Table Of Contents 

REPORT TO ACCOMPANY S. 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL 

COMMITTEE OVERVIEW 

BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THIS ACT (SEC. 4) 

SUMMARY OF DISCRETIONARY AUTHORIZATIONS AND BUDGET AUTHORITY 

IMPLICATION 

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF 

DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 

TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 

SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF 

APPROPRIATIONS 

Authorization of appropriations (sec. 101) 

SUBTITLE B—ARMY PROGRAMS 

Report on Army requirements and acquisition strategy for 

night vision devices (sec. 111) 

Army plan for ensuring sources of cannon tubes (sec. 112) 

Strategy for Army tactical wheeled vehicle program (sec. 

113) 

Extension and modification of annual updates to master plans 

and investment strategies for Army ammunition plants (sec. 

114) 

Report on acquisition strategies of the logistics 

augmentation program of the Army (sec. 115) 

SUBTITLE C—NAVY PROGRAMS 

Reduction in the minimum number of Navy carrier air wings 

and carrier air wing headquarters required to be maintained 

(sec. 121) 

Extension of prohibition on availability of funds for Navy 

port waterborne security barriers (sec. 122) 

Multiyear procurement authority for Virginia class submarine 

program (sec. 123) 

SUBTITLE D—AIR FORCE PROGRAMS 

Limitations and minimum inventory requirement relating to 

RQ-4 aircraft (sec. 131) 

Limitation on divestiture of T-1A training aircraft (sec. 

132) 

Modification to minimum inventory requirement for A-10 

aircraft (sec. 133) 
Modification to minimum requirement for total primary 

mission aircraft inventory of Air Force fighter aircraft 

(sec. 134) 

Modification of limitation on divestment of F-15 aircraft 

(sec. 135) 

Report on Air Force executive aircraft (sec. 136) 

SUBTITLE E—DEFENSE-WIDE, JOINT, AND 

MULTISERVICE MATTERS 

Pilot program to accelerate the procurement and fielding of 

innovative technologies (sec. 141) 

Requirement to develop and implement policies to establish 

the datalink strategy of the Department of Defense (sec. 

142) 

Report on contract for cybersecurity capabilities and 

briefing (sec. 143) 

BUDGET ITEMS 

NAVY 

LPD-33 

Auxiliary Personnel Lighter 

Marine Corps ground based air defense 

AIR FORCE 

F-15EX realignment of funds 

B-1B realignment of funds 

B-52 realignment of funds 

RC-135 alternate position, navigation, and timing upgrades 

Initial Spares/Repair Parts realignment of funds 

Base Maintenance Support Vehicles realignment of funds 

Space Force realignment of funds 

DEFENSE WIDE 

Modernization of Department of Defense internet gateway 

cyber defense 

Seal Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Sonar Payload for Subsea Seabed 

Acceleration 

Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) Group 3 Defeat 

Acceleration 

Chemical nerve agent countermeasures 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Acquisition of shoulder launched munitions 

Air-to-air missiles 

Aircraft survivability equipment 

Ammunition manufacturing industrial base 

Army small arms 

Army watercraft modernization 

Black Hawk modernization 

Blue Grass Army Depot 

Briefing on Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System 
Collaborative combat aircraft to support agile combat 

employment 

Command Post Computing Environment 

Compass Call 

Comptroller General review of Army air and missile defense 

modernization 

Comptroller General review of Army long-range fires 

modernization 

Counter-small unmanned aerial systems 

Dual-use innovative technology for the Army’s Robotic Combat 

Vehicle program 

Expeditionary field feeding equipment 

Extended Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System 

F-22 Block 20 divestment 

Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft 

Ground autonomous mobility 

HH-60W combat rescue helicopter 

High Energy Laser capabilities 

Hoist systems for UH-60/HH-60 

KC-135 Emergency Response Refuel Equipment Kit 

Large surface combatants 

Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) program integration with MQ25 

Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle sustainment 

Modernization of the Air Force fighter force structure 

Modular open systems architecture 

Novel printed armament components 

Polymer ammunition casing 

Portable arm stabilizer technology 

Portable hybrid generators 

Precision Strike Missile 

Programmable airburst munitions 

Reducing soldier load 

Report on Air Force national tactical integration 

Report on reuse of modern equipment from F-16 aircraft being 

retired 

Report on the Air Force Agile Combat Employment program 

Requirement for delivery of piloted fixed-wing tactical 

aircraft integrated acquisition portfolio review 

Special Operations Command maritime capabilities 

Storage, treatment, and disposal of non-defense toxic and 

hazardous materials 

UH-60 Internal Auxiliary Fuel Tank Systems 

TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 

EVALUATION 
SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF 

APPROPRIATIONS 

Authorization of appropriations (sec. 201) 

SUBTITLE B—PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, 

RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS 

Updated guidance on planning for exportability features for 

future programs (sec. 211) 

Support to the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North 

Atlantic (sec. 212) 

Modification to personnel management authority to attract 

experts in science and engineering (sec. 213) 

Administration of the Advanced Sensors Application Program 

(sec. 214) 

Delegation of responsibility for certain research programs 

(sec. 215) 

Program of standards and requirements for microelectronics 

(sec. 216) 

Clarifying role of partnership intermediaries to promote 

defense research and education (sec. 217) 

Competition for technology that detects and watermarks the 

use of generative artificial intelligence (sec. 218) 

SUBTITLE C—PLANS, REPORTS, AND OTHER 

MATTERS 

Department of Defense prize competitions for business 

systems modernization (sec. 221) 

Update to plans and strategies for artificial intelligence 

(sec. 222) 

Western regional range complex demonstration (sec. 223) 

Report on feasibility and advisability of establishing a 

quantum computing innovation center (sec. 224) 

Briefing on the impediments to the transition of the 

Semantic Forensics program to operational use (sec. 225) 

Annual report on Department of Defense hypersonic capability 

funding and investment (sec. 226) 

Limitation on availability of funds for travel for Office of 

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 

pending a plan for modernizing Defense Travel System (sec. 

227) 

Annual Report on unfunded priorities for research, 

development, test, and evaluation activities (sec. 228) 

BUDGET ITEMS 

ARMY 

Airborne Pathfinder 

Engineered repair materials for roadways 
Critical hybrid advanced materials processing 

Titanium metal powder production technology 

Polar proving ground and training program 

Fuel cells for next generation combat vehicles 

Hydrogen fuel source research and development 

Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems technology 

Preventing trauma-related stress disorder 

Tactical artificial intelligence and machine learning 

Advanced composites and multi-material protective systems 

High Performance Computing Modernization Program 

Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence 

Aluminum-Lithium Alloy Solid Rocket Motor 

Rapid Assurance Modernization Program-Test 

Enhanced Night Vision Goggle - Binocular capability 

enhancements 

Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Net System 

Radar Range Replacement Program 

Black Hawk generators 

Chinook product improvement program 

Apache future development program increase 

NAVY 

Research on foreign malign influence operations 

Intelligent Autonomous Systems for Seabed Warfare 

Hardware-in-the-loop capabilities 

Next generation unmanned aerial system distribution 

platform 

Adaptive Future Force 

Balloon catheter hemorrhage control device 

Advanced composites for wet submarine applications 

Nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile 

Advanced Sensors Application Program 

Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center improvements 

Fleet Ballistic Missile Strategic Weapon System 

AIR FORCE 

Advanced materials science for manufacturing research 

Directed Energy Technology realignment of funds 

Secure interference-avoiding connectivity of autonomous 

artificially intelligent machines 

Future Flag experimentation testbed 

Ion trapped quantum information sciences computer 

Distributed quantum information sciences networking testbed 

Multi-domain radio frequency spectrum testing environment 

Future Air Force Integrated Technology Demos reduction 

Semiautonomous adversary air platform 

Additive manufacturing for aerospace parts 

Enhanced intercontinental ballistic missile guidance 

capability and testing 
Air Force Technical Architecture realignment of funds 

Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon reduction 

Autonomous Collaborative Platforms realignment of funds 

F-35 C2D2 realignment of funds 

Long Range Standoff Weapon realignment of funds 

Ground Based Strategic Deterrent EMD realignment of funds 

5G interference mitigation for critical aircraft navigation 

and sensor systems on the Presidential Aircraft Fleet 

Acquisition Workforce - Advanced Program Technology 

realignment of funds 

Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Network 

Sensor Demonstration 

Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Rapid 

Engineering Architecture Collaboration Hub (REACH) 

Security Work Readiness for Duty 

Military cyber cooperation activities with the Kingdom of 

Jordan 

Weather service data migration 

Space Technology realignment of funds 

Space Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis environment 

Advanced isotope power systems 

Ground-based interferometry 

Solar cruiser 

Advanced analog microelectronics 

Lunar surface-based domain awareness 

Human performance optimization 

Space Systems Prototype Transitions (SSPT) realignment of 

funds 

Modular Multi-mode Propulsion System 

Weather satellite risk reduction 

Encouraging establishment of the outernet 

Resilient Missile Warning Missile Tracking - Low Earth 

Orbit (LEO) realignment of funds 

Resilient Missile Warning Missile Tracking - Medium Earth 

Orbit (MEO) realignment of funds 

Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System 

(PARCS) radar 

DEFENSE WIDE 

Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive 

Research (DEPSCoR) 

Enhanced civics education program 

Semiconductor industry cybersecurity research 

Loitering munition development 

Advanced manufacturing of energetic materials 

Generative Unconstrained Intelligent Drug EngineeringEnhanced Biodefense 

Additive manufacturing at scale 
Digital manufacturing modernization 

National Security Innovation Network 

Increase for tristructural-isotrophic fuel 

Sustainable Technology Evaluation and Demonstration program 

increase 

Regarding Trench 

Hypersonic Targets and Countermeasures Program 

Information Analysis Centers reduction 

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office 

Rapid innovation program 

Shipbuilding and ship repair workforce development 

Domestic advanced microelectronics packaging 

Modernization of Department of Defense Internet Gateway 

Cyber Defense 

Locked Shields exercise 

Next-Generation Blue Force Tracker 

Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) Group 3 Defeat 

Acceleration 

U.S.-Israel cooperation on directed energy capabilities 

U.S.-Israel defense collaboration on emerging technologies 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

5G interference mitigation for critical aircraft navigation 

and sensor systems on the Presidential aircraft fleet 

Advanced manufacturing infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific 

region 

Army Pathfinder-Air Assault program 

Assessment of chemical and biological research and 

engineering workforce and facilities for Department of 

Defense needs 

Assessment of deep underground training facilities 

Assessment of modeling and simulation capabilities for 

tradeoff analysis 

Biological Posture Review 

Briefing on solid rocket motors 

Classified vehicle integration 

Collaboration with advanced manufacturing consortia to 

expand workforce 

Collaborative combat aircraft 

Comptroller General Assessment of the activities and 

organization of the Defense Innovation Unit 

Defense Science Board 

Digital Manufacturing Modernization Accelerator 

Directed Energy roadmap 

Eligibility criteria for Defense Established Program to 

Stimulate Competitive Research 

Enhanced Civics Education report 
Enhanced collaboration between the Office of Strategic 

Capital and Army Futures Command 

Expansion of innovation base for data repositories 

Hypersonics test infrastructure investment and acceleration 

Indo-Pacific Command 5G networking pilot program 

Modeling and simulation for combat vehicle development 

Modernization of Defense Travel System 

Multi-spectral camouflage 

National Network for Microelectronics Research and 

Development 

Post-traumatic stress disorder biomarker research 

Production of chiplet-based open architecture system-inpackage prototypes 

Report on Air Force Research Laboratory “One Laboratory, Two 

Services” policy 

Sepsis detection for burn patients 

Special Operations Forces Tactical Communications 

Sustainable Technology Evaluation and Demonstration program 

Thermoplastic composites 

Wearable neural biosensors 

TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF 

APPROPRIATIONS 

Authorization of appropriations (sec. 301) 

SUBTITLE B—ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT 

Requirement for approval by Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition and Sustainment of any waiver for a system that 

does not meet fuel efficiency key performance parameter 

(sec. 311) 

Improvement and codification of Sentinel Landscapes 

Partnership program authority (sec. 312) 

Modification of definition of sustainable aviation fuel for 

purpose of pilot program on use of such fuel (sec. 313) 

Payment to Environmental Protection Agency of stipulated 

penalties in connection with Naval Air Station Moffett 

Field, California (sec. 314) 

Technical assistance for communities and individuals 

potentially affected by releases at current and former 

Department of Defense facilities (sec. 315) 

SUBTITLE C—TREATMENT OF PERFLUOROALKYL 

SUBSTANCES AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES 

Treatment of certain materials contaminated with 

perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances 

(sec. 321) 
Increase of transfer authority for funding of study and 

assessment on health implications of per- and 

polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination in drinking water 

by Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (sec. 

322) 

Modification of authority for environmental restoration 

projects at National Guard facilities (sec. 323) 

Limitation on availability of travel funds until submittal 

of plan for restoring data sharing on testing of water for 

perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (sec. 324) 

Dashboard of funding relating to perfluoroalkyl substances 

or polyfluoroalkyl substances (sec. 325) 

Report on schedule and cost estimates for completion of 

remediation of contaminated sites and publication of cleanup 

information (sec. 326) 

Elimination of quarterly report on activities of PFAS task 

force (sec. 327) 

Government Accountability Office report on testing and 

remediation of perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl 

(sec. 328) 

SUBTITLE D—LOGISTICS AND SUSTAINMENT 

Assuring Critical Infrastructure Support for Military 

Contingencies Pilot Program (sec. 331) 

Strategy and assessment on use of automation and artificial 

intelligence for shipyard optimization (sec. 332) 

SUBTITLE E—REPORTS 

Critical infrastructure conditions at military installations 

(sec. 341) 

Report on establishing sufficient stabling, pasture, and 

training area for the Old Guard Caisson Platoon equines 

(sec. 342) 

Quarterly briefings on operational status of amphibious 

warship fleet of Department of the Navy (sec. 343) 

Briefing on plan for maintaining proficiency in emergency 

movement of munitions in Joint Region Marianas, Guam (sec. 

344) 

SUBTITLE F—OTHER MATTERS 

Continued designation of Secretary of the Navy as executive 

agent for Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical 

Training School (sec. 351) 

Restriction on retirement of U-28 Aircraft (sec. 352) 

Tribal liaisons (sec. 353) 

Limitation on use of funds to expand leased facilities for 

the Joint Military Information Support Operations Web 

Operations Center (sec. 354) 
Modifications to the Contested Logistics Working Group of 

the Department of Defense (sec. 355) 

Establishment of Caisson Platoon to support military and 

State funeral services (sec. 356) 

Limitation on availability of funds pending 30-year 

shipbuilding plan that maintains 31 amphibious warships for 

the Department of the Navy. (sec. 357) 

Modification of rule of construction regarding provision of 

support and services to non-Department of Defense 

organizations and activities (sec. 358) 

BUDGET ITEMS 

Administration realignment of funds 

Advanced nucleated foam engine performance and restoration 

program 

Air Force National Guard and Reserve military technicians 

(dual status) 

Base Support realignment of funds 

Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nation-wide human 

health assessment 

Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program 

Establishment of Enlisted Training Corps 

Facilities, Sustainment, Restoration & Modernization 

realignment of funds 

Foreign currency fluctuations 

Global C3I & Early Warning realignment of funds 

Impact Aid 

Irregular Warfare Functional Center 

Medical Readiness realignment of funds 

Military service recruiting and advertising 

Modernization of Department of Defense internet gateway 

cyber defense 

MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - unjustified increase 

Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School 

Navy divestment of electrical utility operations at former 

Naval Air Station Barbers Point 

Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq 

Primary Combat Forces realignment of funds 

Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration program 

Special Operations Forces cyber training 

U.S. Special Operations Command Operation and Maintenance 

United States Telecommunications Training Institute 

Unobligated balances 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Advanced nucleated foam engine performance and restoration 

program 

Army rail network 
Army Sustainment Command 

Assessment of Strategic Rail Corridor Network readiness and 

requirements 

Briefing on Project Pele 

Corrosion prevention of airframes 

Critical Infrastructure Defense Analysis Center 

Department of Defense Information Network-wide expansion of 

internet operations management 

Domestic forging capacity 

Encouraging the establishment of additional organic 

capabilities at Anniston Army Depot 

Enduring Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment 

Exercise oversight 

Feasibility of co-locating 214th Attack Group MQ-9 elements 

Fort Huachuca candidacy for future test and training 

Government Accountability Office evaluation of Department of 

Defense's disaster resilience 

Homestead Air Reserve Base mission 

Immersive training 

Implementation of cold spray technology 

Intermittent fault detection and isolation 

Mission training complexes 

Multi-domain operations training ranges 

Optoelectronic materials 

Overseas demilitarization of munitions 

PFAS community engagement at the Department of Defense 

Preservation of the Force and Family Program 

Prioritizing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances treatment 

options 

Proposed vessel speed restrictions in Gulf of Mexico 

impacting military training 

Ship-to-shore fuel distribution systems 

Solid waste disposal technology 

Special Operations Forces cyber training 

U.S. Marine Corps unmanned aerial systems 

Unexploded ordnance 

Use of modular microreactors to supplement power generation 

in Guam 

TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 

AUTHORIZATIONS 

SUBTITLE A—ACTIVE FORCES 

End strengths for active forces (sec. 401) 

End strength level matters (sec. 402) 

Extension of additional authority to vary Space Force end 

strength (sec. 403) 
SUBTITLE B—RESERVE FORCES 

End strengths for Selected Reserve (sec. 411) 

End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the 

Reserves (sec. 412) 

End strengths for military technicians (dual status) (sec. 

413) 

Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on 

active duty for operational support (sec. 414) 

SUBTITLE C—AUTHORIZATION OF 

APPROPRIATIONS 

Military personnel (sec. 421) 

BUDGET ITEMS 

Military personnel funding changes 

TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 

SUBTITLE A—OFFICER PERSONNEL POLICY 

Authorized strength: general and flag officers on active 

duty (sec. 501) 

Prohibition on appointment or nomination of certain officers 

who are subject to special selection review boards (sec. 

502) 

Exclusion of officers who are licensed behavioral health 

providers from limitations on Active-Duty commissioned 

officer end strengths (sec. 503) 

Updating authority to authorize promotion transfers between 

components of the same service or a different service (sec. 

504) 

Effect of failure of selection for promotion (sec. 505) 

Permanent authority to order retired members to active duty 

in high-demand, low-density appointments (sec. 506) 

Waiver authority expansion for the extension of service 

obligation for Marine Corps cyberspace operations officers 

(sec. 507) 

Removal of Active Duty prohibition for members of the Air 

Force Reserve Policy Committee (sec. 508) 

Extension of authority to vary number of Space Force 

officers considered for promotion to major general (sec. 

509) 

Realignment of Navy spot-promotion quotas (sec. 510) 

Modification of limitation on promotion selection board 

rates (sec. 511) 

Time in grade requirements (sec. 512) 

Flexibility in determining terms of appointment for certain 

senior officer positions (sec. 513) 

SUBTITLE B—RESERVE COMPONENT MANAGEMENT 
Alternative promotion authority for Reserve officers in 

designated competitive categories (sec. 521) 

Selected Reserve and Ready Reserve order to Active Duty to 

respond to a significant cyber incident (sec. 522) 

Mobilization of Selected Reserve for preplanned missions in 

support of the combatant commands (sec. 523) 

Alternating selection of officers of the National Guard and 

the Reserves as Deputy Commanders of certain combatant 

commanders (sec. 524) 

Grade of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau (sec. 525) 

SUBTITLE C—GENERAL SERVICE AUTHORITIES 

AND MILITARY RECORDS 

Modification of limitation on enlistment and induction of 

persons whose score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test 

is below a prescribed level (sec. 531) 

Non-medical counseling services for military families (sec. 

532) 

Primacy of needs of the service in determining individual 

duty assignments (sec. 533) 

Requirement to use qualifications, performance, and merit as 

basis for promotions, assignments, and other personnel 

actions (sec. 534) 

Requirement to base treatment in the military on merit and 

performance (sec. 535) 

Tiger team for outreach to former members (sec. 536) 

Diversity, equity, and inclusion personnel grade cap (sec. 

537) 

SUBTITLE D—MILITARY JUSTICE AND OTHER 

LEGAL MATTERS 

Establishment of staggered terms for members of the Military 

Justice Review Panel (sec. 541) 

Technical and conforming amendments to the Uniform Code of 

Military Justice (sec. 542) 

SUBTITLE E—MEMBER EDUCATION, TRAINING, 

AND TRANSITION 

Future servicemember preparatory course (sec. 551) 

Determination of active duty service commitment for 

recipients of fellowships, grants, and scholarships (sec. 

552) 

Military service academy professional sports pathway report 

and legislative proposal required (sec. 553) 

Community college Enlisted Training Corps demonstration 

program (sec. 554) 
Language training centers for members of the Armed Forces 

and civilian employees of the Department of Defense (sec. 

555) 

Limitation on availability of funds for relocation of Army 

CID special agent training course (sec. 556) 

Army Physical Fitness Test (sec. 557) 

Opt-out sharing of information on members retiring or 

separating from the Armed Forces with community-based 

organizations and related entities (sec. 558) 

Establishment of program to promote participation of foreign 

students in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 

(sec. 559) 

Consideration of standardized test scores in military 

service academy application process (sec. 560) 

SUBTITLE F—MILITARY FAMILY READINESS AND 

DEPENDENTS' EDUCATION 

Pilot program on recruitment and retention of employees for 

child development programs (sec. 561) 

Certain assistance to local educational agencies that 

benefit dependents of military and civilian personnel (sec. 

562) 

Modifications to assistance to local educational agencies 

that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces with 

enrollment changes due to base closures, force structure 

changes, or force relocations (sec. 563) 

Assistance for military spouses to obtain doula 

certifications (sec. 564) 

SUBTITLE G—JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' 

TRAINING CORPS 

Expansion of Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (sec. 

571) 

JROTC program certification (sec. 572) 

Memorandum of understanding required (sec. 573) 

Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps instructor 

compensation (sec. 574) 

Annual report on allegations of sexual misconduct in JROTC 

programs (sec. 575) 

Comptroller General report on efforts to increase 

transparency and reporting on sexual violence in the Junior 

Reserve Officers' Training Corps program (sec. 576) 

SUBTITLE H—DECORATIONS AND OTHER AWARDS, 

MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS 

Extension of deadline for review of World War I Valor Medals 

(sec. 581) 
Prohibition on former members of the Armed Forces accepting 

post-service employment with certain foreign governments 

(sec. 582) 

Prohibition on requiring listing of gender or pronouns in 

official correspondence (sec. 583) 

SUBTITLE I—ENHANCED RECRUITING EFFORTS 

Short title (Sec. 591) 

Increased access to potential recruits at secondary schools 

(Sec. 592) 

Increased access to potential recruits at institutions of 

higher education (Sec. 593) 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Private 

Pilot License Certificate Program 

Assisted reproductive technology services for servicemembers 

Briefing on Air Force Global Strike Command personnel 

allocations 

Briefing on training on certain Department of Defense 

Instructions for members of the Armed Forces 

Building on insights from Command Assessment Program 

Briefing on how the Department of Defense directs regional 

recruitment efforts 

Commissaries and food security 

Comptroller General review of Department of Defense 

Education Activity student access to resources 

Comptroller General review of discharge review board 

implementation of requirement for liberal consideration of 

applications for discharge upgrades 

Comptroller General review of Junior Reserve Officers' 

Training Corps recruitment and retention 

Comptroller General review of outside funding of Junior 

Reserve Officers' Training Corps 

Comptroller General review of SkillBridge program 

Comptroller General review of special education and related 

services in Department of Defense Education Activity Schools 

Comptroller General review of training for military criminal 

investigative organization investigators 

Comptroller General review on Department of Defense 

management of military personnel funding 

Comptroller General Review of Impacts of Gambling on Service 

Members 

Comptroller General review of Diversity, Equity, and 

Inclusion programs of the Department of Defense 

Employment rights and protections for military technicians 

Exit interviews for servicemembers 

Establishing a new status to reflect the service of remotely 

piloted aircraft crews 
FFRDC review of sexual misconduct at the service academies 

Improving the reserve component demobilization process 

Military Service Academy recruiting at Title I high schools 

Military spouse licensure and credentialing 

Military service academy athletics 

Non-covered reproductive healthcare study 

Parent representation in the Department of Defense Education 

Activity 

Report on Military Suicide Investigations 

Report on breastfeeding servicemembers 

Report of man-hours and costs associated with diversity, 

equity, and inclusion plans and programs 

Report on availability of critical family support services 

at remote or isolated installations 

Recruit waiver 

Skilled labor training for transitioning Department of 

Defense workforce 

Support of Coast Guard permanent change of station (PCS) 

moves 

Suicide Prevention in the Navy 

Support for local educational agencies experiencing 

enrollment changes due to force structure or basing changes 

United Service Organizations support for servicemembers in 

Eastern Europe 

TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL 

BENEFITS 

SUBTITLE A—PAY AND ALLOWANCES 

Pay of members of reserve components for inactive-duty 

training to obtain or maintain an aeronautical rating or 

designation (sec. 601) 

Modification of calculation method for basic allowance for 

housing to more accurately assess housing costs of junior 

members of Uniformed Services (sec. 602) 

Basic allowance for housing for members assigned to vessels 

undergoing maintenance (sec. 603) 

Dual basic allowance for housing for training for certain 

members of reserve components (sec. 604) 

Modification of calculation of gross household income for 

basic needs allowance to address areas of demonstrated need 

(sec. 605) 

Expansion of eligibility for reimbursement of qualified 

licensure, certification, and business relocation costs 

incurred by military spouses (sec. 606) 

Cost-of-living allowance in the continental United States: 

high cost areas (sec. 607) 

OCONUS cost-of-living allowance: adjustments (sec. 608) 
Extension of one-time uniform allowance for officers who 

transfer to the Space Force (sec. 609) 

Review of rates of military basic pay (sec. 610) 

Government Accountability Office study on process for 

determining cost-of-living allowances for members of the 

uniformed services assigned to the continental United State, 

Hawaii, Alaska, and overseas locations (sec. 611) 

SUBTITLE B—BONUS AND INCENTIVE PAYS 

Modification of special and incentive pay authorities for 

members of reserve components (sec. 621) 

Expansion of continuation pay eligibility (sec. 622) 

One-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pay 

authorities (sec. 623) 

Requirement to establish remote and austere condition 

assignment incentive pay program for Air Force (sec. 624) 

SUBTITLE C—OTHER MATTERS 

Modification of requirements for approval of foreign 

employment by retired and reserve members of the uniformed 

services (sec. 631) 

Restrictions on retired and reserve members of the Armed 

Forces receiving employment and compensation indirectly from 

foreign governments through private entities (sec. 632) 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Joint Travel Regulations calculations for local area of a 

worksite 

Recommendation on general schedule grading for DOD child 

care providers 

Special and incentive pay assessment framework 

TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 

SUBTITLE A—TRICARE AND OTHER HEALTH CARE 

BENEFITS 

Extension of period of eligibility for health benefits under 

TRICARE Reserve Select for survivors of a member of the 

Selected Reserve (sec. 701) 

Authority to provide dental care for dependents located at 

certain remote or isolated locations (sec. 702) 

Inclusion of assisted reproductive technology and artificial 

insemination as required primary and preventive health care 

services for members of the uniformed services and 

dependents (sec. 703) 

Program on treatment of members of the Armed Forces for 

post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries, 

and co-occurring disorders related to military sexual trauma 

(sec. 704) 
Waiver of cost-sharing for three mental health outpatient 

visits for certain beneficiaries under TRICARE program (sec. 

705) 

Expansion of doula care furnished by Department of Defense 

(sec. 706) 

SUBTITLE B—HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION 

Increase in stipend for participants in health professions 

scholarship and financial assistance programs (sec. 711) 

Financial relief for civilians treated in military medical 

treatment facilities (sec. 712) 

Department of Defense Overdose Data Act of 2023 (sec. 713) 

Modification of administration of medical malpractice claims 

by members of the uniformed services (sec. 714) 

SUBTITLE C—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS 

Modification of partnership program between United States 

and Ukraine for military trauma care and research (sec. 721) 

Requirement that Department of Defense disclose expert 

reports with respect to medical malpractice claims by 

members of the uniformed services (sec. 722) 

Comptroller General study on impact of perinatal health 

conditions of members of the armed forces and their 

dependents on military readiness and retention (sec. 723) 

Report on mental and behavioral health services provided by 

Department of Defense (sec. 724) 

Report on activities of Department of Defense to prevent, 

intervene, and treat perinatal mental health conditions of 

members of the Armed Forces and their dependents (sec. 725) 

Study on family planning and cryopreservation of gametes to 

improve retention of members of the Armed Forces (sec. 726) 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Access to medical care for those affected by Red Hill bulk 

fuel storage facility fuel spill 

Access to non-opioid treatments for pain relief 

Accountability for wounded warriors undergoing disability 

evaluation 

Active hearing protection technology 

Briefing on Department of Defense progress on developing a 

substance misuse policy 

Comptroller General review of military medical personnel 

staffing at military medical treatment facilities 

Comptroller General review of TRICARE pharmacy benefits 

program contract 

Continuing implementation of military health system reform 

Development of shelf-stable therapeutics 

Exclusive licensing study 

Genomic testing 
Global health research plan 

Integrated Disability Evaluation System 

Magnetic Resonance Imaging for pediatric patients and other 

beneficiaries with anxiety issues 

Medical record reviews for identification of improper 

payments 

Military Health System civilian partnerships in rural 

communities for increased military medical readiness 

National Disaster Medical System pilot program 

National Guard medical training 

Navy surface fleet readiness to respond to mass casualty 

incidents 

Nuclear medicine 

Quarterly reports on the TRICARE Comprehensive Autism Care 

Demonstration Program 

Servicemember medical debt 

Stayskal Act reporting requirement 

Transitioning servicemembers' mental health concerns 

Valley fever prevalence and risk to servicemembers 

Wastewater infectious disease surveillance 

TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, 

ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED 

MATTERS 

SUBTITLE A—ACQUISITION POLICY AND 

MANAGEMENT 

Amendments to multiyear procurement authority (sec. 801) 

Modernizing the Department of Defense requirements process 

(sec. 802) 

Head of Contracting Authority for Strategic Capabilities 

Office (sec. 803) 

Pilot program for the use of innovative intellectual 

property strategies (sec. 804) 

Focused commercial solutions openings opportunities (sec. 

805) 

Study on reducing barriers to acquisition of commercial 

products and services (sec. 806) 

Sense of the Senate on independent cost assessment (sec. 

807) 

Emergency acquisition authority for purposes of replenishing 

United States stockpiles (sec. 808) 

SUBTITLE B—AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL 

CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES, PROCEDURES, AND 

LIMITATIONS 
Commander initiated rapid contracting actions (sec. 811) 

Extension and revisions to never contract with the enemy 

(sec. 812) 

Enhancement of Department of Defense capabilities to prevent 

contractor fraud (sec. 813) 

Modification of approval authority for high dollar other 

transaction agreements for prototypes (sec. 814) 

Modifications to Earned Value Management system requirements 

(sec. 815) 

Inventory of inflation and escalation indices (sec. 816) 

Pilot program to incentivize progress payments (sec. 817) 

Extension of pilot program to accelerate contracting and 

pricing processes (sec. 818) 

Preventing conflicts of interest for Department of Defense 

consultants (sec. 819) 

Prohibition on requiring defense contractors to provide 

information relating to greenhouse gas emissions (sec. 820) 

Prohibition on contracts for the provision of online 

tutoring services by entities owned by the People's Republic 

of China (sec. 821) 

Modification of truthful cost or pricing data submissions 

and report (sec. 822) 

SUBTITLE C—INDUSTRIAL BASE MATTERS 

Defense industrial base advanced capabilities pilot program 

(sec. 831) 

Department of Defense notification of certain transactions 

(sec. 832) 

Analyses of certain activities for action to address 

sourcing and industrial capacity (sec. 833) 

Pilot program on capital assistance to support defense 

investment in the industrial base (sec. 834) 

Requirement to buy certain satellite components from 

national technology industrial base (sec. 835) 

SUBTITLE D—SMALL BUSINESS MATTERS 

Amendments to Defense Research and Development Rapid 

Innovation Program (sec. 841) 

Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Program (sec. 842) 

Consideration of the past performance of affiliate companies 

of small businesses (sec. 843) 

Timely payments for Department of Defense small business 

subcontractors (sec. 844) 

Extension of Pilot Program for streamlined technology 

transition from the SBIR and STTR Programs of the Department 

of Defense (sec. 845) 

Annual reports regarding the SBIR program of the Department 

of Defense (sec. 846) 
Modifications to the Procurement Technical Assistance 

Program (sec. 847) 

Extension of pilot program to incentivize contracting with 

employee-owned businesses (sec. 848) 

SUBTITLE E—OTHER MATTERS 

Limitation on the availability of funds pending a plan for 

implementing the replacement for the Selection Acquisition 

Reporting system (sec. 861) 

Extension of pilot program for distribution support and 

services for weapons systems contractors (sec. 862) 

Modification of effective date for expansion on the 

prohibition on acquiring certain metal products (sec. 863) 

Foreign sources of specialty metals (sec. 864) 

University Affiliated Research Center for critical minerals 

(sec. 865) 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Access to carbon fiber material for defense applications 

Additional considerations for S-Series Integrated Product 

Support specifications 

Berry Amendment-compliant uniformed clothing 

Comptroller General review of acquisition leading practices 

Comptroller General study on requirements for data rights 

COTS solutions for tactical network 

Defense Civilian Training Corps 

Defense Finance and Accounting Service workforce development 

implementation plan 

Framework for mergers and acquisitions decision analysis 

Office of Acquisition, Integration, and Interoperability 

Regulatory implementation timelines 

Review of anti-venom acquisition practices 

Review of Department of Defense cash flow model 

Software-as-a-Service 

Study on performance-based payments 

Treatment of Nontraditional Defense Contractors 

TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT 

SUBTITLE A—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF 

DEFENSE AND RELATED MATTERS 

Establishment of Office of Strategic Capital (sec. 901) 

Reinstatement of position of Chief Management Officer of 

Department of Defense (sec. 902) 

Modification of responsibilities of Director of Cost 

Assessment and Program Evaluation (sec. 903) 

Roles and responsibilities for components of Office of 

Secretary of Defense for joint all-domain command and 
control in support of integrated joint warfighting (sec. 

904) 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretaries to support Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low 

Intensity Conflict (sec. 905) 

Modification of cross-functional team to address emerging 

threat relating to directed energy capabilities (sec. 906) 

Pilot program on protecting access to critical assets (sec. 

907) 

Extension of mission management pilot program (sec. 908) 

Conforming amendments to carry out elimination of position 

of Chief Management Officer (sec. 909) 

SUBTITLE B—OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT MATTERS 

Joint Energetics Transition Office (sec. 921) 

Transition of oversight responsibility for the Defense 

Technology Security Administration (sec. 922) 

Integrated and authenticated access to Department of Defense 

systems for certain congressional staff for oversight 

purposes (sec. 923) 

Integration of productivity software suites for scheduling 

data (sec. 924) 

Operationalizing audit readiness (sec. 925) 

Next generation business health metrics (sec. 926) 

Independent assessment of defense business enterprise 

architecture (sec. 927) 

Limitation on establishment of new diversity, equity, and 

inclusion positions; hiring freeze (sec. 928) 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Standardized methodology for cost savings and avoidance 

calculations 

TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

SUBTITLE A—FINANCIAL MATTERS 

General transfer authority (sec. 1001) 

Annual report on budget prioritization by Secretary of 

Defense and military departments (sec. 1002) 

Additional reporting requirements related to unfunded 

priorities (sec. 1003) 

Sense of the Senate on need for emergency supplemental 

appropriations (sec. 1004) 

SUBTITLE B—COUNTERDRUG ACTIVITIES 

Disruption of fentanyl trafficking (sec. 1011) 

Enhanced support for counterdrug activities and activities 

to counter transnational organized crime (sec. 1012) 
Modification of support for counterdrug activities and 

activities to counter transnational organized crime: 

increase in cap for small scale construction projects (sec. 

1013) 

Building the capacity of armed forces of Mexico to counter 

the threat posed by transnational criminal organizations 

(sec. 1014) 

SUBTITLE C—NAVAL VESSELS 

Modification of authority to purchase used vessels under the 

National Defense Sealift Fund (sec. 1021) 

Amphibious warship force availability (sec. 1022) 

Prohibition on retirement of certain naval vessels (sec. 

1023) 

Report on the potential for an Army and Navy joint effort 

for watercraft vessels (sec. 1024) 

SUBTITLE D—COUNTERTERRORISM 

Extension of prohibition on use of funds to close or 

relinquish control of United States Naval Station, 

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (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) 

SUBTITLE E—MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORITIES AND 

LIMITATIONS 

Extension of admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands for certain non-immigrant H-2B 

workers (sec. 1041) 

Authority to include funding requests for the chemical and 

biological defense program in budget accounts of military 

departments (sec. 1042) 

Unfavorable security clearance eligibility determinations 

and appeals (sec. 1043) 

Assistance in support of Department of Defense accounting 

for missing United States Government personnel (sec. 1044) 

Implementation of arrangements to build transparency, 

confidence, and security (sec. 1045) 
Access to and use of military post offices by United States 

citizens employed overseas by the North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization who perform functions in support of military 

operations of the Armed Forces (sec. 1046) 

Removal of time limitations of temporary protection and 

authorization of reimbursement for security services and 

equipment for former or retired Department of Defense 

personnel (sec. 1047) 

Annual Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) capabilities 

required to expand accounting for persons missing from 

designated past conflicts (sec. 1048) 

SUBTITLE F—STUDIES AND REPORTS 

Annual report and briefing on implementation of Force Design 

2030 (sec. 1051) 

Plan for conversion of Joint Task Force North into Joint 

Interagency Task Force North (sec. 1052) 

Report on use of tactical fighter aircraft and bomber 

aircraft for deployments and homeland defense missions (sec. 

1053) 

Modifications of reporting requirements (sec. 1054) 

Report on equipping certain ground combat units with small 

unmanned aerial systems (sec. 1055) 

Comprehensive assessment of Marine Corps Force Design 2030 

(sec. 1056) 

Strategy to achieve critical mineral supply chain 

independence for the Department of Defense (sec. 1057) 

Quarterly briefing on homeland defense planning (sec. 1058) 

Special operations force structure (sec. 1059) 

Briefing on commercial tools employed by the Department of 

Defense to assess foreign ownership, control, or influence 

(sec. 1060) 

Plan on countering human trafficking (sec. 1061) 

Briefing and report on use and effectiveness of United 

States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (sec. 1062) 

SUBTITLE G—OTHER MATTERS 

Matters related to irregular warfare (sec. 1071) 

Joint concept for competing implementation updates (sec. 

1072) 

Limitation on certain funding until submission of the 

Chairman's Risk Assessment and briefing requirement (sec. 

1073) 

Notification of safety and security concerns at certain 

Department of Defense laboratories (sec. 1074) 

Assessment and recommendations relating to infrastructure, 

capacity, resources, and personnel in Guam (sec. 1075) 
Program and processes relating to foreign acquisition (sec. 

1076) 

Technical and conforming amendments related to the Space 

Force (sec. 1077) 

Authority to establish commercial integration cells within 

certain combatant commands (sec. 1078) 

Modification on limitation on funding for institutions of 

higher education hosting Confucius Institutes (sec. 1079) 

Modification of definition of domestic source for title III 

of Defense Production Act of 1950 (sec. 1080) 

Comprehensive strategy for talent development and management 

of Department of Defense computer programming workforce 

(sec. 1081) 

Limitation on availability of funds for destruction of 

landmines (sec. 1082) 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Analysis of Chinese penetration of transportation node 

infrastructure and commercial technologies to counter such 

actions 

Assessment of threat posed by cartels and transnational 

criminal organizations 

Briefing on Indo-Pacific Command contested logistics 

requirements 

Briefing on retention of survivable missile launchers 

Building maritime awareness and capacity of partner nations 

to protect maritime boundaries from Chinese illegal fishing 

Combatting trafficking in persons 

Comptroller General Review of North American Aerospace 

Defense Aerospace Warning and Control 

Comptroller General review of special operations 

intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 

Comptroller General Review of Theater Special Operations 

Command Sensitive Activities 

Contingency planning for health care requirements of aging 

population at Guantanamo detention facility 

Counter unmanned underwater vehicles strategy 

Defense Technology Security Administration review 

Department of Defense facilitation of non-programs of record 

EPF-13 experimentation 

Frigate second shipyard study 

Implementation of U.S. Special Operations Command’s 

Comprehensive Review of Special Operations Forces Culture 

and Ethics 

Link-16 

Littoral Combat Ship retirements 

Management and implementation of the foreign military sales 

program 
Mitigation of Aviation Transponder Vulnerabilities 

New Starts via Transfer Authority 

Operationalizing small and medium unmanned surface vessels 

Reference libraries 

Report on implementation of the Defense Modernization 

Account 

Report on inspection and repair of Army prepositioned stock 

Report on select agents held by the Department of Defense 

Review by Government Accountability Office on effects of 

continuing resolutions on the Department of Defense 

Review of Columbia-class schedule 

Review of Unfunded Priorities Lists 

United States Africa Command 

Unmanned mothership experimentation 

TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS 

One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on 

premium pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal 

civilian employees working overseas (sec. 1101) 

One-year extension of temporary authority to grant 

allowances, benefits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on 

official duty in a combat zone (sec. 1102) 

Exclusion of positions in nonappropriated fund 

instrumentalities from limitations on dual pay (sec. 1103) 

Exception to limitation on number of Senior Executive Service 

positions for the Department of Defense (sec. 1104) 

Removal of Washington Headquarters Services direct support 

from personnel limitation on the Office of the Secretary of 

Defense (sec. 1105) 

Consolidation of direct hire authorities for candidates with 

specified degrees at science and technology reinvention 

laboratories (sec. 1106) 

Expansion and extension of direct hire authority for certain 

personnel of the Department of Defense (sec. 1107) 

Extension of direct hire authority for the Department of 

Defense for post-secondary students and recent graduates 

(sec. 1108) 

Extension of direct hire authority for domestic industrial 

base facilities and Major Range and Test Facilities Base 

(sec. 1109) 

Authority to employ civilian faculty members at Space Force 

schools (sec. 1110) 

Report and sunset relating to inapplicability of 

certification of executive qualifications by qualification 

review boards of Office of Personnel Management (sec. 1111) 

Extension of date of first employment for acquisition of 

competitive status for employees of Inspectors General for 

overseas contingency operations (sec. 1112) 
Expansion of noncompetitive appointment eligibility to 

spouses of Department of Defense civilians (sec. 1113) 

Elimination of Government Accountability Office review 

requirement relating to Department of Defense personnel 

authorities (sec. 1114) 

Amendments to the John S. McCain Strategic Defense Fellows 

Program (sec. 1115) 

Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve pilot project (sec. 1116) 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Navy deployed resiliency counselors 

TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN 

NATIONS 

SUBTITLE A—ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 

Middle East integrated maritime domain awareness and 

interdiction capability (sec. 1201) 

Authority to provide mission training through distributed 

simulation (sec. 1202) 

Increase in small-scale construction limit and modification 

of authority to build capacity (sec. 1203) 

Extension of legal institutional capacity building 

initiative for foreign defense institutions (sec. 1204) 

Extension and modification of authority for reimbursement of 

certain coalition nations for support provided to United 

States military operations (sec. 1205) 

Extension of authority for Department of Defense support for 

stabilization activities in national security interest of 

the United States (sec. 1206) 

Extension of cross servicing agreements for loan of 

personnel protection and personnel survivability equipment 

in coalition operations (sec. 1207) 

Limitation on availability of funds for International 

Security Cooperation Program (sec. 1208) 

Modification of Department of Defense security cooperation 

workforce development (sec. 1209) 

Modification of authority to provide support to certain 

governments for border security operations (sec. 1210) 

Modification of Defense Operational Resilience International 

Cooperation Pilot Program (sec. 1211) 

Assistance to Israel for aerial refueling (sec. 1212) 

SUBTITLE B—MATTERS RELATING TO SYRIA, 

IRAQ, AND IRAN 

Extension and modification of authority to provide 

assistance to vetted Syrian groups and individuals (sec. 

1221) 
Extension of authority to support operations and activities 

of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq (sec. 1222) 

Extension and modification of authority to provide 

assistance to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 

(sec. 1223) 

Briefing on nuclear capability of Iran (sec. 1224) 

SUBTITLE C—MATTERS RELATING TO EUROPE AND 

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

Extension and modification of Ukraine Security Assistance 

Initiative (sec. 1231) 

Extension and modification of training for Eastern European 

national security forces in the course of multilateral 

exercises (sec. 1232) 

Extension of prohibition on availability of funds relating 

to sovereignty of the Russian Federation over 

internationally recognized territory of Ukraine (sec. 1233) 

Extension and modification of temporary authorizations 

related to Ukraine and other matters (sec. 1234) 

Prioritization for basing, training, and exercises in North 

Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries (sec. 1235) 

Study and report on lessons learned regarding information 

operations and deterrence (sec. 1236) 

Report on progress of multi-year strategy and plan for 

Baltic security cooperation (sec. 1237) 

Sense of the Senate on the North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization (sec. 1238) 

Sense of the Senate on Defence Innovation Accelerator for 

the North Atlantic (DIANA) in the North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization (sec. 1239) 

Sense of the Senate regarding the arming of Ukraine (sec. 

1240) 

SUBTITLE D—MATTERS RELATING TO THE INDOPACIFIC REGION 

Indo-Pacific Campaigning Initiative (sec. 1241) 

Training, advising, and institutional capacity-building 

program for military forces of Taiwan (sec. 1242) 

Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness Initiative (sec. 

1243) 

Extension of Pacific Deterrence Initiative (sec. 1244) 

Extension of authority to transfer funds for Bien Hoa dioxin 

cleanup (sec. 1245) 

Extension and modification of pilot program to improve cyber 

cooperation with foreign military partners in Southeast Asia 

(sec. 1246) 
Extension and modification of certain temporary 

authorizations (sec. 1247) 

Plan for enhanced security cooperation with Japan (sec. 

1248) 

Plan for improvements to certain operating locations in 

Indo-Pacific region (sec. 1249) 

Strategy for improving posture of ground-based theater-range 

missiles in Indo-Pacific region (sec. 1250) 

Enhancing major defense partnership with India (sec. 1251) 

Military cybersecurity cooperation with Taiwan (sec. 1252) 

Designation of senior official for Department of Defense 

activities relating to, and implementation plan for, 

security partnership among Australia, the United Kingdom, 

and the United States (sec. 1253) 

Report and notification relating to transfer of operational 

control on Korean Peninsula (sec. 1254) 

Report on range of consequences of war with the People's 

Republic of China (sec. 1255) 

Study and report on command structure and force posture of 

United States Armed Forces in Indo-Pacific region (sec. 

1256) 

Studies on defense budget transparency of the People's 

Republic of China and the United States (sec. 1257) 

Briefing on provision of security assistance by the People's 

Republic of China and summary of Department of Defense 

mitigation activities (sec. 1258) 

Semiannual briefings on bilateral agreements supporting 

United States military posture in the Indo-Pacific region 

(sec. 1259) 

Semiannual briefings on military of the People's Republic of 

China (sec. 1260) 

Prohibition on use of funds to support entertainment 

projects with ties to the Government of the People's 

Republic of China (sec. 1261) 

Prohibition on use of funds for the Wuhan Institute of 

Virology (sec. 1262) 

Audit to identify diversion of Department of Defense funding 

to China's research labs (sec. 1263) 

Prohibiting Federal funding for EcoHealth Alliance Inc. 

(sec. 1264) 

Assessment Relating to Contingency Operational Plan of 

United States Indo-Pacific Command (sec. 1265) 

Assessment of absorptive capacity of military forces of 

Taiwan (sec. 1266) 

Analysis of risks and implications of potential sustained 

military blockade of Taiwan by the People's Republic of 

China (sec. 1267) 
Sense of the Senate on defense alliances and partnerships in 

the Indo-Pacific Region (sec. 1268) 

SUBTITLE E—SECURING MARITIME DATA FROM 

CHINA 

Securing Maritime Data from China Act of 2023 (secs. 1271- 

1273) 

SUBTITLE F—REPORTS 

Report on Department of Defense roles and responsibilities 

in support of National Strategy for the Arctic Region (sec. 

1281) 

SUBTITLE G—OTHER MATTERS 

Military intelligence collection and analysis partnerships 

(sec. 1291) 

Collaboration with partner countries to develop and maintain 

military-wide transformational strategies for operational 

energy (sec. 1292) 

Modification of support of special operations for irregular 

warfare (sec. 1293) 

Modification of authority for expenditure of funds for 

clandestine activities that support operational preparation 

of the environment (sec. 1294) 

Modification of initiative to support protection of national 

security academic researchers from undue influence and other 

security threats (sec. 1295) 

Modification of authority for certain payments to redress 

injury and loss (sec. 1296) 

Modification of authority for cooperation on directed energy 

capabilities (sec. 1297) 

Modification of Arctic Security Initiative (sec. 1298) 

Termination of authorization of non-conventional assisted 

recovery capabilities (sec. 1299) 

Extension of prohibition on in-flight refueling to nonUnited States aircraft that engage in hostilities in the 

ongoing civil war in Yemen (sec. 1299A) 

Extension of United States-Israel anti-tunnel cooperation 

(sec. 1299B) 

Prohibition on delegation of authority to designate foreign 

partner forces as eligible for the provision of collective 

self-defense support by United States Armed Forces (sec. 

1299C) 

Participation by military departments in interoperability 

programs with military forces of Australia, Canada, New 

Zealand, and the United Kingdom (sec. 1299D) 
Cooperation with allies and partners in Middle East on 

development of integrated regional cybersecurity 

architecture (sec. 1299E) 

Foreign Advance Acquisition Account (sec. 1299F) 

Limitation on availability of funds for travel expenses of 

the Office of the Secretary of Defense (sec. 1299G) 

Plans related to rapid transfer of certain missiles and 

defense capabilities (sec. 1299H) 

Ensuring peace through strength in Israel (sec. 1299I) 

Improvements to security cooperation workforce and defense 

acquisition workforce (sec. 1299J) 

Modification of foreign military sales processing (sec. 

1299K) 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Assessment of execution and delivery rates under Section 333 

program to build capacity of foreign security forces 

Briefing on military deception and attritable decoys in the 

Indo-Pacific 

End-use monitoring in Ukraine 

Enhancing defense-related cybersecurity cooperation with the 

Republic of Kosovo 

Enhancing interoperability with and capacity of allies and 

partners for electromagnetic spectrum operations 

Indo-Pacific Training Programs 

Integration of Morocco in CENTCOM-led exercises 

JTF-Micronesia reporting requirement 

Land forces in the Indo-Pacific region 

Lessons learned from Russia and Iran military collaboration 

National Guard State Partnership Program in the Indo-Pacific 

Oversight of U.S.-provided equipment 

Public shipyard support for AUKUS 

Ridge Runner irregular warfare activity 

Sharing of unclassified commercial satellite imagery 

intelligence and data with India 

Special Defense Acquisition Fund 

Support for Afghan Allies 

Ukraine longer-range missile assessment 

Will to fight update 

TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 

Cooperative Threat Reduction funds (sec. 1301) 

TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

SUBTITLE A—MILITARY PROGRAMS 

Working capital funds (sec. 1401) 

Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense (sec. 

1402) 
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide 

(sec. 1403) 

Defense Inspector General (sec. 1404) 

Defense Health Program (sec. 1405) 

SUBTITLE B— NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE 

Recovery of rare earth elements and other strategic and 

critical materials through end-of-life equipment recycling 

(sec. 1411) 

Improvements to Strategic and Critical Materials Stock 

Piling Act (sec. 1412) 

Authority to dispose of materials from the National Defense 

Stockpile (sec. 1413) 

Beginning balances of the National Defense Stockpile 

Transaction Fund for audit purposes (sec. 1414) 

SUBTITLE C—OTHER MATTERS 

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. 1421) 

Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement 

Home (sec. 1422) 

Modification of leasing authority of Armed Forces Retirement 

Home (sec. 1423) 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Domestic manufacturing of strategic and critical materials 

Domestic production of titanium sponge 

Graphite mining and processing capabilities 

Department of Defense role related to countering trafficking 

in fentanyl and other narcotics 

TITLE XV—SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC 

PROGRAMS, AND INTELLIGENCE MATTERS 

SUBTITLE A—SPACE ACTIVITIES 

Acquisition strategy for Phase 3 of the National Security 

Space Launch program (sec. 1501) 

Initial operating capability for Advanced Tracking and 

Launch Analysis System and system-level review (sec. 1502) 

Department of the Air Force responsibility for space-based 

ground and airborne moving target indication (sec. 1503) 

Principal Military Deputy for Space Acquisition and 

Integration (sec. 1504) 

Use of middle tier acquisition authority for Space 

Development Agency acquisition program (sec. 1505) 

Special authority for provision of commercial space launch 

support services (sec. 1506) 
Treatment of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Resiliency, 

Modifications, and Improvements program as acquisition 

category 1D program (sec. 1507) 

Briefing on classification practices and foreign disclosure 

policies required for combined space operations (sec. 1508) 

Limitation on availability of certain funds relating to 

selection of permanent location for headquarters of United 

States Space Command (sec. 1509) 

SUBTITLE B—NUCLEAR FORCES 

Prohibition on reduction of the intercontinental ballistic 

missiles of the United States (sec. 1511) 

Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program silo 

activity (sec. 1512) 

Matters relating to the acquisition and deployment of the 

Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system 

(sec. 1513) 

Plan for decreasing the time to upload additional warheads 

to the intercontinental ballistic missile fleet (sec. 1514) 

Tasking and oversight authority with respect to 

intercontinental ballistic missile site activation task 

force for Sentinel Program (sec. 1515) 

Long-term sustainment of Sentinel ICBM guidance system (sec. 

1516) 

Sense of the Senate on Polaris Sales Agreement (sec. 1517) 

Matters relating to the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise 

missile (sec. 1518) 

Operational timeline for Strategic Automated Command and 

Control System (sec. 1519) 

Amendment to annual report on the plan for the nuclear 

weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons 

delivery systems, and nuclear weapons command and control 

systems (sec. 1520) 

Technical amendment to additional report matters on 

strategic delivery systems (sec. 1521) 

Amendment to study of weapons programs that allow Armed 

Forces to address hard and deeply buried targets (sec. 1522) 

Limitation on use of funds until provision of Department of 

Defense information to Government Accountability Office 

(sec. 1523) 

SUBTITLE C—MISSILE DEFENSE 

Designation of official responsible for missile defense of 

Guam (sec. 1531) 

Selection of a Director of the Missile Defense Agency (sec. 

1532) 
Modification of requirement for Comptroller General of the 

United States review and assessment of missile defense 

acquisition programs (sec. 1533) 

Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli 

cooperative missile defense program co-development and coproduction (sec. 1534) 

Modification of scope of program accountability matrices 

requirements for next generation interceptors for missile 

defense of the United States homeland (sec. 1535) 

Limitation on availability of funds for Office of Cost 

Assessment and Program Evaluation until submission of 

missile defense roles and responsibilities report (sec. 

1536) 

Integrated air and missile defense architecture for the 

Indo-Pacific region (sec. 1537) 

Modification of the National Missile Defense policy (sec. 

1538) 

SUBTITLE D—OTHER MATTERS 

Electronic warfare (sec. 1541) 

Study on the future of the Integrated Tactical Warning 

Attack Assessment System (sec. 1542) 

Comprehensive review of electronic warfare training ranges 

and future capabilities (sec. 1543) 

Extension of authorization for protection of certain 

facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft (sec. 1544) 

Addressing serious deficiencies in electronic protection of 

systems that operate in the radio frequency spectrum (sec. 

1545) 

Funding limitation on certain unreported programs (sec. 

1546) 

Revision of Secretary of Defense authority to engage in 

commercial activities as security for intelligence 

collection activities (sec. 1547) 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Availability of key commodities for the Sentinel program 

Briefing and report on behaviors of nuclear-armed 

adversaries 

Briefing and report on contracting nuclear-armed adversaries 

Briefing on Dual-Capable Aircraft Wing resource allocations 

and mission requirements 

Briefing on space-based moving target indicator (MTI) 

systems 

Comptroller General report on DOD planning for transition 

from Minuteman III to the Sentinel Ground-Based Strategic 

Deterrent 

Comptroller General review of Department of Defense launch 

services 
Comptroller General review of integration of allies and 

partners in space operations 

Comptroller General review of nuclear deterrence curriculum 

with Department of Defense Joint Professional Military 

Education 

Comptroller General review of Space Warfighting Analysis 

Center 

Cyber risks and resiliency for space assets 

Electronic warfare Electromagnetic Management Battle 

Software acquisition program 

Hypersonic throttleable solid propellant propulsion systems 

In-space connectivity to commercial satellite constellations 

Integration of commercial weather data 

Integration of non-traditional space domain awareness 

sensors 

Intelligence and information sharing 

Joint Air Force and National Nuclear Security Administration 

report on Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile 

program and related issues 

Management of personnel operating THAAD batteries on Guam 

Medium earth orbit missile warning and missile tracking 

Middle East integrated air and missile defense 

Missile alert facility cooks 

Modernization of the Solar Electro-Optical Network 

Modernization plan for Hill Air Force Base Little Mountain 

Test Facility 

Nationwide Integration of Time Resiliency for Operations 

Next generation Overhead Persistent Infrared satellite 

cancellation impacts 

Pre-positioned orbital tactically responsive space 

capabilities 

Report on current requirements for electronic warfare 

training in support of multi-domain operations 

Report on military effectiveness of current and future U.S. 

nuclear forces 

Report on options for accelerating hypersonic missile 

defenses 

Report on the Survivable Airborne Operations Center 

Reusable hypersonic flight testing 

Review of model-based systems and digital engineering 

practices within the Sentinel program 

Rollover of Air Force Global Strike Command Humvees 

Space acquisition contract analysis 

Space Development Agency Senior Executive Service positions 

Space-Based Ground Moving Target Indicator 

Strategic satellite communications 

Strategy on protection of satellites 
Virtualizing waveforms capabilities 

TITLE XVI—CYBERSPACE-RELATED MATTERS 

SUBTITLE A—MATTERS RELATING TO CYBER 

OPERATIONS AND CYBER FORCES 

Measures to enhance the readiness and effectiveness of the 

Cyber Mission Force (sec. 1601) 

Cyber intelligence center (sec. 1602) 

Performance metrics for pilot program for sharing cyber 

capabilities and related information with foreign 

operational partners (sec. 1603) 

Next generation cyber red teams (sec. 1604) 

Management of data assets by Chief Digital Officer (sec. 

1605) 

Authority for countering illegal trafficking by Mexican 

transnational criminal organizations in cyberspace (sec. 

1606) 

Pilot Program for Cybersecurity Collaboration Center 

Inclusion of Semiconductors Manufacturers (sec. 1607) 

Independent evaluation regarding potential establishment of 

United States Cyber Force and further evolution of current 

model for management and execution of cyber mission (sec. 

1608) 

SUBTITLE B—MATTERS RELATING TO DEPARTMENT 

OF DEFENSE CYBERSECURITY AND INFORMATION 

TECHNOLOGY 

Requirements for deployment of fifth generation information 

and communications capabilities to Department of Defense 

bases and facilities (sec. 1611) 

Department of Defense information network boundary and 

cross-domain defense (sec. 1612) 

Policy and guidance on memory-safe software programming 

(sec. 1613) 

Development of regional cybersecurity strategies (sec. 1614) 

Cyber incident reporting (sec. 1615) 

Management by Department of Defense of mobile applications 

(sec. 1616) 

Security enhancements for the nuclear command, control, and 

communications network (sec. 1617) 

Guidance regarding securing laboratories of the Armed Forces 

(sec. 1618) 

Establishing Identity, Credential, and Access Management 

initiative as a program of record (sec. 1619) 

Strategy on cybersecurity resiliency of Department of 

Defense space enterprise (sec. 1620) 
Requirements for implementation of user activity monitoring 

for cleared personnel and operational and information 

technology administrators and other privileged users (sec. 

1621) 

Department of Defense digital content provenance (sec. 1622) 

Post-graduate employment of Cyber Service Academy 

scholarship recipients in intelligence community (sec. 1623) 

Minimum number of scholarships to be awarded annually 

through Cyber Service Academy (sec. 1624) 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Advancement of narrative intelligence in U.S. Cyber Command 

Army National Guard mission assurance program 

Assessment of need for a Narrative Intelligence Center 

Comptroller General review of the security implications of 

digital footprints 

Cyber Operations for Base Resilient Architecture (COBRA) 

Cyber personnel readiness 

Cyber Position within the Office of the Secretary of Defense 

Cyber Vulnerability Assessment 

Cybersecurity of firmware in information and operational 

technology 

Department of Defense Cyber and Digital Services Academy 

Department of Defense partnerships with academic 

institutions to build the cyber workforce 

Digital cross domain solution policy 

Digital expertise training and certification 

Foreign cyber incident response plan 

National Media Exploitation Center 

National Security Agency Cyber Collaboration Center pilot 

program 

National Security Agency cybersecurity workforce pilot 

program 

Post-Quantum Cryptography 

Report on critical infrastructure supporting national 

security and force projection activities 

Secure enterprise, emergency, and social communication 

Thunderdome implementation plan 

TITLE XVII--SPACE FORCE PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Space Force personnel management (secs. 1701-1752) 

DIVISION B—MILITARY 

CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS 

Summary and explanation of funding tables 

Short title (sec. 2001) 
Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be 

specified by law (sec. 2002) 

Effective date (sec. 2003) 

TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Summary 

Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects 

(sec. 2101) 

Family housing (sec. 2102) 

Authorization of appropriations, Army (sec. 2103) 

Extension of authority to use cash payments in special 

account from land conveyance, Natick Soldier Systems Center, 

Massachusetts (sec. 2104) 

Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project 

at Kunsan Air Base, Korea (sec. 2105) 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 

projects (sec. 2106) 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 

projects (sec. 2107) 

TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Summary 

Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects 

(sec. 2201) 

Family housing (sec. 2202) 

Authorization of appropriations, Navy (sec. 2203) 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 

projects (sec. 2204) 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 

projects (sec. 2205) 

TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE MILITARY 

CONSTRUCTION 

Summary 

Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition 

projects (sec. 2301) 

Family housing (sec. 2302) 

Authorization of appropriations, Air Force (sec. 2303) 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2017 

projects (sec. 2304) 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 

projects (sec. 2305) 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 

projects (sec. 2306) 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 

projects (sec. 2307) 
TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY 

CONSTRUCTION 

Summary 

Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition 

projects (sec. 2401) 

Authorized Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment 

Program projects (sec. 2402) 

Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies (sec. 2403) 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 

projects (sec. 2404) 

Extension and modification of authority to carry out certain 

fiscal year 2019 projects (sec. 2405) 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 

projects (sec. 2406) 

Additional authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 

projects (sec. 2407) 

Additional authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2023 

projects (sec. 2408) 

TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS 

Summary 

SUBTITLE A—NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY 

ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 

Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects 

(sec. 2501) 

Authorization of appropriations, NATO (sec. 2502) 

SUBTITLE B—HOST COUNTRY IN-KIND 

CONTRIBUTIONS 

Republic of Korea funded construction projects (sec. 2511) 

Republic of Poland funded construction projects (sec. 2512) 

TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES 

FACILITIES 

Summary 

Authorized Army National Guard construction and land 

acquisition projects (sec. 2601) 

Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition 

projects (sec. 2602) 

Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction 

and land acquisition projects (sec. 2603) 

Authorized Air National Guard construction and land 

acquisition projects (sec. 2604) 

Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land 

acquisition projects (sec. 2605) 
Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve 

(sec. 2606) 

Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project 

at Hulman Regional Airport, Indiana (sec. 2607) 

Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project 

at Francis S. Gabreski Airport, New York (sec. 2608) 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 

projects (sec. 2609) 

Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2022 

project at Nickell Memorial Armory, Kansas (sec. 2610) 

Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2023 

project at Camp Pendleton, California (sec. 2611) 

Authority to conduct restoration and modernization projects 

at the First City Troop Readiness Center in Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania (sec. 2612) 

TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 

ACTIVITIES 

Summary and explanation of tables 

Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and 

closure activities funded through Department of Defense Base 

Closure Account (sec. 2701) 

Prohibition on conducting additional base realignment and 

closure (BRAC) round (sec. 2702) 

Closure and disposal of the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Pueblo 

County, Colorado (sec. 2703) 

TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

SUBTITLE A—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM 

Authority for Indo-Pacific posture military construction 

projects (sec. 2801) 

Ordering authority for maintenance, repair, and construction 

of facilities of Department of Defense (sec. 2802) 

Application of area construction cost indices outside the 

United States (sec. 2803) 

Authorization of cost-plus incentive-fee contracting for 

military construction projects to mitigate risk to the 

Sentinel Program schedule and cost (sec. 2804) 

Extensions to the Military Lands Withdrawal Act relating to 

Barry M. Goldwater Range (sec. 2805) 

Authority to lease land parcel for hospital and medical 

campus, Barrigada Transmitter Site, Guam (sec. 2806) 

Revision to access and management of Air Force memorial 

(sec. 2807) 
Development and operation of the Marine Corps Heritage 

Center and the National Museum of the Marine Corps (sec. 

2808) 

Authority for acquisition of real property interest in park 

land owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia (sec. 2809) 

Movement or consolidation of Joint Spectrum Center to Fort 

Meade, Maryland, or another appropriate location (sec. 2810) 

Temporary expansion of authority for use of one-step turnkey selection procedures for repair projects (sec. 2811) 

Modification of temporary increase of amounts in connection 

with authority to carry out unspecified minor military 

construction (sec. 2812) 

Pilot program on replacement of substandard enlisted 

barracks (sec. 2813) 

Expansion of Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program 

to include installations of the Coast Guard (sec. 2814) 

Modification of pilot program on increased use of 

sustainable building materials in military construction 

(sec. 2815) 

SUBTITLE B—MILITARY HOUSING 

PART I—MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING 

Uniform condition index for military unaccompanied housing 

(sec. 2821) 

Certification of habitability of military unaccompanied 

housing (sec. 2822) 

Maintenance work order management process for military 

unaccompanied housing (sec. 2823) 

Expansion of uniform code of basic standards for military 

housing to include military unaccompanied housing (sec. 

2824) 

Oversight of military unaccompanied housing (sec. 2825) 

Elimination of flexibilities for adequacy or construction 

standards for military unaccompanied housing (sec. 2826) 

Design standards for military unaccompanied housing (sec. 

2827) 

Termination of habitability standard waivers and assessment 

and plan with respect to military unaccompanied housing 

(sec. 2828) 

Requirement for security cameras in common areas and entry 

points of military unaccompanied housing (sec. 2829) 

Annual report on military unaccompanied housing (sec. 2830) 

PART II—PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING 

Improvements to privatized military housing (sec. 2841) 

Implementation of Comptroller General Recommendations 

relating to strengthening oversight of privatized military 

housing (sec. 2842) 
Treatment of nondisclosure agreements with respect to 

privatized military housing (sec. 2843) 

PART III—OTHER HOUSING MATTERS 

Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness Council 

(sec. 2851) 

Inclusion in annual status of forces survey of questions 

regarding living conditions of members of the Armed Forces 

(sec. 2852) 

SUBTITLE C—LAND CONVEYANCES 

Land conveyance, BG J Sumner Jones Army Reserve Center, 

Wheeling, West Virginia (sec. 2861) 

Land conveyance, Wetzel County Memorial Army Reserve Center, 

New Martinsville, West Virginia (sec. 2862) 

SUBTITLE D—OTHER MATTERS 

Authority to conduct energy resilience and conservation 

projects at installations where non-Department of Defense 

funded energy projects have occurred (sec. 2871) 

Limitation on authority to modify or restrict public access 

to Greenbury Point Conservation Area at Naval Support 

Activity Annapolis, Maryland (sec. 2872) 

Authorization for the Secretary of the Navy to resolve the 

electrical utility operations at Former Naval Air Station 

Barbers Point (currently known as "Kalaeloa"), Hawaii (sec. 

2873) 

Clarification of other transaction authority for 

installation or facility prototyping (sec. 2874) 

Requirement that Department of Defense include military 

installation resilience in real property management and 

installation master planning of Department (sec. 2875) 

Increase of limitation on fee for architectural and 

engineering services produced by military departments (sec. 

2876) 

Requirement that all material types be considered for 

design-bid-build military construction projects (sec. 2877) 

Continuing education curriculum for members of the military 

construction planning and design workforce and acquisition 

workforce of the Department of Defense (sec. 2878) 

Guidance on Department of Defense-wide standards for access 

to installations of the Department (sec. 2879) 

Deployment of existing construction materials (sec. 2880) 

Technical corrections (sec. 2881) 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Aberdeen Proving Ground 

Base access 

Benefits and use of electrochromic glass in military bases 

and installations 
Briefing on excess capacity 

Briefing on Joint Base Cape Cod mission resilience 

Davis-Monthan power projection wing and restructure timeline 

Examination of military installation maintenance management 

Fee criteria for management of privatized military housing 

Funding construction of childcare development centers at Air 

Force installations 

Funding laboratory maintenance 

Ground source heat pumps 

Guam munitions and explosives of concern 

Gull Cottage restoration 

Hawthorne Army Depot infrastructure prioritization 

Hydrogen fuel cell research for defense applications 

Kwajalein Atoll infrastructure 

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma water treatment plant 

Master plan to modernize infrastructure in Hawaii 

Mitigating cybersecurity supply chain risk within the Energy 

Resilience and Conservation Program 

National Defense University infrastructure 

North Carolina roadway infrastructure 

Plan to complete Fort Huachuca land conveyance 

Preparatory military construction for missile defense 

Report on insurance related costs for military privatized 

housing 

Report on the buildings and services of Creech Air Force 

Base 

Requirement for Camp Navajo entry bridge repairs 

Strategic bomber runways 

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 

National Nuclear Security Administration (sec. 3101) 

Defense environmental cleanup (sec. 3102) 

Other defense activities (sec. 3103) 

Nuclear energy (sec. 3104) 
SUBTITLE B—PROGRAM AUTHORIZATIONS, 

RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS 

Limitation on use of funds for naval nuclear fuel systems 

based on low-enriched uranium (sec. 3111) 

Prohibition on ARIES expansion before realization of 30 pit 

per year base capability (sec. 3112) 

Plutonium modernization Program management (sec. 3113) 

Pantex explosives manufacturing capability (sec. 3114) 

Limitation on establishing an enduring bioassurance program 

within the National Nuclear Security Administration (sec. 

3115) 

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. 3116) 

Modification of reporting requirements for program on 

vulnerable sites (sec. 3117) 

Implementation of enhanced mission delivery initiative (sec. 

3118) 

Limitation on use of funds until provision of spend plan for 

W80-4 ALT weapon development (sec. 3119) 

Analyses of nuclear programs of foreign countries (sec. 

3120) 

Enhancing National Nuclear Security Administration supply 

chain reliability (sec. 3121) 

Transfer of cybersecurity responsibilities to Administrator 

for Nuclear Security (sec. 3122) 

Redesignating duties related to departmental radiological 

and nuclear incident responses (sec. 3123) 

Modification of authority to establish certain contracting, 

program management, scientific, engineering, and technical 

positions (sec. 3124) 

Technical amendments to the Atomic Energy Defense Act (sec. 

3125) 

Amendment to period for briefing requirements (sec. 3126) 

Repeal of reporting requirements for Uranium Capabilities 

Replacement Project (sec. 3127) 

SUBTITLE C—BUDGET AND FINANCIAL 

MANAGEMENT MATTERS 

Updated financial integration policy (sec. 3131) 

SUBTITLE D—OTHER MATTERS 

Integration of technical expertise of Department of Energy 

into policymaking (sec. 3141) 

BUDGET ITEMS 

Weapons Activities nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile 
Energetic Materials Characterization Facility 

High Explosives Synthesis, Formulation, and Production 

Complex 

Assessment Science increase for advanced Krypton Fluoride 

laser 

Inertial Confinement Fusion 

Advanced Simulation and Computing 

Defense Nuclear Security Operations and Maintenance 

West End Protected Area Reduction Project 

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Bioassurance 

Program 

Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Competitive hiring at the National Nuclear Security 

Administration sites 

Comptroller General review of Department of Energy domestic 

uranium development and management 

Comptroller General review of Department of Energy Office of 

Environmental Management oversight of contractor assurance 

systems 

Comptroller General review of Department of Energy Office of 

Environmental Management use of contractor performance 

evaluations 

Comptroller General review of Department of Energy plans for 

high-level waste at the Hanford Site 

Comptroller General review of disposition plans for 

Department of Energy excess facilities 

Comptroller General review of Inertial Confinement Fusion 

strategic recapitalization plan 

Comptroller General review of mercury disposition at the Oak 

Ridge Reservation 

Comptroller General review of National Nuclear Security 

Administration construction cost increases 

Comptroller General review of Naval Reactors program plans 

to transfer spent nuclear fuel to the Office of 

Environmental Management 

Comptroller General review of nuclear modernization program 

and project integration 

Comptroller General review of progress and performance at 

Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management 

Comptroller General review of stockpile research, 

technology, and engineering (SRT&E) capabilities and 

infrastructure plans 

Comptroller General review of the status of high explosives 

management, infrastructure, and supply issues 

Conveyance of land at Los Alamos National Laboratory 
Expediting National Nuclear Security Administration 

recapitalization 

Feral cattle at Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories 

High Explosives Synthesis, Formulation, and Production 

Complex 

National Nuclear Security Administration activities related 

to nonproliferation of nuclear materials 

National Nuclear Security Administration high-performance 

computing roadmap 

Paducah cleanup activities 

Reports on Savannah River Site transitions 

Transportation challenges at Los Alamos National Laboratory 

TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES 

SAFETY BOARD 

Authorization (sec. 3201) 

TITLE XXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 

Maritime Administration (sec. 3501) 

DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 

Authorization of amounts in funding tables (sec. 4001) 

TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 

Procurement (sec. 4101) 

Procurement for overseas contingency operations (sec. 4102) 

TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, 

AND EVALUATION 

Research, development, test, and evaluation (sec. 4201) 

Research, development, test, and evaluation for overseas 

contingency operations (sec. 4202) 

TITLE XLIII—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

Operation and maintenance (sec. 4301) 

Operation and maintenance for overseas contingency operations 

(sec. 4302) 

TITLE XLIV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 

Military personnel (sec. 4401) 

Military personnel for overseas contingency operations (sec. 

4402) 

TITLE XLV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

Other authorizations (sec. 4501) 

Other authorizations for overseas contingency operations 

(sec. 4502) 

TITLE XLVI—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Military construction (sec. 4601) 
Military construction for overseas contingency operations 

(sec. 4602) 

TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL 

SECURITY PROGRAMS 

Department of Energy national security programs (sec. 4701) 

LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS 

COMMITTEE ACTION 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE 

REGULATORY IMPACT 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW 
REPORT TO ACCOMPANY S. 

PURPOSE OF THE BILL 

This bill would: 

(1) Authorize appropriations for (a) procurement, (b) 

research, development, test, and evaluation, (c) operation and 

maintenance and the revolving and management funds of the 

Department of Defense for fiscal year 2024; 

(2) Authorize the personnel end strengths for each 

military Active-Duty component of the Armed Forces for fiscal 

year 2024; 

(3) Authorize the personnel end strengths for the Selected 

Reserve of each of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 

for fiscal year 2024; 

(4) Impose certain reporting requirements; 

(5) Impose certain limitations with regard to specific 

procurement and research, development, test, and evaluation 

actions and manpower strengths; provide certain additional 

legislative authority; and make certain changes to existing law; 

(6) Authorize appropriations for military construction 

programs of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2024; and 

(7) Authorize appropriations for national security 

programs of the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2024. 

COMMITTEE OVERVIEW 

Each year, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 

authorizes funding levels and provides authorities for the U.S. 

military and other critical defense priorities, ensuring 

America’s forces have the training, equipment, and resources 

they need to carry out their missions. On June 22, 2023, the 

Senate Armed Services Committee voted 24-1 to advance the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 to the 

Senate floor. 

The United States faces a dangerous and growing set of 

national security challenges. Most urgently, the People’s 

Republic of China has emerged as America’s primary competitor, 

as the only nation with both the intent and the capability to 

mount a sustained challenge to the United States’ security and 

economic interests. Additionally, Russia has shown itself to be 

a violent and destabilizing force, and Iran and North Korea 

continue to push the boundaries of military brinksmanship. To 

deter and overcome these threats, the United States military 

must have the resources, training, equipment, and capabilities 

it needs to keep the Nation safe. Most importantly, Congress has 
a fundamental duty to take care of America’s men and women in 

uniform, their families, as well as the civilian workforce. The 

passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2024 is an important step toward achieving these goals. 

To that end, the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2024: 

(1) Supports the objectives of the National Defense 

Strategy, including defending the U.S. homeland; deterring 

adversaries; prevailing in long-term strategic competition; and 

building a resilient Joint Force. 

(2) Strengthens the all-volunteer force and improves 

the quality of life of the men and women of the total force 

(Active Duty, National Guard, and Reserves), their families, and 

DOD civilian personnel. 

(3) Provides the United States military services and 

combatant commanders with the resources needed to carry out the 

National Defense Strategy and out-compete, deter, and, if 

necessary, prevail against near-peer adversaries. 

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2024 ensures that the United States has the resources it needs 

to deter its adversaries, reassure its allies, and provide its 

forces with the tools and capabilities to overcome threats 

around the globe. 

BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THIS ACT (SEC. 4) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

that the budgetary effects of this Act be determined in 

accordance with the procedures established in the Statutory PayAs-You-Go Act of 2010 (title I of Public Law 111-139). 

SUMMARY OF DISCRETIONARY AUTHORIZATIONS AND BUDGET AUTHORITY 

IMPLICATION 

The administration’s budget request for national defense 

discretionary programs within the jurisdiction of the Senate 

Committee on Armed Services for fiscal year 2024 was $844.2 

billion for base Department of Defense (DOD) programs and $32.6 

billion for national security programs in the Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

The committee recommends an overall discretionary 

authorization of $886.3 billion in fiscal year 2024, including 

$844.3 billion for base DOD programs, $32.5 billion for national 

security programs in the DOE, and $9.5 billion for defenserelated activities outside the jurisdiction of the NDAA. 
The table preceding the detailed program adjustments in 

Division D of this bill summarizes the direct discretionary 

authorizations in the committee recommendation and the 

equivalent budget authority levels for fiscal year 2024 defense 

programs. The table summarizes the committee’s recommended 

discretionary authorizations by appropriation account for fiscal 

year 2024 and compares these amounts to the request. 

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

AUTHORIZATIONS 

TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 

SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Authorization of appropriations (sec. 101) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

appropriations for procurement activities at the levels 

identified in section 4101 of division D of this Act. 

SUBTITLE B—ARMY PROGRAMS 

Report on Army requirements and acquisition strategy for night 

vision devices (sec. 111) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Secretary of the Army to submit a report to the congressional 

defense committees not later than February 29, 2024, on its 

requirements and acquisition strategy for night vision devices. 

The committee remains supportive of the Army's significant 

investment in modernized night vision capabilities that support 

requirements for large scale combat operations in multi-domain 

operations. However, the committee has been concerned that the 

Army's narrow focus has not sufficiently accounted for the 

appropriate mix of night vision capabilities across formations. 

As such, the committee is encouraged that the Army is developing 

a Soldier Situational Awareness Modernization Strategy (SAMS), 

reinforcing the Army’s vision to align appropriate night vision 

technology by echelon: Close Combat Force; Close Area Combat 

Force; Close Combat Force-Direct Support; and Close Sustainment 

Support. The committee understands that the SAMS will guide 

refinement of procurement objectives, acquisition strategies, 
and the overarching night vision device funding strategy to 

support the Army of 2030 and 2040. 

Army plan for ensuring sources of cannon tubes (sec. 112) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of the Army to provide a report to the Committees 

on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives, not later than February 29, 2024, to consist of 

an updated version of the Army’s March 2022 report titled, "Army 

Plan for Ensuring Sources of Cannon Tubes." The update shall 

take into account increased demand for cannon tubes generated by 

the Nation’s present and projected support for Ukraine and other 

foreign military sales. 

The committee supports the significant investment the Army 

continues to make in Watervliet Arsenal as it fulfills its longstanding and critical role in sourcing cannon tubes for the 

Nation’s defense industrial base. The committee acknowledges the 

increased and enduring importance of a Government owned and 

operated facility such as Watervliet, as well as the expertise 

and skilled labor of the supporting workforce. The committee is 

concerned however that increases in the volume and urgency of 

demand for cannon tubes since the Army’s March 2022 report may 

require cannon tube production capacity at a second facility in 

addition to current and planned investments at Watervliet. 

Strategy for Army tactical wheeled vehicle program (sec. 113) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of the Army to update its tactical wheeled vehicle 

(TWV) strategy every 5 years beginning with the submission of 

the President’s Budget request for fiscal year 2025. This 

strategy will consider the full fleet of TWVs and associated 

trailers and support equipment. Further, the Secretary of the 

Army shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives, not later than 15 days after 

the budget submission, on its strategy and future years defense 

program. 

The committee is concerned that the Army has not formally 

updated its TWV strategy since 2014. A recurring update would 

help both the Army and industry plan for future requirements, 

periodically assess current TWV capability and capacity to 

support Army requirements as defined by the governing National 

Defense Strategy, and more consistently identify commercially 

available improvements to the current Army fleet. 

The Army is currently fielding Infantry Squad Vehicles, 

retrofitting its High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle 
fleet with antilock brake systems with electronic stability 

control kits, adding Joint Light Tactical Vehicles into its 

inventory, and initiating a competition for a new Common 

Tactical Truck, to name some of its ongoing TWV initiatives. A 

recurring and holistic review across all platforms will improve 

the Army’s ability to manage its TWV fleet into the future. 

Extension and modification of annual updates to master plans and 

investment strategies for Army ammunition plants (sec. 114) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend and 

modify the annual updates to master plans for Army Ammunition 

Plants. The provision would extend the reporting period from 

March 31, 2026, to March 31, 2030. The provision would also 

require a description of any changes made to the Army Ammunition 

Plant master plan based upon current global events, including 

pandemics and armed conflicts. 

Report on acquisition strategies of the logistics augmentation 

program of the Army (sec. 115) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of the Army to submit a report on acquisition 

strategies of the logistics augmentation program of the Army. 

SUBTITLE C—NAVY PROGRAMS 

Reduction in the minimum number of Navy carrier air wings and 

carrier air wing headquarters required to be maintained (sec. 

121) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 8062(e) of title 10, United States Code, to relieve the 

Navy of a requirement to maintain 10 carrier air wings. 

The Department of Defense has asked for relief from the 

requirements of this section, which directs the Secretary of the 

Navy to ensure that the Navy maintains 9 carrier air wings until 

additional deployable aircraft carriers can fully support 10 

carrier air wings, or October 1, 2025, whichever is earlier. 

Thereafter, the Navy would be required to maintain 10 carrier 

air wings. 

The Navy intends to maintain 9 carrier air wings as the 

fleet returns to 11 operational aircraft carriers. The Navy 

argues that even with 11 operational aircraft carriers, two of 

those carriers are regularly unavailable for worldwide 
deployment due to routine or scheduled maintenance or repair to 

include refueling and complex overhauls, docking planned 

incremental availabilities, or planned incremental 

availabilities. Thus, the Navy believes that maintaining 9 

carrier air wings is sufficient to support 11 operational 

aircraft carriers and that maintaining 10 carrier air wings is 

unnecessary. 

Extension of prohibition on availability of funds for Navy port 

waterborne security barriers (sec. 122) 

The committee recommends a provision that would further 

extend through fiscal year 2024 an existing prohibition on the 

use of funds for waterborne security barriers. 

Multiyear procurement authority for Virginia class submarine 

program (sec. 123) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Navy to enter into one or more contracts for the multiyear 

procurement of the next block of 10 Virginia-class submarines. 

SUBTITLE D—AIR FORCE PROGRAMS 

Limitations and minimum inventory requirement relating to RQ-4 

aircraft (sec. 131) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

the Secretary of the Air Force from divesting any RQ-4 Block 40 

aircraft. The committee is concerned that retiring these 

aircraft would create a gap in moving target indications 

capabilities. There is also a lack of transparency from the 

Department of Defense on its intelligence, surveillance, and 

reconnaissance modernization plan. 

Limitation on divestiture of T-1A training aircraft (sec. 132) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

retirement of T-1A training aircraft pending a certain 

certification. 

The Air Force plans to alter the curriculum for pilots 

slated to fly multiengine aircraft, such as tankers or bombers. 

The service intends to take pilots who have graduated from 
undergraduate pilot training and then train them in more 

realistic simulators. Following simulator training, these pilots 

would be sent directly to operational squadrons. Pursuing such a 

course of action would obviate to the need to maintain the 

current numbers of intermediate trainers like the T-1A. 

Before supporting this divestiture, the committee needs to 

be sure that the Air Force's proposed alternative pilot training 

curriculum will be as effective, if not more effective, than the 

current program. The committee also needs to understand how the 

change could affect other programs. 

Modification to minimum inventory requirement for A-10 aircraft 

(sec. 133) 

The committee recommends a provision that would alleviate 

the current restrictions on retiring A-10 aircraft to allow the 

Air Force to retire 42 A-10 aircraft in fiscal year 2024. 

Modification to minimum requirement for total primary mission 

aircraft inventory of Air Force fighter aircraft (sec. 134) 

The committee recommends a provision that would reduce the 

number of fighter aircraft that the Air Force would be required 

to maintain from 1,145 fighters to 1,112. 

Modification of limitation on divestment of F-15 aircraft (sec. 

135) 

The committee recommends a provision that would modify 

section 150 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263), to 

include an accounting of remaining service life, upgrades, and 

other modifications made to each F-15 as part of the required 

report prior to divestment. 

While the committee largely supports the Air Force’s force 

design and modernization plans, concerns remain that Air Force 

divestment plans do not always target the oldest or least 

relevant parts of the aircraft fleet first. Specifically, the 

Air Force plans to retire portions of the F-15E Strike Eagle 

fleet that have also recently received expensive and necessary 

upgrades. The committee needs to understand such divestments in 

the broader context of actions with the whole fighter fleet. 

Report on Air Force executive aircraft (sec. 136) 
The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Air Force to produce a report on executive aircraft. 

Although the Air Force had indicated in previous fiscal 

years that it planned to divest certain C-40 executive aircraft, 

the Air Force no longer intends to pursue divestments of these 

aircraft during the future years defense program. The committee 

supports this decision, but needs more information about the 

factors that impact the Air Force’s planning and programming 

regarding these and other executive aircraft in order to better 

understand the long-term future of these aircraft and the 

missions that they support. 

Therefore, the Secretary of the Air Force shall provide a 

report to the congressional defense committees, not later than 

January 1, 2025, that includes information that can help the 

committee better understand demand for these aircraft, costs 

associated with operating them, and the role that the Air 

Force’s fleet of executive aircraft play in filling overall 

demand for Department of Defense executive aircraft. 

Understanding these factors will aid the committee in making 

informed assessments of any future planning and programming 

decisions that the Air Force may propose regarding these 

aircraft. 

SUBTITLE E—DEFENSE-WIDE, JOINT, AND 

MULTISERVICE MATTERS 

Pilot program to accelerate the procurement and fielding of 

innovative technologies (sec. 141) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 834 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) to allow the Secretary of Defense 

to waive the requirement to give priority to small businesses 

and nontraditional defense contractors for up to two 

solicitations for proposals per fiscal year. 

The committee notes that the Congress established the 

Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative 

Technologies (APFIT) program as a pilot pursuant to section 834 

of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. 

The committee believes that APFIT can be an important tool to 

accelerate the delivery of capabilities to the warfighter by 

providing expeditiously transitioned technologies from other 

pilot programs, prototype projects, and research projects into 

production and fielding. 

The committee notes that APFIT is on track to deliver 

critical capabilities earlier than previously anticipated, while 
contributing to the viability of the defense industrial base, 

including for small business and nontraditional defense 

contractors. The committee notes that section 834 directed the 

Secretary of Defense, in carrying out APFIT, to prioritize 

development by small businesses (as defined under section 3 of 

the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) or nontraditional 

defense contractors (as defined under section 2302 of title 10, 

United States Code). Although the committee remains supportive 

of this general prioritization, the committee believes that 

APFIT should be given limited flexibility to select technologies 

from traditional contractors when deemed necessary. 

Requirement to develop and implement policies to establish the 

datalink strategy of the Department of Defense (sec. 142) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Secretary of Defense to develop and implement policies that 

establish a unified datalink strategy and provide a briefing to 

the congressional defense committees on these policies. 

The Department of Defense's datalink strategies have 

focused on service- and platform-centric solutions that too 

frequently lack interoperability between weapon systems and 

depend on proprietary protocols that limit government use across 

multiple systems. These strategies have also lacked modularity 

for rapid upgrades and often rely on legacy Link-16 networks. 

The committee recognizes that the rapid exchange of 

information between weapon and sensor systems through datalinks 

will be a vital component of future warfare. For example, the 

core infrastructure of Joint All Domain Command and Control will 

rely on datalinks in order to improve force coordination through 

more timely command and control. The internet has been 

successful because it allows disparate systems to share data 

effectively through the use of standardized network protocols 

and interfaces. 

Finally, the committee understands that the People’s 

Republic of China has taken a whole-of-government approach to 

its system of datalinks, which has significantly advanced its 

combat capabilities across all warfighting domains. The 

committee believes that the United States needs a similar wholeof-government approach to succeed in any potential conflict. 

Report on contract for cybersecurity capabilities and briefing 

(sec. 143) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

to submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 

the decision to exercise options on an existing contract to use 

cybersecurity capabilities to protect assets and networks across 

the Department of Defense. The provision also would require a 

briefing on the plans of the Department to ensure competition 

and interoperability in the security and identity and access 

management product market segments. 

BUDGET ITEMS 

NAVY 

LPD-33 

Neither the budget request, nor the future years defense 

program, included funding for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy 

(SCN) to purchase the next amphibious transport dock, LPD-33. 

The Department of Defense has conducted extensive analysis 

of the LPD-17 class to redesign the ship to achieve cost 

savings. This resulted in the design of the Flight II ships. The 

LPD-33 would be the next Flight II ship of the LPD-17 class. 

Marine Corps witnesses have testified that there are no 

capabilities excess to their needs in the Flight II design, but 

the Department has decided to further study whether the LPD 

could be redesigned to yield a ship that would be less expensive 

to acquire. 

Given that is unlikely that the Navy could achieve major 

cost savings without significant changes in capabilities, the 

committee fails to see why the Department would stop production 

of LPDs without a replacement. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase in line 

number 14 of SCN of $1.9 billion to fully fund LPD-33. 

Auxiliary Personnel Lighter 

The budget request did not include any funding in line 

number 29 of SCN for Auxiliary Personnel Lighter (APL) 

procurement. APL barracks craft provide berthing and messing 

facilities for sailors up to an aircraft carrier size ship. The 

Navy inventory includes 20 APLs, with 12 of those craft having 

been built from 1944-1946 that were not designed to current 

safety standards. 

The committee recommends an increase of $72.0 million in 

SCN line number 29 for an additional APL-67 class berthing 

barge. 
Marine Corps ground based air defense 

The budget request included $249.1 million in Procurement, 

Marine Corps (PMC) for line number 10 Ground Based Air Defense. 

Marine Corps ground based interceptors allow for 

simultaneous neutralization of multiple missiles, proving to be 

a valuable capability in expeditionary advanced base operations. 

The committee recommends an increase of $4.5 million in 

PMC line number 10. 

AIR FORCE 

F-15EX realignment of funds 

The budget request included $2.7 billion in Aircraft 

Procurement, Air Force (APAF) line 5 F-15EX. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $200.4 

million in APAF line 5 and increases of $80.0 million in APAF 

line 81 Other Production Charges and $120.4 million in APAF line 

25 F-15. 

B-1B realignment of funds 

The budget request included $12.8 million in Aircraft 

Procurement, Air Force (APAF) line 20 B-1B. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $3.0 

million in APAF line 20 and a corresponding increase of $3.0 

million in APAF line 66 Initial Spares/Repair Parts. 

B-52 realignment of funds 

The budget request included $65.8 million in Aircraft 

Procurement, Air Force (APAF) line 21 B-52. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $14.0 

million in APAF line 21 and a corresponding increase of $14.0 

million in Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air 

Force (RDAF) for PE 11113F B-52 Squadrons. 

RC-135 alternate position, navigation, and timing upgrades 
The budget request included $220.1 million in line 51 of 

Aircraft Procurement, Air Force (APAF) for various modifications 

of RC-135 aircraft. The request included no funds for installing 

alternate position, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems onto 

the RC-135 fleet. 

Such alternate PNT systems would allow the RC-135 fleet to 

continue operating in a Global Positioning System (GPS)-degraded 

or GPS-denied environment. As adversaries increase their 

electronic warfare (EW) capabilities and their willingness to 

use EW outside of conflict, the committee believes that new PNT 

technology must be incorporated on the RC-135 aircraft fleet to 

ensure they can continue to execute their missions. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $20.0 

million in APAF line 51 to outfit RC-135 aircraft with alternate 

PNT systems. 

Initial Spares/Repair Parts realignment of funds 

The budget request included $781.5 million in Aircraft 

Procurement, Air Force (APAF) line 66 Initial Spares/Repair 

Parts. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $11.6 

million in APAF line 66 and a corresponding increase of $11.6 

million in APAF line 61 Other Aircraft. 

Base Maintenance Support Vehicles realignment of funds 

The budget request included $223.4 million in Other 

Procurement, Air Force (OPAF) line 11 Base Maintenance Support 

Vehicles. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $953,000 

in OPAF line 11 and increases of $340,000 in OPAF line 7 Special 

Purpose Vehicles, $285,000 in OPAF line 9 Materials Handling 

Vehicles, and $328,000 in OPAF line 4 Cargo and Utility 

Vehicles. 

Space Force realignment of funds 

The budget request included $840.9 million in Procurement, 

Space Force (PSF) line 16 Special Space Activities. 

The Space Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 
Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $497.0 

million in PSF line 16 and increases of $270.0 million in 

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) 

line 9999 Classified Programs for a classified program, $36.3 

million in PSF line 16 for Space Force Unfunded Priorities List 

Classified Program A, $83.0 million in RDSF line 9999 Classified 

Programs for Space Force Unfunded Priorities List Classified 

Program B, $53.0 million in RDSF line 9999 Classified Programs 

for Space Force Unfunded Priorities List Classified Program C, 

and $54.7 million in RDSF line 9999 Classified Programs for 

Space Force Unfunded Priorities List Classified Program D. 

DEFENSE WIDE 

Modernization of Department of Defense internet gateway cyber 

defense 

The budget request included $129.1 million in line number 

51 of Procurement, Defense-Wide (PDW) for Cyberspace Operations. 

Elsewhere in this report, the committee recommends a 

provision that would require the Secretary of Defense to carry 

out a modernization program for network boundary and crossdomain defense against cyber attacks, expanding upon the fiscal 

year 2023 pilot program and initial deployment to the primary 

Department of Defense internet access points (IAPs) managed by 

the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). The Consolidated 

Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-328) 

included funding to begin the procurement of a replacement for 

the current cyber defense system deployed at the major internet 

gateways of the Department of Defense. Additional funding beyond 

the requested amount is needed in fiscal year 2024 to sustain 

this initiative. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $31.0 

million in PDW line number 51 for internet gateway cyber 

defense. The committee further recommends related increases 

elsewhere in this Act. 

Seal Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Sonar Payload for Subsea Seabed 

Acceleration 

The budget request included $66.1 million in Procurement, 

Defense-wide (PDW) for Line 67 Underwater Systems. 

The committee notes that the Commander, U.S. Special 

Operations Command has identified the fielding of Seal Delivery 

Vehicle (SDV) sonar payloads as an unfunded requirement. 
Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $12.1 

million in line number 75 of PDW for the fielding of SDV sonar 

payloads. 

Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) Group 3 Defeat 

Acceleration 

The budget request included $329.8 million in Procurement, 

Defense-wide (PDW) for Line 75 Warrior Systems 

Chemical nerve agent countermeasures 

The budget request included $231.8 million in line number 

80 of Procurement, Defense-wide (PDW) for Chemical and 

Biological Protection and Hazard Mitigation. 

The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in 

PDW line number 80 for antidote treatment nerve agent 

autoinjectors. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Acquisition of shoulder launched munitions 

The committee is aware that the U.S. Army is pursuing a 

single-shot, disposable, shoulder-launched weapon, known as the 

XM919 Individual Assault Munition (IAM). The program seeks a 

mature, production-ready, shoulder-launched munition system 

capable of engaging multiple target configurations from open and 

confined spaces. The committee is monitoring the U.S. Army's 

one-size-fits-all approach to ensure the weapon systems can 

defeat the full array of potential targets. Should the U.S. Army 

find that current technology is not mature enough to meet the 

U.S. Army's single system requirements, and in particular, 

exceeds current weight requirements, the committee encourages 

the Secretary of the Army to adjust their IAM acquisition 

strategy or consider adopting a strategy that leverages program 

alternatives. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Army to submit a report to the congressional defense committees, 

not later than March 1, 2024, on the U.S. Army's IAM acquisition 

strategy. The report shall include: (1) An assessment of 

industry's current ability to achieve IAM program requirements; 

(2) Investments and resources needed to achieve the U.S. Army's 

requirements for a single system; and (3) An assessment of 

alternatives for the program. 

Air-to-air missiles 
The committee supports the U.S. Air Force’s work on 

modernizing its arsenal of air-to-air missiles, and acknowledges 

their criticality to effective deterrence, and, if necessary, to 

support combat operations. The committee recognizes that work is 

currently underway to replace the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range 

Air-to-Air Missile with the AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical 

Missile, but the AIM-260 is yet to be fielded. The committee 

believes that an iterative approach to air-to-air missile 

development, including overlapping missile development programs, 

is needed to remain competitive against strategic competitors, 

as it reduces the time between capability improvements, fosters 

increased competition, builds a stronger and more resilient 

defense industrial base, and improves production capacity. The 

committee also recognizes that improvements to requirements, 

integration, and testing would be required to support more rapid 

development and fielding of air-to-air weapons. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not 

later than February 1, 2024, on a plan to implement a more 

iterative and rapid approach to air-to-air missile acquisition 

and development to include: (1) Strategies and policies for 

executing overlapping production of air-to-air missile programs 

that provide more iterative and rapid capability advances and 

strengthen the defense industrial base; (2) Plans to streamline 

and accelerate the integration and testing of multiple air-toair munitions across weapon systems, to include an evaluation of 

whether open system architectures for weapons can and should be 

implemented; (3) Strategies to ensure effective coordination and 

collaboration across military services to leverage cross-service 

development and testing efficiencies; (4) An evaluation of 

whether additional infrastructure to support air-to-air weapons 

testing within the Navy and Air Force range infrastructure, to 

include target drones, would be required to support an 

acceleration of air-to-air missile development programs, with 

any resources required in such case; (5) An evaluation of 

whether the use of unmanned aircraft as launch platforms for 

early air-to-air missile development would enable accelerated 

development at lower risk; (6) An evaluation of whether any 

existing munitions within the defense industrial base would 

sufficiently augment current air-to-air missile capabilities and 

stockpiles, including a description of any associated 

integration costs and time; and (7) A list of any additional 

resources or authorities which would be required to execute the 

Department’s strategy. 

Aircraft survivability equipment 
The committee is concerned about the threats posed to lowflying U.S. military aircraft from enemy air defense systems. 

Department of Defense fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters 

operating at low altitudes often are exposed to threats. These 

threat systems are widely proliferated and are a significant 

risk to our forces. 

Additionally, the committee understands that in-aircraft 

survivability equipment and weapons engagement training aids and 

opportunities are not as available to the reserve component 

aviation enterprise as they are to the active component. This 

creates a disparity in training uniformity that could negatively 

affect National Guard and reserve aviator readiness, and reduces 

their capability to assist the active component during conflict 

operations. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretaries of the 

military departments, or their designees, and representatives 

from the National Guard and reserve components, to provide a 

briefing to the congressional defense committees, not later than 

March 1, 2024, on the service strategy for fielding and 

maintaining aircraft survivability equipment on U.S. military 

aircraft to counter modern enemy air defense systems and other 

widely proliferated threats, including identification of 

commercial off-the-shelf capabilities that would provide threat 

replication and simulation, and a list of National Guard and 

reserve aviation training sites where this training could be 

implemented. 

Ammunition manufacturing industrial base 

The committee is interested in better understanding the 

commercial defense industrial base that supports ammunition 

production, specifically small and medium caliber, for the 

Department of Defense (DOD). 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to brief the Senate Armed Services Committee, not later 

than March 1, 2024, on the health of the defense industrial base 

with regard to small arms ammunition manufacturing, production, 

and procurement. The briefing shall include a market review of 

current suppliers to the DOD as well as the DOD's strategy and 

acquisition framework for defining and forecasting requirements 

of the domestic defense industrial base. The briefing shall also 

include the feasibility of providing future multi-year forecasts 

to industry suppliers. Further, the briefing shall include an 

organizational chart and timeline for how the program executive 

agent, in this case the Department of the Army, solicits and 

responds to training requirements and needs across the military 

departments. 
Army small arms 

The committee supports the Army's investment in its next 

generation squad weapon, but is concerned that the Army is not 

sufficiently investing across its enduring small arms 

capabilities. As the majority of soldiers will continue to carry 

current inventory weapons, the Army should ensure that these 

systems remain the most accurate and lethal available, whether 

through improved components, accessories, or munitions. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army 

to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than February 

29, 2024, that includes: (1) A summary by weapon type of ongoing 

modernization efforts; (2) An assessment of components or 

accessories, to include those commercially available, the Army 

is considering as part of its modernization efforts; and (3) An 

assessment of the maturity of improved 5.56mm ammunition to 

include any constraints to integrating new ammunition, if 

available. 

Army watercraft modernization 

The committee supports the Army's efforts to re-establish 

a modernized watercraft fleet. The committee recognizes 

watercraft as key enablers to Army and joint forces in support 

of logistics operations in a maritime theater, including overthe-shore and intra-theater transport of mission critical 

equipment and personnel. However, the committee is concerned 

with delays and increased costs in both the Landing Craft 

Utility Service Life Extension Program and the Maneuver Support 

Vehicle (Light). Additionally, as the Army initiates its efforts 

related to the Mission Support Vehicle (Heavy), the committee 

will be interested in requirements development, to include how 

the Army is working with the Navy and Marine Corps on common 

capabilities. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army 

to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than February 

29, 2024, on its watercraft modernization strategy. At a 

minimum, the briefing should include: (1) An assessment of 

current Army watercraft shortfalls across all classes; (2) A 

fielding plan of new Army watercraft and retirement plan of 

current Army watercraft organized by year; (3) A cost estimate 

for the activation and deactivation of the actions in (2); and 

(4) A detailed plan to coordinate with the Department of the 

Navy on Mission Support Vehicle (Heavy) acquisition, 

requirements development, and shipbuilder engagement. 
Black Hawk modernization 

The committee understands that the Army will retain 

between 800-900 Black Hawk helicopters through approximately 

2060. Given the planned length of service, the Army will need to 

modernize these aircraft to ensure continued relevance and 

interoperability with the balance of the force. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army 

to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, 

not later than 30 days after the submission of the President’s 

budget request for fiscal year 2025, that identifies the 

requested funding for Black Hawk modernization in the fiscal 

year 2025–2029 future years defense plan, provides program 

definition, and identifies a program acquisition strategy. 

Blue Grass Army Depot 

The committee notes that the Joint Explanatory Statement 

to Accompany the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) directed the 

Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the 

Army, to conduct a feasibility study to assess potential 

missions, plants, or industries feasible for Army or Department 

of Defense needs at the Blue Grass Army Depot following the 

completion of the mission at the Blue Grass Chemical AgentDestruction Pilot Plant. The committee further notes that the 

findings of this study were to be reported to the congressional 

defense committees not later than March 1, 2023. However, the 

Department has missed this deadline. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Department of 

Defense, in consultation with the Department of the Army, to 

complete its study on the Blue Grass Army Depot and report back 

to the congressional defense committees by September 1, 2023. 

Briefing on Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System 

The committee applauds the Army and Special Operations 

Command (USSOCOM) for co-developing and fielding the Degraded 

Visual Environment Pilotage System (DVEPS) as a quick reaction 

capability on a limited number of MH-60, MH-47, and HH-60 

rotorcraft. The performance of this capability during recent 

deployments in support of NATO deterrence efforts validates this 

emphasis placed by the Army and USSOCOM. Additionally, the 

committee is pleased that degraded visual environment mitigation 

has been included as a critical capability on future vertical 
lift airframes. However, the committee is concerned that the 

Army has not developed a comprehensive strategy to transition 

the DVEPS to a degraded visual environment program of record for 

enduring platforms across components. The committee understands 

that Army testing of DVEPS has demonstrated increased 

situational awareness of hazards during all phases of flight and 

may have applicability beyond limited degraded visual 

environment takeoff and landing situations. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army 

to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than January 

31, 2024, which details the Army’s plan to incorporate DVEPS 

into the enduring helicopter fleet across components. 

Collaborative combat aircraft to support agile combat employment 

The committee supports the U.S. Air Force's plan to 

investigate achieving affordable mass with the use of 

collaborative combat aircraft. However, the committee is 

concerned that the current strategy does not prioritize fielding 

of tactically relevant aircraft at a low cost point on a 

timeline that matches current intelligence assessments, and that 

aligns with the Air Force's Agile Combat Employment plan. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force to provide a briefing, not later than January 31, 2024, to 

the congressional defense committees on efforts to ensure that 

prototypes developed for the collaborative combat aircraft 

program include procurement and life cycle cost targets per air 

vehicle, consideration for low cost air vehicles already in 

production, and options for operating from austere locations 

with very short runways. 

Command Post Computing Environment 

The committee recognizes the Army’s efforts to develop a 

common operating environment in order to provide commanders an 

intuitive, data-informed, and tailorable common operating 

picture and mission command suite of applications. The Command 

Post Computing Environment is a key program intended to enable a 

common operating picture from battalion to service component 

commander. The committee also supports ongoing experimentation 

and operational employment by Army subordinate units and 

component commands of geographic combatant commands in which 

commercial off-the-shelf capabilities are being integrated in 

order to facilitate joint and coalition interoperability. The 

committee encourages continuation of this dual-pronged approach 

to capabilities development. 
The committee directs the Secretary of the Army to brief 

the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives, not later than January 31, 2024, on how it is 

instilling lessons learned from subordinate command 

experimentation and operational application, as well as 

assessing scalability of commercial off-the-shelf capabilities. 

Compass Call 

The U.S. Air Force plans to modernize the Compass Call 

fleet by fielding 10 EC-37B aircraft with advanced electronic 

warfare capabilities to replace 14 EC-130 aircraft. 

The committee believes that the U.S. Air Force needs to 

place additional emphasis on ground-based simulators and 

trainers to maintain crew proficiency with a smaller force 

structure available for training. The committee expects the U.S. 

Air Force to reflect the seriousness of this situation by 

budgeting for simulator and trainer development, procurement, 

and fielding in future budget requests. 

Comptroller General review of Army air and missile defense 

modernization 

The Army has undertaken efforts to modernize its air and 

missile defense capabilities. This Army modernization priority 

is critical to the Army's ability to protect formations from the 

advanced threats on the modern battlefield, including aircraft, 

missiles, and unmanned aircraft systems. 

To assist the committee in its oversight of these efforts, 

the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United 

States to review and assess the Army’s air and missile defense 

modernization efforts and plans. The Comptroller General’s 

review should assess: 

(1) The systems or technologies the Army is 

developing in the near- and long-term to improve air and missile 

defense; 

(2) The requirements or desired capabilities 

associated with air and missile defense; 

(3) The extent to which the Army has applied leading 

practices for acquisitions in air and missile defense programs; 

and 

(4) How the Army has positioned itself with research 

and development resources, in terms of funding and personnel, to 

develop these technologies. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to 

provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees not 
later than June 28, 2024, and a report at a time agreed upon at 

the time of the briefing. 

Comptroller General review of Army long-range fires 

modernization 

The Army has taken steps to modernize its long-range fires 

capabilities. To support this key priority, the Army is 

considering a wide range of systems, including new missiles and 

launchers as well as extended range cannon munitions. 

To assist in oversight of these efforts, the committee 

directs the Comptroller General of the United States to review 

and assess the Army’s long-range fires modernization efforts and 

plans. The Comptroller General’s review should assess: 

(1) The Army's overall acquisition strategy for the 

systems or technologies it seeks in the near- and long-term to 

improve its long-range fires; 

(2) The requirements or desired capabilities 

associated with long-range fires; 

(3) The extent to which the Army has applied leading 

practices for acquisitions in its long-range fires programs; and 

(4) How the Army has positioned itself with research 

and development resources, in terms of funding and personnel, to 

develop these technologies, to include improved range munitions. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to 

provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees not 

later than March 1, 2024, and a report at a time agreed upon at 

the time of the briefing. 

Counter-small unmanned aerial systems 

The committee recognizes the challenges that rapidly 

evolving unmanned aerial aircraft pose to U.S., allied, and 

partner forces. As the executive agent for the Joint Countersmall Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO), the Army leads and 

directs joint counter-small unmanned aircraft systems (C-sUAS) 

doctrine, requirements, materiel, and training development to 

establish joint solutions for current and future sUAS threats. 

As such, the Army has primary responsibility for testing and 

evaluating C-sUAS capabilities for use across the joint force. 

Critically, the Army must also assess capabilities that may 

provide immediate benefit to allies and partners, particularly 

those facing ongoing threats in Europe and the Middle East. 

The committee understands that since its inception, the 

JCO has carried out several demonstrations in realistic 

operational environments, and has recommended systems and 
capabilities to serve as providers of C-sUAS for the military 

services. The committee also recognizes the very real challenge 

of outpacing evolving threat technologies and the role softwaredefined technologies play in the rapid integration of new 

components, sensors, and effectors into systems. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army 

to brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

House of Representatives, not later than February 29, 2024, on 

matters related to its joint C-sUAS efforts to include: (1) A 

description of Army efforts to ensure JCO-approved C-sUAS 

capabilities are rapidly identified and acquired for the joint 

force; and (2) An overview of how identified systems integrate 

with current systems to close critical capability gaps. 

In the aforementioned briefing, the Secretary of the Army 

shall also include a specific update on C-sUAS efforts in the 

Middle East to include: (1) An assessment of recent 

technological advancements utilized to counter armed sUAS 

threats from Iran and Iranian linked groups; (2) A list of any 

cooperative agreements that the Department has entered into with 

allies and partners to improve C-sUAS capabilities in the Middle 

East; and (3) An assessment of any additional technological 

advancements that could be utilized in coordination with allies 

and partners in the Middle East or advancements that could be 

transferred to counter such threats. 

Dual-use innovative technology for the Army’s Robotic Combat 

Vehicle program 

The committee encourages the Army to continue using the 

software acquisition pathway approach as well as leveraging 

dual-use, innovative commercial technology for the Robotic 

Combat Vehicle program, and consider a similar framework for 

future ground vehicles, such as the Optionally Manned Fighting 

Vehicle and the Common Tactical Truck programs. The committee 

also encourages the military services to consider this dual-use 

acquisition approach for their autonomous ground vehicle 

programs. 

Expeditionary field feeding equipment 

The committee understands that the Department of the Army 

requires upgraded equipment for field feeding and soldier 

sustainment. 

The committee therefore directs the Secretary of the Army 

to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives not later than March 31, 
2024, on the Army’s modernization and sustainment plans for 

expeditionary field feeding equipment. 

The briefing shall include: 

(1) The Army’s current inventory of expeditionary 

field feeding equipment; 

(2) The Army’s current requirement for expeditionary 

field feeding equipment; 

(3) The Army’s modernization plan for expeditionary 

field feeding equipment; 

(4) Any relevant investments currently programmed 

for within the Future Years Defense Program; and 

(5) Such other matters as the Secretary may deem 

appropriate. 

Extended Range Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System 

The committee notes that the Army is analyzing cost 

reduction initiatives for the Extended Range Guided Multiple 

Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) modification. GMLRS is proving 

essential in Ukraine’s fight against Russia and the committee 

believes an extended range variant will provide a critical 

capability in future military operations. The committee 

encourages the Secretary of the Army to continue development of 

the Extended Range GMLRS and to examine all cost reduction 

measures, including qualification of a second source for the 

solid rocket motor. 

F-22 Block 20 divestment 

The committee is aware the Air Force has requested 

authority to divest all 32 F-22 Block 20 aircraft. 

The committee does not believe this would be prudent, 

given the fact that the F-22 fleet would consist of only 153 

aircraft after such a divestiture. The committee recognizes that 

these Block 20 aircraft could easily be used for pilot training 

even if these aircraft do not have the latest avionics systems. 

Such training on Block 20 aircraft would reduce the demand for 

wear and tear on the F-22 Block 30/35 aircraft, reserving their 

useful life for potential conflicts. 

Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft 

The committee notes that for fiscal year 2024, the U.S. 

Army reaffirmed that the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft 

(FARA) is the U.S. Army’s number one aviation modernization 

priority. This platform is required to restore attack and 

reconnaissance dominance by mitigating enemy long-range 
capabilities by creating lethal effects from outside enemy 

sensors and weapons range and allowing joint force commanders to 

maneuver from relative sanctuary. 

The committee fully agrees with this assessment, but notes 

that the U.S. Army has had considerable difficulty with this 

requirement over the past 25 years, and has failed to bring 

forth an aircraft to fill this need, with schedule risk 

appearing to further delay the program by as much as a year. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Army to submit a report to the congressional defense committees 

on the FARA program not later than 30 days after the submission 

of the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2025. This 

report shall: (1) Identify the requested funding for the FARA 

program in the fiscal year 2025–2029 future years defense 

program by year and appropriation; (2) Provide a status update 

on program progress and acquisition strategy; and (3) Identify 

any funding gaps, by year and appropriation, needed to support 

the program of record and acquisition strategy for the FARA 

program. 

Ground autonomous mobility 

The committee commends the Department of the Army on 

progress made towards integrating autonomous mobility 

capabilities in existing and future ground systems. However, the 

committee is concerned that the existing development structure 

that the U.S. Army uses to design, test, and field ground 

systems may not meet the challenges that autonomous mobility 

poses. The committee notes the importance of an enterprise-wide 

approach to data collection and management to ensure common 

infrastructure for autonomous mobility solutions across Army 

programs. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army 

to provide a briefing, not later than March 1, 2024, to the 

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives on efforts to manage autonomy across its ground 

vehicle programs to ensure governing Program Executive Offices, 

and the subordinate programs, remain in sync as autonomy 

capabilities are developed. 

HH-60W combat rescue helicopter 

The combat rescue helicopter (CRH) program is developing 

the HH-60W aircraft to replace rapidly aging HH-60G Pave Hawk 

helicopters. The low density, high demand HH-60G has sustained 

an extreme operational tempo, making it the most deployed rotary 

wing asset in the Department of Defense (DOD). Operational 
analysis has shown a requirement for as many as 144 aircraft to 

support this enduring military mission, as well as living up to 

the moral imperative to leave no one behind. 

The committee urges the Department to restore aircraft 

quantities to meet requirements and avoid capability gaps that 

would result from buying fewer than the 113 aircraft program of 

record for the DOD combat rescue helicopter fleet. The committee 

believes that the Department should buy out this program of 

record of 113 aircraft, and urges the DOD to do so. The 

committee urges the DOD to avoid delays in planned procurement 

and support planned restructuring activities across the U.S. Air 

Force. 

High Energy Laser capabilities 

The committee recognizes the U.S. Army Rapid Capability 

and Critical Technologies Office's efforts toward developing 

High Energy Laser capabilities to meet the mission requirements 

for counter-unmanned aerial systems, counter-rocket, artillery, 

and mortar, and counter-cruise missile missions. Therefore, the 

committee encourages the Secretary of the Army to transition 

these systems to the relevant Army acquisition programs of 

record and accelerate their delivery for operational use. 

Hoist systems for UH-60/HH-60 

The UH-60/HH-60 helicopter fleet supports a wide range of 

missions, including medical evacuation, aerial firefighting, and 

special operations across the Active and Reserve Components. 

Rescue hoist systems provide key capabilities for these 

aircraft. Both backup hoist systems and litter basket 

stabilization are critical characteristics of hoist systems that 

enhance aircraft capacity and save patient lives. The committee 

encourages the U.S. Army to pursue airworthiness releases for 

powered ascender systems in addition to litter stabilization 

systems already used by other components and ensure distribution 

for UH-60/HH-60 aircraft across the total force. 

KC-135 Emergency Response Refuel Equipment Kit 

The committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to 

provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, no later than June 1, 

2024, on the implications of the National Guard’s KC-135 fleet 

lacking the Emergency Response Refuel Equipment Kit (ERREK). The 

briefing should address: (1) If, without ERREK, the National 

Guard’s KC-135 fleet will be able to meet capability 
requirements to transfer fuel on and off the aircraft for 

disaster relief operations where there is no ground power 

infrastructure available to move fuel to support fuel truck, 

bladder, or ground fuel tanks; (2) The consequences to the 

National Guard’s intended missions without this KC-135 

capability; and (3) How the National Guard intends to meet these 

capability requirements. 

Large surface combatants 

The U.S. Navy needs to make progress toward the goal of a 

355-ship fleet. DDG-51 destroyers will be an integral part of 

any plan to achieve that goal because they provide significant 

multi-mission capability, including strategic land strike; antiaircraft, anti-surface ship, and anti-submarine warfare; and 

ballistic missile defense. 

In addition to falling short of its stated goal of 355 

ships, the Department of the Navy remains short of sufficient 

large surface combatants. The U.S. Navy will have an inventory 

of 85 large surface combatants in fiscal year 2023. This number 

is projected to decline to as few as 77 large surface combatants 

in the fiscal year 2031 and does not return to the current level 

of 85 ships before the fiscal year 2038. This is well short of 

the 120 ships identified in the analysis that led to the 

Department goal of 355 ships later codified in law. 

Section 125 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) 

provided new multi-year contract authority for up to 15 DDG-51s 

over five years and authorized the U.S. Navy to procure 3 DDG51s in fiscal year 2023. 

The U.S. Navy continues to work towards developing the 

next generation destroyer (DDG(X)), which will have the size and 

power capabilities to house next-generation weapons while 

maintaining this multi-mission capability. The committee 

continues to encourage the U.S. Navy, per section 130 of the 

James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263), to pursue a collaborative 

design, development, and acquisition strategy for DDG(X). Early 

collaboration between the U.S. Navy, shipbuilders, and major 

component producers allows for greater design maturity and cost 

efficiency. Part of this strategy, as Navy officials have stated 

in congressional testimony, should be to continue to build DDG51 Flight III destroyers concurrently with the DDG(X) at the 

beginning of DDG(X) production to keep Flight III capability 

flowing to the fleet, while sustaining a fragile shipbuilding 

industrial base. The committee believes a consistent demand 

signal to the shipbuilding industrial base is critical to 
driving the hiring and training of the shipbuilding workforce at 

all levels. 

Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) program integration with MQ-25 

The MQ-25A Stingray will be the first operational, 

carrier-based unmanned aircraft, and will provide aerial 

refueling capability for the carrier air wing. The platform will 

also have intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) 

capabilities. Under the Navy's current plan, the MQ-25 will be 

operated by a human air vehicle pilot to coordinate its 

refueling mission and to control its approach to and landing on 

the carrier. Additional investments will be needed to safely and 

efficiently operate MQ-25 under conditions where traditional 2- 

way data links are unavailable. 

The committee is encouraged that the Navy has prioritized 

development of these capabilities under the manned-unmanned 

teaming (MUM-T) program. The MUM-T program intends to accelerate 

developments to address autonomy issues, including developing 

the capability for the MQ-25 to receive in-flight refueling. The 

committee is supportive of this effort, and eager to see the 

various pieces of the program come together in a timely and 

efficient manner consistent with the fielding of the MQ-25. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy 

to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, 

not later than January 31, 2024, on efforts to integrate MUM-T 

into MQ-25 operations. 

Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle sustainment 

The committee notes that the Department of Defense 

continues to divest more of the nearly $50 billion fleet of 

Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles even as the MRAP 

vehicles continue to demonstrate operational capability in 

Ukraine. The committee is concerned that the Department has not 

invested in its own MRAP vehicle fleet for several years, 

particularly as operations in Europe demonstrate the continued 

risk to military forces that mines present. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide 

a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives not later than January 31, 2024, on 

the Department of Defense’s long-term strategy for MRAP vehicles 

to ensure this critical asset is available for future 

requirements. 
Modernization of the Air Force fighter force structure 

The committee needs a better understanding of the U.S. Air 

Force long range plans for modernizing the fighter force. The 

Air Force is currently operating several series of aircraft in 

the inventory, including A-10, F-15, F-16, F-22, and F-35. 

Adding the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) and the 

Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) platforms to the force is in 

the Air Force's longer-term plans. 

The committee understands that the Air Force now has 

specific force structure modernization plans for at least 10 of 

its 29 fighter squadrons in the Air Reserve Component (ARC) 

through fiscal year 2031. The committee believes that this time 

horizon is too close to provide adequate information about the 

future of the total fighter force. Questions that remain 

unanswered include whether the U.S. Air Force planning to 

recapitalize all of the other 19 ARC fighter squadrons or shift 

one or more squadrons to other high priority missions and 

whether the U.S. Air Force is planning to shift missions for any 

of the active duty fighter squadrons. A longer-term assessment 

could help clarify Air Force plans and could help as well to: 

(1) Provide the Congress with a clear understanding 

of the U.S. Air Force's plans and the ability to provide more 

informed oversight; 

(2) Mitigate recruitment and retention challenges in 

skilled and experienced manpower that are associated with the 

uncertainty associated with looming divestments; and 

(3) Avoid hindering recruitment/retention of 

servicemembers transitioning from Active Duty to the Reserve 

components. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force to produce a plan for long-term support of fighter force 

structure in the active and reserve components. The Secretary 

shall provide a report on that plan to the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives not 

later than April 1, 2024. 

That report shall detail plans for force structure, 

recapitalization, and sustainment for the next 20 years. The 

report shall address specific year-by-year plans for procurement 

and unit activation or deactivation. Finally, the report shall 

also address the following: 

(1) The appropriate mix of fighter force structure 

for the Active Duty and ARC units; 

(2) The specific plan for modernizing each of the 

active duty units and the ARC units; 

(3) How the U.S. Air Force will maintain readiness 

during units' recapitalization or change of missions; and 
(4) Any plans to shift missions of active or reserve 

component units, and if so, explanation of the shifts and timing 

of implementation. 

Modular open systems architecture 

The committee commends the continued Department of Defense 

(DOD) progress on implementing Modular Open Systems 

Architectures including the Air Force's Sensor Open Systems 

Architecture and the Army's Command, Control, Communications, 

Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance 

(C5ISR)/Electronic Warfare Modular Open Suite of Standards 

(CMOSS) in a variety of programs of record. 

The committee is encouraged by the Air Force's work toward 

integration of open systems architecture into systems on 

platforms across the Air Force inventory as it supports better 

interoperability and easier, more affordable modernization 

across a range of capabilities. The committee encourages the Air 

Force to continue investments into open systems architecture 

research and sustainment to ensure the expanding workload is 

supported. 

The committee also appreciates the progress the Army has 

made toward the fielding of CMOSS and the envisioned CMOSS 

Mounted Form Factor (CMFF) program. The committee looks forward 

the long-range cost benefits CMFF will yield to the Army, once 

deployed, including reduced size, weight, and power of systems, 

increased capabilities, speed of development, speed of 

technology refresh, far lower operations and maintenance costs 

for the military services, and increased industry competition. 

In particular, the committee is encouraged by the potential for 

the Army to utilize CMFF to quickly onboard a far greater volume 

of third-party and Government-owned software capability that is 

currently locked out of Army platforms that do not have open 

architecture points of software integration. This opportunity 

will provide the military services with increased industrial 

base competition, especially small and medium sized businesses, 

which will lower the costs for the DOD. 

Given the significant maturity of CMOSS technology, the 

small number of CMFF systems planned for Block 1 fielding, and 

the potential cost savings that can be realized in accelerating 

deployment, the committee encourages Program Executive Office, 

Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T) to strongly 

consider advancing the procurement schedule for the CMFF Block 2 

fielding selection to fiscal year 2025. 

Novel printed armament components 
The committee recognizes the Army’s critical role in 

providing advanced hybrid technologies for armaments that offer 

lethality overmatch against adversaries. Maintaining a strong 

armaments technology base will require continued investments to 

rapidly design, develop, manufacture, and integrate new 

processes and applications for current and future systems. The 

committee encourages the Secretary of the Army to continue the 

development of enabling printed electronics, energetics, 

materials, and sensors for munition systems. 

Polymer ammunition casing 

The committee is pleased with the Department of Defense’s 

development of lightweight polymer ammunition casing to 

significantly reduce weight for our warfighters, land vehicles, 

and aircraft. Weight reduction has been a critical priority goal 

within the Department. The committee understands that the Marine 

Corps has finished years of testing and evaluation and has 

approved lightweight polymer .50 caliber ammunition round casing 

for training and combat. The committee also understands that the 

Army has started a similar process for a .50 caliber polymer 

round casing. The committee strongly encourages the Army to 

leverage the existing Marine Corps test data to help accelerate 

its test and evaluation process. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Army to brief the Senate Armed Services Committee not later than 

March 1, 2024, on its testing and acquisition plan for the .50 

caliber polymer round casing. 

Portable arm stabilizer technology 

The committee recognizes portable arm stabilizers have the 

potential to affect combat readiness by improving accuracy, 

target acquisition, and mobility, while maintaining stability 

during engagements. Distinct from arm braces, portable arm 

stabilizers are a lightweight, cost-effective option to provide 

warfighters additional support while addressing targets. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army 

to brief the congressional defense committees not later than 

March 31, 2024 about the potential value and utility of fielding 

portable arm stabilizer technology to select infantry units. The 

briefing shall include an assessment of current portable Army 

stabilizers, a cost analysis indicating whether such technology 

would result in a change in ammunition costs to the Army, the 

impact on Army training initiatives, the impact on operational 

effectiveness or combat readiness, and any challenges to 

fielding. 
Portable hybrid generators 

The committee recognizes that the U.S. Army will need a 

multiyear procurement for approximately 20,000 new hybrid field 

generators in the 2kW to 5kW class to support tactical battle 

space and approximately 30,000 10kW to 30kW hybrid auxiliary 

power units to support joint light tactical vehicles. The new 

generation of generators and auxiliary power units should 

include advanced electronics, increase in fuel efficiency, 

substantially lower noise and weight, and a much reduced thermal 

signature. The committee finds that continued investment and 

fielding of lightweight field generators and auxiliary power 

units will be necessary to support the modernization efforts of 

the U.S. Army of 2030. 

Precision Strike Missile 

The committee supports the Army's top modernization 

priority, long-range precision fires, and acknowledges its 

criticality to deterrence, and if necessary, combat operations 

in the Indo-Pacific region. The committee recognizes the Army's 

acquisition of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) to destroy, 

neutralize, or suppress targets at ranges greater than 400 

kilometers and supports the development of follow-on PrSM 

capability to increase range, lethality, and engagement of 

critical targets. The President's budget request for fiscal year 

2024 requests funding for 110 PrSM munitions and forecasts 

requesting 242 PrSM munitions in fiscal year 2028. The committee 

notes that PrSM munitions in sufficient supply, and in various 

increments, will further enable the Army to contribute to the 

joint force. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Army to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services 

of the Senate and House of Representatives, not later than 

February 29, 2024, on an assessment of the program to include: 

(1) An analysis of the capacity of the industrial base to meet 

steady-state and wartime surge requirements for production of 

PrSM munitions within the next 5 years; (2) Options for 

accelerating the production of PrSM munitions beyond current 

future years defense program projections; and (3) An investment 

plan to reach procurement of 400 PrSM munitions per year in the 

shortest amount of time. 
Programmable airburst munitions 

The committee is aware of industry efforts within the 

United States to develop, test, and field 40mm programmable 

airburst munitions. The committee believes that 40mm 

programmable airburst munitions are an important capability that 

U.S. ground forces could employ on current and future 

battlefields in both mounted and dismounted operations. Largescale ground combat operations in Ukraine demonstrate the 

significant risk to close combat formations when confronting an 

enemy force in fixed defensive positions, to include trenches. 

In these situations, 40mm programmable airburst munitions could 

offer an effective and lethal alternative, providing important 

flexibility in the close fight. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army 

to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, 

not later than February 29, 2024, on current efforts to develop 

40mm programmable airburst munitions. 

Reducing soldier load 

The committee recognizes the Army’s efforts to improve 

individual soldier lethality, but remains concerned about the 

risks of overloading soldiers. In the report, “Soldier Load 

Management Strategy Update,” provided to Congress on September 

22, 2021, in response to the Senate report accompanying S. 2792 

(S. Rept. 117-39) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2022, the Army outlined its efforts to address 

soldier loads while acknowledging that, at that time, the Army 

required its average infantry team leader to carry approximately 

121 pounds, a 6.4 pound increase compared to similar equipment 

from 2018. The committee believes that cutting edge 

technologies, such as the Maneuverable Lightweight Electric 

Weight Reducer, may help reduce load requirements and increase 

the operational effectiveness of soldiers. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army 

to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives not later than March 1, 

2024, on technologies it is exploring to reduce soldier load and 

increase overall soldier effectiveness, lethality, and 

survivability. 

Report on Air Force national tactical integration 

The Air Force national tactical integration (NTI) mission, 

created during the global war on terror, was manned and trained 
to assist the Air Operations Center (AOC) and other operational 

units in tasks that individual analysts at the time could not 

accomplish on their own, providing a conduit between classified 

systems, the Intelligence Community (IC), and the warfighter. 

Since then, individual uniformed analysts in the AOC and 

other organizations now have access and training to use those 

tools on their own, quickly and seamlessly accessing the 

classified systems needed for their mission. As NTI in its 

current form does not operate in a delegated mission by NSA, it 

no longer functions in the way it was designed, which was to 

coordinate between IC elements and the warfighter. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force to provide a briefing to the congressional defense 

committees, not later than January 31, 2024, on the utility of 

NTI in its current form, any overlaps between NTI and with other 

elements of Air Force intelligence, and whether those highly 

trained personnel could be better used supporting other 

important missions. 

Report on reuse of modern equipment from F-16 aircraft being 

retired 

The Air Force plans to divest F-16 Block 30/32 aircraft in 

the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve components over the 

next several years as the fleet is upgraded to post-Block 30/32 

F-16 aircraft. Many of these Block 30/32 aircraft contain 

upgraded and modernized equipment, such as active electronically 

scanned array radars, multi-function information distribution 

system/joint tactical radio system communications terminals, 

upgraded radios, and countermeasures systems, among other 

equipment. 

Many aircraft in the post-Block 30/32 F-16 fleet have not 

been outfitted with these upgrades. The committee believes that 

it would be prudent to harvest these upgraded systems from the 

Block 30/32 aircraft and use these systems to upgrade post-Block 

30/32 aircraft. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force to provide a briefing to the congressional defense 

committees, not later than February 28, 2024, on the Air Force's 

plan to use equipment harvested from retiring aircraft to 

upgrade the F-16s that will remain in service. 

Report on the Air Force Agile Combat Employment program 

The committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to 

provide a report to the congressional defense committees not 
later than April 1, 2024, on various aspects of the Agile Combat 

Employment (ACE) program. 

The committee needs to understand the program's concepts, 

and whether: (1) The Air Force has fully defined ACE concepts 

and provided appropriate funding for the program; (2) Such 

concepts differ depending on the theater of operations; and (3) 

There is any Air Force official or organization in charge of 

developing and testing ACE concepts and modifying or enhancing 

such concepts based on testing or experimentation. 

This report shall include a chart that tracks all ACErelated funding lines in the budget. 

Requirement for delivery of piloted fixed-wing tactical aircraft 

integrated acquisition portfolio review 

Over the next 5 years, the military services are 

modernizing existing aircraft units by proposing to spend more 

than $20 billion annually to develop and acquire new aircraft 

and retire a significant number of aircraft to reduce overall 

tactical aircraft capacity. The Department of Defense (DOD) is 

making decisions with significant fiscal and national security 

implications, but has not yet completed an integrated 

acquisition portfolio-level analysis of its tactical aircraft 

platforms, although the committee has been told that one is 

ongoing. 

The committee believes that the DOD has defaulted to 

optimizing and addressing problems in individual programs rather 

than focusing on portfolios of programs that may provide greater 

military capability at lower risk and cost. Without an analysis 

of the tactical aircraft platform portfolio and a requirement to 

report underlying information to Congress, the DOD and Congress 

lack the required information to make optimal investment and 

divestment decisions. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives upon the completion of 

its ongoing integrated acquisition portfolio review for piloted, 

fixed-wing tactical aircraft platforms. Further, the committee 

directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing on the 

status of this review to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than January 

31, 2024, and quarterly thereafter until the review is complete 

and briefed to the committees. 

Special Operations Command maritime capabilities 
The committee notes that the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (ASD 

SOLIC) and the Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command 

(SOCOM) jointly testified on March 7, 2023, that SOCOM is 

"accelerating its wide-ranging modernization efforts and 

leveraging its essential acquisition authorities that enable it 

to capitalize on our nation’s innovation ecosystem – with an 

emphasis on surface and subsurface maritime platforms," among 

other critical capabilities, and noted that "developing, 

testing, and fielding a range of maritime capabilities will 

strengthen deterrence in the Indo-Pacific and across the globe." 

The committee supports SOCOM's emphasis on the development 

and fielding of advanced surface and undersea platforms and 

equipment in order to expand its competitive advantage in the 

maritime domain, particularly surface and undersea maritime 

mobility platforms and cutting-edge combat diving equipment. 

The committee believes that a clear explanation of SOCOM's 

path forward is critical to ensuring that the development and 

acquisition of maritime capabilities meet its requirements over 

the mid- and long-term, address capability gaps and maintain 

comparative advantage in the maritime domain, and support 

implementation of the National Defense Strategy. 

Therefore, the committee directs the ASD SOLIC and the 

Commander, U.S. SOCOM, to jointly provide a report to the 

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives, not later than March 1, 2024, on SOCOM's 

maritime acquisition strategy. The report shall include, at a 

minimum, the following: 

(1) A description of the current platform 

requirements for special operations-peculiar maritime mobility, 

force projection, and combat diving capabilities; 

(2) A description of any current or anticipated 

special operations-peculiar maritime capability gaps that 

inhibit effective implementation of the National Defense 

Strategy and the ability to operate in contested environments, 

maintain comparative advantage in the maritime domain, and other 

requirements, as appropriate; 

(3) A description of the future special operationspeculiar maritime mobility, force projection, and combat diving 

capability requirements; 

(4) A description of efforts to work with the 

military services, as appropriate, in the development, 

acquisition, and effective employment of maritime capabilities; 

and 

(5) Any other matters deemed relevant by the ASD 

SOLIC and the Commander, U.S. SOCOM. 
Storage, treatment, and disposal of non-defense toxic and 

hazardous materials 

The committee notes that section 2692 of title 10, United 

States Code, addresses the storage, treatment, and disposal of 

non-defense toxic and hazardous materials. While granting some 

exceptions, the law states that the Secretary of Defense may not 

permit the use of a Department of Defense installation for the 

storage, treatment, or disposal of any material that is toxic or 

hazardous and that is not owned either by the Department of 

Defense or by a member of the Armed Forces (or a dependent of 

the member) assigned to or provided military housing on the 

installation. 

The committee understands that there may be advantages to 

granting a limited new exception to allow commercial contractors 

that use explosives to lease areas and become Armament Retooling 

and Manufacturing Support tenants at government owned, 

contractor operated (GOCO) facilities. Therefore, the committee 

directs the Secretary of the Army to evaluate the risks and 

benefits of allowing commercial contractors to store explosive 

materials through a lease at GOCO facilities, and report to the 

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives by March 1, 2024, with the Secretary's 

recommendations. 

UH-60 Internal Auxiliary Fuel Tank Systems 

The committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide 

a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives, not later than June 1, 2024, on 

the implications of the National Guard’s UH-60 Black Hawk fleet 

lacking crashworthy and ballistically tolerant Internal 

Auxiliary Fuel Tank Systems (IAFTS). The briefing should 

address: (1) If, without IAFTS, the National Guard’s UH-60 Black 

Hawks will have the auxiliary fuel capability necessary to 

accomplish disaster relief, homeland security, and combat 

missions with added mission flexibility and extended station 

time; (2) The consequences to the National Guard’s intended 

missions without this UH-60 capability; and (3) How the National 

Guard intends to meet these capability requirements. 

TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 

EVALUATION 

SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
Authorization of appropriations (sec. 201) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

appropriations for research, development, test, and evaluation 

activities at the levels identified in section 4201 of division 

D of this Act. 

SUBTITLE B—PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, 

RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS 

Updated guidance on planning for exportability features for 

future programs (sec. 211) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 

to ensure that program guidance is updated to integrate planning 

for exportability features for major defense acquisition 

programs, middle tier acquisition programs, and program 

protection plans. 

Support to the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North 

Atlantic (sec. 212) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Secretary of Defense to provide funding for the North 

Atlantic Treaty Organization Defence Innovation Accelerator for 

the North Atlantic (DIANA) joint research and development (R&D) 

initiative. The committee understands that the U.S. Government 

does not currently have the authority to contribute to research 

and development initiatives receiving joint funding from allies 

and partners, including DIANA. The committee recognizes that the 

U.S. Representative to DIANA cannot vote on the DIANA budget 

without having the authority to make contributions to the DIANA 

budget. 

The committee believes that the Department of Defense 

(DOD) should leverage DIANA to help stimulate innovation outside 

of the few major geographic concentrations already receiving 

high levels of government-funded R&D activity and private 

capital. The committee is concerned that the locations that DOD 

has selected as DIANA Accelerators and the entities in the 

consortia for the pilot program would reinforce this 

overconcentration of U.S. Government R&D funding. In carrying 

out DIANA, the committee directs the U.S. Representative to 

DIANA to consider Accelerator locations and public and private 

sector partners located outside of the major U.S. technology hub 

areas. 
Modification to personnel management authority to attract 

experts in science and engineering (sec. 213) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 4092(b) of title 10, United States Code, to improve the 

ability of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to 

attract and more rapidly hire new types of program managers. 

Administration of the Advanced Sensors Application Program (sec. 

214) 

The committee recommends a provision that would realign 

management of the Advanced Sensors Application Program from the 

Department of the Navy to the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Intelligence and Security and the Department of the Air Force. 

Delegation of responsibility for certain research programs (sec. 

215) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 980(b) of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the 

Secretary of Defense to delegate to the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Research and Engineering the authority to waive the 

informed consent requirement included in this statute for 

certain medical research. 

The committee believes that delegation of this authority 

would enhance the efficacy of specific research projects to 

advance the development of a medical product necessary to the 

Armed Forces when the research project may directly benefit the 

subject and is carried out in accordance with all other 

applicable laws. 

Program of standards and requirements for microelectronics (sec. 

216) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, not later than 180 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, to establish a program within the 

National Security Agency (NSA) to develop and continuously 

update, as the Secretary determines necessary, the standards, 

commercial best practices, and requirements for the design, 

manufacturing, packaging, testing, and distribution of 

microelectronics acquired by the Department of Defense (DOD). In 

addition, the program will provide acceptable levels of 

confidentiality, integrity, and availability for Department 

commercial-off-the-shelf microelectronics, field programmable 

gate arrays, and custom integrated circuits. 
The committee commends the Office of the Under Secretary 

of Defense for Research and Engineering (USD (R&E)), along with 

government and industry partners, in demonstrating that 

incorporating and enhancing the data generation and analysis 

practices of leading commercial microelectronics producers 

yields indispensable evidence-based security for the design, 

manufacturing, and packaging of semiconductors. Given these 

lessons learned, and the further development of the Rapid 

Assured Microelectronics Prototype (RAMP), RAMP-Commercial, and 

State-of-the-Art Heterogeneous Integrated Packaging programs 

executed by USD (R&E), should be transitioned to a program of 

record with enhanced and permanent institutional support. 

The committee believes that the NSA, with support from the 

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Joint Federated 

Assurance Center and the Crane Division of the Naval Surface 

Warfare Center, with supervision by USD (R&E), is the most 

appropriate entity to support this effort. NSA has a vital 

interest in secure microelectronics, and has the technical depth 

and breadth to work productively with industry. In addition, 

because of now known shortcomings of the Trusted Foundry model, 

the committee urges DOD to not impose security measures that 

hobble commercial success and do not reflect appropriate riskbenefit tradeoffs across the entire lifecycle of semiconductor 

production and operation. 

Clarifying role of partnership intermediaries to promote defense 

research and education (sec. 217) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 4124 of title 10, United States Code, to provide defense 

laboratories maximum flexibility to use Partnership Intermediary 

Agreements (PIAs) to explore, incubate, and engage collaborative 

efforts with the widest possible range of entities across 

industry, academia, and, specifically, nontraditional partners. 

The proposed changes would add flexibility and increase emphasis 

on leveraging PIAs for workforce development, which is critical 

in the competition to attract, recruit, retain, and apply top 

talent to meet national security needs. 

Competition for technology that detects and watermarks the use 

of generative artificial intelligence (sec. 218) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Department of Defense to establish and carry out a prize 

competition under section 4025 of title 10, United States Code, 

to evaluate technology, including applications, tools, and 
models, for the detection and watermarking of generative 

artificial intelligence (AI). 

The committee is aware of the impressive capabilities 

generative AI offers in various domains and how it may be used 

for a range of complex tasks, increasing human and system 

productivity. The committee appreciates that generative AI 

represents both significant opportunity and risk. Generative AI 

can be used to create realistic and high-quality images, 

sophisticated code, novel ideas, realistic and dynamic visual 

content, and new datasets through access to extensive datasets 

and large language models. AI offers tremendous potential to 

transform healthcare, education, cybersecurity, defense, and 

scientific research. However, the committee is concerned about 

present and unaddressed challenges to, and from, generative AI, 

including deepfakes, misinformation, malicious code, and harmful 

or biased content. These areas must be addressed as generative 

AI continues to advance and be used in a militarized fashion. 

One of the committee’s significant concerns is the 

potential output and lack of transparency regarding today’s and 

future generative AI technology. The committee received 

testimony stating the risks that generative AI presents, 

including the application of some large models to develop very 

capable cyber weapons, very capable biological weapons, and 

disinformation campaigns at scale. Being able to quickly 

identify and label AI generated content will be critical in 

enabling real-time accountability, attribution, and public trust 

in Government and Department of Defense systems. The committee 

believes that a prize competition approach to this problem set 

will provide benefits far beyond the specific technologies 

delivered, and also provide an opportunity to leverage the 

widest network of innovation providers possible to unearth new, 

innovative, or less-well-known techniques to address a less 

well-understood challenge. 

SUBTITLE C—PLANS, REPORTS, AND OTHER 

MATTERS 

Department of Defense prize competitions for business systems 

modernization (sec. 221) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military 

departments to conduct one or more prize competitions under 

section 4025 of title 10, United States Code, in order to 

support the business systems modernization goals of the 

Department of Defense. 
Update to plans and strategies for artificial intelligence (sec. 

222) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense, to update the Department of Defense's 

plans and strategies for the development and adoption of 

artificial intelligence. 

Western regional range complex demonstration (sec. 223) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to carry out a demonstration of a joint 

multi-domain non-kinetic testing and training environment across 

military departments by interconnecting existing ranges and 

training sites in the western States to improve joint multidomain non-kinetic training and further testing, research, and 

development. 

Report on feasibility and advisability of establishing a quantum 

computing innovation center (sec. 224) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Chief 

Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, to submit a report 

to the congressional defense committees, not later than 1 year 

after enactment of this Act, on the feasibility and advisability 

of establishing a quantum computing innovation center within the 

Department of Defense. 

Briefing on the impediments to the transition of the Semantic 

Forensics program to operational use (sec. 225) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to 

provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, within 180 days of 

enactment of this Act, on the Defense Advanced Research Projects 

Agency's Semantic Forensics program. 

The committee is aware that the Semantic Forensics program 

seeks to develop innovative semantic technologies for analyzing 

media, including semantic detection algorithms. The committee 

understands that the Department of Defense believes that current 

legal authorities may be insufficient to operationalize the 

Semantic Forensics technologies. 
Annual report on Department of Defense hypersonic capability 

funding and investment (sec. 226) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Secretary of Defense to submit a report, not later than March 1, 

2024, and with each budget submission thereafter through fiscal 

year 2030, on all offensive and defensive hypersonic 

investments. The services and defense agencies request and 

receive funding towards defensive and offensive hypersonic 

weapon investments, including, but not limited to, the U.S. 

Army, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Air Force, 

the U.S. Space Force, the Strategic Operations Office, Defense 

Advanced Research Projects Agency, research labs, federally 

funded research and development centers, and university research 

centers. These entities develop offensive and defensive 

hypersonic vehicles and sensors, build the required command and 

control infrastructure, integrate hypersonic technology into the 

existing platforms, build and design testing infrastructure, and 

develop the workforce. 

The committee is concerned that the multiple funding 

streams make the level of effort unclear, creating a lack of 

transparency in hypersonic funding. A service or agency program 

manager may be developing a hypersonic weapon or sensor, but is 

not accounting for the cost associated with the necessary 

platform upgrades, the corresponding combat systems changes, and 

the software updates required to integrate the hypersonic 

capability. The committee is interested in clarifying all 

hypersonic funding sources, including affected platforms, weapon 

systems, sensors, and any ongoing research. 

Limitation on availability of funds for travel for Office of 

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness pending a 

plan for modernizing Defense Travel System (sec. 227) 

The committee recommends a provision that would limit the 

availability of travel funds for the Office of the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness until that 

office submits a plan for modernizing the Defense Travel System. 

Annual Report on unfunded priorities for research, development, 

test, and evaluation activities (sec. 228) 

The committee recommends a provision that would add 

section 222e to title 10, United States Code, to require the 

Secretary of Defense to submit a report on the unfunded 

priorities of the Department of Defense-wide research, 

development, test, and evaluation activities. 
The People's Republic of China continues to aggressively 

fund the development of emerging technologies, such as 

artificial intelligence, hypersonics, and microelectronics, with 

the United States falling behind in some areas. In that context, 

the committee believes that in order to perform its oversight 

role, Congress should understand the emerging technology risks 

associated with the President's budget request. The committee 

finds the military services rarely emphasize long-term research 

and development in their unfunded priority lists, focusing 

primarily on near-term readiness and procurement. The committee 

therefore recommends a measure requiring the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Research and Engineering to provide an unfunded 

priority list from the Department of Defense research, 

development, test, and evaluation activities. 

BUDGET ITEMS 

ARMY 

Airborne Pathfinder 

The budget request included $104.5 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 62143A 

Soldier Lethality Technology. 

The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in 

RDA PE 62143A for the Airborne Pathfinder. 

Engineered repair materials for roadways 

The budget request included $60.0 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 62144A 

Ground Technology. 

The committee notes that mobile and responsive military 

infrastructure initiatives require rapidly deployable solutions 

to enable effective maneuver of assets from U.S. bases to 

theaters of operation and intra-theater. Further, the committee 

notes that new infrastructure technologies are required to 

support the military’s repair requirements of paved and unpaved 

roadways with a focus on developing engineered repair materials 

that can be placed in different climates, cure quickly, and 

resist high heat from vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. 

The committee recommends an increase of $3.0 million in 

RDA PE 62144A for research and development of engineered repair 

materials for roadways. 

Critical hybrid advanced materials processing 
The budget request included $60.0 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 62144A 

Ground Technology. 

The committee recommends an increase of $7.0 million in 

RDA PE 62144A for critical hybrid advanced materials processing. 

Titanium metal powder production technology 

The budget request included $60.0 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 62144A 

Ground Technology. 

The committee notes that the United States is highly 

reliant on foreign sources for titanium feedstock materials, a 

potential vulnerability that could impact military readiness. 

The committee believes that by utilizing new, emerging 

technologies, the U.S. industrial base could accelerate the 

production of U.S. titanium metal powder at volumes necessary to 

meet defense needs, while reducing reliance on imports and 

effectively securing the supply chain. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDA PE 62144A to scale new techniques for titanium 

metal powder production. 

Polar proving ground and training program 

The budget request included $60.0 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 62144A 

Ground Technology. 

The committee notes that the Department of Defense's 2022 

National Strategy for the Arctic Region and the Army’s 2021 

Regaining Arctic Dominance strategy highlights the importance of 

training, testing, and situational awareness to maintaining a 

secure and stable Arctic region. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDA PE 62144A for a polar proving ground and training 

program. 

Fuel cells for next generation combat vehicles 

The budget request included $166.5 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 62145A Next 

Generation Combat Vehicle Technology. 

The committee recognizes that the increased energy 

efficiency of electric vehicles, compared with internal 

combustion engine-powered assets, can significantly reduce 

lifecycle and fuel costs and increase electric operational range 

and duration. For medium- and heavy-duty vehicle applications, 
fuel cell electric vehicles generally provide greater range and 

far quicker refueling times than battery-powered electric 

vehicles. 

The committee notes that fuel cells are able to power 

electric vehicles and machines where charging batteries is not 

practical and can also provide distributed power in the field to 

support other warfighting capabilities. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDA PE 62145A for fuel cell electric vehicles. 

Hydrogen fuel source research and development 

The budget request included $166.5 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 62145A Next 

Generation Combat Vehicle Technology. 

The committee notes that hydrogen as a fuel source for 

military bases and for heavy duty vehicles is an emerging 

solution that will aid in decarbonization, battlefield energy 

generation, silent mobility, and on-site energy storage for 

complete energy solutions or to supplement existing 

infrastructure. The committee also notes the lack of affordable 

clean hydrogen fuel and the requisite improvements in hydrogenpowered fuel cells both present challenges in enabling hydrogen 

adoption. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0 

million in RDA PE 62145A for technology improvement and research 

of the use of hydrogen as a fuel source. 

Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems technology 

The budget request included $33.3 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 62150A Air 

and Missile Defense Technology. 

The committee recognizes that unmanned aircraft systems 

(UAS) present an increasing threat to deployed U.S. forces and 

assets. Applied research to evaluate counter-UAS threats as well 

as to develop mitigation technology and standards could help 

enhance warfighter safety. The committee recognizes the efforts 

made in developing training and technology integration 

protocols, like those at the Counter-UAS Center of Excellence at 

Oklahoma State University, which can contribute to enhancing the 

Department of Defense's ability to protect against such threats. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDA PE 62150A for the support of counter-UAS 

technology research and development. 

Preventing trauma-related stress disorder 
The budget request included $66.3 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 62787A 

Medical Technology. 

The committee notes that the development of interventions 

to prevent or treat adverse acute stress reactions and posttraumatic stress symptoms after trauma exposure would not only 

enhance servicemember readiness and overall mission success, but 

would also benefit the care and treatment of the U.S. civilian 

population. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDA PE 62787A for the development of interventions to 

prevent trauma-related stress disorder. 

Tactical artificial intelligence and machine learning 

The budget request included $13.2 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 63040A 

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Advanced 

Technologies. 

The committee supports the development of an artificial 

intelligence-based system framework and enabling tools that 

support the implementation of advanced machine learning (ML) 

algorithms at the tactical edge of warfare. 

Therefore, the committee recommends $5.0 million in RDA PE 

63040A for the development of an artificial intelligence-based 

system framework and the implementation of advanced ML 

algorithms. 

Advanced composites and multi-material protective systems 

The budget request included $40.6 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 63119A 

Ground Advanced Technology. 

The committee recognizes that traditional construction 

materials such as concrete and steel can be used to meet 

protection requirements for new construction. However, enhancing 

survivability in the environment of multi-domain operations may 

require approaches that minimize weight, logistics, and 

installation efforts, while maximizing protection against 

threats such as vehicle intrusion, blast, ballistics, and 

fragmentation. The committee notes that advanced composite 

materials offer many advantages for survivability applications 

in forward operating environments and novel multi-material 

systems offer the potential for a variety of advances. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDA PE 63119A for advanced composites and multimaterial protective systems. 
High Performance Computing Modernization Program 

The budget request included $255.8 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 63461A High 

Performance Computing Modernization Program. 

The committee notes that the High Performance Computing 

Modernization program governs supercomputing centers run by the 

Army, Navy, Air Force, and Army Corps of Engineers in support of 

the science and technology, test, and evaluation and acquisition 

engineering efforts of the Department of Defense. The committee 

also notes that these supercomputing centers provide access to 

thousands of users and the program also runs the Defense 

Research and Engineering Network, which supports hypersonic 

systems, next-generation rotorcraft systems, and helicopter and 

tank enhancements, among other programs. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0 

million in RDA PE 63461A for high performance computing 

modernization. 

Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence 

The budget request included $217.4 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 63462A Next 

Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology. 

The committee recognizes the previous efforts to establish 

the jointless hull at the Army’s Advanced Manufacturing Center 

of Excellence (AM COE), to ensure that there is technical 

support in adapting the technology to meet Army organic 

industrial base as well as other defense industrial base needs. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $7.0 

million in RDA PE 63462A for technology innovations being 

developed at the AM COE including additive manufacturing to 

develop forge castings and other tools to support specific parts 

development in the Abrams tank upgrade program. 

Aluminum-Lithium Alloy Solid Rocket Motor 

The budget request included $153.0 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 63464A Long 

Range Precision Fires Advanced Technology. 

The committee notes that testing and analysis of aluminumlithium alloy-based solid rocket propellants under the U.S. 

Army’s Expeditionary Technology Search program have shown the 

potential to increase a missile system’s range. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDA PE 63464A to support the research and development 

of an aluminum-lithium alloy solid rocket motor. 
Rapid Assurance Modernization Program-Test 

The budget request included $21.0 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 63466A Air 

and Missile Defense Advanced Technology. 

At U.S. Army Redstone Test Center, the Rapid Assurance 

Modernization Program-Test (RAMP-T) will serve as a template for 

digital engineering and test modernization across all Army test 

centers. RAMP-T will modernize how data is processed and 

disseminated in space to communicate information rapidly and 

securely to the warfighter at the tactical edge. RAMP-T will 

also ensure modernized systems are fielded in accordance with 

their accelerated schedules, enabling the rapid insertion of 

new, more lethal technologies into warfighter systems. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDA PE 63466A for the RAMP-T program. 

Enhanced Night Vision Goggle - Binocular capability enhancements 

The budget request included $48.7 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 64710A 

Night Vision Systems - Engineering Development. 

The committee supports the Army's efforts to continue 

development and testing of the Night Vision Device - Next in 

support of the situational awareness modernization strategy, to 

include improvements to the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle - 

Binocular (ENVG-B). 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $7.5 

million in RDA PE 64710A for ENVG-B capability enhancements. 

Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Net System 

The budget request included $37.4 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 64804A 

Logistics and Engineer Equipment - Engineering Development, of 

which no funds were included for the Ultra-Lightweight 

Camouflage Net System (ULCANS). 

The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in 

RDA PE 64804A for ULCANS. 

Radar Range Replacement Program 

The budget request included $439.1 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 65601A Army 

Test Ranges and Facilities. 

The committee notes the Radar Range Replacement Program 

(RRRP) will provide the capability to test current and future 
Army weapon systems, thereby providing critical test data to 

inform system development decisions and reducing the risk to 

operational forces prior to fielding. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0 

million in RDA PE 65601A for the RRRP. 

Black Hawk generators 

The budget request included $1.5 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 67136A 

Black Hawk Product Improvement Program. 

The committee recognizes the enduring role of the Black 

Hawk in the Army's helicopter fleet and recommends that the Army 

invest in its continued modernization, to include Black Hawk 

generator improvements necessary to deliver the additional 

electrical power needed to fully realize other configuration 

improvements. 

The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in 

RDA for PE 67136A to increase commonality and interoperability. 

Chinook product improvement program 

The budget request included $9.3 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 67137A 

Chinook Product Improvement Program. 

The committee recognizes the enduring role of the Chinook 

in the Army's helicopter fleet and supports the Army's continued 

investment in its modernization. 

The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in 

RDA for PE 67137A for continued planning, integration, and 

qualification of an improved engine. 

Apache future development program increase 

The budget request included $10.5 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army (RDA) for PE 67145A 

Apache Future Development. 

The committee recognizes the enduring role of the Apache 

in the Army's helicopter fleet and supports the Army's continued 

investment in its modernization. 

The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in 

RDA for PE 67145A to improve Apache mission performance. 

NAVY 

Research on foreign malign influence operations 
The budget request included $74.7 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN) for PE 62236N 

Warfighter Sustainment Applied Research. 

The committee remains concerned about the evolving threat 

from foreign malign influence operations in cyberspace, the 

effect these operations have on the national security of the 

United States, and the impact on the Department of Defense's 

ability to effectively counter and deter foreign adversaries. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $8.0 

million in RDN for PE 62236N to support further research on 

foreign malign influence operations. 

Intelligent Autonomous Systems for Seabed Warfare 

The budget request included $80.8 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN) for PE 62435N 

Ocean Warfighting Environment Applied Research. 

The committee supports the research and development of 

intelligent autonomous systems (IAS) for seabed warfare. The 

committee notes the development of innovative data integration 

and processing tools to make sense of large, high-dimensional 

datasets to enable flexible and reliable unattended seabed 

warfare operations. 

The committee recommends an increase of $7.0 million in 

RDN PE 62435N for the research and development of IAS for seabed 

warfare. 

Hardware-in-the-loop capabilities 

The budget request included $308.2 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN) for PE 63640M USMC 

Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD). 

The committee recognizes that modeling and simulation will 

be critical to enable the technology advancements necessary for 

the Department of Defense to realize the full potential of 

unmanned systems. Hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) is a computer 

simulation that has the ability to simulate flight and route 

characteristics as well as sensor modeling and actuator modeling 

while communicating in real time with command and control 

systems. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDN PE 63640M for HWIL capabilities. 

Next generation unmanned aerial system distribution platform 
The budget request included $308.2 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN) for PE 63640M USMC 

Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD). 

The committee notes that the Marine Corps is working to 

fill a critical capability gap in the joint concept for 

contested logistics, which is the need for assured organic, 

autonomous resupply to Marine Littoral Regiments operating in 

distributed fashion, in a contested austere environment, without 

traditional means of resupply and sustainment. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDN PE 63640M for a next generation unmanned aerial 

system distribution platform. 

Adaptive Future Force 

The budget request included $308.2 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN) for PE 63640M USMC 

Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD). 

The committee notes that the lack of consistent support, 

combined with participant historical and conditional biases, 

severely limit the Office of Naval Research's (ONR) ability to 

evolve concepts past the introductory stages of future force 

development and assessment. The committee also notes that the 

Adaptive Future Force (AFF) provides the ONR with an innovative, 

full-time cadre of highly experienced operators, innovators, and 

concept developers able to transcend previous limitations and 

truly support future force developmental efforts. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDN PE 63640M to broaden the AFF capability of human 

and robot systems. 

Balloon catheter hemorrhage control device 

The budget request included $5.1 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN) for PE 63729N 

Warfighter Protection Advanced Technology. 

The committee notes that over 90 percent of potentially 

survivable injuries for service members that result in death on 

the battlefield or after reaching a surgical facility are caused 

by hemorrhage and that responding quickly and effectively is 

critical for saving lives. The committee recognizes that the 

physician-performed Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion 

of the Aorta (REBOA) has been a major leap forward in the 

management of non-compressible hemorrhage. However, utilizing 

REBOA outside of a hospital is complicated by a lack of 

adequately trained personnel and guidance to facilitate 

placement of the balloon in the correct location. 
The committee recommends an increase of $4.0 million in 

RDN PE 63729N for development of a field deployable balloon 

catheter hemorrhage control device. 

Advanced composites for wet submarine applications 

The budget request included $257.1 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN) for PE 63595N Ohio 

Replacement. 

The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in 

RDN PE 63595N for composite shafting technology to increase the 

submarine availability for the Columbia-class and to validate 

the benefits of composite shafting for SSN(X). 

Nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile 

The budget request included $6.0 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN) for PE 64659N 

Precision Strike Weapons Development Program but did not include 

any funding for the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile. 

The committee recommends an increase of $190.0 million in 

RDN PE 64659N to support continued development of the nucleararmed sea-launched cruise missile. 

Advanced Sensors Application Program 

The budget request included no funding in Research, 

Development, Testing, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN) for PE 64419N 

Advanced Sensors Application Program. 

Elsewhere in this report, the committee recommends a 

provision that would transfer resource sponsorship of the 

Advanced Sensors Application Program from the Navy to the Office 

of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security 

(USD (I&S)). The committee is concerned that the Navy has not 

requested funding for this longstanding and important program, 

and urges USD (I&S) to request funding in future budget 

requests. 

Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $13.0 

million in RDN for PE 64419N for the Advanced Sensors 

Application Program in fiscal year 2024, pending transfer for 

management and execution of the program during fiscal year 2024. 

Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center improvements 

The budget request included $482.0 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN) for PE 65864N Test 

and Evaluation Support, of which $62.9 million was for support 
of the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC). 

However, no funds were included for improvements necessary to 

support the military personnel stationed there on a full-time 

basis. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $3.0 

million in RDN PE 65864N for improvements at AUTEC. 

Fleet Ballistic Missile Strategic Weapon System 

The budget request included $321.7 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDN) for PE 11221N 

Strategic Submarine and Weapons System Support. 

To accelerate maturation of the Fleet Ballistic Missile 

Strategic Weapon System, the committee recommends an increase of 

$10.0 million in RDN PE 11221N to support completing Velocity 

Fusion Development; accelerating gravimeter algorithm 

development and integration; initiating Broad Band Navigation 

Sonar Fleet Transition; initiating Hydrophone Array 

Modernization; and establishing a Dynamic Concept of Operations 

framework. 

AIR FORCE 

Advanced materials science for manufacturing research 

The budget request included $142.3 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF), for PE 

62102F Materials. 

The committee recognizes the important role of materials 

science and the collaboration with academia partners, to include 

the Materials Solutions Network at Cornell High Energy 

Synchrotron Source (MSN-C), which enables Department of Defense 

researchers and manufacturers to employ real-time, threedimensional x-ray characterization tools and methods to test a 

broad range of mission-critical structural and functional 

materials to enhance warfighter capabilities. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $9.0 

million in RDAF PE 62102F for advanced materials science for 

manufacturing research. 

Directed Energy Technology realignment of funds 

The budget request included $130.0 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 

62605F Directed Energy Technology. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 
Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $11.5 

million in RDAF PE 62605F and a corresponding increase of $11.5 

million in Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space 

Force (RDSF) for PE 1206601SF Space Technology. 

Secure interference-avoiding connectivity of autonomous 

artificially intelligent machines 

The budget request included $182.1 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF), for PE 

62788F Dominant Information Sciences and Methods. 

The committee recognizes a need for autonomous machines to 

be able to maintain robust connectivity between each other, as 

well as with a centralized controller, without continuous manual 

intervention and while preserving high degrees of security and 

resilience. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDAF PE 62788F for secure interference-avoiding 

connectivity of autonomous artificially intelligent machines. 

Future Flag experimentation testbed 

The budget request included $182.1 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF), for PE 

62788F Dominant Information Sciences and Methods. 

The committee notes that the objective of the Air Force 

Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Joint All-Domain Command and 

Control (JADC2) Future Flag Testbed is to create an 

operationally relevant environment for experimenting JADC2 

concepts and capabilities with a focus on integration, 

interoperability, and transition. The Future Flag Testbed 

concept is planned as a series of Limited Objective Experiments 

that will guide AFRL's research, development, test, and 

evaluation efforts to meet immediate and near-term needs of the 

warfighter. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $15.0 

million in RDAF PE 62788F for the JADC2 operational 

experimentation testbed. 

Ion trapped quantum information sciences computer 

The budget request included $182.1 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF), for PE 

62788F Dominant Information Sciences and Methods. 

The committee recognizes that the Air Force Research 

Laboratory's (AFRL) Information Directorate is a leader in 

quantum computing and, more specifically, in ion trap quantum 
computing. Quantum computers will support a variety of 

Department of Defense research areas and may eventually address 

mission-critical challenges ranging from logistics to machine 

learning. The committee notes that ion trap computers are at the 

forefront of unlocking both quantum computation and basic 

science applications, and can address defense-critical problems 

that are otherwise intractable using traditional highperformance computers. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $8.0 

million in RDAF PE 62788F for the development of a nextgeneration ion trap quantum information sciences computer at the 

AFRL. 

Distributed quantum information sciences networking testbed 

The budget request included $182.1 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF), for PE 

62788F Dominant Information Sciences and Methods. 

The committee recognizes that the Air Force Research 

Laboratory's (AFRL) Information Directorate is a leader in 

quantum computing. However, there is a need for further 

development of a heterogeneous network that can robustly 

transmit quantum information over long distances and between 

different types of networking infrastructure. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDAF PE 62788F for a distributed quantum information 

sciences networking testbed. 

Multi-domain radio frequency spectrum testing environment 

The budget request included $182.1 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF), for PE 

62788F Dominant Information Sciences and Methods. 

The committee recognizes a need for the accelerated 

transition of radio frequency (RF) related technology to 

warfighters and for a comprehensive, robust, and scalable 

anechoic RF test and evaluation environment. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDAF PE 62788F for a multi-domain RF spectrum testing 

environment. 

Future Air Force Integrated Technology Demos reduction 

The budget request included $255.9 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 

63032F Future Air Force Integrated Technology Demos. 
The committee believes there is unjustified growth in this 

program element above the total enacted levels for fiscal year 

2023 and that some of the funds requested for this program 

element would be more productively spent elsewhere. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $42.2 

million in RDAF PE 63032F. 

Semiautonomous adversary air platform 

The budget request included $51.9 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF), for PE 

63211F Aerospace Technology Development/Demonstration. 

The committee recognizes the importance of joint research 

and development efforts between the Air Force and the Navy on 

semiautonomous adversary air platform development. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0 

million in RDAF PE 63211F to accelerate semiautonomous adversary 

air platform development. 

Additive manufacturing for aerospace parts 

The budget request included $44.4 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF), for PE 

63680F Manufacturing Technology Program. 

The committee recognizes a need to operationalize metal 

additive manufacturing of propulsion parts and other aerospace 

sustainment requirements to deliver applied research, training, 

and workforce development in support of the Air Force 

Sustainment Center mission to sustain weapon system readiness to 

generate our nation’s airpower. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDAF PE 63680F for metal additive manufacturing for 

aerospace sustainment requirements. 

Enhanced intercontinental ballistic missile guidance capability 

and testing 

The budget request included $45.3 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 

63851F Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Demonstration 

Validation Program. 

The committee recommends an increase of $30.0 million in 

the following areas to support the Sentinel Guidance Program: 

(1) $800,000 for a seismically stable pier at the 

Little Mountain Test Facility; 

(2) $2.0 million for production automation 

technology on strategic accelerometer assemblies; 
(3) $3.0 million for a rapid prototype capability 

using Selective Laser Etching to produce vibration beam 

accelerometer sensors; 

(4) $3.0 million for digital engineering focused on 

vibration beam accelerometers; 

(5) $4.0 million for next generation radiationhardened integrated circuit platforms; 

(6) $3.2 million for small-scale sensor centrifuges; 

(7) $13.0 million for a next generation centrifuge 

capable of supporting strategic grade inertial systems; and 

(8) $1.0 million for a 10-year federal stockpile of 

swept quartz. 

Air Force Technical Architecture realignment of funds 

The budget request included $2.6 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 

64006F Department of the Air Force Technical Architecture. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $2.6 

million in RDAF PE 64006F and a corresponding increase of $2.6 

million in RDAF PE 64858F Tech Transition Program. 

Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon reduction 

The budget request included $150.3 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 

64033F Hypersonic Prototyping. 

The committee recognizes the need for and value of the 

Department of Defense's strategic push to develop hypersonic 

weapons across the military services. The committee also 

recognizes the need to develop and test multiple competing 

designs as a means to address technological risk. However, in 

light of testing failures and statements from Air Force 

leadership in support of the competitor program, the committee 

is concerned that continued testing at the scale originally 

planned in the budget request seems unlikely to deliver 

persuasive results. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $150.3 

million in RDAF PE 64033F. 

Autonomous Collaborative Platforms realignment of funds 

The budget request included $118.8 million in Research, 

Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 27179F 

Autonomous Collaborative Platforms. 
The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $17.8 

million in RDAF PE 27179F and a corresponding increase of $17.8 

million in RDAF PE 65807F Test and Evaluation Support. 

F-35 C2D2 realignment of funds 

The budget request included $1.3 billion in Research, 

Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 64840F 

F-35 C2D2. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $5.0 

million in RDAF PE 64840F and a corresponding increase of $5.0 

million in RDAF PE 64281F Tactical Data Networks Enterprise. 

Long Range Standoff Weapon realignment of funds 

The budget request included $911.4 million in Research, 

Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 64932F 

Long Range Standoff Weapon. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $20.0 

million in RDAF PE 64932F and a corresponding increase of $20.0 

million in Operation and Maintenance, Air Force (OMAF) SAG 11R 

Facilities Sustainment, Restoration & Modernization. 

Ground Based Strategic Deterrent EMD realignment of funds 

The budget request included $3.7 billion in Research, 

Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 65238F 

Ground Based Strategic Deterrent EMD. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $7.7 

million in RDAF PE 65238F and a corresponding increase of $7.7 

million in Aircraft Procurement, Air Force (APAF) line 61 Other 

Aircraft. 

5G interference mitigation for critical aircraft navigation and 

sensor systems on the Presidential Aircraft Fleet 

The budget request included $490.7 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 

41319F VC-25B. 
The committee recommends an increase of $30.0 million in 

PE 41319F for the development, test, certification, and 

integration of 5G interference mitigation technology for 

critical aircraft navigation and sensor systems on the VC-25 

aircraft. 

Acquisition Workforce - Advanced Program Technology realignment 

of funds 

The budget request included $109.0 million in Research, 

Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 65832F 

Acquisition Workforce - Advanced Program Technology and $551.2 

million in RDAF for PE 65829F Acquisition Workforce - Cyber, 

Network, & Business Systems. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends decreases of $32.0 

million in RDAF PE 65832F and $14.7 million in RDAF PE 65829F 

and increases of $30.0 million in RDAF PE 65831F Acquisition 

Workforce - Capability Integration, $1.7 million in RDAF PE 

65898F Management HQ - R&D, and $15.0 million in RDAF PE 65807F 

Test and Evaluation Support. 

Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Network 

Sensor Demonstration 

The budget request included $20.9 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 

33255F Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) - 

STRATCOM. 

The NC3 Enterprise Center’s network sensor demonstration 

aims to facilitate and conduct preemptive network security 

visibility on networks in a comprehensive and effective manner. 

Given the importance of network security for the NC3, the 

committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in RDAF PE 

33255F. 

Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Rapid 

Engineering Architecture Collaboration Hub (REACH) 

The budget request included $20.9 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 

33255F Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) - 

STRATCOM. 

The Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) 

Enterprise Center's Rapid Engineering Architecture Collaboration 

Hub (REACH) program allows partners and government stakeholders 
to collaborate on a secure digital twin network that provides a 

digital design and demonstration environment. This network 

supports the operation of sandbox environments to protect 

proprietary data, while maximizing opportunities for 

collaboration with other REACH stakeholders. REACH will play a 

critical role in accelerating partnerships with industry to 

support the NC3 mission. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0 

million in RDAF PE 33255F. 

Security Work Readiness for Duty 

The budget request included $796,000 in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 

84731F General Skill Training. 

The Security Work Readiness for Duty (SWoRD) program will 

create three capabilities for current and future Department of 

Defense (DOD) personnel to gain and strengthen the cyber 

workforce skills critical to our nation’s security: (1) A 

Security Operations Center (SOC) to serve small businesses and 

local governments; (2) A SimTown Cybersecurity Training Lab to 

model business network environments; and (3) A Cyber Bridge 

program to prepare those in non-STEM fields to pursue a cyber 

graduate degree. 

The committee recommends an increase of $6.0 million in 

RDAF for PE 84731F for the further development of the SWoRD 

program. 

Military cyber cooperation activities with the Kingdom of Jordan 

The budget request included $2.9 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) for PE 

31401F AF Multi-Domain Non-Traditional ISR Battlespace 

Awareness. 

The committee recommends an increase of $500,000 in RDAF 

31401F for the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Policy, in coordination with the 

Commanders, U.S. Cyber Command and U.S. Central Command, and the 

Secretary of State, to continue to seek to engage their 

counterparts within the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of 

Jordan for the purpose of expanding cooperation on military 

cybersecurity activities. 

Weather service data migration 
The budget request included $26.3 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) in PE 35111F 

Weather Service. 

The 557th Weather Wing is currently in the process of 

moving its data processing operations to a data-centric, secure 

cloud-based architecture, which is expected to be complete by 

the end of calendar year 2025. The committee supports this 

effort and recognizes that without additional funding, the 557th 

Weather Wing will be unable to meet its accelerated schedule for 

data migration, putting the program at an elevated level of 

risk. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $9.0 

million in RDAF PE 35111F to help the Weather Wing accelerate 

its transition. 

Space Technology realignment of funds 

The budget request included $91.8 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for line 

48 PE 1206601SF Space Technology. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $91.8 

million in RDSF line 48 PE 1206601SF and increases of $72.9 

million in RDSF line 4 PE 1206601SF Space Technology, $17.5 

million in RDSF PE 1206392SF ACQ Workforce—Space & Missile 

Systems, and $1.4 million in RDSF PE 1206398SF Space & Missile 

Systems Center—MHA. 

Space Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis environment 

The budget request included $206.2 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE 

1206601SF Space Technology. 

Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis (MS&A) environments are 

required by the large number of United States Space Force (USSF) 

organizations that make force structure investment decisions, 

design satellites, and conduct or support space operations 

(training, tactics development, war gaming, etc.). Currently, 

there is no space MS&A tool capable of supporting the wide range 

of modeling requirements of the USSF, ranging from single-user 

engagement exercises to global campaign modeling. The lack of a 

dedicated MS&A tool for the USSF prevents technology developers 

and USSF acquisition organizations from incorporating new 

technologies in the most expeditious and cost-effective manner 

possible. 
In order to help accelerate the development of a robust 

and accurate simulation and training environment, the committee 

recommends an increase of $15.5 million in RDSF PE 1206601SF. 

Advanced isotope power systems 

The budget request included $206.2 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE 

1206601SF Space Technology. 

The committee commends the strategic partnership between 

the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Department of Energy’s 

Oak Ridge National Laboratory in developing advanced isotope 

power systems. These systems are advancing innovation in "smart 

manufacturing" to the benefit of U.S. national security and 

economic prosperity. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDSF PE 1206601SF to support continued development of 

advanced isotope power systems for future U.S. Space Force 

assets. 

Ground-based interferometry 

The budget request included $206.2 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE 

1206601SF Space Technology. 

A ground-based interferometry capability will improve the 

Department of Defense's ability to detect objects at 

geostationary orbit (GEO) and beyond from Earth, which provides 

value to the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles 

Directorate in observing their GEO flight experiments performing 

operations including docking and servicing of other GEOs. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $16.0 

million in RDSF PE 1206601SF. 

Solar cruiser 

The budget request included $206.2 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE 

1206601SF Space Technology. 

The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in 

RDSF PE 1206601SF to support an advanced deployable structure 

demonstration of a solar sail propelled persistent platform 

offering long-duration loiter and “maneuver without regret” 

capabilities to provide the warfighter with critical sensor data 

in geostationary orbit and cislunar deep space environments. 

Advanced analog microelectronics 
The budget request included $206.2 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE 

1206601SF Space Technology. 

To address specific national security requirements for 

unique design and production capacity, the Department of Defense 

(DOD) has heavily invested to reduce the cost of integrated 

circuit (IC) design and incrementally modernize aging strategic 

infrastructure. DOD is converging on a commercial analog and 

mixed signal IC design process, which has been adapted for and 

targeted to the most challenging DOD technical requirements. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $8.6 

million in RDSF PE 1206601SF in order to foster integration of 

advanced analog microelectronics to enable all federal agencies 

to design and build state of the art chips at lower cost and 

with less risk. 

Lunar surface-based domain awareness 

The budget request included $206.2 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE 

1206601SF Space Technology. 

The ability to monitor activity in cislunar space is 

increasingly critical for the United States, as demonstrated by 

the requirements for cislunar space domain awareness within the 

Department of Defense, specifically in U.S. Space Command, and 

as delineated in the Office of Science Technology Policy's 

November 2022 publication, "National Cislunar Science & 

Technology Strategy." 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDSF PE 1206601SF to continue the development of 

small cameras to enable lunar surface-based domain awareness. 

Human performance optimization 

The budget request included $472.5 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE 

1206310F Space Science and Technology Research and Development. 

Space Force Guardians serve in career specialties that 

require high performance under stressful conditions, such as 

command and control of space assets moving among large, 

congested constellations at high speeds over great distances. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDSF PE 1206310F for research centered on human 

performance optimization. 

Space Systems Prototype Transitions (SSPT) realignment of funds 
The budget request included $146.0 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE 

1206427SF Space Systems Prototype Transitions (SSPT). 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $40.0 

million in RDSF PE 1206427SF and a corresponding increase of 

$40.0 million in RDSF PE 1206616SF Space Advanced Technology 

Development/Demo. 

Modular Multi-mode Propulsion System 

The budget request included $110.0 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE 

1206616SF, Space Advanced Technology Development/Demo. 

Satellites facilitate instantaneous communication across 

battle zones, identify enemy positions and movements, track 

weather patterns, guide navigational systems, and enable 

precision strikes. A Modular Multi-mode Propulsion System (M3PS) 

could provide unprecedented mission flexibility and adaptability 

for military spacecraft by using a single propellant, propellant 

tank, and feed system to meet all satellite propulsion and 

maneuverability requirements. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $8.0 

million in RDSF PE 1206616SF to accelerate the design and 

development of M3PS. 

Weather satellite risk reduction 

The budget request included $95.6 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE 

1203710SF Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Weather Systems. 

The modern U.S. warfighter relies on up-to-date weather 

information to support daily air operations and intelligence 

gathering missions to protect the Nation. Current weather 

satellite systems are antiquated and have been extended well 

beyond their expected service lives. The committee commends the 

U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force for turning to industry to 

help address these challenging requirements. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $16.5 

million in RDSF PE 1203710SF to finish building a second 

satellite for launch as early as 2026 as a bridge capability 

until the U.S. Space Force can plan, build, and launch 

additional assets. 

Encouraging establishment of the outernet 
The budget request included $164.6 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE 

1206458SF Tech Transition (Space). 

U.S. Government and commercial space capabilities are 

vital to the United States' national and economic security. 

These space capabilities are increasingly threatened militarily 

by potential adversaries, and commercially by foreign 

government-backed competitors. To meet these challenges and 

retain U.S. primacy in space, the U.S. Government should take 

advantage of the revolution in commercial “new space” small 

satellite capabilities by integrating them with traditional 

government systems to establish a new secure internet in space, 

known as the "outernet." 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $15.0 

million in RDSF PE 1206458SF to help establish the outernet. 

Resilient Missile Warning Missile Tracking - Low Earth Orbit 

(LEO) realignment of funds 

The budget request included $505.6 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE 

1206448SF Resilient Missile Warning Missile Tracking - 

Integrated Ground Segment. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $252.8 

million in RDSF PE 1206448SF and a corresponding increase of 

$252.8 million in RDSF PE 1206446SF Resilient Missile Warning 

Missile Tracking - Low Earth Orbit (LEO). 

Resilient Missile Warning Missile Tracking - Medium Earth Orbit 

(MEO) realignment of funds 

The budget request included $505.6 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE 

1206448SF Resilient Missile Warning Missile Tracking - 

Integrated Ground Segment. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $252.8 

million in RDSF PE 1206448SF and a corresponding increase of 

$252.8 million in RDSF PE 1206447SF Resilient Missile Warning 

Missile Tracking - Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). 

Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System 

(PARCS) radar 
The budget request included $20.8 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Space Force (RDSF) for PE 

1203873SF Ballistic Missile Defense Radars. 

There are five Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) 

systems, all of which have recently received software upgrades, 

bringing detection capabilities up to modern standards. One 

additional ultra-high frequency phased-array radar, the 

Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System 

(PARCS), comprises U.S. space and missile warning capabilities 

along with the UEWRs. To keep pace with the current threat 

environment, this legacy radar requires immediate upgrades that 

will ensure all UEWRs are operating on the same level and 

delivering adequate data to the Department of Defense. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $8.0 

million in RDSF PE 1203873SF to make additional critical 

upgrades to the PARCS radar. 

DEFENSE WIDE 

Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 

(DEPSCoR) 

The budget request included $71.8 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

61110D8Z Basic Research Initiatives, of which no funds were 

requested for the Defense Established Program to Stimulate 

Competitive Research (DEPSCoR). 

The committee is very supportive of the DEPSCoR program, 

which helps build and expand the national innovation base for 

research and education by funding research activities in science 

and engineering areas responsive to the needs of national 

defense. Participation in this program is limited to states that 

meet eligibility criteria as outlined in the authorizing 

language from previous National Defense Authorization Acts. The 

program is intended to increase the number of university 

researchers and improve the capabilities of institutions of 

higher education in eligible jurisdictions to perform 

competitive research relevant to the Department of Defense. 

The committee also views DEPSCoR as a component in any 

effort by the Department of Defense (DOD) to identify, shape, 

and foster innovation ecosystems that support DOD research and 

technology needs. Along with other funding programs and 

authorities available to the Department, DEPSCoR should be 

considered as a means to expand and diversify the innovation 

ecosystem for the Department. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $25.0 

million in RDDW PE 61110D8Z for DEPSCoR. 
Enhanced civics education program 

The budget request included $159.5 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

61120D8Z National Defense Education Program. 

The committee recognizes the success of the pilot civics 

education programming, as established in section 234 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public 

Law 116-92), in promoting students' understanding of the 

government and the law. The committee also recognizes the 

importance of civics education to national security. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0 

million in RDDW PE 61120D8Z for enhanced civics education 

through the National Defense Education Program. 

Semiconductor industry cybersecurity research 

The budget request included $17.4 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

62668D8Z Cyber Security Research. 

The committee recognizes that as the United States is 

making unprecedented investments in the domestic semiconductor 

industry, it is critical to protect that sector and those 

manufacturing processes from potential cybersecurity attacks. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $3.0 

million in RDDW PE 62668D8Z to understand future cyber threats 

to the domestic semiconductor industry and to explore the policy 

and technical means needed to mitigate those threats. 

Loitering munition development 

The budget request included $75.6 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

63122D8Z Combating Terrorism Technology Support. 

The committee recognizes the importance of loitering 

munition systems with lethality packages and the need for the 

Department of Defense (DOD) to evaluate these systems to develop 

tactics, techniques, and procedures for their deployment. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDDW PE 63122D8Z for enhancing DOD's understanding of 

the performance of loitering munition systems. 

Advanced manufacturing of energetic materials 
The budget request included $400.9 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

63160BR Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Advanced Technology 

Development. 

The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in 

RDDW PE 63160BR for further research of advanced manufacturing 

of energetic materials. 

Generative Unconstrained Intelligent Drug Engineering-Enhanced 

Biodefense 

The budget request included $267.1 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

63384BP Chemical and Biological Defense Program - Advanced 

Development, of which $45.7 million was for the Generative 

Unconstrained Intelligent Drug Engineering-Enhanced Biodefense 

(GUIDE-ENBD) effort to utilize computational tools to broadly 

assess the diverse and dynamic biological threat space. 

The committee recognizes the value of leveraging the 

resources of the national security laboratories, particularly 

with regard to supercomputing, as well as anticipating, 

assessing, and defending against emerging biothreats. The 

committee supports expanding such efforts on a cost-reimbursable 

basis that does not interfere with the National Nuclear Security 

Administration’s mission to support the U.S. nuclear deterrent. 

Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $25.0 

million in RDDW PE 63384BP for the GUIDE-ENBD effort to 

facilitate increased access to national laboratory 

supercomputing assets. 

Additive manufacturing at scale 

The budget request included $253.0 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

63680D8Z Defense-Wide Manufacturing Science and Technology 

Program. 

The committee supports the development and deployment of 

additive manufacturing at a large scale to meet the rapid 

production needs of the Department of Defense and many dual-use 

civilian applications. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $7.0 

million in RDDW PE 63680D8Z for the evaluation of additive 

manufacturing capabilities to support a Factory of the Future 

concept. 

Digital manufacturing modernization 
The budget request included $253.0 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

63680D8Z Defense-Wide Manufacturing Science and Technology 

Program. 

The committee recognizes the risk that private company 

vulnerabilities pose to national security and that leaders of 

the organic industrial base (OIB) have developed plans to 

modernize their digital systems, which is critical to meeting 

Department of Defense modernization priorities. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDDW PE 63680D8Z to support continued development and 

evaluation of ways to upgrade the cybersecurity of OIB networks 

and systems supporting manufacturing. 

National Security Innovation Network 

The budget request included $21.6 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

63950D8Z National Security Innovation Network (NSIN). 

The committee notes the importance of the NSIN in drawing 

new suppliers into the national security industrial base, 

helping organizations within the Department of Defense (DOD) 

provide solutions to a variety of problems, and creating a 

nationwide network of partners since its inception in 2016. The 

committee believes this outreach is critical for driving 

innovation at DOD. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $7.0 

million in RDDW PE 63950D8Z for expansion of NSIN activities. 

Increase for tristructural-isotrophic fuel 

The budget request included $171.7 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

64055D8Z Operational Energy Capability Improvement. 

The committee understands that tristructural-isotropic 

(TRISO) fuel, one of the most advanced nuclear fuels, has the 

potential to be a key enabler for the next generation of nuclear 

reactors and is the baseline fuel source in several current 

advanced reactors under development with the Department of 

Defense's Strategic Capabilities Office’s Project Pele program. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0 

million in RDDW PE 64055D8Z for TRISO fuel in support of Project 

Pele. 

Sustainable Technology Evaluation and Demonstration program 

increase 
The budget request included $117.2 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

63851D8Z Environmental Security Technical Certification Program, 

of which $3.0 million was for the Sustainable Technology 

Evaluation and Demonstration (STED) program. 

The committee recommends an increase of $6.0 million in 

RDDW PE 63851D8Z to support the STED program. 

Regarding Trench 

The budget request included $12.6 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

63906C Regarding Trench. 

The Director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) requested 

additional funding for this program on the MDA Unfunded 

Priorities List submitted to Congress. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $15.0 

million in RDDW PE 63906C to accelerate this program. 

Hypersonic Targets and Countermeasures Program 

The budget request included $570.3 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

63915C Ballistic Missile Defense Targets. 

The committee supports the efforts of the Missile Defense 

Agency to significantly reduce the cost of hypersonic flight 

testing to rapidly acquire critical data that facilitates 

hypersonic target and countermeasures development. Accordingly, 

the committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million in RDDW PE 

63915C for the Hypersonic Targets and Countermeasures Program. 

Information Analysis Centers reduction 

The budget request included $65.7 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

65801KA Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 

The committee notes that DTIC manages a number of 

Information Analysis Centers (IAC) that serve as a resource in 

providing timely, relevant information directly to users when 

and where it is needed, and often serve as a bridge between the 

warfighter and the acquisition and research communities. The 

committee also recognizes that the IACs performed $2.5 billion 

of customer-funded research and analysis in fiscal year 2022, 

all of which was charged some administrative fee for that work. 

The committee believes that even a small percentage fee on that 

work should be enough to allow the IACs to be self-sustaining 

each year. 
Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $5.0 

million in RDDW PE 65801KA for Information Analysis Centers. 

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office 

The budget request included classified amounts for 

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) 

for the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). 

The committee understands that the AARO requires an 

additional $27.0 million in fiscal year 2024 to execute its 

mission. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $27.0 

million for AARO in RDDW in line 999 Classified Programs. The 

committee expects the Secretary of Defense to request 

appropriate funding in future years. The committee also 

recommends a decrease of $10.0 million from Operation and 

Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW) line 220 for Cybersecurity 

Maturity Model Certification and a decrease of $7.0 million from 

Procurement, Defense-wide (PDW) line 18 for Joint Regional 

Security Stacks. 

Rapid innovation program 

The budget request included $1.0 billion in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

67210D8Z Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support, of 

which no funds were for the Rapid Innovation Program (RIP). 

The committee notes that while the RIP has had a track 

record of helping programs in the Department of Defense 

commercialize and transition small business-developed 

technologies successfully, and despite congressional support, 

the Department has never included funding for RIP in its budget 

requests. The committee understands that this program has 

recently been transitioned to align with the Office of Small 

Business Programs to try to reinvigorate those efforts, with the 

intent to complement other small business initiatives. However, 

the committee also understands that a programmed stream of 

funding is not likely to materialize until next year's budget 

request. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $20.0 

million in RDDW PE 67210D8Z to restart activities for RIP in 

anticipation of next year's budget request including funding for 

this program. 

Shipbuilding and ship repair workforce development 
The budget request included $1.0 billion in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

67210D8Z Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support. 

The committee recognizes the shipbuilding industry faces a 

significant challenge in achieving and sustaining required 

workforce levels, and the industrial base today lacks the 

capacity to meet the required demand. Current efforts to 

establish, accelerate, and grow the trades workforce are 

imperative to shipbuilding and ship repair, and must be 

adequately resourced, prioritized, scaled, and maintained over 

the next 20 years or more. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $3.0 

million in RDDW PE 67210D8Z to support initiatives that build a 

skilled and competent shipbuilding workforce. 

Domestic advanced microelectronics packaging 

The budget request included $1.0 billion in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

67210D8Z Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support. 

The committee remains concerned with the Department of 

Defense's (DOD) continued reliance on offshore microelectronics 

for critical missions in radar and electronic warfare systems, 

and supports continued investment to expand the capability in 

the United States to build custom-made integrated circuits for 

defense purposes. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in RDDW PE 67210D8Z for domestic advanced 

microelectronics packaging in support of DOD requirements. 

Modernization of Department of Defense Internet Gateway Cyber 

Defense 

The budget request included $469.4 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

36250JCY Cyber Operations Technology Support. 

Elsewhere in this report, the committee recommends a 

provision that would require the Secretary of Defense to carry 

out a modernization program for network boundary and crossdomain defense against cyber attacks, expanding upon the fiscal 

year 2023 pilot program and initial deployment to the primary 

Department of Defense internet access points (IAPs) managed by 

the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). The Consolidated 

Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-328) 

included funding to begin the procurement of a replacement for 

the current cyber defense system deployed at the major internet 

gateways of the Department of Defense. Additional funding beyond 
the requested amount is needed in fiscal year 2024 to sustain 

this initiative. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $7.0 

million in RDDW PE 36250JCY for internet gateway cyber defense. 

The committee further recommends related increases elsewhere in 

this Act. 

Locked Shields exercise 

The budget request included $469.4 million in Research, 

Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

3625JCY Cyber Operations Technology Support. 

The committee notes that the National Guard Bureau's Army 

Interagency Training and Education Center (AITEC), through the 

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), has led the United 

States’ team in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's 

Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence Locked Shields 

exercise, the only international critical infrastructure 

protection exercise in existence. This exercise is critically 

important to U.S. national security, and the committee 

encourages robust interagency participation and solicitation of 

private industry and academia participation. The committee 

commends the coordination efforts and expertise of AITEC 

throughout the foundational years of the Locked Shields 

exercise, and directs DISA to continue to coordinate the 

participating organizations and future host locations through 

AITEC. 

To support this effort, the committee recommends an 

increase of $4.0 million in RDDW PE 3625JCY for the purposes of 

facilitating travel, training, and infrastructure preparation 

for the exercise within the previously established 

organizational structure of the U.S. team. 

Next-Generation Blue Force Tracker 

The budget request included $263.4 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

1160431BB Warrior Systems. 

The committee notes that the Commander, U.S. Special 

Operations Command has identified the development of a NextGeneration Blue Force Tracker as an unfunded requirement. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.9 

million in RDDW PE 1160431BB for the development of a NextGeneration Blue Force Tracker. 
Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) Group 3 Defeat 

Acceleration 

The budget request included $263.4 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

1160431BB Warrior Systems. 

The committee notes that the Commander, U.S. Special 

Operations Command has identified the acceleration of Counter 

Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) Group 3 Defeat capabilities as an 

unfunded requirement. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $11.3 

million in RDDW PE 1160431BB for the acceleration of CUAS Group 

3 Defeat capabilities. 

U.S.-Israel cooperation on directed energy capabilities 

The budget request included $300.0 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

63913C Israeli Cooperative Programs, of which no funds were 

requested for U.S.-Israel cooperation on directed energy 

capabilities. 

The committee notes that elsewhere in this Act, the 

committee recommends a provision that would modify an existing 

authority to co-develop directed energy missile defense 

technologies with the Government of Israel. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $25.0 

million in RDDW PE 63913C and a corresponding decrease of $25.0 

million in Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air 

Force (RDAF) for PE 41319F VC-25B. 

U.S.-Israel defense collaboration on emerging technologies 

The budget request included $75.6 million in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide (RDDW) for PE 

63122D8Z Combatting Terrorism Technology Support, of which no 

funds were requested for U.S.-Israel collaboration on emerging 

technologies. 

The committee recognizes the capabilities and solutions 

that the Irregular Warfare 

Technical Support Directorate (IWTSD) is providing the U.S. 

warfighter. IWTSD performs rapid research and development, 

advanced studies and technical innovation, and provision of 

support to U.S. military operations. 

IWTSD’s international program leverages the expertise and 

resources of partners and 

allies, on a bilateral basis with limited partners, to develop 

technologies and capabilities through innovative research and 
development. The committee commends the results from joint 

research investments from the international program. IWTSD’s 

international program has produced technological advances in 

subterranean capabilities and monitoring, counter-unmanned 

aerial systems, maritime security, and robotics. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $25.0 

million in RDDW PE 63122D8Z and a corresponding decrease of 

$25.0 million in Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, 

Air Force (RDAF) for PE 41319F VC-25B. The committee directs 

IWTSD to continue to increase collaboration on emerging 

technologies, with strategic partners like Israel, to develop 

warfare capabilities to meet the challenges of the future, 

including but not limited to artificial intelligence, 

cybersecurity, directed energy, and automation. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

5G interference mitigation for critical aircraft navigation and 

sensor systems on the Presidential aircraft fleet 

The committee understands that the deployment of 5G 

networks across the United States and abroad has the potential 

to adversely affect the performance of aircraft navigational and 

sensor systems on the Presidential aircraft fleet consisting of 

VC-25 aircraft, also known as Air Force One. A critical area of 

concern for the VC-25 program office is 5G-induced interference 

degrading the performance of current radar altimeter systems. 

Implementation and deployment of an advanced capability to 

mitigate the effects of 5G-induced radio-frequency (RF) 

interference would enable the VC-25 aircraft to operate among 

strong 5G sources without impairment of existing radar 

altimeters and navigational equipment. Successful implementation 

on the VC-25 aircraft fleet would enable broad application 

across other Department of Defense (DOD) and commercial 

aircraft. 

The committee understands that an advanced RF architecture 

known as the Wideband Adaptive Signal Processer (WASP), which 

enables broadband simultaneous transmit and receive (STAR) 

capability, has been demonstrated in government-controlled test 

environments for multiple DOD applications. In these tests, the 

WASP-based STAR technology has demonstrated the ability for 

platforms and systems to communicate through previously 

debilitating RF interference on their current radio transceivers 

without sacrificing mobility or security. The committee 

understands that the WASP-based STAR techniques can be applied 
on VC-25 and related aircraft to assure performance of aircraft 

navigational and sensor systems in a 5G environments. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Presidential aircraft 

Program Executive Office (PEO) to submit to the congressional 

defense committees a report, not later than September 30, 2024, 

detailing the efforts to provide assured performance of aircraft 

navigational and sensor systems on the VC-25 aircraft utilizing 

the WASP-based STAR technology. The report shall include how 

successful integration and testing would be resourced over the 

future years defense program. The report shall be submitted in 

unclassified form, with an accompanying classified annex, if 

necessary. 

The committee also directs that the Director of 

Operational Test and Evaluation coordinate with the PEO for 

Presidential aircraft to monitor and evaluate the testing of the 

WASP-based STAR technology. 

Advanced manufacturing infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific region 

The committee recognizes the potential for advanced and 

additive manufacturing solutions to address maintenance 

readiness needs across the military services. This technology 

could benefit maintenance activities in garrison, however, there 

is unique potential benefit to deploying this technology 

forward, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region, where U.S. 

military personnel operate in numerous formations across a range 

of locations separated by vast distances. The committee is 

concerned that in both peacetime and in a contested logistics 

environment, delivering the material required for maintenance 

activities to servicemembers across the large number of remote 

positions throughout the region could prove to be difficult and 

costly. 

The committee understands that industry currently offers 

hybrid machines that do additive and subtractive manufacturing, 

increasing the range and quality of items that can be produced, 

as well as fully automated and digitized machines. The committee 

believes that leveraging these existing but customizable 

advanced and additive manufacturing technologies, as well as the 

expertise of industry partners with an established presence in 

the region, could yield rapid improvements to readiness and 

maintenance and improve the resilience of lines of 

communication. The committee, in line with military leaders’ 

strategic directive to address contested logistics, believes 

that establishing a network of advanced and additive 

manufacturing capabilities in forward-deployed and expeditionary 

settings throughout the Indo-Pacific region could only benefit 

the joint force. 
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not 

later than March 1, 2024, that evaluates opportunities for 

leveraging additive and advanced manufacturing technology in the 

Indo-Pacific region to improve maintenance readiness and address 

other needs of forward-deployed servicemembers. The briefing 

shall include: (1) Suggested locations for establishing this 

advanced manufacturing infrastructure and an evaluation of the 

benefits and challenges of selecting locations without existing 

advanced manufacturing infrastructure and expeditionary 

locations; (2) Examples of current and future maintenance 

readiness needs that could be addressed by establishing this 

infrastructure, detailed by service; (3) Examples of needs that 

could be met by establishing this infrastructure, detailed by 

service; (4) Specific capabilities of additive or advanced 

manufacturing machines that would be beneficial in this 

scenario; and (5) Any potential barriers to the success of 

establishing an infrastructure of this nature in the IndoPacific region, and resources, authorities, and other 

requirements to successfully establish an infrastructure of this 

nature. 

Army Pathfinder-Air Assault program 

The committee recognizes the critical role that soldiers 

can play in the research, development, testing and integration 

processes within the Department of Defense. Soldier engagement 

with, and operational assessment of, technologies and platforms 

can be especially useful in early identification of 

opportunities and threats relevant to future capability 

development. The committee notes that efforts like the 

Pathfinder-Air Assault program at the Army Research Laboratory, 

which is focused on promoting “bottom-up” innovation from the 

force to support research and development for advanced soldier 

lethality, can be key to providing relevant user feedback to 

help identify challenges not apparent to the engineering 

community, as well as aid in smooth transition into operational 

use. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army 

to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee not 

later than January 31, 2024, on the Pathfinder-Air Assault 

program. This briefing should describe the activities conducted 

under Pathfinder-Air Assault program, document the outcomes, 

provide any transition success stories, and detail the Army’s 

strategy for incorporating the program into the President’s 

budget request in future years defense program submissions. 
Assessment of chemical and biological research and engineering 

workforce and facilities for Department of Defense needs 

The committee is aware of the acute challenges facing the 

Department of Defense (DOD) in attracting, hiring, and retaining 

a skilled and technically competent workforce. The committee 

recognizes that the Department is facing these challenges 

broadly, but notes that the issue has been particularly acute 

within the community working in the biological and chemical 

research and development space. The specialized skills and 

experience necessary to perform those missions are also in high 

demand in the fields of medical, biotechnology, and 

pharmaceuticals that has the potential to draw many away from 

defense missions. The Department must assess the workforce 

challenges these dynamics pose, as well as the potential longterm impact, in order to develop implementable long-term 

solutions. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Research and Engineering to provide a briefing to 

the congressional defense committees, not later than June 1, 

2024, assessing the Department's capability to retain research 

staff at its laboratories and test sites performing biological 

and chemical research, development, test, and evaluation. Such 

assessment shall include: 

(1) Over the past 5 years, the number, education 

level, and field of research of such personnel, as well as the 

specific instances pertaining to the loss of highly qualified 

personnel and the reason why; 

(2) The ability to attract and retain high quality 

personnel, including salary and benefits options, award packages 

for superior performance, and existing or proposed legislative 

authorities for hiring exceptionally qualified individuals; 

(3) The availability of postdoctoral and 

undergraduate fellowship programs, including whether the 

associated stipends are competitive with other Federal non-DOD 

laboratories, the ability to retain such personnel after the 

fellowship program, and the retention rates for postdoctoral 

researchers; 

(4) The trend for basic and applied research funding 

over the past 5 years and the future years defense program by 

topical category for chemical and biological research; 

(5) The results of any job satisfaction surveys of 

research and engineering personnel; 

(6) The use of internally funded research programs 

pursuant to section 2363 of title 10, United States Code, 

allocated by each laboratory for such programs; 
(7) The acquisition and maintenance of capital 

equipment and associated long-term planning; 

(8) The administrative overhead structure at 

laboratories and test sites and how such structure is allocated 

to facility upkeep; 

(9) Long-term planning for new facilities; and 

(10) Other such matters the Secretary deems 

necessary. 

Assessment of deep underground training facilities 

The committee recognizes that the use of deep underground 

facilities by foreign nations for the protection of high-value 

assets presents a unique challenge for the United States, 

particularly with regard to facilities that may contain weapons 

of mass destruction and which would require the physical 

presence of forces to secure and render safe these dangerous 

assets. Given the importance of this mission set, it is 

essential that the Department of Defense (DOD) maintains its 

ability to access facilities that are representative of similar 

real-world targets in order to test specialized equipment and 

develop procedures to ensure a high state of readiness. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not 

later than March 31, 2024, on its existing and planned deep 

underground training facilities. The report shall assess, at a 

minimum: 

facilities; 

(1) The DOD components that require the use of these 

(2) The training objectives achieved through the use 

of these facilities; 

(3) Any training requirements, particularly those 

relating to securing and rendering safe weapons of mass 

destruction, that DOD is unable to achieve due to deficiencies 

in the design or scope of these facilities, as applicable; 

(4) Options for enhancing the effectiveness of 

component training through improvements to these facilities, as 

applicable; and 

(5) Preliminary cost estimates for facility 

improvements, should such actions be recommended. 

Assessment of modeling and simulation capabilities for tradeoff 

analysis 

The committee recognizes the value that modeling and 

simulation (M&S) provides to support analysis within the 

Department of Defense (DOD) beyond traditional engineering 
analysis, and notes that there is significant potential for 

improvement in this area. For example, rudimentary simulation 

capability exists that allows the Department to run "what if" 

scenarios such that decision-makers can assess tradeoffs between 

different variables, but many of these capabilities cannot 

scale. While the Department has a plethora of M&S capabilities, 

they are traditionally designed for very specific purposes, 

rarely interoperate smoothly, and struggle to model non-kinetic 

effects or integrate across domains. The committee believes that 

greater focus on this tradeoff analysis could position the 

Department to better address future scenarios, such as kill web 

prioritization, munitions production needs for various war 

planning contingencies, dynamic response planning based on 

available assets, and facility construction sequencing tied to 

strategic priorities of the Secretary of Defense. Such 

capabilities would have value across the full spectrum of the 

DOD activities, but particularly for programming. 

The committee notes that the Defense Advanced Research 

Projects Agency's (DARPA) Secure Advanced Framework for 

Simulation and Modeling (SAFE-SiM) program possesses great 

promise to serve as a basis for joint cross-domain M&S at the 

operational level and encourages the Secretary of Defense to 

support the transition and expansion of SAFE-SiM, as well as the 

adoption of a central repository of modeling and simulation 

data. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to conduct an assessment of current and planned M&S capabilities 

for tradeoff analysis and to provide a briefing to the 

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives not later than November 1, 2024. This assessment 

shall include: 

(1) Current M&S capabilities in use in the DOD for 

tradeoff analysis, including identification of any 

interoperability challenges in using more than one system in 

concert; 

(2) M&S capabilities available commercially that may 

not currently be in use by the DOD, including any limitations or 

challenges impeding their deployment in a defense information 

environment; 

(3) Identification of any capability gaps between 

the needs of the DOD and existing systems identified in (1) and 

(2); and 

(4) Identification of capabilities that can link or 

make interoperable systems identified in (1) and (2). 

Biological Posture Review 
The committee is aware that the Department of Defense is 

undertaking a Biological Posture Review. The committee 

encourages the Department to ensure the review includes the 

following: 

(1) The biological threat landscape, military biological 

intelligence, and military medical intelligence; 

(2) Efforts to address ongoing and emerging biological 

weapons intelligence issues; and 

(3) An assessment of the Department's infrastructure to 

fulfill its responsibilities in accordance with relevant 

national strategies with regard to defending the United States 

and its interests overseas against biological threats. 

Further, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security to brief the 

congressional defense committees not later than April 30, 2024, 

on the vulnerability of the Defense Critical Infrastructure 

Protection program to biological threats and the potential 

mitigation measures that can be taken to minimize such threats. 

Briefing on solid rocket motors 

The committee notes that rocketry has a long history of 

advancing the Technology Readiness Level of advanced 

technologies of developmental items, collecting flight data, and 

as use as targets to test missile defense systems. Further, the 

depletion of retired military rocket motors suitable for 

missile, missile defense, and hypersonic system development has 

resulted in a lack of qualified and available rocket motors for 

testing. The current inventory of retired military assets does 

not have the sufficient thrust required to achieve the realistic 

hypersonic environments suitable to replicate adversary weapon 

achievement. 

In addition to the challenges facing the lack of qualified 

and available rocket motors for testing, the committee 

recognizes the underlying challenges related to the limited 

number of industrial suppliers for solid rocket motors (SRMs) 

and the extreme vulnerability of the supply chain, thereby 

further underscoring the problematic concentration of the SRM 

industrial base for operational purposes. The committee believes 

that the Department of Defense (DOD) must concurrently deploy a 

strategy to capitalize on market incentives and encourage the 

development of viable additional sources of these critical 

resources. The committee encourages the DOD to use the 

authorities and resources of the Office of Manufacturing 

Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization to make 

further concentrated, strategic, and significant investments to 

identify and incentivize the development of additional reliable 
industrial capacity. In particular, these investments should 

prioritize investments in, and innovative approaches to, the 

development of 

SRMs and their constituent parts; should focus on companies that 

are making significant 

commitments to the sustainable expansion of the SRM market; and 

should be scaled to a size commensurate with the strategic 

significance of SRMs. 

Therefore, the committee requests the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment provide a briefing to 

the Senate Armed Services Committee not later than December 15, 

2023, on actions taken to support the expansion of the solid 

rocket motor defense industrial base. 

Classified vehicle integration 

The committee recognizes the importance of ensuring robust 

system integration capabilities for ground systems. As the 

Department of Defense develops the next generation of ground 

combat vehicles, the committee believes it is vital that the 

U.S. Army plan and budget for the infrastructure necessary to 

test, evaluate, and integrate classified systems onto ground 

combat platforms. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army 

to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, 

not later than March 1, 2024, on current efforts to develop the 

infrastructure required to integrate advanced warfighting 

capabilities onto current and future ground platforms, and plans 

to sufficiently budget for this enduring need for classified 

vehicle testing and integration infrastructure. 

Collaboration with advanced manufacturing consortia to expand 

workforce 

The committee understands that various consortia of 

educational institutions and industry partners focus on 

developing the field of advanced and additive manufacturing. The 

committee believes that engagement between the Department of 

Defense and these consortia could spur additional research and 

development and increase workforce capacity, which would support 

the Department’s strategic objectives to address contested 

logistics, maintenance backlogs, and supply chain and surge 

capacity issues for critical technologies. 

Accordingly, the committee encourages the Department to 

leverage existing relationships with the Joint Defense 

Manufacturing Council and other relevant agencies and forge new 
ones with academic and industry partners to proactively support 

workforce development. 

Collaborative combat aircraft 

The budget request included $392.2 million in PE 27179F in 

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force for the 

collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) program. The committee 

recognizes that this is an ambitious program that could have far 

reaching implications for the Air Force. The Air Force intends 

to pursue a methodical approach to investigating this 

potentially revolutionary change for the fighter forces. 

The committee supports moving forward with the concept, 

but believes that the Air Force and the Department of Defense 

need to conduct additional analysis to determine the appropriate 

set of requirements for CCA and related systems before 

committing to a program of record. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force to begin quarterly briefings to the congressional defense 

committees, to continue through September 30, 2028 with the 

first to be provided not later than November 1, 2023, to keep 

the committees apprised of progress in: (1) Acquiring and 

operating test aircraft; (2) Investigating costs of various 

courses of action regarding CCA acquisition and employment; (3) 

Conducting further analysis of CCA mission effectiveness; (4) 

Refining concepts of operation and employment for CCA and manned 

fighters; and (5) Assessing tradeoffs between manned and 

unmanned systems. 

Comptroller General Assessment of the activities and 

organization of the Defense Innovation Unit 

The committee is aware of, and has been supportive of, the 

Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the critical role it plays in 

building connections with the sectors of the commercial 

marketspace that do not traditionally work closely with the 

Department of Defense (DOD). DIU was established to provide 

focused attention and liaison with this community to expand 

potential sources for innovation, and to provide a dual pathway 

to access commercial innovation and socialize unique defense 

requirements to new communities. However, after several years of 

effort, changes in leadership, and multiple realignments within 

the DOD organizational structure, the committee believes it is 

time to take stock of DIU activities in order to assess its 

impact on the innovation ecosystem. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to conduct a review of the activities and 
organization of DIU to assess its effectiveness at its stated 

mission to field and scale commercial technology across the 

military. The review shall include an assessment of the 

following: 

(1) An analysis of how effective DIU activities have 

been in accelerating the adoption of commercial technology 

throughout DOD, including an evaluation of any factors impeding 

its effectiveness; 

(2) The impact of DIU activities in increasing 

engagement with startups, small businesses, and nontraditional 

vendors; 

(3) How DIU efforts have contributed to expanding 

and diversifying the national security innovation base; 

(4) The role of each DIU office in executing the 

mission of DIU, including an assessment of current collaboration 

and coordination mechanisms among each DIU office and with 

related innovation organizations across the DOD; 

(5) How the national security innovation base could 

expand through the geographic distribution or expansion of DIU 

satellite offices or liaison officers based in existing DOD 

facilities across the United States; 

(6) What performance goals or metrics have been 

established for the DIU, including an assessment of how well DIU 

is performing against those goals and metrics; and 

(7) Identification of any shortfalls, obstacles or 

challenges in operational processes, skills and technology, 

personnel, and other resources that may impact DIU’s ability to 

meet these performance goals and metrics. 

A briefing on the initial findings of this review shall be 

provided to the Senate Armed Services Committee not later than 

December 1, 2023, with a report to follow at a time agreed upon 

with the Comptroller General. 

Defense Science Board 

The committee recognizes the importance of the Defense 

Science Board (DSB) in providing independent scientific and 

technical advice and recommendations to the Department of 

Defense (DOD) on a wide variety of critical challenges and 

opportunities. The DSB’s ability to drive and anticipate issues 

to proactively position the Department has been demonstrated 

repeatedly by studies over its 60 year history. The committee 

notes that the DSB reports to the Deputy Secretary of Defense 

through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 

Engineering (USD(R&E)) and often receives direct tasking from 

the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, the 

USD(R&E), and Congress. 
The committee also perceives a shift in the emphasis of 

who is generating tasking for the DSB. These perceived changes 

could have been caused by a number of events, including the 

slow-down during the pandemic, the shut-down during zero-based 

review, and the reorganization of the Office of the Secretary of 

Defense. The committee further notes that the DSB is comprised 

of eminent authorities in the fields of science, technology, 

manufacturing, acquisition, strategic planning, systems 

analysis, and other matters of special interest to the DOD. The 

committee encourages the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense to take advantage of the expertise found on 

the DSB by receiving more frequent briefings. The committee also 

encourages the DSB to meet with the congressional defense 

committees on a more regular basis. 

The committee understands that DSB operations were 

hindered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the decision by the 

Secretary of Defense to temporarily stand down and then 

reconstitute all of the Department’s advisory boards has 

resulted in a backlog of work. The committee also understands 

that the DSB relies on the expertise provided by Special 

Government Employees (SGEs) and that lengthy timelines 

associated with approval of SGE appointments can hinder 

responsiveness and operational effectiveness. The committee 

encourages the Secretary of Defense to review Department policy 

on the approval process for appointing SGEs in order to find 

more efficiencies and improve the overall effectiveness of these 

boards. 

Digital Manufacturing Modernization Accelerator 

The committee recognizes that the organic industrial base 

faces critical challenges as it pursues digital modernization 

and appreciates the services the Department of Defense's 

designated digital manufacturing institute has provided to date 

in assisting the industrial base with this transition. The 

committee encourages the Department to allocate additional 

resources to these efforts to ensure that the national digital 

manufacturing institute will maintain a skilled, available team 

to support modernization efforts and technology implementation 

at critical defense arsenals and depots, improving security and 

efficiency. The committee commends the institute’s collaborative 

and integrated approach to sustaining the U.S. future force and 

further encourages the Department to promote continued 

innovative development in the organic industrial base. 

Directed Energy roadmap 
The committee notes that in section 219 of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114- 

328), the Under Secretary for Research and Engineering (USD 

R&E), through the Principal Director for Directed Energy, was 

tasked with coordinating Directed Energy efforts across the 

Department and with producing the Department’s Directed Energy 

Roadmap to guide future development efforts. Furthermore, 

Section 215 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2020 (Public Law 116-283) established a Directed Energy 

Working Group to “analyze and evaluate the current and planned, 

directed energy programs of each of the military departments... 

[and] make recommendations to the Secretary of Defense.” 

The committee notes Directed Energy, High-Energy Laser, 

and High-Power Microwave weapons may offer lower logistical 

requirements, lower costs per shot, and—assuming access to a 

sufficient power supply—deeper magazines than traditional 

munitions. Furthermore, the committee received testimony from 

the Department of the Navy conveying that integration of 21stcentury technology and weapons, like Directed Energy, are 

essential to adapting and evolving how the Department of Defense 

(DOD) meets the changing nature of war. 

However, the committee remains concerned about the DOD’s 

ability to continue to develop and eventually transition 

Directed Energy weapons on deployable platforms, enabling 

distributed and disaggregated operations where conventional 

munitions re-supply will be denied, contested, or unavailable. 

For example, while funding exists for the procurement of 

Directed Energy systems, additional funding may be required to 

do the platform integration, hardening, and upgrades for new 

sustainment requirements like power management or optics. 

Therefore, the committee directs the USD R&E to submit a 

briefing to the congressional defense committees by March 1, 

2024 on its Directed Energy way ahead, including an updated 

Directed Energy roadmap and funding profile for all Directed 

Energy and High-Power Microwave systems, including funding 

needed for development, delivery, integration on platforms, and 

system sustainment. 

Eligibility criteria for Defense Established Program to 

Stimulate Competitive Research 

The committee continues to support the Defense Established 

Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) program as a 

means to support the growth and expansion of research 

capabilities in geographic areas that do not traditionally 

attract a significant amount of federal research and development 

funding. Programs like DEPSCoR not only allow for injection of 
new performers and new ideas into the defense innovation 

ecosystem, but they also support the diversification of talent 

and economic benefits that come with such funding. 

However, the committee is concerned that the current 

eligibility criteria for jurisdictions to participate in DEPSCoR 

may not be sufficiently targeted to those jurisdictions which 

would benefit most from defense research funding. The committee 

notes that this criteria set has been in place for several years 

and a periodic review would be in order to ensure it is matched 

to the current policy environment. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Research and Engineering to provide a briefing to 

the Senate Armed Services Committee not later than December 1, 

2023, on the DEPSCoR program. The briefing shall include: 

(1) A description of the current eligibility 

criteria for jurisdictions to participate in DEPSCoR; 

(2) An assessment of whether the current criteria 

have led to the inclusion of jurisdictions receiving a 

disproportionately low share of Department of Defense researchrelated funding; and 

(3) Recommendations, if any, for modifying the 

eligibility criteria to better reflect the mission and focus of 

DEPSCoR. 

Enhanced Civics Education report 

The committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering to provide a report to the Senate Armed 

Services Committee by January 15, 2024 on the Enhanced Civics 

Education program within the National Defense Education Program. 

The report should include: (1) A description of the Enhanced 

Civics program and an assessment of the results of the program 

to date; (2) Abstracts for all awardees for the program; (3) A 

full description of the complete curricula developed by the 

awardees including any coursework or videos; and (4) Abstracts 

for applicants that were not selected. 

Enhanced collaboration between the Office of Strategic Capital 

and Army Futures Command 

The committee supports the establishment and development 

of the Department of Defense’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) 

and its mission to strengthen the Department’s enduring 

technological advantages through partnerships with private 

capital providers in order to bridge the transition gap between 

proof of concept and full-scale production. The processes OSC 

develops and utilizes will be as critical to the Department as 
the technologies that are adopted as a result. The committee 

observes that the types of capital assistance tools OSC might 

leverage are relatively new to the Department, and while 

prevalent in other federal agencies, it will take some time to 

gain the knowledge and experience to wield on a larger scale. 

Additionally, the committee supports the ongoing, critical 

work of the Army Futures Command (AFC) to ensure the U.S. Army 

“remains at the forefront of technological innovation and 

warfighting ability.” The committee believes that AFC’s mission 

could be enhanced by greater interaction and collaboration with 

the OSC. In addition to the direct benefits the program provides 

for technology access, the inculcation of knowledge in how to 

better utilize capital assistance tools has the potential to 

serve the Army more broadly in its innovation enterprise. 

Therefore, the committee urges OSC and AFC to establish 

regular communications and engagement opportunities between 

them, and among the other service research and development 

facilities, in order to strengthen the web of innovation across 

the Department. Additionally, the committee strongly encourages 

AFC to consider providing the Office of Strategic Capital with 

an AFC liaison to enhance the mission of both organizations and 

to support knowledge transfer on the use of financial tools to 

provide more mechanisms to access and transition technology to 

the warfighter. The committee also believes that as the OSC 

grows and matures, it should consider the importance of placing 

OSC liaisons across the services as it builds its workforce 

roadmap. 

Expansion of innovation base for data repositories 

The committee commends the Department of Defense and the 

Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) for 

their focus on building the structure needed to produce high 

quality data required to support artificial intelligence and 

machine learning (AI/ML) capabilities developed across the 

Department. The committee encourages the CDAO to continue to 

ensure requirements for the procurement of data repositories and 

the infrastructure for AI/ML operations are stated in terms of 

functions to be performed, performance standards required, or 

essential physical characteristics in order to leverage existing 

commercial products and services. Additionally, the committee 

believes that the CDAO should be performing market research 

before developing new specifications for any such procurement. 

The committee also encourages the CDAO to develop an 

acquisition strategy which avoids unnecessary and unjustified 

consolidation or bundling of two or more requirements that 

eliminate the opportunities for the participation of small 
businesses and businesses offering commercial products or 

commercial services. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Chief Digital and 

Artificial Intelligence Office to provide a briefing to the 

Senate Armed Services Committee, not later than December 1, 

2024, on the CDAO Enterprise Infrastructure acquisition and data 

repositories. The briefing should include the following: (1) An 

update on any data repositories added by CDAO through 

competitive solicitation processes since the delivery of the 

briefing required by Section 232 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81); (2) 

How the requirements were stated in terms to maximize 

participation of businesses providing commercial products and 

commercial services; (3) The market research performed prior to 

developing the specifications; (4) How the acquisition strategy 

avoided consolidation or bundling of requirements in order to 

maximize the participation of small business and businesses 

providing commercial products and commercial services; and (5) 

How CDAO leveraged the rapid acquisition pathway provided by the 

Tradewind contract to find, fund, and develop a high-quality 

data infrastructure for AI/ML, digital and data analytics space. 

Hypersonics test infrastructure investment and acceleration 

The committee strongly supports the investments made in 

the Multi-Service Advanced Capabilities Hypersonic Test Bed 

(MACH-TB) as the first step in increasing the capacity of 

America’s hypersonic flight testing. This increase in testing 

capability is essential to the development of hypersonic weapons 

and regaining the United States' competitiveness with the 

People's Republic of China in this critical area. Not only will 

the MACH-TB approach increase the scale and pace of testing, it 

may provide innovative new testing approaches and reduce the 

long-term costs of testing for these complex and expensive 

systems. Further, as key leaders in this effort, along with the 

Test Resource Management Center, the committee supports the 

Navy’s Center of Excellence for Hypersonics at Naval Surface 

Warfare Center, Crane Division, as well as academic and industry 

partners, who continue to work together to rapidly advance 

hypersonic technology. The committee remains committed to 

maintaining this momentum and providing the funding necessary to 

continue the development of MACH-TB. 

Indo-Pacific Command 5G networking pilot program 

The committee remains focused on the accelerated 

development and fielding of fifth generation (5G) communications 
technologies across all military installations, especially 

within U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM). Utilizing 5Gnetworked capabilities, such as smart warehouses, will enable 

the services to meet operational objectives more effectively and 

efficiently, while also ensuring secure communications in the 

dispersed INDOPACOM theater. 

Therefore, to further accelerate the deployment of 5Genabled technologies in INDOPACOM, the committee directs the 

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in 

coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research 

and Engineering and the Commander, U.S. INDOPACOM, to submit to 

the Senate Armed Services Committee a plan for an in-theater 

pilot project not later than March 31, 2024. The plan should 

include a schedule and resource requirements to test 5G 

operational feasibility, assess both digital and physical 

interference from foreign adversaries, and evaluate 

infrastructure shortfalls and implementation requirements. 

Modeling and simulation for combat vehicle development 

The committee recognizes the importance of modeling and 

simulation (M&S) activities in combat vehicle development, 

especially in continuing adoption of model-based systems 

engineering and digital twin technologies. The committee 

believes that using such M&S tools in the early stages of 

developing a vehicle before “bending metal” for prototype and 

production will assist in rapidly fielding technology with a 

clear understanding of the operational capability, which reduces 

development cost and physical prototyping time in the early 

phases and throughout the lifecycle. Such tools also create 

stronger linkages into sustainment though the creation of 

digital artifacts that can support maintenance, modifications, 

and other block upgrades needed by systems that are likely to be 

in the inventory for decades. The committee also believes this 

will allow a more seamless transition from systems level 

modeling to integration into macro-level M&S tools for training 

and wargaming. 

Therefore, the committee encourages the continued 

adoption, development, and integration of modern M&S tools. The 

committee also encourages the further employment of vehicle 

agnostic system integration labs and an integrated collaborative 

environment to enable rigorous M&S for informing requirements 

from the subsystem level all the way to the force-on-force level 

engagement modeling. 

Modernization of Defense Travel System 
The committee notes that the Department of Defense (DOD) 

has invested significant resources to replace the Defense Travel 

System with an updated and more modern travel system. This new 

system, MyTravel, is expected to improve the travel experience 

for DOD personnel, create efficiencies, drive down costs, and 

allow the Department to retire legacy travel systems. The 

committee notes that on October 21, 2022, the Department 

designated MyTravel as the “single official travel system for 

currently supported travel functions as well as those supported 

in the future, as they become available.” 

The committee is concerned that the military services and 

some Department of Defense entities have not complied with this 

direction. Such delays in implementation of MyTravel squander 

resources that could be reallocated to other Department 

priorities, keep outdated process and legacy systems in place 

past their usefulness, and waste the time and patience of DOD 

users. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than January 

15, 2024, which shall identify which military services, 

components, or other entities have not yet implemented MyTravel, 

as well as an implementation plan for all entities listed in the 

report that have not yet transitioned to MyTravel. 

Multi-spectral camouflage 

The committee recognizes that the increasing use of 

reconnaissance and kinetic drones employed by near-peer 

adversaries has complicated signature management for 

warfighters. The employment of infrared and multi-spectral 

sensors to enhance traditional electro-optical methods of 

detection has made the development of full-spectrum camouflage a 

critical protective necessity for the current warfighting 

environment. 

The committee is aware that the Army has fielded the 

Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Net System (ULCANS) signature 

management camouflage system as a capability to combat these 

sorts of threats. The committee encourages the Army to ensure 

that all units deploying overseas, particularly to the U.S. 

European Command area of responsibility, are resourced in a 

manner to ensure they can be equipped with, and can sustain, 

ULCANS equipment. Furthermore, the committee is concerned that 

the ULCANS Program of Record has not been resourced specifically 

in the current Army Program Objective Memorandum (POM) cycle, 

which has contributed to significant industrial base challenges 

for the program. 
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army 

to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee not 

later than December 1, 2023, on the ULCANS program. The briefing 

shall include a discussion of the current state of the program 

and the Army's plans for resourcing, deploying, and sustaining 

the ULCANS capability across the future years defense program. 

National Network for Microelectronics Research and Development 

The committee has long been concerned about the 

diminishing sources for domestic manufacturing capability to 

produce microelectronics for national security needs. The 

committee understands that the Undersecretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering has begun the process of competitively 

selecting participants for the National Network for 

Microelectronics Research and Development (the “Microelectronics 

Commons”), as authorized in section 9903(b) of William M. (Mac) 

Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2021 (Public Law 116-283). The committee sees this as an 

opportunity to reinvigorate the relevant manufacturing sector by 

strengthening the connections between early stage 

microelectronics research and development (R&D) with commercial 

foundries in order to improve the transition of new technologies 

across the so-called "valley of death." 

The committee recognizes that the Microelectronics Commons 

is just one of several regional technology programs established 

across Federal agencies to support domestic microelectronics 

R&D, and advanced manufacturing projects. However, the committee 

is concerned that in fostering growth in this area, enhanced 

coordination and synchronization of these efforts is required to 

ensure that limited resources are not put to duplicative aims, 

or unnecessarily crowd out good ideas. The committee recognizes 

the challenges associated with significant cross-agency and 

cross-industry initiatives, but believes this warrants 

heightened scrutiny from the committee. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee not 

later than January 31, 2024. This briefing should address the 

following: 

(1) A description of how the management structure 

for the Microelectronics Commons will coordinate and engage 

with, reinforce, and leverage other related Department of 

Defense (DOD) activities and other agency regional technology 

programs, such as the Department of Commerce’s National 

Semiconductor Technology Center and the Regional Technology Hub 

programs, and the National Science Foundation’s Regional 

Innovation Engine Program; 
(2) Identify the mechanisms integrated into the 

contractual arrangements of the potential industry and academic 

partners to promote and encourage collaborations with such other 

DOD or cross-agency initiatives; and 

(3) Identify and describe the specific interagency 

coordination mechanisms DOD uses to coordinate and align its 

activities with cross-agency regional technology programs to 

align efforts and avoid duplication. 

Post-traumatic stress disorder biomarker research 

The committee is aware that the Walter Reed Army Institute 

for Research has had success in identifying biomarkers that can 

be used to help diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). 

The committee understands that this research can be used to 

identify individuals' susceptibility to some forms of PTSD preevent, and it can aid diagnosis post-event. Recognizing the 

current, former, and future servicemembers who are likely to be 

exposed to events that may contribute to PTSD, the committee 

believes that this research is critical to the long-term health 

readiness needs of the military, and that the results from such 

work should receive wide exposure to the broader medical 

community based on the possible benefits for civilian health 

providers. However, the committee notes that the ability to 

identify pre-event PTSD susceptibility does raise some policy 

and ethical concerns, similar to debates on personalized 

medicine and where genomic and genetic information intersect 

with privacy. The committee expects the Army and the Department 

of Defense to proactively engage in policy and ethical 

deliberations on the possible future uses of this technology in 

parallel with its development. 

Production of chiplet-based open architecture system-in-package 

prototypes 

The committee notes the emphasis of the Office of the 

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment 

(OUSD(A&S)) on moving prototype systems into production and 

fielding, at scale. The committee believes that the Industrial 

Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program has been 

particularly successful in partnering with the private sector 

and municipalities to enhance domestic industrial capability and 

bring technology to the warfighter faster. 

The committee also recognizes that the Department of 

Defense (DOD) often relies on offshore microelectronics for 

critical weapons systems that do not have the level of 

verifiably secure design and manufacturing desired for national 
security purposes. Most advanced packaging of microelectronics 

occurs in Asia, creating foreign supply chain risks. 

Furthermore, those custom-made integrated circuits for defense 

uses that are available domestically can take years to design 

and field, often at prohibitive expense. 

The committee notes that new defense microelectronics 

architectures, including chiplet-based System-in-Package (SiP) 

prototypes, offer several advantages over traditional 

approaches, including increased computing power, reduced power 

consumption, enhanced performance, and improved scalability. 

These systems are manufactured using domestic 2.5D advanced 

packaging, a methodology for including multiple semiconductors 

inside the same package. This approach is especially valuable 

where performance and low power are the critical attributes 

desired. Using open architecture designs, SiPs may foster 

interoperability, enabling rapid upgrades and integration of new 

commercially available processing technologies. 

Given the evolving nature of defense requirements, 

especially in the Indo-Pacific area of operations, where 

maritime sensing and electronic warfare are critical enablers of 

combat capability, the Department must capitalize on these 

advancements to maintain technological superiority. 

Therefore, the committee recommends that the OUSD(A&S) 

consider options, including the IBAS program, to evaluate 

production capability for chiplet-based open architecture SiP 

prototypes. Furthermore, the committee directs the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to assess 

domestic 2.5D manufacturing capabilities and provide a briefing 

to the congressional defense committees not later than October 

1, 2024. Such a briefing shall include: (1) A description of the 

current state of the art processes and methodologies for 2.5D 

manufacturing, including any challenges to wide-spread adoption; 

(2) Identification of the domestic centers of excellence in 

utilization of 2.5D manufacturing; (3) Integration opportunities 

and challenges to leveraging current microelectronics 

qualitative assurance processes or other means for enhancing 

security of design, packaging, and production; (4) Opportunities 

to leverage existing microelectronics and manufacturing 

initiatives within the Department of Defense; and (5) Any other 

matters the Under Secretary deems appropriate. 

Report on Air Force Research Laboratory “One Laboratory, Two 

Services” policy 

The committee is aware that the Air Force Research 

Laboratory (AFRL) supports both the Air Force and the Space 

Force. The committee notes that such an arrangement has the 
potential to result in insufficient support to both 

organizations. While not aware of significant problems, the 

committee believes that the Department of the Air Force should 

seek more opportunities to measure and optimize the support that 

AFRL provides to the two services. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force to provide a report to the Senate Armed Services Committee 

not later than December 1, 2024, that assesses the effectiveness 

of the AFRL’s ability to service both the Air Force and Space 

Force as independent services. Such report should include: 

(1) Identification of the scientific areas of common 

relevance to both services, including space-related scientific 

areas; 

(2) Identification of the current performance goals 

and metrics used to measure the effectiveness of this 

relationship, as well as an assessment of what future goals or 

metrics might be needed to improve performance management for 

AFRL; 

(3) Assessment of the impact of the “one laboratory, 

two services” model with respect to funding, infrastructure, 

technology transfer, support for small businesses and 

nontraditional technology entities, involvement with research 

institutions, and administrative support services; 

(4) The role of the Deputy Technology Executive 

Officer for Space Science and Technology in engaging with 

laboratory leadership and other government agencies; and 

(5) Recommendations for potential organizational and 

administrative changes or new authorities that would strengthen 

mission-effectiveness and cost-effectiveness as well as meet the 

needs of both the Air Force and Space Force. 

Sepsis detection for burn patients 

The committee notes that the onset of sepsis in burn 

patients typically increases the risk of mortality in those 

patients, making early detection a factor in increasing the odds 

of survival. The committee is aware that the Walter Reed Army 

Institute for Research (WRAIR) is working on research to detect 

early biomarkers for sepsis at an earlier stage than current 

approaches. Based on the positive results of this work, WRAIR 

has begun the process of submitting a provisional patent 

application. Recognizing the potential benefits for military and 

civilian medicine, the committee is supportive of the Army's 

efforts in this space, as well as its efforts to protect the 

underlying intellectual property behind this work in order to 

find opportunities to make such research more widely available 

to technology transfer and licensing opportunities. 
Special Operations Forces Tactical Communications 

The committee notes that U.S. Special Operations Forces 

(SOF) require secure, resilient, and advanced communications 

capable of operating in a variety of environments, including in 

contested environments. The committee understands U.S. Special 

Operations Command (SOCOM) continues to procure tactical 

communications that meet these requirements through its existing 

SOF Tactical Communications (STC) program. The committee 

believes the STC program, which includes two-channel handheld 

and two-channel manpack radios, is providing critical next 

generation capabilities to SOF. 

The committee continues to support funding for the 

fielding of next generation SOF communication capabilities 

through the STC program. However, the committee is concerned 

about the feasibility and affordability of SOCOM’s plans for 

meeting current and emerging STC requirements across all SOF 

components given increasing security, bandwidth, battery life, 

and portability requirements. Therefore, the committee directs 

the Commander, U.S. SOCOM, and the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (ASD 

SOLIC) to provide a briefing to the congressional defense 

committees, not later than November 1, 2023, which shall 

include: 

(1) An explanation of how prior years, and the 

fiscal year 2024 budget investments, enhance the fielding of STC 

capabilities to SOF components; 

(2) An update on the status of fielding of twochannel manpack and two-channel handheld radios to SOF, 

including an explanation for any components or units that have 

requested, but not yet received, such radios; 

(3) An articulation of lessons learned from the 

prior testing and fielding of STC communications capabilities to 

meet unique mission requirements of SOF components; 

(4) An explanation of SOCOM’s approach to ensuring 

that communications capabilities under the STC program meet 

security and resiliency requirements mandated by section 168 of 

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 

(Public Law 116-92); and 

(5) Any other matters deemed relevant by the 

Commander, U.S. SOCOM, or ASD SOLIC. 

Sustainable Technology Evaluation and Demonstration program 

The committee commends the Department of Defense (DOD) for 

initiating the Sustainable Technology Evaluation and 

Demonstration (STED) program and conducting successful 
sustainable technology demonstrations that: (1) Enhance and 

sustain mission readiness; (2) Reduce health and safety impacts 

to the warfighter; (3) Increase supply chain security and the 

use of domestically-sourced materials; (4) Improve operational 

performance; (5) Reduce life-cycle costs; and (6) Lessen waste 

and environmental impacts to our installations and bases. 

The committee believes that more should be done to create 

broader awareness and increase acceptance of sustainable 

technologies. Specifically, as a program of record, the STED 

program should secure participation and awareness across DOD by 

establishing stakeholders at senior leadership levels within the 

Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Marine Corps. The 

services could support the STED program in increasing and 

securing participation in demonstrations across installations. 

The committee encourages the development and implementation of 

additional efforts in order to facilitate the transition across 

DOD and other federal agencies for successfully demonstrated 

technologies. 

The committee is also concerned with plastic waste 

generated by the services in both continental U.S. environments 

and austere locations overseas. The committee recognizes the 

long-term challenges this plastic waste creates for waste 

disposal and local communities, as well as potential impacts to 

servicemember health. The committee lauds the work of the STED 

program to compare existing commercially-available replacement 

products, including plastic items, against military use 

requirements to reduce this waste stream. 

Thermoplastic composites 

The committee recognizes that advancements in 

thermoplastic composites for use in commercial aerospace, which 

are supported by the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA), may also have potential applications for 

Department of Defense activities. The committee is also aware 

that increased use of thermoplastic composites may reduce costs, 

help meet efficiency objectives, and decrease dependence on some 

foreign sources of certain critical minerals such as titanium. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Research and Engineering to provide a briefing to 

the Senate Armed Services Committee, not later than December 1, 

2023, on the Department of Defense's current plans and 

initiatives to support thermoplastic composites research, 

development, and manufacturing. 

Wearable neural biosensors 
The committee recognizes that wearable, intelligent neural 

biosensors have applicability across Department of Defense user 

groups, including dismounted operators, security forces, 

watchstanders, maintainers, aviators, and unmanned system 

pilots, among others. This artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled 

technology provides valuable assessments of a user’s level of 

mental alertness via peripheral nervous system signals, while 

improving operational readiness and risk management. These 

capabilities are relevant to the following critical technology 

areas identified by the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 

for Research & Engineering: trusted AI and autonomy, 

biotechnology, advanced materials, microelectronics, and humanmachine interfaces. 

The committee recognizes that the Army Maneuver 

Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate, Soldier 

Requirements Division, and Joint Program Executive Office for 

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense are in 

the process of generating requirements related to wearables for 

human performance that neural biosensors can support. These 

requirements will affect a potential user base of 500,000 

warfighters. 

Therefore, the committee encourages the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Research and Engineering to accelerate funding for 

the development of dual-purpose wearable neural biosensor 

technologies via the National Network for Microelectronics 

Research and Development to support broader transition to the 

services. The committee also encourages the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Research and Engineering to consider the ethical and 

privacy issues in the development of requirements and uses of 

wearable biosensors. 

TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Authorization of appropriations (sec. 301) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

appropriations for operation and maintenance activities at the 

levels identified in section 4301 of division D of this Act. 

SUBTITLE B—ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT 
Requirement for approval by Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition and Sustainment of any waiver for a system that does 

not meet fuel efficiency key performance parameter (sec. 311) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 332(b) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417) to 

require the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

Sustainment to waive a requirement that a system meet the 

efficiency key performance parameter. The committee notes that 

the Department of Defense recommended this approach in its 

annual industrial capabilities report to Congress acknowledging 

that, "The procurement-versus-sustainment cost challenge in the 

operational energy arena is not new. Previous efforts to address 

it resulted in the establishment of the energy key performance 

parameter (eKPP), which requires that acquisition programs 

conduct energy supportability analyses (ESAs). Despite this 

requirement, acquisition gate reviews generally do not enforce 

eKPPs and ESAs." 

Improvement and codification of Sentinel Landscapes Partnership 

program authority (sec. 312) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 317 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) by transferring the Sentinel 

Landscapes program to title 10, United States Code. The 

committee continues to support the program as it offers a 

bipartisan mechanism to buffer land spaces around military 

installations in order to prevent encroachment, sustain 

readiness, conserve natural resources, as well as require costsharing outside of the Department of Defense. The provision 

would also allow other federal agencies to voluntarily 

participate in the program in order to prevent the encroachment 

of military installations, sustain readiness, and conserve 

natural resources. 

Modification of definition of sustainable aviation fuel for 

purpose of pilot program on use of such fuel (sec. 313) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 324(g) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) by 

modifying the definition of sustainable aviation fuel. 
Payment to Environmental Protection Agency of stipulated 

penalties in connection with Naval Air Station Moffett Field, 

California (sec. 314) 

The committee recommends a provision, as requested by the 

Department of Defense, that would authorize the Secretary of the 

Navy to execute a stipulated penalty assessed by the 

Environmental Protection Agency in 1990 for the amount of 

$438,250. 

Technical assistance for communities and individuals potentially 

affected by releases at current and former Department of Defense 

facilities (sec. 315) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to furnish technical assistance to 

communities and individuals that have been affected by a release 

of a pollutant affirmatively determined to have originated from 

a facility under the jurisdiction of, or formerly under the 

jurisdiction of, the Department of Defense. 

SUBTITLE C—TREATMENT OF PERFLUOROALKYL 

SUBSTANCES AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES 

Treatment of certain materials contaminated with perfluoroalkyl 

substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances (sec. 321) 

The committee recommends a provision that would allow the 

Secretary of Defense to treat covered materials if the treatment 

of such materials occurs through the use of remediation or 

disposal technology approved by the relevant Federal regulatory 

agency. 

Increase of transfer authority for funding of study and 

assessment on health implications of per- and polyfluoroalkyl 

substances contamination in drinking water by Agency for Toxic 

Substances and Disease Registry (sec. 322) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 316 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91), as most recently amended by 

section 342 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263), to 

extend the authorization and funding transfer for the ongoing 

study and assessment on human health impacts of per- and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water by the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention. 

Modification of authority for environmental restoration projects 

at National Guard facilities (sec. 323) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

sections 2700, 2701, 2703, and 2707 of title 10, United States 

Code, and section 345(f) of the National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) to clarify that the 

National Guard has access to the Defense Environmental 

Restoration Program for the purposes of conducting environmental 

cleanup rather than having to use its readiness funding out of 

Operation and Maintenance accounts. 

Limitation on availability of travel funds until submittal of 

plan for restoring data sharing on testing of water for 

perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (sec. 324) 

The committee recommends a provision that would limit the 

availability of certain travel funds for the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment until the Under 

Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a plan 

to restore data sharing pertaining to the testing of water for 

per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. 

Dashboard of funding relating to perfluoroalkyl substances or 

polyfluoroalkyl substances (sec. 325) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Department of Defense to include with the submission of the 

annual budget request a separate budget justification document 

on activities of the Department related to per- and 

polyfluoroalkyl substances. 

Report on schedule and cost estimates for completion of 

remediation of contaminated sites and publication of cleanup 

information (sec. 326) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Secretary of Defense to submit a proposed schedule and cost 

estimate for the completion of remediation activities associated 

with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The provision would 

also direct the Department of Defense to publish on its website 

timely and regularly updated information on the status of 

cleanup at sites for which the Department has obligated funding 

for environmental restoration activities. 
Elimination of quarterly report on activities of PFAS task force 

(sec. 327) 

The committee recommends a provision that would, at the 

request of the Department of Defense, reduce recurring reporting 

requirements enacted in prior years related to per- and 

polyfluoroalkyl substances. 

Government Accountability Office report on testing and 

remediation of perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl 

(sec. 328) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report, not 

later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

assessing the state of ongoing testing and remediation by the 

Department of Defense of current or former military 

installations contaminated with perfluoroalkyl substances or 

polyfluoroalkyl substances. 

SUBTITLE D—LOGISTICS AND SUSTAINMENT 

Assuring Critical Infrastructure Support for Military 

Contingencies Pilot Program (sec. 331) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to conduct a pilot program, known as 

the "Assuring Critical Infrastructure Support for Military 

Contingencies Pilot Program," under which military installations 

that play key roles in the mobilization, deployment, and 

sustainment of military forces in major contingency operations 

would be selected for analysis of dependencies on regional 

critical infrastructure and for prioritization and processes for 

restoration of services. The provision would require the 

Secretary of Defense to provide a report, not later than one 

year after the enactment of this Act, to other executive branch 

officials and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives. 

Strategy and assessment on use of automation and artificial 

intelligence for shipyard optimization (sec. 332) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of the Navy to develop and implement a strategy to 

leverage commercial best practices used in shipyards to make 

operations more efficient. The committee remains concerned at 
the current rate of maintenance delays and increased costs at 

public shipyards. While the Navy's Shipyard Infrastructure 

Optimization Program is one critical and important component to 

the modernization of the public shipyards through military 

construction projects, the committee believes that public 

shipyard operations must be optimized for the future as well. 

SUBTITLE E—REPORTS 

Critical infrastructure conditions at military installations 

(sec. 341) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan to implement a 

standardized system to measure and report on the condition and 

performance of non-privatized critical infrastructure systems 

located on military installations. 

Report on establishing sufficient stabling, pasture, and 

training area for the Old Guard Caisson Platoon equines (sec. 

342) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of the Army to submit a report to the Senate Armed 

Services Committee, not later than March 1, 2024, on the 

feasibility and advisability of establishing sufficient 

stabling, pasture, and training area for the equines in the 

Caisson Platoon of the 3rd United States Infantry, known more 

commonly as the "Old Guard." The report shall include a review 

of all physical locations under consideration. 

Quarterly briefings on operational status of amphibious warship 

fleet of Department of the Navy (sec. 343) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of the Navy to provide quarterly briefings to the 

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives on the operational status of the amphibious 

warship fleet of the Department of the Navy and would specify 

certain required elements of such briefings. 

Briefing on plan for maintaining proficiency in emergency 

movement of munitions in Joint Region Marianas, Guam (sec. 344) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force to 
provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, not 

later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

on a plan for maintaining the proficiency of the Navy and the 

Air Force in executing the emergency movement of munitions 

stored in weapons storage areas in Joint Region Marianas, Guam. 

SUBTITLE F—OTHER MATTERS 

Continued designation of Secretary of the Navy as executive 

agent for Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training 

School (sec. 351) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of the Navy through fiscal year 2024 to continue 

to perform the responsibilities of the Department of Defense 

executive agent for the Naval Small Craft Instruction and 

Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS) pursuant to section 

352(b) of title 10, United States Code, and, in coordination 

with the Commander, United States Special Operations Command 

(SOCOM), provide such support, as necessary, for the continued 

operation of the school. 

The committee strongly supports NAVSCIATTS and the role it 

plays in supporting effective implementation of the 2022 

National Defense Strategy (NDS) and its objective of "anchoring 

our strategy in allies and partners and advancing regional 

goals." The committee further notes that the Commander, United 

States Southern Command, has identified the continued operation 

of NAVSCIATTS as an unfunded requirement. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit 

to the congressional defense committees, not later than February 

1, 2024, a plan for the future operation of NAVSCIATTS in fiscal 

year 2025 and future years. The plan shall address, at a 

minimum, the following: 

(1) An identification of the roles and 

responsibilities of elements of the Department of Defense for 

the operation and sustainment of NAVSCIATTS, to include funding, 

provision of personnel, including trainers, and sustainment of 

facilities and training and education-related equipment, 

including maritime craft; 

(2) Increasing predictability of and minimizing 

fluctuations in funding for civilian and contractor personnel 

supporting NAVSCIATTS by transitioning from a tuition 

reimbursement model to dedicated funding, as appropriate; 

(3) The mission, objectives, and course offerings of 

NAVSCIATTS in support of implementation of the National Defense 

Strategy; 
(4) The recapitalization of facilities, training, 

and education-related equipment, including maritime craft, 

necessary for the effective operation of NAVSCIATTS; and 

(5) Any other matters deemed appropriate by the 

Secretary. 

The committee expects that the Secretary will engage with 

the heads of the military services and the combatant commanders 

in the development of the required plan. 

The committee notes that elsewhere in this Act is an 

increase in the authorization of funds to support the continued 

operation of NAVSCIATTS in fiscal year 2024. 

Restriction on retirement of U-28 Aircraft (sec. 352) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

the retirement of U-28 aircraft by U.S. Special Operations 

Command until the Secretary of Defense certifies to the 

congressional defense committees that the future years defense 

program provides for intelligence, surveillance, and 

reconnaissance capacity and capability that is equal to or 

greater than such capacity and capability provided by the 

current fleet of U–28 aircraft. 

Tribal liaisons (sec. 353) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to ensure that each installation of the 

Department of Defense that has an Indian Tribe, Native Hawaiian 

Organization, or Tribal interests in the area surrounding the 

installation has a dedicated Tribal liaison located at the 

installation. 

Limitation on use of funds to expand leased facilities for the 

Joint Military Information Support Operations Web Operations 

Center (sec. 354) 

The committee recommends a provision that would limit the 

obligation and expenditure of funds authorized to be 

appropriated to expand leased facilities for the Joint Military 

Information Support Operations Web Operations Center until the 

Secretary of Defense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict and 

the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, submits to the 

congressional defense committees a validated manpower estimate 

for each of the combatant commands utilizing such facilities, 

and an explanation of how such estimates are aligned with and 
support the priorities established by the 2022 National Defense 

Strategy. 

Modifications to the Contested Logistics Working Group of the 

Department of Defense (sec. 355) 

The committee recommends a provision that would expand the 

Contested Logistics Working Group to include representatives of 

the Defense Logistics Agency, the Strategic Capabilities Office, 

the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the Office of 

the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. 

Establishment of Caisson Platoon to support military and State 

funeral services (sec. 356) 

The committee recommends a provision that would establish 

within the Department of the Army an equine unit, to be known as 

the Caisson Platoon, assigned to the 3rd Infantry Regiment of 

the Army. The provision would also prohibit the Secretary of the 

Army from eliminating the Caisson Platoon. 

Limitation on availability of funds pending 30-year shipbuilding 

plan that maintains 31 amphibious warships for the Department of 

the Navy. (sec. 357) 

The committee recommends a provision that would limit the 

use of certain funds made available to the Secretary of the Navy 

until the Secretary submits a 30-year shipbuilding plan that 

meets the statutory requirement to maintain 31 amphibious 

warships. 

Modification of rule of construction regarding provision of 

support and services to non-Department of Defense organizations 

and activities (sec. 358) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2012(i) of title 10, United States Code, by making funds 

available to the Secretary of a military department for 

operation and maintenance for the Innovative Readiness Training 

program to be expended to assist in demolition, clearing of 

roads, infrastructure improvements, and construction to restore 

an area after a natural disaster. 

BUDGET ITEMS 

Administration realignment of funds 
The budget request included $149.1 million in Operation & 

Maintenance, Space Force (OMSF) for SAG 42A Administration. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $18.2 

million in OMSF SAG 42A and a corresponding increase of $18.2 

million in OMSF SAG 13E Education & Training. 

Advanced nucleated foam engine performance and restoration 

program 

The budget request included $72.4 billion in Operation and 

Maintenance, Navy (OMN), of which $1.1 billion was for SAG 1A4N 

Air Systems Support. 

The committee recommends an increase of $3.0 million in 

OMN SAG 1A4N for the Marine Corps nucleated foam engine wash 

program. 

Air Force National Guard and Reserve military technicians (dual 

status) 

The amounts authorized to be appropriated for Air National 

Guard and Air Force Reserve military technician (dual status) 

civilian payroll include the following increases from the budget 

request to accommodate increased military technician end 

strengths in the Air Force reserve components. The provision 

underlying these changes in funding levels is discussed in 

greater detail in title IV of this committee report. 

[Changes in millions of dollars] 

Air Force Reserve military technician 

payroll. ............................ +27.5 

Air National Guard military technician 

payroll. ......................... +139.7 

Total........................................................... 

. .............. +167.2 

Base Support realignment of funds 

The budget request included $11.6 billion in Operation & 

Maintenance, Air Force (OMAF) for SAG 11Z Base Support. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 
Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $223.2 

million in OMAF SAG 11Z and increases of $4.5 million in 

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) 

for PE 64858F Tech Transition Program, $4.5 million in OMAF SAG 

42G Other Servicewide Activities, and $214.2 million in Other 

Procurement, Air Force (OPAF) line 46 Base Information 

Transportation Infrastructure (BITI) Wired. 

Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup 

The budget request included $2.7 billion in Operation and 

Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW) for SAG 4GTN Office of the 

Secretary of Defense, of which no funds were requested for Bien 

Hoa dioxin cleanup in Vietnam. 

The committee notes that elsewhere in this Act, the 

committee recommends a provision that would extend the authority 

of the Secretary of Defense to transfer up to $15.0 million to 

the Secretary of State for Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup in Vietnam 

through fiscal year 2024. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $15.0 

million in OMDW SAG 4GTN for Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup. 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nation-wide human 

health assessment 

The budget request included $2.7 billion in Operation and 

Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW) for SAG 4GTN Office of the 

Secretary of Defense, of which no funds were proposed for the 

ongoing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Nationwide human health assessment related to contaminated sources of 

drinking water from per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances. The 

committee continues to support the ongoing human health 

assessment. 

Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in OMDW SAG 4GTN for the ongoing CDC assessment. 

Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program 

The budget request included $52.8 billion in Operation and 

Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW), of which $118.2 million was 

for SAG 4GTM Office of the Local Defense Community Cooperation. 

The committee notes that section 846 of the John S. McCain 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 

Law 115-232) established a pilot for the Defense Manufacturing 

Community Support Program. The committee continues to recognize 

the importance of the military services' support for long-term 

community investments that strengthen national security 
innovation and expand the capabilities of the defense 

manufacturing industrial ecosystem. 

Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $20.0 

million in OMDW SAG 4GTM for the Defense Manufacturing Community 

Support Program. 

Establishment of Enlisted Training Corps 

The amounts authorized to be appropriated for military 

service recruiting and advertising activities are increased from 

amounts included in the budget request by the following amounts, 

to accommodate the establishment within each military service of 

an Enlisted Training Corps. The provision underlying these 

changes in funding levels is discussed in greater detail in 

title V of this committee report. 

[Changes in millions of dollars] 

Army Enlisted Training Corps 

. ............................................ +5.0 

Navy Enlisted Training 

Corps. ............................................. +5.0 

Air Force Enlisted Training 

Corps. ........................................ +5.0 

Marine Corps Enlisted Training 

Corps. .................................. +5.0 

Total........................................................... 

..+20.0 

Facilities, Sustainment, Restoration & Modernization realignment 

of funds 

The budget request included $4.3 billion in Operation & 

Maintenance, Air Force (OMAF) for SAG 11R Facilities, 

Sustainment, Restoration & Modernization. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $78.2 

million in OMAF SAG 11R and increases of $17.6 million in 

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force (RDAF) 

for PE 64858F Tech Transition Program, $4.0 million in RDAF for 

PE 22834F Vehicles and Support Equipment - General, $3.4 million 

in Other Procurement, Air Force (OPAF) line 7 Special Purpose 

Vehicles, $18.2 million in OPAF line 11 Base Maintenance Support 

Vehicles, $2.0 million in OPAF line 4 Cargo and Utility 
Vehicles, $1.8 million in OPAF line 9 Materials Handling 

Vehicles, $6.0 million in OPAF line 60 Engineering and EOD 

Equipment, and $25.2 million in OPAF line 61 Mobility Equipment. 

Foreign currency fluctuations 

The budget request included $329.8 billion across the 

Operation and Maintenance accounts. 

The committee notes that the Government Accountability 

Office has repeatedly issued recommendations for the Department 

of Defense to analyze its Foreign Currency Fluctuations (FCF), 

Defense account balance given historical trends and managerial 

use of the account. 

Accordingly, the committee recommends an undistributed 

decrease of $785.2 million across the Operation and Maintenance 

accounts for FCF. 

Global C3I & Early Warning realignment of funds 

The budget request included $1.4 billion in Operation & 

Maintenance, Air Force (OMAF) for SAG 12A Global C3I & Early 

Warning. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $31.0 

million in OMAF SAG 12A and a corresponding increase of $31.0 

million in Other Procurement, Air Force (OPAF) line 30 General 

Information Technology. 

Impact Aid 

The budget request included $52.7 billion in Operation and 

Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW), of which $3.5 billion was for 

SAG 4GTJ Department of Defense Education Activity. The amount 

authorized to be appropriated for OMDW includes the following 

changes from the budget request. The provisions underlying these 

changes in funding levels are discussed in greater detail in 

title V of this committee report. 

[Changes in millions of dollars] 

Impact aid for schools with military dependent students 

. ......... +50.0 

Impact aid for children with severe 

disabilities. ....................... +30.0 
Total 

. ..................................................... +80.0 

Irregular Warfare Functional Center 

The budget request included $2.4 billion in Operation and 

Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW) SAG 4GTD Defense Security 

Cooperation Agency (DSCA), of which no funding was requested for 

the Irregular Warfare Functional Center. 

On July 28, 2022, the Secretary of Defense issued a 

memorandum establishing the Functional Center for Security 

Studies in Irregular Warfare ("the Irregular Warfare Functional 

Center"), as provided in section 1299L of the William M. (Mac) 

Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2021 (Public Law 116-283). In fiscal year 2023, Congress 

provided $10.0 million in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2023 (Public Law 117-328) for the Irregular Warfare Functional 

Center. 

The committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million to 

OMDW SAG 4GTD for the Irregular Warfare Functional Center. 

Medical Readiness realignment of funds 

The budget request included $564.9 million in Operation 

and Maintenance, Air Force (OMAF) for SAG 12Q Medical Readiness. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $2.3 

million in OMAF SAG 12Q and a corresponding increase of $2.3 

million in Other Procurement, Air Force (OPAF) for line 60 

Engineering and EOD Equipment. 

Military service recruiting and advertising 

The amounts authorized to be appropriated for recruiting 

and advertising activities of the military services include the 

following increases from the budget request: 

[Changes in millions of dollars] 

Army Active-Duty recruiting and 

advertising. ........................ +138.1 

Army Reserve recruiting and 

advertising. ................................ +6.7 

Army National Guard recruiting and 

advertising. ..................... +50.7 
Navy recruiting and 

advertising. ........................................... +80.8 

Marine Corps recruiting and 

advertising. ................................ +49.3 

Air Force Active-Duty recruiting and 

advertising. ...................... +40.9 

Air Force Reserve recruiting and 

advertising. ............................ +1.9 

Air Force National Guard recruiting and 

advertising. ................. +23.4 

Total........................................................... 

. ............ +391.8 

Modernization of Department of Defense internet gateway cyber 

defense 

The budget request included $1.3 billion in Operation and 

Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW) for SAG 012D Cyberspace 

Operations. 

Elsewhere in this report, the committee recommends a 

provision that would require the Secretary of Defense to carry 

out a modernization program for network boundary and crossdomain defense against cyber attacks, expanding upon the fiscal 

year 2023 pilot program and initial deployment to the primary 

Department of Defense internet access points (IAPs) managed by 

the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). The Consolidated 

Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-328) 

included funding to begin the procurement of a replacement for 

the current cyber defense system deployed at the major internet 

gateways of the Department of Defense. Additional funding beyond 

the requested amount is needed in fiscal year 2024 to sustain 

this initiative. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $10.0 

million in OMDW SAG 012D for internet gateway cyber defense. The 

committee further recommends related increases elsewhere in this 

Act. 

MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - unjustified increase 

The budget request included $1.2 billion in Operation and 

Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW), for SAG 1PL7 Special 

Operations Command Maintenance. 
The committee notes the budget justification materials for 

U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) highlighted an increase 

in funding for MQ-9 Government-owned, contractor-operated 

support of $6.0 million in fiscal year 2024, but only provided a 

justification for $2.0 million of the additional funds. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $4.0 

million in OMDW SAG 1PL7 for MQ-9 Government-owned, contractoroperated support. The committee notes that these funds have been 

applied to emergent requirements elsewhere in this Act. 

Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School 

The budget request included $2.35 billion in Operation and 

Maintenance, Navy (OMN) for SAG 1C6C Combat Support Forces. 

The committee notes that the Naval Small Craft Instruction 

and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS) is a Department of 

Defense schoolhouse that provides specialized training to key 

foreign security partners and its continued operation has been 

identified by the Commander of United States Southern Command as 

an unfunded requirement. 

The committee further notes that elsewhere in this Act, 

the committee recommends a provision that would require, through 

fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of the Navy to continue to 

perform the responsibilities of the Department of Defense 

executive agent for NAVSCIATTS and, in coordination with the 

Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, provide such 

support, as necessary, for the continued operation of the 

school. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $6.0 

million in OMN SAG 1C6C for the continued operation of 

NAVSCIATTS. 

Navy divestment of electrical utility operations at former Naval 

Air Station Barbers Point 

The budget request included $72.2 billion in Operation and 

Maintenance, Navy (OMN), of which $6.2 billion was for SAG BSS1 

Base Operating Support. 

Elsewhere in title III, the committee recommends a 

provision that would authorize the Secretary of the Navy to 

divest of the Navy's electrical utility operations at former 

Naval Air Station Barbers Point (currently known as Kalaeloa), 

Hawaii. 

Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $48.0 

million in OMN SAG BSS1 to execute the accompanying provision 

related to Barbers Point elsewhere in title III. 
Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq 

The budget request included $335.2 million in Operation 

and Maintenance, Air Force (OMAF) for SAG 015F, U.S. Central 

Command (CENTCOM), of which $24.0 million was for the Office of 

Security Cooperation-Iraq (OSC-I). 

The committee expects the OSC-I to further continue its 

transition to a normalized security cooperation office, 

including by transitioning funding for its operations to the 

Foreign Military Financing Administrative Fund and the Foreign 

Military Sales Trust Fund Administrative Surcharge Account. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $6.0 

million in OMAF SAG 015F for the OSC-I. The committee notes that 

there is a corresponding legislative provision elsewhere in this 

Act. 

Primary Combat Forces realignment of funds 

The budget request included $980.8 million in Operation & 

Maintenance, Air Force (OMAF) for SAG 11A Primary Combat Forces. 

The Air Force has informed the committee of the need to 

realign funds. The committee notes the original request and the 

realignment support the same Air Forces Central line of effort. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a decrease of $14.7 

million in OMAF SAG 11A and a corresponding increase of $14.7 

million in OMAF SAG 11Z Base Support. 

Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration program 

The budget request included $2.7 billion in Operation and 

Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW) for SAG 4GTN Office of the 

Secretary of Defense, of which $179.7 million was for the 

Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) 

program. 

The committee has long recognized and appreciates the 

success that the REPI program has achieved in addressing 

encroachment and in maintaining and improving military 

installation resilience. However, significant additional funding 

is required to take full advantage of the ability of the REPI 

program to protect key installations, ranges, and airspace. 

Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $20.2 

million in OMDW SAG 4GTN for the REPI program, and strongly 

encourages further increases in the budget request for the REPI 

program in fiscal year 2025 and beyond. Additionally, the 

committee recommends that the military services establish and 

resource additional staff to increase capacity to more 

effectively implement available REPI funds and to take full 
advantage of the benefits of the REPI program to military 

readiness and military installation resilience. 

Special Operations Forces cyber training 

The budget request included $3.3 billion in Operation and 

Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW) for SAG 1PLR Special Operations 

Command Theater Forces. 

The committee notes that the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict and 

the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), 

testified regarding the importance of cyber capabilities to the 

implementation of the National Defense Strategy by U.S. Special 

Operations Forces (SOF). The committee believes SOCOM should 

continue to enhance the cyber capabilities and operational 

readiness of SOF by improving cyber training capacity and 

exercises to address special operations-peculiar requirements. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 

million in OMDW SAG 1PLR for special operations cyber capability 

development. 

U.S. Special Operations Command Operation and Maintenance 

The budget request included $9.7 billion in Operation and 

Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW), for U.S. Special Operations 

Command (SOCOM). 

The committee is concerned about continued contractor and 

civilian personnel growth within the SOCOM enterprise. The 

committee notes that SOCOM has increased their use of full-time 

equivalent contractor personnel by 486 since the beginning of 

fiscal year 2022 and their full-time equivalent civilian 

personnel by 49 since the beginning of fiscal year 2023. The 

committee believes these additional resources should be better 

prioritized to address capability gaps, particularly those that 

ensure our special operations forces maintain superiority 

relative to long-term strategic competitors. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an undistributed 

decrease of $51.0 million in OMDW for SOCOM. The committee notes 

that these funds have been applied to emergent requirements 

elsewhere in this Act. 

United States Telecommunications Training Institute 

The budget request included $2.7 billion for Operation and 

Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW) for SAG 4GTN Office of the 

Secretary of Defense. 
The committee notes that the United States 

Telecommunications Training Institute (USTTI) is a publicprivate partnership between the Federal Government and leading 

telecommunication companies to provide tuition-free training 

courses for telecommunications officials from developing 

countries. The course work helps them to develop U.S.-style 

telecommunication infrastructure and regulatory structures in 

their home countries’ developing industry. Areas include 

regulatory policy, spectrum management, cybersecurity, 

telehealth, broadcasting, and satellite applications. USTTI 

training shares federal government priorities with officials who 

are well-positioned to promote an open, competitive information 

and communications technology marketplace. The program is also 

expanding and adjusting to meet the urgent training needs of 

officials throughout the developing world. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $1.5 

million in OMDW SAG 4GTN to help provide technical training and 

information seminars to advance military readiness as part of 

the United States Telecommunications Training Institute 

objectives for supporting the training needs of information 

technology and regulatory professionals who design, regulate, 

and oversee the communications infrastructures of the developing 

world. 

Unobligated balances 

The budget request included $329.8 billion across the 

Operation and Maintenance accounts. 

The committee notes that the Government Accountability 

Office has repeatedly issued recommendations for the Department 

of Defense to analyze its unobligated balances given historical 

trends and managerial use of the account. 

Accordingly, the committee recommends a decrease of $129.6 

million across Operation and Maintenance, Army; a decrease of 

$262.1 million across Operation and Maintenance, Navy; a 

decrease of $233.7 million across Operation and Maintenance, Air 

Force; a decrease of $75.1 million across Operation and 

Maintenance, Marine Corps; a decrease of $73.0 million across 

Operation and Maintenance, Space Force; a decrease of $3.4 

million across Operation and Maintenance, Army Reserve; a 

decrease of $23.4 million across Operation and Maintenance, Army 

National Guard; a decrease of $4.2 million across Operation and 

Maintenance, Navy Reserve; a decrease of $34.2 million across 

Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Reserve; a decrease of 

$21.9 million across Operation and Maintenance, Air National 

Guard; a decrease of $1.0 million across Operation and 

Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve; and a decrease of $15.0 
million across Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide (OMDW). 

The committee also recommends a decrease of $3.6 million in OMDW 

SAG 1PL1 Joint Chiefs of Staff; a decrease of $22.4 million in 

OMDW SAG 4GTA Defense Legal Services Agency; a decrease of $2.5 

million in OMDW SAG 4GT3 Civil Military Programs; a decrease of 

$2.7 million in OMDW SAG 4GT6 Defense Contract Audit Agency; a 

decrease of $15.5 million in OMDW SAG 4GTO Defense Contract 

Management Agency; and a decrease of $9.9 million in OMDW SAG 

4GT9 Defense Information Systems Agency. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Advanced nucleated foam engine performance and restoration 

program 

The committee is aware that an advanced Federal Aviation 

Administration accepted nucleated foam engine restoration 

technology continues to demonstrate significant benefits over 

legacy water and detergent engine wash protocols, improving the 

long-term readiness, efficiency, and sustainability of critical 

military aircraft engines, while reducing fuel consumption and 

emissions. The committee understands that recent nucleated foam 

engine wash testing performed on CV-22 turbine engines has 

demonstrated the ability to delay engine replacement 

requirements, while reducing the engine wash cycle for CV-22s 

from multiple hours to only 30 minutes, dramatically improving 

aircraft maintainer efficiencies. This has increased critical 

aircraft readiness while reducing overall aircraft operational 

and sustainment costs and manning requirements. The committee is 

pleased to learn that Air Force Special Operations Command has 

expanded its nucleated foam engine restoration program to 

additional aircraft platform types, to include the C-130, 

yielding fuel savings and operational and sustainment 

improvements. The committee encourages broader use across Air 

Force aviation platforms. 

The committee understands there may be benefits that can 

be achieved by expanding the nucleated foam engine wash 

performance and restoration program to the Marine Corps to test 

and measure the ability for nucleated foam engine wash 

technology and protocols to enhance combat capability, achieve 

fuel savings, and improve aeronautical performance and readiness 

of the Marine Corps MV-22, C-130, and CH-53 aircraft. 

Army rail network 

The committee is aware that the Government Accountability 

Office (GAO) published a report on August 23, 2021, titled “The 
Army Should Take Action to Better Ensure Adequate Rail Support 

to Combatant Commanders”(GAO-21-411), which reviewed the 

adequacy and status of the Army’s rail operations and provided 

recommendations that would help the Army make sure it had 

sufficient capacity to support the needs of combatant commanders 

and the services for current demand requirements or in the event 

of a large-scale mobilization. The committee shares the concerns 

raised in the report regarding the Army’s possible difficulty 

meeting the demand signal coming from combatant commanders in a 

time of need and remains concerned that current infrastructure, 

staffing, and supplies in both the military and civilian sectors 

may not be sufficiently poised to meet Department of Defense 

needs. 

The committee is encouraged that the Army concurred with 

the recommendations outlined by GAO and continues to track the 

implementation of these recommendations. Consequently, the 

committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a 

briefing, not later than January 1, 2024, to the congressional 

defense committees on Army Materiel Command’s (AMC) 

implementation of the recommendations. Such briefing should 

include discussion of AMC’s implementation of the 

recommendations, engagements with industry, a comparison of 

industry and military regulations for safety and risk 

mitigation, and a discussion of any proposals to the Congress 

that would streamline or otherwise improve efforts to address 

the GAO’s recommendations. 

Army Sustainment Command 

The committee recognizes the significant role of Army 

Sustainment Command (ASC) in ensuring the readiness and 

sustainment of U.S. forces, partners, and allies in Europe 

during the war in Ukraine. This logistical effort is critical to 

meeting U.S. obligations under the North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization and other associated agreements. As recent events 

in Europe and Asia have highlighted, the need to maintain 

resilient logistics and sustainment capabilities is key in 

sustaining an advantage against our near-peer competitors. 

Logistical struggles that have compounded the Russian 

Federation’s tactical failures are well documented, while the 

ASC’s efficiency in supplying weapons and equipment to United 

States and United States-allied forces have been critical to 

Ukraine’s continued success. In the Indo-Pacific, the committee 

acknowledges ASC’s efforts to improve readiness and 

interoperability with South Korean forces through joint and 

multi-domain exercises. While experiences differ, the conflict 

in Ukraine and the conditions in South Korea both underscore the 
importance of robust logistical capabilities. In particular, the 

committee applauds the 403rd Army Field Support Brigade for its 

logistical support of U.S. forces in Korea. 

As the United States commits to supporting Ukraine, while 

reaffirming that China still poses the greatest threat to U.S. 

interests, the committee is concerned that the United States 

risks overstretching its capabilities and resources, in addition 

to the challenges faced by the defense industrial base in 

replenishing stocks of munitions and equipment. Accordingly, the 

committee is mindful of the increased importance that logistical 

support provided by the ASC and its respective service 

counterparts will play in improving the force’s overall ability 

to achieve U.S. interests. 

Assessment of Strategic Rail Corridor Network readiness and 

requirements 

The committee is aware that U.S. Transportation Command 

(TRANSCOM), in coordination with the Military Surface Deployment 

and Distribution Command (SDDC), is preparing to conduct their 

quinquennial study of the Department of Defense's Strategic Rail 

Corridor Network (STRACNET). The committee appreciates SDDC's 

attention to this critical readiness concern and supports their 

assessment that the STRACNET "continues to be important to 

ensure that the rail network infrastructure is robust and 

capable of moving a large force in a rapid fashion for 

contingency deployments." 

The committee acknowledges that properly maintaining 

STRACNET infrastructure up to current standards is important for 

our national security, including in the event of a rapid or 

sustained transport of Department materiel to shipping ports in 

contingency operations in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command or U.S. 

European Command areas of operation. 

Accordingly, the committee encourages TRANSCOM and SDDC to 

assess the state of rail infrastructure on military 

installations it has identified as "requiring rail service," and 

assess what upgrades may be needed to preserve readiness for 

both mobilization and CONUS transportation of materiel. The 

committee also believes the study should include: (1) An 

assessment of whether upgrades are needed at the military 

installations and activities identified as requiring rail 

services; (2) The impact these upgrades would have on defense 

requirements; (3) Cost estimates for these upgrades; and (4) 

Estimated timelines to execute the needed upgrades. 

Briefing on Project Pele 
The committee supports the Strategic Capabilities Office’s 

(SCO) Project Pele to develop and demonstrate a prototype 

transportable nuclear power source with the expectation that the 

capability will be transitioned to the services for production. 

The committee believes that SCO should continue to prioritize 

efforts to maintain plans and schedule for the current effort to 

demonstrate a prototype microreactor. In addition, the committee 

encourages SCO to support the design maturation efforts of 

multiple sources for the mobile microreactor to ensure a strong 

industrial base and competition for any future follow-on 

production activities. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Director of SCO to 

brief the congressional defense committees, not later than March 

1, 2024, on the status of the ongoing effort to develop a 

prototype microreactor, as well as options, including cost and 

schedule projections, for initiating an effort to develop a 

second, competing reactor design to leverage competition and 

create a best-value environment for the Federal Government. 

Further, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 

brief the congressional defense committees, not later than March 

1, 2024, on options for: 

(1) Designating a military department as an 

executive agent for microreactor development and acquisition for 

the Department of Defense; 

(2) Transitioning the Project Pele program to a 

military department; 

(3) Establishing a Department of Defense framework 

for the acquisition of microreactor capabilities; 

(4) The use cases of mobile microreactors, with 

synchronized input from combatant commands to establish 

operational needs, including the support of force 

electrification, base sustainment, elimination of fuel supply 

vulnerabilities, addressing climate threats, enabling multidomain operations, and advanced weaponry; 

(5) Requirements for establishing a program of 

record; 

(6) The maximum potential units of mobile 

microreactors for deployment; 

(7) The barriers and challenges to full deployment, 

and proposed actions to address them; 

(8) A detailed description of acquisition, 

procurement, operation, training, and management activities of 

the mobile microreactors; 

(9) A notional regulatory framework for 

microreactors; 

(10) Estimates on fuel quantities, timing, and 

procurement requirements; and 
(11) The expected annual budget required to 

transition the Project Pele demonstration as well as 

programmatic budget needs for a program of record. 

Corrosion prevention of airframes 

The committee notes that while the Department of Defense 

spends billions of dollars annually to maintain fighter 

aircraft, persistent fleet-wide aircraft availability challenges 

often limit their operational readiness. In recent years, Air 

Force and Navy aircraft availability rates have been negatively 

impacted by airframe corrosion, depot maintenance delays, and 

insufficient supply support. The committee understands that 

fighter jets that use carbon-fiber composite skins joined to 

aluminum alloy substructures can be susceptible to galvanic 

corrosion. Additionally, because each fighter aircraft uses 

thousands of fasteners, the detection and repair of galvanic 

corrosion issues can be costly and time consuming. The committee 

is concerned that these challenges take significant time to 

repair, increase the age of fighter aircraft, and decrease 

aircraft availability and readiness. The committee is also 

concerned that the Department of Defense has not assessed 

essential sustainment innovations for effective corrosion 

prevention and control programs and preservation techniques to 

improve aircraft readiness throughout the life cycle of fighter 

aircraft. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to brief the Senate Armed Services Committee, not later 

than March 1, 2024, on fighter aircraft readiness and planned 

modernization efforts to include alternative technologies 

available to address galvanic corrosion for these aircraft. The 

briefing shall include a review of potential aircraft 

sustainment technologies, tooling requirements, and funding 

options for alternative technologies to enhance corrosion 

prevention and mitigation efforts for fighter aircraft. The 

briefing shall also: (1) Identify cost-effective technologies 

for addressing galvanic corrosion and alternative processes for 

maintaining aircraft, including new methods for corroded 

fastener holes; (2) Assess the extent to which the Department 

has evaluated modern technologies and its plans for 

incorporating them into the sustainment of fighter aircraft; (3) 

Assess the cost of alternative technologies relative to current 

practices and their potential impact on aircraft availability 

rates for F-22, F-35, and F-18E/F/G aircraft; and (4) Determine 

whether the use of these modern technologies could extend the 

service life of existing airframes. 
Critical Infrastructure Defense Analysis Center 

The committee recognizes that U.S. military installations 

rely on critical infrastructure providers not controlled by the 

Department of Defense (DOD) for essential utilities, such as 

power, water, telecommunications, and transportation. These 

providers operate outside the scope of the DOD’s cyber and other 

defenses. However, because U.S. military installations rely on 

this critical infrastructure, it is a prime target. This was 

highlighted most recently by the compromise of critical 

infrastructure systems in Guam and elsewhere in the United 

States by the People’s Republic of China. 

In light of these threats, the committee appreciates the 

DOD’s establishment of the Critical Infrastructure Defense 

Analysis Center (CIDAC) during fiscal year 2023. Its mission is 

to merge, analyze, and disseminate all-source information about 

threats and vulnerabilities to non-DOD owned and operated 

critical infrastructure that DOD depends on, which is critical 

to providing mission assurance for DOD operations in 

competition, crisis, and conflict. 

Accordingly, the committee encourages the Secretary of 

Defense to ensure robust funding for this initiative in the 

fiscal year 2025 budget to accelerate acquisitions and growth, 

and provide a briefing, not later than April 1, 2024, to the 

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives on CIDAC’s budget and funding requirements; 

manning; outreach and engagement strategy for non-DOD owned and 

operated critical infrastructure providers; execution of CIDAC’s 

first-year priorities; and barriers encountered in the first 

year, including, but not limited to, authorities, funding, and 

cooperation from non-DOD owned and operated critical 

infrastructure providers. 

Department of Defense Information Network-wide expansion of 

internet operations management 

The committee is encouraged by the progress made by the 

Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information 

Network (JFHQ–DODIN) to improve its enterprise-wide visibility 

of DOD networks through internet operations management (IOM), a 

critical component of ongoing efforts to harden DOD networks. 

The additional network visibility this capability provides can 

most meaningfully reduce risk if it is seamlessly integrated 

with a state-of-the-art security orchestration and automation 

capability deployed in the services’ and U.S. Cyber Command’s 

big data platforms. Despite the need to expand this capability 

DOD-wide, to date, only 18 of 46 Department of Defense areas of 
operation have been provided access to this capability through 

the IOM program. 

The committee directs the Commander, JFHQ-DODIN, to brief 

the Senate Armed Services Committee, not later than March 1, 

2024, on plans to fully deploy an IOM capability DOD-wide and 

integrate a security orchestration and automation capability 

into the IOM program. The briefing shall include: (1) A summary 

of the overall deployment plan; (2) A list of milestones and 

associated timelines to complete the deployment plan; and (3) A 

description of any additional resources needed to complete the 

deployment plan by the end of fiscal year 2024. The briefing 

shall be unclassified, but may contain a classified annex. 

Domestic forging capacity 

The committee notes that forging is a manufacturing 

process whereby metal is pressed, pounded, or squeezed under 

great pressure, resulting in a unique combination of strength, 

fracture toughness, and fatigue properties. Forged structural 

components, like bulkheads and wing spars, provide higher levels 

of mechanical properties, lower levels of residual stresses, and 

positive configurational grain structures required by the 

demanding environments experienced by defense aviation 

platforms. The Department of Defense’s (DOD) roadmap developed 

in response to Executive Order 14017, entitled "Securing 

Defense-Critical Supply Chains," identified forging as a 

priority sector in need of revitalization. The committee 

understands that the United States needs a robust and secure 

forging industry to provide reliable and timely delivery of 

parts used in DOD’s operational systems and to produce and 

sustain new systems. Forgings, specifically large monolithic 

forgings, play a critical role on key defense aviation 

platforms. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services 

Committee, not later than March 1, 2024, on its progress to 

revitalize the defense industrial base for large monolithic 

forgings via investment in domestic capacity and development of 

the forging workforce, among other efforts. 

Encouraging the establishment of additional organic capabilities 

at Anniston Army Depot 

The committee is concerned by the lack of organic, 

electronic, diagnostic, repair, and testing capabilities, to 

perform service and support activities currently executed at 

Anniston Army Depot (ANAD). The committee believes that the 
ability to perform maintenance on heavy-tracked combat vehicles 

as well as repair, restoration, and upgrades to small arms 

weapons is of strategic importance and must be executed in the 

most cost efficient and timely manner possible. 

Accordingly, the committee encourages ANAD to develop an 

organic capability that improves service times and reduces 

overall cost, such as an organic service and support team. 

Enduring Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment 

The committee is concerned that the Army is currently 

equipped to only provide Organizational Clothing and Individual 

Equipment (OCIE) for arid environments and is facing a shortfall 

for potential operations in Arctic, sub-Arctic, and jungle 

environments. The committee is disappointed in the overall 

decrement in the Army budget request for OCIE. The committee 

urges the Army to plan for and fund an enduring OCIE program to 

avoid shortfalls in critical soldier equipment and prevent 

industrial base disruptions, specifically for Arctic, subArctic, and jungle environment OCIE. An enduring OCIE program 

should also address emergent requirements of improved 

ballistics, blast, and flame protection and signature 

management. The committee believes that an enduring OCIE program 

would ensure individual and unit readiness and prepare for surge 

capacity in the industrial base. Finally, the committee directs 

the Army to include detailed spend plans in future year budget 

justifications in support of these priorities for an enduring 

OCIE program. 

Exercise oversight 

The committee recognizes that military exercises provide 

value to the Department of Defense (DOD) and bolster the 

national security of the United States by providing a venue for 

training, tactics development, evaluation of tactics and 

operational concepts, and identification of capability gaps and 

errant assumptions in combat plans, as Exercise Northern Edge 

2021 reaffirmed. The DOD would benefit from more robust funding 

for exercises that further simulate contested and austere 

conditions expected in a great power conflict, such as limited 

command and control, contested logistics, use of non-electronic 

dependent communications, use of alternate positioning, 

navigation, and timing methods, and operations in a highly 

degraded electromagnetic environment with widely dispersed 

forces. Furthermore, the DOD needs to aggressively work to 

implement and train to Agile Combat Employment, Expeditionary 

Advanced Base Operations, Multi-Domain Operations, and 
Distributed Maritime Operations, and to tie service concepts 

together in a cohesive joint effects campaign. The DOD must 

conduct comprehensive exercises that stress the ability of the 

Armed Forces to conduct operations in a highly contested 

environment to provide an effective self-assessment tool and 

prepare members of the Armed Forces for conditions expected in a 

great power conflict. Finally, the Joint Pacific Alaska Range 

Complex, to include the Gulf of Alaska Western Maneuver 

Area/Temporary Maritime Activities Area, provides a unique venue 

to conduct effective training in a highly contested environment 

due to its remote location and large size and communication to 

the Congress of lessons learned from representative exercises on 

a yearly basis is important to informing congressional decision 

making. 

Therefore, the committee directs that, not later than 

March 1, 2024, and annually through March 1, 2027, the Secretary 

of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of 

the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing covering 

large joint force exercises conducted by the Department of 

Defense under representative highly contested environments 

during the 1-year period preceding the briefing. 

This briefing will include: 

(1) An explanation of efforts to expand and enhance 

the use of theater-wide and component-level exercises to stress 

operations under contested and austere conditions, to include 

limited command and control, contested logistics, use of nonelectronic dependent communications, use of alternate 

positioning, navigation, and timing methods, and operations in a 

highly degraded electromagnetic environment with widely 

dispersed forces; 

(2) A summary of exercise outcomes to include a 

description of any threat elements or condition explicitly not 

represented in the exercise with an explanation of the decision 

or circumstance that informed said decision for each; and 

(3) A description of efforts of the Secretary of 

Defense to ensure that, at a minimum, all Tier 1 exercises are 

executed, at least in part, under contested conditions as 

described. 

Feasibility of co-locating 214th Attack Group MQ-9 elements 

The committee notes that, with the advent of auto takeoff 

and landing capability in the MQ-9, maintaining line of sight is 

no longer a basing requirement for remotely piloted aircraft 

launch and recovery elements. The committee encourages the Air 

Force to consider whether geographically separated units can be 

restructured to a single location in order to provide 
operational efficiencies and eliminate adverse impacts to 

servicemembers currently required to report to multiple duty 

stations. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force, in coordination with the Chief of the National Guard 

Bureau, to review those remotely piloted aircraft units with 

launch and recovery elements that are geographically separated 

from their mission control elements and provide the Committees 

on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

with a report, not later than January 31, 2024, with 

recommendations on the feasibility of co-locating those 

activities. The report should address anticipated reduction of 

operational costs and operational efficiencies gained. 

Fort Huachuca candidacy for future test and training 

Fort Huachuca is home to the newly developed First 

Lieutenant John R. Fox Multidomain Operations (MDO) Range for 

testing and training current and future MDO systems for the Army 

and Joint Services capabilities. Established in 2022, this range 

leverages the near pristine and unmatched electromagnetic 

environment in the Buffalo Soldier Electronic Testing and 

Training Range in southeast Arizona along with the current 946 

square mile R2303 Military Restricted Airspace, with working 

plans to expand that airspace access over the top of the 

adjacent 4,000 square mile Tombstone Military Operations Area. 

Fort Huachuca hosts the ranges and environment ideal for testing 

and training future aerial intelligence, surveillance, and 

reconnaissance (A-ISR) using advanced signals intelligence, 

electronics intelligence, communications intelligence, 

electronic warfare, and cyber effects payload capabilities. 

As the U.S. Army’s institutional A-ISR instructional base 

resides in Fort Huachuca, its historical expertise in special 

electronic mission aircraft and A-ISR curriculum, and because of 

its convenient proximity to Air Force electronic warfare and 

advanced fighter assets stationed at Davis-Monthan and Luke Air 

Force Bases, the committee strongly encourages the U.S. Army to 

invest in facilities that leverage the unique MDO testing and 

training capabilities at the Fort. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Army, in coordination with the Secretary of the Air Force, to 

brief the congressional defense committees on their current 

approach to planning to train to these A-ISR mission sets, 

including requirements, projections on needed investments, 

identification of potential training sites, and other 

considerations, no later than April 1, 2024. 
Government Accountability Office evaluation of Department of 

Defense's disaster resilience 

The committee notes that natural disasters, such as 

hurricanes, have caused billions of dollars in damages to 

military installations, and damages from these events can take 

years to repair. In responding to these extreme weather events, 

the Department of Defense must balance the immediate need to 

restore facilities that support training, readiness, and 

servicemembers’ well-being with the longer-term priorities of 

strengthening those facilities against future disasters. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to assess the Department of Defense’s 

response to natural disasters at military installations. The 

assessment shall include an analysis of: (1) The extent and cost 

of damages from natural disasters and the Department’s progress 

in restoring affected installations so they can meet mission 

needs; (2) The extent to which restoration efforts have 

incorporated leading practices to ensure that installations 

enhance their resilience to future disasters and reduce the 

fiscal exposure of the Federal Government; (3) Federal agencies’ 

authorities to effectively manage disaster response at military 

installations and enhance resilience to future disasters, and 

any related gaps in those authorities, including but not limited 

to, authorities granted to the Department of Defense, the Office 

of Management and Budget, and the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency; and (4) Any other matters that the Comptroller General 

deems necessary to assess the Department’s response to these 

natural disasters. In conducting the assessment, the Comptroller 

General may focus the study on specific military installations 

and natural disasters. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to 

provide a preliminary briefing on the assessment to the Senate 

Armed Services Committee not later than April 1, 2024, with a 

report to follow by a mutually agreed upon date. 

Homestead Air Reserve Base mission 

The committee recognizes the strategic importance of 

Homestead Air Reserve Base to national defense and the security 

of the homeland, particularly in the southern portion of the 

Western Hemisphere, the importance of its economic impact on the 

surrounding community, and the services and infrastructure it 

provides to tenant organizations. The committee encourages the 

Air Force to review the current missions conducted at Homestead 

Air Reserve Base and to discern what additional mission 
requirements it could meet given its history of fighter and 

other flying missions. 

Immersive training 

The committee is aware of efficiencies in training time 

and increased memory retention afforded to servicemembers 

through immersive learning, such as that achieved with Virtual 

Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) 

technologies. The committee understands these efficiencies are 

realized in the form of reduced classroom hours, lower training 

costs, and more effective use of in-aircraft training hours. The 

committee notes that a recent exercise conducted at Sheppard Air 

Force Base resulted in a 46 percent reduction in training time 

with a nominal increase in proficiency as compared to the 

standard Crew Chief Fundamentals course that has been taught in 

person for decades. Additional advantages to this interactive, 

immersive learning environment are its affordability and 

versatility with the lessons being delivered on familiar devices 

such as tablets, laptops, and VR headsets. Furthermore, a cloudbased learning delivery mechanism makes training accessible in a 

multi-user setting. 

The committee encourages the Air Force to evaluate these 

technologies and consider them for increased use and scale. 

Additionally, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force to brief the Senate Armed Services Committee, not later 

than March 1, 2024, regarding the progress made to increase the 

use of immersive learning platforms across the Department of the 

Air Force in order to deliver a modernized training capability 

to the warfighter. 

Implementation of cold spray technology 

The committee recognizes that using high pressure cold 

spray technology for maintenance, repair, and overhaul has 

proven effective at depots as well as with operational and 

deployed forces. In particular, this technology has been used 

for repairs of components for submarines, surface vessels, 

aircraft, and ground vehicles. These repairs have resulted in 

substantial cost and time savings over procurement of new parts 

or sourcing obsolescent parts. The committee also recognizes 

that cold spray pop-up cells, pioneered by the Navy, have proven 

to be an innovative and successful method of integrating cold 

spray into shipyard maintenance processes. 

Accordingly, the committee encourages the Department of 

Defense to explore further applications of this cost saving 

technology in order to increase the service life of aging 
systems, and to leverage operation and maintenance cost savings 

to enable offsetting investments in research, development, 

testing, and evaluation and procurement of cold spray pop-up 

cells for repairs. Finally, the committee encourages the 

Department to budget for annual funding for further development 

and procurement of cold spray technology. 

Intermittent fault detection and isolation 

One of the major cost drivers for the Department of 

Defense (DOD) is the maintenance of electronics and electrical 

systems that control and operate a wide ranging inventory of 

weapons and weapon systems. The Department spends billions per 

year maintaining electronics and electronic systems. 

One of the highest contributing causes for these costs is 

operationally-induced intermittent faults that result in No 

Fault Found, Cannot Duplicate, or No Trouble Found test results, 

essentially false readings to the effect that there is no 

problem. 

Per a DOD report to Congress, dated October 5, 2021, 

"Assessment of Electronics Maintenance as a Leading Driver of 

Weapon Systems Non-Availability," there is an available test 

technology that could detect and reverse the intermittent fault 

problem across the spectrum of DOD weapons systems, with the 

initial targets being various aircraft, including the F-35, F16, and F/A-18. Additionally, a January 2020 Government 

Accountability Report, "Military Depots: DOD Can Benefit from 

Further Sharing of Best Practices and Lessons Learned" (GAO-20- 

116), highlighted the major improvements in flight hours, repair 

times, and cost savings that resulted from the use of this 

technology. 

The President's budget request for fiscal year 2024 

included $35.2 million for this technology via accounts 

identified under the Rapid Sustainment Improvement Process. The 

committee recommends full support of the President's budget 

request for this intermittent fault detection and isolation 

technology. 

Mission training complexes 

The committee notes the Department of Defense’s (DOD) 

priorities articulated in the 2022 National Defense Strategy 

(NDS), namely: (1) Defending the homeland; (2) Deterring 

strategic attacks against the United States, allies, and 

partners; (3) Deterring aggression while being prepared to 

prevail in conflict when necessary; and (4) Building a resilient 

joint force and defense ecosystem. The NDS notes the need to 
enhance deterrence across all domains and improve mobilization. 

The committee is aware that the Army maintains multiple Mission 

Training Complexes (MTCs). The MTCs were established prior to 

the current NDS, which focuses on the need for the U.S. military 

to respond to near-peer adversaries, and thus requires the 

reserve component to sustain its readiness in order to rapidly 

mobilize. 

The committee is concerned that the Army’s current 

mobilization plans are heavily reliant on its reserve 

components, which lack the ability to mobilize swiftly to 

respond to the challenges outlined in the present NDS. The 

committee is interested in how the Army, and other services, can 

better leverage virtual training capabilities to sustain the 

readiness of the reserve component. The committee is concerned 

that current MTC virtual training capabilities are not 

sufficient to sustain the readiness and ensure rapid 

deployability as envisioned by the current NDS. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Army to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services 

Committee not later than March 1, 2024, with an assessment of 

the following: (1) The current capacity to train on long-range 

fires, electronic warfare capabilities, and in a Global 

Positioning System-denied environment; (2) The current capacity 

of existing MTCs to meet a mass mobilization requirement 

consistent with what is outlined in the NDS; (3) The impact of 

developing additional MTCs across the United States to 

facilitate a mass mobilization, to include the cost and 

capabilities needed at each new installation; (4) The 

identification of potential locations for future MTCs, 

infrastructure existing or needing upgrades to establish the new 

facilities, and potential savings that could be realized from 

additional locations that reduce temporary duty assignments and 

other associated travel costs; and (5) Any previous gap analyses 

done to ensure the sustainment of adequate readiness levels for 

the reserve component and implementation, if any, of recommended 

actions from that analysis. 

Multi-domain operations training ranges 

The committee is aware that the Army's multi-domain 

operations concept includes the combined arms employment of 

joint and Army capabilities to create and exploit relative 

advantages that achieve objectives, defeat enemy forces, and 

consolidate gains on behalf of joint force commanders. The 

committee notes that the Army will need necessary adversarial 

components to present a realistic threat training capability for 

joint forces. The committee believes that the Department of the 
Army should seek more opportunities to provide realistic 

intelligence community-certified threat environments to new 

range areas in support of multi-domain operations training. 

The committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide 

a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives, not later than January 31, 2024, 

that assesses the potential need for expansion of threat 

environment training. The briefing shall include: (1) 

Identification of the limitations of current multi-domain 

operations training ranges; (2) Identification of the Army's 

training range needs in support of multi-domain operations; and 

(3) An assessment of additional range site locations to provide 

collective training to active, reserve, and National Guard 

soldiers. 

Optoelectronic materials 

The committee is aware of an increasing need for 

lightweight, low-cost, and durable expeditionary power sources 

for warfighters to power their electronic equipment when 

deployed. Limited access to portable, state-of-the-art power 

sources degrades warfighter and unit readiness in forward 

operating areas. The development of portable, lightweight, lowcost, mechanically flexible, and high-performing organic 

photovoltaic cells through optoelectronic technology would 

provide an enhanced combat capability in expeditionary energy 

technology. Furthermore, the committee understands that current 

research and technology development efforts to develop highperformance and stable organic photovoltaics would provide a 

unique and increased power capability for warfighters, providing 

a combat advantage in deployed and austere environments. 

Accordingly, the committee urges the Office of Naval Research to 

partner with public universities with experience in 

optoelectronic technology to advance the technical maturity of 

organic solar cells to enable low-cost, lightweight, robust 

solar cells with reasonably high efficiencies for expeditionary 

applications. 

Overseas demilitarization of munitions 

Demilitarizing munitions overseas in a safe, effective, 

and environmentally friendly manner may be more financially 

feasible compared to the cost of shipping munitions and 

equipment back to the United States before being demilitarized. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services 

Committee, not later than March 1, 2024, with an assessment of 
the feasibility and advisability of demilitarizing unserviceable 

munitions that are located outside the United States in order to 

avoid the costs of transporting such munitions to the United 

States for demilitarization. The briefing shall include: (1) The 

need for mitigation of adverse environmental impacts, or impacts 

to the health and safety of local populations, in the 

demilitarization of unserviceable munitions; (2) The 

availability and ease of use of munitions demilitarization 

technologies and mechanisms abroad, whether or not they are 

currently in use by the Army, including available nonincineration technologies; (3) Any costs savings achievable 

through demilitarization of unserviceable munitions abroad; and 

(4) An assessment of any potential security concerns related to 

the demilitarization of munitions in overseas environments. If 

the Secretary determines, for the purposes of the briefing, that 

the demilitarization of unserviceable munitions located outside 

the United States is feasible and advisable to be conducted 

abroad, then the briefing shall also include a description and 

assessment of various technologies and other mechanisms that 

would be suitable for such demilitarization. 

PFAS community engagement at the Department of Defense 

The committee notes that the Department of Defense (DOD) 

has not engaged frequently or effectively with communities 

impacted by per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) contamination and 

that there is no single official at the DOD exclusively 

responsible for ensuring sufficient engagement with PFASimpacted communities. The committee strongly supports 

designating an official responsible for developing and aligning 

DOD-wide engagement with communities to ensure message 

consistency and robust communications in order to build strong 

relationships and maintain trust with these communities. Given 

the lack of institutional structures that exist to sustain 

communication efforts with impacted communities, the committee 

directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

Sustainment to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and House of Representatives, not later 

than January 30, 2024, on efforts to strengthen outreach and 

engagement efforts with PFAS-impacted communities. 

Preservation of the Force and Family Program 

The committee strongly supports all aspects of Special 

Operation Command’s (SOCOM) Preservation of the Force and Family 

(POTFF) Program and notes the critical role the program plays in 

enhancing the overall readiness of Special Operations Forces 
(SOF) by building resiliency and optimizing performance. The 

committee encourages SOCOM to continue efforts to refine its 

program evaluation framework for POTFF to identify opportunities 

to enhance support provided by the POTFF program. 

The committee notes that the Government Accountability 

Office (GAO) concluded a review of the POTFF program in its 

December 16, 2021 report titled, "Special Operations Forces: 

Actions Needed to Assess Performance of the Preservation of the 

Force and Family Program" (GAO-23-105644). Among its findings, 

the review noted that the POTFF program evaluation framework 

"has not fully defined specific and measurable performance goals 

and clear performance measures." The review goes on to state 

that "performance goals do not clearly state what is to be 

achieved, time periods for achievement, nor who is responsible 

for achieving each goal," and that "performance measures are not 

clear and not fully linked to strategic goals." 

The committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense 

for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict and the 

Commander, SOCOM, to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed 

Services Committee, not later than October 1, 2023, on their 

ongoing and planned efforts to address issues identified in the 

GAO review. 

Prioritizing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances treatment 

options 

The committee remains concerned about the safe destruction 

of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) associated with 

cleanup activities in defense communities and on military 

installations. The committee notes that the Department of 

Defense has indicated a desire to use on-site PFAS remediation 

technologies that would safely destroy PFAS. While the 

Department remains under a ban on incineration, the committee 

nevertheless encourages the Department to consider using 

emergent, best available, and most effective treatment options. 

The committee is encouraged by the Department’s interest in onsite technologies and understands the Department must prioritize 

all available on-site treatment technologies that satisfy 

applicable laws for emissions and waste. 

Proposed vessel speed restrictions in Gulf of Mexico impacting 

military training 

The committee notes that the Gulf of Mexico is home to the 

Eastern Gulf Test and Training Range, and it is vital for the 

United States’ national security and military readiness. The 
committee is concerned that any petition on a proposed rule to 

protect Rice’s whales from collisions with vessels and noise 

pollution must include input from throughout the federal 

government on the impact to U.S. national security and maritime 

safety. The committee believes speed restrictions could have 

consequences for U.S. military preparedness in the Gulf of 

Mexico. 

Accordingly, the committee encourages the Department of 

Defense to work within the 

interagency process to ensure that its vessels that are actively 

involved in national security or safety operations are exempt 

from vessel speed regulations. Also, the Department should seek 

clarification to include joint training activities. 

Additionally, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 

provide a briefing, not later than December 1, 2023, to the 

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 

Representatives that would assess the impact of vessel speed 

restrictions on military activities in the region and whether or 

not the impact of vessel speed restrictions would have a 

negative impact on U.S. national security and military 

preparedness. The brief should include any other matters the 

Secretary of Defense deems appropriate on this matter. 

Ship-to-shore fuel distribution systems 

The committee is concerned about the threats and 

vulnerabilities associated with maintaining a stable fuel supply 

and distribution system capable of supporting forces operating 

in contested and dispersed logistics environments, particularly 

given the age and effectiveness of legacy fuel assets across the 

services. The committee encourages the Department of Defense to 

assess current ship-to-shore fuel distribution systems and 

evaluate whether the Department is sufficiently considering 

innovative and cost-effective solutions that are available 

commercially to meet critical readiness requirements. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to brief the Senate Armed Services Committee, not later 

than March 1, 2024, on the current state of ship-to-shore fuel 

distribution systems and provide recommendations to counter any 

capability gaps or deficiencies. The briefing, which may include 

a classified annex if necessary, shall include: (1) An 

assessment of the ability of ship-to-shore fuel distribution 

systems to meet force consumption requirements of the respective 

service component commanders; (2) An assessment of lifecycle 

costs for offshore petroleum distribution systems, including 

with respect to military personnel, military construction, 

military infrastructure operation, and operation and maintenance 
costs; (3) An evaluation of equivalent fuel distribution 

programs or systems that could be utilized to address any 

existing deficiencies in current capability; (4) A cost analysis 

of procuring other appropriate fuel supply and distribution 

systems in use by allies or commercial entities, the barriers 

that may exist to such procurement, and the potential cost 

savings; and (5) Requirements for planned upgrades or 

investments to existing systems that are currently using or 

could utilize commercial technology. 

Solid waste disposal technology 

The committee notes the Department of Defense’s progress 

thus far in eliminating open burn pits from military 

installations to protect the health and safety of all 

servicemembers. The committee considers the elimination of burn 

pits and the associated health concerns surrounding the disposal 

of potentially harmful waste projects to be of the highest 

priority and strongly supports the Department’s efforts in this 

area. The committee is also aware of current Department efforts 

to move commercial waste to energy solutions from prototype to a 

program of record for deployable solid waste incinerators 

optimized for energy efficiency and clean emissions. The 

committee supports this effort and encourages the use of 

additional resources to ensure commercial solid waste disposal 

technology is available for deployment to ensure the health and 

safety of all service members. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not 

later than March 1, 2024, that evaluates: (1) The requirements 

and plans for the development and acquisition of deployable 

solid waste incinerators optimized for clean emissions and 

suitability for use on military missions; (2) The inventory of 

deployable solid waste incinerators that is sufficient for 

maintaining the readiness and maximizing distributed mission 

effectiveness; (3) The cost and timeline associated with 

implementing such a strategy, including additional resources by 

the Congress to accomplish this goal; and (4) Issues for 

consideration and plans related to transitioning the program 

from prototype to production. 

Special Operations Forces cyber training 

The committee notes that the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict and 

the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), 
testified regarding the importance of cyber capabilities to the 

implementation of the National Defense Strategy by U.S. Special 

Operations Forces (SOF). 

Elsewhere in this Act, the committee authorizes additional 

funding for cyber training. The committee expects the SOCOM 

Commander to utilize these additional authorized funds to 

support SOF cyber program development and sustainment within the 

SOCOM service component commands. Specifically, the committee 

expects the additional authorized funds will be used for support 

of SOCOM's cyber and joint collective training activities, with 

priority placed on expeditionary cyber capabilities being 

developed by the Marine Raider Regiment and the Marine Special 

Operations Command's Technical Surveillance Cyber Course. 

Furthermore, the committee directs the Commander, SOCOM, 

and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations 

and Low Intensity Conflict to provide the congressional defense 

committees with a briefing, not later than November 1, 2023, on 

the plan to utilize fiscal year 2024 funding, including any 

additional funds authorized and appropriated by Congress, for 

special operations-peculiar cyber capability development, 

training, and technical equipment procurement and maintenance. 

U.S. Marine Corps unmanned aerial systems 

The committee urges the Secretary of the Navy to complete 

the report regarding 

potential utilization of the Marine Corps Forces Reserve in 

developing an unmanned aerial 

systems force structure requested in the Senate report 

accompanying S.4543 (S. Rep. 117-130) the James M. Inhofe 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 

Law 117-263). The committee commends efforts by the Marine Corps 

in this space and encourages swift completion of the requested 

report to enable better understanding by the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives of 

actions taken by the Marine Corps and potential constraints on 

future efforts. 

Unexploded ordnance 

The committee believes that unexploded ordnance (UXO) 

removal and remediation of private and government lands is 

important to military readiness. The committee notes that the 

Hawaiian community near the Army’s Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) 

is cognizant of delays in UXO removal which limits community 

development and home construction on native lands held by the 

Department of Hawaiian Homelands. 
Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Army to brief the Senate Armed Services Committee, not later 

than March 1, 2024, on a strategy that focuses on the timely 

removal of UXO at Waikoloa Maneuver Area (WMA) near the PTA. The 

briefing shall identify and evaluate the best available 

technologies to assist the Army in locating and classifying 

potential UXO and discriminating between UXO and non-UXO 

metallic debris used during the World War II-era in the WMA and 

Hawaii. The briefing shall also identify any policy-related 

challenges that might impact the timeline for UXO removal and 

remediation of these locations. 

Use of modular microreactors to supplement power generation in 

Guam 

The committee notes that the Department of Defense (DOD) 

plans to introduce a significant number of additional military 

resources in Guam over the next decade as the United States 

adjusts its military force posture across the Western Pacific 

region. The introduction of such resources will demand 

consistent, plentiful energy sources in order to operate 

continuously, which will require substantial generator support, 

as well as likely overtaxing the existing capacity of Guam’s 

fragile power grid. Neither of these outcomes are desirable, nor 

operationally sustainable as the expanded use of generator power 

will divert critical fuel supplies away from ships, aircraft, 

and vehicles, and increasing the draw on Guam’s civilian power 

grid will increase maintenance requirements and worsen brown-out 

conditions on the island. 

The committee has long supported DOD efforts to develop 

and operationalize modular microreactors, such as Project Pele, 

as a means of improving operational energy supplies for the U.S. 

military in a sustainable, environmentally-sound manner. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in 

coordination with the Administrator for Nuclear Security and the 

Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, to brief the 

congressional defense committees, not later than March 1, 2024, 

on the potential for using modular microreactors to support U.S. 

forces in Guam. In preparing this briefing, the Secretary shall, 

at a minimum: (1) Evaluate the feasibility of using modular 

microreactors to provide electricity for U.S. forces and 

facilities in Guam as a means of reducing the additional demands 

in Guam’s civilian infrastructure; (2) Assess the potential for 

directly supplementing Guam’s civilian power generation capacity 

through the use of modular microreactors; (3) Estimate the costs 

of installing modular microreactors to satisfy the power 

generation requirements devised in (1) and (2); (4) Estimate 
likely annual costs to DOD for maintaining and securing such 

microreactors in Guam over their expected lifecycle; and (5) 

Provide an estimate of likely annual fuel usage and costs to DOD 

if alternatives to generator-based electricity production are 

not implemented to support the introduction of additional DOD 

equipment and personnel in Guam, including the costs associated 

with shipping such fuel supplies to the island and providing for 

storage in a manner that does not negatively impact the 

availability of fuel supplies for maneuvering forces. 

TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 

SUBTITLE A—ACTIVE FORCES 

End strengths for active forces (sec. 401) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

Active-Duty end strengths for fiscal year 2024, as shown below: 

FY 2024 Change from 

Service FY 2023 

Authorized Request Recommendation FY 2024 FY 2023 

Request Authorized 

Army ...................... 452,000 452,000 452,000 0 0

Navy ....................... 354,000 347,000 342,000 -5000

-12,000 

Marine Corps ............ 177,000 172,300 172,300 0 -

4,700 

Air Force .................. 325,344 324,700 320,000 -4700

-5,344 

Space Force .............. 8,600 9,400 9,400 0 

800 

DOD Total ........1,316,944 1,305,400 1,295,700 -9,700 -21,244

This provision would authorize active component end strengths in line with the Department of 

Defense's requests for the Army, Marine Corps, and Space Force. For the Air Force and the Navy, this 

provision would authorize slightly lower end strengths than those requested by the Department. The 

committee has received regular updates from the Department and the military services on end strength 

projections for fiscal year 2023, as well as the current state of recruiting in all of the military 

services, and believes the Department's end strength requests for the Air Force and the Navy are 

unattainable for fiscal year 2024 based on current trends. Statutory end strengths must be both 

consistent with the National Defense Strategy and attainable by the military services, and this 

provision would meet both requirements. 

The committee believes that it will be a multi-year effort to reverse the downward trend in 

military recruiting and does not want to encourage the military services to lower recruiting standards 

in order to attain short-term goals. Legislating unreachable end strength numbers would set the 

military services up for failure by guaranteeing continued recruiting shortfalls, putting undue strain 

on recruiting forces, and ultimately compromising readiness by encouraging quantity over quality in 

recruiting. The committee believes that the United States military is best served by bringing in high 

numbers of high-quality recruits. 

The committee notes that under section 115 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of 

Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments are authorized to increase statutory end 

strength levels by up to three percent. In the event that the recruiting environment improves more 

rapidly than expected in fiscal year 2024, the Air Force and Navy could meet or exceed their requested 

end strengths under the levels that would be set by this provision. Further, the committee notes that, 
under section 123a of title 10, United States Code, in the event of a war or national emergency, the 

President is authorized to waive statutory end strengths. Should additional funds be required to 

support a better than projected recruiting environment, the committee would look favorably on any 

request to reprogram funding into the military personnel accounts. 

End strength level matters (sec. 402) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 115 of title 10, United States Code, to increase the 

amount by which the Secretary of Defense and Secretaries of the 

Military Departments could vary certain authorized end 

strengths. 

Extension of additional authority to vary Space Force end 

strength (sec. 403) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 403(b) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) by 

extending the authority of the Secretary of the Air Force to 

vary the end strength of the U.S. Space Force by a greater 

degree than would otherwise be authorized to October 1, 2025. 

SUBTITLE B—RESERVE FORCES 

End strengths for Selected Reserve (sec. 411) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

end strengths for Selected Reserve personnel for fiscal year 

2024, as shown below: 

FY 2024 

Change from 

Service FY 2023 

Authorized Request Recommendation FY 2024 FY 2023 

Request Authorized 

Army National Guard .... 325,000 325,000 325,000 0 0 

Army Reserve .............. 177,000 174,800 174,800 0 -2,200

Navy Reserve .............. 57,000 

200 

Marine Corps Reserve ..... 33,000 33,600 

57,200

33,600 

57,200 

0 

0 

600 

Air National Guard ........ 108,400 

Air Force Reserve .......... 70,000 

0 -400 

108,400 

69,600

105,000

69,600 

-3,400 -3,400 

Coast Guard Reserve ....... 7,000 

0 

7,000 7,000 0 

DOD Total .......... 777,400 775,600 772,200 -3,400 -5,200 

This provision would authorize Selected Reserve component end strengths in line with the 

Department of Defense's request for all reserve components except for the Air National Guard. The 
committee has received regular updates from the Department and the military services on end strength 

projections for fiscal year 2023, as well as the current state of recruiting in all of the military 

services, and believes the Department's end strength request for the Selected Reserve in the Air 

National Guard is unattainable for fiscal year 2024 based on current trends. Statutory end strengths 

must be both consistent with the National Defense Strategy and attainable by the military services, and 

this provision would meet both requirements. 

The committee believes that it will be a multi-year effort to reverse the downward trend in 

military recruiting and does not want to encourage the military services to lower recruiting standards 

in order to attain short-term goals. Legislating unreachable end strength numbers would set the 

military services up for failure by guaranteeing continued recruiting shortfalls, putting undue strain 

on recruiting forces, and ultimately compromising readiness by encouraging quantity over quality in 

recruiting. The committee believes that the United States military is best served by bringing in high 

numbers of high-quality recruits. 

The committee notes that under section 115 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of 

Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments are authorized to increase statutory end 

strength levels for the Selected Reserve by up to three percent. In the event that the recruiting 

environment improves more rapidly than expected in fiscal year 2024, the Air National Guard could reach 

an end strength in excess of 108,000 airmen in the Selected Reserve. Further, the committee notes that, 

under section 123a of title 10, United States Code, in the event of a war or national emergency, the 

President is authorized to waive statutory end strengths. Should additional funding be required to 

support a better than projected recruiting environment, the committee would look favorably upon any 

request to reprogram funds into military personnel accounts. 

This provision would also require the end strengths authorized in this provision to be 

proportionately adjusted based on units in the Selected Reserve serving on active duty at the end of 

the fiscal year and individual members not in units in the Selected Reserve who are on active duty 

without their consent at the end of the fiscal year. 

End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the 

Reserves (sec. 412) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

full-time support end strengths for fiscal year 2024, as shown 

below: 

FY 2024 

Change from 

Service FY 2023 

Authorized Request Recommendation FY 2024 FY 2023 

Request Authorized 

Army National Guard .... 30,845 30,845 

0 0 

Army Reserve ............. 16,511 16,511 

30,845 

16,511 0

0 

Navy Reserve ............. 10,077 10,327 10,327 0

250 

Marine Corps Reserve ..... 2,388 2,355 2,355 0 -33

Air National Guard ......... 25,333 

380 0 

Air Force Reserve .......... 6,003 

25,713 

6,070 

25,333 

6,003 -67 

-

0 

DOD Total ........... 

217 

91,157 91,821 91,374 -447 

The committee once again notes its concern that the Air Force has gone too far in requesting 

increases in Reserves on Active Duty in support of the Reserves at the expense of military technician 

positions. The Air Force has yet to provide a sufficient justification to the committee for these 

conversions. The committee remains concerned about the impact that such conversions would have on the 

readiness of the Air Force. Therefore, this provision would fix end strengths for Reserves on Active 

Duty in support of the Reserves for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve at fiscal year 2023 

levels. 
End strengths for military technicians (dual status) (sec. 413) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

military technician (dual status) end strengths for fiscal year 

2024, as shown below: 

Change from 

Service FY 2023 

FY 2024 

Authorized Request Recommendation FY 2024 FY 2023 

Request Authorized 

Army National Guard ..... 22,294 

0 

22,294 22,294 0 

Army Reserve. .............. 6,492 7,990 7,990 0 

1,498 

Air National Guard. ....... 10,994 9,830 10,994 1,164 0

Air Force Reserve. ......... 7,111 6,882 7,111 229

0 

DOD Total .......... 46,891 46,996 48,389 1,393 1,498 

The provision would also establish limits on the number of temporary technicians authorized 

to be employed within the end strengths set forth by this section to not more than 25 percent of the 

total authorized strength for each component. 

The committee once again notes its concern that the Air Force has gone too far in requesting 

increases in Reserves on Active Duty in support of the Reserves at the expense of decreases in military 

technician positions. The Air Force has yet to provide a sufficient justification to the committee for 

these conversions. The committee remains concerned about the impact that such conversions would have on 

the readiness of the Air Force and therefore this provision would fix the end strength for military 

technicians in the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve at fiscal year 2023 levels. 

Finally, the provision would also prohibit under any circumstances the coercion of a military 

technician (dual status) by a State into accepting an offer of realignment or conversion to any other 

military status, including as a member of the Active, Guard, and Reserve program of a reserve 

component. The provision would further specify that if a technician declines to participate in such a 

realignment or conversion, no further action may be taken against the individual or the individual’s 

position. 

Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active 

duty for operational support (sec. 414) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

end strengths for reserve personnel on Active Duty for 

operational support for fiscal year 2024, as shown below: 

FY 2024 Change 

from 

Service FY 2023 

Authorized Request Recommendation FY 2024 FY 2022 

Request Authorized 

0 

Army National Guard... 17,000 17,000 17,000 0 0

Army Reserve. ............. 13,000

0 

Navy Reserve. .............. 6,200

13,000 

6,200 

13,000 

6,200 

0 

0 0 

Marine Corps Reserve.... 3,000 3,000 

Air National Guard........ 16,000 16,000

0 

Air Force Reserve .......... 14,000 

3,000 

14,000 

16,000 

14,000 

0 

0

0 

0 
DOD Total ........ 69,200 69,200 69,200 

0 0 

SUBTITLE C—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Military personnel (sec. 421) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

appropriations for military personnel activities at the levels 

identified in section 4401 of division D of this Act. 

BUDGET ITEMS 

Military personnel funding changes 

The amount authorized to be appropriated for military 

personnel programs includes the following changes from the 

budget request: 

[Changes in millions of dollars] 

Navy end strength underexecution ............................... .-600.0 

Air Force end strength underexecution............................-564.0 

Air National Guard AGR underexecution............................-45.6 

Air Force Reserve AGR underexecution...............................-8.0 

Unobligated balances....................................................-323.2 

Total............................................................. ...-1,540.8 

TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 

SUBTITLE A—OFFICER PERSONNEL POLICY 

Authorized strength: general and flag officers on active duty 

(sec. 501) 

The committee recommends a provision that would repeal 

section 526 of title 10, United States Code, and redesignate 

section 526a as section 526 of title 10, United States Code. 

The provision would amend section 526 of title 10, United 

States Code, as redesignated, to increase the authorized 

strengths of general and flag officers on Active Duty in the 

Army, Air Force, and Navy by one general or flag officer, and in 

the Marine Corps by two general officers. 

Finally, the provision would repeal section 506 of the 

James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) that excluded officers serving as 

lead special trial counsel from the authorized strengths for 

general and flag officers. 

The committee authorized the permanent increase in general 

and flag officer authorized strengths to accommodate the 

congressional requirement for a general or flag officer to serve 

as the lead special trial counsel, and an increase of an 

additional Marine Corps general officer to address safety needs 

in the Marine Corps. 

Prohibition on appointment or nomination of certain officers who 

are subject to special selection review boards (sec. 502) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

sections 628a and 14502a of title 10, United States Code, to 

prohibit the appointment or nomination of certain officers who 

are subject to special selection review boards convened under 

those sections. 

Exclusion of officers who are licensed behavioral health 

providers from limitations on Active-Duty commissioned officer 

end strengths (sec. 503) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 523 of title 10, United States Code, to exclude licensed 

behavioral health providers, including clinical psychologists, 

social workers, and mental health nurse practitioners, from the 

authorized strength of commissioned officers on Active Duty in 

grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel, and in Navy 

grades of lieutenant commander, commander, and captain. A 

similar exclusion currently applies to medical and dental 

officers. 

The committee is concerned about the shortage of 

behavioral health providers in the military and believes that 

the Department will benefit from the flexibility to recruit, 

access, and retain a greater number of behavioral health 

providers. 

Updating authority to authorize promotion transfers between 

components of the same service or a different service (sec. 504) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

sections 578 and 624 of title 10, United States Code, to 

authorize the Secretary of a military department to transfer the 

promotion selection of a regular officer or warrant officer to 
the reserve component and integrate the officer into the 

corresponding promotion list based upon the officer’s date of 

rank in his or her current grade. 

Effect of failure of selection for promotion (sec. 505) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 632 of title 10, United States Code, to include captains 

and majors of the Space Force. The provision would also require 

separation of officers on the Active-Duty list in the grades of 

O-3 or O-4 who fail selection for promotion to the next higher 

grade for the second time, not later than the first day of the 

seventh calendar month beginning the month in which the 

President releases to the public the report of the board that 

considered the officer for the second time. 

Permanent authority to order retired members to active duty in 

high-demand, low-density appointments (sec. 506) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 688a of title 10, United States Code, to make permanent 

the temporary authority to order retired members to Active Duty 

on a voluntary basis for a duty assignment intended to alleviate 

a high-demand, low-density military capability or in any other 

specialty designated by the Secretary of the military department 

concerned as critical to meet wartime or peacetime requirements. 

Waiver authority expansion for the extension of service 

obligation for Marine Corps cyberspace operations officers (sec. 

507) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 651(c) of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the 

Secretary of Defense to extend the minimum period of obligated 

service of an unrestricted officer designated with a cyberspace 

occupational specialty to the period of obligated service 

specified in the officer's contract or agreement. 

The provision would also add a new section 654 of title 10 

to provide that the minimum service obligation for Marine Corps 

officers in the cyberspace operations officer occupation 

specialty shall be 8 years after completion of cyberspace 

operations training. 

Removal of Active Duty prohibition for members of the Air Force 

Reserve Policy Committee (sec. 508) 
The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 10305 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize 

members of the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve who 

are on Active Duty to serve as members of the Air Force Reserve 

Policy Committee. 

Extension of authority to vary number of Space Force officers 

considered for promotion to major general (sec. 509) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 503 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) to extend from December 31, 2022 

to December 31, 2024, the authority for Space Force promotion 

boards to select for promotion to major general not more than 95 

percent of the total number of brigadier generals eligible for 

consideration by the board, notwithstanding the limitation 

imposed by section 616(d) of title 10, United States Code. 

Realignment of Navy spot-promotion quotas (sec. 510) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 605 of title 10, United States Code, to increase the 

maximum number of Navy spot promotions to the grade of 

lieutenant commander from 325 to 425. 

Modification of limitation on promotion selection board rates 

(sec. 511) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 616 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize 

promotion selection boards to recommend up to 100 percent of the 

officers in the promotion zone for promotion to grades below the 

grade of colonel or Navy captain when the promotion zone 

includes less than 50 officers. 

Time in grade requirements (sec. 512) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1305 of title 10, United States Code, to require that 

Marine Corps Marine Gunner warrant officers in the grade of CW05 

be retired 60 days after the date on which an officer completes 

33 years of total active service, consistent with the 

requirement for Navy warrant officers of that grade. 

Flexibility in determining terms of appointment for certain 

senior officer positions (sec. 513) 
The committee recommends a provision that would add a new 

section 602 to title 10, United States Code, to provide 

appointment flexibility to the Secretary of Defense for certain 

senior officer positions to ensure continuity of turnover. 

The committee acknowledges the current statutory 

requirements set forth in title 10, United States Code, for 

Service Chiefs, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and 

the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs include the 4 year length 

of terms requirement, ensuring ample time to employ and deploy 

strategy while providing continuity. Title 10 also provides 

authorities to service secretaries to assign and detail 

military, and civilian, personnel. Furthermore, the committee 

appreciates the authorities and responsibilities of the 

Commander in Chief, the Secretary of Defense, the Deputy 

Secretary of Defense, and the service secretaries, and the roles 

they play in civilian control of the Department, recommending 

officers for promotion, and managing general and flag officers. 

However, the committee notes with concern that in calendar 

year 2023, turnover of four of the six service chiefs and the 

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will occur nearsimultaneously. This results in a cascading effect by 

potentially turning over other four-star general and flag 

officer positions with similar or related duties including 

several of the service Vice Chiefs of Staff. Similarly, turnover 

of important homeland defense and missile defense positions also 

occurs nearly at the same time this year, namely Commander, 

United States Northern Command; Director, Missile Defense 

Agency; and Commander, United States Army Space and Missile 

Defense Command. Senior general and flag officer turnover is a 

predictable occurrence which affords the Secretary of Defense, 

the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and service secretaries ample 

opportunity to manage assignments and make recommendations 

regarding nominations, and affords ample opportunity for the 

management of these temporary positions. 

As is the case this year, the turnover of general and flag 

officers in a short period can create a gap in institutional 

knowledge, strategy, and current operations, which could 

potentially increase risk to mission and force. The turnover of 

service chiefs is unique due to the complex roles of those 

positions. As members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, service 

chiefs offer advice to the President, the Secretary of Defense, 

and the National Security Council. As the chiefs of the military 

services, they are responsible to the secretaries of their 

military departments for management of the services. Turnover of 

vice chiefs can have second order effects due to the 

complementary roles they play in tandem with the service chiefs. 
Additionally, the service vice chiefs play an important 

leadership role on the Joint Requirements Oversight Council. 

Service chiefs are currently appointed to 4 year terms 

based on statute, potentially offering less flexibility to the 

Department and Commander-in-Chief for managing flag and general 

officer assignments. Based on current statutory 4 year term 

limits and the near-simultaneous turnover of service chiefs and 

the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Department and the Senate 

could face a similar situation in four years. 

This provision will provide the Executive Branch 

flexibility for the identified general and flag officer billets, 

mitigating the risks of a simultaneous turnover while fulfilling 

the current statutory intent of 4 year terms. The committee 

believes the 4 year term should be followed as closely as 

possible. This change is intended not to reflect on the 

leadership of the individual, but to provide an option for the 

good of the service and continuity of these positions as well as 

other general and flag officer three-and four-star temporary 

positions. These requirements would address the turnover of 

these positions, ensuring each general and flag officer 

appointed has the ability to carry out strategy and continuity, 

significantly mitigating risk to national and global security. 

It will also provide flexibility to service secretaries, the 

Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Defense with 

managing flag and general officer assignments writ large, 

mitigating the effects of turnover of other senior positions. 

SUBTITLE B—RESERVE COMPONENT MANAGEMENT 

Alternative promotion authority for Reserve officers in 

designated competitive categories (sec. 521) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

subtitle E of title 10, United States Code, to add a chapter to 

authorize alternative promotion authority for Reserve officers 

in designated competitive categories, similar to the alternative 

promotion authority for Active-Duty officers. 

Selected Reserve and Ready Reserve order to Active Duty to 

respond to a significant cyber incident (sec. 522) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 12304 of title 10, United States Code, to: (1) Authorize 

the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Department in 

which the Coast Guard is operating to order units and members of 

the Selected Reserve or Individual Ready Reserve, without the 

consent of the members, to Active Duty to respond to a 
significant cyber incident; and (2) Remove the requirement that 

an order to Active Duty to augment the active forces be for a 

named operational mission. 

Mobilization of Selected Reserve for preplanned missions in 

support of the combatant commands (sec. 523) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 12304b of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the 

Secretaries of the military departments to submit required 

manpower and associated costs and budget information in a notice 

separate from budget materials when the President's budget is 

delivered later than April 1st in the year prior to the year of 

mobilization for preplanned missions. 

Alternating selection of officers of the National Guard and the 

Reserves as Deputy Commanders of certain combatant commanders 

(sec. 524) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 164 of title 10, United States Code, to require the 

Secretary of Defense to alternate appointments of deputy 

commanders for certain combatant commands between officers of 

the National Guard and the Reserves no less frequently than 

every two terms. The provision would authorize the Secretary of 

Defense to waive the requirements of this provision when in the 

national interest. 

Grade of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau (sec. 525) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 10505 of title 10, United States code to require that 

the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau be appointed to 

serve in the grade of general, and that the Secretary of Defense 

designate this position as one of the general officer positions 

to be excluded from the limitations of section 526a of title 10, 

United States Code. 

SUBTITLE C—GENERAL SERVICE AUTHORITIES AND 

MILITARY RECORDS 

Modification of limitation on enlistment and induction of 

persons whose score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test is 

below a prescribed level (sec. 531) 
The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 520 of title 10, United States Code, to limit the number 

of enlistments of people who score between the tenth and thirtyfirst percentile of the Armed Forces Qualification Test to 4 

percent of the total number of people who enlist in a fiscal 

year. The provision would authorize the Secretary of Defense to 

increase the limitation to 20 percent of the total number of new 

recruits upon the request of the Secretary of the military 

department concerned. 

In the 50-year history of the all-volunteer force, the 

military has learned repeatedly that when it comes to 

recruiting, quality matters. The Armed Forces Qualification Test 

is a valuable tool to assess the ability of a potential military 

recruit to complete an enlistment successfully. If recruiting in 

a particular military department is so difficult as to merit 

violating the long-standing Department of Defense benchmarks on 

recruit quality, then the Secretary of Defense should be 

personally involved in approving such an action and notifying 

the Congress accordingly. 

Non-medical counseling services for military families (sec. 532) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1781 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize 

licensed mental health professionals contracted or employed by 

the Department of Defense to provide non-medical counseling 

services to qualifying populations without regard for their 

geographic location. This authority would terminate three years 

after the date of enactment of this Act. 

Non-medical counseling is limited to mental health care 

services that are non-clinical, short-term and solution focused, 

and address topics related to personal growth, development, and 

positive functioning. 

Primacy of needs of the service in determining individual duty 

assignments (sec. 533) 

The committee recommends a provision that would codify the 

requirement for the Secretaries of the military departments to 

make duty assignments of individual members based on the needs 

of the military services. 

Requirement to use qualifications, performance, and merit as 

basis for promotions, assignments, and other personnel actions 

(sec. 534) 
The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to ensure that all promotions, 

assignments, and other personnel actions are based primarily on 

qualifications, performance, and merit. 

Requirement to base treatment in the military on merit and 

performance (sec. 535) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

the Department of Defense (DOD) from directing or compelling any 

servicemember, dependent, or DOD civilian employee to personally 

affirm, adopt, or adhere to the tenet that any sex, race, 

ethnicity, religion, or national origin is inherently superior 

or inferior. The provision would also specify that all DOD 

personnel actions be based exclusively on individual merit and 

demonstrated performance. 

Tiger team for outreach to former members (sec. 536) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to establish a tiger team to build 

awareness among former members of the Armed Forces of the 

process established for the review of discharge 

characterizations by appropriate discharge boards. The provision 

would also require several reports to Congress on the status and 

success of such provisions. 

Diversity, equity, and inclusion personnel grade cap (sec. 537) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

the Secretary concerned from appointing or employing a military 

or civilian employee whose annual pay rate exceeds the 

equivalent of the rate payable for GS-10 to any position with 

duties solely related to diversity, equity, and inclusion 

policy. 

SUBTITLE D—MILITARY JUSTICE AND OTHER LEGAL 

MATTERS 

Establishment of staggered terms for members of the Military 

Justice Review Panel (sec. 541) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 946(b) of title 10, United States Code, to establish 

staggered terms for members of the Military Justice Review Panel 
to preclude the termination of the terms of all members at the 

same time. 

Technical and conforming amendments to the Uniform Code of 

Military Justice (sec. 542) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

Articles 16, 24a, 25, 118, 128b, and 130 of the Uniform Code of 

Military Justice (UCMJ) (10 U.S.C. 816, 824a, 825, 918, 928b, 

and 930) to make various technical and conforming amendments to 

the UCMJ, effective immediately after the coming into effect of 

the amendments made by part 1 of subtitle D of title V of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public 

Law 117-81). 

SUBTITLE E—MEMBER EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND 

TRANSITION 

Future servicemember preparatory course (sec. 551) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of the military department concerned to establish 

a future servicemember preparation course if, during a fiscal 

year within an Armed Force, the number of enlisted recruits who 

score lower than a 31 on the Armed Forces Qualification Test 

exceeds 10 percent of the total number of recruits. 

Determination of active duty service commitment for recipients 

of fellowships, grants, and scholarships (sec. 552) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2603(b) of title 10, United States Code, to authorize 

the Secretaries of the military departments to establish the 

active duty service commitment for certain members of the Armed 

Forces who accept fellowships, scholarships, or grants funded by 

corporations, funds, foundations, or educational institutions 

organized and operated primarily for scientific, literary, or 

educational purposes. 

Military service academy professional sports pathway report and 

legislative proposal required (sec. 553) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to submit to the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 

that includes a legislative proposal that improves the legal 
construct currently in place governing the pathway for military 

service academy graduates to pursue professional sports careers. 

This legislative proposal must retain the existing requirement 

that all military service academy graduates serve at least 2 

years on active duty before affiliating with the reserves in 

order to pursue professional sports. 

Further, the committee requires the Secretary of Defense 

to submit an annual report, starting March 1, 2024, that details 

the current participants in the professional sports pathway to 

include those deferred from active duty as defined in the 

November 8, 2019 DTM 19-011 “Military Service Academy Graduates 

Seeking to Participate in Professional Sports” or any subsequent 

policy directive of similar purpose. 

Community college Enlisted Training Corps demonstration program 

(sec. 554) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of each military department to establish an 

Enlisted Training Corps (ETC) demonstration program at a 

community or junior college. As part of the demonstration 

program, the Secretary concerned may provide financial 

assistance to individuals enrolled in an ETC unit who agree to 

enlist in the Armed Forces upon completion of, or disenrollment 

from, the program. The provision would also require the 

Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report to the 

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives on the status of the demonstration program. 

The committee believes that the military must provide new 

opportunities to expose Americans to military service. While 

high school students have the option of joining a Junior Reserve 

Officers' Training Corps unit, and four-year college students 

have long been able to enroll in the Senior Reserve Officers' 

Training Corps, there are no formal programs that introduce 

community and junior college students to the prospect of 

military service. The demonstration program that would be 

required by this provision may be one additional tool for the 

military to use to help overcome current recruiting challenges. 

Language training centers for members of the Armed Forces and 

civilian employees of the Department of Defense (sec. 555) 

The committee recommends a provision that would modify 

section 529 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84) to require the Secretary of 

Defense to carry out a program to establish language training 

centers at accredited universities, senior military colleges, or 
other similar institutions of higher education for the purposes 

of accelerating the development of foundational expertise in 

critical and strategic languages and regional area studies. The 

provision would also clarify that the Secretary may use 

collective agreements in order to facilitate such programs. 

Limitation on availability of funds for relocation of Army CID 

special agent training course (sec. 556) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 

2024 for the U.S. Army to relocate an Army Criminal 

Investigation Division (CID) special agent training course from 

being obligated or expended until the Secretary of the Army 

submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives a report on any plans of the 

Secretary to relocate an Army CID special agent training course 

and to provide a briefing on the contents of the report. 

Army Physical Fitness Test (sec. 557) 

The committee recommends a provision that would designate 

the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) as the physical fitness 

test of record for the U.S. Army. This provision would expressly 

authorize the Army to continue using the Army Combat Fitness 

Test, but not as the official physical fitness test of record. 

The provision would also authorize the Army to update, replace, 

or modify the events and scoring standards in the APFT as the 

needs of the U.S. Army require after a pilot period of at least 

24 months. 

Opt-out sharing of information on members retiring or separating 

from the Armed Forces with community-based organizations and 

related entities (sec. 558) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 570F of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) to give all servicemembers 

separating or retiring from the Armed Forces the right to opt 

out of sharing their contact information with state-based 

veterans agencies. 

Establishment of program to promote participation of foreign 

students in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (sec. 

559) 
The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to establish a program under the 

authority of section 2103 of title 10, United States Code, to 

promote the participation of foreign students in the Senior 

Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. 

Consideration of standardized test scores in military service 

academy application process (sec. 560) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the United States 

Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, and the 

United State Air Force Academy include the submission and 

consideration of standardized test scores as part of their 

application processes. 

SUBTITLE F—MILITARY FAMILY READINESS AND 

DEPENDENTS' EDUCATION 

Pilot program on recruitment and retention of employees for 

child development programs (sec. 561) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a pilot 

program to assess the effectiveness of increasing compensation 

for employees of Department of Defense Child Development Centers 

in improving the ability to recruit and retain providers. 

Certain assistance to local educational agencies that benefit 

dependents of military and civilian personnel (sec. 562) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

$50.0 million in Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide, for 

continuation of the Department of Defense (DOD) assistance 

program to local educational agencies impacted by enrollment of 

dependent children of military members and DOD civilian 

employees. 

The provision would also authorize $10.0 million in 

Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide, for impact aid payments 

for children with disabilities as enacted by the Floyd D. Spence 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public 

Law 106-398), using the formula set forth in section 363 of that 

Act, for continuation of Department of Defense assistance to 

local educational agencies that benefit eligible dependents with 

severe disabilities. Furthermore, the provision would authorize 

the Secretary of Defense to use an additional $20.0 million for 
payments to local educational agencies determined by the 

Secretary to have higher concentrations of military children 

with severe disabilities. Finally, the provision would require 

the Secretary to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not 

later than March 31, 2024, on the Department's evaluation of 

each local educational agency with higher concentrations of 

military children with severe disabilities and its subsequent 

determination of the amounts of impact aid each such agency 

should receive. 

Modifications to assistance to local educational agencies that 

benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces with 

enrollment changes due to base closures, force structure 

changes, or force relocations (sec. 563) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 575 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to 

improve implementation of the authority. 

Assistance for military spouses to obtain doula certifications 

(sec. 564) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance to military 

spouses in obtaining doula certifications. 

SUBTITLE G—JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' 

TRAINING CORPS 

Expansion of Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (sec. 571) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, to require the 

Secretary of Defense to establish and support not less than 

3,400, and not more than 4,000 units of the Junior Reserve 

Officers' Training Corps. 

JROTC program certification (sec. 572) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the 

Secretary of Defense to suspend or place on probation a Junior 

Reserve Officers’ Training Corps unit that fails to comply with 
the terms of its memorandum of understanding with the parent 

armed force. 

Memorandum of understanding required (sec. 573) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, to require the 

Secretary of Defense to proscribe regulations establishing a 

standardized memorandum of understanding to be signed by the 

service secretary concerned and a participating Junior Reserve 

Officers’ Training Corps unit. 

Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps instructor compensation 

(sec. 574) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the 

Department of Defense to develop a standardized instructor pay 

scale for Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) 

instructors in order to set compensation levels for instructors 

who are not retired from military service. The provision would 

also clarify the authority of the Secretary of the military 

department concerned to employ reserve component members as 

JROTC instructors. 

Annual report on allegations of sexual misconduct in JROTC 

programs (sec. 575) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, to require annual 

reports on allegations of sexual misconduct against Junior 

Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instructors. 

Comptroller General report on efforts to increase transparency 

and reporting on sexual violence in the Junior Reserve Officers' 

Training Corps program (sec. 576) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Comptroller General of the United States to review and 

report on efforts within the military services to increase 

transparency on reporting on sexual violence in the Junior 

Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. 

SUBTITLE H—DECORATIONS AND OTHER AWARDS, 

MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS 
Extension of deadline for review of World War I Valor Medals 

(sec. 581) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 584 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) to extend the deadline for review 

of World War I valor medals required by such section to December 

31, 2028. 

Prohibition on former members of the Armed Forces accepting 

post-service employment with certain foreign governments (sec. 

582) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, to prohibit former 

servicemembers from accepting employment in positions related to 

China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Syria. 

Prohibition on requiring listing of gender or pronouns in 

official correspondence (sec. 583) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

the Department of Defense (DOD) from requiring members of the 

Armed Forces or DOD civilian employees to list their gender or 

pronouns in official correspondence. 

SUBTITLE I—ENHANCED RECRUITING EFFORTS 

Short title (Sec. 591) 

The committee recommends a provision that would style this 

subtitle as the "Military Promotion Act of 2023." 

Increased access to potential recruits at secondary schools 

(Sec. 592) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 503 of title 10, United States Code, to require 

secondary schools to provide military recruiters access to 

career fairs or similar events upon a request made by military 

recruiters. The provision would also require the Secretary of 

Defense to submit an annual report to Congress detailing each 

notification of denial of recruiting access requested under this 

authority. 
Increased access to potential recruits at institutions of higher 

education (Sec. 593) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 983 of title 10, United States Code, to deny federal 

education funds to institutions of higher education that fail to 

provide certain information on students to military recruiters 

within 60 days of such recruiter's request. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Private Pilot 

License Certificate Program 

The committee recognizes that the Air Force Junior Reserve 

Officers’ Training Corps (AFJROTC) Flight Academy has 

demonstrated success in attracting young men and women to 

military aviation careers. According to a recent report, 46 

percent of flight academy graduates have enrolled in a military 

service academy, Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 

detachment, or have enlisted in the military. Since 2021, the 

majority of AFJROTC Flight Academy participants come from groups 

that are underrepresented in the military aviation community, 

which makes this program a useful way to expand the pool of 

young Americans who are interested in military service. 

The committee commends the Air Force for continuing to 

support the AFJROTC Flight Academy and urges further expansion 

of the program. These sorts of investments in the nation’s young 

people will help sustain the future of the all-volunteer U.S. 

military, which is crucial for national security. 

Assisted reproductive technology services for servicemembers 

The committee recognizes the importance of supporting 

servicemembers who seek to start or expand their families and 

the unique challenges that servicemembers may face due to the 

physical risks and demands of military service and deployment. 

While the Department of Defense currently offers limited support 

for infertility services, the committee is concerned that 

current policies do not adequately meet the needs of 

servicemembers who face these challenges when trying to start or 

build a family. The committee is accordingly concerned that 

current policies may have unintended consequences, including 

shorter-than-average service time and lower recruitment rates, 

particularly for female servicemembers. To address these 

concerns, the committee directs the Department to review its 

current policies on assisted reproductive technology (ART), with 
a particular focus on expanding coverage of procedures, such as 

intrauterine insemination and in vitro fertilization. 

Therefore, the committee requests that the Secretary of 

Defense provide a report to the congressional defense committees 

by October 1, 2024, on the findings of this review. The report 

should include: 

(1) An analysis of current Department of Defense 

policies and regulations related to infertility services, 

focusing on the effectiveness of current Departmental support in 

providing opportunities for servicemembers to receive ART 

services, including intrauterine insemination and in vitro 

fertilization; 

(2) A review of private-sector opportunities, 

including possible partnerships and best practices, for ART 

services, and an evaluation of their potential benefits and 

drawbacks for servicemembers; 

(3) Recommendations for expanding access to ART 

services, including any necessary changes to Department policies 

or regulations; 

(4) An estimate of the costs associated with 

expanding ART services for servicemembers; 

(5) An analysis of the possible long-term benefits 

to recruitment and retention, higher success rates and lower 

costs for subsequent healthcare services and improved mental 

health and overall well-being of servicemembers and their 

families; and 

(6) Any other matter the Secretary deems 

appropriate. 

Briefing on Air Force Global Strike Command personnel 

allocations 

The committee notes that Air Force Global Strike Command 

(AFGSC) is the sponsoring command for two of the largest weapons 

system acquisition programs in the history of the Air Force. 

However, as a relatively recently established major command, 

AFGSC does not enjoy the same level of personnel resourcing as 

more mature major commands. Given the importance and scale of 

the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and B-21 Raider 

programs, the committee is concerned that historical personnel 

allocations are out of line with current priorities. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force to provide a briefing to the congressional defense 

committees, not later than March 1, 2024, on options to improve 

the manpower allocation for AFGSC and better align personnel 

resources to current modernization investments. 
Briefing on training on certain Department of Defense 

Instructions for members of the Armed Forces 

The committee notes that section 556 of the William M. 

(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) required the Secretary of Defense 

to implement training on relevant Federal statutes, Department 

of Defense (DOD) regulations, and military service regulations 

in accordance with DOD Instruction (DODI) 1300.17. The committee 

further notes that at page 151 in the Senate report accompanying 

S.4543 (S. Rep. 117-130), the committee directed a briefing by 

not later than December 1, 2022, on the Department's progress in 

providing that training. The committee has not received that 

briefing. 

The committee directs the Secretary to provide the above 

referenced briefing as soon as possible, but not later than 

August 1, 2023. 

Building on insights from Command Assessment Program 

The committee congratulates the Army on its development 

and implementation of the Command Assessment Program (CAP), a 

talent management evaluation program designed to assess 

potential commanders across a range of talent vectors not 

typically assessed in performance evaluations. Such talents 

include psychometric, verbal, and written capabilities; observed 

behaviors; psychological traits; and peer feedback. This program 

has had a direct impact on the individuals chosen to lead 

battalions and brigades in the United States Army and promises 

to elevate leaders with the knowledge, skills, and attributes 

necessary for effective leadership in the Army of the future. 

The committee believes that using research-backed 

behavioral science tools to assess leader capabilities is a 

positive step toward improving the culture and climate in the 

military, especially with regard to issues related to sexual 

assault and harassment. Good leaders create strong, supportive 

teams and a climate of accountability. 

The committee encourages the Army to consider applying 

some of the behavioral science insights it has gained in 

developing CAP to the promotion and job selection processes for 

junior members of the military, including promotion boards for 

junior enlisted members. Choosing the right first-line 

supervisors is essential in the fight to prevent and effectively 

respond to sexual assault and harassment in the ranks. 

The committee further encourages the Air Force, Navy, 

Marine Corps, and Space Force to consider implementing research- 
backed behavioral science tools in selecting commanders and 

leaders at all levels similar to those used in CAP. 

Briefing on how the Department of Defense directs regional 

recruitment efforts 

The committee recognizes recruiting as the essential 

element to the success of an all-volunteer force. Services' 

recruiting strategies must adapt to each geographic region's 

unique needs. The committee notes that several geographic areas 

remain an untapped resource to military recruitment efforts. 

Furthermore, concerns about geographical diversity were publicly 

aired by the Department of Defense (DOD) as early as 1987, when 

reports conveyed that recruiting performance was stronger in 

areas of higher concentration of military installations, larger 

numbers of military retirees, and individuals with stronger 

military orientation. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to provide a briefing on how the DOD directs regional 

recruitment efforts, including: 

(1) How the Department recruits by region; 

(2) The allocation of personnel assigned to recruit 

by region; 

(3) The use of military assets such as bands, flyovers, and ship visits to attract recruits by region; 

(4) Trends in recruitment levels by region; 

(5) The extent to which the level of recruiting 

activity in regions with high numbers of active duty personnel 

compares to regions with fewer active duty personnel; 

(6) Any challenges experienced, or tradeoffs that 

are made in recruiting, as a result of focusing resources to 

specific regions; and 

(7) Any other matters the Department wishes to 

include that will help the Committee better understand how the 

Department recruits from a region-by-region perspective. 

The Secretary shall provide the briefing to the Senate 

Armed Services Committee by March 1, 2024, and an interim 

briefing with preliminary observations to the committee, not 

later than December 1, 2023. 

Commissaries and food security 

The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) provides healthy 

groceries in a safe and secure shopping environment worldwide 

for military families. During the height of the COVID-19 

pandemic, commissaries operated by DeCA served as a vital 

lifeline for military families, offering a trusted and reliable 
source of healthy food, especially overseas and in remote 

locations in the United States where other access to groceries 

was limited. At the outset of the pandemic, the Department of 

Defense moved quickly to designate commissaries as mission 

essential, leveraging military logistics capabilities to ensure 

that commissaries stayed open and the shelves remained stocked. 

The Department’s extraordinary measures to secure and sanitize 

vital distribution hubs was a key factor in keeping commissaries 

open throughout the pandemic. 

In the current inflationary environment, DeCA continues to 

deliver for military families, offering significant savings to 

enhance quality of life and improve readiness across the force. 

The committee acknowledges the values, passion, and commitment 

of all who work at DeCA and offers congratulations and 

appreciation for the positive impact the Agency has on the lives 

of military families across the world. 

Comptroller General review of Department of Defense Education 

Activity student access to resources 

The committee is aware of ongoing concerns regarding 

access to specific resources for military dependents attending 

Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) schools. It is 

important that students have access to services and resources 

related to mental health. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to conduct a review of DODEA students' 

access to resources and services related to mental health, to 

include support for depression, suicide ideation, and 

problematic sexual behavior. This review shall include: (1) The 

availability of school-based, inpatient, and outpatient 

services, to include wait times and geographic disparities 

especially in locations outside of the continental United 

States; (2) Barriers to accessing such services; (3) 

Recommendations for addressing those barriers, as appropriate; 

and (4) Any additional measures deemed relevant by the 

Comptroller General. The Comptroller General shall provide a 

report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

House of Representatives not later than October 1, 2024. 

Comptroller General review of discharge review board 

implementation of requirement for liberal consideration of 

applications for discharge upgrades 

Numerous former servicemembers have been separated from 

the military for misconduct that may be attributed to mental 

health conditions, such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 
(PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and Military Sexual Trauma 

(MST), that stem from their experience(s) during military 

service. The Department of Defense (DOD) issued guidance, 

including a DOD memorandum entitled "Supplemental Guidance to 

Military Boards for Correction for Military/Naval Records 

Considering Discharge Upgrade Requests by Veterans Claiming Post 

Traumatic Stress Disorder" dated September 3, 2014, (known as 

the Hagel memorandum) and a DOD memorandum entitled "Clarifying 

Guidance to Military Discharge Review Boards and Boards for 

Correction of Military/Naval Records Considering Request by 

Veterans for Modification of their Discharge Due to Mental 

Health Conditions, Sexual Assault, or Sexual Harassment" dated 

August 25, 2017 (known as the Kurta memorandum) requiring 

"liberal consideration" when adjudicating applications for 

upgrades of discharges where those applications are based on 

PTSD and related conditions. In addition to this guidance, a 

requirement for liberal consideration was added to section 

1553(d) of title 10, United States Code, in 2016. The liberal 

consideration policy is intended to afford veterans with certain 

mental health conditions a reasonable opportunity for relief, 

and to ensure fair and consistent standards of review. Liberal 

consideration provides a way to view a servicemember’s behavior 

as a response to mental health conditions, and recognizes that 

there are conditions that may explain or mitigate certain 

behavior. 

Despite this guidance, the committee is aware of reports 

from veterans who have covered mental health conditions and 

whose request for a discharge upgrade was denied. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States 

to conduct a review of discharge review boards’ implementation 

of the concept of liberal consideration. The review should 

address the following elements: (1) An assessment of the 

implementation of the requirements of section 1553(d)(3) of 

title 10, United States Code, by discharge review boards, and 

how DOD ensures compliance with this requirement; (2) An 

assessment of the implementation of the guidance outlined in the 

Kurta memorandum by discharge review boards; (3) An assessment 

of the availability of data on cases considered pursuant to 

section 1553 of title 10, United States Code, where the decision 

references liberal consideration, the Hagel memorandum, or the 

Kurta memorandum; (4) An assessment of the availability of data 

on cases considered pursuant to section 1553 of title 10, United 

States Code, where the decision references the four-part 

framework outlined in the Kurta memorandum; (5) An analysis of 

how DOD ensures liberal consideration, as defined in the Kurta 

memorandum, is actually being employed in cases considered 

pursuant to section 1553 of title 10, United States Code; (6) A 
description of any barriers, whether or not referenced 

explicitly in discharge review board decisions, that may prevent 

discharge review boards from employing liberal consideration; 

and (7) Any recommendations for reforms that could enable 

discharge review boards to better implement liberal 

consideration. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to 

provide preliminary observations to the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives not 

later than March 15, 2024, with a report to follow on an agreed 

upon date. 

Comptroller General review of Junior Reserve Officers' Training 

Corps recruitment and retention 

The committee recognizes that the Junior Reserve Officers' 

Training Corps (JROTC) program aims to imbue secondary education 

students with the values of citizenship, service to the United 

States, personal responsibility, and a sense of accomplishment. 

JROTC instructors play a critical role in fulfilling the 

statutory purpose of the program and achieving related military 

department objectives. In December, the military services 

delivered a briefing to the committee on the status of the JROTC 

program, and, among other matters, raised pay and related 

suitability factors that may deter highly-qualified prospective 

applicants, most of whom are military retirees, from pursuing 

instructor roles, and thereby limit the services’ ability to 

staff existing JROTC program units and establish new units. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to conduct a review of JROTC instructor 

recruitment and retention, including the current statutory 

compensation model. The review should assess the extent to which 

the Department of Defense (DOD) and the military services: (1) 

Collect and track data on instructor staffing levels; (2) 

Develop plans, strategies, and goals to guide instructor 

recruitment and retention efforts, and address related 

challenges; and (3) Monitor the effectiveness of instructor 

recruitment and retention efforts. The review should also 

consider the compensation model for JROTC instructors, and 

assess, together with comments from DOD and the military 

services, whether alternative models may increase recruiting and 

retention of highly-qualified JROTC instructors. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to 

provide a briefing with preliminary observations to the 

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives not later than March 25, 2024, with a report to 

follow at an agreed upon date. 
Comptroller General review of outside funding of Junior Reserve 

Officers' Training Corps 

The committee recognizes the Junior Reserve Officer 

Training Corps (JROTC) is a Department of Defense (DOD) funded 

program of instruction for high school-aged students 

administered by the military departments and the United States 

Coast Guard. According to section 2031 of title 10, United 

States Code, a key purpose of JROTC is “to instill in students 

in United States secondary educational institutions the values 

of citizenship, service to the United States (including an 

introduction to service opportunities in military, national, and 

public service), and personal responsibility and a sense of 

accomplishment.” In fiscal year 2022, the military departments 

reported funding 3,486 JROTC units operating in every state and 

in DOD schools overseas. Congress annually appropriates amounts 

for JROTC as part of the military service Operation and 

Maintenance (O&M) and Military Personnel (MILPERS) accounts. 

Beyond instructor salaries, the military services also fund 

uniforms, cadet travel, training aids, textbooks, materials, and 

other unit operating expenses. Host institutions provide 

classroom space, facilities, and administrative support for the 

unit. There may be additional outside funding of JROTC units to 

support specific programs of instruction and associated 

equipment and materials. 

The committee directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to conduct a review of outside funding sources for 

JROTC programs, including the utility of this funding. 

Specifically, the Comptroller General should assess: (1) The 

extent to which JROTC programs rely on outside funding for their 

JROTC units; (2) The extent to which DOD can identify the source 

of outside funding of JROTC units, the amount of funding these 

sources provide, and what the funding is used for; and (3) How 

JROTC programs remain independent from any outside 

organizations’ potential influence on the programs. 

The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide a 

briefing with preliminary observations to the Committees on 

Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

not later than March 25, 2024, with a report to follow at an 

agreed upon date. 

Comptroller General review of SkillBridge program 

The committee has heard concerns that the SkillBridge 

program, authorized in section 1143(e) of title 10, United 

States Code, is administered with significant variation in 

eligibility criteria across the military departments. The 
committee has also heard that some military services may be 

authorizing paid internships under SkillBridge for mid- to 

senior-level officers who have extensive job skills and training 

at the expense of focusing on internship programs for enlisted 

members and junior officers, who would stand to benefit most 

from the program. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to conduct an assessment of the SkillBridge 

program as administered by the military departments. This 

assessment should include an evaluation of: (1) The extent to 

which military personnel have participated in the SkillBridge 

program, including the characteristics of such personnel and 

completed internships; (2) The Department’s processes for 

determining eligibility for SkillBridge program participation; 

(3) The extent to which the Department’s guidance and processes 

for the SkillBridge program incorporate relevant government 

ethics rules for internships; and (4) Any related information 

the Comptroller General determines to be appropriate. The 

committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States 

to provide a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives not later than July 1, 

2024. 

Comptroller General review of special education and related 

services in Department of Defense Education Activity Schools 

The committee notes that Department of Defense Education 

Activity (DODEA) guidance requires the organization to provide a 

free appropriate public education to DODEA students with 

identified disabilities, consistent with the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (Public Law 108-446). While the 

military services and DODEA are required to coordinate the 

overseas assignments of servicemembers with children identified 

as having special educational needs, some children still do not 

receive appropriate special education and related behavioral 

health services in DODEA schools. The Government Accountability 

Office (GAO) has reported that, due to variation among states in 

eligibility criteria and disability categories, a child eligible 

for special education services in public schools in one state 

may be ineligible in another state. However, little is known 

about why access to services is uneven among DODEA schools, 

which operate as a single school system, and the recourse 

families have when disagreements arise. This is of particular 

concern in locations outside of the continental United States 

(OCONUS), where schooling options can be more limited. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to assess the military services and DODEA’s 
efforts to meet the requirements of DODEA students with special 

educational needs and report to the Committees on Armed Services 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 

October 1, 2024. With a particular focus on OCONUS locations, 

the assessment shall include an analysis of: (1) How DODEA 

students with special education needs are distributed among 

DODEA schools, and the availability of staff with appropriate 

expertise and resources to timely meet students’ needs; (2) 

Obstacles to providing special education and related services, 

including behavioral health services, to DODEA students; (3) The 

recourse available to families with special needs children in 

DODEA schools when disagreements about service provision and 

related services arise; and (4) Any other matters the 

Comptroller General deems necessary. 

Comptroller General review of training for military criminal 

investigative organization investigators 

The military criminal investigative organizations (MCIO)— 

consisting of the Army Criminal Investigative Division, Naval 

Criminal Investigative Service, Air Force Office of Special 

Investigations, and Coast Guard Investigative Service—are 

responsible for investigating serious and complex crimes 

involving military servicemembers and civilian personnel. 

The Fort Hood Independent Review Committee found that Army 

criminal investigators at Fort Hood lacked sufficient experience 

and training to handle complex cases, raising questions about 

the preparedness of criminal investigators across all MCIOs. 

Timely and effective criminal investigation training for MCIO 

investigators, both military and civilian, is essential to help 

ensure that investigations are completed in a professional and 

timely manner. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to conduct a review of criminal 

investigation training provided to MCIO investigators. The 

review shall assess: (1) Criminal investigation training the 

MCIOs provide to their investigators, including both initial 

training and any additional or recurring training; (2) The 

extent to which the MCIOs track the completion of training for 

their investigators; (3) The extent to which the MCIOs evaluate 

the effectiveness of training for their investigators; and (4) 

Any other matters the Comptroller General determines 

appropriate. The committee directs the Comptroller General to 

provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than March 

25, 2024, with a final report to follow at an agreed upon date. 
Comptroller General review on Department of Defense management 

of military personnel funding 

The committee directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to review how the Department of Defense manages 

funds authorized for military personnel, including: (1) A 

detailed accounting of execution, to include reprogrammings, 

since fiscal year 2013; (2) The extent to which there are trends 

in the types of programs that gain or lose funding as a result 

of reprogramming or transferring funds authorized for military 

personnel; and (3) Any challenges experienced, or tradeoffs that 

are made, by military personnel programs as a result of 

reprogramming or transfers. The Comptroller General shall 

provide an interim briefing with preliminary observations to the 

congressional defense committees, not later than January 15, 

2024, and issue a report to follow at a time agreed to 

subsequent to the briefing. 

Comptroller General Review of Impacts of Gambling on Service 

Members 

The committee continues to be concerned about the impacts 

of gambling on the mental health and financial well-being of 

servicemembers. In order to better understand those risks, the 

committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States 

to conduct a review to determine what is known about the degree 

to which servicemembers indicate they are struggling with 

problem gambling, how problem gambling is treated, which groups 

provide support, whether support was specialized for problem 

gambling or general addiction, and whether problem gambling 

coincided with additional challenges, including drug addiction, 

alcoholism, or financial difficulties. The committee further 

directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing to the 

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives, not later than March 21, 2024, on any 

preliminary findings of the review, with results to follow in a 

form and on a date mutually agreed upon. 

Comptroller General review of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 

programs of the Department of Defense 

The committee is aware of several initiatives within the 

Department of Defense (DOD) that have expanded the number of 

civilians working to develop or implement diversity, equity, and 

inclusion (DEI) policy, such as the creation of the Defense 

Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, and the 

appointment of various senior advisors for diversity and 
inclusion across the Department. The committee recognizes the 

value of a diverse workforce and in ensuring equal opportunity 

for all who serve. The committee is committed to ensuring that 

these efforts align with and support the paramount goal of 

improving military readiness, capacity, and capability as 

adversary threats continue to grow. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to conduct a review of the DOD's DEI 

workforce and its planned expansion over the next 5 years, 

including an assessment of the following: 

(1) The number of military, Federal civilian, and 

contractor personnel employed to develop and implement 

diversity, equity, and inclusion policy across the Department, 

including, but not limited to, the senior advisor for diversity 

and inclusion and staff within each service, the Defense Equity 

Team, and members and staff of the Defense Advisory Committee on 

Diversity and Inclusion; 

(2) The grades of these individuals, and the 

proportion of their work that involves DEI matters; 

(3) The type of appointment and personnel system 

used to hire and manage this workforce; 

(4) An analysis of the value these employees deliver 

to the Department; and 

(5) Any other matters the Comptroller General 

determines to be relevant. 

The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide 

preliminary observations to the Committees on Armed Services of 

the Senate and the House of Representatives no later than 

February 28, 2024, with the findings of its review to follow at 

an agreed upon date. 

Employment rights and protections for military technicians 

In section 512 of the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense 

Authorization Act (Public Law 114-328), Congress enhanced 

employment rights and protections of dual status military 

technicians by clarifying that under certain conditions, 

technicians could appeal adverse employment actions to the Merit 

Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and the Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. These conditions included adverse 

employment actions taken against a technician, other than those 

concerning conduct occurring while in a military pay status, or 

fitness for duty in the reserve components. 

The committee is aware that administrative law judges in 

some MSPB regions continue to cite old case law as a bar to 

technician appeal rights, most notably Singleton v. MSPB, 244 

F.3d 1331 (holding that section 709 of title 32, United States 
Code, acts as a bar to technician appeals of adverse employment 

actions beyond the State’s Adjutant General). This case was 

decided in 2001 and was the operative law until the enactment of 

section 512. 

The committee reaffirms the plain meaning and reading of 

section 512 that technicians may appeal adverse employment 

actions beyond their State Adjutant General when the conduct 

giving rise to the dispute occurs while the technician is in a 

civilian pay status and does not concern fitness for duty for 

military service in the reserve components. 

Exit interviews for servicemembers 

The committee is aware that some military services have 

conducted exit interviews with separating servicemembers, but 

that there is no requirement for all the services to do this, 

and no process by which the services can analyze and compare 

data. While the committee recognizes that interviewing every 

departing servicemember would require significant resources, the 

committee believes that a more robust and standardized exit 

interview process could provide benefits in terms of 

understanding why servicemembers choose to leave the service at 

various points in their careers, as well as understanding 

servicemember quality of life, and being able to analyze and 

address trends. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to provide a report to the 

congressional defense committees, no later than January 1, 2025, 

on opportunities for the military services to conduct 

standardized exit interviews when members leave the service. The 

report should include: 

(1) An assessment of current participation in 

surveys and interviews across the military services; 

(2) An assessment of the type of data that more 

standardized exit interviews across the military services could 

provide; 

(3) Recommendations for the length and format of a 

standardized exit interview and suggested questions for all 

services to include; 

(4) Recommendations for populations to target for 

exit interviews, with the goal of collecting usable data from a 

representative sample of departing servicemembers; 

(5) Recommendations for populations to target for 

exit interviews, with the goal of collecting usable data from 

specific populations whose needs the Department wishes to better 

understand; 
(6) An assessment of resources and authorities 

required to create a standardized process and system for storing 

exit interview data from all the military services that would 

allow for data analysis and identification of trends both within 

and across the military services; 

(7) Resources or authorities required to implement a 

more robust system of standardized exit interviews across the 

military services that would allow for the collection of 

representative data that could be analyzed for trends and inform 

decision making within the Department and the military services; 

and 

(8) Any other information the Secretary deems 

important. 

Establishing a new status to reflect the service of remotely 

piloted aircraft crews 

The committee continues to be concerned about the health 

and welfare of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) crews who are 

actively supporting combat operations from domestic locations 

who have largely been deployed in place for the last 10 years. 

The committee is pleased that Human Performance Teams (HPT) are 

operational at high operational tempo locations such as Creech 

Air Force Base to ensure that the servicemembers in the RPA 

community are receiving immediate support concurrently with 

classified missions and building resilience for the future. 

While these teams are extremely valuable to servicemembers 

actively involved in the RPA mission, servicemembers do not 

receive the same level of extended care once transferred from 

RPA units, despite the continuing mental health impacts of these 

operations. Also of concern is the characterization of the 

combat operations performed by these crews and the consideration 

of having been in combat for the purposes of recognition and 

access to combat-related benefits. 

The committee is concerned that the care given to current 

and former RPA crews abruptly ends upon transfer or separation, 

leaving crews vulnerable to a lack of guaranteed mental health 

care due to their lacking combat recognition. Therefore, the 

committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to establish a new 

status identifier that specifically reflects the RPA 

communities’ unique service requirements. Such a status would be 

developed for the purposes of establishing records of service 

within the Department of Defense, such as operational tempo 

requirements and dwell time, as well as to award additional 

benefits and services to members involved in supporting combat 

operations. 
The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to brief 

the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives, not later than March 1, 2024, on actions taken 

to address this new status identifier. 

FFRDC review of sexual misconduct at the service academies 

The committee is concerned the Department of Defense found 

high rates of sexual assault and unwanted sexual conduct at U.S. 

military academies during the 2021-2022 school year, but only 14 

percent of those instances were reported. The committee directs 

the Secretary of Defense to contract with a federally funded 

research and development center (FFRDC), by no later than 

December 1, 2023, to conduct an impartial and comprehensive 

study on sexual assault, sexual misconduct, and sexual 

harassment at U.S. military academies. This study shall include, 

but is not limited to, the following information: 

(1) Barriers to accountability, including structural 

and process issues that may hinder accountability, and steps 

that should be taken to reduce these barriers; 

(2) Culture and climate surrounding sexual assault 

and misconduct at military academies, including a root cause 

analysis on the specific drivers of academy culture; 

(3) Current victim care and support processes 

available to victims, where this care and support is lacking, 

and what steps should be taken to improve this care and support; 

(4) The impact of demographics on the likelihood of 

being a victim of unwanted sexual conduct and barriers to highrisk demographics in reporting, seeking, and receiving help; 

(5) Concerns and causes that have led to decreased 

levels of trust that military academies will respect the privacy 

of victims and “treat them with dignity and respect;” 

(6) An evaluation of current reporting policies at 

military service academies, such as the “safe to report” policy 

and the “CATCH Program,” as well as barriers to reporting at 

military academies and recommendations to improve reporting 

options; 

academies; 

(7) Prevention requirements unique to military 

(8) The role of cadets and midshipmen in prevention, 

accountability, and response processes; 

(9) The role of academic curriculum in creating a 

culture of prevention; and 

(10) Recommendations on specific tools for academy 

leaders such as the Superintendents, Deans, and Commandants, and 

the accountability process. 
The Secretary shall provide a report to the Committees on 

Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

no later than December 1, 2024, on the results of this review. 

Improving the reserve component demobilization process 

The committee is aware of deficiencies in the 

demobilization process for Reserve Component servicemembers 

transitioning from Active Duty orders back to their reserve 

status. This transition is an especially stressful time as 

reservists finish their deployment and re-enter into their 

already established civilian lives and professions. 

Additionally, the Reserve Component does not demobilize in the 

same manner as Active Duty servicemembers who are transitioning 

out of the military entirely. 

The committee is also aware that Reserve Component 

servicemembers are required to complete Transition Assistance 

Programs (TAP), even though they are not separating from the 

military. The TAP curriculum is tailored to individuals 

separating from military service entirely rather than returning 

to reserve status and their civilian occupations. 

The committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to 

modify the demobilization process for Reserve Component 

servicemembers to better address their needs and circumstances. 

This should include an increased focus on assisting with the 

completion of any financial recuperation and reimbursement for 

costs incurred during their mobilization and deployment, to 

include help with travel vouchers and requesting allowances 

earned during their period of Active Duty service. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

House of Representatives, not later than March 1, 2024, on 

actions taken to better address the needs of Reserve Component 

servicemembers during their demobilization process. 

Military Service Academy recruiting at Title I high schools 

Military Service Academies provide exceptional leadership 

training and educational opportunities to our nation's high 

school graduates. Providing approximately 20 percent of the 

annual commissioned officer population for the armed services, 

they are also a key pipeline into the leadership of the 

Departments of the Army, Navy and Air Force. Despite significant 

efforts to increase student diversity, students from low-income 

households remain underrepresented at these institutions. The 

committee is concerned that the Military Service Academies do 

not maintain a strong presence in communities with significant 
populations of students who are racial minorities or who are 

from low-income households, to include schools that receive 

funding through Title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act (Public Law 89-10). 

The committee directs the Secretaries of Army, Navy, and 

Air Force to brief the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than February 

29, 2024, on measures each is taking to increase the diversity 

of its student classes, including efforts to recruit from Title 

I high schools. The briefings shall include: (1) A comprehensive 

description and assessment of the initiatives currently in place 

to increase diversity of its incoming classes; (2) A summary of 

specific outreach efforts in Title I high schools; and (3) The 

socioeconomic, racial, ethnic, and gender makeup of each current 

class of cadets or midshipmen. 

Military spouse licensure and credentialing 

The committee is aware that the Department of Defense, 

along with several interagency partners including the Department 

of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of 

Justice, are working to determine how to implement section 19 of 

the Veterans Auto and Education Improvement Act of 2022 (Public 

Law 117-333). The committee encourages the Department of Defense 

to clearly communicate to servicemembers and their spouses the 

authorities currently available for the portability of 

credentialing and licensure while the interagency dialogue is 

ongoing. It is imperative that military families are able to 

make informed decisions about duty assignments based upon 

potential opportunities for spouse employment when there are 

licensing and credentialing concerns. The committee remains 

committed to ensuring military spouses achieve licensure and 

credentialing portability through the use of interstate 

compacts, and recognizes the importance of working with State 

governments and professional bodies to collaborate on the best 

solutions. 

Military service academy athletics 

The committee is aware that changes to rules relating to 

transgender participation in collegiate athletics are under 

consideration on a sport by sport basis. Military service 

academies have additional considerations in this area as every 

cadet or midshipman participates, and is assessed on their 

performance, in athletics programs, whether that be on an 

intercollegiate, intramural, or physical education basis. 
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives not later than March 1, 

2024 that includes the following: 

(1) A description of military service academy 

policies related to the participation of transgender men and 

women in any academy-administered physical fitness or intramural 

program; 

(2) A explanation of service academy compliance 

procedures with policies related to transgender participation in 

sports governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association 

or another relevant sport governing body; and 

(3) Any other matters the Secretary considers 

relevant for the purpose of this briefing. 

Non-covered reproductive healthcare study 

The committee is committed to ensuring that the Department 

of Defense's decision to issue command notification, 

administrative absence, and travel and transportation policies 

for the purposes of allowing servicemembers to seek 

traditionally non-covered medical procedures, including elective 

abortions, complies with applicable Federal law. 

For this reason, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense, in consultation with the Attorney General and the 

Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, to issue a 

briefing or report to the Senate Armed Services Committee by no 

later than July 24, 2023, on: 

(1) The legality of the Department’s implementation 

of these policies; 

(2) The legality of the policies in relation to 

existing legal requirements as detailed in section 1093 of title 

10, United States Code; 

(3) The legality of the policies in relation to 

"Ensuring Access to Equitable, Affordable, Client-Centered, 

Quality Family Planning Services," page 56144 of volume 86 of 

the Federal Register; 

(4) The oversight functions of the Department in 

preventing abuse of these policies; 

(5) The ability of these polices to cover medical 

services for late stage elective abortions, post 20 weeks; 

(6) The approval process necessary for a service 

member to request coverage under these policies; 

(7) The requirement of multiple physician approval 

to be covered under these policies; 

(8) The applicability of these policies to the 

family members of servicemembers; 
(9) The protections in place for service members who 

chose to utilize these policies; 

(10) The non-covered reproductive health care 

services provided under these policies to date; and 

(11) An assessment of whether the Modification to 

Department of Defense Travel Authorities for Abortion-related 

Expenses Act of 2023 (S. 822) would return the Department to the 

previous standard held before these policies were implemented, 

or would restrict non-covered healthcare access further than the 

previous Departmental standard. 

This report shall observe all protections provided in the 

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and 

necessary protections to prevent the disclosure of any personal 

identifiable information of individuals who are included within 

the population of this study. 

Parent representation in the Department of Defense Education 

Activity 

The committee understands that the Department of Defense 

Education Activity (DODEA) has several options for parent 

representation and involvement. DODEA conducts annual surveys of 

relevant stakeholders, to include a detailed parent survey, and 

has Parent Teacher Organizations for some DODEA schools and 

School Advisory Committees for others. While there are ample 

opportunities for parent input, the committee is concerned that 

servicemembers with dependents at DODEA schools may be unaware 

of the opportunities available to them. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness to provide a briefing to the 

Committees on Armed Service of the Senate and House of 

Representatives, not later than April 1, 2024, on opportunities 

for parent input and involvement, to include but not be limited 

to: (1) A description of parent representation in Parent Teacher 

Organizations across all DODEA schools; (2) A description of 

parent representation in School Advisory Committees across all 

DODEA schools; (3) Data trends from the parent portion of the 

stakeholder survey over the last three years; (4) The 

differences between a Parent Teacher Organization and a School 

Advisory Committee, especially as it relates to parent 

involvement; and (5) Any additional opportunities for parent 

feedback and involvement in DODEA. 

Report on Military Suicide Investigations 

The committee requests that the Department of Defense 

Office of the Inspector General conduct a review of a 
statistical sample of closed suicide cases from the last five 

years investigated by military criminal investigative 

organizations to determine if appropriate investigative 

techniques were applied in each case, and to determine if the 

case-closing determination that each death was caused by suicide 

is supported by the evidence collected in the case. In addition 

to a statistical sample, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to direct the Military Criminal Investigative 

Organizations to review any case which triggered a Manner of 

Death Review Board and any case in which the deceased's family 

has requested review under the Homicide Victim's Families' 

Rights Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-164). 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

briefing on the reviews described above to the Committees on 

Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on 

its initial findings, no later than December 1, 2024, and a 

final report on a date to be agreed upon the parties after the 

briefing. 

Report on breastfeeding servicemembers 

The committee applauds the provisions in the Joint Travel 

Regulations which provide reimbursement for the shipment of 

breast milk when a servicemember is on official travel for more 

than 3 days. However, there is an ongoing need for data to 

determine how many servicemembers remain in need of 

breastfeeding support, to include sanitary expression, 

appropriate storage, and safe transport of breast milk back to 

their child during operational trainings and duty events not 

covered by the Joint Travel Regulation. 

Therefore, the committee requests the following data from 

the Department of Defense: (1) How many servicemembers are 

breastfeeding at the time of the report, across all branches; 

(2) How many of these mothers remain within operational and 

training deferments post-birth; (3) How many of these mothers 

are in roles either permitting participation in field exercises 

under a waiver of an operational and training deferment or in 

roles requiring participation in field exercises due to the 

expiration of their operational and training deferment; (4) How 

many of these mothers are assigned a military occupational 

specialty designated as "combat arms"; and (5) What sanitary 

refrigeration assets are already issued to units, and at what 

echelon, during field exercises. 

Report of man-hours and costs associated with diversity, equity, 

and inclusion plans and programs 
The committee notes that in 2021, the Department of 

Defense (DOD) spent 529,771 total man-hours and $476,874 on 

diversity, equity, and inclusion training, according to a letter 

provided to the committee from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 

of Staff, dated January 6, 2022. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, not later 

than January 20, 2024, to submit to the congressional defense 

committees a report detailing the total man-hours and resources 

expended on diversity, equity, and inclusion training in 2023. 

The report should include: 

(1) The total man-hours expended preparing, 

delivering, attending, or assessing diversity, equity, and 

inclusion training in any form; and 

(2) The total monetary value of all resources 

expended on the development, preparation, delivery, attendance 

at, or assessment of diversity, equity, and inclusion training 

in any form. 

Report on availability of critical family support services at 

remote or isolated installations 

The challenges associated with a military lifestyle, 

including frequent deployments, repeated moves, and spouse 

unemployment, can lead to worsened quality of life for 

servicemembers and their families. Quality of service, which 

includes a servicemember’s quality of life out of uniform and 

their quality of work in uniform, is further impacted when their 

place of duty is overseas or designated as remote duty. However, 

the committee is aware that a wide range exists between remote 

duty installations and large military hubs. Servicemembers and 

families stationed outside of military hubs can often expect to 

travel multiple hours for medical care, have limited to no 

childcare options, and find minimal housing available in the 

local area, leading to extended commute times. 

The committee is concerned with the availability of 

critical family support services, including overnight childcare, 

at remote or isolated installations where servicemembers live 

more than 30 miles from base and where there are no or limited 

family support services at their place of duty. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report 

to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives, not later than March 1, 2024, that 

addresses: (1) The availability of critical family support 

services, including overnight childcare, at remote or isolated 

installations where servicemembers live more than 30 miles from 

their place of duty and where there are no or limited family 

support services at their place of duty; (2) How the Department 
of Defense can improve the quality of service for servicemembers 

and families working on remote and isolated installations; (3) 

How to improve resource and service management at installations 

that are between the designation of remote duty and large 

military hubs; and (4) A plan to address these shortfalls, 

including any proposed legislative changes. 

Recruit waiver 

The committee is concerned that the percentage of 

Americans eligible for military service is shrinking in the 

midst of a recruiting crisis. Only 23 percent of the 17-21 yearold population meets eligibility criteria to join the military 

without some sort of waiver. The committee appreciates that the 

services have begun to modify some standards that serve as 

barriers to entry but do not negatively impact an individual’s 

ability to serve. However, some issues such as mental health 

treatment continue to be subject to stringent disqualifying 

standards. While the committee appreciates there is a waiver 

process in place for many of these issues, that process is long 

and cumbersome. 

The committee notes that there is a relatively high 

percentage of adolescents who experience issues with anxiety or 

depression. Many of those seek help and are able to manage or 

eliminate their symptoms. Automatically disqualifying these 

individuals or requiring a lengthy waiver process likely 

eliminates a significant population able and willing to serve. 

The committee also notes that work has been done indicating 

largely positive outcomes for individuals who currently require 

a waiver for specific medical conditions or nonviolent criminal 

behavior. 

Therefore, the committee directs Secretary of Defense, not 

later than November 1, 2023, to submit a report to the 

congressional defense committees that describes Department of 

Defense efforts to expand recruitment eligibility by modifying 

the recruiting standards and waiver processes. The report should 

include: 

including: 

(1) A discussion of medical accession standards 

(a) A review of Department of Defense 

Instruction 6130.03, Volume 1 on medical standards as well as 

relevant Service specific medical standards with an explanation 

of any medical accession standards that are currently being 

reevaluated, with a special emphasis on accession standards 

related to general anxiety and depressive disorders, and 

musculoskeletal injuries; and 
(b) An explanation of what criteria are 

considered when determining whether to retain an existing 

medical accession standard, to include how the Department 

evaluates how the existence of a particular condition effects 

the ability of a potential recruit complete a term of enlistment 

in specific military career fields. 

(2) A discussion of non-medical military accession 

standards including an explanation of how the Department 

evaluates non-violent criminal activity and any efforts to 

update these requirements; 

(3) An explanation of any ongoing efforts to reduce 

timelines associated with the waiver process including: 

(a) A review of the waiver process and 

applicable timelines for each Service; and 

(b) A listing of specific steps that would 

reduce the time required for the waiver process. 

(4) A risk calculus for the proposed changes that 

addresses at a minimum risk to the individual recruit, risk to 

military readiness, risk to completing a military service 

obligation; and 

(5) Any other matters that pertain to this subject 

that would be helpful to the committee and the Department with 

achieving low risk options for expanding the pool of eligible 

military personnel. 

Skilled labor training for transitioning Department of Defense 

workforce 

The committee recognizes the importance of securing 

gainful and meaningful employment for servicemembers upon 

separation from Active Duty. The committee encourages the 

Department of Defense (DOD) to facilitate pathways for 

separating servicemembers to secure quality employment prior to 

the day they exit service. To support this, the DOD should 

examine skilled-trade and training programs that begin preseparation in partnership with either industry apprenticeship 

programs, trade unions, private companies, or available 

workforce development programs. The committee recommends 

focusing skilled labor to support the DOD's workforce needs 

including military construction, shipyards, aviation, and 

maintenance. The committee recommends that the Department 

consider the benefit of including peer and professional support 

during this transition process including connecting 

participating servicemembers and veterans to key post-separation 

services. 

Support of Coast Guard permanent change of station (PCS) moves 
The committee notes the Defense Personal Property Program 

provides moving and storage services to Department of Defense 

(DOD) and U.S. Coast Guard personnel and their families. The DOD 

conducts over 17,000 permanent change of station (PCS) moves per 

year for the U.S. Coast Guard, supporting on average 2,300 

officers and 11,200 enlisted members. The DOD is also undergoing 

a dramatic shift in managing PCS moves, with the recent award of 

the over $6 billion Global Household Goods Contract which will 

be phased-in by U.S. Transportation Command in time for the 2024 

PCS move season. The DOD provides oversight of contractors 

executing PCS moves through local and regional transportation 

and household goods offices. The location of the DOD offices 

that manage household good shipments and PCS moves is often far 

away from U.S. Coast Guard regions. Remote U.S. Coast Guard 

installations are challenging to manage PCS moves and PCS 

contracts. Therefore, the committee seeks an assessment 

regarding the DOD's support of U.S. Coast Guard PCS process and 

directs the Comptroller General of the United States to provide 

a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

House of Representatives, not later than March 31, 2024, 

evaluating the effectiveness of U.S. Coast Guard permanent 

change of station (PCS) process and military rotations. The 

report shall include: 

(1) A description of the DOD’s spending on PCS moves 

and associated support costs to the U.S. Coast Guard; 

(2) The U.S. Coast Guard’s reimbursement rate of 

that spending; 

(3) The type and number of contractors available to 

process PCS moves by each U.S. Coast Guard Sector and each state 

within that sector; 

(4) The methods the DOD utilizes to support PCS 

moves at U.S. Coast Guard installations at remote and rural 

areas and areas with a high number of vacation rental properties 

to include, but not be limited to, the following states: Maine, 

Alaska, Michigan, New Hampshire, Oregon, and Washington. A 

remote installation shall have the same definition as section 

11419 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263); and 

(5) The change in the DOD's effectiveness for 

supporting PCS moves as a result of awarding the Global 

Household Goods Contract. 

Suicide Prevention in the Navy 

The committee is concerned that the Navy has not 

implemented an adequate suicide prevention program across the 

fleet. The Navy has seen suicide increases on ships undergoing 
complex refueling and overhaul as well as in limited duty 

assignment locations. Furthermore, the Navy may not be 

adequately tracking suicide-related behaviors or offering 

services targeted to address those behaviors. Additionally, the 

committee is aware that commanders may not be monitoring the 

implementation of suicide prevention training across the fleet. 

The committee is concerned that a lack of effort on training 

compliance and accountability reflects inadequate leader focus 

on wellness and suicide prevention. 

In addition to having a robust and effective suicide 

prevention program, the Navy must ensure sailors and their 

families have access to quality nutrition, housing, parking, 

transportation, physical fitness facilities, and support 

programs in locations that are easily accessible to them. The 

committee expects the Navy, as well as the other military 

services, to prioritize investments in servicemember quality of 

life projects in order to continue to recruit and retain 

servicemembers and their families. Additionally, while looking 

to implement suicide prevention best practices, the committee 

strongly encourages each of the services to review the Suicide 

Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee report 

recommendations. 

The committee understands that the Inspector General of 

the Department of Defense will conduct their study, as required 

by section 599A by the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263), to 

review of the efforts of the Secretary of the Navy to prevent 

and respond to incidents of death by suicide, suicide attempts, 

and suicidal ideation. The committee encourages the Inspector 

General to include a comprehensive review of such matters in 

commands and organizations within that Navy that have not been 

reviewed by other studies. 

Support for local educational agencies experiencing enrollment 

changes due to force structure or basing changes 

The committee acknowledges that the quality of life 

services provided by local defense communities has an enormous 

effect on the health and happiness of military families, thus 

impacting readiness, force structure, and mission. With ongoing 

and future basing actions, local educational agencies may need 

to adjust due to enrollment changes of military connected 

students. Section 572 in the National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163) and the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109- 

364) authorized assistance to provide local educational agencies 

funds to aid in enrollment changes resulting from shifts in size 
or location of the Armed Forces. Additionally, the Defense 

Community Infrastructure Pilot Program (DCIP) was authorized in 

section 2861 of the John S. McCain National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232), and 

is designed to address deficiencies in community infrastructure 

which supports a military installation in order to enhance 

military value, installation resilience, and military family 

quality of life. 

The committee is aware of several locations with ongoing 

force structure adjustments, and local educational agencies may 

require additional support. Under the DCIP program, schools are 

authorized to apply for a grant if they are located off of a 

military installation, support a military installation, and will 

enhance military quality of life at that specific installation. 

The committee highly encourages local educational agencies and 

installation commanders to take advantage of this authority and 

encourages the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation to 

consider schools for DCIP funding opportunities. 

The committee also acknowledges that nuclear deterrence 

remains a top priority of the Department. The committee believes 

it is important that communities supporting critical national 

security missions such as nuclear deterrence be given thorough 

consideration and priority for these grants and programs. The 

committee encourages the Secretary, when exercising authority to 

establish criteria for community infrastructure projects under 

section 239l(d)(l)(B)(iv) and (e)(4)(C) of title 10, United 

States code, to prioritize such communities. 

United Service Organizations support for servicemembers in 

Eastern Europe 

The committee commends the efforts of the United Service 

Organizations (USO) to support the thousands of American 

servicemembers currently deployed in Eastern Europe. The USO 

provides exceptional programs to boost morale and support the 

well-being of servicemembers who are far away from their homes 

and families. In particular, as large numbers of American 

military personnel began arriving in Eastern Europe in February 

2022, the USO provided servicemembers the opportunity to contact 

loved ones and to access the internet, where there was otherwise 

no telephone or internet services. Nearly 35,000 USO packages 

containing essential toiletries and snack packs have been sent 

to American military personnel in Eastern Europe since 2022. 

These programs, and many others, help to ensure that Americans 

deployed abroad never feel forgotten by their friends, family, 

and country. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL 

BENEFITS 

SUBTITLE A—PAY AND ALLOWANCES 

Pay of members of reserve components for inactive-duty training 

to obtain or maintain an aeronautical rating or designation 

(sec. 601) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

chapter 3 of title 37, United States Code, to require the 

Secretaries of the military departments to pay certain members 

of the Reserve component who receive aviation incentive pay 

under section 334(a) of title 37, United States Code, such 

compensation for a number of periods of inactive-duty training 

each month sufficient for the member to obtain or maintain 

aeronautical rating or designation. 

Modification of calculation method for basic allowance for 

housing to more accurately assess housing costs of junior 

members of Uniformed Services (sec. 602) 

The committee recommends a provision that would de-link 

Basic Allowance for Housing rates for junior enlisted members in 

the grades of E-1 through E-4 to specific housing types. This 

modification would give the Secretary of Defense additional 

flexibility to ensure equitable housing rates can be calculated 

in markets with limited housing inventory. 

Basic allowance for housing for members assigned to vessels 

undergoing maintenance (sec. 603) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the payment of a basic allowance for housing to servicemembers 

below the E–6 paygrade assigned to naval vessels during a 

shipyard availability or maintenance period. 

Dual basic allowance for housing for training for certain 

members of reserve components (sec. 604) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 403(g) of title 37, United States Code, to authorize 

reserve component members without dependents who would normally 

have to permanently change station for attendance at a school 

for a duration between 140 and 365 days to be paid basic 
allowance for housing at both the location of the school as well 

as their permanent residence, if they are returning to that 

residence after completion of the school. 

Modification of calculation of gross household income for basic 

needs allowance to address areas of demonstrated need (sec. 605) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 402b of title 37, United States Code, to authorize the 

Secretary of Defense to exclude the amount of Basic Allowance 

for Housing payments from income calculations for the purpose of 

determining eligibility for the Basic Needs Allowance if a 

servicemember has a demonstrated need. 

Expansion of eligibility for reimbursement of qualified 

licensure, certification, and business relocation costs incurred 

by military spouses (sec. 606) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 453(g) of title 37, United States Code, to authorize 

expansion of reimbursement eligibility to certain servicemembers 

transferring into the Selected Reserve or Ready Reserve of a 

uniformed service from a regular component. Under this 

provision, such servicemembers would be eligible to be 

reimbursed for qualified licensure, certification, and business 

relocation costs incurred by their spouses. 

Cost-of-living allowance in the continental United States: high 

cost areas (sec. 607) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 403b of title 37, United States Code, to reduce the 

threshold used to determine high cost-of-living areas for the 

purpose of providing a cost-of-living allowance to 

servicemembers assigned to locations in the continental United 

States. 

OCONUS cost-of-living allowance: adjustments (sec. 608) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 617 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) by 

striking subsection (a) and inserting language that would 

prohibit the Secretary of Defense from adjusting the cost-ofliving allowance (COLA) for servicemembers living outside the 

continental United States (OCONUS) more than twice per year or 

in connection with a permanent change of station for such 
member. Reductions in COLA under this provision would be limited 

to 10 percent of the COLA allowance. This provision would not 

apply to COLA reductions as a result of foreign currency 

fluctuations. 

Extension of one-time uniform allowance for officers who 

transfer to the Space Force (sec. 609) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 606(d)(1) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116- 

283) by extending the applicability of the one-time uniform 

allowance for officers who transfer to the Space Force to such 

officers who transfer to the Space Force by September 30, 2025. 

Review of rates of military basic pay (sec. 610) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to conduct a review of military pay 

rates, and to submit the results of the review along with a 

legislative proposal for a comprehensive military pay table 

reauthorization by March 1, 2024. 

Military rates of basic pay are required by statute to be 

annually adjusted based on the employment cost index determined 

by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over time, as a function of 

the annual pay raise, the gap between the basic pay rates of the 

most junior enlisted and the most senior officer grows wider. To 

account for this, the Congress occasionally publishes a new 

baseline for rates of basic pay, which will then be used to 

implement future pay raises. The last time a comprehensive basic 

pay table was authorized was in the John Warner National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109-364). 

The committee believes that the current economic 

environment and the effects of high cost inflation require a 

careful review of the rates of military basic pay to ensure 

competitiveness with the private sector, which ultimately will 

help address current recruiting challenges. 

Government Accountability Office study on process for 

determining cost-of-living allowances for members of the 

uniformed services assigned to the continental United State, 

Hawaii, Alaska, and overseas locations (sec. 611) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study 

on the process for determining cost-of-living allowances for 
members of the uniformed services stationed in the continental 

United States, Hawaii, Alaska, and at overseas locations. 

SUBTITLE B—BONUS AND INCENTIVE PAYS 

Modification of special and incentive pay authorities for 

members of reserve components (sec. 621) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 357 of title 37, United States Code, to require the 

Secretaries of the military departments to pay a member of the 

reserve component a special and incentive pay in the same 

monthly amount paid to a member in the regular component of such 

Armed Force when the special and incentive pay is made for the 

purpose of maintaining a skill certification or proficiency 

identical to a skill certification or proficiency required of 

the member in the regular component, or when such pay is made to 

compensate the member of the reserve component for exposure to 

hazards or risks identical to hazards or risks to which the 

member of the regular component was exposed. 

The provision would also amend section 602(d) of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public 

Law 117-81) to require the Secretaries concerned to evaluate 

each type or category of special and incentive pay separately 

for the purposes of certifying whether implementing such section 

would have a detrimental effect on the force structure of the 

Armed Forces affected by implementation of section 357 of title 

37, United States code. 

Expansion of continuation pay eligibility (sec. 622) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 356 of title 37, United States Code, to expand 

eligibility of continuation pay for full Thrift Savings Plan 

(TSP) members of the uniformed services to authorize 

continuation pay for such members who have completed not less 

than 7 and not more than 12 years of service in a uniformed 

service. 

One-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pay 

authorities (sec. 623) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

sections 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 351, 352, 353, 355, 403, 

and 910 of title 37, United States Code, as well as sections 

2130a and 16302 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize a 
one-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pays. 

The expiring bonus and special pays are for health 

professionals, nuclear officers, enlisted members, commissioned 

officers, cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the Senior Reserve 

Officers' Training Corps, members receiving hazardous duty pay 

and assignment pay, members receiving skill incentive pay and 

proficiency bonuses, members in critical military skills and 

assigned to high priority units, and members receiving Basic 

Allowance for Housing (BAH) in areas affected by a major 

disaster, and members receiving BAH in areas in which actual 

housing costs differ from current BAH rates by more than 20 

percent. 

Requirement to establish remote and austere condition assignment 

incentive pay program for Air Force (sec. 624) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of the Air Force to evaluate the Remote and 

Austere Condition Assignment Incentive Pay program of the Army 

and establish a similar program for the Air Force by October 1, 

2025 unless the Secretary can certify to Congress that there are 

no critically manned units at any Air Force installation in 

Alaska. 

SUBTITLE C—OTHER MATTERS 

Modification of requirements for approval of foreign employment 

by retired and reserve members of the uniformed services (sec. 

631) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 908 of title 37, United States Code, to: (1) Authorize 

the Secretary of the military department concerned to delegate 

approval authority for foreign employment of retired and reserve 

members of the Armed Forces only to an official of the military 

department at or above the level of an Assistant Secretary or, 

in the event of a vacancy in the position of such an official, a 

civilian official performing the duties of that position; and 

(2) Require additional information in annual reports on 

approvals for retired general and flag officers. 

Restrictions on retired and reserve members of the Armed Forces 

receiving employment and compensation indirectly from foreign 

governments through private entities (sec. 632) 
The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 908 of title 37, United States Code, to prohibit a 

retired or Reserve member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine 

Corps, or Space Force from receiving employment and related 

compensation for work performed for a foreign government through 

a private entity unless approved by the Secretary of the 

military department concerned and the Secretary of State. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Joint Travel Regulations calculations for local area of a 

worksite 

The committee is aware that all uniformed servicemembers 

and the Department of Defense (DOD) civilian employees are 

subject to the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR). Many DOD 

civilians and servicemembers are stationed at installations 

outside of metropolitan areas that require commutes to remote 

installations or areas. The JTR defines the local area of a 

worksite in paragraph 0206 as within 50 miles of that remote 

official worksite, and that those who must travel beyond 50 

miles for their worksite are eligible for reimbursement. 

However, multiple criteria are included in the consideration of 

daily life for those working at remote worksites, including 

housing availability, childcare and education center locations, 

and quality of life establishments. 

The committee is concerned that, while some servicemembers 

and DOD civilians may live within the 50-mile radius of a 

worksite, this definition does not adequately represent the 

total distance travelled by workers to include the intermediate 

stops at childcare and education centers, which may show that 

many workers are commuting more than 50 miles each way. 

The committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to 

update the JTR to best represent the total distance traveled by 

the servicemembers and DOD civilians and to update the 

reimbursement guidelines to include childcare and education in 

the formula of total distance traveled for work purposes. 

Recommendation on general schedule grading for DOD child care 

providers 

The committee has heard concerns about stagnancy in the 

general schedule job grading for Department of Defense (DOD) 

childcare providers. Under section 665 of the James M. Inhofe 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 

Law 117-263), the Secretary of Defense is required to conduct a 

study of comparative compensation for DOD childcare providers, 
with an interim report on the findings due to the Committees on 

Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

not later than one year after the date of enactment of such Act. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide 

a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives on any recommended changes to the 

general schedule job grading for DOD childcare providers in 

conjunction with the interim and final reports provided under 

section 665 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263). 

Special and incentive pay assessment framework 

The committee believes that special and incentive pays 

(S&I) authorized under title 37, United States Code, which 

supplement regular military compensation, are a critical tool 

for the military services to attract and retain high-quality 

talent. Special pays, also known as bonuses, are paid to members 

who possess certain special skills. Incentive pays are paid to 

members who volunteer to perform specific duties. 

The committee has become aware that considerable confusion 

may exist among servicemembers who receive S&I pays as to the 

specific policy rationale for S&I pays they receive. Aside from 

broad and general descriptions, the Department of Defense has 

done little to explain what factors it considers in setting 

particular S&I pays. This lack of clarity has led to widespread 

misunderstanding about why certain members are entitled to S&I 

pays, how the payments are determined, and under what conditions 

these S&I pays are added, removed, or modified. 

The committee has heard concerns that S&I pays are 

inequitably paid to members of the active and reserve components 

who have identical skill sets or who are exposed to identical 

hazardous conditions with the same frequency. The committee 

understands that, in some instances, members of the active and 

reserve components are similarly situated and should justifiably 

receive S&I pays in identical monthly amounts, depending on the 

purpose of the S&I pays. Other times, members of the active and 

reserve components might be differently situated with respect to 

the Department’s purpose in paying S&I pays, even if they 

possess identical skills or are exposed to identical hazardous 

duty conditions with the same actual frequency. 

The committee acknowledges that S&I pays are made for many 

reasons, such as compensating members for being exposed to 

hazardous conditions, recruiting highly skilled members and 

members in hard-to-fill career specialties, retaining such 

members, maintaining critical capabilities, extending the 

Department’s return on previous investments in training and 
talent, compensating members for pay gaps between similar 

military and civilian career fields, shaping the force, 

improving force readiness, and more. However, since the 

Department does not explain the underlying rationale for each 

S&I pay, it is impossible for the committee to assess whether it 

is equitable for members of the active and reserve components to 

receive particular S&I pays in the same monthly amount, in 

different amounts on a pro-rated basis, or according to some 

other formula. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded 

research and development center to examine and make 

recommendations pertaining to the establishment of an analytical 

framework for S&I pays authorized under title 37, United States 

Code, and issue a report with detailed recommendations to the 

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness not later 

than July 1, 2024. Any such analytical framework should enhance 

the general understanding of S&I pays so that both the 

Department and the servicemembers receiving S&I pays could 

articulate why such pays are being made. Such framework should 

incorporate multiple policy rationales in justifying a single 

S&I pay and account for both statutory language and legislative 

history where appropriate. When necessary, the framework should 

help the Department account for the relative weight of each 

policy basis for S&I pays that are authorized for more than one 

purpose. Finally, such framework should be flexible enough to 

allow for reassessment of policy rationales, entitled 

populations, and payment amounts for S&I pays as the needs of 

the Department change. 

The committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness to provide a briefing on the results of 

the report and any plans to establish a framework for S&I pays 

to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives not later than August 1, 2024. 

TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 

SUBTITLE A—TRICARE AND OTHER HEALTH CARE 

BENEFITS 

Extension of period of eligibility for health benefits under 

TRICARE Reserve Select for survivors of a member of the Selected 

Reserve (sec. 701) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1076d of title 10, United States Code, to extend 
eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select from 6 months to 3 years 

for survivors of deceased members of the reserve components who 

were enrolled in TRICARE Reserve Select at the time of their 

deaths. The provision would be effective on October 1, 2025. 

Authority to provide dental care for dependents located at 

certain remote or isolated locations (sec. 702) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1077 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize 

military dependents to receive space available dental care at 

military dental treatment facilities, on a reimbursable basis, 

when they are stationed at locations within the United States 

where the civilian dental care is inadequate or is not 

sufficiently available within a specified geographic area, as 

designated by the Secretary of Defense. 

Inclusion of assisted reproductive technology and artificial 

insemination as required primary and preventive health care 

services for members of the uniformed services and dependents 

(sec. 703) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1074d and 1077, of title 10, United States Code, to add 

assisted reproductive technology, including fertility testing 

and services, as an additional medical benefit for 

servicemembers and their dependents. 

Program on treatment of members of the Armed Forces for posttraumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries, and cooccurring disorders related to military sexual trauma (sec. 704) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to establish an intensive outpatient 

treatment program to be carried out through partnerships with 

public, private, and non-profit health organizations. The 

program would benefit members of the Armed Forces suffering from 

post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries, and 

co-occurring disorders related to military sexual trauma. 

Waiver of cost-sharing for three mental health outpatient visits 

for certain beneficiaries under TRICARE program (sec. 705) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1075(c) of title 10, United States Code, to authorize 

the Secretary of Defense to waive cost-sharing requirements for 

the first three outpatient mental health visits each year for 
beneficiaries in the active-duty family member category and in 

the TRICARE Young Adult program. This authority would terminate 

five years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

Expansion of doula care furnished by Department of Defense (sec. 

706) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 746 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) to 

expand access of doula care furnished by the Department of 

Defense. 

SUBTITLE B—HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION 

Increase in stipend for participants in health professions 

scholarship and financial assistance programs (sec. 711) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2121(d) of title 10, United States Code, to increase the 

maximum annual stipend from $30,000 to $50,000 for participants 

in the military departments' health professions scholarship and 

financial assistance programs. 

Financial relief for civilians treated in military medical 

treatment facilities (sec. 712) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to issue an interim final rule to 

implement section 1079b, title 10, United States Code, relating 

to financial relief for civilians who receive medical care in a 

military medical facility. The provision would also require the 

Secretary to hold in abeyance any claim under this statute until 

the final rule is in effect. 

Department of Defense Overdose Data Act of 2023 (sec. 713) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report to the 

congressional defense committees on the number of annual 

overdoses among servicemembers. The annual reporting requirement 

would begin one year after the date of enactment of this Act and 

sunset five years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

Modification of administration of medical malpractice claims by 

members of the uniformed services (sec. 714) 
The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2733a of title 10, United States Code, to modify the 

administration by the Department of Defense of medical 

malpractice claims by members of the uniformed services. 

SUBTITLE C—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS 

Modification of partnership program between United States and 

Ukraine for military trauma care and research (sec. 721) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 736 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to 

include in the partnership program the provision of training and 

support to Ukraine for the treatment of individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder, extremity trauma, amputations, 

traumatic brain injuries, and any conditions associated with 

traumatic brain injuries. 

Requirement that Department of Defense disclose expert reports 

with respect to medical malpractice claims by members of the 

uniformed services (sec. 722) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2733a of title 10, United States Code, to require the 

Secretary of Defense to disclose to medical malpractice 

claimants a copy of all written reports, other than medical 

quality assurance records, prepared by a medical expert with 

respect to the claimant's claim. 

Comptroller General study on impact of perinatal health 

conditions of members of the armed forces and their dependents 

on military readiness and retention (sec. 723) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study 

on perinatal mental health conditions among members of the Armed 

Forces and their dependents. The provision would require the 

Comptroller General to submit a report on the findings of the 

study to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

House of Representatives not later than one year after the date 

of enactment of this Act. 

Report on mental and behavioral health services provided by 

Department of Defense (sec. 724) 
The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Director of the Defense Health Agency to submit a report on 

wait times for mental and behavioral health services for members 

of the Armed Services not later than 90 days after the enactment 

of this Act. 

Report on activities of Department of Defense to prevent, 

intervene, and treat perinatal mental health conditions of 

members of the Armed Forces and their dependents (sec. 725) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the Committees on 

Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, on the 

activities of the Department of Defense to address the mental 

health of pregnant and postpartum members of the Armed Forces 

and their dependents. 

Study on family planning and cryopreservation of gametes to 

improve retention of members of the Armed Forces (sec. 726) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of the Defense to conduct a study on the potential 

cost and recruiting and retention benefits of providing a 

cryopreservation benefit to Active Duty military personnel. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Access to medical care for those affected by Red Hill bulk fuel 

storage facility fuel spill 

The committee notes that though the Red Hill bulk fuel 

storage facility will be closed, the health impacts for exposed 

members of the Armed Forces continue, and thus demand a special 

focus on meeting their unique health needs. Many of these 

servicemembers, along with their families, have since conducted 

permanent change of station moves away from Hawaii and cannot 

access care from the Red Hill Clinic. Therefore, the committee 

expects that: (1) The Department of Defense will ensure that 

medical providers providing care to servicemembers and their 

families can access information in the Defense Occupational and 

Environmental Health Readiness System; (2) Servicemembers and 

their families can consult with medical providers who have 

received training on, and have access to, best practices for 

treating fuel exposure; and (3) The Department will ensure that 
the medical records of servicemembers and their families reflect 

their exposure to petroleum products when they transition out of 

active duty service. 

Access to non-opioid treatments for pain relief 

The committee is concerned about the healthcare costs 

associated with prescription painkiller abuse among 

servicemembers, which according to the National Bureau of 

Economic Research, amounts to roughly $1 billion per year. The 

committee is also aware that under current law, hospitals 

receive the same payment from TRICARE regardless of whether a 

physician prescribes an opioid or a non-opioid. As a result, 

hospitals rely on opioids, which are typically dispensed by a 

pharmacy after discharge at little or no cost to the hospital. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than February 

1, 2024, to include: (1) How the Department of Defense is 

reducing the rates of addiction among service members; (2) The 

estimated cost of opioid painkiller abuse among service members; 

(3) The steps the Department is taking to increase the use of 

non-opioid treatment alternatives to include relevant examples; 

and (4) Whether the Department is on track to implement existing 

statutory provisions for institutional payment to introduce new 

payment policies intended to expand access to non-opioid 

treatments. 

Accountability for wounded warriors undergoing disability 

evaluation 

The committee is aware of concerns regarding 

accountability and due process for servicemembers in the 

integrated disability evaluation system (IDES) process. The 

disability evaluation process can be cumbersome, time intensive, 

and confusing for servicemembers. The committee is troubled by 

the continued frustrations servicemembers have with the lack of 

transparency and accountability in the process. 

The committee notes prior legislative efforts aimed at 

increasing due process and transparency. Section 524 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public 

Law 117-81) required each Secretary of a military department to 

ensure that a servicemember may submit a formal appeal regarding 

fitness for duty to a Physical Evaluation Board, to include an 

impartial hearing and the opportunity to be represented by legal 

counsel. Section 711 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) 
required the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 

Secretaries of the military departments, to establish a policy 

regarding the integrated disability evaluation system process. 

This policy was required to restate the requirement, that in 

accordance with section 1216(b) of title 10, United States Code, 

a determination of fitness for duty of a member of the Armed 

Forces is the responsibility of the Secretary of the military 

department concerned. Additionally, the policy required an 

assessment of the feasibility of affording various additional 

due processes to servicemembers undergoing the medical 

evaluation board process. 

The committee believes that the authority over the 

integrated disability evaluation system is in the hands of the 

Secretary of the military department, as stated in sections 

711(b) and 1216(b) of title 10, United States Code. Over the 

last few years, there have been several legislative changes to 

the integrated disability evaluation system. The committee 

remains concerned that the legislative changes are not having 

their intended effect of increasing accountability and 

transparency. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretaries of the 

military departments to brief the Committees on Armed Services 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than 

March 1, 2024, on: (1) The status of the implementation of 

existing legislative requirements regarding the integrated 

disability evaluation system; (2) A review of no less than three 

medical evaluation board processes at different military 

installations to review compliance with existing Department of 

Defense Instructions and service specific regulations to ensure 

policy is being followed, and to determine best practices for 

effectively communicating with servicemembers about enrollment 

into the IDES process; (3) Data on the utilization of the 

appeals processes that exists in the IDES, including the results 

of those appeals for the last two calendar years, without 

including any personally identifiable information; (4) Specific 

guidance provided to the chain of command on their 

responsibilities during the IDES process; and (5) Any other 

information the Secretary concerned deems relevant. 

Active hearing protection technology 

The committee is aware that tinnitus (ringing in the ears) 

and hearing loss are the most prevalent service-connected 

disabilities for veterans. The committee is also aware of 

commercially-available active hearing protection devices that 

have the potential to prevent hearing injury while allowing 

servicemembers to remain cognizant of their operational 
environment; benefit from improved overall situational 

awareness; and increase mission effectiveness, safety, and 

survivability. These devices have the potential to save the 

Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs 

millions of dollars by reducing hearing injuries and postservice disabilities. 

The committee is informed that the Army Program Executive 

Office (PEO) Soldier is the lead office for the procurement and 

testing of these devices. PEO Soldier's testing of these devices 

includes testing against environmental exposures (e.g., 

temperature, moisture, and electromagnetic interference) and 

completing user evaluations. 

The committee is encouraged about the potential of these 

devices to protect servicemembers from tinnitus and hearing 

loss, and encourages the continued evaluation of the suitability 

of these devices for issuance to servicemembers who are likely 

to be exposed to hazardous and operational noise. 

Briefing on Department of Defense progress on developing a 

substance misuse policy 

The committee is concerned about the connections between 

substance misuse and suicidal attempts and ideations among 

members of the Armed Forces. Addressing substance misuse among 

servicemembers is critical to supporting the well-being of 

servicemembers and their families and supporting military 

readiness. In the Department of Defense's February 24, 2023 

Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee 

(SPRIRC) report, recommendation 5.1.2 was for the Office of the 

Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, in 

collaboration with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense for Health Affairs, to develop a substance misuse 

prevention policy to “provide key actions leaders at all levels 

will take to mitigate the role of substance misuse in suicide 

and other harmful behaviors.” 

The committee therefore directs the Secretary of Defense 

to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than March 1, 

2024, on the Department’s progress in developing a substance 

misuse policy as recommended by the SPRIRC report. 

Comptroller General review of military medical personnel 

staffing at military medical treatment facilities 

The transition of administration of military medical 

treatment facilities (MTFs) to the Defense Health Agency (DHA) 

fundamentally transformed how military medical treatment 
facilities are staffed. The transition has presented some 

challenges with respect to balancing the military departments’ 

assignment of military medical personnel for the provision of 

care at the MTFs with assigning such personnel outside of MTFs 

to meet their medical and operational readiness missions. The 

committee is concerned that given these newly created competing 

priorities for military medical staffing, there is a potential 

for issues to arise that might strain staffing or require 

additional coordination. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an 

assessment of military medical staffing at MTFs. The assessment 

should evaluate: (1) The military departments’ policies and 

procedures for assigning active duty medical personnel to MTFs 

and ensuring their availability to meet staffing requirements; 

(2) The historical and projected active duty medical workforce 

staffing trends at the MTFs in terms of assigned staff relative 

to the number of authorized positions; (3) The extent to which 

the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 

Affairs and military health system governance councils have 

provided effective oversight of military medical staffing at 

MTFs; and (4) The extent to which DOD has identified and 

assessed factors that affect the availability of military 

medical workforces (i.e., physicians, nurses, and enlisted 

techs) to deliver care at MTFs. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to 

provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives on the preliminary 

observations of this assessment not later than February 29, 

2024, with a report to follow at an agreed upon date. 

Comptroller General review of TRICARE pharmacy benefits program 

contract 

The committee is aware that the most recent Department of 

Defense TRICARE pharmacy contract, known as TPharm5, reduced the 

minimum number of pharmacies required to be in the network from 

50,000 to 35,000. TPharm5 also changed access standards from a 

distance-based metric to one based on driving time. These 

changes to contractual requirements may have unanticipated 

consequences for beneficiaries in certain, and more rural, areas 

of the country. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to review the TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits 

Program, including changes in its most recently awarded 

nationwide pharmacy contract, with respect to its effect on 

TRICARE beneficiaries' ability to obtain the medications they 

need in a timely manner as prescribed by their physicians. As 
part of the review, the Comptroller General shall include the 

following: 

(1) An assessment of any significant changes the 

Department of Defense has made to the benefits or coverage for 

the TRICARE Pharmacy Benefits Program over the last 3 years; and 

(2) An assessment of changes between the TPharm5 

contract, and the previous contract including: 

(a) changes in how the program's benefits are 

administered, to include fail-first and off-label requirements; 

(b) changes in the number and composition of 

pharmacies participating in the network, including retail 

pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, compound pharmacies, pharmacies 

associated with long-term care facilities, and independent 

pharmacies (including those in remote or rural areas), among 

others; 

(c) changes to the administration of the 

mail-order pharmacy, including timeliness of dispensing 

prescriptions, and; 

(d) changes in how prescriptions are filled 

and dispensed, including any access issues for patients in longterm care facilities; for patients with chronic conditions, 

including children with rare complex conditions; and for 

chemotherapy treatments for cancer patients. 

The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide a 

briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives not later than March 31, 2024, with 

a report to follow at an agreed upon date. 

Continuing implementation of military health system reform 

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2017 (Public Law 114-328) enacted major reforms of the military 

health system, emphasizing unity of effort to support stronger 

medical readiness and effective operation of military medical 

treatment facilities under the management of the Defense Health 

Agency (DHA). As required by section 732 of the John S. McCain 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public 

Law 115-232), the recently completed Joint Medical Estimate 

makes clear that these reforms were correct at the time, and 

they continue to help create the joint military health system 

that will be critical in future conflicts. Despite clear 

guidance from the Congress, the transformation of the military 

health system is still a work in progress, with that progress 

seemingly often challenged by resistance internal to the 

Department of Defense. 

The committee continues to believe that improvements are 

needed in readiness, effectiveness, and efficiency of the 
military health system. Further, the principal engine for these 

improvements is the DHA, and the Department must fully implement 

the congressionally directed reforms. Two issues of paramount 

importance in this regard are military personnel staffing of 

military medical treatment facilities and a stable, effective 

management structure for DHA’s authority, direction, and control 

of those facilities. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, not later 

than April 1, 2024, to brief the Committees on Armed Services of 

the Senate and the House of Representatives on: 

(1) The number and percentage of military medical 

personnel assigned to military medical treatment facilities 

under the operational control of DHA military medical treatment 

facility directors, along with an accounting of, and explanation 

for, such personnel not so assigned; and 

(2) The DHA management structure to ensure unity of 

effort in the operation of military medical treatment 

facilities, along with an explanation of any planned changes in 

that structure before implementation. 

Development of shelf-stable therapeutics 

Military readiness, and the ability to project power 

worldwide, is built on the foundation of the health of our 

military personnel. The committee notes the significant 

advancements in vaccine development achieved during the COVID-19 

pandemic. The committee also recognizes that vaccines alone are 

not sufficient to protect military personnel from the threats of 

deadly viruses and their variants. The Department of Defense 

requires access to platform technologies to rapidly develop 

therapeutics that can be used against the most dreaded diseases. 

The committee encourages the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Health Affairs to prioritize investments in commercial research 

that leverages artificial intelligence to rapidly develop shelfstable small interfering ribonucleic acid (SIRNA)-based 

therapeutics that can be efficiently distributed worldwide using 

the Department’s existing logistics infrastructure. 

Exclusive licensing study 

The federal government provides exclusive licenses on 

federally-owned inventions when it is both reasonable and 

necessary to call forth private investments to achieve practical 

application and otherwise promote utilization by the public. 

However, without clear guidelines on what constitutes sufficient 

practical application and public utilization, the Department of 

Defense (DOD) risks granting these determinations gratuitously, 
and thus applying unneeded upward price pressure on medical 

devices, drugs, or other biomedical inventions that were 

developed with taxpayer support. 

The committee therefore directs the Secretary of Defense, 

not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 

Act, to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research 

and development center to perform a study on the process 

currently in effect for the Department of Defense for granting, 

pursuant to section 209(a) of title 35, United States Code, an 

exclusive or partially exclusive license on a federally-owned 

invention associated with a medical device, drug, or other 

biomedical invention that was developed by the Department of 

Defense. The study shall include: 

(1) A discussion of the Department’s current process 

for evaluating whether an exclusive license for a federallyowned invention is both reasonable and necessary, and how the 

Department tracks licensing agreements at an agency-wide level; 

(2) A comparison with licensing practices for other 

Federal agencies; 

(3) An analysis that details the number and scope of 

exclusive and partially exclusive licenses associated with a 

medical device, drug, or other biomedical invention that the DOD 

has granted since 2008, and what, if any, restrictions including 

with respect to geography, duration, or revenue, have been put 

on said licenses; 

(4) Identification of lessons learned or best 

practices from the analysis in (3) and the comparison in (2); 

(5) The feasibility and potential cost implications 

of establishing and maintaining a searchable and publiclyavailable database of information relating to DOD-supported 

biomedical research and development, including drugs, vaccines, 

and medical technologies, to support licensing and technology 

transfer activities in the Department; and 

(6) Recommendations regarding appropriate policy 

updates, benchmarks, guidelines, or metrics that the Department 

might use in making exclusive or partially exclusive licensing 

determinations. 

Genomic testing 

The committee notes the value of genomic and 

pharmacogenomics testing to military readiness. Specifically, 

clinical implementation of pharmacogenomics testing may be a 

cost-effective solution to improve the personalization, safety, 

and efficacy of drug therapy for servicemembers. The committee 

is aware that the Department of Defense does offer genomic and 

pharmacogenomics testing within the Military Health System. 
However, the committee is concerned that a comprehensive 

enterprise-wide pharmacogenetics testing program to optimize 

military readiness is still in the early stages of development. 

The committee understands that pharmacogenomics testing within 

the Military Health System is generally limited to small numbers 

of servicemembers and is found to be an under-utilized resource. 

Moreover, the committee also understands that pharmacogenomics 

testing did not follow Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation 

Consortium (CPIC) guidelines. 

The committee urges the Department of Defense to conduct 

informed systematic planning and establish a comprehensive 

enterprise-wide pharmacogenomics testing and precision medicine 

capability to optimize military readiness, provide cost savings, 

and enhance national security. Further, the committee encourages 

the Department to collaborate with similar activities in the 

Department of Veterans Affairs, follow CPIC guidelines, and 

ensure test result reporting is clear, easy to understand, and 

actionable in both forward and home base settings. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary 

of Defense for Health Affairs provide a briefing to the 

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives by February 1, 2024, on the plan for 

implementing a standard enterprise-wide genomic and 

pharmacogenomics testing program for the Department of Defense. 

Global health research plan 

The committee appreciates the historic role the Department 

of Defense (DOD) has played domestically and internationally to 

promote the health and wellbeing of servicemembers from emerging 

infectious diseases and other health risks, also referred to as 

force health protection. The committee supports the Department’s 

work to support the U.S. Government’s overall global health 

preparedness and infectious disease prevention efforts as a 

positive contribution to force readiness. 

The committee is concerned that the Department’s efforts 

can be more transparent in terms of the totality of their work. 

DOD Instruction (DODI) 2000.30 established the DOD Global Health 

Engagement (GHE) Council and established the definition for GHE, 

integrating health engagement language in the GHE definition 

consistent with Section 715 of Public Law 112-239 (references 10 

U.S.C. 401). However, DOD’s GHE activities, unlike other DOD 

programs, projects, and activities, has no single source of 

funding. At least 10 DOD appropriations accounts, and one 

Department of State account, has been used to fund GHE. Within 

those accounts, different budget activities or line items can be 

used to fund GHE depending on their relevance, location, or 
sponsoring entity. While this flexibility may allow for 

increased investments in GHE on an ad hoc basis, it leaves an 

incomplete picture for appropriations and budgeting purposes. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services 

Committee, not later than March 1, 2024, on DOD’s GHE work. Such 

briefing shall include: 

(1) The DOD's comprehensive list of global health 

and infectious disease medical research focus areas, including 

the coordination process to ensure that such focus areas are 

linked to: 

(a) Military readiness; 

(b) Joint force requirements; and 

(c) Relevance to individuals eligible for 

care at military medical treatment facilities or through the 

TRICARE program; 

(2) The global health and infectious disease 

research projects funded under the Defense Health Program 

Account; 

(3) The process for ensuring synergy across the 

military medical research community: 

(a) To address gaps in military global health 

and infectious disease research; 

(b) To minimize duplication of research; and 

(c) To promote collaboration within research 

focus areas; 

(4) The efforts of the Secretary to coordinate with 

other Federal departments and agencies to increase awareness of 

complementary global health and infectious disease research 

efforts that are being carried out by the Federal Government; 

(5) A detailed budget request for carrying out the 

Department’s GHE work; and 

(6) Any other matters deemed appropriate by the 

Secretary. 

Integrated Disability Evaluation System 

The Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review 

Committee’s 2022 report on preventing suicide in the U.S. 

military indicated that the long wait times associated with the 

Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) can place injured 

or ill servicemembers undergoing disability evaluation at 

increased risk for suicide. The committee acknowledges the 

strides made by the Department of Defense (DOD) to improve the 

process and reduce evaluation completion times from an average 

of 400 days in 2012 to nearly 180 days as of 2020, but remains 
concerned about the policies, procedures, and resources related 

to the limited duty population of the Armed Forces. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretaries of the 

military departments to submit an annual briefing to the 

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives on the processing times for servicemembers 

referred to IDES. The first such briefing shall be due not later 

than December 1, 2023 and shall include: 

(1) Average length of time from initial referral to 

IDES and separation, retirement, or return to duty of member, to 

include a breakdown of the average length of time between each 

step in the IDES process, including but not limited to: 

(a) Referral to IDES and the initiation of 

the rating determination process; 

(b) Initiation of the rating determination 

process and provision of final disposition to service member; 

and 

(c) Receipt of final disposition by service 

member and medical discharge and compensation; 

(2) Average timelines of the rating determination 

process broken out by medical evaluation board (MEB) and 

physical evaluation board (PEB); 

(3) A description and analysis of any discrepancies 

between actual timelines and IDES timeliness goals as stated in 

Department of Defense Memorandum (DODM) 1332.18; 

(4) Any policy, procedural or resource challenges to 

achieving IDES timeliness goals; and 

(5) Recommendations for improvement, if any. 

The annual briefing requirement under this provision shall 

terminate on December 31, 2027. 

Magnetic Resonance Imaging for pediatric patients and other 

beneficiaries with anxiety issues 

Some pediatric patients and adult patients with anxiety 

issues, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, may require 

anxiety calming techniques when undergoing diagnostic Magnetic 

Resonance Imaging (MRI) due to the environment, long exam 

acquisition time, and need for the patient to remain still 

during the exam to obtain diagnostic images. For many of these 

patients, medical providers perform the MRI with behavioral, 

environmental, or audiovisual strategies. Other patients require 

sedation or anesthesia. 

Portable Visual Display systems are one of several 

techniques used for pediatric MRIs. Other examples of nonsedation intervention used by military treatment facilities 

(MTFs) include the use of video goggles that permit patients to 
watch and listen to a movie, view soothing imagery and pictures, 

and listen to comforting music during the MRI. When an MTF is 

not able to provide this service, patients are often referred to 

network providers who do provide this service. 

The committee encourages the Defense Health Agency to 

ensure that MTFs that routinely provide MRIs to pediatric 

patients and patients with anxiety issues have the capability to 

use appropriate anxiety calming techniques. 

Medical record reviews for identification of improper payments 

Section 725 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66) required the Comptroller 

General of the United States to examine the similarities and 

differences between TRICARE and Medicare improper payments. In 

the February 18, 2015 report entitled "Improper Payments: 

TRICARE Measurement and Reduction Efforts Could Benefit from 

Adopting Medical Record Reviews" (GAO-15-269) the Comptroller 

General found that, unlike Medicare, the Defense Health Agency 

(DHA) did not examine the underlying medical record 

documentation to discern whether each sampled payment was 

supported. The committee has been informed that DHA did not 

incorporate reviews of underlying medical records documentation 

into its fiscal year 2020 or 2021 improper payment rate 

estimates because of a low response rate on its requests for 

medical records from TRICARE providers. However, Office of 

Management and Budget guidance requires lack of documentation be 

counted as an unknown payment. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives, not later than January 31, 2024, a 

comprehensive report detailing the Department’s prior efforts to 

conduct two medical record reviews for the identification of 

improper payments for calendar years 2020 and 2021 to include 

the following for each of the reviews: (1) Response rate; (2) 

Numbers and types of documentation errors, including missing 

documentation; (3) Causes, if known, for the documentation 

errors; (4) Reasons why corrective action actions would or would 

not be warranted; (5) Potential impact of these results on the 

Department’s fiscal year 2020 and 2021 improper payment rate 

estimates; and (6) Whether the Department will continue such 

medical records reviews and the reasons for the Department's 

decision and proposed actions to identify improper payments. 

Military Health System civilian partnerships in rural 

communities for increased military medical readiness 
Partnerships between the Department of Defense and 

civilian medical facilities form a core part of the Department's 

strategy for sustaining the wartime medical skills of military 

providers. Such collaboration can be particularly beneficial for 

military installations in rural areas with limited military 

medical services but located near a civilian medical center. 

Specifically, the Department policy encourages the military 

departments to establish training partnerships with civilian 

medical facilities when Military Health System facilities cannot 

provide sufficient clinical experience and workload to maintain 

the skills of assigned personnel. The committee is concerned 

about the Department's visibility over the number, scope, type, 

and utilization of the partnerships. Additionally, while the 

Department maintains that these programs support readiness, the 

committee would like to better understand the Department's 

measurement of these partnerships in achieving desired results 

of sustaining military medical readiness. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to conduct an assessment of military and 

civilian partnerships for medical readiness. The assessment 

should include an analysis of partnerships: (1) Located in rural 

counties considered to be a medically underserved area by the 

Health Resources and Services Administration; and (2) In which 

the installation has scaled back its healthcare services and now 

relies on a local civilian hospital fewer than 15 miles away for 

emergency and hospital services for its servicemembers and 

military families. 

In addition, the assessment shall evaluate: (1) The extent 

to which the Department utilizes partnerships with civilian 

medical facilities to maintain the readiness of its military 

medical workforce; (2) The costs incurred by having to send 

military staff to train at geographically distant hospitals, 

compared to potential cost savings by allowing military staff to 

train at local civilian medical facilities fewer than 15 miles 

from the installation; (3) The extent to which the Department 

tracks how its medical workforce is used in partnerships with 

civilian medical facilities; (4) The extent to which 

partnerships impact recruitment and retention of medicallytrained reservists, including the impact of allowing such 

reservists to earn credits by serving at a rural community 

medical facility as an extension of their military installation; 

(5) The extent to which specific partnership activities, 

including medical training programs and lecture series, impact 

recruitment into military medicine; (6) The extent to which the 

Department has defined and used effective measures to monitor 

and assess the readiness value of military medical personnel 

participating in partnerships with civilian medical facilities; 
and (7) Factors that have affected the establishment or 

effective operation of the Department and civilian medical 

facility partnerships, including any necessary Department 

authorities and technical assistance provided. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to 

provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and House of Representatives on the preliminary 

observations of this assessment, with a report to the committees 

no later than December 31, 2024. 

National Disaster Medical System pilot program 

Section 740 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92), as amended by Section 741 

of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283), 

directed a pilot program to establish civilian and military 

partnerships to enhance interoperability and medical surge 

capability and capacity of the National Disaster Medical System. 

While the committee continues to support implementation of this 

pilot program, the committee is disappointed in the Department’s 

failure to provide the committee with timely updates on the 

execution of the program. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the 

Defense Health Agency (DHA), in consultation with Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, to provide a briefing 

to the congressional defense committees, not later than March 1, 

2024, on the implementation of the pilot program, including an 

overview of the implementation plans for the five pilot sites; 

an explanation of how pilot program activities have informed the 

development of U.S. Northern Command’s Integrated CONUS Medical 

Operations Plan (ICMOP); and how DHA plans to test and scale 

effective site-specific projects. 

National Guard medical training 

The committee is aware of existing programs that provide 

state-of-the-art trauma, critical care, behavioral health, 

public health, and other ancillary direct medical training at 

academic medical centers for Air National Guard and Army 

National Guard medical and non-medical personnel and State 

Partnership Program/Global Health Engagement international 

partners. The programs provide both critical training to support 

the readiness of participating 

National Guard units and additional opportunities to deepen 

State Partnership Program relationships with international 

partners while offering these partners valuable training. This 
joint training minimizes medical operational gaps and promotes 

interoperability between civilian, military, and international 

coalition partners, all at a significantly reduced cost compared 

to comparable in-house Department of Defense training. 

For all these reasons, the committee supports these 

programs and encourages the Chief of the National Guard Bureau 

to continue delivering these preparedness programs through 

direct training services to include advanced trauma, public 

health, and combat lifesaver curriculums that prioritize 

critical life-saving procedures, epidemiology of public health 

diseases, prevention and treatment, mass casualty triage, and 

psychological health. 

Navy surface fleet readiness to respond to mass casualty 

incidents 

The committee notes that the U.S. Army has developed a 

"walking blood bank" program, where soldiers may qualify as 

blood donors before their tours, and are able to donate whole 

blood on demand in the event of mass casualty event or medical 

emergency. The committee notes that a similar program in the 

U.S. Navy may increase the surface fleet’s readiness to respond 

to mass casualty events, particularly given the limited supply 

of stored blood available in ship hospitals. Accordingly, the 

committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a 

briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives not later than March 1, 2024 on the 

feasibility and advisability of establishing a similar program 

in the U.S. Navy. 

Nuclear medicine 

The committee is encouraged by advances in the field of 

nuclear medicine and the potential to realize the promise of 

precision medicine through the use of novel diagnostic imaging 

and targeted radiotherapy. Advanced nuclear imaging procedures 

use disease-specific positron emission tomography 

radiopharmaceuticals to identify the presence and magnitude of 

therapeutic targets in patients with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s 

disease; advanced cardiac disease; prostate, breast, 

neuroendocrine, and brain cancer, among others. Innovative 

nuclear medicine can improve diagnostic and targeted treatment 

capabilities through non-invasive techniques that provide 

information that cannot be acquired through other imaging 

technologies. The committee encourages the Director of the 

Defense Health Agency to continue and expand the use of nuclear 

medicine imaging and related techniques to support early 
diagnosis and enhanced treatment and outcomes of active duty 

servicemembers and their families. 

Quarterly reports on the TRICARE Comprehensive Autism Care 

Demonstration Program 

The Senate report accompanying S. 2943 (S. Rept. 114-255) 

of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 

(Public Law 114-328) required the Secretary of Defense to 

provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Armed Services of 

the Senate and the House of Representatives on access to care 

and the effectiveness of care among military dependents 

participating in the TRICARE Comprehensive Autism Care 

Demonstration Program throughout the duration of the 

demonstration program. The Secretary has fulfilled this 

requirement, reporting on beneficiary enrollment, provider 

participation, and clinical measures. 

Additionally, section 737 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) 

required the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement 

with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and 

Medicine (NASEM) to conduct an independent review of the 

Department of Defense Comprehensive Autism Care Demonstration 

program. 

In light of the ongoing NASEM study and the stability of 

the demonstration program, the committee no longer requires 

quarterly reports and the Secretary is no longer required to 

provide them. The committee will rely on annual reports and the 

NASEM study for continued oversight of this demonstration 

program. 

Servicemember medical debt 

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s June 2022 

“Office of Servicemember Affairs Annual Report” noted that, 

“problems with medical billing practices are one of the main 

drivers of the servicemember complaints about consumer reporting 

and debt collection.” The report stated that, “one common way 

that servicemembers accrue medical debt is by the servicemember 

seeing a private provider (either through referral or emergency 

care) and the medical billing process between the provider and 

TRICARE (the insurance program for Active-Duty military) 

breaking down.” 

The committee is concerned about the lack of information 

regarding the scope and impact of medical debt on servicemembers 

and their families. Accordingly, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to submit a briefing, not later than 
January 31, 2024, to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, on servicemember 

medical debts incurred between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 

2022. The briefing should include: (1) Direct care and private 

sector care data on servicemember medical debts; (2) A 

description of how these debts were incurred; (3) Information 

about assistance provided to these servicemembers to resolve 

these debts; and (4) The scope and impact of the medical debt on 

servicemembers’ financial health and on military readiness. 

Stayskal Act reporting requirement 

Since enacted in section 731 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92), 

servicemembers have been able to file claims with the Department 

of Defense to receive compensation for personal injury or death 

caused by the medical malpractice of a Department of Defense 

health care provider. The committee notes that the relevant 

statute, as codified at section 2733a of title 10, United States 

Code, requires the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations 

that include "uniform standards" to be applied "without regard 

to the place of occurrence of the medical malpractice giving 

rise to the claim or the military department or service of the 

member of the uniformed services." 

The committee is concerned that the military departments 

have established different processes to review claims of medical 

malpractice. While the Department of the Army utilizes neutral 

third-party adjudicators to review claims, the Departments of 

the Air Force and the Navy do not appear to use a similar 

neutral adjudicator. This inconsistency within the Department of 

Defense leads to confusion, frustration, and ultimately erodes 

trust in the process, particularly at a time when military 

medicine is becoming a truly joint enterprise with the Defense 

Health Agency assuming control of all military treatment 

facilities. When it comes to reviewing servicemembers claims of 

medical malpractice, the committee expects the Secretary of 

Defense to enforce a uniform standard of review across the 

entire Department as required by law. Servicemembers who 

experience medical malpractice deserve to have a fair and equal 

review of their cases regardless of their service branch. 

The committee is also concerned that the use of Defense 

Health Agency representatives in the appeals process leads to a 

lack of accountability for servicemembers and their families who 

appeal their decisions. After the final rule came into effect in 

September 2022, the service branches denied one quarter of their 

cases in quick succession. 
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretaries of the 

military departments to submit a report to the Committees on 

Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

not later than March 1, 2024, that explains in detail how the 

relevant military department reviews medical malpractice claims 

from initial submission to final decision. Specifically, the 

report shall include an explanation of each military 

department's policy with regard to the review of medical 

malpractice claims and whether the Department requires a neutral 

third-party review of claims. If a military department does not 

require a neutral third-party review of claims, the report shall 

include a justification of such determination and an explanation 

of how the military department ensures impartiality in the 

review process. 

The committee also directs the Defense Health Agency to 

submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than March 1, 

2024, that outlines the number of denied cases per service 

branch from implementation through January 1, 2024, and provide 

a thorough overview of the appeals process and ways to increase 

transparency and accountability. 

Transitioning servicemembers' mental health concerns 

The committee notes that servicemembers continue to 

struggle during the transition from active duty to civilian, 

especially as it relates to issues impacting mental health. As a 

means of reducing the incidence of suicide among veterans, the 

Department of Defense is encouraged to work with the Department 

of Veterans Affairs to continue to provide transition 

assistance, specifically as it relates to support and resources 

for veteran-specific mental health issues. 

Accordingly, the Secretary of Defense is directed to 

provide a briefing on the following issues to the Committees on 

Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

not later than March 1, 2024: 

(1) A summary of existing transition programs aimed 

at providing mental health support and assistance to preseparation and transitioning servicemembers; and 

(2) The feasibility and advisability of a study on 

providing in-person meetings between a cohort of servicemembers 

and a social worker or nurse, with the goal of: 

(a) Educating the cohort on specific mental 

health risks to servicemembers as they transition, such as loss 

of community or support system; isolation from friends, family, 

or society; identity crises; self-medication and addiction; 

importance of sleep and exercise; homelessness; risk factors 
contributing to attempts of suicide and deaths by suicide, and 

the signs and symptoms of suicide risk; and 

(b) Educating the cohort on the availability 

of resources through the Department of Veterans Affairs as part 

of the pre-separation transition process for members of the 

Armed Forces. 

Valley fever prevalence and risk to servicemembers 

The committee is aware that a fungal condition called 

coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley fever, has demonstrated 

a notable expansion in geographic range in recent years. The 

affected states now represent some 90 military installations, 

and health experts project the potential for the fungus to 

spread to nearly half of the continental United States (CONUS) 

by 2065. Because a percentage of cases result in serious longterm complications, it is important that the Department of 

Defense obtain an updated understanding of current risk and 

options for mitigation. 

The committee is concerned that the last comprehensive 

study of coccidioidomycosis' impact on military readiness was 

conducted during World War II, before the dynamic expansion of 

the impact range. Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, in coordination with 

the Director of the Defense Health Agency, to provide a report, 

no later than December 31, 2024, covering the following 

requirements over the past 20-year period: 

(1) The prevalence of coccidioidomycosis cases, 

broken out by state for CONUS and by country for OCONUS; 

(2) The prevalence of servicemembers and military 

working dogs coccidioidomycosis cases, broken out by 

installation for CONUS and OCONUS; 

(3) An accounting of the severity of reported 

servicemember cases, including prevalence of cases with 

complications; 

(4) Types of care provided by the military in 

response to these cases; 

(5) Known disruptions to training, deployment, or 

other activity; 

(6) The relative trend in overall servicemember case 

numbers over the past 20 years; 

(7) Any information the Department has regarding 

sampling of coccidioidomycosis; and 

(8) Gaps in the Department's understanding of risks 

associated with coccidioidomycosis infections. 

Wastewater infectious disease surveillance 
The committee is aware that the Department of Defense 

(DOD) has taken steps to incorporate wastewater infectious 

disease surveillance into its preparedness efforts. Under the 

DOD, pilot studies were implemented at Aberdeen Proving Ground, 

and through the U.S. Coast Guard at installations and vessels to 

analyze for the prevalence of COVID-19. 

The committee is concerned that the DOD lacks a fullyformed strategy to include infectious disease wastewater 

surveillance into the Department’s infectious disease 

preparedness work. Section 712 of the William M. (Mac) 

Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2021 (Public Law 116-283) authorized capabilities for the 

Department to test for, diagnose, and protect servicemembers 

from infectious disease threats, and it is important to 

understand how the DOD has, and will, continue to incorporate 

this tool into its strategy. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

and House of Representatives, not later than March 1, 2024, on 

DOD wastewater infectious disease surveillance efforts as part 

of the DOD’s infectious disease preparedness work. The briefing 

shall include: (1) The Department’s efforts to use Section 712 

to utilize wastewater infectious disease surveillance; (2) The 

totality and geographic expanse of facilities under the DOD that 

are engaged in infectious disease wastewater surveillance; (3) 

If DOD facilities are reporting data and contraction rates of 

infectious diseases into the online portal through the Centers 

for Disease Control and Preparedness, or how the DOD is 

organizing Department-wide reporting for participating 

facilities; (4) The laboratory services and resources the DOD 

has used to conduct analyses of wastewater surveillance samples; 

(5) The extent to which the DOD has implemented wastewater 

surveillance tools abroad, and if not, how the DOD plans to 

expand surveillance efforts beyond domestic facilities to 

improve servicemember readiness; (6) The criteria the DOD is 

using to determine which facilities could be used in wastewater 

infectious disease surveillance; (7) A potential timeline of 

further implementation for further integrating this work into 

the DOD’s infectious disease threat preparedness; (8) Potential 

work with outside stakeholders that would help the Department in 

faster and more widespread implementation; (9) How the DOD plans 

to prepare for new pathogens and infectious disease threats that 

would be tracked using wastewater surveillance; and (10) Any 

other matters that pertain to this subject that would be helpful 

to the committees and the Department with further implementing 

infectious disease wastewater surveillance at DOD facilities. 
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION 

MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS 

SUBTITLE A—ACQUISITION POLICY AND 

MANAGEMENT 

Amendments to multiyear procurement authority (sec. 801) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 3501(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, to modify 

the justification for the use of multiyear contracting authority 

to include industrial base stability, not just projected cost 

savings. 

In section 1244 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263), the 

committee authorized the use of multiyear procurements for a 

number of munitions related to refilling stocks used in the 

Ukraine conflict and to strengthen the readiness of U.S. forces. 

The committee notes with concern that this authority has not 

been fully utilized for a number of munitions on the list due to 

limited projected cost savings achieved through a multiyear 

contract versus single year contracts. The committee believes 

the use of multiyear contracts offer more advantages than only 

cost savings. These contracts can also provide a clear demand 

signal to industry, which helps industry plan labor and material 

needs more effectively, and can better position it to meet the 

demands of U.S. requirements. Therefore, the committee believes 

the Department of Defense should factor in industrial base 

concerns as well as projected cost savings when considering the 

use of multiyear contracts. 

Modernizing the Department of Defense requirements process (sec. 

802) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Secretary of Defense, through the Vice Chairman of the Joint 

Chiefs of Staff, and in cooperation with the military 

departments and combatant commands, to modernize the Department 

of Defense’s requirements processes, to include modernizing the 

Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System, in order 

to improve alignment between modern warfare concepts, 

technologies, and system development and reduce the time to 

delivery of needed capabilities to Department users. 
Head of Contracting Authority for Strategic Capabilities Office 

(sec. 803) 

The committee recommends a provision that would grant 

authority to conduct limited acquisition activities within the 

Strategic Capabilities Office. Such authority would not include 

major defense acquisition programs, major automated information 

system programs, or acquisitions of foundational infrastructure 

or software architectures that are expected to last more than 5 

years. This authority would not become effective until 30 days 

after the date on which the Secretary of Defense provides a plan 

for implementation of these authorities. 

Pilot program for the use of innovative intellectual property 

strategies (sec. 804) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of each military department and the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to 

establish a pilot program for each military department and the 

Defense Agencies and Field Activities to designate one 

acquisition program for the use of innovative intellectual 

property strategies in order to acquire the necessary technical 

data rights required for the operations and maintenance of that 

system. 

Focused commercial solutions openings opportunities (sec. 805) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the service 

acquisition executives of each military department, to create at 

least three new commercial solutions openings (CSOs) each year. 

The committee underscored the benefits of leveraging CSOs 

to enhance procurement practices by making them a permanent 

authority in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81). CSOs are an effective means of 

acquiring emerging technologies and dual-use products and 

services by promoting competition and streamlining the 

procurement process. As a result of promising case studies, the 

committee believes expanded use of CSOs across a range of 

programs and initiatives will enable more efficient procurement 

outcomes. 

Study on reducing barriers to acquisition of commercial products 

and services (sec. 806) 
The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 

to conduct a feasibility study and provide recommendations on 

ways to improve the acquisition of commercial products and 

services. 

Sense of the Senate on independent cost assessment (sec. 807) 

The committee recommends a provision that would express 

the support of the Senate for the Office of Cost Assessment and 

Program Evaluation's role in providing independent cost 

assessments to ensure efficient and effective use of taxpayer 

dollars. 

Emergency acquisition authority for purposes of replenishing 

United States stockpiles (sec. 808) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 3601 of title 10, United States Code, to provide for 

emergency acquisition authority for the purposes of replenishing 

United States stockpiles of defense articles. 

SUBTITLE B—AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL 

CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES, PROCEDURES, AND 

LIMITATIONS 

Commander initiated rapid contracting actions (sec. 811) 

The committee recommends a provision that would allow the 

commander of a combatant command, upon providing a written 

determination to a supporting head of contracting activity, to 

request emergency, rapid contracting response using special 

authorities prescribed in the provision. 

Extension and revisions to never contract with the enemy (sec. 

812) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

sections 841, 842, and 843 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

“Buck” McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2015 (Public Law 113-291) by extending and revising the 

authority of a head of contracting activity to terminate a 

contract with a person or company outside the United States 

engaging in certain activities that present a direct or indirect 

risk to United States or partner allied mission and forces, 
including acts of violence against personnel of the United 

States. 

Enhancement of Department of Defense capabilities to prevent 

contractor fraud (sec. 813) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 4651(a) of title 10, United States Code, to authorize 

the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military 

department to withhold contractual payments pending the 

resolution of allegations that the contractor offered or gave a 

gratuity to an officer, official, or employee of the United 

States Government to influence a contract. 

Modification of approval authority for high dollar other 

transaction agreements for prototypes (sec. 814) 

The committee recommends a provision that would fix an 

internal inconsistency for the approval of high dollar Other 

Transaction Agreements (OTAs) for prototype projects and followon production OTAs or contracts under the authority provided in 

section 4022 of title 10, United States Code. The committee 

notes that OTAs for prototype projects are important tools for 

spurring innovation and attracting nontraditional defense 

contractors and small businesses with cutting-edge technologies 

to enable the acquisition of innovative technologies more 

rapidly. The committee encourages removing barriers that would 

impede the timeliness or effectiveness of such tools. 

Modifications to Earned Value Management system requirements 

(sec. 815) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 

to update appropriate policies for Earned Value Management (EVM) 

to increase contract value thresholds associated with requiring 

EVM on cost or incentive contracts from $20.0 million to $50.0 

million, increase the contract value threshold for a contractor 

to use an EVM System from $50.0 million to $100.0 million, and 

exempt from the EVM requirement contracts and subcontracts 

primarily performing software effort. 

Inventory of inflation and escalation indices (sec. 816) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, 

in coordination with the Service Acquisition Executives, to 
conduct an inventory of inflation and escalation indices 

currently used for contracting and pricing purposes across the 

Department, and to make this inventory available as a resource 

for all government and industry contracting and pricing 

professionals by September 30, 2024. The provision would also 

require an assessment of these indices to identify any gaps as 

well as updated guidance for the consistent application and 

maintenance of such data by government contracting and pricing 

personnel. 

Pilot program to incentivize progress payments (sec. 817) 

The committee recommends a provision that would establish 

a pilot program to incentivize the progress payment rate that 

large businesses are eligible for by up to 10 additional 

percentage points. The committee recognizes the importance of 

cash flow to businesses large and small participating in the 

defense industrial base. The committee believes an opportunity 

exists to provide additional cash flow to businesses contingent 

on favorable past performance on contracting goals. 

Extension of pilot program to accelerate contracting and pricing 

processes (sec. 818) 

The committee recommends a provision that would modify 

section 890 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) to extend a pilot 

program for streamlined contracting and pricing processes. 

The committee notes that this pilot program has been well 

received by both the Department of Defense and private industry. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense 

for Acquisition and Sustainment to provide a report to the 

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives, not later than one year after the enactment of 

this Act, on the lessons learned from this pilot program, 

including any recommendations for modifications to the Truth in 

Negotiations Act, chapter 271 of title 10, United States Code. 

Preventing conflicts of interest for Department of Defense 

consultants (sec. 819) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

certification that entities contracting with the Department of 

Defense that provide consulting services do not contract with 

certain covered foreign entities or, if contractors cannot so 

certify, that they maintain certain conflict of interest 

mitigation measures. 
Prohibition on requiring defense contractors to provide 

information relating to greenhouse gas emissions (sec. 820) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

the Secretary of Defense from requiring a nontraditional defense 

contractor to provide reports on greenhouse gas emissions, and 

prohibit for two years the Secretary of Defense requiring any 

contractor to provide such reports. 

Prohibition on contracts for the provision of online tutoring 

services by entities owned by the People's Republic of China 

(sec. 821) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

the Secretary of Defense from entering into, or renewing, a 

contract for online tutoring services from an entity owned or 

controlled by the Government of the People's Republic of China, 

unless a waiver is approved by the Secretary. 

The committee is aware that a Department of Defense 

contractor responsible for providing online tutoring services to 

members of the Armed Services and their families has come under 

the ownership of a company based in the People’s Republic of 

China. Though the committee understands that the company has 

taken certain mitigations related to the security of U.S. 

persons’ data in relation to these services, the committee is 

aware that technological advances could still allow for rapid 

exploitation by a sophisticated adversary. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees 

not later than February 28, 2024 on how the Department plans to 

mitigate the risks from foreign ownership, control and influence 

(FOCI) structurally in such cases, as well as how U.S. persons’ 

data can be protected under a FOCI mitigation plan. Finally, the 

briefing should examine alternative, domestically-owned and 

operated contractors who may be capable of meeting the 

Department’s online tutoring requirements. The brief may be 

classified, but should include an unclassified executive 

summary. 

Modification of truthful cost or pricing data submissions and 

report (sec. 822) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 3705(b)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, to 

require the Department of Defense to identify offerors that 

incur a delay of more than 200 days when submitting cost or 

pricing data, and make a public notation on such offers. 
SUBTITLE C—INDUSTRIAL BASE MATTERS 

Defense industrial base advanced capabilities pilot program 

(sec. 831) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to 

conduct a pilot program through a public-private partnership 

that would help accelerate the scaling, production, and 

acquisition of advanced capabilities for national security by 

creating incentives for investment in domestic small businesses 

or nontraditional businesses. 

Department of Defense notification of certain transactions (sec. 

832) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

notification and provision of information to the Department of 

Defense to review proposed mergers within the defense industrial 

base at the same time notification and information is provided 

to the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice. 

Analyses of certain activities for action to address sourcing 

and industrial capacity (sec. 833) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to conduct analysis and provide 

recommendations on sourcing restrictions for a number of covered 

items. 

Pilot program on capital assistance to support defense 

investment in the industrial base (sec. 834) 

The committee recommends a provision that would allow the 

Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program under this 

section to use certain financial instruments to support defense 

investment in the industrial base. 

Requirement to buy certain satellite components from national 

technology industrial base (sec. 835) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

any contract that requires any traveling-wave tubes and 

traveling-wave tube amplifier (TWTA) to be included in the 

design of U.S. Government satellites used for national security, 

defense, or intelligence purposes to be sourced from a 
contractor in a country that is a member of the National 

Technology and Industrial Base (NTIB). 

Department of Defense reports on the state of the U.S. 

defense industrial base have described how U.S. domestic 

manufacturing capability to support government and commercial 

communication satellite programs has significantly eroded and 

lost sustaining levels of market share to foreign competition 

that is heavily subsidized by its government. The fiscal year 

2020 Department of Defense Industrial Capabilities report noted 

that “[h]aving a strong domestic source would reduce dependence 

on the foreign source and ensure availability of [national 

security space-] specific TWTAs.” 

Furthermore, the committee notes the President's United 

States Space Priorities Framework sets out a strategic goal to 

advance the security of the domestic space industrial base by 

strengthening the resilience of its supply chains. In addition, 

the Secretary of the Air Force has pledged to support U.S. 

commercial space industry efforts to meet national security 

requirements. 

Traveling-wave tubes and traveling-wave tube amplifiers 

are mission-critical components for national security and civil 

satellites, and game-changing commercial space vehicles. The 

committee encourages the Department to explore use of the 

Defense Production Act to incentivize domestic traveling-wave 

tube and traveling-wave tube amplifier development, production, 

and qualification for use in space. This would provide for 

competitive opportunities for suppliers in the NTIB to build an 

innovative, resilient, and secure supply chain for these 

important components. 

SUBTITLE D—SMALL BUSINESS MATTERS 

Amendments to Defense Research and Development Rapid Innovation 

Program (sec. 841) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 4061 of title 10, United States Code, to make 

modifications to the Defense Research and Development Rapid 

Innovation Program. 

Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Program (sec. 842) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

4902(e) of title 10, United States Code, to clarify that a 

Department of Defense Mentor-Protégé Agreement may be a 

contract, cooperative agreement, or partnership intermediary 

agreement. 
Consideration of the past performance of affiliate companies of 

small businesses (sec. 843) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to amend section 215.305 of the Defense 

Federal Acquisition Supplement (or any successor regulation) to 

require the consideration of past performance of an affiliate of 

small business concerns when a small business concern bids on a 

Department of Defense contract. 

Timely payments for Department of Defense small business 

subcontractors (sec. 844) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (Public Law 85-536) to 

improve the timeliness of payments made to Department of Defense 

small business subcontractors. 

Extension of Pilot Program for streamlined technology transition 

from the SBIR and STTR Programs of the Department of Defense 

(sec. 845) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1710(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) to extend a pilot program 

to support the transition of technologies developed through the 

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business 

Technology Transfer (STTR) programs to production. 

Annual reports regarding the SBIR program of the Department of 

Defense (sec. 846) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 279(a) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116- 

283) to extend the reporting requirement for the Department of 

Defense's Small Business Innovation Research program through 

fiscal year 2028. 

Modifications to the Procurement Technical Assistance Program 

(sec. 847) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 4951 of title 10, United States Code, to make technical 

updates to Chapter 388 of title 10, Untied States Code, to 

improve the execution of the Procurement Technical Assistance 

Program, also known as the APEX Accelerators. 
Extension of pilot program to incentivize contracting with 

employee-owned businesses (sec. 848) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 874 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) to extend the pilot program that 

incentivizes contracting with employee-owned businesses, modify 

the subcontracting requirement, and require the Department of 

Defense to prescribe regulations to carry out the pilot program. 

The committee notes that the extension is required to ensure the 

Department has requisite time to complete the federal rulemaking 

process for successful implementation of the pilot program. 

SUBTITLE E—OTHER MATTERS 

Limitation on the availability of funds pending a plan for 

implementing the replacement for the Selection Acquisition 

Reporting system (sec. 861) 

The committee recommends a provision to limit the use of 

travel funds for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 

for Acquisition and Sustainment until that office provides a 

plan for how it intends to implement the requirements of section 

809 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) for a replacement for 

the Selected Acquisition Reporting system. 

Extension of pilot program for distribution support and services 

for weapons systems contractors (sec. 862) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 883 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) to extend a pilot program for 

distribution support and services for weapons systems 

contractors to 8 years. 

The committee notes that the Comptroller General of the 

United States completed a report on the warehousing pilot 

program titled, "Weapon Systems Sustainment: DOD Needs to 

Improve Its Reporting for Warehousing Pilot Program" (GAO-23- 

105929), and made several compelling recommendations. The 

Comptroller General found that the Department of Defense's (DOD) 

assessment of cost-effectiveness was incomplete, and it did not 

follow the relevant Department instruction. Without a complete 

and accurate cost-effectiveness analysis, the committee cannot 

adequately evaluate the existing pilot program. 
Therefore, the committee directs the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment to perform a 

complete cost-effectiveness analysis of the pilot program that 

follows the guidelines established in DOD Instruction 7041.03 

(or any successor instructions) and provide such analysis to the 

congressional defense committees, not later than March 1, 2024. 

Modification of effective date for expansion on the prohibition 

on acquiring certain metal products (sec. 863) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 844(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 118- 

283) to change the effective date from 5 years to 6 years. 

Foreign sources of specialty metals (sec. 864) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 4863(d) of title 10, United States Code, to place 

additional requirements on foreign sources of specialty metals. 

University Affiliated Research Center for critical minerals 

(sec. 865) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, to develop a 

plan to establish a new or expand an existing University 

Affiliated Research Center to increase the Department of 

Defense's ability to conduct research, development, engineering, 

or work force expansion related to critical minerals for 

national security needs. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Access to carbon fiber material for defense applications 

The committee notes the importance of ensuring that the 

Department of Defense has access to, and qualification of, the 

highest performing, most advanced raw materials available for 

application in key weapons systems, munitions, rotorcraft, 

unmanned aerial vehicles, fixed wing platforms, and other 

national security programs. The committee also notes that it is 

important to consider the sourcing for such raw materials to 

ensure a secure and resilient supply chain resistant to 

disruption from potential adversaries. 
Therefore, the committee encourages the Department to 

emphasize, whenever possible, sourcing for critical materials 

and components from domestic and allied or partner nation 

suppliers to better strengthen the web of trusted and resilient 

supply sources. For example, the committee is aware that the use 

of the highest performing and most technologically advanced 

carbon fiber available supports U.S. national security 

objectives to modernize and strengthen the U.S. military, 

maintain the U.S. competitive edge against the People's Republic 

of China and near-peer competitors, and ensure supply chain 

resilience through domestic and allied manufacturing of critical 

materials. 

Additional considerations for S-Series Integrated Product 

Support specifications 

In the committee report accompanying S. 4543 (S. Rept. 

117-130), the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2023, the committee directed the Under Secretary 

of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to provide a 

briefing, not later than March 1, 2023, to the committee 

following an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of 

adoption and implementation of the S-Series specifications for 

Integrated Product Support. The committee is disappointed that 

the Department of Defense did not provide the requested 

briefing, and notes that the Department is seeking a one-year 

extension in order to gather representatives from all of the 

military services to participate in the assessment. The 

committee expected the views of potential users of the 

specifications to be included in the assessment, and is 

concerned that the Under Secretary did not seek active 

participation by key stakeholders sooner. 

With the additional time provided by this delay, the 

committee believes that the Department should also examine ways 

to strengthen its data and analysis for the required assessment. 

For example, the Department could leverage existing prototyping 

and demonstration activities to provide practical examples of 

use cases, including tangible data collection, to enable a 

common architecture and data model for logistics and product 

support. Such activities could be used to better integrate and 

interoperate with international partners and allies. 

Additionally, the Department should consider how to fully employ 

commercial best practices and gather lessons from international 

partners and allies that have experience with adopting and 

implementing the S-Series, such as through a government-industry 

working group. The committee believes that such a group could 

best ensure full consideration of the value of the S-Series in 
improving life-cycle sustainment, enabling model-based product 

support, and improving warfighter readiness. 

Berry Amendment-compliant uniformed clothing 

The committee is concerned that U.S. manufacturing 

capacity is insufficient to satisfy Berry Amendment requirements 

for uniformed clothing items. This capacity limitation may 

negatively affect the quality, safety and timely availability of 

equipment for servicemembers. In particular, the domestic 

manufacturing capacity for Berry Amendment-compliant clothing, 

such as combat boots, worsted wool, and woven U.S.-grown cotton 

fabrics is of concern. These, like other supply chain concerns, 

have the potential to negatively affect the readiness of 

military forces, and without better insight into the relevant 

sectors, could result in unwanted supply chain surprises in the 

future. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary 

of Defense for Industrial Base Policy to brief the Senate Armed 

Services Committee, not later than March 1, 2024, on impediments 

to the manufacturing capacity to provide Berry Amendmentcompliant clothing items. This briefing shall include: (1) An 

assessment of the state of domestic manufacturing for worsted 

wool and woven U.S.-grown cotton fabrics; (2) An assessment of 

the impact of inflation and efforts to implement economic price 

adjustment clauses in contracts and subcontracts throughout the 

supply chain; (3) An assessment of the economic pressures caused 

by lack of a sufficient domestic manufacturing workforce; (4) An 

assessment of the feasibility of new mechanisms to increase the 

domestic production of worsted wool and woven cotton fabrics of 

the type used for military uniforms; (5) A review of Military 

Service regulations authorizing the use or wear of non-domestic, 

non-Berry Amendment-compliant clothing and footwear; (6) A 

review of the policy for on-installation sales of such products; 

(7) Recommendations for further coordination of efforts of the 

Department and any legislative or organizational changes that 

may improve the capacity of the U.S. industrial base; and (8) 

Any such other elements as the Secretary considers appropriate. 

Comptroller General review of acquisition leading practices 

The committee notes that Department of Defense (DOD) 

acquisition programs often deliver capabilities to warfighters 

at a pace that is too slow to effectively meet those 

warfighters’ needs. These delayed deliveries culminate from 

years-long, linear development acquisition programs structured 

to counter known and forecasted adversarial threats. The 
duration of these acquisition programs is such that by the time 

they deliver capabilities, the threats they were intended to 

counter have substantially evolved, as have the technologies 

available to most effectively prosecute those threats. 

Consequently, warfighters are left with new, but not cuttingedge, capabilities that are ill-matched to their most pressing 

needs. 

The committee believes that the Government Accountability 

Office (GAO) plays a key role in helping the DOD to continue 

improving the defense acquisition system and in providing new 

tools and measures that the committee can use to ensure that the 

Department’s efforts stay on track. GAO’s ongoing work on 

leading acquisition practices, initiated with a March 10, 2022 

report titled, "Leading Practices: Agency Acquisition Policies 

Could Better Implement Key Product Development Principles" (GAO22-104513), has provided valuable insights in this regard. 

Specifically, GAO has identified how selected companies 

consistently deliver innovative, “cyber-physical” (hardware and 

software integrated) products to market with speed that are 

matched to the dynamic needs of their customers. The committee 

understands that GAO plans to issue a follow-on report in July 

2023 that will further detail the specific structures and 

processes that underpin product development success. 

The committee believes that these two reports should 

constitute a beginning, rather than an end, to GAO’s work on 

leading practices for acquiring cyber-physical systems. The 

committee believes that there are additional, important topics 

that GAO’s leading practices work has yet to cover, including 

product business case development, portfolio management, and 

iterative approaches to production, among others, which can 

benefit the DOD and other Government acquisitions. Therefore, 

the committee encourages the Comptroller General of the United 

States to continue pursuing a body of work that assesses leading 

practices for acquiring cyber-physical systems and periodically 

report to the congressional defense committees on its findings. 

Comptroller General study on requirements for data rights 

The committee is concerned that military readiness is 

negatively impacted by the Department of Defense’s inadequate 

data rights analysis, ordering, inspection, and enforcement. 

These data rights shortfalls contribute to the Department’s 

inability to perform critical tasks for regulatory compliance, 

acquisition oversight, technical and design reviews, and 

operations, maintenance, installation, and training (OMIT) 

functions. Data rights validation problems may also exist, 

including improper limited rights assertions to form, fit, and 
function (FFF) information that are not discovered until years 

after data delivery. While these issues may be a manageable, if 

inefficient, challenge in peacetime, the committee regards them 

as an unacceptable risk to mission success should they occur 

during a period of heightened tension, contingency operations, 

or outright conflict. 

The committee notes that the Department of Defense is 

granted unlimited data rights to OMIT and FFF under section 3771 

of title 10, United States Code. However, in practice these data 

rights and data ordering authorities often do not enable the 

Department to perform its required tasks. These gaps are often 

the result of interpretation differences between government 

contracting professionals and industry as to what level of 

detail should be provided under contractual data delivery 

ordering language. As a result, the Department ineffectively 

tailors data rights requirements to meet its minimum needs. The 

committee understands the need for balanced and appropriate 

solutions that respect the equities and interests of both 

industry and government, but also recognizes the Department’s 

urgent requirements during active hostilities or emergency 

contingency operations. In order to balance the needs of the 

government with industry incentives to stay in the defense 

marketplace, the committee believes that the Department should 

pursue revenue models that are compatible with different use 

cases and assumptions that change depending on the level of 

conflict. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to conduct a study on data acquisition and 

data rights required to enable various use cases. Specific use 

cases to be considered should include instances in which the 

presence or lack of adequately negotiated data rights and 

ordering has had a direct impact on availability or mission 

capable rates for specific assets. These use cases shall be 

considered in terms of peacetime, contingency, and wartime 

requirements, to include unique military requirements such as 

battle damage repair, industrial mobilization, and point of use 

manufacturing and modification when logistics are contested by 

adversary action. 

The study shall also consider business and revenue models 

which include variables such as whether the government is the 

primary investor for a given part, a co-investor in the part, 

provided no investment, or if neither the government nor the 

contractor is an investor because the entities used other 

intellectual property products or obvious variations of such 

products. Finally, the study shall include an assessment of data 

deliverables to determine the extent to which the data were not 
delivered as ordered, or whether the Department failed to assert 

the necessary level of data rights for the desired end state. 

An interim briefing shall be provided to the Committees on 

Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 

not later than February 1, 2024, with the final report to be 

delivered at a mutually agreed upon time. 

COTS solutions for tactical network 

The committee recognizes the significance of enhancing the 

capability to provide the warfighter with real-time ad-hoc 

tactical information. Therefore, the committee encourages the 

Department of Defense (DOD) and the services to evaluate and 

consider what commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products are 

currently available to further DOD's mission to secure and 

improve its tactical network. Additionally, the committee 

encourages DOD and the services to identify if and how these 

COTS capabilities integrate and enable service priorities 

identified under the Joint All-Domain Command and Control 

program. 

Defense Civilian Training Corps 

The committee continues to support Department of Defense 

(DOD) efforts to pilot the Defense Civilian Training Corps 

(DCTC) as part of implementing the requirement for modernizing 

and strengthening the DOD civilian pipeline. The committee is 

encouraged with the focus on expanding beyond traditional 

science and engineering fields to also include familiarization 

and incorporation of technical education for the enabling 

workforce, like contracting officers, requirement generators, 

financial management personnel and contract auditors, who would 

also benefit from greater understanding of the technical aspects 

of programs they oversee or support. Because of the potential 

benefits of the program, the committee believes that the 

Department should include DCTC in its fiscal year 2025 budget 

request to allow for the adequate resourcing needed to 

demonstrate, evaluate, and if possible, expand the current pilot 

activities. As part of piloting to test the design elements 

leading to full implementation by March 2025, the Department 

should identify and assess alternative approaches for a DCTC 

program that is integrated, based on common talent development 

needs, strongly connected to national security needs, and 

aligned with similar needs and capabilities in the defense 

industrial base. 
Defense Finance and Accounting Service workforce development 

implementation plan 

The committee recognizes that the men and women within the 

Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) workforce are a 

critical resource for the Department of Defense to carry out its 

mission. In addition to ensuring timely and accurate payments 

and providing proper stewardship of tax-payer dollars, the 

abilities and experience that they currently provide are also 

used to support surge requirements during contingency operations 

and can be leveraged to support aspects of auditability and 

financial management improvement in the Department. 

The committee commends DFAS’ 5-year workforce development 

training program, but believes more detail is needed to 

translate that strategy to an enduring, adaptable, and 

integrated plan to support the talent management needs of the 

organization. As the working environment changes with the 

adoption of new automation and productivity tools, the committee 

also recognizes that continuous training, including targeted 

reskilling and upskilling programs, should be occurring in ways 

that are synchronized with the pace of the availability of these 

tools. Further, the committee believes that DFAS leadership 

should be proactively communicating with the workforce on such 

changes to ensure that the workforce takes full advantage of 

available training opportunities, has the opportunity to provide 

feedback and recommendations on new training regimes, and to 

ensure that upskilling or reskilling opportunities are 

adequately reflected in positions descriptions and performance 

evaluations. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Director of DFAS to 

develop an implementation plan for workforce development and 

brief the congressional defense committees on this plan, not 

later than May 1, 2024. Such plan shall include: 

(1) Current and projected training opportunities 

available to DFAS employees, including those that might be 

available commercially or through other programs such as 

SkillBridge and the Defense Civilian Training Corps; 

(2) Linkage of training opportunities to reskilling 

and upskilling needs of DFAS, including impact on recruiting and 

retention of the workforce to align with the 10-year workforce 

needs of DFAS; 

(3) Periodic surveys of the workforce (categorized 

by age demographic groups) to provide feedback to DFAS 

leadership on the impact of such training programs, as well as 

continuous performance enhancement recommendations to 

leadership; 
(4) Identification and collection of metrics related 

to training and alignment with significant automation tool 

rollouts; 

(5) A process for regular dissemination of 

information regarding re- and up-skilling programs, as well as 

the rollout of automation tools and their impact on the 

workforce; and 

(6) Any other elements the Director considers 

appropriate. 

Framework for mergers and acquisitions decision analysis 

The committee is aware of challenges facing the Department 

of Defense (DOD) with regard to consolidation within the defense 

industry. Many of these challenges were highlighted in the 

Department's February 2022 report, "State of Competition within 

the Defense Industrial Base." The committee is especially 

interested in the impact that mergers and acquisitions (M&A) may 

be having on the defense industrial base, both positive and 

negative. As a complex adaptive system, the committee recognizes 

that it is difficult to foresee the short- and long-term 

repercussions of such transactions, and there are few or no 

tools to support such "what-if" scenarios beyond human expert 

judgment. 

While much attention has been focused on the M&A 

activities of the largest defense companies, mostly due to legal 

requirements to review such transactions, the committee is also 

concerned about the impact of M&A below those statutory 

thresholds. Research currently underway at the Government 

Accountability Office has reiterated the lack of focus on below 

threshold M&A actions. The committee is also aware of the 

insufficient workforce available to review filings beyond the 

number required by law to thoroughly monitor below threshold M&A 

activities on an ongoing basis. This workforce shortage hinders 

the development of tools, methodologies, and processes to 

comprehensively evaluate the impacts and tradeoffs of various 

types of M&A, which contributes to an ad hoc, reactive approach. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary 

of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, in coordination with the 

Acquisition Innovation Research Center, to develop a M&A impact 

model to provide an analytical framework for comprehensively 

assessing the defense M&A environment, and to provide a briefing 

to the Senate Armed Services Committee not later than November 

1, 2024. In developing this M&A impact model, the Department 

should include the following considerations: 

(1) The competition goals the Department should 

pursue, linked to the tools the Department currently has to 
enhance competition, and what elements of M&A decision making 

would be most beneficial to link goals to those elements; 

(2) The levers the Department has to achieve its 

strategic objectives, including an assessment of the resources 

needed for the workforce to meet those objectives; 

(3) The data sources, internal to the DOD and 

available commercially, academically or publicly, that should be 

leveraged for decision making; and 

(4) Recommendations for how the Department should 

assess the impacts of consolidation below the statutory 

thresholds to better understand the long-term effect on 

innovation and the supply base. 

Office of Acquisition, Integration, and Interoperability 

The committee supports the establishment of the Office of 

Acquisition, Integration, and Interoperability (AI2) within the 

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition to 

institutionalize joint requirements development, acquisition 

management, and programming for joint kill chain integration 

efforts within the Department of Defense. 

The committee believes that the Department of Defense 

needs a single office with specific tools to rapidly generate 

joint requirements and combine them with resources and 

acquisition authorities. Such an office would provide the 

Department with the flexibility to proceed rapidly when 

integration opportunities to create or improve joint kill chains 

are identified by various departmental actors, especially the 

Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Mission Capabilities. This 

initiative is especially important for efforts related to joint 

command and control. 

The committee expects that the Director of the Office of 

Acquisition, Integration, and Interoperability will keep the 

committee apprised of any changes to law, Department of Defense 

processes, or resourcing necessary to rapidly generate joint 

requirements and combine them with resources and acquisition 

authorities. The committee encourages other organizations 

involved in this work, such as the Defense Advanced Research 

Projects Agency, the Strategic Capabilities Office, the Joint 

Staff, and relevant program executive officers or program 

managers, to continue supporting the growth of AI2 as a tool for 

joint integration efforts. 

Regulatory implementation timelines 

The committee recognizes that the implementation of new 

defense programs requires a thoughtful and rigorous process to 
develop the regulations necessary to provide a stable long-term 

foundation. This regulatory process can seem burdensome, but the 

time it takes is often necessary to ensure proper coordination 

across the government and industry, as well as to ensure that 

all aspects are examined, alternative approaches considered, and 

inputs from various impacted entities are evaluated properly. 

However, the committee believes that the ability to measure the 

time consumed by this process is critical to understanding how 

to improve the timeliness and efficiency of Department of 

Defense (DOD) acquisition processes. 

The committee notes that there is a useful model with the 

procurement administrative lead time (PALT) definition. PALT is 

the amount of time required to complete the actions leading to 

contract award. It is used by management to forecast contract 

awards and plan workload, but it can also be used to evaluate 

the efficiency of contracting personnel. Such measures for the 

regulatory implementation timelines would be useful for similar 

reasons. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to develop a formal DOD 

definition for regulatory implementation timelines, as well as a 

process for measuring that timeline for specific initiatives, 

and provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee 

not later than November 1, 2024. 

Review of anti-venom acquisition practices 

The committee is concerned that procedural delays and 

other Food and Drug Administration processes could adversely 

impact the procurement of snakebite anti-venom for the 

Department of Defense (DOD), particularly with regard to access 

for the Special Operations Community. To better understand those 

concerns, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 

provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee, not 

later than June 1, 2024, describing the DOD's current anti-venom 

acquisition practices, as well as the potential benefits of 

including snake bites on the list of neglected tropical diseases 

established under Section 524(a)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act, 21 United States Code 350(a)(3). 

Review of Department of Defense cash flow model 

The committee is aware that the Department of Defense's 

(DOD) recently completed Defense Contract Finance Study noted 

the need to review and potentially update the cash flow model 

DOD uses for its decision support. The current model is an 

operational tool used by the finance community to help 
understand the needs and impact of cash flow on particular 

businesses. The committee recognizes that, given recent 

experiences such as COVID-19 impacts on industry as well as 

related policies to increase progress payments to help with cash 

flow for industry, such models will be increasingly important 

strategic tools than can help the DOD understand cash flow at a 

macro level. Considering these lessons, the Department should 

validate its current cash flow model and ensure that the model 

accounts for the evolving economic marketplace dynamics that 

will impact industry, including the increase of remote work, 

workforce shortages, and supply chain scarcity or disruptions. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to conduct a review of 

its cash flow model and provide a briefing to the Senate Armed 

Services Committee on the review not later than February 1, 

2024. 

Software-as-a-Service 

The committee is aware that the rapidly evolving software 

marketplace often creates challenges for Department of Defense 

(DOD) policies to adapt at relevant speeds. For example, the 

committee notes that many cutting-edge technology companies use 

a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery model for their products 

rather than a traditional purchasing model. This model 

difference inadvertently creates a policy mismatch between 

Department needs and the ability of industry to meet those 

needs, which often results in DOD personnel not only being 

poorly equipped to buy software at a commercial scale, but also 

creates artificial barriers for companies that leverage SaaS 

models. 

Although the DOD acknowledges the importance of promoting 

modern software practices, the Department's acquisition 

practices need to adapt to better integrate commercial trends. 

The committee notes that adopting a consistent definition of 

SaaS that is recognized across the acquisition and information 

technology communities would be useful. The committee is aware 

that the National Institute of Standards and Technology has such 

a definition, but it is unclear if this definition is also used 

by the Department, or if there is another definition that is 

used across the acquisition workforce. The committee believes 

such a standardized definition should be established and 

socialized across the Department. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (USD(A&S)), in 

coordination with the DOD Chief Information Officer (CIO), to 

provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee not 
later than June 1, 2024, on the current state of acquisition of 

SaaS products and services. This briefing shall: 

(1) Identify the value propositions that SaaS might 

provide for the Department if fully leveraged; 

(2) Examine how SaaS is treated in software 

acquisition policy, including whether there is a standardized 

definition and, if there is, how that definition is integrated 

into contracting policy and training; and 

(3) Identify whether there is a bias in policy or 

other cultural factors in the Department impeding SaaS delivery 

models or products. 

In developing this briefing, the USD(A&S) and DOD CIO are 

encouraged to solicit feedback from small businesses and 

nontraditional vendors in the software market. 

Study on performance-based payments 

The committee is aware of the recent completion of the 

Defense Contract Finance Study by the Director of Defense 

Pricing and Contracting (DPC), the first comprehensive review of 

Department of Defense (DOD) contract financing since 1985. The 

study highlighted the importance of cash flow to businesses 

within the defense industrial base, particularly small 

businesses, and the DOD’s use of progress payments as a contract 

financing tool. The study also noted that other contracting 

financing options include the use of performance-based payments, 

by which contractors are paid based upon achieving contract 

milestones rather than costs incurred. 

The committee notes that these tools serve specific 

purposes, and each have different advantages and disadvantages 

that contracting officers need to consider when structuring 

their contracting approach. For example, the committee is aware 

that negotiating specific performance-based milestones can be an 

overly time-consuming process in some cases compared to progress 

payments, and contracting offices must exercise discretion to 

decide the most reasonable options. The committee is aware that 

DPC is analyzing the DOD's use of performance-based payments to 

complement this contract finance study. Gaining a better 

understanding of the needs and outcomes of these tools will be 

helpful for the committee to assess and evaluate the 

Department’s overall contracting effectiveness. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Director of Defense 

Pricing and Cost to conduct a study on the use of performancebased payments and to provide a briefing on the results of this 

study to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

House of Representatives by October 1, 2024. The study should 

include: (1) An analysis of costs incurred versus negotiated 
costs based on expectations at contract signing; (2) An analysis 

of trends in advanced payments made to contractors; and (3) Any 

recommendations DPC has for improving contract financing through 

the use of performance payments. 

Treatment of Nontraditional Defense Contractors 

Nontraditional Defense Contractors (NDCs) play an 

important role in providing innovative capabilities to the 

Department of Defense (DOD). The committee applauds the 

Department’s efforts in recent years to work with NDCs and 

encourage their participation in the defense innovation and 

industrial base, but believes that more can be done to leverage 

NDCs further. Specifically, the committee is concerned that 

contracting officers are reluctant to utilize commercial 

processes for the procurement of goods and services from these 

entities, hampering the Department’s ability to more effectively 

leverage self-funded NDC innovations. This reluctance appears to 

stem from three sources: (1) An incorrect assumption that an NDC 

must be directly contracting with the Department, forcing 

contractors to contract with NDCs on a non-commercial basis at 

any subcontract tier; (2) The misperception that only a DOD 

contracting officer can make the determination that an entity 

has NDC status; and (3) The undefined, inconsistent, and 

bureaucratic nature of the NDC determination process. The 

committee believes that correcting these three obstacles will 

help the Department more effectively leverage Nontraditional 

Defense Contractors. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to ensure that 

contracting officers are aware that: (1) Contractors have the 

authority to make an NDC determination for their suppliers and 

subcontractors; (2) Notwithstanding this authority, contracting 

officers may choose to deny the treatment of an NDC as 

commercial, except as required by section 3453 of title 10, 

United States Code; and (3) Prime contractors can treat products 

and services provided by nontraditional defense contractors as 

commercial products and commercial services, respectively, as 

specified in section 3457 of title 10, United States Code. 

The committee further directs the Under Secretary to 

provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and House of Representatives not later than June 1, 2024. 

This briefing shall describe the Department’s plans to create a 

streamlined process for contractors to attest to their status as 

an NDC, update policy to support the clarifications directed 

above, and included any additional recommended changes to policy 
or statute that might be beneficial to help better leverage 

nontraditional defense contractors. 

TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION 

AND MANAGEMENT 

SUBTITLE A—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF 

DEFENSE AND RELATED MATTERS 

Establishment of Office of Strategic Capital (sec. 901) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code, to establish the 

Office of Strategic Capital in statute, including its 

responsibilities. 

Reinstatement of position of Chief Management Officer of 

Department of Defense (sec. 902) 

The committee recommends a provision that would reinstate 

the position of the Department of Defense Chief Management 

Officer in Chapter 4 of title 10, United States Code. 

Modification of responsibilities of Director of Cost Assessment 

and Program Evaluation (sec. 903) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 139a of title 10, United States Code, to designate the 

Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) as the 

office responsible for standardizing analytical methodologies 

within the Department of Defense. In addition, CAPE shall 

establish a program evaluation competitive analysis cell and a 

pilot program on alternative analysis to improve analytical 

rigor. The provision also requires the Secretary of Defense to 

establish an analysis working group to identify and provide 

independent and novel methodologies for conducting program and 

capability evaluations. 

Roles and responsibilities for components of Office of Secretary 

of Defense for joint all-domain command and control in support 

of integrated joint warfighting (sec. 904) 

The committee recommends a provision that would establish 

roles and responsibilities for components of the Office of the 
Secretary of Defense for Joint All-Domain Command and Control 

(JADC2). 

The committee recognizes that fielding JADC2 capability 

is critical for preserving the military advantage of the United 

States and deterring conflict with potential adversaries. The 

committee supports the military services’ efforts to integrate 

their own service-specific platforms, systems, and networks to 

improve command and control. However, the committee is concerned 

by the long timelines associated with such efforts. Moreover, 

the committee is concerned that service-led initiatives 

associated with JADC2 will be insufficient to provide the joint 

integration that is urgently required. 

The committee is aware that the Chief Digital and 

Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO), at the direction of the 

Deputy Secretary of Defense, and in coordination with relevant 

elements of the Department of Defense, to include the combatant 

commands, is leading an effort to develop a joint data 

integration layer to improve access to, and interoperability of, 

data required for command and control across services, domains, 

and echelons. The committee further understands that the CDAO is 

leading iterative experimentation and assessment of the data 

integration layer through a series of experiments focused on 

rapidly delivering operational, data-centric, joint warfighting 

capabilities centered on the pacing challenge in the IndoPacific with ability to scale across the combatant commands. 

The committee supports this effort with U.S. Indo-Pacific 

Command (INDOPACOM) and directs the CDAO to rapidly scale across 

the combatant commands. The committee supports CDAO’s role as 

the lead office to develop a joint data integration layer for 

JADC2 that is purpose-built to integrate and interoperate with 

platforms, systems, and networks of all the military services. 

The committee recognizes that this must be a software-focused 

effort, and encourages CDAO to continue its partnership with 

commercial technology providers to rapidly deliver these 

capabilities. 

The committee directs the CDAO to provide a report to 

the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives, not later than December 1, 2023, on providing a 

plan and associated timelines for achieving the following 

objectives: (1) Deployment and demonstration of a joint data 

integration layer prototype in the INDOPACOM area of operations; 

(2) Transitioning such a prototype, upon its successful 

demonstration, to fielding as soon as practicable given the 

urgent need for JADC2 capability; (3) Reaching initial 

operational capability (IOC) of a joint data integration layer 

within the INDOPACOM area of operations; and (4) Developing 
future plans to scale this capability to future areas of 

operation across the combatant commands. 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretaries to support Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity 

Conflict (sec. 905) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Secretary of Defense to appoint two Principal Deputy 

Assistant Secretaries to support the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, one 

to support the Assistant Secretary in their role as the "service 

secretary-like" civilian responsible for the oversight and 

advocacy of special operations forces, and one to support the 

Assistant Secretary in the development and supervision of policy 

for irregular warfare, counterterrorism, and other related 

policy matters. 

The committee strongly supports efforts by the Department 

of Defense to institutionalize the role of the ASD SOLIC in 

exercising authority, direction, and control of all specialoperations-peculiar administrative matters relating to the 

organization, training, and equipping of special operations 

forces. However, the committee remains concerned that the 

number, seniority, and expertise of the personnel assigned to 

support the ASD SOLIC’s “service secretary-like” 

responsibilities continues to fall short of what is required to 

meet the intent of the ASD SOLIC reforms contained in section 

922 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2017 (Public Law 114-328) and subsequent acts. The committee 

notes the manpower study required by the Joint Explanatory 

Statement to Accompany the National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2022 (Committee Print No. 2) validated a 

requirement for 94 full-time personnel to adequately fulfill the 

"service secretary-like" responsibilities assigned to the ASD 

SOLIC. Unfortunately, as of January 1, 2023, the Secretariat for 

Special Operations was only staffed with a total of 46 

personnel. 

The committee believes hiring efforts should be 

prioritized and accelerated and stands ready to support 

additional resources, as necessary, to facilitate a fullystaffed ASD SOLIC, including the hiring of additional members of 

the Senior Executive Service. Additionally, as reflected in the 

recommended provision, the committee believes two Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretaries and additional members of the 

Senior Executive Service are necessary to fully support the 
range of responsibilities assigned to the ASD SOLIC and to 

adequately represent the ASD SOLIC at senior-level decisionmaking fora. Lastly, the committee believes the ASD SOLIC should 

receive appropriate support to enable effective growth and 

management of the Secretariat for Special Operations. In 

particular, we believe the Secretariat must be provided 

contiguous space within the Pentagon to support the unclassified 

and classified work of the staff and leaders assigned to the 

office. 

Modification of cross-functional team to address emerging threat 

relating to directed energy capabilities (sec. 906) 

The committee recommends a provision that would clarify 

the mandate of the Department of Defense's Anomalous Health 

Incidents Cross-Functional Team contained in section 910 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public 

Law 117–81) to include efforts related to "emerging directed 

energy capabilities, including such capabilities that could 

plausibly result in anomalous health incidents" as well as other 

clarifying changes. 

The committee notes its continued strong support for the 

Department of Defense's efforts to investigate the cause of 

anomalous health incidents (AHIs) and provide care for U.S. 

Government personnel and their dependents, who have been victims 

of these incidents. The work of the Department's AHI CrossFunctional Team is essential in understanding the possible range 

of technologies that may be the cause of these incidents, and it 

should continue with all urgency as the threat posed by directed 

energy weapons is likely to grow in the coming years. Further, 

the committee supports the military health system's continued 

commitment to treat all Federal personnel, regardless of 

employing agency, and their dependents, who have suffered an 

AHI. 

Pilot program on protecting access to critical assets (sec. 907) 

The committee recommends a provision that would establish 

a pilot program within the Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment with the authority to 

conduct assessments, support industrial base decision-making, 

and provide mitigation measures to counter adversarial capital 

flows into domestic and allied industrial entities intended to 

undermine or deny United States access to key industrial 

capabilities or access and placement needed for national 

security and military functions. The committee notes that 
funding is specifically authorized within an existing program 

element to carry out this pilot program. 

Extension of mission management pilot program (sec. 908) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

mission management pilot program, as authorized by Section 871 

of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 

(Public Law 117-81), and update the requirements of the pilot 

program. 

Conforming amendments to carry out elimination of position of 

Chief Management Officer (sec. 909) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 192(c), section 240b, and section 240d of title 10, 

United States Code, to update all statutory references to the 

defunct Department of Defense's Chief Management Officer. 

SUBTITLE B—OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT MATTERS 

Joint Energetics Transition Office (sec. 921) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to realign roles, responsibilities, and 

resources to create a Joint Energetics Transition Office in 

order to develop a strategic plan and investment plan for 

incorporating novel energetic materials into new and existing 

programs. 

Transition of oversight responsibility for the Defense 

Technology Security Administration (sec. 922) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to develop a transition plan and 

realign the Defense Technology Security Administration under the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy. 

Integrated and authenticated access to Department of Defense 

systems for certain congressional staff for oversight purposes 

(sec. 923) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to integrate, to the extent feasible, 
access tokens granted to the congressional defense committees 

with Department of Defense Parking Management Office software. 

Furthermore, the Director of Administration and Management 

and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs 

shall brief the Senate Armed Services Committee on modernizing 

the software used by the Department of Defense Parking 

Management Office to manage parking at the Pentagon by October 

30, 2023. This briefing should address the potential integration 

of parking software with access tokens generated pursuant to 

Section 1046 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263). 

Integration of productivity software suites for scheduling data 

(sec. 924) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the software used by the 

Department of Defense to schedule meetings, briefings, and 

hearings with the congressional defense committees is fully 

integrated and digitally interoperable with similar 

congressional software. 

The committee notes that while both the Department of 

Defense and the Congress have largely migrated to Microsoft 365 

at great cost, the core scheduling functions of Microsoft 

Outlook remain inaccessible to either side. Given the extremely 

small number of congressional staff and personnel from the 

Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative 

Affairs, the committee remains concerned that the Department of 

Defense is missing opportunities to expand congressional 

engagement due to basic failures of functionality in its 

productivity software suite. 

Operationalizing audit readiness (sec. 925) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries 

of the military departments, to develop a set of command metrics 

that link existing audit readiness metrics with unit leadership 

metrics, as well as assess means for integrating such metrics 

into the performance evaluations process for unit commanders. 

The provision would also require the President of the Defense 

Acquisition University to develop training curricula to support 

the implementation of such metrics in the day-to-day performance 

of unit commanders. 

Next generation business health metrics (sec. 926) 
The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the secretaries 

of the military departments and acting through the Director of 

Administration and Management, to develop an updated set of 

business health metrics to inform senior leader decision-making 

in the Department of Defense. 

Independent assessment of defense business enterprise 

architecture (sec. 927) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to select a federally funded research 

and development center or a university affiliated research 

center to conduct an independent assessment of the Department of 

Defense Business Enterprise Architecture. 

Limitation on establishment of new diversity, equity, and 

inclusion positions; hiring freeze (sec. 928) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

the Secretary of Defense from establishing new positions with 

responsibility for matters relating to diversity, equity, and 

inclusion (DEI), or from filling any such positions vacated 

after the date of enactment of this Act. The prohibitions in 

this provision would expire upon delivery by the Comptroller 

General of the United States of a review of the Department of 

Defense DEI workforce required elsewhere in this Act, due 

February 28, 2024. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Standardized methodology for cost savings and avoidance 

calculations 

The committee notes the importance of being able to fully 

understand the analysis and tradeoffs that go into various 

budgetary planning decisions for the Department of Defense in a 

systematic and transparent way. This is especially true when the 

Department attempts to aggregate cost savings at a program level 

in order to demonstrate macro-level savings across the future 

years defense program. In past periods of budget austerity and 

efficiencies, the Department has had trouble clearly 

substantiating its claim of where and how it was achieving cost 

savings without the appearance of duplication, obfuscated 

calculations, and lack of consistency of application across the 

various components. The committee recognizes that similar 

attempts to demonstrate cost avoidance at a macroscale are even 
more unsystematic and lack consistent rigor. The result is a 

lack of confidence and trust when such macro cost savings and 

cost avoidance numbers are provided to the committee. 

The committee is aware that the services have their own 

processes for determining cost savings and cost avoidance. The 

committee is also aware that the methodologies used across the 

Department of Defense vary slightly and make cross comparison in 

a consistent way difficult. The committee believes that the 

Department should expend analytic effort to review and 

standardize the methodology used across the Department and 

military departments for calculating cost saving and avoidance, 

and promulgate policy and resources to enforce such 

standardization. The committee believes such methodological 

consistency will allow for better understanding by congressional 

consumers, and improve the trust and confidence in such data. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the Cost 

Assessment and Performance Evaluation (CAPE) office to conduct a 

review of the service methodologies for calculating cost savings 

and cost avoidance and to provide a report to the congressional 

defense committees by November 1, 2024. The report on this 

review should include: 

(1) A descriptive analysis of the methodologies 

currently used by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the 

military departments; 

(2) Identification of any gaps, inconsistencies, or 

shortfalls between these methodologies, as well as underlying 

data and supporting information systems; 

(3) Recommendations for how to resolve or mitigate 

such differences as identified in (2); 

(4) Analysis of the feasibility and advisability of 

creating a unified standardized methodology for use across the 

Department; and 

(5) Assessment of the opportunities to leverage 

improved artificial intelligence and machine learning data 

analytics and visualization capabilities in order to implement 

current or future cost savings and cost avoidance processes in a 

more efficient and standardized way. 

TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

SUBTITLE A—FINANCIAL MATTERS 

General transfer authority (sec. 1001) 

The committee recommends a provision that would allow the 

Secretary of Defense to transfer up to $6.0 billion of fiscal 
year 2024 funds authorized in division A of this Act to 

unforeseen higher priority needs in accordance with normal 

reprogramming procedures. Transfers of funds between military 

personnel authorizations would not be counted toward the dollar 

limitation in this provision. 

Annual report on budget prioritization by Secretary of Defense 

and military departments (sec. 1002) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to deliver a report to the 

congressional defense committees not later than 15 days after 

the annual budget submission that describes the reductions or 

eliminations of total obligational authority for programs, 

projects, and activities compared to the prior-year projection. 

Additional reporting requirements related to unfunded priorities 

(sec. 1003) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 222a of title 10, United States Code, to add additional 

reporting requirements related to unfunded priorities. 

Sense of the Senate on need for emergency supplemental 

appropriations (sec. 1004) 

The committee recommends a provision that would express 

the sense of the Senate that there are growing national security 

concerns that require additional funds beyond the defense 

spending limit and urges the President to send emergency 

supplemental funding requests to address those concerns, to 

include continued support for Ukraine, additional munitions 

production, and additional naval vessels and combat vehicles. 

SUBTITLE B—COUNTERDRUG ACTIVITIES 

Disruption of fentanyl trafficking (sec. 1011) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with other relevant 

Federal agencies, to develop and submit to the appropriate 

congressional committees a strategy to use existing Department 

of Defense authorities to counter fentanyl trafficking into the 

United States. The provision would also require the Secretary of 

Defense to report on efforts to enhance security cooperation 
with the Government of Mexico to counter transnational criminal 

organizations within Mexico that traffic fentanyl. 

Enhanced support for counterdrug activities and activities to 

counter transnational organized crime (sec. 1012) 

The committee recommends a provision that would modify 

section 284(b) of title 10, United States Code, to add planning 

services to the types of support that may be provided. 

Modification of support for counterdrug activities and 

activities to counter transnational organized crime: increase in 

cap for small scale construction projects (sec. 1013) 

The committee recommends a provision that would modify the 

authority under section 284 of title 10, United States Code, to 

increase the cap on small scale construction support to foreign 

counterdrug partners from $750,000 to $1.5 million. 

Building the capacity of armed forces of Mexico to counter the 

threat posed by transnational criminal organizations (sec. 1014) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 

State, to establish a pilot program to assess the feasibility 

and advisability of building the capacity of armed forces of 

Mexico in the United States on jointly agreed goals to counter 

the threat posed by transnational criminal organizations. The 

provision would also require a plan for implementing the pilot 

program. 

SUBTITLE C—NAVAL VESSELS 

Modification of authority to purchase used vessels under the 

National Defense Sealift Fund (sec. 1021) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2218 of title 10, United States Code, to allow the 

Department of Defense to continue modernizing the Ready Reserve 

Force and the Military Sealift Command surge sealift fleet. 

Amphibious warship force availability (sec. 1022) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 8062 of title 10, United States Code, to direct the Navy 

to schedule maintenance and repair activities for amphibious 
ships in order to ensure that 24 such warships are available for 

worldwide deployment at any given time. 

Prohibition on retirement of certain naval vessels (sec. 1023) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

the use of funds to retire or place in storage three dock 

landing ships and one guided missile cruiser. 

Report on the potential for an Army and Navy joint effort for 

watercraft vessels (sec. 1024) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the Secretary of 

the Army, to submit, not later than February 29, 2024, a report 

to the congressional defense committees on the feasibility of 

conducting a joint Army and Navy effort to develop and field a 

family of watercraft vessels to support the implementation of 

the Marine Corps concept of Expeditionary Advanced Base 

Operations and Army operations in maritime environments. 

The report shall include an assessment of whether a shared 

base platform could meet Department of the Navy and Department 

of the Army requirements and, if so, an assessment of the 

benefits and challenges of: (1) Procuring a technical data 

package to allow simultaneous construction by multiple builders; 

and (2) Using block buy authorities. 

SUBTITLE D—COUNTERTERRORISM 

Extension of prohibition on use of funds to close or relinquish 

control of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 

(sec. 1031) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1036 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) to extend through the end 

of fiscal year 2024 the prohibition on the use of funds provided 

to the Department of Defense to: (1) Close or abandon United 

States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; (2) Relinquish 

control of Guantanamo Bay to the Republic of Cuba; or (3) 

Implement a material modification to the Treaty between the 

United States of America and Cuba, signed at Washington, D.C., 

on May 29, 1934, which modification would constructively close 

United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
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) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1033 of the John S. McCain National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) to 

extend through December 31, 2024, the prohibition on the use of 

funds provided to the Department of Defense to transfer or 

release individuals detained at United States Naval Station, 

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States. 

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) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1034(a) of the John S. McCain National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) to 

extend through December 31, 2024, the prohibition on the use of 

funds provided to the Department of Defense to construct or 

modify facilities in the United States to house detainees 

transferred from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

Cuba. 

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) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1035 of the John S. McCain National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) to 

extend through December 31, 2024, the prohibition on the use of 

funds provided to the Department of Defense to construct or 

modify facilities in the United States to transfer or release 

individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

Bay, Cuba, to Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan. 

SUBTITLE E—MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORITIES AND 

LIMITATIONS 

Extension of admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands for certain non-immigrant H-2B workers 

(sec. 1041) 
The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 6(b)(1)(B) of the Joint Resolution titled "A Joint 

Resolution to approve the 'Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth 

of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the 

United States of America', and for other purposes" (48 U.S.C. 

1806(b)(1)(B)), approved March 24, 1976, by extending the 

deadline for certain non-immigrant H-2B workers. 

The committee notes that this provision would support the 

realignment of U.S. forces to Guam by addressing limited 

workforce availability on Guam. The committee understands that 

current labor market conditions are constrained by the H-2B 3- 

year service restriction waiver expiring in 2024. Without this 

provision, construction costs for the Department of Defense are 

estimated to increase by at least $250.0 million, and the Marine 

relocations from Japan may be delayed. 

Authority to include funding requests for the chemical and 

biological defense program in budget accounts of military 

departments (sec. 1042) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1701(d)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

(NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 1994 (Public Law 103-160) by 

changing the budget authority from prohibitive to permissive. 

The committee notes that since the FY 1994 NDAA, the Army 

has been prohibited by statute from requesting military 

construction funds for chemical-biological facilities like 

Dugway Proving Ground as part of the President’s annual budget 

request. In 2023, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs and the Army 

signed an agreement that transferred funding responsibilities 

for Dugway Proving Ground to the Army. The committee believes 

this provision would grant the Army sufficient budget authority 

to request funding for military construction relating to 

chemical-biological facilities. 

Unfavorable security clearance eligibility determinations and 

appeals (sec. 1043) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to provide the same administrative due 

process in cases of unfavorable security clearance eligibility 

determinations for members of the Armed Forces and Department of 

Defense (DOD) civilian employees that is currently provided for 

contractor personnel through the Defense Office of Hearings and 

Appeals (DOHA). The provision would be effective the earlier of 

September 30, 2024, or the date on which the DOD General Counsel 
certifies to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives that DOHA is prepared to execute 

its responsibilities under this section. 

Assistance in support of Department of Defense accounting for 

missing United States Government personnel (sec. 1044) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 408 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the 

provision of funds by the Department of Defense to foreign 

nations to assist in accounting for missing United States 

Government personnel. The provision would also modify the 

congressional reporting requirement in section 408 of title 10, 

United States Code, to require an annual report on the 

Department's use of the authorities provided by that section. 

Implementation of arrangements to build transparency, 

confidence, and security (sec. 1045) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Secretary of Defense to use amounts authorized for operation 

and maintenance for travel, transportation, and subsistence 

expenses for meetings and demonstrations hosted by the 

Department of Defense in implementation of the Vienna Document 

2011 on Confidence and Security-Building Measures (the Vienna 

Document). 

The committee expects that meetings and demonstrations 

hosted by the Department of Defense in implementing the Vienna 

Document will be conducted consistent with the requirements of 

Annex IV and other relevant provisions of that document. 

Access to and use of military post offices by United States 

citizens employed overseas by the North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization who perform functions in support of military 

operations of the Armed Forces (sec. 1046) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 406 of title 39, United States Code, to require the 

Secretary of Defense to authorize the use of military post 

office boxes by United States citizens employed overseas by the 

North Atlantic Treaty Organization who perform functions in 

support of military operations of the Armed Forces. The 

provision would also require a briefing to the Committees on 

Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

not later than March 1, 2024, on the status of the revision of 

applicable regulations, and any legal or financial hurdles to 

implementation. 
Removal of time limitations of temporary protection and 

authorization of reimbursement for security services and 

equipment for former or retired Department of Defense personnel 

(sec. 1047) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 714 of title 10, United States Code, to modify the 

authority of the Secretary of Defense to provide certain former 

and retired Department of Defense personnel with protection 

within the United States, including authority to reimburse such 

personnel for security services and equipment procured at 

personal expense, under circumstances where serious and credible 

threats of harm arise from duties performed while employed by 

the Department. 

Annual Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) capabilities 

required to expand accounting for persons missing from 

designated past conflicts (sec. 1048) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, not later than March 1, 

2024, and annually thereafter, to post on a publicly available 

internet website a list of capabilities required to expand 

accounting for persons missing from designated past conflicts 

and to provide a briefing to Congress on those capabilities. 

SUBTITLE F—STUDIES AND REPORTS 

Annual report and briefing on implementation of Force Design 

2030 (sec. 1051) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Commandant of the Marine Corps to deliver an annual report 

and briefing detailing the programmatic choices made to 

implement Force Design 2030 capabilities, including capabilities 

and capacity divested to accelerate the implementation of Force 

Design 2030. The report would also cover the ways in which Force 

Design 2030 responds to strategic guidance and emergent concepts 

of operations. The committee notes that this reporting 

requirement subsumes the similar directive report language 

contained in section 1023 of the Joint Explanatory Statement to 

Accompany the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2023 (Committee Print No. 2). 

Plan for conversion of Joint Task Force North into Joint 

Interagency Task Force North (sec. 1052) 
The committee recommends a provision that would require, 

not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

that the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the heads of 

relevant Federal departments or agencies, submit to the 

congressional defense committees a detailed plan for converting 

Joint Task Force North into a joint interagency task force. The 

plan would be submitted in unclassified form, but could include 

a classified annex. The provision would require the Secretary to 

provide an interim briefing on the development of the plan to 

the congressional defense committees not later than 60 days 

after the date of enactment of this Act. 

Report on use of tactical fighter aircraft and bomber aircraft 

for deployments and homeland defense missions (sec. 1053) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on the use of 

tactical fighter aircraft and bomber aircraft for deployments 

and homeland defense missions. The study should: 

(1) Review both deployment and exercise requirements 

for tactical fighter aircraft and bomber aircraft levied by each 

geographic combatant command; 

(2) Assess deployable forces currently available to 

fulfill each of those requirements, and whether those forces are 

adequate to meet the global requirements; 

(3) Review any relevant tactical fighter forces or 

bomber forces that are not considered deployable or available to 

meet combatant command requirements; 

(4) Assess whether adequate consideration has been 

given to fighter coverage of the homeland during these 

deployments, in particular within the Alaska Area of 

Responsibility and the Hawaii Area of Responsibility; and 

(5) Assess U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy active duty, 

Air National Guard, and reserve land-based tactical fighter 

units that could be considered for inclusion into homeland 

defense mission requirements. 

The Secretary would be required to submit the results of 

this review to the congressional defense committees not later 

than May 1, 2024. 

Modifications of reporting requirements (sec. 1054) 

The committee recommends a provision that would modify 

certain reporting requirements. 

Report on equipping certain ground combat units with small 

unmanned aerial systems (sec. 1055) 
The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to provide to the congressional defense 

committees a report on equipping platoon-sized ground combat 

formations with certain small unmanned aerial systems. 

Comprehensive assessment of Marine Corps Force Design 2030 (sec. 

1056) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to contract with a federally funded 

research and development center to conduct an independent 

assessment of the U.S. Marine Corps modernization initiatives. 

The provision would require a report to be provided to the 

congressional defense committees on such independent assessment 

not later than one year after the date of entering into the 

contract, and the provision specifies required elements of the 

assessment. 

Strategy to achieve critical mineral supply chain independence 

for the Department of Defense (sec. 1057) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 

to submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives, one year after the date of 

enactment of this Act, a strategy to develop supply chains for 

the Department of Defense that are not dependent on mining or 

the processing of critical minerals in, or by, covered 

countries. The strategy should also prioritize production and 

processing in the United States, in order to achieve critical 

mineral supply chain independence from covered countries for the 

Department by 2035. 

Quarterly briefing on homeland defense planning (sec. 1058) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to provide a detailed briefing to the 

congressional defense committees, not later than February 1, 

2024, and every 90 days thereafter through February 1, 2026, on 

efforts to bolster homeland defense. 

Special operations force structure (sec. 1059) 

The committee recommends a provision that would express 

the sense of the Senate regarding special operations force 

structure, including that the Secretary of Defense should not 

consider any reductions to special operations force structure 
until after the completion of a comprehensive analysis of 

special operations force structure and a determination that any 

planned changes would not have a negative impact on the ability 

of combatant commanders to support the National Defense 

Strategy. The provision would also direct the Secretary of 

Defense to submit a report to the congressional defense 

committees assessing the optimal force structure for special 

operations forces not later than March 1, 2024. 

Briefing on commercial tools employed by the Department of 

Defense to assess foreign ownership, control, or influence (sec. 

1060) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to submit, not later than 180 days 

after the date of enactment of the Act, a report on countering 

industrial espionage, including a description of commercial and 

organically developed tools employed by the Department of 

Defense to assess the risks of foreign ownership, control, or 

influence within the defense industrial base, and specific 

commercial solutions the Department is currently leveraging to 

assess and mitigate these risks. 

Plan on countering human trafficking (sec. 1061) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, not later than 120 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, to submit a plan to the 

congressional defense committees for coordinating with defense 

partners in North America and South America and supporting 

interagency departments and agencies in countering human 

trafficking operations. 

Briefing and report on use and effectiveness of United States 

Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (sec. 1062) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 

briefing, not later than April 30, 2024, on the use of 

Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in light of foreign military 

activity in Cuba. 

SUBTITLE G—OTHER MATTERS 

Matters related to irregular warfare (sec. 1071) 
The committee recommends a provision that affirms the 

authority of the Secretary of Defense to conduct irregular 

warfare operations to defend the United States, allies of the 

United States, and interests of the United States. 

Joint concept for competing implementation updates (sec. 1072) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to provide the 

congressional defense committees with a written update and 

accompanying briefing on the implementation of the Joint Concept 

for Competing, released on February 10, 2023, every 180 days 

through March 1, 2026. 

Limitation on certain funding until submission of the Chairman's 

Risk Assessment and briefing requirement (sec. 1073) 

The committee recommends a provision that would limit 

certain funds from obligation or expenditure until the Chairman 

of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense submit 

to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives outstanding risk assessments. The provision 

would also amend section 153 of title 10, United States Code, to 

require an annual briefing on the assessments developed by the 

Joint Staff. 

Section 153 of title 10, United States Code, delineates 

the functions of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to 

include the development of an annual risk assessment. The 

primary purpose of the Chairman’s Risk Assessment (CRA) is to 

identify and evaluate the risk associated with executing the 

most recent National Military Strategy (NMS). However, the CRA 

also fulfills other critically important functions. For example, 

the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction, “Joint 

Strategic Planning System” (CJCSI 3100.01E) published May 21, 

2021, states that global integration, which is another 

prescribed statutory duty of the Chairman, “requires a shared 

understanding of threats, hazards, risks, and Joint Force tradeoffs. Strategic assessments provide the analytical foundation 

for this shared understanding.” According to the aforementioned 

instruction, both the CRA and the Joint Military Net Assessment 

(JMNA) are “essential assessments” in that process, and these 

documents “contribute to a wide-ranging, Comprehensive Joint 

Readiness analytical baseline, and thus guide the development of 

the Chairman’s military advice on global posture, readiness, 

risk, and the balance of near-term resource decisions with 

modernization to maintain our competitive advantage.” 
The statute requires that the CRA be delivered annually to 

the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives not later than February 15. Unfortunately, the 

CRA has not been submitted on time for the past several years. 

In one instance, the committee was informed, long after the 

fact, that a determination was made to withhold the CRA in 

contravention of the statutory requirements included in section 

153 of title 10, United States Code. On other occasions, it is 

the committee’s understanding that the CRA was delayed because 

the risk mitigation plan, required by law to accompany the CRA, 

had not been finalized. 

The failure to submit the CRA in a timely manner has 

disadvantaged this committee during the drafting of the annual 

national defense authorization act. A critical component of the 

risk assessment is to identify and assess force capabilities, as 

well as characterizing how risk varies over time due to budget 

priorities, tradeoffs, and fiscal constraints. As a result, the 

CRA is instrumental to the committee’s decision making process 

as it evaluates the authorities and resources necessary to 

implement the National Defense Strategy at various levels of 

risk. The completion and transmission of the CRA is a basic, 

essential, and longstanding requirement. Failure to perform this 

function is completely unacceptable. 

The committee is deeply frustrated by the demonstrated 

lack of urgency in providing these assessments on time to the 

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives. Therefore, the committee believes that it is 

appropriate, and necessary, to limit certain funding until such 

time as the outstanding CRAs are delivered as required by law. 

The committee also believes it is necessary to require an annual 

briefing from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 

activities enumerated under section 153 of title 10, United 

States Code. Finally, the committee directs the Director for 

Strategy, Plans, and Policy, Joint Staff (J-5), in conjunction 

with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, 

to brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

House of Representatives, not later than September 30, 2023, on 

the current status, and anticipated timeline, for delivering 

outstanding risk assessments. 

Notification of safety and security concerns at certain 

Department of Defense laboratories (sec. 1074) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Secretary of Defense to notify the congressional defense 

committees within 7 days after ceasing operations at any 
Department of Defense laboratory or facility rated at biosafety 

level (BSL)-3 or higher for safety or security reasons. 

Assessment and recommendations relating to infrastructure, 

capacity, resources, and personnel in Guam (sec. 1075) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander, 

United States Indo-Pacific Command, to assess the capacity of 

existing infrastructure, resources, and personnel available in 

Guam to meet United States Indo-Pacific Command strategic 

objectives, and provide a report on such assessment to the 

congressional defense committees not later than March 1, 2024. 

Program and processes relating to foreign acquisition (sec. 

1076) 

The committee recommends a provision to improve the 

process of foreign acquisition of U.S. defense articles through: 

(1) A pilot program for combatant commands to hire acquisition 

specialists as advisors; (2) A foreign acquisition industry day; 

(3) A Department of Defense (DOD) senior-level industry advisory 

group; (4) Establishment of DOD points of contact for Foreign 

Military Sales; and (5) Establishment of combatant command needs 

for exportability. 

Furthermore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, not later than October 

30, 2023, to provide a briefing to the Committee on Armed 

Services of the Senate on the status of foreign military sales 

cases above $100.0 million that have a completed Letter of 

Agreement. The briefing will include the following: (1) A 

description of the actual or anticipated timeline associated 

with the issuance of a Request for Proposal to the prime 

contractor, submission of the prime contractor's initial 

proposal, and the date of contract award; (2) Whether or not the 

Defense Contract Audit Agency performed a review, and if so, the 

associated schedule; (3) Whether or not an undefinitized 

contract action was awarded, and if so, the schedule for 

definitization and details on work stoppages that may have 

occurred due to limitations on obligations; and (4) Whether or 

not certified cost or pricing data were required, and if so, the 

number of subcontractors at any tier providing certified cost or 

pricing data. 

Technical and conforming amendments related to the Space Force 

(sec. 1077) 
The committee recommends a provision that would make 

technical and conforming amendments to titles 10 and 37, United 

States Code, related to the establishment of the Space Force. 

Authority to establish commercial integration cells within 

certain combatant commands (sec. 1078) 

The committee recommends a provision that would allow 

certain combatant commands to establish commercial integration 

cells for the purpose of integrating public and private entities 

with capabilities relevant to the area of operation of such 

command. 

Modification on limitation on funding for institutions of higher 

education hosting Confucius Institutes (sec. 1079) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1062 of the William M. ("Mac") Thornberry National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116- 

283) by removing the waiver authority. 

Modification of definition of domestic source for title III of 

Defense Production Act of 1950 (sec. 1080) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 702 of the Defense Production Act (50 U.S.C. 4552) to 

add Australia and the United Kingdom to the definition of 

domestic sources for the purposes of Title III of such Act. 

Comprehensive strategy for talent development and management of 

Department of Defense computer programming workforce (sec. 1081) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Department of Defense to develop a strategy for the talent 

development and management of the Department's computer 

programming workforce. 

Limitation on availability of funds for destruction of landmines 

(sec. 1082) 

The committee recommends a provision that would limit 

funding for the destruction of anti-personnel landmine munitions 

until the Secretary of Defense provides a report that describes 

current policy, projected inventories and associated costs, and 

a military assessment of inventory projections. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 
Analysis of Chinese penetration of transportation node 

infrastructure and commercial technologies to counter such 

actions 

The committee is concerned about the People’s Republic of 

China’s increasing ownership and operations of major logistics 

and infrastructure hubs throughout the world, which poses a 

significant threat to the ability of the United States to secure 

critical lines of communication and project power. The committee 

is aware that the Department of Defense is currently examining 

ways to leverage commercial technologies to address this 

concern. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a report to the Committees on Armed Services 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives by December 1, 

2023, that details existing and proposed Department of Defense 

initiatives intended to identify and mitigate threats to ensure 

the ability of the United States to secure critical lines of 

communication and project power. The report, at a minimum, shall 

include the following: 

(1) A list of major logistics and infrastructure 

hubs throughout the world under Chinese ownership or operation, 

to include both state- and privately-owned enterprises, which 

pose threats to the ability of the United States to secure 

critical lines of communication and project power; 

(2) A list of existing policy and program 

initiatives undertaken by the Department and the interagency to 

address concerns mentioned above; 

(3) An assessment of whether the aforementioned 

policies and program initiatives have succeeded; 

(4) A survey of commercial capabilities not yet 

utilized by the Department that are available to assist in 

situational awareness, interdiction, and mitigation of these 

threats; 

(5) An assessment of whether additional authorities, 

to include the Department’s ability to fund and provide loan 

guarantees for infrastructure projects, would assist in 

addressing threats posed by the People’s Republic of China; and 

(6) A cost estimate of any applicable programs. 

The report shall be unclassified and may include a 

classified annex. 

Assessment of threat posed by cartels and transnational criminal 

organizations 

The committee is concerned by the persistent threat posed 

by cartels and other transnational criminal organizations to 
United States national security as a result of their trafficking 

of fentanyl and other drugs, weapons, and humans, as well as 

money laundering and other illicit activities. The committee is 

concerned by the lack of sufficient progress in combating this 

threat. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the 

Defense Intelligence Agency to provide a briefing to the Senate 

Armed Services Committee, not later than October 31, 2023, on 

the role and impact of cartel and transnational organized crime 

on the security of the United States and the broader region. The 

briefing shall, at a minimum, address the following: 

(1) An assessment of the size, intent, composition, 

financing, and geographic reach of such organizations; 

(2) An assessment of the threat posed by such 

organizations to the United States and the broader region; 

(3) An assessment of which, if any, state actors are 

providing financial or other support to these organizations, and 

a description of the nature of such support; 

(4) An assessment of non-state actors that are 

providing financial or other support to these organizations, and 

a description of the nature of such support; 

(5) An assessment of any vulnerabilities that would 

present opportunities to degrade or dismantle the capabilities 

of such organizations; and 

(6) Any other matters deemed relevant by the 

Director. 

Briefing on Indo-Pacific Command contested logistics 

requirements 

The committee believes that a robust logistics system, 

providing both sufficient capacity to support major combat 

operations and resilience to operate under severe and sustained 

kinetic and non-kinetic attack, is vital to the Department of 

Defense’s (DOD) core missions of deterrence and warfighting. The 

committee is encouraged by recent DOD efforts to address 

contested logistics challenges, but remains concerned with the 

pace and scale of such efforts, as well as the resilience of 

such efforts in the face of attrition of equipment, logistics 

platforms, or prepositioned supplies. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than March 

29, 2024, on the current ability of the joint force to conduct 

contested logistics in the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) area 

of responsibility, and DOD efforts to improve contested 

logistics capabilities and capacity including: 
(1) Current concepts for sustaining each service 

component in a conflict scenario; 

(2) Total lift capacity requirements to complete 

combatant commander plans, to include force deployment, bulk 

fuel, munitions, and all other relevant classes of supply; 

(3) Current and planned lift capacity in theater; 

(4) Current and planned lift capacity out of theater 

that would be available to the combatant commander in a conflict 

scenario within relevant time frames; 

(5) A vulnerability assessment of current and 

planned concepts for sustaining combat operations in INDOPACOM; 

(6) An assessment of existing port infrastructure to 

support joint force peacetime and contingency operations, 

including the sufficiency of bilateral agreements to support 

contingency access to such infrastructure; 

(7) Any relevant support contracts in the region 

expected to mitigate sustainment requirements in a contingency; 

(8) Actions that can be undertaken and completed by 

each of the military departments within the next 4 years that 

would have the greatest impact on sustaining combat operations 

across all domains in INDOPACOM, both constrained and 

unconstrained by costs, accesses, policy, and statute; 

(9) An assessment of the extent to which deployed 

forces could meet logistical support requirements locally for 

consumables other than munitions and spare parts; 

(10) A net assessment of U.S. capabilities to 

sustain prolonged combat operations in INDOPACOM in the 2027 

time frame based on current projections of fielded capabilities; 

(11) A report on which Army logistics capabilities 

reside within the Active Army component compared with the Army 

National Guard and the Army Reserve; and, an assessment of the 

risk incurred by that mix, to include potential delays to Joint 

Force employment as a result of mobilization delays; and 

(12) Any other matters deemed relevant by the 

Secretary. 

Briefing on retention of survivable missile launchers 

Not later than February 28, 2024, the Secretary of Defense 

shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives a briefing on the Department of 

Defense requirement for survivable, non-strategic missile 

launchers, and the Navy’s plan to meet that requirement through 

the 2020s. 

The briefing shall address the following options for 

meeting the requirement: (1) Retaining Ohio-class guided missile 

submarines in service and any required life extension program to 
do so; (2) Deploying survivable missile launchers on other 

vessels; (3) Expanding the Marine Corps’ inventory of forwarddeployed mobile missile launchers; and (4) Such other options as 

the Secretary of Defense deems appropriate. 

The briefing shall also identify current validated 

undersea vertical launch system capacity requirements, planning 

scenarios used to develop such requirements, and any plans to 

reassess such requirements. 

Building maritime awareness and capacity of partner nations to 

protect maritime boundaries from Chinese illegal fishing 

The February 2023 Annual Threat Assessment of the Office 

of the Director of National Intelligence identifies the People's 

Republic of China's fleet of distant water fishing vessels as a 

leading contributor to the decline of maritime fisheries, 

through the overexploitation or degradation of fish stocks in 

Asia, Africa, and elsewhere, causing food insecurity and driving 

instability in some coastal regions. The committee notes that 

these Chinese fishing vessels travel great distances to heavily 

fish in or around other nations’ exclusive economic zones 

(EEZs), including the southeastern Pacific off Chile, Ecuador, 

and Peru; the southwest Atlantic off Argentina; the waters of 

the Gulf of Guinea and the Guinea current off west Africa; and 

waters in the western and northwestern Pacific. In many of these 

regions, partner nations lack the ability to effectively enforce 

against incursions and often face severe diplomatic backlash 

from China when they do. 

The committee believes that China's illegal fishing poses 

an international security threat and urges the Secretary of 

Defense to work with other relevant Federal departments and 

agencies to develop a plan to protect maritime boundaries and 

marine resources of our partner nations in these regions, 

including efforts to build the maritime domain awareness and the 

capacity of friendly foreign forces to respond to incursions by 

Chinese distant water fishing fleets into their EEZs. 

Combatting trafficking in persons 

The effects of human trafficking are wide-ranging. It not 

only irrevocably harms victims, but it damages good order and 

discipline and breaks down unit cohesion and readiness when it 

occurs in the Department of Defense (DOD) community. States with 

large military populations are acutely targeted by traffickers 

who set up their organizations just outside the boundaries of 

DOD facilities. Although the Department of Defense has taken 

steps through ongoing operations, such as Operation Keiki Shield 
in the State of Hawaii, to identify servicemembers seeking to 

participate in illegal activities, intervention programs focused 

on reducing demand for commercial sex to combat prostitution and 

sexual exploitation would further reduce trafficking around 

military installations. As such, the committee strongly 

encourages the DOD to update its program to combat sex 

trafficking to include on-base signage available in multiple 

languages for accessibility purposes where relevant. The 

committee believes the program should also include standardized, 

ongoing, data-driven training, building upon the existing 

Combating Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) program, and require 

training numbers to be reported to the CTIP Program Management 

Office. The DOD shall brief the Committees on Armed services of 

the Senate and the House of Representatives on a plan to update 

its program to combat sex trafficking no later than January 30, 

2024. 

Comptroller General Review of North American Aerospace Defense 

Aerospace Warning and Control 

The United States and Canada have operated the North 

American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to protect North 

America from airborne threats for 65 years. Over time, those 

threats have evolved from Soviet strategic bombers outside our 

airspace to terrorist threats inside that airspace. In the last 

decade, the airborne threats posed by a resurgent Russia and an 

increasingly aggressive China have further evolved in number and 

technological complexity. Whether from traditional aircraft or 

novel systems, such as the recent experience with high altitude 

surveillance balloons, the threats pose challenges to NORAD’s 

ability to detect and respond effectively. The committee needs a 

better understanding of the NORAD operating situation. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to conduct a review of the NORAD’s 

aerospace warning and control mission and procedures. The review 

should include an assessment of NORAD’s procedures to: 

(1) Intercept known adversary aircraft as such 

aircraft approach or enter United States airspace; 

(2) Intercept known adversary aircraft, if such 

aircraft are first detected within United States airspace; 

(3) Deal with simultaneous incursions into United 

States airspace by hostile aircraft that are geographically 

separated; 

(4) Manage command and control systems to determine 

the capacity for dealing with multiple airspace incursions of 

unknown or hostile aircraft; 
(5) Authorize engagements and the criteria for 

delegating engagement authority to various levels of command; 

(6) Interrogate, identify, and interact with 

unidentified aircraft on approach to, upon entry into, and 

within United States or Canadian airspace including conventional 

aircraft and air vehicles with low-closure rate, such as 

helicopters, small drones, and high-altitude balloons; 

(7) Deal with incursions into airspace over military 

installations, and coordination and information sharing, both in 

near-real time and after the fact, between military 

installations regarding airspace incursions of all types; 

(8) Transfer responsibility for aircraft of 

interest from NORAD to other geographic combatant commands; 

(9) Other related matters the Comptroller General 

deems appropriate. 

The committee also believes the Comptroller General should 

review and report on the history of air defense procedures and 

how they compare across NORAD regions and in restricted or 

military airspace, and the extent to which NORAD and the 

Department of Defense have assessed the effectiveness of NORAD’s 

aerospace warning and control capabilities and operations. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to 

brief the congressional defense committees on the preliminary 

observations of the review not later than January 15, 2024, and 

to provide final results to the congressional defense committees 

in a mutually agreed upon format and timeframe. 

Finally, the committee notes that the Comptroller 

General’s statutory right of access encompasses the information 

required for this review, including operational plans and 

policies, guidance, and other documentation. Accordingly, the 

committee expects the Secretary of Defense and the relevant 

Department of Defense components and commands to provide the 

Comptroller General full cooperation and access to the 

information and documentation related to this review, including 

relevant operational plans and policies. 

Comptroller General review of special operations intelligence, 

surveillance, and reconnaissance 

U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is in transition 

as it increases its focus on strategic competition while also 

maintaining responsibility for the counterterrorism and 

countering violent extremist organization mission set. 

Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) 

capabilities are essential to USSOCOM’s ability to conduct its 

missions. However, not all ISR assets are appropriate for all 

missions, and both USSOCOM and the military services intend to 
divest of ISR assets that special operations forces (SOF) have 

previously relied upon. 

The committee is concerned about how planned divestments 

will affect SOF operations and whether USSOCOM has planned to 

maintain an effective suite of ISR capabilities. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States 

to assess USSOCOM’s plans for its ISR capabilities including: 

(1) The effect that divestments of USSOCOM and 

service ISR capabilities may have in terms of cost and the 

capabilities available for operations and the risks USSOCOM may 

incur as a result of these divestments; 

(2) The investments USSOCOM intends to make in its 

ISR capabilities, the alignment of those investments with 

projected ISR requirements for SOF, and the risks these 

investments are intended to mitigate; 

(3) A comparison of the planned divestments and 

investments to USSOCOM and departmental strategic guidance for 

ISR and future operating environments; and 

(4) Any other matters the Comptroller General deems 

appropriate. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to 

provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than March 1, 

2024, and to provide final results to these committees on a 

mutually agreed upon date. 

Comptroller General Review of Theater Special Operations Command 

Sensitive Activities 

As the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Theater Special 

Operations Commands (TSOCs) focus more on integrated deterrence 

and irregular warfare capabilities, sensitive activities and 

related operational preparation of the environment and 

intelligence activities will likely assume even more importance. 

The committee has previously identified concerns with the growth 

of special operations sensitive activity capabilities and the 

DOD’s efforts to oversee and manage these capabilities, and 

remains concerned as DOD and U.S. Special Operations Command 

(USSOCOM) increase focus on strategic competition. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to assess the DOD and USSOCOM’s efforts to 

develop, fund, and oversee sensitive activities capabilities. 

The assessment should review: 

(1) Sensitive activities capabilities that reside at 

the TSOCs and how they are similar or dissimilar to capabilities 

provided by other special operations organizations, the defense 

intelligence enterprise, and other DOD components; 
(2) The relationship between TSOC sensitive 

activities capabilities and those described as operational 

preparation of the environment and intelligence activities; 

(3) DOD, USSOCOM, and combatant command oversight of 

TSOC sensitive activities; 

(4) DOD obligations when supporting TSOC sensitive 

activities and the accounts from which those obligations were 

drawn (for example, section 127f of title 10, United States 

Code, or other statutory authorities); 

(5) TSOC future resource needs for sensitive 

activities and the trend in terms of the number of personnel 

authorized and assigned to support those activities; 

(6) Future sensitive, or related, activity 

capability needs for the TSOCs; and 

(7) Other matters the Comptroller General deems 

appropriate. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to 

provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives not later than March 1, 

2024, and to provide final results to these committees on a 

mutually agreed upon date. 

Contingency planning for health care requirements of aging 

population at Guantanamo detention facility 

The committee notes the recommendations of the Chief 

Medical Officer (CMO) of the United States Naval Station, 

Guantanamo Bay, submitted in a report dated April 3, 2023, 

pursuant to the requirements of section 1036 of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117- 

81), regarding the provision of medical care to individuals at 

the Guantanamo detention facility. The scope of the assessment 

included quality of care; availability of medical facilities and 

resources; detainees' medical conditions and the likely progress 

of these conditions; any gaps in the facilities or resources 

needed to address medical conditions; the plan to address any 

gaps; and the ability of the CMO to access data, information, 

and assistance, as necessary. 

In April 2023, the International Committee of the Red 

Cross issued a statement following a visit to the Guantanamo 

detention facility, in which the head of delegation expressed 

concern that the detainees are "experiencing the symptoms of 

accelerated ageing," and that "their physical and mental health 

needs are growing and becoming increasingly challenging." As the 

population of detainees at Guantanamo ages, data from the 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that likely 

causes of early mortality among that age group include heart 
disease, lower respiratory disease, diabetes, liver disease, 

cerebrovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, septicemia, and 

kidney failure. 

The committee is concerned that the complex medical care 

required to address the needs of an aging detainee population at 

Guantanamo will place significant demands on the facilities and 

resources at, or available to, medical health providers 

servicing the Guantanamo detention facility. The committee urges 

the Secretary of Defense to take the necessary measures to 

ensure that comprehensive planning is put in place for 

delivering timely and appropriate medical care to address the 

predictable contingencies associated with an aging population. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not 

later than April 1, 2024, on the progress of the Department of 

Defense in contingency planning for addressing the anticipated 

medical contingencies for the aging population at the Guantanamo 

detention facility. 

Counter unmanned underwater vehicles strategy 

Incursions of unmanned aerial vehicles into United States 

airspace is an issue of concern. The committee believes that 

potential incursions of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) 

could pose similar problems for our security. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, 

in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to 

analyze incidents of suspected or confirmed intrusions by UUVs 

on or near U.S. military installations. Based on that analysis, 

the Secretary shall identify a strategy for addressing such 

incursions, and whether the Department needs to acquire 

different or enhanced capabilities to neutralize future threats 

from UUVs. The Secretary should deliver a report on that 

strategy to the congressional defense and intelligence 

committees not later than April 1, 2024. 

Defense Technology Security Administration review 

The committee is supportive of the agreement between 

Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (AUKUS). 

The committee notes that executing the AUKUS pillars will 

require significant and frequent technology transfer between, 

and among, the three countries. The committee also notes that 

the United Kingdom and Australia have raised concerns that the 
U.S. implementation processes for International Traffic in Arms 

Regulations (ITAR) may impede cooperation. 

Although the Department of State plays the most 

significant role in ITAR, the committee is aware that the 

Department of Defense (DOD) plays an important support role. The 

committee recognizes that the Defense Technology Security 

Administration (DTSA) is the lead DOD entity for ITAR review and 

compliance. DTSA administers the development and implementation 

of DOD technology security policies on international transfers 

of defense-related goods, services, and technologies. In light 

of the significant requirements for technology transfer likely 

under AUKUS, the committee encourages DTSA to examine its 

organization and processes and identify opportunities to 

streamline review and decision making. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Director of DTSA to 

provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee by 

December 1, 2023, on its organization, management, and processes 

related to ITAR. The briefing shall include: 

(1) A description of the roles and responsibilities 

of DTSA with respect to ITAR cases and compliance; and 

(2) Identification of any opportunities to 

modernize, streamline, or otherwise better facilitate ITARrelated processes, particularly as they pertain to the United 

Kingdom, Australia, and AUKUS. 

Department of Defense facilitation of non-programs of record 

The committee supports efforts of the Department of 

Defense (DOD) to review and 

improve its role in the foreign military sales process to better 

enable our allies and partners to meet their own national 

security needs. In this regard, emerging and evolving 

technologies can play an important role in delivering critical 

combat capabilities. The U.S. defense industrial base is capable 

of developing and manufacturing such technologies with 

remarkable speed and efficiency. Delivering these priority 

capabilities to our allies and partners will depend on enhancing 

the ability of the foreign military sales process to conclude 

and implement non-program of record (NPOR) cases in a timely 

manner. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Policy, in consultation with the Under Secretary of 

State for Arms Control and International Security, not later 

than March 1, 2024, to brief the Committees on Armed Services of 

the Senate and the House of Representatives on DOD efforts to 

facilitate the use of the foreign military process to deliver 
NPOR defense articles and services to allies and partners. The 

briefing should include discussion of the following: 

(1) DOD efforts to develop a methodology to 

facilitate the NPOR foreign military sales; 

(2) DOD efforts to develop Department-wide standards 

and timelines for NPOR foreign military sales cases; 

(3) An assessment of the desirability and 

feasibility of having a foreign military sales contracting 

construct dedicated for NPOR cases; 

(4) An evaluation of whether foreign military sales 

policy and processes for NPOR cases incorporate best practices; 

and 

(5) Recommendations, if any, including any 

appropriate legislative proposals, for providing critical NPOR 

capabilities in accordance with the objectives of the foreign 

military sales process. 

EPF-13 experimentation 

The committee recognizes the importance of experimentation 

with unmanned surface vessels, and in fiscal year 2021, the 

Congress added $50.0 million to convert EPF-13 to an unmanned 

logistics prototype. Along with unmanned features, the ship has 

been delivered to the United States Navy and successfully 

tested, including a transit from Mobile, Alabama to Miami, 

Florida. However, the Navy transferred the ship to Military 

Sealift Command (MSC) and has not demonstrated a clear plan for 

using the novel capabilities provided by EPF-13. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy 

to develop and execute a certification process for MSC mariners 

to operate EPF-13 using all autonomy enhancements, as well as 

advanced manned-unmanned teaming and expeditionary advanced base 

operations, through experimentation and development of concepts 

of operations in the fleet along with other unmanned surface 

vessels. 

Frigate second shipyard study 

The committee notes that the Department of the Navy will 

not be able to reach the policy goal of 355 battle force ships 

unless it expands production. The U.S. Navy's 30-year 

shipbuilding plan, dated December 9, 2020, anticipated standing 

up a second shipyard for the FFG-62 Constellation-class frigate 

in fiscal year 2023 and procuring four frigates in fiscal year 

2025. The committee further notes that the statement 

accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 

2022 (Public Law 117-103) paused plans for a second shipyard 
until the U.S. Navy proved the frigate design. With the first 

four ships of the class due to start construction before the 

close of fiscal year 2024, the committee believes the time is 

appropriate to study the requirements and schedule for a second 

shipyard. 

The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to develop 

a plan for a second shipyard to produce the Constellation-class 

frigate. The plan shall address: (1) The stability of program 

requirements and maturity of ship design; (2) A schedule for 

ordering a mature technical data package; (3) The contracting 

strategy to include how the U.S. Navy plans to compete the 

second shipyard; (4) Funding requirements by fiscal year; and 

(5) Capacity of the shipbuilding industrial base to support two 

construction yards for frigates to include available workforce. 

The Secretary of the Navy shall provide an interim 

briefing on such a plan to the congressional defense committees 

not later than February 1, 2024. 

Implementation of U.S. Special Operations Command’s 

Comprehensive Review of Special Operations Forces Culture and 

Ethics 

The committee believes the overwhelming majority of the 

special operations forces (SOF) community adheres to the highest 

standards of conduct and accountability. However, when ethical 

lapses occur, they tarnish the reputation of SOF, their 

contributions to our national security, and undermine trust of 

leaders. In 2020, in response to incidents of misconduct and 

unethical behavior within SOF, U.S. Special Operations Command 

(USSOCOM) assessed the culture, ethics, recruitment, and 

training of these forces. In its review, USSOCOM found that its 

cultural focus on SOF employment and mission accomplishment was 

to the detriment of leadership, discipline, and accountability. 

The review recommended 16 actions to address these issues in 

areas including: (1) Force employment; (2) Force accountability; 

(3) Leader development; (4) Force structure; and (5) Assessment 

and selection. The committee strongly supports ongoing efforts 

by USSOCOM to fully implement actions in response to the review. 

However, the committee's continued efforts are necessary to 

ensure reforms are having the intended effect, including 

institutionalizing lessons learned and reinforcing a culture of 

accountability across the SOF community. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to assess the status of the implementation 

of recommendations of the Comprehensive Review of Special 

Operations Forces Culture and Ethics. The assessment shall 

include: (1) The extent to which USSOCOM has implemented 
recommendations from its 2020 Comprehensive Review; (2) The 

extent to which USSOCOM has established measures to monitor 

progress in implementing recommendations from its review, to 

include gauging the effectiveness of its actions in addressing 

misconduct and ensuring transparency and accountability within 

SOF; and (3) Any other issues the Comptroller General deems 

appropriate with respect to the implementation of 

recommendations of the USSOCOM’s Comprehensive Review or 

additional actions that should be taken to reinforce a culture 

of accountability across the SOF community. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to 

provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives on the results of the 

review, not later than March 1, 2024, and issue a report to 

follow at a time agreed upon at the time of the briefing. 

Link-16 

The committee recognizes the criticality of the military’s 

Link-16 datalink systems to the execution of Joint Warfighting 

and observes that issues with Department of Defense (DOD) 

policies have stalled vital modernization of these systems since 

2021. The committee also observes that the current inability to 

use Link-16 by a large number of DOD weapon systems degrades 

training and significantly increases the risk to service members 

and vital equipment from air-to-air collisions. The failure of 

the DOD to expeditiously resolve issues with Department 

processes and align Link-16 system management and certification 

practices to support agile software development continues to put 

national security and effective deterrence at risk, incurs 

additional costs to the Department, and drives increased risk to 

military personnel and equipment. 

The committee notes that, to meet the pace of current 

agile software development practices, the Department of Defense 

must be able to rapidly and routinely test new Link-16 

developmental software without requiring many months of 

electromagnetic compatibility features certification overhead 

for each new developmental software change. The committee 

observes that current coordination by the DOD has resulted in 

several one-off allowances of such testing, but that a 

standardized process for routine and continual coordination does 

not currently exist. The committee further observes that, in the 

case of GPS jamming, the Department has had success with 

mitigating the potential for spectrum interference with nonmilitary systems through the use of a standardized Chairman, 

Joint Chiefs of Staff Manual process that both coordinates its 
use, and limits the conditions of its use, to within militaryuse airspaces for more routine approval. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, 

not later than February 1, 2024, on a plan to standardize a 

process through the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Manual 

directive to coordinate for routine and continual approval 

within special-use airspaces for the purposes of testing Link-16 

radio systems and associated software that have not completed 

electromagnetic compatibility features certification. Such 

process shall include, at a minimum, the Nevada Test and 

Training Range, Restricted Area 2508, Warning Area 151/470, 

Warning Area 386, and the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex. 

Littoral Combat Ship retirements 

The Navy plans to retire seven Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) 

vessels over the next 3 years. The committee is concerned that 

proceeding with these LCS retirements without a plan in place 

for future vessels to replace them will lead to uncertainty 

among our industry partners that support the fleet. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy 

to submit to the congressional defense committees a 10-year plan 

for ship homeporting that would reflect proposed LCS 

retirements, and how the Navy’s plan will ensure stability in 

industries supporting the fleet concentration areas. That report 

should be submitted not later than April 1, 2024. 

Management and implementation of the foreign military sales 

program 

The committee directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to conduct a study of the capacity, efficiency, 

and timelines of the Department of Defense (DOD) organizations 

responsible for managing and implementing the foreign military 

sales program. The committee further directs the Comptroller 

General to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives by July 

1, 2024. Additionally, by February 1, 2024, the committee 

directs the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency 

to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives on how the Department is 

implementing, or why they do not believe they should implement, 

the recommendations that remain open in the Government 

Accountability Office report titled, “Foreign Military Sales: 

DOD Needs to Improve Its Use of Performance Information to 

Manage the Program” (GAO-17-703). 
Mitigation of Aviation Transponder Vulnerabilities 

The Department of Defense (DOD) has confirmed in briefings 

that it has developed a number of tactics, techniques, and 

procedures (TTPs), which it calls Joint/Interagency-Ground/Air 

Transponder Operational Risk Reduction, that are intended to 

mitigate the operational security threats posed by third parties 

tracking DOD aircraft through open source data broadcast by 

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast transponders. The 

Department has also confirmed that it has tested these TTPs and 

that they can be effective against tracking. 

However, the Department acknowledges that the use of these 

TTPs is not consistently applied for sensitive DOD flights, in 

part because the decision whether to use the TTPs has been 

decentralized due to a lack of an overarching DOD policy. 

The committee understands there are several software 

programs that track DOD aircraft, including aircraft DOD uses to 

transport senior government officials. The software is able to 

do this because these flights are not using the TTPs, making 

them readily tracked. Therefore, the committee expects the 

Secretary of Defense to address this situation by ensuring that 

a DOD-wide policy for preventing release of such sensitive 

information is promulgated as soon as possible. 

New Starts via Transfer Authority 

Section 1001 of this Act provides the Secretary of Defense 

with the authority to transfer not more than $6.0 billion of 

funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense 

for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military 

requirements, than those for which they were originally 

authorized. The committee notes that this section does not 

preclude the Department from transferring funds towards new 

start efforts, subject to proper justification, and that in the 

last three fiscal years, over 31 new start programs have been 

initiated in the year of execution with the support of the 

congressional defense committees. The committee anticipates the 

military departments utilizing this same authority in fiscal 

year 2024 and is aware of certain new start programs, such as 

the Department of the Air Force's Long Range Kill Chains 

(SPACE), Autonomous Collaborative Platforms, Counterspace 

Systems, and the Joint Strike Missile programs. 

Operationalizing small and medium unmanned surface vessels 

The growing threat environment is increasing risks to 

manned ships as well as increasing operational requirements of 
ships in theater. The committee is concerned the Navy cannot 

produce enough ships in time to fill lower-end maritime security 

missions. The applied adoption and use of unmanned technology, 

as seen in the war in Ukraine, and the emergence of artificial 

intelligence advances in autonomy have demonstrated effective 

kill chain concepts that the Navy must adopt as well as counter. 

The committee recognizes and commends Task Force 59 (TF59) and the Overlord program for their integration and 

experimentation with artificial intelligence and unmanned 

technologies and their demonstration and prototyping of unmanned 

capabilities. The committee is interested in how the Navy plans 

to incorporate lessons learned and rapidly integrate these 

efforts into the fleet. Specifically, the committee is 

interested in understanding the Navy’s plan to field additional 

unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) and to evolve TF-59 

demonstrations and experiments into specific requirements and 

acquisitions for rapid and scaled delivery of small USVs. 

The committee directs the Navy to develop a plan to adopt 

USVs that addresses gaps in lower-end maritime security missions 

and demonstrates how small and medium USVs, through mannedunmanned teaming, can improve the survivability, lethality, or 

tasking of manned platforms. The committee directs the Chief of 

Naval Operations to provide a briefing to the congressional 

defense committees, not later than December 1, 2023, addressing: 

(1) The types of missions that can be conducted by both 

government and commercially available USVs; (2) Speeds and 

endurance of identified vessels; (3) Types of data collected, 

classification levels, and type of encryption; (4) Ability of 

vessels to comply with Convention on the International 

Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea; and (5) 

Recommendations for which manned platforms would benefit from 

USV escorts. 

Reference libraries 

Library collections of reference materials represent a 

vital resource for maintaining the national security of the 

United States. These collections may contain reference materials 

from biological sources, which can vary greatly in both type and 

scale, as well as virological and toxicological materials. These 

reference collections are unique resources that help recruit and 

retain personnel who are leading experts in their respective 

fields. Reference collections are also an invaluable tool in the 

preparedness of the United States in defending against 

biological and chemical agents. Both the acquisition and 

sustainment of these collections can be resource intensive. The 

committee encourages relevant Department of Defense entities to 
continue their work in acquiring and sustaining reference 

collections. 

Report on implementation of the Defense Modernization Account 

The committee recognizes the need for the Department of 

Defense (DOD) to accelerate the experimentation and transition 

of critical emerging technologies to address the pacing 

challenge of the People’s Republic of China. One limiting factor 

has been the availability of funding within the year of 

execution to pursue these efforts, including new starts. The 

committee notes that the Defense Modernization Account, created 

in fiscal year 1996 and codified in section 3136 of title 10, 

United States Code, allows the DOD to use up to $1.0 billion per 

year in unobligated balances. Moreover, the Defense 

Modernization Account allows for new starts provided that 

procedures for congressional prior approval are followed in 

applicable cases. 

It is the committee’s understanding that the Defense 

Modernization Account has never been utilized, despite having 

existed for well over two decades and permanently extended by 

Section 813 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263). The 

committee therefore directs the Secretary of Defense to provide 

a report to the congressional defense committees assessing how 

the Defense Modernization Account could be better implemented, 

not later than March 1, 2024. The report shall address: (1) 

Identification of the legal, policy, statutory, or other 

barriers that have prevented the Department from utilizing the 

account for its stated purpose and recommendations for removing 

those barriers; (2) A process for identifying eligible funds 

that may be transferred into the account; (3) A process for 

maintaining oversight of the account’s obligation and 

expenditures; and (4) Any additional information the Secretary 

of Defense finds relevant. 

Report on inspection and repair of Army prepositioned stock 

The committee recognizes the critical role of Army 

prepositioned stock (APS) as part of the posture and forward 

presence of the U.S. Army. Not only does it enable the U.S. 

Army’s ability to rapidly respond to crises, it serves as a 

regional commitment. The committee understands that recent 

employment of APS in support of Army operations in Europe as 

well as direct support to Ukraine has identified areas for 

improvement in the general management of APS, to include 
recommendations from the Department of Defense Inspector 

General. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Army, not later than February 29, 2024, to provide a report to 

the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives on the APS program to include: (1) Lessons 

learned from recent operations to include specifically how the 

U.S. Army is addressing issues identified in recent Department 

of Defense Inspector General recommendations; (2) Intended 

improvements to the program to include increased inspections; 

(3) Improvements to current reporting procedures and metrics to 

ensure effective communication of the equipment’s true state of 

readiness and time required to prepare for issue; (4) A summary 

of required resources needed to better store and maintain APS; 

and (5) Any other issues the Secretary deems relevant. 

Report on select agents held by the Department of Defense 

The Federal Select Agent Program increases national 

security by overseeing the possession, use, and transfer of 

biological select agents and toxins, which have the potential to 

pose a severe threat to public, animal, or plant health or to 

animal or plant products. The exact form of regulations 

regarding select agents may differ due to the Department of 

Defense's (DOD) unique role in the protection of its Armed 

Forces and civilians, particularly in a time of conflict, and 

with respect to requirements, and existing DOD regulations for 

which the Department is considered its own regulating authority. 

However, the committee believes the Department should perform an 

assessment annually on each of its laboratory's Select Agent 

inventories, regardless of whether these organisms were the 

subject of active research activities during the past year. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense not later 

than March 31, 2024, to provide a briefing to the congressional 

defense committees on DOD's methodology to review its Select 

Agent Program on an annual basis. 

Review by Government Accountability Office on effects of 

continuing resolutions on the Department of Defense 

The committee directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to conduct a study on the effects of continuing 

resolutions on the Department of Defense. The study should 

examine the effects of continuing resolutions on a sample of 

military service components, programs, or activities 

predominantly funded by operation and maintenance accounts and a 
sample of new start and production delays resulting from 

continuing resolutions over numerous years. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to 

deliver a status briefing on the study and any preliminary 

findings to the congressional defense committees not later than 

October 30, 2023, with results to follow in a mutually agreed 

upon format and timeframe. 

Review of Columbia-class schedule 

The committee notes that the Navy plans to invest 

approximately $132 billion to research, develop, and purchase 12 

Columbia-class submarines—a $3.9 billion increase compared to 

its prior estimate from 2019. The Navy plans to deliver the lead 

Columbia-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine—the 

largest and most complex submarine acquisition in its history— 

faster than the delivery of the most recent lead submarines. The 

shipbuilders updated the construction schedule during the summer 

of 2020, and now seek to deliver the lead submarine within 78 

months instead of the 84 months originally planned. However, the 

Navy now acknowledges that the program is at least 10 percent 

behind its accelerated schedule. The committee notes that the 

Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report on 

January 24, 2023, titled "Columbia-class Submarine: Program 

Lacks Essential Schedule Insight amid Continuing Construction 

Challenges" (GAO-23-106292), which highlighted issues with 

Columbia’s schedule, including the fact that the Navy does not 

receive electronic copies of the contractor’s schedule in its 

native format. The Columbia program is a schedule driven 

program. Yet, the Navy continues to make significant investments 

in the Columbia-class without proper insight. 

The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to obtain 

and analyze Columbia-class native electronic schedule data from 

the shipbuilders. The Secretary of the Navy shall direct the 

shipbuilder to update the Integrated Enterprise Plan, which 

should include the following components: (1) Updated analysis on 

shared cost, schedule, and technical risks associated with 

programs across the nuclear shipbuilding enterprise, including 

the Columbia-class submarines, Virginia-class submarines, and 

Ford-class ships; (2) Plans for staff, facilities, equipment, 

fixtures, and any other common resources shared between nuclear 

shipbuilding programs; and (3) Biennial updates to the plan from 

across the nuclear shipbuilding enterprise. 

The Secretary of the Navy shall provide a report on 

progress updating the Integrated Enterprise Plan to the 

congressional defense committees, not later than February 1, 

2024, to include: (1) Findings from analysis of the native 
electronic schedule; and (2) Findings from the Integrated 

Enterprise Plan update, underlying data, support, and analysis. 

Review of Unfunded Priorities Lists 

The military services, combatant commands, the Missile 

Defense Agency, and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau are 

required by statute to provide the congressional defense 

committees with a report that contains a list of unfunded 

priorities with several associated justifications. 

Congress has used these reports to evaluate the Department 

of Defense’s (DOD) budget request and make changes. The 

committee notes that these annual lists of unfunded programs and 

activities have varied significantly over time. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to review: (1) The extent to which the 

officers specified under sections 222(a) and 222(b) of title 10, 

United States Code, have policies, procedures, and criteria in 

place to develop unfunded priorities lists; (2) The extent to 

which the type, quantity, or total dollar amount of unfunded 

priorities lists have changed over the last 10 years; (3) The 

extent to which Congress has appropriated funding for the 

unfunded priorities submitted over the last 10 years; (4) The 

extent to which appropriations made for unfunded priorities in 

fiscal year 2023 affected DOD’s long-term budget plan, 

requirements planning, or major defense acquisition programs; 

and (5) Any other matters deemed appropriate by the Comptroller 

General. 

The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide a 

briefing to the congressional defense committees on the 

preliminary findings of this review by April 30, 2024, with a 

final report to be submitted by a mutually agreed upon date. 

United States Africa Command 

The committee notes that since the establishment of U.S. 

Africa Command (AFRICOM) in 2007, its headquarters has been 

located in Germany. In recent years, multiple reviews have been 

conducted relating to the location of AFRICOM headquarters, 

including by the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Government 

Accountability Office. 

The committee notes that the continent of Africa is of 

increasing strategic importance, particularly in pursuit of the 

objectives established in the 2022 National Defense Strategy to 

counter violent extremist organizations that may threaten the 

homeland, bolster allies and partners, and prevail in strategic 

competition with the People's Republic of China and other 
nations. Furthermore, as noted in testimony by the Commander, 

U.S. AFRICOM, on March 16, 2023, "Africa's six maritime 

chokepoints carry a third of the world's shipping. Economic 

growth on the continent has accelerated in recent decades, and 

Africa is increasingly an engine of the global economy.” 

Additionally, the Commander’s testimony addressed the growing 

presence of external nations on the African continent, including 

China, which "seeks to establish additional military and space 

facilities in multiple African countries, notably on the West 

Coast." The committee believes that in light of the growing 

strategic importance of Africa, it is prudent for DOD to 

periodically assess whether the location of AFRICOM headquarters 

and its subordinate elements effectively fulfill U.S. strategic 

requirements. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee, 

not later than December 31, 2023, that assesses: (1) The 

adequacy of the location of AFRICOM headquarters and the 

location of its subordinate elements to meet DOD requirements, 

including any benefits derived from current colocation with 

other DOD elements; (2) the advisability, feasibility, and 

estimated cost of relocating AFRICOM headquarters or its 

subordinate elements to the African continent; and (3) The 

advisability, feasibility, and estimated cost of establishing a 

forward headquarters on the African continent. 

Unmanned mothership experimentation 

The committee supports experimentation with unmanned 

systems, including the development of infrastructure that would 

be required to forward deploy and operate a hybrid manned and 

unmanned fleet. The Navy has begun to study and identify 

potential requirements development for an unmanned mothership. 

The Navy has also issued a Request for Information to industry 

for an Attritable UxV Mothership that could launch robotic 

vehicles at sea. In response to congressional inquiry about 

alternative uses of the Littoral Combat Ship, the Secretary of 

the Navy suggested in a letter to the chairmen of the House 

Armed Services Committee and the House Appropriations 

Subcommittee on Defense that the Navy is considering whether the 

Littoral Combat Ship could be repurposed as a mothership for 

unmanned systems. 

The committee supports acceleration of this study to 

provide experimental evidence to inform any future requirement 

for a purpose-built mothership. In addition, the newly announced 

expansion of the Task Force 59 model to 4th Fleet could be a 

prime opportunity for conducting this experimentation. 
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS 

One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on 

premium pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian 

employees working overseas (sec. 1101) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1101 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417), as most recently 

amended by section 1102 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263), to 

extend for one year the authority of heads of executive agencies 

to waive the limitation on the aggregate of basic and premium 

pay of employees who perform work supporting certain military or 

contingency operations. 

One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, 

benefits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty 

in a combat zone (sec. 1102) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend for 

one year the discretionary authority of the head of a Federal 

agency to provide allowances, benefits, and gratuities 

comparable to those provided to members of the Foreign Service 

to the agency’s civilian employees on official duty in a combat 

zone. 

Exclusion of positions in nonappropriated fund instrumentalities 

from limitations on dual pay (sec. 1103) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 5531 of title 5, United States Code, to exempt 

individuals employed by non appropriated fund instrumentalities 

from the limitation on receiving basic pay from more than one 

position. 

Exception to limitation on number of Senior Executive Service 

positions for the Department of Defense (sec. 1104) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1109 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) to clarify that the 

limitation on senior executive service (SES) positions within 

the Department of Defense (DOD) contained in that section does 

not apply to positions funded through amounts appropriated to an 

agency other than DOD. 
According to the United State Army Corps of Engineers 

(USACE), 67 percent of USACE SES positions are performing civil 

works activities funded by the energy and water development 

appropriations acts. The committee intends to ensure USACE civil 

works employees, funded by appropriations unrelated to national 

defense, are not included in DOD SES limitations. 

Removal of Washington Headquarters Services direct support from 

personnel limitation on the Office of the Secretary of Defense 

(sec. 1105) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 143(b) of title 10, United States Code, to modify the 

definition of "personnel" within the Office of the Secretary of 

Defense (OSD) contained in that subsection, and to which the 

personnel limitation contained in section 143 applies, to no 

longer include military and civilian personnel assigned to, or 

employed by, direct support activities of the OSD or the 

Washington Headquarters Services. 

Consolidation of direct hire authorities for candidates with 

specified degrees at science and technology reinvention 

laboratories (sec. 1106) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 4091 of title 10, United States Code, to combine direct 

hire authorities for candidates with advanced degrees and 

candidates with bachelor’s degrees seeking positions in the 

science and technology reinvention laboratories, and to permit 

allocations for such positions to be managed in an aggregate 

manner. 

Expansion and extension of direct hire authority for certain 

personnel of the Department of Defense (sec. 1107) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 9905 of title 5, United States Code, to include in the 

direct hire authority provided in that section certain positions 

in support of aircraft operations, public safety, law 

enforcement, first responders, and the Office of the Inspector 

General of the Department of Defense relating to oversight of 

the Ukraine conflict. In each case, use of the direct hire 

authority authorized by this section would be predicated on the 

Secretary of Defense determining the existence of a critical 

hiring need and a shortage of candidates. 
Extension of direct hire authority for the Department of Defense 

for post-secondary students and recent graduates (sec. 1108) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1106 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 117-328) by extending direct hire 

authority for the Department of Defense to recruit and appoint 

qualified recent graduates and current post-secondary students 

to competitive service positions in professional and 

administrative occupations until September 30, 2030. 

Extension of direct hire authority for domestic industrial base 

facilities and Major Range and Test Facilities Base (sec. 1109) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1125 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) to extend the expiration 

date of direct hire authority for domestic industrial base and 

major range and test facilities until the end of 2028. 

Authority to employ civilian faculty members at Space Force 

schools (sec. 1110) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 9371 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the 

Secretary of the Air Force to employ civilian faculty at Space 

Delta 13, the professional military education institution of the 

United States Space Force. 

Report and sunset relating to inapplicability of certification 

of executive qualifications by qualification review boards of 

Office of Personnel Management (sec. 1111) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1109 of the John S. McCain National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) by 

extending until September 30, 2025, the authority for the 

Secretary of Defense to appoint individuals for service in the 

Senior Executive Service of the Department of Defense without 

such individuals being subject to the certification of executive 

qualifications by a qualification review board of the Office of 

Personnel Management. The provision would also require the 

Secretary to provide a report to the appropriate congressional 

committees and the Comptroller General of the United States, not 

later than December 1, 2024, on the Department's use of this 

authority and assessment of its utility. 
The committee directs the Comptroller General to conduct a 

study assessing the Department's report as well as the 

Department’s process for the use of this authority. The 

committee further directs the Comptroller General to brief the 

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on 

Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives on 

its preliminary findings, not later than 120 days after 

receiving the Department of Defense report, with findings 

presented thereafter in a mutually agreed upon format and time 

frame. 

Extension of date of first employment for acquisition of 

competitive status for employees of Inspectors General for 

overseas contingency operations (sec. 1112) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 419 of title 5, United States Code, to reauthorize, 

until December 19, 2024, authority for certain persons employed 

by a lead Inspector General for an overseas contingency 

operation under that section to acquire competitive status under 

certain circumstances. 

Expansion of noncompetitive appointment eligibility to spouses 

of Department of Defense civilians (sec. 1113) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 3330d of title 5, United States Code, to add spouses of 

Department of Defense civilian employees to the noncompetitive 

appointment authority under that section in the case of civilian 

employees who are transferred by the Department from one 

official station to another for permanent duty within the 

Department. The provision would also require the Department to 

submit annual reports on its use of the authority provided by 

this section to the Director, Office of Personnel Management. 

Finally, the provision would sunset the authority under this 

section on December 31, 2028. 

Elimination of Government Accountability Office review 

requirement relating to Department of Defense personnel 

authorities (sec. 1114) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 9902 of title 5, United States Code, to repeal a 

requirement for the Comptroller General of the United States to 
receive, review, and issue a report that evaluates Department of 

Defense reports related to the implementation of any civilian 

performance management and workforce incentive system. 

Amendments to the John S. McCain Strategic Defense Fellows 

Program (sec. 1115) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 932 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) to make various 

technical amendments to the John S. McCain Strategic Defense 

Fellows Program to improve program function and execution. 

Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve pilot project (sec. 1116) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of the Army to conduct a pilot program 

establishing a civilian cybersecurity reserve within the U.S. 

Army in order to provide manpower to the cyber operations forces 

of U.S. Cyber Command. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Navy deployed resiliency counselors 

The committee notes that Deployment Readiness Counselors 

(DRCs) are professional licensed clinicians who are assigned to 

all aircraft carriers (CVNs) and large-deck amphibious assault 

ships (LHDs/LHAs) throughout the U.S. Navy. DRCs offer 

confidential, short-term, non-medical counseling at no cost for 

all active-duty servicemembers while they are deployed aboard 

the ship or while the ship is in homeport. The committee 

recognizes that DRCs are certified and trained in the Sexual 

Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) program and provide 

immediate advocacy, support, and counseling to victims of sexual 

assault. DRCs also provide support to the homeport Family 

Advocacy Program (FAP) for cases of domestic abuse and intimate 

partner violence and child abuse. 

Further, the committee acknowledges that DRCs provide 

services when a suicide-related behavior occurs by serving as 

the Sailor Assistance and Intercept for Life (SAIL) case manager 

in coordination with the homeport Fleet and Family Support 

Center. Along with the many other duties and services provided 

by DRCs, such as the facilitation of workshops and training on 

core issues such as sexual assault prevention, suicide 

prevention, and various wellness and resiliency topics, the 

committee believes that DRCs are a “high demand/low density” 
asset that prove critical in the U.S. Navy’s fight to provide 

required support to sailors. Therefore, the committee directs 

the Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the Senate 

Armed Services Committee within 90 days of enactment of this Act 

on the utilization rates of DRCs, the hiring of DRCs, and any 

challenges identified in the program. The study should conclude 

with a pathway to assigning a minimum of two DRCs to each CVN, 

LHD, and LHA. 

TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN 

NATIONS 

SUBTITLE A—ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 

Middle East integrated maritime domain awareness and 

interdiction capability (sec. 1201) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy for improved 

integrated maritime domain awareness and interdiction 

capabilities to counter seaborne threats in the Middle East. The 

provision would also direct the Secretary of Defense to 

undertake a cost feasibility study for such purposes. 

Authority to provide mission training through distributed 

simulation (sec. 1202) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary 

of State, to provide military personnel of a friendly foreign 

government persistent advanced networked training and exercise 

activities (referred to as "mission training through distributed 

simulation") and provide information technology to support those 

activities. The authority under this section would terminate on 

December 31, 2025. 

Increase in small-scale construction limit and modification of 

authority to build capacity (sec. 1203) 

The committee recommends a provision that would make a 

number of modifications to the Department of Defense authorities 

relating to building the capabilities of foreign security 

forces. The provision would modify the authority under section 

333 of title 10, United States Code, to include counter-illicit 

trafficking operations and foreign internal defense operations 
as purposes for which security assistance may be provided. It 

would also raise the current caps on authorized amounts that 

could be used for small-scale construction in connection with 

building partner capacity programs. Additionally, the provision 

would authorize the disposition of equipment procured pursuant 

to section 333 of title 10, United States Code, under specified 

circumstances, and authorize the Secretary of Defense to enter 

into an international agreement or arrangement with a foreign 

country to allow a foreign country to provide sole source 

direction for such assistance. 

Extension of legal institutional capacity building initiative 

for foreign defense institutions (sec. 1204) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend 

through 2028 the authority of section 1210 of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116- 

92) for the Secretary of Defense to carry out, consistent with 

section 332 of title 10, United States Code, a program of 

institutional legal capacity building. 

Extension and modification of authority for reimbursement of 

certain coalition nations for support provided to United States 

military operations (sec. 1205) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authority for reimbursement of certain coalition nations for 

support provided to U.S. military operations through December 

31, 2024. 

Extension of authority for Department of Defense support for 

stabilization activities in national security interest of the 

United States (sec. 1206) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend 

through December 31, 2025, the authority under section 1210A of 

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 

(Public Law 116-92) for the Secretary of Defense to provide 

support for the stabilization activities of other Federal 

agencies. 

Extension of cross servicing agreements for loan of personnel 

protection and personnel survivability equipment in coalition 

operations (sec. 1207) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend 

through December 31, 2029, the authority under section 1207 of 
the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291) for 

the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary 

of State, to enter into arrangements to use acquisition and 

cross-servicing agreements to loan personnel protection and 

personnel survivability equipment to forces participating in 

coalition operations with the United States. 

Limitation on availability of funds for International Security 

Cooperation Program (sec. 1208) 

The committee recommends a provision that would limit the 

obligation of funds for the International Security Cooperation 

Program of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency to not more 

than 75 percent of the funds authorized for fiscal year 2024 

until the Secretary of Defense submits the security cooperation 

strategy required by section 1206 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81). That 

section required that the initial report on the strategy be 

submitted not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 

Public Law 117-81, which was enacted on December 27, 2021. 

The committee is also concerned that the delay in 

providing the initial report will contribute to delays in the 

submission in fiscal year 2023, and annually through 2027, of 

the subsequent reports required under section 1206(c)(2), on the 

implementation of the required security cooperation strategy. 

Such delays, while foreseeable, are unacceptable, and the 

committee urges the Secretary of Defense to take the necessary 

steps to meet these reporting requirements in a timely manner. 

Modification of Department of Defense security cooperation 

workforce development (sec. 1209) 

The committee recommends a provision that would modify 

section 384 of title 10, United States Code, to enhance the 

management and implementation of the Department of Defense (DOD) 

Security Cooperation Workforce Development Program provided for 

under that section. The provision would also provide authorities 

for the operation of the Defense Security Cooperation 

University. 

The committee notes that section 1250 of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114- 

328) sought to address significant deficiencies in how the DOD 

develops, tracks, and assigns its security cooperation 

workforce. Specifically, section 1250 directed the Secretary of 

Defense to undertake a deliberate effort to develop and 

implement expansively a workforce development program focused on 
the recruitment, training, certification, assignment, and career 

development of the security cooperation workforce. Despite a 

clear mandate from Congress, the committee is concerned that the 

Department's implementation of these requirements has been 

woefully insufficient and has had a negative impact on the 

development of the security cooperation workforce. The committee 

believes that additional prioritized, coordinated attention and 

efforts are needed to ensure that the Department is able to 

develop and execute security cooperation programs, arms 

transfers, and foreign military sales in an efficient and timely 

manner. 

Modification of authority to provide support to certain 

governments for border security operations (sec. 1210) 

The committee recommends a provision that expands the list 

of countries authorized to receive support to their armed forces 

for border security operations to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and 

Turkmenistan. 

Modification of Defense Operational Resilience International 

Cooperation Pilot Program (sec. 1211) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1212 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-236) by 

allowing the provision of sustainment and non-lethal assistance. 

Assistance to Israel for aerial refueling (sec. 1212) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of the Air Force to make available such resources 

as are necessary to train pilots and ground crews of the Israeli 

Air Force on the KC-46 aircraft prior to delivery of KC-46 

aircraft to Israel. The provision would further require the 

Secretary to take certain actions with respect to the personnel 

exchange program relating to Israeli Air Force KC-46 personnel, 

provide a briefing on related matters, and rotationally deploy 

one or more U.S. Air Force KC-46 aircraft to Israel until either 

five years after the date of enactment of this Act, or Israel 

achieves full combat capability with their KC-46 aircraft. 

SUBTITLE B—MATTERS RELATING TO SYRIA, IRAQ, 

AND IRAN 
Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to 

vetted Syrian groups and individuals (sec. 1221) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authority, through 2024, to provide assistance to vetted Syrian 

groups under section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" 

McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 

(Public Law 113-291), as amended. The committee commends the 

ongoing efforts of the Syrian Democratic Forces to degrade the 

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). 

The committee remains concerned about threats from ISIS 

detainees held in partner-run detention facilities. The 

committee views additional training and enhanced security 

measures provided to Syrian partner forces as being urgently 

important to maintaining the security of these facilities and 

keeping those ISIS detainees from returning to the battlefield. 

The committee also remains concerned about the pace of 

assistance provided for implementation of projects to construct 

detainee facilities and improve security conditions at these 

facilities. To address these concerns, the committee recommends 

the extension of the national security waiver on the costs of 

construction and repair through 2024, and has further modified 

the waiver authority to ease providing such assistance. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide 

an update to the congressional defense committees, not later 

than December 15, 2023, on the progress on assisting partners to 

improve security at these detention facilities, including 

through the use of waivers provided for construction and repair. 

Extension of authority to support operations and activities of 

the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq (sec. 1222) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authorization for the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq. 

The committee notes that the long stated goal of the Department 

of Defense is to transition the Office to conduct activities in 

a manner that is similar to other regional security cooperation 

offices. The committee further notes that while progress has 

been made, frustration remains regarding its delayed 

implementation. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide 

a briefing to the congressional defense committees on the final 

transition plan not later than December 15, 2023. 

Extension and modification of authority to provide assistance to 

counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (sec. 1223) 
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authority to provide assistance to Iraq to counter the Islamic 

State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) through December 31, 2024. The 

committee supports continued assistance to the Iraqi Security 

Forces, including the Counter Terrorism Service and the forces 

under the command of the Ministry of Peshmerga, in order to 

continue operations to ensure the lasting defeat of ISIS. 

The committee remains concerned about the continued and 

increasing threat from unmanned aerial system attacks to the 

Iraqi people and territory of Iraq. These attacks also threaten 

coalition forces located in Iraq at the invitation of the Iraqi 

government to support the Iraqi Security Forces. To this end, 

the committee recommends the utilization of this authority to 

provide equipment and training to the Iraqi Security Forces, 

including Kurdish Regional Guard Brigades, in order to increase 

their capabilities to counter such attacks. The committee 

further recommends that upon providing this assistance, the 

Secretary notify the congressional defense committees. 

The committee also remains concerned about threats from 

ISIS detainees held in partner-run detention facilities and 

remains concerned about the delayed timeline for implementing 

projects to construct detainee facilities and improve security 

conditions at these facilities. To address these concerns, the 

committee recommends the extension of the national security 

waiver on the costs of construction and repair through 2024, and 

has further modified the waiver authority to ease providing such 

assistance. 

Briefing on nuclear capability of Iran (sec. 1224) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require a 

briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

House of Representatives, not later than 60 days after the 

enactment of this Act, on threats to global security posed by 

the nuclear weapon capability of Iran, and progress made by Iran 

in enriching uranium at levels proximate to or exceeding weapons 

grade. The provision also requires recommendations for actions 

the United States may take to ensure that Iran does not acquire 

a nuclear weapon capability. 

The committee remains deeply concerned about advances in 

Iran’s nuclear program. The committee supports actions of the 

United States to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, 

dissuade Iran from advancing its nuclear program, coordinate 

with allies and partners to constrain the nuclear activities of 

Iran, and limit relevant activities of Iran applicable to 

advancing a nuclear weapons program. The Committee also supports 

actions of the United States in conjunction with Israel to 
prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, including by 

recognizing and supporting the freedom of action of Israel. 

SUBTITLE C—MATTERS RELATING TO EUROPE AND 

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

Extension and modification of Ukraine Security Assistance 

Initiative (sec. 1231) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

Section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92) to extend the Ukraine 

Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) through December 31, 2027 

and authorize $300.0 million for fiscal year 2024. The provision 

would also strike references to overseas contingency operations 

to conform with current budgeting practices. 

The committee believes that USAI has proven effective in 

providing the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) with critical 

defensive capabilities and will remain an important avenue in 

which to support the continued development of the UAF. 

Extension and modification of training for Eastern European 

national security forces in the course of multilateral exercises 

(sec. 1232) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend 

section 1251 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92) through December 31, 2026. 

The provision would also modify the authority to include the 

Republic of Kosovo among the list of countries eligible to 

receive training. 

The committee commends Department of Defense efforts to 

support the Republic of Kosovo as it works to develop and 

enhance its national security forces, particularly efforts to 

enhance professionalization, increase interoperability, and 

bolster Kosovo’s ability to respond to external and hybrid 

threats. 

Extension of prohibition on availability of funds relating to 

sovereignty of the Russian Federation over internationally 

recognized territory of Ukraine (sec. 1233) 

The committee recommends the extension of a provision to 

prohibit funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for 

fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Defense from being 
obligated or expended to implement any activity that recognizes 

the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over the 

internationally recognized territory of Ukraine. 

Extension and modification of temporary authorizations related 

to Ukraine and other matters (sec. 1234) 

The committee recommends a provision that would modify 

section 1244 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to 

extend certain waivers for the streamlined acquisition of 

defense stocks related to Ukraine, as well as authorize 

additional munitions eligible for multiyear procurement 

contracts. The committee encourages the Department of Defense to 

make maximum use of the authorities in this section to rapidly 

restock and expand U.S. stocks of critical munitions. 

Prioritization for basing, training, and exercises in North 

Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries (sec. 1235) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Secretary of Defense, when considering U.S. basing, training, 

and exercises, to prioritize NATO member countries that have 

achieved defense spending of not less than 2 percent of their 

gross domestic product by 2024. The provision would also allow 

the Secretary to waive this requirement if the Secretary deems 

it to be in the national security interests of the United States 

to do so and submits a certification to the congressional 

defense committees. 

Study and report on lessons learned regarding information 

operations and deterrence (sec. 1236) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to enter into a contract or other 

agreement with an eligible entity to conduct a study on lessons 

learned from information operations conducted by the United 

States, Ukraine, the Russian Federation, and member countries of 

the North Atlantic Treaty Organization during the lead-up to the 

Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and 

throughout the conflict. The results of the study shall be 

submitted to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

House of Representatives one year after enactment of this Act. 

Report on progress of multi-year strategy and plan for Baltic 

security cooperation (sec. 1237) 
The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, not later than 180 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, to provide a report to the 

congressional defense committees on the execution of, and any 

updates to, the multi-year strategy for security cooperation 

with the nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania provided to 

the committee in June 2021. 

The committee notes the significant contributions the 

nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have made as members 

of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and as leading 

contributors to the international coalition supporting Ukraine 

in response to the Russian Federation's illegal and unprovoked 

war. As the Department of Defense assesses security cooperation 

programming in fiscal year 2024, the committee expects continued 

attention to be paid to those countries most directly affected 

by the ongoing security threats on Europe's eastern flank posed 

by Russian aggression. In addition, priority should be given, as 

appropriate, to countries in need of assistance in backfilling 

military capabilities provided to Ukraine. 

Sense of the Senate on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

(sec. 1238) 

The committee recommends a provision that would express 

the sense of the Senate that the United States' commitment to 

the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is ironclad and would 

emphasize the importance of maintaining a unified response to 

the Russian Federation's unjust war in Ukraine and other shared 

security challenges. 

Sense of the Senate on Defence Innovation Accelerator for the 

North Atlantic (DIANA) in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

(sec. 1239) 

The committee recommends a provision that would express 

the support of the Senate for the Defence Innovation Accelerator 

for the North Atlantic in the North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization. 

Sense of the Senate regarding the arming of Ukraine (sec. 1240) 

The committee recommends a provision that would express 

the sense of the Senate that Ukraine would derive military 

benefit from the provision of certain munitions like the dualpurpose improved conventional munition. 
SUBTITLE D—MATTERS RELATING TO THE INDOPACIFIC REGION 

Indo-Pacific Campaigning Initiative (sec. 1241) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Secretary of Defense to establish and carry out an Indo-Pacific 

Campaigning Initiative. 

The committee notes that campaigning is one of the primary 

pillars of the National Defense Strategy (NDS). According to the 

NDS, campaigning is defined as “the conduct and sequencing of 

logically-linked military activities to achieve strategy-aligned 

objectives over time.” The NDS also states “The Department will 

conduct campaigning activities...against a clear set of 

objectives, to include deterring adversary attacks, supporting 

rapid crisis response with survivable forces, and conducting 

operations to reinforce internationally-agreed-upon norms.” 

The committee believes campaigning activities by the 

Department of Defense are central to the execution of the NDS in 

the Indo-Pacific region and directly support the objectives of 

the Pacific Deterrence Initiative, as reauthorized elsewhere in 

this Act. Additionally, the committee believes there are 

significant opportunities for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to 

utilize its approximately 375,000 assigned personnel for 

campaigning activities, including by increasing the frequency 

and scale of exercises, conducting freedom of navigation 

operations, and expanding the number of partnered engagements. 

Training, advising, and institutional capacity-building program 

for military forces of Taiwan (sec. 1242) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary 

of State and in consultation with appropriate officials of 

Taiwan, to establish a comprehensive training, advising, and 

institutional capacity-building program for the military forces 

of Taiwan using the authorities provided in chapter 16 of title 

10, United States Code, and other applicable statutory 

authorities available to the Secretary of Defense. Activities 

conducted under the program shall be consistent with the Taiwan 

Relations Act (Public Law 96-8) and the Taiwan Enhanced 

Resilience Act, subtitle A of title LV of the James M. Inhofe 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 

Law 117-263). 

Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness Initiative (sec. 1243) 
The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 

State, to seek to establish an initiative with allies and 

partners of the United States, including Australia, Japan, and 

India, to be known as the “Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain 

Awareness Initiative." 

Extension of Pacific Deterrence Initiative (sec. 1244) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

Pacific Deterrence Initiative through fiscal year 2024. 

Extension of authority to transfer funds for Bien Hoa dioxin 

cleanup (sec. 1245) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authority of the Secretary of Defense to transfer up to $15.0 

million to the Secretary of State for the Bien Hoa dioxin 

cleanup in Vietnam through fiscal year 2024. 

Extension and modification of pilot program to improve cyber 

cooperation with foreign military partners in Southeast Asia 

(sec. 1246) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

cyber cooperation pilot program authorized by section 1256 of 

the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) through 2029 and 

expand the pilot program to include foreign military partners in 

the Philippines and Malaysia. 

Extension and modification of certain temporary authorizations 

(sec. 1247) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

Section 1244 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–236) to 

extend such authorizations to include the Government of Taiwan. 

Plan for enhanced security cooperation with Japan (sec. 1248) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 

State, to submit a plan for enhancing security cooperation with 

Japan not later than June 1, 2024. 
Plan for improvements to certain operating locations in IndoPacific region (sec. 1249) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to conduct a classified survey to 

identify each United States operating location within the area 

of responsibility of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command that may be 

used to respond militarily to aggression by the People's 

Republic of China and is considered not to be sufficiently 

capable of mitigating damage to aircraft of the United States 

Armed Forces in the event of a missile, aerial drone, or other 

form of attack by China. This provision would also require the 

Secretary to submit to the congressional defense committees a 

report on the results of the survey not later than 120 days 

after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

Strategy for improving posture of ground-based theater-range 

missiles in Indo-Pacific region (sec. 1250) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, not later than 180 days after the date 

of enactment of this Act, to submit to the congressional defense 

committees a strategy for improving the posture of ground-based 

theater-range missile capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region. 

Enhancing major defense partnership with India (sec. 1251) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 

State and the heads of any other relevant Federal departments or 

agencies, to seek to ensure that India is appropriately 

considered for security cooperation benefits consistent with the 

status of India as a major defense partner of the United States, 

including across a number of specific lines of effort. 

Military cybersecurity cooperation with Taiwan (sec. 1252) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary 

of State, to seek to engage with appropriate officials of Taiwan 

for the purpose of expanding cooperation on military 

cybersecurity activities using the authorities under chapter 16 

of title 10, United States Code, and other applicable statutory 

authorities available to the Secretary of Defense. 

Designation of senior official for Department of Defense 

activities relating to, and implementation plan for, security 
partnership among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United 

States (sec. 1253) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to designate a senior civilian official 

of the Department of Defense (DOD) to be responsible for 

overseeing DOD activities relating to the security partnership 

among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States 

(AUKUS). The provision would also require the Secretary of 

Defense to submit an implementation plan outlining DOD efforts 

related to AUKUS to the appropriate committees of Congress. 

Report and notification relating to transfer of operational 

control on Korean Peninsula (sec. 1254) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, not later than 180 days after 

enactment of this Act, to submit a report describing the 

conditions under which military forces of the Republic of Korea 

would be prepared to assume wartime operational control of the 

United States and Republic of Korea Combined Forces Command and 

an assessment of the extent to which such conditions are 

currently met. The provision would also require a notification 

at least 30 days prior to the date on which wartime operational 

control of the United States and Republic of Korea Combined 

Forces Command is transferred to the Republic of Korea. 

Report on range of consequences of war with the People's 

Republic of China (sec. 1255) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Director of the Office of Net Assessment to submit to the 

congressional defense committees an unclassified report with a 

classified annex, if necessary, on the range of geopolitical and 

economic consequences of a United States-People’s Republic of 

China conflict. 

Study and report on command structure and force posture of 

United States Armed Forces in Indo-Pacific region (sec. 1256) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to seek to enter into an agreement with 

a federally funded research and development center to conduct an 

independent study for the purpose of determining the optimal 

command structure and force posture of the United States Armed 

Forces in the area of responsibility of the United States IndoPacific Command (INDOPACOM). 
The committee notes that, since the end of the Korean War, 

United States military forces have remained heavily concentrated 

in northeast Asia and the committee strongly supports efforts by 

the Department of Defense to expand and diversify our military 

posture in the region. Additionally, the committee believes the 

command structure of INDOPACOM has remained largely unchanged 

during the same period, despite significant changes in the 

security environment in the theater. Therefore, the committee 

believes an independent assessment of the current force posture 

and command structure in the Indo-Pacific region could yield 

insights that may enable INDOPACOM to more effectively carry out 

its mission in support of the National Defense Strategy. 

Studies on defense budget transparency of the People's Republic 

of China and the United States (sec. 1257) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Defense 

Intelligence Agency, to complete an unclassified study on the 

defense budget of the People's Republic of China and direct the 

Secretary of Defense to subsequently complete an unclassified 

comparative study of the defense budgets of the People's 

Republic of China and the United States. 

Briefing on provision of security assistance by the People's 

Republic of China and summary of Department of Defense 

mitigation activities (sec. 1258) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 

State, to provide a briefing describing the provision of 

security assistance and training by the People’s Republic of 

China to foreign military forces for the purpose of achieving 

the national objectives of the People’s Republic of China. The 

provision would also require the Secretary of Defense, as part 

of the annual report required by section 1206(c)(2) of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public 

Law 117–81), to provide a report on Department of Defense 

activities designed to mitigate the provision of such assistance 

by the People's Republic of China. 

Semiannual briefings on bilateral agreements supporting United 

States military posture in the Indo-Pacific region (sec. 1259) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 

State, to provide the appropriate committees of Congress with a 
briefing on bilateral agreements supporting the United States 

military posture in the Indo-Pacific region not later than 30 

days after the date of the enactment of this Act and every 180 

days thereafter through fiscal year 2027. 

Semiannual briefings on military of the People's Republic of 

China (sec. 1260) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the 

congressional defense committees on military developments of the 

People's Republic of China relating to Taiwan and Southeast 

Asia, the South China Sea, including upgrades and procurement of 

weapons, military activities, and other relevant matters by the 

Secretary, not later than 60 days after the date of the 

enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than every 180 

days thereafter through March 30, 2027. 

Prohibition on use of funds to support entertainment projects 

with ties to the Government of the People's Republic of China 

(sec. 1261) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act to be made 

available for providing active and direct support to any film, 

television, or other entertainment project if the Secretary of 

Defense has demonstrable evidence that the project has complied, 

or is likely to comply, with a demand from the Government of the 

People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party to 

censor content of the project in a material manner to advance 

the national interests of the People's Republic of China. 

Prohibition on use of funds for the Wuhan Institute of Virology 

(sec. 1262) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act from being made 

available for the Wuhan Institute of Virology. 

Audit to identify diversion of Department of Defense funding to 

China's research labs (sec. 1263) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Department of Defense (DOD) Office of Inspector General to 

conduct a study and submit a report to Congress, not later than 

180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, regarding 

the amount of federal funds awarded to the People's Republic of 
China, or affiliated entities by DOD through grants, contracts, 

subgrants, subcontracts, or any other type of agreement or 

collaboration, during the 10-year period immediately preceding 

date of enactment. 

Prohibiting Federal funding for EcoHealth Alliance Inc. (sec. 

1264) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act to be made 

available for EcoHealth Alliance Inc. or any of its affiliates. 

Assessment Relating to Contingency Operational Plan of United 

States Indo-Pacific Command (sec. 1265) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to conduct an assessment of the role of 

specific critical infrastructure facilities, capabilities, and 

services for the successful mobilization, deployment, and 

sustainment of forces to support operational plans in the United 

States Indo-Pacific Command area of operations. 

Assessment of absorptive capacity of military forces of Taiwan 

(sec. 1266) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of 

State, to submit a classified report on the absorptive capacity 

of the military forces of Taiwan for military capabilities 

provided and approved by the United States for delivery to 

Taiwan in the last 10 years, including the date of projected or 

achieved initial and full operational capabilities. 

Analysis of risks and implications of potential sustained 

military blockade of Taiwan by the People's Republic of China 

(sec. 1267) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 

Staff, in coordination with the Director of National 

Intelligence, to complete a comprehensive analysis of the risks 

and implications of a sustained military blockade of Taiwan by 

the People’s Republic of China and provide a report on the 

analysis. The provision would also require the Secretary of 

Defense to seek to engage with the heads of other appropriate 

Federal departments and agencies for the purposes of evaluating 
the risks of a blockade of Taiwan by the People’s Republic of 

China and evaluating potential responses to such a blockade. 

Sense of the Senate on defense alliances and partnerships in the 

Indo-Pacific Region (sec. 1268) 

The committee recommends a provision that would express 

the sense of the Senate on the importance of defense alliances 

and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region. 

SUBTITLE E—SECURING MARITIME DATA FROM 

CHINA 

Securing Maritime Data from China Act of 2023 (secs. 1271-1273) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

the Department of Defense from contracting with any entity that 

uses certain logistics information networks affiliated with, or 

under the jurisdiction of, the People's Republic of China, as 

well as entities using logistics platforms which share data with 

such systems. 

SUBTITLE F—REPORTS 

Report on Department of Defense roles and responsibilities in 

support of National Strategy for the Arctic Region (sec. 1281) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, not later than 180 days after 

enactment of this Act, to provide a report to the congressional 

defense committees on the Department of Defense roles and 

responsibilities in support of the National Strategy for the 

Arctic Region. 

SUBTITLE G—OTHER MATTERS 

Military intelligence collection and analysis partnerships (sec. 

1291) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, in coordination 

with the Secretary of State and the Director of National 

Intelligence, to accept and expend foreign partner funds in 

order for the foreign partner or partners to share with the 
Defense Intelligence Agency the expenses of joint and combined 

military intelligence collection and analysis activities. 

Collaboration with partner countries to develop and maintain 

military-wide transformational strategies for operational energy 

(sec. 1292) 

The committee recommends a provision that would establish, 

using existing authorities, a temporary partnership program to 

assist the military forces of partner countries in developing 

and maintaining transformational strategies for operational 

energy. The committee notes that the Department of Defense 

drafted its Operational Energy Strategy with three objectives: 

1) Increase future warfighting capability; 2) Identify and 

reduce logistics and operational risks; and 3) Enhance mission 

effectiveness of the current force. As the Department pursues 

greater interoperability and cooperation with allies and 

partners in line with the concept of integrated deterrence, the 

committee believes that operational energy vulnerabilities 

present risk to the joint mission. There are challenges to 

addressing these opportunities, which can take years to do 

effectively, but also potential mutual rewards for both United 

States and partner forces to pursuing operational energy 

alternatives that reduce energy demand, decrease logistics 

burdens, and enable operations in contested logistics 

environments. Recognizing this, the committee intends for the 

Department to establish a partnership program that can support 

focused work with select partner nations towards mutually 

identified operational energy objectives over the course of 

several years. The committee notes this partnership would be 

particularly advantageous to partner nations in the Indo-Pacific 

region, particularly island nations. 

Modification of support of special operations for irregular 

warfare (sec. 1293) 

The committee recommends a provision that would codify 

section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91), as amended, as section 

127d of title 10, United States Code, and make other clarifying 

changes. 

Modification of authority for expenditure of funds for 

clandestine activities that support operational preparation of 

the environment (sec. 1294) 
The committee recommends a provision that would modify 

section 127f of title 10, United States Code, by requiring the 

Secretary of Defense to establish procedures governing the use 

of the authority, requiring a notification at least 15 days 

prior to exercising the authority to initiate a new operational 

preparation of the environment activity, defining operational 

preparation of the environment, and making other clarifying 

changes. 

Modification of initiative to support protection of national 

security academic researchers from undue influence and other 

security threats (sec. 1295) 

The committee recommends a provision that would modify an 

existing initiative to support the protection of academic 

institutions and researchers from undue influence and other 

security threats. 

Modification of authority for certain payments to redress injury 

and loss (sec. 1296) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1213(h) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) by modifying the reporting 

requirements regarding the denial or refusal of certain payments 

to redress injury and loss. 

Modification of authority for cooperation on directed energy 

capabilities (sec. 1297) 

The committee recommends a provision that would modify an 

existing authority to co-develop directed energy missile defense 

technologies with the Government of Israel, authorize an 

additional $25.0 million for such activities, and specify 

offsetting reductions. 

Modification of Arctic Security Initiative (sec. 1298) 

The committee recommends a provision that would establish 

an Arctic Security Initiative. 

Termination of authorization of non-conventional assisted 

recovery capabilities (sec. 1299) 

The committee recommends a provision that would terminate 

section 943 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417) relating to non- 
conventional assisted recovery capabilities on December 31, 

2023. The committee notes that non-conventional assisted 

recovery activities are authorized under section 127f of title 

10, United States Code, and expects all such currently 

authorized activities to continue without interruption under 

that authority. 

Extension of prohibition on in-flight refueling to non-United 

States aircraft that engage in hostilities in the ongoing civil 

war in Yemen (sec. 1299A) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

prohibition on providing in-flight refueling in support of the 

Saudi-led coalition’s offensive operations against the Houthis 

in Yemen. 

Extension of United States-Israel anti-tunnel cooperation (sec. 

1299B) 

The committee recommends a provision to extend the 

authority of the Department of Defense to continue cooperation 

with Israel through fiscal year 2026 on research, development, 

and testing to improve anti-tunneling technologies. 

Prohibition on delegation of authority to designate foreign 

partner forces as eligible for the provision of collective selfdefense support by United States Armed Forces (sec. 1299C) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

the Secretary of Defense from delegating the authority to 

designate foreign partner forces as eligible for the provision 

of collective self-defense support by the United States Armed 

Forces. 

Participation by military departments in interoperability 

programs with military forces of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, 

and the United Kingdom (sec. 1299D) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1274 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239) to provide authority for 

the military departments to enter into agreements with the Armed 

Forces of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom 

to participate in interoperability programs. 
Cooperation with allies and partners in Middle East on 

development of integrated regional cybersecurity architecture 

(sec. 1299E) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to undertake a strategy for improved 

regional cybersecurity cooperation between the United States and 

Middle Eastern allies and partners. The provision would also 

require an assessment regarding the feasibility of establishing 

a regional cyber center to increase such coordination. 

Foreign Advance Acquisition Account (sec. 1299F) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Secretary of Defense to establish, within the Special 

Defense Acquisition Fund, an account to be known as the Foreign 

Advance Acquisition Account. The provision would also authorize 

the Secretary to accept contributions of amounts to the account 

from certain covered foreign countries for the purpose of 

accelerating the production of U.S.-produced end items in 

reasonable anticipation of the sale of such items through the 

foreign military sales or direct commercial sales process. The 

covered countries would consist of the participants in the 

Australia, United Kingdom, and United States security 

partnership, members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 

and other countries as designated by the Secretary of Defense. 

The authority provided under this section would terminate on 

January 1, 2028. 

Limitation on availability of funds for travel expenses of the 

Office of the Secretary of Defense (sec. 1299G) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

the obligation or expenditure of more than 75 percent of the 

funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for travel 

expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Defense until the 

Secretary of Defense submits the plan required by section 

1332(g)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) relating to strategic competition 

in the areas of U.S. Southern Command and U.S. Africa Command, 

the implementation plan required by section 1087 of the James M. 

Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 

(Public Law 117-263) relating to the requirement of such section 

to establish a joint force headquarters in the area of 

operations of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) to serve as 

an operational command, and the strategy and posture review 

required by section 1631(g) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) 

relating to operations in the information environment. 

The committee is concerned that, to date, the Department 

of Defense (DOD) has not taken appropriate action to fulfill the 

requirement of section 1087 of Public Law 117–263 to establish 

an operational joint force headquarters in the area of 

operations of INDOPACOM to, among other things, integrate Joint 

All-Domain Command and Control effects chains and mission 

command and control, as well as the integration of the 

capabilities of Assault Breaker II (ABII), developed by the 

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and related 

developmental efforts as they transition to operational 

deployment. 

The committee notes that Joint Task Force-Micronesia, as 

recently established by the Commander, U.S. INDOPACOM, is 

principally focused on accomplishing other supporting missions 

and does not satisfy the requirement for an operational joint 

force headquarters. Furthermore, Joint Task Force-Micronesia is 

not slated to control the Joint Fires Network (JFN), an initial 

instantiation of joint all-domain effects chains and joint 

command and control, and lacks the manpower and expertise to 

integrate JFN, ABII, and the military services target execution 

networks. The committee notes that the DOD has allotted an 

initial number of billets to support the JFN and coordinate 

joint command and control activities with the component 

commands, the military services, and the Chief Data and 

Artificial Intelligence Office. 

The committee continues to believe that the scope, scale, 

and complexity of the operational command and control challenges 

facing INDOPACOM necessitates a standing Joint Force 

Headquarters led by a senior commander with a mix of personnel 

tasked only with duties relating to command and control. 

Plans related to rapid transfer of certain missiles and defense 

capabilities (sec. 1299H) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, 

and Acquisition to develop a plan for providing Navy Harpoon 

block IC missiles and other enhanced coastal defense 

capabilities to allies and security partners, and to provide the 

congressional defense committees a report on such plans not 

later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

The committee also directs the Under Secretary of Defense 

for Acquisition and Sustainment to deliver a briefing to the 

Senate Committee on Armed Services, not later than October 1, 

2023, on plans to ensure the availability of coastal defense 
cruise missiles for high-priority partners and allies. This 

briefing should include potential plans for U.S. investment into 

cruise missile production lines to enable more rapid completion 

of existing Foreign Military Sales cases. This briefing should 

also include an assessment of existing missiles in the 

inventories of partners and allies that could be altered and 

mated with existing or new-production launchers to achieve rapid 

initial operating capability. 

Ensuring peace through strength in Israel (sec. 1299I) 

The committee recommends a provision to extend the war 

reserves stockpile authority and the rules governing the 

transfer of precision guided munitions to Israel above the 

annual restriction until January 1, 2028. The provision would 

further update and consolidate reporting requirements regarding 

the quantity of munitions that Israel would require to protect 

its homeland and counter a variety of scenarios of armed 

confrontations. The provision also requires a report from the 

Secretary of Defense regarding the capability for restocking and 

prepositioning weapons in support of Israel, and any actions 

taken with that regard. 

Improvements to security cooperation workforce and defense 

acquisition workforce (sec. 1299J) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, consistent with the requirements of 

section 384 of title 10, United States Code, and provisions 

relating to the security cooperation workforce contained 

elsewhere in this Act, to carry out certain activities regarding 

the security cooperation workforce and defense acquisition 

workforce to improve the implementation of the foreign military 

sales process. 

Modification of foreign military sales processing (sec. 1299K) 

The committee recommends a provision that would establish 

certain requirements relating to foreign military sales 

processing, including requiring the Secretary of Defense to seek 

to ensure that specific response times are met as part of that 

process. The provision would also allow the Secretary to 

prioritize Foreign Military Sales within the Defense Priorities 

Allocation System. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 
Assessment of execution and delivery rates under Section 333 

program to build capacity of foreign security forces 

The committee recognizes that security cooperation is a 

critical component of the National Defense Strategy, which 

serves as a force multiplier by building capabilities of 

friendly foreign forces. The Department of Defense (DOD) program 

under the authority of section 333 of title 10, United States 

Code (the "Section 333" program), has been central to these 

capacity building efforts and helps to ensure that the United 

States is the partner of choice for allies and partners in 

developing critical defense and security capabilities. 

The committee is concerned, however, that some cases under 

the 333 program, executed through the Defense Security 

Cooperation Agency (DSCA), have experienced significant 

execution and delivery delays, which has resulted at times in a 

failure to build the capacity of partner forces. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct an 

assessment of delays in execution or delivery under the Section 

333 program and to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not 

later than December 31, 2023, on the findings of that 

assessment. The briefing should include: (1) A description of 

the number and percentage of Section 333 deliveries that were 

delayed or were not executed over the last 4 years; (2) A 

discussion of the causes of or other factors, both direct and 

indirect, contributing to the delays in execution or delivery; 

(3) A description of any steps that DSCA has taken or is 

considering taking to mitigate these delays; and (4) Any 

recommendations of the Department for policy, guidance, or 

legislative modifications to improve execution and delivery 

rates under the Section 333 program. 

Briefing on military deception and attritable decoys in the 

Indo-Pacific 

The committee believes that military deception activities, 

including the use of attritable decoys, provide cost-effective 

options for complicating adversary decision making. The 

committee believes that the Department of Defense should do more 

to develop, acquire, and deploy attritable decoys and integrate 

their use into its operational deception plans in support of 

requirements in the Indo-Pacific region. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Secretary of Defense, not later than 

November 1, 2024, to provide a briefing to the congressional 

defense committees on the following: 

(1) Requirements for attritable decoys; 
(2) Plans for the use of decoys and deception in the 

Indo-Pacific region to: 

(a) confuse and distract enemy forces; 

(b) overwhelm enemy detection and command and 

control capabilities; 

(c) attrit enemy offensive and defensive fire 

and interceptors; 

(d) cause enemy forces to expend munitions 

and expose offensive strike platforms attacking decoy targets; 

(e) cause enemy defenses to reveal themselves 

and bolster United States suppression of enemy air defense 

missions; and 

(f) deceive enemy forces and draw fire away 

from other United States and allied assets; and 

(3) Plans to develop, procure, test, and field such 

capabilities in support of the requirements of United States 

Indo-Pacific Command over the future years defense program. 

End-use monitoring in Ukraine 

The committee recognizes the critical importance of 

conducting end-use monitoring (EUM) for U.S. defense articles or 

services transferred from the United States to Ukraine as part 

of U.S. security assistance to Ukraine. The Defense Security 

Cooperation Agency (DSCA) manages the Golden Sentry EUM program 

which is designed to verify that defense articles or services 

transferred by the United States Government to foreign 

recipients are being used in accordance with the terms and 

conditions of the transfer agreement or other applicable 

agreements. The committee commends DSCA for modifying its 

approach to EUM for Ukraine to account for the challenges 

associated with conducting EUM in a warzone, including the small 

number of U.S. military personnel assigned to the U.S. Embassy 

in Kyiv and the limited mobility for U.S. personnel throughout 

the country. The committee is interested to learn more about the 

EUM approach in Ukraine and whether it may have broader 

applicability for other EUM efforts in the future. The committee 

is also interested in learning more about the involvement of 

foreign recipient personnel in the EUM process, including 

through the potential use of secure mobile technology. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Director of DSCA to 

provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee by 

December 1, 2023. The briefing shall include the following: 

(1) An update on EUM efforts in Ukraine; 

(2) Whether lessons learned from the EUM program in 

Ukraine have broader applicability for Golden Sentry or other 

DSCA EUM programs; and 
(3) The feasibility and merits of incorporating 

secure mobile technology for the purposes of EUM, including 

secure mobile applications. 

Enhancing defense-related cybersecurity cooperation with the 

Republic of Kosovo 

The committee supports expanding cybersecurity cooperation 

with the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosovo as an important 

component of the U.S.-Kosovo bilateral security cooperation 

relationship. The committee believes that the Department of 

Defense (DOD) should identify areas to further existing 

cybersecurity cooperation and also new opportunities to 

strengthen the bilateral partnership. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, not later 

than December 31, 2023, to deliver a briefing to the Senate 

Armed Services Committee on defense-related cybersecurity 

cooperation with the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kosovo. The 

briefing shall include a description of current bilateral 

cybersecurity activities conducted between DOD and the Kosovo 

Armed Forces and opportunities to strengthen cybersecurity 

cooperation efforts particularly in the areas of training, 

exercises, and capacity building activities. 

Enhancing interoperability with and capacity of allies and 

partners for electromagnetic spectrum operations 

The committee notes that the 2022 National Defense 

Strategy emphasizes the foundational role of close collaboration 

with allies and partners for our collective ability to compete 

with near-peer rivals Russia and China. An important enabler of 

that collaboration is the ability of the Department of Defense 

(DOD) to be interoperable with partner forces' electromagnetic 

spectrum (EMS) capabilities. 

The 2020 Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy 

establishes that one of the DOD's strategic goals is to secure 

enduring partnerships for EMS advantage, with the objective of 

enhancing the Department's access, interoperability, and 

capacity with Allies and Partners. As that Strategy states, "DOD 

must ensure EMS enterprise development efforts are interoperable 

and aligned with our allies and partners and should remove 

barriers limiting collaboration." 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services 

Committee, not later than March 31, 2024, on DOD efforts to 

build interoperability and capacity with allies and partners. 

The briefing should address: (1) ongoing efforts to enhance EMS 
access, promote data sharing with key allies and partners, and 

build interoperable architectures that support coalition EMS 

capabilities; (2) efforts to work with allies and partners as 

they adopt and build their capabilities and resilience for EMS 

operations; (3) challenges for enhancing these efforts, 

including barriers that limit collaboration; and (4) 

recommendations, if any, for strengthening collaboration and 

interoperability with foreign forces on EMS capabilities and 

operations. 

Indo-Pacific Training Programs 

The committees notes the importance of robust military-tomilitary training programs for building relationships in support 

of the 2022 National Defense Strategy. Therefore, not later than 

December 1, 2023, the committee directs the Commander, U.S. 

Indo-Pacific Command to provide a briefing to the congressional 

defense committees outlining the military-to-military training 

authorities utilized by the command and identifying any 

additional authorities that may be necessary to more effectively 

engage with foreign partners. 

Integration of Morocco in CENTCOM-led exercises 

The committee recognizes the importance of meeting 

transnational threats that cross geographic boundaries. The 

committee notes that Morocco is a key U.S. ally in Africa and 

hosts African Lion, U.S. Africa Command’s largest annual 

combined joint exercise. The adoption of the Abraham Accords, 

which normalized diplomatic relations and increased cooperation 

between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and 

Morocco has been beneficial to regional stability and security. 

The committee notes that the Accords have also created a 

foundation for increased cooperation in responding to shared 

threats, including those posed by Iran and Iranian-linked 

groups. The committee urges the Department of Defense to work 

with Morocco to identify opportunities for Moroccan military 

forces to participate in efforts that seek to bring together 

Abraham Accords signatory countries and the United States in 

military exercises, including exercises organized by U.S. 

Central Command. Further, the committee expects the Department 

to work to alleviate administrative barriers that may hinder 

Morocco’s participation in such activities. 

JTF-Micronesia reporting requirement 
The committee notes the significant increase in the 

complexity of infrastructure work related to improved U.S. 

military posture west of the International Date Line in the 

Indo-Pacific Command theater. This increase in complexity is 

most evident on Guam. The committee has repeatedly identified as 

a significant concern the timely execution of currently planned 

expansions in U.S. military capabilities located on Guam, 

including the Guam Defense System. 

Outside of Guam and the Marianas Cluster, the Commander, 

Joint Region Marianas must also coordinate closely with a range 

of partners and allies on complex and multi-phase projects, 

including exercise-related construction, minor military 

construction, advanced planning, planning and design, and 

military construction activities. These efforts can require 

significant coordination, including on issues related to access 

and resourcing. Coordination with allies and partners is further 

complicated by a lack of formalized agreements with many 

partners, and procurement and construction difficulties posed by 

many locations in the western Pacific. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Commander, U.S. IndoPacific Command, to provide a briefing to the congressional 

defense committees at the same time as the submission of the 

President’s budget request for fiscal year 2025 regarding 

progress made in establishing the Joint Task Force-Micronesia 

and any remaining obstacles to coordinating infrastructure work 

in the western Pacific. 

The committee further notes that the establishment of the 

Joint Task Force-Micronesia, as envisioned, does not satisfy the 

requirements of Section 1087 of the James M. Inhofe National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117- 

263). 

Land forces in the Indo-Pacific region 

The committee recognizes the importance of land forces in 

preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. The committee 

notes that, in particular, land forces have a central role to 

play in campaigning activities, as defined in the National 

Defense Strategy as, “the conduct and sequencing of logicallylinked military activities to achieve strategy-aligned 

objectives over time," in the Indo-Pacific region. The committee 

further notes that most of the chiefs of defense of foreign 

military forces in the Indo-Pacific region come from the land 

components of their respective militaries, providing a basis for 

increased military-to-military partnerships. Lastly, the 

committee strongly supports efforts to reshape and modernize the 
land forces for continued relevance in the Indo-Pacific region, 

including emphasis on capabilities development such as long 

range fires, air and missile defense, and deep sensing, and 

through organizations such as the Army’s Multi-Domain Task 

Forces and Security Force Assistance Brigades and the Marine 

Corps Marine Littoral Regiments. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to provide a briefing 

to the congressional defense committees, not later than November 

1, 2023, on the role of land forces in implementing the National 

Defense Strategy in the Indo-Pacific region. The required 

briefing shall address, at a minimum, the role of the United 

States Army and Marine Corps under the Joint Concept for 

Competing and Joint Warfighting Concept as they apply to 

addressing security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. 

Lessons learned from Russia and Iran military collaboration 

The committee is concerned about the growing military 

collaboration between Iran and the Russian Federation. Of note 

is Iran’s provision of hundreds of armed drones to Russia, which 

has used them against a range of civilian targets in Ukraine. 

The committee is further concerned that the tactics and 

procedures adopted in Ukraine could be utilized in attacks by 

Iran and Iranian-linked groups against the United States and its 

allies and partners in the Middle East. 

The committee directs that the Director of the Defense 

Intelligence Agency and Undersecretary of Defense for Policy 

provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee, not 

later than December 15, 2023, assessing the benefits that Iran 

may be garnering by assisting Russia in waging war on Ukraine. 

The benefits may include battlefield tactics, techniques, and 

procedures that Iran may be learning, with a particular focus on 

relevant assessments that can be shared with allies and partners 

in the Middle East in order to better deter and counter air 

threats from Iran and Iranian-linked groups. 

National Guard State Partnership Program in the Indo-Pacific 

The committee strongly supports the National Guard State 

Partnership Program (SPP) as a means to strengthen U.S. 

alliances and partnerships with foreign counterparts in the 

Indo-Pacific region. The committee notes that the SPP currently 

maintains relationships with 16 foreign partners in the IndoPacific region. The committee supports efforts to leverage 

existing capacity in the National Guard to deepen cooperation 

with existing allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific and to 
expand efforts to include additional foreign partners, as 

appropriate. 

Therefore, not later than November 1, 2023, the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Strategies, Plans, and Capabilities, in 

coordination with the Commander, United States Indo-Pacific 

Command, the Director, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and 

the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, shall provide a briefing 

to the congressional defense committees summarizing ongoing SPP 

activities in the Indo-Pacific and identifying opportunities to 

expand such efforts to include new foreign partners, including 

an identification of any additional resources or authorities 

necessary to support such activities. 

Oversight of U.S.-provided equipment 

The committee recognizes that the Department of Defense 

has not yet fully implemented the recommendations of the 

Comptroller General of the United States contained in the report 

of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), titled "Northern 

Triangle: DOD and State Need Improved Policies to Address 

Equipment Misuse" (GAO-23-105856). The committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the Committees on 

Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 

not later than March 31, 2024, on how the Department is 

implementing, or the Department's reasons for not implementing, 

the open recommendations from that GAO report. 

Public shipyard support for AUKUS 

The committee strongly supports the trilateral security 

agreement between the United States, Australia, and the United 

Kingdom, known as AUKUS, which presents a unique opportunity to 

significantly increase security cooperation and enhance 

collective security with two of our closest allies. Central to 

the agreement is the initiative to enable Australia to acquire 

nuclear-powered submarines. The committee notes the importance 

of ensuring appropriate attention is given to the Australian 

submarine industrial base, particularly Australian shipyards, to 

ensure that it is prepared to meet the demands of maintaining 

these advanced systems. As such, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy to provide a 

report, no later than January 30, 2024, on the Department's 

efforts and plans to leverage the expertise of the United States 

public shipyards, including lessons learned as part of the 

ongoing Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan, to support 

Australian shipyard improvements and worker training. 
Ridge Runner irregular warfare activity 

The committee recognizes the importance of training with 

partner nations to develop interoperability of irregular and 

unconventional warfare tactics, techniques, and procedures in 

the face of growing threats from nation states, private military 

corporations, and violent extremist organizations. The committee 

notes that the Ridge Runner irregular warfare activity works 

with theater special operations commands, including Special 

Operations Command Europe, and the State Partnership Program 

States affiliated with nations in Europe to meet regional 

collective defense objectives. The committee believes that 

continuation of the program for the next fiscal year will 

support crucial efforts to instruct our partners in irregular 

warfare tactics in the United States, improve interoperability, 

and build on existing partnerships like those in the State 

Partnership Program through the execution of additional training 

exercises in 2024. 

Sharing of unclassified commercial satellite imagery 

intelligence and data with India 

The committee believes there are significant opportunities 

for the Department of Defense to more effectively leverage 

available commercial satellite imagery and data in support of 

U.S. national security objectives and those of our allies and 

partners. For example, the committee believes such imagery and 

data could be leveraged to assist the Government of India by 

illuminating the movements and positioning of the People's 

Republic of China's People's Liberation Army personnel, assets, 

and equities along the Chinese and Indian Line of Actual 

Control. 

Therefore, not later than November 1, 2023, the committee 

directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the 

congressional defense committees on the feasibility and 

advisability of enhancing the sharing of unclassified commercial 

satellite imagery and data with the Government of India. The 

briefing shall include recommendations, if any, for establishing 

mechanisms and processes for routinely sharing such imagery and 

data with the Government of India. 

Special Defense Acquisition Fund 

The Committee notes that a primary purpose of the Special 

Defense Acquisition Fund (SDAF), consistent with its statutory 

authority, is to keep on order defense articles and defense 

services commonly used by the military departments in 
anticipation of the transfer of similar defense articles and 

defense services to foreign countries and international 

organizations. To better meet the requirements of allies and 

partners, the committee urges the Department of Defense to 

assess the advisability and feasibility of using the fund to 

make investment decisions for the SDAF independent of the 

requirements of the United States Armed Forces. 

Support for Afghan Allies 

The committee remains deeply concerned about the safety of 

those Afghans who remain in Afghanistan under Taliban rule who 

worked alongside the United States and coalition partners for 20 

years in Afghanistan. The committee also remains greatly 

concerned about at-risk Afghans who fled Afghanistan to third 

countries. 

The committee notes its strong support for an extension of 

the Special Immigrant Visa program for Afghans, and urges the 

Department of Defense to continue assisting in efforts to ensure 

the safety of these partners and, where possible, to assist 

their repatriation to the United States. The committee supports 

a comprehensive approach to continue to facilitate the 

relocation and resettlement of at-risk Afghans, including those 

that remain in Afghanistan under threat from the Taliban, and 

those currently residing in third countries. 

Ukraine longer-range missile assessment 

The committee notes that Ukrainian officials have stated a 

need for a larger stockpile of longer-range missiles, such as 

the United States Army Tactical Missile System, the Ground 

Launched Small Diameter Bomb, and the British Storm Shadow 

Missile. Having additional longer-range strike capabilities 

would enable the Ukrainian military to strike an increased 

number of targets within the territory of Ukraine that is 

currently occupied by the Russian Federation, including critical 

military logistics and supply nodes. The committee further notes 

that Ukrainian officials have also raised the prospect of 

employing submunitions, such as those found in the Mk 20 Rockeye 

II, for use on unmanned aerial vehicles. Ukraine has been 

employing munitions at a high rate throughout the conflict and 

maintaining a sufficient stockpile is critical to their 

continued success on the battlefield. The committee urges the 

Department of Defense to assess the viability and advisability 

of providing such munitions to Ukraine. 

Will to fight update 
The committee appreciates that the Department of Defense 

(DOD) has sought to rapidly improve, innovate, and evolve, 

including studying and learning lessons from past and current 

regional and global conflicts. Furthermore, the committee 

commends the DOD's ability to provide assessments of the will to 

fight of foreign combat forces that receive U.S. security 

assistance, including the qualitative characteristics that 

inform a combatant force's will to fight. The committee notes 

that in response to section 6521 of the James M. Inhofe National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117- 

263), the DOD created a practical methodology to conduct 

comprehensive assessments on foreign combatant forces that can 

continue to be employed across the rapidly evolving global 

security climate. Additionally, the committee recognizes the 

expansive application the DOD has taken regarding the will to 

fight, not only from an intelligence assessment perspective, but 

also through the lens of policy and military operations. 

Accordingly, the committee believes the DOD must continue 

developing its understanding of foreign combatants' will to 

fight to best inform national security resourcing and decision 

making. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide an updated briefing to the Committee on Armed 

Services of the Senate, not later than March 1, 2024, regarding 

the will to fight of foreign combat forces that receive U.S. 

security assistance. 

TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 

Cooperative Threat Reduction funds (sec. 1301) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

$351.0 million for the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) 

program, define the funds as authorized to be appropriated in 

section 301 of this Act, and authorize CTR funds to be available 

for obligation for fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026. 

TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

SUBTITLE A—MILITARY PROGRAMS 

Working capital funds (sec. 1401) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

appropriations for the defense working capital funds at the 

levels identified in section 4501 of division D of this Act. 
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense (sec. 1402) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

appropriations for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, 

Defense, at the levels identified in section 4501 of division D 

of this Act. 

Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide 

(sec. 1403) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

appropriations for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug 

Activities, Defense-wide, at the levels identified in section 

4501 of division D of this Act. 

Defense Inspector General (sec. 1404) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

appropriations for the Office of the Inspector General of the 

Department of Defense at the levels identified in section 4501 

of division D of this Act. 

Defense Health Program (sec. 1405) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

appropriations for the Defense Health Program activities at the 

levels identified in section 4501 of division D of this Act. 

SUBTITLE B— NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE 

Recovery of rare earth elements and other strategic and critical 

materials through end-of-life equipment recycling (sec. 1411) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to establish policies and procedures to 

identify end-of-life (EOL) equipment of the Department of 

Defense that contains rare earth elements and other strategic 

and critical materials. The provision would also require the 

identification, establishment, and implementation of policies 

and procedures to recover such materials from EOL equipment for 

reuse by the Department. 

The committee recognizes the importance of critical and 

strategic material production and supply to U.S. national 

security interests, as well as the risks of relying on nonallied foreign nations for these materials. There have been 

significant advances in biological methods to extract and 
process rare earth elements and critical materials from EOL 

equipment. The committee encourages the Department to pursue 

partnerships and invest in research focused on the development 

of scalable and economically viable methodologies to optimize 

the extraction and processing of rare earth elements and 

critical minerals. 

Improvements to Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling 

Act (sec. 1412) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

sections of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling 

Act (50 U.S.C. 98a) to provide additional flexibilities and 

authorities. 

Authority to dispose of materials from the National Defense 

Stockpile (sec. 1413) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the National Defense Stockpile to dispose of certain materials 

that have been determined to be excess to Stockpile 

requirements. 

Beginning balances of the National Defense Stockpile Transaction 

Fund for audit purposes (sec. 1414) 

The committee recommends a provision that would clarify 

the beginning balances of the National Defense Stockpile 

Transaction Fund for the purposes of conducting an audit of such 

a fund. 

SUBTITLE C—OTHER MATTERS 

Authority for transfer of funds to joint Department of DefenseDepartment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 

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

(sec. 1421) 

The committee recommends a provision that would modify 

section 1421(a) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–236) to 

authorize the transfer of $172.0 million from the Defense Health 

Program to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of 

Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, 

established by section 1704 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84), for 
the operation of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care 

Center. 

Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home 

(sec. 1422) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

an appropriation of $77.0 million from the Armed Forces 

Retirement Home Trust Fund for fiscal year 2024 for the 

operation of the Armed Forces Retirement Home. 

Modification of leasing authority of Armed Forces Retirement 

Home (sec. 1423) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1511(i) of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 

(24 U.S.C. 411(i)) to authorize the Chief Operating Officer to 

enter into agreements with potential lessees to provide for a 

period of exclusivity, access, and study in exchange for payment 

to the Armed Forces Retirement Home trust fund. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Domestic manufacturing of strategic and critical materials 

The committee recognizes the importance of having domestic 

and allied production, processing, and refining of strategic and 

critical materials necessary for defense requirements. Many of 

these materials, to include niobium, tantalum, and scandium, 

predominantly come from non-allied foreign countries. The 

committee supports ongoing efforts by the Department of Defense 

to utilize authorities at their disposal, such as the Defense 

Production Act of 1950 (Public Law 81–774) and the Industrial 

Base Analysis and Sustainment program, to create domestic 

capabilities for these strategic and critical materials. The 

committee encourages the Department to continue its ongoing 

efforts and to review the need for domestic production of 

niobium, tantalum, and scandium, and act on those requirements 

with existing authorities. 

Domestic production of titanium sponge 

The committee is concerned by the ongoing reliance of the 

U.S. industrial base on non-allied sources of supply for 

critical materials, notably titanium sponge. With no domestic 

sources currently producing titanium sponge, the United States 

is completely reliant on imports for a material that is 
essential to many critical defense platforms. This dependence on 

non-allied sources has become even more precarious given the 

conflict in Ukraine, which has put increased demand on U.S. 

producers and introduced pricing and supply shocks to the 

titanium sponge market. Currently, the U.S. titanium industry 

sources almost all sponge from a single country, calling into 

question the security of supply. Sources of titanium sponge from 

allies may not have sufficient capacity or quality to meet 

defense and aerospace requirements. Absent a domestic source of 

titanium sponge, the United States will lack the surge capacity 

required to support defense and critical infrastructure needs in 

an extended national emergency. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Department of 

Defense to consider the use of existing authorities to make 

advanced purchase commitments of titanium sponge from a domestic 

source for inclusion in the National Defense Stockpile, and 

assess whether authorities for industrial base support, 

including the Defense Production Act of 1950 (Public Law 81-774) 

or the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program, are 

applicable to titanium sponge production. 

Graphite mining and processing capabilities 

The committee notes that graphite is a critical material 

needed for military systems and strategic infrastructure, 

including handheld systems, advanced semiconductors, battery 

materials, electric grids, and protective armor, among others. 

The United States currently does not produce any natural 

graphite domestically, depending on the People’s Republic of 

China for graphite processing activity, and is fully reliant on 

imports to satisfy domestic consumption. Chinese firms account 

for the vast majority of global natural graphite output and 

graphite processing methods and equipment, creating supply chain 

risks. Existing domestic resources of natural graphite, 

including those that were previously used to support defense 

programs, could offer the quickest and most cost-effective route 

to closing the supply chain gap. 

The committee supports the Department of Defense's ongoing 

efforts to improve its graphite supply chain and recommends the 

Defense Logistics Agency prioritize a demonstration of the 

ability to domestically process graphite for the Department in a 

manner that can be replicated to quickly expand domestic 

processing, and that does not rely on Chinese methods or require 

processing equipment from China. 

Department of Defense role related to countering trafficking in 

fentanyl and other narcotics 
The committee is deeply concerned about the ongoing 

fentanyl and other narcotics crisis in the United States, which 

the intelligence community has determined is responsible for 

over 100,000 overdose fatalities per year, the majority of which 

can be traced to the growth in fentanyl. The intelligence 

community also assesses that Mexican transnational criminal 

organizations dominate the U.S. market for illicit drugs, 

including fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine shipped 

from South America. 

The committee supports the Department of Defense 

activities to counter the threat from trafficking in narcotics 

by transnational criminal organizations as part of a 

comprehensive interagency and intergovernmental approach. The 

committee notes that the Department has multiple authorities for 

supporting the counter-narcotics efforts of partner nations, 

including: 

(1) Under section 124 of title 10, United States 

Code, as the lead agency of the Federal Government for the 

detection and monitoring of aerial and maritime transfer of 

illegal drugs into the United States; 

(2) Under section 284(c) of title 10, United States 

Code, to provide support for foreign law enforcement agencies 

for specified purposes; and 

(3) Under section 333 of title 10, United States 

Code, to provide training and equipment to foreign national 

security forces to build capacity to conduct counter-illicit 

drug trafficking operations and counter-transnational organized 

crime operations. 

The committee urges the Secretary of Defense to use these 

authorities to their full extent to counter trafficking of 

fentanyl and other narcotics by transnational criminal 

organizations. 

TITLE XV—SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC 

PROGRAMS, AND INTELLIGENCE MATTERS 

SUBTITLE A—SPACE ACTIVITIES 

Acquisition strategy for Phase 3 of the National Security Space 

Launch program (sec. 1501) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to establish an additional lane to 

Phase 3 of the National Security Space Launch program. The 

National Security Space Launch program currently has two lanes: 

"Lane 1" for low risk commercial-like operators who have 
conducted at least one previous launch; and "Lane 2" for 

operators who can meet all National Security Space Launch 

requirements, with full mission assurance. The provision would 

establish an accession launch program, known as "Lane Two A," 

which would require operators meet the requirements for "Lane 

2," for five launches of GPS Block IIIF satellites or satellites 

whose launches are high energy missions. 

Initial operating capability for Advanced Tracking and Launch 

Analysis System and system-level review (sec. 1502) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of the Air Force to report to the congressional 

defense committees a date when the Advanced Tracking and Launch 

Analysis System (ATLAS) will be operational, and if it is not 

operational by that date, whether it should be cancelled and how 

it should be replaced. 

Since its inception in fiscal year 2020, the Kobayashi 

Maru Space Command and Control (Space C2) program was described 

as an enterprise-level software acquisition effort focusing on 

space situational awareness to replace the 1980s-era Space 

Defense Operations Center (SPADOC) software, and at the same 

time acquiring a suite of software applications for Battle 

Management Command and Control (BMC2). The purpose of this 

effort was to pivot from purely space situational awareness and 

space object cataloging through the Unified Data Library to 

performing BMC2 with a warfighting focus. 

The first objective was to first replace SPADOC through 

the development of ATLAS. Subsequent reviews of the ATLAS 

program found numerous deficiencies resulting in a de-scoping of 

the SPADOC replacement effort and an estimated delay in 

replacing SPADOC from mid-2021 to the end of 2023. It should be 

noted that ATLAS is a follow-on program from the failed Joint 

Space Operations Center Mission System (JMS) dating to the 2012 

timeframe, which was also to replace SPADOC. The development and 

integration of other software acquisition programs for BMC2 in 

order to command and control space assets based on sensor data 

feeds and ATLAS is still unknown at this point. 

If ATLAS is cancelled, then the provision requires the 

Secretary to report on the estimated funds spent to date, what 

will replace it, and the expected future time and costs for such 

replacement. 

In addition, the Secretary shall enter into a contract 

with a Federally Funded Research and Development Center to 

conduct periodic reviews of the software acquisition effort for 

the Space Command and Control system as a whole, including the 

integration of not only ATLAS or a subsequent replacement, but 
the integration of sensor data, information in the Unified Data 

Library, and the ability to command and control space assets in 

a warfighting environment. 

Department of the Air Force responsibility for space-based 

ground and airborne moving target indication (sec. 1503) 

The committee recommends a provision that would designate 

the Department of the Air Force as responsible for the mission 

of space-based ground and airborne moving target indication and 

the presenter of such a capability to the combatant commands. In 

addition, the provision would enable the Secretary of the Air 

Force, in consultation with the Director of National 

Intelligence, to serve as the decision authority for milestone A 

approval for space-related acquisition programs for ground and 

airborne moving target indication that are using funds from the 

Military Intelligence Program. 

Principal Military Deputy for Space Acquisition and Integration 

(sec. 1504) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition 

and Integration to have a Principal Military Deputy for Space 

Acquisition and Integration, who would be an Active Duty officer 

in the Space Force. 

Use of middle tier acquisition authority for Space Development 

Agency acquisition program (sec. 1505) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Director of the Space Development Agency to use the middle 

tier of acquisition authority, consistent with section 804 of 

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 

(Public Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 3201 note prec.) and Department of 

Defense Instruction 5000.80, entitled ‘‘Operation of the Middle 

Tier of Acquisition (MTA)’’ and issued on December 30, 2019 (or 

a successor instruction), for the rapid fielding of satellites 

and associated systems for Tranche 1, Tranche 2, and Tranche 3 

of the proliferated warfighter space architecture of the Space 

Development Agency. 

Special authority for provision of commercial space launch 

support services (sec. 1506) 

The committee recommends a provision that would provide 

for a new section, 2276a, to be added to chapter 135 of title 
10, United States Code, to establish specific authority for the 

Secretary of a military department to enter into agreements and 

receive cost reimbursement for all costs (both direct and 

indirect) associated with the provision of goods and services to 

commercial entities conducting space launch activities. The 

provision further directs the Secretary to publish regulations 

to ensure the widest transparency in the determination of a fair 

and reasonable indirect cost assessment. 

Treatment of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Resiliency, 

Modifications, and Improvements program as acquisition category 

1D program (sec. 1507) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 

to treat the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Resiliency, 

Modifications, and Improvements program of the Air Force as an 

acquisition category 1D program, and that the authority to 

manage such program may not be delegated. 

Briefing on classification practices and foreign disclosure 

policies required for combined space operations (sec. 1508) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National 

Intelligence to provide a briefing to the congressional defense 

committees and the congressional intelligence committees, not 

later than 270 days after enactment of this Act, on the 

classification practices and foreign disclosure policies 

required to enable the development and conduct of combined space 

operations. 

Limitation on availability of certain funds relating to 

selection of permanent location for headquarters of United 

States Space Command (sec. 1509) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

any funds authorized to be appropriated for the Air Force to be 

obligated or expended for a military construction project for 

the United States Space Command headquarters and would limit 50 

percent of funds authorized to be appropriated for travel for 

the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force until the Secretary 

of the Air Force submits to the congressional defense committees 

a report on the justification for the selection of a permanent 

location for the headquarters of the United States Space 

Command. 
SUBTITLE B—NUCLEAR FORCES 

Prohibition on reduction of the intercontinental ballistic 

missiles of the United States (sec. 1511) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

the obligation or expenditure of authorized funds from fiscal 

year 2024 to reduce deployed U.S. intercontinental ballistic 

missiles’ responsiveness, alert level, or quantity to fewer than 

400. The provision would provide an exception to this 

prohibition for activities related to maintenance, sustainment, 

and replacement, or activities to ensure safety, security, or 

reliability. 

Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program silo 

activity (sec. 1512) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the LGM–35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program 

to be refurbished, and to make operable no fewer than 150 silos 

for intercontinental ballistic missiles at each of F.E. Warren 

Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, and Minot Air Force 

Base. 

Matters relating to the acquisition and deployment of the 

Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system (sec. 

1513) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the use of multi-year procurement authority for the Sentinel 

intercontinental ballistic missile program. The provision would 

also amend section 1638 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263) to 

ensure that the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Site 

Activation Task Force reports directly to the Commander, Air 

Force Global Strike Command, and would make technical and 

conforming amendments to the weapon system definition. In 

particular, the definition would specify that the weapon system 

includes the various components and subsystems that make up a 

functioning wing-wide weapon system, including the Secondary 

Launch Platform, the nuclear command, control and communications 

system, and the aerospace vehicle, as well other ancillary 

support equipment such as the Payload and Missile Transporter 

Erector. 
Plan for decreasing the time to upload additional warheads to 

the intercontinental ballistic missile fleet (sec. 1514) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the 

Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, to develop a plan to decrease 

the amount of time required to upload additional warheads to the 

intercontinental ballistic missile force. The plan should 

include an assessment of the weapons storage capacity, weapons 

transportation capacity, maintenance squadron capacity, and any 

actions that would address identified limitations at the 

Northern Tier bases of Malmstrom, F.E. Warren, and Minot Air 

Force Bases. The committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force to submit the plan not later than 90 days after the date 

of enactment of this Act, and to provide a briefing to the 

congressional defense committees 30 days after submitting the 

plan. 

Tasking and oversight authority with respect to intercontinental 

ballistic missile site activation task force for Sentinel 

Program (sec. 1515) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1638 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to 

require the Secretary of Defense to delegate tasking and 

oversight authorities with respect to other components of the 

Department of Defense participating in the Sentinel Site 

Activation Task Force to the Commander of the Air Force Global 

Strike Command. The committee recognizes there are nine 

organizations within the Air Force and three outside the Air 

Force within the Department of Defense for one of the largest 

projects the Department has undertaken within the United States. 

Accordingly, it is imperative to the extent possible within 

existing law, that the Secretary make clear to these other 

agencies and organizations that the Commander of Air Force 

Global Strike Command is directly responsible for implementing 

the Sentinel Site Activation Task Force. 

Long-term sustainment of Sentinel ICBM guidance system (sec. 

1516) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 

to certify that there is a long-term capability in place to 

maintain and modernize the guidance system of the LGM-35A 
Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) over the full 

life cycle of the program. 

The replacement for the Minuteman III ICBM system, the 

LGM-35A Sentinel ICBM, is a complex and complicated system of 

systems effort—the largest the Air Force has undertaken since 

the original ICBM program. The key component to the overall 

delivery system will be the guidance assembly. Given that the 

LGM-35A is to be operated through the 2070s, it should emulate 

the path developed by the Navy’s Strategic Systems Program for 

the Trident II (D5) submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), 

particularly for guidance, which is the most complex subsystem 

in the missile. Rather than buying guidance kits in bulk and 

storing them while technology advances, the Navy committed to a 

long-term and sustained investment to maintain and modernize the 

guidance system in the D5 SLBM. The Navy guidance program 

includes research efforts at its Federally Funded Research and 

Development Centers, engineering manufacturing development at 

its supplier base, and a series of test launches that not only 

certify the overall D5 SLBM system but test new guidance 

technology for insertion into technology spirals of the D5 SLBM 

system. 

The provision would require that, before a milestone C 

determination of the LGM-35A, the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition and Sustainment shall certify to the congressional 

defense committees that the most complex part of the missile, 

its guidance system, will not be a static technology snapshot in 

time. The Under Secretary should certify that not only will 

there be a capability, including facilities unique to the 

guidance system, to maintain and produce future subcomponents 

over the life of the LGM-35A, but there will also be a 

capability to advance the state of the art technologies in its 

guidance system and its manufacturing base. The committee does 

not expect the Air Force to mimic the Navy’s Strategic Systems 

Program in its guidance development, but it should leverage the 

lessons learned from the program over its 60 years of continuous 

improvement and apply it to the LGM-35A weapon system. 

Sense of the Senate on Polaris Sales Agreement (sec. 1517) 

The committee recommends a provision that would express 

the sense of the Senate recognizing the 60th anniversary of the 

Polaris Sales Agreement between the United States and the United 

Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The provision 

would congratulate the Royal Navy for steadfastly maintaining 

the Continuous At-Sea Deterrent, recognize the important 

contribution of the Continuous At-Sea Deterrent to the North 

Atlantic Treaty Organization, and reaffirm that the United 
Kingdom is a valued and special ally of the United States, among 

other actions. 

Matters relating to the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise 

missile (sec. 1518) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 

(USD(A&S)) to establish a program for the development of a 

nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile and to designate the 

program as an acquisition category 1D program. In addition, the 

provision would require the USD(A&S) to initiate a nuclear 

weapon project for the W80-4 ALT warhead and to designate the 

Department of the Navy as the lead military department for the 

project. Furthermore, the provision would require the Secretary 

of Defense and the Administrator for Nuclear Security of the 

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) take such 

actions as necessary to reach initial operational capability not 

later than fiscal year 2035. Finally, the provision would 

require the USD(A&S), in coordination with the Secretary of the 

Navy, the Administrator for Nuclear Security, and the Commander, 

U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), to brief the congressional 

defense committees periodically on the progress of these 

programs. 

Operational timeline for Strategic Automated Command and Control 

System (sec. 1519) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the full replacement of the entire Strategic Automated Command 

and Control System (SACCS) with the initial operating capability 

of the Sentinel LGM-35A weapon system. SACCS is a serial-based 

1970s message processing system that was built for analog phone 

lines to transmit messages and other data to the Minuteman III 

weapon system. The Air Force still relies heavily upon SACCS and 

the main message processor still uses machine language coding 

that is obsolete and cannot be maintained. The Air Force is 

moving elements of the messaging system to an Internet Protocol 

with necessary cyber protections, but the original messaging 

processors from the 1970s are still retained at various sites. 

Other sites that still use the outdated message processing 

equipment for receiving messages will likewise need to be and 

should be replaced. 

Amendment to annual report on the plan for the nuclear weapons 

stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons delivery 
systems, and nuclear weapons command and control systems (sec. 

1520) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 492a of title 10, United States Code, by adding a new 

subsection to require an independent assessment by the 

Commander, U.S. Strategic Command. The assessment would include 

an independent analysis of the sufficiency of the acquisition, 

construction, and recapitalization programs of the Department of 

Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration to 

modernize the nuclear forces of the United States and meet 

current and future deterrence requirements. The assessment would 

be required not later than 60 days after the submission of the 

budget of the President and shall be submitted to the Nuclear 

Weapons Council. The Commander of U.S. Strategic Command shall 

notify the congressional defense committees when the report has 

been submitted to the Nuclear Weapons Council. The Chairman of 

the Nuclear Weapons Council shall submit the assessment, without 

change, not later than 15 days after receiving it, to the 

congressional defense committees. 

Technical amendment to additional report matters on strategic 

delivery systems (sec. 1521) 

The committee recommends a provision that would make 

technical amendments to section 495(b) of title 10, United 

States Code to extend the requirement for the President to 

report to Congress if the plans to modernize or replace 

strategic delivery vehicles are not fully funded. The 

requirement would be extended until the expiration of the Treaty 

between the United States of America and the Russian Federation 

on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of 

Strategic Offensive Arms, signed on April 8, 2010, and entered 

into effect on February 5, 2011 (commonly referred to as the 

"New START Treaty"). 

Amendment to study of weapons programs that allow Armed Forces 

to address hard and deeply buried targets (sec. 1522) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1674 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to 

clarify limitations on the retirement of the B83-1 nuclear 

gravity bomb prior to the submission of certain studies to the 

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives by the Secretary of Defense. 
Limitation on use of funds until provision of Department of 

Defense information to Government Accountability Office (sec. 

1523) 

The committee recommends a provision that would limit the 

use of 50 percent of fiscal year 2024 funds authorized in 

Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide, and available for the 

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, until the 

Comptroller General of the United States notifies the 

congressional defense committees that the Department of Defense 

has fully complied with Government Accountability Office (GAO) 

information requests. 

The committee finds that: 

(1) Section 1652(a) of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) 

requires the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct 

a study on the strategic nuclear weapons capabilities, force 

structure, employment policy, and targeting requirements of the 

Department of Defense; 

(2) Section 1652(d) of that Act requires the 

Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy to provide the 

Comptroller General with full cooperation and access to 

appropriate officials, guidance, and documentation for the 

purposes of conducting such study; 

(3) Despite repeated requests by officials of the 

Government Accountability Office to the Office of the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Joint Staff for 

information necessary to conduct the study required of the 

Comptroller General, offices of the Department of Defense have 

repeatedly delayed the provision of such information, or failed 

to provide it entirely; and 

(4) Such delays and failures to provide the 

statutorily-required information has inhibited the timely 

progress of the study and undermined congressional oversight. 

SUBTITLE C—MISSILE DEFENSE 

Designation of official responsible for missile defense of Guam 

(sec. 1531) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1660(b) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263) to 

designate the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

Sustainment as the senior official of the Department of Defense 

who shall be responsible for the missile defense of Guam. 
Selection of a Director of the Missile Defense Agency (sec. 

1532) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 205 of title 10, United States Code, to ensure the 

Director of the Missile Defense Agency is appointed by the 

President for a period of six years from among the general 

officers on Active Duty in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, or 

Space Force or from among the flag officers on Active Duty in 

the Navy. 

Modification of requirement for Comptroller General of the 

United States review and assessment of missile defense 

acquisition programs (sec. 1533) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend the 

requirement for the Comptroller General of the United States to 

review and assess missile defense acquisition programs by 

extending the date of the requirement to 2030 and broadening the 

definition of the subject matter. 

Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system and Israeli 

cooperative missile defense program co-development and coproduction (sec. 1534) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

funding for the procurement of the Iron Dome short-range rocket 

defense system, David’s Sling Weapon System, and Arrow 3 Upper 

Tier Interceptor Program as outlined under the Memorandum of 

Agreement between the United States and the Government of Israel 

for cooperative missile defense programs. 

Modification of scope of program accountability matrices 

requirements for next generation interceptors for missile 

defense of the United States homeland (sec. 1535) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1668(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81) to extend program 

accountability matrices requirements to the product development 

phase. 

Limitation on availability of funds for Office of Cost 

Assessment and Program Evaluation until submission of missile 

defense roles and responsibilities report (sec. 1536) 
The committee recommends a provision that would limit the 

amount obligated or expended for the operations of the Office of 

Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation to not more than 50 

percent of the amount authorized by this Act for operation and 

maintenance, Defense-wide, and available for the Office of Cost 

Assessment and Program Evaluation, until the Secretary of 

Defense provides the report required by section 1675(b) of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public 

Law 117–81). 

Integrated air and missile defense architecture for the IndoPacific region (sec. 1537) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in coordination with 

the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, 

the Commander, U.S. Northern Command, the Director of the 

Missile Defense Agency, and the Director of the Joint Integrated 

Air and Missile Defense Organization, to develop a comprehensive 

strategy for developing, acquiring, and operationally 

establishing an integrated air and missile defense architecture 

for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. Not 

later than March 15, 2024, and not less frequently than once 

each year thereafter, the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, 

shall, in coordination with Northern Command, the Missile 

Defense Agency, and the Director of the Joint Integrated Air and 

Missile Defense Organization, submit to the congressional 

defense committees an annual report outlining the activities 

conducted and progress made in developing and implementing the 

strategy over the previous year; the planned activities for 

developing and implementing the strategy in the upcoming year; 

and a description of likely risks and impediments to the 

successful implementation of the strategy. 

Modification of the National Missile Defense policy (sec. 1538) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1681(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) to modify the National 

Missile Defense Policy. Modifications include emphasizing the 

need to provide an effective regional missile defense system, 

and to note that the United States relies on nuclear deterrence 

to address more sophisticated and larger quantity near-peer 

intercontinental missile threats to the homeland. 

SUBTITLE D—OTHER MATTERS 
Electronic warfare (sec. 1541) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend part 

I of subtitle A of title 10, United States Code, by adding a new 

chapter to consolidate and update electronic warfare (EW) 

provisions and ensure that proper oversight of the EW 

implementation plan is performed. The provision would do the 

following: 

(1) Memorializes core elements of the 2015 EW 

Executive Committee (EXCOM) into title 10, United States Code, 

while leaving the 2015 EW EXCOM charter intact and flexible for 

the Secretary to designate members and take additional actions 

as necessary. 

(2) Updates and transfers recurring provisions of 

section 1053 into title 10, United States Code. These provisions 

involve broad guidance by the Secretary, while ensuring the 

services and combatant commands are improving EW capabilities. 

As a matter of congressional oversight, the committee requires 

reporting over the next five years to document matters 

addressed, shortfalls, and actions Congress can take to remedy 

shortfalls. 

(3) Requires close tracking of the July 2021 

Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) Plan. The 

implementation plan was the result of over six years of 

sustained attention to EW and EMSO, beginning in 2015. The 

implementation plan represents hundreds of hours of work inside 

the Department by cross-functional teams, with constant 

interaction with the congressional defense committees on its 

progress. The committee expects to be informed on what elements 

are being achieved, in full or in part, and reasons for 

shortfalls. Any changes to this implementation plan and its 

scope must be explained in detail to congressional defense 

committees and should not be taken lightly. 

In 2015, the Defense Science Board (DSB) published “Study 

on 21st Century Military Operations in a Complex Electromagnetic 

Environment,” discussing a contested EMSO environment, 

principally Electronic Warfare (EW). Their findings were 

sobering: “At a time when the United States relies on 

information superiority on the battlefield for future military 

success, this capability is jeopardized by serious deficiencies 

in U.S. electronic warfare (EW) capabilities.” Feedback to the 

DSB from agencies responsible for EMSO had a common theme that 

“the U.S. was drifting into a decidedly lagging position in EW.” 

The DSB found three root causes: 

(1) Twenty-five years of EW neglect after the end of 

the Cold War due to a perception that the threat had 

disappeared; 
(2) A worldwide migration of sophisticated 

electronics capabilities in hardware, software, and softwaredriven system architectures to other countries that eroded the 

U.S. lead in these technologies; and 

(3) Potential adversaries taking orchestrated and 

well-funded steps after observing U.S. battlefield electronics 

dominance. 

Today, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows the progression 

of EW, with widespread Global Position System (GPS) denial and 

the electronic attack of commercial space assets. The latter has 

led to wider policy questions regarding the status and responses 

of U.S. and allied-owned space companies in third-party 

conflicts. While Russia is the acute problem, China has amassed 

a large and sophisticated EW capability and doctrine across all 

domains. Finally, exercises involving EW have shown the 

significant challenges electronic attack poses to our ability to 

conduct effective combat operations. 

There are many broad policy questions on how the 

Department of Defense (DOD) can address this issue, but it must 

start with a well-coordinated governance structure. The DSB 

noted the wide-ranging effects of an atrophied EW governance 

structure: “The consequences of this lack of attention are 

serious and have manifested in numerous ways —a lack of 

appropriate institutional advocacy for EW as an important 

military capability; EW capabilities becoming a bill payer for 

platforms and other high visibility desires; test range 

facilities not keeping up with the threat; a lack of modeling 

and simulation capabilities above the one-on-one level; training 

and exercising only in relatively benign EW environments; and 

poor coordination and integration of needs and capabilities 

across EW as well as with other areas that impact EW 

capabilities.” 

As a result of this lack of governance, the Department 

created an EW EXCOM. The EW EXCOM charter was signed in March 

2015. Concurrently, the congressional defense committees 

received briefings on the EW EXCOM and progress in achieving the 

goals of the 2015 DSB report. Out of concern that the 2015 DSB 

report was not being acted on with urgency, Congress enacted 

section 1053 of the John S. McCain National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Guidance on Electronic 

Warfare Mission Area and Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum 

Operations. Section 1053 required the DOD to focus on EW and 

EMSO by creating cross functional teams to address a host of 

issues including strategy, funding, training, and operational 

readiness. Section 1053 further required the Secretary to 

designate a senior individual responsible for implementing the 

cross-functional team recommendations. The senior designated 
official was the Vice Chairman of the Joint Staff. In July 2021, 

the DOD reported to Congress on Section 1053’s implementation 

strategy (Summary of Implementation Plan for the 2020 DOD EMS 

Superiority Strategy and attached Roadmap). The implementation 

plan addressed over 100 actions in response to EMSO and EW 

shortfalls. The senior designated official was the Chief 

Information Officer within the Office of the Secretary of 

Defense. It is critical that progress on this issue continue. 

Study on the future of the Integrated Tactical Warning Attack 

Assessment System (sec. 1542) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to enter into an 

agreement with a federally funded research and development 

center (FFRDC) to conduct a study on the future of the 

Integrated Tactical Warning/ Attack Assessment System (ITW/AA). 

The study should include future air and missile threats to the 

United States; integration of multi-domain sensor data; the 

effect of the integration on the data reliability standards of 

the ITW/AA; future data visualizations, conferencing, and 

decision-making capabilities of such a system; and any other 

matter the Chairman considers relevant. 

The committee requires the Chairman submit a report not 

later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act 

to the congressional defense committees on the report from the 

FFRDC and the Chairman's assessments of the report's findings 

with respect to modernizing the ITW/AA. 

Comprehensive review of electronic warfare training ranges and 

future capabilities (sec. 1543) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to 

conduct a comprehensive review of its electronic warfare 

training ranges and future capabilities and provide a briefing 

not later than March 31, 2024. 

Extension of authorization for protection of certain facilities 

and assets from unmanned aircraft (sec. 1544) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 130i(i) of title 10, United States Code, to provide an 

extension of the authorization for protection of certain 

facilities and assets from unmanned aircraft. 
Addressing serious deficiencies in electronic protection of 

systems that operate in the radio frequency spectrum (sec. 1545) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to address deficiencies in the 

electronic protection of systems that operate in the federal 

radio frequency (RF) spectrum. Recent exercises and assessments 

reveal that a broad array of military systems that transmit and 

receive in the federal RF spectrum, including radars and signals 

intelligence sensors, navigation systems, data links, and other 

communications systems, lack sufficient protection against 

adversary jamming and spoofing, as well as against interference 

from systems operated by friendly forces within that federal 

spectrum. 

The committee understands that decisions about 

establishing requirements, prioritizing investment, and 

determining the level of electronic protection to embed within 

battlefield systems are decentralized throughout the Department 

of Defense. After the end of the Cold War, the Department gave 

insufficient attention to the jamming and interference threats 

from near-peer adversaries as the Nation focused on 

counterterrorism. However, the return of great power competition 

and growing threats in the Indo-Pacific region demand urgent and 

sustained attention to improve the resilience of tactical 

systems to electronic attack. The committee believes that the 

military departments must be held accountable for actively 

addressing this problem. 

Funding limitation on certain unreported programs (sec. 1546) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

the obligation or expenditure of funds authorized to be 

appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2024 on any classified 

program involving unidentified anomalous phenomena that has not 

been briefed to the appropriate committees of Congress, 

congressional leadership, and the Director of the All-domain 

Anomaly Resolution Office. 

Revision of Secretary of Defense authority to engage in 

commercial activities as security for intelligence collection 

activities (sec. 1547) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authority of the Secretary of Defense to engage in commercial 

activities as security for intelligence collection activities 

through December 31, 2025, and make other clarifying changes. 
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Availability of key commodities for the Sentinel program 

The committee notes that section 1632 of the James M. 

Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 

(Public Law 117-263) required the Secretary of the Air Force, 

acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 

Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, to designate a senior 

official to monitor the combined industrial base supporting the 

acquisition of the B-21 aircraft and the Sentinel 

intercontinental ballistic missile system. One of that senior 

official’s duties will be to monitor the acquisition by the 

combined industrial base of “materials, technologies, and 

components associated with nuclear weapons systems” and 

“commodities purchased on a large scale.” 

In addition, the committee notes that section 1638 of the 

James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) created a task force to oversee 

and coordinate the construction of fixed facilities and 

emplacements of the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile 

system. 

The committee recognizes the importance of stabilizing the 

availability of key commodities, including concrete and steel, 

for construction associated with the Sentinel intercontinental 

ballistic missile program. The committee directs the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy and the 

Secretary of the Air Force to submit a report to congressional 

defense committees, not later than March 1, 2024, that provides 

options for achieving this objective. The report shall include 

an analysis of the degree to which employment of Title III of 

the Defense Production Act of 1950 (Public Law 81-774) or using 

advance procurement authorities for key commodities could 

achieve this goal. 

Briefing and report on behaviors of nuclear-armed adversaries 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in 

consultation with the Director of the Defense Intelligence 

Agency, to brief the congressional defense committees not later 

than March 1, 2024, on whether the Russian Federation, the 

People’s Republic of China, or the Democratic People’s Republic 

of Korea have taken any actions over the past five years to: 

(1) Reduce the quantity of nuclear weapons within 

their respective stockpiles; 

(2) Reduce the quantity of nuclear weapons delivery 

systems within their arsenals; 
(3) Reduce the amount of weapons-usable fissile 

material in their possession; 

(4) Reduce their respective capabilities for 

producing weapons-usable fissile material; or 

(5) Actively engaged in bilateral or multilateral 

negotiations intended to reduce the number of nuclear weapons 

within their respective stockpiles. 

Briefing and report on contracting nuclear-armed adversaries 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide 

a report to the congressional defense committees, not later than 

June 1, 2024, outlining whether any component of the Department 

of Defense has, over the past year, entered into a contract for 

goods or services with: 

(1) An entity of the defense industry of the Russian 

Federation, the People’s Republic of China, or the Democratic 

People’s Republic of Korea; 

(2) An individual who is known to be a corporate 

officer or principal shareholder of an entity of the defense 

industry of the Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of 

China, or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; or 

(3) An individual or organization who is known to 

have provided significant financial, material, technological, or 

other support to an entity of the defense industry of the 

Russian Federation, the People’s Republic of China, or the 

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 

Briefing on Dual-Capable Aircraft Wing resource allocations and 

mission requirements 

The committee notes that the 48th Fighter Wing at 

Lakenheath Royal Air Force Base maintains as intense an 

operational tempo as any fighter wing in the U.S. Air Force. 

While the performance of the wing has been exemplary in meeting 

its global mission requirements, the committee is concerned that 

continued overtaxing could undermine future performance and 

jeopardize the successful execution of its most critical 

missions, including providing U.S. dual-capable aircraft 

capabilities to support NATO extended deterrence commitments. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Air Force, not later than February 1, 2024, to provide a 

briefing to the congressional defense committees on options to 

better align resource allocations for wings with a dual-capable 

mission with current operational requirements to current 

modernization investments, including options for reducing 

operational demands outside of the European theater. 
Briefing on space-based moving target indicator (MTI) systems 

The committee believes the U.S. Space Force must rapidly 

develop operational and capability requirements to field spacebased moving target indicator (MTI) systems to meet near-term 

joint warfighter requirements. Space-based MTI systems will 

enable joint operations within the adversaries’ weapons 

engagement zones, increase survivability of the joint force, and 

enable weapons employment on operationally relevant timelines. 

The related processes and procedures must be purpose-built to 

make sure joint forces receive quality target data on tactically 

relevant timelines while accounting for scalability to 

accommodate streamlined onboarding of future space-based sensing 

and targeting missions. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Chief of Space 

Operations to present a briefing, not later than January 1, 

2024, to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

House of Representatives detailing how the Space Force will 

organize and execute space-based MTI and future space-based 

sensing and targeting missions. The briefing should address the 

associated doctrine, organizations, training, materiel, 

leadership education, personnel, facilities, and policy 

requirements. The brief should also include: (1) Considerations 

for ground systems and delivery timelines relative to space 

vehicles; (2) The ability to scale education and training to 

meet future enterprise needs; (3) The needed knowledge and 

expertise for personnel to prepare for and execute space-based 

MTI missions; and (4) Plans for integration with the Department 

of the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System as well as 

the Department of Defense’s Joint All Domain Command and 

Control. 

Comptroller General report on DOD planning for transition from 

Minuteman III to the Sentinel Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent 

The Air Force has operated the Minuteman III 

intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) weapon system in a 

continuous alert status for decades. First deployed in 1970 with 

a planned service life of 10 years, the Minuteman III weapon 

system will be replaced by the Sentinel Ground Based Strategic 

Deterrent with initial operations beginning around 2030 – 50 

years past the Minuteman III system’s initial planned service 

life. The Air Force plans to sustain Minuteman III through 2030 

and gradually draw down the weapon system before it is finally 

retired and fully replaced by Sentinel. As it prepares for and 

conducts the transition, the Air Force must maintain the 

Minuteman III weapon system in continuous alert status while 
simultaneously replacing it with Sentinel across 450 launch 

facilities and three missile fields in order to provide the 

Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, with the forces necessary to 

meet deterrence requirements. This transition will necessitate 

that the U.S. Air Force successfully operate the two systems 

simultaneously for some period of time. 

To better understand how the Department of Defense and the 

Air Force plan to manage the transition from Minuteman III to 

Sentinel, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to review Air Force plans to manage the transition 

and concurrent operation of Minuteman III and Sentinel, 

including: (1) An assessment of personnel and other resourcing 

needs; (2) How the service has begun to prepare, train, and 

resource operators and maintainers for the transition; (3) How 

the Air Force plans to maintain sufficient capability to meet 

requirements during the transition; (4) The extent to which the 

Air Force has assessed and planned for potential increased 

demands on security force personnel during the transition; and 

(5) Any other matters considered appropriate by the Comptroller 

General. 

The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide a 

preliminary briefing to the congressional defense committees, 

not later than March 31, 2024, with a final report to follow at 

a time mutually agreed upon. 

Comptroller General review of Department of Defense launch 

services 

The Department of Defense (DOD) has varied and changing 

needs for acquiring launch services. Historically, DOD launched 

most satellites on medium, intermediate, and heavy launch 

vehicles with capabilities to reach high orbits such as 

geostationary orbits, and designed and developed its launch 

acquisition programs to meet these requirements. However, as DOD 

considers larger constellations of many smaller satellites in 

the future, including increasing use of low earth orbit, launch 

services for these architectures may have different requirements 

in terms of vehicle size and responsiveness. In addition, the 

launch market has undergone significant changes in the last 

decade, with more launch companies offering launch services and 

a wider array of launch vehicle size and capabilities. Demand 

for launch has also increased in the commercial sector. In past 

years, DOD was the primary launch customer for many companies 

and accounted for a large share of overall launches, but going 

forward, DOD payloads may represent a decreasing percentage of 

total launch demand. All of these changes will impact how DOD 
acquires launch services under the National Security Space 

Launch program. 

To assist the committee in its oversight of this crucial 

program, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to assess the National Security Space Launch Phase 

3 acquisition program to include the following elements: (1) How 

DOD is accounting for changing future launch needs in its Phase 

3 acquisition strategy; (2) The ability of launch providers to 

meet those needs; and (3) The extent to which the Phase 3 

strategy supports and makes use of competition in launch 

acquisitions. 

The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide 

an initial briefing to the congressional defense committees, not 

later than May 1, 2024, and a subsequent report at a time agreed 

upon with the committees. 

Comptroller General review of integration of allies and partners 

in space operations 

The 2022 National Defense Strategy states that allies and 

partners are our greatest global strategic advantage and the 

center of gravity for the strategy. This is especially true when 

it comes to space. In its 2020 Defense Space Strategy, the 

Department of Defense (DOD) emphasizes the advantage gained by 

the United States as a result of its relationship with allies 

and partners, and the importance of continued cooperation on 

space activities. U.S. Space Command and Space Force also widely 

discuss the importance of integrating with allies and partners 

to support space operations via data sharing agreements and 

integrating satellite communications capabilities, among other 

areas. 

The Department has taken numerous steps to foster the 

integration of capabilities and data sharing among the United 

States and its allies and partners. One such avenue is the 

Combined Space Operations (CSpO) partnership, which includes the 

United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, 

and the United Kingdom. As a CSpO partner, the United States has 

committed to developing and operating a resilient interoperable 

space architecture; enhancing command, control, and 

communications capabilities among CSpO partners; and sharing 

intelligence and information, among other lines of effort. NATO 

has also recognized the importance of space to the alliance and 

encourages cooperation between allies to enhance the 

compatibility and interoperability of their space capabilities. 

The committee seeks to better understand the extent to 

which the United States’ integration with allies and partners 

through involvement in these organizations, or other relevant 
efforts, is leveraged in support of U.S. Space Command’s efforts 

to deter aggression, defend national interests, and defeat 

threats. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to review DOD’s efforts to better integrate 

space operations with allies and partners, including an analysis 

of: (1) The extent to which DOD incorporates allies and partners 

into planning for and conducting space operations and related 

activities; (2) The extent to which current agreements and 

cooperative efforts with allies and partners help address DOD 

capability or capacity shortfalls; and (3) What, if any, 

challenges affect DOD’s ability to cooperate with allies and 

partners on space activities including steps DOD is taking to 

mitigate those challenges. The committee directs the Comptroller 

General provide an initial briefing to the congressional defense 

committees, not later than April 1, 2024, and a subsequent 

report at a time agreed upon with the committees. 

Comptroller General review of nuclear deterrence curriculum with 

Department of Defense Joint Professional Military Education 

The committee understands that numerous senior civilian 

and military officials within the Department of Defense have 

highlighted the importance of effective nuclear deterrence in 

supporting global stability and enabling all other types of U.S. 

military operations. However, it is not clear to the committee 

that the Department of Defense Joint Professional Military 

Education system emphasizes the understanding of nuclear 

deterrence theoretical and operational concepts in a manner that 

comports with the mission’s stated importance to U.S. defense 

strategy. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to review the extent to which educational 

content and standards concerning strategic and regional nuclear 

deterrence theory, strategy, policy, and operations are 

incorporated into all levels of Department of Defense Joint 

Professional Military Education. The Comptroller General shall 

provide preliminary observations to the congressional defense 

committees not later than May 1, 2024, with a report to follow 

on an agreed date. 

Comptroller General review of Space Warfighting Analysis Center 

Effective planning for future space architectures is 

necessary to ensure that Department of Defense (DOD) 

acquisitions are cost-effective, able to meet warfighting needs, 

and resilient in the face of emerging threats to satellites and 
associated ground systems. DOD and the Space Force have planned 

or begun a number of acquisition efforts to bolster or replace 

legacy systems and ensure the United States maintains its 

advantage in space. 

In 2021, the Space Force established the Space Warfighting 

Analysis Center (SWAC) to analyze options and develop 

recommendations for future force designs and associated space 

architectures. SWAC’s analytic work has played an important role 

in supporting the development of Space Force’s force structure 

requirements. In late 2021, SWAC completed its first force 

design effort, related to missile warning, and has since 

continued efforts across several key space mission areas, 

including data transport and ground moving target indication. 

Given Space Force’s role in enabling joint operations and 

integrating joint space requirements, it is imperative that the 

Space Force ensures that SWAC’s analyses and resultant force 

designs are coordinated across the services to ensure that 

proposed architectures will meet joint needs. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to review how Space Force uses SWAC’s 

analyses and recommendations to develop force structure 

requirements and inform technology development, acquisition 

programs, or other efforts. This review shall include analysis 

of: (1) SWAC’s analytic approach to operational force design; 

(2) The extent to which Space Force leverages SWAC analyses and 

other inputs to execute its role as integrator of joint space 

requirements; (3) SWAC’s use of digital tools and model-based 

systems engineering to initially identify and then refine 

potential options; and (4) How the Space Force and the larger 

Department of the Air Force both coordinate the results of 

SWAC’s analyses across DOD and update associated acquisition and 

architecture plans to meet joint needs. 

The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide 

an initial briefing to the congressional defense committees, not 

later than May 1, 2024, and a subsequent report at a date agreed 

upon with the committees. 

Cyber risks and resiliency for space assets 

The conflict in Ukraine has demonstrated that adversary 

cyber capabilities can deny, degrade, disrupt, and even destroy 

space assets. Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, in consultation with the 

Space Force, to provide a briefing to the congressional defense 

committees not later than March 31, 2024, that assesses the 

cybersecurity risks to Department of Defense space assets, 

taking into account space domain awareness and cyber operations 
research and development to enable rapid detection, tracking, 

and attribution of orbital platforms subject to attack. In 

addition, the briefing shall review what data and standards 

exist for tracking space assets and associated technical 

limitations. The briefing shall also outline a roadmap for 

emerging and future cyber hardening techniques for current and 

future space assets. 

Electronic warfare Electromagnetic Management Battle Software 

acquisition program 

The committee is aware that pursuant to operational 

requirements developed by the U.S. Strategic Command and the 

Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy Implementation 

Plan in the Department of Defense, the Defense Information 

Systems Agency is developing an Electromagnetic Management 

Battle software acquisition effort to enable the warfighter to 

assess the electromagnetic spectrum in the warfighting maneuver 

space. This effort is a complex, multi-year spiral software 

acquisition effort integrating multiple databases and user 

interfaces as well as physics-based models, while assessing 

existing software efforts within the services. 

Therefore, given the complexity of this effort, the 

committee directs the Department of Defense Chief Information 

Officer to enter into an arrangement with a federally funded 

research and development center (FFRDC) with expertise in 

software development to review the progress made to date in 

accomplishing the operational requirements as outlined by U.S. 

Strategic Command and to make recommendations to further improve 

the software development effort. Not later than February 28th, 

2024, the Chief Information Officer shall forward the report by 

the FFRDC and brief the congressional defense committees on the 

report’s findings and recommendations. 

Hypersonic throttleable solid propellant propulsion systems 

The protection against hypersonic weapons systems requires 

glide phase interceptors whose divert and attitude control 

systems must be able to provide high maneuver rates under 

extreme forces in order to accomplish an intercept, and 

therefore will require pushing the state of the art in these 

control systems. One such opportunity is providing defense 

interceptor systems with throttleable solid propellant 

propulsion systems which are able to be stored for long periods 

of time and without hazardous or corrosive side effects typical 

of hypergolic propellants. The committee urges the Department of 
Defense to carefully examine all propellants for future divert 

and attitude control systems. 

In-space connectivity to commercial satellite constellations 

The committee believes that in-space connectivity between 

the national security space enterprise and commercial satellite 

communications constellations can enhance the resiliency and 

redundancy of military space capabilities. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 

Space Acquisition and Integration and the Director of the Space 

Development Agency to provide a briefing to the congressional 

defense committees, not later than March 31, 2024, on the 

opportunities and steps needed for, as well as the policy or 

technical barriers preventing, the development of capabilities 

to connect military satellite networks and commercial 

constellations in space. 

Integration of commercial weather data 

The committee understands that proliferated constellations 

of satellites offer great promise for the use of resilient 

commercial electro-optical and infrared-based weather data when 

combined with hybrid cloud architectures. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force, in 

consultation with the Secretary of the Navy, to provide a 

briefing to the congressional defense committees not later than 

March 31, 2024, on how U.S. commercial weather data sets and 

data analytics are being leveraged by the services. The briefing 

should consider the operational purchase across all current 

commercial weather data programs; the capability and mission 

utility requirements for U.S. commercial weather products and 

data to support relevant operational mission needs; how U.S. 

commercial weather products and data should be integrated into 

the information systems and workflows used by warfighters to 

ensure their timely and efficient operational use; and what 

procurement and contracting mechanisms, if any, currently exist 

that the services, and Department of Defense more broadly, can 

use to procure commercial weather products and weather data as a 

service construct, with the applicable contract vehicles. 

Integration of non-traditional space domain awareness sensors 

Space Domain Awareness (SDA) is a high performance, high 

cost, and aging global network of sensors. The committee 

encourages the Space Force to upgrade this aging infrastructure 

with a program that pairs existing traditional sensor capability 
with lower cost non-traditional sensors and associated task 

management software to enable an affordable and sustainable path 

toward ensuring Department of Defense SDA capabilities can 

adequately keep pace with the rapidly evolving space threats. 

Intelligence and information sharing 

The committee recognizes that the expeditious 

dissemination of sensitive information to allies and partners is 

necessary to prevail in high-end conflict, as has been 

demonstrated during the conflict in Ukraine. Releasing this 

information requires careful, but timely, review to ensure the 

information is appropriately downgraded or declassified in a way 

that protects U.S. national security interests. 

The committee is concerned that existing policy and 

processes may not appropriately balance the need for security 

with the strategic and tactical risks of withholding necessary 

information from allies and partners. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Intelligence and Security (USD I&S) to provide a 

briefing on existing policies and procedures governing the 

sharing of intelligence and sensitive information with foreign 

allies and partners to the congressional defense and 

intelligence committees not later than October 31, 2023. The 

briefing shall include, at a minimum, the following: 

(1) A review of all Department of Defense (DOD) 

policies related to the sharing of intelligence with foreign 

allies and partners, including DOD Directive 5320.11, the 

requirement that information can only be authorized for release 

by the originating component; 

(2) An assessment of lessons learned from the 

Ukraine conflict, including a description of any modifications 

to policy or procedure that have been made; 

(3) An assessment of relevant technologies, 

including artificial intelligence-enabled search capabilities, 

that could enhance the timeliness and responsiveness of the 

review process; 

(4) A description of any planned modifications to 

policy, process, or training that could enhance the timeliness 

and responsiveness of intelligence and information sharing with 

allies and partners; and 

(5) Any other matters the USD I&S deems relevant. 

Joint Air Force and National Nuclear Security Administration 

report on Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile program 

and related issues 
Despite reaching Milestone B (Engineering and 

Manufacturing Development) in 2020, the Air Force has yet to 

produce a reliable master schedule for the Sentinel 

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) program. The program 

contractor is expecting substantial schedule delays and cost 

growth. This schedule and cost uncertainty has ripple effects on 

the transition from the Minuteman III (MMIII) to the Sentinel 

ICBM. This transition, estimated to last nearly 10 years, will 

be a lengthy and complicated process involving, among other 

things, real estate purchases, construction, deconstruction, 

removal and installation of equipment, and nuclear 

certification. Making things even more difficult, the National 

Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) issues with pit and 

other nuclear production missions and associated infrastructure 

do not provide the Air Force with assurances that the planned 

W87-1 warhead schedule will mesh with the Sentinel’s nor do they 

provide assurances that all W87-1 modernization objectives will 

be met. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Air Force and NNSA 

to jointly report to the Senate Armed Services Committee on the 

Sentinel program and related issues, not later than March 1, 

2024. The report should overlay the schedules for the three 

components of the program—Sentinel, MMIII transition, and W87-1 

modernization—with a focus on identifying conflicts and 

disconnects as well as mitigation strategies and potential offramps. Further, the report should assess the current 

coordination and integration efforts, both within the Air Force 

and NNSA as well as between the two agencies, and identify areas 

and solutions for improvement. 

The committee also directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to assess the joint report and brief the committee 

on its findings within 180 days of the joint report’s 

submission. 

Management of personnel operating THAAD batteries on Guam 

The committee notes that the Department of Defense has 

taken steps to enhance United States missile defense 

capabilities in Guam, including through the expansion of the 

number of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) systems. 

Such enhancements will require commensurate investments in 

enabling infrastructure, support equipment, and personnel to 

operate the systems. 

However, it is not clear that Army processes for managing 

personnel assigned to operate the growing THAAD capabilities 

have adapted to the operational demands associated with this 

expanded mission set. Currently, personnel designated for THAAD 
units in Guam are considered permanently assigned. However, they 

are required to maintain a high operational tempo, and are 

subject to recall standards much more in line with those of 

units deployed in operational theaters. These requirements, 

coupled with minimal manpower allocations, creates significant 

strain on assigned personnel and their dependents, leading to 

reduced morale and suboptimal retention rates. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Army, in coordination with the Commander, U.S. Army Space and 

Missile Defense Command, to brief the congressional defense 

committees, not later than January 31, 2024, on options to 

better align Army manpower allocation and assignment policies 

with the operational demands of maintaining 24/7 missile defense 

readiness for Guam. Such options should include, at a minimum: 

(1) Redesignating assignments to Guam as time-limited 

deployments; (2) Increasing manpower allocations for THAAD units 

on the island to provide personnel with greater scheduling 

predictability; and (3) Enhancing the availability of personnel 

support mechanisms such as off-hours dependent care and 

additional options for morale, welfare, and recreation programs. 

Medium earth orbit missile warning and missile tracking 

The committee recognizes the importance of space as a 

domain for defense against advanced ballistic and maneuvering 

hypersonic missiles. The committee believes that establishing a 

robust hybrid proliferated low earth orbit (LEO) and medium 

earth orbit (MEO) missile defense architecture is critical to 

the defense of the homeland. The committee believes that open 

competition within the MEO missile warning architecture is the 

best path to deploying the most cost- and schedule-effective 

solutions. As recognized in Section 1657 of the James M. Inhofe 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 

Law 117-263), the fire control mission, whether in LEO or MEO, 

is of utmost importance to our Nation’s warfighters, enabling 

the engagement and mitigation of next-generation missile 

threats. 

The committee therefore directs the Chief of Space 

Operations to brief to the congressional defense committees, not 

later than March 31, 2024, on the acquisition strategy for the 

first and second tranches of MEO missile warning satellites and 

sensors with plans to ensure an open competition to include fire 

control. 

Middle East integrated air and missile defense 
The committee remains concerned about the persistent and 

evolving air threats from Iran and Iranian-linked groups to the 

United States and its allies and partners in the Middle East. 

The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) directed the Secretary of 

Defense to undertake steps towards building a regional air and 

missile defense architecture to better defend against such 

threats. The committee directs that, not later than December 15, 

2023, the Secretary of Defense and the Commander, U.S. Central 

Command, provide the congressional defense committees an update 

on achieving further integration. 

Missile alert facility cooks 

The missile alert facility (MAF) provides housing, 

exercise, and food services to the Intercontinental Ballistic 

Missile (ICBM) crews, maintenance personnel, and security 

forces. Critical to the MAF is the cook (Military Occupational 

Specialty code 3F131) who prepares meals 24 hours a day, 7 days 

a week during a shift. At times during heavy maintenance 

operations there can be upwards of 20-30 personnel at the MAF 

and the cook is charged with feeding them. These cooks are not 

part of the ICBM squadron, but are part of the overall wing 

services group. As a result, cooks assigned to support squadrons 

at the MAF can be “stranded” out on ICBM field duty instead of 

being rotated within the missile wing itself or re-assigned to 

other locations in the Air Force for other duties within their 

career field. Complicating the issue, MAF managers, who are 

responsible for the overall operation of the alert facility, do 

not take part in the rating of cooks, resulting in disconnects 

between their career field and job performance, potentially 

undermining cooks’ advancement opportunities. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force to submit a briefing to the congressional defense 

committees, not later than February 28, 2024, on an assessment 

of the career field for those cooks who are deployed to the ICBM 

field to ensure the MAF manager can have input into their 

performance evaluations and that they are rotated properly 

within the wing and to other locations in the Air Force as part 

of their career management program. 

Modernization of the Solar Electro-Optical Network 

The Space Force’s Solar Electro-Optical Network (SEON) is 

comprised of the Radio Solar Telescope Network (RSTN) and the 

Solar Observing Optical Network (SOON), which monitor solar 

activity to predict and detect solar activity and resulting 
space weather events, and also provide real-time warning of 

solar radio frequency interference for space-based assets. SEON 

supports the combined Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack 

Assessment System (ITW/AA) of the North American Aerospace 

Defense Command, U.S. Northern Command, and U.S. Strategic 

Command, as well as the space domain awareness mission of Space 

Operations Command. 

The committee is aware that the average equipment age of 

sensors and telescopes in the SEON is over 55 years, and that 

the Space Force is challenged with sourcing replacement parts. 

The committee is concerned that degradation in the SEON would 

result in critical coverage gaps to these mission areas that 

rely on the data produced by the SEON and believes the 

Department of the Air Force should consider whether 

recapitalizing the SEON would result in enhanced capabilities 

and mission assurance. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Air Force to provide a briefing to the congressional defense 

committees, not later than March 1, 2024, regarding the current 

capabilities of the SEON, ongoing or planned modernization 

efforts of the SEON, and options to expand the SEON in 

additional locations. 

Modernization plan for Hill Air Force Base Little Mountain Test 

Facility 

The Little Mountain Test Facility, located outside Hill 

Air Force Base, Utah, is managed by the Air Force Nuclear 

Weapons Center’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) 

Systems Directorate, which is responsible for conducting a wide 

range of testing and certification of ICBM assets. The facility 

has traditionally tested and certified Minuteman III ICBM 

components, but has begun to incorporate activities for testing 

and certifying components for the Sentinel ICBM weapons system, 

which will increase its overall workload. The committee is 

concerned that the facility, largely dependent upon 1960s 

buildings filled with testing capabilities incrementally 

upgraded over the intervening decades, may not be adequately 

postured to support the concurrent sustainment of the existing 

Minuteman III ICBM weapon system, as well as the development and 

sustainment of the Sentinel ICBM weapons system, before and 

after the retirement of the Minuteman III ICBM. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering and the Director of Operational Test 

and Evaluation, to evaluate the state of the test equipment at 

the Little Mountain Test Facility and submit to the 
congressional defense committees a long-range governance and 

equipment modernization plan not later than March 31, 2024. 

While particular emphasis should be given to unique radiation 

test equipment at the facility, the committee expects the 

modernization plan to address specific types of equipment to be 

modernized, as well as the maintenance of the overall facility 

infrastructure given that some aspects of it date to the late 

1960s as a missile test site. 

Nationwide Integration of Time Resiliency for Operations 

The committee recognizes the need for resilient Position 

Navigation, and Timing (PNT), as PNT is integral to Department 

of Defense operations, continuity of operations and mission 

assurance, and other national critical functions. The committee 

remains concerned that there is insufficient redundancy in PNT, 

and therefore in the event of PNT disruption, continuity of 

operations would be at risk, including the operations of the 

National Guard and other federal, state, and local agencies 

tasked with emergency services response and civil support whom 

National Guard forces may interact with in the course of their 

duties. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army 

and the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the 

Chief of the National Guard Bureau, to provide a briefing to the 

congressional defense committees, not later than February 1, 

2024, assessing the utility of the Nationwide Integration of 

Time Resiliency for Operations (NITRO) program for providing 

assured PNT for continuity of operations in responding to 

military contingencies and supporting civil authorities. The 

briefing shall include an assessment of: (1) Performance of 

NITRO in relation to PNT requirements; (2) Survivability of 

NITRO including to cyber, electromagnetic, and radiological 

threats; (3) Costs associated with manning, fielding, deploying, 

and maintaining NITRO; (4) Existing deployments of NITRO as well 

as currently planned future deployments; (5) Potential for 

nationwide and territorial deployment of NITRO to include 

timelines and costs; (6) Current coordination related to NITRO 

between the National Guard Bureau and the National Executive 

Committee for Space-Based PNT; and (7) Policies, regulations, 

guidance, and federal statutes governing the communicating of 

NITRO data with state, local, tribal, and territorial partners. 

Next generation Overhead Persistent Infrared satellite 

cancellation impacts 
The committee notes the Space Force’s comprehensive 

efforts to upgrade and modernize the Overhead Persistent 

Infrared (OPIR) constellation, a key component in our Nation’s 

early warning and missile defense capability, which is a mission 

that cannot fail. To that end, and in support of U.S. Strategic 

Command (STRATCOM)’s stated requirements, the committee supports 

a resilient hybrid architecture that includes a mix of assets on 

different orbits. 

The budget request for fiscal year 2024 supports this 

approach, but cuts one of the three planned next-generation OPIR 

satellites in geosynchronous orbit (GEO). Although the Space 

Force has stated that curtailing the program prior to execution 

of all three satellites would have little to no effect, the 

committee has not received comprehensive analysis to show that 

to be the case, nor assurances that this curtailment would have 

no effect on the Space Force’s ability to meet STRATCOM 

requirements. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary 

of Defense for Space Acquisition and Integration, in 

coordination with STRATCOM, to provide this analysis to the 

congressional defense committees, not later than December 15, 

2023, and to show the effect that the third next-generation GEO 

OPIR satellite would have on coverage, both included in the 

architecture and if left out of it, with assurance from the 

Commander, U.S. Strategic Command, that the chosen approach 

meets the requirement for a missile warning and missile defense 

architecture. 

Pre-positioned orbital tactically responsive space capabilities 

Tactically responsive space (TacRS) has evolved as a 

concept focusing on rapid space capabilities to meet combatant 

commander warfighting requirements. One potential aspect of 

TacRS could include developing pre-positioned orbital tactically 

responsive space capabilities that could respond to complex and 

dynamic threats within hours as opposed to days or months. Such 

a capability could include rapid manufacturing, modular 

assembly, or pre-assembled means for deployment on a timeframe 

consistent with TacRS. 

Given the evolving requirements with respect to TacRS, the 

committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force, in 

consultation with the Commander, U.S. Space Command, to brief 

the congressional defense committees, not later than March 31, 

2024, on the capabilities required for a pre-positioned orbital 

tactically responsive space capability as a means for forward 

basing of orbital assets. The Secretary shall include small 

business capabilities wherever possible. 
Report on current requirements for electronic warfare training 

in support of multi-domain operations 

The committee recognizes the importance of prioritizing 

the development of capabilities to be competitive across the 

all-domain battlespace. 

To better understand how the Department of Defense is 

working to compete in the electromagnetic spectrum, the 

committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to 

the congressional defense committees, not later than March 31, 

2024, on the current requirements for the Armed Forces to 

schedule and conduct electronic warfare training during home 

station training events or through joint exercises. The report 

shall include: 

(1) Information on the process that the military 

services undergo when planning multi-domain operations training, 

including coordination with external agencies for spectrum deconfliction; 

(2) Information on multi-domain operation training 

at home installations and recommendations on how to transfer 

knowledge of successful training across the other military 

services; 

(3) Guidance on performing an electronic attack in 

the United States and with allies for tests, training, and 

exercises; 

(4) Recommendations on creating an enduring approval 

process for pre-approved frequencies reserved for military use; 

and 

(5) Recommendations on creating clear permissive 

parameters to conduct routine multi-domain operations training 

such that external approvals are minimized to increase the 

frequency of which training is executed. 

Report on military effectiveness of current and future U.S. 

nuclear forces 

The committee recognizes that the nuclear security 

environment has changed dramatically since the U.S. first began 

its current modernization program in 2010, and now, for the 

first time in history, the United States faces the prospect of 

deterring two nuclear-armed peer adversaries simultaneously. 

The committee is concerned that the Department of Defense 

and the National Nuclear Security Administration are not acting 

with the urgency required to ensure the nuclear posture and 

capabilities of the United States will be sufficient to deter 

aggression in the long term. While the committee recognizes the 

scale and complexity of the ongoing modernization effort, the 
Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security 

Administration must place greater emphasis on the timely 

execution and completion of current and planned programs. Until 

such programs come to fruition, the committee believes the 

Department of Defense should explore a variety of options for 

effectively posturing our existing nuclear forces to face the 

worsening threat environment. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Commander, U.S. 

Strategic Command, in coordination with the Commander, U.S. 

Indo-Pacific Command, the Commander, U.S. European Command, and 

the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), to submit 

a report to the congressional defense committees, not later than 

April 5, 2024, evaluating the military effectiveness of the 

planned U.S. nuclear force structure and posture for deterring 

current and future threats posed by two nuclear-armed peer 

adversaries, as well as those posed by existing and likely 

future nuclear-armed regional adversaries. At a minimum, the 

report shall assess: 

(1) The existing nuclear capabilities of the 

People’s Republic of China, the Russian Federation, and the 

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, along with: 

(a) Projections of these countries’ likely 

nuclear capabilities in 2035; and 

(b) The Director of DIA’s assessment of 

potential nuclear capabilities that additional countries might 

possess in the same timeframe; 

(2) An assessment of the adequacy of the current and 

planned nuclear forces to address likely U.S. adversaries, with 

a focus on the new dynamics associated with facing two major 

nuclear powers. This assessment shall, at a minimum, examine the 

following factors: 

(a) the effectiveness of the current and 

planned U.S. nuclear forces based on warfighting capability, 

capacity for escalation management, and deterrence of nuclear 

employment against the United States or its allies; 

(b) the effectiveness of the current and 

planned U.S. nuclear forces should Russia expand its nuclear 

forces beyond the levels allowed under the limits of the New 

START Treaty, and should China continue to grow its nuclear 

forces after reaching parity with the U.S.; 

(c) current and planned strategic bomber 

force posture, with a focus on the adequacy of current basing to 

ensure survivability in case of an adversary strike; 

(d) impacts of advanced adversary strike 

technologies, such as hypersonic glide vehicles, fractional 

orbital bombardment systems, and autonomous underwater systems 
on the survivability of U.S. nuclear forces, posture, and 

employment planning; 

(e) risks to the force caused by any delay to 

the planned nuclear modernization program; and 

(f) current and planned sufficiency of 

nuclear command, control, and communications capabilities in 

plausible crisis or conflict scenarios; and 

(3) A description of the steps required to address 

any capability gaps or deficiencies identified in the above 

assessment. This plan should include: 

(a) identification of potential changes to 

the planned nuclear force structure and force posture based on 

any gaps in deterrent, warfighting, or escalation management 

capabilities; 

(b) a description of and timeline for 

increasing the dispersal of the strategic bomber force, with a 

focus on survivability; 

(c) a description of the steps that would be 

necessary to return a portion of the strategic bomber force to 

heightened alert status; 

(d) a description of and timeline for the 

steps that would be necessary to restore multiple independentlytargetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) capability to all Minuteman 

III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) and restore the 

full loading of warheads on said MIRVs on all Minuteman III 

ICBMs using stored warheads; and 

(e) a description of and timeline for the 

steps that would be necessary to restore submarine-launched 

ballistic missile tubes on Ohio-class submarines which were 

previously rendered inoperable. 

Report on options for accelerating hypersonic missile defenses 

The committee believes that the rapidly growing threat 

from, and proliferation of, hypersonic missiles is a matter of 

grave concern, and urges the Department of Defense to prioritize 

the development of effective defensive capabilities to address 

hypersonic threats. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to submit a report on the current and projected threats to the 

United States and its allies from hypersonic missiles, and 

options for accelerating the development and deployment of U.S. 

hypersonic defense capabilities. The report shall be classified 

in a manner that is accessible to Senate Armed Services 

Committee staff and members' personal staff, with an annex as 

required for higher classified matters. In addition, an interim 

briefing shall be provided to the Senate Armed Services 
Committee not later than November 1, 2023. The report shall 

address hypersonic threats and defenses across all domains. 

The elements of the report shall contain but are not 

limited to the following: 

(1) Hypersonic threats from China, Russia, Iran, and 

North Korea, by domain; 

(2) Planned hypersonic defenses for each identified 

threat, including the capability to find, fix, track, target, 

engage, and conduct battle damage assessments for each of these 

threats; 

(3) Options for pre-launch disruption or preemption 

of such threats; and 

(4) Opportunities for accelerating the deployment of 

defensive capabilities through rapid prototyping and rapid 

fielding authorities. 

Additionally, the committee directs the Director of the 

Missile Defense Agency to provide a briefing to the 

congressional defense committees not later than March 1, 2024, 

on options for accelerating development and deployment of the 

Glide Phase Interceptor, with an objective of achieving initial 

operational capability prior to 2030. In developing such 

options, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency should 

provide initial estimates for anticipated programmatic costs and 

an initial assessment of the capability of industry to deliver 

the Glide Phase Interceptor on the aforementioned timeline. 

Report on the Survivable Airborne Operations Center 

The committee notes that the aging E-4B National Airborne 

Operations Center (NAOC) fleet requires recapitalization and 

modernized systems to ensure it maintains sufficient aircraft 

availability and communications reliability to perform nuclear 

command, control, and communications (NC3) missions for the 

duration of its service life. The committee further recognizes 

that going forward, a replacement airframe, the Survivable 

Airborne Operations Center (SAOC), is required to ensure a 

robust, survivable mobile communications layer for NC3. 

The committee understands that the SAOC weapon system will 

be comprised of a commercial derivative aircraft, mission 

systems, and ground support systems, with an engineering and 

manufacturing development award currently scheduled for the 

first quarter of fiscal year 2024. The committee is encouraged 

by the program's effort to maintain a full and open competitive 

acquisition and maximize competition across the entire weapon 

system lifecycle. Preserving a competitive landscape that 

considers offerings from all tiers will ensure the U.S. Air 

Force receives a final platform that breaks vendor lock with 
open architecture, has built in growth and modernization 

capacity, and reduces costly operation and sustainment costs. 

The committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to 

provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, not 

later than December 1, 2023, on the status of efforts to sustain 

the NAOC and field the SAOC. Additionally, the committee 

encourages the Secretary to maintain the current 

recapitalization schedule in order to replace the aging fleet 

and field the more capable aircraft by the 2032 required assets 

available date. 

Reusable hypersonic flight testing 

The committee is encouraged by the Missile Defense 

Agency's (MDA) interest and evaluation of reusable hypersonic 

test bed technologies to evaluate the performance of existing 

missile defense systems, validate required test architectures, 

and support hypersonic defense technical maturation. As MDA 

develops hypersonic defensive capabilities, including sensors, 

command and control, and interceptors, the ability to test 

technologies in real-world flight environments will be critical. 

The committee encourages the MDA to consider the use of reusable 

hypersonic test bed capabilities that increase the frequency of 

testing events, develop plans to spiral capabilities to pace the 

threat, adapt to changing test requirements, and grow to higher 

speeds and ranges. 

Review of model-based systems and digital engineering practices 

within the Sentinel program 

The committee understands that, unlike other acquisition 

efforts in the Department of Defense, the acquisition strategy 

for the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Weapon 

System program is almost exclusively predicated on model-based 

systems and digital engineering constructs. This acquisition 

strategy spans from designing the flight vehicle, to nuclear 

certification, to construction in launch facilities across five 

states. A prior review of the Sentinel digital engineering 

effort by the Aerospace Corporation published on July 29, 2022, 

and titled, "Review of the Implementation and Execution of 

Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase of the Ground 

Based Strategic Deterrent" (Aerospace Report No. TOR-2022-01696) 

noted several deficiencies related to interfaces between the 

government and the contractor, the ability to synchronize 

software, the ability of the government to review the contractor 

design efforts, skilled workforce retention, multilevel security 

enclaves, and basic bandwidth problems associated with a pure 
digital engineering environment. As the program progresses 

toward the weapon system critical design review, it is 

imperative that the fundamental elements of model-based systems 

and digital engineering be monitored and systematically resolved 

by the government and contractor team. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force, in coordination with the Director of the Office of 

Systems Engineering and Architecture and the Director of Digital 

Services, to review the Sentinel program's progress toward 

implementing the report's recommendations, as well as other 

observations on how to improve the program's overall performance 

in implementing best practices for model-based systems and 

digital engineering. The Secretary of the Air Force shall report 

to the congressional defense committees not later than March 31, 

2024, on the outcomes of the review, what actions the Secretary 

will take to resolve the review's findings and recommendations, 

and how the implementation of such recommendations will be 

tracked through completion. 

Rollover of Air Force Global Strike Command Humvees 

The Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) uses Humvees 

used during prior conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq to patrol 

missile fields at Malmstrom, F.E. Warren, and Minot Air Force 

Bases. These vehicles were never intended for the weather 

conditions at the Northern Tier Bases, nor the large number of 

miles traveled each year—often more than 30,000 annually—on 

rural roads and connecting interstates. All three bases have 

reported rollovers of these Humvees on rural roads or being hit 

by cars while on interstate highways because of their slow 

speed. AFGSC is replacing some of these vehicles with 

sophisticated Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV), but these 

vehicles are also ill-suited for day-to-day patrol and high 

mileage on rural and interstate highways. While JLTVs may be 

suited for convoy operations for transporting weapons in place 

of existing Bear Cat vehicles, they lack the fuel capacity for 

long distances typical of such operations. The committee 

understands that AFGSC is considering the use of armored SUVs 

for patrolling, which are better suited to the environmental 

conditions at these bases and can be more easily repaired using 

locally obtained parts. However, this investment will not solve 

the immediate problem of Humvee rollovers. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force to submit to the congressional defense committees, not 

later than February 28, 2024, the number, date, and location of 

Humvee rollovers and serious accidents that have occurred on 

interstate highway and other roads over the last 10 years. The 
report shall detail actions that are planned to ensure that the 

incidence rate of such rollovers is minimized to the greatest 

extent possible in the future. 

Space acquisition contract analysis 

The National Defense Strategy emphasizes the importance of 

the space domain to integrated deterrence and states that the 

Department of Defense (DOD) will “increase collaboration with 

the private sector in priority areas, especially with the 

commercial space industry.” Part of achieving these goals 

requires the DOD to implement a streamlined and efficient 

acquisition strategy that delivers capabilities on time and 

within budget. 

Therefore, not later than March 31, 2024, the Secretary of 

the Air Force shall brief the congressional defense committees 

on an analysis of space acquisition that assesses: 

(1) How DOD is improving its processes to better 

adopt commercial off-the-shelf satellites and incorporate such 

satellites into the national security space architecture; 

(2) Whether space acquisition programs utilize 

modern best practices from the commercial space industry in 

terms of evaluation and certification; 

(3) How systems engineering and technical assistance 

and federally funded research and development centers' incentive 

structure ensures timely execution of processes entrusted to 

them. 

The briefing shall include recommendations addressing the 

manner in which space acquisition processes are maturing to more 

closely emulate the vibrant commercial space sector and create a 

more streamlined and efficient process for space acquisitions. 

Space Development Agency Senior Executive Service positions 

The Space Development Agency (SDA), which was transferred 

to the Space Force on October 1, 2022, will retain three Senior 

Executive Service (SES) positions from the Office of the 

Secretary of Defense (OSD) that are each term-limited to end on 

December 31, 2023. After this date, these SES billets will 

return to the pool of SES positions held by OSD. 

In section 1601 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public 

Law 116-283), which effectuated this transfer, Congress 

explicitly directed the Department of Defense to do no harm in 

the SDA transfer process. Specifically, section 1601(d)(2) of 

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

states, “the transfer under paragraph (1) [requiring the 
transfer to be not later than October 1, 2022] of the Space 

Development Agency from the Office of the Secretary of Defense 

to the Space Force shall include the transfer of funding, 

duties, responsibilities and personnel of the Agency as of the 

day before the date of transfer.” In addition, the conference 

report accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2021 (H. Rept. 116-617) states that Congress expects 

the director of the SDA “to retain the equivalent position of 

tier 3 Senior Executive Service or an official of the Armed 

Forces in grade O-9.” 

Furthermore, the committee report accompanying S. 4543 (S. 

Rept. 117-130), the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263), 

expressed the sense of the Senate that the SDA should retain its 

original organizational structure, including three SES 

positions, and noted that “we strongly encourage the Secretary 

of Defense to permanently allocate three SES positions to the 

SDA to meet congressional intent as found in section 1601 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.” 

The committee understands that following the passage of 

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, OSD 

and the Department of the Air Force will designate senior 

billets comparable to only two of the three SES positions, 

leaving the third position unfilled. The committee strongly 

encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to permanently fill 

this third SES or equivalent position before December 31, 2023. 

Given the importance and cost the Department of the Air Force 

has placed on the future missile warning architecture being 

implemented by SDA, it is essential that this third SES billet 

be filled. 

Space-Based Ground Moving Target Indicator 

The committee recognizes that the Department of the Air 

Force is aggressively pursuing a Space-Based Ground Moving 

Target Indicator (GMTI) system. While the committee supports 

these efforts, the committee is concerned that the Space Force 

may require additional authority to effectively field GMTI 

capabilities in direct support of warfighters and combatant 

commands. Additionally, the committee is concerned that the 

Space Force may require the ability to appropriately deconflict 

with other agencies’ operating authorities relating to moving 

target indicator (MTI) and space-based sensing writ large to 

ensure Space-Based GMTI is employed as a warfighting capability 

directly in support of the combatant commands across all phases 

of conflict. 
Accordingly, the committee directs the Chief of Space 

Operations, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of the 

Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, to provide a 

briefing to the congressional defense committees not later than 

December 31, 2023, on GMTI to include, at a minimum, the 

following elements: 

(1) The Space-Based GMTI capability requirements as 

defined by the Joint Force in the Space Force Capabilities 

Development Document; 

(2) The existing authorities, roles, and 

responsibilities, to include any activities governed by title 10 

and title 50, United States Code, to operate and maintain Space 

Force GMTI capabilities; 

(3) Any interagency agreements concerning military 

target identification; 

(4) The concept of operations for execution of the 

space-based GMTI mission, highlighting any statutory, policy, 

and process changes required to utilize Space-Based GMTI; 

(5) The concept of employment for GMTI data for 

tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination 

to forward warfighter users, including integration with the 

Family of Integrated Targeting Cells (as defined in section 915 

of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263)); 

(6) The recommended legislative amendments to United 

States Code and any additional changes required to support, 

operate, and employ the Space Force GMTI program; 

(7) The current GMTI acquisition strategy; and 

(8) The projected process to share GMTI data and 

capability information with international partners. 

Strategic satellite communications 

The committee recognizes the utility of operating 

satellite ground control from polar regions, which enables lowlatency communications due to frequent satellite revisit rates, 

and the U.S. Government's increased reliance on these sites 

commensurate with increased reliance on commercial 

communications capabilities. Many polar areas already in use, 

and with potential for growth for this purpose, are governed by 

special treaties that allow multiple countries to use the 

territory—Svalbard, Norway and potentially Antarctica are 

notable examples. 

Due to the growing importance and recognized vulnerability 

of critical data downloads to satellite ground stations located 

on Svalbard Island, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to present a briefing to the congressional defense 
committees, not later than March 1, 2024, assessing the 

feasibility and efficacy of an additional ground station 

location on U.S. soil, and to begin the process of creating 

security, resiliency, and redundancy for some of our nation’s 

most critical national security data and infrastructure. 

Strategy on protection of satellites 

Section 1602 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) 

directed the Secretary of Defense to deliver an unclassified 

space protection strategy. This space protection strategy will 

foster a much needed public discourse on how well the United 

States protects and defends its satellites against on-orbit 

threats. The question of whether commercial satellites become 

legitimate military targets in a time of conflict if utilized by 

the Department of Defense still remains unsettled. Given the 

potential consequences of commercial satellites supporting the 

Department of Defense missions, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to brief the congressional defense 

committees, not later than March 31, 2024, on actions necessary 

to help protect and defend commercial satellites capabilities 

utilized by the Department during a time of conflict. 

Virtualizing waveforms capabilities 

The committee recognizes the U.S. Space Force's Protected 

Tactical Enterprise Service program and commercial augmentation, 

and its future potential to provide resilient systems for antijam, low probability-of-intercept communications for tactical 

formations around the world. 

The committee supports the incorporation of advanced 

technologies into satellite communications (SATCOM) 

architectures to allow for increased flexibility, 

responsiveness, and resiliency in SATCOM operations, and the 

committee encourages the U.S. Space Force to directly address 

virtualizing waveforms in their military and commercial 

satellite communications architectures. 

TITLE XVI—CYBERSPACE-RELATED MATTERS 

SUBTITLE A—MATTERS RELATING TO CYBER 

OPERATIONS AND CYBER FORCES 
Measures to enhance the readiness and effectiveness of the Cyber 

Mission Force (sec. 1601) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to implement measures to enhance the 

readiness and effectiveness of the cyber mission force. 

Cyber intelligence center (sec. 1602) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to establish a dedicated cyber 

intelligence capability to support the requirements of United 

States Cyber Command, the other combatant commands, the military 

departments, defense agencies, the Joint Staff, and the Office 

of the Secretary of Defense for foundational, scientific and 

technical, and all-source intelligence on cyber technology 

development, capabilities, concepts of operations, operations, 

and plans and intentions of cyber threat actors. 

Performance metrics for pilot program for sharing cyber 

capabilities and related information with foreign operational 

partners (sec. 1603) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 398 of title 10, United States Code, to require the 

Secretary of Defense to track the results of sharing cyber 

capabilities and related information with foreign operational 

partners. 

Next generation cyber red teams (sec. 1604) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy to direct the 

appropriate Assistant Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 

the Principal Cyber Advisors of the military departments, to 

oversee the development and submission of a plan to modernize 

cyber red teams, establish joint service standards, and expand 

partnerships with the Department of Defense to increase the 

cyber talent workforce, among other things. 

Management of data assets by Chief Digital Officer (sec. 1605) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Chief Data and 

Artificial Intelligence Officer, to enhance the management of 

data assets and data analytical tools. 
The committee notes the importance of observing and 

understanding the cyber-social terrain, as well as the 

activities taking place in the cyberspace of key countries and 

regions, is as essential to understanding the world as any 

classified intelligence activities. The activities reflected and 

taking place in cyberspace on a massive scale are also 

registered in cyberspace and that rich data can be accessed by a 

variety of means and analyzed by modern technology. Department 

of Defense (DOD) components are augmenting traditional sources 

of insight by accessing such data, but these efforts are largely 

ad hoc, incomplete, and poorly connected. Some of the most 

important consumers of such data are unaware of what is 

available and of the benefits that such data and associated 

analytics can provide to their missions, including cyberspace 

operations, information operations, indications and warning, and 

monitoring the responses of competitors to campaigning. 

Therefore, the committee believes that the DOD Chief Data 

and Artificial Intelligence Officer is the logical focal point 

for organizing and supervising the acquisition of, access to, 

and analysis of cyber-social digital data. 

Authority for countering illegal trafficking by Mexican 

transnational criminal organizations in cyberspace (sec. 1606) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with other relevant 

Federal departments and agencies, and in consultation with the 

Government of Mexico as appropriate, to conduct detection, 

monitoring, and other operations in cyberspace to counter 

Mexican transnational criminal organizations that are engaged in 

smuggling of illegal drugs, controlled substances, or precursors 

thereof; human or weapons trafficking; or other illegal 

activities. 

The provision also would require the development and 

submission to appropriate committees of Congress a strategy for 

conducting cyber operations to counter these transnational 

criminal organizations, and quarterly briefings on such 

operations. 

Pilot Program for Cybersecurity Collaboration Center Inclusion 

of Semiconductors Manufacturers (sec. 1607) 

The committee recommends a provision that would establish 

a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of 

improving the cybersecurity of the semiconductor manufacturing 

supply chain by enabling the National Security Agency 
Cybersecurity Collaboration Center to collaborate with 

semiconductor manufacturers in the United States. 

Independent evaluation regarding potential establishment of 

United States Cyber Force and further evolution of current model 

for management and execution of cyber mission (sec. 1608) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the 

National Academy of Public Administration to conduct an 

evaluation regarding the advisability of establishing a separate 

armed force dedicated to operations in the cyber domain, or 

refining and further evolving the current organizational 

approach for U.S. Cyber Command, which is based on the U.S. 

Special Operations Command model. 

SUBTITLE B—MATTERS RELATING TO DEPARTMENT 

OF DEFENSE CYBERSECURITY AND INFORMATION 

TECHNOLOGY 

Requirements for deployment of fifth generation information and 

communications capabilities to Department of Defense bases and 

facilities (sec. 1611) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a strategy for 

the deployment of private networks, based on fifth generation 

information and communications capabilities and Open Radio 

Access Network architecture, to military bases and facilities. 

The provision also would require the Secretary to streamline and 

ensure consistency in the process of providing access to 

military bases and facilities to commercial wireless service 

providers. 

Department of Defense information network boundary and crossdomain defense (sec. 1612) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to carry out a modernization program 

for network boundary and cross-domain defense against cyber 

attacks. 

Policy and guidance on memory-safe software programming (sec. 

1613) 
The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to develop Department of Defense-wide 

policy and guidance to implement the recommendations of the 

National Security Agency's (NSA) Software Memory Safety 

Cybersecurity Information Sheet published in November 2022. The 

committee notes that NSA and other cybersecurity experts state 

that two-thirds or more of the vulnerabilities discovered in 

dominant software products like Google Chrome and Microsoft 

Windows are due to memory management problems resulting from the 

use of non-memory-safe programming languages. It is important 

for the Department of Defense to limit the use of such 

programming languages where alternative memory-safe programming 

languages are available and can be practically implemented. 

Development of regional cybersecurity strategies (sec. 1614) 

The Committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander, 

United States Cyber Command, and each commander of a geographic 

combatant command, to develop a regional cybersecurity strategy 

to support the operations of each geographic combatant command. 

Cyber incident reporting (sec. 1615) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chief 

Information Officer of the Department of Defense, the Commander, 

United States Cyber Command, and the Commander, Joint Force 

Headquarters Department of Defense Information Network, to 

establish a cyber incident reporting process within the 

Department. 

Management by Department of Defense of mobile applications (sec. 

1616) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to evaluate and implement, to the 

maximum practicable extent, the recommendations of the Inspector 

General of the Department of Defense February 9, 2023 report 

entitled ‘‘Management Advisory: The DoD’s Use of Mobile 

Applications’’ (Report No. DODIG–2023–041) with respect to 

managing mobile applications. 

Security enhancements for the nuclear command, control, and 

communications network (sec. 1617) 
The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to establish a cross-functional team to 

implement security enhancements for the nuclear command, 

control, and communications network. 

Guidance regarding securing laboratories of the Armed Forces 

(sec. 1618) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chief 

Information Officer, the Chief Digital and Artificial 

Intelligence Officer, the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering, and the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Intelligence and Security, to issue Department-wide guidance 

regarding methods and processes to secure laboratories of the 

Armed Forces. 

Establishing Identity, Credential, and Access Management 

initiative as a program of record (sec. 1619) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to establish the Identity, Credential, 

and Access management (ICAM) initiative as a program of record 

subject to milestone reviews, compliance with requirements, and 

operational testing. 

An enterprise-wide ICAM capability is a critical and 

pressing need for the Department of Defense (DOD) not only for 

cybersecurity, but also for managing complex multi-domain 

military operations involving information and systems classified 

at multiple levels. 

The committee notes that, while the Defense Information 

Systems Agency (DISA) is making progress in developing an ICAM 

solution, DOD faces the need to replace the core identity 

provider (IDP) component of the current ICAM enterprise solution 

due to limitations of the underlying technology in terms of 

scaling and interoperability. The committee further notes that 

the military services are left with the responsibility for 

fielding ICAM solutions for operational forces out to the 

tactical edge that must work seamlessly with the enterprise ICAM 

solution. Similarly, the enterprise and tactical edge ICAM 

systems must seamlessly operate across multiple classification 

levels and networks, including at the special access program 

level, and with multiple enterprise cloud solutions under the 

Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program. 

The enterprise ICAM program office in DISA should not 

engineer or choose the Active Directory Federated Services 

replacement such that the entire burden of achieving 
interoperability falls on those DOD components that must develop 

the ICAM solutions for tactical systems and networks, multicloud environments, and classified networks that must be 

integrated with the enterprise ICAM system. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Department of 

Defense Chief Information Officer (CIO), in coordination with 

the Director of Cost Analysis and Program Evaluation, the 

Director of DISA, the Secretaries of the military departments, 

the Director for Command, Control, Communications, Computer, and 

Cyber of the Joint Staff, and the Under Secretaries of Defense 

for Acquisition and Sustainment and Research and Engineering, to 

develop a plan to replace the core IDP through competitive 

processes (including market research) with a cloud-native 

capability that can scale and be easily integrated with the 

variety of ICAM systems described above. The committee directs 

that the CIO provide a briefing to the congressional defense 

committees, 150 days after the enactment of this act, on the 

development of this plan. 

The committee encourages the CIO, DISA, and the military 

departments to conduct pathfinder activities to test and 

evaluate commercial technology to identify viable near-term 

solutions and develop requirements. 

Strategy on cybersecurity resiliency of Department of Defense 

space enterprise (sec. 1620) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chief 

Information Officer of the Department of Defense, the Commander, 

United States Cyber Command, the Secretary of the Air Force, and 

the Commander, United States Space Command, to develop and 

commence implementation of a Department-wide strategy regarding 

cyber protection activities for the Department of Defense space 

enterprise. 

Requirements for implementation of user activity monitoring for 

cleared personnel and operational and information technology 

administrators and other privileged users (sec. 1621) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Secretary of Defense to require each head of a component of the 

Department of Defense to fully implement directives, policies, 

and program requirements for user activity monitoring (UAM) and 

least privilege access controls for Federal Government and 

contractor personnel granted access to classified information 

and classified networks. The provision also would require 

periodic testing and reporting of the effectiveness of UAM 
systems, triggers, and controls using threat-realistic behavior 

models. 

Department of Defense digital content provenance (sec. 1622) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require, 

not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

the Director of the Defense Media Activity (DMA) to provide to 

the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 

Representatives a briefing on developing a course of education 

at the Defense Information School (DINFOS) to teach the 

practical concepts and skills needed by Department of Defense 

(DOD) public affairs, audiovisual, visual information, and 

records management specialists, on the following: (a) The 

expertise and qualifications of the DOD personnel who will be 

responsible for teaching the proposed course of education; (b) 

The list of sources that will be consulted and used to develop 

the curriculum for the proposed course of education; (c) A 

description of the industry open technical standards that may be 

used to authenticate the digital content provenance of 

applicable DOD media content; and (d) The status of the 

implementation of the proposed course of education. 

The provision also would require that the Director of DMA 

establish, not later than one year after the date of enactment 

of this Act, a course of education at DINFOS to teach the 

specialists to understand digital content provenance for 

applicable DOD media content; the challenges posed to Department 

missions and operations by digital content forgeries; how 

existing industry open technical standards may be used to 

authenticate the provenance of such content; hands-on techniques 

for capturing secure and authenticated digital content for 

documenting and communicating DOD themes and messages; and 

techniques and methods for completing post-production tasks of 

DOD content. 

The provision would also require the Director, not later 

than one year after the establishment of the required course, to 

provide a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives on the status of the 

development of the course curriculum, the course implementation 

plan, and the resources available and needed to carry out the 

requirements of the provision. 

In addition, the provision would require the Director, not 

later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, to 

commence a pilot program to assess the feasibility and 

advisability of implementing industry open technical standards 

for DOD digital content provenance, and report to the Armed 
Services Committees not later than January 1, 2026 on the 

results of the pilot program. 

Post-graduate employment of Cyber Service Academy scholarship 

recipients in intelligence community (sec. 1623) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1535 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to 

authorize post-graduate employment of graduates of the 

Department of Defense Cyber and Digital Service Academy in nonDepartment of Defense intelligence community agencies, on a 

reimbursable basis. The provision would also rename the program 

authorized by that section as the Cyber Service Academy. 

Minimum number of scholarships to be awarded annually through 

Cyber Service Academy (sec. 1624) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 1535 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to 

require the Secretary of Defense to award no fewer than 1,000 

scholarships per year under the Department of Defense Cyber and 

Digital Service Academy scholarship program. The provision would 

authorize the Secretary to award fewer than 1,000 scholarships 

in a fiscal year if the Secretary determines that fewer 

scholarships are needed to meet workforce needs, and provides 

notification to Congress of such determination. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Advancement of narrative intelligence in U.S. Cyber Command 

The committee applauds the efforts of U.S. Cyber Command 

(CYBERCOM) to understand and respond to foreign adversary malign 

influence campaigns and their narrative dynamics, and recognizes 

the importance of this work as a fundamental contributor to 

cognitive security for national defense. The committee believes 

CYBERCOM and the Cyber National Mission Force have made 

considerable progress towards detecting and mitigating malicious 

influence campaigns aimed at the United States and its allies. 

The committee encourages continuing this work to understand 

adversaries' intentions, behaviors, and the outcomes of such 

information campaigns. 

The committee directs CYBERCOM to enhance its exploration 

and understanding of narrative intelligence in the digital era. 
Narrative intelligence refers to the understanding of analysis 

and countermeasures related to the strategic use of information 

to advance adversarial interests or agendas. CYBERCOM is 

directed to evaluate and report on developments and trends in 

online information campaigns, considering the increasing 

technical sophistication and effectiveness of such campaigns. 

The committee emphasizes the continuous evolution and 

expansion of foreign adversary information and influence 

campaigns necessitate an increased need to understand the 

origins of foreign adversary malign influence and 

disinformation, their propagation and evolution, how they reach 

their intended audiences, and their impact on these audiences. 

It is within this context that the committee endorses the 

application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 

technologies to enhance narrative intelligence. The committee 

anticipates these technologies will equip CYBERCOM and others 

across the government with the tools necessary to monitor and 

evaluate foreign information campaigns more effectively. 

Army National Guard mission assurance program 

The committee remains concerned about the prospect of 

degradation of defense critical infrastructure from disruption 

that would affect the mobilization and movement of military 

forces and supplies in support of global and homeland 

operations. 

For this reason, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military 

departments, the Commander of United States Northern Command, 

and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and 

Global Security, to establish a mission assurance program to 

acquire and maintain all-domain awareness of threats posed to 

such defense critical infrastructure, and offer assistance to 

those entities in conducting all-domain threat assessments and 

remedial actions within their operational and information 

technology systems. 

Additionally, the committee encourages the Secretary to 

work through existing assistance programs and organizations 

within the Department of Defense, such as the National Guard 

Bureau's Army Interagency Training and Education Command 

(AITEC), to establish relationships with defense critical 

infrastructure operators to maintain awareness and ensure rapid 

response to adverse events. 
Assessment of need for a Narrative Intelligence Center 

The committee expresses concern that, unlike other defense 

domains, the cyberspace domain does not have a dedicated center 

or task force for analyzing narrative intelligence to 

facilitate, understand and research the implications of 

technology-enhanced malign narratives in the digital age. Noting 

the complexity, and yet to be fully understood nature of the 

cyberspace domain, the committee believes a Narrative 

Intelligence Center or the establishment of a task force 

dedicated to understanding narrative intelligence could provide 

resources for in-depth analysis of foreign malign influence and 

information campaigns, their spread, evolution, and impacts. 

As foreign adversaries continue to leverage new 

technologies for purposeful disinformation campaigns, the 

committee is troubled that limited understanding and the 

fragmented nature of organizations that understand and respond 

to malign foreign influence narratives and campaigns may 

constrain the Department of Defense's ability to comprehend and 

react effectively in global and regional security environments. 

The committee, therefore, directs the Deputy Secretary of 

Defense and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to 

assess and make recommendations on the need to establish a 

dedicated task force or center for narrative intelligence. 

In conducting these assessments, the Deputy Secretary and 

the Vice Chairman shall consult with the offices of the Under 

Secretaries of Defense for Policy, Intelligence and Security, 

Acquisition and Sustainment, and Personnel and Readiness; the 

Commander, U.S. Cyber Command; the Chief Information Officer, 

and the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation. The 

Deputy Secretary and the Vice Chairman are to provide a briefing 

to the congressional defense and intelligence committees on the 

conclusions and recommendations of the assessments no later than 

January 31, 2024. 

Comptroller General review of the security implications of 

digital footprints 

Modern devices and systems generate, retain, and share 

enormous volumes of data for broader use. This data includes 

information collected from personal devices, online accounts, 

credit reports, online searches, online purchases, and much 

more. This data could also include information collected from 

Department of Defense (DOD) weapons platforms, connected 

devices, sensors, training facilities, test ranges, and business 

systems. This data can be collected and shared publicly, 

acquired from data brokers, or accessed through contractors’ 
networks. Such information could be used to identify locations 

of DOD leaders, military units, servicemembers using cover, and 

unit movements. 

DOD faces a number of risks stemming from the advance of 

technological capabilities (such as 5G wireless, artificial 

intelligence, and other data-based technologies) and the 

continued aggregation and analysis of data on individuals’ 

personal and professional lives. Those risks include force 

protection, operations security, safety and security of family 

members, remote surveillance, and intelligence collection. 

To mitigate the national security risks and threats 

stemming from the digital footprint of DOD personnel, the 

committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States 

to review and assess the following: (1) Risks and threats to DOD 

personnel due to ubiquitous and traceable digital information 

about their online activities and communications; (2) Risks and 

threats to military operations due to traceable digital 

information about the online activities and communications of 

DOD personnel; and (3) Any actions DOD is taking to mitigate 

against these risks and threats. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to 

provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees, not 

later than March 1, 2024, and to present the final results in a 

format and timeframe agreed to at the time of the briefing. 

Cyber Operations for Base Resilient Architecture (COBRA) 

The committee understands the Air Force’s continued 

commitment to a comprehensive cyber mission assurance program. 

The Cyber Operations for Base Resilient Architecture (COBRA) 

pilot program has provided significant improvement in the 

mission assurance posture of the Pacific Air Force. COBRA is 

required to address the numerous cybersecurity and mission 

assurance mission gaps and train airmen to their maximum 

potential. What began as a pilot program almost 3 years ago has 

grown into a model for numerous Department of Defense (DOD) 

organizations on how to best identify and defend critical cyber 

terrain. Continued funding of the COBRA program will allow COBRA 

to expand to other combatant commands. It is mission critical to 

continue to expand COBRA from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area 

of responsibility and make it a part of the overall DOD mission 

assurance strategy. 

Therefore, the committee expects sustained funding for the 

COBRA pilot program throughout the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command 

area of responsibility as part of the overall mission assurance 

strategy and evaluation of the potential for service-wide use of 

COBRA. 
Cyber personnel readiness 

The military services are responsible for manning, 

training, and equipping units assigned to U.S. Cyber Command 

(CYBERCOM) and providing cyber-trained servicemembers for all of 

the geographic and unified combatant commanders. The services 

have shown they are able to meet title 10 requirements to 

support missions that require high-demand, low-density 

personnel. One example is the services’ ability to man, train, 

and equip special operations forces. The committee encourages 

the services to adapt the experience and lessons learned from 

providing highly trained special operators to providing highly 

trained cyber warriors. 

The Department of Defense is required to complete a study 

by June 1, 2024, directed by section 1533 of the James M. Inhofe 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 

Law 117-263), on the responsibilities of the military services 

for organizing, training, and presenting the total force to 

CYBERCOM. The committee looks forward to receiving the results 

of the study and welcomes interim briefings. 

The committee encourages the services to devote resources 

and leadership attention to meeting the combatant commanders’ 

needs, especially for CYBERCOM's Cyber Mission Force (CMF). 

Further, the committee directs the Secretaries of the military 

departments to provide a briefing to the committee within 30 

days of the submission of CYBERCOM’s fiscal year 2025 annual 

report on support by the military departments for CYBERCOM 

(known as the Section 1502 report) but not later than March 15, 

2025. The briefing shall include the following: (1) Plans for 

the services to improve meeting CYBERCOM requirements for the 

fiscal year 2025 and the future years defense program for 

providing cyber-trained forces, including recruiting, retention, 

and career management of military and civilian personnel in the 

CMF; (2) Current manning percentage of the standing 133 CMF 

teams; and (3) The spend plans to meet these requirements, and 

the risk mitigation plans for any shortfalls in meeting 

requirements. 

Cyber Position within the Office of the Secretary of Defense 

The committee recognizes that cyberspace is an 

increasingly complex domain that represents significant threats 

to the national security of the United States. The committee 

also believes that warfighting in cyberspace is as strategically 

consequential as all other conventional warfighting 

environments. 
The committee strongly supports the U.S. Cyber Command's 

(CYBERCOM) efforts to defend U.S. interests in cyberspace and 

the assistance it provides to all forms of combat operations 

around the world. CYBERCOM's role in advancing collaborative and 

coordinated cyber activities across the Department of Defense 

(DOD) is critical to identifying vulnerabilities, mitigating 

cyber threats, strengthening the Department's network defenses, 

and fulfilling the DOD's national security mission. 

Therefore, to ensure that CYBERCOM and cybersecurityrelated equities are considered when issuing policy, strategic, 

or operational decisions at the Department level, the committee 

directs the Secretary of Defense to consider establishing a 

position within the Office of the Secretary of Defense to ensure 

information flow between CYBERCOM and the Office of the 

Secretary of Defense, provide technical expertise, facilitate 

cybersecurity coordination activities, and carry out other 

responsibilities determined appropriate by the Secretary of 

Defense. 

Cyber Vulnerability Assessment 

The committee directs the Chief Information Officer of the 

Department of Defense to notify the Committees on Armed Services 

of the Senate and the House of Representatives of any future 

plans to alter the Department's current policy of utilizing 

third-party vendors to independently scan the Department of 

Defense Information Network from both the inside and outside for 

vulnerabilities. 

Cybersecurity of firmware in information and operational 

technology 

Operating systems, kernel, firmware, and application 

software in information technology (IT) and operational 

technology (OT) infrastructure, systems, and networks, including 

weapons systems and control systems, are vulnerable to cyber 

attacks via accesses including supply chains, internet 

operations, human-enabled operations, and radio-frequency 

apertures. The National Security Agency (NSA) pioneered the 

development of formal methods for mathematically proving 

software integrity, but scaling limitations prevented widespread 

adoption. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) 

significantly improved formal methods of scalability and 

practical applications a decade ago in the High Assurance Cyber 

Military Systems (HACMS) program, which spurred continuing 

efforts to advance the practical application of formal methods 

for cybersecurity. 
The committee is concerned that malicious cyber actors are 

increasingly targeting the kernel and firmware in IT and OT 

infrastructure, which constitutes a vast and largely undefended 

attack vector. The committee is aware that DARPA, the Army 

Futures Command, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and 

Naval Aviation Systems Command are assessing the potential of 

recent commercial advances in formal methods for secure software 

development as applied to hypervisor functions, in conjunction 

with tight coupling to modern processors and hardware roots of 

trust, which can substantially enhance the cybersecurity of 

firmware, kernel, operating systems, applications, and cloud 

computing. The committee is aware of the development and 

maturation of commercial technology for monitoring, protecting, 

and alerting of intrusion attempts on infrastructure kernel 

layer and firmware. 

The committee directs the Department of Defense Chief 

Information Officer (CIO) to provide a briefing to the 

congressional defense committees, not later than March 1, 2024, 

on the cybersecurity of firmware in information and operational 

technology. The briefing should include: 

(1) Trends in and severity of threats against IT and 

OT firmware; 

(2) The ability of leading commercial firmware 

security technology to prevent, detect, and remediate firmware 

threats and attacks mounted through supply chain and remote 

operations; 

(3) The capabilities and value of commercial 

development of secure micro-kernel and hypervisor capabilities 

using formal methods that: 

(a) Provide secure isolation and separation 

of virtual machines; 

(b) Prevent lateral movement, remote code 

execution, and privilege escalation; 

(c) Block malicious action through whitelist 

policy enforcement; 

(d) Enforce least functionality and policy 

enforcement that maintain kernel and firmware integrity; 

(e) Protect against firmware and side-channel 

attacks; and 

(f) Would enhance the security of cloud 

computing operations; 

(4) A plan for the Department to address the threat 

by exploiting available technologies and products. 

Department of Defense Cyber and Digital Services Academy 
Section 1535 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) 

required the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 

Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of the Office of 

Personnel and Management, to establish a program to provide 

financial support for the pursuit of programs of education at 

institutions of higher education in specified cyber and digital 

related fields. This program was established as the Department 

of Defense Cyber and Digital Service Academy. Each scholarship 

recipient, as a condition of receiving a scholarship under this 

program, is required to enter into an agreement under which the 

recipient agrees to work for a period equal to the length of the 

scholarship, following receipt of the student’s degree or 

specialized program certification, in support of the cyber- and 

digital technology-related missions of the Department. 

The committee realizes the potential benefit of the 

program to other agencies and directs the Secretary of Defense, 

in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 

Attorney General, and the Director of the Office of Personnel 

and Management, to assess the feasibility and desirability of 

enabling other agencies to utilize the program on a reimbursable 

basis. In addition, not later than March 31, 2024, the Secretary 

of Defense shall submit a report with the results of the 

feasibility assessment to the Committees on Armed Services of 

the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Senate 

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the 

House Committee on Homeland Security. 

Department of Defense partnerships with academic institutions to 

build the cyber workforce 

Maintaining and sustaining a well-trained Department of 

Defense (DOD) cyber security workforce is critically important. 

The committee remains keenly aware of the challenges in meeting 

DOD cyber personnel requirements. The committee supports DOD’s 

initiatives to develop its cyber workforce, including providing 

servicemembers and civilians training in cyber career fields, 

and those seeking to enter the DOD cyber workforce, access to 

related learning opportunities. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to support institutions of higher education on cyber workforce 

education and development efforts in the fields of 

cybersecurity, intelligence, data science, information security 

management, and quantum information science. The committee also 

directs the Secretaries of the Air Force, Army, and Navy to 

partner with universities, especially those in proximity to DOD 

installations, to increase experience and learning opportunities 
for DOD personnel awaiting assignment by providing and 

supporting hands-on cyber operations experience, training 

opportunities at security operations centers, and access to 

courses to assist personnel entering the DOD cyber field, and 

those who seek to maintain currency and grow their expertise. 

Digital cross domain solution policy 

The committee is concerned by the lack of urgency 

demonstrated by the Department of Defense (DOD) in its approach 

to cross domain solutions policy. Despite the existence of an 

organization responsible for this mission and the needs 

demonstrated by the emphasis on Joint All Domain Command and 

Control (JADC2) capabilities, the committee does not see 

tangible progress with regard to establishing real-time 

solutions for digital cross domain capabilities. The committee 

understands that bureaucratic processes and multiple layers of 

approval have slowed the actualization of workable systems. In 

order to meet the goals of the National Defense Strategy and 

provide actionable information to the edge of warfighting 

operations, the committee believes there must be greater 

emphasis placed on achieving functionality of cross domain 

capabilities. The committee believes that cross domain solutions 

policy must be reexamined and modernized so modern cloud-based 

architectures can be leveraged to provide decision advantages. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee, 

not later than May 1, 2024, on the implementation and progress 

it is making toward providing and enabling effective digital 

cross domain solution processes, policies, and capabilities. The 

briefing should identify areas where the DOD's current cross 

domain solution policy is out of alignment with key initiatives 

like JADC2 and needs updating. 

Digital expertise training and certification 

The committee notes that section 230 of the National 

Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116- 

92) outlined a policy to promote and maintain digital expertise 

and software development as core competencies of civilian and 

military workforces of the Department of Defense. The committee 

is concerned that the Department has not prioritized the 

comprehensive implementation of section 230, and encourages the 

Department to reexamine the process used to approve 

certifications that can be used to meet technical training 

requirements, including those involving cloud computing 

certifications. 
Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than June 1, 

2024, on the current plan to continue expanding the list of 

reimbursable certifications to include software development, 

networking, and cybersecurity. 

Foreign cyber incident response plan 

The committee is aware of ongoing Iranian cyber attacks 

against our NATO ally Albania. The committee commends the 

support provided by elements of the United States Government and 

the private sector to Albania to mitigate the effects of these 

attacks and prevent future incidents, and notes that Albanian 

support for the United States was a primary motivator in the 

Iranian targeting of Albania. The committee is concerned that as 

cyber attacks and incidents increase in stealth, speed, and 

complexity, countries with less-developed cyber response plans 

and personnel skills incur greater risk for future attacks from 

state and non-state actors. The committee believes that the 

Department of Defense should assess the value of establishing a 

coordinating mechanism and response plan to facilitate 

interventions during future cyber incidents where the Department 

may be called upon to assist an ally or partner. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to enter into a contract with a federally funded research and 

development center for the performance of a study on the 

creation of a Foreign Cyber Incident Response Plan to be 

provided to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives not later than March 1, 2024. The 

study performed shall include the following elements: 

(1) An analysis of the United States Government 

response to the 2022 Albania cyber attacks, the 2017 Ukraine 

ransomware attacks, the 2007 Estonia cyber attack, and any 

others deemed relevant; 

(2) A plan for developing potential response 

structures to allow the Department of Defense to assist partners 

and allies in identifying and attributing intrusions, and 

assisting in remediation operations; 

(3) Recommendations for streamlining processes, to 

include statutes, policies and guidance, for providing defense 

support to foreign authorities for cyber incidents when 

requested by a Federal agency, approved by the appropriate 

Department of Defense official, or directed by the National 

Command Authority; 
(4) An assessment of the feasibility of establishing 

preexisting host-nation support agreements for requesting 

cybersecurity expert assistance from the U.S.; and 

(5) A plan for identifying measures to streamline 

response times to requests for assistance from allies and 

partners whose defense is deemed in the national interest. 

National Media Exploitation Center 

The committee notes that the Defense Intelligence Agency's 

National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC) is transitioning its 

priority focus from violent extremist organizations to strategic 

competition with the People's Republic of China in support of 

the National Defense Strategy. As a result, there will be a 

growing need to acquire the linguistic and analytical tools for 

the exploitation of Chinese language content, which may require 

additional investment in capabilities that support name 

matching, the ability to search cross-lingually, the extraction 

of value of unstructured content, and enrichment for defense and 

intelligence purposes relevant to Chinese language open-source 

intelligence content. 

The committee strongly encourages the Director of the 

Defense Intelligence Agency to actively seek opportunities to 

bolster investment in these and other relevant capabilities to 

support NMEC efforts to support competition with China. 

National Security Agency Cyber Collaboration Center pilot 

program 

The committee is encouraged by the successful National 

Security Agency (NSA) Cyber Collaboration Center pilot program 

to leverage capability similar to what the Department of Defense 

(DOD) uses for its own internet operations management to enable 

continuous monitoring of defense industrial base vendor 

internet-facing cyber terrain. Proactively identifying exposures 

and vulnerabilities, and alerting impacted vendors before they 

are exploited, can meaningfully reduce national security risk. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the NSA 

to provide a briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee, 

not later than March 1, 2024, on the pilot program including: 

(1) An overview and current status of the pilot program and an 

analysis of its effectiveness; (2) A plan to expand coverage for 

up to 10,000 defense industrial base entities by the end of 

fiscal year 2024; (3) A list of milestones and associated 

timelines to complete the expansion; and (4) A description of 

any additional resources needed to complete the expansion by the 

end of fiscal year 2024. 
National Security Agency cybersecurity workforce pilot program 

The committee supports converting the National Security 

Agency's workforce transformation cyber initiative pilot program 

into a permanent program that would offer certificate-based 

courses through the development of a Center for Academic 

Excellence in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. 

Academic entities that participated in the fiscal years 2021 and 

2022 pilot program, and that fully executed and demonstrated an 

initial "train the trainers" program to magnify the impact at a 

national level, should be eligible. 

Post-Quantum Cryptography 

The committee commends the steps the Department of Defense 

(DOD) has taken to close cybersecurity gaps via strong 

cryptography and zero trust architecture initiatives. The 

committee believes an important component to these efforts in 

the future should include understanding and remediating 

cryptographic libraries that may be vulnerable to quantum 

attack. The committee encourages DOD to continue necessary 

investments in cybersecurity technologies, including postquantum cryptography (PQC), to defend against nation-state 

adversaries and cybercriminals. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to brief the congressional defense committees, not later than 

December 31, 2023, on the policies, programs, and investments 

implemented by each service to include, at a minimum, the 

following: (1) Progress toward discovery of all uses of 

vulnerable cryptography in classified and high impact systems; 

(2) The timeline for the transition and implementation of PQC; 

(3) A strategy to incorporate cryptographic agility to enable 

flexibility as future adjustments and unexpected changes occur 

with the continuing development of quantum computers; and (4) 

Planned or recommended changes to existing DOD policy guidance 

that supports the transition to PQC using commercially available 

technologies. 

Report on critical infrastructure supporting national security 

and force projection activities 

The committee commends the Department of Defense (DOD) on 

efforts to address cyber vulnerabilities of servicemembers, 

military installations, the defense industrial base, and other 

key components of the national security enterprise. The 

committee remains concerned, however, about the potential for 
cyberattacks against the homeland to impede the ability of the 

DOD to conduct operations and functions. 

The committee believes that the DOD must do more to 

address domain awareness gaps to ensure that vulnerabilities to 

military installations, which stem from dependence on critical 

infrastructure located in surrounding communities, do not 

present an attack vector which adversaries can exploit. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in 

coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, 

and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, and in consultation 

with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to provide a report to 

the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives, not later than February 1, 2024, on 

vulnerabilities of military installations related to critical 

infrastructure supporting national security and force projection 

activities. The report shall be submitted in an unclassified 

form but may include a classified annex. The report shall 

include the following elements: 

(1) Development of potential models for establishing 

processes, relationships, and command structures for proactively 

identifying vulnerabilities, responding to cyber incidents 

involving DOD installations, and providing synchronized 

reporting to higher authorities; 

(2) An assessment of the feasibility of designing 

and establishing a data repository within the DOD for resources 

and data related to potential cyber incidents involving DOD 

installations; tailored responses; impacts; and exercises to 

facilitate the sharing of policies, procedures, best practices, 

data, and emerging issues; and 

(3) An assessment of the need for utilizing the 

planning and execution of integrated campaigning (as defined in 

the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joint Concept for Integrated 

Campaigning) at multiple echelons to understand potential 

adversary actions against U.S. Government and non-government 

partners and to better inform campaign plan assumptions. 

Secure enterprise, emergency, and social communication 

The committee is concerned that there are few tools 

available for secure communication. The committee is aware that 

servicemembers utilize social media platforms and other forms of 

insecure electronic communication tools to transmit sensitive, 

mission critical information. Therefore, the committee directs 

the Secretary of Defense to brief the committee by December 30, 

2023, about the Department of Defense's interest in secure, 

commercial off-the-shelf enterprise, emergency, risk management, 

and social communication platforms which can be installed on 
reserve component servicemembers' private sector mobile and web 

devices allowing leaders to quickly disseminate private, timely 

information to organizational members and immediate family 

members during domestic operations. The committee encourages 

consideration that these platforms may be licensed to 

servicemembers' mobile and web devices while the information is 

housed, owned, and managed within government-owned servers. 

Thunderdome implementation plan 

The committee is encouraged by the progress transitioning 

from legacy Joint Regional Security Stacks (JRSS) to the 

Thunderdome zero trust architecture, which can act as a model 

for zero trust implementation across the Department of Defense 

(DOD) in line with the DOD zero trust strategy, while 

maintaining flexibility for DOD components to implement tailored 

solutions for truly unique requirement sets. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the 

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to brief the Senate 

Armed Services Committee, not later than March 1, 2024, on the 

Thunderdome implementation plan. The briefing shall include: (1) 

A summary of the Thunderdome prototype project; (2) Lessons 

learned during testing and implementation of the prototype, 

including the extension to SIPRNet; (3) A list of deployment 

milestones and associated timelines for future implementation; 

(4) A discussion of progress made to date; (5) Plans to promote 

the adoption of additional Thunderdome subtenants at DOD 

components beyond DISA; and (6) A description of any additional 

resources needed to achieve full deployment. 

TITLE XVII--SPACE FORCE PERSONNEL 

MANAGEMENT 

Space Force personnel management (secs. 1701-1752) 

The committee recommends a set of provisions that would 

amend title 10, United States Code, by adding a new subtitle F, 

titled "Alternative Military Personnel Systems," and 

establishing thereunder a military personnel system for the 

Space Force. The provision would also make various technical and 

conforming amendments to provisions in title 10, 19, 28, 38, and 

50, United States Code, to account for the creation of the Space 

Force personnel system. 

Under the recommended provision, the U.S. Space Force 

would become a single-component military service, incorporating 

elements of personnel policy from existing authority in title 
10, United States Code, pertaining to both active and reserve 

components from other Armed Forces. Of note, the singlecomponent Space Force personnel system would allow for greater 

flexibility in career management and progression for U.S. Space 

Force members, who would be allowed to go back and forth between 

full-time military service and part-time service throughout 

their careers. 

Implementation of the military personnel system for the 

U.S. Space Force would be contingent upon a certification from 

the Secretary of the Air Force that any State National Guard 

affected by the transfer of units, personnel billets, equipment, 

and resources into the U.S. Space Force would be made whole by 

the transfer of additional assets under the control of the 

Secretary of the Air Force into the affected State National 

Guard. The Secretary concerned would also be required to submit 

to the congressional defense committees a report that includes a 

transition plan to move all units, personnel billets, equipment, 

and resources that perform core Space Force missions, are under 

the operational control of the U.S. Space Force, or are 

otherwise integral to the U.S. Space Force mission that may 

exist in the reserve components of the Department of the Air 

Force into the U.S. Space Force. The provision would also 

require protections for affected members of the reserve 

components of the U.S. Air Force to ensure they would be able to 

remain in the reserve components without a negative impact on 

their careers if they chose not to transfer to the U.S. Space 

Force. 

Under this title, the Secretary of Defense would also be 

required to enter into an agreement with a federally funded 

research and development center to conduct an independent study 

to assess the advisability and feasibility of moving personnel 

billets, equipment, and resources performing core space 

functions into the U.S. Space Force, as well as an analysis of 

the possibility of maintaining the current model in which the 

Air National Guard has units and personnel performing core space 

functions; transitioning such units and personnel to the U.S. 

Space Force; and creating a new National Guard component of the 

U.S. Space Force. Such study shall be due to the Secretary of 

the Air Force not later than February 1, 2025. 

The committee notes that the transfer of capabilities from 

the National Guard to the U.S, Space Force is a unique 

requirement and based on the strategic importance of maintaining 

unified Federal control of space assets and capabilities under 

the new U.S. Space Force personnel management system. Should the 

Department of Defense ever seek to incorporate elements of the 

U.S. Space Force military personnel system into the personnel 

systems of the Army or Air Force, the committee would not 
support any large-scale transfer of units, personnel billets, 

equipment, or resources of the State National Guards into 

single-component Army or Air Force services under such unified 

personnel management systems. The Army National Guard and Air 

National Guard provide critical capabilities for the Armed 

Services and the States, and must be maintained as standing 

reserve components of the Armed Forces. 

DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

AUTHORIZATIONS 

Summary and explanation of funding tables 

Division B of this Act authorizes funding for military 

construction projects of the Department of Defense (DOD). It 

includes funding authorizations for the construction and 

operation of military family housing as well as military 

construction for the reserve components, the Defense Agencies 

and Field Activities, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

Security Investment Program. It also provides authorization for 

the base closure accounts that fund military construction, 

environmental cleanup, and other activities required to 

implement the decisions made in prior base realignment and 

closure rounds. It prohibits any future base realignment and 

closure rounds. 

The tables contained in this Act provide the project-level 

authorizations for the military construction funding authorized 

in division B of this Act and summarize that funding by account. 

The fiscal year 2024 budget request included $16.7 billion 

for military construction and housing programs. Of this amount, 

$14.1 billion was requested for military construction, $1.9 

billion for the construction and operation of family housing, 

$389.2 million for base closure activities, and $293.4 million 

for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment 

Program. 

The committee recommends the authorization of 

appropriations for military construction, housing programs, and 

base closure activities totaling $16.7 billion. The total amount 

authorized for appropriations reflects the committee’s continued 

commitment to investing in the recapitalization of DOD 

facilities and infrastructure. 

Short title (sec. 2001) 
The committee recommends a provision that would designate 

division B of this Act as the “Military Construction 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024.” 

Expiration of authorizations and amounts required to be 

specified by law (sec. 2002) 

The committee recommends a provision that would establish 

the expiration date for authorizations in this Act for military 

construction projects, land acquisition, family housing projects 

and facilities, and contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization Security Investment Program as October 1, 2026, or 

the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for 

military construction for fiscal year 2027, whichever is later. 

Effective date (sec. 2003) 

The committee recommends a provision that would provide an 

effective date for titles XXI through XXVII of October 1, 2023, 

or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is later. 

TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Summary 

The budget request included an authorization of 

appropriations of $1.4 billion for military construction and 

$690.3 million for family housing for the Army for fiscal year 

2024. 

The committee recommends an authorization of 

appropriations of $1.7 billion for military construction for the 

Army and $690.3 million for family housing for the Army for 

fiscal year 2024. 

Further details on projects authorized can be found in 

section 2101 and section 4601 of this Act. 

Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 

2101) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

military construction projects for the active component of the 

Army for fiscal year 2024. The committee recognizes the 

Department of Defense's significant unfunded military 

construction requirements and has included an additional $352.9 

million for many of these projects here. The authorized amount 

is listed on an installation-by-installation basis. 
Family housing (sec. 2102) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

new construction, planning, and design of family housing units 

for the Army for fiscal year 2024. This provision would also 

authorize funds for facilities that support family housing, 

including housing management offices, housing maintenance, and 

storage facilities. 

Authorization of appropriations, Army (sec. 2103) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

appropriations for the active component military construction 

and family housing projects of the Army authorized for 

construction for fiscal year 2024. This provision would also 

provide an overall limit on the amount authorized for military 

construction and family housing projects for the active 

component of the Army. The state list contained in this report 

is the binding list of the specific projects authorized at each 

location. 

Extension of authority to use cash payments in special account 

from land conveyance, Natick Soldier Systems Center, 

Massachusetts (sec. 2104) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2844(c)(2)(C) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) to extend the authority 

for the use of cash payments in special account from land 

conveyance, Natick Soldier Systems Center, Massachusetts from 

October 1, 2025 to October 1, 2027. 

Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at 

Kunsan Air Base, Korea (sec. 2105) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authorization contained in section 2101(b) of the Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, Division B, 

Title XXI, of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) for one project 

until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of an Act 

authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 

2025, whichever is later. 
Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 

projects (sec. 2106) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authorization contained in section 2101 of the Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Division B, 

Title XXI, of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) for four projects 

until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of an Act 

authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 

2025, whichever is later. 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 

projects (sec. 2107) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authorization contained in section 2101(a) of the Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, Division B, 

Title XXI, of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) for 

three projects and the authorization contained in section 2865 

of that Act for one project until October 1, 2024, or the date 

of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Summary 

The budget request included an authorization of 

appropriations of $6.0 billion for military construction and 

$640.9 million for family housing for the Department of the Navy 

for fiscal year 2024. 

The committee recommends an authorization of 

appropriations of $4.6 billion for military construction for the 

Navy and $640.9 million for family housing for the Navy for 

fiscal year 2024. 

Further details on projects authorized can be found in 

section 2201 and section 4601 of this Act. 

Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 

2201) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

Navy and Marine Corps military construction projects for fiscal 

year 2024. The committee recognizes the Department of Defense's 
significant unfunded military construction requirements and has 

included an additional $538.2 million for many of these projects 

here. The authorized amounts are listed on an installation-byinstallation basis. 

Family housing (sec. 2202) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

new construction, planning, and design of family housing units 

for the Navy for fiscal year 2024. This provision would also 

authorize funds for facilities that support family housing, 

including housing management offices, housing maintenance, and 

storage facilities. 

Authorization of appropriations, Navy (sec. 2203) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

appropriations for the active component military construction 

and family housing projects of the Department of the Navy 

authorized for construction for fiscal year 2024. This provision 

would also provide an overall limit on the amount authorized for 

military construction and family housing projects for the active 

components of the Navy and the Marine Corps. The state list 

contained in this report is the binding list of the specific 

projects authorized at each location. 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 

projects (sec. 2204) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authorization contained in section 2201 of the Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Division B, 

Title XXII, of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) for six projects 

until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of an Act 

authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 

2025, whichever is later. 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 

projects (sec. 2205) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authorization contained in section 2201 of the Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, Division B, 

Title XXII, of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) for 

four projects until October 1, 2024, or the date of the 
enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction 

for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Summary 

The budget request included an authorization of 

appropriations of $2.6 billion for military construction and 

$551.4 million for family housing for the Air Force in fiscal 

year 2024. 

The committee recommends an authorization of 

appropriations of $3.1 billion for military construction for the 

Air Force and $551.4 million for family housing for the Air 

Force for fiscal year 2024. 

Further details on projects authorized can be found in 

section 2301 and section 4601 of this Act. 

Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects 

(sec. 2301) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

Air Force military construction projects for fiscal year 2024. 

The committee recognizes the Department of Defense's significant 

unfunded military construction requirements and has included an 

additional $252.0 million for many of these projects here. The 

authorized amounts are listed on an installation-by-installation 

basis. 

Family housing (sec. 2302) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

new construction, planning, and design of family housing units 

for the Air Force for fiscal year 2024. This provision would 

also authorize funds for facilities that support family housing, 

including housing management offices, housing maintenance, and 

storage facilities. 

Authorization of appropriations, Air Force (sec. 2303) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

appropriations for the active component military construction 

and family housing projects of the Air Force authorized for 

construction for fiscal year 2024. This provision would also 
provide an overall limit on the amount authorized for military 

construction and family housing projects for the active 

component of the Air Force. The state list contained in this 

report is the binding list of the specific projects authorized 

at each location. 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2017 

projects (sec. 2304) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authorization contained in section 2301(b) of the Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, Division B, 

Title XXIII, of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) for three projects and the 

authorization contained in section 2902 of that Act for one 

project until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of 

an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal 

year 2025, whichever is later. 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 

projects (sec. 2305) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authorization contained in section 2301(a) of the Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, Division B, 

Title XXIII, of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) for one project and the 

authorization contained in section 2903 of that Act for six 

projects until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of 

an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal 

year 2025, whichever is later. 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 

projects (sec. 2306) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authorization contained in section 2301 of the Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Division B, 

Title XXIII, of the John S. McCain National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) for 

eight projects and the authorization contained in section 2903 

of that Act for three projects until October 1, 2024, or the 

date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 

projects (sec. 2307) 
The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authorization contained in section 2301 of the Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, Division B, 

Title XXIII, of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) for 

one project and the authorization contained in section 2902 of 

that Act for two projects until October 1, 2024, or the date of 

the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY 

CONSTRUCTION 

Summary 

The budget request included an authorization of 

appropriations of $2.9 billion for military construction for the 

Defense Agencies for fiscal year 2024. 

The committee recommends an authorization of 

appropriations of $3.1 billion for military construction for the 

Defense Agencies for fiscal year 2024. 

Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition 

projects (sec. 2401) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

military construction projects for the Defense Agencies for 

fiscal year 2024. The committee recognizes the Department of 

Defense's significant unfunded military construction 

requirements and has included an additional $174.7 million for 

many of these projects here. The authorized amounts are listed 

on an installation-by-installation basis. 

Authorized Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program 

projects (sec. 2402) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Secretary of Defense to carry out energy resilience and 

conservation investment program projects. 

Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies (sec. 2403) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

appropriations for the military construction and family housing 

projects of the Defense Agencies authorized for construction for 

fiscal year 2024. This provision would also provide an overall 
limit on the amount authorized for military construction and 

family housing projects for the Defense Agencies. The state list 

contained in this report is the binding list of the specific 

projects authorized at each location. 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 

projects (sec. 2404) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authorization contained in section 2401(b) of the Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, Division B, 

Title XIV, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) for two projects until October 1, 

2024, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds 

for military construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is 

later. 

Extension and modification of authority to carry out certain 

fiscal year 2019 projects (sec. 2405) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authorization contained in section 2401(b) of the Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Division B, 

Title XXIV, of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) for three projects 

until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of an Act 

authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 

2025, whichever is later. 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 

projects (sec. 2406) 

The committee recommends a provision that would modify the 

authorization contained in section 2401(b) of the Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, Division B, 

Title XXIV, of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) for 

one project and the authorization contained in section 2402 of 

that Act for seven projects until October 1, 2024, or the date 

of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later. 

Additional authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2022 

projects (sec. 2407) 

The committee recommends a provision that would allow the 

Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department 
to authorize a contract with the conveyee of the utility system 

to carry out six military construction projects. 

Additional authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2023 

projects (sec. 2408) 

The committee recommends a provision that would allow the 

Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military department 

to authorize a contract with the conveyee of the utility system 

to carry out three military construction projects. 

TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS 

Summary 

The Department of Defense requested an authorization of 

appropriations of $293.4 million for military construction in 

fiscal year 2024 for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

Security Investment Program and authorizations to accept in-kind 

contributions from the Republic of Korea of $456.6 million and 

from the Republic of Poland of $284.5 million. 

The committee recommends an authorization of 

appropriations of $293.4 million for military construction in 

fiscal year 2024 for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

Security Investment Program and authorizations to accept in-kind 

contributions from the Republic of Korea of $456.6 million and 

from the Republic of Poland of $284.5 million. 

SUBTITLE A—NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY 

ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 

Authorized NATO construction and land acquisition projects (sec. 

2501) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Secretary of Defense to make contributions to the North 

Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program in an 

amount equal to the sum of the amount specifically authorized in 

section 2502 of this title and the amount of recoupment due to 

the United States for construction previously financed by the 

United States. 

Authorization of appropriations, NATO (sec. 2502) 
The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

appropriations of $293.4 million for the U.S. contribution to 

the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security 

Investment Program (NSIP) for fiscal year 2024. 

The provision would also allow the Department of Defense 

construction agent to recognize the NATO project authorization 

amounts as budgetary resources to incur obligations when the 

United States is designated as the host nation for the purposes 

of executing a project under the NSIP. 

SUBTITLE B—HOST COUNTRY IN-KIND 

CONTRIBUTIONS 

Republic of Korea funded construction projects (sec. 2511) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Secretary of Defense to accept 12 military construction 

projects totaling $456.6 million from the Republic of Korea as 

in-kind contributions. 

Republic of Poland funded construction projects (sec. 2512) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Secretary of Defense to accept seven military construction 

projects totaling $284.5 million from the Republic of Poland as 

in-kind contributions. 

TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES 

FACILITIES 

Summary 

The Department of Defense requested an authorization of 

appropriations of $968.8 million for military construction in 

fiscal year 2024 for facilities for the National Guard and 

reserve components. 

The committee recommends an authorization of 

appropriations of $1.1 billion for military construction in 

fiscal year 2024 for facilities for the National Guard and 

reserve components. The detailed funding recommendations are 

contained in the state list table included in this report. 

Further details on projects authorized can be found in the 

tables in this title and section 4601 of this Act. 
Authorized Army National Guard construction and land acquisition 

projects (sec. 2601) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

military construction projects for the Army National Guard for 

fiscal year 2024. The committee recognizes the Department of 

Defense's significant unfunded military construction 

requirements and has included an additional $169.4 million for 

many of these projects here. The authorized amounts are listed 

on an installation-by-installation basis. 

Authorized Army Reserve construction and land acquisition 

projects (sec. 2602) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

military construction projects for the Army Reserve for fiscal 

year 2024. The committee recognizes the Department of Defense's 

significant unfunded military construction requirements and has 

included an additional $40.0 million for one such project. The 

authorized amounts are listed on an installation-by-installation 

basis. 

Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve construction 

and land acquisition projects (sec. 2603) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

military construction projects for the Navy Reserve and Marine 

Corps Reserve for fiscal year 2024. The authorized amounts are 

listed on an installation-by-installation basis. 

Authorized Air National Guard construction and land acquisition 

projects (sec. 2604) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

military construction projects for the Air National Guard for 

fiscal year 2024. The committee recognizes the Department of 

Defense's significant unfunded military construction 

requirements and has included an additional $127.2 million for 

many of these projects here. The authorized amounts are listed 

on an installation-by-installation basis. 

Authorized Air Force Reserve construction and land acquisition 

projects (sec. 2605) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

military construction projects for the Air Force Reserve for 

fiscal year 2024. The committee recognizes the Department of 
Defense's significant unfunded military construction 

requirements and has included an additional $15.5 million for 

many of these projects here. The authorized amounts are listed 

on an installation-by-installation basis. 

Authorization of appropriations, National Guard and Reserve 

(sec. 2606) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

appropriations for the reserve component military construction 

projects authorized for construction for fiscal year 2024 in 

this Act. This provision would also provide an overall limit on 

the amount authorized for military construction projects for 

each of the reserve components of the military departments. The 

state list contained in this report is the binding list of the 

specific projects authorized at each location. 

Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2018 project at 

Hulman Regional Airport, Indiana (sec. 2607) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authorization contained in section 2604 of the Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, Division B, 

Title XXVI, of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91) for one project until October 1, 

2024, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds 

for military construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is 

later. 

Extension of authority to carry out fiscal year 2019 project at 

Francis S. Gabreski Airport, New York (sec. 2608) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authorization contained in section 2604 of the Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Division B, 

Title XIII, of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) for one project 

until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of an Act 

authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 

2025, whichever is later. 

Extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2021 

projects (sec. 2609) 

The committee recommends a provision that would extend the 

authorization contained in section 2402 of the Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, Division B, 
Title XXIV, of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) for 

13 projects until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment 

of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal 

year 2025, whichever is later. 

Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2022 project 

at Nickell Memorial Armory, Kansas (sec. 2610) 

The committee recommends a provision that would modify the 

authorization contained in section 2606 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) for 

the construction of a sensitive compartmented information 

facility project at Nickell Memorial Armory, Kansas. 

Modification of authority to carry out fiscal year 2023 project 

at Camp Pendleton, California (sec. 2611) 

The committee recommends a provision that would modify the 

authorization contained in section 2606 of the James M. Inhofe 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 

Law 117-263) for the construction of an Area Maintenance Support 

Activity at Camp Pendleton, California. 

Authority to conduct restoration and modernization projects at 

the First City Troop Readiness Center in Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania (sec. 2612) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Army National Guard to repair the roof of the South 23rd 

Street Readiness Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania if certain 

conditions are met. 

The committee notes that due to the arrangement of the 

leased facility, this authorization is required to conduct this 

repair project. 

TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 

ACTIVITIES 

Summary and explanation of tables 

The budget request included $389.1 million for the ongoing 

cost of environmental remediation and other activities necessary 

to continue implementation of the 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, and 

2005 base realignment and closure rounds. The committee 

recommends $389.1 million for these efforts. The detailed 
funding recommendations are contained in the state list table 

included in this report. 

Authorization of appropriations for base realignment and closure 

activities funded through Department of Defense Base Closure 

Account (sec. 2701) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for ongoing activities that 

are required to implement the decisions of the 1988, 1991, 1993, 

1995, and 2005 base realignment and closure rounds. 

Prohibition on conducting additional base realignment and 

closure (BRAC) round (sec. 2702) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prohibit 

the Department of Defense from conducting another base 

realignment and closure (BRAC) round. 

The committee notes that although the Department of 

Defense did not request authorization to conduct a BRAC round in 

the budget request for fiscal year 2024, the Department 

continues to focus its efforts on studying facility 

optimization. The committee is encouraged by these efforts and 

looks forward to reviewing these results prior to the request 

for any future BRAC round. 

Closure and disposal of the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Pueblo 

County, Colorado (sec. 2703) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Army to close the Pueblo Chemical Depot in Pueblo County, 

Colorado, after the completion of the chemical demilitarization 

mission. 

TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL 

PROVISIONS 

SUBTITLE A—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM 

Authority for Indo-Pacific posture military construction 

projects (sec. 2801) 

The committee recommends a provision that would 

temporarily grant military construction authority, limited to 

$15.0 million per project, to the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific 
Command, through March 31, 2029. The intent of this provision is 

to bolster support to our allies throughout the Pacific region 

through a more timely and agile military construction pathway. 

Ordering authority for maintenance, repair, and construction of 

facilities of Department of Defense (sec. 2802) 

The committee recommends a provision that would allow the 

head of a department or organization within the Department of 

Defense to place an order, on a reimbursable basis, with any 

other such department or organization for a project for the 

maintenance and repair of a facility of the Department of 

Defense or for a minor military construction project. The 

committee notes this authority would be restricted to no more 

than 10 percent of the total cost of the project. 

Application of area construction cost indices outside the United 

States (sec. 2803) 

The committee recommends a provision, as requested by the 

Department of Defense, that would amend section 2805(f) of title 

10, United States Code, to address widely varying unspecified 

minor military construction costs due to variations in labor, 

materials, equipment, and design requirements. 

Authorization of cost-plus incentive-fee contracting for 

military construction projects to mitigate risk to the Sentinel 

Program schedule and cost (sec. 2804) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Secretary of Defense to use cost-plus incentive-fee 

contracts for military construction projects associated with 

launch facilities, launch centers, and related infrastructure of 

the Sentinel Program, but not for more than one low-rate initial 

production lot at each of the following Air Force bases: (1) 

F.E. Warren Air Force Base; (2) Malmstrom Air Force Base; and 

(3) Minot Air Force Base. 

Extensions to the Military Lands Withdrawal Act relating to 

Barry M. Goldwater Range (sec. 2805) 

The committee recommends a provision, at the request of 

the Department of Defense, that would renew the existing 

military land withdrawal for the Barry M. Goldwater Range, 

Arizona, for an additional 25 years. 
Authority to lease land parcel for hospital and medical campus, 

Barrigada Transmitter Site, Guam (sec. 2806) 

The committee recommends a provision, as requested by the 

Department of Defense, that would authorize the Secretary of the 

Navy to lease to the Government of Guam parcels of land to 

construct medical facilities. 

Revision to access and management of Air Force memorial (sec. 

2807) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2863 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-398) to 

revise the access and management fund for the Air Force Memorial 

to reflect the Air Force as the responsible agency. 

Development and operation of the Marine Corps Heritage Center 

and the National Museum of the Marine Corps (sec. 2808) 

The committee recommends a provision, as requested by the 

Department of Defense, that would amend chapter 861 of title 10, 

United States Code, to expand the Navy's authority to continue 

its public-private partnership with the Marine Corps Heritage 

Foundation, a non-profit foundation, for the continued 

maintenance and operation of the Marine Corps Heritage Center 

and National Museum of the Marine Corps. 

Authority for acquisition of real property interest in park land 

owned by the Commonwealth of Virginia (sec. 2809) 

The committee recommends a provision, as requested by the 

Department of Defense, that would authorize the Navy to acquire 

a permanent interest in approximately 225 square feet of land at 

Westmoreland State Park, Virginia. The Navy requires this 

property to install, operate, maintain, and protect equipment to 

support research and development activities in support of 

national security at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren. 

Movement or consolidation of Joint Spectrum Center to Fort 

Meade, Maryland, or another appropriate location (sec. 2810) 

The committee recommends a provision that would move the 

offices of the Joint Spectrum Center to the headquarters of the 

Defense Information Systems Agency at Fort Meade, Maryland, or 

another appropriate location chosen by the Secretary of Defense. 
Temporary expansion of authority for use of one-step turn-key 

selection procedures for repair projects (sec. 2811) 

The committee recommends a provision that that would amend 

section 2862 of title 10, United States Code, to temporarily 

modify the authority for use of one-step turn-key selection 

procedures for repair projects. 

Modification of temporary increase of amounts in connection with 

authority to carry out unspecified minor military construction 

(sec. 2812) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2808 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) by 

aligning the notification threshold to $4.0 million with the 

existing pilot authority. 

The committee notes that this provision does not alter the 

pilot authority in any other way. 

Pilot program on replacement of substandard enlisted barracks 

(sec. 2813) 

The committee recommends a provision that would 

temporarily grant the Secretary of a military department the 

authority to replace substandard enlisted barracks using 

operation and maintenance or unspecified minor military 

construction funding for five years. The committee believes that 

far too often these types of facilities do not receive adequate 

funding through the traditional military construction process 

and their construction is not timely. The intent of this 

provision is to provide another construction mechanism and 

authority to ensure a better quality of life for enlisted 

servicemembers living in barracks. 

Expansion of Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program to 

include installations of the Coast Guard (sec. 2814) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2391 of title 10, United States Code, to allow the U.S. 

Coast Guard compete for funding available through the Defense 

Community Infrastructure Pilot Program. 

Modification of pilot program on increased use of sustainable 

building materials in military construction (sec. 2815) 
The committee recommends a provision that would modify the 

existing sustainable materials pilot program authorized in 

section 2861 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) as amended by extending the 

pilot program by 1 calendar year from its original sunset date 

and requiring each military department to construct at least one 

project from mass timber and one project from low carbon 

concrete. 

SUBTITLE B—MILITARY HOUSING 

PART I—MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING 

Uniform condition index for military unaccompanied housing (sec. 

2821) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations to complete 

and issue a uniform facility condition index (FCI) for military 

unaccompanied housing not later than October 1, 2024. 

The committee understands that while each service has an 

FCI for unaccompanied housing, different metrics are weighted 

differently for each service leading to conflicting habitability 

status and leaving the Department of Defense with less than 

accurate data to inform resource decisions regarding military 

unaccompanied housing conditions. 

Certification of habitability of military unaccompanied housing 

(sec. 2822) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to include with the President's annual 

budget submission a certification from the secretary of each 

military department that the construction costs for all needed 

repairs and improvements for each unaccompanied housing facility 

under the respective service secretary is below 20 percent of 

the replacement cost of such facility, as mandated by Department 

of Defense Manual 4165.63, "DOD Housing Management." 

Maintenance work order management process for military 

unaccompanied housing (sec. 2823) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of each military department to establish and 

administer a clearly defined work order system to be used for 

military unaccompanied housing. 
The committee notes that not only does each military 

service have different work order systems, but systems and 

procedures vary from location to location even within the same 

service. The committee believes having a more clearly defined 

work order system would give the Department and individual 

services the ability to better understand the overall health of 

the unaccompanied housing portfolio at any given time. 

Expansion of uniform code of basic standards for military 

housing to include military unaccompanied housing (sec. 2824) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2818 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) to 

ensure that all military unaccompanied housing is to be held to 

the same basic standards as other military housing, both 

privatized and Government-owned. 

Oversight of military unaccompanied housing (sec. 2825) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense, within 30 days of enactment of this 

Act, to prescribe regulations to require the establishment of 

civilian oversight through the installation housing office to 

oversee military unaccompanied housing. The provision would also 

prohibit any enlisted member from being designated as a barracks 

manager or supervisor in charge of maintenance for barracks. The 

committee notes that in discussion with multiple installations, 

lower enlisted members were frequently assigned as barracks 

managers as collateral duty without any training, resources, or 

time allocation from other duties. 

Elimination of flexibilities for adequacy or construction 

standards for military unaccompanied housing (sec. 2826) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to modify all Department of Defense 

directives granting the flexibility for any adequacy or 

construction standard for military unaccompanied housing. 

Design standards for military unaccompanied housing (sec. 2827) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2856 of title 10, United States Code, by establishing 

uniform standards for floor space, number of members allowed, 

and habitability of military unaccompanied housing. 
Termination of habitability standard waivers and assessment and 

plan with respect to military unaccompanied housing (sec. 2828) 

The committee recommends a provision that would terminate 

any current Department of Defense waiver that pertains to the 

habitability standards for military unaccompanied housing on or 

after February 1, 2025. The provision would also require the 

Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of each 

military department, to submit to the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives and the 

Comptroller General of the United States a plan addressing the 

deficiencies of military unaccompanied housing, including 

barracks and dormitories. 

Requirement for security cameras in common areas and entry 

points of military unaccompanied housing (sec. 2829) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to ensure all renovations of military 

unaccompanied housing that exceed 20 percent of the replacement 

cost include security cameras in common areas and entry points. 

Annual report on military unaccompanied housing (sec. 2830) 

The committee recommends a provision that would establish, 

for the next 5 years, an annual report on military unaccompanied 

housing for establishing a baseline document of necessary repair 

costs for barracks throughout the Department of Defense. 

PART II—PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING 

Improvements to privatized military housing (sec. 2841) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

updates to existing reforms regarding privatized housing to 

include: (1) Limiting payments of future agreements entered into 

with privatized housing companies unless the Department of 

Defense determines the housing companies are in compliance with 

the Military Housing Privatization Initiative Tenant Bill of 

Rights; (2) Assessing a housing company's compliance with the 

Tenant Bill of Rights as information given to tenants with a new 

lease; (3) and modifying the authority to investigate 

allegations of reprisals from the Department to the Inspector 

General of the Department of Defense. 
Implementation of Comptroller General Recommendations relating 

to strengthening oversight of privatized military housing (sec. 

2842) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

Secretary of Defense to implement the recommendations of the 

Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, published April 

6, 2023, titled, "DOD Can Further Strengthen Oversight of Its 

Privatized Housing Program," (GAO-23-105377) within 1 year of 

enactment or report to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives explaining why the 

Secretary has not implemented those recommendations. 

Treatment of nondisclosure agreements with respect to privatized 

military housing (sec. 2843) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 2890(f)(1) of title 10, United States Code, by allowing 

the military services to inform members of the Armed Forces of 

the possible consequences of entering into a nondisclosure 

agreement with respect to privatized military housing and 

encourage members to seek legal counsel before entering into 

such an agreement if they have questions about specific 

contractual terms. 

PART III—OTHER HOUSING MATTERS 

Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness Council (sec. 

2851) 

The committee recommends a provision that would establish 

the Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness Council. 

Inclusion in annual status of forces survey of questions 

regarding living conditions of members of the Armed Forces (sec. 

2852) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to include specific questions in the 

annual Status of Forces Survey specifically related to how 

housing conditions influence retention. 

The committee notes that many of these questions were 

included in prior versions of the survey, but have been removed 

in more recent surveys. The committee believes that it is 

crucial that the services know if housing is impacting retention 

and recruitment by including these and similar questions in all 
surveys related to both privatized and military unaccompanied 

housing conditions. 

SUBTITLE C—LAND CONVEYANCES 

Land conveyance, BG J Sumner Jones Army Reserve Center, 

Wheeling, West Virginia (sec. 2861) 

The committee recommends a provision that would grant the 

Secretary of the Army permissive authority to convey to the City 

of Wheeling, West Virginia approximately 3.33 acres known as the 

former BG J Sumner Jones Army Reserve Center, located within the 

city, for the purpose of providing emergency management response 

or law enforcement services. 

Land conveyance, Wetzel County Memorial Army Reserve Center, New 

Martinsville, West Virginia (sec. 2862) 

The committee recommends a provision that would grant 

permissive authority to the Secretary of the Army to convey to 

the City of New Martinsville, West Virginia, approximately 2.96 

acres, known as the former Wetzel County Memorial Army Reserve 

Center, for the purpose of providing emergency management 

response or law enforcement services. 

SUBTITLE D—OTHER MATTERS 

Authority to conduct energy resilience and conservation projects 

at installations where non-Department of Defense funded energy 

projects have occurred (sec. 2871) 

The committee recommends a provision that would clarify 

that the Department of Defense (DOD) has the authority to pair 

Energy Resilience Conservation Investment Program (ERCIP) 

projects with area wide contracts (AWCs). 

The committee is concerned that DOD does not consistently 

use AWCs to achieve energy resilience requirements due to 

conflicting application of defense and non-defense authorities 

that are intended to achieve the same outcome. The committee has 

communicated its intent to the Department in prior National 

Defense Authorization Acts, specifically in the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) as 

well as the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263). In fiscal year 2023, 

both the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

House of Representatives conveyed support for DOD’s effort to 
invest in energy resilient infrastructure on installations and 

encouraged DOD to use all current authorities at its disposal, 

to include AWCs to more rapidly initiate and execute ERCIP 

projects. However, report language of encouragement did not 

achieve the legal clarity for DOD to consistently use AWCs as a 

method to achieve energy resilience on installations. 

Limitation on authority to modify or restrict public access to 

Greenbury Point Conservation Area at Naval Support Activity 

Annapolis, Maryland (sec. 2872) 

The committee recommends a provision that would prevent 

the Navy from using land within the minimum safe distance of 

live fire training conducted by cadets at the Naval Academy to 

construct a golf course on that land. 

The committee is concerned by the lack of transparency 

from the Navy regarding its plans for future uses of the 

Greenbury Point Conservation Area at Naval Support Activity 

Annapolis. The committee notes that Greenbury Point is directly 

across the water from the live fire range used by cadets for 

small arms training. Additionally, the Navy's future use of 

Greenbury Point should not adversely impact the current habitat 

conditions of the adjoining waters of the Chesapeake Bay, Severn 

River, and Carr Creek. Lastly, the committee supports public 

access to Greenbury Point, when appropriate as to not conflict 

with live fire training at the Naval Academy, and to protect all 

lands and wetlands of Greenbury Point in accordance with the 

Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Act. 

Authorization for the Secretary of the Navy to resolve the 

electrical utility operations at Former Naval Air Station 

Barbers Point (currently known as "Kalaeloa"), Hawaii (sec. 

2873) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the Navy to divest of its electrical utility operations at 

former Naval Air Station Barbers Point in Hawaii. 

Clarification of other transaction authority for installation or 

facility prototyping (sec. 2874) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 4022(i) of title 10, United States Code, to clarify the 

funding of a prototyping construction authority authorized by 

sec. 843 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263). 
Requirement that Department of Defense include military 

installation resilience in real property management and 

installation master planning of Department (sec. 2875) 

The committee recommends a provision that would implement 

the recommendations of the Department of Defense Inspector 

General report, published March 30, 2023, titled "Audit of 

Military Department Climate Change Assessment and Adaptation 

Plans in the Southeastern Continental United States," (DODIG2023-61) within 1 year of enactment of this Act. The 

recommendations include requiring the services to standardize 

reporting formats for military installation master plans and 

establish and define standardized risk rating categories across 

military departments. 

Increase of limitation on fee for architectural and engineering 

services produced by military departments (sec. 2876) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

sections 7540(b), 8612(b), and 9540(b) of title 10, United 

States Code, to increase the cap for architectural and 

engineering services for the Departments of the Army, Navy, and 

Air Force, respectively, from 6 percent to 10 percent. 

Requirement that all material types be considered for designbid-build military construction projects (sec. 2877) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to consider all types of building 

materials for any design-bid-build military construction project 

before proceeding beyond the 35 percent design phase and 

contract award. 

Continuing education curriculum for members of the military 

construction planning and design workforce and acquisition 

workforce of the Department of Defense (sec. 2878) 

The committee recommends a provision for the Secretary of 

Defense to establish a continuing education curriculum for 

instructional purposes for sustainable building materials such 

as mass timber and designs to improve military installation 

resilience within 270 days of enactment of this Act. 

Guidance on Department of Defense-wide standards for access to 

installations of the Department (sec. 2879) 
The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to promulgate guidance within 30 days 

of enactment of this Act for purposes of establishing final 

standards for access to installations and to promulgate final 

guidance not later than 180 days after enactment. 

The committee notes that there is no universal access 

standard across the services, which can lead to project delays 

for military construction projects, facilities repairs, and 

household good moves. 

Deployment of existing construction materials (sec. 2880) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Defense to use, transfer, or donate all excess 

construction materials intended for the wall on the southwest 

border of the United States that are being stored by the 

Department of Defense. 

Technical corrections (sec. 2881) 

The committee recommends a provision that would make 

technical corrections to section 2902(c) of the James M. Inhofe 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public 

Law 117-263). 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Aberdeen Proving Ground 

The committee understands that Aberdeen Proving Ground, 

Edgewood Area, contained 63 remnant production plant slabs and 

50-year old laboratories that are inactive and mostly vacant. 

These facilities were formerly used by Edgewood Chemical 

Biological Center and the Medical Research Institute of Chemical 

Defense (MRICD). The committee is encouraged by the Department 

of Defense’s inclusion of specific funding to remove these 

contaminated facilities, which includes decommissioning, 

decontamination, and demolition through a phased approach under 

the Contaminated Building Demolition Program. The Department has 

already obligated funds, begun demolition, and has programmed 

additional funds in future years to continue these efforts. 

Accordingly, the committee encourages the Department to 

continue these funding efforts to ensure demolition activities 

continue, particularly with significant progress already 

underway. Demolition of these facilities will result in cost 

savings on infrastructure, maintenance, and security of these 

unusable buildings and reduce the risk of contamination. The 
reduction of these facilities will have a positive impact on the 

surrounding missions, including the new MRICD facility, U.S. 

Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's Advanced 

Chemistry Laboratory, and the Army Public Health facility. 

Base access 

The committee remains concerned about the slow progress in 

the Department of Defense’s (DOD) efforts to address 

longstanding base access challenges for motor carriers, truck 

drivers, household goods movers, and other visitors, including 

military veterans and Gold Star families. The committee notes 

that a key improvement would be the development of a DOD-wide 

fitness standard for installation access that applies evenly and 

routinely across all services and military installations in the 

United States. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not 

later than October 30, 2023, on the Department’s progress in 

finalizing a DOD-wide fitness standard for installation access, 

including a copy of the Department’s proposed standard. If a 

standard is not in place at this time, the briefing should 

include limiting factors including timelines, costs, and 

infrastructure required and any other items the Secretary deems 

relevant. 

Benefits and use of electrochromic glass in military bases and 

installations 

The committee is aware of the use and benefits of 

electrochromic glass technology in commercial buildings that 

could significantly reduce wasted energy via improved heating 

and cooling of buildings. The committee understands that this 

technology could provide lower energy consumption costs if 

implemented at Department of Defense (DOD) installations. 

Additionally, the committee understands there is research that 

indicates electrochromic glass could improve staff productivity, 

engagement, sleep quality, and mental health related illnesses 

such as depression. 

The committee believes that the DOD should review the uses 

of electrochromic glass as it strives to achieve its energy 

performance master plan, consistent with section 2911 of title 

10, United States Code. The committee believes that a largescale demonstration of electrochromic glass at DOD facilities 

could provide rigorous data on technical and economic 

performance as well as additional qualitative information on 
occupant comfort and productivity to help inform future plans to 

improve installation energy performance. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to assess the benefits of electrochromic glass and 

provide a briefing on this assessment to the congressional 

defense committees, not later than April 1, 2024. This briefing 

shall include total lifecycle costs and savings and any 

recommendations for future DOD potential demonstration of this 

technology for the reduction of installation energy consumption 

and costs. 

Briefing on excess capacity 

The committee remains concerned about the Department of 

Defense’s (DOD) ability to plan and prioritize resources toward 

its military installations and accurately capture its 

infrastructure capacity. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not 

later than March 30, 2024, on the following: (1) A description 

of each military department’s policy goals for reducing or 

consolidating infrastructure and the progress made toward 

implementing such policy goals; (2) A summary of the force 

structure over the future years defense program (FYDP) necessary 

to meet National Defense Strategy (NDS) objectives, including 

capabilities and major systems with infrastructure realignments 

required to meet the NDS; (3) Overall end strength levels for 

each military department and quantitative description of the 

major military force units over the FYDP; (4) An assessment of 

how military units align to infrastructure in the United States, 

to include U.S. territories; (5) The total number of excess 

assets by facility analysis category (FAC), including total 

building square footage; (6) The number of assets with a report 

of excess prepared for acceptance for potential use by another 

Federal agency; (7) The number of underused facilities with the 

associated use rate by FAC; (8) An assessment of the costs to 

sustain excess square footage and underused building square 

footage compared to the costs to demolish excess buildings and 

consolidate underused buildings for increased efficiency; (9) 

Recommended policy changes, metrics, and analytical tools that 

will enable the DOD to optimize its infrastructure; and (10) The 

feasibility of adjusting military construction processes and 

priorities to facilitate consolidation. 

Briefing on Joint Base Cape Cod mission resilience 
The committee notes that Joint Base Cape Cod is the 

primary military training facility for National Guard and Army 

Reserve soldiers throughout New England and also has the only 

land-based radar site providing missile warning for the eastern 

coast of the United States. Section 315 of the William M. (Mac) 

Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2021 (Public Law 116-283) provided the Secretary of Defense the 

authority to carry out projects outside of military 

installations or facilities if the project would enhance 

installation resilience and maintain installation mission 

assurance. The only bridges that provide access to and from 

Joint Base Cape Cod were built by and have been continuously 

owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The committee is 

concerned that the Army Corps of Engineers have found these 

bridges structurally deficient, which could jeopardize mission 

assurance. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Army to brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives, not later than March 1, 2024, on 

the impact to Joint Base Cape Cod if the Bourne or Sagamore 

bridges failed, contingency plans to respond to a collapse, and 

how a collapse would impact the resilience of the base. 

Davis-Monthan power projection wing and restructure timeline 

The Department of the Air Force has briefed the committee 

on plans to restructure forces at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, 

including standing up a new power projection wing, in order to 

meet enduring needs in accordance with the National Defense 

Strategy. The committee notes the transition plan includes 

multiple elements and an ambitious timeline. The committee is 

encouraged by the Department’s inclusion of Environmental Impact 

Sustainment and Area Development Plan funds in the fiscal year 

2024 budget request to continue providing specific steps needed 

to timely complete the transition plan. 

Accordingly, the committee strongly encourages the U.S. 

Air Force, in collaboration with U.S. Special Operations 

Command, to make timely requests for the funding necessary to 

conduct site survey, planning, construction, force structure 

adjustments, and related activities necessary to support the 

transition to new flying missions at Davis-Monthan. 

Additionally, the committee urges the U.S. Air Force to ensure 

timely completion of these activities, and work expeditiously to 

program follow-on activity, to include military construction and 

facilities funding, that are necessary to remain on track for 

the current multi-year plan, in the fiscal year 2025 budget 

submission to the Congress. 
To facilitate coordination of these steps, the Secretary 

of the Air Force is directed to brief the Committees on Armed 

Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives, not 

later than March 1, 2024, on the anticipated next steps to 

include environmental reviews and construction activity, the 

timeline for funding and execution of each step including site 

review and force structure movements, and estimated costs of 

actions necessary to complete the restructure plan. 

Additionally, the committee expects the U.S. Air Force, in 

coordination with U.S. Special Operations Command, to 

immediately communicate deviations from the plan and any 

additional funding or authorities to be required by the 

committee. 

Examination of military installation maintenance management 

The committee recognizes that the military services each 

have entities at the installation level, such as installation 

public works offices, which manage the annual sustainment of 

facilities, including preventive maintenance and maintenance 

requested when facility systems break. The committee notes with 

concern that, according to a Government Accountability Office 

report published January 31, 2022, titled, “Defense 

Infrastructure: DOD Should Better Manage Risks Posed by Deferred 

Facility Maintenance” (GAO-22-104481), the Department of Defense 

(DOD) has consistently underestimated and underfunded 

sustainment requirements for maintenance of facilities. 

Moreover, the committee is concerned that the services’ 

maintenance management entities, particularly at the 

installation level, might not have sufficient resources in place 

to maintain both mission critical and quality of life facilities 

on their installations. Additionally, the committee is concerned 

that there may not be sufficient quality assurance processes in 

place to ensure quality and timely responses to address 

installation maintenance needs, including instances of emergency 

work orders. Furthermore, the committee is concerned by reports 

that installations without adequate maintenance resources are 

turning to short-term substandard workarounds for mission 

critical facilities, resulting in increased risks to 

servicemembers and mission, as well as much higher total 

maintenance end costs. Even more concerning to the committee are 

reports that the degradation of certain mission critical 

facilities has resulted in continued risks to the health and 

safety of servicemembers. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to conduct an assessment of the management 

of military installation maintenance entities, such as public 
works offices. Such assessment should include an evaluation of 

the following: (1) The roles and responsibilities of 

installation facility managers, installation maintenance 

entities, and installation tenant organizations with respect to 

facility maintenance, and the extent of effective coordination 

between these stakeholders; (2) The extent that the DOD tracks 

timeliness and quality of maintenance response; (3) The extent 

that installations have policies and processes in place for 

quality assurance and to ensure effective customer service and 

communication; (4) The challenges to effective and timely 

maintenance for facilities, if any, and the extent that military 

installations and the military services have taken steps to 

address these challenges; (5) The authorities the DOD needs to 

provide installations with the funding necessary to address a 

maintenance issue whose short-term solution would result in 

higher costs than a permanent fix; and (6) Any other matters 

deemed appropriate by the Comptroller General. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to 

provide a briefing on the preliminary findings of this 

assessment, not later than April 30, 2024, with a report to 

follow by a mutually agreed upon date. 

Fee criteria for management of privatized military housing 

The committee notes that the original agreements signed 

between the Department of Defense and the contractors for the 

Military Housing Privatization Initiative contained incentive 

fee structures that dictated what award funding was given to the 

respective contractor based upon maintenance work order 

completion. The committee is concerned that these agreements are 

different from service to service and installation to 

installation. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to work with the service secretaries to develop and 

submit to the congressional defense committees a report, not 

later than December 1, 2023, that: (1) Outlines the existing 

criteria for incentive fees for property management set forth in 

the legal documents entered into between the Secretary of a 

military department and each landlord regarding privatized 

military housing; (2) An assessment of the advisability and 

feasibility of a uniform criteria for such fees to be used 

across all privatized military housing units; and (3) If 

advisable, a set of uniform fee criteria and a timeline to 

institute that criteria. 

Funding construction of childcare development centers at Air 

Force installations 
The committee is concerned that the Department of the Air 

Force continues to not prioritize sufficient funding for the 

construction of Child Development Centers (CDCs) at Air Force 

installations, like Luke Air Force Base and Camp Bull Simons, 

Florida, that have already received previous funding for 

planning and design of CDC facilities. Despite the Air Force’s 

determination that these installations are eligible for 

replacement CDCs, the committee notes that the Air Force has not 

requested dedicated funding in recent budgets. 

Therefore, the committee strongly encourages the Secretary 

of the Air Force to take appropriate steps for inclusion of 

construction funds in the fiscal year 2025 budget for building 

CDCs at U.S. Air Force bases that have demonstrated multi-year 

demand that significantly exceeds current facility capacity in 

order to avoid adverse impacts on retention and quality of life 

for servicemembers. 

Funding laboratory maintenance 

The committee recognizes that the Air Force Research 

Laboratory (AFRL) is a critical asset to the Department of 

Defense, facilitating cutting-edge research which benefits our 

national security interests. In particular, the Information 

Directorate is crucial to developing cyber operations, autonomy, 

artificial intelligence, command and control, quantum 

technologies, and advanced data processing and visualization 

technologies that help enable the Air Force and the Nation to 

maintain our technical advantage. 

However, the committee remains concerned that the 

components of the science and technology reinvention labs 

(STRLs), including the AFRL Information Directorate, lack 

sufficient funds for basic infrastructure improvements and 

repair, such as re-roofing and replacing heating, ventilation, 

and air conditioning units and boilers. While the STRLs have 

special authority to use research and development (R&D) funding 

to make some of these minor improvements, the committee is 

concerned that the repurposing R&D funding for infrastructure 

maintenance puts increased pressure on monies originally 

intended for scientific and technological R&D. 

Accordingly, the committee encourages the Air Force in the 

fiscal year 2025 budget cycle to budget funds to AFRL across the 

future years defense program for laboratory maintenance in a 

manner which both maintains and modernizes the laboratory's 

infrastructure while ensuring that necessary maintenance work 

does not negatively impact the laboratory’s research and 

development mission. 
Ground source heat pumps 

The committee notes that heating, ventilation, and air 

conditioning (HVAC) systems are a large consumer of Department 

of Defense (DOD) energy. The committee recognizes that the 

installation of ground source heat pumps in DOD buildings, 

including stand-alone building systems and campus systems, has 

significantly reduced energy consumption and increased the 

resilience of Department facilities. The committee encourages 

the Department to make maximum use of this technology, thereby 

reducing its reliance on external sources of energy while also 

reducing energy costs. Additionally, the committee encourages 

the Department to ensure that all new building construction and 

retrofits to existing HVAC systems consider the full lifecycle 

cost and resilience benefits of installing ground source heat 

pumps, including their consideration when using energy savings 

performance contracts. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide 

a briefing the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives with the following information, not 

later than February 1, 2024 to include: 

(1) A summary of the current deployment of ground 

source heat pumps in DOD facilities; 

(2) A list of impediments, if any, limiting the 

DOD’s use of ground source heat pumps; 

(3) An analysis of Department installations where 

ground source heat pumps could be used to reduce the reliance on 

external energy sources; and 

(4) A summary of the actions that the DOD is taking 

to increase the use of this cost-saving technology. 

Guam munitions and explosives of concern 

The committee notes that Guam was a major World War II 

battlefield that incurred large amounts of ordnance. To date, 

over 14,000 items have been recovered, including American and 

Japanese discarded military munitions. The Department of 

Defense’s (DOD) Defense Explosive Safety Regulation (DESR) 

6055.09 Edition 1 defines Explosive Safety policy and requires 

the military services to enact appropriate guidance. 

Specifically, section V1.E3.2 of DESR 6055.09 describes waiver 

policy roles and responsibilities as follows, "A waiver is a 

written authority that permits temporary deviation from these 

standards for strategic or compelling operational requirements. 

Generally, a waiver is granted for a period not to exceed 5 

years pending termination of the waiver or correction of the 

waived conditions. Exceptional situations may require reissuance 
of a waiver to allow time for completion of the operation 

requiring the waiver or of the corrective action. In such cases, 

the next higher approval authority must reissue the waiver, 

except when DOD Component head or the responsible Combatant 

Commander (CCDR) has issued the waiver. DOD Components will 

review waivers for applicability and currency at intervals not 

to exceed 2 years." 

The Department of the Navy implements DESR 6055.09 through 

the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Op-5, “Ammunition and 

Explosives Safety Ashore," while the Air Force implements DESR 

6055.09 through Air Force Manual (AFMAN) 91-201, “Explosives 

Safety Standards.” 

Joint Base Marianas, Naval Ordinance Safety and Security 

Activity (NOSSA), Navy Facilities Command (NAVFAC), and other 

DOD stakeholders have applied additional manpower resources and 

made significant improvements in how munitions and explosives of 

concern (MEC) operations are planned and executed. Engagement 

with NOSSA, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, and DOD 

from 2020 to 2022 has resulted in some administrative 

improvements in the MEC approval process. However, additional 

relief may be needed from MEC requirements to meet timelines for 

DOD construction programs on Guam, particularly with respect to 

the laydown of missile defense assets which are to occur over 

the next 5 to 10 years throughout the island. 

Accordingly, given the responsibilities found under 

section V1.E3.2 of DESR 6055.09, specifically those for a 

combatant commander, the committee directs the Commander, U.S. 

Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), to review established MEC 

procedure on Guam and provide a briefing to the congressional 

defense committees, not later than March 1, 2024, on whether MEC 

clearing operations can be meaningfully improved while still 

minimizing risk, or if the MEC requirements should be modified 

or waived for specific requirements to expedite construction. 

The briefing shall assess what MEC actions directly fall under 

the authority of the Commander, INDOPACOM, and the component 

commands. The briefing shall also assess what MEC procedure 

improvements could be made involving NAVSEA OP-5 and AFMAN 91- 

201. 

Gull Cottage restoration 

The committee appreciates efforts by the Departments of 

the Navy and Air Force to restore the historic Gull Cottage in 

Prospect Harbor, Maine. The committee notes that Gull Cottage 

caught fire in the summer of 2022, rendering the facility 

untenable, closing it indefinitely. For over 131 years, Gull 

Cottage served both active military and veterans as a premier 
morale, welfare, and recreation site. The committee understands 

that Gull Cottage is located on land owned and operated by the 

U.S. Navy, which will soon be transferred to the purview of the 

U.S. Space Force. 

Accordingly, the committee strongly encourages the U.S. 

Navy and the U.S. Air Force to restore the exterior of Gull 

Cottage to its pre-fire state and restore the property to its 

historic configuration following historic guidelines as closely 

as practical, or using imitative materials, while also 

maximizing savings to the taxpayer and return on investment for 

military and veteran community use. 

Hawthorne Army Depot infrastructure prioritization 

The committee is concerned about reports regarding the 

state of Hawthorne Army Depot, Nevada, the world’s largest 

ammunition depot and demilitarization facility. The committee is 

aware of Hawthorne’s desperate need for significant 

infrastructure upgrades, such as replacing boilers installed in 

1974 that are now inoperable, modernizing condemned buildings 

that are unable to be occupied, and fixing roads that are 

currently impassable. 

The committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide 

a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives, not later than March 1, 2024, on 

the status of efforts to upgrade and repair the infrastructure 

and functionality of Hawthorne Army Depot. The committee also 

strongly encourages the Secretary of the Army to prioritize 

investing in infrastructure upgrades for the depot. 

Hydrogen fuel cell research for defense applications 

The committee understands that hydrogen fuel cells (HFC) 

and steam methane reforming are technologies that have been used 

to generate electricity and convert natural gas and water into 

hydrogen for over 20 years. One of the biggest challenges for 

hydrogen energy has been the high cost to compress and transport 

the hydrogen to the site to be used. One solution could be to 

create hydrogen and use it to generate electricity at the same 

location without having to compress it for travel. One potential 

option could be to leverage any existing natural gas 

infrastructure on military installations to create hydrogen and 

simultaneously generate electricity. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to brief the committee not later than March 1, 2024, 

regarding what renewable technologies are used as backup power 

for military instillations and to assess what other technologies 
could be deployed that support energy resilience. The briefing 

shall include a cost assessment of incorporating HFCs as backup 

power sources at military installations. 

Kwajalein Atoll infrastructure 

The committee believes the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile 

Defense Test Site on Kwajalein is a critical national security 

asset that supports cutting edge missile tests, to include 

hypersonics, and conducts continuous space operations that 

cannot be replicated anywhere in the world. Given its remote 

location and harsh environment, the test facility and supporting 

infrastructure is costly to operate and maintain, to include the 

requirement to import diesel fuel for generators that provide 

power to the island. These challenges were further exacerbated 

when the Republic of the Marshall Islands closed its borders for 

two years during the COVID-19 pandemic and prohibited entry of 

non-residents. The facilities and equipment, to include for 

power generation, are in poor condition with significant 

corrosion related issues. 

To assess the magnitude of infrastructure and equipment 

maintenance and modernization requirements at the Reagan Test 

Site, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army, in 

coordination with the on-site facilities operators, to conduct a 

study of costs to repair and modernize decaying infrastructure 

across the facility, to include a review of technologies that 

can be used to prevent corrosion damage and costly remediation. 

Additionally, to mitigate the tyranny of time and distance, as 

well as align with the Department of Defense's National Defense 

Strategy and Army’s aim to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, 

the committee directs the study to include a plan and proposed 

timeline to pilot a non-fossil fuel based renewable energy 

source, such as hydrogen fuel cells and solar technology, to 

power or augment the island’s electrical requirements. The study 

and resulting recommendations shall be briefed to the committee 

not later than March 1, 2024. The briefing shall also include an 

updated report on the Installation Command's infrastructure 

goals and an updated 5-year profile of planned facilities 

recapitalization for the Kwajalein Atoll with the fiscal year 

2025 budget request and subsequent budget requests through 

fiscal year 2029. 

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma water treatment plant 

The committee is aware that the existing water treatment 

plant at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma may have 

difficulty in meeting Federal water quality regulations for 
maximum contaminant levels and that the potable water 

distribution system contains total dissolved solids (TDS) levels 

three times that of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

regulations for TDS. The committee underscores the importance of 

complying with water quality regulations to protect health and 

water sources, and is concerned that current plans would not 

begin construction on a replacement plant until 2026. In 

recognition of this need, the committee authorized $5.0 million 

last year to accelerate planning and design for the P-591 Water 

Treatment Plant replacement project at MCAS Yuma and urged the 

Marine Corps to prioritize these upgrades when determining 

military construction priorities for fiscal year 2024. The 

committee appreciates the Department of the Navy's recognition 

of the importance of clean, safe drinking water for 

servicemembers and their families by including the project in 

the Navy future years defense program for 2026. However, the 

committee remains concerned of the potential for increased 

health risks to the servicemembers and their family members if 

the plant is not completed expeditiously. 

Accordingly, the committee strongly urges the Marine Corps 

and Navy to complete the planning and design for this project so 

that it may compete for inclusion in the service’s budget 

submission for fiscal year 2025. 

Master plan to modernize infrastructure in Hawaii 

The committee notes that the 2022 National Defense 

Strategy (NDS) directs the Department of Defense to sustain and 

strengthen deterrence while being prepared to prevail in 

conflict when necessary, identifying the People’s Republic of 

China as the pacing challenge for the Department. The State of 

Hawaii is the home to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), the 

Pacific component commands for every service, and one of only 

four public shipyards. It is also home to more than 250,000 

military personnel and their families. However, recent 

infrastructure challenges in the State of Hawaii, including 

contamination of the drinking water at the Red Hill bulk fuel 

storage facility, numerous water main breaks, rolling blackouts, 

and sewage leaks, call into question whether the Department's 

current infrastructure in the State of Hawaii will be able to 

maintain the readiness of the force and be adequate if conflict 

were to arise. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to develop a master plan for the State of Hawaii to 

modernize critical infrastructure, including electrical grids, 

drinking and wastewater systems, sewage systems, and 

communication systems. The plan shall be briefed to the 
committee not later than March 1, 2024, and at a minimum, shall 

identify and list specific infrastructure projects. 

Mitigating cybersecurity supply chain risk within the Energy 

Resilience and Conservation Program 

The committee is very supportive of the Department of 

Defense's (DOD's) work within the Energy Resilience and 

Conservation Program (ERCIP). The committee notes that projects 

authorized and subsequently appropriated for this program build 

resiliency not only for the local installation but for crucial 

operations that support the National Defense Strategy. The 

committee is concerned, however, that there may be certain risks 

not currently mitigated as it relates to cybersecurity supply 

chain. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit 

to the congressional defense committees a one-time report, not 

later than February 1, 2024, analyzing the following: (1) Steps 

the Department has made to implement cybersecurity supply chain 

risk management tools in ERCIP projects connected to a DOD 

Information Network; (2) An analysis of the implementation of 

Executive Order 14017, titled "Securing Defense-Critical Supply 

Chains," and Executive Order 14028, titled "Improving the 

Nation's Cybersecurity," in projects receiving funds, or 

applying to receive funds, through ERCIP, including the 

execution of cybersecurity recommendations in the Department of 

Defense’s Securing Defense-Critical Supply Chains action plan; 

(3) Steps the Department has made to leverage commercially 

available solutions to provide analysis, monitoring, and risk 

assessments for assets and vendors; (4) An analysis of 

cybersecurity supply chain risk management tools on energy 

resilience and energy security of fixed installations receiving 

funds through ERCIP; (5) Recommendations and best practices for 

implementing cybersecurity risk management tools on fixed 

installations; (6) A determination whether DOD should implement 

cybersecurity supply chain risk management tools in all energy 

and infrastructure programs on fixed military installations that 

use Facility Related Control Systems and Operational Technology, 

taking into account its impact on readiness, energy security, 

and energy resiliency; and (7) An analysis of the effectiveness 

of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, Risk Management 

Framework for DOD Information Technology, and related DOD 

Instructions to provide asset monitoring of both new and 

existing control systems and operational technology used in 

Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program projects. 

This analysis should include vulnerabilities that existing 

programs do not address and recommendations for how the 
Department of Defense can implement active databases and 

persistent monitoring to increase its visibility of assets 

within Facility Related Control Systems and Operational 

Technology. 

National Defense University infrastructure 

The committee recognizes the importance of joint 

professional military education (JPME). The committee notes that 

the National Defense University (NDU), located on Fort McNair, 

is the country’s premier center for JPME. The committee further 

notes that NDU conducts world-class JPME seminars, symposia, 

professional development, and conferencing for Department of 

Defense and congressional representatives. 

The committee also notes that the Department of Defense 

has continued to neglect its facilities making budgetary 

decisions for higher priorities leaving facilities, such as NDU, 

in disrepair. The committee understands that without additional 

investment, it is anticipated building systems will fail, 

jeopardizing the NDU mission and alternate use of the facility 

as a continuity of operations site. The committee further notes 

that over time, a lack of sustainment has resulted in 

compromised and failing facility infrastructure. Between August 

and December 2019, NDU faculty and students were forced to 

vacate Eisenhower Hall Building 59 and transition operations to 

other buildings due to water infiltration, mold, and overall 

degradation of the building envelope structure. The Eisenhower 

College building remains closed. This is just one example at NDU 

as other facilities, such as Roosevelt Hall, are also failing. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense, in coordination with the President of NDU, to submit a 

report to the congressional defense committees, not later than 

April 1, 2024, on NDU facilities and infrastructure. The report 

should identify the needs related to aging NDU infrastructure 

requiring substantial maintenance and refurbishment to prevent 

building systems from continued deterioration, which will 

jeopardize the NDU mission, reputation, and joint education for 

the more than 2,000 JPME students and 150 international fellows 

annually. Additionally, the report should identify opportunities 

for infrastructure improvements to meet current and future 

education requirements. 

North Carolina roadway infrastructure 

The committee is aware that the North Carolina Department 

of Transportation (NCDOT) has offered to assume maintenance of 

the roadway infrastructure at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. The 
installation has an extensive roadway network totaling 

approximately 1,500 miles. The committee is aware that NCDOT 

taking over maintenance of the roadway infrastructure at Fort 

Liberty could create significant savings for the Army. However, 

of that roadway infrastructure, approximately 250 miles of 

roadway are in a condition that falls below the NCDOT's minimum 

maintenance standard. Per state law, NCDOT cannot assume 

maintenance of any roadway until the surface of that roadway 

meets NCDOT's minimum maintenance standard. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Army to provide a briefing to the committee, not later than 

March 1, 2024, that details the Army's plan for bringing the 

roadway infrastructure at Fort Liberty up to NCDOT's minimum 

standards, the cost for such roadway repairs, a timeline for 

performing such roadway repairs, and an estimate of the savings 

that the Army will realize by no longer having to perform 

maintenance on the roadway infrastructure at Fort Liberty. 

Plan to complete Fort Huachuca land conveyance 

The committee is aware that the Department of the Army 

approved a land conveyance from Fort Huachuca to the City of 

Sierra Vista, Arizona in 2000, but that land conveyance has yet 

to occur. The committee understands that the land conveyance, 

which is adjacent to Libby Army Airfield, will facilitate the 

master plan for Fort Huachuca that is necessary for supporting 

Department of Defense (DOD) efforts on Electromagnetic Spectrum 

testing and development and Army Multi Domain Operations lines 

of effort. The conveyance has been delayed by advocacy 

organizations that are concerned about water scarcity and the 

potential impact to the San Pedro River or nearby species. The 

committee understands that over the last 20 years, Fort 

Huachuca, the City of Sierra Vista, Arizona and Cochise County, 

Arizona have significantly reduced water consumption and shown 

leadership in partnering on conservation efforts through the 

DOD's Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration and the 

DOD/Interior Department's Sentinel Landscape programs. Working 

as partners, water wells have been taken out of service and 

agricultural land has been preserved. These steps have limited 

development, reduced water demand, and initiated an aggressive 

water reuse plan, while also preventing electronic and physical 

encroachment on Fort Huachuca to ensure continued access to 

sophisticated electronic testing capabilities of national 

importance. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Army to provide a briefing to the committee on the plan to 

complete the authorized conveyance not later than March 1, 2024. 
The briefing shall include a timeline, the steps required for 

obtaining environmental clearance, and the disposition process 

for the property. 

Preparatory military construction for missile defense 

The committee notes that the Department of Defense has 

taken steps to enhance United States capabilities for dispersing 

forces throughout the Marianas region in the event of a 

contingency, largely to support the execution of the Air Force’s 

Agile Combat Employment Concept. If implemented, such actions 

should improve the survivability and flexibility of U.S. forces, 

however, it is not clear that military construction projects 

necessary to ensure effective and timely deployment of air and 

missile defense capabilities to dispersal locations are being 

appropriately prioritized. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Defense, in coordination with the Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific 

Command (INDOPACOM), to provide a briefing to the congressional 

defense committees, not later than March 1, 2024, on planning 

for military construction projects to enable the timely 

deployment of air and missile defense capabilities across all 

dispersal locations required to implement INDOPACOM operational 

plans. 

Report on insurance related costs for military privatized 

housing 

The committee remains engaged on how the Department of 

Defense (DOD) can better understand and mitigate rising costs 

within the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI). The 

committee understands that insurance costs and associated 

expenses may be an area where the DOD can make better business 

decisions as the original MHPI contracts enter the second half 

of their 50 year leases. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide to the Senate Armed Services Committee, not 

later than March 1, 2024, a report on insurance costs and 

expenses for housing managed by a landlord of privatized housing 

under subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States 

Code. The report would contain the evaluation and 

recommendations of the Secretary of Defense regarding: (1) 

Historic costs of insurance for privatized housing projects over 

the 10-year period preceding such report; (2) Insurance required 

to be maintained by privatized housing projects under the 

project documents and loan documents and whether such insurance 

is available at commercially reasonable rates; and (3) Strategy 
for reducing the cost of insurance for privatized housing 

projects, including self-insured retention, government sponsored 

insurance programs, and pooling privatized housing projects that 

are considered to have a low or moderate risk profile. 

Report on the buildings and services of Creech Air Force Base 

The committee is aware of the unique nature of Creech Air 

Force Base (AFB), Nevada, due to the remote location of the 

installation and the specialized operational mission 

requirements conducted there. Creech AFB also warrants attention 

as a highly operational base with limited to no services on base 

or nearby. For instance, Creech AFB does not have any housing on 

or near the base for airmen to occupy, there is currently no 

indoor fitness center, and food and support services are 

extremely limited. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force to brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

and the House of Representatives, not later than March 1, 2024, 

which provides: (1) A status on the availability of on- and offbase housing for airmen stationed at Creech AFB; (2) A status 

update on the Air Force’s housing development project with the 

City of Las Vegas, Nevada; and (3) A status update on the 

services being provided to Creech airmen, including any new or 

ongoing quality of life projects. 

Requirement for Camp Navajo entry bridge repairs 

The committee is aware that the transport of munitions 

often relies on rail transportation to expeditiously move 

munition containers to munition ports to be shipped outside the 

contiguous United States to the theater of operations. The 

committee acknowledges that properly maintaining the 

infrastructure, such as bridges and overpasses, at military 

installations operating munitions storage missions along the 

Strategic Rail Corridor Network, including Camp Navajo in 

Bellemont, Arizona, is important for our national security, 

including in the event of a rapid or sustained transport of 

Department materiel, including munitions, to shipping ports in 

contingency operations in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command or U.S. 

European Command areas of operation. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense, in coordination with the Commander, U.S. Transportation 

Command, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to brief the 

Senate Armed Services Committee, not later than December 1, 

2023, on the history of the removal of the Camp Navajo bridge 

from the National Bridge Inventory. In particular, the briefing 
should include: (1) The rationale for the bridge’s removal from 

the National Bridge Inventory; (2) The decision authority 

approving its removal; (3) Any past military construction 

(MILCON) assessments or reviews completed by the Army Corps of 

Engineers or Department of Defense (DOD); (4) An assessment of 

the impact that re-listing the bridge on the National Bridge 

Inventory would have on MILCON eligibility for needed 

infrastructure improvements; and (5) An assessment of how these 

repairs to the bridge would benefit DOD requirements and 

readiness objectives. 

Strategic bomber runways 

The committee is aware that many of the strategic bases 

used during the Cold War have been closed or turned into 

civilian airports after the Cold War ended. Others, like Grand 

Forks Air Force Base (AFB), are still open, but their runway 

dimensions have been changed such that they are no longer usable 

for some strategic bombers like the B-52s. The committee 

understands that in the case of Grand Forks, the runway was 

narrowed from 300 feet to 150 feet in 2015 based on the new 

unmanned aerial systems mission, rather than a focus on 

strategic bombers. Since then, the need for nuclear deterrence 

has grown as the Russian Federation has modernized its nuclear 

capabilities while the People's Republic of China is growing its 

nuclear capacity as well. The need for options to operate our 

existing nuclear enterprise has increased, as highlighted by 

concepts of disbursement like Bomber Agile Combat Employment. 

Allowing runways to be reduced or closed will only limit our 

options for keeping our airborne leg of the nuclear triad both 

effective and survivable. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Air Force to provide a briefing to the committee, not later than 

March 1, 2024, that examines the options to return the Grand 

Forks AFB runway to its original width. The briefing shall 

include the cost as compared to the already planned runway 

repair project in 2025, and the feasibility of using authorities 

outside of requesting a new military construction project. 

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 

National Nuclear Security Administration (sec. 3101) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the appropriation of funds for the activities of the National 

Nuclear Security Administration. 

Defense environmental cleanup (sec. 3102) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the appropriation of funds for the Department of Energy’s 

defense environmental cleanup activities. 

Other defense activities (sec. 3103) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the appropriation of funds for the Department of Energy’s other 

defense activities. 

Nuclear energy (sec. 3104) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

the appropriation of funds for the Department of Energy’s 

nuclear energy activities. 

SUBTITLE B—PROGRAM AUTHORIZATIONS, 

RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS 

Limitation on use of funds for naval nuclear fuel systems based 

on low-enriched uranium (sec. 3111) 

The committee recommends a provision that would limit the 

use of funds made available in fiscal year 2024 for the purpose 

of conducting research and development of an advanced naval 

nuclear fuel system based on low-enriched uranium until certain 

determinations are provided to the congressional defense 

committees. 
Prohibition on ARIES expansion before realization of 30 pit per 

year base capability (sec. 3112) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 4219 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a) 

by prohibiting an expansion of the Advanced Recovery and 

Integrated Extraction System (ARIES) process in Los Alamos 

National Laboratory's (LANL) Plutonium Facility (PF-4) before 

LANL reaches the capacity to produce 30 plutonium pits per year. 

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has 

the capability to disassemble surplus plutonium pits and 

annually produce up to 700 kilograms of plutonium oxide using 

the ARIES process in LANL PF-4. However, NNSA has identified a 

mission need to more than double the production of plutonium 

oxide by 2035 at an estimated cost of up to $3.5 billion. A 

recent NNSA analysis of alternatives explored increasing oxide 

production capacity in PF-4 or establishing the capability at 

various locations at the Savannah River Site. The analysis of 

alternatives concluded that increasing production at PF-4 would 

be the least expensive option, but also noted it would also be 

the highest risk since it involved modifying space in a 

contaminated operating nuclear facility and could impact other 

high priority missions such as pit production. 

The committee, NNSA, and the Department of Defense have 

consistently identified pit production as a top national 

security priority. The near simultaneous expansion of ARIES 

operations in PF-4 jeopardizes pit production, and the committee 

views this as an unwise and unnecessary risk. Accordingly, the 

committee prohibits modifying ARIES spaces in PF-4, to include 

installing additional equipment, until NNSA has demonstrated 

that LANL has successfully established the base capability to 

produce 30 pits per year. This prohibition does not apply to 

planning and design of additional ARIES capability in PF-4 or 

elsewhere, nor to the transfer of the ARIES capability to 

another facility entirely. 

Plutonium modernization Program management (sec. 3113) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 4219 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2538a) 

to require the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security 

Administration (NNSA) to manage the Plutonium Modernization 

Program under the provisions of Defense Programs Program 

Execution Instruction (PEI), Enhanced Management Category A. 

In January 2023, the Government Accountability Office 

(GAO) reported in "Nuclear Weapons: NNSA Does Not Have a 

Comprehensive Schedule or Cost Estimate for Pit Production 
Capability" (GAO-23-104661) that NNSA does not have a 

comprehensive schedule or cost estimate for manufacturing 

plutonium pits. In addition, NNSA had not proffered any kind of 

overall cost estimate for meeting pit production requirements, 

despite the availability of data in its budget request for 

fiscal year 2023 and associated planning documents. NNSA 

officials cited the relative immaturity of cost and schedule 

estimates for some pit projects and programs as the cause for 

this issue. Enhanced Management Category A, heretofore reserved 

for NNSA’s nuclear weapon modernization programs, includes 

robust internal controls such as independent cost estimates at 

key decision points and resource-loaded integrated master 

schedules. 

Pantex explosives manufacturing capability (sec. 3114) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to establish 

a conventional high explosives production capability with 

sufficient capacity to support full rate production of the main 

explosives used for the W87–1 warhead, once the W87–1 

modification program enters into phase 6.5 of the joint nuclear 

weapons life cycle process, as defined in section 4220 of the 

Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2521 et seq.). The 

provision would also require the Administrator for Nuclear 

Security to provide an annual briefing to the congressional 

defense committees on NNSA's progress in establishing such a 

program on the day after the President's budget is submitted, 

starting in fiscal year 2025, which would end once the 

capability has been achieved. 

Limitation on establishing an enduring bioassurance program 

within the National Nuclear Security Administration (sec. 3115) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

subtitle B of title XLVIII of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 

U.S. 2791 et seq.) to add a limitation on establishing an 

enduring bioassurance program within the National Nuclear 

Security Administration (NNSA). Specifically, the provision 

would limit the Administrator's ability to establish a program 

within the NNSA for the purposes of executing an enduring 

national security research and development effort to broaden the 

role of the Department of Energy in national biodefense. 

The committee recognizes the value in leveraging the 

resources of the national security laboratories, particularly 

with regard to supercomputing, in anticipating, assessing, and 

defending against emerging biological threats. However, the 
committee is concerned that establishing a separate program 

within the NNSA at a time of comprehensive modernization of the 

United States nuclear weapons stockpile and recapitalizing longdormant industrial capabilities within the Nuclear Security 

Enterprise injects unnecessary risk into all of these efforts, 

and detracts from the effectiveness of NNSA’s mission to support 

Department of Defense nuclear weapons requirements, as well as 

U.S. Government efforts to develop improved biodefense 

capabilities. The committee believes NNSA should restructure its 

efforts to make national security laboratory resources available 

to other U.S. Government entities with responsibilities inside 

the biodefense mission area on a cost-reimbursable basis, and in 

a manner that does not interfere with the NNSA’s mission to 

support the U.S. nuclear deterrent. 

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. 3116) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 4306B(f)(6) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 

2569(f)(6)) by extending the authority from 2028 to 2033. 

Modification of reporting requirements for program on vulnerable 

sites (sec. 3117) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 4306B of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2569) 

to extend the expiration for the program on vulnerable sites 

from 2028 to 2030, along with other technical and conforming 

edits. 

Implementation of enhanced mission delivery initiative (sec. 

3118) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Administrator for Nuclear Security, acting through the 

Director for Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation, to brief 

the congressional defense committees on the status of 

implementing the 18 principal recommendations and associated 

subelements of the report entitled ‘‘Evolving the Nuclear 

Security Enterprise: A Report of the Enhanced Mission Delivery 

Initiative,’’ published by the National Nuclear Security 

Administration in September 2022. 
Limitation on use of funds until provision of spend plan for 

W80-4 ALT weapon development (sec. 3119) 

The committee recommends a provision that would limit the 

availability of funds for the Office of the Administrator for 

Nuclear Security until the spend plan required by subsection (d) 

of section 1642 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) is 

provided to the congressional defense committees. 

Analyses of nuclear programs of foreign countries (sec. 3120) 

The committee recommends a provision that would improve 

the ability of the Department of Energy to conduct 

comprehensive, integrated analyses of the nuclear programs of 

foreign countries. 

Enhancing National Nuclear Security Administration supply chain 

reliability (sec. 3121) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the National Nuclear Security Administration to establish a 

supply chain reliability assurance program that would facilitate 

collaboration with the Department of Defense and industrial 

partners to maintain a reliable domestic supplier base for 

critical materials and improve coordination with the 

Infrastructure and Operations Program and the Programmatic 

Recapitalization Working Group to improve planning for material 

requirements and potential disruptions to commercial or 

contractor supply chains. 

Transfer of cybersecurity responsibilities to Administrator for 

Nuclear Security (sec. 3122) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

sections 3212 and 3232 of the National Nuclear Security 

Administration Act (Public Law 106-65) to transfer cybersecurity 

responsibilities from the Department of Energy's National 

Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear 

Security to the NNSA Administrator. 

Redesignating duties related to departmental radiological and 

nuclear incident responses (sec. 3123) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 3214(b) of the National Nuclear Security Administration 

Act (50 U.S.C 2404 (b)) that would strike paragraph 3 and make 
other technical edits. Specifically, the provision redesignates 

the duties associated with the departmental radiological and 

nuclear response from the Office of Defense Programs to the 

Administrator who has delegated this responsibility to the 

Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation. 

Modification of authority to establish certain contracting, 

program management, scientific, engineering, and technical 

positions (sec. 3124) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend the 

number of authorized personnel in the excepted service for 

certain contracting, program management, scientific, 

engineering, and technical positions at the Office of the 

Administrator for Nuclear Security from 800 to 1,200. 

Technical amendments to the Atomic Energy Defense Act (sec. 

3125) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend the 

Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) by removing 

outdated requirements and extending a requirement from 2022 to 

2030. 

Amendment to period for briefing requirements (sec. 3126) 

The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 4807(f)(1) of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 

2787(f)(1)) to extend the period for briefing requirements to 

2032. 

Repeal of reporting requirements for Uranium Capabilities 

Replacement Project (sec. 3127) 

The committee recommends a provision that would repeal the 

reporting requirements for the Uranium Capabilities Replacement 

Project. 

SUBTITLE C—BUDGET AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 

MATTERS 

Updated financial integration policy (sec. 3131) 

The committee recommends a provision that would direct the 

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to issue an 
updated financial integration policy within 180 days of the 

enactment of this Act. 

The committee is concerned that the NNSA has not yet 

updated its financial integration policy, which expired in 

February 2022. This policy, approved in 2019, does not include 

the guidance needed for NNSA to effectively oversee its 

financial integration effort, which has undergone significant 

changes since the original policy was issued. Moreover, since 

2019, the Government Accountability Office has made several 

recommendations that should be reflected in NNSA’s financial 

integration policy. 

SUBTITLE D—OTHER MATTERS 

Integration of technical expertise of Department of Energy into 

policymaking (sec. 3141) 

The committee recommends a provision that would require 

the Secretary of Energy to take such measures as are necessary 

to improve the integration of the scientific and technical 

expertise of the Department of Energy, especially the expertise 

of the national laboratories, into policymaking. 

BUDGET ITEMS 

Weapons Activities nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile 

The budget request included $3.1 billion for Weapons 

Activities, Stockpile Management, Stockpile Major Modernization 

but did not include any funding for the W80-4 ALT-SLCM warhead 

development to support the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise 

missile. 

The committee recommends an increase of $75.0 million for 

the W80-4 ALT-SLCM warhead development, consistent with ongoing 

efforts found in Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, 

Navy (RDN) PE 64659N Precision Strike Weapons Development 

Program for the SLCM-N. 

Energetic Materials Characterization Facility 

The budget request contained no funding for the project 

23-D-516, Energetic Materials Characterization Facility at Los 

Alamos National Laboratory. 

The purpose of the facility is to conduct nuclear weapons 

design and detonator production missions, and provide the 
capability to perform high-explosive energetics 

characterization, analysis, and testing. For fiscal year 2024, 

the budget request deferred project 23-D-516 to fiscal year 

2027, similar to project 21-D-510, the High Explosives 

Synthesis, Formulation, and Production Facility. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $19.0 

million to continue design activities leading to a 90 percent 

design cost estimate and critical design milestone 2-3 cost 

estimate for this facility. 

High Explosives Synthesis, Formulation, and Production Complex 

The budget request did not include funding for project 21- 

D-510 High Explosives Synthesis, Formulation, and Production 

(HESFP) Complex at the Pantex assembly plant. 

The fiscal year 2023 budget request for this project noted 

a total estimated cost range between $523-739 million, based on 

a critical design milestone 1 estimate. The fiscal year 2023 

budget request planned $162 million for this project in fiscal 

year 2024. The plant is in the final stages of design, which 

will be finished in the summer of 2023, but the project was not 

included in the fiscal year 2024 request. Instead, the National 

Nuclear Security Administration plans to delay the start of 

construction until fiscal year 2027. 

The committee believes that work on the project should 

continue and therefore recommends an increase of $110.0 million. 

Assessment Science increase for advanced Krypton Fluoride laser 

The budget request did not include funding for the Krypton 

Fluoride (KrF) laser. 

The importance of X-ray nuclear weapons effects testing 

has grown due to modernization programs for the U.S. stockpile, 

the increasing reliance on advanced sensors whose vulnerability 

to X-rays is a recognized concern, and the growing global 

nuclear threats from Russia, China, and rogue nations such as 

North Korea. Cessation of underground testing has left a gap in 

X-ray testing and certification that even modern high 

performance computing in three-dimensional systems modeling 

cannot close. High performance computing simulations must be 

validated by testing because X-ray interactions with systems as 

they are actually built are too complex to model. These 

shortfalls could be eliminated by development of a low-cost, 

high-energy KrF laser to support future needs for X-ray effects. 

The committee recommends an increase of $9.0 million in 

Assessment Science for the KrF laser. 
Inertial Confinement Fusion 

The budget request included $601.7 million for Inertial 

Confinement Fusion (ICF) at the National Nuclear Security 

Administration (NNSA). 

The ICF facilities have identified more than $650.0 

million in sustainment needs over the next 5 to 10 years. 

Further delays in recapitalizing these facilities will impact 

their ability to conduct experiments and support NNSA stockpile 

stewardship mission requirements. In order to sustain these 

world-class facilities, the committee recommends an increase of 

$40.0 million. 

Advanced Simulation and Computing 

The budget request included $782.5 million for Advanced 

Simulation and Computing (ASC) at the National Nuclear Security 

Administration. 

The committee commends the Exascale Computing Initiative, 

a partnership between the Department of Energy's Office of 

Science and the National Nuclear Security Administration, which 

reached exascale class computing last year. To maintain the 

United States' global leadership in supercomputing technologies, 

the committee encourages the Department to build on this success 

with a new multi-year program, and to leverage public-private 

partnerships to design and develop post-exascale advanced 

computing technologies vital for continued scientific discovery, 

national security, and economic well-being. Therefore, the 

committee recommends an increase of $10.0 million. 

Defense Nuclear Security Operations and Maintenance 

The budget request included $988.8 million for Defense 

Nuclear Security (DNS) Operations and Maintenance. 

The committee recognizes DNS operations bring together key 

operators, implementers, and researchers to coordinate responses 

to attacks and other concerns, share information, and learn 

collectively. The committee is aware that, through information 

sharing, workshops, analysis, operational characterization, and 

tools and services, DNS can provide critical information to 

support national security interests. Therefore, the committee 

recommends an increase of $3.0 million to support ongoing DNS 

operations. 

West End Protected Area Reduction Project 
The budget request included $28.0 million for 17-D-710, 

West End Protected Area Reduction Project. This project will 

move the existing fence line to open up facilities within the Y12 complex that are suitable for decontamination and demolition 

by the Office of Environmental Management. In order to 

accelerate this project, the committee recommends an increase of 

$10.0 million. 

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Bioassurance 

Program 

The budget request included $25.0 million in the National 

Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Defense Nuclear 

Nonproliferation Programs for the establishment of a coordinated 

Department of Energy and NNSA Bioassurance Program. 

The committee recognizes the value in leveraging the 

resources of the national security laboratories, particularly 

with regard to supercomputing, as well as anticipating, 

assessing, and defending against emerging biological threats, 

and supports such efforts. However, the committee is concerned 

that establishing a separate program within the NNSA at a time 

when the administration is executing a comprehensive 

modernization of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile and 

recapitalizing long-dormant industrial capabilities within the 

Nuclear Security Enterprise injects unnecessary risk into all of 

these efforts, and detracts from the effectiveness of NNSA’s 

mission to support Department of Defense nuclear weapons 

requirements, as well as U.S. Government efforts to develop 

improved biodefense capabilities. The committee believes NNSA 

should restructure its efforts to make national security 

laboratory resources available to other U.S. Government entities 

with responsibilities inside the biodefense mission area on a 

cost-reimbursable basis, and in a manner that does not interfere 

with the NNSA’s mission to support the U.S. nuclear deterrent. 

Accordingly, the committee recommends a decrease of $25.0 

million to the NNSA Bioassurance Program. 

Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund 

The budget request included $8.3 billion for the 

Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, of 

which $427.0 million was requested to transfer to the Uranium 

Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund. This fund 

was authorized in section 1101 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 

(Public Law 102-486) but expired in 2007. 

As indicated in the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239), the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66), the 

Carl Levin and Howard P. 'Buck' McKeon National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291), the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public 

Law 114-92), the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81), and the James M. Inhofe National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117- 

263) the administration should propose to directly contribute to 

this fund rather than use the Office of Environmental 

Management's budget as a contribution source. 

Accordingly, the committee recommends a decrease of $427.0 

million from the Federal contribution to the Uranium Enrichment 

Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST 

Competitive hiring at the National Nuclear Security 

Administration sites 

As the nation emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, the 

committee has been made aware of the competitive salary 

differential for hiring exceptionally-qualified scientists, 

engineers, technicians, and other job categories unique to the 

nuclear deterrence enterprise. The Department of Energy and 

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) typically sets 

ranges for hiring staff at NNSA sites with the management and 

operating (M&O) contractors based on local and national salary 

and cost of living surveys. These surveys are then made part of 

years-long contractual arrangements between the NNSA and the M&O 

contractor, and inhibits their ability to respond to changing 

market dynamics. This lack of flexibility runs counter to over 

ten years of repeated congressional direction to minimize the 

transactional nature of the relationship between the M&O 

contractors, who must perform the actual mission, and the NNSA, 

who should set goals for outputs. The NNSA’s March 2022 Enhanced 

Mission Delivery Initiative Report recommends allowing greater 

flexibility in M&O contracting, and cites how the Stanford 

Linear Accelerator Contract was able to use the Stanford 

University human resources systems for flexible hiring. In other 

words, the committee believes NNSA M&O contractors should have 

additional flexibility for hiring highly-qualified individuals 

who would otherwise not accept a job offer or leave for a higher 

salary, and allow M&Os to tailor compensation packages for 

prospective employees based on local demands and the needs of 

the contractor. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Administrator for 

Nuclear Security to provide a briefing to the congressional 
defense committees, not later than March 31, 2024, on the 

current status of hiring and salary flexibility with the NNSA 

M&O contractors and options for allowing these M&O contractors 

to offer salaries to exceptionally-qualified individuals above 

normal market rates determined by surveys that are based on a 

fair and reasonable salaries typical in categories of the 

equivalent workforce. 

Comptroller General review of Department of Energy domestic 

uranium development and management 

In recent years, the Department of Energy (DOE) has 

undertaken a number of initiatives to resuscitate the domestic 

uranium industry to meet anticipated future civilian nuclear 

fuel demands and projected national security needs for enriched 

uranium. These have included establishing a uranium reserve to 

help support the domestic uranium mining and conversion 

industries, demonstration of a domestic uranium enrichment 

capability, creation of a high-assay low enriched uranium 

(HALEU) availability program for future advanced reactors, and 

support of pilot spent fuel reprocessing for uranium recovery. 

Congress has provided substantial amounts of funding to support 

these efforts, such as $700 million in the Inflation Reduction 

Act of 2022 to support HALEU fuel development. 

Over the past decade, the Government Accountability Office 

(GAO) has undertaken multiple reviews and raised significant 

concerns about domestic uranium management strategies, 

initiatives, and plans with an eye toward ensuring the security 

of the supply chain for unobligated uranium. 

The committee directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to conduct a comprehensive review of DOE’s uranium 

management efforts including: 

(1) DOE’s estimates of uranium supply and future demands 

for both civilian and national security needs including any 

potential limitations in those forecasts; 

(2) The status of all DOE efforts to facilitate future 

uranium supply for commercial and national security needs, the 

associated schedules for those efforts, and how they align with 

projected demands; 

(3) The allocation and utilization of any DOE funding to 

facilitate development of uranium supply—in multiple forms 

across the fuel cycle—and the results those investments have 

achieved including estimates of any future funding DOE has 

identified to support current or future uranium development 

efforts; 

(4) The status and viability of any contingency options 

DOE has developed to meet unobligated uranium demands for 
national security should there be delays or failures in any 

aspect of the domestic uranium supply chain; 

(5) The quality of any strategy or cross-cutting plan DOE 

may have for managing all aspects of its uranium development and 

supply efforts. 

The Comptroller General shall provide a briefing to the 

congressional defense committees on its preliminary findings not 

later than April 1, 2024, with a report to follow at a time 

agreed upon with the committees. 

Comptroller General review of Department of Energy Office of 

Environmental Management oversight of contractor assurance 

systems 

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental 

Management (EM) is responsible for overseeing contractors that 

support EM’s cleanup mission across 15 sites. The Department 

requires contractors to establish assurance systems that provide 

evidence that work is being performed safely, securely, and in 

compliance with all requirements. These assurance systems are 

also important tools for the Department to identify and manage 

risk. However, the committee notes that problems continue to 

emerge with some of the Department’s projects overseen by EM. 

The committee directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to evaluate EM’s oversight of its contractors’ 

assurance systems and the extent to which such systems meet the 

Department’s requirements. The Comptroller General should 

provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on 

the status of its review not later than April 1, 2024, with a 

report to follow at a time agreed upon with the committees. 

Comptroller General review of Department of Energy Office of 

Environmental Management use of contractor performance 

evaluations 

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental 

Management (EM) is responsible for evaluating the performance of 

contractors that support EM’s cleanup mission. The Department 

relies primarily on contractors to carry out its programs and 

projects, spending about 80 percent of its annual budget on 

contracts. However, the Department’s contract management for EM 

has been on the Government Accountability Office’s list of 

federal programs vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, or 

mismanagement for decades. Some of EM’s largest, contractorexecuted projects, including those at its Hanford and Idaho 

sites, have experienced challenges that have resulted in 

significant cost increases and schedule delays. According to the 
Government Accountability Office, EM needs to improve oversight 

of contractors to ensure it is getting fair value. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to review EM’s evaluation of contractor 

performance and steps taken in response to contractor 

evaluations. The Comptroller General shall provide a briefing to 

the congressional defense committees on the status of its review 

by May 1, 2024, with a report to follow at a time agreed upon 

with the committees. 

Comptroller General review of Department of Energy plans for 

high-level waste at the Hanford Site 

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental 

Management (EM) continues to appear on the Government 

Accountability Office’s high risk list of federal programs 

vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement. EM’s most 

expensive project is located at the Hanford Site in Washington 

and involves the treatment and immobilization of radioactive and 

hazardous waste. Although EM recently issued an analysis of 

alternatives for high-level waste treatment at Hanford, most 

alternatives did not include a pretreatment facility, which was 

originally intended to minimize the fraction of waste that would 

be treated as high-level radioactive waste. 

The committee directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to continue its ongoing evaluation of cleanup 

efforts at the Hanford Site, including at its Waste Treatment 

Plant, with a focus on the Department's plans to minimize the 

fraction of waste that will be treated as high-level radioactive 

waste, including ongoing efforts to grout waste under the test 

bed initiative. The Comptroller General shall provide a briefing 

to the congressional defense committees on the status of its 

review by April 1, 2024, with a report to follow at a time 

agreed upon with the committees. 

Comptroller General review of disposition plans for Department 

of Energy excess facilities 

As of November 2021, the Department of Energy had 1,077 

excess facilities that are awaiting final disposition, usually 

through demolition. The Department’s rough estimate to 

decontaminate and decommission these facilities is $14.7 

billion, and the Department anticipates designating 

approximately 973 additional facilities as excess over the next 

ten years. Because of residual radioactivity, hazardous 

substances, and physical conditions, decontaminating and 

decommissioning excess facilities present unique challenges that 
must be addressed from a safety, programmatic, environmental, 

and technological standpoint. 

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental 

Management (EM) is responsible for decontaminating and 

decommissioning the Department’s excess facilities, including 

facilities transferred to EM by other offices, such as the 

National Nuclear Security Administration. Starting in 2025, the 

Department is expected to implement a plan to begin transferring 

the National Nuclear Security Administration’s excess facilities 

to EM to maintain and ultimately decontaminate and decommission. 

The committee directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to evaluate the Department of Energy’s efforts to 

develop this plan and recommend efficiencies and cost savings 

that could be achieved as the Department plans for the transfer 

and final disposition of excess facilities. The Comptroller 

General shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense 

committees on the status of its review by March 1, 2024, with a 

report to follow at a time agreed upon with the committees. 

Comptroller General review of Inertial Confinement Fusion 

strategic recapitalization plan 

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) 

Inertial Confinement Fusion program relies primarily on three 

flagship facilities to conduct high energy density experiments 

and research: (1) The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence 

Livermore National Laboratory; (2) The Z Machine at Sandia 

National Laboratories; and (3) The Omega Laser at the University 

of Rochester. Collectively these facilities provide important 

scientific understanding and experimental data used to validate 

the physics models in weapons simulation codes that enable 

assessment of the current U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile and 

certification of future systems. In addition, the Inertial 

Confinement Fusion program has historically supported long-term 

research and development efforts in ignition science and 

ignition-generated fusion. 

The committee recognizes the importance of the achievement 

and the long-term value of the Inertial Confinement Fusion 

program to both stockpile stewardship and broader energy and 

scientific pursuits. Balancing these missions and striving for 

increased experimentation has put a strain on the 

infrastructure. These facilities are in need of refurbishment 

having been operating for 10 or more years. The committee 

understands that NNSA has developed a 10-year strategic plan for 

recapitalizing, upgrading, and maintaining the Inertial 

Confinement Fusion program facilities. 
The committee directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to assess this plan and provide a briefing to the 

congressional defense committees not later than March 30, 2024, 

on the quality and adequacy of the plan for NNSA’s Inertial 

Confinement Fusion program to support stockpile stewardship and 

broader energy and scientific pursuits. 

Comptroller General review of mercury disposition at the Oak 

Ridge Reservation 

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental 

Management (EM) is responsible for environmental clean-up 

efforts at the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee. The 

Department reported in March 2013 that mercury contamination at 

the Y-12 National Security Complex poses the greatest 

environmental risk at the Oak Ridge Reservation, and noted that 

the historical loss of mercury to the environment dwarfs any 

other contaminant release on the site. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to report on EM’s efforts to clean up 

mercury contamination at the Oak Ridge Reservation including: 

(1) The status of mercury cleanup; (2) Challenges EM faces in 

addressing mercury contamination; (3) Options EM is considering 

for the mercury disposal; and (4) Any challenges related to the 

disposal of mercury. The Comptroller General shall provide a 

briefing to the congressional defense committees on the status 

of its review by April 1, 2024, with a report to follow at a 

time agreed upon with the committees. 

Comptroller General review of National Nuclear Security 

Administration construction cost increases 

The committee is concerned that for several years, the 

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has experienced 

cost increases on its construction projects due to a number of 

reasons, including supply chain disruptions and labor shortages. 

The committee directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to review whether cost and schedule performance on 

NNSA construction projects is consistent with national trends 

related to inflation, supply chain challenges, and labor 

challenges. The committee is particularly interested in the 

process NNSA’s management and operating contractors use to price 

their fixed-priced contracts and subcontracts and the process 

NNSA uses to oversee its management and operating contractors in 

these activities to determine if there are opportunities for 

improvement for future periods of supply chain disruptions or 

labor shortages. The Comptroller General shall provide a 
briefing to the congressional defense committees by April 1, 

2024, with a report to follow at a time agreed upon with the 

committees. 

Comptroller General review of Naval Reactors program plans to 

transfer spent nuclear fuel to the Office of Environmental 

Management 

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Naval 

Reactors program manages spent naval nuclear fuel. The Naval 

Reactors program plans to transfer this spent fuel and related 

facilities to the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental 

Management (EM). 

The committee directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to evaluate: (1) The status of this waste and 

related facilities; (2) Naval Reactors’ plans to transfer the 

waste and facilities to EM; (3) Potential challenges associated 

with this transfer; and (4) EM’s plans for accepting and 

managing the waste. The Comptroller General shall provide a 

briefing to the congressional defense committees on the status 

of its review by March 1, 2024, with a report to follow at a 

time agreed upon with the committees. 

Comptroller General review of nuclear modernization program and 

project integration 

The committee notes that the National Nuclear Security 

Administration (NNSA) is undertaking an unprecedented number of 

programs and projects, totaling tens of billions of dollars, 

that must be executed in concert to achieve NNSA’s nuclear 

modernization plans. The committee further notes that recent 

reports from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) have 

identified numerous NNSA modernization objectives—such as 

modernizing and reestablishing capabilities for lithium, 

depleted uranium, and plutonium pits—where a combination of 

program, project, and other operating activities must be 

integrated to achieve the objectives. However, GAO found that 

management relationships between programs, projects, and 

activities have been unclear, and NNSA does not always integrate 

program and project planning to maximize achievement of its 

objectives on schedule and within budget. 

The committee directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to undertake a comprehensive review of 

requirements and guidance for integrated planning and the extent 

to which NNSA’s requirements reflect best practices. The 

Comptroller General shall provide a briefing to the 
congressional defense committees by March 1, 2024, with a report 

to follow at a time agreed upon with the committees. 

Comptroller General review of progress and performance at 

Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management 

The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental 

Management (EM) manages the Department’s radioactive and 

hazardous waste cleanup program across 15 sites. EM’s cleanup 

mission includes deactivating and decommissioning contaminated 

buildings; remediating contaminated soil and groundwater; and 

designing, constructing, and operating facilities to treat 

millions of gallons of radioactive waste. 

Despite the substantial funding provided to advance EM’s 

cleanup efforts, the Department of Energy’s environmental 

liability—which was $515 billion as of fiscal year 2021— 

continues to grow. Furthermore, the Department’s contract and 

project management has been on the Government Accountability 

Office’s list of federal programs vulnerable to waste, fraud, 

abuse, or mismanagement since 1990. 

In 2022, the Government Accountability Office issued a 

report on the status of EM’s major cleanup projects and 

operations, which included observations regarding common 

management issues at the Department. It is important that the 

committee continue to receive independent analysis of EM’s 

cleanup efforts. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to provide a biennial report to the 

congressional defense committees that includes: (1) the status 

of EM’s major projects and operations activities; (2) 

observations regarding issues and challenges encountered by EM; 

and (3) any notable trends in EM’s management of major projects 

and operations. The Comptroller General shall provide a briefing 

to the congressional defense committees on the status of this 

review by March 1, 2024, with a report to follow at a time 

agreed upon with the committees. 

Comptroller General review of stockpile research, technology, 

and engineering (SRT&E) capabilities and infrastructure plans 

The committee notes that National Nuclear Security 

Administration's (NNSA) Stockpile Stewardship Management Plan 

for Fiscal Year 2022 identified over twenty stockpile research, 

technology, and engineering (SRT&E) capabilities that will 

require recapitalization or replacement through potential line 

item projects over the next 10 to 20 years. These capabilities 

include the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore 
National Laboratory that has been operating for ten or more 

years and the Annular Core Research Reactor at Sandia National 

Laboratories that has been operating for nearly 60 years. 

Combined, these modernization investments will cost billions of 

dollars. 

The committee understands that modernizing NNSA’s 

production infrastructure, including establishment of pit 

production capabilities, is currently NNSA’s highest priority to 

meet Department of Defense requirements. As a result, many SRT&E 

investments are being deferred. In its Enhanced Mission Delivery 

Initiative report, NNSA identified development of a plan to 

recapitalize and invest in SRT&E infrastructure as a high 

priority. 

The committee directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to review NNSA’s plans for SRT&E capabilities and 

infrastructure, including: (1) The adequacy of any plans to 

support stockpile stewardship in the near-term, medium-term, and 

long-term; (2) The quality of forecasted costs and timeframes; 

(3) Prioritization approaches for making investments; and (4) 

Any other relevant factors identified by the Comptroller 

General. The Comptroller General shall provide a briefing to the 

congressional defense committees 180 days after NNSA completes 

its plan and provide a report at a date agreed upon with the 

committees. 

Comptroller General review of the status of high explosives 

management, infrastructure, and supply issues 

There are about 100 different components that use some 

form of high explosives (HE) in U.S. nuclear weapons. Five 

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) sites conduct HE 

research and production that often involves collaboration 

between sites. In June 2019, the Government Accountability 

Office reported in "Nuclear Weapons: Additional Actions Could 

Help Improve Management of Activities Involving Explosive 

Materials" (GAO-19-449) that NNSA was taking some steps towards 

an enterprise approach for managing HE activities, but that the 

agency and its contractor-operated sites faced infrastructure, 

personnel, and supply issues. Since that time, NNSA has taken 

steps to improve management of HE activities, and has embarked 

on an effort to address supply issues. However, it is not clear 

that current NNSA planning will result in sufficient capacity 

for producing HE to meet Department of Defense requirements in 

the coming decades. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to provide an update on NNSA HE activities 

including: (1) The extent to which NNSA has developed an 
integrated, enterprise-wide HE management approach that assures 

HE supply for NNSA missions; (2) The status of all ongoing HE 

infrastructure efforts, to include line item construction 

projects, program efforts, and site projects; and (3) The extent 

to which NNSA and its sites are managing a range of HE supply 

issues, to include progress made in securing a reliable, 

consistent supply of HE feedstock from outside the agency. The 

Comptroller General shall provide a briefing to the 

congressional defense committees not later than March 31, 2024, 

with a report to follow at a date agreed upon with the 

committees. 

Conveyance of land at Los Alamos National Laboratory 

Section 632 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 

State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 

for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-119) as well as 10 Code of 

Federal Regulations Part 770 provides for the conveyance of land 

held by the Department of Energy at Los Alamos National 

Laboratory. This authority has been used beneficially for the 

surrounding communities, tribal nations, and public interest 

groups. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Administrator for 

Nuclear Security to provide a briefing to the congressional 

defense committees not later than March 31, 2024, on outstanding 

issues surrounding the additional conveyance of land at Los 

Alamos National Laboratory and including Technical Areas 36, 70, 

and 71. 

Expediting National Nuclear Security Administration 

recapitalization 

The committee recognizes that the United States faces an 

urgent need to recapitalize nuclear weapons development, 

production, sustainment capabilities and related infrastructure 

given the acute threats posed by the continued aggression and 

pursuit of destabilizing nuclear capabilities by the Russian 

Federation and significant nuclear force expansion by the 

People’s Republic of China. However, the committee believes that 

the existing processes and procedures for executing 

infrastructure projects of the National Nuclear Security 

Administration (NNSA), including both rehabilitative and new 

construction projects, must be quickly adapted to become more 

responsive and timely in order to meet the core mission of NNSA 

to provide the Department of Defense (DOD) with the capabilities 

required to meet the rising threats facing the United States and 

its allies around the world. 
Therefore, the committee encourages the Administrator for 

Nuclear Security to work with the Secretary of Defense and the 

Secretary of Energy to identify and maximize the use of 

available statutory and regulatory tools for streamlining 

unnecessary bureaucratic impediments to contracting, 

procurement, and expanding the pool of eligible domestic private 

sector suppliers. The committee also believes the Administrator 

should consistently emphasize the importance of the combined 

efforts of all NNSA personnel in contributing to the 

transformation of the NNSA into an agile organization poised to 

meet the international security challenges of the next several 

decades. 

Finally, the committee strongly encourages the Secretary 

of Defense to direct relevant components of the DOD to maximize 

the use of all authorities available to support efforts by NNSA 

to expedite the recapitalization of the nuclear security 

enterprise of the United States, and re-posture it to address 

the emerging threats posed by an international security 

landscape that includes multiple nuclear-armed adversaries. 

Therefore, not later than March 31, 2024, the committee 

directs the Administrator, in coordination with the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, to submit 

to the congressional defense committees a report on 

opportunities to streamline requirements of the Administration 

for contracting, procurement, construction, and material 

acquisition, including any necessary changes to statutory, 

regulatory, or policy provisions required to implement such 

streamlining efforts. 

Furthermore, not later than 60 days after submission of 

the aforementioned report by the Administrator, the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall brief the 

congressional defense committees on options for the Secretary of 

Defense to leverage authorities available to the DOD for 

supplementing and enhancing access of the Administration to 

additional suppliers across the defense industrial base, 

including through more expansive application of the authorities 

provided by the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 

et seq.) to address critical shortfalls impeding timely 

execution of programs of the Administration. 

Feral cattle at Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories 

The committee understands that feral cattle are posing a 

risk to the boundaries and security postures of Los Alamos and 

Sandia National Laboratories, potentially disrupting critical, 

and sometimes hazardous, operations. 
Therefore, the committee directs the Administrator for 

Nuclear Security to brief the congressional defense committees, 

not later than March 31, 2024, on options for controlling and 

removing unauthorized and unbranded cattle on national 

laboratory property. The brief should also highlight areas where 

federal interagency cooperation is required to manage the risk 

of feral cattle intrusions onto laboratory property, as well as 

any areas where state or local assistance may be necessary. 

High Explosives Synthesis, Formulation, and Production Complex 

Elsewhere in this report, the committee recommends an 

increase of $110.0 million to project 21-D-510 HE Synthesis, 

Formulation, and Production (HESFP) Complex at the Amarillo 

Pantex assembly plant, as the budget request did not include 

funding for the project. This increase is intended to continue 

site preparation and construction. 

The HESFP Complex is in final stages of design which is 

to be finished the summer of 2023. The fiscal year 2023 budget 

request for this project noted a total estimated cost range 

between $523-739 million, based on a critical design milestone 1 

estimate, with an approved midpoint estimate of $651.0 million. 

The committee notes that the fiscal year 2023 appropriation was 

$108.0 million. 

The 2010, 2018, and 2022 Nuclear Posture Reviews 

prioritized replacing and renovating the National Nuclear 

Security Administration's (NNSA) aging production 

infrastructure. In recent years, the NNSA has begun a major 

recapitalization effort to replace its Manhattan Project-era 

facilities for a responsive production complex based on three 

anchor facilities. The first of these facilities for plutonium 

pit testing and production, the Chemistry and Metallurgy 

Research Replacement (CMMR) Facility, was started in 2010. The 

initial cost was $4 billion, but then grew to $6 billion. As a 

result of this cost growth, CMRR was deferred and subsequently 

canceled. The replacement for CMRR was a two-site production 

solution using the PF-4 facility at Los Alamos and the repurposed Mixed Oxide Fuels facility at the Savannah River Site. 

The Savannah River Facility was originally estimated at $4-6 

billion, but now has an estimated cost of some $6-11 billion. 

The Uranium Production Facility (UPF) at the Y-12 plant is to 

replace the aging 9212 building for uranium manufacturing. 

Because of major cost overruns, it was subsequently re-scoped 

and downsized with a legislative cost cap of $6.5 billion. UPF 

will now have an estimated cost of $8.5-8.9 billion. 

The third anchor project for the responsive production 

capability was the HESFP complex at the Pantex assembly plant. 
Its purpose is to formulate unique nuclear weapons explosives 

not normally produced at Department of Defense munitions 

facilities, which produce far larger quantities of conventional 

explosives, making production there impracticable. The NNSA is 

now proposing to defer this critical facility for 4 years, until 

2027, when costs will certainly be higher. Therefore, based on 

past performance of the NNSA with respect to facility deferrals, 

cancellations, and cost growth, the committee finds the proposed 

4-year deferral of HESFP unacceptable. The committee admonishes 

the NNSA to look at its past performance and avoid a similar 

cancel and restart scenario for the production of unique nuclear 

weapons high explosives as it did for plutonium and uranium. 

The committee acknowledges there are other pressing recapitalization production needs such as lithium and depleted 

uranium. The committee encourages the NNSA not to defer or stop 

production of these critical materials facilities at a time when 

the Department of Defense and the Nation is relying on the NNSA 

to support deterrence requirements. 

National Nuclear Security Administration activities related to 

nonproliferation of nuclear materials 

The committee supports the National Nuclear Security 

Administration’s (NNSA) activities for export controls on the 

transfer of nuclear technology by providing information to other 

Federal agencies regarding investigations and interdictions with 

respect to such transfers. Further, the committee is supportive 

of the whole-of-government efforts to implement more effective 

controls on, and to track the transfer of, nuclear technology. 

The committee encourages the NNSA to ensure adequate funding is 

available to increase engagement with the governments of other 

countries, and to enable personnel of the NNSA to attend 

essential meetings and receive the necessary training to 

effectively implement policies to control the transfer of 

nuclear technology. The committee supports research and 

development and implementation programs focused on safeguards 

and verification of nuclear technology. The committee further 

supports technology research and development activities to meet 

future nonproliferation and arms reduction challenges including 

technologies for protection, control, and accounting of 

materials; using low-enriched fuels for high-performance 

civilian research reactors; and modernization of facilities 

critical to nonproliferation efforts. 

National Nuclear Security Administration high-performance 

computing roadmap 
The committee directs the Administrator of the National 

Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to submit to the 

congressional defense committees, not later than April 30, 2024, 

a long-term road map for high-performance post-Exascale 

computing, which shall be reviewed by the NNSA’s Defense 

Programs Advisory Committee. The roadmap shall be consistent 

with the report entitled “Charting a Path in a Shifting 

Technical and Geopolitical Landscape—Post Exascale Computing for 

the National Nuclear Security Administration,” dated April 13, 

2023, from the National Academies of Sciences. 

Paducah cleanup activities 

The committee recognizes the need for a new program 

support facility for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) 

as the Department of Energy continues cleanup operations over 

the coming decades since sustainment of the C-100 program 

support facility is no longer cost effective. To better 

understand the range of available alternatives, the committee 

directs the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental 

Management to provide a report to the congressional defense 

committees, not later than February 1, 2024, on options for 

replacing the existing support facility. The report shall 

examine all possible solutions to replace the C-100 support 

facility, including the Department's use of a 20 year lease term 

to make the project feasible for the private construction of a 

facility. The report shall include a cost-benefit analysis of 

each option provided, as well as any regulatory and statutory 

enablers that may be required, such as land usage or conveyance. 

Reports on Savannah River Site transitions 

The Department of Energy is making plans to transfer 

landlord responsibilities for its Savannah River Site from the 

Office of Environmental Management (EM) to the National Nuclear 

Security Administration (NNSA) in fiscal year 2025. The 

Department has experience with past site transitions with the 

combining of the Y-12 and Pantex sites, as well as with the 

creation of the EM field office at Los Alamos. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Energy to report on 

lessons learned from past site transitions and how those lessons 

learned will be incorporated into plans for the upcoming 

transition at Savannah River. The Department of Energy shall 

provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives not later than April 1, 

2024, on the status and implementation of this report. 
The committee also directs the Comptroller General to 

report on the estimated costs of NNSA absorbing the Savannah 

River Site from EM. The Comptroller General shall provide a 

briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives not later than May 1, 2024, on 

preliminary observations with a report to follow at an agreed 

upon date. 

Transportation challenges at Los Alamos National Laboratory 

The committee recognizes the importance of Los Alamos 

National Laboratory's (LANL) contributions to the modernization 

of the nation’s nuclear deterrent and to numerous other projects 

in support of U.S. national security. Ensuring the efficient 

operation of the lab is critical to the success of these 

missions, but ongoing transportation infrastructure throughput 

in and out of LANL is insufficient to handle the increasing 

construction activity, associated craft workforce increases, and 

continued planned staff growth. LANL is only as effective as the 

people who make up this critical workforce, and the committee is 

concerned that ongoing transportation infrastructure challenges 

may contribute to difficulties in retaining and attracting highquality talent. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Administrator for 

Nuclear Security, in consultation with the Director of LANL, to 

brief the congressional defense committees not later than March 

31, 2024 on options for implementing alternative transportation 

approaches for moving people, equipment, and material in and out 

of the lab, as well as other measures that will be taken to 

ensure the transportation challenges at LANL will not impede 

national security activities. 

TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES 

SAFETY BOARD 

Authorization (sec. 3201) 

The committee recommends a provision that would authorize 

$47.2 million for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 

consistent with the budget request. 

TITLE XXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 

Maritime Administration (sec. 3501) 
The committee recommends a provision that would amend 

section 109 of title 49, United States Code, to reauthorize 

certain aspects of the Maritime Administration. 

DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 

Authorization of amounts in funding tables (sec. 4001) 

The committee recommends a provision that would provide 

for the allocation of funds among programs, projects, and 

activities in accordance with the tables in division D of this 

Act, subject to reprogramming in accordance with established 

procedures. 

Consistent with the previously expressed views of the 

committee, the provision would also require that decisions by an 

agency head to commit, obligate, or expend funds to a specific 

entity on the basis of such funding tables be based on 

authorized, transparent, statutory criteria, or merit-based 

selection procedures in accordance with the requirements of 

sections 2304(k) and 2374 of title 10, United States Code, and 

other applicable provisions of law. 

TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 

Procurement (sec. 4101) 

Procurement for overseas contingency operations (sec. 4102) 

TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 

EVALUATION 

Research, development, test, and evaluation (sec. 4201) 

Research, development, test, and evaluation for overseas 

contingency operations (sec. 4202) 

TITLE XLIII—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

Operation and maintenance (sec. 4301) 

Operation and maintenance for overseas contingency operations 

(sec. 4302) 
TITLE XLIV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 

Military personnel (sec. 4401) 

Military personnel for overseas contingency operations (sec. 

4402) 

TITLE XLV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

Other authorizations (sec. 4501) 

Other authorizations for overseas contingency operations (sec. 

4502) 

TITLE XLVI—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Military construction (sec. 4601) 

Military construction for overseas contingency operations (sec. 

4602) 

TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL 

SECURITY PROGRAMS 

Department of Energy national security programs (sec. 4701) 
2 

SUMMARY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

FY 2024 

Request 

Senate 

Change 

Senate 

Authorized 

DISCRETIONARY AUTHORIZATIONS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE 

NATIONAL DEFENSE BASE BUDGET 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-MILITARY (BUDGET SUB-FUNCTION 051) 

DIVISION A: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 

TITLE I--PROCUREMENT 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY ........................ 3,012,440 0 3,012,440 

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY ........................... 4,962,017 0 4,962,017 

PROCUREMENT OF W&TCV, ARMY ....................... 3,765,521 0 3,765,521 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY .............. 2,967,578 0 2,967,578 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY ............................. 8,672,979 0 8,672,979 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY ......................... 17,336,760 0 17,336,760 

WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY ......................... 6,876,385 0 6,876,385 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMO, NAVY & MC .............. 1,293,273 0 1,293,273 

SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY ............. 32,848,950 1,935,000 34,783,950 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY .............................. 14,535,257 0 14,535,257 

PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS ......................... 3,979,212 4,500 3,983,712 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ................ 20,315,204 13,633 20,328,837 

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ................... 5,530,446 0 5,530,446 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE ..... 703,158 0 703,158 

PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE ............................ 4,714,294 –460,700 4,253,594 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ..................... 30,417,892 304,009 30,721,901 

PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE .......................... 6,056,975 55,860 6,112,835 

DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES ............ 0 0 0 

SUBTOTAL, TITLE I--PROCUREMENT ................... 167,988,341 1,852,302 169,840,643 

TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, ARMY 15,775,381 144,500 15,919,881 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, NAVY 26,922,225 255,000 27,177,225 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, AF .... 46,565,356 –84,132 46,481,224 

RDTE, SPACE FORCE ........................................... 19,199,340 584,779 19,784,119 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, DW ... 36,185,834 261,140 36,446,974 

OPERATIONAL TEST & EVAL, DEFENSE ................ 331,489 0 331,489 

SUBTOTAL, TITLE II--RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 

TEST AND EVALUATION ................................... 144,979,625 1,161,287 146,140,912 

TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY ................... 59,554,553 –194,544 59,360,009 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY RES ........... 3,630,948 –7,625 3,623,323 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARNG ................... 8,683,104 –1,680 8,681,424 

COUNTER ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND (CTEF) .. 397,950 0 397,950 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY .................... 72,244,533 –355,555 71,888,978 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS .... 10,281,913 –54,583 10,227,330 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY RES ............ 1,380,810 –8,100 1,372,710 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MC RESERVE ....... 329,395 –4,900 324,495 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE ........... 65,722,645 –712,395 65,010,250 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

FY 2024 

Request 

Senate 

Change 

Senate 

Authorized 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE ...... 5,017,468 –87,100 4,930,368 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AF RESERVE ........ 4,116,256 –17,345 4,098,911 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ANG ...................... 7,253,694 116,880 7,370,574 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 52,767,563 96,100 52,863,663 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE .... 0 –66,000 –66,000 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ...................... 16,620 0 16,620 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ...................... 114,900 0 114,900 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ...................... 350,999 0 350,999 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ...................... 54,977 0 54,977 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ...................... 198,760 0 198,760 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ...................... 335,240 0 335,240 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ...................... 349,744 0 349,744 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ...................... 8,965 0 8,965 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ...................... 232,806 0 232,806 

SUBTOTAL, TITLE III--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ............................................................. 293,043,843 –1,296,847 291,746,996 

TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL 

MILITARY PERSONNEL .......................................... 168,320,510 –1,540,840 166,779,670 

MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE RETIREE HEALTH FUND 

CONTRIBUTIONS .............................................. 10,553,456 0 10,553,456 

SUBTOTAL, TITLE IV--MILITARY PERSONNEL ...... 178,873,966 –1,540,840 177,333,126 

TITLE XIV--OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND ..................................... 1,682,708 0 1,682,708 

CHEM AGENTS & MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION ....... 1,091,844 0 1,091,844 

DRUG INTERDICTION & CTR-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

DEF .................................................................. 886,426 0 886,426 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ................. 525,365 0 525,365 

DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM ............................... 38,413,960 0 38,413,960 

SUBTOTAL, TITLE XIV--OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 42,600,303 0 42,600,303 

TOTAL, DIVISION A: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

AUTHORIZATIONS ............................................ 827,486,078 175,902 827,661,980 

DIVISION B: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

ARMY ................................................................... 1,470,555 180,824 1,651,379 

NAVY .................................................................... 6,022,187 –1,353,700 4,668,487 

AIR FORCE ........................................................... 2,605,314 466,500 3,071,814 

DEFENSE-WIDE ..................................................... 2,984,682 21,425 3,006,107 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD ...................................... 340,186 310,381 650,567 

ARMY RESERVE ................................................... 107,076 63,000 170,076 

NAVY RESERVE & MARINE CORPS RESERVE ...... 51,291 0 51,291 

AIR NATIONAL GUARD .......................................... 178,722 143,570 322,292 

AIR FORCE RESERVE ........................................... 291,572 18,000 309,572 

NATO SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM ............. 293,434 0 293,434 

INDOPACIFIC COMBATANT COMMAND .................. 0 150,000 150,000 

SUBTOTAL, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION ................. 14,345,019 0 14,345,019 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

FY 2024 

Request 

Senate 

Change 

Senate 

Authorized 

FAMILY HOUSING 

CONSTRUCTION, ARMY ........................................ 304,895 0 304,895 

O&M, ARMY ......................................................... 385,485 0 385,485 

CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS ....... 277,142 0 277,142 

O&M, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS ........................ 363,854 0 363,854 

CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE ................................ 237,097 0 237,097 

O&M, AIR FORCE ................................................. 314,386 0 314,386 

O&M, DEFENSE-WIDE ........................................... 50,785 0 50,785 

IMPROVEMENT FUND ........................................... 6,611 0 6,611 

UNACCMP HSG IMPRV FUND ............................... 496 0 496 

SUBTOTAL, FAMILY HOUSING .............................. 1,940,751 0 1,940,751 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 

ARMY BRAC ......................................................... 150,640 0 150,640 

NAVY BRAC .......................................................... 108,818 0 108,818 

AIR FORCE BRAC ................................................. 123,990 0 123,990 

DEFENSE-WIDE BRAC .......................................... 5,726 0 5,726 

SUBTOTAL, BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 389,174 0 389,174 

TOTAL, DIVISION B: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

AUTHORIZATIONS ............................................ 16,674,944 0 16,674,944 

TOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-MILITARY 

(BUDGET SUB-FUNCTION 051) ....................... 844,161,022 175,902 844,336,924 

ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES (BUDGET SUB-FUNCTION 053) 

DIVISION C: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AND INDEPENDENT FEDERAL AGENCY AUTHORIZATIONS 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATIONS 

ENERGY PROGRAMS 

NUCLEAR ENERGY ............................................... 177,733 0 177,733 

SUBTOTAL, ENERGY PROGRAMS .......................... 177,733 0 177,733 

NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

FEDERAL SALARIES AND EXPENSES .................... 538,994 0 538,994 

WEAPONS ACTIVITIES ........................................... 18,832,947 276,000 19,108,947 

DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION ............. 2,508,959 –25,000 2,483,959 

NAVAL REACTORS ................................................ 1,964,100 0 1,964,100 

SUBTOTAL, NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ................................................. 23,845,000 251,000 24,096,000 

ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES 

DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP .................. 7,073,587 0 7,073,587 

OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES ................................ 1,075,197 0 1,075,197 

SUBTOTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL & OTHER DEFENSE 

ACTIVITIES ...................................................... 8,148,784 0 8,148,784 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

FY 2024 

Request 

Senate 

Change 

Senate 

Authorized 

DEFENSE URANIUM ENRICHMENT D&D ............... 427,000 –427,000 0 

SUBTOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORIZATIONS ......................................................... 32,598,517 –176,000 32,422,517 

INDEPENDENT FEDERAL AGENCY AUTHORIZATION 

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD .. 47,230 0 47,230 

SUBTOTAL, INDEPENDENT FEDERAL AGENCY AUTHORIZATION ................................................... 47,230 0 47,230 

TOTAL, DIVISION C: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

NATIONAL SECURITY AND INDEPENDENT 

FEDERAL AGENCY AUTHORIZATIONS .............. 32,645,747 –176,000 32,469,747 

ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES (BUDGET 

SUB-FUNCTION 053) ....................................... 32,645,747 –176,000 32,469,747 

TOTAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE (BUDGET FUNCTION 

050) ................................................................. 876,806,769 –98 876,806,671 

MEMORANDUM: NON-DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 

TITLE XIV—ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME 

(FUNCTION 600) .............................................. 77,000 77,000 

MEMORANDUM: TRANSFER AUTHORITIES (NON-ADDS) 

TITLE X—GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY ......... [8,000,000 ] [6,000,000 ] 


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SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT. 

SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item 

FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY FIXED WING 

3 FUTURE UAS FAMILY ................................................................................................ 0 53,453 0 53,453 

5 SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS .................................................................. 0 20,769 0 20,769 

ROTARY 

6 AH–64 APACHE BLOCK IIIA REMAN ......................................................................... 42 718,578 42 718,578 7 AH–64 APACHE BLOCK IIIA REMAN ......................................................................... 0 110,360 0 110,360 8 UH–60 BLACKHAWK M MODEL (MYP) ..................................................................... 24 668,258 24 668,258 9 UH–60 BLACKHAWK M MODEL (MYP) ..................................................................... 0 92,494 0 92,494 

10 UH–60 BLACK HAWK L AND V MODELS .................................................................. 26 153,196 26 153,196 11 CH–47 HELICOPTER ................................................................................................. 6 202,487 6 202,487 12 CH–47 HELICOPTER ................................................................................................. 0 18,936 0 18,936 

MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT 

13 MQ–1 PAYLOAD ....................................................................................................... 0 13,650 0 13,650 

14 GRAY EAGLE MODS2 ................................................................................................ 0 14,959 0 14,959 16 AH–64 MODS ........................................................................................................... 0 113,127 0 113,127 17 CH–47 CARGO HELICOPTER MODS (MYP) ............................................................... 0 20,689 0 20,689 22 UTILITY HELICOPTER MODS ..................................................................................... 0 35,879 0 35,879 23 NETWORK AND MISSION PLAN ................................................................................. 0 32,418 0 32,418 24 COMMS, NAV SURVEILLANCE ................................................................................... 0 74,912 0 74,912 


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25 DEGRADED VISUAL ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................... 0 16,838 0 16,838 26 AVIATION ASSURED PNT .......................................................................................... 0 67,383 0 67,383 27 GATM ROLLUP .......................................................................................................... 0 8,924 0 8,924 29 UAS MODS ............................................................................................................... 0 2,258 0 2,258 

GROUND SUPPORT AVIONICS 

30 AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT ..................................................................... 0 161,731 0 161,731 31 SURVIVABILITY CM ................................................................................................... 0 6,526 0 6,526 

32 CMWS ....................................................................................................................... 0 72,041 0 72,041 33 COMMON INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES (CIRCM) ................................................ 125 261,384 125 261,384 

OTHER SUPPORT 

34 COMMON GROUND EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 0 25,752 0 25,752 35 AIRCREW INTEGRATED SYSTEMS ............................................................................. 0 22,097 0 22,097 36 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ............................................................................................. 0 21,216 0 21,216 37 LAUNCHER, 2.75 ROCKET ........................................................................................ 0 2,125 0 2,125

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY ................................................................ 223 3,012,440 0 0 223 3,012,440 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SYSTEM 

1 LOWER TIER AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE (AMD) SEN .............................................. 0 6,625 0 6,625 3 M-SHORAD—PROCUREMENT ................................................................................... 22 400,697 22 400,697 4 MSE MISSILE ............................................................................................................ 230 1,212,832 230 1,212,832 

6 PRECISION STRIKE MISSILE (PRSM) ........................................................................ 110 384,071 110 384,071 

7 INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION CAPABILITY INC 2–I ................................................... 0 313,189 0 313,189 8 MID-RANGE CAPABILITY (MRC) ............................................................................... 0 169,519 0 169,519 

AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE SYSTEM 

9 HELLFIRE SYS SUMMARY ......................................................................................... 0 21,976 0 21,976 

10 JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MSLS (JAGM) ...................................................................... 901 303,409 901 303,40912 LONG-RANGE HYPERSONIC WEAPON ....................................................................... 0 156,821 0 156,821 

ANTI-TANK/ASSAULT MISSILE SYS 

13 JAVELIN (AAWS-M) SYSTEM SUMMARY .................................................................... 541 199,509 541 199,509 14 TOW 2 SYSTEM SUMMARY ....................................................................................... 850 120,475 850 120,475 15 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET (GMLRS) ............................................................................. 5,016 886,367 5,016 886,367 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item 

FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

16 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET (GMLRS) ............................................................................. 0 55,913 0 55,913 17 MLRS REDUCED RANGE PRACTICE ROCKETS (RRPR) ............................................. 366 10,334 366 10,334 18 HIGH MOBILITY ARTILLERY ROCKET SYSTEM (HIMARS ........................................... 28 179,230 28 179,230 19 ARMY TACTICAL MSL SYS (ATACMS)—SYS SUM .................................................... 0 7,307 0 7,307 

MODIFICATIONS 

21 PATRIOT MODS ......................................................................................................... 0 212,247 0 212,247 22 STINGER MODS ........................................................................................................ 0 36,484 0 36,484 23 AVENGER MODS ....................................................................................................... 0 22,274 0 22,274 25 MLRS MODS ............................................................................................................. 0 168,198 0 168,198 26 HIMARS MODIFICATIONS .......................................................................................... 0 76,266 0 76,266 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

27 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .................................................................................... 0 6,573 0 6,573 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

28 AIR DEFENSE TARGETS ............................................................................................ 0 11,701 0 11,701 

TOTAL MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY ................................................................... 8,064 4,962,017 0 0 8,064 4,962,017 

PROCUREMENT OF W&TCV, ARMY TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES 

1 ARMORED MULTI PURPOSE VEHICLE (AMPV) .......................................................... 91 554,777 91 554,777 3 MOBILE PROTECTED FIREPOWER ............................................................................. 33 394,635 33 394,635 

MODIFICATION OF TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES 

4 STRYKER UPGRADE .................................................................................................. 85 614,282 85 614,282 5 BRADLEY FIRE SUPPORT TEAM (BFIST) VEHICLE .................................................... 128 5,232 128 5,232 6 BRADLEY PROGRAM (MOD) ..................................................................................... 0 158,274 0 158,2747 M109 FOV MODIFICATIONS ...................................................................................... 0 90,986 0 90,9868 PALADIN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT (PIM) ............................................................. 24 469,152 24 469,152 


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9 IMPROVED RECOVERY VEHICLE (M88 HERCULES) .................................................. 0 41,058 0 41,058 

12 JOINT ASSAULT BRIDGE ........................................................................................... 24 159,804 24 159,804 13 ABRAMS UPGRADE PROGRAM ................................................................................. 34 697,883 34 697,88314 ABRAMS UPGRADE PROGRAM ................................................................................. 0 102,440 0 102,440 

WEAPONS & OTHER COMBAT VEHICLES 

16 PERSONAL DEFENSE WEAPON (ROLL) ..................................................................... 100 510 100 510 17 M240 MEDIUM MACHINE GUN (7.62MM) ................................................................ 0 425 0 425 19 MACHINE GUN, CAL .50 M2 ROLL ........................................................................... 0 3,420 0 3,420 20 MORTAR SYSTEMS ................................................................................................... 0 8,013 0 8,013 21 LOCATION & AZIMUTH DETERMINATION SYSTEM (LADS .......................................... 0 3,174 0 3,174 22 XM320 GRENADE LAUNCHER MODULE (GLM) ......................................................... 0 14,143 0 14,143 23 PRECISION SNIPER RIFLE ........................................................................................ 0 5,248 0 5,248 24 CARBINE .................................................................................................................. 0 571 0 571 25 NEXT GENERATION SQUAD WEAPON ........................................................................ 0 292,850 0 292,850 26 HANDGUN ................................................................................................................. 0 32 0 32 

MOD OF WEAPONS AND OTHER COMBAT VEH 

28 M777 MODS ............................................................................................................. 0 18,920 0 18,920 

31 M119 MODIFICATIONS .............................................................................................. 0 13,097 0 13,097 32 MORTAR MODIFICATION ........................................................................................... 0 423 0 423 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

33 ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M (WOCV-WTCV) ................................................................. 0 1,148 0 1,148 34 PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT (WOCV-WTCV) ........................................................... 0 115,024 0 115,024 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF W&TCV, ARMY ............................................................... 519 3,765,521 0 0 519 3,765,521 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY SMALL/MEDIUM CAL AMMUNITION 

1 CTG, 5.56MM, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................ 0 90,853 0 90,853 

2 CTG, 7.62MM, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................ 0 65,370 0 65,370 3 NEXT GENERATION SQUAD WEAPON AMMUNITION .................................................. 0 191,244 0 191,244 4 CTG, HANDGUN, ALL TYPES ..................................................................................... 0 6,597 0 6,597 5 CTG, .50 CAL, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................ 0 41,534 0 41,534 6 CTG, 20MM, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................... 0 7,925 0 7,925 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item 

FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

7 CTG, 25MM, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................... 0 38,760 0 38,760 8 CTG, 30MM, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................... 0 107,805 0 107,805 9 CTG, 40MM, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................... 0 148,970 0 148,970 

10 CTG, 50MM, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................... 0 28,000 0 28,000 

MORTAR AMMUNITION 

11 60MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES ..................................................................................... 0 35,160 0 35,160

12 81MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES ..................................................................................... 0 40,562 0 40,56213 120MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES ................................................................................... 0 106,784 0 106,784 

TANK AMMUNITION 

14 CARTRIDGES, TANK, 105MM AND 120MM, ALL TYPES ............................................ 0 300,368 0 300,368 

ARTILLERY AMMUNITION 

15 ARTILLERY CARTRIDGES, 75MM & 105MM, ALL TYPES .......................................... 0 21,298 0 21,298 16 ARTILLERY PROJECTILE, 155MM, ALL TYPES .......................................................... 0 150,839 0 150,839 18 PRECISION ARTILLERY MUNITIONS .......................................................................... 0 96,406 0 96,406 19 ARTILLERY PROPELLANTS, FUZES AND PRIMERS, ALL ............................................ 0 172,947 0 172,947 

MINES 

20 MINES & CLEARING CHARGES, ALL TYPES ............................................................. 0 71,182 0 71,182 21 CLOSE TERRAIN SHAPING OBSTACLE ...................................................................... 0 55,374 0 55,374 

ROCKETS 

22 SHOULDER LAUNCHED MUNITIONS, ALL TYPES ....................................................... 0 18,630 0 18,630 23 ROCKET, HYDRA 70, ALL TYPES .............................................................................. 0 87,293 0 87,293 

OTHER AMMUNITION 

24 CAD/PAD, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................... 0 6,564 0 6,564 

25 DEMOLITION MUNITIONS, ALL TYPES ....................................................................... 0 24,238 0 24,238 26 GRENADES, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................ 0 48,374 0 48,374 27 SIGNALS, ALL TYPES ................................................................................................ 0 23,252 0 23,252 


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28 SIMULATORS, ALL TYPES ......................................................................................... 0 11,309 0 11,309 

MISCELLANEOUS 

30 AMMO COMPONENTS, ALL TYPES ............................................................................ 0 3,976 0 3,976 31 NON-LETHAL AMMUNITION, ALL TYPES .................................................................... 0 3,281 0 3,281 32 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION (AMMO) .................................................................. 0 17,436 0 17,436 33 AMMUNITION PECULIAR EQUIPMENT ....................................................................... 0 13,133 0 13,133 34 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION (AMMO) ....................................................... 0 18,068 0 18,068 35 CLOSEOUT LIABILITIES ............................................................................................. 0 102 0 102

PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT 

36 INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ............................................................................................ 0 726,135 0 726,135 

37 CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS DEMILITARIZATION ....................................................... 0 183,752 0 183,752 38 ARMS INITIATIVE ...................................................................................................... 0 4,057 0 4,057 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY ...................................................... 0 2,967,578 0 0 0 2,967,578 OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY TACTICAL VEHICLES 

1 SEMITRAILERS, FLATBED: ........................................................................................ 0 22,751 0 22,751 

2 SEMITRAILERS, TANKERS ......................................................................................... 0 40,359 0 40,359 3 HI MOB MULTI-PURP WHLD VEH (HMMWV) ............................................................. 0 25,904 0 25,904 4 GROUND MOBILITY VEHICLES (GMV) ....................................................................... 0 36,223 0 36,223 6 JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE FAMILY OF VEHICL ............................................... 0 839,413 0 839,413 7 TRUCK, DUMP, 20T (CCE) ....................................................................................... 0 20,075 0 20,075 8 FAMILY OF MEDIUM TACTICAL VEH (FMTV) ............................................................. 0 110,734 0 110,734 9 FAMILY OF COLD WEATHER ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE (C ........................................... 0 28,745 0 28,745 

10 FIRETRUCKS & ASSOCIATED FIREFIGHTING EQUIP .................................................. 0 55,340 0 55,340 11 FAMILY OF HEAVY TACTICAL VEHICLES (FHTV) ....................................................... 0 66,428 0 66,428 12 PLS ESP ................................................................................................................... 0 51,868 0 51,868 14 TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLE PROTECTION KITS ..................................................... 0 3,792 0 3,792 15 MODIFICATION OF IN SVC EQUIP ............................................................................. 0 80,326 0 80,326 

NON-TACTICAL VEHICLES 

16 PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES ........................................................................... 0 2,203 0 2,203 17 NONTACTICAL VEHICLES, OTHER ............................................................................. 0 8,246 0 8,246 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item 

FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

COMM—JOINT COMMUNICATIONS 

18 SIGNAL MODERNIZATION PROGRAM ........................................................................ 0 161,585 0 161,585 19 TACTICAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGY MOD IN SVC ..................................................... 0 358,646 0 358,646 20 DISASTER INCIDENT RESPONSE COMMS TERMINAL (DI .......................................... 0 254 0 254 21 JCSE EQUIPMENT (USRDECOM) ............................................................................... 0 5,097 0 5,097 

COMM—SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 

24 DEFENSE ENTERPRISE WIDEBAND SATCOM SYSTEMS ............................................ 0 101,181 0 101,181 25 TRANSPORTABLE TACTICAL COMMAND COMMUNICATIONS ..................................... 0 54,849 0 54,849 26 SHF TERM ................................................................................................................ 0 41,634 0 41,634 

27 ASSURED POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING .................................................. 0 202,370 0 202,370 28 EHF SATELLITE COMMUNICATION ............................................................................ 0 19,122 0 19,122 30 GLOBAL BRDCST SVC—GBS ................................................................................... 0 531 0 531 

COMM—C3 SYSTEM 

31 COE TACTICAL SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE (TSI) ..................................................... 0 77,999 0 77,999 

COMM—COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS 

32 HANDHELD MANPACK SMALL FORM FIT (HMS) ....................................................... 0 765,109 0 765,109 33 ARMY LINK 16 SYSTEMS ......................................................................................... 0 60,767 0 60,767 35 UNIFIED COMMAND SUITE ....................................................................................... 0 18,999 0 18,999 36 COTS COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT ...................................................................... 0 492,001 0 492,001 37 FAMILY OF MED COMM FOR COMBAT CASUALTY CARE ......................................... 0 1,374 0 1,374 38 ARMY COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONICS .............................................................. 0 52,485 0 52,485 

COMM—INTELLIGENCE COMM 

39 CI AUTOMATION ARCHITECTURE-INTEL .................................................................... 0 16,767 0 16,767 41 MULTI-DOMAIN INTELLIGENCE ................................................................................. 0 119,989 0 119,989 

INFORMATION SECURITY 

42 INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY PROGRAM-ISSP .................................................. 0 701 0 701 


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43 COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY (COMSEC) ................................................................. 0 159,712 0 159,712 44 DEFENSIVE CYBER OPERATIONS .............................................................................. 0 13,848 0 13,848 45 INSIDER THREAT PROGRAM—UNIT ACTIVITY MONITO ............................................ 0 1,502 0 1,502 47 BIOMETRIC ENABLING CAPABILITY (BEC) ................................................................ 0 453 0 453 

COMM—LONG HAUL COMMUNICATIONS 

49 BASE SUPPORT COMMUNICATIONS .......................................................................... 0 23,278 0 23,278 

COMM—BASE COMMUNICATIONS 

50 INFORMATION SYSTEMS ........................................................................................... 0 32,608 0 32,608 51 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MODERNIZATION PROGRAM ........................................ 0 4,949 0 4,949 52 INSTALLATION INFO INFRASTRUCTURE MOD PROGRAM .......................................... 0 243,011 0 243,011 

ELECT EQUIP—TACT INT REL ACT (TIARA) 

55 JTT/CIBS-M ............................................................................................................... 0 8,543 0 8,543 56 TERRESTRIAL LAYER SYSTEMS (TLS) ...................................................................... 0 85,486 0 85,486 58 DCGS-A-INTEL .......................................................................................................... 0 2,980 0 2,980 60 TROJAN ..................................................................................................................... 0 30,649 0 30,649 61 MOD OF IN-SVC EQUIP (INTEL SPT) ........................................................................ 0 4,169 0 4,169 62 BIOMETRIC TACTICAL COLLECTION DEVICES ........................................................... 0 932 0 932 

ELECT EQUIP—ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) 

63 EW PLANNING & MANAGEMENT TOOLS (EWPMT) .................................................... 0 21,278 0 21,278 64 AIR VIGILANCE (AV) ................................................................................................. 0 6,641 0 6,641 65 MULTI-FUNCTION ELECTRONIC WARFARE (MFEW) SYST ......................................... 0 15,941 0 15,941 67 COUNTERINTELLIGENCE/SECURITY COUNTERMEASURES ......................................... 0 22,833 0 22,833 68 CI MODERNIZATION .................................................................................................. 0 434 0 434 

ELECT EQUIP—TACTICAL SURV. (TAC SURV) 

69 SENTINEL MODS ....................................................................................................... 0 161,886 0 161,886 

70 NIGHT VISION DEVICES ............................................................................................ 0 141,143 0 141,143 71 SMALL TACTICAL OPTICAL RIFLE MOUNTED MLRF .................................................. 0 15,484 0 15,484 73 FAMILY OF WEAPON SIGHTS (FWS) .......................................................................... 0 185,634 0 185,634 74 ENHANCED PORTABLE INDUCTIVE ARTILLERY FUZE SE .......................................... 0 3,652 0 3,652 75 FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED (IFLIR) ..................................................................... 0 20,438 0 20,438 76 COUNTER SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (C-SUAS) ........................................ 0 365,376 0 365,376 77 JOINT BATTLE COMMAND—PLATFORM (JBC-P) ....................................................... 0 215,290 0 215,290 


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Line Item 

FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

78 JOINT EFFECTS TARGETING SYSTEM (JETS) ............................................................. 0 8,932 0 8,932 79 COMPUTER BALLISTICS: LHMBC XM32 .................................................................... 0 2,965 0 2,965 80 MORTAR FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM ............................................................................ 0 8,024 0 8,024 81 MORTAR FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS MODIFICATIONS ................................................ 0 7,399 0 7,399 82 COUNTERFIRE RADARS ............................................................................................ 0 99,782 0 99,782 

ELECT EQUIP—TACTICAL C2 SYSTEMS 

83 ARMY COMMAND POST INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE ( ...................................... 0 78,512 0 78,512 84 FIRE SUPPORT C2 FAMILY ....................................................................................... 0 10,052 0 10,052 

85 AIR & MSL DEFENSE PLANNING & CONTROL SYS .................................................. 0 68,892 0 68,892 86 IAMD BATTLE COMMAND SYSTEM ........................................................................... 0 412,556 0 412,556 87 LIFE CYCLE SOFTWARE SUPPORT (LCSS) ................................................................ 0 4,270 0 4,270 88 NETWORK MANAGEMENT INITIALIZATION AND SERVICE .......................................... 0 37,194 0 37,194 89 GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM-ARMY (GCSS-A) ............................................. 0 1,987 0 1,987 90 INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM-ARMY (IPP ......................................... 0 5,318 0 5,318 91 MOD OF IN-SVC EQUIPMENT (ENFIRE) .................................................................... 0 4,997 0 4,997 

ELECT EQUIP—AUTOMATION 

92 ARMY TRAINING MODERNIZATION ............................................................................ 0 10,130 0 10,130 93 AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING EQUIP ................................................................... 0 61,489 0 61,489 94 ACCESSIONS INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT (AIE) .................................................... 0 4,198 0 4,198 96 HIGH PERF COMPUTING MOD PGM (HPCMP) .......................................................... 0 76,053 0 76,053 97 CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM ................................................................................... 0 6,061 0 6,061 98 CSS COMMUNICATIONS ............................................................................................ 0 56,804 0 56,804 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

9999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................................... 0 1,781 0 1,781 

CHEMICAL DEFENSIVE EQUIPMENT 

102 BASE DEFENSE SYSTEMS (BDS) .............................................................................. 0 70,781 0 70,781 


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103 CBRN DEFENSE ........................................................................................................ 0 63,198 0 63,198 

BRIDGING EQUIPMENT 

104 TACTICAL BRIDGING ................................................................................................. 0 1,157 0 1,157 

105 TACTICAL BRIDGE, FLOAT-RIBBON .......................................................................... 0 82,228 0 82,228 106 BRIDGE SUPPLEMENTAL SET ................................................................................... 0 4,414 0 4,414 

ENGINEER (NON-CONSTRUCTION) EQUIPMENT 

110 ROBOTICS AND APPLIQUE SYSTEMS ........................................................................ 0 68,893 0 68,893 112 FAMILY OF BOATS AND MOTORS ............................................................................. 0 4,785 0 4,785 

COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

113 HEATERS AND ECU’S ............................................................................................... 0 7,617 0 7,617 

115 PERSONNEL RECOVERY SUPPORT SYSTEM (PRSS) ................................................. 0 5,356 0 5,356 116 GROUND SOLDIER SYSTEM ...................................................................................... 0 167,129 0 167,129 117 MOBILE SOLDIER POWER ......................................................................................... 0 15,967 0 15,967 118 FORCE PROVIDER .................................................................................................... 0 34,200 0 34,200 120 CARGO AERIAL DEL & PERSONNEL PARACHUTE SYSTEM ....................................... 0 45,792 0 45,792 121 FAMILY OF ENGR COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION SETS ........................................... 0 12,118 0 12,118 

PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT 

123 QUALITY SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT ....................................................................... 0 2,507 0 2,507 124 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, PETROLEUM & WATER ..................................................... 0 40,989 0 40,989 

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT 

125 COMBAT SUPPORT MEDICAL .................................................................................... 0 86,829 0 86,829

MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT 

126 MOBILE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS ......................................................... 0 17,287 0 17,287 

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 

128 TRACTOR, FULL TRACKED ........................................................................................ 0 29,878 0 29,878 

129 ALL TERRAIN CRANES .............................................................................................. 0 27,725 0 27,725 131 FAMILY OF DIVER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................. 0 1,811 0 1,811 132 CONST EQUIP ESP ................................................................................................... 0 8,898 0 8,898 

RAIL FLOAT CONTAINERIZATION EQUIPMENT 

133 ARMY WATERCRAFT ESP .......................................................................................... 0 30,592 0 30,592 

134 MANEUVER SUPPORT VESSEL (MSV) ....................................................................... 0 149,449 0 149,449 

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Line Item 

FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

136 GENERATORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIP ................................................................... 0 78,364 0 78,364 137 TACTICAL ELECTRIC POWER RECAPITALIZATION ..................................................... 0 11,088 0 11,088 

MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

138 FAMILY OF FORKLIFTS .............................................................................................. 0 12,982 0 12,982 

TRAINING EQUIPMENT 

139 COMBAT TRAINING CENTERS SUPPORT ................................................................... 0 56,619 0 56,619 140 TRAINING DEVICES, NONSYSTEM ............................................................................. 0 226,379 0 226,379

141 SYNTHETIC TRAINING ENVIRONMENT (STE) ............................................................. 0 234,965 0 234,965 142 GAMING TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF ARMY TRAINING ........................................ 0 9,698 0 9,698 

TEST MEASURE AND DIG EQUIPMENT (TMD) 

143 INTEGRATED FAMILY OF TEST EQUIPMENT (IFTE) ................................................... 0 36,149 0 36,149 144 TEST EQUIPMENT MODERNIZATION (TEMOD) ........................................................... 0 32,623 0 32,623 

OTHER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

145 PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEMS (OPA3) .................................................................... 0 132,739 0 132,739 146 BASE LEVEL COMMON EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 0 34,460 0 34,460 147 MODIFICATION OF IN-SVC EQUIPMENT (OPA–3) ...................................................... 0 35,239 0 35,239 148 BUILDING, PRE-FAB, RELOCATABLE ........................................................................ 0 31,011 0 31,011 149 SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR TEST AND EVALUATION .................................................. 0 52,481 0 52,481 

OPA2 

151 INITIAL SPARES—C&E ............................................................................................. 0 9,169 0 9,169 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY ...................................................................... 0 8,672,979 0 0 0 8,672,979 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY COMBAT AIRCRAFT 

1 F/A–18E/F (FIGHTER) HORNET ................................................................................. 0 41,329 0 41,329 2 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER CV ....................................................................................... 19 2,410,569 19 2,410,569 


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3 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER CV ....................................................................................... 0 189,425 0 189,425 4 JSF STOVL ................................................................................................................ 16 2,126,317 16 2,126,317 5 JSF STOVL ................................................................................................................ 0 193,125 0 193,125 6 CH–53K (HEAVY LIFT) .............................................................................................. 15 1,698,050 15 1,698,050 7 CH–53K (HEAVY LIFT) .............................................................................................. 0 456,567 0 456,567 8 V–22 (MEDIUM LIFT) ............................................................................................... 0 27,216 0 27,216 9 H–1 UPGRADES (UH–1Y/AH–1Z) ............................................................................. 0 4,292 0 4,292 

10 P–8A POSEIDON ....................................................................................................... 0 31,257 0 31,257 11 E–2D ADV HAWKEYE ................................................................................................ 0 182,817 0 182,817 

TRAINER AIRCRAFT 

13 MULTI-ENGINE TRAINING SYSTEM (METS) ............................................................... 26 289,141 26 289,141 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

15 KC–130J ................................................................................................................... 2 241,291 2 241,291 

17 MQ–4 TRITON .......................................................................................................... 2 416,010 2 416,010 19 MQ–8 UAV ............................................................................................................... 0 1,546 0 1,546 21 MQ–25 ..................................................................................................................... 3 545,697 3 545,697 22 MQ–25 ..................................................................................................................... 0 50,576 0 50,576 23 MARINE GROUP 5 UAS ............................................................................................ 5 89,563 5 89,563 

MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT 

24 F–18 A-D UNIQUE .................................................................................................... 0 116,551 0 116,551 

25 F–18E/F AND EA–18G MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINM ........................................ 0 605,416 0 605,416 26 MARINE GROUP 5 UAS SERIES ................................................................................ 0 98,063 0 98,063 27 AEA SYSTEMS .......................................................................................................... 0 24,110 0 24,110 28 AV–8 SERIES ........................................................................................................... 0 22,829 0 22,829 29 INFRARED SEARCH AND TRACK (IRST) .................................................................... 0 179,193 0 179,193 30 ADVERSARY .............................................................................................................. 0 69,336 0 69,336 31 F–18 SERIES ............................................................................................................ 0 640,236 0 640,236 32 H–53 SERIES ........................................................................................................... 0 41,414 0 41,414 33 MH–60 SERIES ........................................................................................................ 0 106,495 0 106,495 34 H–1 SERIES ............................................................................................................. 0 114,284 0 114,284 35 EP–3 SERIES ........................................................................................................... 0 8,548 0 8,548 36 E–2 SERIES ............................................................................................................. 0 183,246 0 183,246 


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Line Item 

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Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

37 TRAINER A/C SERIES ............................................................................................... 0 16,376 0 16,376 39 C–130 SERIES ......................................................................................................... 0 198,220 0 198,220 40 FEWSG ...................................................................................................................... 0 651 0 651 41 CARGO/TRANSPORT A/C SERIES .............................................................................. 0 13,930 0 13,930 42 E–6 SERIES ............................................................................................................. 0 164,571 0 164,571 43 EXECUTIVE HELICOPTERS SERIES ........................................................................... 0 60,498 0 60,498 44 T–45 SERIES ............................................................................................................ 0 170,357 0 170,357 45 POWER PLANT CHANGES ......................................................................................... 0 21,079 0 21,079 46 JPATS SERIES ........................................................................................................... 0 28,005 0 28,005 48 COMMON ECM EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................... 0 53,614 0 53,614 49 COMMON AVIONICS CHANGES ................................................................................. 0 136,199 0 136,199 50 COMMON DEFENSIVE WEAPON SYSTEM .................................................................. 0 6,585 0 6,585 51 ID SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................. 0 13,085 0 13,085 52 P–8 SERIES ............................................................................................................. 0 316,168 0 316,168 53 MAGTF EW FOR AVIATION ........................................................................................ 0 24,901 0 24,901 54 MQ–8 SERIES .......................................................................................................... 0 14,700 0 14,700 55 V–22 (TILT/ROTOR ACFT) OSPREY ........................................................................... 0 215,997 0 215,997 56 NEXT GENERATION JAMMER (NGJ) ........................................................................... 0 426,396 0 426,396 57 F–35 STOVL SERIES ................................................................................................ 0 311,921 0 311,921 58 F–35 CV SERIES ...................................................................................................... 0 166,909 0 166,909 59 QRC .......................................................................................................................... 0 28,206 0 28,206 60 MQ–4 SERIES .......................................................................................................... 0 93,951 0 93,951 

AIRCRAFT SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

62 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .................................................................................... 0 2,451,244 0 2,451,244 

AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIP & FACILITIES 

63 COMMON GROUND EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 0 566,156 0 566,156 


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64 AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ........................................................................... 0 133,815 0 133,81565 WAR CONSUMABLES ................................................................................................ 0 44,632 0 44,632 66 OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES ............................................................................... 0 49,907 0 49,907 67 SPECIAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................................ 0 404,178 0 404,178

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY ................................................................. 88 17,336,760 0 0 88 17,336,760 

WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY BALLISTIC MISSILES MODIFICATION OF MISSILES 

1 CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE ............................................................................. 8 341,434 8 341,434 2 TRIDENT II MODS ..................................................................................................... 0 1,284,705 0 1,284,705 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

3 MISSILE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES .............................................................................. 0 7,954 0 7,954 

STRATEGIC MISSILES 

4 TOMAHAWK ............................................................................................................... 0 72,908 0 72,908 

TACTICAL MISSILES 

5 AMRAAM ................................................................................................................... 374 439,153 374 439,153 

6 SIDEWINDER ............................................................................................................. 147 78,165 147 78,165 7 STANDARD MISSILE .................................................................................................. 125 969,525 125 969,525 8 STANDARD MISSILE .................................................................................................. 0 227,320 0 227,320 9 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB II ...................................................................................... 250 65,863 250 65,863 

10 RAM ......................................................................................................................... 120 114,896 120 114,896 11 JOINT AIR GROUND MISSILE (JAGM) ........................................................................ 264 79,292 264 79,29212 HELLFIRE .................................................................................................................. 40 6,923 40 6,923 13 AERIAL TARGETS ...................................................................................................... 0 176,588 0 176,588 14 OTHER MISSILE SUPPORT ........................................................................................ 0 3,687 0 3,68715 LRASM ...................................................................................................................... 91 639,636 91 639,636 16 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM) ................................................................................. 13 29,925 13 29,925 17 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM) ................................................................................. 0 5,755 0 5,755 

MODIFICATION OF MISSILES 

18 TOMAHAWK MODS .................................................................................................... 0 540,944 0 540,944 19 ESSM ........................................................................................................................ 147 290,129 147 290,129 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item 

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Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

20 AARGM-ER ............................................................................................................... 83 162,429 83 162,429 21 AARGM-ER ............................................................................................................... 0 33,273 0 33,273 22 STANDARD MISSILES MODS ..................................................................................... 0 89,255 0 89,255

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

23 WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ........................................................................... 0 2,037 0 2,037 

ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

25 ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 0 208,154 0 208,154 

TORPEDOES AND RELATED EQUIP 

26 SSTD ........................................................................................................................ 0 4,830 0 4,830 

27 MK–48 TORPEDO ..................................................................................................... 78 308,497 78 308,497 28 ASW TARGETS .......................................................................................................... 0 14,817 0 14,817 

MOD OF TORPEDOES AND RELATED EQUIP 

29 MK–54 TORPEDO MODS .......................................................................................... 0 104,086 0 104,086 

30 MK–48 TORPEDO ADCAP MODS .............................................................................. 0 20,714 0 20,714 31 MARITIME MINES ..................................................................................................... 0 58,800 0 58,800 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

32 TORPEDO SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............................................................................. 0 133,187 0 133,187 33 ASW RANGE SUPPORT ............................................................................................. 0 4,146 0 4,146 

DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION 

34 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION .................................................................... 0 5,811 0 5,811 

GUNS AND GUN MOUNTS 

35 SMALL ARMS AND WEAPONS ................................................................................... 0 14,165 0 14,165 

MODIFICATION OF GUNS AND GUN MOUNTS 

36 CIWS MODS .............................................................................................................. 0 4,088 0 4,088 

37 COAST GUARD WEAPONS ......................................................................................... 0 55,172 0 55,172 38 GUN MOUNT MODS .................................................................................................. 0 82,682 0 82,682 


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39 LCS MODULE WEAPONS ........................................................................................... 18 3,264 18 3,264 40 AIRBORNE MINE NEUTRALIZATION SYSTEMS ........................................................... 0 14,357 0 14,357 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

42 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .................................................................................... 0 177,819 0 177,819 

TOTAL WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY ................................................................. 1,758 6,876,385 0 0 1,758 6,876,385 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMO, NAVY & MC NAVY AMMUNITION 

1 GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS ..................................................................................... 0 43,519 0 43,519 2 JDAM ........................................................................................................................ 1,464 73,689 1,464 73,689 3 AIRBORNE ROCKETS, ALL TYPES ............................................................................. 0 67,423 0 67,423 4 MACHINE GUN AMMUNITION .................................................................................... 0 11,862 0 11,862 5 PRACTICE BOMBS .................................................................................................... 0 52,481 0 52,481 6 CARTRIDGES & CART ACTUATED DEVICES .............................................................. 0 72,426 0 72,426 7 AIR EXPENDABLE COUNTERMEASURES ................................................................... 0 104,529 0 104,529 8 JATOS ....................................................................................................................... 0 7,433 0 7,433 9 5 INCH/54 GUN AMMUNITION .................................................................................. 0 30,871 0 30,871 

10 INTERMEDIATE CALIBER GUN AMMUNITION ............................................................ 0 41,261 0 41,261 11 OTHER SHIP GUN AMMUNITION ............................................................................... 0 44,044 0 44,044 12 SMALL ARMS & LANDING PARTY AMMO .................................................................. 0 48,478 0 48,478 13 PYROTECHNIC AND DEMOLITION ............................................................................. 0 9,521 0 9,521 14 AMMUNITION LESS THAN $5 MILLION ..................................................................... 0 1,679 0 1,679 15 EXPEDITIONARY LOITERING MUNITIONS ................................................................... 0 249,575 0 249,575 

MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION 

16 MORTARS ................................................................................................................. 0 61,274 0 61,274 17 DIRECT SUPPORT MUNITIONS .................................................................................. 0 73,338 0 73,338 18 INFANTRY WEAPONS AMMUNITION ........................................................................... 0 178,240 0 178,240 19 COMBAT SUPPORT MUNITIONS ................................................................................ 0 15,897 0 15,897 20 AMMO MODERNIZATION ........................................................................................... 0 17,941 0 17,941 21 ARTILLERY MUNITIONS ............................................................................................. 0 82,452 0 82,452 22 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................ 0 5,340 0 5,340 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMO, NAVY & MC ....................................................... 1,464 1,293,273 0 0 1,464 1,293,273 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item 

FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE SHIPS 

1 OHIO REPLACEMENT SUBMARINE ............................................................................ 1 2,443,598 1 2,443,598

2 OHIO REPLACEMENT SUBMARINE ............................................................................ 0 3,390,734 0 3,390,734

OTHER WARSHIPS 

3 CARRIER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM ......................................................................... 0 1,115,296 0 1,115,296 4 CVN–81 .................................................................................................................... 0 800,492 0 800,492 

5 VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE ................................................................................... 2 7,129,965 2 7,129,965 6 VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE ................................................................................... 0 3,215,539 0 3,215,539 8 CVN REFUELING OVERHAULS ................................................................................... 0 817,646 0 817,646

9 DDG 1000 ................................................................................................................ 0 410,400 0 410,400 

10 DDG–51 ................................................................................................................... 2 4,199,179 2 4,199,179 11 DDG–51 ................................................................................................................... 0 284,035 0 284,035 13 FFG-FRIGATE ............................................................................................................ 2 2,173,698 2 2,173,698 

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS 

14 LPD FLIGHT II ........................................................................................................... 0 0 1 1,863,000 1 1,863,000 

Program increase for LPD–33—USMC UFR ........................................................... [1 ] [1,863,000 ] 

18 LHA REPLACEMENT .................................................................................................. 0 1,830,149 0 1,830,149 

AUXILIARIES, CRAFT AND PRIOR YR PROGRAM COST 

21 AS SUBMARINE TENDER .......................................................................................... 1 1,733,234 1 1,733,234 

22 TAO FLEET OILER ..................................................................................................... 1 815,420 1 815,420 25 LCU 1700 ................................................................................................................. 2 62,532 2 62,532 26 OUTFITTING .............................................................................................................. 0 557,365 0 557,365 28 SERVICE CRAFT ....................................................................................................... 0 63,815 0 63,815 29 AUXILIARY PERSONNEL LIGHTER ............................................................................. 0 0 1 72,000 1 72,000 


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Additional APL–67 class berthing barge ................................................................ [1 ] [72,000 ] 

30 LCAC SLEP ............................................................................................................... 1 15,286 1 15,286 

31 AUXILIARY VESSELS (USED SEALIFT) ....................................................................... 2 142,008 2 142,008 32 COMPLETION OF PY SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS ...................................................... 0 1,648,559 0 1,648,559 

TOTAL SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY ..................................................... 14 32,848,950 2 1,935,000 16 34,783,950 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY SHIP PROPULSION EQUIPMENT 

1 SURFACE POWER EQUIPMENT ................................................................................. 0 14,003 0 14,003 

GENERATORS 

2 SURFACE COMBATANT HM&E .................................................................................. 0 105,441 0 105,441 

NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT 

3 OTHER NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT .............................................................................. 0 110,286 0 110,286 

OTHER SHIPBOARD EQUIPMENT 

4 SUB PERISCOPE, IMAGING AND SUPT EQUIP PROG ................................................ 0 262,951 0 262,951 5 DDG MOD ................................................................................................................. 0 628,532 0 628,532 

6 FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT ....................................................................................... 0 34,782 0 34,782 7 COMMAND AND CONTROL SWITCHBOARD ............................................................... 0 2,458 0 2,458 8 LHA/LHD MIDLIFE ..................................................................................................... 0 104,369 0 104,369 9 LCC 19/20 EXTENDED SERVICE LIFE PROGRAM ..................................................... 0 10,529 0 10,529 

10 POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 0 23,272 0 23,272 11 SUBMARINE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .......................................................................... 0 112,526 0 112,526 12 VIRGINIA CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................... 0 32,076 0 32,076 13 LCS CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 0 18,832 0 18,832 14 SUBMARINE BATTERIES ........................................................................................... 0 28,221 0 28,221 15 LPD CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 0 91,890 0 91,890 16 DDG 1000 CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................. 0 232,124 0 232,124 17 STRATEGIC PLATFORM SUPPORT EQUIP .................................................................. 0 25,058 0 25,058 18 DSSP EQUIPMENT .................................................................................................... 0 4,623 0 4,623 20 LCAC ........................................................................................................................ 0 10,794 0 10,794 21 UNDERWATER EOD EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 0 19,549 0 19,549 22 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................ 0 86,001 0 86,001 


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FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

23 CHEMICAL WARFARE DETECTORS ............................................................................ 0 3,288 0 3,288 

REACTOR PLANT EQUIPMENT 

24 SHIP MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND MODERNIZATION ................................................ 0 2,746,313 0 2,746,313 25 REACTOR POWER UNITS .......................................................................................... 0 2,016 0 2,01626 REACTOR COMPONENTS .......................................................................................... 0 390,148 0 390,148 

OCEAN ENGINEERING 

27 DIVING AND SALVAGE EQUIPMENT .......................................................................... 0 18,086 0 18,086 

SMALL BOATS 

28 STANDARD BOATS .................................................................................................... 0 74,963 0 74,963 

PRODUCTION FACILITIES EQUIPMENT 

29 OPERATING FORCES IPE .......................................................................................... 0 187,495 0 187,495 

OTHER SHIP SUPPORT 

30 LCS COMMON MISSION MODULES EQUIPMENT ....................................................... 0 49,060 0 49,060 31 LCS MCM MISSION MODULES .................................................................................. 0 93,961 0 93,961 33 LCS SUW MISSION MODULES .................................................................................. 0 12,102 0 12,102 34 LCS IN-SERVICE MODERNIZATION ........................................................................... 0 171,704 0 171,704 35 SMALL & MEDIUM UUV ............................................................................................ 0 61,951 0 61,951 

LOGISTIC SUPPORT 

36 LSD MIDLIFE & MODERNIZATION ............................................................................. 0 7,594 0 7,594 

SHIP SONARS 

37 SPQ–9B RADAR ....................................................................................................... 0 7,267 0 7,267 

38 AN/SQQ–89 SURF ASW COMBAT SYSTEM ............................................................... 0 138,065 0 138,065 39 SSN ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT ..................................................................................... 0 463,577 0 463,577 40 UNDERSEA WARFARE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................... 0 23,452 0 23,452 

ASW ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

41 SUBMARINE ACOUSTIC WARFARE SYSTEM .............................................................. 0 46,726 0 46,726 


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42 SSTD ........................................................................................................................ 0 14,560 0 14,560 43 FIXED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM ................................................................................ 0 420,069 0 420,06944 SURTASS .................................................................................................................. 0 33,910 0 33,910 

ELECTRONIC WARFARE EQUIPMENT 

45 AN/SLQ–32 ............................................................................................................... 0 329,513 0 329,513 

RECONNAISSANCE EQUIPMENT 

46 SHIPBOARD IW EXPLOIT ........................................................................................... 0 379,230 0 379,230 

47 AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AIS) ............................................................ 0 4,082 0 4,082 

OTHER SHIP ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

48 COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT CAPABILITY ................................................................ 0 37,677 0 37,677 49 NAVAL TACTICAL COMMAND SUPPORT SYSTEM (NTCSS) ........................................ 0 15,374 0 15,374 50 ATDLS ....................................................................................................................... 0 50,148 0 50,148 51 NAVY COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (NCCS) ................................................... 0 3,918 0 3,918 52 MINESWEEPING SYSTEM REPLACEMENT .................................................................. 0 16,814 0 16,814 54 NAVSTAR GPS RECEIVERS (SPACE) ......................................................................... 0 37,319 0 37,319 55 AMERICAN FORCES RADIO AND TV SERVICE .......................................................... 0 2,750 0 2,750 56 STRATEGIC PLATFORM SUPPORT EQUIP .................................................................. 0 6,437 0 6,437 

AVIATION ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

57 ASHORE ATC EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................ 0 89,237 0 89,237 58 AFLOAT ATC EQUIPMENT .......................................................................................... 0 90,487 0 90,487 59 ID SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................. 0 59,234 0 59,234 60 JOINT PRECISION APPROACH AND LANDING SYSTEM ( ........................................... 0 3,343 0 3,343 61 NAVAL MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS ...................................................................... 0 39,180 0 39,180 

OTHER SHORE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

62 MARITIME INTEGRATED BROADCAST SYSTEM ......................................................... 0 6,994 0 6,994 63 TACTICAL/MOBILE C4I SYSTEMS .............................................................................. 0 52,026 0 52,026 64 DCGS-N .................................................................................................................... 0 16,579 0 16,579 65 CANES ...................................................................................................................... 0 467,587 0 467,587 66 RADIAC ..................................................................................................................... 0 16,475 0 16,475 67 CANES-INTELL .......................................................................................................... 0 48,207 0 48,207 68 GPETE ...................................................................................................................... 0 25,761 0 25,761 69 MASF ........................................................................................................................ 0 16,475 0 16,475 


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Line Item 

FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

70 INTEG COMBAT SYSTEM TEST FACILITY .................................................................. 0 6,345 0 6,345 71 EMI CONTROL INSTRUMENTATION ........................................................................... 0 4,282 0 4,282 73 IN-SERVICE RADARS AND SENSORS ........................................................................ 0 255,256 0 255,256 

SHIPBOARD COMMUNICATIONS 

74 BATTLE FORCE TACTICAL NETWORK ........................................................................ 0 74,180 0 74,180 75 SHIPBOARD TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS ............................................................... 0 29,776 0 29,776 76 SHIP COMMUNICATIONS AUTOMATION ..................................................................... 0 96,916 0 96,916 77 COMMUNICATIONS ITEMS UNDER $5M .................................................................... 0 14,107 0 14,107 

SUBMARINE COMMUNICATIONS 

78 SUBMARINE BROADCAST SUPPORT ......................................................................... 0 73,791 0 73,791 79 SUBMARINE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT ............................................................. 0 83,178 0 83,178 

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 

80 SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS .................................................................. 0 72,871 0 72,871 81 NAVY MULTIBAND TERMINAL (NMT) ........................................................................ 0 37,921 0 37,921 

SHORE COMMUNICATIONS 

82 JOINT COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT ELEMENT (JCSE) .............................................. 0 5,065 0 5,065 

CRYPTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT 

83 INFO SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM (ISSP) ............................................................ 0 154,890 0 154,890 84 MIO INTEL EXPLOITATION TEAM ............................................................................... 0 1,079 0 1,079 

CRYPTOLOGIC EQUIPMENT 

85 CRYPTOLOGIC COMMUNICATIONS EQUIP ................................................................. 0 17,483 0 17,483 

OTHER ELECTRONIC SUPPORT 

86 COAST GUARD EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................... 0 77,458 0 77,458

SONOBUOYS 

88 SONOBUOYS—ALL TYPES ........................................................................................ 0 311,177 0 311,177 

AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 


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89 MINOTAUR ................................................................................................................ 0 5,396 0 5,396 90 WEAPONS RANGE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................. 0 147,556 0 147,556 91 AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 0 162,273 0 162,273 92 ADVANCED ARRESTING GEAR (AAG) ........................................................................ 0 11,930 0 11,930 93 ELECTROMAGNETIC AIRCRAFT LAUNCH SYSTEM (EMALS ........................................ 0 17,836 0 17,836 94 METEOROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT ................................................................................ 0 19,703 0 19,703 95 LEGACY AIRBORNE MCM ......................................................................................... 0 12,202 0 12,202 97 AVIATION SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............................................................................. 0 82,115 0 82,115 98 UMCS-UNMAN CARRIER AVIATION(UCA)MISSION CNTRL ......................................... 0 152,687 0 152,687 99 ARCHITECT & CAP FOR AUTONOMY IN NAV ENTER (AR ......................................... 0 1,612 0 1,612 

SHIP GUN SYSTEM EQUIPMENT 

100 SHIP GUN SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 0 6,404 0 6,404 

SHIP MISSILE SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT 

101 HARPOON SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 0 227 0 227 102 SHIP MISSILE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ....................................................................... 0 294,511 0 294,511 103 TOMAHAWK SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 0 92,432 0 92,432 

FBM SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

104 STRATEGIC MISSILE SYSTEMS EQUIP ...................................................................... 0 325,318 0 325,318 

ASW SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

105 SSN COMBAT CONTROL SYSTEMS ........................................................................... 0 133,063 0 133,063 106 ASW SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................... 0 27,469 0 27,469 

OTHER ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

107 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL EQUIP ................................................................. 0 27,864 0 27,864 108 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................ 0 6,171 0 6,171 

OTHER EXPENDABLE ORDNANCE 

109 ANTI-SHIP MISSILE DECOY SYSTEM ........................................................................ 0 56,630 0 56,630 110 SUBMARINE TRAINING DEVICE MODS ...................................................................... 0 76,954 0 76,954 111 SURFACE TRAINING EQUIPMENT .............................................................................. 0 209,487 0 209,487

CIVIL ENGINEERING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

112 PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES ........................................................................... 0 3,827 0 3,827 113 GENERAL PURPOSE TRUCKS .................................................................................... 0 4,570 0 4,570 114 CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE EQUIP ................................................................. 0 56,829 0 56,829 


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Line Item 

FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

115 FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................... 0 16,583 0 16,583 116 TACTICAL VEHICLES ................................................................................................. 0 24,236 0 24,236 117 AMPHIBIOUS EQUIPMENT ......................................................................................... 0 4,504 0 4,504 118 POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 0 3,898 0 3,898 119 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................ 0 67,286 0 67,286120 PHYSICAL SECURITY VEHICLES ............................................................................... 0 1,286 0 1,286 

SUPPLY SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

121 SUPPLY EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................. 0 33,258 0 33,258 122 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION .................................................................... 0 6,977 0 6,977 123 SPECIAL PURPOSE SUPPLY SYSTEMS ...................................................................... 0 659,529 0 659,529 

TRAINING DEVICES 

124 TRAINING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............................................................................. 0 2,083 0 2,083 125 TRAINING AND EDUCATION EQUIPMENT .................................................................. 0 106,542 0 106,542 

COMMAND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

126 COMMAND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................ 0 44,448 0 44,448 127 MEDICAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 0 12,529 0 12,529 129 NAVAL MIP SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 0 5,408 0 5,408 130 OPERATING FORCES SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................. 0 12,105 0 12,105 131 C4ISR EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................... 0 7,670 0 7,670 132 ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................................. 0 52,597 0 52,597 133 PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT ............................................................................ 0 108,901 0 108,901 134 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ............................................................... 0 42,154 0 42,154 

OTHER 

139 NEXT GENERATION ENTERPRISE SERVICE ............................................................... 0 177,585 0 177,585 140 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ......................................................................................... 0 23,176 0 23,176 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 


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9999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................................... 0 16,290 0 16,290 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

142 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .................................................................................... 0 645,900 0 645,900 

143 VIRGINIA CLASS (VACL) SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ............................................. 0 470,000 0 470,000 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY ...................................................................... 0 14,535,257 0 0 0 14,535,257 

PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES 

1 AAV7A1 PIP .............................................................................................................. 0 3,353 0 3,353 

2 AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT VEHICLE FAMILY OF VEHICLES ............................................ 80 557,564 80 557,564 3 LAV PIP .................................................................................................................... 0 42,052 0 42,052 

ARTILLERY AND OTHER WEAPONS 

4 155MM LIGHTWEIGHT TOWED HOWITZER ................................................................ 0 489 0 489 5 ARTILLERY WEAPONS SYSTEM ................................................................................. 0 165,268 0 165,268 6 WEAPONS AND COMBAT VEHICLES UNDER $5 MILLION ......................................... 0 14,004 0 14,004 

GUIDED MISSILES 

7 TOMAHAWK ............................................................................................................... 34 105,192 34 105,192 

8 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM) ................................................................................. 90 169,726 90 169,726 

9 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM) ................................................................................. 0 39,244 0 39,244 

10 GROUND BASED AIR DEFENSE ................................................................................ 0 249,103 0 4,500 0 253,603 

Program increase .................................................................................................... [0 ] [4,500 ] 

11 ANTI-ARMOR MISSILE-JAVELIN ................................................................................. 0 54,883 0 54,883

12 FAMILY ANTI-ARMOR WEAPON SYSTEMS (FOAAWS) ................................................ 0 23,627 0 23,627 13 ANTI-ARMOR MISSILE-TOW ...................................................................................... 0 2,007 0 2,007 14 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET (GMLRS) ............................................................................. 48 8,867 48 8,867 

COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS 

15 COMMON AVIATION COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (C ..................................... 0 75,382 0 75,382 

REPAIR AND TEST EQUIPMENT 

16 REPAIR AND TEST EQUIPMENT ................................................................................ 0 53,590 0 53,590 

OTHER SUPPORT (TEL) 

17 MODIFICATION KITS .................................................................................................. 0 1,782 0 1,782 

COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (NON-TEL) 


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Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

18 ITEMS UNDER $5 MILLION (COMM & ELEC) ........................................................... 0 122,917 0 122,917 19 AIR OPERATIONS C2 SYSTEMS ................................................................................ 0 23,744 0 23,744 

RADAR + EQUIPMENT (NON-TEL) 

20 GROUND/AIR TASK ORIENTED RADAR (G/ATOR) ...................................................... 0 66,291 0 66,291 

INTELL/COMM EQUIPMENT (NON-TEL) 

21 ELECTRO MAGNETIC SPECTRUM OPERATIONS (EMSO) ........................................... 0 177,270 0 177,270 22 GCSS-MC ................................................................................................................. 0 4,144 0 4,144 23 FIRE SUPPORT SYSTEM ........................................................................................... 0 58,483 0 58,483 24 INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ...................................................................... 0 148,062 0 148,062 26 UNMANNED AIR SYSTEMS (INTEL) ........................................................................... 0 52,273 0 52,273 27 DCGS-MC ................................................................................................................. 0 68,289 0 68,289 28 UAS PAYLOADS ........................................................................................................ 0 19,088 0 19,088 

OTHER SUPPORT (NON-TEL) 

31 EXPEDITIONARY SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................................... 0 2,010 0 2,010 32 MARINE CORPS ENTERPRISE NETWORK (MCEN) ..................................................... 0 259,044 0 259,044 33 COMMON COMPUTER RESOURCES .......................................................................... 0 27,966 0 27,966 34 COMMAND POST SYSTEMS ...................................................................................... 0 71,109 0 71,109 35 RADIO SYSTEMS ....................................................................................................... 0 544,059 0 544,059 

36 COMM SWITCHING & CONTROL SYSTEMS ............................................................... 0 46,276 0 46,276 37 COMM & ELEC INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT ........................................................... 0 27,111 0 27,111 38 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ......................................................................................... 0 27,583 0 27,583 

40 UNMANNED EXPEDITIONARY SYSTEMS .................................................................... 0 13,564 0 13,564 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

9999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................................... 0 2,799 0 2,799 

ADMINISTRATIVE VEHICLES 

43 COMMERCIAL CARGO VEHICLES .............................................................................. 0 34,169 0 34,169 


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TACTICAL VEHICLES 

44 MOTOR TRANSPORT MODIFICATIONS ....................................................................... 0 17,299 0 17,299 45 JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE .............................................................................. 396 232,501 396 232,501 

46 TRAILERS ................................................................................................................. 0 2,034 0 2,034 

ENGINEER AND OTHER EQUIPMENT 

47 TACTICAL FUEL SYSTEMS ........................................................................................ 0 12,956 0 12,956 

48 POWER EQUIPMENT ASSORTED ............................................................................... 0 28,899 0 28,899 49 AMPHIBIOUS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 0 15,691 0 15,691 50 EOD SYSTEMS .......................................................................................................... 0 41,200 0 41,200 

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

51 PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT ............................................................................ 0 53,949 0 53,949 

GENERAL PROPERTY 

52 FIELD MEDICAL EQUIPMENT .................................................................................... 0 5,457 0 5,457 53 TRAINING DEVICES ................................................................................................... 0 96,577 0 96,577 

54 FAMILY OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT .................................................................. 0 29,883 0 29,883 55 ULTRA-LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE (ULTV) ................................................................. 0 17,034 0 17,034 

OTHER SUPPORT 

56 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................ 0 27,691 0 27,691 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

57 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .................................................................................... 0 35,657 0 35,657

TOTAL PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS .................................................................. 648 3,979,212 0 4,500 648 3,983,712 AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE 

1 B–21 RAIDER ........................................................................................................... 0 1,617,093 0 1,617,093 

2 B–21 RAIDER ........................................................................................................... 0 708,000 0 708,000 

TACTICAL FORCES 

3 F–35 ........................................................................................................................ 48 4,877,121 48 4,877,121 

4 F–35 ........................................................................................................................ 0 402,000 0 402,000 5 F–15EX .................................................................................................................... 24 2,670,039 0 –200,448 24 2,469,591 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................... [0 ] [–200,448 ] 

6 F–15EX .................................................................................................................... 0 228,000 0 228,000 


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Line Item 

FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

TACTICAL AIRLIFT 

7 KC–46A MDAP ......................................................................................................... 15 2,882,590 15 2,882,590 

OTHER AIRLIFT 

8 C–130J ..................................................................................................................... 0 34,921 0 34,921 

HELICOPTERS 

11 MH–139A ................................................................................................................. 7 228,807 7 228,807 

12 COMBAT RESCUE HELICOPTER ................................................................................ 0 282,533 0 282,533 

MISSION SUPPORT AIRCRAFT 

13 CIVIL AIR PATROL A/C ............................................................................................. 0 3,013 0 3,013 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

15 TARGET DRONES ...................................................................................................... 20 42,226 20 42,226 

17 E–11 BACN/HAG ...................................................................................................... 1 67,367 1 67,367 

STRATEGIC AIRCRAFT 

19 B–2A ........................................................................................................................ 0 107,980 0 107,980 

20 B–1B ........................................................................................................................ 0 12,757 0 –2,975 0 9,782 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................... [0 ] [–2,975 ] 

21 B–52 ........................................................................................................................ 0 65,815 0 –14,017 0 51,798 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................... [0 ] [–14,017 ] 

22 LARGE AIRCRAFT INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES .................................................. 0 21,723 0 21,723 

TACTICAL AIRCRAFT 

24 E–11 BACN/HAG ...................................................................................................... 0 58,923 0 58,923 

25 F–15 ........................................................................................................................ 0 34,830 0 120,448 0 155,278 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................... [0 ] [120,448 ] 

26 F–16 ........................................................................................................................ 0 297,342 0 297,342 

27 F–22A ...................................................................................................................... 0 794,676 0 794,676 28 F–35 MODIFICATIONS .............................................................................................. 0 451,798 0 451,798 


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29 F–15 EPAW .............................................................................................................. 0 280,658 0 280,658 

AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT 

31 C–5 .......................................................................................................................... 0 24,377 0 24,377 32 C–17A ...................................................................................................................... 0 140,560 0 140,560 

33 C–32A ...................................................................................................................... 0 19,060 0 19,060 34 C–37A ...................................................................................................................... 0 13,454 0 13,454 

TRAINER AIRCRAFT 

35 GLIDER MODS .......................................................................................................... 0 5,270 0 5,270 

36 T–6 .......................................................................................................................... 0 2,942 0 2,942 37 T–1 .......................................................................................................................... 0 10,950 0 10,950 38 T–38 ........................................................................................................................ 0 125,340 0 125,340 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

40 U–2 MODS ............................................................................................................... 0 54,727 0 54,727 

42 C–12 ........................................................................................................................ 0 446 0 446 44 VC–25A MOD ........................................................................................................... 0 29,707 0 29,707 45 C–40 ........................................................................................................................ 0 8,921 0 8,921 46 C–130 ...................................................................................................................... 0 71,177 0 71,177 47 C–130J MODS .......................................................................................................... 0 121,258 0 121,258 48 C–135 ...................................................................................................................... 0 153,595 0 153,595 49 COMPASS CALL ........................................................................................................ 0 144,686 0 144,686 50 COMBAT FLIGHT INSPECTION—CFIN ....................................................................... 0 446 0 446 51 RC–135 .................................................................................................................... 0 220,138 0 20,000 0 240,138 

RC–135 alternate PNT upgrades ............................................................................ [0 ] [20,000 ] 

52 E–3 .......................................................................................................................... 0 1,350 0 1,350 53 E–4 .......................................................................................................................... 0 13,055 0 13,055 56 H–1 .......................................................................................................................... 0 816 0 816 57 H–60 ........................................................................................................................ 0 4,207 0 4,207 

60 HC/MC–130 MODIFICATIONS ................................................................................... 0 101,055 0 101,055 

61 OTHER AIRCRAFT ..................................................................................................... 0 54,134 0 19,269 0 73,403 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................... [0 ] [11,619 ] DAF requested realignment of funds for SLPA-A ................................................... [0 ] [7,650 ] 

62 MQ–9 MODS ............................................................................................................ 0 98,063 0 98,063 


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Line Item 

FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

64 SENIOR LEADER C3 SYSTEM—AIRCRAFT ............................................................... 0 24,847 0 24,847 65 CV–22 MODS ........................................................................................................... 0 153,006 0 153,006 

AIRCRAFT SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

66 INITIAL SPARES/REPAIR PARTS ................................................................................ 0 781,521 0 –8,644 0 772,877 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................... [0 ] [–8,644 ] COMMON SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

67 AIRCRAFT REPLACEMENT SUPPORT EQUIP .............................................................. 0 157,664 0 157,664 

POST PRODUCTION SUPPORT 

68 B–2A ........................................................................................................................ 0 1,838 0 1,838 

69 B–2B ........................................................................................................................ 0 15,207 0 15,207 72 MC–130J .................................................................................................................. 0 10,117 0 10,117 74 F–16 ........................................................................................................................ 0 1,075 0 1,075 75 F–22A ...................................................................................................................... 0 38,418 0 38,418 

INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS 

79 INDUSTRIAL RESPONSIVENESS ................................................................................ 0 18,874 0 18,874 

WAR CONSUMABLES 

80 WAR CONSUMABLES ................................................................................................ 0 27,482 0 27,482 

OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES 

81 OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES ............................................................................... 0 1,478,044 0 80,000 0 1,558,044 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................... [0 ] [80,000 ] CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

9999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................................... 0 17,165 0 17,165 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ........................................................ 115 20,315,204 0 13,633 115 20,328,837 MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE MISSILE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT—BALLISTIC 


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1 MISSILE REPLACEMENT EQ-BALLISTIC .................................................................... 0 69,319 0 69,319 

BALLISTIC MISSILES 

3 GROUND BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT ................................................................ 0 539,300 0 539,300 

STRATEGIC TACTICAL 

4 LONG RANGE STAND-OFF WEAPON .......................................................................... 0 66,816 0 66,816 5 REPLAC EQUIP & WAR CONSUMABLES ................................................................... 0 37,318 0 37,318 6 JOINT AIR-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE .................................................................. 550 915,996 550 915,996 7 JOINT AIR-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE .................................................................. 0 769,672 0 769,672 8 JOINT STRIKE MISSILE ............................................................................................. 48 161,011 48 161,011 9 LRASM0 .................................................................................................................... 27 87,796 27 87,796 

10 LRASM0 .................................................................................................................... 0 99,871 0 99,871 11 SIDEWINDER (AIM–9X) ............................................................................................. 192 95,643 192 95,643 12 AMRAAM ................................................................................................................... 457 489,049 457 489,049 13 AMRAAM ................................................................................................................... 0 212,410 0 212,410 14 PREDATOR HELLFIRE MISSILE ................................................................................. 0 1,049 0 1,049 15 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB .......................................................................................... 874 48,734 874 48,734 16 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB II ...................................................................................... 920 291,553 920 291,553 17 STAND-IN ATTACK WEAPON (SIAW) .......................................................................... 14 41,947 14 41,947 

INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES 

18 INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS/POL PREVENTION ....................................................... 0 793 0 793 

CLASS IV 

19 ICBM FUZE MOD ...................................................................................................... 0 115,745 0 115,745 20 ICBM FUZE MOD ...................................................................................................... 0 43,044 0 43,044 21 MM III MODIFICATIONS ............................................................................................ 0 48,639 0 48,639 22 AIR LAUNCH CRUISE MISSILE (ALCM) ..................................................................... 0 41,494 0 41,494 

MISSILE SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

23 MSL SPRS/REPAIR PARTS (INITIAL) ......................................................................... 0 6,840 0 6,840 24 MSL SPRS/REPAIR PARTS (REPLEN) ........................................................................ 0 75,191 0 75,191 

SPECIAL PROGRAMS 

29 SPECIAL UPDATE PROGRAMS .................................................................................. 0 419,498 0 419,498

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SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item 

FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

9999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................................... 0 851,718 0 851,718 

TOTAL MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE .......................................................... 3,082 5,530,446 0 0 3,082 5,530,446 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE ROCKETS 

1 ROCKETS .................................................................................................................. 0 18,483 0 18,483 

CARTRIDGES 

2 CARTRIDGES ............................................................................................................ 0 101,104 0 101,104 

BOMBS 

4 GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS ..................................................................................... 0 142,118 0 142,118

5 MASSIVE ORDNANCE PENETRATOR (MOP) ............................................................... 0 14,074 0 14,074 6 JOINT DIRECT ATTACK MUNITION ............................................................................. 1,772 132,364 1,772 132,364 

7 B–61 ........................................................................................................................ 0 68 0 68 8 B61–12 TRAINER ..................................................................................................... 0 10,100 0 10,100 

OTHER ITEMS 

9 CAD/PAD .................................................................................................................. 0 51,487 0 51,487 

10 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) ................................................................. 0 6,707 0 6,707 11 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .................................................................................... 0 585 0 585 13 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION .................................................................... 0 2,299 0 2,299 14 ITEMS LESS THAN $5,000,000 ................................................................................ 0 5,115 0 5,115 

FLARES 

15 EXPENDABLE COUNTERMEASURES .......................................................................... 0 79,786 0 79,786 

FUZES 

16 FUZES ...................................................................................................................... 0 109,562 0 109,562 

SMALL ARMS 

17 SMALL ARMS ............................................................................................................ 0 29,306 0 29,306 


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TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE ............................................. 1,772 703,158 0 0 1,772 703,158 

PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE SPACE PROCUREMENT, SF 

1 AF SATELLITE COMM SYSTEM .................................................................................. 0 64,345 0 64,345 3 COUNTERSPACE SYSTEMS ....................................................................................... 0 52,665 0 52,665 4 FAMILY OF BEYOND LINE-OF-SIGHT TERMINALS ..................................................... 0 25,057 0 25,057 5 FABT FORCE ELEMENT TERMINAL ........................................................................... 0 121,634 0 121,634 7 GENERAL INFORMATION TECH—SPACE .................................................................. 0 3,451 0 3,451 8 GPSIII FOLLOW ON ................................................................................................... 0 119,700 0 119,700 9 GPS III SPACE SEGMENT ......................................................................................... 0 121,770 0 121,770 

10 GLOBAL POSTIONING (SPACE) ................................................................................. 0 893 0 893 11 HERITAGE TRANSITION ............................................................................................. 0 6,110 0 6,110 12 JOINT TACTICAL GROUND STATIONS ........................................................................ 0 580 0 580 13 SPACEBORNE EQUIP (COMSEC) ............................................................................... 0 83,168 0 83,168 14 MILSATCOM .............................................................................................................. 0 44,672 0 44,672 15 SBIR HIGH (SPACE) ................................................................................................. 0 39,438 0 39,438 16 SPECIAL SPACE ACTIVITIES ..................................................................................... 0 840,913 0 –460,700 0 380,213 

Space Force realignment of funds .......................................................................... [0 ] [–497,000 ] Space Force Unfunded Priorities List Classified Program A .................................. [0 ] [36,300 ] 

17 MOBILE USER OBJECTIVE SYSTEM .......................................................................... 0 101,147 0 101,147 18 NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH ...................................................................... 10 2,142,846 10 2,142,846 

20 PTES HUB ................................................................................................................ 12 56,482 12 56,482 21 ROCKET SYSTEMS LAUNCH PROGRAM .................................................................... 0 74,848 0 74,848 22 SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY LAUNCH ................................................................. 5 529,468 5 529,468 23 SPACE MODS ........................................................................................................... 0 166,596 0 166,596 24 SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM SPACE .......................................................................... 0 114,505 0 114,505 

SPARES 

25 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .................................................................................... 0 906 0 906 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

26 POWER CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 0 3,100 0 3,100 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE .................................................................... 27 4,714,294 0 –460,700 27 4,253,594 


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SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item 

FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES 

1 PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES ........................................................................... 0 6,123 0 6,123 

CARGO AND UTILITY VEHICLES 

2 MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLE .................................................................................... 0 3,961 0 3,961 3 CAP VEHICLES ......................................................................................................... 0 1,027 0 1,027 

4 CARGO AND UTILITY VEHICLES ................................................................................ 0 45,036 0 2,302 0 47,338 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................... [0 ] [328 ] DAF requested realignment of funds from OMAF SAG 11R ................................... [0 ] [1,974 ] SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES 

5 JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE .............................................................................. 0 57,780 0 57,780 6 SECURITY AND TACTICAL VEHICLES ........................................................................ 0 390 0 390 7 SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES .................................................................................. 0 79,023 0 3,780 0 82,803 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................... [0 ] [340 ] DAF requested realignment of funds from OMAF SAG 11R ................................... [0 ] [3,440 ] FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT 

8 FIRE FIGHTING/CRASH RESCUE VEHICLES .............................................................. 0 70,252 0 70,252 

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

9 MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES ............................................................................. 0 73,805 0 2,090 0 75,895 

DAF requested realignment of funds from OMAF SAG 11R ................................... [0 ] [1,805 ] DAF requested realignment of funds from OPAF line 11 ....................................... [0 ] [285 ] BASE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT 

10 RUNWAY SNOW REMOV AND CLEANING EQU .......................................................... 0 22,030 0 22,030 11 BASE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT VEHICLES ............................................................... 0 223,354 0 17,280 0 240,634

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................... [0 ] [–953 ] 


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DAF requested realignment of funds from OMAF SAG 11R ................................... [0 ] [18,233 ] COMM SECURITY EQUIPMENT(COMSEC) 

13 COMSEC EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................... 0 98,600 0 98,600 

INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS 

15 INTERNATIONAL INTEL TFECH & ARCHITECTURES ................................................... 0 5,393 0 5,393 16 INTELLIGENCE TRAINING EQUIPMENT ...................................................................... 0 5,012 0 5,012 17 INTELLIGENCE COMM EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 0 40,042 0 40,042 

ELECTRONICS PROGRAMS 

18 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL & LANDING SYS .................................................................. 0 67,581 0 67,581 19 NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM .................................................................................. 0 3,841 0 3,841 20 BATTLE CONTROL SYSTEM—FIXED ......................................................................... 0 1,867 0 1,867 22 3D EXPEDITIONARY LONG-RANGE RADAR ............................................................... 0 83,735 0 83,735 23 WEATHER OBSERVATION FORECAST ........................................................................ 0 28,530 0 28,530 24 STRATEGIC COMMAND AND CONTROL ..................................................................... 0 73,593 0 73,593 25 CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX ............................................................................. 0 8,221 0 8,221 26 MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS .................................................................................. 0 17,078 0 17,078 29 STRATEGIC MISSION PLANNING & EXECUTION SYSTEM .......................................... 0 3,861 0 3,861 

SPCL COMM-ELECTRONICS PROJECTS 

30 GENERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY .................................................................... 0 206,142 0 30,951 0 237,093 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................... [0 ] [30,951 ] 

31 AF GLOBAL COMMAND & CONTROL SYS ................................................................. 0 2,582 0 2,582 32 BATTLEFIELD AIRBORNE CONTROL NODE (BACN) ................................................... 0 30 0 30 33 MOBILITY COMMAND AND CONTROL ....................................................................... 0 3,768 0 3,768 34 AIR FORCE PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEM ............................................................... 0 208,704 0 208,704 35 COMBAT TRAINING RANGES ..................................................................................... 0 346,340 0 346,340 

36 MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY COMM N ........................................................... 0 84,102 0 84,102 37 WIDE AREA SURVEILLANCE (WAS) ........................................................................... 0 11,594 0 11,594 38 C3 COUNTERMEASURES .......................................................................................... 0 148,818 0 148,818 44 AIR & SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER (AOC) .............................................................. 0 5,032 0 5,032 

AIR FORCE COMMUNICATIONS 

46 BASE INFORMATION TRANSPT INFRAST (BITI) WIRED ............................................. 0 108,532 0 214,172 0 322,704 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................... [0 ] [214,172 ] 


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SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item 

FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

47 AFNET ....................................................................................................................... 0 154,911 0 154,911 48 JOINT COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT ELEMENT (JCSE) .............................................. 0 5,381 0 5,381 49 USCENTCOM ............................................................................................................. 0 18,025 0 18,025 50 USSTRATCOM ........................................................................................................... 0 4,436 0 4,436 51 USSPACECOM ........................................................................................................... 0 27,073 0 27,073 

ORGANIZATION AND BASE 

52 TACTICAL C-E EQUIPMENT ....................................................................................... 0 226,819 0 226,819 

53 RADIO EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................... 0 30,407 0 30,407 54 BASE COMM INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................... 0 113,563 0 113,563 

MODIFICATIONS 

55 COMM ELECT MODS ................................................................................................ 0 98,224 0 98,224 

PERSONAL SAFETY & RESCUE EQUIP 

56 PERSONAL SAFETY AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT ......................................................... 0 60,473 0 60,473 

DEPOT PLANT+MTRLS HANDLING EQ 

57 POWER CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 0 9,235 0 9,235 58 MECHANIZED MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIP .............................................................. 0 15,662 0 15,662 

BASE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

59 BASE PROCURED EQUIPMENT ................................................................................. 0 77,875 0 77,875 60 ENGINEERING AND EOD EQUIPMENT ....................................................................... 0 280,734 0 8,234 0 288,968 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................... [0 ] [2,284 ] DAF requested realignment of funds from OMAF SAG 11R ................................... [0 ] [5,950 ] 

61 MOBILITY EQUIPMENT .............................................................................................. 0 207,071 0 25,200 0 232,271 

DAF requested realignment of funds from OMAF SAG 11R ................................... [0 ] [25,200 ] 

62 FUELS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (FSE) ......................................................................... 0 218,790 0 218,790 63 BASE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................... 0 51,914 0 51,914 

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65 DARP RC135 ............................................................................................................ 0 28,882 0 28,882 66 DCGS-AF .................................................................................................................. 0 129,655 0 129,655 70 SPECIAL UPDATE PROGRAM .................................................................................... 0 1,042,833 0 1,042,833 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

9999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................................... 0 25,456,490 0 25,456,490 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

71 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS (CYBER) ..................................................................... 0 1,032 0 1,032 72 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS .................................................................................... 0 12,628 0 12,628

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ............................................................. 0 30,417,892 0 304,009 0 30,721,901 PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DCSA 

29 MAJOR EQUIPMENT .................................................................................................. 0 2,135 0 2,135 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DHRA 

43 PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................. 0 3,704 0 3,704 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DISA 

11 INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY .......................................................................... 0 12,275 0 12,275 12 TELEPORT PROGRAM ............................................................................................... 0 42,399 0 42,399 

14 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................ 0 47,538 0 47,538 15 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEM NETWORK ............................................................ 0 39,472 0 39,472 16 WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATION AGENCY ................................................................ 0 118,523 0 118,523 17 SENIOR LEADERSHIP ENTERPRISE ........................................................................... 0 94,591 0 94,591 18 JOINT REGIONAL SECURITY STACKS (JRSS) ............................................................. 0 22,714 0 –7,000 0 15,714

Program reduction ................................................................................................... [0 ] [–7,000 ] 

19 JOINT SERVICE PROVIDER ....................................................................................... 0 107,637 0 107,637 

20 FOURTH ESTATE NETWORK OPTIMIZATION (4ENO) .................................................. 0 33,047 0 33,047 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DLA 

28 MAJOR EQUIPMENT .................................................................................................. 0 30,355 0 30,355 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DMACT 

50 MAJOR EQUIPMENT .................................................................................................. 0 13,012 0 13,012 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DODEA 

49 AUTOMATION/EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT & LOGISTICS ............................................... 0 1,358 0 1,358 


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SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item 

FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DPAA 

1 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DPAA ....................................................................................... 10 516 10 516 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY 

46 VEHICLES ................................................................................................................. 0 366 0 366 

47 OTHER MAJOR EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................... 0 12,787 0 12,78748 DTRA CYBER ACTIVITIES .......................................................................................... 0 21,413 0 21,413 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY 

31 THAAD ...................................................................................................................... 11 216,782 11 216,782 

33 AEGIS BMD .............................................................................................................. 27 374,756 27 374,756 35 BMDS AN/TPY–2 RADARS ........................................................................................ 0 29,108 0 29,108 36 SM–3 IIAS ................................................................................................................ 12 432,824 12 432,824 37 ARROW 3 UPPER TIER SYSTEMS ............................................................................. 1 80,000 1 80,000 38 SHORT RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE (SRBMD) ........................................... 1 40,000 1 40,000 39 DEFENSE OF GUAM PROCUREMENT ........................................................................ 1 169,627 1 169,627 40 AEGIS ASHORE PHASE III ......................................................................................... 0 2,390 0 2,390 41 IRON DOME .............................................................................................................. 1 80,000 1 80,000 42 AEGIS BMD HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ................................................................. 9 27,825 9 27,825 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, OSD 

2 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, OSD ......................................................................................... 0 186,006 0 186,006 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, TJS 

30 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, TJS ........................................................................................... 0 3,747 0 3,747 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, USCYBERCOM 

51 CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS ...................................................................................... 0 129,082 0 31,000 0 160,082 

Modernization of Department of Defense Internet Gateway Cyber Defense .......... [0 ] [31,000 ] CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

9999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................................... 0 658,529 0 658,529 


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AVIATION PROGRAMS 

53 ARMED OVERWATCH/TARGETING ............................................................................. 12 266,846 12 266,846 54 MANNED ISR ............................................................................................................ 0 7,000 0 7,000 

55 MC–12 ..................................................................................................................... 0 600 0 600 57 ROTARY WING UPGRADES AND SUSTAINMENT ........................................................ 0 261,012 0 261,012 58 UNMANNED ISR ........................................................................................................ 0 26,997 0 26,997 59 NON-STANDARD AVIATION ........................................................................................ 0 25,782 0 25,782 60 U–28 ........................................................................................................................ 0 7,198 0 7,198 61 MH–47 CHINOOK ..................................................................................................... 0 149,883 0 149,883 62 CV–22 MODIFICATION .............................................................................................. 0 75,981 0 75,981 63 MQ–9 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE ........................................................................ 0 17,684 0 17,684 64 PRECISION STRIKE PACKAGE ................................................................................... 0 108,497 0 108,497 65 AC/MC–130J ............................................................................................................ 0 319,754 0 319,754 66 C–130 MODIFICATIONS ............................................................................................ 0 18,796 0 18,796 

SHIPBUILDING 

67 UNDERWATER SYSTEMS ........................................................................................... 0 66,111 0 12,060 0 78,171 

Seal Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Sonar Payload for Subsea Seabed Acceleration ........ [0 ] [12,060 ] AMMUNITION PROGRAMS 

68 ORDNANCE ITEMS <$5M ......................................................................................... 0 147,831 0 147,831 

OTHER PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS 

69 INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS .......................................................................................... 0 203,400 0 203,400 

70 DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS ............................................. 0 5,718 0 5,718 71 OTHER ITEMS <$5M ................................................................................................ 0 108,816 0 108,816 72 COMBATANT CRAFT SYSTEMS .................................................................................. 0 55,064 0 55,064 73 SPECIAL PROGRAMS ................................................................................................ 0 20,412 0 20,412 74 TACTICAL VEHICLES ................................................................................................. 0 56,561 0 56,561 75 WARRIOR SYSTEMS <$5M ....................................................................................... 0 329,837 0 14,800 0 344,637 

Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) Group 3 Defeat Acceleration ............... [0 ] [14,800 ] 

76 COMBAT MISSION REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................... 0 4,987 0 4,987 77 OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS INTELLIGENCE ........................................................ 0 23,639 0 23,639 78 OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS ................................................................................ 0 322,341 0 322,341 

CBDP 


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SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item 

FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

79 CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL SITUATIONAL AWARENESS .................................................. 0 159,884 0 159,884 80 CB PROTECTION & HAZARD MITIGATION ................................................................. 0 231,826 0 5,000 0 236,826 

Chemical nerve agent countermeasures ................................................................. [0 ] [5,000 ] TOTAL PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE .................................................................. 85 6,056,975 0 55,860 85 6,112,835 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT ............................................................................................. 17,859 167,988,341 2 1,852,302 17,861 169,840,643 


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TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND 

EVALUATION 

SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION. 

SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, ARMY BASIC RESEARCH 

1 0601102A DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES ....................................................................................................... 296,670 296,670 2 0601103A UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES ................................................................................................ 75,672 75,672 3 0601104A UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH CENTERS .......................................................................... 108,946 108,946 

4 0601121A CYBER COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ALLIANCE ................................................................................ 5,459 5,459 5 0601601A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING BASIC RESEARCH ......................................... 10,708 10,708 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ........................................................................................................... 497,455 0 497,455 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

6 0602002A ARMY AGILE INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT-APPLIED RESEARCH ............................................... 5,613 5,613 8 0602134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT ADVANCED STUDIES ...................................................................... 6,242 6,242 

9 0602141A LETHALITY TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................................. 85,578 85,578 

10 0602142A ARMY APPLIED RESEARCH ............................................................................................................... 34,572 34,572 11 0602143A SOLDIER LETHALITY TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................................... 104,470 10,000 114,470 

Airborne Pathfinder .......................................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

12 0602144A GROUND TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................................................................... 60,005 20,000 80,005 

Critical hybrid advanced materials processing .............................................................................. [7,000 ] Engineered repair materials for roadways ...................................................................................... [3,000 ] 


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SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Polar proving ground and training program .................................................................................. [5,000 ] Titanium metal powder production technology ............................................................................... [5,000 ] 

13 0602145A NEXT GENERATION COMBAT VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ....................................................................... 166,500 15,000 181,500 

Fuel cells for next generation combat vehicles .............................................................................. [5,000 ] Hydrogen fuel source research and development ........................................................................... [10,000 ] 

14 0602146A NETWORK C3I TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................ 81,618 81,618 15 0602147A LONG RANGE PRECISION FIRES TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................ 34,683 34,683 16 0602148A FUTURE VERTICLE LIFT TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................. 73,844 73,844 17 0602150A AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY ....................................................................................... 33,301 5,000 38,301 

Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems technology ............................................................................ [5,000 ] 

18 0602180A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES ............................................. 24,142 24,14219 0602181A ALL DOMAIN CONVERGENCE APPLIED RESEARCH ........................................................................... 14,297 14,297 20 0602182A C3I APPLIED RESEARCH .................................................................................................................. 30,659 30,659 21 0602183A AIR PLATFORM APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................................................................ 48,163 48,163 22 0602184A SOLDIER APPLIED RESEARCH .......................................................................................................... 18,986 18,986 23 0602213A C3I APPLIED CYBER ......................................................................................................................... 22,714 22,714 24 0602386A BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR MATERIALS—APPLIED RESEARCH ............................................................... 16,736 16,736 25 0602785A MANPOWER/PERSONNEL/TRAINING TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................ 19,969 19,969 26 0602787A MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................................... 66,266 5,000 71,266 

Preventing trauma-related stress disorder ..................................................................................... [5,000 ] SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH ....................................................................................................... 948,358 55,000 1,003,358 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

27 0603002A MEDICAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................. 4,147 4,147 

28 0603007A MANPOWER, PERSONNEL AND TRAINING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................................................ 16,316 16,316 29 0603025A ARMY AGILE INNOVATION AND DEMONSTRATION ............................................................................ 23,156 23,156 30 0603040A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES ........................... 13,187 5,000 18,187 


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Tactical artificial intelligence and machine learning .................................................................... [5,000 ] 

31 0603041A ALL DOMAIN CONVERGENCE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................................................................... 33,332 33,332 32 0603042A C3I ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .......................................................................................................... 19,225 19,225 33 0603043A AIR PLATFORM ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................ 14,165 14,165 34 0603044A SOLDIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................. 1,214 1,214 36 0603116A LETHALITY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................... 20,582 20,582 37 0603117A ARMY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................. 136,280 136,280 38 0603118A SOLDIER LETHALITY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................ 102,778 102,778 39 0603119A GROUND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................. 40,597 5,000 45,597 

Advanced composites and multi-material protective systems ....................................................... [5,000 ] 

40 0603134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT SIMULATION .................................................................................. 21,672 21,672 

41 0603386A BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR MATERIALS—ADVANCED RESEARCH ........................................................... 59,871 59,871 42 0603457A C3I CYBER ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................ 28,847 28,847 43 0603461A HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING MODERNIZATION PROGRAM ...................................................... 255,772 10,000 265,772 

High Performance Computing Modernization Program increase .................................................... [10,000 ] 

44 0603462A NEXT GENERATION COMBAT VEHICLE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .................................................... 217,394 7,000 224,394 

Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence .............................................................................. [7,000 ] 

45 0603463A NETWORK C3I ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ......................................................................................... 105,549 105,549 46 0603464A LONG RANGE PRECISION FIRES ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .............................................................. 153,024 5,000 158,024 

Aluminum-Lithium Alloy Solid Rocket Motor ................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

47 0603465A FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................... 158,795 158,795 48 0603466A AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .................................................................... 21,015 5,000 26,015 

Rapid Assurance Modernization Program-Test ............................................................................... [5,000 ] 

49 0603920A HUMANITARIAN DEMINING ................................................................................................................ 9,068 9,068 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................... 1,455,986 37,000 1,492,986 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPES 

51 0603305A ARMY MISSLE DEFENSE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ............................................................................ 12,904 12,904 

52 0603308A ARMY SPACE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION .............................................................................................. 19,120 19,120 54 0603619A LANDMINE WARFARE AND BARRIER—ADV DEV .............................................................................. 47,537 47,537 55 0603639A TANK AND MEDIUM CALIBER AMMUNITION ..................................................................................... 91,323 91,323 56 0603645A ARMORED SYSTEM MODERNIZATION—ADV DEV ............................................................................. 43,026 43,026 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

57 0603747A SOLDIER SUPPORT AND SURVIVABILITY .......................................................................................... 3,550 3,550 58 0603766A TACTICAL ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM—ADV DEV ........................................................... 65,567 65,567 59 0603774A NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................ 73,675 73,675 60 0603779A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY—DEM/VAL ...................................................................... 31,720 31,720 61 0603790A NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................. 4,143 4,143 62 0603801A AVIATION—ADV DEV ........................................................................................................................ 1,502,160 1,502,160 63 0603804A LOGISTICS AND ENGINEER EQUIPMENT—ADV DEV ........................................................................ 7,604 7,604 64 0603807A MEDICAL SYSTEMS—ADV DEV ........................................................................................................ 1,602 1,602 65 0603827A SOLDIER SYSTEMS—ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................. 27,681 27,681 66 0604017A ROBOTICS DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................ 3,024 3,024 67 0604019A EXPANDED MISSION AREA MISSILE (EMAM) .................................................................................... 97,018 97,018 68 0604020A CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAM (CFT) ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPING ............................... 117,557 117,557 69 0604035A LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITE CAPABILITY ............................................................................ 38,851 38,851 70 0604036A MULTI-DOMAIN SENSING SYSTEM (MDSS) ADV DEV ....................................................................... 191,394 191,394 71 0604037A TACTICAL INTEL TARGETING ACCESS NODE (TITAN) ADV DEV ........................................................ 10,626 10,626 72 0604100A ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ............................................................................................................ 11,095 11,095 73 0604101A SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (SUAV) (6.4) .......................................................................... 5,144 5,144 74 0604103A ELECTRONIC WARFARE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TOOL (EWPMT) ........................................... 2,260 2,260 75 0604113A FUTURE TACTICAL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (FTUAS) ............................................................ 53,143 53,143 76 0604114A LOWER TIER AIR MISSILE DEFENSE (LTAMD) SENSOR .................................................................... 816,663 816,663 77 0604115A TECHNOLOGY MATURATION INITIATIVES ........................................................................................... 281,314 281,314 78 0604117A MANEUVER—SHORT RANGE AIR DEFENSE (M-SHORAD) ................................................................ 281,239 281,239 79 0604119A ARMY ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPING .................................................... 204,914 204,914 80 0604120A ASSURED POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING (PNT) ................................................................ 40,930 40,930 81 0604121A SYNTHETIC TRAINING ENVIRONMENT REFINEMENT & PROTOTYPING .............................................. 109,714 109,714 82 0604134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT DEMONSTRATION, PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT, AND TESTING ...... 16,426 16,426 83 0604135A STRATEGIC MID-RANGE FIRES ......................................................................................................... 31,559 31,559 


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84 0604182A HYPERSONICS .................................................................................................................................. 43,435 43,435 85 0604403A FUTURE INTERCEPTOR ..................................................................................................................... 8,040 8,040 86 0604531A COUNTER—SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ........................... 64,242 64,242 87 0604541A UNIFIED NETWORK TRANSPORT ....................................................................................................... 40,915 40,915 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................... 19,200 19,200 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPES ............................................. 4,420,315 0 4,420,315 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION 

91 0604201A AIRCRAFT AVIONICS ......................................................................................................................... 13,673 13,673 

92 0604270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................ 12,789 12,789 93 0604601A INFANTRY SUPPORT WEAPONS ......................................................................................................... 64,076 64,076 94 0604604A MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLES ........................................................................................................... 28,226 28,226 95 0604611A JAVELIN ............................................................................................................................................ 7,827 7,827 96 0604622A FAMILY OF HEAVY TACTICAL VEHICLES ........................................................................................... 44,197 44,197 97 0604633A AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ..................................................................................................................... 1,134 1,134 98 0604641A TACTICAL UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE (TUGV) ............................................................................ 142,125 142,125 99 0604642A LIGHT TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLES .............................................................................................. 53,564 53,564 

100 0604645A ARMORED SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION (ASM)—ENG DEV ................................................................ 102,201 102,201 101 0604710A NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS—ENG DEV ................................................................................................ 48,720 7,500 56,220 

Enhanced Night Vision Goggle—Binocular capability enhancements ........................................... [7,500 ] 

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 74,738 105 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 ........................................................................................... 243,851 243,851 110 0604804A LOGISTICS AND ENGINEER EQUIPMENT—ENG DEV ........................................................................ 37,420 5,000 42,420 

Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Net System ..................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

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 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

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113 0604808A LANDMINE WARFARE/BARRIER—ENG DEV ...................................................................................... 13,581 13,581 114 0604818A ARMY TACTICAL COMMAND & CONTROL HARDWARE & SOFTWARE ............................................... 168,574 168,574 115 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 .............................................................................................. 201,274 201,274 137 0605144A NEXT GENERATION LOAD DEVICE—MEDIUM ................................................................................... 36,970 36,970 139 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 


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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) ................................................................ 284,095 284,095 153 0605531A COUNTER—SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS SYS DEV & DEMONSTRATION ....................... 36,016 36,016 154 0605625A MANNED GROUND VEHICLE ............................................................................................................. 996,653 996,653 155 0605766A NATIONAL CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION (MIP) ................................................................................... 15,129 15,129 156 0605812A JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE (JLTV) ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT PH .. 27,243 27,243 157 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 & DEMONSTRATION ................................................................. 5,639,364 12,500 5,651,864 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

160 0604256A THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................. 38,492 38,492 

161 0604258A TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................... 11,873 11,873 162 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 10,000 449,118 

Radar Range Replacement Program ............................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

168 0605602A ARMY TECHNICAL TEST INSTRUMENTATION AND TARGETS ............................................................. 42,220 42,220 169 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 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

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 31,327 179 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 91,340 183 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 10,000 1,634,585 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS 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 10,000 11,507 

Program increase ............................................................................................................................. [10,000 ] 

191 0607137A CHINOOK PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ................................................................................ 9,265 10,000 19,265 

Program increase ............................................................................................................................. [10,000 ] 

192 0607139A IMPROVED TURBINE ENGINE PROGRAM .......................................................................................... 201,247 201,247 193 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 10,000 20,547 

Apache future development program increase ............................................................................... [10,000 ] 

196 0607148A AN/TPQ–53 COUNTERFIRE TARGET ACQUISITION RADAR SYSTEM .................................................. 54,167 54,167 

197 0607150A INTEL CYBER DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................... 4,345 4,345 


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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 ................................................................................. 146,635 146,635 205 0203743A 155MM SELF-PROPELLED HOWITZER IMPROVEMENTS .................................................................... 122,902 122,902 207 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 75,317 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................... 8,786 8,786 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................ 1,105,748 30,000 1,135,748 

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 0 83,570 TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, ARMY ................................................................ 15,775,381 144,500 15,919,881 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

BASIC RESEARCH 

1 0601103N UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES ................................................................................................ 96,355 96,355 2 0601153N DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES ....................................................................................................... 540,908 540,908 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ........................................................................................................... 637,263 0 637,263 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

3 0602114N POWER PROJECTION APPLIED RESEARCH ....................................................................................... 23,982 23,982 

4 0602123N FORCE PROTECTION APPLIED RESEARCH ........................................................................................ 142,148 142,148 5 0602131M MARINE CORPS LANDING FORCE TECHNOLOGY .............................................................................. 59,208 59,208 6 0602235N COMMON PICTURE APPLIED RESEARCH .......................................................................................... 52,090 52,090 7 0602236N WARFIGHTER SUSTAINMENT APPLIED RESEARCH ............................................................................ 74,722 8,000 82,722 

Research on foreign malign influence operations .......................................................................... [8,000 ] 

8 0602271N ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS APPLIED RESEARCH ......................................................................... 92,473 92,473 9 0602435N OCEAN WARFIGHTING ENVIRONMENT APPLIED RESEARCH ............................................................. 80,806 7,000 87,806 

Intelligent Autonomous Systems for Seabed Warfare ..................................................................... [7,000 ] 

10 0602651M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS APPLIED RESEARCH ......................................................................... 7,419 7,419 

11 0602747N UNDERSEA WARFARE APPLIED RESEARCH ...................................................................................... 61,503 61,503 12 0602750N FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES APPLIED RESEARCH ......................................................................... 182,662 182,662 13 0602782N MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE APPLIED RESEARCH ............................................................. 30,435 30,435 14 0602792N INNOVATIVE NAVAL PROTOTYPES (INP) APPLIED RESEARCH .......................................................... 133,828 133,828 15 0602861N SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT—ONR FIELD ACITIVITIES ............................................ 85,063 85,063 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH ....................................................................................................... 1,026,339 15,000 1,041,339 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

16 0603123N FORCE PROTECTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................ 29,512 29,512 

17 0603271N ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................................................................. 8,418 8,418 18 0603273N SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR NUCLEAR RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS ....................................................... 112,329 112,329 


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19 0603640M USMC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION (ATD) ................................................................ 308,217 15,000 323,217 

Adaptive Future Force ...................................................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

Hardware In the Loop capabilities .................................................................................................. [5,000 ] 

Next generation unmanned aerial system distribution platform ................................................... [5,000 ] 

20 0603651M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ........................................................... 15,556 15,556 

21 0603673N FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ......................................... 264,700 264,700 22 0603680N MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ...................................................................................... 61,843 61,843 23 0603729N WARFIGHTER PROTECTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ...................................................................... 5,100 4,000 9,100 

Balloon catheter hemorrhage control device .................................................................................. [4,000 ] 

24 0603758N NAVY WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS ........................................................... 75,898 75,898 25 0603782N MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ..................................................... 2,048 2,048 26 0603801N INNOVATIVE NAVAL PROTOTYPES (INP) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .......................... 132,931 132,931 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................... 1,016,552 19,000 1,035,552 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPES 

27 0603128N UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM ............................................................................................................ 108,225 108,225 

28 0603178N LARGE UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES (LUSV) .............................................................................. 117,400 117,400 29 0603207N AIR/OCEAN TACTICAL APPLICATIONS ............................................................................................... 40,653 40,653 30 0603216N AVIATION SURVIVABILITY .................................................................................................................. 20,874 20,874 31 0603239N NAVAL CONSTRUCTION FORCES ....................................................................................................... 7,821 7,821 32 0603254N ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................................................... 17,090 17,090 33 0603261N TACTICAL AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE .......................................................................................... 3,721 3,721 34 0603382N ADVANCED COMBAT SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................. 6,216 6,216 35 0603502N SURFACE AND SHALLOW WATER MINE COUNTERMEASURES .......................................................... 34,690 34,690 

36 0603506N SURFACE SHIP TORPEDO DEFENSE ................................................................................................. 730 730 37 0603512N CARRIER SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................. 6,095 6,095 38 0603525N PILOT FISH ....................................................................................................................................... 916,208 916,208 39 0603527N RETRACT LARCH .............................................................................................................................. 7,545 7,545 40 0603536N RETRACT JUNIPER ............................................................................................................................ 271,109 271,109 41 0603542N RADIOLOGICAL CONTROL ................................................................................................................. 811 811 42 0603553N SURFACE ASW .................................................................................................................................. 1,189 1,189 43 0603561N ADVANCED SUBMARINE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................. 88,415 88,415 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

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44 0603562N SUBMARINE TACTICAL WARFARE SYSTEMS ..................................................................................... 15,119 15,119 45 0603563N SHIP CONCEPT ADVANCED DESIGN ................................................................................................. 89,939 89,939 46 0603564N SHIP PRELIMINARY DESIGN & FEASIBILITY STUDIES ...................................................................... 121,402 121,402 47 0603570N ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS ........................................................................................... 319,656 319,656 48 0603573N ADVANCED SURFACE MACHINERY SYSTEMS ................................................................................... 133,911 133,911 49 0603576N CHALK EAGLE ................................................................................................................................... 116,078 116,078 50 0603581N LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS) ........................................................................................................ 32,615 32,615 51 0603582N COMBAT SYSTEM INTEGRATION ....................................................................................................... 18,610 18,610 52 0603595N OHIO REPLACEMENT ........................................................................................................................ 257,076 5,000 262,076 

Advanced composites for wet submarine applications .................................................................. [5,000 ] 

53 0603596N LCS MISSION MODULES ................................................................................................................... 31,464 31,464 

54 0603597N AUTOMATED TEST AND RE-TEST (ATRT) .......................................................................................... 10,809 10,809 55 0603599N FRIGATE DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................... 112,972 112,972 56 0603609N CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS .............................................................................................................. 9,030 9,030 57 0603635M MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORT SYSTEM .................................................................... 128,782 128,782 58 0603654N JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT ................................................................... 44,766 44,766 59 0603713N OCEAN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................ 10,751 10,751 60 0603721N ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ......................................................................................................... 24,457 24,457 61 0603724N NAVY ENERGY PROGRAM ................................................................................................................. 72,214 72,214 62 0603725N FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT ................................................................................................................ 10,149 10,149 63 0603734N CHALK CORAL .................................................................................................................................. 687,841 687,841 64 0603739N NAVY LOGISTIC PRODUCTIVITY ........................................................................................................ 4,712 4,712 65 0603746N RETRACT MAPLE .............................................................................................................................. 420,455 420,455 66 0603748N LINK PLUMERIA ................................................................................................................................ 2,100,474 2,100,474 67 0603751N RETRACT ELM .................................................................................................................................. 88,036 88,036 68 0603764M LINK EVERGREEN ............................................................................................................................. 547,005 547,005 69 0603790N NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................. 6,265 6,265 


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70 0603795N LAND ATTACK TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................. 1,624 1,624 71 0603851M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS TESTING ........................................................................................... 31,058 31,058 72 0603860N JOINT PRECISION APPROACH AND LANDING SYSTEMS—DEM/VAL ................................................. 22,590 22,590 73 0603925N DIRECTED ENERGY AND ELECTRIC WEAPON SYSTEMS ................................................................... 52,129 52,129 74 0604014N F/A –18 INFRARED SEARCH AND TRACK (IRST) ............................................................................. 32,127 32,127 75 0604027N DIGITAL WARFARE OFFICE ................................................................................................................ 181,001 181,001 76 0604028N SMALL AND MEDIUM UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLES ................................................................. 110,506 110,506 77 0604029N UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLE CORE TECHNOLOGIES ................................................................. 71,156 71,156 78 0604030N RAPID PROTOTYPING, EXPERIMENTATION AND DEMONSTRATION. ................................................... 214,100 214,100 79 0604031N LARGE UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLES ....................................................................................... 6,900 6,900 80 0604112N GERALD R. FORD CLASS NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER (CVN 78—80) ......................................... 118,182 118,182 82 0604127N SURFACE MINE COUNTERMEASURES ............................................................................................... 16,127 16,127 83 0604272N TACTICAL AIR DIRECTIONAL INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES (TADIRCM) ....................................... 34,684 34,684 84 0604289M NEXT GENERATION LOGISTICS ......................................................................................................... 5,991 5,991 85 0604292N FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT (MARITIME STRIKE) .................................................................................... 2,100 2,100 86 0604320M RAPID TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITY PROTOTYPE ................................................................................. 131,763 131,763 87 0604454N LX (R) ............................................................................................................................................... 21,319 21,319 88 0604536N ADVANCED UNDERSEA PROTOTYPING .............................................................................................. 104,328 104,328 89 0604636N COUNTER UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (C-UAS) ....................................................................... 11,567 11,567 90 0604659N PRECISION STRIKE WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ................................................................ 5,976 190,000 195,976 

Nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile .................................................................................. [190,000 ] 

91 0604707N SPACE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE (SEW) ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING SUPPORT ..................... 9,993 9,993 92 0604786N OFFENSIVE ANTI-SURFACE WARFARE WEAPON DEVELOPMENT ....................................................... 237,655 237,655 

93 0605512N MEDIUM UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES (MUSVS)) ....................................................................... 85,800 85,800 94 0605513N UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLE ENABLING CAPABILITIES ................................................................ 176,261 176,261 95 0605514M GROUND BASED ANTI-SHIP MISSILE ................................................................................................ 36,383 36,383 96 0605516M LONG RANGE FIRES ......................................................................................................................... 36,763 36,763 97 0605518N CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE (CPS) ........................................................................................... 901,064 901,064 98 0303354N ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT—MIP ............................................................................................... 10,167 10,167 99 0304240M ADVANCED TACTICAL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM ..................................................................... 539 539 

100 0304270N ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT—MIP ................................................................................. 1,250 1,250 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPES ............................................. 9,734,483 195,000 9,929,483 


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SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & 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 ....................................................................................................................... 399,919 399,919 112 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) ..................................................................... 451,397 451,397 121 0604282N NEXT GENERATION JAMMER (NGJ) INCREMENT II ........................................................................... 250,577 250,577 122 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 ............................................................................................... 418,187 418,187 126 0604373N AIRBORNE MCM ............................................................................................................................... 11,368 11,368 


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127 0604378N NAVAL INTEGRATED FIRE CONTROL—COUNTER AIR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ............................... 66,445 66,445 128 0604419N ADVANCED SENSORS APPLICATION PROGRAM (ASAP) .................................................................... 0 13,000 13,000 

Program increase ............................................................................................................................. [13,000 ] 

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 ............................................................................................................................. 234,356 234,356 137 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 ........................................................................................................................ 104,731 104,731 141 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 47,492 148 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 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

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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 & DEMONSTRATION ................................................................. 6,962,234 13,000 6,975,234 

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 ................................................................ 124,328 124,328 182 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 3,000 484,975 


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Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center improvements ....................................................... [3,000 ] 

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 3,000 1,166,613 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 

196 0604840M F–35 C2D2 ....................................................................................................................................... 544,625 544,625 

197 0604840N F–35 C2D2 ....................................................................................................................................... 543,834 543,834 198 0605520M MARINE CORPS AIR DEFENSE WEAPONS SYSTEMS ......................................................................... 99,860 99,860 199 0607658N COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT CAPABILITY (CEC) .............................................................................. 153,440 153,440 200 0101221N STRATEGIC SUB & WEAPONS SYSTEM SUPPORT ............................................................................ 321,648 10,000 331,648 

Fleet Ballistic Missile Strategic Weapon System ............................................................................ [10,000 ] 

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 51,919 204 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 92,674 211 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 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

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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 ................................................................................. 192,625 192,625 219 0206335M COMMON AVIATION COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (CAC2S) ................................................... 12,565 12,565220 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 51,192 236 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 


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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 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................... 2,021,376 2,021,376 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................ 6,359,438 10,000 6,369,438 

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 0 22,303 TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, NAVY ................................................................. 26,922,225 255,000 27,177,225 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, AF BASIC RESEARCH 

1 0601102F DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES ....................................................................................................... 401,486 401,486 

2 0601103F UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES ................................................................................................ 182,372 182,372 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ........................................................................................................... 583,858 0 583,858 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

3 0602020F FUTURE AF CAPABILITIES APPLIED RESEARCH ............................................................................... 90,713 90,713 

4 0602022F UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTER (UARC)—TACTICAL AUTONOMY ................................ 8,018 8,018 5 0602102F MATERIALS ....................................................................................................................................... 142,325 9,000 151,325 

Advanced materials science for manufacturing research .............................................................. [9,000 ] 

6 0602201F AEROSPACE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES .............................................................................................. 161,268 161,268 

7 0602202F HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS APPLIED RESEARCH .................................................................................. 146,921 146,921 8 0602203F AEROSPACE PROPULSION ................................................................................................................ 184,867 184,867 9 0602204F AEROSPACE SENSORS ...................................................................................................................... 216,269 216,269 

11 0602298F SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT— MAJOR HEADQUARTERS ACTIVITIES ....................... 10,303 10,303 12 0602602F CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS .............................................................................................................. 160,599 160,599 13 0602605F DIRECTED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................... 129,961 –11,509 118,452 

DAF requested realignment of funds to 6601SF ............................................................................ [–11,509 ] 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

14 0602788F DOMINANT INFORMATION SCIENCES AND METHODS ....................................................................... 182,076 38,000 220,076 

Distributed quantum information sciences networking testbed .................................................... [5,000 ] Future Flag experimentation testbed .............................................................................................. [15,000 ] Ion trapped quantum information sciences computer ................................................................... [8,000 ] Multi-domain radio frequency spectrum testing environment ....................................................... [5,000 ] Secure interference-avoiding connectivity of autonomous artificially intelligent machines ......... [5,000 ] SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH ....................................................................................................... 1,433,320 35,491 1,468,811 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

15 0603032F FUTURE AF INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY DEMOS ............................................................................... 255,855 –42,200 213,655 

Program reduction ........................................................................................................................... [–42,200 ] 

16 0603112F ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR WEAPON SYSTEMS .............................................................................. 30,372 30,372 17 0603199F SUSTAINMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (S&T) .......................................................................... 10,478 10,478 18 0603203F ADVANCED AEROSPACE SENSORS ................................................................................................... 48,046 48,046 19 0603211F AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY DEV/DEMO ............................................................................................. 51,896 10,000 61,896 

Semiautonomous adversary air platform ........................................................................................ [10,000 ] 

20 0603216F AEROSPACE PROPULSION AND POWER TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................... 56,789 56,789 21 0603270F ELECTRONIC COMBAT TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................................ 32,510 32,510 22 0603273F SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR NUCLEAR RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS ....................................................... 70,321 70,321 

23 0603444F MAUI SPACE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (MSSS) ................................................................................. 2 2 24 0603456F HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ................................................. 15,593 15,593 25 0603601F CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY ......................................................................................... 132,311 132,311 26 0603605F ADVANCED WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................................ 102,997 102,997 27 0603680F MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ...................................................................................... 44,422 5,000 49,422 

Additive manufacturing for aerospace parts .................................................................................. [5,000 ] 

28 0603788F BATTLESPACE KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION ................................................. 37,779 37,779 29 0207412F CONTROL AND REPORTING CENTER (CRC) ..................................................................................... 2,005 2,005 


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SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................... 891,376 –27,200 864,176 ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPES 

30 0603036F MODULAR ADVANCED MISSILE ......................................................................................................... 105,238 105,238 31 0603260F INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................... 6,237 6,237 

32 0603742F COMBAT IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................... 21,298 21,298 33 0603790F NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................. 2,208 2,208 34 0603851F INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE—DEM/VAL ........................................................................ 45,319 30,000 75,319 

Enhanced ICBM guidance capability and testing .......................................................................... [30,000 ] 

35 0604001F NC3 ADVANCED CONCEPTS ............................................................................................................. 10,011 10,011 37 0604003F ADVANCED BATTLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ABMS) ........................................................................ 500,575 500,575 38 0604004F ADVANCED ENGINE DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................. 595,352 595,352 39 0604005F NC3 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPING ....................................................................... 78,799 78,799 40 0604006F DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE TECH ARCHITECTURE ............................................................................. 2,620 –2,620 

DAF requested realignment of funds to 64858F ............................................................................ [–2,620 ] 

41 0604007F E–7 .................................................................................................................................................. 681,039 681,039 42 0604009F AFWERX PRIME ................................................................................................................................ 83,336 83,336 43 0604015F LONG RANGE STRIKE—BOMBER ..................................................................................................... 2,984,143 2,984,143 44 0604025F RAPID DEFENSE EXPERIMENTATION RESERVE (RDER) .................................................................... 154,300 154,300 45 0604032F DIRECTED ENERGY PROTOTYPING ................................................................................................... 1,246 1,246 46 0604033F HYPERSONICS PROTOTYPING ........................................................................................................... 150,340 –150,340 

Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon reduction .......................................................................... [–150,340 ] 

47 0604183F HYPERSONICS PROTOTYPING—HYPERSONIC ATTACK CRUISE MISSILE (HACM) ............................ 381,528 381,528 48 0604201F PNT RESILIENCY, MODS, AND IMPROVEMENTS ............................................................................... 18,041 18,041 49 0604257F ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND SENSORS ......................................................................................... 27,650 27,650 50 0604288F SURVIVABLE AIRBORNE OPERATIONS CENTER (SAOC) ................................................................... 888,829 888,829 51 0604317F TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER .................................................................................................................. 26,638 26,638 52 0604327F HARD AND DEEPLY BURIED TARGET DEFEAT SYSTEM (HDBTDS) PROGRAM .................................. 19,266 19,266 53 0604414F CYBER RESILIENCY OF WEAPON SYSTEMS-ACS .............................................................................. 37,121 37,121 55 0604668F JOINT TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (JTMS) ................................................................. 37,026 37,026 56 0604776F DEPLOYMENT & DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE R&D .......................................................................... 31,833 31,833 57 0604858F TECH TRANSITION PROGRAM ........................................................................................................... 210,806 24,670 235,476 


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SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

DAF requested realignment of funds from OMAF SAG 11R ........................................................... [17,550 ] DAF requested realignment of funds from OMAF SAG 11Z ............................................................ [4,500 ] DAF requested realignment of funds from RDAF 64006F .............................................................. [2,620 ] 

58 0604860F OPERATIONAL ENERGY AND INSTALLATION RESILIENCE ................................................................. 46,305 46,305 

59 0605164F AIR REFUELING CAPABILITY MODERNIZATION ................................................................................. 19,400 19,400 61 0207110F NEXT GENERATION AIR DOMINANCE ................................................................................................ 2,326,128 2,326,128 62 0207179F AUTONOMOUS COLLABORATIVE PLATFORMS ................................................................................... 118,826 –17,813 101,013 

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [–17,813 ] 

63 0207420F COMBAT IDENTIFICATION ................................................................................................................. 1,902 1,902 64 0207455F THREE DIMENSIONAL LONG-RANGE RADAR (3DELRR) .................................................................... 19,763 19,763 65 0207522F AIRBASE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS (ABADS) ...................................................................................... 78,867 78,867 66 0208030F WAR RESERVE MATERIEL—AMMUNITION ........................................................................................ 8,175 8,175 68 0305236F COMMON DATA LINK EXECUTIVE AGENT (CDL EA) .......................................................................... 25,157 25,157 69 0305601F MISSION PARTNER ENVIRONMENTS ................................................................................................. 17,727 17,727 72 0708051F RAPID SUSTAINMENT MODERNIZATION (RSM) ................................................................................. 43,431 43,431 73 0808737F INTEGRATED PRIMARY PREVENTION ................................................................................................ 9,364 9,364 74 0901410F CONTRACTING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM ....................................................................... 28,294 28,294 75 1206415F U.S. SPACE COMMAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT ................................................. 14,892 14,892 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPES ............................................. 9,859,030 –116,103 9,742,927 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION 

76 0604200F FUTURE ADVANCED WEAPON ANALYSIS & PROGRAMS ................................................................... 9,757 9,757 

77 0604201F PNT RESILIENCY, MODS, AND IMPROVEMENTS ............................................................................... 163,156 163,156 78 0604222F NUCLEAR WEAPONS SUPPORT ......................................................................................................... 45,884 45,884 79 0604270F ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................ 13,804 13,804 80 0604281F TACTICAL DATA NETWORKS ENTERPRISE ........................................................................................ 74,023 5,000 79,023 

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [5,000 ] 


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81 0604287F PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT ..................................................................................................... 10,605 10,605 82 0604602F ARMAMENT/ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................ 5,918 5,918 83 0604604F SUBMUNITIONS ................................................................................................................................. 3,345 3,345 84 0604617F AGILE COMBAT SUPPORT ................................................................................................................. 21,967 21,967 85 0604706F LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS .................................................................................................................. 39,301 39,301 86 0604735F COMBAT TRAINING RANGES ............................................................................................................. 152,569 152,569 87 0604932F LONG RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON ................................................................................................... 911,406 –20,000 891,406 

DAF realignment of funds ............................................................................................................... [–20,000 ] 

88 0604933F ICBM FUZE MODERNIZATION ........................................................................................................... 71,732 71,732 89 0605030F JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK CENTER (JTNC) ..................................................................................... 2,256 2,256 90 0605031F JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK (JTN) ...................................................................................................... 452 452 91 0605056F OPEN ARCHITECTURE MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................... 36,582 36,582 92 0605057F NEXT GENERATION AIR-REFUELING SYSTEM ................................................................................... 7,928 7,928 93 0605223F ADVANCED PILOT TRAINING ............................................................................................................. 77,252 77,252 94 0605229F HH–60W ........................................................................................................................................... 48,268 48,268 95 0605238F GROUND BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT EMD ................................................................................ 3,746,935 –7,650 3,739,285 

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [–7,650 ] 

96 0207171F F–15 EPAWSS .................................................................................................................................. 13,982 13,982 97 0207279F ISOLATED PERSONNEL SURVIVABILITY AND RECOVERY .................................................................. 56,225 56,225 98 0207328F STAND IN ATTACK WEAPON .............................................................................................................. 298,585 298,585 99 0207701F FULL COMBAT MISSION TRAINING ................................................................................................... 7,597 7,597 

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 ......................................................................................................... 124,662 124,662 104 0401319F VC–25B ............................................................................................................................................ 490,701 –20,000 470,701 

5G interference mitigation for critical aircraft navigation and sensor systems on the Presidential Aircraft Fleet. [30,000 ] Program reduction ........................................................................................................................... [–50,000 ] 

105 0701212F AUTOMATED TEST SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................. 12,911 12,911 106 0804772F TRAINING DEVELOPMENTS ............................................................................................................... 1,922 1,922 

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION ................................................................. 6,481,731 –42,650 6,439,081 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

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 32,813 946,026 

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [32,813 ] 

113 0605827F ACQ WORKFORCE- GLOBAL VIG & COMBAT SYS ............................................................................ 317,901 317,901 114 0605828F ACQ WORKFORCE- GLOBAL REACH ................................................................................................. 541,677 541,677 115 0605829F ACQ WORKFORCE- CYBER, NETWORK, & BUS SYS ......................................................................... 551,213 –14,700 536,513 

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [–14,700 ] 

117 0605831F ACQ WORKFORCE- CAPABILITY INTEGRATION ................................................................................. 243,780 30,000 273,780 

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [30,000 ] 

118 0605832F ACQ WORKFORCE- ADVANCED PRGM TECHNOLOGY ....................................................................... 109,030 –32,000 77,030 

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [–32,000 ] 

119 0605833F ACQ WORKFORCE- NUCLEAR SYSTEMS ........................................................................................... 336,788 336,788 120 0605898F MANAGEMENT HQ—R&D ................................................................................................................. 5,005 1,700 6,705 

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [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 20,000 40,871 

NC3 network sensor demonstration ................................................................................................ [10,000 ] NC3 Rapid Engineering Architecture Collaboration Hub (REACH) ................................................. [10,000 ] 

127 0308602F ENTEPRISE INFORMATION SERVICES (EIS) ...................................................................................... 100,357 100,357 


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128 0702806F ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ..................................................................................... 20,478 20,478 129 0804731F GENERAL SKILL TRAINING ................................................................................................................ 796 6,000 6,796 

Security Work Readiness for Duty ................................................................................................... [6,000 ] 

132 1001004F INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES .............................................................................................................. 3,917 3,917 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ................................................................................................. 3,486,758 43,813 3,530,571 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 

134 0604233F SPECIALIZED UNDERGRADUATE FLIGHT TRAINING .......................................................................... 41,464 41,464 

135 0604283F BATTLE MGMT COM & CTRL SENSOR DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................... 40,000 40,000 136 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 –5,000 1,270,268 

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [–5,000 ] 

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 36,536 144 0606018F NC3 INTEGRATION ............................................................................................................................ 22,910 22,910 145 0101113F B–52 SQUADRONS ........................................................................................................................... 950,815 14,017 964,832 

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [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 33,237 150 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 .................................................................................... 428,754 428,754 159 0202834F VEHICLES AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT—GENERAL .......................................................................... 15,498 4,000 19,498 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [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 98,633 165 0207134F F–15E SQUADRONS .......................................................................................................................... 50,965 50,965 166 0207136F MANNED DESTRUCTIVE SUPPRESSION ............................................................................................. 16,543 16,543 167 0207138F F–22A SQUADRONS .......................................................................................................................... 725,889 725,889 168 0207142F F–35 SQUADRONS ............................................................................................................................ 97,231 97,231 169 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 55,223 178 0207325F JOINT AIR-TO-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE (JASSM) ...................................................................... 132,937 132,937 179 0207327F SMALL DIAMETER BOMB (SDB) ....................................................................................................... 37,518 37,518 180 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 


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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 ........................................... 2,890 500 3,390 

Military Cyber Cooperation Activities with the Kingdom of Jordan ................................................ [500 ] 

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 71,296 227 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 9,000 35,329 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Weather service data migration ...................................................................................................... [9,000 ] 

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 88,854 251 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 15,322256 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 5,427 260 0401119F C–5 AIRLIFT SQUADRONS (IF) ......................................................................................................... 29,502 29,502 261 0401130F C–17 AIRCRAFT (IF) ......................................................................................................................... 2,753 2,753 262 0401132F C–130J PROGRAM ............................................................................................................................ 19,100 19,100 263 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 


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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 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................... 16,814,245 16,814,245 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................ 23,829,283 22,517 23,851,800 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, AF ..................................................................... 46,565,356 –84,132 46,481,224 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, SF APPLIED RESEARCH 

4 1206601SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................................................ 206,196 144,467 350,663 

Advanced analog microelectronics .................................................................................................. [8,600 ] Advanced isotope power systems ................................................................................................... [5,000 ] DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [84,397 ] Ground-based interferometry ........................................................................................................... [16,000 ] Lunar surface-based domain awareness ........................................................................................ [5,000 ] Solar cruiser .................................................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

Space modeling, simulation, and analysis hub ............................................................................. [15,470 ] 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH ....................................................................................................... 206,196 144,467 350,663 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

5 1206310SF SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ............................................. 472,493 5,000 477,493 

Human performance optimization ................................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

6 1206616SF SPACE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT/DEMO .................................................................. 110,033 48,000 158,033 

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [40,000 ] Modular multi-mode propulsion system ......................................................................................... [8,000 ] 


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SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................... 582,526 53,000 635,526 ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPES 

7 0604002SF SPACE FORCE WEATHER SERVICES RESEARCH .............................................................................. 849 849 

8 1203010SF SPACE FORCE IT, DATA ANALYTICS, DIGITAL SOLUTIONS ............................................................... 61,723 61,723 9 1203164SF NAVSTAR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (USER EQUIPMENT) (SPACE) .......................................... 353,807 353,807

10 1203622SF SPACE WARFIGHTING ANALYSIS ....................................................................................................... 95,541 95,541 11 1203710SF EO/IR WEATHER SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................... 95,615 16,500 112,115 

Weather satellite risk reduction ...................................................................................................... [16,500 ] 

13 1206410SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPING ................................................................ 2,081,307 2,081,307 16 1206427SF SPACE SYSTEMS PROTOTYPE TRANSITIONS (SSPT) ......................................................................... 145,948 –40,000 105,948 

DAF requested realignment of funds to 6616SF ............................................................................ [–40,000 ] 

17 1206438SF SPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY ....................................................................................................... 58,374 58,374 18 1206458SF TECH TRANSITION (SPACE) .............................................................................................................. 164,649 15,000 179,649 

Encouraging the establishment of the outernet ............................................................................. [15,000 ] 

19 1206730SF SPACE SECURITY AND DEFENSE PROGRAM .................................................................................... 59,784 59,784 20 1206760SF PROTECTED TACTICAL ENTERPRISE SERVICE (PTES) ...................................................................... 76,554 76,554 21 1206761SF PROTECTED TACTICAL SERVICE (PTS) ............................................................................................. 360,126 360,126 22 1206855SF EVOLVED STRATEGIC SATCOM (ESS) ............................................................................................... 632,833 632,833 23 1206857SF SPACE RAPID CAPABILITIES OFFICE ................................................................................................ 12,036 12,036 24 1206862SF TACTICALLY RESPONSE SPACE ........................................................................................................ 30,000 30,000 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPES ............................................. 4,229,146 –8,500 4,220,646 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION 

25 1203269SF GPS III FOLLOW-ON (GPS IIIF) ......................................................................................................... 308,999 308,999 27 1206421SF COUNTERSPACE SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................... 36,537 36,537 28 1206422SF WEATHER SYSTEM FOLLOW-ON ........................................................................................................ 79,727 79,727 


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29 1206425SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS SYSTEMS ........................................................................................ 372,827 372,827 30 1206431SF ADVANCED EHF MILSATCOM (SPACE) .............................................................................................. 4,068 4,068 31 1206432SF POLAR MILSATCOM (SPACE) ............................................................................................................ 73,757 73,757 32 1206433SF WIDEBAND GLOBAL SATCOM (SPACE) ............................................................................................. 49,445 49,445 33 1206440SF NEXT-GEN OPIR—GROUND .............................................................................................................. 661,367 661,367 34 1206442SF NEXT GENERATION OPIR .................................................................................................................. 222,178 222,178 35 1206443SF NEXT-GEN OPIR—GEO ..................................................................................................................... 719,731 719,731 36 1206444SF NEXT-GEN OPIR—POLAR ................................................................................................................. 1,013,478 1,013,478 37 1206445SF COMMERCIAL SATCOM (COMSATCOM) INTEGRATION ...................................................................... 73,501 73,501 38 1206446SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING MISSILE TRACKING—LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) ............................... 1,266,437 252,785 1,519,222 

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [252,785 ] 

39 1206447SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING MISSILE TRACKING—MEDIUM EARTH ORBIT (MEO) ........................ 538,208 252,784 790,992

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [252,784 ] 

40 1206448SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING MISSILE TRACKING—INTEGRATED GROUND SEGMENT ................... 505,569 –505,569 

DAF requested realignment of funds to 6446SF ............................................................................ [–252,785 ] DAF requested realignment of funds to 6447SF ............................................................................ [–252,784 ] 

41 1206853SF NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PROGRAM (SPACE)—EMD ................................................... 82,188 82,188

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION ................................................................. 6,008,017 0 6,008,017 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

43 1203622SF SPACE WARFIGHTING ANALYSIS ....................................................................................................... 3,568 3,568 

46 1206392SF ACQ WORKFORCE—SPACE & MISSILE SYSTEMS ............................................................................ 258,969 17,531 276,500 

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [17,531 ] 

47 1206398SF SPACE & MISSILE SYSTEMS CENTER—MHA ................................................................................... 13,694 1,359 15,053 

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [1,359 ] 

48 1206601SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................................................ 91,778 –91,778 

DAF requested realignment of funds .............................................................................................. [–91,778 ] 

49 1206759SF MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT—SPACE .................................................................................................. 146,797 146,797 50 1206860SF ROCKET SYSTEMS LAUNCH PROGRAM (SPACE) .............................................................................. 18,023 18,023 52 1206864SF SPACE TEST PROGRAM (STP) .......................................................................................................... 30,192 30,192 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ................................................................................................. 563,021 –72,888 490,133 


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OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 

55 1203001SF FAMILY OF ADVANCED BLOS TERMINALS (FAB-T) ........................................................................... 91,369 91,369 

56 1203040SF DCO-SPACE ...................................................................................................................................... 76,003 76,003 57 1203109SF NARROWBAND SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS .................................................................................. 230,785 230,785 58 1203110SF SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK (SPACE) ......................................................................................... 86,465 86,465 59 1203154SF LONG RANGE KILL CHAINS ............................................................................................................... 243,036 243,036 61 1203173SF SPACE AND MISSILE TEST AND EVALUATION CENTER .................................................................... 22,039 22,039 62 1203174SF SPACE INNOVATION, INTEGRATION AND RAPID TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ................................ 41,483 41,483 63 1203182SF SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM (SPACE) ................................................................................................ 11,175 11,175 65 1203330SF SPACE SUPERIORITY ISR ................................................................................................................. 28,730 28,730 67 1203873SF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE RADARS ............................................................................................. 20,752 8,000 28,752 

Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System (PARCS) radar ............................... [8,000 ] 

68 1203906SF NCMC—TW/AA SYSTEM ................................................................................................................... 25,545 25,545 69 1203913SF NUDET DETECTION SYSTEM (SPACE) ............................................................................................... 93,391 93,391 70 1203940SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS OPERATIONS .................................................................................. 264,966 264,966 

71 1206423SF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM III—OPERATIONAL CONTROL SEGMENT ......................................... 317,309 317,309 75 1206770SF ENTERPRISE GROUND SERVICES ..................................................................................................... 155,825 155,825 76 1208053SF JOINT TACTICAL GROUND SYSTEM ................................................................................................... 14,568 14,568 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................... 5,764,667 460,700 6,225,367 

Space Force realignment of funds for classified program ............................................................ [270,000 ] Space Force Unfunded Priorities List Classified Program B .......................................................... [83,000 ] Space Force Unfunded Priorities List Classified Program C .......................................................... [53,000 ] Space Force Unfunded Priorities List Classified Program D .......................................................... [54,700 ] SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................ 7,488,108 468,700 7,956,808 

SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS 

78 1208248SF SPACE COMMAND & CONTROL—SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM ....................................................... 122,326 122,326 


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SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS ........................................... 122,326 0 122,326 TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, SF ..................................................................... 19,199,340 584,779 19,784,119 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, DW BASIC RESEARCH 

1 0601000BR DTRA BASIC RESEARCH ................................................................................................................... 14,761 14,761 2 0601101E DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES ....................................................................................................... 311,531 311,531 3 0601108D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER RESEARCH INITIATIVES ................................................................................. 16,329 16,329 

4 0601110D8Z BASIC RESEARCH INITIATIVES ......................................................................................................... 71,783 25,000 96,783 

Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR) ............................. [25,000 ] 

5 0601117E BASIC OPERATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH SCIENCE ....................................................................... 50,430 50,430 

6 0601120D8Z NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION PROGRAM ..................................................................................... 159,549 10,000 169,549 

Enhanced civics education program ............................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

7 0601228D8Z HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES/MINORITY INSTITUTIONS .............................. 100,467 100,467 8 0601384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM ........................................................................... 36,235 36,235 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ........................................................................................................... 761,085 35,000 796,085 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

9 0602000D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY ....................................................................................................... 19,157 19,157 

10 0602115E BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................... 141,081 141,081 11 0602128D8Z PROMOTION AND PROTECTION STRATEGIES .................................................................................... 3,219 3,219 

12 0602230D8Z DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ............................................................................................... 55,160 55,160 13 0602234D8Z LINCOLN LABORATORY RESEARCH PROGRAM ................................................................................. 46,858 46,858 14 0602251D8Z APPLIED RESEARCH FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF S&T PRIORITIES ................................................ 66,866 66,866 15 0602303E INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY .......................................................................... 333,029 333,029 17 0602384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM ........................................................................... 240,610 240,610 18 0602668D8Z CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH .......................................................................................................... 17,437 3,000 20,437 

Semiconductor industry cybersecurity research .............................................................................. [3,000 ] 

19 0602675D8Z SOCIAL SCIENCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY ....................................................................... 4,718 4,718 20 0602702E TACTICAL TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................................................... 234,549 234,549 21 0602715E MATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................... 344,986 344,986 


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22 0602716E ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................ 572,662 572,662 23 0602718BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................ 208,870 208,870 24 0602751D8Z SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE (SEI) APPLIED RESEARCH ..................................................... 11,168 11,168 25 0602890D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER RESEARCH ..................................................................................................... 48,804 48,804 26 0602891D8Z FSRM MODELLING ............................................................................................................................ 2,000 2,000 27 1160401BB SOF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................... 52,287 52,287 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH ....................................................................................................... 2,403,461 3,000 2,406,461 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

28 0603000D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................... 37,706 37,706 

29 0603021D8Z NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION CAPITAL ..................................................................................... 15,085 15,085 30 0603121D8Z SO/LIC ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................... 30,102 30,102 31 0603122D8Z COMBATING TERRORISM TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ........................................................................... 75,593 30,000 105,593 

Loitering munition development ...................................................................................................... [5,000 ] U.S.-Israel defense collaboration on emerging technologies ......................................................... [25,000 ] 

32 0603133D8Z FOREIGN COMPARATIVE TESTING ..................................................................................................... 27,078 27,078 

33 0603160BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ................ 400,947 5,000 405,947 

Advanced manufacturing of energetic materials ........................................................................... [5,000 ] 

34 0603176BR ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT .............................................................. 7,990 7,990 

35 0603176C ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT .............................................................. 17,825 17,825 36 0603180C ADVANCED RESEARCH ..................................................................................................................... 21,461 21,461 37 0603183D8Z JOINT HYPERSONIC TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT &TRANSITION ..................................................... 52,292 52,292 38 0603225D8Z JOINT DOD-DOE MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .............................................................. 19,567 19,567 39 0603260BR INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................... 10,000 10,000 40 0603286E ADVANCED AEROSPACE SYSTEMS ................................................................................................... 331,753 331,753 41 0603287E SPACE PROGRAMS AND TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................ 134,809 134,809 42 0603288D8Z ANALYTIC ASSESSMENTS ................................................................................................................. 24,328 24,328 


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43 0603289D8Z ADVANCED INNOVATIVE ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTS ......................................................................... 55,626 55,626 44 0603330D8Z QUANTUM APPLICATION ................................................................................................................... 75,000 75,000 46 0603342D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT (DIU) ................................................................................................... 104,729 104,729 47 0603375D8Z TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ............................................................................................................... 123,837 123,837 48 0603379D8Z ADVANCED TECHNICAL INTEGRATION .............................................................................................. 11,000 11,000 49 0603384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM—ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ............................. 267,073 25,000 292,073 

Generative Unconstrained Intelligent Drug Engineering-Enhanced Biodefense ............................. [25,000 ] 

50 0603527D8Z RETRACT LARCH .............................................................................................................................. 57,401 57,401 51 0603618D8Z JOINT ELECTRONIC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................. 19,793 19,793 53 0603662D8Z NETWORKED COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES ................................................................................ 11,197 11,197 54 0603680D8Z DEFENSE-WIDE MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ..................................... 252,965 12,000 264,965 

Additive manufacturing at scale .................................................................................................... [7,000 ] Digital manufacturing modernization ............................................................................................. [5,000 ] 

55 0603680S MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ...................................................................................... 46,404 46,404 56 0603712S GENERIC LOGISTICS R&D TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS ........................................................... 16,580 16,580 57 0603716D8Z STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM ....................................................................... 60,387 60,387 58 0603720S MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT ................................................. 144,707 144,70759 0603727D8Z JOINT WARFIGHTING PROGRAM ........................................................................................................ 2,749 2,749 60 0603739E ADVANCED ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES ....................................................................................... 254,033 254,033 61 0603760E COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ................................................................ 321,591 321,591 62 0603766E NETWORK-CENTRIC WARFARE TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................... 885,425 885,425 63 0603767E SENSOR TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................................................................... 358,580 358,580 65 0603781D8Z SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE ................................................................................................ 16,699 16,699 66 0603838D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION ACCELERATION (DIA) ................................................................................... 257,110 257,110 67 0603924D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ............................................................. 111,799 111,799 68 0603941D8Z TEST & EVALUATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY .............................................................................. 345,384 345,384 69 0603945D8Z AUKUS INNOVATION INITIATIVES ...................................................................................................... 25,000 25,000 70 0603950D8Z NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION NETWORK ................................................................................... 21,575 7,000 28,575 

National Security Innovation Network ............................................................................................. [7,000 ] 

71 0604055D8Z OPERATIONAL ENERGY CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT ......................................................................... 171,668 10,000 181,668 

Increase for tristructural-isotrophic fuel ........................................................................................ [10,000 ] 

72 1160402BB SOF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................. 156,097 156,097 


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SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................... 5,380,945 89,000 5,469,945 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPES 

74 0603161D8Z NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT RDT&E ADC&P .......................... 76,764 76,764 75 0603600D8Z WALKOFF .......................................................................................................................................... 143,486 143,486 76 0603851D8Z ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM ................................................ 117,196 6,000 123,196 

Sustainable Technology Evaluation and Demonstration program increase ................................... [6,000 ] 

77 0603881C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TERMINAL DEFENSE SEGMENT ......................................................... 220,311 220,311 

78 0603882C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE MIDCOURSE DEFENSE SEGMENT ...................................................... 903,633 903,633 79 0603884BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM—DEM/VAL ........................................................ 316,853 316,853 80 0603884C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SENSORS ........................................................................................... 239,159 239,159 81 0603890C BMD ENABLING PROGRAMS ............................................................................................................. 597,720 597,720 82 0603891C SPECIAL PROGRAMS—MDA ............................................................................................................. 552,888 552,888 83 0603892C AEGIS BMD ....................................................................................................................................... 693,727 693,727 84 0603896C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND AND CONTROL, BATTLE MANAGEMENT AND 

COMMUNICATI.

554,201 554,201 

85 0603898C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE JOINT WARFIGHTER SUPPORT ........................................................... 48,248 48,248 86 0603904C MISSILE DEFENSE INTEGRATION & OPERATIONS CENTER (MDIOC) ................................................ 50,549 50,549 87 0603906C REGARDING TRENCH ........................................................................................................................ 12,564 15,000 27,564 

Program increase—MDA UFR ......................................................................................................... [15,000 ] 

88 0603907C SEA BASED X-BAND RADAR (SBX) .................................................................................................. 177,868 177,868 89 0603913C ISRAELI COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS .................................................................................................. 300,000 25,000 325,000 

U.S.-Israel cooperation on directed energy capabilities ................................................................. [25,000 ] 

90 0603914C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TEST .................................................................................................. 360,455 360,455 91 0603915C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TARGETS ............................................................................................ 570,258 10,000 580,258 

Hypersonic Targets and Countermeasures Program ....................................................................... [10,000 ] 

92 0603923D8Z COALITION WARFARE ........................................................................................................................ 12,103 12,103 


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93 0604011D8Z NEXT GENERATION INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (5G) ....................................... 179,278 179,278 94 0604016D8Z DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CORROSION PROGRAM ......................................................................... 3,185 3,185 95 0604102C GUAM DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................................... 397,578 397,578 97 0604124D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (CDAO)—MIP .......................................... 34,350 34,350 98 0604181C HYPERSONIC DEFENSE ..................................................................................................................... 208,997 208,997 99 0604250D8Z ADVANCED INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES .......................................................................................... 1,085,826 1,085,826 

100 0604294D8Z TRUSTED & ASSURED MICROELECTRONICS .................................................................................... 810,839 810,839 101 0604331D8Z RAPID PROTOTYPING PROGRAM ....................................................................................................... 110,291 110,291 102 0604331J RAPID PROTOTYPING PROGRAM ....................................................................................................... 9,880 9,880 104 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 53,726 108 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 2,760 124 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 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPES ............................................. 12,187,050 56,000 12,243,050 SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION 

130 0604123D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (CDAO)—DEM/VAL ACTIVITIES ............... 615,246 615,246 131 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 5,456 140 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 .................................................................................... 297,586 297,586 145 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 & DEMONSTRATION ................................................................. 1,446,263 0 1,446,263 

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) .......................................... 833,792 833,792 


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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 –5,000 60,715 

Information Analysis Centers reduction .......................................................................................... [–5,000 ] 

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 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

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 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................... 36,315 27,000 63,315 

All Domain Anomaly Resolution Office ........................................................................................... [27,000 ] SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ................................................................................................. 1,998,717 22,000 2,020,717 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 

203 0604130V ENTERPRISE SECURITY SYSTEM (ESS) ............................................................................................ 42,482 42,482 

205 0607210D8Z INDUSTRIAL BASE ANALYSIS AND SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT ............................................................ 1,017,141 28,000 1,045,141 

Domestic advanced microelectronics packaging ............................................................................ [5,000 ] Rapid Innovation Program ............................................................................................................... [20,000 ] Shipbuilding and ship repair workforce development .................................................................... [3,000 ] 

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 8,503 208 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 97,171 220 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 


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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 11,000 480,385 

Locked Shield Exercise .................................................................................................................... [4,000 ] 

Modernization of Department of Defense Internet Gateway Cyber Defense ................................... [7,000 ] 

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 37,188 267 1160403BB AVIATION SYSTEMS .......................................................................................................................... 216,174 216,174 268 1160405BB INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................... 86,737 86,737 269 1160408BB OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS ........................................................................................................ 216,135 216,135 270 1160431BB WARRIOR SYSTEMS .......................................................................................................................... 263,374 17,140 280,514 

Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) Group 3 Defeat Acceleration ....................................... [11,250 ] Next-Generation Blue Force Tracker ................................................................................................ [5,890 ] 

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 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................... 8,463,742 8,463,742 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................ 11,683,139 56,140 11,739,279 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

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 

9999 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................... 270,653 270,653 

SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS ........................................... 325,174 0 325,174 TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, DW .................................................................... 36,185,834 261,140 36,446,974 

OPERATIONAL TEST & EVAL, DEFENSE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

1 0605118OTE OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION ............................................................................................. 169,544 169,544 

2 0605131OTE LIVE FIRE TEST AND EVALUATION ................................................................................................... 103,252 103,252 3 0605814OTE OPERATIONAL TEST ACTIVITIES AND ANALYSES .............................................................................. 58,693 58,693 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ................................................................................................. 331,489 0 331,489 

TOTAL OPERATIONAL TEST & EVAL, DEFENSE ................................................................................ 331,489 331,489 TOTAL RDT&E ................................................................................................................................... 144,979,625 1,161,287 146,140,912 


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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 

SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

OPERATION & 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 .................................................................................................................................................... 947,395 947,395 040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS .......................................................................................................................................................... 2,449,141 2,449,141 050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT ..................................................................................................................................... 1,233,070 1,233,070 060 AVIATION ASSETS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2,046,144 2,046,144 070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................. 7,149,427 7,149,427 080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS ....................................................................................................................................... 475,435 475,435 090 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE ...................................................................................................................................... 1,423,560 1,423,560 100 MEDICAL READINESS ............................................................................................................................................................... 951,499 951,499 110 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT ................................................................................................................................................... 9,943,031 9,943,031 120 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ................................................................................................. 5,381,757 5,381,757 130 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 ............................................................................................................................................................. 414,680 414,680 170 US EUROPEAN COMMAND ........................................................................................................................................................ 408,529 408,529 180 US SOUTHERN COMMAND ........................................................................................................................................................ 285,692 285,692 190 US FORCES KOREA .................................................................................................................................................................. 88,463 88,463 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

200 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS .......................................................................................................... 507,845 507,845 210 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSECURITY .......................................................................................................................... 704,667 704,667 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .............................................................................................................................................. 39,795,146 0 39,795,146 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 0 908,296 

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 ............................................................................................................................................... 690,280 143,056 833,336 

Army Enlisted Training Corps ................................................................................................................................................. [5,000 ] Recruiting and advertising increase ....................................................................................................................................... [138,056 ] 

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 


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380 JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS .......................................................................................................................... 204,895 204,895 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING .................................................................................................................................. 5,953,094 143,056 6,096,150 ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES 

400 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION .............................................................................................................................................. 718,323 718,323 

410 CENTRAL SUPPLY ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................................................. 900,624 900,624 420 LOGISTIC SUPPORT ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................................ 828,059 828,059 430 AMMUNITION MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................................................................................... 464,029 464,029 440 ADMINISTRATION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 537,837 537,837 450 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 1,962,059 1,962,059 460 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................................................................................... 361,553 361,553 470 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................................. 829,248 829,248 480 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 38,948 999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................................................................................................... 2,291,229 2,291,229 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................................. 12,898,017 0 12,898,017 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ....................................................................................................................................................................... 0 –337,600 –337,600 

Foreign currency fluctuations .................................................................................................................................................. [–208,000 ] Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–129,600 ] SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................................................................................... 0 –337,600 –337,600 TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY ........................................................................................................................... 59,554,553 –194,544 59,360,009 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY RES 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 0 3,470,904 

ADMIN & SRVWD 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 6,675 74,651 

Recruiting and advertising increase ....................................................................................................................................... [6,675 ] SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................ 160,044 6,675 166,719 


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UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ....................................................................................................................................................................... 0 –14,300 –14,300 

Foreign currency fluctuations .................................................................................................................................................. [–10,900 ] 

Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–3,400 ] SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................................................................................... 0 –14,300 –14,300 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY RES .................................................................................................................... 3,630,948 –7,625 3,623,323 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARNG 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 ............................................................................................................................. 832,946 832,946 080 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 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .............................................................................................................................................. 8,191,619 0 8,191,619 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

150 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION .............................................................................................................................................. 7,251 7,251 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

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 50,720 343,146 

Recruiting and advertising increase ....................................................................................................................................... [50,720 ] 

200 REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................................................... 3,754 3,754 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................ 491,485 50,720 542,205 UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ....................................................................................................................................................................... 0 –52,400 –52,400 

Foreign currency fluctuations .................................................................................................................................................. [–29,000 ] Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–23,400 ] SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................................................................................... 0 –52,400 –52,400 TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARNG ............................................................................................................................ 8,683,104 –1,680 8,681,424 

COUNTER ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND (CTEF) 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 0 397,950 

TOTAL COUNTER ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND (CTEF) .......................................................................................................... 397,950 0 397,950 


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OPERATION & 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 3,000 1,158,463 

Advanced nucleated foam engine performance and restoration program ............................................................................. [3,000 ] 

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 7,015,796 100 SHIP OPERATIONS SUPPORT & TRAINING ................................................................................................................................ 1,301,108 1,301,108 110 SHIP DEPOT MAINTENANCE ..................................................................................................................................................... 11,164,249 11,164,249 120 SHIP DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................................ 2,728,712 2,728,712 130 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE ....................................................................................................... 1,776,881 1,776,881 140 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 6,000 2,356,089 

Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School ............................................................................................... [6,000 ] 

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 1,640,642 260 OTHER WEAPON SYSTEMS SUPPORT ....................................................................................................................................... 696,653 696,653 270 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION ...................................................................................................................................................... 1,780,645 1,780,645 280 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION ............................................................................................................... 4,406,192 4,406,192 290 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT ..................................................................................................................................................... 6,223,827 48,000 6,271,827 

Navy divestment of electrical utility operations at former Naval Air Station Barbers Point ................................................ [48,000 ] 


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Line Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .............................................................................................................................................. 61,750,329 57,000 61,807,329 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 0 1,652,675 TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

350 OFFICER ACQUISITION .............................................................................................................................................................. 201,555 201,555 

360 RECRUIT TRAINING .................................................................................................................................................................. 16,521 16,521 370 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 85,845 355,328 

Navy Enlisted Training Corps .................................................................................................................................................. [5,000 ] Recruiting and advertising increase ....................................................................................................................................... [80,845 ] 

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 85,845 2,936,831 


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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 ................................................................................................................................................................ 323,978 323,978 500 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT ....................................................................................................... 67,357 67,357 510 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION .............................................................................................................................................. 248,822 248,822 530 PLANNING, ENGINEERING, AND PROGRAM SUPPORT .............................................................................................................. 616,816 616,816 540 ACQUISITION, LOGISTICS, AND OVERSIGHT ............................................................................................................................. 850,906 850,906 550 INVESTIGATIVE AND SECURITY SERVICES ............................................................................................................................... 888,508 888,508 999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................................................................................................... 655,281 655,281 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................ 5,990,543 0 5,990,543 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ....................................................................................................................................................................... 0 –498,400 –498,400 

Foreign currency fluctuations .................................................................................................................................................. [–236,300 ] 

Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–262,100 ] SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................................................................................... 0 –498,400 –498,400 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY ............................................................................................................................ 72,244,533 –355,555 71,888,978 

OPERATION & 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 1,211,183 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

080 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT ..................................................................................................................................................... 3,124,551 3,124,551 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .............................................................................................................................................. 8,568,666 0 8,568,666 

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 54,317 300,903 

Marine Corps Enlisted Training Corps .................................................................................................................................... [5,000 ] Recruiting and advertising increase ....................................................................................................................................... [49,317 ] 

150 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ................................................................................................................................. 55,230 55,230 160 JUNIOR ROTC ........................................................................................................................................................................... 29,616 29,616 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING .................................................................................................................................. 1,128,573 54,317 1,182,890 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

180 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION .............................................................................................................................................. 90,366 90,366 

190 ADMINISTRATION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 428,650 428,650 999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................................................................................................... 65,658 65,658 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................ 584,674 0 584,674 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ....................................................................................................................................................................... 0 –108,900 –108,900 


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Foreign currency fluctuations .................................................................................................................................................. [–33,800 ] Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–75,100 ] SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................................................................................... 0 –108,900 –108,900 TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS ........................................................................................................... 10,281,913 –54,583 10,227,330 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY RES 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 0 1,363,283 

ADMIN & SRVWD 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 ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................ 17,527 0 17,527 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ....................................................................................................................................................................... 0 –8,100 –8,100 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Foreign currency fluctuations .................................................................................................................................................. [–3,900 ] Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–4,200 ] SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................................................................................... 0 –8,100 –8,100 TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY RES .................................................................................................................... 1,380,810 –8,100 1,372,710 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MC 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 0 316,832 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

050 ADMINISTRATION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 12,563 12,563 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................ 12,563 0 12,563 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ....................................................................................................................................................................... 0 –4,900 –4,900 

Foreign currency fluctuations .................................................................................................................................................. [–3,900 ] 

Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–1,000 ] SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................................................................................... 0 –4,900 –4,900 


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TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MC RESERVE ............................................................................................................... 329,395 –4,900 324,495 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE OPERATING FORCES 

010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES ..................................................................................................................................................... 980,768 –14,700 966,068 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................................................................................... [–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 –58,152 4,194,663 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................................................................................... [–58,152 ] 

060 CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT .................................................................................................................................................... 229,440 229,440 070 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT ................................................................................................... 9,537,192 9,537,192 080 FLYING HOUR PROGRAM .......................................................................................................................................................... 6,697,549 6,697,549 090 BASE SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................................................................ 11,633,510 –208,492 11,425,018 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................................................................................... [–223,192 ] DAF requested realignment of funds from SAG 11A .............................................................................................................. [14,700 ] 

100 GLOBAL C3I AND EARLY WARNING .......................................................................................................................................... 1,350,827 –30,951 1,319,876 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................................................................................... [–30,951 ] 

110 OTHER COMBAT OPS SPT PROGRAMS ..................................................................................................................................... 1,817,941 1,817,941 120 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ......................................................................................................................................................... 807,966 807,966 130 TACTICAL INTEL AND OTHER SPECIAL ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................... 267,615 267,615 160 US NORTHCOM/NORAD ............................................................................................................................................................ 245,263 245,263 170 US STRATCOM .......................................................................................................................................................................... 541,720 541,720 190 US CENTCOM ........................................................................................................................................................................... 335,220 –6,000 329,220 

Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq reduction ........................................................................................................................ [–6,000 ] 

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 –2,284 562,596 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................................................................................... [–2,284 ] 

999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................................................................................................... 1,465,926 1,465,926 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .............................................................................................................................................. 51,527,249 –320,579 51,206,670 

MOBILIZATION 

260 AIRLIFT OPERATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................ 3,012,287 3,012,287 

270 MOBILIZATION PREPAREDNESS ................................................................................................................................................ 241,918 241,918 

SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION ........................................................................................................................................................ 3,254,205 0 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 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 875,230 875,230 330 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ............................................................................................................................. 301,262 301,262 340 TRAINING SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................................................. 194,609 194,609 350 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ............................................................................................................................................... 204,318 45,864 250,182 

Air Force Enlisted Training Corps ........................................................................................................................................... [5,000 ] Recruiting and advertising increase ....................................................................................................................................... [40,864 ] 

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 45,864 3,268,623 


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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 4,520 1,856,376 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................................................................................... [4,520 ] 

450 CIVIL AIR PATROL .................................................................................................................................................................... 30,901 30,901 460 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT ....................................................................................................... 42,759 42,759 480 INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................................................ 115,267 115,267 999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................................................................................................... 1,506,624 1,506,624 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................ 7,718,432 4,520 7,722,952 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ....................................................................................................................................................................... 0 –442,200 –442,200 

Foreign currency fluctuations .................................................................................................................................................. [–208,500 ] 

Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–233,700 ] SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................................................................................... 0 –442,200 –442,200 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE ................................................................................................................... 65,722,645 –712,395 65,010,250 

OPERATION & 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 ................................................................................................................................................................. 866,547 866,547 040 EDUCATION & TRAINING .......................................................................................................................................................... 199,181 18,172 217,353 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................................................................................... [18,172 ] 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

050 SPECIAL PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................................................................ 383,233 383,233 060 DEPOT MAINTENANCE .............................................................................................................................................................. 67,757 67,757 070 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ................................................................................................. 678,648 678,648 080 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS AND SYSTEM SUPPORT ................................................................................................................... 1,380,350 1,380,350 090 SPACE OPERATIONS -BOS ....................................................................................................................................................... 188,760 188,760 999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................................................................................................... 71,475 71,475 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .............................................................................................................................................. 4,834,314 18,172 4,852,486 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE WIDE ACTIVITIES 

100 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS ........................................................................................................................................................... 34,046 34,046 

110 ADMINISTRATION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 149,108 –18,172 130,936 

DAF requested realignment of funds ...................................................................................................................................... [–18,172 ] SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE WIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................... 183,154 –18,172 164,982 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ....................................................................................................................................................................... 0 –87,100 –87,100 

Foreign currency fluctuations .................................................................................................................................................. [–14,100 ] Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–73,000 ] SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................................................................................... 0 –87,100 –87,100 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE .............................................................................................................. 5,017,468 –87,100 4,930,368 OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AF RESERVE OPERATING FORCES 


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010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES ..................................................................................................................................................... 2,088,949 27,480 2,116,429 

Military technician (dual status) end strength ...................................................................................................................... [27,480 ] 

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 27,480 4,004,860 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 

080 ADMINISTRATION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 107,281 107,281 

090 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ............................................................................................................................................... 9,373 1,875 11,248 

Recruiting and advertising increase ....................................................................................................................................... [1,875 ] 

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 1,875 140,751 UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ....................................................................................................................................................................... 0 –46,700 –46,700 

Foreign currency fluctuations .................................................................................................................................................. [–12,500 ] Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–34,200 ] SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................................................................................... 0 –46,700 –46,700 TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AF RESERVE ................................................................................................................ 4,116,256 –17,345 4,098,911 OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ANG OPERATING FORCES 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

010 AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS ............................................................................................................................................................ 2,498,675 2,498,675 020 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS .............................................................................................................................................. 656,714 139,680 796,394 

Military technician (dual status) end strength ...................................................................................................................... [139,680 ] 

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 49,476 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .............................................................................................................................................. 7,136,244 139,680 7,275,924 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

090 ADMINISTRATION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 68,417 68,417 

100 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ............................................................................................................................................... 49,033 23,400 72,433 

Recruiting and advertising increase ....................................................................................................................................... [23,400 ] SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................... 117,450 23,400 140,850 UNDISTRIBUTED 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ....................................................................................................................................................................... 0 –46,200 –46,200 

Foreign currency fluctuations .................................................................................................................................................. [–24,300 ] Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–21,900 ] SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................................................................................... 0 –46,200 –46,200 TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ANG .............................................................................................................................. 7,253,694 116,880 7,370,574 


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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE OPERATING FORCES 

010 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ........................................................................................................................................................... 461,370 –3,600 457,770 

Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–3,600 ] 

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 ................................................................................................................... 252,480 252,480 060 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND COMBAT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ................................................................................... 2,012,953 2,012,953 070 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND MAINTENANCE .................................................................................................................... 1,210,930 –4,000 1,206,930 

MQ–9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle unjustified increase ............................................................................................................ [–4,000 ] 

080 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND MANAGEMENT/OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ................................................................... 202,574 202,574 090 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND THEATER FORCES ............................................................................................................... 3,346,004 5,000 3,351,004 

Special Operations Forces cyber training ............................................................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

100 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................... 49,757 49,757 110 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND INTELLIGENCE .................................................................................................................... 1,391,402 1,391,402 120 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT ..................................................................................................... 1,438,967 1,438,967 130 CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS ...................................................................................................................................................... 1,318,614 10,000 1,328,614 

Modernization of Department of Defense Internet Gateway Cyber Defense ........................................................................... [10,000 ] 

140 USCYBERCOM HEADQUARTERS ............................................................................................................................................... 332,690 332,690 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES .............................................................................................................................................. 12,727,032 7,400 12,734,432 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 0 335,369 ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES 

180 CIVIL MILITARY PROGRAMS ..................................................................................................................................................... 142,240 –2,500 139,740 


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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–2,500 ] 

190 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY—CYBER ........................................................................................................................ 4,870 4,870 200 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY ....................................................................................................................................... 667,943 –2,700 665,243 

Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–2,700 ] 

210 DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY .......................................................................................................................... 1,567,119 –15,500 1,551,619 

Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–15,500 ] 

220 DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY—CYBER ........................................................................................................... 30,279 –10,000 20,279 

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program reduction .............................................................................................. [–10,000 ] 

230 DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY .................................................................................................... 1,062,123 1,062,123 250 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 1,033,789 300 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY ............................................................................................................................. 2,567,698 –9,900 2,557,798 

Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–9,900 ] 

310 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY—CYBER .............................................................................................................. 526,893 526,893 320 DEFENSE LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY ........................................................................................................................................ 241,779 –22,400 219,379 

Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–22,400 ] 

330 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY .................................................................................................................................................. 446,731 446,731 340 DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY ....................................................................................................................................................... 246,840 246,840 360 DEFENSE POW/MIA OFFICE ...................................................................................................................................................... 195,959 195,959 370 DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY ........................................................................................................................... 2,379,100 10,000 2,389,100 

Irregular Warfare Functional Center ....................................................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

380 DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................... 41,722 41,722 390 DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY ................................................................................................................................... 984,272 984,272 410 DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY—CYBER ................................................................................................................... 70,548 70,548 420 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY ................................................................................................................... 3,451,625 80,000 3,531,625 

Impact Aid ............................................................................................................................................................................... [50,000 ] 


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Impact Aid for children with severe disabilities .................................................................................................................... [30,000 ] 

430 MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY ...................................................................................................................................................... 564,078 564,078 440 OFFICE OF THE LOCAL DEFENSE COMMUNITY COOPERATION ................................................................................................. 118,216 20,000 138,216 

Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program ........................................................................................................... [20,000 ] 

480 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE—CYBER ................................................................................................................ 92,176 92,176 490 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ............................................................................................................................... 2,676,416 41,700 2,718,116 

Bien Hoa dioxin cleanup ......................................................................................................................................................... [15,000 ] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nation-wide human health assessment .......................................................... [5,000 ] Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration program .............................................................................................. [20,200 ] United States Telecommunications Training Institute ............................................................................................................ [1,500 ] 

530 WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES ................................................................................................................................ 440,947 440,947 999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................................................................................................... 20,114,447 20,114,447 

SUBTOTAL ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................................. 39,705,162 88,700 39,793,862 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE ........................................................................................................ 52,767,563 96,100 52,863,663 UNDISTRIBUTED OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 

997 UNDISTRIBUTED ....................................................................................................................................................................... 0 –51,000 –51,000 

Program reduction—USSOCOM ............................................................................................................................................... [–51,000 ] 

998 UNDISTRIBUTED ....................................................................................................................................................................... 0 –15,000 –15,000 

Unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................................................. [–15,000 ] SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................................................................................... 0 –66,000 –66,000 TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE ............................................................................................................ 0 –66,000 –66,000 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES, DEF 

010 US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES, DEFENSE ................................................................................................ 16,620 16,620 

SUBTOTAL US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES, DEF ...................................................................................... 16,620 0 16,620 


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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 16,620 0 16,620 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID 

010 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER AND CIVIC AID ............................................................................................................ 114,900 114,900 

SUBTOTAL OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID ........................................................................................ 114,900 0 114,900 

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 114,900 0 114,900 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT 

010 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ......................................................................................................................................... 350,999 350,999 

SUBTOTAL COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT ....................................................................................................... 350,999 0 350,999 TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 350,999 0 350,999 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 

010 ACQ WORKFORCE DEV FD ....................................................................................................................................................... 54,977 54,977 

SUBTOTAL ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................ 54,977 0 54,977 

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 54,977 0 54,977 


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MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 

050 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY ................................................................................................................................... 198,760 198,760 

SUBTOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY ................................................................................................................. 198,760 0 198,760 

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 198,760 0 198,760 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY 

060 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY .................................................................................................................................... 335,240 335,240 

SUBTOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY .................................................................................................................. 335,240 0 335,240 

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 335,240 0 335,240 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE 

070 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE ........................................................................................................................... 349,744 349,744 

SUBTOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE ........................................................................................................ 349,744 0 349,744 TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 349,744 0 349,744 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE 

080 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE .............................................................................................................................. 8,965 8,965 

SUBTOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE ............................................................................................................ 8,965 0 8,965 

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 8,965 0 8,965 


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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION FORMERLY USED SITES 

090 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION FORMERLY USED SITES ........................................................................................................ 232,806 232,806 

SUBTOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION FORMERLY USED SITES ..................................................................................... 232,806 0 232,806 TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 232,806 0 232,806 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE ....................................................................................................................................... 293,043,843 –1,296,847 291,746,996 


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TITLE XLIV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 

SEC. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 

SEC. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

MILITARY PERSONNEL MILITARY PERSONNEL APPROPRIATIONS MILITARY PERSONNEL APPROPRIATIONS ................................................................................................................................ 168,320,510 –1,540,840 166,779,670 Air Force end strength underexecution .................................................................................................................................. [–564,000 ] Air National Guard AGR end strength underexecution .......................................................................................................... [–45,600 ] Air National Reserve AGR end strength underexecution ........................................................................................................ [–8,040 ] Navy end strength underexecution ......................................................................................................................................... [–600,000 ] Unobligated balances ............................................................................................................................................................. [–323,200 ] SUBTOTAL MILITARY PERSONNEL APPROPRIATIONS ............................................................................................................. 168,320,510 –1,540,840 166,779,670 

MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUND CONTRIBUTIONS MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUND CONTRIBUTIONS .................................................................................... 10,553,456 10,553,456 SUBTOTAL MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE RETIREE HEALTH CARE FUND CONTRIBUTIONS ................................................................. 10,553,456 0 10,553,456 TOTAL MILITARY PERSONNEL ................................................................................................................................................. 178,873,966 –1,540,840 177,333,126 


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TITLE XLV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS. 

SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY 

010 INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 27,551 27,551 020 SUPPLY MANAGEMENT—ARMY ......................................................................................................................................... 1,662 1,662 

SUBTOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY .................................................................................................................... 29,213 0 29,213 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE 

020 SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS ................................................................................................................................................ 83,587 83,587 

SUBTOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE ............................................................................................................ 83,587 0 83,587 

NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND 

010 DEFENSE STOCKPILE ......................................................................................................................................................... 7,629 7,629 

SUBTOTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND .................................................................................... 7,629 0 7,629 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE 

010 DEFENSE AUTOMATION & PRODUCTION SERVICES ........................................................................................................... 4 4 

040 ENERGY MANAGEMENT—DEF ........................................................................................................................................... 114,663 114,663 

SUBTOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE ..................................................................................................... 114,667 0 114,667 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DECA 

010 WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DECA ........................................................................................................................................ 1,447,612 1,447,612 


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SUBTOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DECA ..................................................................................................................... 1,447,612 0 1,447,612 TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND ...................................................................................................................................... 1,682,708 0 1,682,708 

CHEM AGENTS & MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION OPERATION & MAINTENANCE 

1 CHEM DEMILITARIZATION—O&M ...................................................................................................................................... 89,284 89,284 

SUBTOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE .......................................................................................................................... 89,284 0 89,284 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

2 CHEM DEMILITARIZATION—RDT&E ................................................................................................................................... 1,002,560 1,002,560 

SUBTOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION ..................................................................................... 1,002,560 0 1,002,560 TOTAL CHEM AGENTS & MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION ........................................................................................................ 1,091,844 0 1,091,844 

DRUG INTERDICTION & CTR-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEF DRUG INTRDCTN 

010 COUNTER-NARCOTICS SUPPORT ....................................................................................................................................... 643,848 643,848 

SUBTOTAL DRUG INTRDCTN .............................................................................................................................................. 643,848 0 643,848 

DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM 

020 DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM ............................................................................................................................. 134,313 134,313 

SUBTOTAL DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM ........................................................................................................... 134,313 0 134,313 

NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAM 

030 NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAM .................................................................................................................. 102,272 102,272 

SUBTOTAL NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAM ................................................................................................ 102,272 0 102,272 

NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG SCHOOLS 

040 NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG SCHOOLS ................................................................................................................... 5,993 5,993 

SUBTOTAL NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG SCHOOLS ................................................................................................. 5,993 0 5,993 


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SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

TOTAL DRUG INTERDICTION & CTR-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEF ........................................................................................... 886,426 0 886,426 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 

010 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................................................................ 518,919 518,919 

020 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................................................................ 1,948 1,948 030 RDT&E ............................................................................................................................................................................... 3,400 3,400 040 PROCUREMENT .................................................................................................................................................................. 1,098 1,098 

SUBTOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ........................................................................................................... 520,867 0 520,867 

SUBTOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ........................................................................................................... 3,400 0 3,400 

SUBTOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ........................................................................................................... 1,098 0 1,098 

TOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL .................................................................................................................. 525,365 0 525,365 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM OPERATION & MAINTENANCE 

010 IN-HOUSE CARE ................................................................................................................................................................ 10,044,342 10,044,342 020 PRIVATE SECTOR CARE ..................................................................................................................................................... 19,893,028 19,893,028 030 CONSOLIDATED HEALTH SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................... 2,007,012 2,007,012 

040 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................. 2,327,816 2,327,816 050 MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................................. 347,446 347,446 060 EDUCATION AND TRAINING ............................................................................................................................................... 336,111 336,111 070 BASE OPERATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 2,144,551 2,144,551 

SUBTOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE .......................................................................................................................... 37,100,306 0 37,100,306 RDT&E 

080 R&D RESEARCH ................................................................................................................................................................ 40,311 40,311 


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090 R&D EXPLORATRY DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................................................... 178,892 178,892 100 R&D ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................................................ 327,040 327,040 110 R&D DEMONSTRATION/VALIDATION ................................................................................................................................... 172,351 172,351 120 R&D ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................................... 107,753 107,753 130 R&D MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT ................................................................................................................................... 87,096 87,096 140 R&D CAPABILITIES ENHANCEMENT ................................................................................................................................... 18,330 18,330 

SUBTOTAL RDT&E ............................................................................................................................................................. 931,773 0 931,773 PROCUREMENT 

150 PROC INITIAL OUTFITTING ................................................................................................................................................. 22,344 22,344 

160 PROC REPLACEMENT & MODERNIZATION ......................................................................................................................... 238,435 238,435 170 PROC JOINT OPERATIONAL MEDICINE INFORMATION SYSTEM .......................................................................................... 29,537 29,537 180 PROC MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM—DESKTOP TO DATACENTER ....................................................................................... 74,055 74,055 190 PROC DOD HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MODERNIZATION .................................................................................. 17,510 17,510 

SUBTOTAL PROCUREMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 381,881 0 381,881 TOTAL DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM ................................................................................................................................. 38,413,960 0 38,413,960 

TOTAL OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 42,600,303 42,600,303 


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TITLE XLVI—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION. 

SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION ARMY Army Alabama Anniston Army Depot OPEN STORAGE (P&D) 0 270 270 Army Alabama Redstone Arsenal SUBSTATION 50,000 0 50,000 Army Alaska Fort Wainwright COST TO COMPLETE: ENLISTED UNACCOMPANIED 

PERS HSG 

34,000 0 34,000 

Army Alaska Fort Wainwright SOLDER PERFORMANCE READINESS CENTER (P&D) 0 7,900 7,900 Army Georgia Fort Eisenhower CYBER INSTRUCTIONAL FACILITY (CLASSROOMS) 163,000 –90,000 73,000 Army Germany Grafenwoehr AUTOMATED MULTIPURPOSE MACHINE GUN RANGE 10,400 0 10,400 Army Germany Hohenfels SIMULATIONS CENTER 56,000 0 56,000 Army Hawaii Aliamanu Military Reservation WATER STORAGE TANK 20,000 0 20,000 Army Hawaii Fort Shafter CLEARWELL AND BOOSTER PUMP 0 23,000 23,000 Army Hawaii Helemano Military Reservation WELLS AND STORAGE TANK 0 33,000 33,000 Army Hawaii Schofield Barracks ELEVATED TANK AND DISTRIBUTION LINE 0 21,000 21,000 Army Hawaii Schofield Barracks WATER STORAGE TANK 0 16,000 16,000 Army Hawaii Wheeler Army Airfield AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (P&D) 0 5,400 5,400 Army Indiana Crane Army Ammunition 

Plant 

EARTH COVERED MAGAZINES (P&D) 0 1,195 1,195 

Army Kansas Fort Riley AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (P&D) 0 1,600 1,600 Army Kansas Fort Riley AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGER 105,000 0 105,000 


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Army Kentucky Blue Grass Army Depot SMALL ARMS MODERNIZATION (P&D) 0 3,300 3,300 Army Kentucky Fort Campbell AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (P&D) 0 2,500 2,500 Army Kentucky Fort Campbell MULTIPURPOSE TRAINING RANGE 38,000 0 38,000 Army Kentucky Fort Knox MIDDLE SCHOOL ADDITION (P&D) 0 6,600 6,600 Army Kwajalein Kwajalein Atoll COST TO COMPLETE: PIER 0 15,000 15,000 Army Louisiana Fort Johnson MULTIPURPOSE ATHLETIC FIELD 0 13,400 13,400 Army Massachusetts Soldier Systems Center 

Natick 

BARRACKS ADDITION 18,500 0 18,500 

Army Michigan Detroit Arsenal GROUND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT BUILDING 72,000 0 72,000 Army New Mexico White Sands Missile 

Range 

J-DETC DIRECTED ENERGY FACILITY (P&D) 0 5,500 5,500 

Army New York Watervliet Arsenal TANK FARM (P&D) 0 160 160 Army North Carolina Fort Liberty AUTOMATED RECORD FIRE RANGE 19,500 0 19,500 Army North Carolina Fort Liberty BARRACKS 50,000 0 50,000 Army North Carolina Fort Liberty BARRACKS (FACILITY PROTOTYPING) 85,000 0 85,000 Army Oklahoma McAlester Army Ammunition Plant WATER TREATMENT PLANT (P&D) 0 1,194 1,194 Army Pennsylvania Letterkenny Army Depot ANECHOIC CHAMBER (P&D) 0 275 275 Army Pennsylvania Letterkenny Army Depot GUIDED MISSILE MAINTENANCE BUILDING 89,000 0 89,000 Army Pennsylvania Tobyhanna Army Depot HELIPAD (P&D) 0 311 311 Army Pennsylvania Tobyhanna Army Depot RADAR MAINTENANCE SHOP (P&D) 0 259 259 Army Poland Various Locations PLANNING & DESIGN 0 25,710 25,710 Army South Carolina Fort Jackson COST TO COMPLETE: RECEPTION BARRACKS COMPLEX, PHASE 2 0 66,000 66,000 Army Texas Fort Bliss RAIL YARD 74,000 0 74,000 Army Texas Fort Cavazos BARRACKS (P&D) 0 20,000 20,000 Army Texas Fort Cavazos TACTICAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE FACILITIES 

(P&D) 

0 5,800 5,800 

Army Texas Red River Army Depot COMPONENT REBUILD SHOP 113,000 –66,600 46,400 Army Texas Red River Army Depot NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING FACILITY (P&D) 0 280 280 Army Texas Red River Army Depot STANDBY GENERATOR (P&D) 0 270 270 Army Virginia Fort Belvoir EQUINE TRAINING FACILITY (P&D) 0 4,000 4,000 


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SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Army Washington Joint Base Lewis-McChord BARRACKS 100,000 0 100,000 Army Washington Joint Base Lewis-McChord VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP (P&D) 0 7,500 7,500 Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide BARRACKS REPLACEMENT FUND 0 50,000 50,000 Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

HOST NATION SUPPORT 26,000 0 26,000 

Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MINOR CONSTRUCTION 76,280 0 76,280 

Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 270,875 0 270,875 

Subtotal Military Construction, Army .............................................................................................................................................. 1,470,555 180,824 1,651,379 

NAVY Navy Australia Royal Australian Air Force 

Base Darwin 

PDI: AIRCRAFT PARKING APRON (INC) 134,624 0 134,624 

Navy California Marine Corps Air Ground 

Combat Center Twentynine Palms 

COMMUNICATIONS TOWERS 42,100 0 42,100 

Navy California Port Hueneme LABORATORY COMPOUND FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS 110,000 –95,000 15,000 Navy Connecticut Naval Submarine Base 

New London 

SUBMARINE PIER 31 EXTENSION 112,518 –75,800 36,718 

Navy Connecticut Naval Submarine Base 

New London 

WEAPONS MAGAZINE & ORDNANCE OPERATIONS 

FAC. 

219,200 –200,000 19,200 

Navy District of Columbia Marine Barracks Washington BACHELOR ENLISTED QUARTERS & SUPPORT FACIL- ITY 131,800 –115,000 16,800 Navy Djibouti Camp Lemonnier ELECTRICAL POWER PLANT 0 20,000 20,000 


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Navy Florida Naval Air Station Whiting 

Field 

AHTS HANGAR 0 50,000 50,000 

Navy Guam Andersen Air Force Base PDI: CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 105,220 –50,000 55,220 Navy Guam Andersen Air Force Base PDI: JOINT CONSOL. COMM. CENTER (INC) 107,000 0 107,000 Navy Guam Joint Region Marianas PDI: JOINT COMMUNICATION UPGRADE (INC) 292,830 –261,500 31,330 Navy Guam Joint Region Marianas PDI: MISSILE INTEGRATION TEST FACILITY 174,540 –130,000 44,540 Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: 9TH ESB TRAINING COMPLEX 23,380 0 23,380 Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: ARTILLERY BATTERY FACILITIES 137,550 –70,000 67,550 Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: CONSOLIDATED MEB HQ/NCIS PHII 19,740 0 19,740 Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: RECREATION CENTER 34,740 0 34,740 Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: RELIGIOUS MINISTRY SERVICES FACILITY 46,350 0 46,350 Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY (INC) 166,159 –110,000 56,159 Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: TRAINING CENTER 89,640 0 89,640 Navy Hawaii Joint Base Pearl HarborHickam DRY DOCK 3 REPLACEMENT (INC) 1,318,711 0 1,318,711 Navy Hawaii Joint Base Pearl HarborHickam WATERFRONT PRODUCTION FACILITY (P&D) 0 60,000 60,000 Navy Hawaii Marine Corps Base 

Kaneohe Bay 

WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY COMPLIANCE UPGRADE 0 40,000 40,000 

Navy Italy Naval Air Station 

Sigonella 

EDI: ORDNANCE MAGAZINES 77,072 0 77,072 

Navy Maine Portsmouth Naval Shipyard MULTI-MISSION DRYDOCK #1 EXTENSION (INC) 544,808 0 544,808 Navy Maryland Fort Meade CYBERSECURITY OPERATIONS FACILITY 186,480 –125,900 60,580 Navy Maryland Naval Air Station Patuxent River AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE FACILI- TIES 141,700 –79,700 62,000 Navy North Carolina Marine Corps Air Station 

Cherry Point 

2D LAAD MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS FACILITIES 0 50,000 50,000 

Navy North Carolina Marine Corps Air Station 

Cherry Point 

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR (INC) 19,529 0 19,529 

Navy North Carolina Marine Corps Air Station 

Cherry Point 

MAINTENANCE FACILITY & MARINE AIR GROUP HQS 125,150 –85,000 40,150 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Navy North Carolina Marine Corps Base Camp 

Lejeune 

10TH MARINES MAINTENANCE & OPERATIONS COMPLEX 0 20,000 20,000 

Navy North Carolina Marine Corps Base Camp 

Lejeune 

CORROSION REPAIR FACILITY REPLACEMENT 0 20,000 20,000 

Navy Pennsylvania Naval Surface Warfare 

Center Philadelphia 

AI MACHINERY CONTROL DEVELOPMENT CENTER 0 88,200 88,200 

Navy Virginia Dam Neck Annex MARITIME SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FACILITY 109,680 0 109,680 Navy Virginia Joint Expeditionary Base 

Little Creek—Fort Story 

CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 35,000 0 35,000 

Navy Virginia Marine Corps Base 

Quantico 

WATER TREATMENT PLANT 127,120 –90,000 37,120 

Navy Virginia Naval Station Norfolk CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 43,600 0 43,600 Navy Virginia Naval Station Norfolk MQ–25 AIRCRAFT LAYDOWN FACILITIES 114,495 –103,000 11,495 Navy Virginia Naval Station Norfolk SUBMARINE PIER 3 (INC) 99,077 0 99,077 Navy Virginia Naval Weapons Station 

Yorktown 

WEAPONS MAGAZINES 221,920 –175,000 46,920 

Navy Virginia Norfolk Naval Shipyard DRY DOCK SALTWATER SYSTEM FOR CVN–78 (INC) 81,082 0 81,082 Navy Washington Naval Base Kitsap ALTERNATE POWER TRANSMISSION LINE 0 19,000 19,000 Navy Washington Naval Base Kitsap ARMORED FIGHTING VEHICLE SUPPORT FACILITY 0 31,000 31,000 Navy Washington Naval Base Kitsap SHIPYARD ELECTRICAL BACKBONE 195,000 –180,000 15,000 Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide BARRACKS REPLACEMENT FUND 0 75,000 75,000 Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide INDOPACOM PLANNING & DESIGN 0 69,000 69,000 Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide SIOP (P&D) 0 50,000 50,000 Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 578,942 0 578,942 


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Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 21,000 0 21,000 

Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 34,430 0 34,430 

Subtotal Military Construction, Navy .............................................................................................................................................. 6,022,187 –1,353,700 4,668,487 

AIR FORCE Air Force Alaska Eielson Air Force Base CONSOLIDATED MUNITIONS COMPLEX (P&D) 0 1,200 1,200 Air Force Alaska Eielson Air Force Base JOINT PACIFIC ALASKA RANGE COMPLEX (JPARC) 

OPS FACILITY (P&D) 

0 1,100 1,100 

Air Force Alaska Joint Base ElmendorfRichardson EXTEND RUNWAY 16/34 (INC 3) 107,500 0 107,500 Air Force Alaska Joint Base ElmendorfRichardson PRECISION GUIDED MISSILE COMPLEX (P&D) 0 6,100 6,100 Air Force Arizona Luke Air Force Base GILA BEND (P&D) 0 2,600 2,600 Air Force Australia Royal Australian Air Force 

Base Darwin 

PDI: SQUADRON OPERATIONS FACILITY 26,000 0 26,000 

Air Force Australia Royal Australian Air Force 

Base Tindal 

PDI: AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SUPPORT FACILITY 17,500 0 17,500 

Air Force Australia Royal Australian Air Force 

Base Tindal 

PDI: SQUADRON OPERATIONS FACILITY 20,000 0 20,000 

Air Force Australia Royal Australian Air Force 

Base Tindal 

PDI: BOMBER APRON 93,000 0 93,000 

Air Force Florida MacDill Air Force Base KC–46A ADAL AIRCRAFT CORROSION CONTROL 25,000 0 25,000 Air Force Florida MacDill Air Force Base KC–46A ADAL AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR 27,000 0 27,000 Air Force Florida MacDill Air Force Base KC–46A ADAL APRON & HYDRANT FUELING PITS 61,000 0 61,000 Air Force Florida MacDill Air Force Base KC–46A ADAL FUEL SYSTEM MAINTENANCE DOCK 18,000 0 18,000 Air Force Florida Patrick Space Force Base COMMERCIAL VEHICLE INSPECTION 15,000 0 15,000 Air Force Florida Patrick Space Force Base COST TO COMPLETE: CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS CENTER 15,000 0 15,000 Air Force Florida Patrick Space Force Base FINAL DENIAL BARRIERS, SOUTH GATE 12,000 0 12,000 Air Force Florida Tyndall Air Force Base NATURAL DISASTER RECOVERY 0 252,000 252,000 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Air Force Georgia Robins Air Force Base BATTLE MANAGEMENT COMBINED OPERATIONS 

COMPLEX 

115,000 0 115,000 

Air Force Guam Joint Region Marianas PDI: NORTH AIRCRAFT PARKING RAMP (INC) 109,000 0 109,000 Air Force Japan Kadena Air Base PDI: HELO RESCUE OPS MAINTENANCE HANGAR 

(INC 3) 

46,000 0 46,000 

Air Force Japan Kadena Air Base PDI: THEATER A/C CORROSION CONTROL CTR (INC) 42,000 0 42,000 Air Force Louisiana Barksdale Air Force Base CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (P&D) 0 2,000 2,000 Air Force Louisiana Barksdale Air Force Base DORMITORY (P&D) 0 7,000 7,000 Air Force Louisiana Barksdale Air Force Base WEAPONS GENERATION FACILITY (INC 3) 112,000 0 112,000 Air Force Mariana Islands Tinian PDI: AIRFIELD DEVELOPMENT, PHASE 1 (INC 3) 26,000 0 26,000 Air Force Mariana Islands Tinian PDI: FUEL TANKS W/PIPELINE & HYDRANT (INC 3) 20,000 0 20,000 Air Force Mariana Islands Tinian PDI: PARKING APRON (INC 3) 32,000 0 32,000 Air Force Massachusetts Hanscom Air Force Base CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 37,000 0 37,000 Air Force Massachusetts Hanscom Air Force Base MIT-LINCOLN LAB (WEST LAB CSL/MIF) (INC 4) 70,000 0 70,000 Air Force Mississippi Columbus Air Force Base T–7A GROUND BASED TRAINING SYSTEM FACILITY 30,000 0 30,000 Air Force Mississippi Columbus Air Force Base T–7A UNIT MAINTENANCE TRAINING FACILITY 9,500 0 9,500 Air Force Mississippi Keesler Air Force Base AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (P&D) 0 2,000 2,000 Air Force Nebraska Offutt Air Force Base 55 CES MAINTENANCE/WAREHOUSE (P&D) 0 4,500 4,500 Air Force Nebraska Offutt Air Force Base BASE OPERATIONS/MOBILITY CENTER (P&D) 0 5,000 5,000 Air Force Nebraska Offutt Air Force Base LOGISTICS READINESS SQUADRON TRANSPORTATION 

FACILITY (P&D) 

0 3,500 3,500 

Air Force Nevada Nellis Air Force Base F–35 COALITION HANGAR (P&D) 0 5,500 5,500 Air Force Nevada Nellis Air Force Base F–35 DATA LAB SUPPORT FACILITY (P&D) 0 700 700 Air Force New Mexico Cannon Air Force Base SATELLITE FIRE STATION (P&D) 0 5,000 5,000 Air Force New Mexico Kirtland Air Force Base COST TO COMPLETE: WYOMING GATE UPGRADE FOR 

ANTITERRORISM COMPLIANCE 

0 24,400 24,400 

Air Force Norway Rygge Air Station EDI: DABS-FEV STORAGE 88,000 0 88,000 


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Air Force Norway Rygge Air Station EDI: MUNITIONS STORAGE AREA 31,000 0 31,000 Air Force Ohio Wright-Patterson Air Force 

Base 

ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT COMPLEX PHASE V 

(P&D) 

0 19,500 19,500 

Air Force Oklahoma Tinker Air Force Base KC–46 3–BAY DEPOT MAINTENANCE HANGAR (INC 

3) 

78,000 0 78,000 

Air Force Oklahoma Vance Air Force Base CONSOLIDATED UNDERGRADUATE PILOT TRAINING 

CENTER (P&D) 

0 8,400 8,400 

Air Force Philippines Cesar Basa Air Base PDI: TRANSIENT AIRCRAFT PARKING APRON 35,000 0 35,000 Air Force South Dakota Ellsworth Air Force Base B–21 FUEL SYSTEM MAINTENANCE DOCK 75,000 0 75,000 Air Force South Dakota Ellsworth Air Force Base B–21 PHASE HANGAR 160,000 0 160,000 Air Force South Dakota Ellsworth Air Force Base B–21 WEAPONS GENERATION FACILITY (INC) 160,000 0 160,000 Air Force Spain Moro ́n Air Base EDI: MUNITIONS STORAGE 26,000 0 26,000 Air Force Texas Joint Base San AntonioLackland CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 20,000 0 20,000 Air Force United Kingdom Royal Air Force Fairford COST TO COMPLETE: EDI DABS-FEV STORAGE 0 28,000 28,000 Air Force United Kingdom Royal Air Force Fairford COST TO COMPLETE: EDI MUNITIONS HOLDING AREA 0 20,000 20,000 Air Force United Kingdom Royal Air Force Fairford EDI: RADR STORAGE FACILITY 47,000 0 47,000 Air Force United Kingdom Royal Air Force 

Lakenheath 

EDI: RADR STORAGE FACILITY 28,000 0 28,000 

Air Force United Kingdom Royal Air Force 

Lakenheath 

SURETY DORMITORY 50,000 0 50,000 

Air Force Utah Hill Air Force Base F–35 T–7A EAST CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE 82,000 0 82,000 Air Force Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide BARRACKS REPLACEMENT FUND 0 50,000 50,000 Air Force Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

EDI: PLANNING & DESIGN 5,648 0 5,648 

Air Force Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 338,985 0 338,985 

Air Force Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 90,281 0 90,281 

Air Force Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 64,900 0 64,900 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Air Force Wyoming F.E. Warren Air Force 

Base 

COST TO COMPLETE: CONSOLIDATED HELO/TRF OPS/ 

AMU AND ALERT FACILITY 

0 18,000 18,000 

Air Force Wyoming F.E. Warren Air Force 

Base 

GBSD INTEGRATED COMMAND CENTER (INC 2) 27,000 0 27,000 

Air Force Wyoming F.E. Warren Air Force 

Base 

GBSD INTEGRATED TRAINING CENTER 85,000 0 85,000 

Air Force Wyoming F.E. Warren Air Force 

Base 

GBSD MISSILE HANDLING COMPLEX (INC 2) 28,000 0 28,000 

Subtotal Military Construction, Air Force ...................................................................................................................................... 2,605,314 466,500 3,071,814 

DEFENSE-WIDE Defense-Wide Alabama Redstone Arsenal GROUND TEST FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE 147,975 –70,000 77,975 Defense-Wide California Marine Corps Air Station 

Miramar 

AMBULATORY CARE CENTER—DENTAL CLINIC ADD// 

ALT 

103,000 –82,400 20,600 

Defense-Wide California Marine Corps Air Station 

Miramar 

ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, ON-SITE GENERATION, AND MICROGRID IMPROVEMENTS 0 30,550 30,550 

Defense-Wide California Monterey COST TO COMPLETE: COGEN PLANT AT B236 0 5,460 5,460 Defense-Wide California Naval Base Coronado COST TO COMPLETE: ATC OPERATIONS SUPPORT FACILITY 0 11,400 11,400 Defense-Wide California Naval Base Coronado SOF NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND OPERATIONS SUPPORT FACILITY, PHASE 2 0 51,000 51,000 Defense-Wide California Naval Base San Diego AMBULATORY CARE CENTER—DENTAL CLINIC 

REPLMT 

101,644 –79,459 22,185 

Defense-Wide California Naval Base San Diego MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 6,300 6,300 Defense-Wide California Naval Base Ventura 

County 

COST TO COMPLETE: GROUND MOUNTED SOLAR PV 0 16,840 16,840 


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Defense-Wide California Vandenberg Space Force 

Base 

MICROGRID WITH BACKUP POWER 0 57,000 57,000 

Defense-Wide Colorado Buckley Space Force Base REDUNDANT ELECTRICAL SUPPLY 0 9,000 9,000 Defense-Wide Colorado Buckley Space Force Base REPLACEMENT WATER WELL 0 5,700 5,700 Defense-Wide Cuba Guantanamo Bay Naval 

Station 

AMBULATORY CARE CENTER (INC 1) 60,000 0 60,000 

Defense-Wide Delaware Dover Air Force Base ARMED SERVICES WHOLE BLOOD PROCESSING LABORATORY 0 30,500 30,500 Defense-Wide Djibouti Camp Lemonnier COST TO COMPLETE: ENHANCE ENERGY SECURITY 

AND CONTROL SYSTEMS 

0 5,200 5,200 

Defense-Wide Georgia Naval Submarine Base 

Kings Bay 

ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION IMPROVEMENTS, PHASE 2 0 49,500 49,500 

Defense-Wide Germany Baumholder HUMAN PERFORMANCE TRAINING CENTER 0 16,700 16,700 Defense-Wide Germany Baumholder SOF COMPANY OPERATIONS FACILITY 41,000 0 41,000 Defense-Wide Germany Baumholder SOF JOINT PARACHUTE RIGGING FACILITY 23,000 0 23,000 Defense-Wide Germany Kaiserslautern Air Base KAISERSLAUTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL 21,275 0 21,275 Defense-Wide Germany Ramstein Air Base RAMSTEIN MIDDLE SCHOOL 181,764 0 181,764 Defense-Wide Germany Rhine Ordnance Barracks MEDICAL CENTER REPLACEMENT (INC 11) 77,210 0 77,210 Defense-Wide Germany Stuttgart ROBINSON BARRACKS ELEM SCHOOL REPLACEMENT 8,000 0 8,000 Defense-Wide Hawaii Joint Base Pearl HarborHickam COST TO COMPLETE: FY20 500 KW PV COVERED PARKING EV CHARGING STATION 0 7,476 7,476 Defense-Wide Hawaii Joint Base Pearl HarborHickam COST TO COMPLETE: PRIMARY ELECTRICAL DIS- TRIBUTION 0 13,040 13,040 Defense-Wide Honduras Soto Cano Air Base FUEL FACILITIES 41,300 0 41,300 Defense-Wide Italy Naples COST TO COMPLETE: SMART GRID 0 7,610 7,610 Defense-Wide Japan Fleet Activities Yokosuka KINNICK HIGH SCHOOL (INC) 70,000 0 70,000 Defense-Wide Japan Kadena Air Base PDI SOF MAINTENANCE HANGAR 88,900 0 88,900 Defense-Wide Japan Kadena Air Base PDI: SOF COMPOSITE MAINTENANCE FACILITY 11,400 0 11,400 Defense-Wide Kansas Forbes Field MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 5,850 5,850 Defense-Wide Kansas Fort Riley COST TO COMPLETE: POWER GENERATION AND 

MICROGRID 

0 15,468 15,468 

Defense-Wide Korea K–16 Air Base K–16 EMERGENCY BACKUP POWER 0 5,650 5,650 


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SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Defense-Wide Kuwait Camp Arifjan COST TO COMPLETE: POWER GENERATION AND 

MICROGRID 

0 8,197 8,197 

Defense-Wide Kuwait Camp Buehring MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 18,850 18,850 Defense-Wide Louisiana Naval Air Station Joint 

Reserve Base New Orleans 

COST TO COMPLETE: DISTRIBUTION SWITCHGEAR 0 6,453 6,453 

Defense-Wide Maryland Bethesda Naval Hospital MEDICAL CENTER ADDITION/ALTERATION (INC 7) 101,816 0 101,816 Defense-Wide Maryland Fort Meade NSAW MISSION OPS AND RECORDS CENTER (INC) 105,000 0 105,000 Defense-Wide Maryland Fort Meade NSAW RECAP BUILDING 4 (INC) 315,000 0 315,000 Defense-Wide Maryland Fort Meade NSAW RECAP BUILDING 5 (ECB 5) (INC) 65,000 0 65,000 Defense-Wide Maryland Joint Base Andrews HYDRANT FUELING SYSTEM 38,300 0 38,300 Defense-Wide Missouri Lake City Army Ammunition Plant MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 80,100 80,100 Defense-Wide Montana Great Falls International 

Airport 

FUEL FACILITIES 30,000 0 30,000 

Defense-Wide Nebraska Offutt Air Force Base DEFENSE POW/MIA ACCOUNTABILITY AGENCY LABORATORY (P&D) 0 5,000 5,000 Defense-Wide Nebraska Offutt Air Force Base MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 41,000 41,000 Defense-Wide North Carolina Fort Liberty (Camp 

Mackall) 

MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 10,500 10,500 

Defense-Wide North Carolina Marine Corps Base Camp 

Lejeune 

MARINE RAIDER BATTALION OPERATIONS FACILITY 0 70,000 70,000 

Defense-Wide Oklahoma Fort Sill MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 76,650 76,650 Defense-Wide Pennsylvania Fort Indiantown Gap COST TO COMPLETE: GEOTHERMAL AND SOLAR PV 0 9,250 9,250 Defense-Wide Puerto Rico Fort Buchanan MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 56,000 56,000 Defense-Wide Puerto Rico Juana Dı ́az COST TO COMPLETE: MICROGRID CONTROLS, 690 

KW PV, 275KW GEN, 570 KWH BESS 

0 7,680 7,680 


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Defense-Wide Puerto Rico Ramey COST TO COMPLETE: MICROGRID CONTROL SYSTEM, 

460 KW PV, 275KW GEN, 660 KWH BESS 

0 6,360 6,360 

Defense-Wide Spain Naval Station Rota BULK TANK FARM, PHASE 1 80,000 0 80,000 Defense-Wide Texas Fort Cavazos COST TO COMPLETE: POWER GENERATION AND 

MICROGRID 

0 18,900 18,900 

Defense-Wide Texas Fort Cavazos MICROGRID AND BACKUP POWER 0 18,250 18,250 Defense-Wide Utah Hill Air Force Base OPEN STORAGE 14,200 0 14,200 Defense-Wide Virginia Fort Belvoir DIA HEADQUARTERS ANNEX 185,000 –160,000 25,000 Defense-Wide Virginia Hampton Roads COST TO COMPLETE: BACKUP POWER GENERATION 0 1,200 1,200 Defense-Wide Virginia Joint Expeditionary Base 

Little Creek—Fort Story 

SOF SDVT2 OPERATIONS SUPPORT FACILITY 61,000 0 61,000 

Defense-Wide Virginia Fort Belvoir (NGA Campus 

East) 

COST TO COMPLETE: CHILLED WATER REDUNDANCY 0 550 550 

Defense-Wide Virginia Pentagon HVAC EFFICIENCY UPGRADES 0 2,250 2,250 Defense-Wide Virginia Pentagon SEC OPS AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FACS 30,600 0 30,600 Defense-Wide Washington Joint Base Lewis-McChord POWER GENERATION AND MICROGRID 0 49,850 49,850 Defense-Wide Washington Joint Base Lewis-McChord SOF CONSOLIDATED RIGGING FACILITY 62,000 0 62,000 Defense-Wide Washington Manchester BULK STORAGE TANKS, PHASE 2 71,000 0 71,000 Defense-Wide Washington Naval Undersea Warfare 

Center Keyport 

SOF COLD WATER TRAINING AUSTERE ENVIRONMENT 

FACILITY 

0 37,000 37,000 

Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide INDOPACOM UNSPECIFIED MINOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 0 62,000 62,000 Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

ENERGY RESILIENCE AND CONSERV. INVEST. PROG. 548,000 –548,000 0 

Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

ERCIP PLANNING & DESIGN 86,250 0 86,250 

Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

EXERCISE RELATED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 11,107 0 11,107 

Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 49,610 0 49,610 


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Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 32,579 0 32,579 

Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 30,215 0 30,215 

Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 25,130 0 25,130 

Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 24,000 0 24,000 

Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 8,568 0 8,568 

Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 3,068 0 3,068 

Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 2,000 0 2,000 

Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 1,035 0 1,035 

Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 590 0 590 

Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 19,271 0 19,271 

Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 3,000 0 3,000 

Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Various Worldwide Locations UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 4,875 0 4,875 Defense-Wide Wyoming F.E. Warren Air Force 

Base 

MICROGRID AND BATTERY STORAGE 0 25,000 25,000 

Subtotal Military Construction, Defense-Wide ............................................................................................................................... 2,984,682 21,425 3,006,107 


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ARMY NATIONAL GUARD Army National Guard Alabama Fort McClellan COST TO COMPLETE: ENLISTED BARRACKS, TT 0 7,000 7,000 Army National Guard Alabama Huntsville COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER 

0 4,650 4,650 

Army National Guard Arizona Surprise Readiness Center NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 15,000 0 15,000 Army National Guard Arkansas Fort Chaffee COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER 

0 610 610 

Army National Guard California Bakersfield COST TO COMPLETE: VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP 0 1,000 1,000 Army National Guard California Camp Roberts COST TO COMPLETE: AUTOMATED MULTIPURPOSE 

MACHINE GUN (MPMG) RANGE 

0 5,000 5,000 

Army National Guard Colorado Peterson Space Force 

Base 

COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER 

0 3,000 3,000 

Army National Guard Connecticut Putnam COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER 

0 6,125 6,125 

Army National Guard Florida Camp Blanding MULTIPURPOSE MACHINE GUN RANGE 0 11,000 11,000 Army National Guard Guam Barrigada COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER 

0 6,900 6,900 

Army National Guard Idaho Jerome COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER 

0 1,250 1,250 

Army National Guard Idaho Jerome County Regional 

Site 

NATIONAL GUARD VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP 17,000 0 17,000 

Army National Guard Illinois Bloomington COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD VEHICLE 

MAINTENANCE SHOP 

0 5,250 5,250 

Army National Guard Illinois North Riverside Armory NATIONAL GUARD VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP 24,000 0 24,000 Army National Guard Indiana Shelbyville COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER ADD/ALT 

0 5,000 5,000 

Army National Guard Kansas Topeka COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD/RESERVE 

CENTER BUILDING 

0 5,856 5,856 

Army National Guard Kentucky Burlington VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP 0 16,400 16,400 


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Army National Guard Kentucky Frankfort COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD/RESERVE 

CENTER BUILDING 

0 2,000 2,000 

Army National Guard Louisiana Camp Beauregard COLLECTIVE TRAINING UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING 

OPEN-BAY (P&D) 

0 2,400 2,400 

Army National Guard Louisiana Camp Beauregard COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER 

0 2,000 2,000 

Army National Guard Louisiana Camp Minden COST TO COMPLETE: COLLECTIVE TRAINING UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING, OPEN BAY 0 3,718 3,718 Army National Guard Maine Northern Maine Range 

Complex 

AUTOMATED MULTIPURPOSE MACHINE GUN RANGE 

(P&D) 

0 2,800 2,800 

Army National Guard Maine Saco COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD VEHICLE 

MAINTENANCE SHOP 

0 7,420 7,420 

Army National Guard Massachusetts Camp Edwards COST TO COMPLETE: AUTOMATED MULTIPURPOSE 

MACHINE GUN (MPMG) RANGE 

0 3,000 3,000 

Army National Guard Mississippi Camp Shelby CAMP SHELBY JFTC RAILHEAD EXPANSION (P&D) 0 2,200 2,200 Army National Guard Mississippi Camp Shelby COST TO COMPLETE: MANEUVER AREA TRAINING 

EQUIPMENT SITE ADDITION 

0 5,425 5,425 

Army National Guard Mississippi Southaven NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 0 22,000 22,000 Army National Guard Missouri Belle Fontaine NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 28,000 0 28,000 Army National Guard Nebraska Bellevue COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER 

0 9,090 9,090 

Army National Guard Nebraska Greenlief Training Site COLLECTIVE TRAINING UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING 

OPEN-BAY (P&D) 

0 1,200 1,200 

Army National Guard Nebraska Mead Training Site COST TO COMPLETE: COLLECTIVE TRAINING UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING, OPEN BAY 0 1,913 1,913 Army National Guard Nebraska North Platte COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD VEHICLE 

MAINTENANCE SHOP 

0 400 400 


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Army National Guard New Hampshire Concord COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER 

0 200 200 

Army National Guard New Hampshire Littleton NATIONAL GUARD VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP ADD 23,000 0 23,000 Army National Guard New Jersey Joint Base McGuire-DixLakehurst COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 0 605 605 Army National Guard New Mexico Rio Rancho Training Site NATIONAL GUARD VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP ADD 11,000 0 11,000 Army National Guard New York Lexington Avenue Armory NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 0 70,000 70,000 Army National Guard North Carolina Salisbury ARMY AVIATION SUPPORT FACILITIES (P&D) 0 2,200 2,200 Army National Guard North Dakota Camp Grafton INSTITUTIONAL POST-INITIAL MILITARY TRAINING, 

UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING (P&D) 

0 1,950 1,950 

Army National Guard North Dakota Dickinson COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER 

0 5,425 5,425 

Army National Guard Ohio Camp Perry Joint Training 

Center 

NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 19,200 0 19,200 

Army National Guard Ohio Columbus COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER 

0 4,000 4,000 

Army National Guard Oklahoma Ardmore COST TO COMPLETE: VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SHOP 0 400 400 Army National Guard Oregon Washington County Readiness Center NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 26,000 0 26,000 Army National Guard Pennsylvania Hermitage Readiness 

Center 

NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 13,600 0 13,600 

Army National Guard Pennsylvania Moon Township COST TO COMPLETE: COMBINED SUPPORT MAINTENANCE SHOP 0 3,100 3,100 Army National Guard Puerto Rico Fort Allen COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER 

0 3,676 3,676 

Army National Guard Rhode Island Camp Fogarty Training 

Site 

COLLECTIVE TRAINING UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING 

OPEN-BAY (P&D) 

0 1,990 1,990 

Army National Guard Rhode Island North Kingstown NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 0 30,000 30,000 Army National Guard South Carolina Aiken County Readiness 

Center 

NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 20,000 0 20,000 

Army National Guard South Carolina Joint Base Charleston COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER 

0 4,373 4,373 


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SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Army National Guard South Carolina McCrady Training Center AUTOMATED MULTIPURPOSE MACHINE GUN RANGE 7,900 0 7,900 Army National Guard South Dakota Sioux Falls COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER 

0 5,250 5,250 

Army National Guard Tennessee Campbell Army Air Field ARMY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWERS (P&D) 0 2,500 2,500 Army National Guard Tennessee McMinnville COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER 

0 500 500 

Army National Guard Texas Fort Cavazos GENERAL INSTRUCTION BUILDING (P&D) 0 2,685 2,685 Army National Guard Texas Fort Worth COST TO COMPLETE: AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE 

HANGAR ADD/ALT 

0 6,489 6,489 

Army National Guard Texas Fort Worth COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD VEHICLE 

MAINTENANCE SHOP 

0 381 381 

Army National Guard Utah Camp Williams COLLECTIVE TRAINING UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING, 

SENIOR NCO AND OFFICER (P&D) 

0 2,875 2,875 

Army National Guard Vermont Bennington COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER 

0 3,415 3,415 

Army National Guard Virgin Islands St. Croix COST TO COMPLETE: ARMY AVIATION SUPPORT FACILITY 0 4,200 4,200 Army National Guard Virgin Islands St. Croix COST TO COMPLETE: READY BUILDING 0 1,710 1,710 Army National Guard Virginia Sandston RC & FMS 1 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE HANGAR 20,000 0 20,000 Army National Guard Virginia Troutville COST TO COMPLETE: COMBINED SUPPORT MAINTENANCE SHOP ADDITION 0 2,415 2,415 Army National Guard Virginia Troutville COST TO COMPLETE: NATIONAL GUARD READINESS 

CENTER ADDITION 

0 2,135 2,135 

Army National Guard West Virginia Parkersburg NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER (P&D) 0 3,300 3,300 Army National Guard Wisconsin Viroqua NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTER 18,200 0 18,200 Army National Guard Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 34,286 0 34,286 


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Army National Guard Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 63,000 0 63,000 

Subtotal Military Construction, Army National Guard ................................................................................................................... 340,186 310,381 650,567 

ARMY RESERVE Army Reserve Alabama Birmingham ARMY RESERVE CENTER/AMSA/LAND 57,000 0 57,000 Army Reserve Arizona San Tan Valley AREA MAINTENANCE SUPPORT ACTIVITY 12,000 0 12,000 Army Reserve California Camp Pendleton COST TO COMPLETE: AREA MAINTENANCE SUPPORT 

ACTIVITY 

0 3,000 3,000 

Army Reserve California Fort Hunter Liggett NETWORK ENTERPRISE CENTER 0 40,000 40,000 Army Reserve Florida Perrine COST TO COMPLETE: ARMY RESERVE CENTER 0 3,000 3,000 Army Reserve North Carolina Asheville COST TO COMPLETE: ARMY RESERVE CENTER 0 12,000 12,000 Army Reserve Ohio Wright-Patterson Air Force 

Base 

COST TO COMPLETE: ARMY RESERVE CENTER 0 5,000 5,000 

Army Reserve Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 23,389 0 23,389 

Army Reserve Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 14,687 0 14,687 

Subtotal Military Construction, Army Reserve ............................................................................................................................... 107,076 63,000 170,076 

NAVY RESERVE & MARINE CORPS RESERVE Navy Reserve & Marine Corps Reserve Michigan Battle Creek ORGANIC SUPPLY FACILITIES 24,549 0 24,549 Navy Reserve & Marine Corps Reserve Virginia Marine Forces Reserve Dam Neck Virginia Beach G/ATOR SUPPORT FACILITIES 12,400 0 12,400 Navy Reserve & Marine Corps Reserve Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations MCNR PLANNING & DESIGN 6,495 0 6,495 


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SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Navy Reserve & Marine Corps Reserve Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations MCNR UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 7,847 0 7,847 

Subtotal Military Construction, Navy Reserve & Marine Corps Reserve ..................................................................................... 51,291 0 51,291 

AIR NATIONAL GUARD Air National Guard Alabama Montgomery Regional Airport F–35 ADAL SQ OPS BLDG 1303 7,000 0 7,000 Air National Guard Alaska Eielson Air Force Base AMC STANDARD DUAL BAY HANGAR (P&D) 0 3,700 3,700 Air National Guard Alaska Joint Base ElmendorfRichardson ADAL ALERT CREW FACILITY HGR 18 0 7,000 7,000 Air National Guard Arizona Tucson International Airport MCCA: AIRCRAFT ARRESTING SYSTEM (NEW RWY) 11,600 0 11,600 Air National Guard Arkansas Ebbing Air National Guard 

Base 

3–BAY HANGAR 0 54,000 54,000 

Air National Guard Arkansas Ebbing Air National Guard 

Base 

AIRCREW FLIGHT EQUIPMENT/STEP 0 9,300 9,300 

Air National Guard Arkansas Ebbing Air National Guard 

Base 

SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM FACILITY 0 12,700 12,700 

Air National Guard Colorado Buckley Space Force Base AIRCRAFT CORROSION CONTROL 12,000 0 12,000 Air National Guard Indiana Fort Wayne International 

Airport 

FIRE STATION 8,900 0 8,900 

Air National Guard Mississippi Field Air National Guard 

Base 

COST TO COMPLETE: 172ND AIRLIFT WING FIRE/ 

CRASH RESCUE STATION 

0 8,000 8,000 

Air National Guard Missouri Rosecrans Air National 

Guard Base 

139TH AIRLIFT WING ENTRY CONTROL POINT (P&D) 0 2,000 2,000 


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Air National Guard Missouri Rosecrans Air National 

Guard Base 

ENTRY CONTROL POINT (P&D) 0 2,000 2,000 

Air National Guard Oregon Portland International Airport SPECIAL TACTICS COMPLEX, PHASE 1 22,000 0 22,000 Air National Guard Oregon Portland International Airport SPECIAL TACTICS COMPLEX, PHASE 2 18,500 0 18,500 Air National Guard Oregon Portland International Airport SPECIAL TACTICS COMPLEX, PHASE 3 0 20,000 20,000 Air National Guard Oregon Portland International Airport SPECIAL TACTICS COMPLEX, PHASE 4 0 11,000 11,000 Air National Guard Pennsylvania Harrisburg International 

Airport 

ENTRY CONTROL FACILITY 0 8,000 8,000 

Air National Guard Wisconsin Truax Field F–35: MM&I FAC, B701 0 5,200 5,200 Air National Guard Wisconsin Volk Air National Guard 

Base 

FIRE/CRASH RESCUE STATION (P&D) 0 670 670 

Air National Guard Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 35,600 0 35,600 

Air National Guard Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR CONSTRUCTION 63,122 0 63,122 

Subtotal Military Construction, Air National Guard ....................................................................................................................... 178,722 143,570 322,292 

AIR FORCE RESERVE Air Force Reserve Arizona Davis-Monthan Air Force 

Base 

GUARDIAN ANGEL POTFF FACILITY 0 8,500 8,500 

Air Force Reserve California March Air Reserve Base KC–46 ADD/ALTER B1244 FUT/CARGO PALLET STORAGE 17,000 0 17,000 Air Force Reserve California March Air Reserve Base KC–46 ADD/ALTER B6000 SIMULATOR FACILITY 8,500 0 8,500 Air Force Reserve California March Air Reserve Base KC–46 TWO BAY MAINTENANCE/FUEL HANGAR 201,000 0 201,000 Air Force Reserve Guam Joint Region Marianas AERIAL PORT FACILITY 27,000 0 27,000 Air Force Reserve Louisiana Barksdale Air Force Base 307 BW MEDICAL FACILITY ADDITION 0 7,000 7,000 Air Force Reserve Ohio Youngstown Air Reserve 

Station 

BASE FIRE STATION (P&D) 0 2,500 2,500 


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SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Air Force Reserve Texas Naval Air Station Joint 

Reserve Base Fort Worth 

LRS WAREHOUSE 16,000 0 16,000 

Air Force Reserve Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 12,146 0 12,146 

Air Force Reserve Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UNSPECIFIED MINOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 9,926 0 9,926 

Subtotal Military Construction, Air Force Reserve ........................................................................................................................ 291,572 18,000 309,572 

NATO SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM NATO Worldwide Unspecified NATO Security Investment 

Program 

NATO SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 293,434 0 293,434 

Subtotal NATO Security Investment Program ................................................................................................................................ 293,434 0 293,434 

INDOPACIFIC COMBATANT COMMAND MILCON, INDOPACOM Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

INDOPACOM MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PILOT PROGRAM 0 150,000 150,000 

Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure—Defense-Wide ............................................................................................................ 0 150,000 150,000 

TOTAL INDOPACIFIC COMBATANT COMMAND ................................................................................................................................... 0 150,000 150,000 

TOTAL MILITARY CONSTRUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 14,345,019 0 14,345,019 

FAMILY HOUSING FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY Fam Hsg Con, Army Georgia Fort Eisenhower FORT EISENHOWER MHPI EQUITY INVESTMENT 50,000 0 50,000 


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Fam Hsg Con, Army Germany Baumholder FAMILY HOUSING NEW CONSTRUCTION 78,746 0 78,746 Fam Hsg Con, Army Kwajalein Kwajalein Atoll FAMILY HOUSING REPLACEMENT CONSTRUCTION 98,600 0 98,600 Fam Hsg Con, Army Missouri Fort Leonard Wood FORT LEONARD WOOD MHPI EQUITY INVESTMENT 50,000 0 50,000 Fam Hsg Con, Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

FAMILY HOUSING P&D 27,549 0 27,549 

Subtotal Family Housing Construction, Army ................................................................................................................................. 304,895 0 304,895 

FAMILY HOUSING O&M, ARMY Fam Hsg O&M, Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

FURNISHINGS 12,121 0 12,121 

Fam Hsg O&M, Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

HOUSING PRIVATIZATION SUPPORT 86,019 0 86,019 

Fam Hsg O&M, Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

LEASING 112,976 0 112,976 

Fam Hsg O&M, Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MAINTENANCE 86,706 0 86,706 

Fam Hsg O&M, Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MANAGEMENT 41,121 0 41,121 

Fam Hsg O&M, Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MISCELLANEOUS 554 0 554 

Fam Hsg O&M, Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

SERVICES 7,037 0 7,037 

Fam Hsg O&M, Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UTILITIES 38,951 0 38,951 

Subtotal Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Army ........................................................................................................ 385,485 0 385,485 

FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY & MARINE CORPS Fam Hsg Con, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Guam Joint Region Marianas REPLACE ANDERSEN HOUSING, PHASE 8 121,906 0 121,906 

Fam Hsg Con, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Guam Naval Support Activity 

Andersen 

REPLACE ANDERSEN HOUSING (AF), PHASE 7 83,126 0 83,126 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Fam Hsg Con, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DESIGN, WASHINGTON DC 4,782 0 4,782 

Fam Hsg Con, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

IMPROVEMENTS, WASHINGTON DC 57,740 0 57,740 

Fam Hsg Con, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

USMC DPRI/GUAM PLANNING & DESIGN 9,588 0 9,588 

Subtotal Family Housing Construction, Navy & Marine Corps ..................................................................................................... 277,142 0 277,142 

FAMILY HOUSING O&M, NAVY & MARINE CORPS Fam Hsg O&M, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

FURNISHINGS 17,744 0 17,744 

Fam Hsg O&M, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

HOUSING PRIVATIZATION SUPPORT 65,655 0 65,655 

Fam Hsg O&M, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

LEASING 60,214 0 60,214 

Fam Hsg O&M, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MAINTENANCE 101,356 0 101,356 

Fam Hsg O&M, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MANAGEMENT 61,896 0 61,896 

Fam Hsg O&M, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MISCELLANEOUS 419 0 419 

Fam Hsg O&M, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

SERVICES 13,250 0 13,250 

Fam Hsg O&M, Navy 

& Marine Corps 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UTILITIES 43,320 0 43,320 

Subtotal Family Housing Operation & Maintenance, Navy & Marine Corps ................................................................................ 363,854 0 363,854 

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Fam Hsg Con, Air 

Force 

Alabama Maxwell Air Force Base MHPI RESTRUCTURE-AETC GROUP II 65,000 0 65,000 

Fam Hsg Con, Air 

Force 

Colorado U.S. Air Force Academy CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT—CARLTON HOUSE 9,282 0 9,282 

Fam Hsg Con, Air 

Force 

Hawaii Joint Base Pearl HarborHickam MHPI RESTRUCTURE-JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR- HICKAM 75,000 0 75,000 

Fam Hsg Con, Air 

Force 

Mississippi Keesler Air Force Base MHPI RESTRUCTURE-SOUTHERN GROUP 80,000 0 80,000 

Fam Hsg Con, Air 

Force 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

PLANNING & DESIGN 7,815 0 7,815 

Subtotal Family Housing Construction, Air Force ......................................................................................................................... 237,097 0 237,097 

FAMILY HOUSING O&M, AIR FORCE Fam Hsg O&M, Air 

Force 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

FURNISHINGS 12,884 11,000 23,884 

Fam Hsg O&M, Air 

Force 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

HOUSING PRIVATIZATION SUPPORT 31,803 0 31,803 

Fam Hsg O&M, Air 

Force 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

LEASING 5,143 0 5,143 

Fam Hsg O&M, Air 

Force 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MAINTENANCE 135,410 –11,000 124,410 

Fam Hsg O&M, Air 

Force 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MANAGEMENT 68,023 0 68,023 

Fam Hsg O&M, Air 

Force 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MISCELLANEOUS 2,377 0 2,377 

Fam Hsg O&M, Air 

Force 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

SERVICES 10,692 0 10,692 

Fam Hsg O&M, Air 

Force 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

UTILITIES 48,054 0 48,054 

Subtotal Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Air Force ................................................................................................ 314,386 0 314,386 

FAMILY HOUSING O&M, DEFENSE-WIDE 


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SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Fam Hsg O&M, Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations FURNISHINGS 673 0 673 Fam Hsg O&M, Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations FURNISHINGS 89 0 89 Fam Hsg O&M, Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations LEASING 32,042 0 32,042 Fam Hsg O&M, Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations LEASING 13,658 0 13,658 Fam Hsg O&M, Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations MAINTENANCE 35 0 35 Fam Hsg O&M, Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations UTILITIES 4,273 0 4,273 Fam Hsg O&M, Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations UTILITIES 15 0 15 

Subtotal Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Defense-Wide ......................................................................................... 50,785 0 50,785 

FAMILY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND Family Housing Improvement Fund Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES—FHIF 6,611 0 6,611 

Subtotal Family Housing Improvement Fund ................................................................................................................................. 6,611 0 6,611 

UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND Unaccompanied 

Housing Improvement Fund 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES—UHIF 496 0 496 

Subtotal Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund .................................................................................................................. 496 0 496 


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TOTAL FAMILY HOUSING ................................................................................................................................................................... 1,940,751 0 1,940,751 

DEFENSE BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, ARMY BRAC, Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 150,640 0 150,640 

Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure—Army ........................................................................................................................... 150,640 0 150,640 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, NAVY BRAC, Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 108,818 0 108,818 

Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure—Navy ........................................................................................................................... 108,818 0 108,818 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, AIR FORCE BRAC, Air Force Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 123,990 0 123,990 

Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure—Air Force .................................................................................................................... 123,990 0 123,990 

BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE, DEFENSE-WIDE BRAC, Defense-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

INT–4: DLA ACTIVITIES 5,726 0 5,726 

Subtotal Base Realignment and Closure—Defense-Wide ............................................................................................................ 5,726 0 5,726 

TOTAL DEFENSE BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ....................................................................................................................... 389,174 0 389,174 TOTAL MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, FAMILY HOUSING, AND BRAC .................................................................................................... 16,674,944 0 16,674,944 


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TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL 

SECURITY PROGRAMS 

SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS. 

SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Discretionary Summary by Appropriation 

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriation Summary: 

Energy Programs 

Nuclear Energy ......................................................................................................................................................... 177,733 0 177,733 

Atomic Energy Defense Activities 

National Nuclear Security Administration: 

Weapons Activities .......................................................................................................................................... 18,832,947 276,000 19,108,947 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ................................................................................................................... 2,508,959 –25,000 2,483,959 Naval Reactors ............................................................................................................................................... 1,964,100 0 1,964,100 

Federal Salaries and Expenses ...................................................................................................................... 538,994 0 538,994 

Total, National Nuclear Security Administration .................................................................................................. 23,845,000 251,000 24,096,000 

Defense Environmental Cleanup ............................................................................................................................. 7,073,587 0 7,073,587 Defense Uranium Enrichment D&D ......................................................................................................................... 427,000 –427,000 0 Other Defense Activities .......................................................................................................................................... 1,075,197 0 1,075,197 


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Total, Atomic Energy Defense Activities ........................................................................................................................ 32,420,784 –176,000 32,244,784 

Total, Discretionary Funding ............................................................................................................................................................. 32,598,517 –176,000 32,422,517 

Nuclear Energy 

Safeguards and security ........................................................................................................................................................... 177,733 0 177,733 

Total, Nuclear Energy ........................................................................................................................................................................ 177,733 0 177,733 National Nuclear Security Administration Weapons Activities Stockpile management Stockpile major modernization 

B61 Life extension program .................................................................................................................................... 449,850 0 449,850 W88 Alteration program .......................................................................................................................................... 178,823 0 178,823 W80–4 Life extension program ............................................................................................................................... 1,009,929 0 1,009,929 W80–4 ALT Nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile ....................................................................................... 0 75,000 75,000 

Program increase ............................................................................................................................................ (75,000) 

W87–1 Modification Program .................................................................................................................................. 1,068,909 0 1,068,909 W93 .......................................................................................................................................................................... 389,656 0 389,656 

Subtotal, Stockpile major modernization ...................................................................................................................... 3,097,167 75,000 3,172,167 

Stockpile sustainment ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1,276,578 0 1,276,578 Weapons dismantlement and disposition .......................................................................................................................................... 53,718 0 53,718 Production operations ......................................................................................................................................................................... 710,822 0 710,822 Nuclear enterprise assurance ............................................................................................................................................................. 66,614 0 66,614 

Total, Stockpile management .................................................................................................................................................. 5,204,899 75,000 5,279,899 

Production Modernization Primary Capability Modernization 

Plutonium Modernization 


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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Los Alamos Plutonium Modernization 

Los Alamos Plutonium Operations ........................................................................................................ 833,100 0 833,100 21–D–512 Plutonium Pit Production Project, LANL .............................................................................. 670,000 0 670,000 15–D–302 TA–55 Reinvestments Project, Phase 3, LANL .................................................................... 30,000 0 30,000 07–D–220-04 Transuranic Liquid Waste Facility, LANL ....................................................................... 0 0 004–D–125 Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Project, LANL ....................................... 227,122 0 227,122 

Subtotal, Los Alamos Plutonium Modernization .......................................................................................... 1,760,222 0 1,760,222 

Savannah River Plutonium Modernization 

Savannah River Plutonium Operations ................................................................................................. 62,764 0 62,764 21–D–511 Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility, SRS .......................................................... 858,235 0 858,235 

Subtotal, Savannah River Plutonium Modernization ................................................................................... 920,999 0 920,999 

Enterprise Plutonium Support .......................................................................................................................................... 87,779 0 87,779 

Total, Plutonium Modernization ............................................................................................................................................... 2,769,000 0 2,769,000 

High Explosives & Energetics 

High Explosives & Energetics ................................................................................................................ 93,558 0 93,558 23–D–516 Energetic Materials Characterization Facility, LANL ........................................................... 0 19,000 19,000 

Restore project .............................................................................................................................. (19,000) 

21–D–510 HE Synthesis, Formulation, and Production, PX ................................................................. 0 110,000 110,000 

Restore project .............................................................................................................................. (110,000) 

15–D–301 HE Science & Engineering Facility, PX ............................................................................... 101,356 0 101,356 

Subtotal, High Explosives & Energetics ....................................................................................................... 194,914 129,000 323,914 

Total, Primary Capability Modernization .......................................................................................................................................... 2,963,914 129,000 3,092,914 

Secondary Capability Modernization 

Secondary Capability Modernization .......................................................................................................................................... 666,914 0 666,914 18–D–690 Lithium Processing Facility, Y–12 .......................................................................................................................... 210,770 0 210,770 06–D–141 Uranium Processing Facility, Y–12 ......................................................................................................................... 760,000 0 760,000 

Total, Secondary Capability Modernization ..................................................................................................................................... 1,637,684 0 1,637,684 


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Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment 

Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment ............................................................................................................................. 592,992 0 592,992 18–D–650 Tritium Finishing Facility, SRS ................................................................................................................................ 0 0 0 

Total, Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment .......................................................................................................................... 592,992 0 592,992 

Non-Nuclear Capability Modernization 

Non-Nuclear Capability Modernization ...................................................................................................................................... 166,990 0 166,990 22–D–513 Power Sources Capability, SNL ............................................................................................................................... 37,886 0 37,886 

Total, Non-Nuclear Capability Modernization .................................................................................................................................. 204,876 0 204,876 

Capability Based Investments ............................................................................................................................................................ 156,462 0 156,462 

Total, Production Modernization ............................................................................................................................................. 5,555,928 129,000 5,684,928 

Stockpile research, technology, and engineering 

Assessment Science 

Assessment Science ................................................................................................................................................ 917,751 9,000 926,751 

Program increase for Krypton Fluoride laser ................................................................................................. (9,000) 

14–D–640 U1a Complex Enhancements Project, NNSS ......................................................................................... 126,570 0 126,570 

Total, Assessment Science ............................................................................................................................................. 1,044,321 9,000 1,053,321 Engineering and integrated assessments ........................................................................................................................ 440,456 0 440,456 Inertial confinement fusion .............................................................................................................................................. 601,650 40,000 641,650 

Program increase ..................................................................................................................................................... (40,000) 

Advanced simulation and computing .............................................................................................................................. 782,472 10,000 792,472 

Program increase ..................................................................................................................................................... (10,000) 

Weapon technology and manufacturing maturation ........................................................................................................ 327,745 0 327,745 Academic programs .......................................................................................................................................................... 152,271 0 152,271 

Total, Stockpile research, technology, and engineering ....................................................................................................... 3,348,915 59,000 3,407,915 

Infrastructure and operations 

Operating 

Operations of facilities ............................................................................................................................................ 1,053,000 0 1,053,000 

Safety and Environmental Operations ..................................................................................................................... 139,114 0 139,114 

Maintenance and Repair of Facilities ..................................................................................................................... 718,000 0 718,000 Recapitalization 


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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Infrastructure and Safety ............................................................................................................................... 650,012 0 650,012 

Subtotal, Recapitalization ...................................................................................................................................... 650,012 0 650,012 

Total, Operating ............................................................................................................................................................... 2,560,126 0 2,560,126 Mission enabling construction 

22–D–510 Analytic Gas Laboratory, PX .................................................................................................................. 35,000 0 35,000 

22–D–511 Plutonium Production Building, LANL ................................................................................................... 48,500 0 48,500 

22–D–512 TA–46 Protective Force Facility, LANL ................................................................................................... 48,500 0 48,500 22–D–517 Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade, LANL ............................................................................................. 75,000 0 75,000 22–D–518 Plutonium Modernization Ops & Waste Mngmt Office Bldg, LANL ...................................................... 0 0 023–D–519 Special Material Facility, Y–12 ............................................................................................................. 0 0 0 

Total, Mission enabling construction ............................................................................................................................. 207,000 0 207,000 

Total, Infrastructure and operations ...................................................................................................................................... 2,767,126 0 2,767,126 

Secure transportation asset 

Operations and equipment ............................................................................................................................................... 239,008 0 239,008 Program direction ............................................................................................................................................................. 118,056 0 118,056 

Total, Secure transportation asset ......................................................................................................................................... 357,064 0 357,064 

Defense nuclear security 

Operations and maintenance ........................................................................................................................................... 988,756 3,000 991,756 

Program increase ..................................................................................................................................................... (3,000) 

Construction: 

17–D–710 West End Protected Area Reduction Project, Y–12 .............................................................................. 28,000 10,000 38,000 

Program increase ............................................................................................................................................ (10,000) 

Subtotal, Construction ..................................................................................................................................................... 28,000 10,000 38,000 

Total, Defense nuclear security .............................................................................................................................................. 1,016,756 13,000 1,029,756 


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Information technology and cybersecurity ..................................................................................................................................... 578,379 0 578,379 

Legacy contractor pensions ............................................................................................................................................................. 65,452 0 65,452 

Total, Weapons Activities .................................................................................................................................................................. 18,894,519 276,000 19,170,519 Adjustments 

Use of prior year balances ............................................................................................................................................... –61,572 0 –61,572 

Total, Adjustments ............................................................................................................................................................................. –61,572 0 –61,572 

Total, Weapons Activities .................................................................................................................................................................. 18,832,947 276,000 19,108,947 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 

Material Management and Minimization 

Conversion (formerly HEU Reactor Conversion) ............................................................................................................... 116,675 0 116,675 Nuclear material removal ................................................................................................................................................. 47,100 0 47,100 Material disposition .......................................................................................................................................................... 282,250 0 282,250 

Total, Material Management and Minimization ...................................................................................................................... 446,025 0 446,025 Global Material Security 

International nuclear security .......................................................................................................................................... 84,707 0 84,707 Radiological security ........................................................................................................................................................ 258,033 0 258,033 

Nuclear smuggling detection and deterrence .................................................................................................................. 181,308 0 181,308 

Total, Global Material Security ................................................................................................................................................ 524,048 0 524,048 

Nonproliferation and Arms Control ............................................................................................................................................ 212,358 0 212,358 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D 

Proliferation detection ...................................................................................................................................................... 290,388 0 290,388 Nonproliferation stewardship program ............................................................................................................................. 107,437 0 107,437 Nuclear detonation detection ........................................................................................................................................... 285,603 0 285,603 Forensics R&D .................................................................................................................................................................. 44,759 0 44,759 Nonproliferation fuels development .................................................................................................................................. 0 0 0 

Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D ........................................................................................................................ 728,187 0 728,187 Nonproliferation Construction: 

18–D–150 Surplus Plutonium Disposition Project, SRS .................................................................................................. 77,211 0 77,211 

Total, Nonproliferation Construction ....................................................................................................................................... 77,211 0 77,211 


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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

NNSA Bioassurance Program ..................................................................................................................................................... 25,000 –25,000 0 

Program reduction ............................................................................................................................................................ (–25,000) 

Legacy contractor pensions ....................................................................................................................................................... 22,587 0 22,587 Nuclear Counterterrorism and Incident Response Program 

Emergency Operations ...................................................................................................................................................... 19,123 0 19,123 Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation ....................................................................................................................... 474,420 0 474,420 

Total, Nuclear Counterterrorism and Incident Response Program ...................................................................................... 493,543 0 493,543 

Subtotal, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation .................................................................................................................................... 2,528,959 –25,000 2,503,959 

Adjustments 

Use of prior year balances ............................................................................................................................................... –20,000 0 –20,000 

Total, Adjustments .................................................................................................................................................................... –20,000 0 –20,000 

Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ......................................................................................................................................... 2,508,959 –25,000 2,483,959 

Naval Reactors 

Naval reactors development ...................................................................................................................................................... 838,340 0 838,340 Columbia-Class reactor systems development ......................................................................................................................... 52,900 0 52,900 S8G Prototype refueling ............................................................................................................................................................. 0 0 0 Naval reactors operations and infrastructure ........................................................................................................................... 712,036 0 712,036 Program direction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 61,540 0 61,540 Construction: 

22–D–533 BL Component Test Complex ......................................................................................................................... 0 0 0 22–D–531 KL Chemistry & Radiological Health Building ............................................................................................... 10,400 0 10,400 21–D–530 KL Steam and Condensate Upgrade .............................................................................................................. 53,000 0 53,000 14–D–901 Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project, NRF ....................................................................................... 199,300 0 199,300 


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24–D–530 NRF Medical Science Complex ....................................................................................................................... 36,584 0 36,584 

Total, Construction ................................................................................................................................................................... 299,284 0 262,700 

Total, Naval Reactors ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1,964,100 0 1,964,100 

Federal Salaries and Expenses 

Program direction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 538,994 0 538,994 Use of prior year balances ........................................................................................................................................................ 0 0 0 

Total, Federal Salaries and Expenses .............................................................................................................................................. 538,994 0 538,994 

TOTAL, National Nuclear Security Administration ............................................................................................................................ 23,845,000 878,000 24,096,000 

Defense Environmental Cleanup 

Closure sites administration ............................................................................................................................................ 3,023 0 3,023 

Richland 

River corridor and other cleanup operations ................................................................................................................... 180,000 0 180,000 Central plateau remediation ............................................................................................................................................ 684,289 0 684,289 Richland community and regulatory support ................................................................................................................... 10,100 0 10,100 18–D–404 Modification of Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility ........................................................................... 0 0 0 22–D–401 L–888 Eastern Plateau Fire Station .............................................................................................................. 7,000 0 7,000 22–D–402 L–897 200 Area Water Treatment Facility ..................................................................................................... 11,200 0 11,200 23–D–404 181D Export Water System Reconfiguration and Upgrade ............................................................................ 27,149 0 27,149 23–D–405 181B Export Water System Reconfiguration and Upgrade ............................................................................ 462 0 462 24–D–401 Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility Supercell 11 Expans Proj ........................................................ 1,000 0 1,000 

Total, Richland .......................................................................................................................................................................... 921,200 0 921,200 

Office of River Protection: 

Waste Treatment Immobilization Plant Commissioning .................................................................................................. 466,000 0 466,000 Rad liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition ...................................................................................................... 813,625 0 813,625 Construction: 

23–D–403 Hanford 200 West Area Tank Farms Risk Management Project ................................................. 15,309 0 15,309 15–D–409 Low Activity Waste Pretreatment System ..................................................................................... 60,000 0 60,000 


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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

18–D–16 Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant—LBL/Direct feed LAW ............................................. 0 0 0 01–D–16D High-Level Waste Facility ............................................................................................................. 600,000 0 600,000 01–D–16E Pretreatment Facility .................................................................................................................... 20,000 0 20,000 

Subtotal, Construction ..................................................................................................................................................... 695,309 0 695,309 

ORP Low-level waste offsite disposal .............................................................................................................................. 0 0 0 

Total, Office of River Protection ............................................................................................................................................. 1,974,934 0 1,974,934 

Idaho National Laboratory: 

Idaho cleanup and waste disposition .............................................................................................................................. 377,623 0 377,623 Idaho community and regulatory support ........................................................................................................................ 2,759 0 2,759 Construction: 

22–D–403 Idaho Spent Nuclear Fuel Staging Facility .................................................................................. 10,159 0 10,159 22–D–404 Addl ICDF Landfill Disposal Cell and Evaporation Ponds Project ............................................... 46,500 0 46,500 22–D–402 Calcine Construction .................................................................................................................... 10,000 0 10,000 

Subtotal, Construction ..................................................................................................................................................... 66,659 0 66,659 

Total, Idaho National Laboratory ............................................................................................................................................. 447,041 0 447,041 

NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites 

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ......................................................................................................................... 1,879 0 1,879 LLNL Excess Facilities D&D .............................................................................................................................................. 20,195 0 20,195 Separations Processing Research Unit ............................................................................................................................ 15,300 0 15,300 Nevada Test Site .............................................................................................................................................................. 61,952 0 61,952 Sandia National Laboratory .............................................................................................................................................. 2,264 0 2,264 Los Alamos National Laboratory ....................................................................................................................................... 273,831 0 273,831 Los Alamos Excess Facilities D&D ................................................................................................................................... 13,648 0 13,648 

Total, NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites .................................................................................................................................. 389,069 0 389,069 


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Oak Ridge Reservation: 

OR Nuclear Facility D&D .................................................................................................................................................. 335,000 0 335,000 U233 Disposition Program ................................................................................................................................................ 55,000 0 55,000 OR cleanup and waste disposition .................................................................................................................................. 72,000 0 72,000 Construction: 

14–D–403 Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility ....................................................................................... 10,000 0 10,000 17–D–401 On-site Waste Disposal Facility ................................................................................................... 24,500 0 24,500 

Subtotal, Construction ..................................................................................................................................................... 34,500 0 34,500 OR community & regulatory support ................................................................................................................................ 5,500 0 5,500 OR technology development and deployment .................................................................................................................. 3,000 0 3,000 

Total, Oak Ridge Reservation .................................................................................................................................................. 505,000 0 505,000 

Savannah River Site: 

Savannah River risk management operations ................................................................................................................. 453,109 0 453,109 Savannah River legacy pensions ..................................................................................................................................... 65,898 0 65,898 Savannah River community and regulatory support ....................................................................................................... 12,389 0 12,389 Savannah River National Laboratory O&M ....................................................................................................................... 42,000 0 42,000 Construction: 

20-D–401 Saltstone Disposal Unit #10, 11, 12 ............................................................................................ 56,250 0 56,250 19–D–701 SR Security Systems Replacement ............................................................................................... 0 0 0 18–D–401 Saltstone Disposal Unit #8, 9 ...................................................................................................... 31,250 0 31,250 18–D–402 Emergency Operations Center Replacement, SR ......................................................................... 34,733 0 34,733 

Subtotal, Construction ..................................................................................................................................................... 122,233 0 122,233 Radioactive liquid tank waste stabilization .................................................................................................................... 880,323 0 880,323 

Total, Savannah River Site ....................................................................................................................................................... 1,575,952 0 1,575,952 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ............................................................................................................................................... 369,961 0 369,961 Construction: 

15–D–411 Safety Significant Confinement Ventilation System, WIPP .......................................................... 44,365 0 44,365 15–D–412 Utility Shaft, WIPP ........................................................................................................................ 50,000 0 50,000 

Total, Construction .......................................................................................................................................................... 94,365 0 94,365 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2024 Request Senate Change Senate Authorized 

Total, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ........................................................................................................................................... 464,326 0 464,326 Program direction—Defense Environmental Cleanup .............................................................................................................. 326,893 0 326,893 Program support—Defense Environmental Cleanup ................................................................................................................ 103,504 0 103,504 Safeguards and Security—Defense Environmental Cleanup ................................................................................................... 332,645 0 332,645 Technology development and deployment ................................................................................................................................. 30,000 0 30,000 

Subtotal, Defense Environmental Cleanup ....................................................................................................................................... 7,073,587 0 7,073,587 

TOTAL, Defense Environmental Cleanup ........................................................................................................................................... 7,073,587 0 7,073,587 

Defense Uranium Enrichment D&D .................................................................................................................................................. 427,000 –427,000 0 

Program reduction ..................................................................................................................................................................... (–427,000) 

Other Defense Activities 

Environment, health, safety and security 

Environment, health, safety and security mission support ............................................................................................. 144,705 0 144,705 Program direction ............................................................................................................................................................. 86,558 0 86,558 

Total, Environment, health, safety and security .................................................................................................................... 231,263 0 231,263 

Office of Enterprise Assessments 

Enterprise assessments .................................................................................................................................................... 30,022 0 30,022 Program direction ............................................................................................................................................................. 64,132 0 64,132 

Total, Office of Enterprise Assessments ................................................................................................................................. 94,154 0 94,154 

Specialized security activities ................................................................................................................................................... 345,330 0 345,330 Legacy Management 


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Legacy Management Activities—Defense ........................................................................................................................ 173,681 0 173,681 Program Direction ............................................................................................................................................................. 22,621 0 22,621 

Total, Legacy Management ...................................................................................................................................................... 196,302 0 196,302 Defense-Related Administrative Support .................................................................................................................................. 203,649 0 203,649 Office of Hearings and Appeals ................................................................................................................................................ 4,499 0 4,499 Subtotal, Other Defense Activities .......................................................................................................................................... 1,075,197 0 1,075,197 

Use of prior year balances ........................................................................................................................................................ 0 0 0 

Total, Other Defense Activities ......................................................................................................................................................... 1,075,197 0 1,075,197 


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COMMITTEE ACTION 

SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE 

ROLL CALL VOTES DURING FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP OF 

THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 

In compliance with Rule XXVI 7(3)(b) of the Standing Rules 

of the Senate, listed below is a tabulation of the roll call 

votes. 

1. MOTION: To include a provision that would require a briefing 

or report concerning the legalities of the non-covered 

reproductive health care policy. 

VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 13-12 

In favor: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, 

and Kelly 

Opposed: Senators Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, 

Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt 

2. MOTION: To include a provision that would terminate the 

Department of Defense memorandum relating to access to 

abortions, to prohibit the use of travel and transportation 

allowances, medical convalescent leave, and administrative 

absences to travel to obtain abortions. 

VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 12-13 

In favor: Senators Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, 

Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, 

and Kelly 

3. MOTION: To include a provision that would prohibit the 

provision of travel and transportation allowances for prohibited 

abortion procedures. 

VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 12-13 

In favor: Senators Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, 

Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, 

and Kelly 

4. MOTION: To include a provision to protect rights of 

conscience related to abortion and reproductive healthcare for 

members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the 

Department of Defense. 

VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 12-13 

In favor: Senators Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, 
Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, 

and Kelly 

5. MOTION: To include a provision that would provide for the 

subtraction of administrative absences used to obtain abortions 

from any leave sell back or terminal leave. 

VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 12-13 

In favor: Senators Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, 

Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, 

Rosen, and Kelly 

6. MOTION: To include a provision that would raise the topline 

for implementation of the National Defense Strategy and for 

other purposes. 

VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 12-13 

In favor: Senators Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, 

Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, 

and Kelly 

7. MOTION: To include a that provide for parity among the vice 

chiefs. 

VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 17-8 

In favor: Senators Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Hirono, 

Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, Kelly, 

Sullivan, Cramer, Tuberville, Mullin, and Schmitt 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, 

Ernst, Scott, and Budd 

8. MOTION: To include a provision to modify the administration 

by the Department of Defense of medical malpractice claims by 

members of the uniformed services. 

VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 19-6 

In favor: Senators Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Hirono, 

Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, Kelly, 

Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Cramer, Tuberville, Mullin, and Schmitt 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Wicker, Ernst, Sullivan, Scott, and 

Budd 

9. MOTION: To include a provision to reinstate the position of 

Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense. 

VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 13-12 

In favor: Senators Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Hirono, King, 

Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, Kelly, Cramer, Scott, 

and Tuberville 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, 

Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt 
10. MOTION: To include a provision that would 

Provide for a personnel grade cap related to diversity, equity, 

and inclusion instruction. 

VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 14-11 

In favor: Senators King, Manchin, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, 

Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, 

and Schmitt 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, Warren, Peters, Duckworth, Rosen, and Kelly 

11. MOTION: To include a provision that would require the 

military service academies to use standardized test scores as 

part of the application process. 

VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 13-12 

In favor: Senators Manchin, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, 

Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and 

Schmitt 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Duckworth, Rosen, and Kelly 

12. MOTION: To include a provision that would ensure treatment 

in the military based on merit and performance. 

VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 13-12 

In favor: Senators Manchin, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, 

Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and 

Schmitt 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Duckworth, Rosen, and Kelly 

13. MOTION: To include a provision that would prohibit the 

coverage under the TRICARE program of certain medical procedures 

for children that could result in sterilization. 

VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 12-13 

In favor: Senators Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, 

Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, 

and Kelly 

14. MOTION: To include a provision to prohibit members of the 

Armed Forces from negotiating employment with foreign 

governments while on active duty. 

VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 12-13 

In favor: Senators Reed, Blumenthal, Hirono, Kaine, King, 

Warren, Peters, Duckworth, Rosen, Ernst, Tuberville, and Mullin 

Opposed: Senators Shaheen, Gillibrand, Manchin, Kelly, 

Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Budd, 

and Schmitt 

15. MOTION: To include a provision that would expand the 

restrictions on retired and reserve members of the Armed Forces 
receiving employment and compensation from foreign governments 

to include receiving such employment and compensation indirectly 

through private entities 

VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 14-11 

In favor: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, 

Ernst, and Tuberville 

Opposed: Senators Kelly, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, 

Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt 

16. MOTION: To include a provision that would provide for 

reporting on offerors that incur lengthy delays in submitting 

required cost or pricing data. 

VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 24-1 

In favor: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, 

Kelly, Wicker, Fischer, Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, 

Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt 

Opposed: Senator Cotton 

17. MOTION: To include a provision that would expand the Defense 

Community Infrastructure Pilot Program to include installations 

of the Coast Guard. 

VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 15-10 

In favor: Senators Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Hirono, Kaine, 

King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Kelly, Rounds, Sullivan, Cramer, 

Scott, Tuberville, and Mullin 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Duckworth, Rosen, Wicker, 

Fischer, Cotton, Ernst, Budd, and Schmitt 

18. MOTION: To include a provision to remove the National Guard 

from certain Space Force personnel provisions. 

VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 8-17 

In favor: Senators Gillibrand, Blumenthal, Hirono, Warren, 

Peters, Duckworth, Rosen, and Sullivan 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Kaine, King, Manchin, Kelly, 

Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, Cramer, Scott, 

Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt 

19. MOTION: To include a provision that would prohibit the 

Department of Defense from establishing new diversity, equity, 

and inclusion position or filling vacancies in such positions 

until the Government Accountability Office reviews the 

Department of Defense diversity, equity, and inclusion 

workforce. 

VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 13-12 
In favor: Senators Manchin, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, 

Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and 

Schmitt 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Duckworth, Rosen, and Kelly 

20. MOTION: To include a provision that would eliminate certain 

positions within the Department of Defense with responsibility 

for matters relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

VOTE: Failed by roll call vote 12-13 

In favor: Senators Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, 

Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, 

and Kelly 

21. MOTION: To include a provision that would limit the 

availability of certain funds relating to the selection of a 

permanent location for the headquarters of the United States 

Space Command. 

VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 13-12 

In favor: Senators Manchin, Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, 

Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and 

Schmitt 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, King, Warren, Peters, Duckworth, Rosen, and Kelly 

22. MOTION: To include a provision that would prioritize 

consideration of decisions related to U.S. military basing, 

training, and exercises to those NATO member countries which 

have achieved defense spending of not less than 2 percent of 

their gross domestic product by 2024. 

VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 15-10 

In favor: Senators King, Warren, Duckworth, Wicker, Fischer, 

Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, Tuberville, 

Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt 

Opposed: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, Peters, Manchin, Rosen, and Kelly 

23. MOTION: To favorably report to the Senate the National 

Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. 

VOTE: Passed by roll call vote 24-1 

In favor: Senators Reed, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Blumenthal, 

Hirono, Kaine, King, Peters, Manchin, Duckworth, Rosen, Kelly, 

Wicker, Fischer, Cotton, Rounds, Ernst, Sullivan, Cramer, Scott, 

Tuberville, Mullin, Budd, and Schmitt 
Opposed: Senator Warren 

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE 

It was not possible to include the Congressional Budget 

Office cost estimate on this legislation because it was not 

available at the time the report was filed. It will be included 

in material presented during the Senate floor debate on the 

legislation. 

REGULATORY IMPACT 

Paragraph 11(b) of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the 

Senate requires that a report on the regulatory impact of the 

bill be included in the report on the bill. The committee finds 

that there is no regulatory impact in the case of the National 

Defense Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year 2024. 

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW 

Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 12 of rule XXVI of 

the Standing Rules of the Senate, the changes in existing law 

made by certain portions of the bill have not been shown in this 

section of the report because, in the opinion of the committee, 

it is necessary to dispense with showing such changes in order 

to expedite the business of the Senate and reduce the 

expenditure of funds.