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘The term’’ and inserting ‘‘The terms’’. 

15 (23) Section 2864(f) is amended by redesignating 

16 paragraph (6) as paragraph (4). 

17 (24) Section 2878(f)(2)(D)(iii) is amended by 

18 striking ‘‘An report’’ and inserting ‘‘A report’’. 

19 (25) The item relating to section 3106 in the 

20 table of sections at the beginning of chapter 205 is 

21 amended by inserting a period at the end. 

22 (26) Section 3304(g) is amended by inserting 

23 ‘‘under’’ before ‘‘this section’’. 

24 (27) Section 3323(b)(2) is amended by striking 

25 the period after ‘‘notwithstanding’’. 


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1 (28) Section 3601(b)(4) is amended by inserting 

2 ‘‘note’’ before ‘‘prec.’’. 

3 (29) Section 3702 is amended— 

4 (A) in subsection (a)(4) is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘paragraph (3)’’; and 

7 (B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘subpara8 graphs (B) and (C) of such paragraph’’ and in9 serting ‘‘paragraphs (1) and (2) of such sub10 section’’. 

11 (30) Section 4014(b) is amended by striking 

12 ‘‘section 4142(b) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

13 4125(b) of this title’’. 

14 (31) Section 4024 is amended by striking ‘‘sec15 tion 2303(a) of this title’’ each place it appears and 

16 inserting ‘‘section 3063 of this title’’. 

17 (32) By striking the second section 4094. 

18 (33) Section 4092(c)(2) is amended by striking 

19 ‘‘the the’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’. 

20 (34) Section 4273(b)(5)(A) is amended by strik21 ing ‘‘4736’’ and inserting ‘‘4376’’. 

22 (35) Section 4351(c)(1)(B)(iv) is amended by 

23 striking ‘‘section 4355(4) of this title’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘subsection (e)(4)’’. 

25 (36) Section 4820(b) is amended— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘subchapters’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘chapters’’; and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘subchapter’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘chapter’’. 

5 (37) Section 4902(k)(5) is amended by inserting 

6 ‘‘the’’ before ‘‘mentor’’. 

7 (38) Section 8062 is amended by redesignating 

8 the second subsection (g) as subsection (h). 

9 (39) Chapter 863 is amended by redesignating 

10 the second section 8696 (relating to battle force ship 

11 employment, maintenance, and manning baseline 

12 plans) as section 8697. 

13 (b) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AMENDMENTS MADE

14 BY THIS ACT.—For purposes of applying amendments 

15 made by provisions of this Act other than this section, the 

16 amendments made by this section shall be treated as having 

17 been enacted immediately before any such amendments by 

18 other provisions of this Act. 

19 SEC. 1852. REFERRAL TO MUSEUM LOCATED AT BLYTHE20 VILLE/EAKER AIR FORCE BASE AS THE NA21 TIONAL COLD WAR CENTER. 

22 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

23 (1) The BAFB Cold War Museum, Inc., a non24 profit corporation under section 501(c)(3) of the In25 ternal Revenue Code of 1986, is responsible for the fiVerDate Nov 24 2008 11:43 Jun 29, 2023 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00990 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 C:\USERS\TAMERYWEATHER\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\H2

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1 nances and management of the National Cold War 

2 Museum at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base in 

3 Blytheville, Arkansas. 

4 (2) The National Cold War Center, located on 

5 the Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base, will be recog6 nized as a major tourist attraction in Arkansas that 

7 will provide an immersive and authoritative experi8 ence in informing, interpreting, and honoring the leg9 acy of the Cold War. 

10 (3) The Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base has the 

11 only intact, publicly accessible Alert Facility and 

12 Weapons Storage Facility in the United States. 

13 (4) There is an urgent need to preserve the sto14 ries, artifacts, and heroic achievements of the Cold 

15 War. 

16 (5) The United States has a need to preserve for17 ever the knowledge and history of the United States’ 

18 achievements in the Cold War century and to portray 

19 that history to citizens, visitors, and school children 

20 for centuries to come. 

21 (6) The National Cold War Center seeks to edu22 cate a diverse group of audiences through its collec23 tion of artifacts, photographs, and firsthand personal 

24 accounts of the participants in the war on the home 

25 front. 


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1 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

2 (1) to authorize references to the museum located 

3 at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base in Blytheville, 

4 Arkansas, including its future and expanded exhibits, 

5 collections, and educational programs, as the ‘‘Na6 tional Cold War Center’’; 

7 (2) to ensure the continuing preservation, main8 tenance, and interpretation of the artifacts, docu9 ments, images, and history collected by the Center; 

10 (3) to enhance the knowledge of the people of the 

11 United States of the experience of the United States 

12 during the Cold War years; 

13 (4) to provide and support a facility for the pub14 lic display of the artifacts, photographs, and personal 

15 histories of the Cold War years; and 

16 (5) to ensure that all future generations under17 stand the sacrifices made to preserve freedom and de18 mocracy, and the benefits of peace for all future gen19 erations in the 21st century and beyond. 

20 (c) REFERENCE TO AMERICA’S COLD WAR CENTER.— 

21 The museum located at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base 

22 in Blytheville, Arkansas, is hereby authorized to be referred 

23 to as the ‘‘National Cold War Center’’. 


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1 SEC. 1853. EXEMPTION UNDER MARINE MAMMAL PROTEC2 TION ACT OF 1972 FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES 

3 THAT MAY RESULT IN INCIDENTAL TAKE OF 

4 RICE’S WHALE. 

5 (a) EXEMPTION PROCESS REQUIRED.—The Secretary 

6 of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Sec7 retary of Defense, as appropriate, shall begin the process 

8 under section 101(f)(1) of the Marine Mammal Protection 

9 Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1371(f)(1)) to exempt from the re10 quirements of that Act, as applicable, training and testing 

11 activities, including those that involve the use of live or 

12 inert impact weapons or aerial gunnery, conducted by the 

13 Secretary of the Air Force on the Eglin Gulf Test and 

14 Training Range, located at Eglin Air Force Base, that may 

15 result in incidental take of the Rice’s whale (Balaenoptera 

16 ricei). 

17 (b) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT SATISFIED.—If the 

18 Secretary of Defense issues an exemption pursuant to sub19 section (a) the notification requirement under section 

20 101(f)(4) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 

21 U.S.C. 1371(f)(4)) shall be deemed to be satisfied upon 

22 issuance of the exemption. 


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1 SEC. 1854. REVISION OF REQUIREMENT FOR TRANSFER OF 

2 CERTAIN AIRCRAFT TO STATE OF CALI3 FORNIA FOR WILDFIRE SUPPRESSION PUR4 POSES. 

5 (a) TRANSFER OF EXCESS COAST GUARD HC-130H 

6 AIRCRAFT.— 

7 (1) TRANSFER TO STATE OF CALIFORNIA.—The 

8 Secretary of Homeland Security shall transfer to the 

9 State of California without reimbursement— 

10 (A) the 7 HC–130H aircraft specified in 

11 paragraph (2); and 

12 (B) initial spares and necessary ground 

13 support equipment for such aircraft. 

14 (2) AIRCRAFT SPECIFIED.—The aircraft specified 

15 in this paragraph are the HC–130H Coast Guard 

16 aircraft with serial numbers 1706, 1708, 1709, 1713, 

17 1714, 1719, and 1721. 

18 (3) TIMING; AIRCRAFT MODIFICATIONS.—The 

19 transfers under paragraph (1)— 

20 (A) shall be made as soon as practicable 

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

22 (B) may be carried out without further 

23 modifications to the aircraft by the United 

24 States. 

25 (b) CONDITIONS OF TRANSFER.—Aircraft transferred 

26 to the State of California under this section— 


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1 (1) may be used only for wildfire suppression 

2 purposes, including search and rescue or emergency 

3 operations pertaining to wildfires; 

4 (2) may not be flown outside of, or otherwise re5 moved from, the United States unless dispatched by 

6 the National Interagency Fire Center in support of 

7 an international agreement to assist in wildfire sup8 pression efforts or for other disaster-related response 

9 purposes approved by the Governor of California in 

10 writing in advance; and 

11 (3) may not be sold by the Governor of Cali12 fornia after transfer. 

13 (c) CALCULATION OF INITIAL SPARES.—For purposes 

14 of subsection (a)(1)(B), initial spares shall be calculated 

15 based on shelf stock support for 7 HC–130H aircraft each 

16 flying 400 hours each year. 

17 (d) TRANSFER OF RESIDUAL KITS AND PARTS HELD

18 BY AIR FORCE.—The Secretary of the Air Force may trans19 fer to the State of California, without reimbursement, any 

20 residual kits and parts held by the Secretary of the Air 

21 Force that were procured in anticipation of the transfer of 

22 the aircraft specified in subsection (a)(2). 

23 (e) REPEAL OF PRIOR PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATING

24 TO TRANSFER.—The following provisions of law are re25 pealed: 


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1 (1) Subsections (a), (c), (d), and (f) of section 

2 1098 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

3 Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 

4 881), as amended by subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) 

5 of section 1083 of the John S. McCain National De6 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 

7 Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 1989). 

8 (2) Subsections (e) and (f) of section 1083 of the 

9 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act 

10 for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 

11 1989). 

12 SEC. 1855. RESTRICTIVE HOUSING REFORM. 

13 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

14 (1) Restrictive housing takes many forms, and 

15 the experience in segregation can vary considerably 

16 depending on certain external factors, such as the 

17 length of stay, conditions of confinement, and degree 

18 of social isolation, as well as factors specific to each 

19 confined person, such as age and psychological resil20 iency. 

21 (2) Confined individuals located in restrictive 

22 housing broadly express severe psychological disturb23 ances with lasting detrimental consequences as a re24 sult of their experience in security housing units. The 

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1 mon impairments and adverse consequences associ2 ated with long-term, indefinite incarceration. 

3 (3) The majority of confined members endorsed 

4 feeling mood symptoms consistent with the Diagnostic 

5 and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM 5) 

6 diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder, including de7 pressed mood, hopelessness, anger, irritability, 

8 anhedonia, anger, fatigue, feelings of guilt, loss of ap9 petite, and insomnia. 

10 (4) Nearly all members also endorsed a sense of 

11 anxiety symptoms characteristic of DSM 5 diagnoses 

12 of panic disorder, traumatic stress disorders, or obses13 sive-compulsive disorders, such as nervousness, worry, 

14 increased heart rate and respiration, sweating, muscle 

15 tension, hyperarousal, paranoia, nightmares, intru16 sive thoughts, and fear of losing control. 

17 (5) Psychiatric symptoms and diminished capac18 ity for socialization continue to cause psychological 

19 suffering and problems with social function for most 

20 of the men now in general population. 

21 (6) Confined members cited emotional numbing 

22 and desensitization as some of the most common re23 sponses to living in SHU. 

24 (7) This sense of emotional suppression and 

25 dysregulation continues to be problematic for inmates 


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1 following the transition to the general population. 

2 Class members also reported significant alterations in 

3 cognition and perception. 

4 (8) Problems with attention, concentration, and 

5 memory were common, and described as persistent 

6 and worsening. 

7 (9) Some of the most pronounced and enduring 

8 effects of long-term isolation appeared to have resulted 

9 from relational estrangement and social isolation; in10 mates frequently reported losing, over time, the moti11 vation to seek social connection. 

12 (b) LIMITATIONS ON CONFINEMENT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Inmates shall be housed in the 

14 least restrictive setting necessary to ensure their own 

15 safety, as well as the safety of staff, other inmates, 

16 and the public. 

17 (2) REASONING.—The head of a military correc18 tional facility shall clearly articulate each specific 

19 reason for an inmate’s placement and retention in re20 strictive housing. Each such reason shall be supported 

21 by objective evidence that such placement and reten22 tion is necessary— 

23 (A) for prison safety or order; 

24 (B) to prevent gang influence; 

25 (C) for inmate or staff protection; and 


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1 (D) such other penological purpose as the 

2 head of such facility may determine is appro3 priate. 

4 (3) PENOLOGICAL PURPOSE.—Restrictive hous5 ing may only be used to eliminate or mitigate a spe6 cific facility threat such as a fight between inmates 

7 or the threat of imminent danger to inmates or staff. 

8 (4) LIMITATION.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—Inmates shall remain in 

10 restrictive housing for no longer than necessary 

11 to address each specific reason for such place12 ment. 

13 (B) PUNISHMENT.—Inmates may not be 

14 placed in restrictive housing— 

15 (i) as a form of punishment or deter16 rence; 

17 (ii) for low-level offenses that do not 

18 involve physical violence to staff or inmates; 

19 or 

20 (iii) for more than 5 days as a part of 

21 a routine investigation or more than 15 

22 days as part of a non-routine investigation, 

23 as determined by the Secretary of Defense, 

24 absent documented extenuating cir25 cumstances. 


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1 (c) REVIEW OF PLACEMENT.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—An institutional review panel 

3 of a military correctional facility shall review the 

4 placement of an inmate in restrictive housing not 

5 later than 15 days after such placement and not less 

6 than every 15 days thereafter until such time as the 

7 inmate is removed from restrictive housing. 

8 (2) REMOVAL PLAN.—The head of each military 

9 correctional facility shall make a plan for the return 

10 of the inmate to less restrictive conditions and shall 

11 share such plan with the inmate, unless sharing such 

12 plan would put the health and safety of the inmate, 

13 staff, other inmates, or the public at risk. 

14 (d) EMPLOYEE TRAINING.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

16 ensure that the staff of each military correctional fa17 cility is trained on use of force and restrictive hous18 ing policies not less than quarterly. 

19 (2) HOUSING POLICY TRAINING.—The Secretary 

20 of Defense shall ensure that the staff of each military 

21 correctional facility complies with restrictive housing 

22 policies and that such policies are reflected in em23 ployee evaluation systems. 

24 (3) STANDING COMMITTEES.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

2 shall establish in each military correctional fa3 cility a standing committee, consisting of high4 level correctional officials, active or retired, to 

5 regularly evaluate existing restrictive housing 

6 policies. 

7 (B) DUTIES.—Each standing committee 

8 shall— 

9 (i) review use of force and abuse alle10 gations to include body camera or other dig11 ital recording footage and closed-circuit 

12 video footage of any use of force or abuse al13 legation; 

14 (ii) submit redacted written rec15 ommendations on preventing unlawful use 

16 of force or abuse to— 

17 (I) the Secretary of Defense; and 

18 (II) the Committees on Armed 

19 Services of the House of Representa20 tives and the Senate; and 

21 (iii) assist military correctional facili22 ties in developing safe and effective alter23 natives to restrictive housing and share 

24 with other military correctional facilities 


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1 best practices for use of force to ensure safe2 ty for staff and confined individuals. 

3 (e) GRADUAL RETURN TO GENERAL POPULATION.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Absent a compelling reason as 

5 determined by the Secretary of Defense, the head of a 

6 military correctional facility may not release inmates 

7 directly from restrictive housing to the general inmate 

8 population. 

9 (2) GRADUATED SYSTEM.—The head of a mili10 tary correctional facility shall consult with mental 

11 health professionals to ensure that shock of removal 

12 from isolation will not cause harm to the confined in13 dividual or the general inmate population. 

14 (f) ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES.— 

15 (1) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES.—Not later 

16 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 

17 Act, each Secretary of Defense shall establish policies 

18 to: 

19 (A) Increase the minimum amount of time 

20 inmates in restrictive housing spend outside 

21 their cells to 3 hours per day, including week22 ends and holidays, and to offer enhanced in-cell 

23 opportunities. 

24 (B) Afford to individuals in restrictive 

25 housing educational opportunities, using the 


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1 minimum amount of protective restraint nec2 essary to ensure safety of staff, population, and 

3 educational professionals. 

4 (C) Make available to the inmates opportu5 nities for recreation, education, clinically appro6 priate treatment therapies, skill-building, and 

7 social interaction with staff and other inmates. 

8 (D) Ensure that lower-risk individuals may 

9 conduct recreation time in such group size as the 

10 facility determines appropriate. 

11 (E) Increase the ability of military correc12 tional facilities to divert inmates with serious 

13 mental illness to mental health treatment pro14 grams or facilities when needed to serve the in15 terest of the facility and the inmate. 

16 (F) Prohibit the placement of inmates in re17 strictive housing during the final 180 days of the 

18 term of imprisonment of such inmate. 

19 (G) Provide targeted re-entry programming 

20 for inmates who require restrictive housing dur21 ing the such final 180-day period. 

22 (2) POSTING POLICIES.—The Secretary of De23 fense shall post the policies established under para24 graph (1) in an area of the facility that is frequented 

25 by inmates and staff. 


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1 (g) STATISTICS.—The Secretary of Defense shall pub2 lish system-wide restrictive housing statistics, on a monthly 

3 basis, on the website of the Department of Defense and on 

4 websites for effected military correctional facilities. The sta5 tistics shall include the total number of inmates in restric6 tive housing, disaggregated by— 

7 (1) the number of inmates who— 

8 (A) remained in such housing for more than 

9 90 days; 

10 (B) remained in such housing for more than 

11 180 days; and 

12 (C) remained in such housing for more than 

13 364 days; and 

14 (2) the number of inmates in disciplinary seg15 regation, administrative detention, other restrictive 

16 housing. 

17 (h) CONFINEMENT REQUIREMENTS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense and 

19 the head of a military correctional facility shall— 

20 (A) submit data on restrictive housing to 

21 the Committees on Armed Services and on the 

22 Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Rep23 resentatives on a quarterly basis; 


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1 (B) finalize upgrades in data collection soft2 ware to improve tracking of restrictive housing 

3 inmates; and 

4 (C) require a body camera or other digital 

5 recording instrument to be worn by correctional 

6 staff interacting with confined population in re7 strictive housing for any forced movement or 

8 physical interaction. 

9 (2) PRESUMPTION.—In determining whether 

10 placement in restrictive housing is appropriate, it 

11 shall be presumed that an inmate shall be housed in 

12 the least restrictive setting necessary to ensure safety, 

13 and that inmates in restrictive housing shall be re14 turned to general population as soon as it is safe to 

15 do so. 

16 (i) VIOLATIONS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a military cor18 rectional facility that violates the policy established 

19 by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (f), the 

20 Secretary may— 

21 (A) reduce the funding provided to the vio22 lating facility by such amount as the Secretary 

23 determines appropriate and increase the amount 

24 provided to facilities in compliance by an 


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1 amount that is equal to the amount of such re2 duction; 

3 (B) suspend staff found to be involved in a 

4 violation of such policy with or without pay; or 

5 (C) terminate staff found to be involved in 

6 a violation of such policy if such violation is 

7 considered substantially detrimental to the goals 

8 of such policy. 

9 (2) ADJUDICATION.—Any military correctional 

10 facility or an employee of such facility accused of a 

11 violation of the policy established by the Secretary of 

12 Defense under subsection (f) shall, after notice and an 

13 opportunity to be heard by the standing committee of 

14 such facility and subject to approval by the Secretary 

15 of Defense be subject to the relevant penalties de16 scribed under paragraph (1). 

17 (3) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—Any conflicted 

18 parties, as determined by the Secretary of Defense, 

19 shall recuse themselves from the proceeding before the 

20 standing committee and a new impartial member 

21 shall be appointed to the committee to serve in this 

22 capacity for the duration of the proceeding. Any con23 flict of interest shall be disclosed in writing and pre24 served within the recommendation notes. 


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1 (j) REVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICIES

2 AND GUIDANCE.—As soon as practicable after the date of 

3 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall re4 vise Department of Defense Instruction 1325.07 (Adminis5 tration of Military Correctional Facilities and Clemency 

6 and Parole Authority), and any related policies and guid7 ance of the Department, to conform to the requirements of 

8 this Act. 

9 (k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) The term ‘‘military correctional facility’’ 

11 means a correctional facility established under chap12 ter 48 of title 10, United States Code. 

13 (2) The term ‘‘inmate’’ means a prisoner or an14 other individual serving a term of imprisonment in 

15 a military correctional facility. 

16 (3) The term ‘‘institutional review panel’’ means 

17 a panel composed of— 

18 (A) the leadership of a military correctional 

19 facility; and 

20 (B) medical professionals and mental health 

21 professionals who are employed by and work out22 side of such facility. 

23 (4) The term ‘‘non-routine investigation’’ means 

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1 and security of the facility, such as a riot, killing, or 

2 terror attack. 

3 (5) The term ‘‘restrictive housing’’ means any 

4 housing in which an inmate is removed from general 

5 population housing to housing with little to no con6 tact with others for a disciplinary purpose. 

7 SEC. 1856. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING UNMANNED 

8 AERIAL, SURFACE, AND UNDERWATER VEHI9 CLES. 

10 It is the sense of Congress that— 

11 (1) unmanned aerial, surface, and underwater 

12 vessels play a critical role in modern warfare; 

13 (2) continued investment in the research, devel14 opment, and fielding of such systems will help ad15 vance the military of the United States; 

16 (3) such capabilities are particularly important 

17 to bolstering deterrence and maintaining peace and 

18 security in the Indo-Pacific region; and 

19 (4) the United States should encourage its allies 

20 and partners, particularly those located in the Indo21 Pacific region, to invest in unmanned aerial, surface, 

22 and underwater vessels to reinforce deterrence. 


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1 SEC. 1857. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAMING OF 

2 VESSEL FOR BATTLE OF DAI DO. 

3 It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the 

4 Navy should name an amphibious or expeditionary class 

5 vessel for the Battle of Dai Do. 

6 SEC. 1858. RISK FRAMEWORK FOR FOREIGN PHONE APPLI7 CATIONS OF CONCERN. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall— 

9 (1) create categorical definitions of foreign phone 

10 applications of concern with respect to personnel or 

11 operations of the Department of Defense, distin12 guishing among categories such as applications for 

13 shopping, social media, entertainment, or health; and 

14 (2) create a risk framework with respect to De15 partment personnel or operations that assesses each 

16 foreign phone application (or, if appropriate, group17 ing of similar such applications) that is from a coun18 try of concern for any potential impact on Depart19 mental personnel and Departmental operations, in20 corporating considerations of— 

21 (A) the manner and extent of data collection 

22 by the application; 

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1 (C) the manner and extent of foreign owner2 ship or control of the application or data col3 lected by the application; 

4 (D) any foreign government interests associ5 ated with the applications; 

6 (E) known or assessed malicious software 

7 embedded in the application, including in prior 

8 versions of the application or in other applica9 tions created by the owners of such application; 

10 and 

11 (F) any known impact from prior use of the 

12 application to Department personnel or oper13 ations. 

14 (b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the categorical 

15 definitions and risk framework described in subsection (a), 

16 the Secretary of Defense— 

17 (1) shall include in the risk framework foreign 

18 phone applications of concern— 

19 (A) from countries that the Secretary deter20 mines to be engaged in consistent, unauthorized 

21 conduct that is detrimental to the national secu22 rity or foreign policy of the United States; 

23 (B) that are accessible to be downloaded 

24 from major mobile device application market25 places by Department personnel; and 


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1 (C) originating from, authored in, owned 

2 by, or otherwise associated with countries or en3 tities that are designated on the list maintained 

4 and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 

5 of the Export Administration Regulations; 

6 (2) may include additional countries or indi7 vidual foreign phone applications from other coun8 tries to the extent the Secretary determines appro9 priate; and 

10 (3) shall consider distinguishing within the risk 

11 framework the particular interests of a country de12 scribed in paragraph (1) or (2) in the use of a foreign 

13 phone application of concern of such country (regard14 less of device or owner) by— 

15 (A) users located at facilities of the Depart16 ment of Defense of varying levels of sensitivity; 

17 (B) users conducting authorized operations 

18 or movements of Department of Defense materiel; 

19 or 

20 (C) specific civilian employees of the De21 partment or contractors whom the Secretary de22 termines likely to be a target of a foreign actor. 

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1 (1) issue guidance to all Department personnel 

2 incorporating the categories of foreign phone applica3 tions of concern and advising how to mitigate the 

4 risks identified by the risk framework with respect to 

5 such applications; 

6 (2) routinely update the categorical definitions 

7 and risk framework promulgated pursuant to sub8 section (a), at least on an annual basis; and 

9 (3) prescribe regulations that prohibit applica10 tions on phones provided by the Department of De11 fense or on any device used during an activity de12 scribed in subsection (b)(3)(B). 

13 DIVISION B—MILITARY CON14 STRUCTION AUTHORIZA15 TIONS 

16 SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 

17 This division and title XLVI of division D may be 

18 cited as the ‘‘Military Construction Authorization Act for 

19 Fiscal Year 2024’’. 

20 SEC. 2002. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AND 

21 AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO BE SPECIFIED BY 

22 LAW. 

23 (a) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AFTER THREE

24 YEARS.—Except as provided in subsection (b), all author25 izations contained in titles XXI through XXVII for military 


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1 construction projects, land acquisition, family housing 

2 projects and facilities, and contributions to the North At3 lantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program 

4 (and authorizations of appropriations therefor) shall expire 

5 on the later of— 

6 (1) October 1, 2026; or 

7 (2) the date of the enactment of an Act author8 izing funds for military construction for fiscal year 

9 2027. 

10 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to au11 thorizations for military construction projects, land acqui12 sition, family housing projects and facilities, and contribu13 tions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security 

14 Investment Program (and authorizations of appropriations 

15 therefor), for which appropriated funds have been obligated 

16 before the later of— 

17 (1) October 1, 2026; or 

18 (2) the date of the enactment of an Act author19 izing funds for fiscal year 2027 for military construc20 tion projects, land acquisition, family housing 

21 projects and facilities, or contributions to the North 

22 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment 

23 Program. 


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1 SEC. 2003. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

2 Titles XXI through XXVII shall take effect on the later 

3 of— 

4 (1) October 1, 2023; or 

5 (2) the date of the enactment of this Act. 

6 TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY 

7 CONSTRUCTION 

8 SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

9 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

10 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap11 propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

12 in section 2103(a) and available for military construction 

13 projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 

14 table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may ac15 quire real property and carry out military construction 

16 projects for the installations or locations inside the United 

17 States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Army: Inside the United States 

State Installation Amount 

Alabama .............................. Redstone Arsenal ......................................................... $50,000,000 

Florida ................................. Camp Bull Simons ..................................................... $17,000,000 

Georgia ................................ Fort Gordon ................................................................. $163,000,000

Hawaii ................................ Aliamanu Military Reservation ................................ $20,000,000 

Kansas ................................. Fort Riley .................................................................... $105,000,000 

Kentucky .............................. Fort Campbell ............................................................. $38,000,000 

Louisiana ............................ Fort Polk ...................................................................... $13,400,000

Massachusetts ...................... Soldier Systems Center Natick .................................. $18,500,000 

Michigan .............................. Detroit Arsenal ............................................................ $72,000,000 

North Carolina .................... Fort Bragg ................................................................... $251,500,000 

Pennsylvania ....................... Letterkenny Army Depot ............................................ $89,000,000 

Texas .................................... Fort Bliss ..................................................................... $74,000,000 

Red River Army Depot .............................................. $113,000,000 

Washington .......................... Joint Base Lewis-McChord ........................................ $100,000,000 


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1 (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

2 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria3 tions in section 2103(a) and available for military con4 struction projects outside the United States as specified in 

5 the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army 

6 may acquire real property and carry out military construc7 tion projects for the installations or locations outside the 

8 United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 

9 table: 

Army: Outside the United States 

Country Installation Amount 

Germany .............................. Grafenwoehr ................................................................ $10,400,000 

Hohenfels ..................................................................... $56,000,000 

10 SEC. 2102. FAMILY HOUSING. 

11 (a) CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION.—Using 

12 amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap13 propriations in section 2103(a) and available for military 

14 family housing functions as specified in the funding table 

15 in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may construct 

16 or acquire family housing units (including land acquisition 

17 and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations, 

18 in the number of units, and in the amounts set forth in 

19 the following table: 

Army: Family Housing 

Territory Installation Amount 

Kwajalein ................... Kwajalein Atoll ................................................. $98,600,000 

Germany .................... Baumholder ........................................................ $78,746,000 


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1 (b) IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING

2 UNITS.—Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States 

3 Code, and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the au4 thorization of appropriations in section 2103(a) and avail5 able for military family housing functions as specified in 

6 the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army 

7 may improve existing military family housing units in an 

8 amount not to exceed $100,000,000. 

9 (c) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro10 priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 

11 section 2103(a) and available for military family housing 

12 functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 

13 the Secretary of the Army may carry out architectural and 

14 engineering services and construction design activities with 

15 respect to the construction or improvement of family hous16 ing units in an amount not to exceed $27,549,000. 

17 SEC. 2103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, ARMY. 

18 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

19 hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years begin20 ning after September 30, 2023, for military construction, 

21 land acquisition, and military family housing functions of 

22 the Department of the Army as specified in the funding 

23 table in section 4601. 

24 (b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION

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1 ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 

2 any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 

3 of all projects carried out under section 2101 of this Act 

4 may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro5 priated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding 

6 table in section 4601. 

7 SEC. 2104. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO USE CASH PAY8 MENTS IN SPECIAL ACCOUNT FROM LAND 

9 CONVEYANCE, NATICK SOLDIER SYSTEMS 

10 CENTER, MASSACHUSETTS. 

11 Section 2844(c)(2)(C) of the Military Construction Au12 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (division B of Public 

13 Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1865) is amended— 

14 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OCTOBER 1, 

15 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘OCTOBER 1, 2027’’; and 

16 (2) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2025’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘October 1, 2027’’. 

18 SEC. 2105. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS19 CAL YEAR 2018 PROJECT AT KUNSAN AIR 

20 BASE, KOREA. 

21 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

22 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

23 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1817), 

24 the authorization set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

25 as provided in section 2101(b) of such Act (131 Stat. 1819) 


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1 and extended by section 2106(a) of the Military Construc2 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 

3 117–263; 136 Stat. 2973), shall remain in effect until Octo4 ber 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of an Act author5 izing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2025, 

6 whichever is later. 

7 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

8 as follows: 

Army: Extension of 2018 Project Authorization 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Korea ............... Kunsan Air Base Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 

Hangar ............................ $53,000,000 

9 SEC. 2106. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER10 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2019 ARMY MILITARY CON11 STRUCTION PROJECTS. 

12 (a) ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION.— 

13 (1) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 

14 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

15 Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 

16 132 Stat. 2240), the authorizations set forth in the 

17 table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 2101 

18 of that Act (132 Stat. 2241), shall remain in effect 

19 until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of 

20 an Act authorizing funds for military construction 

21 for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 


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1 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 

2 (1) is as follows: 

Army: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations 

State/Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Korea ................ Camp Tango ................... Command and Control Facility .......... $17,500,000 

Maryland ......... Fort Meade ..................... Cantonment Area 

Roads ..................... $16,500,000 

3 (b) ARMY OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS MILI4 TARY CONSTRUCTION.— 

5 (1) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding such section, 

6 the authorizations set forth in the table in paragraph 

7 (2), as provided in section 2901 of such Act, shall re8 main in effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of 

9 the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for mili10 tary construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is 

11 later. 

12 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 

13 (1) is as follows: 

Army: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Bulgaria ........... Nevo Selo FOS ............... EDI: Ammunition 

Holding Area ........ $5,200,000 

Romania .......... Mihail Kogalniceanu 

FOS ............................ EDI: Explosives and 

Ammo Load/Unload Apron. ........... $21,651,000 


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1 SEC. 2107. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER2 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2021 ARMY MILITARY CON3 STRUCTION PROJECTS. 

4 (a) ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION.— 

5 (1) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 

6 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

7 Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116-283; 

8 134 Stat. 4294), the authorizations set forth in the 

9 table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 

10 2101(a) of that Act (134 Stat. 4295), shall remain in 

11 effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enact12 ment of an Act authorizing funds for military con13 struction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

14 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 

15 (1) is as follows: 

Army: Extension of 2021 Project Authorizations 

State Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Arizona ............. Yuma Proving Ground .. Ready Building ........ $14,000,000 

Georgia ............. Fort Gillem ..................... Forensic Lab ............. $71,000,000 

Louisiana ......... Fort Polk ........................ Information Systems 

Facility .................. $25,000,000 

16 (b) CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS AT MILITARY IN17 STALLATIONS.— 

18 (1) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 

19 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

20 Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116-283; 

21 134 Stat. 4294), the authorization set forth in the 


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1 table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 2865 

2 of that Act (134 Stat. 4360), shall remain in effect 

3 until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of 

4 an Act authorizing funds for military construction 

5 for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

6 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 

7 (1) is as follows: 

Army: Extension of 2021 Project Authorization 

State Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Georgia ............. Fort Gordon ................... Child Development 

Center .................... $21,000,000 

8 TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY 

9 CONSTRUCTION 

10 SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

11 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

12 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap13 propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

14 in section 2203(a) and available for military construction 

15 projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 

16 table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may ac17 quire real property and carry out military construction 

18 projects for the installations or locations inside the United 

19 States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Navy: Inside the United States 

State or Territory Installation or Location Amount 

California .................. Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 

Twentynine Palms ........................................ $42,100,000 


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Navy: Inside the United States—Continued 

State or Territory Installation or Location Amount 

Port Hueneme .................................................... $110,000,000 

Connecticut ................ Naval Submarine Base New London ............... $331,718,000 

District Of Columbia Marine Barracks Washington .......................... $131,800,000 

Georgia ....................... Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany .............. $63,970,000 

Guam ......................... Andersen Air Force Base .................................. $497,620,000 

Joint Region Marianas ..................................... $174,540,000 

Naval Base Guam ............................................. $946,500,000 

Hawaii ....................... Marine Corps Base Hawai’i ............................ $227,350,000 

Maryland ................... Fort Meade ......................................................... $186,480,000 

Naval Air Station Patuxent River .................. $141,700,000 

North Carolina .......... Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point ......... $270,150,000 

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune .................. $215,670,000 

Pennsylvania ............. Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia .. $88,200,000 

Virginia ..................... Dam Neck Annex ............................................... $109,680,000 

Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek - 

Story ............................................................... $35,000,000 

Marine Corps Base Quantico ........................... $127,120,000 

Naval Station Norfolk ....................................... $158,095,000 

Naval Weapons Station Yorktown ................... $221,920,000 

Washington ................ Naval Base Kitsap ............................................ $245,000,000 

1 (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

2 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria3 tions in section 2203(a) and available for military con4 struction projects outside the United States as specified in 

5 the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy 

6 may acquire real property and carry out military construc7 tion projects for the installations or locations outside the 

8 United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 

9 table: 

Navy: Outside the United States 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Djibouti ...................... Camp Lemonnier Djibouti ............................... $106,600,000 

Italy ........................... Naval Air Station Sigonella ............................ $77,072,000 

10 SEC. 2202. FAMILY HOUSING. 

11 (a) CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION.—Using 

12 amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap13 propriations in section 2203(a) and available for military 


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1 family housing functions as specified in the funding table 

2 in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may construct 

3 or acquire family housing units (including land acquisition 

4 and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations, 

5 in the number of units, and in the amounts set forth in 

6 the following table: 

Navy: Family Housing 

Location Installation Amount 

Guam ......................... Joint Region Marianas ..................................... $121,906,000 

Naval Support Activity Andersen ................... $83,126,000 

7 (b) IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING

8 UNITS.—Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States 

9 Code, and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the au10 thorization of appropriations in section 2203(a) and avail11 able for military family housing functions as specified in 

12 the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy 

13 may improve existing military family housing units in an 

14 amount not to exceed $57,740,000. 

15 (c) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro16 priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 

17 section 2203(a) and available for military family housing 

18 functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 

19 the Secretary of the Navy may carry out architectural and 

20 engineering services and construction design activities with 

21 respect to the construction or improvement of family hous22 ing units in an amount not to exceed $14,370,000. 


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1 SEC. 2203. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NAVY. 

2 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

3 hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years begin4 ning after September 30, 2023, for military construction, 

5 land acquisition, and military family housing functions of 

6 the Department of the Navy, as specified in the funding 

7 table in section 4601. 

8 (b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION

9 PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author10 ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 

11 any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 

12 of all projects carried out under section 2201 of this Act 

13 may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro14 priated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding 

15 table in section 4601. 

16 SEC. 2204. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER17 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2019 NAVY MILITARY CON18 STRUCTION PROJECTS. 

19 (a) NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION.— 

20 (1) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 

21 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

22 Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 

23 132 Stat. 2240), the authorizations set forth in the 

24 table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 2201 

25 of that Act (132 Stat. 2244), shall remain in effect 

26 until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of 


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1 an Act authorizing funds for military construction 

2 for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

3 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 

4 (1) is as follows: 

Navy: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations 

State/Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Bahrain ............ SW Asia .......................... Fleet Maintenance 

Facility and TOC $26,340,000 

North Carolina Marine Corps Base 

Camp Lejeune ............ 2nd Radio BN Complex, Phase 2 ......... $51,300,000 

South Carolina Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort .............. Recycling/Hazardous 

Waste Facility ...... $9,517,000 

Washington ...... Bangor ............................ Pier and Maintenance Facility ....... $88,960,000 

5 (b) ENHANCING FORCE PROTECTION AND SAFETY ON

6 MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.— 

7 (1) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 

8 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

9 Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 

10 132 Stat. 2240), the authorization set forth in the 

11 table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 2810 

12 of that Act (132 Stat. 2266), shall remain in effect 

13 until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of 

14 an Act authorizing funds for military construction 

15 for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

16 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 

17 (1) is as follows: 


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Navy: Extension of 2019 Project Authorization 

State Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

South Carolina Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort .............. Laurel Bay Fire Station ........................ $10,750,000 

1 (c) NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISITION

2 PROJECT.— 

3 (1) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 

4 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

5 Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 

6 132 Stat. 2240), the authorization set forth in the 

7 table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 2902 

8 of that Act (132 Stat. 2286), shall remain in effect 

9 until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of 

10 an Act authorizing funds for military construction 

11 for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

12 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 

13 (1) is as follows: 

Navy: Extension of 2019 Project Authorization 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Greece ............... Naval Support Activity 

Souda Bay ................. EDI: Joint Mobility 

Processing Center $41,650,000 


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1 SEC. 2205. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER2 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2021 NAVY MILITARY CON3 STRUCTION PROJECTS. 

4 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

5 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

6 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 4294), 

7 the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

8 as provided in section 2201 of that Act (134 Stat. 4297), 

9 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, or the date 

10 of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

11 construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

12 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

13 as follows: 

Navy: Extension of 2021 Project Authorizations 

State/Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

California ......... Twentynine Palms ......... Wastewater Treatment Plant ............ $76,500,000 

Guam ................ Joint Region Marianas Joint Communication 

Upgrade ................. $166,000,000 

Maine ............... NCTAMS LANT Detachment Cutler ................ Perimeter Security ... $26,100,000 

Nevada .............. Fallon .............................. Range Training 

Complex, Phase 1 $29,040,000 

14 TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE 

15 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

16 SEC. 2301. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND 

17 LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

18 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap19 propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 


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1 in section 2303(a) and available for military construction 

2 projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 

3 table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may 

4 acquire real property and carry out military construction 

5 projects for the installations or locations inside the United 

6 States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Air Force: Inside the United States 

State or Territory Installation or Location Amount 

Florida ......................... Eglin Air Force Base ........................................ $14,600,000 

MacDill Air Force Base .................................... $131,000,000 

Patrick Space Force Base ................................. $27,000,000 

Georgia ......................... Robins Air Force Base ...................................... $115,000,000 

Guam ............................ Joint Region Marianas ..................................... $411,000,000 

Massachusetts ............... Hanscom Air Force Base .................................. $37,000,000 

Mississippi ................... Columbus Air Force Base ................................. $39,500,000 

Montana ....................... Malmstrom Air Force Base .............................. $10,300,000 

South Dakota ............... Ellsworth Air Force Base ................................. $235,000,000 

Texas ............................ Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland .................. $158,000,000 

Utah ............................. Hill Air Force Base .......................................... $82,000,000 

Wyoming ...................... F.E. Warren Air Force Base ............................ $85,000,000 

7 (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

8 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria9 tions in section 2303(a) and available for military con10 struction projects outside the United States as specified in 

11 the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air 

12 Force may acquire real property and carry out military 

13 construction projects for the installations or locations out14 side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 

15 the following table: 

Air Force: Outside the United States 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Australia ...................... Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin ..... $26,000,000 

Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal ....... $130,500,000 

Norway ......................... Rygge Air Station ............................................. $119,000,000 

Philippines .................. Cesar Basa Air Base ......................................... $35,000,000 

Spain ............................ Moro ́n Air Base ................................................. $26,000,000 

United Kingdom .......... Royal Air Force Fairford ................................. $47,000,000 


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Country Installation or Location Amount 

Royal Air Force Lakenheath ............................ $78,000,000 

1 SEC. 2302. FAMILY HOUSING. 

2 (a) IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING

3 UNITS.—Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the au4 thorization of appropriations in section 2303(a) and avail5 able for military family housing functions as specified in 

6 the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air 

7 Force may construct or acquire family housing units (in8 cluding land acquisition and supporting facilities) at the 

9 installations or locations, in the number of units, and in 

10 the amounts set forth in the following table: 

Navy: Family Housing 

Country Installation Amount 

Japan ........................... Yokota Air Base ................................................ $27,000,000 

11 (b) IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING

12 UNITS.—Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States 

13 Code, and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the au14 thorization of appropriations in section 2303(a) and avail15 able for military family housing functions as specified in 

16 the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air 

17 Force may improve existing military family housing units 

18 in an amount not to exceed $229,282,000. 

19 (c) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro20 priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 


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1 section 2303(a) and available for military family housing 

2 functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 

3 the Secretary of the Air Force may carry out architectural 

4 and engineering services and construction design activities 

5 with respect to the construction or improvement of family 

6 housing units in an amount not to exceed $7,815,000. 

7 SEC. 2303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, AIR 

8 FORCE. 

9 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

10 hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years begin11 ning after September 30, 2023, for military construction, 

12 land acquisition, and military family housing functions of 

13 the Department of the Air Force, as specified in the funding 

14 table in section 4601. 

15 (b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION

16 PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author17 ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 

18 any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 

19 of all projects carried out under section 2301 of this Act 

20 may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro21 priated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding 

22 table in section 4601. 


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1 SEC. 2304. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER2 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2017 AIR FORCE MILITARY 

3 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 

4 (a) AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

5 OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.— 

6 (1) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 

7 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

8 Fiscal Year 2017 (division B of Public Law 114–328; 

9 130 Stat. 2688), the authorizations set forth in the 

10 table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 2301(b) 

11 of that Act (130 Stat. 2696) and extended by section 

12 2304 of the Military Construction Act for Fiscal Year 

13 2022 (division B of Public Law 117–181; 135 Stat. 

14 2169), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, or 

15 the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds 

16 for military construction for fiscal year 2025, which17 ever is later. 

18 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 

19 (1) is as follows: 

Air Force: Extension of 2017 Project Authorizations 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Germany .......... Ramstein Air Base ........ 37 AS Squadron Operations/Aircraft 

Maintenance Unit $13,437,000 

Germany .......... Spangdahlem Air Base .. Upgrade Hardened 

Aircraft Shelters 

for F/A–22 ............. $2,700,000 

Japan ............... Yokota Air Base ............. C–130J Corrosion 

Control Hangar .... $23,777,000 


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1 (b) AIR FORCE OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS

2 PROJECTS.— 

3 (1) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 

4 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

5 Fiscal Year 2017 (division B of Public Law 114–328; 

6 130 Stat. 2688), the authorization set forth in the 

7 table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 2902 

8 of that Act (130 Stat. 2743) and extended by section 

9 2304 of the Military Construction Act for Fiscal Year 

10 2022 (division B of Public Law 117–181; 135 Stat. 

11 2169), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, or 

12 the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds 

13 for military construction for fiscal year 2025, which14 ever is later. 

15 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 

16 (1) is as follows: 

Air Force: Extension of 2017 Project Authorization 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Germany .......... Spangdahlem Air Base .. F/A–22 Low Observable/Composite Repair Facility ......... $12,000,000 

17 SEC. 2305. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER18 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2018 AIR FORCE MILITARY 

19 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 

20 (a) TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA.— 


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1 (1) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 

2 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

3 Fiscal Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 

4 131 Stat. 1817), the authorization set forth in the 

5 table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 

6 2301(a) of that Act (131 Stat. 1825) and extended by 

7 section 2304(a) of the Military Construction Act for 

8 Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117– 

9 263), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, or 

10 the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds 

11 for military construction for fiscal year 2025, which12 ever is later. 

13 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 

14 (1) is as follows: 

Air Force: Extension of 2018 Project Authorization 

State Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Florida ............. Tyndall Air Force Base Fire Station .............. $17,000,000 

15 (b) AIR FORCE OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS

16 PROJECTS.— 

17 (1) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 

18 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

19 Fiscal Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 

20 131 Stat. 1817), the authorizations set forth in the 

21 table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 2903 

22 of that Act (131 Stat. 1876) and extended by section 


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1 2304(b) of the Military Construction Act for Fiscal 

2 Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117–263), shall 

3 remain in effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of 

4 the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for mili5 tary construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is 

6 later. 

7 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 

8 (1) is as follows: 

Air Force: Extension of 2018 Project Authorizations 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Hungary ........... Kecskemet Air Base ....... ERI: Airfield Upgrades .................... $12,900,000 

Kecskemet Air Base ....... ERI: Construct Parallel Taxiway ........ $30,000,000 

Kecskemet Air Base ....... ERI: Increase POL 

Storage Capacity .. $12,500,000 

Luxembourg ..... Sanem ............................. ERI: ECAOS 

Deployable Airbase 

System Storage ..... $67,400,000 

Slovakia ........... Malacky .......................... ERI: Airfield Upgrades .................... $4,000,000 

Malacky .......................... ERI: Increase POL 

Storage Capacity .. $20,000,000 

9 SEC. 2306. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER10 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2019 AIR FORCE MILITARY 

11 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 

12 (a) AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

13 PROJECTS.— 

14 (1) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 

15 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

16 Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 

17 132 Stat. 2240), the authorizations set forth in the 


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1 table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 2301 

2 of that Act (132 Stat. 2246), shall remain in effect 

3 until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of 

4 an Act authorizing funds for military construction 

5 for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

6 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 

7 (1) is as follows: 

Air Force: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations 

State/Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Mariana Islands ............. Tinian ............................. APR-Cargo Pad with 

Taxiway Extension. ....................... $46,000,000 

Tinian ............................. APR-Maintenance 

Support Facility .. $4,700,000 

Maryland ......... Joint Base Andrews ....... Child Development 

Center .................... $13,000,000 

Joint Base Andrews ....... PAR Relocate Haz 

Cargo Pad and 

EOD Range. .......... $37,000,000 

New Mexico ...... Holloman Air Force 

Base ............................ MQ–9 FTU Ops Facility ...................... $85,000,000 

Kirtland Air Force Base Wyoming Gate Upgrade for Anti-Terrorism Compliance $7,000,000 

United Kingdom ............... Royal Air Force 

Lakenheath ................. F–35A ADAL Conventional Munitions MX. ............... $9,204,000 

Utah ................. Hill Air Force Base ....... Composite Aircraft 

Antenna Calibration Fac. ................ $26,000,000 

8 (b) AIR FORCE OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS

9 PROJECTS.— 

10 (1) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 

11 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

12 Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 

13 132 Stat. 2240), the authorizations set forth in the 


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1 table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 2903 

2 of that Act (132 Stat. 2287), shall remain in effect 

3 until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of 

4 an Act authorizing funds for military construction 

5 for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

6 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 

7 (1) is as follows: 

Air Force: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Slovakia .......... Malacky .......................... EDI: Regional Munitions Storage Area $59,000,000 

United Kingdom ............... RAF Fairford ................. EDI: Construct 

DABS-FEV Storage .......................... $87,000,000 

RAF Fairford ................. EDI: Munitions 

Holding Area ........ $19,000,000 

8 SEC. 2307. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS9 CAL YEAR 2021 AIR FORCE MILITARY CON10 STRUCTION PROJECTS. 

11 (a) JOINT BASE LANGLEY–EUSTIS, VIRGINIA.— 

12 (1) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 

13 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

14 Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 

15 134 Stat. 4294), the authorization set forth in the 

16 table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 2301 

17 of that Act (134 Stat. 4299), shall remain in effect 

18 until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of 


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1 an Act authorizing funds for military construction 

2 for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

3 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 

4 (1) is as follows: 

Air Force: Extension of 2021 Project Authorization 

State Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Virginia ............ Joint Base LangleyEustis .......................... Access Control Point 

Main Gate With 

Land Acq. .............. $19,500,000 

5 (b) AIR FORCE OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPER6 ATIONS.— 

7 (1) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 

8 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

9 Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 

10 134 Stat. 4294), the authorizations set forth in the 

11 table in paragraph (2), as provided in section 2902 

12 of that Act (134 Stat. 4373), shall remain in effect 

13 until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of 

14 an Act authorizing funds for military construction 

15 for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

16 (2) TABLE.—The table referred to in paragraph 

17 (1) is as follows: 

Air Force: Extension of 2021 Project Authorizations 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Germany .......... Ramstein Air Base ........ EDI: Rapid Airfield 

Damage Repair 

Storage .................. $36,345,000 


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Air Force: Extension of 2021 Project Authorizations—Continued 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Spangdahlem .................. EDI: Rapid Airfield 

Damage Repair 

Storage .................. $25,824,000 

1 TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGEN2 CIES MILITARY CONSTRUC3 TION 

4 SEC. 2401. AUTHORIZED DEFENSE AGENCIES CONSTRUC5 TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

6 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap7 propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

8 in section 2403(a) and available for military construction 

9 projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 

10 table in section 4601, the Secretary of Defense may acquire 

11 real property and carry out military construction projects 

12 for the installations or locations inside the United States, 

13 and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Defense Agencies: Inside the United States 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Alabama ................... Redstone Arsenal ........................................... $147,975,000 

California ................. Marine Corps Air Station Miramar ........... $103,000,000 

Naval Base Coronado ................................... $51,000,000 

Naval Base San Diego $101,644,000 

Maryland ................. Fort Meade .................................................... $885,000,000 

Joint Base Andrews ...................................... $38,300,000 

Montana ................... Great Falls International Airport ............... $30,000,000 

North Carolina ........ Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune .............. $70,000,000 

Utah .......................... Hill Air Force Base ...................................... $14,200,000 

Virginia .................... Fort Belvoir ................................................... $185,000,000 

Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek - 

Story.

$61,000,000 

Pentagon ........................................................ $30,600,000 

Washington .............. Joint Base Lewis-McChord .......................... $62,000,000 

Manchester ..................................................... $71,000,000 


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1 (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

2 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria3 tions in section 2403(a) and available for military con4 struction projects outside the United States as specified in 

5 the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of Defense 

6 may acquire real property and carry out military construc7 tion projects for the installations or locations outside the 

8 United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 

9 table: 

Defense Agencies: Outside the United States 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Cuba ...................... Guantanamo Bay Naval Station ...................... $257,000,000 

Germany ............... Baumholder ......................................................... $57,700,000 

Ramstein Air Base ............................................. $181,764,000 

Honduras .............. Soto Cano Air Base ............................................ $41,300,000 

Japan .................... Kadena Air Base ................................................ $100,300,000 

Spain .................... Naval Station Rota ............................................ $80,000,000 

10 SEC. 2402. AUTHORIZED ENERGY RESILIENCE AND CON11 SERVATION INVESTMENT PROGRAM 

12 PROJECTS. 

13 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap14 propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

15 in section 2403(a) and available for energy conservation 

16 projects as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 

17 the Secretary of Defense may carry out energy conservation 

18 projects under chapter 173 of title 10, United States Code, 

19 for the installations or locations inside the United States, 

20 and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 


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ERCIP Projects: Inside the United States 

State or Territory Installation or Location Amount 

California ................. Naval Base San Diego .................................. $6,300,000 

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar ........... $30,550,000 

Vandenberg Space Force Base ..................... $57,000,000 

Colorado ................... Buckley Space Force Base ............................ $14,700,000 

Georgia ..................... Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay ............. $49,500,000 

Kansas ...................... Forbes Field ................................................... $5,850,000 

Missouri ................... Lake City Army Ammunition Plant ........... $80,100,000 

Nebraska ................... Offutt Air Force Base ................................... $41,000,000 

North Carolina ........ Fort Bragg (Camp Mackall) ........................ $10,500,000 

Oklahoma ................. Fort Sill ......................................................... $76,650,000 

Puerto Rico .............. Fort Buchanan .............................................. $56,000,000 

Texas ........................ Fort Hood ...................................................... $18,250,000 

Virginia .................... Pentagon ........................................................ $2,250,000 

Washington .............. Joint Base Lewis-McChord .......................... $49,850,000 

Wyoming .................. F.E. Warren Air Force Base ........................ $25,000,000 

1 (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

2 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria3 tions in section 2403(a) and available for energy conserva4 tion projects as specified in the funding table in section 

5 4601, the Secretary of Defense may carry out energy con6 servation projects under chapter 173 of title 10, United 

7 States Code, for the installations or locations outside the 

8 United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 

9 table: 

ERCIP Projects: Outside the United States 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Korea ................ K–16 Air Base ........................................................ $5,650,000 

Kuwait .............. Camp Buehring ...................................................... $18,850,000 

10 SEC. 2403. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, DEFENSE 

11 AGENCIES. 

12 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

13 hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years begin14 ning after September 30, 2023, for military construction, 


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1 land acquisition, and military family housing functions of 

2 the Department of Defense (other than the military depart3 ments), as specified in the funding table in section 4601. 

4 (b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION

5 PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author6 ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 

7 any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 

8 of all projects carried out under section 2401 of this Act 

9 may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro10 priated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding 

11 table in section 4601. 

12 SEC. 2404. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER13 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2018 DEFENSE AGENCIES 

14 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 

15 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

16 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

17 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1817), 

18 the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

19 as provided in section 2401(b) of that Act (131 Stat. 1829) 

20 and extended by section 2404 of the Military Construction 

21 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117– 

22 263), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, or the 

23 date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for mili24 tary construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 


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1 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

2 as follows: 

Defense Agencies: Extension of 2018 Project Authorizations 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Japan ............... Iwakuni .......................... PDI: Construct Bulk 

Storage Tanks PH 

1 ............................. $30,800,000 

Puerto Rico ...... Punta Borinquen ........... Ramey Unit School 

Replacement .......... $61,071,000 

3 SEC. 2405. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER4 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2019 DEFENSE AGENCIES 

5 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 

6 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

7 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

8 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2240), 

9 the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

10 as provided in section 2401(b) of that Act (132 Stat. 2249), 

11 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, or the date 

12 of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

13 construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

14 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

15 as follows: 

Defense Agencies: Extension of 2019 Project Authorizations 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Germany .......... Baumholder .................... SOF Joint Parachute 

Rigging Facility ... $11,504,000 

Japan ............... Camp McTureous ........... Bechtel Elementary 

School .................... $94,851,000 

Iwakuni .......................... Fuel Pier ................... $33,200,000 


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1 SEC. 2406. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

2 FISCAL YEAR 2019 PROJECT AT SOF JOINT 

3 PARACHUTE RIGGING FACILITY, 

4 BAUMHOLDER, GERMANY. 

5 (a) MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY.—In the case of the 

6 authorization contained in the table in section 2401(b) of 

7 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

8 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2249) 

9 for Baumholder, Germany, for construction of a SOF Joint 

10 Parachute Rigging Facility, the Secretary of Defense may 

11 construct a 3,200 square meter facility. 

12 (b) MODIFICATION OF PROJECT AMOUNTS.— 

13 (1) DIVISION B TABLE.—The authorization table 

14 in section 2401(b) of the Military Construction De15 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (division 

16 B of Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2249) is amend17 ed in the item relating to Baumholder, Germany, by 

18 striking ‘‘$11,504,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$23,000,000’’. 

19 (2) DIVISION D TABLE.—The funding table in 

20 section 4601 of the John S. McCain National Defense 

21 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 

22 115–232; 132 Stat. 2406) is amended in the item re23 lating to Baumholder, Germany, SOF Joint Para24 chute Rigging Facility, by striking ‘‘$11,504’’ in the 

25 Conference Authorized column and inserting 

26 ‘‘$23,000’’. 


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1 SEC. 2407. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS2 CAL YEAR 2021 PROJECT AT DEFENSE FUEL 

3 SUPPORT POINT TSURUMI, JAPAN. 

4 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

5 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

6 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 4294), 

7 the authorization set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

8 as provided in section 2401(b) of that Act (134 Stat. 4304), 

9 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, or the date 

10 of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

11 construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

12 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

13 as follows: 

Defense Agencies: Extension of 2021 Project Authorization 

Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Japan ............... Def Fuel Support Point 

Tsurumi ...................... Fuel Wharf ................ $49,500,000 

14 SEC. 2408. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER15 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2021 ENERGY RESILIENCE 

16 AND CONSERVATION INVESTMENT 

17 PROJECTS. 

18 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

19 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

20 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 4294), 

21 the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

22 as provided in section 2402 of that Act (134 Stat. 4306), 


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1 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, or the date 

2 of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

3 construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

4 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

5 as follows: 

ERCIP Projects: Extension of 2021 Project Authorizations 

State/Country Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Arkansas ........... Ebbing Air National 

Guard Base ................ PV Arrays and Battery Storage .......... $2,600,000 

California ......... Marine Corps Air Combat Center Twenty 

Nine Palms ................. Install 10 Mw Battery Energy Storage for Various 

Buildings ............... $11,646,000 

Military Ocean Terminal Concord ........... Military Ocean Terminal Concord 

Microgrid .............. $29,000,000 

Naval Support Activity 

Monterey ..................... Cogeneration Plant 

at B236 ................. $10,540,000 

Italy .................. Naval Support Activity 

Naples ......................... Smart Grid ............... $3,490,000 

Nevada .............. Creech Air Force Base ... Central Standby 

Generators ............. $32,000,000 

Virginia ............ Naval Medical Center 

Portsmouth ................. Retro Air Handling 

Units From Constant Volume; Reheat to Variable 

Air Volume ............ $611,000 

6 SEC. 2409. AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT MILITARY CON7 STRUCTION PROJECTS TO IMPROVE CERTAIN 

8 FISCAL YEAR 2022 UTILITY SYSTEMS. 

9 In the case of a utility system that is conveyed under 

10 section 2688 of title 10, United States Code, and that only 

11 provides utility services to a military installation, notwith12 standing subchapters I and III of chapter 169 and chapters 


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1 221 and 223 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary 

2 of Defense or the Secretary of a military department may 

3 authorize a contract with the conveyee of the utility system 

4 to carry out the military construction projects set forth in 

5 the following table: 

Improvements to Conveyed Utility Systems 

State Installation or 

Location Project 

Alabama ................... Fort Rucker .................................. Construct a 10 MW RICE 

Generator Plant and 

Micro-Grid Controls 

Georgia ..................... Fort Benning ................................ Construct 4.8MW Generation 

and Microgrid 

Fort Stewart ................................. Construct a 10 MW Generation Plant, with Microgrid 

Controls 

New York .................. Fort Drum .................................... Wellfield Expansion Resiliency Project 

North Carolina ........ Fort Bragg .................................... Construct 10 MW Microgrid 

Utilizing Existing and 

New Generators 

Fort Bragg .................................... Fort Bragg Emergency 

Water System 

6 SEC. 2410. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER7 TAIN MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 

8 TO IMPROVE CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2023 

9 UTILITY SYSTEMS. 

10 In the case of a utility system that is conveyed under 

11 section 2688 of title 10, United States Code, and that only 

12 provides utility services to a military installation, notwith13 standing subchapters I and III of chapter 169 and chapters 

14 221 and 223 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary 

15 of Defense or the Secretary of a military department may 

16 authorize a contract with the conveyee of the utility system 


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1 to carry out the military construction projects set forth in 

2 the following table: 

Improvement of Conveyed Utility Systems 

State Installation or 

Location Project 

Georgia ..................... Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield ........................................... Power Generation and 

Microgrid 

Kansas ...................... Fort Riley ..................................... Power Generation and 

Microgrid 

Texas ......................... Fort Hood ..................................... Power Generation and 

Microgrid 

3 TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL 

4 PROGRAMS 

5 Subtitle A—North Atlantic Treaty 

6 Organization Security Invest7 ment Program 

8 SEC. 2501. AUTHORIZED NATO CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

9 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

10 The Secretary of Defense may make contributions for 

11 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Invest12 ment Program, as provided in section 2806 of title 10, 

13 United States Code, in an amount not to exceed the sum 

14 of the amount authorized to be appropriated for this pur15 pose in section 2502 and the amount collected from the 

16 North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a result of construc17 tion previously financed by the United States. 

18 SEC. 2502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NATO. 

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1 tions by the Secretary of Defense under section 2806 of title 

2 10, United States Code, for the share of the United States 

3 of the cost of projects for the North Atlantic Treaty Organi4 zation Security Investment Program authorized by section 

5 2501 as specified in the funding table in section 4601. 

6 Subtitle B—Host Country In-Kind 

7 Contributions 

8 SEC. 2511. REPUBLIC OF KOREA FUNDED CONSTRUCTION 

9 PROJECTS. 

10 Pursuant to agreement with the Republic of Korea for 

11 required in-kind contributions, the Secretary of Defense 

12 may accept military construction projects for the installa13 tions or locations in the Republic of Korea, and in the 

14 amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Republic of Korea Funded Construction Projects 

Component Installation or 

Location Project Amount 

Army ............... Camp Bonifas ...... Vehicle Maintenance Shop $7,700,000 

Army ............... Camp Carroll ...... Humidity Controlled Warehouse ................................ $189,000,000 

Army ............... Camp Humphreys Airfield Services Storage 

Warehouse ........................ $7,100,000 

Army ............... Camp Walker ....... Consolidated Fire and Military Police Station ......... $48,000,000 

Army ............... Pusan ................... Warehouse Facility ............. $40,000,000 

Navy ................ Chinhae ................ Electrical Switchgear 

Building .......................... $6,000,000 

Air Force ......... Osan Air Base ..... Consolidated Operations 

Group and Maintenance 

Group Headquarters ....... $46,000,000 

Air Force ......... Osan Air Base ..... Flight Line Dining Facility .................................... $6,800,000 

Air Force ......... Osan Air Base ..... Reconnaissance Squadron 

Operations and Avionics 

Facility ............................ $30,000,000 

Air Force ......... Osan Air Base ..... Repair Aircraft Maintenance Hangar B1732 ..... $8,000,000 

Air Force ......... Osan Air Base ..... Upgrade Electrical Distribution East, Phase 2 .. $46,000,000 

Air Force ......... Osan Air Base ..... Water Supply Treatment 

Facility ............................ $22,000,000 


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1 SEC. 2512. REPUBLIC OF POLAND FUNDED CONSTRUCTION 

2 PROJECTS. 

3 Pursuant to agreement with the Republic of Poland 

4 for required in-kind contributions, the Secretary of Defense 

5 may accept military construction projects for the installa6 tions or locations in the Republic of Poland, and in the 

7 amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Republic of Poland Funded Construction Projects 

Component Installation or 

Location Project Amount 

Army ............... Powidz .................. Barracks and Dining Facility ................................ $93,000,000 

Army ............... Powidz .................. Rotary Wing Aircraft 

Apron ............................... $35,000,000 

Army ............... Swietoszow ........... Bulk Fuel Storage ............... $35,000,000 

Army ............... Swietoszow ........... Rail Extension and Railhead .................................. $7,300,000 

Air Force ......... Wroclaw ............... Aerial Port of Debarkation 

Ramp ............................... $59,000,000 

Air Force ......... Wroclaw ............... Taxiways to Aerial Port of 

Debarkation Ramp ......... $39,000,000 

Defense-Wide ... Lubliniec .............. Special Operations Forces 

Company Operations Facility ................................ $16,200,000 

8 TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND 

9 RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 

10 SEC. 2601. AUTHORIZED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CON11 STRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISITION 

12 PROJECTS. 

13 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author14 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

15 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 

16 table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may ac17 quire real property and carry out military construction 

18 projects for the Army National Guard locations inside the 


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1 United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 

2 table: 

Army National Guard: Inside the United States 

State Location Amount 

Arizona ..................... Surprise Readiness Center ........................... $15,000,000 

Florida ..................... Camp Blanding ............................................. $11,000,000 

Idaho ........................ Jerome County Regional Site ...................... $17,000,000 

Illinois ...................... North Riverside (National Guard Maintenance Center) ............................................ $24,000,000 

Kentucky .................. Burlington ..................................................... $16,400,000 

Missouri ................... Belle Fontaine ............................................... $28,000,000 

New Hampshire ....... Littleton ......................................................... $23,000,000 

New Mexico .............. Rio Rancho Training Site ........................... $11,000,000 

New York .................. Lexington Avenue Armory ........................... $90,000,000 

Ohio .......................... Camp Perry Joint Training Center ............ $19,200,000 

Oregon ...................... Washington County Readiness Center ........ $26,000,000 

Pennsylvania ........... Hermitage Readiness Center ........................ $13,600,000 

South Carolina ........ Aiken County Readiness Center ................... $20,000,000 

McCrady Training Center ............................ $7,900,000 

Virginia .................... Sandston RC & FMS 1 ................................ $20,000,000 

Wisconsin ................. Viroqua .......................................................... $18,200,000 

3 SEC. 2602. AUTHORIZED ARMY RESERVE CONSTRUCTION 

4 AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

5 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author6 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

7 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 

8 table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may ac9 quire real property and carry out military construction 

10 projects for the Army Reserve locations inside the United 

11 States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Army Reserve 

State or Territory Location Amount 

Alabama ................................ Birmingham ................................................. $57,000,000 

Arizona .................................. Queen Creek .................................................. $12,000,000 

California .............................. Fort Hunter Liggett ..................................... $40,000,000 

Georgia .................................. USMC Logistics Base Albany ..................... $40,000,000 


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1 SEC. 2603. AUTHORIZED NAVY RESERVE AND MARINE 

2 CORPS RESERVE CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

3 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

4 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author5 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

6 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 

7 table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may ac8 quire real property and carry out military construction 

9 projects for the Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 

10 locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set 

11 forth in the following table: 

Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 

State Installation or 

Location Amount 

Michigan .................. Battle Creek .................................. $24,549,000 

Virginia .................... Dam Neck ..................................... $12,400,000 

12 SEC. 2604. AUTHORIZED AIR NATIONAL GUARD CONSTRUC13 TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

14 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author15 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

16 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 

17 table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may 

18 acquire real property and carry out military construction 

19 projects for the Air National Guard locations inside the 

20 United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 

21 table: 


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Air National Guard 

State Location Amount 

Alabama ................................ Montgomery Regional Airport .................... $7,000,000 

Alaska .................................... Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson ............. $7,000,000 

Arizona .................................. Tucson International Airport ..................... $11,600,000 

Arkansas ................................ Ebbing Field ................................................. $75,542,000 

Colorado ................................ Buckley Air National Guard Base ............. $12,000,000 

Indiana ................................. Fort Wayne International Airport ............. $8,900,000 

Oregon ................................... Portland International Airport .................. $71,500,000 

Pennsylvania ........................ Harrisburg International Airport .............. $8,000,000 

Wisconsin .............................. Truax Field .................................................. $5,200,000 

1 SEC. 2605. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE RESERVE CONSTRUC2 TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

3 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author4 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

5 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 

6 table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may 

7 acquire real property and carry out military construction 

8 projects for the Air Force Reserve locations inside the 

9 United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 

10 table: 

Air Force Reserve 

State or Territory Location Amount 

Arizona ................................ Davis-Monthan Air Force Base ............... $8,500,000 

California ............................ March Air Reserve Base ........................... $226,500,000 

Georgia ................................. Dobbins Air Reserve Base ......................... $22,000,000 

Guam ................................... Joint Region Marianas ............................. $27,000,000 

Louisiana ............................. Barksdale Air Force Base ......................... $7,000,000 

Texas .................................... Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base 

Fort Worth ............................................. $16,000,000 

11 SEC. 2606. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NA12 TIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE. 

13 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis14 cal years beginning after September 30, 2023, for the costs 

15 of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and 


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1 construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces, 

2 and for contributions therefor, under chapter 1803 of title 

3 10, United States Code (including the cost of acquisition 

4 of land for those facilities), as specified in the funding table 

5 in section 4601. 

6 SEC. 2607. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS7 CAL YEAR 2018 PROJECT AT HULMAN RE8 GIONAL AIRPORT, INDIANA. 

9 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

10 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

11 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1817), 

12 the authorization set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

13 as provided in section 2604 of that Act (131 Stat. 1836) 

14 and extended by section 2608 of the Military Construction 

15 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117– 

16 263), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, or the 

17 date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for mili18 tary construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

19 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

20 as follows: 

National Guard and Reserve: Extension of 2018 Project 

Authorization 

State Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Indiana ............ Hulman Regional Airport ............................. Construct Small 

Arms Range .......... $8,000,000 


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1 SEC. 2608. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT FIS2 CAL YEAR 2019 PROJECT AT FRANCIS S. 

3 GABRESKI AIRPORT, NEW YORK. 

4 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

5 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

6 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2240), 

7 the authorization set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

8 as provided in sections 2604 of that Act (132 Stat. 2255), 

9 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, or the date 

10 of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

11 construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

12 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

13 as follows: 

National Guard and Reserve: Extension of 2019 Project 

Authorization 

State Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

New York .......... Francis S. Gabreski Airport ............................. Security Forces/ 

Comm. Training 

Facility .................. $20,000,000 

14 SEC. 2609. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER15 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2021 NATIONAL GUARD 

16 AND RESERVE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

17 PROJECTS. 

18 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

19 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

20 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 4294), 


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1 the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

2 as provided in sections 2601, 2602, and 2604 of that Act 

3 (134 Stat. 4312, 4313, 4314), shall remain in effect until 

4 October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of an Act 

5 authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 

6 2025, whichever is later. 

7 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

8 as follows: 

National Guard and Reserve: Extension of 2021 Project 

Authorizations 

State or 

Territory 

Installation or 

Location Project 

Original 

Authorized 

Amount 

Arkansas ........... Fort Chaffee .................... National Guard 

Readiness Center .. $15,000,000 

California ......... Bakersfield ...................... National Guard Vehicle Maintenance 

Shop. ...................... $9,300,000 

Colorado ........... Peterson Space Force 

Base ............................ National Guard 

Readiness Center .. $15,000,000 

Guam ................ Joint Region Marianas Space Control Facility #5 .................... $20,000,000 

Ohio .................. Columbus ........................ National Guard 

Readiness Center .. $15,000,000 

Massachusetts ... Devens Reserve Forces 

Training Area ............ Automated Multipurpose Machine Gun 

Range. .................... $8,700,000 

North Carolina Asheville .......................... Army Reserve Center/ 

Land ...................... $24,000,000 

Puerto Rico ...... Fort Allen ....................... National Guard 

Readiness Center .. $37,000,000 

South Carolina Joint Base Charleston ... National Guard 

Readiness Center .. $15,000,000 

Texas ................ Fort Worth ...................... Aircraft Maintenance 

Hangar Addition/ 

Alt. ......................... $6,000,000 

Joint Base San Antonio F–16 Mission Training Center ............. $10,800,000 

Virgin Islands .. St. Croix ......................... Army Aviation Support Facility 

(AASF) .................. $28,000,000 

St. Croix ......................... CST Ready Building $11,400,000 


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1 SEC. 2610. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

2 FISCAL YEAR 2023 PROJECT AT CAMP PEN3 DLETON, CALIFORNIA. 

4 In the case of the authorization contained in the table 

5 in section 2602 of the Military Construction Authorization 

6 Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117– 

7 263; 136 Stat. 2987) for Camp Pendleton, California, for 

8 construction of an area maintenance support activity, the 

9 Secretary of the Army may construct a 15,000 square foot 

10 facility. 

11 TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGN12 MENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVI13 TIES 

14 SEC. 2701. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR BASE 

15 REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES 

16 FUNDED THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF DE17 FENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT. 

18 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis19 cal years beginning after September 30, 2023, for base re20 alignment and closure activities, including real property 

21 acquisition and military construction projects, as author22 ized by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 

23 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 

24 U.S.C. 2687 note) and funded through the Department of 

25 Defense Base Closure Account established by section 2906 

26 of such Act as specified in the funding table in section 4601. 


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1 TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CON2 STRUCTION GENERAL PROVI3 SIONS 

4 Subtitle A—Military Construction 

5 Programs 

6 SEC. 2801. MODIFICATIONS TO DEFENSE COMMUNITY IN7 FRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM. 

8 Section 2391(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

11 ‘‘PILOT’’; and 

12 (2) by striking paragraph (5). 

13 SEC. 2802. MODIFICATION TO AUTHORITY FOR UNSPEC14 IFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION. 

15 (a) INCLUSION OF DEMOLITION IN DEFINITION OF UN16 SPECIFIED MINOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.— 

17 Section 2805(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 

18 amended by inserting ‘‘or a demolition project’’ after ‘‘is 

19 a military construction project’’. 

20 (b) MODIFICATION TO DOLLAR THRESHOLDS FOR UN21 SPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION.—Section 2805 of title 

22 10, United States Code, is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking the dollar 

24 figure and inserting ‘‘$9,000,000’’; 


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1 (2) in subsection (c), by striking the dollar figure 

2 and inserting ‘‘$4,000,000’’; and 

3 (3) in subsection (d)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

6 the dollar figure and inserting 

7 ‘‘$9,000,000’’; and 

8 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

9 the dollar figure and inserting 

10 ‘‘$9,000,000’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the dollar 

12 figure and inserting ‘‘$9,000,000’’. 

13 (c) MODIFICATION TO ADJUSTMENT OF DOLLAR LIMI14 TATIONS FOR LOCATION.—Section 2805(f) of title 10, 

15 United States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking the dollar fig17 ure and inserting ‘‘$14,000,000’’; and 

18 (2) by striking paragraph (3). 

19 (d) REPORT.—No later than 270 days after the date 

20 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 

21 submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 

22 the impacts of inflation over time on the utility of the au23 thority to carry out unspecified minor military construc24 tion projects under section 2805 of title 10, United States 

25 Code. 


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1 SEC. 2803. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

2 DEFENSE LABORATORY MODERNIZATION 

3 PROGRAM. 

4 Section 2805(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 

5 amended in subparagraph (D) by inserting ‘‘or develop6 ment, production, and sustainment of combat capabilities’’ 

7 before the period at the end. 

8 SEC. 2804. EXPANSION OF MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FUNDS 

9 AVAILABLE FOR CERTAIN DEFENSE LABORA10 TORY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. 

11 Section 2805(g) of title 10, United States Code, is 

12 amended in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘$150,000,000’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘$250,000,000’’. 

14 SEC. 2805. PRIORITIZATION OF CERTAIN MILITARY CON15 STRUCTION PROJECTS TO IMPROVE INFRA16 STRUCTURE AT CERTAIN FACILITIES DETER17 MINED TO BE CRITICAL TO NATIONAL SECU18 RITY. 

19 Section 2815 of title 10, United States Code, is amend20 ed— 

21 (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 

22 subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 

23 (2) by inserting after subsection (d), the fol24 lowing new subsection: 

25 ‘‘(e) PRIORITIZATION.—In carrying out this section, 

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1 prove federally owned infrastructure that provides the sole 

2 means of ingress to and egress from a facility determined 

3 to be critical to the national security interests of the United 

4 States, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.’’. 

5 SEC. 2806. EXPANSION OF AMOUNT OF CERTAIN FUNDS 

6 SECRETARY CONCERNED MAY OBLIGATE AN7 NUALLY FOR MILITARY INSTALLATION RESIL8 IENCE PROJECTS. 

9 Paragraph (3) of section 2815(f) of title 10, United 

10 States Code, as redesignated by section 2805, is amended 

11 by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000’’. 

12 SEC. 2807. CERTIFICATION OF CONSIDERATION OF CER13 TAIN METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION FOR MILI14 TARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; ANNUAL 

15 REPORT. 

16 Subchapter I of chapter 169 of title 10, United States 

17 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

18 section: 

19 ‘‘§ 2817. Certification of consideration of certain 

20 methods of construction for covered mili21 tary construction projects; annual report 

22 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—A covered official may not, before 

23 submitting to the appropriate Assistant Secretary the cer24 tification described in subsection (b)— 


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1 ‘‘(1) advance a covered military construction 

2 project from the design phase of such project to a sub3 sequent phase of such project; or 

4 ‘‘(2) solicit bids for the construction phase of a 

5 covered military construction project. 

6 ‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED.—The certification 

7 described in this subsection is a certification that a covered 

8 official, with respect to a covered military construction 

9 project under subsection (a), has considered all relevant con10 struction materials and methods of construction included 

11 in the Unified Facilities Criteria/DoD Building Code (UFC 

12 1–200–01). 

13 ‘‘(c) MODIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

14 modify Department of Defense Form 1391 to require the 

15 inclusion of the certification described in subsection (b). 

16 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

17 on which such Secretary makes the modification required 

18 under subsection (c), the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

19 Energy, Installations, and Environment, in consultation 

20 with each covered official, shall submit to the congressional 

21 defense committees a report on the processes, if any, devel22 oped by covered officials to consider all relevant construc23 tion materials and methods of construction included in the 

24 Unified Facilities Criteria/DoD Building Code (UFC 1– 

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1 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 ‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate Assistant Secretary’ 

3 means the following: 

4 ‘‘(A) The Assistant Secretary of the Army 

5 (Installations, Energy and Environment). 

6 ‘‘(B) The Assistant Secretary of the Navy 

7 for Energy, Installations and Environment. 

8 ‘‘(C) The Assistant Secretary of the Air 

9 Force Energy, Installations, and Environment. 

10 ‘‘(2) The term ‘covered military construction 

11 project’ means a military construction project with 

12 an estimated total cost that exceeds $9,000,000. 

13 ‘‘(3) The term ‘covered official’ means the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(A) The Chief of Engineers of the Army 

16 Corps of Engineers. 

17 ‘‘(B) The Commander of the Naval Facili18 ties Engineering System Command. 

19 ‘‘(C) The Commander of the Air Force Civil 

20 Engineer Center.’’. 


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1 SEC. 2808. AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION 

2 PROJECTS IN FRIENDLY FOREIGN COUN3 TRIES. 

4 Subchapter I of chapter 169 of title 10, United States 

5 Code, as amended by section 2807, is further amended by 

6 adding at the end the following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 2818. Authority for certain construction projects in 

8 friendly foreign countries 

9 ‘‘(a) CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZED.—Using funds 

10 available for operations and maintenance, the Secretary of 

11 Defense may carry out a construction project in a friendly 

12 foreign country, and perform planning and design to sup13 port such a project, that the Secretary determines meets 

14 each of the following conditions: 

15 ‘‘(1) The commander of the geographic combat16 ant command in which the construction project will 

17 be carried out identified the construction project as 

18 necessary to support vital United States military re19 quirements at an air port of debarkation, sea port of 

20 debarkation, or rail or other logistics support loca21 tion. 

22 ‘‘(2) The construction project will not be carried 

23 out at a military installation. 

24 ‘‘(3) The funds made available under the author25 ity of this section for the construction project— 

26 ‘‘(A) will be sufficient to— 


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1 ‘‘(i) construct a complete and usable 

2 facility or make an improvement to a facil3 ity; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) complete the repair of an existing 

5 facility or improvement to a facility; and 

6 ‘‘(B) will not require additional funds from 

7 other Department of Defense accounts. 

8 ‘‘(4) The level of construction for the construction 

9 project may not exceed the minimum necessary to 

10 meet the military requirements identified under para11 graph (1). 

12 ‘‘(5) Deferral of the construction project pending 

13 inclusion of the construction project proposal in the 

14 national defense authorization Act for a subsequent 

15 fiscal year is inconsistent with the military require16 ments identified under paragraph (1) and other na17 tional security or national interests of the United 

18 States. 

19 ‘‘(b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Upon deter21 mining to carry out a construction project under this 

22 section that has an estimated cost in excess of the 

23 amounts authorized for unspecified minor military 

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1 ified congressional committees a notification of such 

2 determination. 

3 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The notification required by 

4 paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

5 ‘‘(A) A certification that the conditions 

6 specified in subsection (a) are satisfied with re7 gard to the construction project. 

8 ‘‘(B) A justification for such project. 

9 ‘‘(C) An estimate of the cost of such project. 

10 ‘‘(3) NOTICE AND WAIT.—The Secretary of De11 fense may carry out a construction project only after 

12 the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date the 

13 notice required by paragraph (1) is received by the 

14 specified congressional committees in an electronic 

15 medium pursuant to section 480 of this title. 

16 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL LIMITATIONS ON USE OF AUTHORITY.— 

17 ‘‘(1) TOTAL COST LIMITATION.—The Secretary of 

18 Defense may not obligate more than $200,000,000 in 

19 any fiscal year under the authority provided by this 

20 section. 

21 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL OBLIGATION AUTHORITY.—Not22 withstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense 

23 may authorize the obligation under this section of not 

24 more than an additional $10,000,000 from funds 

25 available for operations and maintenance for a fiscal 


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1 year if the Secretary determines that the additional 

2 funds are needed for costs associated with contract 

3 closeouts for all construction projects during such fis4 cal year. 

5 ‘‘(3) PROJECT LIMITATION.—The maximum 

6 amount that the Secretary may obligate for a single 

7 construction project is $15,000,000. 

8 ‘‘(d) SPECIFIED CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE9 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘specified congressional 

10 committees’ means— 

11 ‘‘(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

12 Subcommittee on Defense and the Subcommittee on 

13 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related 

14 Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

15 Senate; and 

16 ‘‘(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

17 Subcommittee on Defense and the Subcommittee on 

18 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related 

19 Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives.’’. 


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1 SEC. 2809. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND CONGRES2 SIONAL NOTIFICATION FOR CERTAIN MILI3 TARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 

4 (a) SUPERVISION OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

5 PROJECTS.—Section 2851 of title 10, United States Code, 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘or appro8 priated’’ after ‘‘funds authorized’’ each place such 

9 term appears; and 

10 (2) in subsection (c)(2)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, 

12 deadline for bid submissions,’’ after ‘‘solicitation 

13 date’’; and 

14 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘(in15 cluding the address of such recipient)’’ after 

16 ‘‘contract recipient’’. 

17 (b) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF COVERED MILI18 TARY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 169 

20 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by insert21 ing after section 2851a the following new section: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 2851b. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF COVERED 

23 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. 

24 ‘‘(a) NOTICE.—Upon award of a covered military con25 struction contract with an estimated value greater than or 

26 equal to $9,000,000, the Secretary concerned shall notify 


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1 any applicable Member of Congress representing the covered 

2 State or territory in which that covered military construc3 tion contract is to be performed of such award in a timely 

4 manner. 

5 ‘‘(b) EXCLUSION OF CLASSIFIED PROJECTS.—This sec6 tion does not apply to a classified covered military con7 struction project. 

8 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) COVERED MILITARY CONSTRUCTION CON10 TRACT.—The term ‘covered military construction con11 tract’ means a contract for work on a military con12 struction project, military family housing project, or 

13 Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Moderniza14 tion project carried out in a covered State or terri15 tory. 

16 ‘‘(2) COVERED STATE OR TERRITORY.—The term 

17 ‘covered State or territory’ means any of the several 

18 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 

19 of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United 

20 States Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of the 

21 Northern Mariana Islands. 

22 ‘‘(3) MEMBER OF CONGRESS.—The term ‘Member 

23 of Congress’ has the meaning given in section 2106 of 

24 title 5.’’. 


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1 (2) APPLICABILITY.—Section 2851b of title 10, 

2 United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall 

3 apply with respect to a covered military construction 

4 contract, as defined in such section, entered into on 

5 or after the date of the enactment of this section. 

6 Subtitle B—Military Housing 

7 Reforms 

8 SEC. 2821. AUTHORITY TO OPERATE CERTAIN TRANSIENT 

9 HOUSING OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

10 TRANSFERRED TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF 

11 DEFENSE FOR ENERGY, INSTALLATIONS, AND 

12 ENVIRONMENT. 

13 (a) TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY.— 

14 (1) ASSIGNMENT.—Paragraph (7) of section 

15 138(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 

16 adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The 

17 Assistant Secretary is responsible, subject to the au18 thority, direction, and control of the Secretary of De19 fense, for all matters relating to lodging intended to 

20 be occupied by members of the armed forces that re21 quire such lodging due to a temporary duty assign22 ment or a permanent change of station order.’’. 

23 (2) TRANSFER.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

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1 Secretary of Defense shall transfer each duty or 

2 responsibility relating to covered transient hous3 ing to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for En4 ergy, Installations, and Environment. 

5 (B) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 

6 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

7 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con8 gressional defense committees a certification that 

9 the transfer required under subparagraph (A) 

10 has been completed. 

11 (3) COORDINATION ON COVERED TRANSIENT

12 HOUSING.— 

13 (A) ARMY TRANSIENT HOUSING.—On mat14 ters relating to covered transient housing of the 

15 Department of the Army, the Assistant Secretary 

16 of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Envi17 ronment shall coordinate with the Assistant Sec18 retary of the Army for Installations, Energy, 

19 and Environment. 

20 (B) NAVY TRANSIENT HOUSING.—On mat21 ters relating to covered transient housing of the 

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1 retary of the Navy (Energy, Installations, and 

2 Environment). 

3 (C) AIR FORCE TRANSIENT HOUSING.—On 

4 matters relating to covered transient housing of 

5 the Department of the Air Force, the Assistant 

6 Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, 

7 and Environment shall coordinate with the As8 sistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, 

9 Installations and Environment. 

10 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in law, regulation, 

11 guidance, instruction, or other document of the Federal 

12 Government to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 

13 and Readiness with respect to covered transient housing 

14 shall be deemed to refer to the Assistant Secretary of Defense 

15 for Energy, Installations, and Environment. 

16 (c) COVERED TRANSIENT HOUSING DEFINED.—In this 

17 section, the term ‘‘covered transient housing’’ means lodging 

18 intended to be occupied by members of the Armed Forces 

19 that require such lodging due to— 

20 (1) a temporary duty assignment; 

21 (2) or a permanent change of station order. 


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1 SEC. 2822. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MILITARY HOUSING 

2 READINESS COUNCIL. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subchapter I of chapter 88 of 

4 title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

5 section 1781c the following new section: 

6 ‘‘§ 1781d. Department of Defense Military Housing 

7 Readiness Council 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the Department of De9 fense the Department of Defense Military Housing Readi10 ness Council (in this section referred to as the ‘Council’). 

11 ‘‘(b) MEMBERS.—(1) The Council shall be composed 

12 of the following members: 

13 ‘‘(A) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for En14 ergy, Installations, and Environment, who shall serve 

15 as chair of the Council and who may designate a rep16 resentative to chair the Council in the absence of the 

17 Assistant Secretary. 

18 ‘‘(B) One representative of each of the Army, 

19 Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force— 

20 ‘‘(i) each of whom shall be a member of the 

21 armed force to be represented; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) not fewer than two of whom shall be 

23 enlisted members. 

24 ‘‘(C) One spouse of a member of each of the 

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1 Force on active duty, not fewer than two of whom 

2 shall be the spouse of an enlisted member. 

3 ‘‘(D) One representative that possesses expertise 

4 in State and Federal housing standards from each of 

5 the following areas: 

6 ‘‘(i) Plumbing. 

7 ‘‘(ii) Electrical. 

8 ‘‘(iii) Heating, ventilation, and air condi9 tioning. 

10 ‘‘(iv) Certified home inspection. 

11 ‘‘(v) Roofing. 

12 ‘‘(vi) Structural engineering. 

13 ‘‘(vii) Window fall prevention and safety. 

14 ‘‘(E) Two representatives of organizations that 

15 advocate on behalf of military families with respect to 

16 military housing. 

17 ‘‘(F) One individual appointed by the Secretary 

18 of Defense among representatives of the International 

19 Code Council. 

20 ‘‘(G) One individual appointed by the Secretary 

21 of Defense among representatives of the Institute of 

22 Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification. 

23 ‘‘(H) One individual appointed by the Secretary 

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1 standards (such as building, plumbing, mechanical, 

2 or electrical). 

3 ‘‘(I) One individual appointed by the Secretary 

4 of Defense among representatives of a voluntary con5 sensus standards body that develops personnel certifi6 cation standards for building maintenance or restora7 tion. 

8 ‘‘(J) Two individuals appointed by the Chair of 

9 the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, each 

10 of whom is not described in subparagraph (B), (C), 

11 or (D) and is not a representative of an organization 

12 specified in subparagraph (E), (F), (G), (H), or (I). 

13 ‘‘(K) Two individuals appointed by the Ranking 

14 Member of the Committee on Armed Services of the 

15 Senate, each of whom is not described in subpara16 graph (B), (C), or (D) and is not a representative of 

17 an organization specified in subparagraph (E), (F), 

18 (G), (H), or (I). 

19 ‘‘(L) Two individuals appointed by the Chair of 

20 the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 

21 Representatives, each of whom is not described in sub22 paragraph (B), (C), or (D) and is not a representa23 tive of an organization specified in subparagraph 

24 (E), (F), (G), (H), or (I). 


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1 ‘‘(M) Two individuals appointed by the Ranking 

2 Member of the Committee on Armed Services of the 

3 House of Representatives, each of whom is not de4 scribed in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) and is not 

5 a representative of an organization specified in sub6 paragraph (E), (F), (G), (H), or (I). 

7 ‘‘(2) The term on the Council of the members specified 

8 under subparagraphs (B) through (M) of paragraph (1) 

9 shall be two years and may be renewed by the Secretary 

10 of Defense. 

11 ‘‘(3) The chair of the Council shall extend an invita12 tion to all landlords for one representative of each landlord 

13 to attend such meetings of the Council as the chair considers 

14 appropriate. 

15 ‘‘(4) Each member of the Council under paragraph 

16 (1)(D) may not be affiliated with— 

17 ‘‘(A) any organization that provides privatized 

18 military housing; or 

19 ‘‘(B) the Department of Defense. 

20 ‘‘(c) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet two times 

21 each year. 

22 ‘‘(d) DUTIES.—The duties of the Council shall include 

23 the following: 

24 ‘‘(1) To review and make recommendations to 

25 the Secretary of Defense regarding policies for 


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1 privatized military housing, including inspections 

2 practices, resident surveys, landlord payment of med3 ical bills for health conditions of residents of housing 

4 units resulting from lack of maintenance of minimum 

5 standards of habitability, and access to maintenance 

6 work order systems. 

7 ‘‘(2) To monitor compliance by the Department 

8 of Defense with, and effective implementation by the 

9 Department of, statutory and regulatory improve10 ments to policies for privatized military housing, in11 cluding the Military Housing Privatization Initiative 

12 Tenant Bill of Rights developed under section 2890 of 

13 this title and the complaint database established 

14 under section 2894a of this title. 

15 ‘‘(3) To make recommendations to the Secretary 

16 of Defense to improve collaboration, awareness, and 

17 promotion of accurate and timely information about 

18 privatized military housing, accommodations avail19 able through the Exceptional Family Member Pro20 gram of the Department, and other support services 

21 among policymakers, service providers, and targeted 

22 beneficiaries. 

23 ‘‘(e) PUBLIC REPORTING.—(1) Subject to section 552 

24 of title 5 (commonly known as the ‘Freedom of Information 

25 Act’), the records, reports, transcripts, minutes, appendices, 


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1 working papers, drafts, studies, agenda, and other docu2 ments made available to or prepared for or by the Council 

3 shall be available for public inspection and copying at a 

4 single location in a publicly accessible format on a website 

5 of the Department of Defense until the Council ceases to 

6 exist. 

7 ‘‘(2)(A) Detailed minutes of each meeting of the Coun8 cil shall be kept and shall contain— 

9 ‘‘(i) a record of the individuals present; 

10 ‘‘(ii) a complete and accurate description of mat11 ters discussed and conclusions reached; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) copies of all reports received, issued, or ap13 proved by the Council. 

14 ‘‘(B) The chair of the Council shall certify the accuracy 

15 of the minutes of each meeting of the Council. 

16 ‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORTS.—(1) Not later than March 1, 

17 2024, and annually thereafter, the Council shall submit to 

18 the Secretary of Defense and the congressional defense com19 mittees a report on privatized military housing readiness. 

20 ‘‘(2) Each report under this subsection shall include 

21 the following: 

22 ‘‘(A) An assessment of the adequacy and effec23 tiveness of the provision of privatized military hous24 ing and the activities of the Secretary of Defense in 


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1 meeting the needs of military families relating to 

2 housing during the preceding fiscal year. 

3 ‘‘(B) A description of activities of the Council 

4 during the preceding fiscal year, including— 

5 ‘‘(i) analyses of complaints of tenants of 

6 privatized military housing; 

7 ‘‘(ii) data received by the Council on main8 tenance response time and completion of mainte9 nance requests relating to privatized military 

10 housing; 

11 ‘‘(iii) assessments of dispute resolution proc12 esses; 

13 ‘‘(iv) assessments of overall customer service 

14 for tenants; 

15 ‘‘(v) assessments of results of housing in16 spections conducted with and without notice; and 

17 ‘‘(vi) any survey results conducted on behalf 

18 of or received by the Council. 

19 ‘‘(C) Recommendations on actions to be taken to 

20 improve the capability of the provision of privatized 

21 military housing and the activities of the Department 

22 of Defense to meet the needs and requirements of mili23 tary families relating to housing, including actions 

24 relating to the allocation of funding and other re25 sources. 


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1 ‘‘(3) Each report under this subsection shall be made 

2 available in a publicly accessible format on a website of 

3 the Department of Defense. 

4 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) The terms ‘landlord’ and ‘tenant’ have the 

6 meanings given, respectively, in section 2871 of this 

7 title. 

8 ‘‘(2) The term ‘privatized military housing’ 

9 means housing provided under subchapter IV of chap10 ter 169 of this title.’’. 

11 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than March 1, 2024, the Sec12 retary of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense 

13 committees a briefing on the annual report required under 

14 subsection (f) of section 1781d of title 10, United States 

15 Code, as added by subsection (a). 

16 SEC. 2823. INCLUSION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO 

17 COMPLIANCE WITH MILITARY HOUSING PRI18 VATIZATION INITIATIVE TENANT BILL OF 

19 RIGHTS IN CERTAIN NOTIFICATIONS SUB20 MITTED TO CONGRESS. 

21 Section 2878(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 

22 amended by adding at the end the following new subpara23 graph: 

24 ‘‘(E) An assessment by the Assistant Secretary of 

25 Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment 


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1 of the extent to which the lessor, with respect to such 

2 ground lease, complied with the rights contained in 

3 the Military Housing Privatization Initiative Tenant 

4 Bill of Rights developed under section 2890 of this 

5 title.’’. 

6 SECTION 2824. ESTABLISHING ADDITIONAL REQUIRE7 MENTS FOR A MILITARY HOUSING COM8 PLAINT DATABASE. 

9 Section 2894a of title 10, United States Code, is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘regarding 

12 housing units’’ and inserting ‘‘by a tenant regarding 

13 covered dwelling units’’; 

14 (2) in subsections (c) and (d) by striking ‘‘hous15 ing unit’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘cov16 ered dwelling unit’’; and 

17 (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following 

18 new subsections: 

19 ‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Deputy Assistant Sec21 retary of Defense for Housing shall submit to the 

22 Committees on Armed Services of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the Senate, and make available to 

24 each Secretary of a military department, an annual 


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1 report that includes, during the year covered by such 

2 report— 

3 ‘‘(A) a summary of the data collected using 

4 the database established under subsection (a); 

5 ‘‘(B) an aggregation of the complaints cat6 egorized by type, in accordance with paragraph 

7 (2), and military installation, if applicable; and 

8 ‘‘(C) the actions taken to remedy complaints 

9 received during the period covered by such re10 port. 

11 ‘‘(2) TYPE OF COMPLAINTS.—In categorizing 

12 complaints by type pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), the 

13 Secretary shall aggregate complaints based on the fol14 lowing categories: 

15 ‘‘(A) Physiological hazards, including 

16 dampness and mold growth, lead-based paint, 

17 asbestos and manmade fibers, radiation, biocides, 

18 carbon monoxide, and volatile organic com19 pounds. 

20 ‘‘(B) Psychological hazards, including ease 

21 of access by unlawful intruders, faulty locks or 

22 alarms, and lighting issues. 

23 ‘‘(C) Safety hazards. 

24 ‘‘(D) Maintenance timeliness. 

25 ‘‘(E) Maintenance quality. 


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1 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 ‘‘(1) The term ‘covered dwelling unit’ means a 

3 unit of accompanied family housing, unaccompanied 

4 housing, or barracks— 

5 ‘‘(A) in which a member of the armed forces 

6 resides; and 

7 ‘‘(B) that the member does not own. 

8 ‘‘(2) The term ‘tenant’ means any of the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(A) A member of the armed forces who re11 sides in a covered dwelling unit. 

12 ‘‘(B) A dependent of a member described in 

13 subparagraph (A) who resides in a covered 

14 dwelling unit.’’. 

15 SEC. 2825. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO GRANT CER16 TAIN WAIVERS RELATING TO CONFIGURA17 TION AND PRIVACY STANDARDS FOR MILI18 TARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING; LIMITA19 TIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN FUNDS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any waiver of covered minimum 

21 standards for military unaccompanied housing shall have 

22 no force or effect without the approval of the appropriate 

23 Secretary of a military department. 

24 (b) QUARTERLY BRIEFING.—Not later than April 1, 

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1 retary of the Army for Energy, Installations, and Environ2 ment, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, In3 stallations, and Environment, and the Assistant Secretary 

4 of the Air Force for Energy, Installations, and Environ5 ment, shall provide to the congressional defense committees 

6 a briefing on each waiver described in subsection (a) ap7 proved by each Secretary of a military department during 

8 the period covered by the briefing that includes— 

9 (1) an identification of the military installation 

10 on which the military unaccompanied housing to 

11 which such waiver is applicable is located; 

12 (2) an identification of the number of members 

13 of the Armed Forces that reside in such military un14 accompanied housing; 

15 (3) a description of the military necessity under16 lying such waiver; and 

17 (4) an statement of the period such waiver is ef18 fective. 

19 (c) ANNUAL BRIEFING.—Not later than July 1, 2024, 

20 and annually thereafter in conjunction with the submission 

21 of the budget of the President to Congress pursuant to sec22 tion 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Assistant Sec23 retary of the Army for Energy, Installations, and Environ24 ment, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, In25 stallations, and Environment, and the Assistant Secretary 


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1 of the Air Force for Energy, Installations, and Environ2 ment, shall provide to the congressional defense committees 

3 a briefing on waivers described in subsection (a) approved 

4 by each Secretary of a military department that includes— 

5 (1) the number of such waivers that were granted 

6 during the period covered by the briefing; 

7 (2) a strategy to remedy issues, if any, caused by 

8 military unaccompanied housing that does not com9 ply with covered minimum standards; 

10 (3) a strategy to remedy the factors, if any, that 

11 require the submission to such Secretary of a military 

12 department for approval of consecutive waivers de13 scribed in subsection (a) that includes a timeline for 

14 the implementation of such strategy; and 

15 (4) an analysis of strategies to remedy the fac16 tors described in paragraph (3), including— 

17 (A) projects to modernize existing military 

18 unaccompanied housing to comply with such 

19 covered minimum standards; 

20 (B) projects to construct new military unac21 companied housing; and 

22 (C) modifications to relevant policies of the 

23 Department of Defense, excluding such policies 

24 related to infrastructure. 

25 (d) LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 


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1 (1) OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY.—Of 

2 the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 

3 or otherwise made available for fiscal 2024 for oper4 ations and maintenance, Army, not more than 75 

5 percent may be obligated or expended until the Assist6 ant Secretary of the Army for Energy, Installations, 

7 and Environment provides the first respective briefing 

8 described in subsection (c). 

9 (2) OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY.—Of 

10 the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 

11 or otherwise made available for fiscal 2024 for oper12 ations and maintenance, Navy, not more than 75 per13 cent may be obligated or expended until the Assistant 

14 Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and 

15 Environment provides the first respective briefing de16 scribed in such subsection. 

17 (3) OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, AIR

18 FORCE.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated 

19 by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 

20 2024 for operations and maintenance, Air Force, not 

21 more than 75 percent may be obligated or expended 

22 until the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for En23 ergy, Installations, and Environment provides the 

24 first respective briefing described in such subsection. 

25 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) The term ‘‘covered minimum standards’’ 

2 means the minimum standards for configuration and 

3 privacy applicable to military unaccompanied hous4 ing described in Department of Defense Manual 

5 4165.63 titled ‘‘DoD Housing Management’’ and 

6 dated October 28, 2010 (or a successor document). 

7 (2) The term ‘‘military installation’’ has the 

8 meaning given such term in section 2801 of title 10, 

9 United States Code. 

10 (3) The term ‘‘military unaccompanied housing’’ 

11 has the meaning given such term in section 2871 of 

12 such title. 

13 (4) The term ‘‘military department’’ has the 

14 meaning given such term in section 101 of such title. 

15 SEC. 2826. REVISION OF CERTAIN MINIMUM STANDARDS 

16 RELATING TO HEALTH, SAFETY, AND CONDI17 TION FOR MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUS18 ING; TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO GRANT 

19 CERTAIN WAIVERS. 

20 (a) REVISION OF STANDARDS.—Not later than Janu21 ary 1, 2025, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 

22 each Secretary of a military department, shall update ap23 plicable minimum standards to include minimum stand24 ards relating to— 

25 (1) sanitary facilities; 


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1 (2) environmental hazards; 

2 (3) electrical safety; 

3 (4) water; 

4 (5) wastewater; 

5 (6) air quality and fire alarm systems; and 

6 (7) fire safety. 

7 (b) MODIFICATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY; TERMI8 NATION.— 

9 (1) MODIFICATION.—Any waiver of applicable 

10 minimum standards for military unaccompanied 

11 housing shall have no force or effect without the ap12 proval of the appropriate Secretary of a military de13 partment. 

14 (2) TERMINATION DATE.—The authority to waiv15 er such applicable minimum standards shall termi16 nate on January 1, 2028. 

17 (c) QUARTERLY BRIEFING.—Not later than April 1, 

18 2024, and on a quarterly basis thereafter, the Assistant Sec19 retary of the Army for Energy, Installations, and Environ20 ment, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, In21 stallations, and Environment, and the Assistant Secretary 

22 of the Air Force for Energy, Installations, and Environ23 ment, shall provide to the congressional defense committees 

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1 proved by each Secretary of a military department during 

2 the period covered by the briefing that includes— 

3 (1) an identification of the military installation 

4 on which the military unaccompanied housing to 

5 which such waiver is applicable is located; 

6 (2) an identification of the number of members 

7 of the Armed Forces that reside in such military un8 accompanied housing; 

9 (3) a description of the military necessity under10 lying such waiver; and 

11 (4) an statement of the period such waiver is ef12 fective. 

13 (d) ANNUAL BRIEFING.—Not later than July 1, 2024, 

14 and annually thereafter in conjunction with the submission 

15 of the budget of the President to Congress pursuant to sec16 tion 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Assistant Sec17 retary of the Army for Energy, Installations, and Environ18 ment, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, In19 stallations, and Environment, and the Assistant Secretary 

20 of the Air Force for Energy, Installations, and Environ21 ment, shall provide to the congressional defense committees 

22 a briefing on waivers described in subsection (b) approved 

23 by each Secretary of a military department that includes— 

24 (1) the number of such waivers that were granted 

25 during the period covered by the briefing; 


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1 (2) a strategy to remedy issues, if any, caused by 

2 military unaccompanied housing that does not com3 ply with applicable minimum standards; 

4 (3) a strategy to remedy the factors, if any, that 

5 require the submission to the appropriate Secretary of 

6 a military department for approval of consecutive 

7 waivers described in subsection (b) that includes a 

8 timeline for the implementation of such strategy; and 

9 (4) an analysis of strategies to remedy the fac10 tors described in paragraph (3), including— 

11 (A) projects to modernize existing military 

12 unaccompanied housing to comply with such ap13 plicable minimum standards; 

14 (B) projects to construct new military unac15 companied housing; and 

16 (C) modifications to relevant policies of the 

17 Department of Defense, excluding such policies 

18 related to infrastructure. 

19 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) The term ‘‘applicable minimum standards’’ 

21 means minimum standards for health, safety, and 

22 condition described in the Department of Defense 

23 Manual 4165.63 titled ‘‘DoD Housing Management’’ 

24 and dated October 28, 2010 (or a successor docu25 ment). 


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1 (2) The term ‘‘military installation’’ has the 

2 meaning given such term in section 2801 of title 10, 

3 United States Code. 

4 (3) The term ‘‘military unaccompanied housing’’ 

5 has the meaning given such term in section 2871 of 

6 such title. 

7 (4) The term ‘‘military department’’ has the 

8 meaning given such term in section 101 of such title. 

9 Subtitle C—Real Property and 

10 Facilities Administration 

11 SEC. 2831. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO ACCESS TO MILI12 TARY INSTALLATIONS IN UNITED STATES. 

13 (a) ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES FOR EXPEDITED AC14 CESS.—Chapter 159 of title 10, United States Code, is 

15 amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

16 ‘‘§ 2698. Access to military installations: standards for 

17 entry to military installations in United 

18 States 

19 ‘‘(a) ACCESS TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN UNITED

20 STATES.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall develop and 

21 maintain access standards applicable to all military instal22 lations in the United States. Such access standards shall 

23 require screening standards appropriate to the type of in24 stallation involved, the security level of the installation, the 


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1 category of individuals authorized to visit the installation, 

2 and the level of access to be granted, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) protocols and criteria to determine the fit4 ness of the individual to enter a military installation; 

5 ‘‘(B) standards and methods for verifying the 

6 identity of the individual; and 

7 ‘‘(C) other factors the Secretary determines ap8 propriate. 

9 ‘‘(2) In developing the access standards under para10 graph (1), the Secretary shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) include procedures to facilitate recurring 

12 unescorted access to military installations in the 

13 United States, in appropriate cases, for covered indi14 viduals the Secretary determines eligible for such re15 curring unescorted access; and 

16 ‘‘(B) issue guidance relating to the granting of 

17 unescorted access to military installations in the 

18 United States for covered individuals. 

19 ‘‘(3) The procedures developed pursuant to paragraph 

20 (2)(A) shall include, to the extent practical, a list of creden21 tials that can be used for such recurring unescorted access 

22 to such a military installation that are, to the extent prac23 tical, credentials non-Department of Defense personnel al24 ready possess. 


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1 ‘‘(4) The guidance issued pursuant to paragraph 

2 (2)(B) shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) identify the categories of covered individ4 uals eligible for such unescorted access; 

5 ‘‘(B) include a list of credentials that can be 

6 used for such unescorted access to such a military in7 stallation that are, to the extent practical, the creden8 tials described in paragraph (3); 

9 ‘‘(C) be consistent across such military installa10 tions; 

11 ‘‘(D) be in accordance with any privileges or 

12 benefits accorded under, procedures developed pursu13 ant to, or requirements of, each covered provision and 

14 paragraph (1); and 

15 ‘‘(E) be provided to the commanders of each such 

16 military installation. 

17 ‘‘(5) Upon publication in the Federal Register of access 

18 standards described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 

19 publish such access standards on a publicly accessible 

20 website of the Department of Defense. 

21 ‘‘(6) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary 

22 shall seek to use existing identification screening technology 

23 to validate federally-recognized access credentials and de24 velop additional technology only to the extent necessary to 

25 assist commanders of military installations in the United 


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1 States in implementing the access standards under para2 graph (1) at points of entry for such military installations. 

3 ‘‘(b) PRE-ARRIVAL PROTOCOL FOR ACCESS TO MILI4 TARY INSTALLATIONS IN UNITED STATES.—The Secretary 

5 shall ensure that the access standards under subsection (a) 

6 include a specific protocol for the voluntary pre-arrival reg7 istration and screening of individuals anticipating a need 

8 for access to a military installation in the United States 

9 to establish the fitness of such individual and the purpose 

10 of such access. Under such protocol— 

11 ‘‘(1) such a registration and screening shall 

12 occur not less than 24 hours and not more than 14 

13 days prior to the time of such access; and 

14 ‘‘(2) if an individual is determined fit to enter 

15 the installation pursuant to the pre-arrival registra16 tion and screening, access may only be granted upon 

17 arrival at the military installation for the stated pur18 pose following a verification of the identity of the in19 dividual. 

20 ‘‘(c) REVIEWS AND SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not 

21 less frequently than once every five years, the Secretary 

22 shall— 

23 ‘‘(1) review the access standards and guidance 

24 under this section, and make such updates as may be 

25 determined appropriate by the Secretary; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) submit to the Committees on Armed Serv2 ices of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

3 the most recently reviewed and, as applicable, up4 dated version of such access standards and guidance. 

5 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 ‘‘(1) The term ‘covered individual’ means the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(A) A member of the armed forces or civil9 ian employee of the Department of Defense, or 

10 an employee or family member of such member 

11 or employee, who resides, attends school, receives 

12 health care services, or shops at a commissary or 

13 exchange store on a military installation in the 

14 United States. 

15 ‘‘(B) A retired member of the armed forces, 

16 including the reserve components, or a family 

17 member of such retired member, who resides, at18 tend schools, receives health care services, or 

19 shops at a commissary or exchange store on such 

20 an installation. 

21 ‘‘(C) An individual performing work at 

22 such an installation under a contract or sub23 contract (at any tier), including a military con24 struction project, military family housing 


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1 project, or a facilities sustainment, restoration, 

2 and modernization project. 

3 ‘‘(D) A motor carrier or household goods 

4 motor carrier (as such terms are defined in sec5 tion 13102 of title 49) providing transportation 

6 services for the United States Transportation 

7 Command. 

8 ‘‘(2) The term ‘covered provision’ means the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(A) Chapter 54 of this title. 

11 ‘‘(B) Section 202 of the REAL ID Act of 

12 2005 (Public Law 109–13; 49 U.S.C. 30301 

13 note). 

14 ‘‘(C) Section 2812 of the National Defense 

15 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public 

16 Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2150; 10 U.S.C. 113 

17 note). 

18 ‘‘(D) Sections 346 and 1050 of the National 

19 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 

20 (Public Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 113 note). 

21 ‘‘(E) Section 626 of the John S. McCain 

22 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

23 Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 1802; 

24 10 U.S.C. 113 note). 


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1 ‘‘(F) Section 1090 of the William M. (Mac) 

2 Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act 

3 for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 134 

4 Stat. 3879; 10 U.S.C. 113 note). 

5 ‘‘(G) Section 2833 of the James M. Inhofe 

6 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

7 Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 

8 3003). 

9 ‘‘(3) The term ‘federally-recognized access creden10 tial’ means a credential authorized by Federal law or 

11 otherwise issued by the head of a department or agen12 cy of the Federal Government that requires the vetting 

13 of an individual for access to a facility, area, or pro14 gram. 

15 ‘‘(4) The term ‘military installation’ has the 

16 meaning given such term in section 2801 of this title. 

17 ‘‘(5) The term ‘State’ means any of the several 

18 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 

19 of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 

20 Islands of the United States, or the Commonwealth of 

21 the Northern Mariana Islands. 

22 ‘‘(6) The term ‘United States’ includes each 

23 State, as such term is defined in this subsection.’’. 


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1 (b) DEADLINE FOR FIRST REVIEW AND SUBMISSION

2 TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

3 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall— 

4 (1) conduct the first review of the access stand5 ards and guidance required under section 2698 of 

6 title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection 

7 (a)); and 

8 (2) submit to the Committees on Armed Services 

9 of the House of Representatives and the Senate the re10 viewed and, as applicable, updated version of such ac11 cess standards and guidance. 

12 (c) MODIFICATION TO CERTAIN NOTIFICATION RE13 QUIREMENT.—Section 1090(b)(2)(B) of the William M. 

14 (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 

15 Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 3879; 

16 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by striking ‘‘is’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘and, as appropriate, the Secretary of Homeland Secu18 rity and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga19 tion, are’’. 

20 (d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

21 (1) REPEAL OF DUPLICATE PROVISION.—Section 

22 1069 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

23 Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 

24 326) is repealed. 


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1 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO PRIOR NA2 TIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT.—Section 

3 1050 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

4 Fiscal Year 2017 (10 U.S.C. 113 note; 130 Stat. 

5 2396) is amended— 

6 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DEPART7 MENT OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘MILITARY INSTALLATIONS’’; 

9 (B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Depart10 ment of Defense installations’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘military installations in the United States’’; 

12 (C) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Depart13 ment of Defense facilities’’ and inserting ‘‘mili14 tary installations in the United States’’; and 

15 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

16 subsection: 

17 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘mili18 tary installation’ and ‘United States’ have the meanings 

19 given such terms, respectively, in section 2698(e) of title 10, 

20 United States Code.’’. 

21 SEC. 2832. REAL PROPERTY USAGE IN THE NATIONAL CAP22 ITAL REGION. 

23 (a) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 2024, the 

24 Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de25 fense committees a report on the use of organic Department 


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1 of Defense facilities and facilities leased by the Department 

2 located in the National Capital Region. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 

4 include the following: 

5 (1) Daily access rates by individuals at the Pen6 tagon, disaggregated by military personnel, civilian 

7 personnel, and contractor personnel. 

8 (2) Daily access rates at the Mark Center Cam9 pus, disaggregated by military personnel, civilian 

10 personnel, and contractor personnel. 

11 (3) Workforce capacity at the Pentagon. 

12 (4) Workforce capacity at the Mark Center Cam13 pus. 

14 (5) Current telework guidance for individuals 

15 working at organic Department of Defense facilities 

16 and facilities leased by the Department located in the 

17 National Capital Region. 

18 (6) Existing lease agreements for facilities lo19 cated in the National Capital Region, including— 

20 (A) the length and cost of each such agree21 ment; and 

22 (B) the number of workstations included in 

23 each such agreement. 


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1 (c) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

2 shall be in an unclassified form but may contain a classi3 fied annex. 

4 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) The terms ‘‘Mark Center Campus’’, ‘‘Na6 tional Capital Region’’, and ‘‘Pentagon’’ have the 

7 meanings given, respectively, in section 2674 of title 

8 10, United States Code. 

9 (2) The term ‘‘organic Department of Defense fa10 cility’’ means a facility that is wholly owned and op11 erated by the Department of Defense. 

12 SEC. 2833. REVISION TO UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA ON 

13 USE OF LIFE SAFETY ACCESSIBILITY HARD14 WARE FOR COVERED DOORS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

16 amend the Unified Facilities Criteria/DoD Building Code 

17 (UFC 1–200–01) to update applicable specifications, guid18 ance, and technical documentation relating to the construc19 tion, renovation, replacement, or other retrofit of a covered 

20 door to ensure that life safety accessibility hardware is used 

21 for such construction, renovation, replacement, or other ret22 rofit. 

23 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) The term ‘‘covered door’’ means a door to— 


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1 (A) a sensitive compartmented information 

2 facility, including a sensitive compartmented in3 formation facility in which information des4 ignated as sensitive compartmented information 

5 is stored and processed; or 

6 (B) any other room or facility in which in7 formation designated as sensitive compartmented 

8 information— 

9 (i) is used, handled, discussed, or proc10 essed; or 

11 (ii) is stored in approved security con12 tainers. 

13 (2) The term ‘‘life safety accessibility hardware’’ 

14 means a secure locking device that requires less than 

15 five pounds of force to open. 

16 Subtitle D—Land Conveyances 

17 SEC. 2841. EXTENSION OF SUNSET FOR LAND CONVEYANCE, 

18 SHARPE ARMY DEPOT, LATHROP, CALI19 FORNIA. 

20 Section 2833(g) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

21 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

22 (Public Law 116–283) is amended by striking ‘‘three years’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘five years’’. 


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1 SEC. 2842. LAND CONVEYANCE, EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, 

2 FLORIDA. 

3 (a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the 

4 Air Force may convey to the Air Force Enlisted Village, 

5 a nonprofit corporation (in this section referred to as the 

6 ‘‘Village’’), all right, title, and interest of the United States 

7 in and to a parcel of real property, including improvements 

8 thereon, consisting of approximately 80 acres located adja9 cent to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, for the purpose of 

10 independent-living and assisted-living apartments for vet11 erans. The conveyance under this subsection is subject to 

12 valid existing rights. 

13 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The conveyance under 

14 subsection (a) shall be— 

15 (1) subject to valid existing rights; 

16 (2) made without consideration; and 

17 (3) subject to any other terms and conditions as 

18 the Secretary considers appropriate. 

19 (c) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 

20 (1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary may 

21 require the Village to cover all costs (except costs for 

22 environmental remediation of the property) to be in23 curred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary 

24 for costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry out the 

25 conveyance under this section, including survey costs, 

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1 administrative costs related to the conveyance. If 

2 amounts are collected from the Village in advance of 

3 the Secretary incurring the actual costs, and the 

4 amount collected exceeds the costs actually incurred 

5 by the Secretary to carry out the conveyance, the Sec6 retary shall refund the excess amount to the Village. 

7 (2) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.— 

8 Amounts received under paragraph (1) as reimburse9 ment for costs incurred by the Secretary to carry out 

10 the conveyance under subsection (a) shall be credited 

11 to the fund or account that was used to cover the costs 

12 incurred by the Secretary in carrying out the convey13 ance, or to an appropriate fund or account currently 

14 available to the Secretary for the purposes for which 

15 the costs were paid. Amounts so credited shall be 

16 merged with amounts in such fund or account and 

17 shall be available for the same purposes, and subject 

18 to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in 

19 such fund or account. 

20 (d) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 

21 and legal description of the property to be conveyed under 

22 subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory 

23 to the Secretary. 


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1 SEC. 2843. LAND ACQUISITION, WESTMORELAND STATE 

2 PARK, VIRGINIA. 

3 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Navy may ac4 quire, by purchase or lease from the Commonwealth of Vir5 ginia ((in this section referred to as the ‘‘Commonwealth’’), 

6 a real property interest in approximately 225 square feet 

7 of land, including ingress and egress, at Westmoreland 

8 State Park, Virginia, for the purpose of installing, oper9 ating, maintaining, and protecting equipment to support 

10 research and development activities by the Department of 

11 the Navy for national security purposes. 

12 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The acquisition of 

13 property under this section shall be subject to the following 

14 terms and conditions: 

15 (1) The Secretary shall pay the Commonwealth 

16 fair market value for the interest to be acquired, as 

17 determined by the Secretary. 

18 (2) Such other terms and conditions considered 

19 appropriate by the Secretary. 

20 (c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The legal descrip21 tion of the property to be acquired under this section shall 

22 be determined by a survey that is satisfactory to the Sec23 retary and the Commonwealth. 

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1 title 54, United States Code, shall not apply to the acquisi2 tion of property under this section. 

3 (e) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Secretary shall reimburse 

4 the Commonwealth for reasonable and documented adminis5 trative costs incurred by the Commonwealth to execute the 

6 acquisition by the Secretary authorized by this section. 

7 (f) TERMINATION OF REAL PROPERTY INTEREST.— 

8 The real property interest acquired by the Secretary shall 

9 terminate, and be released without cost to the Common10 wealth, when the Secretary determines this real property 

11 interest is no longer required for national security purposes. 

12 Subtitle E—Pilot Programs and 

13 Reports 

14 SEC. 2851. CLARIFICATION ON AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR 

15 PROJECTS UNDER CERTAIN PILOT PROGRAM 

16 RELATING TO TESTING FACILITIES AT IN17 STALLATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 

18 AIR FORCE. 

19 Section 2862 of the National Defense Authorization 

20 Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) is amend21 ed— 

22 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 

23 as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and 

24 (2) by inserting after subsection (b), the fol25 lowing new subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(c) AVAILABLE AMOUNTS.—The commander of an in2 stallation selected for the pilot program may obligate or ex3 pend the following amounts for projects under such pilot 

4 program relating to testing facilities on such installation: 

5 ‘‘(1) Subject to subsection (d), amounts allocated 

6 to such installation for Facility, Sustainment, Res7 toration, and Modernization. 

8 ‘‘(2) Fees charged for the use of such testing fa9 cilities on such installation.’’. 

10 SEC. 2852. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE AIR PURIFICATION 

11 TECHNOLOGY IN MILITARY HOUSING. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

13 carry out a pilot program to— 

14 (1) provide commercially available off-the-shelf 

15 items (as defined in section 104 of title 41, United 

16 States Code) for air purification and covered sensors 

17 to landlords; and 

18 (2) monitor and measure the effect of such items 

19 on environmental and public health of tenants of 

20 military housing. 

21 (b) SELECTION OF INSTALLATIONS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army, 

23 the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the 

24 Air Force shall each select one military installation 

25 to carry out the pilot program under subsection (a). 


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1 (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—Each Secretary shall en2 sure that the military installation selected under this 

3 section— 

4 (A) contains military unaccompanied hous5 ing in which the items described in subsection 

6 (a) may be used; and 

7 (B) is engaged in efforts to modernize mili8 tary housing. 

9 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

10 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army, 

11 the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air 

12 Force shall each provide to the Committees on Armed Serv13 ices of the House of Representatives and the Senate a brief14 ing on the pilot program established under this section, in15 cluding a description of the items described in subsection 

16 (a) used under such program. The briefing shall include— 

17 (1) a description of any cost savings identified 

18 from use of such items relating to— 

19 (A) extending the life and habitability of 

20 military housing; and 

21 (B) reducing maintenance frequency; and 

22 (2) with respect to cost savings identified in 

23 paragraph (1), a plan to expand the use of the cov24 ered sensors in new military housing. 


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1 (d) DEVICES.—An air purification device or covered 

2 sensor provided under this section shall use technology prov3 en to reduce indoor air risks and yield measurable environ4 mental and public health outcomes. 

5 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) The term ‘‘covered sensor’’ means a commer7 cially available product manufactured in the United 

8 States that detects the conditions for potential mold 

9 growth before mold is present. 

10 (2) The term ‘‘military housing’’ includes 

11 privatized military housing (as defined in section 

12 3001(a) of the Military Construction Authorization 

13 Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (division B of Public Law 

14 116–92; 133 Stat. 1916; 10 U.S.C. 2821 note)). 

15 SEC. 2853. QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS ON MILITARY CON16 STRUCTION RELATED TO THE SENTINEL 

17 INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE 

18 WEAPON SYSTEM PROGRAM. 

19 (a) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 

21 days thereafter until the date that is five years after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air 

23 Force shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services 

24 of the House of Representatives and the Senate a briefing 

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1 Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system 

2 program. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—These briefings shall include at a 

4 minimum the following information: 

5 (1) An update on timelines and costs for covered 

6 construction projects, including details on land acqui7 sitions for such projects. 

8 (2) With respect to any contract or subcontract 

9 (at any tier) for a covered construction project that 

10 is not a fixed-price contract, a description of the loca11 tion of performance for such contract or subcontract. 

12 (3) With respect to any contract or subcontract 

13 (at any tier) for a covered construction project that 

14 is a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract, a description of 

15 the following for performance of the contract or sub16 contract: 

17 (A) The target cost. 

18 (B) The target incentive fee. 

19 (C) The minimum and maximum incentive 

20 fee amounts. 

21 (D) A description of the incentive fee ad22 justment formula (including allowable costs). 

23 (E) A description of the incentive fee struc24 ture. 


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1 (F) An analysis of any change to the ele2 ments in subparagraphs (A) through (E) since 

3 the previous quarter. 

4 (4) A summary of Government actions to miti5 gate cost growth of covered construction projects. 

6 (5) A review of conditions observed at the site for 

7 performance of the covered construction project con8 tract during the previous quarter and how those con9 ditions may impact the cost of such contract and sub10 sequent contracts for covered construction projects at 

11 such site. 

12 (6) The most recent construction schedule, in13 cluding any anticipated delays and mitigation meas14 ures for each such delay, requests for equitable adjust15 ment, and any changes to the schedule since the pre16 vious quarter. 

17 (7) Updated estimated cost to complete the cov18 ered construction project. 

19 (c) COVERED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DEFINED.—In 

20 this section, the term ‘‘covered construction project’’ means 

21 a below-ground military construction project or other infra22 structure project in connection with the development and 

23 fielding of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile 

24 weapon system program. 


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1 SEC. 2854. PLAN FOR USE OF EXCESS BORDER WALL CON2 STRUCTION MATERIALS. 

3 (a) PLAN.—Not later than 270 days after the date of 

4 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall sub5 mit to Congress a plan to use, transfer, or donate to States 

6 on the southern border of the United States all existing ex7 cess border wall construction materials, including bollards. 

8 (b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 

9 shall include the following: 

10 (1) A list of contracts in the process of perform11 ance to store excess border wall construction mate12 rials, identified by location and cost to date. 

13 (2) A detailed proposal for the disposition of 

14 such excess border wall construction materials, in15 cluding a timeline for disposition and the authorities 

16 under which such disposition shall occur. 

17 SEC. 2871. JOINT HOUSING REQUIREMENTS AND MARKET 

18 ANALYSIS FOR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN 

19 HAWAII. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in con21 sultation with appropriate Federal, State, and local stake22 holders (to the maximum extent practicable) shall conduct 

23 a joint Housing Requirements and Market Analysis for 

24 each military installation in Hawaii. 

25 (b) DEADLINE.— Not later than one year after the date 

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1 the congressional defense committees a report on each joint 

2 Housing Requirements and Market Analysis conducted 

3 under subsection (a) that includes— 

4 (1) an analysis of the extent to which military 

5 installations in Hawaii have affected the availability 

6 of housing in communities in proximity to such mili7 tary installations; 

8 (2) the number of members of the Armed Forces 

9 and their dependents residing in privately-owned 

10 housing located outside of such military installations; 

11 (3) a cost-benefit analysis of implementing a re12 quirement for each member of the Armed Forces as13 signed to a duty station in Hawaii to reside in hous14 ing located on the military installation to which such 

15 member is assigned; 

16 (4) an assessment of strategies to reduce the effect 

17 of members of the Armed Forces and dependents of 

18 such members on the availability of rental housing in 

19 such communities, including strategies to provide 

20 such members and dependents with alternative hous21 ing options; 

22 (5) the optimal stock and occupancy rate of mili23 tary housing units in Hawaii, as determined by the 

24 Secretary; 


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1 (6) an estimate of the cost to the United States 

2 to maintain such optimal stock and occupancy rate; 

3 (7) an assessment of the feasibility of expanding 

4 housing located on military installations in Hawaii 

5 to create housing intended to be occupied by civilian 

6 employees and contractors of the Department of De7 fense; 

8 (8) an identification of limitations and chal9 lenges, if any, to data collection and analysis in car10 rying out such joint Housing Requirements and Mar11 ket Analysis; 

12 (9) strategies to— 

13 (A) address such limitations and challenges; 

14 and 

15 (B) standardize methods of data collection 

16 and analysis for conducting a Housing Require17 ments and Market Analysis under section 2837 

18 of title 10, United States Code; 

19 (10) an assessment of the feasibility and value of 

20 the Secretary conducting a joint Housing Require21 ments and Market Analysis for each military instal22 lation in Hawaii every two years; and 

23 (11) other relevant information, as determined 

24 by the Secretary. 


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1 (c) HOUSING REQUIREMENTS AND MARKET ANAL2 YSIS.—In this section, the term ‘‘Housing Requirements 

3 and Market Analysis’’ has the meaning given such term in 

4 section 2837 of title 10, United States Code. 

5 Subtitle F—Other Matters 

6 SEC. 2861. EXPANSION OF CERTAIN EXEMPTION RELATING 

7 TO FUNDING REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN 

8 DEFENSE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE 

9 PROJECTS. 

10 Section 2391(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 

11 amended in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or an insular 

12 area’’ after ‘‘a rural area’’. 

13 SEC. 2862. DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF MARINE 

14 CORPS HERITAGE CENTER AND NATIONAL 

15 MUSEUM OF THE MARINE CORPS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 861 of title 10, United 

17 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 8617 the 

18 following new section: 

19 ‘‘§ 8618. Marine Corps Heritage Center and National 

20 Museum of the Marine Corps at Marine 

21 Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia 

22 ‘‘(a) JOINT VENTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND CON23 TINUED MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION.—The Secretary of 

24 the Navy may enter into a joint venture with the Marine 

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1 the ‘Foundation’), a not-for-profit entity, for the design, 

2 construction, and maintenance and operation of a multi3 purpose facility to be used for historical displays for public 

4 viewing, curation, and storage of artifacts, research facili5 ties, classrooms, offices, and associated activities consistent 

6 with the mission of the Marine Corps University. The facil7 ity shall be known as the Marine Corps Heritage Center 

8 and the National Museum of the Marine Corps. 

9 ‘‘(b) DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.—For each phase of 

10 development of the facility described in subsection (a), the 

11 Secretary may— 

12 ‘‘(1) permit the Foundation to contract for the 

13 design, construction, or both of such phase of develop14 ment; or 

15 ‘‘(2) accept funds from the Foundation for the 

16 design, construction, or both of such phase of develop17 ment. 

18 ‘‘(c) ACCEPTANCE AUTHORITY.—Upon completion of 

19 construction of any phase of development of the facility de20 scribed in subsection (a) by the Foundation to the satisfac21 tion of the Secretary, and the satisfaction of any financial 

22 obligations incident thereto by the Foundation, the facility 

23 shall become the real property of the Department of the 

24 Navy with all right, title, and interest in and to facility 

25 being in the United States. 


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1 ‘‘(d) MAINTENANCE, OPERATION, AND SUPPORT.—(1) 

2 The Secretary may, for the purpose of maintenance and op3 eration of the Marine Corps Heritage Center and the Na4 tional Museum of the Marine Corps— 

5 ‘‘(A) enter into contracts or cooperative agree6 ments, on a sole-source basis, with the Foundation for 

7 the procurement of property or services for the direct 

8 benefit or use of the Marine Corps Heritage Center 

9 and the National Museum of the Marine Corps; and 

10 ‘‘(B) notwithstanding the requirements of sub11 section (h) of section 2667 of this title and under such 

12 terms and conditions as the Secretary considers ap13 propriate for the joint venture authorized by sub14 section (a), lease in accordance with such section 2667 

15 portions of the facility developed under subsection (a) 

16 to the Foundation for use in generating revenue for 

17 activities of the facility and for such administrative 

18 purposes as may be necessary for support of the facil19 ity. 

20 ‘‘(2) In making a determination of fair market value 

21 under section 2667(b)(4) of this title for payment of consid22 eration pursuant to a lease described in paragraph (1)(B), 

23 the Secretary may consider the entirety of the educational 

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1 funding of museum programs and exhibits by the Founda2 tion, or other support related to the Marine Corps Heritage 

3 Center and the National Museum of the Marine Corps, in 

4 addition to the types of in-kind consideration provided 

5 under section 2667(c) of this title. 

6 ‘‘(3) The Secretary may authorize the Foundation to 

7 use real or personal property within the Marine Corps Her8 itage Center and National Museum of the Marine Corps to 

9 conduct additional revenue-generating activities, as the Sec10 retary considers appropriate considering the work of the 

11 Foundation and needs of the Marine Corps Heritage Center 

12 and National Museum of the Marine Corps. The Secretary 

13 shall only authorize the use of such property for a revenue14 generating activity if the Secretary determines the activity 

15 will not interfere with military activities and personnel or 

16 the activities of the Marine Corps Heritage Center and Na17 tional Museum of the Marine Corps. 

18 ‘‘(4) The Secretary shall retain lease payments re19 ceived under this section, other than in-kind consideration 

20 authorized under paragraph (2) or under section 2667(c) 

21 of this title, solely for use in support of the Marine Corps 

22 Heritage Center and the National Museum of the Marine 

23 Corps, and funds received as lease payments shall remain 

24 available until expended. 


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1 ‘‘(e) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS.—(1) The Sec2 retary of the Navy may accept, hold, administer, and spend 

3 any gift, devise, or bequest of real property, personal prop4 erty, or money made on the condition that the gift, devise, 

5 or bequest be used for the benefit, or in connection with, 

6 the establishment, operation, or maintenance, of the Marine 

7 Corps Heritage Center or the National Museum of the Ma8 rine Corps. Section 2601 (other than subsections (b), (c), 

9 and (e)) of this title shall apply to gifts accepted under this 

10 subsection. 

11 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may display at the Marine Corps 

12 Heritage Center or the National Museum of the Marine 

13 Corps recognition for an individual or organization that 

14 contributes money to a partner organization, or an indi15 vidual or organization that contributes a gift directly to 

16 the Navy, for the benefit of the Marine Corps Heritage Cen17 ter or the National Museum of the Marine Corps, whether 

18 or not the contribution is subject to the condition that the 

19 recognition be provided. The Secretary shall prescribe regu20 lations governing the circumstances under which contrib21 utor recognition may be provided, appropriate forms of rec22 ognition, and suitable display standards. 

23 ‘‘(3) The Secretary may authorize the sale of donated 

24 property received under paragraph (1). A sale under this 

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1 posal requirements that would otherwise apply, so long as 

2 the sale is conducted at arms-length and includes an 

3 auditable transaction record. 

4 ‘‘(4) Any money received under paragraph (1) and 

5 any proceeds from the sale of property under paragraph 

6 (3) shall be deposited into a fund established in the Treas7 ury to support the Marine Corps Heritage Center and the 

8 National Museum of the Marine Corps. 

9 ‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec10 retary may require such additional terms and conditions 

11 in connection with the joint venture authorized by sub12 section (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect 

13 the interests of the United States.’’. 

14 (b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 2884 of the Floyd 

15 D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

16 Year 2001 (Public Law 106–398) is repealed. 

17 SEC. 2863. PROHIBITION ON JOINT USE OF HOMESTEAD AIR 

18 RESERVE BASE WITH CIVIL AVIATION. 

19 Section 2874 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

20 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117– 

21 263; 136 Stat. 3014) is amended by striking ‘‘On or before 

22 September 30, 2026, the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec23 retary’’. 


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1 SEC. 2864. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE MIGHTY EIGHTH AIR 

2 FORCE. 

3 (a) DESIGNATION.—The National Museum of the 

4 Mighty Eighth Air Force located at 175 Bourne Avenue, 

5 Pooler, Georgia (or any successor location), is designated 

6 as the official National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air 

7 Force of the United States (referred to in this section as 

8 the ‘‘National Museum’’). 

9 (b) RELATION TO NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.—The Na10 tional Museum shall not be included as a unit of the Na11 tional Park System. 

12 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not 

13 be construed to appropriate, or authorize the appropriation 

14 of, Federal funds for any purpose related to the National 

15 Museum. 

16 SEC. 2865. RECOGNITION OF MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GAR17 DEN, AND K9 MEMORIAL OF THE NATIONAL 

18 NAVY UDT-SEAL MUSEUM IN FORT PIERCE, 

19 FLORIDA, AS A NATIONAL MEMORIAL, MEMO20 RIAL GARDEN, AND K9 MEMORIAL, RESPEC21 TIVELY, OF NAVY SEALS AND THEIR PREDE22 CESSORS. 

23 The Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial 

24 of the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, located at 3300 

25 North Highway A1A, North Hutchinson Island, in Fort 

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1 morial garden, and K9 memorial, respectively, of Navy 

2 SEALs and their predecessors. 

3 SEC. 2866. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN 

4 FUNDS RELATING TO THE LOCATION OF THE 

5 HEADQUARTERS FOR UNITED STATES SPACE 

6 COMMAND. 

7 (a) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

8 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.—None of the funds 

9 authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 

10 available for fiscal year 2024 for the Air Force may be obli11 gated or expended for a military construction project (as 

12 described in section 2801(b) of title 10, United States Code) 

13 for the construction or modification of facilities for tem14 porary or permanent use by United States Space Command 

15 for headquarters operations until the report required under 

16 subsection (c) is submitted. 

17 (b) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

18 TRAVEL EXPENDITURES.—Of the funds authorized to be 

19 appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 

20 fiscal year 2024 to the Office of the Secretary of the Air 

21 Force for travel expenditures, not more than 50 percent 

22 may be obligated or expended until the report required 

23 under subsection (c) is submitted. 

24 (c) REPORT.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall sub25 mit to the congressional defense committees a report on the 


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1 justification for the selection of a permanent location for 

2 headquarters of the United States Space Command. 

3 SEC. 2867. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CLOSURE OF 

4 COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTERS. 

5 (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to be 

6 appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 

7 fiscal year 2024 for the Air Force may be obligated or ex8 pended to close, or prepare to close, any combat readiness 

9 training center. 

10 (b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of the Air Force may 

11 waive the limitation under subsection (a) with respect to 

12 a combat readiness training center if the Secretary submits 

13 to the congressional defense committees, not later than 180 

14 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the fol15 lowing: 

16 (1) A certification that— 

17 (A) the closure of the center would not be in 

18 violation of section 2687 of title 10, United 

19 States Code; and 

20 (B) the support capabilities provided by the 

21 center will not be diminished as a result of the 

22 closure of the center. 

23 (2) A report that includes— 

24 (A) a detailed business case analysis for the 

25 closure of the center; and 


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1 (B) an assessment of the effects the closure 

2 of the center would have on training units of the 

3 Armed Forces, including any active duty units 

4 that may use the center. 

5 SEC. 2868. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN 

6 FUNDS UNTIL SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN RE7 PORT ON MILITARY HOUSING. 

8 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 

9 or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the De10 partment of Defense for travel by the Assistant Secretary 

11 of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, not 

12 more than 5 percent may be obligated or expended for such 

13 travel until the date on which the Secretary of Defense sub14 mits the report required under section 3041 of the National 

15 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public 

16 Law 116–92). 

17 SEC. 2869. GUIDANCE ON ENCROACHMENT THAT IMPACTS 

18 COVERED SITES. 

19 (a) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary 

21 of a military department shall issue guidance to establish— 

22 (1) a process to identify encroachment with re23 spect to a covered site; 

24 (2) a method to mitigate such encroachment; and 


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1 (3) a procedure to certify that such encroachment 

2 does not directly result in a national security risk to 

3 the covered site. 

4 (b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the guidance re5 quired by this section, each Secretary of a military depart6 ment shall consider the following: 

7 (1) The process by which a commander or head 

8 of a covered site identifies and reports encroachment 

9 with respect to such covered site. 

10 (2) Methods to track data relating to processes, 

11 methods, and procedures described in subsection (a). 

12 (3) Coordination processes to track and mitigate 

13 encroachment— 

14 (A) within each military department; and 

15 (B) between the military departments and 

16 the Assistant Secretaries of Defense for 

17 Sustainment and Industrial Base Policy. 

18 (c) FOREIGN INVESTMENT ENCROACHMENT.—Such 

19 guidance shall include a requirement that if a Secretary 

20 of a military department determines that encroachment de21 scribed in subsection (a) involves or may involve foreign 

22 investment, such Secretary shall— 

23 (1) report information about encroachment relat24 ing to foreign investment to the Assistant Secretary of 

25 Defense for Industrial Base Policy; and 


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1 (2) coordinate with the Assistant Secretary of 

2 Defense for Industrial Base Policy on efforts to miti3 gate such encroachment or potential encroachment. 

4 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

5 on which the guidance required by subsection (a) is issued, 

6 the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment, in co7 ordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, 

8 shall submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services 

9 of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the guid10 ance required by this section, including— 

11 (1) the extent to which such guidance has been 

12 implemented within the Department of Defense; 

13 (2) a description of methods to update any lists 

14 of covered sites; and 

15 (3) an assessment of the procedure described in 

16 subsection (a)(3). 

17 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) The term ‘‘covered site’’ means a military in19 stallation or another facility or property of the 

20 United States Government. 

21 (2) The term ‘‘encroachment’’ means an activity 

22 conducted within close proximity to a covered site 

23 that— 

24 (A) may pose a national security risk to a 

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1 (B) may affect the operational mission of a 

2 covered site; or 

3 (C) is incompatible with an installation 

4 master plan of a covered site. 

5 (3) The term ‘‘military department’’ has the 

6 meaning given such term in section 101 of title 10, 

7 United States Code. 

8 (4) The term ‘‘military installation’’ has the 

9 meaning given such term in section 2801 of title 10, 

10 United States Code. 

11 SEC. 2870. CONTINUING EDUCATION CURRICULUM ON THE 

12 USE OF INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS FOR MILI13 TARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 

14 (a) CONTINUING EDUCATION CURRICULUM RE15 QUIRED.—No later than one year after enactment of this 

16 Act, the Commander, Navy Facilities Command and Dep17 uty Commanding General for Military and International 

18 Operations for the Army Corps of Engineers shall establish 

19 a continuing education curriculum for contracting officers 

20 and program managers responsible for managing military 

21 construction and planning and design projects within the 

22 Department of Defense. Such curriculum shall include 

23 training on— 

24 (1) cost estimating and cost control mechanisms, 

25 including analyses of contract types; 


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1 (2) standards relating to antiterrorism force pro2 tection, lateral wind, seismic activity, and fire per3 formance; 

4 (3) life-cycle sustainability and renewability; 

5 and 

6 (4) use of innovative products and construction 

7 methods. 

8 (b) PROVISION OF TRAINING.—The Secretary shall en9 sure that— 

10 (1) the continuing education curriculum under 

11 subsection (a) is made available to such contracting 

12 officers and program managers not later than 180 

13 days after completion of the curriculum; and 

14 (2) such curriculum is updated each time an in15 novative product or construction method is included 

16 in the Unified Facilities Criteria. 

17 (c) REPORT.—Not later than June 1, 2025, the Sec18 retary shall submit to Committees on Armed Services for 

19 the House and Senate a report containing— 

20 (1) an update on the status of the continuing 

21 education curriculum required under subsection (a); 

22 and 

23 (2) a plan for executing such curriculum for 

24 such contracting officers and program managers. 


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1 DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF 

2 ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

3 AUTHORIZATIONS AND 

4 OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

5 TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF 

6 ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

7 PROGRAMS 

8 Subtitle A—National Security 

9 Programs and Authorizations 

10 SEC. 3101. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRA11 TION. 

12 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

13 hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 

14 Energy for fiscal year 2024 for the activities of the National 

15 Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs 

16 as specified in the funding table in section 4701. 

17 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF NEW PLANT PROJECTS.— 

18 From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available 

19 for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy 

20 may carry out new plant projects for the National Nuclear 

21 Security Administration as follows: 

22 Project 24–D–513, Z-Pinch Experimental Un23 derground System Test Bed Facilities Improvement, 

24 Nevada National Security Site, Nye County, Nevada, 

25 $80,000,000. 


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1 Project 24–D–512, TA–46 Protective Force Fa2 cility, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, 

3 New Mexico, $48,500,000. 

4 Project 24–D–511, Plutonium Production Build5 ing, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, 

6 New Mexico, $48,500,000. 

7 Project 24–D–510, Analytic Gas Laboratory, 

8 Pantex Plant, Panhandle, Texas, $35,000,000. 

9 Project 24–D–530, Naval Reactors Facility Med10 ical Science Complex, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 

11 $36,584,000. 

12 SEC. 3102. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP. 

13 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

14 hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 

15 Energy for fiscal year 2024 for defense environmental 

16 cleanup activities in carrying out programs as specified in 

17 the funding table in section 4701. 

18 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF NEW PLANT PROJECT.—From 

19 funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available for 

20 carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy may 

21 carry out, for defense environmental cleanup activities, the 

22 following new plant project: 

23 Project 24–D–401, Environmental Restoration 

24 Disposal Facility Super Cell 11 Expansion Project, 

25 Hanford Site, Richland, Washington, $1,000,000. 


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1 SEC. 3103. OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES. 

2 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 

3 Department of Energy for fiscal year 2024 for other defense 

4 activities in carrying out programs as specified in the fund5 ing table in section 4701. 

6 SEC. 3104. NUCLEAR ENERGY. 

7 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 

8 Department of Energy for fiscal year 2024 for nuclear en9 ergy as specified in the funding table in section 4701. 

10 Subtitle B—Program Authoriza11 tions, Restrictions, and Limita12 tions 

13 SEC. 3112. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY ON ACCEPTANCE OF 

14 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ACCELERATION OR RE15 MOVAL OR SECURITY OF FISSILE MATERIALS, 

16 RADIOLOGICAL MATERIALS, AND RELATED 

17 EQUIPMENT AT VULNERABLE SITES WORLD18 WIDE. 

19 Section 3132(f) of the Ronald W. Reagan National De20 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 

21 108–375; 50 U.S.C. 2569) is amended by striking para22 graph (6). 


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1 SEC. 3113. CYBERSECURITY RISK INVENTORY, ASSESSMENT, 

2 AND MITIGATION WORKING GROUP. 

3 Subtitle A of title XXXII of the National Defense Au4 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65) 

5 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 3222. CYBERSECURITY RISK INVENTORY, ASSESS7 MENT, AND MITIGATION WORKING GROUP. 

8 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is in the Administra9 tion a working group, to be known as the ‘Cybersecurity 

10 Risk Inventory, Assessment, and Mitigation Working 

11 Group’. 

12 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—Members of the working group 

13 shall include the Deputy Administrator for Defense Pro14 grams, the Associate Administrator for Information Man15 agement and Chief Information Officer, and staff from other 

16 offices as determined appropriate by the Deputy Adminis17 trator and Associate Administrator. 

18 ‘‘(c) COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY.—The working group 

19 shall prepare a comprehensive strategy for inventorying the 

20 range of National Nuclear Security Administration systems 

21 that are potentially at risk in the operational technology 

22 and nuclear weapons information technology environments, 

23 assessing the systems at risk, and implementing risk miti24 gation actions. Such strategy shall incorporate key elements 

25 of effective cybersecurity risk management strategies, as 


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1 identified by the Government Accountability Office, includ2 ing the specification of— 

3 ‘‘(1) goals, objectives, activities, and performance 

4 measures; 

5 ‘‘(2) organizational roles, responsibilities, and 

6 coordination; 

7 ‘‘(3) necessary resources needed to implement the 

8 strategy over the next ten years; and 

9 ‘‘(4) detailed milestones and schedules for com10 pletion of tasks. 

11 ‘‘(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) BRIEFING.—Not later than 120 days after 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act, the members of 

14 the working group shall provide to the congressional 

15 defense committees a briefing on the plan of the work16 ing group plan to develop the strategy required under 

17 subsection (c). 

18 ‘‘(2) SUBMISSION OF STRATEGY.—Not later than 

19 April 1, 2025, the working group shall submit the 

20 congressional defense committees a copy of the com21 pleted strategy. 

22 ‘‘(e) TERMINATION.—The working group shall termi23 nate on the date that is five years after the date of the enact24 ment of this section.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3114. MODIFICATION OF MINOR CONSTRUCTION 

2 THRESHOLD FOR PLANT PROJECTS. 

3 Section 4701(2) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act 

4 (Public Law 107–314; 50 U.S.C. 2741(2)) is amended— 

5 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘During 

6 the period beginning on December 23, 2022, and end7 ing on November 30, 2025, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 

8 and 

9 (2) by striking subparagraph (C). 

10 SEC. 3115. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO NATIONAL NU11 CLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION UN12 FUNDED PRIORITIES. 

13 Section 4716 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 

14 U.S.C. 2756) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (b)(1)— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or 

17 the risk to be mitigated’’ after ‘‘objectives to be 

18 achieved’’; and 

19 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or 

20 risk mitigation’’ after ‘‘objectives’’; and 

21 (2) in subsection (c)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and 

23 that the Nuclear Weapons Council has certified 

24 as sufficient’’ after ‘‘United States Code’’; and 

25 (B) in paragraph (2)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘fulfill’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘reduce a risk associated with’’; and 

3 (ii) by inserting after ‘‘Administra4 tion’’ the following: ‘‘or to provide a signifi5 cant additional benefit in achieving or 

6 making progress toward the key objectives of 

7 the Administration’’. 

8 SEC. 3116. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH 

9 THE TRANSPORT OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MA10 TERIALS, NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPONENTS, 

11 OR RESTRICTED DATA. 

12 Section 92 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 

13 U.S.C. 2122) is amended— 

14 (1) by redesignating subsection b. as subsection 

15 c.; 

16 (2) by inserting after subsection a. the following 

17 new subsection: 

18 ‘‘b. Whoever knowingly obstructs, resists, or interferes 

19 with a nuclear materials courier (as that term is defined 

20 in section 8331 of title 5) engaged in the transport of any 

21 atomic weapons, special nuclear material, nuclear weapons 

22 components, or Restricted Data shall be fined not more than 

23 $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.’’; 


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1 (3) in subsection c. (as so redesignated) by strik2 ing ‘‘prohibited by subsection a.’’ and inserting ‘‘pro3 hibited by subsections a. and b.’’; and 

4 (4) adding at the end the following new sub5 section: 

6 ‘‘d. The Attorney General shall have primary inves7 tigative authority for any violation of this section.’’. 

8 SEC. 3117. DEADLINES FOR COMMENCEMENT OF OPER9 ATIONS OF CERTAIN ATOMIC ENERGY RE10 PLACEMENT PROJECTS. 

11 (a) HIGH EXPLOSIVE SYNTHESIS, FORMULATION, AND

12 PRODUCTION FACILITY.— 

13 (1) DEADLINE FOR COMMENCEMENT OF OPER14 ATIONS.—Project 21-D-510, the High Explosive Syn15 thesis, Formulation, and Production facility, shall 

16 commence operations by not later than December 31, 

17 2032. 

18 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for 

20 Nuclear Security shall submit to the congres21 sional defense committees, not later than Feb22 ruary 1 of each year until the termination date 

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1 essary, by year, to achieve the deadline specified 

2 in paragraph (1). 

3 (B) TERMINATION DATE.—The termination 

4 date specified in this subparagraph is the date 

5 on which the Administrator determines that the 

6 facility referred to in paragraph (1) has com7 menced operations. 

8 (b) TRITIUM FINISHING FACILITY.— 

9 (1) DEADLINE FOR COMMENCEMENT OF OPER10 ATIONS.—Project 18-D-650, the Tritium Finishing 

11 Facility, shall commence operations by not later than 

12 December 31, 2035. 

13 (2) ANNUAL REPORT.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for 

15 Nuclear Security shall submit to the congres16 sional defense committees, not later than Feb17 ruary 1 of each year until the termination date 

18 specified in subparagraph (B), a report that in19 cludes a comprehensive estimate of the funds nec20 essary, by year, to achieve the deadline specified 

21 in paragraph (1). 

22 (B) TERMINATION DATE.—The termination 

23 date specified in this subparagraph is the date 

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1 facility referred to in paragraph (1) has com2 menced operations. 

3 SEC. 3118. INTEGRATED MASTER SCHEDULE FOR THE FU4 TURE-YEARS NUCLEAR SECURITY PROGRAM. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 2024, the 

6 Administrator for Nuclear Security shall develop an inte7 grated master schedule for the future-years nuclear security 

8 program that incorporates all programs of record for nu9 clear warhead development, including pit production ac10 tivities, production, and sustainment at the National Nu11 clear Security Administration. 

12 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than May 15, 2024, the Ad13 ministrator for Nuclear Security shall provide to the con14 gressional defense committees a briefing on the final inte15 grated master schedule developed under subsection (a). 

16 SEC. 3119. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO 

17 RECONVERT OR RETIRE W76–2 WARHEADS. 

18 (a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 

19 (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

20 Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the 

21 National Nuclear Security Administration may be obli22 gated or expended to reconvert or retire a W76–2 warhead. 

23 (b) WAIVER.—The Administrator for Nuclear Security 

24 may waive the prohibition under subsection (a) if the Ad25 ministrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 


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1 and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, certifies in 

2 writing to the congressional defense committees that— 

3 (1) Russia and China do not possess naval capa4 bilities similar to the W76–2 warhead in the active 

5 stockpiles of the respective countries; and 

6 (2) the Department of Defense does not have a 

7 valid military requirement for the W76–2 warhead. 

8 SEC. 3120. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS PENDING SUB9 MISSION OF CERTAIN NATIONAL NUCLEAR 

10 SECURITY ADMINISTRATION REPORTS. 

11 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 

12 for fiscal year 2024 for the Administrator for Nuclear Secu13 rity, for travel, not more than 80 percent may be obligated 

14 or expended until the date on which the Administrator pro15 vides to the congressional defense committees the briefing 

16 described in House Report 117–397 under the heading 

17 ‘‘Modernization of the Pantex Plant’’ and the report de18 scribed in House Report 117–118 under the heading 

19 ‘‘NNSA Management and Operation Contract Risk Mitiga20 tion’’. 


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1 SEC. 3121. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED CON2 TRACTING, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SCI3 ENTIFIC, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNICAL PO4 SITIONS IN NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY 

5 ADMINISTRATION. 

6 Section 3241 of the National Nuclear Security Admin7 istration Act (50 U.S.C. 2441) is amended— 

8 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘800’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘1,000’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following new sen11 tence: ‘‘Not fewer than 40 percent of the positions es12 tablished under the first sentence of this section shall 

13 be positions the primary responsibility of which is to 

14 support defense programs.’’. 

15 Subtitle C—Plans, Reports, and 

16 Other Matters 

17 SEC. 3131. BIENNIAL DETAILED REPORT ON NUCLEAR 

18 WEAPONS STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP, MAN19 AGEMENT, AND RESPONSIVENESS PLAN. 

20 Section 4203(d)(4)(A) of the Atomic Energy Defense 

21 Act (50 U.S.C. 2523) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including 

22 with respect to weapons assembly and disassembly,’’ after 

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1 SEC. 3132. PLAN FOR DOMESTIC ENRICHMENT CAPABILITY 

2 TO SATISFY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE URA3 NIUM REQUIREMENTS. 

4 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Na6 tional Nuclear Security Administration shall submit to the 

7 congressional defense committees a report that contains a 

8 plan to establish a domestic enrichment capability dedi9 cated to solely satisfying the requirements of the Depart10 ment of Defense for highly enriched uranium, high-assay 

11 low enriched uranium, low enriched uranium, and depleted 

12 uranium. Such plan shall include— 

13 (1) a description of mixes and amounts of en14 riched uranium expected to be necessary between the 

15 date of the enactment of this Act and 2060 to meet 

16 the requirements of the Department of Defense; 

17 (2) key milestones, steps, and policy decisions re18 quired to achieve the domestic defense enrichment ca19 pability; 

20 (3) the dates by which such key milestones need 

21 to be achieved; 

22 (4) a funding profile, broken down by project 

23 and sub-project, for obtaining such capability; 

24 (5) a cost profile to establish such capability by 

25 the date that is two years before the date on which 

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1 (6) a plan for any changes to the workforce of 

2 the Administration that are necessary to establish 

3 such capability; 

4 (7) a description of any changes in the require5 ment of the Department of Defense for highly enriched 

6 uranium due to AUKUS; and 

7 (8) any other elements or information the Ad8 ministrator determines appropriate. 

9 (b) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 1 of 

11 each year after the year during which the report re12 quired by subsection (a) is submitted until the date 

13 specified in paragraph (2), the Administrator shall 

14 submit to the congressional defense committees a cer15 tification that— 

16 (A) the Administration is in compliance 

17 with the plan and milestones contained in the 

18 report; or 

19 (B) the Administration is not in compli20 ance with such plan or milestones, together 

21 with— 

22 (i) a description of the nature of the 

23 non-compliance; 

24 (ii) the reasons for the non-compliance; 

25 and 


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1 (iii) a plan to achieve compliance. 

2 (2) TERMINATION DATE.—No report shall be re3 quired under paragraph (1) after the date on which 

4 the Administrator certifies to the congressional de5 fense committees that the final key milestone under 

6 the plan has been met. 

7 (c) FORM OF REPORTS.—The report under subsection 

8 (a) and each annual certification under subsection (b) shall 

9 be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi10 fied annex. 

11 SEC. 3133. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF PLUTONIUM PIT 

12 AGING MILESTONES AND PROGRESS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator for Nuclear Se14 curity shall seek to enter into an arrangement with the sci15 entific advisory group known as JASON to conduct an as16 sessment of the report entitled ‘‘Research Program Plan for 

17 Plutonium and Pit Aging’’, published by the National Nu18 clear Security Administration in September 2021, and the 

19 work undertaken as a result of such report. 

20 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required under sub21 section (a) shall contain the following: 

22 (1) A determination regarding whether the re23 port referred to in such subsection meets the criteria 

24 for appropriate pit aging research described by 


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1 JASON in its 2019 Pit Aging Letter Report (JSR2 19-2A). 

3 (2) Information relating to any improvements or 

4 additions to such report. 

5 (3) A review of initial data collected by the Na6 tional Laboratories included in such report to deter7 mine the possibility of updating the expected lifetimes 

8 of plutonium pits, including, if such updates are not 

9 possible, an estimate of when such a updates would 

10 be possible. 

11 TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NU12 CLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY 

13 BOARD 

14 SEC. 3201. AUTHORIZATION. 

15 There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 

16 2024, $47,230,000 for the operation of the Defense Nuclear 

17 Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the Atomic En18 ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.). 

19 TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL 

20 PETROLEUM RESERVES 

21 SEC. 3401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 (a) AMOUNT.—There are hereby authorized to be ap23 propriated to the Secretary of Energy $13,010,000 for fiscal 

24 year 2024 for the purpose of carrying out activities under 


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1 chapter 869 of title 10, United States Code, relating to the 

2 naval petroleum reserves. 

3 (b) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated 

4 pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in sub5 section (a) shall remain available until expended. 

6 TITLE XXXV—MARITIME 

7 ADMINISTRATION 

8 Subtitle A—Maritime 

9 Administration 

10 SEC. 3501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR MAR11 ITIME ADMINISTRATION. 

12 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Depart13 ment of Transportation for fiscal year 2024, for programs 

14 associated with maintaining the United States Merchant 

15 Marine, the following amounts: 

16 (1) For expenses necessary to support the United 

17 States Merchant Marine Academy, $195,500,000, of 

18 which— 

19 (A) $103,500,000 shall be for Academy op20 erations; 

21 (B) $22,000,000 shall be for facilities main22 tenance and repair and equipment; and 

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1 ment for United States Merchant Marine Acad2 emy capital improvement projects. 

3 (2) For expenses necessary to support the State 

4 maritime academies, $53,700,000, of which— 

5 (A) $2,400,000 shall be for the Student In6 centive Payment Program; 

7 (B) $6,000,000 shall be for direct payments 

8 for State maritime academies; 

9 (C) $6,800,000 shall be for training ship 

10 fuel assistance; 

11 (D) $8,000,000 shall be for offsetting the 

12 costs of training ship sharing; and 

13 (E) $30,500,000 shall be for maintenance 

14 and repair of State maritime academy training 

15 vessels. 

16 (3) For expenses necessary to support the Na17 tional Security Multi-Mission Vessel program, includ18 ing funds for construction and necessary expenses to 

19 construct shoreside infrastructure to support such ves20 sels, $75,000,000. 

21 (4) For expenses necessary to support Maritime 

22 Administration operations and programs, 

23 $96,300,000, of which— 


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1 (A) $15,000,000 shall be for the maritime 

2 environmental and technical assistanceunder sec3 tion 50307 of title 46, United States Code; 

4 (B) $15,000,000 shall be for the United 

5 States marine highways program, including to 

6 make grants authorized under section 55601 of 

7 title 46, United States Code; 

8 (C) $65,500,000 shall be for headquarters 

9 operations expenses; and 

10 (D) $800,000 shall be for expenses necessary 

11 to provide for National Defense Reserve Fleet re12 siliency. 

13 (5) For expenses necessary for the disposal of ob14 solete vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of 

15 the Maritime Administration, $6,000,000. 

16 (6) For expenses necessary to maintain and pre17 serve a United States flag merchant marine to serve 

18 the national security needs of the United States under 

19 chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, 

20 $318,000,000. 

21 (7) For expenses necessary for the loan guarantee 

22 program authorized under chapter 537 of title 46, 

23 United States Code, $33,000,000, of which— 

24 (A) $30,000,000 may be for the cost (as 

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1 eral Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 

2 661a(5)) of loan guarantees under the program; 

3 and 

4 (B) $3,000,000 may be used for administra5 tive expenses relating to loan guarantee commit6 ments under the program. 

7 (8) For expenses necessary to provide assistance 

8 to small shipyards and for maritime training pro9 grams authorized under section 54101 of title 46, 

10 United States Code, $30,000,000. 

11 (9) For expenses necessary to implement the port 

12 infrastructure development program, as authorized 

13 under section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, 

14 $230,000,000, to remain available until expended, ex15 cept that no such funds authorized under this title for 

16 this program may be used to provide a grant to pur17 chase fully automated cargo handling equipment that 

18 is remotely operated or remotely monitored with or 

19 without the exercise of human intervention or control, 

20 if the Secretary of Transportation determines such 

21 equipment would result in a net loss of jobs within 

22 a port or port terminal. If such a determination is 

23 made, the data and analysis for such determination 

24 shall be reported to the Committee on Commerce, 

25 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 


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1 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

2 the House of Representatives not later than 3 days 

3 after the date of the determination. 

4 Subtitle B—Maritime 

5 Infrastructure 

6 SEC. 3511. PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PRO7 GRAM ELIGIBLE PROJECTS. 

8 Section 54301(a)(3)(A)(ii) of title 46, United States 

9 Code, is amended— 

10 (1) in subclause (III) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and in11 serting a semicolon; 

12 (2) in subclause (IV)(ii) by striking the period 

13 and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(V) port infrastructure that sup16 ports the loading and unloading of 

17 commercially harvested fish and fish 

18 products.’’. 

19 SEC. 3512. ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL INLAND RIVER AND 

20 COASTAL PORTS AND TERMINALS. 

21 Section 54301(b)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is 

22 amended by striking ‘‘as determined by using United States 

23 Army Corps of Engineers data’’ and all that follows and 

24 inserting the following: ‘‘as determined by using— 

25 ‘‘(A) Corps of Engineers data; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) data provided by an independent 

2 audit the findings of which are acceptable to the 

3 Secretary.’’. 

4 SEC. 3513. ELIGIBILITY OF SHORE POWER PROJECTS 

5 UNDER PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOP6 MENT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—In making port infrastructure de8 velopment grants under section 54301 of title 46, United 

9 States Code, for fiscal years 2024 through 2028, the Sec10 retary of Transportation shall treat a project described in 

11 subsection (b) as— 

12 (1) having met the requirements of paragraphs 

13 (1) and (6)(A)(i) of section 54301(a) of such title; and 

14 (2) being an eligible project under section 

15 54301(a)(3) of such title. 

16 (b) PROJECT DESCRIBED.—A project described in this 

17 paragraph is a project to provide shore power at a port 

18 that services both of the following: 

19 (1) Passenger vessels described in section 3507(k) 

20 of title 46, United States Code. 

21 (2) Vessels that move goods or freight. 

22 SEC. 3514. CODIFICATION OF EXISTING LANGUAGE; TECH23 NICAL AMENDMENTS. 

24 (a) PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PRO25 GRAM.— 


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1 (1) STRATEGIC SEAPORTS.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 3505(a)(1) of the 

3 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

4 Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 46 U.S.C. 50302 

5 note) is— 

6 (i) transferred to appear after section 

7 54301(a)(6)(B) of title 46, United States 

8 Code; 

9 (ii) redesignated as subparagraph (C); 

10 and 

11 (iii) amended by striking ‘‘Under the 

12 port infrastructure development grant pro13 gram established under section 50302(c) of 

14 title 46, United States Code’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘In selecting projects described in para16 graph (3)’’. 

17 (B) STRATEGIC SEAPORT DEFINED.—Sec18 tion 3505(a)(2) of such Act is transferred to ap19 pear after section 54301(a)(12)(D) of title 46, 

20 United States Code, and redesignated as sub21 paragraph (E). 

22 (C) REPEAL.—Section 3505(a) of such Act 

23 is repealed. 

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1 amended by striking ‘‘subsection (c)(6)(A)’’ and in2 serting ‘‘subsection (a)(6)(A)’’. 

3 (b) TRANSFER OF IMPROVEMENTS TO PROCESS FOR

4 WAIVING NAVIGATION AND INSPECTION LAWS.—Section 

5 3502(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National De6 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 is— 

7 (1) amended— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘For fiscal year 2020 and 

9 each subsequent fiscal year, the’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘The’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘section 56101 of title 46, 

12 United States Code,’’ and inserting ‘‘this sec13 tion’’; 

14 (2) transferred to appear after section 56101(e) 

15 of title 46, United States Code; and 

16 (3) redesignated as subsection (f). 

17 (c) AMENDMENT TO DEEPWATER PORT ACT OF

18 1974.—The Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 1501 

19 et seq.) is amended— 

20 (1) in section 8 by striking ‘‘8.’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘8. OPERATION AS A COMMON CARRIER’’; and 

22 (2) by repealing section 25. 

23 (d) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter 

24 503 of title 46, United States Code, is amended in the item 

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1 ment; maritime transportation system emer2 gency relief program’’ and inserting ‘‘Maritime 

3 transportation system emergency relief pro4 gram’’. 

5 (e) VESSEL OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND.—Section 

6 50301(b) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 

7 striking ‘‘(50 App. U.S.C. 1291(a), (c), 1293(c), 1294)’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘(50 U.S.C. 4701(a), (c), 4703(c), 4704)’’. 

9 (f) MARITIME TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM EMERGENCY

10 RELIEF PROGRAM.—Section 50308 of title 46, United 

11 States Code, is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a)(2)(B) by striking ‘‘Federal 

13 Emergency Management Administration’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (j)(4)(A) by striking ‘‘Federal 

16 Emergency Management Administration’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency’’. 

18 (g) MERCHANT MARINE.—The analysis for subtitle V 

19 of title 46, United States Code, is amended in the item re20 lating to chapter 556 by striking ‘‘SHORT SEA 

21 TRANSPORTATION’’ and inserting ‘‘MARINE 

22 HIGHWAYS’’. 

23 (h) CHAPTER 537.—The analysis for chapter 537 of 

24 title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking the 

25 item relating to section 53703 and inserting the following: 

‘‘53703. Application and administration.’’. 


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1 (i) CHAPTER 541.—The analysis for chapter 541 of 

2 title 46, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

‘‘CHAPTER 541—MISCELLANEOUS 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘54101. Assistance for small shipyards.’’. 

3 SEC. 3515. UPDATE TO CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS USED BY 

4 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION IN REVIEWING 

5 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF TRANSPOR6 TATION PROJECTS. 

7 (a) IDENTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL CATEGORICAL

8 EXCLUSIONS.—Not later than six months after the date of 

9 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation 

10 shall— 

11 (1) survey the use by the Maritime Administra12 tion of categorical exclusions in reviewing the envi13 ronmental impacts of transportation projects since 

14 2013; and 

15 (2) publish in the Federal Register for notice and 

16 public comment a review of the survey under para17 graph (1) that includes a description of— 

18 (A) the type of actions categorically ex19 cluded; 

20 (B) categorical exclusions used by other 

21 modal administrations, including such exclu22 sions currently in place for the Federal Highway 

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1 tration, and the Federal Transit Administration; 

2 and 

3 (C) any actions the Secretary is considering 

4 for new categorical exclusions, including the 

5 adoption of categorical exclusions relevant to 

6 maritime projects and projects sponsored by the 

7 Maritime Administration that would conform to 

8 categorical exclusions of other modal administra9 tions listed in subparagraph (B). 

10 (b) UPDATE TO CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS.—Not 

11 later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 

12 Act, the Secretary shall— 

13 (1) publish a notice of proposed rulemaking to 

14 propose new and existing categorical exclusions for 

15 maritime projects that require the approval of the 

16 Secretary under the National Environmental Policy 

17 Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), including such 

18 exclusions identified under subsection (a) and such 

19 exclusions of other modal administrations that are 

20 relevant to maritime projects and projects sponsored 

21 by the Maritime Administration; and 

22 (2) develop a process for considering new cat23 egorical exclusions to the extent that such exclusions 

24 meet the criteria for a categorical exclusion, as such 

25 term is defined under section 1508.4 of title 40, Code 


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1 of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of the 

2 enactment of this Act. 

3 Subtitle C—Reports 

4 SEC. 3521. REPORT ON ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAMS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 553 of title 46, United 

6 States Code, is amended by inserting before section 55302 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘§ 55301. Report on administration of programs 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Mari10 time Administration shall annually submit to Congress a 

11 report on the administration by other Federal departments 

12 and agencies of programs subject to section 2631 of title 

13 10, United States Code, and that the Administrator deter14 mines are subject to section 55305 of title 46, United States 

15 Code. 

16 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) 

17 shall include— 

18 ‘‘(1) gross tonnage by department or agency of 

19 cargo (equipment, materials, or agricultural prod20 ucts) and by cargo type transported on United States 

21 flag vessels versus foreign vessels; and 

22 ‘‘(2) the total number of United States flag ves23 sels versus foreign vessels contracted by each depart24 ment or agency.’’. 


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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 

2 553 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

3 before the item relating to section 55302 the following new 

4 item: 

‘‘55301. Report on administration of programs.’’. 

5 SEC. 3522. REPORT ON AVAILABILITY OF USED SEALIFT 

6 VESSELS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Commander of the United 

8 States Transportation Command, in consultation with the 

9 Administrator of the Maritime Administration, shall con10 duct a market analysis to determine the availability of used 

11 sealift vessels that— 

12 (1) meet military requirements; and 

13 (2) may be purchased using the authority pro14 vided under section 2218 of title 10, United States 

15 Code, within the period of five years following the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act. 

17 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the United 

19 States Transportation Command shall submit to the con20 gressional defense committees a report on the results of the 

21 market analysis conducted under subsection (a). 

22 SEC. 3523. REPORT ON PORT PREFERENCES FOR US–FLAG 

23 VESSELS. 

24 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

25 this Act, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration 


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1 shall submit to Congress a report on the preference, if any, 

2 afforded by each port authority or marine terminal oper3 ator, as applicable, to vessels documented under the laws 

4 of the United States, including such vessels— 

5 (1) operated by an armed force (as such term is 

6 defined in section 101(4) of title 10, United States 

7 Code); 

8 (2) participating in the Maritime Security Pro9 gram or the Emergency Preparedness Program under 

10 chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, the Cable 

11 Security Fleet under chapter 532 of such title, the 

12 Tanker Security Fleet under chapter 534 of such title, 

13 or the National Defense Reserve Fleet under section 

14 57100 of such title; and 

15 (3) with a coastwise endorsement under chapter 

16 121 of title 46, United States Code. 

17 SEC. 3524. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

18 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

19 of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress 

20 a report on the implementation by the Department of De21 fense of the amendments to section 2631 of title 10, United 

22 States Code, made by section 1024 of the William M. (Mac) 

23 Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

24 Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 


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1 Subtitle D—Other Matters 

2 SEC. 3531. CARGOES PROCURED, FURNISHED, OR FI3 NANCED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERN4 MENT. 

5 Section 55305 of title 46, United States Code, is 

6 amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(c) WAIVERS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, when the President, the Secretary of 

11 Defense, or the Secretary of Transportation declares 

12 the existence of an emergency justifying a temporary 

13 waiver of this section or section 55314, the President, 

14 the Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary of Trans15 portation, following a determination by the Maritime 

16 Administrator, acting in the Administrator’s capacity 

17 as Director, National Shipping Authority, of the non18 availability of qualified United States flag capacity 

19 at fair and reasonable rates for commercial vessels of 

20 the United States to meet the requirements of this sec21 tion or section 55314, may waive compliance with 

22 such section to the extent, in the manner, and on the 

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1 quirements of this section or section 55314 shall be 

2 authorized. 

3 ‘‘(2) DURATION OF WAIVER.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara5 graphs (B) and (C), a waiver issued under this 

6 subsection shall be for a period of not more than 

7 60 days. 

8 ‘‘(B) WAIVER EXTENSION.—Upon termi9 nation of the period of a waiver issued under 

10 this subsection, the Maritime Administrator may 

11 extend the waiver for an additional period of not 

12 more than 30 days, if the Maritime Adminis13 trator makes the determinations described in 

14 paragraph (1). 

15 ‘‘(C) AGGREGATE DURATION.—The aggre16 gate duration of the period of all waivers and ex17 tensions of waivers under this subsection with re18 spect to any one set of events shall not exceed 3 

19 months in a fiscal year. 

20 ‘‘(3) DETERMINATIONS.—The Maritime Admin21 istrator shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) for each determination referred to in 

23 paragraph (1), identify any actions that could be 

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1 section 55314 at fair and reasonable rates for 

2 commercial vessels of the United States; 

3 ‘‘(B) provide notice of each determination 

4 referred to in paragraph (1) to the Secretary of 

5 Transportation and, as applicable, the President 

6 or the Secretary of Defense; and 

7 ‘‘(C) publish each determination referred to 

8 in paragraph (1)— 

9 ‘‘(i) on the website of the Maritime Ad10 ministration not later than 24 hours after 

11 notice of the determination is provided to 

12 the Secretary of Transportation; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) in the Federal Register. 

14 ‘‘(4) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Maritime Ad15 ministrator shall notify— 

16 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

17 and Transportation of the Senate and the Com18 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

19 the House of Representatives of— 

20 ‘‘(i) any request for a waiver (or an 

21 extension thereof) made by the Secretary of 

22 Transportation of this section or section 

23 55314(a) not later than 72 hours after re24 ceiving such a request; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the issuance of any such waiver 

2 (or an extension thereof), and why such 

3 waiver or extension was necessary, not later 

4 than 72 hours after such issuance; and 

5 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

6 and Transportation and the Committee on 

7 Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 

8 on Transportation and Infrastructure and the 

9 Committee on Armed Services of the House of 

10 Representatives of— 

11 ‘‘(i) any request for a waiver (or an 

12 extension thereof) made by the Secretary of 

13 Defense of this section or section 55314(a) 

14 not later than 72 hours after receiving such 

15 a request; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) the issuance of any such waiver 

17 (or an extension thereof), and why such 

18 waiver or extension was necessary, not later 

19 than 72 hours after such issuance.’’. 

20 SEC. 3532. RECAPITALIZATION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE RE21 SERVE FLEET. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3546 of the James M. 

23 Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

24 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 46 U.S.C. 57100 note) is 

25 amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a)— 

2 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

3 (1)— 

4 (i) by striking ‘‘Subject to the avail5 ability of appropriations, the’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘The’’; and 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘of Transportation’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘of the Navy’’; and 

9 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘roll-on, roll-off cargo’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘sealift’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘2025’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘The Secretary 

15 of Transportation shall consult and coordinate with 

16 the Secretary of the Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘The Sec17 retary of the Navy shall consult and coordinate with 

18 the Secretary of Transportation’’; and 

19 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub20 section: 

21 ‘‘(f) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap22 propriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 

23 year 2024 for the Office of the Secretary of the Navy for 

24 travel expenses, not more than 50 percent may be obligated 

25 or expended until the Secretary of the Navy submits to the 


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1 congressional defense committees a report that includes a 

2 detailed description of the acquisition strategy for the execu3 tion of the authority under subsection (a).’’. 

4 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

5 authorized to be appropriated for expenses necessary for the 

6 design of a vessel for the National Defense Reserve Fleet, 

7 as required by section 3546 of the James M. Inhofe National 

8 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 

9 Law 117–263; 46 U.S.C. 57100 note), as amended by sub10 section (a), $6,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

11 SEC. 3533. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS PENDING SUB12 MISSION OF REPORTS ON MERCHANT MA13 RINE ACADEMY. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

15 (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

16 Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the 

17 Maritime Administration may be used for travel expenses 

18 for the Office of the Maritime Administrator until the date 

19 on which the Secretary of Transportation submits the re20 ports required by section 3515(a) of the James M. Inhofe 

21 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 

22 (Public Law 117–263). 

23 (b) EXCEPTION.—Nothing in this section shall prohibit 

24 the expenditure of funds for any travel directly related to 

25 the administration of grants under the Port Infrastructure 


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1 Development Program, Small Shipyards Grant program, 

2 Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance Pro3 gram, or the Marine Highways Transportation program. 

4 SEC. 3534. MARITIME WORKFORCE WORKING GROUP. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Maritime Adminis7 trator, in consultation with the National Merchant Marine 

8 Personnel Advisory Committee, the National Offshore Safe9 ty Advisory Committee, the National Towing Safety Advi10 sory Committee, and the Committee on the Marine Trans11 portation System, shall convene a working group to exam12 ine and assess the size of the pool of mariners with covered 

13 credentials necessary to support the United States flag fleet. 

14 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Maritime Administrator shall 

15 designate individuals to serve as members of the working 

16 group convened under subsection (a). The working group 

17 shall include at least one representative from each of— 

18 (1) the Maritime Administrator, who shall serve 

19 as chairperson of the working group; 

20 (2) the United States Merchant Marine Acad21 emy; 

22 (3) the Coast Guard; 

23 (4) the Military Sealift Command; 

24 (5) the Navy; 

25 (6) the State maritime academies; 


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1 (7) the owners and operators of United States2 flagged vessels engaged in offshore oil and gas explo3 ration, development, and production; 

4 (8) the owners and operators of United States5 flagged vessels engaged in offshore wind exploration, 

6 development, and production; 

7 (9) the owners and operators of United States8 flagged vessels engaged in inland river transportation; 

9 (10) a nonprofit labor organization representing 

10 a class of licensed or unlicensed engine department 

11 mariners who are employed on vessels operating in 

12 the United States flag fleet; 

13 (11) a nonprofit labor organization representing 

14 a class of licensed or unlicensed mariners who are em15 ployed on vessels operating in the United States flag 

16 fleet; 

17 (12) the owners of vessels operating in the 

18 United States flag fleet, or their private contracting 

19 parties, that are primarily operating in international 

20 transportation; 

21 (13) Centers of Excellence for Maritime Training 

22 designated under section 51706 of title 46, United 

23 States Code; and 

24 (14) private maritime training providers. 


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1 (c) NO QUORUM REQUIREMENT.—The Maritime Ad2 ministrator may convene the working group virtually and 

3 without all members present. 

4 (d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The working group shall 

5 carry out the following responsibilities: 

6 (1) Review the report required by section 

7 3525(b), and the study required by section 3545(a), of 

8 the James Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act 

9 for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263), if avail10 able. 

11 (2) Identify the number of mariners with covered 

12 credentials in each of the following categories: 

13 (A) All such mariners. 

14 (B) Such mariners who have a valid Coast 

15 Guard merchant mariner credential with the 

16 necessary endorsements for service on unlimited 

17 tonnage vessels that are subject to the Inter18 national Convention on Standards of Training, 

19 Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 

20 1978, as amended. 

21 (C) Such mariners who are participating in 

22 a Federal program that supports the United 

23 States merchant marine and the United States 

24 flag fleet. 


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1 (D) Such mariners who are available to 

2 crew the United States flag fleet and the surge 

3 sealift fleet in times of a national emergency. 

4 (E) Such mariners who are full-time. 

5 (F) Such mariners who are merchant mar6 iner credentialed officers in the United States 

7 Navy Reserve. 

8 (3) Assess the effect on the United States mer9 chant marine and United States Merchant Marine 

10 Academy if graduates from State maritime academies 

11 and the United States Merchant Marine Academy 

12 were assigned to, or required to fulfill, certain mari13 time positions based on the overall needs of the 

14 United States merchant marine. 

15 (4) Assess the accessibility of Coast Guard Mer16 chant Mariner Licensing and Documentation System 

17 data for mariners with covered credentials, the mari18 time industry, and the Maritime Administration for 

19 the purposes of evaluating the pool of mariners with 

20 covered credentials. 

21 (5) Make recommendations to enhance the avail22 ability and quality of interagency data, including 

23 data from the United States Transportation Com24 mand, the Coast Guard, the Navy, and the Bureau of 

25 Transportation Statistics, for use by the Maritime 


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1 Administration in evaluating the pool of mariners 

2 with covered credentials. 

3 (e) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

4 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor5 tation shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

6 and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Armed 

7 Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

8 on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep9 resentatives a report that contains the findings and conclu10 sions of the working group gathered in the course of per11 forming the responsibilities under subsection (d). Such re12 port shall include each of the following: 

13 (1) The number of mariners with covered creden14 tials identified for each category described in sub15 paragraphs (A) through (F) of subsection (d)(2). 

16 (2) The results of the assessments conducted 

17 under paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (d). 

18 (3) The recommendations made under subsection 

19 (d)(5). 

20 (4) Such other information as the working group 

21 determines appropriate. 

22 (f) COVERED CREDENTIAL DEFINED.—In this section, 

23 the term ‘‘covered credential’’ means any credential issued 

24 under part E of subtitle II of title 46, United States Code. 


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1 (g) SUNSET.—The Maritime Administrator shall dis2 band the working group upon the submission of the report 

3 required under subsection (e). 

4 SEC. 3535. CONSIDERATION OF LIFE-CYCLE COST ESTI5 MATES FOR ACQUISITION AND PROCURE6 MENT OF VESSELS. 

7 In carrying out the acquisition and procurement of 

8 vessels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, the Secretary 

9 of Transportation, acting through the Administrator of the 

10 Maritime Administration, shall consider the life-cycle cost 

11 estimates of vessels during the design and evaluation proc12 esses. 

13 SEC. 3536. SOURCE RESTRICTIONS ON AUXILIARY SHIP 

14 COMPONENTS. 

15 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 

16 this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall finalize the rule pub17 lished in the Federal Register on September 29, 2020, titled 

18 ‘‘Source Restrictions on Auxiliary Ship Components 

19 (DFARS Case 2020-D017)’’ (85 Fed. Reg. 60943). 

20 SEC. 3537. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NA21 TIONAL MARITIME STRATEGY. 

22 There is authorized to be appropriated for expenses 

23 necessary to implement the development of a national mari24 time strategy, as required by section 3542 of the James M. 

25 Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 


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1 2023 (Public Law 117–263; 136 Stat. 3094), $2,000,000, 

2 to remain available until expended. 

3 DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 

4 SEC. 4001. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS IN FUNDING TA5 BLES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever a funding table in this 

7 division specifies a dollar amount authorized for a project, 

8 program, or activity, the obligation and expenditure of the 

9 specified dollar amount for the project, program, or activity 

10 is hereby authorized, subject to the availability of appro11 priations. 

12 (b) MERIT-BASED DECISIONS.—A decision to commit, 

13 obligate, or expend funds with or to a specific entity on 

14 the basis of a dollar amount authorized pursuant to sub15 section (a) shall— 

16 (1) except as provided in paragraph (2), be 

17 based on merit-based selection procedures in accord18 ance with the requirements of sections 2304(k) and 

19 2374 of title 10, United States Code, or on competi20 tive procedures; and 

21 (2) comply with other applicable provisions of 

22 law. 

23 (c) RELATIONSHIP TO TRANSFER AND PROGRAMMING

24 AUTHORITY.—An amount specified in the funding tables in 

25 this division may be transferred or reprogrammed under 


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1 a transfer or reprogramming authority provided by another 

2 provision of this Act or by other law. The transfer or re3 programming of an amount specified in such funding tables 

4 shall not count against a ceiling on such transfers or 

5 reprogrammings under section 1001 of this Act or any other 

6 provision of law, unless such transfer or reprogramming 

7 would move funds between appropriation accounts. 

8 (d) APPLICABILITY TO CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—This sec9 tion applies to any classified annex that accompanies this 

10 Act. 

11 (e) ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS.—No oral 

12 or written communication concerning any amount specified 

13 in the funding tables in this division shall supersede the 

14 requirements of this section. 

15 TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 

16 SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT. 

SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House 

Authorized 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 

FIXED WING 

003 FUTURE UAS FAMILY ........................................................................................................ 53,453 53,453 

005 SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS ................................................................... 20,769 20,769 

ROTARY 

006 AH–64 APACHE BLOCK IIIA REMAN ............................................................................. 718,578 718,578 

007 AH–64 APACHE BLOCK IIIA REMAN AP ...................................................................... 110,360 110,360 

008 UH–60 BLACKHAWK M MODEL (MYP) .......................................................................... 668,258 668,258 

009 UH–60 BLACKHAWK M MODEL (MYP) AP ................................................................... 92,494 92,494 

010 UH–60 BLACK HAWK L AND V MODELS ...................................................................... 153,196 153,196 

011 CH–47 HELICOPTER ........................................................................................................... 202,487 379,987 

Four Additional Aircraft ................................................................................................ [177,500 ] 

012 CH–47 HELICOPTER AP .................................................................................................... 18,936 41,436 

CH–47F Block II—Adv Procurement ........................................................................... [22,500 ] 

012A UH–72B LAKOTA HELICOPTER ...................................................................................... 20,000 

Two aircraft ..................................................................................................................... [20,000 ] 

MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT 

013 MQ–1 PAYLOAD .................................................................................................................... 13,650 13,650 

014 GRAY EAGLE MODS2 .......................................................................................................... 14,959 39,959 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [25,000 ] 

016 AH–64 MODS .......................................................................................................................... 113,127 113,127 

017 CH–47 CARGO HELICOPTER MODS (MYP) .................................................................. 20,689 20,689 

022 UTILITY HELICOPTER MODS ......................................................................................... 35,879 65,879 

Black Hawk Mods—60kVA Generators ......................................................................... [15,000 ] 

Litter Basket Stabilization Systems .............................................................................. [15,000 ] 

023 NETWORK AND MISSION PLAN ...................................................................................... 32,418 32,418

024 COMMS, NAV SURVEILLANCE .......................................................................................... 74,912 74,912 


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SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

025 DEGRADED VISUAL ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................. 16,838 16,838 

026 AVIATION ASSURED PNT .................................................................................................. 67,383 67,383 

027 GATM ROLLUP ..................................................................................................................... 8,924 8,924 

029 UAS MODS .............................................................................................................................. 2,258 2,258 

GROUND SUPPORT AVIONICS 

030 AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT .................................................................... 161,731 161,731 

031 SURVIVABILITY CM ............................................................................................................ 6,526 6,526 

032 CMWS ....................................................................................................................................... 72,041 72,041 

033 COMMON INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES (CIRCM) ............................................... 261,384 261,384 

OTHER SUPPORT 

034 COMMON GROUND EQUIPMENT ..................................................................................... 25,752 25,752 

035 AIRCREW INTEGRATED SYSTEMS ................................................................................ 22,097 22,097 

036 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL .................................................................................................... 21,216 21,216 

037 LAUNCHER, 2.75 ROCKET ................................................................................................. 2,125 2,125 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY ........................................ 3,012,440 3,287,440 

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 

SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SYSTEM 

001 LOWER TIER AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE (AMD) SEN ......................................... 6,625 6,625 

003 M-SHORAD—PROCUREMENT .......................................................................................... 400,697 390,197 

Excess fielding growth ..................................................................................................... [–10,500 ] 

004 MSE MISSILE ........................................................................................................................ 1,212,832 1,212,832 

006 PRECISION STRIKE MISSILE (PRSM) .......................................................................... 384,071 384,071 

007 INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION CAPABILITY INC 2–I ............................................... 313,189 313,189 

008 MID-RANGE CAPABILITY (MRC) ..................................................................................... 169,519 169,519 

AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE SYSTEM 

009 HELLFIRE SYS SUMMARY ............................................................................................... 21,976 21,976 

010 JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MSLS (JAGM) .......................................................................... 303,409 303,409 

012 LONG-RANGE HYPERSONIC WEAPON .......................................................................... 156,821 156,821 

ANTI-TANK/ASSAULT MISSILE SYS 

013 JAVELIN (AAWS-M) SYSTEM SUMMARY ....................................................................... 199,509 199,509 

014 TOW 2 SYSTEM SUMMARY ................................................................................................ 120,475 120,475 

015 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET (GMLRS) .................................................................................. 886,367 886,367

016 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET (GMLRS) .................................................................................. 55,913 55,913 

017 MLRS REDUCED RANGE PRACTICE ROCKETS (RRPR) .......................................... 10,334 10,334 

018 HIGH MOBILITY ARTILLERY ROCKET SYSTEM (HIMARS .................................... 179,230 179,230 

019 ARMY TACTICAL MSL SYS (ATACMS)—SYS SUM ...................................................... 7,307 7,307 

MODIFICATIONS 

021 PATRIOT MODS .................................................................................................................... 212,247 212,247 

022 STINGER MODS .................................................................................................................... 36,484 36,484 

023 AVENGER MODS .................................................................................................................. 22,274 22,274 

025 MLRS MODS .......................................................................................................................... 168,198 168,198 

026 HIMARS MODIFICATIONS ................................................................................................. 76,266 76,266 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

027 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .......................................................................................... 6,573 6,573 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

028 AIR DEFENSE TARGETS ................................................................................................... 11,701 11,701 

TOTAL MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY ............................................ 4,962,017 4,951,517 

PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY 

TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES 

001 ARMORED MULTI PURPOSE VEHICLE (AMPV) ......................................................... 554,777 552,277 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................. [–2,500 ] 

003 MOBILE PROTECTED FIREPOWER ............................................................................... 394,635 386,235 

Excessive growth—systems technical support ............................................................... [–8,400 ] 

MODIFICATION OF TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES 

004 STRYKER UPGRADE ........................................................................................................... 614,282 756,682 

Excessive growth—fleet modifications ........................................................................... [–4,600 ] 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [147,000 ] 

005 BRADLEY FIRE SUPPORT TEAM (BFIST) VEHICLE ................................................ 5,232 5,232 

006 BRADLEY PROGRAM (MOD) ............................................................................................. 158,274 252,774 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [94,500 ] 

007 M109 FOV MODIFICATIONS .............................................................................................. 90,986 90,986 

008 PALADIN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT (PIM) ........................................................... 469,152 579,152 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [110,000 ] 

009 IMPROVED RECOVERY VEHICLE (M88 HERCULES) ............................................... 41,058 41,058 

012 JOINT ASSAULT BRIDGE .................................................................................................. 159,804 159,804 

013 ABRAMS UPGRADE PROGRAM ........................................................................................ 697,883 974,383 

Abrams Upgrade Predictive Maintenance (PPMX) ..................................................... [10,000 ] 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [266,500 ] 

014 ABRAMS UPGRADE PROGRAM AP ................................................................................. 102,440 102,440 

WEAPONS & OTHER COMBAT VEHICLES 

016 PERSONAL DEFENSE WEAPON (ROLL) ....................................................................... 510 510 

017 M240 MEDIUM MACHINE GUN (7.62MM) ....................................................................... 425 425 

019 MACHINE GUN, CAL .50 M2 ROLL .................................................................................. 3,420 3,420 

020 MORTAR SYSTEMS .............................................................................................................. 8,013 8,013 

021 LOCATION & AZIMUTH DETERMINATION SYSTEM (LADS ................................... 3,174 3,174 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

022 XM320 GRENADE LAUNCHER MODULE (GLM) .......................................................... 14,143 14,143 

023 PRECISION SNIPER RIFLE .............................................................................................. 5,248 5,248 

024 CARBINE ................................................................................................................................ 571 571 

025 NEXT GENERATION SQUAD WEAPON .......................................................................... 292,850 292,850 

026 HANDGUN .............................................................................................................................. 32 32 

MOD OF WEAPONS AND OTHER COMBAT VEH 

028 M777 MODS ............................................................................................................................ 18,920 18,920 

029 M2 50 CAL MACHINE GUN MODS .................................................................................... 8,000 

M4 Carbine Mods for Upper Receivers .......................................................................... [8,000 ] 

031 M119 MODIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................ 13,097 13,097 

032 MORTAR MODIFICATION .................................................................................................. 423 423 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

033 ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M (WOCV-WTCV) ...................................................................... 1,148 1,148 

034 PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT (WOCV-WTCV) ............................................................ 115,024 115,024 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY.3,765,521 4,386,021 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 

SMALL/MEDIUM CAL AMMUNITION 

001 CTG, 5.56MM, ALL TYPES .................................................................................................. 90,853 106,553 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [15,700 ] 

002 CTG, 7.62MM, ALL TYPES .................................................................................................. 65,370 101,270 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [35,900 ] 

003 NEXT GENERATION SQUAD WEAPON AMMUNITION .............................................. 191,244 191,244 

004 CTG, HANDGUN, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................ 6,597 10,197 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [3,600 ] 

005 CTG, .50 CAL, ALL TYPES .................................................................................................. 41,534 73,294 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [31,760 ] 

006 CTG, 20MM, ALL TYPES ..................................................................................................... 7,925 7,925 

007 CTG, 25MM, ALL TYPES ..................................................................................................... 38,760 38,760 

008 CTG, 30MM, ALL TYPES ..................................................................................................... 107,805 107,805 

009 CTG, 40MM, ALL TYPES ..................................................................................................... 148,970 148,970 

010 CTG, 50MM, ALL TYPES ..................................................................................................... 28,000 28,000 

MORTAR AMMUNITION 

011 60MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................. 35,160 35,160 

012 81MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................. 40,562 40,562 

013 120MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................... 106,784 106,784 

TANK AMMUNITION 

014 CARTRIDGES, TANK, 105MM AND 120MM, ALL TYPES ............................................ 300,368 300,368 

ARTILLERY AMMUNITION 

015 ARTILLERY CARTRIDGES, 75MM & 105MM, ALL TYPES ......................................... 21,298 21,298 

016 ARTILLERY PROJECTILE, 155MM, ALL TYPES ......................................................... 150,839 150,839 

018 PRECISION ARTILLERY MUNITIONS ............................................................................ 96,406 96,406 

019 ARTILLERY PROPELLANTS, FUZES AND PRIMERS, ALL ..................................... 172,947 172,947 

MINES 

020 MINES & CLEARING CHARGES, ALL TYPES .............................................................. 71,182 71,182 

021 CLOSE TERRAIN SHAPING OBSTACLE ........................................................................ 55,374 55,374 

ROCKETS 

022 SHOULDER LAUNCHED MUNITIONS, ALL TYPES ................................................... 18,630 18,630 

023 ROCKET, HYDRA 70, ALL TYPES .................................................................................... 87,293 87,293 

OTHER AMMUNITION 

024 CAD/PAD, ALL TYPES ......................................................................................................... 6,564 6,564 

025 DEMOLITION MUNITIONS, ALL TYPES ........................................................................ 24,238 24,238 

026 GRENADES, ALL TYPES .................................................................................................... 48,374 48,374 

027 SIGNALS, ALL TYPES ......................................................................................................... 23,252 23,252 

028 SIMULATORS, ALL TYPES ................................................................................................ 11,309 11,309 

MISCELLANEOUS 

030 AMMO COMPONENTS, ALL TYPES ................................................................................. 3,976 3,976 

031 NON-LETHAL AMMUNITION, ALL TYPES .................................................................... 3,281 3,281 

032 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION (AMMO) ..................................................................... 17,436 17,436 

033 AMMUNITION PECULIAR EQUIPMENT ........................................................................ 13,133 13,133 

034 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION (AMMO) ................................................... 18,068 18,068 

035 CLOSEOUT LIABILITIES ................................................................................................... 102 102 

PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT 

036 INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ................................................................................................. 726,135 726,135 

037 CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS DEMILITARIZATION .................................................. 183,752 80,602 

Unjustified growth—EP1800 Conventional Ammunition Demilitarization .............. [–98,450 ] 

Unjustified growth—EP1803 Non Army Missile Demilitarization ............................ [–4,700 ] 

038 ARMS INITIATIVE ................................................................................................................ 4,057 4,057 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY ........................ 2,967,578 2,951,388 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 

TACTICAL VEHICLES 

001 SEMITRAILERS, FLATBED: .............................................................................................. 22,751 22,751 

002 SEMITRAILERS, TANKERS ............................................................................................... 40,359 40,359 

003 HI MOB MULTI-PURP WHLD VEH (HMMWV) ............................................................. 25,904 25,904 

004 GROUND MOBILITY VEHICLES (GMV) .......................................................................... 36,223 61,223 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [25,000 ] 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

006 JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE FAMILY OF VEHICL ........................................ 839,413 839,413 

007 TRUCK, DUMP, 20T (CCE) ................................................................................................. 20,075 50,075 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [30,000 ] 

008 FAMILY OF MEDIUM TACTICAL VEH (FMTV) ............................................................ 110,734 110,734 

009 FAMILY OF COLD WEATHER ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE ........................................... 28,745 28,745 

010 FIRETRUCKS & ASSOCIATED FIREFIGHTING EQUIP ............................................ 55,340 55,340 

011 FAMILY OF HEAVY TACTICAL VEHICLES (FHTV) .................................................... 66,428 101,435 

Incomplete development goals ......................................................................................... [–14,993 ]

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [50,000 ] 

012 PLS ESP .................................................................................................................................. 51,868 51,868 

014 TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLE PROTECTION KITS ............................................... 3,792 3,792 

015 MODIFICATION OF IN SVC EQUIP ................................................................................. 80,326 150,326

HMMWV ABS/ESC ........................................................................................................ [70,000 ] 

NON-TACTICAL VEHICLES 

016 PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES ............................................................................... 2,203 2,203 

017 NONTACTICAL VEHICLES, OTHER ................................................................................ 8,246 8,246 

COMM—JOINT COMMUNICATIONS 

018 SIGNAL MODERNIZATION PROGRAM ........................................................................... 161,585 151,185 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................. [–10,400 ] 

019 TACTICAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGY MOD IN SVC .................................................... 358,646 376,646 

On-the-Move Sattelite Communications Terminals ...................................................... [18,000 ] 

020 DISASTER INCIDENT RESPONSE COMMS TERMINAL (DI ..................................... 254 254 

021 JCSE EQUIPMENT (USRDECOM) .................................................................................... 5,097 5,097 

COMM—SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 

024 DEFENSE ENTERPRISE WIDEBAND SATCOM SYSTEMS ....................................... 101,181 101,181 

025 TRANSPORTABLE TACTICAL COMMAND COMMUNICATIONS ............................... 54,849 54,849 

026 SHF TERM ............................................................................................................................. 41,634 41,634 

027 ASSURED POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING ............................................... 202,370 202,370 

028 EHF SATELLITE COMMUNICATION .............................................................................. 19,122 19,122 

030 GLOBAL BRDCST SVC—GBS ............................................................................................ 531 531 

COMM—C3 SYSTEM 

031 COE TACTICAL SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE (TSI) .................................................. 77,999 77,999 

COMM—COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS 

032 HANDHELD MANPACK SMALL FORM FIT (HMS) ..................................................... 765,109 760,066 

Excess to need .................................................................................................................. [–5,043 ] 

033 ARMY LINK 16 SYSTEMS ................................................................................................... 60,767 60,767 

035 UNIFIED COMMAND SUITE .............................................................................................. 18,999 18,999 

036 COTS COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT ........................................................................ 492,001 484,901 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................. [–7,100 ] 

037 FAMILY OF MED COMM FOR COMBAT CASUALTY CARE ....................................... 1,374 1,374 

038 ARMY COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONICS ............................................................... 52,485 52,485 

COMM—INTELLIGENCE COMM 

039 CI AUTOMATION ARCHITECTURE-INTEL ................................................................... 16,767 16,767 

041 MULTI-DOMAIN INTELLIGENCE .................................................................................... 119,989 119,989 

INFORMATION SECURITY 

042 INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY PROGRAM-ISSP ................................................ 701 701 

043 COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY (COMSEC) ................................................................... 159,712 159,712 

044 DEFENSIVE CYBER OPERATIONS ................................................................................. 13,848 13,848 

045 INSIDER THREAT PROGRAM—UNIT ACTIVITY MONITO ....................................... 1,502 1,502 

047 BIOMETRIC ENABLING CAPABILITY (BEC) ................................................................ 453 453 

COMM—LONG HAUL COMMUNICATIONS 

049 BASE SUPPORT COMMUNICATIONS .............................................................................. 23,278 23,278 

COMM—BASE COMMUNICATIONS 

050 INFORMATION SYSTEMS .................................................................................................. 32,608 32,608 

051 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MODERNIZATION PROGRAM ................................... 4,949 4,949 

052 INSTALLATION INFO INFRASTRUCTURE MOD PROGRAM .................................... 243,011 243,011 

ELECT EQUIP—TACT INT REL ACT (TIARA) 

055 JTT/CIBS-M ............................................................................................................................ 8,543 8,543 

056 TERRESTRIAL LAYER SYSTEMS (TLS) ........................................................................ 85,486 85,486 

058 DCGS-A-INTEL ...................................................................................................................... 2,980 2,980 

060 TROJAN ................................................................................................................................... 30,649 30,649 

061 MOD OF IN-SVC EQUIP (INTEL SPT) ............................................................................ 4,169 4,169 

062 BIOMETRIC TACTICAL COLLECTION DEVICES ......................................................... 932 932 

ELECT EQUIP—ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) 

063 EW PLANNING & MANAGEMENT TOOLS (EWPMT) ................................................... 21,278 21,278 

064 AIR VIGILANCE (AV) ........................................................................................................... 6,641 6,641 

065 MULTI-FUNCTION ELECTRONIC WARFARE (MFEW) SYST ................................... 15,941 15,941 

067 COUNTERINTELLIGENCE/SECURITY COUNTERMEASURES ................................ 22,833 22,833 

068 CI MODERNIZATION ........................................................................................................... 434 434 

ELECT EQUIP—TACTICAL SURV. (TAC SURV) 

069 SENTINEL MODS ................................................................................................................. 161,886 176,886 

Prophet ESP kits ............................................................................................................. [15,000 ] 

070 NIGHT VISION DEVICES ................................................................................................... 141,143 51,692 

Rephase to RDT&E for IVAS 1.2 Development ........................................................... [–89,451 ] 

071 SMALL TACTICAL OPTICAL RIFLE MOUNTED MLRF ............................................. 15,484 15,484 

073 FAMILY OF WEAPON SIGHTS (FWS) ............................................................................. 185,634 177,534 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................. [–8,100 ] 

074 ENHANCED PORTABLE INDUCTIVE ARTILLERY FUZE SE .................................. 3,652 3,652 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

075 FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED (IFLIR) ..................................................................... 20,438 20,438 

076 COUNTER SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (C-SUAS) ................................... 365,376 365,376 

077 JOINT BATTLE COMMAND—PLATFORM (JBC-P) ...................................................... 215,290 210,066 

Unjustified Cost Growth—Fielding and Systems Engineering ................................... [–5,224 ] 

078 JOINT EFFECTS TARGETING SYSTEM (JETS) .......................................................... 8,932 8,932 

079 COMPUTER BALLISTICS: LHMBC XM32 ....................................................................... 2,965 2,965 

080 MORTAR FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM ................................................................................. 8,024 8,024 

081 MORTAR FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS MODIFICATIONS ............................................. 7,399 7,399 

082 COUNTERFIRE RADARS .................................................................................................... 99,782 99,782 

ELECT EQUIP—TACTICAL C2 SYSTEMS 

083 ARMY COMMAND POST INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE .................................... 78,512 78,512 

084 FIRE SUPPORT C2 FAMILY .............................................................................................. 10,052 10,052 

085 AIR & MSL DEFENSE PLANNING & CONTROL SYS .................................................. 68,892 68,892 

086 IAMD BATTLE COMMAND SYSTEM ................................................................................ 412,556 395,456 

Excess Interim Contractor Support ............................................................................... [–17,100 ] 

087 LIFE CYCLE SOFTWARE SUPPORT (LCSS) ................................................................. 4,270 4,270 

088 NETWORK MANAGEMENT INITIALIZATION AND SERVICE .................................. 37,194 37,194 

089 GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM-ARMY (GCSS-A) ............................................ 1,987 1,987 

090 INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM-ARMY (IPP .................................... 5,318 5,318 

091 MOD OF IN-SVC EQUIPMENT (ENFIRE) ....................................................................... 4,997 4,997 

ELECT EQUIP—AUTOMATION 

092 ARMY TRAINING MODERNIZATION ............................................................................... 10,130 10,130 

093 AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING EQUIP .................................................................... 61,489 61,489 

094 ACCESSIONS INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT (AIE) .................................................. 4,198 4,198 

096 HIGH PERF COMPUTING MOD PGM (HPCMP) ........................................................... 76,053 76,053 

097 CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM ......................................................................................... 6,061 6,061

098 CSS COMMUNICATIONS ..................................................................................................... 56,804 56,804 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

151A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................... 1,781 1,781 

CHEMICAL DEFENSIVE EQUIPMENT 

102 BASE DEFENSE SYSTEMS (BDS) ................................................................................... 70,781 70,781 

103 CBRN DEFENSE ................................................................................................................... 63,198 63,198 

BRIDGING EQUIPMENT 

104 TACTICAL BRIDGING ......................................................................................................... 1,157 1,157 

105 TACTICAL BRIDGE, FLOAT-RIBBON ............................................................................. 82,228 82,228 

106 BRIDGE SUPPLEMENTAL SET ....................................................................................... 4,414 4,414 

ENGINEER (NON-CONSTRUCTION) EQUIPMENT 

110 ROBOTICS AND APPLIQUE SYSTEMS ........................................................................... 68,893 68,893 

112 FAMILY OF BOATS AND MOTORS .................................................................................. 4,785 4,785 

COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

113 HEATERS AND ECU’S ........................................................................................................ 7,617 7,617 

115 PERSONNEL RECOVERY SUPPORT SYSTEM (PRSS) ............................................... 5,356 5,356 

116 GROUND SOLDIER SYSTEM ............................................................................................ 167,129 148,324 

Excess to need .................................................................................................................. [–18,805 ] 

117 MOBILE SOLDIER POWER ............................................................................................... 15,967 15,967 

118 FORCE PROVIDER ............................................................................................................... 34,200 34,200 

120 CARGO AERIAL DEL & PERSONNEL PARACHUTE SYSTEM ................................. 45,792 45,792 

121 FAMILY OF ENGR COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION SETS ........................................ 12,118 12,118 

PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT 

123 QUALITY SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT ....................................................................... 2,507 2,507 

124 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, PETROLEUM & WATER ................................................. 40,989 40,989 

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT 

125 COMBAT SUPPORT MEDICAL .......................................................................................... 86,829 86,829 

MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT 

126 MOBILE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS ...................................................... 17,287 17,287 

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 

128 TRACTOR, FULL TRACKED .............................................................................................. 29,878 29,878 

129 ALL TERRAIN CRANES ...................................................................................................... 27,725 30,725 

FOATC Type I Cranes ................................................................................................... [3,000 ] 

131 FAMILY OF DIVER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................. 1,811 1,811 

132 CONST EQUIP ESP .............................................................................................................. 8,898 8,898 

RAIL FLOAT CONTAINERIZATION EQUIPMENT 

133 ARMY WATERCRAFT ESP ................................................................................................. 30,592 30,592 

134 MANEUVER SUPPORT VESSEL (MSV) .......................................................................... 149,449 191,476 

One additional vessel ....................................................................................................... [42,027 ] 

GENERATORS 

136 GENERATORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIP .................................................................... 78,364 78,364 

137 TACTICAL ELECTRIC POWER RECAPITALIZATION ................................................ 11,088 11,088 

MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

138 FAMILY OF FORKLIFTS .................................................................................................... 12,982 12,982 

TRAINING EQUIPMENT 

139 COMBAT TRAINING CENTERS SUPPORT ..................................................................... 56,619 56,619 

140 TRAINING DEVICES, NONSYSTEM ................................................................................. 226,379 226,379

141 SYNTHETIC TRAINING ENVIRONMENT (STE) ........................................................... 234,965 213,205 

Excess to need—RVCT .................................................................................................... [–9,534 ] 

Excess to need—STE Live .............................................................................................. [–7,226 ] 

STE Live Training System ............................................................................................ [–5,000 ] 

142 GAMING TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF ARMY TRAINING ................................... 9,698 9,698 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

TEST MEASURE AND DIG EQUIPMENT (TMD) 

143 INTEGRATED FAMILY OF TEST EQUIPMENT (IFTE) .............................................. 36,149 36,149 

144 TEST EQUIPMENT MODERNIZATION (TEMOD) ........................................................ 32,623 32,623 

OTHER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

145 PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEMS (OPA3) ....................................................................... 132,739 132,739 

146 BASE LEVEL COMMON EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 34,460 34,460 

147 MODIFICATION OF IN-SVC EQUIPMENT (OPA–3) ..................................................... 35,239 35,239 

148 BUILDING, PRE-FAB, RELOCATABLE ........................................................................... 31,011 31,011 

149 SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR TEST AND EVALUATION ............................................. 52,481 52,481 

OPA2 

151 INITIAL SPARES—C&E ..................................................................................................... 9,169 9,169 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY ............................................... 8,672,979 8,728,030 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 

COMBAT AIRCRAFT 

001 F/A–18E/F (FIGHTER) HORNET ...................................................................................... 41,329 41,329 

002 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER CV ............................................................................................ 2,410,569 2,382,069 

Flyaway unit cost growth ............................................................................................... [–28,500 ] 

003 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER CV AP ..................................................................................... 189,425 189,425 

004 JSF STOVL ............................................................................................................................. 2,126,317 2,036,717 

Flyaway unit cost growth ............................................................................................... [–89,600 ] 

005 JSF STOVL AP ...................................................................................................................... 193,125 193,125 

006 CH–53K (HEAVY LIFT) ....................................................................................................... 1,698,050 1,698,050 

007 CH–53K (HEAVY LIFT) AP ................................................................................................ 456,567 456,567 

008 V–22 (MEDIUM LIFT) .......................................................................................................... 27,216 27,216 

009 H–1 UPGRADES (UH–1Y/AH–1Z) ..................................................................................... 4,292 4,292 

010 P–8A POSEIDON ................................................................................................................... 31,257 391,257 

Two additional aircraft .................................................................................................. [360,000 ] 

011 E–2D ADV HAWKEYE ......................................................................................................... 182,817 182,817 

TRAINER AIRCRAFT 

013 MULTI-ENGINE TRAINING SYSTEM (METS) ............................................................... 289,141 289,141 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

015 KC–130J ................................................................................................................................... 241,291 241,291 

017 MQ–4 TRITON ........................................................................................................................ 416,010 416,010 

019 MQ–8 UAV ............................................................................................................................... 1,546 1,546 

021 MQ–25 ...................................................................................................................................... 545,697 346,697 

Scheduling delays ............................................................................................................ [–199,000 ] 

022 MQ–25 AP ................................................................................................................................ 50,576 37,976 

Scheduling delays ............................................................................................................ [–12,600 ] 

023 MARINE GROUP 5 UAS ...................................................................................................... 89,563 71,663 

Early to need ................................................................................................................... [–17,900 ] 

023A UC–12W ................................................................................................................................... 45,000 

USMC UPL—2 additional aircraft .............................................................................. [45,000 ] 

MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT 

024 F–18 A-D UNIQUE ................................................................................................................ 116,551 116,551 

025 F–18E/F AND EA–18G MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINM ...................................... 605,416 605,416 

026 MARINE GROUP 5 UAS SERIES ...................................................................................... 98,063 98,063 

027 AEA SYSTEMS ....................................................................................................................... 24,110 24,110 

028 AV–8 SERIES ......................................................................................................................... 22,829 22,829 

029 INFRARED SEARCH AND TRACK (IRST) ..................................................................... 179,193 179,193 

030 ADVERSARY .......................................................................................................................... 69,336 69,336 

031 F–18 SERIES ......................................................................................................................... 640,236 640,236 

032 H–53 SERIES ......................................................................................................................... 41,414 41,414 

033 MH–60 SERIES ..................................................................................................................... 106,495 106,495 

034 H–1 SERIES ........................................................................................................................... 114,284 143,284 

UH–1Y—SIEPU Upgrades ............................................................................................ [29,000 ] 

035 EP–3 SERIES ......................................................................................................................... 8,548 8,548 

036 E–2 SERIES ........................................................................................................................... 183,246 183,246 

037 TRAINER A/C SERIES ........................................................................................................ 16,376 16,376 

039 C–130 SERIES ....................................................................................................................... 198,220 198,220 

040 FEWSG .................................................................................................................................... 651 651 

041 CARGO/TRANSPORT A/C SERIES .................................................................................... 13,930 13,930

042 E–6 SERIES ........................................................................................................................... 164,571 164,571 

043 EXECUTIVE HELICOPTERS SERIES ............................................................................ 60,498 60,498 

044 T–45 SERIES ......................................................................................................................... 170,357 170,357 

045 POWER PLANT CHANGES ................................................................................................. 21,079 21,079 

046 JPATS SERIES ...................................................................................................................... 28,005 28,005 

048 COMMON ECM EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................. 53,614 53,614 

049 COMMON AVIONICS CHANGES ........................................................................................ 136,199 136,199 

050 COMMON DEFENSIVE WEAPON SYSTEM ..................................................................... 6,585 6,585 

051 ID SYSTEMS .......................................................................................................................... 13,085 13,085 

052 P–8 SERIES ........................................................................................................................... 316,168 316,168 

053 MAGTF EW FOR AVIATION ............................................................................................... 24,901 24,901 

054 MQ–8 SERIES ........................................................................................................................ 14,700 14,700 

055 V–22 (TILT/ROTOR ACFT) OSPREY ................................................................................ 215,997 226,887 

V–22 Nacelle Improvement ............................................................................................. [10,890 ] 

056 NEXT GENERATION JAMMER (NGJ) ............................................................................. 426,396 426,396 

057 F–35 STOVL SERIES ........................................................................................................... 311,921 311,921 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

058 F–35 CV SERIES ................................................................................................................... 166,909 166,909 

059 QRC .......................................................................................................................................... 28,206 28,206 

060 MQ–4 SERIES ........................................................................................................................ 93,951 93,951 

AIRCRAFT SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

062 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .......................................................................................... 2,451,244 2,451,244 

AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIP & FACILITIES 

063 COMMON GROUND EQUIPMENT ..................................................................................... 566,156 561,156

Program decrease ............................................................................................................. [–5,000 ] 

064 AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ........................................................................... 133,815 133,815 

065 WAR CONSUMABLES .......................................................................................................... 44,632 44,632 

066 OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES .................................................................................... 49,907 49,907 

067 SPECIAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................................... 404,178 384,778

Flyaway unit cost growth ............................................................................................... [–19,400 ] 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY ......................................... 17,336,760 17,409,650 

WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 

BALLISTIC MISSILES 

001 CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE ................................................................................. 341,434 341,434 

MODIFICATION OF MISSILES 

002 TRIDENT II MODS ............................................................................................................... 1,284,705 1,284,705 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

003 MISSILE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ............................................................................... 7,954 7,954 

STRATEGIC MISSILES 

004 TOMAHAWK ........................................................................................................................... 72,908 72,908 

TACTICAL MISSILES 

005 AMRAAM ................................................................................................................................. 439,153 439,153 

006 SIDEWINDER ........................................................................................................................ 78,165 78,165 

007 STANDARD MISSILE .......................................................................................................... 969,525 1,049,325 

INDOPACOM UPL—Standard Missile 1B Variant ................................................... [79,800 ] 

008 STANDARD MISSILE AP .................................................................................................... 227,320 227,320 

009 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB II ............................................................................................ 65,863 65,863 

010 RAM .......................................................................................................................................... 114,896 114,896 

011 JOINT AIR GROUND MISSILE (JAGM) .......................................................................... 79,292 79,292 

012 HELLFIRE ............................................................................................................................. 6,923 6,923 

013 AERIAL TARGETS ............................................................................................................... 176,588 176,588 

014 OTHER MISSILE SUPPORT .............................................................................................. 3,687 3,687 

015 LRASM ..................................................................................................................................... 639,636 639,636 

016 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM) ...................................................................................... 29,925 29,925 

017 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM) AP ............................................................................... 5,755 5,755 

MODIFICATION OF MISSILES 

018 TOMAHAWK MODS .............................................................................................................. 540,944 540,944 

019 ESSM ....................................................................................................................................... 290,129 290,129 

020 AARGM-ER ............................................................................................................................. 162,429 162,429 

021 AARGM-ER AP ....................................................................................................................... 33,273 33,273 

022 STANDARD MISSILES MODS ........................................................................................... 89,255 89,255 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

023 WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ............................................................................ 2,037 2,037 

ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

025 ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 208,154 208,154 

TORPEDOES AND RELATED EQUIP 

026 SSTD ........................................................................................................................................ 4,830 4,830 

027 MK–48 TORPEDO ................................................................................................................. 308,497 351,589 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [43,092 ] 

028 ASW TARGETS ...................................................................................................................... 14,817 14,817 

MOD OF TORPEDOES AND RELATED EQUIP 

029 MK–54 TORPEDO MODS ..................................................................................................... 104,086 104,086 

030 MK–48 TORPEDO ADCAP MODS ...................................................................................... 20,714 20,714

031 MARITIME MINES ............................................................................................................... 58,800 83,800 

INDOPACOM UPL—Hammerhead Mine .................................................................... [25,000 ] 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

032 TORPEDO SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................................. 133,187 133,187 

033 ASW RANGE SUPPORT ....................................................................................................... 4,146 4,146 

DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION 

034 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION .................................................................... 5,811 5,811 

GUNS AND GUN MOUNTS 

035 SMALL ARMS AND WEAPONS .......................................................................................... 14,165 14,165 

MODIFICATION OF GUNS AND GUN MOUNTS 

036 CIWS MODS ............................................................................................................................ 4,088 4,088 

037 COAST GUARD WEAPONS ................................................................................................. 55,172 55,172 

038 GUN MOUNT MODS ............................................................................................................. 82,682 82,682 

039 LCS MODULE WEAPONS ................................................................................................... 3,264 3,264 

040 AIRBORNE MINE NEUTRALIZATION SYSTEMS ........................................................ 14,357 14,357 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

042 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .......................................................................................... 177,819 177,819 

TOTAL WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY ......................................... 6,876,385 7,024,277 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 

NAVY AMMUNITION 


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Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

001 GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS ........................................................................................... 43,519 43,519 

002 JDAM ....................................................................................................................................... 73,689 73,689 

003 AIRBORNE ROCKETS, ALL TYPES ................................................................................. 67,423 67,423 

004 MACHINE GUN AMMUNITION .......................................................................................... 11,862 11,862 

005 PRACTICE BOMBS ............................................................................................................... 52,481 52,481 

006 CARTRIDGES & CART ACTUATED DEVICES .............................................................. 72,426 72,426 

007 AIR EXPENDABLE COUNTERMEASURES .................................................................... 104,529 104,529 

008 JATOS ...................................................................................................................................... 7,433 7,433 

009 5 INCH/54 GUN AMMUNITION .......................................................................................... 30,871 30,871 

010 INTERMEDIATE CALIBER GUN AMMUNITION .......................................................... 41,261 41,261 

011 OTHER SHIP GUN AMMUNITION ................................................................................... 44,044 44,044 

012 SMALL ARMS & LANDING PARTY AMMO ..................................................................... 48,478 48,478 

013 PYROTECHNIC AND DEMOLITION ................................................................................. 9,521 9,521 

014 AMMUNITION LESS THAN $5 MILLION ........................................................................ 1,679 1,679 

015 EXPEDITIONARY LOITERING MUNITIONS ................................................................. 249,575 324,575 

Goalkeeper ........................................................................................................................ [75,000 ] 

MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION 

016 MORTARS ............................................................................................................................... 61,274 61,274 

017 DIRECT SUPPORT MUNITIONS ....................................................................................... 73,338 73,338 

018 INFANTRY WEAPONS AMMUNITION .............................................................................. 178,240 178,240 

019 COMBAT SUPPORT MUNITIONS ..................................................................................... 15,897 15,897 

020 AMMO MODERNIZATION ................................................................................................... 17,941 17,941 

021 ARTILLERY MUNITIONS ................................................................................................... 82,452 82,452 

022 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ..................................................................................... 5,340 5,340 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.1,293,273 1,368,273 

SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 

FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE SHIPS 

001 OHIO REPLACEMENT SUBMARINE ............................................................................... 2,443,598 2,531,598 

Submarine industrial base ............................................................................................. [88,000 ]

002 OHIO REPLACEMENT SUBMARINE AP ........................................................................ 3,390,734 3,390,734 

OTHER WARSHIPS 

003 CARRIER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM ............................................................................ 1,115,296 1,275,296 

Navy UPL—CVN 75 and CVN 80 SEWIP BLK III .................................................. [160,000 ] 

004 CVN–81 ..................................................................................................................................... 800,492 800,492 

005 VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE ......................................................................................... 7,129,965 7,129,965 

006 VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE AP .................................................................................. 3,215,539 2,890,439 

Early to need ................................................................................................................... [–325,100 ] 

008 CVN REFUELING OVERHAULS AP ................................................................................. 817,646 817,646 

009 DDG 1000 ................................................................................................................................ 410,400 410,400 

010 DDG–51 .................................................................................................................................... 4,199,179 4,199,179 

011 DDG–51 AP ............................................................................................................................. 284,035 439,035 

Explosion welding ........................................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [150,000 ] 

013 FFG-FRIGATE ....................................................................................................................... 2,173,698 2,163,698 

Insufficient justification ................................................................................................. [–10,000 ] 

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS 

016 LPD–17 .................................................................................................................................... 750,000 

LPD–33 ............................................................................................................................ [750,000 ] 

018 LHA REPLACEMENT .......................................................................................................... 1,830,149 1,830,149 

020 EXPEDITIONARY FAST TRANSPORT (EPF) ................................................................ 5,000 

Expeditionary Medical Ship long-lead time material (LLTM) .................................. [5,000 ] 

AUXILIARIES, CRAFT AND PRIOR YR PROGRAM COST 

021 AS SUBMARINE TENDER .................................................................................................. 1,733,234 248,000 

Late contract award ........................................................................................................ [–1,485,234 ] 

022 TAO FLEET OILER .............................................................................................................. 815,420 815,420 

025 LCU 1700 ................................................................................................................................. 62,532 62,532 

026 OUTFITTING .......................................................................................................................... 557,365 557,365 

028 SERVICE CRAFT .................................................................................................................. 63,815 93,815 

Yard, Repair, Berthing, and Messing Barge ................................................................ [30,000 ] 

029 AUXILIARY PERSONNEL LIGHTER ............................................................................... 72,000 

Auxiliary Personnel Lighter ........................................................................................... [72,000 ]

030 LCAC SLEP ............................................................................................................................ 15,286 15,286 

031 AUXILIARY VESSELS (USED SEALIFT) ....................................................................... 142,008 142,008 

032 COMPLETION OF PY SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS .................................................... 1,648,559 1,648,559 

TOTAL SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY ....................... 32,848,950 32,288,616 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 

SHIP PROPULSION EQUIPMENT 

001 SURFACE POWER EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................... 14,003 14,003 

GENERATORS 

002 SURFACE COMBATANT HM&E ........................................................................................ 105,441 105,441 

NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT 

003 OTHER NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT ................................................................................ 110,286 110,286 

OTHER SHIPBOARD EQUIPMENT 

004 SUB PERISCOPE, IMAGING AND SUPT EQUIP PROG .............................................. 262,951 262,951 

005 DDG MOD ............................................................................................................................... 628,532 638,532 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

Navy Common Actuator ................................................................................................. [10,000 ] 

006 FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................... 34,782 34,782 

007 COMMAND AND CONTROL SWITCHBOARD ................................................................. 2,458 2,458 

008 LHA/LHD MIDLIFE ............................................................................................................. 104,369 104,369 

009 LCC 19/20 EXTENDED SERVICE LIFE PROGRAM ..................................................... 10,529 10,529 

010 POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 23,272 23,272 

011 SUBMARINE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................ 112,526 112,526 

012 VIRGINIA CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................................... 32,076 32,076 

013 LCS CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 18,832 18,832 

014 SUBMARINE BATTERIES .................................................................................................. 28,221 28,221 

015 LPD CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............................................................................. 91,890 91,890 

016 DDG 1000 CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ..................................................................... 232,124 294,024 

Navy UPL ........................................................................................................................ [61,900 ] 

017 STRATEGIC PLATFORM SUPPORT EQUIP .................................................................. 25,058 25,058 

018 DSSP EQUIPMENT .............................................................................................................. 4,623 4,623 

020 LCAC ........................................................................................................................................ 10,794 10,794 

021 UNDERWATER EOD EQUIPMENT .................................................................................. 19,549 19,549 

022 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ..................................................................................... 86,001 86,001 

023 CHEMICAL WARFARE DETECTORS .............................................................................. 3,288 3,288 

REACTOR PLANT EQUIPMENT 

024 SHIP MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND MODERNIZATION ........................................... 2,746,313 2,746,313 

025 REACTOR POWER UNITS .................................................................................................. 2,016 2,016 

026 REACTOR COMPONENTS ................................................................................................... 390,148 390,148 

OCEAN ENGINEERING 

027 DIVING AND SALVAGE EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 18,086 18,086 

SMALL BOATS 

028 STANDARD BOATS .............................................................................................................. 74,963 86,963 

40-foot Patrol Boats ........................................................................................................ [12,000 ] 

PRODUCTION FACILITIES EQUIPMENT 

029 OPERATING FORCES IPE ................................................................................................. 187,495 187,495 

OTHER SHIP SUPPORT 

030 LCS COMMON MISSION MODULES EQUIPMENT ....................................................... 49,060 19,060 

Excess to need .................................................................................................................. [–30,000 ] 

031 LCS MCM MISSION MODULES ......................................................................................... 93,961 58,961 

Excess to need .................................................................................................................. [–35,000 ] 

033 LCS SUW MISSION MODULES ......................................................................................... 12,102 12,102 

034 LCS IN-SERVICE MODERNIZATION ............................................................................... 171,704 146,704 

Excessive cost growth ...................................................................................................... [–25,000 ] 

035 SMALL & MEDIUM UUV .................................................................................................... 61,951 51,951 

Late contract award—Razorback .................................................................................. [–5,000 ] 

Late execution—Viperfish ............................................................................................... [–5,000 ] 

LOGISTIC SUPPORT 

036 LSD MIDLIFE & MODERNIZATION ................................................................................ 7,594 7,594 

SHIP SONARS 

037 SPQ–9B RADAR ..................................................................................................................... 7,267 7,267 

038 AN/SQQ–89 SURF ASW COMBAT SYSTEM .................................................................... 138,065 138,065 

039 SSN ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................ 463,577 453,577 

Excessive cost growth ...................................................................................................... [–10,000 ] 

040 UNDERSEA WARFARE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ......................................................... 23,452 23,452 

ASW ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

041 SUBMARINE ACOUSTIC WARFARE SYSTEM .............................................................. 46,726 46,726 

042 SSTD ........................................................................................................................................ 14,560 14,560 

043 FIXED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM .................................................................................... 420,069 420,069 

044 SURTASS ................................................................................................................................ 33,910 33,910 

ELECTRONIC WARFARE EQUIPMENT 

045 AN/SLQ–32 .............................................................................................................................. 329,513 329,513 

RECONNAISSANCE EQUIPMENT 

046 SHIPBOARD IW EXPLOIT ................................................................................................. 379,230 354,230 

Excessive cost growth ...................................................................................................... [–15,000 ] 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................. [–10,000 ] 

047 AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AIS) .......................................................... 4,082 4,082 

OTHER SHIP ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

048 COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT CAPABILITY ............................................................... 37,677 37,677 

049 NAVAL TACTICAL COMMAND SUPPORT SYSTEM (NTCSS) .................................... 15,374 15,374 

050 ATDLS ..................................................................................................................................... 50,148 50,148 

051 NAVY COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (NCCS) ..................................................... 3,918 3,918 

052 MINESWEEPING SYSTEM REPLACEMENT .................................................................. 16,814 16,814 

054 NAVSTAR GPS RECEIVERS (SPACE) ............................................................................. 37,319 37,319 

055 AMERICAN FORCES RADIO AND TV SERVICE ........................................................... 2,750 2,750 

056 STRATEGIC PLATFORM SUPPORT EQUIP .................................................................. 6,437 6,437 

AVIATION ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

057 ASHORE ATC EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................... 89,237 89,237 

058 AFLOAT ATC EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................ 90,487 85,487 

Excessive cost growth ...................................................................................................... [–5,000 ] 

059 ID SYSTEMS .......................................................................................................................... 59,234 59,234 

060 JOINT PRECISION APPROACH AND LANDING SYSTEM ......................................... 3,343 3,343 

061 NAVAL MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS ......................................................................... 39,180 39,180 

OTHER SHORE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

062 MARITIME INTEGRATED BROADCAST SYSTEM ....................................................... 6,994 6,994 

063 TACTICAL/MOBILE C4I SYSTEMS .................................................................................. 52,026 52,026 

064 DCGS-N .................................................................................................................................... 16,579 16,579 

065 CANES ..................................................................................................................................... 467,587 472,587 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [5,000 ] 

066 RADIAC ................................................................................................................................... 16,475 16,475 

067 CANES-INTELL ..................................................................................................................... 48,207 48,207 

068 GPETE ..................................................................................................................................... 25,761 25,761 

069 MASF ........................................................................................................................................ 16,475 16,475 

070 INTEG COMBAT SYSTEM TEST FACILITY ................................................................... 6,345 6,345 

071 EMI CONTROL INSTRUMENTATION .............................................................................. 4,282 4,282 

073 IN-SERVICE RADARS AND SENSORS ............................................................................ 255,256 240,256 

Insufficient justification ................................................................................................. [–15,000 ] 

SHIPBOARD COMMUNICATIONS 

074 BATTLE FORCE TACTICAL NETWORK ......................................................................... 74,180 74,180 

075 SHIPBOARD TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS ............................................................... 29,776 29,776 

076 SHIP COMMUNICATIONS AUTOMATION ...................................................................... 96,916 96,916 

077 COMMUNICATIONS ITEMS UNDER $5M ....................................................................... 14,107 14,107 

SUBMARINE COMMUNICATIONS 

078 SUBMARINE BROADCAST SUPPORT ............................................................................. 73,791 74,991 

Navy UPL—VIOLET ..................................................................................................... [1,200 ] 

079 SUBMARINE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT ............................................................. 83,178 83,178 

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 

080 SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS .................................................................. 72,871 72,871 

081 NAVY MULTIBAND TERMINAL (NMT) ........................................................................... 37,921 37,921 

SHORE COMMUNICATIONS 

082 JOINT COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT ELEMENT (JCSE) ......................................... 5,065 5,065 

CRYPTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT 

083 INFO SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM (ISSP) ............................................................. 154,890 154,890 

084 MIO INTEL EXPLOITATION TEAM ................................................................................. 1,079 1,079 

CRYPTOLOGIC EQUIPMENT 

085 CRYPTOLOGIC COMMUNICATIONS EQUIP .................................................................. 17,483 17,483 

OTHER ELECTRONIC SUPPORT 

086 COAST GUARD EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................ 77,458 77,458 

SONOBUOYS 

088 SONOBUOYS—ALL TYPES ................................................................................................ 311,177 321,177 

Increase industrial capacity ........................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

089 MINOTAUR ............................................................................................................................. 5,396 5,396 

090 WEAPONS RANGE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................................. 147,556 147,556 

091 AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................................ 162,273 162,273 

092 ADVANCED ARRESTING GEAR (AAG) ........................................................................... 11,930 11,930 

093 ELECTROMAGNETIC AIRCRAFT LAUNCH SYSTEM (EMALS ................................. 17,836 17,836 

094 METEOROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT ................................................................................... 19,703 19,703 

095 LEGACY AIRBORNE MCM .................................................................................................. 12,202 12,202 

097 AVIATION SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................................................. 82,115 82,115 

098 UMCS-UNMAN CARRIER AVIATION(UCA)MISSION CNTRL ..................................... 152,687 152,687 

099 ARCHITECT & CAP FOR AUTONOMY IN NAV ENTER .............................................. 1,612 1,612 

SHIP GUN SYSTEM EQUIPMENT 

100 SHIP GUN SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT ................................................................................. 6,404 6,404 

SHIP MISSILE SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT 

101 HARPOON SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................................. 227 227 

102 SHIP MISSILE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................................ 294,511 294,511 

103 TOMAHAWK SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 92,432 92,432 

FBM SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

104 STRATEGIC MISSILE SYSTEMS EQUIP ....................................................................... 325,318 325,318 

ASW SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

105 SSN COMBAT CONTROL SYSTEMS ................................................................................. 133,063 133,063 

106 ASW SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................ 27,469 27,469 

OTHER ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

107 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL EQUIP ................................................................. 27,864 27,864 

108 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ..................................................................................... 6,171 6,171 

OTHER EXPENDABLE ORDNANCE 

109 ANTI-SHIP MISSILE DECOY SYSTEM ........................................................................... 56,630 61,130 

CONUS-Based Repair, Refurbishment and Production of NULKA Decoy Canisters [4,500 ] 

110 SUBMARINE TRAINING DEVICE MODS ........................................................................ 76,954 76,954 

111 SURFACE TRAINING EQUIPMENT ................................................................................. 209,487 209,487 

CIVIL ENGINEERING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

112 PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES ............................................................................... 3,827 3,827 

113 GENERAL PURPOSE TRUCKS ......................................................................................... 4,570 4,570 

114 CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE EQUIP .................................................................. 56,829 56,829 

115 FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT ......................................................................................... 16,583 16,583 

116 TACTICAL VEHICLES ......................................................................................................... 24,236 24,236 

117 AMPHIBIOUS EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................... 4,504 4,504 

118 POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 3,898 3,898 

119 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ..................................................................................... 67,286 67,286 

120 PHYSICAL SECURITY VEHICLES ................................................................................... 1,286 1,286 

SUPPLY SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 


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Request 

House Authorized 

121 SUPPLY EQUIPMENT ......................................................................................................... 33,258 33,258 

122 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION .................................................................... 6,977 6,977 

123 SPECIAL PURPOSE SUPPLY SYSTEMS ........................................................................ 659,529 655,863 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................. [–3,666 ] 

TRAINING DEVICES 

124 TRAINING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................................. 2,083 2,083 

125 TRAINING AND EDUCATION EQUIPMENT .................................................................. 106,542 66,542 

Excessive cost growth ...................................................................................................... [–25,000 ] 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................. [–15,000 ] 

COMMAND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

126 COMMAND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................................ 44,448 81,348 

AFRICOM UPL—Somalia Persistent Presence ........................................................... [36,900 ] 

127 MEDICAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................................................. 12,529 12,529 

129 NAVAL MIP SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 5,408 5,408 

130 OPERATING FORCES SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................ 12,105 12,105 

131 C4ISR EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................................. 7,670 7,670 

132 ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................................. 52,597 42,597 

Excessive cost growth ...................................................................................................... [–10,000 ] 

133 PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 108,901 108,901 

134 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY .............................................................. 42,154 42,154 

OTHER 

139 NEXT GENERATION ENTERPRISE SERVICE ............................................................. 177,585 177,585 

140 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................ 23,176 23,176 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

143A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................... 16,290 27,790 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [11,500 ] 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

142 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .......................................................................................... 645,900 625,900 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................. [–20,000 ] 

143 VIRGINIA CLASS (VACL) SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .......................................... 470,000 470,000 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

144 UNDISTRIBUTED ................................................................................................................ –26,000 

Decommission CG–69 USS Vicksburg ........................................................................... [–56,000 ] 

Restore CG–63 USS Cowpens ........................................................................................ [30,000 ] 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY ................................................ 14,535,257 14,433,591 

PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 

TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES 

001 AAV7A1 PIP ............................................................................................................................ 3,353 3,353 

002 AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT VEHICLE FAMILY OF VEHICLES ...................................... 557,564 552,464 

Unjustified growth—Program Management ................................................................. [–5,100 ] 

003 LAV PIP ................................................................................................................................... 42,052 42,052 

ARTILLERY AND OTHER WEAPONS 

004 155MM LIGHTWEIGHT TOWED HOWITZER ................................................................ 489 489 

005 ARTILLERY WEAPONS SYSTEM ..................................................................................... 165,268 165,268 

006 WEAPONS AND COMBAT VEHICLES UNDER $5 MILLION ...................................... 14,004 14,004 

GUIDED MISSILES 

007 TOMAHAWK ........................................................................................................................... 105,192 105,192 

008 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM) ...................................................................................... 169,726 169,726 

009 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM) AP ............................................................................... 39,244 39,244 

010 GROUND BASED AIR DEFENSE ..................................................................................... 249,103 249,103 

011 ANTI-ARMOR MISSILE-JAVELIN ..................................................................................... 54,883 54,883 

012 FAMILY ANTI-ARMOR WEAPON SYSTEMS (FOAAWS) .............................................. 23,627 23,627 

013 ANTI-ARMOR MISSILE-TOW ............................................................................................. 2,007 2,007 

014 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET (GMLRS) .................................................................................. 8,867 8,867 

COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS 

015 COMMON AVIATION COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM ........................................ 75,382 69,482 

Unjustified fielding growth ............................................................................................. [–5,900 ] 

REPAIR AND TEST EQUIPMENT 

016 REPAIR AND TEST EQUIPMENT .................................................................................... 53,590 53,590 

OTHER SUPPORT (TEL) 

017 MODIFICATION KITS .......................................................................................................... 1,782 1,782 

COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (NON-TEL) 

018 ITEMS UNDER $5 MILLION (COMM & ELEC) ............................................................. 122,917 122,917 

019 AIR OPERATIONS C2 SYSTEMS ...................................................................................... 23,744 23,744 

RADAR + EQUIPMENT (NON-TEL) 

020 GROUND/AIR TASK ORIENTED RADAR (G/ATOR) .................................................... 66,291 66,291 

INTELL/COMM EQUIPMENT (NON-TEL) 

021 ELECTRO MAGNETIC SPECTRUM OPERATIONS (EMSO) ....................................... 177,270 177,270 

022 GCSS-MC ................................................................................................................................. 4,144 4,144 

023 FIRE SUPPORT SYSTEM ................................................................................................... 58,483 58,483 

024 INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ...................................................................... 148,062 150,062 

Marine Innovation Unit ................................................................................................. [2,000 ]

026 UNMANNED AIR SYSTEMS (INTEL) ............................................................................... 52,273 52,273 

027 DCGS-MC ................................................................................................................................. 68,289 73,389 

USMC UPL #5 ............................................................................................................... [5,100 ] 

028 UAS PAYLOADS .................................................................................................................... 19,088 19,088 

OTHER SUPPORT (NON-TEL) 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

031 EXPEDITIONARY SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................... 2,010 2,010 

032 MARINE CORPS ENTERPRISE NETWORK (MCEN) ................................................... 259,044 259,044 

033 COMMON COMPUTER RESOURCES ............................................................................... 27,966 27,966 

034 COMMAND POST SYSTEMS ............................................................................................... 71,109 71,109 

035 RADIO SYSTEMS .................................................................................................................. 544,059 544,059 

036 COMM SWITCHING & CONTROL SYSTEMS .................................................................. 46,276 46,276 

037 COMM & ELEC INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT ............................................................ 27,111 27,111 

038 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................ 27,583 27,583 

040 UNMANNED EXPEDITIONARY SYSTEMS ..................................................................... 13,564 13,564 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

057A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................... 2,799 2,799 

ADMINISTRATIVE VEHICLES 

043 COMMERCIAL CARGO VEHICLES ................................................................................... 34,169 34,169 

TACTICAL VEHICLES 

044 MOTOR TRANSPORT MODIFICATIONS ......................................................................... 17,299 17,299 

045 JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE ................................................................................ 232,501 232,501

046 TRAILERS .............................................................................................................................. 2,034 2,034 

ENGINEER AND OTHER EQUIPMENT 

047 TACTICAL FUEL SYSTEMS ............................................................................................... 12,956 12,956 

048 POWER EQUIPMENT ASSORTED ................................................................................... 28,899 28,899 

049 AMPHIBIOUS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 15,691 15,691 

050 EOD SYSTEMS ...................................................................................................................... 41,200 41,200 

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

051 PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 53,949 53,949 

GENERAL PROPERTY 

052 FIELD MEDICAL EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................ 5,457 5,457 

053 TRAINING DEVICES ............................................................................................................ 96,577 96,577 

054 FAMILY OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT .................................................................. 29,883 29,883 

055 ULTRA-LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE (ULTV) ............................................................... 17,034 17,034 

OTHER SUPPORT 

056 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ..................................................................................... 27,691 27,691 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

057 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .......................................................................................... 35,657 35,657 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS .......................................... 3,979,212 3,975,312 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 

STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE 

001 B–21 RAIDER ......................................................................................................................... 1,617,093 1,617,093 

002 B–21 RAIDER AP .................................................................................................................. 708,000 708,000 

TACTICAL FORCES 

003 F–35 .......................................................................................................................................... 4,877,121 4,752,321 

Flyaway unit cost growth ............................................................................................... [–124,800 ] 

004 F–35 AP ................................................................................................................................... 402,000 402,000 

005 F–15EX .................................................................................................................................... 2,670,039 2,469,591 

Technical realignment ..................................................................................................... [–200,448 ] 

006 F–15EX AP .............................................................................................................................. 228,000 320,000 

FY25 6 additional aircraft ............................................................................................. [92,000 ] 

TACTICAL AIRLIFT 

007 KC–46A MDAP ....................................................................................................................... 2,882,590 2,882,590 

OTHER AIRLIFT 

008 C–130J ...................................................................................................................................... 34,921 34,921 

HELICOPTERS 

011 MH–139A ................................................................................................................................. 228,807 228,807 

012 COMBAT RESCUE HELICOPTER .................................................................................... 282,533 282,533

MISSION SUPPORT AIRCRAFT 

013 CIVIL AIR PATROL A/C ...................................................................................................... 3,013 11,900 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [8,887 ] 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

015 TARGET DRONES ................................................................................................................ 42,226 42,226 

017 E–11 BACN/HAG .................................................................................................................... 67,367 67,367 

STRATEGIC AIRCRAFT 

019 B–2A ......................................................................................................................................... 107,980 107,980 

020 B–1B ......................................................................................................................................... 12,757 9,782 

Technical realignment ..................................................................................................... [–2,975 ] 

021 B–52 .......................................................................................................................................... 65,815 51,798 

Technical realignment ..................................................................................................... [–14,017 ] 

022 LARGE AIRCRAFT INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES .............................................. 21,723 21,723 

TACTICAL AIRCRAFT 

024 E–11 BACN/HAG .................................................................................................................... 58,923 58,923 

025 F–15 .......................................................................................................................................... 34,830 155,278 

Technical realignment ..................................................................................................... [120,448 ] 

026 F–16 .......................................................................................................................................... 297,342 397,342 

IVEWS restoration .......................................................................................................... [100,000 ] 

027 F–22A ....................................................................................................................................... 794,676 794,676 

028 F–35 MODIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................ 451,798 451,798 

029 F–15 EPAW ............................................................................................................................. 280,658 280,658 

AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT 

031 C–5 ............................................................................................................................................ 24,377 24,377 


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House Authorized 

032 C–17A ....................................................................................................................................... 140,560 140,560 

033 C–32A ....................................................................................................................................... 19,060 19,060 

034 C–37A ....................................................................................................................................... 13,454 13,454 

TRAINER AIRCRAFT 

035 GLIDER MODS ...................................................................................................................... 5,270 5,270 

036 T–6 ............................................................................................................................................ 2,942 2,942 

037 T–1 ............................................................................................................................................ 10,950 10,950 

038 T–38 .......................................................................................................................................... 125,340 125,340 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

040 U–2 MODS ............................................................................................................................... 54,727 54,727 

042 C–12 .......................................................................................................................................... 446 446 

044 VC–25A MOD .......................................................................................................................... 29,707 29,707 

045 C–40 .......................................................................................................................................... 8,921 8,921 

046 C–130 ........................................................................................................................................ 71,177 93,177 

iMAFFS ........................................................................................................................... [22,000 ] 

047 C–130J MODS ......................................................................................................................... 121,258 121,258 

048 C–135 ........................................................................................................................................ 153,595 153,595 

049 COMPASS CALL .................................................................................................................... 144,686 194,686 

SABER integration on EC–37B aircraft ...................................................................... [50,000 ] 

050 COMBAT FLIGHT INSPECTION—CFIN ......................................................................... 446 446 

051 RC–135 ..................................................................................................................................... 220,138 220,138 

052 E–3 ............................................................................................................................................ 1,350 1,350 

052A E–7A AP .................................................................................................................................. 300,000 

USAF UPL ...................................................................................................................... [300,000 ] 

053 E–4 ............................................................................................................................................ 13,055 13,055 

056 H–1 ........................................................................................................................................... 816 816 

057 H–60 ......................................................................................................................................... 4,207 4,207 

060 HC/MC–130 MODIFICATIONS ............................................................................................ 101,055 101,055 

061 OTHER AIRCRAFT ............................................................................................................... 54,134 73,403 

Technical realignment ..................................................................................................... [11,619 ] 

Technical realignment—Sentinel Aircraft Procurement .............................................. [7,650 ] 

062 MQ–9 MODS ........................................................................................................................... 98,063 98,063 

064 SENIOR LEADER C3 SYSTEM—AIRCRAFT ................................................................. 24,847 24,847 

065 CV–22 MODS ........................................................................................................................... 153,006 153,006 

AIRCRAFT SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

066 INITIAL SPARES/REPAIR PARTS ................................................................................... 781,521 772,877 

Technical realignment ..................................................................................................... [–8,644 ] 

COMMON SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

067 AIRCRAFT REPLACEMENT SUPPORT EQUIP ............................................................ 157,664 157,664 

POST PRODUCTION SUPPORT 

068 B–2A ......................................................................................................................................... 1,838 1,838 

069 B–2B ......................................................................................................................................... 15,207 15,207 

072 MC–130J .................................................................................................................................. 10,117 10,117 

074 F–16 .......................................................................................................................................... 1,075 1,075 

075 F–22A ....................................................................................................................................... 38,418 38,418 

INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS 

079 INDUSTRIAL RESPONSIVENESS .................................................................................... 18,874 18,874 

WAR CONSUMABLES 

080 WAR CONSUMABLES .......................................................................................................... 27,482 27,482 

OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES 

081 OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES .................................................................................... 1,478,044 1,513,644 

Classified adjustment ...................................................................................................... [190,000 ] 

Excess to need .................................................................................................................. [–229,400 ] 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................. [–5,000 ] 

Technical realignment ..................................................................................................... [80,000 ] 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

083A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................... 17,165 17,165 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ............................ 20,315,204 20,712,524 

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 

MISSILE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT—BALLISTIC 

001 MISSILE REPLACEMENT EQ-BALLISTIC .................................................................... 69,319 69,319 

BALLISTIC MISSILES 

003 GROUND BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT AP ......................................................... 539,300 539,300 

STRATEGIC 

004 LONG RANGE STAND-OFF WEAPON .............................................................................. 66,816 66,816 

TACTICAL 

005 REPLAC EQUIP & WAR CONSUMABLES ...................................................................... 37,318 37,318 

006 JOINT AIR-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE ................................................................. 915,996 915,996 

007 JOINT AIR-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE AP .......................................................... 769,672 769,672 

008 JOINT STRIKE MISSILE .................................................................................................... 161,011 161,011 

009 LRASM0 ................................................................................................................................... 87,796 87,796 

010 LRASM0 AP ............................................................................................................................ 99,871 99,871 

011 SIDEWINDER (AIM–9X) ...................................................................................................... 95,643 95,643 

012 AMRAAM ................................................................................................................................. 489,049 489,049 

013 AMRAAM AP ........................................................................................................................... 212,410 212,410 

014 PREDATOR HELLFIRE MISSILE .................................................................................... 1,049 1,049 

015 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB ................................................................................................. 48,734 48,734 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

016 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB II ............................................................................................ 291,553 291,553 

017 STAND-IN ATTACK WEAPON (SIAW) ............................................................................. 41,947 41,947 

INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES 

018 INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS/POL PREVENTION ................................................... 793 793 

CLASS IV 

019 ICBM FUZE MOD ................................................................................................................. 115,745 115,745 

020 ICBM FUZE MOD AP ........................................................................................................... 43,044 43,044 

021 MM III MODIFICATIONS .................................................................................................... 48,639 48,639 

022 AIR LAUNCH CRUISE MISSILE (ALCM) ....................................................................... 41,494 41,494 

MISSILE SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

023 MSL SPRS/REPAIR PARTS (INITIAL) ............................................................................ 6,840 6,840 

024 MSL SPRS/REPAIR PARTS (REPLEN) ........................................................................... 75,191 75,191 

SPECIAL PROGRAMS 

029 SPECIAL UPDATE PROGRAMS ........................................................................................ 419,498 419,498 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

029A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................... 851,718 851,718 

TOTAL MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ................................ 5,530,446 5,530,446 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 

ROCKETS 

001 ROCKETS ................................................................................................................................ 18,483 18,483 

CARTRIDGES 

002 CARTRIDGES ........................................................................................................................ 101,104 101,104 

BOMBS 

004 GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS ........................................................................................... 142,118 142,118 

005 MASSIVE ORDNANCE PENETRATOR (MOP) ................................................................ 14,074 14,074 

006 JOINT DIRECT ATTACK MUNITION ............................................................................... 132,364 132,364 

007 B–61 .......................................................................................................................................... 68 68 

008 B61–12 TRAINER .................................................................................................................. 10,100 10,100 

OTHER ITEMS 

009 CAD/PAD ................................................................................................................................. 51,487 51,487 

010 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) .................................................................. 6,707 6,707 

011 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .......................................................................................... 585 585 

013 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION .................................................................... 2,299 2,299 

014 ITEMS LESS THAN $5,000,000 .......................................................................................... 5,115 5,115 

FLARES 

015 EXPENDABLE COUNTERMEASURES ............................................................................ 79,786 79,786 

FUZES 

016 FUZES ..................................................................................................................................... 109,562 109,562 

SMALL ARMS 

017 SMALL ARMS ........................................................................................................................ 29,306 29,306 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE ............ 703,158 703,158 

PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE 

SPACE PROCUREMENT, SF 

001 AF SATELLITE COMM SYSTEM ....................................................................................... 64,345 64,345 

003 COUNTERSPACE SYSTEMS .............................................................................................. 52,665 52,665 

004 FAMILY OF BEYOND LINE-OF-SIGHT TERMINALS .................................................. 25,057 25,057 

005 FABT FORCE ELEMENT TERMINAL ............................................................................. 121,634 121,634 

007 GENERAL INFORMATION TECH—SPACE .................................................................... 3,451 3,451 

008 GPSIII FOLLOW ON ............................................................................................................. 119,700 70,400 

Request for Equitable Adjustment .................................................................................. [–49,300 ] 

009 GPS III SPACE SEGMENT ................................................................................................. 121,770 103,670 

Unjustified growth SV 03–10 production ...................................................................... [–18,100 ] 

010 GLOBAL POSTIONING (SPACE) ....................................................................................... 893 893 

011 HERITAGE TRANSITION ................................................................................................... 6,110 6,110 

012 JOINT TACTICAL GROUND STATIONS .......................................................................... 580 580 

013 SPACEBORNE EQUIP (COMSEC) ..................................................................................... 83,168 83,168

014 MILSATCOM ........................................................................................................................... 44,672 44,672 

015 SBIR HIGH (SPACE) ........................................................................................................... 39,438 39,438 

016 SPECIAL SPACE ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................... 840,913 380,213 

Classified overrun ............................................................................................................ [–497,000 ] 

USSF UPL—Classified program A .............................................................................. [36,300 ] 

017 MOBILE USER OBJECTIVE SYSTEM ............................................................................. 101,147 101,147 

018 NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH ........................................................................ 2,142,846 2,142,846 

020 PTES HUB .............................................................................................................................. 56,482 56,482 

021 ROCKET SYSTEMS LAUNCH PROGRAM ....................................................................... 74,848 74,848 

022 SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY LAUNCH .................................................................. 529,468 529,468 

023 SPACE MODS ......................................................................................................................... 166,596 166,596 

024 SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM SPACE ............................................................................. 114,505 114,505 

SPARES 

025 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .......................................................................................... 906 906 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

026 POWER CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 3,100 3,100 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

027 UNDISTRIBUTED ................................................................................................................ –434,000 

WGS–12 delayed contract award ................................................................................... [–434,000 ] 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE .............................................. 4,714,294 3,752,194 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 

PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES 

001 PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES ............................................................................... 6,123 6,123 

CARGO AND UTILITY VEHICLES 

002 MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLE ......................................................................................... 3,961 3,961

003 CAP VEHICLES ..................................................................................................................... 1,027 1,027 

004 CARGO AND UTILITY VEHICLES ................................................................................... 45,036 47,338 

Technical realignment ..................................................................................................... [2,302 ] 

SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES 

005 JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE ................................................................................ 57,780 57,780 

006 SECURITY AND TACTICAL VEHICLES ......................................................................... 390 390 

007 SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES ....................................................................................... 79,023 82,803 

Technical realignment ..................................................................................................... [3,780 ] 

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT 

008 FIRE FIGHTING/CRASH RESCUE VEHICLES ............................................................ 70,252 70,252 

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

009 MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES .............................................................................. 73,805 75,895 

Technical realignment ..................................................................................................... [2,090 ] 

BASE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT 

010 RUNWAY SNOW REMOV AND CLEANING EQU ........................................................... 22,030 22,030 

011 BASE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT VEHICLES ............................................................... 223,354 240,634 

Technical realignment ..................................................................................................... [17,280 ] 

COMM SECURITY EQUIPMENT(COMSEC) 

013 COMSEC EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................................ 98,600 98,600 

INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS 

015 INTERNATIONAL INTEL TECH & ARCHITECTURES ............................................... 5,393 5,393 

016 INTELLIGENCE TRAINING EQUIPMENT ..................................................................... 5,012 5,012 

017 INTELLIGENCE COMM EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 40,042 40,042 

ELECTRONICS PROGRAMS 

018 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL & LANDING SYS .................................................................... 67,581 67,581 

019 NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM ....................................................................................... 3,841 3,841 

020 BATTLE CONTROL SYSTEM—FIXED ............................................................................ 1,867 1,867 

022 3D EXPEDITIONARY LONG-RANGE RADAR ................................................................ 83,735 83,735 

023 WEATHER OBSERVATION FORECAST .......................................................................... 28,530 28,530 

024 STRATEGIC COMMAND AND CONTROL ........................................................................ 73,593 73,593 

025 CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX ................................................................................. 8,221 8,221 

026 MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS ........................................................................................ 17,078 17,078 

029 STRATEGIC MISSION PLANNING & EXECUTION SYSTEM ..................................... 3,861 3,861 

SPCL COMM-ELECTRONICS PROJECTS 

030 GENERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................... 206,142 212,093 

Insufficient justification ................................................................................................. [–25,000 ] 

Technical realignment ..................................................................................................... [30,951 ] 

031 AF GLOBAL COMMAND & CONTROL SYS ..................................................................... 2,582 2,582 

032 BATTLEFIELD AIRBORNE CONTROL NODE (BACN) ................................................ 30 30 

033 MOBILITY COMMAND AND CONTROL ........................................................................... 3,768 3,768 

034 AIR FORCE PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEM ................................................................ 208,704 208,704 

035 COMBAT TRAINING RANGES ........................................................................................... 346,340 346,340 

036 MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY COMM N ............................................................ 84,102 84,102 

037 WIDE AREA SURVEILLANCE (WAS) .............................................................................. 11,594 11,594 

038 C3 COUNTERMEASURES ................................................................................................... 148,818 148,818 

044 AIR & SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER (AOC) ............................................................... 5,032 5,032 

AIR FORCE COMMUNICATIONS 

046 BASE INFORMATION TRANSPT INFRAST (BITI) WIRED ........................................ 108,532 322,704 

Technical realignment ..................................................................................................... [214,172 ] 

047 AFNET ..................................................................................................................................... 154,911 129,911 

Insufficient justification ................................................................................................. [–25,000 ] 

048 JOINT COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT ELEMENT (JCSE) ......................................... 5,381 5,381 

049 USCENTCOM .......................................................................................................................... 18,025 18,025 

050 USSTRATCOM ....................................................................................................................... 4,436 4,436 

051 USSPACECOM ....................................................................................................................... 27,073 27,073 

ORGANIZATION AND BASE 

052 TACTICAL C-E EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................. 226,819 226,819 

053 RADIO EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................................ 30,407 30,407 

054 BASE COMM INFRASTRUCTURE .................................................................................... 113,563 113,563

MODIFICATIONS 

055 COMM ELECT MODS ........................................................................................................... 98,224 118,224 

NORTHCOM UPL—Over the Horizon Radar Acceleration ....................................... [20,000 ] 

PERSONAL SAFETY & RESCUE EQUIP 

056 PERSONAL SAFETY AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT ....................................................... 60,473 60,473 

DEPOT PLANT+MTRLS HANDLING EQ 

057 POWER CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 9,235 9,235 

058 MECHANIZED MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIP ............................................................ 15,662 15,662 

BASE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

059 BASE PROCURED EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................... 77,875 77,875 

060 ENGINEERING AND EOD EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 280,734 323,018 

Recovery of Air Bases Denied by Ordnance Program .................................................. [40,000 ] 

Technical realignment ..................................................................................................... [2,284 ] 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

061 MOBILITY EQUIPMENT ..................................................................................................... 207,071 232,271 

Technical realignment ..................................................................................................... [25,200 ] 

062 FUELS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (FSE) ........................................................................... 218,790 218,790 

063 BASE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................. 51,914 57,864 

Technical realignment ..................................................................................................... [5,950 ] 

SPECIAL SUPPORT PROJECTS 

065 DARP RC135 ........................................................................................................................... 28,882 28,882 

066 DCGS-AF ................................................................................................................................. 129,655 129,655 

070 SPECIAL UPDATE PROGRAM .......................................................................................... 1,042,833 1,042,833 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

072A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................... 25,456,490 25,456,490 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

071 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS (CYBER) ........................................................................ 1,032 1,032 

072 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .......................................................................................... 12,628 12,628 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ................................... 30,417,892 30,731,901 

PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, SDA 

001 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DPAA .............................................................................................. 516 516 

002 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, OSD ................................................................................................ 186,006 186,006 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DISA 

011 INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY ............................................................................. 12,275 12,275 

012 TELEPORT PROGRAM ........................................................................................................ 42,399 42,399 

014 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ..................................................................................... 47,538 47,538 

015 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEM NETWORK ........................................................... 39,472 39,472 

016 WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATION AGENCY ................................................................ 118,523 118,523 

017 SENIOR LEADERSHIP ENTERPRISE ............................................................................ 94,591 94,591 

018 JOINT REGIONAL SECURITY STACKS (JRSS) ............................................................ 22,714 0 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................. [–22,714 ] 

019 JOINT SERVICE PROVIDER ............................................................................................. 107,637 97,637 

Insufficient justification ................................................................................................. [–10,000 ] 

020 FOURTH ESTATE NETWORK OPTIMIZATION (4ENO) ............................................. 33,047 33,047 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DLA 

028 MAJOR EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................................... 30,355 30,355 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DCSA 

029 MAJOR EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................................... 2,135 2,135 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, TJS 

030 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, TJS ................................................................................................. 3,747 3,747 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY 

031 THAAD .................................................................................................................................... 216,782 316,782 

6 additional THAAD Interceptors ................................................................................. [100,000 ] 

033 AEGIS BMD ............................................................................................................................ 374,756 419,756 

MDA UPL—SM–3 Blk 1B Life Extension ................................................................... [45,000 ] 

035 BMDS AN/TPY–2 RADARS .................................................................................................. 29,108 29,108 

036 SM–3 IIAS ............................................................................................................................... 432,824 432,824 

037 ARROW 3 UPPER TIER SYSTEMS .................................................................................. 80,000 80,000 

038 SHORT RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE (SRBMD) ..................................... 40,000 40,000 

039 DEFENSE OF GUAM PROCUREMENT ........................................................................... 169,627 169,627 

040 AEGIS ASHORE PHASE III .............................................................................................. 2,390 2,390 

041 IRON DOME ........................................................................................................................... 80,000 80,000 

042 AEGIS BMD HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE .................................................................. 27,825 27,825 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DHRA 

043 PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION ...................................................................................... 3,704 3,704 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY 

046 VEHICLES .............................................................................................................................. 366 366 

047 OTHER MAJOR EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................... 12,787 12,787 

048 DTRA CYBER ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................ 21,413 21,413 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DODEA 

049 AUTOMATION/EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT & LOGISTICS ........................................... 1,358 1,358 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DMACT 

050 MAJOR EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................................... 13,012 13,012 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, USCYBERCOM 

051 CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS ............................................................................................. 129,082 131,582 

Additional resourcing ...................................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

073A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................... 658,529 658,529 

AVIATION PROGRAMS 

053 ARMED OVERWATCH/TARGETING ................................................................................. 266,846 266,846 

054 MANNED ISR ......................................................................................................................... 7,000 7,000 

055 MC–12 ....................................................................................................................................... 600 600 

057 ROTARY WING UPGRADES AND SUSTAINMENT ....................................................... 261,012 261,012 

058 UNMANNED ISR ................................................................................................................... 26,997 29,497 

Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) Miniaturized Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) 

Ground Control Stations.

[2,500 ] 

059 NON-STANDARD AVIATION ............................................................................................... 25,782 25,782 

060 U–28 ......................................................................................................................................... 7,198 7,198 

061 MH–47 CHINOOK .................................................................................................................. 149,883 149,883 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

062 CV–22 MODIFICATION ........................................................................................................ 75,981 75,981 

063 MQ–9 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE ............................................................................ 17,684 17,684 

064 PRECISION STRIKE PACKAGE ....................................................................................... 108,497 108,497 

065 AC/MC–130J ............................................................................................................................ 319,754 319,754 

066 C–130 MODIFICATIONS ...................................................................................................... 18,796 18,796 

SHIPBUILDING 

067 UNDERWATER SYSTEMS .................................................................................................. 66,111 73,111 

Deep Submergence Collective Propulsion ...................................................................... [7,000 ] 

AMMUNITION PROGRAMS 

068 ORDNANCE ITEMS <$5M .................................................................................................. 147,831 147,831 

OTHER PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS 

069 INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS ................................................................................................ 203,400 203,400 

070 DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS ......................................... 5,718 5,718 

071 OTHER ITEMS <$5M .......................................................................................................... 108,816 106,316 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................. [–2,500 ] 

072 COMBATANT CRAFT SYSTEMS ........................................................................................ 55,064 58,730 

Combat Craft Assault for Naval Special Warfare—one craft ..................................... [3,666 ] 

073 SPECIAL PROGRAMS .......................................................................................................... 20,412 20,412 

074 TACTICAL VEHICLES ......................................................................................................... 56,561 56,561 

075 WARRIOR SYSTEMS <$5M ................................................................................................ 329,837 379,824 

USSOCOM UPL—Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) Group 3 Defeat Acceleration.[49,987 ] 

076 COMBAT MISSION REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................. 4,987 4,987 

077 OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS INTELLIGENCE ................................................... 23,639 23,639 

078 OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS ................................................................................... 322,341 322,341 

CBDP 

079 CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ............................................ 159,884 159,884 

080 CB PROTECTION & HAZARD MITIGATION ................................................................. 231,826 231,826 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE ........................................... 6,056,975 6,232,414 

NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

006 UNDISTRIBUTED ................................................................................................................ 100,000 

Program increase ............................................................................................................. [100,000 ] 

TOTAL NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT .......... 100,000 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT ................................................................................. 167,988,341 168,566,752 

1 TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVEL2 OPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUA3 TION 

4 SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUA5 TION. 

SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

ARMY 

BASIC RESEARCH 

001 0601102A DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES ............................................................. 296,670 301,670 

AI-Enhanced Quantum Computing .......................................................... [5,000 ] 

002 0601103A UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES ................................................... 75,672 75,672 

003 0601104A UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH CENTERS .......................... 108,946 112,946 

Biotechnology research ................................................................................ [2,000 ] 

Hypervelocity research and testing ........................................................... [2,000 ] 

004 0601121A CYBER COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ALLIANCE ................................ 5,459 5,459 

005 0601601A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING BASIC 

RESEARCH.

10,708 10,708 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ...................................................... 497,455 506,455 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

006 0602002A ARMY AGILE INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT-APPLIED RESEARCH.5,613 5,613 

008 0602134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT ADVANCED STUDIES ................... 6,242 6,242 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

009 0602141A LETHALITY TECHNOLOGY .......................................................................... 85,578 100,578 

Armaments technology for unmanned systems ......................................... [2,500 ] 

Convergent Advanced Manufacturing for Extreme Environments ......... [5,000 ] 

Crtitical energetic materials chemistries .................................................. [2,500 ] 

Overmatching the Speed of Battle ............................................................. [2,500 ] 

Universal Nanocrystalline Alloys Lethality ............................................. [2,500 ] 

010 0602142A ARMY APPLIED RESEARCH ........................................................................ 34,572 34,572 

011 0602143A SOLDIER LETHALITY TECHNOLOGY ...................................................... 104,470 116,970 

Body armor research .................................................................................. [2,500 ] 

Digital night vision technology ................................................................. [5,000 ] 

Pathfinder program .................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

Wafer-Level Vacuum Packaging (WLVP) of Microbolometers ................ [2,500 ] 

012 0602144A GROUND TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................ 60,005 69,005 

Cold weather research ................................................................................. [2,500 ] 

Engineered Repair Materials for Roadways to Support Effective Maneuver of Military Assets.[1,500 ] 

HMAR Production ...................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

Polar proving ground and training program .......................................... [2,500 ] 

013 0602145A NEXT GENERATION COMBAT VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ..................... 166,500 167,000 

High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWD – Humvee) 

Gunner Restraint System (GRS).

[500 ] 

014 0602146A NETWORK C3I TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................... 81,618 91,618 

Intelligent Resilience of Communications Signals ................................... [2,500 ] 

Man-portable doppler radar ...................................................................... [5,000 ] 

Secure Microelectronic Interposer Technology .......................................... [2,500 ] 

015 0602147A LONG RANGE PRECISION FIRES TECHNOLOGY .................................. 34,683 37,183 

Additive manufacturing for low-cost missile applications ...................... [2,500 ] 

016 0602148A FUTURE VERTICLE LIFT TECHNOLOGY ................................................ 73,844 76,344 

eVTOL power source development ............................................................. [2,500 ] 

017 0602150A AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY ......................................... 33,301 60,801 

Counter UAS research ................................................................................ [5,000 ] 

High energy laser enabling and support technology ................................ [2,500 ] 

High energy Laser in a Box ...................................................................... [20,000 ] 

018 0602180A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES.24,142 24,142 

019 0602181A ALL DOMAIN CONVERGENCE APPLIED RESEARCH .......................... 14,297 14,297 

020 0602182A C3I APPLIED RESEARCH ............................................................................. 30,659 30,659 

021 0602183A AIR PLATFORM APPLIED RESEARCH ..................................................... 48,163 53,163 

Unmanned aerial and ground sensor network ......................................... [2,500 ] 

Vision-Based Navigation for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems ............ [2,500 ] 

022 0602184A SOLDIER APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................................. 18,986 18,986 

023 0602213A C3I APPLIED CYBER ...................................................................................... 22,714 22,714 

024 0602386A BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR MATERIALS—APPLIED RESEARCH ........... 16,736 16,736 

025 0602785A MANPOWER/PERSONNEL/TRAINING TECHNOLOGY ........................... 19,969 19,969 

026 0602787A MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................... 66,266 76,166 

Precision Medicine for Bone Injuries ........................................................ [4,900 ] 

WRAIR Mitochonchondria TBI program ................................................. [5,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................ 948,358 1,042,758 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

027 0603002A MEDICAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ....................................................... 4,147 12,147 

Hearing Protections Communications ...................................................... [8,000 ] 

028 0603007A MANPOWER, PERSONNEL AND TRAINING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.16,316 16,316 

029 0603025A ARMY AGILE INNOVATION AND DEMONSTRATION ............................. 23,156 23,156 

030 0603040A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES.13,187 13,187 

031 0603041A ALL DOMAIN CONVERGENCE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................. 33,332 33,332 

032 0603042A C3I ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .................................................................... 19,225 19,225 

033 0603043A AIR PLATFORM ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ............................................ 14,165 14,165 

034 0603044A SOLDIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ........................................................ 1,214 1,214 

036 0603116A LETHALITY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................................................... 20,582 30,582 

Battlefield Armaments and Ammunition Supply Chain ........................ [10,000 ] 

Energetics Materials and Manufacturing Technology ............................. [2,500 ] 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–5,000 ] 

Systems materials and hardened structures ............................................. [2,500 ] 

037 0603117A ARMY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ............................... 136,280 136,280 

038 0603118A SOLDIER LETHALITY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ............................... 102,778 109,278 

Autonomous Long Range Resupply .......................................................... [2,500 ] 

Paratrooper and Powered Paragliders Autopilot System (PAPPAS) ... [4,000 ] 

039 0603119A GROUND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ......................................................... 40,597 45,597 

3D Printed Cold Weather Structures ........................................................ [2,500 ] 

Research supporting rapid entry in Arctic conditions ........................... [2,500 ] 

040 0603134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT SIMULATION ................................... 21,672 21,672 

041 0603386A BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR MATERIALS—ADVANCED RESEARCH ....... 59,871 59,871 

042 0603457A C3I CYBER ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT .................................................. 28,847 28,847 

043 0603461A HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING MODERNIZATION PROGRAM 255,772 250,772 

Excessive cost growth .................................................................................. [–5,000 ] 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

044 0603462A NEXT GENERATION COMBAT VEHICLE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.217,394 227,394 

Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology (Silent Watch 

Hydrogen Fuel Cell).

[10,000 ] 

045 0603463A NETWORK C3I ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .............................................. 105,549 105,549 

046 0603464A LONG RANGE PRECISION FIRES ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ........... 153,024 225,024 

Al-Li solid rocket motors ............................................................................ [10,000 ] 

Assured Munition Position, Navigation, Timing, and Navigational 

Warfare.

[10,000 ] 

ERAMS Advanced Technology .................................................................. [8,000 ] 

Maneuvering Submunitions for Precision Strike Missile ........................ [9,000 ] 

Missile Virtual Interactive Testbeds And Labs ........................................ [15,000 ] 

XM1155 Glide Flight Projectile ................................................................. [20,000 ] 

047 0603465A FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ......................... 158,795 178,795 

Additive manufacturing ............................................................................. [10,000 ] 

Army Aviation Cybersecurity and Electromagnetic Activity (CEMA) .. [5,000 ] 

Next Generation Vertical Takeoff and Landing Concepts for Unmanned Aircraft.[5,000 ] 

048 0603466A AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .................. 21,015 34,315 

Armaments Based Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems ............... [7,000 ] 

SHORAD S&T Engineering and Integration (SSEI) Lab .................... [6,300 ] 

049 0603920A HUMANITARIAN DEMINING ........................................................................ 9,068 23,000 

Program increase ........................................................................................ [13,932 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 1,455,986 1,609,718 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 

051 0603305A ARMY MISSLE DEFENSE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ............................ 12,904 43,904 

Artificial Intelligence Decision Aids for All Domain Operations .......... [6,000 ] 

Capability for Advanced Protetive Technologies Assessment and Integration (CAPTAIN).[8,000 ] 

Integrated Environmental Control and Power ........................................ [5,000 ] 

Pulsed Laser for Hypersonic Defense ........................................................ [5,000 ] 

Resilient Position, Navigation, and Timing Development (PNT) ......... [7,000 ] 

052 0603308A ARMY SPACE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ................................................... 19,120 24,120 

Essential Multi-Function Multi-Mission Payload Development ............ [5,000 ] 

054 0603619A LANDMINE WARFARE AND BARRIER—ADV DEV ................................ 47,537 47,537 

055 0603639A TANK AND MEDIUM CALIBER AMMUNITION ........................................ 91,323 91,323 

056 0603645A ARMORED SYSTEM MODERNIZATION—ADV DEV ............................... 43,026 29,926 

Slow expenditure—Ground Combat Platform ......................................... [–13,100 ] 

057 0603747A SOLDIER SUPPORT AND SURVIVABILITY ............................................. 3,550 3,550 

058 0603766A TACTICAL ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM—ADV DEV ....... 65,567 65,567 

059 0603774A NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ....................... 73,675 73,675 

060 0603779A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY—DEM/VAL ..................... 31,720 36,720 

Underwater Cut and Capture Demonstration ......................................... [5,000 ] 

061 0603790A NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT .................................................. 4,143 4,143 

062 0603801A AVIATION—ADV DEV ..................................................................................... 1,502,160 1,464,160 

FARA—Excess to need ............................................................................... [–50,000 ] 

Modular Communication, Command, and Control Suite (MC3–Suite) [12,000 ] 

063 0603804A LOGISTICS AND ENGINEER EQUIPMENT—ADV DEV ......................... 7,604 7,604 

064 0603807A MEDICAL SYSTEMS—ADV DEV .................................................................. 1,602 1,602 

065 0603827A SOLDIER SYSTEMS—ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT .............................. 27,681 25,825 

Excessive growth—Program management ................................................ [–1,333 ] 

Slow expenditure rate—Advance Development ........................................ [–523 ] 

066 0604017A ROBOTICS DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................... 3,024 3,024 

067 0604019A EXPANDED MISSION AREA MISSILE (EMAM) ...................................... 97,018 97,018 

068 0604020A CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAM (CFT) ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT & 

PROTOTYPING.

117,557 117,557 

069 0604035A LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITE CAPABILITY .......................... 38,851 38,851 

070 0604036A MULTI-DOMAIN SENSING SYSTEM (MDSS) ADV DEV ......................... 191,394 191,394 

071 0604037A TACTICAL INTEL TARGETING ACCESS NODE (TITAN) ADV DEV ... 10,626 10,626 

072 0604100A ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ................................................................... 11,095 11,095 

073 0604101A SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (SUAV) (6.4) ............................ 5,144 5,144 

074 0604103A ELECTRONIC WARFARE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TOOL 

(EWPMT).

2,260 2,260 

075 0604113A FUTURE TACTICAL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (FTUAS) ....... 53,143 24,096 

Slow expenditure rate ................................................................................. [–29,047 ] 

076 0604114A LOWER TIER AIR MISSILE DEFENSE (LTAMD) SENSOR ................. 816,663 816,663 

077 0604115A TECHNOLOGY MATURATION INITIATIVES ............................................ 281,314 281,314 

078 0604117A MANEUVER—SHORT RANGE AIR DEFENSE (M-SHORAD) ............... 281,239 240,065 

Delayed expenditure—Contract Award Delay ......................................... [–41,174 ] 

079 0604119A ARMY ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPING 204,914 204,914 

080 0604120A ASSURED POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING (PNT) .............. 40,930 33,090 

Slow expenditure rate—ALTNAV ............................................................. [–5,236 ] 

Slow expenditure rate—Mounted APNT .................................................. [–2,604 ] 

081 0604121A SYNTHETIC TRAINING ENVIRONMENT REFINEMENT & PROTOTYPING.109,714 78,686 

Slow expenditure rate—Reconfig Virtual Collective Trainer ................. [–3,524 ] 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

Slow expenditure rate—STE Live ............................................................ [–25,451 ] 

Slow expenditure rate—SVT ..................................................................... [–2,053 ] 

082 0604134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT DEMONSTRATION, PROTOTYPE 

DEVELOPMENT, AND TESTING.

16,426 16,426 

083 0604135A STRATEGIC MID-RANGE FIRES ................................................................. 31,559 31,559 

084 0604182A HYPERSONICS ................................................................................................. 43,435 43,435 

085 0604403A FUTURE INTERCEPTOR ............................................................................... 8,040 8,040 

086 0604531A COUNTER—SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS ADVANCED 

DEVELOPMENT.

64,242 64,242 

087 0604541A UNIFIED NETWORK TRANSPORT ............................................................. 40,915 40,915 

090A 99999999 FLEXIBLE TRANSITION PATHWAY .......................................................... 10,000 

Pilot program .............................................................................................. [10,000 ] 

229A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................. 19,200 16,700 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–2,500 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT 

AND PROTOTYPES.

4,420,315 4,306,770 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 

091 0604201A AIRCRAFT AVIONICS ..................................................................................... 13,673 13,673 

092 0604270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ............................................... 12,789 12,789 

093 0604601A INFANTRY SUPPORT WEAPONS ................................................................ 64,076 62,732 

Slow expenditure ........................................................................................ [–1,344 ] 

094 0604604A MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLES .................................................................. 28,226 3,226 

Incomplete development goals .................................................................... [–25,000 ] 

095 0604611A JAVELIN ............................................................................................................. 7,827 7,827 

096 0604622A FAMILY OF HEAVY TACTICAL VEHICLES .............................................. 44,197 44,197 

097 0604633A AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ................................................................................ 1,134 11,134 

Integrated Mission Planning & Airspace Control Tools (IMPACT) ...... [10,000 ] 

098 0604641A TACTICAL UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE (TUGV) ............................. 142,125 142,125 

099 0604642A LIGHT TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLES ................................................ 53,564 9,671 

Incomplete development goals .................................................................... [–43,893 ] 

100 0604645A ARMORED SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION (ASM)—ENG DEV ............... 102,201 102,201 

101 0604710A NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS—ENG DEV ........................................................ 48,720 133,143 

Rephase from Procurement for IVAS 1.2 development ............................ [89,451 ] 

Slow expenditure—Joint Effects Targetting System (JETS) ................ [–5,028 ] 

102 0604713A COMBAT FEEDING, CLOTHING, AND EQUIPMENT .............................. 2,223 2,223 

103 0604715A NON-SYSTEM TRAINING DEVICES—ENG DEV ...................................... 21,441 21,441 

104 0604741A AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, CONTROL AND INTELLIGENCE—ENG 

DEV.

74,738 84,738 

Software Integration Digital Eco-system ................................................. [10,000 ] 

105 0604742A CONSTRUCTIVE SIMULATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ................. 30,985 30,985 

106 0604746A AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT ................................. 13,626 13,626 

107 0604760A DISTRIBUTIVE INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS (DIS)—ENG DEV ..... 8,802 8,802 

108 0604798A BRIGADE ANALYSIS, INTEGRATION AND EVALUATION ................... 20,828 20,828 

109 0604802A WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS—ENG DEV .................................................. 243,851 258,851 

Long Range Precision Guidance Kit ........................................................ [15,000 ] 

110 0604804A LOGISTICS AND ENGINEER EQUIPMENT—ENG DEV ........................ 37,420 37,420 

111 0604805A COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS—ENG DEV ... 34,214 34,214 

112 0604807A MEDICAL MATERIEL/MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT—ENG DEV.

6,496 6,496 

113 0604808A LANDMINE WARFARE/BARRIER—ENG DEV .......................................... 13,581 13,581 

114 0604818A ARMY TACTICAL COMMAND & CONTROL HARDWARE & SOFTWARE.168,574 160,778 

Slow expenditure rate—Expeditionary Army Command Post .............. [–5,049 ] 

Slow expenditure rate—Sustainment Transport System ....................... [–2,747 ] 

115 0604820A RADAR DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................ 94,944 94,944 

116 0604822A GENERAL FUND ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SYSTEM (GFEBS) .......... 2,965 2,965 

117 0604827A SOLDIER SYSTEMS—WARRIOR DEM/VAL .............................................. 11,333 11,333 

118 0604852A SUITE OF SURVIVABILITY ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS—EMD ......... 79,250 79,250 

119 0604854A ARTILLERY SYSTEMS—EMD ...................................................................... 42,490 42,490 

120 0605013A INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ..................................... 104,024 104,024 

121 0605018A INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM-ARMY (IPPS-A) ........ 102,084 102,084 

123 0605030A JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK CENTER (JTNC) ....................................... 18,662 18,662 

124 0605031A JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK (JTN) ........................................................... 30,328 30,328 

125 0605035A COMMON INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES (CIRCM) .......................... 11,509 11,509 

126 0605036A COMBATING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (CWMD) ............... 1,050 1,050 

128 0605041A DEFENSIVE CYBER TOOL DEVELOPMENT ............................................ 27,714 27,714 

129 0605042A TACTICAL NETWORK RADIO SYSTEMS (LOW-TIER) .......................... 4,318 4,318 

130 0605047A CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM .................................................................... 16,355 16,355 

131 0605049A MISSILE WARNING SYSTEM MODERNIZATION (MWSM) ................... 27,571 27,571 

132 0605051A AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY DEVELOPMENT ......................................... 24,900 24,900 

133 0605052A INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION CAPABILITY INC 2—BLOCK 1 ......... 196,248 196,248 

134 0605053A GROUND ROBOTICS ....................................................................................... 35,319 35,319 

135 0605054A EMERGING TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES ................................................. 201,274 149,834 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–2,500 ] 

Prototype delay ........................................................................................... [–48,940 ] 

137 0605144A NEXT GENERATION LOAD DEVICE—MEDIUM ..................................... 36,970 25,559 

Unjustified cost growth .............................................................................. [–11,411 ] 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

139 0605148A TACTICAL INTEL TARGETING ACCESS NODE (TITAN) EMD ........... 132,136 132,136 

140 0605203A ARMY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION ......................... 81,657 81,657 

141 0605205A SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (SUAV) (6.5) ............................ 31,284 31,284 

142 0605206A CI AND HUMINT EQUIPMENT PROGRAM-ARMY (CIHEP-A) .............. 2,170 2,170 

143 0605216A JOINT TARGETING INTEGRATED COMMAND AND COORDINATION SUITE (JTIC2S).9,290 9,290 

144 0605224A MULTI-DOMAIN INTELLIGENCE ................................................................ 41,003 41,003 

146 0605231A PRECISION STRIKE MISSILE (PRSM) ..................................................... 272,786 272,786 

147 0605232A HYPERSONICS EMD ....................................................................................... 900,920 900,920 

148 0605233A ACCESSIONS INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT (AIE) ............................. 27,361 27,361 

149 0605235A STRATEGIC MID-RANGE CAPABILITY ..................................................... 348,855 348,855 

150 0605236A INTEGRATED TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS ........................................ 22,901 22,901 

151 0605450A JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MISSILE (JAGM) ............................................... 3,014 3,014 

152 0605457A ARMY INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE (AIAMD) ............ 284,095 273,195 

Capabilty development excess growth ........................................................ [–10,900 ] 

153 0605531A COUNTER—SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS SYS DEV & 

DEMONSTRATION.

36,016 36,016 

154 0605625A MANNED GROUND VEHICLE ...................................................................... 996,653 875,753 

OMFV slow expenditure ............................................................................. [–120,900 ] 

155 0605766A NATIONAL CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION (MIP) ................................... 15,129 15,129 

156 0605812A JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE (JLTV) ENGINEERING AND 

MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT PH.

27,243 26,143 

Slow expenditure ........................................................................................ [–1,100 ] 

157 0605830A AVIATION GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .......................................... 1,167 1,167 

158 0303032A TROJAN—RH12 ................................................................................................ 3,879 3,879 

159 0304270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ............................................... 137,186 137,186 

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION.5,639,364 5,485,003 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

160 0604256A THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT .................................................... 38,492 38,492 

161 0604258A TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .......................................................... 11,873 27,273 

Program increase ........................................................................................ [5,000 ] 

U.S. Replacement for Foreign Engines for Aerial Targets ..................... [10,400 ] 

162 0604759A MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT ........................................................................... 76,167 76,167 

163 0605103A RAND ARROYO CENTER ............................................................................... 37,078 37,078 

164 0605301A ARMY KWAJALEIN ATOLL ........................................................................... 314,872 314,872 

165 0605326A CONCEPTS EXPERIMENTATION PROGRAM ........................................... 95,551 95,551 

167 0605601A ARMY TEST RANGES AND FACILITIES ................................................... 439,118 439,118 

168 0605602A ARMY TECHNICAL TEST INSTRUMENTATION AND TARGETS ........ 42,220 72,220 

Rapid Assurance Modernization Program ............................................... [30,000 ] 

169 0605604A SURVIVABILITY/LETHALITY ANALYSIS .................................................. 37,518 37,518 

170 0605606A AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION ......................................................................... 2,718 2,718 

172 0605706A MATERIEL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ................................................................ 26,902 26,902 

173 0605709A EXPLOITATION OF FOREIGN ITEMS ....................................................... 7,805 7,805 

174 0605712A SUPPORT OF OPERATIONAL TESTING ................................................... 75,133 75,133 

175 0605716A ARMY EVALUATION CENTER ...................................................................... 71,118 71,118 

176 0605718A ARMY MODELING & SIM X-CMD COLLABORATION & INTEG ........... 11,204 11,204 

177 0605801A PROGRAMWIDE ACTIVITIES ....................................................................... 93,895 93,895 

178 0605803A TECHNICAL INFORMATION ACTIVITIES ................................................ 31,327 36,227 

Modeling & Simulation—Infrastructure .................................................. [4,900 ] 

179 0605805A MUNITIONS STANDARDIZATION, EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY 50,409 50,409 

180 0605857A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY MGMT SUPPORT .......... 1,629 1,629 

181 0605898A ARMY DIRECT REPORT HEADQUARTERS—R&D - MHA ................... 55,843 55,843 

182 0606002A RONALD REAGAN BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TEST SITE ....... 91,340 95,340 

Mission Control Center Modernization ..................................................... [4,000 ] 

183 0606003A COUNTERINTEL AND HUMAN INTEL MODERNIZATION ................... 6,348 6,348 

185 0606942A ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS CYBER VULNERABILITIES .... 6,025 6,025 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ...................................... 1,624,585 1,678,885 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

187 0603778A MLRS PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM .......................................... 14,465 14,465 

188 0605024A ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ................................................. 7,472 7,472 

189 0607131A WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS.8,425 8,425 

190 0607136A BLACKHAWK PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ........................... 1,507 1,507 

191 0607137A CHINOOK PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM .................................. 9,265 24,265 

714C Engine Enhancement ....................................................................... [15,000 ] 

192 0607139A IMPROVED TURBINE ENGINE PROGRAM .............................................. 201,247 191,062 

Excessive Growth—Government Planning ............................................... [–1,721 ] 

Slow expenditure rate ................................................................................. [–8,464 ] 

193 0607142A AVIATION ROCKET SYSTEM PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.3,014 3,014 

194 0607143A UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM UNIVERSAL PRODUCTS ................ 25,393 25,393 

195 0607145A APACHE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ........................................................... 10,547 35,547 

Apache modernization ................................................................................ [25,000 ] 

196 0607148A AN/TPQ–53 COUNTERFIRE TARGET ACQUISITION RADAR SYSTEM.54,167 54,167 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

197 0607150A INTEL CYBER DEVELOPMENT ................................................................... 4,345 4,345 

198 0607312A ARMY OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ................................. 19,000 19,000 

199 0607313A ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ............................................... 6,389 6,389 

200 0607315A ENDURING TURBINE ENGINES AND POWER SYSTEMS ................... 2,411 2,411 

201 0607665A FAMILY OF BIOMETRICS ............................................................................. 797 797 

202 0607865A PATRIOT PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT ........................................................ 177,197 177,197 

203 0203728A JOINT AUTOMATED DEEP OPERATION COORDINATION SYSTEM 

(JADOCS).

42,177 42,177 

204 0203735A COMBAT VEHICLE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS ................................... 146,635 149,935 

Abrams Modernization Program ............................................................... [15,000 ] 

Slow expenditure—Stryker Combat Vehicle Improvement Program ..... [–11,700 ] 

205 0203743A 155MM SELF-PROPELLED HOWITZER IMPROVEMENTS .................. 122,902 110,802 

Excess growth—ERCA range prototype build ......................................... [–5,900 ] 

Slow expenditure—Extended Range Cannon Artillery ........................... [–6,200 ] 

207 0203752A AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM .......... 146 146 

208 0203758A DIGITIZATION ................................................................................................. 1,515 1,515 

209 0203801A MISSILE/AIR DEFENSE PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ....... 4,520 4,520 

210 0203802A OTHER MISSILE PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS .................. 10,044 10,044 

211 0205412A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY—OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEV.281 281 

212 0205778A GUIDED MULTIPLE-LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEM (GMLRS) ................ 75,952 75,952 

213 0208053A JOINT TACTICAL GROUND SYSTEM ......................................................... 203 203 

216 0303028A SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ........................................ 301 301 

217 0303140A INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ................................... 15,323 15,323 

218 0303141A GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM ...................................................... 13,082 13,082 

219 0303142A SATCOM GROUND ENVIRONMENT (SPACE) ........................................... 26,838 26,838 

222 0305179A INTEGRATED BROADCAST SERVICE (IBS) ............................................ 9,456 9,456 

225 0305219A MQ–1C GRAY EAGLE UAS ............................................................................ 6,629 6,629 

227 0708045A END ITEM INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES ..................... 75,317 85,317 

Additive manufacturing expansion ........................................................... [10,000 ] 

228A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................. 8,786 8,786 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT .... 1,105,748 1,136,763 

SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS 

228 0608041A DEFENSIVE CYBER—SOFTWARE PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT .... 83,570 83,570 

SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY 

PILOT PROGRAMS.

83,570 83,570 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

EVALUATION, ARMY.

15,775,381 15,849,922 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

NAVY 

BASIC RESEARCH 

001 0601103N UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES ................................................... 96,355 101,355 

Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) ........ [5,000 ] 

002 0601153N DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES ............................................................. 540,908 543,908 

Hypersonic research initiatives ................................................................. [3,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ...................................................... 637,263 645,263 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

003 0602114N POWER PROJECTION APPLIED RESEARCH .......................................... 23,982 23,982 

004 0602123N FORCE PROTECTION APPLIED RESEARCH .......................................... 142,148 144,648 

Cavitation erosion research ........................................................................ [2,500 ] 

005 0602131M MARINE CORPS LANDING FORCE TECHNOLOGY ................................ 59,208 66,708 

Next Generation Lithium Ion Batteries ................................................... [5,000 ] 

Unmanned logistics solutions .................................................................... [2,500 ] 

006 0602235N COMMON PICTURE APPLIED RESEARCH .............................................. 52,090 52,090 

007 0602236N WARFIGHTER SUSTAINMENT APPLIED RESEARCH ......................... 74,722 74,722 

008 0602271N ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS APPLIED RESEARCH ....................... 92,473 92,473 

009 0602435N OCEAN WARFIGHTING ENVIRONMENT APPLIED RESEARCH ........ 80,806 90,806 

Continous distributed sensing systems ...................................................... [10,000 ] 

010 0602651M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS APPLIED RESEARCH ....................... 7,419 7,419 

011 0602747N UNDERSEA WARFARE APPLIED RESEARCH ........................................ 61,503 69,003 

Academic Partnerships for Submarine & Undersea Vehicle Research & 

Manufacturing.

[5,000 ] 

Undersea Sensing and Communications .................................................. [2,500 ] 

012 0602750N FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES APPLIED RESEARCH ...................... 182,662 185,162 

Long endurance mobile autonomous passive acoustic sensing research [2,500 ] 

013 0602782N MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE APPLIED RESEARCH ....... 30,435 30,435 

014 0602792N INNOVATIVE NAVAL PROTOTYPES (INP) APPLIED RESEARCH ..... 133,828 133,828 

015 0602861N SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT—ONR FIELD 

ACITIVITIES.

85,063 80,063 

Early to need .............................................................................................. [–5,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................ 1,026,339 1,051,339 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

016 0603123N FORCE PROTECTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................................. 29,512 29,512 

017 0603271N ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .............. 8,418 8,418 

018 0603273N SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR NUCLEAR RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS ... 112,329 112,329 

019 0603640M USMC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION (ATD) .............. 308,217 320,717 

Early to need .............................................................................................. [–5,000 ] 

Hybrid electrical VTOL UAS development .............................................. [2,500 ] 

Long Range Maneuvering Projectile ......................................................... [15,000 ] 

020 0603651M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ..... 15,556 15,556 

021 0603673N FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.264,700 267,200 

Automated acoustic signal classifier ......................................................... [2,500 ] 

022 0603680N MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ......................................... 61,843 61,843 

023 0603729N WARFIGHTER PROTECTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................... 5,100 5,100 

024 0603758N NAVY WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS ...... 75,898 75,898 

025 0603782N MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.2,048 2,048 

026 0603801N INNOVATIVE NAVAL PROTOTYPES (INP) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.132,931 142,931 

HEL weapon System ................................................................................. [10,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 1,016,552 1,041,552 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 

027 0603128N UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM ..................................................................... 108,225 108,225 

028 0603178N LARGE UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES (LUSV) ............................... 117,400 117,400 

029 0603207N AIR/OCEAN TACTICAL APPLICATIONS .................................................... 40,653 45,653 

Autonomous surface and underwater dual-modality vehicles ................. [5,000 ] 

030 0603216N AVIATION SURVIVABILITY .......................................................................... 20,874 20,874 

031 0603239N NAVAL CONSTRUCTION FORCES ............................................................... 7,821 7,821 

032 0603254N ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .................................................................. 17,090 17,090 

033 0603261N TACTICAL AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE .............................................. 3,721 3,721 

034 0603382N ADVANCED COMBAT SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY ...................................... 6,216 16,216 

Tier 2.5 LO Inspection Technology ........................................................... [10,000 ] 

035 0603502N SURFACE AND SHALLOW WATER MINE COUNTERMEASURES ...... 34,690 34,690 

036 0603506N SURFACE SHIP TORPEDO DEFENSE ...................................................... 730 730 

037 0603512N CARRIER SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ........................................................ 6,095 6,095 

038 0603525N PILOT FISH ...................................................................................................... 916,208 916,208 

039 0603527N RETRACT LARCH ............................................................................................ 7,545 7,545 

040 0603536N RETRACT JUNIPER ........................................................................................ 271,109 271,109 

041 0603542N RADIOLOGICAL CONTROL ........................................................................... 811 811 

042 0603553N SURFACE ASW ................................................................................................. 1,189 1,189 

043 0603561N ADVANCED SUBMARINE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ............................. 88,415 88,415 

044 0603562N SUBMARINE TACTICAL WARFARE SYSTEMS ........................................ 15,119 15,119 

045 0603563N SHIP CONCEPT ADVANCED DESIGN ........................................................ 89,939 94,939 

Support for Additive Manufacturing ........................................................ [5,000 ] 

046 0603564N SHIP PRELIMINARY DESIGN & FEASIBILITY STUDIES ................... 121,402 126,402 

Ship Concept Advanced Design ................................................................. [5,000 ] 

047 0603570N ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS ................................................ 319,656 319,656 

048 0603573N ADVANCED SURFACE MACHINERY SYSTEMS ...................................... 133,911 138,911 

Support Shipboard Distribution of High-Power Energy ........................ [5,000 ] 

049 0603576N CHALK EAGLE ................................................................................................. 116,078 116,078 

050 0603581N LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS) ................................................................ 32,615 32,615 

051 0603582N COMBAT SYSTEM INTEGRATION ............................................................... 18,610 18,610 

052 0603595N OHIO REPLACEMENT .................................................................................... 257,076 267,076 

Rapid composites ........................................................................................ [10,000 ] 

053 0603596N LCS MISSION MODULES ............................................................................... 31,464 16,464 

Insufficient justification ............................................................................. [–15,000 ] 

054 0603597N AUTOMATED TEST AND RE-TEST (ATRT) ............................................. 10,809 10,809 

055 0603599N FRIGATE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................ 112,972 112,972 

056 0603609N CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS ...................................................................... 9,030 9,030 

057 0603635M MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORT SYSTEM ..................... 128,782 110,982 

Slow expenditure ........................................................................................ [–17,800 ] 

058 0603654N JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT ............... 44,766 44,766 

059 0603713N OCEAN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ...................... 10,751 10,751 

060 0603721N ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ................................................................ 24,457 24,457 

061 0603724N NAVY ENERGY PROGRAM ............................................................................ 72,214 77,214 

Marine Energy Systems for Sensors and Microgrids .............................. [5,000 ] 

062 0603725N FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT ....................................................................... 10,149 10,149 

063 0603734N CHALK CORAL ................................................................................................. 687,841 522,841 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–165,000 ] 

064 0603739N NAVY LOGISTIC PRODUCTIVITY ................................................................ 4,712 2,712 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–2,000 ] 

065 0603746N RETRACT MAPLE ............................................................................................ 420,455 420,455 

066 0603748N LINK PLUMERIA ............................................................................................. 2,100,474 1,000,174 

Project 2937: Unjustified requirements ..................................................... [–1,100,300 ] 

067 0603751N RETRACT ELM ................................................................................................. 88,036 88,036 

068 0603764M LINK EVERGREEN ......................................................................................... 547,005 547,005 

069 0603790N NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT .................................................. 6,265 6,265 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

070 0603795N LAND ATTACK TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................... 1,624 4,124 

Hypervelocity Projectile—Seeker Integration .......................................... [2,500 ] 

071 0603851M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS TESTING .............................................. 31,058 31,058 

072 0603860N JOINT PRECISION APPROACH AND LANDING SYSTEMS—DEM/ 

VAL.

22,590 22,590 

073 0603925N DIRECTED ENERGY AND ELECTRIC WEAPON SYSTEMS ................. 52,129 52,129 

074 0604014N F/A –18 INFRARED SEARCH AND TRACK (IRST) ................................. 32,127 32,127 

075 0604027N DIGITAL WARFARE OFFICE ....................................................................... 181,001 181,001 

076 0604028N SMALL AND MEDIUM UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLES .............. 110,506 105,506 

Late execution—MEDUSA ........................................................................ [–5,000 ] 

077 0604029N UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLE CORE TECHNOLOGIES .............. 71,156 71,156 

078 0604030N RAPID PROTOTYPING, EXPERIMENTATION AND DEMONSTRATION..214,100 214,100 

079 0604031N LARGE UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLES .......................................... 6,900 6,900 

080 0604112N GERALD R. FORD CLASS NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER (CVN 

78—80).

118,182 118,182 

082 0604127N SURFACE MINE COUNTERMEASURES .................................................... 16,127 16,127 

083 0604272N TACTICAL AIR DIRECTIONAL INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES 

(TADIRCM).

34,684 34,684 

084 0604289M NEXT GENERATION LOGISTICS ................................................................ 5,991 5,991 

085 0604292N FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT (MARITIME STRIKE) ................................... 2,100 2,100 

086 0604320M RAPID TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITY PROTOTYPE .................................. 131,763 131,763 

087 0604454N LX (R) ................................................................................................................. 21,319 21,319 

088 0604536N ADVANCED UNDERSEA PROTOTYPING ................................................... 104,328 104,328 

089 0604636N COUNTER UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (C-UAS) ........................ 11,567 11,567 

090 0604659N PRECISION STRIKE WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ............. 5,976 195,976 

SLCM-N ...................................................................................................... [190,000 ] 

091 0604707N SPACE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE (SEW) ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING SUPPORT.9,993 9,993 

092 0604786N OFFENSIVE ANTI-SURFACE WARFARE WEAPON DEVELOPMENT 237,655 237,655 

093 0605512N MEDIUM UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES (MUSVS)) ....................... 85,800 85,800 

094 0605513N UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLE ENABLING CAPABILITIES ........... 176,261 176,261 

095 0605514M GROUND BASED ANTI-SHIP MISSILE ..................................................... 36,383 36,383 

096 0605516M LONG RANGE FIRES ...................................................................................... 36,763 36,763 

097 0605518N CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE (CPS) ................................................ 901,064 921,064 

Mach-TB ...................................................................................................... [20,000 ] 

098 0303354N ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT—MIP ...................................................... 10,167 10,167 

099 0304240M ADVANCED TACTICAL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM .................... 539 9,439 

KAMAN KARGO ........................................................................................ [8,900 ] 

100 0304270N ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT—MIP ................................... 1,250 1,250 

100A 99999999 FLEXIBLE TRANSITION PATHWAY .......................................................... 10,000 

Pilot program .............................................................................................. [10,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT 

AND PROTOTYPES.

9,734,483 8,705,783 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 

101 0603208N TRAINING SYSTEM AIRCRAFT ................................................................... 44,120 44,120 

102 0604038N MARITIME TARGETING CELL .................................................................... 30,922 30,922 

103 0604212M OTHER HELO DEVELOPMENT ................................................................... 101,209 101,209 

104 0604212N OTHER HELO DEVELOPMENT ................................................................... 2,604 2,604 

105 0604214M AV–8B AIRCRAFT—ENG DEV ...................................................................... 8,263 8,263 

106 0604215N STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................... 4,039 4,039 

107 0604216N MULTI-MISSION HELICOPTER UPGRADE DEVELOPMENT .............. 62,350 62,350 

108 0604221N P–3 MODERNIZATION PROGRAM .............................................................. 771 771 

109 0604230N WARFARE SUPPORT SYSTEM .................................................................... 109,485 109,485 

110 0604231N COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS ........................................................ 87,457 87,457 

111 0604234N ADVANCED HAWKEYE .................................................................................. 399,919 449,219 

Navy UPL—E–2D Theater Combat ID and HECTR ............................ [49,300 ] 

112 0604245M H–1 UPGRADES ............................................................................................... 29,766 29,766 

113 0604261N ACOUSTIC SEARCH SENSORS .................................................................... 51,531 51,531 

114 0604262N V–22A ................................................................................................................... 137,597 137,597 

115 0604264N AIR CREW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ...................................................... 42,155 42,155 

116 0604269N EA–18 .................................................................................................................. 172,507 172,507 

117 0604270N ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ............................................... 171,384 171,384 

118 0604273M EXECUTIVE HELO DEVELOPMENT .......................................................... 35,376 35,376 

119 0604274N NEXT GENERATION JAMMER (NGJ) ......................................................... 40,477 40,477 

120 0604280N JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM—NAVY (JTRS-NAVY) ..................... 451,397 466,397 

Navy Multiband Terminal ......................................................................... [5,000 ] 

Satellite Terminal (transportable) Non-Geostationary ........................... [10,000 ] 

121 0604282N NEXT GENERATION JAMMER (NGJ) INCREMENT II .......................... 250,577 199,645 

Next Generation Jammer—Low Band ..................................................... [–50,932 ] 

122 0604307N SURFACE COMBATANT COMBAT SYSTEM ENGINEERING ................ 453,311 453,311 

124 0604329N SMALL DIAMETER BOMB (SDB) ................................................................ 52,211 52,211 

125 0604366N STANDARD MISSILE IMPROVEMENTS .................................................... 418,187 493,187 

Program increase ........................................................................................ [75,000 ] 

126 0604373N AIRBORNE MCM .............................................................................................. 11,368 11,368 

127 0604378N NAVAL INTEGRATED FIRE CONTROL—COUNTER AIR SYSTEMS 

ENGINEERING.

66,445 68,945 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

Stratospheric Balloon Research ................................................................. [2,500 ] 

129 0604501N ADVANCED ABOVE WATER SENSORS ...................................................... 115,396 115,396 

130 0604503N SSN–688 AND TRIDENT MODERNIZATION ............................................. 93,435 93,435 

131 0604504N AIR CONTROL .................................................................................................. 42,656 42,656 

132 0604512N SHIPBOARD AVIATION SYSTEMS .............................................................. 10,442 10,442 

133 0604518N COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER CONVERSION ................................... 11,359 11,359 

134 0604522N AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE RADAR (AMDR) SYSTEM ...................... 90,307 90,307 

135 0604530N ADVANCED ARRESTING GEAR (AAG) ....................................................... 10,658 10,658 

136 0604558N NEW DESIGN SSN ........................................................................................... 234,356 241,356 

Precision Manuevering Unit ...................................................................... [7,000 ] 

137 0604562N SUBMARINE TACTICAL WARFARE SYSTEM .......................................... 71,516 71,516 

138 0604567N SHIP CONTRACT DESIGN/ LIVE FIRE T&E ........................................... 22,462 22,462 

139 0604574N NAVY TACTICAL COMPUTER RESOURCES ............................................. 4,279 4,279 

140 0604601N MINE DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................... 104,731 99,731 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–5,000 ] 

141 0604610N LIGHTWEIGHT TORPEDO DEVELOPMENT ............................................ 229,668 229,668 

142 0604654N JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT ............... 9,064 9,064 

143 0604657M USMC GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORTING ARMS SYSTEMS—ENG 

DEV.

62,329 62,329 

144 0604703N PERSONNEL, TRAINING, SIMULATION, AND HUMAN FACTORS ..... 9,319 9,319 

145 0604727N JOINT STANDOFF WEAPON SYSTEMS ..................................................... 1,964 1,964 

146 0604755N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (DETECT & CONTROL) ...................................... 158,426 158,426 

147 0604756N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (ENGAGE: HARD KILL) ..................................... 47,492 52,492 

Ship Self Defense (Soft Kill) ..................................................................... [5,000 ] 

148 0604757N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (ENGAGE: SOFT KILL/EW) ............................... 125,206 125,206 

149 0604761N INTELLIGENCE ENGINEERING ................................................................. 19,969 19,969 

150 0604771N MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................... 6,061 6,061 

151 0604777N NAVIGATION/ID SYSTEM .............................................................................. 45,262 45,262 

154 0604850N SSN(X) ................................................................................................................ 361,582 361,582 

155 0605013M INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ..................................... 22,663 22,663 

156 0605013N INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ..................................... 282,138 282,138 

157 0605024N ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ................................................. 8,340 8,340 

158 0605180N TACAMO MODERNIZATION .......................................................................... 213,743 213,743 

159 0605212M CH–53K RDTE .................................................................................................. 222,288 222,288 

160 0605215N MISSION PLANNING ....................................................................................... 86,448 86,448 

161 0605217N COMMON AVIONICS ........................................................................................ 81,076 81,076 

162 0605220N SHIP TO SHORE CONNECTOR (SSC) ........................................................ 1,343 1,343 

163 0605327N T-AO 205 CLASS ............................................................................................... 71 71

164 0605414N UNMANNED CARRIER AVIATION (UCA) .................................................. 220,404 220,404 

165 0605450M JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MISSILE (JAGM) ............................................... 384 384 

166 0605500N MULTI-MISSION MARITIME AIRCRAFT (MMA) ..................................... 36,027 36,027 

167 0605504N MULTI-MISSION MARITIME (MMA) INCREMENT III ........................... 132,449 132,449 

168 0605611M MARINE CORPS ASSAULT VEHICLES SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & 

DEMONSTRATION.

103,236 103,236 

169 0605813M JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE (JLTV) SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION.2,609 2,609 

170 0204202N DDG–1000 ........................................................................................................... 231,778 231,778 

171 0301377N COUNTERING ADVANCED CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS (CACW) ....... 17,531 17,531 

172 0304785N ISR & INFO OPERATIONS ............................................................................ 174,271 174,271 

173 0306250M CYBER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ......................... 2,068 2,068 

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION.6,962,234 7,060,102 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

174 0604256N THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT .................................................... 22,918 22,918 

175 0604258N TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .......................................................... 18,623 18,623 

176 0604759N MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT ........................................................................... 74,221 74,221 

177 0605152N STUDIES AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT—NAVY ........................................... 3,229 3,229 

178 0605154N CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ............................................................... 45,672 45,672 

180 0605804N TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICES ................................................... 1,000 1,000 

181 0605853N MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL & INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ............. 124,328 131,828 

Program increase ........................................................................................ [7,500 ] 

182 0605856N STRATEGIC TECHNICAL SUPPORT .......................................................... 4,053 4,053 

183 0605863N RDT&E SHIP AND AIRCRAFT SUPPORT ................................................. 203,447 203,447 

184 0605864N TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT .......................................................... 481,975 481,975 

185 0605865N OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION CAPABILITY ....................... 29,399 29,399 

186 0605866N NAVY SPACE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE (SEW) SUPPORT .......... 27,504 27,504 

187 0605867N SEW SURVEILLANCE/RECONNAISSANCE SUPPORT ........................... 9,183 9,183 

188 0605873M MARINE CORPS PROGRAM WIDE SUPPORT .......................................... 34,976 34,976 

189 0605898N MANAGEMENT HQ—R&D ............................................................................. 41,331 41,331 

190 0606355N WARFARE INNOVATION MANAGEMENT .................................................. 37,340 37,340 

191 0305327N INSIDER THREAT ........................................................................................... 2,246 2,246 

192 0902498N MANAGEMENT HEADQUARTERS (DEPARTMENTAL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES).2,168 2,168 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ...................................... 1,163,613 1,171,113 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

196 0604840M F–35 C2D2 .......................................................................................................... 544,625 507,125 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

TR–3/B4 Unplanned cost growth .............................................................. [–37,500 ] 

197 0604840N F–35 C2D2 .......................................................................................................... 543,834 506,334 

TR–3/B4 Unplanned cost growth .............................................................. [–37,500 ] 

198 0605520M MARINE CORPS AIR DEFENSE WEAPONS SYSTEMS ......................... 99,860 89,360 

Slow expenditure ........................................................................................ [–10,500 ] 

199 0607658N COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT CAPABILITY (CEC) .............................. 153,440 153,440 

200 0101221N STRATEGIC SUB & WEAPONS SYSTEM SUPPORT ............................... 321,648 321,648 

201 0101224N SSBN SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ............................................ 62,694 62,694 

202 0101226N SUBMARINE ACOUSTIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ........................... 92,869 92,869 

203 0101402N NAVY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS ..................................................... 51,919 72,319 

Navy UPL—VIOLET - Navy Strategic Communications ..................... [20,400 ] 

204 0204136N F/A–18 SQUADRONS ....................................................................................... 333,783 333,783 

205 0204228N SURFACE SUPPORT ....................................................................................... 8,619 8,619 

206 0204229N TOMAHAWK AND TOMAHAWK MISSION PLANNING CENTER 

(TMPC).

122,834 122,834 

207 0204311N INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM .................................................. 76,279 76,279 

208 0204313N SHIP-TOWED ARRAY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS ................................. 1,103 1,103 

209 0204413N AMPHIBIOUS TACTICAL SUPPORT UNITS (DISPLACEMENT 

CRAFT).

1,991 1,991 

210 0204460M GROUND/AIR TASK ORIENTED RADAR (G/ATOR) ................................ 92,674 77,574 

Slow expenditure ........................................................................................ [–15,100 ] 

211 0204571N CONSOLIDATED TRAINING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ...................... 115,894 115,894 

212 0204575N ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) READINESS SUPPORT ....................... 61,677 61,677 

213 0205601N ANTI-RADIATION MISSILE IMPROVEMENT ........................................... 59,555 59,555 

214 0205620N SURFACE ASW COMBAT SYSTEM INTEGRATION ................................. 29,973 29,973 

215 0205632N MK–48 ADCAP ................................................................................................... 213,165 213,165 

216 0205633N AVIATION IMPROVEMENTS ......................................................................... 143,277 143,277 

217 0205675N OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS ......................................... 152,546 152,546 

218 0206313M MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ..................................... 192,625 183,725 

Marine Electromagnetic Warfare Ground Family of Systems ............... [–7,200 ] 

Tactical Communication Modernization .................................................. [–1,700 ] 

219 0206335M COMMON AVIATION COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (CAC2S) ... 12,565 12,565 

220 0206623M MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORTING ARMS SYSTEMS 83,900 83,900 

221 0206624M MARINE CORPS COMBAT SERVICES SUPPORT .................................... 27,794 27,794 

222 0206625M USMC INTELLIGENCE/ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS (MIP) ... 47,762 47,762 

223 0206629M AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT VEHICLE ............................................................. 373 373 

224 0207161N TACTICAL AIM MISSILES ............................................................................ 36,439 36,439 

225 0207163N ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM) ....... 29,198 29,198 

226 0208043N PLANNING AND DECISION AID SYSTEM (PDAS) .................................. 3,565 3,565 

230 0303138N AFLOAT NETWORKS ...................................................................................... 49,995 49,995

231 0303140N INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ................................... 33,390 33,390 

232 0305192N MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM (MIP) ACTIVITIES ................. 7,304 7,304 

233 0305204N TACTICAL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES ........................................... 11,235 11,235 

234 0305205N UAS INTEGRATION AND INTEROPERABILITY ..................................... 16,409 16,409 

235 0305208M DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS .................... 51,192 43,992 

Distributed Common Ground System Marine Corps (DCGS-MC) ........ [–7,200 ] 

236 0305220N MQ–4C TRITON ................................................................................................ 12,094 12,094 

237 0305231N MQ–8 UAV .......................................................................................................... 29,700 29,700 

238 0305232M RQ–11 UAV ......................................................................................................... 2,107 2,107 

239 0305234N SMALL (LEVEL 0) TACTICAL UAS (STUASL0) ....................................... 2,999 2,999 

240 0305241N MULTI-INTELLIGENCE SENSOR DEVELOPMENT ................................ 49,460 49,460 

241 0305242M UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS (UAS) PAYLOADS (MIP) .................... 13,005 13,005 

242 0305251N CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS FORCES AND FORCE SUPPORT .......... 2,000 2,000 

243 0305421N RQ–4 MODERNIZATION ................................................................................ 300,378 300,378 

244 0307577N INTELLIGENCE MISSION DATA (IMD) ..................................................... 788 788 

245 0308601N MODELING AND SIMULATION SUPPORT ............................................... 10,994 10,994 

246 0702207N DEPOT MAINTENANCE (NON-IF) ............................................................... 23,248 23,248 

247 0708730N MARITIME TECHNOLOGY (MARITECH) .................................................. 3,284 3,284 

251A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................. 2,021,376 2,061,376 

INDOPACOM UPL .................................................................................... [40,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT .... 6,359,438 6,303,138 

SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS 

249 0608013N RISK MANAGEMENT INFORMATION—SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM.11,748 11,748 

250 0608231N MARITIME TACTICAL COMMAND AND CONTROL (MTC2)—SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM.10,555 10,555 

SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY 

PILOT PROGRAMS.

22,303 22,303 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

EVALUATION, NAVY.

26,922,225 26,000,593 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

AIR FORCE 

BASIC RESEARCH 

001 0601102F DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES ............................................................. 401,486 401,486 


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SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

002 0601103F UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES ................................................... 182,372 184,372 

UARC Advanced Research on Strategic Deterrence—TriPolar Game 

Theory.

[2,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ...................................................... 583,858 585,858 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

003 0602020F FUTURE AF CAPABILITIES APPLIED RESEARCH .............................. 90,713 90,713 

004 0602022F UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTER (UARC)—TACTICAL AUTONOMY.8,018 8,018 

005 0602102F MATERIALS ...................................................................................................... 142,325 147,325 

High energy synchrotron x-ray research .................................................. [2,500 ] 

Materials development for high mach capabilities ................................... [2,500 ] 

006 0602201F AEROSPACE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES ................................................. 161,268 163,768 

Aerospace engineering systems security integration ................................ [2,500 ] 

007 0602202F HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS APPLIED RESEARCH ................................. 146,921 144,421 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–2,500 ] 

008 0602203F AEROSPACE PROPULSION .......................................................................... 184,867 189,867 

High mach turbine engine ......................................................................... [5,000 ] 

009 0602204F AEROSPACE SENSORS .................................................................................. 216,269 216,269

011 0602298F SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT—MAJOR HEADQUARTERS ACTIVITIES.10,303 10,303 

012 0602602F CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS ...................................................................... 160,599 160,599 

013 0602605F DIRECTED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY .......................................................... 129,961 129,961 

014 0602788F DOMINANT INFORMATION SCIENCES AND METHODS ...................... 182,076 178,567 

JADC2 Operational Testbed ...................................................................... [5,000 ] 

Secure Interference Avoiding Connectivity of Autonomous AI Machines [3,000 ] 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [–11,509 ] 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................ 1,433,320 1,439,811 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

015 0603032F FUTURE AF INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY DEMOS .............................. 255,855 230,855 

Rocket Cargo early to need ........................................................................ [–25,000 ] 

016 0603112F ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR WEAPON SYSTEMS ............................... 30,372 32,872 

Metals Affordability Initiative .................................................................. [2,500 ] 

017 0603199F SUSTAINMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (S&T) ........................... 10,478 10,478 

018 0603203F ADVANCED AEROSPACE SENSORS ........................................................... 48,046 48,046 

019 0603211F AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY DEV/DEMO .................................................. 51,896 57,896 

Hybrid Electric Propulsion ....................................................................... [6,000 ] 

020 0603216F AEROSPACE PROPULSION AND POWER TECHNOLOGY .................... 56,789 59,289 

Additive manufacturing for energetics ...................................................... [2,500 ] 

021 0603270F ELECTRONIC COMBAT TECHNOLOGY ..................................................... 32,510 32,510 

022 0603273F SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR NUCLEAR RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS ... 70,321 70,321 

023 0603444F MAUI SPACE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (MSSS) .................................... 2 2 

024 0603456F HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.15,593 15,593 

025 0603601F CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY ............................................. 132,311 132,311 

026 0603605F ADVANCED WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY ...................................................... 102,997 92,997 

Excessive cost growth .................................................................................. [–10,000 ] 

027 0603680F MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ......................................... 44,422 46,922 

High accuracy robotics ............................................................................... [2,500 ] 

028 0603788F BATTLESPACE KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION.37,779 40,279 

Modeling and simulation conversion software ......................................... [2,500 ] 

029 0207412F CONTROL AND REPORTING CENTER (CRC) .......................................... 2,005 2,005 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 891,376 872,376 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 

030 0603036F MODULAR ADVANCED MISSILE ................................................................ 105,238 0 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–105,238 ] 

031 0603260F INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ......................................... 6,237 6,237 

032 0603742F COMBAT IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY .............................................. 21,298 21,298 

033 0603790F NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT .................................................. 2,208 2,208 

034 0603851F INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE—DEM/VAL ...................... 45,319 45,319 

035 0604001F NC3 ADVANCED CONCEPTS ......................................................................... 10,011 10,011 

037 0604003F ADVANCED BATTLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ABMS) ........................ 500,575 500,575 

038 0604004F ADVANCED ENGINE DEVELOPMENT ....................................................... 595,352 595,352 

039 0604005F NC3 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPING ........................ 78,799 78,799 

040 0604006F DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE TECH ARCHITECTURE ............................ 2,620 0 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [–2,620 ] 

041 0604007F E–7 ....................................................................................................................... 681,039 718,239 

Rapid Prototyping ..................................................................................... [37,200 ] 

042 0604009F AFWERX PRIME .............................................................................................. 83,336 88,336 

Agility Prime .............................................................................................. [5,000 ] 

043 0604015F LONG RANGE STRIKE—BOMBER .............................................................. 2,984,143 2,984,143 

044 0604025F RAPID DEFENSE EXPERIMENTATION RESERVE (RDER) ................ 154,300 154,300 

045 0604032F DIRECTED ENERGY PROTOTYPING ......................................................... 1,246 1,246 

046 0604033F HYPERSONICS PROTOTYPING ................................................................... 150,340 0 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) .................................... [–150,340 ] 

047 0604183F HYPERSONICS PROTOTYPING—HYPERSONIC ATTACK CRUISE 

MISSILE (HACM).

381,528 401,528 

HACM Production and Tooling Investment ............................................ [20,000 ] 

048 0604201F PNT RESILIENCY, MODS, AND IMPROVEMENTS .................................. 18,041 18,041 

049 0604257F ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND SENSORS .............................................. 27,650 27,650 

050 0604288F SURVIVABLE AIRBORNE OPERATIONS CENTER (SAOC) .................. 888,829 888,829 

051 0604317F TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ........................................................................... 26,638 26,638 

052 0604327F HARD AND DEEPLY BURIED TARGET DEFEAT SYSTEM 

(HDBTDS) PROGRAM.

19,266 19,266 

053 0604414F CYBER RESILIENCY OF WEAPON SYSTEMS-ACS ................................. 37,121 37,121 

054 0604534F ADAPTIVE ENGINE TRANSITION PROGRAM (AETP) ........................... 588,400 

Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction ............................................ [588,400 ] 

055 0604668F JOINT TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (JTMS) .............. 37,026 37,026 

056 0604776F DEPLOYMENT & DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE R&D ......................... 31,833 31,833 

057 0604858F TECH TRANSITION PROGRAM ................................................................... 210,806 235,476 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [24,670 ] 

058 0604860F OPERATIONAL ENERGY AND INSTALLATION RESILIENCE ............ 46,305 46,305 

059 0605164F AIR REFUELING CAPABILITY MODERNIZATION ................................ 19,400 19,400 

061 0207110F NEXT GENERATION AIR DOMINANCE ..................................................... 2,326,128 1,775,528 

Project 646007: Program deferment .......................................................... [–550,600 ] 

062 0207179F AUTONOMOUS COLLABORATIVE PLATFORMS ..................................... 118,826 176,013 

Project 647123: Air-Air Refueling TMRR ................................................ [75,000 ] 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [–17,813 ] 

063 0207420F COMBAT IDENTIFICATION .......................................................................... 1,902 1,902 

064 0207455F THREE DIMENSIONAL LONG-RANGE RADAR (3DELRR) ................... 19,763 19,763 

065 0207522F AIRBASE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS (ABADS) ......................................... 78,867 78,867 

066 0208030F WAR RESERVE MATERIEL—AMMUNITION ........................................... 8,175 8,175 

068 0305236F COMMON DATA LINK EXECUTIVE AGENT (CDL EA) .......................... 25,157 25,157 

069 0305601F MISSION PARTNER ENVIRONMENTS ....................................................... 17,727 17,727 

072 0708051F RAPID SUSTAINMENT MODERNIZATION (RSM) .................................. 43,431 43,431 

073 0808737F INTEGRATED PRIMARY PREVENTION .................................................... 9,364 9,364 

074 0901410F CONTRACTING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM ...................... 28,294 28,294 

075 1206415F U.S. SPACE COMMAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT.14,892 14,892 

075A 0605057F NEXT GENERATION AIR-REFUELING SYSTEM .................................... 7,928 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [7,928 ] 

075B 99999999 FLEXIBLE TRANSITION PATHWAY .......................................................... 10,000 

Pilot program .............................................................................................. [10,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT 

AND PROTOTYPES.

9,859,030 9,800,617 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 

076 0604200F FUTURE ADVANCED WEAPON ANALYSIS & PROGRAMS ................... 9,757 34,757 

RAACM ........................................................................................................ [15,000 ] 

Stand-Off Attack Weapon Technology ...................................................... [10,000 ] 

077 0604201F PNT RESILIENCY, MODS, AND IMPROVEMENTS .................................. 163,156 163,156 

078 0604222F NUCLEAR WEAPONS SUPPORT .................................................................. 45,884 45,884 

079 0604270F ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ............................................... 13,804 13,804 

080 0604281F TACTICAL DATA NETWORKS ENTERPRISE .......................................... 74,023 79,023 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [5,000 ] 

081 0604287F PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT .......................................................... 10,605 10,605 

082 0604602F ARMAMENT/ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT ................................................ 5,918 5,918 

083 0604604F SUBMUNITIONS ............................................................................................... 3,345 3,345 

084 0604617F AGILE COMBAT SUPPORT ........................................................................... 21,967 21,967 

085 0604706F LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS ............................................................................ 39,301 39,301 

086 0604735F COMBAT TRAINING RANGES ...................................................................... 152,569 152,569 

087 0604932F LONG RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON .......................................................... 911,406 891,406 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [–20,000 ] 

088 0604933F ICBM FUZE MODERNIZATION ................................................................... 71,732 71,732 

089 0605030F JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK CENTER (JTNC) ....................................... 2,256 2,256 

090 0605031F JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK (JTN) ........................................................... 452 452 

091 0605056F OPEN ARCHITECTURE MANAGEMENT .................................................... 36,582 36,582 

092 0605057F NEXT GENERATION AIR-REFUELING SYSTEM .................................... 7,928 0 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [–7,928 ] 

093 0605223F ADVANCED PILOT TRAINING ..................................................................... 77,252 65,652 

Program delay ............................................................................................ [–11,600 ] 

094 0605229F HH–60W .............................................................................................................. 48,268 48,268 

095 0605238F GROUND BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT EMD ................................. 3,746,935 3,739,285 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [–7,650 ] 

096 0207171F F–15 EPAWSS ................................................................................................... 13,982 13,982 

097 0207279F ISOLATED PERSONNEL SURVIVABILITY AND RECOVERY ............... 56,225 56,225 

098 0207328F STAND IN ATTACK WEAPON ....................................................................... 298,585 298,585 

099 0207701F FULL COMBAT MISSION TRAINING .......................................................... 7,597 17,597 

Airborne Augmented Reality for Pilot Training ..................................... [10,000 ] 

100 0208036F MEDICAL C-CBRNE PROGRAMS ................................................................. 2,006 2,006 

102 0305205F ENDURANCE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES ...................................... 30,000 30,000 

103 0401221F KC–46A TANKER SQUADRONS .................................................................... 124,662 124,662 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

104 0401319F VC–25B ................................................................................................................ 490,701 433,701 

Excess to Need ............................................................................................. [–57,000 ] 

105 0701212F AUTOMATED TEST SYSTEMS ..................................................................... 12,911 12,911 

106 0804772F TRAINING DEVELOPMENTS ........................................................................ 1,922 1,922 

106A 0102417F OVER-THE-HORIZON BACKSCATTER RADAR ....................................... 428,754 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [428,754 ] 

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION.6,481,731 6,846,307 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

107 0604256F THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT .................................................... 16,626 16,626 

108 0604759F MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT ........................................................................... 31,143 31,143 

109 0605101F RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE ....................................................................... 38,398 38,398 

110 0605502F SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH ......................................... 1,466 1,466 

111 0605712F INITIAL OPERATIONAL TEST & EVALUATION ..................................... 13,736 13,736 

112 0605807F TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT .......................................................... 913,213 946,026 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [32,813 ] 

113 0605827F ACQ WORKFORCE- GLOBAL VIG & COMBAT SYS ................................. 317,901 317,901 

114 0605828F ACQ WORKFORCE- GLOBAL REACH ......................................................... 541,677 545,677 

Aircraft Cannon Digital Modeling ............................................................ [4,000 ] 

115 0605829F ACQ WORKFORCE- CYBER, NETWORK, & BUS SYS ............................. 551,213 536,513 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [–14,700 ] 

117 0605831F ACQ WORKFORCE- CAPABILITY INTEGRATION ................................... 243,780 273,780 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [30,000 ] 

118 0605832F ACQ WORKFORCE- ADVANCED PRGM TECHNOLOGY ......................... 109,030 77,030 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [–32,000 ] 

119 0605833F ACQ WORKFORCE- NUCLEAR SYSTEMS ................................................. 336,788 336,788 

120 0605898F MANAGEMENT HQ—R&D ............................................................................. 5,005 6,705 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [1,700 ] 

121 0605976F FACILITIES RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION—TEST AND 

EVALUATION SUPPORT.

87,889 87,889 

122 0605978F FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT—TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT 35,065 35,065 

123 0606017F REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND MATURATION .................................. 89,956 89,956 

124 0606398F MANAGEMENT HQ—T&E ............................................................................. 7,453 7,453 

126 0303255F COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATION, AND COMPUTERS 

(C4)—STRATCOM.

20,871 30,871 

NC3 STRATCOM ....................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

127 0308602F ENTEPRISE INFORMATION SERVICES (EIS) ........................................ 100,357 100,357 

128 0702806F ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ........................................ 20,478 20,478 

129 0804731F GENERAL SKILL TRAINING ........................................................................ 796 796 

132 1001004F INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES .................................................................... 3,917 3,917 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ...................................... 3,486,758 3,518,571 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

134 0604233F SPECIALIZED UNDERGRADUATE FLIGHT TRAINING ....................... 41,464 41,464 

135 0604283F BATTLE MGMT COM & CTRL SENSOR DEVELOPMENT ..................... 40,000 5,000 

ARSR–4 Replacement Hawai’i Radar ..................................................... [–35,000 ] 

136 0604445F WIDE AREA SURVEILLANCE ...................................................................... 8,018 8,018 

137 0604617F AGILE COMBAT SUPPORT ........................................................................... 5,645 5,645 

139 0604840F F–35 C2D2 .......................................................................................................... 1,275,268 1,185,268 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–10,000 ] 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [–5,000 ] 

TR–3/B4 Unplanned cost growth .............................................................. [–75,000 ] 

140 0605018F AF INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM (AF-IPPS) ........... 40,203 40,203 

141 0605024F ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE AGENCY ........................... 49,613 49,613 

142 0605117F FOREIGN MATERIEL ACQUISITION AND EXPLOITATION ................ 93,881 93,881 

143 0605278F HC/MC–130 RECAP RDT&E ........................................................................... 36,536 11,536 

Excess to need ............................................................................................. [–5,000 ] 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–20,000 ] 

144 0606018F NC3 INTEGRATION ......................................................................................... 22,910 22,910 

145 0101113F B–52 SQUADRONS ........................................................................................... 950,815 921,832 

Scheduling delays ....................................................................................... [–43,000 ] 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [14,017 ] 

146 0101122F AIR-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE (ALCM) ............................................. 290 290 

147 0101126F B–1B SQUADRONS .......................................................................................... 12,619 12,619 

148 0101127F B–2 SQUADRONS ............................................................................................. 87,623 87,623 

149 0101213F MINUTEMAN SQUADRONS ........................................................................... 33,237 43,237 

Legacy Weapons Software Translation/Modernization ........................... [5,000 ] 

Multi-Domain Command and Control Tool ............................................. [5,000 ] 

150 0101316F WORLDWIDE JOINT STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS ......................... 24,653 24,653 

151 0101318F SERVICE SUPPORT TO STRATCOM—GLOBAL STRIKE ..................... 7,562 7,562 

153 0101328F ICBM REENTRY VEHICLES ......................................................................... 475,415 475,415 

155 0102110F MH–139A ............................................................................................................ 25,737 25,737 

156 0102326F REGION/SECTOR OPERATION CONTROL CENTER MODERNIZATION PROGRAM.831 831 

157 0102412F NORTH WARNING SYSTEM (NWS) ............................................................. 102 102 

158 0102417F OVER-THE-HORIZON BACKSCATTER RADAR ....................................... 428,754 35,000 

NORTHCOM UPL—Over the Horizon Radar Acceleration .................. [35,000 ] 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [–428,754 ] 

159 0202834F VEHICLES AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT—GENERAL .......................... 15,498 19,498 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [4,000 ] 

160 0205219F MQ–9 UAV .......................................................................................................... 81,123 81,123 

161 0205671F JOINT COUNTER RCIED ELECTRONIC WARFARE .............................. 2,303 2,303 

162 0207040F MULTI-PLATFORM ELECTRONIC WARFARE EQUIPMENT ............... 7,312 7,312 

164 0207133F F–16 SQUADRONS ........................................................................................... 98,633 139,233 

IVEWS restoration ..................................................................................... [40,600 ] 

165 0207134F F–15E SQUADRONS ........................................................................................ 50,965 50,965 

166 0207136F MANNED DESTRUCTIVE SUPPRESSION ................................................. 16,543 16,543 

167 0207138F F–22A SQUADRONS ........................................................................................ 725,889 740,889 

Cyber Resiliency ......................................................................................... [15,000 ] 

168 0207142F F–35 SQUADRONS ........................................................................................... 97,231 107,231 

Operational Test Data Sharing ................................................................ [10,000 ] 

169 0207146F F–15EX ................................................................................................................ 100,006 100,006 

170 0207161F TACTICAL AIM MISSILES ............................................................................ 41,958 41,958 

171 0207163F ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM) ....... 53,679 53,679 

172 0207227F COMBAT RESCUE—PARARESCUE ............................................................ 726 726 

173 0207238F E–11A .................................................................................................................. 64,888 64,888 

174 0207247F AF TENCAP ....................................................................................................... 25,749 25,749 

175 0207249F PRECISION ATTACK SYSTEMS PROCUREMENT .................................. 11,872 11,872 

176 0207253F COMPASS CALL ............................................................................................... 66,932 66,932 

177 0207268F AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM .......... 55,223 65,223 

Additive manufacturing expansion ........................................................... [10,000 ] 

178 0207325F JOINT AIR-TO-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE (JASSM) .................... 132,937 132,937 

179 0207327F SMALL DIAMETER BOMB (SDB) ................................................................ 37,518 49,518 

GLSDB Maritime Seeker ........................................................................... [12,000 ] 

180 0207410F AIR & SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER (AOC) ........................................... 72,059 72,059 

181 0207412F CONTROL AND REPORTING CENTER (CRC) .......................................... 17,498 17,498 

183 0207418F AFSPECWAR—TACP ....................................................................................... 2,106 2,106 

185 0207431F COMBAT AIR INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM ACTIVITIES ........................... 72,010 72,010 

186 0207438F THEATER BATTLE MANAGEMENT (TBM) C4I ....................................... 6,467 6,467 

187 0207439F ELECTRONIC WARFARE INTEGRATED REPROGRAMMING (EWIR) 10,388 10,388 

188 0207444F TACTICAL AIR CONTROL PARTY-MOD ..................................................... 10,060 10,060 

189 0207452F DCAPES .............................................................................................................. 8,233 8,233 

190 0207521F AIR FORCE CALIBRATION PROGRAMS ................................................... 2,172 2,172 

192 0207573F NATIONAL TECHNICAL NUCLEAR FORENSICS .................................... 2,049 2,049 

193 0207590F SEEK EAGLE .................................................................................................... 33,478 33,478 

195 0207605F WARGAMING AND SIMULATION CENTERS ............................................ 11,894 11,894 

197 0207697F DISTRIBUTED TRAINING AND EXERCISES .......................................... 3,811 3,811 

198 0208006F MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS ................................................................... 96,272 96,272 

199 0208007F TACTICAL DECEPTION ................................................................................. 26,533 26,533 

201 0208087F DISTRIBUTED CYBER WARFARE OPERATIONS .................................. 50,122 50,122 

202 0208088F AF DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS ......................................... 113,064 113,064 

208 0208288F INTEL DATA APPLICATIONS ...................................................................... 967 967 

209 0301025F GEOBASE ........................................................................................................... 1,514 1,514 

211 0301113F CYBER SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT ....................................... 8,476 8,476 

218 0301401F AF MULTI-DOMAIN NON-TRADITIONAL ISR BATTLESPACE 

AWARENESS.

2,890 2,890 

219 0302015F E–4B NATIONAL AIRBORNE OPERATIONS CENTER (NAOC) ............ 39,868 39,868 

220 0303004F EIT CONNECT .................................................................................................. 32,900 32,900 

221 0303089F CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS SYSTEMS .................................................... 4,881 4,881 

222 0303131F MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK (MEECN).33,567 33,567 

223 0303133F HIGH FREQUENCY RADIO SYSTEMS ....................................................... 40,000 40,000 

224 0303140F INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ................................... 95,523 95,523 

226 0303248F ALL DOMAIN COMMON PLATFORM .......................................................... 71,296 56,296 

Insufficient justification ............................................................................. [–15,000 ] 

227 0303260F JOINT MILITARY DECEPTION INITIATIVE ............................................ 4,682 4,682 

228 0304100F STRATEGIC MISSION PLANNING & EXECUTION SYSTEM (SMPES) 64,944 64,944 

230 0304260F AIRBORNE SIGINT ENTERPRISE .............................................................. 108,947 108,947 

231 0304310F COMMERCIAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ....................................................... 4,635 4,635 

234 0305015F C2 AIR OPERATIONS SUITE—C2 INFO SERVICES .............................. 13,751 13,751 

235 0305020F CCMD INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ........................ 1,660 1,660 

236 0305022F ISR MODERNIZATION & AUTOMATION DVMT (IMAD) ........................ 18,680 18,680 

237 0305099F GLOBAL AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (GATM) ..................................... 5,031 5,031 

238 0305103F CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE ................................................................... 301 301 

239 0305111F WEATHER SERVICE ...................................................................................... 26,329 26,329

240 0305114F AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, APPROACH, AND LANDING SYSTEM 

(ATCALS).

8,751 8,751 

241 0305116F AERIAL TARGETS ........................................................................................... 6,915 6,915 

244 0305128F SECURITY AND INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES ....................................... 352 352 

245 0305146F DEFENSE JOINT COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES .................. 6,930 6,930 

246 0305179F INTEGRATED BROADCAST SERVICE (IBS) ............................................ 21,588 21,588 

247 0305202F DRAGON U–2 .................................................................................................... 16,842 16,842 

248 0305206F AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS ............................................... 43,158 43,158 

249 0305207F MANNED RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS ................................................... 14,330 14,330 

250 0305208F DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS .................... 88,854 88,854 


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SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

251 0305220F RQ–4 UAV ........................................................................................................... 1,242 1,242 

252 0305221F NETWORK-CENTRIC COLLABORATIVE TARGETING ........................... 12,496 12,496 

253 0305238F NATO AGS .......................................................................................................... 2 2 

254 0305240F SUPPORT TO DCGS ENTERPRISE ............................................................. 31,589 31,589 

255 0305600F INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURES.15,322 15,322 

256 0305881F RAPID CYBER ACQUISITION ....................................................................... 8,830 8,830 

257 0305984F PERSONNEL RECOVERY COMMAND & CTRL (PRC2) .......................... 2,764 2,764 

258 0307577F INTELLIGENCE MISSION DATA (IMD) ..................................................... 7,090 7,090 

259 0401115F C–130 AIRLIFT SQUADRON .......................................................................... 5,427 23,427 

C–130H Link–16 MIDS-JTR Terminal .................................................. [18,000 ] 

260 0401119F C–5 AIRLIFT SQUADRONS (IF) ................................................................... 29,502 29,502 

261 0401130F C–17 AIRCRAFT (IF) ....................................................................................... 2,753 48,753 

C–17A Modernized High Frequency Radio .............................................. [16,000 ] 

C–17A Tactical Data Link ........................................................................ [30,000 ] 

262 0401132F C–130J PROGRAM ............................................................................................ 19,100 69,400 

C–130J Global Secure Data and Voice Comm ......................................... [26,700 ] 

C–130J Tactical Data Link/BLOS Secure Data ..................................... [18,600 ] 

Test and evaluate load alleviation components ........................................ [5,000 ] 

263 0401134F LARGE AIRCRAFT IR COUNTERMEASURES (LAIRCM) ...................... 5,982 5,982 

264 0401218F KC–135S .............................................................................................................. 51,105 51,105 

265 0401318F CV–22 ................................................................................................................... 18,127 18,127 

266 0408011F SPECIAL TACTICS / COMBAT CONTROL ................................................. 9,198 9,198 

268 0708610F LOGISTICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (LOGIT) ............................. 17,520 17,520 

269 0801380F AF LVC OPERATIONAL TRAINING (LVC-OT) .......................................... 25,144 25,144 

270 0804743F OTHER FLIGHT TRAINING .......................................................................... 2,265 2,265 

272 0901202F JOINT PERSONNEL RECOVERY AGENCY ................................................ 2,266 2,266 

273 0901218F CIVILIAN COMPENSATION PROGRAM ...................................................... 4,006 4,006 

274 0901220F PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION ................................................................. 3,078 3,078 

275 0901226F AIR FORCE STUDIES AND ANALYSIS AGENCY .................................... 5,309 5,309 

276 0901538F FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.4,279 4,279 

277 0901554F DEFENSE ENTERPRISE ACNTNG AND MGT SYS (DEAMS) ............... 45,925 45,925 

278 1202140F SERVICE SUPPORT TO SPACECOM ACTIVITIES .................................. 9,778 9,778 

279A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................. 16,814,245 16,799,508 

Program justification review ..................................................................... [–14,737 ] 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT .... 23,829,283 23,442,709 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

EVALUATION, AIR FORCE.

46,565,356 46,506,249 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, 

SPACE FORCE 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

004 1206601SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................... 206,196 286,584 

Advanced Analog Microelectronics ............................................................ [5,000 ] 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [72,888 ] 

University Consortium for Space Technology .......................................... [2,500 ] 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................ 206,196 286,584 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

005 1206310SF SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.472,493 494,002 

Defense In Depth as Mission Assurance Spacecraft—Multilevel Security.[10,000 ] 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [11,509 ] 

006 1206616SF SPACE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT/DEMO ................ 110,033 150,033 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [40,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 582,526 644,035 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 

007 0604002SF SPACE FORCE WEATHER SERVICES RESEARCH ............................... 849 849 

008 1203010SF SPACE FORCE IT, DATA ANALYTICS, DIGITAL SOLUTIONS ............ 61,723 51,723 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–10,000 ] 

009 1203164SF NAVSTAR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (USER EQUIPMENT) 

(SPACE).

353,807 353,807 

010 1203622SF SPACE WARFIGHTING ANALYSIS ............................................................. 95,541 95,541 

011 1203710SF EO/IR WEATHER SYSTEMS ......................................................................... 95,615 95,615 

013 1206410SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPING ............. 2,081,307 2,081,307 

016 1206427SF SPACE SYSTEMS PROTOTYPE TRANSITIONS (SSPT) ......................... 145,948 105,948 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [–40,000 ] 

017 1206438SF SPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY ................................................................ 58,374 58,374 

018 1206458SF TECH TRANSITION (SPACE) ....................................................................... 164,649 164,649 

019 1206730SF SPACE SECURITY AND DEFENSE PROGRAM ........................................ 59,784 59,784 

020 1206760SF PROTECTED TACTICAL ENTERPRISE SERVICE (PTES) ................... 76,554 76,554 

021 1206761SF PROTECTED TACTICAL SERVICE (PTS) ................................................. 360,126 360,126 

022 1206855SF EVOLVED STRATEGIC SATCOM (ESS) ..................................................... 632,833 632,833 


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SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

023 1206857SF SPACE RAPID CAPABILITIES OFFICE ..................................................... 12,036 22,036 

Machine Learning Techniques for Radio Frequency (RF) Signal Monitoring and Interference Detection.[10,000 ] 

024 1206862SF TACTICALLY RESPONSE SPACE ................................................................ 30,000 50,000 

Program increase ........................................................................................ [20,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT 

AND PROTOTYPES.

4,229,146 4,209,146 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 

025 1203269SF GPS III FOLLOW-ON (GPS IIIF) .................................................................. 308,999 308,999 

027 1206421SF COUNTERSPACE SYSTEMS .......................................................................... 36,537 36,537 

028 1206422SF WEATHER SYSTEM FOLLOW-ON ............................................................... 79,727 79,727 

029 1206425SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS SYSTEMS ........................................... 372,827 372,827 

030 1206431SF ADVANCED EHF MILSATCOM (SPACE) .................................................... 4,068 4,068 

031 1206432SF POLAR MILSATCOM (SPACE) ...................................................................... 73,757 73,757 

032 1206433SF WIDEBAND GLOBAL SATCOM (SPACE) ................................................... 49,445 49,445 

033 1206440SF NEXT-GEN OPIR—GROUND ......................................................................... 661,367 661,367 

034 1206442SF NEXT GENERATION OPIR ............................................................................ 222,178 222,178 

035 1206443SF NEXT-GEN OPIR—GEO ................................................................................. 719,731 719,731

036 1206444SF NEXT-GEN OPIR—POLAR ............................................................................ 1,013,478 1,013,478 

037 1206445SF COMMERCIAL SATCOM (COMSATCOM) INTEGRATION ....................... 73,501 73,501 

038 1206446SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING MISSILE TRACKING—LOW 

EARTH ORBIT (LEO).

1,266,437 1,519,222 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [252,785 ] 

039 1206447SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING MISSILE TRACKING—MEDIUM 

EARTH ORBIT (MEO).

538,208 790,992 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [252,784 ] 

040 1206448SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING MISSILE TRACKING—INTEGRATED GROUND SEGMENT.505,569 0 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [–505,569 ] 

041 1206853SF NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PROGRAM (SPACE)—EMD 82,188 92,188 

Launch capability development ................................................................. [10,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION.6,008,017 6,018,017 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

043 1203622SF SPACE WARFIGHTING ANALYSIS ............................................................. 3,568 3,568 

046 1206392SF ACQ WORKFORCE—SPACE & MISSILE SYSTEMS ............................... 258,969 276,500 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [17,531 ] 

047 1206398SF SPACE & MISSILE SYSTEMS CENTER—MHA ....................................... 13,694 15,053 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [1,359 ] 

048 1206601SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................... 91,778 0 

Technical realignment ................................................................................ [–91,778 ] 

049 1206759SF MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT—SPACE .......................................................... 146,797 146,797 

050 1206860SF ROCKET SYSTEMS LAUNCH PROGRAM (SPACE) ................................. 18,023 18,023 

052 1206864SF SPACE TEST PROGRAM (STP) .................................................................... 30,192 30,192 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ...................................... 563,021 490,133 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

055 1203001SF FAMILY OF ADVANCED BLOS TERMINALS (FAB-T) ............................ 91,369 91,369 

056 1203040SF DCO-SPACE ....................................................................................................... 76,003 76,003 

057 1203109SF NARROWBAND SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS ................................... 230,785 230,785 

058 1203110SF SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK (SPACE) ............................................ 86,465 86,465 

059 1203154SF LONG RANGE KILL CHAINS ........................................................................ 243,036 243,036 

061 1203173SF SPACE AND MISSILE TEST AND EVALUATION CENTER .................. 22,039 22,039 

062 1203174SF SPACE INNOVATION, INTEGRATION AND RAPID TECHNOLOGY 

DEVELOPMENT.

41,483 43,983 

Accelerating Space Operators Education and Experiential Learning .. [2,500 ] 

063 1203182SF SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM (SPACE) ..................................................... 11,175 11,175 

065 1203330SF SPACE SUPERIORITY ISR ........................................................................... 28,730 28,730 

067 1203873SF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE RADARS ................................................ 20,752 20,752 

068 1203906SF NCMC—TW/AA SYSTEM ................................................................................. 25,545 25,545 

069 1203913SF NUDET DETECTION SYSTEM (SPACE) .................................................... 93,391 93,391 

070 1203940SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS OPERATIONS .................................... 264,966 264,966 

071 1206423SF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM III—OPERATIONAL CONTROL 

SEGMENT.

317,309 271,909 

Excess to need ............................................................................................. [–45,400 ] 

075 1206770SF ENTERPRISE GROUND SERVICES ............................................................ 155,825 155,825 

076 1208053SF JOINT TACTICAL GROUND SYSTEM ......................................................... 14,568 14,568 

078A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................. 5,764,667 6,100,667 

DCO-S ......................................................................................................... [43,000 ] 

USSF UPL—Classified program B ......................................................... [83,000 ] 

USSF UPL—Classified program C .......................................................... [53,000 ] 

USSF UPL—Classified program D ......................................................... [67,000 ] 

USSF UPL—Classified program F .......................................................... [90,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT .... 7,488,108 7,781,208 

SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS 


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SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

078 1208248SF SPACE COMMAND & CONTROL—SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM ...... 122,326 122,326 

SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY 

PILOT PROGRAMS.

122,326 122,326 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 

EVALUATION, SPACE FORCE.

19,199,340 19,551,449 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

BASIC RESEARCH 

001 0601000BR DTRA BASIC RESEARCH .............................................................................. 14,761 14,761 

002 0601101E DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES ............................................................. 311,531 316,531 

Research Security Consortium .................................................................. [5,000 ] 

003 0601108D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER RESEARCH INITIATIVES ................................ 16,329 16,329 

004 0601110D8Z BASIC RESEARCH INITIATIVES ................................................................ 71,783 71,783 

005 0601117E BASIC OPERATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH SCIENCE ..................... 50,430 50,430 

006 0601120D8Z NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION PROGRAM ....................................... 159,549 159,549 

007 0601228D8Z HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES/MINORITY INSTITUTIONS.100,467 125,467 

Program increase ........................................................................................ [25,000 ] 

008 0601384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM ........................... 36,235 36,235 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ...................................................... 761,085 791,085 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

009 0602000D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY ............................................................. 19,157 19,157 

010 0602115E BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ....................................................................... 141,081 131,081 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–10,000 ] 

011 0602128D8Z PROMOTION AND PROTECTION STRATEGIES ...................................... 3,219 3,219 

012 0602230D8Z DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION .................................................... 55,160 40,160 

Realignment ................................................................................................ [–15,000 ] 

013 0602234D8Z LINCOLN LABORATORY RESEARCH PROGRAM ................................... 46,858 46,858 

014 0602251D8Z APPLIED RESEARCH FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF S&T PRIORITIES.66,866 66,866 

015 0602303E INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY .......................... 333,029 333,029 

017 0602384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM ........................... 240,610 240,610 

018 0602668D8Z CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH ................................................................... 17,437 19,937 

Pacific Intelligence and Innovation Initiative ......................................... [2,500 ] 

019 0602675D8Z SOCIAL SCIENCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY ...................... 4,718 4,718 

020 0602702E TACTICAL TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................. 234,549 214,549 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–20,000 ] 

021 0602715E MATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY ...................................... 344,986 344,986 

022 0602716E ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................... 572,662 572,662 

023 0602718BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION APPLIED RESEARCH.208,870 193,870 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–15,000 ] 

024 0602751D8Z SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE (SEI) APPLIED RESEARCH.11,168 11,168 

025 0602890D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER RESEARCH .......................................................... 48,804 48,804 

026 0602891D8Z FSRM MODELLING ......................................................................................... 2,000 2,000 

027 1160401BB SOF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ......................................................... 52,287 52,287 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................ 2,403,461 2,345,961 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

028 0603000D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ...................................... 37,706 52,706 

Advanced Process Technology for Energetics ............................................ [5,000 ] 

Explosive Energetics Expansion ............................................................... [10,000 ] 

029 0603021D8Z NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION CAPITAL ....................................... 15,085 15,085 

030 0603121D8Z SO/LIC ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT .......................................................... 30,102 30,102 

031 0603122D8Z COMBATING TERRORISM TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ............................ 75,593 130,593 

Joint R&D with Israel ............................................................................... [50,000 ] 

ROC-X VTOL Loitering Munition ............................................................ [5,000 ] 

032 0603133D8Z FOREIGN COMPARATIVE TESTING .......................................................... 27,078 27,078 

033 0603160BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.400,947 403,447 

Advanced Manufacturing of Energetics .................................................... [2,500 ] 

034 0603176BR ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT ............ 7,990 7,990 

035 0603176C ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT ............ 17,825 17,825 

036 0603180C ADVANCED RESEARCH ................................................................................ 21,461 29,461 

Radiation Hardened Microelectronics—Faciliity and Workforce Development.[5,000 ] 

Testbed for Advanced Digital Low Latency Networks ............................. [3,000 ] 

037 0603183D8Z JOINT HYPERSONIC TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

&TRANSITION.

52,292 57,292 

Common Hypersonic Glide Body Development ....................................... [5,000 ] 

038 0603225D8Z JOINT DOD-DOE MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ......... 19,567 19,567 

039 0603260BR INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ......................................... 10,000 10,000 

040 0603286E ADVANCED AEROSPACE SYSTEMS ........................................................... 331,753 321,753 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–10,000 ] 


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SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

041 0603287E SPACE PROGRAMS AND TECHNOLOGY ................................................... 134,809 134,809 

042 0603288D8Z ANALYTIC ASSESSMENTS ........................................................................... 24,328 24,328 

043 0603289D8Z ADVANCED INNOVATIVE ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTS ......................... 55,626 55,626 

044 0603330D8Z QUANTUM APPLICATION ............................................................................. 75,000 75,000 

046 0603342D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT (DIU) ......................................................... 104,729 127,229 

Electric Boats .............................................................................................. [10,000 ] 

Nuclear Advanced Propulsion and power ................................................. [10,000 ] 

Program increase ........................................................................................ [2,500 ] 

047 0603375D8Z TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ........................................................................ 123,837 123,837 

048 0603379D8Z ADVANCED TECHNICAL INTEGRATION .................................................. 11,000 11,000 

049 0603384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM—ADVANCED 

DEVELOPMENT.

267,073 227,073 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–40,000 ] 

050 0603527D8Z RETRACT LARCH ............................................................................................ 57,401 57,401 

051 0603618D8Z JOINT ELECTRONIC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................................... 19,793 19,793 

053 0603662D8Z NETWORKED COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES ................................ 11,197 11,197 

054 0603680D8Z DEFENSE-WIDE MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

PROGRAM.

252,965 275,465 

Bioindustrial Manufacturing Infrastructure ........................................... [20,000 ] 

Hypersonic Advanced Composites Manufacturing ................................... [2,500 ] 

055 0603680S MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ......................................... 46,404 51,404 

Program Increase ........................................................................................ [5,000 ] 

056 0603712S GENERIC LOGISTICS R&D TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS ....... 16,580 16,580 

057 0603716D8Z STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM ...................... 60,387 60,387 

058 0603720S MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT.

144,707 144,707 

059 0603727D8Z JOINT WARFIGHTING PROGRAM .............................................................. 2,749 2,749 

060 0603739E ADVANCED ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES ......................................... 254,033 244,033 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–10,000 ] 

061 0603760E COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ................. 321,591 321,591 

062 0603766E NETWORK-CENTRIC WARFARE TECHNOLOGY ..................................... 885,425 885,425 

063 0603767E SENSOR TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................. 358,580 353,330 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–5,250 ] 

065 0603781D8Z SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE .................................................. 16,699 16,699 

066 0603838D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION ACCELERATION (DIA) .................................... 257,110 262,810 

Autonomous resupply for contested logistics ............................................ [2,500 ] 

High energy Laser Weapon System Procurement .................................... [3,200 ] 

067 0603924D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ......... 111,799 111,799 

068 0603941D8Z TEST & EVALUATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ................................ 345,384 345,384 

069 0603945D8Z AUKUS INNOVATION INITIATIVES ........................................................... 25,000 25,000 

070 0603950D8Z NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION NETWORK .................................... 21,575 21,575 

071 0604055D8Z OPERATIONAL ENERGY CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT ....................... 171,668 181,668 

HELCAP Thermal Energy Storage .......................................................... [10,000 ] 

072 1160402BB SOF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .................................. 156,097 158,597 

Jam Resistant Military Communications ................................................ [2,500 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 5,380,945 5,469,395 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 

074 0603161D8Z NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT RDT&E ADC&P.76,764 76,764 

075 0603600D8Z WALKOFF .......................................................................................................... 143,486 143,486 

076 0603851D8Z ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.117,196 119,196 

Development and acquisition of hybrid energy systems .......................... [2,000 ] 

077 0603881C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TERMINAL DEFENSE SEGMENT .. 220,311 310,311 

INDOPACOM UPL—Enhanced THAAD Mission Support Element 

Integration (eTMI).

[90,000 ] 

078 0603882C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE MIDCOURSE DEFENSE SEGMENT 903,633 903,633 

079 0603884BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM—DEM/VAL ..... 316,853 316,853 

080 0603884C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SENSORS .............................................. 239,159 239,159 

081 0603890C BMD ENABLING PROGRAMS ....................................................................... 597,720 610,094 

MDA UPL—Electronic Attack/Electronic Protection ............................. [12,374 ] 

082 0603891C SPECIAL PROGRAMS—MDA ........................................................................ 552,888 703,280 

Enhanced Battlespace Awarness for Space Warfare ............................... [68,000 ] 

MDA UPL—Classified increase ................................................................ [22,892 ] 

MDA UPL—Electronic Warfare for Missile Defense .............................. [27,300 ] 

MDA UPL—Left Through Right of Launch Integration ........................ [32,200 ] 

083 0603892C AEGIS BMD ....................................................................................................... 693,727 709,727 

PAC–3 MSE/AEGIS Weapon System Integration .................................. [20,000 ] 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–4,000 ] 

084 0603896C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND AND CONTROL, BATTLE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATI.554,201 554,201 

085 0603898C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE JOINT WARFIGHTER SUPPORT ... 48,248 48,248 

086 0603904C MISSILE DEFENSE INTEGRATION & OPERATIONS CENTER 

(MDIOC).

50,549 50,549 

087 0603906C REGARDING TRENCH ................................................................................... 12,564 27,564 

MDA UPL—Classified increase ................................................................ [15,000 ] 


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SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

088 0603907C SEA BASED X-BAND RADAR (SBX) ........................................................... 177,868 177,868 

089 0603913C ISRAELI COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS ........................................................ 300,000 300,000 

090 0603914C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TEST ...................................................... 360,455 360,455 

091 0603915C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TARGETS .............................................. 570,258 600,258 

Advanced Hypersonic Thermal Protection System Prototypes ............... [5,000 ] 

Advanced Reactive Target Simulation ..................................................... [15,000 ] 

Hypersonic Maneuvering Extended Range (HMER) Target System .... [5,000 ] 

Hypersonic Target for MDA Advanced Target Front End Configuration 3 (ATFE C3).[5,000 ] 

092 0603923D8Z COALITION WARFARE ................................................................................... 12,103 12,103 

093 0604011D8Z NEXT GENERATION INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (5G).179,278 174,278 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–5,000 ] 

094 0604016D8Z DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CORROSION PROGRAM ......................... 3,185 3,185 

095 0604102C GUAM DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT .............................................................. 397,578 497,578 

INDOPACOM UPL—Guam Defense System, INDOPACOM ................ [100,000 ] 

096 0604115C TECHNOLOGY MATURATION INITIATIVES ............................................ 6,000 

Diode-Pumped Alkali Laser (DPAL) for Missile Defense ....................... [6,000 ] 

097 0604124D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 

(CDAO)—MIP.

34,350 34,350 

098 0604181C HYPERSONIC DEFENSE ............................................................................... 208,997 433,997 

MDA UPL—Glide Phase Interceptor ....................................................... [225,000 ] 

099 0604250D8Z ADVANCED INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES ............................................. 1,085,826 1,090,826 

Mobile micronuclear reactors ..................................................................... [5,000 ] 

100 0604294D8Z TRUSTED & ASSURED MICROELECTRONICS ....................................... 810,839 815,839 

Radiation-Hardened Fully-Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator Microelectronics.[2,500 ] 

Strategic Rad Hard Chiplet Design Accelaration ................................... [2,500 ] 

101 0604331D8Z RAPID PROTOTYPING PROGRAM .............................................................. 110,291 110,291 

102 0604331J RAPID PROTOTYPING PROGRAM .............................................................. 9,880 9,880 

103 0604341D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT (DIU) PROTOTYPING ........................... 15,000 

Realignment ................................................................................................ [15,000 ] 

104 0604400D8Z DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) UNMANNED SYSTEM COMMON DEVELOPMENT.2,643 2,643 

105 0604551BR CATAPULT INFORMATION SYSTEM .......................................................... 8,328 8,328 

106 0604555D8Z OPERATIONAL ENERGY CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT—NON S&T 53,726 60,726 

High energy Laser Power Beaming .......................................................... [7,000 ] 

108 0604682D8Z WARGAMING AND SUPPORT FOR STRATEGIC ANALYSIS (SSA) ..... 3,206 3,206 

109 0604790D8Z RAPID DEFENSE EXPERIMENTATION RESERVE (RDER) ................ 79,773 79,773 

110 0604826J JOINT C5 CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION AND 

INTEROPERABILITY ASSESSMENTS.

28,517 28,517 

111 0604873C LONG RANGE DISCRIMINATION RADAR (LRDR) ................................. 103,517 103,517 

112 0604874C IMPROVED HOMELAND DEFENSE INTERCEPTORS ........................... 2,130,838 2,130,838 

113 0604876C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TERMINAL DEFENSE SEGMENT 

TEST.

47,577 47,577 

114 0604878C AEGIS BMD TEST ........................................................................................... 193,484 193,484 

115 0604879C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SENSOR TEST .................................... 111,049 111,049 

116 0604880C LAND-BASED SM–3 (LBSM3) ....................................................................... 22,163 22,163 

117 0604887C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE MIDCOURSE SEGMENT TEST ....... 41,824 41,824 

118 0202057C SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ........................................................... 2,484 2,484 

119 0208059JCY CYBERCOM ACTIVITIES ............................................................................... 65,484 65,484 

120 0208085JCY ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESS ............................................ 170,182 170,182 

121 0208086JCY CYBER TRAINING ENVIRONMENT (CTE) ................................................ 114,980 114,980 

122 0300206R ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS ..................... 2,156 2,156 

123 0305103C CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE ................................................................... 2,760 3,760 

Program Increase for Classified Algorithm Study ................................... [1,000 ] 

124 0305245D8Z INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES AND INNOVATION INVESTMENTS 3,000 3,000 

125 0305251JCY CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS FORCES AND FORCE SUPPORT .......... 2,669 2,669 

126 0901579D8Z OFFICE OF STRATEGIC CAPITAL (OSC) ................................................. 99,000 99,000 

129 1206895C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM SPACE PROGRAMS .......... 109,483 109,483 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT 

AND PROTOTYPES.

12,187,050 12,861,816 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 

130 0604123D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 

(CDAO)—DEM/VAL ACTIVITIES.

615,246 570,246 

Insufficient justification ............................................................................. [–40,000 ] 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–5,000 ] 

131 0604161D8Z NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT RDT&E SDD.6,229 6,229 

132 0604384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM—EMD .............. 382,977 382,977 

133 0604771D8Z JOINT TACTICAL INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (JTIDS) 9,775 9,775 

134 0605000BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.14,414 14,414 

135 0605013BL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ..................................... 6,953 6,953 

136 0605021SE HOMELAND PERSONNEL SECURITY INITIATIVE ............................... 9,292 9,292 

137 0605022D8Z DEFENSE EXPORTABILITY PROGRAM ................................................... 18,981 18,981 

138 0605027D8Z OUSD(C) IT DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES .............................................. 5,456 5,456 


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SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

140 0605080S DEFENSE AGENCY INITIATIVES (DAI)—FINANCIAL SYSTEM ........ 32,629 32,629 

141 0605141BR MISSION ASSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (MARMS) ...... 9,316 9,316 

142 0605210D8Z DEFENSE-WIDE ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT CAPABILITIES ..... 6,899 6,899 

143 0605294D8Z TRUSTED & ASSURED MICROELECTRONICS ....................................... 297,586 277,586 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–20,000 ] 

145 0605772D8Z NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, & COMMUNICATIONS .................... 4,110 4,110 

146 0305304D8Z DOD ENTERPRISE ENERGY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 

(EEIM).

8,159 8,159 

147 0305310D8Z CWMD SYSTEMS: SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION.14,471 14,471 

148 0505167D8Z DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS AGAINST WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.3,770 3,770 

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION.1,446,263 1,381,263 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

149 0603829J JOINT CAPABILITY EXPERIMENTATION ................................................ 12,402 12,402 

150 0604774D8Z DEFENSE READINESS REPORTING SYSTEM (DRRS) ........................ 12,746 12,746 

151 0604875D8Z JOINT SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT ............................. 8,426 8,426 

152 0604940D8Z CENTRAL TEST AND EVALUATION INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT 

(CTEIP).

833,792 838,792 

Hypersonic Telemetry SATCOM Relay .................................................... [2,500 ] 

Reusable Hypersonic Testbed ..................................................................... [2,500 ] 

153 0604942D8Z ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS ......................................................... 5,810 5,810 

154 0605001E MISSION SUPPORT ......................................................................................... 99,090 99,090 

155 0605100D8Z JOINT MISSION ENVIRONMENT TEST CAPABILITY (JMETC) .......... 187,421 187,421 

156 0605126J JOINT INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION (JIAMDO).61,477 61,477 

158 0605142D8Z SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ............................................................................. 39,949 39,949 

159 0605151D8Z STUDIES AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT—OSD ............................................. 6,292 6,292 

160 0605161D8Z NUCLEAR MATTERS-PHYSICAL SECURITY ........................................... 21,043 21,043 

161 0605170D8Z SUPPORT TO NETWORKS AND INFORMATION INTEGRATION ........ 10,504 10,504 

162 0605200D8Z GENERAL SUPPORT TO OUSD(INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY) .. 2,980 2,980 

163 0605384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM ........................... 74,382 74,382 

170 0605790D8Z SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR)/ SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER.3,831 3,831 

171 0605797D8Z MAINTAINING TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE ............................................ 38,923 38,923 

172 0605798D8Z DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS ......................................................... 60,404 60,404 

173 0605801KA DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER (DTIC) .................... 65,715 65,715 

174 0605803SE R&D IN SUPPORT OF DOD ENLISTMENT, TESTING AND EVALUATION.26,037 26,037 

175 0605804D8Z DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION ............................................... 37,353 37,353 

176 0605898E MANAGEMENT HQ—R&D ............................................................................. 14,833 14,833 

177 0605998KA MANAGEMENT HQ—DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER (DTIC).3,752 3,752 

178 0606005D8Z SPECIAL ACTIVITIES .................................................................................... 18,088 18,088 

179 0606100D8Z BUDGET AND PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS ............................................... 14,427 14,427 

180 0606114D8Z ANALYSIS WORKING GROUP (AWG) SUPPORT ..................................... 4,200 4,200 

181 0606135D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 

(CDAO) ACTIVITIES.

17,247 17,247 

182 0606225D8Z ODNA TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCE ANALYSIS ................................ 3,386 3,386 

183 0606300D8Z DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD ........................................................................ 2,352 2,352 

184 0606301D8Z AVIATION SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES ......................................................... 213 213 

186 0606771D8Z CYBER RESILIENCY AND CYBERSECURITY POLICY .......................... 45,194 45,194 

187 0606853BR MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL & INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ............. 11,919 11,919 

188 0203345D8Z DEFENSE OPERATIONS SECURITY INITIATIVE (DOSI) .................... 3,112 3,112 

189 0204571J JOINT STAFF ANALYTICAL SUPPORT ..................................................... 4,916 4,916 

190 0208045K C4I INTEROPERABILITY .............................................................................. 66,152 66,152 

195 0305172K COMBINED ADVANCED APPLICATIONS .................................................. 5,366 5,366 

197 0305208K DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS .................... 3,069 3,069 

199 0804768J COCOM EXERCISE ENGAGEMENT AND TRAINING TRANSFORMATION (CE2T2)—NON-MHA.101,319 101,319 

200 0808709SE DEFENSE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE 

(DEOMI).

740 740 

201 0901598C MANAGEMENT HQ—MDA ............................................................................. 28,363 28,363 

202 0903235K JOINT SERVICE PROVIDER (JSP) ............................................................. 5,177 5,177 

282A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................. 36,315 36,315 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ...................................... 1,998,717 2,003,717 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

203 0604130V ENTERPRISE SECURITY SYSTEM (ESS) ................................................. 42,482 42,482 

205 0607210D8Z INDUSTRIAL BASE ANALYSIS AND SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT ........ 1,017,141 1,065,141 

Additive Manufacturing for shipbuilding ................................................. [10,000 ] 

Integrated Substrates .................................................................................. [3,000 ] 

Large Surface Combatant workforce ......................................................... [35,000 ] 

206 0607310D8Z COUNTERPROLIFERATION SPECIAL PROJECTS: OPERATIONAL 

SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT.

12,713 12,713 

207 0607327T GLOBAL THEATER SECURITY COOPERATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (G-TSCMIS).8,503 8,503 


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SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2024 Request 

House Authorized 

208 0607384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE (OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT).80,495 80,495 

209 0208097JCY CYBER COMMAND AND CONTROL (CYBER C2) ..................................... 95,733 95,733 

210 0208099JCY DATA AND UNIFIED PLATFORM (D&UP) ................................................ 138,558 138,558 

214 0302019K DEFENSE INFO INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING AND INTEGRATION.19,299 19,299 

215 0303126K LONG-HAUL COMMUNICATIONS—DCS .................................................... 37,726 37,726 

216 0303131K MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK (MEECN).5,037 5,037 

218 0303140D8Z INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ................................... 97,171 115,571 

DoD Cyber Scholarship Program .............................................................. [10,000 ] 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–6,000 ] 

Scholarship funding alignment ................................................................. [14,400 ] 

220 0303140K INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ................................... 8,351 8,351 

222 0303153K DEFENSE SPECTRUM ORGANIZATION ................................................... 35,995 35,995 

223 0303171K JOINT PLANNING AND EXECUTION SERVICES .................................... 5,677 5,677 

224 0303228K JOINT REGIONAL SECURITY STACKS (JRSS) ....................................... 3,196 3,196 

228 0305104D8Z DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE (DIB) CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE.25,655 25,655 

232 0305133V INDUSTRIAL SECURITY ACTIVITIES ....................................................... 2,134 2,134 

235 0305146V DEFENSE JOINT COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES .................. 2,295 2,295 

236 0305172D8Z COMBINED ADVANCED APPLICATIONS .................................................. 52,736 52,736 

239 0305186D8Z POLICY R&D PROGRAMS ............................................................................. 6,263 6,263 

240 0305199D8Z NET CENTRICITY ............................................................................................ 23,275 23,275 

242 0305208BB DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS .................... 6,214 6,214 

249 0305327V INSIDER THREAT ........................................................................................... 2,971 2,971 

250 0305387D8Z HOMELAND DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM ......... 1,879 1,879 

257 0306250JCY CYBER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT .................................... 469,385 489,385 

INDOPACOM UPL—Offensive cyber ....................................................... [20,000 ] 

261 0505167D8Z DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS AGAINST WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.1,760 1,760 

262 0708012K LOGISTICS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES ............................................................ 1,420 1,420 

263 0708012S PACIFIC DISASTER CENTERS .................................................................... 1,905 1,905 

264 0708047S DEFENSE PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM .............................. 3,249 3,249 

265 1105219BB MQ–9 UAV .......................................................................................................... 37,188 52,188 

Adaptive Airborne Enterprise (A2E) ........................................................ [15,000 ] 

267 1160403BB AVIATION SYSTEMS ....................................................................................... 216,174 226,174 

Alternative Domestic Source AC–130J IRSS .......................................... [10,000 ] 

268 1160405BB INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ............................................ 86,737 86,737 

269 1160408BB OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS .............................................................. 216,135 214,635 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–1,500 ] 

270 1160431BB WARRIOR SYSTEMS ....................................................................................... 263,374 264,874 

Female Body Armor Development and Modernization ........................... [1,500 ] 

271 1160432BB SPECIAL PROGRAMS ..................................................................................... 529 529 

272 1160434BB UNMANNED ISR .............................................................................................. 6,727 6,727 

273 1160480BB SOF TACTICAL VEHICLES ........................................................................... 9,335 9,335 

274 1160483BB MARITIME SYSTEMS ..................................................................................... 158,231 158,231 

275 1160490BB OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS INTELLIGENCE .............................. 15,749 15,749 

281A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................. 8,463,742 8,463,742 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT .... 11,683,139 11,794,539 

SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS 

278 0608648D8Z ACQUISITION VISIBILITY—SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM ............... 21,355 21,355 

279 0303150K GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM ......................................... 33,166 33,166 

283A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................. 270,653 270,653 

SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY 

PILOT PROGRAMS.

325,174 325,174 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 

EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE.

36,185,834 36,972,950 

OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

001 0605118OTE OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION ................................................ 169,544 169,544 

002 0605131OTE LIVE FIRE TEST AND EVALUATION ........................................................ 103,252 103,252 

003 0605814OTE OPERATIONAL TEST ACTIVITIES AND ANALYSES ............................. 58,693 58,693 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ...................................... 331,489 331,489 

TOTAL OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, 

DEFENSE.

331,489 331,489 

TOTAL RDT&E ................................................................................ 144,979,625 145,212,652 


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1 TITLE XLIII—OPERATION AND 

2 MAINTENANCE 

3 SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 

SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MANEUVER UNITS ............................................................................... 3,943,409 3,943,409 

020 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES ..................................................... 225,238 225,238 

030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE ........................................................... 947,395 927,395 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–20,000 ] 

040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS ................................................................. 2,449,141 2,324,141 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–125,000 ] 

050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT ........................................ 1,233,070 1,198,070 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–35,000 ] 

060 AVIATION ASSETS ................................................................................ 2,046,144 2,046,144 

070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT .............................. 7,149,427 7,149,427 

080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS ........................................... 475,435 455,435 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–20,000 ] 

090 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE .......................................... 1,423,560 1,423,560 

100 MEDICAL READINESS ......................................................................... 951,499 951,499 

110 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT .......................................................... 9,943,031 9,966,031 

CUAS National Security Installation Pilot Program ................... [8,000 ] 

Fire and Emergency Services .......................................................... [15,000 ] 

120 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ...................................................................................................... 5,381,757 5,489,392 

Program increase .............................................................................. [107,635 ] 

130 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ............. 313,612 313,612 

140 ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES .................................................................. 454,565 454,565 

150 RESET ...................................................................................................... 447,987 447,987 

160 US AFRICA COMMAND ......................................................................... 414,680 564,680 

AFRICOM UPL—High-risk ISR ................................................... [150,000 ] 

170 US EUROPEAN COMMAND ................................................................. 408,529 408,529 

180 US SOUTHERN COMMAND ................................................................. 285,692 285,692 

190 US FORCES KOREA .............................................................................. 88,463 88,463 

200 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS ....... 507,845 507,845 

210 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSECURITY ........................... 704,667 710,667 

Secure Remote Access ....................................................................... [6,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ................................. 39,795,146 39,881,781 

MOBILIZATION 

230 STRATEGIC MOBILITY ........................................................................ 470,143 470,143 

240 ARMY PREPOSITIONED STOCKS ..................................................... 433,909 433,909 

250 INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS ......................................................... 4,244 4,244 

SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION .............................................. 908,296 908,296 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

260 OFFICER ACQUISITION ...................................................................... 178,428 178,428 

270 RECRUIT TRAINING ............................................................................. 78,235 78,235 

280 ONE STATION UNIT TRAINING ........................................................ 114,777 114,777 

290 SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS ....................... 551,462 551,462 

300 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ...................................................... 1,147,431 1,147,431 

310 FLIGHT TRAINING ............................................................................... 1,398,415 1,398,415 

320 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ............................ 200,779 200,779 

330 TRAINING SUPPORT ............................................................................ 682,896 682,896 

340 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING .................................................... 690,280 690,280 

350 EXAMINING ............................................................................................. 195,009 195,009 

360 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ................................... 260,235 260,235 

370 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING .......................................... 250,252 250,252 

380 JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS ......................... 204,895 204,895 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING ............... 5,953,094 5,953,094 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

400 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION .................................................. 718,323 718,323 

410 CENTRAL SUPPLY ACTIVITIES ........................................................ 900,624 900,624 

420 LOGISTIC SUPPORT ACTIVITIES .................................................... 828,059 828,059 


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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

430 AMMUNITION MANAGEMENT ............................................................ 464,029 464,029 

440 ADMINISTRATION ................................................................................. 537,837 537,837 

450 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ................................................. 1,962,059 1,937,059 

Insufficient justification ................................................................... [–25,000 ] 

460 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT ............................................................... 361,553 361,553 

470 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT ........................................................ 829,248 789,248 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–40,000 ] 

480 OTHER SERVICE SUPPORT .............................................................. 2,370,107 2,370,107 

490 ARMY CLAIMS ACTIVITIES ................................................................ 203,323 203,323 

500 REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT .......................................................... 286,682 286,682 

510 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT READINESS ................ 455,928 455,928 

520 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT 39,867 39,867 

530 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY HEADQUARTERS ........................... 610,201 610,201 

540 MISC. SUPPORT OF OTHER NATIONS ........................................... 38,948 38,948 

590A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................... 2,291,229 2,291,229 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 12,898,017 12,833,017 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

ARMY ...................................................................................... 59,554,553 59,576,188 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES ..................................................... 15,208 15,208 

020 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE ........................................................... 720,802 720,802 

030 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS ................................................................. 143,400 143,400 

040 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT ........................................ 707,654 707,654 

050 AVIATION ASSETS ................................................................................ 134,346 134,346 

060 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT .............................. 451,178 451,178 

070 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS ........................................... 97,564 97,564 

080 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE .......................................... 45,711 45,711 

090 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT .......................................................... 608,079 608,079 

100 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ...................................................................................................... 495,435 495,435 

110 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ............. 28,783 28,783 

120 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS ....... 3,153 3,153 

130 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSECURITY ........................... 19,591 19,591 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ................................. 3,470,904 3,470,904 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

140 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION .................................................. 19,155 19,155 

150 ADMINISTRATION ................................................................................. 21,668 21,668 

160 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ................................................. 44,118 44,118 

170 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT ............................................................... 7,127 7,127 

180 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING .................................................... 67,976 67,976 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 160,044 160,044 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

ARMY RESERVE ............................................................... 3,630,948 3,630,948 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL 

GUARD 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MANEUVER UNITS ............................................................................... 925,071 925,071 

020 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES ..................................................... 201,781 201,781 

030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE ........................................................... 840,373 840,373 

040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS ................................................................. 107,392 107,392 

050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT ........................................ 62,908 62,908 

060 AVIATION ASSETS ................................................................................ 1,113,908 1,113,908 

070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT .............................. 832,946 836,946 

Training Exercise Support .............................................................. [4,000 ] 

080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS ........................................... 50,696 50,696 

090 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE .......................................... 231,784 231,784 

100 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT .......................................................... 1,249,066 1,249,066 

110 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ...................................................................................................... 1,081,561 1,081,561 

120 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ............. 1,468,857 1,468,857 

130 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS ....... 9,566 9,566 

140 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSECURITY ........................... 15,710 15,710 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ................................. 8,191,619 8,195,619 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

150 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION .................................................. 7,251 7,251 

160 ADMINISTRATION ................................................................................. 66,025 66,025 

170 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ................................................. 113,366 113,366 

180 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT ............................................................... 8,663 8,663 

190 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT ........................................................ 292,426 292,426 

200 REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT .......................................................... 3,754 3,754 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 491,485 491,485 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD .......................................... 8,683,104 8,687,104 

COUNTER-ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA 

TRAIN AND EQUIP 

COUNTER ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND (CTEF) 

010 IRAQ .......................................................................................................... 241,950 241,950 

020 SYRIA ........................................................................................................ 156,000 156,000 

SUBTOTAL COUNTER ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP 

FUND (CTEF) ......................................................................... 397,950 397,950 

TOTAL COUNTER-ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ 

AND SYRIA TRAIN AND EQUIP .............................. 397,950 397,950 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS ............................. 7,882,504 7,882,504 

020 FLEET AIR TRAINING ......................................................................... 2,773,957 2,773,957 

030 AVIATION TECHNICAL DATA & ENGINEERING SERVICES .... 73,047 73,047 

040 AIR OPERATIONS AND SAFETY SUPPORT ................................... 213,862 213,862 

050 AIR SYSTEMS SUPPORT ..................................................................... 1,155,463 1,155,463 

060 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE .................................................. 1,857,021 1,857,021 

070 AIRCRAFT DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT ................................. 66,822 66,822 

080 AVIATION LOGISTICS .......................................................................... 1,871,670 1,871,670 

090 MISSION AND OTHER SHIP OPERATIONS ................................... 7,015,796 7,005,796 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–10,000 ] 

100 SHIP OPERATIONS SUPPORT & TRAINING ................................. 1,301,108 1,296,108 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–5,000 ] 

110 SHIP DEPOT MAINTENANCE ............................................................ 11,164,249 11,164,249 

120 SHIP DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT ........................................... 2,728,712 2,728,712 

Decommission CG–69 USS Vicksburg ............................................ [–8,000 ] 

Restore CG–63 USS Cowpens .......................................................... [8,000 ] 

130 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE ... 1,776,881 1,803,381 

AFRICOM UPL—Somalia Persistent Presence ............................ [26,500 ] 

140 SPACE SYSTEMS AND SURVEILLANCE ......................................... 389,915 389,915 

150 WARFARE TACTICS .............................................................................. 1,005,998 1,005,998 

160 OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY ........... 455,330 455,330 

170 COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES .............................................................. 2,350,089 2,436,689 

AFRICOM UPL—Somalia Persistent Presence ............................ [86,600 ] 

180 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT ..................................................................................................... 189,044 189,044 

200 COMBATANT COMMANDERS CORE OPERATIONS ...................... 92,504 92,504 

210 COMBATANT COMMANDERS DIRECT MISSION SUPPORT ...... 352,980 352,980 

230 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ................................................................. 522,180 522,180 

240 FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE ............................................................. 1,763,238 1,763,238 

250 WEAPONS MAINTENANCE .................................................................. 1,640,642 1,615,642 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–25,000 ] 

260 OTHER WEAPON SYSTEMS SUPPORT ........................................... 696,653 686,653 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–10,000 ] 

270 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION ............................................................ 1,780,645 1,755,645 

Insufficient justification ................................................................... [–25,000 ] 

280 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION ........... 4,406,192 4,714,316 

Dry Dock Repairs at PSNS Investment Restoration and Modernization ...................................................................................... [200,000 ] 

Hangar resilience and repair .......................................................... [20,000 ] 

Program increase .............................................................................. [88,124 ] 

290 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT ............................................................ 6,223,827 6,223,827 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ................................. 61,750,329 62,096,553 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

MOBILIZATION 

300 SHIP PREPOSITIONING AND SURGE ............................................. 475,255 475,255 

310 READY RESERVE FORCE ................................................................... 701,060 701,060 

320 SHIP ACTIVATIONS/INACTIVATIONS .............................................. 302,930 302,930 

330 EXPEDITIONARY HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEMS ....................... 151,966 151,966 

340 COAST GUARD SUPPORT ................................................................... 21,464 21,464 

SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION .............................................. 1,652,675 1,652,675 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

350 OFFICER ACQUISITION ...................................................................... 201,555 201,555 

360 RECRUIT TRAINING ............................................................................. 16,521 20,821 

Sea Cadets ......................................................................................... [4,300 ] 

370 RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS ........................................ 175,171 175,171 

380 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ...................................................... 1,238,894 1,238,894 

390 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ............................ 335,603 335,603 

400 TRAINING SUPPORT ............................................................................ 390,931 390,931 

410 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING .................................................... 269,483 269,483 

420 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ................................... 90,452 90,452 

430 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING .......................................... 73,406 73,406 

440 JUNIOR ROTC ........................................................................................ 58,970 58,970 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING ............... 2,850,986 2,855,286 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

450 ADMINISTRATION ................................................................................. 1,350,449 1,350,449 

460 CIVILIAN MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT ........ 242,760 242,760 

470 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT ...... 745,666 745,666 

490 MEDICAL ACTIVITIES ......................................................................... 323,978 293,978 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–30,000 ] 

500 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT 67,357 67,357 

510 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION .................................................. 248,822 248,822 

530 PLANNING, ENGINEERING, AND PROGRAM SUPPORT ............ 616,816 556,816 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–60,000 ] 

540 ACQUISITION, LOGISTICS, AND OVERSIGHT .............................. 850,906 835,906 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–15,000 ] 

550 INVESTIGATIVE AND SECURITY SERVICES ................................ 888,508 888,508 

730A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................... 655,281 655,281 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 5,990,543 5,885,543 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

NAVY ....................................................................................... 72,244,533 72,490,057 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 OPERATIONAL FORCES ...................................................................... 1,799,964 1,799,964 

020 FIELD LOGISTICS ................................................................................ 1,878,228 1,878,228 

030 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ....................................................................... 211,460 211,460 

040 MARITIME PREPOSITIONING ........................................................... 137,831 137,831 

060 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ................................................................. 205,449 205,449 

070 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ................ 1,211,183 1,235,407 

Program increase .............................................................................. [24,224 ] 

080 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT ............................................................ 3,124,551 3,127,551 

USMC Nucleated Foam Engine Wash ............................................ [3,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ................................. 8,568,666 8,595,890 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

090 RECRUIT TRAINING ............................................................................. 26,284 26,284 

100 OFFICER ACQUISITION ...................................................................... 1,316 1,316 

110 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ...................................................... 133,176 133,176 

120 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ............................ 66,213 66,213 

130 TRAINING SUPPORT ............................................................................ 570,152 570,152 

140 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING .................................................... 246,586 246,586 

150 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ................................... 55,230 55,230 

160 JUNIOR ROTC ........................................................................................ 29,616 29,616 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING ............... 1,128,573 1,128,573 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

180 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION .................................................. 90,366 90,366 

190 ADMINISTRATION ................................................................................. 428,650 428,650 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

220A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................... 65,658 65,658 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 584,674 584,674 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS ...................................................................... 10,281,913 10,309,137 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS ............................. 731,113 731,113 

020 INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE ...................................................... 10,122 10,122 

030 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE .................................................. 167,811 167,811 

040 AIRCRAFT DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT ................................. 103 103 

050 AVIATION LOGISTICS .......................................................................... 29,185 29,185 

060 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS ............................................................. 20,806 20,806 

070 COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES .............................................................. 186,590 186,590 

080 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ................................................................. 296 296 

090 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION ............................................................ 32,467 32,467 

100 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION ........... 63,726 63,726 

110 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT ............................................................ 121,064 121,064 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ................................. 1,363,283 1,363,283 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

120 ADMINISTRATION ................................................................................. 2,025 2,025 

130 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT ...... 13,401 13,401 

140 ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ............................. 2,101 2,101 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 17,527 17,527 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

NAVY RESERVE ............................................................... 1,380,810 1,380,810 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 

RESERVE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 OPERATING FORCES ........................................................................... 128,468 128,468 

020 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ....................................................................... 20,967 20,967 

030 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION ........... 46,589 46,589 

040 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT ............................................................ 120,808 120,808 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ................................. 316,832 316,832 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

050 ADMINISTRATION ................................................................................. 12,563 12,563 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 12,563 12,563 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE ............................................... 329,395 329,395 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES .............................................................. 980,768 966,068 

Technical realignment ...................................................................... [–14,700 ] 

020 COMBAT ENHANCEMENT FORCES ................................................. 2,665,924 2,665,924 

030 AIR OPERATIONS TRAINING (OJT, MAINTAIN SKILLS) .......... 1,630,552 1,630,552 

040 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE ...................... 4,632,693 4,632,693 

050 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ...................................................................................................... 4,252,815 4,279,719 

Program increase .............................................................................. [85,056 ] 

Technical realignment ...................................................................... [–58,152 ] 

060 CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT ........................................................... 229,440 229,440 

070 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT 9,537,192 9,497,192 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–40,000 ] 

080 FLYING HOUR PROGRAM ................................................................... 6,697,549 6,582,549 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–115,000 ] 

090 BASE SUPPORT ..................................................................................... 11,633,510 11,310,018 

Technical realignment ...................................................................... [–208,492 ] 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–115,000 ] 

100 GLOBAL C3I AND EARLY WARNING ................................................ 1,350,827 1,319,876 

Technical realignment ...................................................................... [–30,951 ] 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

110 OTHER COMBAT OPS SPT PROGRAMS .......................................... 1,817,941 1,742,941 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–75,000 ] 

120 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ................................................................. 807,966 777,966 

Program decrease .............................................................................. [–30,000 ] 

130 TACTICAL INTEL AND OTHER SPECIAL ACTIVITIES .............. 267,615 267,615 

160 US NORTHCOM/NORAD ....................................................................... 245,263 245,263 

170 US STRATCOM ....................................................................................... 541,720 526,720 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–15,000 ] 

190 US CENTCOM .......................................................................................... 335,220 335,220 

200 US SOCOM ............................................................................................... 27,511 27,511 

210 US TRANSCOM ....................................................................................... 607 607 

220 CENTCOM CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT ...................................... 1,415 1,415 

230 USSPACECOM ......................................................................................... 373,989 373,989 

240 MEDICAL READINESS ......................................................................... 564,880 562,596 

Technical realignment ...................................................................... [–2,284 ] 

480A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................... 1,465,926 1,465,926 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ................................. 50,061,323 49,441,800 

MOBILIZATION 

260 AIRLIFT OPERATIONS ........................................................................ 3,012,287 3,012,287 

270 MOBILIZATION PREPAREDNESS .................................................... 241,918 241,918 

SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION .............................................. 3,254,205 3,254,205 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

280 OFFICER ACQUISITION ...................................................................... 202,769 202,769 

290 RECRUIT TRAINING ............................................................................. 28,892 28,892 

300 RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) ......................... 137,647 137,647 

310 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ...................................................... 588,131 588,131 

320 FLIGHT TRAINING ............................................................................... 875,230 850,230 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–25,000 ] 

330 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ............................ 301,262 301,262 

340 TRAINING SUPPORT ............................................................................ 194,609 195,609 

Training Exercise Support .............................................................. [1,000 ] 

350 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING .................................................... 204,318 204,318 

360 EXAMINING ............................................................................................. 7,775 7,775 

370 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ................................... 263,421 263,421 

380 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING .......................................... 343,039 343,039 

390 JUNIOR ROTC ........................................................................................ 75,666 75,666 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING ............... 3,222,759 3,198,759 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

400 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS ................................................................... 1,062,199 1,062,199 

410 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES ................................................ 162,919 162,919 

420 ADMINISTRATION ................................................................................. 1,409,015 1,409,015 

430 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ................................................. 30,268 30,268 

440 OTHER SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................... 1,851,856 1,811,376 

Technical realignment ...................................................................... [4,520 ] 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–45,000 ] 

450 CIVIL AIR PATROL ............................................................................... 30,901 30,901 

460 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT 42,759 42,759 

480 INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ............................................................... 115,267 95,267 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–20,000 ] 

490A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................... 1,506,624 1,506,624 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 6,211,808 6,151,328 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 

FORCE ................................................................................... 62,750,095 62,046,092 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 GLOBAL C3I & EARLY WARNING ..................................................... 642,201 642,201 

020 SPACE LAUNCH OPERATIONS ......................................................... 356,162 356,162 

030 SPACE OPERATIONS ............................................................................ 866,547 869,047 

Systems Tool Kit Digital Operations ............................................. [2,500 ] 

040 EDUCATION & TRAINING ................................................................... 199,181 217,353 

Technical realignment ...................................................................... [18,172 ] 

050 SPECIAL PROGRAMS ........................................................................... 383,233 383,233 

060 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ....................................................................... 67,757 67,757 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

070 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ...................................................................................................... 678,648 692,221 

Program increase .............................................................................. [13,573 ] 

080 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS AND SYSTEM SUPPORT ................... 1,380,350 1,380,350 

090 SPACE OPERATIONS -BOS ................................................................. 188,760 188,760 

110A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................... 71,475 71,475 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ................................. 4,834,314 4,868,559 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

100 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS ................................................................... 34,046 34,046 

110 ADMINISTRATION ................................................................................. 149,108 130,936 

Technical realignment ...................................................................... [–18,172 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 183,154 164,982 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, 

SPACE FORCE ................................................................... 5,017,468 5,033,541 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES .............................................................. 2,088,949 2,088,949 

020 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS ................................................... 198,213 198,213 

030 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE ...................... 647,758 647,758 

040 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ...................................................................................................... 122,314 122,314 

050 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT 374,442 374,442 

060 BASE SUPPORT ..................................................................................... 543,962 543,962 

070 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ................................................................. 1,742 1,742 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ................................. 3,977,380 3,977,380 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

080 ADMINISTRATION ................................................................................. 107,281 107,281 

090 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING .................................................... 9,373 9,373 

100 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERS MGMT (ARPC) ...................... 15,563 15,563 

110 OTHER PERS SUPPORT (DISABILITY COMP) ............................. 6,174 6,174 

120 AUDIOVISUAL ........................................................................................ 485 485 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 138,876 138,876 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 

FORCE RESERVE ............................................................ 4,116,256 4,116,256 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL 

GUARD 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS .................................................................... 2,498,675 2,498,675 

020 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS ................................................... 656,714 656,714 

030 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE ...................... 1,171,901 1,171,901 

040 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ...................................................................................................... 370,188 370,188 

050 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT 1,280,003 1,280,003 

060 BASE SUPPORT ..................................................................................... 1,089,579 1,089,579 

070 CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT ........................................................... 19,708 19,708 

080 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ................................................................. 49,476 29,976 

Cyberspace actitivies ......................................................................... [2,500 ] 

Insufficient justification ................................................................... [–22,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ................................. 7,136,244 7,116,744 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

090 ADMINISTRATION ................................................................................. 68,417 68,417 

100 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING .................................................... 49,033 49,033 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 117,450 117,450 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR 

NATIONAL GUARD ......................................................... 7,253,694 7,234,194 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 

OPERATING FORCES 


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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

010 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF .................................................................. 461,370 471,370 

Combatant Commander’s Initiative Fund (CCIF)—AFRICOM 

and SOUTHCOM ......................................................................... [10,000 ] 

020 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF—JTEEP ................................................. 701,081 701,081 

030 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF—CYBER ................................................. 8,210 8,210 

040 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE—MISO ................. 252,480 271,110 

INDOPACOM MISO ........................................................................ [11,300 ] 

SOUTHCOM MISO ......................................................................... [7,330 ] 

060 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND COMBAT DEVELOPMENT 

ACTIVITIES ......................................................................................... 2,012,953 2,012,953 

070 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND MAINTENANCE ................... 1,210,930 1,186,630 

Program decrease .............................................................................. [–24,300 ] 

080 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND MANAGEMENT/OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ........................................................... 202,574 195,244 

Program decrease .............................................................................. [–7,330 ] 

090 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND THEATER FORCES ........... 3,346,004 3,334,004 

Program decrease .............................................................................. [–12,000 ] 

100 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ...................................................................................................... 49,757 49,757 

110 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND INTELLIGENCE .................. 1,391,402 1,401,402 

Program decrease .............................................................................. [–15,000 ] 

Special Operations Command Intelligence increase in Non-Traditional ISR (SOF Digital Ecosystem POR) ............................ [25,000 ] 

120 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT 1,438,967 1,376,980 

Program decrease .............................................................................. [–61,987 ] 

130 CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS .............................................................. 1,318,614 1,353,614 

Additional resourcing ....................................................................... [10,000 ] 

Internet Operations Management .................................................... [5,000 ] 

JFHQ-DODIN Resourcing .............................................................. [20,000 ] 

140 USCYBERCOM HEADQUARTERS ..................................................... 332,690 332,690 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ................................. 12,727,032 12,695,045 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

150 DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY ........................................... 183,342 183,342 

160 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF .................................................................. 118,172 118,172 

170 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ...................................................................... 33,855 33,855 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING ............... 335,369 335,369 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

180 CIVIL MILITARY PROGRAMS ............................................................ 142,240 273,240 

National Guard Youth Challenge .................................................... [83,500 ] 

Program decrease .............................................................................. [–2,500 ] 

STARBASE ...................................................................................... [50,000 ] 

190 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY—CYBER ......................... 4,870 4,870 

200 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY .......................................... 667,943 667,943 

210 DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY ........................... 1,567,119 1,567,119 

220 DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY—CYBER ......... 30,279 25,279 

Early to need ..................................................................................... [–5,000 ] 

230 DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY ........................................................................................................... 1,062,123 1,062,123 

Insider Threat – DITMAC, Resiliency and Suicide Prevention 

Program for the Warfighter ......................................................... [5,000 ] 

Program decrease—Facilities and Physical Security ................... [–5,000 ] 

250 DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY—CYBER ......................................................................................... 9,835 9,835 

260 DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY—CYBER ................. 27,517 27,517 

270 DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY ................................... 1,033,789 988,789 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–45,000 ] 

300 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY .............................. 2,567,698 2,542,698 

Program decrease .............................................................................. [–25,000 ] 

310 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY—CYBER ............ 526,893 526,893 

320 DEFENSE LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY ........................................... 241,779 206,779 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–35,000 ] 

330 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY ........................................................ 446,731 446,731 

340 DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY .............................................................. 246,840 251,840 

Public Web program ......................................................................... [5,000 ] 

360 DEFENSE POW/MIA OFFICE ............................................................. 195,959 198,959 

DPAA Identification Programs ....................................................... [3,000 ] 

370 DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY ........................... 2,379,100 2,379,100 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

Baltic Security Initiative ................................................................ [210,000 ] 

Offset for Baltic Security Initiative ................................................ [–210,000 ] 

380 DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY SECURITY ADMINISTRATION .......... 41,722 41,722 

390 DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY .................................... 984,272 974,272 

Program decrease .............................................................................. [–10,000 ] 

410 DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY—CYBER .................. 70,548 70,548 

420 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY ................ 3,451,625 3,521,625 

Impact Aid ........................................................................................ [50,000 ] 

Impact Aid Students with Disabilities ........................................... [20,000 ] 

430 MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY ............................................................. 564,078 559,078 

Program decrease .............................................................................. [–5,000 ] 

440 OFFICE OF THE LOCAL DEFENSE COMMUNITY COOPERATION ...................................................................................................... 118,216 108,216 

Underexecution .................................................................................. [–10,000 ] 

480 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE—CYBER .............. 92,176 87,776 

Central program office ..................................................................... [10,000 ] 

Scholarship funding alignment ....................................................... [–14,400 ] 

490 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ............................... 2,676,416 2,452,616 

Chief Digital and AI Office Senior Leadership Training Courses [2,750 ] 

Eliminate Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation 

(CAPE) .......................................................................................... [–78,000 ] 

Legacy Resource Management Program ......................................... [2,000 ] 

Program decrease .............................................................................. [–153,550 ] 

Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative ..................... [3,000 ] 

530 WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES ................................ 440,947 440,947 

530A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................... 20,114,447 20,124,447 

Classifed increase .............................................................................. [10,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 39,705,162 39,560,962 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

540 UNDISTRIBUTED .................................................................................. –300,000 

Historical unobligated balances ....................................................... [–300,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED .......................................... –300,000 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE ...................................................................... 52,767,563 52,291,376 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 

ARMED FORCES 

ADMINISTRATION AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES 

010 US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES, DEFENSE .................................................................................................. 16,620 16,620 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 16,620 16,620 

TOTAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE ARMED FORCES ........................................ 16,620 16,620 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND 

ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 

010 ACQ WORKFORCE DEV FD ................................................................ 54,977 54,977 

SUBTOTAL ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................... 54,977 54,977 

TOTAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND .... 54,977 54,977 

OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC 

AID 

HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE 

010 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER AND CIVIC AID ........ 114,900 114,900 

SUBTOTAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE ............. 114,900 114,900 

TOTAL OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID ............................................... 114,900 114,900 

COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT 

010 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ............................................ 350,999 335,999 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

Program decrease .............................................................................. [–25,000 ] 

Program increase .............................................................................. [10,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ........................................................................................... 350,999 335,999 

TOTAL COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 

ACCOUNT ............................................................................ 350,999 335,999 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

050 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY ...................................... 198,760 198,760 

SUBTOTAL DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ............... 198,760 198,760 

TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, 

ARMY ...................................................................................... 198,760 198,760 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY 

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 

060 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY ...................................... 335,240 335,240 

SUBTOTAL DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY ................ 335,240 335,240 

TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, 

NAVY ....................................................................................... 335,240 335,240 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE 

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 

070 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE ........................... 349,744 349,744 

SUBTOTAL DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE ... 349,744 349,744 

TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR 

FORCE ................................................................................... 349,744 349,744 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

080 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE .............................. 8,965 8,965 

SUBTOTAL DEFENSE-WIDE .............................................. 8,965 8,965 

TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE .................................................................................... 8,965 8,965 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY 

USED DEFENSE SITES 

DEFENSE-WIDE 

090 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION FORMERLY USED SITES .. 232,806 232,806 

SUBTOTAL DEFENSE-WIDE .............................................. 232,806 232,806 

TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, 

FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES ..................... 232,806 232,806 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE ................. 290,071,293 289,171,059 

1 TITLE XLIV—MILITARY 

2 PERSONNEL 

3 SEC. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 

SEC. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Item FY 2024 

Request 

House 

Authorized 

Military Personnel ........................................................................ 168,320,510 168,078,310 

BAH Absorption Restoration (1%) ................................... [244,000 ] 

Remove BAH from BNA Calculation (150%) .................. [113,800 ] 

Military personnel historical underexecution ................... [–600,000 ] 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Item FY 2024 

Request 

House 

Authorized 

MERHCF ............................................................................................ 10,553,456 10,553,456 

1 TITLE XLV—OTHER 

2 AUTHORIZATIONS 

3 SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS. 

SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Item FY 2024 

Request 

House 

Authorized 

NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION 

FUND 

DEFENSE STOCKPILE ........................................................................ 7,629 7,629 

TOTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE 

TRANSACTION FUND ....................................................... 7,629 7,629 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY 

ARMY ARSENALS INITIATIVE .......................................................... 27,551 27,551 

ARMY SUPPLY MANAGEMENT .......................................................... 1,662 1,662 

TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY .............. 29,213 29,213 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE 

SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS ............................................................. 83,587 83,587 

TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE .. 83,587 83,587 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE 

DEFENSE AUTOMATION & PRODUCTION SERVICES ............... 4 4 

ENERGY MANAGEMENT—DEFENSE .............................................. 114,663 114,663 

TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSEWIDE ........................................................................................... 114,667 114,667 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE COMMISSARY 

AGENCY 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND—DECA .................................................. 1,447,612 1,447,612 

TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE 

COMMISSARY AGENCY ................................................... 1,447,612 1,447,612 

CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE .................................................... 89,284 89,284 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION .......... 1,002,560 1,002,560 

TOTAL CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS 

DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE ............................................. 1,091,844 1,091,844 

DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE 

COUNTER-NARCOTICS SUPPORT .................................................... 643,848 658,848 

Counter Strategic Competitors in the Western Hemisphere [15,000 ] 

DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM ....................................... 134,313 136,813 

Young Marines Program ........................................................ [2,500 ] 

NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAM ......................... 102,272 122,272 

Program increase .................................................................... [20,000 ] 

NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG SCHOOLS .......................... 5,993 10,993 

Program increase .................................................................... [5,000 ] 

TOTAL DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTERDRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE ..................................... 886,426 928,926 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Item FY 2024 

Request 

House 

Authorized 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL—O&M .......................... 518,919 518,919 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL—CYBER ..................... 1,948 1,948 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL—RDT&E ..................... 3,400 3,400 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL—PROCUREMENT .... 1,098 1,098 

TOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 525,365 525,365 

DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 

IN-HOUSE CARE ................................................................................... 10,044,342 10,049,342 

TRICARE Reserve Select Extension ..................................... [5,000 ] 

PRIVATE SECTOR CARE ..................................................................... 19,893,028 19,893,028 

CONSOLIDATED HEALTH SUPPORT .............................................. 2,007,012 1,818,512 

Historical underexecution ...................................................... [–186,000 ] 

Program decrease .................................................................... [–2,500 ] 

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT .......................................................... 2,327,816 2,327,816 

MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 347,446 343,446 

Historical underexecution ...................................................... [–4,000 ] 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING ............................................................. 336,111 323,111 

Historical underexecution ...................................................... [–20,000 ] 

TriService Nursing Research Program ................................. [7,000 ] 

BASE OPERATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS ........................................ 2,144,551 2,142,051 

Historical underexecution ...................................................... [–2,500 ] 

R&D RESEARCH ................................................................................... 40,311 40,311 

R&D EXPLORATRY DEVELOPMENT ............................................... 178,892 178,892 

R&D ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT .................................................... 327,040 344,540 

Antibiotic Susceptibility Test Development .......................... [2,500 ] 

Peptide Research and Development ....................................... [5,000 ] 

Platelet Development and Platelet Hemostatic Products ..... [10,000 ] 

R&D DEMONSTRATION/VALIDATION ............................................. 172,351 172,351 

R&D ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT ............................................. 107,753 107,753 

R&D MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT ............................................... 87,096 87,096 

R&D CAPABILITIES ENHANCEMENT ............................................. 18,330 18,330 

PROC INITIAL OUTFITTING .............................................................. 22,344 22,344 

PROC REPLACEMENT & MODERNIZATION ................................. 238,435 238,435 

PROC JOINT OPERATIONAL MEDICINE INFORMATION SYSTEM ....................................................................................................... 29,537 29,537 

PROC MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM—DESKTOP TO 

DATACENTER .................................................................................... 74,055 74,055 

PROC DOD HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MODERNIZATION ...................................................................................... 17,510 17,510 

TOTAL DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM ...................... 38,413,960 38,228,460 

TOTAL OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS ............................. 42,600,303 42,457,303 

1 TITLE XLVI—MILITARY 

2 CONSTRUCTION 

3 SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION. 

SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request 

House 

Agreement 

Alabama 

Army Anniston Army Depot Access Control Point (P&D) .......................................... 0 5,500 

Army Anniston Army Depot Component Rebuild Shop (P&D) .................................. 0 8,100 

Army Anniston Army Depot Vehicle Paint Shop (P&D) ............................................ 0 2,900 

Army Redstone Arsenal Substation ....................................................................... 50,000 50,000 

Alaska 

Army Fort Wainwright Cost to Complete: Enlisted Unaccompanied Pers Hsg 34,000 34,000 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request 

House Agreement 

Florida 

Army Camp Bull Simons Camp Bull Simons 7th Special Forces Group Child 

Development Center.

0 17,000 

Georgia 

Army Fort Gordon Cyber Instructional Facility (Classrooms) ................... 163,000 80,000 

Germany 

Army Grafenwoehr Automated Multipurpose Machine Gun Range ............ 10,400 10,400 

Army Hohenfels Simulations Center ......................................................... 56,000 56,000 

Hawaii 

Army Aliamanu Military Reservation Water Storage Tank ....................................................... 20,000 20,000 

Army Wheeler Army Air Field Air Traffic Control Tower (P&D) ................................. 0 5,400 

Kansas 

Army Fort Riley Aircraft Maintenance Hanger ....................................... 105,000 105,000 

Kentucky 

Army Fort Campbell Multipurpose Training Range ....................................... 38,000 38,000 

Louisiana 

Army Fort Polk Multipurpose Athletic Field ........................................... 0 13,400 

Massachusetts 

Army Soldier Systems Center 

Natick 

Barracks Addition .......................................................... 18,500 18,500 

Michigan 

Army Detroit Arsenal Ground Transport Equipment Building ...................... 72,000 72,000 

North Carolina 

Army Fort Bragg Aircraft Maintenance Hangar ....................................... 0 61,000 

Army Fort Bragg Automated Record Fire Range ...................................... 19,500 19,500 

Army Fort Bragg Barracks .......................................................................... 50,000 50,000 

Army Fort Bragg Barracks (Facility Prototyping) ................................... 85,000 85,000 

Army Fort Bragg Child Development Center ............................................. 0 36,000 

Pennsylvania 

Army Letterkenny Army 

Depot 

Guided Missile Maintenance Building ......................... 89,000 89,000 

Texas 

Army Fort Bliss Collective Training Barracks (P&D) ............................ 0 8,000 

Army Fort Bliss Rail Yard ........................................................................ 74,000 74,000 

Army Fort Hood Barracks, Fort Hood (PN 100948) (P&D) .................. 0 9,900 

Army Fort Hood Barracks, Fort Hood (PN 94937) (P&D) .................... 0 9,900 

Army Red River Army Depot Component Rebuild Shop .............................................. 113,000 70,000 

Washington 

Army Joint Base LewisMcChord Barracks .......................................................................... 100,000 100,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Barracks Replacement (P&D) ....................................... 0 50,000 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

CDC Planning and Design ............................................ 0 20,000 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Cost to Complete Army .................................................. 0 122,210 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Host Nation Support ..................................................... 26,000 26,000 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Lab Infrastructure Planning & Design ........................ 0 30,000 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Minor Construction ........................................................ 76,280 86,280 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Organic Industrial Base Planning & Design .............. 0 5,000 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design ......................................................... 270,875 300,175 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition 0 15,000 

Military Construction, Army Total .......................................................................................... 1,470,555 1,803,165 

Australia 

Navy Royal Australian Air 

Force Base Darwin 

PDI: Aircraft Parking Apron (INC) ............................ 134,624 134,624 

California 

Navy Camp Pendleton Fire Station Replacement (53 Area) (P&D) ................ 0 2,683 

Navy Marine Corps Air 

Ground Combat Center Twentynine 

Palms 

Communications Towers ................................................ 42,100 42,100 

Navy Port Hueneme Laboratory Compound Facilities Improvements ......... 110,000 15,000 

Connecticut 

Navy Naval Submarine Base 

New London 

Submarine Pier 31 Extension ....................................... 112,518 42,518 

Navy Naval Submarine Base 

New London 

Weapons Magazine & Ordnance Operations Fac. ....... 219,200 29,200 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request 

House Agreement 

District of Columbia 

Navy Marine Barracks Washington Bachelor Enlisted Quarters & Support Facility ......... 131,800 31,800 

District of Columbia 

Navy Naval Support Activity Electromagnetic & Cyber Countermeasures Lab 

(P&D).

0 40,000 

Djibouti 

Navy Camp Lemonnier 

Djibouti 

Electrical Power Plant ................................................... 0 106,600 

Florida 

Navy Whiting Field Advanced Helicopter Training System Hangar .......... 0 100,000 

Georgia 

Navy Marine Corps Logistics 

Base Albany 

Consolidated Communication Facility ......................... 0 63,970 

Guam 

Navy Andersen Air Force 

Base 

PDI: Child Development Center .................................... 105,220 105,220 

Navy Andersen Air Force 

Base 

PDI: Joint Consol. Comm. Center (INC) ..................... 107,000 107,000 

Navy Joint Region Marianas PDI: Joint Communication Upgrade (INC) ................ 292,830 50,000 

Navy Joint Region Marianas PDI: Missile Integration Test Facility ......................... 174,540 74,540 

Navy Naval Base Guam PDI: 9th ESB Training Complex ................................. 23,380 23,380 

Navy Naval Base Guam PDI: Artillery Battery Facilities .................................. 137,550 72,550 

Navy Naval Base Guam PDI: Consolidated MEB HQ/NCIS Phii ..................... 19,740 19,740 

Navy Naval Base Guam PDI: Recreation Center .................................................. 34,740 34,740 

Navy Naval Base Guam PDI: Religious Ministry Services Facility ................... 46,350 46,350 

Navy Naval Base Guam PDI: Satellite Communications Facility (INC) .......... 166,159 100,000 

Navy Naval Base Guam PDI: Training Center .................................................... 89,640 89,640 

Hawaii 

Navy Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Dry Dock 3 Replacement (INC) .................................... 1,318,711 1,398,035 

Navy Marine Corps Base Hawai’i Water Reclamation Facility Compliance Upgrade ..... 0 50,000 

Italy 

Navy Naval Air Station 

Sigonella 

EDI: Ordnance Magazines ............................................. 77,072 77,072 

Maine 

Navy Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Multi-Mission Drydock #1 Extension (INC) ............... 544,808 544,808 

Maryland 

Navy Fort Meade Cybersecurity Operations Facility ................................ 186,480 80,000 

Navy Naval Air Station Patuxent River Aircraft Development and Maintenance Facilities ...... 141,700 80,000 

North Carolina 

Navy Cherry Point Marine 

Corps Air Station 

Aircraft Maintenance Hangar (INC) ........................... 19,529 19,529 

Navy Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point 2D LAAD Maintenance and Operations Facilities ..... 0 65,000 

Navy Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Maintenance Facility & Marine Air Group HQS ...... 125,150 35,150 

Navy Marine Corps Base 

Camp Lejeune 

10th Marines Maintenance & Operations Complex ..... 0 40,000 

Navy Marine Corps Base 

Camp Lejeune 

Amphibious Combat Vehicle Shelters ............................ 0 31,890 

Navy Marine Corps Base 

Camp Lejeune 

Corrosion Repair Facility Replacement ....................... 0 40,000 

Pennsylvania 

Navy Naval Surface Warfare 

Center Philadeplhia 

AI Machinery Control Development Center ................. 0 88,200 

Virginia 

Navy Dam Neck Annex Maritime Surveillance System Facility ....................... 109,680 23,680 

Navy Joint Expeditionary 

Base Little Creek— 

Story 

Child Development Center ............................................. 35,000 35,000 

Navy Marine Corps Base 

Quantico 

Water Treatment Plant .................................................. 127,120 37,120 

Navy Naval Station Norfolk Child Development Center ............................................. 43,600 43,600 

Navy Naval Station Norfolk MQ–25 Aircraft Laydown Facilities ............................ 114,495 8,495 

Navy Naval Station Norfolk Submarine Pier 3 (INC) ................................................ 99,077 99,077 

Navy Naval Weapons Station 

Yorktown 

Weapons Magazines ........................................................ 221,920 51,000 

Navy Norfolk Naval Shipyard Dry Dock Saltwater System for CVN–78 (INC) .......... 81,082 81,082 

Washington 

Navy Naval Base Kitsap Alternate Power Transmission Line ............................. 0 19,000 

Navy Naval Base Kitsap Armored Fighting Vehicle Support Facility ................ 0 31,000 

Navy Naval Base Kitsap Shipyard Electrical Backbone ....................................... 195,000 60,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Barracks Replacement (P&D) ....................................... 0 50,000 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request 

House Agreement 

Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

CDC Planning and Design ............................................ 0 20,000 

Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Lab Infrastructure Planning & Design ........................ 0 30,000 

Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Navy Shore Utility Infrastructure (P&D) ................... 0 85,000 

Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design ......................................................... 578,942 578,942 

Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design ......................................................... 21,000 21,000 

Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program 

Planning & Design.

0 50,000 

Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction ................................... 34,430 44,430 

Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition 0 15,000 

Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

USMC Military Construction Planning & Design ...... 0 48,749 

Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

USMC Unspecified Minor Construction ....................... 0 30,000 

Military Construction, Navy Total .......................................................................................... 6,022,187 5,343,514 

Alaska 

AF Joint Base ElmendorfRichardson 

Extend Runway 16/34 (INC 3) ..................................... 107,500 107,500 

Australia 

AF Royal Australian Air 

Force Base Darwin 

PDI: Squadron Operations Facility ............................. 26,000 26,000 

AF Royal Australian Air 

Force Base Tindal 

PDI: Aircraft Maintenance Support Facility .............. 17,500 17,500 

AF Royal Australian Air 

Force Base Tindal 

PDI: Squadron Operations Facility ............................. 20,000 20,000 

AF Royal Australian Air 

Force Base Tindal 

PDI: Bomber Apron ....................................................... 93,000 93,000 

Florida 

AF Eglin Air Force Base Eglin Air Force Base—LRSO Hardware Software 

Development & Test Facility.

0 14,600 

AF MacDill Air Force Base KC–46 ADAL Fuel System Maintenance Dock ........... 18,000 18,000 

AF MacDill Air Force Base KC–46A ADAL Aircraft Corrosion Control ................. 25,000 25,000 

AF MacDill Air Force Base KC–46A ADAL Aircraft Maintenance Hangar ........... 27,000 27,000 

AF MacDill Air Force Base KC–46A ADAL Apron & Hydrant Fueling Pits ........ 61,000 61,000 

AF Patrick Space Force 

Base 

Commercial Vehicle Inspection ...................................... 15,000 15,000 

AF Patrick Space Force 

Base 

Cost to Complete: Consolidated Communications Center.15,000 15,000 

AF Patrick Space Force 

Base 

Final Denial Barriers, South Gate ............................... 12,000 12,000 

Georgia 

AF Robins Air Force Base Battle Management Combined Operations Complex ... 115,000 35,000 

Guam 

AF Joint Region Marianas PDI: North Aircraft Parking Ramp (INC) .................. 109,000 109,000 

Japan 

AF Kadena Air Base PDI: Helo Rescue OPS Maintenance Hangar (INC 3) 46,000 46,000 

AF Kadena Air Base PDI: Theater A/C Corrosion Control Ctr (INC) .......... 42,000 42,000 

Louisiana 

AF Barksdale Air Force 

Base 

Weapons Generation Facility (INC 3) ......................... 112,000 112,000 

Mariana Islands 

AF Tinian PDI: Airfield Development, Phase 1 (INC 3) .............. 26,000 26,000 

AF Tinian PDI: Fuel Tanks W/Pipeline & Hydrant (INC 3) ...... 20,000 20,000 

AF Tinian PDI: Parking Apron (INC 3) ........................................ 32,000 32,000 

Massachusetts 

AF Hanscom Air Force 

Base 

Child Development Center ............................................. 37,000 37,000 

AF Hanscom Air Force 

Base 

MIT-Lincoln Lab (West Lab CSL/MIF) (INC 4) ........ 70,000 70,000 

Mississippi 

AF Columbus Air Force 

Base 

T–7a Ground Based Training System Facility .......... 30,000 30,000 

AF Columbus Air Force 

Base 

T–7a Unit Maintenance Training Facility ................. 9,500 9,500 

Montana 

AF Malmstrom Air Force 

Base 

Fire Station Bay/Storage Area ..................................... 0 10,300 

Norway 

AF Rygge Air Station EDI: DABS-FEV Storage .............................................. 88,000 88,000 

AF Rygge Air Station EDI: Munitions Storage Area ....................................... 31,000 31,000 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request 

House Agreement 

Ohio 

AF Wright-Patterson Air 

Force Base 

Acquisition Management Complex Phase V (P&D) .... 0 9,900 

Oklahoma 

AF Tinker Air Force Base F–35 Aircraft Oxygen Shop (P&D) .............................. 0 5,800 

AF Tinker Air Force Base KC–46 3–Bay Depot Maintenance Hangar (INC 3) .. 78,000 78,000 

Philippines 

AF Cesar Basa Air Base PDI: Transient Aircraft Parking Apron ...................... 35,000 35,000 

South Dakota 

AF Ellsworth Air Force 

Base 

B–21 Fuel System Maintenance Dock .......................... 75,000 75,000 

AF Ellsworth Air Force 

Base 

B–21 Phase Hangar ....................................................... 160,000 34,000 

AF Ellsworth Air Force 

Base 

B–21 Weapons Generation Facility (INC) .................. 160,000 160,000 

Spain 

AF Moro ́n Air Base EDI: Munitions Storage ................................................ 26,000 26,000 

Texas 

AF Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland 91 Cyber Operations Center .......................................... 0 48,000 

AF Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland BMT – Chapel for America’s Airmen ........................... 0 90,000 

AF Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Child Development Center ............................................. 20,000 20,000 

United Kingdom 

AF Royal Air Force 

Fairford 

EDI: RADR Storage Facility ....................................... 47,000 47,000 

AF Royal Air Force 

Lakenheath 

EDI: RADR Storage Facility ....................................... 28,000 28,000 

AF Royal Air Force 

Lakenheath 

Surety Dormitory ........................................................... 50,000 50,000 

Utah 

AF Hill Air Force Base F–35 T–7a East Campus Infrastructure ..................... 82,000 82,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Barracks Replacement (P&D) ....................................... 0 50,000 

AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

CDC Planning and Design ............................................ 0 20,000 

AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Cost to Complete ............................................................. 0 90,400 

AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

EDI: Planning & Design ............................................... 5,648 5,648 

AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Lab Infrastructure Planning & Design ........................ 0 30,000 

AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Natural Disaster Recovery ............................................. 0 252,000 

AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design ......................................................... 338,985 338,985 

AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design ......................................................... 90,281 90,281 

AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Military Construction .................... 64,900 74,900 

AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition 0 15,000 

Wyoming 

AF F.E. Warren Air Force 

Base 

GBSD Integrated Command Center (INC 2) ............... 27,000 27,000 

AF F.E. Warren Air Force 

Base 

GBSD Integrated Training Center ............................... 85,000 85,000 

AF F.E. Warren Air Force 

Base 

GBSD Missile Handling Complex (INC 2) .................. 28,000 28,000 

Military Construction, Air Force Total ................................................................................. 2,605,314 3,045,314 

Alabama 

Def-Wide Redstone Arsenal Ground Test Facility Infrastructure ............................ 147,975 67,975 

California 

Def-Wide Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Ambulatory Care Center—Dental Clinic Add//Alt ...... 103,000 28,000 

Def-Wide Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Electrical Infrastructure, on-Site Generation, and 

Microgrid Improvements.

0 30,550 

Def-Wide Naval Base Coronado Cost to Complete: ATC Operations Support Facility 0 11,400 

Def-Wide Naval Base Coronado SOF Naval Special Warfare Command Operations 

Support Facility, Phase 2.

0 51,000 

Def-Wide Naval Base San Diego Ambulatory Care Center—Dental Clinic Replmt ........ 101,644 31,644 

Def-Wide Naval Base San Diego Microgrid and Backup Power ....................................... 0 6,300 

Def-Wide Vandenberg Space Force 

Base 

Microgrid With Backup Power ...................................... 0 57,000 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request 

House Agreement 

Colorado 

Def-Wide Buckley Space Force 

Base 

Redundant Electrical Supply ........................................ 0 9,000 

Def-Wide Buckley Space Force 

Base 

Replacement Water Well ................................................ 0 5,700 

Cuba 

Def-Wide Guantanamo Bay Naval 

Station 

Ambulatory Care Center (INC 1) ................................. 60,000 60,000 

Georgia 

Def-Wide Naval Submarine Base 

Kings Bay 

Electrical Transmission and Distribution Improvements, Phase 2.0 49,500 

Germany 

Def-Wide Baumholder Human Performance Training Center ......................... 0 16,700 

Def-Wide Baumholder SOF Company Operations Facility ............................. 41,000 41,000 

Def-Wide Baumholder SOF Joint Parachute Rigging Facility ....................... 23,000 23,000 

Def-Wide Kaiserslautern Air Base Kaiserslautern Middle School ........................................ 21,275 21,275 

Def-Wide Ramstein Air Base Ramstein Middle School ................................................ 181,764 181,764 

Def-Wide Rhine Ordnance Barracks Medical Center Replacement (INC 11) ......................... 77,210 77,210 

Def-Wide Stuttgart Robinson Barracks Elem School Replacement ............. 8,000 8,000 

Honduras 

Def-Wide Soto Cano Air Base Fuel Facilities ................................................................. 41,300 41,300 

Japan 

Def-Wide Fleet Activities 

Yokosuka 

Kinnick High School (INC) ........................................... 70,000 70,000 

Def-Wide Kadena Air Base PDI: SOF Maintenance Hangar ................................... 88,900 88,900 

Def-Wide Kadena Air Base PDI: SOF Composite Maintenance Facility ................ 11,400 11,400 

Kansas 

Def-Wide Forbes Field Microgrid and Backup Power ....................................... 0 5,850 

Korea 

Def-Wide K–16 Air Base K–16 Emergency Backup Power ................................... 0 5,650 

Kuwait 

Def-Wide Camp Buehring Microgrid and Backup Power ....................................... 0 18,850 

Maryland 

Def-Wide Bethesda Naval Hospital Medical Center Addition/Alteration (INC 7) ............... 101,816 101,816 

Def-Wide Fort Meade NSAW Mission OPS and Records Center (INC) ......... 105,000 105,000 

Def-Wide Fort Meade NSAW Recap Building 4 (INC) .................................... 315,000 315,000 

Def-Wide Fort Meade NSAW Recap Building 5 (ECB 5) (INC) .................... 65,000 65,000 

Def-Wide Joint Base Andrews Hydrant Fueling System ............................................... 38,300 38,300 

Missouri 

Def-Wide Lake City Army Ammunition Plant Microgrid and Backup Power ....................................... 0 80,100 

Montana 

Def-Wide Great Falls International Airport Fuel Facilities ................................................................. 30,000 30,000 

Nebraska 

Def-Wide Offutt Air Force Base Microgrid and Backup Power ....................................... 0 41,000 

North Carolina 

Def-Wide Fort Bragg (Camp 

Mackall) 

Microgrid and Backup Power ....................................... 0 10,500 

Def-Wide Marine Corps Base 

Camp Lejeune 

Marine Raider Battalion Operations Facility ............ 0 70,000 

Oklahoma 

Def-Wide Fort Sill Microgrid and Backup Power ....................................... 0 76,650 

Puerto Rico 

Def-Wide Fort Buchanan Microgrid and Backup Power ....................................... 0 56,000 

Spain 

Def-Wide Naval Station Rota Bulk Tank Farm, Phase 1 ............................................. 80,000 80,000 

Texas 

Def-Wide Fort Hood Microgrid and Backup Power ....................................... 0 18,250 

Utah 

Def-Wide Hill Air Force Base Open Storage .................................................................. 14,200 14,200 

Virginia 

Def-Wide Fort Belvoir DIA Headquarters Annex .............................................. 185,000 25,000 

Def-Wide Joint Expeditionary 

Base Little Creek— 

Story 

SOF SDVT2 Operations Support Facility .................. 61,000 61,000 

Def-Wide Pentagon HVAC Efficiency Upgrades ........................................... 0 2,250 

Def-Wide Pentagon Sec OPS and Pedestrian Access Facs ........................... 30,600 30,600 

Washington 

Def-Wide Joint Base LewisMcChord Power Generation and Microgrid ................................. 0 49,850 

Def-Wide Joint Base LewisMcChord SOF Consolidated Rigging Facility ............................. 62,000 62,000 

Def-Wide Manchester Bulk Storage Tanks, Phase 2 ........................................ 71,000 71,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Energy Resilience and Conserv. Invest. Prog. ............. 548,000 0 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request 

House Agreement 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

ERCIP Planning & Design ........................................... 86,250 101,250 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Exercise Related Minor Construction ........................... 11,107 21,472 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PDI: INDOPACOM Planning & Design ...................... 0 69,000 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PDI: INDOPACOM Unspecified Minor Construction 0 62,000 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design (DHA) ........................................... 49,610 49,610 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design (Defense-Wide) .............................. 32,579 32,579 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design (Cybercom) .................................... 30,215 30,215 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design (SOCOM) ...................................... 25,130 25,130 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design (DLA) ............................................ 24,000 24,000 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design (DODEA) ...................................... 8,568 8,568 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design (NSA) ............................................ 3,068 3,068 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design (TJS) ............................................. 2,000 2,000 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design (MDA) ........................................... 1,035 21,035 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design (WHS) ........................................... 590 590 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction (SOCOM) ................. 19,271 19,271 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction (Defense-Wide) ......... 3,000 3,000 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction (DLA) ....................... 4,875 4,875 

Wyoming 

Def-Wide F.E. Warren Air Force 

Base 

Microgrid and Battery Storage ..................................... 0 25,000 

Military Construction, Defense-Wide Total ......................................................................... 2,984,682 2,925,147 

Worldwide Unspecified 

NATO NATO Security Investment Program NATO Security Investment Program ........................... 293,434 293,434 

NATO Security Investment Program Total ......................................................................... 293,434 293,434 

Arizona 

Army NG Surprise Readiness Center National Guard Readiness Center ................................ 15,000 15,000 

Florida 

Army NG Camp Blanding Camp Blanding Automated Multipurpose Machine 

Gun Range.

0 11,000 

Army NG Camp Blanding Camp Blanding Training Aids Center (P&D) ............ 0 1,200 

Army NG Camp Blanding Camp Blanding Wedge Infantry Squad Battle Course 

(P&D).

0 840 

Idaho 

Army NG Jerome County Regional 

Site 

National Guard Vehicle Maintenance Shop ................. 17,000 17,000 

Illinois 

Army NG North Riverside (National Guard Maintenance Center) 

National Guard Vehicle Maintenance Shop ................. 24,000 24,000 

Kentucky 

Army NG Burlington Vehicle Maintenance Shop ............................................. 0 16,400 

Missouri 

Army NG Belle Fontaine National Guard Readiness Center ................................ 28,000 28,000 

New Hampshire 

Army NG Littleton National Guard Vehicle Maintenance Shop Add ......... 23,000 23,000 

New Mexico 

Army NG Rio Rancho Training 

Site 

National Guard Vehicle Maintenance Shop Add ......... 11,000 11,000 

New York 

Army NG Lexington Avenue Armory Lexington Armory National Guard Readiness Center 

Addition/Alteration.

0 45,000 

Ohio 

Army NG Camp Perry Joint 

Training Center 

National Guard Readiness Center ................................ 19,200 19,200 

Oklahoma 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request 

House Agreement 

Army NG Shawnee Readiness Center National Guard Readiness Center (P&D) .................... 0 1,800 

Oregon 

Army NG Washington County 

Readiness Center 

National Guard Readiness Center ................................ 26,000 26,000 

Pennsylvania 

Army NG Fort Indiantown Gap FTIG Auto MPMG Range (P&D) ................................ 0 1,550 

Army NG Hermitage Readiness 

Center 

National Guard Readiness Center ................................ 13,600 13,600 

South Carolina 

Army NG Aiken County Readiness 

Center 

National Guard Readiness Center ................................ 20,000 20,000 

Army NG McCrady Training Center Automated Multipurpose Machine Gun Range ............ 7,900 7,900 

Texas 

Army NG Fort Hood General Purpose Instruction Building (P&D) ............ 0 2,685 

Virginia 

Army NG Sandston Rc & FMS 1 Aircraft Maintenance Hangar ....................................... 20,000 20,000 

Wisconsin 

Army NG Viroqua National Guard Readiness Center ................................ 18,200 18,200 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Army NG Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Cost to Complete Army National Guard ...................... 0 134,881 

Army NG Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design ......................................................... 34,286 44,686 

Army NG Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction ................................... 63,000 73,000 

Army NG Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition 0 15,000 

Military Construction, Army National Guard Total ...................................................... 340,186 590,942 

Alabama 

Army Res Birmingham Army Reserve Center/AMSA/Land ................................ 57,000 57,000 

Arizona 

Army Res Queen Creek Area Maintenance Support Activity ............................. 12,000 12,000 

California 

Army Res Fort Hunter Liggett Network Enterprise Center ............................................ 0 40,000 

Georgia 

Army Res USMC Logistics Base 

Albany 

Army Reserve Center ...................................................... 0 40,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Army Res Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Cost to Complete Army Reserve .................................... 0 23,000 

Army Res Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design ......................................................... 23,389 23,389 

Army Res Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction ................................... 14,687 24,687 

Army Res Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition 0 5,000 

Military Construction, Army Reserve Total ........................................................................ 107,076 225,076 

Michigan 

N/MC Res Battle Creek Organic Supply Facilities ............................................. 24,549 24,549 

Virginia 

N/MC Res Marine Forces Reserve 

Dam Neck Virginia 

Beach 

G/Ator Support Facilities .............................................. 12,400 12,400 

Worldwide Unspecified 

N/MC Res Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MCNR Planning & Design ............................................ 6,495 6,495 

N/MC Res Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MCNR Unspecified Minor Construction ....................... 7,847 17,847 

N/MC Res Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition 0 5,000 

Military Construction, Navy Reserve Total ......................................................................... 51,291 66,291 

Alabama 

Air NG Montgomery Regional 

Airport 

F–35 ADAL SQ OPS Bldg 1303 .................................. 7,000 7,000 

Alaska 

Air NG Joint Base Elmendorf 

Richardson 

ADAL Alert Crew Facility Hgr 18 ............................... 0 7,000 

Arizona 

Air NG Tucson International 

Airport 

Mcca: Aircraft Arresting System (New Rwy) .............. 11,600 11,600 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request 

House Agreement 

Arkansas 

Air NG Ebbing Field Permanent (F–35 Multi) Construct F–35 FMS 3– 

Bay Clear Span Hangar.

0 53,553 

Air NG Ebbing Field Permanent (Multi F–35) Construct F–35 FMS AFE 

& Step.

0 9,269 

Air NG Ebbing Field Permanent (Multi F–35) Construct F–35 FMS SAPF 

(Secure Facility).

0 12,720 

Colorado 

Air NG Buckley Air National 

Guard Base 

Aircraft Corrosion Control ............................................. 12,000 12,000 

Florida 

Air NG Jacksonville Int’l Airport Jacksonville International Airport—Air National 

Guard F–35 Munitions Storage Area Admin 

(P&D).

0 600 

Indiana 

Air NG Fort Wayne International Airport Fire Station .................................................................... 8,900 8,900 

Oregon 

Air NG Portland International 

Airport 

Special Tactics Complex, Phase 1 ................................. 22,000 22,000 

Air NG Portland International 

Airport 

Special Tactics Complex, Phase 2 ................................. 18,500 18,500 

Air NG Portland International 

Airport 

Special Tactics Complex, Phase 3 ................................. 0 20,000 

Air NG Portland International 

Airport 

Special Tactics Complex, Phase 4 ................................. 0 11,000 

Pennsylvania 

Air NG Harrisburg International Airport Entry Control Facility ................................................... 0 8,000 

Wisconsin 

Air NG Truax Field F–35: MM&I Fac, B701 ................................................ 0 5,200 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Air NG Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design ......................................................... 35,600 35,600 

Air NG Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction ................................... 63,122 73,122 

Air NG Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition 0 15,000 

Military Construction, Air National Guard Total .......................................................... 178,722 331,064 

Arizona 

AF Res Davis-Monthan Air 

Force Base 

Guardian Angel POTFF Facility ................................. 0 8,500 

California 

AF Res March Air Reserve Base KC–46 Add/Alter B1244 FUT/Cargo Pallet Storage .. 17,000 17,000 

AF Res March Air Reserve Base KC–46 Add/Alter B6000 Simulator Facility ............... 8,500 8,500 

AF Res March Air Reserve Base KC–46 Two Bay Maintenance/Fuel Hangar ............... 201,000 201,000 

Georgia 

AF Res Dobbins Air Reserve 

Base 

Security Forces Facility ................................................ 0 22,000 

Guam 

AF Res Joint Region Marianas Aerial Port Facility ....................................................... 27,000 27,000 

Louisiana 

AF Res Barksdale Air Force 

Base 

307 Bomb Wing Medical Facility Expansion .............. 0 7,000 

Texas 

AF Res Naval Air Station Joint 

Reserve Base Fort 

Worth 

LRS Warehouse .............................................................. 16,000 16,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

AF Res Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design ......................................................... 12,146 12,146 

AF Res Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Military Construction .................... 9,926 19,926 

AF Res Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition 0 5,000 

Military Construction, Air Force Reserve Total ............................................................... 291,572 344,072 

Georgia 

FH Con Army Fort Gordon Fort Gordon MHPI Equity Investment ....................... 50,000 50,000 

Germany 

FH Con Army Baumholder Family Housing New Construction .............................. 78,746 78,746 

Kwajalein 

FH Con Army Kwajalein Atoll Family Housing Replacement Construction ................ 98,600 98,600 

Missouri 

FH Con Army Fort Leonard Wood Fort Leonard Wood MHPI Equity Investment ........... 50,000 50,000 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request 

House Agreement 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FH Con Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Family Housing P&D ................................................... 27,549 27,549 

Family Housing Construction, Army Total ......................................................................... 304,895 304,895 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Furnishings ..................................................................... 12,121 12,121 

FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Housing Privatization Support .................................... 86,019 86,019 

FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Leasing ............................................................................ 112,976 112,976 

FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Maintenance .................................................................... 86,706 86,706 

FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Management .................................................................... 41,121 41,121 

FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Miscellaneous ................................................................... 554 554 

FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Services ............................................................................ 7,037 7,037 

FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Utilities ........................................................................... 38,951 38,951 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army Total ........................................ 385,485 385,485 

Guam 

FH Con Navy Joint Region Marianas Replace Andersen Housing, Phase 8 ............................. 121,906 121,906 

FH Con Navy Naval Support Activity 

Andersen 

Replace Andersen Housing (AF), Phase 7 ................... 83,126 83,126 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FH Con Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Design, Washington DC ................................................. 4,782 4,782 

FH Con Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Improvements, Washington DC ..................................... 57,740 57,740 

FH Con Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

USMC DPRI/Guam Planning & Design ..................... 9,588 9,588 

Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps Total ................................. 277,142 277,142 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Furnishings ..................................................................... 17,744 17,744 

FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Housing Privatization Support .................................... 65,655 65,655 

FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Leasing ............................................................................ 60,214 60,214 

FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Maintenance .................................................................... 101,356 101,356 

FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Management .................................................................... 61,896 61,896 

FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Miscellaneous ................................................................... 419 419 

FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Services ............................................................................ 13,250 13,250 

FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Utilities ........................................................................... 43,320 43,320 

Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps Total 363,854 363,854 

Alabama 

FH Con AF Maxwell Air Force Base MHPI Restructure-AETC Group II ............................. 65,000 65,000 

Colorado 

FH Con AF U.S. Air Force Academy Construction Improvement—Carlton House ................ 9,282 9,282 

Hawaii 

FH Con AF Hickam Air Force Base MHPI Restructure-Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam 75,000 75,000 

Japan 

FH Con AF Yokota Air Base Improve Family Housing PAIP 9, Phase 1 (24 

Units).

0 27,000 

Mississippi 

FH Con AF Keesler Air Force Base MHPI Restructure-Southern Group ............................. 80,000 80,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FH Con AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design ......................................................... 7,815 7,815 

Family Housing Construction, Air Force Total ................................................................ 237,097 264,097 

Worldwide Unspecified 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country and 

Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request 

House Agreement 

FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Furnishings ..................................................................... 23,884 23,884 

FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Housing Privatization Support .................................... 31,803 31,803 

FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Leasing ............................................................................ 5,143 5,143 

FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Maintenance .................................................................... 124,410 124,410 

FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Management .................................................................... 68,023 68,023 

FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Miscellaneous ................................................................... 2,377 2,377 

FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Services ............................................................................ 10,692 10,692 

FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Utilities ........................................................................... 48,054 48,054 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Total ............................... 314,386 314,386 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Furnishings ..................................................................... 673 673 

FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Furnishings ..................................................................... 89 89 

FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Leasing ............................................................................ 32,042 32,042 

FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Leasing ............................................................................ 13,658 13,658 

FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Maintenance .................................................................... 35 35 

FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Utilities ........................................................................... 4,273 4,273 

FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Utilities ........................................................................... 15 15 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide Total ....................... 50,785 50,785 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FHIF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Administrative Expenses—FHIF ................................. 6,611 6,611 

DOD Family Housing Improvement Fund Total .............................................................. 6,611 6,611 

Worldwide Unspecified 

UHIF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Administrative Expenses—UHIF ................................. 496 496 

Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund Total ...................................................... 496 496 

Worldwide Unspecified 

BRAC Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Base Realignment & Closure ......................................... 150,640 200,640 

Base Realignment and Closure—Army Total ..................................................................... 150,640 200,640 

Worldwide Unspecified 

BRAC Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Base Realignment & Closure ......................................... 108,818 158,818 

Base Realignment and Closure—Navy Total ..................................................................... 108,818 158,818 

Worldwide Unspecified 

BRAC Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Base Realignment & Closure ......................................... 123,990 173,990 

Base Realignment and Closure—Air Force Total ............................................................ 123,990 173,990 

Worldwide Unspecified 

BRAC Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

INT–4: DLA Activities ................................................... 5,726 5,726 

Base Realignment and Closure—Defense-wide Total .................................................... 5,726 5,726 

Total, Military Construction ...................................................................................................... 16,674,944 17,474,944 


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1 TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF 

2 ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

3 PROGRAMS 

4 SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

5 PROGRAMS. 

SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2024 

Request 

House 

Authorized 

Discretionary Summary By Appropriation 

Energy And Water Development, And Related Agencies 

Appropriation Summary: 

Nuclear Energy ...................................................................................................... 177,733 160,000 

Atomic Energy Defense Activities 

National nuclear security administration: 

Weapons activities ................................................................................ 18,832,947 18,952,676 

Defense nuclear nonproliferation ......................................................... 2,508,959 2,427,959 

Naval reactors ....................................................................................... 1,964,100 1,949,100 

Federal salaries and expenses .............................................................. 538,994 538,994 

Total, National Nuclear Security Administration ............................... 23,845,000 23,868,729 

Environmental and other defense activities: 

Defense environmental cleanup ........................................................... 7,500,587 7,108,587 

Other defense activities ......................................................................... 1,075,197 1,075,197 

Total, Environmental & other defense activities .................................. 8,575,784 8,183,784 

Total, Atomic Energy Defense Activities .................................................... 32,420,784 32,052,513 

Total, Discretionary Funding ......................................................................... 32,598,517 32,212,513 

Nuclear Energy 

Idaho sitewide safeguards and security ....................................................................... 177,733 160,000 

Program decrease .......................................................................................... [–17,733] 

Total, Nuclear Energy ......................................................................................... 177,733 160,000 

Stockpile Management 

Stockpile Major Modernization 

B61–12 Life Extension Program ................................................................. 449,850 449,850 

W88 Alteration Program .............................................................................. 178,823 178,823 

W80–4 Life Extension Program .................................................................. 1,009,929 1,009,929 

W80–4 ALT SLCM ....................................................................................... 0 70,000 

Program increase .................................................................................. [70,000] 

W87–1 Modification Program ..................................................................... 1,068,909 1,068,909 

W93 Program ................................................................................................ 389,656 389,656 

Total, Stockpile Major Modernization ....................................................... 3,097,167 3,167,167 

Stockpile services 

Stockpile Sustainment .......................................................................... 1,276,578 1,264,078 

Program decrease .......................................................................... [–12,500] 

Weapons Dismantlement and Disposition .......................................... 53,718 36,718 

Program decrease .......................................................................... [–17,000] 

Production Operations ......................................................................... 710,822 710,822 

Nuclear Enterprise Assurance ............................................................. 66,614 66,614 

Subtotal, Stockpile Services ............................................................................. 2,107,732 2,078,232 

Total, Stockpile Management ......................................................................... 5,204,899 5,245,399 

Weapons Activities 

Production Modernization 

Primary Capability Modernization 

Plutonium Modernization 

Los Alamos Plutonium Modernization 

Los Alamos Plutonium Operations ............................................. 833,100 833,100 

21–D–512 Plutonium Pit Production Project, LANL .............. 670,000 670,000 

15–D–302 TA–55 Reinvestments Project, Phase 3, LANL ....... 30,000 30,000 

07–D–220-04 Transuranic Liquid Waste Facility, LANL ....... 0 0 


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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

04–D–125 Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement 

Project, LANL .......................................................................... 227,122 227,122 

Subtotal, Los Alamos Plutonium Modernization .................................. 1,760,222 1,760,222 

Savannah River Plutonium Modernization 

Savannah River Plutonium Operations ..................................... 62,764 62,764 

21–D–511 Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility, 

SRS ........................................................................................... 858,235 1,000,235 

Program increase ................................................................. [142,000] 

Subtotal, Savannah River Plutonium Modernization ........................ 920,999 1,062,999 

Enterprise Plutonium Support ........................................................... 87,779 87,779 

Total, Plutonium Modernization ................................................................... 2,769,000 2,911,000 

High Explosives and Energetics 

High Explosives & Energetics ..................................................... 93,558 93,558 

23–D–516 Energetic Materials Characterization Facility, 

LANL ........................................................................................ 0 0 

21–D–510 HE Synthesis, Formulation, and Production, PX 0 83,000 

Program increase ................................................................. [83,000] 

15–D–301 HE Science & Engineering Facility, PX ................ 101,356 101,356 

Total, High Explosives and Energetics ...................................................... 194,914 277,914 

Total, Primary Capability Modernization ................................................ 2,963,914 3,188,914 

Secondary Capability Modernization 

Secondary Capability Modernization .......................................................... 666,914 666,914 

18–D–690 Lithium Processing Facility, Y–12 ........................................... 210,770 210,770 

06–D–141 Uranium Processing Facility, Y–12 ......................................... 760,000 760,000 

Total, Secondary Capability Modernization ........................................... 1,637,684 1,637,684 

Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment 

Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment ........................................... 592,992 592,992 

18–D–650 Tritium Finishing Facility, SRS ............................................. 0 37,000 

Program increase .................................................................................. [37,000] 

Total, Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment ........................... 592,992 629,992 

Non-Nuclear Capability Modernization .............................................................. 166,990 166,990 

22–D–513 Power Sources Capability, SNL ........................................................ 37,886 37,886 

Capability Based Investments .............................................................................. 156,462 156,462 

Total, Production Modernization .................................................................. 5,555,928 5,817,928 

Stockpile Research, Technology, and Engineering 

Assessment Science ................................................................................................ 1,044,321 1,024,321 

Program decrease .................................................................................. [–20,000] 

Engineering and Integrated Assessments ............................................................ 440,456 410,456 

Program decrease .................................................................................. [–30,000] 

Inertial Confinement Fusion ................................................................................ 601,650 601,650 

Advanced Simulation and Computing ................................................................ 782,472 732,472 

Program decrease .................................................................................. [–50,000] 

Weapon Technology and Manufacturing Maturation ........................................ 327,745 307,745 

Program decrease .................................................................................. [–20,000] 

Total, Stockpile Research, Technology, and Engineering ................ 3,196,644 3,076,644 

Academic Programs and Community Support ........................................................... 152,271 112,000 

Community Capacity Building Program ................................................... [–30,000] 

Program decrease .......................................................................................... [–10,271] 

Total, Academic Programs and Community Support ......................... 152,271 112,000 

Infrastructure and Operations 

Operations of facilities .......................................................................................... 1,053,000 1,053,000 

Safety and environmental operations .................................................................. 139,114 139,114 

Maintenance and repair of facilities ................................................................... 718,000 718,000 

Recapitalization: 

Infrastructure and safety ............................................................................. 650,012 627,512 

Program decrease .................................................................................. [–22,500] 

Total, Recapitalization ...................................................................................... 650,012 627,512 

Construction: 

24–D–512 TA–46 Protective Force Facility, LANL .................................. 48,500 48,500 

24–D–511 Plutonium Production Building, LANL .................................. 48,500 48,500 

24–D–510 Analytic Gas Laboratory, PX ................................................... 35,000 35,000 

23–D–517 Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade, LANL ............................ 75,000 75,000 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

Total, Construction .............................................................................................. 207,000 207,000 

Total, Infrastructure and operations ......................................................... 2,767,126 2,744,626 

Secure transportation asset 

Operations and equipment ................................................................................... 239,008 239,008 

Program direction ................................................................................................. 118,056 118,056 

Total, Secure transportation asset ............................................................... 357,064 357,064 

Defense Nuclear Security 

Operations and Maintenance ............................................................................... 988,756 988,756 

Construction: 

17–D–710 West end protected area reduction project, Y–12 ..................... 28,000 28,000 

Total, Defense nuclear security ...................................................................... 1,016,756 1,016,756 

Information technology and cybersecurity .................................................................. 578,379 578,379 

Legacy contractor pensions ........................................................................................... 65,452 65,452 

Use of Prior Year Balances .......................................................................................... –61,572 –61,572 

Total, Weapons Activities .................................................................................. 18,832,947 18,952,676 

Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 

Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs 

Global material security 

International nuclear security ..................................................................... 84,707 74,707 

Program decrease .................................................................................. [–10,000] 

Radiological security .................................................................................... 258,033 258,033 

Nuclear smuggling detection and deterrence ............................................... 181,308 181,308 

Total, Global material security ...................................................................... 524,048 514,048 

Material management and minimization 

Conversion ..................................................................................................... 116,675 116,675 

Nuclear material removal ............................................................................. 47,100 47,100 

Material disposition ...................................................................................... 282,250 282,250 

Total, Material management & minimization ....................................... 446,025 446,025 

Nonproliferation and arms control ...................................................................... 212,358 192,358 

Program decrease .......................................................................................... [–20,000] 

Defense nuclear nonproliferation R&D 

Proliferation Detection ................................................................................. 290,388 270,388 

Program decrease—Arms control efforts ............................................. [–20,000] 

Nuclear Detonation Detection ...................................................................... 285,603 285,603 

Forensics R&D .............................................................................................. 44,759 44,759 

Nonproliferation Stewardship Program ...................................................... 107,437 101,437 

Program decrease .................................................................................. [–6,000] 

Total, Defense nuclear nonproliferation R&D ....................................... 728,187 702,187 

NNSA Bioassurance Program .............................................................................. 25,000 0 

Program decrease .......................................................................................... [–25,000] 

Nonproliferation Construction: 

18–D–150 Surplus Plutonium Disposition Project, SRS ......................... 77,211 77,211 

Total, Nonproliferation construction ......................................................... 77,211 77,211 

Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs ........................... 2,012,829 1,931,829 

Legacy contractor pensions ........................................................................................... 22,587 22,587 

Nuclear counterterrorism and incident response program ......................................... 493,543 493,543 

Use of prior-year balances ............................................................................................ –20,000 –20,000 

Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ................................................. 2,508,959 2,427,959 

Naval Reactors 

Naval reactors development .......................................................................................... 838,340 838,340 

Columbia-Class reactor systems development .............................................................. 52,900 52,900 

Naval reactors operations and infrastructure ............................................................. 712,036 712,036 

Construction: 

24–D–530 NRF Medical Science Complex .......................................................... 36,584 36,584 

22–D–531 KL Chemistry and Radiological Health Building ........................... 10,400 10,400 

21–D–530 KL Steam and Condensate Upgrade ................................................. 53,000 53,000 

14–D–901 Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project, NRF ..................... 199,300 184,300 


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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

Program decrease .......................................................................................... [–15,000] 

Total, Construction .............................................................................................. 299,284 284,284 

Program direction ......................................................................................................... 61,540 61,540 

Total, Naval Reactors ......................................................................................... 1,964,100 1,949,100 

Federal Salaries And Expenses 

Program Direction ........................................................................................................ 538,994 538,994 

Total, Office Of The Administrator .............................................................. 538,994 538,994 

Defense Environmental Cleanup 

Closure sites: 

Closure sites administration ................................................................................ 3,023 3,023 

Richland: 

River corridor and other cleanup operations ...................................................... 180,000 180,000 

Central plateau remediation ................................................................................ 684,289 684,289 

Richland community and regulatory support .................................................... 10,100 10,100 

Construction: 

22–D–401 Eastern Plateau Fire Station .................................................... 7,000 7,000 

22–D–402 L–897, 200 Area Water Treatment Facility ............................ 11,200 11,200 

23–D–404 181D Export Water System Reconfiguration and Upgrade ... 27,149 27,149 

23–D–405 181B Export Water System Reconfiguration and Upgrade ... 462 462 

24–D–401 Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility Supercell 11 

Expansion Proj ......................................................................................... 1,000 1,000 

Total, Construction .............................................................................................. 46,811 46,811 

Total, Hanford site ............................................................................................... 921,200 921,200 

Office of River Protection: 

Waste Treatment Immobilization Plant Commissioning ................................... 466,000 466,000 

Rad liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition ......................................... 813,625 813,625 

Construction: 

01–D–16D High-Level Waste Facility ........................................................ 600,000 600,000 

01–D–16E Pretreatment Facility ................................................................ 20,000 20,000 

15–D–409 Low Activity Waste Pretreatment System ............................... 60,000 60,000 

23–D–403, Hanford 200 West Area Tank Farms Risk Management 

Project ........................................................................................................ 15,309 15,309 

Total, Construction .............................................................................................. 695,309 695,309 

Total, Office of River Protection .................................................................... 1,974,934 1,974,934 

Idaho National Laboratory: 

Idaho cleanup and waste disposition .................................................................. 377,623 377,623 

Idaho community and regulatory support .......................................................... 2,759 2,759 

Construction: 

22–D–403 Idaho Spent Nuclear Fuel Staging Facility .................... 10,159 10,159 

22–D–404 Additional ICDF Landfill Disposal Cell and Evaporation Ponds Project ........................................................................ 46,500 46,500 

23–D–402—Calcine Construction ....................................................... 10,000 10,000 

Total, Construction .............................................................................................. 66,659 66,659 

Total, Idaho National Laboratory ................................................................ 447,041 447,041 

NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites 

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ......................................................... 1,879 1,879 

LLNL Excess Facilities D&D .............................................................................. 20,195 20,195 

Nuclear facility D & D 

Separations Process Research Unit ............................................................. 15,300 15,300 

Nevada Site ................................................................................................... 61,952 61,952 

Sandia National Laboratories ..................................................................... 2,264 2,264 

Los Alamos National Laboratory ................................................................ 273,831 273,831 

Los Alamos Excess Facilities D&D ............................................................. 13,648 13,648 

Total, NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites ..................................................... 389,069 389,069 

Oak Ridge Reservation: 

OR Nuclear facility D & D .................................................................................. 335,000 335,000 

Total, OR Nuclear facility D & D ................................................................. 335,000 335,000 

U233 Disposition Program .................................................................................. 55,000 55,000 

OR cleanup and disposition ................................................................................. 72,000 72,000 


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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2024 

Request 

House Authorized 

Construction: 

14–D–403 Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility ......................... 10,000 10,000 

17–D–401 On-site waste disposal facility .......................................... 24,500 24,500 

Total, Construction .............................................................................................. 34,500 34,500 

Total, OR cleanup and waste disposition ................................................. 161,500 161,500 

OR community & regulatory support ................................................................. 5,500 5,500 

OR technology development and deployment ...................................................... 3,000 3,000 

Total, Oak Ridge Reservation ......................................................................... 505,000 505,000 

Savannah River Sites: 

Savannah River risk management operations .................................................... 453,109 468,109 

Program increase .......................................................................................... [15,000] 

Construction: 

18–D–402 Emergency Operations Center Replacement, SR ............ 34,733 34,733 

Total, Risk Management Operations .......................................................... 487,842 502,842 

Savannah River Legacy Pensions ....................................................................... 65,898 65,898 

Savannah River National Laboratory O&M ...................................................... 42,000 42,000 

SR community and regulatory support .............................................................. 12,389 12,389 

Radioactive liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition ............................ 880,323 900,323 

Program increase .......................................................................................... [20,000] 

Construction: 

18–D–402 Saltstone disposal unit #8/9 ............................................. 31,250 31,250 

20-D–401 Saltstone Disposal Unit #10, 11, 12 ................................ 56,250 56,250 

Total, Construction .............................................................................................. 87,500 87,500 

Total, Savannah River site .............................................................................. 1,575,952 1,610,952 

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant .................................................................................. 369,961 369,961 

Construction: 

15–D–411 Safety significant confinement ventilation system, WIPP ..... 44,365 44,365 

15–D–412 Utility Shaft, WIPP ................................................................... 50,000 50,000 

Total, Construction .............................................................................................. 94,365 94,365 

Total, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ................................................................ 464,326 464,326 

Program Direction ........................................................................................................ 326,893 326,893 

Program Support .......................................................................................................... 103,504 103,504 

Safeguards and Security ............................................................................................... 332,645 332,645 

Technology Development and Deployment .................................................................. 30,000 30,000 

Federal contribution to the Uranium Enrichment D&D Fund ................................ 427,000 0 

Program decrease .................................................................................................. [–427,000] 

Total, Defense Environmental Cleanup ..................................................... 7,500,587 7,108,587 

Other Defense Activities 

Environment, health, safety and security 

Environment, health, safety and security ........................................................... 86,558 86,558 

Program direction ................................................................................................. 144,705 144,705 

Total, Environment, Health, safety and security .................................. 231,263 231,263 

Office of Enterprise Assessments 

Program Direction ................................................................................................ 64,132 64,132 

Enterprise Assessments ......................................................................................... 30,022 30,022 

Total, Office of Enterprise Assessments ..................................................... 94,154 94,154 

Specialized security activities ...................................................................................... 345,330 345,330 

Office of Legacy Management 

Legacy management .............................................................................................. 173,681 173,681 

Program direction ................................................................................................. 22,621 22,621

Total, Office of Legacy Management ........................................................... 196,302 196,302 

Defense-related administrative support ....................................................................... 203,649 203,649 

Office of hearings and appeals ..................................................................................... 4,499 4,499 

Subtotal, Other Defense Activities ................................................................ 1,075,197 1,075,197 

Total, Other Defense Activities ....................................................................... 1,075,197 1,075,197 


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