FY24National Defense 

Authorization Act (NDAA)

H.R. 2670 

The National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2024

As of January08th, 2024

Passed in 

Committee

Passed in 

Chamber Conference Final Passage

Signed into 

Law

House June 22, 2023 July 14, 2023 December 06 - 13, 

2023

December 13, 

2023 December 22, 

Senate 2023 June 23, 2023 July 27, 2023 December 14, 

2023
Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..........................................................................................................................................- 1 -

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD - AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING......................................................................- 3 -

AIR NATIONAL GUARD - AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING ..........................................................................- 3 -

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS...................................................................................................................................- 3 -

ARMY PROGRAMS ...................................................................................................................................................- 3 -

AIR FORCE PROGRAMS..........................................................................................................................................- 4 -

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.....................................................................................................................- 4 -

MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS ....................................................................................................- 5 -

MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY .........................................................................................................................- 6 -

COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS ................................................................................- 8 -

HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS.................................................................................................................................- 9 -

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT ...............................................................................................................- 9 -

GENERAL PROVISIONS ..........................................................................................................................................- 9 -

CIVILIAN PERSONNEL............................................................................................................................................- 9 -

MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS...............................................................................................- 10 -

CYBERSPACE-RELATED MATTERS..................................................................................................................- 10 -

SPACE FORCE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT..................................................................................................- 10 -

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION................................................................................................................................- 11 -

CONFERENCE REPORT REQUIREMENTS / ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST .........................................- 17 -
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Executive Summary

This guide provides a short summary of the conference agreement and enrolled bill for the Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which became Public Law 118-31 on 

December 22, 2023. 

To obtain a complete understanding of any particular provision, users are encouraged to review 

the actual bill text. Bill text and the committee report can be found on Congress.Gov website: 

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/housebill/2670/text?s=9&r=6&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%222670%22%7D

Status: 

On December 06, 2023, the House and Senate Armed Services Committee leaders released the 

fiscal year (FY) 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Conference Agreement. The 

agreement provides authorization for a total of $886.3 billion in discretionary defense spending for 

FY 2024. The measure was under conference between December 06 through December 13, 2023.

The Senate agreed to the conferenced report on December 13, 2023, by a vote of 87-13. The 

House agreed to the conferenced report on December 14, 2023, by a vote of 310-118 with 2/3rds 

vote required. The President signed the enrolled bill on December 22, 2023, becoming Public Law 

Number 118-31.

An asterisk (*) represents a provision altered from its original version in the House or Senate 

NDAA.

Highlights: 

• Elevates the position of the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau to the rank of General

• Prohibits reducing C-130 Aircraft assigned to the National Guard

• Authorizes ANG membership of the Air Force Reserve Forces Policy Committee 

(Legislative Proposal)

• Authorizes Dual Basic Allowance for Housing for Training for RC members without 

dependents (Legislative Proposal)

• Requires a plan for modernizing the Air Force fighter force structure

• Authorizes a 5.2% pay raise for Service members

• Clarifies the National Guard has access to the Defense Environmental Restoration Program

• Requires SecDef to conduct an interim briefing by 1 FEB 2024 and a study by 1 MAR 2024 

to assess the feasibility and advisability of moving all ANG space functions to the Space 

Force. The assessment should analyze three COAs: status quo, move all ANG space 

assets to the USSF, or create a SNG.

• Authorizes the Space Force to become a single-component military service

• Requires members of the reserve component to receive special and incentive pay in the 

same monthly amount that is paid to a member in the regular component when such pay is 

made for the purpose of maintaining a skill certification or proficiency identical to those 

required in the regular component, or when such pay is made to compensate reserve 
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component members for exposure to hazards or risks identical to those that regular 

component members are exposed

• Authorizes the SecDef to order the Ready Reserve to active duty to respond to a significant 

cyber incident

• Reduces minimum quantity of Primary Mission Aircraft Inventory for the A-10

• Authorizes $100M for National Guard & Reserve Equipment

• Authorizes $83.5M for National Guard Youth ChalleNGe

• Authorizes $50M for STARBASE

• Authorizes $122.3M for the National Guard Counter-Drug Program, an increase of $20M 

over the FY24 request

• Authorizes $11M for National Guard Counter-Drug Schools, an increase of $5M over the 

FY24 request

Significant Changes – several high-profile provisions initially in the House or Senate 

version of the NDAA were not included in the final agreement between the Chambers, 

including:

• Does NOT include TRICARE Dental Plan for the Selected Reserve 

• Does NOT establish a Space National Guard

• Does NOT establish the eligibility of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to be appointed 

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

• Does NOT include transferring officers between the active and inactive reserve NG

(Legislative Proposal)

• Does NOT include alternating selection of officers of the National Guard and the Reserves 

as deputy commanders for certain combatant commands
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National Guard Accounts Overview

Army National Guard - Authorization of Funding (All Dollars in Thousands)

Army 

National 

Guard

FY24 PB

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O&M $8,683,104 $8,687,104 $4,000 $8,681,424 -$1,680 $8,612,604 -70,500

MILCON $340,186 $590,942 $250,756 $650,567 $310,381 $732,078 $391,892

Army National Guard End Strength

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Guard

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End Strength 325,000 325,000 - 325,000 - 325,000 -

AGR 30,845 30,845 - 30,845 - 30,845 -

Dual Status 

Technicians 22,294 22,294 - 22,294 - 22,294 -

ADOS 17,000 17,000 - 17,000 - 17,000 -

Air National Guard - Authorization of Funding (All Dollars in Thousands) 

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Guard

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O&M $7,253,694 $7,234,194 -$19,500 $7,370,574 $116,880 $7,169,494 -$84,200

MILCON $178,722 $331,064 $152,342 $322,292 $143,570 $361,265 $182,543

Air National Guard End Strength

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Guard

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End Strength 108,400 108,400 - 105,000 -3,400 105,000 -3,400

AGR 25,713 25,713 - 25,333 -380 25,333 -380

Dual Status 

Technicians 9,830 9,830 - 10,994 1,164 10,994 1,164

ADOS 16,000 16,000 - 16,000 - 16,000 -

LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

Army Programs

Sec. 112. Strategy for Army Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Program.

This section would require.the SecArmy to include a report on the strategy of the Army for tactical 

wheeled vehicles.

RECOMMENDED FUNDING AUTHORIZATIONS DO NOT EQUAL FINAL FUNDING. FINAL FUNDING 

LEVELS WILL BE DECIDED BY APPROPRIATIONS BILLS 
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Air Force Programs

*Sec. 131. Limitation on Retirement of F-15 Aircraft and Modification of Related Reporting 

Requirement.*

This section would permit the SecAF to retire up to 68 F-15E aircraft and require a report only on 

retiring F-15E aircraft, describing the total cost of all modifications to date for each aircraft and the 

estimated service-life remaining for each F-15E aircraft the Secretary selects for retirement. 

Sec. 133. Temporary Exception to Minimum Inventory Requirement for Fighter Aircraft of 

the Air Force.

This section would allow the SecAF to temporarily reduce the number of fighter aircraft that the Air 

Force would be required to maintain from 1,145 fighters to 1,112.

*Sec. 134. Modification of Minimum Inventory Requirements for C-130 Aircraft.*

This section would prohibit reduction of C-130 Aircraft assigned to the National Guard.

Sec. 137. Modification of Minimum Inventory Requirements for A–10 Aircraft.

This section would reduce the minimum A-10 aircraft primary mission aircraft inventory requirement 

from 153 to 135 total aircraft and would repeal a duplicate A-10 aircraft primary mission aircraft 

inventory requirement. The provision would also require the SecDef to evaluate any A-10 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.

*Sec. 140. 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 in the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve.

*Sec. 148. Plan for Long-Term Air Force Fighter Force Structure.*

This section would require the SecAF, in consultation with the Director of the ANG and the 

Commander of the AF Reserve provide a report, NLT on long-term tactical fighter force structure, 

recapitalization, training, and sustainment for the active and reserve components of the Air Force. 

Operations and Maintenance

Sec. 312. Modification of Authority for Environmental Restoration Projects at National 

Guard Facilities.

This section would amend sections 2700, 2701, 2703, and 2707 of title 10, United States Code, 

and section 345(f) of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2022 to clarify that the National Guard has access 

to the Defense Environmental Restoration Program for the purposes of conducting environmental 

cleanup. 

Sec. 313. Modification to Technical Assistance Authority for Environmental Restoration 

Activities.

This section would require the SecDef to furnish technical assistance through the Technical 

Assistance for Public Participation (TAPP) Program of the Department of Defense to communities, 

or individuals who are members thereof, that have been affected by a release of a pollutant 

affirmatively determined to have originated from a facility under the jurisdiction of, or formerly used 

by or under the jurisdiction of, the Department.

*Sec. 314. Coordination on Agreements to Limit Encroachments and Other Constraints on 

Military Training, Testing, and Operations.*

This section would insert a new subsection to Section 2684a of title 10. United States Code to give 

the SecDef or Secretary of a military department authority to coordinate with the Director of the 

Army National Guard or the Director of the Air National Guard.
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Sec. 321. Report on Schedule and Cost Estimates for Completion of Testing and 

Remediation of Contaminated Sites and Publication of Cleanup Information.

This section would require the SecDef to submit a report detailing a proposed schedule for the 

completion of testing and remediation activities, including remediation of perfluoroalkyl substances 

and polyfluoroalkyl substances, at military installations, facilities of the National Guard, and 

formerly used defense sites in the United States where the Secretary obligated funding for 

environmental restoration activities in fiscal year 2022.

*Sec. 332. Budget Justification Document for Funding Relating to Perfluoroalkyl Substances 

and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances.*

This section would require the SecDef to include with the submission to Congress by the President 

of the annual budget of the Department of Defense for a fiscal year a separate budget justification 

document that consolidates all information pertaining to activities of the Department of Defense 

relating to perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances, including funding for and 

descriptions of - (1) research and development efforts; (2) testing; (3) remediation; (4) contaminant 

disposal; and (5) community outreach.

Sec. 336. Government Accountability Office Report on Testing and Remediation of 

Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances.

This section would require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to the 

congressional defense committees a report assessing the state of ongoing testing and remediation 

by the Department of Defense of current or former military installations contaminated with 

perfluoroalkyl substances or polyfluoroalkyl substances.

*Sec. 341. Modification of Rule of Construction Regarding Provision of Support and 

Services to Non-Department of Defense Organizations and Activities.*

This section would make funds available to the Secretary of a military department for operation and 

maintenance for the Innovative Readiness Training program to be expended to assist in

demolition, clearing of roads, infrastructure improvements, and construction to restore an area after 

a natural disaster.

Military Personnel Authorizations

Sec. 411. End Strength for Selected Reserve.

This section authorizes 325,000 personnel for the Army National Guard and 105,000 personnel for 

the Air National Guard. The provision has additional language allowing for conditions based on

increases or decreases in end strength.

Sec. 412. End Strength for Reserve on Active Duty.

This provision authorizes 30,845 ARNG positions for the Army National Guard and 25,333

positions for the Air National Guard.

*Sec. 413. End Strength for Military Technicians (Dual Status).*

This provision authorizes 22,294 dual status technicians for the Army National Guard and 10,994

for the Air National Guard.

*The enrolled bill did not include the Joint Explanatory Statement language limiting the number of 

temporary military technicians (dual status) to 25 percent of the authorized end strength.*

Sec. 414. Maximum Number of Reserve Personnel Authorized to be on Active Duty for 

Operational Support.

This provision authorizes 17,000 ADOS positions for the Army National Guard and 16,000 ADOS 

positions for the Air National Guard.
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Military Personnel Policy

Sec. 503. Updating Authority to Authorize Promotion Transfers Between Components of the 

Same Service or a Different Service. 

This section would amend sections 578 and 624 of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the 

Secretary of a military department to transfer the promotion selection of a regular officer or warrant 

officer to the reserve component and integrate the officer into the corresponding promotion list 

based upon the officer’s date of rank in his or her current grade.

*Sec. 504. Flexibility in Determining Terms of Appointment for Certain Senior Officer 

Positions.*

This section would add a new section 602 to title 10, United States Code, to provide appointment 

flexibility to the Secretary of Defense for certain senior officer positions to ensure continuity of 

turnover.

Sec. 507. Prohibition on Appointment or Nomination of Certain Officers Who are Subject to 

Special Selection Review Boards.

This section would amend title 10, United States Code, to read as follows - officers on reserve 

active-status list. United States Code, is amended: ‘‘(B) shall not be forwarded for appointment or 

nomination to the SecDef, the President, or the Senate, as applicable.’’

Sec. 511. Removal of Active-Duty Prohibition for Members of the Air Force Reserve

Policy Committee.

Note, this is a legislative proposal. This section would amend section 10305 of title 10, United 

States Code, to authorize members of the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve who are 

on Active Duty to serve as members of the Air Force Reserve Policy Committee.

Sec. 512. Grade of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau.

This section would amend section 10505 of title 10, United States code to require that the Vice 

Chief of the National Guard Bureau be appointed to serve in the grade of general, and that the 

SecDef designate this position as one of the general officer positions to be excluded from the 

limitations of section 526a of title 10, United States Code.

*Sec. 513. Mobilization of Selected Reserve for Preplanned Missions in Support of the 

Combatant Commands.*

This section would amend section 12304b of title 10, United States Code, to authorize the 

Secretaries of the military departments to submit required manpower and associated costs and 

budget information in a notice separate from budget materials when the President's budget is 

delivered later than April 1st in the year prior to the year of mobilization for preplanned missions.

*Sec. 514. Alternative Promotion Authority for Reserve Officers in Designated Competitive 

Categories.*

This section would amend Title 10 by adding chapter 1413 - Alternative Promotion Authority for 

Officers in Designated Competitive Categories. Authorizes each Secretary of a military department 

alternative promotion authority for Reserve officers in designated competitive categories, similar to 

the alternative promotion authority for Active-Duty officers.

*Sec. 515. Authorization for FireGuard Program.*

This section would amend Chapter 5 of title 32, United States Code by adding a new section §510. 

Authorization for FireGuard Program. The SecDef may use members of the National Guard to 

carry out a program to aggregate, analyze, and assess multi-source remote sensing information for 

interagency partnerships in the detection and monitoring of wildfires, and to support any 

emergency response to such wildfires. Such a program shall be known as the

‘FireGuard Program’.
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*Sec. 522. Prohibition on Policy of the Department of Defense Regarding Identification of 

Gender or Personal Pronouns in Official Correspondence.*

This section would not require or prohibit a member of the armed forces or a civilian employee of 

the Department of Defense (DOD) to identify the gender or personal pronouns of such member or 

employee in any official correspondence of the Department.

*Sec. 525. Modification of Requirements for Approval of Foreign Employment by Retired 

and Reserve Members of the Uniformed Services.*

This section would amend section 908 of title 37, United States Code, to: (1) Authorize the 

Secretary of the military department concerned to delegate approval authority for foreign 

employment of retired and reserve members of the Armed Forces only to an official of the military 

department at or above the level of an Assistant Secretary or, in the event of a vacancy in the 

position of such an official, a civilian official performing the duties of that position; and (2) Require 

additional information in annual reports on approvals for retired general and flag officers.

*Sec. 529B. Limitation on Establishment of New Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Positions; 

Hiring Freeze.*

This section would prohibit the SecDef in establishing any new positions within the Department of 

Defense with responsibility for matters relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion; or fill any 

vacancies in positions in the Department with responsibility for such matters. The prohibitions in 

the Senate provision would expire upon delivery by the Comptroller General of the United States of 

a review of the Department of Defense DEI workforce. 

Sec. 541. Increased Access to Potential Recruits at Secondary Schools.

This section would provide to military recruiters access to career fairs or similar events upon a 

request made by military recruiters for military recruiting purposes.

Sec. 542. Modification of Limitation on Enlistment and Induction of Persons Whose Score

on the Armed Forces Qualification Test is Below a Prescribed Level.

This section would amend section 520 of title 10, United States Code, to limit the number of 

enlistments of people who score between the tenth and thirty first percentile of the Armed Forces 

Qualification Test to 4 percent of the total number of people who enlist in a fiscal year. The 

provision would authorize the SecDef to increase the limitation to 20 percent of the total number of 

new recruits upon the request of the Secretary of the military department concerned.

Sec. 546. Future Servicemember Preparatory Course.

This section would require the Secretary of the military department concerned to establish a future 

servicemember preparation course if, during a fiscal year within an Armed Force, the number of 

enlisted recruits who score lower than a 31 on the Armed Forces Qualification Test exceeds 10 

percent of the total number of recruits.

Sec. 548. Community College Enlisted Training Corps Demonstration Program.

This section would require the Secretary of each military department to establish an Enlisted 

Training Corps (ETC) demonstration program at a community or junior college. As part of the 

demonstration program, the Secretary concerned may provide financial assistance to individuals 

enrolled in an ETC unit who agree to enlist in the Armed Forces upon completion of, or 

disenrollment from, the program.

*Sec. 577. Increased Fitness Standards for Army Close Combat Force Military Occupational 

Specialties.*

This section would require the Army to implement higher minimum standards on the ACFT for

certain servicemembers serving in combat arms occupational specialties NLT 18 months after date 

of enactment.
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Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits

*Sec. 601. Parental Leave Parity for Members of Certain Reserve Components of the Armed 

Forces.*

This section would amend Chapter 40 of title 10, United States Code by inserting a new section: 

§711. Parental leave for members of certain reserve components of the armed forces, which would 

allow a member of a reserve component parental leave for a duration of up to 12 inactive-duty 

training periods.

Sec. 602. Pay of Members of Reserve Components for Inactive-Duty Training to Obtain or 

Maintain an Aeronautical Rating or Designation.

This section would amend chapter 3 of title 37, United States Code, to require the Secretaries of 

the military departments to pay certain members of the Reserve component who receive aviation 

incentive pay under section 334(a) of title 37, United States Code, such compensation for a 

number of periods of inactive-duty training each month sufficient for the member to obtain or 

maintain aeronautical rating or designation.

Sec. 612. Modification of Special and Incentive Pay Authorities for Members of Reserve 

Components.

This section would amend section 357 of title 37, United States Code, to require the Secretaries of 

the military departments to pay a member of the reserve component a special and incentive pay in 

the same monthly amount paid to a member in the regular component of such Armed Force when 

the special and incentive pay is made for the purpose of maintaining a skill certification or 

proficiency identical to a skill certification or proficiency required of the member in the regular 

component, or when such pay is made to compensate the member of the reserve component for 

exposure to hazards or risks identical to hazards or risks to which the member of the regular 

component was exposed.

The provision would also amend section 602(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) to require the Secretaries concerned to evaluate each type 

or category of special and incentive pay separately for the purposes of certifying whether 

implementing such section would have a detrimental effect on the force structure of the Armed 

Forces affected by implementation of section 357 of title 37, United States code.

Sec. 613. One-Year Extension of Certain Expiring Bonus and Special Pay Authorities.

This section would extend through December 31, 2024, certain expiring bonus and special pay 

authorities relating to Reserve forces; health care professionals; nuclear officers; consolidated 

special, incentive, and bonus authorities under title 37, United States Code; and temporary 

increases in rates of basic allowance for housing.

*Sec. 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.

Sec. 624. Dual Basic Allowance for Housing for Training.

Note, this a legislative proposal. This section would amend section 403(g) of title 37, United States 

Code, to authorize reserve component members without dependents who would normally have to 

permanently change station for attendance at a school for a duration between 140 and 365 days to 

be paid basic allowance for housing at both the location of the school as well as their permanent 

residence if they are returning to that residence after completion of the school.
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Health Care Provisions

Sec. 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 of title 10, United States Code, to extend eligibility for 

TRICARE Reserve Select from 6 months to 3 years for survivors of deceased members of the 

reserve components who were enrolled in TRICARE Reserve Select at the time of their deaths. 

The provision would be effective on October 1, 2025.

*Sec. 724. Annual Report Regarding Overdoses by Certain Members of the Armed Forces.*

This section would require the SecDef to submit an annual report to the congressional defense 

committees on the number of annual overdoses among servicemembers. The annual reporting 

requirement would begin one year after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter 

for four years.

Organization and Management

*Sec. 916. Membership of the Air Force Reserve Forces Policy Committee.*

Note, this is a legislative proposal. This section would authorize ANG membership of the Air Force 

Reserve Forces Policy Committee.

*Sec. 924. Feasibility Study on the Consolidation or Transfer of Space Functions of the 

National Guard to the Space Force.*

This section would require the SecDef to conduct an interim briefing NLT February 01, 2024 and a

study NLT March 01, 2024 to assess the feasibility and advisability of transferring all covered 

space functions of the National Guard to the Space Force. The study would include analyzing the 

following courses of action: Maintaining the current model under the Air National Guard, 

transferring NG space functions to the Space Force, and establishing a new NG component of the 

Space Force.

General Provisions

*Sec. 1012. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities.*

This section would raise a $5M spending cap to $15M on counter-drug equipment procured or 

leased by the National Guard requiring advance approval from SecDef.

*Sec. 1070. Report on use of Tactical Fighter Aircraft and Bomber Aircraft for Deployments 

and Homeland Defense Missions.*

This section would require the SecDef to conduct a study on the use of tactical fighter aircraft for 

deployments and homeland defense missions. 

*Sec. 1086. Guidance for Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems by National Guard.*

This section would require the SecDef, NLT 90 days after enactment - updated guidance on the 

use of unmanned aircraft systems by the National Guard. NLT 60 days after the guidance is 

published, the SecDef is required to provide a briefing to the Armed Services Committees on the 

guidance. The briefing would be required to point out any changes that would make the guidance 

more restrictive, and the reasons for making that such changes.

Civilian Personnel

*Sec. 1101. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Personnel Grade Cap.*

This section would prohibit the Secretary concerned from appointing or employing any position with 

primary duties related to DEI, a civilian employee whose annual pay rate exceeds the equivalent of 

the rate payable for GS-10.
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Matters Relating to Foreign Nations

*Sec. 1204. Modifications to Security Cooperation Workforce Development Program and 

Establishment of Defense Security Cooperations University.*

This section would amend Section 384 of title 10, United States Code to modify regarding the 

Security Cooperation Workforce Development Program and would establish the Defense Security 

Cooperation University structure. The program would consist of elements including training, 

certification, assignment, career development, and tracking of personnel of the security 

cooperation Workforce.

Cyberspace-Related Matters

*Sec. 1532. Selected Reserve Order to Active Duty to Respond to a Significant Cyber 

Incident.*

This section would amend section 12304 of title 10, United States Code to authorize the SecDef

and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to order units and 

members of the Selected Reserve, without the consent of the members, to Active Duty to respond 

to a significant cyber incident.

*Sec. 1551. Limitation on Availability of Funds for Travel for Office of Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness Pending Strategy Relating to Defense Travel System.*

This section would require the Under SecDef for Personnel and Readiness to develop a strategy to 

modernize or replace the end-to-end travel management system of the DoD known as the 

“Defense Travel System”. Not more than 93 percent of appropriated funds may be obligated or 

expended until the DoD Chief Information Officer independently certifies to the Armed Services 

Committees that the strategy meets the validated requirements of the DoD. 

Space Force Personnel Management

*Sec. 1734. Placement of Officers on the Space Force Officer List.*

This section would authorize officers of the Space Force who transferred in accordance with 

section 1732, and Officers from the Air Force Reserve Components who transfer in accordance 

with section 1733, shall be placed on the Space Force officer list in an order determined by their 

respective grades and dates or rank. 

*Sec. 1733. Transfer to the Space Force of Members of the Reserve Components of the Air 

Force.*

This section would allow officers and enlisted of the Air Force Reserve Components, during the

transition period, with their consent, to transfer to the Space Force. 

*Sec. 1851. Flexibility and Funding for the Word Trade Center Health Program.*

This section would amend Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm et seq.) to include 

employees of the Department of Defense or any other Federal agency, worked during the period 

beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on September 18, 2001, for a 

contractor of the Department of Defense or any other Federal agency, or was a member of a 

regular or reserve component of the uniformed services; and performed rescue, recovery, 

demolition, debris cleanup, or other related services at the Pentagon or Shanksville, Pennsylvania, 

site of the terrorist-related aircraft crash of September 11, 2001, during the period beginning on 

September 11, 2001, and ending on the date on which the cleanup of the site was concluded, as 

determined by the WTC Program Administrator.
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Military Construction

*Sec. 2407. Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2021 Energy Resilience 

and Conservation Investment Projects.* Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military 

Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–283; 134 Stat. 

10 4294), the authorizations set forth in the table in sub section (b), as provided in section 2402 of 

that Act (134 Stat. 4306), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment 

of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later.

ERCIP Projects: Extension of 2021 Project Authorizations 

State Installation Project Original 

Authorized 

Amount

Arkansas Ebbing ANG Base PV Arrays and Battery Storage $2,600

Sec. 2601. Authorized Army National Guard Construction and Land Acquisition Projects.

Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2606 and 

available for the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the 

SecArmy may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the Army 

National Guard locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth.

Sec. 4601. Military Construction.

Army National Guard

State Location FY2024 

Request

Conference

Agreement

Alabama Fort McClellan; Cost to Complete: Enlisted 

Barracks, TT

-- $7,000

Alabama Huntsville; Cost to Complete: NG Readiness 

Center

-- $4,650

Arizona Surprise Readiness Center $15,000 $15,000

Arkansas Fort Chaffee; Cost to Complete: NG Readiness 

Center

-- $610

California Bakersfield; Cost to Complete: Vehicle 

Maintenance Shop

-- $1,000

California Camp Roberts; Cost to Complete: Automated 

Multipurpose Machine Gun (MPMG) Range

-- $5,000

Colorado Peterson Space Force Base; Cost to Complete: 

NG Readiness Center

-- $3,000

Connecticut Putnum; Cost to Complete: NG Readiness 

Center

-- $6,125

Florida Camp Blanding; Multipurpose Machine Gun 

Range

-- $11,000

*Florida Camp Blanding; Training Aids Center (P&D) -- $1,200*

*Florida Camp Blanding; Wedge Infantry Squad Battle 

Course (P&D)

-- $840*

Guam Barrigada; Cost to Complete: NG Readiness 

Center

-- $6,900

Idaho Jerome County Regional Site; Cost to 

Complete: NG Readiness Center

-- $1,250

Idaho Jerome County Regional Site; NG Vehicle 

Maintenance Shop

$17,000 $17,000
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Illinois Bloomington; Cost to Complete: NG Vehicle 

Maintenance Shop

-- $5,250

*Illinois Chicago, Jones Armory; General Jones National 

Guard Readiness Center Alteration (P&D)

-- $5,000*

Illinois North Riverside NG Maintenance Center; NG 

Vehicle Maintenance Shop

$24,000 $24,000

*Illinois Peoria; Readiness Center (P&D) -- $2,400*

Indiana Shelbyville; Cost to Complete: NG Readiness 

Center Add/Alt

-- $5,000

Kansas Topeka; Cost to Complete: NG/Reserve Center 

Building

-- $5,856

Kentucky Burlington; Vehicle Maintenance Shop -- $16,400

Kentucky Frankfort; Cost to Complete: NG/Reserve Center 

Building

-- $2,000

Louisiana Camp Beauregard; Collective Training 

Unaccompanied Housing Open-Bay (P&D)

-- $2,400

Louisiana Camp Beauregard; Cost to Complete: NG 

Readiness Center

-- $2,000

Louisiana Camp Minden; Cost to Complete: Collective 

Training Unaccompanied Housing, Open Bay

-- $3,718

Maine Northern Maine Range Complex; Automated 

Multipurpose Machine Gun Range (P&D)

-- $2,800

Maine Saco; Cost to Complete: National Guard Vehicle 

Maintenance Shop

-- $7,420

Massachusetts Camp Edwards; Cost to Complete: Automated 

Multipurpose Machine Gun (MPMG) Range

-- *0*

*Minnesota Camp Ripley; Access Control Facility (P&D) -- $1,530*

Mississippi Camp Shelby; JFTC Railhead Expansion (P&D) -- $2,200

Mississippi Camp Shelby; Cost to Complete: Maneuver Area 

Training Equipment Site Addition

-- $5,425

*Mississippi Meridian; Army Aviation Support Facility 3 (P&D). -- $2,160

Mississippi Southaven RC; NG Readiness Center -- *$33,000*

Missouri Belle Fontaine; NG Readiness Center $28,000 $28,000

Nebraska Bellevue; Cost to Complete: NG Readiness 

Center

-- $9,090

Nebraska Greenlief Training Site; Collective Training 

Unaccompanied Housing Open-Bay (P&D)

-- $1,200

Nebraska Mead Training Site; Cost to Complete: Collective 

Training Unaccompanied House, Open Bay

-- $1,913

Nebraska North Platte; Cost to Complete: NG Vehicle 

Maintenance Shop

-- $400

*Nevada Floyd Edsall Training Center; Combined Support 

Maintenance Shop (P&D).

-- $2,700*

*Nevada Floyd Edsall Training Center; General Instruction 

Facility (P&D)

-- $5,490*

*Nevada Harry Reid Training Center; Ready Building

(P&D)

-- $590*

New Hampshire Concord; Cost to Complete: NG Readiness 

Center

-- $200

New Hampshire Littleton; NG Vehicle Maintenance Shop Add $23,000 $23,000
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New Jersey Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst; Cost to 

Complete: NG Readiness Center

-- $605

*New Jersey Newark; National Guard Readiness Center 

(P&D)

-- $1,900*

New Mexico Rio Rancho Training Site; NG Vehicle 

Maintenance Shop Add

$11,000 $11,000

New York Lexington Avenue Armory; NG Readiness Center 

Addition/Alteration 

-- $70,0001

North Carolina Salisbury; Army Aviation Support Facility (P&D) -- $2,200

North Dakota Camp Grafton; Institutional Post-Initial Military 

Training, Unaccompanied Housing (P&D)

-- $1,950

North Dakota Dickinson; Cost to Complete: NG Readiness 

Center

-- $5,425

Ohio Camp Perry Joint Training Center; NG Readiness 

Center

$19,200 $19,200

Ohio Columbus; Cost to Complete: NG Readiness 

Center

-- $4,000

Oklahoma Ardmore; Cost to Complete: Vehicle Maintenance 

Shop

-- $400

*Oklahoma Shawnee Readiness Center; National Guard 

Readiness Center (P&D)

-- $1,800*

Oregon Washington County; NG Readiness Center $26,000 $26,000

*Pennsylvania Fort Indiantown Gap; Automated Multipurpose 

Machine Gun Range (P&D)

-- $1,550*

Pennsylvania Hermitage; NG Readiness Center $13,600 $13,600

Pennsylvania Moon Township; Cost to Complete: Combined 

Support Maintenance Shop

-- $3,100

Puerto Rico Fort Allen; Cost to Complete: NG Readiness 

Center

-- $3,677

Rhode Island Camp Fogarty Training Site; Collective Training 

Unaccompanied Housing Open-Bay (P&D)

-- $1,990

*Rhode Island Quonset Point; National Guard Readiness Center -- $41,000*

South Carolina Aiken County Readiness Center; NG 

Readiness Center

$20,000 $20,000

South Carolina Joint Base Charleston; Cost to Complete: NG 

Readiness Center

-- $4,373

South Carolina McCrady Training Center; Auto MPMG 

Range

$7,900 $7,900

South Dakota Sioux Falls; Cost to Complete: National 

Guard Readiness Center

-- 5,250

Tennessee Campbell Army Airfield; Army Air Traffic 

Control Towers (P&D)

-- $2,500

Tennessee McMinnville; Cost to Complete: NG 

Readiness Center

-- $500

Texas Fort Cavazos; General Purpose Instruction 

Bldg (P&D)

-- $2,685

Texas Fort Worth; Cost to Complete: Aircraft 

Maintenance Hangar Add/Alt

-- $6,489

Texas Fort Worth; Cost to Complete: NG Vehicle 

Maintenance Shop

-- $381
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Utah Camp Williams; Collective Training 

Unaccompanied Housing, Senior NCO and 

Officer (P&D)

-- $2,875

Vermont Bennington; Cost to Complete: NG 

Readiness Center

-- $3,415

Virgin Islands St. Croix; Cost to Complete: Army Aviation 

Support Facility

-- $4,200

Virgin Islands St. Croix; Cost to Complete: Ready Bldg -- $1,710

Virginia Sandston RC & FMS 1; Aircraft Maintenance 

Hangar

$20,000 $20,000

Virginia Troutville; Cost to Complete: Combined 

Support Maintenance Shop Addition

-- $2,415

Virginia Troutville; Cost to Complete: NG Readiness 

Center Addition

-- $2,135

*Washington Camp Murray; National Guard/Reserve 

Center (P&D)

-- $3,600*

*West Virginia Bluefield; National Guard Readiness Center 

(P&D)

-- $1,950*

*West Virginia Charleston; National Guard Readiness 

Center (P&D)

-- $4,800*

West Virginia Parkersburg; NG Readiness Center (P&D) -- $3,300

Wisconsin Viroqua; NG Readiness Center $18,200 $18,200

Worldwide 

Unspecified

Cost to Complete Army National Guard -- $0

Worldwide 

Unspecified

Planning and Design $34,286 $34,286

Worldwide 

Unspecified

Unspecified Minor Military Construction $63,000 *$73,000*

*Worldwide 

Unspecified

Unspecified Minor Military Construction -- $15,000*

Military Construction, Army National Guard Total $340,186 $732,078

1. Appropriations authorization discrepancy exists between SEC. 2601 and Sec. 4601 for New York NG Readiness 

Center: Sec. 2601 lists $90M and Sec. 4601 lists $70M.

Sec. 2604. Authorized Air National Guard Construction and Land Acquisition Projects.

Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 2606 and 

available for the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 4601, the 

SecAF may acquire real property and carry out military construction projects for the Air National 

Guard locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth.

Sec. 4601. Military Construction.

Air National Guard

State Location FY2024 

Request

Conference

Agreement

Alabama Montgomery Regional Airport; F35 ADAL BLDG 

1303

$7,000 $7,000

Alaska Eielson Air Force Base; AMC Standard Dual Bay 

Hangar (P&D)

-- $5,000

Alaska Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson; ADAL Alert 

Crew Facility Hgr 18

-- $7,000
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*Alaska Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson; HC–130J 

Simulator Facility (P&D)

-- $2,000*

Arizona Tucson Airport; Mcca: Aircraft Arresting System 

(New Rwy)

$11,600 $11,600

Arkansas Ebbing Air National Guard Base; 3-Bay Hangar -- $54,000

Arkansas Ebbing Air National Guard Base; Aircrew Flight 

Equipment/Step

-- $0

Arkansas Ebbing Air National Guard Base; Special Access 

Program Facility

-- $ 21,989

Colorado Buckley Space Force Base; Aircraft Corrosion 

Control

$12,000 $12,000

*Florida Jacksonville International Airport; F–35 

Munitions Storage Area Admin (P&D)

-- $600*

Indiana Fort Wayne International Airport; Fire Station $8,900 $8,900

*Maine Bangor International Airport; Repair Hangar 

Access Apron (light duty ramp) (P&D)

-- $1,450*

*Maine Bangor International Airport; Repair Whiskey 

Apron (P&D)

-- $704*

Mississippi Jackson International Airport; Cost to Compete: 

172nd Airlift Wing Fire/Crash Rescue Station

-- $8,000

Missouri Rosecrans ANG Base; 139th Airlift Wing Entry 

Control Point (P&D)

-- $2,000

Missouri Rosecrans ANG Base; Entry Control Point (P&D) -- $0

*New Jersey Atlantic City International Airport; Consolidated 

Dining, Services, and Fitness Center (P&D)

-- $2,000*

*New Jersey Atlantic City International Airport;

Airport F–16 Mission Training Center (P&D)

-- $1,100*

Oregon Portland International Airport; Special Tactics 

Complex, Phase 1

$22,000 $23,000

Oregon Portland International Airport; Special Tactics 

Complex, Phase 2

$18,500 $21,000

Oregon Portland International Airport; Special Tactics 

Complex, Phase 3

-- $24,000

Oregon Portland International Airport; Special Tactics 

Complex, Phase 4

-- $11,000

Pennsylvania Harrisburg International Airport; Entry Control 

Facility

-- $8,000

Wisconsin Truax Field; F-35: MM&I Fac, B701 -- $5,200

Wisconsin Volk ANGB; Fire/Crash Rescue Station (P&D) -- $0

Worldwide 

Unspecified 

Planning and Design $35,600 $35,600

Worldwide 

Unspecified

Unspecified Minor Construction $63,122 *$73,122*

*Worldwide 

Unspecified

Unspecified Minor Military Construction 

Demolition

-- 15,000*

Military Construction, Air National Guard Total $178,722 $361,265

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

This section would authorize appropriations for the reserve component military construction 

projects authorized for construction for fiscal year 2024 in this Act. This provision would also 

provide an overall limit on the amount authorized for military construction projects for each of the 
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reserve components of the military departments. The state list contained in this report is the 

binding list of the specific projects authorized at each location.

Sec. 2607. Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2018 Project at Hulman 

Regional Airport, Indiana.

EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

Fiscal Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1817), the authorization set forth in 

the table in sub section (b), as provided in section 2604 of that Act (131 Stat. 1836) and extended 

by section 2608 of the Military Construction Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (division B of Public Law 117–

263), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 

funds for military construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later.

National Guard and Reserve: Extension of 2018 Project Authorization

State Installation Project Original 

Authorized 

Amount

Indiana Hulman Regional 

Airport

Construct Small Arms Range $8,000

Sec. 2608. Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2019 Project at Francis S. 

Gabreski Airport, New York.

This section would extend the authorization contained in section 2604 of the Military Construction 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, Division B, Title XIII, of the John S. McCain National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) for one project until October 

1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal 

year 2025, whichever is later.

National Guard and Reserve: Extension of 2019 Project Authorization 

State Installation Project Original 

Authorized 

Amount

New York Francis S. Gabreski 

Airport

Security Forces/ Comm. 

Training Facility

$20,000

Sec. 2609. Extension of Authority to Carry Out Certain Fiscal Year 2021 Projects.

Notwithstanding section 2002 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 

(division B of Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 4294), the authorizations set forth in the table in 

subsection (b), as provided in sections 2601, 2602, and 2604 of that Act (134 Stat. 4312, 4313, 

4314), shall remain in effect until October 1, 2024, or the date of the enactment of an Act 

authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal year 2025, whichever is later.

National Guard and Reserve: Extension of 2021 Project Authorization 

State Installation Project Original 

Authorized 

Amount

Arkansas Fort Chaffee NG Readiness Center $15,000

California Bakersfield NG Vehicle Maintenance Shop $9,300

Colorado Peterson Space Force 

Base

NG Readiness Center $15,000

Guam Joint Region Marianas Space Control Facility #5 $20,000

Ohio Columbus NG Readiness Center $15,000

Massachusetts Devens Reserve Forces Automated Multipurpose Machine $8,700
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Training Area Gun Range

North Carolina Asheville Army Reserve Center/Land $24,000

Puerto Rico Fort Allen NG Readiness Center $37,000

South Carolina Joint Base Charleston NG Readiness Center $15,000

Texas Fort Worth Aircraft Maintenance Hangar 

Add/Alt

$6,000

Texas Joint Base San Antonio F-16 Mission Training Center $10,800

Virgin Islands St. Croix Army Aviation Support Facility $28,000

Virgin Islands St. Croix CST Ready Building $11,400

*Sec. 2611. Authority to Conduct Restoration and Modernization Projects at the First City 

Troop Readiness Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.*

Subject to the conditions described in subsection (b), the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may 

only obligate or expend amounts available to the Army National Guard for Facilities Sustainment, 

Restoration, and Modernization, or award a contract, to conduct restoration and modernization 

projects at the First City Troop Readiness Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Sec. 2702. Prohibition on Conducting Additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 

Round.

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize an additional Base Realignment and Closure 

(BRAC) round.

*Sec. 2856. Authorization for the Secretary of the Navy to Resolve the Electrical Utility 

Operations at Former Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii.*

The enhancement of the surrounding electrical utility system to accept any additional load from 

such transfer, with a priority for such systems that serve downtown Kalaeloa, Hawaii, and the 

Hawaii Army National Guard.

*Sec. 2866. Land conveyance, Paine field Air National Guard Station, Everett, Snohomish 

county, Washington.*

The SecAF (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may convey to Snohomish County, a 

political subdivision of the State of Washington (in this section referred to as the ‘‘County’’) all right, 

title, and interest of the United States in and to three parcels of real property, including any 

improvements thereon and any related easements, consisting of approximately 14.23 acres, 

collectively, located on the Washington Air National Guard 

24 Base at Paine Field, Everett, Washington.

Conference Report Requirements / Items of Special Interest

*Report on Costs Associated with Decommissioning of Tactical Air Control Party Units.*

The conferees direct the SecDef, NLT March 1, 2024, to provide a briefing to the 

Armed Services Committees on the costs associated with the prospective decommissioning,

reduction, or termination of any Tactical Air Control Party unit of the Air Force planned during the 

three fiscal years following the date of the enactment of this Act. Additionally, this briefing will 

include costs and benefits associated with recapitalizing Air National Guard Tactical Air Control 

Party units that are divesting to contingency response groups.

*Sense of Congress Relating to Measures to Address Suicide Among Former National 

Guard and Reserve Components.*

The conferees note that the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs have 

both devoted significant time and attention to preventing suicide among current and former 

members of the National Guard and Reserve Components, and that they continue to collaborate 
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on ways to improve healthcare outcomes for such members as they transition from military service 

to civilian life.

*Sense of Congress on Access to Mental Health Services Through TRICARE.*

The conferees note that timely access to mental and behavioral health care services improves the 

readiness, availability, and morale of members of the National Guard and encourage the SecDef to 

ensure that such members and their family members who are enrolled in TRICARE have timely 

access to such services.

*Briefing on Air National Guard Active Associations.*

The conferees agree that the SecAF should investigate the potential increase in air refueling 

capacity and cost savings, including manpower, to be achieved if the Air Force were to change all 

Air National Guard KC–135 stand-alone units into active association units. The Secretary should 

provide briefings to the congressional defense committees, not later than February 1, 2024, on the 

results of that investigation.

*Report on Army Requirements and Acquisition Strategy for Night Vision Devices.*

The conferees direct the SecArmy, not later than February 29, 2024, to submit to the congressional 

defense committees a report on night vision devices. The report shall include the following 

elements:

(1) An identification of the specific capabilities the Army is seeking to achieve in night vision;

(2) An identification of the capabilities in night vision required by unit, including the number and 

type of units for each capability;

(3) An identification of the total requirement for night vision devices in the Army, disaggregated by 

number and type of unit; and

(4) A description of the acquisition strategy of the Army for achieving the capabilities described in 

paragraph (1), including a description of each of the following:

(a) The acquisition objective for each type of night vision device;

(b) The programmed purchase quantities for night vision devices required each year;

(c) The contract type of each procurement of night vision devices;

(d) The expected date for achieving the capabilities;

(e) The industrial base constraints on each type of night vision device; and

(f) The modernization plan for each type of night vision device.

*Comprehensive Strategy for Talent Development and Management Department of Defense 

Computer Programming Workforce.*

The conferees are strongly supportive of efforts to promote, expand, and, to the extent possible, 

standardize technical training for the computer programming and cyber workforce in the 

Department of Defense. We foresee such skills will be increasingly critical for emerging areas such 

as the adoption of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation for sophisticated 

command, control, and networking systems.

The conferees note that the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives directed the development of a Cyber Workforce Strategy Implementation Plan to

address this issue, which was delivered earlier this year. This document comprehensively 

addresses military as well as civilian workforces, and across the four human capital pillars of

identification of talent, recruitment, development of the individual, and retention. That plan has 

identified 38 initiatives the Department is pursuing, and based on anticipated timelines, action 

plans are just now being delivered to the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer (DOD 

CIO) for decision.

As activities are just starting to get underway, the conferees believe it is unadvisable at this time to 

add on additional requirements until such time as there is a better understanding of which of these 

initiatives is bearing fruit. The conferees are encouraged by the focus and effort placed on
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enhancing the military and civilian workforce in this space, including those in the computer 

programming and software fields, but is concerned that there may not be sufficient manpower

within the DOD CIO office executing this work commensurate to the task. The conferees believe 

the Department should make sufficient resources available for this work, and also keep the

Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives regularly updated 

on progress with this effort.

*Report on Coordination in the State Partnership Program*

The conferees direct the SecDef to provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

Senate and the House of Representatives, not later than 180 days after the

enactment of this Act, on the advisability and feasibility of coordinating with private entities and 

State governments to provide resources and personnel to support technical exchanges under the 

Department of Defense State Partnership Program, established under section 341 of title 10, 

United States Code. The briefing shall address the following:

(1) An analysis of the gaps in implementation of the State Partnership Program, if any, that 

could be addressed through coordination with private entities and State governments;

(2) The types of personnel and expertise that could be helpful to partner country 

participants in the State Partnership Program;

(3) Any barriers to leveraging such expertise from private entities and State governments, 

as applicable;

(4) Recommendations for modifications to statute or regulation to address removing such 

barriers; and,

(5) Any other matters the Secretary deems appropriate.

TRICARE Dental Plan for the Selected Reserve

The importance of this issue was recognized in section 707 of the James M. Inhofe National 

Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) which authorized the 

SecDef to conduct a study on the feasibility, potential cost effects to the Department of Defense, 

changes in out-of-pocket costs to beneficiaries, and effects on other Federal programs of 

expanding eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select and the TRICARE Dental Program to all 

members of the Selected Reserve, their dependents, and non-dependent children 

under the age of 26.

The conferees are pleased that the Department has contracted a federally funded research and 

development center to develop the study’s methodology and approach and are eagerly awaiting 

the findings and recommendations, which are due in December, 2024.