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" ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118TH CONGRESS

1st Session 

REPORT

118–??? 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 

R E P O R T 

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

ON

H.R. 2670 

together with 

ADDITIONAL VIEWS 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

JUNE ??, 2023.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 
U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

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" ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118TH CONGRESS

1st Session 

REPORT

2023

118–??? 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 

R E P O R T 

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

ON

H.R. 2670 

together with 

ADDITIONAL VIEWS 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

JUNE ??, 2023.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
(II) 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES 

ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS

MIKE ROGERS, Alabama, Chairman 

JOE WILSON, South Carolina 

MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio 

DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado 

ROBERT J. WITTMAN, Virginia, Vice Chair 

AUSTIN SCOTT, Georgia 

SAM GRAVES, Missouri 

ELISE M. STEFANIK, New York 

SCOTT DESJARLAIS, Tennessee 

TRENT KELLY, Mississippi 

MIKE GALLAGHER, Wisconsin 

MATT GAETZ, Florida 

DON BACON, Nebraska 

JIM BANKS, Indiana 

JACK BERGMAN, Michigan 

MICHAEL WALTZ, Florida 

MIKE JOHNSON, Louisiana 

LISA C. MCCLAIN, Michigan 

RONNY JACKSON, Texas 

PAT FALLON, Texas 

CARLOS A. GIMENEZ, Florida 

NANCY MACE, South Carolina 

BRAD FINSTAD, Minnesota 

DALE W. STRONG, Alabama 

MORGAN LUTTRELL, Texas 

JENNIFER A. KIGGANS, Virginia 

NICK LALOTA, New York 

JAMES C. MOYLAN, Guam 

MARK ALFORD, Missouri 

CORY MILLS, Florida 

RICHARD MCCORMICK, Georgia 

ADAM SMITH, Washington 

JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut 

JOHN GARAMENDI, California 

DONALD NORCROSS, New Jersey 

RUBEN GALLEGO, Arizona 

SETH MOULTON, Massachusetts 

SALUD O. CARBAJAL, California 

RO KHANNA, California 

WILLIAM R. KEATING, Massachusetts 

ANDY KIM, New Jersey 

CHRISSY HOULAHAN, Pennsylvania 

ELISSA SLOTKIN, Michigan 

MIKIE SHERRILL, New Jersey 

VERONICA ESCOBAR, Texas 

JARED F. GOLDEN, Maine 

SARA JACOBS, California 

MARILYN STRICKLAND, Washington 

PATRICK RYAN, New York 

JEFF JACKSON, North Carolina 

GABE VASQUEZ, New Mexico 

CHRISTOPHER R. DELUZIO, Pennsylvania 

JILL N. TOKUDA, Hawaii 

DONALD G. DAVIS, North Carolina 

JENNIFER L. MCCLELLAN, Virginia 

TERRI A. SEWELL, Alabama 

STEVEN HORSFORD, Nevada 

JIMMY PANETTA, California 

MARC VEASEY, Texas 

CHRIS VIESON, Staff Director 
(III) 

C O N T E N T S 

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Purpose of the Legislation ...................................................................................... 000 

Rationale for the Committee Bill ........................................................................... 000 

Hearings ................................................................................................................... 000

Committee Position ................................................................................................. 000 

Explanation of the Committee Amendments ........................................................ 000 

Relationship of Authorization to Appropriations .................................................. 000 

Summary of Discretionary Authorizations in the Bill .......................................... 000 

Budget Authority Implication ................................................................................. 000 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 .... 000 

Section 1—Short Title .................................................................................. 000 

Section 2—Organization of Act Into Divisions; Table of Contents ........... 000 

Section 3—Congressional Defense Committees .......................................... 000 

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS ................. 000 

TITLE I—PROCUREMENT ................................................................................... 000 

Aircraft Procurement, Army ............................................................................ 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

Long-range reconnaissance unmanned aircraft system ......................... 00 

MQ–1C Gray Eagle National Guard integration and strategic considerations ................................................................................................... 00 

Short Range Reconnaissance fielding and prioritization ....................... 00 

Missile Procurement, Army ............................................................................. 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

Air and missile defense ............................................................................. 00 

Long range precision fires ........................................................................ 00 

Shoulder Launched Munitions Acquisition ............................................. 00 

Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army .................. 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

Auxiliary power units for Army ground vehicles .................................... 00 

Combat Vehicle Propulsion ....................................................................... 00 

Ground Vehicle Threat Assessment ......................................................... 00 

Light Tactical Wheeled Vehicle acquisition strategy and investment 

plan ......................................................................................................... 00 

M240 industrial base ................................................................................ 00 

Mk-93 Machine Gun Mount Upgrades .................................................... 00 

Modernization of main battle tanks ........................................................ 00 

Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle Modular Open Systems Approach standards ................................................................................... 00 

Predictive maintenance capabilities for medium- and large-caliber 

weapon systems ..................................................................................... 00 

Report on M4 Carbine Mod Program ...................................................... 00 

Other Procurement, Army ............................................................................... 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

Army Contested Logistics Operations ..................................................... 00 

Combat Vehicle Crewman Headset ......................................................... 00 

Improving cold weather mobility capability and safety ......................... 00 

Integrated tactical network and crypto modernization .......................... 00 

Micro-Grid Charging Systems .................................................................. 00 

Modernization of armored brigade combat teams .................................. 00 

Soldier electromagnetic signature management ..................................... 00 

Tactical Scalable Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks ............................................. 00 

U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicles Systems Center modeling and simulation tools ....................... 00 

Aircraft Procurement, Navy ............................................................................ 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 
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Ultra-Long Endurance unmanned aircraft system for persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance ............................................ 00 

Weapons Procurement, Navy ........................................................................... 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

Advanced Low-Cost Munitions Ordnance ............................................... 00 

Persistent Overhead Naval Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance ....................................................................................................... 00 

Shipborne air defense ............................................................................... 00 

Sonobuoy production ................................................................................. 00 

U.S. Navy hypersonic strike capability ................................................... 00 

Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System ........................... 00 

Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy ................................................................ 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

Amphibious Small Crafts and Next-Generation Expeditionary and 

Reconnaissance Watercraft for Littoral Operations ............................ 00 

DDG 51 degaussing ................................................................................... 00 

Explosion welding for shipbuilding .......................................................... 00 

LPD 33 ....................................................................................................... 00 

Plan for offshore support vessels in the Pacific area of responsibility . 00 

U.S. Ship Design Capabilities .................................................................. 00 

Other Procurement, Navy ................................................................................ 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

Aegis SPY–1 fleet sustainability .............................................................. 00 

Next Generation Surface Search Radar .................................................. 00 

Procurement, Marine Corps ............................................................................. 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

Study on Maneuver Support Vessel and Landing Ship Medium joint 

venture .................................................................................................... 00 

Aircraft Procurement, Air Force ...................................................................... 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

Air Force Fighter Force Structure ........................................................... 00 

Air National Guard fighter recapitalization ........................................... 00 

Air national guard KC–135 association ................................................... 00 

C–40 aircraft .............................................................................................. 00 

EC–37B Compass Call Force Requirements ........................................... 00 

F–16 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite .................................... 00 

Infrared hardware suppression report .................................................... 00 

Mobility Guardian report .......................................................................... 00 

Mobility tactical data link ........................................................................ 00 

National Airborne Operations Center recapitalization .......................... 00 

Procurement of C–130 engine upgrade kits ............................................ 00 

T–38 Engine Availability Shortage .......................................................... 00 

T–7 Advanced Trainer Procurement Acceleration Roadmap ................. 00 

Tanker recapitalization ............................................................................. 00 

Unmanned aircraft system units with geographically separated 

launch and recovery elements .............................................................. 00 

VC–25A consideration ............................................................................... 00 

Missile Procurement, Air Force ....................................................................... 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

Air to Air Missiles ..................................................................................... 00 

Other Procurement, Air Force ......................................................................... 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

Deployable Air Base System .................................................................... 00 

Procurement, Defense-Wide ............................................................................. 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

Collaborative autonomous systems in support of Joint All-Domain 

Command and Control .......................................................................... 00 

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Polyethylene-based and Polystyrene-based 

Food Service Products Used by the Department of Defense .............. 00 

Multiyear Procurement of Rare Earth Minerals .................................... 00 

National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account .................................. 00 

Non-Standard Commercial Vehicle .......................................................... 00 

Operational assessment of installation defense using directed energy 

capabilities against unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned aircraft system swarms .............................................................................. 00 

Reducing Reliance on Foreign-Manufactured Active Pharmaceutical 

Ingredients ............................................................................................. 00 
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USSOCOM Unmanned ISR Command and Control .............................. 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations ................................................. 00 

Section 101—Authorization of Appropriations ........................................... 00 

Subtitle B—Army Programs ............................................................................ 00 

Section 111—Limitation on Availability of Funds Pending Assessment 

of Army Trackless Moving Target Systems ............................................ 00 

Subtitle C—Navy Programs ............................................................................ 00 

Section 131—Multiyear Procurement Authority for Virginia Class Submarine Program ........................................................................................ 00 

Section 132—Multiyear Procurement Authority for MK–48 Torpedoes ... 00 

Section 133—Procurement Authority for Auxiliary Personnel Lighter 

Program ...................................................................................................... 00 

Section 134—Limitation on Upgrades to Nacelles of MV–22 Aircraft 

Pending Certification of Upgrade Plan .................................................... 00 

Subtitle D—Air Force Programs ..................................................................... 00 

Section 151—Extension of Requirements Relating to C–130 Aircraft ..... 00 

Section 152—Modification of Annual Reports on T–7A Advanced Pilot 

Training System ........................................................................................ 00 

Section 153—Modification to Prohibition on Certain Reductions to B– 

1 Bomber Aircraft Squadrons ................................................................... 00 

Section 154—Modification of Minimum Inventory Requirements for A– 

10 Aircraft .................................................................................................. 00 

Section 155—Procurement of Over-the-Horizon Radar Systems .............. 00 

Section 156—KC–135 Aircraft Recapitalization Program ......................... 00 

Section 157—Prohibition on Reduction of KC–135 Aircraft in PMAI 

of the Reserve Components ...................................................................... 00 

Section 158—Prohibition on Availability of Funds for Termination of 

Production Lines for the HH–60W Aircraft ............................................ 00 

Section 159—Limitation on Termination of Fighter Squadrons ............... 00 

Section 160—Limitation on Divestment of F–16 Aircraft ......................... 00 

Section 161—Limitation on Procurement of KC–46A Aircraft ................. 00 

Section 162—Limitation on Actions Relating to Remote Vision Systems 

of KC–46A Aircraft .................................................................................... 00 

Subtitle E—Defense-Wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters ........................ 00 

Section 181—Multiyear Procurement Authority for Domestically Processed Rare Earth Elements ...................................................................... 00 

Section 182—Prohibition on Procurement of Certain Tactical Vehicles .. 00 

Section 183—Prohibition on Availability of Funds for Procurement of 

Certain Battery Technology ...................................................................... 00 

Section 184—Plan to Expedite Integration of Long-Range Anti-ship 

Missiles into Legacy Aircraft Fleets ........................................................ 00 

TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION .......... 00 

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army ................................... 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

Advanced materials and manufacturing processes for Army modernization ................................................................................................ 00 

Advanced Process Technology for Energetics .......................................... 00 

Army Modeling and Simulation Modernization ...................................... 00 

Army Pathfinder program ........................................................................ 00 

Army use of digital engineering for rotorcraft predictive maintenance 00 

Counter-unmanned aircraft system transition and fielding .................. 00 

Development of small unmanned aircraft system signature management capability ...................................................................................... 00 

Digital night vision technology ................................................................. 00 

Dynamic digital definition of armaments systems ................................. 00 

Enhancement of modeling and simulation activities ............................. 00 

Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft .................................................. 00 

Heavy-Payload Medium-Range VTOL Aircraft Logistical Support ....... 00 

High-temperature composites based on U.S. sources for hypersonic 

weapon applications .............................................................................. 00 

Hypersonics test infrastructure ............................................................... 00 

Hyperspectral sensors for autonomous operations and survivability ... 00 

Inter-Service Application of Fixed-Wing Intelligence, Surveillance, 

and Reconnaissance ............................................................................... 00 

Material development for personal protection systems .......................... 00 
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Medium-Range Reconnaissance Unmanned Aircraft System Modernization ................................................................................................ 00 

Multi-domain operations Ready Ranger Initiative ................................. 00 

Next generation hybrid and electric vertical take-off and landing 

vehicles for Army modernization .......................................................... 00 

Novel concrete materials .......................................................................... 00 

Passive radar for air defense and counter-unmanned aircraft systems ........................................................................................................ 00 

Real-time biotech water analysis ............................................................. 00 

Single-vehicle counter-small unmanned aircraft systems ...................... 00 

Soldier Load Reduction Efforts ................................................................ 00 

Soldier Tactical Awareness and Signature Management ...................... 00 

U.S. Army modeling and simulation infrastructure ............................... 00 

Ultra-Long Endurance High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites (HAPS) .......... 00 

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy .................................... 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

Additive Manufacturing in DDG(X) Design ............................................ 00 

Automated acoustic signal classification ................................................. 00 

Briefing on dual modality autonomous vehicles ..................................... 00 

Briefing on expanding Unmanned Underwater Vehicles investment 

and integration of commercial Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicles into test and evaluation ............................................. 00 

Briefing on integration of autonomy into naval operations ................... 00 

Briefing on lessons learned from the demonstration of Unmanned 

Surface Vessels supporting Fifth Fleet ................................................ 00 

Composite patch repair of armored military vehicles ............................ 00 

Composite shafts ....................................................................................... 00 

DDG(X) Design Tool .................................................................................. 00 

DDG(X) Destroyer Plant Test .................................................................. 00 

E/A–18G Growler Noise Reduction Research ......................................... 00 

Maritime Domain Awareness ................................................................... 00 

Naval Research Laboratory facilities ....................................................... 00 

Navy Counter-Unmanned Systems Capability Gap ............................... 00 

Resilient autonomous systems research and workforce diversity ......... 00 

Shipboard electronic warfare self-protection ........................................... 00 

Support for Future Naval Capabilities research and development 

programs ................................................................................................. 00 

Talent and technology for Navy power and energy systems ................. 00 

Task Force Ocean ...................................................................................... 00 

Unmanned aerial systems degraded environment facility ..................... 00 

Vessel Stopping Prototypes and Vessel Incapacitation Power Effect 

Radiation ................................................................................................ 00 

Water purification on ships ...................................................................... 00 

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force ............................. 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

Advanced Manufacturing for Hypersonic Systems ................................. 00 

Air Force Agility Prime ............................................................................. 00 

Air Force Research Lab Future Flag testbed .......................................... 00 

Air Force Research Laboratory’s ‘‘one laboratory serving two services’’ 

policy ....................................................................................................... 00 

Air Force Test Center ............................................................................... 00 

Air-based air defense ................................................................................ 00 

Airborne augmented reality for increased pilot training production .... 00 

Automated geospatial intelligence detection algorithms ........................ 00 

Briefing on Air Force Studies Board ........................................................ 00 

Collaborative Combat Aircraft propulsion systems ................................ 00 

Counter directed energy weapon executive agent .................................. 00 

Development of the Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile ....... 00 

Digital engineering and prototyping capability for Air Force Research 

Lab Munitions Directorate .................................................................... 00 

Digital Literacy at Air Force .................................................................... 00 

High accuracy robotics and localization for depot sustainment ............ 00 

High mach turbine engine ........................................................................ 00 

Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept of operations for 

digital engineering ................................................................................. 00 

Metals Affordability Initiative .................................................................. 00 
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Report Assessing All Domain Multisensor Data Fusion and Integration Capabilities in the Air Force ......................................................... 00 

Report on commercial rocket accelerated flight testing program .......... 00 

Report on Integrating Hypersonic Aircraft into the Global Strike 

Force ....................................................................................................... 00 

Rotary machines with advanced magnetic materials ............................. 00 

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Partnership Expansion ....................................................................................... 00 

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-Wide ..................... 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

3D printing with indigenous materials ................................................... 00 

Additive Manufacturing involving Metals and Composites ................... 00 

Advanced Training Range Capabilities ................................................... 00 

Allies’ and Partners’ Telecommunications Networks in the Middle 

East ......................................................................................................... 00 

Artificial intelligence ................................................................................. 00 

Artificial Intelligence Capabilities of Foreign Adversaries .................... 00 

Assessment of Defensive and Offensive Cybersecurity Capabilities 

in 5G/NextG Environments .................................................................. 00 

Augment Foreign Language Translation with Technology .................... 00 

Autonomous resupply for contested logistics .......................................... 00 

Biomedical Research with Animal Models .............................................. 00 

Blast exposure monitoring for special operations ................................... 00 

Brief on Current Requirements for Electromagnetic Spectrum Training in Support of Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) ........................... 00 

Carbon nanotube technology .................................................................... 00 

Cardiac Monitoring for Human Performance and Medical Support ..... 00 

Coherent Beam Combining Directed Energy .......................................... 00 

Comptroller General Review of the Functions of the Office of the 

Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering ............... 00 

Countering Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, 

Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Table-Top Exercises 

with Interagency and Industry Participants ....................................... 00 

Defense Innovation Unit Due Diligence Responsibilities ....................... 00 

Department of Defense and Intelligence Community Innovation Coordination ............................................................................................... 00 

Digital Engineering Support for Department of Defense Digital Acquisition .................................................................................................. 00 

Electromagnetic Pulses and Geomagnetic Disturbances ....................... 00 

Energetics science and technology ........................................................... 00 

Energetics-dedicated manufacturing technology investments ............... 00 

Expansion of electromagnetic spectrum sensing capabilities ................ 00 

F–35 power thermal management and propulsion systems modernization .......................................................................................................... 00 

Gallium nitride laser capabilities ............................................................ 00 

High Energy Laser Counter Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Program thermal energy storage ................................................................................ 00 

Hispanic-serving institutions ................................................................... 00 

Historically Black Colleges and Universities .......................................... 00 

Hyper-Enabled Awareness Kit ................................................................. 00 

Hypersonics workforce development ........................................................ 00 

Identifying innovation organizations ....................................................... 00 

Legal Implications of Lethal Autonomy .................................................. 00 

Magnetoresistive random-access memory ............................................... 00 

Mobile nuclear reactors ............................................................................. 00 

MyTravel implementation ........................................................................ 00 

National Guard Bureau State mission research, development, test, 

and evaluation enhancement ................................................................ 00 

Near-term and long-term science and technology .................................. 00 

Neural biosensors ...................................................................................... 00 

Northeast Multi-Domain Operations Consortium .................................. 00 

Partnership Intermediary Agreements .................................................... 00 

Protective Equipment Modernization ...................................................... 00 

Report on Dual-Capable Life Sciences Collaboration ............................. 00 

Report on human-machine interface technologies to integrate autonomous systems into military operations ................................................ 00 

Reusable hypersonic multi-mission aircraft ............................................ 00 
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Rotating Detonation Engines ................................................................... 00 

Science and technology transition definitions ......................................... 00 

Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation Scholarshipfor-Service Program ............................................................................... 00 

SMART and Cognitive Research for Radio Frequency (RF)/Radar ....... 00 

Telematics .................................................................................................. 00 

United States Marine Corps development of vertical takeoff and landing systems ............................................................................................. 00 

Value of spectrum sharing ........................................................................ 00 

Venture advisory roles .............................................................................. 00 

Operational Test and Evaluation, Defense .................................................... 00 

Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 00 

Hypersonic Test Bed Investment Plan .................................................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations ................................................. 00 

Section 201—Authorization of Appropriations ........................................... 00 

Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations ............ 00 

Section 211—Naval Air Warfare Rapid Capabilities Office ...................... 00 

Section 212—Clarification of Role of Partnership Intermediaries to Promote Defense Research and Education ................................................... 00 

Section 213—Modification of Support for Research and Development 

of Bioindustrial Manufacturing Processes .............................................. 00 

Section 214—Certain Disclosure Requirements for University Research 

Funded by the Department of Defense .................................................... 00 

Section 215—Consortia to Assist in Protection of Sensitive Research 

Performed on Behalf of the Department of Defense ............................... 00 

Section 216—Consortium on Use of Additive Manufacturing for Army 

Aviation and Missile Capability Development ........................................ 00 

Section 217—Support for Defense Innovation Activities of the North 

Atlantic Treaty Organization ................................................................... 00 

Section 218—Next Generation Air Dominance Family of Systems Development Program Accountability Matrices .......................................... 00 

Section 219—Continuous Capability Development and Delivery Program for F–35 Aircraft .............................................................................. 00 

Section 220—Process to Ensure the Responsible Development and Use 

of Artificial Intelligence ............................................................................ 00 

Section 221—Pilot Program to Commercialize Prototypes of the Department of the Air Force ................................................................................ 00 

Section 222—Pilot Program on Near-Term Quantum Computing Applications ........................................................................................................ 00 

Section 223—Pilot Program on Access to Small Business Advanced 

Technology for Army Ground Vehicle Systems ....................................... 00 

Section 224—Prohibition on Availability of Funds for Gain-of-Function 

Research ..................................................................................................... 00 

Section 225—Limitation on Availability of Funds pending Documentation on Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Program ...................... 00 

Section 226—F–35 Propulsion and Thermal Management Modernization Program .............................................................................................. 00 

Subtitle C—Energetics and Other Munitions Matters .................................. 00 

Section 241—Establishment of Joint Energetics Transition Office .......... 00 

Section 242—Consideration of Lethality as a Key Performance Parameter for Munitions ..................................................................................... 00 

Section 243—Pilot Program on Incorporation of CL20 Compound in 

Certain Weapon Systems .......................................................................... 00 

Section 244—Assessment of Energetics Industrial Base ........................... 00 

Section 245—Limitation on Sourcing Chemical Materials for Munitions 

from Certain Countries ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle D—Plans, Reports, and Other Matters ............................................ 00 

Section 261—Hypersonic Testing Strategy and Evaluation of Potential 

Hypersonic Test Ranges ............................................................................ 00 

Section 262—Modification to Annual Reports on Critical Technology 

Areas Supportive of the National Defense Strategy ............................... 00 

Section 263—Intellectual Property Strategy .............................................. 00 

Section 264—Study on Establishment of Centralized Platform for Development and Testing of Autonomy Software ....................................... 00 

Section 265—Annual Report on Incremental and Transformational Research and Development ........................................................................... 00 
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Section 266—Congressional Notification of Changes to Department of 

Defense Policy on Autonomy in Weapon Systems .................................. 00 

Section 267—Sense of Congress on Dual Use Innovative Technology 

for the Robotic Combat Vehicle of the Army ........................................... 00 

TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ................................................ 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Energy Issues .................................................................................................... 00 

Additives for Battery Safety in the Armed Services .................................. 00 

Areawide Contracts for Energy ................................................................... 00 

Army Depot Energy Assessment ................................................................. 00 

Authorities of the Secretary of Defense Pursuant to section 501 of 

title 46, United States Code ..................................................................... 00 

Development and Acquisition of High-Powered, Fuel Efficient, Hybrid 

Energy Technology .................................................................................... 00 

Munitions and Rocket Propellant Manufacturing and Development ....... 00 

No Conflicts of Interest Certification for Fuel Services Financial Management Contracts .................................................................................... 00 

Operational Energy Resilience Practices .................................................... 00 

Propane Fueled Primary and Backup Power Generation .......................... 00 

Propane/Alternative Fuel Powered Vehicles ............................................... 00 

Report language to address known risk in Western Pacific fuel supply 

chain ........................................................................................................... 00 

Report on PFAS Contamination at Former Wurtsmith Air Force Base 

(Oscoda, MI) ............................................................................................... 00 

Ship-to-Shore Fuel Distribution System Upgrade ..................................... 00 

Streamlining Portable Battery Charging Systems ..................................... 00 

Supporting Army Energy Resilience ........................................................... 00 

Sustainable and Reliable Energy Sources for Army Installations ............ 00 

Logistics and Sustainment Issues ................................................................... 00 

Air Logistics Center Capital Equipment Requirements ............................ 00 

Briefing on Floating Dry Docks Posture in the Indo-Pacific ..................... 00 

Commercial Air Refueling Report ................................................................ 00 

Comptroller General Review of Air Force’s New Force Generation 

Model .......................................................................................................... 00 

Comptroller General Review of Contested Logistics in U.S. Indo-Pacific 

Command ................................................................................................... 00 

Comptroller General Review of Department of Defense Sustainment 

Plans for the Defense of Guam ................................................................ 00 

Comptroller General Review of Navy Ship Sustainment Budget Presentation and Execution ................................................................................. 00 

Comptroller General Review of Prepositioned Assets in the Indo-Pacific 

Region ......................................................................................................... 00 

Foreign Dispatch Services ............................................................................ 00 

Global Household Goods Contract Risk Mitigation .................................... 00 

Laser Peening Application to Ship and Submarine Construction, Maintenance, and Repair .................................................................................. 00 

Naval Air Systems Command Condition Based Maintenance .................. 00 

Naval Air Systems Command Fleet Readiness Centers Maintenance 

Repair and Overhaul Analytics ................................................................ 00 

Radar Sustainment Industrial Base ............................................................ 00 

Weapon System Sustainment Quick Looks ................................................ 00 

Readiness Issues ............................................................................................... 00 

Air Force Operational Training Digital Infrastructure ............................. 00 

Army Field Feeding Systems ....................................................................... 00 

Army Squad Training ................................................................................... 00 

Army Vantage Program ................................................................................ 00 

Critical Minerals and Metal Reserve .......................................................... 00 

Ensuring the Continued Success of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot 

Training ...................................................................................................... 00 

Exercise Northern Strike ............................................................................. 00 

Identifying Vulnerabilities in Transportation Networks ........................... 00 

Immersive Training ...................................................................................... 00 

Mission Training Complexes ........................................................................ 00 

Nursing Staffing Levels ................................................................................ 00 

Report on the Army’s Logistics Augmentation Program Acquisition 

Strategies ................................................................................................... 00 

Review of Utilizing Automation and Machine Learning ........................... 00 
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Terbium Oxide, Beryllium and Gallium Addition to the National Defense Stockpile ........................................................................................... 00 

Other Matters ................................................................................................... 00 

A report on the Use of CH–47 Helicopters for Wildfire Response and 

Search and Rescue .................................................................................... 00 

Briefing on Atmospheric Water Generation Machines .............................. 00 

Briefing on the Strategic Significance of Homestead Air Reserve Base .. 00 

Deployable Solid Waste Disposal Solutions for Expeditionary Bases ...... 00 

Environmental restoration and future conveyance of former Rio Vista 

Army Reserve Center, Rio Vista, California ........................................... 00 

Fire and Emergency Services ....................................................................... 00 

Georgia Combat Readiness Training Center .............................................. 00 

North Carolina Air National Guard ............................................................ 00 

PFAS Non-Incineration Destruction Technologies ..................................... 00 

Preservation of Ship Repair Industrial Base Capacity .............................. 00 

Public Naval Shipyards ................................................................................ 00 

Puu Paa and Waikoloa Maneuver Area ...................................................... 00 

Report on Department of Army’s Plan to Maintain and Sustain Military 

Service Memorials Using Authorized Funds ........................................... 00 

Report on Implementation of Detection Working Dog Pilot Program 

Requirements ............................................................................................. 00 

Utilization of Additive Manufacturing at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard . 00 

Water Quality at and around Military Installations ................................. 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations ................................................. 00 

Section 301—Authorization of Appropriations ........................................... 00 

Subtitle B—Energy and Environment ............................................................ 00 

Section 311—Equivalent Authority to Carry Out Certain Projects at 

Facilities of the National Guard and the Air National Guard .............. 00 

Section 312—Modifications to Pilot Program on Use of Sustainable 

Aviation Fuel ............................................................................................. 00 

Section 313—Required Determination on Availability of Charging Stations Prior to Replacement of Non-Tactical Vehicle Fleet of Department of Defense ......................................................................................... 00 

Section 314—Modification to Prototype and Demonstration Projects for 

Energy Resilience at Certain Military Installations .............................. 00 

Section 315—Authority to Transfer Certain Funds as Payment Relating 

to Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California ....................................... 00 

Section 316—Requirement for Secretary of Defense to Develop Plan 

for Transition of Joint Task Force Red Hill ............................................ 00 

Section 317—Designation of Official Responsible for Coordination of 

Renegotiation of Certain Land Leases Owned by Department of Defense in Hawai’i ......................................................................................... 00 

Section 318—Prohibition and Limitation on Availability of Funds for 

Certain Energy Programs of Department of Defense ............................. 00 

Section 319—Analysis of Alternatives for Battlefield Storage and Distribution of Electric Power ....................................................................... 00 

Subtitle C—Treatment of Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Polyfluoroalkyl 

Substances ................................................................................................. 00 

Section 331—Improvements Relating to Exposures to Perfluoroalkyl 

and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances ............................................................... 00 

Section 332—Prizes for Development of Technology for Thermal Destruction of Perfluoroalkyl Substances or Polyfluoroalkyl Substances . 00 

Section 333—Restriction on Department of Defense Acquisition of Covered Items Containing or Produced Using Certain Substances ............ 00 

Subtitle D—Logistics and Sustainment .......................................................... 00 

Section 341—Repeal of Comptroller General Review Requirement Relating to Core Logistics Capabilities ........................................................ 00 

Section 342—Disaggregation of Certain Information in Annual Report 

Relating to Performance of Depot-Level Maintenance ........................... 00 

Section 343—Foreign Military Sales Exclusion in Calculation for Certain Workload Carryover of Department of Army .................................. 00 

Section 344—Matters Relating to Briefings on Shipyard Infrastructure 

Optimization Program of the Navy .......................................................... 00 

Section 345—Pilot Program on Optimization of Aerial Refueling and 

Fuel Management in Contested Logistics Environments Through Use 

of Artificial Intelligence ............................................................................ 00 
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Section 346—Limitation on Availability of Funds Pending Quarterly 

Briefing on Availability of Amphibious Warships .................................. 00 

Section 347—Requirement for Secretary of Navy to Complete Common 

Readiness Models ...................................................................................... 00 

Section 348—Plan Regarding Condition and Maintenance of 

Prepositioned Stockpiles of Army ............................................................ 00 

Subtitle E—Reports and Other Matters ......................................................... 00 

Section 361—Modification to Joint Safety Council .................................... 00 

Section 362—Recognition of Service of Military Working Dogs ................ 00 

Section 363—Improvements Relating to End-to-End Travel Management System of the Department of Defense ........................................... 00 

Section 364—Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Personnel Grade Cap ...... 00 

Section 365—Prohibition on Elimination of Caisson Platoon and Support by Such Platoon of Military Funeral Services at Arlington National Cemetery ......................................................................................... 00 

Section 366—Assessment on Use of Certain Areas in Southeastern 

United States for Testing and Training in Support of Pacific Deterrence Initiative .......................................................................................... 00 

TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS ............................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—Active Forces ................................................................................ 00 

Section 401—End Strengths for Active Forces ........................................... 00 

Subtitle B—Reserve Forces ............................................................................. 00 

Section 411—End Strengths for Selected Reserve ..................................... 00 

Section 412—End Strengths for Reserves on Active Duty in Support 

of the Reserves ........................................................................................... 00 

Section 413—End Strengths for Military Technicians (Dual Status) ....... 00 

Section 414—Maximum Number of Reserve Personnel Authorized To 

Be on Active Duty for Operational Support ............................................ 00 

Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations ................................................. 00 

Section 421—Military Personnel ................................................................. 00 

TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY ..................................................... 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

9/11 Memorial & Museum ............................................................................ 00 

Air Force Professional Development Education Partnerships .................. 00 

Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Programs at Historically 

Black Colleges and Universities ............................................................... 00 

Briefing on Law Enforcement Training ...................................................... 00 

Briefing on the Feasibility of Transferring Any Army Recruitment 

Shortfalls to the National Guard Bureau ................................................ 00 

Camp Lejeune Claims Judicial Status Update .......................................... 00 

Civil Affairs Officer Energy Functional Specialist ..................................... 00 

Communication of Benefits for the Family ................................................. 00 

Comptroller General Review of the Policies and Procedures the Department of Defense Uses to Declare Personnel Missing in Action and 

Absent Without Leave ............................................................................... 00 

Comptroller General Review on Improper Release of Service Member 

Records ....................................................................................................... 00 

Cyber Curriculum and Professional Military Education ........................... 00 

Defense Organizational Climate Survey Results Report ........................... 00 

Drop-In Child care for Parents with Deployed Spouses ............................ 00 

Enhance Department of Defense Science, Technology, Engineering, and 

Mathematics Pathways ............................................................................. 00 

Financial Literacy in Department of Defense Education Activity 

Schools ........................................................................................................ 00 

GAO Review on Employment by Foreign Governments of Former Officers of the Armed Forces .......................................................................... 00 

Gender Identity Impact Study for Female Active Duty Servicemembers 00 

General Officer Promotion Process Transparency ..................................... 00 

Gold Star Family Commissary Utilization Briefing ................................... 00 

Impact of MHS Genesis on Military Accessions ......................................... 00 

Investigation and Disposition of Matters Pertaining to Conduct of Military Attorneys ............................................................................................ 00 

Irregular Warfare in Professional Military Education .............................. 00 

Maintaining BUD/S Training Standards .................................................... 00 

Military Community Relations .................................................................... 00 

Military trials and non-judicial punishment public records report .......... 00 
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National Defense University Mission Assessment ..................................... 00 

National Guard Judge Advocate and Senior Leader Title 32 Training 

Study .......................................................................................................... 00 

Navy DD214 Backlog .................................................................................... 00 

Navy Limited Duty Resource Expansion Briefing ..................................... 00 

Non-Appropriated Fund Impact Accountability ......................................... 00 

Permanent Change of Station Process Automation ................................... 00 

Policy for Serving Medal of Honor Recipients ............................................ 00 

Privacy of Military Records .......................................................................... 00 

Protecting Widows of Servicemembers from Financial Exploitation ........ 00 

Providing 1-Star Billet for Navy Conventional Prompt Strike Program .. 00 

Religious Freedom Training ......................................................................... 00 

Report on Dwell Times and other Concerns for Air National Guard 

Units Supporting Space Mission Deployments ....................................... 00 

Report on Extremism-Related Training and Education Programs for 

Servicemembers ......................................................................................... 00 

Report on Military Enlistment with Dependents ....................................... 00 

Report on Modernization and Reform of the Promotion System .............. 00 

Report on National Guard Bureau practices and procedures surrounding the ‘‘No Wrong Door’’ Policy ..................................................... 00 

Report on National Service Information Sharing for Recruitment ........... 00 

Report on the Office of the Attending Physician to Congress ................... 00 

Report on Unanimous Panels for Conviction, Sentencing, and Other 

Matters in General and Special Courts-Martial ..................................... 00 

Report on Unclaimed Property of Service Members Who Undergo a 

Permanent Change of Station .................................................................. 00 

Review of Command Selection Board Procedures ...................................... 00 

Review of Service Academy conduct and performance adjudication process ............................................................................................................... 00 

Review of the Department of Defense’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 

Programs .................................................................................................... 00 

Satellite Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Unit Report ............................ 00 

Sexual Assault and Harassment in Joint Task Forces Support Forces 

Antarctica ................................................................................................... 00 

Study on Department of Defense reinstatement with backpay and 

bonus, for service members separated for refusal to get the COVID 

vaccine report ............................................................................................ 00 

Study on ROTC programs consistently failing their annual assessments .......................................................................................................... 00 

Study on the Prevention of Sexual Assault or Sexual Harassment for 

Students in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps ...................... 00 

Timely Adjudication of Service Member Complaints ................................. 00 

U.S. Space Force Legacy Designation ......................................................... 00 

Update of Military Academy Misconduct Process Review ......................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy .............................................................. 00 

Section 501—Removal of Exemption Relating to Attending Physician 

to the Congress for Certain Distribution and Grade Limitations ......... 00 

Section 502—Number of General Officers and Flag Officers on Active 

Duty ............................................................................................................ 00 

Section 503—Promotions and Transfers between Components of Certain Armed Forces or to Other Certain Armed Forces ........................... 00 

Section 504—Modification to Grade of Attending Physician to the Congress ........................................................................................................... 00 

Section 505—Verification of the Financial Independence of Financial 

Services Counselors in the Department of Defense ................................ 00 

Section 506—Retired Grade for the Director of Admissions of a Service 

Academy ..................................................................................................... 00 

Section 507—Establishment of Legislative Liaison of the Space Force ... 00 

Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management .............................................. 00 

Section 511—Grades of Certain Chiefs of Reserve Components ............... 00 

Section 512—Removal of Prohibition on Active Duty Members of the 

Air Force Reserve Policy Committee ....................................................... 00 

Section 513—Removal of Prohibition on Active Duty Members of the 

Air Force Reserve Policy Committee ....................................................... 00 

Section 514—Grade of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau ............ 00 
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Section 515—Transfers of Officers between the Active and Inactive 

National Guard .......................................................................................... 00 

Section 516—Authorization for FireGuard Program ................................. 00 

Section 517—Designation of at Least One General Officer of the Marine 

Corps Reserve as a Joint Qualified Officer ............................................. 00 

Section 518—Report on Foreign Disclosure Officer and Foreign Military 

Sales Officer Billets ................................................................................... 00 

Subtitle C—General Service Authorities and Military Records ................... 00 

Section 521—Requirement to Classify Certain Persons as Unaccounted 

for from World War II under Certain Conditions ................................... 00 

Section 522—Authority to Designate Certain Separated Members of 

the Air Force as Honorary Separated Members of the Space Force ..... 00 

Section 523—Military Personnel: Recruiting; Merit-Based Determinations ............................................................................................................ 00 

Section 524—Improvements to Medical Standards for Accession to Certain Armed Forces ..................................................................................... 00 

Section 525—Protections for Members of Certain Armed Forces Who 

Refuse to Receive Vaccinations against COVID–19 ............................... 00 

Section 526—Reviews of Characterization of Administrative Discharges 

of Certain Members on the Basis of Failure to Receive COVID– 

19 Vaccine .................................................................................................. 00 

Section 527—Certain Members Discharged or Dismissed on the Sole 

Basis of Failure to Obey a Lawful Order to Receive a Vaccine for 

COVID–19: Communication Strategy regarding Reinstatement Process ............................................................................................................... 00 

Section 528—Pilot Program on Cardiac Screenings for Military Accessions ............................................................................................................ 00 

Subtitle D—Military Justice ............................................................................ 00 

Section 531—Prohibition on Certain Communications regarding CourtsMartial ....................................................................................................... 00 

Section 532—Technical and Conforming Amendments to the Uniform 

Code of Military Justice ............................................................................ 00 

Section 533—Treatment of Certain Records of Criminal Investigations . 00 

Section 534—Limitation on Availability of Funds for Relocation of 

Army CID Special Agent Training Course .............................................. 00 

Subtitle E—Other Legal Matters .................................................................... 00 

Section 541—Supreme Court Review of Certain Actions of the United 

States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces ....................................... 00 

Section 542—Study on Removal of Sexual Assault Victim Advocates 

from the Chain of Command of Victims .................................................. 00 

Subtitle F—Member Education ....................................................................... 00 

Section 551—Military Education for Special Operations Forces .............. 00 

Section 552—Expansion of Individuals Eligible to Serve as Administrators and Instructors in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps ... 00 

Section 553—Prohibition of Establishment or Maintenance of a Unit 

of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at an Educational 

Institution Owned, Operated, or Controlled by the Chinese Communist Party .............................................................................................. 00 

Section 554—Inclusion of Advanced Research Programs at Certain Institutions of Professional Military Education ......................................... 00 

Section 555—Pilot Program for Enlisted Members of the Army and 

the Navy to Attend the Naval Postgraduate School ............................... 00 

Subtitle G—Member Training ......................................................................... 00 

Section 561—Increase in Accession Bonus for Nurse Officer Candidates ........................................................................................................ 00 

Section 562—Service Academies: Numbers of Nominations by Members 

of Congress and Appointments by the Secretaries of the Military 

Departments .............................................................................................. 00 

Section 563—Increase in the Number of Nominees from Guam to the 

Service Academies ..................................................................................... 00 

Section 564—Exemption of Cadet or Midshipman Who Refuses to Receive a Vaccination against COVID–19 from Requirement to Repay 

Tuition at Military Service Academy ....................................................... 00 

Section 565—Training on the National Defense Strategy for Members 

of Certain Armed Forces ........................................................................... 00 

Section 566—Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds for Certain Training 

or Education That Promotes Critical Race Theory ................................. 00 
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Section 567—Sex-Neutral High Fitness Standards for Army Close Combat Force Military Occupational Specialties ........................................... 00 

Section 568—Costs of Training on Critical Race Theory ........................... 00 

Section 569—Publication of Training Materials of the Defense Equal 

Opportunity Management Institute ......................................................... 00 

Subtitle H—Member Transition ...................................................................... 00 

Section 571—Amendments to Pathways for Counseling in the Transition Assistance Program ........................................................................... 00 

Section 572—Skillbridge: Staffing; Budgeting; Outreach; Report ............ 00 

Section 573—Troops-to-Teachers Program: Expansion; Extension .......... 00 

Section 574—Report on the Transition Assistance Program .................... 00 

Section 575—Skillbridge: Apprenticeship Programs .................................. 00 

Section 576—Female Members of Certain Armed Forces and Civilian 

Employees of the Department of Defense in STEM ............................... 00 

Section 577—Department of Defense Report on Third-Party Job Search 

Technology ................................................................................................. 00 

Subtitle I—Decorations and Awards ............................................................... 00 

Section 581—Extension of Time to Review World War I Valor Medals ... 00 

Section 582—Authorization for Award of the Medal of Honor to 

Marcelino Serna for Acts of Valor during World War I ......................... 00 

Subtitle J—Other Personnel Matters, Reports, and Briefings ..................... 00 

Section 591—Armed Forces Workplace Surveys ........................................ 00 

Section 592—Electronic Notarization for Members of the Armed Forces 00 

Section 593—Due Date for Report on Efforts to Prevent and Respond 

to Deaths by Suicide in the Navy ............................................................ 00 

Section 594—Posting of Promotional Materials for the 988 Suicide and 

Crisis Lifeline at Military Installations .................................................. 00 

Section 595—Prohibition on Drag Shows and Drag Queen Story Hour .. 00 

Section 596—Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion: 

Report; Sunset ........................................................................................... 00 

Section 597—Force Structure and Personnel Requirements of Special 

Operations Forces: Review; Briefing; Report .......................................... 00 

Section 598—Prohibition on Federal Funds for the Department of Defense Countering Extremism Work Group .............................................. 00 

Section 599—Digital Ambassador Program of the Navy: Cessation; Report; Restart ............................................................................................... 00 

Section 599A—Report on Military OneSource ............................................ 00 

Section 599B—Study on Service by Neurodivergent Individuals in the 

Department of Defense ............................................................................. 00 

TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS .......... 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Bonus and Special Pay Spending Report .................................................... 00 

Briefing on Current Requirements for Health and Safety Checks at 

Child Development Centers ...................................................................... 00 

Briefing on MilitaryChildcare.com .............................................................. 00 

Child care Community Relationships and Partnerships ........................... 00 

Cost of Living Allowance Report ................................................................. 00 

Department of Defense Adoption Support Services ................................... 00 

Fee Structure for Child Care Provided at Military Child Development 

Centers ....................................................................................................... 00 

Fort Drum Cold Weather Pay ...................................................................... 00 

Gap between Hiring Authority and Human Resource Implementation ... 00 

Guam Overseas Cost of Living Allowance Adjustment Report ................. 00 

Housing Oversight Positions Across Services ............................................. 00 

Improvements to the Department of Defense Military Spouse Employment Partnership Program ....................................................................... 00 

Military Survivors ......................................................................................... 00 

Month of the Military Child ......................................................................... 00 

Navy Junior Enlisted Unaccompanied Housing Shortfalls ....................... 00 

Navy Quality of Life Programs Dashboard ................................................. 00 

Online School Choice for Military Families ................................................ 00 

Quality of Life Concerns at Military Installations in Alaska ................... 00 

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crews Tax Relief ............................................... 00 

Report on School Meal Direct Certification ................................................ 00 

Review of Basic Allowance for Subsistence ................................................ 00 

Review of Mental Health Services Available at Schools Operated by 

the Department of Defense Education Activity ...................................... 00 
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Review of the Basic Needs Allowance ......................................................... 00 

Review of Unpaid and Delayed Payments to Service Members ................ 00 

Standardization of Permissible Costs for Department of Defense 

Credentialing Programs ............................................................................ 00 

Status Report of Implementation of the Blended Retirement System ..... 00 

Supporting Commissaries ............................................................................ 00 

Supporting Military Children with Special Education .............................. 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—Basic Pay, Retired Pay, and Leave ............................................ 00 

Section 601—Parental Leave Parity for Members of Certain Reserve 

Components of the Armed Forces ............................................................ 00 

Section 602—Expansion of Authority of the Secretary of a Military 

Department to Pay a Member Who Is Absent without Leave or 

Over Leave for Such Absence ................................................................... 00 

Section 603—Report on Modernized Retirement System .......................... 00 

Subtitle B—Bonus and Incentive Pays ........................................................... 00 

Section 611—One-Year Extension of Certain Expiring Bonus and Special Pay Authorities ................................................................................... 00 

Section 612—Authorization of Monthly Bonus Pay for a Junior Member 

of the Uniformed Services during Calendar Year 2024 ......................... 00 

Section 613—Determination of Cold Weather Location for Purposes 

of Assignment or Special Duty Pay ......................................................... 00 

Subtitle C—Allowances .................................................................................... 00 

Section 621—Basic Needs Allowance: Exclusion of Basic Allowance for 

Housing from the Calculation of Gross Household Income of an Eligible Member of the Armed Forces ............................................................. 00 

Section 622—Improved Calculation of Basic Allowance for Housing for 

Junior Enlisted Members ......................................................................... 00 

Section 623—Expansion of Authority of a Commanding Officer to Authorize a Basic Allowance for Housing for a Member Performing 

Initial Field or Sea Duty ........................................................................... 00 

Section 624—Dual Basic Allowance for Housing for Training .................. 00 

Section 625—Basic Allowance for Housing: Pilot Program to Outsource 

Rate Calculation ........................................................................................ 00 

Section 626—Independent Assessment of Housing for Military Personnel in Guam ......................................................................................... 00 

Section 627—Briefings on Pilot Program on Hiring of Special Needs 

Inclusion Coordinators for Department of Defense Child Development 

Centers ....................................................................................................... 00 

Subtitle D—Family Readiness and Survivor Benefits .................................. 00 

Section 631—Modifications to Transitional Compensation for Dependents of Members Separated for Dependent Abuse .................................. 00 

Section 632—Lodging Expenses for Dependents of Members Separated 

for Dependent Abuse ................................................................................. 00 

Section 633—Access to Commissary and Exchange Privileges for Remarried Surviving Spouses ....................................................................... 00 

Section 634—Authority for Peer Mentoring Program for Military Dependents ..................................................................................................... 00 

Section 635—Expansion of Qualifying Events for Which a Member 

of the Uniformed Services May Be Reimbursed for Spousal Relicensing or Business Costs Due to the Member’s Relocation .................. 00 

Section 636—Student Loan Deferment for Dislocated Military Spouses . 00 

Section 637—Grants to Assist Caregivers in Military Families ............... 00 

Section 638—MySTeP: Provision Online and in Multiple Languages ...... 00 

Subtitle E—Child Care .................................................................................... 00 

Section 641—Increase in the Target Funding Level for Military Child 

Care ............................................................................................................ 00 

Section 642—Recurring Review and Revision of Pay for Military Child 

Care Employees ......................................................................................... 00 

Section 643—Discounted Child Care for Child Care Employees of the 

Department of Defense ............................................................................. 00 

Section 644—Expansion of Pilot Program to Provide Financial Assistance to Members of the Armed Forces for In-Home Child Care ........... 00 

Section 645—Wait Times for Child Care Services Provided through 

Military Child Development Centers: Publication; Feasibility of Certain Improvement ...................................................................................... 00 
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Section 646—Study on Effects of Child Care on Readiness and Retention .............................................................................................................. 00 

Subtitle F—Dependent Education ................................................................... 00 

Section 651—Rights of Parents of Children Attending Schools Operated 

by the Department of Defense Education Activity ................................. 00 

Section 652—Certain Assistance to Local Educational Agencies That 

Benefit Dependents of Military and Civilian Personnel ........................ 00 

Section 653—Verification of Reporting of Eligible Federally Connected 

Children for Purposes of Federal Impact Aid Programs ........................ 00 

Section 654—Financial Literacy Education in Schools Operated by the 

Department of Defense Education Activity ............................................. 00 

Section 655—Pilot Program for Routine Mental Health Check-Ups in 

Schools Operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity ... 00 

Section 656—Briefings on Implementation of Universal Pre-Kindergarten Programs ........................................................................................ 00 

TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS ......................................................... 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

9–8–8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Awareness ............................................. 00 

Access to Military and Dependent Mental Health Care ............................ 00 

Annual Health Screening Review ................................................................ 00 

Army Combat Fitness Test .......................................................................... 00 

Army Strategic Management System .......................................................... 00 

Athletic Trainers to Provide Services under the TRICARE Program ...... 00 

Availability of Autoinjectors for the Warfighter for Chemical and Nerve 

Agent Exposure ......................................................................................... 00 

Biobanking Feasibility Briefing ................................................................... 00 

Briefing on AI-Generated Broad Spectrum Anti-infective Peptides to 

Counter Antibiotic Resistance .................................................................. 00 

Briefing on Breast Cancer Screening .......................................................... 00 

Briefing on the Impact of Glioblastomas on Active Duty Service Members and Veterans ..................................................................................... 00 

Cell-Based Recombinant Technologies ........................................................ 00 

Chiropractic Care in the TRICARE Program ............................................. 00 

Combat Casualty Care ................................................................................. 00 

Comptroller General Report on Perinatal Mental Health in the Military ............................................................................................................. 00 

Comptroller General Review of Suicide Prevention and Mental Health 

Awareness Training in the Department of Defense ............................... 00 

Comptroller General Study on the Feasibility of Administering Comprehensive Mental Health Exams for Service Members ........................ 00 

COVID–19 Era Telehealth Suicide Prevention Services ........................... 00 

Department of Defense Briefing Regarding Tricare Coverage of Traction Alopecia .............................................................................................. 00 

Department of Defense Prioritization of Medical Countermeasures for 

Mosquito-Borne Illnesses .......................................................................... 00 

Dietary Supplement Safety Education to Improve Service Member 

Readiness ................................................................................................... 00 

Directive to Provide a Report on Illicit Fentanyl Use and Overdose 

by Service Members .................................................................................. 00 

Drop Boxes on Military Installations for Unused Prescription Drugs ..... 00 

Fertility Testing Report ................................................................................ 00 

Heat Casualty and Fatality Prevention in Department of Defense Initial Entry Training .................................................................................... 00 

Illicit Drugs, Counterfeit Drugs, Fentanyl, and Xylazine Awareness 

and Prevention in the Department of Defense ....................................... 00 

Impacts of TRICARE Reimbursement Final Rule on Children’s Hospitals ........................................................................................................... 00 

Medical Countermeasures for Mosquito-Borne Illnesses ........................... 00 

Medical examination requirements for service academy applicants in 

the Northern Mariana Islands ................................................................. 00 

Medical Separation Timeline for Limited Duty Sailors Briefing .............. 00 

Military Health System Civilian Partnerships for Increased Military 

Medical Readiness ..................................................................................... 00 

Military Medical Standards for Accession .................................................. 00 

Missileer Cancer ........................................................................................... 00 

Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention .............................................................. 00 

National Disaster Medical System Pilot Program ..................................... 00 
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Navy Multiple Suicide Strategy Briefing .................................................... 00 

Next Generation Carrier Screening ............................................................. 00 

Non-Opioid Pain Relief for TRICARE Beneficiaries .................................. 00 

Nuclear Medicine for Patient Care .............................................................. 00 

Obesity in the Ranks of the Armed Services .............................................. 00 

Operation Warp Speed Briefing ................................................................... 00 

Patient Movement Medical Logistics Standardization Briefing ................ 00 

Patient Safety in the Military Health System Review .............................. 00 

Permafrost Related Pathogens ..................................................................... 00 

Pharmacogenomics Testing .......................................................................... 00 

Pharmacy Reimbursement Transparency ................................................... 00 

Potential Benefits of Increasing Availability of Chiropractic Care for 

Servicemembers ......................................................................................... 00 

Report on Access to Breastfeeding Support ................................................ 00 

Report on Affects to Beneficiaries from the Change in Policy regarding 

Reimbursement for Providers of Applied Behavior Analysis in Schools 

and Community Settings .......................................................................... 00 

Report on DoD’s fertility preservation policy ............................................. 00 

Report on improving fertility support services for geographically distant 

service members ........................................................................................ 00 

Report on the Military Health Services’ Activities to Prevent, Intervene, 

and Treat Perinatal Mental Health Conditions of Members of the 

Armed Forces and Their Dependents ...................................................... 00 

Report on Tricare Coverage Issues for National Guardsmen and Reservists ....................................................................................................... 00 

Report on Tricare Coverage of Human Donor Milk ................................... 00 

Report on TRICARE Delays ......................................................................... 00 

Self-Expanding Foam for Temporary Hemorrhage Control ...................... 00 

Sepsis Study .................................................................................................. 00 

Sergeant First Class Richard Stayskal Military Medical Accountability 

Act Update Briefing .................................................................................. 00 

Severe Depression Reduction ....................................................................... 00 

SilverSneakers Benefit under for TRICARE for Life ................................. 00 

State of Combatant Command Health Readiness Training as Part of 

U.S. Security Sector Assistance Programs .............................................. 00 

Study to Improve Military Readiness Through Nutrition and Wellness 

Initiatives ................................................................................................... 00 

Substance Abuse Report ............................................................................... 00 

Suicide Prevention among National Guard and Reservists ...................... 00 

The Feminine Hygiene Product Expansion Initiative ................................ 00 

Traumatic Brain Injury Care in Response to Department of Defense 

Inspector General Report .......................................................................... 00 

Traumatic Brain Injury Preventative Devices ........................................... 00 

TRICARE Dialysis Reimbursement Rate ................................................... 00 

Valley Fever Impacts on Military ................................................................ 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other Health Benefits ........................................ 00 

Section 701—TRICARE Dental Plan for the Selected Reserve ................. 00 

Section 702—Extension of Period of Eligibility for Health Benefits 

under TRICARE Reserve Select for Survivors of a Member of the 

Selected Reserve ........................................................................................ 00 

Section 703—Clarification of Applicability of Required Mental Health 

Self-Initiated Referral Process for Members of the Selected Reserve ... 00 

Section 704—Non-Medical Counseling Services for Military Families .... 00 

Section 705—Doulas: Certification Assistance for Military Spouses; Expansion of Demonstration Project ............................................................ 00 

Section 706—Medical Testing and Related Services for Firefighters of 

Department of Defense ............................................................................. 00 

Section 707—Temporary Requirement for Contraception Coverage Parity under the TRICARE Program ............................................................ 00 

Section 708—Naloxone and Fentanyl: Regulations; Report ...................... 00 

Section 709—Rates of Reimbursement for Providers of Applied Behavior Analysis ................................................................................................ 00 

Section 710—Department of Defense Pilot Program on Health Effects 

of Medical Marijuana Use by Veterans ................................................... 00 

Section 711—Pilot Program on Cryopreservation and Storage of 

Gametes of Certain Members of the Armed Forces ............................... 00 
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Section 712—Psychological Evaluations for Certain Members of the 

Armed Forces Who Served in Kabul ........................................................ 00 

Section 713—Authority to Expand the TRICARE Competitive Plans 

Demonstration Project .............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle B—Health Care Administration ....................................................... 00 

Section 721—Clarification of Grade of Surgeon General of the Navy ...... 00 

Section 722—Clarification of Responsibilities regarding the Integrated 

Disability Evaluation System ................................................................... 00 

Section 723—Sharing of Medical Data regarding Members of the Coast 

Guard ......................................................................................................... 00 

Section 724—Organizational Framework of the Military Health System 

to Support the Medical Requirements of the Combatant Commands .. 00 

Section 725—Mandatory Training on Health Effects of Perfluoroalkyl 

or Polyfluoroalkyl Substances .................................................................. 00 

Section 726—Establishment of Military Pharmaceutical and Medical 

Device Vulnerability Working Group ...................................................... 00 

Section 727—Establishment of Medical and Surgical Consumables 

Standardization Working Group .............................................................. 00 

Section 728—Pilot Program on Remote Health Monitoring Technologies ....................................................................................................... 00 

Section 729—Task Force of Department of Defense on Mental Health ... 00 

Section 730—Disclosures by Entities Receiving Grants the Secretary 

of Defense for Biomedical Research ......................................................... 00 

Subtitle C—Studies and Reports ..................................................................... 00 

Section 741—Amendments to Report on Behavioral Health Workforce 

of the Department of Defense .................................................................. 00 

Section 742—Comprehensive Strategy on Force Resilience of the Department of Defense .................................................................................. 00 

Section 743—Study on Non-Clinical Mental Health Services of the Department of Defense .................................................................................. 00 

Section 744—Clinical Study on Treatment of Certain Members with 

Certain Conditions Using Certain Psychedelic Substances ................... 00 

Section 745—Study on Opioid Alternatives ................................................ 00 

Section 746—Report on Overdoses by Members of Certain Armed 

Forces ......................................................................................................... 00 

Section 747—Feasibility Report regarding DHA Employment of Certain 

Mental Health Providers Awaiting Licensure ........................................ 00 

Section 748—Study on Health Care Available to Individuals Supporting 

the Missions of United States Forces, Japan, and Joint Region Marianas ............................................................................................................ 00 

Section 749—United States-Israel PTSD Collaborative Research ............ 00 

Section 750—Feasibility Study on Creation of Centers of Excellence 

in Ukraine for Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injuries and Traumatic 

Extremity Injuries ..................................................................................... 00 

Section 751—Testosterone Levels among Members of Special Forces 

of the Army: Study; Report ....................................................................... 00 

Section 752—GAO Report on TRICARE Payments to Behavioral Health 

Professionals .............................................................................................. 00 

TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND 

RELATED MATTERS ...................................................................................... 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Access to Carbon Fiber ................................................................................. 00 

Acquisition of Titanium ................................................................................ 00 

Advanced Domestic Defense Capabilities ................................................... 00 

Alternate Extraction and Processing Methods of Rare Earth Elements 

and Critical Minerals ................................................................................ 00 

Alternative Corrosion Control Technologies ............................................... 00 

Aluminum-Scandium Master Alloy Production .......................................... 00 

Aluminum-Scandium Master Alloy Production .......................................... 00 

APEX Accelerators ........................................................................................ 00 

Artificial Intelligence Facilitated Supply Chain Visibility ........................ 00 

Assessment of Additive Manufacturing for Legacy Weapons Systems .... 00 

Briefing on the Resiliency of the United States’ Nuclear-Grade Graphite Supply Chain ........................................................................................ 00 

Capability Portfolio Model Budget Pilots .................................................... 00 

Co-Production of Asymmetric Defense Capabilities with Taiwan ............ 00 
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Critical and Strategic Minerals and Materials Sourcing from Seafloor 

Resources ................................................................................................... 00 

Demand for Metals in Additive Manufacturing ......................................... 00 

Department of Defense Microchip Security ................................................ 00 

Department of Defense STEM Pathways ................................................... 00 

Division of Hardware and Software Contracts ........................................... 00 

Domestic Graphite Extraction and Processing Facilities .......................... 00 

Early Stage Firm Pathway to Production Enhancement .......................... 00 

Economic Impacts on Defense Textile Industrial Base .............................. 00 

Existing Contracts with United States Export Control Violators ............. 00 

Extraction and Processing Methods of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals .............................................................................................. 00 

Glass Fiber-Based Structural Composites Supply Chain Assessment ..... 00 

Home Textile Goods ...................................................................................... 00 

Improve the Timeliness of Department of Defense Capability Fielding 

Necessary for Success in Strategic Conflict ............................................ 00 

Inclusion of Other Transaction Past Performance in Certain Department of Defense Systems .......................................................................... 00 

Inefficiencies in Small Administrative Computer and Printer Purchases ......................................................................................................... 00 

Input and Analysis Provided to the Federal Trade Commission .............. 00 

Investigating Delays in Payments to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses ......................................................................................................... 00 

Large Medium-Speed Diesel Engines for Auxiliary Ships Briefing .......... 00 

Microelectronics Security of Supply ............................................................ 00 

Modernizing the Department of Defense Requirements Process .............. 00 

National Security Threats Related to Chinese Commercial Autonomous 

Ground Vehicles Operating in the United States ................................... 00 

Nickel Zinc Battery—Supply Chain Resiliency Report .............................. 00 

Non-Telecommunications Contract Waivers for Section 889, Public Law 

115–232 ...................................................................................................... 00 

Plan to Modernize Network Used for Transmission of Classified Information ........................................................................................................ 00 

Proliferation of Chinese Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Technology in the United States ...................................................................... 00 

Report Best Value Contracting Procedures for Contracts and Delivery 

Orders of Body Armor ............................................................................... 00 

Report on DoD Efforts to Strengthen NATO’s Semiconductor Supply 

Chain Resiliency ........................................................................................ 00 

Report on Implementation of the National Industrial Security Program 00 

Report on Potential Application of Domestic Sourcing Requirements 

for Amoxicillin and Amoxicillin Clavulanate .......................................... 00 

Report on Secure Spaces for Small Businesses .......................................... 00 

Report on Supply Chains within the Department of Defense Major 

Weapon System Acquisition Programs .................................................... 00 

Report on the Impact of Small Businesses through Authorization to 

Operate Processes ..................................................................................... 00 

Report on the Resiliency of the Defense Industrial Base for Solid Rocket Propulsion Systems ............................................................................... 00 

Report on Vulnerabilities in Chemical and Basic Material Supply 

Chains ........................................................................................................ 00 

Report to Improve Contracting Officer Knowledge of SBIR Phase III 

Direct Award .............................................................................................. 00 

Rhodium Sourcing ......................................................................................... 00 

Secure Supply Chains for Tungsten ............................................................ 00 

Secure Supply of Niobium Oxide ................................................................. 00 

Securing Defense Supply Chains from the People’s Republic of China 

for Critical Minerals .................................................................................. 00 

Strategic Sources of Magnesium Metal for Defense Systems ................... 00 

Study into Boron Supply Chains ................................................................. 00 

Study on Noncombat Department of Defense Needs ................................. 00 

Trusted Foundry Program ............................................................................ 00 

Utilization of Middle Tier of Acquisitions and Other Transaction Authority Across Services .............................................................................. 00 

Women-Owned Small Businesses Contracting with the Department of 

Defense ....................................................................................................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 
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Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management .......................................... 00 

Section 801—Commercial Nature Determination Memo Available to 

Contractor .................................................................................................. 00 

Section 802—Prohibition on the Transfer of Certain Data on Employees 

of the Department of Defense to Third Parties ...................................... 00 

Section 803—Principal Technology Transition Advisor ............................. 00 

Section 804—Pilot Program on Payment of Costs for Denied Government Accountability Office Bid Protests ................................................. 00 

Section 805—Pilot Program for Prototype Projects for Anything-AsA-Service .................................................................................................... 00 

Section 806—Low-Methane Intensity Natural Gas Pilot Program ........... 00 

Section 807—Prohibition on Contracting with Persons That Have Business Operations with the Government of the Russian Federation 

or the Russian Energy Sector ................................................................... 00 

Section 808—Organizational Conflict of Interests Relating to National 

Security and Foreign Policy ...................................................................... 00 

Subtitle B—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, 

and Limitations ......................................................................................... 00 

Section 822—Modification to Truthful Cost or Pricing Data Submissions and Report ........................................................................................ 00 

Section 823—Competition Requirements for Purchases from Federal 

Prison Industries ....................................................................................... 00 

Section 824—Modification of Approval Authority for High Dollar Other 

Transactions for Prototypes ...................................................................... 00 

Section 825—Clarification of Authority of the Department of Defense 

to Carry Out Certain Prototype Projects ................................................. 00 

Section 826—Acquisition of Sensitive Materials Prohibition Exception 

Amendment ................................................................................................ 00 

Section 827—Modification to Acquisition Authority of the Senior Official with Principal Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning ........................................................................................... 00 

Section 828—Amend Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Operating Certain Unmanned Aircraft Systems ............................................ 00 

Section 829—Avoidance of Use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable 

Source Selection Process for Certain Logistics Services ........................ 00 

Section 830—Modification and Extension of Temporary Authority to 

Modify Certain Contracts and Options Based on the Impacts of Inflation .............................................................................................................. 00 

Section 831—Modification of Contracts and Options to Provide Economic Price Adjustments .......................................................................... 00 

Section 833—Pilot Program on the Use of Acquisition Authority for 

Office of Naval Research to Aid in Technology Transition .................... 00 

Section 832—Prohibition on Computers or Printers Acquisitions Involving Entities Owned or Controlled by China ............................................ 00 

Subtitle C—Domestic Sourcing Requirements ............................................... 00 

Section 841—Require Full Domestic Production of Flags of the United 

States Acquired by the Department of Defense ...................................... 00 

Section 842—Inclusion of Titanium Powder in Definition of Specialty 

Metals Exempted from Certain Domestic Sourcing Requirements ....... 00 

Section 843—Amend Requirement to Buy Certain Metals from American Sources ............................................................................................... 00 

Section 844—Modification to Miscellaneous Limitations on the Procurement of Goods Other Than United States Goods ................................... 00 

Section 845—Procurement of Covered Hearing Protection Devices ......... 00 

Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to Program for Accelerating Acquisition .. 00 

Section 851—Pilot Program for Recurring Awards for Production, Investment, and Deployment Through Competitions ................................ 00 

Section 852—Demonstration and Prototyping Program to Advance 

International Product Support Capabilities in a Contested Logistics 

Environment .............................................................................................. 00 

Section 853—Defense Industrial Base Advanced Capabilities Pilot Program ........................................................................................................... 00 

Subtitle E—Industrial Base Matters .............................................................. 00 

Section 861—Additional National Security Objectives for the National 

Technology and Industrial Base ............................................................... 00 

Section 862—Use of Industrial Base Fund for Support for the Workforce for Large Surface Combatants ........................................................ 00 
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Section 863—Redesignation of Industrial Base Fund as Industrial Base 

and Operational Infrastructure Fund; Additional Uses ......................... 00 

Section 864—Modifications to the Procurement Technical Assistance 

Cooperative Agreement Program ............................................................. 00 

Section 865—Modification to Procurement Requirements Relating to 

Rare Earth Elements and Strategic and Critical Materials .................. 00 

Section 866—Securing Maritime Data from China .................................... 00 

Section 867—Pilot Program for Analyzing and Continuous Monitoring 

of Key Supply Chains ................................................................................ 00 

Section 868—Study and Report on Country of Origin of End Items 

and Components Procured by Department of Defense ........................... 00 

Section 869—Enhanced Domestic Content Requirement for Major Defense Acquisition Programs ...................................................................... 00 

Subtitle F—Small Business Matters ............................................................... 00 

Section 881—Entrepreneurial Innovation Project Designations ............... 00 

Section 882—Extension and Modification of Domestic Investment Pilot 

Program ...................................................................................................... 00 

Section 883—Study and Report on the Expansion of the Strategic 

Funding Increase Program of the Air Force ........................................... 00 

Subtitle G—Other Matters .............................................................................. 00 

Section 891—Employee-Owned Business Contracting Incentive Pilot 

Program Clarification and Extension ...................................................... 00 

Section 892—Pilot Program on the Use of Budget Transfer Authority 

for Army Research to Aid in Technology Transition .............................. 00 

Section 893—Seaplane Procurement and Employment ............................. 00 

Section 894—Limitation on Availability of Funds Relating to Contracts 

with Contract Managers and Auditors .................................................... 00 

Section 895—Inspector General Report on Defense Acquisition and 

Contract Administration ........................................................................... 00 

TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................ 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of Defense and Related Matters .......... 00 

Section 901—Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Innovation 

Integration ................................................................................................. 00 

Section 902—Repeal of Position of Director of Cost Assessment and 

Program Evaluation .................................................................................. 00 

Section 903—Conforming Amendments to Carry Out Elimination of 

Position of Chief Management Officer ..................................................... 00 

Section 904—Elimination of the Chief Diversity Officer of the Department of Defense ......................................................................................... 00 

Subtitle B—Other Department of Defense Organization and Management 

Matters ....................................................................................................... 00 

Section 921—Modification of Analysis Required for Reductions to Civilian Workforce under General Policy for Total Force Management ....... 00 

Section 922—Additional Requirements under General Policy for Total 

Force Management .................................................................................... 00 

Section 923—Eligibility of Chief of the National Guard Bureau for 

Appointment as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff .......................... 00 

Section 924—Coast Guard Input to the Joint Requirements Oversight 

Council ....................................................................................................... 00 

Section 925—Codification of the Defense Innovation Unit and Establishment of the Nontraditional Innovation Fielding Enterprise ........... 00 

Section 926—Designation of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Corps as a 

Basic Branch of the Army ........................................................................ 00 

Section 927—Repeal of Authority to Appoint a Naval Research Advisory Committee .......................................................................................... 00 

Section 928—Eligibility of Members of Space Force for Instruction at 

the Naval Postgraduate School ................................................................ 00 

Section 929—Membership of the Air Force Reserve Forces Policy Committee ......................................................................................................... 00 

Section 930—Framework for Classification of Autonomous Capabilities 00 

Section 931—Comprehensive Assessment of Force Design Modernization Efforts of the Marine Corps .............................................................. 00 

Section 932—Enhancing Department of Defense Coordination of 

Geoeconomic Affairs .................................................................................. 00 

Subtitle C—Space National Guard ................................................................. 00 
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Section 951—Establishment of Space National Guard .............................. 00 

Section 952—No Effect on Military Installations ....................................... 00 

Section 953—Implementation of Space National Guard ........................... 00 

Section 954—Conforming Amendments and Clarification of Authorities 00 

TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS ..................................................................... 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Counterdrug Activities ..................................................................................... 00 

Joint Interagency Task Force South Capabilities ...................................... 00 

Ship Special Mission Support ...................................................................... 00 

Other Matters ................................................................................................... 00 

Assessment of the Efficacy of U.S. Operations in the Information Environment ...................................................................................................... 00 

Authorities of the Secretary of Defense Pursuant to section 501 of 

title 46, United States Code ..................................................................... 00 

Briefing on Cooperation between the Department of Defense and the 

Department of Commerce ......................................................................... 00 

Comptroller General Review of Reliability of Data for Oversight of 

the Personnel Security Clearance Process .............................................. 00 

Comptroller General Review of Reserve Component Capabilities to Support Challenges from Near-Peer Adversaries ......................................... 00 

Defense Exchanges ....................................................................................... 00 

Deployment of Prepositioned Stocks in Europe .......................................... 00 

Domestic Response Training Center ........................................................... 00 

Feasibility Study on the development and future use of Mare Island 

Finger Piers ............................................................................................... 00 

Foreign Ports Ship Repair ............................................................................ 00 

Gaps in Writings on Joint Chiefs of Staff History ..................................... 00 

Gaps in Writings on Office of the Secretary of Defense History ............... 00 

Gaps in Writings on U.S. Special Operations Forces History ................... 00 

Implementation Plan for Identifying Resources Required for Achieving 

Materiel Readiness Objectives ................................................................. 00 

Less-Lethal Force Requirements for the National Guard Bureau and 

Department of the Navy ........................................................................... 00 

Littoral Combat Ships Divestments ............................................................ 00 

Maintenance of Military Sealift Command Vessels ................................... 00 

Mare Island Naval Shipyard Recapitalization Report ............................... 00 

Naval Surface Vessel Availability Improvement ........................................ 00 

Navy Wargaming and Multi-Domain Operations ...................................... 00 

Report on Congressional Increases to Defense Spending .......................... 00 

Report on Department of Defense’s security clearance screening process 

for individuals under current or previous investigation for terrorist 

or foreign state sympathies ...................................................................... 00 

Report on Encounters with Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the Pacific 

Region ......................................................................................................... 00 

Report on Large-Scale, Government-Owned Remotely Piloted Aircraft 

Flight Operations ...................................................................................... 00 

Report on Streamlining the Approval Process for Low-Risk Reprogramming Requests ........................................................................................... 00 

Report on the Need for Classified Administrative Space .......................... 00 

Report on United States Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Continuity of Operations ................................................................ 00 

Review of Security Clearance Processing Times ........................................ 00 

Rotary Wing Support to West Coast Navy Special Warfare Units ........... 00 

Special Operations Capabilities in Wargames and Tabletop Exercises ... 00 

Special Operations Forces Use of Secure Digital Financial Assets .......... 00 

Supporting Department of Defense Efforts to Pass the Audit .................. 00 

Throwable Cameras for Close Quarters Situational Awareness ............... 00 

Trade Intelligence Data for Maritime Domain Awareness ....................... 00 

Wind Energy Concerns Near Department of Defense Facilities ............... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—Financial Matters ........................................................................ 00 

Section 1001—General Transfer Authority ................................................ 00 

Section 1002—Requirement for a Covered Armed Force to Submit Posture Statements in Support of Congressional Budget Process .............. 00 

Subtitle B—Counterdrug Activities ................................................................ 00 

Section 1006—Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities ................ 00 

Section 1007—Threat Analysis regarding Fentanyl Crisis ....................... 00 
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Section 1008—Report on Role of Department of Defense in Supporting 

National Emergency Declaration Combating Fentanyl Crisis .............. 00 

Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards ...................................................... 00 

Section 1011—Modifications to Annual Naval Vessel Construction Plan 00 

Section 1012—Critical Components of National Sea-Based Deterrence 

Vessels ........................................................................................................ 00 

Section 1013—Grants for Improvement of Navy Ship Repair or Alterations Capability ....................................................................................... 00 

Section 1014—Repeal of Obsolete Provision of Law regarding Vessel 

Nomenclature ............................................................................................ 00 

Section 1015—Responsibility of Commandant of the Marine Corps with 

Respect to Naval Force Battleship Assessment and Requirement Reporting ........................................................................................................ 00 

Section 1016—Policy of the United States on Shipbuilding Defense 

Industrial Base .......................................................................................... 00 

Section 1017—Availability of Funds for Retirement or Inactivation of 

Landing Dock Ships and Guided Missile Cruisers ................................. 00 

Section 1018—Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessels ............................... 00 

Section 1019—Guam Shipyard Assessment ............................................... 00 

Section 1020—Authority to Use Incremental Funding to Enter into 

a Contract for the Advance Procurement and Construction of a San 

Antonio-Class Amphibious Ship ............................................................... 00 

Section 1021—Authority to Use Incremental Funding to Enter into 

a Contract for the Advance Procurement and Construction of a Submarine Tender ........................................................................................... 00 

Section 1022—Plan for Extended Prohibition on Retirement of Ships .... 00 

Section 1023—Congressional Notification regarding Pending Retirement of Naval Vessels Viable for Artificial Reefing ............................... 00 

Section 1024—Quarterly Briefings on Submarine Readiness ................... 00 

Subtitle D—Counterterrorism ......................................................................... 00 

Section 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 ....................................... 00 

Section 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 ..... 00 

Section 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 ....................................... 00 

Section 1034—Extension of Prohibition on Use of Funds to Close or 

Relinquish Control of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

Cuba ........................................................................................................... 00 

Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations ............................... 00 

Section 1041—Modification to Definitions of Confucius Institute ............ 00 

Section 1042—Limitation on Provision of Funds to Institutions of Higher Education Hosting Confucius Institutes ............................................. 00 

Section 1043—Modification of Vetting Procedures and Monitoring Requirements for Certain Military Training ............................................... 00 

Section 1044—Limitation on Availability of Funds until Delivery of 

Report on Next Generation Tactical Communications ........................... 00 

Section 1045—Limitation on Use of Funds Related to Military Religious 

Freedom Foundation ................................................................................. 00 

Section 1046—Prohibition on Use of Funds for Advisory Committees 

Related to Environmental, Social, and Governance Aspects ................. 00 

Subtitle F—Studies and Reports ..................................................................... 00 

Section 1061—Annual Report on Unfunded Priorities of Defense POW/ 

MIA Accounting Agency ............................................................................ 00 

Section 1062—Quarterly Briefings on Joint All Domain Command and 

Control Effort ............................................................................................. 00 

Section 1063—Extension of Requirement to Submit a Report on Department of Defense Support for Department of Homeland Security at 

the International Borders of the United States ...................................... 00 

Section 1064—Air Force Plan for Maintaining Proficient Aircrews in 

Certain Mission Areas .............................................................................. 00 

Section 1065—Assessment and Strategy Relating to Range Capability 

and Capacity for Joint All-Domain Operations ...................................... 00 
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Section 1066—Report on Defense of Department of Defense Facilities 

and Forces in European and Indo-Pacific Regions from Missile and 

Air Attack .................................................................................................. 00 

Section 1067—Independent Study on Naval Mine Warfare ...................... 00 

Section 1068—Report on Establishment of Joint Force Headquarters 

in Indo-Pacific Region ............................................................................... 00 

Section 1069—Annual Briefings on Implementation of Force Design 

2030 ............................................................................................................ 00 

Section 1070—Plan for Taiwan Noncombatant Evacuation Operations .. 00 

Subtitle G—Other Matters .............................................................................. 00 

Section 1081—Navy Consideration of Coast Guard Views on Matters 

Directly Concerning Coast Guard Capabilities ....................................... 00 

Section 1082—Development of Commercial Integration Cells Action 

Plan Within Certain Combatant Commands .......................................... 00 

Section 1083—Requirement to Update Warfighting Requirements for 

Confronting Russia in Europe .................................................................. 00 

Section 1084—Update to Strategic Plan on Department of Defense 

Combating Trafficking in Persons Program ............................................ 00 

Section 1085—Guidance for Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems by 

National Guard .......................................................................................... 00 

Section 1086—Sense of Congress regarding Defense Presence in the 

Indo-Pacific Region .................................................................................... 00 

TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS ................................................. 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Report on Post-Employment Restrictions for former Department of Defense Civilians ........................................................................................... 00 

Reporting on the Personnel Practices within the Department of Defense 

Education Activity ..................................................................................... 00 

Review of the Department of Defense’s Telework Policy Compliance ...... 00 

Shortage of Civilian Simulator Instructors ................................................ 00 

Stopping Improper Payments in the Federal Employees Health Benefits 

Program ...................................................................................................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Section 1101—Authority to Establish Excepted Service Positions for 

Army Law Enforcement Activities ........................................................... 00 

Section 1102—Authorization to Pay a Living Quarters Allowance for 

Department of the Navy Civilian Employees Assigned to Permanent 

Duty in Guam for Performing Work, or Supporting Work Being Performed, Aboard or Dockside, of U.S. Naval Vessels ............................... 00 

Section 1103—Consolidation of Direct Hire Authorities for Candidates 

with Specified Degrees at Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories ..................................................................................................... 00 

Section 1104—Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of Defense .................................................................................. 00 

Section 1105—One-Year Extension of Authority to Waive Annual Limitation on Premium Pay and Aggregate Limitation on Pay for Federal 

Civilian Employees Working Overseas .................................................... 00 

Section 1106—Extension of Authority to Grant Competitive Status to 

Employees of Inspectors General for Overseas Contingency Operations .......................................................................................................... 00 

Section 1107—Extension of Direct Hire Authority for Domestic Industrial Base Facilities and Major Range and Test Facilities Base ........... 00 

Section 1108—Waiver of Limitation on Appointment of Recently Retired Members of Armed Forces to DOD Competitive Service Positions ............................................................................................................ 00 

Section 1109—Exclusion of Nonappropriated Fund Employees from 

Limitations on Dual Pay ........................................................................... 00 

Section 1110—One-Year Extension of Temporary Authority to Grant 

Allowances, Benefits, and Gratuities to Civilian Personnel on Official 

Duty in a Combat Zone ............................................................................. 00 

Section 1111—Support United States Strategic Command and United 

States Space Command Enterprises ........................................................ 00 

Section 1112—Temporary Extension of Authority to Provide Security 

for Former Department of Defense Officials ........................................... 00 

Section 1113—GAO Report on Civilian Support Positions at Remote 

Military Installations ................................................................................ 00 
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Section 1114—Modification to Shore Leave Accrual for Crews of Vessels 

to Support Crew Rotations and Improve Retention of Civilian Mariners ............................................................................................................. 00 

Section 1115—Assessments of Staffing in Office of the Under Secretary 

of Defense for Personnel and Readiness .................................................. 00 

Section 1116—Military Spouse Employment Act ....................................... 00 

Section 1117—Amendments to the John S. McCain Strategic Defense 

Fellows Program ........................................................................................ 00 

Section 1118—Including Military Service in Determining Family and 

Medical Leave Eligibility for Federal Employees ................................... 00 

Section 1119—Assessments of Staffing in Office of the Under Secretary 

of Defense for Research and Engineering ............................................... 00 

Section 1120—Assessments of Staffing in DOD Office for Diversity, 

Equity, and Inclusion ................................................................................ 00 

TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS .......................... 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Access to New Technology for Foreign Military Sales ............................... 00 

Africa Institute for Security Cooperation .................................................... 00 

Assessment of African War Colleges ........................................................... 00 

Assessment of Moldovan Security Capabilities .......................................... 00 

Assessment of Participation of Contractors in the Boycott, Divestment 

and Sanctions (BDS) Movement Against Israel ...................................... 00 

Black Sea Flotilla .......................................................................................... 00 

Briefing on EUCOM–INDOPACOM Irregular Warfare Coordination ..... 00 

Briefing on Irregular Warfare Center Location Selection ......................... 00 

Department of Defense State Partnership Program .................................. 00 

Ensuring Burden Sharing with Europe in Support of Ukraine ................ 00 

Foreign Military Sales for Indo-Pacific Allies and Partners ..................... 00 

Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb for U.S. European Command 

Maritime Targets ...................................................................................... 00 

Illicit Goldmining in Venezuela ................................................................... 00 

Mission Support to Ukraine ......................................................................... 00 

Morocco Joint Exercise Participation .......................................................... 00 

Philippines Coast Guard .............................................................................. 00 

Report on Global Fragility Act Implementation ......................................... 00 

Report on Misuse in End-Use Monitoring .................................................. 00 

Report on Pre-Positioning Precision-Guided Munitions in Israel ............. 00 

Russia and China’s Defense and Security Presence in Latin America 

and the Caribbean ..................................................................................... 00 

Russia Leaving the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty ...................... 00 

Saudi Arabia-People’s Republic of China Defense Cooperation ................ 00 

Strategic Competition in Latin America and the Caribbean .................... 00 

U.S.-Israel Defense Assessment .................................................................. 00 

U.S.-Israel on Emerging Defense Technologies .......................................... 00 

U.S.-Nordic SOF Exchange .......................................................................... 00 

Ukraine Security Assistance for Army Tactical Missile Systems ............. 00 

Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative ....................................................... 00 

United States Support for Iraqi Minorities ................................................ 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—Assistance and Training .............................................................. 00 

Section 1201—Support of Special Operations for Irregular Warfare ....... 00 

Section 1202—Modification of Combatant Commander Initiative Fund . 00 

Section 1203—Equipment Disposition with Respect to Building Capacity of Foreign Security Forces .................................................................. 00 

Section 1204—Mission Training through Distributed Simulation ........... 00 

Section 1205—Modifications to Security Cooperation Workforce Development Program and Establishment of Defense Security Cooperation 

University .................................................................................................. 00 

Section 1206—Requirement for Military Exercises ................................... 00 

Section 1207—Report on End-Use Monitoring ........................................... 00 

Section 1208—Report on Enhanced End-Use Monitoring ......................... 00 

Section 1209—Report on Partner Country Forces ..................................... 00 

Subtitle B—Matters Relating to the Middle East and Central Asia ........... 00 

Section 1211—Extension of Cross-Servicing Agreements for Loan of 

Personnel Protection and Personnel Survivability Equipment in Coalition Operations ........................................................................................ 00 
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Section 1212—Modification of Quarterly Reports on Ex-Gratia Payments .......................................................................................................... 00 

Section 1213—Extension and Modification of Authority to Provide Assistance to Vetted Syrian Groups and Individuals ................................. 00 

Section 1214—Extension and Modification of Authority to Provide Assistance to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ........................ 00 

Section 1215—Plan of Action to Equip and Train Iraqi Security Forces 

and Kurdish Peshmerga Forces ............................................................... 00 

Section 1216—Extension of United States-Israel Anti-Tunnel Cooperation .............................................................................................................. 00 

Section 1217—Plan to Enable Israel to Gain Observer Status in the 

Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program ....................................... 00 

Section 1218—Extension and Modification of Annual Report on Military 

Power of Iran ............................................................................................. 00 

Section 1219—Prohibition on Transporting Currency to the Taliban 

and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ................................................. 00 

Section 1220—Modifications to the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction ........................................................ 00 

Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Ukraine ....................................................... 00 

Section 1221—Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Office 

of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense ........................ 00 

Section 1222—Special Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance ............ 00 

Section 1223—Extension of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative ........ 00 

Section 1224—Extension of Lend-Lease Authority to Ukraine ................. 00 

Section 1225—Plan and Report Relating to Allied and Partner Support 

to Ukraine .................................................................................................. 00 

Subtitle D—Matters Relating to Russia, Europe, and NATO ...................... 00 

Section 1231—Statement of Policy relating to NATO-Russia Founding 

Act ............................................................................................................... 00 

Section 1232—Strategy to Delay, Disrupt, and Degrade ROSATOM’s 

Proliferation Activities and Other Revenue Streams ............................. 00 

Section 1233—Baltic Security Initiative ..................................................... 00 

Section 1234—Prohibition on New START Treaty Information Sharing . 00 

Subtitle E—Matters Relating to the Armed Forces Abroad and the Authorities of the Department of Defense ................................................... 00 

Section 1241—Report on Hostilities Involving United States Armed 

Forces ......................................................................................................... 00 

Section 1242—Protection and Legal Preparedness for Servicemembers 

Abroad ........................................................................................................ 00 

Section 1243—Prohibition on Funding for the Global Engagement Center ............................................................................................................... 00 

Section 1244—Determination of Location for McCain Irregular Warfare 

Center ......................................................................................................... 00 

TITLE XIII—OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS .......... 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreements with Pacific Island Countries ............................................................................................................. 00 

African C–130 Aircraft Coalition ................................................................. 00 

Briefing on Defense Cooperation Involving Japan and the Republic 

of Korea ...................................................................................................... 00 

Briefing on Requirements for Measuring Regional Sentiment and 

Leveraging Commercially Available Technology to support Information Operations in USINDOPACOM ....................................................... 00 

Cooperation Among U.S. Defense Partners ................................................ 00 

Extreme Weather Wargames ....................................................................... 00 

GAO Report on Civilian Harm Training ..................................................... 00 

Indo-Pacific Command Stockpiles for Submarine and Anti-Submarine 

Warfare Forces .......................................................................................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—Matters Relating to the Indo-Pacific and Pacific Regions ........ 00 

Section 1301—Extension of Pacific Deterrence Initiative and Report, 

Briefings, and Plan under the Initiative ................................................. 00 

Section 1302—Independent Assessment and Report on the Progress 

Made under the Pacific Deterrence Initiative ......................................... 00 

Section 1303—Sense of Congress on South Korea ..................................... 00 

Section 1304—Sense of Congress on Taiwan Defense Relations .............. 00 
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Section 1305—Briefing on Multi-Year Plan to Fulfill Defensive Requirements of Military Forces of Taiwan ......................................................... 00 

Section 1306—Modification to the American, British, Canadian, and 

Australian Armies’ Program ..................................................................... 00 

Section 1307—Modifications to Initiative to Support Protection of National Security Academic Researchers from Undue Influence and 

Other Security Threats ............................................................................. 00 

Section 1308—Limitation on Availability of Funds Pending Submittal 

of List Identifying Certain Foreign Academic Institutions .................... 00 

Section 1309—Expansion of International Technology Focused Partnerships and Experimentation Activities in the Indo-Pacific ..................... 00 

Subtitle B—Matters Relating to China .......................................................... 00 

Section 1311—Modifications to Public Reporting of Chinese Military 

Companies Operating in the United States ............................................ 00 

Section 1312—Modification to Annual Report on Military and Security 

Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China ....................... 00 

Section 1313—Prohibition on Use of Funds for Work Performed by 

EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., in China on Research Supported by the 

Government of China ................................................................................ 00 

Section 1314—Study and Report on Implementation of Naval Blockades 

of Shipments of Fossil Fuels to China in Event of Armed Conflict ...... 00 

Section 1315—Independent Study on Defense Budget of People’s Republic of China .......................................................................................... 00 

Section 1316—Determination on Involvement of the PRC in the Mexican Fentanyl Trade ................................................................................... 00 

TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS ........................................................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—Military Programs ........................................................................ 00 

Section 1401—Working Capital Funds ....................................................... 00 

Section 1402—Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense .... 00 

Section 1403—Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, DefenseWide ............................................................................................................ 00 

Section 1404—Defense Inspector General .................................................. 00 

Section 1405—Defense Health Program ..................................................... 00 

Subtitle B—Other Matters .............................................................................. 00 

Section 1411—Expansion of National Defense Stockpile Requirements 

for Era of Great Power Competition ........................................................ 00 

Section 1412—Membership of Coast Guard on Strategic Materials Protection Board .............................................................................................. 00 

Section 1413—Authority for Transfer of Funds to Joint Department 

of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund For Captain James A. Lovell Health Care Center, 

Illinois ........................................................................................................ 00 

Section 1414—Authorization of Appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home ........................................................................................... 00 

TITLE XV—CYBERSPACE–RELATED MATTERS ............................................. 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Army Cyber Auxiliary Utilization ............................................................... 00 

Artificial Intelligence Decision Aids ............................................................ 00 

Authority to Operate .................................................................................... 00 

Cyber Kinetic Combat Environment ........................................................... 00 

Cyber Protection for Certain Department of Defense Personnel .............. 00 

Cyber-peculiar Test & Evaluation Environments ...................................... 00 

Data Literacy in Artificial Intelligence ....................................................... 00 

Data Repositories, Access, and Utilization ................................................. 00 

Department Use of Open-Source Software ................................................. 00 

Digital Cross Domain Solution Policy ......................................................... 00 

Digital Expertise Training and Certification .............................................. 00 

Digital Transformation for Multi-Level Secure Programs ......................... 00 

Ensuring Generation of High-Quality Labeled Data ................................. 00 

Evaluation of National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity .............................................................................................................. 00 

Innovation for Cybersecurity of the Defense Industrial Base ................... 00 

Internet Access Point Modernization .......................................................... 00 

Internet Operations Management ............................................................... 00 

JADC2 Advisory Panel ................................................................................. 00 

Joint Data Integration Layer ....................................................................... 00 
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Leveraging Commercial Capability for Cybersecurity in Cloud Environments .......................................................................................................... 00 

Leveraging Edge-Compute Platform Data for Comprehensive ArtificialIntelligence Enabled Training .................................................................. 00 

Next Generation 9–1–1 Implementation ..................................................... 00 

Next Generation Cyber Red Teams ............................................................. 00 

North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Cyberspace Operations ............ 00 

Report on Cloud Computing Strategy for the United States Army Corps 

of Engineers ............................................................................................... 00 

Report on Collaboration Technologies for Military Operations ................. 00 

Report on U.S. Space Force Program Information Technology Infrastructure ..................................................................................................... 00 

Sensor Open Systems Architecture ............................................................. 00 

Shipyard Cybersecurity ................................................................................ 00 

Technologies Capable of Rapidly Delivering Wireless Internet ................ 00 

Thunderdome and Other Zero Trust Initiatives in the Department of 

Defense ....................................................................................................... 00 

Tracking Cyber Skill Sets amongst Department of Defense Components ........................................................................................................... 00 

U.S. Northern Command Employment of Technology in Homeland Defense ........................................................................................................... 00 

Utilization of National Guard and Reserve Forces in Cyberspace Operations .......................................................................................................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—Cyber Matters .............................................................................. 00 

Section 1501—Harmonization and Clarification of Strategic Cybersecurity Program and Related Matters .......................................................... 00 

Section 1502—Office for Academic Engagement Relating to Cyber Activities ......................................................................................................... 00 

Section 1503—Modification to Department of Defense Enterprise-Wide 

Procurement of Cyber Data Products and Services ................................ 00 

Section 1504—Authority to Establish Program of United States Cyber 

Command on Dark Web and Deep Web Analysis Tools ......................... 00 

Section 1505—Military Cybersecurity Cooperation with Taiwan ............. 00 

Subtitle B—Personnel ...................................................................................... 00 

Section 1521—Authority to Accept Voluntary and Uncompensated Services from Cybersecurity Experts .............................................................. 00 

Section 1522—Matters Relating to Management of United States Marine Corps Cyberspace Operations Officers ............................................ 00 

Section 1523—Modifications to Rates of Pay for Certain Cyber-Related 

Positions of Department of Defense ......................................................... 00 

Section 1524—Responsibility for Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection of the Defense Industrial Base ...................................... 00 

Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters ......................................................... 00 

Section 1531—Oversight for Command Post Computing Environment 

Contract Award ......................................................................................... 00 

Section 1532—Prohibition on Availability of Funds Relating to Censorship or Blacklisting of News Sources Based on Subjective Criteria 

or Political Biases ...................................................................................... 00 

Section 1533—GAO Review of Cyberspace Operations Management ...... 00 

Section 1534—Study on Occupational Resiliency of Cyber Mission 

Force ........................................................................................................... 00 

TITLE XVI—SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND INTELLIGENCE MATTERS ...................................................................................... 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Space Activities ................................................................................................. 00 

Activities to Accelerate the Development and Deployment of Sea-Based 

Orbital Launch Platforms ......................................................................... 00 

Briefing on Aerospike Rocket Integration and Suborbital Experiment .... 00 

Commercial Day of Launch Service Providers ........................................... 00 

Commercial Satellite Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance 

Procurement ............................................................................................... 00 

Commercial Weather Data and Forecasting Capabilities ......................... 00 

High-Power Nuclear-Electric Space Propulsion ......................................... 00 

Launch Infrastructure .................................................................................. 00 

Missile Warning Enterprise Capability ...................................................... 00 
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Economic Indicator Monitoring 

and LUNO Programs ................................................................................ 00 

National Space Test and Training Complex ............................................... 00 

Naval Air Station Pensacola Feasibility Study on Demonstrated Spaceport ............................................................................................................. 00 

Navigation Technology Satellite-3 ............................................................... 00 

Plan for the Development and Fielding of Fire Control Quality Missile 

Defense Data from Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture ........... 00 

Space Constellation Security Program ........................................................ 00 

Space Development Agency Tranche 2 Requirements ............................... 00 

Space Force Small Business Report ............................................................ 00 

Space Launch Protection .............................................................................. 00 

Tactically Responsive Space ......................................................................... 00 

Tracking of High-Altitude Surveillance Objects Report ............................ 00 

Intelligence Matters ......................................................................................... 00 

Addressing the Cellular Intercept Threat ................................................... 00 

Analysis of Chinese Penetration of Transportation Nodes and Impact 

on the Department of Defense ................................................................. 00 

Army Publicly Available Information Collection and Exploitation ........... 00 

Briefing on Telematics Use as an Intelligence Tool ................................... 00 

Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Reporting and Establishing Defense Industrial Base Accreditation Efficiency ...................... 00 

GAO Study on Protecting Classified Information from Insider Threats 

within the Department of Defense ........................................................... 00 

Global Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Commercial 

Capacity Initiative ..................................................................................... 00 

Intelligence Sharing with Allies and Partners ........................................... 00 

Nuclear Forces .................................................................................................. 00 

Airborne Nuclear Command and Control Modernization and Posture .... 00 

Artificial Intelligence in U.S. Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications ..................................................................................................... 00 

Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Enterprise Modernization ................................................................................................... 00 

Report on Maximum Deployable Capacity ................................................. 00 

U.S. Nuclear Policy and Hedging Against Future Uncertainty ................ 00 

Missile Defense Programs ................................................................................ 00 

East Coast Missile Defense Site .................................................................. 00 

Enhanced Near-Term Homeland Missile Defense ..................................... 00 

Guam Defense Munitions Requirements .................................................... 00 

Guam Defense System—Missile Defense CONOP ..................................... 00 

Homeland Missile Defense Options ............................................................. 00 

Integrated Air and Missile Defense Architecture in NATO Area of 

Operations .................................................................................................. 00 

Leveraging Commercial Launch Capabilities for Missile Defense Agency Targets and Countermeasures ............................................................ 00 

Missile Defense Technology ......................................................................... 00 

Next Generation Interceptor Acquisition Strategy .................................... 00 

Next Generation Interceptor Testing .......................................................... 00 

Reusable Hypersonic Missile Defense Testing Capability ......................... 00 

Other Matters ................................................................................................... 00 

Addressing Diminishing Inventory of Legacy Rocket Motors ................... 00 

Aerial Target Vehicle Replenishment ......................................................... 00 

Availability of Autoinjectors for Chemical and Nerve Agent Exposure ... 00 

Biodefense Posture, Capabilities, and Activities Briefing ......................... 00 

Brief on Technology Transfers and Technical Assistance from the People’s Republic of China to Iran ................................................................. 00 

Broad Spectrum Antivirals .......................................................................... 00 

Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Response Enterprise ......... 00 

Emergent Technologies Biological Risk Assessment .................................. 00 

Encouraging the Department of Defense to Expand Passive Detection 

of Pathogens ............................................................................................... 00 

Force Protection Readiness to Weapons of Mass Destruction ................... 00 

Increasing Hypersonic Testing through Collaboration with Australia ..... 00 

Iranian Hardening of Nuclear Facilities ..................................................... 00 

Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH–TB) . 00 

Nuclear and Radiological Exposure Countermeasures .............................. 00 
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Report on Department of Defense Spending for Track 1.5, Track 2 

Dialogues .................................................................................................... 00 

Report on National Hypersonic Test Range and Accelerator-Launched 

Technologies ............................................................................................... 00 

Solid Rocket Motors ...................................................................................... 00 

Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment Results ............. 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—Space Activities ............................................................................ 00 

Section 1601—Classification Review of Space Major Defense Acquisition Programs ............................................................................................ 00 

Section 1602—Enhanced Authority to Increase Space Launch Capacity 

through Space Launch Support Services ................................................. 00 

Section 1603—Modification to Prohibition on Foreign Commercial Satellite Services ............................................................................................. 00 

Section 1604—Authorization for Establishment of the National Space 

Intelligence Center as a Field Operating Agency ................................... 00 

Section 1605—Limitation on Use of Funds for WGS–12 Satellite ............ 00 

Section 1606—Limitation on Use of Funds pending Submission of Certain Reports on Space Policy .................................................................... 00 

Section 1607—National Security Space Launch Program Phase Three 

Acquisition ................................................................................................. 00 

Section 1608—Application of TNT Equivalency to Launch Vehicles and 

Components Using Methane Propellant .................................................. 00 

Section 1609—Plan to Improve Threat-Sharing Arrangements with 

Commercial Space Operators ................................................................... 00 

Section 1610—Plan for an Integrated and Resilient Satellite Communications Architecture for the Space Force ............................................. 00 

Section 1611—Process and Plan for Space Force Space Situational 

Awareness .................................................................................................. 00 

Section 1612—Report on National Security Space Vehicle Processing 

Capabilities ................................................................................................ 00 

Subtitle B—Nuclear Forces ............................................................................. 00 

Section 1631—Establishment of Major Force Program for Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications Programs ..................................... 00 

Section 1632—Repeal of Requirement for Review of Nuclear Deterrence 

Postures ...................................................................................................... 00 

Section 1633—Retention of Capability to Redeploy Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles ........................................................... 00 

Section 1634—Pilot Program on Development of Reentry Vehicles and 

Related Systems ........................................................................................ 00 

Section 1635—Integrated Master Schedule for the Sentinel Missile Program of the Air Force ................................................................................ 00 

Section 1636—Form of Contracting Authorized to Mitigate Risk to Sentinel Program Schedule and Cost ............................................................ 00 

Section 1637—Notification of Decision to Delay Strategic Delivery System Test Event .......................................................................................... 00 

Section 1638—Prohibition on Reduction of the Intercontinental Ballistic 

Missiles of the United States ................................................................... 00 

Section 1639—Limitation on Availability of Funds for Retirement of 

B83–1 Nuclear Gravity Bombs ................................................................. 00 

Section 1640—Prohibition on Availability of Funds for Naval Nuclear 

Fuel Systems Based on Low-Enriched Uranium .................................... 00 

Section 1641—Establishment of Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missile 

Program ...................................................................................................... 00 

Section 1642—Quarterly Reports on Progress of Sea-Launched Cruise 

Missile-Nuclear Program .......................................................................... 00 

Section 1643—Congressional Notification of Nuclear Cooperation between Russia and China ........................................................................... 00 

Section 1644—Report on Acceleration of Nuclear Modernization Priorities ............................................................................................................. 00 

Subtitle C—Missile Defense Programs ........................................................... 00 

Section 1661—Qualifications of Director of Missile Defense Agency ....... 00 

Section 1662—National Missile Defense Policy ......................................... 00 

Section 1663—Programs to Achieve Initial and Full Operational Capabilities for the Glide Phase Interceptor Program ................................... 00 

Section 1664—Research and Analysis on Multipolar Deterrence and 

Escalation Dynamics ................................................................................. 00 
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Section 1665—Limitation on Use of Funds pending Submission of Report on Missile Defense Interceptor Site ................................................. 00 

Section 1666—Report on Hawaii Missile Defense ...................................... 00 

Section 1667—Report on Potential Enhancements to Aegis Ashore Sites 

in Poland and Romania ............................................................................ 00 

Section 1668—Rescission of Memorandum on Missile Defense Governance ............................................................................................................. 00 

Section 1669—Policy and Report on North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

Effective Integrated Air and Missile Defense Capabilities in Europe .. 00 

Section 1670—Independent Analysis of Space-Based Missile Defense 

Capability ................................................................................................... 00 

Subtitle D—Other Matters .............................................................................. 00 

Section 1681—Inclusion of Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

of the House of Representatives as a Recipient of the Quarterly 

Information Operations Briefings ............................................................ 00 

Section 1682—Modification to Authority to Use Operation and Maintenance Funds for Cyber Operations-Peculiar Capability Development 

Projects ....................................................................................................... 00 

Section 1683—Cooperative Threat Reduction Funds ................................. 00 

Section 1684—Quarterly Briefings on Implementation of Military-Code 

Compliant GPS Receivers through Military GPS User Equipment 

Program ...................................................................................................... 00 

Section 1685—Moving Target Indicator Programs of Department of 

Defense ....................................................................................................... 00 

Section 1686—Reporting Mechanism on Use of Consultants, Informants, and Other Human Sources to Acquire Intelligence Information . 00 

Section 1687—Report on Concept of Operations for Offensive Hypersonic Systems ............................................................................................. 00 

Section 1688—Indo-Pacific Missile Strategy .............................................. 00 

TITLE XVII—SPACE FORCE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT .......................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Section 1701—Short Title ............................................................................ 00 

Subtitle A—Space Force Military Personnel System without Component .. 00 

Sections 1711–1720—Space Force Military Personnel System Without 

Component ................................................................................................. 00 

Subtitle B—Conforming Amendments Related to Space Force Military 

Personnel System ...................................................................................... 00 

Sections 1731–1733—Conforming Amendments Related to Space Force 

Military Personnel System ....................................................................... 00 

Subtitle C—Transition Provisions ................................................................... 00 

Sections 1741–1747—Transition Provisions ............................................... 00 

Subtitle D—Other Amendments Related to the Space Force ....................... 00 

Sections 1751–1752—Other Amendments Related to the Space Force .... 00 

TITLE XVIII—OTHER DEFENSE MATTERS ..................................................... 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Collection of Biological Threat Information ................................................ 00 

Domestic Balloon Identification and Research ........................................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations ............................... 00 

Section 1801—Extension of Authority to Engage in Certain Commercial 

Activities .................................................................................................... 00 

Section 1802—Modification of Defense Sensitive Support Notification 

Requirement .............................................................................................. 00 

Section 1803—Modification to Requirements Relating to Combating 

Military Reliance on Russian Energy ...................................................... 00 

Section 1804—Support for Execution of Bilateral Agreements Concerning Illicit Transnational Maritime Activity in Africa ...................... 00 

Section 1805—Clarification of Waiver Authority for Organizational and 

Consultant Conflicts of Interest under the Federal Acquisition Regulation .......................................................................................................... 00 

Section 1806—Genealogy Collection of Family Members of Servicemembers Killed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 ......................... 00 

Subtitle B—Studies and Reports ..................................................................... 00 

Section 1821—Report on Increasing National Cemetery Capacity ........... 00 

Section 1822—Limitation on Funds Relating to Federal Contractor Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial 

Risk ............................................................................................................. 00 
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Section 1823—Study and Report on Damage to Infrastructure in Guam 

Resulting from Typhoon Mawar ............................................................... 00 

Subtitle C—Other Matters .............................................................................. 00 

Section 1851—Technical and Conforming Amendments ........................... 00 

Section 1852—Referral to Museum Located at Blytheville/Eaker Air 

Force Base as the National Cold War Center ......................................... 00 

Section 1853—Exemption under Marine Mammal Protection Act of 

1972 for Certain Activities That May Result in Incidental Take of 

Rice’s Whale ............................................................................................... 00 

Section 1854—Revision of Requirement for Transfer of Certain Aircraft 

to State of California for Wildfire Suppression Purposes ...................... 00 

Section 1855—Restrictive Housing Reform ................................................ 00 

Section 1856—Sense of Congress Regarding Unmanned Aerial, Surface, 

and Underwater Vehicles ......................................................................... 00 

Section 1857—Sense of Congress Regarding Naming of Vessel for Battle of Dai Do ............................................................................................... 00 

Section 1858—Risk Framework for Foreign Phone Applications of Concern ............................................................................................................. 00 

DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS ................... 00 

PURPOSE ............................................................................................................. 00 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND FAMILY HOUSING OVERVIEW ......... 00 

Section 2001—Short Title ............................................................................ 00 

Section 2002—Expiration of Authorizations and Amounts Required To 

Be Specified by Law .................................................................................. 00 

Section 2003—Effective Date ....................................................................... 00 

TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION ............................................. 00 

SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Explanation of Funding Adjustments ......................................................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Section 2101—Authorized Army Construction and Land Acquisition 

Projects ....................................................................................................... 00 

Section 2102—Family Housing .................................................................... 00 

Section 2103—Authorization of Appropriations, Army .............................. 00 

Section 2104—Extension of Authority to Use Cash Payments in Special 

Account From Land Conveyance, Natick Soldier Systems Center, 

Massachusetts ........................................................................................... 00 

Section 2105—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2018 

Project at Kunsan Air Base, Korea .......................................................... 00 

Section 2106—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 

2019 Army Military Construction Projects ............................................. 00 

Section 2107—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 

2021 Army Military Construction Projects ............................................. 00 

TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION ............................................ 00 

SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Explanation of Funding Adjustments ......................................................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Section 2201—Authorized Navy Construction and Land Acquisition 

Projects ....................................................................................................... 00 

Section 2202—Family Housing .................................................................... 00 

Section 2203—Authorization of Appropriations, Navy .............................. 00 

Section 2204—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 

2019 Navy Military Construction Projects .............................................. 00 

Section 2205—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 

2021 Navy Military Construction Projects .............................................. 00 

TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION ................................ 00 

SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Explanation of Funding Adjustments ......................................................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Section 2301—Authorized Air Force Construction and Land Acquisition 

Projects ....................................................................................................... 00 

Section 2302—Family Housing .................................................................... 00 

Section 2303—Authorization of Appropriations, Air Force ....................... 00 

Section 2304—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 

2017 Air Force Military Construction Projects ....................................... 00 
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Section 2305—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 

2018 Air Force Military Construction Projects ....................................... 00 

Section 2306—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 

2019 Air Force Military Construction Projects ....................................... 00 

Section 2307—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2021 

Air Force Military Construction Projects ................................................ 00 

TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION .............. 00 

SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Explanation of Funding Adjustments ......................................................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Section 2401—Authorized Defense Agencies Construction and Land Acquisition Projects ....................................................................................... 00 

Section 2402—Authorized Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program Projects ............................................................................. 00 

Section 2403—Authorization of Appropriations, Defense Agencies .......... 00 

Section 2404—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 

2018 Defense Agencies Military Construction Projects .......................... 00 

Section 2405—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 

2019 Defense Agencies Military Construction Projects .......................... 00 

Section 2406—Modification of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2019 

Project at SOF Joint Parachute Rigging Facility, Baumholder, Germany ........................................................................................................... 00 

Section 2407—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2021 

Project at Defense Fuel Support Point Tsurumi, Japan ........................ 00 

Section 2408—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 

2021 Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Projects ........... 00 

Section 2409—Authority to Carry Out Military Construction Projects 

to Improve Certain Fiscal Year 2022 Utility Systems ........................... 00 

Section 2410—Additional Authority to Carry Out Certain Military Construction Projects to Improve Certain Fiscal Year 2023 Utility Systems ............................................................................................................ 00 

TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS .................................................... 00 

SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program ........................................................................................................... 00 

Section 2501—Authorized NATO Construction and Land Acquisition 

Projects ....................................................................................................... 00 

Section 2502—Authorization of Appropriations, NATO ............................ 00 

Subtitle B—Host Country In-Kind Contributions ......................................... 00 

Section 2511—Republic of Korea Funded Construction Projects .............. 00 

Section 2512—Republic of Poland Funded Construction Projects ............ 00 

TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES ........................ 00 

SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Explanation of Funding Adjustments ......................................................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Section 2601—Authorized Army National Guard Construction and 

Land Acquisition Projects ......................................................................... 00 

Section 2602—Authorized Army Reserve Construction and Land Acquisition Projects ............................................................................................ 00 

Section 2603—Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 

Construction and Land Acquisition Projects ........................................... 00 

Section 2604—Authorized Air National Guard Construction and Land 

Acquisition Projects ................................................................................... 00 

Section 2605—Authorized Air Force Reserve Construction and Land 

Acquisition Projects ................................................................................... 00 

Section 2606—Authorization of Appropriations, National Guard and 

Reserve ....................................................................................................... 00 

Section 2607—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2018 

Project at Hulman Regional Airport, Indiana ......................................... 00 

Section 2608—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2019 

Project at Francis S. Gabreski Airport, New York ................................. 00 

Section 2609—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 

2021 National Guard and Reserve Military Construction Projects ....... 00 
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Section 2610—Modification of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2023 

Project at Camp Pendleton, California .................................................... 00 

TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES ............ 00 

SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Explanation of Funding Adjustments ......................................................... 00 

Conditions on the Final Closure of Certain Portion of Pueblo Chemical 

Depot and Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant, Colorado .............. 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Section 2701—Authorization of Appropriations for Base Realignment 

and Closure Activities Funded through Department of Defense Base 

Closure Account ......................................................................................... 00 

TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS ....... 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Air Force Process for Strategic Emplacement of Fighter Aircraft ............ 00 

Air National Guard Facility Modernization ............................................... 00 

Assessment of Marine Concrete for Military Construction Projects in 

the INDOPACOM ...................................................................................... 00 

Benefits and Use of Electrochromic Glass in Military Bases and Installations ......................................................................................................... 00 

Briefing on Feasibility of Prefabricated Housing at Remote Military 

Installations ............................................................................................... 00 

Briefing on Infrastructure of Naval Air Station Pensacola ....................... 00 

Briefing on Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and Military Construction Process ....................................................................................... 00 

Briefing on Remediation of the Former Lone Star Ammunition Plant .... 00 

Briefing on Runway Conditions at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base ...... 00 

Briefing on Telecommunications Infrastructure at Alabama Army National Guard Facilities .............................................................................. 00 

Briefing on the Utilization of B–2 Infrastructure to Support B–21 ......... 00 

Camp Lejeune Rail Reporting ...................................................................... 00 

Cecil Airport and Other Civilian Airports Supporting Defense Training 

and Readiness ............................................................................................ 00 

Comptroller General Review of Department of Defense Real Property 

in the National Capital Region ................................................................ 00 

Comptroller General Review of Military Installation Maintenance Management ...................................................................................................... 00 

Comptroller General Review of Military Installation Safety and Security .............................................................................................................. 00 

Condition of Water Utility Systems on Military Installations .................. 00 

Defense Laboratory Modernization Pilot Program ..................................... 00 

Department-Wide Fitness Standard Report ............................................... 00 

Digital Platforms to Manage the Military Construction Process .............. 00 

DoD Study of Defense Access Roads in Guam ........................................... 00 

DoD Unaccompanied Privatizing Housing Report ..................................... 00 

Financial Viability of Privatized Housing Projects .................................... 00 

Fort Liberty Roadway Infrastructure .......................................................... 00 

Funding Accounts for Housing Unaccompanied Junior Enlisted Service 

Members ..................................................................................................... 00 

Future Operations Planning for Multi-Modal Sites ................................... 00 

Gull Cottage Prospect Harbor, ME ............................................................. 00 

Hawaii Infrastructure Assessment .............................................................. 00 

Indoor Air Quality Monitoring and Remediation ....................................... 00 

Insurance for Military Housing Projects ..................................................... 00 

Metrics for On-Base Housing ....................................................................... 00 

Naval Air Station Key West Family Housing ............................................ 00 

Naval Air Station Lemoore Assessment ..................................................... 00 

Naval Innovation Center at the Naval Postgraduate School .................... 00 

Physical Security at Defense Health Agency Facilities ............................. 00 

Report on Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Infrastructure .......... 00 

Report on Progressive Design-Build Model for Military Construction ..... 00 

Report on the Determination of Pore and Subterranean Rights Below 

Department of Defense Installations ....................................................... 00 

Report on Western Range Interoperability ................................................. 00 

Safety in Department of Defense Education Activity Schools .................. 00 

Study on Limiting Light Pollution at US Military Facilities and Installations ......................................................................................................... 00 
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Utilization of Existing Authorities for Construction and Maintenance 

of Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Facilities ................... 00 

Visitor Identify Verification Technology ..................................................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—Military Construction Programs ................................................. 00 

Section 2801—Modifications to Defense Community Infrastructure Program ........................................................................................................... 00 

Section 2802—Modification to Authority for Unspecified Minor Construction ..................................................................................................... 00 

Section 2803—Modification of Authority to Carry Out Defense Laboratory Modernization Program .................................................................... 00 

Section 2804—Expansion of Maximum Amount of Funds Available for 

Certain Defense Laboratory Improvement Projects ............................... 00 

Section 2805—Prioritization of Certain Military Construction Projects 

to Improve Infrastructure at Certain Facilities Determined to be 

Critical to National Security .................................................................... 00 

Section 2806—Expansion of Amount of Certain Funds Secretary Concerned May Obligate Annually for Military Installation Resilience 

Projects ....................................................................................................... 00 

Section 2807—Certification of Consideration of Certain Methods of 

Construction for Military Construction Projects; Annual Report .......... 00 

Section 2808—Authority for Certain Construction Projects in Friendly 

Foreign Countries ...................................................................................... 00 

Section 2809—Reporting Requirements and Congressional Notification 

for Certain Military Construction Projects ............................................. 00 

Subtitle B—Military Housing Reforms ........................................................... 00 

Section 2821—Authority to Operate Certain Transient Housing of the 

Department of Defense Transferred to Assistant Secretary of Defense 

for Energy, Installations, and Environment ........................................... 00 

Section 2822—Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness 

Council ....................................................................................................... 00 

Section 2823—Inclusion of Information Relating to Compliance with 

Military Housing Privatization Initiative Tenant Bill of Rights in 

Certain Notifications Submitted to Congress ......................................... 00 

Section 2824—Establishing Additional Requirements for a Military 

Housing Complaint Database ................................................................... 00 

Section 2825—Modification of Authority to Grant Certain Waivers Relating to Configuration and Privacy Standards for Military Unaccompanied Housing; Limitations on Availability of Certain Funds ............ 00 

Section 2826—Revision of Certain Minimum Standards Relating to 

Health, Safety, and Condition for Military Unaccompanied Housing; 

Termination of Authority to Grant Certain Waivers ............................. 00 

Subtitle C—Real Property and Facilities Administration ............................. 00 

Section 2831—Improvements Relating to Access to Military Installations in United States ............................................................................... 00 

Section 2832—Real Property Usage in the National Capital Region ....... 00 

Section 2833—Revision Unified Facilities Criteria on Use of Life Safety 

Accessibility Hardware for Covered Doors .............................................. 00 

Subtitle D—Land Conveyances ....................................................................... 00 

Section 2841—Extension of Sunset for Land Conveyance, Sharpe Army 

Depot, Lathrop, California ........................................................................ 00 

Section 2842—Land Conveyance, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida ............. 00 

Section 2843—Land Acquisition, Westmoreland State Park, Virginia .... 00 

Subtitle E—Pilot Programs and Reports ........................................................ 00 

Section 2851—Clarification on Amounts Available for Projects under 

Certain Pilot Program Relating to Testing Facilities at Installations 

of the Department of the Air Force ......................................................... 00 

Section 2852—Pilot Program to Provide Air Purification Technology 

in Military Housing ................................................................................... 00 

Section 2853—Quarterly Briefings on Military Construction Related 

to the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Weapon System Program ........................................................................................................... 00 

Section 2854—Plan for Use of Excess Border Wall Construction Materials ............................................................................................................. 00 

Section 2871—Joint Housing Requirements and Market Analysis for 

Military Installations in Hawaii .............................................................. 00 

Subtitle F—Other Matters ............................................................................... 00 
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Section 2861—Expansion of Certain Exemption Relating to Funding 

Requirement for Certain Defense Community Infrastructure Projects 00 

Section 2862—Development and Operation of Marine Corps Heritage 

Center and National Museum of the Marine Corps ............................... 00 

Section 2863—Prohibition on Joint Use of Homestead Air Reserve Base 

with Civil Aviation .................................................................................... 00 

Section 2864—National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force ........... 00 

Section 2865—Recognition of Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial of the National Navy UDT–SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, 

Florida, as a National Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial, Respectively, of Navy SEALs and Their Predecessors ................... 00 

Section 2866—Limitation on Availability of Certain Funds Relating 

to the Location of the Headquarters for United States Space Command ........................................................................................................... 00 

Section 2867—Limitation on Use of Funds for Closure of Combat Readiness Training Centers .............................................................................. 00 

Section 2868—Limitation on Availability of Certain Funds until Submission of Certain Report on Military Housing ...................................... 00 

Section 2869—Guidance on Encroachment That Impacts Covered Sites 00 

Section 2870—Continuing Education Curriculum on the Use of Innovative Products for Military Construction Projects .................................... 00 

DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS ...................................... 00 

TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS .............................................................................................................. 00 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST ...................................................................... 00 

Comptroller General Study on National Nuclear Security Administration Management and Operation Contracting Process .......................... 00 

Department of Energy Insider Threat Program ......................................... 00 

Development of Expanded X-ray Nuclear Weapons Effects Testing 

Using an Advanced KrF Laser ................................................................. 00 

High Explosives and Energetics Modernization ......................................... 00 

Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant—Cleanup Support Facility ................. 00 

Plutonium Pit Re-use for the W–93 Warhead ............................................ 00 

Report on the Status of the Advanced Recovery and Integrated Extraction System ................................................................................................ 00 

Security Enhancements at National Nuclear Security Administration 

Sites ............................................................................................................ 00 

Technology Readiness Levels ....................................................................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—National Security Program and Authorizations ........................ 00 

Section 3101—National Nuclear Security Administration ........................ 00 

Section 3102—Defense Environmental Cleanup ........................................ 00 

Section 3103—Other Defense Activities ...................................................... 00 

Section 3104—Nuclear Energy .................................................................... 00 

Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations ........... 00 

Section 3112—Extension of Authority on Acceptance of Contributions 

for Acceleration or Removal or Security of Fissile Materials, Radiological Materials, and Related Equipment at Vulnerable Sites Worldwide ............................................................................................................ 00 

Section 3113—Cybersecurity Risk Inventory, Assessment, and Mitigation Working Group .................................................................................. 00 

Section 3114—Modification of Minor Construction Threshold for Plant 

Projects ....................................................................................................... 00 

Section 3115—Technical Correction to National Nuclear Security Administration Unfunded Priorities ............................................................. 00 

Section 3116—Criminal Penalties for Interference with the Transport 

of Special Nuclear Materials, Nuclear Weapons Components, or Restricted Data .............................................................................................. 00 

Section 3117—Deadlines for Commencement of Operations of Certain 

Atomic Energy Replacement Projects ...................................................... 00 

Section 3118—Integrated Master Schedule for the Future-Years Nuclear Security Program ............................................................................. 00 

Section 3119—Prohibition on Availability of Funds to Reconvert or 

Retire W76–2 Warheads ........................................................................... 00 

Section 3120—Limitation on Use of Funds Pending Submission of Certain National Nuclear Security Administration Reports ....................... 00 
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Section 3121—Increase in Number of Authorized Contracting, Program 

Management, Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Positions in National Nuclear Security Administration .................................................. 00 

Subtitle C—Plans, Reports, and Other Matters ............................................ 00 

Section 3131—Biennial Detailed Report on Nuclear Weapons Stockpile 

Stewardship, Management, and Responsiveness Plan ........................... 00 

Section 3132—Plan for Domestic Enrichment Capability to Satisfy Department of Defense Uranium Requirements ......................................... 00 

Section 3133—Independent Assessment of Plutonium Pit Aging Milestones and Progress ................................................................................... 00 

TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD ............. 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Section 3201—Authorization ........................................................................ 00 

TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES ........................................... 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Section 3401—Authorization of Appropriations ......................................... 00 

TITLE XXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION ................................................. 00 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 00 

Subtitle A—Maritime Administration ............................................................ 00 

Section 3501—Authorization of Appropriations for Maritime Administration ......................................................................................................... 00 

Subtitle B—Maritime Infrastructure .............................................................. 00 

Section 3511—Port Infrastructure Development Program Eligible 

Projects ....................................................................................................... 00 

Section 3512—Assistance for Small Inland River and Coastal Ports 

and Terminals ............................................................................................ 00 

Section 3513—Eligibility of Shore Power Projects under Port Infrastructure Development Program .............................................................. 00 

Section 3514—Codification of Existing Language; Technical Amendments .......................................................................................................... 00 

Section 3515—Update to Categorical Exclusions Used by Maritime Administration in Reviewing Environmental Impacts of Transportation 

Projects ....................................................................................................... 00 

Subtitle C—Reports .......................................................................................... 00 

Section 3521—Report on Administration of Programs .............................. 00 

Section 3522—Report on Availability of Used Sealift Vessels .................. 00 

Section 3523—Report on Port Preferences for US-Flag Vessels ............... 00 

Section 3524—Reports to Congress ............................................................. 00 

Subtitle D—Other Matters .............................................................................. 00 

Section 3531—Cargoes Procured, Furnished, or Financed by the United 

States Government .................................................................................... 00 

Section 3532—Recapitalization of National Defense Reserve Fleet ......... 00 

Section 3533—Limitation on Use of Funds pending Submission of Reports on Merchant Marine Academy ....................................................... 00 

Section 3534—Maritime Workforce Working Group .................................. 00 

Section 3535—Consideration of Life-Cycle Cost Estimates for Acquisition and Procurement of Vessels .............................................................. 00 

Section 3536—Source Restrictions on Auxiliary Ship Components .......... 00 

Section 3537—Authorization of Appropriations for National Maritime 

Strategy ...................................................................................................... 00 

DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES ....................................................................... 000 

Section 4001—Authorization of Amounts in Funding Tables ................... 000 

Summary of National Defense Authorizations for Fiscal Year 2024 ........ 000 

National Defense Budget Authority Implication ........................................ 000 

TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT .............................................................................. 000 

Section 4101—Procurement ......................................................................... 000 

TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION ..... 000 

Section 4201—Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation .................. 000 

TITLE XLIII—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ........................................... 000 

Section 4301—Operation and Maintenance ................................................ 000 

TITLE XLIV—MILITARY PERSONNEL .............................................................. 000 

Section 4401—Military Personnel ............................................................... 000 

TITLE XLV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS .......................................................... 000 

Section 4501—Other Authorizations ........................................................... 000 

TITLE XLVI—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION ....................................................... 000 

Section 4601—Military Construction .......................................................... 000 
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TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS .............................................................................................................. 000 

Section 4701—Department of Energy National Security Programs ......... 000 

Savings Table, FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act .................. 000 

Communications from Other Committees ............................................................. 000 

Congressional Budget Office Estimate ................................................................... 000 

Statement Required by the Congressional Budget Act ........................................ 000 

Committee Cost Estimate ....................................................................................... 000 

Disclosure of Earmarks and Congressionally Directed Spending Items ............. 000 

Oversight Findings .................................................................................................. 000 

General Performance Goals and Objectives .......................................................... 000 

Statement of Federal Mandates ............................................................................. 000 

Federal Advisory Committee Statement ................................................................ 000 

Applicability to the Legislative Branch ................................................................. 000 

Duplication of Federal Programs ............................................................................ 000 

Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 000 

Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 000 

Additional Views ...................................................................................................... 000 
118TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 118– 

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL 

YEAR 2024 

JUNE --, 2023.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, from the Committee on Armed Services, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

together with 

ADDITIONAL VIEWS 

[To accompany H.R. 2670] 

[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] 

The Committee on Armed Services, to whom was referred the bill 

(H.R. 2670) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for 

military activities of the Department of Defense and for military 

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

and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as 

amended do pass. 

The amendment is as follows: 

The amendment strikes all after the enacting clause of the bill 

and inserts a new text which appears in italic type in the reported 

bill. 


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PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION

The bill would: (1) authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for 

procurement and for research, development, test, and evaluation; (2) authorize 

appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for operation and maintenance and for working 

capital funds; (3) authorize for fiscal year 2024 the personnel strength for each 

Active Duty Component of the military departments, and the personnel strength for 

the Selected Reserve for each Reserve Component of the Armed Forces; (4) modify 

various elements of compensation for military personnel and impose certain 

requirements and limitations on personnel actions in the defense establishment; (5) 

authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military construction and family 

housing; (6) authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of 

Energy national security programs; and (7) authorize appropriations for fiscal year 

2024 for the Maritime Administration.

RATIONALE FOR THE COMMITTEE BILL

H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, is 

the primary vehicle through which Congress fulfills its responsibility as mandated 

in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution of the United States, which grants 

Congress the power to provide for the common defense, to raise and support an 

Army, to provide and maintain a Navy, and to make rules for the government and 

regulation of the land and naval forces. Rule X of the House of Representatives 

provides the House Committee on Armed Services with jurisdiction over the 

Department of Defense generally and over the military application of nuclear 

energy. The committee bill includes findings and recommendations resulting from 

its oversight activities, conducted through hearings and briefings with Department 

of Defense and Department of Energy civilian and military officials, intelligence 

analysts, outside experts, and industry representatives, and it is informed by 

institutional experience. H.R. 2670 provides the Department of Defense and the 

Department of Energy with important policy authorities to speed decision making 

and improve agility, while improving readiness and increasing capabilities and 

capacities.

Central to H.R. 2670 is the focus on improving the lives of our men and 

women in uniform. The committee believes our service members confront unique, 

complex challenges and deserve our support. 

H.R. 2670 meets the committee's goal of facilitating a strong national 

defense apparatus that is resourced properly, accountable for its actions, and 

cognizant of the essential and direct oversight role of Congress. H.R. 2670 

emphasizes transformational change and leans forward to fortify the Department’s 

technological advantage to respond to ensure our servicemembers have the tools 

required to address growing threats in this area. H.R. 2670 allows our military to 

improve readiness, expand capabilities, and invest in the new technologies required 

to secure our country and protect us against our adversaries.

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HEARINGS

In compliance with clause 3(c) of House rule XIII, (1) the following hearing 

was used to develop or consider H.R. 2670: 

On March 29, 2023, the committee held a hearing, "Fiscal Year 2024 

Defense Budget Request".

(2) The following related hearings were held: 

On February 7, 2023, the committee held a hearing, "The Pressing Threat 

of the Chinese Communist Party to U.S. National Defense".

On February 8, 2023, the committee held a hearing, “State of the Defense 

Industrial Base”.

On February 28, 2023, the committee held a hearing, “Oversight of U.S. 

Military Support to Ukraine”.

On March 8, 2023, the committee held a hearing, “U.S. Military Posture 

and National Security Challenges in North and South America”.

On March 23, 2023, the committee held a hearing, “U.S. Military Posture 

and National Security Challenges in the Greater Middle East and Africa". 

On April 18, 2023, the committee held a hearing, “U.S. Military Posture 

and National Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific Region”.

On April 19, 2023, the committee held a hearing, “Department of the Army 

Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request”.

On April 26, 2023, the committee held a hearing, “U.S. Military Posture 

and National Security Challenges in Europe”.

On April 27, 2023, the committee held a hearing, “Department of the Air 

Force Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request”.

On April 28, 2023, the committee held a hearing, “Department of the Navy 

Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request”. 

On May 16, 2023, the committee held a hearing, "Member Day". 

In addition, the seven subcommittees of the committee conducted 23 

hearings and 7 markups to develop and consider H.R. 2670. 

COMMITTEE POSITION

On June 21, 2023, the Committee on Armed Services held a markup session 

to consider H.R. 2670. The committee ordered the bill H.R. 2670, as amended, 

favorably reported to the House of Representatives by a recorded vote of 58-1, a 

quorum being present. 

EXPLANATION OF THE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT

The committee adopted an amendment in the nature of a substitute during 

the consideration of H.R. 2670. The remainder of the report discusses the bill, as 

amended.

RELATIONSHIP OF AUTHORIZATION TO APPROPRIATIONS

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The bill does not provide budget authority. This bill authorizes 

appropriations; subsequent appropriations acts will provide budget authority.

The bill addresses the following categories in the Department of Defense 

budget: procurement; research, development, test, and evaluation; operation and 

maintenance; military personnel; working capital funds; and military construction 

and family housing. The bill also addresses the Armed Forces Retirement Home, 

Department of Energy National Security Programs, the Naval Petroleum Reserve, 

and the Maritime Administration.

Active Duty and Reserve personnel strengths authorized in this bill and 

legislation affecting compensation for military personnel determine the remaining 

appropriation requirements of the Department of Defense. However, this bill does 

not provide authorization of specific dollar amounts for each military personnel 

account.

SUMMARY OF DISCRETIONARY AUTHORIZATIONS IN THE BILL

The President requested a total discretionary budget authority of $886.3 

billion for national defense budget function (050) for fiscal year 2024. Of that 

amount, $874.2 billion was requested for national defense programs within the 

jurisdiction of the committee for fiscal year 2024. Of this amount, $841.2 billion was 

requested for Department of Defense programs, $32.6 billion was requested for 

Department of Energy national security programs and the Defense Nuclear 

Facilities Safety Board, and $0.4 billion was requested for defense-related activities 

associated with the Maritime Administration. 

The committee recommends an overall discretionary authorization for 

national defense programs of $886.3 billion for fiscal year 2024 and authorizes 

$874.2 billion for fiscal year for programs within its jurisdiction. The committee 

authorization represents a $26.9 billion increase above the national defense levels 

provided for in the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263). 

The table preceding the detailed program adjustments in division D of this 

report summarizes the committee’s recommended discretionary authorizations by 

appropriation account for fiscal year 2024 and compares these amounts to the 

President’s request.

BUDGET AUTHORITY IMPLICATION

The President’s total request for the national defense budget function (050) 

in fiscal year 2024 is $909.5 billion, based on assumptions provided by the 

Congressional Budget Office. In addition to discretionary funding for defense 

programs authorized in this Act, the total 050 request includes mandatory 

programs not authorized in this Act, discretionary funding for national defense 

programs not in the committee’s jurisdiction and not authorized in this Act, and 

discretionary funding for programs that do not require additional authorization in 

fiscal year 2024.

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The table preceding the detailed program adjustments in division D of this 

report details changes to the budget request for all aspects of the national defense 

budget function.

 

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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL 

YEAR 2024

Section 1—Short Title

This section would cite the short title of this Act as the "National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024".

Section 2—Organization of Act Into Divisions; Table of Contents

This section would organize the Act into divisions and contain the table of 

contents. 

Section 3—Congressional Defense Committees

This section would provide the definition of "congressional defense 

committees". 

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE I—PROCUREMENT

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY

Items of Special Interest

Long-range reconnaissance unmanned aircraft system

The committee notes that the final report from the Future of Defense Task 

Force authorized by section 229 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92), recommended that to maintain its technological 

advantage over competitors, the Department of Defense must significantly increase 

opportunities for operators in the field, the acquisition force, program managers, 

and industry to partner and work together to more quickly develop requirements 

and identify solutions. While the committee commends the Army on its fielding of 

the RQ-28A short-range reconnaissance unmanned aircraft system (UAS), it 

remains concerned about the long procurement timeline of a Long-Range 

Reconnaissance (LRR) UAS capability. 

The committee believes this procurement effort could benefit by leveraging 

the years of development and sizeable investments already made by the comparable 

Marine Corps’ Long Range Long Endurance program and Special Operations 

Command’s Expeditionary Organic Tactical Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and 

Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability Set. By using surrogate aircraft from these 

programs to develop an Army LRR UAS variant, the Army could provide ground 

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maneuver elements with critical situational awareness and enhanced force 

protection at significantly reduced cost on a compressed timeline. 

Therefore, the committee encourages the Secretary of the Army to leverage 

existing technology from the Marine Corps’ Long Range Long Endurance program 

and Special Operation Command’s Expeditionary Organic Tactical Airborne ISR 

Capability Set to the maximum extent practicable when developing the Army’s 

Long-Range Reconnaissance Unmanned Aircraft System.

MQ-1C Gray Eagle National Guard integration and strategic considerations

The committee recognizes the significant contributions of the MQ-1C Gray 

Eagle unmanned aircraft system to national defense and intelligence capabilities. 

The MQ-1C Gray Eagle has proven to be a reliable and cost-effective platform for 

various missions, including intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and strike 

operations. 

To ensure a prudent allocation of resources and maintain operational 

effectiveness, the committee encourages the Army to conduct a thorough 

examination of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle's role within the broader defense strategy 

and to explore further opportunities to integrate the platform into the National 

Guard. The committee is interested in understanding how integration of the MQ-1C 

Gray Eagle into the National Guard would provide additional, cost-effective benefits 

and enhance the overall capabilities of the defense apparatus.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army, in coordination 

with the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, to submit a report to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than February 1, 2024, on the Army’s plans 

for the MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system. The report should include, 

but not be limited to: 

(1) a status update on existing requirements for the integration of the MQ1C Gray Eagle into the National Guard, including the potential roles, missions, and 

necessary support infrastructure for such integration; 

(2) a roadmap for the current and future integration process, including 

timelines, milestones, and estimated costs; and

(3) the potential benefits and drawbacks of further integrating the MQ-1C 

Gray Eagle into the National Guard's operational capabilities, as well as the 

feasibility of such integration in light of current requirements and priorities.

Short Range Reconnaissance fielding and prioritization

The committee commends the Department of the Army for its Short Range 

Reconnaissance program, which is designed to rapidly procure and field commercial 

drone technology at the tactical level. The committee notes that the Army has 

leveraged expedited acquisition authorities to cut the time for procuring this 

technology by a significant margin. Despite these advances, the committee remains 

concerned with the time it to takes to get these essential small unmanned aircraft 

systems to the warfighter. The conflict in Ukraine has demonstrated that small 

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drones that are employed properly can become strategic assets in the hands of frontline units. However, many Army light infantry units continue to lack small drone 

capability. As such, the committee supports maximizing contracts under the Army 

Short Range Reconnaissance program and supporting the rapid integration of 

tactical-level unmanned aircraft systems across the Department of Defense.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 1, 

2024, on the Army's plan to prioritize procurement and fielding of small unmanned 

aircraft systems to Army light infantry units.

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY

Items of Special Interest

Air and missile defense

Critical to the Army's vision for future warfare is the ability to protect its 

combat formations from modern and advanced air- and missile-delivered fires, 

including drones. Events in the current conflict in Ukraine underscore the need for 

such capabilities. Providing these capabilities could be challenging as the Army has 

not focused on the need for air and missile defense in its recent conflicts in Iraq and 

Afghanistan. Given the emerging tactics of near-peer competitors, however, it is 

vital that the Army secure these capabilities or risk failing in any future conflict.

 Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United 

States to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees not later than 

June 28, 2024, on the Department of the Army's air and missile defense program 

and present the final report in a format and timeframe agreed to at the time of the 

briefing. At a minimum, the report should address the following elements:

(1) systems or technologies the Army seeks in the near, mid, and long term 

to improve air and missile defense;

(2) analyses the Army has performed to determine these needs, to include 

an assessment of the joint force;

(3) to what extent the Army has applied leading practices for acquisitions in 

air and missile defense programs;

(4) to what extent lessons learned from the Ukrainian conflict have been 

incorporated into the air and missile defense portfolio; and

(5) how the Army has positioned itself with research and development 

resources, in terms of both funding and personnel, to develop these technologies.

Long range precision fires

In 2017, the Chief of Staff of the Army announced a new effort to modernize 

Army capabilities in six priority areas to close perceived gaps in competitive 

advantage against emerging near-peer adversaries. The top priority within these 

six capabilities was long range precision fires. The Army is currently considering a 

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wide range of options to modernize its fires capabilities including new missiles and 

launchers, extended range cannon munitions, and hypersonic weapons. Achieving 

both the range and precision desired by the Army for these capabilities will be 

challenging and requires considerable development of both requirements and 

technologies. Failure to achieve these goals could leave future soldiers outgunned 

and outranged by potential adversaries.

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United 

States to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees not later than 

March 1, 2024, on the Department of the Army's Long Range Precision Fires 

program and present the final report in a format and timeframe agreed to at the 

time of the briefing. At a minimum, the final report should address the following 

elements: 

(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 precision fires;

(2) analyses the Army has performed to determine these needs;

(3) to what extent the Army has applied leading practices for acquisitions in 

its Long Range Precision Fires Program;

(4) the applicability of long range precision fires in U.S. Indo-Pacific 

Command operational plans; and

(5) how the Army has positioned itself with research and development 

resources, in terms of both funding and personnel, to develop these technologies.

Shoulder Launched Munitions Acquisition

The Committee is aware that the US 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, ShoulderLaunched Munition (SLM) system capable of engaging multiple target 

configurations from open and confined spaces.

The committee notes that both the United States Marine Corps and United 

States Special Operations Command have adopted a Family of Munitions strategy 

to satisfy target engagement requirements.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to submit a 

report to the congressional defense committees, no later than December 1, 2023, 

evaluating the Army’s Individual Assault Munition acquisition strategy, including 

information on necessary research and development investments, and an analysis of 

the program’s potential weight and ability to defeat multiple targets, including a 

comparison to a notional Family of Munitions strategy.

PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY

Items of Special Interest

Auxiliary power units for Army ground vehicles

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The committee recognizes the need to provide auxiliary power capabilities 

to relieve the demand on the primary engine to support additional payloads, 

applications, silent watch, and other consumers of electrical power on the platform. 

The committee understands that legacy auxiliary power units (APUs) have been 

utilized effectively but is concerned that legacy APUs are purpose-built for specific 

vehicles, which limits scalability and standardization across a ground vehicle fleet 

that is becoming increasingly diverse.

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 15, 

2023, on next-generation APU development. This briefing should include, at a 

minimum, an overview of the current next-generation APU effort, including 

technical achievements and an identification of potential benefits; a transition and 

integration plan for the application of the next-generation APU across the Program 

Executive Office Ground Combat Systems fleet; and budgetary outlook for nextgeneration APU funding across the Future Years Defense Program.

Combat Vehicle Propulsion

The committee directs the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, 

Logistics and Technology to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services not later than June 1, 2024, on combat vehicle propulsion in current 

combat vehicle development programs and detail its plans to maintain a robust 

combat engine industrial base.

Ground Vehicle Threat Assessment

The committee is concerned about the development of so-called suicide 

drones, glide munitions and top attack tactics, techniques and procedures that have 

been evident in Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine. As the rest of the world 

watches the conflict, our adversaries are also gaining valuable insight as to how to 

defeat NATO provided equipment to Ukraine. To date, western planners have not 

adequately prepared for an attack from above (“top-attack”) delivered from a suicide 

drone, glide-type munition, or pop-up mines to our armored vehicles and tanks.

The Committee is adamant about staying ahead of the threat and need for 

protecting deployed US forces. The Committee believes that the Department should 

be developing solutions to protect US forces in today's threat environment from 

attacks, specifically from small, fast suicide drones and glide munitions that would 

attack directly and quickly from above. The Committee is aware of at least one 

composite “add-on” armor solution already tested by the Army at Aberdeen and 

demonstrating protection from the highest-level threats. This composite armor 

solution has been adapted to selected ground combat vehicles and could quickly be 

retrofit into U.S. ground combat systems.

The Committee directs the Director of the U.S. Army Ground Combat 

Capabilities Development Command’s Ground Vehicle Systems Center to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services, no later than March 31, 2024, 

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on the specific threats seen in Ukraine as it pertains to attacks from above, as well 

as the immediately available top-attack armor defense options. The briefing should 

define the specific threats that US forces would encounter for armored, mechanized, 

and wheeled forces maneuvering against an enemy with suicide, glide and pop-up 

mine capabilities attacking from above. The briefing should detail service 

requirements as well as provide possible Commercial Off the Shelf options to 

quickly integrate into DoD inventories to add another layer of protection against 

such top-type attacks. This briefing shall include an unclassified threat assessment 

with a classified annex, if necessary.

Light Tactical Wheeled Vehicle acquisition strategy and investment plan

The committee understands the Army will continue divestment of many 

High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) models as it continues to 

field modernized light Tactical Wheeled Vehicle (TWV) programs, such as the Joint 

Light Tactical Vehicle and Infantry Squad Vehicle programs. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 

Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, in coordination with the Commanding 

General, Army Futures Command, to submit a report to the congressional defense 

committees not later than March 1, 2024, that details the Army’s near- and longterm strategy to meet the Army’s current and future requirements for light TWVs, 

specifically the HMMWV. The report should address how the Army will assess and 

manage risk in the light TWV industrial base, provide details on current and future 

light TWV development, and outline the acquisition plans to include funding 

profiles through the Future Years Defense Program.

M240 industrial base

The committee remains concerned that the Army is underestimating risk in 

the small arms industrial base, particularly with respect to the family of M240 

medium machine guns. The committee notes that the Army has programmed no 

weapons procurement funding for the M240, the Army’s only medium machine gun, 

in fiscal year 2024, instead relying on the replacement of individual parts for 

sustainment. The committee is concerned that the Army lacks consolidated, 

detailed information on the state and status of its M240 inventory. Concurrently, 

the committee notes that a shrinking industrial supply base and a global shortage 

of raw materials present additional risk to the M240 industrial base. The committee 

believes that, in addition to further M240 weapons procurement, these risks could 

be mitigated through product improvements and modifications that enhance service 

life and incorporate materials that are more widely available. The committee 

encourages the Army to explore implementing such improvements through 

mechanisms such as contract modifications or Engineering Change Proposals.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 22, 

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2023, on the family of M240 medium machine guns. This briefing should include, at 

a minimum:

(1) a detailed evaluation of the current fleet of M240s to establish accurate 

baseline information on the inventory;

(2) an assessment of M240 industrial base inputs, to include an evaluation 

of replacement materials and metals that are more widely available in the U.S. 

market; and

(3) an evaluation of potential M240 product improvements that could 

improve reliability and lengthen the service life of the weapons.

Mk-93 Machine Gun Mount Upgrades

The committee is aware that the conflict in Ukraine has demonstrated the 

importance of heavy weapons in modern warfare. The committee urges the Army to 

continue its efforts to ensure that its infantry units receive the upgrades necessary 

to maintain overmatch against peer competitors through the upgrade of its 

inventory of Mk-93 machine gun mounts. The committee believes that the 

enhancements to stability and reduction in user fatigue enabled by the upgraded 

Mk-93 mount are critical to realizing lethality improvements to the Army’s crewserved weapon platforms such as the M2 .50 caliber machine gun and Mk-19 40mm 

grenade launcher. Moreover, the committee is concerned that despite millions of 

dollars spent on development of the mount upgrade, the Army has yet to fully 

capitalize on the investment by rapidly moving to procurement.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than December 31, 

2023, on the Army’s plans to upgrade its Mk-93 inventory, including projected 

funding and fielding timelines.

Modernization of main battle tanks

The Army is currently reviewing the modernization strategy for its main 

battle tank and may recommend discontinuing System Enhanced Package Version 

4 modernization as it considers how to develop and acquire an entirely new 

platform. This could abandon the investment in Third Generation Forward Looking 

Infrared and leave tanks and fighting vehicles using Second Generation sights for 

an indeterminate amount of time. The committee is concerned that this review 

could delay the acquisition and employment of advanced capabilities that would 

immediately improve the lethality and survivability of the current M1A2 platforms. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 

Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, in coordination with the Commanding 

General, Army Futures Command, to submit a report to the House Committee on 

Armed Services not later than April 30, 2024, on plans to continually modernize and 

improve the current main battle tanks with capability upgrades, including, but not 

limited to Third Generation Forward Looking Infrared sights, the Trophy Active 

Protection System, and the 360 Situational Awareness System.

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Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle Modular Open Systems Approach standards

The committee believes the continued use of modular and open systems 

standards, as well as building of a virtual prototype, is beneficial to reducing cost 

and increasing speed of evaluating and integrating new technologies to enhance 

competition, innovation, and interoperability. As the Army continues its acquisition 

of the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) and modernization of legacy 

ground vehicles, the committee is confident the Army will continue to integrate 

Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) standards, as required by section 4401 of 

title 10, United States Code. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 

Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, in coordination with the Commanding 

General, Army Futures Command, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services not later than March 15, 2024, on adherence to MOSA standards on 

ground vehicle modernization programs, including OMFV.

Predictive maintenance capabilities for medium- and large-caliber weapon systems

The committee understands that the Department of Defense has broadly 

implemented predictive maintenance capabilities across vehicles, ships, and fixedwing and rotary aircraft. These capabilities are currently being utilized in the Next 

Generation Squad Weapon program to improve weapon readiness and situational 

awareness. The committee believes that artificial intelligence and machine learning 

(AI/ML)-enabled sensors and data analytics can likewise be utilized to provide 

critical sustainment insights at the tactical edge for medium- and large-caliber 

weapon systems.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 

2023, on plans to utilize AI/ML-enabled sensors and data analytics to achieve 

operational and lethality benefits for medium- and large-caliber weapon systems, 

including combat vehicle platforms. The briefing should include, but is not limited 

to: 

(1) the Army’s plans to utilize AI/ML-enabled sensors to provide real-time, 

echelon-specific transmission of weapon system usage data within an 

electromagnetic-contested environment;

(2) the potential for such sensors to optimize survivability, logistics, and 

maintenance; and

(3) the potential for such sensors to enable automated resupply while 

reducing excess tactical ammunition levels.

Report on M4 Carbine Mod Program

The committee applauds Army efforts to field the Next Generation Soldier 

Weapon – Rifle program. Given this program’s procurement timeline, it is critical to 

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make modest, necessary improvements to the M4A1 in the short term. The fiscal 

year 2024 President’s Budget included no funding for the M4 Carbine Mod Program 

although the M4A1 will remain in service with a majority of the total force for at 

least the next 10 years. While the Army has made some recent upgrades to the 

M4A1, it has not modernized the legacy Picatinny rail or adopted cold hammered 

forged barrels, both validated requirements by USSOCOM. Formal Army testing 

shows SOCOM rails are significantly more accurate than Army rails and SOCOM 

testing shows that SOCOM barrels last four to five times longer. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a briefing to House 

Committee on Armed Services by December 1, 2023 on plans to provide improved 

upper receivers to select Army units. 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY

Items of Special Interest

Army Contested Logistics Operations

The Secretary of the Army has stated that one of the major roles the Army 

has in the Indo-Pacific theater is to establish, build-up, secure, and protect staging 

areas and joint operating bases in theater. The committee commends the Army for 

establishing the contested logistics CFT and encourages the Army to pursue all 

opportunities to support the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) theater 

from a contested logistics perspective.

For example, the committee notes that the Army is pursuing modernization 

of their watercraft fleet. The Maneuver Support Vessel Light – a replacement for 

the Vietnam-era LMC-8, will provide an essential intra-theater lift capability 

upgrade increasing cargo capacity, vessel speed, and vessel self-protection. The 

importance of modernizing the Army’s capabilities to provide the Joint Force with 

inter- and intra-theater transportation of personnel and materiel, delivering cargo 

from advanced bases and deep-draft strategic sealift ships to harbors, inland 

waterways, remote and unimproved beaches and coastlines, and denied or degraded 

ports cannot be overstated.

The committee requires a better understanding of the Army’s plans to meet 

the challenging demands of contested logistics in the USINDOPACOM theater 

specifically as it pertains to watercraft. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Secretary of the Army to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services by December 1, 2023 on Army watercraft programs, opportunities to 

accelerate existing programs, and resources required to execute required programs.

Combat Vehicle Crewman Headset

The committee is concerned with the prevalence of acoustic trauma, 

hearing loss, and tinnitus amongst military service members. Hearing acuity is a 

key component affecting combat performance. The committee is aware of the 

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Product Improved Combat Vehicle Crewman (PICVC) Headset's use on tracked 

armored vehicles such as the M1 Abrams Tank, the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, and 

the Paladin vehicle, providing an operational intercom and hearing protection. The 

committee is encouraged by the PICVC's ability to provide full communication 

capability, as well as active and passive noise reduction.

The committee is aware of the Army's final purchase of approximately 

50,000 PICVC headsets and is concerned with the availability of replacement 

components, which would extend the service life of these headsets until a 

replacement has been developed, procured, and fielded to the force. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a report to the House 

Committee on Armed Services by December 31, 2023 regarding the PICVC headsets 

used in tracked armored vehicles. The report shall address the following issues:

(1) identification of replaceable headset components;

(2) supply chain availability of replaceable components across the Defense 

Logistics Enterprise as of the report date;

(3) assessment of supply chain's ability to ensure PICVC relevancy, 

functionality, and sustainability for the remainder of its service life or until initial 

fielding of replacement; and

(4) comprehensive plan to ensure sufficient stock of replaceable components 

is available until a replacement has been fielded to the force.

Improving cold weather mobility capability and safety

The committee is aware that the U.S. Army has a maneuver capability gap 

within the tactical vehicle portfolio due to an absence of winter-rated vehicle 

mobility solutions designed for Arctic regions.

The committee believes the ability to equip such tactical vehicles with 

winter-rated mobility solutions is of critical importance for safety and operational 

success in the event of an engagement in a future contested Arctic region. 

Therefore, the committee supports the Army's efforts to build winter-rated mobility 

solutions to improve the Army’s capability and readiness in the Arctic and to 

enhance the safety of its personnel operating in such regions.

Integrated tactical network and crypto modernization

The committee notes that the Army’s Handheld, Manpack, and Small Form 

Fit (HMS) radio program is providing important upgraded capabilities to soldiers, 

including modern crypto, advanced networking waveforms, and Mobile User 

Objective System satellite access. The committee appreciates that the Army has 

embraced a commercial acquisition model with the HMS radio program to allow 

vendors to leverage their own internal research and development dollars to develop 

solutions to meet warfighters’ needs. 

The HMS radio program includes the multi-channel Manpack and the 

multi-channel Leader Radio. The committee appreciates the Army’s investments in 

this critical program and therefore encourages the Army to continue to prioritize 

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funding for this program to meet fielding requirements for both the Manpack and 

Leader Radio programs. Additionally, the committee encourages the Army to ensure 

that communications capabilities the Army is interested in procuring are part of its 

Integrated Tactical Network, particularly those related to sensitive but unclassified 

devices. The committee notes that the Department of Defense Chief Information 

Officer requires a cybersecurity strategy for all acquisitions of systems containing 

information technology. Additionally, the committee notes that to ensure all radios 

and systems meet cybersecurity guidelines, the Chief Information Officer outlines a 

Risk Management Framework for Department of Defense systems. As such, the 

committee notes the importance of sensitive but unclassified assets conforming to 

security, privacy, and cyber supply chain risk management activities and leveraging 

the Risk Management Framework process. Therefore, the committee encourages the 

Army to ensure these minimum levels of security are met in any future Integrated 

Tactical Network procurements.

Micro-Grid Charging Systems

The committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide to the House 

Armed Services Committee, a briefing, not later than February 1, 2024, on efforts to 

adapt and test proven integrated vehicle and stall-based micro-grid charging 

systems using appropriate electric vehicles for nontactical applications.

Modernization of armored brigade combat teams

The committee is eager to learn the progress the Department of the Army is 

making on its efforts to modernize active armored brigade combat teams (ABCTs) in 

accordance with ABCT 2030, as well as outline the action plan to complete these 

modernization efforts.

Accordingly, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 

Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, in coordination with the Commanding 

General of Army Futures Command, to submit a report to the congressional defense 

committees not later than March 1, 2024, that details the Army’s progress 

incorporating the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to the fleet, training exercises 

utilizing the M109A7 Paladin howitzer, fielding the M2A4 Bradley Fighting 

Vehicle, testing the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, and transitioning the fleet 

from the M1A1 Abrams tank to the M1A2 Sepv3 Abrams tank.

Soldier electromagnetic signature management

Critical to the Army's vision for future warfare is the ability to manage its 

units' signatures across the electromagnetic spectrum. Events in the current conflict 

in Ukraine underscore the need for such capabilities and doctrinal changes. During 

counterinsurgency operations, the Army was able to engage in a much more 

permissible environment in regard to electromagnetic signature management. 

However, as the Army shifts focus from counterinsurgency operations to near-peer 

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competition, the committee is concerned that efforts between training, maneuver, 

doctrine, and acquisitions to manage electromagnetic signature lack cohesion. 

The committee is concerned that there is a lack of attention to how the 

Army oversees, adjudicates, and examines its soldiers' electromagnetic signature 

management efforts holistically. Moreover, the committee believes the Army must 

do more to solicit combatant commanders' input from lessons learned during 

operational employment of electromagnetic signature management.

Tactical Scalable Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks

The committee is concerned that the Army is failing to address the 

shortcomings of the Tactical Scalable Mobile Ad-Hoc Network and their impact on 

Army network modernization efforts. Moreover, the committee is concerned that the 

Army is not leveraging commercially available, non-developmental technologies to 

fill capability gaps and bolster the Army’s networking capabilities.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 1, 2024, 

on the Army’s efforts to leverage commercially available capabilities in its network 

modernization efforts and detail progress made in developing the Army’s Tactical 

Scalable Mobile Ad-Hoc Network capabilities. The report shall address issues 

including, but not limited to: 

(1) efforts to improve network functionality while moving and data 

throughput;

(2) efforts to integrate the Tactical Scalable Mobile Ad-Hoc Network into 

Project Convergence;

(3) identification of any impediments that limit the ability of the Army to 

consider other commercial-off-the-shelf mobile ad-hoc network technologies that 

have previously been or are currently being assessed;

(4) an assessment of other mobile ad-hoc network capabilities in use today 

that are complementary to existing Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio 

Systems and legacy, disparate communications-based systems; and

(5) an assessment of the current fleet of vehicles, aircraft, and tactical 

operations centers not included in the fiscal year 2023 capability set-aligned units 

that would benefit from non-developmental mobile ad-hoc networks.

U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicles Systems 

Center modeling and simulation tools

The committee recognizes the importance of modeling and simulation 

(M&S) activities in combat vehicle development and believes the Army should 

continue its approach to ensure success. 

Using M&S tools in the early stages of developing a vehicle, prior to 

“bending metal” for a prototype and production, will assist in rapidly fielding 

technology with a clear understanding of the operational capability and reducing 

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development cost and time of physical prototyping in both the early phases and 

throughout the life cycle.

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY

Items of Special Interest

Ultra-Long Endurance unmanned aircraft system for persistent intelligence, 

surveillance, and reconnaissance

The committee recognizes the importance of persistent, attritable overhead 

intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities in providing realtime situational awareness to warfighters and continuously monitoring lowintensity, highly dispersed regions where competing global powers are asserting 

influence. The committee notes that current systems may be limited by payload, 

endurance, and forward positioning. 

The committee is aware of the ongoing development efforts by the Office of 

Naval Research to create an operational unmanned ISR capability. As such, the 

committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a report to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, detailing the 

development and implementation of Ultra-Long Endurance unmanned aircraft 

system (ULE UAS) platforms. The report should include the following elements:

(1) a description of the current development status of ULE UAS platforms, 

including demonstrated capabilities and performance metrics;

(2) a comparison of ULE UAS capabilities, payload capacity, endurance, 

and operational lifecycle costs with existing Group III systems;

 (3) an analysis of the potential operational benefits and cost savings of 

deploying ULE UAS systems across various theaters of operation;

(4) an assessment of any results stemming from ULE UAS experimentation 

with combatant commands; and

(5) an assessment of the feasibility of the integration of ULE UAS platforms 

into the Department of the Navy's ISR capabilities and strategies and any 

recommendations for further development or procurement of ULE UAS systems.

WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

Items of Special Interest

Advanced Low-Cost Munitions Ordnance

The committee continues to support the accelerated development, 

deployment, and production of the Advanced Low-Cost Munitions Ordnance 

(ALaMO), a guided 57mm projectile, with fire-and-forget capability. This projectile 

is designed to counter the growing threats posed by small boat swarms, unmanned 

aerial systems, and other emerging threats. The Committee is aware that the 

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ALaMO round has been tested to confirm its effectiveness and that initial lot 1 

LRIP deliveries have occurred to the Navy, providing confidence that Full Rate 

Production should continue. The Committee also recognizes that supply chains for 

national defense items are under stress and that component lead times for items 

critical to ALaMO production have grown, eclipsing the annual government fiscal 

year cycle. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a 

briefing to House Committee on Armed Services by March 31, 2024. The briefing 

should include an assessment of the benefits that could be achieved by ensuring the 

continuity of orders and economic order quantity efficiencies that could be achieved 

through multiyear procurement.

Persistent Overhead Naval Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

The committee recognizes the importance of persistent, overhead 

intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities in providing realtime situational awareness to warfighters and continuously monitoring low 

intensity, highly dispersed regions where competing global powers are asserting 

influence.

The committee is aware of the ongoing efforts by the Naval Aviation 

Systems Command to transition the Autonomous Maritime Patrol Aircraft (AMPA) 

to U.S. Navy ownership in order to enhance mission-specific development, testing 

and eventual fielding.

As such, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, 

detailing the transition pathway and continued development strategy for the AMPA 

platform. The report should include the following elements:

(1) a description of the current development status of the AMPA platform, 

including demonstrated capabilities and performance metrics;

(2) a comparison of existing UAS capabilities, payload capacity, endurance, 

and operational lifecycle costs with existing UAS systems;

(3) an analysis of the potential operational benefits and cost savings of 

deploying the AMPA UAS systems across various theaters of operation;

(4) an assessment of the feasibility of the integration of the AMPA platform 

into the Department of the Navy's ISR capabilities and strategies and any 

recommendations for further development of the AMPA UAS system.

Shipborne air defense

The committee is concerned about People's Liberation Army activities in 

the Pacific Ocean and their acquisition of medium- and lower tier cruise missiles 

and other air threats that pose risks to U.S. naval assets. In addition to the higher 

end threats that the Aegis Combat System is built to defeat, carrier strike groups, 

amphibious vessels, and smaller ships may be the target of large salvos of lower 

flying and less expensive missiles that can oversaturate existing U.S. naval air 

defense systems. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to 

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provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 

31, 2024, on options for integrating lower cost and combat-proven air defense 

capabilities into its fleet, including littoral combat ships, landing platform docks, 

destroyers, and ships operating either independently or remotely from a carrier 

strike group, to protect against cruise missile and other short- and medium-range 

air and missile threats.

Sonobuoy production

 The budget request included $311.2 million for sonobuoy production. The 

current operational tempo for the Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) hasn't been 

observed since the Cold War. The result is sonobuoy expenditures consistently 

exceed the Navy's projected annual expenditure rates forcing sonobuoy inventories 

below Navy's peacetime and war-reserve inventory minimum munition 

requirements. In addition, the Navy has fully transitioned its Active Duty MPA 

forces to the P-8A and will transition the two Reserve P-3C squadrons to the P-8A 

by 2024. After Reserve transition, MPA forces will be capable of expending 53 

percent more sonobuoys per sortie than the previous P-3C MPA force. The 

committee understands the Navy is working hard to bring up inventories of 

sonobuoys. Expanding facilities to support the additional raw material flow and 

manufacturing processes is important. The committee supports additional funds to 

expand the sonobuoy industrial base. The committee recommends $313.7 million, 

an increase of $2.5 million, for sonobuoy production.

U.S. Navy hypersonic strike capability

The committee recognizes the United States has actively pursued 

development of hypersonic weapons for both the Army (Long Range Hypersonic 

Weapon, LRHW) and the Navy (Conventional Prompt Strike, CPS). The committee 

is aware and supportive of the progress made in LRHW launcher development, 

ongoing CPS launcher development and All Up Rounds (AURs) for U.S. Navy 

Virginia-class submarines and DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyers. The committee 

is supportive of these initial efforts and is interested in increasing deployment 

options and the capacity of CPS missiles into the surface fleet. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than April 15, 2024, 

on expanding hypersonic strike capabilities to additional naval platforms. The 

briefing should include, at a minimum, how the MK 41 Vertical Launching System 

cells on DDGs can be modified to take on CPS-sized missiles for future and current 

classes of Navy warships, estimated costs to implement such modifications, and 

potential impacts to the existing missions of the DDG fleet.

Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control System

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The committee supports the Unmanned Carrier Aviation Mission Control 

System (UMCS) which manages all aircraft carrier and shore-based infrastructure 

modifications and systems integration needed for MQ-25 operations. Installing the 

UMCS on aircraft carriers occurs over two maintenance availabilities and takes 

time to field making the funding requirement appear early to need. Therefore, the 

committee encourages the Navy to prioritize the UMCS installations and continue 

to message when funds are needed.

SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY

Items of Special Interest

Amphibious Small Crafts and Next-Generation Expeditionary and Reconnaissance 

Watercraft for Littoral Operations

The committee applauds the Marine Reserves, the Marine Corps 

Warfighting Laboratory, and the Defense Innovation Unit for their recent efforts to 

assess small, multi-role watercraft suitable for reduced signature, distributed 

reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance operations in the littoral zone. 

Per the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2023, the Marine 

Corps has longstanding, identified gaps and requirements for reconnaissance 

battalions’ need for advanced reconnaissance and insertion craft. Littoral maneuver 

from the sea will support the control of key maritime terrain and choke points. 

Empowering small tactical units to operate on multi-mission reconnaissance craft 

with lower signature and greater mobility will deliver capability with outsize 

influence, surveillance, collections, target acquisition, battlespace shaping and 

reconnaissance. The committee supports acquiring a modern platform with software 

agnostic features for modularity and advanced sensors and communications 

capabilities to enhance interoperability, deception, survivability, and lethality. This 

capability will support emerging critical needs that have the potential to launch and

recovery various sizes of unmanned systems platforms with kinetic and non-kinetic 

payloads to include the launch of mines.

While the Marine Corps has studied this problem for several years, the 

urgent National Security needs of our nation, particularly the INDOPACOM area of 

responsibility, make solving the capability gap urgent.

Therefore, the committee encourages the Commandant of the Marine Corps 

to prioritize procurement of small, tactically mobile watercraft for test and 

evaluation in order to determine specific capability needs such as advanced sensor 

and reduced signature features, and software agnostic, open system architecture 

attributes. These maritime platforms must possess the ability to execute operator 

insertion and reconnaissance missions for distributed, forward operations in austere 

expeditionary environments.

The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the 

Commandant of the Marine Corps, to provide a briefing to the House Armed 

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Services Committee by February 1, 2024, At a minimum, the briefing shall address 

the following issues:

(1) potential uses for an amphibious small craft vessel that can transition 

from water to land seamlessly to help support insertion/extraction of troops and/or 

equipment, surveillance, interdiction, rescue and first response operations.

(2) existing technologies/crafts available including any commercially 

available options.

(3) any plans for procurement.

DDG 51 degaussing

The committee is concerned about the threat posed by magnetic mines, 

particularly as it pertains to adversaries' anti-access/area denial strategies. For the 

past several years, Congress required the Navy to review the threat and funded 

lightweight advanced degaussing systems to counter magnetic mines. However, the 

committee remains concerned about the Navy's lack of a comprehensive plan to 

ensure that Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are adequately protected.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later that December 15, 

2023, on the Navy's plan to modernize the DDG 51 to effectively mitigate the threat 

from magnetic mines. The report should include at a minimum the following 

information:

(1) an assessment of the threat from magnetic influence mines; and

(2) a cost estimate to install lightweight advanced degaussing systems on 

all DDG 51 class destroyers.

Explosion welding for shipbuilding

The committee is aware that multiple Department of Defense systems rely 

on explosion welding to produce components from dissimilar metals. The U.S. 

industrial base currently has one large explosion welding facility, which has been in 

operation for 60 years. Due to natural wear after thousands of explosion events, the 

committee supports recapitalization to allow for continued operations and to 

prevent the outsourcing for these dissimilar metal composites that can only be 

produced by explosion welding.

LPD 33

The committee continues to support the statutory operational requirement 

of no less than 31 amphibious warships. The committee is concerned by efforts to 

pause or delay amphibious ship construction, particularly those that may result in 

plans for less capable ships. The committee supports funding for LPD 33 in fiscal 

year 2024, and is concerned that further delay of amphibious warship construction 

plans could result in additional costs and harm to the shipyard industrial base.

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Plan for offshore support vessels in the Pacific area of responsibility

U.S. Transportation Command was designated as the Executive Agent for 

Bulk Fuel Management in the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) and is responsible for the distribution of 

fuel to meet geographic combatant commanders’ operational requirements. The 

Maritime Administration is currently implementing the Tanker Security Program 

to provide inter-theater tanker capacity, but the committee is concerned about how 

Transportation Command will access or procure intra-theater and coastal tanker 

capability. Therefore, the committee directs the Commander of U.S. Transportation 

Command to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than December 1, 2023, on a strategy to procure or assure access to offshore 

support vessels or other similar vessels for fuel distribution. The briefing shall 

include relevant details on timelines to meet requirements, vessel specifications, 

and vessel ownership.

U.S. Ship Design Capabilities

The committee recognizes the importance of maintaining vibrant national 

shipbuilding infrastructure as our nation’s shipyards are a critical national security 

asset. The committee also believes that ship design and maritime engineering 

capability in the United States has not been adequately prioritized in recent years. 

This workforce is critical in solving emerging maritime challenges, supporting our 

nation in time of national emergency, and providing high quality STEM careers for 

both high school and college graduates. The United States has enjoyed a long 

history of leadership in ship design and continued advancement of this skillset is 

critical to our maritime future particularly in large volume ship design. Therefore, 

the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 

of Transportation, to provide a briefing to the House Armed Services Committee not 

later than March 1, 2024, detailing efforts to engage U.S. companies with U.S. 

based workforces for design of future sealift and other vessels to ensure that the 

United States maintains a robust and skilled ship design and engineering 

workforce. 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY

Items of Special Interest

Aegis SPY-1 fleet sustainability

The committee recognizes the urgent need to deliver improved maritime 

warfighting capability to combatant commanders, and critical to this mission is 

maintaining Aegis destroyers until the end of their service lives. The committee is 

aware that the AN/SPY-1 radar production line closed in 2022, and that Aegis 

destroyers equipped with the AN/SPY-1 radar are projected to be in the fleet until 

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2060. The committee supports a comprehensive technical refresh and sustainment 

plan to keep those Aegis destroyers mission capable in order to meet evolving 

maritime and ballistic missile threats. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 31, 2024, 

on specific initiatives to improve AN/SPY-1 radar performance, provide 

comprehensive materiel sustainment, and mitigate future obsolescence issues of the 

AN/SPY-1 radar systems in the fleet for the remaining service life of the AN/SPY-1 

radar system.

Next Generation Surface Search Radar

The committee is aware that the AN/SPS-73(V)18 Next Generation Surface 

Search Radar (NGSSR) is a multi-mission software configurable radar that delivers 

improved situational awareness capabilities to the U.S. Navy surface fleet through 

advancements in safe navigation, periscope detection, fast attack defense, and 

drone detection. When fully integrated into the Aegis and Ship Self-Defense combat 

systems, the NGSSR will replace up to five existing radars, enabling common 

interfaces, displays, and reducing sparing deficiencies afflicting current radar 

systems. NGSSR will also improve watch stander readiness, training proficiency, 

navigation skills, and warfighting capabilities.

The committee is pleased that the NGSSR has successfully achieved all 

phases of developmental testing and has transitioned to full rate production, with 

radar systems being delivered to shipyards for installation across the surface fleet, 

including: aircraft carriers, guided-missile destroyers, guided-missile cruisers, 

guided-missile frigates, and amphibious platforms. However, the committee is 

concerned about the slow pace of the Navy's current NGSSR ship installation and 

contract funding execution. Further delays run contrary to recommendations 

included in the October 2017 Commander Fleet Forces Comprehensive Review 

related to the USS McCain and USS Fitzgerald collisions, which mandated the 

acceleration of NGSSR fielding.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy in coordination 

with the Chief of Naval Operations to submit a report to the House Committee on 

Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, about the Navy's plan to improve 

the pace of NGSSR installations and to restore full rate production and funding 

execution for additional shipsets to support the requirement for rapid fielding of 

this essential radar upgrade across the surface fleet. The report should describe 

where additional resources will be required to accelerate the timeline for NGSSR 

installations onboard Navy ships and to increase shipset production to get this 

enhanced capability into the hands of sailors.

PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS

Items of Special Interest

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Study on Maneuver Support Vessel and Landing Ship Medium joint venture

The committee continues to support multiyear and block buy procurement 

authority, and is interested in the feasibility, cost, and strategic benefits of 

combining the Army Maneuver Support Vessel (MSV) and Navy/Marine Landing 

Ship Medium (LSM) programs into a shared base platform contract to expedite 

production, provide cost savings from block buys and higher quantity and guarantee 

contracts, and the series of options to make this possible in the most efficient 

timeline to provide capability to forces in-theater faster.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 15, 

2023, on the feasibility of a joint venture between the Department of the Army and 

the Department of the Navy for joint contracts, shared platform development, and 

block buys for the MSV and the LSM programs. The report shall include the 

following information: 

(1) the requirements for each program that can and cannot be met with a 

shared base platform;

(2) the value and cost savings of contracting the shared base platform under 

the same contract and builder;

(3) the value and cost savings of contracting the platforms as described in 

(2) as a block buy;

(4) a series of options, approaches, and timelines to bidding these programs 

jointly, including detailing service acquisitions authorities and divided financing; 

and

(5) the effect of a multiple platform (MSV/LSM) acquisition plan and block 

buy on force development, and in-theater logistics and fleet capability.

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

Items of Special Interest

Air Force Fighter Force Structure

The committee is concerned that the Air Force fighter fleet has declined by 

nearly 60 percent since the 1991 Gulf War and is projected to lose approximately 

400 additional fighter aircraft by the end of fiscal year 2029. The committee notes 

with concern that the fighter fleet is the now smallest in Air Force history and lacks 

sufficient capacity to meet combatant command requirements today. In this context, 

the committee believes that further reductions will significantly increase 

operational demands on a diminishing inventory of fighter aircraft and personnel 

and create conditions for an impending readiness crisis. The committee 

acknowledges the Department of the Air Force’s stated intent to modernize the 

fighter fleet but concludes that its current procurement plan is insufficient and will 

fail to deliver the fighter capacity and capability required by the National Defense 

Strategy. Finally, the committee is concerned that without procurement of 

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additional fighter aircraft in the near term, fighter squadrons in the Total Force 

will soon be deactivated or re-missioned, resulting in the permanent loss of 

experienced fighter pilots and maintenance personnel.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force, in 

coordination with the Commander, Air Combat Command, the Director of the Air 

National Guard, and the Chief, Air Force Reserve Command to provide a report to 

the House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 19, 2024, with a 

plan to meet Air Force fighter capacity requirements. The report should include:

(1) the number of Total Force fighter squadrons required to meet steadystate and war-time capacity requirements;

(2) how the Air Force plans to modernize and recapitalize the active, 

reserve, and guard fighter fleets to achieve the required number of Total Force 

squadrons;

(3) authorities and resource requirements necessary to provide sufficient 

demand to industry to increase fighter aircraft production to prevent the closure or 

re-missioning of Total Force fighter squadrons;

(4) an explanation of how Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) are 

accounted for in capacity analysis; and

(5) an explanation of how the Air Force will meet fighter capacity 

requirements should CCA operational fielding be cancelled or delayed.

Air National Guard fighter recapitalization

The committee is concerned with the aging and shrinking nature of the Air 

National

Guard fighter fleet. The committee notes that during Operation Desert Storm, Air 

Combat Command fielded 139 fighter squadrons, 49 of which belonged to the Air 

National Guard, whereas of January 1, 2023, Air Combat Command fields 81 

squadrons, only 25 of which are allocated to the Air National Guard.

Given the rising challenges posed by near-peer competitors such as Russia 

and China, and operational deployment commitments that may occur in other, less 

than highly contested threat environments, the committee is concerned that the 

shrinking of the fighter fleet, and particularly the loss of force structure and 

manpower resources in the Air National Guard, poses a serious national security 

challenge.

The committee believes that the F-15EX could serve a critical need as a 

cost-effective, highly versatile airframe capable of performing air superiority, 

homeland defense and interdiction missions. The committee encourages the 

Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to commit 

any additional procurement of the F-15EX above the program of record for the 

purpose of full recapitalization of any Air National Guard A-10 squadrons currently 

planned to lose their fighter missions.

Air national guard KC-135 association

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The committee is aware that Air National Guard active associations 

provide additional air refueling capability. The committee has also heard in 

testimony that aerial refueling capacity is sufficient but, under the new National 

Defense Strategy, has an elevated risk. The committee directs the Secretary of the 

Air Force to brief the House Committee on Armed Services no later than 1 

November 2023 on the potential increase in air refueling capacity to make all 

remaining KC-135 units active associations, and all cost savings, to include 

manpower, of moving all KC-135 units to active associations.

C-40 aircraft

The committee supports the added funding to the C-40 aircraft. The 

committee is concerned about the aging fleet given the operational demands placed 

on the Active Duty, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve C-40 aircraft. The 

committee also understands that due to economic impacts on the commercial airline 

market, there may be affordable inventory that could be converted at a low cost to 

ensure aircraft availability for Government senior leaders, including combatant 

commanders. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Air Force to submit 

a report to the congressional defense committees not later than October 1, 2023, 

that includes a market survey of available aircraft that could be modified for 

executive airlift, the total cost impact of such an action, and a recommendation on 

the future fleet size for all C-40 aircraft. 

EC-37B Compass Call Force Requirements

The committee is concerned that the current programmed fleet size of 10 

EC37B Compass Call aircraft is insufficient to meet Combatant Command 

contingency requirements in a contested electromagnetic spectrum environment. 

The committee notes that EC-37B is the only dedicated airborne electronic attack 

platform in the Air Force inventory and is designed to provide the joint force with a 

significant tactical advantage in a potential conflict against a peer competitor. 

However, the committee is concerned that an insufficient fleet size will leave the 

joint force vulnerable in the electromagnetic spectrum during a potential conflict. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with 

the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Commander, Air Combat 

Command to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later 

than March 1, 2024 on the Air Force’s plan to meet Combatant Command EC-37B 

capacity requirements. The report should include: 

(1) the number of EC-37B Compass Call aircraft required to meet 

contingency capacity requirements for the Combatant Commands; 

(2) a procurement strategy that would allow the Air Force to meet these 

requirements by 2027; 

(3) additional resources that would be required to support the number of 

aircraft required; and 

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(4) equivalent partner nation capabilities that can be leveraged to meet 

Combatant Command capacity requirements.

F-16 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite

The budget request contained $98.6 million in PE 0207133F for research 

and development and $297.3 million in procurement for F-16 modernization but did 

not include any funding for the continued development, procurement, and 

installation of the Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) advanced 

electronic attack and self-protection system for the post-block F-16 aircraft of the 

Air Force. 

 The committee notes that the Air Force unexpectedly and unjustifiably 

removed previously planned funding for the F-16 IVEWS system which has 

successfully demonstrated to provide more advanced self-protection capabilities for 

the post-block F-16 aircraft against threats expected to be encountered in a highly 

contested combat threat environment against near-peer integrated air defense 

systems. The committee questions the Air Force's motives regarding this action and 

maintains that this action would negatively impact F-16 survivability and lethality 

in future threat environments and could lead to the Air Force proposing to retire in 

the future a significant amount of post-block F-16 aircraft. 

 Therefore, the committee recommends $139.2 million, an increase of $40.6 

million, in PE 0207133F for research and development and $427.8 million, an 

increase of $130.5 million, for procurement and restoration of the IVEWS capability 

for Air Force F-16 aircraft.

Infrared hardware suppression report

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report by 

January 31, 2024 to the House Committee on Armed Services on the evolving threat 

that portable surface-to-air missile systems pose to joint force and the Department 

of Defense’s designation of engine infrared suppression hardware for the C-130J, 

and relevant variants, as a critical modernization need to bolster countermeasure 

effectiveness and left-of-launch defeat.

The report should contain the following information: 

(1) Technical challenges and programmatic delays in fielding infrared 

suppression hardware on the AC-130J gunship variant;

(2) Whether the Department of Defense conducted no wing and engine 

impact analysis flight testing prior to selecting a non-U.S. suppressor design 

without the blocking vane technology successfully fielded on AC-130W with 

minimize structural fatigue;

(3) The risk to operational readiness and operating cost should structural 

failures occur as a result of the selected AC-130J infrared suppression hardware;

(4) The structural and lifecycle cost impact analysis conducted for the 

selected AC-130J infrared suppressor technology;

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(5) The plans to field engine infrared suppression equipment across the Air 

Force, Air National Guard, Navy and Marine Corps C-130J fleets; and

(6) The compounding risk to fleetwide deployment should no approved 

alternative C-130J infrared suppression source be available and whether the testing 

of a secondary C-130J infrared suppression hardware system sourced in the United 

States is necessary. 

Mobility Guardian report

 The committee understands Mobility Guardian is Air Mobility Command's 

(AMC) largest full-spectrum readiness exercise. This exercise demonstrates AMC 

readiness to move military personnel and equipment in combat operations and 

conduct Rapid Global Mobility on behalf of the National Defense Strategy. The 

committee also understands this exercise is where AMC looks at new concepts to 

employ mobility assets and test tactics, techniques, and procedures. The committee 

directs the Commander of Air Mobility Command to provide a briefing, including a 

classified annex, to the House Committee on Armed Services by December 1, 2023, 

on all lessons learned during Air Mobility Guardian 2023.

Mobility tactical data link

The committee understands connectivity of mobility forces is essential to 

support the National Defense Strategy. The committee believes the Air Force needs 

to move faster to provide tactical data links for mobility weapons platforms. The 

committee directs the Commander, Air Combat Command, as the Executive Agent 

for Airborne Communication, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, on the priority plan for all 

mobility aircraft tactical datalink procurement.

National Airborne Operations Center recapitalization

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, airborne 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 competitive acquisition to ensure 

the Air Force receives a final platform with open architecture, has built in growth 

and modernization capacity, and reduces costly operation and sustainment costs.

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The committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a briefing to 

the House Committee on Armed Services 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.

Procurement of C-130 engine upgrade kits

The Committee recognizes that the Air National Guard C-130H fleet 

continues to undergo a comprehensive propulsion upgrade program comprised of an 

engine enhancement package and new eight-bladed propellers. Combined, the 

systems deliver significant improvements in safety, fuel economy, and aircraft 

availability.

 The committee understand the Air National Guard aims to complete the 

installation of both engine and propeller upgrades across all Series 3 C-130H 

aircraft by calendar year 2025. The Committee is concerned that multiple state 

units remain without programmed engine upgrades. The Committee is also 

concerned there is a potential desynchronization in planning that resulted in no 

Fiscal Year 2024 base funding for engine kit procurement. 

The Committee directs the Deputy Director of Plans and Requirements, Air 

National Guard, in coordination with the Director of the Air Force Life Cycle 

Management Center Propulsion Directorate to brief the congressional defense 

committees not later than February 1, 2024, on the status of the C-130H propulsion 

upgrade program. This briefing shall, at a minimum, detail the National Guard 

Bureau’s execution of congressionally directed funding for Series 3.5 engine 

enhancement kit procurement over the last five fiscal years and funding 

requirements for completing fleetwide fielding of engine enhancement kits, 

including engine spares and parts, by the calendar year 2025.

T-38 Engine Availability Shortage

The Air Force’s fighter and bomber pilot training program depends on the 

T38 Talon, an aircraft training platform that has been in service for over 60 years. 

The T-38’s aging airframe, especially its General Electric J85 turbojet engines, 

requires significant maintenance, and spare parts are becoming increasingly 

difficult to procure. The committee notes that in May, 2020, the Air Force switched 

from performing organically sourced engine maintenance on T-38 engines to relying 

upon contractor logistics and maintenance support for performing full overhauls.

The committee is concerned that in recent years T-38 sorties have declined 

due to a lack of serviceable J85 engines. Problems with spare parts and limited 

fiscal resources have created a maintenance backlog preventing aircraft from flying, 

thereby constraining the number of pilots the Air Force can produce, and thus 

exacerbating its current pilot shortage.

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Three years of delays for procurement of the Air Force’s new fighter trainer, 

the T-7 Red Hawk, amplifies the impact of the J85 engine shortage as the Air Force 

is compelled to continue to rely upon the T-38 as the Air Force awaits the arrival of 

the new training aircraft. Consequently with the T-7’s expected delivery rate, the 

Air Force will continue reliance upon the T-38 in pilot training for the foreseeable 

future.

In order to ensure airworthy T-38 aircraft and continued Air Force pilot 

production capability and capacity, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later 

than January 31, 2024 on the status of the T-38 fleet and its J85 engine availability. 

The briefing should include:

(1) an overview of the T-38 fleet, including airworthiness and readiness 

rates;

(2) the strategic maintenance plan for the T-38;

(3) J85 engine readiness and availability rates;

(4) impacts of the T-7 program’s delays on the lifespan of the T-38 fleet;

(5) an analysis of canceled or curtailed sorties caused by T-38 engine 

availability and performance, and T-7 program delays; and,

(6) the Secretary’s plan to increase T-38 sortie generation rates to increase 

pilot production capacity.

T-7 Advanced Trainer Procurement Acceleration Roadmap

Fielding the T-7 Redhawk is critical to improving the safety, quality, and 

throughput of Air Force pilot training. The committee is concerned about schedule 

delays to the T-7 program, particularly given the rapid deterioration of the T-38 

fleet and the urgent need for a more relevant trainer for pilots of next generation 

aircraft.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024 

on options to expedite procurement and fielding of the T-7 aircraft and associated 

ground-based training systems. The briefing shall include:

(1) options for program acceleration with the identification of any additional 

authorities or resources required;

(2) consideration of expediting Milestone C for the aircraft or ground-based 

training systems and increasing the pace of procurement and deliveries;

(3) an update on other requirements for successful fielding and operations, 

such as facilities, spare parts availability, necessary ground support equipment, 

sufficient manpower, and relevant training for personnel; and

(4) a summary of primary limiting factors preventing the timeline from 

being accelerated beyond what the Air Force believes feasible.

Tanker recapitalization

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The committee believes nothing reduces weapon system costs and improves 

contractor performance efficiencies and innovation more than competition. The 

committee believes that where it makes sense contracts should be full and open 

competition. 

Unmanned aircraft system units with geographically separated launch and recovery 

elements

The committee notes the significantly increased demand in continuation 

training requirements for the remotely piloted aircraft enterprise currently supplied 

wholly by Air National Guard launch and recovery elements. Operating a launch 

and recovery element not co-located with the mission control element produces 

inefficiencies.

As such, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force, in 

coordination with the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, to submit a report to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, on remotely 

piloted aircraft units with launch and recovery elements that are geographically 

separated from mission control and maintenance elements. Specifically, this report 

should assess the potential benefits of co-locating these activities in order to 

improve efficiencies and reduce operational costs. The report should include both a 

findings and recommendations section.

VC-25A consideration

The committee understands the VC-25B program is 26 months behind 

schedule. As a result, the VC-25A will have to go through one more heavy 

maintenance period costing approximately $100.0 million. The committee believes 

the Air Force should ask for consideration from the contractor for the additional 

cost.

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

Items of Special Interest

Air to Air Missiles

The committee supports the Air Force’s work on modernizing its arsenal of 

air-to-air missiles, acknowledges their criticality to effective deterrence, and if 

necessary, 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 Air Tactical Missile but notes that the AIM-260 is yet to be 

fielded. The committee notes that a more comprehensive and integrated approach to 

air-to-air missile development 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, 

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and improves production capacity. The committee also recognizes that 

improvements to requirements, integration, and testing are required to support 

more rapid development and fielding of air-to-air weapons.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Armed Services Committee, not later than February 1, 2024, 

on a plan to execute a more comprehensive, integrated, and rapid approach to airto-air missile acquisition and development to include:

(1) strategies and policies for executing air-to-air weapons missile programs 

that provides more integrated and rapid capability advances while strengthening 

the defense industrial base;

(2) plans to streamline and accelerate the integration and testing of 

multiple air-to-air munitions across weapon systems to include an evaluation of 

whether weapons open system architecture is being 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, and any resources 

required in such case to support air-to-air weapons evaluations at open-air testing 

ranges, would support acceleration of air-to-air missile development programs;

(5) an evaluation of whether the use of unmanned aircraft as a launch 

platform for early air to air missile development would enable accelerated 

development at lower risk;

(6) and, a list of any additional resources or authorities required to execute 

the Department’s strategy.

OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE

Items of Special Interest

Deployable Air Base System

The Committee understands that the United States Air Force's Agile 

Combat Employment (ACE) concept is critical to support a resilient and dispersed 

posture, both in Europe and in the Indo-Pacific. Central to the success of this 

initiative is the Deployable Air Base System (DABS), which includes culpabilities 

such as basic expeditionary airfield resources, fuels support equipment, 

expeditionary airfield and ground logistics equipment, and rapid airfield damage 

recovery machinery. Unfortunately, delivery of this critical capability has faced 

consistent challenges, many of which were detailed in Department of Defense 

Inspector General Report 2019-040. In light of the importance of a dispersed and 

resilient posture, particularly in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) 

area of operations, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a 

briefing to the House Armed Services Committee not later than January 1, 2024 on 

each of the following:

(1) A list of actions taken pursuant to the DoD Inspector General Report 

2019-040, along with the status of those actions.

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(2) A comprehensive assessment of the status of DABS, including an 

inventory of complete deployable air base systems, industrial base capacity, 

readiness rates, and total cost per system.

(3) An overview of the training programs and deployment exercises 

associated with DABS, including any identified challenges or opportunities for 

improvement. 

(4) A detailed review of the funding allocated to DABS relative to 

operational requirements.

(5) An examination of potential enhancements or modifications to improve 

the system's flexibility, responsiveness, or capability, particularly in the 

USINDOPACOM area of operations.

(6) An update on any technological innovations or upgrades implemented or 

planned within the DABS program.

(7) A detailed breakdown of the USINDOPACOM requirement for DABS to 

facilitate ACE.

(8) An analysis of the optimal DABS pre-positioned deployment posture, in 

particular between USINDOPACOM and U.S. European Command.

PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE

Items of Special Interest

Collaborative autonomous systems in support of Joint All-Domain Command and 

Control

The committee commends the Department of Defense for its investments 

and technological advances in artificial intelligence-enabled autonomous systems, 

which have saved lives, reduced operator cognitive load, and extended situational 

awareness. The committee believes that the next steps of integration of these 

developing systems with each other and with human operators are critical to 

speeding problem solving, decision making, and enhancing survivability, resiliency, 

and lethality.

The committee emphasizes the importance of integrating these autonomous 

systems and facilitating their communication using the tenets of Joint All-Domain 

Command and Control (JADC2) enabling concepts such as “Deterrence by Denial” 

and “Deterrence by Resilience.” The committee urges the Department to continue to 

expand coordinated development of these systems and their integration, supporting 

a robust and diverse industrial base in autonomous systems, software-defined 

autonomy, and joint all-domain communications solutions.

In order to achieve rapid technological advancement and adoption, the 

committee recommends the Department to:

(1) support the separation of autonomy capabilities from hardware 

providers, extending the life cycle and mission-relevance of the hardware; 

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(2) continue challenge-based rapid prototyping and procurement programs, 

ensuring a clear path to integration of successful prototypes into programs of 

record; 

(3) continue cross-service JADC2 procurement programs, such as Project 

Overmatch, Advanced Battle Management System, and Project Convergence; and

(4) promote diversity in the defense industrial base, supporting small and 

non-traditional businesses leading innovation in these areas.

The committee encourages further investment and focus on the 

advancement of ongoing efforts, including networked, collaborative autonomous 

systems; collaborative combat aircraft; and cross-domain artificial intelligence 

training and development tools. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, 

detailing a comprehensive plan to resource and advance these critical concepts and 

technologies. 

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Polyethylene-based and Polystyrene-based Food Service 

Products Used by the Department of Defense

The committee is concerned about the costs to the Department of Defense 

and host nations associated with the disposal of high volumes of polyethylene-based 

and polystyrene-based food service products required for domestic and overseas 

operations. The committee urges the Department to consider purchasing 

domestically produced food service product alternatives for all operations should a 

cost comparison indicate the disposal costs of polyethylene-based and polystyrenebased food service products are more expensive.

Multiyear Procurement of Rare Earth Minerals

The committee is concerned that our dependence on importing processed 

rare earth metals from adversarial nations presents a significant risk of supply 

chain disruption to the United States and our allies. This is particularly true with 

respect to China, which controls approximately 85 percent of critical mineral 

processing, including rare earth elements necessary for U.S. defense applications. 

The committee recognizes that China has, in the past, threatened to leverage its 

dominant position in the rare earth market to retaliate against the United States 

and our allies by restricting rare earth exports. China has also used its virtual 

monopoly to manipulate the price of rare earths, including lowering prices to 

bankrupt overseas competitors. The committee understands that multiyear 

procurement by the Department can help ensure a sufficient stockpile of rare earths 

and protect the nascent domestic processing industry from Chinese market 

manipulation. Multiyear procurement contracts can also offer significant benefits to 

the federal government, including cost savings, improved planning, increased 

efficiency, enhanced competitiveness, and improved contractor performance. Given 

both the importance and exigency of establishing a reliable supply of domestically 

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processed rare earth metals for military readiness, the committee encourages the 

Department to prioritize mature, proven technologies.

National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account

The budget request contained no funds for a National Guard and Reserve 

Equipment Account. The committee has long been concerned about the availability 

of dual use and modern equipment needed to ensure the relevance and readiness of 

the National Guard and Reserve Components as an operational reserve and for 

their domestic support missions. The committee notes that the annual National 

Guard and Reserve Equipment Reports over the last several years identify 

continuing shortages in modernized equipment and challenges associated with 

efficiently fulfilling combat readiness training requirements.

The committee believes additional funds would help manage strategic risk 

and eliminate identified critical dual-use equipment shortfalls. The committee 

expects these funds to be used for the purposes of, but not limited to, the 

procurement and modernization of equipment and programs such as 

communications interoperability improvements for Weapons of Mass Destruction 

Civil Support Teams; Long Range, Lightweight Mesh Network Radios; Cross-Cloud 

Threat Hunting Cyber Security; Transportable Tactical Command Communications 

upgrades; Non-Lethal Capabilities for Civil Support; Joint Threat Emitter 

Simulators; and other critical dual-use and readiness unfunded procurement items 

for the National Guard and Reserve Components. 

The committee recommends $100.0 million for National Guard and Reserve 

equipment. 

Non-Standard Commercial Vehicle

The committee recognizes the importance of the Non-Standard Commercial 

Vehicle (NSCV) in enabling U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) 

operations in hostile and austere environments to advance U.S. interests. As the 

current NSCV fleet is nearing the end of its current service life, the committee 

recognizes the importance of NSCV’s lifecycle replacement and encourages 

USSOCOM to field the appropriate number of vehicles per year to meet the 

operational needs of the NSCV fleet. The committee supports NSCV requirements 

and encourages the Commander of USSOCOM to continue to fully fund this 

requirement as part of the President’s annual budget request until the completion 

of the contract.

Operational assessment of installation defense using directed energy capabilities 

against unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned aircraft system swarms

Reported unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) incidents have increased from 

63 in 2020 to 115 in 2022. Rogue and malicious drones have interfered with sporting 

events, caused airport shutdowns, violated border laws, delivered illegal contraband 

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into prisons, and damaged critical infrastructure. The committee believes highpower microwave systems must continue to advance the effectiveness of waveforms 

against new UAS software and hardware to effectively counter the escalating UAS 

and UAS swarm threat. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the congressional defense committees not later than March 1, 2024, on the 

operational assessment of its installation defense capabilities to defeat UAS threats 

and recommendations for required changes or modifications to equipment, 

procedures, regulations, or existing laws to operationally employ directed energy. 

The assessment should include the following information: 

(1) operation of high-energy lasers, high-power microwaves, and other 

emerging directed energy technologies;

(2) ability to defeat UAS threats at operationally relevant distances;

(3) ability to integrate with other counter-UAS systems and existing 

security infrastructure; 

(4) ability to rapidly transport and set up;

(5) ability to regulate defeat distances;

(6) ability to safely operate on U.S. installations, to include effects on the 

spectrum and airspace inside and outside of established defeat distances and 

human beings and vehicles inside and outside of established defeat distances;

(7) ease of training and operation;

(8) maintainability and sustainability;

(9) cost-effectiveness; and

(10) scalability.

Reducing Reliance on Foreign-Manufactured Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

The committee is concerned the Department of Defense remains heavily 

reliant on foreign manufacturing for active pharmaceutical ingredients and 

essential medicines. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 

submit the report to the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, 

on the Department of Defense efforts to strengthen domestic production supply 

chains. The report shall include a review of technologies that leverage synthetic 

biology to on-demand, rapidly produce active pharmaceutical ingredients and key 

starting materials for pharmaceutical products determined to be of strategic 

importance by the Secretary.

USSOCOM Unmanned ISR Command and Control

The committee acknowledges the importance of robust command and 

control (C2) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and U.S. Special Operations 

Command’s urgent need for an expeditionary and modern Ground Control Station 

(GCS) for UAS. Legacy GCS have a large logistical footprint, greatly increasing the 

cost and schedule required to deploy the system into theater. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command to provide a 

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briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than November 23, 

2023, on plans to complete upgrades of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAS inventory with 

expeditionary command and control stations and advanced mission processing kits.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Section 101—Authorization of Appropriations

This section would authorize appropriations for procurement at the levels 

identified in section 4101 of division D of this Act.

SUBTITLE B—ARMY PROGRAMS

Section 111—Limitation on Availability of Funds Pending Assessment of Army 

Trackless Moving Target Systems

This section would limit appropriations for the Trackless Moving Target 

program of the Army until the Secretary of the Army meets certain conditions and 

submits a report to the congressional defense committees.

SUBTITLE C—NAVY PROGRAMS

Section 131—Multiyear Procurement Authority for Virginia Class Submarine 

Program

This section would authorize multiyear procurement authority for not more 

than 13 Virginia class submarines.

Section 132—Multiyear Procurement Authority for MK-48 Torpedoes

This section would provide multiyear procurement authority for the 

Department of the Navy to procure up to 550 MK-48 torpedos.

Section 133—Procurement Authority for Auxiliary Personnel Lighter Program

This section would provide the Secretary of the Navy authority to enter into 

multiyear contracts for procurement of up to six Auxiliary Personnel Lighter class 

vessels.

Section 134—Limitation on Upgrades to Nacelles of MV-22 Aircraft Pending 

Certification of Upgrade Plan

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This section would restrict moving the MV-22 Nacelle Improvement 

production line until the Secretary of the Navy certifies the implementation plan for 

MV-22 Tailored Nacelle Improvement program results in greater performance and 

reliability than the MV-22 Nacelle Improvement program.

SUBTITLE D—AIR FORCE PROGRAMS

Section 151—Extension of Requirements Relating to C-130 Aircraft

This section would keep the C-130 total aircraft inventory at 271 with a 

sunset date of October 1, 2024.

Section 152—Modification of Annual Reports on T-7A Advanced Pilot Training 

System 

This section would amend section 156 of the James M. Inhofe National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117–263) by requiring 

the Secretary of the Air Force to include additional reporting requirements related 

to the acquisition strategy and execution of the T-7A training aircraft program. 

Section 153—Modification to Prohibition on Certain Reductions to B–1 Bomber 

Aircraft Squadrons

This section would extend the prohibition on B-1 retirements.

Section 154—Modification of Minimum Inventory Requirements for A-10 Aircraft

This section would reduce the minimum A-10 aircraft primary mission 

aircraft inventory requirement to 135 total aircraft, and would repeal a duplicate A10 aircraft primary mission aircraft inventory requirement contained in section 

142(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 

114-92). This section would also require the Secretary of Defense to evaluate any A10 aircraft that is retired, during fiscal year 2023 or later fiscal years, for potential 

transfer to military forces of an ally or partner nation of the United States.

Section 155—Procurement of Over-the-Horizon Radar Systems

This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force to procure not 

more than six over-the-horizon radar systems, as soon as practicable. This section 

would also establish certain requirements relating to the use of competitive 

procedures for such procurement.

Section 156—KC-135 Aircraft Recapitalization Program

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This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force to provide the 

congressional defense committees the business case analysis and Joint Staff 

validated requirements for the KC-135 recapitalization program along with the 

analysis of alternative for the Next Generation Air Refueling System before 

deciding on an acquisition strategy for the KC-135 recapitalization program.

Section 157—Prohibition on Reduction of KC-135 Aircraft in PMAI of the Reserve 

Components 

This section would prevent the Air Force from reducing the number of 

primary mission aircraft inventory KC-135 aircraft from the Air Force Guard and 

Reserve. 

Section 158—Prohibition on Availability of Funds for Termination of Production 

Lines for the HH-60W Aircraft

This section would prohibit any funds authorized to be appropriated or 

otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the Air Force from being obligated 

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

operations of, a production line for the HH–60W Combat Rescue Helicopter.

Section 159—Limitation on Termination of Fighter Squadrons

This section would prohibit the termination of any fighter flying mission of 

any fighter squadron of the Air National Guard until a period of 180 days after the 

Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Director, Air National Guard, 

develops a notional plan to recapitalize all fighter squadrons of the Air National 

Guard with replacement aircraft and submits the results of the plan to the 

congressional defense committees.

Section 160—Limitation on Divestment of F-16 Aircraft

This section would prohibit the divestment of any F-16 aircraft beginning 

on January 1, 2024, until the Secretary of the Air Force provides to the 

congressional defense committees a report, including certain plans and 

assessments, not less than 180 days prior to divesting or preparing to divest any F16 aircraft.

Section 161—Limitation on Procurement of KC-46A Aircraft

This section would limit the Air Force from buying more than 179 KC-46A 

on the current contract until the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 

Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics certifies to the congressional defense 

committees that there are validated needs and provide long-term cost estimates.

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Section 162—Limitation on Actions Relating to Remote Vision Systems of KC-46A 

Aircraft

This section would require a certification from the Secretary of the Air 

Force before retrofitting KC-46A aircraft with Remote Vision System 2.0.

SUBTITLE E—DEFENSE-WIDE, JOINT, AND MULTISERVICE MATTERS

Section 181—Multiyear Procurement Authority for Domestically Processed Rare 

Earth Elements

This section would provide multiyear procurement authority for rare earth 

elements processed domestically.

Section 182—Prohibition on Procurement of Certain Tactical Vehicles

This section would prohibit the Secretary of Defense from including in a 

solicitation for a tactical tracked vehicle or tactical wheeled vehicle a requirement 

that such vehicle use proprietary armor. This section would also modify section 

4863 of title 10, United States Code, requiring the application of such section to 

include tactical tracked vehicles and tactical wheeled vehicles.

Section 183—Prohibition on Availability of Funds for Procurement of Certain 

Battery Technology

This section prohibits DOD from purchasing battery technology produced 

by Contemporary Amperex Technology Company AKA CATL. 

Section 184—Plan to Expedite Integration of Long-Range Anti-ship Missiles into 

Legacy Aircraft Fleets

This section would require a plan from the Secretary of Defense to integrate 

the Long Range Anti-Ship Missile onto certain legacy aircraft.

TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, ARMY

Items of Special Interest

Advanced materials and manufacturing processes for Army modernization

The committee notes the importance of novel materials and manufacturing 

processes to support Army modernization priorities including Long Range Precision 

Fires and Next Generation Combat Vehicles. It is necessary to develop processing 

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parameters, microstructures, and performance standards to certify and qualify new 

materials and manufacturing methods at scale. The committee encourages the 

Army to continue to invest in advanced materials and manufacturing research to 

alleviate supply chain bottlenecks for critical Army modernization priorities.

Advanced Process Technology for Energetics

The committee is aware of the Army’s ammunition enterprise 

modernization efforts and has supported for the last several years its emphasis to 

mature research and development of safe and clean ammunition manufacturing 

technology and novel materials such as Next Generation propellant energetics and 

nitrocellulose manufacturing in Army ammunition plants. To that end, the 

committee authorized a $5 million increase to Research, Development, Test, and 

Evaluation, Army, Line 028, Program Element 0603000D8Z, for Advanced Process 

for Technology for Energetics. The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to 

provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than 

January 1, 2024, on the Army’s planned efforts in Fiscal Year 2024 to mature 

technologies related to next generation propellant energetics and nitrocellulose 

manufacturing, and any expected future lines of effort related to these innovative 

challenges. 

Army Modeling and Simulation Modernization

The committee is concerned that without increased investment the Army’s 

modeling and simulation infrastructure may be unable to evaluate modernization 

programs most accurately. Many acquisition programs within the Department of 

Defense rely upon modeling and simulation during key development milestones. 

However, the committee is concerned that the Army may be struggling with the 

capability to capture, curate, and reuse modeling and simulation data generated 

during the acquisition process. 

The committee is aware of and encourages the Army’s efforts to modernize 

its modeling and simulation enterprise in order to provide better decision-ready 

data to its senior leaders. The committee encourages the Army to accelerate these 

efforts. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army, to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than February 1, 

2024, on the Army’s roadmap for modernizing its modeling and simulation 

infrastructure as it relates to evaluating acquisition programs.

Army Pathfinder program

The committee recognizes the critical role that soldiers play in the early 

identification of technological opportunities and threats relevant to future 

capability development. The committee supports the Army’s efforts to implement 

programs like the Pathfinder-Air Assault program at the Army Research 

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Laboratory which promote bottom-up innovation from the force as a basis for 

advanced soldier lethality capability research and development.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 

2023, on the Army's Pathfinder-Air Assault Program. The briefing should include: 

(1) outcomes from the Pathfinder-Air Assault program and impact of the 

program on soldier lethality technology development; and

(2) the Army's strategy for incorporating the Pathfinder program into the 

budget request in future appropriations cycles. 

Additionally, the committee recommends an increase of $2.5 million in PE 

0602143A for the Pathfinder program. 

Army use of digital engineering for rotorcraft predictive maintenance

The committee understands that the Army's Future Vertical Lift (FVL) 

drive systems represent a significant portion of the cost, schedule, and technical 

risk for the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft and the Future Attack 

Reconnaissance Aircraft programs. Dual-use digital engineering technologies can 

prove exceptionally valuable in prognostics and predictive maintenance for these 

programs. The committee encourages the Army to leverage innovative technologies 

including digital twins, high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and 

cloud computing technologies to support prognostic and predictive maintenance for 

FVL programs.

 Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 

2023, on how the Army plans to incorporate digital engineering, artificial 

intelligence, and other dual-use capabilities to assess FVL rotorcraft drive systems. 

The briefing should also include how these technologies might reduce risk to and 

cost of Army FVL programs.

Counter-unmanned aircraft system transition and fielding

The committee supports the rapid transition of leading counter-UAS (cUAS) capabilities from U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to 

conventional units across the joint force. The committee notes that the Secretary of 

Defense designated the Secretary of the Army, through the Joint Counter-small 

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office (JCO), as the executive agent responsible for 

testing and evaluating c-UAS capabilities for use across the joint force. 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-UAS capabilities for the military 

services.

The committee is concerned that the military services, in particular the 

Army, have neither transitioned proven systems, specifically systems currently 

operating in combat environments with USSOCOM or systems that have been 

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recommended by the JCO, to production at scale, nor acquired them for wider 

deployment across the joint force. The committee commends efforts by USSOCOM 

to work with the military services, including the Army, to identify fielding 

opportunities for fully tested and combat-evaluated capabilities, but the committee 

believes that the JCO can and should drive broader progress toward these 

objectives.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 

2023, on the following:

(1) the Army’s plan to ensure that JCO-approved c-UAS capabilities are 

adopted and acquired by the Army and joint forces and integrated with current 

systems to close critical capability gaps, enhance and adapt technology, and reduce 

cost;

(2) identification of gaps, if any, in existing authorities that would prevent 

the Army from carrying out the transition and acquisitions described above;

(3) opportunities for greater integration of JCO equities into the planning, 

programming, budgeting, and execution process and the Future Years Defense 

Program, consistent with JCO strategy and DoD Directive 3800.01E; and

(4) recommendations that would speed the transition and acquisition of 

approved c-UAS capabilities to the joint force. Such recommendations should 

address whether modifications to the JCO’s mandate and authorities are advisable, 

or whether an alternative structure (other than the JCO) would be better suited to 

facilitate the transition and fielding of validated technologies.

Development of small unmanned aircraft system signature management capability

The committee supports Army Program Executive Office (PEO) Simulation, 

Training, and Instrumentation (STRI) efforts to deploy and test swarms of small 

unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS). The development of this swarm capability has 

been vital to understand the current and future capability of drones, detect the 

swarms and payloads capable of being employed, and assess ways to mitigate and 

defeat potential adversarial sUAS swarms.

The committee encourages Army PEO STRI Threat Systems Management 

Office to develop a sUAS signature management capability. This capability would 

enable the detection of signature levels and provide material developers and 

operational units with the needed information to avoid detection and minimize 

attribution of sUAS platforms.

Digital night vision technology

The committee is supportive of the Army’s Command, Control, 

Communication, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance 

Center's efforts to develop and evaluate low-light level imagers including digital 

night vision camera systems with a technology called Charge Domain Binning 

(CDB). CDB technology is often found to be superior to other digital vision system 

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approaches and is more advanced than currently fielded and aging night vision 

technology. This new night vision technology can be used for dismounted soldiers, 

border cameras, bomb defusal systems, vision systems for vehicles from tanks to 

ships, and more. The committee encourages the Army to scale efforts to develop 

CDB night vision technology in future years and field this needed capability. 

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE 0602143A 

for digital night vision technology.

Dynamic digital definition of armaments systems

The committee notes armament system sustainment challenges created by 

tolerances and variability in the manufacturing and maintenance processes that 

affect subsequent weapon systems performance and considers them to be a 

significant capability gap. 

Therefore, the committee recommends that the Army Development 

Command accelerate available resources to work with industry partners and 

academia with expertise in digital engineering data and 3D modeling from physical 

artifacts to address this capability gap.

Enhancement of modeling and simulation activities

The committee recognizes the importance of modeling and simulation 

(M&S) activities in combat vehicle development and believes the Army should 

continue its use to ensure success. The committee believes using M&S tools in the 

early stages of vehicle development prior to prototype manufacturing and 

subsequent unit production may assist in rapidly fielding technology with a clear 

understanding of operational capability, which reduces development cost and 

physical prototyping time in early phases and throughout the lifecycle. 

The committee also notes continued adoption and development of modern 

M&S tools may support the advanced development of next generation combat 

vehicles. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 17, 

2024, on the use and enhancement of M&S technologies at the United States 

Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Ground Vehicle Systems 

Center (GVSC) for rapid fielding of emerging technologies. The briefing shall 

include:

(1) An overview of current M&S efforts underway at the GVSC;

(2) A detailed analysis of how M&S tools improve the development of 

prototypes and

production;

(3) An assessment of how M&S tools inform requirements for subsystems to 

brigade 

combat team formations; and

(4) Methods for how GVSC will continue to develop and advance M&S tools.

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Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft

The committee notes the Army consistently identifies the Future Attack 

Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) as its highest aviation modernization priority. In 

fiscal year 2024, the Army again states: “FARA is the Army’s number one aviation 

modernization priority to restore attack/reconnaissance dominance by mitigating 

enemy long-range capabilities by creating lethal effects from outside enemy 

sensor/weapons range and allowing joint force commanders to maneuver from 

relative sanctuary.” The committee is encouraged by the Army’s continued 

prioritization of the program and urges the Army to uphold a program timetable 

that facilitates expeditious development of the platform and associated systems 

while avoiding additional setbacks. However, the committee further notes the Army 

has had considerable difficulty fielding this requirement and has failed to bring 

forth an aircraft to fill this light attack and reconnaissance mission. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to submit a 

report to the Congressional Defense Committees by March 1, 2024, on the FARA 

program. The report should include, at a minimum, the following information: 

(1) an update on program requirements; and 

(2) an update on the program’s acquisition strategy including detailed 

procurement fielding timelines; and estimated outyear funding.

Heavy-Payload Medium-Range VTOL Aircraft Logistical Support

The committee believes that reliable logistics chains are an operational 

imperative, and near-peer adversaries currently pose a significant risk to the 

reliable distribution of essential resources for the Department of Defense. The 

committee understands that unmanned vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft 

can be utilized to reduce the Department’s logistics capability shortfall while also 

supporting reconnaissance or humanitarian missions. Therefore, the committee 

directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services not later than June 1, 2024, on current and future efforts to utilize 

unmanned VTOL aircraft to provide low-cost, heavy-payload, medium-range, 

logistical support in both contested and permissive environments.

High-temperature composites based on U.S. sources for hypersonic weapon 

applications

The committee notes the Army Research Lab is committed to the 

development of carbon-carbon high-temperature composites for use on hypersonic 

weapons. The committee understands the Army is currently evaluating U.S.-

sourced isotropic and mesophase pitches in support of this development. Isotropic 

and mesophase pitch are key components for producing composite materials that 

are effective in shielding hypersonic weapons from the extreme heat generated 

during flight. Using domestically produced mesophase pitch for high-temperature 

composites can reduce the United States dependency on foreign sources for 

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hypersonic weapons. Accordingly, the committee encourages the Army to continue 

research and development of carbon-carbon high temperature composites for 

hypersonic weapons.

Hypersonics test infrastructure

The committee notes with concern the advancements in hypersonic 

capabilities made by peer and near-peer adversaries. To ensure the U.S. military 

can effectively deter and, if necessary, defeat these national security threats, the 

Department of Defense must make investments to enhance its ability to develop, 

test, and field advanced hypersonic capabilities. 

The committee believes U.S. academia can play a vital role in expanding 

testing infrastructure related to the development of hypersonic systems. 

Accordingly, section 237 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) required the Department of Defense to 

submit a strategy for hypersonic testing, including the role that academic 

institutions can play. Elsewhere in this Act, the committee includes a provision that 

would limit funds until this report is submitted. The committee encourages the 

Department to complete this report expeditiously.

Additionally, the committee urges the Department to continue to coordinate 

with academia to invest in infrastructure to bridge the gap between lab-scale 

experiments and open-range testing for hypersonic technologies. Such 

infrastructure could allow for large-scale prototype testing that provides 

controllable in-flight conditions prior to the advancement to more expensive fullscale system testing; enables investigation into the influence of weather effects on 

realistic hypersonic vehicle materials; and facilitates the development of new armor 

and other protective materials systems for extreme environments.

Hyperspectral sensors for autonomous operations and survivability

The committee understands the need for modular, adaptive unmanned 

ground and aerial vehicle payloads to detect adversary threats and mobility 

hazards. Currently deployed optical sensors often cannot provide the spectral data 

needed to easily identify, detect, and engage targets and other hazards. The 

committee notes the value of hyperspectral imaging sensors in effectively 

identifying these threats, particularly Ultra-Compact Hyperspectral Imaging 

Systems (UCHIS) which are more mobile and maneuverable. UCHIS provide the 

necessary discrimination required to detect, identify, and defeat existing and future 

adversaries more rapidly and can be fitted on existing and future Army platforms 

including combat vehicles, unmanned aircraft systems, and more. However, the 

committee is concerned with the pace of development of this critical technology. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 

2023, on the Army's plans and strategy to incorporate and develop UCHIS 

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capabilities for current and next generation Army platforms. The briefing should 

include:

(1) investments to date in the development of UCHIS sensing systems;

(2) overall development and integration timeline for UCHIS capabilities; 

and 

(3) total anticipated program cost.

Inter-Service Application of Fixed-Wing Intelligence, Surveillance, and 

Reconnaissance

The committee notes the successful evolution of the Army’s multi-domain 

sensing system and High-Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) 

program capabilities. The committee also notes the ever-increasing demand for 

advanced sensing, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) assets to be 

deployed and employable world-wide, and particularly in the Indo-Pacific and 

Europe. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services, no later than February 1, 

2024, on the potential expanded application of HADES to support Department of 

Defense command and control, mission planning, intelligence, theater battle 

control, joint operations and force application planning, and force protection 

requirements. The briefing shall, at minimum, address: 

(1) a consolidated list of theater commander ISR capabilities and 

requirements, 

(2) highlight shortfalls in service plans to meet theater commander 

requirements, and 

(3) interim options to close the requirements gap.

Material development for personal protection systems

The committee recognizes the benefit of collaboration with academic 

partners for increasing support for computational and simulation research to 

advance ballistic materials, technologies, and methodologies to enhance lethality 

and survivability of military personnel. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Commander, U.S. Army Futures Command, to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than April 1, 2024, that details ongoing 

work with academic partners to advance computational and simulation research for 

advanced ballistic materials and technologies, as well as efforts to advance design 

and development methodologies and models.

Medium-Range Reconnaissance Unmanned Aircraft System Modernization

The committee is aware of the Army’s efforts to modernize its Family of 

Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems through its Short, Medium, and Long-Range 

Reconnaissance programs. While the Army is moving forward with the Short- and 

Long-Range Reconnaissance programs, the committee observes that competitive 

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prototyping for the Medium-Range Reconnaissance (MRR) program appears to be 

moving more slowly, which could compromise the effectiveness of company-level 

maneuver as threats rapidly evolve. The committee also notes the significant 

advances in commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) technology that have 

occurred since the current company-level capability was first fielded in the early 

2000s and supports incorporation of those advances into the competitive 

prototyping for the MRR program. Further, the committee is aware of the critical 

role that small and medium-range vertical take-off and landing UAS have played in 

enhancing reconnaissance, targeting, survivability, and lethality, as the current 

conflict in Ukraine has highlighted. 

The committee encourages the Army to move forward with the MRR 

program expeditiously. The committee directs the Assistant Secretary of the Army 

for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than April 1, 2024, that includes the 

following information: 

(1) a summary of the most important advances in commercial UAS 

capabilities that have occurred since the current program of record was established; 

(2) a description of any potential capability gaps for company-level UAS 

missions, including those beyond electro-optical/infrared-based surveillance, in light 

of those advancements; 

(3) actions, with an associated timeline, to address such gaps through the 

MRR program; and 

(4) any other relevant material the Assistant Secretary deems appropriate.

Multi-domain operations Ready Ranger Initiative

The Army Research Laboratory's Pathfinder initiative creates valuable 

partnerships between Army divisions and universities to involve soldiers in cuttingedge research and development. The committee is aware of a proposed Pathfinder to 

utilize Translational Research Advanced Capability Acceleration methodology to 

guide university research focused on soldier needs in multi-domain operations 

(MDO).

MDO will be fundamental to the future of the Army, so research into 

capabilities and technologies to improve soldier readiness within MDO is crucial to 

the future wellness of the force. The committee is encouraged by the focus of the 

proposed Pathfinder and encourages the Army to proceed quickly.

Next generation hybrid and electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles for Army 

modernization

The committee understands the important role that Future Vertical Lift 

(FVL) will play in the Army's modernization efforts and future warfighting 

concepts, including hybrid and electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) 

capabilities. These systems will enable more modern, versatile, and lethal power 

projection in support of Army multi-domain operations (MDO). The committee 

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encourages the Army to continue to explore the development of novel VTOL 

concepts, including hybrid and electric propulsion technologies for unmanned 

aircraft systems that enable Army MDO. The committee also encourages the Army, 

in coordination with industry, to continue research and development efforts for 

hybrid and electric VTOL power systems to ensure these battery sources have the 

necessary power output, decreased heat signatures, and stability to withstand the 

environmental conditions associated with vertical flight. 

 Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to submit a report to 

the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 15, 2023, on the 

Army's current and future hybrid and electric VTOL research and development 

efforts. The report should include:

(1) how the Army is incorporating hybrid and electric VTOL solutions into 

FVL modernization efforts and the impact such systems will have on the Army's 

ability to conduct MDO;

(2) an overview of current and future research efforts focused on hybrid 

and electric VTOL energy sources, including ongoing efforts to improve the size, 

weight, power, and cost of future VTOL systems and power sources as well as Army 

efforts to date to survey what hybrid electric propulsion systems are currently 

available in the commercial sector using conventional fuel;

(3) any future fielding strategies for hybrid and electric VTOL platforms 

within the Army; and

(4) an overview of collaboration between the Army and the Air Force's 

Agility Prime program on the research, development, or fielding of next generation 

hybrid and electric VTOL solutions.

Novel concrete materials

The committee believes it is critical to maintain and modernize existing 

military infrastructure across the United States and around the world to ensure the 

U.S. military can carry out its objectives. The committee is concerned, however, that 

Department of Defense infrastructure is at risk of decline without proper 

maintenance, adequate funding, and modernized materials.

The committee understands that new, innovative materials exist that can 

improve the performance of concrete structural elements in new or existing 

buildings, roadways, airfields, and more. These materials, including nano sensor 

technologies, allow concrete to adapt to the environment and provide real-time 

monitoring of the health and structural integrity of infrastructure. These 

technologies and materials would be extremely beneficial to the Department of 

Defense and have the potential to reduce maintenance costs and provide necessary 

real time monitoring of critical military infrastructure. The committee encourages 

the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center to test and evaluate 

with these types of novel concrete materials. 

Passive radar for air defense and counter-unmanned aircraft systems

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The committee believes that the Department of Defense must adopt passive 

radar technology to complement active radar systems and modernize its enemy 

surveillance capability. Such a passive capability would allow for lower 

maintenance costs and the undetected tracking of enemy movements without 

signaling the location of friendly forces. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 1, 

2024, on passive radar capabilities relating to air defense and counter-unmanned 

aircraft systems. Specifically, the briefing should include the following:

(1) a review and articulation of existing passive radar solutions available 

today and an assessment of each identified solution’s technology readiness level;

(2) an assessment of passive radar technology and its viability for 

operational use, to include teaming with active systems, as well as the cost 

effectiveness of using it as a standalone capability; and

(3) any current or planned research, development, test, and evaluation 

initiatives to further develop passive radar capabilities.

Real-time biotech water analysis

The committee notes the risk that contaminated water poses to warfighters 

at the tactical edge. Developing techniques and procedures to test water quality and 

detect contamination on the battlefield is necessary to protect warfighters and 

ensure U.S. military readiness. The committee understands that current practices 

for water testing requires sampling and sending samples to laboratory facilities, 

which can often take days. Real-time testing capabilities at the point of need are 

required to adequately protect the health of U.S. service members. 

The committee understands there are ongoing industry investments in such 

testing capabilities, including Raman spectroscopy-based platform technology. This 

type of technology can enable the development of portable rapid water sampling 

systems that can assess water quality at the tactical edge. The committee 

encourages the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command to leverage 

these industry investments and test and evaluate with Raman spectroscopy-based 

platform technology and integrate these technologies into current and future Army 

platforms. 

Single-vehicle counter-small unmanned aircraft systems

The committee notes the proliferation of inexpensive small unmanned 

aircraft systems (sUAS) is expanding rapidly, and the technology payloads 

employed on these sUAS continue to become more dangerous to ground maneuver 

forces. Drone attacks in the Middle East, and most recently in Ukraine, have been 

effective against vehicles and critical infrastructure. The employment of kinetic 

attack drones has been effective against combat vehicles, artillery, and critical 

infrastructure. Recent conflicts have exposed a protection vulnerability in all 

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maneuver formations. The Army brigade combat teams share a common gap in 

protection against Group I-III UAS, which must be addressed as quickly as possible.

Combat vehicles within Army units require a counter-small unmanned 

aircraft systems (C-sUAS) capability to detect, identify, track, and defeat enemy 

UAS of various sizes at long range. Any mobile C-sUAS solution must have the 

mobility, firepower, and protection to operate at the small-unit tactical level and 

must employ kinetic and non-kinetic defeat capabilities.

Therefore, the committee encourages the Army to accelerate the fielding of 

a mobile single-vehicle C-sUAS solution to protect soldiers and equipment. The 

committee is aware of mature technologies tested and ready to address these 

threats. To expedite fielding, the Army should make maximum use of existing Army 

programs and pursue commonality with other mobile ground-to-air systems to 

reduce the sustainment and training burden on units and soldiers. The committee 

believes sUAS threats will continue to evolve rapidly and that any mobile C-sUAS 

solution should include modularity to keep up with this ever-changing threat. The 

committee encourages the Army to field a single-vehicle mobile C-sUAS capability 

with similar urgency pursued against the improvised explosive device threat during 

operations in the Middle East.

Soldier Load Reduction Efforts

The committee recognizes that reducing soldier load is a priority for the 

Army and that reducing soldier load will help increase performance of soldiers on 

the battlefield and reduce musculoskeletal injuries. Despite the ongoing interest by 

the Army, the committee remains concerned about the impact of soldier load. The 

committee notes and encourages the Army’s ongoing experimentation with the 

Maneuverable Lightweight Electric Weight Reducer to increase the operational 

effectiveness of our soldiers and reduce the long-term injuries caused from 

overloading. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to submit a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, that 

summarizes the findings of the experimentation and the roles that the 

Maneuverable Lightweight Electric Weight Reducer may play in increasing overall 

mission effectiveness, lethality, and increased survivability of soldiers.

Soldier Tactical Awareness and Signature Management

The committee is aware of Army efforts to develop enhanced situational 

awareness capabilities for the individual soldier and understands that signature 

management will be increasingly important in high threat environments. The 

committee sees promise in distributed mission command systems such as Nett 

Warrior and Integrated Tactical Network that can improve soldier situational 

awareness with hardware-agnostic three-dimensional mapping while managing 

tactical signatures. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to 

provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, 

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on the status of integrating commercial, hard-ware agnostic three-dimensional 

mapping software capabilities into the Nett Warrior and Integrated Tactical 

Network system. This briefing should address how the Army intends to update 

software regularly to prevent obsolescence and upgrade or provision new software 

when units are deployed. Additionally, this briefing should describe capabilities to 

provide individual soldiers with a real-time common operating picture enabled by 

three-dimensional mapping and analytics in environments where cloud server 

access is either not possible or unreliable.

U.S. Army modeling and simulation infrastructure

The committee notes the Army’s modeling and simulation infrastructure is 

antiquated and unable to evaluate modernization programs. The committee 

understands that many, if not most, acquisition programs rely upon modeling and 

simulation during key development milestones, however the committee is concerned 

the U.S. Army may not have the capability to capture, curate, and reuse modeling 

and simulation data generated information during the acquisition process. The 

committee directs the Secretary of the Army, not later than December 31, 2023, to 

provide a report to the congressional defense committees on the resources needed to 

modernize the U.S. Army’s modeling and simulation infrastructure.

Ultra-Long Endurance High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites (HAPS)

The committee is aware of Department of Defense efforts to operationalize 

the stratosphere with its recent investments in testing and demonstration of ultralong endurance fixed-wing High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites (HAPS) that 

demonstrated stratospheric operations of over 60 days and 30,000 miles endurance. 

The committee believes the stratosphere is an important domain and that 

ultralong endurance fixed-wing HAPS may offer a low-risk, cost-effective solution to 

operationalize the stratosphere. Moreover, the committee notes that fixed-wing 

HAPS are highly maneuverable and are less susceptible to winds aloft dictating 

their flight path which may provide additional capability at high altitudes. 

The committee notes that HAPS may benefit combatant commands by 

providing an extension of resilient networks and enhancing the ability to sense and 

deliver critical information in crisis or conflict. 

The committee believes that HAPS are relevant and useful for 

operationalizing the stratospheric domain for national security and encourages 

Department of Defense efforts to use highly maneuverable, ultra-long endurance 

HAPS capable of hosting a wide variety of sensors and communications payloads. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on the ability 

to increase fixed-wing HAPS secure payload data-backhaul capacity and 

interoperability with Department of Defense networks. The briefing should include, 

at minimum, a schedule and costs for fielding HAPS in the 2025 timeframe.

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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, NAVY

Items of Special Interest

Additive Manufacturing in DDG(X) Design

The committee continues to support the development of additive 

manufacturing capabilities involving metals as well as plastics and composites, and 

notes that the Navy has begun initial fielding of additive manufacturing capability 

on select surface and subsurface ships. The committee believes that additive 

manufacturing has the potential to provide the Navy’s surface and subsurface ships 

with significantly enhanced ability to sustain operations while deployed, 

particularly in geographically dispersed areas such as the Indo-Pacific region.

The committee also notes that the Navy’s DDG(X) next-generation large 

surface combatant is designed to have increased power-generation for the fielding of 

more advanced sensors and directed energy systems and that it will possess 

sufficient growth margin to incorporate emerging technologies and capabilities. 

Congress has taken steps to maximize planning and minimize risk in DDG(X) 

design.

The committee believes that incorporating additive manufacturing 

capability into the DDG(X) design may help ensure that the Navy can make 

maximum use of this technology for its future large surface combatants and 

minimize risk in the DDG(X) design process. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Secretary of the Navy to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed 

Services by December 31, 2023 regarding the incorporation of additive 

manufacturing capability into the DDG(X) design. At a minimum, the report shall 

address the following issues:

(1) whether the Navy plans to incorporate additive manufacturing 

capability in the DDG(X) design;

(2) whether the Navy plans to utilize metal additive manufacturing 

capability, or plastics/composites additive manufacturing capability, or both in the 

DDG(X) design; and

(3) a description of what steps, if any, the Navy has taken to incorporate

additive manufacturing capability into DDG(X) design planning.

Automated acoustic signal classification

The committee is aware that given advances in acoustic sensor 

technologies, acoustic intelligence (ACINT) specialists are now tasked with 

interpreting an increased quantity of information at substantially increased rates. 

Given this increased demand on ACINT specialists, the committee believes 

additional research and development is needed to create methods to mitigate and 

prevent information overload for sonar operators. The committee believes the Navy 

can better leverage artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) to more rapidly 

parse out benign sonar contacts from tactically relevant contacts. This integration 

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of AI/ML and digital signal processing can help sonar operators better identify key 

signals of interest at faster rates, thus increasing efficiency and improving ship 

safety. The committee encourages the Office of Naval Research, in coordination with 

commercial partners, to continue research and development efforts to develop signal 

processing tools for ACINT specialists to facilitate more efficient acoustic signal 

classification. 

Briefing on dual modality autonomous vehicles

The committee is aware of advancements in autonomous unmanned vehicle 

technology that enable unmanned vehicles to operate as both surface and 

subsurface vehicles. To better understand how these dual-modality autonomous 

vehicles could fill capability gaps for the Department of the Navy, the committee 

directs the Chief of Naval Operations to provide a briefing to the House Committee 

on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, on testing and evaluation of 

dual-modality unmanned vehicles.

Briefing on expanding Unmanned Underwater Vehicles investment and integration 

of commercial Large Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicles into test and 

evaluation

The committee notes the significant advancements in automation, undersea 

battery, and additive manufacturing technologies that have increased the capability 

of commercially available Large Displacement Unmanned Underwater Vehicles 

(LDUUVs) related to range, endurance, and payload capacity. Integration of 

commercially available LDUUVs into maritime operations of the Department of the 

Navy can potentially benefit maritime domain awareness efforts as well as augment 

the capability and operations of the manned fleet. The committee directs the Chief 

of Naval Operations to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services not later than December 1, 2023, on the Department of the Navy's efforts 

to test and evaluate commercially available LDUUVs. The briefing shall also 

include information on the types of LDUUVs evaluated and concepts of operation 

for utilization by the Department of the Navy.

Briefing on integration of autonomy into naval operations

The integration of autonomy as a bridge aid has the potential benefit of 

improving surface ship navigational safety, while also freeing up manpower for 

other warfighting priorities. Integration of autonomy onto fleet small craft could 

also provide additional benefits to the fleet through various other mission sets. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Chief of Naval Operations to provide a briefing 

to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, on the 

integration of autonomous technology across the manned fleet. The briefing shall 

include potential areas for integration of autonomy on vessels of different sizes and 

examine potential benefits to navigational safety and mission capability. 

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Briefing on lessons learned from the demonstration of Unmanned Surface Vessels 

supporting Fifth Fleet

Advances in unmanned surface vessel technologies have allowed for new 

concepts of operation particularly in lower-end maritime security missions. The 

committee recognizes Task Force 59's successful demonstration of autonomous 

vessels during the Digital Horizon exercise in support of the Fifth Fleet in the U.S. 

Central Command area of operations for various maritime security applications. 

The committee similarly recognizes the successes of the Overlord program in 

demonstrating and prototyping additional unmanned capabilities. The committee 

remains interested in the Navy’s plans to incorporate lessons learned from these 

integration and experimentation efforts into the fleet. Specifically, the committee is 

interested in understanding the Navy’s plan to further develop integration of 

autonomous surface vessels based on the findings from the demonstrations and 

experiments conducted in support of U.S. Central Command. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Chief of Naval Operations to submit a 

report to the congressional defense committees not later than March 31, 2024, on 

the increased utilization of Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels (MUSVs) and Small 

Unmanned Surface Vessels (SUSVs) to address gaps in lower-end maritime security 

missions. The report shall include:

(1) information on future vessel capabilities or requirements;

(2) planned acquisition strategies for additional MUSs and SUSs;

(3) strategies for integrating data management and visualization tools at 

scale; and

 (4) future demonstration efforts.

Composite patch repair of armored military vehicles

The committee notes that the Marine Corps, in coordination with the Naval 

Research Laboratory, academia, and industry, has developed technology to repair 

cracked armor on military vehicles by patching the crack at relatively low 

temperatures using high-performance composites as compared to welding. This 

technology has the opportunity to decrease the need for frequent repairs on military 

vehicles, thus decreasing sustainment costs and improving readiness levels. The 

committee encourages the Navy and Marine Corps to continue in-field 

implementation and testing of composite patch repairs of armored military vehicles 

and other weapon systems.

Composite shafts

The committee is aware that the use of composite materials in the 

construction of submarine shafts can offer performance and maintenance benefits 

relative to traditional steel shafts. The committee understands that in early 2023, a 

logistics support vessel 1⁄4-scale composite shaft was manufactured and delivered to 

the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division Acoustic Research 

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Detachment, Lake Pend Oreille, for testing and evaluation. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later that December 15, 2023, that includes the 

results of composite shaft testing, planned efforts, and any benefits of composite 

shafting related to the current and evolving requirements of the Next-Generation 

Attack Submarine program, or SSN(X).

DDG(X) Design Tool

The committee supports the Navy’s efforts to embrace digital engineering 

as a means to maximize agility, interoperability, reusability and scalability in Navy 

shipbuilding programs. The committee is aware of the need to incorporate the use of 

digital technologies throughout the design and development phases of the DDG(X) 

destroyer program to improve the cost, quality, consistency, and timely delivery of 

this warfighter capability. The committee notes that the choice of a design tool is an 

important milestone decision in ship construction and that the choice of common 

design tool for the DDG(X) destroyer program remains under consideration.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than December 31, 

2023, on the metrics to be used in assessing the design tool for the DDG(X) 

destroyer program.

DDG(X) Destroyer Plant Test

The committee expects the Navy to execute a robust land-based test 

program for the DDG(X) destroyer engineering plant during the detailed design 

period and prior to the construction start date. However, it has come to the 

committee’s attention that the Navy released a propulsion motor RFP to industry in 

May that specifies and requires only one motor technology prototype to be built and 

tested at the land-based test site. The committee believes this will result in the 

premature class selection of one motor technology and one motor company, 

effectively creating a sole source supplier situation nearly ten years prior to the lead 

ship construction start date. Moreover, this plan does not provide the Navy with a 

motor technology back up should the currently specified permanent magnet motor 

technology fail, as it did on the Zumwalt destroyer program.

The Navy has already invested well over $300 million in both the 

permanent magnet and high temperature superconductor motor technologies. To 

establish real program risk mitigation, the committee believes the Navy should 

build and test both motors in full scale at the land-based test site. This provides 

both program risk mitigation should one motor fail and in the best-case scenario a 

competition between two fully tested motors prior to a serial build decision 

providing the government the best total cost value over the expected 50+ year 

DDG(X) program life.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a 

report to the House Armed Services Committee not later than January 1, 2024, 

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detailing a plan to incorporate both the permanent magnet and high temperature 

superconductor motors into the DDG(X) test program to manage risk and provide 

competition prior to a serial build decision. 

E/A-18G Growler Noise Reduction Research

The Fiscal Year 2022 and 2023 National Defense Authorization Acts 

authorized $2 million for the E/A-18G Growler Noise Reduction program. The 

committee is concerned with the progress and status of the Department of the 

Navy’s Noise Reduction program for the E/A18G.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than September 30, 

2023, on resultant findings and recommendations for jet noise reduction.

The report shall include:

1) Technical findings to include: A) the sound level of the E/A-18G without 

noise reduction modifications; B) the sound level of the E/A-18G with noise 

reduction modifications; and C) the impact noise reduction modifications have on 

conducting training events including Field Carrier Landing Practice.

2) Recommendations to include: A) whether to continue the current Noise 

Reduction Research program, with justification; and, B) whether to continue 

investments in projects to reduce E/A-18G noise levels during training events, with 

justification.

Maritime Domain Awareness

The committee recognizes that the growing presence of Chinese dual-use 

vessels in disputed waters threatens U.S. national security and economic interests. 

The committee is increasingly concerned about the ability of the United States to 

counter this threat due to the vastness of the maritime environment. Maritime 

Domain Awareness (MDA), driven by artificial intelligence (AI), would enhance the 

Navy’s ability to monitor the maritime environment, increase strategic planning 

activities, and expose emerging threats through lead generation. In addition, 

unclassified commercial capabilities would improve the Navy’s ability to share 

relevant information with allies and partners in real time. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 1, 

2024, on the Navy’s utilization of AI-powered MDA systems and any capability 

gaps. The briefing should include the following:

(1) a review and assessment of current unclassified AI MDA tools for 

enhanced lead generation, decision-making, and identification of capacity gaps;

(2) an analysis of the potential for existing commercial MDA tools with 

artificial intelligence capabilities to enhance current unclassified and classified 

systems; and

(3) an assessment of the potential integration of commercial technology into 

existing MDA tools to fill capability gaps including, but not limited to: evolving 

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short- and long-term behavioral analysis, predictive insights using AI-driven 

recommendations to increase asset utilization and deployment, tipping and cueing 

of remote sensors, and enhancing information-sharing with international partners.

Naval Research Laboratory facilities

The budget request contained $124.3 million in PE 0605853N for 

Management, Technical, and International Support. The committee is concerned 

about the state of facilities at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). This 

laboratory is home to critical research and engineering programs that are necessary 

to foster innovation within the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps through close 

collaboration with industry, academia, and the larger Department of Defense 

science and technology enterprise. The work being conducted at NRL is crucial to 

secure the U.S. technological edge now and in the future. 

Despite this vital mission, the committee notes that the facilities at NRL 

have not been properly recapitalized to ensure the laboratory can effectively carry 

out its mission. As of 2023, the average age of NRL's buildings is 68 years, with an 

actual recapitalization rate of 152 years. The committee understands that in the 

last 20 years, NRL has only received funding for three military construction 

(MILCON) projects. 

The lack of state-of-the-art facilities at NRL makes it challenging for 

researchers to carry out the necessary science and technology efforts to achieve 

Navy priorities. Additionally, the committee is aware that poor facilities make it 

extremely difficult to recruit and retain the necessary science and technology talent 

within the Navy. The committee notes that nearly 50 percent of departing NRL 

employees cited dissatisfaction with the laboratory's facilities.

Accordingly, the committee urges the Navy to prioritize future MILCON 

projects at NRL. In addition, the committee recommends $131.8 million, an increase 

of $7.5 million, in PE 0605853N for NRL restoration and modernization initiatives 

to help mitigate the deterioration of current facilities at NRL. 

Navy Counter-Unmanned Systems Capability Gap

The committee is concerned about the ability of U.S. Navy to mitigate the 

Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) and Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) threats. 

Additionally, the committee is concerned by the lack of structure and cohesion 

amongst stakeholders in the Navy to address this already pervasive problem.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a report to the 

congressional defense committees no later than December 1, 2023, on the actions 

being taken by the Department of the Navy to develop an enterprise approach to 

counter-UAS. The report shall include, at a minimum, the following:

(1) an evaluation of Department of the Navy’s current counter-UAS and 

counter-USV systems’ effectiveness and how the systems can work together to 

satisfy the requirements of each Navy directorate;

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(2) plans to develop tactics, techniques, and procedures to properly locate, 

track, identify, mitigate and exploit UAS and USV threats;

(3) Department of the Navy’s defense-in-depth plans for UAS and USV 

threats for ships and submarines in port, in transit and at sea;

(4) an analysis of how Navy and Marine Corps can collaborate for costeffective systems which could work together to create a mesh network for afloat and 

dismounted units; and

(5) any other relevant matters the Secretary of the Navy deems 

appropriate.

Resilient autonomous systems research and workforce diversity

The committee supports the Navy’s investment in autonomous systems. 

These systems enable key warfighting advantages such as decision superiority and 

more affordable, distributed capabilities. However, the complex interdependencies 

aboard these autonomous vessels and the large number of deployed assets also 

introduces cyber vulnerabilities to the Navy's autonomous systems fleet. 

These emerging threats warrant additional investment in new technologies 

and also require a diverse workforce equipped with the technical skills needed to 

defend autonomous systems against cyberattacks. The committee encourages the 

Navy to partner with academia, including historically Black colleges and 

universities and minority-serving institutions, to develop techniques and automated 

cybersecurity methods to improve trust and resilience of autonomous systems 

against cyberattacks. These academic partnerships will also cultivate needed 

technical talent and develop a skilled and diverse science, technology, engineering, 

and math workforce.

Shipboard electronic warfare self-protection

The committee recognizes the development and deployment of electronic 

countermeasures for larger surface combatants to defend against anti-ship missile 

attacks. However, the smaller multi-mission combatants remain vulnerable and 

unable to carry Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block III 

electronic attack packages due to limitations in size, weight, power, and cooling. As 

air- and surface-launched anti-ship missile threats increase, smaller vessels must 

be equipped with more minor, lightweight, and affordable electronic attack 

solutions to complement the Navy’s layered Anti-Ship Guided Missiles selfprotection concept.

The committee understands the Navy seeks to address this gap with the 

new Scale Onboard Electronic Attack program. However, the committee also 

maintains that developing a high-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) 

subsystem is essential to address current and future threats in conjunction with the 

recent development of low- and medium-band capabilities.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 15, 

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2023, regarding the development of AESA technology for small surface combatants 

and the unique requirements of the force to bring this technology to the small 

surface combatant fleet.

Support for Future Naval Capabilities research and development programs

The committee is supportive of the Office of Naval Research's focus on 

developing cutting-edge technology in coordination with Navy acquisition program 

offices through Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) programs. These collaborative 

efforts between the science and technology and acquisition communities show 

promise to more efficiently and effectively transition innovative technologies from 

science and technology to acquisition and fielding at speed and at scale.

 For example, the committee notes the importance of development efforts into key 

enabling technologies, such as data interconnects, which are key contributors to the 

success of broader FNC programs. Rapid and efficient data processing and synthesis 

from multiple sensors, aided by robust and capable interconnects, is essential for 

distributed command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence, 

surveillance, and reconnaissance. This is particularly the case at extended ranges 

for unmanned platforms such as Medium/Large Unmanned Surface Vessels, and 

represents a vital capability to ensure the military maintains its decision-making 

advantage at the tactical edge in times of conflict. The committee encourages the 

Navy to continue adequately programming and budgeting for FNCs.

Talent and technology for Navy power and energy systems

 The committee supports the Navy’s investment in power and energy systems 

research for the future fleet. However, the committee believes gaps remain, 

including in the management of energy systems for the distributed fleet of the 

future. Specifically, new innovations are needed for the monitoring and control of 

energy systems, next-generation battery systems, and recycling and repurposing 

technology in order to extend the persistence of distributed Naval operations and 

protect the supply chain for energy-related elements. The committee encourages the 

Navy to continue efforts to develop energy management systems for the future fleet 

while also cultivating the necessary workforce and talent pipeline for emerging 

energy and power technologies.

Task Force Ocean

The committee notes the important role that Task Force Ocean (TFO) plays 

in improving the Navy's competitive advantage in the undersea domain through 

collaboration with academia and industry. TFO helps advance the Navy's scientific 

understanding of complex undersea environments through research efforts in 

acoustics, signal processing, oceanography, unmanned systems, and more. The 

committee encourages the Navy to continue efforts associated with TFO and engage 

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closely with academia and private sector organizations to continue research at sea 

to assess seagoing technical capabilities.

Unmanned aerial systems degraded environment facility

Small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) are rapidly becoming a common 

tool for missions involving intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) in 

both military and civilian domains. However, the application of these systems is 

limited in environmental conditions such as wind, rain, dust, and fog, and under 

other constraints, including GPS-denied environments. Expansion of test 

infrastructure for autonomous platforms like sUAS is necessary to allow for a much 

larger variety of unmanned systems and autonomy technologies to be tested in 

additional degraded environments. In addition, such testing facilities will create a 

long-term pipeline of opportunities and training for students and engineers for 

careers in drones and autonomous vehicles, thus expanding the Department of 

Defense's talent pipeline for these critical technologies. 

The committee understands that the Naval Surface Warfare Center has 

begun to invest in an unmanned systems degraded environment facility to enable 

testing of autonomous systems in a controlled environment. The committee 

commends the Navy for establishing a testing infrastructure for this critical mission 

and encourages the Navy to budget for this facility in future years. 

Vessel Stopping Prototypes and Vessel Incapacitation Power Effect Radiation

The committee is encouraged by the work of the Department of Defense to 

develop and test capabilities employing high power microwaves (HPM) to nonlethally stop vessels that may pose a threat to U.S. forces and assets. The use of 

HPM presents advantages over current vessel stopping capabilities, including 

employment of entanglement nets, engine disabling munitions, and physical 

boarding of the vessel. The committee understands that the Vessel Incapacitating 

Power Effect Radiation Program, sponsored by the Joint Intermediate Force 

Capabilities Office is currently conducting an operational utility assessment with 

the U.S. Coast Guard. The results of the research may also be applicable to the 

missions of each branch of the military. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, 

that includes the following:

(1) an update on the timeline for the program;

(2) the extent to which the results of research on Coast Guard cutters is and 

will be shared with the military services;

(3) the potential for use of this technology aboard Navy vessels and on land 

in order to secure Navy ports and other military installations near water;

(4) any plans to expand the testing of this technology beyond Coast Guard 

cutters;

(5) any potential limitations on the technology; and

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(6) any other matters the Secretary deems relevant.

Water purification on ships

United States Navy ships continue to disinfect potable water using bromine 

cartridges as the primary source of disinfectant. The committee is aware that this 

could expose sailors to a personnel hazard, in addition to incurring costs associated 

with hazardous material handling. Congress has previously encouraged the Navy to 

explore use of systems that eliminate bromine usage, and previously funded proof of 

scalability in DDG-51 class ships in fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2020. The 

committee continues to support new solutions to water purification that are 

inexpensive, readily available, require no special handling, and are easy to store.

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE

Items of Special Interest

Advanced Manufacturing for Hypersonic Systems

The committee believes that hypersonic systems will provide an essential 

set of capabilities for the Department of Defense, and that advancements in 

structure and materials, including manufacturing processes, will be essential to the 

continued advancement of this class of systems. Therefore, the committee directs 

the Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than April 1, 2024, that details the Air 

Force’s efforts to develop the next generation of advanced thermal protection 

systems (TPS), including multifunctional and integrated approaches, in order to 

enable the next generation of hypersonic systems. The briefing shall include 

information related to the development of advanced manufacturing techniques 

essential to next-generation TPS.

Air Force Agility Prime

The budget request contained $83.3 million in PE 0604009F for the 

AFWERX Prime program. 

The committee commends the Air Force Agility Prime program for its work 

to accelerate the investment and deployment of low-cost, safe, and reliable electric 

vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) technologies for light mobility missions. 

Agility Prime has been successfully leveraging eVTOL capabilities that support 

mobility and sustainment in contested environments to enable agile, lower-cost, 

distributed logistics; humanitarian operations; disaster response operations; 

distinguished visitor transport; and communications capabilities. The committee 

understands the importance of future Agility Prime initiatives, which will leverage 

commercial technology and investment to advance the fielding of dual-use eVTOL 

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capabilities, which will in turn bolster U.S. national security and economic 

leadership. 

However, the committee is concerned that the Air Force does not have a 

sufficient plan for the transition, acquisition, and fielding of these eVTOL systems 

into the force in the near term.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, on 

the Air Force's future acquisition strategy for eVTOL systems. The report should 

include the following elements:

(1) the status of current and future eVTOL research and development 

programs;

(2) plans and potential locations for testing eVTOLs with dual-use 

applications;

(3) a summary of acquisition efforts to include planned and programmed 

funding to transition these capabilities from Agility Prime to fielded capabilities 

across the military services;

(4) planned operational use cases for these aircraft across the military 

services;

(5) issues and problems experienced or anticipated in the effort to acquire 

eVTOL aircraft at scale for operational use in the Air Force and other military 

services; and

(6) any recommendations for needed changes to existing authorities or new 

authorities required to streamline the fielding and acquisition of eVTOL aircraft in 

the Department of Defense.

The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE 0604009F for 

the Agility Prime program. 

Air Force Research Lab Future Flag testbed

The budget request contained $182.1 million in PE 0602788F for Dominant 

Information Sciences and Methods. 

 The committee recognizes the unique role that the Air Force Research 

Laboratory Information Directorate's annual Future Flag exercise plays in 

connecting practitioners to the broader Department of Defense research, 

development, test, and evaluation infrastructure. The committee encourages the 

Department of the Air Force and the Department of the Army to continue pursuing 

unique testing and evaluation exercises, including Future Flag and others, in order 

to enable rapid design, solution development, and exploitation of lessons learned in 

a field operational environment.

The committee recommends an increase of $5.0 million in PE 0602788F for 

Air Force Research Laboratory's High Performance Systems Branch Future Flag 

operational experimentation. 

Air Force Research Laboratory's "one laboratory serving two services" policy

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The committee notes the close collaboration between the U.S. Air Force 

(USAF) and U.S. Space Force (USSF) at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) 

and the value of AFRL's "one laboratory serving two services" policy. The committee 

expects continued close collaboration between the two services moving forward.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later December 1, 2023, on 

the following:

(1) a review of the effectiveness of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s "one 

laboratory serving two services" policy;

(2) identification of the scientific areas of common relevance to both USAF 

and USSF;

(3) a review of the synergies and effectiveness of maintaining the "one 

laboratory serving two services" policy for space-related scientific areas to advance 

operations outside the Earth’s atmosphere, including: artificial intelligence, 

autonomy, biotechnology, cyber, quantum, microelectronics, materials, sensors, 

human systems, propulsion, directed energy, and hypersonics; 

(4) recommendations for any organizational and administrative changes 

needed to strengthen mission-effectiveness and cost-effectiveness and meet the 

needs of both USAF and USSF through maintaining the "one laboratory serving two 

services" policy; and

(5) recommendations for any changes to existing authorities or need for new 

authorities to optimize defense-focused space-related science and technology 

missions.

Air Force Test Center

The Air Force Test Center is an eclectic entity given the mixture of complex 

requirements that must be satisfied to meet the developmental test needs of current 

and future efforts. Given the Air Force Test Center’s designation as a Major Range 

and Test Facility Base that focuses on developmental testing, the Center’s activities 

are funded primarily with research, development, test, and evaluation funding. 

While this funding generally provides the necessary flexibility to meet these 

demands, the committee is interested in enhancing flexibility, where appropriate, to 

maximize the return on investment. 

Air-based air defense

The Air Force’s Agile Combat Employment (ACE) strategy is a major step 

forward that will ensure the Air Force is at the ready to deter and stop threats. The 

committee notes that this plan is a major innovation. However, with the 

proliferation of threats and the Air Force’s plan to deploy in remote locations 

independent from other major service elements, the committee is concerned these 

critical assets will lack sufficient air defense. The committee appreciates that ACE 

places expanded pressures on the Army’s air defense capabilities. 

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Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a 

report to the congressional defense committees not later than February 1, 2024, on 

the Secretary's plan to provide expeditionary, mobile air defense to remote and 

forward-deployed air fields, including estimated costs and schedule to procure such 

air defense systems. To the extent the Air Force is concerned about lacking 

authorities to develop or procure air defense systems, the report should provide a 

summary of authorities that may need updated or changed.

Airborne augmented reality for increased pilot training production

The budget request contained $7.6 million in PE 0207701F for full combat 

mission training but no funding for airborne augmented reality (AAR) for pilot 

training. The committee is aware of Air Force initial pilot training shortfalls and 

remains deeply concerned that insufficient strategies and courses of action are 

currently being implemented year over year to address the ongoing problem. The 

committee notes that Air Education and Training Command (AETC) has tried 

several initiatives to increase production with unsuccessful results. Although AETC 

has adopted virtual, augmented, and mixed-reality technologies for ground training 

activities, AETC's flight training program still relies largely on legacy technologies 

and antiquated methodologies. 

The committee previously supported AAR technology currently being 

evaluated by the Air Force under the Small Business Innovative Research program. 

Based on existing and mature available technology, the committee is strongly 

convinced AAR can increase pilot training production capacity, reduce pilot 

production time, and use fiscal resources more efficiently without negatively 

impacting student flying hours. 

Therefore, the committee recommends $17.6 million in PE 0207701F, an 

increase of $10.0 million, for AAR for pilot training activities. Finally, the 

committee expects the Secretary of the Air Force to implement a more aggressive 

approach and actions plan for leveraging AAR technologies for both initial pilot 

training and pilot continuation training in the combat air forces.

Automated geospatial intelligence detection algorithms

The committee is supportive of the U.S. Air Force's ongoing efforts to 

develop and test automated geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) detection algorithms. 

Automated processing of GEOINT data can substantially improve the speed of 

decision making and provide a more holistic threat picture at the speed of 

operational and tactical relevance. This type of data processing can be used for 

various Department of Defense mission sets, including collecting post-strike 

battlefield damage assessments. The committee encourages the Air Force to expand

on these research efforts and include development and operational testing of 

automated GEOINT detection algorithms in future budgets. 

Briefing on Air Force Studies Board

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 The committee notes the Air Force Studies Board’s (AFSB) important role in 

bringing together leading experts to discuss topics related to the development of 

science and technology (S&T) within the U.S. Air Force and the integration of 

cutting edge S&T for future airpower applications. The committee is aware the 

AFSB is responsible for connecting the Department of the Air Force and the 

National Academies on issues relating to science, technology, engineering, and 

acquisition in support of both Air Force and Space Force mission sets. As nextgeneration technology continues to play an important role in national security and 

future warfighting concepts, the committee believes the Department of the Air 

Force can better leverage and utilize the expertise and resources provided by the 

AFSB.

 Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 1, 

2024, on the Department of the Air Force’s efforts to maximize utilization of the Air 

Force Studies Board. The briefing shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) An overview of the scope of capabilities offered by the Air Force Studies 

Board;

(2) Current rate of utilization of the Air Force Studies Board by the 

Department of the Air Force and its components;

(3) A strategy to better integrate the Air Force Studies Board into the 

broader Air Force S&T ecosystem; and

(4) Costs, benefits, and potential savings associated with leveraging the 

AFSB for studies as compared to alternative extramural research methods.

Collaborative Combat Aircraft propulsion systems

The committee remains concerned about reports that China is expanding 

its exclusive economic zone and recognizes that successful combat air operations in 

an Indo-Pacific contingency will be increasingly dependent on unmanned 

Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) to supplement finite numbers of fifth and 

sixth generation fighter aircraft. The committee encourages continued clarification 

of manned-unmanned aircraft teaming concepts and investment in cost-effective, 

limited-life technologies to facilitate this emerging warfighting concept. 

Additionally, the committee supports the use of these technologies as a sustainable 

long-term training solution for adversary air applications, which will become 

increasingly critical as the Department of Defense seeks to resolve its current pilot 

shortage and pilot training deficiencies. 

 While Air Force leadership has actively championed this capability, the 

committee is aware that development poses a uniquely challenging business case 

for industry, exemplified by the lack of aftermarket services. Without sufficient 

Department of Defense investment, industry could face delays that could put the 

2030 early operational capability goals at risk. As such, the committee is concerned 

about the lack of a clear plan for funding and operationalizing key technologies. In 

particular, a clear plan for cost-effective, large attritable engine technologies is 

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necessary to inform operational concepts, aircraft requirements, and procurement 

quantities. 

 Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a 

report to the congressional defense committees not later than October 15, 2023, on 

the schedule and plans for funding, development, testing, and establishment of 

high-volume manufacturing of large attritable engine technologies for CCA. 

Additionally, the committee appreciates the use of a unique program element 

number for CCA technology development and encourages the Secretary of the Air 

Force to include designated project numbers within CCA program elements in 

future budget submissions specifically for attritable propulsion developmental 

activities.

Counter directed energy weapon executive agent

 The committee is concerned about the threat that adversarial directed 

energy weapons pose to U.S. weapon systems and service members. These weapons 

can inhibit and damage critical U.S. military systems and sensors, rendering them 

inoperable while also causing personal harm or injury to U.S. military personnel. 

The committee believes concerted investment and focus is needed in forward-fitting 

military systems with the necessary protections to counter adversarial directed 

energy weapon capabilities. Ensuring counter directed energy weapon (CDEW) 

protections are included at the onset of capability research, development, and 

production is vital to ensure the survivability and resiliency of U.S. weapon 

systems, protect our service members, and mitigate the costs associated with 

retrofitting existing military equipment. CDEW protections should not be an 

afterthought in weapon system development. 

The committee understands the Air Force Research Laboratory has 

invested in needed research and development for CDEW protections to address 

specific capability gaps. The committee is concerned, however, that given the crosscutting, and often classified, nature of CDEW challenges, adequate focus and 

prioritization of this issue has not extended across the Department of Defense and 

military services.

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military 

services, to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later 

than February 1, 2024, on the Department of Defense's strategy for CDEW research 

and development and plans to integrate needed CDEW protections on future and 

current weapon systems. The report shall include, but not be limited to: 

(1) an overview of how CDEW capabilities are developed, coordinated, and 

integrated into weapon system development across the military services and 

Department of Defense; and

(2) any organizational changes needed to ensure adequate prioritization 

and funding of CDEW technology development, including an assessment of the need 

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for a dedicated CDEW Executive Agent at the Office of the Secretary of Defense to 

ensure unified advocacy for CDEW. 

Development of the Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile

The committee continues to support the expansion of the cruise missile 

production industrial base. The committee is encouraged by the Air Force’s use of 

the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program to contract with a small 

business to design an innovative Rapidly Adaptable Affordable Cruise Missile 

(RAACM). The RAACM will be a Weapon Open System Architecture design, 

Government Reference Architecture compliant family of weapon systems developed 

in parallel with a digital model. This use of digital engineering technologies and 

fasttrack to production concepts like determinant manufacturing allows for the 

rapid development and production of cost-effective, air-launched cruise missiles. 

This speed to field a family of affordable weapons capacity is required to deter peer 

and near-peer threats now, by providing aircrews a capable weapon in the 

quantities needed to overwhelm an enemy’s defenses.

The committee notes that RAACM does not have an identified future 

funding path in fiscal year 2024, or in the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP). 

Without a defined plan, it is challenging to quickly execute this vision of providing 

affordable capacity in time to deter peer threats. For small businesses investing in 

the people, parts, and test equipment needed to develop, test, fly and ultimately 

produce at rate a weapon like RAACM, instability in future funding is a risk that 

makes development inefficient, slow, and more expensive.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 

2023, that explains in detail the Air Force’s RAACM development and acquisition 

strategy to include:

(1) threshold and objective performance characteristics provided in the 

initial System Performance Specification delivered by the contractor;

(2) draft schedule for future production and how that will increase the draft 

schedule for future production and how that will increase the missile industrial 

base;

(3) streamlined test and evaluation plan that takes into account 

commercial-off-the-shelf and previously developed SBIR technology;

(4) proposed funding profile across the FYDP; and,

(5) issues for consideration and planning related to transitioning the 

program from prototype to production activities.

Digital engineering and prototyping capability for Air Force Research Lab Munitions 

Directorate

The committee notes the important role that emerging technologies like 

digital engineering can play in the development of critical military weapon systems 

while also cultivating the necessary science and technology workforce of the future 

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at key military installations. The committee encourages the Air Force Research 

Laboratory to leverage public-private partnerships to collaborate across academia, 

industry, and government for these critical technologies and capabilities, including 

digital engineering. These collaborative partnerships would enable the creation of a 

technically skilled talent pipeline for high-demand, multidisciplinary engineering 

and cyber careers to support digital engineering efforts.

Therefore, the committee directs the Commander, Air Force Research 

Laboratory to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than December 1, 2023, on: 

(1) plans to leverage public-private partnerships for digital engineering; 

and

(2) the impact such engagements would have on workforce development in 

surrounding military installation communities. 

Digital Literacy at Air Force

The committee is aware of and supports efforts undertaken by the 

Secretary of the Air Force to provide digital literacy training for the Air Force and 

Space Force servicemembers, government civilians, and contractors in advanced 

technologies, such as cyber, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), 

and cloud computing. The committee encourages the Air Force and Space Force to 

leverage government owned training platforms with curricula informed by private 

sector expertise to accelerate learning and career path development. 

To that end, the committee encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to 

expand existing mobile enabled platforms to train and develop the cyber workforce 

of Air Force and Space Force. To better understand how the Air Force and Space 

Force are providing digital literacy to its components, the committee directs the 

Secretary of the Air Force to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services no later than March 1, 2024, on current digital literacy training platforms 

in use within the service. The report, at a minimum, should include the following: 

(1) a list of current mobile enabled cyber training platforms in use and the 

number of users enrolled by service component; 

(2) an explanation of the cyber, AI/ML, cloud computing, and other training 

courses being offered on the platforms listed in (1);

(3) a list of current cyber, AI/ML, and cloud computing literacy 

requirements; 

(4) an explanation of each training platform’s capability to (i) assess 

servicemember proficiency, (ii) customize a servicemember’s path to facilitate 

continuous learning; and (iii) track training progress and servicemember’s feedback; 

and 

(5) a description of how the training platform integrates into the services’ 

MyLearning system or equivalent.

High accuracy robotics and localization for depot sustainment

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The budget request contained $44.4 million in PE 0603680F for the 

Manufacturing Technology Program. The committee is encouraged by the U.S. Air 

Force’s development of standardized robot accuracy and localization capabilities 

across the Air Force depot enterprise. These systems can help lower sustainment 

costs for aging and advanced complex weapon systems and also improve warfighter 

readiness. As such, the committee encourages the Secretary of the Air Force to 

continue the development and deployment of this technology to provide improved 

capability and productivity and lessen workforce development challenges. 

Accordingly, the committee recommends $46.9 million, an increase of $2.5 

million in PE 0603680F for high accuracy robotics and localization for depot 

sustainment.

High mach turbine engine 

The committee remains supportive of Air Force Research Laboratory's 

(AFRL) efforts to develop Mach 5 and Mach 6 aircraft, as this capability serves as a 

flexible, reusable means to overwhelm near-peer anti-access capabilities. However, 

the committee is concerned that the AFRL roadmap for the development of these 

capabilities has not been properly reflected in the level of funding requested in the 

budget request over successive fiscal years.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 15, 

2023, on the following:

(1) the projected timetable for fielding hypersonic aircraft; 

(2) an assessment of the test infrastructure necessary for the development 

of reusable hypersonic propulsion technology, including turbine-based combined 

cycle engines;

(3) the discretionary budget authority to be allocated for technology 

development; and

(4) the anticipated schedule for issuing requirements to industry.

Additionally, the committee encourages the military services and the Office 

of the Secretary of Defense to support investments in critical technologies including 

propulsion, advanced materials and fuels, and thermal management, all of which 

are necessary to rapidly develop, test, and field reusable high Mach capabilities.

Accordingly, the committee recommends $189.9 million, an increase of $5.0 

million, in PE 0602203F, for high mach and multi mach turbine engines.

Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept of operations for digital 

engineering

The committee is aware that the U.S. Air Force released Doctrine Note 1-

21, Agile Combat Employment, in December 2021. The document highlights a 65 

percent reduction in overseas basing since the end of World War II because 

adversary technology has advanced to a point where once secure overseas bases are 

now under threat. As a result, the Air Force is investing heavily in a concept called 

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Agile Combat Employment (ACE). This emerging concept is designed to execute 

logistical activity such as refueling, repairs, and rearming and then return aircraft 

to battle before an adversary can react.

The committee is also aware that the Department of Defense is developing 

the Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) system to connect sensors 

from each of the military services into a single network and use the data collected 

and processed by artificial intelligence to enable commanders to make better 

decisions across the entire spectrum of defense-related activities. The committee 

believes that the Air Force would benefit from a JADC2 system that includes a 

concept of operations for digital engineering, including sustaining military 

operations in a contested logistics environment enabled by Digital Materiel 

Management, advanced onsite inspection, and deployed manufacturing and repair 

capabilities.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a 

report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the House Committee on 

Armed Services not later than January 30, 2024, on a strategy to integrate Digital 

Material Management in contested environments into a JADC2 framework. Such a 

report shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

(1) elements of a Digital Materiel Management System necessary to 

transform supply and distribution systems from fully connected “pull” systems 

optimized for efficiency to “push” systems that maximize distributed mission 

effectiveness in an ACE environment;

(2) the potential for rapid, repetitive, and real-time modeling and 

simulation analysis of big data to aid in the development of the Digital Materiel 

Management System;

(3) an assessment of the potential benefits of artificial intelligence and 

machine learning in a Digital Material Management System; and

(4) the cost and timeline associated with implementing such a strategy.

Metals Affordability Initiative

The budget request contained $30.4 million in PE 0603112F for Advanced 

Materials for Weapon Systems. The committee understands the value that publicprivate partnerships like the Metals Affordability Initiative have in fostering 

innovative solutions for critical aerospace needs and supply chains. Such 

consortiums provide the opportunity to reduce component costs, sustain the U.S. 

aerospace metals industrial base, and improve the speed of technology transfer. The 

committee also understands that funding for this initiative has been extensively 

supplemented by Congress since the consortium's inception almost 25 years ago. 

Given the value of this program, the committee expects the Air Force to begin 

adequately programming and budgeting for this consortium beginning in fiscal year 

2025. 

Accordingly, the committee recommends $32.9 million, an increase of $2.5 

million, in PE 0603112F for the Metals Affordability Initiative.

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Report Assessing All Domain Multisensor Data Fusion and Integration Capabilities 

in the Air Force

The Committee believes there is an urgent need for sensor-to-sensor 

distributed learning across a broad array of platforms. While the committee believes 

that capabilities exist for sensor fusion on single platforms, the committee is 

concerned that there may not currently be an effective way to apply insights from 

one platform to accelerate learnings on other platforms, irrespective of the specific 

platform or their sensing capabilities. The committee believes that such capability 

would accelerate model retraining in combat situations, avoiding the need to 

independently train each platform to recognize new threats. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit to 

a report to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than February 1, 

2024, describing the Department’s current and future efforts to develop, test, and 

deploy on-platform skills capabilities and the capabilities needed to enable a sensorto-sensor distributed learning architecture that can support accelerated model 

retraining across not-like-in-kind air platforms, without the need for external 

communication.

Report on commercial rocket accelerated flight testing program

Maintaining the United States' superiority in aerospace propulsion is 

critical to ensure U.S. leadership in technology areas including missile defense, 

hypersonics, cislunar and deep space, and more. To accomplish this, the committee 

believes the United States needs a reliable testing infrastructure for propulsion 

systems, including commercial rocket and propulsion systems. The committee 

understands that currently no program dedicated to flight testing new commercial 

propulsion technologies and vehicle systems developed under Department of 

Defense contracts exists, which threatens the United States' ability to compete 

against foreign competitors like China, which is investing extensively in next 

generation propulsion capabilities.

Given the criticality of testing new propulsion technologies, the committee 

recommends the Department of the Air Force, working through the Air Force 

Research Laboratory, establish a commercial rocket accelerated flight testing 

program. This program would be an invaluable resource for the Air Force, Space 

Force, and industry and help mature high-priority propulsion systems, integral 

components, and vehicle designs to ensure operational readiness, meet the needs of 

the future force, and stay ahead of future national security threats.

 Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, 

on how the Air Force would establish and execute a commercial rocket accelerated 

flight testing program. The report should include, but not be limited to:

(1) an overview of the current flight testing facilities and capabilities the 

Air Force uses to test new propulsion technologies and vehicle systems;

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 (2) how much funding over the Future Years Defense Program would be 

required to successfully establish and execute a commercial rocket accelerated flight 

testing program;

(3) contracting mechanisms to be used to select qualified flight providers, 

experimental systems, and test flight campaigns; and

(4) options for streamlining vehicle and launch authorization procedures to 

enable flight testing to occur on Air Force bases in 12 months or less from the date 

of contract issuance.

The committee also encourages the Air Force to look to existing testing 

programs across the U.S. Government, like the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration Flight Opportunities program, as a model for future flight testing 

programs.

Report on Integrating Hypersonic Aircraft into the Global Strike Force

The committee is encouraged by the Department of Defense’s partnering 

with non-traditional industry in the rapid prototyping of hypersonic aircraft in 

response to the Joint Force’s rapid strike capability needs.

The committee notes that, per previous congressional direction, the 

Department was to establish a timeline for incorporating hypersonic flight research 

and development into the Fiscal Year 2023 budget and that there continues to be no 

clear development requirements or transition plan. Accordingly, the committee 

directs the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the Secretary of the Air Force 

to submit a report to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 

Representatives not later than April 1, 2024 on integrating high-Mach and 

hypersonic aircraft into the global strike force and determining the appropriate 

payload configuration. The report shall include, at a minimum:

(1) An overview of how a program office would develop program 

requirements in consultation with the user community.

(2) An overview of remaining technical challenges associated with 

demonstrating and producing high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft.

(3) An assessment of the currently available domestic commercial and nontraditional capabilities that can accelerate the development and production of a 

hypersonic aircraft.

(4) An assessment of the personnel, training, and logistical support 

requirements high Mach and hypersonic aircraft would generate.

(5) Other information as the Secretary deems appropriate.

Rotary machines with advanced magnetic materials

The committee understands that permanent magnets are widely used in 

military and industrial rotary machines such as motors, generators, and shafts, 

which are used in various platforms including fighter aircraft, missile guidance 

systems, electric vehicles, wind turbines, and other weapon systems. However, the 

committee notes that the permanent magnet supply chain has vulnerabilities. For 

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example, nearly two-thirds of U.S. permanent magnet imports come from China. It 

is necessary that the United States develop innovative solutions to manufacture 

needed materials domestically to decrease U.S. dependencies on foreign supply 

chains. 

The committee is aware that U.S. industry has developed innovative 

designs and cost-effective manufacturing processes of dual magnetic permeabilities 

to fabricate high-efficiency motors that contain significantly reduced to zero rare 

earth elements (REE). This process allows for higher motor efficiency, a more 

compact design of both the motor stator and rotor, and more importantly, low to 

zero REE, which reduces the motor cost and more importantly, eliminates 

dependency on countries such as China and Russia for sourcing materials.

 The committee believes such technology can be beneficial for Air Force Research 

Laboratory's ongoing materials research and development. The committee 

encourages the Air Force to expand research and development efforts with 

manufacturing processes for dual magnetic permeabilities for high-efficiency motors 

and leverage these technology advancements to decrease the U.S. military's 

dependence on foreign-sourced REEs for critical weapon systems.

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Partnership Expansion

The Department of Defense faces challenges recruiting and retaining a 

workforce skilled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The 

Committee supports the efforts of the Department of Defense to grow the STEM 

workforce pipeline, particularly for women and under-represented minorities in the 

areas of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and Additive 

Manufacturing. 

The Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a briefing 

to the House Armed Services Committee by December 30, 2023 on how it plans to 

partner with Historically Black Colleges and Universities to leverage their expertise 

in the aforementioned research areas to inform future requirements while building 

the next generation of STEM leaders.

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE

Items of Special Interest

3D printing with indigenous materials

The committee believes that 3D printing of structures is a proven 

technology that provides flexibility and portability in construction, the benefits of 

which have been demonstrated at installations such as Fort Bliss. The committee 

recognizes the impact these benefits may provide as it pertains to natural disaster 

response, force posture requirements, or austere environments with indigenous 

materials across combatant commands. The committee encourages the Department 

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of Defense and military services to continue key investments in these efforts, and to 

support research and development initiatives aligned with these objectives.

Additive Manufacturing involving Metals and Composites

The committee notes that additive manufacturing plays an increasingly 

important role in the development of novel industrial base processes that support 

the National Defense Strategy. In particular, the committee notes that additive 

manufacturing involving metals, as well as composites and plastics, have important 

national security applications. The committee believes that the production of 

additive manufacturing capability that incorporates both metallic as well as 

composite materials holds significant promise for the development of emerging 

defense capabilities.

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed 

Services, not later than December 31, 2023, on the potential of additive 

manufacturing that incorporates both metallic as well as composite materials, 

including plastics.

Advanced Training Range Capabilities

The committee recognizes the need for improved in-theater air range 

training capabilities in order to meet readiness demands. The committee is aware 

that capabilities such as Synthetic Inject to Live (SITL) – Live Virtual Constructive 

(LVC) systems may provide improved capability in support of training against nearpeer threats. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing, no later than December 15, 2023, on its plans to develop, procure, and field 

mobile in-theater, SITL LVC air combat training systems across the services, 

including joint efforts with coalition partners.

Allies’ and Partners’ Telecommunications Networks in the Middle East

The committee recognizes the value of fifth-generation (5G) technologies to 

telecommunications networks, including inherent commercial and security benefits. 

The committee also recognizes that the potential exists for foreign strategic 

competitors to exploit communications technology through a variety of mechanisms.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, 

on the national security implications of deployment and expanded use of 5G within 

allied and partner nations in the Middle East. The briefing shall include:

(1) a description of existing Department of Defense cooperation with Middle 

Eastern allies and partners to address national security concerns related to 5G 

communications networks;

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(2) a description of the risks to Department of Defense operations and 

activities stemming from ally and partner 5G communications networks, including 

a description of the change in risk from legacy systems;

(3) opportunities to apply lessons learned from allies and partners 

undertaking similar efforts in Europe and South America; and

(4) such other information as the Secretary deems appropriate.

Artificial intelligence

The committee recognizes the potential for artificial intelligence (AI)-

enabled solutions to address Department of Defense and warfighter needs. The 

committee also notes the continued need for investment in AI research and fielding 

of AI capabilities across the military services. The John S. McCain National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) established the role of 

senior official with principal responsibility for artificial intelligence and machine 

learning. In February 2022, the Department stood up the Chief Digital and 

Artificial Intelligence Office to accelerate the Department’s adoption of AI. The 

committee encourages the Department to build upon this progress and sustain 

efforts to research, develop, test, and where appropriate, operationalize AI 

capabilities.

Artificial Intelligence Capabilities of Foreign Adversaries

The committee continues to recognize that artificial intelligence (AI) and 

machine learning technologies are critical to the national security interests of the 

United States. Additionally, the committee notes that similar tools are currently 

being developed and utilized by potential adversaries, including the government of 

the People’s Republic of China. The committee commends the export controls issued 

by the U.S. Government to limit the export of advanced semiconductors and 

supercomputer components used to create large language models and artificial 

intelligence capabilities. However, the committee is concerned by reports of efforts 

by potential adversaries to expand their AI capabilities and believes that further 

efforts may be needed to secure elements of the supply chain, including the software 

supply chain, for these and other related technologies. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

with relevant agencies, to submit a report to the congressional defense committees 

not later than December 1, 2023, on national security challenges associated with 

recent developments in the artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities 

of foreign adversaries. The report should include the following information:

(1) new or continued national security implications of commercially 

available artificial intelligence technologies in the commercial and military sectors 

by the United States and foreign adversaries;

(2) efforts by strategic adversaries to circumvent export controls relating to 

components used to develop large language models; and

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(3) efforts by strategic adversaries to access or develop new advanced 

artificial intelligence technologies.

Assessment of Defensive and Offensive Cybersecurity Capabilities in 5G/NextG 

Environments

The committee is supportive of efforts to expand 5G and NextG technology 

into missile and aviation weapon systems, military installations, and tactical 

operations. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31, 2024, 

to assess the cybersecurity risks inherent in 5G/NextG technology and adversarial 

abilities to exploit those vulnerabilities. The briefing should include: 

(1) use cases for 5G/NextG for weapon systems and operational and 

prototype deployments;

(2) the ability of adversaries of the United States to deny or degrade U.S. 

military 5G/NextG communications capabilities;

(3) an assessment of Department of Defense cybersecurity vulnerabilities in 

5G / NextG infrastructure; and

 (4) plans to establish tools, tactics, and procedures to defend military 5G / 

NextG infrastructure.

Augment Foreign Language Translation with Technology

The committee is encouraged by actions to complement existing national 

security translator capabilities with commercially available adaptive neural 

machine learning translation technologies to boost translators’ efficiency and 

output. The committee is concerned there is a significant volume and backlog of 

critical foreign language material with national security implications. Therefore, 

the committee encourages the Department of Defense to further adopt commercially

available adaptive neural machine learning translation technologies to supplement 

existing trained linguists and analysts to explore a department-wide strategy to 

address the backlog of critical foreign language material. Accordingly, the 

Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the House and 

Senate Armed Services Committees, by December 31, 2023, that details current 

translator capabilities and the technology being used to augment them. The report 

shall, at a minimum, include the following:

(1) An analysis of the shortfalls of critical linguists and the impact of those 

shortfalls on Department requirements;

(2) A survey of the backlog of critical foreign language material with 

national security implications that remains untranslated;

(3) A survey of commercial capabilities currently utilized by DOD that are 

available to assist in adaptive neural machine learning translation;

(4) A cost estimate for implementing such program(s); and

The report shall be unclassified and may include a classified annex if 

necessary. 

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Autonomous resupply for contested logistics

The budget request included $257.1 million in PE 0603838D8Z for Defense 

Innovation Acceleration. The committee is encouraged by the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Research and Engineering’s commitment to experimentation and 

technology demonstrations, particularly in response to geographic combatant 

command and unified command requirements. The committee recognizes the 

importance of Defense Innovation Acceleration activities, including the Joint 

Capability Technology Demonstration program, to assess operational utility, 

accelerate new concepts of operation, and measure integrity of new technologies. 

The committee is encouraged by the program’s interest in assessing 

technology to meet the growing need for autonomous and distributed logistics 

capabilities in contested environments. Recent global events have demonstrated the 

criticality of sustaining resilient logistics networks in support of direct military and 

partner operations. The committee recognizes the important contributions that 

these new capabilities can have on reducing the risk to life of personnel in combat 

operations, achieving greater logistics flexibility, and supporting the development of 

new concepts of operations. Further, the committee believes accelerating the 

timeline for this program is critical to meeting the operational requirements of U.S. 

Indo-Pacific Command and U.S. Transportation Command.

Therefore, the committee recommends an increase of $2.5 million in PE 

0603838D8Z for autonomous resupply for contested logistics.

Biomedical Research with Animal Models

The committee notes that the Department of Defense plays an important 

role in protecting the United States from biological threats. The committee further 

understands the value of animal models and studies, including those with 

laboratory mice, towards the safe development of new biodefense diagnostic tools 

and treatments. The increased need for biosafety, biosecurity, and pandemic 

preparedness and response amplifies the importance of research conducted with 

these precision models.

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed 

Services, not later than December 31, 2023 regarding the Department’s 

collaboration with biomedical research non-profit organizations. At a minimum, the 

report should examine:

(1) how such partnerships can create and utilize precision animal models to 

advance basic research discoveries; and

(2) how the expertise of biomedical research non-profit organizations may 

enhance the Department’s bio-defense capabilities and protect the health of the 

Armed Forces.

Blast exposure monitoring for special operations

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The committee notes that U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) 

is working to identify blast overpressure exposure that occurs with heavy weapons 

systems use, breaching, and in dynamic combat and training environments. 

USSOCOM’s knowledge of the effects of blast exposure is limited by lack of objective 

blast exposure monitoring (BEMO). The committee understands USSOCOM is 

currently developing the BEMO sensor and is in the process of phase III of testing. 

The committee believes the development of sensors that measure blast overpressure 

exposure are critical to the safety and welfare of service members and remains 

committed to funding the procurement and fielding of BEMO sensors upon 

successful completion of phase III testing. The committee looks forward to receiving 

the briefing from USSOCOM on the results of such testing as directed by the 

committee report accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2023 (H. Rept. 117-397).

Brief on Current Requirements for Electromagnetic Spectrum Training in Support of 

Multi-Domain Operations (MDO)

The committee believes that competency in the electromagnetic spectrum 

(EMS), including electronic warfare (EW), will be essential to future conflicts. The 

committee is concerned, therefore, that highly restrictive training environments and 

necessary administrative coordination may restrict efforts to train the Joint Force 

and integrate EW into training events.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to deliver a 

briefing to the Committee on Armed Services in the House of Representatives not 

later than March 1, 2024, outlining the current process and requirements for units 

to schedule and conduct exercises and training activities that include significant 

EMS activities. The brief shall include:

(1) information on the process and timeline for planning EW, EMSintensive, or multi-domain operations training, including coordination with external 

agencies; 

(2) elucidation of classes of training activities that incur more significant 

administrative requirements;

(3) examples of units that have proven able to successfully and repeatably 

conduct multi-domain operation training events at home installations and 

recommendations on how to replicate their success across the military services;

(4) recommendations for creating an enduring approval process for 

preapproved frequencies reserved for military use; and

(5) recommendations for the creation of permissive parameters to conduct 

routine multi-domain operations training such that external approvals are either 

not required or significantly reduced.

Carbon nanotube technology

The committee is encouraged by the promise of aligned carbon nanotube 

technology as an enabler of predictable and efficient thermal interfaces in national 

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security systems. Predictable system interfaces would increase performance, 

decrease the overall cost of mission critical systems, and eliminate a common and 

costly failure mode in mission critical applications. The committee believes carbon 

nanotube technology, and the predictable system interfaces it enables, should be 

safeguarded by the Department of Defense, particularly given the advanced 

competition and investment by the Chinese government in carbon nanotubes. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, 

detailing a plan for ensuring Department of Defense mission critical systems 

leverage predictable thermal interface solutions enabled with carbon nanotube 

technology to reduce redundancy, schedule, and costs.

Cardiac Monitoring for Human Performance and Medical Support

The committee notes novel advances in the development of wearable tissue 

oxygen based diagnostics to non-invasively monitor the heart in both military 

treatment facilities and operational environments. The committee believes these 

systems could optimize force effectiveness, aid in the diagnosis and treatment of 

combat injuries, and prevent sudden cardiac death. Therefore, the committee 

directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the congressional defense 

committees by March 1, 2024, on the accelerated development, clinical evaluation, 

and assessment of the utility of operational medical units of ruggedized tissue 

oxygen monitoring systems. The report, at a minimum, shall include:

(1) an assessment on how robust it is for field use as well as integration 

with existing military medical software systems;

(2) an assessment of the integration into existing care practice by 

operational medical units; and

(3) an assessment of the ease of use by a diversity of medical personnel with 

varying degrees of medical training.

Coherent Beam Combining Directed Energy

The committee is encouraged by the progress being made in the 

Department of Defense on development and incorporation of directed energy 

technology. The committee understands that the Department has focused on 

Spectral Beam Combining (SBC) lasers for its high energy laser air defense 

solutions, but is aware that Coherent Beam Combining (CBC) lasers have had some 

success. The Committee is concerned that the Department has committed too 

heavily to one technological approach. Therefore, the committee directs the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in coordination with each 

Service Secretary, to provide a briefing to the House Armed Services Committee by 

February 1, 2024 on the Department’s investments into SBC and CBC, including a 

breakdown by type. This briefing shall include an overview of CBC cooperative 

research and development efforts.

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Comptroller General Review of the Functions of the Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Research and Engineering

In the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, Congress 

called for the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish the position of Under 

Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering [USD(R&E)] to serve as DOD’s 

Chief Technology Officer and elevate and enhance the mission of defense 

technological innovation. The Act required that the new office take a larger role 

than its predecessor office in establishing policies to overcome challenges DOD has 

faced in promoting innovation. The USD(R&E) was also charged with responsibility 

for the allocation of resources for defense research and engineering, including 

unifying these efforts across DOD.

In July 2020, DOD issued a directive establishing the position, 

responsibilities and functions, relationships, and authorities of the USD(R&E). 

Among other things, the directive requires USD(R&E), in coordination with the 

Secretary of Defense, to identify and define DOD’s modernization priorities, 

establish timelines for delivering future capabilities, and develop roadmaps for 

investing in modernization priority areas. Importantly, the directive charges 

USD(R&E) with recommending investments that advance these goals and 

identifying activities across DOD that run counter to the modernization roadmaps 

for potential resource allocation.

The committee is concerned that the Office of the USD(R&E) has neither 

fully nor sufficiently executed the authorities granted to it under statute and in 

policy for managing, overseeing, and improving innovation-related investments 

across DOD. The committee is also concerned the Department of Defense may be 

missing opportunities to fully collaborate science and technology efforts within and 

across all components for maximum efficiency and effectiveness. The mix of 

investments that military components and defense agencies make in disruptive and 

incremental technology development remains unknown and unassessed. Further, 

new technologies continue to get bogged down in long, linear development 

structured defense acquisition programs that delay their delivery to the warfighters 

who need them. And most importantly, innovation progress continues to lag 

competitor states in certain key defense technology areas—the primary impetus 

that led Congress to legislate establishment of a USD(R&E).

Weapon systems annual assessments and defense science and technology 

reports issued by the Comptroller General have identified similar concerns with 

DOD’s innovation performance and resource management. Accordingly, the 

committee directs the Comptroller General to review the functions of the Office of 

the USD(R&E) and report out its findings to the congressional defense committees 

not later than February 23, 2024. As part of this review, the committee requests 

that the Comptroller General recommend any policy and statutory changes needed 

to better position the Office of the USD(R&E) to manage, oversee, and improve 

DOD’s innovation investments and outcomes.

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Countering Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, 

Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Table-Top Exercises with Interagency and 

Industry Participants

The committee is concerned with the Chinese Community Party’s (“CCP”) 

national strategy of military-civil fusion to enable the People’s Liberation Army 

(“PLA”) to become the most technologically advanced military in the world by 2049. 

The military-civil fusion strategy blurs the delineation among civil, commercial, and 

military technology development and application and targets advancements in the 

fields of quantum computing, big data, semiconductors, 5G, advanced nuclear 

technology, aerospace technology, and artificial intelligence. These technologies 

enhance the PLA’s ability and capacity to conduct sustained joint operations that 

integrate its capabilities across the electromagnetic spectrum in the space and cyber 

warfighting domains.

The committee supports efforts by the Department of Defense (“the 

Department”) to address growing threats across the electromagnetic spectrum and 

protect the security of the networks that connect and enable joint and combined 

operations. The U.S. defense industrial base plays a critical role in contributing to 

national defense and is a global leader in developing and operationalizing new and 

emerging technologies, especially in the fields of cyber and space. Countering the 

PLA’s command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, 

surveillance, and reconnaissance (“C5ISR”) capabilities, which cyber and space 

technologies contribute to, will play a decisive role in determining conflict outcomes.

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 

in coordination with the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, combatant commanders, 

Secretaries of the Military Departments, to submit a report to the House Committee 

on Armed Services not later than March 30, 2024, on the Department’s efforts to 

better coordinate with the U.S. defense industrial base in the space and cyber 

domains and solicit and incorporate feedback from U.S. government and commercial 

partners on the defense industrial base implications of a potential conflict with the 

PLA as it relates to enhancing the Department’s C5ISR capabilities and countering 

the PLA’s C5ISR capabilities. This includes but is not limited to table-top exercises 

with interagency and industry participants, institutions that interface with 

commercial partners, and mechanisms through which the U.S. defense industrial 

base can share threat information with the Department. The report should also 

include a plan to expand on these types of efforts going forward.

Defense Innovation Unit Due Diligence Responsibilities

The committee notes with approval the Department of Defense’s elevation 

of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The committee also notes the acknowledged 

challenges posed by adversarial countries’ theft of intellectual property from U.S.

companies, which is particularly pronounced in advanced and dual-use technology 

sectors. The demonstrated ability of adversaries, in particular the Chinese 

Communist Party, to compromise and influence U.S. companies is of concern to the 

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committee, and the committee notes the particular need to address these challenges 

in companies engaged with DIU.

Therefore, not later than February 1, 2024, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services on DIU’s foreign influence screening protocols as they pertain to private 

industry in advanced technology sectors. The briefing shall, at a minimum, address 

the following:

(1) a summary of the current policies and procedures in place at DIU to 

screen potential industry partners for influence by foreign actors;

(2) planned efforts to bolster DIU’s screening policies and procedures, 

including an assessment of related manpower requirements and a cost estimate;

(3) efforts being taken by DIU and the Department of Defense to deter, 

prevent, and mitigate foreign influence on industry partners that are already 

contracted to work with DIU; and

(4) any other information as determined by the Secretary.

Department of Defense and Intelligence Community Innovation Coordination

The committee notes the efforts made by the Department of Defense to 

expedite innovative technology investment and development, particularly through 

the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The committee is concerned, however, that 

disjointed investment efforts in innovative technologies by the Department and the 

Intelligence Community (IC) are leading to inefficient investments that come at a 

higher cost. Investments made by DIU and other entities within the Department of 

Defense often overlap with the priorities and activities of the IC. The committee 

also notes that the National Defense Strategy identifies the People’s Republic of 

China (PRC) as the pacing challenge for the Department. Accordingly, the 

committee directs the Secretary of Defense no later than February 1, 2024, to brief 

the House Armed Services Committee on attempts to coordinate investments, 

development, and other efforts related to innovative technologies as part of the 

Department’s focus on the pacing challenge presented by the PRC.

Digital Engineering Support for Department of Defense Digital Acquisition

The committee recognizes advanced manufacturing, driven by digital 

engineering, as vital to support the Department of Defense's (DOD) transition to 

digital acquisition. The committee believes that innovation in digital engineering 

and investment in a workforce with advanced digital skills are critically important 

to Department efforts to counter rapidly evolving threats. However, the committee 

is concerned that there may be insufficient uptake of digital engineering, digital 

transformation, and digital twin modeling in acquisition efforts. The committee 

believes that to remain competitive and ensure military readiness, the Department 

of Defense must make the necessary investments in the development of digital 

skills for the next-generation aerospace and defense workforce.

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Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering, in consultation with the Secretaries of each military 

service, to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later 

than December 1, 2023, on the advisability and feasibility of establishing a Digital 

Engineering Center of Excellence. At a minimum, the report shall include:

(1) an assessment of efforts by the military services to examine the 

applicability of digital engineering in their design, development, and sustainment 

chains;

(2) estimates of the cost and schedule impacts of various lines of effort 

regarding integration of digital engineering into design, development, and 

sustainment enterprises in the military services; and

(3) an evaluation of whether a Digital Engineering Center of Excellence 

would enable increased efficiency and coordination in Department of Defense efforts 

to digitally develop, test, and field new systems.

Electromagnetic Pulses and Geomagnetic Disturbances

The committee remains concerned about the potential threat to Department 

of Defense missions posed by electromagnetic pulses (EMP) and geomagnetic 

disturbances (GMD). The committee notes the guidance on risk assessment and 

mitigation contained in National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2020 

(Public Law 116-92) and believes more must be done to ensure the protection and 

resilience of Department of Defense systems and infrastructure from EMD and 

GMD threats. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide 

a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 26, 2024 

summarizing the Department’s strategy for protection against EMP and GMD 

threats. 

This briefing shall include:

(1) a current risk assessment of EMD and GMD threats to the successful 

execution of Department of Defense missions;

(2) a summary of priority defense missions, systems and infrastructure 

requiring protection from EMD and GMD threats;

(3) a summary of actions taken by the Department of Defense since 2020 to 

protect critical defense missions, systems, and infrastructure from EMP and GMD 

threats; and

(4) a description of technologies, resources, and additional actions required 

to ensure the defense of critical mission, systems, and infrastructure from EMP and 

GMD threats.

Energetics science and technology

Energetics are central to the performance of many of the military weapons 

systems, but energetics research and development efforts are using practices that 

are decades old. A central challenge to regaining energetic superiority is the high 

cost of formulating, processing, and manufacturing new and better energetics. The 

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Department of Defense's current practices are done by individual scientists hand 

mixing in the lab. This approach increases risk and cost, and it is not scalable for 

production. Therefore, the committee encourages the Department to consider 

practices that other industries use for chemical manufacturing to scale their 

formulation and processing of chemicals. 

Energetics-dedicated manufacturing technology investments

The committee recognizes that energetics-dedicated manufacturing 

technology investments are needed to restore domestic manufacturing and 

accelerate the adoption of more flexible and efficient production technologies, 

techniques, and processes across the U.S. energetics production base. Transitioning 

new production technologies and processes for high production volume and costsensitive materials, such as energetics, to industry requires reducing risk and 

assessing manufacturing maturity.

To effectively address these complexities, the committee directs the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in coordination with the Navy 

Manufacturing Technology Program, to submit an implementation plan and provide 

a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, 

on program activities designed to support current eligible academic and industry 

institutions to effectively transition manufacturing technologies to revitalize the 

domestic industrial base for manufacturing energetic materials essential to U.S. 

national defense. The implementation plan should include efforts to support fully 

automated, integrated test beds that can demonstrate and de-risk continuous 

manufacturing processes for energetic materials designed to improve flexibility, 

capacity, quality, safety, and capability prior to transitioning to the energetics 

industrial base.

Expansion of electromagnetic spectrum sensing capabilities

The committee understands that cyber and electronic warfare-contested 

environments present an acute challenge in conflict with a technologically advanced 

near-peer adversary. Maintaining the highest levels of battlefield awareness will 

require warfighters to have the ability to rapidly detect, analyze, and identify new 

signals in the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS). The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has 

exposed the threat that adversarial electronic warfare systems pose. Accordingly, 

the committee believes that the Department of Defense should pursue capabilities 

that give the warfighter the ability to maintain awareness of the EMS environment 

and rapidly develop insights at the tactical edge. 

The committee is aware that special operations forces have successfully 

employed mature, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled EMS classification 

technologies in recent deployments. The committee believes that the Department of 

Defense should take steps to increase the adoption of such technologies, including 

by conventional units, to ensure reliable EMS awareness across the joint force. 

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Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, 

on the Department’s efforts to expand the use of proven AI-enabled EMS 

classification technologies to conventional units. The report should include, but is 

not limited to, the following elements:

(1) an assessment of the Department’s conventional EMS sensing and 

classification capabilities and operational requirements; 

(2) efforts to expand the use of proven, AI-enabled EMS classification 

systems to conventional units; 

(3) efforts to develop next generation EMS classification systems for 

conventional units; and 

(4) market research to determine whether scalable, commercially available 

solutions exist that can meet the operational requirements of conventional units.

F-35 power thermal management and propulsion systems modernization

The budget request contained $462.4 million for F135 Engine Core Upgrade 

(ECU) technology maturation and no funding in PE 0604534F for Adaptive Engine 

Transition Program (AETP) technology maturation, related to the Department of 

Defense's budget request for the F-35 propulsion and thermal management systems 

modernization efforts. 

 Therefore, the committee recommends $462.4 million for F135 ECU 

technology maturation. The committee also recommends $588.4 million, an increase 

of $588.4 million, in PE 0604534F to continue technology maturation and risk 

reduction activities for AETP engine technology. Continuing AETP technology 

maturation and learning will reduce development risk of the Next Generation 

Adaptive Propulsion engine planned to be integrated, at an undetermined point in 

the future, into the Next Generation Air Dominance aircraft. 

Gallium nitride laser capabilities

The committee is interested in the potential of high tech laser capabilities, 

including gallium nitride (GaN) technology. This unique light technology is the 

world’s first safety-certified laser light source that can also enable dual-emission 

lighting with infrared and visible light output. Innovative GaN-based technologies 

are in use today in penetrating, eye-safe, laser-based lighting, empowering search 

and rescue teams and airfield lighting systems in the severely degraded visual 

conditions experienced in many operational environments.

In addition to high brightness and high efficiency lighting technologies, 

other GaN-based technologies are under active development for a wide variety of 

critical applications. These include ultra-compact red, green, blue lasers that can 

enable augmented reality and virtual reality headsets; high speed lasers and 

photodiodes for secure Light Fidelity communications; and high power lasers and 

photodiodes for optical wireless power transfer. 

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The committee believes GaN-based technology could be further leveraged to 

improve a multitude of Department of Defense programs. The committee 

encourages the Department of Defense to explore the potential applications of this 

technology for both search and rescue applications and fixed and contingency 

airfield operations.

High Energy Laser Counter Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Program thermal energy 

storage

The budget request included $171.7 million in PE 0604055D8Z, Research, 

Development, Testing and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, Operational Energy 

Capability Improvement. The committee is encouraged by the Department of 

Defense moving toward Directed Energy Weapons, specifically High Energy Lasers 

for installation on next generation vehicles and integration into existing platforms. 

However, the Department operates high energy lasers that produce large 

thermal loads based on outdated technology that requires significant modifications 

in next generation directed energy systems. The Navy currently uses monolithic 

water tanks for cooling its High Energy Lasers which is an inefficient solution that 

requires significant modifications and limits the potential output of next generation 

directed energy systems. The High Energy Laser Counter Anti-Ship Cruise Missile 

Program (HELCAP) is intended to evaluate, develop, experiment, and demonstrate 

laser technologies for a system that would offer a capability to provide an anti-ship 

cruise missile system for Navy ships. The committee encourages the Department to 

advance the Navy's HELCAP capabilities in the area of thermal energy storage to 

support pulsed power systems on Navy ships. 

Therefore, the committee recommends $181.7 million, an increase of $10.0 

million, in PE 0604055D8Z Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation, 

Defense-Wide, Operational Energy Capability Improvement for the High Energy 

Laser Counter-Anti Ship Cruise Missile Program. 

Hispanic-serving institutions

 The committee notes that the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

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

directing the Department of Defense to work with historically Black colleges and 

universities and minority-serving institutions to support science, technology, 

engineering, and mathematics education and research, which includes Hispanicserving institutions.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities

The budget request contained $100.5 million in PE 0601228D8Z for 

Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions. The committee 

recognizes that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and MinorityServing Institutions (MSIs) are essential for developing a diverse science, 

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technology, engineering, and mathematics workforce. The James M. Inhofe 

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

required the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to formulate 

a plan to establish a pilot program to increase defense research capacity at HBCUs 

and MSIs, including implementation of select recommendations from the National 

Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report entitled "Defense 

Research Capacity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other 

Minority Institutions: Transitioning from Good Intentions to Measurable 

Outcomes." The committee also notes historically high levels of funding support for 

HBCUs and MSIs in previous fiscal years.

Accordingly, the committee recommends $125.5 million, an increase of 

$25.0 million, in PE 0601228D8Z for Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities/Minority Institutions.

Hyper-Enabled Awareness Kit

The committee supports the Department of Defense’s efforts to develop a 

hyper-enabled awareness kit (HEAK) to supplement manual communication 

systems and to address challenges with primary communications channels. The 

committee recognizes the Department’s need for a secure software messaging 

platform- based communications system that allows the warfighter to 

simultaneously communicate and transmit data that is often lost through manual 

processes. Therefore, the committee directs the Commander, U.S. Special 

Operations Command to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services no later than February 1, 2024, on HEAKs and how future funding would 

be used within this program.

Hypersonics workforce development

The committee continues to support the Department of Defense’s 

development and fielding of hypersonic capabilities and supports the Department’s 

hypersonics modernization strategy. However, the committee is concerned about the 

Department's ability to sustain the highly skilled workforce of scientists and 

engineers required to push the boundaries of hypersonic technology and realize the 

strategic imperatives of the National Defense Strategy. 

While the committee commends the Department of Defense and specifically 

the Office of Naval Research for its science, technology, engineering, and 

mathematics and graduate program efforts, it believes those programs should be 

expanded and fully funded, particularly in the field of hypersonic technology.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, 

on the Department's efforts to ensure the development and sustainment of its 

future hypersonic workforce. The report shall include:

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(1) an overview of hypersonic workforce development objectives and the 

personnel qualifications needed to sustain the development of hypersonic 

capabilities;

(2) plans to strengthen partnerships with academic institutions, including 

service academies, research centers, and industry to promote and educate 

undergraduate- and graduate- level students in the field of hypersonic technology;

(3) a plan for how the Department of Defense could establish a pilot 

program at select academic institutions to expand the hypersonics workforce 

through the development of graduate and pre-doctoral degree programs; and

(4) plans to increase funding for advanced hypersonics facilities for research 

and graduate-level education.

Additionally, the committee recommends $543.9 million, an increase of $3.0 

million, in PE 0601153N for hypersonic education efforts. 

Identifying innovation organizations

The committee notes that with the success of the Defense Innovation Unit 

(DIU) in accelerating the adoption of commercial technology to transform military 

capabilities, other elements of the Department of Defense and military services 

have launched similar non-traditional innovation fielding enterprises. While the 

committee is supportive of innovation organizations within the Department and 

military services, the committee believes that the unchecked proliferation of them 

could allow for significant duplication and confusion both inside and outside the 

Department. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the DIU to submit a report 

to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 31, 2023, that 

identifies each innovation organization and suggests a consolidation plan of those 

different organizations under a lead organization in each military service that has 

shown competence at engaging with non-traditional technology providers. 

Legal Implications of Lethal Autonomy

The committee recognizes the work of the Department of Defense in 

updating the policy framework surrounding advancements in weapons system 

autonomy, including through the issuance of updates to DoD Directive 3000.09. The 

committee further recognizes that the pace of advancements in this field create 

challenges for the legal and policy underpinnings of military operations and is 

concerned that the legal implications of lethal autonomy may require stricter 

scrutiny. The committee believes such insights could prove valuable in ensuring 

that the uses of artificial intelligence (AI) or autonomous systems comply with 

international norms of behavior.

Accordingly, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Policy to submit a report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 31, 2024, addressing:

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(1) Current legal frameworks governing the approval and utilization of 

autonomous systems with lethal capabilities;

(2) Current legal frameworks governing the design and engineering of AI 

and autonomy systems with potential lethal capabilities;

(3) The manner in which the use of force through lethal autonomous means 

would fall under existing legal frameworks governing accountability and the use of 

force; 

(4) The effects of unintended bias, deception capabilities, and other 

deleterious effects on AI decision-making tools with regard to governance of lethal 

autonomous capabilities; and

(5) Such other information as the Under Secretary may wish to include.

This report shall be unclassified, but may contain a classified annex.

Magnetoresistive random-access memory

Due to the high sensitivity of computing memory to both natural and manmade radiation, satellites and other critical defense applications utilizing 

traditional memory storage are at significant risk to disruption or degradation. 

Advances in silicon-based memory devices that store information in magnetic fields, 

magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM), have proven to create a 

commercially viable, hardened memory storage solution that provides protection 

against disruption or corruption in these critical Department systems. 

The committee believes that there is a critical need for a supply of 

radiation-hardened memory storage used for civil and Department of Defense 

applications but recognizes that a current dependency on an overseas supply chain 

exacerbates the vulnerabilities of Department systems.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later December 31, 2023, 

on the Department's plans to utilize current onshore suppliers for the advancement 

of MRAM solutions across the military services.

Mobile nuclear reactors

The committee is aware of the Department of Defense's efforts to address 

the growing challenges of reliable, sustainable, and resilient energy sources to 

power its various military installations and forward operating positions around the 

world. The committee has directed investments in previous years in micro-nuclear 

reactors as a promising emerging technology to provide portable, safe, consistent, 

clean electric and thermal power, regardless of environmental or operational 

conditions.

The committee notes Congress' effort to establish a second source for the 

mobile microreactor program which greatly improves the Strategic Capabilities 

Office’s ability to develop electrical power sources that are responsive to differing 

military service requirements. However, the importance of mobile nuclear reactors 

is critical to the future fight.

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Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than February 1, 

2024, on the Department’s research and development efforts related to micronuclear reactors, including diverse development avenues, a cost-benefit analysis of 

their viability, identification of any logistical or statutory challenges to the supply 

chain to fuel these reactors, and an evaluation of the whether or not an executive 

agent should be designated for the program.

MyTravel implementation

The committee notes that the Department of Defense has invested 

significant resources to replace the Defense Travel System with a modern travel 

system, MyTravel. This is expected to improve the travel experience for Department 

of Defense personnel, create efficiencies, drive down costs, and allow the 

Department to retire legacy travel systems. 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. Delayed 

implementation of MyTravel wastes resources that could be reallocated to other 

Department priorities and keeps outdated process and legacy systems in place.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 

2023, on the status of implementation of MyTravel across the military services and 

a plan for transitioning any military services or Department entities that have not 

yet transitioned to MyTravel.

National Guard Bureau State mission research, development, test, and evaluation 

enhancement

The committee notes that the National Guard is unique in that it 

simultaneously serves the Federal Government and State governments. While the 

missions in these two areas often overlap, there is a significant array of missions 

and requirements supporting State operations that do not directly map or overlap 

Federal requirements. While the National Guard must continue to address evolving 

and pacing national security threats, it must also address the unique non-Federal 

threats to the homeland and support domestic operations. In addition, while States 

take the lead in protecting the homeland and domestic populations, they seldom 

have the resources or capabilities to perform research, development, test and 

evaluation (RDT&E) to address current homeland defense and emerging threats. 

Given both the National Guard’s unique position and the challenges of 

addressing Federal and non-Federal homeland defense in combination with 

national security, the committee directs the Director, National Guard Bureau to 

provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than 

December 31, 2023, on current gaps in how the National Guard Bureau and the 54 

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State National Guard organizations would like to better deploy their array of 

resources (to include funding, equipment, and personnel) to identify, analyze, and 

develop requirements. The briefing should also address how the National Guard 

Bureau assesses it could optimally implement plans to address unique State 

challenges and emerging threats by acting as a liaison and coordinator between

national RDT&E assets and State level requirements. This includes the 

coordination of RDT&E requirements and efforts to ensure that they are leveraged 

to the maximum extent possible across State boundaries and mission areas. This 

briefing should specifically reference current challenges and limitations of both 

State and Federal funding sources, including National Guard and Reserve 

Equipment Appropriations funding.

Near-term and long-term science and technology

With the conflict in Ukraine and China's aggression towards Taiwan, the 

United States cannot predict when and where the Department of Defense's 

capabilities and technology will be needed. 

The Department's research and development enterprise is the foundation 

for the Department's future capabilities and technology. However, with the 

uncertainty of where and when these capabilities and technologies may be needed, 

the science and technology portfolio must be balanced between capabilities and 

technologies that will transition in the near-term, within 5 years, and those which 

will transition in the long-term, after 5 years. 

The committee is concerned with the balance of the science and technology 

portfolio. Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed 

Services not later than February 1, 2024, detailing a metric or analysis to determine 

which capabilities are near-term transition capabilities and which are long-term 

and a methodology for how these two should be balanced.

Neural biosensors

The committee notes 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. This artificial intelligence-enabled technology provides assessments 

of a user’s level of mental alertness via peripheral nervous system signals, while 

improving operational readiness and risk management.

The committee understands several organizations are currently in the 

process of generating uniform standards and requirements regarding the 

deployment of wearables and operator state monitoring. The committee believes 

these efforts should address the importance of implementing encryption and neural 

data access rights in the design of sensor hardware components to protect user 

information that is vital to national security. Therefore, the committee directs the 

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Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering to report to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than December 29, 2023, on 

(1) plans for the development of dual-purpose wearable neural biosensor 

technologies via the Microelectronics Commons program to support broader 

transition to the military services; and

(2) what steps can be taken to accelerate the funding and development of 

these technologies.

Northeast Multi-Domain Operations Consortium

The committee recognizes that electronic warfare (EW), commercial 

telecommunications capabilities, and cyber operations are key enablers for Multidomain Operations (MDO). The committee further recognizes that China has 

advanced its ability to deny, disrupt, and degrade U.S. underlying networks and 

infrastructure by developing its own multi-domain capabilities. In response to this 

operational reality, the committee is concerned by the Department of Defense’s 

current lack of resources and terrain to test, evaluate, and train MDO capabilities 

in contested EW environments. 

The committee notes the progress of the Northeast Regional National 

Security Consortium in creating a joint, interagency MDO training environment. 

The consortium endeavors to promote research, experimentation, and training in 

realistic environments that represent near-peer adversary EW capabilities and 

activities. This cooperative effort between the military, industry, academia, and 

Native American organizations, throughout a multistate region, is unique in its 

approach and scope. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering, in coordination with the Commander, Air Force 

Research Laboratory, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, 

Technology and Logistics, and others the Under Secretary deems relevant, to 

provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than 

December 31, 2023, on how the unique environment of the Northeast can be utilized 

for training in EW and MDO. The briefing should include:

(1) a description of the current state of non-kinetic MDO training ranges for 

use by the Department of Defense, including limitations of the Department to 

effectively conduct MDO at these ranges;

(2) an assessment of existing capabilities in the Northeast region and the 

potential to expand MDO training opportunities in the Northeast region; 

(3) identification of future sites, including contractor-owned, contractoroperated sites, that are uniquely postured for MDO training;

(4) recommendations on how to streamline continuous training, testing, and 

evaluation activities that replicate an EW-contested environment; and

(5) opportunities to enhance integration of the National Guard Bureau 

within the aforementioned constructs.

Partnership Intermediary Agreements

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The establishment of Partnership Intermediary Agreements (PIAs) has 

succeeded in transitioning technology from the defense laboratories to industry, and 

from industry and academia to the government. However, efforts to transition 

technology from industry and academia back to the military services for 

incorporation into the development of weapon systems has lagged behind 

expectations. Therefore, the committee expects the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering to encourage the defense laboratories to use PIAs to 

secure services from partnership intermediaries, including:

(1) assisting the government in the collection, management, licensing, and 

transfer of intellectual property developed by research, development, test, and 

evaluation programs managed by defense laboratories to the private sector;

(2) assisting government offices in the development, operation, and support 

of software tools, processes, and programs to assist the government to connect with 

small businesses, large businesses, and academia to transfer technology from the 

private sector to the government; and

(3) developing and managing programs to assist in the rapid identification 

and understanding of government and commercial markets, as well as to help 

inventors and investigators build proof of concepts around Department of Defense 

use cases, facilitate workshops and other testing events to increase Department 

end-user engagement with commercial technology providers, and assist in the 

transition of technologies to the commercial sector and from the commercial sector 

to the government, or for dual use.

Protective Equipment Modernization

The committee understands the importance of service members being given 

the appropriate equipment to be able to perform at a peak performance. Female 

service members and small-stature male service members require additional 

measures to modernize their personal protective equipment to ensure they are 

protected appropriately. These members of the Armed Forces suffer from 

preventable injuries attributable to ill-fitting or malfunctioning personal protective 

equipment. The committee directs the Secretary of the Defense to provide a report 

to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1st, 2024, on the 

status of personal protective equipment modernization. The report shall include:

(1) efforts to share best practices and research efforts across the services; 

(2) efforts to expand research on body type specific equipment as well as 

smaller sizes; 

(3) an assessment of need for additional funding for continued research on 

the full compliment of female and small-stature male personal protective 

equipment; and 

(4) an assessment of need for additional funding for the expedited personal 

protective equipment to ensure equipment and proper sizes are available when 

needed, including for non-combat units.

Report on Dual-Capable Life Sciences Collaboration

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The committee recognizes the value biology and biotechnology research 

provide to the improvement of human health and ecosystems. However, the 

committee is concerned of the potential for biotechnology research to be used by 

adversaries for harmful purposes in order to further their military goals. Therefore, 

the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House 

Committee on Armed Services no later than February 1, 2024, with 

recommendations for actions or policies that could serve to provide additional 

protections for dual-use biotechnology research in academia or the private sector 

supported by the

Department of Defense.

Report on human-machine interface technologies to integrate autonomous systems 

into military operations

The committee observes that an effective human-machine interface is 

necessary for successful manned-unmanned teaming, and the responsible 

integration of autonomous systems into military operations. Human-machine 

interface shortfalls can result in increased operational, training, and sustainment 

burdens on service members and budgets. The committee is aware of the cognitive 

burden placed on service members operating unmanned systems while concurrently 

executing other demanding tasks such as conducting an infantry patrol, flying an 

aircraft, or operating multiple unmanned systems simultaneously. Available 

human-machine interface capabilities continue to mature rapidly with the 

integration of natural language understanding and speech recognition technologies. 

The committee encourages the Department to explore the application of these 

technologies to enhance the human-machine interface for unmanned systems and 

test their application to relevant systems currently in development or procurement.

Accordingly, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition and Sustainment to provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services no later than March 1, 2024, on human-machine interface 

technologies that have the potential to enhance the integration of autonomous 

systems into military operations. The briefing should, at a minimum, include the 

following:

(1) a list of autonomous and semi-autonomous systems where the 

Department is funding, or considering funding, continued development of humanmachine interface enhancements such as natural language understanding;

(2) a survey of government and commercial entities currently focused on 

enhancing human-machine interfaces for autonomous systems; and

(3) an identification of the impediments to the procurement of enhanced 

human-machine interface capabilities for integration into current systems, 

including funding or policy constraints.

Reusable hypersonic multi-mission aircraft

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The committee notes the potential applications of reusable hypersonic 

multi-mission aircraft to critical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, and 

strike missions, particularly in exclusion areas in the Indo-Pacific theater of 

operations. Peer adversaries continue to advance in hypersonic technology, 

including reusable systems, that pose a threat to U.S. national security interests. 

However, the committee is concerned by the lack of research and 

development funding directed towards fielding a reusable hypersonic platform with 

aircraft-like operations and qualities. Therefore, the committee directs the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to submit a report to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than December 31, 2023, on the status of 

budgeting for future development of reusable hypersonic multi-mission aircraft, as 

well as requirements for development and key technology activities determined 

necessary. The report should be submitted in unclassified format but may contain a 

classified annex.

Rotating Detonation Engines

The committee is encouraged by the Defense Advanced Projects Research 

Agency’s (DARPA) work to develop ground-breaking technologies that could allow 

for revolutionary changes in Department of Defense capabilities. The committee is 

aware of DARPA’s Gambit program, which focuses on incorporation of Rotating 

Detonation Engines (RDEs), a potentially more efficient and affordable form of 

supersonic propulsion, into a high-supersonic long range missile. The committee 

notes the value the Gambit program may provide as a foundation for future 

potential development efforts. The committee is concerned about the lack of 

multiple performers at this very early phase and encourages DARPA to consider 

how it plans to execute RDE combustor and inlet testing, full-scale testing of the 

demonstration system at flight conditions, on-ramp opportunities for additional 

performers, and the agency’s planned transition to a flight test of a prototype 

weapon in a future program.

Science and technology transition definitions 

The committee recognizes that while not every research and development 

project should become a program of record, there are challenges across the 

Department of Defense in transitioning technologies to support the warfighter. The 

“valley of death” is a problem recognized by those both inside and outside of the 

Department, but few can clearly define it. 

Therefore the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition and Sustainment, to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed 

Services not later than December 31, 2023, detailing quantitative measures of 

effectiveness and performance to assess and track transition of science and 

technology projects from the initial stages of research and development to fielded 

capabilities or technology. Metrics may include, but are not limited to:

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(1) definition of technology transition, including the various types of 

technology transition;

(2) amount of time taken to transition from the research and development 

phase to the acquisition and fielding phase;

(3) cost required to transition from the research and development phase to 

the acquisition and fielding phase; and

(4) manhours used to transition from the research and development phase 

to the acquisition and fielding phase.

Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation Scholarship-for-Service 

Program

The budget request included $131.7 million for the Science, Mathematics, 

and Research for Transformation (SMART) Defense Education Program. The 

committee recognizes that historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and 

minority-serving institutions (MSIs) play a pivotal role in developing a diverse and 

capable science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. The 

SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program aims to grow the Department of Defense 

civilian STEM workforce by providing educational and professional development 

opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in 21 

disciplines critical for national security needs. Since the program began in fiscal 

year 2005, almost 2,800 students have transitioned into Department of Defense 

employment. The James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) established a fellowship to further diversify 

SMART program participants, with an emphasis on students at HBCUs and MSIs.

 The committee recommends $131.7 million in PE 0601120D8Z for the SMART 

Defense Education Program.

SMART and Cognitive Research for Radio Frequency (RF)/Radar

The committee understands that systems, which depend on electromagnetic 

(EM) spectrum, such as communications and radar, face an ever-growing challenge 

from the increased congestion in and demand for spectrum and the sustained 

development of electronic warfare (EW) technologies by peer and near-peer 

adversaries (e.g., GPS jamming and denial of service). The committee is concerned 

that the congested and contested EM environments of the future may severely 

challenge the performance of legacy and future systems to the point where 

performance and functionality could be significantly degraded and denied.

The committee believes that recent advances in spectrum sensing and 

exploitation technologies may enable the spectrum agility and adaptability required 

to operate in future congested and contested EM environments. The committee is 

aware of an example of this research being conducted at Baylor University’s 

Spectrum Management with Adaptive and Reconfigurable Technologies (SMART) 

Hub.

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Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, 

containing information on the following:

(1) Department efforts to advance spectrum use research, management, and 

sharing;

(2) A description of planned efforts to harmonize spectrum efforts within 

the Department; and

(3) An elucidation of planned investments in spectrum management tools 

and capabilities essential to the development and deployment of future spectrum 

capabilities in congested and constrained RF environments.

Telematics

The committee is aware that telematics can provide information 

capabilities to military end users. The committee also recognizes the potential for 

telematics to augment existing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) 

systems. The committee encourages the Department of Defense to explore the 

expanded use of telematics by the Department. The Department should evaluate its 

telematics research and development efforts to determine if these efforts meet the 

needs of the combatant commanders with respect to ISR requirements and priority 

target tasking, including by providing additional value to existing or planned 

ground moving target indicator systems.

United States Marine Corps development of vertical takeoff and landing systems

 The committee is aware that in certain theaters and contingencies, there may be 

a need for unmanned systems able to meet a variety of missions and able to operate

from ship, shore, and in austere environments with minimal site preparation. The 

committee believes this need to be particularly relevant given the United States 

Marine Corps’ recent shifts in force design. The committee is therefore concerned 

that emergent requirements may not be able to be fully addressed either by fixedwing unmanned aerial systems (UAS) or current vertical takeoff and landing 

(VTOL) UAS. The committee encourages the Navy to develop next generation VTOL 

UAS to address capability gaps, particularly in the Indo-Pacific. Accordingly, the 

committee recommends an increase of $2.5 million in PE 0603640M for hybrid and 

electric VTOL UAS development. 

Value of spectrum sharing

The Department of Defense has acknowledged that spectrum sharing 

solutions are the key to ensuring that U.S. spectrum policy meets national security 

and economic goals, both of which are critical to the Nation's future. These sharing 

solutions will require much more dynamic operations than have previously been 

employed, including sharing among Department users, as well as sharing between 

Federal and non-Federal users. To facilitate this, the Department should pursue 

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research and development and prototyping projects, in partnership with industry, 

that could lead to joint development of wireless technology and management 

solutions that create dual-use capabilities and services. If aligned with spectrum 

policy decisions, these dual-use capabilities could be developed with both Federal 

and non-Federal uses that have dynamic spectrum sharing capabilities built 

directly into the hardware. 

Venture advisory roles

The committee remains concerned with the challenges facing the 

Department of Defense in regards to developing, acquiring, and fielding emerging 

technologies and capabilities quickly in order to achieve the strategic objectives 

outlined by the National Defense Strategy. The Department is addressing a 

shortcoming in its understanding of venture capital and startup businesses through 

its establishment of the Office of Strategic Capital. However, the committee believes 

that there may be additional approaches that could aid the Department. In 

particular, the Department could benefit by utilizing expertise outside of its 

traditional Government focus areas through the creation of an advisory group made 

up of individuals from defense or dual-use focused venture capital funds and 

venture backed startups. Another possibility could be the creation of fellowships for 

individuals from defense or dual-use focused venture capital funds and venture 

backed startups within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research 

and Engineering. However, the committee recognizes that implementing such ideas 

may present unforeseen challenges.

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed 

Services not later than February 1, 2024, detailing an implementation plan for the 

creation of an advisory group focused on advising the Department in matters 

related to improving the Department’s engagement with emerging technology 

communities to more rapidly adopt and field critical dual-use technologies. The 

report should include, but not be limited to, identification of any potential statutory 

or regulatory challenges in implementing such an advisory group; the size, 

structure, and scope of such an advisory group; any additional funding required to 

stand up such an advisory group; and a determination if such an advisory group 

should be a subcommittee of the Defense Innovation Board. 

OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE

Items of Special Interest

Hypersonic Test Bed Investment Plan

The committee recognizes the need for affordable and reusable hypersonic 

test beds in order to enable early, persistent, and operationally realistic flight 

testing in support of hypersonic technology roadmaps, requirements development 

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for future systems and capabilities, and early technical demonstrations and 

experiments. The committee is aware of available commercial hypersonic testbeds 

and believes they can be leveraged to increase operational test and evaluation 

activities. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to deliver a 

briefing to the House Armed Services Committee no later than February 1, 2024, its 

plan to invest, through its Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program, in the 

utilization of commercially available hypersonic test beds to support its Test and 

Evaluation needs across the hypersonic enterprise.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Section 201—Authorization of Appropriations

This section would authorize appropriations for research, development, 

test, and evaluation at the levels identified in section 4201 of division D of this Act.

SUBTITLE B—PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS

Section 211—Naval Air Warfare Rapid Capabilities Office

This section would establish a Naval Air Warfare Rapid Capabilities Office.

Section 212—Clarification of Role of Partnership Intermediaries to Promote 

Defense Research and Education

This section would amend section 4124(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 

to clarify the scope of Partnership Intermediary Agreements to ensure that 

Partnership Intermediaries can continue to assist the defense laboratories with 

“spin-in” technology in addition to “spin-out” technology.

Section 213—Modification of Support for Research and Development of 

Bioindustrial Manufacturing Processes

This section would allow the Secretary of Defense to leverage bioindustrial 

manufacturing investments to produce active pharmaceutical ingredients and their 

key starting materials.

Section 214—Certain Disclosure Requirements for University Research Funded by 

the Department of Defense

This section would require principal investigators of Department of 

Defense-funded research at institutions of higher education to disclose background 

of foreign researchers involved in their projects.

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Section 215—Consortia to Assist in Protection of Sensitive Research Performed on 

Behalf of the Department of Defense

This section would require the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 

Engineering to select a consortium to help universities to secure research being 

performed for the Department of Defense. 

Section 216—Consortium on Use of Additive Manufacturing for Army Aviation and 

Missile Capability Development

This section would require the Secretary of the Army to establish a 

consortium to facilitate the use of additive manufacturing for the development of 

aviation and missile capabilities for the Army.

Section 217—Support for Defense Innovation Activities of the North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization

This section would allow the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 

Engineering to contribute to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization joint fund for 

Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic.

Section 218—Next Generation Air Dominance Family of Systems Development 

Program Accountability Matrices

This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary 

of the Navy to annually submit, concurrently with the President's budget request, 

development and technology maturation progress reports regarding each 

Department's Next Generation Air Dominance and Collaborative Combat Aircraft 

acquisition programs. This section would also require each Secretary to establish, 

for each piloted fighter aircraft program of the Next Generation Air Dominance 

program, threshold and objective key performance parameters regarding flyaway 

unit cost, gross/weapon system unit cost, aircraft cost-per-tail-per-year, and aircraft 

cost-per-flight-hour. Finally, this section would set maximum cost limitations for 

each category of Collaborative Combat Aircraft each Secretary would plan to 

procure.

Section 219—Continuous Capability Development and Delivery Program for F-35 

Aircraft

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to designate the F-35 

continuous capability and development and delivery program as a major 

subprogram of the F-35 acquisition program. This section would also require the F35 Program Executive Officer to designate and manufacture six developmental 

testing and evaluation aircraft to adequately support future activities of the F-35 

testing and evaluation program. 

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Section 220—Process to Ensure the Responsible Development and Use of Artificial 

Intelligence

This section would direct the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Chief 

Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, to develop and implement a process to 

assess and report whether artificial technologies are developed and function 

responsibly. 

Section 221—Pilot Program to Commercialize Prototypes of the Department of the 

Air Force

This section would create a pilot program to allow the Air Force to use 

budget activity 04 to aid in the transition of technology from the science and 

technology ecosystem to acquisition activities and operational use. 

Section 222—Pilot Program on Near-Term Quantum Computing Applications

This section would establish a near-term quantum computing applications 

pilot program within the Department of Defense, in coordination with a federally 

funded research and development Center (FFRDC) and the quantum industry.

This section would require an interim briefing not later than March 1, 

2024, on the selection of an FFRDC and the methodology and plan for establishing 

this pilot program as well as annual reports thereafter on the status of the pilot 

program, problem sets explored, and an analysis of the findings of pilot program 

engagements. 

Section 223—Pilot Program on Access to Small Business Advanced Technology for 

Army Ground Vehicle Systems

This section would direct the Secretary of the Army to carry out a pilot 

program between Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center and a non-profit research 

institute operating a contested logistics research center to enhance access to small 

business advanced technology. 

Section 224—Prohibition on Availability of Funds for Gain-of-Function Research

This section would prohibit funding for gain of function research in the 

Department of Defense.

Section 225—Limitation on Availability of Funds pending Documentation on Future 

Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Program

This section would limit the funds authorized to be appropriated or 

otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the Office of the Secretary of the 

Army for travel of persons, of which not more than 70 percent may be obligated of 

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expended until the date on which the Secretary of the Army submits to the 

congressional defense committees the analysis of alternatives document for the 

Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program.

Section 226—F-35 Propulsion and Thermal Management Modernization Program

This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary 

of the Navy to determine and validate the power and thermal management cooling 

capacity requirements for the service-life duration for each variant of the F-35 

aircraft system. This section would also require the Program Executive Officer of 

the F-35 program to use those pre-determined service-life requirements to conduct a 

proper and thorough cost-benefit and technical risk analysis integrating all the 

modifications and upgrades necessary of the F-35 aircraft major subsystems to meet 

aircraft service-life requirements for the power and thermal management cooling 

systems. Finally, this section would require the Secretary of Defense to designate 

all efforts to modernize and upgrade the existing propulsion, power, and thermal 

management systems of the F-35 aircraft system as a major subprogram of the F-35 

acquisition program. 

SUBTITLE C—ENERGETICS AND OTHER MUNITIONS MATTERS

Section 241—Establishment of Joint Energetics Transition Office

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to establish a Joint 

Energetics Office.

Section 242—Consideration of Lethality as a Key Performance Parameter for 

Munitions

 This section would require the Secretary of Defense to include lethality as a 

key performance parameter, as appropriate, for purposes of the modification of any 

new or existing munition.

Section 243—Pilot Program on Incorporation of CL20 Compound in Certain Weapon 

Systems 

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot 

program under which the Secretary incorporates CL20 energetic compound as the 

energetic source in three weapon systems that are under development by the 

Department of Defense. 

Section 244—Assessment of Energetics Industrial Base

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This section would require the Deputy Secretary of Defense to conduct an 

assessment of the supply chains for energetic materials and the status of the 

energetics industrial base.

Section 245—Limitation on Sourcing Chemical Materials for Munitions from 

Certain Countries

This section would limit the Secretary of Defense from procuring energetic 

elements except from certain countries.

SUBTITLE D—PLANS, REPORTS, AND OTHER MATTERS

Section 261—Hypersonic Testing Strategy and Evaluation of Potential Hypersonic 

Test Ranges

This section would limit the Department of Defense to 90 percent of the 

funds made available for fiscal year 2024 for travel by the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Policy until the submission of a strategy for hypersonic testing, as 

required by section 237 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2023 (Public Law 117-263), and require the strategy to be updated biennially 

through 2030. 

Further, the committee understands that current long-range flight test 

infrastructure is not sufficient to support hypersonic flight test demand, and that 

additional testing capabilities are required to fully test missile end-game 

performance. Accordingly, this section would also require the Department of 

Defense to study at least two additional corridors for testing long-distance 

hypersonic systems and to initiate any activities required by the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 necessary for such testing.

Section 262—Modification to Annual Reports on Critical Technology Areas 

Supportive of the National Defense Strategy

This section would update the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) to require the 

Department of Defense to report more specific investment data on their designated 

14 critical technology areas supportive of the National Defense Strategy.

Section 263—Intellectual Property Strategy

This section would create a Department of Defense Intellectual Property 

Strategy to better secure the United States' technological edge, encourage the 

development of patentable inventions, and thwart adversarial behavior to 

undermine the U.S. technological base by utilizing intellectual property rights.

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Section 264—Study on Establishment of Centralized Platform for Development and 

Testing of Autonomy Software

This section would task the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 

Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, to assess the establishment of a 

centralized platform for all-domain autonomy software development and testing. 

Section 265—Annual Report on Incremental and Transformational Research and 

Development 

This section would require the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 

Engineering to compile a report on the percentage of their budget spent on projects 

expected to make an impact for the warfighter in the next 5 years and on projects 

expected to make an impact beyond the initial 5-year window. 

Section 266—Congressional Notification of Changes to Department of Defense 

Policy on Autonomy in Weapon Systems

This section would require a congressional briefing if any changes are made 

to the Department of Defense Directive 3000.09 on legal autonomous weapons 

systems.

Section 267—Sense of Congress on Dual Use Innovative Technology for the Robotic 

Combat Vehicle of the Army

This section would provide a sense of Congress on the dual use innovative 

technology for the Robotic Combat Vehicle of the Army. 

TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

ENERGY ISSUES

Additives for Battery Safety in the Armed Services

The committee is aware of domestic companies developing technologies to 

significantly minimize fire and explosion hazards associated with kinetic impact on 

lithium-ion batteries. For example, hybrid-state additives to lithium-ion battery 

electrolytes may offer considerable safety increases with improved performance and 

system weight reduction. The committee recommends that the Department of 

Defense consider integrating additive technologies to increase battery safety as the 

services progress towards broad-based electrification.

Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Energy, Installations, and Environment to provide a briefing to the House 

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Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, on efforts to 

incentivize further development of lithium-ion battery additives for increased safety 

and plans to integrate these technologies into military systems. Specifically, the 

briefing shall include:

(1) the most viable domestically developed battery additive technologies to 

mitigate safety hazards with no compromise to performance;

(2) programs of record within the Department of Defense with significant 

risk of injury or system damage due to lithium-ion battery thermal runaway;

(3) concerns associated with United States imports of batteries 

manufactured in China; and

(4) Department of Defense plans to integrate domestically developed 

additive technologies that increase battery safety.

Areawide Contracts for Energy

The committee notes that areawide contracts are a vehicle by which the 

Department of Defense can meet its requirements for utility services. The 

committee further notes that these contracts may cover a wide variety of 

requirements including, but not limited to, electricity, water, sewage, thermal 

energy, and in some cases energy as a service. The committee is concerned that 

these vehicles are not being utilized by the military departments to the maximum 

extent practicable to improve resiliency, reliability, and mission assurance. The 

committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and 

Environment, in coordination with the military departments, to provide a briefing 

to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 1, 2024, on the 

use of areawide contracts for utility requirements by the military departments. The 

briefing shall include:

(1) the extent to which each military department is using areawide 

contracts to procure utility services through public utility service providers for any 

services that support installation energy resilience and mission readiness;

(2) a description of the opportunities for each military department to use 

utility services through public utility service providers, located on an installation of 

the Department or within the surrounding geographic area, in the protection of 

critical infrastructure; 

(3) a description of how areawide contracts can be used to achieve energy 

resilience at installations within each military department;

(4) any barriers to the use of areawide contracts by military departments; 

and 

(5) how the various military departments define "energy as a service" and 

the extent to which areawide contracts can be utilized for this purpose.

Army Depot Energy Assessment

The Committee has concerns about the power systems at Hawthorne Army 

Depot and how it impacts the facilities and operations on this military installation. 

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Currently, the base boiler systems, which are fifty years old have failed or are close 

to permanent failure. 

The Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a briefing to 

the House Committee on Armed Services no later than January 31, 2024, on the 

current status of the power systems at Hawthorne Army Depot. The briefing should 

include the following information: 

(1) condition of the support facilities and operations on Hawthorne Army 

Depot including the base boiler systems; 

(2) recommendations on improvements as necessary, including the potential 

to utilize existing programs such as the Energy Savings Performance Contract or 

other options to reduce energy use and operational costs. 

Authorities of the Secretary of Defense Pursuant to section 501 of title 46, United 

States Code

The committee is aware of Guam's importance to the Department of 

Defense in the Indo-Pacific theater of operations. With the increased demand for 

basing and operations from Guam the committee is concerned about the energy 

capacity to support the department's growing operations on the island. Therefore, 

the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report no later than 

March 1, 2024, on the current and future energy requirements in Guam to support 

DoD missions. The report should include the following: 

(1) electric grid reliability and resiliency; 

(2) the importance of redundant energy sources; and 

(3) readiness and mission considerations for military installations located 

on Guam. 

(4) an assessment of the feasibility of entering into a negotiated partnership 

with the Guam Power Authority to install a 180-megawatt (MW) centralized Energy 

Storage System (ESS) within its island-wide power system in Guam. 

Development and Acquisition of High-Powered, Fuel Efficient, Hybrid Energy 

Technology 

The Committee is aware of significant potential vulnerabilities in the 

Department of Defense’s operational fuel delivery systems, especially in austere 

environments. The Committee notes that the private sector has developed domestic 

energy solutions, which could significantly reduce dependence on foreign energy 

sources to meet the energy needs of the Department of Defense. Cooperation and 

collaboration between the public and private sectors would accelerate the 

development and deployment of high-powered, hybrid energy technology that can 

serve various applications across the Department of Defense. 

Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 1, 2024, on 

its efforts to identify and develop domestic hybrid energy technologies. This should 

include an acquisition plan for domestic hybrid energy technology solutions with 

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applications across the Department of Defense. The briefing should contain the 

following: 

(1) An assessment of the Department of Defense’s operational energy needs, 

specifically regarding recent advancements in mobile field hospitals, weapons, and 

radar systems. 

(2) An evaluation of existing and planned Department of Defense’s 

collaboration with public and private sectors to invest, acquire, and deploy hybrid 

power systems. 

(3) An identification of field-ready, hybrid power systems currently in 

development that could be deployed for multiple-use applications with the sole 

intention of improving military readiness. 

Munitions and Rocket Propellant Manufacturing and Development

The committee is concerned that domestic manufactures of munition and 

rocket propellants have begun to exit the marketplace because of complications 

associated with continued development of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 

substances. The committee notes that the Department of Defense procures 

significant per- and polyfluoroalkyl binder agents from these domestic 

manufacturers annually and that several years are required to provide adequate 

replacements for this product. Additionally, the committee notes that per- and 

polyfluoroalkyl binder agents are integral elements of certain developing munition 

and rocket propellent products.

The committee believes that multiple alternatives are available to mitigate 

the loss of these binding agents to include stockpiling current product, rapidly 

accelerating the development of alternative products and procuring intellectual 

property that would allow alternative manufacturers to develop the product. 

Therefore, no later than December 1, 2023, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services 

addressing the following:

(1) the current procurement of per- and polyfluoroalkyl munitions and 

rocket propellants;

(2) an assessment of the alternatives to current manufacturers; and

(3) the desired approach to rectify this critical munition and rocket 

propellant product.

No Conflicts of Interest Certification for Fuel Services Financial Management 

Contracts

The committee is concerned with the potential of a fuel service provider 

overseeing the financial management of the Department of Defense’s fuel network. 

Such an arrangement could create a conflict of interest, damage readiness, and 

compromise fair and competitive fuel prices, which could lead to increased costs for 

the taxpayer and warfighter. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to notify the Armed Services Committees of the House and Senate, no later 

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than 30 days after entering into a contract for financial management services of 

Department of Defense fuel contracts with an entity that also provides fuel services 

to the Department of Defense. The notification shall also include a certification by 

the Secretary of Defense that no conflict of interest within the contract exists. 

Operational Energy Resilience Practices

The committee commends the military departments for their work to 

develop energy resiliency guidelines for military installations and notes that those 

guidelines will increase mission assurance and decrease operation costs. However, 

the committee remains concerned about the availability of vital resources during 

potential future conflicts, including but not limited to fuel for combat vehicles and 

power generation for auxiliary functions on naval vessels. The committee further 

notes that innovative energy resiliency and power generation technologies have the 

potential to increase the United States’ projection capabilities, shore up 

vulnerabilities in in-theater supply lines, and decrease the loads carried by service 

members and military vehicles. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Sustainment, in coordination with the Assistant Secretaries for Energy, 

Installations, and Environment of the military departments, to submit a briefing to 

the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, regarding the efforts 

of their respective departments to develop best practices for operational energy 

conservation. The briefing shall address the following: 

(1) Ongoing research and development programs related to operational 

energy and resiliency in combat environments; 

(2) Existing plans to transition new technologies related to operational 

energy and resiliency conservation to programs of record; and 

(3) Progress on the development of operational energy and resiliency 

guidelines and strategies for full implementation. 

Propane Fueled Primary and Backup Power Generation

The committee notes recent Department of Defense actions to create 

sustainability plans that reduce emissions and increase resiliency. As the 

Department continues these efforts, it should do so in a technology-neutral 

approach that accounts for full lifecycle emissions and supply chains.

While the committee appreciates efforts to reduce carbon emissions, 

traditional fuels, such as propane, can produce significantly fewer emissions than 

some emerging technologies and are an abundant domestic resource. The committee 

notes that pairing propane with other technologies could eliminate carbon emissions 

while increasing the resilience of domestic military installations. The committee 

understands that propane is a highly transportable fuel unsusceptible to 

degradation, making it an ideal long-term investment. The committee encourages 

the Department of Defense to continue investments in mobile electric generation 

and microgrid technologies by relying on generators powered by propane.

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Propane/Alternative Fuel Powered Vehicles

The committee notes numerous actions taken by the U.S. Department of 

Defense, and its various components, to invest significantly in the electric vehicle 

market. The committee notes there are other affordable alternative fuels that 

provide the environmental benefits the Department seeks. Additionally, the 

committee notes that as the Department seeks to reduce emissions, consideration 

should also be given to alternative fuel vehicles where fuel sources or key 

components produced in the United States. The committee notes the U.S. 

Department of Energy previously determined that while the initial cost for an 

alternatively fueled vehicle, such as propane, can be between 5-15% higher 

compared to a traditional vehicle, propane is typically cheaper creating a faster 

return on investment. The committee also notes that propane-fueled vehicles often 

have lower maintenance costs than other light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services by no later than January 1, 2024, 

on the feasibility to implement a pilot program at three domestic facilities to 

analyze the benefits of alternative fuels for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. The 

report shall include amongst other things a cost-benefit analysis that includes the 

cost of the vehicles, the cost of fueling infrastructure, the cost of fuel, affordability 

and availability of replacement parts, and an evaluation of life cycle, safety, and 

well-to-wheel emissions. 

Report language to address known risk in Western Pacific fuel supply chain

The committee is aware that there were multiple significant fuel 

contamination incidents in the commercial shipping sector in the last year which 

affected hundreds of large vessels in the Pacific, Baltic, and Mediterranean zones, 

resulting in vessel recovery and costly repair, and stoppage of commerce. This 

identified fuel contamination is not detectable by the current, regulated chemical 

tests for such fuels, and fleets must be able to procure and receive fuels with 

assurity of the fuel custody chain. Supply chain readiness is a fundamental 

element of Pacific Deterrence and National Security objectives. 

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)-Energy provides Force-wide legacy fuel 

testing oversight and is encouraged to conduct rapid prototyping and rapid fielding 

activities to address demonstrated security threats using advanced technology tools 

that include digital engineering and digital chemistry tools and architecture, which 

are available to and fielded in the commercial market. 

The committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, 

Installation, and Environment to provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services by March 1, 2024. The briefing shall include, at a minimum, the 

following: 

(1) the feasibility of rapidly integrating advanced fuel security technologies 

and digital chemistry proven in the commercial market, 

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(2) current logistics readiness levels required by primary objectives stated 

in the most recent National Defense strategy. 

(3) requirements to increase logistics readiness levels required by primary 

objectives stated in the most recent National Defense Strategy. 

Report on PFAS Contamination at Former Wurtsmith Air Force Base (Oscoda, MI)

The committee is aware of efforts by the Department of Defense to clean up 

PFAS contamination at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, Michigan. 

Yet, the pace of cleanup has raised concerns in regards to five health warnings 

issued by state and local health departments affecting groundwater, public 

waterways, and wildlife outside of the base boundary. 

The committee encourages the Department to continue working closely 

with state and local officials; and continue engagement with local citizens regarding 

the cleanup process. The committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit 

a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 1st, 

2024, on the progress made and future plans to remediate PFAS contamination at 

the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base, to include interim and final remedial actions, 

as well as projected timelines for those actions. 

Ship-to-Shore Fuel Distribution System Upgrade

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 with regard to the age and effectiveness of legacy fuel assets across the 

military services. The committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to assess 

current ship-to-shore fuel distribution systems and evaluate whether the 

Department is sufficiently considering innovative and cost-effective solutions 

available commercially in order to meet critical readiness requirements. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

report to the congressional defense committees not later than December 1, 2023, on 

the current state of ship-to-shore fuel distribution systems and recommendations to 

counter any capability gaps or deficiencies. The report, 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 full lifecycle costs for offshore petroleum distribution 

systems, including with respect to military personnel, military construction, 

military infrastructure operation, and operations 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;

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(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 could be restructured in such a way as to allow for maximum usage of 

commercial technology, as required by section 3453 of title 10, United States Code.

Streamlining Portable Battery Charging Systems

The committee understands that the Army utilizes a wide range of different 

battery types to power systems ranging from communications to robotics and other 

tactical platforms. The committee notes that the Army currently relies on a 

piecemeal approach to battery charging, using different chargers for each different 

battery type. The committee is aware that common charging solutions exist, but 

that the Army’s use of such platforms has been limited in scope and capability. The 

committee is concerned that this approach results in unnecessary inefficiencies in 

acquisition costs, logistics, and soldier load requirements.

The committee recognizes that the Marine Corps has taken a different 

approach and, in 2016, began procuring a universal portable charging system to 

improve operational efficiency by reducing the total number of chargers needed, 

streamlining charging processes, and decreasing charge times. Additionally, by 

utilizing a dedicated acquisition vehicle, the Marine Corps can procure chargers at 

lower cost due to direct purchasing and economies of scale. The committee 

encourages the Army to consider a similar approach.

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 15, 2024, 

on common battery charging solutions. The briefing shall include:

(1) an assessment of the Army’s current approach to battery charging;

(2) efforts to explore and field common battery charging solutions; and

(3) an analysis of the Marine Corps approach and its potential value to the 

Army.

Supporting Army Energy Resilience

The committee directs the Secretary of the Army to submit a report to the 

House Committee on Armed Services, not later than March 1, 2024, on the overall 

assessment to install and maintain hydrogen fuel cell technologies at covered 

projects. The report should include: 

(1) a description of the economic, environmental, national security and 

technical viability of installing and maintaining, or contracting with third parties to 

install and maintain, hydrogen fuel cells at covered projects; 

(2) identify covered projects with a high potential for the installation and 

maintenance of hydrogen fuel cells and whether such installation and maintenance 

would require additional authorization; 

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(3) account for potential impacts of hydrogen fuel cells at covered projects 

and the authorized purposes of such projects, including potential impacts on 

military installations energy backup; and 

(4) account for the availability of electric grid infrastructure close to 

military installations, covered projects, including underutilized transmission 

infrastructure. 

Sustainable and Reliable Energy Sources for Army Installations

The committee notes the growing need for resilient and reliable energy 

sources for growing United States military installations. The committee directs the 

Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, in 

coordination with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment, 

to provide a report on potential power source options for energy resilience on U.S. 

Army installations hosting one or more four-star command to the House Committee 

on Armed Services not later than February 1, 2024. The report should contain (1) 

existing installation power sources and how new options might integrate with 

existing infrastructure, (2) regional weather conditions and trends, (3) potential 

engagement/partnership opportunities with public and private organizations to 

improve energy resilience, (4) power source reliability, (5) projected growth of the 

installation, and (6) power source longevity. 

LOGISTICS AND SUSTAINMENT ISSUES

Air Logistics Center Capital Equipment Requirements

The committee recognizes the importance of the work performed at the Air 

Force’s three public depots (Air Logistics Complexes) and has concerns about the 

aging capital equipment at each location.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a 

report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the House Committee on 

Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, on the capital equipment replacement 

and/or refurbishment requirements at each of the Air Force air logistics centers. 

The report shall include:

(1) the name, age, and expected replacement age of equipment; 

(2) the replacement or refurbishment cost; 

(3) the year of obsolescence; 

(4) the replacement plan for obsolescent equipment; and 

(5) the plan to invest in advanced technology capital equipment.

Briefing on Floating Dry Docks Posture in the Indo-Pacific

The Committee recognizes the potential value of floating dry docks in 

expanding maintenance and repair capacity while providing greater flexibility in 

positioning across significant distances in the Indo-Pacific theater. Accordingly, the 

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committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, on the Department of the 

Navy’s assessment of the value of floating dry docks in addressing maintenance and 

repair needs in the Indo-Pacific theater, including needs emerging from battle 

damage. This briefing shall include an inventory of current floating dry dock assets, 

any plans to acquire additional floating dry docks and cost analyses compared to 

permanent dry docks, optimized pre-positioning and movement of floating dry docks 

to accommodate maintenance and repair needs, and workforce needs to support 

floating dry dock posture. 

Commercial Air Refueling Report

The committee continues to recognize the stresses on the Air Force’s tanker 

refueling fleet and annual unmet aerial refueling requirements. United States 

Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) considers the commercial industry an 

important partnership providing an important wartime surge and daily 

augmentation to its trucks, airlift/aeromedical, and railcars. Despite multiple 

studies conducted by the United States Government Accountability Office, the 

United States Air Force and demand from Major Command operational units for 

more air refueling capacity, USTRANSCOM still maintains zero domestic aerial 

refueling partners to meet the Department of Defense’s wartime Air Refueling 

needs and hours of training and readiness requirements. This lack of a commercial 

surge and training outlet for such a critical capability has prompted previous 

USTRANSCOM Commanders to state before the committee that lack of aerial 

refueling requirements has been their number one readiness concern. Three 

decades later, the Air Force’s tanker refueling fleet remains the only Department of 

Defense capability without commercial augmentation to support the nation’s 

wartime surge, mobilization, sustainment, and peacetime training demands.

The committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a brief to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, outlining 

potential increase in capability by divestment of air refueling aircraft from the 

boneyard/demilitarization to the original equipment manufacturer via the excess 

defense article (EDA) process for the purpose of providing aircraft to a qualified and 

certified commercial aerial refueling provider or providers. The committee believes 

that doing so would save the Air Force costs associated with divestment and 

demilitarization, while concurrently establishing a domestic, commercial aerial 

refueling augmentation and increasing aerial refueling capacity to increase 

training, readiness, and wartime surge.

Comptroller General Review of Air Force’s New Force Generation Model

In late 2021, the Air Force began implementing a new force generation 

model—Air Force Force Generation (AFFORGEN)—replacing its previous model 

that had been in use for over two decades. The primary focus of this new model is to 

standardize deployment schedules and meet demands for forces, while providing 

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adequate time for rest, training, and the preservation and rebuilding of readiness. 

The Air Force also believes it will enable the service to more effectively implement 

new force employment concepts, such as Agile Combat Employment that aligns 

combat Air Force units with combat support units to sustain operations in austere 

environments. The committee understands AFFORGEN is being tested on some 

select Air Combat Command units and these units are expected to reach initial 

operational capability during fiscal year 2023; however, AFFORGEN is to be 

implemented across the entire Air Force. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United 

States to undertake a comprehensive review of the Air Force’s efforts to implement 

AFFORGEN. This review shall address:

 (1) to what extent has the Air Force identified goals for and made progress 

implementing its new force generation model for its combat and combat support 

forces;

 (2) to what extent does the Air Force’s approach incorporate sufficient training 

for units to obtain proficiency to counter advanced adversaries;

 (3) to what extent has the Air Force been able to demonstrate the feasibility of 

new employment concepts, such as Agile Combat Employment, in executing the new 

force generation model;

 (4) what, if any, challenges does the Air Force face in implementing the new force 

generation model and synchronizing its processes to staff, train, and equip forces in 

support of combatant command demands; and

 (5) any other related matters the Comptroller General considers appropriate.

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing 

to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than April 1, 2024, on the 

Comptroller General’s preliminary findings and provide final results to the 

committee in a mutually agreed upon format and timeframe. 

Comptroller General Review of Contested Logistics in U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

In the 2022 National Defense Strategy, the Department of Defense stated 

that it will prioritize securely and effectively providing logistics and sustainment to 

continue operations in a contested and degraded environment, despite adversary 

disruption. However, the Department has recently stated that the current theater 

logistics posture and capability to sustain the force are inadequate to support 

operations in a contested environment. In particular, United States military forces 

in the Indo-Pacific region lack sufficient logistic capabilities to resupply and refuel 

in a contested environment.

The committee has significant concerns about the readiness of the Armed 

Forces to provide continued fuel resupply in the event of a conflict with China. To 

assist the committee in its oversight, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to review and assess the Department’s efforts to plan and 

execute fuel resupply needs in a contested Indo-Pacific environment. The 

Comptroller General’s review shall:

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 (1) identify the Department's roles, responsibilities, procedures, and plans for 

providing logistics in a contested environment within the Indo-Pacific Command 

area of responsibility; 

 (2) identify and assess the extent to which the Department has conducted 

studies, analyses, wargames, or exercises to evaluate whether it has the logistical 

capacity to store and deliver fuel in a contested Indo-Pacific environment;

 (3) assess the extent to which the Department is updating its operational energy 

strategies and planning for fuel resupply needs in the Indo-Pacific theater; and

 (4) assess any other issues the Comptroller General determines appropriate 

related to resupplying, rearming, or refueling in the Indo-Pacific theater. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing 

to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 15, 2024, on 

preliminary findings of the review and provide final results to the Senate 

Committee on Armed Services and the House Committee on Armed Services in a 

format and timeframe as mutually agreed upon. The committee expects the 

Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the military departments, and the 

combatant commanders to provide any pertinent information, including, but not 

limited to, related analyses and studies, contingency plans, and operational plans, 

to designated representatives of the Government Accountability Office assigned to 

this review. 

Comptroller General Review of Department of Defense Sustainment Plans for the 

Defense of Guam

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the military services have 

developed plans to improve the integrated air and missile defense capabilities on 

Guam. The 2022 Missile Defense Review indicates that Guam’s missile defenses 

will be commensurate with its status as both an unequivocal part of the United 

States, as well as a key power projection hub in the Indo-Pacific region. MDA 

requested over $800 million in its fiscal year 2024 budget for additional capabilities 

to augment the current Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery deployed to 

the island. The committee notes that Guam’s location and climate, as well as the 

Department of Defense's plan to use mobile components as part of Guam’s defense 

infrastructure, require specific considerations to sustain these capabilities. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United 

States to review the Department of Defense's sustainment plans for the Missile 

Defense of Guam. This review shall address:

(1) the extent to which the Department of Defense is considering plans for 

sustaining the new missile architecture that will comprise the defense of Guam as 

options are being considered, including the personnel (military, civilian, and 

contractors), infrastructure, and funding necessary for that sustainment;

(2) the extent to which adding new missile defense architecture on Guam 

would affect sustainment of preexisting defenses on the island and other missile 

defense elements in the Indo-Pacific region; and

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(3) any other topics deemed appropriate by the Comptroller General.

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing 

to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than April 1, 2024, on the 

Comptroller General’s preliminary findings and provide final results to the 

committee in a mutually agreed upon format and timeframe.

Comptroller General Review of Navy Ship Sustainment Budget Presentation and 

Execution

The Navy spends billions of dollars annually to sustain its ships, yet it 

continually faces persistent and worsening sustainment challenges. In 2023, the 

Comptroller General of the United States found that 10 ship classes faced 

persistent and worsening sustainment challenges while maintenance costs rose by 

$1.2 billion from fiscal years 2011 through 2021. Specifically, the number of 

maintenance cannibalizations, casualty reports, and days of depot maintenance 

delay have each increased, while the number of hours a ship is generally in an 

operating or training status have decreased. In light of these negative trends, the 

committee is concerned about the effectiveness of the Navy’s approach to developing 

sustainment requirements and executing funding to support ship readiness. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United 

States to undertake a review of the Navy’s approach to identifying and establishing 

sustainment funding requirements, developing and presenting its budget for ship 

sustainment, and executing appropriated funds for ship sustainment. This review 

shall address:

(1) the Navy’s approach to identifying and establishing funding 

requirements and developing its budget request for ship sustainment;

(2) the extent that the Navy has requested, received, and executed ship 

sustainment funding over the past 10 years;

(3) the extent that the Navy’s approach to presenting its budget request for 

ship sustainment provides visibility into the planned uses of the funding;

(4) the challenges the Navy has faced in using its ship sustainment funding 

to address long-standing sustainment challenges; and

(5) any other related matters the Comptroller General considers 

appropriate.

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing 

to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than April 1, 2024, on the 

Comptroller General’s preliminary findings and to provide final results to the 

committee in a mutually agreed upon format and timeframe.

Comptroller General Review of Prepositioned Assets in the Indo-Pacific Region

The 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS) identified China as the most 

consequential strategic competitor for the coming decades. As such, the NDS 

directed the Department of Defense to act urgently to sustain and strengthen 

United States deterrence, with China as the pacing challenge for the Department. 

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The NDS further indicated that the Department would reinforce and build out a 

resilient security infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific region to, among other things, 

deter attempts to resolve disputes by force. Integral to this effort is the ability to 

employ combat-ready forces on short notice to address aggression or crises which 

rests, in large part, on billions of dollars’ worth of prepositioned assets that enable 

resilient and agile logistics during initial operations. Consequently, the committee 

has had an ongoing interest in the Department's strategy and oversight of its 

prepositioning program. Particularly in light of the focus the 2022 NDS places on 

China, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States to 

evaluate the following:

 (1) how the Department of Defense and the military services determine the types 

and locations of prepositioned materiel in the Indo-Pacific region and the condition 

of that equipment;

 (2) the extent that the Department assessed its strategy for prepositioning assets 

in the Indo-Pacific region based on the 2022 NDS, as well as the military services’ 

future operations and logistics concepts;

 (3) the extent that the military services coordinate their prepositioning programs 

with each other, and with Indo-Pacific Command, in order to ensure they are 

responsive to applicable contingency plans, as well as to achieve efficiencies and 

reduce unnecessary duplication; and

 (4) any challenges the Department faces in prepositioning assets in the IndoPacific region.

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing 

to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than April 1, 2024, on the 

Comptroller General's preliminary findings and present final results in a format 

and timeframe agreed to at the time of the briefing.

Foreign Dispatch Services

The committee is concerned by the unlicensed transportation dispatch 

services that are based outside of the United States that are utilized in the shipping 

of sensitive and critical Department of Defense freight. This represents a potential 

vulnerability in the defense supply chain that could be exploited by adversaries in 

the event of a conflict. Foreign dispatch services do not operate under the same 

oversight and cybersecurity regulations of those domiciled within the United States, 

making them more susceptible to foreign interference and influence. Furthermore, 

the committee is concerned that the locations of all dispatch offices through which 

defense-related freight is dispatched is not a data point collected by the 

Department.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the House Committee on 

Armed Services not later than February 1, 2024, on the Department’s use of foreign 

dispatch services for critical defense freight and the implications of instituting 

stricter dispatch service regulations. The report shall include the following:

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(1) a list of all transportation dispatch services domiciled outside of the 

United States that are used in shipping what the Secretary deems to be sensitive or 

critical freight;

(2) vulnerabilities of foreign dispatch services and threats posed to such 

services by malign foreign actors;

(3) an assessment of the impacts on the Department’s ability to quickly 

mobilize and ship critical military freight using solely American dispatch services; 

and

(4) any other information the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.

Global Household Goods Contract Risk Mitigation

The magnitude of the Defense Personal Property Program moving to a 

single move manager and the recent Global Household Goods Contract (GHC) 

schedule adjustments require U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) to 

carefully consider the stand-up of these services and take steps to mitigate risk. The 

committee is committed to ensuring a responsible GHC transition and customer 

satisfaction.

 Therefore, the committee directs the Commander of USTRANSCOM to 

submit a report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the House 

Committee on Armed Services, not later than December 1, 2023, on the plan to 

gradually stand-up GHC services and evaluate the GHC through the critical peak 

season during the height of personal property moves from May-July 2024. The 

report should include how the plan will provide customer satisfaction, establish 

metrics to cost effectively assume these responsibilities, and ensure that existing 

Defense Personal Property Program services are still available throughout the 

period of evaluation and confirmation of services.

Laser Peening Application to Ship and Submarine Construction, Maintenance, and 

Repair

The committee notes that the Navy is facing challenges related to 

maintaining its aging fleet and procuring new ships and submarines. To address 

some of these challenges, the Navy continues to examine technologies that can 

extend the service life of newly constructed ships and submarines, as well as 

maintain the current fleet. Laser shock peening (laser peening) is a technology that 

has been proven to provide significant cost savings over the past 35 years in the 

aerospace, transportation, and power generation industries and will provide 

significant cost savings for the Navy and its shipbuilders as well.

In ships and submarines, metal fatigue and resultant cracking can result in 

damage to key metal components such as propulsion shafting, propellers, rudders, 

water jets, etc. Without repairing these critical ship components, the damage can 

potentially lead to a part's unexpected failure. Material treated by laser peening is 

significantly more resistant to metal fatigue failures, thus extending the system's 

life. Laser peening has been supported in Congress since at least 2014 as a proven 

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technology that has the potential of saving significant funding that would otherwise 

be necessary for future repairs or replacement of critical shipboard and submarine 

components. Similar savings have been seen in commercial industry and 

Department of Defense aviation.

Therefore, the committee directs the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the 

Navy for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (DASN RDTE) to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, on the 

resources required for the U.S. Navy to fully implement a coordinated laser peening 

program, particularly to support the Columbia-class, to address the numerous 

metal fatigue related issues and costs rampant throughout the aviation, surface, 

and submarine fleet. 

Naval Air Systems Command Condition Based Maintenance

The committee supports Naval Air Systems Command’s initiatives for a 

conditions-based maintenance system, which utilizes artificial intelligence, 

predictive analytics, and other advanced technologies to improve the readiness of 

aircraft and reduce costs associated with scheduled maintenance. Premature 

maintenance on an aircraft prompted by arbitrary timelines rather than actual 

need can drastically increase costs while decreasing aircraft readiness.

The committee believes that maximizing the use of conditions-based 

maintenance that utilizes new forms of artificial intelligence and predictive 

analytics can provide the Navy with greater aircraft availability, thereby improving 

pilot readiness and mission-capable rates. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the Commander, Naval Air Systems 

Command, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by 

April 1, 2024 on current maintenance operations for Navy and Marine Corps 

aircraft. This briefing shall include: 

(1) An analysis of the effectiveness of the current calendar-based 

maintenance schedule; 

(2) An assessment of potential cost-savings, increased readiness, and 

improvements to availability that could be achieved by utilizing a conditions-based 

maintenance plan; 

(3) A timeline for deployment of a conditions-based maintenance plan that 

includes the utilization of artificial intelligence and predictive analytics; and 

(4) Any plans to accelerate the deployment of such maintenance systems. 

Naval Air Systems Command Fleet Readiness Centers Maintenance Repair and 

Overhaul Analytics

The Navy’s aging, diverse fleet of aircraft is a challenge for Navy Fleet 

Readiness Centers (FRCs). Unlike aircraft manufacturing, repair and overhaul 

involve significant uncertainty in the scope of work and the sequence of work. 

Uncertainty in repair cycles challenges FRC administration. This increases 

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turnaround time and repair costs across all fleets of aircraft and reduces aircraft 

availability (readiness) in the fleet.

The committee supports Naval Air Systems Command's use of 

maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) related predictive analytics simulations to 

achieve improvements in depot efficiency and aircraft readiness.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, 

on progress and plans to deploy additional funds provided for MRO related 

predictive analytics.

Radar Sustainment Industrial Base

The committee notes the critical importance of sustainment and repair 

activities across the Department of Defense’s radar inventory, especially as many

platforms transition from legacy to advanced, next-generation radar systems. The 

committee believes it is imperative for the Department to improve the reliability 

and resilience of the radar industrial base by ensuring adequate capacity and 

competition for maintenance and repair activities. The committee is concerned 

about potential lack of competition among sustainment providers and the risk this 

presents to the capability and speed of sustainment work. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, 

on the Department’s plans for current and future radar sustainment, which shall 

include:

(1) an assessment of current industry capabilities in the legacy radar repair 

enterprise;

(2) plans to ensure a maintained sustainment capability as programs 

transition to next-generation radar systems, specifically active electronically 

scanned array radars; and

(3) plans to use full and open competition for radar sustainment 

solicitations to ensure requirements are met and control costs across the 

Department.

Weapon System Sustainment Quick Looks

The Department of Defense spends billions of dollars annually to sustain its 

major weapon systems in an effort to simultaneously support today’s military 

operations and maintain the capability to meet future defense requirements. Over 

the last several years, the Comptroller General of the United States has provided a 

series of Sustainment Quick Look reports with long-term trend information on the 

availability, condition, and operating and support (O&S) costs for 49 Department of 

Defense aircraft and 10 classes of Navy ships. Congress relies on this type of 

information to understand long-term trends in the availability and cost of key 

weapon systems required to execute the National Defense Strategy. Moreover, this 

type of information provides vital information and insight into the Department’s 

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progress addressing sustainment challenges as well as balancing funding between 

new acquisitions and the sustainment of existing weapon systems.

The committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States to 

continue conducting periodic Sustainment Quick Look reviews focused on the 

availability, condition, and O&S costs for selected Department of Defense major 

weapon systems. These reviews shall address:

(1) the extent that the military departments have met availability goals for 

aircraft, ships, submarines, or other selected major weapon systems and what 

sustainment challenges affected those weapon systems;

(2) the extent that O&S costs have changed over time for these weapon 

systems, and what factors drove changes in these costs; and

(3) any other related matters the Comptroller General considers 

appropriate.

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing 

to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than November 1, 2023, on a 

plan to periodically update its Sustainment Quick Look series through the end of 

calendar year 2026. This plan should include the selected major weapon systems 

and types of information to be included, timeframes for conducting the work, and 

timeframes for issuing products. The Comptroller General will provide periodic 

briefings on preliminary findings and provide final results in a format and 

timeframe based on the plan.

READINESS ISSUES

Air Force Operational Training Digital Infrastructure

The committee notes that the Chief of Staff of the Air Force’s Action Order 

D: Design Implementation MOD 1, Section 3.A.3.F from February 2022, requires 

that the Air Force “identify excess and inefficient resources across the enterprise 

encumbered within aging and redundant infrastructure competing with 

modernization efforts."

The committee recognizes that the Department of the Air Force has made 

progress in developing and deploying secure, digital, and immersive training 

infrastructure; however, remains concerned that potential overlap and duplication 

among technologies could present inefficiencies. Specifically, the lack of progress 

integrating legacy systems, such as myLearning, into newer open architecturecentered efforts is of concern. The committee understands that greater efficiencies 

could be achieved with an enterprise approach, with technological solutions driven 

solely by validated requirements.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on efforts to 

eliminate duplicative or redundant efforts to develop and deploy enterprise level 

digital, immersive training infrastructure across the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space 

Force. The briefing shall include:

(1) a current inventory of all digital, immersive training infrastructure;

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(2) specific plans to transition, adopt, combine, or eliminate duplicative or 

redundant efforts;

(3) details on continuing program links to validated requirements; and

(4) current and future plans to leverage existing commercial technologies 

and Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer 

programs.

Army Field Feeding Systems

The committee is aware of the need for the Army to upgrade its existing 

field feeding and soldier sustainment equipment. The need for the Army to be able 

feed troops and even civilian populations is well known but the service’s state of 

readiness, especially in its legacy sustainment equipment is less well understood. 

Given the need to properly budget and deploy for field feeding and expeditionary 

sustainment, the committee requires greater visibility into the Army’s future 

funding requirements for this essential service. 

The committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services no later than March 31, 2024, on its plans to 

upgrade its existing field feeding systems, the need to acquire additional units, and 

what Congress should expect in terms of budgetary impacts from such procurement. 

This briefing should specifically include, but is not limited to, information 

regarding: 

(1) the Army’s current inventory of legacy field feeding systems that are 

both deployable and safe to use; 

(2) the inventory of field feeding systems that is sufficient for maintaining 

readiness and maximizing distributed mission effectiveness; 

(3) the Army’s prospective plans on how to fund, field, equip, and upgrade 

existing units in addition to phasing out older and less capable field feeding 

systems; and 

(4) the cost and timeline associated with implementing such a strategy, 

including additional outlays by Congress to accomplish this goal. 

Army Squad Training

The Army has stated the Soldier Virtual Trainer (SVT) program is intended 

to integrate several individual soldier and squad training capabilities, to include 

Weapon Skill Development, Joint Fires Training and Use of Force Training, into a 

single capability to achieve individual and squad collective training tasks. While 

SVT is under development, the committee understands the Army’s sustainment 

program for existing, legacy small arms simulation Engagement Skills Trainer 

(EST) systems is no longer funded, requiring individual commands to fund their 

own EST system support. Further, the committee understands the warranties for 

Army EST systems will begin to expire in 2023, with full expiration in 2024. While 

the committee understands and supports the need to transition away from legacy 

EST systems not capable of meeting the human performance, biometric, and overall 

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data analytics capabilities that modern small arms synthetic training systems 

achieve, the committee is concerned about how the Army plans to provide basic 

through advanced small arms synthetic training including the TC 3-20.40 Table II 

simulation requirements.

The committee understands there are current service providers that have 

next generation simulation small arms synthetic training systems that utilize 

human performance optimization, biometrics, and robust shooter data collection 

and analysis that can support all current Army small arms simulation qualification 

requirements today. The committee encourages the Army to leverage these 

advanced training systems where possible to fill the current training gap. 

Additionally, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a report to 

the committee, no later than December 31, 2023, regarding the Army’s plan to 

ensure its soldiers are receiving basic through advanced small arms simulation 

training that meets all warfighter proficiency and readiness requirements between 

now and SVT fielding. The report shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) the timeline that SVT will be fully fielded,

(2) the Army’s plan to meet all warfighter small arms synthetic training 

proficiency and readiness requirements before SVT’s full fielding,

(3) a detailed description regarding how the SVT program is incorporating 

advanced human performance training and the integration of wearable biosensors 

and robust data collection and analysis over the life of a soldier’s career, and

(4) how the Army will validate SVT’s effectiveness in delivering measurable 

live fire qualification improvements in weapon competency, cognitive skills, and 

lethality to improve warfighter readiness.

Army Vantage Program

The committee recognizes the Department of the Army’s efforts to enhance 

operational effectiveness through the implementation of the Army Vantage 

Program. The committee understands the Army Vantage program provides 

commanders key insights into the health, training, manning, and equipping of all 

Army units. The committee notes the Army Vantage program’s Unliquidated 

Obligations Triage Tool has recovered over $3.0 billion in buying power for the 

Army over the last three years, and its Commander’s Risk Reduction Toolkit is used 

to address Army Senior leader concerns about reducing undesirable risk behaviors 

across Army formations. Moreover, the committee recognizes the Army Vantage 

Program connect standalone systems to adapt to contingency operations and 

streamline deployment processes. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 

2023, on how the Army intends to ensure the viability of the Army Vantage 

program and preserve its critical capabilities in the future. This briefing should, at 

minimum, include the following: 

(1) provide an update on the current status of the Army Vantage Program; 

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(2) future goals for the Army Vantage Program; and 

(3) a thorough analysis of the funding and resource requirements to ensure 

continued operation of this program. 

Critical Minerals and Metal Reserve

The committee is concerned about foreign control and influence over the 

supply chain for critical minerals and metals used for defense technologies. The 

committee remains concerned that the Department of Defense lacks an adequate 

domestic supply of critical minerals and metals for leading edge defense 

capabilities. The committee notes that installations within Joint Munitions 

Command may be uniquely suited to serve as a reserve for stored critical minerals 

and metals. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition and Sustainment to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed 

Services not later than December 1, 2023, on:

(1) a description of the Department’s requirements for identifying, tracing, 

and stockpiling critical minerals and metals;

(2) a description of the Department’s strategy for storing these critical 

mineral and metal reserves to include a discussion of the benefits of storing these 

reserves in a more distributed fashion;

(3) a discussion of the suitability of facilities within the Joint Munitions 

Command for storage of critical minerals and metal reserves given their specialized 

facilities; and

(4) a discussion of opportunities for public-private partnerships to facilitate 

more robust critical mineral and metal reserves from a diversity of sources, 

including recycled and reused

minerals and metals.

Ensuring the Continued Success of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training

The committee recognizes that since 1981, the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot 

Training (ENJJPT) program has produced superior caliber combat aviators, 

enhanced interoperability amongst allies, and fostered continued friendship and 

respect between the United States and European partner-nations and is a one-ofkind endeavor that cannot be replicated through any other means. The committee 

was pleased that on March 10, 2023, the ENJJPT program was extended through 

September 30, 2036. Producing fighter pilots for both the United States and allied 

air forces has never been more important given current global conditions, and the 

committee commends the Air Force on the recent ENJJPT extension.

In order to ensure the continued mission success of the ENJJPT program, 

the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 31, 2024, on future 

ENJJPT operations and plans through 2036 and beyond. The briefing shall include:

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(1) identification of other potential allied nations for inclusion in the 

ENJJPT program;

(2) plans for integration of the T-7 into the ENJJPT program to replace the 

aging T-38;

(3) needed infrastructure improvements at ENJJPT to ensure continued 

operations in a modernized environment, including necessary operations and 

maintenance facilities, ramp space modifications, and taxiway and runway 

improvements; and

(4) a concept of operations for maintenance activities to ensure maximum 

aircraft mission-readiness. 

Exercise Northern Strike

Exercise Northern Strike provides a realistic decisive action training 

environment and robust training experiences for units and leaders to strengthen 

joint all domain warfighting capabilities. The exercise fills a critical gap in 

resourced readiness building multi-domain exercises for two combat formations. 

Exercise Northern Strike is conducted twice a year (winter and summer) within the 

4-season National All Domain Warfighting Center’s contested multi-domain 

operating environment. Using a combination of integrated live, virtual, constructive 

models and simulations, participants increase mission essential task proficiencies 

and build readiness through repetitive task iterations at echelon by training for 

combat operations as part of the joint team.

Given the Department of Defense's increased reliance on Guard and 

Reserve Forces to meet operational readiness challenges, the committee encourages 

the Department to emphasize joint all domain warfighting exercises within these 

formations, such as Exercise Northern Strike, to ensure Guard and Reserve 

formations are capable of fulfilling this critical capability gap. 

Therefore, the committee recommends a $4.0 million increase in Operations 

& Maintenance for the Army National Guard and a $1.0 million increase in 

Operations and Maintenance for the U.S. Air Force for All Domain Training 

Exercises. 

Identifying Vulnerabilities in Transportation Networks

The committee recognizes the importance of capable and resilient 

transportation infrastructure to our national defense. To better understand and 

address any significant deficiencies, the committee directs the Commander, United 

States Transportation Command to provide to the House Committee on Armed 

Services by June 1, 2024, a report identifying infrastructure, equipment and 

manning concerns in the Strategic Rail Corridor Network, the Strategic Highway 

Network, and designated commercial Strategic Seaports, and to provide 

recommendations for interagency coordination, programs or statutory changes to 

improve and maintain such strategic railways, highways, and seaports associated 

with national defense.

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Immersive Training

The committee is aware that training efficiencies may be gained through 

the use of immersive learning methodologies such as those afforded through use of 

virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality technologies. The committee 

notes that these tools, when used appropriately, can lower the number of training 

hours, as well as costs related to both training and sustainment. The committee 

further notes that immersive learning allows for training at a large scale that could 

be impractical to achieve though in-person learning due to equipment availability 

and cost. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, 

on how these technologies have been, or potentially could be, integrated into 

training across the Air Force to lower cost and increase training efficiencies. In 

addition, the report should include any limitations or barriers to integration, to 

include ensuring compliance with relevant cybersecurity requirements.

Mission Training Complexes

The Committee is cognizant of the Department of Defense's (DoD) priorities 

laid down in the 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS), namely: defending the 

homeland, deterring strategic attacks against the United States, allies, and 

partners, deterring aggression while being prepared to prevail in conflict when 

necessary, and building a resilient Joint Force and defense ecosystem. The 

committee notes that the NDS espouses the need to enhance deterrence across all 

domains, and achieve the same through, inter alia, improving mobilization. The 

committee is aware that one of the DoD's approach to force planning recognizes the 

ability to quickly mobilize as critical in building strength and capability in key 

operational areas, and states that it will prioritize a force that is agile and 

responsive. Relatedly, the committee further notes that, the People's Republic of 

China (PRC) has been assessed to pose the most "comprehensive and serious 

challenge to the U.S. national security.” The Committee notes that today's security 

environment thus requires a force structure to meet heavy mobilization, 

deployment, and sustainment demands, and supports the DoD's efforts to achieve 

these goals. 

The Committee is aware that the U.S. Army maintains multiple Mission 

Training Complexes (MTCs). The MTCs were established prior to the present NDS, 

which focuses on the need for the U.S. military to respond to near-peer adversaries 

which requires the Reserve Component to sustain their readiness in order to rapidly 

mobilize. The Committee is concerned that the U.S. 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 has expressed interest 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 

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capabilities are not sufficient to sustain the readiness and ensure rapid 

deployability as envisioned by the current NDS.

As such, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services by December 1, 2023 that shall 

include at the minimum the following: 

(1) Assessment of the current capacity of existing MTCs to meet a mass 

mobilization requirement consistent with what is outlined in the National Defense 

Strategy; 

(2) Assessment of 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; 

(3) Identification of potential locations for future MTCs, and infrastructure 

existing or needed for upgrades to establish the new facilities as well as potential 

savings that could be realized from additional locations that reduce TDY and other 

associated travel cost; and, 

(4) Analysis of any previous gap analyses done to ensure the sustainment of 

adequate readiness levels for the Reserve Component and what has been done to 

implement any recommended actions from that analysis. 

Nursing Staffing Levels

The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, on hiring 

practices for civilian nurses at Military Treatment Facilities. 

At a minimum, the report

(1) should compare the Department’s classification, pay scales, and hiring 

practices to those at other federal agencies, including the Department of Veterans 

Affairs, Indian Health Service, the Department of Health and Human Services, and 

the Bureau of Federal Prisons, other agencies the Secretary deems comparable, and 

the private sector,

(2) should further identify any authorities that other federal agencies use to 

hire nurses,

(3) the frequency that the Department uses its authorities to fill hiring 

needs, 

(4) the average length of time between an accepted offer and start date,

(5) delays over 60 days in hiring once the authority has been utilized,

(6) identify how many additional nurses will be needed to meet the mental 

health needs of the servicemembers, and

(7) include recommendations to reduce hiring barriers, such as additional 

training or certifications that are not required at other places.

Report on the Army's Logistics Augmentation Program Acquisition Strategies

The committee is aware that the Army intends to recompete the Global 

Combatant Command (GCC) operational task orders under the ten-year LOGCAP V 

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contract, which is set to expire in 2028. Additionally, the Army plans to integrate 

the Army Prepositioned Stocks (APS) program into LOGCAP V while concurrently 

developing requirements for the upcoming LOGCAP VI competition. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army, in collaboration 

with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, and Global Combatant 

Commanders, to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by 

January 15th, 2024. This report should review the proposed re-competition of the 

LOGCAP V regional GCC operational task orders. The analysis should encompass 

the following aspects: 

(1) an independent Business Case Analysis that evaluates the cost and 

operational benefits of recompeting the LOGCAP V GCC task orders at this stage of 

the program execution. 

(2) input from stakeholders, including the Army Sustainment Command, 

GCC Commanders, and Army Service Component Commanders, regarding the 

desirability and operational impacts of the proposed acquisition strategy. 

(3) detailed cost estimates and timelines, including projected task order 

transition costs and timelines. 

(4) Potential impacts on the quality and timing of the transition to 

LOGCAP VI. 

(5) analysis comparing the re-competition of LOGCAP V task orders with 

the transition to LOGCAP VI. 

(6) an overview of potential innovations and efficiencies that could result 

from a new LOGCAP VI competition. 

(7) assessment of the benefits of competition in the re-competition under 

LOGCAP V compared to the potential competition assumptions for LOGCAP VI. 

(8) a breakdown of any additional authorities needed to modify the 

proposed LOGCAP V GCC task order recompete strategy or to transition directly to 

LOGCAP VI. 

Review of Utilizing Automation and Machine Learning

The committee is concerned about the physical state of repair and overall 

readiness of the surface fleet. The committee believes that utilizing automation and 

machine learning technologies can streamline the ship and critical infrastructure 

repair process, increase drydock availability, and vastly improve readiness. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 15, 2024, 

on its efforts to employ robotic sensing and data collection technologies for 

maintenance of Navy surface ships. The report shall include:

(1) a comparison of robotic sensing technologies capable of rapid, accurate, 

and non-hazardous inspection of hulls (above and below the waterline), rudders, 

flight decks, and internal tanks on Navy surface ships and shore-based critical 

infrastructure subject to corrosion;

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(2) an evaluation of the cost, accuracy, and hazards associated with current 

inspection methods;

(3) an analysis of how current inspection methods can be improved;

(4) an analysis of commercially available robotic technologies capable of 

improving inspections;

(5) an analysis of available options for a secure computing environment that 

could reliably be accessed for artificial intelligence and machine learning 

algorithms;

(6) an evaluation of cost and benefits required such that standing up a 

program would warrant future investment; and

(7) an evaluation of how digital twin models would be leveraged to enable a 

more comprehensive analysis for conditions-based maintenance for surface and 

shore-based infrastructure, where appropriate.

This report should include a recommendation on the utility, feasibility, and 

cost of establishing a pilot program for use of commercially available robotic sensing 

and data collection capabilities to create digital twin models of surface vessels to 

reduce maintenance requirements, fueling time, and other dockside activities.

Terbium Oxide, Beryllium and Gallium Addition to the National Defense Stockpile

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 

National Defense Stockpile Manager, to submit a report to the House Committee on 

Armed Services by January 5, 2024 on the feasibility of adding Terbium Oxide, 

Beryllium, and Gallium to the National Defense Stockpile. At a minimum, this 

report shall include a cost estimate for adding Terbium Oxide, Beryllium, and 

Gallium rare earth minerals to the National Defense Stockpile, the amount of 

materials required to meet the defense, industrial, and essential civilian needs of 

the United States, and the domestic production capabilities of these materials. 

OTHER MATTERS

A report on the Use of CH-47 Helicopters for Wildfire Response and Search and 

Rescue

The committee is aware of the devastating impact of deadly wildfires and 

other natural disasters. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024 on the 

feasibility and advisability of using CH–47 helicopters, with appropriate firefighting 

modifications, to respond to wildfires and perform search and rescue activities. The 

report should: 

(1) identify the governmental organizations (including Federal, State, and 

local government organizations) that would be most effective in using the such 

helicopters to carry out wildfire response and search and rescue activities; and 

(2) address such other matters as the Secretary determines to be relevant. 

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Briefing on Atmospheric Water Generation Machines

The committee is concerned about the sources, supply, and logistics of 

water for the military. The committee believes the Department of Defense must 

achieve water sustainment by producing as much water as possible at the point of 

need. 

Accordingly, the committee is aware of new atmospheric water technology 

that could greatly improve the sustainability of military bases abroad. The 

committee is also aware of the potential benefits this technology could have in 

situations where traditional water infrastructure and supply is disrupted. Each 

machine is capable of generating up to two hundred gallons per day for use during 

military exercises, disaster response relief efforts, and for military installations that 

experience toxic water crises.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

with the Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command and the Commander 

of United States Central Command, to provide a briefing to the Armed Services 

Committees of the House and Senate, no later than December 31, 2023, on an 

assessment whether this technology can be beneficial to military readiness and each 

command’s mission.

Briefing on the Strategic Significance of Homestead Air Reserve Base

The committee recognizes the increasing influence of the People’s Republic 

of China (PRC) within the western hemisphere, specifically their buildup of 

strategic capabilities in strategic locations within the Caribbean and Latin America. 

In section 6524 of Public Law 117-263, the committee requested a report on the 

activities of China and Russia targeting Latin America and the Caribbean. These 

activities have only expanded since passage of PL 117-263, with report of a Chinese 

electronic eavesdropping facility on Cuba.

Homestead Air Reserve Base (HARB) is located in the southern most tip of 

Florida and is based miles from Turkey Point Nuclear Plant. The base is home to 

the 482nd Fighter Wing and has been a crucial component in our country’s pilot 

training, air readiness, and protection since its construction in 1942. HARB has also 

provided support for South Florida after major storms and hurricanes. It has been 

key in the distribution of critical humanitarian aid to the countries across the 

Caribbean after catastrophic weather events. The base is invaluable in its 

contributions to the safety of South Florida and to the nation.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to conduct a 

briefing on the strategic significance of Homestead Air Reserve Base to be given to 

the House Committee on Armed Services before March 1, 2024.

The briefing should include information on how HARB can be used to 

expand the United States humanitarian and defense efforts to counter the growing 

influence of adversarial countries within the Caribbean, Latin America, and South 

America. 

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Deployable Solid Waste Disposal Solutions for Expeditionary Bases

The committee notes the Department’s progress thus far in eliminating 

open burn pits from military installations to protect the health and safety of all 

service members. The committee is aware of current efforts by the Department 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. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the congressional defense committees no later than January 31, 2024, that 

includes the following information: 

(1) 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 outlays by Congress to accomplish this goal; and 

(4) issues for consideration and plans related to transitioning the program 

from prototype to production. 

Environmental restoration and future conveyance of former Rio Vista Army Reserve 

Center, Rio Vista, California

The committee is aware that there may be environmental contamination 

caused by decades of military activity at the Rio Vista Army Reserve Center in Rio 

Vista, California. The committee notes that Rio Vista Reserve Center was closed 

during the 1992 BRAC round but environmental restoration activities continue at 

the site including a preliminary assessment and site investigation for 

contamination from per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The committee 

notes that some portions of the land are subject to a reversionary interest of the 

State of California, and that these portions require environmental remediation prior 

to transfer. The committee encourages the Army to complete its investigation and 

any required remediation or restoration activities as expeditiously as practicable. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a report to 

the House Committee on Armed Services by no later than February 1, 2024 on 

current state of environmental remediation and restoration activities at Rio Vista 

Army Reserve Center. This report shall include at a minimum the following. 

(1) A summary of environmental remediation activities completed to date at 

the site; 

(2) An update on the current status of remediation and restoration 

activities at the site as a whole to include, but not limited to PFAS contamination; 

(3) An update on the status of coordination efforts with the California State 

Lands Commission for all sub-parcels subject to a reversionary interest of the State 

of California; 

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(4) An updated timeline for the transfer of all parcels associated with the 

former Rio Vista Army Reserve Center; and 

(5) An updated cost to complete for environmental remediation and 

restoration activities at the site. 

Fire and Emergency Services

The committee notes with concern the Army’s historic underfunding of fire 

and emergency services for critical daily expendable and durable items despite 

Installation and Management Command’s validation of installations requirements. 

The Army’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget request underfunds IMCOM’s fire and 

emergency validated requirements by $34.5 million, which presents a risk to 

personnel and mission. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army 

to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than 

December 1, 2023, on funding levels for fire and emergency services. The briefing 

should include the following elements: 

(1) a budget justification for underfunding Fire and Emergency Services in 

comparison to the IMCOM validated requirements. 

(2) an assessment of the risk assumed by personnel given the Army’s 

posture of underfunding the fire and emergency services request. 

(3) an assessment of the effect on morale that underfunding Fire and 

Emergency Services has on personnel.

Georgia Combat Readiness Training Center

The committee recognizes the significance of the Combat Readiness 

Training Center (CRTC) located at the Savannah Air National Guard (ANG) Base, 

Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport. As one of four CRTCs operated by the 

Department of Defense, this facility provides an integrated, realistic training 

environment for U.S. fighter aircraft to enhance their air combat capabilities and 

readiness. The committee notes that this facility is the only CRTC with available 

airspace capable of replicating a high-end threat environment for 5th generation 

fighter aircraft and that it maintains regular access to the Townsend Bombing 

Range, the first range purpose-built for F-35 training.

North Carolina Air National Guard

 The committee notes the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the 

North Carolina Air National Guard. The 145th Airlift Wing is operationally gained 

by Air Mobility Command and consists of the 145th Operations Group, the 145th 

Maintenance Group, the 145th Mission Support Group, and the 145th Medical 

Group, stationed at Charlotte Air National Guard Base, North Carolina. In 2018, 

the 145th Airlift Wing began operating C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to perform 

tactical airlift and airdrop missions. The Wing’s Airmen have supported global and 

domestic operations, including by providing relief from Hurricane Florence and 

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COVID-19, and conducting missions in over fifteen different countries since 2019. 

The committee applauds the efforts of the North Carolina Air National Guard and 

continues to support its mission, Airmen, and their families.

PFAS Non-Incineration Destruction Technologies

The committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, 

Installations, and Environment to submit a report to the House Committee on 

Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on whether non-incineration technologies can be 

incorporated into the Department's strategy for disposal of PFAS and PFAScontaining wastes. The report shall include:

(1) a description of any Department of Defense testing of these technologies 

to date to include location, specifics about the technology tested, and results of the 

testing;

(2) opportunities for operational scale testing of these technologies within 

military departments for destruction of aqueous film forming foam and/or PFAScontaminated wastes to include spent filters;

(3) a list of sites that would be suitable for hosting operational testing of 

these technologies; and

(4) a discussion of whether a formal pilot program for the testing of nonincineration PFAS destruction technologies would be useful for providing 

comparative data on these technologies.

Preservation of Ship Repair Industrial Base Capacity

The committee understands that the Navy has made investments to 

increase drydock capacity on the west coast of the United States to meet ship repair 

surge capacity requirements due to the growing threat posed by China. As the Navy 

makes these investments, the committee is concerned that the lack of clarity on how 

these drydocks will be used and administered could have unintended negative 

consequences on the critical private sector maintenance and repair capacity and will 

discourage private sector investment in shipyard infrastructure. The committee 

directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, on:

(1) current private sector capacity at west coast drydocks;

(2) policies for determining when to use government-owned or private sector 

drydocks for maintenance availabilities; and

(3) effects of changing title 10, United States Code, to state that no 

government-provided drydock is eligible to compete in private sector non-nuclear 

surface ship maintenance unless there is not sufficient private sector dock 

competition. 

Public Naval Shipyards

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The committee recognizes the importance of the four naval public shipyards 

and is encouraged by the ongoing work as part of the Shipyard Infrastructure 

Optimization Program (SIOP). The committee encourages the Secretary of the Navy 

to ensure SIOP projects remain on schedule and to identify additional opportunities 

for enhanced capabilities for increased throughput at the public shipyards. 

Puu Paa and Waikoloa Maneuver Area

The committee is concerned about the slow pace of unexploded ordnance 

removal and remediation of private and government lands at Puu Paa and 

Waikoloa Maneuver Area. The committee is particularly concerned about the 

impact to civilian populations given that the United States Army Corps of 

Engineers has assessed certain areas on the site as high to moderate risk. To date, 

just over a quarter of the 100,000 acres of the Waikoloa Maneuver Area on the 

northwest side of the island of Hawaii have been cleared and that development of 

the remaining uncleared areas is contingent on further completion of cleanup. The 

committee notes that section 326 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

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

Department of Defense to establish a target for the completion of cleanup at all 

Military Munitions Response Program sites. 

The committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, 

Installations, and Environment to provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, on:

(1) an update on the progress towards issuing the guidance and target goals 

required by section 326 of Public Law 117-263;

(2) an updated cost to complete for the investigation, cleanup, and longterm monitoring of the Puu Paa and Waikoloa Maneuver Area;

(3) an updated timeline for completion of the investigation and cleanup on 

the site with an emphasis on areas of the site planned for development; and

(4) a description of how the Department of Defense is communicating its 

plans and progress to local community stakeholders.

Report on Department of Army’s Plan to Maintain and Sustain Military Service 

Memorials Using Authorized Funds

The committee supports the efforts of entities that recognize and honor the 

service that women have provided to the defense of the nation. The committee notes 

that there is currently uncertainty regarding the maintenance and sustainment of 

military service memorials and museums that highlight the role of women in the 

military as authorized by section 362 of the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense 

Authorization Act (Public Law 116-283). That authorization allows for the support 

to be provided without subsequent authorizing language. To better understand the 

current interpretation of authority and the status of support for sustainment and 

maintenance of these memorials, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to 

provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 31, 2024. The 

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report shall include information on any current or planned efforts to support the 

maintenance and sustainment of military service memorials honoring women in the 

military, locations where these activities may be supported, and expected timelines 

for support.

Report on Implementation of Detection Working Dog Pilot Program Requirements 

The committee is disappointed that despite clear direction to establish a 

pilot program in section 381 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) the Department of Defense has thus far failed to 

meet the intent of this legislation. The committee notes that the purpose of the pilot 

is to ensure the health and excellence of explosives detection military working dogs 

through ensuring domestic breeders are being provided with adequate opportunity 

to present domestically bred canines and that the Department of Defense has 

sufficient information to assess the suitability of these canines. The committee is 

concerned about continued delays in executing this pilot program. Accordingly, the 

committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, that shall include 

the following:

(1) a detailed description of how the Department of Defense has facilitated 

the presentation of domestically-bred explosive detection military working dogs for 

assessment by the Department of Defense for procurement. This requirement shall 

include a list of both central and regional locations at which these presentations 

have occurred;

(2) a description of the manner in which the Department of Defense has 

communicated requirements and other factors that would contribute to a 

domestically-bred canine's suitability for procurement by the Department of 

Defense, and to whom these requirements have been communicated; 

(3) a list of covered institutions and domestic breeders with which the 

Department has shared information that would contribute to the development of 

domestically-bred, raised and trained explosive detection military working dogs; 

and

(4) the results of the Department's evaluation of its guidance on the 

procurement of military working dogs, to include cost structures related to both 

foreign and domestically sourced canines. 

Utilization of Additive Manufacturing at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard

The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (PHNSY), the United States Navy’s 

westernmost naval shipyard, provides critical support to the U.S. Pacific Fleet. As a 

majority of the nation’s naval forces are located in the Pacific, it remains vital that 

PHNSY maintains a locally based and skilled workforce and utilizes cutting-edge 

technology. While the Navy has taken several steps to improve its public shipyards, 

the Government Accountability Office has noted that several challenges remain, 

including poor infrastructure, workforce issues, and maintenance delays.

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The committee notes that the Department of Defense should utilize 

technologies, such as additive manufacturing, to support fleet sustainment, 

maintenance, and the workforce at PHNSY. The committee notes that the 

Department of Defense Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program 

provides critical workforce development and industrial skills investments that could 

benefit PHNSY. Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense 

for Industrial Base Policy, in coordination with the Commander, Naval Sea Systems 

Command, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than December 15, 2023, on workforce development and industrial skills 

training at PHNSY to include the integration of on-site additive manufacturing to 

alleviate maintenance and sustainment challenges, and the feasibility of a pilot 

program on employing additive manufacturing technology at PHNSY.

Water Quality at and around Military Installations

The committee notes that while in recent years there has been a focus on 

contamination in drinking water caused by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances 

more commonly known as PFAS, other drinking water contaminates also impact 

drinking water systems on or around military installations. The committee further 

notes that trichloroethylene, benzene, lead, and a myriad of other chemicals that 

could negatively impact human health and the environment are commonly found on 

military installations and that there are instances of contamination from these 

chemicals and more in drinking water in and around military installations. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the military departments, to 

submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 

15, 2024, on a list of locations where there is known contamination of a drinking 

water system attributable to the Department of Defense. The report shall include:

(1) name and location of installation;

(2) a brief description of the scope of the contamination;

(3) any mitigation measures in place at the location;

(4) whether the location is on the National Priorities List;

(5) current status of site clean-up;

(6) timeline for completion and cost-to-complete site clean-up; and

(7) mechanism by which the Department communicates status updates to 

the local community.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Section 301—Authorization of Appropriations

This section would authorize appropriations for operation and maintenance 

activities at the levels identified in section 4301 of division D of this Act.

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SUBTITLE B—ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Section 311—Equivalent Authority to Carry Out Certain Projects at Facilities of the 

National Guard and the Air National Guard

This section would amend section 2700 of title 10, United States Code to 

include National Guard facilities.

Section 312—Modifications to Pilot Program on Use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

This section would amend the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Pilot Program 

from the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 to ensure the 

Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emission, and Energy Use in Transportation model is 

used to measure greenhouse gas emissions reductions under the program, 

promoting increased accuracy in measurements and preventing the categorical 

exclusion of domestic, agricultural biofuels from the program.

Section 313—Required Determination on Availability of Charging Stations Prior to 

Replacement of Non-Tactical Vehicle Fleet of Department of Defense

This section would require an annual assessment and determination by the 

Secretary of Defense that sufficient recharging infrastructure is in place to support 

electric non-tactical vehicle fleets in each covered command area of operations. 

Section 314—Modification to Prototype and Demonstration Projects for Energy 

Resilience at Certain Military Installations

This section would update section 322(c)(6) of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 to include hydrogen as an energy storage 

and power generation tool that the Department of Defense can research, develop, 

and test.

Section 315—Authority to Transfer Certain Funds as Payment Relating to Naval 

Air Station, Moffett Field, California

This section would provide authorization to transfer certain funds related 

to Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, CA.

Section 316—Requirement for Secretary of Defense to Develop Plan for Transition 

of Joint Task Force Red Hill

This section would require the Department to report on the transition for 

community engagement and the plan for the removal of residual fuel at the Red Hill 

Bulk Fuel Storage Facility prior to the termination of the Joint Task Force Red Hill.

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Section 317—Designation of Official Responsible for Coordination of Renegotiation 

of Certain Land Leases Owned by Department of Defense in Hawai'i

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to designate a senior 

official responsible for coordinating negotiations between the services and the State 

of Hawai'i with regards to military land leases.

Section 318—Prohibition and Limitation on Availability of Funds for Certain 

Energy Programs of Department of Defense

This section would prohibit funding of energy programs to entities owned or 

controlled by the Russian Federation or the Chinese Communist Party.

Section 319—Analysis of Alternatives for Battlefield Storage and Distribution of 

Electric Power

This section would require the Army to conduct an analysis of energy 

alternatives for battlefield circulation of energy capabilities.

SUBTITLE C—TREATMENT OF PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES AND POLYFLUOROALKYL 

SUBSTANCES

Section 331—Improvements Relating to Exposures to Perfluoroalkyl and 

Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

This section would require the Department of Defense to evaluate service 

members for exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances during periodic 

physical exams, and to provide a blood test to those with indications in order to 

determine and document their level of exposure.

Section 332—Prizes for Development of Technology for Thermal Destruction of 

Perfluoroalkyl Substances or Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

This section would authorize the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot 

program that uses thermal destruction to dispose of PFAS materials.

Section 333—Restriction on Department of Defense Acquisition of Covered Items 

Containing or Produced Using Certain Substances

This section would prohibit Department of Defense procurement, 

purchasing, or sale of certain items containing or produced using certain types of 

PFAS, including cookware, uniforms, personal care products, floor and furniture 

wax, carpeting and upholstery, and food packaging.

SUBTITLE D—LOGISTICS AND SUSTAINMENT

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Section 341—Repeal of Comptroller General Review Requirement Relating to Core 

Logistics Capabilities

This section would repeal the Comptroller General review requirement 

relating to core logistics capabilities.

Section 342—Disaggregation of Certain Information in Annual Report Relating to 

Performance of Depot-Level Maintenance

This section would require the disaggregation of information in the annual 

report relating to performance of depot level maintenance by depot location.

Section 343—Foreign Military Sales Exclusion in Calculation for Certain Workload 

Carryover of Department of Army

This section would amend section 377 of the James M. Inhofe National 

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

the Secretary of the Army to use a calculation for depot and arsenal workload 

carryover that excludes foreign military sale work.

Section 344—Matters Relating to Briefings on Shipyard Infrastructure 

Optimization Program of the Navy

This section would modify the briefing requirement within Section 355 of 

the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2022. 

Section 345—Pilot Program on Optimization of Aerial Refueling and Fuel 

Management in Contested Logistics Environments Through Use of Artificial 

Intelligence

This section would direct the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer 

of the Department of Defense, in collaboration with the Under Secretary of Defense 

for Acquisition and Sustainment and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force to commence 

a pilot program to optimize the logistics of aerial refueling and fuel management in 

the context of contested logistics environments through the use of advanced digital 

technologies and artificial intelligence.

Section 346—Limitation on Availability of Funds Pending Quarterly Briefing on 

Availability of Amphibious Warships

This section would fence Navy Operation and Maintenance funding until a 

briefing on the operational status of amphibious ships.

Section 347—Requirement for Secretary of Navy to Complete Common Readiness 

Models

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This section would require the Secretary of the Navy to complete common 

readiness models for existing maritime and aviation systems by December 31, 2025.

Section 348—Plan Regarding Condition and Maintenance of Prepositioned 

Stockpiles of Army

This section would require the Secretary of the Army to develop a plan to 

implement increased inspection procedures for the prepositioned stockpiles of the 

Army to identify deficiencies and conduct maintenance repairs to ensure the 

stockpiles are mission capable.

SUBTITLE E—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS

Section 361—Modification to Joint Safety Council

This section would modify the Joint Safety Council by adding two 

additional responsibilities. 

Section 362—Recognition of Service of Military Working Dogs

This section would amend section 1125 of title 10, United States Code, to 

include recognition of service for military working dogs.

Section 363—Improvements Relating to End-to-End Travel Management System of 

the Department of Defense

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to terminate the end-toend travel management system known as the "Defense Travel System" on December 

31, 2025. Additionally, this section would mandate that the Secretary of Defense 

establish and maintain a program to replace the "Defense Travel System" with a 

new system for end-to-end travel management of the Department of Defense.

Section 364—Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Personnel Grade Cap

This section prohibits the Secretary of Defense from appointing or 

employing a military or civilian employee whose duties include diversity, equity, 

and inclusion with a rank or grade in excess of GS-10.

Section 365—Prohibition on Elimination of Caisson Platoon and Support by Such 

Platoon of Military Funeral Services at Arlington National Cemetery

This section would prevent the Secretary of the Army from eliminating the 

Caisson Platoon of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Army, which participates in 

full military honors funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Section 366—Assessment on Use of Certain Areas in Southeastern United States 

for Testing and Training in Support of Pacific Deterrence Initiative

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to conduct an 

assessment of the capacity of the Department of Defense to routinely train, test, 

evaluate, and qualify theater-level operations in support of the Pacific Deterrence 

Initiative using test or training areas located in the southeastern region of the 

United States.

TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—ACTIVE FORCES

Section 401—End Strengths for Active Forces

This section would authorize the following end strengths for Active Duty 

personnel of the Armed Forces as of September 30, 2024: 

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Sec. 401. 

Service FY 2023 

Authorized 

FY 2024 Change from 

Request 

Committee 

Recommendation 

FY 2024 

Request 

FY 2023 

Authorized 

Army ............................................................................... 452,000 452,000 452,000 0 0 

Navy ................................................................................ 354,000 347,000 347,000 0 -7,000 

USMC .............................................................................. 177,000 172,300 172,300 0 -4,700 

Air Force ......................................................................... 325,344 324,700 324,700 0 -644 

Space Force .................................................................... 8,600 9,400 9,400 0 800 

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SUBTITLE B—RESERVE FORCES

Section 411—End Strengths for Selected Reserve

This section would authorize the following end strengths for Selected 

Reserve personnel, including the end strength for Reserves on Active Duty in 

support of the Reserves, as of September 30, 2024:

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Sec. 411. 

Service FY 2023 

Authorized 

FY 2024 Change from 

Request 

Committee 

Recommendation 

FY 2024 

Request 

FY 2023 

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 57,200 57,200 0 200 

Marine Corps Reserve .................................................... 33,000 33,600 33,600 0 600 

Air National Guard ......................................................... 108,400 108,400 108,400 0 0 

Air Force Reserve ........................................................... 70,000 69,600 69,600 0 -400 

DOD Total .............................................................. 770,400 768,600 768,600 0 -1,800 

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Section 412—End Strengths for Reserves on Active Duty in Support of the Reserves

This section would authorize the following end strengths for Reserves on 

Active Duty in support of the Reserves as of September 30, 2024:

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Sec. 412. 

Service FY 2023 

Authorized 

FY 2024 Change from 

Request 

Committee 

Recommendation 

FY 2024 

Request 

FY 2023 

Authorized 

Army National Guard ...................................................... 30,845 30,845 30,845 0 0 

Army Reserve .................................................................. 16,511 16,511 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 25,713 25,713 0 380 

Air Force Reserve ........................................................... 6,003 6,070 6,070 0 67 

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Section 413—End Strengths for Military Technicians (Dual Status)

This section would authorize the following end strengths for military 

technicians (dual status) as of September 30, 2024: 

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Sec. 413. 

Service FY 2023 

Authorized 

FY 2024 Change from 

Request 

Committee 

Recommendation 

FY 2024 

Request 

FY 2023 

Authorized 

Army National Guard ...................................................... 22,294 22,294 22,294 0 0 

Army Reserve .................................................................. 6,492 7,990 7,990 0 1,498 

Air National Guard ......................................................... 10,994 9,830 9,830 0 -1,164 

Air Force Reserve ........................................................... 7,111 6,882 6,882 0 -229 

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Section 414—Maximum Number of Reserve Personnel Authorized To Be on Active 

Duty for Operational Support

This section would authorize, as required by section 115(b) of title 10, 

United States Code, the maximum number of Reserve Component personnel who 

may be on Active Duty or full-time National Guard duty during fiscal year 2024 to 

provide operational support. The personnel authorized here do not count against the 

end strengths authorized by section 401 or section 412 of this Act unless the 

duration on Active Duty exceeds the limitations in section 115(b)(2) of title 10, 

United States Code.

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Sec. 414. 

Service FY 2023 

Authorized 

FY 2024 Change from 

Request 

Committee 

Recommendation 

FY 2024 

Request 

FY 2023 

Authorized 

Army National Guard ...................................................... 17,000 17,000 17,000 0 0 

Army Reserve .................................................................. 13,000 13,000 13,000 0 0 

Navy Reserve .................................................................. 6,200 6,200 6,200 0 0 

Marine Corps Reserve .................................................... 3,000 3,000 3,000 0 0 

Air National Guard ......................................................... 16,000 16,000 16,000 0 0 

Air Force Reserve ........................................................... 14,000 14,000 14,000 0 0 

DOD Total .............................................................. 69,200 69,200 69,200 0 0 


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SUBTITLE C—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Section 421—Military Personnel

This section would authorize appropriations for military personnel at the 

levels identified in the funding table in section 4401 of division D of this Act.

TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

9/11 Memorial & Museum

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the 

House Armed Services Committee by January 5, 2024 on the feasibility of standing 

up a program with the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York to 

promote military recruitment efforts at the Memorial and Museum. This program 

would develop materials and content to improve recruitment efforts for the military 

at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The purpose of this program 

will be to coordinate with Museum Curators, staff, and representatives of the highly 

visited Memorial and Museum to improve public understanding of the military 

response to 9/11. This program should focus on creating and providing educational 

materials, exhibits, or other promotional items with a focus on deepening the 

understanding of 9/11 and its lessons for a new generation of Americans to 

encourage visitors to serve.

Air Force Professional Development Education Partnerships

The Air Force Professional Development Education programs provide direct 

opportunities for engagement in leadership training, research and development 

(R&D) activities, product development opportunities, and grant support activities. 

More specifically, the Air University Center of Excellence augments ongoing Air 

Force Professional Development Education programs and improves the production 

of innovative research spanning issues of importance to the U.S. Air Force (USAF) 

and the U.S. Space Force, including doctrine and strategies; capability needs and 

operational concepts; training, education, and science and technology; and advance

USAF combat operations, U.S. Space Force training, and USAF science and 

technology investment decisions. These programs leverage external intellectual and 

technological resources and leadership development requirements, and the 

committee encourages the expansion of partnerships with Tier 1 research 

universities, academia, industry, and public sector partners to support R&D and 

educational outreach impacting the mission priorities of USAF.

Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Programs at Historically Black Colleges 

and Universities

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The committee notes the importance of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 

(ROTC) and the potential need to increase the number of ROTC programs offered at 

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). A diverse and ready 

workforce is critical to defending the United States and its allies and interests in 

the face of modern threats. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than 

April 30, 2024, that includes an assessment of: 

(1) the feasibility of expanding Air Force ROTC programs at HBCUs; 

(2) the cost of such an expansion to HBCUs; 

(3) the number of HBCUs that qualify for an Air Force ROTC program; 

(4) any other element that the Secretary deems relevant.

Briefing on Law Enforcement Training

The committee notes the importance of law enforcement training, especially 

within the Military Criminal Investigation Organizations. Therefore, the committee 

directs the Secretaries of the military departments to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, on the 

implementation of any new law enforcement training initiatives, including "train 

the trainer" and "train your trainer" programs, as of January 1, 2023; milestones for 

implementation of the new training; and the criteria used to evaluate the training.

Briefing on the Feasibility of Transferring Any Army Recruitment Shortfalls to the 

National Guard Bureau

The committee appreciates the tremendous and unprecedented efforts of 

the National Guard over the past several years, from domestic deployments in 

response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to keeping the peace during civil unrest and 

natural disaster response and rescue, to their overseas deployments. The 

extraordinary circumstances of the past several years have highlighted the strain 

Guard units have been under for too long, particularly in States that have the 

lowest guardsmen-to-civilian ratios in the country. Therefore, the committee directs 

the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the Army and the 

Chief of the National Guard Bureau, to provide a briefing to the House Committee 

on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on the feasibility of transferring a portion of 

any projected Army recruit shortfalls to the Army National Guard for allocation to 

State Guard formations. The briefing shall include any statutory barriers to 

providing the Department this flexibility and an estimate of any costs or savings to 

carry out such transfer.

Camp Lejeune Claims Judicial Status Update

The committee understands the Department of the Navy has implemented 

the Promising to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, which included the 

Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022. The committee notes that this allows claims that 

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were previously denied under the Federal Tort Claims Act involving water 

contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, NC, to be refiled for additional 

consideration. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide 

a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by January 1, 2024, on the 

following:

(1) methods utilized to track claims and appeals processes;

 (2) number of total claims paid by fiscal year since the passage of the PACT 

Act;

(3) status of claims submitted to the Department of the Navy since passage 

of the PACT Act;

(4) average amount of time from receipt through final disposition for Camp 

Lejeune water related claims;

 (5) number of total claims denied since passage of the PACT Act;

 (6) explanation of the appeals process, to include submissions of expert 

and/or outside opinions; and

(7) any other matters the Secretary considers are relevant.

Civil Affairs Officer Energy Functional Specialist

The committee is encouraged by the establishment of Energy Functional 

Specialist Civil Affairs Officers, Military Occupational Specialty 38G/4F, by the 

Department of Defense and specifically the Department of the Army. The committee 

understands these officers assist with the analysis, assessment, and planning for 

the civilian production and distribution of energy resources before, during, and after 

conflicts to meet global energy requirements. The committee also understands a 

memorandum of understanding has been established with academia to lead and 

support the training program, enabling these officers to provide the needed 

technical expertise to evaluate, establish, maintain, or rehabilitate energy 

production and distribution systems. Additionally, the committee understands that 

academic partnerships can double as a platform for strategic outreach to 

organizations in the wider military and energy sectors. Therefore, the committee 

recommends the Secretary of Defense continue to support and fully fund the 

existing Energy Functional Specialist Civil Affairs Officer program and its academic 

partnership, and assess opportunities to expand the program to other services and 

across the combatant commands.

Communication of Benefits for the Family

The committee is aware that there are many issues that cause undue stress 

on military families. In recent years, those concerns have been articulated in terms 

of childcare, spouse employment, financial stressors, and food insecurity. The 

committee is further aware that the Department of Defense is taking steps to 

address these various concerns. The committee is concerned that the steps being 

taken and the resources that are being created are not being communicated to the 

forces. In 2021, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report 

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(GAO-21-193) addressing one of these issues, military spouse employment. The 

recommendation to increase awareness of resources remains open. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31, 2024, on a summary of 

actions taken to date and a summary of actions that will be taken to increase 

awareness.

Comptroller General Review of the Policies and Procedures the Department of 

Defense Uses to Declare Personnel Missing in Action and Absent Without Leave

The committee seeks a review of the Department of Defense policies and 

procedures with regards to declaring personnel Missing in Action (MIA) or Absent 

Without Leave (AWOL). Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services 

not later than February 1, 2024, on the following regarding military personnel 

declared MIA and AWOL, to include the following:

(1) a review of the requirements to declare an individual MIA or AWOL;

(2) statistics on the number of military personnel declared MIA and AWOL 

over the last 10 years, sorted by declaration, service, station, sex, case status, and 

calendar year declared MIA or AWOL;

(3) review of the requirements to declare an MIA and AWOL case “active” 

or “inactive”;

(4) the amount of resources allocate annually, on average, to MIA and 

AWOL cases over the last five years;

(5) processes for conducting initial and ongoing outreach to the next of kin 

of an individual declared MIA or AWOL;

(6) recommendations on updates to the processes and procedures which 

could improve transparency and communication between the uniformed service and 

direct relatives or dependents of an individual declared MIA or AWOL.

Comptroller General Review on Improper Release of Service Member Records

The committee is concerned about whether the Department of Defense 

maintains sufficient safeguards for protecting service members’ private information 

and preventing its unauthorized release. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a review of the policies and 

processes governing the Department’s release of service member records pursuant 

to Freedom of Information Act requests or other requests. The review should 

address the following elements:

(1) the laws, policies, and processes for releasing military records to persons 

other than the military member, including political organizations, media 

organizations, and other private individuals;

(2) the Department and the services’ policies on and processes for 

responding to Freedom of Information Act requests; and

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(3) any recommendations to improve the Department's policies on and 

processes for releasing military records and responding to Freedom of Information 

Act requests deemed appropriate by the Comptroller General. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing 

to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, with a report to 

follow by a date mutually agreed to at the time of the briefing.

Cyber Curriculum and Professional Military Education

The committee notes that the Professional Military Education (PME) 

system faces several challenges in teaching service members about emerging 

threats. As of today, there are no statutory requirements that explicitly require 

teaching about emerging threats and capabilities to service members. In order to 

address this challenge, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than April 1, 2024, that 

examines the need for amending section 2151(a) of title 10, United States Code, to 

include “emerging threats and capabilities” as a subject matter to be covered by 

PME. Additionally, the report shall require the Department of Defense to include as 

part of this analysis an evaluation of its cyber strategy education offerings and 

provide recommendations on the design of a comprehensive education program that 

would include coursework resulting in the basic comprehension of cyber 

vulnerabilities, basic technical skills, and the threat landscape in the cyber domain.

Defense Organizational Climate Survey Results Report

The committee is concerned about recent reports and information on the 

Department of Defense’s responses to Defense Organizational Climate Survey 

(DEOCS) results. The committee seeks information on the Department’s plan 

outlined in DoD Instruction 6400.11, DoD Integrated Primary Prevention Policy for 

Prevention Workforce and Leaders.

The committee, therefore, directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing and report to the House Committee on Armed Services by no later than 

June 30, 2024. The briefing shall include information on the feasibility of the 

following:

(1) Providing a yearly report on DEOCS results for sexual assault, sexual 

harassment, toxic or counter-productive command climate above the normal 

standard deviation, as determined by a subject matter expert; And

(2) Providing a yearly report on all investigations conducted as a result of 

DEOCS results.

The committee notes that the Department of Defense is in the process of 

developing proposed benchmarks to evaluate the structure and validity of DEOCS 

results. The committee therefore further directs the Secretary of Defense to provide 

a briefing on the Department’s progress toward developing the benchmarks and its 

plan for implementation to the House Committee on Armed Services by December 

31, 2023.

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Drop-In Child care for Parents with Deployed Spouses

The committee is concerned that military families face a significant 

challenge when a military parent is deployed or away for extensive training, leaving 

a spouse to manage young children alone. These caregivers are expected to pay bills, 

handle daily family logistics, as well as, often, the logistics of long-distance moves to 

a new duty station resulting in parenting without support and access to additional 

caregiving resources. This is challenging enough without the added stress of 

knowing their loved ones may be in harm's way and daunting for service members 

knowing their loved ones at home are under stress.

Therefore, the committee recommends the Department of Defense consider 

the value of drop-in and/or 24-hour child care at installations with a demonstrated 

need and consider such options at military treatment facilities with a high 

operational tempo.

Enhance Department of Defense Science, Technology, Engineering, and 

Mathematics Pathways

The committee is encouraged by recent Department of Defense (DOD) 

efforts to consider new science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) 

ecosystem efforts such as supporting the 2022 Systems Engineering Research 

Center Workshop on DOD/Defense Industry Collaboration in STEM Education and 

Workforce Development. The committee strongly supports efforts to build on the 

recommendations from this report and promote deeper collaboration among the 

Department and the defense industrial base to build better primary and secondary 

education and outreach efforts for creating diverse pathways into the national 

security ecosystem. As the Department carries out these activities, it should ensure 

a focus on programmatic and curricular innovation such as the development of 

innovative STEM curriculum related to emerging technology priorities, new 

education technologies or adaption of technologies for use in defense-related 

education efforts, and enhancing teacher preparation efforts in areas with militaryconnected families. The Department should consider partnering with the National 

Science Foundation as it pursues this effort.

Financial Literacy in Department of Defense Education Activity Schools

The committee is aware that military families have at times struggled 

financially. As a result, the committee believes the children of service members who 

attend Department of Defense Education Activity schools should have a head start 

in financial literacy and to better prepare future leaders to be fiscally responsible. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to 

the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, on the following:

(1) how financial literacy is taught in Department of Defense Education 

Activity schools; 

(2) what curriculum is used; 

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(3) what grade levels have financial literacy curriculum; and

(4) if there is a high school graduation requirement of passage of a personal 

finance course.

GAO Review on Employment by Foreign Governments of Former Officers of the 

Armed Forces

The committee notes current statutes and regulations that govern the 

employment by foreign governments of former officers of the Armed Forces, 

including section 908 of title 37, United States Code, section 207 of title 37, United 

States Code, and the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 

U.S.C. 611). The committee also notes public investigations from The Washington 

Post and Project on Government Oversight on the processes by which such statutes 

and regulations are implemented. Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller 

General of the United States to submit a report to the House Armed Services 

Committee not later than March 1, 2024 on the employment of former officers of the 

Armed Forces covered by section 908 of title 37, United States Code, including an 

assessment of the following:

(1) the processes in place at the Department of State and the Department of 

Defense to identify the extent to which such former officers were provided 

compensation directly or indirectly by foreign governments during the 5-year period 

preceding submission of the report; to identify the extent to which such former 

officers who receive compensation from foreign governments work on contracts or 

programs of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, or the 

Department of Health and Human Services for which such former officials 

personally had program oversight responsibility or decision making authority when 

they served in the Armed Forces or that are the responsibility of the agency, office, 

or command in which such former officers served; and to review and approve 

employment by foreign governments of such former officers in accordance with 

section 908 of title 37, United States Code; and

(2) what is known about the effectiveness of existing statutes and 

regulations governing the employment of former officers of the Armed Forces, 

including section 207 of title 18, United States Code; section 908 of title 37, United 

States Code; and the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 

U.S.C. 611 et seq.).

Gender Identity Impact Study for Female Active Duty Servicemembers

The committee acknowledges the issuance of Executive Order (EO) on 

Preventing and Combatting Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or 

Sexual Orientation on January 20, 2021. The committee notes the EO’s direction to 

federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, to “review all existing 

orders, regulations, guidance documents, policies, programs, or other agency actions 

(“agency actions”) that: 

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(1) were promulgated or are administered by the agency under Title VII or 

any other statute or regulation that prohibits sex discrimination, including any that 

relate to the agency’s own compliance with such statutes or regulations; and

(2) are or may be inconsistent with the policy set forth in section 1 of this 

order. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services no later than March 1, 2024 on 

the following: 

 (1) The order, regulation, guidance policies, programs, and other agency 

actions which were amended and/or changed as a result of the EO and the specific 

amendment or change made as a result of the EO; 

 (2) How the changes impact natal born women servicemembers and civilian 

personnel, including in women only spaces such as bathrooms and locker rooms; 

 (3) The number of discrimination complaints received alleging gender 

identity discrimination; and, 

 (4) The number of discrimination complaints alleging gender identity that 

were substantiated and the outcome of each substantiated complaint including 

administrative, judicial, or other action taken as a result.

General Officer Promotion Process Transparency

The committee is concerned with the transparency of the process in place in

the services for selection of general and flag officer candidates to three-star and 

four-star and their further selection for specific positions within the service or in a 

joint duty position at that grade, and the process used to forward the selections for 

formal nominations. The committee understands that each service has a general or 

flag officer matters office and would want to understand what part that office has in 

the overall process for selections. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of 

each military department to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services by March 1, 2024, that describes the service's internal process for selection 

of an officer from two-star to three-star grade and from three-star to four-star grade 

and for the formal nomination of such an officer to the Senate for confirmation to 

include required interviews with senior leaders.

Gold Star Family Commissary Utilization Briefing

The committee recognizes that Gold Star Families made the ultimate 

sacrifice, and they deserve the benefits of the military support system. Under 

existing law, surviving dependents age out of Commissary, Exchange, and Moral 

Welfare and Recreation (MWR) access, but the death of a military parent is a 

permanent loss to the surviving dependent. Additionally, surviving parents only 

have commissary access if they depended on the sponsor for over half of their 

support. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by January 31, 2024, on the 

feasibility of expanding commissary, exchange, and MWR access to Gold Star 

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dependents who have aged out of said access and Gold Star parents who never had 

said access. The briefing shall examine any potential costs this expansion may have 

and any challenges implementing this policy may have.

Impact of MHS Genesis on Military Accessions

The committee is concerned that the Military Health System’s (MHS) 

transition from the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application 

(AHLTA) to MHS Genesis may have had an impact on accessions to the military. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to 

the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31, 2024, on the 

following regarding the impact to accession numbers:

(1) a comparison of the number and proportion of accessions under AHLTA 

versus MHS Genesis;

(2) statistics on the medical reasons recruits were denied accession and 

whether there is a difference between AHLTA and MHS Genesis; and

(3) how any difference in numbers may be affecting recruiting overall.

Investigation and Disposition of Matters Pertaining to Conduct of Military 

Attorneys 

The committee is concerned about allegations regarding military attorneys, 

who may have violated the ethical standards for lawyers in accordance with the 

American Bar association and/or their State Bar licensure. 

Rule 8.4 in the ABA provides strict guidelines concerning unacceptable 

behavior for lawyers. Subsection (b) and (c) describes professional misconduct when 

lawyers, “(b) commit a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, 

trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects [and] (c) engage in conduct 

involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.” The feasibility of each 

Armed Service’s JAG Corps adopts ethics rules similar to the ABA. 

However, evidence of military attorney misconduct does exist, including an 

instance were attorneys deliberately read emails between the accused and his 

defense counsel. The committee wants to ensure that the proper procedures are 

being followed, and that impropriety is dealt with accordingly.

Therefore, the committee directs the Sectary of Defense in consultation 

with the Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a report to the Committee on 

Armed Services of the House of Representatives not later than April 1, 2024, which 

shall include the following: 

(1) a description of the current ethics guidelines for military attorneys.

(2) The differences between the American Bar associations ethical 

standards for attorneys and the military.

(3) Any, substantiated ethical misconduct of military attorneys over the 

past five years. 

(4) The action taken with respect to the founded ethical misconduct. 

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(5) Provide the following data on all military attorneys with substantiated 

ethical violations of their state bar and/or the ethics rules of their military service: 

 a. The specific violation.

 b. The remedy for the violation

 c. The number of complaints filed with the state bar where the 

attorney is licensed to practice.

 d. The total number of military attorneys who have had 

substantiated ethics violations of either their state bar or their military service’s 

ethics rules over the last 5 years.

 e. The responsible party for monitoring and reporting misconduct 

and/or ethical violations to state bars.

 f. The number of military attorneys who had their license to 

practice law revoked due to misconduct over the last 5 years.

 g. The affects of the substantiated misconduct on each military 

attorney as it relates to their military service including, nonjudicial punishment, 

letters of reprimand, boards of inquiry, separation actions, or any other personnel 

action taken as a result of the substantiated misconduct. 

Irregular Warfare in Professional Military Education

The committee notes the importance of Professional Military Education 

(PME) in educating the joint force to meet the needs and challenges highlighted 

within the National Defense Strategy. The committee also recognizes the 

importance of educating the joint force on the nature of modern competition and 

warfare with peer and near-peer adversaries, to include the evolving nature of 

irregular warfare. To fill the gap in irregular warfare education and knowledge, the 

Irregular Warfare Functional Center was authorized in the William M. (Mac) 

Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 

116-283). However, the committee recognizes that curricula at various military 

service and joint staff colleges has not fully incorporated critical topics for great 

power competition, such as irregular warfare. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 29, 

2024, on the Department of Defense’s efforts to educate the joint force on irregular 

warfare and incorporate such topics into curricula within the services’ staff colleges. 

The briefing shall include:

(1) an overview of curricula and teaching related to irregular warfare 

available at military service and joint staff colleges; 

(2) an assessment of the Department’s ability to incorporate irregular 

warfare teachings into existing PME curricula; and 

(3) a description of the Department’s current and future plans for the 

Irregular Warfare Functional Center and how the Center can inform the teaching of 

irregular warfare at the military service and joint staff colleges.

Maintaining BUD/S Training Standards

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The Navy’s Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training is used to 

find, assess, and on-board candidates into the Navy SEAL community. The 

committee recognizes the requirement for BUD/S training to be physically and 

mentally demanding in order to prepare SEAL candidates for the highly challenging 

environments in which Navy SEALs operate. To ensure that BUD/S training 

continues to produce highly effective and lethal Navy SEALs, the committee directs 

the Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services not later than January 17, 2024, on the BUD/S training course. The 

briefing shall include:

(1) an overview of the current BUD/S program;

(2) how the course curriculum and standards are developed and reviewed, 

and the process for making alterations to the curriculum and standards;

(3) changes made to the BUD/S training course in the past 10 years;

(4) the basis for these changes and how they have made the course more 

effective; 

(5) any special accommodations made on the basis of demographics to lower 

or decrease BUD/S training standards to enable those who might not otherwise 

qualify to continue in training; and

(6) any changes, or planned changes, to medical evaluations and monitoring 

of candidates throughout the BUD/S program.

Military Community Relations

The committee supports ongoing efforts by the Department of Defense to 

provide training to personnel who interact regularly with members of the Native 

Hawaiian community as part of their work. The committee recognizes that such 

training helps improve military relations with the Native Hawaiian community, 

which in turn improves service member and family experiences when stationed in 

Hawaii and contributes to the long-term success of relations between the military 

and the people of Hawaii. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, 

to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, 

examining the feasibility of developing and implementing a program on Native 

Hawaiian customs for service members, families, and civilian personnel assigned to 

Hawaii. As part of the feasibility study the Secretary shall consult with Native 

Hawaiian community leaders and organizations. 

Military trials and non-judicial punishment public records report

Families and reports of both the 9-11 terror attack and the Fort Hood 

shooting expressed frustration with the lack of transparency with respect to access 

to court records and proceedings. 

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Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than April 1, 2024, 

including the following: 

(1) The feasibility of creating a digital database of records of trial and nonjudicial punishment proceedings, that would be publicly available. 

(2) The financial cost and resources required to create a digital database of 

records of trial and non-judicial punishment proceedings, that would be publicly 

available. 

(3) The risks and benefits associated with making such documents publicly 

available. 

(4) A description of any current online Military Justice Database with 

public and no public access.

National Defense University Mission Assessment

The committee is aware of the importance of maintaining a modern, 

relevant, and academically rigorous military education enterprise and recognizes 

the essential mission of the National Defense University (NDU) as the nation’s 

premier joint professional military education institution. The committee directs the 

President of the National Defense University to provide a report to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than July 1, 2024 on factors impacting 

NDU’s ability to fulfill its mission responsibilities as defined by the Chairman of the 

Joint Chiefs and the recent NDU Strategic Plan. The report shall include the 

following items:

(1) an assessment of gaps and resource requirements relating to facilities, 

curricula, human capital, research and information resources and materials, and 

other factors that limit NDU’s ability to educate emerging senior leaders in the 

national security enterprise;

(2) an assessment of aging infrastructure in need of substantial 

maintenance and refurbishment, and identification of opportunities for 

infrastructure improvements to meet current and future mission requirements; 

(3) an assessment of unmet information technology infrastructure 

requirements necessary to enable academic support and accreditation;

(4) an assessment of unmet classified workspace and network requirements 

necessary to support classified instruction;

(5) an assessment of additional requirements and potential public-private 

opportunities that can improve NDU components and strategic initiatives such as 

wargaming, cyber education, distance learning, short-courses and certificate 

offerings, and information technology revitalization; and

(6) other matters as determined by the President.

National Guard Judge Advocate and Senior Leader Title 32 Training Study

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 

Chief of the National Guard Bureau, to submit a report to the House Committee on 

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Armed Services, not later than March 1, 2024, on the feasibility of requiring the 

Chief of the National Guard Bureau to establish and resource a program to assist 

the States in training National Guard senior leaders and legal advisors regarding 

the laws, regulations, and policies pertaining to the operations and administration 

of non-federalized National Guard forces to ensure compliance with the new 

inspection requirement of section 105(a)(8) of title 32. The report will further 

address whether the Chief of the National Guard Bureau should, after appropriate 

coordination with the Judge Advocates General of the Army and Air Force, resource 

programs for the provision of legal services to the non-federalized National Guard, 

such as Special Victims Counsel, Legal Assistance, and Trial Defense services.

Navy DD214 Backlog

The committee is aware that the Navy has had trouble with the timely 

processing of DD-214 discharge paperwork causing significant disruptions in 

attaining benefits and information needed for transitioning Sailors. The committee 

is also aware that such delays are partially attributable to the Navy’s consolidation 

of personnel support detachments (PSDs) from each installation into a single 

command that resulted in all separations and retirements being coordinated from 

Transaction Service Center Norfolk. 

The committee appreciates MyNavy Career Center’s capacity to reduce 

processing delays and allocate resources to address the backlog of paperwork. The 

committee notes that the Navy has confirmed the backlog of discharge paperwork is 

cleared. However, the committee remains concerned that some installations 

continue to experience a backlog for separating Sailors. Therefore, the committee 

directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a report to the congressional defense 

committees not later than December 31, 2023, that includes the following:

(1) the average time for a Sailor to receive their DD214 from request to 

receipt;

(2) the number of DD-214 transactions received by the Navy inside of 60 

days prior to terminal leave during fiscal year 2023;

(3) of those received within in 60 days prior to terminal leave, a breakdown 

of submissions that were late due to command routing, as opposed to Sailors not 

submitting before the 60 day window;

(4) progress on the transition from the Transaction Online Processing 

System to the enterprise customer relationship management software;

(5) efforts from unit commanders to ensure that Command Pay/Personnel 

Administrators provide proper and timely transactions; and

(6) other data that the Secretary deems necessary to include.

Navy Limited Duty Resource Expansion Briefing

The committee recognizes that a sailor’s assignment to limited duty is 

intended to allow the sailor more flexibility in making their medical appointments. 

Since sailors may be assigned to limited duty for a long duration of time, sailors 

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may begin to experience mental health issues, despite not originally being assigned 

to limited duty for mental health reasons. Furthermore, the committee recognizes 

that the Department of Navy could do more to provide additional resources to units 

that have a sizeable number of limited duty sailors assigned. The committee also 

recognizes the Navy’s need for a more comprehensive and centralized framework 

regarding the management of these limited duty sailors.

The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services by January 31, 2024, on the feasibility of 

providing additional resources to units with sizeable limited duty populations. This 

study shall examine establishing additional billets at units with more than 15 

limited duty sailors. These billets shall include billets for a medical officer, a 

corpsman, a chaplain, a DoD civilian mental health professional, and any additional 

billets the Department deems necessary for the management of limited duty sailors.

Furthermore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by January 31, 2024, on the 

feasibility of mandatory mental health screenings for limited duty sailors. The 

study shall examine the feasibility of both an initial mental health screening with a 

mental health professional and subsequent screenings every 60 days thereafter 

while the sailors are assigned to limited duty. The study shall also examine and 

provide recommendations on methods to ensure that sailors who have previously 

expressed suicidal ideation or other mental health related issues are flagged for the 

command of the unit they are assigned to while designated to limited duty. 

Non-Appropriated Fund Impact Accountability

 Non-appropriated fund (NAF) instrumentalities of the Department of 

Defense provide a variety of community support products, services, and business 

operations focused on military personnel, their families, military retirees, disabled 

veterans, and other eligible patrons. Revenue and proceeds (net profits) from these 

operations are used to sustain these business operations and provide funding for onmilitary installation community and family-support programs.

In recent years, there have been several executive branch and congressional 

actions that have impacted NAF programs of the Department of Defense and 

changed the foundation and funding structure for these programs. The committee 

believes that there must be forethought, visibility, and accountability for the impact 

of proposed legislation and policies that affect these important NAF operations.

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense 

(Comptroller) to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees no later 

than May 1, 2024, on instances where prices for products and services have 

increased and impacted NAF business operations over the past five years. This 

report should include the following:

(1) a discussion of legislation or Executive Orders that have substantially 

impacted NAF instrumentalities and requirements for additional appropriated 

funding by increasing the total amount of funding required for service NAF entities 

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by over $50 million in a given fiscal year or impacting the wages of 10,000 workers 

or more funded by both appropriated funds and NAF, as determined, defined, and 

selected by the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller);

(2) an overview of the impact these selected provisions had on wage 

requirements and staffing shortages associated with NAF operations;

(3) a summary of the impact these selected provisions had on the revenue 

and profits associated with NAF operations over a specific period of time, as 

determined by the Department of Defense; and

(4) any other impacts deemed relevant by the Under Secretary of Defense

(Comptroller).

Permanent Change of Station Process Automation

The committee supports efforts to improve service member quality of life 

and recognizes the strain the permanent change of station (PCS) process places 

upon them and their families. The committee also recognizes that the current PCS 

process is inefficient and wastes significant man-hours, impacts operational 

readiness, decreases service member morale, and negatively impacts retention. The 

committee is aware that there are software solutions available to support mobileenabled digital PCS management by the service member. Therefore, the committee 

directs the Secretary of each military department to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services by April 1, 2024, on the feasibility of fielding a 

mobile-enabled digital PCS management solution for service members. The briefing 

shall include the following elements: 

(1) a system that streamlines and automates PCS tasks for the service 

members; 

(2) ways to maximize the use of solutions that already exist to automate the 

PCS process for service members; 

(3) best practices to automate and integrate all facets of the PCS process, 

including personnel, finance, transportation, and other requirements as necessary; 

(4) the cost and schedule of fielding such a system; 

(5) any other considerations the Secretary concerned deems necessary.

Policy for Serving Medal of Honor Recipients

The committee recognizes the unique circumstances faced by serving 

members of the Armed Forces who receive the Medal of Honor. The committee is 

aware that many living recipients of the nation’s highest award for valor desire to 

continue serving in their military occupational specialty without undue restrictions 

to their primary duties, deployment eligibility status, and career progression. The 

committee believes that the Department requires standardized policies for all 

serving Medal of Honor recipients that maximize duty utilization, normal career 

progression and long-term retention of the member wherever possible. Additionally, 

the committee believes that the Department should have appropriate policies in 

place to ensure the psychological evaluation and long-term mental health of serving 

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Medal of Honor recipients, especially due to the intense and traumatic 

circumstances of their combat experience, the potential clandestine or classified 

nature of their service, and the intense publicity and public scrutiny that 

accompanies award of the Medal of Honor. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, 

on current Department policies addressing serving Medal of Honor recipients and 

its views and recommendations regarding:

(1) Unique challenges faced by serving Medal of Honor recipients;

(2) Development of standardized personnel policies to maximize continued 

utilization, career development, and long-term retention of serving medal 

recipients;

(3) Modification or development of new policies to monitor and ensure the 

long-term mental health of serving medal recipients;

(4) Other policies and incentives to limit the disruption of career 

progression, maximize retention, and prevent premature separation or retirement 

of medal recipients from military service; and

(5) Centralized management of protocol, official travel, and public affairs 

support related to representational request for Medal of Honor recipients.

Privacy of Military Records

The committee notes the Standard Form (SF) 180 is used to request an 

individual’s or next-of-kin’s military records from the National Archives and the 

Military Services. An SF 180 is also commonly used by other federal agencies to 

request records when hiring former military members. The committee is aware that 

an internal audit conducted by the United States Air Force found that 11 

candidates or Members of Congress’ records were improperly released to a third 

party via a fraudulent SF 180. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense, in coordination with the United States National Archives and Records 

Administration, to provide a report no later than March 1, 2024 on the following:

(1) A detailed process on how each Military Service verifies and responds to 

record requests via the SF 180;

(2) Recommendations on how each Military Service may improve their 

processes without making it more burdensome on former members or their next-ofkin.

(3) Any needed updates of or improvements to the SF 180; and,

(4) The resources necessary to implement the recommendations. 

Protecting Widows of Servicemembers from Financial Exploitation

The committee is concerned about the Department's financial advisors 

recommending risky investments to recipients of Servicemember Group Life 

Insurance (SGLI). Recent news coverage revealed how one Department of Defense 

financial advisor recommended “meme stocks” and cryptocurrency to a recent 

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Department of Defense widow. These “investments” are known to be high-risk and 

underperforming and are not in keeping with the nature of the SGLI program.

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the 

Senate and House Armed Service Committees no later than January 5, 2024, on 

what programs are available to servicemembers and their families that provide 

financial advice, what are the qualifications of the advisors, what are the conflict of 

interest rules, how does the Department ensure no conflicts occur, are the advisors 

fiduciaries, do they act in the best interest of the servicemembers, do the advisors 

have outside income in addition to their Department of Defense position, does the 

Department coordinate with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and if 

these programs are duplicative of existing programs at the Department of Veterans 

Affairs.

Providing 1-Star Billet for Navy Conventional Prompt Strike Program

The committee notes that hypersonic weapons development is a major 

priority for the United States to deter and defeat potential adversaries. The Navy’s 

development of hypersonic weapons, such as the Navy’s Conventional Prompt 

Strike (CPS) system, are a core part of the United States’ ability to meet this goal. 

The committee is concerned that the Navy may face challenges in recruiting highlevel military and civilian talent and establishing the talent pipeline necessary for 

the Conventional Prompt Strike system, as Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) 

has no one-star or two-star flag officer billets. The committee is further concerned 

that a lack of a such billets at SSP and the lack of a flag officer leading the CPS 

program may undermine CPS development.

Therefore, no later than March 1, 2024, the committee directs the Secretary 

of Defense, in consultation with the Chief of Naval Operations, to provide a report 

to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the 

Senate on the following matters:

(1) A description of the challenges which Navy Strategic Systems Programs, 

and the Conventional Prompt Strike Program specifically, has in recruiting highlevel civilian and military talent for hypersonic weapons development and testing 

programs and in establishing and maintaining a talent pipeline for such 

development and testing;

(2) A description of the strategic importance of the Conventional Prompt 

Strike program and the rank of officers in charge of equivalent programs in the 

Army and Air Force;

(3) A description of how a lack of one-star or two-star billets at Navy 

Strategic Systems Programs and leading the Conventional Prompt Strike Program 

reduces the desire of highly-qualified O-5 and O-6 military officers to serve at Navy 

Strategic Systems Programs installations and work on the Conventional Prompt 

Strike Program due to a lack of promotability;

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(4) A plan to re-allocate an existing one-star billet within the Navy to the 

Navy Strategic Systems Programs to serve as Director of the Conventional Prompt 

Strike Program; and

(5) An analysis of the merits of the various Navy Strategic Systems 

Programs facilities at which the additional one-star billet could be located, with an 

emphasis on Navy installations where Conventional Prompt Strike research and 

development is currently conducted.

Religious Freedom Training

The committee notes the Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 

1300.17, “Religious Liberty in the Military Services,” issued on September 1, 2020, 

requires the military services to implement and conduct religious freedom education 

and training. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

with the Secretaries of the military services, to provide a report to the Committees 

on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate no later than 

March 1, 2024, providing the following:

(1) A copy of the educational materials relating to religious freedom 

education and training for each military service; and

(2) A description, disaggregated by military service, of— 

 (A) the number of trainings that have been conducted pursuant to DODI 

1300.17;

 (B) the number of the members of the Armed Forces who have received the 

training; and,

 (C) the number of members of the Armed Forces who have yet to complete 

the training.

Report on Dwell Times and other Concerns for Air National Guard Units 

Supporting Space Mission Deployments

The committee recognizes the important efforts that the Department of 

Defense (DoD) and the National Guard Bureau (NGB) have taken to support space 

mission deployments around the globe in support of warfighter needs. The 

committee is concerned that the Air National Guard units supporting space mission 

deployments are experiencing lower dwell periods and training gaps. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Secretary of Defense in coordination with the Chief of Space 

Operations, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Director of the National Guard 

to undertake a review of the quality of life for Air National Guard units and 

members performing space missions in austere locations or supporting space 

mission deployments. The review shall include:

(1) Analysis of deployment-to-dwell ratios for Air National Guard space 

units, as compared to other Air National Guard units;

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(2) Assessment on whether deployment-to-dwell ratios for Air National 

Guard space units results in shorter mobilization timelines, and the resulting 

impact on accomplishing training requirements;

(3) Identification of factors to improve the results derived from subsection 

(1) and (2); and

(4) Recommendations to improve the deployment-to-dwell ratio and 

increase mobilization time to allow for sufficient training for Air National Guard 

units supporting space missions. 

The committee further directs the delivery of the findings of the review to 

the House Committee on Armed Services no later than March 30, 2024.

Report on Extremism-Related Training and Education Programs for 

Servicemembers 

The Secretary of Defense’s “Report on Countering Extremist Activity 

Within the Department of Defense,” states the Department of Defense (DoD) 

intended to, “Develop a comprehensive training and education plan that provides 

regular training to Department of Defense military and civilian personnel and to 

those advancing to leadership positions.” Therefore, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to provide to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 

Representatives no later than February 5, 2024 a report including the following:

(1) The status of the implementation of DoD’s current training and 

education plan for Department personnel to understand extremist threats within 

the armed forces, including current curriculum and other activities required in 

training;

(2) The DoD’s plans for future programming and training;

(3) How DoD is measuring the program’s effectiveness;

(4) Whether the Department has implemented, or plans to implement, any 

other recommendations made in the Secretary’s Report.

(5) A public version of this assessment, posted to a DoD website.

Report on Military Enlistment with Dependents

The Committee applauds the efforts within the Department of Defense to 

facilitate the enlistment of single-parent applicants, including the Navy’s two-year 

pilot plan to allow single-parent applicants with a maximum of two dependents to 

enlist with a valid family care plan. However, in the current recruiting crisis, these 

measures are still insufficient. While the services prohibit enlistment with 

dependents without a waiver, this prohibition ends just a few months after initial 

training. Nearly 4 percent of all active-duty service members are single parents. 

Disqualifying single parents from enlistment doesn’t reflect the existing practical 

rules in place to support single troops with dependents once in the military. 

Extending programs for active duty service members to those seeking to join the 

military is a logical solution to existing recruiting challenges. 

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The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 

Secretaries of the military departments, to provide a report to the House Committee 

on Armed Services by the December 1, 2024 that outlines the cost and feasibility of:

(1) Implementing a faster waiver process for single parent enlistees,

(2) Removing dependent restrictions for enlistment, and

(3) Offering waivers for enlistment above maximum allowable dependent 

numbers based on spousal income,

The Committee also requests that the report include an update from the 

Secretary of the Navy on the two-year pilot program for single parent applicants 

that outlines:

(1) first-term attrition rates of single-parent applicants in the program 

compared to other recruits and

(2) significant findings that may aid the successful recruitment of single 

parent applicants.

Report on Modernization and Reform of the Promotion System

The committee notes that the Suicide Prevention and Response 

Independent Review Committee (SPRIRC) recently published their findings on 

reducing military suicides, which have been steadily increasing over the last 15 

years. One of the SPRIRC highest priority recommendations is to create a task force 

to modernize and reform the military promotion system to better reward and select 

the right people for the right positions at the right time based on demonstrated 

leadership skills and abilities. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later 

than June 1, 2024, on recommendations on the development, refinement, and 

implementation of policies, programs, planning, and training that will provide 

guidance to reform the military promotion system across the military services to 

better reward and select the right people for the right positions at the right time 

based on demonstrated leadership skills and abilities.

Report on National Guard Bureau practices and procedures surrounding the “No 

Wrong Door” Policy

The committee is concerned about allegations regarding the incorrect 

handling of sexual harassment and sexual assault cases involving National Guard 

members of various military statuses and cases involving members in mixed 

military status to include members of the Department of the Air Force and the 

Department of the Army. 

The National Guard functions as a unique military entity. Unlike the 

Active component, National Guard members swear an oath to two Constitutions; 

that of the United States of America and the respective State they are serving. This 

often confuses where the responsibilities lie in instances of reporting, handling, and 

adjudicating cases of sexual harassment and sexual assault. National Guard 

members may be misinformed on how to properly report a case and who is 

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responsible for informing them of its status during the investigatory and 

adjudication process.

In an effort to address this gap in knowledge, the National Guard Bureau 

implemented the “No Wrong Door” Policy to encourage ease and transparency when 

reporting sexual harassment and sexual assault. While it has been shown to be 

beneficial within the National Guard it has brought to light additional gaps in 

coordination and case facilitation involving mixed military statuses. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

with the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Secretary of the Department of the 

Air Force, and the Secretary of the Army to submit a report to the Committee on 

Armed Services of the House of Representatives not later than April 1, 2024, which 

shall, at minimum, include the following:

(1) a description of the current “No Wrong Door” Policy;

(2) an outline of the sexual harassment/sexual assault reporting processes 

from initial reporting to the conclusion or prosecution of a case by the Air National 

Guard, the Army National Guard, the Department of the Air Force and the 

Department of the Army;

(3) the action taken when a sexual harassment/ sexual assault case involves 

members of mixed military statuses;

(4) proposed statutory or regulatory changes that would create a permanent 

process for sexual harassment/ and sexual assault reporting, from initial reporting 

to the conclusion or prosecution of a case by both the Air National Guard, and the 

Army National Guard, the Department of the Air Force and the Department of the 

Army, involving members of mixed military statuses and timeline for effectuating 

said changes; 

(5) data provided on the following:

a. number of sexual harassment/sexual assault cases across the 54 States 

and Territories with a standing National Guard, including the District of Columbia, 

sorted by State or Territory;

b. number of sexual harassment/sexual assault cases involving members of 

mixed military statuses;

c. number of sexual harassment/sexual assault cases that involved a ‘warm 

hand-off’ to a sexual harassment/sexual assault office different from the initial 

report;

d. number of reported sexual harassment/sexual assault cases that ended in 

administrative action and prosecution by the National Guard Bureau;

e. number of reported sexual harassment/sexual assault cases involving 

National Guard members that ended in administrative action and prosecution by 

the Department of the Air Force and the Department of the Army;

f. number of National Guard members identified as victims in a sexual 

harassment or sexual assault report who transitioned out of the military, did not 

renew their enlistment or commission, or transferred to another State or duty 

status within one to five years of filing a sexual assault or sexual harassment 

incident report.

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Report on National Service Information Sharing for Recruitment

The Committee commends recent collaboration between the Department of 

Defense, AmeriCorps, the Selective Service System, the Peace Corps, and the Office 

of Personnel Management on raising public awareness about military and national 

service opportunities and promoting national service. These efforts include 

examining options for sharing information of other service opportunities with 

ineligible applicants, cross linking of programs on agency websites, and expanding 

youth awareness about service. These efforts are invaluable as each organization 

contends with recruiting challenges. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

with the Secretaries of the military departments, AmeriCorps, the Peace Corps, the 

Selective Service system, and the Office of Personnel Management, to provide a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services by December 1, 2024. The report 

should explore and identify the best means by which to share applicant information 

with other federal government agencies when an applicant for their organization 

either chooses not to join or, is determined not to be eligible to join. 

To further this work, the report should also outline how the Department of 

Defense, AmeriCorps, the Selective Service System, the Peace Corps, and the Office 

of Personnel Management can continue to explore mutually beneficial ways to 

promote each agency’s service opportunities, including sharing market research, 

providing ineligible or non-selected applicants with information about other forms 

of service, piloting joint recruitment efforts, and providing information to 

individuals transitioning out of military and national service about other 

opportunities to serve.

Report on the Office of the Attending Physician to Congress

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 

Secretary of the Navy, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services by March 1, 2024, on the following regarding the Office of the Attending 

Physician to Congress:

(1) the process by which the Attending Physician to Congress is selected;

(2) the historical background on how many years each Attending Physician 

has served, including any policies that limit years of service for each Attending 

Physician;

(3) how the Speaker of the House, the Senate Majority Leader, and

members of the Senate and House of Representatives may be involved in the 

selection process;

(4) recommendations for improving the selection process, to include 

developing an alternative process by which the Speaker of the House and the 

Senate Majority Leader would be involved in the selection of the Attending 

Physician to Congress;

(5) the historical numbers of military and Department of Defense civilians 

and contractors that have supported the Office of the Attending Physician; and

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(6) the cost the Department incurs to support the office.

Report on Unanimous Panels for Conviction, Sentencing, and Other Matters in 

General and Special Courts-Martial

The committee notes unanimous panels are not required for all convictions, 

sentencing, and other matters at general and special courts-martial. Although not 

currently applied to military courts, the Supreme Court of the United States in 

Ramos v. Louisiana, held that the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution requires 

unanimous jury verdicts for a criminal conviction. Therefore, the committee directs 

the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed 

Services not later than March 1, 2024, on the following:

(1) A detailed plan on how the Secretary of Defense would implement 

unanimous panels for all convictions, sentencing, and other matters no later than 

December 31, 2024; 

(2) A cost-estimate for implementation; 

(3) A detailed explanation of any needed updates of, or improvements to, 

the law regulations, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice to implement the plan; 

and,

(4) A detailed cost annual revenue generated from fines and penalties 

associated with a conviction in military court over the past 10 years. 

Report on Unclaimed Property of Service Members Who Undergo a Permanent 

Change of Station

The committee is aware of service members who have unclaimed property, 

or are owed money, from the state they previously resided in prior to their last 

Permanent Change of Station (PCS). The committee applauds state-led efforts to 

return unclaimed property to service members, such as Louisiana’s “Veterans Cash 

Claim” program. However, the committee remains concerned that once a service 

member has left a state, they are unlikely to recoup their unclaimed property. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the Congressional Defense Committees not later than December 31, 2023 

that outlines the Department’s strategy for ensuring service members are advised 

to check with their state for unclaimed property prior to their PCS.

Review of Command Selection Board Procedures

The committee is concerned with the integrity of the process for selection of 

command candidates by the military departments through the administrative 

selection board process as governed by the service chiefs. The administrative 

board’s regulations or policy to determine an officer as fully qualified to meet the 

selection board is of particular concern. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Secretary of each military department to provide a briefing to the House Committee 

on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on current regulation, policy, instructions, or 

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processes in place for any officer administrative board to ensure an officer is fully 

qualified and their record contains no adverse information that would affect their 

qualifications to meet the selection board. The briefing shall also include plans to 

revise any current regulations, policy, instructions, or processes to ensure the fully 

qualified requirement is met.

Review of Service Academy conduct and performance adjudication process

The committee is concerned that all Service Academies, including the Coast 

Guard Academy and the Merchant Marine Academy, have fair and effective 

adjudicatory systems to review student conduct and performance. The committee 

directs Comptroller General of the United States to review the adjudication 

processes at all Service Academies, including the Coast Guard Academy and the 

Merchant Marine Academy and provide a report to the Senate Committee on Armed

Services and the House Committee on Armed services no later than March 7, 2024. 

This report should include the following:

(1) review the honor and conduct systems, including punishments given for 

misconduct and performance issues;

(2) describe how the various systems provide common due process 

protection;

(3) describe how the systems compare to military misconduct/UCMJ 

processes;

(4) describe which, if any, honor or misconduct issues are included on an 

individual’s military record when they are commissioned; 

(5) describe how the various academies measure student conduct and 

performance trends;

(6) describe the attitudes and perceptions of students towards their 

respective systems;

(7) provide recommendations to standardize the policies and processes 

across the academies;

(8) provide recommendations on process improvements.

Review of the Department of Defense's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs

The committee notes the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has 

calculated the total cost in dollars and man-hours for the Extremism Standdown on 

February 5, 2021, and training in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) topics since 

January 21, 2021. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 

submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, that 

includes the following:

(1) total cost of DEI training in manpower hours for the last 5 fiscal years. 

(2) total cost in dollars for all training conducted in DEI, equal opportunity, 

and extremism for the last 5 fiscal years. 

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(3) total civilian hires and salaries for DEI-related initiatives, trainings, 

and policies across the Department of Defense and military services in the last 5 

fiscal years. 

(3) how the objectives of the DEI and extremism training conducted in the 

last 5 fiscal years were satisfied by the training.

(4) if and how DEI and extremism training has impacted recruitment, 

accessions, promotions, and/or separations, to include administrative separations 

and/or courts-martial for violating extremism conduct orders or regulations. 

(5) a description of the current (for fiscal year 2023) DEI training each 

service conducts, how the training curriculum is chosen and/or developed, and how 

the services measure its effectiveness.

Satellite Reserve Officers' Training Corps Unit Report

The committee notes the importance of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 

(ROTC) and the potential need to expand ROTC programs to include satellite 

programs at other academic institutions that have students interested in joining 

ROTC but not enough support for a full contingent. The committee is concerned 

that in order to participate in ROTC, these students must travel excessive distances 

for training that can interfere with their schoolwork and can prevent students from 

being willing or able to participate. Amid a continuing recruitment challenge, the 

committee believes that the Department of Defense should look for opportunities to 

expand participation in the ROTC program. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services 

not later than March 1, 2024, that includes an assessment of:

(1) the feasibility of expanding participation in the ROTC program through 

satellite ROTC units that have an administrative home at an existing ROTC 

program, but enable participation from a larger number of schools and students;

(2) the number of institutions that would qualify or be eligible for a satellite 

ROTC contingent;

(3) the administrative challenges or additional requirements that would be 

necessary for a satellite ROTC unit, such as an officer or enlisted personnel 

stationed at the institute;

(4) the cost of such an administrative adjustment to implement at least five 

satellite ROTC units;

(5) the estimated total throughput of qualifying institutions;

(6) any other elements that the Secretary deems relevant.

Sexual Assault and Harassment in Joint Task Forces Support Forces Antarctica

The committee is concerned about recent reports regarding incidents of 

sexual harassment and sexual assault involving service members occurring within 

the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) United States Antarctic Program (USAP). 

The committee recognizes that service members in the Air Force, Air 

National Guard, Air Force Reserve Command, Navy, and Coast Guard, serving 

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under the direction of Joint Task Forces Support Forces Antarctica, as part of 

Operation Deep Freeze, provide important support to the critical research occurring 

at the South Pole.

In June 2022, the NSF’s Office of Polar Programs released their final 

Sexual Assault/Harassment Prevention and Response (SAHPR) report, which 

included findings based on information gathered through multiple avenues, 

including focus groups and an online survey that was provided to both civilian 

USAP participants and 3 military units who had previously been located in 

Antarctica.

The committee is concerned about the report’s findings regarding 

perceptions held by civilian USAP participants on the behaviors and accountability 

of service members in Antarctica.

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the 

House Armed Services Committee by March 31, 2024 on the following:

(1) Since Fiscal Year 2018, the total number of substantiated incidents of 

sexual harassment harassment/sexual assault involving service members under the 

command of Joint Task Forces Support Forces Antarctica, including:

a. The number of substantiated reports against service members made by 

non-Defense personnel.

b. The resolution of substantiated reports of sexual misconduct and the 

average timeframe it took to come to a resolution; and

c. The number of reports unresolved or pending and how long those cases 

have been open.

(2) Overview of cross agency reporting procedures and requirements for 

instances of sexual misconduct.

(3) Standards that the Department has instituted to ensure interagency 

cooperation, communication, and transparency regarding incidents of sexual 

misconduct.

(4) Plan of action and implementation guidelines for increasing interagency 

outreach on reporting mechanisms for sexual misconduct by service members.

Study on Department of Defense reinstatement with backpay and bonus, for service 

members separated for refusal to get the COVID vaccine report

The committee is concerned about the lapse in recruiting that jeopardizes 

national security. According to the committee service secretary and budget meeting, 

numerous incentive programs have been executed to no-avail. allegations regarding 

military attorneys, who may have violated the ethical standards for lawyers in 

accordance with the American Bar association and/or their State Bar licensure. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretaries of the Military 

Departments and the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct an independently 

sourced report and submit the report to the Committee on Armed Services of the 

House of Representatives not later than April 1, 2024, which shall include the 

following: 

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1) An exact number of service members discharged for refusing the 

coronavirus vaccine. 

2) The military occupation of each person discharged for coronavirus 

vaccine refusal to include, their rank, duty station, payrate, and estimated cost to 

retain on an annual basis each person by the Department of Defense.

3) The estimated cost to recruit, train, and house a new service member to 

replace the individuals discharged and reaching the exact rank of those discharged 

for vaccine refusal. The analysis should incorporate new bonuses, and incentive 

programs constituted to spur enlistment. 

4) The exact number of service members who lost their lives due to the 

coronavirus and contrasted with the number discharged for refusing the vaccine, 

with a financial and human tool cost analysis, including family impact on 

healthcare, housing, and childcare.

5) What impact did the discharges have on the families of those discharged 

for vaccine refusal.

6) An analysis as to if the discharges hindered military readiness, training, 

or combat operations.

7) The impact of offering promotions, backpay, and $15,000 bonuses for 

those seeking reenlistment after discharge for vaccine status.

8) Any potential funding concerns the Department of Defense Inspector 

General has raised regarding waste fraud and abuse within a that could serve as a 

funding offset. 

Study on ROTC programs consistently failing their annual assessments

The Committee appreciates the role of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps 

(ROTC) program plays in preparing young adults to become officers in the Armed 

Services. 

However, the committee notes, over the last decade costs to run this 

program have increased substantially, while still commissioning approximately the 

same number of junior officers. 

The Committee appreciates that inflation is a contributing factor to these 

increased costs, as well as costlier private schools that support cadets acquiring 

degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to meet the 

readiness needs of the Services. However, the Committee is concerned how much 

the overhead costs of maintaining some college programs are affecting the overall 

costs of the ROTC program. 

The Committee notes that DoD Instruction 1215.08 directs the Secretaries 

of the Military Departments to conduct an annual assessment of each one of their 

respective Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) host units to evaluate the 

efficiency and effectiveness of each individual unit and develop information by 

which to determine viability for continued establishment within the Department. 

These assessment criteria include standardized national test scores; 

commissioning rates (ratio of signed versus completed scholarships); ROTC student 

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rank compared to the university student body at large; academic rankings of degree 

programs; percent or number of specialized degrees awarded (e.g., STEM degrees); 

and university compliance with applicable contracts, Service specific regulations, 

and statutes.

Instruction 1215.08 further states the decision to disestablish an ROTC 

host unit falls within the prerogative of the Secretary of the Military Department 

concerned and will be informed primarily by that Department’s annual assessment 

of its ROTC host and extension units. 

The Committee notes that every year since Fiscal Year 2014, per the Army 

Cadet Command FY22 SROTC Annual Program Review, 20 Army ROTC programs 

have consistently failed the assessment criteria. However, despite failing to meet 

these standards, these programs continue to operate. 

Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

with the Service Secretaries, to provide a briefing to the House Armed Services 

Committee, no later than December 1, 2023, wherein each Service provides details 

on those institutions of higher education hosting an ROTC program that have 

consistently failed to meet the assessment criteria over the past 5 years, how many 

consecutive years those programs have failed their annual assessments, the cost 

associated with maintaining personnel at each of those universities, a Service 

assessment and justification whether each institution should continue to maintain 

their ROTC program, the development of a Service recommended improvement plan 

and/or any recommendations from the Services for restructuring or realigning 

resources from underperforming programs to aid each Service achieving their 

commissioning mission.

Study on the Prevention of Sexual Assault or Sexual Harassment for Students in 

the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps

The committee is concerned about the well-being of all members of the 

Junior Officers’ Training Corps and their access to all school district-provided 

training and services with respect to sexual assault and sexual harassment 

training. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to brief the House 

Committee on Armed Services no later than March 1, 2024, on the training and 

services on the prevention of sexual assault and sexual harassment at local school 

districts where students are enrolled in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 

The briefing should include:

(1) a description of training that JROTC students receive pertaining to 

sexual assault and harassment;

(2) a description of reporting procedures for JROTC students with 

allegations of sexual assault or sexual harassment against JROTC instructors;

(3) whether or not JROTC instructors are mandatory reporters of sexual 

assault and sexual harassment at the school districts where they are employed;

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(4) a comprehensive report of all the JROTC instructors relieved from their 

position for substantiated allegations of sexual assault or sexual harassment 

against a JROTC and the outcome of each case;

(5) a description of the selection procedures for JROTC instructors;

(6) recommendations on how the JROTC program can improve protections 

for students from sexual assault or sexual harassment.

Timely Adjudication of Service Member Complaints

The timely adjudication of service member complaints regarding sexual 

harassment or discrimination is essential to ensure the readiness of the military 

services. The committee is concerned that any undue delay in adjudication of these 

complaints may be harmful. Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary 

of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, on the following:

(1) the number of substantiated investigations into sexual harassment and 

discrimination conducted in the last 3 years; 

(2) the average amount of time that each type of investigation takes from 

initiation to final action; 

(3) the reasons for delay; and

(4) any recommendations to ensure due process and timely adjudication of 

each complaint.

U.S. Space Force Legacy Designation

The committee notes that those former service members that served in the 

U.S. Air Force and have supported the national security space mission of the United 

States are not identified as part of the U.S. Space Force as a Guardian. Therefore, 

the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services by June 1, 2024, on the feasibility and 

advisability of members and former members of the U.S. Air Force to be identified 

as U.S. Space Force Legacy Guardians upon their separation or retirement from 

military service. This briefing should address the following elements;

(1) a process by which former U.S. Air Force members would request U.S. 

Space Force Legacy Guardian designation;

(2) a process to determine effective dates, constructive service credit, and 

other eligibility criteria for award of the U.S. Space Force Legacy Guardian 

designation;

(3) a process to establish procedures for next of kin to apply for posthumous 

U.S. Space Force Legacy Guardian designation;

(4) a process to establish the way an Air Force veteran can legally choose to 

self-identify in writing or by other means as a U.S. Space Force Legacy Guardian;

(5) a process to authorize, design, and provide formal recognition of U.S. 

Space Force Legacy Guardian status with a signed certificate, an approved device or 

insignia, or other forms of visible recognition;

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(6) a process to issue a DD Form 215 to reflect the U.S. Space Force Legacy 

Guardian status of any individual to which this status has been awarded.

Update of Military Academy Misconduct Process Review

It has been 25 years since the U.S. Government Accountability Office 

conducted a full-scale review of the adjudicatory process of the Department of 

Defense service academies. The last version, published in April 1995, found some 

discrepancies in how the academies operated, including issues of differences in due 

process protections and differences in the standard of proof used in honor hearings. 

Also, the review found that many students found the application of rules and the 

disciplinary actions inconsistent. Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller 

General of the United States to update the 1995 “Department of Defense Service 

Academies: Comparison of Honor and Conduct Adjudicatory Processes” and submit 

the report to the congressional defense committees by February 1, 2024. At a 

minimum, the review shall address the following elements:

(1) compare the honor and conduct systems at each academy, including 

punishments given for misconduct/performance issues;

(2) describe how the various systems provide common due process 

protections; 

(3) describe how the various systems compare to military 

misconduct/Uniform Code of Military Justice processes; 

(4) describe if certain honor or misconduct issues are included on an 

individual’s military records when they are commissioned;

(5) describe how the academies measure student conduct and performance 

trends;

(6) describe the attitudes and perceptions of students toward these systems; 

and

 (7) provide recommendations on process improvement.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—OFFICER PERSONNEL POLICY

Section 501—Removal of Exemption Relating to Attending Physician to the 

Congress for Certain Distribution and Grade Limitations

This section would remove the billet exemption for the Attending Physician 

to Congress.

Section 502—Number of General Officers and Flag Officers on Active Duty

This section would authorize a redistribution of general officer billets 

within the Department of Defense to increase the general officer billet allocation in 

the Space Force.

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Section 503—Promotions and Transfers between Components of Certain Armed 

Forces or to Other Certain Armed Forces

This section would increase flexibility for promotable Reserve Component 

officers and warrant officers to transfer components.

Section 504—Modification to Grade of Attending Physician to the Congress

This section would set the rank for the Attending Physician to the Congress 

at O-6.

Section 505—Verification of the Financial Independence of Financial Services 

Counselors in the Department of Defense

This section would require the Department of Defense to develop a 

verification process for financial counselor annual disclosures to validate that those 

individuals are free of conflict of interest.

Section 506—Retired Grade for the Director of Admissions of a Service Academy

This section would authorize honorary retirement promotions for specified 

Military Service Academy faculty.

Section 507—Establishment of Legislative Liaison of the Space Force

This section would authorize a legislative liaison to the Chief of Space 

Operations.

SUBTITLE B—RESERVE COMPONENT MANAGEMENT

Section 511—Grades of Certain Chiefs of Reserve Components

This section would authorize the Chief of each military service Reserve 

Component to be in the grade of three-star officer.

Section 512—Removal of Prohibition on Active Duty Members of the Air Force 

Reserve Policy Committee

This section would remove the prohibition on Active Duty members of the 

Air Force Reserve Policy Committee.

Section 513—Removal of Prohibition on Active Duty Members of the Air Force 

Reserve Policy Committee

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This section would remove the prohibition on Active Duty members of the 

Air Force Reserve Policy Committee.

Section 514—Grade of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau

This section would authorize the elevation of the Vice Chief of the National 

Guard Bureau to serve in the grade of general.

Section 515—Transfers of Officers between the Active and Inactive National Guard

This section would authorize the transfer for officers between the active and 

inactive reserve National Guard.

Section 516—Authorization for FireGuard Program

This section would authorize the Secretary of Defense to use members of 

the National Guard to carry out a program to aggregate, analyze, and assess multisource remote sensing information for interagency partnerships in the detection and 

monitoring of wildfires, and to support any emergency response to such wildfires.

Section 517—Designation of at Least One General Officer of the Marine Corps 

Reserve as a Joint Qualified Officer

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to ensure that at least 

one Marine Corps Reserve general officer is designated as a joint qualified officer.

Section 518—Report on Foreign Disclosure Officer and Foreign Military Sales 

Officer Billets

This section would express the sense of Congress regarding the AustraliaUnited Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) trilateral agreement, appropriate 

Department of Defense staffing to ensure the success of AUKUS, the transfer of 

advanced defense technologies to and from allies and partners, the commitment of 

resources to ensure foreign disclosure officers and foreign military sales officers are 

fully staffed, and the prioritization of hiring and retention of such individuals. 

Additionally, this section would require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report 

identifying gaps in the level of staffing to accomplish AUKUS-related efforts.

SUBTITLE C—GENERAL SERVICE AUTHORITIES AND MILITARY RECORDS

Section 521—Requirement to Classify Certain Persons as Unaccounted for from 

World War II under Certain Conditions

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This section would authorize the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action 

Accounting Agency to validate the remains of World War II veterans whose initial 

verification showed discrepancies.

Section 522—Authority to Designate Certain Separated Members of the Air Force 

as Honorary Separated Members of the Space Force

This section would authorize certain separated members of the Air Force to 

be designated as honorary separated members of the Space Force.

Section 523—Military Personnel: Recruiting; Merit-Based Determinations

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to issue policy that all 

military accessions, assignments, selections, or promotions must adhere to meritbased principles.

Section 524—Improvements to Medical Standards for Accession to Certain Armed 

Forces

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to review and revise 

medical standards and waivers for military accessions every 2 years, and to submit 

a report to the House Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on 

Armed Services on findings and recommendations during the same period.

Section 525—Protections for Members of Certain Armed Forces Who Refuse to 

Receive Vaccinations against COVID-19

This section would prohibit adverse action against a member of the Armed 

Forces solely on the basis that such member refuses to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. 

Additionally, this section would direct the Secretary of the military department to 

consider reinstating service members separated for failure to get vaccinated against 

COVID-19.

Section 526—Reviews of Characterization of Administrative Discharges of Certain 

Members on the Basis of Failure to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine

This section would require a board of review established under section 1553 

of title 10, United States Code, to grant a priority request to review discharge or 

dismissals on the basis of failure to obey a lawful order to receive a vaccine for 

COVID-19.

Section 527—Certain Members Discharged or Dismissed on the Sole Basis of 

Failure to Obey a Lawful Order to Receive a Vaccine for COVID-19: Communication 

Strategy regarding Reinstatement Process

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This section would require the Secretary of Defense to communicate the 

established process by which a covered individual who was separated due to a 

failure to receive the COVID-19 vaccination may be reinstated. This section would 

also require the Secretary of Defense to provide a report on the implementation of 

the communication strategy.

Section 528—Pilot Program on Cardiac Screenings for Military Accessions

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to establish a pilot 

program to provide mandatory electrocardiograms to individuals entering military 

service in connection with the military accession screening process.

SUBTITLE D—MILITARY JUSTICE

Section 531—Prohibition on Certain Communications regarding Courts-Martial

This section would prohibit a convening authority or commanding officer 

from providing a briefing about a pending court-martial to any subordinate who 

may service as a member of such court-martial.

Section 532—Technical and Conforming Amendments to the Uniform Code of 

Military Justice

This section would provide technical and conforming amendments to the 

Uniform Code of Military Justice necessary for the implementation of reforms 

included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public 

Law 117-81).

Section 533—Treatment of Certain Records of Criminal Investigations

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to develop and 

implement guidance providing for the modification of titling and indexing systems.

Section 534—Limitation on Availability of Funds for Relocation of Army CID 

Special Agent Training Course

This section would prohibit the Army from obligating or expending funds to 

relocate an Army Criminal Investigation Division Special Agent course until the 

requirements of section 548(a) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

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

SUBTITLE E—OTHER LEGAL MATTERS

Section 541—Supreme Court Review of Certain Actions of the United States Court 

of Appeals for the Armed Forces

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This section would permit the Supreme Court of the United States to 

review writs of certiorari regardless of whether a petition for review was granted or 

denied by the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.

Section 542—Study on Removal of Sexual Assault Victim Advocates from the Chain 

of Command of Victims

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study and 

provide a report on the feasibility of removing sexual assault victim advocates from 

the chain of command of the victim.

SUBTITLE F—MEMBER EDUCATION

Section 551—Military Education for Special Operations Forces

This section would allow the Commander of the U.S. Special Operations 

Command to use funds from Major Force Program 11 to fund joint special 

operations-peculiar education, leader preparation, and leader development at 

degree-granting institutions of higher military education.

Section 552—Expansion of Individuals Eligible to Serve as Administrators and 

Instructors in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps

This section would allow the Secretary of a military department to 

authorize an expansion of the individuals qualified to serve as administrators and 

instructors in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

Section 553—Prohibition of Establishment or Maintenance of a Unit of the Junior 

Reserve Officers' Training Corps at an Educational Institution Owned, Operated, or 

Controlled by the Chinese Communist Party

This section would prohibit the establishment or maintenance of a unit of 

the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps at an educational institution owned, 

operated, or controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.

Section 554—Inclusion of Advanced Research Programs at Certain Institutions of 

Professional Military Education

This section would require certain institutions of professional military 

education to establish advanced research programs to study the character of nearfuture operational-tactical warfighting at the high end of the conflict spectrum in 

East Asia.

Section 555—Pilot Program for Enlisted Members of the Army and the Navy to 

Attend the Naval Postgraduate School

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This section would create pilot programs for the U.S. Army and the U.S. 

Navy to send enlisted service members to receive advanced degrees at the Naval 

Postgraduate School.

SUBTITLE G—MEMBER TRAINING

Section 561—Increase in Accession Bonus for Nurse Officer Candidates

This section would authorize an increase in the accession bonuses for nurse 

officer candidates.

Section 562—Service Academies: Numbers of Nominations by Members of Congress 

and Appointments by the Secretaries of the Military Departments

This section would authorize a raise in the cap on service academy 

nominations.

Section 563—Increase in the Number of Nominees from Guam to the Service 

Academies

This section would authorize one additional service academy nomination to 

the Delegate from the Territory of Guam.

Section 564—Exemption of Cadet or Midshipman Who Refuses to Receive a 

Vaccination against COVID-19 from Requirement to Repay Tuition at Military 

Service Academy

This section would exempt a cadet or midshipman from being required to 

repay tuition if certain requirements aren't met.

Section 565—Training on the National Defense Strategy for Members of Certain 

Armed Forces

This section would require annual National Defense Strategy awareness 

training for certain members of the Armed Forces.

Section 566—Prohibition on Use of Federal Funds for Certain Training or 

Education That Promotes Critical Race Theory

This section would prohibit the use of funds to promote critical race theory 

at a Service Academy, in military training, or in professional military education.

Section 567—Sex-Neutral High Fitness Standards for Army Close Combat Force 

Military Occupational Specialties

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This section would require the Army to create sex-neutral fitness standards 

for certain military occupational specialties.

Section 568—Costs of Training on Critical Race Theory

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual 

report to Congress on training on critical race theory provided by the Secretary for 

the previous calendar year.

Section 569—Publication of Training Materials of the Defense Equal Opportunity 

Management Institute

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to publish all materials 

created by the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute not later than 

September 30, 2024, on their website. 

SUBTITLE H—MEMBER TRANSITION

Section 571—Amendments to Pathways for Counseling in the Transition Assistance 

Program

This section would clarify and add factors for individualized Transition 

Assistance Program.

Section 572—Skillbridge: Staffing; Budgeting; Outreach; Report

This section would require the Secretaries of military departments to 

circulate information about the Skillbridge program and conduct annual outreach to 

inform potential employers.

Section 573—Troops-to-Teachers Program: Expansion; Extension

This section would authorize expansion of the Department of Defense's 

Troops to Teachers program to include Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 

instructors and administrators, and would reauthorize the program for an 

additional 2 years.

Section 574—Report on the Transition Assistance Program

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on 

the Transition Assistance Program.

Section 575—Skillbridge: Apprenticeship Programs

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This section would require the Department of Defense to conduct a study on 

the availability of registered apprenticeship positions within the Skillbridge 

program.

Section 576—Female Members of Certain Armed Forces and Civilian Employees of 

the Department of Defense in STEM

This section would require the Department of Defense to conduct a study on 

how to increase the participation of women in science, technology, engineering, and 

mathematics positions in the Armed Forces.

Section 577—Department of Defense Report on Third-Party Job Search Technology

This section would require a report on potential partnership opportunities 

with companies that provide third-party job search digital solutions to assist in the 

search for employment.

SUBTITLE I—DECORATIONS AND AWARDS

Section 581—Extension of Time to Review World War I Valor Medals

This section would authorize a 3-year time extension for the Department of 

Defense to review the service records of World War I veterans to determine if any 

valor awards should be upgraded to the Medal of Honor.

Section 582—Authorization for Award of the Medal of Honor to Marcelino Serna for 

Acts of Valor during World War I

This section would authorize the President to posthumously award the 

Medal of Honor to Marcelino Serna for acts of valor as a private in the Army during 

World War I.

SUBTITLE J—OTHER PERSONNEL MATTERS, REPORTS, AND BRIEFINGS

Section 591—Armed Forces Workplace Surveys

This section would require the Armed Forces workplace survey to include 

indicators of sexual assault that give reason to believe that the victim was targeted 

or discriminated against for a status in a group.

Section 592—Electronic Notarization for Members of the Armed Forces

This section would authorize electronic notarization for members of the 

Armed Forces.

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Section 593—Due Date for Report on Efforts to Prevent and Respond to Deaths by 

Suicide in the Navy

This section would extend the statutory deadline for the Department of 

Defense Inspector General's office to conclude its report on the suicides that 

occurred in 2022 among service members assigned to the aircraft carrier USS 

George Washington.

Section 594—Posting of Promotional Materials for the 988 Suicide and Crisis 

Lifeline at Military Installations

This section would direct the Secretary of a military department to post 

promotional materials for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at each jurisdictional 

military installation.

Section 595—Prohibition on Drag Shows and Drag Queen Story Hour

This section would prohibit the Department of Defense from using 

authorized funds for a drag show or similar event.

Section 596—Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion: Report; 

Sunset

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report 

regarding the selection of members to the Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity 

and Inclusion.

Section 597—Force Structure and Personnel Requirements of Special Operations 

Forces: Review; Briefing; Report

This section would require the Secretaries of the military departments, the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, 

and the Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command to conduct a coordinated 

review of force structure and personnel requirements for special operations forces 

under the jurisdiction of the Secretaries of the military departments to carry out 

special operations activities. This section would also require the Secretary of 

Defense, not later than 180 days after the commencement of the review, to provide a 

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

Representatives on the initial findings as well as, 90 days after completion of the 

review, to submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

the House of Representatives. The Secretary of Defense would be unable to make 

any reduction in force structure, personnel requirements, or staffing levels to a 

special operations force until after the Secretary submits the required report.

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Section 598—Prohibition on Federal Funds for the Department of Defense 

Countering Extremism Work Group

This section would prohibit the Department of Defense from using 

authorized funds for the Department of Defense Extremism Work Group.

Section 599—Digital Ambassador Program of the Navy: Cessation; Report; Restart

This section would require the Secretary of the Navy to cease all activities 

of the digital ambassador program of the Office of Information of the Department of 

the Navy and would prohibit the restart of the program until certain requirements 

are met.

Section 599A—Report on Military OneSource

 This section would require the Secretary of Defense to provide annual 

reports to the House Committee on Armed Services and Senate Committee on 

Armed Services on the utilization of the Military OneSource program which 

currently serves as the Department of Defense's primary hub for connecting service 

members with a range of quality-of-life services available to them.

Section 599B—Study on Service by Neurodivergent Individuals in the Department 

of Defense

This section would direct the Secretary of Defense, through a federally 

funded research and development center, to study how current medical accession 

policies are impacting recruitment, assignment, and retention of neurodivergent 

populations.

TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Bonus and Special Pay Spending Report

The committee notes that many military members qualify for special pays 

and incentives (S&I) that are part of the service's recruitment and retention efforts. 

Some of these pays compensate members for assignment to hazardous or difficult 

duty conditions. Currently, there are over 60 special and incentive pays authorized 

in law. The committee is concerned about the Department of Defense’s effective use 

of and total spending on bonus and special pay programs. Therefore, the committee 

directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House Committee on 

Armed Services by April 1, 2024, that addresses the following elements;

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(1) the total amount spent on bonus, special, and incentive pays broken out 

by bonus, incentive, or special pay type by year, by service for the previous 5 years, 

to include the President’s budget request in these categories for fiscal year 2024;

(2) each military department Secretary’s assessment of the effectiveness of 

bonus and special and incentive pays, by bonus and special or incentive pay 

category;

(3) any other concerns that the Secretary of Defense deems relevant.

Briefing on Current Requirements for Health and Safety Checks at Child 

Development Centers

The committee recognizes that child development centers play a crucial role 

in the quality of life and the readiness of our armed forces. Our service members 

place the highest level of trust in these centers to care for their children while they 

are occupied conducting their military duties. Further, the committee notes that the 

military services are facing unprecedented staffing shortages which impact their 

ability to meet the basic childcare needs of the number of service members that 

require it. One of the many challenges that understaffed facilities routinely face is 

the redundant requirements in their daily administrative duties. It is imperative to 

explore potential efforts that streamline processes and combine these checklists 

where possible to expedite the health and safety checks with no degradation in the 

quality of care provided. To better understand how the Department of Defense is 

working to reduce the administrative burdens wherever possible in child 

development centers, the committee directs the Secretaries of the military 

departments to brief the committee no later than March 1, 2024, on the current 

requirements for health and safety checks at child development centers. The brief 

shall include:

(1) information on processes that certified staff undergo when conducting 

their daily health and safety checks during care;

(2) current efforts to modernize the data entry process and procedures;

(3) current requirements of the different checklists, including the frequency 

at which they are conducted; and

(4) recommendations on where redundant checks can be standardized or 

eliminated while not negatively impacting the health and safety of the children in 

their care. 

Briefing on MilitaryChildcare.com

The committee recognizes the Department of Defense’s many efforts to 

reduce child care waitlists for families with dependent children. One tool utilized by 

the Department is MilitaryChildcare.com (MCC). The Department asserts MCC 

provides a single online gateway to all military-operated child care worldwide and

community-based child care fee assistance options across the United States for all 

military and Department of Defense civilian families. MCC currently provides an 

Anticipated Placement Time (APT) to all families searching for and requesting child 

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care at military child development centers. MCC has a built-in analytic tool that 

estimates the APT for each family based on a complex algorithm that uses system 

generated data, such as current waitlist metrics, wait and placement times, waitlist 

turnover, and priority distribution to calculate wait times, yet military families still 

express frustration over wait times and lack of transparency of the waitlist. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to 

the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31, 2024, on the 

following:

(1) functionality of MilitaryChildcare.com; 

(2) the degree to which utilizing MCC has reduced wait lists at military 

child development centers; 

(3) whether it has provided families with off-post child care options; and 

(4) an assessment of whether it has overall improved the child care for 

service members.

Child care Community Relationships and Partnerships

The committee continues to be concerned that military families continue to 

face shortages in the availability of child care as the waitlists continue to grow. 

Child care is also a readiness issue that needs to be addressed and the military 

services should research new innovative solutions to this problem. The committee 

notes that some military installations have had success in establishing community 

partnerships with school districts, colleges, and nonprofit organizations resulting in 

increased access to child care. In some instances, military installations have leased 

vacant facilities for outside organizations to operate child care facilities or have led 

community partnerships which expand opportunities within the Military Child 

Care in Your Neighborhood (MCCYN) program. The committee believes that every 

military installation should be attempting to replicate these efforts to expand child 

care access and work with local chambers of commerce, Child care Aware of 

America, and local child care business providers (CBP).

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, on:

(1) how many of these partnerships exist across the services; 

(2) to include locations and number of child care spaces that became 

available as a result; and 

(3) any obstacles to expanding these relationships and partnerships. 

The briefing should also include the following:

(1) what is working well and not well with MCCYN;

(2) what prevents CBPs from participating in MCCYN; and

(3) what challenges and barriers prevent CBP from opening and expanding 

facilities in a particular area.

Cost of Living Allowance Report

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The committee is concerned about the Department of Defense’s treatment 

of Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) adjustments and the effect on service members

and their families and their ability to adjust their household budgets to large 

changes in COLA. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 

submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, that 

details the Department’s current calculation method and addresses the following;

(1) a review of the 8 percent COLA threshold as defined in 37 U.S.C. 403(b) 

every 3 years and issue report on whether the threshold remains economically 

appropriate;

(2) the inclusion of average childcare costs for one child aged 0-5 as part of 

the continental United States (CONUS) market basket price data when computing 

average CONUS cost-of-living baseline for CONUS COLA programs.

(3) the feasibility of a less or more frequent adjustment of COLA;

(4) any other matters the Secretary considers relevant.

Department of Defense Adoption Support Services

The committee acknowledges the efforts of the Department of Defense 

(DOD) to support service members who are seeking to adopt children. The 

committee commends the financial and referral support provided to servicemembers 

for these purposes by the Department of Defense to date. However, the committee 

maintains that improvements to these support services must be explored to better 

meet the needs of military families seeking to pursue adoption. The committee 

notes that individuals employed by private entities may benefit from access to 

comprehensive adoption support services, including referrals to agencies, 

counseling, and legal assistance to shorten timelines or facilitate adoption at a 

lower total cost. However, the committee recognizes that while the adoption process 

is already complex and costly, military families face additional unique challenges 

pursuing adoption, often related to deployment and stationing schedules that 

require out of state or overseas relocation.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 1, 2024 

on current Department of Defense adoption support services. This report should, at 

minimum, include the following:

(1) a comprehensive overview of current policies to support adopting 

families thus far, to include explanations as to how success and effectiveness of 

these policies are measured with respect to adoption rates, wait times, and 

servicemember satisfaction;

(2) a summary of current policies that have demonstrated high success 

rates;

(3) identification of gaps across adoption services and care for military 

families;

(4) proposed measures to fill these gaps;

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(5) analysis of barriers faced by military families seeking to adopt, 

particularly as it relates to deployment schedules, overseas assignments, differences 

across state and international laws on adoption qualifications and processes;

(6) an examination of best practices from other federal agencies that 

provide highly successful adoption support services for their employees and 

consideration of whether these practices could be implemented by the Department 

of Defense;

(7) survey of adoption support services offered in the commercial sector and 

potential leverage of these resources to mitigate complexity, reduce costs, and 

increase success rates of military adoptions;

(8) recommendations on additional resources required or programs that 

may be developed to further support military families through the adoption process, 

particularly as it pertains to those families stationed in a state other than that of 

their permanent residence or overseas.

Fee Structure for Child Care Provided at Military Child Development Centers

The committee is aware of the challenges of childcare staffing shortages, 

extensive waitlists, and capacity limitations at Department of Defense installations, 

including Child Development Centers (CDCs). The significant backlog at many 

military facilities for on-installation childcare for service members and their 

families is a concern. Many service members have cited long waitlists for childcare 

as a major quality-of-life challenge. In some cases, it has forced families to choose 

between their career or providing childcare themselves. GAO has previously found 

that current revenue, a combination of appropriated and non-appropriated funds, is 

insufficient. Given these concerns, the Department of Defense should determine 

alternate ways to increase revenue and reinvest in childcare providers and capacity.

The current Childcare Fee Assistance Total Family Income Category 

structure disproportionately impacts lower-income families. Families with lower 

incomes pay a higher percentage of total income for childcare when compared to 

higher-income families. Utilizing a standard percentage of total income to 

determine parent fees for all childcare programs would ensure lower-income 

military families are not unfairly impacted by fees. Therefore, the committee directs 

the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the Committee on Armed Services of 

the House of Representatives not later than March 1, 2024, on the impact of 

changing the fee structure to a standard percent of total income for parental fees on 

revenue and on the quality, availability, and accessibility of childcare for families 

currently enrolled. The report should include recommendations on the ideal 

standard percentage of total income fees and any changes to the total income 

categories. The report should also include how additional revenue could increase 

capacity, hire additional childcare providers, or improve facilities and how those 

changes would impact the current waitlists.

Fort Drum Cold Weather Pay

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The committee recognizes the importance of the 10th Mountain Division 

and the role the division plays in manning, equipping, and organizing to fight and 

win in cold weather environments. One of the division’s priorities is to instill alpine 

readiness in their service members by institutionalizing pride in the alpine warrior 

culture, increasing military mountaineering skills, and conducting collective 

training in alpine cold weather environments. Therefore, the committee supports 

the division’s efforts to increase proficiency in cold weather environments by 

improving the Army’s capability and readiness of its personnel operating in such 

regions. The committee also believes the personnel stationed at Fort Drum operate 

in a cold weather location.

Gap between Hiring Authority and Human Resource Implementation

The committee remains concerned about the lack of childcare professionals 

available to work in the Department of Defense’s child development programs, 

specifically for infant and toddler care. While the committee has continued to give 

the Department various authorities and additional tools to bring on staff, the 

committee has been made aware there may be a disconnect between the hiring 

authorities granted to expedite the hiring processes and how the human resource 

functions that process the application.

Therefore, the committee directs the service secretaries to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 30, 2024, 

on the following:

(1) in how many instances has the Department utilized direct hiring 

authority, on the spot hiring authority, or transfer authority for the purposes of 

hiring child development center (CDC) staff;

(2) how many accepted offers of employment resulted from each authority;

(3) the average length of time between accepted offer and start date for 

childcare workers, by authority; and

(4) the timeline for each stage in the hiring process of CDC staff over the 

last 5 years and any specific causes for fluctuations in processing times; and 

(5) delays over 20 days in hiring once the authority has been utilized.

Guam Overseas Cost of Living Allowance Adjustment Report

The committee is concerned that reductions in the Overseas Cost of Living 

Allowance in Guam would have a negative impact on quality of life for 

servicemembers, and have an outsized impact on the local economy. The committee 

directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House Committee on 

Armed Services, by December 1, 2023, outlining what authorities the Secretary of 

Defense has to prevent a reduction in the Overseas Cost of Living Allowance for 

service members in Guam, and how economic factors including Typhoon Mawar and 

shipping challenges have been factored into any adjustment to the Overseas Cost of 

Living Allowance for Guam.

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Housing Oversight Positions Across Services

The committee understands that across the services, each department 

designates either a service member or civilian to oversee barracks issues across 

installations. This position, however, is not uniform across the services. In some 

cases, when a service member is performing this duty at an installation, the duty is 

collateral and therefore not the primary priority of the service member. In other 

cases, a civilian may be designated to oversee barracks issues, but there may be a 

shortage of civilians to hire for the position. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military 

departments, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than February 15, 2024, on the positions that serve as the designee to oversee 

military barracks. This briefing should include the following:

(1) Position and/or grade of the civilian and/or service member who oversees 

military barracks;

(2) Roles and responsibilities of the designee;

(3) Explanation of how individuals are chosen for this role, including if 

previous experience in housing oversight is required;

(4) Training required for this role;

(5) Other duties performed by this individual that are unrelated to housing 

including instances that this is a collateral position for service members and 

subsequently, how many hours are allocated for their oversight role;

(6) Instances that the position has been vacant for longer than 3 months; 

and

(7) The reporting structure for this position to amplify oversight concerns. 

Improvements to the Department of Defense Military Spouse Employment 

Partnership Program

The committee is aware that military spouse employment remains a 

significant concern and that one of the tools to assist military spouses seeking 

employment is the Department of Defense Military Spouse Employment 

Partnership (MSEP). Since its inception in 2011, the over 600 MSEP partners have 

hired more than 250,000 spouses. The committee views this as a positive trajectory 

and would like to build on this success. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services 

by March 31, 2024, on how the Department intends to improve and advance the 

successes of MSEP. Specific elements of the report should include:

(1) MSEP communication and outreach efforts to spouses and partners; 

(2) utilization of existing authorities to prioritize and/or incentivize spouse 

hiring; 

(3) a review of remote and telework employment opportunities; and

(4) any challenges to this program related to specific duty locations, in other 

words overseas.

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Military Survivors

The committee notes that when a military department concerned receives 

notification of the death of a retired member, Defense Finance Accounting Service 

(DFAS)-Cleveland is notified and then in cases where funds were deposited after 

the date of death, DFAS reclaims the outstanding payments. The committee is 

concerned that when a military retiree dies, and they have a spouse or any family 

member who is a joint holder on the account, this automatic reclamation of funds 

creates an undue burden on the family of the deceased at an already stressful and 

emotional time. This clawback of funds can also occur before the payment of 

Survivor Benefit Plan begins, leaving a surviving spouse or family member in a 

potentially precarious financial situation. The committee notes that in general, 

when the military department has made overpayments to service members and 

must reclaim funds, the department has the authority to institute a payment plan 

to reclaim payments over a period of time instead of all at once. However, the 

committee notes that in cases when a retiree dies and funds must be reclaimed, a 

repayment plan over time would alleviate the financial stresses for surviving 

families when they are at their most vulnerable. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 31, 2024, on the 

following: 

(1) process by which retired service members and their families are 

informed of the potential clawback/repayment resulting from the death of the 

service member;

(2) process by which spouses are educated and enrolled in the Survivor 

Benefit Plan;

(3) how information about the impacts of holding joint accounts may affect 

retired service members or their beneficiaries; 

(4) why the department does not apply the same payment plan process in 

the case of the death of a retired service member;

(5) any other information the Secretary deems relevant.

Month of the Military Child

The committee is aware that more than 1,600,000 children are connected to 

the military across the United States. It is only fitting that we take time to 

recognize their contribution, celebrate their spirit, and pay tribute to military 

children and youth for their commitment, their struggles and their unconditional 

support of our troops. When someone joins the military, it’s a family commitment to 

our country and children are heroes in their own way. 

The committee strongly encourages the Department of Defense to highlight 

and promote April each year as Month of the Military Child and urges all citizens, 

business, and government leaders to observe the month with appropriate 

ceremonies and activities that honor, support, and show appreciation for military 

children.

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Navy Junior Enlisted Unaccompanied Housing Shortfalls

The committee is aware that the Navy is experiencing shortfalls in 

unaccompanied housing which forces sailors to live aboard their assigned ships 

while they are in port and in the yard for repair. The committee is concerned that 

these conditions do not provide sailors the quality of life they need to effectively do 

their jobs and have a negative impact on the resiliency and readiness of the force. 

The committee notes that the Navy is on track to miss its recruiting goals for the 

current fiscal year and believes that there must be meaningful progress made on 

improving the quality of life for unaccompanied sailors. Therefore, the committee 

directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services not later than January 12, 2024, on efforts to increase 

unaccompanied housing capacity in the Navy. The brief should include the following 

information:

(1) the locations where the shortfalls are most acute;

(2) the estimated number of sailors, by location, forced to live aboard their 

ships due to a shortfall in unaccompanied housing;

(3) the estimated funding required to restore the homeport ashore program 

by location;

(4) near-term solutions that would increase unaccompanied housing 

capacity within one year;

(5) the estimated impact that privatizing unaccompanied housing would 

have on capacity shortfalls; and

(6) additional statutory authorities required to privatize unaccompanied 

housing.

Navy Quality of Life Programs Dashboard

The committee is concerned that resources for maintaining and improving 

the quality of life for service members and their families are underutilized by 

service members. One factor that may impact underutilization is that service 

members and their families are unaware of or find it difficult to access these 

resources. The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to 

the House Committee on Armed Services by March 31, 2024, on the feasibility of 

developing an electronic dashboard to track quality of life programs and their 

utilization rate. This briefing should include the cost of creating such a dashboard 

and articulate the value added to the service. The quality of life issues to be 

considered for the dashboard and this briefing should include: 

(1) childcare;

(2) access to healthcare;

(3) education;

(4) housing and spouse employment; and 

(5) any others the Secretary determines appropriate.

In addition, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than February 28, 

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2024, on how quality of life issues impact service members assigned to naval vessels 

undergoing refueling and complex overhaul, such as the USS George Washington, 

and what the Navy has done to mitigate such impacts.

Online School Choice for Military Families

The committee remains concerned with the unprecedented recruiting and 

retention challenges facing the Department of Defense and how military family 

quality of life issues rank among service members’ biggest considerations. The 

committee understands that one of the consistent areas of concern among military 

families considering staying in the military is ensuring their children have access to 

consistent quality education. The committee is aware that the devastating impact of 

the COVID pandemic on children, who lost immeasurable instructional time due to 

school disruption, has only compounded the problem. With frequent permanent 

changes of station, often occurring during the middle of the academic year, military 

families are often faced with an unfair choice: separate the family until the end of 

the academic year or disrupt their children’s education. The committee understands 

that the average military child can expect to attend between six and nine different 

schools before high school graduation. The committee believes that the Department 

of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) should explore all feasible alternatives to 

ensure continuity of education for military dependents, including alternatives that 

allow children to maintain the same curriculum and instruction during moves, 

particularly in overseas locations.

Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

report to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives no later 

than November 1, 2024, on the following issues:

(1) the potential school options, including virtual education, available to K12 military dependents whose military sponsors are re-assigned during the 

academic year;

(2) the potential school options, including virtual education, available to K12 military dependents whose military sponsors are stationed overseas;

(3) the potential school options available to K-12 military dependents who, 

because of a short-term illness or injury, are unable to attend in-person instruction;

(4) the potential costs associated with offering full-time and part-time 

virtual schooling options to K-12 military dependents, either through DODEA or 

through contracts with private virtual schools; and

(5) any other matters the Secretary may deem relevant.

Quality of Life Concerns at Military Installations in Alaska

The committee is aware of the challenges that service members and 

families face while serving at remote locations in the United States and overseas. 

With the rapidly growing strategic significance of the Artic region, the committee is 

concerned that servicemembers and dependent families stationed in Alaska 

continue to experience significant quality of life challenges that negatively impact 

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the morale, resilience, and readiness of the force. Therefore, the committee directs 

the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the Army and the 

Secretary of the Air Force, to submit a briefing to the congressional defense 

committees not later than December 29, 2023, on quality-of-life conditions at 

military installations in Alaska. The briefing should include the following 

information for each location:

(1) shortfalls relating to healthcare accessibility, including specialty 

providers, at military treatment facilities and through TRICARE;

(2) shortfalls regarding the availability of childcare services, including 

providers, child development centers, and in-home services;

(3) the availability and suitability of housing on and off installation;

(4) the capacity, condition, and ability of military commissaries to support 

the local military population with fresh and nutritious food;

(5) current incentive pay and allowances for servicemembers stationed in 

Alaska and recommendations to improve readiness, retention and morale through 

targeted financial incentives and allowances; and

(6) a prioritized list of facility sustainment, restoration, and modernization 

and military construction projects with estimated costs to address critical quality of 

life challenges.

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crews Tax Relief

The committee is concerned that remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) crews are 

conducting combat missions and experiencing many of the stressors of combat; 

however, they are not currently eligible to earn the same tax-free income as those 

who are physically in a combat zone. Therefore the committee directs the Secretary 

of Defense to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later 

than March 1, 2024, on the following:

(1) a comparison of the duties between RPA crews supporting operations 

from domestic locations or those in combat zones;

(2) a comparison of the income disparities between RPA crews and those 

who are physically in a combat zone;

(3) an assessment on where the authority lies to expand the Combat Zone 

Tax Exclusion eligibility and rationale for how the Department of Defense is 

exercising them; and

(4) any additional information the Secretary determines appropriate.

Report on School Meal Direct Certification

The committee is concerned about the barriers facing military families in 

accessing free- and reduced-price school meals. Participants qualify based on family 

income, but service members’ housing allowance is considered income and often 

pushes them out of eligibility. Military families also frequently relocate, and 

additional applications and paperwork dissuade families from applying. The 

Department has already collected household income data for the Basic Needs 

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Allowance program and has access to the servicemember income data for families 

that have not applied for the Basic Needs Allowance program.

Therefore, the committee directs 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 October 1, 2024, on the feasibility and cost of 

implementing direct certification for military dependents. Direct certification is the 

process through which state agencies and school districts certify children for free 

school meals based on documentation from other state or local program officials, 

without the need for the household to submit an application. The report shall 

examine

(1) The number of military dependents eligible for free- or reduced-price 

school meals, broken down by demographic groups including race, ethnicity, gender, 

and military rank;

(2) If and how the Department can use data collected for the Basic Needs 

Allowance for direct certification for school meals;

(3) How the Department could use service member income to determine 

eligibility for families that have not applied for the Basic Needs Allowance, 

including by disregarding other household income;

(4) Any upfront cost or data improvements necessary to share family 

eligibility with state nutrition agencies and school districts;

(5) How the Department would implement a direct certification program for 

school meals at Department of Defense Education Activity schools;

(6) An estimate of the number of military dependents who would gain 

access to school meals who would not have filled out a school meal application 

without direct certification;

(7) How many more military dependents would be eligible for free- and 

reduced-price school meals if basic allowance for housing (BAH) were eliminated 

from the calculation of household income,

(8) How many more military dependents would be eligible for free- and 

reduced-price school meals if the calculation of household income did not include 

non-service member income.

Review of Basic Allowance for Subsistence

The committee is especially concerned with the reported food insecurity 

issue within the Department of Defense. If the Department survey methods and 

RAND Corporation analysis are accurate, some 25 percent of the force is considered 

food insecure at some level. The committee sees this as unacceptable and a crisis 

that the Secretary of Defense must address and solve. The committee, therefore, 

directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House Committee on 

Armed Services by March 1, 2024, that addresses the following elements:

(1) a review of how the Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) amount is 

determined;

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(2) rationale for why the BAS rates are limited to only enlisted and officer 

and do not take into account income disparities between junior and senior service 

members; 

(3) consideration for establishing no less than three different BAS rates for 

enlisted personnel based on rank and income; 

(4) any other matters the Secretary considers relevant.

Review of Mental Health Services Available at Schools Operated by the Department 

of Defense Education Activity

The committee is concerned about whether military children attending 

Department of Defense Education Activity Schools (DODEA) have adequate 

resources to meet their mental health needs. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services by February 1, 2024, on the current state of mental health services 

available at schools operated by DODEA. The briefing should include the following 

information at a minimum:

(1) number and type of mental health providers serving children attending 

schools operated by the DODEA, including staff such as school psychologists, school 

counselors, and other individuals providing mental health support; 

(2) an assessment of whether and to what extent the mental health services 

available at such schools align with the applicable national recommendations; and

(3) an assessment of the ratio of students to mental health staff as 

described in (1) in such schools.

Review of the Basic Needs Allowance

The committee is especially concerned about the reported food insecurity 

issue within the Department of Defense. If the Department survey methods and 

RAND Corporation analysis are accurate, some 25 percent of the force is considered 

food insecure at some level. The committee sees this as unacceptable and a crisis 

that the Secretary of Defense must address and solve. The committee, therefore, 

directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House Committee on 

Armed Services by March 1, 2024, that addresses the following elements:

(1) a review of the adequacy of the Basic Needs Allowance (BNA) 

framework and recommendations for gathering more accurate and timely data that 

will produce more targeted and specified benefits to service members;

(2) the reporting mechanisms available for service members to report food 

insecurity;

(3) the removal of the Basic Allowance for Housing from the overall BNA 

eligibility calculation and how many service members would benefit;

(4) other barriers to service member application for or receipt of the BNA;

(5) any other matters the Secretary considers relevant.

Review of Unpaid and Delayed Payments to Service Members

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The committee notes that the Suicide Prevention and Response 

Independent Review Committee recently published their findings on reducing 

military suicides. One of their highest priority recommendations is to conduct a 

comprehensive review of the magnitude of unpaid and delayed payments to service 

members and their families and provide recommendations for improving 

efficiencies. Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United 

States to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by July 1, 

2024, on a comprehensive review of the scope of unpaid and delayed payments to 

service members and their families, and provide recommendations for improving 

efficiencies. The report shall assess the following:

(1) the average, median, and lower and upper bounds of non-reimbursed, 

out-of-pocket costs, and the types of such costs, associated with permanent change 

of station (PCS) moves;

(2) the average, median, and lower and upper bounds of the time from 

which a service member submits his/her reimbursement forms and they are fully 

paid, as well as how this varies by the type of reimbursement and rank;

(3) the frequency by which regular payments, scheduled to occur on the 1st 

and 15th of each month, are delayed and factors that may be associated with delays 

(for example, a recent PCS);

(4) the frequency of overpayments and resulting recoupment processes and 

the average, median, and upper bounds of subsequent periods without pay resulting 

from these errors.

Standardization of Permissible Costs for Department of Defense Credentialing 

Programs

The committee notes that since its inception in 2015, the Department of 

Defense credentialing program has provided service members the opportunity to 

obtain credentials that enhance their skills and qualifications both during and after 

their military service. However, the committee is concerned that as the 

credentialing program has been implemented, the services have interpreted the 

permissible covered costs differently. This has led to a great disparity between the 

services regarding this important benefit. The committee notes that section 2015 of 

title 10, United States Code, directs the Secretary of Defense to promulgate 

regulations regarding this program that apply uniformly to the Armed Forces to the 

extent practicable. In addition, the definition of expenses under this section includes 

expenses for classroom instruction, hands-on training (and associated materials), 

manuals, study guides and materials, textbooks, processing fees, and test fees and 

related fees.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, that 

addresses the following:

(1) what costs are covered by each of the services for service member 

credentialing;

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(2) an explanation for the disparities between the services, and any 

justification for why the disparities exist;

(3) a plan to ensure each service reimburses service members for 

credentialing expenses, consistent with the statutory definition, for classroom 

instruction, hands-on training (and associated materials), manuals, study guides 

and materials, textbooks, processing fees, and test fees and related fees. 

The plan shall ensure that service members are able to receive 

reimbursement for expenses associated with foundational credentials, consistent 

with the Army’s current practice.

Status Report of Implementation of the Blended Retirement System

 The House Committee on Armed Services recognizes that 2023 will mark 

the Fifth Anniversary of the Department of Defense’s implementation of the 

Blended Retirement System (BRS) as enacted in Title Six, Subtitle D, Part I of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92). The 

committee commends the Department for its efforts to ensure that younger 

servicemembers have the proper access to robust financial security training for 

retirement and directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a Fifth Anniversary 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on 

Armed Services on the status of BRS implementation by December 1, 2023. Such 

report shall analyze any data collected on the impacts of current training modules, 

include quantifiable outcomes that assess the impact of the Department’s current 

financial security training from the year prior to implementation through 2023, and 

detail an action plan that outlines additional tools and/or resources needed by the

Department to further increase positive outcomes in enhancing financial literacy 

training for our servicemembers.

Supporting Commissaries

The committee recognizes that Department of Defense commissaries serve 

as a quality of life benefit for military families. During the height of the COVID-19 

pandemic, commissaries provided a secure and reliable pipeline for healthy and safe 

food to reach vulnerable communities, especially in overseas areas and remote bases 

in the United States where access to groceries off base was severely constrained or 

nonexistent. The Department moved quickly to designate commissaries as “mission 

essential” aimed at leveraging the military transportation and support structure to 

ensure that this safe and reliable food source continued to provide relief to military 

families at a time when international borders were blocked, distribution centers 

were threatened with closure, and military family travel on and off base was 

severely limited. Additionally, the dedicated supply chain for commissaries took 

extraordinary measures to ensure consistent and reliable shipments of these vital 

food products at a time when restricted allocation of critical food products resulted 

in increased uncertainty for military families. Further, military families are being 

impacted by inflation with food costs being the most persistent and heightened 

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inflationary factor. The commissary benefit was created and is specifically targeted 

toward providing relief for high food costs. Commissaries provide consistent savings 

on groceries for military families, especially those lower ranking service members 

who are most financially distressed. Congress has recognized the vital role of 

commissaries and the committee moved to increase funding for commissaries to 

provide further pricing relief. The committee commends the Department of Defense 

for emphasizing the vital commissary role and urges continued support of the 

commissary benefit.

Supporting Military Children with Special Education

The committee notes the military lifestyle can make navigating the world of 

disability and special education an overwhelming process for military families. The 

committee believes incorporating educational benchmarks in a training program 

will be beneficial to families as they make a permanent change of station to keep 

their Exceptional Family Member Program dependents on track educationally.

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services, not later than June 1, 2024, on the feasibility 

of establishing a special education training program for all providers who work with 

Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) families. The training program shall 

assess the best ways for the various providers who interact with these families to 

communicate the long-term educational outcomes for the enrolled family member. 

The various providers to be considered for the training program include military 

and civilian medical providers; school liaison offices; and anyone else who might 

support the EFMP.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—BASIC PAY, RETIRED PAY, AND LEAVE

Section 601—Parental Leave Parity for Members of Certain Reserve Components of 

the Armed Forces

This section would authorize leave for members of certain components of 

the Armed Forces.

Section 602—Expansion of Authority of the Secretary of a Military Department to 

Pay a Member Who Is Absent without Leave or Over Leave for Such Absence

This section would allow the service secretaries authority to continue to pay 

a service member if they are absent through no fault of their own.

Section 603—Report on Modernized Retirement System

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This section would require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report 

regarding implementation of the modernized retirement system.

SUBTITLE B—BONUS AND INCENTIVE PAYS

Section 611—One-Year Extension of Certain Expiring Bonus and Special Pay 

Authorities

This section would extend, through December 31, 2024, income replacement 

payments for Reserve Component members experiencing extended and frequent 

mobilization for Active Duty service; two critical recruitment and retention 

incentive programs for Reserve Component healthcare professionals; accession and 

retention incentives for nuclear-qualified officers; and the consolidated special and 

incentive pay authorities. 

Section 612—Authorization of Monthly Bonus Pay for a Junior Member of the 

Uniformed Services during Calendar Year 2024

This section would authorize the Secretary of Defense to pay a bonus to 

service members as economic conditions dictate.

Section 613—Determination of Cold Weather Location for Purposes of Assignment 

or Special Duty Pay

This section would require the Secretary concerned to determine the 

locations that qualify for cold weather assignment or special duty pay.

SUBTITLE C—ALLOWANCES

Section 621—Basic Needs Allowance: Exclusion of Basic Allowance for Housing 

from the Calculation of Gross Household Income of an Eligible Member of the 

Armed Forces

This section would remove the Basic Allowance for Housing from the 

calculation of service member eligibility for the Basic Needs Allowance.

Section 622—Improved Calculation of Basic Allowance for Housing for Junior 

Enlisted Members

This section would provide for methodological parity among military pay 

grades and greater flexibility to adequately respond to the housing estimation 

challenges posed by rapidly changing housing market conditions across the United 

States. 

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Section 623—Expansion of Authority of a Commanding Officer to Authorize a Basic 

Allowance for Housing for a Member Performing Initial Field or Sea Duty

This section would give commanding officers the authority to grant Basic 

Allowance for Housing to junior service members when they determine it is in the 

best interest of the member and the command.

Section 624—Dual Basic Allowance for Housing for Training

This section would authorize dual basic allowance for housing for Reserve 

Component members for training.

Section 625—Basic Allowance for Housing: Pilot Program to Outsource Rate 

Calculation

This section would establish a pilot program to improve the accuracy of the 

Basic Allowance for Housing rate calculation.

Section 626—Independent Assessment of Housing for Military Personnel in Guam

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to enter into an 

agreement with a federally funded research and development center for an 

independent assessment of housing of military personnel assigned to duty stations 

in Guam.

Section 627—Briefings on Pilot Program on Hiring of Special Needs Inclusion 

Coordinators for Department of Defense Child Development Centers

This section would amend section 576(d) of the James M. Inhofe National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to include a 

more robust quarterly briefing requirement to ensure implementation is on track 

and being closely monitored.

SUBTITLE D—FAMILY READINESS AND SURVIVOR BENEFITS

Section 631—Modifications to Transitional Compensation for Dependents of 

Members Separated for Dependent Abuse

This section would modify transitional compensation requirements for 

dependents.

Section 632—Lodging Expenses for Dependents of Members Separated for 

Dependent Abuse

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This section would enable the Secretary of Defense to provide lodging 

expenses for dependents of members separated for abuse.

Section 633—Access to Commissary and Exchange Privileges for Remarried 

Surviving Spouses

This section would restore access to commissary stores and Morale, 

Welfare, and Recreation retail facilities to certain surviving spouses who remarried.

Section 634—Authority for Peer Mentoring Program for Military Dependents

This section would permit the establishment of a peer mentoring program 

for dependents of military service members.

Section 635—Expansion of Qualifying Events for Which a Member of the Uniformed 

Services May Be Reimbursed for Spousal Relicensing or Business Costs Due to the 

Member's Relocation

This section would expand eligibility for reimbursement of qualified 

licensure, certification, and business relocation costs incurred by military spouses in 

certain cases.

Section 636—Student Loan Deferment for Dislocated Military Spouses

This section would provide student loan deferment for relocated military 

spouses.

Section 637—Grants to Assist Caregivers in Military Families

This section would establish, subject to appropriations, a program to award 

grants to nonprofit organizations focusing on alleviating the burdens faced by 

caregivers in military families. Further, this section would spell out amounts, 

duration, and use of funds criteria.

Section 638—MySTeP: Provision Online and in Multiple Languages

This section would allow the Military Spouse Transition Program (MySTeP) 

to be offered online in English, Spanish, Tagalog, and the rest of the 10 most 

commonly spoken languages in the United States.

SUBTITLE E—CHILD CARE

Section 641—Increase in the Target Funding Level for Military Child Care

This section would increase the target funding level for military child care.

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Section 642—Recurring Review and Revision of Pay for Military Child Care 

Employees 

This section would establish a recurring review of pay for child care 

employees not less than once every 5 years.

Section 643—Discounted Child Care for Child Care Employees of the Department of 

Defense

This section would provide a 100 percent discount on military child care for 

the first child and at least a 50 percent discount for the second child of a 

Department of Defense child care employee.

Section 644—Expansion of Pilot Program to Provide Financial Assistance to 

Members of the Armed Forces for In-Home Child Care

This section would expand the in-home childcare pilot program to military 

families stationed in remote areas where service members are challenged to find 

suitable childcare providers and services due to shortages, including Fort Drum, 

New York; Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico; Naval Air Station Lemoore, 

California; and Marine Corps Base Twentynine Palms, California.

Section 645—Wait Times for Child Care Services Provided through Military Child 

Development Centers: Publication; Feasibility of Certain Improvement

This section would require the Department of Defense to publish and 

maintain a website for waiting lists for child care services at military child 

development centers and report on the feasibility of the use of the Department of 

the Air Force Child and Youth Programs Business Management System across all 

the services.

Section 646—Study on Effects of Child Care on Readiness and Retention

This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to enter into an 

agreement with a federally funded research and development center to conduct a 

study on the impact of accessible, affordable child care on readiness and retention.

SUBTITLE F—DEPENDENT EDUCATION

Section 651—Rights of Parents of Children Attending Schools Operated by the 

Department of Defense Education Activity

This section would codify the rights of parents of children attending schools 

operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity.

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Section 652—Certain Assistance to Local Educational Agencies That Benefit 

Dependents of Military and Civilian Personnel

This section would authorize $50.0 million for the purpose of providing 

assistance to local educational agencies with military dependent students, and 

$20.0 million for local educational agencies eligible to receive a payment for children 

with severe disabilities.

Section 653—Verification of Reporting of Eligible Federally Connected Children for 

Purposes of Federal Impact Aid Programs

This section would require verification of reporting of eligible federally 

connected children for purposes of Federal impact aid programs.

Section 654—Financial Literacy Education in Schools Operated by the Department 

of Defense Education Activity

This section would require that each student of a high school operated by 

the Department of Defense Education Activity complete a dedicated course of 

instruction in financial literacy as a prerequisite to graduate from high school.

Section 655—Pilot Program for Routine Mental Health Check-Ups in Schools 

Operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to establish and 

implement a pilot program to provide routine mental health check-ups for students 

with parental consent in covered Department of Defense Education Activity schools. 

This section would also require the Secretary of Defense to enter into memoranda of 

understanding or other agreements with federally funded community behavioral 

health clinics for the purposes of establishing a comprehensive referral process.

Section 656—Briefings on Implementation of Universal Pre-Kindergarten Programs

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to provide quarterly 

briefings to the committee on various aspects of the development of universal prekindergarten and its impact on co-located child development centers.

TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Awareness

The committee is concerned that service members and their families may be 

unaware of the recently implemented 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 

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which is now active across the United States. When people call, text, or chat 9-8-8, 

they are connected to trained counselors that will listen, understand how their 

problems are affecting them, provide support, and connect them to resources if 

necessary. Military suicides outpace deaths in war operations since 9/11, so it is 

critically important the Department of Defense, in coordination with the military 

services, engages in a proactive outreach campaign to ensure service members have 

access to the care they need, when they need it.

Access to Military and Dependent Mental Health Care

The committee is aware TRICARE has a challenge in having a range of 

specialty care providers and this is particularly evident with mental health care 

providers. The committee is concerned that these challenges with TRICARE are 

exacerbating the access to quality mental health care for service members and their 

families. The committee acknowledges the Department of Defense has access to 

various authorities to address a wide range of these challenges. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House 

Committee on Armed Services by April 1, 2024, on:

(1) an analysis of the average timeline to credential potential TRICARE 

mental health service providers in comparison to the credentialing timeline of other 

major insurance networks, including Medicare. The analysis should include 

TRICARE data identifying application returns, method of notification to applicants 

and frequency of notifications to potential providers the network application process 

has been returned, and method of feedback TRICARE provides to potential 

providers and resolution processes;

(2) an analysis of the average timeline to process provider payments with 

respect to claims;

(3) an assessment of whether TRICARE has utilized authorities outlined in 

Manual Part 199.14 to increase reimbursement rates in certain geographic 

locations; and what corrective measures have been taken since the 2013 

Government Accountability Office findings specifically with regard to finding 

civilian mental health care providers and reimbursement rates;

(4) the status of implementing the recommendations found in Department 

of Defense Inspector General Report 2020-112 and the estimated implementation 

date for any recommendations that have not yet been implemented; and

(5) an assessment of what, if any, additional authorities and resources may 

be needed by the Department to effectively address the issue of timely access to 

mental health care for Active Duty service members and their families.

Annual Health Screening Review

The committee understands the Department of Defense Periodic Health 

Assessment is frequently updated to reflect the latest medical information that may 

impact service members. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

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to submit a report to the Senate Committee on Armed Service and the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, on the following:

(1) the process and method by which changes are made to the Periodic 

Health Assessment;

(2) the average frequency by which changes are made; and

(3) whether the following changes to the Periodic Health Assessment have 

been considered: (a) instituting annual sports physicals for all uniformed members 

of the Department of Defense; (b) requiring annual blood screening; (c) requiring 

intermittent lab work on individuals if they have consecutively taken a prescription 

for more than 9 months; (d) annual mental health screening.

Army Combat Fitness Test

The committee acknowledges the U.S. Army has made changes to the Army 

Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) since it was originally launched in 2021. As a result, 

the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services by January 1, 2024. The briefing shall include:

(1) impacts the ACFT has had on recruitment and retention; 

(2) relevant data, statistics, and a comparison of the various evolutions of 

the ACFT to date; and

(3) how the new ACFT is in compliance with the requirement in the James 

M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-

263).

Army Strategic Management System

The Strategic Management System is a performance management tool 

available to all Department of the Army organizations and components. The 

Strategic Management System offers ways to create performance metrics and 

display metrics for decision makers. The committee directs the Secretary of the 

Army to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 

2024, that shall include the following: 

(1) an inventory of total Army users of the Strategic Management System 

tool over the past 10 years; 

(2) an overview of the past three contracts the Army issued for the Strategic 

Management System tool; 

(3) a description of the Army’s plan to utilize the Strategic Management 

System tool across Army installations to better track and mitigate incidents of 

sexual harassment, sexual assault, and other harmful behaviors; 

(4) a justification for the difference of increased Army end user utilization of 

the Strategic Management System and the declining long-term resource allocation 

to the Strategic Management System at the program office level; 

(5) a breakdown of Strategic Management System requirements across the 

Army enterprise and a funding plan to meet those requirements; and

(6) any other matters the Secretary considers relevant. 

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The committee further directs that the viewpoints of the following Army 

organizations shall be included in the briefing: Army Resiliency Directorate; Office 

of Business Transformation; and Army Contracting Command.

Athletic Trainers to Provide Services under the TRICARE Program

The committee understands the services sometimes use athletic trainers in 

various capacities to provide training and support for service members in certain 

situations. However, under TRICARE, athletic trainers are not a recognized 

paramedical provider. Moreover, TRICARE does not allow for reimbursement of 

services rendered by athletic trainers. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military 

departments, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by 

March 1, 2024, on the following:

(1) the current use of athletic trainers in the services, to include the type of 

services and locations where these are provided;

(2) the cost of providing these services;

(3) any data showing the effect or impact of athletic trainers over the last 

10 years;

(4) the rationale for why athletic trainer services are not part of the 

TRICARE benefit; and

(5) the process by which athletic trainers could be considered as part of the 

TRICARE benefit.

Availability of Autoinjectors for the Warfighter for Chemical and Nerve Agent 

Exposure

The committee recognizes that the threat of chemical weapons and nerve 

agents persists within the operating environment. Although United States military 

personnel have not been exposed to these agents, they continue to operate within 

close proximity while supporting our allies and partners worldwide. The 

Department of Defense has long fielded countermeasures against such agents to 

best ensure the safety of our men and women in uniform. The committee also 

recognizes the importance of maintaining an adequate and functional stockpile of 

chemical weapon and nerve agent countermeasures to support the warfighter. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to 

the House Committee on Armed Services, by March 1, 2024, that includes the 

following:

(1) a full review of the Department’s current stockpile, including an 

assessment of the use of shelf-life extensions for autoinjectors beyond their 

expiration date;

(2) an overview of the Department’s plan to replace the outdated diazepam 

with the midazolam autoinjectors;

(3) the Department’s plan to field the necessary amount of chemical weapon 

and nerve agent countermeasures to support the total force and a replenishment 

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plan to ensure timely replacement of expired pharmaceutical ingredients or expired 

autoinjectors; 

(4) the Department’s process for approving shelf-life extensions, including 

how the Department verifies mechanical reliability; and 

(5) recommendations for the future procurement and sustained 

replenishment of all autoinjector variants.

Biobanking Feasibility Briefing

The committee recognizes the potential benefits of utilizing biobanking 

procedures to better understand a servicemembers resilience to traumatic brain 

injury and post-traumatic stress disorder throughout their career. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a feasibility study provided to 

the House Committee on Armed Services on the possibility of implementing a pilot 

program within the Department of Defense focused on determining the potential 

benefits of biobanking to the health of servicemembers no later than February 1, 

2024. This briefing should include:

(1) determination of the privacy needs such a pilot program would entail;

(2) facilities and procedures needed to conduct the pilot program;

(3) selection or volunteer criteria for those to participate in the pilot 

program;

(4) cost analysis of implementation of the pilot program; and

(5) procedures around maintaining and storage biobank personal health 

data; to included cybersecurity and physical security of the data.

Briefing on AI-Generated Broad Spectrum Anti-infective Peptides to Counter 

Antibiotic Resistance

The committee notes recent artificial intelligence-generated developments 

focused on peptide development and the potential use of broad-spectrum antiinfective peptides to treat antibiotic-resistant infection. The committee recognizes 

the work of the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (GEIS) program and its 

history of infectious disease surveillance, prevention, and response as well as its 

work with other Department of Defense programs such as the Military Infectious 

Disease Research Program (MIDRP) to address emerging infectious diseases 

including antibiotic-resistant diseases and infections.

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services by April 1, 2024 on efforts and progress made 

to develop this type of peptide approach and whether the research may have other 

relevant applications to include treatment of diseases, infections, open fractures, 

burns, radiation injuries, and emerging biological threats.

Briefing on Breast Cancer Screening

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The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services, not later than March 1, 2024, that details the 

number of screenings and diagnostic breast imaging performed on all beneficiaries 

from October 1, 2022 through January 30, 2023 between the age of 30 to 65 by type 

of imaging, including mammograms, breast ultrasounds, and MRIs, billed to 

TRICARE, and the cost of these screenings to the Department and the patient if 

they are not on active duty. Additionally, we request the briefing include the 

amount of out-of-pocket costs billed to the Department and patients who were 

screened outside of military treatment facilities.

Briefing on the Impact of Glioblastomas on Active Duty Service Members and 

Veterans 

The committee notes that glioblastomas are the third most common cause 

of cancer related deaths among Active Duty service members, behind colon cancer 

and leukemia. According to Department of Veterans Affairs and National Institutes 

of Health data, glioblastomas occur at a rate 26% higher than that found in the 

general population among post-9/11 veterans who deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, 

and elsewhere. In a study by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, they note 

that glioblastoma rates were two times higher than those in the non-military 

population. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in 

coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to brief the House Committee 

on Armed Services, not later than April 5, 2024, on the following regarding 

glioblastomas among Active Duty service members:

(1) the percentage of Active Duty service members and veterans diagnosed 

with a glioblastoma over the last 20 years;

(2) ways the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans 

Affairs are working to diagnose and treat glioblastoma; and

(3) what additional resources the Departments need to treat glioblastomas.

Cell-Based Recombinant Technologies

The committee recognizes that viruses like influenza negatively impact 

soldier health, training, and overall military readiness. The committee also 

understands the majority of influenza vaccine doses utilized by the Department of 

Defense are derived from an egg-based manufacturing production process which is 

dependent on an adequate supply of eggs that can be susceptible to environmental 

and disease threats. The committee notes the recent impact that avian influenza 

has had on egg production and the associated inflationary impacts. Egg-based 

influenza vaccine manufacturing can also lead to egg adaptation which may 

introduce mutations that render the final vaccine less effective. Additionally, nearly 

50 percent of egg-based influenza vaccines are manufactured overseas due to 

insufficient domestic production capacities. These factors can all introduce risks to 

the nation’s ability to address both seasonal and pandemic influenza. Moreover, the 

committee recognizes that the National Influenza Vaccine Modernization Strategy 

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recommends the U.S. Government transition to innovative and domestically 

manufactured influenza vaccines, many of which received funding from the U.S. 

Government for development, which are designed to provide an exact match to 

World Health Organization-selected strains. Advanced manufacturing techniques, 

including those derived from cell-based and recombinant technologies, may create 

more effective influenza vaccines, have significantly shorter manufacturing times, 

be readily supported by the U.S. vaccine manufacturing industrial base, and not 

rely on a supply chain of eggs. Therefore, the committee encourages the Department 

of Defense to continue to procure domestically produced influenza vaccines derived 

from cell-based and recombinant technologies to ensure readiness of our military 

forces.

Chiropractic Care in the TRICARE Program

The committee is concerned that the Department of Defense has not 

included chiropractic care as part of the TRICARE health benefit for all 

beneficiaries, especially considering chiropractic care is popular among Active Duty 

service members for its holistic approach to medicine and pain relief that does not 

require the use of prescription drugs. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services by February 1, 2024, on the following regarding chiropractic care:

(1) an overview of the current chiropractic health care program benefit for 

service members;

(2) whether the chiropractic care program has resulted in improved health 

outcomes and satisfaction for service members using the current program;

(3) the anticipated cost of including chiropractic care for all beneficiaries as 

part of the TRICARE health benefit; and

(4) the estimated time it would take to implement chiropractic care as part 

of the TRICARE health benefit.

Combat Casualty Care

The committee commends the Department of Defense for expanding 

strategies to maintain the readiness of defense medical providers. Future conflicts 

will differ substantially from those of the past decades, placing strenuous demands 

on providers managing dispersed, high-volume casualties in large-scale combat 

operations. In the absence of ongoing real-world engagements, expert medical 

support of future conventional operations is dependent on frequent, meaningful 

training enhanced by advanced medical simulation for skills maintenance and 

expansion. New medical simulation requirements are needed to effectively address 

combat casualty care performance maintenance in these highly challenging 

scenarios. Specific considerations should be made for medics and other first 

responders performing life-saving procedures in austere environments and 

providers performing advanced procedures in operational theaters.

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Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on the 

Department’s investment in a plan for the expansion of advanced medical 

simulation technologies and programs to provide sustainability of medical skill sets 

critical to the support of future conventional combat operations and how these 

efforts may be supported through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research 

Programs.

Comptroller General Report on Perinatal Mental Health in the Military

The committee seeks information on the services available to members of 

the Armed Forces and their families experiencing perinatal mental health 

conditions. The committee therefore directs the Comptroller General of the United 

States to conduct a review of related Department of Defense efforts, to the extent 

reliable data are available, including:

(1) an assessment of the availability of perinatal mental health care within 

the Defense Health Agency (DHA) medical treatment facilities and the TRICARE 

provider network, including an assessment of the availability of providers with a 

Perinatal Mental Health Certification; and

(2) a review of the specific training, certification, and resources the Defense 

Health Agency makes available to obstetric and pediatric providers regarding 

perinatal mental health conditions.

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing 

to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 31, 2024, on preliminary 

findings, with a report to follow by a date mutually agreed upon at the time of the 

briefing.

Comptroller General Review of Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness 

Training in the Department of Defense

Recent Government Accountability Office and Naval Audit Service reports 

have identified gaps in the Department of Defense’s provision and tracking of 

suicide prevention training. Therefore, the Committee directs the Comptroller 

General of the United States to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed 

Services, not later than September 1, 2024, on the following regarding mental 

health awareness and suicide prevention training in the military:

(1) identification of the statutory, Department-wide, and military service 

requirements for such training, to include corresponding class titles, intended 

audiences, and desired learning outcomes;

(2) identification of any additional mental health awareness and suicide 

prevention training required of leadership positions in both the officer and enlisted 

ranks;

(3) the extent to which the Department and the military services have 

ensured the timely completion of training;

(4) an analysis of the effectiveness of the various trainings; and

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(5) any recommendations for the provision and tracking of suicide 

prevention and mental health awareness training.

Comptroller General Study on the Feasibility of Administering Comprehensive 

Mental Health Exams for Service Members

The committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States to 

submit a report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the House 

Committee on Armed Services, as well as the Senate Committee on Veterans’ 

Affairs and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, not later than March 1, 

2024, on the feasibility and advisability of implementing comprehensive mental 

health exams for transitioning members of the Armed Forces and veterans, and 

whether it would have an effect on helping to prevent suicide. The report should, at 

minimum, include the following:

(a) an analysis of whether the questions that comprise the Department of 

Defense’s separation mental health assessment adequately consider risk factors and 

warning signs that lead to suicide;

(b) an analysis of whether the questions that comprise the Department of 

Affairs’ mental health exams adequately consider risk factors and warning signs 

that lead to suicide;

(c) the suicide rates among individuals who are administered separation 

mental health assessment by the Department of Defense, to cover the last five 

years;

(d) the suicide rates among individuals who are administered the mental 

health exam administered by the Department of Veteran’s Affairs to cover the last 

five years;

(e) an analysis of potential impacts on the national veterans suicide rate 

should the Department of Defense implement separation mental health 

assessments, to reflect the Department of Veterans’ Affairs mental health exam 

model, for all transitioning servicemembers;

(f) an evaluation of the Department of Defense’s capacity to conduct 

thorough separation mental health assessments, to reflect the Department of 

Veterans’ Affairs mental health exam model, through Military Treatment Facilities 

or various contracts;

(g) an update on the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs’ progress 

and hurdles toward implementing the Joint Action Plan established by Executive 

Order 13822.

COVID-19 Era Telehealth Suicide Prevention Services

The committee understands that at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 

the Department of Defense made several temporary updates to the TRICARE 

benefit regarding telehealth. These temporary policy updates allowed service 

members and beneficiaries to receive care safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Department of Defense has since updated these telehealth policies and some of 

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these services are no longer offered. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than 

April 1, 2024, on the impact that the repeal of TRICARE benefit changes to COVID19 telehealth services had on service member and beneficiary utilization of mental 

health counseling and related services; the cost of these services; and the effect 

restoring COVID-19 telehealth services would have on the TRICARE benefit.

Department of Defense Briefing Regarding Tricare Coverage of Traction Alopecia

Building a military that is responsive to the needs of its servicemembers is 

necessary to ensure that our Armed Forces are able to recruit and retain a strong 

and capable fighting force that reflects the values of the Nation it serves. However, 

our Armed Forces have at times struggled to meet that challenge. This is especially 

true for black women servicemembers who are disproportionately likely to develop 

hair loss and traction alopecia from adherence to strict standards of military dress. 

While Tricare covers first-line treatments for traction alopecia, additional 

treatments exist and have been proven effective but are not yet covered under 

Tricare. These treatments include wigs, hair replacement surgery, grafts, and other 

novel treatments. Working to ensure that Tricare is able to provide such treatment 

and meet the needs of these servicemembers is important to building a strong, 

resilient fighting force that looks like the Nation it serves. Thus, the Committee 

directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the Armed Services 

Committee of the House of Representatives no later than March 1, 2024, concerning 

the feasibility of including additional novel treatments for traction alopecia as 

covered treatments under Tricare. This briefing should at minimum address the 

following topics: (1) costs of adding such a benefit, (2) the number of potential 

beneficiaries, and (3) whether the Department of Defense has the resources 

required to offer such treatment.

Department of Defense Prioritization of Medical Countermeasures for MosquitoBorne Illnesses

The committee has long been concerned about the lack of medical 

countermeasures to

naturally occurring infectious diseases, such as malaria, dengue, and yellow fever. 

The

incidence of infectious disease has dramatically increased as society is more mobile 

and active. The committee is aware of new technologies under development that 

could prevent and/or treat some of these conditions. The committee encourages the 

Department of Defense to appropriately prioritize and ensure service members and 

their families have access to medical countermeasures, particularly if they are 

active, deploying to, or stationed in regions where these diseases are endemic.

Dietary Supplement Safety Education to Improve Service Member Readiness

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On March 9, 2022, the Department of Defense Instruction 6130.06: "Use of 

Dietary Supplements in the Department of Defense" was signed. The committee 

commends the Department of Defense on releasing this instruction which requires 

dietary supplement safety education for all service members and the prevention of 

serious medical complications by direct care providers. The committee encourages 

the Department to continue work on developing and reviewing measures of 

effectiveness for safe dietary supplements.

Directive to Provide a Report on Illicit Fentanyl Use and Overdose by Service 

Members

The committee is concerned by reports of increasingly high rates of illicit 

fentanyl use and overdose among service members and feels that additional data is 

required to understand the scope of the issue and create a plan to save lives. The 

committee acknowledges the steps the Department of Defense has taken to collect 

and evaluate overdose data but believes it is critical to strengthen this effort.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense of the United 

States to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services no later than 

December 1, 2023, to assess instances of illicit drug use and the scope of the 

Department’s monitoring and prevention systems including:

(1) instances of drug use and overdose among active duty service members 

(distinguishing which instances were fentanyl-related);

(2) the use of urinalysis and other tests to monitor illicit drug use and an 

assessment of their efficacy;

(3) the extent to which fentanyl has contributed to nonfatal overdose and 

overdose deaths when laced with other, less deadly substances;

(4) the structures in place to prevent retaliation against service members 

who seek treatment or tell a commanding officer of their illicit fentanyl use;

(5) demographic data of service members affected by fentanyl overdose 

(including rank);

(6) shortcomings, strategic or budgetary, with the Department’s counter 

narcotics programs around military installations;

(7) thorough review of the support and treatment options offered to a 

service member who reports addiction or illicit drug use (including any wait times 

they face before receiving care and the type of care offered across all branches of the 

Armed Forces);

(8) any other matters the Secretary deems appropriate.

Drop Boxes on Military Installations for Unused Prescription Drugs

Prescription drug drop boxes provide a place where unused prescription 

drugs can be safely disposed. These permanent boxes prevent prescription and overthe-counter medications from getting into the hands of children and into the 

waterways. They make sure they are disposed of in a safe, environmentally friendly 

manner. The committee highly encourages the Department of Defense to continue 

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to offer a wide number of prescription drug boxes and to expand use wherever 

possible to assure easy access for service members, beneficiaries, and retirees.

Fertility Testing Report

The Committee acknowledges that deployments and other routine duties of 

military service often result in the physical separation of military families which is 

beyond their control. Accordingly, the committee requests a report from the 

Secretary of Defense no later than February 1, 2024 which assesses the feasibility of 

providing baseline fertility testing services for Tricare enrollees, including the 

impact offering such services would have on enrollee satisfaction, recruitment, and 

retention. The report shall include the potential cost and resources necessary to 

provide baseline fertility testing, when deemed clinically appropriate by the 

treating provider, to include semen analysis for men and diagnostics and 

ultrasounds for women, regardless of diagnosis of infertility.

Heat Casualty and Fatality Prevention in Department of Defense Initial Entry 

Training

The committee is concerned about the continued health risks posed to 

soldiers by heat casualties during training and the related costs to the Department 

of Defense which have been reported to be up to $48 million annually. The 

committee notes that the special operations community has successfully leveraged 

the use of oral rehydration solutions to optimize military service member 

performance and that this practice could bring measurable benefits in the initial 

entry training setting within the services to reduce the risk of heat-related 

casualties. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than March 1, 2024, 

on the efficacy of medically relevant oral rehydration solutions for prevention of 

heat casualties in the initial entry training environment. The brief should include:

(1) statistics on the number of heat-related injuries to service members 

during initial entry trainings;

(2) what measures the Department currently has to prevent heat-related 

injuries;

(3) how the Department plans to utilize new preventative care programs 

such as the Training and Doctrine Command Operational Medicine Programs and 

similar programs across the services to better incorporate preventative care 

solutions;

(4) data on the benefits of oral rehydration solutions, including those 

related to cost savings, readiness, and service member wellness in settings that 

include Special Operations Command, the National Training Center, and any 

locations where oral rehydration solutions have been used in exertional training.

Illicit Drugs, Counterfeit Drugs, Fentanyl, and Xylazine Awareness and Prevention 

in the Department of Defense

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The committee is concerned about the rampant increase in Fentanyl, 

Xylazine, and other illicit drugs around the country and within the U.S. military. In 

2021, over 70,000 people died from Fentanyl alone in the United States. The 

committee is concerned that a record number of service members – 21 – died from 

Fentanyl in 2021. Furthermore, the Department of Defense acknowledged that 

between 2017-2021, 332 service members passed away due to drugs (more than half 

of these deaths were due to Fentanyl) and that 15,000 service members overdosed 

but survived.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a brief 

to the House Committee on Armed Services no later than April 1, 2024, on the 

following regarding illicit and counterfeit drugs, particularly fentanyl and xylazine:

(1) information about new illicit drugs that may be trending in the Armed 

Forces;

(2) warning signs of illicit drug use;

(3) what measures and supplies the Department has to prevent use and 

overdose of illicit drugs on military installations and service academies;

(4) how the Department educates servicemembers on the dangers of illicit 

drugs;

(5) what treatments are available to service members and their families, 

including how the Department educates their work force on available treatments; 

and

(6) the Department policies on punishment for use, possession, and 

distribution of illicit drugs.

Impacts of TRICARE Reimbursement Final Rule on Children’s Hospitals

The Committee understands that the Defense Health Agency has issued a 

final rule to amend TRICARE reimbursement of ambulatory surgery centers and 

outpatient services for cancer and children’s hospitals into an outpatient 

prospective payment system (OPPS). The Committee is concerned that this change 

may disproportionately affect children’s hospitals that see high volumes of 

TRICARE patients and will affect the ability of these hospitals to continue to serve 

pediatric TRICARE patients, leaving some military families and communities 

without access to the essential services provided in children’s hospitals. Therefore, 

the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a written report no later 

September 1, 2024 to the House Armed Services Committee with an assessment of 

access to care changes faced by TRICARE beneficiaries as a result of 

implementation of this rule.

Medical Countermeasures for Mosquito-Borne Illnesses

The committee has long been concerned about the lack of medical 

countermeasures to naturally occurring infectious diseases, such as malaria, 

dengue, yellow fever, etc. The incidence of infectious disease has dramatically 

increased as society is more mobile and active. The committee is aware of new 

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technologies under development that could prevent and/or treat some of these 

conditions. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense provide a 

briefing, no later than January 1, 2024, on the Department’s strategy to 

appropriately prioritize and ensure military men and women and their families 

have access to medical countermeasures, particularly if they are active, deploying 

to, or stationed in regions where these diseases are endemic.

Medical examination requirements for service academy applicants in the Northern 

Mariana Islands

The committee is concerned that applicants to the service academies from 

the Northern Mariana Islands have had to travel to the Naval hospital in Guam—

the nearest military medical facility—to receive a medical examination required by 

the Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board to be considered for 

appointment. Academy applicants have to cover the costs of airfare, lodging, ground 

transportation, and other expenses. Because of travel restrictions imposed during 

the COVID-19 pandemic, Northern Mariana Islands service academy applicants 

were allowed to be examined by private physicians in their home district, but the 

cost of the examination was nonrefundable. Applicants to the service academies, 

eager to lead and serve our nation, should not have to cover costs to fulfill 

admissions requirements, and should be treated equitably no matter where in the 

country they reside. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

with the Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board, to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services, by December 1, 2023, detailing 

how the Department would ensure that service academy applicants residing in the 

Northern Mariana Islands would be able to receive medical examinations in their 

home district at no cost to the applicant.

Medical Separation Timeline for Limited Duty Sailors Briefing

The committee recognizes that when a service member assigned to limited 

duty is unable to recover from an injury, they must be medically separated from 

their service after evaluation by a medical evaluation board. The committee 

acknowledges that sailors who are determined to be medically separated should be 

separated in a timely manner.

The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the 

House Armed Services Committee by January 31, 2024, on the average number of 

days it takes for the Department of the Navy to separate with limited duty sailors 

after it is determined the sailors are to be medically separated. The briefing shall 

also include recommendations on ways that the Department of the Navy can 

streamline and expedite the process to ensure timely separation of these sailors.

Military Health System Civilian Partnerships for Increased Military Medical 

Readiness 

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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. 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 

experiences 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 these partnerships. Additionally, while the Department 

maintains that these programs support readiness, the committee is concerned that 

the Department does not know the extent to which these partnerships are 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 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 extent to which the Department tracks how its medical workforce is 

used in partnerships with civilian medical facilities; 

(3) 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 

(4) factors that have affected the establishment and/or effective operation of 

the Department and civilian medical facility partnerships. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing 

to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 27, 2024, on 

the preliminary observations of this assessment, with a report to the congressional 

defense committees to follow at a date agreed upon at the time of the briefing.

Military Medical Standards for Accession

The committee is concerned about the low recruitment numbers and the 

threat it poses to our national security. A pilot recruiting program reviewed 38 

disqualifying medical conditions and the impact changing or removing those 

conditions from the disqualifying list would have. In 2022, Military Entrance 

Processing Stations conducted 215,000 medical exams. Under existing 

disqualification regulations 30% of applicants were immediately disqualified. Once 

a waiver was sought and applied, only 16% of applicants were disqualified. The 

process to receive a waiver adds administrative burden to the Department, and time 

and potential financial burden to the applicant to gain medical documents or 

medical appointments. The exhaustive, and potentially outdated, list of 

disqualifying conditions reduces the applicant pool and prevents people from 

serving in the armed services.

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to review DOD Instruction 

6130.03, Volume 1, “Medical Standards for Military Service: Appointment, 

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Enlistment, or Induction” and provide a report to the Senate Armed Services 

Committee and the House Armed Services Committee no later than March 3, 2024. 

The report should include the following:

(1) recommendations of which disqualifying medical conditions could be 

removed based on current best medical practices;

(2) recommendations on how to modify common disqualifying conditions to 

decrease the percentage of applicants medically disqualified;

(3) recommendations on changes to the waiver process to increase efficiency 

and decrease roadblocks for applicants.

Missileer Cancer

The committee is concerned by reports that the Department of the Air 

Force service members who served as missileers supporting intercontinental 

ballistic missile missions at Malmstrom Air Force Base, F.E. Warren Air Force 

Base, and Minot Air Force Base are contracting unique and aggressive forms of 

cancer that may be linked to their service. The committee is also concerned the 

surviving family members of these service members are having trouble accessing 

benefits to which they would be entitled, but currently are not, because the 

Department of Defense has not yet determined whether these cancer diagnoses are 

linked to their service. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in 

coordination with the Secretary of the Air Force, to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services by January 1, 2024, on how they are studying the 

issue of potentially increased cancer rates and how they may determine causality 

for those that have served in launch control centers for intercontinental ballistic 

missiles.

Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention

The committee is aware that musculoskeletal injuries to service members 

from overuse, particularly associated with running, has a significant impact on force 

readiness and results in rehabilitation costs above $550 million annually. The 

Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness recently released 

Department-wide guidance requiring physical fitness programming meet 

Department operational needs while actively seeking to mitigate fitness-related 

musculoskeletal injuries. The committee is further aware that the Army has 

adopted into doctrine a science and evidence based running skill technique that 

ensures proper running form and reduces injuries but has been unable to teach it to 

service members effectively at scale. As such, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a brief to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later 

than March 31, 2024, on the following regarding how the Department is addressing 

the large-scale impact of musculoskeletal overuse injuries across the force:

(1) the Department’s analysis of the readiness and financial effects of 

overuse injuries;

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(2) how the Department might address musculoskeletal overuse injury 

prevention training gaps that exist today;

(3) what barriers exist that prevent the implementation at scale of running 

training programs, such as the type the Army adopted, to include financial barriers, 

authority barriers, and contracting barriers; and

(4) any additional information the Secretary deems important and 

applicable.

National Disaster Medical System Pilot Program

The committee notes the initial progress of the National Disaster Medical 

System (NDMS) pilot program authorized by the National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) and reauthorized by the William M. 

(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public 

Law 116-283). The committee understands the Department requires the capability 

and capacity to provide care for military casualties resulting from a national 

medical emergency, an attack on the homeland, or large-scale combat operation but 

is concerned that the scope and scale of this requirement has not yet been 

determined or exercised. For this reason, the committee urges the Department to 

begin operationalizing the NDMS pilot program through regional exercises 

involving the five pilot site locations previously designated by the Department. 

Additionally, the committee believes the Department must budget for execution of 

this program beginning in fiscal year 2025. Finally, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees 

by January 12, 2024, summarizing the designation of operational headquarters, key 

tasks, and responsibilities for the Integrated Continental United States Medical 

Operations Plan (ICMOP).

Navy Multiple Suicide Strategy Briefing

In response to the multiple suicides that occurred in 2022 aboard the USS 

George Washington and at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center 

(MARMC), the Department of the Navy published the ‘Mental Health Playbook’ in 

February 2023. While the committee recognizes this is a positive step, the 

Department needs to establish a standardized framework outlining how commands 

should respond when multiple suicides occur at a unit over the course of a short 

period of time.

The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the 

House Armed Services Committee by January 31, 2024, on its recommended 

standard operating procedures for responding to multiple suicides. In doing so, the 

Secretary shall study recent cases in which multiple suicides occurred within 30 

days of each other at the same unit/command.

Next Generation Carrier Screening

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The committee remains concerned that carrier screening tests have not 

been broadly or consistently accessible for servicemembers and TRICARE 

beneficiaries. The demographics of military personnel are diverse, and tests should 

accurately represent the diversity of the force and be provided consistently at all 

military treatment facilities. Further, the committee is concerned about the 

accuracy of existing tests for minority populations, and their efficacy in identifying 

genetic mutations or abnormalities associated with a particular disorder that may 

be passed on to children. The committee is aware of existing FDA approved carrier

screening test technologies that allow for expanded screening, while accurately 

reporting results regardless of race or ethnicity.

Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Health Affairs to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by 

March 1, 2024, on the Department’s plan for expanding the use of additional carrier 

screening tests with capabilities that include, but are not limited to, improved 

accuracy across all ethnicities, and screening beyond the six medical conditions 

outlined in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022.

Non-Opioid Pain Relief for TRICARE Beneficiaries

The committee is 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. According to the 

National Bureau of Economic Research, healthcare costs associated with 

prescription painkiller abuse among service members are roughly $1.00 billion a 

year. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing 

to the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, on:

(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 to implement existing statutory 

provisions for institutional payment to introduce new payment policies intended to 

expand access to non-opioid treatments.

Nuclear Medicine for Patient Care

The committee supports the continued use of nuclear medicine and 

radiopharmaceuticals for service member and beneficiary healthcare to provide 

diagnostic and treatment services for cardiovascular disease, cancers, brain 

disorders, and infections. The committee believes that the Department of Defense 

should pursue competitive procurement efforts that result in decreased costs, 

improved supply chain quality, and the best level of care for service members and 

beneficiaries. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

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briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than May 1, 2024 on 

the Department’s efforts to procure nuclear medicine and radiopharmaceuticals.

The briefing shall include:

(1) the benefits associated with providing nuclear medicine and 

radiopharmaceuticals at military treatment facilities;

(2) challenges associated with procuring radiopharmaceuticals and efforts 

to overcome such challenges; and

(3) an analysis of the procurement methodology for nuclear medicine and 

radiopharmaceuticals.

Obesity in the Ranks of the Armed Services

The committee is concerned about rising obesity rates among Active Duty 

service members. According to an updated report published by the Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention entitled “Unfit to Serve: Obesity is Impacting 

National Security,” 19 percent of Active Duty service members across all branches 

were considered obese in 2020, up from 16 percent in 2015. These individuals are 

less likely to be medically ready to deploy. To further study the impact of obesity on 

military readiness, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by January 1, 2024. The 

briefing shall include an analysis of proposed solutions to the obesity crisis within 

the ranks of the U.S. military. Specifically, the briefing shall include conclusions 

about the feasibility of the following proposals: 

(1) connecting military communities with State and local public health 

experts to identify and tailor strategies that can prevent chronic disease associated 

with poor nutrition, lack of physical activity, and obesity; 

(2) identifying opportunities to implement strategies that can help prevent 

health risk behaviors among service members and their families; and

(3) educating Department of Defense providers (for example, clinicians, 

family programs) to better connect service members with national and State public 

health resources.

Operation Warp Speed Briefing

Operation Warp Speed (OWS) was a partnership between the Department 

of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense aimed to help 

accelerate the development and manage the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine. 

The Department of Defense played an integral role in the success of OWS. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to 

the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, on the lessons 

learned from participation in OWS. These lessons learned should be used to plan for 

future responses to pandemics and other related crises. The briefing shall include 

the following:

(1) the Department of Defense's role and organizational construct;

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(2) how the Department of Defense worked with other government agencies 

and manufacturers to identify and address possible manufacturing disruptions and 

mitigated supply chain challenges;

(3) what data and tools were used to command and control the operation;

(4) how the Defense Production Act was used, and if there were authorities 

that prevented certain actions;

(5) how gaps were identified and mitigated in areas to include, but not 

limited to, logistics support, workforce, planning;

(6) other best practices;

(7) lessons learned that could be applied to future pandemic or crisis; and

(8) any other matters the Secretary considers relevant, to include any 

needed legislative authorities.

Patient Movement Medical Logistics Standardization Briefing

The committee is concerned by the lack of medical equipment 

standardization across the Military Health System. The committee is especially 

concerned about medical equipment that is connected to a patient and intended or 

able to move with a patient throughout the evacuation system, referred to as 

patient movement items. The committee understands that patient movement items 

should remain attached and supporting the patient until the patient arrives at the 

intended destination, including continuous movements through any combination of 

land, sea, or air. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 

provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by April 1, 2024, on 

the following:

(1) the status of all patient movement items in inventory across military 

departments, to include equipment by type and capability, the ability of the item to 

function on land, sea, and air; 

(2) the number and percent of items that are similar and interchangeable 

between military departments;

 (3) the plan to standardize across the Defense Health Agency consumables 

used in military treatment facilities (MTFs), and, where appropriate, 

standardization across the deployed medical care and MTFs; 

(4) the plan to modernize and standardize all patient movement items to 

ensure continuous support to all patients within the evacuation system without the 

need to remove critical medical equipment during continuous movement on land, 

sea, and air. The plan shall include the total cost of and time necessary to complete 

the modernization and standardization of all patient movement items across the 

military departments; 

(5) what role would the Defense Logistics Agency play in the 

standardization of these patient movement items; 

(6) what challenges or legislative obstacles would prevent the Defense 

Health Agency and the military departments from standardizing these patient 

movement items; and 

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(7) any other information the Secretary deems relevant.

Patient Safety in the Military Health System Review

The committee commends the Department of Defense and its Military 

Health System on their patient safety program toolkits and guides. The committee 

understands the importance of preventing harm and hospital-acquired conditions 

and infections for patients, their family, and military readiness when a service 

member or their family needs inpatient care at a military facility. The committee 

directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services by September 31, 2024, on current and planned patient safety 

programs, including measurement of hospital-acquired conditions and infections 

and progress on their reduction in military hospitals, and any action plans the 

Military Health System has for increasing its patient safety programs to include 

initiatives to reduce hospital-acquired conditions and infections over the next 5 

years.

Permafrost Related Pathogens

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the committee recognizes the risk 

of both the accidental and intentional spread of novel, deadly pathogens. In 

particular, the committee recognizes the role of natural barriers that aid in 

preventing the spread of pathogens, including permafrost. Therefore, the committee 

directs the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by January 1, 2024, on the risk 

permafrost-related pathogens pose to human health. The briefing shall include an 

assessment of the national security risks posed by permafrost-related pathogens 

and proposals for biosecurity management plans in areas of greatest risk.

Pharmacogenomics Testing

The committee notes the critical value of genomic and pharmacogenomics 

testing to military readiness. Moreover, the committee understands the clinical 

implementation of pharmacogenomics is likely a cost-effective solution to improve 

the personalization, safety, and efficacy of drug therapy to service members. The 

committee believes that pharmacogenomics testing of all service members upon 

entry into military service may be a pillar of personalized medicine that has the 

potential to deliver optimized treatment to care for service members and preserve 

mission readiness. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 

provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by April 1, 2024, on 

the Department of Defense’s current use of pharmacogenomics testing and how this 

may be expanded, to include anticipated cost, benefits to service members, any 

impediments to broader use, and health outcomes.

Pharmacy Reimbursement Transparency

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The committee is concerned about the lack of transparency into how much 

the TRICARE pharmacy contractor is paid to fill mail order prescriptions versus 

how much community pharmacies are paid to fill prescriptions for TRICARE 

beneficiaries in their local communities. The committee understands that the 

TRICARE pharmacy contractor is paid a per-prescription administrative fee to fill 

mail order prescriptions. Regarding prescriptions for generic medications, the 

committee is especially concerned that TRICARE may be overpaying the TRICARE 

pharmacy contractor for generic medications filled via mail order. The committee 

directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on

Armed Services by April 1, 2024, with the facts and circumstances pertinent to 

whether the TRICARE pharmacy contractor’s mail order reimbursement rate is 

competitive with the amount paid to community pharmacies to fill generic 

medications.

Potential Benefits of Increasing Availability of Chiropractic Care for 

Servicemembers 

The committee directs the Director of the Defense Health Agency to provide 

a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 31, 2024, on the 

value of chiropractic preventative care in decreasing musculoskeletal injuries and 

early separation among servicemembers. The report should include the following 

information:

(1) the current availability of chiropractic preventative care through 

TRICARE services;

(2) the proportion of servicemembers receiving care for musculoskeletal 

injuries that could benefit from chiropractic care if it were available on their 

respective installation; and

(3) the potential benefit on-site chiropractic care for preventative treatment 

would bring to service members and medical options available to them.

Report on Access to Breastfeeding Support

The Committee applauds the provisions in the Joint Travel Regulations 

which provide reimbursement for the shipment of breastmilk when a 

servicemember is on official travel for more than three days. However, there is an 

ongoing need for data to determine how many service women remain in need of 

breastfeeding support, to include sanitary expression, appropriate storage, and safe 

transport of breastmilk back to their child during operational trainings and duty 

events not covered by the Joint Travel Regulations provision. Therefore, the 

Committee directs that the Secretary of Defense provide a report to the House and 

Senate Committees on Armed Services with the following data by November 30, 

2024: 

(1) how many service members are breastfeeding, across all branches; 

(2) how many of these mothers remain within operational and training 

deferments post-birth; 

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(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 on Affects to Beneficiaries from the Change in Policy regarding 

Reimbursement for Providers of Applied Behavior Analysis in Schools and 

Community Settings

The committee understands the application of Applied Behavior Analysis 

(ABA) as part of a holistic treatment plan for children diagnosed with Autism. The 

committee is concerned about the impact the Defense Health Agency’s March 2021 

change in policy related to the Agency’s Autism Care Demonstration service in the 

school and community setting has had on beneficiaries. Therefore, the committee 

directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the House Committee on 

Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on:

(1) the scientific and analytical basis for having terminated these school 

and community services in the March 2021 TRICARE Operations Manual; 

(2) an assessment of how the change in policy directly affects beneficiaries, 

including: (a) the number of beneficiaries affected by the change in policy; (b) what 

services were terminated as a result of this policy change; (c) overall cost savings; 

and (d) the affects a service member’s deployment has on the remaining spouse’s 

requirement to take on the sole management and education of a child with autism;

(3) cost estimates to reinstate the policy; and

(4) why Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) does not meet the Department of 

Defense’s hierarchy of evidence to support medical necessity.

Report on DoD’s fertility preservation policy

The committee recognizes the importance of supporting service members 

who seek to start or expand their families and the special challenges that service 

members may face due to the physical risks and demands of military service and 

deployment. While the Department of Defense (DOD) currently offers some support 

for fertility preservation, the committee is concerned that current policies may not 

adequately meet the needs of all service members, particularly those who may wish 

to freeze their reproductive material for use in the future. Any shortcomings in 

current policies may have unintended consequences of additional concern to the 

committee, including shorter average service time and lower recruitment rates, 

particularly for female service members, and higher healthcare costs for the DOD. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the House and 

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Senate Armed Services Committees by February 1, 2024, on the findings of this 

review. The report should include, at a minimum, the following:

(1) an analysis of current DOD policies and regulations related to fertility 

preservation, focusing on the effectiveness of current DOD support in providing 

opportunities for service members to freeze their reproductive material;

(2) a review of private-sector opportunities, including possible partnerships 

and best practices, for egg and sperm freezing and an evaluation of their potential 

benefits and drawbacks for service members;

(3) recommendations for expanding access to egg and sperm freezing for 

service members, including any necessary changes to DOD policies or regulations; 

and

 (4) an estimate of the near-term costs associated with expanding egg and 

sperm freezing opportunities for service members, and an analysis of the long-term 

benefits in terms of recruitment and retention, higher success rates and lower costs 

for subsequent healthcare services, and improved mental health and overall wellbeing of service members and their families.

Report on improving fertility support services for geographically distant service 

members 

The committee recognizes service members who require fertility services 

may face significant and disproportionate financial and logistical challenges if they 

are on deployment or reside in areas distant from the limited military treatment 

facilities (MTFs) providing comprehensive fertility services. These challenges are 

compounded by the frequently time-sensitive nature of fertility care and the many 

regulations governing fertility services, which can further limit access to care for 

servicemembers. Rather than simply expanding the number of MTFs offering 

fertility services, the committee recommends that the Department of Defense (DOD) 

examine and report back on alternative options for addressing the disproportionate 

burden of geographic location on service members seeking fertility support services. 

Specifically, the DOD should explore private-sector models that provide remotefriendly digital care navigation and access to high-quality providers to help service 

members globally achieve higher success rates at lower costs. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the 

House Committee on Armed Services by November 30, 2024 that includes the 

following information:

(1) the number of service members who have accessed fertility care at MTFs 

and those who have received care outside of these facilities, broken down by 

geographic location.

(2) an estimate of the total cost spent by the DOD on fertility services, both 

within and outside of MTFs, and a review of the outcomes achieved.

(3) an analysis of the commercial entities that provide fertility services,

including a list of the services they offer, the outcomes they achieve, and estimated 

costs compared to DOD costs.

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(4) an estimate of the potential savings that service members could realize 

if fertility services were available without the need for travel.

Report on the Military Health Services’ Activities to Prevent, Intervene, and Treat 

Perinatal Mental Health Conditions of Members of the Armed Forces and Their 

Dependents 

The committee understands that peer-reviewed literature reports that 

approximately 20 to 50 percent of women in developing countries will be confronted 

with issues related to mental health during the perinatal period. Perinatal mental 

illness is a major complication of pregnancy and the postpartum period. These 

disorders include depression, anxiety disorders, and postpartum psychosis, which 

usually manifests as bipolar disorder, maternal obsessive-compulsive disorder, and 

postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services 

by March 1, 2024, on the activities that address the mental health of pregnant and 

postpartum members of the Armed Forces and dependents of such members as 

follows: 

(1) assessment of evidence-based programs in military treatment facilities 

(MTFs) for members of the Armed Forces and their dependents that are proven to 

prevent perinatal mental health conditions, including types of evidence-based 

perinatal prevention programs; number and location of evidence-based perinatal 

prevention programs; number of service members and their dependents who have 

utilized evidence-based perinatal prevention programs divided by relationship 

status, military service, military occupation, sex, age, race, ethnicity, and rank, 

when applicable; and whether the programs are delivered in-person or virtually;

(2) number of behavioral health specialists integrated into obstetric care 

practices and women's clinics at MTFs and the resources needed to integrate a 

behavioral health specialist into all obstetric care practices and women’s clinics;

(3) an assessment of the Military Health Service’s Reproductive Behavioral 

Health Consultation line pilot program, to include the number of providers 

accessing the no-cost consultation services, broken out by provider type, specialty, 

and location; the number and type of trainings providers received through the 

consultation line on evidence-based practices to prevent, screen, refer, and treat 

perinatal mental health conditions; how the pilot program has coordinated and 

implemented best practices of related Federal perinatal mental health activities, 

including the Department of Veterans Affairs Reproductive Behavioral Health 

Consultation Line, Department of Health and Human Services’ Human Resource 

Services Administration’s maternal mental health and related behavioral health 

disorders program, and the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline; the number 

of members of the Armed Forces about whom providers sought perinatal mental 

health consultation, divided by relationship status, military service, military 

occupation, sex, age, race, ethnicity, and rank, when applicable; and activities 

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conducted by the pilot program to educate members of the Armed Forces and their 

families on perinatal mental health conditions; and

(4) any policy or legislative recommendations to improve perinatal mental 

health prevention.

Report on Tricare Coverage Issues for National Guardsmen and Reservists

The Committee applauds the efforts by the Defense Health Agency to 

improve quality of care for members of the Armed Services covered by TRICARE. 

However, the Committee finds that individuals in the National Guard and Reserves 

still face numerous financial and administrative barriers to healthcare coverage 

through TRICARE. In particular, individuals that switch between National Guard 

and Reserve components often lose access to TRICARE Reserve Select coverage 

during their transition. Additionally, given that senior military leadership expect 

the Department of Defense to rely more on the National Guard in the future, 

members will continue to switch between TRICARE Reserve Select and TRICARE 

Prime as they shift to Active-Duty service and back. The resulting change in 

insurance creates a gap in TRICARE Reserve Select coverage that leaves reservists 

and national guardsmen responsible for paying insurance deductibles multiple 

times per year, requires individuals to switch between doctors, and necessitates 

that service members obtain repetitive reauthorizations for specialty medicine. 

In response to these concerns, the Committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense provide to report to the House Committee on Armed Service by December 

1, 2024 that outlines the cost and feasibility of:

(1) Expanding access to Tricare Reserve Select for 60 days for members of 

the National Guard and Reserves already covered by TRICARE Reserve Select as 

they transfer between components,

(2) Allowing members of the National Guard and Reserves to maintain 

TRICARE Reserve Select coverage during active-duty service, and

(3) Waiving the required TRICARE Reserve Select deductible and lowering 

the initial premium payment from a two- to one-month premium for individuals 

who have already paid these fees and experience lapses in coverage due to activeduty service.

Report on Tricare Coverage of Human Donor Milk

The Committee applauds TRICARE for covering banked donor milk in 

cases where an infant has serious medical needs. However, the Committee finds 

that reimbursement for banked donor milk has been inconsistent or, in some cases, 

nonexistent. In particular, nonprofit donor milk banks struggle to receive payment 

for pre-authorized services rendered. Pre-authorization is inconsistent across cases 

with the same diagnostic codes. In some instances, families whose infants required 

donor milk because of a medical necessity, or the banks that provided donor milk to 

them, are waiting months for reimbursement. Reimbursement levels are dependent 

on recipient location despite fixed milk bank costs for making milk safe. Therefore, 

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the Committee directs that the Secretary of Defense provide a report to the House 

Committee on Armed Services by March 31, 2024 that shall include:

(1) an accounting of all outstanding reimbursements to nonprofit milk 

banks; 

(2) a total amount of reimbursements for banked donor milk that have not 

been paid out; and 

(3) a plan for making timely pre-authorizations and subsequent 

reimbursements in the future.

Report on TRICARE Delays

The Committee applauds the Defense Health Agency’s efforts to create 

seamless care between military treatment facilities (MTFs). However, the 

Committee finds that members of the military continue to face challenges accessing 

timely care. While stringent access to care standards are outlined in 32 C.F.R. 

199.17(p)(5) and Health Affairs Policy 11-005, MTFs consistently do not meet access 

to care standards for urgent and routine appointments. These standards also fall 

short when managing short-term or chronic symptoms that require more than one 

appointment, and these issues appear to have only been exacerbated during the 

recent transition to a new electronic health care system.

In light of these concerns, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 

provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by April 1, 2024, that 

shall include:

(1) an accounting of access to care metrics for the last three fiscal years for 

beneficiaries enrolled in TRICARE Prime to both MTFs and the network including 

(a) the average, maximum, and median length of wait time for urgent/acute care, 

routine care, well-patient and preventive care, and specialty care, (b) office wait 

times for non-emergency circumstances, (c) access to primary care managers or 

designees by telephone or virtual means, and (d) a breakdown of these statistics by 

MTF for all MTFs administered by the DHA;

(2) an outline of patient care coordination services offered to those enrolled 

in TRICARE, the effect of these services on access to care, and changes that could 

be implemented to improve the effectiveness of these services;

(3) a description of business rules for referrals to civilian providers and 

adherence to these guidelines, potential options for increasing referrals to civilian 

providers to improve access to care, and the feasibility of these measures; and

(4) a description of how the DHA reviews and considers patient feedback or 

concerns on access to care that are collected through patient satisfaction surveys, 

customer service staff, or other methods.

Self-Expanding Foam for Temporary Hemorrhage Control

The committee remains concerned that hemorrhage remains the leading 

cause of death on the battlefield. Prolonged field care will require combat medics to 

have multiple medical products available to stop hemorrhage while sustaining the 

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wounded for evacuation. The committee is aware of the development of rescue 

treatments utilizing self-expanding foam to stop hemorrhage which are in 

development with the U.S. Army. Therefore, the committee encourages the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, in coordination with the Defense 

Health Agency, to continue to prioritize funding for the advancement of lifesaving 

treatments, such as self-expanding foam for temporary hemorrhage control, to 

ensure combat medics have the tools necessary to prevent death on the battlefield.

Sepsis Study

The committee is concerned about the prevalence of sepsis across our 

military service members and their families. Each year, 1.7 million people in the 

U.S. are diagnosed with sepsis and 350,000 people die. Sepsis is the leading cause of 

death in U.S. hospitals, with over one-third of all hospital deaths attributable to 

sepsis, medically defined as the body’s uncontrolled response to an infection, 

whether that infection is a pneumonia, a coronavirus infection, a urinary tract 

infection, or even an infected cut or abrasion. Our ability to manage sepsis, 

however, is hampered by the lack of quality, comprehensive, consolidated data. 

Sepsis-relevant data is often inconsistent and missing in medical records and causeof-death statistics. Without reliable data, doctors are unable to define the optimal 

course of care for different types of sepsis patients. Therefore, the committee directs 

the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the following:

(1) the number of TRICARE beneficiaries who have experienced or been 

diagnosed with sepsis over the last 10 years, to the extent reliable data are 

available, to include disaggregation by age, sex, race, ethnicity, service branch, 

rank, marital status, geographical location, treatment facility, occupation, 

deployment location and dates, beneficiary type, and other factors as available.

(2) comparison of DoD incidence rates to the general United States 

population.

(3) how DoD is tracking any potential causes of sepsis, including efforts to 

identify preventable causes and limit infections.

(4) analysis and accounting of the cost of sepsis treatment for TRICARE 

beneficiaries. 

(5) recommendations on how to best improve the diagnosis and treatment of 

sepsis for TRICARE beneficiaries. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a 

preliminary briefing to the committee on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 

Representatives by June 30, 2024, with a final report to follow by a mutually agreed 

upon date at the time of the briefing.

Sergeant First Class Richard Stayskal Military Medical Accountability Act Update 

Briefing

The committee understands the Department of Defense has implemented 

the Sergeant First Class Richard Stayskal Military Medical Accountability Act. 

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Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 

Secretaries of the military departments, to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services by January 1, 2024, on the following:

(1) methods utilized by each service to track claims and appeals processes;

(2) number of total claims paid by fiscal year, separated by service; 

(3) status of claims submitted to the Department, separated by service; 

(4) number of total claims denied by fiscal year, separated by service; 

(5) explanation of the appeals process, to include submissions of expert 

and/or outside opinions;

(6) rationale for the offset provisions included in the proposed and final rule 

and any changes made throughout the approval process;

(7) any potential administrative changes to the final rule; and

(8) any other matters the Secretary considers are relevant.

Severe Depression Reduction

The committee is aware of the current suicide epidemic affecting service 

members and veterans. Given the high number of individuals suffering from 

depression and at risk for suicide, the committee recognizes the importance of the 

Department of Defense working with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the 

Department of Health and Human Services to address this challenge. Studies by 

the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) investigating the use of 

scopolamine in treating depression have shown promising initial results in rapidly 

decreasing patients' Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale scores, with over 

50 percent of patients achieving remission. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services by March 1, 2024, on:

(1) the use of scopolamine in treating depression amongst service members 

and beneficiaries;

(2) the effectiveness of scopolamine treatments;

(3) how scopolamine treatments are used; and

(4) and whether there are comparable alternatives and the feasibility of 

conducting a joint pilot study, in conjunction with the Departments of Veterans 

Affairs and Health and Human Services, to further validate the findings of the 

NIMH study.

SilverSneakers Benefit under for TRICARE for Life

The committee recognizes the important role that exercise programs play in 

preventing disease and in overall health. Furthermore, the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention acknowledges that being physically active can improve your 

brain health, help manage weight, reduce the risk of disease, strengthen bones and 

muscles, and improve your ability to do everyday activities. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services by January 31, 2024, on how TRICARE for Life 

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beneficiaries may access a benefit similar to SilverSneakers Program. The briefing 

shall examine what additional benefits participants may receive. 

State of Combatant Command Health Readiness Training as Part of U.S. Security 

Sector Assistance Programs

The committee recognizes that medical training is an important part of any 

military’s overall readiness, which enhances a nation’s capabilities, thereby 

supporting U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives. The committee urges 

the Department of Defense and the Department of State, in coordination with U.S. 

combatant commanders, to prioritize medical training as part of U.S. security sector 

assistance programs. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 

submit a report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than July 1, 2024, on the following as it 

relates to medical training as part of theater security cooperation:

(1) for all U.S. security sector assistance programs, the percentage of 

medical training conducted in each U.S. geographical combatant command as part 

of any theater security cooperation exercise or program;

(2) examples of the types of medical training conducted as it relates to each 

U.S. geographical combatant command;

(3) funding sources for medical training as it relates to each U.S. 

geographical combatant command and cost as it relates to overall cost of other U.S. 

security sector assistance programs; and

(4) feasibility of increasing the amount of medical training as part of 

theater security cooperation as it relates to availability of personnel, funding, 

appropriate partner nations.

Study to Improve Military Readiness Through Nutrition and Wellness Initiatives 

The committee recognizes the need for service members to maintain a high 

level of physical and cognitive readiness, which may require dietary 

supplementation for readiness and performance. The committee understands there 

may be instances where appropriated funds cannot be used to purchase certain 

dietary supplements for servicemembers. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services not later than March 1, 2024 on the advisability and feasibility of using 

appropriated for individual service members and DoD registered dietitians to obtain 

necessary dietary supplementation. Specifically, the briefing shall address the 

following:

(1) identify all military career fields where service members are generally 

recommended to take dietary supplementation by a medical professional or 

registered dietitian;

(2) identify the categories of dietary supplementation recommended to 

service members in the career fields identified in (1) by a medical professional or 

registered dietitian;

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(3) provide an overview on when appropriated funds can be used to pay for 

dietary supplementation and, to the extent possible, an estimate of the average outof-pocket cost to service members who must purchase recommended dietary 

supplementation with their personal funds;

(4) and any recommendations the Secretary may have regarding the 

advisability, feasibility, and barriers to using appropriated funds to provide dietary 

supplementation if required for unit readiness and operational effectiveness.

Substance Abuse Report

The Department of Defense has, for many years, operated substance abuse 

programs focused on prevention, treatment, and research of alcohol, illicit drug use, 

and nonmedical use and abuse of prescription drugs. The Department of Defense 

mandates that substance abuse education be provided to all service members. Each 

military service operates a substance abuse prevention program that provides a 

wide range of education and training services targeted at individual service 

members, health care providers, and unit commanders. Service members may 

receive treatment for substance use disorders through various sources; however, the 

committee is concerned with how the effectiveness of the programs may be 

measured.

 Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

with the Secretaries of the military departments, to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services, by February 1, 2024, on the following:

(1) the number of service members that have utilized substance abuse 

programs over the last 10 years and whether they were returned to service;

(2) a comparison of service member substance abuse incidence and 

prevalence with the population of the United States, adjusting for certain

demographic information over the last 10 years;

(3) the amount of funding provided to substance abuse programs across 

each service and in total for the Department of Defense;

(4) the number of dedicated facilities for substance abuse residential and 

non-residential programs and their locations within the Department of Defense;

(5) the oversight of line-sponsored programs and their interaction with the 

Defense Health Agency and TRICARE;

(6) the oversight of care provided by the direct care system; 

(7) the oversight of care provided by managed care support contract 

providers; 

(8) the measures of effectiveness used to determine success in substance 

abuse programs; and

(9) any other matters the Secretary considers relevant.

Suicide Prevention among National Guard and Reservists

The committee remains concerned about suicide rates across both the 

Active and Reserve Components of the military. However, service in the National 

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Guard offers several unique challenges not faced by Active Component service 

members. Therefore, the committee directs the Chief of the National Guard Bureau 

to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, 

on the following:

(1) identify current suicide prevention training efforts to include delivery 

format and frequency;

(2) identify any gaps in suicide prevention training prevention and services;

(3) identify States that do not offer virtual suicide prevention services;

(4) provide the measures of effectiveness for suicide prevention training; 

and

(5) any other matters the Chief considers relevant.

The Feminine Hygiene Product Expansion Initiative

The RAND Corporation’s “Women's Reproductive Health Survey (WRHS) of 

Active-Duty Service Women (ADSW)” found that over 44.2% of women in the 

Department of Defense and 31.6% of women in the Coast Guard often or sometimes 

lacked access to feminine hygiene products. Additionally, women report lacking 

access to a private place to address feminine hygiene needs.

The RAND report recommended that the Department of Defense consider 

strategies for improved access to feminine hygiene supplies, facilities, and 

treatment for urinary or vaginal infections during training and deployment, 

particularly for ADSW in the Army and Marine Corps.

Understanding that feminine hygiene products are a necessary part of 

women’s health, hygiene and well-being, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later 

January 1, 2025. The briefing shall contain, at a minimum, the following 

information:

(1) Steps the DoD has taken to improve access to feminine hygiene supplies, 

facilities, and treatment for Active-Duty Service Members.

(2) Hurdles preventing the successful implementation of previously 

mentioned programs.

(3) What additional resources or policies would support DoD’s 

implementation of suggested programs. 

Traumatic Brain Injury Care in Response to Department of Defense Inspector 

General Report

The committee is concerned about the findings from the Department of 

Defense Inspector General’s report, Evaluation of the Department of Defense’s 

Management of Traumatic Brain Injury, DODIG Report 2023-059. The committee 

understands that from 2000 to 2022, approximately 458,894 service members were 

diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) during training or in combat. The 

committee is also concerned about the implementation of TBI programs and 

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tracking across the Military Health System (MHS). Therefore, the committee 

directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services by February 1, 2024, on the status of the Department's 

implementation of recommendations from DODIG Report 2023-059, to include:

(1) the update and review of policy;

(2) the establishment of an oversight plan for the management of TBI care 

within the MHS; 

(3) the establishment of a traumatic brain injury program of record for TBI 

care within the MHS; and

(4) the establishment of a process by which MHS providers can access, 

create, and update service member profiles, regardless of the service component.

Traumatic Brain Injury Preventative Devices

The committee remains concerned about the near- and long-term effects 

that mild traumatic brain injuries have on warfighters’ health and subsequent unit

readiness. Since 2019, the committee has repeatedly directed the Department of the 

Army to investigate non-helmet technologies that aid in the protection of the brain 

from head impacts during training and combat operations. Additionally, the 

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2021 (division C of Public Law 116-260), 

the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022 (division C of Public Law 117-

103), and the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2023 (division C of Public 

Law 117-328) have appropriated approximately $13.0 million total in Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation funding for the evaluation and implementation 

of U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared devices that meet this intent. The 

committee is grateful for the work accomplished to date and requests the 

Department of the Army move forward immediately into training use. Therefore, 

the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on specific training and 

operational use details and observations of the device, and the Department's plans 

for ongoing implementation.

TRICARE Dialysis Reimbursement Rate

The committee understands the TRICARE program covers dialysis and 

hemodialysis and services for end-state renal disease (ESRD). The kidneys of ESRD 

patients have stopped functioning well enough to keep them alive, necessitating 

either three-times-weekly dialysis treatments to filter their blood or a kidney 

transplant. The committee commends the Department of Defense for increasing 

care charges covered at dialysis clinics to include nursing care. These changes are 

particularly important as kidney problems are one of the many lingering 

complications of COVID-19.

Valley Fever Impacts on Military

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The committee is aware that the fungal condition 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 virus to spread to nearly half of the

continental United States by 2065. The last comprehensive study of 

Coccidioidomycosis’ impact on military readiness was conducted during World War 

II, before the dynamic expansion of the impact range. Because a percentage of cases 

result in serious long-term complications, it is important that the Department of 

Defense obtain an updated understanding of current risks and options for 

mitigation.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and the Director of the 

Defense Health Agency, to provide a report to the congressional defense committees 

no later than April 1, 2024. The report should include the following information 

from the past 20-year period:

(1) The prevalence of Coccidioidomycosis cases, broken out by state for 

CONUS;

(2) cases reported OCONUS;

(3) the prevalence of Coccidioidomycosis tests provided for service members 

and military working dogs, broken out by state for CONUS;

(4) an accounting of the severity of reported human cases, including the 

prevalence of cases with complications;

(5) types of care provided by the military in response to these cases;

(6) known disruptions to training, deployment, or other activity;

(7) the relative trend in overall case numbers over the past 20 years;

(8) any information the Department has regarding air sampling; and

(9) gaps in the Department's understanding of risks associated with the 

condition or expanded region with risk of exposure.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—TRICARE AND OTHER HEALTH BENEFITS

Section 701—TRICARE Dental Plan for the Selected Reserve

This section would waive fees and copays on the TRICARE Dental Program 

for all members of the Selected Reserve.

Section 702—Extension of Period of Eligibility for Health Benefits under TRICARE 

Reserve Select for Survivors of a Member of the Selected Reserve

This section would amend section 1076d(c) of title 10, United States Code, 

to extend TRICARE benefits to 3 years for family members of Guard and Reserve 

personnel killed while on orders for less than 30 days.

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Section 703—Clarification of Applicability of Required Mental Health Self-Initiated 

Referral Process for Members of the Selected Reserve

This section would clarify the applicability of required mental health selfinitiated referral process per section 1090b(e) of title 10, United States Code 

["Brandon Act"], to exempt the Individual Ready Reserve.

Section 704—Non-Medical Counseling Services for Military Families

This section would authorize license portability for mental health 

professionals who provide non-medical counseling services.

Section 705—Doulas: Certification Assistance for Military Spouses; Expansion of 

Demonstration Project

This section would amend the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 

1073 note) to expand the Extramedical Maternal Health Providers Demonstration 

Project to include doula care in both certification assistance for military spouses and 

expansion of the demonstration project.

Section 706—Medical Testing and Related Services for Firefighters of Department 

of Defense

This section would require the Department of Defense to provide its 

firefighters with medical testing and related services to detect, document, and 

prevent certain cancers. Department firefighters may opt out.

Section 707—Temporary Requirement for Contraception Coverage Parity under the 

TRICARE Program

This section would eliminate cost-sharing for any eligible TRICARE 

beneficiary for contraceptives acquired through retail pharmacies and the national 

mail-order pharmacy for 1 calendar year.

Section 708—Naloxone and Fentanyl: Regulations; Report

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to establish policy and 

guidelines for the distribution of naloxone and for the reporting of fentanyl abuse 

across the military departments.

Section 709—Rates of Reimbursement for Providers of Applied Behavior Analysis

This section would set a floor for applied behavior analysis payment rates 

under the Autism Care Demonstration.

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Section 710—Department of Defense Pilot Program on Health Effects of Medical 

Marijuana Use by Veterans

This section would require the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 

the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to implement a pilot program to address the 

health effects of medical marijuana use by covered beneficiaries.

Section 711—Pilot Program on Cryopreservation and Storage of Gametes of Certain 

Members of the Armed Forces

This section would create a 1-year pilot program to reimburse Active Duty 

service members working in hazardous or isolated conditions for fees associated 

with the costs of retrieving, shipping, and/or storing gametes at private facilities.

Section 712—Psychological Evaluations for Certain Members of the Armed Forces 

Who Served in Kabul

This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to provide an initial 

mental health counseling evaluation to each member of the Armed Forces who 

served at Hamid Karzai International Airport during the Afghanistan 

noncombatant evacuation between August 15 and August 29, 2021.

Section 713—Authority to Expand the TRICARE Competitive Plans Demonstration 

Project

This section would expand the number of Competitive Plans Demonstration 

Projects administered by the Defense Health Agency.

SUBTITLE B—HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

Section 721—Clarification of Grade of Surgeon General of the Navy

This section would set the grade of the Surgeon General of the Navy at O-9.

Section 722—Clarification of Responsibilities regarding the Integrated Disability 

Evaluation System

This section would require enhanced operational and administrative control 

of service members going through the Medical Evaluation Board process.

Section 723—Sharing of Medical Data regarding Members of the Coast Guard

This section would require the Secretary of Defense and the Commandant 

of the Coast Guard to develop a process to coordinate sharing of information

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regarding access to military treatment facilities for members of the Coast Guard 

and their beneficiaries.

Section 724—Organizational Framework of the Military Health System to Support 

the Medical Requirements of the Combatant Commands

This section would give the Defense Health Agency the authority to 

reorganize and redistribute span of control in order to more effectively manage 

direct reports.

Section 725—Mandatory Training on Health Effects of Perfluoroalkyl or 

Polyfluoroalkyl Substances

This section would require the Department of Defense to provide training to 

medical providers on the health effects of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl 

substances.

Section 726—Establishment of Military Pharmaceutical and Medical Device 

Vulnerability Working Group

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to establish a military 

pharmaceutical and medical device vulnerability working group.

Section 727—Establishment of Medical and Surgical Consumables Standardization 

Working Group

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to establish a medical 

logistics standardization working group.

Section 728—Pilot Program on Remote Health Monitoring Technologies

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to implement a pilot 

program to furnish certain members of the Armed Forces with technologies that can 

monitor health remotely.

Section 729—Task Force of Department of Defense on Mental Health

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to establish a task force 

to examine matters relating to the mental health of members of the Armed Forces 

and a plan to implement the recommendations of the task force.

Section 730—Disclosures by Entities Receiving Grants the Secretary of Defense for 

Biomedical Research

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This section would mandate transparency requirements for any entity 

receiving grants from the Department of Defense for biomedical research.

SUBTITLE C—STUDIES AND REPORTS

Section 741—Amendments to Report on Behavioral Health Workforce of the 

Department of Defense

This section would modify the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 10 U.S.C. 737) by 

adding additional data points for study on staffing medical treatment facilities with 

respect to behavioral health specialists.

Section 742—Comprehensive Strategy on Force Resilience of the Department of 

Defense

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to publish a 

comprehensive strategy on force resilience that provides a proactive, intentional 

approach to holistic health within the Total Force Fitness framework.

Section 743—Study on Non-Clinical Mental Health Services of the Department of 

Defense

This section would require a study on non-clinical mental health providers 

and services.

Section 744—Clinical Study on Treatment of Certain Members with Certain 

Conditions Using Certain Psychedelic Substances

This section would require a report based on a clinical study of members 

using covered psychedelic substances.

Section 745—Study on Opioid Alternatives

This section would require a study in military treatment facilities on the 

efficacy of opioid alternatives for pain management and a report on the study.

Section 746—Report on Overdoses by Members of Certain Armed Forces

This section would require an annual report on overdoses among service 

members. 

Section 747—Feasibility Report regarding DHA Employment of Certain Mental 

Health Providers Awaiting Licensure

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This section would require the Secretary of Defense to report to the 

committee on the feasibility of utilization within the Defense Health Agency of 

certain mental health providers awaiting licensure.

Section 748—Study on Health Care Available to Individuals Supporting the 

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

This section would require the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, to 

conduct a study on medical manning requirements and access to health care 

requirements in the U.S. Forces Japan and Joint Region Marianas areas of 

responsibilities.

Section 749—United States-Israel PTSD Collaborative Research

This section would establish a grant program to increase collaborative 

research between the United States and Israel on post-traumatic stress disorder.

Section 750—Feasibility Study on Creation of Centers of Excellence in Ukraine for 

Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injuries and Traumatic Extremity Injuries

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a feasibility 

study on a partnership with the Government of Ukraine to establish Centers of 

Excellence for the treatment of traumatic brain injury and traumatic extremity 

injury in Ukraine.

Section 751—Testosterone Levels among Members of Special Forces of the Army: 

Study; Report

This section would direct the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 

Readiness to conduct a 5-year study on the impact of trainings and deployments on 

special forces' testosterone levels, and the potential repercussions to readiness and 

long-term health.

Section 752—GAO Report on TRICARE Payments to Behavioral Health 

Professionals

This section would require the Comptroller General of the United States to 

submit a report on TRICARE payments to behavioral health professionals.

TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION 

MANAGEMENT, AND RELATED MATTERS

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

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Access to Carbon Fiber

The committee notes the importance of ensuring the Department of Defense 

has access to and qualification of the highest performing and most advanced raw 

materials available, produced in the United States, for application on key weapons 

systems, munitions, rotorcraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, fixed wing platforms, and 

other national security programs. The inclusion of the highest performing and most 

technologically advanced domestically produced carbon fiber available in defense 

platforms supports the United States national security objective to modernize and 

strengthen the U.S. military, maintain the United States competitive edge against 

the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and near-peer competitors, and ensure supply 

chain resilience through domestic manufacturing of critical materials. Further, the 

committee encourages the Department to invest in sustained domestic production to 

ensure sufficient supply as the Department's demand for these materials increase 

and the CCP endeavors to capture additional market share.

Acquisition of Titanium

The committee understands that Defense Logistics Agency-Strategic 

Materials (DLA-SM) office has identified titanium as a priority national defense 

stockpile (NDS) material. Titanium is a high-strength, corrosion-resistant metal 

with properties that make it critical for use in aerospace applications, including 

structural components of military aviation platforms. The U.S. titanium industry 

has historically been reliant on imports of titanium sponge, a key feedstock used in 

the titanium production process. More than 90 percent of titanium sponge is 

sourced from Japan, a U.S. ally. The committee is aware that the last remaining 

titanium sponge manufacturing facility in the United States closed indefinitely in 

2020. 

The committee understands that DLA-SM has received authority and 

resources for a planned acquisition of titanium for the NDS. The committee 

supports efforts to stockpile titanium ingot as a cost-effective method to increase 

assured access to domestic supplies. A reserve supply will provide availability to 

meet national security needs, even in the event of a market disruption, and will 

bolster domestic titanium industry capabilities in the near term. Therefore, the 

committee directs the National Defense Stockpile Manager to provide a briefing to 

the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 31, 2023, on 

progress toward the acquisition of titanium.

Advanced Domestic Defense Capabilities

The committee understands the urgent need to diversify the United States 

defense industrial base to advance domestic capability, production, modernization, 

and resilience. Public-private partnership programs can accelerate the scaling, 

production, and acquisition of advanced capabilities for national security by 

creating incentives for investment in domestic small businesses or nontraditional 

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businesses to create a robust and resilient defense industrial base. The committee 

encourages public-private partnerships that bolster the defense industrial base by 

acquiring and deploying advanced capabilities necessary to field Department of 

Defense modernization programs and priorities, strengthen domestic defense supply 

chain resilience and capacity by investing in innovative defense companies, and 

leverage private equity capital to accelerate domestic defense scaling, production, 

and manufacturing.

Alternate Extraction and Processing Methods of Rare Earth Elements and Critical 

Minerals

The Committee recognizes the importance of rare earth element and critical 

mineral production and supply to U.S. national security interests. The Committee

understands the risks that continued reliance on foreign nations for rare earth 

elements and critical minerals has on the defense industrial supply chains. The 

Committee is aware of advances in biological methods to extract and process rare 

earth elements and critical minerals essential to supporting the domestic supply 

chain and the defense industrial base.

The Committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to pursue domestic 

partnerships and invest in research activities including studies focused on the use 

of biology to develop scalable and economically viable methodologies to optimize the 

extraction and processing of rare earth elements and critical minerals. Additionally, 

the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services by July 31, 2024, on the status of the Department’s 

efforts to support alternative methods of extracting rare earth elements.

Alternative Corrosion Control Technologies

The committee is concerned that despite significant corrosion control 

efforts, persistent fleet-wide aircraft availability challenges limit the readiness of 

military fighter aircraft. Among these readiness challenges, the committee is aware 

that Air Force and Navy aircraft that utilize carbon-fiber composite skins joined to 

aluminum alloy substructures are inherently susceptible to galvanic corrosion. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 

Engineering in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 

and Sustainment to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services 

not later than March 1, 2024, on alternative corrosion control technologies to 

improve fighter aircraft availability. This briefing shall include:

(1) identification of cost-effective technologies for addressing galvanic 

corrosion and alternative processes for maintaining aircraft, including new methods 

for cold working corroded fastener holes;

(2) an assessment of alternative corrosion control technologies and options 

to incorporate them into the sustainment of fighter aircraft;

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(3) an evaluation of the cost of these 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) an evaluation on whether the use of these modern technologies can 

extend the airframe service life of existing fighter aircraft.

Aluminum-Scandium Master Alloy Production

The committee recognizes that China is a major producer of high-purity 

scandium oxide, which has many powerful applications in defense technologies, 

including strengthening and light-weighting defense and commercial aviation 

systems. As scandium oxide production is established in the United States, a 

missing supply chain component is the conversion of scandium from its oxide form 

to aluminum-scandium (AlSc) master alloy. This process step is required for 

utilization of U.S.-mined scandium by many defense applications. At present, 

production capacity of AlSc master alloy is limited to one facility in the United 

States. The committee recognizes that the United States may soon become a major 

producer of high-purity scandium oxide by virtue of a proposed mine and mineral 

processing project in Nebraska. The committee recognizes the defense-wide 

importance of a vertical domestic supply chain for both scandium oxide and AlSc 

master alloy and the critical importance of both materials for the production of air-, 

land-, and sea-based combat systems.

Aluminum-Scandium Master Alloy Production

The committee is aware that the rare earth element scandium has 

important defense and aviation applications when converted from its mined oxide 

form to an aluminum-scandium (AlSc) master alloy. The committee understands 

that the global production of scandium is currently dominated by China and Russia 

but that the United States is poised to become one of the world’s largest producers 

of high-purity scandium oxide due to proposed private-sector domestic mine and 

mineral processing projects. Therefore the committee directs the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than December 29, 2023 describing the 

critical defense applications for AlSc master alloy, a list of specific defense programs 

that require access to AlSc master alloy, and recommendations to improve defense 

innovation and industrial base access to scandium oxide and AlSc master alloy.

APEX Accelerators

The committee supports the transition of APEX Accelerators (previously 

named the Procurement Technical Assistance Program) to the Office of Small 

Business Programs (OSBP) in compliance with section 852 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92). The committee believes 

that increasing small business participation in defense acquisitions is essential for 

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national security purposes and APEX Accelerators play a critical role in 

strengthening the defense industrial base by accelerating innovation, fostering 

ingenuity, and establishing resilient and diverse supply chains.

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition and Sustainment to provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services, not later than December 31, 2023 on the following:

(1) progress and milestones of the implementation and transition plan;

(2) what performance-based metrics OSBP will use to cultivate the defense 

industrial base; and

(3) how OSBP plans to use APEX Accelerators to improve outreach, 

communication, and training with small businesses.

Artificial Intelligence Facilitated Supply Chain Visibility

The committee recognizes the need to secure supply chains supporting our 

defense industrial base. Further, the committee understands that supply chain 

visibility is a critical first step to identifying vulnerabilities and developing 

alternate and secure sources of strategic goods, components, and materials. The 

committee notes that supply chain visibility also promotes readiness and optimizes 

decision-making by improving end-to-end logistics processes and data integration. 

The committee notes that high fidelity supply chain visibility will result in 

increased strategic flexibility, supply chain security and resilience, production 

capacity margin, and elimination of single point failures.

Further, the committee recognizes that supply chain visibility has become 

increasingly difficult in a globalized market, with vendors drawing on materials and 

components from across the globe to fulfill Department of Defense requirements. 

Given supply chain tracking and risk management requirements established in 

sections 857, 860, and 5949 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) and in other legislation, the 

committee recognizes supply chain visibility as a current requirement, and notes 

that it is a requirement that is likely to increase in the future. 

The committee commends the Naval Supply Systems Command for its 

efforts to improve supply chain visibility within the Navy using its Naval 

Sustainment System-Supply best practices. However, the committee notes the need 

for a Department of Defense-led effort to address this issue across the defense 

industrial base. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to deliver 

a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 31, 

2023, into the feasibility of leveraging artificial intelligence and industry best 

practices to develop a Department of Defense-wide, continuously monitored, multitiered supply chain visibility system capable of rapidly identifying and mitigating 

supply chain risks with the intent of maximizing efficiency and minimizing risk of 

interruption. The report should include at a minimum:

(1) the feasibility and fiscal cost of implementing such a system;

(2) whether an appropriate system is commercially available; and

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(3) the scope and extent of any strategic benefits from such a system, 

specifically efficiency and assurance against interruption and compromise.

Assessment of Additive Manufacturing for Legacy Weapons Systems

Supply chains continue to suffer from increased strain and demand, and the 

committee is concerned that the Department of Defense is not immune from supply 

chain challenges, especially as it pertains to legacy weapons systems. The 

committee is aware that certain recent advances in additive manufacturing 

technologies may enable the Department to supplement the supply of items, 

components, and parts of many of these legacy weapons systems. The committee 

supports assessing the potential capacity for additive manufacturing technologies to 

relieve logistical stresses on the Department. 

 Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than June 1, 2024, on 

the Department’s additive manufacturing technologies for legacy weapons systems 

and the equipment, materials, and other requirements for such technologies. The 

briefing shall include:

(1) an assessment of current partnerships between the Department and 

other government entities, academic institutions, and small businesses with regards 

to additive manufacturing;

(2) an analysis of the scheduling lead time, fabrication cost, and capacity of 

each facility of the Department for work done regarding components and parts for 

legacy weapons systems;

(3) a review of commercially available additive manufacturing technologies 

that could improve the reliability, availability, and maintainability of legacy 

weapons systems;

(4) a strategy for the increase in use of commercially available additive 

manufacturing technologies by the Department to supplement the supply of items,

components, and parts required to maintain legacy weapons systems and related 

equipment; and

(5) an assessment of challenges related to partnering with private entities 

and small businesses with regards to additive manufacturing for legacy weapons 

systems.

Briefing on the Resiliency of the United States’ Nuclear-Grade Graphite Supply 

Chain

The committee is concerned with the current vulnerabilities in our nucleargrade graphite supply chain due to the lack of sourcing and mining nuclear-grade 

graphite in North America. Nuclear-grade graphite has vital national security 

applications including in large-capacity batteries, reactors, and hypersonic missiles. 

The committee is concerned with supply chain vulnerabilities and the import of 

natural nuclear-grade graphite or using man-made synthetic graphite, which has a 

dramatically lower utilization lifespan and decreased durability when compared to 

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naturally occurring nuclear grade graphite. It is critical that the Department of 

Defense examine ways to make it easier to on or nearshore the mining, processing, 

and manufacturing or nuclear-grade graphite. 

The committee directs Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Office of 

Industrial Policy, to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees not 

later than March 1, 2024, on how the United States can secure our nuclear-grade 

graphite

supply chain. The briefing must include:

1) the current vulnerabilities of the United States’ nuclear-grade graphite 

supply chain;

2) how a multiyear procurement authority for nuclear-grade graphite could 

help the Department secure this supply chain; and

3) commercial partnerships established in North America that could be 

leveraged to enhance the nuclear-grade graphite supply chain. 

Capability Portfolio Model Budget Pilots 

The committee recognizes that the Department of Defense often struggles 

to insert new technology into existing programs to effectively respond to dynamic 

adversary threats and capitalize on technological opportunities. Further, the 

committee also finds that long timelines for defense contracts and funding, program 

constraints, and a disconnected ecosystem make it challenging for companies to 

transition research and prototyping contracts to production contracts. The 

Department currently defines requirements, secures budgets, and acquires 

capabilities across hundreds of individual programs. This impedes interoperability 

and the Department’s ability to respond rapidly to changes in operations, threats, 

and technologies.

The committee believes that through a modernized portfolio acquisition 

model, Portfolio Acquisition Executives could share portfolio priorities, needs, 

challenges, and opportunities more efficiently with industry, and could more 

effectively identify leading technologies, solutions, and companies that can address 

priority portfolio needs and improve mission impact measures.

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition and Sustainment to provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on recommendations for integrated capability 

portfolios across the military departments. The briefing should include the following 

information:

(1) a recommendation from component acquisition executives from the 

military departments, Special Operations Command, and a defense agency, for a 

Program Executive Officer portfolio from each entity that would be able to operate a 

new capability portfolio model budget created by the consolidation of up to 20 

percent of the smallest budget line items within the selected portfolios;

(2) an identification of the budget lines that can be logically consolidated to 

achieve efficiencies for each selected portfolio;

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(3) a case study for each capability portfolio recommendation discussing the 

potential benefits of implementing the new portfolio acquisition model in terms of 

maximizing mission impact, organizational agility, and acquisition efficiencies;

(4) and a summary of the funding, staffing, analytic tools, and associated 

strategies that might be required to execute each capability portfolio over the 

Future Years Defense Program.

Co-Production of Asymmetric Defense Capabilities with Taiwan

The committee is aware that Taiwan currently faces long lead times for 

delivery of defense articles purchased from the United States. The delays are 

largely due to limitations in the U.S. defense industrial base (DIB), including 

consolidation, cold lines, supply chain issues, staff shortages, a cumbersome foreign 

military sales process, and shipping delays due to COVID-19. Facilitating joint 

weapons production between the United States and Taiwan in the region could 

reduce strain on the U.S. defense industrial base, expedite the time to initial 

operating capability, and build the capacity of Taiwan to replenish its own stocks in 

a crisis. The negative impact on the domestic defense industrial base due to transfer 

of work overseas is a valid concern, but the James M. Inhofe National Defense 

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

support to the DIB to produce asymmetric munitions, and there are many 

capabilities for which the DIB is at maximum capacity.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

report to the congressional defense committees not later than March 1, 2024, on the 

benefits and challenges of co-production of weapons and munitions for Taiwan.

Critical and Strategic Minerals and Materials Sourcing from Seafloor Resources

The committee notes that the United States relies significantly on foreign 

nations, many of them unfriendly and with nonexistent labor and environmental 

standards, to meet much of the United States' present critical mineral demands. As 

reported by the U.S. Geological Survey, the United States imported more than 50 

percent of its supply of at least 47 minerals commodities in 2021, including 100 

percent of the supply of 17 mineral commodities. The concentration of where that 

supply comes from makes the foreign dependence even more concerning. China 

dominates the international critical mineral supply chain on land and is now 

ramping up focus on seafloor resources known to be the largest estimated source of 

metals like cobalt and nickel, presenting a national security vulnerability for the 

United States and harsh economic realities for American manufacturers. With 

demand for certain minerals expected to grow over the next two decades, United 

States' reliance on China and other non-allied nations to satisfy this demand may 

increase without action.

While it continues to believe in the importance of establishing a secure 

supply chain of critical and strategic minerals and materials, the committee 

understands that to meet national security requirements the United States must 

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have the ability to source critical minerals in innovative arenas to decrease reliance 

on sources from foreign adversaries.

In recent years, China has taken aggressive and brazen steps to secure and process 

seabed resources of polymetallic nodules into strategic planning for national 

security. Currently, Chinese companies hold five out of 31 International Seabed 

Authority contracts for exploration and development- more than any other country. 

The committee notes that the United States has none, though there remains an 

opportunity to evaluate domestic processing and refining of seafloor resources from 

the contracts held by allied parties and domestic partners in international waters. 

In addition, China is investing heavily in deep-sea mining technology including 

remotely operated vehicles, vessels, and sonar scanning systems. To counter China’s 

growing hold on the global supply chain, it is essential that the United States 

secures its own innovative supply of critical and strategic minerals and materials, 

including polymetallic nodules, to decrease reliance on sources from foreign 

adversaries.

The Congress has acted to provide substantial new authorities and federal 

assistance to boost domestic mineral supplies. Yet, given the severity of this 

challenge, those steps alone will not be sufficient. Accordingly, the committee 

directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall, by March 

1, 2024, submit a report to the House Armed Services Committee assessing the 

processing of seabed resources of polymetallic nodules domestically. The report shall 

include, at a minimum, the following:

(1) a review of current resources and controlling parties in securing seabed 

resources of polymetallic nodules;

(2) an assessment of current domestic deep-sea mining and material 

processing capabilities; and

(3) a roadmap recommending how the United States can have the ability to 

source and/or process critical minerals in innovative arenas, such as deep-sea 

mining, to decrease reliance on sources from foreign adversaries and bolster 

domestic competencies.

Demand for Metals in Additive Manufacturing

The committee recognizes the importance of ensuring a robust supply chain 

for the metal powder and wire feedstock materials required to manufacture 

components for defense weapons systems. These materials are critical to both the 

processes used to manufacture the components and the performance of the weapons 

systems themselves. Recent advances in additive manufacturing are enabling the 

Department of Defense and the defense prime contractors to think differently about 

how they use this enabling technology to produce and sustain weapons systems. 

Considering recent global supply chain issues and competition within the 

marketplace for existing and emerging materials, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to deliver a report to the House Committee on Armed Services 

no later than September 30, 2024, regarding the Department’s and Defense 

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Industrial Base’s 5-year projected demand, by alloy, for metal powder and metal 

wire feedstock for Defense-related additive and nonadditive manufacturing 

applications.

Department of Defense Microchip Security

The committee notes that every semiconductor begins as a software 

program before it is fabricated, mostly in East Asia, into a chip. That software 

process is inherently vulnerable and a potential long-term threat to U.S. national 

security. Consequently, the U.S. defense industrial base has vulnerabilities that 

could be exploited.

The committee contends that sophisticated, hostile foreign powers could 

insert undetected vulnerabilities, could insert malicious logic into, or exploit 

undetected vulnerabilities within the U.S. defense semiconductor supply chain 

during the software design phase putting at risk the operations and readiness of 

key U.S. military weapons and communications systems including submarines, 

ships, tanks, planes, drones, and satellites.

The committee further notes that on July 14, 2022, the National Security 

Agency’s Joint Federation Assurance Center Hardware Assurance Lab published a 

report on “DoD Microelectronics: Levels of Assurance Definitions and Applications” 

as stated: “to characterize the threats and risks to custom microelectronic 

components used in Department of Defense (DoD) systems.” Recognizing the threat, 

the guidance endeavors to assist programs with a better understanding of their 

system and components to effectively mitigate against threats.

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 1, 2024, 

providing an assessment of the Department’s plans to ensure and demonstrate to 

Congress the security of the Department of Defense’s semiconductor supply chain 

during the software design phase.

The report shall include at a minimum the following:

(1) an assessment of the security risk of threats and vulnerabilities to the 

Department of Defense

in the software design component of semiconductor manufacturing acquisition;

(2) an operational proposal for every new silicon device acquired by the 

Department of Defense, beginning in Fiscal Year 2026, to undergo rigorous preproduction testing to detect the existence of and prevent the exploitation of design 

vulnerabilities;

(3) an operational proposal to have merchants and vendors of 

semiconductor chips, as well as classified internal development initiatives, to the 

Department of Defense declare that they have used comprehensive functional, 

structural, and behavioral analyses specifically designed to expose points of access 

that could be exploited for unauthorized manipulation prior to commitment to 

silicon (so-called “tape out”) by Fiscal Year 2026;

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(4) assessment of what resources would be required to execute points 2 and 

3 above;

(5) assessment of risk to continuity of operations and execution of national 

following a semiconductor supply chain attack at the software design level, and to 

what extent mitigations have been put in place to address those risks.

Department of Defense STEM Pathways

The committee is encouraged by recent Department of Defense efforts to 

consider new science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) ecosystem 

efforts such as supporting the 2022 Systems Engineering Research Center 

Workshop on DOD-Defense Industry Collaboration in STEM Education and 

Workforce Development. The committee strongly supports efforts to build on the 

recommendations from this report and promote deeper collaboration among the 

Department and the Defense Industrial Base to build better primary and secondary 

education and outreach efforts for creating diverse pathways into the national 

security ecosystem. As the Department carries out these activities, it should ensure 

a focus on programmatic and curricular innovation such as the development of 

innovative STEM curriculum related to emerging technology priorities, new 

education technologies or adaption of technologies for use in Defense-related 

education efforts and enhancing teacher preparation efforts in geographies with 

military-connected families. The committee also encourages the Department to 

consider partnering with the National Science Foundation as it pursues this effort. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to 

the House Committee on Armed Services no later than February 1, 2024, on how 

the Department plans to implement the aforementioned report’s recommendations 

and work with the Defense Industrial Base to build better primary and secondary 

STEM education and outreach efforts for creating diverse pathways into the 

national security ecosystem. 

Division of Hardware and Software Contracts

The committee recognizes innovative software as essential to the lethality 

and overall capability of ground combat vehicles required to meet the changing 

operational landscapes and threats of a multi-domain operations environment. 

Often, hardware and software for ground combat vehicles is developed in tandem in 

the early stage of production.

The committee is interested in the potential benefits of splitting the 

development of hardware and software during the early stages of weapons 

contracts. These potential benefits include the flexibility to adjust hardware or 

software requirements without impacting the other, the ability to assist the Army 

in staying agile and maintaining an open system architecture, and potential cost 

savings by avoiding vendor lock-in.

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Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, 

which should include:

(1) existing authorities on the division of hardware and software contracts;

(2) the viability and potential benefits to the Army; and 

(3) the impact on maintaining overmatch by the division of hardware and 

software contracts for ground combat vehicles, including the Optionally Manned 

Fighting Vehicle.

Domestic Graphite Extraction and Processing Facilities

The committee understands that graphite is a critical mineral needed for 

military systems and strategic infrastructure, including handheld systems, battery 

materials, electric grids, and protective armor, among others. The United States has 

the potential to produce graphite domestically, but remains reliant on imports of 

upstream products to satisfy domestic consumption. Chinese firms account for the 

vast majority of global natural graphite output, creating significant supply chain 

risks for graphite. Existing domestic resources of natural graphite, including those 

that were previously used to support defense programs, offer the quickest and most 

cost-effective route to closing this supply chain gap.

 Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

with the Secretary of Commerce, to provide a briefing not later than December 31, 

2023, on public and private sector activities to establish graphite mining and 

processing capabilities in the United States. Specifically, the briefing shall 

highlight: 

(1) programs of record within the Department of Defense that rely on secure 

and stable supplies of graphite;

(2) perceived supply vulnerabilities associated with U.S. imports of 

graphite; 

(3) efforts by strategic adversaries to undermine efforts to develop graphite 

extraction and processing capabilities in the United States, including the 

acquisition of graphite from recycled and reused minerals and metals; and

(4) efforts to mitigate short-term supply disruptions, including whether 

flake and amorphous graphite should be introduced in planned acquisitions and 

disposals by the National Defense Stockpile. 

Early Stage Firm Pathway to Production Enhancement

The committee acknowledges the delta between accelerated or targeted 

acquisition programs for early-stage defense contractors and programs of record. 

Demand signals or signals of validation from the Department of Defense to industry 

are an essential communique. Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary 

of Defense for Research and Engineering, in consultation with the Secretary of the 

Army, Secretary of the Navy, and Secretary of the Air Force, to provide a briefing 

to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, that 

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provides recommendations on how the Department can better assist participants in 

programs such as Agility Prime, Small Business Innovation and Research, and 

similar research, development, test, and evaluation programs, in bridging the gap 

between graduating from their requisite program and being incorporated into 

larger-scale Department acquisition frameworks. Specifically, the briefing should 

address how the Department can leverage non-committal signals of validation, such 

as letters of support and other mechanisms, to indicate the Department’s interest in 

capabilities produced by firms in the early stages of development that fulfill needs 

that have not been met by other products.

Economic Impacts on Defense Textile Industrial Base

The committee remains concerned about current economic factors 

impacting the capacity of the textile industry to meet Department of Defense (DOD) 

requirements. A variety of economic factors continue to disrupt the textile industrial 

base including, but not limited to, labor shortages, contract forecasting, and lack of 

investment in manufacturing capabilities.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the congressional defense committees by March 1, 2024, on its assessment 

of economic factors and recommendations to ensure a robust and healthy textile 

industrial base that can support long-term DOD and warfighter requirements. The 

report shall address the following:

(1) impact on inflation and efforts to implement economic price adjustment 

clauses in contracts and subcontracts throughout the textile supply chain;

(2) recommendations for additional economic price adjustment clauses that 

provide flexibility to inflationary pressures;

(3) the department’s efforts to adequately forecast needs to industry 

including concerns with the wide range of minimum and maximum volumes for 

contracts and options years;

(4) review defense-related domestic manufacturing workforce levels over 30 

years, its current condition, and future projections;

(5) ability of the textile industrial base to increase production during a 

national emergency; and

(6) other matters as the Secretary of Defense deems appropriate.

Existing Contracts with United States Export Control Violators

The committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

Sustainment, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, to compile a list of 

companies which have been found in violation of the United States Export Control 

Act and currently have contracts with the Department and report to the House 

Armed Services Committee by January 5, 2024.

The report, at a minimum, shall

(1) identify the country in which the violation occurred,

(2) the current standing of the fine repayment status of the company,

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(3) what actions, if any, did the Department of Defense take against the 

company,

(4) report if the company currently has additional contracts with the 

Department of Defense, and if so, state why the Department of Defense has 

continued contracts with a company found in violation of the United States Export 

Control Act,

(5) and identify if alternative companies are available to fulfill those 

contracts.

Extraction and Processing Methods of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals

The committee recognizes the importance of rare earth element and critical 

mineral production and supply to United States national security interests. The 

committee understands the risks that continued reliance on foreign nations for rare 

earth elements and critical minerals has on the defense industrial supply chains. 

The committee is aware of advances in biological methods to extract and process 

rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to supporting the domestic 

supply chain and the defense industrial base. The committee encourages the 

Department of Defense to pursue domestic partnerships and invest in research 

activities, including studies focused on the use of biology to develop scalable and 

economically viable methodologies to optimize the extraction and processing of rare 

earth elements and critical minerals.

Glass Fiber-Based Structural Composites Supply Chain Assessment

The committee is aware of the importance of glass fiber-based structural 

composite laminates in providing light weight ballistic resistant armor systems for 

wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, ships, and fixed-wing and rotating-wing 

aircraft. The committee notes recent investments by the Chinese in both 

incremental capacity and new technologies in the areas of: 

(1) high-performance glass fiber production; 

(2) advanced glass fiber weaving; and 

(3) polymer resin impregnation (prepregging) of the woven glass fiber 

products. 

The committee further notes the importance of maintaining a competitive 

edge in the technology and security of supply in order to ensure warfighter 

advantage on the battlefield. Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary 

of Defense for Research and Engineering, in coordination with the service 

secretaries, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by 

January 31, 2024, which should include the Department’s current strategy for glass 

fiber-based structural composites research, development, and production. This 

briefing should also include an assessment of the existing domestic glass fiber-based 

structural composites supply chain.

Home Textile Goods

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The committee directs the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) 

and the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed 

Services no later than January 1, 2024, on the feasibility of requiring that the 

following textile goods used on military installations be procured from domestic 

sources with exceptions for items that are required for combat operations:

1) food;

2) clothing and the materials and components thereof, other than sensors, 

electronics, or other items added to, and not normally associated with, clothing;

3) tents, tarpaulins, or covers;

4) any item of individual equipment manufactured from or containing such 

fibers, yarns, fabrics, or materials.

5) cotton and other natural fiber products, woven silk or woven silk blends, 

spun silk yarn for cartridge cloth, synthetic fabric or coated synthetic fabric 

(including all textile fibers and yarns that are for use in such fabrics), canvas 

products, or wool (whether in the form of fiber or yarn or contained in fabrics, 

materials, or manufactured articles); o

6) any item of individual equipment manufactured from or containing such 

fibers, yarns, fabrics, or materials.

Improve the Timeliness of Department of Defense Capability Fielding Necessary for 

Success in Strategic Conflict

The committee is concerned that the time to develop and field new 

Department of Defense systems has increased dramatically since the 1970s to the 

detriment of U.S. national security. The committee is also concerned that the 

United States has failed to keep pace with China’s ability to rapidly develop and 

field advanced military capabilities. The committee observes that longer 

development times lead to obsolete technology in fielded equipment, increases 

overall program costs through additional manhours, aggravates a need to gold-plate 

equipment requirements to meet uncertain threat assessments and requirements 

many years into the future, and ultimately increases the likelihood that an 

acquisition will fail due to increased dependence on uncertain predictions.

The average time from first contract award to Initial Operational 

Capability for the United States averaged five years in 1970 and has grown to over 

twenty years for some systems like the F-35. The committee notes that the greatest 

contributors to the increase in fielding times are the time from identification of need 

or capability until contract award which has increased from one year through the 

1970s to in some cases more than eight years today; and test and evaluation times 

which have increased 1000% since 1974. Recent examples such as the Department 

of Defense’s nine years to decide on requirements for a replacement to the Beretta 

M9/11 pistol, an additional two years to release a Request for Proposal and another 

17 months to award the contract resulting in a decision time of over 12 years for a 

simple handgun program, demonstrates a clear paralysis by analysis that cost 

valuable taxpayer dollars in the form of Department of Defense manhours.

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The committee observes that numerous studies have been commissioned by 

the Department of Defense to address the antiquated acquisition process. While 

some incremental progress has been made, the Department has not developed the 

widespread change that is needed to address strategic competition.

The committee further observes that the B-21 program has been touted as 

an acquisition improvement using rapid processes yet it was built on five years of 

studies under the Next-Generation Bomber program; required four years to define 

requirements and award a contract with an additional seven years having elapsed 

with no flight of the weapon system yet having taken place. The committee is 

concerned by the trend of ever-increasing acquisition times and agrees with the 

National Defense Strategy that business as usual at the Department is not 

acceptable to meet the current threat environment. Department of Defense policies 

must be adapted to support more rapid decision making, test and evaluation, and, 

most importantly, faster delivery times.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the congressional defense committees by March 1, 2024, on a strategy to 

accelerate the Department of Defense’s acquisition process by decreasing the time 

prior to contract award and accelerating test and evaluation. This report shall 

include:

(1) A strategy and accompanying implementation plan to accelerate 

activities prior to first contract award to include requirements generation, requests 

for proposals, and contracting for programs of record which targets no longer than 

two years. This strategy should include specific recommendations to improve the 

agility of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) 

process.

(2) A strategy and accompanying implementation plan with timelines to 

accelerate test and evaluation. This strategy and implementation plan shall 

consider:

 a. Increased integration of Developmental and Operational Test to 

leverage efficiencies, responsiveness, and flexibility in test execution; to include 

consideration of co-locating operational and developmental test units, the creation 

of integrated test units, test asset(s) sharing, and other forms of resource sharing.

 b. Incentives to motivate and prioritize efficient and timely 

execution of test and evaluation while ensuring technical rigor.

 c. Methods to increase operator interactions and feedback with the 

respective system program office.

 d. Acquisition, test, evaluation, and logistics efficiencies to be 

achieved through the use of common hardware components and software across 

multiple weapon systems and across military services.

 e. Testing efficiencies through the use of observed contractor 

testing, joint contractor/government testing, or testing across weapon systems.

 f. A structure to effectively codify lessons from recent major 

acquisitions programs such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and Littoral Combat 

Ship; and update policy to incorporate such lessons on a routine basis.

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 g. A process to effectively capture and distribute lessons from 

recent major acquisitions programs across all services to personnel participating in 

acquisitions activities.

 h. Investments in test and evaluation infrastructure that would 

yield positive returns on investment for Department of Defense acquisitions 

programs.

 i. Leveraging increased competitive forces such as carrying 

multiple vendors through an initial complement of government led Engineering and 

Manufacturing Development testing to improve acquisition performance and 

schedule.

(3) The rationale for decisions made with respect to strategies considered 

and not planned for implementation.

(4) A list of any additional resources or authorities required to improve 

acquisition times.

Inclusion of Other Transaction Past Performance in Certain Department of Defense 

Systems 

The committee emphasizes the importance of maximizing practicable 

opportunities for small businesses in federal contracting and including contractor 

performance assessments as a key factor in the Department’s source selection 

decisions. Small businesses, non-traditional entities, and new entrants to 

Department of Defense contracting are agile, often ingenuitive, and can deliver new 

and innovative technologies quickly. The Department often leverages this category 

of contractor through Other Transaction Authority (OTA) awards which are not 

subject to Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). Exemption from FAR enables 

acceleration of capability fielding for the warfighter. However, the Department does 

not provide small businesses with a contractor performance assessment for OTA 

contracts, since the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System 

(CPARS) is reliant on FAR requirements for its assessments. A consequence for new 

entrants that successfully execute an OTA is not receiving a demonstrated 

performance assessment that is required for program of record contracts. The 

committee appreciates the value of rapid fielding of OTAs and is interested in 

applying performance assessments to OTA contractors without applying FAR 

requirements or impairing the agility of OTAs. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to submit a report to 

the House Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Armed 

Services not later than February 1, 2024, on the feasibility of applying performance 

assessments to OTAs. The report should include assessments of the following:

(1) the feasibility of applying FAR regulations required for CPARS to OTAs;

(2) the feasibility of applying FAR regulations required for CPARS to OTAs 

on an optional basis for the contractor;

(3) the Department's ability to provide its own performance assessments for 

OTAs without adding FAR requirements;

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(4) the impact on speed and agility of OTA contracts if a Department 

performance assessment was required or optional; and

(5) the impact on the ability of OTA contractors without a CPARS score to 

compete for programs of record.

Inefficiencies in Small Administrative Computer and Printer Purchases

The Committee appreciates the Department’s, efforts to reduce waste, 

fraud, and abuse in the procurement process. However, the Committee is concerned 

that some of these efforts, especially is small equipment purchases, such as office 

supplies, computer and printer equipment, have become overly burdensome and 

resulted in unnecessary delays, and increased costs, in procuring these important 

materials and causing inefficiencies to unit administrative functions.

Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing, to the Armed Services Committees of the House and Senate, no later than 

March 1, 2024, identifying inefficiencies in the small equipment purchases process 

and provide recommendations on how the process can be improved upon, while 

mitigating waste, fraud, and abuse. The report shall consist of small equipment 

purchases, to include computers and printers, the current average age of computers 

and printers at administrative offices at Department installations, the average time 

a request to replace those items is processed, a sample cost comparison of 

procurement under the current system compared to retail costs in the local 

community of those installations, and an assessment of any gaps or inefficiencies 

that may cause delays in procuring such equipment.

Input and Analysis Provided to the Federal Trade Commission

The committee acknowledges that the United States military and the 

nation’s allies rely on the businesses within the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) to 

develop and manufacture cutting-edge weapons systems and adapt commercially 

available products for unique defense uses. The Department of Defense has 

traditionally played an essential role in advising regulatory agencies in matters 

involving the merger or acquisition of companies that are a part of Defense 

Industrial Base. The committee also notes that the Department once held a primary 

role in determining if proposed merger and acquisition activities within the Defense 

Industrial Base would enhance competition or provide efficiencies that, in turn, 

could benefit the United States government.

The committee strongly believes that when companies within the Defense 

Industrial Base are evaluated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in proposed 

merger and acquisition transactions that the Department should provide the 

predominant voice in determining whether a merger or acquisition is in the best 

interests of the nation and U.S. national security.

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition & Sustainment to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed 

Services not later than January 31, 2024, on the analysis and inputs provided to 

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Federal Trade Commission on all merger and acquisition activities relating to the 

Defense Industrial Base since 2019. 

Investigating Delays in Payments to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

The committee recognizes the challenges associated with the Department of 

Defense’s vast acquisition and procurement processes and has attempted to address 

them in the past. The committee is aware that mid-tier suppliers – those who are 

large enough to have relationships directly with the Department, but who do not 

typically own the prime contracts – often take on up-front financial risk for the 

Department in order to accelerate contract fulfillment dates and/or address 

capability readiness delays in order to support the warfighter and bolster national 

security. The committee notes that the Department can be late in making payments 

back to those contractors, creating cash flow pressures on those companies’ balance 

sheets. The committee stresses the importance of maintaining a healthy industrial 

base that includes small, medium, and large businesses to assist the Department in 

providing for national security. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by 

January 31, 2024 on delayed payments to contractors, particularly small and 

medium sized businesses. The briefing should include (1) data on the scope of the 

issue across the services and (2) suggested statutory and/or policy changes needed 

in order to ensure small and medium sized contractors receive payments as quickly 

as possible.

Large Medium-Speed Diesel Engines for Auxiliary Ships Briefing

The Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 116-

92, Section 853) included a provision that required large medium-speed diesel 

engines for most auxiliary ships to be procured within the National Technology and 

Industrial Base (NTIB). The conferees included this provision based on a report 

from the Department of the Navy that stated, given the large number of such 

engines in the Navy fleet and the limited demand for such engines in the 

commercial sector, loss of this manufacturing and sustainment capability could 

result in a “significant national security risk.”

The committee is aware that a proposed rule was published in September 

2020 to ensure that an exception contained in the Defense Federal Acquisition 

Regulations allowing commercial items to be exempt from this requirement (DFARS 

212.504) would not apply to these engines. However, the committee is also aware 

that this rule has never been finalized and is concerned with the lack of urgency in 

implementing Congressional intent in this matter. The committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing report to the House Armed Services 

Committee by January 31, 2024, on the status of this rule and the expected 

finalization. In the interim, the committee fully expects the Secretary of the Navy to 

fulfill congressional intent by ensuring that large medium-speed diesel engines for 

auxiliary ships are procured within the NTIB, subject to 10 USC 4864(a)(3).

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Microelectronics Security of Supply

The committee notes that the Department of Defense is charged with 

implementing parts of section 841 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) and section 

851 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 

117-81) not later than January 1, 2026, in order to provide additional security to 

U.S. microelectronics supply chains by 2027. The committee is aware that 

rulemakings surrounding electronics security can be time-consuming and complex.

 The committee therefore encourages the Department to expedite this 

rulemaking in order to receive industry input from suppliers and consumers of 

printed circuit boards and substrates. The committee further directs the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to brief the House Committee 

on Armed Services not later than September 30, 2023, on the following information:

(1) the expected timeline for promulgations of rules to implement section 

4873 of title 10, United States Code;

(2) outreach plans to nongovernmental organizations, including private 

industry and trade associations, in order to build a knowledge base about existing 

supply chains, security vulnerabilities, and developing capabilities;

(3) plans for the Department of Defense to directly incentivize the domestic 

production of printed circuit boards and substrates, either through direct 

investment or through other authorities; and

(4) discussions between the Department of Defense and the Department of 

Commerce regarding investments into domestic capabilities to produce printed 

circuit boards and substrates.

Modernizing the Department of Defense Requirements Process

The committee is concerned by the lack of modernization and streamlining 

efforts of requirements processes within the Department of Defense. The timelines 

by which the Department updates requirements are lengthy and too often deliver 

systems and platforms based on outdated and obsolete requirements. Extended 

requirements timelines also contribute to a disconnect between the Department and 

the commercial sector. The committee believes the Secretary of Defense, through 

the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in cooperation with the military 

departments and combatant commands, should modernize the Department’s 

requirements processes, to include the Joint Capabilities Integration and 

Development system, to align with modern warfare, technologies, and system 

development. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United 

States to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees not later than 

February 1, 2024, on options to reform the Department’s requirements processes 

and present a final report in a format and timeframe agreed to at the time of this 

briefing. At a minimum, the final report should include recommendations to 

improve:

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(1) the Department’s requirements documents, reviews, and approval 

processes, especially for programs below the major defense acquisition program 

criteria under section 4201 of title 10, United States Code; 

(2) requirements management practices from a first principles perspective 

based on mission outcomes and assessed threats;

(3) potentials for military departments to to develop an enduring set of 

requirements for each of their capabilities portfolios;

(4) processes to rapidly validate the military utility of commercial solutions 

to meet capability needs or opportunities;

(5) opportunities for collaboration with industry, traditional and 

nontraditional defense companies, and the departments science and technology 

community; and

(6) formal career paths, training, and structures for requirements 

management professionals.

National Security Threats Related to Chinese Commercial Autonomous Ground 

Vehicles Operating in the United States

The committee is concerned with the Chinese Communist Party’s (“CCP”) 

national strategy of military-civil fusion and how it blurs the line on the use of new 

and emerging technologies for civil, commercial, and military purposes. The fielding 

and deployment of Chinese commercial autonomous ground vehicles in the 

continental United States raises concerns regarding what kind of data these 

vehicles are collecting, how the companies are using the data, and with whom the 

Chinese companies are sharing the data. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in coordination with the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisitions and Sustainment and other U.S. Government agencies as 

appropriate, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than March 30, 2024, on the national security threats associated with Chinese 

autonomous ground vehicles operating in the United States, especially those with 

access to or operating in the vicinity of Department of Defense military bases and 

installations and other sensitive U.S. government facilities, and potentially sharing 

geospatial and other data with the CCP. The briefing should include the type of 

data that can be collected, the dual-use implications of autonomous ground vehicle 

technologies and their enabling factors, and how the CCP or People’s Liberation 

Army could potentially use the data it collects in the United States to support its 

military operational planning.

Nickel Zinc Battery - Supply Chain Resiliency Report

The committee has supported the Navy’s need to develop the Nickel Zinc 

(NiZn) battery chemistry for its VA-Class submarines (VCS). The committee 

continues to recognize that the development has demonstrated promise for 

improving diminished VCS readiness rates currently being taken out of service to 

replace underperforming batteries. The committee also recognizes that NiZn 

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chemistry represents a technology that can be domestically onshored and can 

bypass Chinese supply chains. To prevent any additional VCS readiness delays, the 

committee also recognizes the need for investments in fiscal year 2024 in the 

domestic NiZn battery production base to ensure full rate production capacity will 

be achieved upon the Navy’s planned completion of Research, Development, Test, 

and Evaluation at the end of fiscal year 2024.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services and Senate Committee on Armed 

Services by December 1, 2023, on the need for investment in Nickel Zinc battery 

production base. The report should include the following information:

(1) The Navy’s need to develop the Nickel Zinc battery chemistry for its VAClass submarines;

(2) Importance of domestic Nickel Zinc battery chemistry and its role in 

reducing the United States’ reliance on Chinese supply chains;

(3) The need for the Navy to ensure full rate production capacity will be 

achieved upon Navy’s planned completion of Research, Development, Test, and 

Evaluation at the end of fiscal year 2024.

Non-Telecommunications Contract Waivers for Section 889, Public Law 115-232

The committee notes that Section 889 of the Fiscal Year 2019 NDAA 

(Public Law 115-232) is a critical protection for the Department of Defense and 

other federal agencies from the People’s Republic of China.

The Committee has come to understand that Section 889 is being applied to 

Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) facilities for tickets for servicemembers. 

Some MWR facilities purchase single-game or season tickets to professional 

sporting events and sell them at ticket value to service members. Often, this is 

facilitated through a contract between the MWR facility and the sports league. The 

committee understands many professional sports leagues are not Section 889 

compliant. Thus, MWR facilities are being denied the ability to purchase or sign 

contracts for tickets.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a 

brief to the House Committee on Armed Services by December 31, 2023, on the 

following:

(1) Current interpretation of Section 889 as it relates to MWR ticket 

purchases and ticket donations for sporting events.

(2) Section 889 waiver requirements for MWR ticket purchases and 

donations for sporting events.

(3) The definition of “contract” under Section 889 and its applicability to 

MWR ticket purchases or donations for sporting events.

(4) Consideration of exclusions and expedited waiver requirements for 

Section 889 for MWR ticket purchases or donations for sporting events.

Plan to Modernize Network Used for Transmission of Classified Information

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The Committee understands the importance of a modern network for 

Department of Defense transmission of classified information Therefore, the 

Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to report to the House Committee on 

Armed Services by March 1, 2024 on modernizing the network of the Department of 

Defense used for the transmission of classified information from the Secret Internet 

Protocol Router Network of the Department (commonly referred to as ‘‘SIPRNet’’) to 

a secure, next generation successor network that, to the extent practicable, 

leverages quantum.

The report should include a plan for the potential implementation of a 

program and include the following:

(1) a timeline for the deployment of the next generation network;

(2) feasibility of utilizing a single telecommunications carrier that does not 

aggregate its network, that only uses Trade Agreements Act-compliant electronics 

in its network, and provides end-to end fiber optics that are owned by the carrier or 

for which the carrier has indefeasible rights of use;

(3) feasibility of utilizing data transmission threshold increments from 

gigabytes to one terabyte;

(4) capability of providing elastic sessions in which services may be 

activated and decommissioned on demand; and

(5) A list of potential fielding locations for a next generation network, 

taking into consideration the following factors: proximity to the largest Internet 

exchange point available in the United States; proximity to military installations 

involved in research that requires the secure transmission of classified information; 

and proximity to institutions of higher education working in partnership with the 

Department of Defense on quantum computing research.

Proliferation of Chinese Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Technology in the 

United States

The committee remains concerned with the proliferation of Chinese 

technology in the United States that gathers critical information on U.S. geography, 

vehicle traffic, human patterns, and behaviors. Specifically, light detection and 

ranging (LIDAR) technology, a remote sensing method that uses a pulsed laser to 

map its environment, is integral to developing computer vision that will serve as 

the "eyes" of new technology with automated military applications. LIDAR is also a 

key component in applications automating and surveilling America’s critical 

infrastructure, such as drones, autonomous vehicles, traffic intersections, container 

terminals, and airports. As a result, LIDAR facilitates the gathering of enormous 

amounts of information on the areas in which it operates. The committee is aware 

that Chinese LIDAR companies have been partnering with the Chinese 

Government and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) for years to enable computer 

vision for military vehicles and systems, receiving research support and 

considerable government funding. The committee is concerned that Chinese LIDAR 

companies have flooded the U.S. market with heavily subsidized Chinese LIDAR, 

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capable of collecting information in many sectors of the economy. In addition, the 

committee notes that Chinese LIDAR companies have gone public on the United 

States stock exchanges, allowing U.S. investors to unknowingly provide financial 

support to Chinese LIDAR companies that are part of the Chinese military 

industrial complex. Therefore, the committee directs that, no later than March 1, 

2024, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committee on Armed Services 

for the House of Representatives, a report on the following matters:

(1) the extent to which Chinese LIDAR has been and is being used on 

Department of Defense vehicles and systems;

(2) an estimate of the extent to which Chinese LIDAR is being used by 

defense contractors in the fulfillment of defense contracts;

(3) an analysis of the national security vulnerabilities associated with using 

Chinese LIDAR in defense, critical infrastructure, and other applications;

(4) an analysis of the actions being taken by the Department of Defense to 

identify and list Chinese LIDAR companies with a military-civil nexus on the list 

maintained by the Department under section 1260h of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021;

(5) the feasibility and viability of directing the Defense Innovation Unit to 

develop a list of US domestic manufacturers of LIDAR, similar to the Blue sUAS 

list; and

(6) any other matters the Secretary deems relevant.

Report Best Value Contracting Procedures for Contracts and Delivery Orders of 

Body Armor

The committee recognizes the importance of obtaining high-quality 

personal protective equipment and avoiding the use of Lowest Price Technically 

Acceptable (LPTA) contracting for the procurement of body armor.

It was the intent of Congress, and policy of the United States government, 

under Section 880 of the FY2019 National Defense Authorization Act, “to avoid 

using lowest price technically acceptable source selection criteria in circumstances 

that would deny the Government the benefits of cost and technical tradeoffs in the 

source selection process.” Among the products listed is personal protective 

equipment.

However, the committee is concerned that the Defense Logistics Agency is 

circumventing the policy goal of avoiding lowest priced technically acceptable 

contracts by use of “fair opportunity to compete” contracts.

Therefore, the committee directs the Commander of the Defense Logistics 

Agency, no later than November 1, 2023, to submit a report to the Armed Services 

Committees of the House and Senate, that includes: (1) an assessment and 

verification whether procedures are in place to award task and delivery orders for 

products and services listed under Section 880 (C) of the FY2019 National Defense 

Authorization Act using best value contracting procedures. (2) an assessment and 

verification that DLA procurement professionals and counsels have been trained on 

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the statutory requirements for using best value contracting procedures at the task 

and delivery order level.

Report on DoD Efforts to Strengthen NATO’s Semiconductor Supply Chain 

Resiliency

The committee recognizes that semiconductors are essential components in 

the electronic devices that Americans use every day. The committee also recognizes 

that the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted weaknesses in our nation’s reliance 

on supply chains abroad, which could further be exacerbated by potential conflict, 

especially in the Indo-Pacific. The committee applauds the work and contributions 

of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to European and global security 

and recognizes its unique role in serving as a convening space for allies and 

partners to discuss challenges, including those from strategic competitors that seek 

to disrupt semiconductor supply chains.

The committee therefore directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report 

to the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024 on Department of 

Defense efforts to strengthen NATO’s semiconductor supply chain resiliency. The 

report shall include (1) current DoD initiatives with NATO regarding 

semiconductors; (2) opportunities to expand this work within NATO; (3) challenges 

and/or barriers to allies developing greater resilience in semiconductor supply 

chains; (4) an assessment of US-based institutions that can provide lessons learned 

for NATO through a competitive process; and (5) existing arrangements and new 

opportunities for strengthening cooperation between the Department of Defense 

and other federal agencies in helping allies increase semiconductor supply chain 

resiliency.

Report on Implementation of the National Industrial Security Program

The committee recognizes that the National Industrial Security Program 

(NISP) was established to ensure that cleared U.S. defense industry safeguards the 

classified information in their possession while performing work on contracts, 

programs, bids, or research and development efforts. The committee is aware that 

the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency is responsible for 

administering the NISP on behalf of the Department of Defense and 34 other 

federal agencies. However, the committee is concerned that gaps may exist in the 

implementation of the NISP uniformly across the DOD. Accordingly, the committee 

directs the Comptroller General of the United States to provide to the House 

Committee on Armed Services and the Senate Committee on Armed Services, not 

later than February 1, 2024, a report on the administration of the National 

Industrial Security Program of the Department of Defense. The report shall be 

submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex. The report shall 

include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) An overview of the training, compliance, oversight, threat reporting, 

information sharing, and risk assessments with respect to the National Industrial 

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Security Program for employees and contractors of the Department and for private 

industry professionals;

(2) An assessment of component roles within the defense security enterprise 

relating to the following:

 (a). The National Industrial Security Program

 (b). Supply chain risks to classified information within the broader 

defense industrial base.

(3) A documentation and assessment of the resources available under the 

National Industrial Security Program

(4) An assessment of the management and implementation of the activities, 

roles, and resources described in (1) through (3), including any recommendations by 

the Comptroller General for improvements or corrective actions.

Report on Potential Application of Domestic Sourcing Requirements for Amoxicillin 

and Amoxicillin Clavulanate

The committee recognizes the national security importance of securing 

supply chains for key pharmaceutical products. The committee is aware that there 

is no domestic manufacturing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) in the 

United States while the People’s Republic of China has actively sought to obtain a 

dominant global market share in API production. The committee is also aware that 

U.S. domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing has drastically declined in recent 

years due in part to offshoring and increased foreign competition, which has 

increased the vulnerability of the Department of Defense’s supply of key 

pharmaceutical products. The committee notes the recently increased U.S. domestic 

production of Amoxicillin and Amoxicillin Clavulanate and directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later 

than April 1, 2024 on establishing domestic sourcing requirements for Department 

of Defense Amoxicillin and Amoxicillin Clavulanate procurement under Section 

4863 of title 10, United States Code. The report shall include, at a minimum:

1) an analysis of current domestic production of Amoxicillin and Amoxicillin 

Clavulanate and whether it is sufficient to meet Department’s annual demand as 

well as that of the U.S. strategic stockpile.

2) an estimate on how long current Amoxicillin and Amoxicillin 

Clavulanate stocks would last the Department should foreign produced Amoxicillin 

and Amoxicillin Clavulanate no longer be available.

3) the estimated costs and considerations of procuring Amoxicillin and 

Amoxicillin Clavulanate while complying with domestic sourcing requirements 

under the Berry Amendment.

4) the criticality of such items to a military unit’s mission accomplishment.

5) any other information deemed appropriate by the Secretary.

Report on Secure Spaces for Small Businesses

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For contractors to work on classified contracts, they must have access to 

sensitive compartmented information facilities (SCIFs). The committee recognizes 

that the construction of a SCIF is costly, time intensive, and often prohibitive for 

small and emerging technology companies. The committee also recognizes that 

SCIF accessibility can be a barrier to entry for small businesses who seek business 

with the Department of Defense. Small businesses are agile and can rapidly 

prototype technology, providing emerging technology products and services to the 

Department of Defense.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, 

that includes:

(1) options for, feasibility of, and security risks of granting access to already 

existing government-owned SCIF space to small companies that have been issued a 

Facility Clearance and selected for work requiring performance in secured facilities 

is granted; and

(2) options for, feasibility of, and security risks to communities with 

military installations and government programs to apply for government-funded 

SCIF space to be developed in an already-cleared location.

(3) A process to expedite completion and certification or denial of DD254 

Contract Security Classification specification documentation; and

(4) Appointment of responsibility to the respective commercial innovation 

organizations within the services to ensure timely and responsive onboarding and 

work start of commercial companies to include management of security approval, 

network, and secure facilities access.

Report on Supply Chains within the Department of Defense Major Weapon System 

Acquisition Programs

Section 881 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 

(Public Law 115-232) established a legal framework and provided new contracting 

authority for the Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of each Military 

Department regarding the management of supply chain risk in defense contracts for 

the acquisition of certain national security systems and related covered items of 

supply. Covered items of supply are defined in that Section as an item of 

information and communications technology that is purchased for inclusion in a 

covered national security acquisition, the loss of integrity of which could result in a 

supply chain risk for the covered system. The Department of Defense implemented 

this legislation through a Memorandum from the Deputy Secretary of Defense to 

Senior Pentagon Leadership, Commanders of the Combatant Commands, and 

Defense Agency and Department of Defense Field Activity Directors as well as 

updating the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement which in turn 

applies to all relevant Department of Defense contracts.

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the 

Senate Committee on Armed Services and the House Committee on Armed Services 

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no later than March 1, 2024, on expanding this legislative, management, and 

contracting framework more broadly to all supply chains within the Department of 

Defense major weapon system acquisition programs starting in fiscal year 2025. 

The Secretary’s report shall include, at a minimum:

(1) Whether the legal framework enacted by Congress in Section 881 of 

Public Law 115-232 can be expanded in full or in part (or otherwise replicated in 

full or in part in a different manner) beyond information and communications 

technology more broadly to all supply chains within Department of Defense major 

weapon system acquisition programs;

(2) The Secretary’s perspectives, recommendations, and major 

considerations for Congress on how this can best be done in future legislation;

(3) The Department’s recommendations for and/or wording of future 

Congressional legislation to accomplish this objective;

(4) Detailed information on the Department’s implementation of Section 

889 of Public Law 115-232 (regarding the prohibition on the use of 

telecommunications and video surveillance services and equipment from five 

Chinese companies in Department of Defense contracts) including summary 

information on the pervasiveness of Chinese intrusion into the Department of 

Defense supplier base, what actions were taken affecting Department of Defense 

contracts as part of the identification for mitigation or remediation, and information 

on how many tiers of the supplier base Department of Defense requires its 

contractors to examine to ensure strict

compliance with the legislation; and

(5) Any other pertinent information. 

Report on the Impact of Small Businesses through Authorization to Operate 

Processes 

The United States government must have a way to assess the security and 

suitability of a vendor’s product or service before it is deployed to government 

systems. However, the length of time to complete that process is prohibitive for 

small businesses and new companies entering the defense market; and, 

importantly, it also means that the Department of Defense receives emerging 

technology for its operational mission sets at a slower pace.

As such, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the 

House Armed Services Committee, by June 1, 2024, a report detailing the unique 

costs and potential burdens incurred by emerging technology companies as 

companies are required to obtain authorizations to operate as they move through 

the different Department of Defense impact levels. The report shall include:

1. small businesses with emerging technology that had active contracts 

with the Department of Defense between 2020 to 2022,

2. an assessment of how long it takes for small businesses to move from one 

impact level to another, and;

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3. the associated costs and potential burdens incurred by the government 

sponsor to include mission impact where deployment of new and advanced 

technologies are delayed.

The Committee also recognizes that the issue of reciprocity for 

authorizations to operate is a complex issue that spans multiple congressional 

committees and there are ongoing reports looking at the issue. Indications prove 

that the current authorization to operate process needs to be holistically evaluated, 

particularly if the processes required by the Department of Defense in addition to 

the FedRamp processes are discouraging small businesses and other new entrants 

from performing work for the government.

Report on the Resiliency of the Defense Industrial Base for Solid Rocket Propulsion 

Systems 

The committee recognizes the importance of improving the supply chain for 

precision-guided munitions, space launch vehicles, national security satellites, and 

other systems critical to the national defense of the United States. As such, the 

committee supports the Department of Defense’s interest in ensuring the defense 

industrial base remains at the leading edge in the manufacturing process for 

complex rocket propulsion systems and applauds the Department’s prioritization of 

these efforts. However, the committee notes that more can be done to ensure the 

supply chain for solid rocket propulsion systems remains resilient.

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the Director of the 

Manufacturing, Capability Expansion, and Investment Prioritization Directorate to 

provide a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 

of Representatives not later than December 31, 2023. on the following:

(1) Requirements and plans for the Department of Defense’s future efforts 

to maintain and provide resiliency for the defense industrial base with respect to 

complex solid rocket propulsion systems;

(2) An assessment of the prudence and feasibility of utilizing Title III of the 

Defense Production Act or similar authorities to support an independent solid 

rocket motor production facility making use of underutilized State or Federal 

facilities with prior or current use in manufacturing or demilitarizing energetics; 

and

(3) An assessment of the benefits, flexibilities, and agility a small business 

could provide in operating an independent solid rocket motor production facility as 

described in subsection (2).

Report on Vulnerabilities in Chemical and Basic Material Supply Chains

The committee remains concerned that certain chemical and other basic 

material supply chains supporting the Department of Defense are dominated by 

foreign sources, most significantly China and Russia, which presents significant 

strategic risks unless they are fully mitigated. The committee urges the 

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Department to identify vulnerable chemical and basic material supply chains and 

communicate those gaps to the biomanufacturing industrial base. Further, the 

committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment 

to provide a report with a classified annex to the congressional defense committees 

not later than December 31, 2023. At a minimum, the report shall include:

(1) a comprehensive strategic vulnerability assessment of the Department’s 

supply chain for specialty chemicals (also known as effect chemicals), excluding the 

discussion of: fuel or fuel alternatives, including biofuels, and chemicals or chemical 

categories previously identified in recent Defense Production Act Title III funding 

efforts related to critical chemicals production, unless relevant to vulnerabilities in 

specialty chemical supply chains;

(2) a list of the Department’s top five most supply chain-vulnerable 

specialty chemical categories, including an identification of the specific chemicals in 

each category and volumes of those chemicals which were consumed by the 

Department in the last three fiscal years;

(3) a discussion of the following supply-chain vulnerable specialty chemical 

categories: construction chemicals, corrosion inhibitors, specialty polymers, and 

biocides; and

(4) the identification of capability and supply chain gaps, including future 

concerns which inhibit the domestic manufacturing of the Department’s needed 

specialty chemicals.

Report to Improve Contracting Officer Knowledge of SBIR Phase III Direct Award

The Committee directs the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the 

Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition and Sustainment to submit to the House 

Armed Services Committee a report, by June 1, 2024 on the feasibility of 

establishing training curriculum to further educate acquisition professionals on the 

goals of the Small Business Innovation Research program, including supporting law 

and Department of Defense policy that encourages or allows use of Phase III direct 

awards, including how and when a contracting officer and agreements officers may 

issue a direct award under Phase III of the program. The report should also detail 

how the Department of Defense’s acquisition workforce would benefit from 

additional training on the Small Business Innovation Research program, and the 

funding and plans required to implement this program.

Rhodium Sourcing

The committee recognizes the continued efforts of the People’s Republic of 

China and the Russian Federation in acquiring large volumes of critical minerals 

around the globe, including rhodium. The committee is concerned that foreign 

sourcing of rhodium poses a risk to our defense-critical supply chains and military 

readiness. Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Industrial Base Policy to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed 

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Services, no later than March 1, 2024, on the sourcing of rhodium within the 

defense industrial base that includes:

(1) an assessment of the impact of price increases on the defense industrial 

base; and

(2) a strategic plan for protecting manufacturers of high-performance glass 

fiber-based structural composites located in the United States from a substantial 

change in the availability of rhodium.

Secure Supply Chains for Tungsten

The committee is aware that the Department of Defense has taken several 

actions to reduce the risks of inorganic chemical and critical mineral supply from 

China, Russia, and other non-allied foreign nations. However, risks of supply 

disruptions remain salient for tungsten ores and concentrates. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Administrator of the National Defense Stockpile to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 31, 

2023, on the efforts of the Department of Defense to ensure that these materials are 

available to the National Defense Stockpile and to U.S. industry in quantities to 

maintain production, including the acquisition of tungsten from recycled and reused 

minerals and metals. The briefing shall include:

(1) the Department’s plan to maintain sufficient tungsten ores and 

concentrates in the National Defense Stockpile while also ensuring adequate nonChinese feedstocks for U.S. industry;

(2) a five-year plan detailing the Department’s projected acquisitions and 

disposals of tungsten ores and concentrates in the National Defense Stockpile; and

(3) the Department’s plans to support the maintenance of domestic 

tungsten production.

Secure Supply of Niobium Oxide

The committee has repeatedly recognized the importance of niobium oxides 

to national security. Niobium oxides are necessary for many of the propulsion 

systems on national security platforms. Despite this, the United States remains 

completely import-dependent for high-purity niobium oxide.

The committee therefore directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition & Sustainment to brief the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than December 31, 2024, on the Department’s strategy to ensure a domestic 

source for niobium oxide. Such a briefing shall include:

(1) an assessment of the extent to which current sources of supply are 

owned, controlled, or otherwise under the influence of the Chinese Communist 

Party (CCP) or companies owned, controlled, or under the influence of the CCP;

(2) an assessment of gaps in the niobium oxide supply chain associated with 

the dependency on foreign sources of niobium;

(3) a projection of niobium oxide supply levels to meet defense requirements 

over short-, medium-, and long-term demand scenarios;

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(4) an assessment of the ability of the Department to meet niobium supply 

requirements through the use of industrial base investment accounts and 

authorities.

Securing Defense Supply Chains from the People’s Republic of China for Critical 

Minerals

Whenever possible, the Department of Defense must ensure that defense 

supply chains are protected from a dangerous overreliance on the People’s Republic 

of China for critical minerals and Rare Earth Elements. In July 2021, the House 

Armed Services Committee’s Final Report of the Critical Supply Chain Task Force 

found that “a significant amount of material in the Defense Industrial Base is solesourced from the People’s Republic of China,” and concluded that a strategic 

framework should be implemented to illuminate defense supply chains. Further, the 

Task Force concluded that the Department should use new supply chain 

information to work with industry, allies, and partner nations to lessen overall 

reliance on the People’s Republic of China. The committee notes positive efforts to 

review the vulnerabilities of U.S. critical minerals and material supply chains that 

have been undertaken since, including the Department’s efforts in recent years to 

increase funding for the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program 

element that can be used to support the domestic production of key minerals and 

materials. 

However, subsequent reports from the Department found that without 

additional efforts to improve supply chain visibility, the Department of Defense will 

be challenged to determine where defense programs are vulnerable to supply cutoffs 

from the People’s Republic of China or develop potential responses to such supply 

chain shocks.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy, to provide a report to 

the congressional defense committees not later than December 15, 2023, addressing 

the following:

(1) an overview of the reporting requirements currently placed on the 

Department’s industry partners who serve as the prime contractor on a major 

defense acquisition program for identifying vulnerabilities within their supply 

chains related to critical minerals and rare earth elements sourced from or 

processed by the People’s Republic of China;

(2) a feasibility and cost-benefit analysis of improving the data collected by 

the Department on supply chain vulnerabilities for the top three critical minerals 

and rare earth elements that the Department of Defense considers most at risk to 

supply chain manipulation or impact by the People’s Republic of China;

(3) a summary of the Department’s efforts to advance supply chain 

diversification for critical minerals and rare earth elements away from the People’s 

Republic of China and an assessment of what further improvements could be made 

before 2027; and,

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(4) an assessment of what elements would inform a successful partnership 

between the Department and industry to increase supply chain security and 

visibility for the top three critical minerals and rare earth elements that the 

Department identifies as being most vulnerable to supply chain shocks from the 

People’s Republic of China before 2027.

Strategic Sources of Magnesium Metal for Defense Systems

The committee recognizes that magnesium metal is a critical material 

essential to many military systems and strategic commercial industries. China 

currently dominates magnesium metal production, accounting for over 88 percent of 

global output, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Increasing domestic 

magnesium production therefore eliminates foreign dependence on this critical 

resource. The committee is aware of domestic enterprises making significant strides 

in innovative production of magnesium using feedstock from brines processed 

through electrolysis. The committee urges the Department of Defense to incentivize 

further development of domestic magnesium production.

Additionally, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 31, 

2023, on public and private sector activities to develop carbon-neutral magnesium 

production capabilities in the United States, including the acquisition of magnesium 

from recycled and reused minerals and metals. Specifically, the briefing should 

include:

(1) the development status of domestic magnesium metal production 

capabilities, and Department of Defense efforts to support further domestic 

expansion;

(2) programs of record within the Department of Defense that rely on secure 

and stable supplies of magnesium metal; and

(3) efforts by strategic adversaries to undermine efforts to develop 

magnesium production capabilities in the United States.

Study into Boron Supply Chains

The committee is aware that boron and its derivative materials are 

essential to various critical components of materiel necessary for the Department of 

Defense. The committee is also aware that the United States is dependent on 

vulnerable supply chains and adversaries for a variety of these materials, including 

ferroboron and boron carbide, which are necessary to the production of permanent 

magnets and body armor, respectively. The committee is therefore concerned about 

the United States' reliance on foreign sources of boron and its derivative materials. 

The committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

Sustainment to provide a report on boron supply chains in the United States to the 

House Armed Services Committee no later than March 31, 2024. The report should 

include the following:

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(1) An overview of the current sources for boron and its derivative materials 

in U.S.

(2) A review of potential vulnerabilities in current supply chains, 

particularly regarding imports.

(3) A review of domestic producers and processors and whether there is 

adequate supply chains to address current defense needs.

Study on Noncombat Department of Defense Needs

In 2022, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that 

the Office of the Secretary of Defense had not monitored the Defense Commissary 

Agency’s and the military exchanges' compliance with policies for preventing the 

resale of goods produced with forced labor. GAO also found that the military 

exchanges had not consistently implemented all requirements related to resale 

goods that may have been produced by forced labor. The committee notes that 

concerns regarding the use of forced labor linked to China’s Xinjiang Uyghur 

Autonomous Region have prompted the U.S. Government to take steps to restrict or 

prevent the importation of goods from that region. The committee is concerned that 

the Department of Defense could be procuring other noncombat goods — noncombat 

goods other than those procured for the purposes of the defense resale system — 

that have their manufacturing origin in China. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United 

States to conduct an evaluation of the Department of Defense’s processes for 

identifying whether the other noncombat goods it procures might have been 

manufactured in China. Specifically, this evaluation should include an examination 

of the extent to which: 

(1) the Department tracks information about the manufacturing origin of 

the noncombat goods it procures, other than goods procured for the defense resale 

system;

(2) the Department conducts risk assessments and considers alternative 

manufacturing sources for these noncombat goods when there are potential 

concerns regarding their manufacturing origin; and

(3) the Department has examined the feasibility and advisability of 

transitioning the manufacturing of these noncombat goods to United States-based 

manufacturers when there are such concerns. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing 

to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than April 30, 2024, on the

Comptroller General's preliminary findings and present final results in a format 

and timeframe agreed to at the time of the briefing.

Trusted Foundry Program

The committee has long recognized the need for secure, trusted supply 

chains for defense and intelligence microelectronic components. The Defense 

Microelectronics Activity’s Trusted Foundry program has been tasked with 

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accrediting suppliers in the microelectronics value chain as Trusted, providing the 

U.S. Government with an assured path for microelectronics acquisition. The 

program has a long history of providing a cost-effective means to assure the 

integrity and confidentiality of integrated circuits during design and manufacturing 

while providing the U.S. Government with access to state-of-the-practice and stateof-the-art microelectronics technologies for both Trusted and non-sensitive 

applications. 

However, the committee is aware that the requirement for sourcing 

microelectronics from accredited Trusted suppliers is often waived for reasons such 

as cost. Threats to the United States defense and intelligence infrastructure posed 

by cyber threats to microelectronics such as intellectual property theft, and the risk 

of overproduction parts falling in adversaries’ hands, continues to increase. The 

committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than December 31, 2024, detailing the 

criteria and rationale used on each waiver for Trusted microelectronics acquisitions 

requirements in fiscal years 2023 and 2024.

Utilization of Middle Tier of Acquisitions and Other Transaction Authority Across 

Services 

Data is sparse on service-to-service trends and utilization of products and 

services provided by Other Transaction Authority (OTA) contracts. Existing data is 

promulgated by Federal Procurement Data System (sam.gov) and usaspending.gov. 

The level of granularity is insufficient to implement a first-use policy for OTAs and 

Middle Tier of Acquisitions (MTA).

The committee recognizes that OTAs and MTAs have proven to accelerate 

rapid fielding of capability for the warfighters, but their production utility has yet to 

be fully studied and subsequently the power of that tool has yet to be fully 

acknowledged and normalized by Congress and the Department. Production and 

understanding of OTA and MTA data will inform Congress on what is being fielded 

at a speed of relevance through both authorities at the Department. Most critical to 

this are: 

(1) the production based demonstrating what is actually being purchased; 

and

(2) the technology-focused enterprises to ensure the data isn't skewed by 

contracts that are used for food or landscaping, for example.

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition and Sustainment to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed 

Services by December 1, 2023, that measures and quantifies the use of production 

OTAs and MTAs across the Department and the Armed Forces with nontraditional, technology-focused vendors. The report should include:

(1) data on the production OTA and MTA contracts across the Department 

by service and by product-type;

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(2) what products and services the Department is procuring using OTAs 

and MTAs;

 (3) composition of the entities the Department is contract with using OTAs 

and MTAs, including size (revenue and employees), type (filing status), geography, 

and industry;

(4) data on the trends in defense OTA and MTA obligations by service and 

buyer for the past 5 years;

(5) data on the competition for production OTA and MTA contracts for each 

fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2018; and

(6) data on trends in OTA and MTA production contracts transitions to 

programs of record.

Women-Owned Small Businesses Contracting with the Department of Defense

The committee recognizes that the Women-Owned Small Business 

Contracting Program aids the Federal agencies in meeting the statutory goal of 

awarding five percent of all prime Federal contracts to women-owned small 

businesses. Contracts are reserved for specific industries where women-owned small 

businesses are substantially underrepresented, including numerous that are key to 

U.S. national security interests.

The committee further appreciates the Small Business Administration’s 

recent work to improve the performance of the Women-Owned Small Business 

Contracting Program, including implementing efficiencies to improve the user 

experience, reduce processing times, and promote outreach and marketing to 

provide women business owners with the education and resources to compete for 

set-aside awards under the program. 

The committee is concerned, however, that the Federal Government has 

only met the statutory goal twice in history. The committee is also concerned that 

there continues to be a backlog of applications and little visibility into how many 

firms are being certified by any of the four national certifying entities approved by 

the Small Business Administration.

The committee directs the Director of the Department of Defense Office of 

Small Business Programs to submit a report to the congressional defense 

committees, not later than May 1, 2024, on the concerns of women-owned and -

controlled small businesses. This report shall include, for the fiscal year preceding 

the date of the report, the following:

(1) the number of Department applications for certification as a concern of 

women-owned and -controlled small business that have sufficient information for 

the Administrator to make a certification determination. This information should be 

disaggregated by the number of applications certified, the number of applications 

denied, and the number of applications for which a determination has not been 

made;

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(2) the number of concerns certified as concerns of women-owned and -

controlled small businesses by a national certifying entity approved by the 

Administrator; 

(3) the amount of fees, if any, charged by each national certifying entity for 

such certification; and 

(4) the total dollar amount and total percentage of Department prime 

contracts awarded to concerns of women-owned and -controlled small businesses, 

pursuant to item (2) of this list.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—ACQUISITION POLICY AND MANAGEMENT

Section 801—Commercial Nature Determination Memo Available to Contractor

This section would amend section 3456 of title 10, United States Code, to 

require the Department of Defense to share the determination of commerciality 

made by contracting officers upon the request of the contractor.

Section 802—Prohibition on the Transfer of Certain Data on Employees of the 

Department of Defense to Third Parties

This section would prevent the sale, license, or transfer to a third party of 

individually-identifiable information on Department of Defense employees 

generated during the course of a Department of Defense contract.

Section 803—Principal Technology Transition Advisor

This section would require each military department to designate a senior 

civilian official to serve as an advisor to help transition technology from the science 

and technology ecosystem to programs of record within the services.

Section 804—Pilot Program on Payment of Costs for Denied Government 

Accountability Office Bid Protests

This section would reestablish a loser pays pilot program to award 

reimbursement to the Department of Defense for costs incurred from contract 

award protests denied by the Government Accountability Office. This structure was 

authorized in section 827 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2018 (Public Law 115-91) but was repealed before implementation.

Section 805—Pilot Program for Prototype Projects for Anything-As-A-Service

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This section would create an Anything-as-a-Service pilot program to 

promote continuous competition and better business practices at the Department of 

Defense. 

Section 806—Low-Methane Intensity Natural Gas Pilot Program

This section would authorize the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, 

in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, to establish a pilot program to 

demonstrate the feasibility of Department of Defense installations using certified 

low-methane intensity natural gas.

Section 807—Prohibition on Contracting with Persons That Have Business 

Operations with the Government of the Russian Federation or the Russian Energy 

Sector 

This section would prohibit the Department of Defense from contracting 

with any company that has business with the Putin regime or any natural gas, oil, 

and coal company operating in Russia.

Section 808—Organizational Conflict of Interests Relating to National Security and 

Foreign Policy

This section would prohibit the Department of Defense from engaging in 

consulting contracts with firms that have in the last five years provided consulting 

services to the Chinese Government, the Chinese Communist Party, the People's 

Liberation Army, or other covered entities.

SUBTITLE B—AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES, PROCEDURES,

AND LIMITATIONS

Section 822—Modification to Truthful Cost or Pricing Data Submissions and Report

This section would require the public listing of companies that refuse to 

provide certified cost and pricing data.

Section 823—Competition Requirements for Purchases from Federal Prison 

Industries

This section would amend competition requirements for federal prison 

industries.

Section 824—Modification of Approval Authority for High Dollar Other 

Transactions for Prototypes

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This section would resolve an internal inconsistency for the approval of 

large dollar Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) for prototype projects and 

follow-on production OTAs or contracts under the authority of section 4022 of title 

10, United States Code.

Currently, when a follow-on production OTA or contract is awarded, the 

prototype project is already completed but the follow-on OTA or contract has yet to 

be performed. As such, the existing requirement that the prototype project 

completion will be met, for these follow-on production OTAs or contracts, is 

redundant and removed by this provision.

Section 825—Clarification of Authority of the Department of Defense to Carry Out 

Certain Prototype Projects

This section would clarify the authority of the Department of Defense to 

carry out certain prototype projects by amending section 4022(i) of title 10, United 

States Code.

Section 826—Acquisition of Sensitive Materials Prohibition Exception Amendment

This section would create an exception to the prohibition on the acquisition 

of sensitive materials.

Section 827—Modification to Acquisition Authority of the Senior Official with 

Principal Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

This section would amend section 808 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) (10 

U.S.C. 4001 note) and extend the acquisition authority of the Senior Official with 

Principal Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to fiscal 

year 2029. This section would also increase the ceiling for authority to $125,000,000 

from $75,000,000. 

Section 828—Amend Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Operating Certain 

Unmanned Aircraft Systems

This section would amend the prohibition on contracting with entities 

operating certain unmanned aircraft systems.

Section 829—Avoidance of Use of Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Source 

Selection Process for Certain Logistics Services

This section would require the Department of Defense, typically acting 

through the Defense Logistics Agency, to avoid Lowest Price Technically Acceptable 

source selection criteria to the maximum extent possible for fuel and fuel-related 

services, if such services are or reasonably could be controlled by an adversary. 

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Specifically, this section would add fuel and fuel-related services to the list of 

services to be avoided to the maximum extent possible under section 813(c) of the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328).

Section 830—Modification and Extension of Temporary Authority to Modify Certain 

Contracts and Options Based on the Impacts of Inflation

This section would extend authority to modify certain contracts based on 

inflation impact.

Section 831—Modification of Contracts and Options to Provide Economic Price 

Adjustments

This section would modify contract options for economic price adjustment.

Section 833—Pilot Program on the Use of Acquisition Authority for Office of Naval 

Research to Aid in Technology Transition

This section would create a pilot program to allow the Office of Naval 

Research to use acquisition authority to aid in the transition of technology from the 

science and technology ecosystem to acquisition activities and operational use.

Section 832—Prohibition on Computers or Printers Acquisitions Involving Entities 

Owned or Controlled by China

This section would prohibit computers or printers acquisition involving 

entities controlled by China.

SUBTITLE C—DOMESTIC SOURCING REQUIREMENTS

Section 841—Require Full Domestic Production of Flags of the United States 

Acquired by the Department of Defense

This section would amend section 4862 of title 10, United States Code, to 

require full domestic production of U.S. flags acquired by the Department of 

Defense. 

Section 842—Inclusion of Titanium Powder in Definition of Specialty Metals 

Exempted from Certain Domestic Sourcing Requirements

This section would add titanium powder to the definition of specialty metals 

provision of the Berry Amendment to secure the Department's titanium powder 

supply chain.

Section 843—Amend Requirement to Buy Certain Metals from American Sources

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This section would amend section 4863 of title 10, United States Code, to 

ensure specialty metals are being sourced domestically and/or from allied countries.

Section 844—Modification to Miscellaneous Limitations on the Procurement of 

Goods Other Than United States Goods 

This section would amend language from James M. Inhofe National 

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

adding propulsion system components and power generation systems to be procured 

and manufactured by the National Technology and Industrial Base.

Section 845—Procurement of Covered Hearing Protection Devices

This section would allow the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 

head of the Hearing Center of Excellence, to enter into one or more contracts to 

procure covered hearing protection devices for all members of the Armed Forces.

SUBTITLE D—PROVISIONS RELATING TO PROGRAM FOR ACCELERATING ACQUISITION

Section 851—Pilot Program for Recurring Awards for Production, Investment, and 

Deployment Through Competitions

This section would establish a pilot program to acquire, through repeated 

competition, attritable systems that solve urgent operational needs in order to 

incentivize sustainable production, rapid deployment, and iterative improvements. 

Section 852—Demonstration and Prototyping Program to Advance International 

Product Support Capabilities in a Contested Logistics Environment

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to establish a contested 

logistics demonstration and prototyping program to identify, develop, exercise, and 

field capabilities for product support in order to reduce or mitigate the risks 

associated with operations in a contested logistics environment. The purpose of the 

program is to explore flexible approaches to contracting and use of partnership 

agreements, in addition to establishing and growing product support capability in 

order to enable effective, efficient, and timely satisfaction of combatant command 

requirements prior to conflict.

Section 853—Defense Industrial Base Advanced Capabilities Pilot Program

This section would establish a public-private partnership pilot program to 

accelerate the scaling, production, and acquisition of advanced capabilities for 

national security.

SUBTITLE E—INDUSTRIAL BASE MATTERS

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Section 861—Additional National Security Objectives for the National Technology 

and Industrial Base

This section would update section 4811(a) of title 10, United States Code, to 

identify defense services, supplies, or materials critical to meeting defense 

requirements in the event of a crisis or conflict where the Department of Defense 

relies on a potential adversary. 

Section 862—Use of Industrial Base Fund for Support for the Workforce for Large 

Surface Combatants

This section would amend section 4817(d) of title 10, United States Code, to 

add a section that states the fund should be used to support the large surface 

combatant industrial base.

Section 863—Redesignation of Industrial Base Fund as Industrial Base and 

Operational Infrastructure Fund; Additional Uses

This section would redefine and expand the purposes of the Industrial Base 

Analysis and Sustainment Fund.

Section 864—Modifications to the Procurement Technical Assistance Cooperative 

Agreement Program

This section would amend the Technical Assistance Program statute.

Section 865—Modification to Procurement Requirements Relating to Rare Earth 

Elements and Strategic and Critical Materials

This section would modify procurement requirements relating to rare earth 

elements and strategic and critical minerals to include a supply chain disclosure 

requirement for large-capacity batteries.

Section 866—Securing Maritime Data from China

This section would prohibit the Department from contracting with any 

entity that uses covered logistics software and prohibits covered port authorities 

from contracting with covered logistics software. This section would also require 

negotiations with allies and partners to ban such software, as covered by this 

section. 

Section 867—Pilot Program for Analyzing and Continuous Monitoring of Key 

Supply Chains

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This section would require the Secretary of Defense to analyze and 

continuously monitor key U.S. Indo-Pacific Command system supply chains with a 

pilot program.

Section 868—Study and Report on Country of Origin of End Items and Components 

Procured by Department Of Defense

This section would require a study and report by the Comptroller General 

of the United States to identify the degree to which the Department of Defense is 

dependent on entities located in foreign countries for the procurement of certain end 

items and components.

Section 869—Enhanced Domestic Content Requirement for Major Defense 

Acquisition Programs

This section would increase domestic content requirements to support the

defense industrial base and secure supply chains, and enhances trusted allies by 

exempting countries with a reciprocal defense procurement agreement with the 

Department or are in the National Technology and Industrial Base.

SUBTITLE F—SMALL BUSINESS MATTERS

Section 881—Entrepreneurial Innovation Project Designations

This section would amend chapter 303 of title 10, United States Code, to 

require the Secretary of each military department to identify promising research 

programs of the Small Business Innovation Research Program or Small Business 

Technology Transfer Program for inclusion in the future budgets and plans of the 

Department of Defense.

Section 882—Extension and Modification of Domestic Investment Pilot Program

This section would amend section 884 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) and extend the domestic 

investment pilot program under the Small Business Innovation Research program 

until September 30, 2027. The pilot program will be required to comply with the due 

diligence program required under subsection (vv) of the Small Business Act (15 

U.S.C. 638(vv)).

Section 883—Study and Report on the Expansion of the Strategic Funding Increase 

Program of the Air Force

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to direct a study from 

the Small Business Innovation Research programs of the Army, Navy, and Marine 

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Corps, on the feasibility of implementing a program similar to the Strategic 

Funding Increase Program of the Air Force.

SUBTITLE G—OTHER MATTERS

Section 891—Employee-Owned Business Contracting Incentive Pilot Program 

Clarification and Extension

This section would amend section 874 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) by extending the length 

of the Employee-owned Business Contracting Incentive pilot program by 3 years 

and increasing the number of available contracts from 9 to 25. 

Section 892—Pilot Program on the Use of Budget Transfer Authority for Army 

Research to Aid in Technology Transition

This section would create a pilot program to allow the Army to use 

acquisition authority to aid in the transition of technology from the science and 

technology ecosystem to acquisition activities and operational use. 

Section 893—Seaplane Procurement and Employment

This section will request an analysis by the Secretary of Defense no later 

than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act on the feasibility of the 

Department of Defense procuring seaplanes and amphibious aircraft.

Section 894—Limitation on Availability of Funds Relating to Contracts with 

Contract Managers and Auditors

This section would require annual contract review of funds relating to cost 

overruns.

Section 895—Inspector General Report on Department of Defense Acquisition and 

Contract Administration

This section would require an Inspector General of the Department of 

Defense report on Department-wide acquisitions and contract management, 

including cost, price, and profit data.

TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND 

MANAGEMENT

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

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SUBTITLE A—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND RELATED MATTERS

Section 901—Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Innovation Integration

This section would rename the Under Secretary of Defense for Research 

and Engineering to the Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Innovation 

Integration. It would expand the responsibilities for the position.

Section 902—Repeal of Position of Director of Cost Assessment and Program 

Evaluation

This section would disestablish the Department of Defense's Office of Cost 

Estimate and Program Evaluation (CAPE) and authorizes the Secretary of Defense 

to determine where to devolve CAPE’s responsibilities.

Section 903—Conforming Amendments to Carry Out Elimination of Position of 

Chief Management Officer

This section would strike references in statute to the Chief Management 

Officer position, which was eliminated by law in the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283).

Section 904—Elimination of the Chief Diversity Officer of the Department of 

Defense

This section would eliminate the Chief Diversity Officer of the Department 

of Defense.

SUBTITLE B—OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT 

MATTERS

Section 921—Modification of Analysis Required for Reductions to Civilian 

Workforce under General Policy for Total Force Management

This section would amend section 12a(b) of title 10, United States Code, to 

require that the civilian workforce analysis be in writing and would require the 

Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a review and report of written 

analyses related to the workforce analysis done by the Secretary of Defense.

Section 922—Additional Requirements under General Policy for Total Force 

Management

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to develop data 

analytics to identify quantitative and qualitative metrics of the sizing and 

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composition of the civilian workforce in the Department of Defense and provide a 

briefing on the developed analytics.

Section 923—Eligibility of Chief of the National Guard Bureau for Appointment as 

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

This section would authorize the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to be 

eligible to be appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Section 924—Coast Guard Input to the Joint Requirements Oversight Council

This section would require the Joint Requirements Oversight Council to 

seek and consider the views of the Commandant of the Coast Guard.

Section 925—Codification of the Defense Innovation Unit and Establishment of the 

Nontraditional Innovation Fielding Enterprise

This section would codify the Defense Innovation Unit. It would also 

establish nontraditional innovation fielding enterprises (NIFE).

Section 926—Designation of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Corps as a Basic Branch 

of the Army

This section establishes the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Corps as a basic 

branch of the United States Army.

Section 927—Repeal of Authority to Appoint a Naval Research Advisory Committee

This section would repeal section 8024 of title 10, United States Code, the 

authority to appoint a Naval Research Advisory Committee.

Section 928—Eligibility of Members of Space Force for Instruction at the Naval 

Postgraduate School

This section would authorize the inclusion of members of the Space Force in 

the list of service members that can attend the Naval Postgraduate School.

Section 929—Membership of the Air Force Reserve Forces Policy Committee

This section would add nonvoting advisors to the Air Force Reserve Forces 

Policy Committee.

Section 930—Framework for Classification of Autonomous Capabilities

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This section would require the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence 

Officer (CDAO) of the Department of Defense to create a framework for the 

classification of autonomous capabilities to create a common understanding of 

autonomous capabilities. It would also require the CDAO to create a plan for 

integrating autonomous capabilities into systems of the Department.

Section 931—Comprehensive Assessment of Force Design Modernization Efforts of 

the Marine Corps

This section would require a review of U.S. Marine Corps force 

modernization efforts by a federally funded research and development center 

(FFRDC) and an assessment by the Secretary of Defense on the results of the 

FFRDC review.

Section 932—Enhancing Department of Defense Coordination of Geoeconomic 

Affairs

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a review of 

the planning, resourcing, and contributions of the Department of Defense to 

interagency efforts with respect to geoeconomic affairs and to submit a report 

regarding such review.

SUBTITLE C—SPACE NATIONAL GUARD

Section 951—Establishment of Space National Guard

This section would establish a Space National Guard comprised of National 

Guard forces in the States and U.S. territories in which the Space Force operates.

Section 952—No Effect on Military Installations

This section would clarify that nothing in this subtitle would require or 

authorize the relocation of any facility, infrastructure, or military installation of the 

Space National Guard or Air National Guard.

Section 953—Implementation of Space National Guard

This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of 

the National Guard Bureau to implement the provisions of this subtitle not later 

than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Section 954—Conforming Amendments and Clarification of Authorities

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This section would provide clarifications of authorities pertaining to the 

Space National Guard, as established by this subtitle, and conforming amendments 

to title 10, United States Code.

TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

COUNTERDRUG ACTIVITIES

Joint Interagency Task Force South Capabilities

The committee remains focused on U.S. military posture and strategic 

competition in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility, as well as around 

the globe. Further, the committee remains committed to ensuring U.S. Southern 

Command, operating through Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S), has 

the appropriate assets to detect and monitor transnational criminal organizations’ 

activities to exploit maritime and aerial shipment routes of narcotics and support 

interagency efforts to illuminate the illegal transport of precursor chemicals of 

fentanyl, bulk cash, persons, and weapons. The committee understands that JIATFS is reliant on intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets for detection 

and monitoring of a vast area of responsibility, including in the Pacific Ocean where 

fentanyl precursors are predominantly transported. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 31, 

2023, that includes capabilities upgrades required to better enable JIATF-S to 

support the interdiction of narcotics, precursor chemicals of fentanyl, fentanyl, bulk 

cash, human trafficking, and weapons, including platforms, vessels, and equipment.

Ship Special Mission Support 

The committee is aware that the Joint Inter-Agency Task Force – South 

(JIATF-South) currently employs one Ship Special Mission (SSM) operated under 

the Military Sealift Command's Special Mission Ship Program. The ship is 

currently deployed to the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific and is a contractor-owned 

and operated ship which acts as a forward staging base to support and extend the 

operational range of our partner countries assisting the counternarcotic/countertransnational crime organization mission. The committee understands that another 

SSM could potentially help close capability gaps, allowing for more opportunities to 

intercept illicit drugs.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

with the Commander of U.S. Southern Command and the Commander of JIATFSouth, to provide a briefing to the House Armed Services Committee, no later than 

December 1, 2023, on the feasibility of adding additional SSMs to U.S. Southern 

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Command’s area of responsibility, whether such additions would greatly increase 

the interdiction rates of vessels carrying illicit drugs, and the costs associated with 

contracting one or more ships.

OTHER MATTERS

Assessment of the Efficacy of U.S. Operations in the Information Environment

The committee notes the continuing emphasis on, and importance of, the 

Department of Defense’s operations in the information environment (OIE). OIE are 

critical to the Department’s ability to influence the decision-making of adversaries 

and it is therefore incumbent upon the Department to ensure OIE effectively 

contributes to overall mission objectives. The committee notes that Section 1749 of 

Public Law 116-283 directed the establishment of “a Department of Defense entity 

to develop, apply, and continually refine an assessment capability for defining and 

measuring the impact of Department of Defense information operations”.

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 

Geographic Combatant Commanders; Commander, U.S. Special Operations 

Command; and Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than May 31, 2024, assessing the 

efficacy of military OIE. The briefing shall include the following elements:

(1) composition, duties, responsibilities, and authorities of the entity 

established by section 1749 of Public Law 116-283;

(2) an assessment by the entity of the effectiveness of OIE for each 

Combatant Command, including objectives and end states for existing operations 

with OIE lines of effort, and a description of assessment methodologies used to 

evaluate impact and effectiveness;

(3) a description of Department of Defense formal and informal coordination 

on OIE with the interagency, including coordination with the Department of State’s 

public affairs and public diplomacy specialists; and

(4) any other matters the Secretary determines relevant.

Authorities of the Secretary of Defense Pursuant to section 501 of title 46, United 

States Code

The committee is aware that the Secretary of Defense failed to utilize 

authorities pursuant to section 501 of title 46, United States Code in response to 

Typhoon Mawar. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a brief 

to the House Committee on Armed Services, by December 1, 2023, outlining what 

factors were considered when deciding not to use authorities pursuant to section 

501 of title 46, United States Code

Briefing on Cooperation between the Department of Defense and the Department of 

Commerce

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The Committee commends the Department of Defense’s contributions to 

strategic competition, wherein all aspects of national power are fundamental to 

securing national objectives. The Committee notes that the Secretary of Defense, in 

testimony before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, indicated that the 

Department works closely with the Department of Commerce, “to advance our 

technological advantages.” The committee encourages this interagency cooperation, 

and it wishes to remain informed of how sustained cooperation between the 

Departments of Defense and Commerce may support U.S. foreign policy objectives 

in an era of strategic competition.

Therefore, the House Committee on Armed Services directs the Secretary of 

the Department of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services and Senate Committee on Armed Services, not later than March 1, 2024, 

on cooperative efforts between the Department of Defense and the Department of 

Commerce. The briefing shall at least include:

1. An assessment of Department of Defense engagements in international 

events, at both the Secretary, Under Secretary, and Assistant Secretary levels and 

below, including bilateral and multilateral engagements with foreign partners, 

which may benefit from Department of Commerce participation;

2. An assessment of Department of Commerce engagements in 

international events, including bilateral and multilateral engagements with foreign 

partners, in which the Department of Defense has a material interest;

3. An assessment of liaison activities between officials of the Departments 

of Defense and Commerce regarding current or future areas of cooperation, 

particularly in areas in which the United States is engaging in strategic competition 

or advancing technology;

4. An assessment of cooperative efforts between defense attachés and 

commercial attachés in U.S. Embassies and Missions; and

5. An assessment of how the Departments of Defense and Commerce may 

better provide material or technical assistance to each other regarding 

technological, scientific, or other non-military matters.

Comptroller General Review of Reliability of Data for Oversight of the Personnel 

Security Clearance Process

The Department of Defense is the largest provider of background 

investigations in the Federal Government, conducting more than 95 percent of the 

government’s background investigations. In January 2018, the Government 

Accountability Office placed the government-wide personnel security clearance 

process on its High-Risk List because the process faced significant challenges. These 

challenges included delays in processing clearances, a lack of measures to assess 

quality in the investigation process, and information technology systems issues. As 

the Security Executive Agent, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has 

significant responsibilities related to addressing these challenges to ensure the 

quality, timeliness, consistency, and integrity of the process. To carry out these 

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responsibilities, the DNI must have access to and use accurate, complete, and 

standardized data from the Department of Defense, intelligence community 

elements, and other executive branch agencies. 

The committee directs the Comptroller General of the United States to 

provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than April 

1, 2024, on the reliability of the data the DNI has used to oversee key aspects of the 

personnel security clearance process, including timeliness. In particular, the 

Comptroller General should assess the extent that the Department of Defense, 

intelligence community elements, and other executive branch agencies have 

accurately and consistently collected and reported data to DNI on key aspects of the 

security clearance process, including timeliness in completing the security clearance 

process, reciprocity, and continuous vetting. The briefing should also assess the 

extent that the DNI has used a data-driven approach to inform its oversight of the 

security clearance process.

Comptroller General Review of Reserve Component Capabilities to Support 

Challenges from Near-Peer Adversaries

The shift in focus by the Department of Defense on strategic competition 

with near-peer adversaries such as Russia and China necessitates different 

capabilities than those required for counterinsurgency and regional stability 

operations of prior decades. The Reserve Components of the United States military 

services provide support and some unique capabilities for key mission areas that 

could be called upon in near-peer conflict scenarios. The Army and Air National 

Guard also prepare for other missions, such as support of law enforcement and 

emergency response within the United States. 

In this context, the committee is concerned that as the Department of 

Defense prepares for near-peer conflict, the Reserve Components may not be able to 

train effectively for the broad range of missions and activities for which they are 

relied upon.

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United 

States to conduct a review of the capabilities provided by the Reserve Components 

to respond to near-peer conflict scenarios and their readiness to provide those 

capabilities should a conflict arise. The review should assess:

(1) the forces and capabilities of the Reserve Components that would be 

utilized in response to a conflict with a near-peer adversary;

(2) the unique or low-density forces of the Reserve Components that would 

be needed in a conflict with a near-peer adversary;

(3) the level of preparedness of these Reserve Component forces and how, if 

at all, this level of preparedness has changed to meet the needs of the National 

Defense Strategy;

 (4) the extent that the Department of Defense and the military services 

have developed strategies and provided resources to prepare Reserve Component 

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forces to perform missions related to responding to conflict with near-peer 

adversaries; and

(5) any other areas the Comptroller General deems appropriate.

The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than April 1, 2024, on the initial 

findings, and submit a final report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and 

the House Committee on Armed Services at a date mutually agreed upon at the 

time of the briefing.

Defense Exchanges

The committee notes that pursuant to section 2481 of title 10, United 

States Code, the defense exchange system is intended to enhance the quality of life 

of members of the uniformed services and to support military readiness, 

recruitment, and retention. The committee further notes the changing demographic 

composition of the Armed Forces, as reported in the 2021 Department of Defense 

Demographics Report, with women accounting for 17.3 percent of the Active Duty 

force and 21.4 percent of the Reserve Component. 

The committee understands the challenges supply and demand pose to a 

retail establishment's inventory metrics, to include military exchanges, and the 

impact these challenges have on the ability of service members to readily access 

required military clothing items. Despite these challenges, however, the committee 

is concerned with the disproportionate impact affecting female service members' 

ability to obtain military clothing; including the lack of sizing options at smaller 

installations that do not sell as many uniform items as their larger counterparts, or 

lack of service-specific items on exchanges located on joint installations. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on the ability 

of female service members to access military clothing items at exchanges. The 

report shall, at a minimum, include the following: 

(1) proposed processes and methods to expand availability of female 

military clothing items at physical stores commensurate with supported population 

demographics; and 

(2) if an exchange location cannot carry sufficient supply commensurate 

with the area's demographics, a plan for maintaining a full complement of sizes to 

allow female service members the ability to find the correct fit prior to ordering via 

the online exchange.

Deployment of Prepositioned Stocks in Europe

Prepositioned stocks are located at or near the points of planned future use, 

reducing the initial strategic lift required for power projection to enable the United 

States or partner forces before the theater matures. Prepositioned stocks allow U.S. 

forces to create tactical and technical overmatch in a geographic combatant 

command area of responsibility and to counter immediate threats. 

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The committee is concerned that the Department of Defense’s prepositioned 

stock programs are not able to fully meet geographic combatant command needs 

due to constraints related to funding and prioritization, especially related to U.S. 

European Command. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 

2023, on how the Department and the military services intend to accelerate 

fulfillment of existing prepositioned stocks in Europe and plans to identify 

additional locations for future prepositioned stocks, considering the continuing war 

in Ukraine and the need to support North Atlantic Treaty Organization members 

along the alliance’s eastern edge.

Domestic Response Training Center

Disaster response missions, as defined in the National Response 

Framework (NRF), may include a mix of civilian agencies at the federal, state, and 

local levels, and military units with little practical experience working together. 

When the NRF is activated, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 

may request that the Department of Defense provide an appropriate level of 

Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) capability that is to be carried out by 

the military services, including the Army. Installation commanders may also 

provide assistance to local first responders. FEMA is the primary agency 

coordinating the overall federal disaster response, including that provided by the 

military. 

However, at present, the Army is ill-prepared to coordinate its disaster 

response with state and local civilian agencies and there is a large disparity in 

DSCA experience between Title 10 and Title 32 personnel. There are many valuable 

training courses, such as the U.S. Northern Command’s Joint Task Force 

Commanders Training (JTFC), performed at multiple locations, agencies, and 

governments. However, there is no established collective training center to bring 

these diverse elements together and operate cohesively in a domestic disaster 

response. To fill that gap, the House Committee on Armed Services believes the 

Army should consider establishing a Domestic Response Training Center to provide 

collective training for these missions for itself and for National Guard and Reserve 

units, other Federal agencies, and State and local first responders. To provide 

maximum capability, the committee recommends that the Army consider creating 

the center and locating it at a Army Training and Doctrine Command installation 

that possesses branch schools relevant to domestic disaster response and 

encroachment free training areas. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 31, 2024, 

on current DSCA capabilities. 

The report shall: 

(1) assess the collective training requirements for domestic response; 

(2) identify gaps in meeting those requirements; 

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(3) assess possible locations for a Domestic Response Training Center; and 

(4) assess the need for such a center. 

Feasibility Study on the development and future use of Mare Island Finger Piers

The committee is concerned about the navigability of Mare Island Strait, 

California and the operational usability of Finger Piers 2 and 3. The committee 

directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study and provide a report to the 

House Committee on Armed Services no later than July 30, 2024 on the Mare 

Island Strait and Finger Piers 2 and 3. The report should include the following:

(1) the expected costs of dredging the piers to a navigable depth of 30 feet;

(2) the future planned use of the Mare Island Finger Piers by the 

Department of Defense;

(3) the means by which a non-federal entity could gain use of the piers, 

either through land transfers, easements, or other dualuse agreements; and

(4 )the costs anticipated with providing access to piers 2 and 3 to nonDepartment of Defense entities. 

Foreign Ports Ship Repair

The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a report to the 

Senate Committee on Armed Services and House Committee on Armed Services by 

December 31, 2023, on shipbuilding and ship repair operations conducted in foreign 

ports. The report shall include:

(1) name and location of foreign shipyards utilized by the Department of the 

Navy; 

(2) types of shipbuilding and ship repair activities utilized by the 

Department of the Navy, disaggregated by location and type of service;

(3) a discussion of why these activities were unable to be completed at 

domestic shipyards; and

(4) a discussion of how these activities may be beneficial for operations in a 

contested environment.

Gaps in Writings on Joint Chiefs of Staff History

The committee acknowledges that the history of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is 

rich and complex, and that many areas may remain to be explored by historians. 

The committee encourages and supports collaboration between historians and the 

Joint Staff History Office to help preserve its unique history. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to submit a report to the 

House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, that lists any identified 

gaps in the existing canon of Joint Chiefs of Staff history to assist historians’ efforts 

to document the past more holistically.

Gaps in Writings on Office of the Secretary of Defense History

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The committee acknowledges that the history of the Office of the Secretary 

of Defense is rich and complex, and that many areas may remain to be explored by 

historians. The committee encourages and supports collaboration between 

historians and the historians of the Office of the Secretary of Defense to help 

preserve its unique history. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 

2024, that lists any identified gaps in the existing canon of the Office of the 

Secretary of Defense history to assist historians’ efforts to document the past more 

holistically.

Gaps in Writings on U.S. Special Operations Forces History

The committee acknowledges that the history of U.S. Special Operations 

Forces is rich and complex, and that many areas remain to be explored by 

historians. The committee encourages and supports collaboration between 

historians and the U.S. Special Operations Command to help preserve its unique 

history. Therefore, the committee directs the Commander, U.S. Special Operations 

Command to provide an unclassified report to the House Armed Services 

Committee by March 1, 2024, that lists any identified unclassified gaps in the 

existing cannon of U.S. Special Operations Forces history to better enable 

historians’ efforts to more holistically document the past.

Implementation Plan for Identifying Resources Required for Achieving Materiel 

Readiness Objectives

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, on the 

remediation plan to provide the details for the first year of the implementation plan 

described in section 118 of title 10, United States Code, for identifying the fiscal 

resources required to meet materiel readiness objectives, and the progress that is 

underway to satisfy the requirements to submit with the fiscal year 2025 budget 

request as the second year of the implementation plan.

Less-Lethal Force Requirements for the National Guard Bureau and Department of 

the Navy

The committee recognizes the expansive deployment of conducted electrical 

weapons (CEWs, or TASER devices) by civilian law enforcement and the resulting 

reduction in encounters requiring the use of lethal force. The committee believes a 

governing policy should exist for less-lethal devices and CEWs for the National 

Guard Bureau and the Department of the Navy, especially given the fact that they 

are already deployed by the Department of the Army. 

The National Guard Bureau is the Department of Defense entity most 

frequently called upon to engage in civilian environments, but maintains no 

independent policy for procurement, training, or deployment of CEWs. 

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While the committee recognizes the significant differences in tasks and 

duties between military and civilian law enforcement personnel, the committee 

believes that in certain circumstances, Department of the Navy personnel, including 

U.S. Marines, would also benefit from the option to use less lethal force, and is 

concerned that the Department has no policy requirement to deploy CEWs and has 

not budgeted to field them. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services by January 1, 2024, assessing 

less-lethal force needs. The report shall include, at a minimum, the following: 

(1) a description of the duties and scenarios where both Air and Army 

National Guard personnel would be able to utilize, and would benefit from, a lesslethal force option; 

(2) an assessment of the less-lethal force options, to include tools and 

training, that might be available to National Guard personnel in current 

Department of Defense inventory in in the open market; 

(3) an evaluation of the necessary policies required to ensure the National 

Guard can begin procuring its own inventory of CEWs and less-lethal devices; 

(4) an assessment of the viability of using CEWs by Department of the 

Navy law enforcement and security personnel; 

(5) a description of the duties where CEW use would be most appropriate 

and effective; 

(6) a discussion of what policies would need to be in place to govern Navy 

and Marine Corps training and usage of CEWs; 

(7) a cost estimate of deployment and storage of CEWs for the National 

Guard Bureau and the Department of the Navy; and 

(8) to the extent that CEWs are deemed appropriate and necessary for use 

by National Guard, Navy, and Marine Corps personnel, an implementation plan for 

deployment and use. 

Littoral Combat Ships Divestments

The committee is aware that there may be opportunities for littoral combat 

ships (LCS) that are decommissioned before the end of their service life to support 

other missions globally by leveraging the Excess Defense Articles (EDA) program. 

The committee supports the EDA process and encourages its use. In particular, the 

LCS may be a prime candidate for other nations, including priority nations like the 

Philippines, to employ on missions such as counternarcotic operations, or other 

operations where speed, maneuverability, and the access to a helicopter hangar are 

necessary. Further, these vessels may be well suited for areas where People's 

Liberation Army presence and influence is expanding.

Maintenance of Military Sealift Command Vessels

Vessels assigned to Military Sealift Command such as oilers and dry cargo 

vessels are vital to the movement of platforms and materiel that support 

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operational efforts in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command's area of responsibility and 

other priority theaters. These vessels suffer chronic maintenance backlogs that 

threaten operational availability as well as mission capability. The committee is 

concerned about how maintenance of these vessels is planned and executed. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Commander of Military Sealift Command to 

submit a report to the congressional defense committees not later than March 31, 

2024, on the long-term planning for maintenance of vessels assigned to Military 

Sealift Command. The report shall include:

(1) how Military Sealift Command plans for maintenance;

(2) where maintenance can be performed; 

(3) consideration of readiness impacts on maintenance schedules; and 

(4) efforts to improve the material availability of vessels assigned to 

Military Sealift Command.

Mare Island Naval Shipyard Recapitalization Report

The committee acknowledges that in a potential future near-peer conflict, 

the Department of the Navy may require an all-hands-on-deck approach to ship 

repair. To repair damaged ships in a timely manner and on a large scale, the 

Department of the Navy may need access to additional naval ship repair 

infrastructure to supplement the work of existing public and private shipyards.

The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a report to the 

House Armed Services Committee no later than March 31, 2024, on the feasibility of 

recapitalizing the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard for surge capacity 

capabilities during a national emergency. Specifically, the report shall examine the 

capabilities the recapitalized facility could provide the Navy, the number and status 

of existing docks, the cost of recapitalizing the facility to a basic operational 

standard, any potential workforce challenges the facility may face, and any other 

factors the Department deems necessary in determining the feasibility of this 

endeavor. 

Naval Surface Vessel Availability Improvement

The committee remains concerned about the availability of U.S. Navy 

vessels and the impact on both new construction schedules and delayed 

maintenance days as it relates to corrosion prevention and remedy. The committee 

notes the work conducted by Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to reduce 

these delays but understands that there are additional potential solutions available 

from the industrial base. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy 

to provide a report to the House Armed Services Committee, no later than 

December 1, 2023, addressing the following:

(1) a review of industrial solutions in both public and private yards that will 

increase the availability of vessels by improving surface preparation and coating 

processes,

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(2) plans by both public and private yards to utilize technology to monitor 

realtime activities related to surface preparation and coating processes, and

(3) plans to implement improvements, in coordination with experienced 

industry partners.

Navy Wargaming and Multi-Domain Operations

The committee is concerned that U.S. Navy wargaming exercises lack 

sufficient emphasis on the complexity and unpredictability of multi-domain 

operations. The committee notes that the Navy has taken steps to improve its 

training exercises in recent years, including the Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical 

Training exercises and subsurface Aggressor Squadron, but requires additional 

information to evaluate the effectiveness of these programs. 

 Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than December 31, 

2023, on the degree to which the Navy incorporates multi-domain operations in its 

wargaming and training exercises. The report shall include: 

(1) an assessment of whether the Navy incorporates multi-domain 

operations into its wargame exercise planning. If the Navy does incorporate multidomain operations into its training exercises, the report shall provide a description 

regarding how multi-domain operations are featured in such wargame exercises; 

(2) an assessment regarding whether the Navy incorporates multi-domain 

operations into its Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training Exercises;

(3) an assessment regarding whether the Navy incorporates multi-domain 

operations into its subsurface Aggressor Squadron; and 

(4) an analysis regarding the potential necessity and feasibility of creating a 

standing multi-domain formation to act as an opposition force during naval 

wargaming exercises. 

The report should be submitted in an unclassified form but may include a 

classified annex. 

Report on Congressional Increases to Defense Spending

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the 

congressional defense committees, as an unclassified appendix to the fiscal year 

2025 Department of Defense budget request, on the programs and activities of the 

Department for which Congress provided authorization or appropriations levels in 

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 or the fiscal year 2024 

Defense Appropriations Act that exceeded the amount requested for such program 

or activity in the budget for the Department of Defense submitted to Congress by 

the President for fiscal year 2024.

The report shall include information on:

(1) any program or activity that the Department of Defense sought to divest 

from entirely or in part, or requested zero or a reduced number of units, but that 

was restored wholly or in part by Congress;

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(2) any program or activity that Congress authorized or appropriated at a 

level exceeding the amount requested by the Department of Defense in its fiscal 

year 2024 budget request by $20.0 million or more, and the sum of these increases 

expressed as a percentage of the Department of Defense’s total enacted budget; and

(3) each program or activity listed in this report shall include an 

assessment of whether and how the program or activity does or does not meet 

requirements in support of the priorities articulated in the 2022 National Defense 

Strategy. 

In addition to being appended to the Department of Defense’s fiscal year 

2025 budget request, this report shall be made publicly available on the website of 

the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).

Report on Department of Defense’s security clearance screening process for 

individuals under current or previous investigation for terrorist or foreign state 

sympathies

The committee recognizes the vital importance of our national security and 

the internal risk posed by individuals under current or previous investigation by 

law enforcement for terrorist or foreign state sympathies. It is imperative that these 

members, who pose a threat not only to our national security but to other 

servicemembers, are not granted security clearances. The committee directs that 

the Secretary of Defense provide a report to the Senate Committee on Armed 

Services and the House Committee on Armed Services by June 1, 2024, on the 

status of its updates to the security clearance process and the methods the 

Department is pursuing to ensure the security clearance process continues to 

protect national security. The report should include, at a minimum, the following:

(1) a review of the last ten years of cases of those who held security 

clearances granted by the Department of Defense that were ultimately charged with 

terrorism, espionage, counterintelligence or other related crimes.

(2) a review of any existing internal processes applicable to the suspension 

of security clearances for those individuals.

(3) any policy that may address removal of clearances of individuals who 

are found to pose a threat to other servicemembers or to national security after 

their clearance process has been adjudicated.

(4) a review of the Department’s processes to support the transition to the 

continuous vetting system and status of the transition.

(5) recommendations on enhancing existing security review processes and 

recommendations for future new processes to address any gaps identified and 

lessons learned from the review.

Report on Encounters with Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the Pacific Region

The committee is concerned by reports of unmanned aircraft systems 

engaging in hostile activity towards United States assets in the Pacific region. The 

committee believes that gaining additional insight into these reports may highlight 

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the challenges United States forces face in responding to these incidents and may 

inform the development of tactics, techniques, and procedures for how and when to 

employ counter-UAS capabilities in the future. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Commander of the United States 

Pacific Fleet to submit to the House Committee on Armed Services no later than 

February 1, 2024, a report on all unmanned aircraft system incident reports made 

through the OPREP-3 reporting system between January 1, 2017, and January 1, 

2023. The report shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a 

classified annex. 

Report on Large-Scale, Government-Owned Remotely Piloted Aircraft Flight 

Operations

The committee is aware that remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) continue to 

become more ubiquitous in military operations. At the same time, national airspace 

restrictions have impacted RPA operations and have had potentially detrimental 

effects. In order to assess the potentially deleterious effects of airspace regulations 

on RPA operations, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024 on 

current flight operations of all active duty, reserve, and air national guard 

largescale, government-owned RPA. The report shall include: 

(1) Regulatory challenges to unescorted flight operations within the 

National Airspace System, including any unique challenges to individual basing 

locations; 

(2) Review of MQ-9 limiting factors preventing unescorted instrument flight 

rules transit in the National Airspace System, to include platform sensor 

limitations and platform optical limitations potentially preventing satisfaction of 

“see and avoid” requirements; 

(3) Average delay in acquiring certificates of waiver or authorization (COA) 

and impacts of those delays on operational readiness and real-world training; 

(4) Review of safety impacts of chase plane requirements on operational 

readiness and real-world training, to include the cost to units and safety challenges 

of dissimilar formation and dissimilar aircraft performance in close proximity; 

(5) Review of spectrum allocation limitations in ground-based sense and 

avoid systems; 

(6) Total MQ-1 and MQ-9 flight hours outside the National Airspace System 

without chase plane or ground-based sense and avoid systems to include any data 

pertaining to the total number of mid-air collisions or near midair collisions and 

frequency of non-cooperative traffic encountered; and 

(7) Any data on foreign governments seeking to impose a regulatory regime 

similar to that found in the National Airspace System on MQ-9 operations.

Report on Streamlining the Approval Process for Low-Risk Reprogramming 

Requests 

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The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the 

congressional defense committees not later than March 1, 2024, which should 

include:

(1) a description, assessment, and recommendation of the feasibility of 

cutting specific

Department of Defense internal vetting steps for transfer or reprogramming 

requests (DD Form 1414, DD Form 1415-3, DD Form 1415-1);

(2) a description, assessment, and recommendation of possible means of 

decreasing processing time for vetting at each step of the request process; 

(3) a description, assessment, and recommendation of possible mandatory 

time limits for vetting at each step of the request process; and

(4) identify any commonalities or characteristics of previous requests 

approved by congressional committees without modification that would assist in 

identifying future requests that may qualify for fast-track processing.

Report on the Need for Classified Administrative Space

The committee is aware of a significant shortage in classified 

administrative space to meet current and future mission Air Force requirements, 

particularly for the acquisition workforce. Some of these requirements are driven by 

the “seven operational imperatives” established by the Secretary of the Air Force to 

meet new and emerging threats and challenges. The committee urges the Secretary 

of the Air Force to take immediate action to meet exigent requirements for classified 

administrative space in support of acquisition functions, which may include off-base 

leasing, enhanced use leases, Intergovernmental Support Agreements, relocatable 

facilities, facilities as a service, and other creative approaches and industry best 

practices.

Additionally, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide 

a report to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than December 31, 

2023, on classified administrative space shortages across the Department, 

especially in support of acquisition functions. The report, at a minimum, should 

include the following:

(1) scope of classified administrative space shortages across the 

Department;

(2) current efforts to address classified space shortfalls;

(3) expected timeline and cost for resolving these shortages;

(4) specific statutory and administrative barriers to addressing these 

shortages; and

(5) impact on mission if these shortages are not resolved.

Report on United States Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command 

Continuity of Operations

The committee is interested in the Department of the Navy’s efforts to 

develop and attract qualified candidates to work in highly technical Military 

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Occupational Specialties, such as oceanography. Furthermore, given the current 

recruiting landscape and difficulties associated with attracting specialized talent, 

the committee is also interested in the Navy’s plans to ensure continuity of 

operations for certain functions that are not prevalent in other areas of the Joint 

Force.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy, in coordination 

with the Director of the Naval Oceanographic Office, to submit a report to the 

congressional defense committees not later than December 31, 2023 that explores 

the development of a U.S. Navy Oceanography continuity of operations site 

collocated with a highly ranked university oceanography program that will provide 

a secure and classified space for continuity of operations. 

Review of Security Clearance Processing Times

The committee is concerned with security clearance processing times and 

challenges in pursuing security clearances. The committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 

2024, on the current security clearance processing times. The report should include 

the following:

(1) The timeline for obtaining Top Secret and Secret Clearances;

(2) A breakdown of applicants by demographics, including age, sex, religion, 

and ethnicity, when there are delays in the standard processing time for Top Secret 

and Secret Clearances;

(3) The justification for delays or denials for applicants in aggregate;

(4) The process required to inform applicants of delays, including the 

timeline required by the Department of Defense and the applicant to respond to 

additional concerns; and

(5) The process and timeline required to inform the applicant that a 

clearance has been denied. 

Rotary Wing Support to West Coast Navy Special Warfare Units

The committee remains concerned about the Navy’s recent decision to 

decommission Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Eight Five (HSC-85), the last 

remaining naval aviation unit providing dedicated support to special operations. 

The committee notes that the House of Representatives included a provision in the 

Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 7600), directing a pause 

to the Department of the Navy’s stated intent to deactivate this squadron without 

an executable plan to mitigate operational impacts to Navy Special Warfare 

Command and its four (4) Sea Air Land (SEALs) teams based on the southwest 

coast of the United States. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in 

coordination with the Secretary of the Navy, and the Commander, U.S. Special 

Operations Command to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees 

not later than December 1, 2023, addressing the operational impact of HSC-85 

deactivation. This briefing shall include:

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(1) the current status of HSC-85 aircraft, personnel and equipment;

(2) an impact assessment of the estimated loss of approximately 800 annual 

rotary wing flight hours supporting west coast Navy Special Warfare Command 

units;

(3) an assessment of impacts to Navy Special Warfare operational readiness 

in the Indo-Pacific Command theater of operations; and

(4) the Department of Defense’s plan to mitigate the operational impact of 

HSC-85 deactivation.

Special Operations Capabilities in Wargames and Tabletop Exercises

The committee notes that the preponderance of wargaming and tabletop 

exercises conducted by the Department of Defense are focused on the employment of 

conventional capabilities of the joint force and direct conflict with peer and nearpeer adversaries. However, the committee is concerned that such wargaming and 

tabletop exercises often omit, or fail to appropriately incorporate, capabilities of 

U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), such as irregular warfare, in the 

lead-up to conflict. The committee believes the Department and the Joint Chiefs of 

Staff should incorporate USSOCOM capabilities in future wargames and tabletop 

exercises to ensure the joint force is fully informed of USSOCOM’s ability and 

capabilities to shape the environment and prepare the battlespace prior to and 

during direct conflict with peer and near-peer adversaries.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than February 28, 2024, on the 

Department’s efforts to incorporate USSOCOM capabilities in wargames and 

tabletop exercises. The briefing shall include current efforts to incorporate 

USSOCOM in Department wargames, information related to future plans to 

incorporate irregular warfare and other special operations capabilities in wargames, 

and an overview of how the Department will analyze the utility of irregular warfare 

in supporting the joint force in the event of direct conflict.

Special Operations Forces Use of Secure Digital Financial Assets

The committee is encouraged by U.S. Special Operations Command’s 

(USSOCOM) ability to adapt to new operating environments and harness 

capabilities enabled by digitization. The committee recognizes the increasing use of 

digital financial assets by foreign actors to conduct illicit or malign activities and 

enable surveillance of commercial, private, and state activities. The committee is 

concerned that the use of emerging digital financial assets, and their public 

blockchain ledgers, could compromise sensitive operations and intelligence 

activities. Therefore, the committee encourages USSOCOM, when required, to 

utilize only those digital financial assets and tools that ensure strict privacy and 

security and allow for USSOCOM to obscure the transactional activity, and users 

and their locations, from surveillance by hostile state and non-state actors.

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Supporting Department of Defense Efforts to Pass the Audit

The committee is encouraged by the Department of Defense’s efforts to 

successfully begin the audit process and to make progress on financial management 

transformation, accountability, and security. As the Department continues to 

pursue securing an unmodified opinion, the committee notes that relevant 

standards should be applied to determining which companies are qualified to 

further the Department’s work. The committee believes that audit remediation and 

financial consulting support should be widely competed and urges the Department 

to avoid implementing detrimental restrictions, such as requiring that audit 

companies be independent public accounting firms, in order to ensure that the 

Department is able to ensure free and open competition for audit remediation 

services.

Throwable Cameras for Close Quarters Situational Awareness

The committee is aware of dangers facing Soldiers and Marines in areas of 

close quarters situational awareness. The committee understands that, while there 

are systems currently in use by the Army and Marine Corps for close quarters 

situational awareness such as pole cameras and small robots, these systems lack 

capabilities or are not available in sufficient quantities to meet user needs. 

The committee understands that Special Operations Command is in the 

process of addressing this need through the Family of Unmanned Ground Systems 

(FUGS) program by fielding highly capable throwable cameras, which can be 

deployed from a safe position while still providing stabilized, reliable 360-degree 

video imaging of the battlespace even in low-light environments. The committee 

commends Special Operations Command for pursuing low cost situational 

awareness tools that can be deployed at scale and that minimize cognitive load 

requirements through simplicity and integration with existing equipment. The 

committee encourages the Secretary of the Army and the Commandant of the 

Marine Corps, in consultation with the Commander of US Special Operations 

Command, to explore such systems for use across the entire force for close quarters 

situational awareness and barricaded subject applications. 

Additionally, the committee directs the Secretary of the Army and the 

Commandant of the Marine Corps to provide a briefing to the House committee on 

Armed Services by March 14, 2024 on close quarters situational awareness 

solutions. The report shall include, at a minimum: 

(1) Existing requirements for close quarters situational awareness systems; 

(2) An overview of close quarters situational awareness equipment 

currently in use by the Army and Marine Corps; and

 (3) Any current or planned efforts to adopt innovative close quarters 

situational awareness solutions such as throwable cameras.

Trade Intelligence Data for Maritime Domain Awareness

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The committee notes that trade intelligence data is critical for 

understanding the maritime pattern of life in each of the combatant command's 

(COCOM’s) area of responsibility (AOR). Ocean-based physical trade accounts for 90 

percent of all global trade activity and is directly linked to the health of a country’s 

economy. Trade disruptions for a given commodity, especially a critical resource, 

can either devastate or bolster a country’s economy and/or defense capability. 

Additionally, the natural balance of trade can be affected by politically 

retaliatory trade policies, tariffs, embargos, and export controls. The critical 

commodities of rare earth resources, dual-use goods, and semiconductors are 

exported by just a few countries and territories but are essential to national 

security. Disruptions to these trade patterns have outsized ramifications for the 

world economy and the global maritime commons. Therefore, it is critical to 

incorporate trade intelligence data sets into established maritime domain 

awareness practices.

The designated trade intelligence data sets should provide maritime 

operation centers with pertinent trade data information to enhance investigation 

and interdiction planning, risk and disruption assessments, scenario/contingency 

planning activities, and pattern of life modeling. Therefore, the committee directs 

the Secretary of Defense to incorporate a trade intelligence data tool in any future 

wargame that occurs in fiscal year 2024. A priority should be placed on a wargame 

that is focused on the Indo-Pacific AOR.

Wind Energy Concerns Near Department of Defense Facilities

The committee notes that there has been a significant increase across the 

United States in the number of wind farms employing vast quantities of freestanding wind turbine generators. These wind farms are prevalent near 

Department of Defense facilities, including those with flying missions. The 

committee appreciates the work the Department of Defense Military Aviation and 

Installation Siting Clearinghouse (the Clearinghouse) has done to adjudicate wind 

development proposals and evaluate the compatibility of these proposals with 

military missions. The committee is concerned that the additional proliferation of 

wind farms may lead to an unacceptable loss of low-level flight training routes at 

these locations, impacting the mission readiness of military aviators.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 1, 2024, 

on the Clearinghouse's efforts to mitigate the impact of wind energy infrastructure 

on military aviation activities over the last 3 years. The report shall address:

(1) a list of energy development proposals received by the Clearinghouse 

over the last 3 years and the final adjudication of these proposals;

(2) wind energy infrastructure impacts on operational capabilities and 

training readiness;

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(3) steps taken by the Department to mitigate impacts of wind energy 

infrastructure on operations, training, and threats and suggested means of further 

mitigation or elimination of impacts; 

(4) a list of military training routes no longer in use due to wind energy 

development activities in the last 3 years and the mitigations in place to address 

their loss; and 

(5) any gaps in authorities or other barriers to the Clearinghouse in 

preventing the unacceptable loss of low-level training routes.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—FINANCIAL MATTERS

Section 1001—General Transfer Authority

This section would allow the Secretary of Defense, with certain limitations, 

to make transfers between amounts authorized for fiscal year 2024 in division A of 

this Act. This section would limit the total amount transferred under this authority 

to $6.00 billion.

Section 1002—Requirement for a Covered Armed Force to Submit Posture 

Statements in Support of Congressional Budget Process

This section would require the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of each 

military department, and the chief of each covered Armed Force to submit to the 

congressional defense committees a written posture statement in support of budget 

priorities. The covered Armed Forces are the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, 

the Air Force, and the Space Force.

SUBTITLE B—COUNTERDRUG ACTIVITIES

Section 1006—Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities

This section would raise a $5,000 spending cap to $15,000 on counter-drug 

equipment procured or leased by the National Guard requiring advance approval 

from Secretary of Defense.

Section 1007—Threat Analysis regarding Fentanyl Crisis

This section would require a threat analysis of any potential threats the 

illicit fentanyl drug trade poses to the defense interests of the United States.

Section 1008—Report on Role of Department of Defense in Supporting National 

Emergency Declaration Combating Fentanyl Crisis

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This section would require a report on the role of the Department of 

Defense in supporting a national emergency declaration combating the fentanyl 

crisis.

SUBTITLE C—NAVAL VESSELS AND SHIPYARDS

Section 1011—Modifications to Annual Naval Vessel Construction Plan

This section would provide for greater transparency and representation by 

the services with regard to their views on the annual naval vessel construction plan.

Section 1012—Critical Components of National Sea-Based Deterrence Vessels

This section would modify the National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund to 

allow for continuous production of additional critical components.

Section 1013—Grants for Improvement of Navy Ship Repair or Alterations 

Capability

This section would authorize a grant program for the Navy for non-nuclear 

shipyards.

Section 1014—Repeal of Obsolete Provision of Law regarding Vessel Nomenclature

This section would provide for a technical correction to section 8662(b) of 

title 10, United States Code, that deletes the requirement that battleships be 

named after States. 

Section 1015—Responsibility of Commandant of the Marine Corps with Respect to 

Naval Force Battleship Assessment and Requirement Reporting

This section would require the Commandant of the Marine Corps to provide 

input on the battle force ship assessment related to amphibious warships and 

vessels that transport Marines.

Section 1016—Policy of the United States on Shipbuilding Defense Industrial Base

This section would amend the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91) to state that it is the policy of the United 

States that its shipbuilding defense industrial base is fundamental for achieving the 

Navy's shipbuilding requirements and constitutes a unique national security 

imperative that requires sustainment and support by the Navy and Congress.

Section 1017—Availability of Funds for Retirement or Inactivation of Landing Dock 

Ships and Guided Missile Cruisers

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This section would prohibit retirement or inactivation of the USS 

Germantown (LSD-42), USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44), and USS Tortuga (LSD-46), as 

well as the USS Shiloh (CG-67) and USS Cowpens (CG-63).

Section 1018—Expeditionary Fast Transport Vessels

This section would prohibit the Navy from entering expeditionary fast 

transport vessels into a reduced operational status and would require the 

development of a new concept of operations for use in the U.S. Indo-Pacific 

Command area of responsibility.

Section 1019—Guam Shipyard Assessment

This section would require the Department of the Navy to conduct an 

assessment of shipyard capabilities on Guam.

Section 1020—Authority to Use Incremental Funding to Enter into a Contract for 

the Advance Procurement and Construction of a San Antonio-Class Amphibious 

Ship

This section would grant authority to use incremental funding to enter into 

a contract for the advance procurement and construction of a San Antonio-class 

amphibious ship.

Section 1021—Authority to Use Incremental Funding to Enter into a Contract for 

the Advance Procurement and Construction of a Submarine Tender

This section would provide incremental funding authority for the Navy to 

enter into a contract for acquisition and construction of a submarine tender.

Section 1022—Plan for Extended Prohibition on Retirement of Ships

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to provide a plan to 

resource and retain any ships prevented from divestment by this Act through the 

end of fiscal year 2027 or their expected service life.

Section 1023—Congressional Notification regarding Pending Retirement of Naval 

Vessels Viable for Artificial Reefing

This section would require congressional notification of pending retirements 

of naval vessels that are viable candidates for artificial reefing.

Section 1024—Quarterly Briefings on Submarine Readiness

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This section would require quarterly briefings on submarine readiness by 

the Secretary of the Navy.

SUBTITLE D—COUNTERTERRORISM

Section 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

This section would prohibit the use of any amounts authorized to be 

appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense during the 

period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 

31, 2024, to transfer or release detainees at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

Cuba, to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions.

Section 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

This section would prohibit the use of any amounts authorized to be 

appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense to be used 

during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 

December 31, 2024, to construct or modify any facility in the United States, its 

territories, or possessions to house any detainee transferred from U.S. Naval 

Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the purposes of detention or imprisonment in 

the custody or under the effective control of the Department of Defense.

Section 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

This section would prohibit the use of funding authorized to be 

appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense during the 

period beginning on the date of the enactment of this act and ending on December 

31, 2024, to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release of any individual 

detained at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Libya, Somalia, Syria, 

Yemen, and Afghanistan.

Section 1034—Extension of Prohibition on Use of Funds to Close or Relinquish 

Control of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

This section would prohibit the use of any amounts authorized to be 

appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense for fiscal 

year 2024 for the closure or abandonment of United States Naval Station, 

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the relinquishment of control of Guantanamo Bay to the 

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Republic of Cuba, or the implementation of a material modification to the Treaty 

Between the United States of America and Cuba signed in the District of Columbia 

on May 29, 1934, that constructively closes United States Naval Station, 

Guantanamo Bay.

SUBTITLE E—MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORITIES AND LIMITATIONS

Section 1041—Modification to Definitions of Confucius Institute

This section would update the definition of a "Confucius Institute."

Section 1042—Limitation on Provision of Funds to Institutions of Higher Education 

Hosting Confucius Institutes

This section would discontinue the Secretary of Defense's waiver authority 

under section 1062(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 2241 note) 

by fiscal year 2026. 

Section 1043—Modification of Vetting Procedures and Monitoring Requirements for 

Certain Military Training

This section would amend section 1090 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) to 

provide an exemption for North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries.

Section 1044—Limitation on Availability of Funds until Delivery of Report on Next 

Generation Tactical Communications

This section would limit funds available for certain communications 

equipment until a report is submitted detailing issues and the plan for addressing 

those issues.

Section 1045—Limitation on Use of Funds Related to Military Religious Freedom 

Foundation

This section would prohibit the Department of Defense from acting on 

complaints or claims by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation or its 

leadership without approval of the Secretary of Defense.

Section 1046—Prohibition on Use of Funds for Advisory Committees Related to 

Environmental, Social, and Governance Aspects

This section would prohibit the Department of Defense from using 

authorized funds to establish an advisory committee related to environmental, 

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social, and governance aspects or for the Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity 

and Inclusion or successor committees. 

SUBTITLE F—STUDIES AND REPORTS

Section 1061—Annual Report on Unfunded Priorities of Defense POW/MIA 

Accounting Agency

This section would authorize the Director of the Defense POW/MIA 

Accounting Agency to submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 

the unfunded priorities of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

Section 1062—Quarterly Briefings on Joint All Domain Command and Control 

Effort

This section would amend section 1076 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) by 

extending the requirement for quarterly briefings to October 1, 2028.

Section 1063—Extension of Requirement to Submit a Report on Department of 

Defense Support for Department of Homeland Security at the International Borders 

of the United States

This section would extend until December 31, 2025, an annual report 

required by section 1014 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2017 (Public Law 114-328) on the coordination of operational needs at the 

international borders of the United States and would add new reporting elements 

regarding cost estimates and readiness impacts. 

Section 1064—Air Force Plan for Maintaining Proficient Aircrews in Certain 

Mission Areas

This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a report 

on the Secretary's plan to maintain sufficient capability, capacity, and proficient 

aircrews to support geographical combatant commanders' requirements for close air 

support, forward air controller-airborne, and combat search and rescue missions 

during contingency operations.

Section 1065—Assessment and Strategy Relating to Range Capability and Capacity 

for Joint All-Domain Operations

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report 

assessing the range capacity within the United States and lay out a strategy for 

ensuring range capability to develop Joint All-Domain Operational capabilities 

based on the results of the assessment.

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Section 1066—Report on Defense of Department of Defense Facilities and Forces in 

European and Indo-Pacific Regions from Missile and Air Attack

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study 

related to protecting military facilities in Europe and the Indo-Pacific regions from 

missile and air attack. This section would also require the Secretary to submit a 

report to the congressional defense committees on the findings of the study and 

make an unclassified summary of the report publicly available.

Section 1067—Independent Study on Naval Mine Warfare

This section would require the Secretary of the Navy to have a federally 

funded research and development center conduct an independent study of the mine 

warfare capabilities of the Navy.

Section 1068—Report on Establishment of Joint Force Headquarters in Indo-Pacific 

Region 

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on 

the progress of the implementation plan required under section 1087 of the James 

M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-

263).

Section 1069—Annual Briefings on Implementation of Force Design 2030

The section would require the Commandant of the Marine Corps to provide 

a briefing on the programmatic choices made to implement Force Design 2030, 

including new developmental and fielded capabilities and capabilities and capacity 

divested to accelerate the implementation of Force Design 2030.

Section 1070—Plan for Taiwan Noncombatant Evacuation Operations

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to maintain a plan for a 

noncombatant evacuation operation or any other evacuation mission conducted by 

the Department of Defense from Taiwan. This section would also require the 

Secretary to review such plan and submit a certification to Congress that the plan is 

either sufficient or needs to be updated. Additionally, this section would require a 

quarterly briefing on such plan.

SUBTITLE G—OTHER MATTERS

Section 1081—Navy Consideration of Coast Guard Views on Matters Directly 

Concerning Coast Guard Capabilities

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This section would amend chapter 803 of title 10, United States Code, to 

add a requirement that the Secretary of the Navy ensure that the views of the 

Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard are given appropriate consideration before 

major decisions are made regarding Coast Guard capabilities in support of national 

defense. 

Section 1082—Development of Commercial Integration Cells Action Plan Within 

Certain Combatant Commands

This section would require development of certain combatant command 

action plans on commercial integration cells to further public-private partnerships 

and rapidly deliver capabilities relevant to the combatant command area of 

operations. 

Section 1083—Requirement to Update Warfighting Requirements for Confronting 

Russia in Europe

This section would require the Department of Defense to update 

warfighting requirements for confronting Russia in Europe.

Section 1084—Update to Strategic Plan on Department of Defense Combating 

Trafficking in Persons Program

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing on 

an updated strategic plan for the combating of trafficking in persons.

Section 1085—Guidance for Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems by National Guard

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to provide guidance for 

the use of unmanned aircraft systems by the National Guard, and be no more 

restrictive than the use of other aircraft for covered activities.

Section 1086—Sense of Congress regarding Defense Presence in the Indo-Pacific 

Region 

This section would express the sense of Congress regarding Department of 

Defense force posture and capabilities in the area of operations of U.S. Indo-Pacific 

Command.

TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Report on Post-Employment Restrictions for former Department of Defense 

Civilians

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The committee notes that the Department of Defense (DoD) is reviewing 

policies regarding post employment restrictions for former employees who seek 

employment opportunities with countries that exhibit adversarial behavior against 

the interests of the United States.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services no later than March 30, 2024, 

including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) the current policy for post-employment restrictions for countries 

designated by the DoD;

(2) the covered positions that are restricted from certain post-employment 

opportunities; and,

(3) incidents in which former DoD employees have sought to or have worked 

for designated countries.

The report should be submitted in unclassified form but may include a 

classified annex if required to fully inform all elements of the described report 

content.

Reporting on the Personnel Practices within the Department of Defense Education 

Activity

The committee is concerned with the current recruiting, hiring, and 

promoting processes at the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA). 

Several critical positions have been vacant for extended periods, especially in 

overseas locations. DoDEA’s mission of providing high quality education to the 

children of America’s men and women in uniform is of the utmost importance and 

our service members’ children should have access to the highest quality education 

and professionals.

The committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 

Readiness to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later 

than March 1, 2024, on DoDEA’s personnel practices. The report must include the 

following:

(1) the current USAJobs and Employment Application System standard 

operating procedures for hiring a new DoDEA employee including

information on the average timeline for hiring, broken out by positions and location;

(2) the current DoDEA protocol for internally reassigning employees, 

including how job requirements align with reassignments or promotions;

(3) the processes for DoDEA employees applying for a new role within 

DoDEA; and

(4) recommendations on how DoDEA’s personnel practices can be updated 

to ensure DoDEA Schools are properly staffed across positions necessary to operate 

the schools.

Review of the Department of Defense’s Telework Policy Compliance

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The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to review current telework 

policies and telework locations of employees to ensure that an employee is not 

receiving a higher General Schedule (GS) locality pay than that of the area in which 

they reside and perform their telework duties and brief the Senate Committee on 

Armed Services and the House Committee on Armed Services by January 5, 2024, 

on those findings. The committee also directs the Secretary of Defense to review 

telework agreements of all employees to ensure proper agreement and 

arrangements are in place regarding their telework abilities, eligibility, and location 

and brief the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the House Committee on 

Armed Services by January 5, 2024.

Shortage of Civilian Simulator Instructors

The committee remains concerned about the Air Force's pilot shortage. In 

particular, the committee is concerned by the shortage of General Schedule (GS) 

civilian simulator instructors (CSIs). The lack of CSIs draws experienced military 

pilots away from their mission in order to fill in as instructors, further exacerbating 

the pilot shortage. 

The committee notes the value of GS CSIs and the importance of paying 

instructors a competitive rate to recruit and retain this highly qualified workforce. 

The committee also notes that the Air Force has employed several incentives to 

recruit and retain CSIs, but a shortage remains. The committee supports the Air 

Force in its efforts to prioritize immediate action to recruit and retain CSIs to 

prevent mission failure. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 31, 

2023, on authorities the Air Force may use to improve recruitment and retention of 

GS CSIs. This report should include:

(1) an analysis of how base pay for CSIs compares to base pay for 

equivalent jobs within the airline industry;

(2) a list of authorities used and the remaining pay gap between GS CSIs 

and the equivalent job within the airline industry;

(3) an analysis of the benefits and difficulties in tailoring pay toward 

location, and an analysis of how payment caps influence recruiting and retaining 

CSIs; 

 (4) information on the amount of time it takes for the Air Force to obtain 

requested pay modifications for CSIs, including an analysis of how the timeline 

influences recruiting and retaining CSIs; and

 (5) prioritization of authorities that may be employed to modify pay, 

including any barriers to using these authorities.

Stopping Improper Payments in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program

The committee is concerned with findings contained in a recent 

Government Accountability Office report entitled, Federal Employees Health 

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Benefits (FEBH) Program: Additional Monitoring Mechanisms and Fraud Risk 

Assessment Need to Better Ensure Member Eligibility. The report concludes that 

during the 60+ years of the FEBH program, there was no requirement by employing 

offices to verify family member eligibility during new-hire enrollment or during 

qualifying life events. Moreover, the aforementioned report indicates up to $1 billion 

is improperly paid on an annual basis. The committee is concerned about this issue 

so that it can fulfill its role in reducing waste, fraud, and abuse. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense in coordination with the 

Office of Personnel Management to submit a report to the Senate Committee on 

Armed Services and the House Armed Services Committee by January 5, 2024, on a 

comprehensive review of the civilian workforce on FEHB to ensure that all family 

members and dependents who are currently receiving benefits are in fact eligible. 

The report shall include how many records were checked, what method was used to 

verify eligibility, what systems were put in place to verify information for new hires, 

how many ineligible individuals were removed from FEHB, and total estimated cost 

savings as a result of this audit.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 1101—Authority to Establish Excepted Service Positions for Army Law 

Enforcement Activities

This section would provide excepted service authorities for Army law 

enforcement activities. 

Section 1102—Authorization to Pay a Living Quarters Allowance for Department of 

the Navy Civilian Employees Assigned to Permanent Duty in Guam for Performing 

Work, or Supporting Work Being Performed, Aboard or Dockside, of U.S. Naval 

Vessels

This section would allow the Secretary of the Navy to grant to covered 

employees a living quarters allowance for rent, heat, light, fuel, gas, electricity, and 

water and, in unusual circumstances, payment or reimbursement for initial repairs, 

alterations, and improvements to the privately leased residence in Guam.

Section 1103—Consolidation of Direct Hire Authorities for Candidates with 

Specified Degrees at Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratories

This section would consolidate direct hire authorities for candidates with 

specified degrees at science and technology reinvention laboratories.

Section 1104—Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Department of 

Defense

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This section would allow the Secretary of Defense to use direct hire 

authority for any position in support of aircraft operations and any position for the 

safety of the public, law enforcement, or first response, for which the Secretary 

determines there is a critical hiring need or shortage of candidates.

Section 1105—One-Year Extension of Authority to Waive Annual Limitation on 

Premium Pay and Aggregate Limitation on Pay for Federal Civilian Employees 

Working Overseas

This section would grant a 1-year extension of the authority to waive 

annual limitations of premium pay and the aggregate limitation on pay for Federal 

civilian employees working overseas until 2024.

Section 1106—Extension of Authority to Grant Competitive Status to Employees of 

Inspectors General for Overseas Contingency Operations

This section would extend the authority to grant competitive service status 

to employees of special inspectors general for overseas contingency operations from 

2 years to 5 years.

Section 1107—Extension of Direct Hire Authority for Domestic Industrial Base 

Facilities and Major Range and Test Facilities Base

This section would provide an extension until fiscal year 2035 of direct hire 

authority for all domestic industrial base facilities and major range and test 

facilities.

Section 1108—Waiver of Limitation on Appointment of Recently Retired Members 

of Armed Forces to DOD Competitive Service Positions

This section would provide increased flexibility for hiring retired military 

for certain positions.

Section 1109—Exclusion of Nonappropriated Fund Employees from Limitations on 

Dual Pay

This section would create a statutory exception for individuals employed by 

nonappropriated fund instrumentalities under the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces 

from the limitation on receiving basic pay from more than one position.

Section 1110—One-Year Extension of Temporary Authority to Grant Allowances, 

Benefits, and Gratuities to Civilian Personnel on Official Duty in a Combat Zone

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This section would grant a 1-year extension of temporary authority to grant 

allowances, benefits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a combat 

zone until 2025.

Section 1111—Support United States Strategic Command and United States Space 

Command Enterprises

This section would extend authority based on section 1762 of title 10, 

United States Code, to allow recruitment and retention of highly skilled personnel 

with expertise in space and nuclear deterrence matters.

Section 1112—Temporary Extension of Authority to Provide Security for Former 

Department of Defense Officials

This section would provide a temporary extension of the authorized period 

of protection for former Department of Defense officials. The protection period 

would be extended from up to 2 years to up to 4 years. 

Section 1113—GAO Report on Civilian Support Positions at Remote Military 

Installations

This section would require the Comptroller General of the United States to 

assess and submit a report on civilian support positions at remote military 

installations.

Section 1114—Modification to Shore Leave Accrual for Crews of Vessels to Support 

Crew Rotations and Improve Retention of Civilian Mariners

This section would modify civilian mariner shore leave accrual to support 

crew rotations and improve retention.

Section 1115—Assessments of Staffing in Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 

for Personnel and Readiness

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to conduct an 

assessment validating each civil service position in the Office of the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and provide an interim briefing 

and final report.

Section 1116—Military Spouse Employment Act

This section would define telework and remote work. Further, it would 

require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study and 

publish a report regarding the use of remote work.

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Section 1117—Amendments to the John S. McCain Strategic Defense Fellows 

Program

This section would allow fellows who participate in the John S. McCain 

Strategic Defense Fellows Program to be appointed in an excepted service position 

in the Department of Defense.

Section 1118—Including Military Service in Determining Family and Medical Leave 

Eligibility for Federal Employees

This section would permit Federal employees to utilize their military 

service to qualify under the Family and Medical Leave Act.

Section 1119—Assessments of Staffing in Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 

for Research and Engineering

This section would require an assessment and validation of all civil service 

positions within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 

Engineering with a report to the congressional defense committees on the 

assessment.

Section 1120—Assessments of Staffing in DOD Office for Diversity, Equity, and 

Inclusion

This section would require an assessment validating civil service positions 

in the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and provision of a report.

TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Access to New Technology for Foreign Military Sales

Emerging and evolving technologies can play a critical role in combat. For 

many such technologies, their value stems from the speed with which front-line 

combatants can access them, use them, and replenish them. The committee is 

aware of U.S. companies that can develop and manufacture this class of products 

and technologies with speed and efficiency. The committee is concerned that today’s 

foreign military sales (FMS) processes may present barriers for new entrants and 

traditional entities that provide non-Program of Record defense articles.

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 

in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 

Sustainment, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than December 1, 2023, on methods to improve the acquisition of emerging 

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and evolving technology non-Program of Record defense articles and services for 

FMS. Accordingly, the briefing shall include:

(1) recommended concepts for new pathways, potentially including centers 

of excellence or dedicated program offices;

(2) methods for U.S. companies to inform government customers about 

capabilities and access to resources for testing and certification; and

(3) any other recommendations from the Under Secretary to provide critical 

capabilities in accordance with the intended purposes and goals of the FMS 

program. 

Africa Institute for Security Cooperation

The committee notes the lack of a security cooperation institute for African 

partner militaries, national law enforcement agencies, and civilians who work in 

the related ministries. Such an institution could complement U.S. Africa 

Command’s Joint Exercise Program, State Department’s International Military 

Education and Training program, and the Africa Center for Strategic Studies at the 

National Defense University. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense, not 

later than December 31, 2023, to provide a briefing to the congressional defense 

committees on the feasibility of establishing an Africa Institute for Security 

Cooperation. The briefing, shall include, at a minimum: an identification of the 

potential: roles; mission and purpose, including what gaps such institute would fill 

with regard to U.S. security cooperation and related engagements with African 

partners; organization; budget estimate; compliance with relevant statutes such as 

10 USC 362; lessons learned from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security 

Cooperation and its predecessor as it relates to promoting human rights, rule of 

law, and democracy; and any other recommendations by the Secretary. 

Assessment of African War Colleges

The committee recognizes that many partner war colleges on the continent 

of Africa present opportunities to partner with U.S. professional military education 

institutions for mutual benefit. African war colleges would benefit from stronger 

professional military education (PME) programs, including to counter influence 

from Russia and China as well as to promote human rights, rule of law, and 

democracy. To that end, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, not later 

than March 1, 2024, to provide a report to the congressional defense committees on 

the resources and authorities needed to address support provided by U.S. 

professional military education institutions to their African counterparts.

Assessment of Moldovan Security Capabilities

The committee recognizes the national security challenges that the 

Republic of Moldova faces given the large imbalance of conventional forces and 

geographical difficulties associated with aggression by the Russian Federation. In 

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this context, capabilities such as integrated air and missile defense, special 

operations activities, and other efforts that counter the weaknesses of a traditional 

conventional force may play a crucial role. To that end, the committee directs the 

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

congressional defense committees with an assessment on Moldova’s defense 

capabilities, the role that capabilities and efforts of the type described above could 

play in meeting Moldova’s defense requirements, and an overview of U.S. efforts to 

apply those insights to Department of Defense activities regarding Moldova. 

Assessment of Participation of Contractors in the Boycott, Divestment and 

Sanctions (BDS) Movement Against Israel

The committee is concerned about the participation of Department of 

Defense contractors in the antisemitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) 

movement against the State of Israel. The committee acknowledges that BDS is an 

effort to delegitimize, isolate, and ultimately destroy the Jewish state. The 

committee recognizes that both the executive and the House of Representatives 

have previously opposed the BDS movement on a broad and bipartisan basis.

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide to 

the Congressional Defense Committees, not later than February 1, 2024, a report 

assessing whether their contractors participated in or are engaged with the BDS 

movement during Fiscal Year 2023. The contactors relevant for this report shall 

include companies wherein the total value of the contract with the Department 

exceeds $100,000, or companies who have more than 10 full-time employees. For the 

instances of this report, the Committee observes that “Boycott action” means 

refusing to deal, terminating business activities, or limiting commercial relations 

with a company, when the action is based on race, color, religion, gender, or 

nationality of the targeted company. The Committee also observes that “Boycott of 

the State of Israel” means engaging in a boycott action targeting: the State of Israel; 

and companies or individuals doing business in or with the State of Israel; or 

companies authorized by, licensed by, or organized under the laws of the State of 

Israel to do business. The report shall include a full analysis of:

1) The number of contractors engaged in business with the Department 

participating in or engaged with BDS;

2) The monetary value of contracts awarded to contractors participating in 

or engaged with BDS;

3) The military departments, services, installations, and programs 

supported by contractors participating in or engaged with BDS; and

4) The sector of industry to which any contractors participating in or 

engaged with BDS belong. 

Black Sea Flotilla

The committee notes the Black Sea region is a major focus of the U.S. 

European Command’s strategy for peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area. 

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Russia’s premeditated and unprovoked attacks in the Black Sea region underscore 

its strategic importance to the United States, NATO Alliance, and the world. The 

committee directs the Secretary of Defense, not later than March 1, 2024, to provide 

a briefing to the congressional defense committees on the feasibility of establishing 

a Black Sea flotilla of vessels from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, NATO allies, 

and/or Ukraine. The briefing shall include possible roles, missions, organization, 

treaty and legal compliance, and requirements validation of such an effort. 

Briefing on EUCOM-INDOPACOM Irregular Warfare Coordination

The committee recognizes the growing inclination of competitors to combine 

kinetic tools with non-lethal means, including spreading disinformation, engaging 

in cyber warfare and covert operations, and utilizing proxy forces in order to achieve 

strategic objectives. The committee also recognizes the important role of irregular 

warfare in this era of strategic competition.

The committee believes that there are lessons in conducting irregular 

warfare to draw and share across multiple combatant commands, including U.S. 

European Command (USEUCOM) and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command 

(USINDOPACOM). The committee believes that the Department of Defense could 

better leverage the experience and expertise of European allies and partners, 

including the Baltic states, to inform future irregular warfare best practices and 

how they could apply to USINDOPACOM.

To better understand irregular warfare best practices, the committee 

directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity 

Conflict, in coordination with the Commander USSOCOM, to provide a briefing to 

the House Committee on Armed Services no later than March 1, 2024. The briefing 

shall include:

(1) an analysis of current irregular warfare operations in the European and 

Indo- Pacific theaters of operation and their ability to combat competitors;

(2) a description of lessons learned and new initiatives that could be 

implemented within the Department of Defense and the Defense Intelligence 

Enterprise;

(3) a description of how irregular warfare efforts in USEUCOM can help 

inform efforts in USINDOPACOM; and

(4) any additional matters the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special 

Operations and Low Intensity Conflict determines relevant.

Briefing on Irregular Warfare Center Location Selection

The committee is aware that the Department of Defense has established a 

process to determine a permanent location for the Irregular Warfare Center 

(Center) established under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2021 (Public Law 116-283) and is working to meet the requirement for a plan on 

establishing the structure, operations, and administration of the Center as 

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mandated under Section 1204 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263).

The committee encourages the Department to follow the process in place for 

determining the final location of the Center that enables the intended mission of the 

Center and maintains the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict active role in 

exercising policy oversight of the Center, as stated in the Joint Explanatory 

Statement accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2023 (Public Law 117-263). Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later 

than October 31, 2023, on the progress and findings of the phases of the process for 

determining a location of the Center, to include the metrics used to make 

determinations and recommendations.

Department of Defense State Partnership Program

The committee acknowledges that the Department of Defense State 

Partnership Program supports the National Defense Strategy priorities and 

campaign objectives of the combatant commands through enduring, mutually 

beneficial relationships. These relationships build partner defense capability and 

provide persistent engagement with our partners, both of which foster regional 

security and stability. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 

provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 

1, 2024, on the opportunities to enhance the State Partnership Program that 

includes:

(1) A discussion of the feasibility and opportunities to improve the 

admission of new countries to the program;

(2) A review of the activities conducted by the State Partnership Program 

that provide the most effective contributions to meeting U.S. national security 

objectives; 

(3) An assessment of the funding and other investments required to 

broaden the pool of partner countries appropriately while ensuring the program 

remains cost effective;

(4) Any other matter the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.

Ensuring Burden Sharing with Europe in Support of Ukraine

The Committee notes that aid from the United States constitutes the 

majority of bilateral aid to Ukraine. The Committee notes that Ukraine’s current 

and likely future security requirements will demand sustained and/or increased 

support from other allied and partner countries and organizations that make up the 

Ukraine Defense Contact Group. 

Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

with the Secretary of State, to provide a briefing to the House Armed Services 

Committee no later than December 1, 2023, on updates of ally and partner efforts to 

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supply military aid to Ukraine, United States efforts to increase such aid, and 

projected levels of foreign bilateral military aid in FY2025 and FY2026. 

Foreign Military Sales for Indo-Pacific Allies and Partners

The committee is cognizant of the importance of enhancing interoperability 

between the United States and its allies and partners to achieve shared security 

objectives, particularly in the Indo-Pacific. Countries that share U.S. strategic goals 

for a free and open Indo-Pacific may benefit from U.S. equipment to deter regional 

threats more effectively. Enhancing U.S. ally and partner capabilities and capacity 

should be efficient while ensuring proper technology controls and accountability are 

maintained.

The committee is committed to monitoring the timely delivery of defense 

articles and defense services provided to critical allies and partners in the IndoPacific via the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process to enhance regional stability. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to 

the House Committee on Armed Services, no later than November 25, 2023, that 

includes the following:

(1) an itemized accounting of the current, yet to be delivered, FMS contracts 

being executed with Indo-Pacific allies and partners, including Australia, Japan, 

and other key allies and partners as determined by the Secretary of Defense, 

including where in the contracting process these sales fall;

(2) a description of timelines for entering into contracts associated with 

defense articles for the identified Indo-Pacific allies and partners via FMS over the 

prior three years;

(3) a description of the degree to which U.S. industrial capacity affects the 

timeline of each undelivered FMS contract identified;

(4) a cost-benefit analysis of the degree to which industrial base capacity 

could be expanded for purpose of accelerating the delivery of the identified defense 

articles over the next three years; and

(5) any other information deemed relevant by the Secretary. 

Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb for U.S. European Command Maritime 

Targets

The committee is encouraged by the development and acquisition of the 

Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) as an affordable capability to 

bring additional ground-launched fires to allied and partner forces. The committee 

notes the decision of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, and the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to examine HIMARs integration with 

GLSDB. Therefore, to understand the applicability of derivative weapons 

capabilities like GLSDB to satisfy additional high-demand, low availability 

munitions requirements, the Committee directs the Commander, U.S. European 

Command, to brief the House Armed Services Committee by January 31, 2024, on 

its munitions requirement for ground-launched fires with anti-ship capability in its 

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most stressing operational plans, military capabilities available to meet this 

requirement by 2030, and projected quantities by that year. 

Illicit Goldmining in Venezuela

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on illegal and illicit mining 

in Venezuela and how such activities undermine United States objectives with 

respect to defense in the region. The brief should include the following information:

(1) the impact mining and importation of materials such as gold, coltan, and 

other rare earth elements has on defense strategy in the region;

(2) an assessment of the impact of this illicit trade on violent extremist 

organizations, particularly with respect to Hizballah, Iran, and Russia; and

(3) the impact on defense supply chains of illicit mining in Venezuela, 

specifically in regard to China’s defense industrial base.

Mission Support to Ukraine

The committee seeks to better understand how the Department of Defense 

is prioritizing and approving or disapproving requests from the Government of 

Ukraine for smaller dollar value and lower quantity capabilities made by small 

businesses or non-traditional providers. To ensure that these requests are given due 

consideration, the committee directs the Secretary of the Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 

2023, on outstanding or denied requests for support made by the Government of 

Ukraine. At a minimum, this briefing shall include:

(1) details on any request made by the Ministry of Defense or National 

Police that have not been adjudicated within 90 days of submission or request;

(2) any request for support for systems, capabilities, or platforms made by 

the Government of Ukraine and denied; 

(3) justification for denied or partially denied requests for support; and 

(4) methods to improve the acquisition of non-programs of record defense 

articles and services for the provision to Ukraine under the Presidential Drawdown 

Authority or the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. 

Morocco Joint Exercise Participation

The committee recognizes the critical 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 the signatories, 

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 

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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, as appropriate, and the United 

States in military exercises, including exercises organized by U.S. Central 

Command. 

Philippines Coast Guard

The committee notes the Philippines faces daily or more frequent 

incursions by the armed forces of the People’s Republic China into its exclusive 

economic zone. The committee understands that the Philippines Coast Guard 

currently has three offshore patrol vessels capable of staying at sea for more than 

ten days. As a result, they are not able to maintain sufficient presence and patrol 

the entire economic zone, leaving them vulnerable to incursions.

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense not later than May 31, 2024

to provide a briefing to the House Armed Services Committee assessing how the 

Department of Defense can better leverage existing authorities to enhance the 

capacity of the Philippines Coast Guard. Such a briefing shall include the following 

elements: 

(1) an assessment of the capacity of the Philippines Coast Guard, including 

any shortfalls; and

(2) recommendations for how the Department of Defense can help address 

such shortfalls, including by leveraging security cooperation authorities and 

engagement with allies and partners.

Report on Global Fragility Act Implementation

The committee notes that the Global Fragility Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-

94) requires the Department of Defense, along with the Department of State and 

the United States Agency for International Development and other relevant 

departments and agencies, to coordinate to implement the Global Fragility Strategy 

through 10-year country and regional plans. The committee also notes that such 

plans shall align and integrate all relevant diplomatic, development, and security 

assistance and activities of the United States Government with respect to each of 

the countries and regions selected pursuant to section 505 of the Global Fragility 

Act of 2019. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Armed Services Committee not later than January 1, 2024 on 

the resources, authorities, and staffing necessary for the Department to implement 

and prioritize the Global Fragility Act of 2019.

Report on Misuse in End-Use Monitoring

The committee notes that U.S. policy states that the U.S. will engage in 

appropriate monitoring aimed at ensuring transferred arms are used responsibly 

and in accordance with the recipient government’s obligations under the conditions 

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of the transfer and international law. The committee also notes that the 

Comptroller General of the United States has previously reported that the 

Department of Defense’s end-use monitoring program is not designed to track how 

U.S.-origin defense articles are used. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to the House Armed 

Services Committee not later than March 1, 2024 on efforts to ensure recipient 

obligations are met, including:

(1) the extent to which the Department of State and Department of Defense 

have established expectations in policy and in transfer agreements with recipient 

countries that U.S.-origin defense articles and defense services should be used in 

accordance with international humanitarian and human rights law;

(2) the extent to which and how end-use monitoring has addressed 

reporting and investigation of potential human rights violations; and

(3) the extent to which the Department of State and Department of Defense 

have identified guidance or procedures that will need to be updated to comply with 

U.S. policy.

Report on Pre-Positioning Precision-Guided Munitions in Israel

A robust supply of munitions within War Reserves Stock Allies-Israel 

(WRSA-I) that can address regional challenges is critically important to Israel’s 

security. The committee prioritizes the replenishment of WRSA-I, following the 

Department of Defense’s drawdown of its weapons stocks for transfer to the 

Government of Ukraine to defend against Russia’s illegal and unjustified invasion. 

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, that 

includes:

(1) the current quantity and type of precision-guided munitions in the 

WRSA-I; 

(2) the quantity and type of munitions that the Department of Defense 

transferred from WRSA-I to the Government of Ukraine;

(3) the Department of Defense’s plan for replenishing the stockpile;

(4) the quantity and type of precision-guided munitions with which the 

Department of Defense plans to replenish WRSA-I; 

(5) an assessment of whether the current stockpile of Israel’s precisionguided munitions within WRSA-I meets the requirement of providing Israel a 

qualitative military edge; and

(6) any other information the Secretary determines appropriate. 

Russia and China’s Defense and Security Presence in Latin America and the 

Caribbean

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the 

congressional defense committees by March 1, 2024, on Russia and China’s defense 

and security presence in Central and South America, particularly with respect to 

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defense or security-related activities that may be linked to transnational criminal 

organizations such as the Wagner Group. The report should include the following 

information:

(1) a description of the provision of any security assistance and military 

education by Russia or China to countries or other entities in Central and South 

America;

(2) a description of irregular or asymmetric activities directed, controlled, or 

conducted by Russia and China, to include the defense or security-related activities 

transnational organized criminal organizations; and

(3) an assessment of whether any Russian and Chinese economic activities 

in Central and South America, including purchases agricultural land and 

agricultural commodities and investment in critical infrastructure, are intended for 

military or naval purpose, and how these purchases impact the environment, the 

threat of deforestation, food security, and may influence provincial and local 

governments. 

Russia Leaving the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty

The committee is concerned regarding Russia’s notice, submitted on July 9, 

2023, that it intends to withdraw from the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) 

Treaty. The CFE Treaty, signed on November 19, 1990 by all NATO and Warsaw 

Pact member states, imposed restrictions on conventional arms and combat 

equipment. Given Russia’s suspension of CFE in 2007, its invasion of Georgia in 

2008, and its repeated invasions and occupation of Ukraine, the U.S. should take 

reciprocal actions in response to Russia’s withdrawal from the CFE Treaty.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the congressional defense committees not later than October 1, 2023, on 

any reciprocal steps the Department of Defense may take to respond to Russia’s 

notification of withdrawal. This report shall also include:

(1) an assessment of whether and how flank zone limits in the CFE Treaty 

impede U.S. and NATO military movements in Europe, including near Ukraine, 

including Russian occupied Ukraine;

(2) whether and how these limits make managing a NATO-Russia 

contingency near Ukraine and Russian occupied Ukraine more difficult;

(3) any difficulty in managing U.S. and NATO force deployments with 

respect to responding to Russian aggression on the continent; and

(4) the Department’s views on the likelihood of Russia returning to 

compliance before Russia’s Treaty withdrawal becomes official on November 7, 

2023.

Saudi Arabia-People’s Republic of China Defense Cooperation

The committee is aware of the developing defense relationship between the 

People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Saudi Arabia, exemplified by the December 

2022 signing of a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement. Therefore, the 

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committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, on defense cooperation 

between Saudi Arabia and the PRC. The briefing shall include:

(1) a detailed description of the nature and the extent of defense 

cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the PRC;

(2) an assessment of the effect of such defense cooperation on the security 

situation in the United States Central Command area of operations; and

(3) a description of the role of the United Arab Emirates in the region and 

its relationship with Saudi Arabia and the PRC.

Strategic Competition in Latin America and the Caribbean

The committee remains focused on the U.S. military posture and strategic 

competition in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility, as well as around 

the globe. Further, the committee is concerned by the the activities of China and 

Russia in Latin America and the Caribbean and the potential security challenges 

these activities subsequently pose. Therefore, the committee encourages the 

Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense to deliver the 

reporting requirements of sections 6524 and 1069 of the James M. Inhofe National 

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

respective deadlines.

U.S.-Israel Defense Assessment

The committee notes the increased regional threats posed to Israel and U.S. 

forces stationed in the Middle East. Furthermore, the committee is interested in 

new technological opportunities that could be achieved through enhanced 

collaboration between the United States and Israel. Therefore, the committee 

directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, on Israel’s evolving security needs 

and prospective areas for future U.S.-Israel cooperation. The briefing shall include:

(1) an assessment of the potential for increased U.S.-Israel defense 

collaboration, particularly in emerging technologies including but not limited to 

artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, directed energy, and 

automation; and

(2) a summary of existing U.S.-Israel defense collaboration in emerging 

technologies, including active memorandums of understanding on research and 

development and ongoing research programs conducted by the Irregular Warfare 

Technical Support Directorate.

(3) a review of ongoing efforts to increase Israel’s participation in 

multinational organizations and military task forces and the feasibility of 

increasing the number of such organizations and military task forces that Israel 

participates with the United States.

U.S.-Israel on Emerging Defense Technologies

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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. 

The committee recommends an increase of $50.0 million for Combating 

Terrorism Technology Support. The committee encourages IWTSD to continue focus 

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. 

U.S.-Nordic SOF Exchange

The committee is concerned with the growing influence and aggressive 

behavior of strategic competitors like China and Russia in the High North and the 

European theater more broadly. The committee recognizes the important role of 

Finland, Norway, and Sweden in deterring malign activities of competitors and 

adversaries in the region, particularly in the gray zone. The committee also 

recognizes the unique capabilities of U.S. and allied special operations forces (SOF) 

to combat threats to European and Transatlantic security.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on the 

viability of establishing a U.S.-Nordic SOF exchange with Finland, Norway, and 

Sweden. The report shall include:

(1) Existing Department of Defense coordination with Finland, Norway, 

and Sweden on SOF activities, including exercises and training;

(2) Opportunities provided by the accession of Finland and the impending 

accession of Sweden into NATO to expand such activities;

(3) Appropriate venues, both within and outside of NATO, for strengthening 

SOF coordination with Finland, Norway, and Sweden; and

(4) Particular areas of focus for strengthened SOF coordination.

Ukraine Security Assistance for Army Tactical Missile Systems

Of the funds authorized for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative 

(USAI) elsewhere in this Act, the committee intends that not less than $80.0 million 

be used for the procurement of Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) for the 

Armed Forces of Ukraine. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide 

a briefing to the congressional defense committees, not later than December 31, 

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2023, on the progress of using USAI for the procurement of and availability of 

ATACMS to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 

Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative

The committee authorizes the President's request of $300 million for the 

Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. This funding is included in the amount 

authorized by this Act for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.

United States Support for Iraqi Minorities

The committee recognizes the importance of the support of the United 

States for the religious and ethnic minority survivors of genocide in Iraq. National, 

ethnic, religious, and linguistic minorities and indigenous peoples, including 

Yezidis, Turkmen, Shabak, Sabaean-Mandeans, Kaka’i, and indigenous Christians 

(including Chaldean, Syriac, Assyrian, Armenian, and Melkite communities) have 

been an integral part of the cultural fabric and history of Iraq and the broader 

Middle East. Members of these minority communities in Iraq face daily insecurity, 

discrimination, and hardship related to internal displacement, economic hardship, 

and security protection. The committee recognizes that the Islamic State of Iraq and 

Syria committed atrocities against these ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq.

Therefore, the committee encourages the following as security-enhancing 

measures in Iraq:

(1) the restoration of security, stability, and economic opportunity for these 

communities as well as the safe, dignified, and voluntary return of the displaced 

indigenous peoples to the territories of Mosul, Baaj, Sinjar, and the Nineveh Plain;

(2) the financial support from the Iraqi Government and international aid 

donors for the restoration of homes, schools, churches, and other religious sites;

(3) local representation in line with Article 125 of the Constitution of Iraq 

that guarantees the administrative, political, cultural, and educational rights of 

the various nationalities, such as Turkmen, Chaldeans, Assyrians, and all other 

constituents; and

(4) greater integration for minority groups in Iraq.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING

Section 1201—Support of Special Operations for Irregular Warfare

This section would codify section 1202 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91), as well as amendments 

made by Section 1207 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283) by adding a new 

section after section 127c, of title 10, United States Code.

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Section 1202—Modification of Combatant Commander Initiative Fund

This section would amend section 166a of title 10, United States Code, to 

include incremental expenses related to security cooperation activities of the 

Department of Defense to the authorized activities under the Joint Chiefs of Staff 

Combatant Commander Initiative Fund. Additionally, this section would authorize 

funding for U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Southern Command for certain purposes 

under the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund.

Section 1203—Equipment Disposition with Respect to Building Capacity of Foreign 

Security Forces

This section would amend section 333 of title 10, United States Code, to 

authorize the Secretary of Defense to treat as stocks of the Department of Defense 

equipment procured under such section that has not yet been transferred to a 

foreign country or that has been returned by a foreign country to the United States. 

This section would also require the Secretary to submit a notice prior to initiating 

such an activity.

Section 1204—Mission Training through Distributed Simulation

This section would modify section 346 of title 10, United States Code, to 

authorize the Secretary of Defense to utilize mission training through distributed 

simulation activities with friendly foreign forces.

Section 1205—Modifications to Security Cooperation Workforce Development 

Program and Establishment of Defense Security Cooperation University

This section would modify section 384 of title 10, United States Code, 

regarding the Security Cooperation Workforce Development Program (SCWDP), 

and would establish the defense security cooperation university structure. This 

section would also require the Secretary of Defense to develop and submit an 

implementation plan for the structure of the defense security cooperation 

university. Additionally, this section would require the Secretary to submit a report 

on the Department of Defense security cooperation workforce. Finally, this section 

would require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report 

containing an independent evaluation of the actions of the Secretary to carry out 

this section.

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 

114-328) enacted extensive reforms to the Department's security cooperation 

authorities, programs, and activities, including establishment of the SCWDP. In the 

conference report accompanying Public Law 114-328 (H. Rept. 116-617), the 

conferees noted that "increased attention and resourcing must be focused on the 

recruitment, training, certification, assignment, and career development of the 

security cooperation workforce." Further, the conferees noted the expectation that 

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the Department would "implement this authority expansively in order to address 

shortfalls in the security cooperation workforce throughout the enterprise."

The committee recognizes that the Department has not implemented the 

SCWDP as directed in H. Rept. 116-617. As was the case prior to establishment of 

the SCWDP, the current system neither develops appropriate skills among its 

workforce nor rationally assigns its workforce to match appropriate skills with 

requirements. Accordingly, this section would modify the SCWDP to address such 

shortfalls.

Additionally, the committee notes that improving the security cooperation 

workforce is a key element in advancing the transfers of defense articles and 

services with allies and partners. The committee recognizes the critical importance 

of the Australia-United Kingdom-United States trilateral agreement known as 

AUKUS, and believes that a well-trained and managed workforce will help ensure 

its success. Seamless and expedient transfer of advanced defense technology both to 

and from allies and partners is in the national security interest of the United States 

and is critical to retaining a technological edge over adversaries.

Section 1206—Requirement for Military Exercises

This section would require U.S. Central Command to engage in regular 

exercises with international partners to practice and simulate coalition strike, 

refueling, and other missions.

Section 1207—Report on End-Use Monitoring

This section would require the Comptroller General of the United States to 

submit a report on practices related to alleged end-use violations of equipment 

provided to foreign countries through Foreign Military Sales (FMS), section 333 of 

title 10, United States Code, or any other authority of the Department of Defense to 

provide defense items to foreign countries. 

The Arms Export Control Act requires the President to report promptly to 

Congress when a “substantial violation” of any agreement under which the United 

States provides defense articles under the FMS program may have occurred. These 

violations can include use for unauthorized purposes, unauthorized transfers, and 

security violations, among other things. Department of Defense officials are to 

report alleged end-use violations to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency and 

the State Department, which investigates such allegations to determine whether a 

violation occurred and determine what actions the U.S. Government will take. 

Allegations that U.S.-origin equipment was misused or transferred to parties that 

should not have access to U.S. arms, such as militia units, can harm diplomatic 

relations and potentially cause harm to national security.

Section 1208—Report on Enhanced End-Use Monitoring

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This section would require the Comptroller General of the United States to 

submit a report on practices related to enhanced end-use monitoring of equipment 

provided to foreign countries through Foreign Military Sales, section 333 of title 10, 

United States Code, or any other authority of the Department of Defense to provide 

defense items to foreign countries.

Section 1209—Report on Partner Country Forces

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report that 

specifies partner countries whose military forces have participated in security 

cooperation or security assistance programs and subsequently engaged in a coup, 

insurrection, or action to overthrow a democratically elected government.

SUBTITLE B—MATTERS RELATING TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA

Section 1211—Extension of Cross-Servicing Agreements for Loan of Personnel 

Protection and Personnel Survivability Equipment in Coalition Operations

This section would extend the duration of section 1207 of the Carl Levin 

and Howard P. “Buck” McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2015 (Public Law 113-291; 10 U.S.C. 2342 note) an additional 5 years. 

Section 1212—Modification of Quarterly Reports on Ex-Gratia Payments

This section would modify ex-gratia reporting requirements and require 

additional information, including when a request was made and steps the 

Department of Defense has taken to respond to the request.

Section 1213—Extension and Modification of Authority to Provide Assistance to 

Vetted Syrian Groups and Individuals

This section would extend and modify existing authority to conduct 

programs authorized under section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck” 

McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-

291), to provide assistance to vetted Syrian groups for countering the Islamic State 

of Iraq and Syria in Syria. The section would extend the authority 1 year, to 

December 31, 2024. 

Section 1214—Extension and Modification of Authority to Provide Assistance to 

Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria

This section would extend and modify existing authority under section 1236 

of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck” McKeon National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291) to continue providing support to 

partner forces in Iraq to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and help 

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ensure ISIS cannot resurge. The section would extend the authority 1 year to 

December 31, 2024. 

Section 1215—Plan of Action to Equip and Train Iraqi Security Forces and Kurdish 

Peshmerga Forces

This section would require a plan of action for Kurdish and Iraqi air 

defense. 

Section 1216—Extension of United States-Israel Anti-Tunnel Cooperation

This section would extend section 1279(f) of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92), as most recently 

amended by section 1279 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2020 (Public Law 116-92), by 2 years. The authorization would be extended from 

December 31, 2024 to December 31, 2026.

Section 1217—Plan to Enable Israel to Gain Observer Status in the Euro-NATO 

Joint Jet Pilot Training Program

This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to produce a plan for 

enabling Israel to gain observer status in the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training 

Program.

Section 1218—Extension and Modification of Annual Report on Military Power of 

Iran

This section would amend the annual reporting requirement for the 

Department of Defense on Iran's military power to add more capabilities and forces, 

including space launch.

Section 1219—Prohibition on Transporting Currency to the Taliban and the Islamic 

Emirate of Afghanistan

This section would prohibit any funds authorized to be appropriated to the 

Department of Defense being made available for the operation of any Department of 

Defense aircraft to transport currency or other items of value to the Taliban.

Section 1220—Modifications to the Office of the Special Inspector General for 

Afghanistan Reconstruction

This section would amend the authority of the Office of the Special 

Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

SUBTITLE C—MATTERS RELATING TO UKRAINE

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Section 1221—Direct Hire Authority for Certain Personnel of the Office of the 

Inspector General of the Department of Defense

This section would provide enhanced oversight authorities for the Inspector 

General (IG) of the Department of Defense to conduct Ukraine oversight by 

extending limited direct hire authority to the Department IG, modifying the direct 

hire authority granted to the Secretary of Defense. Specifically, the proposal would 

establish subsection (b) of section 9905 of title 5, United States Code, and provide 

direct hire authority to the Department of Defense IG to strengthen comprehensive 

and timely oversight of U.S. support and activities carried out in response to 

Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine. 

Section 1222—Special Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance

This section would create a Special Inspector General for Ukraine 

Assistance.

Section 1223—Extension of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative

This section would extend the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative 

through fiscal year 2025.

Section 1224—Extension of Lend-Lease Authority to Ukraine

This section would extend current lend-lease policy in Ukraine through 

fiscal year 2024.

Section 1225—Plan and Report Relating to Allied and Partner Support to Ukraine

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to submit a plan and 

subsequent reports relating to allied and partner support to Ukraine.

SUBTITLE D—MATTERS RELATING TO RUSSIA, EUROPE, AND NATO

Section 1231—Statement of Policy relating to NATO-Russia Founding Act

This section would establish that the NATO-Russia Founding Act does not 

prevent the United States from establishing a permanent troop presence in Eastern 

Europe.

Section 1232—Strategy to Delay, Disrupt, and Degrade ROSATOM's Proliferation 

Activities and Other Revenue Streams

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy to 

combat Russian aid to China's nuclear weapons program. 

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Section 1233—Baltic Security Initiative

This section would express the sense of Congress regarding the Baltic 

states and require a report setting forth a strategy of the Department of Defense to 

deepen security cooperation with the Baltic states. 

Section 1234—Prohibition on New START Treaty Information Sharing

This section would prohibit information sharing related to the New START 

Treaty and provide a waiver. 

SUBTITLE E—MATTERS RELATING TO THE ARMED FORCES ABROAD AND THE 

AUTHORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Section 1241—Report on Hostilities Involving United States Armed Forces

This section would require the President to transmit a report to the 

congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 

within 48 hours of any incident in which U.S. Armed Forces are involved in an 

attack or hostilities, whether in an offensive or defensive capacity, except in 

specified circumstances.

Section 1242—Protection and Legal Preparedness for Servicemembers Abroad

This section would ensure members of the Armed Forces stationed in a 

foreign country with which the United States maintains a Status of Forces 

Agreement are afforded certain rights and would require the Secretary of Defense, 

in collaboration with the Secretary of State, to review and provide a briefing on local 

legal systems and the rights of service members under such Status of Forces 

Agreements. 

Section 1243—Prohibition on Funding for the Global Engagement Center

This section would prohibit funding within this Act from being made 

available to the Global Engagement Center.

Section 1244—Determination of Location for McCain Irregular Warfare Center

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to select a permanent 

location for the "John S. McCain III Center for Security Studies in Irregular 

Warfare Center" based on established criteria. This section would also recommend 

the inclusion of specific criteria for the process.

TITLE XIII—OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS

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ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreements with Pacific Island Countries

Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreements (ACSAs) provide the 

Department of Defense and partner countries with the ability to exchange 

equipment and logistical support during operations and exercises. The ACSA 

program is a means to strengthen relationships with foreign partners as well as to 

provide combatant commanders with increased flexibility in addressing logistical 

requirements. It may benefit the Department to enter into an ACSA with certain 

Pacific island countries. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to assess the potential benefits and the feasibility of entering into an Acquisition 

and Cross Servicing Agreement or an Acquisition Only Agreement with each of the 

following countries: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, 

Palau, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, Tuvalu, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon 

Islands, Vanuatu, Samoa, the Cook Islands, and Niue. The assessment shall 

consider each of the potential partner country's interests and needs, which could be 

satisfied by such an agreement. The committee further directs the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services by June 1, 2024, on the assessment's findings.

African C-130 Aircraft Coalition

The committee notes there is an interest among several willing and capable 

African partners on establishing a C-130 coalition on the continent for intra and 

inter-theater airlift sharing options. The committee directs the Secretary of 

Defense, not later than March 1, 2024, to provide a report to the congressional 

defense committees on the feasibility of a C-130 coalition on the continent of Africa 

for intra and inter-theater airlift. 

Briefing on Defense Cooperation Involving Japan and the Republic of Korea

The committee recognizes the importance of defense cooperation involving 

Japan and the Republic of Korea to maintaining peace and stability in the IndoPacific region.

The committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in 

coordination with the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command and 

the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, to provide a briefing to the 

congressional defense committees by March 1, 2024. The briefing shall include the 

following:

(1) a description of recent defense cooperation efforts involving Japan and 

the Republic of Korea;

(2) a description of any opportunities or initiatives through which the 

United States may facilitate enhanced bilateral defense cooperation between Japan 

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and the Republic of Korea or enhanced trilateral defense cooperation among the 

United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea; and

(3) an identification of any new or additional cooperative steps that may be 

taken by the United States, Japan, or the Republic of Korea to deter destabilizing 

activities.

Briefing on Requirements for Measuring Regional Sentiment and Leveraging 

Commercially Available Technology to support Information Operations in 

USINDOPACOM

The committee recognizes the importance of maintaining relationships 

throughout the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) area of 

responsibility (AOR) with allies and partners and recognizes the need to establish 

metrics to measure regional sentiment in the information environment to better 

understand and counter the malign activities and messaging of competitors in the 

AOR. The committee further recognizes the importance of understanding how 

attitudes and behaviors may be shaped or manipulated by competitors.

To better understand how USINDOPACOM can leverage commercially 

available technology to measure regional sentiment and shape the information 

environment, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special 

Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, in coordination with the Commander, 

USINDOPACOM, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services 

no later than March 1, 2024, on current requirements for measuring regional 

sentiment in the information environment in the USINDOPACOM AOR. The 

briefing shall include:

(1) an overview of the processes and techniques used by USINDOPACOM to 

measure regional sentiment in the information environment;

(2) information on technologies and platforms used by USINDOPACOM to 

measure regional sentiment and understand the information environment in the 

AOR;

(3) a summary of commercially available technologies and crowdsourced 

data services available to USINDOPACOM that can be leveraged to better 

understand the information environment in the AOR; and

(4) any additional requirements for understanding the information 

environment and improving effectiveness of information operations in the 

USINDOPACOM AOR.

Cooperation Among U.S. Defense Partners

The committee recognizes the importance of providing military training and 

capacity building to Taiwan to enhance its self-defense capabilities across all 

domains. With the assistance of the United States, Taiwan has made significant 

improvements. 

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The committee also notes that some United States partners face security 

challenges that are similar to those of Taiwan and may be able to provide 

specialized training and advice.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Armed Services Committee not later than January 1, 2024, 

about the ways in which the Department can encourage and work with partner 

countries to provide advice and assistance to Taiwan. The briefing shall include 

efforts to address security challenges involving cybersecurity, reserve force 

management and conscription, counter-disinformation campaigns, and civil missile 

defense. 

Extreme Weather Wargames

The committee acknowledges that extreme weather conditions pose 

considerable challenges to military operations. Weather conditions can affect 

combat operations, logistics, movement of personnel, command and control, 

infrastructure, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and other military 

operations. The Indo-Pacific area of operations is susceptible to environmental risks 

such as typhoons, cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis, intense rainfall, floods, and 

mudslides. 

The committee is further aware that the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Center 

for Excellence in Disaster Management and Assistance conducted a wargame 

entitled “Ho’okele Mua” in 2022 for the purpose of informing the command on 

opportunities to incorporate certain environmental risk considerations, including 

considerations pertaining to increasingly frequent, extreme weather events, more 

thoroughly in planning processes, strategy development, and engagements. The 

results of the wargame may provide lessons learned regarding the effects of extreme 

weather conditions on military and naval operations, which could be applied 

throughout the Indo-Pacific and other regions. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific 

Command, in consultation with the Director for Joint Force Development, Joint 

Staff, to conduct a review of the results of the Ho’okele Mua wargame. The review 

shall include a discussion of the feasibility and advisability of conducting additional 

wargames related to the impact of extreme weather conditions on the planning and 

execution of military and naval strategies and operations at Department of Defense 

educational institutions and centers of excellence and at federally funded research 

and development centers, and, if advisable, recommendations regarding the scope, 

scale, and conditions of such additional wargames and recommendations regarding 

the applicability of such wargames to a spectrum of hypothetical scenarios involving 

other geographic areas of operation, multiple warfare domains, interagency 

cooperation, and coordination with allies and partners. The committee further 

directs the Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, in consultation with the 

Director for Joint Force Development, Joint Staff, to provide a briefing to the House 

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Committee on Armed Services on the findings and recommendations associated 

with the review by March 1, 2024.

GAO Report on Civilian Harm Training

The committee notes that the Department of Defense has made diligent 

efforts in creating and implementing the Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response 

Action Plan (CHMR-AP). Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General 

of the United States to submit a report to the House Armed Services Committee not 

later than March 1, 2024 on an assessment of the efficacy of civilian harm 

mitigation training implemented by the Department as it relates to U.S. military 

personnel, including: (1) an evaluation of the effectiveness of current training 

methods, including the identification of best practices and less effective approaches, 

as such training is implemented by each of the Armed Forces; each of the combatant 

commands; the Defense Intelligence Enterprise; and any relevant Defense Agency; 

(2) an assessment of the differences in scope, cost, and effectiveness between civilian 

harm training required under Foreign Military Sales, International Military 

Education & Training, and other accounts; (3) a review of current metrics and 

indicators used to assess the effectiveness of civilian casualty mitigation training on 

U.S. military; and (4) recommendations if any corrective actions might improve 

current training methods, curricula, and processes, based on the findings of the 

assessment.

Indo-Pacific Command Stockpiles for Submarine and Anti-Submarine Warfare 

Forces

The committee is deeply concerned about the adequacy of the current 

stockpiles of munitions, expendables, and other countermeasures for the United 

States submarine and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) forces in the Indo-Pacific 

Command area of operations. As such, the committee is interested in ensuring that 

United States submarine and ASW forces in the Indo-Pacific possess sufficient 

stockpiles of sonobuoys, torpedoes, towed arrays, decoys, and other submarine 

countermeasures in-theater to wage a protracted high-end campaign.

Therefore, the Committee directs the Commander, Indo-Pacific Command 

to provide an unclassified report, that may contain a classified annex, to the 

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

no later than February 1, 2024, describing:

(1) whether existing Indo-Pacific Command stockpiles of munitions, 

expendables, and other countermeasures are sufficient to supply those submarine 

and anti-submarine warfare forces in-theater; 

(2) whether the United States can maintain and replenish such stockpiles 

in the Indo-Pacific area of operations for submarine and anti-submarine warfare 

forces in the event of a protracted conflict;

(3) considerations pertaining to alternative resupply locations; and

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(4) whether forward-deployed submarines in the Indo-Pacific area of 

operations could be adequately resupplied by the current submarine tender fleet.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—MATTERS RELATING TO THE INDO-PACIFIC AND PACIFIC REGIONS

Section 1301—Extension of Pacific Deterrence Initiative and Report, Briefings, and 

Plan under the Initiative

This section would extend the Pacific Deterrence Initiative established by 

section 1251 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283). This section would also extend the 

related requirements for submission of the report on resourcing United States 

defense requirements for the Indo-Pacific region, briefings, and required plans.

Section 1302—Independent Assessment and Report on the Progress Made under 

the Pacific Deterrence Initiative

This section would require an independent assessment of the Department 

of Defense activities carried out under the Pacific Deterrence Initiative.

Section 1303—Sense of Congress on South Korea

This section would express the sense of Congress on South Korea.

Section 1304—Sense of Congress on Taiwan Defense Relations

This section would express the sense of Congress on Taiwan defense 

relations. 

Section 1305—Briefing on Multi-Year Plan to Fulfill Defensive Requirements of 

Military Forces of Taiwan

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing on 

the status of the efforts to develop and implement the joint multi-year plan to fulfill 

defensive requirements of military forces of Taiwan required under section 5506 of 

the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 

(Public Law 117-263).

Section 1306—Modification to the American, British, Canadian, and Australian 

Armies' Program

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This section would amend section 1274 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239) to include the Air 

Force program known as the Five Eyes Air Force Interoperability Council.

Section 1307—Modifications to Initiative to Support Protection of National Security 

Academic Researchers from Undue Influence and Other Security Threats

This section would establish research security metrics to evaluate whether 

or not an institution is properly securing research being performed under 

Department of Defense grants or direction. This section also would codify provisions 

from National Security Presidential Memorandum 33 on National Security Strategy 

for U.S. Government-Supported Research and Development. 

Section 1308—Limitation on Availability of Funds Pending Submittal of List 

Identifying Certain Foreign Academic Institutions

This section would limit the availability of funds for the Office of the Under 

Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering travel budget until the delivery 

of the list as required and developed under section 1286(c)(8)(A) of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 10 U.S.C. 

4001 note). 

Section 1309—Expansion of International Technology Focused Partnerships and 

Experimentation Activities in the Indo-Pacific

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan and 

roadmap to expand international technology-focused partnerships, agreements, and 

experimentation activities in the Indo-Pacific region; enhance capabilities using 

lessons learned from Task Force 59; and identify and accelerate the fielding of 

capabilities and technologies that would improve Taiwan's self-defense capabilities.

SUBTITLE B—MATTERS RELATING TO CHINA

Section 1311—Modifications to Public Reporting of Chinese Military Companies 

Operating in the United States

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to consider information 

related to Chinese military companies that is provided jointly by the chair and 

ranking member of any of the congressional defense committees. This section would 

also require the inclusion of information related to such requirement in an existing 

annual report.

Section 1312—Modification to Annual Report on Military and Security 

Developments Involving the People's Republic of China

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This section would modify the Annual Report on Military and Security 

Developments Involving the People's Republic of China to include among its report 

elements lessons learned by China from Russia.

Section 1313—Prohibition on Use of Funds for Work Performed by EcoHealth 

Alliance, Inc., in China on Research Supported by the Government of China

This section would prohibit use of funds for work by the EcoHealth 

Alliance, Inc., in China on research supported by the Chinese Government.

Section 1314—Study and Report on Implementation of Naval Blockades of 

Shipments of Fossil Fuels to China in Event of Armed Conflict

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to 

Congress that contains the findings of a study on the feasibility of implementing 

naval blockades of shipments of fossil fuels to China in the event of an armed 

conflict between the United States and China.

Section 1315—Independent Study on Defense Budget of People's Republic of China

This section would require an independent study of the defense budget of 

the People's Republic of China.

Section 1316—Determination on Involvement of the PRC in the Mexican Fentanyl 

Trade

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to certify whether 

Chinese Government officials assisted or were aware of the transportation of 

fentanyl precursors to Mexican drug cartels.

TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—MILITARY PROGRAMS

Section 1401—Working Capital Funds

This section would authorize appropriations for Defense Working Capital 

Funds at the levels identified in section 4501 of division D of this Act.

Section 1402—Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense

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This section would authorize appropriations for Chemical Agents and 

Munitions Destruction, Defense at the levels identified in section 4501 of division D 

of this Act.

Section 1403—Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-Wide

This section 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.

Section 1404—Defense Inspector General

This section 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.

Section 1405—Defense Health Program

This section would authorize appropriations for the Defense Health 

Program at the levels identified in section 4501 of division D of this Act.

SUBTITLE B—OTHER MATTERS

Section 1411—Expansion of National Defense Stockpile Requirements for Era of 

Great Power Competition

This section would expand the requirements for the National Defense 

Stockpile for the era of great power competition.

Section 1412—Membership of Coast Guard on Strategic Materials Protection Board

This section would add a senior U.S. Coast Guard officer to the Strategic 

and Critical Materials Board of Directors when matters relating to the U.S. Coast 

Guard are under consideration.

Section 1413—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

This section would authorize the transfer of funds to the Joint Department 

of Defense–Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund.

Section 1414—Authorization of Appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home

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This section would authorize appropriations for the operation of the Armed 

Forces Retirement Home.

TITLE XV—CYBERSPACE-RELATED MATTERS

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Army Cyber Auxiliary Utilization

The committee believes that in a globally and technologically complex 

environment, the Department of Defense requires adaptability to leverage skills 

and knowledge where and when available. In April 2019 the United States Marine 

Corps established a Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary, a volunteer organization of 

highly talented cyber experts who train, educate, assist, and mentor Marines to 

keep pace with constantly evolving cyber challenges. This is a novel approach that 

the committee recognizes, while also acknowledging the need to address statutory 

limitations.

In the face of a shortage in qualified cyber-focused professionals to serve 

and protect our nation’s critical infrastructure, the committee believes that the 

creation of a cyber auxiliary force may provide a cost-effective means to tap into 

industry expertise and supplement each services’ cyber forces.

Therefore, the committee directs the Principal Cyber Advisor of the United 

States Army to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than March 1, 2024 assessing the feasibility of an Army Cyber Auxiliary 

Force. The report should include information on funding requirements and 

statutory barriers that exist in the creation of a cyber auxiliary force as well as any 

other information the Advisor deems appropriate.

Artificial Intelligence Decision Aids

The committee notes the important role that decision aids, enabled by 

artificial intelligence (AI), will have on Department of Defense operations across all 

warfighting domains. The Department of Defense is focused on generating improved 

situational awareness by gathering numerous data sources and communicating 

them to the tactical edge, with the Deputy Secretary of Defense noting that “data is 

a strategic asset [for the Department].” The committee understands that one 

approach to improve the speed at which data can be moved is through the use of AI 

decision aids. If demonstrated successfully, the committee understands that 

technologies such as these can improve battlefield awareness and reduce latency in 

decision-making. 

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The committee recognizes that enterprise-wide adoption of bring your own 

device (BYOD) policies will bring secure communications to a broader section of 

Department of Defense personnel while simultaneously reducing costs and enabling 

a more mobile workforce. However, the committee is aware of gaps in Department 

of Defense policies preventing applications granted provisional authority to operate 

(P-ATO) on government-furnished equipment from being given P-ATO on personal 

devices currently enrolled in a BYOD program.

While the committee applauds the Department of Defense’s efforts to 

establish BYOD programs that allow personnel to continue their critical work using 

BYOD-eligible devices, the committee is concerned that enduring gaps in the 

Department of Defense's policies will continue to impact personnel’s ability to 

connect to critical back-end systems up to Impact Level 5/Controlled Unclassified 

Information.

The committee believes that the Department of Defense must create 

policies that enable secure, reliable connection of BYOD-eligible devices to 

necessary Department of Defense systems.

Therefore, the committee directs the Chief Information Officer, Department 

of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than January 1, 2024, on existing gaps in Department of Defense policy 

governing the issuance of P-ATO on BYOD-eligible devices and the Department of 

Defense's efforts to ensure its personnel can access those systems critical to 

executing their missions.

Cyber Kinetic Combat Environment

The committee is encouraged by the progress made in addressing 

development, training, and evaluation requirements associated with multi-domain 

operations. The committee is aware of Air Force efforts to build out research and 

training environments capable of replicating vignettes of multi-domain operations 

that integrate cyberspace operations, cyber physical sensing, electromagnetic 

spectrum operations, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance activities. 

The committee believes that continued effort is required in order to keep pace with 

potential adversaries who seek to degrade U.S. advantages in multi-domain 

operations, and that such efforts will require concerted efforts by government, 

industry, and academia. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air 

Force to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later 

than March 1, 2024, on opportunities for the Air Force to partner with academic 

institutions to provide additional capabilities to facilitate continued development, 

testing, training, and evaluation in multi-domain activities.

Cyber Protection for Certain Department of Defense Personnel

The committee is aware that adversarial advances in ubiquitous technical 

surveillance, especially of commercial telecommunications networks, put at risk 

Department personnel that are deployed on sensitive operations or in contested 

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environments. The committee notes that the Department has an authority, 

established in section 1645 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 

Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328), to provide cyber protection support for 

certain personnel highly vulnerable to cyber attack. The committee encourages the 

Department to utilize such authority to the greatest extent practicable to provide 

cyber support to secure the mobile networks and devices of at-risk personnel.

To ensure that the aforementioned authority is being utilized effectively, 

the committee directs the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer to 

provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by December 1, 2023, 

on the Department’s efforts to provide cyber protection support to at-risk personnel. 

The briefing shall include, at a minimum:

(1) a description of the support offered to date, using the authority provided 

by the FY2017 NDAA, to protect personnel’s mobile networks and devices from 

ubiquitous technical surveillance; and

(2) a list of any barriers to implementing the authority provided by the 

FY2017 NDAA.

Cyber-peculiar Test & Evaluation Environments

The committee is aware of the Department of the Army’s efforts to build 

environments which are intended to emulate an adversary’s offensive cyber 

capabilities, specifically against U.S. weapon systems. The capability to assess, 

experiment, and test is a critical component of ensuring military supremacy in a 

potential future conflict. Additionally, the data resulting from simulated 

environments can have immense potential for future use. Therefore, the committee 

directs the Secretary of the Army to brief the House Committee on Armed Services 

not later than March 31, 2024, on the status of existing efforts for cyber-peculiar 

test & evaluation environments, and any benefits resulting from these efforts.

Data Literacy in Artificial Intelligence

The committee recognizes the increasing complexities of artificial 

intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities available within the Department 

of Defense. To ensure the proper implementation of these new technologies, there 

must be a focus on data literacy across a broader population within the Department. 

Section 256 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public 

Law 116-92) required the Department of Defense to develop an AI education 

strategy, with the stated objective to educate “servicemembers in relevant 

occupational fields on matters relating to artificial intelligence.” 

Given the continued centrality of AI to warfighting, the committee directs 

the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense to 

provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 

31, 2024, on the implementation status of the AI education strategy, with emphasis 

on current efforts underway, such as the AI Primer course within the Army’s 

Intelligence Center of Excellence. 

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Data Repositories, Access, and Utilization

The committee commends the Department of Defense and the Chief Digital 

and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) focus on building the scaffolding, or 

infrastructure, to produce the high-quality data required to support artificial 

intelligence and machine learning 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 artificial intelligence 

and machine learning operations are clear to both government and industry 

stakeholders, particularly in regard to functions to be performed, performance 

required, and essential physical characteristics. As the CDAO continues to mature, 

the committee seeks additional information about how requirements for data 

repositories, access, and scaffolding are both developed and communicated to the 

totality of stakeholders involved.

Therefore, the committee directs the Chief Digital and Artificial 

Intelligence Officer to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services 

not later than December 1, 2023, about how requirements for data services are 

developed and socialized and how market research is performed as part of the 

acquisition process. Additionally, the briefing should include information about how 

the CDAO will develop policy and enforce compliance to the maximum extent 

possible.

Department Use of Open-Source Software

The committee supports the Department’s use of open-source software 

(OSS), which continues to positively impact how the Department designs, develops, 

and deploys software-based systems. OSS offers many benefits, including cost and 

time savings that enable the Department to develop and field software systems on 

operationally relevant timelines.

However, the committee is aware of concerns that program offices may 

contract with federal systems integrators to build features on top of OSS provided 

by developers that otherwise offer those same features in enterprise versions of the 

software. Such an approach may result in a lack of system interoperability, inability 

of the OSS developer to push critical cybersecurity updates, and additional support 

costs.

Therefore, the committee directs the Department of Defense Chief 

Information Officer to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services, 

no later than March 1, 2024, on the Department’s use of OSS and its mitigation 

strategies for any risks associated with its use.

Digital Cross Domain Solution Policy

The committee recognizes the need for the Department of Defense 

information systems to have real-time cross domain capabilities that are coupled 

with updated processes and polices that keep pace with evolving requirements for 

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mission owners. Therefore, the committee directs the Director, Defense Information 

Systems Agency (DISA), to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services no later than March 1, 2024, updating the committee on current and 

planned efforts to provide and enable a real-time cross domain solution, including 

potential process and policy changes.

Digital Expertise Training and Certification

Section 230 of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 

116-92) outlined a policy to promote and maintain digital expertise and software 

development as core competencies of civilian and military work forces of the 

Department of Defense. The committee is concerned that the Department has not 

prioritized the comprehensive implementation of the legislative intent. The 

committee directs the Chief Information Officer (CIO) to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services no later than March 15, 2024 on the 

Department’s process for review and recognition of certifications that can be used to 

meet technical training requirements. This briefing should include details on the 

list of reimbursable certifications specific to software development, networking and 

cybersecurity.

Digital Transformation for Multi-Level Secure Programs

The committee recognizes the benefits of digital engineering and modelbased systems engineering in complex development programs, and believes digital 

transformation concepts and agile culture, if properly implemented and deployed, 

could reduce schedule risk and enable simultaneous efforts at multiple levels of 

classification. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the congressional defense committees by March 1, 2024, on the efforts of 

the Department to deploy digital transformation acquisition capabilities into 

classified programs, including those that require multi-level security systems.

Ensuring Generation of High-Quality Labeled Data

The committee recognizes the Department of Defense’s continuing efforts, 

such as the Global Information Dominance Experiments (GIDE), to develop a highquality data integration layer that will enable the seamless use of artificial 

intelligence tools across the enterprise. These data streams play a critical role in the 

development of a high-quality data layer accessible by human and machine 

consumers at the tactical edge.

However, while the committee supports the Department’s efforts to 

implement a high-quality data integration layer, data generated by software 

applications in use across the Department may not contain adequate attribute-level 

metadata tags and machine-readable labels. This information can ensure data 

streams may distribute information to the correct users based on criteria such as 

classification level or the purpose of the data.

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Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by June 1, 2024, on the 

Department’s strategy to ensure enterprise efforts for artificial intelligence are able 

to absorb and incorporate data with the correct attributes and tags.

Evaluation of National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity

The committee believes that promoting education and developing expertise 

in cybersecurity is vital to protecting United States critical infrastructure and 

growing the national cybersecurity workforce. The committee supports the efforts of 

the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) program 

to advance cybersecurity education in colleges and universities but is concerned 

that challenges in oversight and implementation may hinder the program’s success.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, 

assessing the NCAE-C program. The report should include:

(1) an evaluation of challenges in administration and implementation, both 

at the program level and at individual institutions;

(2) a review of metrics used to evaluate the continued alignment of 

institutions with program requirements and objectives; 

(3) participation metrics, including but not limited to the number of 

institutions currently designated or being considered for designation, geographical 

distribution of the institutions, and number of students receiving relevant degrees 

and certificates; and

(4) such other information as the Secretary deems appropriate.

Innovation for Cybersecurity of the Defense Industrial Base

The committee recognizes the challenges faced by the Department of 

Defense in securing its own critical data, intellectual property, networks, and 

infrastructure, as well as that of its supporting defense industrial base (DIB), from 

cyberattack. Multiple offices within the Department of Defense, the military 

services, and the National Security Agency have programs focused upon various 

aspects of this massive problem. Over more than a decade, Congress has pursued 

many courses to address the substantial issue of cybersecurity for the DIB. This 

includes reviews, new authorities, and directed support for programs such as the 

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification and the National Cyber Security 

Operations Center. Unfortunately, the problem persists with seemingly little 

progress made. The committee remains unsatisfied and concerned that until the 

issue can be addressed holistically and is made a priority for the leadership of the 

Department of Defense, the United States will continue to see successful 

cyberattacks by nation states and non-state actors.

Therefore, the committee directs the Chief Information Officer of the 

Department of Defense, in coordination with the secretaries of the military 

departments, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, and 

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the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than January 31, 2024, on DIB 

cybersecurity efforts, specifically those efforts performing in an exemplary or 

satisfactory manner, as well as those efforts being underutilized or which are 

underperforming.

Internet Access Point Modernization

The committee commends the Defense Information Systems Agency and 

Joint Force Headquarters–Department of Defense Information Network on the 

actions taken to date on modernizing and monitoring the Department of Defense's 

network and information technology infrastructure. As part of this, the 

Department's internet access points (IAPs) play a critical, if often overlooked, part 

in the delivery of data to and across the enterprise. To this end, the Department 

requires that these IAPs be upgraded and modernized to keep abreast of 

adversaries.

Therefore, the committee directs the Director, Defense Information Systems 

Agency, serving concurrently as the Commander, Joint Force Headquarters–

Department of Defense Information Network, to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, on the efforts 

underway to modernize the IAP infrastructure of the Department.

Internet Operations Management

The committee is encouraged by strides made by Joint Force HeadquartersDepartment of Defense Information Network (JFHQ–DODIN) to improve its 

enterprise-wide visibility of Department of Defense networks through internet 

operations management (IOM), a critical component of ongoing efforts to harden 

Department of Defense networks. The additional network visibility this capability 

provides can most meaningfully drive risk reduction if seamlessly integrated with 

state-of-the-art security orchestration and automation capability deployable in the 

military services and U.S. Cyber Command’s Big Data Platforms.

Therefore, the committee directs the Commander, JFHQ-DODIN to provide 

a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than August 1, 

2024, on future plans for IOM, to include consideration of enterprise-wide visibility 

for the Department’s entire internet presence.

JADC2 Advisory Panel

The committee recognizes the importance of collaboration between DoD and 

private industry in the identification of enterprise level technical standards and 

interoperability technologies for the development and deployment of JADC2 

enabling capabilities. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 

provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services no later than March 

29, 2024. The briefing shall include considerations of the feasibility for a joint panel 

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consisting of senior representatives from the Department of Defense and private 

sector organizations to collaborate on JADC2 standards and interoperability.

Joint Data Integration Layer

The committee recognizes that fielding Joint All Domain Command and 

Control (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 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 the 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 supports CDAO’s role as the lead office to develop a joint 

data integration layer for JADC2. The Committee directs the Chief Digital and 

Artificial Intelligence Officer to provide a report to the House and Senate 

Committees on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024 which details efforts 

related to the Joint Data Integration Layer, its resourcing, timelines, coordination 

with relevant stakeholders such as United States Indo-Pacific Command, and 

demonstration opportunities.

Leveraging Commercial Capability for Cybersecurity in Cloud Environments

The committee commends the Chief Information Officer and the wider 

Department of Defense enterprise in the progress made on implementing and 

leveraging cloud computing capabilities for the Department. However, the 

committee notes that more will be required to ensure that the potential benefits of 

cloud can be fully realized, specifically in the area of cybersecurity. The private 

sector can offer capabilities for advanced continuous cyber threat hunting, identity 

threat protection, and robust cyber threat intelligence. The committee expects that 

the Department will continue the rapid pace of progress in implementing cloud 

capability while simultaneously working arduously to mitigate risk to data and 

operations. 

Leveraging Edge-Compute Platform Data for Comprehensive Artificial-Intelligence 

Enabled Training

The committee is aware of efforts by the Department of Defense to 

implement applications that meet and monitor the completion of training goals, 

including those training activities undertaken via emergent technologies such as 

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virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. The committee is also aware 

that such training shows the potential to improve readiness, resilience, and quality 

of life for trainees through advanced analytics and other data-enabled capabilities. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to 

the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than March 1, 2024, that 

outlines the Department's plan to further implement such applications and training 

across the services.

Next Generation 9-1-1 Implementation

The Committee notes the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) 

intent to lead the Department’s transition to Next Generation 9-1-1. Some reports 

indicate that this effort lags behind the civilian NG9-1-1 rollout, which may create 

disparity for servicemembers and their families compared to those residing in 

civilian communities. The Committee notes this delay has the potential to leave 

installations with reduced interoperability with state and local governments and 

other emergency services agencies.

The committee directs a briefing from the Director of the Defense 

Information Systems Agency no later than April 1, 2024 on the activities related to 

Next Generation 9-1-1.

Next Generation Cyber Red Teams

The Department of Defense uses military service-led cyber red teams 

(CRTs) to identify critical problems and improve defenders’ capabilities and decision 

making for operational-level cyber operations. The committee is concerned that 

CRTs face many challenges, like high demand, lack of resources and personnel, as 

well as a need for automation capabilities to ease workload, that may decrease their 

ability to effectively and efficiently do their job. Section 1660 of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) recognized the 

shortfalls in Department of Defense red team capability and required a joint 

assessment of Department of Defense CRT capabilities, capacity, demand, and 

requirements. Despite that required assessment, the Department continues to 

struggle with providing the red team capacity demanded by the the military 

services and components.

Therefore, the committee directs the Chief Information Officer, Department 

of Defense, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military services, to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 31, 

2023, which includes the following elements:

(1) actions taken as a direct result of the joint assessment directed in 

section 1660 of Public Law 116-92;

(2) a quantitative assessment and judgement on whether red team capacity 

has been properly funded since the delivery of the joint assessment directed in 

section 1660 of Public Law 116-92; 

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(3) a qualitative assessment of Department of Defense red team capacity at 

present and obstacles for addressing any shortfalls identified; 

(4) efforts to modernize CRTs with a focus on utilizing cyber threat 

intelligence, threat modeling, automation, artificial intelligence/machine learning 

capabilities, and data collection and correlation;

(5) an inventory of all certified Department of Defense red teams and 

parent organizations; 

(6) a determination by the Chief Information Officer, Department of 

Defense, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy, and the Commander of 

United States Cyber Command as to whether all red teams shall be included within 

the Cyberspace Operations Forces; and

(7) a description of the methodology for the oversight of Department of 

Defense red team certification and compliance. 

North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Cyberspace Operations

The committee asserts that there is robust potential for the North Atlantic 

Treaty Organization (NATO) to improve how it considers and incorporates 

cyberspace operations into its planning efforts. To date, despite previous calls and a 

recognition of cyberspace as an operational domain in 2016 at the NATO summit, 

the Department of Defense has not accounted for nor identified why this remains a 

persistent gap in alliance operations. It remains unclear whether expertise for 

cyberspace operations is provided by U.S. European Command's Joint Cyber Center 

or U.S. Cyber Command's Cyberspace Operations Integrated Planning Element 

collocated with U.S. European Command. Before achieving success operationally, 

the committee believes these questions will need answers.

Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Cyber Policy to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than March 31, 2024, which addresses precisely how the Department's cyber 

capabilities have been incorporated into NATO planning forums and obstacles that 

hinder more comprehensive efforts to leverage cyberspace operations in NATO 

activities. Additionally, this report should contain an inventory of prior legislative 

mandates concerning NATO and cyberspace activities and a list of changes enacted 

after these prior requirements were satisfied.

Report on Cloud Computing Strategy for the United States Army Corps of 

Engineers

The committee supports the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) efforts 

to expand deployment of cloud computing in its operations. Due to the unique 

nature of the USACE, the diversity of the mission, and geographic challenges, the 

committee believes that continued incorporation of cloud technology into the 

USACE’s operations has the potential to yield significant benefits. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to 

submit a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than 

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December 31, 2023 outlining the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ current operational 

state with regard to cloud-based information technology and operational technology.

Report on Collaboration Technologies for Military Operations

The committee is encouraged by the efforts of Air Mobility Command, Space 

Systems Command, and other agencies in adopting proven, secure, commercially 

available, and open-source collaboration tools to enhance coordination for technical 

and mission-focused operational teams. The committee notes that, when architected 

properly, these tools may accelerate interagency decision-making for contingency 

operations in contested environments and provide numerous benefits, such as 

reducing risk, supporting critical mission functions, and increasing flexibility of 

collaboration at different security levels. The committee believes that secure 

collaboration is a mission essential function for the Department of Defense (DOD), 

and efforts should be made to promote the widespread adoption of these open-source 

collaboration tools throughout the Department. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Department of the Air Force in coordination 

with the CIOs of the Departments of the Army and Navy to submit a cumulative 

report to the congressional defense committees by March 1, 2024, on the efforts that 

are being taken to expand the use of these tools.

Report on U.S. Space Force Program Information Technology Infrastructure

The committee supports U.S. Space Force’s vision of becoming the world 

first digital service. Achieving the United States’ space objectives requires a 

technological maturity and advantage over any potential adversary. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Chief Information Officer of the Department of the Air Force, 

in coordination with the Senior Cyber Officer of the United States Space Force to 

provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than a 

briefing April 1, 2024, on the U.S. Space Force’s plan to leverage commercial cloud 

technologies that can provide mission benefit, improve acquisition process, and 

contribute to cost savings in digital infrastructure modernization and sustainment. 

Sensor Open Systems Architecture

The committee supports the Department of Defense’s adoption of modular 

open systems architecture software and hardware standards for military 

electronics, communications, and integrated intelligence sensors. The committee 

commends the United States Air Force for adopting the Sensor Open Systems 

Architecture (SOSA) standard across an increasing number of air and space 

platforms. The committee continues to encourage cooperation between the military 

services to implement SOSA across all domains and believes that adoption of the 

SOSA standard will allow NATO and other international partners to integrate and 

operate with the joint force more efficiently and effectively. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a briefing to the House 

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Committee on Armed Services not later than December 29, 2023 identifying all Air 

Force programs currently compliant with the SOSA standard and programs 

projected to be compliant by 2033. The brief shall also include estimated cost for 

manpower to support SOSA compliance and sustainment for the listed platforms 

over the same 10 year period.

Shipyard Cybersecurity

The committee notes that the shipbuilding and repair industrial base 

constitutes an essential component of U.S. national security. As noted in the Navy’s 

report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval 

Vessels for Fiscal Year 2024, current national security threats demonstrate “the 

need for a larger, more capable Navy...” and that “[T]imely industrial base delivery 

of systems and platforms within cost estimates is a key consideration as it quickly 

enhances warfighting performance and controls cost growth.”

The committee is concerned that potential private and public shipyard 

vulnerability to cyberattacks puts at risk the shipbuilding industrial base’s ability 

to construct and maintain naval systems and platforms in a timely and efficient 

manner.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than December 31, 

2023, on the potential vulnerability of U.S. private and public shipyards to 

cyberattacks. The report should include:

(1) an analysis of current or potential cyber threats to the nation’s public 

and

private shipyards, including from both state and non-state actors;

(2) an analysis regarding potential vulnerabilities of the nation’s shipyards 

to cyber attack, and any constraints or limitations encountered in the analysis of 

potential vulnerabilities;

(3) an analysis of the potential impact of a cyberattack upon public and 

private shipyards to the Navy’s fleet maintenance and procurement requirements;

(4) a comparison of the Navy’s visibility into the networks and security 

posture of public shipyards versus private shipyards;

(5) a comprehensive evaluation of the delineation in responsibilities for 

cybersecurity between Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command, Naval Sea 

Systems Command, and any localized shipyard cybersecurity elements separate 

from either of the aforementioned commands; and

(6) identification of any gaps in coverage from the preceding evaluation of 

the delineation in responsibilities.

The report should be submitted in an unclassified form but may include 

classified annex. 

Technologies Capable of Rapidly Delivering Wireless Internet

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The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the 

Armed Services Committees of the House and Senate, no later than December 1, 

2023, that identifies stratospheric communications capabilities to the terrestrial 

layer.

Thunderdome and Other Zero Trust Initiatives in the Department of Defense

The committee is encouraged by the Department of Defense's efforts to 

implement zero trust principles and architecture within and across the Department 

of Defense information networks, best exemplified by the Thunderdome effort under 

the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer and the Defense Information 

Systems Agency (DISA). If executed properly, Thunderdome has the potential to 

operationalize zero trust in an enterprise fashion. However, there remain key 

questions about what Thunderdome requires to be successful.

Therefore, the committee directs the Chief Information Officer, Department 

of Defense, in coordination with the Director, Defense Information Systems Agency, 

to provide a briefing to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, on Thunderdome and 

other related zero trust efforts. This briefing should include deployment milestones 

and associated timelines, a discussion of progress made to date, and potential plans 

to promote the adoption of additional Thunderdome subtenants at Department of 

Defense components beyond DISA.

Tracking Cyber Skill Sets amongst Department of Defense Components

The committee notes with concern the findings from the Comptroller 

General of the United States' 2022 report titled "Military Cyber Personnel: 

Opportunities Exist to Improve Service Obligation Guidance and Data Tracking" 

(GAO-23-105423). Most notably of all the findings was the disconnect in the skills 

and qualifications monitored and tracked between the military services and U.S. 

Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM). The Comptroller General found that "while the 

military services track cyber personnel staffing levels by career fields, 

USCYBERCOM uses work role designations to assign personnel to cyber mission 

teams. However, the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps do not track staffing data 

by work role. As a result, military service officials cannot determine if specific work 

roles are experiencing staffing gaps." 

To that end, the committee directs the Principal Cyber Advisor, 

Department of Defense, in coordination with the Principal Cyber Advisors of the 

Army, Navy, and Air Force, to submit a report to the Senate Committee on Armed 

Services and the House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 31, 

2024, on present courses and timelines for addressing the present obstacles 

inhibiting the military services from persistently tracking USCYBERCOM work 

roles for their cyber-focused officer and enlisted career fields. 

U.S. Northern Command Employment of Technology in Homeland Defense

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The committee believes that as the geographic combatant commanddesignated lead for homeland defense, U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) 

is well-postured to capitalize on the promise of artificial intelligence and machine 

learning for critical defensive missions, to include defense from airspace incursions. 

However, the Commander, USNORTHCOM is dependent in many cases on the 

military services for the provision of technology services.

Therefore, the committee directs the Commander, U.S. Northern 

Command, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than January 31, 2024, on efforts, programs, and initiatives either underway 

or planned to utilize new technologies in the furtherance of the USNORTHCOM 

mission set. The briefing should include a consideration for efforts at other 

combatant commands, such as U.S. Central Command, which has established a new 

Chief Technology Officer on the senior staff of the command.

Utilization of National Guard and Reserve Forces in Cyberspace Operations

Over the last 10 years, Congress has expressed its position that the 

Department of Defense can bolster its operational capacity in cyberspace through 

improved utilization of the National Guard. This has resulted in 10 legislative 

provisions over a decade's worth of National Defense Authorization Acts and is most 

pertinently expressed through sections 1729 and 1730 of the William M. (Mac) 

Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 

116-283). Despite these calls for change, the Department of Defense and the 

military services appear not to have made any meaningful change in how the 

expertise resident within the National Guard and the Reserve Component can be 

better leveraged.

Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Cyber Policy, in coordination with the Commander, U.S. Cyber Command, to 

submit a report to the Senate Committee on Armed Services and the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than May 31, 2024, on the specific actions 

and institutional obstacles that have prevented change from being instantiated 

after the requirements directed in the following legislative provisions: 

(1) section 1651 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2017 (Public Law 114-328);

(2) section 1653 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232); and

(3) section 1729 and 1730 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283).

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—CYBER MATTERS

Section 1501—Harmonization and Clarification of Strategic Cybersecurity Program 

and Related Matters

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This section would align and harmonize efforts and requirements for 

matters related to operational technologies found in Department of Defense 

networks, weapon systems, and base infrastructure. The originating legislative 

mandates are found across seven separate National Defense Authorization Acts, 

with the earliest requirement established in the National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92).

Section 1502—Office for Academic Engagement Relating to Cyber Activities

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to establish a central 

program office, under the authority of the Chief Information Officer of the 

Department of Defense, to establish, maintain, and oversee the activities of the 

Department of Defense in its relationship with academia, to include those entities 

involved in primary, secondary, and post-secondary education.

Section 1503—Modification to Department of Defense Enterprise-Wide 

Procurement of Cyber Data Products and Services

This section would amend subsection (a) of section 1521 of the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 10 U.S.C. 2224 

note) to include a new paragraph that requires the evaluation of emerging cyber 

technologies for efficacy and applicability to the requirements of the Department of 

Defense. 

Section 1504—Authority to Establish Program of United States Cyber Command on 

Dark Web and Deep Web Analysis Tools

This section would permit the Commander of United States Cyber 

Command to establish or augment a program for the purpose of analysis of 

information from "dark web" and "deep web" sources.

Section 1505—Military Cybersecurity Cooperation with Taiwan

This section would require the Secretary of Defense, acting through the 

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in concurrence with the Secretary of State 

and in coordination with the Commander of the United States Cyber Command and 

the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, to seek to cooperate 

with the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan on defensive military cybersecurity 

activities.

SUBTITLE B—PERSONNEL

Section 1521—Authority to Accept Voluntary and Uncompensated Services from 

Cybersecurity Experts

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This section would provide the legal authority for the military services to 

accept voluntary and uncompensated services from civilian cybersecurity experts to 

train service members on technical matters. It would solidify the legal basis for the 

United States Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary program, as well as enable the other 

military services to establish their own Cyber Auxiliary programs. This section 

builds on committee report language titled "Cyber Auxiliary Utilization," which 

accompanied the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263).

Section 1522—Matters Relating to Management of United States Marine Corps 

Cyberspace Operations Officers

This section would enable the United States Marine Corps to implement 

service obligations for Marine Corps Cyberspace Operations Officers, specifically in 

response to a Government Accountability Office report, "Opportunities Exist to 

Improve Service Obligation Guidance and Data Tracking" (GAO-23-105423).

Section 1523—Modifications to Rates of Pay for Certain Cyber-Related Positions of 

Department of Defense

This section would grant a new authority to the Secretary of Defense to 

grant pay cap waivers to civilians in critical areas. Other components of the 

Department of Defense have this authority, which creates artificial competition 

between the Department components. 

Section 1524—Responsibility for Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure 

Protection of the Defense Industrial Base

This section would amend section 1724 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 

U.S.C. 2224 note) by requiring the Secretary of Defense to designate a principal 

staff assistant from within the Office of the Secretary of Defense to serve as the 

coordinating authority for cybersecurity issues relating to the Defense Industrial 

Base.

SUBTITLE C—REPORTS AND OTHER MATTERS

Section 1531—Oversight for Command Post Computing Environment Contract 

Award

This provision would require the Secretary of the Army to inform the 

congressional defense committees within 14 days with a written notification of an 

award associated with the Command Post Computing Environment, as well as the 

criteria used in the selection, and any other information determined as necessary by 

the Secretary. 

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Section 1532—Prohibition on Availability of Funds Relating to Censorship or 

Blacklisting of News Sources Based on Subjective Criteria or Political Biases

This section would prohibit the Department of Defense from using funds to 

enter into contracts with certain entities with a stated function of fact checking.

Section 1533—GAO Review of Cyberspace Operations Management

This section would require the Comptroller General of the United States to 

conduct a comprehensive review and assessment of the Department of Defense’s 

management of matters related to the execution of, and preparation for, cyberspace 

operations. This section would direct the Comptroller General to consider as part of 

the review the number of command staffs, secretariats, organizations, units, and 

personnel (including rank and grade levels) with any responsibility or management 

of budgetary, personnel, policy, or training matters affecting cyberspace operations 

across the Department of Defense, as well as other related issues. 

Section 1534—Study on Occupational Resiliency of Cyber Mission Force

This section would require the Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department 

of Defense and the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, in 

coordination with the principal cyber advisors of the military departments and the 

Commander of United States Cyber Command to conduct a study on the personnel 

and resources required to enhance and support the occupational resiliency of the 

Cyber Mission Force.

TITLE XVI—SPACE ACTIVITIES, STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, AND

INTELLIGENCE MATTERS

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

SPACE ACTIVITIES

Activities to Accelerate the Development and Deployment of Sea-Based Orbital 

Launch Platforms

The committee recognizes the importance of resilient launch infrastructure 

capacity for the future of security of space assets and capabilities. The committee is 

encouraged by efforts for the Department of Defense to secure access to space to 

date. However, the committee also encourages the Department to continue 

exploring the types of opportunities that might be presented by new and innovative 

launch platforms. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in 

coordination with the Director of the Defense Innovation Unit and the Chief of 

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Space Operations, to provide a briefing to the House Armed Services Committee not 

later than December 1, 2023, that includes the following:

(1) A review of opportunities to accelerate the development and deployment 

of mobile, dual-use, sea-based orbital launch platforms;

(2) a summary of the Department’s efforts to advance its technical 

understanding of the maturity and operational utility of new and emerging mobile 

offshore launch platform technology;

(3) a summary of any actions taken to date or potentially required in the 

future for the Department of Defense to coordinate with other agencies to allow a 

domestic mobile, dual-use, sea-based capability for use in U.S. territorial waters; 

and,

(4) an estimate of the potential cost and timeline that would be required to 

allow for the Department to support at least one launch from a domestic mobile, 

dual-use, sea-based orbital launch platform.

Briefing on Aerospike Rocket Integration and Suborbital Experiment

The committee is aware of Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) 

progress in expanding rocket propulsion technology within its Affordable 

Responsive Modular Rocket (ARMR) portfolio through programs such as the 

Aerospike Rocket Integration and Suborbital Experiment (ARISE).

The committee is encouraged by steps taken towards testing of aerospikes, 

which show the potential to provide a significant increase in specific impulse, as 

well as the increased use of additive manufacturing in rocket design and 

manufacturing. The committee believes continued progress in these, and other 

areas of advanced rocket design are important to the Department of Defense’s 

efforts to develop the rocket propulsion designs of the future.

Therefore, the committee directs the Chief of Space Operations, in 

coordination with and the Commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, to

provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 

31, 2024, on the progress of ARISE. The briefing should include the following 

information: (1) an assessment of testing infrastructure required for development of 

aerospike propulsion technology, including any shortfalls; (2) projected funding 

requirements; and (3) the anticipated schedule for development and transition of 

technologies to production programs for ARISE, including needed testing of the 

system.

Commercial Day of Launch Service Providers

The ability to launch and place satellites into orbit on demand is vital to 

ensure American space superiority. At this time, there are less than 10,000 

satellites in orbit, with credible estimates expecting that as many as 100,000 

satellites will be in orbit by 2030.

In order to accommodate the anticipated rapid growth in the commercial 

space economy, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force in coordination 

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with the Chief of Space Operations, provide a briefing to the House Armed Services 

Committee, no later than December 1, 2023 on opportunities for commercial 

providers to provide of “Day of Launch” range services, including the availability of 

independent commercial companies to provide services such as security, processing, 

and integration.

Commercial Satellite Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Procurement

The committee supports the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) taking 

advantage of the commercially available geospatial intelligence data-as-a-service 

via the Commercial Systems Program Office (CSPO) to meet Department of Defense 

requirements, as provided by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). 

Additionally, the committee is encouraged to see the NRO execute a Service-Level 

Agreement for the Electro-Optical Commercial Layer and encourages the NRO to 

expand its current use of Electro-Optical data. The committee continues to 

encourage the NRO to expand its procurement of commercial space-based remote 

sensing into other phenomenologies like synthetic-aperture radar, radio frequency, 

hyperspectral, to support the national overhead architecture. The committee directs 

the Director of the NRO to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services by January 31, 2024, on the planned acquisition strategy and schedule for 

commercial space-based remote sensing phenomenologies like synthetic-aperture 

radar, radio frequency, hyperspectral, to meet NGA requirements. Additionally, the 

briefing should include how the development of commercial data ingest and 

distribution architecture is proceeding, including how buy versus build decisions 

will be balanced in future architectures.

Commercial Weather Data and Forecasting Capabilities

The committee notes the continued development and fielding of commercial 

weather data and analytics by the U.S. innovation base, enabled primarily by 

private capital investment. The committee understands that no single technology, 

sensor or data set can provide all of the Department of Defense’s needed 

improvements in weather forecasts, and many different new commercial, 

unclassified capabilities have the potential to support a variety of Department of 

Defense missions. The committee encourages the Departments of the Air Force and 

the Navy to utilize commercial weather data acquisition programs to the maximum 

extent practicable to leverage rapid innovation from the private sector. The 

committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force, in direct coordination with the 

Secretary of the Navy, to provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees 

not later than December 1, 2023, on how U.S. commercial weather data and data 

analytics are being leveraged by the services. The briefing should address:

(1) service plans for the evolution from pilot programs to operational 

purchase across all current commercial weather data programs;

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(2) how the demonstration of capability and mission utility translates to 

requirements for U.S. commercial weather products and data to support relevant 

operational mission needs;

(3) 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

(4) what procurement and contracting mechanisms, if any, currently exist

that the services and the Department can use to procure commercial weather 

products and weather data as a service.

High-Power Nuclear-Electric Space Propulsion

The committee notes the need for satellite power systems that have 

significant maneuver capability for the service life of the system and that nuclear 

power is a technology that adversary nations are pursuing to address this. The 

committee is also aware that nuclear-thermal technology offers increased asset 

maneuverability compared to chemical propulsion but does not generate high 

electrical loads, which limits the ability to host power-intensive national security 

systems. Recognizing that nuclear-electric power designs offer far greater propellent 

efficiency and electrical power than nuclear-thermal processes, the committee is 

concerned the Department has historically underinvested in this segment and 

directs the Chief Space Force Technology and Innovation Officer to provide a report 

to the House Committee on Armed Services by March 1st, 2024 describing the 

technical maturity, cost, benefits, and risks associated with fielding a high-power 

megawatt (above two megawatts) nuclear-electric power and propulsion asset in 

space. This report shall include a proposed technology development roadmap to 

scale existing power and electromagnetic thruster technology to accompany 

megawatt-class power levels. The roadmap shall also consider opportunities for the 

Department to leverage existing advanced nuclear power technologies to accelerate 

capability development for national security initiatives.

Launch Infrastructure

The committee notes that the investments made in the state-spaceports in 

Virginia and Alaska have given the Department two options for vertical launch to 

orbit on each coast. For example, Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport 

actively facilitates small and medium class vertical launch missions to orbit, 

making it an operational backup to the Eastern Range for that mission set as well 

as a national strategic asset. As the threat environment intensifies and geopolitical 

instability grows, there is more need than ever to ensure redundant and operational 

national launch infrastructure for assured access to space. As such, the committee 

commends the Range of the Future initiative for its ongoing work, applauds its 

inclusion of the state-spaceports in Virginia and Alaska directly in the collaborative 

discussion, and encourages continued strong collaboration that incorporates these 

state capabilities directly into Federal range planning and programming activities.

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Missile Warning Enterprise Capability

The Committee recognizes the important efforts undertaken by the 

Department of Defense (DoD) in collaboration with the U.S Space Force (USSF) to 

modernize and optimize the legacy missile warning enterprise. The committee is 

encouraged to see the strides taken to capitalize on the use of additional orbits to 

further the nations missile warning capabilities, and supportive of efforts to 

distribute missile warning assets. The committee is also understanding of the 

capability the Next Generation Geosynchronous (NGG) Overhead Persistent 

Infrared (OPIR) constellation has delivered and continues to deliver for our nation’s 

security. The committee has not received details regarding how the Proliferated 

Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) contributions for missile warning will meet 

stated combatant commander resiliency requirements or be integrated into the 

overall Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment (ITWAA) architecture. 

Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination 

with the Commander of Strategic Command (STRATCOM), to provide a briefing to 

the House Committee on Armed Services no later than March 30, 2024 that 

includes the following analysis:

(1) Effects to the current and projected missile warning capabilities if the 

planned constellation experiences program delays;

(2) Cost incurred for ground infrastructure to fully implement the new 

missile warning constellation; and,

(3) Identification, if any, of resiliency capability gaps to provide global 

missile warning coverage

(4) How the PWSA will be incorporated into the ITWAA architecture to 

meet STRATCOM requirements.

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Economic Indicator Monitoring and LUNO 

Programs

The committee notes that the domestic commercial satellite imagery 

industry continues to develop rapidly with new capabilities available from 

constellations of satellites dedicated to daily monitoring of the entire planet along 

with a growing domestic geospatial intelligence analytic industry. These robust 

capabilities are postured to support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s 

(NGA's) transformation that includes greater use of commercial capabilities and a 

shift to increased utilization of unclassified data. The committee also supports the 

manner in which the NGA has accelerated the Economic Indicator Monitoring 

(EIM) program as a pathfinder to a full-scale artificial intelligence/machine 

learning-based concept of operations. 

The committee supports the NGA’s continued prioritization of commercial 

engagement and increased investment through the EIM’s follow-on program, 

LUNO, that is seeking capabilities related to monitoring global military and 

economic activity through unclassified computer vision and analytic services. The 

NGA should leverage the LUNO program to both bring forward new commercially 

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derived analytic capabilities and further build that part of the industrial base, 

supporting new and medium size entrants into the market, as the NRO has done 

with their Strategic Capabilities Enhancement program. To support the Agency’s 

continued transformation and growth of these programs, the committee directs the 

Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, on: 

(1) the NGA’s plans for continued expansion that will support the growth of 

the GEOINT analytic base; 

(2) identification of missions (both classified and unclassified) that may best 

be performed and/or augmented by commercial capabilities; and

(3) the transition and integration of these commercial capabilities into base 

programs of record and associated programmatic decisions.

National Space Test and Training Complex

 Given the establishment of the U.S. Space Force and critical role space will 

play in any future conflict, the committee is concerned about an effective way 

forward to develop and shape space doctrine and how that is impacted by testing 

and training opportunities and environments. The committee directs the Chief of 

Space Operations to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than March 31, 2024, on the National Space Test and Training Complex 

(NSTTC). The report should address the following topics:

 (1) the status of joint and Space Force space doctrine development in Space 

Force guidance for the NSTTC and its operators; 

(2) how they plan to incorporate modeling and simulation framework for 

exploring warfighting architectures and concept development that uses existing and 

future representative models in a multi-level security framework; 

(3) how the service will align and address space doctrine development 

responsibilities currently assigned to the Space Force and United States Space 

Command in Department of Defense policy, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 

issuances, and other guidance; 

(4) how they plan to communicate to stakeholders that live, virtual, and 

constructive environment-enabled space doctrine development shall be a substitute 

for extant practice and past experience; 

(5) identifies the full resource cost of the NSTTC to include its Orbital, 

Electronic, Digital, and Cyber components and its operators.

Naval Air Station Pensacola Feasibility Study on Demonstrated Spaceport

The committee is aware that Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola has been 

an important support facility for spacecraft recovery operations from the Gulf of 

Mexico. NAS Pensacola provided robust seaport, aviation, military, communication, 

security, and medical support for recovery operations of the first manned SpaceX 

Crew Dragon. NAS Pensacola and NAS Whiting Field have a long history of 

astronaut medical and flight training support. The committee encourages the U.S. 

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Space Force to work within the Department of Defense to identify opportunities to 

establish partnerships with other services and bases as necessary to support 

spaceport activities with a focus on sea-based recovery needs. The committee directs 

the Chief of Space Operations to provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on the feasibility of establishment of additional 

spaceports that focus on sea-based recovery of both personnel and assets.

Navigation Technology Satellite-3 

The committee continues to support the importance of ensuring resilient 

position, navigation, and timing (PNT) capabilities to ensure a resilient Global 

Positioning System (GPS) architecture. The committee further understands that 

one of the Air Force’s vanguard programs, Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS3), first launch is planned for later this year. NTS-3 will be in geosynchronous orbit 

and will be working on PNT enhancements such as experimental antennas, flexible 

and secure signals, increased automation, and use of commercial assets. NTS-3 is 

intended to complement and add resiliency to GPS satellites which fly in medium 

Earth orbit (MEO). NTS-3 adds orbital diversity to the PNT enterprise as an added 

resiliency measure to the current GPS satellites in MEO, similar to China’s global 

navigation satellite system BeiDou that has a constellation of geostationary orbit 

satellites to aid system performance.

The committee understands NTS-3 will demonstrate different experiments 

intended to add resiliency to the PNT architecture, and upon satellite success, the 

Space Force can exercise an option to procure additional satellites as required for 

global coverage. The committee believes NTS-3 could play an important role in 

supporting additional GPS resilience. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Secretary of the Air Force to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services not later than March 1, 2024, on its plans to transition technologies 

demonstrated on NTS-3 from an experimental program to programs of record, 

including programs identified for technology upgrades, future program timelines, 

supporting budget information, and other matters the Secretary deems relevant to 

PNT resilience and modernization.

Plan for the Development and Fielding of Fire Control Quality Missile Defense Data 

from Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture

The Committee finds that the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space 

Sensor, or HBTSS, is a critical capability that will enable the United States to 

detect, track, and engage missile threats with high-fidelity fire control. The 

Committee also notes that two HBTSS prototypes developed by the Missile Defense 

Agency are set to enter service later this calendar year. However, the committee is 

concerned that the transition of the program requirements to the Space 

Development Agency and resulting changes in the development and fielding plans 

could delay providing the global, persistent hypersonic missile defense fire control 

quality data that HBTSS was planned to provide to the warfighter. The Committee 

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directs the Secretary of Defense, in collaboration with the Director of the Missile 

Defense Agency and the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisitions, to 

provide a briefing to the House Armed Services Committee on the following 

information no later than December 1, 2023:

(1) The continued involvement of the Missile Defense Agency in the 

development of the missile tracking and defense space architecture to ensure 

missile defense systems have the necessary fire control data and field of view 

coverage; 

(2) A plan over the future years defense program for procuring and fielding 

sensors that will meet missile defense requirements; and

(3) Plans for continued collaboration between the Space Development 

Agency and the Missile Defense Agency on various elements of hypersonic and 

ballistic missile defense.

Space Constellation Security Program

The committee continues to support the commercial space industry and 

recognizes the U.S. National Security Space Architecture is operationally enhanced 

by the robust U.S. commercial space market. The United States Space Force has 

had tremendous success in leveraging commercial space capabilities to provide 

effects to U.S. warfighters and our allies including in the Russian war in Ukraine.

The committee is pleased with the United States Space Force's effort to 

stand up a Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR), which will enable a 

partnership with industry in peacetime and times of conflict. The committee directs 

no later than February 1, 2024, the Chief of Space Operations shall submit to the 

House Armed Services Committee a report containing the following:

(1) a future strategy and implementation milestones to stand up a 

Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve (CASR), including the estimated funding 

required to implement it;

(2) identification of any specific authorities the Chief determines need to be 

modified by law to improve the ability of the Space Force to enable a partnership 

with industry in peacetime and times of conflict, and an explanation for why such 

modified authorities are needed; and,

(3) any other information the Chief thinks would be appropriate.

Space Development Agency Tranche 2 Requirements

The committee supports the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated 

Warfighter Space Architecture that will provide space-based capabilities to benefit 

joint operations with assured, resilient, low-latency military data and 

communications connectivity to a full range of platforms. 

The committee also believes that with future enhancements planned for 

Tranche 1 and beyond of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, the Space 

Development Agency should prioritize on-orbit capabilities that maximize 

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communication flexibility and connection with a variety of ground terminals, 

including tactical terminals.

The committee supports acquiring on-orbit capabilities that support 

simultaneous high-bandwidth, low-latency communication links to many tactical 

users at a time. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to 

provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 

1, 2024, on Space Development Agency plans to acquire on-orbit capabilities 

including the best available apertures to include multibeam active phased array 

antennas, the ability to connect multiple users with an efficient deployment of 

satellite assets, and efficient implementation of space-based tactical data links.

Space Force Small Business Report

The committee notes that the Space Systems Command, U.S. Space Force, 

has stood up the Commercial Services Office in order to leverage more commercial 

capability as well as dual use technology with greater speed, agility, and flexibility 

to respond to emerging threats. Small businesses are a valuable part of that 

commercial market and a key pillar of the need to build an advantage through 

strengthening the defense industrial base and innovative technology firms. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force 

for Space Acquisition and Integration to provide a briefing to the House Committee 

on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on efforts made to increase the participation 

of small businesses in competitions and the current distribution of contract awards. 

The briefing should also include an analysis of prime contractor subcontractor 

relations and any impacts to programs as a result of poor communication, data 

management, or technology integration.

Space Launch Protection

The committee supports the expeditious fielding of Department of Defense 

(DoD) tested and approved air, ground, and sea surveillance systems to enhance 

Space Launch Protection (SLP) efforts and prevent disruptions to U.S. Space Force 

(USSF) launches caused by natural causes or man-made threats. The committee 

understands that successful space launch depends on several factors including the 

security of the launch range and installation. The security of launch sites and 

prevention of outside interference are necessary for assured access to space.

Therefore, the committee directs the Chief of Space Operations to provide a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services no later than March 30, 2024 on 

the following:

(1) Actions taken to mitigate outside interference; and,

(2) Viable options for acquisition and fielding of DoD-approved proven -offthe shelf multi-domain and multi-mission technology, capable of tracking and 

targeting manned and unmanned air, ground, and surface systems.

Tactically Responsive Space

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The committee notes that the U.S. Space Force (USSF) has requested 

funding in the fiscal year 2024 budget request for Tactically Responsive Space 

(TacRS) for the first time, and that the VICTUS NOX demonstration is planned to 

continue to develop operational capability to rapidly respond to on-orbit needs in 

operationally relevant timelines.

The committee is supportive of these continued efforts to allow the service 

to support the training of USSF space operators, tactics development, operational 

validation, and leave-behind contingency capability as it builds out the 

requirements and develops the doctrine of space as a warfighting domain beyond 

the launch capability. Therefore, elsewhere in this bill, the committee recommends 

an increase of $20.0 million for TacRS.

The committee recognizes the emergence of the full suite of TacRS activities 

from small and innovative companies including multi-faceted, multi-mission onorbit capabilities that can rapidly respond to emerging crisis without being limited 

by available launch assets. The committee encourages the Department to use this 

funding to continue to pursue technologies that would provide pre-positioned onorbit maneuverable spacecraft with modular payload capacity for a wide spectrum 

of mission requirements, rendezvous and proximity operations, agile mission 

command and control, scalable human-machine teaming, and operational test and 

training infrastructure and readiness activities.

Tracking of High-Altitude Surveillance Objects Report

A Chinese balloon operating at high altitude was shot down off the coast of 

South Carolina in February of 2023. The committee is concerned that this incident 

was not a one-time occurrence.

Therefore, the committee directs the Commander of U.S. Northern 

Command, in coordination with the Commander of U.S. Space Command, to submit 

a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 1, 

2024, on all foreign objects that have operated either actively or passively in United 

States airspace from January 2021 through the date of the briefing. This briefing 

shall

include, but is not limited to, the following information: number of objects by 

country, type of objects, country of origin of objects, objects’ length of time over the 

United States, flight path of the object, if the object had any intelligence collection 

capabilities, and any other information the Commanders may deem relevant. This 

briefing shall be submitted in an unclassified form but may include a classified 

portion.

INTELLIGENCE MATTERS

Addressing the Cellular Intercept Threat

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The Committee is concerned about the ability of United States adversaries 

and criminal elements’ abilities to intercept cellular information both domestically 

and internationally by deploying “Rogue Base Stations” as cellular intercept devices 

and the capability of the Department of Defense to effectively identify and mitigate 

any potential threats to personnel affiliated with the Department. The Committee 

believes the capability to counter the potential threat from rogue base stations 

should be explored by the Department. Therefore, the Committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services no later than April 1, 2024, on the actions being taken by the Department 

to identify and mitigate rogue base station threats to Department of Defense 

personnel. The briefing shall include the following:

 (1) an evaluation of the Department’s current effort to identify and 

mitigate rogue base stations;

(2) plans to develop tactics, techniques, and procedures to properly identify 

rogue base station threats;

(3) the Department’s use of existing commercially available capabilities to 

identify the use of rogue base stations;

(4) an analysis of the challenges facing the Department in terms of 

developing and implementing strategies to effectively identify and mitigate rogue

base station threats, including funding limitations, required policy changes, or 

barriers in utilizing commercially available technology for collection; and

(5) any other relevant matters the Secretary of Defense deems appropriate.

Analysis of Chinese Penetration of Transportation Nodes and Impact on the 

Department of Defense

The committee is interested in understanding which strategic 

transportation nodes are critical for supporting military operations during times of 

conflict. The committee is concerned that China’s Belt and Road Initiative may 

impact the use of some of these strategic transportation nodes and would like to 

understand the efforts the Department of Defense has initiated to address this 

concern. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 

2023, that details the efforts the Department of Defense has taken to understand 

the challenges that may impact the use of strategic transportation nodes that are 

critical for supporting military operations. The briefing shall, at a minimum, 

include the following:

(1) an analysis of locations where the United States has concerns about 

strategic transportation nodes; 

(2) a list of policy and program initiatives taken by the Department to 

address transportation nodes, specifically shipping ports and airports that are of 

concern to the Department;

(3) efforts by the Department to coordinate with the interagency to address 

these concerns; and

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(4) a summary of the work that the Department is conducting with nonU.S. Government entities to address any concerns.

Army Publicly Available Information Collection and Exploitation

The committee is aware of a pilot program underway within the Army’s 

Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Task Force (ISR-TF) to develop a 

deep-sensing capability that collects and exploits hard-to-access foreign publicly 

available information (PAI) within denied adversary environments as a complement 

to traditional ISR methods. The committee supports the Army’s efforts to 

experiment with and develop new capabilities relevant to strategic competition. The 

committee encourages the Army to quickly integrate publicly available information 

collection and exploitation into multi-domain operations to enable decision 

advantage and information dominance. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Secretary of the Army to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services by December 1, 2023, on the results of the pilot program, and efforts to 

establish requirements to support the development of enduring publicly available 

information exploitation capabilities to support multi-domain operations.

Briefing on Telematics Use as an Intelligence Tool

The committee notes that non-traditional Intelligence Surveillance and 

Reconnaissance (ISR) tools are expanding as technology improves. The committee 

understands there maybe commercially available products that might have 

intelligence gathering capabilities and should be explored. Telematics is a 

technology typically used for commercial vehicle fleet management but may have 

the capability to become a non-traditional ISR asset for the Department of Defense. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the 

Defense Intelligence Enterprise to brief the committee on Armed Service of the 

House of Representatives, no later than December 1, 2023, on the potential use of 

telematics as an intelligence tool. The briefing should include any current Defense 

organization using telematics as an intelligence tool and how it is being employed; 

how the Department could use the technology as an intelligence tool; the ability to 

share information using telematics with partners and allies; and an analysis of the 

risk telematics may pose to the United States as well as our partners and allies.

Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency Reporting and Establishing 

Defense Industrial Base Accreditation Efficiency

The committee recognizes that as the defense industrial base (DIB) moves 

to cloud-based solutions, it is imperative that the Defense Counterintelligence and 

Security Agency (DCSA) has the appropriate resources and capability to enable the 

accreditation of industry in a timely manner.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to brief the House 

Committee on Armed Services no later than December 1, 2023 outlining the process 

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the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency currently uses and future 

potential modifications to include using a cloud-based system to keep pace 

accrediting the growing numbers of the DIB partners.

GAO Study on Protecting Classified Information from Insider Threats within the 

Department of Defense

Recent unauthorized disclosure of highly sensitive classified information 

has once more raised concerns regarding how to protect such information from 

intentional or unintentional release. The committee acknowledges the steps the 

Department of Defense has taken to detect and prevent insider threats to classified 

information and systems, but believes these efforts may require is further 

improvement. Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the 

United States to conduct a study to assess the Department of Defense’s ability to 

mitigate insider threats and the unauthorized release of classified information and 

systems including— 

(1) the extent to which the department is taking timely action to address 

deficiencies identified in its annual Insider Threat reports to the National Insider 

Threat Task Force;

(2) the extent to which the department has instituted information system 

security controls to protect against insider threats (to include but not limited to 

access control, audit, and configuration management);

(3) the extent to which the department has instituted controls that limit the 

ability of individuals who have access to classified information from removing that 

information from systems or buildings; and

 (4) any other matters the Comptroller General deems appropriate.

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to brief the 

Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives on the preliminary 

observations of the review not later than December 30, 2023 and to provide final 

results in the form of a report to the committee in a mutually agreed upon format 

and timeframe.

Global Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Commercial Capacity 

Initiative

The committee notes that Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance 

(ISR) systems fill critical roles in support of military operations around the globe. 

The demand for ISR support, including processing, exploitation, and dissemination, 

to address the continued proliferation of increasingly complex and lethal threats is 

enormous, and consistently exceeds the capacity of available service-owned and 

operated assets in support of the Geographic Combatant Commands (GCC) The 

committee believes additional capacity provided by contracted-owned and 

contractor-operated (COCO) ISR could assist the GCCs to meet their intelligence 

requirements. 

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Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, to brief the 

House Committee on Armed Services no later February 1, 2024, on the following, :

(1) A comprehensive plan on how the Department of Defense prioritizes ISR 

activities to quickly address long-standing and emergent ISR shortfalls that exceed 

Service capacity in support of the GCCs

(2) identifies how those shortfalls could be addressed using high-performing 

COCO platforms to meet validated mission requirements;

(3) assesses the need to establish a formal “Global ISR Commercial 

Capacity Initiative” or other potential program of record to address long-term 

Department of Defense requirements for these assets, using the COCO model as a 

viable solution to complement Service-Owned capabilities;

(4) identifies funding and commercial assets required to ensure surge 

capacity requirements are met to the maximum extent possible; and

(5) any other matters the Secretary determines to be relevant.

Intelligence Sharing with Allies and Partners

The committee notes that strengthening integrated deterrence with allies 

and partners is a key objective of the 2022 National Defense Strategy, which names 

mutually beneficial alliances and partnerships as an enduring strength of the 

United States. Sharing of intelligence with allies and partners is critical to 

achieving this key national security objective. Over-classification of intelligence 

limits the sharing of critical information and the ability to build alliances and 

partnerships that are foundational to our national security.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to brief the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, on the policy and 

guidance of classification of documents within the Department of Defense. The 

briefing shall include efforts on declassifying information at the lowest level 

possible, encourage intelligence sharing with allies and partners, ensure a uniform 

approach on releasability, and steps being taken to ensure proper use of 

dissemination control measures whenever possible instead of classification.

NUCLEAR FORCES

Airborne Nuclear Command and Control Modernization and Posture

The committee understands that the Department of Defense is conducting 

an Analysis of Alternatives to consider follow-on platforms to provide Emergency 

Action Message origination and secondary intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) 

launch capabilities currently performed by the E-6B Mercury as part of the Looking 

Glass mission. The committee directs the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition 

and Sustainment, in coordination with the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 

Staff and the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than September 1, 2023, on the 

results of the evaluation and its recommendations. The briefing shall also include 

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an assessment of the feasibility, advisability, and estimated costs of resuming 

continuous airborne operations for the Looking Glass mission.

Artificial Intelligence in U.S. Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications

The committee notes that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is 

increasingly becoming a more pervasive component of warfighting capabilities. 

Given this, the committee seeks to better understand the Department’s approach to 

incorporating AI in U.S. Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3). 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to 

the House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 31, 2023, on how 

the Department currently incorporates AI into NC3 and any plans for doing so over 

the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP).

Nuclear Command, Control and Communications Enterprise Modernization

The committee is aware of the critical importance of the complex technical 

architecture that supports the command, control, and communications of the 

nation’s strategic nuclear deterrent. For this reason, the committee supports the 

Department of Defense’s 2018 policy decision to clarify the roles and responsibilities 

for the Department’s nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) 

enterprise. However, the committee remains concerned about the limited progress 

made in transitioning NC3 enterprise modernization requirements to new programs 

of record since the 2018 decision. The committee therefore directs the Secretary of 

Defense in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 

Commander of U.S. Strategic Command to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024 on the Department’s 

strategy, schedule, and estimated resource requirements needed to modernize the 

nation’s NC3 enterprise. This briefing shall also include: 

(1) A description of the current and proposed NC3 architecture linking 

combatant commanders to the President and other senior national defense leaders 

through secure conferencing and decision data visualization; 

(2) A description of planned upgrades to emergency action message 

dissemination systems to improve reliability and transmission of planning data 

updates to each leg of the triad and critical NC3 centers including the National 

Military Command Center and the combatant commanders; 

(3) An assessment of gaps in the nation’s strategic warning sensors and 

associated processing networks capable of detecting adversary targeting of national 

strategic warning and decision systems; 

(4) An assessment of gaps in current NC3 physical survivability, our 

resilience to the threat of peer adversaries acting simultaneously, and how 

increased mobility may improve this survivability; and 

(5) A description by service and joint program offices of all NC3 

modernization programs currently funded in the future years defense plan.

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Report on Maximum Deployable Capacity

The committee directs the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, in 

consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, 

describing, should current commitments to existing arms control treaties no longer 

be in effect, the maximum deployable capacity of the nuclear forces of Russia, 

China, and the United States, including an assessment of the readiness of U.S. 

strategic nuclear forces to meet such capacity.

U.S. Nuclear Policy and Hedging Against Future Uncertainty

The committee supports modernizing the U.S. nuclear enterprise and 

efforts underway to do so within the Department of Defense and National Nuclear 

Security Administration. The committee further understands the deteriorating 

global strategic landscape and the need to continually evaluate U.S. nuclear policy 

to deter both nuclear and non-nuclear attacks against the United States, its allies, 

and its partners; assure allies and partners; and provide hedging options against an 

uncertain future.

MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS

East Coast Missile Defense Site

The committee notes continued proliferation of both ballistic missile and 

nuclear weapon technology by adversaries. The committee believes these growing 

threats strengthen the need for a missile defense site located on the east coast of the 

continental United States (CONUS).

The committee notes that the Department of Defense designated Fort 

Drum, New York, as the preferred designation for an east coast missile defense site, 

given its location for providing “shoot-assess-shoot” capability for the Northeastern 

region of the United States. The committee notes that in testimony on March 29, 

2023, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff stated that "developing those 

systems on the East Coast would be helpful and it would further enhance the 

protection of United States,” and that the Director of the Missile Defense Agency 

affirmed his agreement with this assessment in subsequent testimony on April 18, 

2023. 

The committee understands that constructing an additional CONUS 

interceptor site will be a multiyear project, and ensuring the homeland remains 

protected requires work to begin before threats fully emerge. Accordingly, the 

committee supports an additional $20.0 million in section 4601 of this Act for 

Missile Defense Agency military construction funds to be used to begin military 

construction planning and design activities needed to construct a missile defense 

interceptor site at Fort Drum, New York.

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Enhanced Near-Term Homeland Missile Defense

The committee is concerned about missile proliferation by China, Russia, 

Iran, North Korea, and other countries that undermine security of the United 

States homeland. The committee is fully supportive of efforts to modernize existing 

homeland missile defense capabilities, including interceptors and radars, but notes 

that these capabilities will take years to become operational. Therefore, the 

committee encourages the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Director of 

the Missile Defense Agency, Commander of U.S. Northern Command, and each 

service secretary, to continue pursuing options to field existing capabilities, 

including Aegis BMD and SM-3, should changes in the threat dictate a need to 

increase homeland missile defense capabilities beyond the current architecture.

Guam Defense Munitions Requirements

The committee continues to support efforts to improve the defense of Guam 

against the full spectrum of advanced missile threats. The committee also wishes to 

gain a greater understanding of future procurement needs for the defense of Guam. 

The committee directs the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, in 

consultation with the commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, to provide a report 

to the House Committee on Armed Services, not later than March 1, 2024, on the 

anticipated munitions requirements for the Guam Defense System and an 

associated fielding schedule.

Guam Defense System—Missile Defense CONOP

The committee understands and is pleased that the Guam Defense System 

(GDS) recently concluded a successful System Requirements Review and is on track 

for a Preliminary Design Review in November of 2023. However, the committee is 

also concerned that U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) has yet to 

complete a GDS Concept of Operations (CONOPS), thereby making it difficult for 

the program to maintain schedule and remain on track to achieve an initial 

operational capability (IOC). A GDS CONOPS would include such items as 

confirmed warfighting requirements, threat definition, manning requirements, and 

other factors. Therefore, the committee encourages the Commander of 

USINDOPACOM to expeditiously complete a GDS CONOPS and directs the 

Commander to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than November 1, 2023, on the outcome of this effort.

Homeland Missile Defense Options

The committee is concerned about the growing missile threats to the 

homeland, and notes that in testimony on March 8, 2023, the Commander of U.S. 

Northern Command stated: “Today, I remain confident in my ability to defend 

against a limited attack from an ICBM from North Korea on the homeland. I am 

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concerned going forward based on what we saw in their parade on the 8th of 

February and what we've seen on their capacity and capability that they could 

exceed my ability to defend against a limited attack.” The committee also remains 

concerned with the developing Iranian ICBM threat, as the Iranian ballistic missile 

arsenal continues to grow in size and capability. 

While the committee recognizes the significant investment in missile 

defense and missile defeat programs contained in the budget request, it remains 

concerned about the evolving threat environment. Additionally, the committee 

understands that continued evolution of technology may make new operational 

concepts based on mobile ground-launched interceptor capabilities increasingly 

feasible. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the Missile Defense Agency 

to submit a report to the congressional defense committees not later than March 1, 

2024, on options for enhanced missile defense protection of the United States to 

hedge against the uncertainty of the future missile threats and technical risk in 

U.S. missile defense development plans. The report shall include the following 

elements: 

(1) an assessment of the current capability of the homeland missile defense 

posture relative to missile threats; 

(2) an assessment of how deployment of the Next Generation Interceptor 

will improve homeland missile defense posture once deployed, including options for 

replacing existing Ground Based Interceptors, and future homeland missile defense 

requirements; 

(3) a description of options for increasing the homeland missile defense 

posture, including an analysis of technical feasibility and operational advantages of 

mobile ground-launched kinetic interceptor capabilities; 

(4) an estimation of the associated cost, development timelines, and 

infrastructure requirements for deployment for each option; and 

(5) any other information the Director considers appropriate.

Integrated Air and Missile Defense Architecture in NATO Area of Operations

The committee recognizes the willingness of Russia to employ varying types

of air-breathing and ballistic missiles during conflict, including hypersonic weapons, 

in the illegal Russian aggression against Ukraine. Further, the committee 

recognizes Russia’s bellicose language threatening strikes against NATO members. 

The committee also notes the threats posed by Iran’s continued development of its 

ballistic missile and nuclear weapon programs. 

The committee urges the United States to initiate discussions within the 

NATO Military Committee Working Group for Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) 

regarding the current NATO policy regarding IAMD, and options to improve the 

current NATO IAMD architecture to detect, track, and defend against adversarial 

missile threats. 

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Accordingly, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

with the Director of the Missile Defense Agency and Commander of European 

Command, to provide a report to the congressional defense committees not later 

than March 31, 2024, detailing potential enhancements to U.S. and Allied air and 

missile defense capabilities that could contribute to NATO’s Integrated Air and 

Missile Defense (IAMD) using a 360-degree approach, tailored to address threats 

emanating from all strategic directions. The report shall be in unclassified form but 

include a classified annex if necessary. The report should include: 

(1) a description of US efforts and challenges to increase the Alliance’s 

IAMD capability, considering, as applicable, NATO’s Deterrence and Defense of the 

Euro-Atlantic Area (DDA) Family of Plans, NATO’s Defense Planning Process 

(NDPP), and other NATO IAMD related activities. 

(2) an assessment of the operational, political, and technical feasibility and 

advisability of developing, fielding, modifying, integrating, or otherwise employing 

current and future U.S. defensive resources to further improve NATO IAMD to 

protect against any air or missile threat or attack (e.g., cruise, ballistic, and 

hypersonic), including but not limited to: 

(A) sensors to detect, track, discriminate, and support the engagement of 

multi-axial air and missile threats. 

(B) defensive interceptor systems; and 

(C) passive defense options. 

(3) a U.S funding profile, by year, detailing the complete costs associated 

with the options assessed under paragraph (2); and 

(4) such other information as the Secretary of Defense considers 

appropriate.

Leveraging Commercial Launch Capabilities for Missile Defense Agency Targets 

and Countermeasures

The committee notes that the evolution of the commercial space launch 

industry has helped lower the cost of deploying satellites and accessing the space 

domain. The committee commends the Department for leveraging these 

developments and recognizes the emergence of a robust commercial space launch 

industry has implications beyond the national security space enterprise. 

Accordingly, the committee encourages the Missile Defense Agency to consider 

utilizing commercial space launch capabilities, where appropriate, in order to 

increase test activities while reducing overall costs. 

Missile Defense Technology

The committee notes the emergence of new, low-cost technologies for 

missile defense that have the potential to be deployed quickly and provide an 

additional defensive capability against airborne threats. The committee encourages 

the Department of Defense to consider how such technologies can be integrated into 

ongoing missile defense efforts. Further, as the Department evaluates new 

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technologies, the committee further encourages it to consider solutions that are 

cost-effective, and use artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, 

where appropriate, to further enhance the defense of high-value assets.

Next Generation Interceptor Acquisition Strategy

The committee supports the Missile Defense Agency’s utilization of 

competing industry teams to develop the Next Generation Interceptor and notes the 

Missile Defense Agency’s current plan to make a down-select decision following 

Critical Design Review. In order to maximize the benefits of competition, the 

committee directs the Director, Missile Defense Agency, to submit a report to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, that assesses 

the feasibility, advisability, and estimated cost of maintaining two industry teams 

through flight testing. The assessment shall also include an evaluation of the 

relative merits of fielding a mixed interceptor fleet, and whether such an approach 

would meet warfighter needs more rapidly.

Next Generation Interceptor Testing

The committee notes the Next Generation Interceptor program is intended 

to address increasingly complex intercontinental ballistic missile threats to the 

homeland. As threats continue to develop and utilize sophisticated 

countermeasures, the suite of missile defense targets must likewise evolve. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Director of the Missile Defense Agency 

to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than 

October 1, 2023, on the Agency’s plan to develop threat-representative targets to 

ensure realistic intercept testing. The briefing shall include a description of 

activities within the planned future years defense program, as well as long-term 

plans.

Reusable Hypersonic Missile Defense Testing Capability

The committee is encouraged by the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) 

interest and evaluation of reusable hypersonic technologies to evaluate performance 

of existing missile defense systems, validate required test architectures, and 

support hypersonic defense technical maturation. As MDA develops hypersonic 

defensive capabilities, the ability to test technologies in real-world flight 

environments will be critical. Affordable and reusable hypersonic flight test systems 

have the potential to increase the frequency of operationally realistic flight test 

activities and accelerate the development of capabilities to meet combatant 

command requirements. The committee recognizes reusable hypersonic capabilities 

are being developed and encourages MDA to utilize these capabilities where 

appropriate to support hypersonic defense developmental and operational testing 

requirements. 

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OTHER MATTERS

Addressing Diminishing Inventory of Legacy Rocket Motors

The committee notes that unguided rocketry has a long history of 

advancing the technology readiness levels of developmental items, collecting flight 

data, and as serving as targets to test missile defense systems. Retired and 

decommissioned military rocket motors have played a key role in this effort and 

continue to support an array of users including the Space Force, Navy, Army, 

Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Defense Advanced Research Project Agency 

(DARPA), and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). However, inventories of 

retired motors continue to diminish, and legacy motor designs may lack 

performance necessary to meet the Department’s emerging needs, such as the 

development of hypersonic capabilities. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Undersecretary for Research and 

Engineering to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than March 1, 2024, on the current inventory of retired military motors 

suitable for unguided, fin-stabilized rocketry. The briefing shall include a discussion 

of options to address diminishing inventory of legacy rocket motors, including an 

assessment the feasibility and advisability of conducting a centralized acquisition of 

a low-cost unguided motor with sufficient thrust to achieve environments relevant 

to the development of hypersonic systems.

Aerial Target Vehicle Replenishment

The committee is concerned about the Department of Defense’s ability to 

test missile and air defense systems against threat realistic targets. Training 

effectively against these types of threats requires target systems that can mimic 

adversary capabilities in supersonic and hypersonic speed regimes. The committee 

is aware that the AQM-37 has been the only air-launched supersonic target vehicle 

in the U.S. inventory and that the U.S. Navy recently exhausted its remaining stock 

of the AQM with no replacement planned. However, the committee is aware of 

ongoing developments at the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to develop rocket 

engines using storable liquid propellants that would be capable of supporting a new 

aerial targets system. 

The committee encourages the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 

and Sustainment, in coordination with the Director for Operational Test and 

Evaluation, to evaluate options to address this target shortfall by leveraging work 

being conducted at AFRL and with a growing industrial base that has the ability to 

meet target requirements needed to test current air- and missile-defense systems 

programs under development by the Department.

Availability of Autoinjectors for Chemical and Nerve Agent Exposure

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The committee notes the Department of Defense efforts to partner with 

industry improve and upgrade autoinjectors to counter chemical and nerve agent 

exposure, particularly Advanced Anticonvulsant System single chamber injectors 

that are Food and Drug Administration approved. These are critical advancements 

to ensure service members and first responders are protected in case of exposure. 

The committee is also concerned with the Department's continued extension of the 

shelf life of the injectors, both the dual chamber Antidote Treatment Nerve Agent 

Autoinjector and single chamber Atropine Sulfate Autoinjector, instead of 

establishing a process for cycled replacement to ensure the autoinjectors provide the 

protection when needed. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense 

to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by December 1, 

2023, on the status of the current stockpile of autoinjectors to counteract the effects 

of chemical and nerve agent exposure. The report should include the current 

stockpile inventory, the number of autoinjectors anticipated to expire within 18 

months of the date inventory is assessed, the number of times the shelf life has been 

extended, how the physical mechanism of the autoinjectors is tested, and the 

procurement plan with costs to replace expiring autoinjectors.

Biodefense Posture, Capabilities, and Activities Briefing

 The committee is concerned about global biological threats and is aware that the 

Department is currently undertaking a review of biological threats and its current 

defense capabilities. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 

provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than 

October 31, 2023, on biodefense posture, capabilities, and activities. The briefing 

should include the following information: (1) an assessment of Department efforts to 

address enduring and emerging biological weapons; (2) identification of biodefense 

priorities, roles and responsibilities within the Department, authorities across 

Department entities; (3) current prevention, detection, and response capabilities; 

and (4) updates from the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, National 

Center for Medical Intelligence, and the Defense Health Agency.

Brief on Technology Transfers and Technical Assistance from the People’s Republic 

of China to Iran

The committee is concerned with Iran’s deepening partnership with the 

People’s Republic of China (PRC), characterized by recent illicit technology 

transfers between the authoritarian regimes. According to the U.S. State 

Department, entities within the PRC have directly contributed to Iran’s ballistic 

missile development, resulting in sanctions being imposed in June 2023. The 

committee notes that with this assistance, Iran maintains the largest missile force 

in the Middle East, while advancing its dual-use space launch and inter-continental 

ballistic missile (ICBM) capabilities. 

To better understand PRC assistance to Iranian weapons development and 

procurement and the growing threat from Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities, the 

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committee directs the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the 

Defense Intelligence Agency, to brief to the Committee on Armed Services in the 

House of Representatives no later than March 1, 2024, on how the CCP and PRC 

entities have aided in the development of Iranian missile programs. The brief shall 

include: 

(1) A synopsis of all known or assessed technology transfers and technical 

assistance from the PRC, or PRC entities, to Iran, actively concluded or planned, 

that further Iran’s nuclear weapons program, ICBM capabilities, space launch, and 

offensive missile programs; 

(2) The Department’s assessment of the impact of these technology 

transfers on the ability of the Iranian regime to accelerate the pursuit of ICBM, 

SLV, and intermediate-range capabilities; 

(3) An order of battle of Iranian ballistic missiles with ranges over 500 km 

over the next five years; 

(4) An overview of Iranian SLV programs.

Broad Spectrum Antivirals

The committee commends the Department of Defense for using lessons 

learned from the COVID-19 response to update its research, development, and 

acquisition of medical countermeasures and test products strategy to address 

enhanced threats enabled by advances in biotechnology. As detailed in the Chemical 

and Biological Defense Program’s (CBDP) December 2022 report, the new approach

calls for viewing, “medical countermeasures (MCM) response as a spectrum that 

requires investing in the development of broad-spectrum (or non-specific) MCM and 

test products and establishing capabilities to rapidly develop narrow-spectrum (or 

specific) MCM and test products.” This approach will focus on making warfighters 

more resilient to a broad spectrum of threats, enabling the CBDP to rely on 

capabilities to target more specific MCMs if necessary. Among the new technologies 

available to supplement the current inventory are indirect MCM, which alter 

infectious pathogens in a way that enables the immune system and other bodily 

defenses to recognize and destroy them. Therefore, the committee encourages the 

Defense Threat Reduction Agency to prioritize and fund research and development 

of broad-spectrum indirect antivirals to address the warfighter requirements of the 

Department’s new research, development, and acquisition of medical 

countermeasures and test products strategy.

Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Response Enterprise

 The committee is concerned with the Department’s investment plans to 

modernize mission essential equipment for the set of forces sourced to respond 

rapidly to Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear and high yield explosives 

(CBRNE) incidents. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense by March 1, 

2024, to provide a brief to the House Committee on Armed Services on 

modernization plans for Mass Casualty Decontamination Systems, CBRN 

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reconnaissance items, and Personal Protective Equipment for National Guard Civil 

Support Teams, CBRN Enhanced Response Force Packages, and Homeland 

Response Forces as well as Title 10 Task Force Operations. This briefing should 

also include the cost, scope and schedule for the fielding of this mission essential 

equipment for fiscal years 2023 to 2028.

Emergent Technologies Biological Risk Assessment

The committee recognizes use of artificial intelligence and emergent 

technologies with biological applications has the potential to impose global 

biological risk that could impact the Department of Defense. Therefore, the 

committee encourages the Secretary of Defense to consider the risk of open-source 

artificial intelligence or other language models that could be used to develop novel 

pathogens and impose biological risk. The committee believes the Secretary should 

incorporate the threats and any mitigation recommendations in the global 

catastrophic risk report already produced by the Secretary of Defense in 

coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security under section 7303 of the 

James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (6 U.S.C. 

822(b)(6)). 

Encouraging the Department of Defense to Expand Passive Detection of Pathogens

The committee commends Department of Defense efforts to prevent 

servicemember exposure to bacterial, viral, and other emerging chemical and 

biological threat agents. The committee understands the unique challenges 

servicemembers face in pre- and post-deployment settings that require early

warning detection capabilities suitable to identifying pathogens and biological 

threats posing risk to servicemember readiness. The recent emergence of infectious 

disease threats, antimicrobial resistant pathogens, and the persistence of potential 

chemical and biological threats from near-peer adversaries underscore the need for 

predictive capabilities to detect harmful agents. 

The committee is aware of the potential of wastewater assessment to 

identify pathogens and biological threats to inform leader decisions on prophylaxis 

and treatment protocols to ensure operational readiness. The committee encourages 

the Department to expand efforts using passive detection capabilities to detect, 

characterize, report, and forecast pathogens that pose a threat of national or 

international significance to protect servicemembers from illness or incapacitation, 

loss of operational capability, and degraded readiness.

Force Protection Readiness to Weapons of Mass Destruction

The committee is concerned with the presence of Weapons of Mass 

Destruction in the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and the U.S. Indo-Pacific 

(USINDOPACOM) areas of responsibility operation. Therefore, the committee 

directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

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Armed Services not later than March 1, 2024, on the adequacy of prepositioned of 

chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high yield explosives (CBRNE) force 

protection equipment to respond to Weapons of Mass Destruction events in the 

USEUCOM and USINDOPACOM areas of responsibility. The briefing shall include 

efforts to stockpile personal protective equipment, sensors, decontamination 

supplies and Chemical Indicator Disclosure Spray (CIDAS) for use by conventional 

forces.

This briefing should also include the cost, scope, and schedule for 

equipment fielding for fiscal years 2023 to 2028.

Increasing Hypersonic Testing through Collaboration with Australia

The Committee is encouraged by the longstanding collaboration between 

the United States and Australia, and supportive of efforts to strengthen our defense 

relationship via the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) agreement. 

The Committee notes with interest joint work by the United States and Australia 

pre-dating AUKUS on development of hypersonic capabilities, but is concerned that 

available test infrastructure in the United States is not able to keep up with the 

test cadence required to accelerate development of hypersonic capabilities. 

Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense, collaborating with the 

Director of the Test Range Management Center, to provide a briefing to the House 

Armed Services Committee no later than December 1, 2023 on efforts, 

opportunities, and challenges to expand the United States-Australia relationship to 

include use of Australian test facilities, including the Woomera Range Complex. 

The briefing shall include the following elements: 

(1) Near-term test requirements that are delayed due to lack of available 

test range infrastructure, that could be addressed by utilizing Australian ranges; 

(2) Options to advance collaboration between the United States and 

Australia on hypersonic development, including jointly developing hypersonic 

capabilities and upgrading facilities; 

(3) Challenges posed by International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 

export controls, or other legal measures that currently impede collaboration 

between the United States and Australia on hypersonic development, or that could 

interfere with options to expand it; and, 

(4) Recommendations on expanding collaboration between the United 

States and Australia on capability development and testing to address near-term 

hypersonic testing needs.

Iranian Hardening of Nuclear Facilities

The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services by March 1, 2024, on Iran’s progress with 

respect to its nuclear program. The brief should include the following information:

(1) the status of Iranian efforts to harden their nuclear facilities, 

particularly the new facilities in Natanz;

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(2) the capabilities of the United States, and our allies and partners in the 

region to strike these sites if necessary; and (3) the status of nuclear cooperation 

between Iran and Russia.

Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB)

The Committee is encouraged by the Department of Defense's efforts to test 

our nation’s hypersonics capabilities in innovative, faster, and more affordable 

ways. This includes leveraging commercial products and services, such as launch 

services, through the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed 

(MACH-TB) program. To meet the pacing threat, the committee believes the 

Department must continue to maximize commercially-available launch vehicles and 

services for hypersonic components and payloads to increase the rate of flight 

opportunities. Further, the committee encourages the Department to fully fund the 

MACH-TB program in future year’s budget requests to achieve full-scale flight test 

objectives and expansion of critical test infrastructure. The committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the House Armed Services Committee by 

January 31, 2024, on the progress of the MACH-TB program. The report shall 

address a schedule for procuring launch vehicles in blocks to achieve cost savings 

for the government and provide certainty and flexibility for the program.

Nuclear and Radiological Exposure Countermeasures 

 The committee notes that the Department of Defense may need to improve its 

methods of treating personnel with internal radionuclide contamination and heavy 

metal poisoning. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to brief 

the House Committee on Armed Services by January 31, 2024, on the current 

countermeasures available for internal radionuclide contamination. The briefing 

should include information concerning the threat environment related to nuclear 

and radiological weapons use, available treatments for internal nuclear and 

radiological exposure, and the plan to develop a shelf-stable, field deployable 

countermeasure for use in a deployed environment and for use in a domestic 

nuclear or radiological event.

Report on Department of Defense Spending for Track 1.5, Track 2 Dialogues

The committee notes the evolving strategic nuclear arms control landscape, 

including the Russian Federation’s decision to suspend participation in New START 

(Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) and China’s continued opposition to formal 

diplomatic arms control talks. Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary 

of Defense (Comptroller), in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Space Policy, to submit a report to the congressional defense committees, not later 

than January 31, 2024, identifying the costs, participants, and any relevant 

outcomes related to unofficial strategic dialogues (Track 1.5 or Track 2) pertaining 

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to global or regional weapons of mass destruction threats and risks for fiscal years 

2022 and 2023.

Report on National Hypersonic Test Range and Accelerator-Launched Technologies

The committee recognizes that the ability to test critical offensive and 

defense hypersonic systems requires extensive range space and sophisticated 

evaluation capabilities. Furthermore, the committee recognizes that Alaska, 

particularly the Aleutian Test Range, provides a unique geographical location 

where air-, sea-, undersea- and land-launched hypersonic testing can be conducted 

without overflying populated areas and offers the Department of Defense with 

flexibility to meet hypersonic mission objectives. Therefore, the committee directs 

the Secretary of Defense to submit a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services, no later than January 1, 2024, on the feasibility of using the Aleutian Test 

Range as a hypersonic test range and corridor for testing long-distance hypersonic 

systems, and an evaluation of the application of accelerator-launched technologies 

for hypersonic testing.

Solid Rocket Motors

The committee notes the increasing demand for solid rocket motors across 

strategic weapons systems, to include ballistic missile defense and hypersonic 

weapons programs. The committee further understands that there are investments 

being made by the services, defense agencies, and industry to deliver future 

capabilities that leverage additive manufacturing and Cooperative Research and 

Development Agreements in innovative ways; however, due to the existing supplier 

base having decades of history with the Department of Defense, the process for 

qualification of new solid rocket motors is not well codified across the services, and 

varies. Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Acquisition and Sustainment to provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services not later than March 31, 2024, on the existing process of each 

service and defense agency to qualify new solid rocket motors and a unified 

Department of Defense strategy and implementation plan for qualifying new solid 

rocket motors across the services and defense agencies.

Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment Results

The committee understands the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office and 

Air Force Research Laboratory, through the Southern Cross Integrated Flight 

Research Experiment effort, have supported initial development of air-breathing 

hypersonic propulsion systems designed to maximize service interoperability, and 

that test activities are expected to conclude around the end of 2023. 

The committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 

Engineering to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than March 1, 2024, on the results of this development initiative, including, as 

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appropriate, plans to further develop unique propulsion technology that may have 

application to future hypersonic programs.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—SPACE ACTIVITIES

Section 1601—Classification Review of Space Major Defense Acquisition Programs

This section would amend chapter 135 of title 10, United States Code, to 

require review of the classification guidance to make sure that it remains 

appropriate before granting Milestone B approval of space major defense acquisition 

programs.

Section 1602—Enhanced Authority to Increase Space Launch Capacity through 

Space Launch Support Services

This section would authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to increase 

space launch capacity on Department of Defense ranges allowing the provision of 

space launch support services, and allow the collection for indirect costs from 

commercial entities.

Section 1603—Modification to Prohibition on Foreign Commercial Satellite Services

This section would modify the prohibition on foreign commercial satellite 

services for ground stations.

Section 1604—Authorization for Establishment of the National Space Intelligence 

Center as a Field Operating Agency

This section would authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to establish the 

National Space Intelligence Center as a field operating agency of the Space Force.

Section 1605—Limitation on Use of Funds for WGS-12 Satellite

This section would prohibit the Secretary of the Air Force from issuing a 

contract for the procurement of WGS-12 until the Assistant Secretary of the Air 

Force for Space Acquisitions and Integration certifies that the requirements cannot 

be met by commercial providers.

Section 1606—Limitation on Use of Funds pending Submission of Certain Reports 

on Space Policy

This section would limit the availability of 10 percent of the funds for the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy for travel until the Secretary of 

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Defense submits to the congressional defense committees the reports required by 

sections 1609 and 1611 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2022 (Public Law 117-81).

Section 1607—National Security Space Launch Program Phase Three Acquisition

This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force to maximize 

competition in the acquisition strategy for the National Security Space Launch 

Program, provide opportunities for emerging launch providers while also assuring 

access to proven launch capabilities for low-risk tolerant payloads, and establishes 

requirements for the two-lane acquisition approach, as briefed to the House 

Committee on Armed Services in April 2023.

Section 1608—Application of TNT Equivalency to Launch Vehicles and Components 

Using Methane Propellant

This section would establish an interim equivalency determination for TNT 

applied to launch vehicles and components that use methane during test and 

operations on or from a Federal owned or licensed facility and would direct the 

Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Administrator of the 

National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish a process for TNT 

equivalency determinations to be assessed for launch vehicles while in flight.

Section 1609—Plan to Improve Threat-Sharing Arrangements with Commercial 

Space Operators

This section would require a plan for threat sharing with commercial space 

operators.

Section 1610—Plan for an Integrated and Resilient Satellite Communications 

Architecture for the Space Force

This section would require a plan from the Secretary of the Air Force, in 

coordination with the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and 

Integration and the Chief of Space Operations, for an integrated and resilient 

satellite communications architecture for the Space Force.

Section 1611—Process and Plan for Space Force Space Situational Awareness

This section would require the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 

Space Acquisition and Integration, in consultation with the Chief of Space 

Operations, to establish a process to identify and evaluate commercial space 

situational awareness capabilities. It would also require them to develop and 

implement a plan to integrate the unified data library into Space Force operational 

systems.

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Section 1612—Report on National Security Space Vehicle Processing Capabilities

This section would require a report from the Secretary of the Air Force on 

projected needs for national security space vehicle processing capabilities and 

potential for public-private partnerships.

SUBTITLE B—NUCLEAR FORCES

Section 1631—Establishment of Major Force Program for Nuclear Command, 

Control, and Communications Programs

This section would require the Department of Defense to establish a major 

force program for nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) programs 

to aggregate and better track sustainment and modernization efforts across the 

NC3 enterprise.

Section 1632—Repeal of Requirement for Review of Nuclear Deterrence Postures

This section would eliminate a duplicative reporting requirement contained 

in section 1753 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 

(Public Law 116–92).

Section 1633—Retention of Capability to Redeploy Multiple Independently 

Targetable Reentry Vehicles

This section would extend existing statutory requirements related to the 

ability of the current Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to be capable 

of deploying multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles to the nextgeneration Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile.

Section 1634—Pilot Program on Development of Reentry Vehicles and Related 

Systems 

This section would authorize the Air Force to establish a pilot program 

related to the development of reentry vehicles.

Section 1635—Integrated Master Schedule for the Sentinel Missile Program of the 

Air Force

This section would require the submission of an integrated master schedule 

for the Sentinel missile program, as well as quarterly briefings on the program's 

progress.

Section 1636—Form of Contracting Authorized to Mitigate Risk to Sentinel 

Program Schedule and Cost

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This section would provide the Secretary of Defense authority to authorize 

cost-plus incentive-fee contracting for military construction projects associated with 

the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile program for not more than the first 

two low-rate initial production lots.

Section 1637—Notification of Decision to Delay Strategic Delivery System Test 

Event

This section would require congressional notification of a decision to delay a 

strategic delivery system test event.

Section 1638—Prohibition on Reduction of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles of 

the United States

This section would prohibit the Department of Defense from reducing, or 

preparing to reduce, the responsiveness or alert level of the intercontinental 

ballistic missiles of the United States. It would also prohibit the Department from 

reducing the number of deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United 

States below 400. The provision contains exceptions to the prohibition for 

maintenance, safety, and facilitating the transition to the Sentinel intercontinental 

ballistic missile.

Section 1639—Limitation on Availability of Funds for Retirement of B83-1 Nuclear 

Gravity Bombs

This section would prohibit the deactivation, dismantlement, or retirement 

of not more than 25 percent of the B83-1 nuclear gravity bombs that were in the 

active stockpile as of September 30, 2022, until 90 days after the Secretary of 

Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a study on options to hold 

at risk hard and deeply buried targets required by section 1674 of the James M. 

Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-

263). This section would also include an exception allowing for deactivation, 

dismantlement, or retirement of B83-1 gravity bombs for the purpose of safety and 

surveillance.

Section 1640—Prohibition on Availability of Funds for Naval Nuclear Fuel Systems 

Based on Low-Enriched Uranium

This section would prohibit funds from being used for research or 

development of a naval nuclear fuel system based on low-enriched uranium.

Section 1641—Establishment of Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missile Program

This section would require the establishment of a program of record for the 

development of a nuclear sea-launched cruise missile and would require the 

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Administrator for Nuclear Security to initiate the development of an accompanying 

warhead variant.

Section 1642—Quarterly Reports on Progress of Sea-Launched Cruise MissileNuclear Program

This section would require quarterly reports from both the Navy and the 

National Nuclear Security Administration related to their development of the 

nuclear sea-launched cruise missile and the associated warhead.

Section 1643—Congressional Notification of Nuclear Cooperation between Russia 

and China

This section would require congressional notification in the event of certain 

cooperative activities involving China and Russia.

Section 1644—Report on Acceleration of Nuclear Modernization Priorities

This section would require the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 

and Sustainment to submit a report related to the ability of the Department of 

Defense to accelerate nuclear modernization programs.

SUBTITLE C—MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS

Section 1661—Qualifications of Director of Missile Defense Agency

This section would amend current law to require the Director of the Missile 

Defense Agency to be a military officer.

Section 1662—National Missile Defense Policy

This section would update the U.S. national missile defense policy.

Section 1663—Programs to Achieve Initial and Full Operational Capabilities for the 

Glide Phase Interceptor Program

This section would specifically authorize the Missile Defense Agency to 

carry out a program to develop a Glide Phase Interceptor for hypersonic defense.

Section 1664—Research and Analysis on Multipolar Deterrence and Escalation 

Dynamics

This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to seek to enter into an 

agreement with a university affiliated research center to study the evolving nuclear 

environment and tripolar nuclear deterrence dynamics.

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Section 1665—Limitation on Use of Funds pending Submission of Report on Missile 

Defense Interceptor Site

This section would limit certain funds until the submission of a report 

required by section 1665 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 

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

Section 1666—Report on Hawaii Missile Defense

This section would require that the Secretary of Defense submit to the 

congressional defense committees a report on the integrated air and missile defense 

sensor architecture of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and specific programs of 

record which support additional sensor coverage for the State of Hawaii.

Section 1667—Report on Potential Enhancements to Aegis Ashore Sites in Poland 

and Romania

This section would require the Director of the Missile Defense Agency to 

provide a report on potential enhancements to the Aegis Ashore missile defense 

sites in Poland and Romania.

Section 1668—Rescission of Memorandum on Missile Defense Governance

This section would require the rescission of the Directive-type 

Memorandum 20-002 relating to "Missile Defense System Policies and Governance." 

Section 1669—Policy and Report on North Atlantic Treaty Organization Effective 

Integrated Air and Missile Defense Capabilities in Europe

This section would establish a policy and require the Secretary of Defense 

to submit a report to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Conference of National 

Armaments Directors for Ballistic Missile Defense on options to improve the 

existing air and missile defense capabilities in Europe.

Section 1670—Independent Analysis of Space-Based Missile Defense Capability

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to enter into an 

agreement with a federally funded research and development center to update a 

prior study related to the feasibility and advisability of developing a space-based 

missile defense capability.

SUBTITLE D—OTHER MATTERS

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Section 1681—Inclusion of Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

House of Representatives as a Recipient of the Quarterly Information Operations 

Briefings

 This section would amend section 1631(d)(1) of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92; 133 Stat. 1742; 10 

U.S.C. 397 note) to include the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

House of Representatives as a recipient of the Quarterly Information Operations 

Briefing.

Section 1682—Modification to Authority to Use Operation and Maintenance Funds 

for Cyber Operations-Peculiar Capability Development Projects

This section would amend section 1640 of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) by extending the 

authority to 2028 and increasing the limit to $16.0 million.

Section 1683—Cooperative Threat Reduction Funds

This section would allocate specific funding amounts for each program 

under the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program from 

within the overall $350.9 million that the committee would authorize for the 

Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. The allocation under this section reflects 

the amount of the budget request for fiscal year 2024. 

This section would specify that funds authorized to be appropriated to the 

Department of Defense for the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, established 

under the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act (50 U.S.C. 

3711), would be available for obligation for fiscal years 2024-2026.

Section 1684—Quarterly Briefings on Implementation of Military-Code Compliant 

GPS Receivers through Military GPS User Equipment Program

This section would require the Chairs of the Positioning, Navigation, and 

Timing Oversight Council to provide quarterly briefings to the congressional 

defense committees on the status of Military code (M-code) implementation, 

including status of Military Global Positioning System User Equipment Increments 

1 and 2, with details on expected dates of M-code compliance for all sea, air, and 

land-based terminals across the services’ platforms.

Section 1685—Moving Target Indicator Programs of Department of Defense

This section would create a working group with in the Department of 

Defense to address joint service requirements to replace the Joint Surveillance 

Target Attack Radar System with future moving target indicator systems. 

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Section 1686—Reporting Mechanism on Use of Consultants, Informants, and Other 

Human Sources to Acquire Intelligence Information

 This section would require the the Secretary of Defense to establish a 

mechanism for documenting and reporting to the congressional defense committees 

regarding the use of consultants, informants, or other human sources by any 

element of the Department of Defense, including any military department, to 

acquire intelligence information.

Section 1687—Report on Concept of Operations for Offensive Hypersonic Systems

This section would require the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 

the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to submit a report related to the 

development and implementation of a concept of operations for offensive hypersonic 

systems.

Section 1688—Indo-Pacific Missile Strategy

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to submit to the 

congressional defense committees a strategy for ground-based theater-range 

conventional missiles in the Indo-Pacific region.

TITLE XVII—SPACE FORCE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 1701—Short Title

This section would cite the short title of this title as the "Space Force 

Personnel Management Act". 

SUBTITLE A—SPACE FORCE MILITARY PERSONNEL SYSTEM WITHOUT COMPONENT

Sections 1711-1720—Space Force Military Personnel System Without Component

This subtitle would establish a single military personnel management 

system for the United States Space Force, without component.

SUBTITLE B—CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATED TO SPACE FORCE MILITARY 

PERSONNEL SYSTEM

Sections 1731-1733—Conforming Amendments Related to Space Force Military 

Personnel System

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This subtitle would establish the conforming amendments related to the 

United States Space Force Military Personnel System.

SUBTITLE C—TRANSITION PROVISIONS

Sections 1741-1747—Transition Provisions

This subtitle would establish a transition period for establishment of the 

Space Force Personnel system.

SUBTITLE D—OTHER AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE SPACE FORCE

Sections 1751-1752—Other Amendments Related to the Space Force

This subtitle would authorize other amendments as necessary for the 

establishment of the Space Force Personnel System.

TITLE XVIII—OTHER DEFENSE MATTERS

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Collection of Biological Threat Information

America’s military must be capable of operating under all circumstances, 

including degraded biological conditions. The committee is concerned that the 

Department of Defense may not be appropriately accounting for the operational 

impacts of biological threats to the health and well-being of servicemembers, the 

effectiveness of operations, or the national security of the United States. Biological 

threats with the potential to produce degraded conditions may derive from 

environmental factors such as air, soil, and water contamination, and from plants or 

animals and zoonotic diseases; and the range of the threats may vary from 

widespread distribution to isolated localities. Recent experience with the COVID-19 

pandemic has demonstrated the profound impact of biological threats upon all 

facets of society including the military, and the Department of Defense cannot 

afford to be caught flat-footed in the future. Improved biological threat information 

supports the Department of Defense by enhancing the development and updating of 

logistics plans and risk mitigation strategies of the Department, future pandemic 

preparedness, and integration of the National Biodefense Strategy. In order to 

ensure the national security of the United States and the safety of military 

servicemembers, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than April 1, 2024, on 

the Department’s collection and analysis of biological threat information. The 

briefing shall include:

(1) how the Department collects and analyzes information about biological 

threats to health;

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(2) an update on proposed efforts to develop a database of baseline 

environmental biological threats to health due to air, soil, and water contamination, 

as well as physical hazards, in current or planned areas of operations;

(3) information concerning the development and updating of logistics plans 

and risk mitigation strategies of the Department of Defense;

(4) any updates to the standard operating procedures for medicine within 

the Department due to collected information on potential biological threats; 

(5) efforts to improve the collection and analysis of biological threats posed 

at various geographic levels, from key local deployment sites and surrounding areas 

to entire countries and regions, in current or planned areas of operations;

(6) an update on the pandemic preparedness of the Department;

(7) information on the updating of the National Biodefense Strategy 

required under section 104 of Title 6, United States Code; and

(8) recommendations on additional measures to mitigate the risk posed to 

service members from biological threats.

Domestic Balloon Identification and Research

The Committee commends the Department of Defense, particularly North 

American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command 

(USNORTHCOM) for executing the critical national defense mission to protect the 

United States homeland from foreign threats. The Committee notes that the 

Federal Aviation Administration plays an integral role for NORAD and 

USNORTHCOM’s mission and holds primary responsibility for issuing guidance 

and rules for domestic aircraft, unmanned aerial systems, manned balloons, and 

unmanned, free flying balloons, the last of which is being increasingly used for 

hobbyist and research use and which current Federal regulations do not currently 

mandate any type of locational or altitudinal electronic, digital, or radio emissions. 

Current regulations mandate passive observance and manual communication with 

local air traffic control, contrary to recent mandates requiring active emissions from 

manned balloons and unmanned aerial systems. With this type of balloon 

increasingly being used, it could lead to unnecessary NORAD and USNORTHCOM 

analysis and actions detrimental to readiness as the organization respond to 

domestically launched non-threats.

 Therefore, the House Committee on Armed Services directs the 

Commander, U.S. Northern Command, in consultation with the Administrator of 

the Federal Aviation Administration, to provide a briefing to the House Committee 

on Armed Services and Senate Committee on Armed Services and not later than 

July 26, 2024. The briefing shall at least include:

(1) As assessment of how, within the National Airspace System, unmanned, 

free flying balloons with and without onboard emissions technology are monitored, 

deconflicted, and reacted to by both organizations;

(2) An assessment of how many unmanned, free flying balloons have caused 

officially recognized airspace incidents over the past 5 years and the current state of 

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the commercial, public, and non-profit user community on their involuntary use of 

emissions technology for geolocational and altitudinal awareness or reasons why 

they do not use such technology; and

(3) A discussion of boosting real-time awareness of the geolocation and 

altitude of domestically launched unmanned, free-flying balloons and how this data 

might be collected to ensure safety of flight, accurate threat awareness, and interorganizational deconfliction of known and unknown threats. 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORITIES AND LIMITATIONS

Section 1801—Extension of Authority to Engage in Certain Commercial Activities

 This section would amend section 431(a) of title 10, United States Code, by 

striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 

Section 1802—Modification of Defense Sensitive Support Notification Requirement

This section would amend section 1055(b) of the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328), amending the 

notification to Congress requirement to a monthly summary of Defense Sensitive 

Support provided to non-Department of Defense Federal departments or agencies. 

It would also require a notification to Congress within 48 hours if the nature of the 

support is operationally sensitive and not routine administrative or logistical.

Section 1803—Modification to Requirements Relating to Combating Military 

Reliance on Russian Energy

This section would modify section 1086 of the James M. Inhofe National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) to include all 

operating bases within U.S. European Command, not just main operating bases.

Section 1804—Support for Execution of Bilateral Agreements Concerning Illicit 

Transnational Maritime Activity in Africa

This section would enable the Secretary of Defense to provide assistance to 

the Coast Guard in executing existing maritime laws agreed upon between the 

United States and friendly African countries for the purposes of combatting 

transnational organized illegal activity.

Section 1805—Clarification of Waiver Authority for Organizational and Consultant 

Conflicts of Interest under the Federal Acquisition Regulation

This section would elevate waiver decisions for conflict of interest waivers.

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Section 1806—Genealogy Collection of Family Members of Servicemembers Killed 

at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941

This section would provide authority for the Secretary of Defense, acting 

through the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA), 

to contract with a private entity to assist with DNA collection of families of victims 

from the USS Arizona in order to collect, archive, and maintain genetic samples 

until such a time as DPAA is prepared to make identifications.

SUBTITLE B—STUDIES AND REPORTS

Section 1821—Report on Increasing National Cemetery Capacity

This section would require a report from the Secretary of Defense and the 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs that offers proposals to increase capacity at Arlington 

National Cemetery.

Section 1822—Limitation on Funds Relating to Federal Contractor Disclosure of 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk

This section would prohibit the use of funds to require any entity 

submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose greenhouse gas (GHG) 

financial risk, GHG inventory, or submit emission reduction targets.

Section 1823—Study and Report on Damage to Infrastructure in Guam Resulting 

from Typhoon Mawar

This section would require a report on the damage affecting military 

readiness to infrastructure in Guam resulting from Typhoon Mawar.

SUBTITLE C—OTHER MATTERS

Section 1851—Technical and Conforming Amendments

This section would make technical and conforming amendments to existing 

law.

Section 1852—Referral to Museum Located at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base as 

the National Cold War Center

This section would authorize the reference to the museum located at 

Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base in Blytheville, Arkansas, as the National Cold 

War Center.

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Section 1853—Exemption under Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 for Certain 

Activities That May Result in Incidental Take of Rice's Whale

This section would initiate an exemption for the Eglin Gulf Test Range for 

the Department of the Air Force under Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 for 

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

Section 1854—Revision of Requirement for Transfer of Certain Aircraft to State of 

California for Wildfire Suppression Purposes

This section would transfer certain HC-130H aircraft to California for 

wildfire suppression.

Section 1855—Restrictive Housing Reform

This section would place certain limitation on restrictive housing in 

military prisons.

Section 1856—Sense of Congress Regarding Unmanned Aerial, Surface, and 

Underwater Vehicles

This section would express a sense of Congress regarding unmanned 

vehicles. 

Section 1857—Sense of Congress Regarding Naming of Vessel for Battle of Dai Do

This section would express a sense of Congress that the Secretary of the 

Navy should name an amphibious or expeditionary class vessel for the Battle of Dai 

Do (Vietnam War).

Section 1858—Risk Framework for Foreign Phone Applications of Concern

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to create categorical 

definitions of foreign phone applications of concern with respect to personnel or 

operations of the Department of Defense, distinguishing among categories such as 

applications for shopping, social media, entertainment, or health; and create a risk 

framework with respect to Department personnel or operations that assesses each 

foreign phone application (or, if appropriate, grouping of similar such applications) 

that is from a country of concern for any potential impact on Departmental 

personnel and Departmental operations.

DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS

PURPOSE

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Division B provides military construction, family housing, and related 

authorities in support of the military departments during fiscal year 2024. As 

recommended by the committee, division B would authorize appropriations in the 

amount of $17,474,944,000 for construction in support of the Active Forces, Reserve 

Components, defense agencies, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

Security Investment Program for fiscal year 2024.

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND FAMILY HOUSING OVERVIEW

The Department of Defense requested $14,345,515,000 for military 

construction, $389,174,000 for Base Realignment and Closure activities, and 

$1,940,255,000 for family housing for fiscal year 2024. The committee recommends 

authorization of appropriations of $14,968,515,000 for military construction, 

$539,174,000 for Base Realignment and Closure activities, and $1,967,255,000 for 

family housing in fiscal year 2024.

Section 2001—Short Title

This section would cite division B and title XLVI of this Act as the "Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024."

Section 2002—Expiration of Authorizations and Amounts Required To Be Specified 

by Law

This section would ensure that the authorizations provided in titles XXI 

through XXVII of this Act shall expire on October 1, 2026, or the date of the 

enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2027, 

whichever is later.

Section 2003—Effective Date

This section would provide that titles XXI through XXVII of this Act would 

take effect on October 1, 2023, or the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever is 

later.

TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

SUMMARY

The budget request contained $1,470,555,000 for Department of the Army 

military construction and $690,380,000 for family housing for fiscal year 2024. The 

committee recommends authorization of appropriations of $1,803,165,000 for 

military construction and $690,380,000 for family housing for the Army in fiscal 

year 2024. 

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ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Explanation of Funding Adjustments

The committee recommends the inclusion of funding for the following 

projects requested by the Department of the Army but not contained in the budget 

request for military construction and family housing: 

(1) $17,000,000 for a Child Development Center at Camp Bull Simons, 

Florida;

 (2) $13,400,000 for a Multipurpose Athletic Field at Fort Polk, Louisiana;

(3) $61,000,000 for an Aircraft Maintenance Hangar at Fort Bragg, North 

Carolina; and 

(4) $36,000,000 for a Child Development Center at Fort Bragg, North 

Carolina;

The budget request submitted by the Department of the Army also included 

$324,424,000 for planning and design activities. The committee recommends an 

authorization of appropriation of $508,424,000, an increase of $184,000,000, for 

planning and design activities. This increase includes $20,000,000 for Child 

Development Centers, $30,000,000 for Lab Infrastructure, and $50,000,000 for 

Barracks Replacement at unspecified worldwide locations. The committee also 

recommends the inclusion of funding for the following planning and design 

activities requested by the Army but not contained in the budget request for 

military construction:

 (1) $5,500,000 for an Access Control Point at Anniston Army Depot, Alabama;

 (2) $8,100,000 for a Component Rebuild Shop at Anniston Army Depot, 

Alabama;

 (3) $2,900,000 for a Vehicle Paint Shop at Anniston Army Depot, Alabama;

 (4) $5,400,000 for an Air Traffic Control Tower at Wheeler Army Air Field, 

Hawaii;

 (5) $8,000,000 for Collective Training Barracks at Fort Bliss, Texas;

(6) $9,900,000 for Barracks at Fort Hood, Texas (PN 100948);

(7) $9,900,000 for Barracks at Fort Hood, Texas (PN 94937); and 

(8) $5,000,000 for Organic Industrial Base at unspecified worldwide 

locations. 

The budget request submitted by the Department of the Army also included 

$76,280,000 for minor construction activities at unspecified worldwide locations. 

The committee recommends an authorization of appropriation of $101,280,000, an 

increase of $25,000,000, for minor construction activities at unspecified worldwide 

locations which includes $15,000,000 for unspecified minor military construction 

demolition activities. 

Additionally, the committee recommends the inclusion of $122,210,000 for 

Cost to Complete projects requested by the Department of the Army but not 

contained in the budget request for military construction and family housing.

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Finally, the committee recommends a reduction of funding for the following 

projects contained in the budget requested submitted by the Department of the 

Army for military construction. However, the committee supports the authorization 

of appropriations in an amount equivalent to the ability of the Army to execute in 

the year of the authorization for appropriations. The committee believes that the 

Army cannot fully expend the requested funding in fiscal year 2024, and therefore, 

consistent with committee practice, recommends the following reductions:

(1) $83,000,000 for Cyber Instructional Facility (Classrooms) at Fort 

Gordon, Georgia; and

(2) $43,000,000 for the Component Rebuild Shop at Red River Army Depot, 

Texas.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 2101—Authorized Army Construction and Land Acquisition Projects

This section would contain a list of authorized Army construction projects 

for fiscal year 2024. The authorized amounts are listed on an installation-byinstallation basis. The State list contained in this Act is intended to be the binding 

list of the specific projects authorized at each location.

Section 2102—Family Housing

This section would authorize new construction, improvements, and 

planning and design of family housing units for the Army for fiscal year 2024.

Section 2103—Authorization of Appropriations, Army

This section would authorize appropriations for Army military construction 

levels identified in section 4601 of division D of this Act.

Section 2104—Extension of Authority to Use Cash Payments in Special Account 

From Land Conveyance, Natick Soldier Systems Center, Massachusetts

This section would extend the authority to use cash payments related to the 

conveyance of the Natick Soldier Systems Center in Massachusetts until October 1, 

2027.

Section 2105—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2018 Project at 

Kunsan Air Base, Korea

This section would extend the authorization of certain fiscal year 2018 

projects until October 1, 2024.

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Section 2106—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2019 Army 

Military Construction Projects

This section would extend the authorization of certain fiscal year 2019 

projects until October 1, 2024.

Section 2107—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2021 Army 

Military Construction Projects

This section would extend the authorization of certain fiscal year 2021 

projects until October 1, 2024.

TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

SUMMARY

The budget request contained $6,022,187,000 for Department of the Navy 

military construction and $640,996,000 for family housing for fiscal year 2024. The 

committee recommends authorization of appropriations of $5,343,514,000 for 

military construction and $640,996,000 for family housing for the Department of 

the Navy in fiscal year 2024. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Explanation of Funding Adjustments

The committee recommends the inclusion of funding for the following 

projects requested by the Department of the Navy but not contained in the budget 

request for military construction and family housing:

 (1) $106,600,000 for an Electrical Power Plant at Camp Lemonnier Djibouti, 

Djibouti;

(2) $100,000,000 for an Advanced Helicopter Training System Hangar at 

Whiting Field, Florida; 

 (3) $63,970,000 for a Consolidated Communication Facility at Marine Corps 

Logistics Base Albany, Georgia;

 (4) $31,890,000 for an Amphibious Combat Vehicle Shelters at Marine Corps 

Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina;

(5) $88,200,000 for an AI Machinery Control Development Center at Naval 

Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;

 (6) $19,000,000 for an Alternate Power Transmission Line at Naval Base 

Kitsap, Washington; and

 (7) $31,000,000 for an Armored Fighting Vehicle Support Facility at Naval 

Base Kitsap, Washington. 

The budget request submitted by the Department of the Navy also included 

$614,312,000 for planning and design activities. The committee recommends an 

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authorization of appropriation of $940,744,000, an increase of $326,432,000 for 

planning and design activities at unspecified worldwide locations. This increase 

includes $20,000,000 for Child Development Centers, $30,000,000 for Lab 

Infrastructure, and $50,000,000 for Barracks Replacement at unspecified worldwide 

locations. The committee also recommends the inclusion of funding for the following 

planning and design activities requested by the Navy but not contained in the 

budget request for military construction:

 (1) $2,683,000 for a Fire Station Replacement (53 Area) at Camp Pendleton, 

California;

 (2) $40,000,000 for Electromagnetic and Cyber Countermeasures Lab at Naval 

Support Activity Washington, DC;

 (3) $85,000,000 for Navy Shore Utility Infrastructure at unspecified worldwide 

locations; and

 (4) $48,749,000 for USMC Military Construction at unspecified worldwide 

locations. 

The budget request submitted by the Department of the Navy included 

$34,430,000 for Unspecified Minor Construction at unspecified worldwide locations. 

The committee recommends an authorization of appropriation of $89,430,000, an 

increase of $55,000,000, for Unspecified Minor Construction at unspecified 

worldwide locations, which includes $10,000,000 for Unspecified Minor 

Construction, $30,000,000 for USMC Unspecified Minor Construction, and 

$15,000,000 for Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition activities.

The budget request submitted by the Department of the Navy also included 

$1,318,711,000 for Dry Dock 3 Replacement at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, 

Hawaii. The committee recommends an authorization of appropriation of 

$1,398,035,000, an increase of $79,324,000, for Dry Dock 3 Replacement at Joint 

Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

The committee also recommends authorizing $227,350,000 for a Water 

Reclamation Facility Compliance Upgrade at Marine Corps Base Hawai’i, Hawaii. 

However, the committee believes that the Department of the Navy cannot fully 

expend the requested funding in fiscal year 2024, and therefore, consistent with 

committee practice, recommends an appropriation of $50,000,000. 

The committee also recommends authorizing $91,270,000 for a 10th 

Marines Maintenance & Operations Complex at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, 

North Carolina. However, the committee believes that the Department of the Navy 

cannot fully expend the requested funding in fiscal year 2024, and therefore, 

consistent with committee practice, recommends an appropriation of $40,000,000.

The committee also recommends authorizing $92,510,000 for a Corrosion 

Repair Facility Replacement at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 

However, the committee believes that the Department of the Navy cannot fully 

expend the requested funding in fiscal year 2024 and therefore, consistent with 

committee practice, recommends an appropriation of $40,000,000.

The committee also recommends authorizing $145,000,000 for 2D LAAD 

Maintenance and Operations Facilities at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, 

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North Carolina. However, the committee believes that the Department of the Navy 

cannot fully expend the requested funding in fiscal year 2024, and therefore, 

consistent with committee practice, recommends an appropriation of $65,000,000 

for 2D LAAD Maintenance and Operations Facilities at Marine Corps Air Station 

Cherry Point, North Carolina. 

Finally, the committee recommends a reduction of funding for the following 

projects contained in the budget requested submitted by the Department of the 

Navy for military construction. However, the committee supports the authorization 

of appropriations in an amount equivalent to the ability of the Navy to execute in 

the year of the authorization for appropriations. The committee believes that the 

Navy cannot fully expend the requested funding in fiscal year 2024, and therefore, 

consistent with committee practice, recommends the following reductions: 

(1) $95,000,000 for Laboratory Compound Facilities Improvements at Port 

Hueneme, California;

(2) $70,000,000 for Submarine Pier 31 Extension at Naval Submarine Base 

New London, Connecticut;

(3) $190,000,000 for Weapons Magazine & Ordnance Operations Fac. At 

Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut;

(4) $100,000,000 for Bachelor Enlisted Quarters & Support Facility at 

Marine Barracks Washington, District of Columbia;

(5) $100,000,000 for PDI: Missile Integration Test Facility at Joint Region 

Marianas, Guam;

(6) $65,000,000 for PDI: Artillery Battery Facilities at Naval Base Guam, 

Guam;

(7) $66,159,000 for PDI: Satellite Communications Facility (INC) at Naval 

Base Guam, Guam;

(8) $242,830,000 for PDI: Joint Communication Upgrade (Inc) at Joint 

Regions Marianas, Guam;

(9) $106,480,000 for a Cybersecurity Operations Facility at Fort Meade, 

Maryland;

(10) $61,700,000 for Aircraft Development and Maintenance Facilities at 

Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland

(11) $90,000,000 for Maintenance Facility & Marine Air Group HQs at 

Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, North Carolina;

(12) $86,000,000 for Maritime Surveillance System Facility at Dam Neck 

Annex, Virginia;

(13) $90,000,000 for Water Treatment Plant at Marine Corps Base 

Quantico, Virginia;

(14) $106,000,000 for MQ-25 Aircraft laydown Facilities at Naval Station 

Norfolk, Virginia;

(15) $170,920,000 for Weapons Magazines at Naval Weapons Station 

Yorktown, Virginia; and

(16) $135,000,000 for Shipyard Electrical Backbone at Naval Base Kitsap, 

Washington 

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LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 2201—Authorized Navy Construction and Land Acquisition Projects

This section would contain a list of authorized Department of the Navy 

construction projects for fiscal year 2024. The authorized amounts are listed on an 

installation-by-installation basis. The State list contained in this Act is intended to 

be the binding list of the specific projects authorized at each location.

Section 2202—Family Housing

This section would authorize new construction, improvements, and 

planning and design of family housing units for the Department of the Navy for 

fiscal year 2024.

Section 2203—Authorization of Appropriations, Navy

This section would authorize appropriations for Department of Navy 

military construction levels identified in section 4601 of division D of this Act.

Section 2204—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2019 Navy 

Military Construction Projects

This section would extend the authorization of certain fiscal year 2019 

projects until October 1, 2024.

Section 2205—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2021 Navy 

Military Construction Projects

This section would extend the authorization of certain fiscal year 2021 

projects until October 1, 2024.

TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

SUMMARY

The budget request contained $2,605,314,000 for Department of the Air 

Force military construction and $551,483,000 for family housing for fiscal year 

2024. The committee recommends authorization of appropriations of $3,045,314,000 

for military construction and $578,483,000 for family housing for the Department of 

the Air Force in fiscal year 2024. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Explanation of Funding Adjustments

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The committee recommends the inclusion of funding for projects requested 

by the Department of the Air Force but not contained in the budget request for 

military construction and family housing: 

(1) $14,600,000 for Eglin Air Force Base – LRSO Hardware Software 

Development & Test Facility at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida;

(2) $27,000,000 for Improve Family Housing PAIP 9, Phase 1 (24 Units) at 

Yokota Air Base, Japan;

(2) $10,300,000 for a Fire Station Bay/Storage Area at Malmstrom Air 

Force Base, Montana; 

(3) $48,000,000 for a 91 Cyber Operations Center at Joint Base San 

Antonio-Lackland, Texas; 

(4) $90,000,000 for BMT – Chapel for America’s Airmen at Joint Base San 

Antonio-Lackland, Texas; and

(5) $252,000,000 for Natural Disaster Recovery at unspecified worldwide 

locations 

The budget request submitted by the Department of the Air Force also 

included $442,729,000 for planning and design activities at unspecified worldwide 

locations. The committee recommends an authorization of appropriation of 

$558,429,000, an increase of $115,700,000, for planning and design activities at 

unspecified worldwide locations. This increase includes $20,000,000 for Child 

Development Centers, $30,000,000 for Lab Infrastructure, and $50,000,000 for 

Barracks Replacement at unspecified worldwide locations. The committee also 

recommends the inclusion of funding for the following planning and design 

activities requested by the Air Force but not contained in the budget request for 

military construction:

(1) $5,800,000 for a F-35 Aircraft Oxygen Shop P&D at Tinker Air Force 

Base, Oklahoma; and

(2) $9,900,000 for a Acquisition Management Complex Phase V P&D at 

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio;

The budget request submitted by the Department of the Air Force included 

$64,900,000 for Unspecified Minor Military Construction at unspecified worldwide 

locations. The committee recommends an authorization of appropriation of 

$89,900,000, an increase of $25,000,000, for Unspecified Minor Military 

Construction, which includes $10,000,000 for Unspecified Minor Construction and 

$15,000,000 for Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition at unspecified 

worldwide locations.

Additionally, the committee recommends the inclusion of $90,400,000 for 

Cost to Complete projects requested by the Department of the Air Force but not 

contained in the budget request for military construction.

Finally, the committee recommends a reduction of funding for the following 

projects contained in the budget requested submitted by the Department of the Air 

Force for military construction. However, the committee supports the authorization 

of appropriations in an amount equivalent to the ability of the Air Force to execute 

in the year of the authorization for appropriations. The committee believes that the 

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Air Force cannot fully expend the requested funding in fiscal year 2024, and 

therefore the committee recommends the following reductions: 

(1) $80,000,000 for a Battle Management Combined Operations Complex at 

Robins Air Force Base, Georgia; and

(2) $126,000,000 for a B-21 Phase Hangar at Ellsworth Air Force Base, 

South Dakota.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 2301—Authorized Air Force Construction and Land Acquisition Projects

This section would contain a list of authorized Air Force construction 

projects for fiscal year 2024. The authorized amounts are listed on an installationby-installation basis. The State list contained in this Act is intended to be the 

binding list of the specific projects authorized at each location.

Section 2302—Family Housing

This section would authorize new construction, improvements, and 

planning and design of family housing units for the Department of the Air Force for 

fiscal year 2024.

Section 2303—Authorization of Appropriations, Air Force

This section would authorize appropriations for Air Force military 

construction levels identified in section 4601 of division D of this Act.

Section 2304—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2017 Air 

Force Military Construction Projects

This section would extend the authorization of certain fiscal year 2017 

projects until October 1, 2024.

Section 2305—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2018 Air 

Force Military Construction Projects

This section would extend the authorization of certain fiscal year 2018 

projects until October 1, 2024.

Section 2306—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2019 Air 

Force Military Construction Projects

This section would extend the authorization of certain fiscal year 2019 

projects until October 1, 2024.

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Section 2307—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2021 Air Force 

Military Construction Projects

This section would extend the authorization of certain fiscal year 2021 

projects until October 1, 2024.

TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION

SUMMARY

The budget request contained $2,984,682,000 for defense agency military 

construction and $50,785,000 for family housing for fiscal year 2024. The committee 

recommends authorization of appropriations of $2,925,147,000 for military 

construction and $57,396,000 for family housing for defense agencies in fiscal year 

2024. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Explanation of Funding Adjustments

The committee recommends the inclusion of funding for the following 

projects requested by the Department of Defense for military construction:

(1) $30,550,000 for Electrical Infrastructure, On-Site Generation, and 

Microgrid Improvements at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California;

(2) $6,300,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Naval Base San Diego, 

California; 

(3) $57,000,000 for Microgrid with Backup Power at Vandenberg Space 

Force Base, California;

(4) $9,000,000 for a Redundant Electrical Supply at Buckley Space Force 

Base, Colorado;

(5) $5,700,000 for a Replacement Water Well at Buckley Space Force Base, 

Colorado; 

(6) $49,500,000 for Electrical Transmission and Distribution Improvements, 

Phase 2, at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia;

(7) $5,850,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Forbes Field, Kansas;

(8) $5,650,000 for K-16 Emergency Backup Power at K-16 Air Base, South 

Korea; 

(9) $18,850,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Camp Buehring, 

Kuwait; 

(10) $80,100,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Lake City Army 

Ammunition Plant, Missouri;

(11) $41,000,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Offutt Air Force Base, 

Nebraska;

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(12) $10,500,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Fort Brag (Camp 

Mackall), North Carolina; 

(13) $76,650,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Fort Sill, Oklahoma;

(14) $56,000,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Fort Buchanan, Puerto 

Rico;

(15) $18,250,000 for Microgrid and Backup Power at Fort Hood, Texas;

(16) $2,250,000 for HVAC Efficiency Upgrades at Pentagon, Virginia;

(17) $49,850,000 for Power Generation and Microgrid at Joint Base LewisMcChord, Washington; and

(18) $25,000,000 for Microgrid and Battery Storage at F.E. Warren Air 

Force Base, Wyoming; 

The committee also recommends the inclusion of funding for projects 

requested by the Department of Defense but not contained in the budget request for 

military construction: 

(1) $51,000,000 for a SOF Naval Special Warfare Command Operations 

Support Facility, Phase 2, Naval Base Coronado, California;

(2) $16,700,000 for a Human Performance Training Center at Baumholder, 

Germany; and

(3) $70,000,000 for a Marine Raider Battalion Operations Facility at 

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina;

The budget request submitted by the Department of Defense also included 

$1,035,000 for planning and design activities at unspecified worldwide locations, 

Missile Defense Agency. The committee recommends an authorization of 

appropriation of $21,035,000, an increase of $20,000,000, for planning and design 

activities at unspecified worldwide locations.

The budget request submitted by the Department of Defense included 

$86,250,000 for ERCIP planning and design activities at unspecified worldwide 

locations. The committee recommends an authorization of appropriation of 

$101,250,000, an increase of $15,000,000, for ERCIP planning and design activities 

at unspecified worldwide locations. 

The budget request submitted by the Department of Defense included 

$263,045,000 for planning and design activities at unspecified worldwide locations. 

The committee recommends an authorization of appropriation of $367,045,000, and 

increase of $104,000,000, which includes $69,000,000 for PDI: INDOPACOM 

Planning & Design at unspecified worldwide locations requested by the 

INDOPACOM but not included in the budget request. 

The budget request submitted by the Department of Defense included 

$38,253,000 for unspecified minor construction at unspecified worldwide locations. 

The committee recommends an authorization of appropriation of $110,618,000, an 

increase of $72,365,000, which includes $62,000,000 for PDI: INDOPACOM 

Unspecified Minor Construction at unspecified worldwide locations requested by the 

Department of Defense but not included in the budget request.

The budget request submitted by the Department of Defense included 

$11,107,000 for Exercise Related Minor Construction at unspecified worldwide 

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locations. The committee recommends an authorization of appropriation of 

$21,472,000, an increase of $10,365,000, for Exercise Related Minor Construction at 

unspecified worldwide locations. 

Additionally, the committee recommends the inclusion of $11,400,000 for 

Cost to Complete: ATC Operations Support Facility at Naval Base Coronado, 

California, requested by the Department of Defense but not contained in the budget 

request for military construction.

Finally, the committee recommends a reduction of funding for the following 

projects contained in the budget requested submitted by the Department of Defense 

for military construction. However, the committee supports the authorization of 

appropriations in an amount equivalent to the ability of the Department of Defense 

to execute in the year of the authorization for appropriations. The committee 

believes that the Department of Defense cannot fully expend the requested funding 

in fiscal year 2024, and therefore, consistent with committee practice, recommends 

the following reductions: 

(1) $80,000,000 for Ground Test Facility Infrastructure at Redstone 

Arsenal, Alabama;

(2) $75,000,000 for Ambulatory Care Center – Dental Clinic Add//Alt at 

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California;

(3) $70,000,000 for Ambulatory Care Center – Dental Clinic Replacement at 

Naval Base San Diego, California; and

(4) $160,000,000 for DIA Headquarters Annex at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 2401—Authorized Defense Agencies Construction and Land Acquisition 

Projects

 This section would contain a list of authorized defense agencies construction 

projects for fiscal year 2024. The authorized amounts are listed on an installationby-installation basis. The State list contained in this Act is intended to be the 

binding list of the specific projects authorized at each location.

Section 2402—Authorized Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program 

Projects

This section would contain a list of authorized energy resilience and 

conservation investment projects for fiscal year 2024. The authorized amounts are 

listed on an installation-by-installation basis. The State list contained in this Act is 

intended to be the binding list of the specific projects authorized at each location.

Section 2403—Authorization of Appropriations, Defense Agencies

This section would authorize appropriations for defense agencies' military 

construction at the levels identified in section 4601 of division D of this Act.

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Section 2404—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2018 

Defense Agencies Military Construction Projects

This section would extend the authorization of certain fiscal year 2018 

projects until October 1, 2024.

Section 2405—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2019 

Defense Agencies Military Construction Projects

This section would extend the authorization of certain fiscal year 2019 

projects until October 1, 2024.

Section 2406—Modification of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2019 Project at 

SOF Joint Parachute Rigging Facility, Baumholder, Germany

This section would extend the authorization of a fiscal year 2019 project 

until October 1, 2024.

Section 2407—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2021 Project at 

Defense Fuel Support Point Tsurumi, Japan

This section would extend the authorization of certain fiscal year 2021 

project until October 1, 2024.

Section 2408—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2021 

Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Projects

This section would extend the authorization of certain fiscal year 2021 

Environmental Resilience and Conservation Investment Program projects until 

October 1, 2024.

Section 2409—Authority to Carry Out Military Construction Projects to Improve 

Certain Fiscal Year 2022 Utility Systems

 This section would provide the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a 

military department with authority to contract with the conveyee of a utility system 

for certain fiscal year 2022 utility system improvement projects.

Section 2410—Additional Authority to Carry Out Certain Military Construction 

Projects to Improve Certain Fiscal Year 2023 Utility Systems

This section would provide the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a 

military department with authority to contract with the conveyee of a utility system 

for certain fiscal year 2023 utility system improvement projects.

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TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

SUMMARY

The budget request contained $293,434,000 for the North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization Security Investment Program (NSIP) for fiscal year 2024. The 

committee recommends authorization of appropriations of $293,434,000 NSIP for 

fiscal year 2024. 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY INVESTMENT 

PROGRAM

Section 2501—Authorized NATO Construction and Land Acquisition Projects

 This section would authorize the Secretary of Defense to make contributions to 

the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program in an amount 

not to exceed the sum of the amount specifically authorized in section 2502 of this 

Act and the amount collected from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a 

result of construction previously financed by the United States.

Section 2502—Authorization of Appropriations, NATO

 This section would authorize appropriations for the North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization Security Investment Program at the levels identified in section 4601 

of division D of this Act.

SUBTITLE B—HOST COUNTRY IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS

Section 2511—Republic of Korea Funded Construction Projects

This section would authorize the Secretary of Defense to accept 12 military 

construction projects totaling $456.6 million pursuant to agreement with the 

Republic of Korea for required in-kind contributions.

Section 2512—Republic of Poland Funded Construction Projects

This section would authorize the Secretary of Defense to accept seven 

military construction projects totaling $284.5 million pursuant to agreement with 

the Republic of Poland for required in-kind contributions.

TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES

SUMMARY

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The budget request contained $968,847,000 for National Guard and 

Reserve facilities military construction for fiscal year 2024. The committee 

recommends authorization of appropriations of $1,557,445,000 for National Guard 

and Reserve facilities military construction for fiscal year 2024.

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Explanation of Funding Adjustments

The committee recommends the inclusion of funding for the following 

projects requested by the Department of the Army for the National Guard and

Reserve components but not contained in the budget request for military 

construction and family housing:

(1) $40,000,000 for a Network Enterprise Center at Fort Hunter Liggett, 

California;

(2) $11,000,000 for a Camp Blanding Automated Multipurpose Machine 

Gun Range at Camp Blanding, Florida; 

(3) $40,000,000 for an Army Reserve Center at USMC Logistics Base 

Albany, Georgia; and

(4) $16,400,000 for a Vehicle Maintenance Shop at Burlington, Kentucky;

The committee also recommends the inclusion of funding for the following 

planning and design activities requested by the Department of the Army and the 

National Guard and Reserve components but not contained in the budget request 

for military construction:

(1) $1,200,000 for a Training Aids Center at Camp Blanding, Florida;

(2) $840,000 for a Wedge Infantry Squad Battle Course at Camp Blanding, 

Florida;

(3) $1,800,000 for an National Guard Readiness Center at Shawnee 

Readiness Center, Oklahoma;

(4) $1,550,000 for a FTIG Auto MPMG Range at Fort Indiantown Gap, 

Pennsylvania; and

(5) $2,685,000 for a General Purpose Instruction Building at Fort Hood, 

Texas

The budget request submitted by the Department of the Army for the 

National Guard component also included $34,286,000 for planning and design 

activities at unspecified worldwide locations. The committee recommends an 

authorization of appropriation of $44,686,000, an increase of $10,400,000, for 

planning and design activities at unspecified worldwide locations.

 The budget request submitted by the Department of the Army for the National 

Guard component included $63,000,000 for Unspecified Minor Construction at 

unspecified worldwide locations. The committee recommends an authorization of 

appropriation of $88,000,000, an increase of $25,000,000, which includes 

$15,000,000 for Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition, and an 

increase of $10,000,000, for Unspecified Minor Construction at unspecified 

worldwide locations.

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The budget request submitted by the Army for the Reserve included 

$14,687,000 for Unspecified Minor Construction at unspecified worldwide locations. 

The committee recommends an authorization of appropriation of $29,687,000, which 

includes an increase of $10,000,000 for Unspecified Minor Construction at 

unspecified worldwide locations and $5,000,000 for Unspecified Minor Military 

Construction Demolition. 

The committee also recommends authorizing $90,000,000 million for a 

Lexington Armory National Guard Readiness Center Addition/Alteration at 

Lexington Avenue Armory, New York. However, the committee believes that the 

Department of the Army cannot fully expend the requested funding in fiscal year 

2024, and therefore, consistent with committee practice, recommends an 

appropriation of $45,000,000 for a Lexington Armory National Guard Readiness 

Center Addition/Alteration at Lexington Avenue Armory, New York. 

The committee also recommends the inclusion of $134,881,000 for Cost to 

Complete projects for the Department of the Army National Guard, and the 

inclusion of $23,000,000 for the Reserve, both requested by the Department of the 

Army but not contained in the budget request for military construction and family 

housing.

The budget request submitted by the Department of the Navy for the 

Reserve component includes $7,847,000 for Unspecified Minor Construction at 

unspecified worldwide locations. The committee recommends the authorization of 

appropriation of $22,847,000, an increase of $15,000,000, which includes an 

increase of $10,000,000, for MCNR Unspecified Minor Construction and $5,000,000 

for Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition at unspecified worldwide 

locations. 

The committee recommends the inclusion of funding for the following 

projects requested by the Department of the Air Force for the National Guard and 

Reserve components but not contained in the budget request for military 

construction and family housing:

(1) $7,000,000 for an ADAL Alert Crew Facility Hangar at Joint Base 

Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska; and

(2) $8,500,000 for a Guardian Angel POTFF Facility at Davis-Monthan Air 

Force Base, Arizona;

(3) $53,553,000 for a Permanent (F-35 Multi) Construct F-35 FMS 3-Bay 

Clear Span Hangar at Ebbing Field, Arkansas;

(4) $9,269,000 for a Permanent (Multi F-35) Construct F-35 FMS AFE & 

Step at Ebbing Field, Arkansas; 

(5) $12,720,000 for a Permanent (Multi F-35) Construct F-35 FMS SAPF 

(Secure Facility) at Ebbing Field, Arkansas;

(6) $22,000,000 for a Security Forces Facility at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, 

Georgia; 

(7) $7,000,000 for a 307 Bomb Wing Medical Facility Expansion at 

Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana; 

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(8) $20,000,000 for a Special Tactics Complex, Phase 3 at Portland 

International Airport, Oregon;

(9) $11,000,000 for a Special Tactics Complex, Phase 4 at Portland 

International Airport, Oregon;

(10) $8,000,000 for an Entry Control Facility at Harrisburg International 

Airport, Pennsylvania; and

(11) $5,200,000 for a F-35: MM&I Fac, B701 at Truax Field, Wisconsin

The committee also recommends the inclusion of $600,000 for a Air 

National Guard F-35 Munitions Storage Area Admin at Jacksonville International 

Airport, Florida (P&D) requested by the Department of the Air Force for the 

National Guard component but not contained in the budget request for military 

construction.

The budget request submitted by the Air Force for the Reserve component 

included $9,926,000 for Unspecified Minor Military Construction at unspecified 

worldwide locations. The committee recommends an authorization of appropriation 

of $24,926,000, which includes an increase of $10,000,000 for Unspecified Minor 

Military Construction at unspecified worldwide locations and $5,000,000 for 

Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition at unspecified worldwide 

locations. 

The budget request submitted by the Air Force for the National Guard 

component included $63,122,000 for Unspecified Minor Construction at unspecified 

worldwide locations. The committee recommends an authorization of appropriation 

of $88,122,000, which includes an increase of $10,000,000 for Unspecified Minor 

Construction at unspecified worldwide locations and $15,000,000 for Unspecified 

Minor Military Construction Demolition at unspecified worldwide locations.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 2601—Authorized Army National Guard Construction and Land Acquisition 

Projects

This section would contain the list of authorized Army National Guard 

construction projects for fiscal year 2024. The authorized amounts are listed on an 

installation-by-installation basis. The State list contained in this Act is intended to 

be the binding list of the specific projects authorized at each location.

Section 2602—Authorized Army Reserve Construction and Land Acquisition 

Projects

This section would contain the list of authorized Army Reserve construction 

projects for fiscal year 2024. The authorized amounts are listed on an installationby-installation basis. The State list contained in this Act is intended to be the 

binding list of the specific projects authorized at each location.

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Section 2603—Authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve Construction 

and Land Acquisition Projects

 This section would contain the list of authorized Navy Reserve and Marine Corps 

Reserve construction projects for fiscal year 2024. The authorized amounts are 

listed on an installation-by-installation basis. The State list contained in this Act is 

intended to be the binding list of the specific projects authorized at each location.

Section 2604—Authorized Air National Guard Construction and Land Acquisition 

Projects

This section would contain the list of authorized Air National Guard 

construction projects for fiscal year 2024. The authorized amounts are listed on an 

installation-by-installation basis. The State list contained in this Act is intended to 

be the binding list of the specific projects authorized at each location.

Section 2605—Authorized Air Force Reserve Construction and Land Acquisition 

Projects

This section would contain the list of authorized Air Force Reserve 

construction projects for fiscal year 2024. The authorized amounts are listed on an 

installation-by-installation basis. The State list contained in this Act is intended to 

be the binding list of the specific projects authorized at each location.

Section 2606—Authorization of Appropriations, National Guard and Reserve

This section would authorize appropriations for National Guard and 

Reserve military construction at the levels identified in section 4601 of division D of 

this Act.

Section 2607—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2018 Project at 

Hulman Regional Airport, Indiana

This section would extend the authorization of a certain fiscal year 2018 

project until October 1, 2024.

Section 2608—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2019 Project at 

Francis S. Gabreski Airport, New York

This section would extend the authorization of a certain fiscal year 2019 

project until October 1, 2024.

Section 2609—Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2021 

National Guard and Reserve Military Construction Projects

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This section would extend the authorization of certain fiscal year 2021 

projects until October 1, 2024.

Section 2610—Modification of Authority to Carry Out Fiscal Year 2023 Project at 

Camp Pendleton, California

This section would modify the authorization of a fiscal year 2023 project.

TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES

SUMMARY

The budget request contained $389,174,000 for activities related to Base 

Realignment and Closure (BRAC) activities in fiscal year 2024. The committee 

recommends authorization of appropriations of $539,174,000 for BRAC activities in 

fiscal year 2024. 

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Explanation of Funding Adjustments

The budget request submitted by the Department of Defense for activities 

related to Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) included $389,174,000 for 

activities related to recommendations from the previous BRAC rounds. The 

committee recommends an authorization of appropriations of $200,640,000, an 

increase of $50,000,000, for Army Base Realignment and Closure activities in fiscal 

year 2024. The committee also recommends an authorization of appropriations of 

$158,818,000, an increase of $50,000,000, for Navy Base Realignment and Closure 

activities in fiscal year 2024. The committee also recommends an authorization of 

appropriations of $173,990,000, an increase of $50,000,000, for Air Force Base 

Realignment and Closure activities in fiscal year 2024.

Conditions on the Final Closure of Certain Portion of Pueblo Chemical Depot and 

Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant, Colorado

The committee directs the Secretary of the Army to submit a report to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 1, 2024 a status 

update on the closure and disposal plan for a certain portion of the Pueblo Chemical 

Depot and Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant in Colorado. The report should 

include the following:

(1) a comprehensive, updated plan for the closure of the covered portion of 

Pueblo Chemical Depot not later than one year after the completion of the chemical 

demilitarization mission of the Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant at Pueblo 

Chemical Depot;

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(2) a comprehensive, updated plan for the disposal of all remaining land, 

building, facilities, and equipment of the covered portion of Pueblo Chemical Depot, 

to include analysis regarding the future role of the Local Redevelopment Authority; 

(3) a description of how such a plan will utilize the Base Realignment and 

Closure (BRAC) guidance dated October 3, 2022 to dispose of any excess or surplus 

property, or state the updated guidance the Army intends to follow and the 

rationale for deviating from existing guidance;

(4) any plans for assistance to the Local Redevelopment Authority in 

planning community adjustments and economic diversification required by the 

closure of Pueblo Chemical Depot and the Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, 

including through grants, cooperative agreements, or supplements to other Federal 

funds; and

(5) statements regarding whether action would be taken to close or realign 

the covered portion of Pueblo Chemical Depot or the Chemical Agent-Destruction 

Pilot Plant, or to dispose of any surplus land, building, facility, or equipment that 

comprises any portion of the Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant other than to 

the Local Development Authority.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 2701—Authorization of Appropriations for Base Realignment and Closure 

Activities Funded through Department of Defense Base Closure Account

This section would authorize appropriations for ongoing activities that are 

required to implement the Base Realignment and Closure activities authorized by 

the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of 

Public Law 101-510), at the levels identified in section 4601 of division D of this Act.

TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL 

PROVISIONS

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Air Force Process for Strategic Emplacement of Fighter Aircraft

The committee is aware the Air Force's Strategic Basing process is used to 

provide a deliberate, repeatable, standardized, and transparent process for strategic 

basing decisions for Air Force assets to include fighter aircraft placement. 

Furthermore, the committee is aware the Air Force utilizes the Strategic Basing 

process when making decisions to reduce fighter aircraft fleets of fourth-generation 

aircraft, specifically F-16s, to free resources, facilities, and manpower for F-35 

procurement and sixth-generation fighter development. The committee is not fully 

aware how the Air Force determines basing locations for new F-35s to replace 

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existing F-16 and F-15 fleets, prioritizes basing locations, and determines their 

priority order. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a 

briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 28, 

2024, outlining the process and criteria for determining F-35 basing decisions. The 

briefing shall include: 

(1) the criteria used with the weight given to each set of criteria;

(2) an updated timeline for F-35 basing decisions;

(3) current bases and F-16/F-15 fleets under consideration for replacement 

by the F-35, to include their priority order;

(4) what criteria was used to determine previous years strategic basing 

decisions for F-35s; and

(5) what, if any, criteria changed from previous strategic basing decisions to 

the current criteria.

Air National Guard Facility Modernization

The committee notes that the Air National Guard serves a critical role as a 

reserve force that supports operational readiness, augments active duty personnel, 

and provides valuable capability to state governments. The committee also notes 

that to ensure these units are properly trained and equipped, infrastructure and 

facilities for the Air National Guard require the same planning for modernization 

and sustainment as active component facilities. However, the committee is 

concerned that current investment in the modernization of Air National Guard 

facilities and infrastructure is insufficient. The committee directs the Secretary of 

the Air Force to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than December 1st, 2023, on facility modernization plans for Air National 

Guard installations in Alabama. The briefing shall include:

1) information on the condition of Air National Guard facilities in the state;

2) current facility needs and the impact on mission requirements, personnel 

safety, and the risk to aircraft;

3) any future infrastructure projects planned at such Air National Guard 

installations.

Assessment of Marine Concrete for Military Construction Projects in the 

INDOPACOM

The Committee remains concerned about the construction and maintenance 

needs of infrastructure at forward postured installations as well as the materials 

used for projects in marine environments. Military facilities in the harsh marine 

environment of the Indo-Pacific like drydocks and piers often come with significant 

construction and maintenance costs because of the location.

The committee seeks to better understand the availability of materials 

suited for use in construction and repair of facilities in marine environments. 

Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing, no 

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later than January 31, 2024, to the House Committee on Armed Services, on the 

sources of sand and gravel consistent with the requirements outlined in U.S. Navy 

Unified Facilities Guide Specifications document 03 31 29 referred to as marine 

concrete. The briefing shall also include a cost analysis for domestic sources of 

components for marine concrete.

Benefits and Use of Electrochromic Glass in Military Bases and Installations

The Committee is aware of the potential benefits of electrochromic glass 

technology in commercial buildings for heating and cooling efficiency and other 

metrics. To better understand how this technology may be used in military 

facilities, the Committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, 

Installations, and Environment provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services on the Department of Defense efforts to assess this technology, not 

later than April 1, 2024. This briefing should include information on current or 

planned DOD engagement with this industry and any plans to demonstrate 

electrochromic glass technology.

Briefing on Feasibility of Prefabricated Housing at Remote Military Installations

The committee remains concerned about lack of availability for military 

housing at remote military installations. Construction of new military housing in 

these areas can be difficult or cost prohibitive. To better understand potential 

solutions to increase housing availability at remote military installations, the 

committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31, 2024, on the feasibility of 

prefabricated housing to meet military housing needs.

Briefing on Infrastructure of Naval Air Station Pensacola

Naval Air Station Pensacola is a critical installation that provides access to 

valuable training airspace in the Gulf of Mexico and is home to the Blue Angels and 

other aircraft training squadrons. However, the committee is concerned that the 

current availability of hangars that meet standards to withstand hurricanes and 

other extreme weather events is insufficient. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 

Energy, Installations, and Environment to submit a report to the congressional 

defense committees not later than March 31, 2024, on the facility plans for Naval 

Air Station Pensacola. The report shall include:

(1) an assessment of the material condition of current installation facilities; 

(2) any future military construction; and

(3) plans to support training operations during the transition to modern 

infrastructure.

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Briefing on Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and Military Construction 

Process

Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake is the Navy’s largest 

landholding, which includes more than 1 million acres of land. Within NAWS China 

Lake, there are different commands with different roles and responsibilities related 

to infrastructure maintenance and military construction projects. The committee is 

concerned that multiple jurisdictions with opaque boundaries do not provide a clear 

path to move proposed military construction projects forward for consideration. 

The committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, on the 

following: 

(1) areas of responsibilities for the installation and each tenant command 

related to military construction projects and infrastructure maintenance; 

(2) for the installation and each tenant command, outline the process for 

advancing military construction projects from the beginning of the process, through 

the Navy chain of command; 

(3) outline any barriers that prevent these projects from moving forward; 

(4) outline any reforms that have been made to improve the process; and 

(5) develop recommendations on reforms that could be made to streamline 

the process and whether additional legislative authorities are needed to achieve 

these objectives.

Briefing on Remediation of the Former Lone Star Ammunition Plant

The committee remains concerned about the rate at which the Army is 

conducting cleanup and remediation activities involving property associated with 

the 1995 and 2005 rounds of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). Specifically, 

efforts involving the former Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant and Red River 

Army Depot have been significantly prolonged. The committee is particularly 

concerned about remediation of the High-Explosive Burning Grounds parcel which 

remains a serious hazard in the area and barrier to development. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Secretary of the Army to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than January 1, 2024, on the status of 

remediation for the former Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant and the HighExplosive Burning Ground parcel, as well as efforts to expedite this cleanup to allow 

redevelopment. The briefing shall also include a timeline for completed remediation 

with an expected date of completion. 

Briefing on Runway Conditions at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

The committee is aware of the importance of maintaining our critical 

military infrastructure in support of both current and contingency missions. The 

committee recognizes that Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a strategically 

located and significant installation that hosts nine major commands and activities 

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including the 445th Airlift Wing, which provides heavy strategic airlift of personnel 

and equipment in support of military operations, medical evacuation, and 

humanitarian relief. However, runway degradation at the installation can threaten 

operations in the future and reduce strategic capabilities in contingency situations. 

The committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31, 2024, on the runway 

conditions at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The briefing shall include a 

determination of the strategic impact from degradation to runway conditions below 

optimal standards and a cost assessment for any potential repairs to the runway.

Briefing on Telecommunications Infrastructure at Alabama Army National Guard 

Facilities

The Army National Guard serves a critical role as a Reserve force that 

supports operational readiness, augments Active Duty personnel, and provides 

valuable capability to State governments. To ensure these units are properly 

trained and equipped, infrastructure and facilities for the Army National Guard 

require the same planning for modernization and sustainment as Active Component 

facilities. However, the committee is concerned that current investment in the 

modernization of Army National Guard facilities, and specifically in 

telecommunications infrastructure, is insufficient. The committee directs the 

Secretary of the Army to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services not later than March 31, 2024, on facility modernization plans for Army 

National Guard installations in Alabama. The briefing shall include:

(1) information on the condition of Army National Guard facilities in the 

State; 

(2) any impacts to training efforts from facility needs; and

(3) any future infrastructure projects planned at such Army National Guard 

installations.

Briefing on the Utilization of B-2 Infrastructure to Support B-21

The committee notes that the Air Force has announced Whiteman Air Force 

Base as a likely main operating base for the B-21 bomber aircraft along with 

Ellsworth and Dyess Air Force Bases. The committee also notes that Whiteman Air 

Force Base is the only main operating base for the B-2 bomber aircraft that the B21 will eventually replace and there are many similarities between the two aircraft. 

Utilization of existing B-2 infrastructure and facilities for future B-21 basing has 

the potential to present significant cost savings compared to new military 

construction. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the Air Force to 

provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than 

December 1, 2023, on the plans for utilizing existing B-2 aircraft support 

infrastructure for future B-21 bomber aircraft deployment. This briefing shall 

include:

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(1) specifics on what commonality exists between current B-2 facilities and 

requirements for future B-21 infrastructure;

(2) what modifications may be required to optimize existing B-2 

infrastructure to meet B-21 requirements; and 

(3) a planned timeline for facility modification or new military construction 

needed for B-21 basing.

Camp Lejeune Rail Reporting

Camp Lejeune is connected to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point via a 

30-mile-long rail line owned by the U.S. Government and managed by the Marine 

Corps. The rail line is part of the Strategic Rail Corridor Network and is currently 

undergoing repairs and upgrades after years of deferred maintenance and 

substantial damage caused by Hurricane Florence in 2018. The committee directs 

the Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Installations and Logistics and 

the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment to 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 15, 2024 on 

the anticipated use of the rail line when it is put back into operation, including its 

maintenance plan and amount of rail traffic. Furthermore, the committee directs 

that the report contain an assessment of how the rail line can be transferred to 

ownership or long-term lease to the State of North Carolina or a state-owned 

railroad company in a way that will maintain military use of the rail line while 

accommodating economic development along the rail line.

Cecil Airport and Other Civilian Airports Supporting Defense Training and 

Readiness 

Cecil Airport is a former Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida, that 

transitioned to a public use General Aviation Airport in 1999 but supports aviation 

mission readiness through training and maintenance across the military services. 

Department of Defense training and readiness missions represent approximately 46 

percent of flights from Cecil Airport, but the committee is concerned that the 

Department of Defense does not adequately support or coordinate the planning and 

maintenance of airfield infrastructure at Cecil Airport or other civilian airfields that 

support the Department’s missions. To better understand how the Department of 

Defense coordinates whole-of-government support for General Aviation Airports 

that support military operations through the Department's Defense Community 

Infrastructure Program or the Federal Aviation Administration’s Military Airport 

Program, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, that shall 

include:

(1) information on the processes the military departments use to identify 

civilian airports that support significant operations;

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(2) a description of how the Department interacts with the Federal Aviation 

Administration to assist in designating and prioritizing airports for the Military 

Airport Program; and

(3) any recommendations to better provide for infrastructure needs of 

militarily useful civilian General Aviation Airports.

Comptroller General Review of Department of Defense Real Property in the 

National Capital Region

The committee is concerned about how the Department of Defense manages 

its real property needs, in particular in areas with available Federal Government 

and leased office space such as the National Capital Region. The committee is also 

interested in how the Department of Defense has adjusted use of its available office 

space to reflect changing workforce needs. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Comptroller General of the United States to assess the following:

(1) how has the Department of Defense assessed its real property needs in 

the National Capital Region;

(2) to what extent do the processes for entering into lease agreements for 

office space in the National Capital Region take into account available federally 

owned space located in close proximity;

(3) how has the Department of Defense assessed any cost savings from 

changes in its use of Federal facilities or leased space in the National Capital 

Region; and

(4) any other matters deemed necessary.

The committee directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than April 30, 2024, on preliminary 

findings from this assessment to be followed with a report to the congressional 

defense committees by a mutually agreed upon date.

Comptroller General Review of Military Installation Maintenance Management 

The military services each have entities at the installation level, such as 

installation public works offices, that manage the annual sustainment of facilities, 

including preventive maintenance and maintenance requested when facility 

systems break. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported in 2022 that 

the Department of Defense 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.

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United 

States to conduct an assessment of the management of military installation 

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maintenance entities, such as public works offices. Such assessment should include 

an evaluation of the following: 

(1) what are the roles and responsibilities of installation facility managers, 

installation maintenance entities, and installation tenant organizations with 

respect to facility maintenance, and to what extent is there effective coordination 

between these stakeholders;

(2) to what extent does the Department track timeliness and quality of 

maintenance response; 

(3) to what extent do installations have policies and processes in place for 

quality assurance and to ensure effective customer service and communication;

(4) what are the challenges to effective and timely maintenance for 

facilities, if any, and to what extent have military installations and the military 

services taken steps to address these challenges; and

(5) any other matters deemed appropriate by the Comptroller General. 

The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing 

to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than April 30, 2024, on the 

preliminary findings of this assessment, with a report to follow by a mutually 

agreed upon date.

Comptroller General Review of Military Installation Safety and Security

The safety and security of Department of Defense installations is important 

for preventing incidents and maintaining quality of life for service members and 

their dependents. Problems such as unsecured buildings, lack of sufficient video 

surveillance, or poor lighting can increase risks to service members, such as the 

risks of theft or assault. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported 

in 2019 that only the Air Force and Defense Logistics Agency had monitored the 

system used to scan credentials to authenticate access to Department of Defense 

installations, while the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps had not, raising concerns 

and questions about other measures that should be taken to ensure safety and 

security on installations. The committee is concerned that crimes and other unsafe 

situations on military installations could adversely impact personnel readiness, in 

addition to the well-being and resiliency of service members and their families. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Comptroller General of the United 

States to conduct an assessment of military installation safety and security. Such 

an assessment shall include an evaluation of the following: 

(1) the Department and service policies that direct installation security and 

safety; 

(2) to what extent does the Department track safety and security incidents 

and assess the effectiveness of policies and procedures in preventing and responding 

to incidents;

(3) the extent that the Department has assessed the effects of facility safety 

and security on service members and families; and 

(4) any other matters deemed appropriate by the Comptroller General. 

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 The committee further directs the Comptroller General to provide a briefing 

to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than April 30, 2024, on the 

preliminary findings of this assessment with a report to follow by a mutually agreed 

upon date. 

Condition of Water Utility Systems on Military Installations

The committee is concerned that there is no standardized assessment 

system to measure and report on the condition, performance, and sustainment 

requirements of Department of Defense-owned water utility systems on military 

installations. The committee notes that the lack of a standardized assessment 

system leads to inconsistent decision making amongst the military departments on 

the best way to maintain these utilities. The committee is concerned that the lack of 

standardized data has contributed to the degradation of these systems and has 

created associated resiliency and readiness concerns. Accordingly, the committee 

directs the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to submit a 

report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than January 15, 2025, 

containing at a minimum the following:

(1) a list of Department of Defense-owned water utilities on or providing 

water to military installations including the following information: (a) year of 

original installation of major water utility system components, including water 

treatment facilities, pump stations, and water storage tanks; (b) average age of 

water distribution system piping; (c) last major recapitalization of the system, to 

include a brief description of the infrastructure that was recapitalized; and (d) 

identification of all instances of non-compliance with any applicable Federal, State, 

or local law or regulation to which the subject water system is required to comply 

within the prior 5-year period, including information on any prior or current 

consent orders or equivalent compliance agreements with any regulatory agency;

(2) for each military department, the total rate of system recapitalization, 

represented as an annual percentage replacement value of all water system assets; 

(3) for each military department, a description of the annual inspection 

requirements, and percentage of water distribution systems inspected annually;

(4) for each military department, the number of unplanned water system 

outages and the duration of these outages in the prior 12-month period to include a 

listing of installations at which these outages occurred; and

(5) the methodology by which each military department develops its 

business case for retention of ownership of the utility or pursing privatization of a 

given utility.

Defense Laboratory Modernization Pilot Program

The committee continues to support the nation’s defense laboratories and 

understands the importance of laboratory revitalization and expediting the 

construction of new facilities. The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 

submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later than March 

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31, 2024, on the Defense Laboratory Modernization Pilot Program (DLMPP). The 

report shall include: 

(1) an assessment of the current military construction requirements and 

acquisition process for facilities that meet the DLMPP; 

(2) the process for each service to consider projects under this authority; 

(3) the challenges or barriers to utilization of DLMPP; and

(4) recommendations on how to improve the authority, which may include 

legislative changes.

Department-Wide Fitness Standard Report

The committee remains concerned about the slow progress in the 

Department of Defense’s 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 Department-wide fitness standard for 

installation access that applies evenly and routinely across all services and military 

installations in the United States. 

Once again, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to issue, 

through an updated volume of Department of Defense Manual 5200.08 or any 

comparable or successor policy guidance document, a final Department-wide fitness 

standard for installation access. Prior to publishing a final Department-wide 

fitness standard for installation access in Department of Defense Manual 5200.08 

or any comparable or successor policy guidance document, the committee directs the 

Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services not later than January 1, 2024. The briefing shall include an update on the 

Department’s progress in finalizing a Department-wide fitness standard for 

installation access, including a copy of the Department’s proposed standard.

Digital Platforms to Manage the Military Construction Process

The Committee recognizes the increased usage of digital platforms by other 

Federal agencies to manage community engagement and other processes related to 

construction projects. These digital tools could provide benefits to the Department of 

Defense and the military departments through increased public input as well as 

greater collaboration between the military and relevant stakeholders.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a 

briefing to the Armed Services Committees of the House and Senate, no later than 

December 1, 2023, on efforts to utilize digital tools such as interactive, digital, and 

cloud-based platforms, for project reviews and community engagement processes 

required for military construction projects.

DoD Study of Defense Access Roads in Guam

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The committee notes that the civilian infrastructure on Guam also serves 

an important role in military readiness. The routes connecting Apra Harbor, Guam 

and the military installations on Guam are critical for both the civilian population 

and the movement of military personnel and equipment. To better understand how 

the Department of Defense utilizes the Defense Access Roads program to support 

infrastructure projects on Guam, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to 

provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services no later than March 

31, 2024. The report shall include information on efforts to minimize the use of 

private land for Defense Access Roads projects, previous projects in the last ten 

years, and any planned or potential projects under consideration.

DoD Unaccompanied Privatizing Housing Report

The committee recognizes the vital role that housing plays in dictating the 

quality of life of our service members and their families. Given that the services are 

currently experiencing issues with recruitment and retention, the committee 

recognizes that ensuring high quality housing for our servicemembers would likely 

help reduce retention challenges. 

 The committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the 

House Armed Services Committee by January 31, 2024, on the status of privatized 

housing communities designated solely for unaccompanied servicemembers that 

currently exist or are planned in each service. The report shall include details of the 

accommodation capacity of each community, the cost of each community, the cost 

per service member, the age of each community, and any expected realized cost 

savings. Furthermore, the report shall examine how each service’s policies related 

to these communities differ and identify best practices that can be applied 

enterprise-wide.

Financial Viability of Privatized Housing Projects

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 established a 

Chief Housing Officer to oversee privatized housing policies and processes. 

According to the Government Accountability Office, many privatized housing 

projects are experiencing financial strain. Therefore, the committee directs the 

Chief Housing Officer, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military 

departments, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services no 

later than February 15, 2024, on the financial viability of privatization projects, 

including an assessment of risks to due to the financial condition of these projects, 

and plans to mitigate these risks.

Fort Liberty Roadway Infrastructure

The committee is aware that the North Carolina Department of 

Transportation (NCDOT) has offered to assume the responsibility for maintenance 

of 47 miles of roadway infrastructure at Fort Liberty, NC, under a proposed 

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intergovernmental support agreement. The committee notes that under state law, 

NCDOT cannot assume maintenance of any roadway until the surface of that 

roadway meets NCDOT's minimum maintenance standard. The committee is aware 

that NCDOT taking over maintenance of the relevant roadway infrastructure at 

Fort Liberty could create savings for the Army by reducing annual road 

maintenance and repair costs by 40 percent. The committee understands that the 

roadways in question were originally designed and constructed to serve Fort Liberty 

troop training functions and provide troop access to training areas using military 

vehicles. The committee is also aware that due to population growth around Fort 

Liberty and the off-base housing communities surrounding the installation, these 

roads are now used by servicemembers, their families, and civilians to commute to 

the cantonment area of the installation as well as for non-military purposes. The 

committee is concerned that the current condition of these roadways could lead to 

unsafe and inefficient travel. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of the 

Army to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services by January 

1, 2024 that details at a minimum the following: 

1. the Army's plan for bringing the relevant roadway infrastructure at Fort 

Liberty up to NCDOT's minimum standards, 

2. the cost for such roadway repairs,

3. a timeline for performing such roadway repairs,

4. the estimated cost of maintenance and upkeep of the relevant roadway 

infrastructure over the future year defense plan; and, 

5. a status update as to any discussions with the North Carolina 

Department of Transportation related to the execution of a potential 

intergovernmental support agreement to perform annual maintenance on the 

relevant roadway infrastructure at Fort Liberty.

Funding Accounts for Housing Unaccompanied Junior Enlisted Service Members

The military services rely on three appropriation accounts to house junior 

enlisted service members: Military Construction (MILCON) for new barracks, 

Operation & Maintenance (O&M) to maintain and renovate barracks, and Military 

Personnel to provide Basic Allowance for Housing for service members when 

barracks space is unavailable. The Government Accountability Office has noted that 

the Department does not track how much funding it spends to house junior enlisted 

service members across these accounts. Further, the Department has not conducted 

an analysis of the costs and tradeoffs of relying on these different accounts to meet 

housing needs. Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide 

a report to the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, which 

includes an assessment on the cost effectiveness of housing unaccompanied junior 

enlisted services members using MILCON, O&M or BAH, including an evaluation 

of costs by locality (urban, suburban, rural) across relevant appropriation accounts.

Future Operations Planning for Multi-Modal Sites

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The committee understands that the facilities at Fleet Readiness Center 

East (FRC East) are 60 years old and the installation does not have modern systems 

such as efficient wastewater management that improve resilience. The committee 

notes that the condition of these facilities is adding additional cost per maintenance 

event increasing costs significantly across the fiscal year and future years defense 

program window.

The committee is aware of opportunities for Fleet Readiness Center East 

(FRC East) to work in conjunction with the State of North Carolina Department of 

Transportation, large-scale multi-modal industrial, or airport sites in Eastern North 

Carolina to potentially enhance readiness and reduce maintenance costs. Therefore, 

the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the House 

Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, on its assessment of economic 

factors and the feasibility of entering public-private or public-public partnerships to 

improve the efficiency of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Fleet Readiness 

Center East.

Gull Cottage Prospect Harbor, ME

The committee is aware of the 2022 fire which rendered the historic Gull 

Cottage in Prospect Harbor, Maine untenable with an indefinite closure. The 

committee understands the long-standing history Gull Cottage holds as a premier 

Morale, Welfare, and Recreation site.

Therefore, the committee directs the Under Secretary of Defense for 

Personnel and Readiness to provide a report to the House Committee on Armed 

Services, not later than January 31, 2024, on the status of efforts to restore Gull 

Cottage to its pre-fire state. The report should, at a minimum, discuss the following:

(1) Cost estimates of repair and restoration efforts; and

(2) Timelines for completion of repairs and re-opening of the facility.

Hawaii Infrastructure Assessment

The committee recognizes that there are considerable challenges posed by 

aging infrastructure across the Department of Defense. The committee is 

particularly concerned about the readiness impacts of infrastructure that has 

degraded due to chronically deferred maintenance. The committee notes that these 

readiness impacts can be further exacerbated in locations such as Hawaii where 

there are additional construction costs and logistical challenges to both sustainment 

and new construction. Accordingly, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of 

Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment to provide a briefing to the 

House Committee on Armed Services not later than February 15, 2024, on:

(1) a list of infrastructure in Hawaii that is in poor or failing condition;

(2) a discussion on the extent to which the Department of Defense is able to 

maintain a holistic view of the infrastructure requirements across military 

departments in Hawaii, and the extent to which there is coordination among the 

military departments;

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(3) how U.S. Indo-Pacific Command priorities are weighted against military 

department priorities in Hawaii; 

(4) the extent of oversight the Department of Defense has over quality of 

life infrastructure (for instance, barracks and child development centers) 

prioritization within the military departments on Hawaii; and

(5) how the Department of Defense measures readiness impacts for aging, 

poor, or failing infrastructure.

Indoor Air Quality Monitoring and Remediation

The committee remains concerned about air quality issues in military 

housing, healthcare facilities, and other facilities of the Department of Defense. 

These problems have been identified in facilities across the entire department and 

present potential health risks to service members and their families. The 

department and services must expand its air quality and monitoring efforts and 

should seek systems and new technologies that can rapidly identify air quality 

issues. Similar issues have been managed in private sector infrastructure using 

integrated air quality monitoring and Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared 

remediation systems that have been proven to reduce indoor air risks and yield 

measurable environmental and public health outcomes. 

 Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Health Affairs, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy 

Installations, and Environment, to prepare a plan for a pilot project to implement 

integrated air quality monitoring and remediation systems to improve the indoor 

air quality of military installations, healthcare facilities, and military housing 

facilities. 

 The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs shall provide a report 

on the plan to the House Committee on Armed Services by February 1, 2024, and it 

shall include, at a minimum, the following: 

 (1) the number of facilities included in the pilot program, which are located 

in different climate regions of the United States as determined by the Secretary; 

 (2) the correlation of indoor air quality and acute respiratory illness as cited 

by the Department of Defense Health of the Force 2021 report; 

 (3) an analysis of the commercial entities that provide indoor air quality 

monitoring and remediation, including a list of the services they offer, the outcomes 

they achieve, technologies used; 

 (4) conformance with indoor air quality standards and guidance as 

described by the federal Clean Air in Buildings Challenge 

 (5) estimated costs of implementation of the pilot program; and 6) a draft 

timeline for implementing the pilot. 

Insurance for Military Housing Projects

The committee is aware that partnership agreements for Military Housing 

Privatization Initiative projects require the partner to carry insurance to protect 

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against loss over the lifecycle of the project. The committee also notes that the 

insurance requirements of these agreements were, in some cases, established over 

two decades ago and the insurance market has seen substantial change in that 

time. Therefore, the committee directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Energy, Installations, and Environment to provide a report to the House Committee 

on Armed Services not later than January 30, 2024, on alternative insurance 

options for the construction and operation of military family housing and 

unaccompanied housing. At minimum, the study shall address the following: 

(1) An assessment of methods to reduce costs and improve efficacy of 

insurance coverage, to include self-insured retention, government-sponsored 

insurance programs, combining projects with an acceptable risk profile, captive 

insurance programs, and other options the Assistant Secretary deems appropriate 

to consider; 

(2) An assessment of whether partner agreements would need to be 

renegotiated to adjust the insurance requirements of the agreements or if sufficient 

flexibility exists in the agreements; and 

(3) Additional recommendations from the Assistant Secretary to reduce 

costs and improve efficacy of insurance programs for military housing projects.

Metrics for On-Base Housing

Title 30 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 

(Public Law 116–92) contained various reforms of military housing. The committee 

notes the progress the Department has made but remains concerned about 

persisting issues that greatly impact the service member and their family’s quality 

of life. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretaries of the military 

departments to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than February 1, 2024, on data collected for on-base housing at domestic 

military installations. The report should address the key topics of availability of 

housing for service members who want it, the quality and affordability of housing, 

and investments for modernization or new construction. Specifically, the report 

should include:

(1) how the military departments use data to inform on-base housing 

decisions; 

(2) what data the military departments are currently collecting on the key 

topics; 

(3) how the military departments are using this data to inform their onbase housing decisions; and

(4) a roll-up of on-hand data currently being used.

Naval Air Station Key West Family Housing

Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West possesses significant acres of land 

designated for the purpose of building homes. Much of this land remains 

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undeveloped and many service members and civilians who work at NAS Key West 

are forced to purchase or rent expensive homes outside NAS Key West. The 

committee emphasizes the importance of the Department of Navy to develop 

property on NAS Key West for its intended use of family housing. Therefore, the 

committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than December 31, 2023, on the current 

status of, and planning for, developing additional land for family housing on NAS 

Key West. 

Naval Air Station Lemoore Assessment

The committee recognizes the significance of Naval Air Station Lemoore 

and its invaluable mission as the Navy’s largest master jet base. As a result, the 

committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than December 1, 2023, on base operations 

at Naval Air Station Lemoore. The briefing shall address: 

(1) the installation’s successes and opportunities to enhance the 

installation’s mission;

(2) the date of the most recently completed installation masterplan and 

housing requirements and market analysis reports;

(3) the condition of utility infrastructure, water security planning, 

encroachment issues, housing, and transportation; and 

(4) any other challenges anticipated over the next 5 years.

Naval Innovation Center at the Naval Postgraduate School

The committee recognizes the importance of innovation in maintaining a 

technological advantage to keep up with pacing challenges outlined in the National 

Defense Strategy. In order to maintain technological superiority, the committee 

notes the Navy’s plan to create a Naval Innovation Center within the Naval 

Postgraduate School. The committee further notes that the Center will be located 

within a physical facility that is designed to include a modeling and simulation 

immersion center, rapid prototyping lab, wargaming center, and other technologies 

to enable collaboration between the Navy, Marine Corps, and private industry 

across the globe. 

The committee was encouraged by the Secretary of the Navy’s support for 

the creation of the Naval Postgraduate School Innovation Center. The committee 

directs the Secretary of the Navy to provide a briefing to the House Committee on 

Armed Services not later than January 1, 2024, regarding the Naval Innovation 

Center. The briefing shall include the following elements:

(1) infrastructure requirements and current planning for Naval Innovation 

Center facilities;

(2) the Naval Innovation Center’s plan to incorporate the Department of 

Defense’s objectives, as outlined in the 2022 National Defense Strategy, and 

professional military education modernization, as outlined in the Joint Chiefs of 

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Staff’s May 2020 report, “Developing Today’s Joint Officers for Tomorrow’s Ways of 

War: The Joint Chiefs of Staff Vision and Guidance for Professional Military 

Education and Talent Management”;

(3) design and testing for joint all-domain command and control activities; 

(4) academic criterion to address new and emerging problem sets of 

immediate relevance to the Department of Defense;

(5) Department of Defense objectives in rapid innovation and fielding new 

technologies, including supporting the U.S. Navy’s investments in research and 

development; and

(6) a plan to enable multidisciplinary teams of military professionals, 

commercial partners, and academia to problem-solve in immersive environments.

Physical Security at Defense Health Agency Facilities

The committee is aware that the Defense Health Agency is responsible for 

the management of 450 medical facilities across the Department of Defense. The 

committee notes that in 2020, the Department of Defense Inspector General 

released an “Audit of Physical Security Controls at Department of Defense Medical 

Treatment Facilities” in which the Inspector General investigators found a number 

of security weaknesses across military hospitals and clinics that may leave the 

facilities vulnerable to criminal activities, including theft, damage, and terrorism. 

The committee is particularly concerned that the audit cited several instances 

where unauthorized personnel could enter facilities through unsecured doors and 

gain access to equipment, pharmaceuticals, and patient information. In addition, 

the committee notes fuel storage tanks and hospital generators were also often 

improperly secured increasing the risk of damage due to vandalism or terrorism and 

potentially leading to loss of life. Therefore, the committee directs the Director of 

the Defense Health Agency to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services by January 1, 2024, on its implementation of the Department of Defense 

Inspector General's recommendations and plans for updating security at military 

medical facilities, including the feasibility, cost, and benefits of deploying 

technologies for access control.

Report on Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Infrastructure

The committee appreciates the report to Congress titled Naval Air Weapons 

Station (NAWS) China Lake Modernization dated June 2022 as required by the 

committee report accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2022 (H. Rept. 117-118). Because of the important issues addressed, the 

committee directs the Secretary of the Navy to submit an updated report to the 

congressional defense committees not later than March 31, 2024. This report shall 

include the following related to NAWS China Lake: 

(1) an estimated construction timeline on the earthquake recovery effort 

and the estimated cost to complete this effort; 

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(2) date of completion of the most recent installation master plan and 

housing requirements and market analysis for NAWS China Lake;

(2) information on water security planning; 

(3) information on the condition of utility infrastructure; 

(4) information on the condition of the roadways;

(5) a description of other challenges facing the installation and Naval Air 

Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) in the next 5 years; and 

(6) the current and future use of the Cuddeback Range, as well as any 

barriers to usage, for both the installation and NAWCWD. 

For the elements listed above, the Secretary of the Navy should address 

how the Navy is resolving these issues.

Report on Progressive Design-Build Model for Military Construction

The committee appreciates the Army Corps of Engineers' recent review of 

reforms to military construction that could accelerate project delivery and reduce 

cost. The committee is disappointed that the Progressive Design-Build model was 

not reviewed as part of that process. The committee notes that this contracting 

model has been used successfully by other federal and state agencies. Accordingly, 

the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than April 1, 2024 on the potential for using 

the Progressive-Design Build contract method for military construction.

Report on the Determination of Pore and Subterranean Rights Below Department 

of Defense Installations

The committee understands there has been an increased interest in the 

pore space and relevant subterranean rights below Department of Defense 

installations for purposes of carrying out various projects, including the storage of 

carbon. The committee further understands that the current ownership of such pore 

space and the determination of subterranean rights can, at times, be convoluted.

Therefore, the committee directs the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

with the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Air Force, and the Secretary of 

the Navy to submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later 

than December 31, 2023 on the Department of Defense’s methodology for granting 

access to pore space and other subterranean rights below the Department’s 

installations. Further, the Report should indicate the Department’s methodology to 

determine ownership of such pore space today, and whether or not the Department 

believes there is a need for further legislative action to clarify ownership, in order to 

facilitate potential pore space projects under DOD installations in the future.

Report on Western Range Interoperability

The committee is aware of the need for expanded test areas for hypersonic, 

autonomous systems, and new aerospace developments that require access to 

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restricted air, land, and sea space. The need to expand ranges for seamless 

interoperability is paramount to address the complexity of weapon systems. The 

committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to the House 

Committee on Armed Services not later than March 31, 2024. The briefing shall 

address: 

(1) a plan to maximize existing western ranges, including steps needed to 

improve the existing western ranges; 

(2) a plan to address the western range interoperability, including current 

challenges and gaps; and

(3) estimated cost and schedule for execution of the plan.

Safety in Department of Defense Education Activity Schools

The committee is concerned about potential shortfalls in physical security 

at Department of Defense Education Activity schools. The committee is aware that 

the vast majority of schools located on bases do not have security guards and lack 

proven, existing technologies that can provide additional security to these schools in 

an unobtrusive manner. The committee encourages the Director of the Department 

of Defense Education Activity to examine ways to increase safety at its schools 

through the deployment of proven technologies, including upgrades to security 

cameras and panic buttons that are directly linked to installation law enforcement. 

The committee also encourages the Director to improve communications capabilities 

to allow for interoperability of school officials, installation law enforcement, and law 

enforcement outside of the gates.

Study on Limiting Light Pollution at US Military Facilities and Installations

The Committee commends the Department of Defense on its efforts to make 

facilities resilient, mitigate impacts on local communities, and remain a steward of 

over half a million facilities and 27 million acres of land, in urban, suburban, and 

rural areas, that often abut homes, community spaces, and protected natural 

landscapes. The Committee remarks that under the Department of Defense’s 

Natural Resources Conservation Program, promulgated under Instruction 4715.3, 

that the Department, “...sustain the long-term ecological integrity of the resource 

base and ecosystem services it provides.” The Committee notes that research points 

to yearly increases in light pollution, mostly from large buildings, streets, roads, 

airports, parking lots, homes, and industrial facilities, all types of infrastructure 

under the Department’s charge, which affect human health, the local environment, 

and unneeded financial costs. The Committee notes that this makes the 

Department a crucial entity in limiting light pollution and good resource to see how 

light pollution mitigation policies might be executed at a large scale amongst the 

Department’s diverse landscapes and infrastructure. 

Therefore, the House Committee on Armed Services directs the Assistant 

Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment, in coordination 

with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, to provide a report to the 

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House Committee on Armed Services and Senate Committee on Armed Services, 

not later than 1 December 2024, on the Department’s sources of light pollution, 

analyzed health or environmental impacts, and potential use of new technology or 

methods to mitigate excessive light pollution. The report shall include at least: 

(1) an assessment of the Department’s levels of light pollution at 

geographically disparate Department infrastructure across its property holdings, in 

particular singular high-emission entities, enterprise-wide recurring causes of light 

pollution, and trends across Department infrastructure; 

(2) an assessment of potential recommendations for limiting light pollution, 

particularly those that decrease unneeded skyward light pollution, have significant 

short- and long-term cost savings, or affect human health; 

(3) an assessment of how any light mitigation actions would affect security 

and safety; 

(4) an assessment of the methods, technologies, or regulatory changes that 

could mitigate light pollution at the Department’s infrastructure; 

(5) an assessment of the physical and monetary cost and benefits to execute 

a Department-wide light pollution mitigation plan; 

(6) a discussion of how local and state regulations impact lighting at various 

Department infrastructure; and 

(7) a review of any current best practices or light pollution mitigation 

activities currently employed across the Department enterprise. 

Utilization of Existing Authorities for Construction and Maintenance of Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation Facilities

The committee remains concerned about the poor condition of Research, 

Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDTE) facilities and the status of efforts to 

modernize these facilities across the military departments. These facilities and 

laboratories are necessary to develop the platforms and technologies for the future 

and continued deterioration of their material condition will jeopardize military 

capabilities. To help address modernization and repair of RDTE facilities, section 

2803 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2023 (Public Law 117-263) made permanent the authority to use RDTE funds for 

facility repair and for construction projects that modernize laboratory facilities. 

The committee notes that in addition to making this authority permanent, 

section 2805 of Public Law 117-263 provided a novel military construction authority 

modeled after the Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program by 

which military departments may nominate RDTE infrastructure projects critical to 

innovation across the Department of Defense for inclusion in the defense wide 

military construction budget request. The committee is interested in how the 

Department of Defense and military departments are using these authorities and 

others to address RDTE infrastructure repair and modernization needs and the 

modernization of these facilities through new military construction. 

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Therefore, the committee directs the Secretaries of the military 

departments to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed Services not 

later than March 31, 2024, on their military department's plans to utilize these 

authorities and others to address pressing RDTE facility repair and modernization. 

The briefings shall include information on funds obligated and prioritization of 

projects and any guidance that has been provided for the nomination of projects 

under section 2805.

Visitor Identify Verification Technology

The committee directs the Secretary of the Army, in coordination with the 

Defense Human Resources Activity, to provide a briefing to the House Armed 

Services Committee not later than February 1, 2024, on the usage of biometrics at 

installations for the purposes of visitor identity verification. Such briefing should 

include an evaluation of the effectiveness of current usage of biometrics and the 

desirability of, potential timeline for, and costs associated with expanding such 

usage to additional installations.

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS

Section 2801—Modifications to Defense Community Infrastructure Program

This section would eliminate the sunset clause for the Defense Community 

Infrastructure Program.

Section 2802—Modification to Authority for Unspecified Minor Construction

This section would increase the unspecified minor military construction 

authority limit from $6,000,0000 to $9,000,000, and for projects with high area 

construction costs the authority limit is increased from $10,000,000 to $14,000,000. 

This section would also add demolition projects to the definition of an unspecified 

minor military construction project.

Section 2803—Modification of Authority to Carry Out Defense Laboratory 

Modernization Program

This section would make research, development, test, and evaluation 

facilities involved in the development, production, and sustainment of combat 

capabilities eligible for the Defense Laboratory Modernization Program.

Section 2804—Expansion of Maximum Amount of Funds Available for Certain 

Defense Laboratory Improvement Projects

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This section would increase the maximum amount of funds available for 

Defense Laboratory Improvement Program projects to $200 million.

Section 2805—Prioritization of Certain Military Construction Projects to Improve 

Infrastructure at Certain Facilities Determined to be Critical to National Security

This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to prioritize projects 

when considering military resilience projects under section 2815 of title 10, United 

States Code.

Section 2806—Expansion of Amount of Certain Funds Secretary Concerned May 

Obligate Annually for Military Installation Resilience Projects

This section would amend section 2815 of title 10, United States Code, to 

increase the maximum annual amount the Secretary of Defense can spend on 

military installation resilience projects to $200 million.

Section 2807—Certification of Consideration of Certain Methods of Construction for 

Military Construction Projects; Annual Report

This section would require a covered official to certify that they have 

considered all relevant construction methods and materials in the Unified Facilities 

Criteria before advancement of a construction project beyond the design phase. This 

section would also require the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, 

Installations, and Environment to provide a report to the congressional defense 

committees on any processes developed to comply with the certification 

requirement. 

Section 2808—Authority for Certain Construction Projects in Friendly Foreign 

Countries

This section would allow the Secretary of Defense to use operations and 

maintenance funds for planning and design as well as construction of projects 

necessary to support U.S. military requirements related to strategic laydown 

opportunities at an air port of debarkation, sea port of debarkation, or rail or other 

logistics support location.

Section 2809—Reporting Requirements and Congressional Notification for Certain 

Military Construction Projects

This section would clarify reporting requirements and require notifications 

to Members of Congress on certain military construction projects in their district.

SUBTITLE B—MILITARY HOUSING REFORMS

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Section 2821—Authority to Operate Certain Transient Housing of the Department 

of Defense Transferred to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, 

and Environment

This section would transfer the jurisdiction for the administration of 

military transient lodging to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, 

Installations, and Environment. 

Section 2822—Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness Council

This section would establish the Department of Defense Military Housing 

Readiness Council to review and make recommendations to the Department of 

Defense regarding policies for privatized military housing.

Section 2823—Inclusion of Information Relating to Compliance with Military 

Housing Privatization Initiative Tenant Bill of Rights in Certain Notifications 

Submitted to Congress

This section would amend section 2878(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 

by adding an assessment by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, 

Installations, and Environment of the extent to which the lessor complied with the 

Military Housing Privatization Initiative Tenant Bill of Rights.

Section 2824—Establishing Additional Requirements for a Military Housing 

Complaint Database

This section would require the Department of Defense to modify tools that 

allow service members and their families to identify housing-related complaints.

Section 2825—Modification of Authority to Grant Certain Waivers Relating to 

Configuration and Privacy Standards for Military Unaccompanied Housing; 

Limitations on Availability of Certain Funds

This section would mandate the Secretary of each service approve any 

waivers for on-base housing that does not meet that service's minimum standards. 

It also mandates a quarterly report to Congress on progress being made to rectify 

cases where waivers were used.

Section 2826—Revision of Certain Minimum Standards Relating to Health, Safety, 

and Condition for Military Unaccompanied Housing; Termination of Authority to 

Grant Certain Waivers

 This section would require the Department of Defense to develop health and 

safety standards for barracks, including standards on fire and electrical safety. It 

also prevents waivers on certain safety standards.

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SUBTITLE C—REAL PROPERTY AND FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION

Section 2831—Improvements Relating to Access to Military Installations in United 

States 

This section would standardize base installation access across the 

Department of Defense.

Section 2832—Real Property Usage in the National Capital Region

This section would require the Department of Defense to report usage data 

for all real property assets within the National Capital Region.

Section 2833—Revision Unified Facilities Criteria on Use of Life Safety 

Accessibility Hardware for Covered Doors

This section would require the Department of Defense to include life safety 

accessibility hardware in the construction, renovation, replacement, or other retrofit 

of sensitive compartmented information facilities.

SUBTITLE D—LAND CONVEYANCES

Section 2841—Extension of Sunset for Land Conveyance, Sharpe Army Depot, 

Lathrop, California

This section would extend the timeline for the conveyance of the Sharpe 

Army Depot in Lathrop, California.

Section 2842—Land Conveyance, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida

This section would provide the Secretary of the Air Force with authority to 

convey approximately 80 acres located adjacent to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, for 

the purpose of independent-living and assisted-living apartments for veterans.

Section 2843—Land Acquisition, Westmoreland State Park, Virginia

This section would authorize the Department of the Navy to purchase or 

lease, from the Commonwealth of Virginia, land at Westmoreland State Park for 

national security purposes.

SUBTITLE E—PILOT PROGRAMS AND REPORTS

Section 2851—Clarification on Amounts Available for Projects under Certain Pilot 

Program Relating to Testing Facilities at Installations of the Department of the Air 

Force

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This section would clarify language in the pilot program created under 

section 2862 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public 

Law 117–81) to allow facilities covered by the pilot program to use funds allocated 

to Facility, Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization as well as user fees 

collected from customers.

Section 2852—Pilot Program to Provide Air Purification Technology in Military 

Housing

This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot 

program to provide air purification technology in privatized military housing.

Section 2853—Quarterly Briefings on Military Construction Related to the Sentinel 

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Weapon System Program

This section would require the Secretary of the Air Force to provide 

quarterly briefings on the contracts for construction projects related to the Sentinel 

intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system program.

Section 2854—Plan for Use of Excess Border Wall Construction Materials

This section would direct the Secretary of Defense to submit a proposal to 

utilize, transfer, or donate unused border wall materials to States on the southern 

border.

Section 2871—Joint Housing Requirements and Market Analysis for Military 

Installations in Hawaii

This section requires the Department of Defense to conduct a joint housing 

requirement and market analysis in Hawaii and report on Department impacts on 

Hawaii's affordable housing supply and private rental market.

SUBTITLE F—OTHER MATTERS

Section 2861—Expansion of Certain Exemption Relating to Funding Requirement 

for Certain Defense Community Infrastructure Projects

This section would make insular territories eligible for a reduced cost 

sharing community funding requirement under the Defense Community 

Infrastructure Program.

Section 2862—Development and Operation of Marine Corps Heritage Center and 

National Museum of the Marine Corps

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This section would codify authority to provide for the development and 

operation of the Marine Corps Heritage Center and National Museum of the Marine 

Corps at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia.

Section 2863—Prohibition on Joint Use of Homestead Air Reserve Base with Civil 

Aviation

This section would permanently prohibit the joint use of Homestead Air 

Reserve Base with civil aviation.

Section 2864—National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force

This section would designate the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth 

Air Force located in Pooler, Georgia as the official National Museum of the Mighty 

Eighth Air Force of the United States.

Section 2865—Recognition of Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial of the 

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

Memorial, Memorial Garden, and K9 Memorial, Respectively, of Navy SEALs and 

Their Predecessors

This section would recognize the U.S. Navy SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, 

Florida as a national memorial.

Section 2866—Limitation on Availability of Certain Funds Relating to the Location 

of the Headquarters for United States Space Command

This section would limit the use of funds to construct or modify facilities for 

temporary or permanent use by United States Space Command for headquarter 

operations until the Secretary of the Air Force delivers a report on the selection of a 

permanent location to the congressional defense committees. The section would also 

limit the availability of funds made available to the Secretary of the Air Force for 

travel expenditures until delivery of the report. 

Section 2867—Limitation on Use of Funds for Closure of Combat Readiness 

Training Centers

This section would restrict the use of funds for the closure of Department of 

the Air Force Combat Readiness Training Centers.

Section 2868—Limitation on Availability of Certain Funds until Submission of 

Certain Report on Military Housing

This section would restrict the use of authorized funds for certain 

Department of Defense officials until the report on military housing required under 

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section 3041 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public 

Law 116-92) is submitted.

Section 2869—Guidance on Encroachment That Impacts Covered Sites

This section would require the Secretaries of the military departments to 

develop and implement guidance on identifying, mitigating, and reporting 

potentially harmful encroachment on military installations.

Section 2870—Continuing Education Curriculum on the Use of Innovative Products 

for Military Construction Projects

This section would require the establishment of a continuing education 

curriculum for contracting officers and program managers at Navy Facilities 

Command and the Army Corps of Engineers responsible for managing military 

construction and planning and design projects.

DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL 

SECURITY AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER 

AUTHORIZATIONS

TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

PROGRAMS

ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST

Comptroller General Study on National Nuclear Security Administration 

Management and Operation Contracting Process

The committee reiterates concern expressed in the the joint explanatory 

material accompanying the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2023 (Committee Print No. 2) relating to the National Nuclear Security 

Administration contracting process for management and operations contracts. 

The committee remains concerned about the impact that uncertainty and 

unpredictability in the contracting process could have on mission delivery, as well 

as workforce recruitment and retention. The committee notes the Comptroller 

General’s ongoing review of National Nuclear Security Administration's contracting 

process and encourages the National Nuclear Security Administration and 

Government Accountability Office to continue to closely cooperate to ensure a 

thorough and substantive review. Additionally, the committee directs the 

Comptroller General to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services not later than October 1, 2023, on the preliminary results of the study. 

Department of Energy Insider Threat Program

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The committee notes that Comptroller General’s findings that the 

Department of Energy has not fully implemented required measures for its Insider 

Threat Program. The committee is concerned about the Department’s progress in 

attaining a fully operational Insider Threat Program, and directs the Secretary of 

Energy to submit a report to the congressional defense committees and the House 

Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senate Committee on Energy and 

Natural Resources, not later than December 1, 2023, on the status of implementing 

the required measures for its Insider Threat Program. The report shall include a 

plan to fully implement the program in accordance with Department of Energy 

order 470.5 and adopt recommendations from relevant independent reviews, 

including identification of resource needs, and creation of tracking and reporting 

mechanisms necessary to verify implementation.

Development of Expanded X-ray Nuclear Weapons Effects Testing Using an 

Advanced KrF Laser

The Committee recognizes the important efforts that the Department of 

Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) are making to 

maintain the safety, security, and effectiveness of the nation’s nuclear stockpile 

with science-based methods. The importance of X-ray nuclear weapons effects 

testing due to modernization programs for the nuclear stockpile, the increasing 

reliance on advanced sensors whose vulnerability to x-rays is a recognized concern, 

and the growing nuclear threats from China, Russia, and rogue nations. The 

Committee is concerned that shortfalls remain in x-ray testing and certification that 

even modern high-performance computing on three-dimensional modeling systems 

cannot close. To address this gap, and based on advances in low-cost, ultra-highenergy KrF laser technology, the Committee directs the Administrator of NNSA to 

provide a briefing no later than December 1, 2023 on plans to close this gap and 

how ultra high-energy KrF laser technology could be used for modeling, mission, 

analysis and target design to support large scale x-ray effects testing.

High Explosives and Energetics Modernization

The committee notes that High Explosives and Energetics Modernization 

program is a critical element of the nuclear security enterprise, but most of the 

facilities in the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) High Explosive 

(HE) enterprise are over seventy years old and face infrastructure, safety, and 

security limitations. The committee is concerned that the President’s budget 

request for fiscal year 2024 proposed to delay major construction projects in this 

program, including the High Explosives Synthesis, Formulation, and Production 

project at the Pantex Plant. While the committee understands NNSA’s desire to 

prioritize its construction efforts, it is concerned about NNSA’s ability to meet the 

substantial demand for energetics associated with future modernization activities. 

Accordingly, the committee directs the Administrator for Nuclear Security to submit 

a report to the congressional defense committees, not later than March 31, 2024, on 

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a 10-year strategic plan for sustaining, upgrading, and replacing current facilities 

in the HE enterprise. The plan shall include: (1) an assessment of the current HE 

enterprise, including the risk associated with aging facilities and equipment; (2) a 

description of current HE production and testing gaps; (3) a description of the 

enduring requirement for HE materials and anticipated future demand; and (4) the 

resources required to recapitalize HE facilities to meet mission needs over the next 

10 years.

Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant – Cleanup Support Facility

The Committee understands that the maintenance expenses at the Cold 

War Era C-100 program support facility at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant 

(PGDP) have become unsustainable and a new facility is desperately needed. This 

new facility will be needed to support current and future cleanup efforts at the site, 

which are estimated to take in excess of four decades. To better understand options 

that exist to replace the PGDP support facility, the Committee directs the Secretary 

of Energy provide a report to the House Committee on Armed Services not later 

than January 31, 2024 that includes an analysis of possible alternatives replace the 

facility . The report shall examine all possible solutions, including private financing 

to replace the antiquated C-100 support facility and include a cost-benefit analysis 

of each option as well as detailed requirements for each option including land use 

and conveyance.

Plutonium Pit Re-use for the W-93 Warhead

The committee notes continued delays to plutonium pit production facilities 

at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Savannah River, and the inability of the 

National Nuclear Security Administration to meet statutory deadlines established 

for pit production capacity by 2030. Given these delays and current plans to meet 

new nuclear weapon platform deliveries, the committee directs the Administrator of 

the National Nuclear Security Administration to provide a briefing to the 

Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives no later than 

February 1, 2024 on the potential of plutonium pit re-use for the W-93 warhead to 

meet delivery timelines for the U.S. Navy’s Trident D5 program. Further, the 

briefing shall include details regarding any potential changes to total pit 

requirements currently planned for given any pit re-use in the W-93 warhead.

Report on the Status of the Advanced Recovery and Integrated Extraction System

The committee notes that the National Nuclear Security Administration 

does not have a plan to complete the Advanced Recovery and Integrated Extraction 

System (ARIES), for which activities are currently being executed as a pilot 

program at Los Alamos National Lab in the same facility where plutonium pit 

production is underway. This capability is needed to dilute and dispose of the about 

43.8 metric tons (MT) of surplus plutonium that is in storage today. Therefore, the 

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committee directs the Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 

to provide to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a 

briefing no later than March 1, 2024 detailing the current status of the ARIES pit 

disassembly and processing project, including information added to and decisions 

taken on the program’s 2022 Analysis of Alternatives, timing of future decisions 

about the program, and projected cost and schedule of the selected alternative or 

most likely alternatives.

Security Enhancements at National Nuclear Security Administration Sites

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) maintains the 

United States nuclear weapons stockpile, provides the United States Navy with 

nuclear propulsion fuel, and responds to nuclear and radiological emergencies in the 

United States and abroad. The NNSA has sites throughout the United States, and 

due to the highly sensitive nature of the Agency’s mission, physical security of 

NNSA facilities is paramount. 

The committee believes that an increased attention to security of NNSA 

sites is an important component of the renewed national focus on recapitalization of 

the United States’ nuclear enterprise. The threat environment continues to evolve, 

and the committee understands that new technologies and systems have emerged, 

including advancements in unmanned aerial systems, that may enhance the 

Agency’s ability to mitigate threats and harden its facilities. 

Therefore, the committee directs the Administrator, National Nuclear 

Security Administration, to provide a briefing to the House Committee on Armed 

Services not later than March 1, 2024, on physical security measures and protocols 

at NNSA sites. The briefing shall include: 

(1) An overview of the process for assessing physical security and 

determining both enterprise-wide and site-specific security requirements; 

(2) A description of measures in place to evaluate security readiness; 

(3) A discussion of the process for updating security postures to account for 

emerging threats; and 

(4) A description process for evaluating new technologies and innovative 

concepts to enhance physical security.

Technology Readiness Levels

The committee notes that the current effort to modernize the nation’s 

nuclear deterrent requires close coordination between the Department of Defense 

(DOD) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) along with a highly 

synchronized execution of parallel development activities for both delivery systems 

and warhead variants, such as the Long Range Stand Off weapon and the W80-4 

life extension program (LEP). 

The committee remains concerned that reliance on technologies proceeding 

with an insufficient Technology Readiness Level (TRL) can increase program cost 

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and schedule risk, and understands that the Department of Defense and NNSA 

utilize different policy guidance related to TRLs in weapons system development.

Accordingly, the committee directs the Chairman of the Nuclear Weapons 

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

on Armed Services on NNSA’s and the Department of Defense's guidance with 

respect to minimum TRLs at each stage of the acquisition process and incorporation 

of the Government Accountability Office’s recommended best practices. 

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZATIONS

Section 3101—National Nuclear Security Administration

This section would authorize appropriations for the National Nuclear 

Security Administration of the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2024 at the 

levels specified in the funding table in division D of this Act and authorizes new 

plant projects.

Section 3102—Defense Environmental Cleanup

This section would authorize appropriations for defense environmental 

cleanup for the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2024 at the levels specified in 

the funding table in division D of this Act and authorizes a new plant project.

Section 3103—Other Defense Activities

This section would authorize appropriations for other defense activities for 

the Department of Energy for fiscal year 2024 at the levels specified in the funding 

table in division D of this Act.

Section 3104—Nuclear Energy

This section would authorize appropriations for nuclear energy for the 

Department of Energy for fiscal year 2024 at the levels specified in the funding 

table in division D of this Act.

SUBTITLE B—PROGRAM AUTHORIZATIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LIMITATIONS

Section 3112—Extension of Authority on Acceptance of Contributions for 

Acceleration or Removal or Security of Fissile Materials, Radiological Materials, 

and Related Equipment at Vulnerable Sites Worldwide

This section would amend section 2569 of title 50, United States Code, to 

indefinitely extend the Department of Energy’s ability to accept external 

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contributions related to its work to mitigate the threats posed by high-risk, 

proliferation-attractive fissile materials, radiological materials, and related 

equipment, technologies, and knowledge. 

Section 3113—Cybersecurity Risk Inventory, Assessment, and Mitigation Working 

Group

This section would establish a working group within the National Nuclear 

Security Administration related to cybersecurity and require the working group to 

develop a comprehensive strategy to assess and mitigate certain cybersecurity risks. 

Additionally, the working group would be required to submit the completed strategy 

not later than April 1, 2025.

Section 3114—Modification of Minor Construction Threshold for Plant Projects

This section would remove the sunset in section 4701(2) of the Atomic 

Energy Defense Act (Public Law 107–314; 50 U.S.C. 2741(2)) regarding minor 

construction threshold for plant projects.

Section 3115—Technical Correction to National Nuclear Security Administration 

Unfunded Priorities

This section would amend existing law regarding the submission of 

unfunded priorities of the National Nuclear Security Administration to include 

projects that mitigate risk. 

Section 3116—Criminal Penalties for Interference with the Transport of Special 

Nuclear Materials, Nuclear Weapons Components, or Restricted Data

This section would make it a Federal crime to knowingly interfere with the 

transport of atomic weapons and special nuclear material, nuclear weapons 

components, or Restricted Data in the custody of Nuclear Materials Couriers.

Section 3117—Deadlines for Commencement of Operations of Certain Atomic 

Energy Replacement Projects

This section would codify the National Nuclear Security Administration’s 

(NNSA) plans with respect to constructing new facilities related to high explosives 

production at the Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas, and tritium activities at the 

Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina. These new facilities were designed to 

reduce operational risk associated with continuing to operate legacy facilities, and 

ensure the necessary capacity is availability to meet future workload and mission 

requirements. While the fiscal year 2024 budget request proposed temporarily 

pausing both projects in order to prioritize construction activities elsewhere within 

the nuclear security enterprise, the committee understands the need for these 

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facilities has not changed and supports the completion of these construction 

activities as expeditiously as possible. 

Section 3118—Integrated Master Schedule for the Future-Years Nuclear Security 

Program

This section would require the Administrator for Nuclear Security to 

develop an integrated master schedule related to nuclear warhead development.

Section 3119—Prohibition on Availability of Funds to Reconvert or Retire W76–2 

Warheads

This section would prohibit the National Nuclear Security Administration 

from reconverting or retiring W76–2 warheads. It would provide a waiver if the 

Administrator for Nuclear Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 

and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, certifies to the congressional defense 

committees that Russia and China do not possess similar capabilities and that the 

Department of Defense does not have a valid military requirement for the W76–2 

warhead.

Section 3120—Limitation on Use of Funds Pending Submission of Certain National 

Nuclear Security Administration Reports

This section would limit the availability of funds for the Administrator for 

Nuclear Security for travel until a briefing required in the committee report 

accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (H. 

Rept. 117–397) and a report required in the committee report accompanying the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (H. Rept. 117-118) are 

provided.

Section 3121—Increase in Number of Authorized Contracting, Program 

Management, Scientific, Engineering, and Technical Positions in National Nuclear 

Security Administration

This section would increase the authorized number of certain personnel 

within the National Nuclear Security Administration.

SUBTITLE C—PLANS, REPORTS, AND OTHER MATTERS

Section 3131—Biennial Detailed Report on Nuclear Weapons Stockpile 

Stewardship, Management, and Responsiveness Plan

This section would modify the requirement for a plan for sustaining the 

nuclear weapons stockpile.

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Section 3132—Plan for Domestic Enrichment Capability to Satisfy Department of 

Defense Uranium Requirements

This section would direct the Administrator of the National Nuclear 

Security Administration, not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 

this Act, to develop and submit to the congressional defense committees a strategy 

to establish a uranium enrichment dedicated to satisfying Department of Defense 

requirements. 

Section 3133—Independent Assessment of Plutonium Pit Aging Milestones and 

Progress

This section would require an independent assessment related to plutonium 

aging.

TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 3201—Authorization

This section would authorize $47.2 million for the Defense Nuclear 

Facilities Safety Board.

TITLE XXXIV—NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVES

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 3401—Authorization of Appropriations

This section would authorize $13,010,000 for fiscal year 2024 for operation 

and maintenance of the Naval Petroleum Reserves.

TITLE XXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

SUBTITLE A—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

Section 3501—Authorization of Appropriations for Maritime Administration

This section would authorize funds for the Maritime Administration.

SUBTITLE B—MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE

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Section 3511—Port Infrastructure Development Program Eligible Projects

This section would amend the types of projects eligible for certain grants 

under the Port Infrastructure Development Program.

Section 3512—Assistance for Small Inland River and Coastal Ports and Terminals

This section would clarify the criteria for determining the eligibility of 

small inland river and coastal ports for assistance under the Port Infrastructure 

Development Program.

Section 3513—Eligibility of Shore Power Projects under Port Infrastructure 

Development Program

This section would define additional projects that would be eligible to 

receive grants under the Port Infrastructure Development Program.

Section 3514—Codification of Existing Language; Technical Amendments

This section would codify language from previous National Defense 

Authorization Acts related to the Port Infrastructure Development Program and 

Maritime Administration navigation and inspection laws. This section would also 

make technical amendments to the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 and other sections 

of title 46, United States Code.

Section 3515—Update to Categorical Exclusions Used by Maritime Administration 

in Reviewing Environmental Impacts of Transportation Projects

This section would require the Secretary of Transportation to survey the 

Maritime Administration on the use of categorical exclusions in the review of 

transportation projects since 2013 and publish the results of that survey in the 

Federal Register along with any new categorical exclusions relevant to maritime 

projects or projects sponsored by the Maritime Administration. This section would 

also require the Secretary of Transportation to begin a rulemaking process for the 

new categorical exclusions identified as well as develop a process for considering 

new categorical exclusions in the future.

SUBTITLE C—REPORTS

Section 3521—Report on Administration of Programs

This section would amend chapter 553 of title 46, United States Code, to 

require the Administrator of the Maritime Administration to report annually to 

Congress on the compliance of all federal agencies with cargo preference laws.

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Section 3522—Report on Availability of Used Sealift Vessels

This section would require the Commander of U.S. Transportation 

Command to submit a report on the expected availability of used commercial sealift 

vessels over the next 5 years.

Section 3523—Report on Port Preferences for US-Flag Vessels

This section would require the Maritime Administrator to submit a report 

to Congress on any preference afforded by port authorities and marine terminal 

operators to certain vessels documented under the laws of the United States.

Section 3524—Reports to Congress

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress 

on the implementation of changes made to section 2631 of title 10, United States 

Code, by section 1024 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283).

SUBTITLE D—OTHER MATTERS

Section 3531—Cargoes Procured, Furnished, or Financed by the United States 

Government 

This section would amend section 55305 of title 46, United States Code, to 

designate the Maritime Administration as the authority to determine nonavailability of qualified United States flag capacity at a fair and reasonable rate for 

commercial vessels to support a waiver of requirements under section 55305 or 

section 55314 of title 46, United States Code. The section would also set the 

duration of any such waivers and require congressional notifications for waivers 

issued.

Section 3532—Recapitalization of National Defense Reserve Fleet

This section would amend section 3546 of the James M. Inhofe National 

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

limitations on certain Navy expenditures until a report is submitted containing a 

detailed description of the acquisition strategy for a domestic new build sealift 

program.

Section 3533—Limitation on Use of Funds pending Submission of Reports on 

Merchant Marine Academy

This section would prohibit appropriated funds from being used for travel 

expenses of the Office of the Maritime Administrator until the Secretary of 

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Transportation submits the reports required by section 3515(a) of the James M. 

Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-

263).

Section 3534—Maritime Workforce Working Group

This section would require the Maritime Administrator to convene a 

working group to examine and assess the size of the pool of credentialed mariners 

necessary to support the United States flag fleet.

Section 3535—Consideration of Life-Cycle Cost Estimates for Acquisition and 

Procurement of Vessels

This section would require the Secretary of Transportation to consider the 

life-cycle cost estimates of new National Defense Reserve Fleet vessels during 

design and evaluation.

Section 3536—Source Restrictions on Auxiliary Ship Components

This section would require the Secretary of Defense to finalize the rule from 

the Federal Register on September 29, 2020, titled ‘‘Source Restrictions on 

Auxiliary Ship Components."

Section 3537—Authorization of Appropriations for National Maritime Strategy

This section would authorize $2.0 million for the Maritime Administration 

to implement the development of a national maritime strategy, as required by 

section 3542 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263). 

DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES

Section 4001—Authorization of Amounts in Funding Tables

This section 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 guidance in accordance with established procedures.

Consistent with the previously expressed views of the committee, this 

section would also require that a decision by an agency head to commit, obligate, or 

expend funds to a specific entity on the basis of such funding tables be based on 

merit-based selection procedures in accordance with the requirements of section 

2304(k) and section 2374 of title 10, United States Code, and other applicable 

provisions of law.

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

FY 2024 

Request 

House 

Change 

House 

Authorized 

DISCRETIONARY AUTHORIZATIONS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE 

National Defense Funding, Base Budget Request 

Function 051, Department of Defense-Military 

Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations 

Title I—Procurement 

Aircraft Procurement, Army ........................................... 3,012,440 275,000 3,287,440 

Missile Procurement, Army ............................................ 4,962,017 –10,500 4,951,517 

Weapons & Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army ................ 3,765,521 620,500 4,386,021 

Procurement of Ammunition, Army ............................... 2,967,578 –16,190 2,951,388 

Other Procurement, Army .............................................. 8,672,979 55,051 8,728,030 

Aircraft Procurement, Navy ........................................... 17,336,760 72,890 17,409,650 

Weapons Procurement, Navy ......................................... 6,876,385 147,892 7,024,277 

Procurement of Ammunition, Navy & Marine Corps ..... 1,293,273 75,000 1,368,273 

Shipbuilding & Conversion, Navy .................................. 32,848,950 –560,334 32,288,616 

Other Procurement, Navy ............................................... 14,535,257 –101,666 14,433,591 

Procurement, Marine Corps ........................................... 3,979,212 –3,900 3,975,312 

Aircraft Procurement, Air Force ..................................... 20,315,204 397,320 20,712,524 

Missile Procurement, Air Force ...................................... 5,530,446 5,530,446 

Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force ......................... 703,158 703,158 

Other Procurement, Air Force ........................................ 30,417,892 314,009 30,731,901 

Procurement, Space Force ............................................. 4,714,294 –962,100 3,752,194 

Procurement, Defense-Wide ........................................... 6,056,975 175,439 6,232,414 

National Guard & Reserve Equipment .......................... 100,000 100,000 

Subtotal, Title I—Procurement ................................... 167,988,341 578,411 168,566,752 

Title II—Research, Development, Test and Evaluation 

Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army ....... 15,775,381 74,541 15,849,922 

Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Navy ........ 26,922,225 –921,632 26,000,593 

Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Air Force 46,565,356 –59,107 46,506,249 

Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Space 

Force .......................................................................... 19,199,340 352,109 19,551,449 

Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, DefenseWide .......................................................................... 36,185,834 787,116 36,972,950 

Operational Test & Evaluation, Defense ....................... 331,489 331,489 

Subtotal, Title II—Research, Development, Test and 

Evaluation ................................................................. 144,979,625 233,027 145,212,652 

Title III—Operation and Maintenance 

Operation & Maintenance, Army ................................... 59,554,553 21,635 59,576,188 

Operation & Maintenance, Army Reserve ..................... 3,630,948 3,630,948 

Operation & Maintenance, Army National Guard ......... 8,683,104 4,000 8,687,104 

Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund .............................. 397,950 397,950 

Operation & Maintenance, Navy ................................... 72,244,533 245,524 72,490,057 

Operation & Maintenance, Marine Corps ...................... 10,281,913 27,224 10,309,137 

Operation & Maintenance, Navy Reserve ...................... 1,380,810 1,380,810 

Operation & Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve ........ 329,395 329,395 


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FY 2024 

Request 

House 

Change 

House 

Authorized 

Operation & Maintenance, Air Force ............................. 62,750,095 –704,003 62,046,092 

Operation & Maintenance, Space Force ........................ 5,017,468 16,073 5,033,541 

Operation & Maintenance, Air Force Reserve ............... 4,116,256 4,116,256 

Operation & Maintenance, Air National Guard ............. 7,253,694 –19,500 7,234,194 

Operation & Maintenance, Defense-Wide ..................... 52,767,563 –476,187 52,291,376 

United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces 16,620 16,620 

DOD Acquisition Workforce Development Fund ............. 54,977 54,977 

Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid ......... 114,900 114,900 

Cooperative Threat Reduction Account ......................... 350,999 –15,000 335,999 

Environmental Restoration, Army .................................. 198,760 198,760 

Environmental Restoration, Navy .................................. 335,240 335,240 

Environmental Restoration, Air Force ............................ 349,744 349,744 

Environmental Restoration, Defense ............................. 8,965 8,965 

Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Sites .......... 232,806 232,806 

Subtotal, Title III—Operation and Maintenance ........ 290,071,293 –900,234 289,171,059 

Title IV—Military Personnel 

Military Personnel Appropriations ................................. 168,320,510 –242,200 168,078,310 

Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Fund Contributions ... 10,553,456 10,553,456 

Subtotal, Title IV—Military Personnel ........................ 178,873,966 –242,200 178,631,766 

Title XIV—Other Authorizations 

National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund .............. 7,629 7,629 

Working Capital Fund, Army ......................................... 29,213 29,213 

Working Capital Fund, Air Force ................................... 83,587 83,587 

Working Capital Fund, Defense-Wide ............................ 114,667 114,667 

Working Capital Fund, DECA ......................................... 1,447,612 1,447,612 

Chemical Agents & Munitions Destruction ................... 1,091,844 1,091,844 

Drug Interdiction and Counter Drug Activities ............. 886,426 42,500 928,926 

Office of the Inspector General ..................................... 525,365 525,365 

Defense Health Program ............................................... 38,413,960 –185,500 38,228,460 

Subtotal, Title XIV—Other Authorizations .................. 42,600,303 –143,000 42,457,303 

Total, Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations .......................................................................... 824,513,528 –473,996 824,039,532 

Division B: Military Construction Authorizations 

Military Construction 

Army ............................................................................... 1,470,555 332,610 1,803,165 

Navy ............................................................................... 6,022,187 –678,673 5,343,514 

Air Force ........................................................................ 2,605,314 440,000 3,045,314 

Defense-Wide ................................................................. 2,984,682 –59,535 2,925,147 

NATO Security Investment Program .............................. 293,434 293,434 

Army National Guard ..................................................... 340,186 250,756 590,942 

Army Reserve ................................................................. 107,076 118,000 225,076 

Navy and Marine Corps Reserve ................................... 51,291 15,000 66,291 

Air National Guard ........................................................ 178,722 152,342 331,064 

Air Force Reserve ........................................................... 291,572 52,500 344,072 

Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund ................ 496 496 


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FY 2024 

Request 

House 

Change 

House 

Authorized 

Subtotal, Military Construction .................................... 14,345,515 623,000 14,968,515 

Family Housing 

Construction, Army ........................................................ 304,895 304,895 

Operation & Maintenance, Army ................................... 385,485 385,485 

Construction, Navy and Marine Corps .......................... 277,142 277,142 

Operation & Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps ..... 363,854 363,854 

Construction, Air Force .................................................. 237,097 27,000 264,097 

Operation & Maintenance, Air Force ............................. 314,386 314,386 

Operation & Maintenance, Defense-Wide ..................... 50,785 50,785 

Improvement Fund ......................................................... 6,611 6,611 

Subtotal, Family Housing ............................................. 1,940,255 27,000 1,967,255 

Base Realignment and Closure 

Base Realignment and Closure—Army ........................ 150,640 50,000 200,640 

Base Realignment and Closure—Navy ........................ 108,818 50,000 158,818 

Base Realignment and Closure—Air Force .................. 123,990 50,000 173,990 

Base Realignment and Closure—Defense-wide ........... 5,726 5,726 

Subtotal, Base Realignment and Closure ................... 389,174 150,000 539,174 

Total, Division B: Military Construction Authorizations .......................................................................... 16,674,944 800,000 17,474,944 

Total, 051, Department of Defense-Military ............... 841,188,472 326,004 841,514,476 

Division C: Department of Energy National Security Authorization and Other Authorizations 

Function 053, Atomic Energy Defense Activities 

Environmental and Other Defense Activities 

Nuclear Energy .............................................................. 177,733 –17,733 160,000 

Weapons Activities ........................................................ 18,832,947 119,729 18,952,676 

Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation .................................. 2,508,959 –81,000 2,427,959 

Naval Reactors .............................................................. 1,964,100 –15,000 1,949,100 

Federal Salaries and Expenses ..................................... 538,994 538,994 

Defense Environmental Cleanup ................................... 7,500,587 –392,000 7,108,587 

Other Defense Activities ................................................ 1,075,197 1,075,197 

Subtotal, Environmental and Other Defense Activities ............................................................................ 32,598,517 –386,004 32,212,513 

Independent Federal Agency Authorization 

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board ....................... 47,230 47,230 

Subtotal, Independent Federal Agency Authorization 47,230 0 47,230 

Subtotal, 053, Atomic Energy Defense Activities ....... 32,645,747 –386,004 32,259,743 

Function 054, Defense-Related Activities 

Other Agency Authorizations 

Maritime Security Program ............................................ 318,000 318,000 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

FY 2024 

Request 

House 

Change 

House 

Authorized 

Tanker Security Program (previously authorized) ......... 60,000 60,000 120,000 

Subtotal, Other Agency Authorizations ....................... 378,000 60,000 438,000 

Subtotal, 054, Defense-Related Activities .................. 378,000 60,000 438,000 

Subtotal, Division C: Department of Energy National 

Security Authorization and Other Authorizations .. 33,023,747 –326,004 32,697,743 

Total, National Defense ................................................ 874,212,219 0 874,212,219 

MEMORANDUM: NON-DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS ......... 692,224 117,286 809,510 

Title XIV—Armed Forces Retirement Home (Function 

700) ........................................................................... 77,000 77,000 

Title XXXIV—Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves 

(Function 270) .......................................................... 13,010 13,010 

Title XXXV—Maritime Administration (Function 400) .. 602,214 117,286 719,500 

MEMORANDUM: TRANSFER AUTHORITIES (NON-ADD) 

Title X—General Transfer Authority .............................. [8,000,000 ] [–2,000,000] [6,000,000 ] 

MEMORANDUM: DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS NOT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE (NON-ADD) 

Defense Production Act ................................................. 968,605 968,605 


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NATIONAL DEFENSE BUDGET AUTHORITY IMPLICATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

FY 2024 

Request 

House 

Change 

House 

Authorized 

Summary, Discretionary Authorizations Within the Jurisdiction of the Armed Services Committee 

SUBTOTAL, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (051) ......................... 841,188,472 326,004 841,514,476 

SUBTOTAL, ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROGRAMS (053) ...... 32,645,747 –386,004 32,259,743 

SUBTOTAL, DEFENSE-RELATED ACTIVITIES (054) ................... 378,000 60,000 438,000 

TOTAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE ..................................................... 874,212,219 874,212,219 

Scoring adjustments 

Transfers to non-Defense budget functions (051) ................. –187,000 –187,000 

Defense Production Act, Negative subsidies (051) ................ –9,000 –9,000 

Subtotal, Scoring Adjustments .............................................. –196,000 –196,000 

National Defense Discretionary Programs not In the Jurisdiction of the Armed Services Committee or Do 

Not Require Additional Authorization (CBO Estimates) 

Defense Production Act Purchases ......................................... 968,605 968,605 

Indefinite Account: Disposal of DOD Real Property ................ 7,000 7,000 

Indefinite Account: Lease of DOD Real Property .................... 32,000 32,000 

Subtotal, Budget Sub-Function 051 ...................................... 1,007,605 1,007,605 

Corps of Engineers—Civil Works, Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program ....................................................... 200,000 200,000 

Subtotal, Budget Sub-Function 053 ...................................... 200,000 200,000 

Other Discretionary Programs ................................................. 11,125,000 11,125,000 

Subtotal, Budget Sub-Function 054 ...................................... 11,125,000 11,125,000 

Total Defense Discretionary Adjustments (050) ................... 12,136,605 12,136,605 

Budget Authority Implication, National Defense Discretionary 

Department of Defense--Military (051) ................................... 842,000,077 326,004 842,326,081 

Atomic Energy Defense Activities (053) .................................. 32,845,747 –386,004 32,459,743 

Defense-Related Activities (054) ............................................ 11,503,000 60,000 11,563,000 

Total BA Implication, National Defense Discretionary ........ 886,348,824 886,348,824 

National Defense Mandatory Programs, Current Law (CBO Baseline) 

Concurrent receipt accrual payments to the Military Retirement Fund ........................................................................... 19,704,000 19,704,000 

Revolving, trust and other DOD Mandatory ............................ 2,104,000 2,104,000 

TID for CHIPS Act (Defense) .................................................... 400,000 400,000 

Offsetting receipts ................................................................... –2,001,000 –2,001,000 

Subtotal, Budget Sub-Function 051 ...................................... 20,207,000 20,207,000 

Energy employees occupational illness compensation programs and other ................................................................. 2,339,000 2,339,000 

DOE Defense environmental cleanup and Weapons activities 37,000 37,000 

CDC-Wide Activities and Program Support ............................. 56,000 56,000 

Subtotal, Budget Sub-Function 053 ...................................... 2,432,000 2,432,000 

Payment to CIA retirement fund ............................................. 514,000 514,000 

Radiation exposure compensation .......................................... 26,000 26,000 

Subtotal, Budget Sub-Function 054 ...................................... 540,000 540,000 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

FY 2024 

Request 

House 

Change 

House 

Authorized 

Total National Defense Mandatory (050) .............................. 23,179,000 23,179,000 

Budget Authority Implication, National Defense Discretionary and Mandatory 

Department of Defense--Military (051) ................................... 862,207,077 326,004 862,533,081 

Atomic Energy Defense Activities (053) .................................. 35,277,747 –386,004 34,891,743 

Defense-Related Activities (054) ............................................ 12,043,000 60,000 12,103,000 

Total BA Implication, National Defense Discretionary and 

Mandatory ........................................................................... 909,527,824 909,527,824 


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TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 

SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT. 

SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item 

FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY FIXED WING 

003 FUTURE UAS FAMILY ............................................................................................. 53,453 53,453005 SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS ................................................................ 20,769 20,769 

ROTARY 

006 AH–64 APACHE BLOCK IIIA REMAN ...................................................................... 42 718,578 42 718,578 007 AH–64 APACHE BLOCK IIIA REMAN AP ................................................................. 110,360 110,360 

008 UH–60 BLACKHAWK M MODEL (MYP) ................................................................... 24 668,258 24 668,258 009 UH–60 BLACKHAWK M MODEL (MYP) AP .............................................................. 92,494 92,494 010 UH–60 BLACK HAWK L AND V MODELS ................................................................ 26 153,196 26 153,196 011 CH–47 HELICOPTER .............................................................................................. 6 202,487 4 177,500 10 379,987 

Four Additional Aircraft ................................................................................ [4 ] [177,500 ] 

012 CH–47 HELICOPTER AP ......................................................................................... 18,936 22,500 41,436 

CH–47F Block II—Adv Procurement ............................................................ [22,500 ] 

012A UH–72B LAKOTA HELICOPTER ............................................................................... 2 20,000 2 20,000 

Two aircraft .................................................................................................. [2 ] [20,000 ] 

MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT 

013 MQ–1 PAYLOAD ..................................................................................................... 13,650 13,650 

014 GRAY EAGLE MODS2 ............................................................................................. 14,959 25,000 39,959 

Program increase ......................................................................................... [25,000 ] 


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016 AH–64 MODS ......................................................................................................... 113,127 113,127 

017 CH–47 CARGO HELICOPTER MODS (MYP) ............................................................ 20,689 20,689 022 UTILITY HELICOPTER MODS ................................................................................... 35,879 30,000 65,879 

Black Hawk Mods—60kVA Generators ........................................................ [15,000 ] Litter Basket Stabilization Systems ............................................................. [15,000 ] 

023 NETWORK AND MISSION PLAN ............................................................................... 32,418 32,418 024 COMMS, NAV SURVEILLANCE ................................................................................ 74,912 74,912 025 DEGRADED VISUAL ENVIRONMENT ........................................................................ 16,838 16,838 026 AVIATION ASSURED PNT ........................................................................................ 67,383 67,383 027 GATM ROLLUP ........................................................................................................ 8,924 8,924 

029 UAS MODS ............................................................................................................. 2,258 2,258 

GROUND SUPPORT AVIONICS 

030 AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT .................................................................. 161,731 161,731 

031 SURVIVABILITY CM ................................................................................................ 6,526 6,526032 CMWS .................................................................................................................... 72,041 72,041 033 COMMON INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES (CIRCM) .............................................. 125 261,384 125 261,384 

OTHER SUPPORT 

034 COMMON GROUND EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 25,752 25,752 

035 AIRCREW INTEGRATED SYSTEMS ........................................................................... 22,097 22,097 036 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL .......................................................................................... 21,216 21,216 

037 LAUNCHER, 2.75 ROCKET ...................................................................................... 2,125 2,125 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY ................................................. 223 3,012,440 6 275,000 229 3,287,440 

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SYSTEM 

001 LOWER TIER AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE (AMD) SEN ........................................... 6,625 6,625 

003 M-SHORAD—PROCUREMENT ................................................................................ 22 400,697 –10,500 22 390,197 

Excess fielding growth ................................................................................. [–10,500 ] 

004 MSE MISSILE ......................................................................................................... 230 1,212,832 230 1,212,832 006 PRECISION STRIKE MISSILE (PRSM) ...................................................................... 110 384,071 110 384,071 007 INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION CAPABILITY INC 2–I ................................................ 313,189 313,189 008 MID-RANGE CAPABILITY (MRC) ............................................................................. 169,519 169,519 


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Line Item 

FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE SYSTEM 

009 HELLFIRE SYS SUMMARY ...................................................................................... 21,976 21,976 010 JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MSLS (JAGM) .................................................................... 901 303,409 901 303,409 012 LONG-RANGE HYPERSONIC WEAPON ..................................................................... 156,821 156,821 

ANTI-TANK/ASSAULT MISSILE SYS 

013 JAVELIN (AAWS-M) SYSTEM SUMMARY ................................................................. 541 199,509 541 199,509 014 TOW 2 SYSTEM SUMMARY .................................................................................... 850 120,475 850 120,475 015 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET (GMLRS) ........................................................................... 5,016 886,367 5,016 886,367 016 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET (GMLRS) ........................................................................... 55,913 55,913 017 MLRS REDUCED RANGE PRACTICE ROCKETS (RRPR) .......................................... 366 10,334 366 10,334 018 HIGH MOBILITY ARTILLERY ROCKET SYSTEM (HIMARS ......................................... 28 179,230 28 179,230 019 ARMY TACTICAL MSL SYS (ATACMS)—SYS SUM .................................................. 7,307 7,307 

MODIFICATIONS 

021 PATRIOT MODS ...................................................................................................... 212,247 212,247 

022 STINGER MODS ...................................................................................................... 36,484 36,484 

023 AVENGER MODS ..................................................................................................... 22,274 22,274 025 MLRS MODS ........................................................................................................... 168,198 168,198 026 HIMARS MODIFICATIONS ........................................................................................ 76,266 76,266 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

027 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ................................................................................. 6,573 6,573 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

028 AIR DEFENSE TARGETS .......................................................................................... 11,701 11,701 

TOTAL MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY ................................................... 8,064 4,962,017 –10,500 8,064 4,951,517 

PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES 


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001 ARMORED MULTI PURPOSE VEHICLE (AMPV) ........................................................ 91 554,777 –2,500 91 552,277 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–2,500 ] 

003 MOBILE PROTECTED FIREPOWER .......................................................................... 33 394,635 –8,400 33 386,235 

Excessive growth—systems technical support ........................................... [–8,400 ] 

MODIFICATION OF TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES 

004 STRYKER UPGRADE ............................................................................................... 85 614,282 20 142,400 105 756,682 

Excessive growth—fleet modifications ....................................................... [–4,600 ] Program increase ......................................................................................... [20 ] [147,000 ] 

005 BRADLEY FIRE SUPPORT TEAM (BFIST) VEHICLE ................................................. 128 5,232 128 5,232 006 BRADLEY PROGRAM (MOD) ................................................................................... 158,274 94,500 252,774 

Program increase ......................................................................................... [94,500 ] 

007 M109 FOV MODIFICATIONS .................................................................................... 90,986 90,986 008 PALADIN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT (PIM) ........................................................... 24 469,152 6 110,000 30 579,152 

Program increase ......................................................................................... [6 ] [110,000 ] 

009 IMPROVED RECOVERY VEHICLE (M88 HERCULES) ............................................... 41,058 41,058 012 JOINT ASSAULT BRIDGE ......................................................................................... 24 159,804 24 159,804 

013 ABRAMS UPGRADE PROGRAM ............................................................................... 34 697,883 13 276,500 47 974,383 

Abrams Upgrade Predictive Maintenance (PPMX) ....................................... [10,000 ] Program increase ......................................................................................... [13 ] [266,500 ] 

014 ABRAMS UPGRADE PROGRAM AP .......................................................................... 102,440 102,440 

WEAPONS & OTHER COMBAT VEHICLES 

016 PERSONAL DEFENSE WEAPON (ROLL) ................................................................... 100 510 100 510 

017 M240 MEDIUM MACHINE GUN (7.62MM) .............................................................. 425 425 

019 MACHINE GUN, CAL .50 M2 ROLL ......................................................................... 3,420 3,420 020 MORTAR SYSTEMS ................................................................................................. 8,013 8,013 

021 LOCATION & AZIMUTH DETERMINATION SYSTEM (LADS ....................................... 3,174 3,174 022 XM320 GRENADE LAUNCHER MODULE (GLM) ....................................................... 14,143 14,143 

023 PRECISION SNIPER RIFLE ...................................................................................... 5,248 5,248 024 CARBINE ................................................................................................................ 571 571 

025 NEXT GENERATION SQUAD WEAPON ...................................................................... 292,850 292,850 

026 HANDGUN ............................................................................................................... 32 32

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Line Item 

FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

028 M777 MODS ........................................................................................................... 18,920 18,920 029 M2 50 CAL MACHINE GUN MODS ......................................................................... 8,000 8,000 

M4 Carbine Mods for Upper Receivers ........................................................ [8,000 ] 

031 M119 MODIFICATIONS ........................................................................................... 13,097 13,097 032 MORTAR MODIFICATION ......................................................................................... 423 423 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

033 ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M (WOCV-WTCV) ............................................................... 1,148 1,148 

034 PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT (WOCV-WTCV) ........................................................ 115,024 115,024 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, ARMY. 519 3,765,521 39 620,500 558 4,386,021 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY SMALL/MEDIUM CAL AMMUNITION 

001 CTG, 5.56MM, ALL TYPES ...................................................................................... 90,853 15,700 106,553 

Program increase ......................................................................................... [15,700 ] 

002 CTG, 7.62MM, ALL TYPES ...................................................................................... 65,370 35,900 101,270 

Program increase ......................................................................................... [35,900 ] 

003 NEXT GENERATION SQUAD WEAPON AMMUNITION ................................................ 191,244 191,244 

004 CTG, HANDGUN, ALL TYPES ................................................................................... 6,597 3,600 10,197 

Program increase ......................................................................................... [3,600 ] 

005 CTG, .50 CAL, ALL TYPES ...................................................................................... 41,534 31,760 73,294 

Program increase ......................................................................................... [31,760 ] 

006 CTG, 20MM, ALL TYPES ......................................................................................... 7,925 7,925 007 CTG, 25MM, ALL TYPES ......................................................................................... 38,760 38,760 

008 CTG, 30MM, ALL TYPES ......................................................................................... 107,805 107,805 009 CTG, 40MM, ALL TYPES ......................................................................................... 148,970 148,970 


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010 CTG, 50MM, ALL TYPES ......................................................................................... 28,000 28,000 

MORTAR AMMUNITION 

011 60MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES ................................................................................... 35,160 35,160 

012 81MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES ................................................................................... 40,562 40,562 013 120MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES ................................................................................. 106,784 106,784 

TANK AMMUNITION 

014 CARTRIDGES, TANK, 105MM AND 120MM, ALL TYPES ......................................... 300,368 300,368 

ARTILLERY AMMUNITION 

015 ARTILLERY CARTRIDGES, 75MM & 105MM, ALL TYPES ....................................... 21,298 21,298 

016 ARTILLERY PROJECTILE, 155MM, ALL TYPES ........................................................ 150,839 150,839 018 PRECISION ARTILLERY MUNITIONS ........................................................................ 96,406 96,406 019 ARTILLERY PROPELLANTS, FUZES AND PRIMERS, ALL .......................................... 172,947 172,947 

MINES 

020 MINES & CLEARING CHARGES, ALL TYPES ........................................................... 71,182 71,182 

021 CLOSE TERRAIN SHAPING OBSTACLE .................................................................... 55,374 55,374 

ROCKETS 

022 SHOULDER LAUNCHED MUNITIONS, ALL TYPES .................................................... 18,630 18,630 

023 ROCKET, HYDRA 70, ALL TYPES ............................................................................ 87,293 87,293 

OTHER AMMUNITION 

024 CAD/PAD, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................. 6,564 6,564 

025 DEMOLITION MUNITIONS, ALL TYPES ..................................................................... 24,238 24,238 026 GRENADES, ALL TYPES .......................................................................................... 48,374 48,374 027 SIGNALS, ALL TYPES .............................................................................................. 23,252 23,252 

028 SIMULATORS, ALL TYPES ....................................................................................... 11,309 11,309 

MISCELLANEOUS 

030 AMMO COMPONENTS, ALL TYPES .......................................................................... 3,976 3,976 

031 NON-LETHAL AMMUNITION, ALL TYPES ................................................................. 3,281 3,281 032 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION (AMMO) ................................................................ 17,436 17,436 033 AMMUNITION PECULIAR EQUIPMENT ..................................................................... 13,133 13,133 034 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION (AMMO) .................................................... 18,068 18,068 

035 CLOSEOUT LIABILITIES ........................................................................................... 102 102 

PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT 


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Line Item 

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Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

036 INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES .......................................................................................... 726,135 726,135 

037 CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS DEMILITARIZATION ..................................................... 183,752 –103,150 80,602 

Unjustified growth—EP1800 Conventional Ammunition Demilitarization .. [–98,450 ] Unjustified growth—EP1803 Non Army Missile Demilitarization ............... [–4,700 ] 

038 ARMS INITIATIVE .................................................................................................... 4,057 4,057 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY ...................................... 2,967,578 –16,190 2,951,388 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY TACTICAL VEHICLES 

001 SEMITRAILERS, FLATBED: ...................................................................................... 22,751 22,751 

002 SEMITRAILERS, TANKERS ....................................................................................... 40,359 40,359 003 HI MOB MULTI-PURP WHLD VEH (HMMWV) .......................................................... 25,904 25,904 

004 GROUND MOBILITY VEHICLES (GMV) ..................................................................... 36,223 25,000 61,223 

Program increase ......................................................................................... [25,000 ] 

006 JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE FAMILY OF VEHICL ............................................. 839,413 839,413 

007 TRUCK, DUMP, 20T (CCE) ..................................................................................... 20,075 30,000 50,075 

Program increase ......................................................................................... [30,000 ] 

008 FAMILY OF MEDIUM TACTICAL VEH (FMTV) ........................................................... 110,734 110,734 

009 FAMILY OF COLD WEATHER ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE .............................................. 28,745 28,745 

010 FIRETRUCKS & ASSOCIATED FIREFIGHTING EQUIP ................................................ 55,340 55,340 011 FAMILY OF HEAVY TACTICAL VEHICLES (FHTV) ..................................................... 66,428 35,007 101,435 

Incomplete development goals .................................................................... [–14,993 ] Program increase ......................................................................................... [50,000 ] 

012 PLS ESP ................................................................................................................. 51,868 51,868 014 TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLE PROTECTION KITS ................................................... 3,792 3,792 015 MODIFICATION OF IN SVC EQUIP ........................................................................... 80,326 70,000 150,326 


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HMMWV ABS/ESC ......................................................................................... [70,000 ] 

NON-TACTICAL VEHICLES 

016 PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES ......................................................................... 2,203 2,203 017 NONTACTICAL VEHICLES, OTHER ........................................................................... 8,246 8,246 

COMM—JOINT COMMUNICATIONS 

018 SIGNAL MODERNIZATION PROGRAM ...................................................................... 161,585 –10,400 151,185 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–10,400 ] 

019 TACTICAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGY MOD IN SVC ................................................... 358,646 18,000 376,646 

On-the-Move Sattelite Communications Terminals ..................................... [18,000 ] 

020 DISASTER INCIDENT RESPONSE COMMS TERMINAL (DI ....................................... 254 254 021 JCSE EQUIPMENT (USRDECOM) ............................................................................. 5,097 5,097 

COMM—SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 

024 DEFENSE ENTERPRISE WIDEBAND SATCOM SYSTEMS .......................................... 101,181 101,181 025 TRANSPORTABLE TACTICAL COMMAND COMMUNICATIONS ................................... 54,849 54,849 026 SHF TERM .............................................................................................................. 41,634 41,634 027 ASSURED POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING ................................................ 202,370 202,370 

028 EHF SATELLITE COMMUNICATION .......................................................................... 19,122 19,122 

030 GLOBAL BRDCST SVC—GBS ................................................................................. 531 531 

COMM—C3 SYSTEM 

031 COE TACTICAL SERVER INFRASTRUCTURE (TSI) ................................................... 77,999 77,999 

COMM—COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS 

032 HANDHELD MANPACK SMALL FORM FIT (HMS) ..................................................... 765,109 –5,043 760,066 

Excess to need ............................................................................................. [–5,043 ] 

033 ARMY LINK 16 SYSTEMS ....................................................................................... 60,767 60,767 035 UNIFIED COMMAND SUITE ..................................................................................... 18,999 18,999 

036 COTS COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT .................................................................... 492,001 –7,100 484,901 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–7,100 ] 

037 FAMILY OF MED COMM FOR COMBAT CASUALTY CARE ....................................... 1,374 1,374 

038 ARMY COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONICS ........................................................... 52,485 52,485 

COMM—INTELLIGENCE COMM 

039 CI AUTOMATION ARCHITECTURE-INTEL ................................................................. 16,767 16,767 041 MULTI-DOMAIN INTELLIGENCE ............................................................................... 119,989 119,989 


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INFORMATION SECURITY 

042 INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY PROGRAM-ISSP ................................................ 701 701 043 COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY (COMSEC) ............................................................... 159,712 159,712 044 DEFENSIVE CYBER OPERATIONS ........................................................................... 13,848 13,848 045 INSIDER THREAT PROGRAM—UNIT ACTIVITY MONITO .......................................... 1,502 1,502 047 BIOMETRIC ENABLING CAPABILITY (BEC) ............................................................. 453 453 

COMM—LONG HAUL COMMUNICATIONS 

049 BASE SUPPORT COMMUNICATIONS ....................................................................... 23,278 23,278 

COMM—BASE COMMUNICATIONS 

050 INFORMATION SYSTEMS ......................................................................................... 32,608 32,608 051 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MODERNIZATION PROGRAM ...................................... 4,949 4,949 052 INSTALLATION INFO INFRASTRUCTURE MOD PROGRAM ........................................ 243,011 243,011 

ELECT EQUIP—TACT INT REL ACT (TIARA) 

055 JTT/CIBS-M ............................................................................................................ 8,543 8,543 056 TERRESTRIAL LAYER SYSTEMS (TLS) .................................................................... 85,486 85,486 058 DCGS-A-INTEL ........................................................................................................ 2,980 2,980 060 TROJAN .................................................................................................................. 30,649 30,649 061 MOD OF IN-SVC EQUIP (INTEL SPT) ...................................................................... 4,169 4,169 062 BIOMETRIC TACTICAL COLLECTION DEVICES ........................................................ 932 932 

ELECT EQUIP—ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) 

063 EW PLANNING & MANAGEMENT TOOLS (EWPMT) .................................................. 21,278 21,278 064 AIR VIGILANCE (AV) ............................................................................................... 6,641 6,641 065 MULTI-FUNCTION ELECTRONIC WARFARE (MFEW) SYST ....................................... 15,941 15,941 

067 COUNTERINTELLIGENCE/SECURITY COUNTERMEASURES ...................................... 22,833 22,833 068 CI MODERNIZATION ............................................................................................... 434 434 

ELECT EQUIP—TACTICAL SURV. (TAC SURV) 


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069 SENTINEL MODS .................................................................................................... 161,886 15,000 176,886 

Prophet ESP kits .......................................................................................... [15,000 ] 

070 NIGHT VISION DEVICES .......................................................................................... 141,143 –89,451 51,692 

Rephase to RDT&E for IVAS 1.2 Development ............................................ [–89,451 ] 

071 SMALL TACTICAL OPTICAL RIFLE MOUNTED MLRF ................................................ 15,484 15,484 073 FAMILY OF WEAPON SIGHTS (FWS) ....................................................................... 185,634 –8,100 177,534 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–8,100 ] 

074 ENHANCED PORTABLE INDUCTIVE ARTILLERY FUZE SE ....................................... 3,652 3,652 075 FORWARD LOOKING INFRARED (IFLIR) .................................................................. 20,438 20,438 076 COUNTER SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (C-SUAS) ..................................... 365,376 365,376 077 JOINT BATTLE COMMAND—PLATFORM (JBC-P) .................................................... 215,290 –5,224 210,066 

Unjustified Cost Growth—Fielding and Systems Engineering ................... [–5,224 ] 

078 JOINT EFFECTS TARGETING SYSTEM (JETS) ........................................................... 8,932 8,932 079 COMPUTER BALLISTICS: LHMBC XM32 ................................................................. 2,965 2,965 080 MORTAR FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM .......................................................................... 8,024 8,024 081 MORTAR FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS MODIFICATIONS .............................................. 7,399 7,399 082 COUNTERFIRE RADARS .......................................................................................... 99,782 99,782 

ELECT EQUIP—TACTICAL C2 SYSTEMS 

083 ARMY COMMAND POST INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE ....................................... 78,512 78,512 

084 FIRE SUPPORT C2 FAMILY ..................................................................................... 10,052 10,052 

085 AIR & MSL DEFENSE PLANNING & CONTROL SYS ................................................ 68,892 68,892 

086 IAMD BATTLE COMMAND SYSTEM ......................................................................... 412,556 –17,100 395,456 

Excess Interim Contractor Support .............................................................. [–17,100 ] 

087 LIFE CYCLE SOFTWARE SUPPORT (LCSS) .............................................................. 4,270 4,270 

088 NETWORK MANAGEMENT INITIALIZATION AND SERVICE ........................................ 37,194 37,194 

089 GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM-ARMY (GCSS-A) ........................................... 1,987 1,987 090 INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM-ARMY (IPP ....................................... 5,318 5,318 091 MOD OF IN-SVC EQUIPMENT (ENFIRE) .................................................................. 4,997 4,997 

ELECT EQUIP—AUTOMATION 

092 ARMY TRAINING MODERNIZATION ......................................................................... 10,130 10,130 

093 AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING EQUIP ................................................................. 61,489 61,489 

094 ACCESSIONS INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT (AIE) .................................................. 4,198 4,198 


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096 HIGH PERF COMPUTING MOD PGM (HPCMP) ........................................................ 76,053 76,053 

097 CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM ................................................................................. 6,061 6,061 

098 CSS COMMUNICATIONS ......................................................................................... 56,804 56,804 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

151A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ......................................................................................... 1,781 1,781 

CHEMICAL DEFENSIVE EQUIPMENT 

102 BASE DEFENSE SYSTEMS (BDS) ............................................................................ 70,781 70,781 

103 CBRN DEFENSE ..................................................................................................... 63,198 63,198 

BRIDGING EQUIPMENT 

104 TACTICAL BRIDGING .............................................................................................. 1,157 1,157 

105 TACTICAL BRIDGE, FLOAT-RIBBON ........................................................................ 82,228 82,228 106 BRIDGE SUPPLEMENTAL SET ................................................................................. 4,414 4,414 

ENGINEER (NON-CONSTRUCTION) EQUIPMENT 

110 ROBOTICS AND APPLIQUE SYSTEMS ..................................................................... 68,893 68,893 

112 FAMILY OF BOATS AND MOTORS ........................................................................... 4,785 4,785 

COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

113 HEATERS AND ECU’S ............................................................................................. 7,617 7,617 

115 PERSONNEL RECOVERY SUPPORT SYSTEM (PRSS) ............................................... 5,356 5,356 116 GROUND SOLDIER SYSTEM .................................................................................... 167,129 –18,805 148,324 

Excess to need ............................................................................................. [–18,805 ] 

117 MOBILE SOLDIER POWER ...................................................................................... 15,967 15,967 118 FORCE PROVIDER .................................................................................................. 34,200 34,200 120 CARGO AERIAL DEL & PERSONNEL PARACHUTE SYSTEM .................................... 45,792 45,792 121 FAMILY OF ENGR COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION SETS ......................................... 12,118 12,118 

PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT 

123 QUALITY SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT .................................................................... 2,507 2,507 


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124 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, PETROLEUM & WATER .................................................. 40,989 40,989 

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT 

125 COMBAT SUPPORT MEDICAL ................................................................................. 86,829 86,829 

MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT 

126 MOBILE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS ...................................................... 17,287 17,287 

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 

128 TRACTOR, FULL TRACKED ...................................................................................... 29,878 29,878 

129 ALL TERRAIN CRANES ........................................................................................... 27,725 3,000 30,725 

FOATC Type I Cranes .................................................................................... [3,000 ] 

131 FAMILY OF DIVER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................... 1,811 1,811 

132 CONST EQUIP ESP ................................................................................................. 8,898 8,898

RAIL FLOAT CONTAINERIZATION EQUIPMENT 

133 ARMY WATERCRAFT ESP ....................................................................................... 30,592 30,592 

134 MANEUVER SUPPORT VESSEL (MSV) ..................................................................... 4 149,449 1 42,027 5 191,476 

One additional vessel .................................................................................. [1 ] [42,027 ] 

GENERATORS 

136 GENERATORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIP ................................................................. 78,364 78,364 

137 TACTICAL ELECTRIC POWER RECAPITALIZATION ................................................... 11,088 11,088 

MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

138 FAMILY OF FORKLIFTS ........................................................................................... 12,982 12,982

TRAINING EQUIPMENT 

139 COMBAT TRAINING CENTERS SUPPORT ................................................................. 56,619 56,619 

140 TRAINING DEVICES, NONSYSTEM ........................................................................... 226,379 226,379 

141 SYNTHETIC TRAINING ENVIRONMENT (STE) ........................................................... 234,965 –21,760 213,205 

Excess to need—RVCT ................................................................................ [–9,534 ] Excess to need—STE Live ........................................................................... [–7,226 ] STE Live Training System ............................................................................ [–5,000 ] 

142 GAMING TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF ARMY TRAINING ...................................... 9,698 9,698 

TEST MEASURE AND DIG EQUIPMENT (TMD) 

143 INTEGRATED FAMILY OF TEST EQUIPMENT (IFTE) ................................................. 36,149 36,149 

144 TEST EQUIPMENT MODERNIZATION (TEMOD) ........................................................ 32,623 32,623 

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Line Item 

FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

145 PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEMS (OPA3) .................................................................. 132,739 132,739 146 BASE LEVEL COMMON EQUIPMENT ....................................................................... 34,460 34,460 147 MODIFICATION OF IN-SVC EQUIPMENT (OPA–3) ................................................... 35,239 35,239 

148 BUILDING, PRE-FAB, RELOCATABLE ...................................................................... 31,011 31,011 149 SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR TEST AND EVALUATION ................................................ 52,481 52,481 

OPA2 

151 INITIAL SPARES—C&E .......................................................................................... 9,169 9,169 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY ...................................................... 4 8,672,979 1 55,051 5 8,728,030 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY COMBAT AIRCRAFT 

001 F/A–18E/F (FIGHTER) HORNET .............................................................................. 41,329 41,329 

002 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER CV ..................................................................................... 19 2,410,569 –28,500 19 2,382,069 

Flyaway unit cost growth ............................................................................. [–28,500 ] 

003 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER CV AP ............................................................................... 189,425 189,425 004 JSF STOVL .............................................................................................................. 16 2,126,317 –89,600 16 2,036,717 

Flyaway unit cost growth ............................................................................. [–89,600 ] 

005 JSF STOVL AP ........................................................................................................ 193,125 193,125 006 CH–53K (HEAVY LIFT) ........................................................................................... 15 1,698,050 15 1,698,050 007 CH–53K (HEAVY LIFT) AP ...................................................................................... 456,567 456,567

008 V–22 (MEDIUM LIFT) ............................................................................................. 27,216 27,216 

009 H–1 UPGRADES (UH–1Y/AH–1Z) ........................................................................... 4,292 4,292 010 P–8A POSEIDON .................................................................................................... 31,257 2 360,000 2 391,257 

Two additional aircraft ................................................................................ [2 ] [360,000 ] 

011 E–2D ADV HAWKEYE ............................................................................................. 182,817 182,817 

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013 MULTI-ENGINE TRAINING SYSTEM (METS) ............................................................. 26 289,141 26 289,141 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

015 KC–130J ................................................................................................................ 2 241,291 2 241,291 

017 MQ–4 TRITON ........................................................................................................ 2 416,010 2 416,010 019 MQ–8 UAV ............................................................................................................. 1,546 1,546 

021 MQ–25 ................................................................................................................... 3 545,697 –199,000 3 346,697 

Scheduling delays ........................................................................................ [–199,000 ] 

022 MQ–25 AP ............................................................................................................. 50,576 –12,600 37,976 

Scheduling delays ........................................................................................ [–12,600 ] 

023 MARINE GROUP 5 UAS .......................................................................................... 5 89,563 –17,900 5 71,663 

Early to need ................................................................................................ [–17,900 ] 

023A UC–12W ................................................................................................................. 2 45,000 2 45,000 

USMC UPL—2 additional aircraft ............................................................... [2 ] [45,000 ] 

MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT 

024 F–18 A-D UNIQUE ................................................................................................. 116,551 116,551 

025 F–18E/F AND EA–18G MODERNIZATION AND SUSTAINM ...................................... 605,416 605,416 

026 MARINE GROUP 5 UAS SERIES ............................................................................. 98,063 98,063 027 AEA SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................ 24,110 24,110 

028 AV–8 SERIES ......................................................................................................... 22,829 22,829 029 INFRARED SEARCH AND TRACK (IRST) ................................................................. 179,193 179,193 030 ADVERSARY ........................................................................................................... 69,336 69,336 031 F–18 SERIES ......................................................................................................... 640,236 640,236 032 H–53 SERIES ......................................................................................................... 41,414 41,414 

033 MH–60 SERIES ...................................................................................................... 106,495 106,495 034 H–1 SERIES ........................................................................................................... 114,284 29,000 143,284 

UH–1Y—SIEPU Upgrades ............................................................................ [29,000 ] 

035 EP–3 SERIES ......................................................................................................... 8,548 8,548 036 E–2 SERIES ........................................................................................................... 183,246 183,246 037 TRAINER A/C SERIES ............................................................................................. 16,376 16,376 039 C–130 SERIES ....................................................................................................... 198,220 198,220 

040 FEWSG ................................................................................................................... 651 651 041 CARGO/TRANSPORT A/C SERIES ............................................................................ 13,930 13,930 


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Line Item 

FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

042 E–6 SERIES ........................................................................................................... 164,571 164,571 043 EXECUTIVE HELICOPTERS SERIES ......................................................................... 60,498 60,498 044 T–45 SERIES ......................................................................................................... 170,357 170,357 045 POWER PLANT CHANGES ....................................................................................... 21,079 21,079 

046 JPATS SERIES ........................................................................................................ 28,005 28,005 

048 COMMON ECM EQUIPMENT ................................................................................... 53,614 53,614 049 COMMON AVIONICS CHANGES ............................................................................... 136,199 136,199 050 COMMON DEFENSIVE WEAPON SYSTEM ................................................................ 6,585 6,585 

051 ID SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................... 13,085 13,085 052 P–8 SERIES ........................................................................................................... 316,168 316,168 053 MAGTF EW FOR AVIATION ...................................................................................... 24,901 24,901 054 MQ–8 SERIES ........................................................................................................ 14,700 14,700 

055 V–22 (TILT/ROTOR ACFT) OSPREY ........................................................................ 215,997 10,890 226,887

V–22 Nacelle Improvement .......................................................................... [10,890 ] 

056 NEXT GENERATION JAMMER (NGJ) ........................................................................ 426,396 426,396 

057 F–35 STOVL SERIES .............................................................................................. 311,921 311,921 

058 F–35 CV SERIES .................................................................................................... 166,909 166,909 

059 QRC ....................................................................................................................... 28,206 28,206 060 MQ–4 SERIES ........................................................................................................ 93,951 93,951 

AIRCRAFT SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

062 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ................................................................................. 2,451,244 2,451,244

AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIP & FACILITIES 

063 COMMON GROUND EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 566,156 –5,000 561,156 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–5,000 ] 

064 AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ......................................................................... 133,815 133,815 

065 WAR CONSUMABLES .............................................................................................. 44,632 44,632 


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066 OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES ............................................................................. 49,907 49,907 067 SPECIAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 404,178 –19,400 384,778 

Flyaway unit cost growth ............................................................................. [–19,400 ] 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY ................................................. 88 17,336,760 4 72,890 92 17,409,650 

WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY BALLISTIC MISSILES 

001 CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE ........................................................................... 8 341,434 8 341,434 

MODIFICATION OF MISSILES 

002 TRIDENT II MODS ................................................................................................... 1,284,705 1,284,705 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

003 MISSILE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ............................................................................ 7,954 7,954 

STRATEGIC MISSILES 

004 TOMAHAWK ............................................................................................................ 72,908 72,908 

TACTICAL MISSILES 

005 AMRAAM ................................................................................................................ 374 439,153 374 439,153 

006 SIDEWINDER .......................................................................................................... 147 78,165 147 78,165 007 STANDARD MISSILE ............................................................................................... 125 969,525 79,800 125 1,049,325 

INDOPACOM UPL—Standard Missile 1B Variant ........................................ [79,800 ] 

008 STANDARD MISSILE AP .......................................................................................... 227,320 227,320 009 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB II .................................................................................... 250 65,863 250 65,863 010 RAM ....................................................................................................................... 120 114,896 120 114,896 011 JOINT AIR GROUND MISSILE (JAGM) ...................................................................... 264 79,292 264 79,292 012 HELLFIRE ............................................................................................................... 40 6,923 40 6,923 013 AERIAL TARGETS .................................................................................................... 176,588 176,588 

014 OTHER MISSILE SUPPORT ...................................................................................... 3,687 3,687 015 LRASM ................................................................................................................... 91 639,636 91 639,636 016 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM) ............................................................................... 13 29,925 13 29,925 017 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM) AP ......................................................................... 5,755 5,755 

MODIFICATION OF MISSILES 

018 TOMAHAWK MODS .................................................................................................. 540,944 540,944 

019 ESSM ..................................................................................................................... 147 290,129 147 290,129 


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Line Item 

FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

020 AARGM-ER ............................................................................................................. 83 162,429 83 162,429 021 AARGM-ER AP ........................................................................................................ 33,273 33,273 

022 STANDARD MISSILES MODS ................................................................................... 89,255 89,255 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

023 WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ......................................................................... 2,037 2,037 

ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

025 ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 208,154 208,154 

TORPEDOES AND RELATED EQUIP 

026 SSTD ...................................................................................................................... 4,830 4,830 

027 MK–48 TORPEDO ................................................................................................... 78 308,497 43,092 78 351,589 

Program increase ......................................................................................... [43,092 ] 

028 ASW TARGETS ........................................................................................................ 14,817 14,817 

MOD OF TORPEDOES AND RELATED EQUIP 

029 MK–54 TORPEDO MODS ........................................................................................ 104,086 104,086 

030 MK–48 TORPEDO ADCAP MODS ............................................................................ 20,714 20,714 031 MARITIME MINES ................................................................................................... 58,800 25,000 83,800 

INDOPACOM UPL—Hammerhead Mine ........................................................ [25,000 ] 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

032 TORPEDO SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................ 133,187 133,187 

033 ASW RANGE SUPPORT ........................................................................................... 4,146 4,146 

DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION 

034 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION .................................................................. 5,811 5,811 

GUNS AND GUN MOUNTS 

035 SMALL ARMS AND WEAPONS ................................................................................. 14,165 14,165 

MODIFICATION OF GUNS AND GUN MOUNTS 

036 CIWS MODS ........................................................................................................... 4,088 4,088 


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037 COAST GUARD WEAPONS ....................................................................................... 55,172 55,172 038 GUN MOUNT MODS ................................................................................................ 82,682 82,682039 LCS MODULE WEAPONS ......................................................................................... 18 3,264 18 3,264 040 AIRBORNE MINE NEUTRALIZATION SYSTEMS ........................................................ 14,357 14,357 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

042 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ................................................................................. 177,819 177,819 

TOTAL WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY ................................................. 1,758 6,876,385 147,892 1,758 7,024,277 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS NAVY AMMUNITION 

001 GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS .................................................................................. 43,519 43,519 

002 JDAM ...................................................................................................................... 1,464 73,689 1,464 73,689 003 AIRBORNE ROCKETS, ALL TYPES ........................................................................... 67,423 67,423 

004 MACHINE GUN AMMUNITION .................................................................................. 11,862 11,862 005 PRACTICE BOMBS .................................................................................................. 52,481 52,481 

006 CARTRIDGES & CART ACTUATED DEVICES ............................................................ 72,426 72,426 007 AIR EXPENDABLE COUNTERMEASURES ................................................................. 104,529 104,529 

008 JATOS ..................................................................................................................... 7,433 7,433 009 5 INCH/54 GUN AMMUNITION ................................................................................ 30,871 30,871 

010 INTERMEDIATE CALIBER GUN AMMUNITION .......................................................... 41,261 41,261 011 OTHER SHIP GUN AMMUNITION ............................................................................. 44,044 44,044 012 SMALL ARMS & LANDING PARTY AMMO ............................................................... 48,478 48,478 013 PYROTECHNIC AND DEMOLITION ........................................................................... 9,521 9,521 014 AMMUNITION LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................... 1,679 1,679 015 EXPEDITIONARY LOITERING MUNITIONS ................................................................ 249,575 75,000 324,575 

Goalkeeper .................................................................................................... [75,000 ] 

MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION 

016 MORTARS ............................................................................................................... 61,274 61,274 

017 DIRECT SUPPORT MUNITIONS ................................................................................ 73,338 73,338 018 INFANTRY WEAPONS AMMUNITION ........................................................................ 178,240 178,240 

019 COMBAT SUPPORT MUNITIONS .............................................................................. 15,897 15,897 020 AMMO MODERNIZATION ......................................................................................... 17,941 17,941 


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Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

021 ARTILLERY MUNITIONS .......................................................................................... 82,452 82,452 

022 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION .............................................................................. 5,340 5,340 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS .... 1,464 1,293,273 75,000 1,464 1,368,273 

SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE SHIPS 

001 OHIO REPLACEMENT SUBMARINE .......................................................................... 1 2,443,598 88,000 1 2,531,598 

Submarine industrial base .......................................................................... [88,000 ] 

002 OHIO REPLACEMENT SUBMARINE AP .................................................................... 3,390,734 3,390,734 

OTHER WARSHIPS 

003 CARRIER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM ...................................................................... 1,115,296 160,000 1,275,296 

Navy UPL—CVN 75 and CVN 80 SEWIP BLK III ......................................... [160,000 ] 

004 CVN–81 ................................................................................................................. 800,492 800,492 005 VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE ................................................................................. 2 7,129,965 2 7,129,965 006 VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE AP ........................................................................... 3,215,539 –325,100 2,890,439 

Early to need ................................................................................................ [–325,100 ] 

008 CVN REFUELING OVERHAULS AP ........................................................................... 817,646 817,646 009 DDG 1000 .............................................................................................................. 410,400 410,400 010 DDG–51 ................................................................................................................. 2 4,199,179 2 4,199,179 011 DDG–51 AP ............................................................................................................ 284,035 155,000 439,035 

Explosion welding ......................................................................................... [5,000 ] Program increase ......................................................................................... [150,000 ] 

013 FFG-FRIGATE .......................................................................................................... 2 2,173,698 –10,000 2 2,163,698 

Insufficient justification ............................................................................... [–10,000 ] 

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS 

016 LPD–17 .................................................................................................................. 1 750,000 1 750,000 


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LPD–33 ......................................................................................................... [1 ] [750,000 ] 

018 LHA REPLACEMENT ................................................................................................ 1,830,149 1,830,149 

020 EXPEDITIONARY FAST TRANSPORT (EPF) ............................................................... 5,000 5,000 

Expeditionary Medical Ship long-lead time material (LLTM) ...................... [5,000 ] 

AUXILIARIES, CRAFT AND PRIOR YR PROGRAM COST 

021 AS SUBMARINE TENDER ........................................................................................ 1 1,733,234 –1,485,234 1 248,000 

Late contract award ..................................................................................... [–1,485,234 ] 

022 TAO FLEET OILER ................................................................................................... 1 815,420 1 815,420 025 LCU 1700 .............................................................................................................. 2 62,532 2 62,532 026 OUTFITTING ............................................................................................................ 557,365 557,365 028 SERVICE CRAFT ..................................................................................................... 63,815 30,000 93,815 

Yard, Repair, Berthing, and Messing Barge ............................................... [30,000 ] 

029 AUXILIARY PERSONNEL LIGHTER ........................................................................... 1 72,000 1 72,000 

Auxiliary Personnel Lighter ........................................................................... [1 ] [72,000 ] 

030 LCAC SLEP ............................................................................................................. 1 15,286 1 15,286 031 AUXILIARY VESSELS (USED SEALIFT) .................................................................... 2 142,008 2 142,008 032 COMPLETION OF PY SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS .................................................... 1,648,559 1,648,559 

TOTAL SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY ..................................... 14 32,848,950 2 –560,334 16 32,288,616 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY SHIP PROPULSION EQUIPMENT 

001 SURFACE POWER EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 14,003 14,003 

GENERATORS 

002 SURFACE COMBATANT HM&E ................................................................................ 105,441 105,441 

NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT 

003 OTHER NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT ............................................................................ 110,286 110,286 

OTHER SHIPBOARD EQUIPMENT 

004 SUB PERISCOPE, IMAGING AND SUPT EQUIP PROG .............................................. 262,951 262,951 005 DDG MOD ............................................................................................................... 628,532 10,000 638,532 

Navy Common Actuator ................................................................................ [10,000 ] 

006 FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT ..................................................................................... 34,782 34,782 007 COMMAND AND CONTROL SWITCHBOARD ............................................................. 2,458 2,458 


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Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

008 LHA/LHD MIDLIFE ................................................................................................... 104,369 104,369 009 LCC 19/20 EXTENDED SERVICE LIFE PROGRAM ................................................... 10,529 10,529 010 POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 23,272 23,272 011 SUBMARINE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................................ 112,526 112,526 012 VIRGINIA CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................. 32,076 32,076 

013 LCS CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 18,832 18,832 

014 SUBMARINE BATTERIES ......................................................................................... 28,221 28,221 015 LPD CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 91,890 91,890 016 DDG 1000 CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................... 232,124 61,900 294,024 

Navy UPL ...................................................................................................... [61,900 ] 

017 STRATEGIC PLATFORM SUPPORT EQUIP ................................................................ 25,058 25,058 

018 DSSP EQUIPMENT .................................................................................................. 4,623 4,623

020 LCAC ...................................................................................................................... 10,794 10,794 021 UNDERWATER EOD EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 19,549 19,549 022 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION .............................................................................. 86,001 86,001 023 CHEMICAL WARFARE DETECTORS ......................................................................... 3,288 3,288 

REACTOR PLANT EQUIPMENT 

024 SHIP MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND MODERNIZATION ............................................. 2,746,313 2,746,313 

025 REACTOR POWER UNITS ........................................................................................ 2,016 2,016 026 REACTOR COMPONENTS ........................................................................................ 390,148 390,148 

OCEAN ENGINEERING 

027 DIVING AND SALVAGE EQUIPMENT ........................................................................ 18,086 18,086 

SMALL BOATS 

028 STANDARD BOATS .................................................................................................. 74,963 7 12,000 7 86,963 

40-foot Patrol Boats .................................................................................... [7 ] [12,000 ] 

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029 OPERATING FORCES IPE ........................................................................................ 187,495 187,495

OTHER SHIP SUPPORT 

030 LCS COMMON MISSION MODULES EQUIPMENT ..................................................... 49,060 –30,000 19,060 

Excess to need ............................................................................................. [–30,000 ] 

031 LCS MCM MISSION MODULES ............................................................................... 93,961 –35,000 58,961

Excess to need ............................................................................................. [–35,000 ] 

033 LCS SUW MISSION MODULES ................................................................................ 12,102 12,102 034 LCS IN-SERVICE MODERNIZATION ......................................................................... 171,704 –25,000 146,704 

Excessive cost growth .................................................................................. [–25,000 ] 

035 SMALL & MEDIUM UUV ......................................................................................... 61,951 –10,000 51,951 

Late contract award—Razorback ................................................................ [–5,000 ] Late execution—Viperfish ............................................................................ [–5,000 ] 

LOGISTIC SUPPORT 

036 LSD MIDLIFE & MODERNIZATION ........................................................................... 7,594 7,594 

SHIP SONARS 

037 SPQ–9B RADAR ..................................................................................................... 7,267 7,267 

038 AN/SQQ–89 SURF ASW COMBAT SYSTEM ............................................................. 138,065 138,065 039 SSN ACOUSTIC EQUIPMENT ................................................................................... 463,577 –10,000 453,577 

Excessive cost growth .................................................................................. [–10,000 ] 

040 UNDERSEA WARFARE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ......................................................... 23,452 23,452 

ASW ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

041 SUBMARINE ACOUSTIC WARFARE SYSTEM ............................................................ 46,726 46,726 

042 SSTD ...................................................................................................................... 14,560 14,560 043 FIXED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM .............................................................................. 420,069 420,069 044 SURTASS ................................................................................................................ 33,910 33,910 

ELECTRONIC WARFARE EQUIPMENT 

045 AN/SLQ–32 ............................................................................................................ 329,513 329,513 

RECONNAISSANCE EQUIPMENT 

046 SHIPBOARD IW EXPLOIT ........................................................................................ 379,230 –25,000 354,230 

Excessive cost growth .................................................................................. [–15,000 ] Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–10,000 ] 

047 AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AIS) .......................................................... 4,082 4,082 


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Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

OTHER SHIP ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

048 COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT CAPABILITY .............................................................. 37,677 37,677 049 NAVAL TACTICAL COMMAND SUPPORT SYSTEM (NTCSS) ..................................... 15,374 15,374 050 ATDLS .................................................................................................................... 50,148 50,148 051 NAVY COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (NCCS) ................................................. 3,918 3,918 052 MINESWEEPING SYSTEM REPLACEMENT ............................................................... 16,814 16,814 054 NAVSTAR GPS RECEIVERS (SPACE) ....................................................................... 37,319 37,319 055 AMERICAN FORCES RADIO AND TV SERVICE ........................................................ 2,750 2,750 056 STRATEGIC PLATFORM SUPPORT EQUIP ................................................................ 6,437 6,437 

AVIATION ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

057 ASHORE ATC EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................... 89,237 89,237 058 AFLOAT ATC EQUIPMENT ....................................................................................... 90,487 –5,000 85,487 

Excessive cost growth .................................................................................. [–5,000 ] 

059 ID SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................... 59,234 59,234 060 JOINT PRECISION APPROACH AND LANDING SYSTEM ........................................... 3,343 3,343 061 NAVAL MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS .................................................................... 39,180 39,180 

OTHER SHORE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

062 MARITIME INTEGRATED BROADCAST SYSTEM ....................................................... 6,994 6,994 063 TACTICAL/MOBILE C4I SYSTEMS ........................................................................... 52,026 52,026 

064 DCGS-N .................................................................................................................. 16,579 16,579 065 CANES .................................................................................................................... 467,587 5,000 472,587 

Program increase ......................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

066 RADIAC .................................................................................................................. 16,475 16,475 067 CANES-INTELL ........................................................................................................ 48,207 48,207 

068 GPETE .................................................................................................................... 25,761 25,761 069 MASF ...................................................................................................................... 16,475 16,475 


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070 INTEG COMBAT SYSTEM TEST FACILITY ................................................................ 6,345 6,345 

071 EMI CONTROL INSTRUMENTATION ......................................................................... 4,282 4,282 073 IN-SERVICE RADARS AND SENSORS ..................................................................... 255,256 –15,000 240,256 

Insufficient justification ............................................................................... [–15,000 ] 

SHIPBOARD COMMUNICATIONS 

074 BATTLE FORCE TACTICAL NETWORK ...................................................................... 74,180 74,180 

075 SHIPBOARD TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS ............................................................. 29,776 29,776 076 SHIP COMMUNICATIONS AUTOMATION ................................................................... 96,916 96,916 

077 COMMUNICATIONS ITEMS UNDER $5M ................................................................. 14,107 14,107 

SUBMARINE COMMUNICATIONS 

078 SUBMARINE BROADCAST SUPPORT ....................................................................... 73,791 1,200 74,991 

Navy UPL—VIOLET ....................................................................................... [1,200 ] 

079 SUBMARINE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT ........................................................... 83,178 83,178 

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 

080 SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ................................................................ 72,871 72,871 

081 NAVY MULTIBAND TERMINAL (NMT) ...................................................................... 37,921 37,921 

SHORE COMMUNICATIONS 

082 JOINT COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT ELEMENT (JCSE) ........................................... 5,065 5,065 

CRYPTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT 

083 INFO SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM (ISSP) .......................................................... 154,890 154,890 

084 MIO INTEL EXPLOITATION TEAM ............................................................................ 1,079 1,079 

CRYPTOLOGIC EQUIPMENT 

085 CRYPTOLOGIC COMMUNICATIONS EQUIP ............................................................... 17,483 17,483 

OTHER ELECTRONIC SUPPORT 

086 COAST GUARD EQUIPMENT .................................................................................... 77,458 77,458 

SONOBUOYS 

088 SONOBUOYS—ALL TYPES ..................................................................................... 311,177 10,000 321,177 

Increase industrial capacity ........................................................................ [10,000 ] 

AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

089 MINOTAUR .............................................................................................................. 5,396 5,396 

090 WEAPONS RANGE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................... 147,556 147,556 091 AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 162,273 162,273 


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092 ADVANCED ARRESTING GEAR (AAG) ...................................................................... 11,930 11,930 093 ELECTROMAGNETIC AIRCRAFT LAUNCH SYSTEM (EMALS ..................................... 17,836 17,836 

094 METEOROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT .............................................................................. 19,703 19,703 095 LEGACY AIRBORNE MCM ....................................................................................... 12,202 12,202 

097 AVIATION SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................ 82,115 82,115 098 UMCS-UNMAN CARRIER AVIATION(UCA)MISSION CNTRL ....................................... 152,687 152,687 

099 ARCHITECT & CAP FOR AUTONOMY IN NAV ENTER .............................................. 1,612 1,612 

SHIP GUN SYSTEM EQUIPMENT 

100 SHIP GUN SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 6,404 6,404 

SHIP MISSILE SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT 

101 HARPOON SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................................... 227 227 

102 SHIP MISSILE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ..................................................................... 294,511 294,511 

103 TOMAHAWK SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 92,432 92,432 

FBM SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

104 STRATEGIC MISSILE SYSTEMS EQUIP .................................................................... 325,318 325,318 

ASW SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

105 SSN COMBAT CONTROL SYSTEMS ......................................................................... 133,063 133,063 

106 ASW SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................................................... 27,469 27,469 

OTHER ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

107 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL EQUIP .............................................................. 27,864 27,864 

108 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION .............................................................................. 6,171 6,171 

OTHER EXPENDABLE ORDNANCE 

109 ANTI-SHIP MISSILE DECOY SYSTEM ...................................................................... 56,630 4,500 61,130 

CONUS-Based Repair, Refurbishment and Production of NULKA Decoy 

Canisters.

[4,500 ] 

110 SUBMARINE TRAINING DEVICE MODS ................................................................... 76,954 76,954 


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111 SURFACE TRAINING EQUIPMENT ............................................................................ 209,487 209,487 

CIVIL ENGINEERING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

112 PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES ......................................................................... 3,827 3,827 

113 GENERAL PURPOSE TRUCKS ................................................................................. 4,570 4,570 114 CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE EQUIP ............................................................... 56,829 56,829 115 FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT ................................................................................... 16,583 16,583 116 TACTICAL VEHICLES ............................................................................................... 24,236 24,236 

117 AMPHIBIOUS EQUIPMENT ....................................................................................... 4,504 4,504 

118 POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 3,898 3,898 119 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION .............................................................................. 67,286 67,286 120 PHYSICAL SECURITY VEHICLES ............................................................................. 1,286 1,286 

SUPPLY SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

121 SUPPLY EQUIPMENT .............................................................................................. 33,258 33,258

122 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION .................................................................. 6,977 6,977 123 SPECIAL PURPOSE SUPPLY SYSTEMS ................................................................... 659,529 –3,666 655,863 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–3,666 ] 

TRAINING DEVICES 

124 TRAINING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................ 2,083 2,083 

125 TRAINING AND EDUCATION EQUIPMENT ................................................................ 106,542 –40,000 66,542 

Excessive cost growth .................................................................................. [–25,000 ] Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–15,000 ] 

COMMAND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

126 COMMAND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .......................................................................... 44,448 36,900 81,348 

AFRICOM UPL—Somalia Persistent Presence ............................................. [36,900 ] 

127 MEDICAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................ 12,529 12,529 

129 NAVAL MIP SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 5,408 5,408 130 OPERATING FORCES SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................... 12,105 12,105 

131 C4ISR EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................. 7,670 7,670

132 ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................ 52,597 –10,000 42,597 

Excessive cost growth .................................................................................. [–10,000 ] 

133 PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT .......................................................................... 108,901 108,901 

134 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ............................................................. 42,154 42,154 


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OTHER 

139 NEXT GENERATION ENTERPRISE SERVICE ............................................................. 177,585 177,585 140 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ....................................................................................... 23,176 23,176 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

143A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ......................................................................................... 16,290 11,500 27,790 

Program increase ......................................................................................... [11,500 ] 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

142 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ................................................................................. 645,900 –20,000 625,900 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–20,000 ] 

143 VIRGINIA CLASS (VACL) SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ........................................... 470,000 470,000 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

144 UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................................... –26,000 –26,000 

Decommission CG–69 USS Vicksburg ......................................................... [–56,000 ] Restore CG–63 USS Cowpens ...................................................................... [30,000 ] 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY ....................................................... 14,535,257 7 –101,666 7 14,433,591 

PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES 

001 AAV7A1 PIP ............................................................................................................ 3,353 3,353 002 AMPHIBIOUS COMBAT VEHICLE FAMILY OF VEHICLES .......................................... 80 557,564 –5,100 80 552,464 

Unjustified growth—Program Management ................................................ [–5,100 ] 

003 LAV PIP .................................................................................................................. 42,052 42,052 

ARTILLERY AND OTHER WEAPONS 

004 155MM LIGHTWEIGHT TOWED HOWITZER .............................................................. 489 489 005 ARTILLERY WEAPONS SYSTEM ............................................................................... 165,268 165,268 

006 WEAPONS AND COMBAT VEHICLES UNDER $5 MILLION ....................................... 14,004 14,004 


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GUIDED MISSILES 

007 TOMAHAWK ............................................................................................................ 34 105,192 34 105,192 008 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM) ............................................................................... 90 169,726 90 169,726 009 NAVAL STRIKE MISSILE (NSM) AP ......................................................................... 39,244 39,244 

010 GROUND BASED AIR DEFENSE .............................................................................. 249,103 249,103 011 ANTI-ARMOR MISSILE-JAVELIN .............................................................................. 54,883 54,883 

012 FAMILY ANTI-ARMOR WEAPON SYSTEMS (FOAAWS) .............................................. 23,627 23,627 

013 ANTI-ARMOR MISSILE-TOW .................................................................................... 2,007 2,007 

014 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET (GMLRS) ........................................................................... 48 8,867 48 8,867 

COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS 

015 COMMON AVIATION COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM ....................................... 75,382 –5,900 69,482 

Unjustified fielding growth .......................................................................... [–5,900 ] 

REPAIR AND TEST EQUIPMENT 

016 REPAIR AND TEST EQUIPMENT .............................................................................. 53,590 53,590 

OTHER SUPPORT (TEL) 

017 MODIFICATION KITS ............................................................................................... 1,782 1,782

COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (NON-TEL) 

018 ITEMS UNDER $5 MILLION (COMM & ELEC) ......................................................... 122,917 122,917 

019 AIR OPERATIONS C2 SYSTEMS .............................................................................. 23,744 23,744 

RADAR + EQUIPMENT (NON-TEL) 

020 GROUND/AIR TASK ORIENTED RADAR (G/ATOR) .................................................... 66,291 66,291 

INTELL/COMM EQUIPMENT (NON-TEL) 

021 ELECTRO MAGNETIC SPECTRUM OPERATIONS (EMSO) ......................................... 177,270 177,270 

022 GCSS-MC ............................................................................................................... 4,144 4,144 023 FIRE SUPPORT SYSTEM ......................................................................................... 58,483 58,483 

024 INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................................... 148,062 2,000 150,062 

Marine Innovation Unit ................................................................................ [2,000 ] 

026 UNMANNED AIR SYSTEMS (INTEL) ......................................................................... 52,273 52,273 

027 DCGS-MC ............................................................................................................... 68,289 5,100 73,389 

USMC UPL #5 ............................................................................................... [5,100 ] 

028 UAS PAYLOADS ...................................................................................................... 19,088 19,088 

OTHER SUPPORT (NON-TEL) 


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Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

031 EXPEDITIONARY SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................................. 2,010 2,010 032 MARINE CORPS ENTERPRISE NETWORK (MCEN) ................................................... 259,044 259,044 

033 COMMON COMPUTER RESOURCES ........................................................................ 27,966 27,966 

034 COMMAND POST SYSTEMS .................................................................................... 71,109 71,109 035 RADIO SYSTEMS .................................................................................................... 544,059 544,059 036 COMM SWITCHING & CONTROL SYSTEMS ............................................................. 46,276 46,276 

037 COMM & ELEC INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT ......................................................... 27,111 27,111 038 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ....................................................................................... 27,583 27,583 

040 UNMANNED EXPEDITIONARY SYSTEMS .................................................................. 13,564 13,564 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

057A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ......................................................................................... 2,799 2,799 

ADMINISTRATIVE VEHICLES 

043 COMMERCIAL CARGO VEHICLES ............................................................................ 34,169 34,169 

TACTICAL VEHICLES 

044 MOTOR TRANSPORT MODIFICATIONS ..................................................................... 17,299 17,299 

045 JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE ............................................................................ 396 232,501 396 232,501 046 TRAILERS ............................................................................................................... 2,034 2,034 

ENGINEER AND OTHER EQUIPMENT 

047 TACTICAL FUEL SYSTEMS ...................................................................................... 12,956 12,956 

048 POWER EQUIPMENT ASSORTED ............................................................................. 28,899 28,899 049 AMPHIBIOUS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ....................................................................... 15,691 15,691 

050 EOD SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................ 41,200 41,200 

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

051 PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT .......................................................................... 53,949 53,949 

GENERAL PROPERTY 

052 FIELD MEDICAL EQUIPMENT .................................................................................. 5,457 5,457 


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053 TRAINING DEVICES ................................................................................................ 96,577 96,577 

054 FAMILY OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ................................................................ 29,883 29,883 

055 ULTRA-LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE (ULTV) ............................................................... 17,034 17,034 

OTHER SUPPORT 

056 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION .............................................................................. 27,691 27,691 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

057 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ................................................................................. 35,657 35,657 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS .................................................. 648 3,979,212 –3,900 648 3,975,312 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE 

001 B–21 RAIDER ........................................................................................................ 1,617,093 1,617,093 

002 B–21 RAIDER AP ................................................................................................... 708,000 708,000 

TACTICAL FORCES 

003 F–35 ...................................................................................................................... 48 4,877,121 –124,800 48 4,752,321 

Flyaway unit cost growth ............................................................................. [–124,800 ] 

004 F–35 AP ................................................................................................................. 402,000 402,000 005 F–15EX .................................................................................................................. 24 2,670,039 –200,448 24 2,469,591 

Technical realignment .................................................................................. [–200,448 ] 

006 F–15EX AP ............................................................................................................. 228,000 92,000 320,000 

FY25 6 additional aircraft ........................................................................... [92,000 ] 

TACTICAL AIRLIFT 

007 KC–46A MDAP ....................................................................................................... 15 2,882,590 15 2,882,590 

OTHER AIRLIFT 

008 C–130J .................................................................................................................. 34,921 34,921 

HELICOPTERS 

011 MH–139A ............................................................................................................... 7 228,807 7 228,807 

012 COMBAT RESCUE HELICOPTER .............................................................................. 282,533 282,533 

MISSION SUPPORT AIRCRAFT 

013 CIVIL AIR PATROL A/C ........................................................................................... 3,013 8,887 11,900 

Program increase ......................................................................................... [8,887 ] 

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Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

015 TARGET DRONES .................................................................................................... 20 42,226 20 42,226 017 E–11 BACN/HAG .................................................................................................... 1 67,367 1 67,367 

STRATEGIC AIRCRAFT 

019 B–2A ...................................................................................................................... 107,980 107,980 020 B–1B ..................................................................................................................... 12,757 –2,975 9,782 

Technical realignment .................................................................................. [–2,975 ] 

021 B–52 ...................................................................................................................... 65,815 –14,017 51,798 

Technical realignment .................................................................................. [–14,017 ] 

022 LARGE AIRCRAFT INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES ................................................ 21,723 21,723 

TACTICAL AIRCRAFT 

024 E–11 BACN/HAG .................................................................................................... 58,923 58,923 

025 F–15 ...................................................................................................................... 34,830 120,448 155,278 

Technical realignment .................................................................................. [120,448 ] 

026 F–16 ...................................................................................................................... 297,342 100,000 397,342 

IVEWS restoration ......................................................................................... [100,000 ] 

027 F–22A .................................................................................................................... 794,676 794,676 028 F–35 MODIFICATIONS ............................................................................................ 451,798 451,798 

029 F–15 EPAW ............................................................................................................ 280,658 280,658 

AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT 

031 C–5 ........................................................................................................................ 24,377 24,377 

032 C–17A .................................................................................................................... 140,560 140,560 033 C–32A .................................................................................................................... 19,060 19,060 034 C–37A .................................................................................................................... 13,454 13,454 

TRAINER AIRCRAFT 

035 GLIDER MODS ........................................................................................................ 5,270 5,270 

036 T–6 ........................................................................................................................ 2,942 2,942 


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037 T–1 ........................................................................................................................ 10,950 10,950 038 T–38 ...................................................................................................................... 125,340 125,340 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

040 U–2 MODS ............................................................................................................. 54,727 54,727 042 C–12 ...................................................................................................................... 446 446 044 VC–25A MOD ......................................................................................................... 29,707 29,707 

045 C–40 ...................................................................................................................... 8,921 8,921 046 C–130 .................................................................................................................... 71,177 22,000 93,177 

iMAFFS .......................................................................................................... [22,000 ] 

047 C–130J MODS ........................................................................................................ 121,258 121,258 

048 C–135 .................................................................................................................... 153,595 153,595 049 COMPASS CALL ...................................................................................................... 144,686 50,000 194,686 

SABER integration on EC–37B aircraft ....................................................... [50,000 ] 

050 COMBAT FLIGHT INSPECTION—CFIN ..................................................................... 446 446 

051 RC–135 ................................................................................................................. 220,138 220,138 052 E–3 ........................................................................................................................ 1,350 1,350 

052A E–7A AP ................................................................................................................ 300,000 300,000 

USAF UPL ...................................................................................................... [300,000 ] 

053 E–4 ........................................................................................................................ 13,055 13,055 056 H–1 ........................................................................................................................ 816 816 057 H–60 ...................................................................................................................... 4,207 4,207 060 HC/MC–130 MODIFICATIONS ................................................................................. 101,055 101,055 061 OTHER AIRCRAFT ................................................................................................... 54,134 19,269 73,403 

Technical realignment .................................................................................. [11,619 ] Technical realignment—Sentinel Aircraft Procurement .............................. [7,650 ] 

062 MQ–9 MODS .......................................................................................................... 98,063 98,063 

064 SENIOR LEADER C3 SYSTEM—AIRCRAFT ............................................................. 24,847 24,847 065 CV–22 MODS ......................................................................................................... 153,006 153,006 

AIRCRAFT SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

066 INITIAL SPARES/REPAIR PARTS ............................................................................. 781,521 –8,644 772,877 

Technical realignment .................................................................................. [–8,644 ] 

COMMON SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 


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067 AIRCRAFT REPLACEMENT SUPPORT EQUIP ........................................................... 157,664 157,664 

POST PRODUCTION SUPPORT 

068 B–2A ...................................................................................................................... 1,838 1,838 

069 B–2B ..................................................................................................................... 15,207 15,207 072 MC–130J ................................................................................................................ 10,117 10,117 074 F–16 ...................................................................................................................... 1,075 1,075 075 F–22A .................................................................................................................... 38,418 38,418 

INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS 

079 INDUSTRIAL RESPONSIVENESS .............................................................................. 18,874 18,874 

WAR CONSUMABLES 

080 WAR CONSUMABLES .............................................................................................. 27,482 27,482 

OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES 

081 OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES ............................................................................. 1,478,044 35,600 1,513,644 

Classified adjustment .................................................................................. [190,000 ] Excess to need ............................................................................................. [–229,400 ] Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–5,000 ] Technical realignment .................................................................................. [80,000 ] 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

083A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ......................................................................................... 17,165 17,165 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ........................................ 115 20,315,204 397,320 115 20,712,524 

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE MISSILE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT—BALLISTIC 

001 MISSILE REPLACEMENT EQ-BALLISTIC .................................................................. 69,319 69,319 

BALLISTIC MISSILES 

003 GROUND BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT AP ........................................................ 539,300 539,300 


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STRATEGIC 

004 LONG RANGE STAND-OFF WEAPON ........................................................................ 66,816 66,816 

TACTICAL 

005 REPLAC EQUIP & WAR CONSUMABLES ................................................................. 37,318 37,318 006 JOINT AIR-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE ............................................................... 550 915,996 550 915,996 007 JOINT AIR-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE AP .......................................................... 769,672 769,672 008 JOINT STRIKE MISSILE ........................................................................................... 48 161,011 48 161,011 009 LRASM0 ................................................................................................................. 27 87,796 27 87,796 

010 LRASM0 AP ............................................................................................................ 99,871 99,871 011 SIDEWINDER (AIM–9X) .......................................................................................... 192 95,643 192 95,643 012 AMRAAM ................................................................................................................ 457 489,049 457 489,049 013 AMRAAM AP ........................................................................................................... 212,410 212,410 014 PREDATOR HELLFIRE MISSILE ............................................................................... 1,049 1,049 015 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB ....................................................................................... 874 48,734 874 48,734 016 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB II .................................................................................... 920 291,553 920 291,553 017 STAND-IN ATTACK WEAPON (SIAW) ....................................................................... 14 41,947 14 41,947 

INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES 

018 INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS/POL PREVENTION ..................................................... 793 793 

CLASS IV 

019 ICBM FUZE MOD .................................................................................................... 115,745 115,745 

020 ICBM FUZE MOD AP .............................................................................................. 43,044 43,044

021 MM III MODIFICATIONS .......................................................................................... 48,639 48,639022 AIR LAUNCH CRUISE MISSILE (ALCM) ................................................................... 41,494 41,494 

MISSILE SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

023 MSL SPRS/REPAIR PARTS (INITIAL) ....................................................................... 6,840 6,840 024 MSL SPRS/REPAIR PARTS (REPLEN) ..................................................................... 75,191 75,191 

SPECIAL PROGRAMS 

029 SPECIAL UPDATE PROGRAMS ................................................................................ 419,498 419,498 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

029A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ......................................................................................... 851,718 851,718 

TOTAL MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ........................................... 3,082 5,530,446 3,082 5,530,446 


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Line Item 

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Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE ROCKETS 

001 ROCKETS ................................................................................................................ 18,483 18,483 

CARTRIDGES 

002 CARTRIDGES .......................................................................................................... 101,104 101,104 

BOMBS 

004 GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS .................................................................................. 142,118 142,118 005 MASSIVE ORDNANCE PENETRATOR (MOP) ............................................................ 14,074 14,074 

006 JOINT DIRECT ATTACK MUNITION .......................................................................... 1,772 132,364 1,772 132,364 007 B–61 ...................................................................................................................... 68 68 008 B61–12 TRAINER ................................................................................................... 10,100 10,100 

OTHER ITEMS 

009 CAD/PAD ................................................................................................................ 51,487 51,487 010 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) ............................................................... 6,707 6,707 011 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ................................................................................. 585 585 013 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION .................................................................. 2,299 2,299 014 ITEMS LESS THAN $5,000,000 .............................................................................. 5,115 5,115 

FLARES 

015 EXPENDABLE COUNTERMEASURES ........................................................................ 79,786 79,786 

FUZES 

016 FUZES .................................................................................................................... 109,562 109,562 

SMALL ARMS 

017 SMALL ARMS ......................................................................................................... 29,306 29,306 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE ............................. 1,772 703,158 1,772 703,158 

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SPACE PROCUREMENT, SF 

001 AF SATELLITE COMM SYSTEM ............................................................................... 64,345 64,345 003 COUNTERSPACE SYSTEMS ..................................................................................... 52,665 52,665 004 FAMILY OF BEYOND LINE-OF-SIGHT TERMINALS ................................................... 25,057 25,057 005 FABT FORCE ELEMENT TERMINAL ......................................................................... 121,634 121,634 007 GENERAL INFORMATION TECH—SPACE ................................................................ 3,451 3,451 008 GPSIII FOLLOW ON ................................................................................................. 119,700 –49,300 70,400 

Request for Equitable Adjustment ............................................................... [–49,300 ] 

009 GPS III SPACE SEGMENT ....................................................................................... 121,770 –18,100 103,670 

Unjustified growth SV 03–10 production .................................................... [–18,100 ] 

010 GLOBAL POSTIONING (SPACE) ............................................................................... 893 893 011 HERITAGE TRANSITION ........................................................................................... 6,110 6,110 012 JOINT TACTICAL GROUND STATIONS ...................................................................... 580 580 013 SPACEBORNE EQUIP (COMSEC) ............................................................................ 83,168 83,168 014 MILSATCOM ............................................................................................................ 44,672 44,672 015 SBIR HIGH (SPACE) ............................................................................................... 39,438 39,438 016 SPECIAL SPACE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................... 840,913 –460,700 380,213 

Classified overrun ........................................................................................ [–497,000 ] USSF UPL—Classified program A ............................................................... [36,300 ] 

017 MOBILE USER OBJECTIVE SYSTEM ........................................................................ 101,147 101,147 

018 NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH .................................................................... 10 2,142,846 10 2,142,846020 PTES HUB .............................................................................................................. 12 56,482 12 56,482 

021 ROCKET SYSTEMS LAUNCH PROGRAM .................................................................. 74,848 74,848 

022 SPACE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY LAUNCH ............................................................... 5 529,468 5 529,468 023 SPACE MODS ......................................................................................................... 166,596 166,596 024 SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM SPACE ........................................................................ 114,505 114,505 

SPARES 

025 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ................................................................................. 906 906 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

026 POWER CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT ....................................................................... 3,100 3,100 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

027 UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................................... –434,000 –434,000 


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Line Item 

FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

WGS–12 delayed contract award ................................................................. [–434,000 ] 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE .................................................... 27 4,714,294 –962,100 27 3,752,194 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES 

001 PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES ......................................................................... 6,123 6,123 

CARGO AND UTILITY VEHICLES 

002 MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLE .................................................................................. 3,961 3,961 003 CAP VEHICLES ....................................................................................................... 1,027 1,027 004 CARGO AND UTILITY VEHICLES ............................................................................. 45,036 2,302 47,338 

Technical realignment .................................................................................. [2,302 ] 

SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES 

005 JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE ............................................................................ 57,780 57,780 006 SECURITY AND TACTICAL VEHICLES ...................................................................... 390 390 007 SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES ................................................................................ 79,023 3,780 82,803

Technical realignment .................................................................................. [3,780 ] 

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT 

008 FIRE FIGHTING/CRASH RESCUE VEHICLES ............................................................ 70,252 70,252 

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

009 MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES .......................................................................... 73,805 2,090 75,895 

Technical realignment .................................................................................. [2,090 ] 

BASE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT 

010 RUNWAY SNOW REMOV AND CLEANING EQU ........................................................ 22,030 22,030 011 BASE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT VEHICLES ............................................................. 223,354 17,280 240,634 

Technical realignment .................................................................................. [17,280 ] 

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013 COMSEC EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................. 98,600 98,600 

INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS 

015 INTERNATIONAL INTEL TECH & ARCHITECTURES .................................................. 5,393 5,393 

016 INTELLIGENCE TRAINING EQUIPMENT .................................................................... 5,012 5,012 017 INTELLIGENCE COMM EQUIPMENT ......................................................................... 40,042 40,042 

ELECTRONICS PROGRAMS 

018 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL & LANDING SYS ................................................................ 67,581 67,581 

019 NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM ................................................................................ 3,841 3,841 020 BATTLE CONTROL SYSTEM—FIXED ....................................................................... 1,867 1,867 022 3D EXPEDITIONARY LONG-RANGE RADAR ............................................................. 83,735 83,735 023 WEATHER OBSERVATION FORECAST ...................................................................... 28,530 28,530 024 STRATEGIC COMMAND AND CONTROL ................................................................... 73,593 73,593 

025 CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX ........................................................................... 8,221 8,221 

026 MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS ................................................................................ 17,078 17,078 

029 STRATEGIC MISSION PLANNING & EXECUTION SYSTEM ....................................... 3,861 3,861 

SPCL COMM-ELECTRONICS PROJECTS 

030 GENERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY .................................................................. 206,142 5,951 212,093 

Insufficient justification ............................................................................... [–25,000 ] Technical realignment .................................................................................. [30,951 ] 

031 AF GLOBAL COMMAND & CONTROL SYS ............................................................... 2,582 2,582 032 BATTLEFIELD AIRBORNE CONTROL NODE (BACN) ................................................. 30 30 033 MOBILITY COMMAND AND CONTROL ..................................................................... 3,768 3,768 034 AIR FORCE PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEM ............................................................. 208,704 208,704 

035 COMBAT TRAINING RANGES .................................................................................. 346,340 346,340 

036 MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY COMM N ......................................................... 84,102 84,102 

037 WIDE AREA SURVEILLANCE (WAS) ......................................................................... 11,594 11,594 038 C3 COUNTERMEASURES ........................................................................................ 148,818 148,818 

044 AIR & SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER (AOC) ........................................................... 5,032 5,032 

AIR FORCE COMMUNICATIONS 

046 BASE INFORMATION TRANSPT INFRAST (BITI) WIRED ........................................... 108,532 214,172 322,704 

Technical realignment .................................................................................. [214,172 ] 

047 AFNET .................................................................................................................... 154,911 –25,000 129,911 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item 

FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

Insufficient justification ............................................................................... [–25,000 ] 

048 JOINT COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT ELEMENT (JCSE) ........................................... 5,381 5,381 

049 USCENTCOM .......................................................................................................... 18,025 18,025 050 USSTRATCOM ......................................................................................................... 4,436 4,436 051 USSPACECOM ........................................................................................................ 27,073 27,073 

ORGANIZATION AND BASE 

052 TACTICAL C-E EQUIPMENT .................................................................................... 226,819 226,819 

053 RADIO EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................. 30,407 30,407 

054 BASE COMM INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................. 113,563 113,563 

MODIFICATIONS 

055 COMM ELECT MODS .............................................................................................. 98,224 20,000 118,224 

NORTHCOM UPL—Over the Horizon Radar Acceleration ............................. [20,000 ] 

PERSONAL SAFETY & RESCUE EQUIP 

056 PERSONAL SAFETY AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT ....................................................... 60,473 60,473 

DEPOT PLANT+MTRLS HANDLING EQ 

057 POWER CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT ....................................................................... 9,235 9,235 058 MECHANIZED MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIP ............................................................ 15,662 15,662 

BASE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

059 BASE PROCURED EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 77,875 77,875 060 ENGINEERING AND EOD EQUIPMENT ..................................................................... 280,734 42,284 323,018 

Recovery of Air Bases Denied by Ordnance Program ................................. [40,000 ] Technical realignment .................................................................................. [2,284 ] 

061 MOBILITY EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................ 207,071 25,200 232,271 

Technical realignment .................................................................................. [25,200 ] 

062 FUELS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (FSE) ....................................................................... 218,790 218,790 

063 BASE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................. 51,914 5,950 57,864 


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Technical realignment .................................................................................. [5,950 ] 

SPECIAL SUPPORT PROJECTS 

065 DARP RC135 .......................................................................................................... 28,882 28,882 066 DCGS-AF ................................................................................................................ 129,655 129,655 070 SPECIAL UPDATE PROGRAM .................................................................................. 1,042,833 1,042,833

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

072A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ......................................................................................... 25,456,490 25,456,490 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

071 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS (CYBER) ................................................................... 1,032 1,032 

072 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ................................................................................. 12,628 12,628 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ............................................. 30,417,892 314,009 30,731,901 

PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE MAJOR EQUIPMENT, SDA 

001 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DPAA ..................................................................................... 10 516 10 516 002 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, OSD ....................................................................................... 186,006 186,006 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DISA 

011 INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY ........................................................................ 12,275 12,275 

012 TELEPORT PROGRAM ............................................................................................. 42,399 42,399 

014 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION .............................................................................. 47,538 47,538 015 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEM NETWORK .......................................................... 39,472 39,472 

016 WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATION AGENCY ............................................................. 118,523 118,523 017 SENIOR LEADERSHIP ENTERPRISE ........................................................................ 94,591 94,591 

018 JOINT REGIONAL SECURITY STACKS (JRSS) .......................................................... 22,714 –22,714 0 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–22,714 ] 

019 JOINT SERVICE PROVIDER ..................................................................................... 107,637 –10,000 97,637 

Insufficient justification ............................................................................... [–10,000 ] 

020 FOURTH ESTATE NETWORK OPTIMIZATION (4ENO) ................................................ 33,047 33,047 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DLA 

028 MAJOR EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................ 30,355 30,355 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DCSA 

029 MAJOR EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................ 2,135 2,135 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item 

FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, TJS 

030 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, TJS ........................................................................................ 3,747 3,747 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY 

031 THAAD .................................................................................................................... 11 216,782 6 100,000 17 316,782 

6 additional THAAD Interceptors .................................................................. [6 ] [100,000 ] 

033 AEGIS BMD ............................................................................................................ 27 374,756 45,000 27 419,756 

MDA UPL—SM–3 Blk 1B Life Extension ..................................................... [45,000 ] 

035 BMDS AN/TPY–2 RADARS ...................................................................................... 29,108 29,108 036 SM–3 IIAS .............................................................................................................. 12 432,824 12 432,824 037 ARROW 3 UPPER TIER SYSTEMS ........................................................................... 1 80,000 1 80,000 038 SHORT RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE (SRBMD) ......................................... 1 40,000 1 40,000 039 DEFENSE OF GUAM PROCUREMENT ...................................................................... 1 169,627 1 169,627 040 AEGIS ASHORE PHASE III ...................................................................................... 2,390 2,390 041 IRON DOME ............................................................................................................ 1 80,000 1 80,000 

042 AEGIS BMD HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ............................................................... 9 27,825 9 27,825 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DHRA 

043 PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................... 3,704 3,704 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY 

046 VEHICLES ............................................................................................................... 366 366 

047 OTHER MAJOR EQUIPMENT .................................................................................... 12,787 12,787 048 DTRA CYBER ACTIVITIES ....................................................................................... 21,413 21,413 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DODEA 

049 AUTOMATION/EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT & LOGISTICS ............................................. 1,358 1,358 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DMACT 

050 MAJOR EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................ 13,012 13,012 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, USCYBERCOM 


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051 CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS .................................................................................... 129,082 2,500 131,582 

Additional resourcing ................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS UNDISTRIBUTED 

073A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ......................................................................................... 658,529 658,529 

AVIATION PROGRAMS 

053 ARMED OVERWATCH/TARGETING ........................................................................... 12 266,846 12 266,846 

054 MANNED ISR .......................................................................................................... 7,000 7,000 055 MC–12 ................................................................................................................... 600 600 057 ROTARY WING UPGRADES AND SUSTAINMENT ...................................................... 261,012 261,012 

058 UNMANNED ISR ..................................................................................................... 26,997 2,500 29,497 

Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS) Miniaturized Unmanned Aerial System 

(UAS) Ground Control Stations.

[2,500 ] 

059 NON-STANDARD AVIATION ..................................................................................... 25,782 25,782 

060 U–28 ...................................................................................................................... 7,198 7,198 061 MH–47 CHINOOK ................................................................................................... 149,883 149,883 

062 CV–22 MODIFICATION ............................................................................................ 75,981 75,981063 MQ–9 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE ...................................................................... 17,684 17,684 

064 PRECISION STRIKE PACKAGE ................................................................................. 108,497 108,497 

065 AC/MC–130J .......................................................................................................... 319,754 319,754 066 C–130 MODIFICATIONS .......................................................................................... 18,796 18,796 

SHIPBUILDING 

067 UNDERWATER SYSTEMS ........................................................................................ 66,111 7,000 73,111 

Deep Submergence Collective Propulsion .................................................... [7,000 ] 

AMMUNITION PROGRAMS 

068 ORDNANCE ITEMS <$5M ....................................................................................... 147,831 147,831 

OTHER PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS 

069 INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS ........................................................................................ 203,400 203,400

070 DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS ........................................... 5,718 5,718 071 OTHER ITEMS <$5M .............................................................................................. 108,816 –2,500 106,316 

Program decrease ........................................................................................ [–2,500 ] 

072 COMBATANT CRAFT SYSTEMS ............................................................................... 55,064 3,666 58,730 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item 

FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Qty Cost Qty Cost Qty Cost 

Combat Craft Assault for Naval Special Warfare—one craft .................... [3,666 ] 

073 SPECIAL PROGRAMS .............................................................................................. 20,412 20,412

074 TACTICAL VEHICLES ............................................................................................... 56,561 56,561 

075 WARRIOR SYSTEMS <$5M .................................................................................... 329,837 49,987 379,824 

USSOCOM UPL—Counter Uncrewed Aerial Systems (CUAS) Group 3 Defeat Acceleration. [49,987 ] 

076 COMBAT MISSION REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................ 4,987 4,987 077 OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS INTELLIGENCE ...................................................... 23,639 23,639 078 OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS ............................................................................. 322,341 322,341 

CBDP 

079 CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ............................................... 159,884 159,884 

080 CB PROTECTION & HAZARD MITIGATION ............................................................... 231,826 231,826 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE .................................................. 85 6,056,975 6 175,439 91 6,232,414 

NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT UNDISTRIBUTED 

006 UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................................... 100,000 100,000 

Program increase ......................................................................................... [100,000 ] 

TOTAL NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ............................. 100,000 100,000 TOTAL PROCUREMENT ............................................................................. 17,863 167,988,341 65 578,411 17,928 168,566,752 


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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 House Change House Authorized 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY BASIC RESEARCH 

001 0601102A DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES ................................................................................................................. 296,670 5,000 301,670 

AI-Enhanced Quantum Computing ................................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

002 0601103A UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES .......................................................................................................... 75,672 75,672 003 0601104A UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH CENTERS .................................................................................... 108,946 4,000 112,946 

Biotechnology research ..................................................................................................................... [2,000 ] 

Hypervelocity research and testing .................................................................................................. [2,000 ] 

004 0601121A CYBER COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ALLIANCE .......................................................................................... 5,459 5,459 005 0601601A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING BASIC RESEARCH ................................................... 10,708 10,708 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ................................................................................................................ 497,455 9,000 506,455 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

006 0602002A ARMY AGILE INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT-APPLIED RESEARCH ......................................................... 5,613 5,613 

008 0602134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT ADVANCED STUDIES ................................................................................ 6,242 6,242 009 0602141A LETHALITY TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................................ 85,578 15,000 100,578 

Armaments technology for unmanned systems ............................................................................... [2,500 ] 

Convergent Advanced Manufacturing for Extreme Environments .................................................... [5,000 ] Crtitical energetic materials chemistries ......................................................................................... [2,500 ] 


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SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Overmatching the Speed of Battle ................................................................................................... [2,500 ] Universal Nanocrystalline Alloys Lethality ........................................................................................ [2,500 ] 

010 0602142A ARMY APPLIED RESEARCH ......................................................................................................................... 34,572 34,572 011 0602143A SOLDIER LETHALITY TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................. 104,470 12,500 116,970 

Body armor research ........................................................................................................................ [2,500 ] Digital night vision technology ........................................................................................................ [5,000 ] Pathfinder program .......................................................................................................................... [2,500 ] Wafer-Level Vacuum Packaging (WLVP) of Microbolometers ........................................................... [2,500 ] 

012 0602144A GROUND TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................................... 60,005 9,000 69,005 

Cold weather research ...................................................................................................................... [2,500 ] Engineered Repair Materials for Roadways to Support Effective Maneuver of Military Assets ..... [1,500 ] HMAR Production .............................................................................................................................. [2,500 ] Polar proving ground and training program .................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

013 0602145A NEXT GENERATION COMBAT VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................. 166,500 500 167,000 

High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWD – Humvee) Gunner Restraint System 

(GRS).

[500 ] 

014 0602146A NETWORK C3I TECHNOLOGY ...................................................................................................................... 81,618 10,000 91,618 

Intelligent Resilience of Communications Signals .......................................................................... [2,500 ] 

Man-portable doppler radar ............................................................................................................. [5,000 ] Secure Microelectronic Interposer Technology .................................................................................. [2,500 ] 

015 0602147A LONG RANGE PRECISION FIRES TECHNOLOGY .......................................................................................... 34,683 2,500 37,183 

Additive manufacturing for low-cost missile applications .............................................................. [2,500 ] 

016 0602148A FUTURE VERTICLE LIFT TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................................ 73,844 2,500 76,344 

eVTOL power source development .................................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

017 0602150A AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................................. 33,301 27,500 60,801 

Counter UAS research ....................................................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

High energy laser enabling and support technology ....................................................................... [2,500 ] 


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High energy Laser in a Box .............................................................................................................. [20,000 ] 

018 0602180A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES ....................................................... 24,142 24,142 019 0602181A ALL DOMAIN CONVERGENCE APPLIED RESEARCH ..................................................................................... 14,297 14,297 020 0602182A C3I APPLIED RESEARCH ............................................................................................................................ 30,659 30,659 021 0602183A AIR PLATFORM APPLIED RESEARCH .......................................................................................................... 48,163 5,000 53,163 

Unmanned aerial and ground sensor network ................................................................................. [2,500 ] 

Vision-Based Navigation for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems ....................................................... [2,500 ] 

022 0602184A SOLDIER APPLIED RESEARCH .................................................................................................................... 18,986 18,986 

023 0602213A C3I APPLIED CYBER ................................................................................................................................... 22,714 22,714 024 0602386A BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR MATERIALS—APPLIED RESEARCH ......................................................................... 16,736 16,736 025 0602785A MANPOWER/PERSONNEL/TRAINING TECHNOLOGY ...................................................................................... 19,969 19,969 026 0602787A MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY .............................................................................................................................. 66,266 9,900 76,166 

Precision Medicine for Bone Injuries ................................................................................................ [4,900 ] WRAIR Mitochonchondria TBI program ............................................................................................. [5,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH ............................................................................................................ 948,358 94,400 1,042,758 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

027 0603002A MEDICAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................ 4,147 8,000 12,147 

Hearing Protections Communications .............................................................................................. [8,000 ] 

028 0603007A MANPOWER, PERSONNEL AND TRAINING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .......................................................... 16,316 16,316 029 0603025A ARMY AGILE INNOVATION AND DEMONSTRATION ...................................................................................... 23,156 23,156 030 0603040A ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES ..................................... 13,187 13,187 031 0603041A ALL DOMAIN CONVERGENCE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................. 33,332 33,332 032 0603042A C3I ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................................... 19,225 19,225 033 0603043A AIR PLATFORM ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................. 14,165 14,165 034 0603044A SOLDIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................ 1,214 1,214 036 0603116A LETHALITY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ......................................................................................................... 20,582 10,000 30,582 

Battlefield Armaments and Ammunition Supply Chain ................................................................... [10,000 ] Energetics Materials and Manufacturing Technology ...................................................................... [2,500 ]

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–5,000 ] Systems materials and hardened structures ................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

037 0603117A ARMY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................ 136,280 136,280 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

038 0603118A SOLDIER LETHALITY ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .......................................................................................... 102,778 6,500 109,278 

Autonomous Long Range Resupply .................................................................................................. [2,500 ] Paratrooper and Powered Paragliders Autopilot System (PAPPAS) .................................................. [4,000 ] 

039 0603119A GROUND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................ 40,597 5,000 45,597 

3D Printed Cold Weather Structures ................................................................................................ [2,500 ] Research supporting rapid entry in Arctic conditions ..................................................................... [2,500 ] 

040 0603134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT SIMULATION ............................................................................................. 21,672 21,672 041 0603386A BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR MATERIALS—ADVANCED RESEARCH ..................................................................... 59,871 59,871 042 0603457A C3I CYBER ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................................................... 28,847 28,847 043 0603461A HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING MODERNIZATION PROGRAM ................................................................. 255,772 –5,000 250,772 

Excessive cost growth ...................................................................................................................... [–5,000 ] 

044 0603462A NEXT GENERATION COMBAT VEHICLE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ............................................................... 217,394 10,000 227,394 

Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology (Silent Watch Hydrogen Fuel Cell) ........... [10,000 ] 

045 0603463A NETWORK C3I ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................... 105,549 105,549 

046 0603464A LONG RANGE PRECISION FIRES ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................ 153,024 72,000 225,024 

Al-Li solid rocket motors .................................................................................................................. [10,000 ] Assured Munition Position, Navigation, Timing, and Navigational Warfare ................................... [10,000 ] ERAMS Advanced Technology ........................................................................................................... [8,000 ] Maneuvering Submunitions for Precision Strike Missile .................................................................. [9,000 ]Missile Virtual Interactive Testbeds And Labs ................................................................................ [15,000 ] XM1155 Glide Flight Projectile ......................................................................................................... [20,000 ] 

047 0603465A FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................................... 158,795 20,000 178,795 

Additive manufacturing .................................................................................................................... [10,000 ] Army Aviation Cybersecurity and Electromagnetic Activity (CEMA) ................................................. [5,000 ] Next Generation Vertical Takeoff and Landing Concepts for Unmanned Aircraft ........................... [5,000 ] 

048 0603466A AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................... 21,015 13,300 34,315 

Armaments Based Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems ......................................................... [7,000 ] 


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SHORAD S&T Engineering and Integration (SSEI) Lab .................................................................... [6,300 ] 

049 0603920A HUMANITARIAN DEMINING .......................................................................................................................... 9,068 13,932 23,000 

Program increase .............................................................................................................................. [13,932 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................ 1,455,986 153,732 1,609,718 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 

051 0603305A ARMY MISSLE DEFENSE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ....................................................................................... 12,904 31,000 43,904 

Artificial Intelligence Decision Aids for All Domain Operations ...................................................... [6,000 ] Capability for Advanced Protetive Technologies Assessment and Integration (CAPTAIN) .............. [8,000 ] Integrated Environmental Control and Power .................................................................................. [5,000 ] 

Pulsed Laser for Hypersonic Defense ............................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

Resilient Position, Navigation, and Timing Development (PNT) ...................................................... [7,000 ] 

052 0603308A ARMY SPACE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ........................................................................................................ 19,120 5,000 24,120 

Essential Multi-Function Multi-Mission Payload Development ........................................................ [5,000 ] 

054 0603619A LANDMINE WARFARE AND BARRIER—ADV DEV ........................................................................................ 47,537 47,537 055 0603639A TANK AND MEDIUM CALIBER AMMUNITION ............................................................................................... 91,323 91,323 056 0603645A ARMORED SYSTEM MODERNIZATION—ADV DEV ....................................................................................... 43,026 –13,100 29,926 

Slow expenditure—Ground Combat Platform .................................................................................. [–13,100 ] 

057 0603747A SOLDIER SUPPORT AND SURVIVABILITY .................................................................................................... 3,550 3,550 058 0603766A TACTICAL ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM—ADV DEV ..................................................................... 65,567 65,567 059 0603774A NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................. 73,675 73,675 060 0603779A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY—DEM/VAL ................................................................................. 31,720 5,000 36,720 

Underwater Cut and Capture Demonstration ................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

061 0603790A NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................................... 4,143 4,143 062 0603801A AVIATION—ADV DEV .................................................................................................................................. 1,502,160 –38,000 1,464,160 

FARA—Excess to need ..................................................................................................................... [–50,000 ] Modular Communication, Command, and Control Suite (MC3–Suite) ............................................ [12,000 ] 

063 0603804A LOGISTICS AND ENGINEER EQUIPMENT—ADV DEV ................................................................................... 7,604 7,604 064 0603807A MEDICAL SYSTEMS—ADV DEV .................................................................................................................. 1,602 1,602 065 0603827A SOLDIER SYSTEMS—ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................... 27,681 –1,856 25,825 

Excessive growth—Program management ...................................................................................... [–1,333 ] 

Slow expenditure rate—Advance Development ............................................................................... [–523 ]


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Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

066 0604017A ROBOTICS DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................................................... 3,024 3,024 067 0604019A EXPANDED MISSION AREA MISSILE (EMAM) .............................................................................................. 97,018 97,018 068 0604020A CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAM (CFT) ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPING ......................................... 117,557 117,557 069 0604035A LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) SATELLITE CAPABILITY ...................................................................................... 38,851 38,851 070 0604036A MULTI-DOMAIN SENSING SYSTEM (MDSS) ADV DEV ................................................................................. 191,394 191,394 071 0604037A TACTICAL INTEL TARGETING ACCESS NODE (TITAN) ADV DEV .................................................................. 10,626 10,626 072 0604100A ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ...................................................................................................................... 11,095 11,095 073 0604101A SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (SUAV) (6.4) .................................................................................... 5,144 5,144 074 0604103A ELECTRONIC WARFARE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TOOL (EWPMT) ..................................................... 2,260 2,260 075 0604113A FUTURE TACTICAL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (FTUAS) ...................................................................... 53,143 –29,047 24,096 

Slow expenditure rate ....................................................................................................................... [–29,047 ] 

076 0604114A LOWER TIER AIR MISSILE DEFENSE (LTAMD) SENSOR .............................................................................. 816,663 816,663 077 0604115A TECHNOLOGY MATURATION INITIATIVES ..................................................................................................... 281,314 281,314 078 0604117A MANEUVER—SHORT RANGE AIR DEFENSE (M-SHORAD) .......................................................................... 281,239 –41,174 240,065 

Delayed expenditure—Contract Award Delay .................................................................................. [–41,174 ] 

079 0604119A ARMY ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPING .............................................................. 204,914 204,914 080 0604120A ASSURED POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING (PNT) ........................................................................... 40,930 –7,840 33,090 

Slow expenditure rate—ALTNAV ....................................................................................................... [–5,236 ] Slow expenditure rate—Mounted APNT ........................................................................................... [–2,604 ] 

081 0604121A SYNTHETIC TRAINING ENVIRONMENT REFINEMENT & PROTOTYPING ........................................................ 109,714 –31,028 78,686 

Slow expenditure rate—Reconfig Virtual Collective Trainer ........................................................... [–3,524 ] Slow expenditure rate—STE Live ..................................................................................................... [–25,451 ] Slow expenditure rate—SVT ............................................................................................................. [–2,053 ] 

082 0604134A COUNTER IMPROVISED-THREAT DEMONSTRATION, PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT, AND TESTING ................ 16,426 16,426 083 0604135A STRATEGIC MID-RANGE FIRES ................................................................................................................... 31,559 31,559 084 0604182A HYPERSONICS ............................................................................................................................................ 43,435 43,435 085 0604403A FUTURE INTERCEPTOR ............................................................................................................................... 8,040 8,040 


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086 0604531A COUNTER—SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ...................................... 64,242 64,242 087 0604541A UNIFIED NETWORK TRANSPORT ................................................................................................................. 40,915 40,915 

090A 99999999 FLEXIBLE TRANSITION PATHWAY ................................................................................................................ 10,000 10,000 

Pilot program .................................................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

229A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................................................................................. 19,200 –2,500 16,700 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–2,500 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES ............................................... 4,420,315 –113,545 4,306,770 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 

091 0604201A AIRCRAFT AVIONICS ................................................................................................................................... 13,673 13,673 

092 0604270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................................................... 12,789 12,789 093 0604601A INFANTRY SUPPORT WEAPONS ................................................................................................................... 64,076 –1,344 62,732 

Slow expenditure ............................................................................................................................... [–1,344 ] 

094 0604604A MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLES ..................................................................................................................... 28,226 –25,000 3,226 

Incomplete development goals ......................................................................................................... [–25,000 ] 

095 0604611A JAVELIN ...................................................................................................................................................... 7,827 7,827 096 0604622A FAMILY OF HEAVY TACTICAL VEHICLES ..................................................................................................... 44,197 44,197 097 0604633A AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ............................................................................................................................... 1,134 10,000 11,134 

Integrated Mission Planning & Airspace Control Tools (IMPACT) ................................................... [10,000 ] 

098 0604641A TACTICAL UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE (TUGV) ...................................................................................... 142,125 142,125 099 0604642A LIGHT TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLES ........................................................................................................ 53,564 –43,893 9,671 

Incomplete development goals ......................................................................................................... [–43,893 ] 

100 0604645A ARMORED SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION (ASM)—ENG DEV .......................................................................... 102,201 102,201 101 0604710A NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS—ENG DEV .......................................................................................................... 48,720 84,423 133,143 

Rephase from Procurement for IVAS 1.2 development .................................................................... [89,451 ] Slow expenditure—Joint Effects Targetting System (JETS) ............................................................. [–5,028 ] 

102 0604713A COMBAT FEEDING, CLOTHING, AND EQUIPMENT ....................................................................................... 2,223 2,223 103 0604715A NON-SYSTEM TRAINING DEVICES—ENG DEV ............................................................................................ 21,441 21,441 104 0604741A AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, CONTROL AND INTELLIGENCE—ENG DEV ........................................................ 74,738 10,000 84,738 

Software Integration Digital Eco-system .......................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

105 0604742A CONSTRUCTIVE SIMULATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................. 30,985 30,985 106 0604746A AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................... 13,626 13,626 


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Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

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 15,000 258,851 

Long Range Precision Guidance Kit ................................................................................................. [15,000 ] 

110 0604804A LOGISTICS AND ENGINEER EQUIPMENT—ENG DEV .................................................................................. 37,420 37,420 111 0604805A COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS—ENG DEV ............................................................... 34,214 34,214 112 0604807A MEDICAL MATERIEL/MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT—ENG DEV .......................................... 6,496 6,496113 0604808A LANDMINE WARFARE/BARRIER—ENG DEV ................................................................................................ 13,581 13,581 114 0604818A ARMY TACTICAL COMMAND & CONTROL HARDWARE & SOFTWARE .......................................................... 168,574 –7,796 160,778 

Slow expenditure rate—Expeditionary Army Command Post .......................................................... [–5,049 ] Slow expenditure rate—Sustainment Transport System ................................................................. [–2,747 ] 

115 0604820A RADAR DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................................... 94,944 94,944 

116 0604822A GENERAL FUND ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SYSTEM (GFEBS) ........................................................................ 2,965 2,965 117 0604827A SOLDIER SYSTEMS—WARRIOR DEM/VAL .................................................................................................. 11,333 11,333 118 0604852A SUITE OF SURVIVABILITY ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS—EMD ....................................................................... 79,250 79,250 119 0604854A ARTILLERY SYSTEMS—EMD ...................................................................................................................... 42,490 42,490 120 0605013A INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................. 104,024 104,024 121 0605018A INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM-ARMY (IPPS-A) .................................................................... 102,084 102,084 123 0605030A JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK CENTER (JTNC) ................................................................................................ 18,662 18,662 124 0605031A JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK (JTN) ................................................................................................................ 30,328 30,328 125 0605035A COMMON INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES (CIRCM) ................................................................................... 11,509 11,509 126 0605036A COMBATING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (CWMD) .......................................................................... 1,050 1,050 128 0605041A DEFENSIVE CYBER TOOL DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................... 27,714 27,714 129 0605042A TACTICAL NETWORK RADIO SYSTEMS (LOW-TIER) ..................................................................................... 4,318 4,318 130 0605047A CONTRACT WRITING SYSTEM ..................................................................................................................... 16,355 16,355 131 0605049A MISSILE WARNING SYSTEM MODERNIZATION (MWSM) .............................................................................. 27,571 27,571 132 0605051A AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................. 24,900 24,900 


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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 –51,440 149,834 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–2,500 ] Prototype delay ................................................................................................................................. [–48,940 ] 

137 0605144A NEXT GENERATION LOAD DEVICE—MEDIUM ............................................................................................. 36,970 –11,411 25,559 

Unjustified cost growth .................................................................................................................... [–11,411 ] 

139 0605148A TACTICAL INTEL TARGETING ACCESS NODE (TITAN) EMD ......................................................................... 132,136 132,136 140 0605203A ARMY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION ................................................................................... 81,657 81,657 141 0605205A SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (SUAV) (6.5) .................................................................................... 31,284 31,284 142 0605206A CI AND HUMINT EQUIPMENT PROGRAM-ARMY (CIHEP-A) ......................................................................... 2,170 2,170 143 0605216A JOINT TARGETING INTEGRATED COMMAND AND COORDINATION SUITE (JTIC2S) ...................................... 9,290 9,290 

144 0605224A MULTI-DOMAIN INTELLIGENCE ................................................................................................................... 41,003 41,003 146 0605231A PRECISION STRIKE MISSILE (PRSM) .......................................................................................................... 272,786 272,786 147 0605232A HYPERSONICS EMD .................................................................................................................................... 900,920 900,920 148 0605233A ACCESSIONS INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT (AIE) ...................................................................................... 27,361 27,361 149 0605235A STRATEGIC MID-RANGE CAPABILITY .......................................................................................................... 348,855 348,855 150 0605236A INTEGRATED TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS ................................................................................................ 22,901 22,901 151 0605450A JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MISSILE (JAGM) ..................................................................................................... 3,014 3,014 152 0605457A ARMY INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE (AIAMD) .......................................................................... 284,095 –10,900 273,195 

Capabilty development excess growth ............................................................................................. [–10,900 ] 

153 0605531A COUNTER—SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS SYS DEV & DEMONSTRATION ................................. 36,016 36,016 

154 0605625A MANNED GROUND VEHICLE ....................................................................................................................... 996,653 –120,900 875,753 

OMFV slow expenditure ..................................................................................................................... [–120,900 ] 

155 0605766A NATIONAL CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION (MIP) ............................................................................................. 15,129 15,129 156 0605812A JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE (JLTV) ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT PH ............ 27,243 –1,100 26,143 

Slow expenditure ............................................................................................................................... [–1,100 ] 

157 0605830A AVIATION GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................................................................. 1,167 1,167 158 0303032A TROJAN—RH12 .......................................................................................................................................... 3,879 3,879 159 0304270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................................................... 137,186 137,186 

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION ................................................................... 5,639,364 –154,361 5,485,003 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

160 0604256A THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................... 38,492 38,492 

161 0604258A TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................................. 11,873 15,400 27,273 

Program increase .............................................................................................................................. [5,000 ] 

U.S. Replacement for Foreign Engines for Aerial Targets ............................................................... [10,400 ]

162 0604759A MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT ........................................................................................................................... 76,167 76,167 163 0605103A RAND ARROYO CENTER ............................................................................................................................. 37,078 37,078 164 0605301A ARMY KWAJALEIN ATOLL ............................................................................................................................ 314,872 314,872 165 0605326A CONCEPTS EXPERIMENTATION PROGRAM .................................................................................................. 95,551 95,551 167 0605601A ARMY TEST RANGES AND FACILITIES ........................................................................................................ 439,118 439,118 168 0605602A ARMY TECHNICAL TEST INSTRUMENTATION AND TARGETS ....................................................................... 42,220 30,000 72,220 

Rapid Assurance Modernization Program ........................................................................................ [30,000 ] 

169 0605604A SURVIVABILITY/LETHALITY ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................... 37,518 37,518 170 0605606A AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION .......................................................................................................................... 2,718 2,718 172 0605706A MATERIEL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................... 26,902 26,902 173 0605709A EXPLOITATION OF FOREIGN ITEMS ............................................................................................................. 7,805 7,805 174 0605712A SUPPORT OF OPERATIONAL TESTING ......................................................................................................... 75,133 75,133 175 0605716A ARMY EVALUATION CENTER ....................................................................................................................... 71,118 71,118 176 0605718A ARMY MODELING & SIM X-CMD COLLABORATION & INTEG ...................................................................... 11,204 11,204 177 0605801A PROGRAMWIDE ACTIVITIES ......................................................................................................................... 93,895 93,895 178 0605803A TECHNICAL INFORMATION ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................ 31,327 4,900 36,227 

Modeling & Simulation—Infrastructure ........................................................................................... [4,900 ] 

179 0605805A MUNITIONS STANDARDIZATION, EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY .................................................................. 50,409 50,409 180 0605857A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY MGMT SUPPORT ........................................................................ 1,629 1,629 181 0605898A ARMY DIRECT REPORT HEADQUARTERS—R&D - MHA ............................................................................. 55,843 55,843 182 0606002A RONALD REAGAN BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TEST SITE ....................................................................... 91,340 4,000 95,340 

Mission Control Center Modernization .............................................................................................. [4,000 ] 


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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 54,300 1,678,885 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

187 0603778A MLRS PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ................................................................................................ 14,465 14,465 

188 0605024A ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ....................................................................................................... 7,472 7,472 189 0607131A WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS ............................................................ 8,425 8,425 190 0607136A BLACKHAWK PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ..................................................................................... 1,507 1,507 191 0607137A CHINOOK PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM .......................................................................................... 9,265 15,000 24,265 

714C Engine Enhancement .............................................................................................................. [15,000 ] 

192 0607139A IMPROVED TURBINE ENGINE PROGRAM .................................................................................................... 201,247 –10,185 191,062 

Excessive Growth—Government Planning ....................................................................................... [–1,721 ] 

Slow expenditure rate ....................................................................................................................... [–8,464 ] 

193 0607142A AVIATION ROCKET SYSTEM PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ............................................... 3,014 3,014 

194 0607143A UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM UNIVERSAL PRODUCTS ............................................................................ 25,393 25,393 195 0607145A APACHE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................ 10,547 25,000 35,547 

Apache modernization ...................................................................................................................... [25,000 ] 

196 0607148A AN/TPQ–53 COUNTERFIRE TARGET ACQUISITION RADAR SYSTEM ............................................................ 54,167 54,167 197 0607150A INTEL CYBER DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................................................................... 4,345 4,345 198 0607312A ARMY OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................... 19,000 19,000 199 0607313A ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................................................... 6,389 6,389 200 0607315A ENDURING TURBINE ENGINES AND POWER SYSTEMS ............................................................................... 2,411 2,411 201 0607665A FAMILY OF BIOMETRICS ............................................................................................................................. 797 797 202 0607865A PATRIOT PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT ............................................................................................................. 177,197 177,197 203 0203728A JOINT AUTOMATED DEEP OPERATION COORDINATION SYSTEM (JADOCS) ................................................. 42,177 42,177 204 0203735A COMBAT VEHICLE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS ........................................................................................... 146,635 3,300 149,935 

Abrams Modernization Program ....................................................................................................... [15,000 ] Slow expenditure—Stryker Combat Vehicle Improvement Program ................................................ [–11,700 ] 

205 0203743A 155MM SELF-PROPELLED HOWITZER IMPROVEMENTS .............................................................................. 122,902 –12,100 110,802 

Excess growth—ERCA range prototype build .................................................................................. [–5,900 ] Slow expenditure—Extended Range Cannon Artillery ..................................................................... [–6,200 ] 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

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 10,000 85,317 

Additive manufacturing expansion ................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

228A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................................................................................. 8,786 8,786 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................ 1,105,748 31,015 1,136,763 

SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS 

228 0608041A DEFENSIVE CYBER—SOFTWARE PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT .................................................................... 83,570 83,570 

SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS ................................................. 83,570 83,570 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, ARMY ............................................. 15,775,381 74,541 15,849,922 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY BASIC RESEARCH 

001 0601103N UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES .......................................................................................................... 96,355 5,000 101,355 


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Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) ..................................................... [5,000 ] 

002 0601153N DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES ................................................................................................................. 540,908 3,000 543,908 

Hypersonic research initiatives ........................................................................................................ [3,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ................................................................................................................ 637,263 8,000 645,263 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

003 0602114N POWER PROJECTION APPLIED RESEARCH .................................................................................................. 23,982 23,982 

004 0602123N FORCE PROTECTION APPLIED RESEARCH .................................................................................................. 142,148 2,500 144,648 

Cavitation erosion research .............................................................................................................. [2,500 ] 

005 0602131M MARINE CORPS LANDING FORCE TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................ 59,208 7,500 66,708 

Next Generation Lithium Ion Batteries ............................................................................................. [5,000 ] Unmanned logistics solutions .......................................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

006 0602235N COMMON PICTURE APPLIED RESEARCH .................................................................................................... 52,090 52,090 007 0602236N WARFIGHTER SUSTAINMENT APPLIED RESEARCH ...................................................................................... 74,722 74,722 008 0602271N ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................................................... 92,473 92,473 009 0602435N OCEAN WARFIGHTING ENVIRONMENT APPLIED RESEARCH ........................................................................ 80,806 10,000 90,806 

Continous distributed sensing systems ........................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

010 0602651M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................................................... 7,419 7,419 011 0602747N UNDERSEA WARFARE APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................................................................ 61,503 7,500 69,003 

Academic Partnerships for Submarine & Undersea Vehicle Research & Manufacturing ............... [5,000 ] 

Undersea Sensing and Communications ......................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

012 0602750N FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................................................... 182,662 2,500 185,162 

Long endurance mobile autonomous passive acoustic sensing research ...................................... [2,500 ] 

013 0602782N MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE APPLIED RESEARCH ....................................................................... 30,435 30,435 014 0602792N INNOVATIVE NAVAL PROTOTYPES (INP) APPLIED RESEARCH ..................................................................... 133,828 133,828 015 0602861N SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT—ONR FIELD ACITIVITIES ...................................................... 85,063 –5,000 80,063 

Early to need .................................................................................................................................... [–5,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH ............................................................................................................ 1,026,339 25,000 1,051,339 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

016 0603123N FORCE PROTECTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .......................................................................................... 29,512 29,512 

017 0603271N ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................... 8,418 8,418 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

018 0603273N SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR NUCLEAR RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS ................................................................. 112,329 112,329 019 0603640M USMC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION (ATD) .......................................................................... 308,217 12,500 320,717 

Early to need .................................................................................................................................... [–5,000 ] Hybrid electrical VTOL UAS development ......................................................................................... [2,500 ] Long Range Maneuvering Projectile ................................................................................................. [15,000 ] 

020 0603651M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................... 15,556 15,556 021 0603673N FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ................................................... 264,700 2,500 267,200 

Automated acoustic signal classifier ............................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

022 0603680N MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ................................................................................................ 61,843 61,843 023 0603729N WARFIGHTER PROTECTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................ 5,100 5,100 024 0603758N NAVY WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS ...................................................................... 75,898 75,898 025 0603782N MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ............................................................... 2,048 2,048 026 0603801N INNOVATIVE NAVAL PROTOTYPES (INP) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .................................... 132,931 10,000 142,931 

HEL weapon System ......................................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................ 1,016,552 25,000 1,041,552 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 

027 0603128N UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM ...................................................................................................................... 108,225 108,225 

028 0603178N LARGE UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES (LUSV) ........................................................................................ 117,400 117,400 029 0603207N AIR/OCEAN TACTICAL APPLICATIONS ......................................................................................................... 40,653 5,000 45,653 

Autonomous surface and underwater dual-modality vehicles ......................................................... [5,000 ] 

030 0603216N AVIATION SURVIVABILITY ............................................................................................................................ 20,874 20,874 031 0603239N NAVAL CONSTRUCTION FORCES ................................................................................................................. 7,821 7,821 032 0603254N ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................... 17,090 17,090 033 0603261N TACTICAL AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE .................................................................................................... 3,721 3,721 034 0603382N ADVANCED COMBAT SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................ 6,216 10,000 16,216 

Tier 2.5 LO Inspection Technology ................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 


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035 0603502N SURFACE AND SHALLOW WATER MINE COUNTERMEASURES .................................................................... 34,690 34,690 036 0603506N SURFACE SHIP TORPEDO DEFENSE ........................................................................................................... 730 730 037 0603512N CARRIER SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................ 6,095 6,095 038 0603525N PILOT FISH ................................................................................................................................................. 916,208 916,208 039 0603527N RETRACT LARCH ........................................................................................................................................ 7,545 7,545 040 0603536N RETRACT JUNIPER ...................................................................................................................................... 271,109 271,109 041 0603542N RADIOLOGICAL CONTROL ........................................................................................................................... 811 811 042 0603553N SURFACE ASW ............................................................................................................................................ 1,189 1,189 043 0603561N ADVANCED SUBMARINE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................... 88,415 88,415 044 0603562N SUBMARINE TACTICAL WARFARE SYSTEMS ............................................................................................... 15,119 15,119 045 0603563N SHIP CONCEPT ADVANCED DESIGN ........................................................................................................... 89,939 5,000 94,939 

Support for Additive Manufacturing ................................................................................................. [5,000 ] 

046 0603564N SHIP PRELIMINARY DESIGN & FEASIBILITY STUDIES ................................................................................. 121,402 5,000 126,402 

Ship Concept Advanced Design ....................................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

047 0603570N ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS ..................................................................................................... 319,656 319,656 048 0603573N ADVANCED SURFACE MACHINERY SYSTEMS ............................................................................................. 133,911 5,000 138,911 

Support Shipboard Distribution of High-Power Energy .................................................................... [5,000 ]

049 0603576N CHALK EAGLE ............................................................................................................................................. 116,078 116,078 050 0603581N LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS) ................................................................................................................... 32,615 32,615 051 0603582N COMBAT SYSTEM INTEGRATION ................................................................................................................. 18,610 18,610 052 0603595N OHIO REPLACEMENT .................................................................................................................................. 257,076 10,000 267,076 

Rapid composites ............................................................................................................................. [10,000 ] 

053 0603596N LCS MISSION MODULES ............................................................................................................................. 31,464 –15,000 16,464 

Insufficient justification ................................................................................................................... [–15,000 ] 

054 0603597N AUTOMATED TEST AND RE-TEST (ATRT) .................................................................................................... 10,809 10,809 055 0603599N FRIGATE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................................. 112,972 112,972 056 0603609N CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS ........................................................................................................................ 9,030 9,030 057 0603635M MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORT SYSTEM ............................................................................... 128,782 –17,800 110,982 

Slow expenditure ............................................................................................................................... [–17,800 ] 

058 0603654N JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................. 44,766 44,766 059 0603713N OCEAN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................. 10,751 10,751 060 0603721N ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ................................................................................................................... 24,457 24,457 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

061 0603724N NAVY ENERGY PROGRAM ........................................................................................................................... 72,214 5,000 77,214 

Marine Energy Systems for Sensors and Microgrids ....................................................................... [5,000 ]

062 0603725N FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT .......................................................................................................................... 10,149 10,149 063 0603734N CHALK CORAL ............................................................................................................................................ 687,841 –165,000 522,841 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–165,000 ] 

064 0603739N NAVY LOGISTIC PRODUCTIVITY .................................................................................................................. 4,712 –2,000 2,712 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–2,000 ] 

065 0603746N RETRACT MAPLE ........................................................................................................................................ 420,455 420,455 066 0603748N LINK PLUMERIA .......................................................................................................................................... 2,100,474 –1,100,300 1,000,174 

Project 2937: Unjustified requirements ........................................................................................... [–1,100,300 ] 

067 0603751N RETRACT ELM ............................................................................................................................................ 88,036 88,036 068 0603764M LINK EVERGREEN ....................................................................................................................................... 547,005 547,005 069 0603790N NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................................... 6,265 6,265 070 0603795N LAND ATTACK TECHNOLOGY ....................................................................................................................... 1,624 2,500 4,124 

Hypervelocity Projectile—Seeker Integration .................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

071 0603851M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS TESTING ...................................................................................................... 31,058 31,058 072 0603860N JOINT PRECISION APPROACH AND LANDING SYSTEMS—DEM/VAL ........................................................... 22,590 22,590 073 0603925N DIRECTED ENERGY AND ELECTRIC WEAPON SYSTEMS ............................................................................. 52,129 52,129 074 0604014N F/A –18 INFRARED SEARCH AND TRACK (IRST) ........................................................................................ 32,127 32,127 075 0604027N DIGITAL WARFARE OFFICE .......................................................................................................................... 181,001 181,001 076 0604028N SMALL AND MEDIUM UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLES ........................................................................... 110,506 –5,000 105,506 

Late execution—MEDUSA ................................................................................................................. [–5,000 ] 

077 0604029N UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLE CORE TECHNOLOGIES ............................................................................ 71,156 71,156 078 0604030N RAPID PROTOTYPING, EXPERIMENTATION AND DEMONSTRATION. ............................................................. 214,100 214,100 079 0604031N LARGE UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLES .................................................................................................. 6,900 6,900 080 0604112N GERALD R. FORD CLASS NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER (CVN 78—80) ................................................... 118,182 118,182 082 0604127N SURFACE MINE COUNTERMEASURES ......................................................................................................... 16,127 16,127 


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083 0604272N TACTICAL AIR DIRECTIONAL INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES (TADIRCM) .................................................. 34,684 34,684 084 0604289M NEXT GENERATION LOGISTICS ................................................................................................................... 5,991 5,991 085 0604292N FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT (MARITIME STRIKE) .............................................................................................. 2,100 2,100 086 0604320M RAPID TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITY PROTOTYPE ........................................................................................... 131,763 131,763 087 0604454N LX (R) ......................................................................................................................................................... 21,319 21,319 088 0604536N ADVANCED UNDERSEA PROTOTYPING ........................................................................................................ 104,328 104,328 089 0604636N COUNTER UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (C-UAS) ................................................................................. 11,567 11,567 090 0604659N PRECISION STRIKE WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ........................................................................... 5,976 190,000 195,976 

SLCM-N ............................................................................................................................................. [190,000 ] 

091 0604707N SPACE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE (SEW) ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING SUPPORT ................................ 9,993 9,993 092 0604786N OFFENSIVE ANTI-SURFACE WARFARE WEAPON DEVELOPMENT ................................................................. 237,655 237,655 093 0605512N MEDIUM UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES (MUSVS)) ................................................................................. 85,800 85,800 094 0605513N UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLE ENABLING CAPABILITIES .......................................................................... 176,261 176,261 095 0605514M GROUND BASED ANTI-SHIP MISSILE .......................................................................................................... 36,383 36,383 096 0605516M LONG RANGE FIRES ................................................................................................................................... 36,763 36,763 097 0605518N CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE (CPS) ..................................................................................................... 901,064 20,000 921,064 

Mach-TB ............................................................................................................................................ [20,000 ] 

098 0303354N ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT—MIP ......................................................................................................... 10,167 10,167 099 0304240M ADVANCED TACTICAL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM ............................................................................... 539 8,900 9,439 

KAMAN KARGO .................................................................................................................................. [8,900 ] 

100 0304270N ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT—MIP ............................................................................................ 1,250 1,250 

100A 99999999 FLEXIBLE TRANSITION PATHWAY ................................................................................................................ 10,000 10,000 

Pilot program .................................................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES ............................................... 9,734,483 –1,028,700 8,705,783 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 

101 0603208N TRAINING SYSTEM AIRCRAFT ..................................................................................................................... 44,120 44,120 

102 0604038N MARITIME TARGETING CELL ....................................................................................................................... 30,922 30,922 103 0604212M OTHER HELO DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................................................................... 101,209 101,209 104 0604212N OTHER HELO DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................................................................... 2,604 2,604 105 0604214M AV–8B AIRCRAFT—ENG DEV ..................................................................................................................... 8,263 8,263 106 0604215N STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................................................... 4,039 4,039 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

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 49,300 449,219 

Navy UPL—E–2D Theater Combat ID and HECTR .......................................................................... [49,300 ] 

112 0604245M H–1 UPGRADES .......................................................................................................................................... 29,766 29,766 

113 0604261N ACOUSTIC SEARCH SENSORS .................................................................................................................... 51,531 51,531 114 0604262N V–22A ........................................................................................................................................................ 137,597 137,597 115 0604264N AIR CREW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................................... 42,155 42,155 116 0604269N EA–18 ........................................................................................................................................................ 172,507 172,507 117 0604270N ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................................................... 171,384 171,384 118 0604273M EXECUTIVE HELO DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................... 35,376 35,376 119 0604274N NEXT GENERATION JAMMER (NGJ) ............................................................................................................. 40,477 40,477 120 0604280N JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM—NAVY (JTRS-NAVY) ............................................................................... 451,397 15,000 466,397 

Navy Multiband Terminal ................................................................................................................. [5,000 ] Satellite Terminal (transportable) Non-Geostationary ...................................................................... [10,000 ] 

121 0604282N NEXT GENERATION JAMMER (NGJ) INCREMENT II ..................................................................................... 250,577 –50,932 199,645 

Next Generation Jammer—Low Band .............................................................................................. [–50,932 ] 

122 0604307N SURFACE COMBATANT COMBAT SYSTEM ENGINEERING ............................................................................ 453,311 453,311 124 0604329N SMALL DIAMETER BOMB (SDB) ................................................................................................................. 52,211 52,211 125 0604366N STANDARD MISSILE IMPROVEMENTS ......................................................................................................... 418,187 75,000 493,187 

Program increase .............................................................................................................................. [75,000 ] 

126 0604373N AIRBORNE MCM ......................................................................................................................................... 11,368 11,368 127 0604378N NAVAL INTEGRATED FIRE CONTROL—COUNTER AIR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING .......................................... 66,445 2,500 68,945 

Stratospheric Balloon Research ....................................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

129 0604501N ADVANCED ABOVE WATER SENSORS ......................................................................................................... 115,396 115,396 


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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 7,000 241,356 

Precision Manuevering Unit .............................................................................................................. [7,000 ] 

137 0604562N SUBMARINE TACTICAL WARFARE SYSTEM ................................................................................................. 71,516 71,516 138 0604567N SHIP CONTRACT DESIGN/ LIVE FIRE T&E .................................................................................................. 22,462 22,462 139 0604574N NAVY TACTICAL COMPUTER RESOURCES .................................................................................................. 4,279 4,279 140 0604601N MINE DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................................................. 104,731 –5,000 99,731 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–5,000 ] 

141 0604610N LIGHTWEIGHT TORPEDO DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................................................... 229,668 229,668 142 0604654N JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................. 9,064 9,064 143 0604657M USMC GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORTING ARMS SYSTEMS—ENG DEV ......................................................... 62,329 62,329 144 0604703N PERSONNEL, TRAINING, SIMULATION, AND HUMAN FACTORS ................................................................... 9,319 9,319 145 0604727N JOINT STANDOFF WEAPON SYSTEMS .......................................................................................................... 1,964 1,964 146 0604755N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (DETECT & CONTROL) .............................................................................................. 158,426 158,426 147 0604756N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (ENGAGE: HARD KILL) ............................................................................................... 47,492 5,000 52,492 

Ship Self Defense (Soft Kill) ............................................................................................................ [5,000 ] 

148 0604757N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (ENGAGE: SOFT KILL/EW) .......................................................................................... 125,206 125,206 149 0604761N INTELLIGENCE ENGINEERING ..................................................................................................................... 19,969 19,969 150 0604771N MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................................ 6,061 6,061 151 0604777N NAVIGATION/ID SYSTEM ............................................................................................................................. 45,262 45,262 154 0604850N SSN(X) ........................................................................................................................................................ 361,582 361,582 155 0605013M INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................. 22,663 22,663 156 0605013N INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................. 282,138 282,138 157 0605024N ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ....................................................................................................... 8,340 8,340 158 0605180N TACAMO MODERNIZATION .......................................................................................................................... 213,743 213,743 159 0605212M CH–53K RDTE ............................................................................................................................................ 222,288 222,288 160 0605215N MISSION PLANNING .................................................................................................................................... 86,448 86,448 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

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 ................................... 103,236 103,236169 0605813M JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE (JLTV) SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION ............................... 2,609 2,609 170 0204202N DDG–1000 .................................................................................................................................................. 231,778 231,778 171 0301377N COUNTERING ADVANCED CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS (CACW) .................................................................... 17,531 17,531 172 0304785N ISR & INFO OPERATIONS ........................................................................................................................... 174,271 174,271 173 0306250M CYBER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................... 2,068 2,068 

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION ................................................................... 6,962,234 97,868 7,060,102 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

174 0604256N THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................... 22,918 22,918 

175 0604258N TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................................. 18,623 18,623 176 0604759N MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT ........................................................................................................................... 74,221 74,221 177 0605152N STUDIES AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT—NAVY ................................................................................................ 3,229 3,229 178 0605154N CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ................................................................................................................. 45,672 45,672 180 0605804N TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICES ......................................................................................................... 1,000 1,000 181 0605853N MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL & INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ........................................................................... 124,328 7,500 131,828 

Program increase .............................................................................................................................. [7,500 ] 

182 0605856N STRATEGIC TECHNICAL SUPPORT .............................................................................................................. 4,053 4,053 183 0605863N RDT&E SHIP AND AIRCRAFT SUPPORT ...................................................................................................... 203,447 203,447 184 0605864N TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT .............................................................................................................. 481,975 481,975 


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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 7,500 1,171,113 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

196 0604840M F–35 C2D2 ................................................................................................................................................. 544,625 –37,500 507,125 

TR–3/B4 Unplanned cost growth ..................................................................................................... [–37,500 ] 

197 0604840N F–35 C2D2 ................................................................................................................................................. 543,834 –37,500 506,334 

TR–3/B4 Unplanned cost growth ..................................................................................................... [–37,500 ] 

198 0605520M MARINE CORPS AIR DEFENSE WEAPONS SYSTEMS ................................................................................... 99,860 –10,500 89,360 

Slow expenditure ............................................................................................................................... [–10,500 ] 

199 0607658N COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT CAPABILITY (CEC) ........................................................................................ 153,440 153,440 200 0101221N STRATEGIC SUB & WEAPONS SYSTEM SUPPORT ....................................................................................... 321,648 321,648 201 0101224N SSBN SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ................................................................................................. 62,694 62,694 202 0101226N SUBMARINE ACOUSTIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................................... 92,869 92,869 203 0101402N NAVY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS ......................................................................................................... 51,919 20,400 72,319 

Navy UPL—VIOLET - Navy Strategic Communications .................................................................... [20,400 ] 

204 0204136N F/A–18 SQUADRONS .................................................................................................................................. 333,783 333,783 

205 0204228N SURFACE SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................... 8,619 8,619 206 0204229N TOMAHAWK AND TOMAHAWK MISSION PLANNING CENTER (TMPC) ........................................................... 122,834 122,834 207 0204311N INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM ........................................................................................................ 76,279 76,279 208 0204313N SHIP-TOWED ARRAY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS .......................................................................................... 1,103 1,103 209 0204413N AMPHIBIOUS TACTICAL SUPPORT UNITS (DISPLACEMENT CRAFT) ............................................................ 1,991 1,991 210 0204460M GROUND/AIR TASK ORIENTED RADAR (G/ATOR) ........................................................................................ 92,674 –15,100 77,574 

Slow expenditure ............................................................................................................................... [–15,100 ] 

211 0204571N CONSOLIDATED TRAINING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................. 115,894 115,894 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

212 0204575N ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) READINESS SUPPORT .................................................................................. 61,677 61,677 213 0205601N ANTI-RADIATION MISSILE IMPROVEMENT ................................................................................................... 59,555 59,555 214 0205620N SURFACE ASW COMBAT SYSTEM INTEGRATION ......................................................................................... 29,973 29,973 215 0205632N MK–48 ADCAP ............................................................................................................................................ 213,165 213,165 216 0205633N AVIATION IMPROVEMENTS .......................................................................................................................... 143,277 143,277 217 0205675N OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS ................................................................................................ 152,546 152,546 218 0206313M MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ............................................................................................ 192,625 –8,900 183,725 

Marine Electromagnetic Warfare Ground Family of Systems ........................................................... [–7,200 ] Tactical Communication Modernization ........................................................................................... [–1,700 ] 

219 0206335M COMMON AVIATION COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (CAC2S) .............................................................. 12,565 12,565 220 0206623M MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORTING ARMS SYSTEMS ............................................................. 83,900 83,900 221 0206624M MARINE CORPS COMBAT SERVICES SUPPORT .......................................................................................... 27,794 27,794 222 0206625M USMC INTELLIGENCE/ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS (MIP) .................................................................. 47,762 47,762 223 0206629M AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT VEHICLE ................................................................................................................. 373 373 224 0207161N TACTICAL AIM MISSILES ............................................................................................................................. 36,439 36,439 225 0207163N ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM) .................................................................... 29,198 29,198 226 0208043N PLANNING AND DECISION AID SYSTEM (PDAS) ......................................................................................... 3,565 3,565 230 0303138N AFLOAT NETWORKS .................................................................................................................................... 49,995 49,995 231 0303140N INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ........................................................................................... 33,390 33,390 232 0305192N MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM (MIP) ACTIVITIES ............................................................................... 7,304 7,304 233 0305204N TACTICAL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES ................................................................................................... 11,235 11,235 234 0305205N UAS INTEGRATION AND INTEROPERABILITY ............................................................................................... 16,409 16,409 235 0305208M DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS ............................................................................... 51,192 –7,200 43,992 

Distributed Common Ground System Marine Corps (DCGS-MC) ..................................................... [–7,200 ] 

236 0305220N MQ–4C TRITON .......................................................................................................................................... 12,094 12,094 

237 0305231N MQ–8 UAV .................................................................................................................................................. 29,700 29,700 238 0305232M RQ–11 UAV ................................................................................................................................................ 2,107 2,107 


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239 0305234N SMALL (LEVEL 0) TACTICAL UAS (STUASL0) .............................................................................................. 2,999 2,999 240 0305241N MULTI-INTELLIGENCE SENSOR DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................... 49,460 49,460 241 0305242M UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS (UAS) PAYLOADS (MIP) .............................................................................. 13,005 13,005 242 0305251N CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS FORCES AND FORCE SUPPORT ...................................................................... 2,000 2,000 243 0305421N RQ–4 MODERNIZATION .............................................................................................................................. 300,378 300,378 244 0307577N INTELLIGENCE MISSION DATA (IMD) .......................................................................................................... 788 788 245 0308601N MODELING AND SIMULATION SUPPORT ...................................................................................................... 10,994 10,994 246 0702207N DEPOT MAINTENANCE (NON-IF) ................................................................................................................. 23,248 23,248 247 0708730N MARITIME TECHNOLOGY (MARITECH) ........................................................................................................ 3,284 3,284 

251A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................................................................................. 2,021,376 40,000 2,061,376 

INDOPACOM UPL ............................................................................................................................... [40,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................ 6,359,438 –56,300 6,303,138 

SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS 

249 0608013N RISK MANAGEMENT INFORMATION—SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM ............................................................ 11,748 11,748 

250 0608231N MARITIME TACTICAL COMMAND AND CONTROL (MTC2)—SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM ........................... 10,555 10,555 

SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS ................................................. 22,303 22,303 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, NAVY .............................................. 26,922,225 –921,632 26,000,593 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE BASIC RESEARCH 

001 0601102F DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES ................................................................................................................. 401,486 401,486 

002 0601103F UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES .......................................................................................................... 182,372 2,000 184,372 

UARC Advanced Research on Strategic Deterrence—TriPolar Game Theory .................................. [2,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ................................................................................................................ 583,858 2,000 585,858 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

003 0602020F FUTURE AF CAPABILITIES APPLIED RESEARCH .......................................................................................... 90,713 90,713 

004 0602022F UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTER (UARC)—TACTICAL AUTONOMY .......................................... 8,018 8,018 005 0602102F MATERIALS ................................................................................................................................................. 142,325 5,000 147,325 

High energy synchrotron x-ray research ........................................................................................... [2,500 ] 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Materials development for high mach capabilities ......................................................................... [2,500 ] 

006 0602201F AEROSPACE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES ........................................................................................................ 161,268 2,500 163,768 

Aerospace engineering systems security integration ....................................................................... [2,500 ] 

007 0602202F HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS APPLIED RESEARCH ............................................................................................ 146,921 –2,500 144,421 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–2,500 ] 

008 0602203F AEROSPACE PROPULSION .......................................................................................................................... 184,867 5,000 189,867 

High mach turbine engine ............................................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

009 0602204F AEROSPACE SENSORS ................................................................................................................................ 216,269 216,269 011 0602298F SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT—MAJOR HEADQUARTERS ACTIVITIES ................................... 10,303 10,303 012 0602602F CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS ........................................................................................................................ 160,599 160,599 013 0602605F DIRECTED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY .............................................................................................................. 129,961 129,961 014 0602788F DOMINANT INFORMATION SCIENCES AND METHODS ................................................................................. 182,076 –3,509 178,567 

JADC2 Operational Testbed .............................................................................................................. [5,000 ] 

Secure Interference Avoiding Connectivity of Autonomous AI Machines ......................................... [3,000 ] Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [–11,509 ] 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH ............................................................................................................ 1,433,320 6,491 1,439,811 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

015 0603032F FUTURE AF INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY DEMOS ......................................................................................... 255,855 –25,000 230,855 

Rocket Cargo early to need .............................................................................................................. [–25,000 ] 

016 0603112F ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR WEAPON SYSTEMS ........................................................................................ 30,372 2,500 32,872 

Metals Affordability Initiative ........................................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

017 0603199F SUSTAINMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (S&T) ..................................................................................... 10,478 10,478 018 0603203F ADVANCED AEROSPACE SENSORS ............................................................................................................. 48,046 48,046 019 0603211F AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY DEV/DEMO ....................................................................................................... 51,896 6,000 57,896 

Hybrid Electric Propulsion ................................................................................................................ [6,000 ] 

020 0603216F AEROSPACE PROPULSION AND POWER TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................... 56,789 2,500 59,289 


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Additive manufacturing for energetics ............................................................................................ [2,500 ] 

021 0603270F ELECTRONIC COMBAT TECHNOLOGY .......................................................................................................... 32,510 32,510 022 0603273F SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR NUCLEAR RE-ENTRY SYSTEMS ................................................................. 70,321 70,321 023 0603444F MAUI SPACE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (MSSS) ........................................................................................... 2 2 024 0603456F HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ........................................................... 15,593 15,593 025 0603601F CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................................... 132,311 132,311 026 0603605F ADVANCED WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY .......................................................................................................... 102,997 –10,000 92,997 

Excessive cost growth ...................................................................................................................... [–10,000 ] 

027 0603680F MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ................................................................................................ 44,422 2,500 46,922 

High accuracy robotics ..................................................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

028 0603788F BATTLESPACE KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION ........................................................... 37,779 2,500 40,279 

Modeling and simulation conversion software ................................................................................ [2,500 ] 

029 0207412F CONTROL AND REPORTING CENTER (CRC) ................................................................................................ 2,005 2,005 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................ 891,376 –19,000 872,376 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 

030 0603036F MODULAR ADVANCED MISSILE ................................................................................................................... 105,238 –105,238 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–105,238 ] 

031 0603260F INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................. 6,237 6,237 032 0603742F COMBAT IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................................................... 21,298 21,298 033 0603790F NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ....................................................................................................... 2,208 2,208 034 0603851F INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE—DEM/VAL .................................................................................. 45,319 45,319 035 0604001F NC3 ADVANCED CONCEPTS ....................................................................................................................... 10,011 10,011 037 0604003F ADVANCED BATTLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ABMS) .................................................................................. 500,575 500,575 038 0604004F ADVANCED ENGINE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................ 595,352 595,352 039 0604005F NC3 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPING .................................................................................. 78,799 78,799 040 0604006F DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE TECH ARCHITECTURE ........................................................................................ 2,620 –2,620 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [–2,620 ] 

041 0604007F E–7 ............................................................................................................................................................ 681,039 37,200 718,239 

Rapid Prototyping ............................................................................................................................. [37,200 ] 

042 0604009F AFWERX PRIME .......................................................................................................................................... 83,336 5,000 88,336 

Agility Prime ..................................................................................................................................... [5,000 ] 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

043 0604015F LONG RANGE STRIKE—BOMBER ............................................................................................................... 2,984,143 2,984,143 044 0604025F RAPID DEFENSE EXPERIMENTATION RESERVE (RDER) .............................................................................. 154,300 154,300 045 0604032F DIRECTED ENERGY PROTOTYPING ............................................................................................................. 1,246 1,246 046 0604033F HYPERSONICS PROTOTYPING ..................................................................................................................... 150,340 –150,340 

Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) .............................................................................. [–150,340 ] 

047 0604183F HYPERSONICS PROTOTYPING—HYPERSONIC ATTACK CRUISE MISSILE (HACM) ....................................... 381,528 20,000 401,528 

HACM Production and Tooling Investment ....................................................................................... [20,000 ] 

048 0604201F PNT RESILIENCY, MODS, AND IMPROVEMENTS ......................................................................................... 18,041 18,041 049 0604257F ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND SENSORS ................................................................................................... 27,650 27,650 050 0604288F SURVIVABLE AIRBORNE OPERATIONS CENTER (SAOC) .............................................................................. 888,829 888,829 051 0604317F TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ............................................................................................................................ 26,638 26,638 052 0604327F HARD AND DEEPLY BURIED TARGET DEFEAT SYSTEM (HDBTDS) PROGRAM ............................................ 19,266 19,266 

053 0604414F CYBER RESILIENCY OF WEAPON SYSTEMS-ACS ........................................................................................ 37,121 37,121 054 0604534F ADAPTIVE ENGINE TRANSITION PROGRAM (AETP) ..................................................................................... 588,400 588,400 

Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction ..................................................................................... [588,400 ] 

055 0604668F JOINT TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (JTMS) ............................................................................ 37,026 37,026 056 0604776F DEPLOYMENT & DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE R&D ..................................................................................... 31,833 31,833 057 0604858F TECH TRANSITION PROGRAM ..................................................................................................................... 210,806 24,670 235,476 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [24,670 ] 

058 0604860F OPERATIONAL ENERGY AND INSTALLATION RESILIENCE ............................................................................ 46,305 46,305 059 0605164F AIR REFUELING CAPABILITY MODERNIZATION ........................................................................................... 19,400 19,400 061 0207110F NEXT GENERATION AIR DOMINANCE .......................................................................................................... 2,326,128 –550,600 1,775,528 

Project 646007: Program deferment ................................................................................................ [–550,600 ] 

062 0207179F AUTONOMOUS COLLABORATIVE PLATFORMS .............................................................................................. 118,826 57,187 176,013 

Project 647123: Air-Air Refueling TMRR .......................................................................................... [75,000 ] Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [–17,813 ] 

063 0207420F COMBAT IDENTIFICATION ........................................................................................................................... 1,902 1,902 


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064 0207455F THREE DIMENSIONAL LONG-RANGE RADAR (3DELRR) .............................................................................. 19,763 19,763 065 0207522F AIRBASE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS (ABADS) ................................................................................................ 78,867 78,867 066 0208030F WAR RESERVE MATERIEL—AMMUNITION .................................................................................................. 8,175 8,175 068 0305236F COMMON DATA LINK EXECUTIVE AGENT (CDL EA) .................................................................................... 25,157 25,157 069 0305601F MISSION PARTNER ENVIRONMENTS ........................................................................................................... 17,727 17,727 072 0708051F RAPID SUSTAINMENT MODERNIZATION (RSM) ........................................................................................... 43,431 43,431 073 0808737F INTEGRATED PRIMARY PREVENTION .......................................................................................................... 9,364 9,364 074 0901410F CONTRACTING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM ................................................................................. 28,294 28,294 075 1206415F U.S. SPACE COMMAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT ............................................................ 14,892 14,892 

075A 0605057F NEXT GENERATION AIR-REFUELING SYSTEM ............................................................................................. 7,928 7,928 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [7,928 ] 

075B 99999999 FLEXIBLE TRANSITION PATHWAY ................................................................................................................ 10,000 10,000 

Pilot program .................................................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES ............................................... 9,859,030 –58,413 9,800,617 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 

076 0604200F FUTURE ADVANCED WEAPON ANALYSIS & PROGRAMS ............................................................................. 9,757 25,000 34,757 

RAACM .............................................................................................................................................. [15,000 ] Stand-Off Attack Weapon Technology .............................................................................................. [10,000 ] 

077 0604201F PNT RESILIENCY, MODS, AND IMPROVEMENTS ......................................................................................... 163,156 163,156 078 0604222F NUCLEAR WEAPONS SUPPORT ................................................................................................................... 45,884 45,884 079 0604270F ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................................................... 13,804 13,804 080 0604281F TACTICAL DATA NETWORKS ENTERPRISE ................................................................................................... 74,023 5,000 79,023 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

081 0604287F PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................................... 10,605 10,605 082 0604602F ARMAMENT/ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................................................... 5,918 5,918 083 0604604F SUBMUNITIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 3,345 3,345 084 0604617F AGILE COMBAT SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................... 21,967 21,967 085 0604706F LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................................ 39,301 39,301 086 0604735F COMBAT TRAINING RANGES ....................................................................................................................... 152,569 152,569 087 0604932F LONG RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON .............................................................................................................. 911,406 –20,000 891,406 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [–20,000 ] 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

088 0604933F ICBM FUZE MODERNIZATION ..................................................................................................................... 71,732 71,732 089 0605030F JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK CENTER (JTNC) ................................................................................................ 2,256 2,256 090 0605031F JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK (JTN) ................................................................................................................ 452 452 091 0605056F OPEN ARCHITECTURE MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................................... 36,582 36,582 092 0605057F NEXT GENERATION AIR-REFUELING SYSTEM ............................................................................................. 7,928 –7,928 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [–7,928 ] 

093 0605223F ADVANCED PILOT TRAINING ....................................................................................................................... 77,252 –11,600 65,652 

Program delay ................................................................................................................................... [–11,600 ] 

094 0605229F HH–60W ..................................................................................................................................................... 48,268 48,268 095 0605238F GROUND BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT EMD .......................................................................................... 3,746,935 –7,650 3,739,285 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [–7,650 ] 

096 0207171F F–15 EPAWSS ............................................................................................................................................ 13,982 13,982 097 0207279F ISOLATED PERSONNEL SURVIVABILITY AND RECOVERY ............................................................................ 56,225 56,225 098 0207328F STAND IN ATTACK WEAPON ........................................................................................................................ 298,585 298,585 099 0207701F FULL COMBAT MISSION TRAINING ............................................................................................................. 7,597 10,000 17,597 

Airborne Augmented Reality for Pilot Training ................................................................................ [10,000 ] 

100 0208036F MEDICAL C-CBRNE PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................. 2,006 2,006 102 0305205F ENDURANCE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES .............................................................................................. 30,000 30,000 103 0401221F KC–46A TANKER SQUADRONS ................................................................................................................... 124,662 124,662 104 0401319F VC–25B ...................................................................................................................................................... 490,701 –57,000 433,701 

Excess to Need ................................................................................................................................. [–57,000 ] 

105 0701212F AUTOMATED TEST SYSTEMS ....................................................................................................................... 12,911 12,911 106 0804772F TRAINING DEVELOPMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 1,922 1,922 

106A 0102417F OVER-THE-HORIZON BACKSCATTER RADAR ............................................................................................... 428,754 428,754 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [428,754 ] 

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION ................................................................... 6,481,731 364,576 6,846,307 


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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 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [32,813 ] 

113 0605827F ACQ WORKFORCE- GLOBAL VIG & COMBAT SYS ....................................................................................... 317,901 317,901 114 0605828F ACQ WORKFORCE- GLOBAL REACH ........................................................................................................... 541,677 4,000 545,677 

Aircraft Cannon Digital Modeling ..................................................................................................... [4,000 ] 

115 0605829F ACQ WORKFORCE- CYBER, NETWORK, & BUS SYS ................................................................................... 551,213 –14,700 536,513 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [–14,700 ] 

117 0605831F ACQ WORKFORCE- CAPABILITY INTEGRATION ............................................................................................ 243,780 30,000 273,780 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [30,000 ] 

118 0605832F ACQ WORKFORCE- ADVANCED PRGM TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................. 109,030 –32,000 77,030 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [–32,000 ] 

119 0605833F ACQ WORKFORCE- NUCLEAR SYSTEMS ..................................................................................................... 336,788 336,788 120 0605898F MANAGEMENT HQ—R&D ........................................................................................................................... 5,005 1,700 6,705 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [1,700 ] 

121 0605976F FACILITIES RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION—TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT ............................... 87,889 87,889 122 0605978F FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT—TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT .................................................................. 35,065 35,065 123 0606017F REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND MATURATION ............................................................................................ 89,956 89,956 124 0606398F MANAGEMENT HQ—T&E ............................................................................................................................ 7,453 7,453 126 0303255F COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATION, AND COMPUTERS (C4)—STRATCOM ........................................ 20,871 10,000 30,871 

NC3 STRATCOM ................................................................................................................................. [10,000 ] 

127 0308602F ENTEPRISE INFORMATION SERVICES (EIS) ................................................................................................ 100,357 100,357 128 0702806F ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ............................................................................................... 20,478 20,478 129 0804731F GENERAL SKILL TRAINING .......................................................................................................................... 796 796 132 1001004F INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................................ 3,917 3,917 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ...................................................................................................... 3,486,758 31,813 3,518,571 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

134 0604233F SPECIALIZED UNDERGRADUATE FLIGHT TRAINING ..................................................................................... 41,464 41,464 

135 0604283F BATTLE MGMT COM & CTRL SENSOR DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................... 40,000 –35,000 5,000 

ARSR–4 Replacement Hawai’i Radar ............................................................................................... [–35,000 ] 

136 0604445F WIDE AREA SURVEILLANCE ........................................................................................................................ 8,018 8,018 137 0604617F AGILE COMBAT SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................... 5,645 5,645 139 0604840F F–35 C2D2 ................................................................................................................................................. 1,275,268 –90,000 1,185,268 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–10,000 ] 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [–5,000 ] 

TR–3/B4 Unplanned cost growth ..................................................................................................... [–75,000 ] 

140 0605018F AF INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM (AF-IPPS) ........................................................................ 40,203 40,203 141 0605024F ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE AGENCY ...................................................................................... 49,613 49,613 142 0605117F FOREIGN MATERIEL ACQUISITION AND EXPLOITATION ............................................................................... 93,881 93,881 143 0605278F HC/MC–130 RECAP RDT&E ....................................................................................................................... 36,536 –25,000 11,536 

Excess to need .................................................................................................................................. [–5,000 ] 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–20,000 ] 

144 0606018F NC3 INTEGRATION ...................................................................................................................................... 22,910 22,910 145 0101113F B–52 SQUADRONS ..................................................................................................................................... 950,815 –28,983 921,832 

Scheduling delays ............................................................................................................................. [–43,000 ] 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [14,017 ] 

146 0101122F AIR-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE (ALCM) ................................................................................................... 290 290 147 0101126F B–1B SQUADRONS ..................................................................................................................................... 12,619 12,619 148 0101127F B–2 SQUADRONS ....................................................................................................................................... 87,623 87,623 149 0101213F MINUTEMAN SQUADRONS ........................................................................................................................... 33,237 10,000 43,237 

Legacy Weapons Software Translation/Modernization ...................................................................... [5,000 ]

Multi-Domain Command and Control Tool ....................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

150 0101316F WORLDWIDE JOINT STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS .................................................................................... 24,653 24,653 


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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 –393,754 35,000 

NORTHCOM UPL—Over the Horizon Radar Acceleration ................................................................. [35,000 ] Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [–428,754 ] 

159 0202834F VEHICLES AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT—GENERAL ..................................................................................... 15,498 4,000 19,498 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [4,000 ] 

160 0205219F MQ–9 UAV .................................................................................................................................................. 81,123 81,123 161 0205671F JOINT COUNTER RCIED ELECTRONIC WARFARE ......................................................................................... 2,303 2,303 162 0207040F MULTI-PLATFORM ELECTRONIC WARFARE EQUIPMENT .............................................................................. 7,312 7,312 164 0207133F F–16 SQUADRONS ...................................................................................................................................... 98,633 40,600 139,233 

IVEWS restoration ............................................................................................................................. [40,600 ] 

165 0207134F F–15E SQUADRONS .................................................................................................................................... 50,965 50,965 166 0207136F MANNED DESTRUCTIVE SUPPRESSION ....................................................................................................... 16,543 16,543 167 0207138F F–22A SQUADRONS .................................................................................................................................... 725,889 15,000 740,889 

Cyber Resiliency ................................................................................................................................ [15,000 ] 

168 0207142F F–35 SQUADRONS ...................................................................................................................................... 97,231 10,000 107,231 

Operational Test Data Sharing ......................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

169 0207146F F–15EX ....................................................................................................................................................... 100,006 100,006 170 0207161F TACTICAL AIM MISSILES ............................................................................................................................. 41,958 41,958 171 0207163F ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM) .................................................................... 53,679 53,679 172 0207227F COMBAT RESCUE—PARARESCUE .............................................................................................................. 726 726 173 0207238F E–11A ........................................................................................................................................................ 64,888 64,888 174 0207247F AF TENCAP ................................................................................................................................................. 25,749 25,749 175 0207249F PRECISION ATTACK SYSTEMS PROCUREMENT ........................................................................................... 11,872 11,872 176 0207253F COMPASS CALL .......................................................................................................................................... 66,932 66,932 177 0207268F AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ....................................................................... 55,223 10,000 65,223 

Additive manufacturing expansion ................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

178 0207325F JOINT AIR-TO-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE (JASSM) ................................................................................ 132,937 132,937 


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Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

179 0207327F SMALL DIAMETER BOMB (SDB) ................................................................................................................. 37,518 12,000 49,518 

GLSDB Maritime Seeker .................................................................................................................... [12,000 ] 

180 0207410F AIR & SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER (AOC) ................................................................................................ 72,059 72,059 181 0207412F CONTROL AND REPORTING CENTER (CRC) ................................................................................................ 17,498 17,498 183 0207418F AFSPECWAR—TACP ................................................................................................................................... 2,106 2,106 185 0207431F COMBAT AIR INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM ACTIVITIES ....................................................................................... 72,010 72,010 186 0207438F THEATER BATTLE MANAGEMENT (TBM) C4I ............................................................................................... 6,467 6,467 187 0207439F ELECTRONIC WARFARE INTEGRATED REPROGRAMMING (EWIR) ................................................................ 10,388 10,388 188 0207444F TACTICAL AIR CONTROL PARTY-MOD ......................................................................................................... 10,060 10,060 189 0207452F DCAPES ...................................................................................................................................................... 8,233 8,233 190 0207521F AIR FORCE CALIBRATION PROGRAMS ........................................................................................................ 2,172 2,172 192 0207573F NATIONAL TECHNICAL NUCLEAR FORENSICS ............................................................................................. 2,049 2,049 193 0207590F SEEK EAGLE ............................................................................................................................................... 33,478 33,478 195 0207605F WARGAMING AND SIMULATION CENTERS ................................................................................................... 11,894 11,894 197 0207697F DISTRIBUTED TRAINING AND EXERCISES ................................................................................................... 3,811 3,811 198 0208006F MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS .................................................................................................................... 96,272 96,272 199 0208007F TACTICAL DECEPTION ................................................................................................................................. 26,533 26,533 201 0208087F DISTRIBUTED CYBER WARFARE OPERATIONS ............................................................................................ 50,122 50,122 202 0208088F AF DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS ................................................................................................ 113,064 113,064 208 0208288F INTEL DATA APPLICATIONS ......................................................................................................................... 967 967 209 0301025F GEOBASE .................................................................................................................................................... 1,514 1,514 211 0301113F CYBER SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT ............................................................................................... 8,476 8,476 218 0301401F AF MULTI-DOMAIN NON-TRADITIONAL ISR BATTLESPACE AWARENESS ..................................................... 2,890 2,890 219 0302015F E–4B NATIONAL AIRBORNE OPERATIONS CENTER (NAOC) ........................................................................ 39,868 39,868 220 0303004F EIT CONNECT ............................................................................................................................................. 32,900 32,900 221 0303089F CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................ 4,881 4,881 222 0303131F MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK (MEECN) .............................................. 33,567 33,567 


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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 –15,000 56,296 

Insufficient justification ................................................................................................................... [–15,000 ] 

227 0303260F JOINT MILITARY DECEPTION INITIATIVE ...................................................................................................... 4,682 4,682 228 0304100F STRATEGIC MISSION PLANNING & EXECUTION SYSTEM (SMPES) ............................................................. 64,944 64,944 230 0304260F AIRBORNE SIGINT ENTERPRISE .................................................................................................................. 108,947 108,947 231 0304310F COMMERCIAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS .......................................................................................................... 4,635 4,635 234 0305015F C2 AIR OPERATIONS SUITE—C2 INFO SERVICES ..................................................................................... 13,751 13,751 235 0305020F CCMD INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................... 1,660 1,660 236 0305022F ISR MODERNIZATION & AUTOMATION DVMT (IMAD) .................................................................................. 18,680 18,680 237 0305099F GLOBAL AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (GATM) ............................................................................................. 5,031 5,031 238 0305103F CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE ...................................................................................................................... 301 301 239 0305111F WEATHER SERVICE ..................................................................................................................................... 26,329 26,329 240 0305114F AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, APPROACH, AND LANDING SYSTEM (ATCALS) ..................................................... 8,751 8,751 241 0305116F AERIAL TARGETS ........................................................................................................................................ 6,915 6,915 244 0305128F SECURITY AND INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................ 352 352 245 0305146F DEFENSE JOINT COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................. 6,930 6,930 246 0305179F INTEGRATED BROADCAST SERVICE (IBS) .................................................................................................. 21,588 21,588 247 0305202F DRAGON U–2 ............................................................................................................................................. 16,842 16,842 248 0305206F AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS .................................................................................................... 43,158 43,158 249 0305207F MANNED RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS ....................................................................................................... 14,330 14,330 250 0305208F DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS ............................................................................... 88,854 88,854 251 0305220F RQ–4 UAV .................................................................................................................................................. 1,242 1,242 252 0305221F NETWORK-CENTRIC COLLABORATIVE TARGETING ...................................................................................... 12,496 12,496 253 0305238F NATO AGS ................................................................................................................................................... 2 2 254 0305240F SUPPORT TO DCGS ENTERPRISE ............................................................................................................... 31,589 31,589 255 0305600F INTERNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURES ........................................................ 15,322 15,322 256 0305881F RAPID CYBER ACQUISITION ....................................................................................................................... 8,830 8,830 257 0305984F PERSONNEL RECOVERY COMMAND & CTRL (PRC2) ................................................................................. 2,764 2,764 258 0307577F INTELLIGENCE MISSION DATA (IMD) .......................................................................................................... 7,090 7,090 259 0401115F C–130 AIRLIFT SQUADRON ........................................................................................................................ 5,427 18,000 23,427 


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C–130H Link–16 MIDS-JTR Terminal ............................................................................................... [18,000 ] 

260 0401119F C–5 AIRLIFT SQUADRONS (IF) ................................................................................................................... 29,502 29,502 261 0401130F C–17 AIRCRAFT (IF) ................................................................................................................................... 2,753 46,000 48,753 

C–17A Modernized High Frequency Radio ....................................................................................... [16,000 ] C–17A Tactical Data Link ................................................................................................................ [30,000 ] 

262 0401132F C–130J PROGRAM ...................................................................................................................................... 19,100 50,300 69,400 

C–130J Global Secure Data and Voice Comm ................................................................................. [26,700 ] 

C–130J Tactical Data Link/BLOS Secure Data ................................................................................ [18,600 ] Test and evaluate load alleviation components .............................................................................. [5,000 ] 

263 0401134F LARGE AIRCRAFT IR COUNTERMEASURES (LAIRCM) ................................................................................. 5,982 5,982 264 0401218F KC–135S .................................................................................................................................................... 51,105 51,105 265 0401318F CV–22 ........................................................................................................................................................ 18,127 18,127 266 0408011F SPECIAL TACTICS / COMBAT CONTROL ..................................................................................................... 9,198 9,198 268 0708610F LOGISTICS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (LOGIT) ........................................................................................ 17,520 17,520 269 0801380F AF LVC OPERATIONAL TRAINING (LVC-OT) ................................................................................................. 25,144 25,144 270 0804743F OTHER FLIGHT TRAINING ............................................................................................................................ 2,265 2,265 272 0901202F JOINT PERSONNEL RECOVERY AGENCY ..................................................................................................... 2,266 2,266 273 0901218F CIVILIAN COMPENSATION PROGRAM .......................................................................................................... 4,006 4,006 274 0901220F PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................................................... 3,078 3,078 275 0901226F AIR FORCE STUDIES AND ANALYSIS AGENCY ............................................................................................ 5,309 5,309 276 0901538F FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ........................................................... 4,279 4,279 277 0901554F DEFENSE ENTERPRISE ACNTNG AND MGT SYS (DEAMS) .......................................................................... 45,925 45,925 278 1202140F SERVICE SUPPORT TO SPACECOM ACTIVITIES .......................................................................................... 9,778 9,778 

279A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................................................................................. 16,814,245 –14,737 16,799,508 

Program justification review ............................................................................................................ [–14,737 ] 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................ 23,829,283 –386,574 23,442,709 


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TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, AIR FORCE .................................... 46,565,356 –59,107 46,506,249 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, SPACE FORCE APPLIED RESEARCH 

004 1206601SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................................................. 206,196 80,388 286,584 

Advanced Analog Microelectronics ................................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [72,888 ] University Consortium for Space Technology ................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH ............................................................................................................ 206,196 80,388 286,584 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

005 1206310SF SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ........................................................ 472,493 21,509 494,002 

Defense In Depth as Mission Assurance Spacecraft—Multilevel Security ..................................... [10,000 ] Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [11,509 ] 

006 1206616SF SPACE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT/DEMO ............................................................................ 110,033 40,000 150,033 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [40,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................ 582,526 61,509 644,035 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 

007 0604002SF SPACE FORCE WEATHER SERVICES RESEARCH ........................................................................................ 849 849 

008 1203010SF SPACE FORCE IT, DATA ANALYTICS, DIGITAL SOLUTIONS .......................................................................... 61,723 –10,000 51,723 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–10,000 ] 

009 1203164SF NAVSTAR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (USER EQUIPMENT) (SPACE) ..................................................... 353,807 353,807 

010 1203622SF SPACE WARFIGHTING ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................. 95,541 95,541 011 1203710SF EO/IR WEATHER SYSTEMS ......................................................................................................................... 95,615 95,615 013 1206410SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPING .......................................................................... 2,081,307 2,081,307 016 1206427SF SPACE SYSTEMS PROTOTYPE TRANSITIONS (SSPT) ................................................................................... 145,948 –40,000 105,948 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [–40,000 ] 

017 1206438SF SPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................................. 58,374 58,374 018 1206458SF TECH TRANSITION (SPACE) ........................................................................................................................ 164,649 164,649 019 1206730SF SPACE SECURITY AND DEFENSE PROGRAM .............................................................................................. 59,784 59,784 020 1206760SF PROTECTED TACTICAL ENTERPRISE SERVICE (PTES) ................................................................................ 76,554 76,554 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

021 1206761SF PROTECTED TACTICAL SERVICE (PTS) ....................................................................................................... 360,126 360,126 022 1206855SF EVOLVED STRATEGIC SATCOM (ESS) ......................................................................................................... 632,833 632,833 023 1206857SF SPACE RAPID CAPABILITIES OFFICE .......................................................................................................... 12,036 10,000 22,036 

Machine Learning Techniques for Radio Frequency (RF) Signal Monitoring and Interference Detection. [10,000 ] 

024 1206862SF TACTICALLY RESPONSE SPACE .................................................................................................................. 30,000 20,000 50,000 

Program increase .............................................................................................................................. [20,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES ............................................... 4,229,146 –20,000 4,209,146 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 

025 1203269SF GPS III FOLLOW-ON (GPS IIIF) ................................................................................................................... 308,999 308,999 

027 1206421SF COUNTERSPACE SYSTEMS ......................................................................................................................... 36,537 36,537 028 1206422SF WEATHER SYSTEM FOLLOW-ON .................................................................................................................. 79,727 79,727 029 1206425SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS SYSTEMS .................................................................................................. 372,827 372,827 030 1206431SF ADVANCED EHF MILSATCOM (SPACE) ........................................................................................................ 4,068 4,068 031 1206432SF POLAR MILSATCOM (SPACE) ...................................................................................................................... 73,757 73,757 032 1206433SF WIDEBAND GLOBAL SATCOM (SPACE) ....................................................................................................... 49,445 49,445 033 1206440SF NEXT-GEN OPIR—GROUND ........................................................................................................................ 661,367 661,367 034 1206442SF NEXT GENERATION OPIR ............................................................................................................................ 222,178 222,178 035 1206443SF NEXT-GEN OPIR—GEO ............................................................................................................................... 719,731 719,731 036 1206444SF NEXT-GEN OPIR—POLAR ........................................................................................................................... 1,013,478 1,013,478 037 1206445SF COMMERCIAL SATCOM (COMSATCOM) INTEGRATION ................................................................................ 73,501 73,501 038 1206446SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING MISSILE TRACKING—LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO) ......................................... 1,266,437 252,785 1,519,222 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [252,785 ] 

039 1206447SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING MISSILE TRACKING—MEDIUM EARTH ORBIT (MEO) .................................. 538,208 252,784 790,992 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [252,784 ] 

040 1206448SF RESILIENT MISSILE WARNING MISSILE TRACKING—INTEGRATED GROUND SEGMENT .............................. 505,569 –505,569 


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Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [–505,569 ] 

041 1206853SF NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PROGRAM (SPACE)—EMD ............................................................. 82,188 10,000 92,188 

Launch capability development ........................................................................................................ [10,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION ................................................................... 6,008,017 10,000 6,018,017 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

043 1203622SF SPACE WARFIGHTING ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................. 3,568 3,568 

046 1206392SF ACQ WORKFORCE—SPACE & MISSILE SYSTEMS ...................................................................................... 258,969 17,531 276,500 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [17,531 ] 

047 1206398SF SPACE & MISSILE SYSTEMS CENTER—MHA ............................................................................................. 13,694 1,359 15,053 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [1,359 ] 

048 1206601SF SPACE TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................................................................. 91,778 –91,778 

Technical realignment ...................................................................................................................... [–91,778 ] 

049 1206759SF MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT—SPACE ............................................................................................................ 146,797 146,797 050 1206860SF ROCKET SYSTEMS LAUNCH PROGRAM (SPACE) ........................................................................................ 18,023 18,023 052 1206864SF SPACE TEST PROGRAM (STP) .................................................................................................................... 30,192 30,192 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ...................................................................................................... 563,021 –72,888 490,133 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

055 1203001SF FAMILY OF ADVANCED BLOS TERMINALS (FAB-T) ..................................................................................... 91,369 91,369 

056 1203040SF DCO-SPACE ................................................................................................................................................ 76,003 76,003 057 1203109SF NARROWBAND SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS ............................................................................................ 230,785 230,785 058 1203110SF SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK (SPACE) ................................................................................................... 86,465 86,465 059 1203154SF LONG RANGE KILL CHAINS ......................................................................................................................... 243,036 243,036 061 1203173SF SPACE AND MISSILE TEST AND EVALUATION CENTER ............................................................................... 22,039 22,039 062 1203174SF SPACE INNOVATION, INTEGRATION AND RAPID TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ........................................... 41,483 2,500 43,983 

Accelerating Space Operators Education and Experiential Learning .............................................. [2,500 ] 

063 1203182SF SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM (SPACE) .......................................................................................................... 11,175 11,175 

065 1203330SF SPACE SUPERIORITY ISR ........................................................................................................................... 28,730 28,730 067 1203873SF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE RADARS ....................................................................................................... 20,752 20,752 068 1203906SF NCMC—TW/AA SYSTEM ............................................................................................................................. 25,545 25,545 069 1203913SF NUDET DETECTION SYSTEM (SPACE) ......................................................................................................... 93,391 93,391 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

070 1203940SF SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS OPERATIONS ............................................................................................. 264,966 264,966 071 1206423SF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM III—OPERATIONAL CONTROL SEGMENT .................................................... 317,309 –45,400 271,909 

Excess to need .................................................................................................................................. [–45,400 ] 

075 1206770SF ENTERPRISE GROUND SERVICES ............................................................................................................... 155,825 155,825 076 1208053SF JOINT TACTICAL GROUND SYSTEM ............................................................................................................. 14,568 14,568 

078A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................................................................................. 5,764,667 336,000 6,100,667 

DCO-S ............................................................................................................................................... [43,000 ] USSF UPL—Classified program B ................................................................................................... [83,000 ] USSF UPL—Classified program C ................................................................................................... [53,000 ] USSF UPL—Classified program D ................................................................................................... [67,000 ] USSF UPL—Classified program F .................................................................................................... [90,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................ 7,488,108 293,100 7,781,208 

SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS 

078 1208248SF SPACE COMMAND & CONTROL—SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM ................................................................. 122,326 122,326 

SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS ................................................. 122,326 122,326 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, SPACE FORCE .............................. 19,199,340 352,109 19,551,449 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE BASIC RESEARCH 

001 0601000BR DTRA BASIC RESEARCH ............................................................................................................................. 14,761 14,761 

002 0601101E DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES ................................................................................................................. 311,531 5,000 316,531 

Research Security Consortium .......................................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

003 0601108D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER RESEARCH INITIATIVES ........................................................................................... 16,329 16,329 004 0601110D8Z BASIC RESEARCH INITIATIVES ................................................................................................................... 71,783 71,783 005 0601117E BASIC OPERATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH SCIENCE ................................................................................. 50,430 50,430 


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006 0601120D8Z NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION PROGRAM ............................................................................................... 159,549 159,549 007 0601228D8Z HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES/MINORITY INSTITUTIONS ......................................... 100,467 25,000 125,467 

Program increase .............................................................................................................................. [25,000 ] 

008 0601384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM ..................................................................................... 36,235 36,235 

SUBTOTAL BASIC RESEARCH ................................................................................................................ 761,085 30,000 791,085 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

009 0602000D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................................................. 19,157 19,157 

010 0602115E BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ......................................................................................................................... 141,081 –10,000 131,081 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–10,000 ] 

011 0602128D8Z PROMOTION AND PROTECTION STRATEGIES .............................................................................................. 3,219 3,219 012 0602230D8Z DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ......................................................................................................... 55,160 –15,000 40,160 

Realignment ...................................................................................................................................... [–15,000 ] 

013 0602234D8Z LINCOLN LABORATORY RESEARCH PROGRAM ........................................................................................... 46,858 46,858 014 0602251D8Z APPLIED RESEARCH FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF S&T PRIORITIES ........................................................... 66,866 66,866 015 0602303E INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................... 333,029 333,029 017 0602384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM ..................................................................................... 240,610 240,610 018 0602668D8Z CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH .................................................................................................................... 17,437 2,500 19,937 

Pacific Intelligence and Innovation Initiative .................................................................................. [2,500 ] 

019 0602675D8Z SOCIAL SCIENCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY ................................................................................. 4,718 4,718 020 0602702E TACTICAL TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................................. 234,549 –20,000 214,549 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–20,000 ] 

021 0602715E MATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY .............................................................................................. 344,986 344,986 022 0602716E ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY ...................................................................................................................... 572,662 572,662 023 0602718BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION APPLIED RESEARCH ........................................................... 208,870 –15,000 193,870 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–15,000 ] 

024 0602751D8Z SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE (SEI) APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................................ 11,168 11,168 025 0602890D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER RESEARCH ............................................................................................................... 48,804 48,804 026 0602891D8Z FSRM MODELLING ...................................................................................................................................... 2,000 2,000 027 1160401BB SOF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................................. 52,287 52,287 

SUBTOTAL APPLIED RESEARCH ............................................................................................................ 2,403,461 –57,500 2,345,961 


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Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

028 0603000D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .............................................................................................. 37,706 15,000 52,706 

Advanced Process Technology for Energetics .................................................................................. [5,000 ] Explosive Energetics Expansion ........................................................................................................ [10,000 ] 

029 0603021D8Z NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION CAPITAL ................................................................................................ 15,085 15,085 030 0603121D8Z SO/LIC ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................. 30,102 30,102 031 0603122D8Z COMBATING TERRORISM TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ..................................................................................... 75,593 55,000 130,593 

Joint R&D with Israel ....................................................................................................................... [50,000 ] ROC-X VTOL Loitering Munition ........................................................................................................ [5,000 ] 

032 0603133D8Z FOREIGN COMPARATIVE TESTING ............................................................................................................... 27,078 27,078 033 0603160BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .......................... 400,947 2,500 403,447 

Advanced Manufacturing of Energetics ........................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

034 0603176BR ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT ........................................................................ 7,990 7,990 035 0603176C ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT ........................................................................ 17,825 17,825 036 0603180C ADVANCED RESEARCH ............................................................................................................................... 21,461 8,000 29,461 

Radiation Hardened Microelectronics—Faciliity and Workforce Development ................................ [5,000 ] Testbed for Advanced Digital Low Latency Networks ...................................................................... [3,000 ]

037 0603183D8Z JOINT HYPERSONIC TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT &TRANSITION ............................................................... 52,292 5,000 57,292 

Common Hypersonic Glide Body Development ................................................................................. [5,000 ] 

038 0603225D8Z JOINT DOD-DOE MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................ 19,567 19,567 039 0603260BR INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................. 10,000 10,000 040 0603286E ADVANCED AEROSPACE SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................. 331,753 –10,000 321,753 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–10,000 ] 

041 0603287E SPACE PROGRAMS AND TECHNOLOGY ....................................................................................................... 134,809 134,809 042 0603288D8Z ANALYTIC ASSESSMENTS ........................................................................................................................... 24,328 24,328 043 0603289D8Z ADVANCED INNOVATIVE ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTS ................................................................................... 55,626 55,626 044 0603330D8Z QUANTUM APPLICATION ............................................................................................................................. 75,000 75,000 


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046 0603342D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT (DIU) .............................................................................................................. 104,729 22,500 127,229 

Electric Boats ................................................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

Nuclear Advanced Propulsion and power ......................................................................................... [10,000 ] Program increase .............................................................................................................................. [2,500 ] 

047 0603375D8Z TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ......................................................................................................................... 123,837 123,837 048 0603379D8Z ADVANCED TECHNICAL INTEGRATION ........................................................................................................ 11,000 11,000 049 0603384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM—ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ....................................... 267,073 –40,000 227,073 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–40,000 ] 

050 0603527D8Z RETRACT LARCH ........................................................................................................................................ 57,401 57,401 051 0603618D8Z JOINT ELECTRONIC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................ 19,793 19,793 053 0603662D8Z NETWORKED COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES .......................................................................................... 11,197 11,197 054 0603680D8Z DEFENSE-WIDE MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ............................................... 252,965 22,500 275,465 

Bioindustrial Manufacturing Infrastructure ..................................................................................... [20,000 ] Hypersonic Advanced Composites Manufacturing ........................................................................... [2,500 ]

055 0603680S MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ................................................................................................ 46,404 5,000 51,404 

Program Increase .............................................................................................................................. [5,000 ] 

056 0603712S GENERIC LOGISTICS R&D TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS ...................................................................... 16,580 16,580 057 0603716D8Z STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM .................................................................................. 60,387 60,387 058 0603720S MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT ........................................................... 144,707 144,707 059 0603727D8Z JOINT WARFIGHTING PROGRAM .................................................................................................................. 2,749 2,749 060 0603739E ADVANCED ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES ................................................................................................. 254,033 –10,000 244,033 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–10,000 ] 

061 0603760E COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS .......................................................................... 321,591 321,591 062 0603766E NETWORK-CENTRIC WARFARE TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................. 885,425 885,425 063 0603767E SENSOR TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................................................................... 358,580 –5,250 353,330 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–5,250 ] 

065 0603781D8Z SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE .......................................................................................................... 16,699 16,699 066 0603838D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION ACCELERATION (DIA) ............................................................................................. 257,110 5,700 262,810 

Autonomous resupply for contested logistics .................................................................................. [2,500 ] High energy Laser Weapon System Procurement ............................................................................. [3,200 ] 

067 0603924D8Z HIGH ENERGY LASER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ....................................................................... 111,799 111,799 068 0603941D8Z TEST & EVALUATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ......................................................................................... 345,384 345,384 


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Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

069 0603945D8Z AUKUS INNOVATION INITIATIVES ................................................................................................................ 25,000 25,000 070 0603950D8Z NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION NETWORK ............................................................................................. 21,575 21,575 071 0604055D8Z OPERATIONAL ENERGY CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT ................................................................................... 171,668 10,000 181,668 

HELCAP Thermal Energy Storage ...................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

072 1160402BB SOF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................... 156,097 2,500 158,597 

Jam Resistant Military Communications .......................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................ 5,380,945 88,450 5,469,395 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 

074 0603161D8Z NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT RDT&E ADC&P .................................... 76,764 76,764 

075 0603600D8Z WALKOFF .................................................................................................................................................... 143,486 143,486 076 0603851D8Z ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM .......................................................... 117,196 2,000 119,196 

Development and acquisition of hybrid energy systems ................................................................. [2,000 ] 

077 0603881C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TERMINAL DEFENSE SEGMENT .................................................................... 220,311 90,000 310,311 

INDOPACOM UPL—Enhanced THAAD Mission Support Element Integration (eTMI) ........................ [90,000 ] 

078 0603882C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE MIDCOURSE DEFENSE SEGMENT ................................................................ 903,633 903,633 

079 0603884BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM—DEM/VAL ................................................................... 316,853 316,853 080 0603884C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SENSORS ..................................................................................................... 239,159 239,159 081 0603890C BMD ENABLING PROGRAMS ....................................................................................................................... 597,720 12,374 610,094 

MDA UPL—Electronic Attack/Electronic Protection .......................................................................... [12,374 ] 

082 0603891C SPECIAL PROGRAMS—MDA ....................................................................................................................... 552,888 150,392 703,280 

Enhanced Battlespace Awarness for Space Warfare ....................................................................... [68,000 ]MDA UPL—Classified increase ........................................................................................................ [22,892 ] MDA UPL—Electronic Warfare for Missile Defense ......................................................................... [27,300 ] MDA UPL—Left Through Right of Launch Integration .................................................................... [32,200 ] 

083 0603892C AEGIS BMD ................................................................................................................................................. 693,727 16,000 709,727 

PAC–3 MSE/AEGIS Weapon System Integration ............................................................................... [20,000 ] 


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Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–4,000 ] 

084 0603896C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND AND CONTROL, BATTLE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATI ..... 554,201 554,201 085 0603898C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE JOINT WARFIGHTER SUPPORT ..................................................................... 48,248 48,248 

086 0603904C MISSILE DEFENSE INTEGRATION & OPERATIONS CENTER (MDIOC) .......................................................... 50,549 50,549 087 0603906C REGARDING TRENCH .................................................................................................................................. 12,564 15,000 27,564 

MDA UPL—Classified increase ........................................................................................................ [15,000 ] 

088 0603907C SEA BASED X-BAND RADAR (SBX) ............................................................................................................ 177,868 177,868 089 0603913C ISRAELI COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS ............................................................................................................ 300,000 300,000 090 0603914C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TEST ............................................................................................................ 360,455 360,455 091 0603915C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TARGETS ...................................................................................................... 570,258 30,000 600,258 

Advanced Hypersonic Thermal Protection System Prototypes .......................................................... [5,000 ] Advanced Reactive Target Simulation ............................................................................................. [15,000 ] 

Hypersonic Maneuvering Extended Range (HMER) Target System .................................................. [5,000 ] Hypersonic Target for MDA Advanced Target Front End Configuration 3 (ATFE C3) ...................... [5,000 ] 

092 0603923D8Z COALITION WARFARE .................................................................................................................................. 12,103 12,103 

093 0604011D8Z NEXT GENERATION INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (5G) ................................................. 179,278 –5,000 174,278 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–5,000 ] 

094 0604016D8Z DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CORROSION PROGRAM ................................................................................... 3,185 3,185 

095 0604102C GUAM DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................................. 397,578 100,000 497,578 

INDOPACOM UPL—Guam Defense System, INDOPACOM ................................................................. [100,000 ] 

096 0604115C TECHNOLOGY MATURATION INITIATIVES ..................................................................................................... 6,000 

Diode-Pumped Alkali Laser (DPAL) for Missile Defense .................................................................. [6,000 ] 

097 0604124D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (CDAO)—MIP .................................................... 34,350 34,350 

098 0604181C HYPERSONIC DEFENSE ............................................................................................................................... 208,997 225,000 433,997 

MDA UPL—Glide Phase Interceptor ................................................................................................. [225,000 ] 

099 0604250D8Z ADVANCED INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES .................................................................................................... 1,085,826 5,000 1,090,826 

Mobile micronuclear reactors ........................................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

100 0604294D8Z TRUSTED & ASSURED MICROELECTRONICS .............................................................................................. 810,839 5,000 815,839 

Radiation-Hardened Fully-Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator Microelectronics ...................................... [2,500 ] Strategic Rad Hard Chiplet Design Accelaration ............................................................................. [2,500 ] 

101 0604331D8Z RAPID PROTOTYPING PROGRAM ................................................................................................................. 110,291 110,291 102 0604331J RAPID PROTOTYPING PROGRAM ................................................................................................................. 9,880 9,880 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

103 0604341D8Z DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT (DIU) PROTOTYPING ...................................................................................... 15,000 

Realignment ...................................................................................................................................... [15,000 ] 

104 0604400D8Z DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) UNMANNED SYSTEM COMMON DEVELOPMENT .................................... 2,643 2,643 105 0604551BR CATAPULT INFORMATION SYSTEM .............................................................................................................. 8,328 8,328 106 0604555D8Z OPERATIONAL ENERGY CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT—NON S&T ................................................................ 53,726 7,000 60,726 

High energy Laser Power Beaming .................................................................................................. [7,000 ] 

108 0604682D8Z WARGAMING AND SUPPORT FOR STRATEGIC ANALYSIS (SSA) .................................................................. 3,206 3,206 109 0604790D8Z RAPID DEFENSE EXPERIMENTATION RESERVE (RDER) .............................................................................. 79,773 79,773 110 0604826J JOINT C5 CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION AND INTEROPERABILITY ASSESSMENTS .................. 28,517 28,517 111 0604873C LONG RANGE DISCRIMINATION RADAR (LRDR) .......................................................................................... 103,517 103,517 112 0604874C IMPROVED HOMELAND DEFENSE INTERCEPTORS ...................................................................................... 2,130,838 2,130,838 113 0604876C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TERMINAL DEFENSE SEGMENT TEST ........................................................... 47,577 47,577 114 0604878C AEGIS BMD TEST ........................................................................................................................................ 193,484 193,484 115 0604879C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SENSOR TEST .............................................................................................. 111,049 111,049 116 0604880C LAND-BASED SM–3 (LBSM3) ..................................................................................................................... 22,163 22,163 117 0604887C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE MIDCOURSE SEGMENT TEST ....................................................................... 41,824 41,824 118 0202057C SAFETY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................. 2,484 2,484 119 0208059JCY CYBERCOM ACTIVITIES .............................................................................................................................. 65,484 65,484 120 0208085JCY ROBUST INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESS .................................................................................................. 170,182 170,182 121 0208086JCY CYBER TRAINING ENVIRONMENT (CTE) ..................................................................................................... 114,980 114,980 122 0300206R ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS .................................................................................. 2,156 2,156 123 0305103C CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE ...................................................................................................................... 2,760 1,000 3,760 

Program Increase for Classified Algorithm Study ............................................................................ [1,000 ] 

124 0305245D8Z INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES AND INNOVATION INVESTMENTS .................................................................. 3,000 3,000 125 0305251JCY CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS FORCES AND FORCE SUPPORT ...................................................................... 2,669 2,669 126 0901579D8Z OFFICE OF STRATEGIC CAPITAL (OSC) ....................................................................................................... 99,000 99,000 129 1206895C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM SPACE PROGRAMS ........................................................................ 109,483 109,483 


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SUBTOTAL ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES ............................................... 12,187,050 674,766 12,861,816 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 

130 0604123D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (CDAO)—DEM/VAL ACTIVITIES .......................... 615,246 –45,000 570,246 

Insufficient justification ................................................................................................................... [–40,000 ] 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–5,000 ] 

131 0604161D8Z NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT RDT&E SDD ......................................... 6,229 6,229 132 0604384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM—EMD .......................................................................... 382,977 382,977 133 0604771D8Z JOINT TACTICAL INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (JTIDS) ................................................................. 9,775 9,775 134 0605000BR COUNTER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ................................................... 14,414 14,414 135 0605013BL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................. 6,953 6,953 136 0605021SE HOMELAND PERSONNEL SECURITY INITIATIVE ........................................................................................... 9,292 9,292 137 0605022D8Z DEFENSE EXPORTABILITY PROGRAM .......................................................................................................... 18,981 18,981 138 0605027D8Z OUSD(C) IT DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES ..................................................................................................... 5,456 5,456 140 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 –20,000 277,586 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–20,000 ] 

145 0605772D8Z NUCLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, & COMMUNICATIONS ............................................................................. 4,110 4,110 146 0305304D8Z DOD ENTERPRISE ENERGY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (EEIM) .............................................................. 8,159 8,159 147 0305310D8Z CWMD SYSTEMS: SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION ............................................................. 14,471 14,471 148 0505167D8Z DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS AGAINST WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ................................................. 3,770 3,770 

SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION ................................................................... 1,446,263 –65,000 1,381,263 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

149 0603829J JOINT CAPABILITY EXPERIMENTATION ........................................................................................................ 12,402 12,402 

150 0604774D8Z DEFENSE READINESS REPORTING SYSTEM (DRRS) ................................................................................... 12,746 12,746 151 0604875D8Z JOINT SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................ 8,426 8,426 152 0604940D8Z CENTRAL TEST AND EVALUATION INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT (CTEIP) .................................................... 833,792 5,000 838,792 

Hypersonic Telemetry SATCOM Relay ................................................................................................ [2,500 ] Reusable Hypersonic Testbed ........................................................................................................... [2,500 ] 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

153 0604942D8Z ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS ............................................................................................................. 5,810 5,810 154 0605001E MISSION SUPPORT ..................................................................................................................................... 99,090 99,090 155 0605100D8Z JOINT MISSION ENVIRONMENT TEST CAPABILITY (JMETC) ......................................................................... 187,421 187,421 156 0605126J JOINT INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION (JIAMDO) ................................................ 61,477 61,477 158 0605142D8Z SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ............................................................................................................................. 39,949 39,949 159 0605151D8Z STUDIES AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT—OSD .................................................................................................. 6,292 6,292 160 0605161D8Z NUCLEAR MATTERS-PHYSICAL SECURITY .................................................................................................. 21,043 21,043 161 0605170D8Z SUPPORT TO NETWORKS AND INFORMATION INTEGRATION ....................................................................... 10,504 10,504 162 0605200D8Z GENERAL SUPPORT TO OUSD(INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY) ................................................................... 2,980 2,980 163 0605384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM ..................................................................................... 74,382 74,382 170 0605790D8Z SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR)/ SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER .............. 3,831 3,831 171 0605797D8Z MAINTAINING TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE .................................................................................................... 38,923 38,923 172 0605798D8Z DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................. 60,404 60,404 173 0605801KA DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER (DTIC) ................................................................................. 65,715 65,715 174 0605803SE R&D IN SUPPORT OF DOD ENLISTMENT, TESTING AND EVALUATION ........................................................ 26,037 26,037 175 0605804D8Z DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION ...................................................................................................... 37,353 37,353 176 0605898E MANAGEMENT HQ—R&D ........................................................................................................................... 14,833 14,833 177 0605998KA MANAGEMENT HQ—DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER (DTIC) ................................................. 3,752 3,752 178 0606005D8Z SPECIAL ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................... 18,088 18,088 179 0606100D8Z BUDGET AND PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS .................................................................................................... 14,427 14,427 180 0606114D8Z ANALYSIS WORKING GROUP (AWG) SUPPORT ............................................................................................ 4,200 4,200 181 0606135D8Z CHIEF DIGITAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER (CDAO) ACTIVITIES ............................................ 17,247 17,247 182 0606225D8Z ODNA TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCE ANALYSIS ........................................................................................ 3,386 3,386 183 0606300D8Z DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD ......................................................................................................................... 2,352 2,352 184 0606301D8Z AVIATION SAFETY TECHNOLOGIES .............................................................................................................. 213 213 186 0606771D8Z CYBER RESILIENCY AND CYBERSECURITY POLICY ................................................................................... 45,194 45,194 187 0606853BR MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL & INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ........................................................................... 11,919 11,919 


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188 0203345D8Z DEFENSE OPERATIONS SECURITY INITIATIVE (DOSI) ................................................................................. 3,112 3,112 189 0204571J JOINT STAFF ANALYTICAL SUPPORT ........................................................................................................... 4,916 4,916 190 0208045K C4I INTEROPERABILITY .............................................................................................................................. 66,152 66,152 195 0305172K COMBINED ADVANCED APPLICATIONS ....................................................................................................... 5,366 5,366 197 0305208K DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS ............................................................................... 3,069 3,069 199 0804768J COCOM EXERCISE ENGAGEMENT AND TRAINING TRANSFORMATION (CE2T2)—NON-MHA ....................... 101,319 101,319 200 0808709SE DEFENSE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (DEOMI) .......................................................... 740 740 201 0901598C MANAGEMENT HQ—MDA ........................................................................................................................... 28,363 28,363 202 0903235K JOINT SERVICE PROVIDER (JSP) ................................................................................................................ 5,177 5,177 

282A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................................................................................. 36,315 36,315 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ...................................................................................................... 1,998,717 5,000 2,003,717 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

203 0604130V ENTERPRISE SECURITY SYSTEM (ESS) ...................................................................................................... 42,482 42,482 

205 0607210D8Z INDUSTRIAL BASE ANALYSIS AND SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT ...................................................................... 1,017,141 48,000 1,065,141 

Additive Manufacturing for shipbuilding ......................................................................................... [10,000 ] Integrated Substrates ....................................................................................................................... [3,000 ] Large Surface Combatant workforce ................................................................................................ [35,000 ] 

206 0607310D8Z COUNTERPROLIFERATION SPECIAL PROJECTS: OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ........................... 12,713 12,713 207 0607327T GLOBAL THEATER SECURITY COOPERATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (G-TSCMIS) ............ 8,503 8,503 208 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 18,400 115,571 

DoD Cyber Scholarship Program ...................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–6,000 ] Scholarship funding alignment ........................................................................................................ [14,400 ] 

220 0303140K INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ........................................................................................... 8,351 8,351 222 0303153K DEFENSE SPECTRUM ORGANIZATION ......................................................................................................... 35,995 35,995 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program Element Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

223 0303171K JOINT PLANNING AND EXECUTION SERVICES ............................................................................................. 5,677 5,677 224 0303228K JOINT REGIONAL SECURITY STACKS (JRSS) ............................................................................................... 3,196 3,196 228 0305104D8Z DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE (DIB) CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE ............................................................... 25,655 25,655 232 0305133V INDUSTRIAL SECURITY ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................. 2,134 2,134 235 0305146V DEFENSE JOINT COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................. 2,295 2,295 236 0305172D8Z COMBINED ADVANCED APPLICATIONS ....................................................................................................... 52,736 52,736 239 0305186D8Z POLICY R&D PROGRAMS ............................................................................................................................ 6,263 6,263 240 0305199D8Z NET CENTRICITY ......................................................................................................................................... 23,275 23,275 242 0305208BB DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS ............................................................................... 6,214 6,214 249 0305327V INSIDER THREAT ........................................................................................................................................ 2,971 2,971 250 0305387D8Z HOMELAND DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM ........................................................................ 1,879 1,879 257 0306250JCY CYBER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ............................................................................................ 469,385 20,000 489,385 

INDOPACOM UPL—Offensive cyber .................................................................................................. [20,000 ] 

261 0505167D8Z DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS AGAINST WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ................................................. 1,760 1,760 262 0708012K LOGISTICS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................ 1,420 1,420 263 0708012S PACIFIC DISASTER CENTERS ...................................................................................................................... 1,905 1,905 264 0708047S DEFENSE PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM ........................................................................................ 3,249 3,249 265 1105219BB MQ–9 UAV .................................................................................................................................................. 37,188 15,000 52,188 

Adaptive Airborne Enterprise (A2E) .................................................................................................. [15,000 ] 

267 1160403BB AVIATION SYSTEMS .................................................................................................................................... 216,174 10,000 226,174 

Alternative Domestic Source AC–130J IRSS ..................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

268 1160405BB INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................... 86,737 86,737 269 1160408BB OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS .................................................................................................................. 216,135 –1,500 214,635 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................. [–1,500 ] 

270 1160431BB WARRIOR SYSTEMS .................................................................................................................................... 263,374 1,500 264,874 

Female Body Armor Development and Modernization ...................................................................... [1,500 ] 

271 1160432BB SPECIAL PROGRAMS .................................................................................................................................. 529 529 


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272 1160434BB UNMANNED ISR .......................................................................................................................................... 6,727 6,727 273 1160480BB SOF TACTICAL VEHICLES ............................................................................................................................ 9,335 9,335 274 1160483BB MARITIME SYSTEMS ................................................................................................................................... 158,231 158,231 275 1160490BB OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS INTELLIGENCE .......................................................................................... 15,749 15,749 

281A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................................................................................. 8,463,742 8,463,742 

SUBTOTAL OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................ 11,683,139 111,400 11,794,539 

SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS 

278 0608648D8Z ACQUISITION VISIBILITY—SOFTWARE PILOT PROGRAM ............................................................................. 21,355 21,355 

279 0303150K GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM .............................................................................................. 33,166 33,166 

283A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................................................................................. 270,653 270,653 

SUBTOTAL SOFTWARE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY PILOT PROGRAMS ................................................. 325,174 325,174 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE-WIDE ............................. 36,185,834 787,116 36,972,950 

OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

001 0605118OTE OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION ....................................................................................................... 169,544 169,544 

002 0605131OTE LIVE FIRE TEST AND EVALUATION .............................................................................................................. 103,252 103,252 003 0605814OTE OPERATIONAL TEST ACTIVITIES AND ANALYSES ........................................................................................ 58,693 58,693 

SUBTOTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ...................................................................................................... 331,489 331,489 

TOTAL OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE ............................................................. 331,489 331,489 

TOTAL RDT&E ............................................................................................................................... 144,979,625 233,027 145,212,652 


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TITLE XLIII—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 

SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY OPERATING FORCES 

010 MANEUVER UNITS ............................................................................................................................................................. 3,943,409 3,943,409 020 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES ......................................................................................................................................... 225,238 225,238 

030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE ............................................................................................................................................. 947,395 –20,000 927,395 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–20,000 ] 

040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS ................................................................................................................................................... 2,449,141 –125,000 2,324,141 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–125,000 ] 

050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT .............................................................................................................................. 1,233,070 –35,000 1,198,070 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–35,000 ] 

060 AVIATION ASSETS .............................................................................................................................................................. 2,046,144 2,046,144 070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT ....................................................................................................................... 7,149,427 7,149,427 080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS ................................................................................................................................ 475,435 –20,000 455,435 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–20,000 ] 

090 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................................ 1,423,560 1,423,560 100 MEDICAL READINESS ........................................................................................................................................................ 951,499 951,499 110 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................................ 9,943,031 23,000 9,966,031 

CUAS National Security Installation Pilot Program ................................................................................................. [8,000 ] 

Fire and Emergency Services .................................................................................................................................. [15,000 ] 

120 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION .......................................................................................... 5,381,757 107,635 5,489,392 

Program increase ..................................................................................................................................................... [107,635 ] 


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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 ....................................................................................................................................................... 414,680 150,000 564,680 

AFRICOM UPL—High-risk ISR ................................................................................................................................. [150,000 ] 

170 US EUROPEAN COMMAND ................................................................................................................................................. 408,529 408,529 180 US SOUTHERN COMMAND ................................................................................................................................................. 285,692 285,692 190 US FORCES KOREA ........................................................................................................................................................... 88,463 88,463 200 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS .................................................................................................... 507,845 507,845 210 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSECURITY .................................................................................................................... 704,667 6,000 710,667 

Secure Remote Access ............................................................................................................................................. [6,000 ] SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ............................................................................................................................... 39,795,146 86,635 39,881,781 

MOBILIZATION 

230 STRATEGIC MOBILITY ........................................................................................................................................................ 470,143 470,143 240 ARMY PREPOSITIONED STOCKS ........................................................................................................................................ 433,909 433,909 

250 INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS ............................................................................................................................................. 4,244 4,244 

SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION ........................................................................................................................................ 908,296 908,296 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

260 OFFICER ACQUISITION ....................................................................................................................................................... 178,428 178,428 270 RECRUIT TRAINING ............................................................................................................................................................ 78,235 78,235 280 ONE STATION UNIT TRAINING ............................................................................................................................................ 114,777 114,777 

290 SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS ................................................................................................................. 551,462 551,462 300 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ........................................................................................................................................... 1,147,431 1,147,431 310 FLIGHT TRAINING ............................................................................................................................................................... 1,398,415 1,398,415 320 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ...................................................................................................................... 200,779 200,779 330 TRAINING SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................................................... 682,896 682,896 340 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ........................................................................................................................................ 690,280 690,280 350 EXAMINING ........................................................................................................................................................................ 195,009 195,009 360 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ........................................................................................................................... 260,235 260,235 370 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING ................................................................................................................................. 250,252 250,252 


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June 22, 2023 (11:45 p.m.)

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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

380 JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS ................................................................................................................... 204,895 204,895 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING ................................................................................................................... 5,953,094 5,953,094 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

400 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION ....................................................................................................................................... 718,323 718,323 

410 CENTRAL SUPPLY ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................................................ 900,624 900,624 420 LOGISTIC SUPPORT ACTIVITIES ......................................................................................................................................... 828,059 828,059 430 AMMUNITION MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................................................. 464,029 464,029 440 ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 537,837 537,837 450 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 1,962,059 –25,000 1,937,059 

Insufficient justification .......................................................................................................................................... [–25,000 ] 

460 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 361,553 361,553 470 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................................... 829,248 –40,000 789,248 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–40,000 ] 

480 OTHER SERVICE SUPPORT ................................................................................................................................................ 2,370,107 2,370,107 490 ARMY CLAIMS ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................................. 203,323 203,323 500 REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................. 286,682 286,682 510 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT READINESS ............................................................................................................ 455,928 455,928 520 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT ................................................................................................ 39,867 39,867 530 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY HEADQUARTERS ...................................................................................................................... 610,201 610,201 540 MISC. SUPPORT OF OTHER NATIONS ................................................................................................................................ 38,948 38,948 

590A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................................................................................................... 2,291,229 2,291,229 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ 12,898,017 –65,000 12,833,017 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY ................................................................................................... 59,554,553 21,635 59,576,188 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 


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OPERATING FORCES 

010 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES ......................................................................................................................................... 15,208 15,208 

020 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE ............................................................................................................................................. 720,802 720,802 030 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS ................................................................................................................................................... 143,400 143,400 040 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT .............................................................................................................................. 707,654 707,654 050 AVIATION ASSETS .............................................................................................................................................................. 134,346 134,346 060 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT ....................................................................................................................... 451,178 451,178 070 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS ................................................................................................................................ 97,564 97,564 080 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................................ 45,711 45,711 090 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................................ 608,079 608,079 100 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION .......................................................................................... 495,435 495,435 110 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS .......................................................................................................... 28,783 28,783 120 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS .................................................................................................... 3,153 3,153 130 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSECURITY .................................................................................................................... 19,591 19,591 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ............................................................................................................................... 3,470,904 3,470,904 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

140 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION ....................................................................................................................................... 19,155 19,155 

150 ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 21,668 21,668 160 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 44,118 44,118 170 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 7,127 7,127 180 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ........................................................................................................................................ 67,976 67,976 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ 160,044 160,044 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE ................................................................................... 3,630,948 3,630,948 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OPERATING FORCES 

010 MANEUVER UNITS ............................................................................................................................................................. 925,071 925,071 020 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES ......................................................................................................................................... 201,781 201,781 

030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE ............................................................................................................................................. 840,373 840,373 040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS ................................................................................................................................................... 107,392 107,392 


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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

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 4,000 836,946 

Training Exercise Support ........................................................................................................................................ [4,000 ] 

080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS ................................................................................................................................ 50,696 50,696 090 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................................ 231,784 231,784 100 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................................ 1,249,066 1,249,066 110 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION .......................................................................................... 1,081,561 1,081,561 120 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS .......................................................................................................... 1,468,857 1,468,857 130 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS .................................................................................................... 9,566 9,566 140 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES—CYBERSECURITY .................................................................................................................... 15,710 15,710 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ............................................................................................................................... 8,191,619 4,000 8,195,619 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

150 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION ....................................................................................................................................... 7,251 7,251 

160 ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 66,025 66,025 170 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 113,366 113,366 180 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................................................ 8,663 8,663 190 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................................... 292,426 292,426 200 REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................................. 3,754 3,754 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ 491,485 491,485 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD ...................................................................... 8,683,104 4,000 8,687,104 

COUNTER-ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA TRAIN AND EQUIP COUNTER ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND (CTEF) 

010 IRAQ .................................................................................................................................................................................. 241,950 241,950 


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020 SYRIA ................................................................................................................................................................................. 156,000 156,000 

SUBTOTAL COUNTER ISIS TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND (CTEF) ................................................................................... 397,950 397,950 

TOTAL COUNTER-ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA TRAIN AND EQUIP ........................................................ 397,950 397,950 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY OPERATING FORCES 

010 MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 7,882,504 7,882,504 

020 FLEET AIR TRAINING ......................................................................................................................................................... 2,773,957 2,773,957 030 AVIATION TECHNICAL DATA & ENGINEERING SERVICES ................................................................................................... 73,047 73,047 040 AIR OPERATIONS AND SAFETY SUPPORT .......................................................................................................................... 213,862 213,862 050 AIR SYSTEMS SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................................... 1,155,463 1,155,463 060 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE ....................................................................................................................................... 1,857,021 1,857,021 070 AIRCRAFT DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT ......................................................................................................................... 66,822 66,822 080 AVIATION LOGISTICS .......................................................................................................................................................... 1,871,670 1,871,670 090 MISSION AND OTHER SHIP OPERATIONS .......................................................................................................................... 7,015,796 –10,000 7,005,796 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–10,000 ] 

100 SHIP OPERATIONS SUPPORT & TRAINING ......................................................................................................................... 1,301,108 –5,000 1,296,108 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–5,000 ] 

110 SHIP DEPOT MAINTENANCE ............................................................................................................................................... 11,164,249 11,164,249 120 SHIP DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT ................................................................................................................................. 2,728,712 2,728,712 

Decommission CG–69 USS Vicksburg ..................................................................................................................... [–8,000 ] 

Restore CG–63 USS Cowpens ................................................................................................................................. [8,000 ] 

130 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE ................................................................................................ 1,776,881 26,500 1,803,381 

AFRICOM UPL—Somalia Persistent Presence ......................................................................................................... [26,500 ] 

140 SPACE SYSTEMS AND SURVEILLANCE .............................................................................................................................. 389,915 389,915 150 WARFARE TACTICS ............................................................................................................................................................ 1,005,998 1,005,998 160 OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................ 455,330 455,330 170 COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES .............................................................................................................................................. 2,350,089 86,600 2,436,689 

AFRICOM UPL—Somalia Persistent Presence ......................................................................................................... [86,600 ] 

180 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT ...................................................................................... 189,044 189,044 200 COMBATANT COMMANDERS CORE OPERATIONS ............................................................................................................... 92,504 92,504 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

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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 –25,000 1,615,642 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–25,000 ] 

260 OTHER WEAPON SYSTEMS SUPPORT ................................................................................................................................ 696,653 –10,000 686,653 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–10,000 ] 

270 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................... 1,780,645 –25,000 1,755,645 

Insufficient justification .......................................................................................................................................... [–25,000 ] 

280 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION ........................................................................................................ 4,406,192 308,124 4,714,316 

Dry Dock Repairs at PSNS Investment Restoration and Modernization ................................................................. [200,000 ] Hangar resilience and repair .................................................................................................................................. [20,000 ] Program increase ..................................................................................................................................................... [88,124 ] 

290 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT .............................................................................................................................................. 6,223,827 6,223,827 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ............................................................................................................................... 61,750,329 346,224 62,096,553 

MOBILIZATION 

300 SHIP PREPOSITIONING AND SURGE .................................................................................................................................. 475,255 475,255 

310 READY RESERVE FORCE ................................................................................................................................................... 701,060 701,060 320 SHIP ACTIVATIONS/INACTIVATIONS .................................................................................................................................... 302,930 302,930 330 EXPEDITIONARY HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEMS .................................................................................................................. 151,966 151,966 340 COAST GUARD SUPPORT ................................................................................................................................................... 21,464 21,464 

SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION ........................................................................................................................................ 1,652,675 1,652,675 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

350 OFFICER ACQUISITION ....................................................................................................................................................... 201,555 201,555 360 RECRUIT TRAINING ............................................................................................................................................................ 16,521 4,300 20,821 


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Sea Cadets .............................................................................................................................................................. [4,300 ] 

370 RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS .............................................................................................................................. 175,171 175,171 380 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ........................................................................................................................................... 1,238,894 1,238,894 390 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ...................................................................................................................... 335,603 335,603 400 TRAINING SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................................................... 390,931 390,931 410 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ........................................................................................................................................ 269,483 269,483 420 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ........................................................................................................................... 90,452 90,452 430 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING ................................................................................................................................. 73,406 73,406 440 JUNIOR ROTC .................................................................................................................................................................... 58,970 58,970 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING ................................................................................................................... 2,850,986 4,300 2,855,286 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

450 ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 1,350,449 1,350,449 460 CIVILIAN MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................................... 242,760 242,760 

470 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................... 745,666 745,666 490 MEDICAL ACTIVITIES ......................................................................................................................................................... 323,978 –30,000 293,978 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–30,000 ] 

500 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT ................................................................................................ 67,357 67,357 510 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION ....................................................................................................................................... 248,822 248,822 530 PLANNING, ENGINEERING, AND PROGRAM SUPPORT ........................................................................................................ 616,816 –60,000 556,816 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–60,000 ] 

540 ACQUISITION, LOGISTICS, AND OVERSIGHT ....................................................................................................................... 850,906 –15,000 835,906 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–15,000 ] 

550 INVESTIGATIVE AND SECURITY SERVICES ......................................................................................................................... 888,508 888,508 

730A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................................................................................................... 655,281 655,281 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ 5,990,543 –105,000 5,885,543 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY .................................................................................................... 72,244,533 245,524 72,490,057 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS OPERATING FORCES 

010 OPERATIONAL FORCES ...................................................................................................................................................... 1,799,964 1,799,964 


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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

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 24,224 1,235,407 

Program increase ..................................................................................................................................................... [24,224 ] 

080 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT .............................................................................................................................................. 3,124,551 3,000 3,127,551 

USMC Nucleated Foam Engine Wash ...................................................................................................................... [3,000 ] SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ............................................................................................................................... 8,568,666 27,224 8,595,890 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

090 RECRUIT TRAINING ............................................................................................................................................................ 26,284 26,284 100 OFFICER ACQUISITION ....................................................................................................................................................... 1,316 1,316 110 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ........................................................................................................................................... 133,176 133,176 

120 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ...................................................................................................................... 66,213 66,213 130 TRAINING SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................................................... 570,152 570,152 140 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ........................................................................................................................................ 246,586 246,586 150 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ........................................................................................................................... 55,230 55,230 160 JUNIOR ROTC .................................................................................................................................................................... 29,616 29,616 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING ................................................................................................................... 1,128,573 1,128,573 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

180 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION ....................................................................................................................................... 90,366 90,366 

190 ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 428,650 428,650 

220A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................................................................................................... 65,658 65,658 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ 584,674 584,674 


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TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS ................................................................................... 10,281,913 27,224 10,309,137 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE OPERATING FORCES 

010 MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 731,113 731,113 020 INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE ........................................................................................................................................... 10,122 10,122 030 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE ....................................................................................................................................... 167,811 167,811 040 AIRCRAFT DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT ......................................................................................................................... 103 103 050 AVIATION LOGISTICS .......................................................................................................................................................... 29,185 29,185 060 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS .............................................................................................................................................. 20,806 20,806 070 COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES .............................................................................................................................................. 186,590 186,590 080 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................................................. 296 296 

090 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................... 32,467 32,467 100 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION ........................................................................................................ 63,726 63,726 110 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT .............................................................................................................................................. 121,064 121,064 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ............................................................................................................................... 1,363,283 1,363,283 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

120 ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 2,025 2,025 130 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................... 13,401 13,401 

140 ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................................................... 2,101 2,101 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ 17,527 17,527 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE .................................................................................... 1,380,810 1,380,810 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE OPERATING FORCES 

010 OPERATING FORCES .......................................................................................................................................................... 128,468 128,468 020 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ....................................................................................................................................................... 20,967 20,967 030 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION ........................................................................................................ 46,589 46,589 

040 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT .............................................................................................................................................. 120,808 120,808 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ............................................................................................................................... 316,832 316,832 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

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ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

050 ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 12,563 12,563 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ 12,563 12,563 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS RESERVE ................................................................... 329,395 329,395 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE OPERATING FORCES 

010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES ............................................................................................................................................... 980,768 –14,700 966,068 

Technical realignment ............................................................................................................................................. [–14,700 ] 

020 COMBAT ENHANCEMENT FORCES ..................................................................................................................................... 2,665,924 2,665,924 030 AIR OPERATIONS TRAINING (OJT, MAINTAIN SKILLS) ........................................................................................................ 1,630,552 1,630,552 040 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................. 4,632,693 4,632,693 050 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION .......................................................................................... 4,252,815 26,904 4,279,719 

Program increase ..................................................................................................................................................... [85,056 ] Technical realignment ............................................................................................................................................. [–58,152 ] 

060 CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT ............................................................................................................................................. 229,440 229,440 070 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT ............................................................................................. 9,537,192 –40,000 9,497,192 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–40,000 ] 

080 FLYING HOUR PROGRAM ................................................................................................................................................... 6,697,549 –115,000 6,582,549 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–115,000 ] 

090 BASE SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................................................. 11,633,510 –323,492 11,310,018 

Technical realignment ............................................................................................................................................. [–208,492 ] 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–115,000 ] 

100 GLOBAL C3I AND EARLY WARNING ................................................................................................................................... 1,350,827 –30,951 1,319,876 

Technical realignment ............................................................................................................................................. [–30,951 ] 


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110 OTHER COMBAT OPS SPT PROGRAMS .............................................................................................................................. 1,817,941 –75,000 1,742,941 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–75,000 ] 

120 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................................................. 807,966 –30,000 777,966 

Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–30,000 ] 

130 TACTICAL INTEL AND OTHER SPECIAL ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................ 267,615 267,615 160 US NORTHCOM/NORAD ...................................................................................................................................................... 245,263 245,263 170 US STRATCOM ................................................................................................................................................................... 541,720 –15,000 526,720 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–15,000 ] 

190 US CENTCOM .................................................................................................................................................................... 335,220 335,220 200 US SOCOM ........................................................................................................................................................................ 27,511 27,511 210 US TRANSCOM .................................................................................................................................................................. 607 607 220 CENTCOM CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT ............................................................................................................................ 1,415 1,415 230 USSPACECOM .................................................................................................................................................................... 373,989 373,989 240 MEDICAL READINESS ........................................................................................................................................................ 564,880 –2,284 562,596 

Technical realignment ............................................................................................................................................. [–2,284 ] 

480A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................................................................................................... 1,465,926 1,465,926 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ............................................................................................................................... 50,061,323 –619,523 49,441,800 

MOBILIZATION 

260 AIRLIFT OPERATIONS ......................................................................................................................................................... 3,012,287 3,012,287 270 MOBILIZATION PREPAREDNESS ......................................................................................................................................... 241,918 241,918 

SUBTOTAL MOBILIZATION ........................................................................................................................................ 3,254,205 3,254,205 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

280 OFFICER ACQUISITION ....................................................................................................................................................... 202,769 202,769 290 RECRUIT TRAINING ............................................................................................................................................................ 28,892 28,892 300 RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) ................................................................................................................. 137,647 137,647 

310 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ........................................................................................................................................... 588,131 588,131 320 FLIGHT TRAINING ............................................................................................................................................................... 875,230 –25,000 850,230 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–25,000 ] 

330 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ...................................................................................................................... 301,262 301,262 340 TRAINING SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................................................... 194,609 1,000 195,609 


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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Training Exercise Support ........................................................................................................................................ [1,000 ] 

350 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ........................................................................................................................................ 204,318 204,318 360 EXAMINING ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7,775 7,775 370 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ........................................................................................................................... 263,421 263,421 380 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING ................................................................................................................................. 343,039 343,039 390 JUNIOR ROTC .................................................................................................................................................................... 75,666 75,666 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING ................................................................................................................... 3,222,759 –24,000 3,198,759 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

400 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS .................................................................................................................................................... 1,062,199 1,062,199 410 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES ...................................................................................................................................... 162,919 162,919 420 ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 1,409,015 1,409,015 430 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 30,268 30,268 440 OTHER SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ...................................................................................................................................... 1,851,856 –40,480 1,811,376 

Technical realignment ............................................................................................................................................. [4,520 ] Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–45,000 ] 

450 CIVIL AIR PATROL ............................................................................................................................................................. 30,901 30,901 460 DEF ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT ................................................................................................ 42,759 42,759 480 INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ................................................................................................................................................. 115,267 –20,000 95,267 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–20,000 ] 

490A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................................................................................................... 1,506,624 1,506,624 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ 6,211,808 –60,480 6,151,328 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE .......................................................................................... 62,750,095 –704,003 62,046,092 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE OPERATING FORCES 


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010 GLOBAL C3I & EARLY WARNING ....................................................................................................................................... 642,201 642,201 020 SPACE LAUNCH OPERATIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 356,162 356,162 030 SPACE OPERATIONS .......................................................................................................................................................... 866,547 2,500 869,047 

Systems Tool Kit Digital Operations ........................................................................................................................ [2,500 ] 

040 EDUCATION & TRAINING ................................................................................................................................................... 199,181 18,172 217,353 

Technical realignment ............................................................................................................................................. [18,172 ] 

050 SPECIAL PROGRAMS ......................................................................................................................................................... 383,233 383,233 060 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ....................................................................................................................................................... 67,757 67,757 070 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION .......................................................................................... 678,648 13,573 692,221 

Program increase ..................................................................................................................................................... [13,573 ] 

080 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS AND SYSTEM SUPPORT ............................................................................................................. 1,380,350 1,380,350 090 SPACE OPERATIONS -BOS ................................................................................................................................................. 188,760 188,760 

110A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................................................................................................... 71,475 71,475 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ............................................................................................................................... 4,834,314 34,245 4,868,559 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

100 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS .................................................................................................................................................... 34,046 34,046 110 ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 149,108 –18,172 130,936 

Technical realignment ............................................................................................................................................. [–18,172 ] SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ 183,154 –18,172 164,982 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, SPACE FORCE ..................................................................................... 5,017,468 16,073 5,033,541 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE OPERATING FORCES 

010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES ............................................................................................................................................... 2,088,949 2,088,949 

020 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 198,213 198,213 030 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................. 647,758 647,758 040 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION .......................................................................................... 122,314 122,314 050 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT ............................................................................................. 374,442 374,442 060 BASE SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................................................. 543,962 543,962 070 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................................................. 1,742 1,742 


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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ............................................................................................................................... 3,977,380 3,977,380 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

080 ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 107,281 107,281 090 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ........................................................................................................................................ 9,373 9,373 100 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERS MGMT (ARPC) .............................................................................................................. 15,563 15,563 

110 OTHER PERS SUPPORT (DISABILITY COMP) ...................................................................................................................... 6,174 6,174 120 AUDIOVISUAL ..................................................................................................................................................................... 485 485 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ 138,876 138,876 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE .......................................................................... 4,116,256 4,116,256 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD OPERATING FORCES 

010 AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS ..................................................................................................................................................... 2,498,675 2,498,675 020 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 656,714 656,714 030 DEPOT PURCHASE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................. 1,171,901 1,171,901 

040 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION .......................................................................................... 370,188 370,188 050 CONTRACTOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SYSTEM SUPPORT ............................................................................................. 1,280,003 1,280,003 060 BASE SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................................................. 1,089,579 1,089,579 070 CYBERSPACE SUSTAINMENT ............................................................................................................................................. 19,708 19,708 080 CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................................................. 49,476 –19,500 29,976 

Cyberspace actitivies ............................................................................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

Insufficient justification .......................................................................................................................................... [–22,000 ] SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ............................................................................................................................... 7,136,244 –19,500 7,116,744 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 


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090 ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 68,417 68,417 100 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ........................................................................................................................................ 49,033 49,033 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ 117,450 117,450 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD ......................................................................... 7,253,694 –19,500 7,234,194 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE OPERATING FORCES 

010 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF .................................................................................................................................................... 461,370 10,000 471,370 

Combatant Commander’s Initiative Fund (CCIF)—AFRICOM and SOUTHCOM ...................................................... [10,000 ] 

020 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF—JTEEP ....................................................................................................................................... 701,081 701,081 030 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF—CYBER ..................................................................................................................................... 8,210 8,210 040 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE—MISO ............................................................................................................ 252,480 18,630 271,110 

INDOPACOM MISO .................................................................................................................................................... [11,300 ] SOUTHCOM MISO ..................................................................................................................................................... [7,330 ] 

060 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND COMBAT DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ............................................................................ 2,012,953 2,012,953 070 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND MAINTENANCE ............................................................................................................. 1,210,930 –24,300 1,186,630 

Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–24,300 ] 

080 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND MANAGEMENT/OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ............................................................ 202,574 –7,330 195,244 

Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–7,330 ] 

090 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND THEATER FORCES ........................................................................................................ 3,346,004 –12,000 3,334,004 

Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–12,000 ] 

100 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND CYBERSPACE ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................. 49,757 49,757 110 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND INTELLIGENCE .............................................................................................................. 1,391,402 10,000 1,401,402 

Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–15,000 ] Special Operations Command Intelligence increase in Non-Traditional ISR (SOF Digital Ecosystem POR) ......... [25,000 ] 

120 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT .............................................................................................. 1,438,967 –61,987 1,376,980 

Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–61,987 ] 

130 CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 1,318,614 35,000 1,353,614 

Additional resourcing ............................................................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

Internet Operations Management ............................................................................................................................ [5,000 ] JFHQ-DODIN Resourcing ........................................................................................................................................... [20,000 ] 


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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

140 USCYBERCOM HEADQUARTERS ......................................................................................................................................... 332,690 332,690 

SUBTOTAL OPERATING FORCES ............................................................................................................................... 12,727,032 –31,987 12,695,045 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

150 DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY .................................................................................................................................. 183,342 183,342 

160 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF .................................................................................................................................................... 118,172 118,172 170 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ................................................................. 33,855 33,855 

SUBTOTAL TRAINING AND RECRUITING ................................................................................................................... 335,369 335,369 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

180 CIVIL MILITARY PROGRAMS .............................................................................................................................................. 142,240 131,000 273,240 

National Guard Youth Challenge ............................................................................................................................. [83,500 ] Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–2,500 ] STARBASE ................................................................................................................................................................. [50,000 ] 

190 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY—CYBER ................................................................................................................. 4,870 4,870 200 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY ................................................................................................................................ 667,943 667,943 210 DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY ................................................................................................................... 1,567,119 1,567,119 220 DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY—CYBER .................................................................................................... 30,279 –5,000 25,279 

Early to need ........................................................................................................................................................... [–5,000 ] 

230 DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY ............................................................................................. 1,062,123 1,062,123 

Insider Threat – DITMAC, Resiliency and Suicide Prevention Program for the Warfighter ................................... [5,000 ] Program decrease—Facilities and Physical Security ............................................................................................. [–5,000 ] 

250 DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY—CYBER .............................................................................. 9,835 9,835 260 DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY—CYBER ........................................................................................................... 27,517 27,517 270 DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY .......................................................................................................................... 1,033,789 –45,000 988,789 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–45,000 ] 

300 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY ...................................................................................................................... 2,567,698 –25,000 2,542,698 


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Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–25,000 ] 

310 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY—CYBER ....................................................................................................... 526,893 526,893 320 DEFENSE LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY ................................................................................................................................. 241,779 –35,000 206,779 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–35,000 ] 

330 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY ........................................................................................................................................... 446,731 446,731 340 DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY ................................................................................................................................................. 246,840 5,000 251,840 

Public Web program ................................................................................................................................................ [5,000 ] 

360 DEFENSE POW/MIA OFFICE ............................................................................................................................................... 195,959 3,000 198,959 

DPAA Identification Programs ................................................................................................................................. [3,000 ] 

370 DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY .................................................................................................................... 2,379,100 2,379,100 

Baltic Security Initiative .......................................................................................................................................... [210,000 ] Offset for Baltic Security Initiative ......................................................................................................................... [–210,000 ] 

380 DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ........................................................................................................ 41,722 41,722 390 DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY ............................................................................................................................ 984,272 –10,000 974,272 

Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–10,000 ] 

410 DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY—CYBER ............................................................................................................. 70,548 70,548 420 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY ............................................................................................................. 3,451,625 70,000 3,521,625 

Impact Aid ............................................................................................................................................................... [50,000 ] Impact Aid Students with Disabilities .................................................................................................................... [20,000 ] 

430 MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY ............................................................................................................................................... 564,078 –5,000 559,078 

Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–5,000 ] 

440 OFFICE OF THE LOCAL DEFENSE COMMUNITY COOPERATION .......................................................................................... 118,216 –10,000 108,216 

Underexecution ......................................................................................................................................................... [–10,000 ] 

480 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE—CYBER ......................................................................................................... 92,176 –4,400 87,776 

Central program office ............................................................................................................................................ [10,000 ] Scholarship funding alignment ............................................................................................................................... [–14,400 ] 

490 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ........................................................................................................................ 2,676,416 –223,800 2,452,616 

Chief Digital and AI Office Senior Leadership Training Courses ........................................................................... [2,750 ] 

Eliminate Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) ................................................................. [–78,000 ] 

Legacy Resource Management Program ................................................................................................................. [2,000 ] Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–153,550 ] Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative ................................................................................................ [3,000 ] 


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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

530 WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES ......................................................................................................................... 440,947 440,947 

530A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................................................................................................... 20,114,447 10,000 20,124,447 

Classifed increase ................................................................................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................ 39,705,162 –144,200 39,560,962 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

540 UNDISTRIBUTED ................................................................................................................................................................. –300,000 –300,000 

Historical unobligated balances .............................................................................................................................. [–300,000 ] SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................................................................... –300,000 –300,000 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE .................................................................................... 52,767,563 –476,187 52,291,376 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES ADMINISTRATION AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES 

010 US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES, DEFENSE .......................................................................................... 16,620 16,620 

SUBTOTAL ADMINISTRATION AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES .................................................................................... 16,620 16,620 

TOTAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES ............................................................ 16,620 16,620 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 

010 ACQ WORKFORCE DEV FD ................................................................................................................................................. 54,977 54,977 

SUBTOTAL ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................ 54,977 54,977 

TOTAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND ....................................... 54,977 54,977 

OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID 


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HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE 

010 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER AND CIVIC AID ..................................................................................................... 114,900 114,900 

SUBTOTAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE .................................................................................................................. 114,900 114,900 

TOTAL OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID .......................................................................... 114,900 114,900 

COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT 

010 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 350,999 –15,000 335,999 

Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–25,000 ] Program increase ..................................................................................................................................................... [10,000 ] SUBTOTAL COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ....................................................................................................... 350,999 –15,000 335,999 

TOTAL COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT ......................................................................................... 350,999 –15,000 335,999 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

050 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY ............................................................................................................................ 198,760 198,760 

SUBTOTAL DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY .................................................................................................................. 198,760 198,760 

TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY ................................................................................................... 198,760 198,760 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 

060 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY ............................................................................................................................. 335,240 335,240 

SUBTOTAL DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY ................................................................................................................... 335,240 335,240 

TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY .................................................................................................... 335,240 335,240 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 

070 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE .................................................................................................................... 349,744 349,744 

SUBTOTAL DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE ......................................................................................................... 349,744 349,744 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE ........................................................................................... 349,744 349,744 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE DEFENSE-WIDE 

080 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE ....................................................................................................................... 8,965 8,965 

SUBTOTAL DEFENSE-WIDE ....................................................................................................................................... 8,965 8,965 

TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE .............................................................................................. 8,965 8,965 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES DEFENSE-WIDE 

090 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION FORMERLY USED SITES ................................................................................................. 232,806 232,806 

SUBTOTAL DEFENSE-WIDE ....................................................................................................................................... 232,806 232,806 

TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED DEFENSE SITES ....................................................... 232,806 232,806 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................... 290,071,293 –900,234 289,171,059 


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TITLE XLIV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 

SEC. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 

SEC. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Military Personnel ................................................................................................................................................................. 168,320,510 –242,200 168,078,310 

BAH Absorption Restoration (1%) ...................................................................................................................... [244,000 ] Remove BAH from BNA Calculation (150%) ...................................................................................................... [113,800 ] Military personnel historical underexecution ...................................................................................................... [–600,000 ] 

MERHCF .................................................................................................................................................................................. 10,553,456 10,553,456 


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TITLE XLV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS. 

SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND DEFENSE STOCKPILE ............................................................................................................................................................... 7,629 7,629 

TOTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND .................................................................... 7,629 7,629 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY ARMY ARSENALS INITIATIVE .................................................................................................................................................... 27,551 27,551 ARMY SUPPLY MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................................................. 1,662 1,662 

TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY .................................................................................................... 29,213 29,213 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS ...................................................................................................................................................... 83,587 83,587 

TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE ............................................................................................ 83,587 83,587 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE DEFENSE AUTOMATION & PRODUCTION SERVICES ................................................................................................................. 4 4 ENERGY MANAGEMENT—DEFENSE ......................................................................................................................................... 114,663 114,663 

TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE ..................................................................................... 114,667 114,667 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY WORKING CAPITAL FUND—DECA ............................................................................................................................................ 1,447,612 1,447,612 

TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE COMMISSARY AGENCY .......................................................... 1,447,612 1,447,612 


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CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE .............................................................................................................................................. 89,284 89,284 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION ............................................................................................................. 1,002,560 1,002,560 

TOTAL CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, DEFENSE ...................................................... 1,091,844 1,091,844 

DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE COUNTER-NARCOTICS SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................................. 643,848 15,000 658,848 

Counter Strategic Competitors in the Western Hemisphere ............................................................................... [15,000 ] 

DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM ................................................................................................................................... 134,313 2,500 136,813 

Young Marines Program ...................................................................................................................................... [2,500 ] 

NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAM ........................................................................................................................ 102,272 20,000 122,272 

Program increase ................................................................................................................................................ [20,000 ] 

NATIONAL GUARD COUNTER-DRUG SCHOOLS ......................................................................................................................... 5,993 5,000 10,993 

Program increase ................................................................................................................................................ [5,000 ] 

TOTAL DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE ................................................ 886,426 42,500 928,926 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL—O&M ........................................................................................................................ 518,919 518,919 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL—CYBER ..................................................................................................................... 1,948 1,948 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL—RDT&E ..................................................................................................................... 3,400 3,400 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL—PROCUREMENT ........................................................................................................ 1,098 1,098 

TOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ........................................................................................... 525,365 525,365 

DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM IN-HOUSE CARE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10,044,342 5,000 10,049,342 

TRICARE Reserve Select Extension ..................................................................................................................... [5,000 ] 

PRIVATE SECTOR CARE ........................................................................................................................................................... 19,893,028 19,893,028 CONSOLIDATED HEALTH SUPPORT .......................................................................................................................................... 2,007,012 –188,500 1,818,512 

Historical underexecution .................................................................................................................................... [–186,000 ] 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................................... [–2,500 ] 

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................................................... 2,327,816 2,327,816 


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SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Item FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ....................................................................................................................................................... 347,446 –4,000 343,446 

Historical underexecution .................................................................................................................................... [–4,000 ] 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING ..................................................................................................................................................... 336,111 –13,000 323,111 

Historical underexecution .................................................................................................................................... [–20,000 ] TriService Nursing Research Program ................................................................................................................ [7,000 ] 

BASE OPERATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS .................................................................................................................................... 2,144,551 –2,500 2,142,051 

Historical underexecution .................................................................................................................................... [–2,500 ] 

R&D RESEARCH ...................................................................................................................................................................... 40,311 40,311 R&D EXPLORATRY DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................................................................... 178,892 178,892 R&D ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................................................................. 327,040 17,500 344,540 

Antibiotic Susceptibility Test Development ......................................................................................................... [2,500 ] Peptide Research and Development ................................................................................................................... [5,000 ] Platelet Development and Platelet Hemostatic Products ................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

R&D DEMONSTRATION/VALIDATION ......................................................................................................................................... 172,351 172,351 R&D ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................................................................................... 107,753 107,753 

R&D MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT ......................................................................................................................................... 87,096 87,096 R&D CAPABILITIES ENHANCEMENT ......................................................................................................................................... 18,330 18,330 PROC INITIAL OUTFITTING ....................................................................................................................................................... 22,344 22,344 PROC REPLACEMENT & MODERNIZATION ............................................................................................................................... 238,435 238,435 PROC JOINT OPERATIONAL MEDICINE INFORMATION SYSTEM ................................................................................................ 29,537 29,537 PROC MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM—DESKTOP TO DATACENTER ............................................................................................. 74,055 74,055 PROC DOD HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MODERNIZATION ........................................................................................ 17,510 17,510 

TOTAL DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM ........................................................................................................... 38,413,960 –185,500 38,228,460 

TOTAL OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS ................................................................................................................. 42,600,303 –143,000 42,457,303 


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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 House Change House Agreement 

Army Alabama Anniston Army Depot Access Control Point (P&D) ....................................... 0 5,500 5,500 

Army Alabama Anniston Army Depot Component Rebuild Shop (P&D) ................................ 0 8,100 8,100 Army Alabama Anniston Army Depot Vehicle Paint Shop (P&D) .......................................... 0 2,900 2,900 Army Alabama Redstone Arsenal Substation .................................................................. 50,000 50,000 Army Alaska Fort Wainwright Cost to Complete: Enlisted Unaccompanied Pers 

Hsg.

34,000 34,000 

Army Florida Camp Bull Simons Camp Bull Simons 7th Special Forces Group Child 

Development Center.

0 17,000 17,000 

Army Georgia Fort Gordon Cyber Instructional Facility (Classrooms) .................. 163,000 –83,000 80,000 Army Germany Grafenwoehr Automated Multipurpose Machine Gun Range .......... 10,400 10,400 Army Germany Hohenfels Simulations Center .................................................... 56,000 56,000 Army Hawaii Aliamanu Military Reservation Water Storage Tank ................................................... 20,000 20,000 Army Hawaii Wheeler Army Air Field Air Traffic Control Tower (P&D) ................................. 0 5,400 5,400 Army Kansas Fort Riley Aircraft Maintenance Hanger ..................................... 105,000 105,000 

Army Kentucky Fort Campbell Multipurpose Training Range .................................... 38,000 38,000 Army Louisiana Fort Polk Multipurpose Athletic Field ........................................ 0 13,400 13,400 

Army Massachusetts Soldier Systems Center Natick Barracks Addition ...................................................... 18,500 18,500 

Army Michigan Detroit Arsenal Ground Transport Equipment Building ...................... 72,000 72,000 Army North Carolina Fort Bragg Aircraft Maintenance Hangar .................................... 0 61,000 61,000 Army North Carolina Fort Bragg Automated Record Fire Range ................................... 19,500 19,500 Army North Carolina Fort Bragg Barracks ..................................................................... 50,000 50,000 Army North Carolina Fort Bragg Barracks (Facility Prototyping) .................................. 85,000 85,000 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request House Change House Agreement 

Army North Carolina Fort Bragg Child Development Center ......................................... 0 36,000 36,000 Army Pennsylvania Letterkenny Army Depot Guided Missile Maintenance Building ....................... 89,000 89,000 Army Texas Fort Bliss Collective Training Barracks (P&D) ........................... 0 8,000 8,000 Army Texas Fort Bliss Rail Yard .................................................................... 74,000 74,000 Army Texas Fort Hood Barracks, Fort Hood (PN 100948) (P&D) ................... 0 9,900 9,900 Army Texas Fort Hood Barracks, Fort Hood (PN 94937) (P&D) ..................... 0 9,900 9,900 

Army Texas Red River Army Depot Component Rebuild Shop .......................................... 113,000 –43,000 70,000 Army Washington Joint Base Lewis-McChord Barracks ..................................................................... 100,000 100,000 

Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Barracks Replacement (P&D) .................................... 0 50,000 50,000 Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations CDC Planning and Design ......................................... 0 20,000 20,000 

Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Cost to Complete Army .............................................. 0 122,210 122,210 

Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Host Nation Support .................................................. 26,000 26,000 Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Lab Infrastructure Planning & Design ...................... 0 30,000 30,000 

Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Minor Construction ..................................................... 76,280 10,000 86,280 Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Organic Industrial Base Planning & Design ............. 0 5,000 5,000 Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design ..................................................... 270,875 29,300 300,175 Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition 0 15,000 15,000 

Military Construction, Army Total ......................................................................................................................................................... 1,470,555 332,610 1,803,165 

Navy Australia Royal Australian Air Force Base 

Darwin 

PDI: Aircraft Parking Apron (INC) .............................. 134,624 134,624 

Navy California Camp Pendleton Fire Station Replacement (53 Area) (P&D) ............... 0 2,683 2,683 Navy California Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms Communications Towers ............................................ 42,100 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 –70,000 42,518 


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Navy Connecticut Naval Submarine Base New 

London 

Weapons Magazine & Ordnance Operations Fac. ..... 219,200 –190,000 29,200 

Navy District Of Columbia Marine Barracks Washington Bachelor Enlisted Quarters & Support Facility ......... 131,800 –100,000 31,800 Navy District of Columbia Naval Support Activity Electromagnetic & Cyber Countermeasures Lab 

(P&D).

0 40,000 40,000 

Navy Djibouti Camp Lemonnier Djibouti Electrical Power Plant ................................................ 0 106,600 106,600 Navy Florida Whiting Field Advanced Helicopter Training System Hangar .......... 0 100,000 100,000 Navy Georgia Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Consolidated Communication Facility ....................... 0 63,970 63,970 

Navy Guam Andersen Air Force Base PDI: Child Development Center ................................. 105,220 105,220 Navy Guam Andersen Air Force Base PDI: Joint Consol. Comm. Center (INC) ..................... 107,000 107,000 Navy Guam Joint Region Marianas PDI: Joint Communication Upgrade (INC) ................. 292,830 –242,830 50,000 Navy Guam Joint Region Marianas PDI: Missile Integration Test Facility ......................... 174,540 –100,000 74,540 Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: 9th ESB Training Complex ................................. 23,380 23,380 Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: Artillery Battery Facilities ................................... 137,550 –65,000 72,550 Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: Consolidated MEB HQ/NCIS Phii ........................ 19,740 19,740 Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: Recreation Center ............................................... 34,740 34,740 

Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: Religious Ministry Services Facility ................... 46,350 46,350 

Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: Satellite Communications Facility (INC) ............ 166,159 –66,159 100,000 Navy Guam Naval Base Guam PDI: Training Center .................................................. 89,640 89,640 

Navy Hawaii Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Dry Dock 3 Replacement (INC) .................................. 1,318,711 79,324 1,398,035 Navy Hawaii Marine Corps Base Hawai’i Water Reclamation Facility Compliance Upgrade ..... 0 50,000 50,000 Navy Italy Naval Air Station Sigonella EDI: Ordnance Magazines .......................................... 77,072 77,072 Navy Maine Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Multi-Mission Drydock #1 Extension (INC) ................ 544,808 544,808 Navy Maryland Fort Meade Cybersecurity Operations Facility ............................... 186,480 –106,480 80,000 Navy Maryland Naval Air Station Patuxent River Aircraft Development and Maintenance Facilities .... 141,700 –61,700 80,000 Navy North Carolina Cherry Point Marine Corps Air 

Station 

Aircraft Maintenance Hangar (INC) ........................... 19,529 19,529 

Navy North Carolina Marine Corps Air Station Cherry 

Point 

2D LAAD Maintenance and Operations Facilities ...... 0 65,000 65,000 

Navy North Carolina Marine Corps Air Station Cherry 

Point 

Maintenance Facility & Marine Air Group HQS ......... 125,150 –90,000 35,150 


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SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request House Change House Agreement 

Navy North Carolina Marine Corps Base Camp 

Lejeune 

10th Marines Maintenance & Operations Complex ... 0 40,000 40,000 

Navy North Carolina Marine Corps Base Camp 

Lejeune 

Amphibious Combat Vehicle Shelters ........................ 0 31,890 31,890 

Navy North Carolina Marine Corps Base Camp 

Lejeune 

Corrosion Repair Facility Replacement ...................... 0 40,000 40,000 

Navy Pennsylvania Naval Surface Warfare Center 

Philadeplhia 

AI Machinery Control Development Center ................ 0 88,200 88,200 

Navy Virginia Dam Neck Annex Maritime Surveillance System Facility ....................... 109,680 –86,000 23,680 Navy Virginia Joint Expeditionary Base Little 

Creek—Story 

Child Development Center ......................................... 35,000 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 43,600 Navy Virginia Naval Station Norfolk MQ–25 Aircraft Laydown Facilities ............................ 114,495 –106,000 8,495 Navy Virginia Naval Station Norfolk Submarine Pier 3 (INC) ............................................. 99,077 99,077 Navy Virginia Naval Weapons Station Yorktown Weapons Magazines ................................................... 221,920 –170,920 51,000 Navy Virginia Norfolk Naval Shipyard Dry Dock Saltwater System for CVN–78 (INC) .......... 81,082 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 –135,000 60,000 Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Barracks Replacement (P&D) .................................... 0 50,000 50,000 Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations CDC Planning and Design ......................................... 0 20,000 20,000 Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Lab Infrastructure Planning & Design ...................... 0 30,000 30,000 Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Navy Shore Utility Infrastructure (P&D) .................... 0 85,000 85,000 Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design ..................................................... 578,942 578,942 Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design ..................................................... 21,000 21,000 


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Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program Planning & Design. 0 50,000 50,000 Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Construction ................................. 34,430 10,000 44,430 Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition 0 15,000 15,000 Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations USMC Military Construction Planning & Design ....... 0 48,749 48,749 Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations USMC Unspecified Minor Construction ...................... 0 30,000 30,000 

Military Construction, Navy Total .......................................................................................................................................................... 6,022,187 –678,673 5,343,514 

AF Alaska Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Extend Runway 16/34 (INC 3) ................................... 107,500 107,500 

AF Australia Royal Australian Air Force Base 

Darwin 

PDI: Squadron Operations Facility ............................. 26,000 26,000 

AF Australia Royal Australian Air Force Base 

Tindal 

PDI: Aircraft Maintenance Support Facility ............... 17,500 17,500 

AF Australia Royal Australian Air Force Base 

Tindal 

PDI: Squadron Operations Facility ............................. 20,000 20,000 

AF Australia Royal Australian Air Force Base 

Tindal 

PDI: Bomber Apron ..................................................... 93,000 93,000 

AF Florida Eglin Air Force Base Eglin Air Force Base—LRSO Hardware Software Development & Test Facility. 0 14,600 14,600 AF Florida MacDill Air Force Base KC–46 ADAL Fuel System Maintenance Dock ........... 18,000 18,000 AF Florida MacDill Air Force Base KC–46A ADAL Aircraft Corrosion Control ................... 25,000 25,000 AF Florida MacDill Air Force Base KC–46A ADAL Aircraft Maintenance Hangar ............. 27,000 27,000 AF Florida MacDill Air Force Base KC–46A ADAL Apron & Hydrant Fueling Pits ............ 61,000 61,000 AF Florida Patrick Space Force Base Commercial Vehicle Inspection .................................. 15,000 15,000 AF Florida Patrick Space Force Base Cost to Complete: Consolidated Communications 

Center.

15,000 15,000 

AF Florida Patrick Space Force Base Final Denial Barriers, South Gate ............................. 12,000 12,000 AF Georgia Robins Air Force Base Battle Management Combined Operations Complex 115,000 –80,000 35,000 AF Guam Joint Region Marianas PDI: North Aircraft Parking Ramp (INC) .................... 109,000 109,000 AF Japan Kadena Air Base PDI: Helo Rescue OPS Maintenance Hangar (INC 3) 46,000 46,000 AF Japan Kadena Air Base PDI: Theater A/C Corrosion Control Ctr (INC) ............ 42,000 42,000 


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SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request House Change House Agreement 

AF Louisiana Barksdale Air Force Base Weapons Generation Facility (INC 3) ......................... 112,000 112,000 

AF Mariana Islands Tinian PDI: Airfield Development, Phase 1 (INC 3) .............. 26,000 26,000 

AF Mariana Islands Tinian PDI: Fuel Tanks W/Pipeline & Hydrant (INC 3) ......... 20,000 20,000 AF Mariana Islands Tinian PDI: Parking Apron (INC 3) ........................................ 32,000 32,000 

AF Massachusetts Hanscom Air Force Base Child Development Center ......................................... 37,000 37,000 

AF Massachusetts Hanscom Air Force Base MIT-Lincoln Lab (West Lab CSL/MIF) (INC 4) ........... 70,000 70,000 

AF Mississippi Columbus Air Force Base T–7a Ground Based Training System Facility ........... 30,000 30,000 

AF Mississippi Columbus Air Force Base T–7a Unit Maintenance Training Facility .................. 9,500 9,500 AF Montana Malmstrom Air Force Base Fire Station Bay/Storage Area ................................... 0 10,300 10,300 AF Norway Rygge Air Station EDI: DABS-FEV Storage .............................................. 88,000 88,000 

AF Norway Rygge Air Station EDI: Munitions Storage Area ...................................... 31,000 31,000 

AF Ohio Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Acquisition Management Complex Phase V (P&D) ... 0 9,900 9,900 

AF Oklahoma Tinker Air Force Base F–35 Aircraft Oxygen Shop (P&D) ............................. 0 5,800 5,800 

AF Oklahoma Tinker Air Force Base KC–46 3–Bay Depot Maintenance Hangar (INC 3) ... 78,000 78,000 AF Philippines Cesar Basa Air Base PDI: Transient Aircraft Parking Apron ....................... 35,000 35,000 

AF South Dakota Ellsworth Air Force Base B–21 Fuel System Maintenance Dock ....................... 75,000 75,000 

AF South Dakota Ellsworth Air Force Base B–21 Phase Hangar .................................................. 160,000 –126,000 34,000 

AF South Dakota Ellsworth Air Force Base B–21 Weapons Generation Facility (INC) .................. 160,000 160,000 

AF Spain Moro ́n Air Base EDI: Munitions Storage .............................................. 26,000 26,000 

AF Texas Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland 91 Cyber Operations Center ...................................... 0 48,000 48,000 

AF Texas Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland BMT – Chapel for America’s Airmen ......................... 0 90,000 90,000 

AF Texas Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Child Development Center ......................................... 20,000 20,000 

AF United Kingdom Royal Air Force Fairford EDI: RADR Storage Facility ........................................ 47,000 47,000 AF United Kingdom Royal Air Force Lakenheath EDI: RADR Storage Facility ........................................ 28,000 28,000 

AF United Kingdom Royal Air Force Lakenheath Surety Dormitory ......................................................... 50,000 50,000 

AF Utah Hill Air Force Base F–35 T–7a East Campus Infrastructure ................... 82,000 82,000 

AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Barracks Replacement (P&D) .................................... 0 50,000 50,000 


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AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations CDC Planning and Design ......................................... 0 20,000 20,000 AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Cost to Complete ....................................................... 0 90,400 90,400 AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations EDI: Planning & Design ............................................. 5,648 5,648 

AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Lab Infrastructure Planning & Design ...................... 0 30,000 30,000 AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Natural Disaster Recovery ......................................... 0 252,000 252,000 AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design ..................................................... 338,985 338,985 

AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design ..................................................... 90,281 90,281 

AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Military Construction ................... 64,900 10,000 74,900 AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition 0 15,000 15,000 

AF Wyoming F.E. Warren Air Force Base GBSD Integrated Command Center (INC 2) .............. 27,000 27,000 

AF Wyoming F.E. Warren Air Force Base GBSD Integrated Training Center .............................. 85,000 85,000 

AF Wyoming F.E. Warren Air Force Base GBSD Missile Handling Complex (INC 2) .................. 28,000 28,000 

Military Construction, Air Force Total .................................................................................................................................................. 2,605,314 440,000 3,045,314 

Def-Wide Alabama Redstone Arsenal Ground Test Facility Infrastructure ............................ 147,975 –80,000 67,975 Def-Wide California Marine Corps Air Station 

Miramar 

Ambulatory Care Center—Dental Clinic Add//Alt ..... 103,000 –75,000 28,000 

Def-Wide California Marine Corps Air Station 

Miramar 

Electrical Infrastructure, on-Site Generation, and 

Microgrid Improvements.

0 30,550 30,550 

Def-Wide California Naval Base Coronado Cost to Complete: ATC Operations Support Facility .. 0 11,400 11,400 

Def-Wide California Naval Base Coronado SOF Naval Special Warfare Command Operations 

Support Facility, Phase 2.

0 51,000 51,000 

Def-Wide California Naval Base San Diego Ambulatory Care Center—Dental Clinic Replmt ....... 101,644 –70,000 31,644 Def-Wide California Naval Base San Diego Microgrid and Backup Power ..................................... 0 6,300 6,300 Def-Wide California Vandenberg Space Force Base Microgrid With Backup Power .................................... 0 57,000 57,000 Def-Wide Colorado Buckley Space Force Base Redundant Electrical Supply ..................................... 0 9,000 9,000 Def-Wide Colorado Buckley Space Force Base Replacement Water Well ............................................ 0 5,700 5,700 Def-Wide Cuba Guantanamo Bay Naval Station Ambulatory Care Center (INC 1) ................................ 60,000 60,000 Def-Wide Georgia Naval Submarine Base Kings 

Bay 

Electrical Transmission and Distribution Improvements, Phase 2. 0 49,500 49,500 

Def-Wide Germany Baumholder Human Performance Training Center ........................ 0 16,700 16,700 

Def-Wide Germany Baumholder SOF Company Operations Facility .............................. 41,000 41,000 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request House Change House Agreement 

Def-Wide Germany Baumholder SOF Joint Parachute Rigging Facility ........................ 23,000 23,000 Def-Wide Germany Kaiserslautern Air Base Kaiserslautern Middle School .................................... 21,275 21,275 Def-Wide Germany Ramstein Air Base Ramstein Middle School ............................................ 181,764 181,764 

Def-Wide Germany Rhine Ordnance Barracks Medical Center Replacement (INC 11) ...................... 77,210 77,210 Def-Wide Germany Stuttgart Robinson Barracks Elem School Replacement .......... 8,000 8,000 

Def-Wide Honduras Soto Cano Air Base Fuel Facilities ............................................................. 41,300 41,300 Def-Wide Japan Fleet Activities Yokosuka Kinnick High School (INC) ......................................... 70,000 70,000 Def-Wide Japan Kadena Air Base PDI: SOF Maintenance Hangar .................................. 88,900 88,900 

Def-Wide Japan Kadena Air Base PDI: SOF Composite Maintenance Facility ................. 11,400 11,400 Def-Wide Kansas Forbes Field Microgrid and Backup Power ..................................... 0 5,850 5,850 

Def-Wide Korea K–16 Air Base K–16 Emergency Backup Power ................................ 0 5,650 5,650 Def-Wide Kuwait Camp Buehring Microgrid and Backup Power ..................................... 0 18,850 18,850 

Def-Wide Maryland Bethesda Naval Hospital Medical Center Addition/Alteration (INC 7) ............... 101,816 101,816 Def-Wide Maryland Fort Meade NSAW Mission OPS and Records Center (INC) .......... 105,000 105,000 Def-Wide Maryland Fort Meade NSAW Recap Building 4 (INC) ................................... 315,000 315,000 Def-Wide Maryland Fort Meade NSAW Recap Building 5 (ECB 5) (INC) ..................... 65,000 65,000 Def-Wide Maryland Joint Base Andrews Hydrant Fueling System ............................................. 38,300 38,300 Def-Wide Missouri Lake City Army Ammunition 

Plant 

Microgrid and Backup Power ..................................... 0 80,100 80,100 

Def-Wide Montana Great Falls International Airport Fuel Facilities ............................................................. 30,000 30,000 

Def-Wide Nebraska Offutt Air Force Base Microgrid and Backup Power ..................................... 0 41,000 41,000 Def-Wide North Carolina Fort Bragg (Camp Mackall) Microgrid and Backup Power ..................................... 0 10,500 10,500 Def-Wide North Carolina Marine Corps Base Camp 

Lejeune 

Marine Raider Battalion Operations Facility ............. 0 70,000 70,000 

Def-Wide Oklahoma Fort Sill Microgrid and Backup Power ..................................... 0 76,650 76,650 

Def-Wide Puerto Rico Fort Buchanan Microgrid and Backup Power ..................................... 0 56,000 56,000 Def-Wide Spain Naval Station Rota Bulk Tank Farm, Phase 1 .......................................... 80,000 80,000 


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Def-Wide Texas Fort Hood Microgrid and Backup Power ..................................... 0 18,250 18,250 

Def-Wide Utah Hill Air Force Base Open Storage ............................................................. 14,200 14,200 Def-Wide Virginia Fort Belvoir DIA Headquarters Annex ............................................ 185,000 –160,000 25,000 Def-Wide Virginia Joint Expeditionary Base Little 

Creek—Story 

SOF SDVT2 Operations Support Facility .................... 61,000 61,000 

Def-Wide Virginia Pentagon HVAC Efficiency Upgrades ......................................... 0 2,250 2,250 

Def-Wide Virginia Pentagon Sec OPS and Pedestrian Access Facs ....................... 30,600 30,600 Def-Wide Washington Joint Base Lewis-McChord Power Generation and Microgrid ............................... 0 49,850 49,850 Def-Wide Washington Joint Base Lewis-McChord SOF Consolidated Rigging Facility ............................ 62,000 62,000 Def-Wide Washington Manchester Bulk Storage Tanks, Phase 2 .................................... 71,000 71,000 Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Energy Resilience and Conserv. Invest. Prog. ........... 548,000 –548,000 0 Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations ERCIP Planning & Design .......................................... 86,250 15,000 101,250 Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Exercise Related Minor Construction ......................... 11,107 10,365 21,472 Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations PDI: INDOPACOM Planning & Design ........................ 0 69,000 69,000 

Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations PDI: INDOPACOM Unspecified Minor Construction .... 0 62,000 62,000

Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design (DHA) .......................................... 49,610 49,610 Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design (Defense-Wide) ........................... 32,579 32,579 Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design (Cybercom) ................................. 30,215 30,215 Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design (SOCOM) ..................................... 25,130 25,130 Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design (DLA) ........................................... 24,000 24,000 Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design (DODEA) ...................................... 8,568 8,568 Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design (NSA) .......................................... 3,068 3,068 Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design (TJS) ............................................ 2,000 2,000 Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design (MDA) .......................................... 1,035 20,000 21,035 Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design (WHS) .......................................... 590 590 Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Construction (SOCOM) ................. 19,271 19,271 Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Construction (Defense-Wide) ....... 3,000 3,000 Def-Wide Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Construction (DLA) ....................... 4,875 4,875 Def-Wide Wyoming F.E. Warren Air Force Base Microgrid and Battery Storage .................................. 0 25,000 25,000 

Military Construction, Defense-Wide Total ........................................................................................................................................... 2,984,682 –59,535 2,925,147 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request House Change House Agreement 

NATO Worldwide Unspecified NATO Security Investment Program NATO Security Investment Program ........................... 293,434 293,434 

NATO Security Investment Program Total ............................................................................................................................................ 293,434 0 293,434 

Army NG Arizona Surprise Readiness Center National Guard Readiness Center ............................. 15,000 15,000 Army NG Florida Camp Blanding Camp Blanding Automated Multipurpose Machine 

Gun Range.

0 11,000 11,000 

Army NG Florida Camp Blanding Camp Blanding Training Aids Center (P&D) ............. 0 1,200 1,200 

Army NG Florida Camp Blanding Camp Blanding Wedge Infantry Squad Battle 

Course (P&D).

0 840 840 

Army NG Idaho Jerome County Regional Site National Guard Vehicle Maintenance Shop ............... 17,000 17,000 Army NG Illinois North Riverside (National Guard 

Maintenance Center) 

National Guard Vehicle Maintenance Shop ............... 24,000 24,000 

Army NG Kentucky Burlington Vehicle Maintenance Shop ......................................... 0 16,400 16,400 

Army NG Missouri Belle Fontaine National Guard Readiness Center ............................. 28,000 28,000 

Army NG New Hampshire Littleton National Guard Vehicle Maintenance Shop Add ....... 23,000 23,000 Army NG New Mexico Rio Rancho Training Site National Guard Vehicle Maintenance Shop Add ....... 11,000 11,000 Army NG New York Lexington Avenue Armory Lexington Armory National Guard Readiness Center 

Addition/Alteration.

0 45,000 45,000 

Army NG Ohio Camp Perry Joint Training Center National Guard Readiness Center ............................. 19,200 19,200 

Army NG Oklahoma Shawnee Readiness Center National Guard Readiness Center (P&D) .................. 0 1,800 1,800 Army NG Oregon Washington County Readiness 

Center 

National Guard Readiness Center ............................. 26,000 26,000 

Army NG Pennsylvania Fort Indiantown Gap FTIG Auto MPMG Range (P&D) .................................. 0 1,550 1,550 Army NG Pennsylvania Hermitage Readiness Center National Guard Readiness Center ............................. 13,600 13,600 Army NG South Carolina Aiken County Readiness Center National Guard Readiness Center ............................. 20,000 20,000 


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Army NG South Carolina McCrady Training Center Automated Multipurpose Machine Gun Range .......... 7,900 7,900 Army NG Texas Fort Hood General Purpose Instruction Building (P&D) ............. 0 2,685 2,685 

Army NG Virginia Sandston RC & FMS 1 Aircraft Maintenance Hangar .................................... 20,000 20,000 Army NG Wisconsin Viroqua National Guard Readiness Center ............................. 18,200 18,200 Army NG Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Cost to Complete Army National Guard .................... 0 134,881 134,881 Army NG Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design ..................................................... 34,286 10,400 44,686 Army NG Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Construction ................................. 63,000 10,000 73,000 Army NG Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition 0 15,000 15,000

Military Construction, Army National Guard Total ............................................................................................................................... 340,186 250,756 590,942 

Army Res Alabama Birmingham Army Reserve Center/AMSA/Land ............................... 57,000 57,000 Army Res Arizona Queen Creek Area Maintenance Support Activity ........................... 12,000 12,000 Army Res California Fort Hunter Liggett Network Enterprise Center ......................................... 0 40,000 40,000 Army Res Georgia USMC Logistics Base Albany Army Reserve Center .................................................. 0 40,000 40,000 Army Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Cost to Complete Army Reserve ................................ 0 23,000 23,000 

Army Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design ..................................................... 23,389 23,389 Army Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Construction ................................. 14,687 10,000 24,687 Army Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition 0 5,000 5,000 

Military Construction, Army Reserve Total .......................................................................................................................................... 107,076 118,000 225,076 

N/MC Res Michigan Battle Creek Organic Supply Facilities ........................................... 24,549 24,549 N/MC Res Virginia Marine Forces Reserve Dam 

Neck Virginia Beach 

G/Ator Support Facilities ............................................ 12,400 12,400 

N/MC Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations MCNR Planning & Design .......................................... 6,495 6,495 N/MC Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations MCNR Unspecified Minor Construction ...................... 7,847 10,000 17,847 N/MC Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition 0 5,000 5,000 

Military Construction, Navy Reserve Total ........................................................................................................................................... 51,291 15,000 66,291 

Air NG Alabama Montgomery Regional Airport F–35 ADAL SQ OPS Bldg 1303 .................................. 7,000 7,000 Air NG Alaska Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson ADAL Alert Crew Facility Hgr 18 ................................ 0 7,000 7,000 

Air NG Arizona Tucson International Airport Mcca: Aircraft Arresting System (New Rwy) .............. 11,600 11,600 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request House Change House Agreement 

Air NG Arkansas Ebbing Field Permanent (F–35 Multi) Construct F–35 FMS 3–Bay 

Clear Span Hangar.

0 53,553 53,553 

Air NG Arkansas Ebbing Field Permanent (Multi F–35) Construct F–35 FMS AFE & 

Step.

0 9,269 9,269 

Air NG Arkansas Ebbing Field Permanent (Multi F–35) Construct F–35 FMS SAPF 

(Secure Facility).

0 12,720 12,720 

Air NG Colorado Buckley Air National Guard Base Aircraft Corrosion Control .......................................... 12,000 12,000 

Air NG Florida Jacksonville Int’l Airport Jacksonville International Airport—Air National 

Guard F–35 Munitions Storage Area Admin (P&D).

0 600 600 

Air NG Indiana Fort Wayne International Airport Fire Station ................................................................ 8,900 8,900 Air NG Oregon Portland International Airport Special Tactics Complex, Phase 1 ............................ 22,000 22,000 Air NG Oregon Portland International Airport Special Tactics Complex, Phase 2 ............................ 18,500 18,500 Air NG Oregon Portland International Airport Special Tactics Complex, Phase 3 ............................ 0 20,000 20,000 Air NG Oregon Portland International Airport Special Tactics Complex, Phase 4 ............................ 0 11,000 11,000 Air NG Pennsylvania Harrisburg International Airport Entry Control Facility ................................................. 0 8,000 8,000 

Air NG Wisconsin Truax Field F–35: MM&I Fac, B701 .............................................. 0 5,200 5,200 Air NG Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design ..................................................... 35,600 35,600 Air NG Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Construction ................................. 63,122 10,000 73,122 Air NG Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition 0 15,000 15,000 

Military Construction, Air National Guard Total ................................................................................................................................... 178,722 152,342 331,064 

AF Res Arizona Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Guardian Angel POTFF Facility .................................. 0 8,500 8,500 AF Res California March Air Reserve Base KC–46 Add/Alter B1244 FUT/Cargo Pallet Storage ... 17,000 17,000 AF Res California March Air Reserve Base KC–46 Add/Alter B6000 Simulator Facility ............... 8,500 8,500 AF Res California March Air Reserve Base KC–46 Two Bay Maintenance/Fuel Hangar ............... 201,000 201,000 

AF Res Georgia Dobbins Air Reserve Base Security Forces Facility .............................................. 0 22,000 22,000 AF Res Guam Joint Region Marianas Aerial Port Facility ..................................................... 27,000 27,000 


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AF Res Louisiana Barksdale Air Force Base 307 Bomb Wing Medical Facility Expansion ............. 0 7,000 7,000 

AF Res Texas Naval Air Station Joint Reserve 

Base Fort Worth 

LRS Warehouse .......................................................... 16,000 16,000 

AF Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design ..................................................... 12,146 12,146 AF Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Military Construction ................... 9,926 10,000 19,926 AF Res Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Military Construction Demolition 0 5,000 5,000 

Military Construction, Air Force Reserve Total ................................................................................................................................... 291,572 52,500 344,072 

FH Con Army Georgia Fort Gordon Fort Gordon MHPI Equity Investment ......................... 50,000 50,000 

FH Con Army Germany Baumholder Family Housing New Construction ............................. 78,746 78,746 FH Con Army Kwajalein Kwajalein Atoll Family Housing Replacement Construction ............... 98,600 98,600 FH Con Army Missouri Fort Leonard Wood Fort Leonard Wood MHPI Equity Investment ............. 50,000 50,000 FH Con Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Family Housing P&D .................................................. 27,549 27,549 

Family Housing Construction, Army Total ............................................................................................................................................ 304,895 0 304,895 

FH Ops Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Furnishings ................................................................ 12,121 12,121 FH Ops Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Housing Privatization Support ................................... 86,019 86,019 FH Ops Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Leasing ....................................................................... 112,976 112,976 FH Ops Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Maintenance ............................................................... 86,706 86,706 FH Ops Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Management .............................................................. 41,121 41,121 FH Ops Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Miscellaneous ............................................................. 554 554 FH Ops Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Services ...................................................................... 7,037 7,037 FH Ops Army Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Utilities ....................................................................... 38,951 38,951 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army Total ................................................................................................................... 385,485 0 385,485 

FH Con Navy Guam Joint Region Marianas Replace Andersen Housing, Phase 8 ......................... 121,906 121,906 

FH Con Navy Guam Naval Support Activity Andersen Replace Andersen Housing (AF), Phase 7 ................. 83,126 83,126 FH Con Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Design, Washington DC ............................................. 4,782 4,782 FH Con Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Improvements, Washington DC .................................. 57,740 57,740 FH Con Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations USMC DPRI/Guam Planning & Design ...................... 9,588 9,588 

Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps Total ............................................................................................................. 277,142 0 277,142 


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SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/ Country Installation Project Title FY 2024 Request House Change House Agreement 

FH Ops Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Furnishings ................................................................ 17,744 17,744 FH Ops Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Housing Privatization Support ................................... 65,655 65,655 FH Ops Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Leasing ....................................................................... 60,214 60,214 FH Ops Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Maintenance ............................................................... 101,356 101,356 FH Ops Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Management .............................................................. 61,896 61,896 FH Ops Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Miscellaneous ............................................................. 419 419 FH Ops Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Services ...................................................................... 13,250 13,250 FH Ops Navy Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Utilities ....................................................................... 43,320 43,320 

Family Housing Operation And Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps Total .................................................................................... 363,854 0 363,854 

FH Con AF Alabama Maxwell Air Force Base MHPI Restructure-AETC Group II ............................... 65,000 65,000 FH Con AF Colorado U.S. Air Force Academy Construction Improvement—Carlton House .............. 9,282 9,282 FH Con AF Hawaii Hickam Air Force Base MHPI Restructure-Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam .. 75,000 75,000 FH Con AF Japan Yokota Air Base Improve Family Housing PAIP 9, Phase 1 (24 Units) 0 27,000 27,000 FH Con AF Mississippi Keesler Air Force Base MHPI Restructure-Southern Group ............................. 80,000 80,000 FH Con AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Planning & Design ..................................................... 7,815 7,815 

Family Housing Construction, Air Force Total ..................................................................................................................................... 237,097 27,000 264,097 

FH Ops AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Furnishings ................................................................ 23,884 23,884 FH Ops AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Housing Privatization Support ................................... 31,803 31,803 FH Ops AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Leasing ....................................................................... 5,143 5,143 FH Ops AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Maintenance ............................................................... 124,410 124,410 FH Ops AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Management .............................................................. 68,023 68,023 FH Ops AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Miscellaneous ............................................................. 2,377 2,377 FH Ops AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Services ...................................................................... 10,692 10,692 FH Ops AF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Utilities ....................................................................... 48,054 48,054 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Total ............................................................................................................ 314,386 0 314,386 


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FH Ops DW Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Furnishings ................................................................ 673 673 FH Ops DW Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Furnishings ................................................................ 89 89 FH Ops DW Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Leasing ....................................................................... 32,042 32,042 FH Ops DW Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Leasing ....................................................................... 13,658 13,658 FH Ops DW Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Maintenance ............................................................... 35 35 FH Ops DW Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Utilities ....................................................................... 4,273 4,273 FH Ops DW Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Utilities ....................................................................... 15 15 

Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide Total ..................................................................................................... 50,785 0 50,785 

FHIF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Administrative Expenses—FHIF ................................. 6,611 6,611 

DOD Family Housing Improvement Fund Total .................................................................................................................................... 6,611 0 6,611 

UHIF Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Administrative Expenses—UHIF ................................ 496 496 

Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund Total ............................................................................................................................. 496 0 496 

BRAC Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Base Realignment & Closure .................................... 150,640 50,000 200,640 

Base Realignment and Closure—Army Total ...................................................................................................................................... 150,640 50,000 200,640 

BRAC Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Base Realignment & Closure .................................... 108,818 50,000 158,818 

Base Realignment and Closure—Navy Total ....................................................................................................................................... 108,818 50,000 158,818 

BRAC Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations Base Realignment & Closure .................................... 123,990 50,000 173,990 

Base Realignment and Closure—Air Force Total ............................................................................................................................... 123,990 50,000 173,990 

BRAC Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations INT–4: DLA Activities ................................................. 5,726 5,726 

Base Realignment and Closure—Defense-wide Total ........................................................................................................................ 5,726 0 5,726 

Total, Military Construction ................................................................................................................................................................... 16,674,944 800,000 17,474,944 


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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 House Change House Authorized 

Discretionary Summary By Appropriation 

Energy And Water Development, And Related Agencies Appropriation Summary: 

Nuclear Energy .................................................................................................................................................................. 177,733 –17,733 160,000 Atomic Energy Defense Activities 

National nuclear security administration: 

Weapons activities .......................................................................................................................................... 18,832,947 119,729 18,952,676 Defense nuclear nonproliferation ................................................................................................................... 2,508,959 –81,000 2,427,959 Naval reactors ................................................................................................................................................ 1,964,100 –15,000 1,949,100 Federal salaries and expenses ....................................................................................................................... 538,994 0 538,994 

Total, National Nuclear Security Administration .................................................................................................. 23,845,000 23,729 23,868,729 

Environmental and other defense activities: 

Defense environmental cleanup ..................................................................................................................... 7,500,587 –392,000 7,108,587 Other defense activities ................................................................................................................................. 1,075,197 0 1,075,197 

Total, Environmental & other defense activities ................................................................................................. 8,575,784 –392,000 8,183,784 

Total, Atomic Energy Defense Activities ........................................................................................................................ 32,420,784 –368,271 32,052,513 

Total, Discretionary Funding ............................................................................................................................................................. 32,598,517 –386,004 32,212,513 


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Nuclear Energy 

Idaho sitewide safeguards and security ................................................................................................................................... 177,733 –17,733 160,000 

Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–17,733 ] 

Total, Nuclear Energy ........................................................................................................................................................................ 177,733 –17,733 160,000 

Stockpile Management 

Stockpile Major Modernization 

B61–12 Life Extension Program .............................................................................................................................. 449,850 449,850 W88 Alteration Program .......................................................................................................................................... 178,823 178,823 W80–4 Life Extension Program ............................................................................................................................... 1,009,929 1,009,929 W80–4 ALT SLCM .................................................................................................................................................... 0 70,000 70,000 

Program increase ............................................................................................................................................ [70,000 ] 

W87–1 Modification Program .................................................................................................................................. 1,068,909 1,068,909 W93 Program ........................................................................................................................................................... 389,656 389,656 

Total, Stockpile Major Modernization ............................................................................................................................ 3,097,167 70,000 3,167,167 

Stockpile services 

Stockpile Sustainment .................................................................................................................................... 1,276,578 –12,500 1,264,078 

Program decrease .................................................................................................................................. [–12,500 ] 

Weapons Dismantlement and Disposition ...................................................................................................... 53,718 –17,000 36,718 

Program decrease .................................................................................................................................. [–17,000 ] 

Production Operations .................................................................................................................................... 710,822 710,822 Nuclear Enterprise Assurance ........................................................................................................................ 66,614 66,614 

Subtotal, Stockpile Services .................................................................................................................................. 2,107,732 –29,500 2,078,232 

Total, Stockpile Management .................................................................................................................................................. 5,204,899 40,500 5,245,399 

Weapons Activities 

Production Modernization 

Primary Capability Modernization 

Plutonium Modernization 

Los Alamos Plutonium Modernization 


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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Los Alamos Plutonium Operations ........................................................................................................ 833,100 833,100 21–D–512 Plutonium Pit Production Project, LANL .............................................................................. 670,000 670,000 15–D–302 TA–55 Reinvestments Project, Phase 3, LANL .................................................................... 30,000 30,000 07–D–220-04 Transuranic Liquid Waste Facility, LANL ....................................................................... 0 0 04–D–125 Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Project, LANL ....................................... 227,122 227,122 

Subtotal, Los Alamos Plutonium Modernization .......................................................................................... 1,760,222 0 1,760,222 

Savannah River Plutonium Modernization 

Savannah River Plutonium Operations ................................................................................................. 62,764 62,764 21–D–511 Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility, SRS .......................................................... 858,235 142,000 1,000,235 

Program increase .......................................................................................................................... [142,000 ] 

Subtotal, Savannah River Plutonium Modernization ................................................................................... 920,999 142,000 1,062,999 Enterprise Plutonium Support ........................................................................................................................ 87,779 87,779 

Total, Plutonium Modernization ............................................................................................................................. 2,769,000 142,000 2,911,000 

High Explosives and Energetics 

High Explosives & Energetics ................................................................................................................ 93,558 93,558 23–D–516 Energetic Materials Characterization Facility, LANL ........................................................... 0 0 21–D–510 HE Synthesis, Formulation, and Production, PX ................................................................. 0 83,000 83,000 

Program increase .......................................................................................................................... [83,000 ] 

15–D–301 HE Science & Engineering Facility, PX ............................................................................... 101,356 101,356 

Total, High Explosives and Energetics .................................................................................................................. 194,914 277,914 

Total, Primary Capability Modernization ........................................................................................................................ 2,963,914 225,000 3,188,914 Secondary Capability Modernization 

Secondary Capability Modernization ........................................................................................................................ 666,914 666,914 18–D–690 Lithium Processing Facility, Y–12 ........................................................................................................ 210,770 210,770 06–D–141 Uranium Processing Facility, Y–12 ....................................................................................................... 760,000 760,000 

Total, Secondary Capability Modernization ................................................................................................................... 1,637,684 0 1,637,684 


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Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment 

Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment ........................................................................................................... 592,992 592,992 18–D–650 Tritium Finishing Facility, SRS .............................................................................................................. 0 37,000 37,000 

Program increase ............................................................................................................................................ [37,000 ] 

Total, Tritium and Domestic Uranium Enrichment ........................................................................................................ 592,992 37,000 629,992 Non-Nuclear Capability Modernization ............................................................................................................................. 166,990 166,990 22–D–513 Power Sources Capability, SNL ...................................................................................................................... 37,886 37,886 Capability Based Investments .......................................................................................................................................... 156,462 156,462 

Total, Production Modernization ............................................................................................................................................. 5,555,928 262,000 5,817,928 

Stockpile Research, Technology, and Engineering 

Assessment Science ......................................................................................................................................................... 1,044,321 –20,000 1,024,321 

Program decrease ........................................................................................................................................... [–20,000 ] 

Engineering and Integrated Assessments ........................................................................................................................ 440,456 –30,000 410,456 

Program decrease ........................................................................................................................................... [–30,000 ] 

Inertial Confinement Fusion ............................................................................................................................................. 601,650 601,650 Advanced Simulation and Computing .............................................................................................................................. 782,472 –50,000 732,472 

Program decrease ........................................................................................................................................... [–50,000 ] 

Weapon Technology and Manufacturing Maturation ........................................................................................................ 327,745 –20,000 307,745 

Program decrease ........................................................................................................................................... [–20,000 ] 

Total, Stockpile Research, Technology, and Engineering ..................................................................................................... 3,196,644 –120,000 3,076,644 Academic Programs and Community Support .......................................................................................................................... 152,271 –40,271 112,000 

Community Capacity Building Program .................................................................................................................. [–30,000 ] 

Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–10,271 ] 

Total, Academic Programs and Community Support ............................................................................................................. 152,271 –40,271 112,000 

Infrastructure and Operations 

Operations of facilities ..................................................................................................................................................... 1,053,000 0 1,053,000 


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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Safety and environmental operations .............................................................................................................................. 139,114 139,114 Maintenance and repair of facilities ............................................................................................................................... 718,000 718,000 Recapitalization: 

Infrastructure and safety ........................................................................................................................................ 650,012 –22,500 627,512 

Program decrease ........................................................................................................................................... [–22,500 ] 

Total, Recapitalization ..................................................................................................................................................... 650,012 –22,500 627,512 Construction: 

24–D–512 TA–46 Protective Force Facility, LANL ................................................................................................... 48,500 48,500 24–D–511 Plutonium Production Building, LANL ................................................................................................... 48,500 48,500 24–D–510 Analytic Gas Laboratory, PX .................................................................................................................. 35,000 35,000 23–D–517 Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade, LANL ............................................................................................. 75,000 75,000 

Total, Construction .......................................................................................................................................................... 207,000 0 207,000 

Total, Infrastructure and operations ...................................................................................................................................... 2,767,126 –22,500 2,744,626 

Secure transportation asset 

Operations and equipment ............................................................................................................................................... 239,008 239,008 Program direction ............................................................................................................................................................. 118,056 118,056 

Total, Secure transportation asset ......................................................................................................................................... 357,064 0 357,064 Defense Nuclear Security 

Operations and Maintenance ........................................................................................................................................... 988,756 988,756 Construction: 

17–D–710 West end protected area reduction project, Y–12 ................................................................................ 28,000 28,000 

Total, Defense nuclear security .............................................................................................................................................. 1,016,756 0 1,016,756 

Information technology and cybersecurity ................................................................................................................................. 578,379 578,379 


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Legacy contractor pensions ....................................................................................................................................................... 65,452 65,452 Use of Prior Year Balances ....................................................................................................................................................... –61,572 –61,572 

Total, Weapons Activities .................................................................................................................................................................. 18,832,947 119,729 18,952,676 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation 

Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs 

Global material security 

International nuclear security ................................................................................................................................. 84,707 –10,000 74,707 

Program decrease ........................................................................................................................................... [–10,000 ] 

Radiological security ............................................................................................................................................... 258,033 258,033 Nuclear smuggling detection and deterrence ......................................................................................................... 181,308 181,308 

Total, Global material security ....................................................................................................................................... 524,048 –10,000 514,048 

Material management and minimization 

Conversion ............................................................................................................................................................... 116,675 116,675 Nuclear material removal ........................................................................................................................................ 47,100 47,100 Material disposition ................................................................................................................................................. 282,250 282,250 

Total, Material management & minimization ................................................................................................................ 446,025 0 446,025 Nonproliferation and arms control ................................................................................................................................... 212,358 –20,000 192,358 

Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–20,000 ] 

Defense nuclear nonproliferation R&D 

Proliferation Detection ............................................................................................................................................. 290,388 –20,000 270,388 

Program decrease—Arms control efforts ...................................................................................................... [–20,000 ] 

Nuclear Detonation Detection .................................................................................................................................. 285,603 285,603 Forensics R&D ......................................................................................................................................................... 44,759 44,759 Nonproliferation Stewardship Program .................................................................................................................... 107,437 –6,000 101,437 

Program decrease ........................................................................................................................................... [–6,000 ] 

Total, Defense nuclear nonproliferation R&D ............................................................................................................... 728,187 –26,000 702,187 


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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

NNSA Bioassurance Program ............................................................................................................................................ 25,000 –25,000 0 

Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–25,000 ] 

Nonproliferation Construction: 

18–D–150 Surplus Plutonium Disposition Project, SRS ......................................................................................... 77,211 77,211 

Total, Nonproliferation construction .............................................................................................................................. 77,211 0 77,211 

Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs ............................................................................................................... 2,012,829 –81,000 1,931,829 Legacy contractor pensions ....................................................................................................................................................... 22,587 22,587 Nuclear counterterrorism and incident response program ....................................................................................................... 493,543 493,543 Use of prior-year balances ........................................................................................................................................................ –20,000 –20,000 

Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ......................................................................................................................................... 2,508,959 –81,000 2,427,959 

Naval Reactors 

Naval reactors development ...................................................................................................................................................... 838,340 838,340 Columbia-Class reactor systems development ......................................................................................................................... 52,900 52,900 Naval reactors operations and infrastructure ........................................................................................................................... 712,036 712,036 Construction: 

24–D–530 NRF Medical Science Complex ....................................................................................................................... 36,584 36,584 22–D–531 KL Chemistry and Radiological Health Building ........................................................................................... 10,400 10,400 21–D–530 KL Steam and Condensate Upgrade .............................................................................................................. 53,000 53,000 14–D–901 Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project, NRF ....................................................................................... 199,300 –15,000 184,300 

Program decrease .................................................................................................................................................... [–15,000 ] 

Total, Construction ................................................................................................................................................................... 299,284 –15,000 284,284 Program direction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 61,540 61,540 

Total, Naval Reactors ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1,964,100 –15,000 1,949,100 


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Federal Salaries And Expenses 

Program Direction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 538,994 538,994 

Total, Office Of The Administrator ................................................................................................................................................... 538,994 0 538,994 

Defense Environmental Cleanup 

Closure sites: 

Closure sites administration ............................................................................................................................................ 3,023 3,023 

Richland: 

River corridor and other cleanup operations ................................................................................................................... 180,000 180,000 Central plateau remediation ............................................................................................................................................ 684,289 684,289 Richland community and regulatory support ................................................................................................................... 10,100 10,100 Construction: 

22–D–401 Eastern Plateau Fire Station ................................................................................................................. 7,000 7,000 

22–D–402 L–897, 200 Area Water Treatment Facility ........................................................................................... 11,200 11,200 23–D–404 181D Export Water System Reconfiguration and Upgrade ................................................................... 27,149 27,149 23–D–405 181B Export Water System Reconfiguration and Upgrade ................................................................... 462 462 

24–D–401 Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility Supercell 11 Expansion Proj .......................................... 1,000 1,000 

Total, Construction .......................................................................................................................................................... 46,811 0 46,811 

Total, Hanford site .................................................................................................................................................................... 921,200 0 921,200 

Office of River Protection: 

Waste Treatment Immobilization Plant Commissioning .................................................................................................. 466,000 466,000 Rad liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition ...................................................................................................... 813,625 813,625 Construction: 

01–D–16D High-Level Waste Facility ...................................................................................................................... 600,000 600,000 01–D–16E Pretreatment Facility ............................................................................................................................. 20,000 20,000 15–D–409 Low Activity Waste Pretreatment System .............................................................................................. 60,000 60,000 23–D–403, Hanford 200 West Area Tank Farms Risk Management Project ......................................................... 15,309 15,309 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Total, Construction .......................................................................................................................................................... 695,309 0 695,309 

Total, Office of River Protection ............................................................................................................................................. 1,974,934 0 1,974,934 

Idaho National Laboratory: 

Idaho cleanup and waste disposition .............................................................................................................................. 377,623 377,623 Idaho community and regulatory support ........................................................................................................................ 2,759 2,759 

Construction: 

22–D–403 Idaho Spent Nuclear Fuel Staging Facility .................................................................................. 10,159 10,159 22–D–404 Additional ICDF Landfill Disposal Cell and Evaporation Ponds Project ...................................... 46,500 46,500 

23–D–402—Calcine Construction ................................................................................................................. 10,000 10,000 

Total, Construction ................................................................................................................................................. 66,659 0 66,659 

Total, Idaho National Laboratory ............................................................................................................................................. 447,041 0 447,041 

NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites 

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ......................................................................................................................... 1,879 1,879 

LLNL Excess Facilities D&D .............................................................................................................................................. 20,195 20,195 Nuclear facility D & D 

Separations Process Research Unit ........................................................................................................................ 15,300 15,300 Nevada Site ............................................................................................................................................................. 61,952 61,952 Sandia National Laboratories .................................................................................................................................. 2,264 2,264 Los Alamos National Laboratory .............................................................................................................................. 273,831 273,831 Los Alamos Excess Facilities D&D .......................................................................................................................... 13,648 13,648 

Total, NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites .................................................................................................................................. 389,069 0 389,069 

Oak Ridge Reservation: 

OR Nuclear facility D & D ................................................................................................................................................ 335,000 0 335,000 


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Total, OR Nuclear facility D & D .................................................................................................................................... 335,000 0 335,000 U233 Disposition Program ................................................................................................................................................ 55,000 55,000 OR cleanup and disposition ............................................................................................................................................. 72,000 72,000 

Construction: 

14–D–403 Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility ....................................................................................... 10,000 10,000 

17–D–401 On-site waste disposal facility .................................................................................................... 24,500 24,500 

Total, Construction ................................................................................................................................................. 34,500 0 34,500 

Total, OR cleanup and waste disposition ...................................................................................................................... 161,500 0 161,500 OR community & regulatory support ................................................................................................................................ 5,500 5,500 

OR technology development and deployment .................................................................................................................. 3,000 3,000 

Total, Oak Ridge Reservation .................................................................................................................................................. 505,000 0 505,000 Savannah River Sites: 

Savannah River risk management operations ................................................................................................................. 453,109 15,000 468,109 

Program increase ..................................................................................................................................................... [15,000 ] Construction: 

18–D–402 Emergency Operations Center Replacement, SR ......................................................................... 34,733 34,733 

Total, Risk Management Operations .............................................................................................................................. 487,842 15,000 502,842 

Savannah River Legacy Pensions ..................................................................................................................................... 65,898 65,898 Savannah River National Laboratory O&M ....................................................................................................................... 42,000 42,000 SR community and regulatory support ............................................................................................................................ 12,389 12,389 Radioactive liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition .......................................................................................... 880,323 20,000 900,323 

Program increase ..................................................................................................................................................... [20,000 ] Construction: 

18–D–402 Saltstone disposal unit #8/9 ....................................................................................................... 31,250 31,250 20-D–401 Saltstone Disposal Unit #10, 11, 12 ............................................................................................ 56,250 56,250 

Total, Construction ................................................................................................................................................. 87,500 0 87,500 

Total, Savannah River site ....................................................................................................................................................... 1,575,952 35,000 1,610,952 


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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2024 Request House Change House Authorized 

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ............................................................................................................................................... 369,961 369,961 Construction: 

15–D–411 Safety significant confinement ventilation system, WIPP .................................................................... 44,365 44,365 15–D–412 Utility Shaft, WIPP ................................................................................................................................. 50,000 50,000 

Total, Construction .......................................................................................................................................................... 94,365 0 94,365 

Total, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ........................................................................................................................................... 464,326 0 464,326 

Program Direction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 326,893 326,893 Program Support ........................................................................................................................................................................ 103,504 103,504 Safeguards and Security ........................................................................................................................................................... 332,645 332,645 Technology Development and Deployment ................................................................................................................................ 30,000 30,000 Federal contribution to the Uranium Enrichment D&D Fund ................................................................................................... 427,000 –427,000 0 

Program decrease ............................................................................................................................................................. [–427,000 ] 

Total, Defense Environmental Cleanup ............................................................................................................................................ 7,500,587 –392,000 7,108,587 Other Defense Activities 

Environment, health, safety and security 

Environment, health, safety and security ........................................................................................................................ 86,558 86,558 Program direction ............................................................................................................................................................. 144,705 144,705 

Total, Environment, Health, safety and security .................................................................................................................... 231,263 0 231,263 Office of Enterprise Assessments 

Program Direction ............................................................................................................................................................. 64,132 64,132 Enterprise Assessments .................................................................................................................................................... 30,022 30,022 

Total, Office of Enterprise Assessments ................................................................................................................................. 94,154 0 94,154 


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Specialized security activities ................................................................................................................................................... 345,330 345,330 Office of Legacy Management 

Legacy management ......................................................................................................................................................... 173,681 173,681 Program direction ............................................................................................................................................................. 22,621 22,621 

Total, Office of Legacy Management ...................................................................................................................................... 196,302 0 196,302 

Defense-related administrative support .................................................................................................................................... 203,649 203,649 Office of hearings and appeals ................................................................................................................................................ 4,499 4,499 

Subtotal, Other Defense Activities ................................................................................................................................................... 1,075,197 0 1,075,197 Total, Other Defense Activities ......................................................................................................................................................... 1,075,197 0 1,075,197 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

SERVICE/COMPONENT DESCRIPTION OF SAVINGS/PLATFORM DIVESTED TOTAL FYDP 

SAVINGS 

AIR FORCE A-10 aircraft divestment 4,494,727 

AIR FORCE B-1B aircraft divestment 406,851 

AIR FORCE C-130H aircraft divestment 692,418 

AIR FORCE E-3/AWACS aircraft divestment 764,689 

AIR FORCE E-8 JSTARS aircraft divestment 1,464,417 

AIR FORCE EC-130H aircraft divestment 496,521 

AIR FORCE EC-130J aircraft divestment 186,030 

AIR FORCE F-15 C/D aircraft divestment 3,699,838 

AIR FORCE F-15E aircraft divestment 3,015,337 

AIR FORCE F-16 C/D aircraft divestment 1,239,576 

AIR FORCE HH-60G aircraft divestment 1,462,747 

AIR FORCE KC-10 aircraft divestment 2,054,206 

AIR FORCE KC-135 R/T aircraft divestment 1,533,002 

AIR FORCE RQ-4 aircraft divestment 1,089,797 

AIR FORCE T-1A aircraft divestment 631,948 

AIR FORCE Battle Mgmt Com & Ctrl Sensor Development, ARSR-4 Replacement Hawai’i Radar 35,000 

AIR FORCE B-52 Squadrons, Scheduling delays 35,000 

AIR FORCE Cyberspace Activities, Insufficient and delayed justification 30,000 

AIR FORCE All Domain Common Platform, Insufficient justification 15,000 

AIR FORCE General Information Technology, Insufficient justification 25,000 

AIR FORCE AFNET, Insufficient justification 25,000 

AIR FORCE Afwerx Prime, Rocket Cargo Early to need 25,000 

AIR FORCE Modular Advanced Missile, Excess to need 105,328 

AIR FORCE Next Generation Air Dominance, Project 646007: Program 

Deferment 550,600 

AIR FORCE Advanced Pilot Training, Program delay 11,600 

AIR FORCE Hypersonics Prototyping, Air-Launched Raid Response Weapon 

(ARRW) program performance 150,340 

AIR FORCE Contractor Logistics Support and System Support, Underexecution 40,000 

AIR FORCE Flying Hour Program, Underexecution 115,000 

AIR FORCE Base Support, Underexecution 115,000 

AIR FORCE Other Combat Ops Spt Programs, Underexecution 75,000 

AIR FORCE US STRATCOM, Underexecution 15,000 

AIR FORCE Flight Training, Underexecution 25,000 

AIR FORCE Other Servicewide Activities, Underexecution 45,000 

AIR FORCE International Support, Underexecution 20,000 

AIR FORCE VC-25B, Excess to need 57,000 

AIR FORCE Advanced Weapons Technology, Excessive cost growth 10,000 

AIR FORCE F-35, Flyaway unit cost growth 124,800 

AIR FORCE Other Production Charges, Excess to need 229,400 

AIR FORCE F-35 C2/D2, TR-3/B4 unplanned cost growth 75,000 

AIR FORCE Classified Programs, Program justification review 14,737 

AIR FORCE F-35 C2D2, Reallocation for committee amendments 10,000 

AIR FORCE HC/MC-130 Recap RDT&E, Reallocation for committee amendments 25,000 

AIR FORCE Human Effectiveness Applied Research, Reallocation for committee amendments 2,500 

AIR FORCE Other Production Charges, Reallocation for committee amendments 5,000 


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SERVICE/COMPONENT DESCRIPTION OF SAVINGS/PLATFORM DIVESTED TOTAL FYDP 

SAVINGS 

ARMY UH-60A aircraft divestment 3,400 

ARMY UH-60L aircraft divestment 15,300 

ARMY Servicewide Communications, Insufficient justification 25,000 

ARMY Lethality Advanced Technology, Early to need 5,000 

ARMY M-SHORAD - Procurement, Excess fielding growth 10,500 

ARMY Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV), Incomplete development goals 14,993 

ARMY Handheld Manpack Small Form Fit (HMS), Excess to need 5,043 

ARMY Family of Weapon Sights (FWS), Family of Weapon Sights 8,100 

ARMY Joint Battle Command - Platform (JBC-P), Unjustified Cost 

Growth - Fielding and Systems Engineering 5,224 

ARMY Iamd Battle Command System, Excess Interim Contractor Support 17,100 

ARMY Ground Soldier System, Excess to need 18,805 

ARMY Synthetic Training Environment (STE), Excess to need - STE Live 7,226 

ARMY Synthetic Training Environment (STE), Excess to need - RVCT 9,534 

ARMY Conventional Munitions Demilitarization, Unjustified growth - 

EP1803 Non Army Missile Demilitarization 4,700 

ARMY Conventional Munitions Demilitarization, Unjustified growth - 

EP1800 Conventional Ammunition Demilitarization 98,450 

ARMY Armored System Modernization - Adv Dev, Slow Expenditure 

Ground Combat Platform 13,100 

ARMY Aviation - Adv Dev, FARA - Excess to need 50,000 

ARMY Soldier Systems - Advanced Development, Slow expenditure rate 

- Advance Development 523 

ARMY Soldier Systems - Advanced Development, Excessive growth - 

Program management 1,333 

ARMY Robotics Development, Slow expenditure rate 7,500 

ARMY Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS), Slow expenditure rate 29,047 

ARMY Maneuver - Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD), Delayed expenditure - Contract Award Delay 41,174 

ARMY Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), Slow expenditure rate - Mounted APNT 2,604 

ARMY Assured Positioning, Navigation And Timing (PNT), Slow expenditure rate - ALTNAV 5,236 

ARMY Synthetic Training Environment Refinement & Prototyping, Slow 

expenditure rate - SVT 2,053 

ARMY Synthetic Training Environment Refinement & Prototyping, Slow 

expenditure rate - Reconfig Virtual Collective Trainer 3,524 

ARMY Synthetic Training Environment Refinement & Prototyping, Slow 

expenditure rate - STE Live 25,451 

ARMY Infantry Support Weapons, Slow expenditure 1,344 

ARMY Medium Tactical Vehicles, Incomplete development goals 25,000 

ARMY Light Tactical Wheeled Vehicles, Incomplete development goals 43,893 

ARMY Night Vision Systems - Eng Dev, Slow expenditure - Joint Effects 

Targetting System (JETS) 5,028 

ARMY Army Tactical Command & Control Hardware & Software, Slow 

expenditure rate - Expeditionary Army Command Post 5,049 


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SERVICE/COMPONENT DESCRIPTION OF SAVINGS/PLATFORM DIVESTED TOTAL FYDP 

SAVINGS 

ARMY Army Tactical Command & Control Hardware & Software, Slow 

expenditure rate - Sustainment Transport System 2,747 

ARMY Emerging Technology Initiatives, Prototype delay 48,940 

ARMY Next Generation Load Device - Medium, Unjustified cost growth 11,411 

ARMY Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD), Capabilty development excess growth 10,900 

ARMY Manned Ground Vehicle, OMFV slow expenditure 120,900 

ARMY Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Engineering And Manufacturing Development Ph, JLTV 1,100 

ARMY Improved Turbine Engine Program, Excessive Growth - Government Planning 1,721 

ARMY Improved Turbine Engine Program, Slow expenditure rate 8,464 

ARMY Combat Vehicle Improvement Programs, Slow expenditure - 

Stryker Combat Vehicle Improvement Program 11,700 

ARMY 155MM Self-Propelled Howitzer Improvements, Slow expenditure - 

Extended Range Cannon Artillery 6,200 

ARMY 155MM Self-Propelled Howitzer Improvements, Excess growth - 

ERCA range prototype build 5,900 

ARMY Mobile Protected Firepower, Excessive growth - systems technical 

support 8,400 

ARMY Stryker Upgrade, Excessive growth - fleet modifications 4,600 

ARMY Echelons Above Brigade, Underexecution 20,000 

ARMY Theater Level Assets, Underexecution 125,000 

ARMY Land Forces Operations Support, Underexecution 35,000 

ARMY Land Forces Systems Readiness, Underexecution 20,000 

ARMY Other Personnel Support, Underexecution 40,000 

ARMY High Performance Computing Modernization Program, Excessive 

cost growth 5,000 

ARMY Armored Multi Purpose Vehicle (AMPV), Reallocation for committee amendments 2,500 

ARMY Classified Programs, Reallocation for committee amendments 2,500 

ARMY COTS Communications Equipment, Reallocation for committee 

amendments 7,100 

ARMY Emerging Technology Initiatives, Reallocation for committee 

amendments 2,500 

ARMY Signal Modernization Program, Reallocation for committee 

amendments 10,400 

ARMY Synthetic Training Environment (STE), Reallocation for committee 

amendments 5,000 

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD Cyberspace Activities, Insufficient justification 22,000 

CMP Civil Military Programs, Reallocation for committee amendments 2,500 

DARPA Sensor Technology, Reallocation for committee amendments 5,250 

DCMA Defense Contract Management Agency - Cyber, Early to need 5,000 

DCSA Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, Reallocation for 

committee amendments 5,000 

DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY Consolidated Health Support, Underexecution 186,000 

DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY Education and Training, Underexecution 20,000 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

SERVICE/COMPONENT DESCRIPTION OF SAVINGS/PLATFORM DIVESTED TOTAL FYDP 

SAVINGS 

DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY Management Activities, Underexecution 4,000 

DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY Base Operations/Communication, Underexecution 2,500 

DEFENSE-WIDE Historical unobligated balances 300,000 

DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY Consolidated Health Support, Reallocation for committee amendments 2,500 

DHRA Defense Human Resources Activity, Underexecution 45,000 

DISA Defense Information Systems Agency, Reallocation to modernization priorities 25,000 

DISA Joint Regional Security Stacks (JRSS), Acceleration of legacy 

technology divestment 22,714 

DISA Joint Service Provider, Insufficient justification 10,000 

DLSA Defense Legal Services Agency, Underexecution 35,000 

DOE EM Federal contribution to the Uranium Enrichment D&D Fund, Expired authorization 2,228,000 

DOE NNSA Spent Fuel Handling Recapitalization Project, NRF, Revised baseline 15,000 

DOE NNSA NNSA Bioassurance, Reallocation to core mission priorities 180,144 

DOE NNSA International Nuclear Security, Excess to need 50,000 

DOE NNSA Nonproliferation Stewardship Program, Excess to need 30,000 

DOE NNSA Proliferation Detection - Arms Control Efforts, Excess to need 100,000 

DOE NNSA Arms Control Advancement Initiative (ACAI), Excess to need 100,000 

DOE NNSA Community Capacity Building Program, Insufficient justificationl; 

Academic Programs and Community Support, Underexecution 356,184 

DOE NNSA Weapons Dismantlement and Disposition, Reallocation to higher 

priorities 53,839 

DOE NNSA Primary Assessment Technologies, Early to need 20,000 

DOE NNSA Studies and Assessments, Insufficient justification 30,000 

DOE NNSA Advanced Simulation and Computing, Reallocation to higher priorities 50,000 

DOE NNSA Weapon Technology and Manufacturing Maturation, Insufficient 

justification 20,000 

DOE NUCLEAR ENERGY Nuclear Energy, Early to need 103,733 

DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Reallocation to counter China 10,000 

DTRA Cooperative Threat Reduction, Reallocation for committee 

amendments 25,000 

MARINE CORPS Amphibious Combat Vehicle Family of Vehicles, Unjustified 

growth - Program Management 5,100 

MARINE CORPS Common Aviation Command and Control System, Unjustified 

fielding growth 5,900 

MDA AEGIS BMD, Reallocation for committee amendments 4,000 

MDA Missile Defense Agency, Reallocation for committee amendments 5,000 

MILITARY PERSONNEL Military Personnel, Historical Underexecution 600,000 

NAVY Terminate COBRA Block II Development 290,000 

NAVY Disestablishment of Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 2 87,400 

NAVY Continuous Process Improvement/Underexecution Reviews 166,000 

NAVY AV-8B aircraft divestment 64,800 

NAVY C-2A aircraft divestment 29,400 

NAVY CH-53E aircraft divestment 36,700 


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SERVICE/COMPONENT DESCRIPTION OF SAVINGS/PLATFORM DIVESTED TOTAL FYDP 

SAVINGS 

NAVY E-2C aircraft divestment 16,300 

NAVY F/A-18C aircraft divestment 126,400 

NAVY F/A-18D aircraft divestment 33,800 

NAVY F/A-18E aircraft divestment 60,000 

NAVY F/A-18F aircraft divestment 10,500 

NAVY MH-53E aircraft divestment 3,500 

NAVY MH-60R aircraft divestment 2,700 

NAVY MH-60S aircraft divestment 1,900 

NAVY P-3C aircraft divestment 2,100 

NAVY RQ-21A aircraft divestment 5,900 

NAVY TH-57B aircraft divestment 7,300 

NAVY TH-57C aircraft divestment 15,300 

NAVY UH-1Y aircraft divestment 6,900 

NAVY VH-3D aircraft divestment 1,200 

NAVY VH-60N aircraft divestment 800 

NAVY CG 69 - USS Vicksburg decommissioning 524,300 

NAVY LCS 6 - USS Jackson decommissioning 300,323 

NAVY LCS 8 - USS Montgomery decommissioning 306,429 

NAVY LCS Common Mission Modules Equipment, Excess to need 30,000 

NAVY LCS In-Service Modernization, Excessive cost growth 25,000 

NAVY SSN Acoustic Equipment, Excessive cost growth 10,000 

NAVY Shipboard IW Exploit, Excessive cost growth 15,000 

NAVY Afloat ATC Equipment, Excessive cost growth 5,000 

NAVY In-Service Radars And Sensors, Insufficient justification 15,000 

NAVY Training And Education Equipment, Excessive cost growth 25,000 

NAVY LCS MCM Mission Modules, Excess to need 35,000 

NAVY Environmental Support Equipment, Excessive cost growth 10,000 

NAVY FFG-Frigate, Insufficient justification 10,000 

NAVY Small & Medium UUV, Late contract award - Razorback 5,000 

NAVY Small And Medium Unmanned Undersea Vehicles, Late execution 

- MEDUSA 5,000 

NAVY Small & Medium UUV, Late execution - Viperfish 5,000 

NAVY LCS Mission Modules, Insufficient justification 15,000 

NAVY Mine Development, Program decrease 5,000 

NAVY Virginia Class Submarine AP, Early to need 325,100 

NAVY AS Submarine Tender, Late contract award 1,485,234 

NAVY MQ-25, Scheduling delays 199,000 

NAVY MQ-25 AP, Scheduling delays 12,600 

NAVY Marine Group 5 UAS, Early to need 17,900 

NAVY Chalk Coral, Program decrease 165,000 

NAVY Enterprise Information, Insufficient justification 25,000 

NAVY Navy Logistic Productivity, Early to need 2,000 

NAVY Science & Technology For Nuclear Re-Entry Systems, Excessive 

cost growth 20,000 

NAVY Marine Corps Ground Combat/Support System, Slow expenditure 17,800 

NAVY Link Plumeria, Project 2937: Unjustified requirements 1,100,300 

NAVY Marine Corps Air Defense Weapons Systems, Slow expenditure 10,500 

NAVY Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), Slow expenditure 15,100 

NAVY Mission and Other Ship Operations, Underexecution 10,000 

NAVY Ship Operations Support & Training, Underexecution 5,000 


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SAVINGS TABLE, FY 2024 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT—Continued 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

SERVICE/COMPONENT DESCRIPTION OF SAVINGS/PLATFORM DIVESTED TOTAL FYDP 

SAVINGS 

NAVY Weapons Maintenance, Underexecution 25,000 

NAVY Other Weapon Systems Support, Underexecution 10,000 

NAVY Medical Activities, Underexecution 30,000 

NAVY Planning, Engineering, and Program Support, Underexecution 60,000 

NAVY Acquisition, Logistics, and Oversight, Underexecution 15,000 

NAVY Science and Technology Management - Onr Field Acitivities, 

Early to need 5,000 

NAVY USMC Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD), Early to need 5,000 

NAVY Joint Strike Fighter CV, Flyaway unit cost growth 28,500 

NAVY JSF STOVL, Flyaway unit cost growth 89,600 

NAVY Special Support Equipment, Flyaway unit cost growth 19,400 

NAVY F-35 C2/D2, TR-3/B4 unplanned cost growth 75,000 

NAVY Classified Programs, Reallocation for committee amendments 14,500 

NAVY Common Ground Equipment, Reallocation for committee amendments 5,000 

NAVY Distributed Common Ground/Surface Systems, Reallocation for 

committee amendments 7,200 

NAVY Marine Corps Communications Systems, Reallocation for committee amendments 8,900 

NAVY Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) Increment II, Reallocation for 

committee amendments 50,932 

NAVY Shipboard IW Exploit, Reallocation for committee amendments 10,000 

NAVY Spares and Repair Parts, Reallocation for committee amendments 20,000 

NAVY Special Purpose Supply Systems, Reallocation for committee 

amendments 3,666 

NAVY Training and Education Equipment, Reallocation for committee 

amendments 15,000 

NNSA Infrastructure and Operations, Reallocation for committee 

amendments 22,500 

NNSA Stockpile Services, Reallocation for committee amendments 12,500 

OSD Office of the Secretary Of Defense, Reduce administrative costs 29,750 

OSD Chief Digital And Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) - Dem/Val 

Activities, Insufficient justification 40,000 

OSD Office of The Secretary Of Defense - Cyber, Scholarship funding 

alignment 14,400 

OSD Defense Technology Innovation, Excessive cost growth 15,000 

OSD Advanced Electronics Technologies, Reallocation to higher innovation priorities 10,000 

OSD Advanced Aerospace Systems, Reallocation to higher innovation 

priorities 10,000 

OSD Biomedical Technology, Reallocation to higher innovation priorities 10,000 

OSD Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Applied Research, Reallocation to higher innovation priorities 15,000 

OSD Chemical and Biological Defense Program - Advanced Development, Reallocation to higher innovation priorities 20,000 

OSD Tactical Technology, Reallocation to higher innovation priorities 20,000 

OSD Chemical and Biological Defense Program - Advanced Development, Reallocation to higher innovation priorities 20,000 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

SERVICE/COMPONENT DESCRIPTION OF SAVINGS/PLATFORM DIVESTED TOTAL FYDP 

SAVINGS 

OSD Information Systems Security Program, Reallocation to higher innovation priorities 6,000 

OSD Office of the Local Defense Community Cooperation, Underexecution 10,000 

OSD Eliminate Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation 

(CAPE) 410,077 

OSD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) - Dem/Val 

Activities, Reallocation for committee amendments 5,000 

OSD Next Generation Information Communications Technology (5G), 

Reallocation for committee amendments 5,000 

OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense, Reallocation for committee 

amendments 123,000 

OSD Elimination of the Chief Diversity Officer of the Department of 

Defense 800 

SPACE FORCE Wideband Gapfiller Satellites(Space), Use of prior-year balances 

– WGS 784,000 

SPACE FORCE GPSIII Follow On, Request for Equitable Adjustment 49,300 

SPACE FORCE Special Space Activities, Classified overrun 497,000 

SPACE FORCE Global Positioning System III - Operational Control Segment, Excess to need 45,400 

SPACE FORCE GPS III Space Segment, Unjustified growth SV 03-10 production 18,100 

SPACE FORCE Space Force IT, Data Analytics, Digital Solutions, Reallocation for 

committee amendments 10,000 

USSOCOM EC-130J aircraft divestment 2,500 

USSOCOM MC-12W aircraft divestment 29,700 

USSOCOM A/MH-6M aircraft divestment 3,900 

USSOCOM Special Operations Command Theater Forces, Reallocation to 

counter China 5,000 

USSOCOM Special Operations Command Maintenance, Reallocation to support counter China ISR 13,000 

USSOCOM Special Operations Command Operational Support, Reallocation 

to support counter China ISR 17,000 

USSOCOM Special Operations Command Theater Forces, Reallocation to 

support strategic competition 7,000 

USSOCOM Special Operations Command Maintenance, Reallocation to 

counter China messaging 11,300 

USSOCOM Special Operations Command Management/Operational Headquarters, Reallocation to counter China messaging 7,330 

USSOCOM Special Operations Command Intelligence, Reallocation to 

counter China 15,000 

USSOCOM Special Operations Command Operational Support, Reallocation 

to counter evolving UAS threats 49,987 

USSOCOM Special Operations Command Theater Forces, Reallocation to 

counter evolving UAS threats 30,000 

USSOCOM Special Operations Command Management/Operational Headquarters, Reallocation to counter evolving UAS threats 4,000 

USSOCOM Operational Enhancements, Reallocation for committee amendments 1,500 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

SERVICE/COMPONENT DESCRIPTION OF SAVINGS/PLATFORM DIVESTED TOTAL FYDP 

SAVINGS 

USSOCOM Other Items <$5M, Reallocation for committee amendments 2,500 

TOTAL FYDP SAVINGS 39,581,718 


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COMMUNICATIONS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, 

Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. There are certain 

provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the 

Committee on Agriculture.

In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor 

consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee's right to 

sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of 

the bill, the Committee on Agriculture does not waive any future jurisdictional 

claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X 

jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this 

committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.

Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 2670 and into the 

Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. 

Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this 

matter and others between our respective committees. 

 Sincerely, 

GLENN “GT” THOMPSON, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 29, 2023. 

HON. GLENN “GT” THOMPSON, 

Chairman, Committee on Agriculture,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIRMAN THOMPSON: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, 

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on Agriculture has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in 

this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to 

request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that 

by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Agriculture is not waiving its 

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jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee 

report on the bill.

 Sincerely, 

MIKE ROGERS, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, 

Washington, DC, June 29, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. There are certain 

provisions in the legislation that fall within the rule X jurisdiction of the Committee 

on Appropriations. 

In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor 

consideration of this important bill, the Committee on Appropriations is willing to 

waive its right to sequential referral. It does so with the mutual understanding 

that the Committee is not waiving any jurisdiction over the subject matter 

contained in this or other legislation, whether now or in the future, and that the 

Committee will be appropriately consulted and involved as the bill or similar 

legislation moves forward, so it may address any remaining jurisdictional issues. I 

further request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this Committee to 

any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions. 

Please place this letter in the committee report on H.R. 2670 and in the 

Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. 

Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this 

matter and others between our respective committees. 

 Sincerely, 

 KAY GRANGER, 

 CHAIRWOMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 29, 2023. 

HON. KAY GRANGER, 

Chairwoman, Committee on Appropriations,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

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 DEAR CHAIRWOMAN GRANGER: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, 

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on Appropriations has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in 

this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to 

request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that 

by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Appropriations is not waiving 

its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee 

report on the bill.

 Sincerely, 

 

 MIKE ROGERS, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET, 

Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: I write to confirm our mutual understanding 

regarding H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. 

H.R. 2670 contains provisions that fall within the rule X jurisdiction of the 

Committee on the Budget. However, the Committee agrees to waive formal 

consideration of the bill in order to expedite House consideration of H.R. 2670. 

The Committee on the Budget takes this action with the mutual 

understanding that we do not waive any jurisdiction over the subject matter 

contained in this or similar legislation, and the Committee will be appropriately 

consulted and involved as this bill or similar legislation moves forward so that the 

Committee may address any remaining issues within our jurisdiction. The 

Committee also reserves the right to seek appointment of an appropriate number of 

conferees to any House-Senate conference convened on this legislation or similar 

legislation and requests your support if such a request is made. 

I would appreciate a response to this letter confirming this understanding 

with respect to H.R. 2670 and would ask that a copy of our exchange of letters on 

this matter be included in your committee report and in the Congressional Record 

during floor consideration of H.R. 2670. I look forward to continuing to work with 

you as this measure moves through the legislative process. 

 Sincerely, 

JODEY ARRINGTON, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 29, 2023. 

HON. JODEY ARRINGTON, 

Chairman, Committee on the Budget 

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIRMAN ARRINGTON: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, 

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on the Budget has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in 

this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to 

request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that 

by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on the Budget is not waiving its 

jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee 

report on the bill.

 Sincerely, 

MIKE ROGERS, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE 

WORKFORCE, 

Washington, DC, June 26, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: This letter is in regard to the jurisdictional interest 

of the Committee on Education and the Workforce (“Committee”) in certain 

provisions of H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2024, which fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Education and 

the Workforce. 

In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor 

consideration of this important bill, the Committee is willing to waive the right to 

sequential referral. By waiving consideration of the bill, the Committee does not 

waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill 

that fall within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name 

members of the Education and the Workforce Committee to any conference 

committee that is named to consider such provisions. 

Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 2670 and into the 

Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. 

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Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this 

matter and others between our respective committees. 

Sincerely, 

VIRGINIA FOXX, 

 CHAIRWOMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. VIRGINIA FOXX, 

Chairwoman, Committee on Education and the Workforce

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIRWOMAN FOXX: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce has valid jurisdictional claims to 

certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your 

decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the 

bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Education 

and the Workforce is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters 

will be included in the committee report on the bill.

 Sincerely, 

MIKE ROGERS, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, 

Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: I write to you concerning H.R. 2670, the “National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024.” While there are provisions in the 

legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce, I wanted to notify you that the Committee will forgo action on the bill so 

that it may proceed expeditiously to the House floor for consideration. 

This is done with the understanding that the Committee’s jurisdictional 

interests over this and similar legislation are in no way diminished or altered. In 

addition, the Committee reserves the right to seek conferees on H.R. 2670 and 

requests your support when such a request is made.

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I would appreciate your response confirming this understanding with respect 

to H.R. 2670 and ask that a copy of our exchange of letters on this matter be 

included in the committee report on the bill or in the Congressional Record during 

consideration of the bill on the House floor. 

 Sincerely, 

CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, 

 CHAIR. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 29, 2023. 

HON. CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, 

Chair, Committee on Energy and Commerce

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIR MCMORRIS RODGERS: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 

2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce has valid jurisdictional claims to certain 

provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision 

not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I 

agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Energy and 

Commerce is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be 

included in the committee report on the bill.

 Sincerely, 

MIKE ROGERS, 

CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES, 

Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. There are certain 

provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the 

Committee on Financial Services. 

In the interest of permitting your Committee to proceed expeditiously to floor 

consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive the Financial Services 

Committee’s right to sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by 

waiving consideration of the bill, the Committee on Financial Services does not 

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waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill 

which fall within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to 

name Members of this committee to any conference committee which is named to 

consider such provisions. 

Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 2670 and into the 

Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. 

Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this 

matter and others between our respective committees.

Sincerely, 

 PATRICK MCHENRY, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 29, 2023. 

HON. PATRICK MCHENRY, 

Chairman, Committee on Financial Services

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIRMAN MCHENRY: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, 

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on Financial Services has valid jurisdictional claims to certain 

provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision 

not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I 

agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Financial Services 

is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in 

the committee report on the bill.

 Sincerely, 

MIKE ROGERS, 

CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 

Washington, DC, June 26, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: Thank you for consulting with the Committee on 

Foreign Affairs on H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

Year 2024, certain provisions of which fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

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To help expedite its consideration, I agree to forego a sequential referral of 

the bill, subject to the understanding that this does not in any way diminish or alter 

the jurisdiction of the Foreign Affairs Committee, or prejudice its jurisdictional 

prerogatives on this bill or similar legislation in the future. I ask that you support 

the appointment of Foreign Affairs conferees to any House-Senate conference 

involving this bill. 

Please place our exchange of letters into your committee report on H.R. 2670, 

and into the Congressional Record during floor consideration. I appreciate your 

cooperation on this bill, and look forward to continuing to work with you as H.R. 

2670 moves through the legislative process.

Sincerely, 

MICHAEL MCCAUL, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. MICHAEL MCCAUL, 

Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIRMAN MCCAUL: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in 

this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to 

request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that 

by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Foreign Affairs is not waiving 

its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee 

report on the bill.

 Sincerely, 

MIKE ROGERS, 

CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY, 

Washington, DC, June 27, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: I write to you concerning H.R. 2670, the “National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024.” There are certain provisions in the 

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legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Homeland 

Security. In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to 

floor consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee’s right 

to sequential referral. 

The Committee takes this action with the understanding that by waiving 

consideration of H.R. 2670, the Committee on Homeland Security does not waive any 

future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in this or similar 

legislation, and that we will be appropriately consulted and involved as the bill or 

similar legislation moves forward so we may address any remaining issues within our 

Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this 

committee to any conference committee which is named to consider such provisions. 

Finally, please place this letter in the committee report on H.R. 2670 and in 

the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. 

Thank you for your cooperation on this matter.

Sincerely, 

MARK GREEN, 

CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. MARK GREEN, 

Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIRMAN GREEN: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on Homeland Security has valid jurisdictional claims to certain 

provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision 

not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I 

agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Homeland Security 

is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in 

the committee report on the bill.

Sincerely, 

MIKE ROGERS, 

CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION, 

Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

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Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. There are certain 

provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the 

Committee on House Administration. 

In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor 

consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this Committee’s right to 

sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of 

the bill, the Committee on House Administration does not waive any future 

jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its 

Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this 

Committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions. 

Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 2670 and into the 

Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. 

Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this 

matter and others between our respective committees.

 Sincerely, 

BRYAN STEIL, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 28, 2023.

HON. BRYAN STEIL, 

Chairman, Committee on House Administration,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN STEIL: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on House Administration has valid jurisdictional claims to certain 

provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision 

not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I 

agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on House 

Administration is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will 

be included in the committee report on the bill.

 Sincerely, 

MIKE ROGERS, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

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PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE ON 

INTELLIGENCE, 

Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: I write in response to your committee’s request 

concerning H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. 

Certain provisions in the legislation fall within the jurisdiction of the Permanent 

Select Committee on Intelligence (the “Committee”), as established by Rule X of the 

Rules of the House of Representatives for the 118th Congress. 

In the interest of expediting floor consideration of this important bill, I am 

willing to waive the Committee’s right to request a sequential referral. By doing so, 

the Committee does not waive any future claim over subjects addressed in the bill 

which fall within the Committee's jurisdiction. I also request that you urge the 

Speaker to name members of the Committee to any conference committee on the

bill. 

Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 2670 and into the 

Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. 

Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this 

matter and others between our respective committees. 

Sincerely, 

MICHAEL TURNER, 

CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. MICHAEL TURNER, 

Chairman, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIRMAN TURNER: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has valid jurisdictional claims to 

certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your 

decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the 

bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Permanent Select 

Committee on Intelligence is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of 

letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.

 Sincerely, 

MIKE ROGERS, 

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CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, 

Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: I write regarding H.R. 2670, the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. Provisions of this bill fall within the 

Judiciary Committee’s Rule X jurisdiction, and I appreciate that you consulted with 

us on those provisions. The Judiciary Committee agrees that it shall be discharged 

from further consideration of the bill so that it may proceed expeditiously to the 

House floor. 

The Committee takes this action with the understanding that forgoing 

further consideration of this measure does not in any way alter the Committee’s 

jurisdiction or waive any future jurisdictional claim over these provisions or their 

subject matter. We also reserve the right to seek appointment of an appropriate 

number of conferees in the event of a conference with the Senate involving this 

measure or similar legislation. 

I ask that you please include this letter in your committee’s report to 

accompany this legislation or insert this letter in the Congressional Record during 

consideration of H.R. 2670 on the House floor. I appreciate the cooperative manner 

in which our committees have worked on this matter, and I look forward to working 

collaboratively in the future on matters of shared jurisdiction. Thank you for your 

attention to this matter. 

 Sincerely, 

JIM JORDAN, 

CHAIRMAN. 

_______ 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. JIM JORDAN, 

Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN JORDAN: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on the Judiciary has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in 

this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to 

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request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that 

by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on the Judiciary is not waiving its 

jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee 

report on the bill.

 Sincerely,

MIKE ROGERS, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES, 

Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: I write to you concerning H.R. 2670, the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. There are certain provisions in the 

legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Natural 

Resources. 

In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor 

consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee’s right to 

sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration fo 

the bill, the Committee on Natural Resources does not waive any future

jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its 

Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this 

committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions. 

Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 2670 and into the 

Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. 

Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this 

matter and others between our respective committees. 

 Sincerely, 

BRUCE WESTERMAN, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. BRUCE WESTERMAN, 

Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

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DEAR CHAIRMAN WESTERMAN: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, 

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on Natural Resources has valid jurisdictional claims to certain 

provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision 

not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I 

agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Natural Resources 

is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in 

the committee report on the bill.

 Sincerely, 

MIKE ROGERS, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND 

ACCOUNTABILITY, 

Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. There are certain 

provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the 

Committee on Oversight and Accountability. 

In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor 

consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee’s right to 

sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of 

the bill, Committee on Oversight and Accountability does not waive any future 

jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill which fall within 

its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of 

this committee to any conference committee which is named to consider such 

provisions. 

Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 2670 and into the 

Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. 

Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this 

matter and others between our respective committees. 

Sincerely, 

JAMES COMER, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 29, 2023. 

HON. JAMES COMER, 

Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Accountability

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN COMER: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on Oversight and Accountability has valid jurisdictional claims to 

certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your 

decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the 

bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Oversight and 

Accountability is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will 

be included in the committee report on the bill.

 Sincerely, 

MIKE ROGERS, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND 

TECHNOLOGY, 

Washington, DC, June 29, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. There are certain provisions 

in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Science, 

Space, and Technology. 

In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor 

consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee’s right to 

sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of the 

bill, the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology does not waive any future 

jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill which fall within its 

Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this 

committee to any conference committee which is named to consider such provisions. 

Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 2670 and into the 

Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank 

you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and 

others between our respective committees. 

Sincerely,

FRANK LUCAS, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 29, 2023. 

HON. FRANK LUCAS, 

Chairman, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN LUCAS: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology has valid jurisdictional claims to 

certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your 

decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the 

bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Science, 

Space, and Technology is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of 

letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.

 Sincerely, 

MIKE ROGERS, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS, 

Washington, DC, June 26, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. There are certain 

provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the 

Committee on Small Business. 

In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor 

consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this committee’s right to 

sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of 

the bill, the Committee on Small Business does not waive any future jurisdictional 

claim over the subject matters contained in the bill which fall within its Rule X 

jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this 

committee to any conference committee which is named to consider such provisions. 

Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 2670 and into the 

Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. 

Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this 

matter and others between our respective committees. 

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 Sincerely, 

ROGER WILLIAMS, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. ROGER WILLIAMS, 

Chairman, Committee on Small Business,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN WILLIAMS: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, 

the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on Small Business has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions in 

this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to 

request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that 

by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Small Business is not waiving 

its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the committee 

report on the bill.

 Sincerely, 

MIKE ROGERS, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND 

INFRASTRUCTURE, 

Washington, DC, June 26, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. There are certain 

provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 

In the interest of permitting your Committee to proceed expeditiously to floor 

consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this Committee’s right to 

sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of 

the bill, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure does not waive any 

future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill which fall 

within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name 

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members of this Committee to any conference committee which is named to consider 

such provisions. 

Please place this letter into the Committee report on H.R. 2670 and into the 

Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. 

Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this 

matter and others between our respective Committees.

Sincerely, 

SAM GRAVES, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. SAM GRAVES, 

Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN GRAVES: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has valid jurisdictional claims to 

certain provisions in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your 

decision not to request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the 

bill. I agree that by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on 

Transportation and Infrastructure is not waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this 

exchange of letters will be included in the committee report on the bill.

 Sincerely, 

MIKE ROGERS, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS, 

Washington, DC, June 28, 2023. 

HON. MIKE ROGERS, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. There are certain 

provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor 

consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this Committee’s right to 

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sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of 

the bill, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs does not waive any future jurisdictional 

claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X 

jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this 

Committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.

Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 2670 and into the 

Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. 

Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this 

matter and others between our respective committees.

 Sincerely, 

MIKE BOST, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 29, 2023. 

HON. MIKE BOST, 

Chairman, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN BOST: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions 

in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to 

request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that 

by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs is not 

waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the 

committee report on the bill.

 Sincerely, 

MIKE ROGERS, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, 

Washington, DC, June 29, 2023.

HON. JASON SMITH, 

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

 DEAR CHAIRMAN ROGERS: I am writing with respect to H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. There are certain 

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provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the 

Committee on Ways and Means. 

In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor 

consideration of this important bill, I am willing to waive this Committee’s right to 

sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of 

the bill, the Committee on Ways and Means does not waive any future jurisdictional 

claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X 

jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this 

Committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions. 

Please place this letter into the committee report on H.R. 2670 and into the 

Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. 

Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this 

matter and others between our respective committees.

 Sincerely, 

JASON SMITH, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES, 

 Washington, DC, June 29, 2023. 

HON. JASON SMITH, 

Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means,

House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

DEAR CHAIRMAN SMITH: Thank you for your letter regarding H.R. 2670, the 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024. I agree that the 

Committee on Ways and Means has valid jurisdictional claims to certain provisions 

in this important legislation, and I am most appreciative of your decision not to 

request a referral in the interest of expediting consideration of the bill. I agree that 

by foregoing a sequential referral, the Committee on Ways and Means is not 

waiving its jurisdiction. Further, this exchange of letters will be included in the 

committee report on the bill.

 Sincerely, 

MIKE ROGERS, 

 CHAIRMAN. 

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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTIMATE

In compliance with clause 3(c)(3) of rule XIII of the House of 

Representatives, the cost estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office and 

submitted pursuant to section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is as 

follows:

JUNE 28, 2023 

HONORABLE MIKE ROGERS

Chairman, Committee on Armed Services,

U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

Re: Direct Spending and Revenue Effects of H.R. 2670, the National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

 DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: The Congressional Budget Office has completed an 

estimate of the direct spending and revenue effects of H.R. 2670, the National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, as ordered reported by the House 

Committee on Armed Services on June 21, 2023. This estimate is based on the 

Committee Print 118-10 that was posted to the website of the House Committee on 

Rules on June 23, 2023. 

Enacting the bill would have an insignificant effect on direct spending and 

revenues each year and in total over the 2024-2033 period, CBO estimates. Our 

complete cost estimate of H.R. 2670, including a discussion of discretionary 

authorizations and mandates under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, will be 

provided shortly.

Some provisions in H.R. 2670 would affect direct spending by between 

-$500,000 and $500,000, generally because very few people would be affected. Those 

provisions primarily involve personnel benefits, such as health care and 

compensation. Several provisions would allow the Department of Defense to collect 

receipts (which are recorded as reductions in direct spending) and spend them 

without further appropriation so that the net effect on direct spending would be 

negligible. 

Two sections could increase the collections of civil or criminal fines—which 

are classified as revenues—by less than $500,000, CBO estimates. (Criminal 

penalties are deposited in the Crime Victims Fund and may be spent without 

further appropriation.)

Because the bill would affect direct spending and revenues, statutory payas-you-go procedures apply.

CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 2670 would not increase net direct 

spending by more than $2.5 billion in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods 

beginning in 2034. 

CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 2670 would not increase on-budget

deficits by more than $5 billion in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods 

beginning in 2034. 

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If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be pleased to provide 

them. The CBO staff contact is Matt Schmit.

 Sincerely, 

 PHILLIP L. SWAGEL,

 Director

cc: Honorable Adam Smith

Ranking Member

STATEMENT REQUIRED BY THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT

Pursuant to clause (3)(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 

Representatives, and section 308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public 

Law 93-344):

(1) this legislation does not provide budget authority subject to an 

allocation made pursuant to section 302(b) of Public Law 93-344;

(2) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Estimate included in this report 

pursuant to clause (3)(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 

contains CBO’s projection of how this legislation will affect the levels of budget 

authority, budget outlays, revenues, and tax expenditures for fiscal year 2024 and 

for the ensuing 5 fiscal years; and

(3) the CBO Estimate does not identify any new budget authority for 

assistance to state and local governments by this measure at the time that this 

report was filed.

COMMITTEE COST ESTIMATE

Pursuant to clause 3(d)(2)(B) of Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 

Representatives, the Congressional Budget Office estimate included in this report 

satisfies the requirement for the committee to include an estimate by the committee 

of the costs incurred in carrying out this bill.

DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED 

SPENDING ITEMS

The following table is submitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of 

the Rules of the House of Representatives, and lists the congressional earmarks (as 

defined in paragraph (e) of clause 9) contained in the bill or in this report. Neither 

the bill nor the report contain any limited tax benefits or limited tariff benefits as 

defined in paragraphs (f) or (g) of clause 9 of rule XXI.

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COMPLIANCE WITH HOUSE RULE XXI 

(Community Project Funding Items) 

TITLE ACCOUNT PROJECT NAME PROJECT RECIPIENT PROJECT LOCATION 

AMOUNT 

(Dollars in Thousands) MEMBER(S) 

4601 MCA Vehicle Paint Shop Anniston Army Depot Anniston Army 

Depot, AL 

2,900 Rogers, Mike (AL) 

4601 MCA Access Control Point Anniston Army Depot Anniston Army 

Depot, AL 

5,500 Rogers, Mike (AL) 

4601 MCA Component Rebuild Shop Anniston Army Depot Anniston Army 

Depot, AL 

8,100 Rogers, Mike (AL) 

4601 MCA Camp Bull Simons 7th Special Forces Group Child 

Development Center 

U.S. Army Crestview, FL 17,000 Waltz, Michael (FL) 

4601 MCA Planning and Design Funds for the Wheeler Air 

Traffic Control Tower 

U.S. Department of the 

Army 

Wahiawa, HI 5,400 Case, Ed (HI) 

4601 MCA Child Development Center Fort Bragg Cumberland and 

Hoke counties, NC 

36,000 Hudson, Richard 

(NC) 

4601 MCA Aircraft Maintenance Hangar Fort Bragg Cumberland and 

Hoke counties, NC 

61,000 Hudson, Richard 

(NC) 

4601 MCA Collective Training Barracks USAG Fort Bliss El Paso, TX 8,000 Escobar, Veronica 

(TX) 

4601 MCA BARRACKS, FORT HOOD Fort Hood Killeen, TX 19,800 Carter, John R. (TX) 4601 MCN P521 Fire/Emergency Response Station (53 Area) 

Replacement, MCB Camp Pendleton, CA 

United States Marine 

Corps 

Camp Pendleton, 

CA 

2,683 Levin, Mike (CA) 

4601 MCN Whiting Field, Advanced Helicopter Training System 

Hangar with crane system 

Naval Air Station Whiting 

Field 

Milton, FL 100,000 Gaetz, Matt (FL) 

4601 MCN Water Reclamation Facility Compliance Upgrade Marine Corps Base Hawai’i Kaneohe Bay, HI 50,000 Tokuda, Jill N. (HI) 4601 MCAF Eglin Air Force Base - LRSO Hardware Software Development & Test Facility U.S. Air Force Okaloosa County, FL 14,600 Waltz, Michael (FL) 

4601 MCAF Acquisition Management Complex Phase V Wright-Patterson Air Force 

Base 

Dayton, OH 9,900 Turner, Michael R. 

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4601 MCAF F-35 Aircraft Oxygen Shop Tinker AFB Midwest City/Tinker 

AFB, OK 

5,800 Bice, Stephanie I. 

(OK); Cole, Tom (OK) 

4601 MCARNG Camp Blanding Wedge Infantry Squad Battle 

Course 

U.S. National Guard Clay County, FL 840 Waltz, Michael (FL) 

4601 MCARNG Camp Blanding Training Aids Center U.S. National Guard Clay County, FL 1,200 Waltz, Michael (FL) 4601 MCARNG Camp Blanding Automated Multipurpose Machine 

Gun Range 

U.S. National Guard Clay County, FL 11,000 Waltz, Michael (FL) 

4601 MCARNG Lexington Armory National Guard Readiness Center 

Addition/Alteration 

New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs New York, NY 45,000 Nadler, Jerrold (NY) 

4601 MCARNG National Guard Readiness Center, Shawnee, Oklahoma Oklahoma National Guard Shawnee, OK 1,800 Bice, Stephanie I. (OK) 

4601 MCARNG FTIG Auto MPMG Range Fort Indiantown Gap Annville, PA 1,550 Meuser, Daniel (PA) 

4601 MCARNG Texas Army National Guard’s Regional Training Institute (RTI) at Fort Hood Texas Army National Guard Killeen, TX 2,685 Carter, John R. (TX) 

4601 MCANG Jacksonville International Airport - Air National 

Guard F-35 Munitions Storage Area Admin 

U.S. Air National Guard Jacksonville, FL 600 Waltz, Michael (FL) 

4601 MCAR Network Enterprise Center Fort Hunter Liggett Jolon, CA 40,000 Lofgren, Zoe (CA) 

4601 MCAFR Security Forces Facility Dobbins Air Reserve Base Marietta, GA 22,000 Loudermilk, Barry 

(GA) 

4601 MCAFR 307 Bomb Wing Medical Facility Expansion Barksdale AFB, 307th 

Bomb Wing 

Bossier Parish 

(Barksdale Air Force Base), LA 

7,000 Johnson, Mike (LA) 


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OVERSIGHT FINDINGS

With respect to clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 

Representatives, this legislation results from hearings and other oversight activities 

conducted by the committee pursuant to clause 2(b)(1) of rule X. The findings are 

reflected in the body of this report.

GENERAL PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

With respect to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 

Representatives, the general goals and objectives of H.R. 2670 are to maintain the 

national defense, to prepare the United States to meet current and future 

challenges to the national defense, and to accomplish each of those goals and 

objectives in a responsible manner. 

The bill authorizes $886.3 billion of discretionary funding to support 

national defense requirements. The bill authorizes funding sufficient to provide a 

5.2 percent pay raise for service members, to invest in key maintenance and 

readiness areas, and to modernize the force to deter adversaries.

The bill continues the longstanding work of the Committee on Armed 

Services to provide U.S. military forces with sufficient resources to maintain the 

national defense, and it fulfills the committee’s duties under Article I, Section 8, of 

the Constitution.

STATEMENT OF FEDERAL MANDATES

The committee adopts as its own the estimate of Federal mandates 

prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office pursuant to section 423 

of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.

FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE STATEMENT

Consistent with the requirements of section 5(b) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the committee finds that the functions of the proposed advisory 

committees authorized in the bill are not currently being performed, nor could they 

be performed, by one or more agencies, an advisory committee already in existence, 

or by enlarging the mandate of an existing advisory committee.

APPLICABILITY TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

The committee finds that section 1118 of H.R. 2670 relates to the terms and 

conditions of employment or access to public services or accommodations within the 

meaning of section 102(b)(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act (Public Law 

104-1). 

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Section 1118 of the bill makes improvements related to the calculation of 

family leave for certain servicemembers who transition from military service into 

other federal employment, including employment in the legislative branch.

DUPLICATION OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS

Pursuant to clause 3(c)(5) of rule XIII, no provision of H.R. 2670 establishes 

or reauthorizes a program of the Federal Government known to be duplicative of 

another Federal program, a program that was included in any report from the 

Government Accountability Office to Congress pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 

111-139, or a program related to a program identified in the most recent Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance.

COMMITTEE VOTES

In accordance with clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 

Representatives, recorded votes were taken with respect to the committee’s 

consideration of H.R. 2670. The record of these votes is contained in the following 

pages.

The committee ordered H.R. 2670 to be reported to the House with a 

favorable recommendation by a vote of 58-1, a quorum being present.

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RECORDED VOTE NO. 1

H.R. 2670

On McCormick Log 2842r2—Prohibits DOD from using FY24 

funds to enter into contracts with entities that advise the censorship or blacklisting of news sources based on subjective criteria or 

political biases under the stated function of ‘‘fact checking’’ or otherwise (e.g. NewsGuard). 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden ..........

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

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RECORDED VOTE NO. 2

H.R. 2670

On Banks Log 2563r2—Prohibits adverse action against 

servicemembers based solely on refusal to receive Covid-19 vaccines. Reinstates at election individuals discharged for vaccine refusal to the Mirror Career Intermission Program. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden ..........

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

32 26 0 


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RECORDED VOTE NO. 3

H.R. 2670

On Banks Log 2564r2—Directs the Boards of Correction to 

prioritize and grant requests to review the narrative reasons of discharge and re-entry codes of veterans for servicemembers discharged for refusal to receive the Covid vaccine. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden ..........

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

33 25 0 


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RECORDED VOTE NO. 4

H.R. 2670

On Banks Log 2565r2—Requires a communication strategy for 

reentry of service members separated for refusing to take the 

COVID-19 vaccine. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

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RECORDED VOTE NO. 5

H.R. 2670

On Jackson (TX) Log 2783—Exempts a Cadet or Midshipman 

from being required to repay tuition if certain requirements aren’t 

met. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

32 27 0 


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RECORDED VOTE NO. 6

H.R. 2670

On Gaetz Log 3557r1—Study on Department of Defense reinstatement with backpay and bonus, for service members separated 

for refusal to get the COVID vaccine. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

32 27 0 


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RECORDED VOTE NO. 7

H.R. 2670

On Slotkin Log 3129—To prohibit DoD procurement, purchasing, 

or sale of certain items containing or produced using certain types 

of PFAS, including cookware, uniforms, personal care products, 

floor and furniture wax, carpeting and upholstery, and food packaging. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

31 26 2 


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657
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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

RECORDED VOTE NO. 8

H.R. 2670

On Fallon Log 3281r1—This language would prohibit the use of 

funds to require any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose greenhouse gas (GHG) financial risk, GHG inventory, or submit emission reduction targets. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

31 28 0 


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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

RECORDED VOTE NO. 9

H.R. 2670

On Gaetz Log 2612—Exemption under Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 for certain activities that may result in incidental 

take of Rice’s whale. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

31 28 0 


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659
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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

RECORDED VOTE NO. 10

H.R. 2670

On Banks Log 2580—Requires DOD to require principal investigators of DOD-funded research at U.S. institutions of higher education to disclose background of foreign researchers involved in 

their projects. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

31 28 0 


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660
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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

RECORDED VOTE NO. 11

H.R. 2670

On Courtney Log 3634 (Perfecting to Lamborn Log 3381)—Allows for a waiver from the Secretary of Defense and NNSA if there 

are negative impacts to operations and existing programs of record 

should SLCM-N be developed. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

28 31 0 


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661
13 

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RECORDED VOTE NO. 12

H.R. 2670

On Gaetz Log 2575—Costs of training on critical race. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

31 28 0 


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RECORDED VOTE NO. 13

H.R. 2670

On Gaetz Log 2586—Elimination of the Chief Diversity Officer of 

the Department of Defense. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

30 29 0 


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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

RECORDED VOTE NO. 14

H.R. 2670

On Gaetz Log 2598r2—Limitation on increase to the budget of 

the Department of Defense for training on diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

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16 

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

RECORDED VOTE NO. 15

H.R. 2670

On Alford Log 2776—Prohibits federal funds for the Deputy Inspector General for DEI. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

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RECORDED VOTE NO. 16

H.R. 2670

On Waltz Log 3581—Funding prohibition to promote critical race 

theory at Service Academies. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

RECORDED VOTE NO. 17

H.R. 2670

On Garamendi Log 3263—Modification to the timeline relating to 

Plutonium Pit production. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

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RECORDED VOTE NO. 18

H.R. 2670

On Stefanik Log 2844—Codifies the rights of Servicemembers 

with children in DoDEA schools to be involved in their children’s 

education, while increasing transparency and accountability in 

DoDEA schools. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

RECORDED VOTE NO. 19

H.R. 2670

On Banks Log 2573—Requires a report on the changes made by 

Executive Order 13988, the effects of these changes on service 

members, the number of complaints since the EO alleging gender 

discrimination, and actions regarding those complaints. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

31 28 0 


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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

RECORDED VOTE NO. 20

H.R. 2670

On Gaetz Log 3622r2—Prohibition on drag shows and drag 

queen story hour. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

33 26 0 


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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

RECORDED VOTE NO. 21

H.R. 2670

On Alford Log 2777—Prohibits federal funds for the Department 

of Defense Countering Extremism Work Group. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

31 28 0 


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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

RECORDED VOTE NO. 22

H.R. 2670

On Jackson (TX) Log 3083—Places restrictions on advisory committees in the Department of Defense. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

31 28 0 


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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

RECORDED VOTE NO. 23

H.R. 2670

On Mills Log 3309—Requires a report regarding how the Secretary appointed members to the Defense Advisory Committee on 

Diversity and Inclusion. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

31 28 0 


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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

RECORDED VOTE NO. 24

H.R. 2670

On Banks Log 3519r2—Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from 

appointing or employing a military or civilian employee whose duties include diversity, equity, and inclusion with a rank or grade 

in excess of GS-10. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

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RECORDED VOTE NO. 25

H.R. 2670

On Garamendi Log 3134r1—Authority to furnish electric vehicle 

charging stations at Defense Commissaries and Exchange Stores. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

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RECORDED VOTE NO. 26

H.R. 2670

On Escobar Log 3611r5—This section would eliminate cost-sharing for any eligible TRICARE beneficiary for contraceptives acquired through retail pharmacies and the national mail order pharmacy for one calendar year. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

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RECORDED VOTE NO. 27

H.R. 2670

On Golden Log 3461r2—Amends Section 1250 of the CM to increase funding authorization level for Ukraine Security Assistance 

Initiative to $800M. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

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RECORDED VOTE NO. 28

H.R. 2670

On Jackson (TX) Log 2654—Requires a study and report on feasibility of implementing one or more naval blockades of shipments 

of fossil fuels to China. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

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RECORDED VOTE NO. 29

H.R. 2670

On Courtney Log 2905r1—Requires a feasibility study on partnership with the Government of Ukraine to establish Centers of 

Excellence for the treatment of traumatic brain injury and traumatic extremity injury in Ukraine. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

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RECORDED VOTE NO. 30

H.R. 2670

On the Motion to Report the Bill Favorably to the House, As 

Amended. 

Member Aye No Present Member Aye No Present 

Mr. Rogers ............... X Mr. Smith ............ X 

Mr. Wilson ............... X Mr. Courtney ....... X 

Mr. Turner ................ X Mr. Garamendi .... X 

Mr. Lamborn ............ X Mr. Norcross ........ X 

Mr. Wittman ............ X Mr. Gallego ......... X 

Mr. Scott .................. X Mr. Moulton ......... X 

Mr. Graves ............... X Mr. Carbajal ........ X 

Ms. Stefanik ............ X Mr. Khanna ......... X 

Dr. DesJarlais .......... X Mr. Keating ......... X 

Mr. Kelly .................. X Mr. Kim ............... X 

Mr. Gallagher .......... X Ms. Houlahan ...... X 

Mr. Gaetz ................. X Ms. Slotkin .......... X 

Mr. Bacon ................ X Ms. Sherrill ......... X 

Mr. Banks ................ X Ms. Escobar ........ X 

Mr. Bergman ........... X Mr. Golden .......... X 

Mr. Waltz ................. X Ms. Jacobs .......... X 

Mr. Johnson ............. X Ms. Strickland ..... X 

Mrs. McClain ........... X Mr. Ryan ............. X 

Dr. Jackson (TX) ...... X Mr. Jackson (NC) X 

Mr. Fallon ................ X Mr. Vasquez ........ X 

Mr. Gimenez ............ X Mr. Deluzio .......... X 

Ms. Mace ................. X Ms. Tokuda ......... X 

Mr. Finstad .............. X Mr. Davis ............ X 

Mr. Strong ............... X Mrs. McClellan .... X 

Mr. Luttrell .............. X Ms. Sewell ........... X 

Mrs. Kiggans ........... X Mr. Horsford ........ X 

Mr. LaLota ............... X Mr. Panetta ......... X 

Mr. Moylan ............... X Mr. Veasey .......... X 

Mr. Alford ................ X 

Mr. Mills .................. X 

Dr. McCormick ......... X 

Recorded Vote 

Total: 

58 1 0 


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CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED

The committee has taken steps to make available the analysis of changes in 

existing law made by the bill, as required by clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of 

the House of Representatives, and will make the analysis available as soon as 

possible. 

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