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In the Senate of the United States, 

June 18, 2015. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 1735) entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 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.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 

following: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Au3 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016’’. 

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

5 CONTENTS. 

6 (a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into four divi7 sions as follows: 
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1 (1) Division A—Department of Defense Author2 izations. 

3 (2) Division B—Military Construction Author4 izations. 

5 (3) Division C—Department of Energy National 

6 Security Authorizations. 

7 (4) Division D—Funding tables. 

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

9 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

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

Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees. 

Sec. 4. Budgetary effects of this Act. 

DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 

TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle B—Navy Programs 

Sec. 111. Amendment to cost limitation baseline for CVN–78 class aircraft carrier 

program. 

Sec. 112. Limitation on availability of funds for USS JOHN F. KENNEDY 

(CVN–79). 

Sec. 113. Limitation on availability of funds for USS ENTERPRISE (CVN–80). 

Sec. 114. Modification of CVN–78 class aircraft carrier program. 

Sec. 115. Limitation on availability of funds for Littoral Combat Ship. 

Sec. 116. Extension and modification of limitation on availability of funds for 

Littoral Combat Ship. 

Sec. 117. Construction of additional Arleigh Burke destroyer. 

Sec. 118. Fleet Replenishment Oiler Program. 

Sec. 119. Reporting requirement for Ohio-class replacement submarine program. 

Sec. 120. Stationing of C–130 H aircraft avionics previously modified by the 

Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) in support of daily 

training and contingency requirements for Airborne and Special 

Operations Forces. 

Subtitle C—Air Force Programs 

Sec. 131. Limitations on retirement of B–1, B–2, and B–52 bomber aircraft. 

Sec. 132. Limitation on retirement of Air Force fighter aircraft. 

Sec. 133. Limitation on availability of funds for F–35A aircraft procurement. 
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Sec. 134. Prohibition on retirement of A–10 aircraft. 

Sec. 135. Prohibition on availability of funds for retirement of EC–130H Compass Call aircraft. 

Sec. 136. Limitation on transfer of C–130 aircraft. 

Sec. 137. Limitation on use of funds for T–1A Jayhawk aircraft. 

Sec. 138. Restriction on retirement of the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar 

System (JSTARS), EC–130H Compass Call, and Airborne 

Early Warning and Control (AWACS) Aircraft. 

Sec. 139. Sense of Congress regarding the OCONUS basing of the F–35A aircraft. 

Sec. 140. Sense of Congress on F–16 Active Electronically Scanned Array 

(AESA) radar upgrade. 

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

Sec. 151. Report on Army and Marine Corps modernization plan for small arms. 

Subtitle E—Army Programs 

Sec. 161. Stryker Lethality Upgrades. 

TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 

Sec. 211. Centers for Science, Technology, and Engineering Partnership. 

Sec. 212. Department of Defense technology offset program to build and maintain 

the military technological superiority of the United States. 

Sec. 213. Reauthorization of defense research and development rapid innovation 

program. 

Sec. 214. Reauthorization of Global Research Watch program. 

Sec. 215. Science and technology activities to support business systems information technology acquisition programs. 

Sec. 216. Expansion of eligibility for financial assistance under Department of 

Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation 

program to include citizens of countries participating in The 

Technical Cooperation Program. 

Sec. 217. Streamlining the Joint Federated Assurance Center. 

Sec. 218. Limitation on availability of funds for development of the Shallow 

Water Combat Submersible. 

Sec. 219. Limitation on availability of funds for distributed common ground system of the Army. 

Sec. 220. Limitation on availability of funds for distributed common ground system of the United States Special Operations Command. 

Subtitle C—Other Matters 

Sec. 231. Assessment of air-land mobile tactical communications and data network requirements and capabilities. 

Sec. 232. Study of field failures involving counterfeit electronic parts. 

Sec. 233. Demonstration of Persistent Close Air Support capabilities. 

Sec. 234. Airborne data link plan. 

Sec. 235. Report on Technology Readiness Levels of the technologies and capabilities critical to the Long Range Strike Bomber aircraft. 
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TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations. 

Subtitle B—Energy and Environment 

Sec. 311. Modification of energy management reporting requirements. 

Sec. 312. Report on efforts to reduce high energy costs at military installations. 

Sec. 313. Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas. 

Subtitle C—Logistics and Sustainment 

Sec. 321. Repeal of limitation on authority to enter into a contract for the 

sustainment, maintenance, repair, or overhaul of the F117 engine. 

Subtitle D—Reports 

Sec. 331. Modification of annual report on prepositioned materiel and equipment. 

Subtitle E—Limitations and Extensions of Authority 

Sec. 341. Modification of requirements for transferring aircraft within the Air 

Force inventory. 

Sec. 342. Limitation on use of funds for Department of Defense sponsorships, advertising, or marketing associated with sports-related organizations or sporting events. 

Sec. 342A. Prohibition on contracts to facilitate payments for honoring members 

of the Armed Forces at sporting events. 

Sec. 343. Temporary authority to extend contracts and leases under ARMS initiative. 

Subtitle F—Other Matters 

Sec. 351. Streamlining of Department of Defense management and operational 

headquarters. 

Sec. 352. Adoption of retired military working dogs. 

Sec. 353. Modification of required review of projects relating to potential obstructions to aviation. 

Sec. 354. Pilot program on intensive instruction in certain Asian languages. 

TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 

Subtitle A—Active Forces 

Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 

Sec. 402. Enhancement of authority for management of end strengths for military 

personnel. 

Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 

Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 

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

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

Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2016 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 

Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty 

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Sec. 416. Chief of the National Guard Bureau authority to increase certain end 

strengths applicable to the Army National Guard. 

Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 421. Military personnel. 

TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 

Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 

Sec. 501. Authority of promotion boards to recommend officers of particular 

merit be placed at the top of the promotion list. 

Sec. 502. Minimum grades for certain corps and related positions in the Army, 

Navy, and Air Force. 

Sec. 503. Enhancement of military personnel authorities in connection with the 

defense acquisition workforce. 

Sec. 504. Enhanced flexibility for determination of officers to continue on active 

duty and for selective early retirement and early discharge. 

Sec. 505. Authority to defer until age 68 mandatory retirement for age of a general or flag officer serving as Chief or Deputy Chief of Chaplains 

of the Army, Navy, or Air Force. 

Sec. 506. Reinstatement of enhanced authority for selective early discharge of 

warrant officers. 

Sec. 507. Authority to conduct warrant officer retired grade determinations. 

Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 

Sec. 511. Authority to designate certain reserve officers as not to be considered 

for selection for promotion. 

Sec. 512. Clarification of purpose of reserve component special selection boards as 

limited to correction of error at a mandatory promotion board. 

Sec. 513. Reconciliation of contradictory provisions relating to citizenship qualifications for enlistment in the reserve components of the Armed 

Forces. 

Sec. 514. Authority for certain Air Force reserve component personnel to provide 

training and instruction regarding pilot instructor training. 

Subtitle C—General Service Authorities 

Sec. 521. Duty required for eligibility for preseparation counseling for members 

being discharged or released from active duty. 

Sec. 522. Expansion of pilot programs on career flexibility to enhance retention 

of members of the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 523. Sense of Senate on development of gender-neutral occupational standards for occupational assignments in the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 524. Sense of Congress recognizing the diversity of the members of the Armed 

Forces. 

Subtitle D—Member Education and Training 

PART I—EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE REFORM

Sec. 531. Limitation on tuition assistance for off-duty training or education. 

Sec. 532. Termination of program of educational assistance for reserve component 

members supporting contingency operations and other operations. 
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Sec. 533. Reports on educational levels attained by certain members of the Armed 

Forces at time of separation from the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 534. Sense of Congress on transferability of unused education benefits to 

family members. 

Sec. 535. No entitlement to unemployment insurance while receiving Post-9/11 

Education Assistance. 

PART II—OTHER MATTERS

Sec. 536. Repeal of statutory specification of minimum duration of in-resident 

instruction for courses of instruction offered as part of Phase II 

joint professional military education. 

Sec. 537. Quality assurance of certification programs and standards for professional credentials obtained by members of the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 538. Support for athletic programs of the United States Military Academy. 

Sec. 539. Online access to the higher education component of the Transition Assistance Program. 

Subtitle E—Military Justice 

Sec. 546. Modification of Rule 304 of the Military Rules of Evidence relating to 

the corroboration of a confession or admission. 

Sec. 547. Modification of Rule 104 of the Rules for Courts-Martial to establish 

certain prohibitions concerning evaluations of Special Victims’ 

Counsel. 

Sec. 548. Right of victims of offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice 

to timely disclosure of certain materials and information in connection with prosecution of offenses. 

Sec. 549. Enforcement of certain crime victims’ rights by the Court of Criminal 

Appeals. 

Sec. 550. Release to victims upon request of complete record of proceedings and 

testimony of courts-martial in cases in which sentences adjudged 

could include punitive discharge. 

Sec. 551. Representation and assistance of victims by Special Victims’ Counsel in 

questioning by military criminal investigators. 

Sec. 552. Authority of Special Victims’ Counsel to provide legal consultation and 

assistance in connection with various Government proceedings. 

Sec. 553. Enhancement of confidentiality of restricted reporting of sexual assault 

in the military. 

Sec. 554. Establishment of Office of Complex Investigations within the National 

Guard Bureau. 

Sec. 555. Modification of deadline for establishment of Defense Advisory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 556. Comptroller General of the United States reports on prevention and response to sexual assault by the Army National Guard and the 

Army Reserve. 

Sec. 557. Sense of Congress on the service of military families and on sentencing 

retirement-eligible members of the Armed Forces. 

Subtitle F—Defense Dependents Education and Military Family Readiness 

Sec. 561. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and Department 

of Defense civilian employees. 

Sec. 562. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities. 
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Sec. 563. Authority to use appropriated funds to support Department of Defense 

student meal programs in domestic dependent elementary and 

secondary schools located outside the United States. 

Sec. 564. Biennial surveys of military dependents on military family readiness 

matters. 

Subtitle G—Miscellaneous Reporting Requirements 

Sec. 571. Extension of semiannual reports on the involuntary separation of members of the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 572. Remotely piloted aircraft career field manning shortfalls. 

Subtitle H—Other Matters 

PART I—FINANCIAL LITERACY AND PREPAREDNESS OF MEMBERS OF THE

ARMED FORCES

Sec. 581. Improvement of financial literacy and preparedness of members of the 

Armed Forces. 

Sec. 582. Financial literacy training with respect to certain financial services for 

members of the uniformed services. 

Sec. 583. Sense of Congress on financial literacy and preparedness of members of 

the Armed Forces. 

PART II—OTHER MATTERS

Sec. 586. Authority for applications for correction of military records to be initiated by the Secretary concerned. 

Sec. 587. Recordation of obligations for installment payments of incentive pays, 

allowances, and similar benefits when payment is due. 

Sec. 588. Enhancements to Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program. 

Sec. 589. Priority processing of applications for Transportation Worker Identification Credentials for members undergoing discharge or release 

from the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 590. Issuance of Recognition of Service ID Cards to certain members separating from the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 591. Revised policy on network services for military services. 

Sec. 592. Increase in number of days of active duty required to be performed by 

reserve component members for duty to be considered Federal 

service for purposes of unemployment compensation for exservicemembers. 

Sec. 593. Improved enumeration of members of the Armed Forces in any tabulation of total population by Secretary of Commerce. 

TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 

Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 

Sec. 601. Fiscal year 2016 increase in military basic pay. 

Sec. 602. Modification of percentage of national average monthly cost of housing 

usable in computation of basic allowance for housing inside the 

United States. 

Sec. 603. Extension of authority to provide temporary increase in rates of basic 

allowance for housing. 

Sec. 604. Basic allowance for housing for married members of the uniformed services assigned for duty within normal commuting distance and 

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Sec. 605. Repeal of inapplicability of modification of basic allowance for housing 

to benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

Sec. 606. Limitation on eligibility for supplemental subsistence allowances to 

members serving outside the United States and associated territory. 

Sec. 607. Availability of information. 

Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 

Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for reserve forces. 

Sec. 612. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for 

health care professionals. 

Sec. 613. One-year extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear officers. 

Sec. 614. One-year extension of authorities relating to title 37 consolidated special 

pay, incentive pay, and bonus authorities. 

Sec. 615. One-year extension of authorities relating to payment of other title 37 

bonuses and special pays. 

Sec. 616. Increase in maximum annual amount of nuclear officer bonus pay. 

Sec. 617. Repeal of obsolete authority to pay bonus to encourage Army personnel 

to refer persons for enlistment in the Army. 

Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation Allowances 

Sec. 621. Repeal of obsolete special travel and transportation allowance for survivors of deceased members from the Vietnam conflict. 

Sec. 622. Study and report on policy changes to the Joint Travel Regulations. 

Sec. 623. Transportation to transfer ceremonies for family and next of kin of 

members of the Armed Forces who die overseas during humanitarian operations. 

Sec. 624. Policies of the Department of Defense on travel of next of kin to participate in the dignified transfer of remains of members of the 

Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense who die overseas. 

Subtitle D—Disability Pay, Retired Pay, and Survivor Benefits 

PART I—RETIRED PAY REFORM

Sec. 631. Thrift Savings Plan participation for members of the uniformed services. 

Sec. 632. Modernized retirement system for members of the uniformed services. 

Sec. 633. Lump sum payments of certain retired pay. 

Sec. 634. Continuation pay after 12 years of service for members of the uniformed 

services participating in the modernized retirement systems. 

Sec. 635. Authority for retirement flexibility for members of the uniformed services. 

PART II—OTHER MATTERS

Sec. 641. Death of former spouse beneficiaries and subsequent remarriages under 

Survivor Benefit Plan. 

Sec. 642. Transitional compensation and other benefits for dependents of members 

of the Armed Forces ineligible to receive retired pay as a result 

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Subtitle E—Commissary and Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits 

and Operations 

Sec. 651. Commissary system matters. 

Sec. 652. Plan on privatization of the defense commissary system. 

Sec. 653. Comptroller General of the United States report on the Commissary 

Surcharge, Non-appropriated Fund, and Privately-Financed 

Major Construction Program. 

TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 

Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other Health Care Benefits 

Sec. 701. Urgent care authorization under the TRICARE program. 

Sec. 702. Modifications of cost-sharing requirements for the TRICARE Pharmacy 

Benefits Program. 

Sec. 703. Expansion of continued health benefits coverage to include discharged 

and released members of the Selected Reserve. 

Sec. 704. Expansion of reimbursement for smoking cessation services for certain 

TRICARE beneficiaries. 

Sec. 705. Pilot program on treatment of members of the Armed Forces for posttraumatic stress disorder related to military sexual trauma. 

Subtitle B—Health Care Administration 

Sec. 711. Access to health care under the TRICARE program. 

Sec. 712. Portability of health plans under the TRICARE program. 

Sec. 713. Improvement of mental health care provided by health care providers 

of the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 714. Comprehensive standards and access to contraception counseling for 

members of the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 715. Waiver of recoupment of erroneous payments due to administrative 

error under the TRICARE program. 

Sec. 716. Designation of certain non-Department mental health care providers 

with knowledge relating to treatment of members of the Armed 

Forces. 

Sec. 717. Limitation on conversion of military medical and dental positions to 

civilian medical and dental positions. 

Sec. 718. Extension of authority for joint Department of Defense-Department of 

Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund. 

Sec. 719. Extension of authority for DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive 

Fund. 

Sec. 720. Pilot program on incentive programs to improve health care provided 

under the TRICARE program. 

Subtitle C—Reports and Other Matters 

Sec. 731. Publication of certain information on health care provided by the Department of Defense through the Hospital compare website of the 

Department of Health and Human Services. 

Sec. 732. Publication of data on patient safety, quality of care, satisfaction, and 

health outcome measures under the TRICARE program. 

Sec. 733. Annual report on patient safety, quality of care, and access to care at 

military medical treatment facilities. 

Sec. 734. Report on plans to improve experience with and eliminate performance 

variability of health care provided by the Department of Defense. 
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Sec. 735. Report on plan to improve pediatric care and related services for children of members of the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 736. Report on preliminary mental health screenings for individuals becoming members of the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 737. Comptroller General report on use of quality of care metrics at military 

treatment facilities. 

Sec. 738. Report on interoperability between electronic health records systems of 

Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Sec. 739. Submittal of information to Secretary of Veterans Affairs relating to exposure to airborne hazards and open burn pits. 

Sec. 740. Comptroller General study on gambling and problem gambling behavior 

among members of the Armed Forces. 

Sec. 741. Report on implementation of data security and transmission standards 

for electronic health records. 

TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, AND 

RELATED MATTERS 

Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management 

Sec. 801. Role of service chiefs in the acquisition process. 

Sec. 802. Expansion of rapid acquisition authority. 

Sec. 803. Middle tier of acquisition for rapid prototyping and rapid fielding. 

Sec. 804. Amendments to other transaction authority. 

Sec. 805. Use of alternative acquisition paths to acquire critical national security 

capabilities. 

Sec. 806. Secretary of Defense waiver of acquisition laws to acquire vital national 

security capabilities. 

Sec. 807. Acquisition authority of the Commander of United States Cyber Command. 

Sec. 808. Advisory panel on streamlining and codifying acquisition regulations. 

Sec. 809. Review of time-based requirements process and budgeting and acquisition systems. 

Sec. 810. Improvement of program and project management by the Department 

of Defense. 

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

Limitations 

Sec. 821. Preference for fixed-price contracts in determining contract type for development programs. 

Sec. 822. Applicability of cost and pricing data and certification requirements. 

Sec. 823. Risk-based contracting for smaller contract actions under the Truth in 

Negotiations Act. 

Sec. 824. Limitation on use of reverse auction and lowest price technically acceptable contracting methods. 

Sec. 825. Rights in technical data. 

Sec. 826. Procurement of supplies for experimental purposes. 

Sec. 827. Extension of authority to acquire products and services produced in 

countries along a major route of supply to Afghanistan. 

Sec. 828. Reporting related to failure of contractors to meet goals under negotiated comprehensive small business subcontracting plans. 

Sec. 829. Competition for religious services contracts. 

Sec. 830. Treatment of interagency and State and local purchases when the Department of Defense acts as contract intermediary for the General Services Administration. 
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Sec. 831. Pilot program for streamlining awards for innovative technology 

projects. 

Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs 

Sec. 841. Acquisition strategy required for each major defense acquisition program. 

Sec. 842. Risk reduction in major defense acquisition programs. 

Sec. 843. Designation of milestone decision authority. 

Sec. 844. Revision of Milestone A decision authority responsibilities for major defense acquisition programs. 

Sec. 845. Revision of Milestone B decision authority responsibilities for major defense acquisition programs. 

Sec. 846. Tenure and accountability of program managers for program development periods. 

Sec. 847. Tenure and accountability of program managers for program execution 

periods. 

Sec. 848. Repeal of requirement for stand-alone manpower estimates for major defense acquisition programs. 

Sec. 849. Penalty for cost overruns. 

Sec. 850. Streamlining of reporting requirements applicable to Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering regarding major 

defense acquisition programs. 

Sec. 851. Configuration Steering Boards for cost control under major defense acquisition programs. 

Sec. 852. Sustainment enhancement. 

Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to Commercial Items 

Sec. 861. Inapplicability of certain laws and regulations to the acquisition of 

commercial items and commercially available off-the-shelf items. 

Sec. 862. Market research and preference for commercial items. 

Sec. 863. Continuing validity of commercial item determinations. 

Sec. 864. Treatment of commercial items purchased as major weapon systems. 

Sec. 865. Limitation on conversion of procurements from commercial acquisition 

procedures. 

Sec. 866. Treatment of goods and services provided by nontraditional contractors 

as commercial items. 

Subtitle E—Other Matters 

Sec. 871. Streamlining of requirements relating to defense business systems. 

Sec. 872. Acquisition workforce. 

Sec. 873. Unified information technology services. 

Sec. 874. Cloud strategy for Department of Defense. 

Sec. 875. Development period for Department of Defense information technology 

systems. 

Sec. 876. Revisions to pilot program on acquisition of military purpose non-developmental items. 

Sec. 877. Extension of the Department of Defense Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ pilot program. 

Sec. 878. Improved auditing of contracts. 

Sec. 879. Survey on the costs of regulatory compliance. 

Sec. 880. Government Accountability Office report on bid protests. 

Sec. 881. Steps to identify and address potential unfair competitive advantage of 

technical advisors to acquisition officials. 

Sec. 882. HUBZone qualified disaster areas. 
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Sec. 883. Base closure HUBZones. 

Sec. 884. Exception for AbilityOne goods from authority to acquire goods and 

services manufactured in Afghanistan, and central Asian states. 

Sec. 885. Small business procurement ombudsman. 

Sec. 886. Annual report on foreign procurements. 

TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND 

MANAGEMENT 

Sec. 901. Update of statutory specification of functions of Chairman of the Joint 

Chiefs of Staff relating to advice on requirements, programs, and 

budget. 

Sec. 902. Reorganization and redesignation of Office of Family Policy and Office 

of Community Support for Military Families with Special 

Needs. 

Sec. 903. Repeal of requirement for annual Department of Defense funding for 

Ocean Research Advisory Panel. 

TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Subtitle A—Financial Matters 

Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 

Sec. 1002. Annual audit of financial statements of Department of Defense components by independent external auditors. 

Sec. 1003. Treatment as part of the base budget of certain amounts authorized 

for overseas contingency operations upon enactment of an Act 

revising the Budget Control Act discretionary spending limits 

for fiscal year 2016. 

Sec. 1004. Sense of Senate on sequestration. 

Sec. 1005. Sense of Senate on finding efficiencies within the working capital fund 

activities of the Department of Defense. 

Subtitle B—Counter-Drug Activities 

Sec. 1011. Extension of authority to support unified counterdrug and counterterrorism campaign in Colombia. 

Sec. 1012. Extension and expansion of authority to provide additional support 

for counter-drug activities of certain foreign governments. 

Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards 

Sec. 1021. Studies of fleet platform architectures for the Navy. 

Sec. 1022. Amendment to National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund. 

Sec. 1023. Extension of authority for reimbursement of expenses for certain Navy 

mess operations afloat. 

Sec. 1024. Additional information supporting long-range plans for construction 

of naval vessels. 

Sec. 1025. Report and assessment of potential costs and benefits of privatizing 

Department of Defense commissaries. 

Sec. 1026. Report on Department of Defense definition of and policy regarding 

software sustainment. 

Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 

Sec. 1031. 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. 
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Sec. 1032. Limitation on the transfer or release of individuals detained at United 

States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

Sec. 1033. Reenactment and modification of certain prior requirements for certifications relating to transfer of detainees at United States 

Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to foreign countries and 

other foreign entities. 

Sec. 1034. Authority to temporarily transfer individuals detained at United 

States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United 

States for emergency or critical medical treatment. 

Sec. 1035. Prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release to Yemen of individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

Bay, Cuba. 

Sec. 1036. Report on current detainees at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, determined or assessed to be high risk or medium risk. 

Sec. 1037. Report to Congress on memoranda of understanding with foreign countries regarding transfer of detainees at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

Sec. 1038. Semiannual reports on use of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and any other Department of Defense or Bureau of Prisons prison or other detention or disciplinary facility 

in recruitment and other propaganda of terrorist organizations. 

Sec. 1039. Extension and modification of authority to make rewards for combating terrorism. 

Sec. 1040. Reaffirmation of the prohibition on torture. 

Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 

Sec. 1041. Assistance to secure the southern land border of the United States. 

Sec. 1042. Protection of Department of Defense installations. 

Sec. 1043. Strategy to protect United States national security interests in the 

Arctic region. 

Sec. 1044. Extension of limitations on the transfer to the regular Army of AH– 

64 Apache helicopters assigned to the Army National Guard. 

Sec. 1045. Treatment of certain previously transferred Army National Guard helicopters as counting against number transferrable under exception to limitation on transfer of Army National Guard helicopters. 

Sec. 1046. Management of military technicians. 

Sec. 1047. Sense of Congress on consideration of the full range of Department of 

Defense manpower worldwide in decisions on the proper mix of 

military, civilian, and contractor personnel to accomplish the 

National Defense Strategy. 

Sec. 1048. Sense of Senate on the United States Marine Corps. 

Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 

Sec. 1061. Repeal of reporting requirements. 

Sec. 1062. Termination of requirement for submittal to Congress of reports required of the Department of Defense by statute. 

Sec. 1063. Annual submittal to Congress of munitions assessments. 

Sec. 1064. Potential role for United States ground forces in the Pacific theater. 

Sec. 1065. Report on plans for the use of domestic airfields for homeland defense 

and disaster response. 

Sec. 1066. Annual reports of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau on the ability of the National Guard to meet its missions. 
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Subtitle G—Other Matters 

Sec. 1081. Technical and clerical amendments. 

Sec. 1082. Authority to provide training and support to personnel of foreign ministries of defense. 

Sec. 1083. Expansion of outreach for veterans transitioning from serving on active duty. 

Sec. 1084. Modification of certain requirements applicable to major medical facility lease for a Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic 

in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

Sec. 1085. Comptroller General briefing and report on major medical facility 

projects of Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Sec. 1086. Sense of Senate. 

Sec. 1087. Melville Hall of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. 

Sec. 1088. Conflict of interest certification for investigations relating to whistleblower retaliation. 

Sec. 1089. Authorization of certain major medical facility projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs for which amounts have been appropriated. 

Sec. 1090. Reform and improvement of personnel security, insider threat detection and prevention, and physical security. 

Sec. 1091. Designation of construction agent for certain construction projects by 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS 

Sec. 1101. Required probationary period for new employees of the Department of 

Defense. 

Sec. 1102. Delay of periodic step increase for civilian employees of the Department of Defense based upon unacceptable performance. 

Sec. 1103. Procedures for reduction in force of Department of Defense civilian 

personnel. 

Sec. 1104. United States Cyber Command workforce. 

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

employees working overseas. 

Sec. 1106. Five-year extension of expedited hiring authority for designated defense 

acquisition workforce positions. 

Sec. 1107. One-year extension of discretionary authority to grant allowances, benefits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a 

combat zone. 

Sec. 1108. Extension of rate of overtime pay for Department of the Navy employees performing work aboard or dockside in support of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier forward deployed in Japan. 

Sec. 1109. Expansion of temporary authority to make direct appointments of 

candidates possessing bachelor’s degrees to scientific and engineering positions at science and technology reinvention laboratories. 

Sec. 1110. Extension of authority for the civilian acquisition workforce personnel 

demonstration project. 

Sec. 1111. Pilot program on dynamic shaping of the workforce to improve the 

technical skills and expertise at certain Department of Defense 

laboratories. 

Sec. 1112. Pilot program on temporary exchange of financial management and 

acquisition personnel. 
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Sec. 1113. Pilot program on enhanced pay authority for certain acquisition and 

technology positions in the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 1114. Pilot program on direct hire authority for veteran technical experts 

into the defense acquisition workforce. 

Sec. 1115. Direct hire authority for technical experts into the defense acquisition 

workforce. 

TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS 

Subtitle A—Training and Assistance 

Sec. 1201. One-year extension of funding limitations for authority to build the 

capacity of foreign security forces. 

Sec. 1202. Extension and expansion of authority for reimbursement to the Government of Jordan for border security operations. 

Sec. 1203. Extension of authority to conduct activities to enhance the capability 

of foreign countries to respond to incidents involving weapons of 

mass destruction. 

Sec. 1204. Permanence and modification of authorities relating to National 

Guard State Partnership Program. 

Sec. 1205. Authority to provide support to national military forces of allied countries for counterterrorism operations in Africa. 

Sec. 1206. Authority to build the capacity of foreign military intelligence forces. 

Sec. 1207. Prohibition on assistance to entities in Yemen controlled by the Houthi 

movement. 

Sec. 1208. Report on potential support for the vetted Syrian opposition. 

Sec. 1209. Support for security of afghan women and girls. 

Subtitle B—Matters Relating to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq 

Sec. 1221. Drawdown of United States forces in Afghanistan. 

Sec. 1222. Extension and modification of Commanders’ Emergency Response Program. 

Sec. 1223. Extension of authority to transfer defense articles and provide defense 

services to the military and security forces of Afghanistan. 

Sec. 1224. Extension and modification of authority for reimbursement of certain 

coalition nations for support provided to United States military 

operations. 

Sec. 1225. Prohibition on transfer to violent extremist organizations of equipment 

or supplies provided by the United States to the Government of 

Iraq. 

Sec. 1226. Report on lines of communication of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and other foreign terrorist organizations. 

Sec. 1227. Modification of protection for Afghan allies. 

Sec. 1228. Extension of authority to support operations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq. 

Sec. 1229. Sense of Senate on support for the Kurdistan Regional Government. 

Sec. 1230. Sense of Congress on the security and protection of Iranian dissidents 

living in Camp Liberty, Iraq. 

Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Iran 

Sec. 1241. Modification and extension of annual report on the military power of 

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Subtitle D—Matters Relating to the Russian Federation 

Sec. 1251. Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. 

Sec. 1252. Eastern European Training Initiative. 

Sec. 1253. Increased presence of United States ground forces in Eastern Europe 

to deter aggression on the border of the North Atlantic Treaty 

Organization. 

Sec. 1254. Sense of Congress on European defense and North Atlantic Treaty Organization spending. 

Sec. 1255. Additional matters in annual report on military and security developments involving the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 1256. Report on alternative capabilities to procure and sustain nonstandard 

rotary wing aircraft historically procured through 

Rosoboronexport. 

Subtitle E—Matters Relating to the Asia-Pacific Region 

Sec. 1261. South China Sea Initiative. 

Sec. 1262. Sense of Congress reaffirming the importance of implementing the rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region. 

Sec. 1263. Sense of Senate on Taiwan asymmetric military capabilities and bilateral training activities. 

Sec. 1264. Military exchanges between senior officers and officials of the United 

States and Taiwan. 

Sec. 1265. Strategy to promote United States interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific 

region. 

Subtitle F—Reports and Related Matters 

Sec. 1271. Item in quarterly reports on assistance to counter the Islamic State 

of Iraq and the Levant on forces ineligible to receive assistance 

due to a gross violation of human rights. 

Sec. 1272. United States-Israel anti-tunnel cooperation. 

Sec. 1273. Sense of Senate and report on Qatar fighter aircraft capability contribution to regional security. 

Sec. 1274. Report on the security relationship between the United States and the 

Republic of Cyprus. 

Subtitle G—Other Matters 

Sec. 1281. NATO Special Operations Headquarters. 

Sec. 1282. Two-year extension and modification of authorization for non-conventional assisted recovery capabilities. 

TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 

Sec. 1301. Specification of Cooperative Threat Reduction funds. 

Sec. 1302. Funding allocations. 

TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

Subtitle A—Military Programs 

Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. 

Sec. 1402. National Defense Sealift Fund. 

Sec. 1403. Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Defense. 

Sec. 1404. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 

Sec. 1405. Defense Inspector General. 
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Sec. 1406. Defense Health Program. 

Subtitle B—Other Matters 

Sec. 1411. Authority for transfer of funds to joint Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 

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

Sec. 1412. Authorization of appropriations for Armed Forces Retirement Home. 

Sec. 1413. Inspections of the Armed Forces Retirement Home by the Inspector 

General of the Department of Defense. 

TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 1501. Purpose. 

Sec. 1502. Overseas contingency operations. 

Sec. 1503. Procurement. 

Sec. 1504. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 

Sec. 1505. Operation and maintenance. 

Sec. 1506. Military personnel. 

Sec. 1507. Working capital funds. 

Sec. 1508. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 

Sec. 1509. Defense Inspector General. 

Sec. 1510. Defense Health Program. 

Sec. 1511. Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund. 

Subtitle B—Financial Matters 

Sec. 1521. Treatment as additional authorizations. 

Sec. 1522. Special transfer authority. 

Subtitle C—Limitations, Reports, and Other Matters 

Sec. 1531. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. 

Sec. 1532. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund. 

Sec. 1533. Availability of Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund funds 

for training of foreign security forces to defeat improvised explosive devices. 

TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, CYBER, AND INTELLIGENCE 

MATTERS 

Subtitle A—Space Activities 

Sec. 1601. Integrated policy to deter adversaries in space. 

Sec. 1602. Principal advisor on space control. 

Sec. 1603. Exception to the prohibition on contracting with Russian suppliers of 

rocket engines for the evolved expendable launch vehicle program. 

Sec. 1604. Elimination of launch capabilities contracts under evolved expendable 

launch vehicle program. 

Sec. 1605. Allocation of funding for evolved expendable launch vehicle program. 

Sec. 1606. Inclusion of plan for development and fielding of a full-up engine in 

rocket propulsion system development program. 

Sec. 1607. Limitations on availability of funds for the Defense Meteorological 

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Sec. 1608. Quarterly reports on Global Positioning System III space segment, 

Global Positioning System operational control segment, and 

Military Global Positioning System user equipment acquisition 

programs. 

Sec. 1609. Plan for consolidation of acquisition of commercial satellite communications services. 

Sec. 1610. Council on Oversight of the Department of Defense Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Enterprise. 

Sec. 1611. Analysis of alternatives for wide-band communications. 

Sec. 1612. Expansion of goals for pilot program for acquisition of commercial 

satellite communication services. 

Sec. 1613. Streamline commercial space launch activities. 

Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-related Activities 

Sec. 1621. Report on Air National Guard contributions to the RQ–4 Global 

Hawk mission. 

Subtitle C—Cyber Warfare, Cyber Security, and Related Matters 

Sec. 1631. Authorization of military cyber operations. 

Sec. 1632. Designation of Department of Defense entity responsible for acquisition of critical cyber capabilities. 

Sec. 1633. Incentive for submittal to Congress by President of integrated policy 

to deter adversaries in cyberspace. 

Sec. 1634. Authorization for procurement of relocatable Sensitive Compartmented 

Information Facility. 

Sec. 1635. Evaluation of cyber vulnerabilities of major weapon systems of the Department of Defense. 

Sec. 1636. Assessment of capabilities of United States Cyber Command to defend 

the United States from cyber attacks. 

Sec. 1637. Biennial exercises on responding to cyber attacks against critical infrastructure. 

Sec. 1638. Comprehensive plan of Department of Defense to support civil authorities in response to cyber attacks by foreign powers. 

Sec. 1639. Sense of Congress on reviewing and considering findings and recommendations of Council of Governors on cyber capabilities of 

the Armed Forces. 

Subtitle D—Nuclear Forces 

Sec. 1641. Designation of Air Force officials to be responsible for policy on and 

procurement of nuclear command, control, and communications 

systems. 

Sec. 1642. Comptroller General of the United States review of recommendations 

relating to the nuclear security enterprise. 

Sec. 1643. Assessment of global nuclear environment. 

Sec. 1644. Deadline for Milestone A decision on long-range standoff weapon. 

Sec. 1645. Availability of Air Force procurement funds for certain commercial 

off-the-shelf parts for intercontinental ballistic missile fuzes. 

Sec. 1646. Sense of Congress on policy on the nuclear triad. 

Sec. 1647. Sense of Senate on the nuclear force improvement program of the Air 

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Subtitle E—Missile Defense Programs 

Sec. 1651. Plan for expediting deployment time of continental United States interceptor site. 

Sec. 1652. Additional missile defense sensor coverage for the protection of the 

United States homeland. 

Sec. 1653. Air defense capability at North Atlantic Treaty Organization missile 

defense sites. 

Sec. 1654. Availability of funds for Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system. 

Sec. 1655. Israeli cooperative missile defense program codevelopment and potential coproduction. 

Sec. 1656. Development and deployment of multiple-object kill vehicle for missile 

defense of the United States homeland. 

Sec. 1657. Requirement to replace capability enhancement I exoatmospheric kill 

vehicles. 

Sec. 1658. Airborne boost phase defense system. 

Sec. 1659. Extension of limitation on providing certain sensitive missile defense 

information to the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 1660. Extension of requirement for Comptroller General of the United States 

review and assessment of missile defense acquisition programs. 

Subtitle F—Other Matters 

Sec. 1671. Measures in response to violations of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear 

Forces Treaty by the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 1672. Modification of notification and assessment of proposal to modify or 

introduce new aircraft or sensors for flight by the Russian Federation under the Open Skies Treaty. 

Sec. 1673. Milestone A decision for the Conventional Prompt Global Strike Weapons System. 

Sec. 1674. Sense of Congress on maintaining and enhancing military intelligence 

support to force protection for installations, facilities, and personnel of the Department of Defense. 

DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS 

Sec. 2001. Short title. 

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

law. 

TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

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

Sec. 2102. Family housing. 

Sec. 2103. Improvements to military family housing units. 

Sec. 2104. Authorization of appropriations, Army. 

Sec. 2105. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2013 project. 

Sec. 2106. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects. 

Sec. 2107. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2013 projects. 

Sec. 2108. Additional authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2016 project. 

Sec. 2109. Limitation on construction of new facilities at Guantanamo Bay, 

Cuba. 

TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

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

Sec. 2202. Family housing. 
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Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units. 

Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. 

Sec. 2205. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects. 

Sec. 2206. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2013 projects. 

TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

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

Sec. 2302. Family housing. 

Sec. 2303. Improvements to military family housing units. 

Sec. 2304. Authorization of appropriations, Air Force. 

Sec. 2305. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2010 project. 

Sec. 2306. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2014 project. 

Sec. 2307. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2015 project. 

Sec. 2308. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2012 project. 

Sec. 2309. Extension of authorization of certain fiscal year 2013 project. 

TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition 

projects. 

Sec. 2402. Authorized energy conservation projects. 

Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. 

Sec. 2404. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2012 project. 

Sec. 2405. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects. 

Sec. 2406. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2013 projects. 

Sec. 2407. Modification and extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal 

year 2014 project. 

TITLE XXV—NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION SECURITY 

INVESTMENT PROGRAM 

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

Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO. 

TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 

Subtitle A—Project Authorizations and Authorization of Appropriations 

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

projects. 

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

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

land acquisition projects. 

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

projects. 

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

projects. 

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

Subtitle B—Others Matters 

Sec. 2611. Modification and extension of authority to carry out certain fiscal 

year 2013 project. 

Sec. 2612. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2015 

projects. 

Sec. 2613. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2012 projects. 

Sec. 2614. Extension of authorizations of certain fiscal year 2013 projects. 
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TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES 

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

Sec. 2702. Prohibition on conducting additional base realignment and closure 

(BRAC) round. 

TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Subtitle A—Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing 

Changes 

Sec. 2801. Authority for acceptance and use of contributions for certain mutually 

beneficial projects. 

Sec. 2802. Change in authorities relating to scope of work variations for military 

construction projects. 

Sec. 2803. Extension of temporary, limited authority to use operation and maintenance funds for construction projects outside the United States. 

Sec. 2804. Modification of reporting requirement on in-kind construction and 

renovation payments. 

Sec. 2805. Lab modernization pilot program. 

Sec. 2806. Conveyance to Indian tribes of certain housing units. 

Subtitle B—Real Property and Facilities Administration 

Sec. 2811. Utility system conveyance authority. 

Sec. 2812. Leasing of non-excess property of military departments and Defense 

Agencies; treatment of value provided by local education agencies 

and elementary and secondary schools. 

Sec. 2813. Modification of facility repair notification requirement. 

Sec. 2814. Increase of threshold of notice and wait requirement for certain facilities for reserve components and parity with authority for unspecified minor military construction and repair projects. 

Sec. 2815. Sense of Congress on coordination of hunting, fishing, and other recreational activities on military land. 

Sec. 2816. Exemption of Army off-site use and off-site removal only non-mobile 

properties from certain excess property disposal requirements. 

Subtitle C—Land Conveyances 

Sec. 2821. Release of reversionary interest retained as part of conveyance to the 

Economic Development Alliance of Jefferson County, Arkansas. 

Sec. 2822. Land exchange, Navy Outlying Landing Field, Naval Air Station, 

Whiting Field, Florida. 

DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

AUTHORIZATIONS AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

PROGRAMS 

Subtitle A—National Security Programs Authorizations 

Sec. 3101. National Nuclear Security Administration. 

Sec. 3102. Defense environmental cleanup. 

Sec. 3103. Other defense activities. 
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Subtitle B—Program Authorizations, Restrictions, and Limitations 

Sec. 3111. Responsive capabilities program. 

Sec. 3112. Long-term plan for meeting national security requirements for 

unencumbered uranium. 

Sec. 3113. Defense nuclear nonproliferation management plan. 

Sec. 3114. Plan for deactivation and decommissioning of nonoperational defense 

nuclear facilities. 

Sec. 3115. Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant contract oversight. 

Sec. 3116. Assessment of emergency preparedness of defense nuclear facilities. 

Sec. 3117. Laboratory- and facility-directed research and development programs. 

Sec. 3118. Limitation on bonuses for employees of the National Nuclear Security 

Administration who engage in improper program management. 

Sec. 3119. Modification of authorized personnel levels of the Office of the Administrator for Nuclear Security. 

Sec. 3120. Modification of submission of assessments of certain budget requests relating to the nuclear weapons stockpile. 

Sec. 3121. Repeal of phase three review of certain defense environmental cleanup 

projects. 

Sec. 3122. Modifications to cost-benefit analyses for competition of management 

and operating contracts. 

Sec. 3123. Review of implementation of recommendations of the Congressional 

Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise. 

TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD 

Sec. 3201. Authorization. 

TITLE XXXV—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 

Sec. 3501. Cadet commitment agreements. 

Sec. 3502. Student incentive payment agreements. 

Sec. 3503. Federal Unemployment Tax Act. 

Sec. 3504. Short sea transportation defined. 

Sec. 3505. Authorization of appropriations for national security aspects of the 

Merchant Marine for fiscal years 2016 and 2017. 

DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 

Sec. 4001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables. 

Sec. 4002. Clarification of applicability of undistributed reductions of certain operation and maintenance funding among all operation and 

maintenance funding. 

TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 

Sec. 4101. Procurement. 

Sec. 4102. Procurement for overseas contingency operations. 

TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

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

Sec. 4202. Research, development, test, and evaluation for overseas contingency 

operations. 
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TITLE XLIII—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

Sec. 4301. Operation and maintenance. 

Sec. 4302. Operation and maintenance for overseas contingency operations. 

TITLE XLIV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 

Sec. 4401. Military personnel. 

Sec. 4402. Military personnel for overseas contingency operations. 

TITLE XLV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

Sec. 4501. Other authorizations. 

Sec. 4502. Other authorizations for overseas contingency operations. 

TITLE XLVI—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 4601. Military construction. 

TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

PROGRAMS 

Sec. 4701. Department of Energy national security programs. 

1 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES. 

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

4 of title 10, United States Code. 

5 SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THIS ACT. 

6 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purposes of 

7 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

8 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 

9 ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, 

10 jointly submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

11 by the Chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Commit12 tees, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 

13 to the vote on passage in the House acting first on the con14 ference report or amendment between the Houses. 
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1 DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF 

2 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 

3 TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 

4 Subtitle A—Authorization of 

5 Appropriations 

6 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis8 cal year 2016 for procurement for the Army, the Navy and 

9 the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide activi10 ties, as specified in the funding table in section 4101. 

11 Subtitle B—Navy Programs 

12 SEC. 111. AMENDMENT TO COST LIMITATION BASELINE FOR 

13 CVN–78 CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIER PROGRAM. 

14 Section 122(a)(2) of the John Warner National De15 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 

16 109–364; 120 Stat. 2104), as amended by section 121(a) 

17 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

18 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 691), is further 

19 amended by striking ‘‘$11,498,000,000’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘$11,398,000,000’’. 

21 SEC. 112. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR USS 

22 JOHN F. KENNEDY (CVN–79). 

23 (a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro24 priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 

25 year 2016 for procurement for the USS JOHN F. KEN-
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1 NEDY (CVN–79), $100,000,000 may not be obligated or ex2 pended until the date on which the Secretary of the Navy 

3 submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

4 and of the House of Representatives the certification re5 quired under subsection (b) and the reports required under 

6 subsection (c) and (d). 

7 (b) CERTIFICATION REGARDING FULL SHIP SHOCK

8 TRIALS.—The Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the 

9 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and of the 

10 House of Representatives a certification that the Navy will 

11 conduct by not later than September 30, 2017, full ship 

12 shock trials on the USS GERALD R. FORD (CVN–78). 

13 (c) REPORT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

15 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

16 the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

17 Services of the Senate and of the House of Represent18 atives a report that evaluates cost issues related to the 

19 USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CVN–79) and the USS 

20 ENTERPRISE (CVN–80). 

21 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 

22 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 

23 (A) Options to achieve ship end cost of no 

24 more than $10,000,000,000. 
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1 (B) Options to freeze the design of CVN–79 

2 for CVN–80, with exceptions only for changes 

3 due to full ship shock trials or other significant 

4 test and evaluation results. 

5 (C) Options to reduce the plans cost for 

6 CVN–80 to less than 50 percent of the CVN–79 

7 plans cost. 

8 (D) Options to transition all non-nuclear 

9 government furnished equipment, including 

10 launch and arresting equipment, to contractor 

11 furnished equipment. 

12 (E) Options to build the ships at the most 

13 economic pace, such as four years between ships. 

14 (F) A business case analysis for the Enter15 prise Air Search Radar modification to CVN–79 

16 and CVN–80. 

17 (G) A business case analysis for the two18 phase CVN–79 delivery proposal and impact on 

19 fleet deployments. 

20 (d) REPORT.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than April 1, 2016, 

22 the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Commit23 tees on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House 

24 of Representatives a report on potential requirements, 

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1 of aircraft carriers that would replace or supplement 

2 the CVN–78 class aircraft carrier. 

3 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 

4 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 

5 (A) A description of fleet, sea-based tactical 

6 aviation capability requirements for a range of 

7 operational scenarios beginning in the 2025 

8 timeframe. 

9 (B) A description of alternative aircraft 

10 carrier designs that meet the requirements de11 scribed under subparagraph (A). 

12 (C) A description of nuclear and non-nu13 clear propulsion options. 

14 (D) A description of tonnage options rang15 ing from less than 20,000 tons to greater than 

16 100,000 tons. 

17 (E) Requirements for unmanned systems 

18 integration from inception. 

19 (F) Developmental, procurement, and 

20 lifecycle cost assessment of alternatives. 

21 (G) A notional acquisition strategy for de22 velopment and construction of alternatives. 

23 (H) A description of shipbuilding industrial 

24 base considerations and a plan to ensure oppor25 tunity for competition among alternatives. 
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1 (I) A description of funding and timing 

2 considerations related to developing the Annual 

3 Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Ves4 sels required under section 231 of title 10, 

5 United States Code. 

6 SEC. 113. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR USS 

7 ENTERPRISE (CVN–80). 

8 (a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro9 priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 

10 year 2016 for advance procurement for the USS ENTER11 PRISE (CVN–80), $191,400,000 may not be obligated or 

12 expended until the Secretary of the Navy submits to the 

13 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 

14 of Representatives the certification required under sub15 section (b) and the report required under subsection (c). 

16 (b) CERTIFICATION REGARDING CVN–80 DESIGN.— 

17 The Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees 

18 on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep19 resentatives a certification that the design of CVN–80 will 

20 repeat that of CVN–79, with modifications only for signifi21 cant test and evaluation results or significant cost reduction 

22 initiatives that still meet threshold requirements. 

23 (c) REPORT.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

25 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
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1 the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

2 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa3 tives a report that details the plans costs related to 

4 the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN–80). 

5 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 

6 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements, re7 ported by total cost and cost by fiscal year, with a 

8 detailed description and a justification for why each 

9 cost is recurring and attributable to CVN–80: 

10 (A) Overall plans. 

11 (B) Propulsion plant detail design. 

12 (C) Platform detail design. 

13 (D) Lead yard services and hull planning 

14 yard. 

15 (E) Platform detail design (Steam and 

16 Electric Plant Planning Yard). 

17 (F) Other. 

18 SEC. 114. MODIFICATION OF CVN–78 CLASS AIRCRAFT CAR19 RIER PROGRAM. 

20 Subsection (f) of section 122 of the John Warner Na21 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Pub22 lic Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2104), as added by section 

23 121(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

24 Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 692), is amended 

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1 ‘‘(3)(A) As part of the report required under 

2 paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Navy shall in3 clude a description of new design and engineering 

4 changes to CVN–78 class aircraft carriers if applica5 ble. 

6 ‘‘(B) The additional reporting requirement in 

7 subparagraph (A) shall include, with respect to CVN– 

8 78 class aircraft carriers in each reporting period— 

9 ‘‘(i) any design or engineering change with 

10 an associated cost greater than $5,000,000; 

11 ‘‘(ii) program or ship cost increases for each 

12 design or engineering change identified in sub13 paragraph (A); and 

14 ‘‘(iii) cost reduction achieved. 

15 ‘‘(C) The Secretary of the Navy and Chief of 

16 Naval Operations shall each personally sign (not 

17 autopen) the additional reporting requirement in sub18 paragraph (A). This certification may not be dele19 gated. The certification shall include a determination 

20 that each change— 

21 ‘‘(i) serves the national security interests of 

22 the United States; 

23 ‘‘(ii) cannot be deferred to a future ship due 

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1 cost reduction that still meets threshold require2 ments; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) was personally reviewed and endorsed 

4 by the Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval 

5 Operations.’’. 

6 SEC. 115. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR LIT7 TORAL COMBAT SHIP. 

8 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 

9 or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2016 for research 

10 and development, design, construction, procurement or ad11 vanced procurement of materials for the Littoral Combat 

12 Ships designated as LCS 33 or subsequent, not more than 

13 25 percent may be obligated or expended until the Secretary 

14 of the Navy submits to the Committees on Armed Services 

15 of the Senate and the House of Representatives each of the 

16 following: 

17 (1) A Capabilities Based Assessment to assess ca18 pability gaps and associated capability requirements 

19 and risks for the upgraded Littoral Combat Ship, 

20 which is proposed to commence with LCS 33. This as21 sessment shall conform with the Joint Capabilities In22 tegration and Development System, including Chair23 man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction 

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1 (2) A certification that the Joint Requirements 

2 Oversight Council has validated an updated Capabili3 ties Development Document for the upgraded Littoral 

4 Combat Ship. 

5 (3) A report describing the upgraded Littoral 

6 Combat Ship modernization, which shall, at a min7 imum, include the following elements: 

8 (A) A description of capabilities that the 

9 LCS program delivers, and a description of how 

10 these relate to the characteristics of the future 

11 joint force identified in the Capstone Concept for 

12 Joint Operations, concept of operations, and in13 tegrated architecture documents. 

14 (B) A summary of analyses and studies 

15 conducted on LCS modernization. 

16 (C) A concept of operations for LCS mod17 ernization ships at the operational level and tac18 tical level describing how they integrate and syn19 chronize with joint and combined forces to 

20 achieve the Joint Force Commander’s intent. 

21 (D) A description of threat systems of po22 tential adversaries that are projected or assessed 

23 to reach initial operational capability within 15 

24 years against which the lethality and surviv25 ability of the LCS should be determined. 
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1 (E) A plan and timeline for LCS mod2 ernization program execution. 

3 (F) A description of system capabilities re4 quired for LCS modernization, including key 

5 performance parameters and key system at6 tributes. 

7 (G) A plan for family of systems or systems 

8 of systems synchronization. 

9 (H) A plan for information technology and 

10 national security systems supportability. 

11 (I) A plan for intelligence supportability. 

12 (J) A plan for electromagnetic environ13 mental effects (E3) and spectrum supportability. 

14 (K) A description of assets required to 

15 achieve initial operational capability (IOC) of 

16 an LCS modernization increment. 

17 (L) A schedule and initial operational ca18 pability and full operational capability defini19 tions. 

20 (M) A description of doctrine, organization, 

21 training, materiel, leadership, education, per22 sonnel, facilities, and policy considerations. 

23 (N) A description of other system attributes. 

24 (4) A plan for future periodic combat systems 

25 upgrades, which are necessary to ensure relevant ca-
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1 pability throughout the Littoral Combat Ship or 

2 Frigate class service lives, using the process described 

3 in paragraph (3). 

4 SEC. 116. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION 

5 ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR LITTORAL 

6 COMBAT SHIP. 

7 Section 124(a) of the National Defense Authorization 

8 Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 

9 693), as amended by section 123 of the Carl Levin and 

10 Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza11 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 

12 Stat. 3314), is further amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘this Act, the Carl Levin and 

14 Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Author15 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, or otherwise made 

16 available for fiscal years 2014 or 2015’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘this Act, the National Defense Authorization Act for 

18 Fiscal Year 2016, or otherwise made available for fis19 cal years 2014, 2015, or 2016’’; and 

20 (2) by adding at the end the following new para21 graphs: 

22 ‘‘(6) A Littoral Combat Ship seaframe acquisi23 tion strategy for the Littoral Combat Ships des24 ignated as LCS 25 through LCS 32, including up25 grades to be installed on these ships that were identi-
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1 fied for the upgraded Littoral Combat Ship, which is 

2 proposed to commence with LCS 33. 

3 ‘‘(7) A Littoral Combat Ship mission module ac4 quisition strategy to reach the total acquisition quan5 tity of each mission module. 

6 ‘‘(8) A cost and schedule plan to outfit Flight 0 

7 and Flight 0+ Littoral Combat Ships with capabili8 ties identified for the upgraded Littoral Combat Ship. 

9 ‘‘(9) A current Test and Evaluation Master Plan 

10 for the Littoral Combat Ship Mission Modules, ap11 proved by the Director of Operational Test and Eval12 uation, which includes the performance levels expected 

13 to be demonstrated during developmental testing for 

14 each component and mission module prior to com15 mencing the associated operational test phase.’’. 

16 SEC. 117. CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL ARLEIGH BURKE 

17 DESTROYER. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy may 

19 enter into a contract beginning with the fiscal year 2016 

20 program year for the procurement of one Arleigh Burke 

21 class destroyer in addition to the ten DDG–51s in the fiscal 

22 year 2013 through 2017 multiyear procurement contract or 

23 for one DDG–51 in fiscal year 2018. The Secretary may 

24 employ incremental funding for such procurement. 
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1 (b) CONDITION ON OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAYMENTS.— 

2 A contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide 

3 that any obligation of the United States to make a payment 

4 under such contract for any fiscal year after fiscal year 

5 2016 is subject to the availability of appropriations for that 

6 purpose for such fiscal year. 

7 SEC. 118. FLEET REPLENISHMENT OILER PROGRAM. 

8 (a) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the 

9 Navy may enter into one or more contracts to procure up 

10 to six Fleet Replenishment Oilers. Such procurements may 

11 also include advance procurement for Economic Order 

12 Quantity (EOQ) and long lead time materials, beginning 

13 with the lead ship, commencing not earlier than fiscal year 

14 2016. 

15 (b) LIABILITY.—Any contract entered into under sub16 section (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United 

17 States to make a payment under the contract is subject to 

18 the availability of appropriations for that purpose, and 

19 that total liability to the government for termination of any 

20 contract entered into shall be limited to the total amount 

21 of funding obligated at the time of termination. 

22 SEC. 119. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR OHIO-CLASS RE23 PLACEMENT SUBMARINE PROGRAM. 

24 The Secretary of Defense shall include in the budget 

25 justification materials for the Ohio-class replacement sub-
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1 marine program submitted to Congress in support of the 

2 Department of Defense budget for that fiscal year (as sub3 mitted with the budget of the President under section 

4 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) a report including 

5 the following elements, described in terms of both fiscal 2010 

6 and current fiscal year dollars: 

7 (1) Lead ship end cost (with plans). 

8 (2) Lead ship end cost (less plans). 

9 (3) Lead ship non-recurring engineering cost. 

10 (4) Average follow-on ship cost. 

11 (5) Average operations and sustainment cost per 

12 hull per year. 

13 (6) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for 

14 Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics average follow15 on ship affordability target. 

16 (7) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for 

17 Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics operations and 

18 sustainment cost per hull per year affordability tar19 get. 
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1 SEC. 120. STATIONING OF C–130 H AIRCRAFT AVIONICS PRE2 VIOUSLY MODIFIED BY THE AVIONICS MOD3 ERNIZATION PROGRAM (AMP) IN SUPPORT OF 

4 DAILY TRAINING AND CONTINGENCY RE5 QUIREMENTS FOR AIRBORNE AND SPECIAL 

6 OPERATIONS FORCES. 

7 The Secretary of the Air Force shall station aircraft 

8 previously modified by the C–130 Avionics Modernization 

9 Program (AMP) to support United States Army Airborne 

10 and United States Army Special Operations Command 

11 daily training and contingency requirements in fiscal year 

12 2017, and such aircraft shall not be required to deploy in 

13 the normal rotation of C–130 H units. The Secretary shall 

14 provide such personnel as required to maintain and operate 

15 the aircraft. 

16 Subtitle C—Air Force Programs 

17 SEC. 131. LIMITATIONS ON RETIREMENT OF B–1, B–2, AND 

18 B–52 BOMBER AIRCRAFT. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

20 (b), no B–1, B–2, or B–52 bomber aircraft may be retired 

21 during a fiscal year prior to initial operational capability 

22 (IOC) of the LRS–B unless the Secretary of Defense cer23 tifies, in the materials submitted in support of the budget 

24 of the President for that fiscal year (as submitted to Con25 gress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code), 

26 that— 
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1 (1) the retirement of the aircraft is required to 

2 reallocate funding and manpower resources to enable 

3 LRS–B to reach IOC and full operational capability 

4 (FOC); and 

5 (2) the Secretary has concluded that retirements 

6 of B–1, B–2, and B–52 bomber aircraft in the near7 term will not detrimentally affect operational capa8 bility. 

9 (b) EXCEPTION.—A certification described in sub-sec10 tion (a) is not required with respect to the retirement of 

11 B–1 bomber aircraft carried out in accordance with section 

12 132(c)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis13 cal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1320). 

14 SEC. 132. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF AIR FORCE 

15 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT. 

16 (a) INVENTORY REQUIREMENT.—Section 8062 of title 

17 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

18 the following new subsection: 

19 ‘‘(i) INVENTORY REQUIREMENT.—(1) Effective October 

20 1, 2015, the Secretary of the Air Force shall maintain a 

21 total aircraft inventory of fighter aircraft of not less than 

22 1,950 aircraft, and a total primary mission aircraft inven23 tory (combat-coded) of not less than 1,116 fighter aircraft. 

24 ‘‘(2) In this subsection: 
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1 ‘‘(A) The term ‘fighter aircraft’ means an air2 craft that— 

3 ‘‘(i) is designated by a mission design series 

4 prefix of F– or A–; 

5 ‘‘(ii) is manned by one or two crew6 members; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) executes single-role or multi-role mis8 sions, including air-to-air combat, air-to-ground 

9 attack, air interdiction, suppression or destruc10 tion of enemy air defenses, close air support, 

11 strike control and reconnaissance, combat search 

12 and rescue support, or airborne forward air con13 trol. 

14 ‘‘(B) The term ‘primary mission aircraft inven15 tory’ means aircraft assigned to meet the primary 

16 aircraft authorization to a unit for the performance 

17 of its wartime mission.’’. 

18 (b) LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT OF AIR FORCE

19 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT.— 

20 (1) LIMITATION.—The Secretary of the Air Force 

21 may not proceed with a decision to retire fighter air22 craft in any number that would reduce the total num23 ber of such aircraft in the Air Force total active in24 ventory (TAI) below 1,950, and shall maintain a 
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1 minimum of 1,116 fighter aircraft designated as pri2 mary mission aircraft inventory (PMAI). 

3 (2) ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ON RETIREMENT

4 OF FIGHTER AIRCRAFT.—The Secretary of the Air 

5 Force may not retire fighter aircraft from the total 

6 active inventory as of the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act until the later of the following: 

8 (A) The date that is 30 days after the date 

9 on which the Secretary submits the report re10 quired under paragraph (3). 

11 (B) The date that is 30 days after the date 

12 on which the Secretary certifies to the congres13 sional defense committees that— 

14 (i) the retirement of such fighter air15 craft will not increase the operational risk 

16 of meeting the National Defense Strategy; 

17 and 

18 (ii) the retirement of such aircraft will 

19 not reduce the total fighter force structure 

20 below 1,950 fighter aircraft or the primary 

21 mission aircraft inventory below 1,116. 

22 (3) REPORT ON RETIREMENT OF AIRCRAFT.— 

23 The Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 

24 congressional defense committees a report setting forth 

25 the following: 
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1 (A) The rationale for the retirement of exist2 ing fighter aircraft and an operational analysis 

3 of replacement fighter aircraft that demonstrates 

4 performance of the designated mission at an 

5 equal or greater level of effectiveness as the retir6 ing aircraft. 

7 (B) An assessment of the implications for 

8 the Air Force, the Air National Guard, and the 

9 Air Force Reserve of the force mix ratio of fight10 er aircraft. 

11 (C) Such other matters relating to the re12 tirement of fighter aircraft as the Secretary con13 siders appropriate. 

14 (c) REPORTS ON FIGHTER AIRCRAFT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—At least 90 days before the 

16 date on which a fighter aircraft is retired, the Sec17 retary of the Air Force, in consultation with (where 

18 applicable) the Director of the Air National Guard or 

19 Chief of the Air Force Reserve, shall submit to the 

20 congressional defense committees a report on the pro21 posed force structure and basing of fighter aircraft. 

22 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each report submitted under 

23 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 
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1 (A) A list of each aircraft in the inventory 

2 of fighter aircraft, including for each such air3 craft— 

4 (i) the mission design series type; 

5 (ii) the variant; and 

6 (iii) the assigned unit and military in7 stallation where such aircraft is based. 

8 (B) A list of each fighter aircraft proposed 

9 for retirement, including for each such aircraft— 

10 (i) the mission design series type; 

11 (ii) the variant; and 

12 (iii) the assigned unit and military in13 stallation where such aircraft is based. 

14 (C) A list of each unit affected by a pro15 posed retirement listed under subparagraph (B) 

16 and a description of how such unit is affected. 

17 (D) For each military installation and unit 

18 listed under subparagraph (B)(iii), a description 

19 of changes, if any, to the designed operational 

20 capability (DOC) statement of the unit as a re21 sult of a proposed retirement. 

22 (E) A description of any anticipated 

23 changes in manpower authorizations as a result 

24 of a proposed retirement listed under subpara25 graph (B). 
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1 (d) FIGHTER AIRCRAFT DEFINED.—In this section, 

2 the term ‘‘fighter aircraft’’ has the meaning given the term 

3 in subsection (i)(2)(A) of section 8062 of title 10, United 

4 States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section. 

5 SEC. 133. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR F– 

6 35A AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT. 

7 Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 

8 or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2016 for aircraft 

9 procurement, Air Force, not more than $4,285,000,000 may 

10 be made available for the procurement of F–35A aircraft 

11 until the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional 

12 defense committees that F–35A aircraft delivered in fiscal 

13 year 2018 will have full combat capability as currently 

14 planned with Block 3F hardware, software, and weapons 

15 carriage. 

16 SEC. 134. PROHIBITION ON RETIREMENT OF A–10 AIR17 CRAFT. 

18 (a) PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

19 RETIREMENT.—None of the funds authorized to be appro20 priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 

21 year 2016 for the Air Force may be obligated or expended 

22 to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage or on backup 

23 aircraft inventory status any A–10 aircraft. 

24 (b) ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ON RETIREMENT.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the limitation 

2 in subsection (a), during the period before December 

3 31, 2016, the Secretary of the Air Force may not re4 tire, prepare to retire, or place in storage or on 

5 backup flying status any A–10 aircraft. 

6 (2) MINIMUM INVENTORY REQUIREMENT.—The 

7 Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure the Air Force 

8 maintains a minimum of 171 A–10 aircraft des9 ignated as primary mission aircraft inventory 

10 (PMAI). 

11 (c) PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR

12 SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN MANNING LEVELS.—None of 

13 the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or other14 wise made available for fiscal year 2016 for the Air Force 

15 may be obligated or expended to make significant reduc16 tions to manning levels with respect to any A–10 aircraft 

17 squadrons or divisions. 

18 (d) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON SIGNIFICANT REDUC19 TIONS IN MANNING LEVELS.—In addition to the limitation 

20 in subsection (c), during the period before December 31, 

21 2016, the Secretary of the Air Force may not make signifi22 cant reductions to manning levels with respect to any A– 

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1 (e) STUDY ON REPLACEMENT CAPABILITY REQUIRE2 MENTS OR MISSION PLATFORM FOR THE A–10 AIR3 CRAFT.— 

4 (1) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air 

6 Force shall commission an appropriate entity 

7 outside the Department of Defense to conduct an 

8 assessment of the required capabilities or mission 

9 platform to replace the A–10 aircraft. This as10 sessment would represent preparatory work to 

11 inform an analysis of alternatives. 

12 (B) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required 

13 under subparagraph (A) shall include each of the 

14 following: 

15 (i) Future needs analysis for the cur16 rent A–10 aircraft mission set to include 

17 troops-in-contact/close air support, air 

18 interdiction, strike control and reconnais19 sance, and combat search and rescue sup20 port in both contested and uncontested bat21 tle environments. At a minimum, the needs 

22 analysis should specifically address the fol23 lowing areas: 

24 (I) The ability to safely and effec25 tively conduct troops-in-contact/danger 
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1 close missions or missions in close 

2 proximity to civilians in the presence 

3 of the air defenses found with enemy 

4 ground maneuver units. 

5 (II) The ability to effectively tar6 get and destroy moving, camouflaged, 

7 or dug-in troops, artillery, armor, and 

8 armored personnel carriers. 

9 (III) The ability to remain within 

10 visual range of friendly forces and tar11 gets to facilitate responsiveness to 

12 ground forces and minimize re-attack 

13 times. 

14 (IV) The ability to safely conduct 

15 close air support beneath low cloud 

16 ceilings and in reduced visibilities at 

17 low airspeeds in the presence of the air 

18 defenses found with enemy ground ma19 neuver units. 

20 (V) The capability to enable the 

21 pilot and aircraft to survive attacks 

22 stemming from small arms, machine 

23 guns, MANPADs, and lower caliber 

24 anti-aircraft artillery organic or at-
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1 tached to enemy ground forces and ma2 neuver units. 

3 (VI) The ability to communicate 

4 effectively with ground forces and 

5 downed pilots, including in commu6 nications jamming or satellite-denied 

7 environments. 

8 (VII) The ability to execute the 

9 missions described in subclauses (I), 

10 (II), (III), and (IV) in a GPS- or sat11 ellite-denied environment with or with12 out sensors. 

13 (VIII) The ability to deliver mul14 tiple lethal firing passes and sustain 

15 long loiter endurance to support 

16 friendly forces throughout extended 

17 ground engagements. 

18 (IX) The ability to operate from 

19 unprepared dirt, grass, and narrow 

20 road runways and to generate high 

21 sortie rates under these austere condi22 tions. 

23 (ii) Identification and assessment of 

24 gaps in the ability of existing and pro25 grammed mission platforms in providing 
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1 required capabilities to conduct missions 

2 specified in clause (i) in both contested and 

3 uncontested battle environments. 

4 (iii) Assessment of operational effec5 tiveness of existing and programmed mis6 sion platforms to conduct missions specified 

7 in clause (i) in both contested and 

8 uncontested battle environments. 

9 (iv) Assessment of probability of likeli10 hood of conducting missions requiring 

11 troops-in-contact/close air support oper12 ations specified in clause (i) in contested 

13 environments as compared to uncontested 

14 environments. 

15 (v) Any other matters the independent 

16 entity or the Secretary of the Air Force de17 termines to be appropriate. 

18 (2) REPORT.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than Sep20 tember 30, 2016, the Secretary of the Air Force 

21 shall submit to the congressional defense commit22 tees a report that includes the assessment re23 quired under paragraph (1). 

24 (B) FORM.—The report required under sub25 paragraph (A) may be submitted in classified 
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1 form, but shall also contain an unclassified exec2 utive summary and may contain an unclassified 

3 annex. 

4 (3) NONDUPLICATION OF EFFORT.—If any infor5 mation required under paragraph (1) has been in6 cluded in another report or notification previously 

7 submitted to Congress by law, the Secretary of the Air 

8 Force may provide a list of such reports and notifica9 tions at the time of submitting the report required 

10 under paragraph (2) in lieu of including such infor11 mation in the report required under paragraph (2). 

12 SEC. 135. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

13 RETIREMENT OF EC–130H COMPASS CALL AIR14 CRAFT. 

15 (a) PROHIBITION ON RETIREMENT.—None of the funds 

16 authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made 

17 available for fiscal year 2016 for the Air Force may be obli18 gated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in 

19 storage or backup aircraft inventory status any EC–130H 

20 Compass Call aircraft. 

21 (b) ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ON RETIREMENT OF

22 EC–130H COMPASS CALL AIRCRAFT.—In addition to the 

23 limitation in subsection (a), during the period preceding 

24 December 31, 2016, the Secretary of the Air Force may not 
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1 retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage or on backup 

2 flying status any EC–130H Compass Call aircraft. 

3 (c) REPORT ON RETIREMENT OF EC–130H COMPASS

4 CALL AIRCRAFT.—Not later than September 30, 2016, the 

5 Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional 

6 defense committees a report setting forth the following: 

7 (1) The rationale for the retirement of existing 

8 EC–130H Compass Call aircraft, including an oper9 ational analysis of the impact of such retirements on 

10 combatant commander warfighting requirements. 

11 (2) A plan for how the Air Force will fulfill the 

12 capability requirement of the EC–130H mission, 

13 transition the mission capabilities of the EC–130H 

14 into a replacement platform, or integrate the required 

15 capabilities into other mission platforms. 

16 (3) Such other matters relating to the required 

17 mission capabilities and transition of the EC–130H 

18 Compass Call fleet as the Secretary considers appro19 priate. 

20 SEC. 136. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF C–130 AIRCRAFT. 

21 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

22 Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2016 for the 

23 Air Force may be obligated or expended to transfer from 

24 one facility of the Department of Defense to another any 

25 C–130H aircraft, initiate any C–130 manpower authoriza-
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1 tion adjustments, retire or prepare to retire any C–130H 

2 aircraft, or close any C–130H unit until 90 days after the 

3 date on which the Secretary of the Air Force, in consulta4 tion with the Secretary of the Army, and after certification 

5 by the commanders of the XVIII Airborne Corps, 82nd Air6 borne Division and United States Army Special Operations 

7 Command, certifies to the Committees on Armed Services 

8 of the Senate and of the House of Representatives that— 

9 (1) the United States Air Force will maintain 

10 dedicated C–130 wings to support the daily training 

11 and contingency requirements of the XVIII Airborne 

12 Corps, 82nd Airborne Division, and United States 

13 Army Special Operations Command at manning lev14 els required to support and operate the number of air15 craft that existed as part of regular and reserve Air 

16 Force operations in support of such units as of Sep17 tember 30, 2014; and 

18 (2) failure to maintain such Air Force oper19 ations will not adversely impact the daily training 

20 requirement of those airborne and special operations 

21 units. 

22 SEC. 137. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR T–1A JAY23 HAWK AIRCRAFT. 

24 None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

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1 onics modification to the T–1A Jayhawk aircraft may be 

2 obligated or expended until 30 days after the Secretary of 

3 the Air Force submits to the congressional defense commit4 tees the report required under section 142 of the Carl Levin 

5 and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Author6 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 

7 Stat. 3320). 

8 SEC. 138. RESTRICTION ON RETIREMENT OF THE JOINT 

9 SURVEILLANCE TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYS10 TEM (JSTARS), EC–130H COMPASS CALL, AND 

11 AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING AND CONTROL 

12 (AWACS) AIRCRAFT. 

13 The Secretary of the Air Force may not retire any 

14 operational Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar Sys15 tem (JSTARS), EC–130H Compass Call, or Airborne 

16 Early Warning and Control (AWACS) aircraft until the 

17 follow-on replacement aircraft program enters Low-Rate 

18 Initial Production. 

19 SEC. 139. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE OCONUS 

20 BASING OF THE F–35A AIRCRAFT. 

21 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the Department of 

22 Defense is continuing its process of permanently stationing 

23 the F–35 aircraft at installations in the Continental United 

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1 ward-basing Outside the Continental United States (in this 

2 section referred to as ‘‘OCONUS’’). 

3 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

4 that the Secretary of the Air Force, in the strategic basing 

5 process for the F–35A aircraft, should continue to consider 

6 the benefits derived from sites that— 

7 (1) are capable of hosting fighter-based bilateral 

8 and multilateral training opportunities with inter9 national partners; 

10 (2) have sufficient airspace and range capabili11 ties and capacity to meet the training requirements; 

12 (3) have existing facilities to support personnel, 

13 operations, and logistics associated with the flying 

14 mission; 

15 (4) have limited encroachment that would ad16 versely impact training or operations; and 

17 (5) minimize the overall construction and oper18 ational costs. 

19 SEC. 140. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON F–16 ACTIVE ELEC20 TRONICALLY SCANNED ARRAY (AESA) RADAR 

21 UPGRADE. 

22 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

23 (1) National Guard F–16 aircraft are protecting 

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1 side or outside the contiguous United States 24 hours 

2 a day, 365 days a year. 

3 (2) These aircraft, stationed throughout the 

4 United States, are tasked with the zero-fail mission of 

5 guarding and securing United States airspace. 

6 (3) The United States is facing an increased 

7 threat from both state and non-state actors. 

8 (4) The National Guard F–16 aircraft per9 forming the Aerospace Control Alert (ACA) mission 

10 are operating legacy radar systems. 

11 (5) Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh 

12 testified to Congress in March 2015, stating, ‘‘We 

13 need to develop an AESA radar plan for our F–16s 

14 who are conducting the homeland defense mission in 

15 particular.’’ 

16 (6) First Air Force, United States Northern 

17 Command, issued a Joint Urgent Operational Need 

18 (JUON) request in March 2015 for radar upgrades to 

19 its F–16 fleet. 

20 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

21 that— 

22 (1) it is essential to our Nation’s defense that 

23 Air Force aircraft modification funding is made 

24 available to purchase these Active Electronically 

25 Scanned Array (AESA) radars as the United States 
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1 Air Force bridges the gap between 4th and 5th gen2 eration fighters; 

3 (2) the United States Government must invest in 

4 radar upgrades which ensure that 4th generation air5 craft succeed at this zero-fail mission; and 

6 (3) the First Air Force JUON request should be 

7 met as soon as possible. 

8 Subtitle D—Defense-wide, Joint, 

9 and Multiservice Matters 

10 SEC. 151. REPORT ON ARMY AND MARINE CORPS MOD11 ERNIZATION PLAN FOR SMALL ARMS. 

12 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 

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

14 of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy shall jointly 

15 submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

16 and the House of Representatives a report on the plan of 

17 the Army and the Marine Corps to modernize small arms 

18 for the Army and the Marine Corps during the 15-year pe19 riod beginning on the date of such plan, including the mech20 anisms to be used to promote competition among suppliers 

21 of small arms and small arms parts in achieving the plan. 

22 (b) SMALL ARMS.—The small arms covered by the 

23 plan under subsection (a) shall include the following: 

24 (1) Pistols. 

25 (2) Carbines. 
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1 (3) Rifles and automatic rifles. 

2 (4) Light machine guns. 

3 (5) Such other small arms as the Secretaries con4 sider appropriate for purposes of the report required 

5 by subsection (a). 

6 (c) NON-STANDARD SMALL ARMS.—In addition to the 

7 arms specified in subsection (b), the plan under subsection 

8 (a) shall also address non-standard small arms not cur9 rently in the small arms inventory of the Army or the Ma10 rine Corps. 

11 Subtitle E—Army Programs 

12 SEC. 161. STRYKER LETHALITY UPGRADES. 

13 (a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR PROCUREMENT, 

14 ARMY.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amount authorized to be 

16 appropriated for fiscal year 2016 by section 101 for 

17 procurement is hereby increased by $314,000,000, 

18 with the amount of the increase to be available for 

19 procurement for the Army for Wheeled and Tracked 

20 Combat Vehicles for Stryker (mod) Lethality Up21 grades. 

22 (2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—The amount 

23 available under paragraph (1) for procurement for 

24 Stryker (mod) Lethality Upgrades is in addition to 

25 any other amounts available in this Act for procure-
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1 ment for the Army for Stryker (mod) Lethality Up2 grades. 

3 (b) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR RDT&E, ARMY.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amount authorized to be 

5 appropriated for fiscal year 2016 by section 201 for 

6 research, development, test, and evaluation is hereby 

7 increased by $57,000,000, with the amount of the in8 crease to be available for research, development, test, 

9 and evaluation for the Army for the Combat Vehicle 

10 Improvement Program for Stryker Lethality Up11 grades. 

12 (2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—The amount 

13 available under paragraph (1) for research, develop14 ment, test, and evaluation for Stryker Lethality Up15 grades is in addition to any other amounts available 

16 in this Act for research, development, test, and eval17 uation for the Army for Stryker Lethality Upgrades. 

18 (c) OFFSET.—The aggregate amount authorized to be 

19 appropriated for fiscal year 2016 by division A is hereby 

20 reduced by $371,000,000, with the amount of the reduction 

21 to be achieved through anticipated foreign currency gains 

22 in addition to any other anticipated foreign currency gains 

23 specified in the funding tables in division D. 
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1 TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP2 MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA3 TION 

4 Subtitle A—Authorization of 

5 Appropriations 

6 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis8 cal year 2016 for the use of the Department of Defense for 

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

10 the funding table in section 4201. 

11 Subtitle B—Program Requirements, 

12 Restrictions, and Limitations 

13 SEC. 211. CENTERS FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND ENGI14 NEERING PARTNERSHIP. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 139 of title 10, United 

16 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2367 the 

17 following new section: 

18 ‘‘§ 2368. Centers for Science, Technology, and Engi19 neering Partnership 

20 ‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.—(1) The Secretary of Defense, in 

21 coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart22 ments, shall designate each science and technology reinven23 tion laboratory as a Center for Science, Technology, and 

24 Engineering Partnership in the recognized core com25 petencies of the designee. 
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1 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall establish a policy 

2 to encourage the Secretary of each military department to 

3 reengineer management and business processes and adopt 

4 best-business and personnel practices at their Centers for 

5 Science, Technology, and Engineering Partnership in con6 nection with their core competency requirements, so as to 

7 serve as recognized leaders in their core competencies 

8 throughout the Department of Defense and in the national 

9 technology and industrial base (as defined in section 2500 

10 of this title). 

11 ‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense, acting through the di12 rectors of the Centers for Science, Technology, and Engi13 neering Partnership, may conduct one or more pilot pro14 grams, consistent with applicable requirements of law, to 

15 test any practices referred to in paragraph (2) that the Di16 rectors determine could— 

17 ‘‘(A) improve the efficiency and effectiveness of 

18 operations at Centers for Science, Technology, and 

19 Engineering Partnership; 

20 ‘‘(B) improve the support provided by the Cen21 ters for the Department of Defense users of the services 

22 of the Centers; and 

23 ‘‘(C) enhance capabilities by reducing the cost 

24 and improving the performance and efficiency of exe25 cuting laboratory missions. 
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1 ‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘science and tech2 nology reinvention laboratory’ means a science and tech3 nology reinvention laboratory designated under section 

4 1105 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

5 Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note). 

6 ‘‘(b) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.—(1) To achieve 

7 one or more objectives set forth in paragraph (2), the Sec8 retary may authorize and establish incentives for the Direc9 tor of a Center for Science, Technology, and Engineering 

10 Partnership to enter into public-private cooperative ar11 rangements (in this section referred to as a ‘public-private 

12 partnership’) to provide for any of the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) For employees of the Center, private indus14 try, or other entities outside the Department of De15 fense to perform (under contract, subcontract, or oth16 erwise) work related to the core competencies of the 

17 Center, including any work that involves one or more 

18 core competencies of the Center. 

19 ‘‘(B) For private industry or other entities out20 side the Department of Defense to use, for any period 

21 of time determined to be consistent with the needs of 

22 the Department of Defense, any facilities or equip23 ment of the Center that are not fully used for Depart24 ment of Defense activities. 
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1 ‘‘(2) The objectives for exercising the authority pro2 vided in paragraph (1) are as follows: 

3 ‘‘(A) To maximize the use of the capacity of a 

4 Center for Science, Technology, and Engineering 

5 Partnership. 

6 ‘‘(B) To reduce or eliminate the cost of owner7 ship and maintenance of a Center by the Department 

8 of Defense. 

9 ‘‘(C) To reduce the cost of research and testing 

10 activities of the Department of Defense. 

11 ‘‘(D) To leverage private sector investment in— 

12 ‘‘(i) such efforts as research and equipment 

13 recapitalization for a Center; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) the promotion of the undertaking of 

15 commercial business ventures based on the core 

16 competencies of a Center, as determined by the 

17 director of the Center. 

18 ‘‘(E) To foster cooperation between the armed 

19 forces, academia, and private industry. 

20 ‘‘(F) To increase access by a Center to a skilled 

21 technical workforce that can contribute to the effective 

22 and efficient execution of Department of Defense mis23 sions. 

24 ‘‘(c) PRIVATE SECTOR USE OF EXCESS CAPACITY.— 

25 Any facilities or equipment of a Center for Science, Tech-
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1 nology, and Engineering Partnership made available to 

2 private industry may be used to perform research and test3 ing activities in order to make more efficient and economi4 cal use of Government-owned facilities and encourage the 

5 creation and preservation of jobs to ensure the availability 

6 of a workforce with the necessary research and technical 

7 skills to meet the needs of the armed forces. 

8 ‘‘(d) CREDITING OF AMOUNTS FOR PERFORMANCE.— 

9 Amounts received by a Center for Science, Technology, and 

10 Engineering Partnership for work performed under a pub11 lic-private partnership may— 

12 ‘‘(1) be credited to the appropriation or fund, in13 cluding a working-capital fund, that incurs the cost 

14 of performing the work; or 

15 ‘‘(2) be used by the Director of the Center as the 

16 Director considers appropriate and consistent with 

17 section 219 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 

18 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 

19 110–417; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note). 

20 ‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT TO PRI21 VATE-SECTOR PARTNERS.—Equipment or facilities of a 

22 Center for Science, Technology, and Engineering Partner23 ship may be made available for use by a private-sector enti24 ty under this section only if— 
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1 ‘‘(1) the use of the equipment or facilities will 

2 not have a significant adverse effect on the perform3 ance of the Center or the ability of the Center to 

4 achieve its mission, as determined by the Director of 

5 the Center; and 

6 ‘‘(2) the private-sector entity agrees— 

7 ‘‘(A) to reimburse the Department of De8 fense for the direct and indirect costs (including 

9 any rental costs) that are attributable to the en10 tity’s use of the equipment or facilities, as deter11 mined by that Secretary; and 

12 ‘‘(B) to hold harmless and indemnify the 

13 United States from— 

14 ‘‘(i) any claim for damages or injury 

15 to any person or property arising out of the 

16 use of the equipment or facilities, except 

17 under the circumstances described in section 

18 2563(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(ii) any liability or claim for dam21 ages or injury to any person or property 

22 arising out of a decision by the Secretary to 

23 suspend or terminate that use of equipment 

24 or facilities during a war or national emer25 gency. 
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1 ‘‘(f) CONSTRUCTION OF PROVISION.—Nothing in this 

2 section may be construed to authorize a change, otherwise 

3 prohibited by law, from the performance of work at a Center 

4 for Science, Technology, and Engineering Partnership by 

5 Department of Defense personnel to performance by a con6 tractor.’’. 

7 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

8 the beginning of chapter 139 of such title is amended by 

9 inserting after the item relating to section 2367 the fol10 lowing new item: 

‘‘2368. Centers for Science, Technology, and Engineering Partnership.’’. 

11 SEC. 212. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY OFFSET 

12 PROGRAM TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN THE 

13 MILITARY TECHNOLOGICAL SUPERIORITY OF 

14 THE UNITED STATES. 

15 (a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

17 establish a technology offset program to build and 

18 maintain the military technological superiority of the 

19 United States by— 

20 (A) accelerating the fielding of offset tech21 nologies that would help counter technological 

22 advantages of potential adversaries of the United 

23 States, including directed energy, low-cost, high24 speed munitions, autonomous systems, undersea 

25 warfare, cyber technology, and intelligence data 
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1 analytics, developed using Department of Defense 

2 research funding and accelerating the commer3 cialization of such technologies; and 

4 (B) developing and implementing new poli5 cies and acquisition and business practices. 

6 (2) GUIDELINES.—Not later than one year after 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

8 shall issue guidelines for the operation of the pro9 gram, including— 

10 (A) criteria for an application for funding 

11 by a military department, defense agency, or a 

12 combatant command; 

13 (B) the purposes for which such a depart14 ment, agency, or command may apply for funds 

15 and appropriate requirements for technology de16 velopment or commercialization to be supported 

17 using program funds; 

18 (C) the priorities, if any, to be provided to 

19 field or commercialize offset technologies devel20 oped by certain types of Department research 

21 funding; and 

22 (D) criteria for evaluation of an applica23 tion for funding or changes to policies or acqui24 sition and business practices by a department, 
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1 agency, or command for purposes of the pro2 gram. 

3 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF DIRECTED ENERGY STRAT4 EGY.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, 

7 in consultation with such officials and third-party ex8 perts as the Secretary considers appropriate, shall de9 velop a directed energy strategy to ensure that the 

10 United States directed energy technologies are being 

11 developed and deployed at an accelerated pace. 

12 (2) COMPONENTS OF STRATEGY.—The strategy 

13 required by paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

14 (A) A technology roadmap for directed en15 ergy that can be used to manage and assess in16 vestments and policies of the Department in this 

17 high priority technology area. 

18 (B) Proposals for legislative and adminis19 trative action to improve the ability of the De20 partment to develop and deploy technologies and 

21 capabilities consistent with the directed energy 

22 strategy. 

23 (C) An approach to program management 

24 that is designed to accelerate operational proto25 typing of directed energy technologies and de-
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1 velop cost-effective, real-world military applica2 tions for such technologies. 

3 (3) BIENNIAL REVISIONS.—Not less frequently 

4 than once every 2 years, the Secretary shall revise the 

5 strategy required by paragraph (1). 

6 (4) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—(A) Not later 

7 than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary 

8 completes the development of the strategy required by 

9 paragraph (1) and not later than 90 days after the 

10 date on which the Secretary completes a revision to 

11 such strategy under paragraph (3), the Secretary 

12 shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of 

13 the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of 

14 the House of Representatives a copy of such strategy. 

15 (B) The strategy submitted under subparagraph 

16 (A) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

17 include a classified annex. 

18 (c) APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Under the program, the Sec20 retary shall, not less frequently than annually, solicit 

21 from the heads of the military departments, the de22 fense agencies, and the combatant commands applica23 tions for funding to be used to enter into contracts, 

24 cooperative agreements, or other transaction agree25 ments entered into pursuant to section 845 of the Na-
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1 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 

2 (Public Law 103–160; 10 U.S.C. 2371 note) with ap3 propriate entities for the fielding or commercializa4 tion of technologies. 

5 (2) TREATMENT PURSUANT TO CERTAIN CON6 GRESSIONAL RULES.—Nothing in this section shall be 

7 interpreted to require any official of the Department 

8 of Defense to provide funding under this section to 

9 any earmark as defined pursuant to House Rule XXI, 

10 clause 9, or any congressionally directed spending 

11 item as defined pursuant to Senate Rule XLIV, para12 graph 5. 

13 (d) FUNDING.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 

15 appropriations for such purpose, of the amounts au16 thorized to be appropriated for research, development, 

17 test, and evaluation, Defense-wide for fiscal year 

18 2016, not more than $400,000,000 may be used for 

19 any such fiscal year for the program established 

20 under subsection (a). 

21 (2) AMOUNT FOR DIRECTED ENERGY.—Of this 

22 amount, not more than $200,000,000 may be used for 

23 activities in the field of directed energy. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may transfer 

2 funds available for the program to the research, devel3 opment, test, and evaluation accounts of a military 

4 department, defense agency, or a combatant command 

5 pursuant to an application, or any part of an appli6 cation, that the Secretary determines would support 

7 the purposes of the program. 

8 (2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—The transfer 

9 authority provided in this subsection is in addition 

10 to any other transfer authority available to the De11 partment of Defense. 

12 (f) TERMINATION.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to carry out a 

14 program under this section shall terminate on Sep15 tember 30, 2020. 

16 (2) TRANSFER AFTER TERMINATION.—Any 

17 amounts made available for the program that remain 

18 available for obligation on the date the program ter19 minates may be transferred under subsection (e) dur20 ing the 180-day period beginning on the date of the 

21 termination of the program. 
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1 SEC. 213. REAUTHORIZATION OF DEFENSE RESEARCH AND 

2 DEVELOPMENT RAPID INNOVATION PRO3 GRAM. 

4 (a) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 1073 of the Ike 

5 Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

6 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 10 U.S.C. 2359a note) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘2015’’ and in9 serting ‘‘2020’’; and 

10 (2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘September 30, 

11 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

12 (b) MODIFICATION OF GUIDELINES FOR OPERATION OF

13 PROGRAM.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended— 

14 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol15 lows: 

16 ‘‘(1) The issuance of an annual broad agency an17 nouncement or the use of any other competitive or 

18 merit-based processes by the Department of Defense 

19 for candidate proposals in support of defense acquisi20 tion programs as described in subsection (a).’’; 

21 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the second sen22 tence; 

23 (3) in paragraph (4)— 

24 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘be 

25 funded under the program for more than two 
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1 years’’ and inserting ‘‘receive more than a total 

2 of two years of funding under the program’’; and 

3 (B) by striking the second sentence; and 

4 (4) by adding at the end, the following new 

5 paragraphs: 

6 ‘‘(5) Mechanisms to facilitate transition of fol7 low-on or current projects carried out under the pro8 gram into defense acquisition programs, through the 

9 use of the authorities of section 819 of the National 

10 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2010 (Pub11 lic Law 111–84; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) or such other 

12 authorities as may be appropriate to conduct further 

13 testing, low rate production, or full rate production of 

14 technologies developed under the program. 

15 ‘‘(6) Projects are selected using merit based selec16 tion procedures and the selection of projects is not 

17 subject to undue influence by Congress or other Fed18 eral agencies.’’. 

19 (c) REPEAL OF REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Such section 

20 is further amended— 

21 (1) by striking subsection (f); and 

22 (2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 

23 (f). 
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1 SEC. 214. REAUTHORIZATION OF GLOBAL RESEARCH 

2 WATCH PROGRAM. 

3 Section 2365 of title 10, United States Code, is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b), 

6 by inserting ‘‘and private sector persons’’ after ‘‘for7 eign nations’’ both places it appears; and 

8 (2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘September 30, 

9 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 

10 SEC. 215. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES TO SUP11 PORT BUSINESS SYSTEMS INFORMATION 

12 TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 

14 through the Undersecretary of Acquisition, Technology, and 

15 Logistics, the Deputy Chief Management Officer, and the 

16 Chief Information Officer shall establish a set of science, 

17 technology, and innovation activities to improve the acqui18 sition outcomes of major automated information systems 

19 through improved performance and reduced developmental 

20 and life cycle costs. 

21 (b) EXECUTION OF ACTIVITIES.—The activities estab22 lished under subsection (a) shall be carried out by such 

23 military departments and defense agencies as the Under 

24 Secretary and the Deputy Chief Management Officer con25 sider appropriate. 
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1 (c) ACTIVITIES.—The set of activities established under 

2 subsection (a) may include the following: 

3 (1) Development of capabilities in Department of 

4 Defense laboratories, test centers, and Federally-fund5 ed research and development centers to provide tech6 nical support for acquisition program management 

7 and business process re-engineering activities. 

8 (2) Funding of intramural and extramural re9 search and development activities as described in sub10 section (d). 

11 (d) FUNDING OF INTRAMURAL AND EXTRAMURAL RE12 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the set of ac14 tivities required by subsection (a), the Secretary may 

15 award grants or contracts to eligible entities to carry 

16 out intramural or extramural research and develop17 ment in areas of interest described in paragraph (3). 

18 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—For purposes of this 

19 subsection, an eligible entity includes the following: 

20 (A) Entities in the defense industry. 

21 (B) Institutions of higher education. 

22 (C) Small businesses. 

23 (D) Nontraditional defense contractors (as 

24 defined in section 2302 of title 10, United States 

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1 (E) Federally-funded research and develop2 ment centers, primarily for the purpose of im3 proving technical expertise to support acquisi4 tion efforts. 

5 (F) Nonprofit research institutions. 

6 (G) Government laboratories and test cen7 ters, primarily for the purpose of improving 

8 technical expertise to support acquisition efforts. 

9 (3) AREAS OF INTEREST.—The areas of interest 

10 described in this paragraph are the following: 

11 (A) Management innovation, including per12 sonnel and financial management policy innova13 tion. 

14 (B) Business process re-engineering. 

15 (C) Systems engineering of information 

16 technology business systems. 

17 (D) Cloud computing to support business 

18 systems and business processes. 

19 (E) Software development, including sys20 tems and techniques to limit unique interfaces 

21 and simplify processes to customize commercial 

22 software to meet the needs of the Department of 

23 Defense. 

24 (F) Hardware development, including sys25 tems and techniques to limit unique interfaces 
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1 and simplify processes to customize commercial 

2 hardware to meet the needs of the Department of 

3 Defense. 

4 (G) Development of methodologies and tools 

5 to support development and operational test of 

6 large and complex business systems. 

7 (H) Analysis tools to allow decision makers 

8 to balance between requirements, costs, technical 

9 risks, and schedule in major automated informa10 tion system acquisition programs 

11 (I) Information security in major auto12 mated information system systems. 

13 (J) Innovative acquisition policies and 

14 practices to streamline acquisition of informa15 tion technology systems. 

16 (K) Such other areas as the Secretary con17 siders appropriate. 

18 (e) PRIORITIES.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the set of ac20 tivities required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall 

21 give priority to— 

22 (A) projects that— 

23 (i) address the innovation and tech24 nology needs of the Department of Defense; 

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1 (ii) support activities of initiatives, 

2 programs and offices identified by the 

3 Under Secretary and Deputy Chief Manage4 ment Officer; and 

5 (B) the projects and programs identified in 

6 paragraph (2). 

7 (2) PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS IDENTIFIED.—The 

8 projects and programs identified in this paragraph 

9 are the following: 

10 (A) Major automated information system 

11 programs. 

12 (B) Projects and programs under the over13 sight of the Deputy Chief Management Officer. 

14 (C) Projects and programs relating to de15 fense procurement acquisition policy. 

16 (D) Projects and programs of the Defense 

17 Contract Audit Agency. 

18 (E) Military and civilian personnel policy 

19 development for information technology work20 force. 
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1 SEC. 216. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL AS2 SISTANCE UNDER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

3 SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND RESEARCH 

4 FOR TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM TO IN5 CLUDE CITIZENS OF COUNTRIES PARTICI6 PATING IN THE TECHNICAL COOPERATION 

7 PROGRAM. 

8 Section 2192a(b)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, 

9 is amended by inserting ‘‘or a country the government of 

10 which is a party to The Technical Cooperation Program 

11 (TTCP) memorandum of understanding of October 24, 

12 1995’’ after ‘‘United States’’. 

13 SEC. 217. STREAMLINING THE JOINT FEDERATED ASSUR14 ANCE CENTER. 

15 Section 937(c)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza16 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 10 

17 U.S.C. 2224 note) is amended— 

18 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘, in co19 ordination with the Center for Assured Software of 

20 the National Security Agency,’’; and 

21 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘, in co22 ordination with the Defense Microelectronics Activ23 ity,’’. 
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1 SEC. 218. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DE2 VELOPMENT OF THE SHALLOW WATER COM3 BAT SUBMERSIBLE. 

4 (a) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap5 propriated in this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 

6 year 2016 for Special Operations Command for develop7 ment of the Shallow Water Combat Submersible, not more 

8 than 25 percent may be obligated or expended until the date 

9 that is 15 days after the later of the date on which— 

10 (1) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi11 tion, Technology, and Logistics designates a civilian 

12 official responsible for oversight and assistance to 

13 Special Operations Command for all undersea mobil14 ity programs; and 

15 (2) the Under Secretary, in coordination with 

16 the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Oper17 ations and Low-Intensity Conflict, submits to the con18 gressional defense committees the report described in 

19 subsection (b). 

20 (b) REPORT DESCRIBED.—The report described in this 

21 subsection is a report on the Shallow Water Combat Sub22 mersible that includes the following: 

23 (1) An analysis of the reasons for cost and sched24 ule overruns associated with the Shallow Water Com25 bat Submersible program. 
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1 (2) A revised timeline for initial and full oper2 ational capability of the Shallow Water Combat Sub3 mersible. 

4 (3) The projected cost to meet the total unit ac5 quisition objective. 

6 (4) A plan to prevent, identify, and mitigate 

7 any additional cost and schedule overruns. 

8 (5) A description of such opportunities as may 

9 be to recover cost or schedule. 

10 (6) A description of such lessons as the Under 

11 Secretary may have learned from the Shallow Water 

12 Combat Submersible program that could be applied to 

13 future undersea mobility acquisition programs. 

14 (7) Such other matters as the Under Secretary 

15 considers appropriate. 

16 SEC. 219. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

17 DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND SYSTEM OF 

18 THE ARMY. 

19 (a) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap20 propriated for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of De21 fense by section 201 and available for research, develop22 ment, test, and evaluation, Army, for the distributed com23 mon ground system of the Army as specified in the funding 

24 tables in title XLII, not more than 75 percent may be obli25 gated or expended until the Secretary of the Army— 
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1 (1) conducts a review of the program planning 

2 for the distributed common ground system of the 

3 Army; and 

4 (2) submits to the appropriate congressional 

5 committees the report required by subsection (b)(1). 

6 (b) REPORT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall submit to 

8 the appropriate congressional committees a report on 

9 the review of the distributed common ground system 

10 of the Army conducted under subsection (a)(1). 

11 (2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under 

12 paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

13 (A) A review of the segmentation of Incre14 ment 2 of the distributed common ground system 

15 program of the Army into discrete software com16 ponents with the associated requirements of each 

17 component. 

18 (B) Identification of each component of In19 crement 2 of the distributed common ground sys20 tem of the Army for which commercial software 

21 exists that is capable of fulfilling most or all of 

22 the system requirements for each such compo23 nent. 
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1 (C) A cost analysis of each such commercial 

2 software that compares performance with pro3 jected cost. 

4 (D) Determination of the degree to which 

5 commercial software solutions are compliant 

6 with the standards required by the framework 

7 and guidance for the Intelligence Community In8 formation Technology Enterprise, the Defense In9 telligence Information Enterprise, and the Joint 

10 Information Environment. 

11 (E) Identification of each component of In12 crement 2 of the distributed common ground sys13 tem of the Army that the Secretary determines 

14 may be acquired through competitive means. 

15 (F) An acquisition plan for Increment 2 of 

16 the distributed common ground system of the 

17 Army that prioritizes the acquisition of commer18 cial software components, including a data inte19 gration layer, in time to meet the projected de20 ployment schedule for Increment 2. 

21 (G) A review of the timetable for the distrib22 uted common ground system program of the 

23 Army in order to determine whether there is a 

24 practical, executable acquisition strategy, includ25 ing the use of operational capability demonstra-
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1 tions, that could lead to an initial operating ca2 pability of Increment 2 of the distributed com3 mon ground system of the Army prior to fiscal 

4 year 2017. 

5 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE6 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres7 sional committees’’ means— 

8 (1) the congressional defense committees; and 

9 (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

10 Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intel11 ligence of the House of Representatives. 

12 SEC. 220. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

13 DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND SYSTEM OF 

14 THE UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS 

15 COMMAND. 

16 (a) LIMITATION.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap17 propriated for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of De18 fense by section 201 and available for research, develop19 ment, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, for the United 

20 States Special Operations Command for the distributed 

21 common ground system, not more than 75 percent may be 

22 obligated or expended until the Commander of the United 

23 States Special Operations Command submits to the con24 gressional defense committees the report required by sub25 section (b). 
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1 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Commander shall sub2 mit to the congressional defense committees a report on the 

3 distributed common ground system. Such report shall in4 clude the following: 

5 (1) A review of the segmentation of the distrib6 uted common ground system special operations forces 

7 program into discrete software components with the 

8 associated requirements of each component. 

9 (2) Identification of each component of the dis10 tributed common ground system special operations 

11 forces program for which commercial software exists 

12 that is capable of fulfilling most or all of the system 

13 requirements for each such component. 

14 (3) A cost analysis of each such commercial soft15 ware that compares performance with projected cost. 

16 (4) A determination of the degree to which com17 mercial software solutions are compliant with the 

18 standards required by the framework and guidance 

19 for the Intelligence Community Information Tech20 nology Enterprise, the Defense Intelligence Informa21 tion Enterprise, and the Joint Information Environ22 ment. 

23 (5) Identification of each component of the dis24 tributed common ground system special operations 
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1 forces program that the Commander determines may 

2 be acquired through competitive means. 

3 (6) An assessment of the extent to which elements 

4 of the distributed common ground system special op5 erations forces program could be modified to increase 

6 commercial acquisition opportunities. 

7 (7) An acquisition plan that leads to full oper8 ational capability prior to fiscal year 2019. 

9 Subtitle C—Other Matters 

10 SEC. 231. ASSESSMENT OF AIR-LAND MOBILE TACTICAL 

11 COMMUNICATIONS AND DATA NETWORK RE12 QUIREMENTS AND CAPABILITIES. 

13 (a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Director of Cost 

14 Assessment and Program Evaluation, in consultation with 

15 the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, shall con16 tract with an independent entity to conduct a comprehen17 sive assessment of current and future requirements and ca18 pabilities of the Department of Defense with respect to an 

19 air-land ad hoc, mobile tactical communications, and data 

20 network, including the technological feasibility, suitability, 

21 and survivability of such a network. 

22 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required under sub23 section (a) shall include the following elements: 

24 (1) Concepts, capabilities, and capacities of cur25 rent or future communications and data network sys-
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1 tems to meet the requirements of current or future 

2 tactical operations effectively, efficiently, and 

3 affordably. 

4 (2) Software requirements and capabilities, par5 ticularly with respect to communications and data 

6 network waveforms. 

7 (3) Hardware requirements and capabilities, 

8 particularly with respect to receiver/transmission 

9 technology, tactical communications, and data radios 

10 at all levels and on all platforms, all associated tech11 nologies, and their integration, compatibility, and 

12 interoperability. 

13 (4) Any other matters that in the judgment of 

14 the independent entity are relevant or necessary to a 

15 comprehensive assessment of tactical networks or net16 working. 

17 (c) INDEPENDENT ENTITY.—The Director of Cost As18 sessment and Program Evaluation shall select an inde19 pendent entity with direct, long-standing, and dem20 onstrated experience and expertise in program test and 

21 evaluation of concepts, requirements, and technologies for 

22 joint tactical communications and data networking to per23 form the assessment under subsection (a). 

24 (d) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than April 30, 

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1 sional defense commitments a report including the findings 

2 and recommendations of the assessment conducted under 

3 subsection (a), together with the Secretary’s comments. 

4 (e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of De5 fense shall use funds authorized by this Act or otherwise 

6 made available for fiscal year 2016 for Operation and 

7 Maintenance, Defense-wide to carry out activities under 

8 this section. 

9 (f) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATION OF FUNDS.—The Sec10 retary of the Army may not obligate or expend more than 

11 50 percent of the funds authorized by this Act or otherwise 

12 made available for fiscal year 2016 for Other Procurement, 

13 Army and available for the Warfighter Information Net14 work—Tactical (Increment 2) until the Secretary of De15 fense submits the report required under subsection (d). 

16 SEC. 232. STUDY OF FIELD FAILURES INVOLVING COUNTER17 FEIT ELECTRONIC PARTS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall con19 duct a hardware assurance study to assess the presence, 

20 scope, and effect on Department of Defense operations of 

21 counterfeit electronic parts that have passed through the De22 partment supply chain and into field systems. 

23 (b) EXECUTION AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall direct the 

25 federation established under section 937(a)(1) of the 
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1 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) to 

3 coordinate execution of the study required by sub4 section (a) using capabilities of the Department in ef5 fect on the day before the date of the enactment of this 

6 Act to conduct technical analysis on a sample of 

7 failed electronic parts in field systems. 

8 (2) ELEMENTS.—The technical analysis required 

9 by paragraph (1) shall include the following: 

10 (A) Selection of a representative sample of 

11 electronic component types, including digital, 

12 mixed-signal, and analog integrated circuits. 

13 (B) An assessment of the presence of coun14 terfeit parts, including causes and attributes of 

15 failures of any identified counterfeit part. 

16 (C) For components found to have counter17 feit parts present, an assessment of the impact of 

18 the counterfeit part in the failure mechanism. 

19 (D) For cases with counterfeit parts con20 tributing to the failure, a determination of the 

21 failure attributes, factors, and effects on sub22 system and system level reliability, readiness, 

23 and performance. 

24 (c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—As part of the study re25 quired by subsection (a), the Secretary shall develop rec-
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1 ommendations for such legislative and administrative ac2 tion, including budget requirements, as the Secretary con3 siders necessary to conduct sampling and technical hard4 ware analysis of counterfeit parts in identified areas of high 

5 concern. 

6 (d) REPORT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 540 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

9 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 

10 report on the study carried out under subsection (a). 

11 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para12 graph (1) shall include the following: 

13 (A) The findings of the Secretary with re14 spect to the study conducted under subsection 

15 (a). 

16 (B) The recommendations developed under 

17 subsection (c). 

18 SEC. 233. DEMONSTRATION OF PERSISTENT CLOSE AIR 

19 SUPPORT CAPABILITIES. 

20 (a) JOINT DEMONSTRATION REQUIRED.—The Sec21 retary of the Air Force, the Secretary of the Army, and the 

22 Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 

23 shall jointly conduct a demonstration of the Persistent Close 

24 Air Support (PCAS) capability in fiscal year 2016. 

25 (b) PARAMETERS OF DEMONSTRATION.— 
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1 (1) SELECTION AND EQUIPMENT OF AIRCRAFT.— 

2 As part of the demonstration required by subsection 

3 (a), the Secretary of the Air Force shall select and 

4 equip at least two aircraft for use in the demonstra5 tion that the Secretary otherwise intends to use for 

6 close air support, as identified by the United States 

7 Air Force Close Air Support Forum. 

8 (2) CLOSE AIR SUPPORT OPERATIONS.—The 

9 demonstration required by subsection (a) shall include 

10 close air support operations that involve the fol11 lowing: 

12 (A) Multiple tactical radio networks rep13 resenting diverse ground force user communities. 

14 (B) Two-way digital exchanges of situa15 tional awareness data, video, and calls for fire 

16 between aircraft and ground users without modi17 fication to aircraft operational flight profiles. 

18 (C) Real-time sharing of blue force, aircraft, 

19 and target location data to reduce risks of frat20 ricide. 

21 (D) Lightweight digital tools based on com22 mercial-off-the-shelf technology for pilots and 

23 joint tactical air controllers. 

24 (E) Operations in simple and complex oper25 ating environments. 
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1 (c) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of the Air Force, the 

2 Secretary of the Army, and the Director of the Defense Ad3 vanced Research Projects Agency shall jointly— 

4 (1) assess the effect of the capabilities dem5 onstrated as part of the demonstration required by 

6 subsection (a) on— 

7 (A) the time required to conduct close air 

8 support operations; 

9 (B) the effectiveness of blue force in achiev10 ing tactical objectives; and 

11 (C) the risk of fratricide and collateral 

12 damage; and 

13 (2) estimate the costs that would be incurred in 

14 transitioning the technology used in the Persistent 

15 Close Air Support capability to the Army and the Air 

16 Force. 

17 SEC. 234. AIRBORNE DATA LINK PLAN. 

18 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Under Secretary of De19 fense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and the 

20 Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly, 

21 in consultation with the Secretary of the Air Force and the 

22 Secretary of the Navy, develop a plan— 

23 (1) to provide objective survivable communica24 tions gateways to enable— 
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1 (A) the secure dissemination of national 

2 and tactical intelligence information to fourth3 generation fighter aircraft and supporting air4 borne platforms and to low-observable pene5 trating platforms such as the F–22 and F–35; 

6 and 

7 (B) the secure reception and dissemination 

8 of sensor data from low-observable penetrating 

9 aircraft, such as the F–22 and F–35; 

10 (2) to provide secure data sharing between the 

11 fifth-generation fighter aircraft of the Air Force, 

12 Navy, and Marine Corps, with minimal changes to 

13 the outer surfaces of the aircraft and to aircraft oper14 ational flight programs; and 

15 (3) to enable secure data sharing between fifth16 generation and fourth-generation aircraft in jamming 

17 environments. 

18 (b) ADDITIONAL PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan re19 quired by subsection (a) shall include non-proprietary and 

20 open systems approaches that are compatible with the 

21 Rapid Capabilities Office Open Mission Systems initiative 

22 of the Air Force and the Future Airborne Capability Envi23 ronment initiative of the Navy. 

24 (c) PROHIBITION.—No funds may be obligated or ex25 pended by the Department of Defense on the interim com-
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1 munications initiatives identified as Talon Hate and 

2 Multi-Domain Adaptable Processing System until the con3 gressional defense committees are briefed by the Under Sec4 retary or the Vice Chairman about the plan required by 

5 subsection (a). 

6 SEC. 235. REPORT ON TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVELS OF 

7 THE TECHNOLOGIES AND CAPABILITIES 

8 CRITICAL TO THE LONG RANGE STRIKE 

9 BOMBER AIRCRAFT. 

10 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

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

12 of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the Tech13 nology Readiness Levels (TRLs) of the technologies and ca14 pabilities critical to the Long Range Strike Bomber air15 craft. 

16 (b) REVIEW BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE

17 UNITED STATES.—Not later than 60 days after the report 

18 of the Secretary is submitted under subsection (a), the 

19 Comptroller General of the United States shall review the 

20 report and submit to the congressional defense committees 

21 an assessment of the matters contained in the report. 
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1 TITLE III—OPERATION AND 

2 MAINTENANCE 

3 Subtitle A—Authorization of 

4 Appropriations 

5 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis7 cal year 2016 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 

8 activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex9 penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and main10 tenance, as specified in the funding table in section 4301. 

11 Subtitle B—Energy and 

12 Environment 

13 SEC. 311. MODIFICATION OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT RE14 PORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

15 Section 2925(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 

16 amended— 

17 (1) by striking paragraphs (4) and (7); 

18 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), (8), 

19 (9), (10), (11), and (12) as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), 

20 (7), (8), (9), and (10), respectively; 

21 (3) by amending paragraph (7), as redesignated 

22 by paragraph (2) of this section, to read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(7) A description and estimate of the progress 

24 made by the military departments in meeting current 
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1 high performance and sustainable building standards 

2 under the Unified Facilities Criteria.’’; 

3 (4) by amending paragraph (9), as redesignated 

4 by such paragraph (2), to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(9) Details of all commercial utility outages 

6 caused by threats and those caused by hazards at 

7 military installations that last eight hours or longer, 

8 whether or not the outage was mitigated by backup 

9 power, including non-commercial utility outages and 

10 Department of Defense-owned infrastructure, includ11 ing the total number and location of outages, the fi12 nancial impact of the outages, and measure taken to 

13 mitigate outages in the future at the affected locations 

14 and across the Department of Defense.’’; and 

15 (5) by adding at the end the following new para16 graph: 

17 ‘‘(11) At the discretion of the Secretary of De18 fense, a classified annex, as appropriate.’’. 

19 SEC. 312. REPORT ON EFFORTS TO REDUCE HIGH ENERGY 

20 COSTS AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 

21 (a) REPORT.— 

22 (1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 270 

23 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

24 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Tech25 nology, and Logistics, in conjunction with the assist-
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1 ant secretaries responsible for installations and envi2 ronment for the military services and the Defense Lo3 gistics Agency, shall submit to the congressional de4 fense committees a report detailing the efforts to 

5 achieve cost savings at military installations with 

6 high energy costs. 

7 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 

8 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 

9 (A) A comprehensive, installation-specific 

10 assessment of feasible and mission-appropriate 

11 energy initiatives supporting energy production 

12 and consumption at military installations with 

13 high energy costs. 

14 (B) An assessment of current sources of en15 ergy in areas with high energy costs and poten16 tial future sources that are technologically fea17 sible, cost-effective, and mission-appropriate for 

18 military installations. 

19 (C) A comprehensive implementation strat20 egy to include required investment for feasible 

21 energy efficiency options determined to be the 

22 most beneficial and cost-effective, where appro23 priate, and consistent with Department of De24 fense priorities. 
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1 (D) An explanation on how military serv2 ices are working collaboratively in order to lever3 age lessons learned on potential energy efficiency 

4 solutions. 

5 (E) An assessment of extent of which activi6 ties administered under the Federal Energy 

7 Management Program could be used to assist 

8 with the implementation strategy. 

9 (F) An assessment of State and local part10 nership opportunities that could achieve effi11 ciency and cost savings, and any legislative au12 thorities required to carry out such partnerships 

13 or agreements. 

14 (3) COORDINATION WITH STATE AND LOCAL AND

15 OTHER ENTITIES.—In preparing the report required 

16 under paragraph (1), the Under Secretary may work 

17 in conjunction and coordinate with the States con18 taining areas of high energy costs, local communities, 

19 and other Federal departments and agencies. 

20 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘high en21 ergy costs’’ means costs for the provision of energy by kilo22 watt of electricity or British Thermal Unit of heat or steam 

23 for a military installation in the United States that is in 

24 the highest 20 percent of all military installations for a 

25 military department. 
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1 SEC. 313. SOUTHERN SEA OTTER MILITARY READINESS 

2 AREAS. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOUTHERN SEA OTTER

4 MILITARY READINESS AREAS.—Chapter 631 of title 10, 

5 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

6 following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 7235. Establishment of the Southern Sea Otter Mili8 tary Readiness Areas 

9 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Navy 

10 shall establish areas, to be known as ‘Southern Sea Otter 

11 Military Readiness Areas’, for national defense purposes. 

12 Such areas shall include each of the following: 

13 ‘‘(1) The area that includes Naval Base Ventura 

14 County, San Nicolas Island, and Begg Rock and the 

15 adjacent and surrounding waters within the following 

16 coordinates: 

‘‘N. Latitude/W. Longitude 

33°27.8′/119°34.3′

33°20.5′/119°15.5′

33°13.5′/119°11.8′

33°06.5′/119°15.3′

33°02.8′/119°26.8′

33°08.8′/119°46.3′

33°17.2′/119°56.9′

33°30.9′/119°54.2′. 

17 ‘‘(2) The area that includes Naval Base Coro18 nado, San Clemente Island and the adjacent and sur19 rounding waters running parallel to shore to 3 nau20 tical miles from the high tide line designated by part 
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1 165 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, on May 

2 20, 2010, as the San Clemente Island 3NM Safety 

3 Zone. 

4 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE SOUTHERN SEA OTTER

5 MILITARY READINESS AREAS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) INCIDENTAL TAKINGS UNDER ENDANGERED

7 SPECIES ACT OF 1973.—Sections 4 and 9 of the En8 dangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533, 1538) 

9 shall not apply with respect to the incidental taking 

10 of any southern sea otter in the Southern Sea Otter 

11 Military Readiness Areas in the course of conducting 

12 a military readiness activity. 

13 ‘‘(2) INCIDENTAL TAKINGS UNDER MARINE MAM14 MAL PROTECTION ACT OF 1972.—Sections 101 and 102 

15 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 

16 U.S.C. 1371, 1372) shall not apply with respect to the 

17 incidental taking of any southern sea otter in the 

18 Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas in the 

19 course of conducting a military readiness activity. 

20 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT AS SPECIES PROPOSED TO BE

21 LISTED.—For purposes of conducting a military 

22 readiness activity, any southern sea otter while with23 in the Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas 

24 shall be treated for the purposes of section 7 of the 

25 Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) as 
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1 a member of a species that is proposed to be listed as 

2 an endangered species or a threatened species under 

3 section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

4 U.S.C. 1533). 

5 ‘‘(c) REMOVAL.—Nothing in this section or any other 

6 Federal law shall be construed to require that any southern 

7 sea otter located within the Southern Sea Otter Military 

8 Readiness Areas be removed from the Areas. 

9 ‘‘(d) REVISION OR TERMINATION OF EXCEPTIONS.— 

10 The Secretary of the Interior may revise or terminate the 

11 application of subsection (b) if the Secretary of the Interior, 

12 in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy and the Ma13 rine Mammal Commission, determines that military activi14 ties occurring in the Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness 

15 Areas are impeding the southern sea otter conservation or 

16 the return of southern sea otters to optimum sustainable 

17 population levels. 

18 ‘‘(e) MONITORING.— 

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

20 shall conduct monitoring and research within the 

21 Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas to de22 termine the effects of military readiness activities on 

23 the growth or decline of the southern sea otter popu24 lation and on the near-shore ecosystem. Monitoring 

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1 mined in consultation with the Service and the Ma2 rine Mammal Commission. 

3 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Not later than 24 months after 

4 the date of the enactment of this section and every 

5 three years thereafter, the Secretary of the Navy shall 

6 report to Congress and the public on monitoring un7 dertaken pursuant to paragraph (1). 

8 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) SOUTHERN SEA OTTER.—The term ‘south10 ern sea otter’ means any member of the subspecies 

11 Enhydra lutris nereis. 

12 ‘‘(2) TAKE.—The term ‘take’— 

13 ‘‘(A) when used in reference to activities 

14 subject to regulation by the Endangered Species 

15 Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), shall have 

16 the meaning given such term in that Act; and 

17 ‘‘(B) when used in reference to activities 

18 subject to regulation by the Marine Mammal 

19 Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) 

20 shall have the meaning given such term in that 

21 Act. 

22 ‘‘(3) INCIDENTAL TAKING.—The term ‘incidental 

23 taking’ means any take of a southern sea otter that 

24 is incidental to, and not the purpose of, the carrying 

25 out of an otherwise lawful activity. 
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1 ‘‘(4) MILITARY READINESS ACTIVITY.—The term 

2 ‘military readiness activity’ has the meaning given 

3 that term in section 315(f) of the Bob Stump Na4 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 

5 (16 U.S.C. 703 note) and includes all training and 

6 operations of the armed forces that relate to combat 

7 and the adequate and realistic testing of military 

8 equipment, vehicles, weapons, and sensors for proper 

9 operation and suitability for combat use. 

10 ‘‘(5) OPTIMUM SUSTAINABLE POPULATION.—The 

11 term ‘optimum sustainable population’ means, with 

12 respect to any population stock, the number of ani13 mals that will result in the maximum productivity of 

14 the population or the species, keeping in mind the 

15 carrying capacity of the habitat and the health of the 

16 ecosystem of which they form a constituent element.’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

18 the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the 

19 end the following new item: 

‘‘7235. Establishment of the Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas.’’. 

20 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1 of Public 

21 Law 99–625 (16 U.S.C. 1536 note) is repealed. 
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1 Subtitle C—Logistics and 

2 Sustainment 

3 SEC. 321. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO 

4 ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE 

5 SUSTAINMENT, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, OR 

6 OVERHAUL OF THE F117 ENGINE. 

7 Section 341 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 

8 McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

9 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3345) is repealed. 

10 Subtitle D—Reports 

11 SEC. 331. MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL REPORT ON 

12 PREPOSITIONED MATERIEL AND EQUIPMENT. 

13 Section 2229a(a)(8) of title 10, United States Code, 

14 is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(8) A list of any equipment used in support of 

16 contingency operations slated for retrograde and sub17 sequent inclusion in the prepositioned stocks.’’. 

18 Subtitle E—Limitations and 

19 Extensions of Authority 

20 SEC. 341. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANS21 FERRING AIRCRAFT WITHIN THE AIR FORCE 

22 INVENTORY. 

23 (a) MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—Section 345 

24 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
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1 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 10 U.S.C. 8062 note) is amend2 ed— 

3 (1) in subsection (a)— 

4 (A) by striking the first sentence and insert5 ing the following: ‘‘Before making an aircraft 

6 transfer described in subsection (c), the Secretary 

7 of the Air Force shall ensure that a written 

8 agreement regarding such transfer has been en9 tered into between the Chief of Staff of the Air 

10 Force and the Director of the Air National 

11 Guard or the Chief of Air Force Reserve.’’; and 

12 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘depot’’; 

13 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol14 lows: 

15 ‘‘(b) SUBMITTAL OF AGREEMENTS TO THE DEPART16 MENT OF DEFENSE AND CONGRESS.—The Secretary of the 

17 Air Force may not take any action to transfer an aircraft 

18 until the Secretary ensures that the Air Force has complied 

19 with applicable Department of Defense regulations and, for 

20 a transfer described in subsection (c)(1), until the Secretary 

21 submits to the congressional defense committees an agree22 ment entered into pursuant to subsection (a) regarding the 

23 transfer of the aircraft.’’; and 

24 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub25 sections: 
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1 ‘‘(c) COVERED AIRCRAFT TRANSFERS.—(1) An air2 craft transfer described in this subsection is the transfer 

3 (other than as specified in paragraph (2)) from a reserve 

4 component of the Air Force to the regular component of the 

5 Air Force of— 

6 ‘‘(A) the permanent assignment of an aircraft 

7 that terminates a reserve component’s equitable inter8 est in the aircraft; or 

9 ‘‘(B) possession of an aircraft for a period in ex10 cess of 90 days. 

11 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) A routine temporary transfer of possession 

13 of an aircraft from a reserve component that is made 

14 solely for the benefit of the reserve component for the 

15 purpose of maintenance, upgrade, conversion, modi16 fication, or testing and evaluation. 

17 ‘‘(B) A routine permanent transfer of assignment 

18 of an aircraft that terminates a reserve component’s 

19 equitable interest in the aircraft if notice of the trans20 fer has previously been provided to the congressional 

21 defense committees and the transfer has been ap22 proved by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to De23 partment of Defense regulations. 

24 ‘‘(C) A transfer described in paragraph (1)(A) 

25 when there is a reciprocal permanent assignment of 
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1 an aircraft from the regular component of the Air 

2 Force to the reserve component that does not degrade 

3 the capability of, or reduce the total number of, air4 craft assigned to the reserve component. 

5 ‘‘(d) RETURN OF AIRCRAFT AFTER ROUTINE TEM6 PORARY TRANSFER.—In the case of an aircraft transferred 

7 from a reserve component of the Air Force to the regular 

8 component of the Air Force for which an agreement under 

9 subsection (a) is not required by reason of subparagraph 

10 (A) of subsection (c)(2), possession of the aircraft shall be 

11 transferred back to the reserve component upon completion 

12 of the work described in such subparagraph.’’. 

13 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a)(7) of 

14 such section is amended by striking ‘‘Commander of the Air 

15 Force Reserve Command’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief of Air Force 

16 Reserve’’. 

17 (c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO DELETE REF18 ERENCES TO AIRCRAFT OWNERSHIP.—Subsection (a) of 

19 such section is further amended by striking ‘‘the ownership 

20 of’’ each place it appears. 
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1 SEC. 342. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR DEPARTMENT 

2 OF DEFENSE SPONSORSHIPS, ADVERTISING, 

3 OR MARKETING ASSOCIATED WITH SPORTS4 RELATED ORGANIZATIONS OR SPORTING 

5 EVENTS. 

6 No amounts authorized to be appropriated for the De7 partment of Defense by this Act or otherwise made available 

8 to the Department may be used for any sponsorship, adver9 tising, or marketing associated with a sports-related organi10 zation or sporting event until the Under Secretary of De11 fense for Personnel and Readiness, in consultation with the 

12 Director of Accessions Policy— 

13 (1) conducts a review of current contracts and 

14 task orders for such sponsorships, advertising, and 

15 marketing (as awarded by the regular and reserve 

16 components of the Armed Forces) in order to assess— 

17 (A) whether such sponsorships, advertising, 

18 and marketing are effective in meeting the re19 cruiting objectives of the Department; 

20 (B) whether consistent metrics are used to 

21 evaluate the effectiveness of each such activity in 

22 generating leads and recruit accessions; and 

23 (C) whether the return on investment for 

24 such activities is sufficient to warrant con25 tinuing use of Department funds for such activi26 ties; and 
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1 (2) submits to the Committees on Armed Services 

2 of the Senate and the House of Representatives a re3 port that includes— 

4 (A) a description of the actions being taken 

5 to coordinate efforts of the Department relating 

6 to such sponsorships, advertising, and marketing, 

7 and to minimize duplicative contracts for such 

8 sponsorships, advertising, and marketing, as ap9 plicable; and 

10 (B) the results of the review required by 

11 paragraph (1), including an assessment of the 

12 extent to which continuing use of Department 

13 funds for such sponsorships, advertising, and 

14 marketing is warranted in light of the review 

15 and the actions described pursuant to subpara16 graph (A). 

17 SEC. 342A. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTS TO FACILITATE 

18 PAYMENTS FOR HONORING MEMBERS OF THE 

19 ARMED FORCES AT SPORTING EVENTS. 

20 (a) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 

21 that— 

22 (1) the Army National Guard has paid profes23 sional sports organizations to honor members of the 

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1 (2) any organization wishing to honor members 

2 of the Armed Forces should do so on a voluntary 

3 basis, and the Department of Defense should take ac4 tion to ensure that no payments be made for such ac5 tivities in the future; and 

6 (3) any organization, including the National 

7 Football League, that has accepted taxpayer funds to 

8 honor members of the Armed Forces should consider 

9 directing an equivalent amount of funding in the 

10 form of a donation to a charitable organization that 

11 supports members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and 

12 their families. 

13 (b) PROHIBITION.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 134 

15 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by insert16 ing after section 2241a the following new section: 

17 ‘‘§ 2241b. Prohibition on contracts providing payments 

18 for activities to honor members of the 

19 armed forces 

20 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—The Department of Defense may 

21 not enter into any contract or other agreement under which 

22 payments are to be made in exchange for activities by the 

23 contractor intended to honor, or giving the appearance of 

24 honoring, members of the armed forces (whether members 
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1 of the regular components or the reserve components) at any 

2 form of sporting event. 

3 ‘‘(b) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in subsection (a) shall 

4 be construed as prohibiting the Department from taking ac5 tions to facilitate activities intended to honor members of 

6 the armed forces at sporting events that are provided on 

7 a pro bono basis or otherwise funded with non-Federal 

8 funds if such activities are provided and received in accord9 ance with applicable rules and regulations regarding the 

10 acceptance of gifts by the military departments, the armed 

11 forces, and members of the armed forces.’’. 

12 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec13 tions at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 134 

14 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 

15 relating to section 2241a the following new item: 

‘‘2241b. Prohibition on contracts providing payments for activities to honor members of the armed forces at sporting events.’’. 

16 SEC. 343. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO EXTEND CONTRACTS 

17 AND LEASES UNDER ARMS INITIATIVE. 

18 Contracts or subcontracts entered into pursuant to sec19 tion 4554(a)(3)(A) of title 10, United States Code, on or 

20 before the date that is five years after the date of the enact21 ment of this Act may include an option to extend the term 

22 of the contract or subcontract for an additional 25 years. 
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1 Subtitle F—Other Matters 

2 SEC. 351. STREAMLINING OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

3 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEAD4 QUARTERS. 

5 (a) COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF HEADQUARTERS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

7 conduct a comprehensive review of the management 

8 and operational headquarters of the Department of 

9 Defense for purposes of consolidating and stream10 lining headquarters functions. 

11 (2) ELEMENTS.—The review required by para12 graph (1) shall address the following: 

13 (A) The extent, if any, to which the staff of 

14 the Secretaries of the military departments and 

15 the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces have du16 plicative staff functions and services and could 

17 be consolidated into a single service staff. 

18 (B) The extent, if any, to which the staff of 

19 the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the mili20 tary departments, the Defense Agencies, and tem21 porary organizations have duplicative staff func22 tions and services and could be streamlined with 

23 respect to— 

24 (i) performing oversight and making 

25 policy; 
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1 (ii) performing staff functions and 

2 services specific to the military department 

3 concerned; 

4 (iii) performing multi-department staff 

5 functions and services; and 

6 (iv) performing functions and services 

7 across the Department of Defense with re8 spect to intelligence collection and analysis. 

9 (C) The extent, if any, to which the Joint 

10 Staff, the combatant commands, and their subor11 dinate service component commands have dupli12 cative staff functions and services that could be 

13 shared, consolidated, eliminated, or otherwise 

14 streamlined with— 

15 (i) the Joint Staff performing oversight 

16 and execution; 

17 (ii) the staff of the combatant com18 mands performing only staff functions and 

19 services specific to the combatant command 

20 concerned; and 

21 (iii) the staff of the service component 

22 commands of the combatant commands per23 forming only staff functions and services 

24 specific to the service component command 

25 concerned. 
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1 (D) The extent, if any, to which reductions 

2 in military and civilian end-strength in man3 agement or operational headquarters could be 

4 used to create, build, or fill shortages in force 

5 structure for operational units. 

6 (E) The extent, if any, to which revisions 

7 are required to the Defense Officers Personnel 

8 Management Act, including requirements for of9 ficers to serve in joint billets, the number of 

10 qualifying billets, the rank structure in the joint 

11 billets, and the joint qualification requirement 

12 for officers to be promoted while serving for ex13 tensive periods in critical positions such as pro14 gram managers of major defense acquisition pro15 grams, and officers in units of component forces 

16 supporting joint commands, in order to achieve 

17 efficiencies, provide promotion fairness and eq18 uity, and obtain effective governance in the man19 agement of the Department of Defense. 

20 (F) The structure and staffing of the Joint 

21 Staff, and the number, structure, and staffing of 

22 the combatant commands and their subordinate 

23 service component commands, including, in par24 ticular— 
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1 (i) whether or not the staff organiza2 tion of each such entity has documented and 

3 periodically validated requirements for such 

4 entity; 

5 (ii) whether or not there are an appro6 priate number of combatant commands rel7 ative to the requirements of the National 

8 Security Strategy, the Quadrennial Defense 

9 Review, and the National Military Strat10 egy; and 

11 (iii) whether or not opportunities exist 

12 to consolidate staff functions and services 

13 common to the Joint Staff and the service 

14 component commands into a single staff or15 ganization that provides the required func16 tions, services, capabilities, and capacities 

17 to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 

18 and supported combatant commanders, and 

19 if so— 

20 (I) where in the organizational 

21 structure such staff functions, services, 

22 capabilities, and capacities would be 

23 established; and 

24 (II) whether or not the military 

25 departments could execute such staff 
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1 functions, services, capabilities, and 

2 capacities while executing their re3 quirements to organize, train, and 

4 equip the Armed Forces. 

5 (G) The statutory and regulatory authority 

6 of the combatant commands to establish subordi7 nate joint commands or headquarters, including 

8 joint task forces, led by a general or flag officer, 

9 and the extent, if any, to which the combatant 

10 commands have used such authority— 

11 (i) to establish temporary or perma12 nent subordinate joint commands or head13 quarters, including joint task forces, led by 

14 general or flag officers; 

15 (ii) to disestablish temporary or per16 manent subordinate joint commands or 

17 headquarters, including joint task forces, led 

18 by general or flag officers; 

19 (iii) to increase requirements for gen20 eral and flag officers in the joint pool which 

21 are exempt from the end strength limita22 tions otherwise applicable to general and 

23 flag officers in the Armed Forces; 

24 (iv) to participate in the management 

25 of joint officer qualification in order to en-
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1 sure the efficient and effective quality and 

2 quantity of officers needed to staff head3 quarters functions and services and return 

4 to the services officers with required profes5 sional experience and skills necessary to re6 main competitive for increased responsi7 bility and authority through subsequent as8 signment or promotion, including by identi9 fying— 

10 (I) circumstances, if any, in 

11 which officers spend a disproportionate 

12 amount of time in their careers to at13 tain joint officer qualifications with 

14 corresponding loss of opportunities to 

15 develop in the service-specific assign16 ments needed to gain the increased 

17 proficiency and experience to qualify 

18 for service and command assignments; 

19 and 

20 (II) circumstances, if any, in 

21 which the military departments detail 

22 officers to joint headquarters staffs in 

23 order to maximize the number of offi24 cers receiving joint duty credit with a 

25 focus on the quantity, instead of the 
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1 quality, of officers achieving joint duty 

2 credit; 

3 (v) to establish commanders’ strategic 

4 planning groups, advisory groups, or simi5 lar parallel personal staff entities that could 

6 risk isolating function and staff processes, 

7 including an assessment of the justification 

8 used to establish such personal staff organi9 zations and their impact on the effectiveness 

10 and efficiency of organizational staff func11 tions, services, capabilities, and capacities; 

12 and 

13 (vi) to ensure the identification and 

14 management of officers serving or having 

15 served in units in subordinate service com16 ponent or joint commands during combat 

17 operations and did not receive joint credit 

18 for such service. 

19 (3) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall, to the 

20 extent practicable and as the Secretary considers ap21 propriate, conduct the review required by paragraph 

22 (1) in consultation with such experts on matters cov23 ered by the review who are independent of the Depart24 ment of Defense. 
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1 (4) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2016, the 

2 Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 

3 committees a report setting forth the results of the re4 view required by paragraph (1). 

5 (b) PLAN ON REDUCTION IN AMOUNTS USED FOR AD6 MINISTRATION IN FISCAL YEARS 2016 THROUGH 2019.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 31, 

8 2016, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con9 gressional defense committees, and implement, a plan 

10 designed to ensure that the amount used by the De11 partment of Defense for administration from amounts 

12 authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for op13 eration and maintenance shall be as follows: 

14 (A) In fiscal year 2016, an amount that is 

15 7.5 percent less than the amount authorized to be 

16 appropriated for fiscal year 2015 for operation 

17 and maintenance, Defense-wide, and available 

18 for administration (in this paragraph referred to 

19 as the ‘‘fiscal year 2015 administration 

20 amount’’). 

21 (B) In fiscal year 2017, an amount that is 

22 15 percent less than the fiscal year 2015 admin23 istration amount. 
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1 (C) In fiscal year 2018, an amount that is 

2 22.5 percent less than the fiscal year 2015 ad3 ministration amount. 

4 (D) In fiscal year 2019, an amount that is 

5 30 percent less than the fiscal year 2015 admin6 istration amount. 

7 (2) ACHIEVEMENT OF REDUCTIONS.—As part of 

8 meeting the requirements in paragraph (1), the plan 

9 shall provide for reductions in personnel (including 

10 military and civilian personnel of the Department of 

11 Defense and contract personnel in support of the De12 partment) in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 

13 the secretariats and military staffs of the military de14 partments, the staffs of the Defense Agencies, the staffs 

15 of the Joint Staff, the staffs of the combatant com16 mands, and the staffs of their subordinate service 

17 component commands. 

18 (3) EXCLUSION.—The plan may not meet the re19 quirements in paragraph (1) through reductions in 

20 funding for administration for the following: 

21 (A) The United States Special Operations 

22 Command. 

23 (B) The Department of Defense Education 

24 Activity. 

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1 (D) Any program relating to sexual assault 

2 prevention and response. 

3 (c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

4 REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after the end of each 

5 of fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, the Comptroller 

6 General of the United States shall submit to the congres7 sional defense committees a report setting forth the assess8 ment of the Comptroller General of the extent to which the 

9 Department of Defense met the applicable requirement in 

10 subsection (b)(1) during such fiscal year. 

11 (d) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CON12 TRACT PERSONNEL SUPPORT FOR OSD.—In each of fiscal 

13 years 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, amounts authorized to 

14 be appropriated for the Department of Defense and avail15 able for the Office of the Secretary of Defense may not be 

16 obligated or expended for contract personnel in support of 

17 the Office of the Secretary of Defense until the Secretary 

18 of Defense certifies to the congressional defense committees 

19 that the applicable requirement in subsection (b)(1) was 

20 met during the preceding fiscal year. 

21 SEC. 352. ADOPTION OF RETIRED MILITARY WORKING 

22 DOGS. 

23 (a) TRANSFER FOR ADOPTION.—Subsection (f) of sec24 tion 2583 of title 10, United States Code, is amended in 
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1 the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘may 

2 transfer’’ and inserting ‘‘shall transfer’’. 

3 (b) LOCATION OF RETIREMENT.—Subsection (f) of 

4 such section is further amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

6 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 

7 (2) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘If the Secretary’’; 

8 (3) in paragraph (1), as designated by para9 graph (2) of this subsection— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘, and no suitable adoption 

11 is available at the military facility where the dog 

12 is location,’’; and 

13 (B) in subparagraph (B), as designated by 

14 paragraph (1) of this subsection, by inserting 

15 ‘‘within the United States’’ after ‘‘to another lo16 cation’’; and 

17 (4) by adding at the end the following new para18 graph (2): 

19 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply if a United States 

20 citizen living abroad adopts the dog at the time of retire21 ment.’’. 

22 (c) PREFERENCE IN ADOPTION FOR FORMER HAN23 DLERS.—Such section is further amended— 

24 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 

25 (h); and 
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1 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following 

2 new subsection (g): 

3 ‘‘(g) PREFERENCE IN ADOPTION OF RETIRED MILI4 TARY WORKING DOGS FOR FORMER HANDLERS.—(1) In 

5 providing for the adoption under this section of a retired 

6 military working dog described in paragraph (1) or (3) of 

7 subsection (a), the Secretary of the military department 

8 concerned shall accord a preference to the former handler 

9 of the dog unless the Secretary determines that adoption 

10 of the dog by the former handler would not be in the best 

11 interests of the dog. 

12 ‘‘(2) In the case of a dog covered by paragraph (1) 

13 with more than one former handler seeking adoption of the 

14 dog at the time of adoption, the Secretary shall provide for 

15 the adoption of the dog by such former handler whose adop16 tion of the dog will best serve the interests of the dog and 

17 such former handlers. The Secretary shall make any deter18 mination required by this paragraph with respect to a dog 

19 following consultation with the kennel master of the unit 

20 at which the dog was last located before adoption under this 

21 section. 

22 ‘‘(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as 

23 altering, revising, or overriding any policy of a military 

24 department for the adoption of military working dogs by 
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1 law enforcement agencies before the end of the dogs’ useful 

2 lives.’’. 

3 SEC. 353. MODIFICATION OF REQUIRED REVIEW OF 

4 PROJECTS RELATING TO POTENTIAL OB5 STRUCTIONS TO AVIATION. 

6 Section 358 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Au7 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 

8 124 Stat. 4200; 49 U.S.C. 44718 note) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (c)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘from 

11 State and local officials or the developer of a re12 newable energy development or other energy 

13 project’’ and inserting ‘‘from a State govern14 ment, an Indian tribal government, a local gov15 ernment, a landowner, or the developer of an en16 ergy project’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘readi18 ness, and’’ and all that follows through the pe19 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘readiness and to 

20 clearly communicate actions being taken by the 

21 Department of Defense to the party requesting 

22 an early project review under this section.’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘as high, 

24 medium, or low’’; and 
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1 (3) in subsection (j), by adding at the end the 

2 following new paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(4) The term ‘landowner’ means a person or 

4 other legal entity that owns a fee interest in real 

5 property on which a proposed energy project is 

6 planned to be located.’’. 

7 SEC. 354. PILOT PROGRAM ON INTENSIVE INSTRUCTION IN 

8 CERTAIN ASIAN LANGUAGES. 

9 (a) PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 

10 Defense may, in consultation with the National Security 

11 Education Board, carry out a pilot program to assess the 

12 feasibility and advisability of providing scholarships in ac13 cordance with the David L. Boren National Security Edu14 cation Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) to individuals 

15 otherwise eligible for scholarships under that Act for inten16 sive language instruction in a covered Asian language. 

17 (b) COVERED ASIAN LANGUAGE.—For purposes of this 

18 section, a covered Asian language is any of the five Asian 

19 languages that would be treated as a language in which 

20 deficiencies exist for purposes of section 802(a)(1)(A) of the 

21 David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 

22 (50 U.S.C. 1902(a)(2)(A)) if the National Security Edu23 cation Board could treat an additional five Asian lan24 guages as a language in which such deficiencies exist. 
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1 (c) USE OF SCHOLARSHIPS.—Notwithstanding any 

2 provision of the David L. Boren National Security Edu3 cation Act of 1991, a scholarship awarded pursuant to the 

4 pilot program may be used for intensive language instruc5 tion in— 

6 (1) the United States; or 

7 (2) a country in which the covered Asian lan8 guage concerned is spoken by a significant portion of 

9 the population (as determined by the Secretary for 

10 purposes of the pilot program). 

11 (d) NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION BOARD DE12 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘National Security Edu13 cation Board’’ means the National Security Education 

14 Board established pursuant to section 803 of the David L. 

15 Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 

16 1903). 

17 (e) TERMINATION.—No scholarship may be awarded 

18 under the pilot program after the date that is five years 

19 after the date on which the pilot program is established. 

20 TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 

21 AUTHORIZATIONS 

22 Subtitle A—Active Forces 

23 SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 

24 The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active 

25 duty personnel as of September 30, 2016, as follows: 
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1 (1) The Army, 475,000. 

2 (2) The Navy, 329,200. 

3 (3) The Marine Corps, 184,000. 

4 (4) The Air Force, 317,000. 

5 SEC. 402. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITY FOR MANAGE6 MENT OF END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY 

7 PERSONNEL. 

8 (a) REPEAL OF SPECIFICATION OF PERMANENT END

9 STRENGTHS TO SUPPORT TWO MAJOR REGIONAL CONTIN10 GENCIES.— 

11 (1) REPEAL.—Section 691 of title 10, United 

12 States Code, is repealed. 

13 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec14 tions at the beginning of chapter 39 of such title is 

15 amended by striking the item relating to section 691. 

16 (b) ENHANCED AUTHORITY FOR END STRENGTH MAN17 AGEMENT.— 

18 (1) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AUTHORITY.—Sub19 section (f) of section 115 of title 10, United States 

20 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘increase’’ each place it 

21 appears and inserting ‘‘vary’’. 

22 (2) SERVICE SECRETARY AUTHORITY.—Sub23 section (g) of such section is amended— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘in2 crease’’ each place it appears and inserting 

3 ‘‘vary’’; and 

4 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘in5 crease’’ each place it appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘variance’’. 

7 Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 

8 SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 

10 strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve com11 ponents as of September 30, 2016, as follows: 

12 (1) The Army National Guard of the United 

13 States, 342,000. 

14 (2) The Army Reserve, 198,000. 

15 (3) The Navy Reserve, 57,400. 

16 (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 38,900. 

17 (5) The Air National Guard of the United 

18 States, 105,500. 

19 (6) The Air Force Reserve, 69,200. 

20 (7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 7,000. 

21 (b) END STRENGTH REDUCTIONS.—The end strengths 

22 prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Reserve of any 

23 reserve component shall be proportionately reduced by— 

24 (1) the total authorized strength of units orga25 nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such 
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1 component which are on active duty (other than for 

2 training) at the end of the fiscal year; and 

3 (2) the total number of individual members not 

4 in units organized to serve as units of the Selected 

5 Reserve of such component who are on active duty 

6 (other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici7 pation in training) without their consent at the end 

8 of the fiscal year. 

9 (c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or 

10 individual members of the Selected Reserve of any reserve 

11 component are released from active duty during any fiscal 

12 year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for 

13 the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be in14 creased proportionately by the total authorized strengths of 

15 such units and by the total number of such individual mem16 bers. 

17 SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE 

18 DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES. 

19 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find20 ings: 

21 (1) Several States routinely recruit and retain 

22 members of the Army National Guard of the United 

23 States in excess of State authorizations to offset States 

24 that do not recruit to State authorizations. 
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1 (2) The States that routinely recruit and retain 

2 members of the Army National Guard of the United 

3 States in excess of authorizations do not receive any 

4 extra full-time operational support duty personnel to 

5 support excess members. 

6 (b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 

7 that the National Guard Bureau should account for States 

8 that routinely recruit and retain members in excess of State 

9 authorizations when allocating full-time operational sup10 port duty personnel. 

11 (c) END STRENGTHS.—Within the end strengths pre12 scribed in section 411(a), the reserve components of the 

13 Armed Forces are authorized, as of September 30, 2016, the 

14 following number of Reserves to be serving on full-time ac15 tive duty or full-time duty, in the case of members of the 

16 National Guard, for the purpose of organizing, admin17 istering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve 

18 components: 

19 (1) The Army National Guard of the United 

20 States, 30,770. 

21 (2) The Army Reserve, 16,261. 

22 (3) The Navy Reserve, 9,934. 

23 (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,260. 

24 (5) The Air National Guard of the United 

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1 (6) The Air Force Reserve, 3,032. 

2 (d) ALLOCATION AMONG STATES.—In allocating Re3 serves on full-time duty in the Army National Guard of 

4 the United States authorized by subsection (c)(1) among the 

5 States, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall take 

6 into account the actual number of members of the Army 

7 National Guard of the United States serving in each State 

8 as of September 30 each year. 

9 SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS 

10 (DUAL STATUS). 

11 The minimum number of military technicians (dual 

12 status) as of the last day of fiscal year 2016 for the reserve 

13 components of the Army and the Air Force (notwith14 standing section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall 

15 be the following: 

16 (1) For the Army National Guard of the United 

17 States, 26,099. 

18 (2) For the Army Reserve, 7,395. 

19 (3) For the Air National Guard of the United 

20 States, 22,104. 

21 (4) For the Air Force Reserve, 9,814. 

22 SEC. 414. FISCAL YEAR 2016 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF 

23 NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS. 

24 (a) LIMITATIONS.— 
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1 (1) NATIONAL GUARD.—Within the limitation 

2 provided in section 10217(c)(2) of title 10, United 

3 States Code, the number of non-dual status techni4 cians employed by the National Guard as of Sep5 tember 30, 2016, may not exceed the following: 

6 (A) For the Army National Guard of the 

7 United States, 1,600. 

8 (B) For the Air National Guard of the 

9 United States, 350. 

10 (2) ARMY RESERVE.—The number of non-dual 

11 status technicians employed by the Army Reserve as 

12 of September 30, 2016, may not exceed 595. 

13 (3) AIR FORCE RESERVE.—The number of non14 dual status technicians employed by the Air Force 

15 Reserve as of September 30, 2016, may not exceed 90. 

16 (b) NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS DEFINED.—In 

17 this section, the term ‘‘non-dual status technician’’ has the 

18 meaning given that term in section 10217(a) of title 10, 

19 United States Code. 

20 SEC. 415. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU21 THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 

22 OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 

23 During fiscal year 2016, the maximum number of 

24 members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who 

25 may be serving at any time on full-time operational sup-
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1 port duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United States 

2 Code, is the following: 

3 (1) The Army National Guard of the United 

4 States, 17,000. 

5 (2) The Army Reserve, 13,000. 

6 (3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200. 

7 (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000. 

8 (5) The Air National Guard of the United 

9 States, 16,000. 

10 (6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000. 

11 SEC. 416. CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU AU12 THORITY TO INCREASE CERTAIN END 

13 STRENGTHS APPLICABLE TO THE ARMY NA14 TIONAL GUARD. 

15 (a) AUTHORITY.—Subject to subsection (b), the Chief 

16 of the National Guard Bureau may increase each of the end 

17 strengths for fiscal year 2016 applicable to the Army Na18 tional Guard as follows: 

19 (1) The end strength for Selected Reserve per20 sonnel of the Army National Guard of the United 

21 States in section 411(a)(1) by up to 3,000 members 

22 in addition to the number specified in section 

23 411(a)(1). 

24 (2) The end strength for Reserves serving on full25 time duty for the purpose of organizing, admin-
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1 istering, recruiting, instructing, or training for the 

2 Army National Guard of the United States specified 

3 in section 412(1) by up to 615 Reserves in addition 

4 to the number specified in section 412(1). 

5 (3) The end strength for military technicians 

6 (dual status) for the Army National Guard of the 

7 United States specified in section 413(1) by up to 

8 1,111 technicians in addition to the number specified 

9 in section 413(1). 

10 (b) LIMITATION.—The Chief of the National Guard 

11 Bureau may increase an end strength using the authority 

12 in subsection (a) only if such increase is paid for out of 

13 funds appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for Operation and 

14 Maintenance, Army National Guard. 

15 Subtitle C—Authorization of 

16 Appropriations 

17 SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 

18 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

19 hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 

20 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities and 

21 agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses, not oth22 erwise provided for, for military personnel, as specified in 

23 the funding table in section 4401. 

24 (b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The author25 ization of appropriations in subsection (a) supersedes any 
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1 other authorization of appropriations (definite or indefi2 nite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2016. 

3 TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 

4 POLICY 

5 Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 

6 SEC. 501. AUTHORITY OF PROMOTION BOARDS TO REC7 OMMEND OFFICERS OF PARTICULAR MERIT 

8 BE PLACED AT THE TOP OF THE PROMOTION 

9 LIST. 

10 (a) AUTHORITY OF PROMOTION BOARDS TO REC11 OMMEND OFFICERS OF PARTICULAR MERIT BE PLACED AT

12 TOP OF PROMOTION LIST.—Section 616 of title 10, United 

13 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

14 new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(g)(1) In selecting the officers to be recommended for 

16 promotion, a selection board may, when authorized by the 

17 Secretary of the military department concerned, recommend 

18 officers of particular merit, from among those officers se19 lected for promotion, to be placed at the top of the pro20 motion list promulgated by the Secretary under section 

21 624(a)(1) of this title. 

22 ‘‘(2) The determination whether an officer is an officer 

23 of particular merit for purposes of this subsection shall be 

24 made in accordance with criteria prescribed by the Sec-
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1 retary of the military department concerned for such pur2 poses. 

3 ‘‘(3) The number of such officers placed at the top of 

4 the promotion list may not exceed the number equal to 10 

5 percent of the maximum number of officers that the board 

6 is authorized to recommend for promotion in such competi7 tive category. If the number determined under this sub8 section is less than one, the board may recommend one such 

9 officer. 

10 ‘‘(4) No officer may be recommended to be placed at 

11 the top of the promotion list unless the officer receives the 

12 recommendation of at least three-quarters of the members 

13 of a board for such placement. 

14 ‘‘(5) For the officers recommended to be placed at the 

15 top of the promotion list, the board shall recommend the 

16 order in which these officers should be promoted.’’. 

17 (b) OFFICERS OF PARTICULAR MERIT APPEARING AT

18 TOP OF PROMOTION LIST.—Section 624(a)(1) of such title 

19 is amended by inserting ‘‘, except such officers of particular 

20 merit who were approved by the President and rec21 ommended by the board to be placed at the top of the pro22 motion list under section 616(g) of this title as these officers 

23 shall be placed at the top of the promotion list in the order 

24 recommended by the board’’ after ‘‘officers on the active25 duty list’’. 
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1 SEC. 502. MINIMUM GRADES FOR CERTAIN CORPS AND RE2 LATED POSITIONS IN THE ARMY, NAVY, AND 

3 AIR FORCE. 

4 (a) ARMY.— 

5 (1) CHIEF OF LEGISLATIVE LIAISON.—Section 

6 3023(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 

7 in the second sentence by striking ‘‘the grade of major 

8 general’’ and inserting ‘‘a grade above the grade of 

9 colonel’’. 

10 (2) ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL.—Section 

11 3039(b) of such title is amended by striking the last 

12 sentence and inserting the following new sentence: 

13 ‘‘An officer appointed to that position shall be an offi14 cer in a grade above the grade of colonel.’’. 

15 (3) CHIEF OF THE NURSE CORPS.—Section 

16 3069(b) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘whose 

17 regular grade’’ and all that follows through ‘‘major 

18 general.’’ and inserting ‘‘. An officer appointed to 

19 that position shall be an officer in a grade above the 

20 grade of colonel.’’. 

21 (4) CHIEF OF THE VETERINARY CORPS.—Section 

22 3084 of such title is amended by striking the last sen23 tence and inserting the following new sentence: ‘‘An 

24 officer appointed to that position shall be an officer 

25 in a grade above the grade of lieutenant colonel.’’. 

26 (b) NAVY.— 
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1 (1) CHIEF OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.—Section 

2 5027(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 

3 by striking ‘‘the grade of rear admiral’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘a grade above the grade of captain’’. 

5 (2) CHIEF OF THE DENTAL CORPS.—Section 

6 5138 of such title is amended— 

7 (A) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and 

8 inserting the following new subsection (a): 

9 ‘‘(a) There is a Chief of the Dental Corps in the De10 partment of the Navy. An officer assigned to that position 

11 shall be an officer in a grade above the grade of captain.’’; 

12 and 

13 (B) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) 

14 as subsections (b) and (c), respectively. 

15 (3) DIRECTORS OF MEDICAL CORPS.—Section 

16 5150(c) of such title is amended— 

17 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘for 

18 promotion’’ and all that follows through the end 

19 of the sentence and inserting a period; and 

20 (B) by inserting after the first sentence the 

21 following new sentence: ‘‘An officer so selected 

22 shall be an officer in a grade above the grade of 

23 captain.’’. 

24 (c) AIR FORCE.— 
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1 (1) CHIEF OF LEGISLATIVE LIAISON.—Section 

2 8023(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 

3 in the second sentence by striking ‘‘the grade of major 

4 general’’ and inserting ‘‘a grade above the grade of 

5 colonel’’. 

6 (2) CHIEF OF THE NURSE CORPS.—Section 

7 8069(b) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘whose 

8 regular grade’’ and all that follows through ‘‘major 

9 general.’’ and inserting ‘‘. An officer appointed to 

10 that position shall be an officer in a grade above the 

11 grade of colonel.’’. 

12 (3) ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL FOR DENTAL

13 SERVICES.—Section 8081 of such title is amended by 

14 striking the second sentence and inserting the fol15 lowing new sentence: ‘‘An officer appointed to that 

16 position shall be an officer in a grade above the grade 

17 of colonel.’’. 

18 (d) TRANSITION.—In the case of an officer who on the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act is serving in a position 

20 that is covered by an amendment made by this section, the 

21 continued service of that officer in such position after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act shall not be affected by 

23 that amendment. 
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1 SEC. 503. ENHANCEMENT OF MILITARY PERSONNEL AU2 THORITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE DE3 FENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE. 

4 (a) INCLUSION OF ACQUISITION MATTERS WITHIN

5 JOINT MATTERS FOR OFFICER MANAGEMENT.— 

6 (1) JOINT MATTERS.—Subsection (a)(1) of sec7 tion 688 of title 10, United States Code, is amend8 ed— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

10 at the end; 

11 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 

12 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

14 subparagraph: 

15 ‘‘(E) acquisition addressed by military personnel 

16 acting under chapter 87 of this title.’’. 

17 (2) JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT.—Subsection 

18 (b)(1)(A) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘lim19 ited to assignments in which’’ and all that follows 

20 and inserting ‘‘limited to— 

21 ‘‘(i) assignments in which the officer gains 

22 significant experience in joint matters; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) assignments pursuant to chapter 87 of 

24 this title; and’’. 

25 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL IN

26 THE ACQUISITION FIELD.— 
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1 (1) CONSULTATION OF SERVICE CHIEFS IN POLI2 CIES AND GUIDANCE.—Subsection (a) of section 1722a 

3 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by insert4 ing after ‘‘such military department)’’ the following: 

5 ‘‘, in consultation with the Chief of Staff of the Army, 

6 the Chief of Naval Operations, the Chief of Staff of the 

7 Air Force, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps 

8 (with respect to the armed force under the jurisdiction 

9 of each),’’. 

10 (2) ENHANCED CAREER PATHS FOR PER11 SONNEL.—Subsection (b) of such section is amend12 ed— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘single14 tracked’’ before ‘‘career path’’; 

15 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

16 (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 

17 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol18 lowing new paragraph (2): 

19 ‘‘(2) A dual-tracked career path that attracts the 

20 highest quality officers and enlisted personnel and al21 lows them to gain experience in, and receive credit 

22 for, a primary career in combat arms and a func23 tional secondary career in the acquisition field in 

24 order to more closely align the military operational 
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1 requirements and acquisition workforces of each 

2 armed force.’’. 

3 (c) JOINT PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION.— 

4 (1) INCLUSION OF BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL

5 TRAINING IN JOINT PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDU6 CATION.—Subsection (a) of section 2151 of title 10, 

7 United States Code, is amended— 

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Joint profes9 sional military education’’; and 

10 (B) by striking the second sentence and in11 serting the following new paragraphs: 

12 ‘‘(2) The subject matter to be covered by joint profes13 sional military education shall include at least the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(A) National Military Strategy. 

16 ‘‘(B) Joint planning at all levels of war. 

17 ‘‘(C) Joint doctrine. 

18 ‘‘(D) Joint command and control. 

19 ‘‘(E) Joint force and joint requirements develop20 ment. 

21 ‘‘(F) Operational contract support. 

22 ‘‘(3) In lieu of the subject matters covered by para23 graph (2), or in supplement to one or more of such matters, 

24 the subject matter to be covered by joint professional mili25 tary education may include subjects addressed in training 
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1 programs under section 2013(a) of this title by, in, or 

2 through organizations described in paragraph (2)(D) of 

3 that section.’’. 

4 (2) SENIOR LEVEL SERVICE SCHOOLS.—Sub5 section (b)(1) of such section is amended by adding 

6 at the end the following new subparagraph: 

7 ‘‘(E) A training program section 2013(a) of 

8 this title by, in, or through an organization de9 scribed in paragraph (2)(D) of that section.’’. 

10 (3) THREE-PHASE APPROACH.—Section 

11 2154(a)(2) of such title is amended— 

12 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

13 (A), by striking ‘‘in residence at’’; 

14 (B) by striking subparagraph (A) and in15 serting the following new subparagraph (A): 

16 ‘‘(A) in residence at the Joint Forces Staff 

17 College;’’; and 

18 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘a 

19 senior level service school’’ and inserting ‘‘in res20 idence at a senior level service school, or by, in, 

21 or though a senior level service school described 

22 in section 2151(b)(1)(E) of this title,’’. 

23 (4) JOINT PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION

24 PHASE II.—Section 2155 of such title is amended— 

25 (A) in subsection (b)— 
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1 (i) in the subsection caption, by insert2 ing ‘‘FOR JOINT MILITARY SUBJECTS’’ after 

3 ‘‘PHASE II REQUIREMENTS’’; and 

4 (ii) by inserting ‘‘described in section 

5 2151(a)(2) of this title’’ after ‘‘joint profes6 sional military education’’; 

7 (B) in subsection (c)— 

8 (i) in the subsection caption, by insert9 ing ‘‘FOR JOINT MILITARY SUBJECTS’’ after 

10 ‘‘CURRICULUM CONTENT’’; 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘section 2151(a)’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘section 2151(a)(2)’’; and 

13 (iii) by inserting ‘‘described in such 

14 section’’ after ‘‘joint professional military 

15 education’’; 

16 (C) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub17 section (e); 

18 (D) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol19 lowing new subsection (d): 

20 ‘‘(d) CURRICULUM CONTENT FOR BUSINESS AND COM21 MERCIAL TRAINING.—The curriculum for Phase II joint 

22 professional military education described in section 

23 2151(a)(3) of this title shall include such matters as the 

24 Secretary shall specify in connection with training pro25 grams described in that section in order to satisfy require-
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1 ments for successful performance in the acquisition or ac2 quisition-related field.’’; and 

3 (E) in subsection (e), as redesignated by 

4 subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘(other than a 

5 service school described in section 2151(b)(1)(E) 

6 of this title)’’ after ‘‘senior level service school’’. 

7 (d) ACQUISITION-RELATED FUNCTIONS OF SERVICE

8 CHIEFS.—Section 2547 of title 10, United States Code, is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘this sub11 section’’ the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘sub12 section (a)’’; 

13 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 

14 (d); and 

15 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 

16 new subsection (c): 

17 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORT ON PROMOTION RATES FOR OF18 FICERS IN ACQUISITION POSITIONS.—(1) Not later than 

19 January 1 each year, the Chief of Staff of the Army, the 

20 Chief of Naval Operations, the Chief of Staff of the Air 

21 Force, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps shall each 

22 submit to Congress a report on the promotion rates during 

23 the preceding fiscal year of officers who are serving in, or 

24 have served in, positions covered by chapter 87 of this title, 

25 and officers who have been certified under that chapter, in 
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1 the grades specified in paragraph (2). If promotion rates 

2 for any such grade of officers failed to meet objectives for 

3 the fiscal year concerned for promotion rates for such grade, 

4 the chief of the armed force concerned shall include in the 

5 report for such fiscal year information on such failure and 

6 on the actions taken or to be taken by such chief to prevent 

7 further such failures. 

8 ‘‘(2) The grades specified in this paragraph are as fol9 lows: 

10 ‘‘(A) The grade of colonel (or captain, in the case 

11 of the Navy). 

12 ‘‘(B) The grade of lieutenant colonel (or com13 mander, in the case of the Navy). 

14 ‘‘(C) The grade of major (or lieutenant com15 mander, in the case of the Navy).’’. 

16 SEC. 504. ENHANCED FLEXIBILITY FOR DETERMINATION OF 

17 OFFICERS TO CONTINUE ON ACTIVE DUTY 

18 AND FOR SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT 

19 AND EARLY DISCHARGE. 

20 Section 638a(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 

21 amended by striking ‘‘officers considered—’’ and all that 

22 follows and inserting ‘‘officers considered.’’. 
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1 SEC. 505. AUTHORITY TO DEFER UNTIL AGE 68 MANDATORY 

2 RETIREMENT FOR AGE OF A GENERAL OR 

3 FLAG OFFICER SERVING AS CHIEF OR DEP4 UTY CHIEF OF CHAPLAINS OF THE ARMY, 

5 NAVY, OR AIR FORCE. 

6 (a) AUTHORITY.—Section 1253 of title 10, United 

7 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

8 new subsection: 

9 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTION FOR CHIEFS OF CHAPLAINS AND

10 DEPUTY CHIEFS OF CHAPLAINS.—The Secretary of the 

11 military department concerned may defer the retirement 

12 under subsection (a) of an officer serving in a general or 

13 flag officer grade who is the Chief of Chaplains or Deputy 

14 Chief of Chaplains of that officer’s armed force. Such a 

15 deferment may not extend beyond the first day of the month 

16 following the month in which the officer becomes 68 years 

17 of age.’’. 

18 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

19 (1) HEADING.—The heading of such section is 

20 amended by striking ‘‘exception’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘exceptions’’. 

22 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

23 at the beginning of chapter 63 of such title is amend24 ed in the item relating to section 1253 by striking 

25 ‘‘exception’’ and inserting ‘‘exceptions’’. 
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1 SEC. 506. REINSTATEMENT OF ENHANCED AUTHORITY FOR 

2 SELECTIVE EARLY DISCHARGE OF WARRANT 

3 OFFICERS. 

4 Section 580a of title 10, United States Code, is amend5 ed— 

6 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘November 30, 

7 1993, and ending on October 1, 1999’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘October 1, 2015, and ending on October 1, 2019’’; 

9 and 

10 (2) in subsection (c)— 

11 (A) by striking paragraph (3); and 

12 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 

13 (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively. 

14 SEC. 507. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT WARRANT OFFICER RE15 TIRED GRADE DETERMINATIONS. 

16 Section 1371 of title 10, United States Code, is amend17 ed— 

18 (1) by inserting ‘‘highest’’ after ‘‘in the’’; and 

19 (2) by striking ‘‘that he held on the day before 

20 the date of his retirement, or in any higher warrant 

21 officer grade’’. 
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1 Subtitle B—Reserve Component 

2 Management 

3 SEC. 511. AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN RESERVE 

4 OFFICERS AS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR 

5 SELECTION FOR PROMOTION. 

6 Section 14301 of title 10, United States Code, is 

7 amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(j) CERTAIN OFFICERS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR

9 SELECTION FOR PROMOTION.—The Secretary of the mili10 tary department concerned may provide that an officer who 

11 is in an active status, but is in a duty status in which 

12 the only points the officer accrues under section 12732(a)(2) 

13 of this title are pursuant to subparagraph (C)(i) of that 

14 section (relating to membership in a reserve component), 

15 shall not be considered for selection for promotion at any 

16 time the officer otherwise would be so considered. Any such 

17 officer may remain on the reserve active-status list.’’. 

18 SEC. 512. CLARIFICATION OF PURPOSE OF RESERVE COM19 PONENT SPECIAL SELECTION BOARDS AS 

20 LIMITED TO CORRECTION OF ERROR AT A 

21 MANDATORY PROMOTION BOARD. 

22 Section 14502(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

23 amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (1)— 
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1 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

2 (A), by striking ‘‘a selection board’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘a mandatory promotion board convened 

4 under section 14101(a) of this title’’; and 

5 (B) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by strik6 ing ‘‘selection board’’ and inserting ‘‘mandatory 

7 promotion board’’; and 

8 (2) in the first sentence of paragraph (3), by 

9 striking ‘‘selection board’’ and inserting ‘‘mandatory 

10 promotion board’’. 

11 SEC. 513. RECONCILIATION OF CONTRADICTORY PROVI12 SIONS RELATING TO CITIZENSHIP QUALI13 FICATIONS FOR ENLISTMENT IN THE RE14 SERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED 

15 FORCES. 

16 Section 12102(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

17 amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting 

18 the following new paragraphs: 

19 ‘‘(1) that person has met the citizenship or resi20 dency requirements established in section 504(b)(1) of 

21 this title; or 

22 ‘‘(2) that person is authorized to enlist by the 

23 Secretary concerned under section 504(b)(2) of this 

24 title.’’. 
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1 SEC. 514. AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN AIR FORCE RESERVE 

2 COMPONENT PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE 

3 TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION REGARDING 

4 PILOT INSTRUCTOR TRAINING. 

5 (a) AUTHORITY.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal year 2016, the 

7 Secretary of the Air Force may authorize personnel 

8 described in paragraph (2) to provide training and 

9 instruction regarding pilot instructor training to the 

10 following: 

11 (A) Members of the Armed Forces on active 

12 duty. 

13 (B) Members of foreign military forces who 

14 are in the United States. 

15 (2) PERSONNEL.—The personnel described in 

16 this paragraph are the following: 

17 (A) Members of the reserve components of 

18 the Air Force on active Guard and Reserve duty 

19 (as that term is defined in section 101(d) of title 

20 10, United States Code) who are not otherwise 

21 authorized to conduct the training described in 

22 paragraph (1) due to the limitations in section 

23 10216 of title 10, United States Code. 

24 (B) Members of the Air Force who are mili25 tary technicians (dual status) who are not other26 wise authorized to conduct the training described 
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1 in paragraph (1) due to the limitations in sec2 tion 328(b) of title 32, United States Code 

3 (3) LIMITATION.—The total number of personnel 

4 described in paragraph (2) who may provide training 

5 and instruction under the authority in paragraph (1) 

6 at any one time may not exceed 50. 

7 (4) FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT.—Members of 

8 the uniformed services described in paragraph (2) 

9 who provide training and instruction pursuant to the 

10 authority in paragraph (1) shall be covered by the 

11 Federal Tort Claims Act for purposes of any claim 

12 arising from the employment of such individuals 

13 under that authority. 

14 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 

16 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

17 Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting 

18 forth a plan to eliminate pilot instructor shortages within 

19 the Air Force using authorities available to the Secretary 

20 under current law. 
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1 Subtitle C—General Service 

2 Authorities 

3 SEC. 521. DUTY REQUIRED FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR 

4 PRESEPARATION COUNSELING FOR MEM5 BERS BEING DISCHARGED OR RELEASED 

6 FROM ACTIVE DUTY. 

7 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR 180 CONTINUOUS DAYS OF AC8 TIVE DUTY SERVICE FOR ELIGIBILITY.—Subparagraph (A) 

9 of section 1142(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is 

10 amended by inserting ‘‘continuous’’ after ‘‘first 180’’. 

11 (b) EXCLUSION OF TRAINING FROM PERIODS OF AC12 TIVE DUTY.—Such section is further amended by adding 

13 at the end the following new subparagraph: 

14 ‘‘(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘ac15 tive duty’ does not include full-time training duty, annual 

16 training duty, and attendance, while in the active military 

17 service, at a school designated as a service school by law 

18 or by the Secretary of the military department concerned.’’. 

19 SEC. 522. EXPANSION OF PILOT PROGRAMS ON CAREER 

20 FLEXIBILITY TO ENHANCE RETENTION OF 

21 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

22 Section 533 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 

23 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (10 U.S.C. prec. 

24 701 note) is amended by striking subsections (b) and (c). 
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1 SEC. 523. SENSE OF SENATE ON DEVELOPMENT OF GEN2 DER-NEUTRAL OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS 

3 FOR OCCUPATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS IN THE 

4 ARMED FORCES. 

5 (a) FINDING.—The Senate remains interested in the 

6 integration of women into the combat arms of the Armed 

7 Forces and the development of gender-neutral occupational 

8 standards for occupational assignments in the Armed 

9 Forces. 

10 (b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 

11 that— 

12 (1) the development of gender-neutral occupa13 tional standards is vital in determining the occupa14 tional assignments of all members of the Armed 

15 Forces; 

16 (2) studies being conducted by the Armed Forces 

17 are important to the development of these standards 

18 and should incorporate the best scientific practices 

19 available; and 

20 (3) the Armed Forces should consider such stud21 ies on these standards carefully in order to ensure 

22 that— 

23 (A) such studies do not result in unneces24 sary barriers to service in the Armed Forces; and 

25 (B) all decisions on occupational assign26 ments in the Armed Forces— 
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1 (i) are based on an objective analysis 

2 of the tasks required to perform the occupa3 tional assignment concerned; and 

4 (ii) do not negatively impact the re5 quired combat capabilities of the Armed 

6 Forces, including units whose primary mis7 sion is to engage in direct combat at the 

8 tactical level. 

9 SEC. 524. SENSE OF CONGRESS RECOGNIZING THE DIVER10 SITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 

11 FORCES. 

12 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

13 (1) The United States military includes individ14 uals with a variety of national, ethnic, and cultural 

15 backgrounds that have roots all over the world. 

16 (2) In addition to diverse backgrounds, members 

17 of the Armed Forces come from numerous religious 

18 traditions, including Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Mus19 lim, Sikh, non-denominational, nonpracticing, and 

20 many more. 

21 (3) Members of the Armed Forces from diverse 

22 backgrounds and religious traditions have lost their 

23 lives or been injured defending the national security 

24 of the United States. 
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1 (4) Diversity contributes to the strength of the 

2 Armed Forces, and service members from different 

3 backgrounds and religious traditions share the same 

4 goal of defending the United States. 

5 (5) The unity of the Armed Forces reflects the 

6 strength in diversity that makes the United States a 

7 great Nation. 

8 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

9 that the United States should— 

10 (1) continue to recognize and promote diversity 

11 in the Armed Forces; and 

12 (2) honor those from all diverse backgrounds and 

13 religious traditions who have made sacrifices in serv14 ing the United States through the Armed Forces. 

15 Subtitle D—Member Education and 

16 Training 

17 PART I—EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE REFORM 

18 SEC. 531. LIMITATION ON TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR OFF19 DUTY TRAINING OR EDUCATION. 

20 Section 2007(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 

21 amended by inserting ‘‘, but only if the Secretary deter22 mines that such education or training is likely to contribute 

23 to the member’s professional development’’ after ‘‘during the 

24 member’s off-duty periods’’. 
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1 SEC. 532. TERMINATION OF PROGRAM OF EDUCATIONAL AS2 SISTANCE FOR RESERVE COMPONENT MEM3 BERS SUPPORTING CONTINGENCY OPER4 ATIONS AND OTHER OPERATIONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1607 of title 10, United 

6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

7 new section: 

8 ‘‘§ 16167. Sunset 

9 ‘‘(a) SUNSET.—The authority to provide educational 

10 assistance under this chapter shall terminate on the date 

11 that is four years after the date of the enactment of the Na12 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016. 

13 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE PEND14 ING SUNSET.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

15 chapter, during the period beginning on the date of the en16 actment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis17 cal Year 2016 and ending on the date that is four years 

18 after the date of the enactment of that Act, educational as19 sistance may be provided under this chapter only to a mem20 ber otherwise eligible for educational assistance under this 

21 chapter who received educational assistance under this 

22 chapter for a course of study at an educational institution 

23 for the enrollment period at the educational institution that 

24 immediately preceded the date of the enactment of that 

25 Act.’’. 
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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

2 the beginning of chapter 1607 of such title is amended by 

3 adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘16167. Sunset.’’. 

4 SEC. 533. REPORTS ON EDUCATIONAL LEVELS ATTAINED BY 

5 CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 

6 AT TIME OF SEPARATION FROM THE ARMED 

7 FORCES. 

8 (a) ANNUAL REPORTS REQUIRED.—Each Secretary 

9 concerned shall submit to Congress each year a report on 

10 the educational levels attained by members of the Armed 

11 Forces described in subsection (b) under the jurisdiction of 

12 such Secretary who separated from the Armed Forces dur13 ing the preceding year. 

14 (b) COVERED MEMBERS.—The members of the Armed 

15 Forces described in this subsection are members of the 

16 Armed Forces who transferred unused education benefits to 

17 family members pursuant to section 3319 of title 38, United 

18 States Code, while serving as members of the Armed Forces. 

19 (c) SECRETARY CONCERNED DEFINED.—In this sec20 tion, the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the meaning given 

21 that term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code. 
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1 SEC. 534. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TRANSFERABILITY OF 

2 UNUSED EDUCATION BENEFITS TO FAMILY 

3 MEMBERS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress that each 

5 Secretary concerned should— 

6 (1) exercise the authority in section 3319(a) of 

7 title 38, United States Code, relating to the transfer8 ability of unused education benefits to family mem9 bers, in a manner that encourages the retention of in10 dividuals in the Armed Forces; and 

11 (2) be more selective in permitting such transfer12 ability. 

13 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘Armed 

14 Forces’’ and ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ have the meaning given 

15 such terms in section 101 of title 38, United States Code. 

16 SEC. 535. NO ENTITLEMENT TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSUR17 ANCE WHILE RECEIVING POST-9/11 EDU18 CATION ASSISTANCE. 

19 Section 8525(b) of title 5, United States Code, is 

20 amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 

22 semicolon; 

23 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 

24 inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

25 (3) by adding at the end the following new para26 graph: 
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1 ‘‘(3) an educational assistance allowance under 

2 chapter 33 of title 38.’’. 

3 PART II—OTHER MATTERS 

4 SEC. 536. REPEAL OF STATUTORY SPECIFICATION OF MIN5 IMUM DURATION OF IN-RESIDENT INSTRUC6 TION FOR COURSES OF INSTRUCTION OF7 FERED AS PART OF PHASE II JOINT PROFES8 SIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION. 

9 (a) REPEAL OF STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR IN10 RESIDENT INSTRUCTION.—Section 2154(a)(2)(A) of title 

11 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘taught in 

12 residence at’’ and inserting ‘‘offered through’’. 

13 (b) REPEAL OF STATUTORY DURATIONAL MINIMUM.— 

14 (1) REPEAL.—Section 2156 of such title is re15 pealed. 

16 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec17 tions at the beginning of chapter 107 of such title 

18 amended by striking the item relating to section 2156. 

19 SEC. 537. QUALITY ASSURANCE OF CERTIFICATION PRO20 GRAMS AND STANDARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL 

21 CREDENTIALS OBTAINED BY MEMBERS OF 

22 THE ARMED FORCES. 

23 Section 2015 of title 10, United States Code, as amend24 ed by section 551 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 

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1 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3376), is further 

2 amended— 

3 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

4 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and 

5 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 

6 new subsection (c): 

7 ‘‘(c) QUALITY ASSURANCE OF CERTIFICATION PRO8 GRAMS AND STANDARDS.—(1) Commencing not later than 

9 three years after the date of the enactment of the National 

10 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, each Sec11 retary concerned shall ensure that any credentialing pro12 gram used in connection with the program under subsection 

13 (a) is accredited by an accreditation body that meets the 

14 requirements specified in paragraph (2). 

15 ‘‘(2) The requirements for accreditation bodies speci16 fied in this paragraph are requirements that an accredita17 tion body— 

18 ‘‘(A) be an independent body that has in place 

19 mechanisms to ensure objectivity and impartiality in 

20 its accreditation activities; 

21 ‘‘(B) meet a recognized national or international 

22 standard that directs its policy and procedures re23 garding accreditation; 

24 ‘‘(C) apply a recognized national or inter25 national certification standard in making its accredi-
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1 tation decisions regarding certification bodies and 

2 programs; 

3 ‘‘(D) conduct on-site visits, as applicable, to 

4 verify the documents and records submitted by 

5 credentialing bodies for accreditation; 

6 ‘‘(E) have in place policies and procedures to en7 sure due process when addressing complaints and ap8 peals regarding its accreditation activities; 

9 ‘‘(F) conduct regular training to ensure con10 sistent and reliable decisions among reviewers con11 ducting accreditations; and 

12 ‘‘(G) meet such other criteria as the Secretary 

13 concerned considers appropriate in order to ensure 

14 quality in its accreditation activities.’’. 

15 SEC. 538. SUPPORT FOR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS OF THE 

16 UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 403 of title 10, United 

18 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

19 new section: 

20 ‘‘§ 4362. Support of athletic and physical fitness pro21 grams 

22 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.— 

23 ‘‘(1) CONTRACTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREE24 MENTS.—The Secretary of the Army may enter into 

25 contracts and cooperative agreements with the Army 
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1 West Point Athletic Association for the purpose of 

2 supporting the athletic and physical fitness programs 

3 of the Academy. Notwithstanding section 2304(k) of 

4 this title, the Secretary may enter such contracts or 

5 cooperative agreements on a sole source basis pursu6 ant to section 2304(c)(5) of this title. Notwithstanding 

7 chapter 63 of title 31, a cooperative agreement under 

8 this section may be used to acquire property or serv9 ices for the direct benefit or use of the Academy. 

10 ‘‘(2) FINANCIAL CONTROLS.—(A) Before entering 

11 into a contract or cooperative agreement under para12 graph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that such con13 tract or agreement includes appropriate financial 

14 controls to account for Academy and Association re15 sources in accordance with accepted accounting prin16 ciples. 

17 ‘‘(B) Any such contract or cooperative agreement 

18 shall contain a provision that allows the Secretary, at 

19 the Secretary’s discretion, to review the financial ac20 counts of the Association to determine whether the op21 erations of the Association— 

22 ‘‘(i) are consistent with the terms of the con23 tract or cooperative agreement; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) will not compromise the integrity or 

2 appearance of integrity of any program of the 

3 Department of the Army. 

4 ‘‘(3) LEASES.—Section 2667(h) of this title shall 

5 not apply to any leases the Secretary may enter into 

6 with the Association for the purpose of supporting the 

7 athletic and physical fitness programs of the Acad8 emy. 

9 ‘‘(b) SUPPORT SERVICES.— 

10 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—To the extent required by a 

11 contract or cooperative agreement under subsection 

12 (a), the Secretary may provide support services to the 

13 Association while the Association conducts its support 

14 activities at the Academy. The Secretary may provide 

15 support services described in paragraph (2) only if 

16 the Secretary determines that the provision of such 

17 services is essential for the support of the athletic and 

18 physical fitness programs of the Academy. 

19 ‘‘(2) SUPPORT SERVICES DEFINED.—(A) In this 

20 subsection, the term ‘support services’ includes utili21 ties, office furnishings and equipment, communica22 tions services, records staging and archiving, audio 

23 and video support, and security systems in conjunc24 tion with the leasing or licensing of property. 

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1 ‘‘(i) housing for Association personnel on 

2 United States Army Garrison, West Point, New 

3 York; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) enrollment of dependents of Associa5 tion personnel in elementary and secondary 

6 schools under the same criteria applied to de7 pendents of Federal employees under section 

8 2164(a) of this title, except that educational serv9 ices provided pursuant to this clause shall be 

10 provided on a reimbursable basis. 

11 ‘‘(3) NO LIABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES.— 

12 Any such support services may only be provided with13 out any liability of the United States to the Associa14 tion. 

15 ‘‘(c) ACCEPTANCE OF SUPPORT.— 

16 ‘‘(1) SUPPORT RECEIVED FROM THE ASSOCIA17 TION.—Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the 

18 Secretary may accept from the Association funds, 

19 supplies, and services for the support of the athletic 

20 and physical fitness programs of the Academy. For 

21 the purposes of this section, employees or personnel of 

22 the Association may not be considered to be employees 

23 of the United States. 

24 ‘‘(2) FUNDS RECEIVED FROM NCAA.—The Sec25 retary may accept funds from the National Collegiate 
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1 Athletic Association to support the athletic and phys2 ical fitness programs of the Academy. 

3 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall ensure 

4 that contributions under this subsection and expendi5 ture of funds pursuant to subsection (e) do not reflect 

6 unfavorably on the ability of the Department of the 

7 Army, any of its employees, or any member of the 

8 armed forces to carry out any responsibility or duty 

9 in a fair and objective manner, or compromise the in10 tegrity or appearance of integrity of any program of 

11 the Department of the Army, or any individual in12 volved in such a program. 

13 ‘‘(d) TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE MARKS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) LICENSING, MARKETING, AND SPONSORSHIP

15 AGREEMENTS.—An agreement under subsection (a) 

16 may, consistent with section 2260 of this title (other 

17 than subsection (d) of such section), authorize the As18 sociation to enter into licensing, marketing, and 

19 sponsorship agreements relating to trademarks and 

20 service marks identifying the Academy, subject to the 

21 approval of the Secretary of the Army. 

22 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—No licensing, marketing, or 

23 sponsorship agreement may be entered into under 

24 paragraph (1) if— 
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1 ‘‘(A) such agreement would reflect unfavor2 ably on the ability of the Department of the 

3 Army, any of its employees, or any member of 

4 the armed forces to carry out any responsibility 

5 or duty in a fair and objective manner; or 

6 ‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that the use 

7 of the trademark or service mark would com8 promise the integrity or appearance of integrity 

9 of any program of the Department of the Army, 

10 or any individual involved in such a program. 

11 ‘‘(e) RETENTION AND USE OF FUNDS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any funds received by the 

13 Secretary under this section other than money rentals 

14 received for property leased pursuant to section 2667 

15 of this title shall be used by the Academy for one or 

16 more of the following purposes: 

17 ‘‘(A) To benefit participating cadets. 

18 ‘‘(B) To enhance the ability of the Academy 

19 to compete against other colleges and univer20 sities. 

21 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds described 

22 in paragraph (1) shall remain available until ex23 pended. 

24 ‘‘(f) SERVICE ON ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIREC25 TORS.—The Association is a designated entity for which au-
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1 thorization under sections 1033(a) and 1589(a) of this title 

2 may be provided. 

3 ‘‘(g) CONDITIONS.—The authority provided in this sec4 tion with respect to the Association is available only so long 

5 as the Association continues— 

6 ‘‘(1) to qualify as a nonprofit organization 

7 under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 

8 of 1986 and operates in accordance with this section, 

9 the law of the State of New York, and the constitution 

10 and bylaws of the Association; and 

11 ‘‘(2) to operate exclusively to support the athletic 

12 and physical fitness programs of the Academy. 

13 ‘‘(h) ASSOCIATION DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

14 ‘Association’ means the Army West Point Athletic Associa15 tion.’’. 

16 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

17 the beginning of chapter 403 of such title is amended by 

18 adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘4362. Support of athletic and physical fitness programs.’’. 

19 SEC. 539. ONLINE ACCESS TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION 

20 COMPONENT OF THE TRANSITION ASSIST21 ANCE PROGRAM. 

22 (a) NOTICE TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS OF AVAIL23 ABILITY OF COMPONENT ONLINE THROUGH THE DEPART24 MENT OF DEFENSE.—If a member of the Armed Forces, vet25 eran, or dependent requests a certificate of eligibility from 
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1 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prove the eligibility of 

2 the member, veteran, or dependent, as the case may be, for 

3 educational assistance under chapter 33 of title 38, United 

4 States Code, the Secretary shall notify the member, veteran, 

5 or dependent of the availability of the higher education com6 ponent of the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) on the 

7 Transition GPS Standalone Training Internet website of 

8 the Department of Defense. 

9 (b) AVAILABILITY OF COMPONENT ONLINE THROUGH

10 THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

12 shall, in collaboration with the Secretary of Veterans 

13 Affairs, assess the feasibility of— 

14 (A) providing access for veterans and de15 pendents to the higher education component of 

16 the Transition Assistance Program on the 

17 eBenefits Internet website of the Department of 

18 Veterans Affairs; and 

19 (B) tracking the completion of that compo20 nent through that Internet website. 

21 (2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 

22 Defense shall submit to Congress a report setting forth 

23 a description of the cost and length of time required 

24 to provide access and begin tracking completion of the 
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1 higher education component of the Transition Assist2 ance Program as described in paragraph (1). 

3 Subtitle E—Military Justice 

4 SEC. 546. MODIFICATION OF RULE 304 OF THE MILITARY 

5 RULES OF EVIDENCE RELATING TO THE COR6 ROBORATION OF A CONFESSION OR ADMIS7 SION. 

8 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

9 of this Act, Rule 304(c) of the Military Rules of Evidence 

10 shall be modified as follows: 

11 (1) To provide that an admission or a confession 

12 of the accused may be considered as evidence against 

13 the accused on the question of guilt or innocence only 

14 if independent evidence, either direct or circumstan15 tial, has been admitted into evidence which would 

16 tend to establish the trustworthiness of the admission 

17 or confession. 

18 (2) To provide that not every element or fact 

19 contained in the admission or confession must be 

20 independently proven for the admission or confession 

21 to be admitted into evidence in its entirety. 

22 (3) To strike the rule that if independent evi23 dence raises an inference of the truth of some but not 

24 all of the essential facts admitted, the confession or 

25 admission may be considered as evidence against the 
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1 accused only with respect to those essential facts stat2 ed in the confession or admission that are corrobo3 rated by the independent evidence. 

4 (4) With respect to the quantum of evidence 

5 needed to establish corroboration, to provide that the 

6 independent evidence need raise only an inference of 

7 the truth of the admission or confession. 

8 SEC. 547. MODIFICATION OF RULE 104 OF THE RULES FOR 

9 COURTS-MARTIAL TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN 

10 PROHIBITIONS CONCERNING EVALUATIONS 

11 OF SPECIAL VICTIMS’ COUNSEL. 

12 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

13 of this Act, Rule 104(b) of the Rules for Courts-Martial shall 

14 be modified to provide that the prohibitions concerning 

15 evaluations established by that Rule shall apply to the giv16 ing of a less favorable rating or evaluation to any member 

17 of the Armed Forces serving as a Special Victims’ Counsel 

18 because of the zeal with which such counsel represented a 

19 victim. 
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1 SEC. 548. RIGHT OF VICTIMS OF OFFENSES UNDER THE 

2 UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE TO 

3 TIMELY DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN MATERIALS 

4 AND INFORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH 

5 PROSECUTION OF OFFENSES. 

6 Section 806b(a) of title 10, United States Code (article 

7 6b(a) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (8) 

10 as paragraphs (4) through (9), respectively; and 

11 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol12 lowing new paragraph (3): 

13 ‘‘(3) The right to the timely disclosure by trial 

14 counsel to the victim (or the Special Victims’ Counsel 

15 of the victim if the victim is so represented) of the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(A) Any charges and specifications related 

18 to the offense. 

19 ‘‘(B) Any motions filed by trial counsel or 

20 defense counsel in connection with the court-mar21 tial of the offense, unless otherwise protected from 

22 disclosure. 

23 ‘‘(C) All statements by the accused related 

24 to the offense. 
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1 ‘‘(D) Any statement by the victim in con2 nection with the offense that is in the possession 

3 of the government. 

4 ‘‘(E) Any portions relating to the victim in 

5 any report of an investigation of the offense that 

6 is in the possession of the government. 

7 ‘‘(F) In the event the staff judge advocate 

8 advises pursuant to section 834 of this title (arti9 cle 34) that any charge or specification in con10 nection with the offense not be referred for trial, 

11 the advice making such recommendation, with 

12 such advice to be so provided before the con13 vening authority acts on the advice.’’. 

14 SEC. 549. ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN CRIME VICTIMS’ 

15 RIGHTS BY THE COURT OF CRIMINAL AP16 PEALS. 

17 Section 806b of title 10, United States Code (article 

18 6b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended— 

19 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 

20 (e); and 

21 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 

22 new subsection (d): 

23 ‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN RIGHTS BY COURT

24 OF CRIMINAL APPEALS.—(1)(A) If the victim of an offense 

25 under this chapter believes that a preliminary hearing rul-
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1 ing under section 832 of this title (article 32), or a court2 martial ruling, violates the victim’s rights afforded by a 

3 section (article) or rule specified in paragraph (2), the vic4 tim may file an interlocutory appeal of such ruling by peti5 tioning the Court of Criminal Appeals for an order to re6 quire the judge advocate conducting such preliminary hear7 ing, or the court-martial, as the case may be, to comply 

8 with the section (article) or rule, as applicable. 

9 ‘‘(B) A victim of an offense under this chapter who 

10 is subject to an order to submit to a deposition notwith11 standing the fact that the victim shall be available to testify 

12 at the court-martial of the offense may file an interlocutory 

13 appeal of such order by petitioning the Court of Criminal 

14 Appeals for an order to quash such order. 

15 ‘‘(C) The Court of Criminal Appeals shall provide a 

16 de novo review of the question or questions raised by a peti17 tion filed under this paragraph. A single judge or panel 

18 of judges shall take up and decide the petition within 72 

19 hours after the petition is filed. 

20 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1)(A) applies with respect to the pro21 tections afforded by the following: 

22 ‘‘(A) This section (article). 

23 ‘‘(B) Military Rule of Evidence 412, relating to 

24 the admission of evidence regarding a victim’s sexual 

25 background. 
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1 ‘‘(C) Military Rule of Evidence 513, relating to 

2 the psychotherapist-patient privilege. 

3 ‘‘(D) Military Rule of Evidence 514, relating to 

4 the victim advocate-victim privilege. 

5 ‘‘(E) Military Rule of Evidence 615, relating to 

6 the exclusion of witnesses. 

7 ‘‘(3) The proceedings of a preliminary hearing under 

8 section 832 of this title (article 32), or a court-martial, may 

9 not be stayed or subject to a continuance of more than five 

10 days for purposes of enforcing this subsection. If the Court 

11 of Criminal Appeals denies the relief sought, the reasons 

12 for the denial shall be clearly stated on the record in a writ13 ten opinion.’’. 

14 SEC. 550. RELEASE TO VICTIMS UPON REQUEST OF COM15 PLETE RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS AND TESTI16 MONY OF COURTS-MARTIAL IN CASES IN 

17 WHICH SENTENCES ADJUDGED COULD IN18 CLUDE PUNITIVE DISCHARGE. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 854(e) of title 10, United 

20 States Code (article 54(e) of the Uniform Code of Military 

21 Justice), is amended— 

22 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(e)’’; 

23 (2) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by insert24 ing ‘‘or the victim requests such records’’ before the 

25 period at the end of the first sentence; and 
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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new para2 graphs: 

3 ‘‘(2) In the case of a general or special court-martial 

4 involving an offense (other than an offense covered by para5 graph (1)) for which the sentence as adjudged could include 

6 punitive discharge from the armed forces, a copy of all pre7 pared records of the proceedings of the court-martial shall 

8 be given to the victim of the offense if the victim requests 

9 such records. 

10 ‘‘(3) Records given to a victim under this subsection 

11 at the request of the victim in a case where the court-mar12 tial concerned resulted in the acquittal of the accused may 

13 include restrictions on release or use of such records or in14 formation in such records in order to protect the privacy 

15 or other interests of the accused.’’. 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub17 section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 

18 of this Act, and shall apply with respect to courts-martial 

19 first convened on or after that date. 

20 SEC. 551. REPRESENTATION AND ASSISTANCE OF VICTIMS 

21 BY SPECIAL VICTIMS’ COUNSEL IN QUES22 TIONING BY MILITARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGA23 TORS. 

24 Section 1044e(f) of title 10, United States Code, is 

25 amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
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1 ‘‘(3)(A) In carrying out paragraph (1), a military 

2 criminal investigator seeking to question an individual eli3 gible for the assistance of a Special Victims’ Counsel under 

4 this section shall inform the individual of the individual’s 

5 right to be represented by a Special Victims’ Counsel in 

6 connection with such questioning. 

7 ‘‘(B) If an individual described in subparagraph (A) 

8 requests representation by a Special Victims’ Counsel in 

9 connection with questioning described in that subpara10 graph— 

11 ‘‘(i) a Special Victims’ Counsel shall represent 

12 and assist the individual during and in connection 

13 with such questioning; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the military criminal investigator shall 

15 contact and question the individual only through the 

16 Special Victims’ Counsel representing the individual; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(iii) the military criminal investigation may 

19 not contact or question the individual without the 

20 consent of such Special Victims’ Counsel. 

21 ‘‘(C) Nothing in this paragraph confers any right on 

22 an accused under investigation. 

23 ‘‘(D) A violation of this paragraph shall not be a basis 

24 for the suppression of any statement of an individual de25 scribed in subparagraph (A), or derivative evidence of such 
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1 a statement, in a proceeding against a person accused with 

2 committing an offense against such individual.’’. 

3 SEC. 552. AUTHORITY OF SPECIAL VICTIMS’ COUNSEL TO 

4 PROVIDE LEGAL CONSULTATION AND ASSIST5 ANCE IN CONNECTION WITH VARIOUS GOV6 ERNMENT PROCEEDINGS. 

7 Section 1044e(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para10 graph (10); and 

11 (2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol12 lowing new paragraph (9): 

13 ‘‘(9) Legal consultation and assistance in con14 nection with— 

15 ‘‘(A) any complaint against the Govern16 ment, including an allegation under review by 

17 an inspector general and a complaint regarding 

18 equal employment opportunities; 

19 ‘‘(B) any request to the Government for in20 formation, including a request under section 

21 552a of title 5 (commonly referred to as a ‘Free22 dom of Information Act request’); and 

23 ‘‘(C) any correspondence or other commu24 nications with Congress.’’. 
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1 SEC. 553. ENHANCEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY OF RE2 STRICTED REPORTING OF SEXUAL ASSAULT 

3 IN THE MILITARY. 

4 (a) PREEMPTION OF STATE LAW TO ENSURE CON5 FIDENTIALITY OF REPORTING.—Subsection (b) of section 

6 1565b of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 

7 at the end the following new paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(3) In the case of information disclosed pursuant to 

9 paragraph (1), any State law or regulation that would re10 quire an individual specified in paragraph (2) to disclose 

11 the personally identifiable information of the adult victim 

12 or alleged perpetrator of the sexual assault to a State or 

13 local law enforcement agency shall not apply, except when 

14 reporting is necessary to prevent or mitigate a serious and 

15 imminent threat to the health or safety of an individual.’’. 

16 (b) CLARIFICATION OF SCOPE.—Paragraph (1) of such 

17 subsection is amended by striking ‘‘a dependent’’ and in18 serting ‘‘an adult dependent’’. 

19 (c) DEFINITIONS.—Such section is further amended by 

20 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

21 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 ‘‘(1) SEXUAL ASSAULT.—The term ‘sexual as23 sault’ includes the offenses of rape, sexual assault, 

24 forcible sodomy, aggravated sexual contact, abusive 

25 sexual contact, and attempts to commit such offenses, 

26 as punishable under applicable Federal or State law. 
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1 ‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ includes the Dis2 trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 

3 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 

4 and any territory or possession of the United States.’’. 

5 SEC. 554. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF COMPLEX INVES6 TIGATIONS WITHIN THE NATIONAL GUARD 

7 BUREAU. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1101 of title 10, United 

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

10 new section: 

11 ‘‘§ 10509. Office of Complex Investigations 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the National Guard 

13 Bureau an Office of Complex Investigations (in this section 

14 referred to as the ‘Office’) under the authority, direction, 

15 and control of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. 

16 ‘‘(b) DISPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS.—The Office shall 

17 be organized, trained, equipped, and managed to conduct 

18 administrative investigations in order to assist the States 

19 in the organization, maintenance, and operation of the Na20 tional Guard as follows: 

21 ‘‘(1) In investigations of allegations of sexual as22 sault involving members of the National Guard. 

23 ‘‘(2) In Investigations in circumstances involv24 ing members of the National Guard in which other 

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1 Defense do not have, or have limited, jurisdiction or 

2 authority to investigate. 

3 ‘‘(3) In investigations in such other cir4 cumstances involving members of the National Guard 

5 as the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may di6 rect. 

7 ‘‘(c) SCOPE OF INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY.—Individ8 uals performing investigations described in subsection 

9 (b)(1) are authorized— 

10 ‘‘(1) to have access to all records, reports, audits, 

11 reviews, documents, papers, recommendations, or 

12 other material available to the applicable establish13 ment which relate to programs and operations with 

14 respect to the National Guard; and 

15 ‘‘(2) to request such information or assistance as 

16 may be necessary for carrying out those duties from 

17 any Federal, State, or local governmental agency or 

18 unit thereof.’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

20 the beginning of chapter 1101 of such title is amended by 

21 adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘10509. Office of Complex Investigations.’’. 
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1 SEC. 555. MODIFICATION OF DEADLINE FOR ESTABLISH2 MENT OF DEFENSE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 

3 ON INVESTIGATION, PROSECUTION, AND DE4 FENSE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE ARMED 

5 FORCES. 

6 Section 546(a)(2) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

7 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 

8 Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3374; 

9 10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is amended by striking ‘‘not later 

10 than’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘not later than 

11 90 days after the date of the enactment of the National De12 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.’’. 

13 SEC. 556. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 

14 REPORTS ON PREVENTION AND RESPONSE 

15 TO SEXUAL ASSAULT BY THE ARMY NATIONAL 

16 GUARD AND THE ARMY RESERVE. 

17 (a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than April 1, 2016, 

18 the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 

19 to Congress a report on the preliminary assessment of the 

20 Comptroller General (made pursuant to a review conducted 

21 by the Comptroller General for purposes of this section) of 

22 the extent to which the Army National Guard and the Army 

23 Reserve— 

24 (1) have in place policies and programs to pre25 vent and respond to incidents of sexual assault in-
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1 volving members of the Army National Guard or the 

2 Army Reserve, as applicable; 

3 (2) provide medical and mental health care serv4 ices to members of the Army National Guard or the 

5 Army Reserve, as applicable, following a sexual as6 sault; and 

7 (3) have identified whether the nature of service 

8 in the Army National Guard or the Army Reserve, as 

9 the case may be, poses challenges to the prevention of 

10 or response to sexual assault. 

11 (b) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—If after submitting the re12 port required by subsection (a) the Comptroller General 

13 makes additional assessments as a result of the review de14 scribed in that subsection, the Comptroller General shall 

15 submit to Congress such reports on such additional assess16 ments as the Comptroller General considers appropriate. 

17 SEC. 557. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SERVICE OF MILI18 TARY FAMILIES AND ON SENTENCING RE19 TIREMENT-ELIGIBLE MEMBERS OF THE 

20 ARMED FORCES. 

21 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

22 (1) Military families serve alongside their mem23 ber of the Armed Forces, enduring hardships, lending 

24 support, and contributing to the member’s career. 

25 These family members endure frequent moves, long pe-
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1 riods of separation, and other unique hardships asso2 ciated with military life. 

3 (2) Innocent family members are sometimes in4 advertently punished when the member they depend 

5 on forfeits retirement benefit eligibility due to a 

6 court-martial sentence. 

7 (3) When a retirement-eligible member forfeits 

8 retirement eligibility, that member’s innocent family 

9 members lose the security of benefits they had planned 

10 for and helped earn. 

11 (4) Military juries may choose to impose un12 justly light sentences on convicted members out of con13 cern for the innocent family members when a just 

14 sentence would require stripping the member of retire15 ment eligibility. 

16 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con17 gress— 

18 (1) that military juries should not face the dif19 ficult choice between imposing a fair sentence or pro20 tecting the benefits of a member of the Armed Forces 

21 for the sake of innocent family members; 

22 (2) that innocent military family members of re23 tirement-eligible members should not be made to forgo 

24 benefits they have sacrificed for and helped to earn; 

25 and 
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1 (3) to welcome the opportunity to work with the 

2 Department of Defense to develop the necessary laws 

3 and regulations to improve the military justice sys4 tem and to protect the benefits that military families 

5 have helped earn. 

6 Subtitle F—Defense Dependents 

7 Education and Military Family 

8 Readiness 

9 SEC. 561. CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL 

10 EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DE11 PENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 

12 FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CI13 VILIAN EMPLOYEES. 

14 (a) ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT

15 NUMBERS OF MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS.—Of the 

16 amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 

17 by section 301 and available for operation and maintenance 

18 for Defense-wide activities as specified in the funding table 

19 in section 4301, $25,000,000 shall be available only for the 

20 purpose of providing assistance to local educational agen21 cies under subsection (a) of section 572 of the National De22 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 

23 109–163; 20 U.S.C. 7703b). 

24 (b) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In this 

25 section, the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the mean-
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1 ing given that term in section 8013(9) of the Elementary 

2 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)). 

3 SEC. 562. IMPACT AID FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DIS4 ABILITIES. 

5 Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

6 year 2016 pursuant to section 301 and available for oper7 ation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities as speci8 fied in the funding table in section 4301, $5,000,000 shall 

9 be available for payments under section 363 of the Floyd 

10 D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

11 Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106–398; 

12 114 Stat. 1654A–77; 20 U.S.C. 7703a). 

13 SEC. 563. AUTHORITY TO USE APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO 

14 SUPPORT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STU15 DENT MEAL PROGRAMS IN DOMESTIC DE16 PENDENT ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 

17 SCHOOLS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UNITED 

18 STATES. 

19 (a) AUTHORITY.—Section 2243 of title 10, United 

20 States Code, is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘the defense dependents’ 

23 education system’’ and inserting ‘‘overseas de24 fense dependents’ schools’’; and 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘students enrolled in that 

2 system’’ and inserting ‘‘students enrolled in such 

3 a school’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Department of 

5 Defense dependents’ schools which are located outside 

6 the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘overseas defense de7 pendents’ schools’’; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub9 section: 

10 ‘‘(e) OVERSEAS DEFENSE DEPENDENTS’ SCHOOL DE11 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘overseas defense depend12 ents’ school’ means the following: 

13 ‘‘(1) A school established as part of the defense 

14 dependents’ education system provided for under the 

15 Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 1978 (20 

16 U.S.C. 921 et seq.). 

17 ‘‘(2) An elementary or secondary school estab18 lished pursuant to section 2164 of this title that is lo19 cated in a territory, commonwealth, or possession of 

20 the United States.’’. 

21 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

22 (1) HEADING AMENDMENT.—The heading of such 

23 section is amended by inserting ‘‘defense’’ after 

24 ‘‘overseas’’. 
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1 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

2 at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 134 of 

3 such title is amended in the item relating to section 

4 2243 by inserting ‘‘defense’’ after ‘‘overseas’’. 

5 SEC. 564. BIENNIAL SURVEYS OF MILITARY DEPENDENTS 

6 ON MILITARY FAMILY READINESS MATTERS. 

7 (a) BIENNIAL SURVEYS REQUIRED.—The Director of 

8 the Office of Family Policy of the Department of Defense 

9 shall undertake every other year a survey of adult depend10 ents of members of the Armed Forces on the matters speci11 fied in subsection (b). Participation by dependents in the 

12 survey shall be voluntary. 

13 (b) MATTERS.—The matters specified in this sub14 section are the following: 

15 (1) Mental health of dependents of members of 

16 the Armed Forces. 

17 (2) Incidence of suicide and suicidal ideation 

18 among dependents of members of the Armed Forces. 

19 (3) Incidence of divorce among dependents of 

20 members of the Armed Forces. 

21 (4) Incidence of spousal abuse, child abuse, sex22 ual assault, and harassment among dependents of 

23 members of the Armed Forces. 

24 (5) Financial health and financial literacy of 

25 military families. 
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1 (6) Employment and education of dependents of 

2 members of the Armed Forces. 

3 (7) Adequacy and availability of child care for 

4 dependents of members of the Armed Forces. 

5 (8) Quality of programs for military families. 

6 (9) Such other matters relating to military fam7 ily readiness as the Director considers appropriate. 

8 Subtitle G—Miscellaneous 

9 Reporting Requirements 

10 SEC. 571. EXTENSION OF SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON THE 

11 INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION OF MEMBERS OF 

12 THE ARMED FORCES. 

13 Section 525(a) of the National Defense Authorization 

14 Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 

15 1724) is amended by striking ‘‘calendar years 2013 and 

16 2014’’ and ‘‘each of calendar years 2013 through 2017’’. 

17 SEC. 572. REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT CAREER FIELD 

18 MANNING SHORTFALLS. 

19 (a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro20 priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 

21 year 2016 for operation and maintenance for the Office of 

22 the Secretary of the Air Force, not more than 85 percent 

23 may be obligated or expended until a period of 15 days 

24 has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary of 
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1 the Air Force submits to the congressional defense commit2 tees the report described in subsection (b). 

3 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

5 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 

6 Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense 

7 committees a report on remotely piloted aircraft ca8 reer field manning levels and actions the Air Force 

9 will take to rectify personnel shortfalls. 

10 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 

11 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 

12 (A) A description of current and projected 

13 manning requirements and inventory levels for 

14 remotely piloted aircraft systems. 

15 (B) A description of rated and non-rated of16 ficer and enlisted manning policies for author17 ization and inventory levels in effect for remotely 

18 piloted aircraft systems and units, to include 

19 whether remotely piloted aircraft duty is consid20 ered as a permanent Air Force Specialty Code or 

21 treated as an ancillary single assignment duty, 

22 and if both are used, the division of authoriza23 tions between permanently assigned personnel 

24 and those who will return to a different primary 

25 career field. 
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1 (C) Comparisons to other Air Force manned 

2 combat aircraft systems and units with respect 

3 to personnel policies, manpower authorization 

4 levels, and projected personnel inventory. 

5 (D) Identification and assessment of miti6 gation actions to increase unit manning levels, 

7 including recruitment and retention bonuses, in8 centive pay, use of enlisted personnel, and in9 creased weighting to remotely piloted aircraft 

10 personnel on promotion boards, and to ensure 

11 the school house for remotely piloted aircraft per12 sonnel is sufficient to meet increased manning 

13 demands. 

14 (E) Analysis demonstrating the require15 ments determination for how remotely piloted 

16 aircraft pilot and sensor operators are selected, 

17 including whether individuals are prior rated or 

18 non-rated qualified, what prerequisite training 

19 or experience is necessary, and required and 

20 types of basic and advanced qualification train21 ing for each mission design series of remotely pi22 loted aircraft in the Air Force inventory. 

23 (F) Recommendations for changes to exist24 ing legislation required to implement mitigation 

25 actions. 
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1 (G) An assessment of the authorization lev2 els of government civilian and contractor sup3 port required for sufficiency of remotely piloted 

4 aircraft career field manning. 

5 (H) A description and associated timeline 

6 of actions the Air Force will take to increase re7 motely piloted aircraft career field manpower 

8 authorizations and manning levels to at least the 

9 equal of the normative levels of manning and 

10 readiness of all other combat aircraft career 

11 fields. 

12 (I) A description of any other matters con13 cerning remotely piloted aircraft career field 

14 manning levels the Secretary of the Air Force de15 termines to be appropriate. 

16 (3) FORM.—The report required under para17 graph (1) may be submitted in classified form, but 

18 shall also contain an unclassified executive summary 

19 and may contain an unclassified annex. 

20 (4) NONDUPLICATION OF EFFORT.—If any infor21 mation required under paragraph (1) has been in22 cluded in another report or notification previously 

23 submitted to Congress by law, the Secretary of the Air 

24 Force may provide a list of such reports and notifica25 tions at the time of submitting the report required 
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1 under this subsection in lieu of including such infor2 mation in the report. 

3 Subtitle H—Other Matters 

4 PART I—FINANCIAL LITERACY AND PREPARED5 NESS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 

6 SEC. 581. IMPROVEMENT OF FINANCIAL LITERACY AND 

7 PREPAREDNESS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 

8 FORCES. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 992 of title 10, United 

10 States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

13 ‘‘CONSUMER EDUCATION’’ and inserting ‘‘FINAN14 CIAL LITERACY TRAINING’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘edu16 cation’’ in the matter preceding subparagraph 

17 (A) and inserting ‘‘financial literacy training’’; 

18 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

19 (i) in the matter preceding subpara20 graph (A), by striking ‘‘as’’; 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (A)— 

22 (I) by inserting ‘‘as’’ before ‘‘a 

23 component’’; 

24 (II) by striking ‘‘orientation’’; 

25 and 
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1 (III) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 

2 semicolon; 

3 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

4 (B) as subparagraph (J); and 

5 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

6 (A) the following new subparagraphs: 

7 ‘‘(B) upon arrival at the first duty station; 

8 ‘‘(C) upon arrival at each duty station following 

9 the first duty station in the case of each member in 

10 pay grade E–4 or below or in pay grade O–3 or 

11 below; 

12 ‘‘(D) on the date of promotion, in the case of 

13 each member in pay grade E–5 or below or in pay 

14 grade O–4 or below; 

15 ‘‘(E) when the member vests in the Thrift Sav16 ings Plan (TSP); 

17 ‘‘(F) at each major life event during the mem18 ber’s service, such as— 

19 ‘‘(i) marriage; 

20 ‘‘(ii) divorce; 

21 ‘‘(iii) birth of first child; or 

22 ‘‘(iv) disabling sickness or condition; 

23 ‘‘(G) during leadership training; 

24 ‘‘(H) during pre-deployment training and dur25 ing post-deployment training; 
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1 ‘‘(I) at transition points in military service, 

2 such as— 

3 ‘‘(i) transition from a regular component to 

4 a reserve component; 

5 ‘‘(ii) separation from service; or 

6 ‘‘(iii) retirement; and’’; and 

7 (v) in subparagraph (J), as redesig8 nated by clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘as’’ be9 fore ‘‘a component’’; 

10 (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘(2)(B)’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘(2)(J)’’; and 

12 (E) by adding at the end the following new 

13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(4) The Secretary concerned shall prescribe regula15 tions setting forth any additional events and circumstances 

16 (other than those described in paragraph (2)) for which the 

17 Secretary determines that training under this subsection 

18 shall be required.’’. 

19 (b) FINANCIAL LITERACY AND PREPAREDNESS SUR20 VEY.—Such section is further amended— 

21 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 

22 (e); and 

23 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 

24 new subsection (d): 
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1 ‘‘(d) FINANCIAL LITERACY AND PREPAREDNESS SUR2 VEY.—(1) The Director of the Defense Manpower Data Cen3 ter shall annually include in the status of forces survey a 

4 survey of the status of the financial literacy and prepared5 ness of members of the armed forces. 

6 ‘‘(2) The results of the annual financial literacy and 

7 preparedness survey— 

8 ‘‘(A) shall be used by each of the Secretaries con9 cerned as a benchmark to evaluate and update train10 ing provided under this section; and 

11 ‘‘(B) shall be submitted to the Committees on 

12 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep13 resentatives.’’. 

14 (c) ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES COVERED BY

15 LITERACY TRAINING.—Subsection (e) of such section, as re16 designated by subsection (b)(1) of this section, is amended 

17 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(4) Health insurance, budget management, 

19 Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), retirement lump sum 

20 payments (including rollover options and tax con21 sequences), and Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP).’’. 

22 (d) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

23 (1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such sec24 tion is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘§ 992. Financial literacy training: financial serv2 ices’’. 

3 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

4 at the beginning of chapter 50 of such title is amend5 ed by striking the item related to section 992 and in6 serting the following new item: 

‘‘992. Financial literacy training: financial services.’’. 

7 SEC. 582. FINANCIAL LITERACY TRAINING WITH RESPECT 

8 TO CERTAIN FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR MEM9 BERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned shall pro11 vide the financial literacy training under section 992 of 

12 title 10, United States Code, for the financial services de13 scribed in paragraph (4) of section 992(e) of such title (as 

14 amended and added by section 581 of this Act) to members 

15 of the uniformed services under the jurisdiction of such Sec16 retary commencing not later than six months after the date 

17 of the enactment of this Act. 

18 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘uni19 formed services’’ and ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ have the mean20 ing given such terms in section 101(a) of title 10, United 

21 States Code. 

22 SEC. 583. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FINANCIAL LITERACY 

23 AND PREPAREDNESS OF MEMBERS OF THE 

24 ARMED FORCES. 

25 It is the sense of Congress that— 
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1 (1) the Secretary of Defense should strengthen 

2 arrangements with other departments and agencies of 

3 the Federal Government, as well as with nonprofit or4 ganizations, in order to improve the financial literacy 

5 and preparedness of members of the Armed Forces; 

6 and 

7 (2) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 

8 and the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces should 

9 provide support for the financial literacy and pre10 paredness training carried out under section 992 of 

11 title 10, United States Code (as amended by section 

12 581 of this Act). 

13 PART II—OTHER MATTERS 

14 SEC. 586. AUTHORITY FOR APPLICATIONS FOR CORREC15 TION OF MILITARY RECORDS TO BE INITI16 ATED BY THE SECRETARY CONCERNED. 

17 Section 1552(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

18 amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘or his heir or legal representa20 tive’’ and inserting ‘‘(or the claimant’s heir or legal 

21 representative) or the Secretary concerned’’; and 

22 (2) by striking ‘‘he discovers’’ and inserting ‘‘dis23 covering’’. 
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1 SEC. 587. RECORDATION OF OBLIGATIONS FOR INSTALL2 MENT PAYMENTS OF INCENTIVE PAYS, AL3 LOWANCES, AND SIMILAR BENEFITS WHEN 

4 PAYMENT IS DUE. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 19 of title 37, United 

6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

7 new section: 

8 ‘‘§ 1015. Recordation of installment payment obliga9 tions for incentive pays and similar bene10 fits 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any pay, allowance, 

12 bonus, or other benefit described in subsection (b) that is 

13 paid to a member of the uniformed services on an install14 ment basis, each installment payment shall be charged to 

15 appropriations that are available for obligation at the time 

16 such payment is payable. 

17 ‘‘(b) COVERED PAY AND BENEFITS.—Subsection (a) 

18 applies to any incentive pay, special pay, or bonus, or simi19 lar periodic payment of pay or allowances, or of edu20 cational benefits or stipends, that is paid to a member of 

21 the uniformed services under this title or title 10.’’. 

22 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

23 the beginning of chapter 19 of such title is amended by add24 ing at the end the following new item: 

‘‘1015. Recordation of installment payment obligations for incentive pays and 

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1 SEC. 588. ENHANCEMENTS TO YELLOW RIBBON REINTEGRA2 TION PROGRAM. 

3 (a) SCOPE AND PURPOSE.—Section 582 of the Na4 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (10 

5 U.S.C. 10101 note) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘combat vet7 eran’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘informational 

9 events and activities’’ and inserting ‘‘information, 

10 events, and activities’’. 

11 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—Such section is further amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘National 

13 Guard and Reserve members and their families’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘eligible individuals’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘members of the 

16 reserve components of the Armed Forces, their fami17 lies,’’ and inserting ‘‘eligible individuals’’; 

18 (3) in subsection (d)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘members 

19 of the Armed Forces and their families’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘eligible individuals’’; 

21 (4) in subsection (h), in the matter preceding 

22 paragraph (1)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘members of the Armed 

24 Forces and their family members’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘eligible individuals’’; and 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘such members and their 

2 family members’’ and inserting ‘‘such eligible in3 dividuals’’; 

4 (5) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘members of the 

5 Armed Forces and their families’’ and inserting ‘‘eli6 gible individuals’’; 

7 (6) in subsection (k), by striking ‘‘individual 

8 members of the Armed Forces and their families’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘eligible individuals’’; and 

10 (7) by adding at the end the following new sub11 section: 

12 ‘‘(l) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—For the purposes of this 

13 section, the term ‘eligible individual’ means a member of 

14 a reserve component, a member of their family, or a des15 ignated representative who the Secretary of Defense deter16 mines to be eligible for the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration 

17 Program.’’. 

18 (c) OFFICE FOR REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS.— 

19 (1) OVERSIGHT OF YELLOW RIBBON REINTEGRA20 TION PROGRAM.—Paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (d) 

21 of such section is amended by striking the second and 

22 third sentence and inserting ‘‘The office shall exercise 

23 oversight over the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Pro24 gram, and shall be responsible for coordination with 
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1 State National Guard and Reserve organizations, in2 cluding existing family and support programs.’’. 

3 (2) PARTNERSHIPS TO PROVIDE QUALITY OF

4 LIFE SERVICES.—Paragraph (1)(B) of such subsection 

5 is amended by striking ‘‘substance abuse and mental 

6 health treatment services’’ and inserting ‘‘substance 

7 abuse, mental health treatment, and other quality of 

8 life services’’. 

9 (3) GRANT AUTHORITY.—Such subsection is fur10 ther amended by adding at the end the following new 

11 paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(3) GRANTS.—The Office for Reintegration Pro13 grams may make grants to conduct data collection, 

14 trend analysis, and curriculum development, and to 

15 prepare reports, in support of activities under this 

16 section.’’. 

17 (d) COORDINATION WITH COAST GUARD RESERVE.— 

18 Such section is further amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (d)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘and Air 

20 Force Reserve’’ and inserting ‘‘Air Force Reserve, and 

21 Coast Guard Reserve’’; and 

22 (2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘and Air 

23 Force Reserve’’ and inserting ‘‘Air Force Reserve, and 

24 Coast Guard Reserve’’. 
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1 (e) DUE DATE OF ADVISORY BOARD ANNUAL RE2 PORT.—Subsection (e)(4) of such section is amended by 

3 striking ‘‘March’’ and inserting ‘‘April’’. 

4 (f) SUPPORT TEAMS.—Subsection (f) of such section 

5 is amended— 

6 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

7 striking ‘‘administer the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration 

8 Program at the State level’’ and inserting ‘‘support 

9 and assist State National Guard and Reserve organi10 zation reintegration efforts’’; and 

11 (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol12 lows: 

13 ‘‘(1) to provide reintegration curriculum and in14 formation;’’. 

15 (g) OPERATION OF PROGRAM.— 

16 (1) ENHANCED FLEXIBILITY.—Subsection (g) of 

17 such section is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(g) OPERATION OF PROGRAM.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office for Reintegration 

20 Programs shall assist State National Guard and Re21 serve organizations with the development and provi22 sion of information, events, and activities to support 

23 the health and well-being of eligible individuals be24 fore, during, and after periods of activation, mobiliza25 tion, or deployment. 
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1 ‘‘(2) FOCUS OF INFORMATION, EVENTS, AND AC2 TIVITIES.— 

3 ‘‘(A) BEFORE ACTIVATION, MOBILIZATION, 

4 OR DEPLOYMENT.—Before such a period, the in5 formation, events, and activities described in 

6 paragraph (1) should focus on preparing eligible 

7 individuals and affected communities for the rig8 ors of activation, mobilization, and deployment. 

9 ‘‘(B) DURING ACTIVATION, MOBILIZATION, 

10 OR DEPLOYMENT.—During such a period, the in11 formation, events, and activities described in 

12 paragraph (1) should focus on— 

13 ‘‘(i) helping eligible individuals cope 

14 with the challenges and stress associated 

15 with such period; 

16 ‘‘(ii) decreasing the isolation of eligible 

17 individuals during such period; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) preparing eligible individuals for 

19 the challenges associated with reintegration. 

20 ‘‘(C) AFTER ACTIVATION, MOBILIZATION, OR

21 DEPLOYMENT.—After such a period, the informa22 tion, events, and activities described in para23 graph (1) should focus on— 

24 ‘‘(i) reconnecting the member with 

25 their families, friends, and communities; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) providing information on em2 ployment opportunities; 

3 ‘‘(iii) helping eligible individuals deal 

4 with the challenges of reintegration; 

5 ‘‘(iv) ensuring that eligible individuals 

6 understand what benefits they are entitled 

7 to and what resources are available to help 

8 them overcome the challenges of reintegra9 tion; and 

10 ‘‘(v) providing a forum for addressing 

11 negative behaviors related to operational 

12 stress and reintegration. 

13 ‘‘(3) MEMBER PAY.—Members shall receive ap14 propriate pay for days spent attending such events 

15 and activities. 

16 ‘‘(4) MINIMUM NUMBER OF EVENTS AND ACTIVI17 TIES.—State National Guard and Reserve organiza18 tions shall provide to eligible individuals— 

19 ‘‘(A) one event or activity before a period of 

20 activation, mobilization, or deployment; 

21 ‘‘(B) one event or activity during a period 

22 of activation, mobilization, or deployment; and 

23 ‘‘(C) two events or activities after a period 

24 of activation, mobilization, or deployment.’’. 
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1 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is 

2 further amended— 

3 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘through4 out the entire deployment cycle’’; 

5 (B) in subsection (b)— 

6 (i) in the subsection heading, by strik7 ing ‘‘; DEPLOYMENT CYCLE’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘well-being through the 

9 4 phases’’ through the end of the subsection 

10 and inserting ‘‘well-being.’’; 

11 (C) in subsection (d)(2)(C), by striking 

12 ‘‘throughout the deployment cycle described in 

13 subsection (g)’’; and 

14 (D) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘STATE

15 DEPLOYMENT CYCLE’’ in the subsection heading. 

16 (h) ADDITIONAL PERMITTED OUTREACH SERVICE.— 

17 Subsection (h) of such section is amended by adding at the 

18 end the following new paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(16) Stress management and positive coping 

20 skills.’’. 

21 (i) SUPPORT OF DEPARTMENT-WIDE SUICIDE PRE22 VENTION EFFORTS.—Such section is further amended by 

23 inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection: 

24 ‘‘(i) SUPPORT OF SUICIDE PREVENTION EFFORTS.— 

25 The Office for Reintegration Programs shall assist the De-
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1 fense Suicide Prevention Office and the Defense Centers of 

2 Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain 

3 Injury to collect and analyze information, suggestions, and 

4 best practices from State National Guard and Reserve orga5 nizations with respect to suicide prevention and community 

6 response programs.’’. 

7 (j) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Such section is further 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (d)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘Sub10 stance Abuse and the Mental Health Services Admin11 istration’’ and inserting ‘‘Substance Abuse and Men12 tal Health Services Administration’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (e)(3)(C), by striking ‘‘Office of 

14 Reintegration Programs’’ and inserting ‘‘Office for 

15 Reintegration Programs’’. 

16 SEC. 589. PRIORITY PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR 

17 TRANSPORTATION WORKER IDENTIFICATION 

18 CREDENTIALS FOR MEMBERS UNDERGOING 

19 DISCHARGE OR RELEASE FROM THE ARMED 

20 FORCES. 

21 (a) PRIORITY PROCESSING.—The Secretary of Defense 

22 shall consult with the Secretary of Homeland Security to 

23 afford a priority in the processing of applications for a 

24 Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) to 

25 applications submitted by members of the Armed Forces 
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1 who are undergoing separation, discharge, or release from 

2 the Armed Forces under honorable conditions, with such 

3 priority to provide for the review and adjudication of such 

4 an application by not later than 14 days after submittal, 

5 unless an appeal or waiver applies or further application 

6 documentation is necessary. The priority shall be so af7 forded commencing not later than 180 days after the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act to members who undergo sepa9 ration, discharge, or release from the Armed Forces after 

10 the date on which the priority so commences being afforded. 

11 (b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Sec12 retary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security 

13 shall enter into a memorandum of understanding in con14 nection with achieving the requirement in subsection (a). 

15 (c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and 

17 the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly submit to 

18 the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

19 House of Representatives a report on the implementation 

20 of the requirements of this section. The report shall set forth 

21 the following: 

22 (1) The memorandum of understanding required 

23 pursuant to subsection (b). 

24 (2) A description of the number of individuals 

25 who applied for, and the number of individuals who 
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1 have been issued, a Transportation Worker Identifica2 tion Credential pursuant to the memorandum of un3 derstanding as of the date of the report. 

4 (3) If any applications for a Transportation 

5 Worker Identification Credential covered by para6 graph (2) were not reviewed and adjudicated within 

7 the deadline specified in subsection (a), a description 

8 of the reasons for the failure and of the actions being 

9 taken to assure that future applications for a Creden10 tial are reviewed and adjudicated within the dead11 line. 

12 SEC. 590. ISSUANCE OF RECOGNITION OF SERVICE ID 

13 CARDS TO CERTAIN MEMBERS SEPARATING 

14 FROM THE ARMED FORCES. 

15 (a) ISSUANCE REQUIRED.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

17 issue to each covered individual a card that identifies 

18 such individual as a veteran and includes a photo of 

19 the individual and the name of the individual. 

20 (2) DESIGNATION.—A card issued under para21 graph (1) may be known as a ‘‘Recognition of Service 

22 ID Card’’. 

23 (b) COVERED INDIVIDUALS.—For purposes of this sec24 tion, a ‘‘covered individual’’ is an individual who is under25 going discharge or release from the Armed Forces (other 
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1 than as the result of a punitive discharge adjudicated as 

2 part of a sentence at a court-martial after the effective date 

3 of this section) on or after the effective date provided for 

4 in subsection (e). 

5 (c) COLLECTION OF AMOUNTS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may collect 

7 from civilian employees of the Department of Defense 

8 and contractor personnel of the Department who are 

9 issued a replacement card for a lost or stolen Depart10 ment of Defense identification card such amount as 

11 the Secretary considers appropriate to defray the cost 

12 of the issuance of cards under subsection (a), and to 

13 implement the issuance of cards without the assign14 ment of additional personnel for that purpose. 

15 (2) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS.—The Secretary 

16 shall deposit amounts collected under this subsection 

17 to the account or accounts providing funds for the 

18 issuance of cards under subsection (a). 

19 (d) RECOGNITION OF SERVICE ID CARDS FOR RE20 DUCED PRICES OF SERVICES, CONSUMER PRODUCTS, AND

21 PHARMACEUTICALS.—The Secretary of Defense may work 

22 with national retail chains that offer reduced prices on serv23 ices, consumer products, and pharmaceuticals to veterans 

24 to ensure that such retail chains recognize cards issued 
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1 under subsection (a) for purposes of offering reduced prices 

2 on services, consumer products, and pharmaceuticals. 

3 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect on 

4 the date that is one year after the date of the enactment 

5 of this Act. 

6 SEC. 591. REVISED POLICY ON NETWORK SERVICES FOR 

7 MILITARY SERVICES. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of 

9 the United States that the Secretary of Defense shall mini10 mize and reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the 

11 number of uniformed military personnel providing network 

12 services to military installations within the United States. 

13 (b) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 

14 (c), each military service shall be prohibited from using 

15 uniform military personnel to provide network services to 

16 military installations within the United States 2 years 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 (c) EXCEPTION.—Nothing in subsection (b) shall be 

19 construed as prohibiting the use of military personnel pro20 viding network services in support of combatant commands, 

21 special operations, the intelligence community, or the 

22 United States Cyber Command, including training for these 

23 organizations. 

24 (d) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense or the Chief 

25 Information Officer may waive the prohibition in sub-
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1 section (b) if necessary for the safety of human life, protec2 tion of property, or providing network services in support 

3 of a combat operation. 

4 (e) REPORT.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 30, 

6 2016, the Chief Information Officer shall submit to 

7 the congressional defense committees a plan for the 

8 transition of the current performance of network serv9 ices from military personnel to other means. 

10 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 

11 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 

12 (A) An assessment of the costs of using mili13 tary personnel versus other means to provide net14 work services for the military services. 

15 (B) An estimate of the savings of 

16 transitioning the current performance of network 

17 services from military personnel to other means. 

18 (C) An estimate of the number of military 

19 personnel that could be reallocated for military20 unique missions. 

21 (f) VALIDATION OF COST AND SAVINGS ESTIMATES.— 

22 The report required under subsection (e) shall be validated 

23 by the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evalua24 tion. 
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1 SEC. 592. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF DAYS OF ACTIVE DUTY 

2 REQUIRED TO BE PERFORMED BY RESERVE 

3 COMPONENT MEMBERS FOR DUTY TO BE 

4 CONSIDERED FEDERAL SERVICE FOR PUR5 POSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 

6 FOR EX-SERVICEMEMBERS. 

7 (a) INCREASE OF NUMBER OF DAYS.—Section 

8 8521(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 

9 striking ‘‘90 days’’ in the matter preceding subparagraph 

10 (A) and inserting ‘‘180 days’’. 

11 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub12 section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 

13 of this Act, and shall apply with respect to periods of Fed14 eral service commencing on or after that date. 

15 SEC. 593. IMPROVED ENUMERATION OF MEMBERS OF THE 

16 ARMED FORCES IN ANY TABULATION OF 

17 TOTAL POPULATION BY SECRETARY OF COM18 MERCE. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 141 of title 13, United 

20 States Code, is amended— 

21 (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 

22 (h); and 

23 (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 

24 ‘‘(g) Effective beginning with the 2020 decennial cen25 sus of population, in taking any tabulation of total popu26 lation by States, the Secretary shall take appropriate meas-
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1 ures to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that all 

2 members of the Armed Forces deployed abroad on the date 

3 of taking such tabulation are— 

4 ‘‘(1) fully and accurately counted; and 

5 ‘‘(2) properly attributed to the State in which 

6 their permanent duty station or homeport is located 

7 on such date.’’. 

8 (b) CONSTRUCTION.—The amendments made by sub9 section (a) shall not be construed to affect the residency sta10 tus of any member of the Armed Forces under any provision 

11 of law other than title 13, United States Code. 

12 TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND 

13 OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 

14 Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 

15 SEC. 601. FISCAL YEAR 2016 INCREASE IN MILITARY BASIC 

16 PAY. 

17 (a) WAIVER OF SECTION 1009 ADJUSTMENT.—The ad18 justment to become effective during fiscal year 2016 re19 quired by section 1009 of title 37, United States Code, in 

20 the rates of monthly basic pay authorized members of the 

21 uniformed services shall not be made. 

22 (b) INCREASE IN BASIC PAY.—Effective on January 

23 1, 2016, the rates of monthly basic pay for members of the 

24 uniformed services are increased by 1.3 percent for enlisted 
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1 member pay grades, warrant officer pay grades, and com2 missioned officer pay grades below pay grade O–7. 

3 (c) APPLICATION OF EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE LEVEL II 

4 CEILING ON PAYABLE RATES FOR GENERAL AND FLAG OF5 FICERS.—Section 203(a)(2) of title 37, United States Code, 

6 shall be applied for rates of basic pay payable for commis7 sioned officers in pay grades O–7 through O–10 during cal8 endar year 2016 by using the rate of pay for level II of 

9 the Executive Schedule in effect during 2014. 

10 SEC. 602. MODIFICATION OF PERCENTAGE OF NATIONAL 

11 AVERAGE MONTHLY COST OF HOUSING USA12 BLE IN COMPUTATION OF BASIC ALLOWANCE 

13 FOR HOUSING INSIDE THE UNITED STATES. 

14 (a) MODIFICATION OF PERCENTAGE USABLE.—Sec15 tion 403(b)(3)(B) of title 37, United States Code, is amend16 ed by striking ‘‘one percent’’ and inserting ‘‘five percent’’. 

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub18 section (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2016, and shall 

19 apply with respect to computations of monthly amounts of 

20 basic allowance for housing inside the United States that 

21 occur for years beginning on or after that date. 
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1 SEC. 603. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TEM2 PORARY INCREASE IN RATES OF BASIC AL3 LOWANCE FOR HOUSING. 

4 Section 403(b)(7)(E) of title 37, United States Code, 

5 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘December 31, 2016’’. 

7 SEC. 604. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING FOR MARRIED 

8 MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES AS9 SIGNED FOR DUTY WITHIN NORMAL COM10 MUTING DISTANCE AND FOR OTHER MEM11 BERS LIVING TOGETHER. 

12 (a) BAH FOR MARRIED MEMBERS ASSIGNED FOR

13 DUTY WITHIN NORMAL COMMUTING DISTANCE.—Section 

14 403 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding 

15 at the end the following new subsection: 

16 ‘‘(p) SINGLE ALLOWANCE FOR MARRIED MEMBERS

17 ASSIGNED FOR DUTY WITHIN NORMAL COMMUTING DIS18 TANCE.—In the event two members of the uniformed services 

19 entitled to receive a basic allowance for housing under this 

20 section are married to one another and are each assigned 

21 for duty within normal commuting distance, basic allow22 ance for housing under this section shall be paid only to 

23 the member having the higher pay grade, or to the member 

24 having rank in grade if both members have the same pay 

25 grade, and at the rate payable for a member of such pay 
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1 grade with dependents (regardless of whether or not such 

2 members have dependents).’’. 

3 (b) BAH FOR OTHER MEMBERS LIVING TOGETHER.— 

4 Such section is further amended by adding at the end the 

5 following new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(q) REDUCED ALLOWANCE FOR MEMBERS LIVING

7 TOGETHER.—(1) In the event two or more members of the 

8 uniformed services who are entitled to receive a basic allow9 ance for housing under this section live together, basic al10 lowance for housing under this section shall be paid to each 

11 such member at the rate as follows: 

12 ‘‘(A) In the case of such a member in a pay 

13 grade below pay grade E–4, the rate otherwise pay14 able to such member under this section. 

15 ‘‘(B) In the case of such a member in a pay 

16 grade above pay grade E–3, the rate equal to the 

17 greater of— 

18 ‘‘(i) 75 percent of the rate otherwise payable 

19 to such member under this section; or 

20 ‘‘(ii) the rate payable for a member in pay 

21 grade E–4 without dependents. 

22 ‘‘(2) This subsection does not apply to members covered 

23 by subsection (p).’’. 

24 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 

2 this section shall take effect on October 1, 2015, and 

3 shall, except as provided in paragraph (2), apply 

4 with respect to allowances for basic housing payable 

5 for months beginning on or after that date. 

6 (2) PRESERVATION OF CURRENT BAH FOR MEM7 BERS WITH UNINTERRUPTED ELIGIBILITY FOR BAH.— 

8 Notwithstanding any amendment made by this sec9 tion, the monthly amount of basic allowance for hous10 ing payable to a member of the uniformed services 

11 under section 403 of title 37, United States Code, as 

12 of September 30, 2015, shall not be reduced by reason 

13 of such amendment so long as the member retains un14 interrupted eligibility for such basic allowance for 

15 housing within an area of the United States or with16 in an overseas location (as applicable). 

17 (3) PRESERVATION OF CURRENT BAH FOR CER18 TAIN OTHER MARRIED MEMBERS.—Notwithstanding 

19 paragraph (1), the amount of basic allowance for 

20 housing payable to a member of the uniformed serv21 ices under section 403 of title 37, United States Code, 

22 as of September 30, 2015, shall not be reduced by rea23 son of the amendment made by subsection (a) un24 less— 
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1 (A) the member and the member’s spouse 

2 undergo a permanent change of station requiring 

3 a change of residence; 

4 (B) the member and the member’s spouse 

5 move into or commence living in on-base hous6 ing; 

7 SEC. 605. REPEAL OF INAPPLICABILITY OF MODIFICATION 

8 OF BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING TO BEN9 EFITS UNDER THE LAWS ADMINISTERED BY 

10 THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

11 (a) REPEAL.—Subsection (b) of section 604 of the Carl 

12 Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense 

13 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113– 

14 291) is repealed. 

15 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub16 section (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2016. 

17 SEC. 606. LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR SUPPLEMENTAL 

18 SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS 

19 SERVING OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND 

20 ASSOCIATED TERRITORY. 

21 Section 402a(b) of title 37, United States Code, is 

22 amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and para24 graph (4)’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’; and 
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1 (2) by adding at the end the following new para2 graph: 

3 ‘‘(4) After September 30, 2016, a member is eligible 

4 for a supplemental subsistence allowance under this section 

5 only if the member is serving outside the United States, 

6 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 

7 Islands, or Guam.’’. 

8 SEC. 607. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION. 

9 In administering the supplemental nutrition assist10 ance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act 

11 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture 

12 shall ensure that any safeguards that prevent the use or dis13 closure of information obtained from applicant households 

14 shall not prevent the use of that information by, or the dis15 closure of that information to, the Secretary of Defense for 

16 purposes of determining the number of applicant households 

17 that contain one or more members of a regular component 

18 or reserve component of the Armed Forces. 
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1 Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special 

2 and Incentive Pays 

3 SEC. 611. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND 

4 SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR RESERVE 

5 FORCES. 

6 The following sections of title 37, United States Code, 

7 are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘December 31, 2016’’: 

9 (1) Section 308b(g), relating to Selected Reserve 

10 reenlistment bonus. 

11 (2) Section 308c(i), relating to Selected Reserve 

12 affiliation or enlistment bonus. 

13 (3) Section 308d(c), relating to special pay for 

14 enlisted members assigned to certain high-priority 

15 units. 

16 (4) Section 308g(f)(2), relating to Ready Reserve 

17 enlistment bonus for persons without prior service. 

18 (5) Section 308h(e), relating to Ready Reserve 

19 enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with 

20 prior service. 

21 (6) Section 308i(f), relating to Selected Reserve 

22 enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with 

23 prior service. 
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1 (7) Section 478a(e), relating to reimbursement of 

2 travel expenses for inactive-duty training outside of 

3 normal commuting distance. 

4 (8) Section 910(g), relating to income replace5 ment payments for reserve component members expe6 riencing extended and frequent mobilization for active 

7 duty service. 

8 SEC. 612. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND 

9 SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR HEALTH 

10 CARE PROFESSIONALS. 

11 (a) TITLE 10 AUTHORITIES.—The following sections 

12 of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking 

13 ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2016’’: 

14 (1) Section 2130a(a)(1), relating to nurse officer 

15 candidate accession program. 

16 (2) Section 16302(d), relating to repayment of 

17 education loans for certain health professionals who 

18 serve in the Selected Reserve. 

19 (b) TITLE 37 AUTHORITIES.—The following sections of 

20 title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘De21 cember 31, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2016’’: 

22 (1) Section 302c–1(f), relating to accession and 

23 retention bonuses for psychologists. 

24 (2) Section 302d(a)(1), relating to accession 

25 bonus for registered nurses. 
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1 (3) Section 302e(a)(1), relating to incentive spe2 cial pay for nurse anesthetists. 

3 (4) Section 302g(e), relating to special pay for 

4 Selected Reserve health professionals in critically 

5 short wartime specialties. 

6 (5) Section 302h(a)(1), relating to accession 

7 bonus for dental officers. 

8 (6) Section 302j(a), relating to accession bonus 

9 for pharmacy officers. 

10 (7) Section 302k(f), relating to accession bonus 

11 for medical officers in critically short wartime spe12 cialties. 

13 (8) Section 302l(g), relating to accession bonus 

14 for dental specialist officers in critically short war15 time specialties. 

16 SEC. 613. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF SPECIAL PAY AND 

17 BONUS AUTHORITIES FOR NUCLEAR OFFI18 CERS. 

19 The following sections of title 37, United States Code, 

20 are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘December 31, 2016’’: 

22 (1) Section 312(f), relating to special pay for 

23 nuclear-qualified officers extending period of active 

24 service. 
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1 (2) Section 312b(c), relating to nuclear career 

2 accession bonus. 

3 (3) Section 312c(d), relating to nuclear career 

4 annual incentive bonus. 

5 SEC. 614. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELAT6 ING TO TITLE 37 CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL 

7 PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AUTHORI8 TIES. 

9 The following sections of title 37, United States Code, 

10 are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘December 31, 2016’’: 

12 (1) Section 331(h), relating to general bonus au13 thority for enlisted members. 

14 (2) Section 332(g), relating to general bonus au15 thority for officers. 

16 (3) Section 333(i), relating to special bonus and 

17 incentive pay authorities for nuclear officers. 

18 (4) Section 334(i), relating to special aviation 

19 incentive pay and bonus authorities for officers. 

20 (5) Section 335(k), relating to special bonus and 

21 incentive pay authorities for officers in health profes22 sions. 

23 (6) Section 336(g), relating to contracting bonus 

24 for cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the Senior Re25 serve Officers’ Training Corps. 
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1 (7) Section 351(h), relating to hazardous duty 

2 pay. 

3 (8) Section 352(g), relating to assignment pay or 

4 special duty pay. 

5 (9) Section 353(i), relating to skill incentive pay 

6 or proficiency bonus. 

7 (10) Section 355(h), relating to retention incen8 tives for members qualified in critical military skills 

9 or assigned to high priority units. 

10 SEC. 615. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELAT11 ING TO PAYMENT OF OTHER TITLE 37 BO12 NUSES AND SPECIAL PAYS. 

13 The following sections of title 37, United States Code, 

14 are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘December 31, 2016’’: 

16 (1) Section 301b(a), relating to aviation officer 

17 retention bonus. 

18 (2) Section 307a(g), relating to assignment in19 centive pay. 

20 (3) Section 308(g), relating to reenlistment 

21 bonus for active members. 

22 (4) Section 309(e), relating to enlistment bonus. 

23 (5) Section 316a(g), relating to incentive pay for 

24 members of precommissioning programs pursuing for25 eign language proficiency. 
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1 (6) Section 324(g), relating to accession bonus 

2 for new officers in critical skills. 

3 (7) Section 326(g), relating to incentive bonus 

4 for conversion to military occupational specialty to 

5 ease personnel shortage. 

6 (8) Section 327(h), relating to incentive bonus 

7 for transfer between Armed Forces. 

8 (9) Section 330(f), relating to accession bonus for 

9 officer candidates. 

10 SEC. 616. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM ANNUAL AMOUNT OF NU11 CLEAR OFFICER BONUS PAY. 

12 (a) INCREASE.—Section 333(d)(1)(A) of title 37, 

13 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘$35,000’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘$50,000’’. 

15 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub16 section (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2016, and shall 

17 apply with respect to agreements entered into under section 

18 333 of title 37, United States Code, on or after that date. 

19 SEC. 617. REPEAL OF OBSOLETE AUTHORITY TO PAY BONUS 

20 TO ENCOURAGE ARMY PERSONNEL TO REFER 

21 PERSONS FOR ENLISTMENT IN THE ARMY. 

22 (a) REPEAL.—Section 3252 of title 10, United States 

23 Code, is repealed. 
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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

2 the beginning of chapter 333 of such title is amended by 

3 striking the item relating to section 3252. 

4 Subtitle C—Travel and 

5 Transportation Allowances 

6 SEC. 621. REPEAL OF OBSOLETE SPECIAL TRAVEL AND 

7 TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCE FOR SUR8 VIVORS OF DECEASED MEMBERS FROM THE 

9 VIETNAM CONFLICT. 

10 Section 481f of title 37, United States Code, is amend11 ed by striking subsection (d). 

12 SEC. 622. STUDY AND REPORT ON POLICY CHANGES TO THE 

13 JOINT TRAVEL REGULATIONS. 

14 (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 

15 States shall conduct a study on the impact of the policy 

16 changes to the Joint Travel Regulations for the Uniformed 

17 Service Members and Department of Defense Civilian Em18 ployees related to flat rate per diem for long term tem19 porary duty travel that took effect on November 1, 2014. 

20 The study shall assess the following: 

21 (1) The impact of such changes on shipyard 

22 workers who travel on long-term temporary duty as23 signments. 

24 (2) Whether such changes have discouraged em25 ployees of the Department of Defense, including civil-
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1 ian employees at shipyards and depots, from volun2 teering for important temporary duty travel assign3 ments. 

4 (b) REPORT.—Not later than June 1, 2016, the Comp5 troller General shall submit to the Committee on Armed 

6 Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Serv7 ices of the House of Representatives a report on the study 

8 required by subsection (a). 

9 SEC. 623. TRANSPORTATION TO TRANSFER CEREMONIES 

10 FOR FAMILY AND NEXT OF KIN OF MEMBERS 

11 OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO DIE OVERSEAS 

12 DURING HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS. 

13 Section 481f(e)(1) of title 37, United States Code, is 

14 amended by inserting ‘‘(including during a humanitarian 

15 relief operation)’’ after ‘‘located or serving overseas’’. 

16 SEC. 624. POLICIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ON 

17 TRAVEL OF NEXT OF KIN TO PARTICIPATE IN 

18 THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF REMAINS OF 

19 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CIVIL20 IAN EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE21 FENSE WHO DIE OVERSEAS. 

22 (a) REVIEW OF POLICIES.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

24 carry out a review of the current policies of the De25 partment of Defense on the travel for next of kin to 
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1 participate in the dignified transfer of remains of 

2 members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees 

3 of the Department who die overseas. 

4 (2) ELEMENTS.—The review required by this 

5 subsection shall include the following: 

6 (A) An assessment of the changes to Depart7 ment instructions and Federal regulations nec8 essary to provide Government funded travel to 

9 the next of kin to participate in the dignified 

10 transfer of remains of members of the Armed 

11 Forces and civilian employees of the Department 

12 who die overseas, regardless whether the death oc13 curred in a combat area or a non-combat area. 

14 (B) An action plan and timeline for mak15 ing the changes described in subparagraph (A). 

16 (b) MODIFICATION OF POLICIES.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para18 graph (2), not later than February 1, 2016, the Sec19 retary of Defense shall take appropriate actions to 

20 modify the policies of the Department in order to pro21 vide Government funded travel for the next of kin to 

22 participate in the dignified transfer of remains of 

23 members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees 

24 of the Department of Defense who die overseas, re-
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1 gardless whether the death occurs in a combat area or 

2 a non-combat area. 

3 (2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary is not required 

4 to modify the policies of the Department as described 

5 in paragraph (1) if, by not later than March, 1, 2016, 

6 the Secretary certifies, in writing, to the congressional 

7 defense committees that such action is not in the best 

8 interest of the United States. The certification shall 

9 include the following: 

10 (A) An assessment and reevaluation by the 

11 Secretary of the rational for excluding the next 

12 of kin from Government funded travel if the 

13 death of a member of the Armed Forces or civil14 ian employee of the Department overseas occurs 

15 in a non-combat area. 

16 (B) Recommendations for alternative plans 

17 to ensure that the next of kin of members of the 

18 Armed Forces and civilian employees of the De19 partment who die overseas in a non-combat area 

20 may participate in the dignified transfer of the 

21 remains of the deceased at Dover Port Mortuary, 

22 including through the actions of appropriate 

23 non-governmental organizations. 
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1 Subtitle D—Disability Pay, Retired 

2 Pay, and Survivor Benefits 

3 PART I—RETIRED PAY REFORM 

4 SEC. 631. THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN PARTICIPATION FOR MEM5 BERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES. 

6 (a) MODERNIZED RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section 

7 8440e of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 

8 subsection (e) and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(e) MODERNIZED RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 

10 ‘‘(1) TSP CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary con11 cerned shall make contributions to the Thrift Savings 

12 Fund, in accordance with section 8432, except to the 

13 extent the requirements under such section are modi14 fied by this subsection, for the benefit of a member 

15 who— 

16 ‘‘(A) first enters a uniformed service on or 

17 after January 1, 2018; or 

18 ‘‘(B) makes an election described in section 

19 1409(b)(4)(B) or 12739(f) of title 10. 

20 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount contrib21 uted under this subsection by the Secretary concerned 

22 for the benefit of a member described in paragraph 

23 (1) for any pay period shall be not more than 5 per24 cent of such member’s basic pay for such pay period. 
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1 ‘‘(3) TIMING AND DURATION OF CONTRIBU2 TIONS.— 

3 ‘‘(A) AUTOMATIC CONTRIBUTIONS.—The 

4 Secretary concerned shall make a contribution 

5 described in section 8432(c)(1) under this sub6 section for the benefit of a member described in 

7 paragraph (1) for any pay period during the pe8 riod that— 

9 ‘‘(i) begins on or after the day that is 

10 60 days after the date the member first en11 ters a uniformed service; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) ends on the day such member 

13 completes 20 years of service as a member 

14 of the uniformed services. 

15 ‘‘(B) MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Sec16 retary concerned shall make a contribution de17 scribed in section 8432(c)(2) under this sub18 section for the benefit of a member described in 

19 paragraph (1) for any pay period during the pe20 riod that— 

21 ‘‘(i) begins on or after the day that is 

22 2 years and 1 day after the date the mem23 ber first enters a uniformed service; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) ends on the day such member 

2 completes 20 years of service as a member 

3 of the uniformed services. 

4 ‘‘(4) PROTECTIONS FOR SPOUSES AND FORMER

5 SPOUSES.—Section 8435 shall apply to a member de6 scribed in paragraph (1) in the same manner as such 

7 section is applied to an employee or Member under 

8 such section. 

9 ‘‘(5) DEFINITION OF SECRETARY CONCERNED.— 

10 In this subsection the term ‘Secretary concerned’ has 

11 the meaning given the term in section 101 of title 

12 37.’’. 

13 (b) AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT IN TSP.—Section 

14 8432(b)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 

15 (1) in subparagraph (D)(ii)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘(ii) Members’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘(ii)(I) Except as provided in subclause (II), 

18 members’’; and 

19 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(II) A member described in section 8440e(e)(1) shall 

21 be an eligible individual for purposes of this paragraph.’’; 

22 and 

23 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(F) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

25 paragraph, a member described in section 8440e(e)(1) who 
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1 has declined automatic enrollment into the Thrift Savings 

2 Plan shall be automatically reenrolled, on January 1 of the 

3 year succeeding the year for which the determination is 

4 made, to make contributions under subsection (a) at the de5 fault percentage of basic pay. 

6 ‘‘(G) In this paragraph the term ‘member’ has the 

7 meaning given the term in section 211 of title 37.’’. 

8 (c) VESTING.—Section 8432(g) of title 5, United States 

9 Code, is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking 

12 ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

14 period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

15 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(C) 2 years of service in the case of a member 

17 of the uniformed services.’’; and 

18 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(6) For purposes of this subsection, a member of the 

20 uniformed services shall be considered to have separated 

21 from Government employment if the member is discharged 

22 or released from service in the uniformed services.’’. 

23 (d) THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN DEFAULT INVESTMENT

24 FUND.—Section 8438(c)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 
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1 as amended by section 2(a) of the Smarter Savings Act 

2 (Public Law 113–255), is amended— 

3 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(A) Con4 sistent with the requirements of subparagraph (B), if 

5 an’’ and inserting ‘‘If an’’; and 

6 (2) by striking subparagraph (B). 

7 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

8 (1) Section 211 of title 37, United States Code, 

9 is amended— 

10 (A) by striking subsection (d); and 

11 (B) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub12 section (d). 

13 (2) Section 8432b(c)(2)(B) of title 5, United 

14 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘(including pur15 suant to an agreement under section 211(d) of title 

16 37)’’. 

17 (f) ACTIONS TO ASSURE IMPLEMENTATION BY EFFEC18 TIVE DATE.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries concerned, the 

20 Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and 

21 the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board shall 

22 each and jointly take appropriate actions to ensure 

23 the full and effective commencement of the implemen24 tation of the amendments made by this section as of 

25 January 1, 2018. 
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1 (2) SECRETARY CONCERNED DEFINED.—In this 

2 subsection, the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the 

3 meaning given that term in section 101 of title 37, 

4 United States Code. 

5 (g) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 

6 (1) MODERNIZED RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—The 

7 amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 

8 on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

9 (2) OTHER AMENDMENTS.—The amendments 

10 made by subsections (b) through (e) shall take effect 

11 on January 1, 2018. 

12 SEC. 632. MODERNIZED RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR MEM13 BERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES. 

14 (a) MODERNIZED RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1409(b) of title 10, 

16 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

17 the following new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(4) MODERNIZED RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 

19 ‘‘(A) REDUCED MULTIPLIERS FOR MEMBERS

20 RECEIVING TSP MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.— 

21 Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), in 

22 the case of a member who first becomes a member 

23 of the uniformed services after January 1, 2018, 

24 or a member who makes the election described in 

25 subparagraph (B)— 
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1 ‘‘(i) subparagraph (A) of paragraph 

2 (1) shall be applied by substituting ‘2’ for 

‘21 3 ⁄2’’; 

4 ‘‘(ii) clause (i) of paragraph (3)(B) 

5 shall be applied by substituting ‘60 percent’ 

6 for ‘75 percent’; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) subclause (I) of paragraph 

8 (3)(B)(ii) shall be applied by substituting 

‘2’ for ‘21 9 ⁄2’. 

10 ‘‘(B) ELECTION TO PARTICIPATE IN MOD11 ERNIZED RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 

12 ‘‘(i) ELECTION.—A member of a uni13 formed service serving on January 1, 2018, 

14 may elect to accept the reduced multipliers 

15 described in subparagraph (A) for purposes 

16 of calculating the retired pay of the mem17 ber. 

18 ‘‘(ii) EFFECT OF ELECTION.—A mem19 ber making the election described in clause 

20 (i) shall— 

21 ‘‘(I) have the retired pay of the 

22 member calculated using the reduced 

23 multipliers described in subparagraph 

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1 ‘‘(II) receive Thrift Savings Plan 

2 (TSP) matching contributions pursu3 ant to section 8440e(e) of title 5 for pe4 riods of service between the completion 

5 of 2 years of service and the completion 

6 of 20 years of service in accordance 

7 with paragraph (3)(B) of such section; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(III) be eligible for lump sum 

10 payments under section 1415 of this 

11 title. 

12 ‘‘(iii) ELECTION PERIOD.— 

13 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro14 vided in subclauses (II) and (III), a 

15 member of a uniformed service may 

16 make the election described in clause 

17 (i) during the period that begins on 

18 July 1, 2018, and ends on December 

19 31, 2018. 

20 ‘‘(II) HARDSHIP EXTENSION.— 

21 The Secretary concerned may extend 

22 the election period described in sub23 clause (I) for a member who experi24 ences a hardship as determined by the 

25 Secretary concerned. 
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1 ‘‘(III) MEMBERS EXPERIENCING

2 BREAK IN SERVICE.—A member of a 

3 uniformed service returning to service 

4 after a break in service in which falls 

5 the election period specified in sub6 clause (I) shall make the election de7 scribed in clause (i) on the date of the 

8 reentry into service of the member. 

9 ‘‘(iv) NO RETROACTIVE MATCHING CON10 TRIBUTIONS PURSUANT TO ELECTION.— 

11 Thrift Savings Plan matching contributions 

12 may not be made for a member under this 

13 subparagraph for any pay period beginning 

14 before the date of the member’s election 

15 under clause (i). 

16 ‘‘(C) REGULATIONS.—Each Secretary con17 cerned shall prescribe regulations to implement 

18 this paragraph.’’. 

19 (2) NON-REGULAR SERVICE.—Section 12739 of 

20 such title is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing new subsection: 

22 ‘‘(f) MODERNIZED RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 

23 ‘‘(1) REDUCED MULTIPLIERS FOR PERSONS RE24 CEIVING TSP MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.—In the case 

25 of a person who first performs reserve component 
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1 service after January 1, 2018, after not having per2 formed regular or reserve component service on or be3 fore that date, or a person who makes the election de4 scribed in paragraph (2)— 

5 ‘‘(A) paragraph (2) of subsection (a) shall 

be applied by substituting ‘2 percent’ for ‘21 6 ⁄2

7 percent’; 

8 ‘‘(B) subparagraph (A) of subsection (c)(2) 

9 shall be applied by substituting ‘60 percent’ for 

10 ‘75 percent’; and 

11 ‘‘(C) clause (ii) of subsection (c)(2)(B) shall 

be applied by substituting ‘2 percent’ for ‘21 12 ⁄2

13 percent’. 

14 ‘‘(2) ELECTION TO PARTICIPATE IN MODERNIZED

15 RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 

16 ‘‘(A) ELECTION.—A person performing re17 serve component service on January 1, 2018, 

18 may elect to accept the reduced multipliers de19 scribed in paragraph (1) for purposes of calcu20 lating the retired pay of the person. 

21 ‘‘(B) EFFECT OF ELECTION.—A person 

22 making the election described in subparagraph 

23 (A) shall— 
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1 ‘‘(i) have the retired pay of the person 

2 calculated using the reduced multipliers de3 scribed in paragraph (1): 

4 ‘‘(ii) receive Thrift Savings Plan 

5 (TSP) matching contributions pursuant to 

6 section 8440e(e) of title 5 for periods of 

7 service between the completion of 2 years of 

8 service and the completion of 20 years of 

9 service in accordance with paragraph 

10 (3)(B) of such section; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) be eligible for lump sum pay12 ments under section 1415 of this title. 

13 ‘‘(C) ELECTION PERIOD.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

15 in clauses (ii) and (iii), a person per16 forming reserve component service may 

17 make the election described in subparagraph 

18 (A) during the period that begins on July 

19 1, 2018, and ends on December 31, 2018. 

20 ‘‘(ii) HARDSHIP EXTENSION.—The Sec21 retary concerned may extend the election 

22 period described in clause (i) for a person 

23 who experiences a hardship as determined 

24 by the Secretary concerned. 
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1 ‘‘(iii) PERSONS EXPERIENCING BREAK

2 IN SERVICE.—A person returning to reserve 

3 component service after a break in reserve 

4 component service in which falls the election 

5 period specified in clause (i) shall make the 

6 election described in subparagraph (A) on 

7 the date of the reentry into service of the 

8 person. 

9 ‘‘(iv) NO RETROACTIVE MATCHING CON10 TRIBUTIONS PURSUANT TO ELECTION.— 

11 Thrift Savings Plan matching contributions 

12 may not be made for a person under this 

13 paragraph for any pay period beginning be14 fore the date of the person’s election under 

15 subparagraph (A). 

16 ‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—Each Secretary concerned 

17 shall prescribe regulations to implement this sub18 section.’’. 

19 (b) COORDINATING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER RETIRE20 MENT AUTHORITIES.— 

21 (1) DISABILITY, WARRANT OFFICERS, AND DOPMA

22 RETIRED PAY.— 

23 (A) COMPUTATION OF RETIRED PAY.—The 

24 table in section 1401(a) of title 10, United States 

25 Code, is amended— 
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1 (i) in paragraph (1) in column 2 of 

formula number 1, by striking ‘‘21 2 ⁄2% of 

3 years of service credited to him under sec4 tion 1208’’ and inserting ‘‘the retired pay 

5 multiplier determined for the member under 

6 section 1409 of this title’’; 

7 (ii) in paragraph (1) in column 2 of 

formula number 2, by striking ‘‘21 8 ⁄2% of 

9 years of service credited to him under sec10 tion 1208’’ and inserting ‘‘the retired pay 

11 multiplier determined for the member under 

12 section 1409 of this title’’; and 

13 (iii) in column 2 of each of formula 

14 number 4 and formula number 5, by strik15 ing ‘‘section 1409(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec16 tion 1409’’. 

17 (B) CLARIFICATION REGARDING MODERN18 IZED RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section 1401a(b) of 

19 such title is amended— 

20 (i) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

21 paragraph (6); and 

22 (ii) by inserting after paragraph (4) 

23 the following new paragraph (5): 

24 ‘‘(5) ADJUSTMENTS FOR PARTICIPANTS IN MOD25 ERNIZED RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Notwithstanding 
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1 paragraph (3), if a member makes the election de2 scribed in section 1409(b)(4) of this title, the Sec3 retary shall increase the retired pay of such member 

4 in accordance with paragraph (2).’’. 

5 (2) NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC AD6 MINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS ACT OF

7 2002.—Paragraph (2) of section 245(a) of the Na8 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 

9 Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 (33 U.S.C. 

10 3045(a)) is amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(2) the retired pay multiplier determined under 

12 section 1409 of such title for the number of years of 

13 service that may be credited to the officer under sec14 tion 1405 of such title as if the officer’s service were 

15 service as a member of the Armed Forces.’’. 

16 (3) TITLE 37, UNITED STATES CODE.— 

17 (A) 15-YEAR CAREER STATUS BONUS RE18 PAYMENT.—Subsection (f) of section 354 of title 

19 37, United States Code, is amended— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘If a’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘(1) If a’’; and 

22 (ii) by adding at the end the following 

23 new paragraph: 

24 ‘‘(2) If a person who is paid a bonus under this section 

25 subsequently makes an election described in section 
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1 1409(b)(4) or 12739(f) of title 10, the person shall repay 

2 any bonus payments received under this section in the same 

3 manner as repayments are made under section 373 of this 

4 title.’’. 

5 (B) SUNSET AND CONTINUATION OF PAY6 MENTS.—Such section 354 is further amended by 

7 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(g) SUNSET AND CONTINUATION OF PAYMENTS.—(1) 

9 A Secretary concerned may not pay a new bonus under 

10 this section after December 31, 2017. 

11 ‘‘(2) Subject to subsection (f)(2), the Secretary con12 cerned may continue to make payments after December 31, 

13 2017, for bonuses that were awarded under this section on 

14 or before that date.’’. 

15 (4) PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT.—Paragraph 

16 (4) of section 211(a) of the Public Health Service Act 

17 (42 U.S.C. 212) is amended— 

18 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

(A), by striking ‘‘at the rate of 2 1 19 ⁄2 per centum 

20 of the basic pay of the highest grade held by him 

21 as such officer’’ and inserting ‘‘calculated by 

22 multiplying the retired pay base determined 

23 under section 1406 of title 10, United States 

24 Code, by the retired pay multiplier determined 

25 under section 1409 of such title for the numbers 
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1 of years of service credited to the officer under 

2 this paragraph’’; and 

3 (B) in the matter following subparagraph 

4 (B)(iii)— 

5 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

6 ‘‘such pay, and’’ and inserting ‘‘such pay,’’; 

7 and 

8 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

9 ‘‘such basic pay.’’ and inserting ‘‘such basic 

10 pay, and (E) in the case of any officer who 

11 makes the election described in section 

12 1409(b)(4) of title 10, United States Code, 

13 subparagraph (C) shall be applied by sub14 stituting ‘40 per centum’ for ‘50 per cen15 tum’ each place the term appears and sub16 paragraph (D) shall be applied by sub17 stituting ‘60 per centum’ for ‘75 per cen18 tum’.’’. 

19 (c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 

20 (1) MODERNIZED RETIREMENT SYSTEMS.—The 

21 amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect 

22 on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

23 (2) COORDINATING AMENDMENTS.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

25 subparagraph (B), the amendments made by 
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1 subsection (b) shall take effect on January 1, 

2 2018. 

3 (B) TITLE 37 AMENDMENTS.—The amend4 ments made by paragraph (3) of subsection (b) 

5 shall take effect on the date of the enactment of 

6 this Act. 

7 SEC. 633. LUMP SUM PAYMENTS OF CERTAIN RETIRED PAY. 

8 (a) LUMP SUM PAYMENTS OF CERTAIN RETIRED

9 PAY.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 71 of title 10, United 

11 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol12 lowing new section: 

13 ‘‘§ 1415. Lump sum payment of certain retired pay 

14 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 ‘‘(1) COVERED RETIRED PAY.—The term ‘covered 

16 retired pay’ means retired pay under— 

17 ‘‘(A) this title; 

18 ‘‘(B) title 14; 

19 ‘‘(C) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

20 Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act 

21 of 2002 (33 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.); or 

22 ‘‘(D) the Public Health Service Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). 

24 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE PERSON.—The term ‘eligible per25 son’ means a person who— 
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1 ‘‘(A)(i) first becomes a member of a uni2 formed service on or after January 1, 2018; or 

3 ‘‘(ii) makes the election described in section 

4 1409(b)(4) or 12739(f) of this title; and 

5 ‘‘(B) does not retire or separate under chap6 ter 61 of this title. 

7 ‘‘(3) RETIREMENT AGE.—The term ‘retirement 

8 age’ has the meaning given the term in section 216(l) 

9 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 416(l)). 

10 ‘‘(b) ELECTION OF LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF CERTAIN

11 RETIRED PAY.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible person entitled to 

13 covered retired pay (including an eligible person who 

14 is entitled to such pay by reason of an election de15 scribed in subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii)) may elect— 

16 ‘‘(A) to receive a lump sum payment of the 

17 discounted present value at the time of the elec18 tion of the amount of the covered retired pay 

19 that the eligible person is otherwise entitled to 

20 receive for the period beginning on the date of re21 tirement and ending on the date the eligible per22 son attains the eligible person’s retirement age; 

23 or 

24 ‘‘(B) to receive— 
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1 ‘‘(i) a lump sum payment of an 

2 amount equal to 50 percent of the amount 

3 otherwise receivable by the eligible person 

4 pursuant to subparagraph (A); and 

5 ‘‘(ii) a monthly amount during the pe6 riod described in subparagraph (A) equal to 

7 50 percent of the amount of monthly covered 

8 retired pay the eligible person is otherwise 

9 entitled to receive during such period. 

10 ‘‘(2) DISCOUNTED PRESENT VALUE.—The Sec11 retary of Defense shall compute the discounted present 

12 value of amounts of covered retired pay that an eligi13 ble person is otherwise entitled to receive for a period 

14 for purposes of paragraph (1)(A) by— 

15 ‘‘(A) estimating the aggregate amount of re16 tired pay the person would receive for the period, 

17 taking into account cost-of-living adjustments 

18 under section 1401a of this title projected by the 

19 Secretary at the time the person separates from 

20 service and would otherwise begin receiving cov21 ered retired pay; and 

22 ‘‘(B) reducing the aggregate amount esti23 mated pursuant to subparagraph (A) by an ap24 propriate percentage determined by the Sec25 retary— 
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1 ‘‘(i) using average personal discount 

2 rates (as defined and calculated by the Sec3 retary taking into consideration applicable 

4 and reputable studies of personal discount 

5 rates for military personnel and past actu6 arial experience in the calculation of per7 sonal discount rates under this paragraph); 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(ii) in accordance with generally ac10 cepted actuarial principles and practices. 

11 ‘‘(3) TIMING OF ELECTION.—An eligible person 

12 shall make the election under this subsection not later 

13 than 90 days before the date of the retirement of the 

14 eligible person from the uniformed services. 

15 ‘‘(4) SINGLE PAYMENT OR COMBINATION OF PAY16 MENTS.—An eligible person may elect to receive a 

17 lump sum payment under this subsection in a single 

18 payment or in a combination of payments. 

19 ‘‘(5) COMMENCEMENT OF PAYMENT.—An eligible 

20 person who makes an election under this subsection 

21 shall receive the lump sum payment, or the first in22 stallment of a combination of payments of the lump 

23 sum payment if elected under paragraph (4), as fol24 lows: 
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1 ‘‘(A) Not later than 60 days after the date 

2 of the retirement of the eligible person from the 

3 uniformed services. 

4 ‘‘(B) In the case of an eligible person who 

5 is a member of a reserve component, not later 

6 than 60 days after the later of— 

7 ‘‘(i) the date on which the eligible per8 son attains 60 years of age; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) the date on which the eligible per10 son first becomes entitled to covered retired 

11 pay. 

12 ‘‘(6) NO SUBSEQUENT ADJUSTMENT.—An eligible 

13 person who accepts payment of a lump sum under 

14 this subsection may not seek the review of or otherwise 

15 challenge the amount of the lump sum in light of any 

16 variation in cost-of-living adjustments under section 

17 1401a of this title, actuarial assumptions, or other 

18 factors used by the Secretary in calculating the 

19 amount of the lump sum that occur after the Sec20 retary pays the lump sum. 

21 ‘‘(c) RESUMPTION OF MONTHLY ANNUITY.— 

22 ‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

23 an eligible person who makes an election described in 

24 subsection (b) shall be entitled to receive the eligible 

25 person’s monthly covered retired pay calculated in ac-
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1 cordance with paragraph (2) after the eligible person 

2 attains the eligible person’s retirement age. 

3 ‘‘(2) RESTORATION OF FULL RETIREMENT

4 AMOUNT AT RETIREMENT AGE.—The retired pay of an 

5 eligible person who makes an election described in 

6 subsection (a) shall be recomputed, effective on the 

7 first day of the first month beginning after the person 

8 attains the eligible person’s retirement age, so as to 

9 be an amount equal to the amount of covered retired 

10 pay to which the eligible person would otherwise be 

11 entitled on that date if the annual increases, in the 

12 retired pay of the eligible person made to reflect 

13 changes in the Consumer Price Index, had been made 

14 in accordance with section 1401a of this title. 

15 ‘‘(d) PAYMENT OF RETIRED PAY TO PERSONS NOT

16 MAKING ELECTION.—An eligible person who does not make 

17 the election described in subsection (b) shall be paid the re18 tired pay to which the eligible person is otherwise entitled 

19 under the applicable provisions of law referred to in sub20 section (a)(1). 

21 ‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense con22 cerned shall prescribe regulations to carry out the provi23 sions of this section.’’. 
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1 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec2 tions at the beginning of chapter 71 of such title is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘1415. Lump sum payment of certain retired pay.’’. 

4 (3) PAYMENTS FROM DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

5 MILITARY RETIREMENT FUND.—Section 1463(a)(1) of 

6 title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘or 1414’’ and inserting ‘‘, 1414, or 1415’’. 

8 (b) OFFSET OF VETERANS PENSION AND COMPENSA9 TION BY AMOUNT OF LUMP SUM PAYMENTS.—Section 5304 

10 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

11 the end the following new subsection: 

12 ‘‘(d)(1) Other than amounts payable under section 

13 1413a or 1414 of title 10, the amount of pension and com14 pensation benefits payable to a person under this title shall 

15 be reduced by the amount of any lump sum payment made 

16 to such person under section 1415 of title 10. 

17 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall collect any reduction under 

18 paragraph (1) from amounts otherwise payable to the per19 son under this title, including pension and compensation 

20 payable under this title, before any pension and compensa21 tion payments under this title may be paid to the person.’’. 
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1 SEC. 634. CONTINUATION PAY AFTER 12 YEARS OF SERVICE 

2 FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERV3 ICES PARTICIPATING IN THE MODERNIZED 

4 RETIREMENT SYSTEMS. 

5 (a) CONTINUATION PAY.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 5 of 

7 title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding 

8 at the end the following new sections: 

9 ‘‘§ 356. Continuation pay after 12 years of service: 

10 members participating in modernized re11 tirement systems 

12 ‘‘(a) CONTINUATION PAY.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary concerned 

14 shall make a payment of continuation pay to each 

15 member of the uniformed services under the jurisdic16 tion of the Secretary who— 

17 ‘‘(A)(i) first becomes a member of a uni18 formed service after January 1, 2018; or 

19 ‘‘(ii) subject to paragraph (2), makes the 

20 election described in section 1409(b)(4) or 

21 12739(f) of title 10; and 

22 ‘‘(B) after the date on which the member 

23 satisfies the applicable requirement in subpara24 graph (A)— 

25 ‘‘(i) completes 12 years of service; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) enters into an agreement with the 

2 Secretary to serve for an additional 4 years 

3 of obligated service. 

4 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY DEPENDENT ON ELECTION BE5 FORE COMPLETION OF 12 YEARS OF SERVICE.—A 

6 member who makes an election described in para7 graph (1)(A)(ii) after the member completes 12 years 

8 of service is not eligible for continuation pay under 

9 this section. 

10 ‘‘(b) AMOUNT.—The amount of continuation pay pay11 able to a member under this section shall be the amount 

12 that is equal to— 

13 ‘‘(1) in the case of a member of a regular compo14 nent— 

15 ‘‘(A) the monthly basic pay of the member 

16 at 12 years of service multiplied by 2.5; plus 

17 ‘‘(B) at the discretion of the Secretary con18 cerned, the monthly basic pay of the member at 

19 12 years of service multiplied by such number of 

20 months (not to exceed 13 months) as the Sec21 retary concerned shall specify in the agreement 

22 of the member under subsection (a); and 

23 ‘‘(2) in the case of a member of a reserve compo24 nent— 
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1 ‘‘(A) the amount of monthly basic pay to 

2 which the member would be entitled at 12 years 

3 of service if the member were a member of a reg4 ular component multiplied by 0.5; plus 

5 ‘‘(B) at the discretion of the Secretary con6 cerned, the amount of monthly basic pay de7 scribed in subparagraph (A) multiplied by such 

8 number of months (not to exceed 6 months) as 

9 the Secretary concerned shall specify in the 

10 agreement of the member under subsection (a). 

11 ‘‘(c) TIMING OF PAYMENT.—The Secretary concerned 

12 shall pay continuation pay under this section to a member 

13 when the member completes 12 years of service. 

14 ‘‘(d) LUMP SUM OR INSTALLMENTS.—A member may 

15 elect to receive continuation pay under this section in a 

16 lump sum or in a series of not more than 4 payments. 

17 ‘‘(e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PAY AND ALLOW18 ANCES.—Continuation pay under this section is in addi19 tion to any other pay or allowance to which the member 

20 is entitled. 

21 ‘‘(f) REPAYMENT.—A member who receives continu22 ation pay under this section and fails to complete the obli23 gated service required under subsection (a)(2)(B)(ii) shall 

24 be subject to the repayment provisions of section 373 of this 

25 title. 
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1 ‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—Each Secretary concerned shall 

2 prescribe regulations to carry out this section.’’. 

3 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec4 tions at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘356. Continuation pay after 12 years of service: members participating in modernized retirement systems.’’. 

6 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub7 section (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2018, and shall 

8 apply with respect to agreements entered into under section 

9 356 of title 37, United States Code, after that date. 

10 SEC. 635. AUTHORITY FOR RETIREMENT FLEXIBILITY FOR 

11 MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES. 

12 (a) AUTHORITY FOR RETIREMENT FLEXIBILITY.— 

13 Chapter 63 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 

14 adding at the end the following new item: 

15 ‘‘§ 1276. Retirement flexibility: authority to modify 

16 years of service required for retirement 

17 for particular occupational specialities or 

18 other groupings 

19 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other provi20 sion of law, the Secretary concerned may modify the years 

21 of service required for an eligible member to retire, to great22 er than or fewer than 20 years of service, in order to facili23 tate management actions that shape the personnel profile 

24 or correct manpower shortages within an occupational spe-
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1 cialty or other grouping of members of the uniformed serv2 ices. 

3 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBER DEFINED.—In this section, 

4 the term ‘eligible member’ means a member of the uniformed 

5 services working in an occupational specialty or other 

6 grouping designated by the Secretary concerned as in need 

7 of a management action described in subsection (a). 

8 ‘‘(c) NOTICE-AND-WAIT.— 

9 ‘‘(1) NOTICE REQUIRED.—The Secretary con10 cerned shall submit to Congress notice of any pro11 posed modification under subsection (a). 

12 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary concerned may 

13 not implement a proposed modification under sub14 section (a) until one year after the day on which the 

15 notice of the modification is submitted to Congress 

16 under paragraph (1). 

17 ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—The Secretary concerned may 

18 only modify the required years of service under subsection 

19 (a) for an eligible member who first becomes a member of 

20 a uniformed service on or after the date of the expiration 

21 of the one year period described in subsection (c)(2) that 

22 is applicable to the occupational specialty or other grouping 

23 in which the eligible member works.’’. 
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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

2 the beginning of chapter 63 of such title is amended by add3 ing at the end the following new item: 

‘‘1276. Retirement flexibility: authority to modify years of service required for retirement for particular occupational specialities or other 

groupings.’’. 

4 PART II—OTHER MATTERS 

5 SEC. 641. DEATH OF FORMER SPOUSE BENEFICIARIES AND 

6 SUBSEQUENT REMARRIAGES UNDER SUR7 VIVOR BENEFIT PLAN. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1448(b) of title 10, United 

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

10 new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(7) EFFECT OF DEATH OF FORMER SPOUSE

12 BENEFICIARY.— 

13 ‘‘(A) TERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION IN

14 PLAN.—A person who elects to provide an annu15 ity to a former spouse under paragraph (2) or 

16 (3) and whose former spouse subsequently dies is 

17 no longer a participant in the Plan, effective on 

18 the date of death of the former spouse. 

19 ‘‘(B) AUTHORITY FOR ELECTION OF NEW

20 SPOUSE BENEFICIARY.—If a person’s participa21 tion in the Plan is discontinued by reason of the 

22 death of a former spouse beneficiary, the person 

23 may elect to resume participation in the Plan 

24 and to elect a new spouse beneficiary as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(i) MARRIED ON THE DATE OF DEATH

2 OF FORMER SPOUSE.—A person who is 

3 married at the time of the death of the 

4 former spouse beneficiary may elect to pro5 vide coverage to that person’s spouse. Such 

6 an election must be received by the Sec7 retary concerned within one year after the 

8 date of death of the former spouse bene9 ficiary. 

10 ‘‘(ii) MARRIAGE AFTER DEATH OF

11 FORMER SPOUSE BENEFICIARY.—A person 

12 who is not married at the time of the death 

13 of the former spouse beneficiary and who 

14 later marries may elect to provide spouse 

15 coverage. Such an election must be received 

16 by the Secretary concerned within one year 

17 after the date on which that person marries. 

18 ‘‘(C) EFFECTIVE DATE OF ELECTION.—The 

19 effective date of election under this paragraph 

20 shall be as follows: 

21 ‘‘(i) An election under subparagraph 

22 (B)(i) is effective as of the first day of the 

23 first calendar month following the death of 

24 the former spouse beneficiary. 
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1 ‘‘(ii) An election under subparagraph 

2 (B)(ii) is effective as of the first day of the 

3 first calendar month following the month in 

4 which the election is received by the Sec5 retary concerned. 

6 ‘‘(D) LEVEL OF COVERAGE.—A person mak7 ing an election under subparagraph (B) may not 

8 reduce the base amount previously elected. 

9 ‘‘(E) PROCEDURES.—An election under this 

10 paragraph shall be in writing, signed by the 

11 participant, and made in such form and manner 

12 as the Secretary concerned may prescribe. 

13 ‘‘(F) IRREVOCABILITY.—An election under 

14 this paragraph is irrevocable.’’. 

15 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (7) of section 

16 1448(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub17 section (a), shall apply with respect to any person whose 

18 former spouse beneficiary dies on or after the date of the 

19 enactment of this Act. 

20 (c) APPLICABILITY TO FORMER SPOUSE DEATHS BE21 FORE ENACTMENT.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—A person— 

23 (A) who before the date of the enactment of 

24 this Act had a former spouse beneficiary under 
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1 the Survivor Benefit Plan who died before that 

2 date; and 

3 (B) who on the date of the enactment of this 

4 Act is married, 

5 may elect to provide spouse coverage for such spouse 

6 under the Plan, regardless of whether the person mar7 ried such spouse before or after the death of the former 

8 spouse beneficiary. Any such election may only be 

9 made during the one-year period beginning on the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act. 

11 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE OF ELECTION IF MARRIED

12 AT LEAST A YEAR AT DEATH FORMER SPOUSE.—If the 

13 person providing the annuity was married to the 

14 spouse beneficiary for at least one year at the time of 

15 the death of the former spouse beneficiary, the effective 

16 date of such election shall be the first day of the first 

17 month after the death of the former spouse bene18 ficiary. 

19 (3) OTHER EFFECTIVE DATE.—If the person pro20 viding the annuity married the spouse beneficiary 

21 after (or during the one-year period preceding) the 

22 death of the former spouse beneficiary, the effective 

23 date of the election shall be the first day of the first 

24 month following the first anniversary of the person’s 

25 marriage to the spouse beneficiary. 
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1 (4) RESPONSIBILITY FOR PREMIUMS.—A person 

2 electing to participate in the Plan under this sub3 section shall be responsible for payment of all pre4 miums due from the effective date of the election. 

5 SEC. 642. TRANSITIONAL COMPENSATION AND OTHER BEN6 EFITS FOR DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF 

7 THE ARMED FORCES INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE 

8 RETIRED PAY AS A RESULT OF COURT-MAR9 TIAL SENTENCE. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 53 of title 10, United 

11 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1059 the 

12 following new section: 

13 ‘‘§ 1059a. Dependents of members of the armed forces 

14 ineligible to receive retired pay as a result 

15 of court-martial sentence: transitional 

16 compensation and other benefits; com17 missary and exchange benefits 

18 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO PAY COMPENSATION.—The Sec19 retary of Defense, with respect to the armed forces (other 

20 than the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service 

21 in the Navy), and the Secretary of Homeland Security, with 

22 respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a 

23 service in the Navy, may each carry out a program under 

24 which the Secretary may pay monthly transitional com25 pensation in accordance with this section to dependents or 
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1 former dependents of a member of the armed forces described 

2 in subsection (b) who is under the jurisdiction of the Sec3 retary. 

4 ‘‘(b) MEMBERS COVERED.—This section applies in the 

5 case of a member of the armed forces eligible for retired or 

6 retainer pay under this title for years of service who— 

7 ‘‘(1) is separated from the armed forces pursuant 

8 to the sentence of a court-martial as a result of mis9 conduct while a member; and 

10 ‘‘(2) has eligibility to receive retired pay termi11 nated pursuant to such sentence. 

12 ‘‘(c) RECIPIENT OF PAYMENTS.—(1) In the case of a 

13 member of the armed forces described in subsection (b), the 

14 Secretary may pay compensation under this section to de15 pendents or former dependents of the member as follows: 

16 ‘‘(A) If the member was married at the time of 

17 the commission of the offense resulting in separation 

18 from the armed forces, such compensation may be 

19 paid to the spouse or former spouse to whom the 

20 member was married at that time, including an 

21 amount for each, if any, dependent child of the mem22 ber who resides in the same household as that spouse 

23 or former spouse. 

24 ‘‘(B) If there is a spouse or former spouse who 

25 is or, but for subsection (d)(2), would be eligible for 
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1 compensation under this section and if there is a de2 pendent child of the member who does not reside in 

3 the same household as that spouse or former spouse, 

4 compensation under this section may be paid to each 

5 such dependent child of the member who does not re6 side in that household. 

7 ‘‘(C) If there is no spouse or former spouse who 

8 is or, but for subsection (d)(2), would be eligible 

9 under this section, compensation under this section 

10 may be paid to the dependent children of the member. 

11 ‘‘(2) A dependent or former dependent of a member 

12 described in subsection (b) is not eligible for transitional 

13 compensation under this section if the Secretary concerned 

14 determines (under regulations prescribed under subsection 

15 (g)) that the dependent or former dependent either— 

16 ‘‘(A) was an active participant in the conduct 

17 constituting the offense under chapter 47 of this title 

18 (the Uniform Code of Military Justice) for which the 

19 member was convicted and separated from the armed 

20 forces; or 

21 ‘‘(B) did not cooperate with the investigation of 

22 such conduct. 

23 ‘‘(d) COMMENCEMENT AND DURATION OF PAYMENT.— 

24 (1) Payment of transitional compensation under this sec25 tion shall commence— 
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1 ‘‘(A) as of the date the court-martial sentence is 

2 adjudged if the sentence, as adjudged, includes— 

3 ‘‘(i) a dismissal, dishonorable discharge, or 

4 bad conduct discharge; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) forfeiture of all pay and allowances; or 

6 ‘‘(B) if there is a pretrial agreement that pro7 vides for disapproval or suspension of the dismissal, 

8 dishonorable discharge, bad conduct discharge, or for9 feiture of all pay and allowances, as of the date of the 

10 approval of the court-martial sentence by the person 

11 acting under section 860(c) of this title (article 60(c) 

12 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) if the sen13 tence, as approved, includes— 

14 ‘‘(i) an unsuspended dismissal, dishonorable 

15 discharge, or bad conduct discharge; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) forfeiture of all pay and allowances. 

17 ‘‘(2) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (e), para18 graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (g), and subsections (f) and 

19 (h) of section 1059 of this title shall apply in determining— 

20 ‘‘(A) the amount of transitional compensation to 

21 be paid under this section; 

22 ‘‘(B) the period for which such compensation 

23 may be paid; and 

24 ‘‘(C) the circumstances under which the payment 

25 of such compensation may or will cease. 
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1 ‘‘(e) COMMISSARY AND EXCHANGE BENEFITS.—A de2 pendent or former dependent who receives transitional com3 pensation under this section shall, while receiving such pay4 ments, be entitled to use commissary and exchange stores 

5 in the same manner as provided in subsection (j) of section 

6 1059 of this title. 

7 ‘‘(f) COORDINATION OF BENEFITS.—(1) The Secretary 

8 concerned may not make payments to a spouse or former 

9 spouse under both this section, on the one hand, and section 

10 1059, 1408(h), or 1408(i) of this title, on the other hand. 

11 In the case of a spouse or former spouse for whom a court 

12 order provides for payments pursuant to section 1408(h) 

13 or 1408(i) of this title and to whom the Secretary offers 

14 payments under this section or section 1059 of this title, 

15 the spouse or former spouse shall elect which payments to 

16 receive. 

17 ‘‘(2) Upon the cessation of payments of transitional 

18 compensation to a spouse or former spouse under this sec19 tion pursuant to subsection (d)(2), a spouse or former 

20 spouse who elected payments of transitional compensation 

21 under this section and either remains or becomes eligible 

22 for payments under section 1408(h) or 1408(i) of this title, 

23 as applicable, may commence receipt of payments under 

24 such section 1408(h) or 1408(i) in accordance with such sec25 tion. 
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1 ‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

2 prescribe regulations to carry out this section with respect 

3 to the armed forces (other than the Coast Guard when it 

4 is not operating as a service in the Navy). The Secretary 

5 of Homeland Security shall prescribe regulations to carry 

6 out this section with respect to the Coast Guard when it 

7 is not operating as a service in the Navy. 

8 ‘‘(h) DEPENDENT CHILD DEFINED.—In this section, 

9 the term ‘dependent child’, with respect to a member or 

10 former member of the armed forces referred to in subsection 

11 (b), has the meaning given such term in subsection (l) of 

12 section 1059 of this title, except that status as a ‘dependent 

13 child’ shall be determined as of the date on which the mem14 ber described in subsection (b) is convicted of the offense 

15 concerned.’’. 

16 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

17 the beginning of chapter 53 of such title is amended by in18 serting after the item relating to section 1059 the following 

19 new item: 

‘‘1059a. Dependents of members of the armed forces ineligible to receive retired 

pay as a result of court-martial sentence: transitional compensation and other benefits; commissary and exchange benefits.’’. 

20 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (i) of sec21 tion 1059 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 

22 read as follows: 

23 ‘‘(i) COORDINATION OF BENEFITS.—The Secretary 

24 concerned may not make payments to a spouse or former 
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1 spouse under both this section, on the one hand, and section 

2 1059a, 1408(h), or 1408(i) of this title, on the other hand. 

3 In the case of a spouse or former spouse for whom a court 

4 order provides for payments pursuant to section 1408(h) 

5 or 1408(i) of this title and to whom the Secretary offers 

6 payments under this section or section 1059a of this title, 

7 the spouse or former spouse shall elect which payments to 

8 receive.’’. 

9 Subtitle E—Commissary and Non10 Appropriated Fund Instrumen11 tality Benefits and Operations 

12 SEC. 651. COMMISSARY SYSTEM MATTERS. 

13 (a) OPERATING EXPENSES.—Section 2483 of title 10, 

14 United States Code, is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (b)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘supplies 

17 and’’; 

18 (B) by striking (5); and 

19 (C) by redesignating paragraph (6) as 

20 paragraph (5); and 

21 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub22 sections: 

23 ‘‘(d) TRANSPORTATION COSTS FOR CERTAIN GOODS

24 AND SUPPLIES.—Appropriated funds may be used to pay 

25 any costs associated with the transportation of commissary 
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1 goods and supplies to overseas areas, but only to the extent 

2 that the working capital fund for commissary operations 

3 is reimbursed for the payment of such costs. The sales prices 

4 in commissary stores worldwide shall be adjusted in an 

5 equal percentage to the extent necessary to provide sufficient 

6 gross revenues from such sales to make such reimburse7 ments. 

8 ‘‘(e) UNIFORM SYSTEM-WIDE PRICING.—The defense 

9 commissary system shall be managed with the objective of 

10 attaining uniform system-wide pricing.’’. 

11 (b) PRICING AND SURCHARGES.—Section 2484 of such 

12 title is amended— 

13 (1) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 

14 following new subsection (e): 

15 ‘‘(e) SALES PRICE ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary 

16 of Defense shall establish the sales price of merchandise sold 

17 in, at, or by commissary stores in amounts sufficient to 

18 finance operating expenses as prescribed in section 2483(b) 

19 of this title and the replenishment of inventories.’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (h)— 

21 (A) in the subsection caption, by striking 

22 ‘‘AND MAINTENANCE’’ and inserting ‘‘MAINTE23 NANCE, AND PURCHASE OF OPERATING SUP24 PLIES’’; and 

25 (B) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
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1 (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe4 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (iii) by adding at the end the following 

6 new clause: 

7 ‘‘(iii) to purchase operating supplies for com8 missary stores.’’. 

9 (c) OVERSEAS TRANSPORTATION.—Section 2643(b) of 

10 such title is amended by striking the first sentence and in11 serting the following new sentence: ‘‘Defense working capital 

12 funds may be used to cover the transportation costs of com13 missary goods and supplies as provided in section 2483(d) 

14 of this title.’’. 

15 SEC. 652. PLAN ON PRIVATIZATION OF THE DEFENSE COM16 MISSARY SYSTEM. 

17 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 2016, 

19 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit20 tees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 

21 of Representatives a report setting forth a plan for the 

22 privatization, in whole or in part, of the defense com23 missary system of the Department of Defense. 
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1 (2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall consult 

2 with major grocery retailers in the continental United 

3 States in developing the plan. 

4 (b) ELEMENTS.— 

5 (1) PLAN ELEMENTS.—The plan required by sub6 section (a) shall ensure the provision of high quality 

7 grocery goods and products, discount savings to pa8 trons, and high levels of customer satisfaction while 

9 achieving savings for the Department of Defense. 

10 (2) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report required by 

11 subsection (a) should include— 

12 (A) an evaluation of the current rates of 

13 basic pay and basic allowance for subsistence 

14 payable to members of the Armed Forces, and an 

15 assessment whether such pay and allowance 

16 should be adjusted to ensure that members main17 tain purchasing power for grocery goods and 

18 products under the plan; 

19 (B) an estimate of any initial and long20 term costs or savings to the Department as a re21 sult of the implementation of the plan; 

22 (C) an assessment whether the privatized 

23 defense commissary system under the plan can 

24 sustain the current savings to patrons of the de25 fense commissary system; 
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1 (D) an assessment of the impact that pri2 vatization of the defense commissary system 

3 under the plan would have on all eligible bene4 ficiaries; 

5 (E) an assessment whether the privatized 

6 defense commissary system under the plan can 

7 sustain the continued operation of existing com8 missaries; and 

9 (F) an assessment whether privatization of 

10 the defense commissary system is feasible for 

11 overseas commissaries. 

12 (3) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LEGISLATIVE AC13 TION.—The plan shall include recommendations for 

14 such legislative action as the Secretary considers ap15 propriate to implement the plan. 

16 (c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

17 ASSESSMENT OF PLAN.—Not later than 120 days after the 

18 submittal of the report required by subsection (a), the 

19 Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 

20 the committees of Congress referred to in that subsection a 

21 report setting forth an assessment by the Comptroller Gen22 eral of the plan set forth in the report required by that sub23 section. 

24 (d) PILOT PROGRAM ON PRIVATIZATION.— 
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1 (1) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Commencing 

2 as soon as practicable after the submittal to Congress 

3 of the report required by subsection (c), the Secretary 

4 shall carry out a pilot program to assess the feasi5 bility and advisability of the plan set forth in the re6 port required by subsection (a). 

7 (2) NUMBER AND LOCATION OF COM8 MISSARIES.—The pilot program shall involve not 

9 fewer than five commissaries selected by the Secretary 

10 for purposes of the pilot program from among com11 missaries in the largest markets of the defense com12 missary system in the United States. 

13 (3) SCOPE OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary 

14 shall carry out the pilot program in accordance with 

15 the plan described in paragraph (1) as modified by 

16 the Secretary in light of the assessment of the plan by 

17 the Comptroller General pursuant to subsection (c). 

18 The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 

19 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep20 resentatives a notice on any modifications made to 

21 the plan for purposes of the pilot program in light of 

22 the assessment. 

23 (4) ADDITIONAL ELEMENT ON ONLINE PUR24 CHASES.—In an addition to any requirements under 

25 paragraph (3), the Secretary may include in the pilot 
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1 program a component designed to permit eligible 

2 beneficiaries of the defense commissary system in the 

3 catchment areas of the commissaries selected for par4 ticipation in the pilot program to order and purchase 

5 grocery goods and products otherwise available 

6 through the defense commissary system through the 

7 Internet and to receive items so ordered through home 

8 delivery. 

9 (5) DURATION.—The duration of the pilot pro10 gram shall be two years. 

11 (6) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 

12 completion of the pilot program, the Secretary shall 

13 submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

14 Senate and the House of Representatives a report on 

15 the pilot program, including— 

16 (A) an assessment of the feasibility and ad17 visability of carrying out the plan described in 

18 paragraph (1), as modified, if at all, as de19 scribed in paragraph (3); and 

20 (B) a description of any modifications to 

21 the plan the Secretary considers appropriate in 

22 light of the pilot program. 
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1 SEC. 653. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 

2 REPORT ON THE COMMISSARY SURCHARGE, 

3 NON-APPROPRIATED FUND, AND PRIVATELY4 FINANCED MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

7 of the United States shall submit to the Committees on 

8 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representa9 tives a report on the Commissary Surcharge, Non-appro10 priated Fund and Privately-Financed Major Construction 

11 Program of the Department of Defense. 

12 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 

13 include the following: 

14 (1) An assessment whether the Secretary of De15 fense has established policies and procedures to ensure 

16 the timely submittal to the committees of Congress re17 ferred to in subsection (a) of notice on construction 

18 projects proposed to be funded through the program 

19 referred to in that subsection. 

20 (2) An assessment whether the Secretaries of the 

21 military departments have developed and imple22 mented policies and procedures to comply with the 

23 policies and directives of the Department of Defense 

24 for the submittal to such committees of Congress of 

25 notice on such construction projects. 
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1 (3) An assessment whether the Secretary of De2 fense has established policies and procedures to notify 

3 such committees of Congress when such construction 

4 projects have been commenced without notice to Con5 gress. 

6 (4) An assessment whether construction projects 

7 described in paragraph (3) have been completed before 

8 submittal of notice to Congress as described in that 

9 paragraph and, if so, a list of such projects. 

10 TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 

11 PROVISIONS 

12 Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other 

13 Health Care Benefits 

14 SEC. 701. URGENT CARE AUTHORIZATION UNDER THE 

15 TRICARE PROGRAM. 

16 (a) URGENT CARE.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the regu18 lations prescribed under this section, a covered bene19 ficiary under the TRICARE program shall have ac20 cess to up to four urgent care visits per year under 

21 that program without the need for preauthorization 

22 for such visits. 

23 (2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days 

24 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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1 retary shall prescribe regulations to carry out para2 graph (1). 

3 (b) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall— 

4 (1) publish information on any modifications 

5 made pursuant to subsection (a) to the authorization 

6 requirements for the receipt of urgent care under the 

7 TRICARE program— 

8 (A) on the primary Internet website that is 

9 available to the public of the Department; and 

10 (B) on the primary Internet website that is 

11 available to the public of each military medical 

12 treatment facility; and 

13 (2) ensure that such information is made avail14 able on the primary Internet website that is available 

15 to the public of each current managed care contractor 

16 that has established a health care provider network 

17 under the TRICARE program. 

18 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘covered 

19 beneficiary’’ and ‘‘TRICARE program’’ have the meaning 

20 given such terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States 

21 Code. 
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1 SEC. 702. MODIFICATIONS OF COST-SHARING REQUIRE2 MENTS FOR THE TRICARE PHARMACY BENE3 FITS PROGRAM. 

4 Paragraph (6) of section 1074g(a) of title 10, United 

5 States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(6)(A) In the case of any of the years 2016 through 

7 2025, the cost-sharing amounts under this subsection shall 

8 be determined in accordance with the following table: 

‘‘For: 

The cost-sharing amount 

for 30-day 

supply of a retail generic is: 

The cost-sharing amount 

for 30-day 

supply of a retail formulary 

is: 

The cost-sharing amount 

for a 90-day 

supply of a 

mail order generic is: 

The cost-sharing amount 

for a 90-day 

supply of a 

mail order formulary is: 

The cost-sharing amount 

for a 90-day 

supply of a 

mail order 

non-formulary 

is: 

2016 $8 $28 $0 $28 $54 

2017 $8 $30 $0 $30 $58 

2018 $8 $32 $0 $32 $62 

2019 $9 $34 $9 $34 $66 

2020 $10 $36 $10 $36 $70 

2021 $11 $38 $11 $38 $75 

2022 $12 $40 $12 $40 $80 

2023 $13 $43 $13 $43 $85 

2024 $14 $45 $14 $45 $90 

2025 $14 $46 $14 $46 $92 

9 ‘‘(B) For any year after 2025, the cost-sharing 

10 amounts under this subsection shall be equal to the cost11 sharing amounts for the previous year adjusted by an 

12 amount, if any, determined by the Secretary to reflect 

13 changes in the costs of pharmaceutical agents and prescrip14 tion dispensing, rounded to the nearest dollar. 
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1 ‘‘(C) Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B), the 

2 cost-sharing amounts under this subsection for any year for 

3 a dependent of a member of the uniformed services who dies 

4 while on active duty, a member retired under chapter 61 

5 of this title, or a dependent of such a member shall be equal 

6 to the cost-sharing amounts, if any, for 2015.’’. 

7 SEC. 703. EXPANSION OF CONTINUED HEALTH BENEFITS 

8 COVERAGE TO INCLUDE DISCHARGED AND 

9 RELEASED MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RE10 SERVE. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 1078a of 

12 title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) 

14 as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and 

15 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol16 lowing new paragraph (2): 

17 ‘‘(2) A member of the Selected Reserve of the 

18 Ready Reserve of a reserve component of the armed 

19 forces who— 

20 ‘‘(A) is discharged or released from service 

21 in the Selected Reserve, whether voluntarily or 

22 involuntarily, under other than adverse condi23 tions, as characterized by the Secretary con24 cerned; 
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1 ‘‘(B) immediately preceding that discharge 

2 or release, is eligible to enroll in TRICARE 

3 Standard coverage under section 1076d of this 

4 title; and 

5 ‘‘(C) after that discharge or release, would 

6 not otherwise be eligible for any benefits under 

7 this chapter.’’. 

8 (b) NOTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Subsection (c)(2) 

9 of such section is amended by inserting ‘‘or subsection 

10 (b)(2)’’ after ‘‘subsection (b)(1)’’. 

11 (c) ELECTION OF COVERAGE.—Subsection (d) of such 

12 section is amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (4) 

14 as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and 

15 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol16 lowing new paragraph (2): 

17 ‘‘(2) In the case of a member described in sub18 section (b)(2), the written election shall be submitted 

19 to the Secretary concerned before the end of the 60- 

20 day period beginning on the later of— 

21 ‘‘(A) the date of the discharge or release of 

22 the member from service in the Selected Reserve; 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(B) the date the member receives the notifi25 cation required pursuant to subsection (c).’’. 
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1 (d) COVERAGE OF DEPENDENTS.—Subsection (e) of 

2 such section is amended by inserting ‘‘or subsection (b)(2)’’ 

3 after ‘‘subsection (b)(1)’’. 

4 (e) PERIOD OF CONTINUED COVERAGE.—Subsection 

5 (g)(1) of such section is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through 

7 (D) as subparagraphs (C) through (E); and 

8 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol9 lowing new subparagraph (B): 

10 ‘‘(B) in the case of a member described in sub11 section (b)(2), the date which is 18 months after the 

12 date the member ceases to be eligible to enroll in 

13 TRICARE Standard coverage under section 1076d of 

14 this title;’’. 

15 (f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is fur16 ther amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sub19 section (b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’; 

20 and 

21 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘sub22 section (b)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(4)’’; 

23 (2) in subsection (d)— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (3), as redesignated by 

2 subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(2)’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by 

5 striking ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub6 section (b)(4)’’; and 

7 (C) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by 

8 striking ‘‘subsection (b)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub9 section (b)(5)’’; 

10 (3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘subsection 

11 (b)(2) or subsection (b)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

12 (b)(3) or subsection (b)(4)’’; and 

13 (4) in subsection (g)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

15 (i) in subparagraph (C), as redesig16 nated by subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘sub17 section (b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

18 (b)(3)’’; 

19 (ii) in subparagraph (D), as so redes20 ignated, by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(4)’’; and 

22 (iii) in subparagraph (E), as so redes23 ignated, by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(4)’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(5)’’; 

25 (B) in paragraph (2)— 
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(C)’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(2)’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’; and 

5 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(C)’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(D)’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(3)’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(4)’’. 

10 SEC. 704. EXPANSION OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR SMOKING 

11 CESSATION SERVICES FOR CERTAIN TRICARE 

12 BENEFICIARIES. 

13 Section 713(f) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense 

14 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110– 

15 417; 122 Stat. 4503) is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘during fis17 cal year 2009’’; 

18 (2) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘during 

19 such period’’; and 

20 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘during fiscal 

21 year 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘after September 30, 2008’’. 
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1 SEC. 705. PILOT PROGRAM ON TREATMENT OF MEMBERS OF 

2 THE ARMED FORCES FOR POST-TRAUMATIC 

3 STRESS DISORDER RELATED TO MILITARY 

4 SEXUAL TRAUMA. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may con6 duct a pilot program to provide intensive outpatient pro7 grams to treat members of the Armed Forces suffering from 

8 post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from military sex9 ual trauma, including treatment for substance abuse, de10 pression, and other issues related to such conditions. 

11 (b) GRANTS TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may 

13 carry out the pilot program through the award of 

14 grants to community partners described in paragraph 

15 (2). 

16 (2) COMMUNITY PARTNERS.—A community part17 ner described in this paragraph is a private health 

18 care organization or institution that— 

19 (A) provides health care to members of the 

20 Armed Forces; 

21 (B) provides evidence-based treatment for 

22 psychological and neurological conditions that 

23 are common among members of the Armed 

24 Forces, including post-traumatic stress disorder, 

25 traumatic brain injury, substance abuse, and de26 pression; 
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1 (C) provides health care, support, and other 

2 benefits to family members of members of the 

3 Armed Forces; and 

4 (D) provides health care under the 

5 TRICARE program (as that term is defined in 

6 section 1072 of title 10, United States Code). 

7 (c) REQUIREMENTS OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—Each 

8 community partner awarded a grant under subsection (b) 

9 shall— 

10 (1) carry out intensive outpatient programs of 

11 short duration to treat members of the Armed Forces 

12 suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder resulting 

13 from military sexual trauma, including treatment for 

14 substance abuse, depression, and other issues related 

15 to such conditions; 

16 (2) use evidence-based and evidence-informed 

17 treatment strategies in carrying out such programs; 

18 (3) share clinical and outreach best practices 

19 with other community partners participating in the 

20 pilot program; and 

21 (4) annually assess outcomes for members of the 

22 Armed Forces individually and throughout the com23 munity partner with respect to the treatment of con24 ditions described in paragraph (1). 
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1 (d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the costs 

2 of a program carried out by a community partner using 

3 a grant under this section may not exceed 50 percent. 

4 (e) TERMINATION.—The Secretary of Defense may not 

5 carry out the conduct of the pilot program after the date 

6 that is three years after the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act. 

8 Subtitle B—Health Care 

9 Administration 

10 SEC. 711. ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE UNDER THE TRICARE 

11 PROGRAM. 

12 (a) ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

14 ensure that covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE 

15 program seeking an appointment for health care 

16 under such program at a military medical treatment 

17 facility obtain such an appointment at such facility 

18 within the wait-time goals specified for the receipt of 

19 such health care pursuant to the health care access 

20 standards established under subsection (b). 

21 (2) USE OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—If a covered 

22 beneficiary is unable to obtain an appointment with23 in the wait-time goals described in paragraph (1), 

24 such covered beneficiary shall be offered an appoint25 ment within such wait-time goals with a health care 
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1 provider with which a contract has been entered into 

2 under the TRICARE program. 

3 (b) STANDARDS FOR ACCESS TO CARE.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

6 shall establish health care access standards, including 

7 wait-time goals for appointments, for the receipt of 

8 health care under the TRICARE program, whether re9 ceived at military medical treatment facilities or 

10 from health care providers with which a contract has 

11 been entered into under such program. 

12 (2) CATEGORIES OF CARE.—The health care ac13 cess standards established under paragraph (1) shall 

14 include standards with respect to the following cat15 egories of health care: 

16 (A) Primary care, including pediatric care, 

17 maternity care, gynecological care, and other 

18 subcategories of primary care. 

19 (B) Specialty care, including behavioral 

20 health care and other subcategories of specialty 

21 care. 

22 (3) MODIFICATIONS.—The Secretary may modify 

23 the health care access standards established under 

24 paragraph (1) whenever the Secretary considers the 

25 modification of such standards appropriate. 
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1 (4) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall publish 

2 the health care access standards established under 

3 paragraph (1), and any modifications to such stand4 ards, in the Federal Register and on a publicly acces5 sible Internet website of the Department of Defense. 

6 (c) PUBLICATION OF APPOINTMENT WAIT TIMES.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

9 shall publish on a publicly accessible Internet website 

10 of each military medical treatment facility that offers 

11 a category or subcategory of health care covered by the 

12 standards under subsection (b)(2) the average wait13 time for a covered beneficiary for an appointment at 

14 such facility for the receipt of each such category and 

15 subcategory of health care. 

16 (2) MODIFICATIONS.—Whenever there is a modi17 fication of a wait-time for a category or subcategory 

18 of health care published under this subsection, the 

19 Secretary shall publish on a publicly accessible Inter20 net website of each military medical treatment facil21 ity that provides such category or subcategory of 

22 health care the modified wait-time for such category 

23 or subcategory of health care. 

24 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘covered 

25 beneficiary’’ and ‘‘TRICARE program’’ have the meaning 
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1 given such terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States 

2 Code. 

3 SEC. 712. PORTABILITY OF HEALTH PLANS UNDER THE 

4 TRICARE PROGRAM. 

5 (a) HEALTH PLAN PORTABILITY.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

7 ensure that covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE 

8 program who are covered under a health plan under 

9 such program are able to seamlessly access health care 

10 under such health plan in each TRICARE program 

11 region. 

12 (2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec14 retary shall prescribe regulations to carry out para15 graph (1). 

16 (b) MECHANISMS TO ENSURE PORTABILITY.—In car17 rying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall do the fol18 lowing: 

19 (1) Provide for the automatic electronic transfer 

20 of demographic, enrollment, and claims information 

21 between the contractors responsible for administering 

22 the TRICARE program in each TRICARE region 

23 when covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE pro24 gram relocate between such regions. 
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1 (2) Ensure such covered beneficiaries are able to 

2 obtain a new primary health care provider within ten 

3 days of undergoing such relocation. 

4 (3) Develop a process for such covered bene5 ficiaries to receive urgent care without 

6 preauthorization while undergoing such relocation. 

7 (c) PUBLICATION.—The Secretary shall— 

8 (1) publish information on any modifications 

9 made pursuant to subsection (a) with respect to the 

10 ability of covered beneficiaries under the TRICARE 

11 program who are covered under a health plan under 

12 such program to access health care in each TRICARE 

13 region on the primary Internet website of the Depart14 ment that is available to the public; and 

15 (2) ensure that such information is made avail16 able on the primary Internet website that is available 

17 to the public of each current contractor responsible for 

18 administering the TRICARE program. 

19 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘covered 

20 beneficiary’’ and ‘‘TRICARE program’’ have the meaning 

21 given such terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States 

22 Code. 
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1 SEC. 713. IMPROVEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE PRO2 VIDED BY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS OF THE 

3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

4 (a) TRAINING ON RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OF

5 RISK OF SUICIDE.— 

6 (1) INITIAL TRAINING.—Not later than 180 days 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec8 retary of Defense shall ensure that all primary care 

9 and mental health care providers of the Department 

10 of Defense receive, or have already received, evidence11 based training on the recognition and assessment of 

12 individuals at risk for suicide and the management 

13 of such risk. 

14 (2) ADDITIONAL TRAINING.—The Secretary shall 

15 ensure that providers who receive, or have already re16 ceived, training described in paragraph (1) receive 

17 such additional training thereafter as may be re18 quired based on evidence-based changes in health care 

19 practices. 

20 (b) ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

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

23 Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

24 Services of the Senate and the House of Representa25 tives a report assessing the mental health workforce of 

26 the Department of Defense and the long-term mental 
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1 health care needs of members of the Armed Forces and 

2 their dependents for purposes of determining the long3 term requirements of the Department for mental 

4 health care providers. 

5 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report submitted under 

6 paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of the fol7 lowing: 

8 (A) The number of mental health care pro9 viders of the Department of Defense as of the 

10 date of the submittal of the report, disaggregated 

11 by specialty, including psychiatrists, psycholo12 gists, social workers, mental health counselors, 

13 and marriage and family therapists. 

14 (B) The number of mental health care pro15 viders that are anticipated to be needed by the 

16 Department. 

17 (C) The types of mental health care pro18 viders that are anticipated to be needed by the 

19 Department. 

20 (D) Locations in which mental health care 

21 providers are anticipated to be needed by the De22 partment. 

23 (c) PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF PROCEDURES TO

24 MEASURE MENTAL HEALTH DATA.—Not later than 180 

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1 retary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 

2 Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 

3 plan for the Department of Defense to develop procedures 

4 to compile and assess data relating to the following: 

5 (1) Outcomes for mental health care provided by 

6 the Department. 

7 (2) Variations in such outcomes among different 

8 medical facilities of the Department. 

9 (3) Barriers, if any, to the implementation by 

10 mental health care providers of the Department of the 

11 clinical practice guidelines and other evidence-based 

12 treatments and approaches recommended for such 

13 providers by the Secretary. 

14 SEC. 714. COMPREHENSIVE STANDARDS AND ACCESS TO 

15 CONTRACEPTION COUNSELING FOR MEM16 BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

17 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to ensure 

18 that all health care providers employed by the Department 

19 of Defense who provide care for members of the Armed 

20 Forces, including general practitioners, are provided, 

21 through clinical practice guidelines, the most current evi22 dence-based and evidence-informed standards of care with 

23 respect to methods of contraception and counseling on meth24 ods of contraception. 

25 (b) CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

3 Defense shall compile clinical practice guidelines for 

4 health care providers described in subsection (a) on 

5 standards of care with respect to methods of contra6 ception and counseling on methods of contraception 

7 for members of the Armed Forces. 

8 (2) SOURCES.—The Secretary shall compile clin9 ical practice guidelines under this subsection from 

10 among clinical practice guidelines established by ap11 propriate health agencies and professional organiza12 tions, including the following: 

13 (A) The United States Preventive Services 

14 Task Force. 

15 (B) The Centers for Disease Control and 

16 Prevention. 

17 (C) The Office of Population Affairs of the 

18 Department of Health and Human Services. 

19 (D) The American College of Obstetricians 

20 and Gynecologists. 

21 (E) The Association of Reproductive Health 

22 Professionals. 

23 (F) The American Academy of Family Phy24 sicians. 
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1 (G) The Agency for Healthcare Research 

2 and Quality. 

3 (3) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall from time to 

4 time update the list of clinical practice guidelines 

5 compiled under this subsection to incorporate into 

6 such guidelines new or updated standards of care 

7 with respect to methods of contraception and coun8 seling on methods of contraception. 

9 (4) DISSEMINATION.— 

10 (A) INITIAL DISSEMINATION.—As soon as 

11 practicable after the compilation of clinical prac12 tice guidelines pursuant to paragraph (1), but 

13 commencing not later than one year after the 

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

15 shall provide for rapid dissemination of the clin16 ical practice guidelines to health care providers 

17 described in subsection (a). 

18 (B) UPDATES.—As soon as practicable after 

19 the adoption under paragraph (3) of any update 

20 to the clinical practice guidelines compiled pur21 suant to this subsection, the Secretary shall pro22 vide for the rapid dissemination of such clinical 

23 practice guidelines, as so updated, to health care 

24 providers described in subsection (a). 
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1 (C) PROTOCOLS.—Clinical practice guide2 lines, and any updates to such guidelines, shall 

3 be disseminated under this paragraph in accord4 ance with administrative protocols developed by 

5 the Secretary for that purpose. 

6 (c) CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

8 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

9 shall, in order to assist health care providers de10 scribed in subsection (a), develop and implement clin11 ical decision support tools that reflect, through the 

12 clinical practice guidelines compiled pursuant to sub13 section (b), the most current evidence-based and evi14 dence-informed standards of care with respect to 

15 methods of contraception and counseling on methods 

16 of contraception. 

17 (2) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall from time to 

18 time update the clinical decision support tools devel19 oped under this subsection to incorporate into such 

20 tools new or updated guidelines on methods of contra21 ception and counseling on methods of contraception. 

22 (3) DISSEMINATION.—Clinical decision support 

23 tools, and any updates to such tools, shall be dissemi24 nated under this subsection in accordance with ad25 ministrative protocols developed by the Secretary for 
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1 that purpose. Such protocols shall be similar to the 

2 administrative protocols developed under subsection 

3 (b)(4)(C). 

4 (d) ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION COUNSELING.—As 

5 soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this 

6 Act, the Secretary shall ensure that women members of the 

7 Armed Forces have access to comprehensive counseling on 

8 the full range of methods of contraception provided by 

9 health care providers described in subsection (a) during 

10 health care visits, including visits as follows: 

11 (1) During predeployment health care visits, in12 cluding counseling that provides specific information 

13 women need regarding the interaction between antici14 pated deployment conditions and various methods of 

15 contraception. 

16 (2) During health care visits during deployment. 

17 (3) During annual physical examinations. 

18 (e) INCORPORATION INTO SURVEYS OF QUESTIONS ON

19 SERVICEWOMEN EXPERIENCES WITH FAMILY PLANNING

20 SERVICES AND COUNSELING.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

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

23 shall integrate into the surveys by the Department of 

24 Defense specified in paragraph (2) questions designed 
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1 to obtain information on the experiences of women 

2 members of the Armed Forces— 

3 (A) in accessing family planning services 

4 and counseling; 

5 (B) in using family planning methods, in6 cluding information on which method was pre7 ferred and whether deployment conditions af8 fected the decision on which family planning 

9 method or methods to be used; and 

10 (C) with respect to women members of the 

11 Armed Forces who are pregnant, whether the 

12 pregnancy was intended. 

13 (2) COVERED SURVEYS.—The surveys into which 

14 questions shall be integrated as described in para15 graph (1) are the following: 

16 (A) The Health Related Behavior Survey of 

17 Active Duty Military Personnel. 

18 (B) The Health Care Survey of Department 

19 of Defense Beneficiaries. 

20 (f) EDUCATION ON FAMILY PLANNING FOR MEMBERS

21 OF THE ARMED FORCES.— 

22 (1) EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—Not later than one 

23 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

24 Secretary of Defense shall establish a uniform stand25 ard curriculum to be used in education programs on 
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1 family planning for all members of the Armed Forces, 

2 including both men and women members. 

3 (2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

4 Congress that the education programs described in 

5 paragraph (1) should use the latest technology avail6 able to efficiently and effectively deliver information 

7 to members of the Armed Forces. 

8 (3) ELEMENTS.—The uniform standard cur9 riculum under paragraph (1) shall include the fol10 lowing: 

11 (A) Information for members of the Armed 

12 Forces on active duty to make informed decisions 

13 regarding family planning. 

14 (B) Information about the prevention of un15 intended pregnancy and sexually transmitted in16 fections, including human immunodeficiency 

17 virus (HIV). 

18 (C) Information on the importance of pro19 viding comprehensive family planning for mem20 bers of the Armed Forces, and their commanding 

21 officers, and on the positive impact family plan22 ning can have on the health and readiness of the 

23 Armed Forces. 

24 (D) Current, medically accurate informa25 tion. 
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1 (E) Clear, user-friendly information on the 

2 full range of methods of contraception and where 

3 members of the Armed Forces can access their 

4 chosen method of contraception. 

5 (F) Information on all applicable laws and 

6 policies so that members are informed of their 

7 rights and obligations. 

8 (G) Information on patients’ rights to con9 fidentiality. 

10 (H) Information on the unique cir11 cumstances encountered by members of the 

12 Armed Forces, and the effects of such cir13 cumstances on the use of contraception. 

14 SEC. 715. WAIVER OF RECOUPMENT OF ERRONEOUS PAY15 MENTS DUE TO ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR 

16 UNDER THE TRICARE PROGRAM. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, United 

18 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1095f 

19 the following new section: 

20 ‘‘§ 1095g. TRICARE program: waiver of recoupment of 

21 erroneous payments due to administrative 

22 error 

23 ‘‘(a) WAIVER OF RECOUPMENT.—The Secretary of De24 fense may waive recoupment from a covered beneficiary who 
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1 has benefitted from an erroneous TRICARE payment in a 

2 case in which each of the following applies: 

3 ‘‘(1) The payment was made due to an adminis4 trative error by an employee of the Department of De5 fense or a contractor under the TRICARE program. 

6 ‘‘(2) The covered beneficiary (or in the case of a 

7 minor, the parent or guardian of the covered bene8 ficiary) had a good faith, reasonable belief that the 

9 covered beneficiary was entitled to the benefit of such 

10 payment under this chapter. 

11 ‘‘(3) The covered beneficiary relied on the expec12 tation of such entitlement. 

13 ‘‘(4) The Secretary determines that a waiver of 

14 recoupment of such payment is necessary to prevent 

15 an injustice. 

16 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITY OF CONTRACTOR.—In any case 

17 in which the Secretary waives recoupment under subsection 

18 (a) and the administrative error was on the part of a con19 tractor under the TRICARE program, the Secretary shall, 

20 consistent with the requirements and procedures of the ap21 plicable contract, impose financial responsibility on the 

22 contractor for the erroneous payment. 

23 ‘‘(c) FINALITY OF DETERMINATIONS.—Any determina24 tion by the Secretary under this section to waive or decline 

25 to waive recoupment under subsection (a) is a final deter-
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1 mination and shall not be subject to appeal or judicial re2 view.’’. 

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

4 the beginning of chapter 55 of such title is amended by in5 serting after the item relating to section 1095f the following 

6 new item: 

‘‘1095g. TRICARE program: waiver of recoupment of erroneous payments due to 

administrative error.’’. 

7 SEC. 716. DESIGNATION OF CERTAIN NON-DEPARTMENT 

8 MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WITH 

9 KNOWLEDGE RELATING TO TREATMENT OF 

10 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

11 (a) MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER READINESS DES12 IGNATION.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

15 Defense shall develop a system by which any non-De16 partment mental health care provider that meets eli17 gibility criteria established by the Secretary relating 

18 to the knowledge described in paragraph (2) receives 

19 a mental health provider readiness designation from 

20 the Department of Defense. 

21 (2) KNOWLEDGE DESCRIBED.—The knowledge 

22 described in this paragraph is the following: 

23 (A) Knowledge and understanding with re24 spect to the culture of members of the Armed 
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1 Forces and family members and caregivers of 

2 members of the Armed Forces. 

3 (B) Knowledge with respect to evidence4 based treatments that have been approved by the 

5 Department for the treatment of mental health 

6 issues among members of the Armed Forces. 

7 (b) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ON DESIGNA8 TION.— 

9 (1) REGISTRY.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

10 establish and update as necessary a registry that is 

11 available to the public of all non-Department mental 

12 health care providers that are currently designated 

13 under subsection (a)(1). 

14 (2) PROVIDER LIST.—The Secretary shall update 

15 all lists maintained by the Secretary of non-Depart16 ment mental health care providers that provide men17 tal health care under the laws administered by the 

18 Secretary by indicating the providers that are cur19 rently designated under subsection (a)(1). 

20 (c) NON-DEPARTMENT MENTAL HEALTH CARE PRO21 VIDER DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘non-Depart22 ment mental health care provider’’— 

23 (1) means a health care provider that— 

24 (A) specializes in mental health; 
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1 (B) is not a health care provider of the De2 partment of Defense; and 

3 (C) provides health care to members of the 

4 Armed Forces; and 

5 (2) includes psychiatrists, psychologists, psy6 chiatric nurses, social workers, mental health coun7 selors, marriage and family therapists, and other 

8 mental health care providers designated by the Sec9 retary of Defense. 

10 SEC. 717. LIMITATION ON CONVERSION OF MILITARY MED11 ICAL AND DENTAL POSITIONS TO CIVILIAN 

12 MEDICAL AND DENTAL POSITIONS. 

13 (a) LIMITED AUTHORITY FOR CONVERSION.—Chapter 

14 49 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

15 after section 976 the following new section: 

16 ‘‘§ 977. Conversion of military medical and dental po17 sitions to civilian medical and dental po18 sitions: limitation 

19 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CONVERSION.—A 

20 military medical or dental position within the Department 

21 of Defense may not be converted to a civilian medical or 

22 dental position unless the Secretary of Defense determines 

23 that— 

24 ‘‘(1) the position is not a military essential posi25 tion; 
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1 ‘‘(2) conversion of the position would not result 

2 in the degradation of medical or dental care or the 

3 medical or dental readiness of the armed forces; and 

4 ‘‘(3) conversion of the position to a civilian med5 ical or dental position is more cost effective than re6 taining the position as a military medical or dental 

7 position, consistent with Department of Defense In8 struction 7041.04. 

9 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 ‘‘(1) The term ‘military medical or dental posi11 tion’ means a position for the performance of health 

12 care functions within the armed forces held by a 

13 member of the armed forces. 

14 ‘‘(2) The term ‘civilian medical or dental posi15 tion’ means a position for the performance of health 

16 care functions within the Department of Defense held 

17 by an employee of the Department or of a contractor 

18 of the Department. 

19 ‘‘(3) The term ‘military essential’, with respect 

20 to a position, means that the position must be held 

21 by a member of the armed forces, as determined in ac22 cordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. 

23 ‘‘(4) The term ‘conversion’, with respect to a 

24 military medical or dental position, means a change 

25 of the position to a civilian medical or dental posi-
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1 tion, effective as of the date of the manning authoriza2 tion document of the military department making the 

3 change (through a change in designation from mili4 tary to civilian in the document, the elimination of 

5 the listing of the position as a military position in 

6 the document, or through any other means indicating 

7 the change in the document or otherwise).’’. 

8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

9 the beginning of chapter 49 of such title is amended by in10 serting after the item relating to section 976 the following 

11 new item: 

‘‘977. Conversion of military medical and dental positions to civilian medical and 

dental positions: limitation.’’. 

12 (c) REPEAL OF RELATED PROHIBITION.—Section 721 

13 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

14 2008 (10 U.S.C. 129c note) is repealed. 

15 SEC. 718. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR JOINT DEPART16 MENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF VET17 ERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM18 ONSTRATION FUND. 

19 Section 1704(e) of the National Defense Authorization 

20 Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 

21 2573), as amended by section 722 of the Carl Levin and 

22 Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza23 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291), is 
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1 further amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2016’’ and in2 serting ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 

3 SEC. 719. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR DOD–VA HEALTH 

4 CARE SHARING INCENTIVE FUND. 

5 Section 8111(d)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is 

6 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

8 SEC. 720. PILOT PROGRAM ON INCENTIVE PROGRAMS TO 

9 IMPROVE HEALTH CARE PROVIDED UNDER 

10 THE TRICARE PROGRAM. 

11 (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

12 carry out a pilot program to assess whether a reduction 

13 in the rate of increase in health care spending by the De14 partment of Defense and an enhancement of the operation 

15 of the military health system may be achieved by developing 

16 and implementing value-based incentive programs to en17 courage health care providers under the TRICARE program 

18 (including physicians, hospitals, and others involved in 

19 providing health care to patients) to improve the following: 

20 (1) The quality of health care provided to cov21 ered beneficiaries under the TRICARE program. 

22 (2) The experience of covered beneficiaries in re23 ceiving health care under the TRICARE program. 

24 (3) The health of covered beneficiaries. 

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1 (1) DEVELOPMENT.—In developing an incentive 

2 program under this section, the Secretary shall— 

3 (A) consider the characteristics of the popu4 lation of covered beneficiaries affected by the in5 centive program; 

6 (B) consider how the incentive program 

7 would impact the receipt of health care under the 

8 TRICARE program by such covered bene9 ficiaries; 

10 (C) establish or maintain a reasonable as11 surance that such covered beneficiaries will have 

12 timely access to health care during operation of 

13 the incentive program; 

14 (D) ensure that there are no additional fi15 nancial costs to such covered beneficiaries of im16 plementing the incentive program; and 

17 (E) consider such other factors as the Sec18 retary considers appropriate. 

19 (2) ELEMENTS.—With respect to an incentive 

20 program developed and implemented under this sec21 tion, the Secretary shall ensure that— 

22 (A) the size, scope, and duration of the in23 centive program is reasonable in relation to the 

24 purpose of the incentive program; and 
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1 (B) appropriate criteria and data collection 

2 are used to ensure adequate evaluation of the fea3 sibility and advisability of implementing the in4 centive program throughout the TRICARE pro5 gram. 

6 (3) USE OF EXISTING MODELS.—In developing 

7 an incentive program under this section, the Sec8 retary may adapt a value-based incentive program 

9 conducted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

10 Services or any other governmental or commercial 

11 health care program. 

12 (c) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Secretary to 

13 carry out the pilot program under this section shall termi14 nate on December 31, 2019. 

15 (d) REPORT.—Not later than March 15, 2019, the Sec16 retary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

17 a report on the pilot program that includes the following: 

18 (1) An assessment of each incentive program de19 veloped and implemented under this section, includ20 ing whether such incentive program— 

21 (A) improves the quality of health care pro22 vided to covered beneficiaries, the experience of 

23 covered beneficiaries in receiving health care 

24 under the TRICARE program, or the health of 

25 covered beneficiaries; 
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1 (B) reduces the rate of increase in health 

2 care spending by the Department of Defense; or 

3 (C) enhances the operation of the military 

4 health system. 

5 (2) Such recommendations for administrative or 

6 legislative action as the Secretary considers appro7 priate in light of the pilot program, including to im8 plement any such incentive program or programs 

9 throughout the TRICARE program. 

10 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘covered 

11 beneficiary’’ and ‘‘TRICARE program’’ have the meanings 

12 given those terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States 

13 Code. 

14 Subtitle C—Reports and Other 

15 Matters 

16 SEC. 731. PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION ON 

17 HEALTH CARE PROVIDED BY THE DEPART18 MENT OF DEFENSE THROUGH THE HOSPITAL 

19 COMPARE WEBSITE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 

20 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 

21 (a) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REQUIRED.— 

22 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

23 this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall enter into a memo24 randum of understanding with the Secretary of Health and 

25 Human Services for the provision by the Secretary of De-
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1 fense of such information as the Secretary of Health and 

2 Human Services may require to report and make publicly 

3 available information on quality of care and health out4 comes regarding patients at military medical treatment fa5 cilities through the Hospital Compare Internet website of 

6 the Department of Health and Human Services, or any suc7 cessor Internet website. 

8 (b) INFORMATION PROVIDED.—The information pro9 vided by the Secretary of Defense to the Secretary of Health 

10 and Human Services under subsection (a) shall include the 

11 following: 

12 (1) Measures of the timeliness and effectiveness of 

13 the health care provided by the Department of De14 fense. 

15 (2) Measures of the prevalence of— 

16 (A) readmissions, including the 30-day re17 admission rate; 

18 (B) complications resulting in death, in19 cluding the 30-day mortality rate; 

20 (C) surgical complications; and 

21 (D) health care related infections. 

22 (3) Survey data of patient experiences, including 

23 the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Pro24 viders and Systems or any similar survey developed 

25 by the Department of Defense. 
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1 (4) Any other measures or data required of or re2 ported with respect to hospitals participating in the 

3 Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Se4 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.). 

5 SEC. 732. PUBLICATION OF DATA ON PATIENT SAFETY, 

6 QUALITY OF CARE, SATISFACTION, AND 

7 HEALTH OUTCOME MEASURES UNDER THE 

8 TRICARE PROGRAM. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

11 shall publish on an Internet website of the Department of 

12 Defense that is available to the public data on all measures 

13 used by the Department to assess patient safety, quality of 

14 care, patient satisfaction, and health outcomes for health 

15 care provided under the TRICARE program at each mili16 tary medical treatment facility. 

17 (b) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall publish an update 

18 to the data published under subsection (a) not less fre19 quently than once each quarter during each fiscal year. 

20 (c) ACCESSIBILITY.—The Secretary shall ensure that 

21 the data published under subsection (a) and updated under 

22 subsection (b) is accessible to the public through the pri23 mary Internet website of the Department and the primary 

24 Internet website of the military medical treatment facility 

25 with respect to which such data applies. 
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1 (d) TRICARE PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this section, 

2 the term ‘‘TRICARE program’’ has the meaning given such 

3 terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code. 

4 SEC. 733. ANNUAL REPORT ON PATIENT SAFETY, QUALITY 

5 OF CARE, AND ACCESS TO CARE AT MILITARY 

6 MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1 each year 

8 beginning in 2016, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

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

10 House of Representatives a comprehensive report on patient 

11 safety, quality of care, and access to care at military med12 ical treatment facilities. 

13 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by subsection 

14 (a) shall include the following: 

15 (1) The number of sentinel events, as defined by 

16 the Joint Commission, that occurred at military med17 ical treatment facilities during the year preceding the 

18 submittal of the report, disaggregated by— 

19 (A) military medical treatment facility; 

20 and 

21 (B) military department with jurisdiction 

22 over such facilities. 

23 (2) With respect to each sentinel event described 

24 in paragraph (1)— 

25 (A) a synopsis of such event; and 
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1 (B) a description of any actions taken by 

2 the Secretary of the military department con3 cerned in response to such event, including any 

4 actions taken to hold individuals accountable. 

5 (3) The number of practitioners providing health 

6 care in military medical treatment facilities that 

7 were reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank 

8 during the year preceding the submittal of the report. 

9 (4) The results of any internal analyses con10 ducted by the Patient Safety Center of the Depart11 ment of Defense during such year on matters relating 

12 to patient safety at military medical treatment facili13 ties. 

14 (5) With respect to each military medical treat15 ment facility— 

16 (A) the current accreditation status of such 

17 facility, including any recommendations for cor18 rective action made by the relevant accrediting 

19 body; 

20 (B) any policies or procedures implemented 

21 during such year by the Secretary of the mili22 tary department concerned that were designed to 

23 improve patient safety, quality of care, and ac24 cess to care at such facility; 
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1 (C) data on surgical and maternity care 

2 outcomes during such year; 

3 (D) data on appointment wait times during 

4 such year; and 

5 (E) data on patient safety, quality of care, 

6 and access to care as compared to standards es7 tablished by the Department with respect to pa8 tient safety, quality of care, and access to care. 

9 SEC. 734. REPORT ON PLANS TO IMPROVE EXPERIENCE 

10 WITH AND ELIMINATE PERFORMANCE VARIA11 BILITY OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDED BY THE 

12 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

13 (a) COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

15 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De16 fense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv17 ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 

18 comprehensive report setting forth the current and fu19 ture plans of the Secretary, with estimated dates of 

20 completion, to carry out the following: 

21 (A) To improve the experience of bene22 ficiaries with health care provided in military 

23 medical treatment facilities and through pur24 chased care. 
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1 (B) To eliminate performance variability 

2 with respect to the provision of such health care. 

3 (2) ELEMENTS.—The comprehensive report re4 quired by paragraph (1) shall include the plans of the 

5 Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secre6 taries of the military departments, as follows: 

7 (A) To align performance measures for 

8 health care provided in military medical treat9 ment facilities with performance measures for 

10 health care provided through purchased care. 

11 (B) To improve underperformance in the 

12 provision of health care by the Department of 

13 Defense by eliminating performance variability 

14 with respect to the provision of health care in 

15 military medical treatment facilities and 

16 through purchased care. 

17 (C) To use innovative, high-technology serv18 ices to improve access to care, coordination of 

19 care, and the experience of care in military med20 ical treatment facilities and through purchased 

21 care. 

22 (D) To collect and analyze data throughout 

23 the Department with respect to health care pro24 vided in military medical treatment facilities 

25 and through purchased care to improve the qual-
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1 ity of such care, patient safety, and patient sat2 isfaction. 

3 (E) To develop a performance management 

4 system, including by adoption of common meas5 ures for access to care, quality of care, safety, 

6 and patient satisfaction, that holds medical lead7 ership throughout the Department personally ac8 countable for sustained improvement of perform9 ance. 

10 (F) To use such other methods as the Sec11 retary considers appropriate to improve the ex12 perience of beneficiaries with and eliminate per13 formance variability with respect to health care 

14 received from the Department. 

15 (b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

17 the submittal of the comprehensive report required by 

18 subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United 

19 States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv20 ices of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 

21 report on the plans of the Secretary of Defense set 

22 forth in the comprehensive report submitted under 

23 such subsection. 

24 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para25 graph (1) shall include the following: 
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1 (A) An assessment whether the plans in2 cluded in the comprehensive report submitted 

3 under subsection (a) will, with respect to mem4 bers of the Armed Forces and covered bene5 ficiaries under the TRICARE program— 

6 (i) improve health outcomes; 

7 (ii) create lasting health value; and 

8 (iii) ensure that such individuals are 

9 able to equitably obtain quality health care 

10 in all military medical treatment facilities 

11 and through purchased care. 

12 (B) An assessment whether such plans can 

13 be reasonably achieved within the estimated 

14 dates of completion set forth by the Department 

15 under such subsection. 

16 (C) An assessment whether any such plan 

17 would require legislative action for the imple18 mentation of such plan. 

19 (D) An assessment whether the Department 

20 of Defense has adequately budgeted amounts to 

21 fund the carrying out of such plans. 

22 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) The term ‘‘purchased care’’ means health care 

24 provided pursuant to a contract entered into under 

25 the TRICARE program. 
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1 (2) The terms ‘‘covered beneficiary’’ and 

2 ‘‘TRICARE program’’ have the meaning given such 

3 terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code. 

4 SEC. 735. REPORT ON PLAN TO IMPROVE PEDIATRIC CARE 

5 AND RELATED SERVICES FOR CHILDREN OF 

6 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

9 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

10 Senate and the House of Representatives a report setting 

11 forth a plan of the Department of Defense to improve pedi12 atric care and related services for children of members of 

13 the Armed Forces. 

14 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 

15 shall include the following: 

16 (1) In order to ensure that children receive devel17 opmentally-appropriate and age-appropriate health 

18 care services from the Department, a plan to align 

19 preventive pediatric care under the TRICARE pro20 gram with— 

21 (A) standards for such care as required by 

22 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

23 (Public Law 111–148); 

24 (B) guidelines established for such care by 

25 the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, 
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1 and Treatment program under the Medicaid pro2 gram carried out under title XIX of the Social 

3 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.); and 

4 (C) recommendations by organizations that 

5 specialize in pediatrics. 

6 (2) A plan to develop a uniform definition of 

7 ‘‘pediatric medical necessity’’ for the Department that 

8 aligns with recommendations of organizations that 

9 specialize in pediatrics in order to ensure that a con10 sistent definition of such term is used in providing 

11 health care in military medical treatment facilities 

12 and by health care providers under the TRICARE 

13 program. 

14 (3) A plan to revise certification requirements 

15 for residential treatment centers of the Department to 

16 expand the access of children of members of the Armed 

17 Forces to services at such centers. 

18 (4) A plan to develop measures to evaluate and 

19 improve access to pediatric care, coordination of pedi20 atric care, and health outcomes for such children. 

21 (5) A plan to include an assessment of access to 

22 pediatric specialty care in the annual report to Con23 gress on the effectiveness of the TRICARE program. 

24 (6) A plan to improve the quality of and access 

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1 gram for such children, including intensive outpatient 

2 and partial hospitalization services. 

3 (7) A plan to mitigate the impact of permanent 

4 changes of station and other service-related relocations 

5 of members of the Armed Forces on the continuity of 

6 health care services received by such children who 

7 have special medical or behavioral health needs. 

8 (8) A plan to mitigate deficiencies in data collec9 tion, data utilization, and data analysis to improve 

10 pediatric care and related services for children of 

11 members of the Armed Forces. 

12 (c) TRICARE PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this section, 

13 the term ‘‘TRICARE program’’ has the meaning given such 

14 term in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code. 

15 SEC. 736. REPORT ON PRELIMINARY MENTAL HEALTH 

16 SCREENINGS FOR INDIVIDUALS BECOMING 

17 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

18 (a) REPORT ON RECOMMENDATIONS IN CONNECTION

19 WITH SCREENINGS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

20 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 

21 submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

22 and the House of Representatives a report on mental health 

23 screenings of individuals enlisting or accessioning into the 

24 Armed Forces before enlistment or accession. 
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1 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 

2 include the following: 

3 (1) Recommendations with respect to estab4 lishing a secure, electronically-based preliminary 

5 mental health screening of members of the Armed 

6 Forces to bring mental health screenings to parity 

7 with physical screenings of members. 

8 (2) Recommendations with respect to the com9 position of the mental health screening, evidenced10 based best practices, and how to track changes in 

11 mental health screenings relating to traumatic brain 

12 injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other 

13 conditions. 

14 (c) COORDINATION AND CONSULTATION.—The Sec15 retary shall prepare the report under subsection (a)— 

16 (1) in coordination with the Secretary of Vet17 erans Affairs, the Secretary of Health and Human 

18 Services, and the surgeons general of the military de19 partments; and 

20 (2) in consultation with experts in the field, in21 cluding the National Institute of Mental Health of the 

22 National Institutes of Health. 
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1 SEC. 737. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON USE OF 

2 QUALITY OF CARE METRICS AT MILITARY 

3 TREATMENT FACILITIES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 

5 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

6 of the United States shall submit to the Committees on 

7 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representa8 tives a report on the use by the Department of Defense of 

9 metrics with respect to the quality of care provided at mili10 tary treatment facilities. 

11 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 

12 shall include the following: 

13 (1) The extent to which the Department of De14 fense and each military department use metrics to 

15 monitor and assess the quality of care provided at 

16 military treatment facilities. 

17 (2) How, if at all, the use of such metrics varies 

18 among the Department of Defense and each military 

19 department. 

20 (3) The extent to which the Department of De21 fense and each military department use the informa22 tion from such metrics to identify and address issues 

23 such as the performance of individual health care pro24 viders and areas in need of improvement system-wide. 

25 (4) The extent to which the Department of De26 fense and each military department oversee the proc-
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1 ess of using metrics to monitor and assess the quality 

2 of care provided at military treatment facilities. 

3 SEC. 738. REPORT ON INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN ELEC4 TRONIC HEALTH RECORDS SYSTEMS OF DE5 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DEPARTMENT 

6 OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

7 Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 

8 of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 

9 Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to Congress a report 

10 that sets forth a timeline with milestones for achieving 

11 interoperability between the electronic health records sys12 tems of the Department of Defense and the Department of 

13 Veterans Affairs. 

14 SEC. 739. SUBMITTAL OF INFORMATION TO SECRETARY OF 

15 VETERANS AFFAIRS RELATING TO EXPOSURE 

16 TO AIRBORNE HAZARDS AND OPEN BURN 

17 PITS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, and periodically there20 after, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Secretary 

21 of Veterans Affairs such information in the possession of 

22 the Secretary of Defense as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

23 considers necessary to supplement and support— 

24 (1) the development of information to be in25 cluded in the Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit 
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1 Registry established by the Department of Veterans 

2 Affairs under section 201 of the Dignified Burial and 

3 Other Veterans’ Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 

4 (Public Law 112–260; 38 U.S.C. 527 note); and 

5 (2) research and development activities con6 ducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to ex7 plore the potential health risks of exposure by mem8 bers of the Armed Forces to environmental factors in 

9 Iraq and Afghanistan, in particular the connection of 

10 such exposure to respiratory illnesses such as chronic 

11 cough, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, con12 strictive bronchiolitis, and pulmonary fibrosis. 

13 (b) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.—The Sec14 retary of Defense shall include in the information submitted 

15 to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under subsection (a) 

16 information on any research and surveillance efforts con17 ducted by the Department of Defense to evaluate the inci18 dence and prevalence of respiratory illnesses among mem19 bers of the Armed Forces who were exposed to open burn 

20 pits while deployed overseas. 

21 SEC. 740. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON GAMBLING 

22 AND PROBLEM GAMBLING BEHAVIOR AMONG 

23 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 

25 United States shall conduct a study on gaming facilities 
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1 at military installations and problem gambling among 

2 members of the Armed Forces. 

3 (b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The study conducted under 

4 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

5 (1) With respect to gaming facilities at military 

6 installations, disaggregated by each branch of the 

7 Armed Forces— 

8 (A) the number, type, and location of such 

9 gaming facilities; 

10 (B) the total amount of cash flow through 

11 such gaming facilities; and 

12 (C) the amount of revenue generated by 

13 such gaming facilities for morale, welfare, and 

14 recreation programs of the Department of De15 fense. 

16 (2) An assessment of the prevalence of and par17 ticular risks for problem gambling among members of 

18 the Armed Forces, including such recommendations 

19 for policies and programs to be carried out by the De20 partment to address problem gambling as the Sec21 retary considers appropriate. 

22 (3) An assessment of the ability and capacity of 

23 military health care personnel to adequately diagnose 

24 and provide dedicated treatment for problem gam25 bling, including— 
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1 (A) a comparison of treatment programs of 

2 the Department for alcohol abuse, illegal sub3 stance abuse, and tobacco addiction with treat4 ment programs of the Department for problem 

5 gambling; and 

6 (B) an assessment of whether additional 

7 training for military health care personnel on 

8 providing treatment for problem gambling would 

9 be beneficial. 

10 (4) An assessment of the financial counseling 

11 and related services that are available to members of 

12 the Armed Forces and their dependents who are im13 pacted by problem gambling. 

14 (c) REPORT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

17 General shall submit to the appropriate committees of 

18 Congress a report on the results of the study con19 ducted under subsection (a). 

20 (2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

21 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate 

22 committees of Congress’’ means— 

23 (A) the Committee on Armed Services and 

24 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; 

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1 (B) the Committee on Armed Services and 

2 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

3 Representatives. 

4 SEC. 741. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF DATA SECU5 RITY AND TRANSMISSION STANDARDS FOR 

6 ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1, 2016, the 

8 Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

9 shall jointly submit to Congress a report on the standards 

10 for security and transmission of data to be implemented 

11 by the Department of Defense and the Department of Vet12 erans Affairs in deploying the new or updated, as the case 

13 may be, electronic health record system of each such Depart14 ment (required to be deployed by each such Department 

15 under section 713 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

16 for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 1071 

17 note)) at military installations and in field environments. 

18 (b) TRANSMISSION OF DATA.—The report required by 

19 subsection (a) shall include information on standards for 

20 transmission of data between the Department of Defense 

21 and the Department of Veterans Affairs and standards for 

22 transmission of data between each such Department and 

23 private sector entities. 
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1 TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POL2 ICY, ACQUISITION MANAGE3 MENT, AND RELATED MAT4 TERS 

5 Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and 

6 Management 

7 SEC. 801. ROLE OF SERVICE CHIEFS IN THE ACQUISITION 

8 PROCESS. 

9 (a) SERVICE CHIEFS AS CUSTOMER OF ACQUISITION

10 PROCESS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 149 of title 10, 

12 United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec13 tion 2546 the following new section: 

14 ‘‘§ 2546a. Customer-oriented acquisition system 

15 ‘‘(a) OBJECTIVE.—It shall be the objective of the de16 fense acquisition system to meet the needs of its customers 

17 in the most cost-effective manner practicable. The acquisi18 tion policies, directives, and regulations of the Department 

19 of Defense shall be modified as necessary to ensure the devel20 opment and implementation of a customer-oriented acquisi21 tion system. 

22 ‘‘(b) CUSTOMER.—The customer of the defense acquisi23 tion system is the military service that will have primary 

24 responsibility for fielding the system or systems acquired. 

25 The customer is represented with regard to a major defense 
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1 acquisition program by the Secretary of the relevant mili2 tary department and the Chief of the relevant military serv3 ice. 

4 ‘‘(c) ROLE OF CUSTOMER.—The customer of a major 

5 defense acquisition program shall be responsible for bal6 ancing resources against priorities on the acquisition pro7 gram and ensuring that appropriate trade-offs are made 

8 among cost, schedule, technical feasibility, and performance 

9 on a continuing basis throughout the life of the acquisition 

10 program.’’. 

11 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec12 tions at the beginning of chapter 149 of such title is 

13 amended by inserting after the item relating to sec14 tion 2546 the following new item: 

‘‘2546a. Customer-oriented acquisition system.’’. 

15 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF CHIEFS.—Section 2547(a) 

16 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) 

18 as paragraphs (3) through (7), respectively; 

19 (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol20 lowing new paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(2) Decisions regarding the balancing of re22 sources and priorities, and associated trade-offs 

23 among cost, schedule, technical feasibility, and per24 formance on major defense acquisition programs.’’; 

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1 (3) in paragraph (6), as redesignated by para2 graph (1) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘The develop3 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘The development and manage4 ment’’. 

5 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF MILITARY DEPUTIES.—Sec6 tion 908(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

7 Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 278; 10 

8 U.S.C. 2430 note) is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(d) DUTIES OF PRINCIPAL MILITARY DEPUTIES.— 

10 Each Principal Military Deputy to a service acquisition 

11 executive shall be responsible for— 

12 ‘‘(1) keeping the Chief of Staff of the Armed 

13 Force concerned informed of the progress of major de14 fense acquisition programs; 

15 ‘‘(2) informing the Chief of Staff on a continuing 

16 basis of any developments on major defense programs, 

17 which may require new or revisited trade-offs among 

18 cost, schedule, technical feasibility, and performance, 

19 including— 

20 ‘‘(A) significant cost growth or schedule 

21 slippage; and 

22 ‘‘(B) requirements creep (as defined in sec23 tion 2547(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code); 

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1 ‘‘(3) ensuring that the views of the Chief of Staff 

2 on cost, schedule, technical feasibility, and perform3 ance trade-offs are strongly considered by program 

4 managers and program executive officers in all phases 

5 of the acquisition process.’’. 

6 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

7 (1) JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUN8 CIL.—Section 181(d) of title 10, United States Code, 

9 is amended by adding at the end the following new 

10 paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(3) The Council shall seek, and strongly consider, the 

12 views of the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, in their 

13 roles as customers of the acquisition system, on matters per14 taining to trade-offs among cost, schedule, technical feasi15 bility, and performance under subsection (b)(1)(C) and the 

16 balancing of resources with priorities pursuant to sub17 section (b)(3).’’. 

18 (2) MILESTONE A DECISIONS.—The chief of the 

19 relevant military service shall advise the milestone de20 cision authority for a major defense acquisition pro21 gram of the chief’s views on cost, schedule, technical 

22 feasibility, and performance trade-offs that have been 

23 made with regard to the program, as provided in sec24 tion 2366a(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, as 
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1 amended by section 844 of this Act, prior to a Mile2 stone A decision on the program. 

3 (3) MILESTONE B DECISIONS.—The chief of the 

4 relevant military service shall advise the milestone de5 cision authority for a major defense acquisition pro6 gram of the chief’s views on cost, schedule, technical 

7 feasibility, and performance trade-offs that have been 

8 made with regard to the program, as provided in sec9 tion 2366b(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, as 

10 amended by section 845 of this Act, prior to a Mile11 stone B decision on the program. 

12 (4) DUTIES OF CHIEFS.— 

13 (A) Section 3033(d)(5) of title 10, United 

14 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 

15 171’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 171 and 2547’’. 

16 (B) Section 5033(d)(5) of title 10, United 

17 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 

18 171’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 171 and 2547’’. 

19 (C) Section 5043(e)(5) of title 10, United 

20 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 

21 171’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 171 and 2547’’. 

22 (D) Section 8033(d)(5) of title 10, United 

23 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘section 

24 171’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 171 and 2547’’. 
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1 SEC. 802. EXPANSION OF RAPID ACQUISITION AUTHORITY. 

2 Section 806(c) of the Bob Stump National Defense Au3 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; 

4 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(c) RESPONSE TO COMBAT EMERGENCIES AND CER6 TAIN URGENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) DETERMINATION OF NEED FOR RAPID AC8 QUISITION AND DEPLOYMENT.—(A) In the case of any 

9 supplies and associated support services that, as de10 termined in writing by the Secretary of Defense, are 

11 urgently needed to eliminate a documented deficiency 

12 that has resulted in combat casualties, or is likely to 

13 result in combat casualties, the Secretary may use the 

14 procedures developed under this section in order to ac15 complish the rapid acquisition and deployment of the 

16 needed supplies and associated support services. 

17 ‘‘(B) In the case of any supplies and associated 

18 support services that, as determined in writing by the 

19 Secretary of Defense, are urgently needed to eliminate 

20 a documented deficiency that impacts an ongoing or 

21 anticipated contingency operation and that, if left 

22 unfulfilled, could potentially result in loss of life or 

23 critical mission failure, the Secretary may use the 

24 procedures developed under this section in order to ac25 complish the rapid acquisition and deployment of the 

26 needed supplies and associated support services. 
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1 ‘‘(C)(i) In the case of any supplies and associ2 ated support services that, as determined in writing 

3 by the Secretary of Defense without delegation, are 

4 urgently needed to eliminate a deficiency that as the 

5 result of a cyber attack has resulted in critical mis6 sion failure, the loss of life, property destruction, or 

7 economic effects, or if left unfilled is likely to result 

8 in critical mission failure, the loss of life, property 

9 destruction, or economic effects, the Secretary may use 

10 the procedures developed under this section in order 

11 to accomplish the rapid acquisition and deployment 

12 of the needed offensive or defensive cyber capabilities, 

13 supplies, and associated support services. 

14 ‘‘(ii) In this subparagraph, the term ‘cyber at15 tack’ means a deliberate action to alter, disrupt, de16 ceive, degrade, or destroy computer systems or net17 works or the information or programs resident in or 

18 transiting these systems or networks. 

19 ‘‘(2) DESIGNATION OF SENIOR OFFICIAL RESPON20 SIBLE.—(A) Whenever the Secretary makes a deter21 mination under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of 

22 paragraph (1) that certain supplies and associated 

23 support services are urgently needed to eliminate a 

24 deficiency described in that subparagraph, the Sec25 retary shall designate a senior official of the Depart-
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1 ment of Defense to ensure that the needed supplies 

2 and associated support services are acquired and de3 ployed as quickly as possible, with a goal of awarding 

4 a contract for the acquisition of the supplies and asso5 ciated support services within 15 days. 

6 ‘‘(B) Upon designation of a senior official under 

7 subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall authorize that 

8 official to waive any provision of law, policy, direc9 tive, or regulation described in subsection (d) that 

10 such official determines in writing would unneces11 sarily impede the rapid acquisition and deployment 

12 of the needed supplies and associated support services. 

13 In a case in which the needed supplies and associated 

14 support services cannot be acquired without an exten15 sive delay, the senior official shall require that an in16 terim solution be implemented and deployed using the 

17 procedures developed under this section to minimize 

18 adverse consequences resulting from the urgent need. 

19 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—(A) In any fiscal year in 

20 which the Secretary makes a determination described 

21 in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1), 

22 the Secretary may use any funds available to the De23 partment of Defense for acquisitions of supplies and 

24 associated support services if the determination in25 cludes a written finding that the use of such funds is 
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1 necessary to address the deficiency in a timely man2 ner. 

3 ‘‘(B) The authority of this section may only be 

4 used to acquire supplies and associated support serv5 ices— 

6 ‘‘(i) in the case of determinations by the 

7 Secretary under paragraph (1)(A), in an 

8 amount aggregating not more than $200,000,000 

9 during any fiscal year; 

10 ‘‘(ii) in the case of determinations by the 

11 Secretary under paragraph (1)(B), in an 

12 amount aggregating not more than $200,000,000 

13 during any fiscal year; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) in the case of determinations by the 

15 Secretary under paragraph (1)(C), in an 

16 amount aggregating not more than $200,000,000 

17 during any fiscal year. 

18 ‘‘(4) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE

19 COMMITTEES.—(A) In the case of a determination by 

20 the Secretary under paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary 

21 shall notify the congressional defense committees of 

22 the determination within 15 days after the date of the 

23 determination. 

24 ‘‘(B) In the case of a determination by the Sec25 retary under paragraph (1)(B) the Secretary shall 
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1 notify the congressional defense committees of the de2 termination at least 10 days before the date on which 

3 the determination is effective. 

4 ‘‘(C) A notice under this paragraph shall include 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(i) The supplies and associated support 

7 services to be acquired. 

8 ‘‘(ii) The amount anticipated to be ex9 pended for the acquisition. 

10 ‘‘(iii) The source of funds for the acquisi11 tion. 

12 ‘‘(D) A notice under this paragraph shall be suf13 ficient to fulfill any requirement to provide notifica14 tion to Congress for a new start program. 

15 ‘‘(E) A notice under this paragraph shall be pro16 vided in consultation with the Director of the Office 

17 of Management and Budget. 

18 ‘‘(5) TIME FOR TRANSITIONING TO NORMAL AC19 QUISITION SYSTEM.—Any acquisition initiated under 

20 this subsection shall transition to the normal acquisi21 tion system not later than two years after the date on 

22 which the Secretary makes the determination de23 scribed in paragraph (1) with respect to the supplies 

24 and associated support services concerned. 
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1 ‘‘(6) LIMITATION ON OFFICERS WITH AUTHORITY

2 TO MAKE A DETERMINATION.—The authority to make 

3 a determination under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) 

4 of paragraph (1) may be exercised only by the Sec5 retary or Deputy Secretary of Defense.’’. 

6 SEC. 803. MIDDLE TIER OF ACQUISITION FOR RAPID PROTO7 TYPING AND RAPID FIELDING. 

8 (a) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec10 retary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, 

11 in consultation with the Comptroller of the Department of 

12 Defense and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 

13 shall establish guidance for a ‘‘middle tier’’ of acquisition 

14 programs that are intended to be completed in a period of 

15 two to five years. 

16 (b) ACQUISITION PATHWAYS.—The guidance required 

17 by subsection (a) shall cover the following two acquisition 

18 pathways: 

19 (1) RAPID PROTOTYPING.—The rapid proto20 typing pathway shall provide for the use of innova21 tive technologies to rapidly develop fieldable proto22 types to demonstrate new capabilities and meet 

23 emerging military needs. The objective of an acquisi24 tion program under this pathway shall be to field a 

25 prototype that can be demonstrated in an operational 
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1 environment and provide for a residual operational 

2 capability within five years of the development of an 

3 approved requirement. 

4 (2) RAPID FIELDING.—The rapid fielding path5 way shall provide for the use of proven technologies 

6 to field production quantities of new or upgraded sys7 tems with minimal development required. The objec8 tive of an acquisition program under this pathway 

9 shall be to begin production within six months and 

10 complete fielding within five years of the development 

11 of an approved requirement. 

12 (c) EXPEDITED PROCESS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The guidance required by sub14 section (a) shall provide for a streamlined and coordi15 nated requirements, budget, and acquisition process 

16 that results in the development of an approved re17 quirement for each program in a period of not more 

18 than six months from the time that the process is ini19 tiated. Programs that are subject to the guidance shall 

20 not be subject to the Joint Capabilities Integration 

21 and Development System Manual and Department of 

22 Defense Directive 5000.01, except to the extent specifi23 cally provided in the guidance. 
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1 (2) RAPID PROTOTYPING.—With respect to the 

2 rapid prototyping pathway, the guidance shall in3 clude— 

4 (A) a merit-based process for the consider5 ation of innovative technologies and new capa6 bilities to meet needs communicated by the Joint 

7 Chiefs of Staff and the combatant commanders; 

8 (B) a process for developing and imple9 menting acquisition and funding strategies for 

10 the program; 

11 (C) a process for cost-sharing with the mili12 tary departments on rapid prototype projects, to 

13 ensure an appropriate commitment to the success 

14 of such projects; 

15 (D) a process for demonstrating and evalu16 ating the performance of fieldable prototypes de17 veloped pursuant to the program in an oper18 ational environment; and 

19 (E) a process for transitioning successful 

20 prototypes to new or existing acquisition pro21 grams for production and fielding under the 

22 rapid fielding pathway or the traditional acqui23 sition system. 

24 (3) RAPID FIELDING.—With respect to the rapid 

25 fielding pathway, the guidance shall include— 
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1 (A) a merit-based process for the consider2 ation of existing products and proven tech3 nologies to meet needs communicated by the 

4 Joint Chiefs of Staff and the combatant com5 manders; 

6 (B) a process for demonstrating perform7 ance and evaluating for current operational pur8 poses the proposed products and technologies; 

9 (C) a process for developing and imple10 menting acquisition and funding strategies for 

11 the program; and 

12 (D) a process for considering lifecycle costs 

13 and addressing issues of logistics support and 

14 system interoperability. 

15 (4) STREAMLINED PROCEDURES.—The guidance 

16 for the programs may provide for any of the following 

17 streamlined procedures: 

18 (A) The service acquisition executive of the 

19 military department concerned shall appoint a 

20 program manager for such program from among 

21 candidates from among civilian employees or 

22 members of the armed forces who have signifi23 cant and relevant experience managing large 

24 and complex programs. 
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1 (B) The program manager for each pro2 gram shall report with respect to such program 

3 directly, without intervening review or approval, 

4 to the service acquisition executive of the mili5 tary department concerned. 

6 (C) The service acquisition executive of the 

7 military department concerned shall evaluate the 

8 job performance of such manager on an annual 

9 basis. In conducting an evaluation under this 

10 paragraph, a service acquisition executive shall 

11 consider the extent to which the manager has 

12 achieved the objectives of the program for which 

13 the manager is responsible, including quality, 

14 timeliness, and cost objectives. 

15 (D) The program manager of a defense 

16 streamlined program shall be authorized staff po17 sitions for a technical staff, including experts in 

18 business management, contracting, auditing, en19 gineering, testing, and logistics, to enable the 

20 manager to manage the program without the 

21 technical assistance of another organizational 

22 unit of an agency to the maximum extent prac23 ticable. 

24 (E) The program manager of a defense 

25 streamlined program shall be authorized, in co-
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1 ordination with the users of the equipment and 

2 capability to be acquired and the test commu3 nity, to make trade-offs among life-cycle costs, 

4 requirements, and schedules to meet the goals of 

5 the program. 

6 (F) The service acquisition executive, acting 

7 in coordination with the defense acquisition exec8 utive, shall serve as the milestone decision au9 thority for the program. 

10 (G) The program manager of a defense 

11 streamlined program shall be provided a process 

12 to expeditiously seek a waiver from Congress 

13 from any statutory or regulatory requirement 

14 that the program manager determines adds little 

15 or no value to the management of the program. 

16 (d) RAPID PROTOTYPING FUND.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

18 establish a fund to be known as the ‘‘Department of 

19 Defense Rapid Prototyping Fund’’ to provide funds, 

20 in addition to other funds that may be available for 

21 acquisition programs under the rapid prototyping 

22 pathway established pursuant to this section. The 

23 Fund shall be managed by a senior official of the De24 partment of Defense designated by the Under Sec25 retary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Lo-
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1 gistics. The Fund shall consist of amounts appro2 priated to the Fund and amounts credited to the 

3 Fund pursuant to section 849 of this Act. 

4 (2) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts available 

5 in the Fund may be transferred to a military depart6 ment for the purpose of carrying out an acquisition 

7 program under the rapid prototyping pathway estab8 lished pursuant to this section. Any amount so trans9 ferred shall be credited to the account to which it is 

10 transferred. The transfer authority provided in this 

11 subsection is in addition to any other transfer author12 ity available to the Department of Defense. 

13 (3) CONGRESSIONAL NOTICE.—The senior official 

14 designated to manage the Fund shall notify the con15 gressional defense committees of all transfers under 

16 paragraph (2). Each notification shall specify the 

17 amount transferred, the purpose of the transfer, and 

18 the total projected cost and estimated cost to complete 

19 the acquisition program to which the funds were 

20 transferred. 

21 SEC. 804. AMENDMENTS TO OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHOR22 ITY. 

23 (a) AUTHORITY OF THE DEFENSE ADVANCED RE24 SEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN PRO25 TOTYPE PROJECTS.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 193 of title 10, 

2 United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec3 tion 2371a the following new section: 

4 ‘‘§ 2371b. Authority of the Defense Advanced Research 

5 Projects Agency to carry out certain proto6 type projects 

7 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the 

8 Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, 

9 the Secretary of a military department, or any other official 

10 designated by the Secretary of Defense may, under the au11 thority of section 2371 of this title, carry out prototype 

12 projects that are directly relevant to enhancing the mission 

13 effectiveness of military personnel and the supporting plat14 forms, systems, components, or materials proposed to be ac15 quired or developed by the Department of Defense, or to im16 provement of platforms, systems, components, or materials 

17 in use by the armed forces. 

18 ‘‘(2) The authority of this section— 

19 ‘‘(A) may be exercised for a prototype project 

20 that is expected to cost the Department of Defense in 

21 excess of $50,000,000 but not in excess of 

22 $250,000,000 (including all options) only upon a 

23 written determination by the senior procurement exec24 utive for the agency as designated for the purpose of 

25 section 1702(c) of title 41, or, for the Defense Ad-
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1 vanced Research Projects Agency or the Missile De2 fense Agency, the director of the agency that— 

3 ‘‘(i) the requirements of subsection (d) will 

4 be met; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) the use of the authority of this section 

6 is essential to promoting the success of the proto7 type project; and 

8 ‘‘(B) may be exercised for a prototype project 

9 that is expected to cost the Department of Defense in 

10 excess of $250,000,000 (including all options) only 

11 if— 

12 ‘‘(i) the Under Secretary of Defense for Ac13 quisition, Technology, and Logistics determines 

14 in writing that— 

15 ‘‘(I) the requirements of subsection (d) 

16 will be met; and 

17 ‘‘(II) the use of the authority of this 

18 section is essential to meet critical national 

19 security objectives; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) the congressional defense committees 

21 are notified in writing at least 30 days before 

22 such authority is exercised. 

23 ‘‘(3) The authority of a senior procurement executive 

24 or director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agen25 cy or Missile Defense Agency under paragraph (2)(A), and 
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1 the authority of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi2 tion, Technology, and Logistics under paragraph (2)(B), 

3 may not be delegated. 

4 ‘‘(b) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY.— 

5 ‘‘(1) Subsections (e)(1)(B) and (e)(2) of such sec6 tion 2371 shall not apply to projects carried out 

7 under subsection (a). 

8 ‘‘(2) To the maximum extent practicable, com9 petitive procedures shall be used when entering into 

10 agreements to carry out projects under subsection (a). 

11 ‘‘(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL ACCESS TO INFORMA12 TION.—(1) Each agreement entered into by an official re13 ferred to in subsection (a) to carry out a project under that 

14 subsection that provides for payments in a total amount 

15 in excess of $5,000,000 shall include a clause that provides 

16 for the Comptroller General, in the discretion of the Comp17 troller General, to examine the records of any party to the 

18 agreement or any entity that participates in the perform19 ance of the agreement. 

20 ‘‘(2) The requirement in paragraph (1) shall not apply 

21 with respect to a party or entity, or a subordinate element 

22 of a party or entity, that has not entered into any other 

23 agreement that provides for audit access by a Government 

24 entity in the year prior to the date of the agreement. 
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1 ‘‘(3)(A) The right provided to the Comptroller General 

2 in a clause of an agreement under paragraph (1) is limited 

3 as provided in subparagraph (B) in the case of a party 

4 to the agreement, an entity that participates in the per5 formance of the agreement, or a subordinate element of that 

6 party or entity if the only agreements or other transactions 

7 that the party, entity, or subordinate element entered into 

8 with Government entities in the year prior to the date of 

9 that agreement are cooperative agreements or transactions 

10 that were entered into under this section or section 2371 

11 of this title. 

12 ‘‘(B) The only records of a party, other entity, or sub13 ordinate element referred to in subparagraph (A) that the 

14 Comptroller General may examine in the exercise of the 

15 right referred to in that subparagraph are records of the 

16 same type as the records that the Government has had the 

17 right to examine under the audit access clauses of the pre18 vious agreements or transactions referred to in such sub19 paragraph that were entered into by that particular party, 

20 entity, or subordinate element. 

21 ‘‘(4) The head of the contracting activity that is car22 rying out the agreement may waive the applicability of the 

23 requirement in paragraph (1) to the agreement if the head 

24 of the contracting activity determines that it would not be 

25 in the public interest to apply the requirement to the agree-
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1 ment. The waiver shall be effective with respect to the agree2 ment only if the head of the contracting activity transmits 

3 a notification of the waiver to Congress and the Comptroller 

4 General before entering into the agreement. The notification 

5 shall include the rationale for the determination. 

6 ‘‘(5) The Comptroller General may not examine 

7 records pursuant to a clause included in an agreement 

8 under paragraph (1) more than three years after the final 

9 payment is made by the United States under the agreement. 

10 ‘‘(d) APPROPRIATE USE OF AUTHORITY.—(1) The Sec11 retary of Defense shall ensure that no official of an agency 

12 enters into a transaction (other than a contract, grant, or 

13 cooperative agreement) for a prototype project under the au14 thority of this section unless one of following conditions is 

15 met: 

16 ‘‘(A) There is at least one nontraditional defense 

17 contractor participating to a significant extent in the 

18 prototype project. 

19 ‘‘(B) All parties to the transaction other than the 

20 Federal Government are innovative small businesses 

21 and non-traditional contractors with unique capabili22 ties relevant to the prototype project. 

23 ‘‘(C) At least one third of the total cost of the 

24 prototype project is to be paid out of funds provided 
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1 by parties to the transaction other than the Federal 

2 Government. 

3 ‘‘(D) The senior procurement executive for the 

4 agency determines in writing that exceptional cir5 cumstances justify the use of a transaction that pro6 vides for innovative business arrangements or struc7 tures that would not be feasible or appropriate under 

8 a contract. 

9 ‘‘(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the 

10 amounts counted for the purposes of this subsection as being 

11 provided, or to be provided, by a party to a transaction 

12 with respect to a prototype project that is entered into 

13 under this section other than the Federal Government do 

14 not include costs that were incurred before the date on which 

15 the transaction becomes effective. 

16 ‘‘(B) Costs that were incurred for a prototype project 

17 by a party after the beginning of negotiations resulting in 

18 a transaction (other than a contract, grant, or cooperative 

19 agreement) with respect to the project before the date on 

20 which the transaction becomes effective may be counted for 

21 purposes of this subsection as being provided, or to be pro22 vided, by the party to the transaction if and to the extent 

23 that the official responsible for entering into the transaction 

24 determines in writing that— 
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1 ‘‘(i) the party incurred the costs in anticipation 

2 of entering into the transaction; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) it was appropriate for the party to incur 

4 the costs before the transaction became effective in 

5 order to ensure the successful implementation of the 

6 transaction. 

7 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 ‘‘(1) The term ‘nontraditional defense contractor’ 

9 has the meaning given the term under section 2302(9) 

10 of this title. 

11 ‘‘(2) The term ‘small business’ means a small 

12 business concern as defined under section 3 of the 

13 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). 

14 ‘‘(f) FOLLOW-ON PRODUCTION CONTRACTS OR TRANS15 ACTIONS.—(1) A transaction entered into under this section 

16 for a prototype project may provide for the award of a fol17 low-on production contract or transactions to the partici18 pants in the transaction. 

19 ‘‘(2) A follow-on production contract or transaction 

20 provided for in a transaction under paragraph (1) may be 

21 awarded to the participants in the transaction without the 

22 use of competitive procedures, notwithstanding the require23 ments of section 2304 of this title, if— 
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1 ‘‘(A) competitive procedures were used for the se2 lection of parties for participation in the transaction; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(B) the participants in the transaction success5 fully completed the prototype project provided for in 

6 the transaction. 

7 ‘‘(3) Contracts and transactions entered into pursuant 

8 to this subsection may be awarded using the authority in 

9 subsection (a), under the authority of chapter 137 of this 

10 title, or under such procedures, terms, and conditions as 

11 the Secretary of Defense may establish by regulation. 

12 ‘‘(g) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE PROTOTYPES AND FOL13 LOW-ON PRODUCTION ITEMS AS GOVERNMENT FURNISHED

14 EQUIPMENT.—An agreement entered pursuant to the au15 thority of subsection (a) or a follow-on contract entered pur16 suant to the authority of subsection (f) may provide for pro17 totypes or follow-on production items to be provided to an18 other contractor as government-furnished equipment. 

19 ‘‘(h) APPLICABILITY OF PROCUREMENT ETHICS RE20 QUIREMENTS.—An agreement entered into under the au21 thority of this section shall be treated as a Federal agency 

22 procurement for the purposes of chapter 21 of title 41.’’. 

23 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec24 tions at the beginning of chapter 139 of such title is 
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1 amended by inserting after the item relating to sec2 tion 2371a the following new item: 

‘‘2371b. Authority of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to carry out 

certain prototype projects.’’. 

3 (b) MODIFICATION TO DEFINITION OF NON-TRADI4 TIONAL CONTRACTOR.—Section 2302(9) of such title is 

5 amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(9) The term ‘nontraditional defense con7 tractor’, with respect to a procurement or with respect 

8 to a transaction authorized under section 2371(a) of 

9 this title, means an entity that— 

10 ‘‘(A) is not currently performing and has 

11 not performed, for at least the one-year period 

12 preceding the solicitation of sources by the De13 partment of Defense for the procurement or 

14 transaction, any contract or subcontract that is 

15 subject to full coverage under the cost accounting 

16 standards prescribed pursuant to 1502 of title 41 

17 and the regulations implementing such section; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(B) has not been awarded, for at least the 

20 one-year period preceding the solicitation of 

21 sources by the Department of Defense for the pro22 curement or transaction, any other contract 

23 under which the contractor was required to sub-
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1 mit certified cost or pricing data under section 

2 2306a of this title.’’. 

3 (c) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE AUTHORITY.—Section 845 

4 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

5 1994 (Public Law 103–160; 10 U.S.C. 2371 note) is hereby 

6 repealed. 

7 (d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Sec8 tion 1601(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

9 for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 10 U.S.C. 

10 2370a note) is amended by restating subparagraph (B) to 

11 read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(B) sections 2371 and 2371b of title 10, United 

13 States Code.’’. 

14 SEC. 805. USE OF ALTERNATIVE ACQUISITION PATHS TO AC15 QUIRE CRITICAL NATIONAL SECURITY CAPA16 BILITIES. 

17 (a) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary of Defense shall es18 tablish procedures and guidelines for alternative acquisition 

19 pathways to acquire capital assets and services that meet 

20 critical national security needs. The guidelines shall— 

21 (1) be separate from existing acquisition proce22 dures and guidelines; 

23 (2) be supported by streamlined contracting, 

24 budgeting, and requirements processes; 
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1 (3) establish alternative acquisition paths based 

2 on the capabilities being bought and the time needed 

3 to deploy these capabilities; and 

4 (4) maximize the use of flexible authorities in ex5 isting law and regulation. 

6 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 

8 submit to the congressional defense committees a report that 

9 includes a summary of the guidelines established under sub10 section (a) and recommendations for any legislation nec11 essary to meet the objectives set forth in subsection (a) and 

12 to implement the guidelines established under such sub13 section. 

14 SEC. 806. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WAIVER OF ACQUISI15 TION LAWS TO ACQUIRE VITAL NATIONAL SE16 CURITY CAPABILITIES. 

17 (a) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense is 

18 authorized to waive any provision of acquisition law or reg19 ulation described in subsection (c) for the purpose of acquir20 ing a capability that would not otherwise be available to 

21 the Armed Forces of the United States, upon a determina22 tion that— 

23 (1) the acquisition of the capability is in the 

24 vital national security interest of the United States; 
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1 (2) the application of the law or regulation to be 

2 waived would impede the acquisition of the capability 

3 in a manner that would undermine the national secu4 rity of the United States; and 

5 (3) the underlying purpose of the law or regula6 tion to be waived can be addressed in a different 

7 manner or at a different time. 

8 (b) DESIGNATION OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL.—When9 ever the Secretary of Defense makes a determination under 

10 subsection (a)(1) that the acquisition of a capability is in 

11 the vital national security interest of the United States, the 

12 Secretary shall designate a senior official of the Department 

13 of Defense who shall be personally responsible and account14 able for the rapid and effective acquisition and deployment 

15 of the needed capability. The Secretary shall provide the 

16 designated official such authority as the Secretary deter17 mines necessary to achieve this objective, and may use the 

18 waiver authority in subsection (a) for this purpose. 

19 (c) ACQUISITION LAWS AND REGULATIONS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Upon a determination de21 scribed in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense is 

22 authorized to waive any provision of law or regula23 tion addressing— 

24 (A) the establishment of a requirement or 

25 specification for the capability to be acquired; 
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1 (B) research, development, test, and evalua2 tion of the capability to be acquired; 

3 (C) production, fielding, and sustainment of 

4 the capability to be acquired; or 

5 (D) solicitation, selection of sources, and 

6 award of contracts for the capability to be ac7 quired. 

8 (2) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this subsection 

9 authorizes the waiver of— 

10 (A) the requirements of this section; 

11 (B) any provision of law imposing civil or 

12 criminal penalties; or 

13 (C) any provision of law governing the 

14 proper expenditure of appropriated funds. 

15 (d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of Defense 

16 shall notify the congressional defense committees at least 30 

17 days before exercising the waiver authority under subsection 

18 (a). Each such notice shall include— 

19 (1) an explanation of the basis for determining 

20 that the acquisition of the capability is in the vital 

21 national security interest of the United States; 

22 (2) an identification of each provision of law or 

23 regulation to be waived; and 

24 (3) for each provision identified pursuant to 

25 paragraph (2)— 
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1 (A) an explanation of why the application 

2 of the provision would impede the acquisition in 

3 a manner that would undermine the national se4 curity of the United States; and 

5 (B) a description of the time or manner in 

6 which the underlying purpose of the law or regu7 lation to be waived will be addressed. 

8 (e) NON-DELEGATION.—The authority of the Secretary 

9 to waive provisions of laws and regulations under sub10 section (a) is non-delegable. 

11 SEC. 807. ACQUISITION AUTHORITY OF THE COMMANDER 

12 OF UNITED STATES CYBER COMMAND. 

13 (a) AUTHORITY.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commander of the United 

15 States Cyber Command shall be responsible for, and 

16 shall have the authority to conduct, the following ac17 quisition activities: 

18 (A) Development and acquisition of cyber 

19 operations-peculiar equipment and capabilities. 

20 (B) Acquisition of cyber capability-peculiar 

21 equipment, capabilities, and services. 

22 (2) ACQUISITION FUNCTIONS.—Subject to the au23 thority, direction, and control of the Secretary of De24 fense, the Commander shall have authority to exercise 
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1 the functions of the head of an agency under chapter 

2 137 of title 10, United States Code. 

3 (b) COMMAND ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The staff of the Commander 

5 shall include a command acquisition executive, who 

6 shall be responsible for the overall supervision of ac7 quisition matters for the United States Cyber Com8 mand. The command acquisition executive shall have 

9 the authority— 

10 (A) to negotiate memoranda of agreement 

11 with the military departments to carry out the 

12 acquisition of equipment, capabilities, and serv13 ices described in subsection (a)(1) on behalf of 

14 the Command; 

15 (B) to supervise the acquisition of equip16 ment, capabilities, and services described in sub17 section (a)(1); 

18 (C) to represent the Command in discus19 sions with the military departments regarding 

20 acquisition programs for which the Command is 

21 a customer; and 

22 (D) to work with the military departments 

23 to ensure that the Command is appropriately 

24 represented in any joint working group or inte-
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1 grated product team regarding acquisition pro2 grams for which the Command is a customer. 

3 (2) DELIVERY OF ACQUISITION SOLUTIONS.—The 

4 command acquisition executive of the United States 

5 Cyber Command shall be— 

6 (A) responsible to the Commander for rap7 idly delivering acquisition solutions to meet vali8 dated cyber operations-peculiar requirements; 

9 (B) subordinate to the defense acquisition 

10 executive in matters of acquisition; 

11 (C) subject to the same oversight as the serv12 ice acquisition executives; and 

13 (D) included on the distribution list for ac14 quisition directives and instructions of the De15 partment of Defense. 

16 (c) ACQUISITION PERSONNEL.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

18 provide the United States Cyber Command with the 

19 personnel or funding equivalent to ten full-time equiv20 alent personnel to support the Commander in ful21 filling the acquisition responsibilities provided for 

22 under this section with experience in— 

23 (A) program acquisition; 

24 (B) the Joint Capabilities Integration and 

25 Development System Process; 
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1 (C) program management; 

2 (D) system engineering; and 

3 (E) costing. 

4 (2) EXISTING PERSONNEL.—The personnel pro5 vided under this subsection shall be provided from 

6 among the existing personnel of the Department of 

7 Defense. 

8 (d) INSPECTOR GENERAL ACTIVITIES.—The staff of 

9 the Commander of the United States Cyber Command shall 

10 on a periodic basis include a representative from the De11 partment of Defense Office of Inspector General who shall 

12 conduct internal audits and inspections of purchasing and 

13 contracting actions through the United States Cyber Com14 mand and such other Inspector General functions as may 

15 be assigned. 

16 (e) BUDGET.—In addition to the activities of a com17 batant command for which funding may be requested under 

18 section 166(b) of title 10, United States Code, the budget 

19 proposal of the United States Cyber Command shall include 

20 requests for funding for— 

21 (1) development and acquisition of cyber oper22 ations-peculiar equipment; and 

23 (2) acquisition of other capabilities or services 

24 that are peculiar to offensive cyber operations activi25 ties. 
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1 (f) CYBER OPERATIONS PROCUREMENT FUND.—There 

2 is authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 

3 2016 through 2021, out of funds made available for procure4 ment, Defense-wide, $75,000,000 for a Cyber Operations 

5 Procurement Fund to support acquisition activities pro6 vided for under this section. 

7 (g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING INTEL8 LIGENCE AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this sec9 tion shall be construed to constitute authority to conduct 

10 any activity which, if carried out as an intelligence activity 

11 by the Department of Defense, would require a notice to 

12 the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the 

13 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 

14 of Representatives under title V of the National Security 

15 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.). 

16 (h) SUNSET.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The authority under this sec18 tion shall terminate on September 30, 2021. 

19 (2) LIMITATION ON DURATION OF ACQUISI20 TIONS.—The authority under this section does not in21 clude major defense acquisitions or acquisitions of 

22 foundational infrastructure or software architectures 

23 the duration of which is expected to last more than 

24 five years. 
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1 SEC. 808. ADVISORY PANEL ON STREAMLINING AND CODI2 FYING ACQUISITION REGULATIONS. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De5 fense shall establish under the sponsorship of the Defense 

6 Acquisition University and the National Defense Univer7 sity an advisory panel on streamlining acquisition regula8 tions. 

9 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—The panel shall be composed of at 

10 least nine individuals who are recognized experts in acqui11 sition and procurement policy. In making appointments to 

12 the advisory panel, the Under Secretary shall ensure that 

13 the members of the panel reflect diverse experiences in the 

14 public and private sectors. 

15 (c) DUTIES.—The panel shall— 

16 (1) review the acquisition regulations applicable 

17 to the Department of Defense with a view toward 

18 streamlining and improving the efficiency and effec19 tiveness of the defense acquisition process and main20 taining defense technology advantage; and 

21 (2) make any recommendations for the amend22 ment or repeal of such regulations that the panel con23 siders necessary, as a result of such review, to— 

24 (A) establish and administer appropriate 

25 buyer and seller relationships in the procurement 

26 system; 
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1 (B) improve the functioning of the acquisi2 tion system; 

3 (C) ensure the continuing financial and eth4 ical integrity of defense procurement programs; 

5 (D) protect the best interests of the Depart6 ment of Defense; and 

7 (E) eliminate any regulations that are un8 necessary for the purposes described in subpara9 graphs (A) through (D). 

10 (d) ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

12 provide the advisory panel established pursuant to 

13 subsection (a) with timely access to appropriate infor14 mation, data, resources, and analysis so that the ad15 visory panel may conduct a thorough and inde16 pendent assessment as required under such subsection. 

17 (2) INAPPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The require18 ments of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

19 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the advisory panel es20 tablished pursuant to subsection (a). 

21 (e) REPORT.— 

22 (1) PANEL REPORT.—Not later than two years 

23 after the date on which the Secretary of Defense estab24 lishes the advisory panel, the panel shall transmit a 

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1 (2) ELEMENTS.—The final report shall contain a 

2 detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of 

3 the panel, including— 

4 (A) a history of each current acquisition 

5 regulation and a recommendation as to whether 

6 the regulation and related law (if applicable) 

7 should be retained, modified, or repealed; and 

8 (B) such additional recommendations for 

9 legislation as the panel considers appropriate. 

10 (3) INTERIM REPORTS.—(A) Not later than 6 

11 months and 18 months after the date of the enactment 

12 of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a re13 port to or brief the congressional defense committees 

14 on the interim findings of the panel with respect to 

15 the elements set forth in paragraph (2). 

16 (B) The panel shall provide regular updates to 

17 the Secretary of Defense for purposes of providing the 

18 interim reports required under this paragraph. 

19 (4) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days 

20 after receiving the final report of the advisory panel, 

21 the Secretary of Defense shall transmit the final re22 port, together with such comments as the Secretary 

23 determines appropriate, to the congressional defense 

24 committees. 
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1 (f) DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOP2 MENT FUND SUPPORT.—The Secretary of Defense may use 

3 amounts available in the Department of Defense Acquisi4 tion Workforce Development Fund established under section 

5 1705 of title 10, United States Code, to support activities 

6 of the advisory panel under this section. 

7 SEC. 809. REVIEW OF TIME-BASED REQUIREMENTS PROC8 ESS AND BUDGETING AND ACQUISITION SYS9 TEMS. 

10 (a) TIME-BASED REQUIREMENTS PROCESS.—The Sec11 retary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 

12 Staff shall review the requirements process with the goal 

13 of establishing an agile and streamlined system that devel14 ops requirements that provide stability and foundational 

15 direction for acquisition programs. The requirements sys16 tem should be informed by technological market research 

17 and provide a time-based or phased distinction between ca18 pabilities needed to be deployed urgently, within 2 years, 

19 within 5 years, and longer than 5 years. 

20 (b) BUDGETING AND ACQUISITION SYSTEMS.—The 

21 Secretary of Defense shall review and ensure that the acqui22 sition and budgeting systems are structured to meet time23 based or phased requirements in a manner that is predict24 able, cost effective, and efficient and takes advantage of 

25 emerging technological developments. The Secretary shall 
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1 make all necessary changes in regulation and policy to 

2 achieve a time-based requirements, budgeting, and acquisi3 tion system and shall identify and report to Congress with4 in 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act on 

5 any statutory impediments to achieving such a system. 

6 SEC. 810. IMPROVEMENT OF PROGRAM AND PROJECT MAN7 AGEMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

8 (a) DEPARTMENT-WIDE RESPONSIBILITIES OF SEC9 RETARY OF DEFENSE.—In fulfilling the responsibilities 

10 under chapter 87 of title 10, United States Code, the Sec11 retary of Defense shall— 

12 (1) develop Department-wide standards, policies, 

13 and guidelines for program and project management 

14 for the Department of Defense based on appropriate 

15 and applicable nationally accredited standards for 

16 program and project management; 

17 (2) develop polices to monitor compliance with 

18 the standards, policies, and guidelines developed 

19 under paragraph (1); and 

20 (3) engage with the private sector on matters re21 lating to program and project management for the 

22 Department. 

23 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF USD (ATL).—In fulfilling 

24 the responsibilities under chapter 87 of title 10, United 

25 States Code, for the military departments and the Defense 
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1 Agencies, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 

2 Technology, and Logistics shall— 

3 (1) advise and assist Secretary of Defense with 

4 respect Department of Defense practices related to 

5 program and project management; 

6 (2) review programs identified as high-risk in 

7 program and project management by the Government 

8 Accountability Office, and make recommendations for 

9 actions to be taken by the Secretary to mitigate such 

10 risks; 

11 (3) assess matters of importance to the workforce 

12 in program and project management, including— 

13 (A) career development and workforce devel14 opment; 

15 (B) policies to support continuous improve16 ment in program and project management; and 

17 (C) major challenges of the Department in 

18 managing programs and projects; and 

19 (4) advise on the development and applicability 

20 of standards Department-wide for program and 

21 project management transparency. 

22 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF ACQUISITION EXECU23 TIVES.—In fulfilling the responsibilities under chapter 87 

24 of title 10, United States Code, for the military depart25 ments, the service acquisition executives (in consultation 
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1 with the Chiefs of the Armed Forces with respect to military 

2 program managers), and the component acquisition execu3 tives for the Defense Agencies, shall— 

4 (1) ensure the compliance of the department or 

5 Agency concerned with standards, policies, and guide6 lines for program and project management for the De7 partment of Defense developed by the Secretary of De8 fense under subsection (a)(1); and 

9 (2) ensure the effective career development of pro10 gram managers through— 

11 (A) training and educational opportunities 

12 for program managers, including exchange pro13 grams with the private sector; 

14 (B) mentoring of current and future pro15 gram managers by experienced public and pri16 vate sector senior executives and program man17 agers; 

18 (C) continued refinement of career paths 

19 and career opportunities for program managers; 

20 (D) incentives for the recruitment of highly 

21 qualified individuals to serve as program man22 agers; 

23 (E) improved means of collecting and dis24 seminating best practices and lessons learned to 

25 enhance program management; and 
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1 (F) improved methods to support improved 

2 data gathering and analysis for program man3 agement and oversight purposes. 

4 (d) DEADLINE FOR STANDARDS, POLICIES, AND

5 GUIDELINES.—Not later than one year after the date of the 

6 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall issue 

7 the standards, policies, and guidelines required by sub8 section (a)(1). The Secretary shall provide Congress an in9 terim update on the progress made in implementing this 

10 section not later than six months after the date of the enact11 ment of this Act. 

12 Subtitle B—Amendments to General 

13 Contracting Authorities, Proce14 dures, and Limitations 

15 SEC. 821. PREFERENCE FOR FIXED-PRICE CONTRACTS IN 

16 DETERMINING CONTRACT TYPE FOR DEVEL17 OPMENT PROGRAMS. 

18 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PREFERENCE.—Not later 

19 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

20 the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 

21 shall be revised to establish a preference for fixed-price con22 tracts, including fixed-price incentive fee contracts, in the 

23 determination of contract type for development programs. 

24 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING CHANGES.—Section 

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1 Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 

2 2329) is amended— 

3 (1) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘or major 

4 automated information system’’ after ‘‘major defense 

5 acquisition program’’; and 

6 (2) by striking the second sentence. 

7 SEC. 822. APPLICABILITY OF COST AND PRICING DATA AND 

8 CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 

9 Section 2306a(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 

12 inserting a semicolon; 

13 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 

14 at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

15 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub16 paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(D) to the extent such data relates to an 

18 offset agreement in connection with a contract 

19 for the sale of a weapon system or defense-related 

20 item to a foreign country or foreign firm.’’. 

21 SEC. 823. RISK-BASED CONTRACTING FOR SMALLER CON22 TRACT ACTIONS UNDER THE TRUTH IN NEGO23 TIATIONS ACT. 

24 (a) INCREASE IN THRESHOLDS.—Subsection (a) of 

25 section 2306a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
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1 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘December 5, 1990’’ each 

3 place it appears and inserting ‘‘January 15, 

4 2016’’; 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ each place it 

6 appears and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000’’; and 

7 (C) by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ each place it ap8 pears and inserting ‘‘$750,000’’; and 

9 (2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 

10 1994 constant dollar value’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 

11 2016 constant dollar value’’. 

12 (b) RISK-BASED CONTRACTING.—Subsection (c) of 

13 such section is amended to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(c) COST OR PRICING DATA ON BELOW-THRESHOLD

15 CONTRACTS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE SUBMISSION.— 

17 Subject to paragraph (4), when certified cost or pric18 ing data are not required to be submitted by sub19 section (a) for a contract, subcontract, or modifica20 tion of a contract or subcontract, such data may nev21 ertheless be required to be submitted by the head of the 

22 procuring activity, if the head of the procuring activ23 ity— 

24 ‘‘(A) determines that such data are nec25 essary for the evaluation by the agency of the 
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1 reasonableness of the price of the contract, sub2 contract, or modification of a contract or sub3 contract; or 

4 ‘‘(B) requires the submission of such data in 

5 accordance with a risk-based contracting ap6 proach established pursuant to paragraph (3). 

7 ‘‘(2) WRITTEN DETERMINATION REQUIRED.—In 

8 any case in which the head of the procuring activity 

9 requires certified cost or pricing data to be submitted 

10 under paragraph (1)(A), the head of the procuring ac11 tivity shall justify in writing the reason for such re12 quirement. 

13 ‘‘(3) RISK-BASED CONTRACTING.—The head of 

14 an agency shall establish a risk-based sampling ap15 proach under which the submission of certified cost or 

16 pricing data may be required for a risk-based sample 

17 of contracts, the price of which is expected to exceed 

18 the dollar amount in subsection (a)(1)(A)(ii), but not 

19 the amount in subsection (a)(1)(A)(i). The authority 

20 to require certified cost or pricing data under this 

21 paragraph shall not apply to any contract of an offer22 or that has not been awarded, for at least the one-year 

23 period preceding the issuance of a solicitation for the 

24 contract, any other contract in excess of the amount 

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1 required to submit certified cost or pricing data 

2 under this section. 

3 ‘‘(4) EXCEPTION.—The head of the procuring ac4 tivity may not require certified cost or pricing data 

5 to be submitted under this subsection for any contract 

6 or subcontract, or modification of a contract or sub7 contract, covered by the exceptions in subparagraph 

8 (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(1). 

9 ‘‘(5) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY PROHIB10 ITED.—The head of a procuring activity may not del11 egate functions under this subsection.’’. 

12 SEC. 824. LIMITATION ON USE OF REVERSE AUCTION AND 

13 LOWEST PRICE TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE 

14 CONTRACTING METHODS. 

15 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

16 of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation and the De17 fense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

18 shall be amended— 

19 (1) to prohibit the use by the Department of De20 fense of reverse auction or lowest price technically ac21 ceptable contracting methods for the procurement of 

22 personal protective equipment where the level of qual23 ity or failure of the item could result in combat cas24 ualties; and 
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1 (2) to establish a preference for the use of best 

2 value contracting methods for the procurement of such 

3 equipment. 

4 SEC. 825. RIGHTS IN TECHNICAL DATA. 

5 (a) RIGHTS IN TECHNICAL DATA RELATING TO MAJOR

6 WEAPON SYSTEMS.—Paragraph (2) of section 2321(f) of 

7 title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(2) In the case of a challenge to a use or release re9 striction that is asserted with respect to technical data of 

10 a contractor or subcontractor for a major system or a sub11 system or component thereof on the basis that the major 

12 weapon system, subsystem, or component was developed ex13 clusively at private expense— 

14 ‘‘(A) the presumption in paragraph (1) shall 

15 apply— 

16 ‘‘(i) with regard to a commercial subsystem 

17 or component of a major system, if the major 

18 system was acquired as a commercial item in ac19 cordance with section 2379(a) of this title; 

20 ‘‘(ii) with regard to a component of a sub21 system, if the subsystem was acquired as a com22 mercial item in accordance with section 2379(b) 

23 of this title; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) with regard to any other component, 

25 if the component is a commercially available off- 
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1 the-shelf item or a commercially available off2 the-shelf item with modifications of a type cus3 tomarily available in the commercial market4 place or minor modifications made to meet Fed5 eral Government requirements; and 

6 ‘‘(B) in all other cases, the challenge to the use 

7 or release restriction shall be sustained unless infor8 mation provided by the contractor or subcontractor 

9 demonstrates that the item was developed exclusively 

10 at private expense.’’. 

11 (b) GOVERNMENT-INDUSTRY ADVISORY PANEL.— 

12 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec14 retary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary 

15 of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, 

16 shall establish a government-industry advisory panel 

17 for the purpose of reviewing sections 2320 and 2321 

18 of title 10, United States Code, regarding rights in 

19 technical data and the validation of proprietary data 

20 restrictions and the regulations implementing such 

21 sections, for the purpose of ensuring that such statu22 tory and regulatory requirements are best structured 

23 to serve the interests of the taxpayers and the national 

24 defense. 
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1 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The panel shall be chaired 

2 by an individual selected by the Under Secretary, and 

3 the Under Secretary shall ensure that— 

4 (A) the government members of the advisory 

5 panel are knowledgeable about technical data 

6 issues and appropriately represent the three 

7 military departments, as well as the legal, acqui8 sition, logistics, and research and development 

9 communities in the Department of Defense; and 

10 (B) the private sector members of the advi11 sory panel include independent experts and indi12 viduals appropriately representative of the diver13 sity of interested parties, including large and 

14 small businesses, traditional and non-traditional 

15 government contractors, prime contractors and 

16 subcontractors, suppliers of hardware and soft17 ware, and institutions of higher education. 

18 (3) SCOPE OF REVIEW.—In conducting the re19 view required by paragraph (1), the advisory panel 

20 shall give appropriate consideration to the following 

21 factors: 

22 (A) Ensuring that the Department of De23 fense does not pay more than once for the same 

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1 (B) Ensuring that Department of Defense 

2 contractors are appropriately rewarded for their 

3 innovation and invention. 

4 (C) Providing for cost-effective reprocure5 ment, sustainment, modification, and upgrades 

6 to Department of Defense systems. 

7 (D) Encouraging the private sector to invest 

8 in new products, technologies, and processes rel9 evant to the missions of the Department of De10 fense. 

11 (E) Ensuring that the Department of De12 fense has appropriate access to innovative prod13 ucts, technologies, and processes developed by the 

14 private sector for commercial use. 

15 (4) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than September 

16 30, 2016, the advisory panel shall submit its final re17 port and recommendations to the Secretary of De18 fense. Not later than 60 days after receiving the re19 port, the Secretary shall submit a copy of the report, 

20 together with any comments or recommendations, to 

21 the congressional defense committees. 

22 SEC. 826. PROCUREMENT OF SUPPLIES FOR EXPERIMENTAL 

23 PURPOSES. 

24 (a) ADDITIONAL PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.—Sub25 section (a) of section 2373 of title 10, United States Code, 
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1 is amended by inserting ‘‘transportation, energy, medical, 

2 space-flight,’’ before ‘‘and aeronautical supplies’’. 

3 (b) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 137 OF TITLE 10, 

4 UNITED STATES CODE.—Subsection (b) of such section is 

5 amended by striking ‘‘only when such purchases are made 

6 in quantity’’ and inserting ‘‘only when such purchases are 

7 made in quantities greater than necessary for experimen8 tation, technical evaluation, assessment of operational util9 ity, or safety or to provide a residual operational capa10 bility’’. 

11 SEC. 827. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE PROD12 UCTS AND SERVICES PRODUCED IN COUN13 TRIES ALONG A MAJOR ROUTE OF SUPPLY TO 

14 AFGHANISTAN. 

15 Section 801(f) of the National Defense Authorization 

16 Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 

17 2399), as most recently amended by section 832(a) of the 

18 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 

19 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 814), is further amended 

20 by striking ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 

21 31, 2016’’. 
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1 SEC. 828. REPORTING RELATED TO FAILURE OF CONTRAC2 TORS TO MEET GOALS UNDER NEGOTIATED 

3 COMPREHENSIVE SMALL BUSINESS SUBCON4 TRACTING PLANS. 

5 Paragraph (2) of section 834(d) of the National De6 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (15 

7 U.S.C. 637 note), as added by section 821(d)(2) of the Carl 

8 Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense 

9 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113– 

10 291; 128 Stat. 3434) is amended by striking ‘‘may not nego11 tiate’’ and all that follows through the period at the end 

12 and inserting ‘‘shall report to Congress on any negotiated 

13 comprehensive subcontracting plan that the Secretary deter14 mines did not meet the subcontracting goals negotiated in 

15 the plan for the prior fiscal year.’’. 

16 SEC. 829. COMPETITION FOR RELIGIOUS SERVICES CON17 TRACTS. 

18 The Department of Defense may not preclude a non19 profit organization from competing for a contract for reli20 gious related services on a United States military installa21 tion. 
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1 SEC. 830. TREATMENT OF INTERAGENCY AND STATE AND 

2 LOCAL PURCHASES WHEN THE DEPARTMENT 

3 OF DEFENSE ACTS AS CONTRACT INTER4 MEDIARY FOR THE GENERAL SERVICES AD5 MINISTRATION. 

6 Contracts executed by the Department of Defense as 

7 a result of the transfer of contracts from the General Serv8 ices Administration or for which the Department serves as 

9 an item manager for products on behalf of the General Serv10 ices Administration shall not be subject to requirements 

11 under chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code, to the 

12 extent such contracts are for purchases of products by other 

13 Federal agencies or State or local governments. 

14 SEC. 831. PILOT PROGRAM FOR STREAMLINING AWARDS 

15 FOR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS. 

16 (a) EXCEPTION FROM CERTIFIED COST AND PRICING

17 DATE REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements under section 

18 2306a(a) of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply 

19 to a contract, subcontract, or modification of a contract or 

20 subcontract valued at less than $7,500,000 awarded to a 

21 small business or non-traditional defense contractor pursu22 ant to— 

23 (1) a technical merit based selection procedure, 

24 such as a broad agency announcement; or 

25 (2) the Small Business Innovation Research Pro26 gram, 
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1 unless the head of the agency determines that submission 

2 of cost and pricing data should be required based on past 

3 performance of the specific small business or non-tradi4 tional defense contractor, or based on analysis of other in5 formation specific to the award. 

6 (b) EXCEPTION FROM RECORDS EXAMINATION RE7 QUIREMENT.—The requirements under section 2313 of title 

8 10, United States Code, shall not apply to a contract valued 

9 at less than $7,500,000 awarded to a small business or non10 traditional defense contractor pursuant to— 

11 (1) a technical merit based selection procedure, 

12 such as a broad agency announcement; or 

13 (2) the Small Business Innovation Research Pro14 gram, 

15 unless the head of the agency determines that auditing of 

16 records should be required based on past performance of the 

17 specific small business or non-traditional defense con18 tractor, or based on analysis of other information specific 

19 to the award. 

20 (c) SUNSET.—The exceptions under subsections (a) 

21 and (b) shall terminate on October 1, 2020. 
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1 Subtitle C—Provisions Relating to 

2 Major Defense Acquisition Pro3 grams 

4 SEC. 841. ACQUISITION STRATEGY REQUIRED FOR EACH 

5 MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAM. 

6 (a) CONSOLIDATION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO

7 ACQUISITION STRATEGY.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 144 of title 10, 

9 United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec10 tion 2431 the following new section: 

11 ‘‘§ 2431a. Acquisition strategy 

12 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—(1) There shall be an acquisi13 tion strategy for each major defense acquisition program. 

14 The acquisition strategy, which includes a sustainment 

15 strategy, for a major defense acquisition program shall be 

16 reviewed by the milestone decision authority for the pro17 gram at each time specified in paragraph (2). The mile18 stone decision authority may approve, disapprove, or revise 

19 the acquisition strategy at any such time. 

20 ‘‘(2) The times at which the acquisition strategy for 

21 a major defense acquisition program shall be reviewed by 

22 the milestone decision authority for the program under 

23 paragraph (1) are the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) Program initiation. 

25 ‘‘(B) Each subsequent milestone. 
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1 ‘‘(C) Full-Rate Production Decision Review. 

2 ‘‘(D) Any other time considered relevant by the 

3 milestone decision authority. 

4 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE.—The Under Secretary of Defense for 

5 Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall issue policies 

6 and procedures governing the contents of, and the review 

7 and approval process for, the acquisition strategy for a 

8 major defense acquisition program. 

9 ‘‘(c) CONTENTS.—The acquisition strategy for a major 

10 defense acquisition program shall present a top-level de11 scription of the business and technical management ap12 proach designed to achieve the objectives of the program 

13 within the resource constraints imposed. The strategy shall 

14 be tailored to address program requirements and con15 straints, and shall express the program manager’s approach 

16 to the program in sufficient detail to allow the milestone 

17 decision authority to assess the viability of approach, meth18 od of implementation of laws and policies, and program 

19 objectives. Subject to guidance issued pursuant to subsection 

20 (b), each acquisition strategy shall address the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) An acquisition approach, including indus22 trial base considerations in accordance with section 

23 2440 of this title, and consideration of alternative ac24 quisition approaches. 
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1 ‘‘(2) A risk management strategy, addressing 

2 cost, schedule, and technical risk. 

3 ‘‘(3) An approach to ensuring the maturity of 

4 technologies and avoiding unnecessary or excessive 

5 concurrency. 

6 ‘‘(4) A strategy for dividing the acquisition into 

7 increments or spirals, and continuously adopting 

8 commercial and defense technologies, where appro9 priate. 

10 ‘‘(5) A business strategy, including measures to 

11 ensure continuing competition in through the life of 

12 the acquisition program. 

13 ‘‘(6) A contracting strategy addressing the selec14 tion of sources, contract types, and small business 

15 participation. 

16 ‘‘(7) An intellectual property strategy, in accord17 ance with section 2320 of this title. 

18 ‘‘(8) An approach to international involvement, 

19 including foreign military sales and cooperative op20 portunities, in accordance with section 2350a of this 

21 title. 

22 ‘‘(9) A sustainment strategy which includes all 

23 aspects of the total life cycle management of the weap24 on system, including product support, logistics, prod25 uct support engineering, supply chain integration, 
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1 maintenance, acquisition logistics, and all aspects of 

2 software sustainment. 

3 ‘‘(d) INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATE.—The Director of 

4 Cost Analysis and Program Evaluation shall perform an 

5 evaluation of the sustainment portion of the acquisition 

6 strategy required by subsection (c)(9) prior to the Milestone 

7 B decision. 

8 ‘‘(e) In this section, the term ‘milestone decision au9 thority’, with respect to a major defense acquisition pro10 gram, means the official within the Department of Defense 

11 designated with the overall responsibility and authority for 

12 acquisition decisions for the program, including authority 

13 to approve entry of the program into the next phase of the 

14 acquisition process.’’. 

15 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec16 tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended by 

17 inserting after the item relating to section 2431 the 

18 following new item: 

‘‘2431a. Acquisition strategy.’’. 

19 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

20 (1) Section 2350a(e) of such title is amended— 

21 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

22 ‘‘DOCUMENT’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the 

24 Under Secretary of Defense for’’ and all that fol25 lows through ‘‘of the Board’’ and inserting ‘‘op-
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1 portunities for such cooperative research and de2 velopment shall be addressed in the acquisition 

3 strategy for the project’’; and 

4 (C) in paragraph (2)— 

5 (i) in the matter preceding subpara6 graph (A)— 

7 (I) by striking ‘‘document’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘discussion’’; and 

9 (II) by striking ‘‘include’’ and in10 serting ‘‘consider’’; 

11 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

12 ‘‘A statement indicating whether’’ and in13 serting ‘‘Whether’’; 

14 (iii) in subparagraph (B)— 

15 (I) by striking ‘‘by the Under Sec16 retary of Defense for Acquisition, Tech17 nology, and Logistics’’; and 

18 (II) by striking ‘‘of the United 

19 States under consideration by the De20 partment of Defense’’; and 

21 (iv) in subparagraph (D)— 

22 (I) by striking ‘‘The’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘A’’; and 
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1 (II) by striking ‘‘of the Under 

2 Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘to the mile3 stone decision authority’’. 

4 (2) Section 803 of the Bob Stump National De5 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public 

6 Law 107–314; 10 U.S.C. 2430 note) is repealed. 

7 SEC. 842. RISK REDUCTION IN MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISI8 TION PROGRAMS. 

9 (a) GUIDANCE ON RISK REDUCTION IN MAJOR DE10 FENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of Defense 

11 shall ensure that the acquisition strategy developed pursu12 ant to section 2431a of title 10, United States Code, as 

13 added by section 841, for each major defense acquisition 

14 program for which development activities are required in15 cludes the following elements: 

16 (1) A comprehensive approach to continuously 

17 identifying and addressing risk (including technical, 

18 cost, and schedule risk) beginning at program initi19 ation and continuing until the start of full rate pro20 duction as a means to improve programmatic deci21 sion making and appropriately minimize and man22 age program concurrency. 

23 (2) Documentation of the major sources of risk 

24 identified and the approach to retiring that risk. 
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1 (b) ELEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO

2 RISK REDUCTION.—The comprehensive approach to identi3 fying and addressing risk for purposes of subsection (a)(1) 

4 shall include some combination of the following elements as 

5 appropriate for the item or system being acquired: 

6 (1) Development planning. 

7 (2) Systems engineering. 

8 (3) Integrated developmental and operational 

9 testing. 

10 (4) Preliminary and critical design reviews and 

11 technical reviews. 

12 (5) Prototyping (including prototyping at the 

13 system or subsystem level and competitive proto14 typing, where appropriate). 

15 (6) Modeling and simulation. 

16 (7) Technology demonstrations and technology 

17 off ramps. 

18 (8) Manufacturability and industrial base avail19 ability. 

20 (9) Multiple design approaches. 

21 (10) Alternative, lower risk reduced performance 

22 designs. 

23 (11) Schedule and funding margins for or spe24 cific risks. 
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1 (12) Independent risk element assessments by 

2 outside subject matter experts. 

3 (13) Program phasing to address high risk areas 

4 as early as possible. 

5 (c) PREFERENCE FOR PROTOTYPING.—To the max6 imum extent practicable and consistent with the economical 

7 use of available financial resources, the milestone decision 

8 authority for each major defense acquisition program shall 

9 ensure that the acquisition strategy for the program pro10 vides for— 

11 (1) the production of competitive prototypes at 

12 the system or subsystem level before Milestone B ap13 proval; or 

14 (2) if the production of competitive prototypes is 

15 not practicable, the production of single prototypes at 

16 the system or subsystem level. 

17 (d) REPEAL OF MANDATORY PROTOTYPING PROVI18 SION.—Section 203 of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Re19 form Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–23; 10 U.S.C. 2430 note) 

20 is repealed. 

21 SEC. 843. DESIGNATION OF MILESTONE DECISION AUTHOR22 ITY. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2430 of title 10, United 

24 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

25 new subsection: 
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1 ‘‘(d)(1) The milestone decision authority for major de2 fense acquisition programs shall be the service acquisition 

3 executive of the military service that is managing the pro4 gram, unless the Secretary of Defense designates another of5 ficial to serve as the milestone decision authority. 

6 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense may designate an alter7 nate milestone decision authority in programs where— 

8 ‘‘(A) the Secretary determines that the program 

9 is addressing a joint requirement; 

10 ‘‘(B) the Secretary determines that the program 

11 is best managed by a defense agency; 

12 ‘‘(C) the program has incurred a unit cost in13 crease greater than the significant cost threshold or 

14 critical cost threshold under section 2433 of this title; 

15 ‘‘(D) the program has failed to develop an acqui16 sition program baseline within 2 years of program 

17 initiation; 

18 ‘‘(E) the program is critical to a major inter19 agency requirement or technology development effort, 

20 or has significant international partner involvement; 

21 or 

22 ‘‘(F) the Secretary certifies that an alternate of23 ficial serving as the milestone decision authority will 

24 best position the program to achieve desired cost, 

25 schedule, and performance outcomes. 
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1 ‘‘(3)(A) The Secretary of Defense may redelegate the 

2 position of milestone decision authority for a program des3 ignated above upon request of the Secretary of the military 

4 department concerned. A decision on redelegation must be 

5 made within 180 days of the request of the Secretary of 

6 the military department concerned. 

7 ‘‘(B) If the Secretary of Defense denies the request for 

8 redelegation, the Secretary shall certify to the congressional 

9 defense committees that an alternate official serving as 

10 milestone decision authority will best position the program 

11 to achieve desired cost, schedule, and performance outcomes. 

12 No such redelegation is authorized after a program has in13 curred a unit cost increase greater than the significant cost 

14 threshold or critical cost threshold under section 2433 of this 

15 title, except for exceptional circumstances. 

16 ‘‘(4) For major defense acquisition programs where the 

17 service acquisition executive of the military service that is 

18 managing the program is the milestone decision author19 ity— 

20 ‘‘(A) the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 

21 no documentation is required outside of the military 

22 service organization, without a determination by the 

23 Deputy Chief Management Officer that the docu24 mentation supports a specific statutory requirement 

25 and is implemented in a manner that will not result 
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1 in program delays or increased costs, and no acquisi2 tion programmatic approvals shall be required out3 side of the military service organization, with the ex4 ception of approval of the Director of Operational 

5 Test and Evaluation of the Test and Evaluation Mas6 ter Plan; and 

7 ‘‘(B) the Secretary of the military department 

8 concerned and the chief of the Armed Force concerned 

9 shall, in each Selected Acquisition Report required 

10 under section 2432 of this title, certify that program 

11 requirements are stable and funding is adequate to 

12 meet cost, schedule, and performance objectives for the 

13 program and identify and report to the congressional 

14 defense committees on any increased risk to the pro15 gram since the last report.’’. 

16 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 133(b)(5) of 

17 such title is amended by inserting before the period at the 

18 end the following: ‘‘, except that the Under Secretary shall 

19 exercise only advisory authority over service acquisition 

20 programs for which the service acquisition executive is the 

21 milestone decision authority’’. 

22 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

23 (1) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 180 

24 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

25 Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
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1 defense committees a plan for implementing sub2 section (d) of section 2430 of title 10, United States 

3 Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section. 

4 (2) GUIDANCE.—The Deputy Chief Management 

5 Officer of the Department of Defense, in consultation 

6 with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 

7 Technology and Logistics and the service acquisition 

8 executives, shall issue guidance to ensure that by not 

9 later than October 1, 2016, the acquisition policy, 

10 guidance, and practices of the Department of Defense 

11 conform to the requirements of subsection (d) of sec12 tion 2430 of title 10, United States Code, as added 

13 by subsection (a) of this section. The guidance shall 

14 be designed to ensure a streamlined decision-making 

15 and approval process and to minimize any informa16 tion requests, consistent with the requirement of para17 graph (4)(A) of such subsection (d). 

18 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

19 by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on October 

20 1, 2016. 

21 SEC. 844. REVISION OF MILESTONE A DECISION AUTHORITY 

22 RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MAJOR DEFENSE AC23 QUISITION PROGRAMS. 

24 (a) REVISION TO MILESTONE A REQUIREMENTS.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2366a of title 10, 

2 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘§ 2366a. Major defense acquisition programs: respon4 sibilities at Milestone A approval 

5 ‘‘(a) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Before granting Milestone A 

6 approval for a major defense acquisition program or a 

7 major subprogram, the milestone decision authority for the 

8 program or subprogram shall ensure that— 

9 ‘‘(1) information about the program or subpro10 gram is sufficient to warrant entry of the program or 

11 subprogram into the risk reduction phase; 

12 ‘‘(2) the Secretary of the relevant military de13 partment and the chief of the relevant military service 

14 concur in cost, schedule, technical feasibility, and per15 formance trade-offs that have been made with regard 

16 to the program; and 

17 ‘‘(3) there are sound plans for progression of the 

18 program or subprogram to the development phase. 

19 ‘‘(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out subsection 

20 (a), the milestone decision authority shall take appropriate 

21 action to ensure that— 

22 ‘‘(1) the program or subprogram— 

23 ‘‘(A) meets a joint military requirement 

24 and responds to an anticipated or likely threat; 
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1 ‘‘(B) has been developed in light of appro2 priate market research and a review of alter3 native approaches and does not unnecessarily 

4 duplicate a capability already provided by an 

5 existing system; and 

6 ‘‘(C) is affordable in light of cost estimates 

7 developed pursuant to the guidance of the Direc8 tor of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(2) the acquisition strategy for the program or 

11 subprogram— 

12 ‘‘(A) identifies areas of risk and, for each 

13 such identified area of risk, includes a plan to 

14 reduce the risk; 

15 ‘‘(B) addresses planning for sustainment; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(C) complies with the requirements of sec18 tion 2431a of this title and the policies and pro19 cedures implementing such section; and 

20 ‘‘(3) the program or subprogram meets any other 

21 considerations the milestone decision authority con22 siders relevant. 

23 ‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days after 

24 granting Milestone A approval for a major defense acquisi25 tion program or major subprogram, the milestone decision 
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1 authority for that program or subprogram shall submit to 

2 the congressional defense committees notice of the approval 

3 in writing. The milestone decision authority’s decision 

4 memorandum with respect to such approval shall be avail5 able to the congressional defense committees upon request, 

6 consistent with any relevant classification requirements. 

7 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 ‘‘(1) The term ‘major defense acquisition pro9 gram’ means a Department of Defense acquisition 

10 program that is a major defense acquisition program 

11 for purposes of section 2430 of this title. 

12 ‘‘(2) The term ‘major subprogram’ means a 

13 major subprogram of a major defense acquisition pro14 gram designated under section 2430a(a)(1) of this 

15 title. 

16 ‘‘(3) The term ‘milestone decision authority’, 

17 with respect to a major defense acquisition program 

18 or a major subprogram, means the official within the 

19 Department of Defense designated with the overall re20 sponsibility and authority for acquisitions decisions 

21 for the program or subprogram, including authority 

22 to approve entry of the program or subprogram into 

23 the next phase of the acquisition process. 

24 ‘‘(4) The term ‘Milestone A approval’ means a 

25 decision to enter into a risk reduction phase pursuant 
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1 to guidance prescribed by the Secretary of Defense for 

2 the management of Department of Defense acquisition 

3 programs. 

4 ‘‘(5) The term ‘joint military requirement’ has 

5 the meaning given that term in section 181(g)(1) of 

6 this title.’’. 

7 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec8 tions at the beginning of chapter 139 of such title is 

9 amended by striking the item relating to section 

10 2366a and inserting the following: 

‘‘2366a. Major defense acquisition programs: responsibilities at Milestone A approval.’’. 

11 (b) CONSIDERATIONS IN MAKING MILESTONE A DE12 TERMINATIONS.—In making a Milestone A determination 

13 pursuant to section 2366a of title 10, United States Code, 

14 the milestone decision authority shall include consideration 

15 of the following: 

16 (1) With respect to joint military requirements, 

17 the factors outlined under section 181(b) of title 10, 

18 United States Code. 

19 (2) With respect to alternative approaches, the 

20 factors outlined under section 201(a) of the Weapon 

21 Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 (Public Law 

22 111–23; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note). 
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1 (3) With respect to affordability and cost esti2 mates and analyses, the factors outlined under section 

3 2334(a) of title 10, United States Code. 

4 (4) With respect to risk, the factors outlined 

5 under— 

6 (A) section 138b(b) of title 10, United 

7 States Code; and 

8 (B) section 842. 

9 (5) With respect to sustainment, the factors out10 lined under section 2337 and section 2464 of this title 

11 10, United States Code. 

12 SEC. 845. REVISION OF MILESTONE B DECISION AUTHORITY 

13 RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MAJOR DEFENSE AC14 QUISITION PROGRAMS. 

15 (a) REVISION TO MILESTONE B REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 Section 2366b of title 10, United Stated Code, is amended 

17 to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘§ 2366b. Major defense acquisition programs: certifi19 cation required before Milestone B ap20 proval 

21 ‘‘(a) CERTIFICATION.—A major defense acquisition 

22 program may not receive Milestone B approval until the 

23 milestone decision authority certifies that the technology in 

24 the program has been demonstrated in a relevant environ25 ment, as determined by the Milestone Decision Authority 
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1 on the basis of an independent review and assessment by 

2 the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engi3 neering, in consultation with the Deputy Assistant Sec4 retary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation. 

5 ‘‘(b) DETERMINATION.—A major defense acquisition 

6 program may not receive Milestone B approval until the 

7 milestone decision authority determines that appropriate 

8 steps have been taken to ensure that— 

9 ‘‘(1) the program is affordable when considering 

10 the ability of the Department of Defense to accomplish 

11 the program’s mission using alternative systems; 

12 ‘‘(2) trade-offs among cost, schedule, technical 

13 feasibility, and performance objectives have been made 

14 to ensure that the program is affordable when consid15 ering the per unit cost and the total acquisition cost 

16 in the context of the total resources available during 

17 the period covered by the future-years defense pro18 gram submitted during the fiscal year in which the 

19 certification is made; 

20 ‘‘(3) the Secretary of the relevant military de21 partment and the chief of the relevant military service 

22 concur in the trade-offs made in accordance with 

23 paragraph (2); 

24 ‘‘(4) reasonable cost and schedule estimates have 

25 been developed to execute, with the concurrence of the 
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1 Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, 

2 the product development and production plan under 

3 the program; 

4 ‘‘(5) funding is available to execute the product 

5 development and production plan under the program, 

6 through the period covered by the future-years defense 

7 program submitted during the fiscal year in which 

8 the certification is made, consistent with the estimates 

9 described in paragraph (4) for the program; 

10 ‘‘(6) market research has been conducted prior to 

11 technology development to reduce duplication of exist12 ing technology and products; 

13 ‘‘(7) the Department of Defense has completed an 

14 analysis of alternatives and a business case analysis 

15 with respect to the program; 

16 ‘‘(8) the Joint Requirements Oversight Council 

17 has accomplished its duties with respect to the pro18 gram pursuant to section 181(b) of this title, includ19 ing an analysis of the operational requirements for 

20 the program; 

21 ‘‘(9) life-cycle sustainment planning, including 

22 corrosion prevention and mitigation planning, has 

23 identified and evaluated relevant sustainment costs 

24 throughout development, production, operation, 

25 sustainment, and disposal of the program, and any 
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1 alternatives, and that such costs are reasonable and 

2 have been accurately estimated; 

3 ‘‘(10) an estimate has been made of the require4 ments for core logistics capabilities and the associated 

5 sustaining workloads required to support such re6 quirements; 

7 ‘‘(11) there is a plan to mitigate and account for 

8 any costs in connection with any anticipated de-cer9 tification of cryptographic systems and components 

10 during the production and procurement of the major 

11 defense acquisition program to be acquired; 

12 ‘‘(12) a preliminary design review or assessment 

13 of engineering design knowledge of the system has 

14 been satisfactorily completed; and 

15 ‘‘(13) the program complies with all relevant 

16 policies, regulations, and directives of the Department 

17 of Defense. 

18 ‘‘(c) CHANGES TO CERTIFICATION.—(1) The program 

19 manager for a major defense acquisition program that has 

20 received milestone B approval under this section shall im21 mediately notify the milestone decision authority of any 

22 changes to the program or a designated major subprogram 

23 of such program that— 

24 ‘‘(A) alter the substantive basis for the certifi25 cation of the milestone decision authority under sub-
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1 section (a) or any element of the determination of the 

2 milestone decision authority under subsection (b); or 

3 ‘‘(B) otherwise cause the program or subprogram 

4 to deviate significantly from the material provided to 

5 the milestone decision authority in support of such 

6 certification or determination. 

7 ‘‘(2) Upon receipt of information under paragraph (1), 

8 the milestone decision authority may withdraw the certifi9 cation or determination concerned or rescind Milestone B 

10 approval if the milestone decision authority determines that 

11 such certification, determination, or approval is no longer 

12 valid. 

13 ‘‘(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—(1) The certifi14 cation required under subsection (a) and the determination 

15 under subsection (b) with respect to a major defense acquisi16 tion program shall be submitted to the congressional defense 

17 committees with the first Selected Acquisition Report sub18 mitted under section 2432 of this title after completion of 

19 the certification. 

20 ‘‘(2) A summary of any information provided to the 

21 milestone decision authority pursuant to subsection (c) and 

22 a description of the actions taken as a result of such infor23 mation shall be submitted with the first Selected Acquisi24 tion Report submitted under section 2432 of this title after 
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1 receipt of such information by the milestone decision au2 thority. 

3 ‘‘(e) WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY.—(1) The mile4 stone decision authority may waive the applicability to a 

5 major defense acquisition program of the certification re6 quirement in subsection (a) or one or more components of 

7 the determination requirement in subsection (b) if the mile8 stone decision authority determines that, but for such a 

9 waiver, the Department would be unable to meet critical 

10 national security objectives. 

11 ‘‘(2) Whenever the milestone decision authority makes 

12 such a determination and authorizes such a waiver the 

13 waiver, the determination, and the reasons for the deter14 mination shall be submitted in writing to the congressional 

15 defense committees within 30 days after the waiver is au16 thorized. 

17 ‘‘(f) NONDELEGATION.—The milestone decision author18 ity may not delegate the certification requirement under 

19 subsection (a), the determination requirement under sub20 section (b), or the authority to waive any component of such 

21 requirement under subsection (e). 

22 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 ‘‘(1) The term ‘major defense acquisition pro24 gram’ means a Department of Defense acquisition 
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1 program that is a major defense acquisition program 

2 for purposes of section 2430 of this title. 

3 ‘‘(2) The term ‘designated major subprogram’ 

4 means a major subprogram of a major defense acqui5 sition program designated under section 2430a(a)(1) 

6 of this title. 

7 ‘‘(3) The term ‘milestone decision authority’, 

8 with respect to a major defense acquisition program, 

9 means the individual within the Department of De10 fense designated with overall responsibility for the 

11 program. 

12 ‘‘(4) The term ‘Milestone B approval’ has the 

13 meaning provided that term in section 2366(e)(7) of 

14 this title. 

15 ‘‘(5) The term ‘core logistics capabilities’ means 

16 the core logistics capabilities identified under section 

17 2464(a) of this title.’’. 

18 (b) CONSIDERATIONS IN MAKING MILESTONE B DE19 TERMINATIONS.—In making a Milestone B determination 

20 pursuant to section 2366b of title 10, United States Code, 

21 the milestone decision authority shall review the acquisition 

22 strategy required by section 2431a of title 10, as added by 

23 section 841 of this Act and include consideration of the fol24 lowing: 
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1 (1) With respect to affordability, the factors out2 lined under section 2334 of title 10, United States 

3 Code. 

4 (2) With respect to risk, the factors outlined 

5 under— 

6 (A) section 842; and 

7 (B) section 138b(b) of title 10, United 

8 States Code. 

9 (3) With respect to fulfilling a joint military re10 quirement, the factors outlined under section 181 of 

11 title 10, United States Code. 

12 (4) With respect to competition— 

13 (A) the factors outlined under section 202 of 

14 the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 

15 2009 (Public Law 111–23; 10 U.S.C. 2430 note); 

16 and 

17 (B) the requirements of section 2304 of title 

18 10, United States Code. 

19 (5) With respect to sustainment, the factors out20 lined under section 2337 and section 2464 of title 10, 

21 United States Code. 

22 (c) CONFORMING CHANGE.—Section 2334(a) of title 

23 10, United States Code, is amended in paragraph (6)(A)(i) 

24 by striking ‘‘any certification under’’ and inserting in lieu 
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1 thereof ‘‘any decision to grant milestone approval pursuant 

2 to’’. 

3 SEC. 846. TENURE AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF PROGRAM 

4 MANAGERS FOR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT 

5 PERIODS. 

6 (a) REVISED GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than 

7 180 days after date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec8 retary of Defense shall revise Department of Defense guid9 ance for defense acquisition programs to address the tenure 

10 and accountability of program managers for the program 

11 development period of defense acquisition programs. 

12 (b) PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT PERIOD.—For the pur13 pose of this section, the term ‘‘program development period’’ 

14 refers to the period before a decision on Milestone B ap15 proval (or Key Decision Point B approval in the case of 

16 a space program). 

17 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The revised guidance re18 quired by subsection (a) shall provide that the program 

19 manager for the program development period of a defense 

20 acquisition program is responsible for— 

21 (1) bringing to maturity the technologies and 

22 manufacturing processes that will be needed to carry 

23 out the program; 
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1 (2) ensuring continuing focus during program 

2 development on meeting stated mission requirements 

3 and other requirements of the Department of Defense; 

4 (3) making trade-offs between program cost, 

5 schedule, and performance for the life-cycle of the pro6 gram; 

7 (4) developing a business case for the program; 

8 and 

9 (5) ensuring that appropriate information is 

10 available to the milestone decision authority to make 

11 a decision on Milestone B approval (or Key Decision 

12 Point B approval in the case of a space program), in13 cluding information necessary to make the certifi14 cation required by section 2366a of title 10, United 

15 States Code. 

16 (d) QUALIFICATIONS, RESOURCES, AND TENURE.— 

17 The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each program 

18 manager for the program development period of a defense 

19 acquisition program— 

20 (1) has the appropriate management, engineer21 ing, technical, and financial expertise needed to meet 

22 the responsibilities assigned pursuant to subsection 

23 (c); 

24 (2) is provided the resources and support (in25 cluding systems engineering expertise, cost estimating 
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1 expertise, and software development expertise) needed 

2 to meet such responsibilities; and 

3 (3) is assigned to the program manager position 

4 for such program until such time as such program is 

5 ready for a decision on Milestone B approval (or Key 

6 Decision Point B approval in the case of a space pro7 gram), unless removed for cause or due to exceptional 

8 circumstances. 

9 SEC. 847. TENURE AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF PROGRAM 

10 MANAGERS FOR PROGRAM EXECUTION PERI11 ODS. 

12 (a) REVISED GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than 

13 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

14 Secretary of Defense shall revise Department of Defense 

15 guidance for defense acquisition programs to address the 

16 tenure and accountability of program managers for the pro17 gram execution period of defense acquisition programs. 

18 (b) PROGRAM EXECUTION PERIOD.—For purposes of 

19 this section, the term ‘‘program execution period’’ refers to 

20 the period after Milestone B approval (or Key Decision 

21 Point B approval in the case of a space program). 

22 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The revised guidance re23 quired by subsection (a) shall— 

24 (1) require the program manager for the pro25 gram execution period of a defense acquisition pro-
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1 gram to enter into a performance agreement with the 

2 milestone decision authority for such program within 

3 six months of assignment, that— 

4 (A) establishes expected parameters for the 

5 cost, schedule, and performance of the program 

6 consistent with the business case for the program; 

7 (B) provides the commitment of the mile8 stone decision authority to provide the level of 

9 funding and resources required to meet such pa10 rameters; and 

11 (C) provides the assurance of the program 

12 manager that such parameters are achievable 

13 and that the program manager will be account14 able for meeting such parameters; and 

15 (2) provide the program manager with the au16 thority to— 

17 (A) veto the addition of new program re18 quirements that would be inconsistent with the 

19 parameters established in the performance agree20 ment entered into pursuant to paragraph (1), 

21 subject to the authority of the Under Secretary of 

22 Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logis23 tics to override the veto based on critical na24 tional security reasons; 
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1 (B) make trade-offs between cost, schedule, 

2 and performance, provided that such trade-offs 

3 are consistent with the parameters established in 

4 the performance agreement entered into pursuant 

5 to paragraph (1); 

6 (C) redirect funding within such program, 

7 to the extent necessary to achieve the parameters 

8 established in the performance agreement entered 

9 into pursuant to paragraph (1); 

10 (D) develop such interim goals and mile11 stones as may be required to achieve the param12 eters established in the performance agreement 

13 entered into pursuant to paragraph (1); and 

14 (E) use program funds to recruit and hire 

15 such technical experts as may be required to 

16 carry out the program, if necessary expertise is 

17 not otherwise provided by the Department of De18 fense. 

19 (d) QUALIFICATIONS, RESOURCES, AND TENURE.— 

20 The Secretary shall ensure that each program manager for 

21 the program execution period of a defense acquisition pro22 gram— 

23 (1) has the appropriate management, engineer24 ing, technical, and financial expertise needed to meet 
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1 the responsibilities assigned pursuant to subsection 

2 (c); 

3 (2) is provided the resources and support (in4 cluding systems engineering expertise, cost estimating 

5 expertise, and software development expertise) needed 

6 to meet such responsibilities; and 

7 (3) is assigned to the program manager position 

8 for such program at the time of Milestone B approval 

9 (or Key Decision Point B approval in the case of a 

10 space program) and continues in such position until 

11 the delivery of the first production units of the pro12 gram, unless removed for cause or due to exceptional 

13 circumstances. 

14 (e) LIMITED WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 

15 may waive the requirement in paragraph (3) of subsection 

16 (d) that a program manager for the program execution pe17 riod of a defense acquisition program serve in that position 

18 until the delivery of the first production units of such pro19 gram upon submitting to the congressional defense commit20 tees a written determination that— 

21 (1) the program is so complex, and the delivery 

22 of the first production units will take so long, that it 

23 would not be feasible for a single individual to serve 

24 as program manager for the entire period covered by 

25 such paragraph; and 
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1 (2) the complexity of the program, and length of 

2 time that will be required to deliver the first produc3 tion units, are not the result of a failure to meet the 

4 certification requirements under section 2366a of title 

5 10, United States Code. 

6 SEC. 848. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR STAND-ALONE 

7 MANPOWER ESTIMATES FOR MAJOR DEFENSE 

8 ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. 

9 (a) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT.—Subsection (a)(1) of 

10 section 2434 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 

11 by striking ‘‘and a manpower estimate for the program 

12 have’’ and inserting ‘‘has’’. 

13 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REGU14 LATIONS.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended— 

15 (1) by striking paragraph (2); 

16 (2) by striking ‘‘shall require—’’ and all that 

17 follows through ‘‘that the independent’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘shall require that the independent’’; 

19 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) 

20 as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and moving 

21 those paragraphs, as so redesignated, two ems to the 

22 left; and 

23 (4) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘and operations and sup25 port,’’ and inserting ‘‘operations and support, 
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1 and manpower to operate, maintain, and sup2 port the program upon full operational deploy3 ment,’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe5 riod. 

6 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

7 (1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such sec8 tion is amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘§ 2434. Independent cost estimates’’. 

10 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

11 at the beginning of chapter 144 of such title is 

12 amended by striking the item relating to section 2434 

13 and inserting the following: 

‘‘2434. Independent cost estimates.’’. 

14 SEC. 849. PENALTY FOR COST OVERRUNS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year beginning with 

16 fiscal year 2015, the Secretary of each military department 

17 shall pay a penalty for cost overruns on the covered major 

18 defense acquisition programs of the military department. 

19 (b) CALCULATION OF PENALTY.—For the purposes of 

20 this section: 

21 (1) The amount of the cost overrun or underrun 

22 on any major defense acquisition program or subpro23 gram in a fiscal year is the difference between the 

24 current program acquisition unit cost for the pro25 gram or subprogram and the program acquisition 
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1 unit cost for the program as shown in the original 

2 Baseline Estimate for the program or subprogram, 

3 multiplied by the quantity of items to be purchased 

4 under the program or subprogram, as reported in the 

5 final Selected Acquisition Report for the fiscal year in 

6 accordance with section 2432 of title 10, United 

7 States Code. 

8 (2) Cost overruns or underruns for covered major 

9 defense acquisition programs that are joint programs 

10 of more than one military department shall be allo11 cated among the military departments in percentages 

12 determined by the Under Secretary of Defense for Ac13 quisition, Technology, and Logistics. 

14 (3) The cumulative amount of cost overruns for 

15 a military department in a fiscal year is the sum of 

16 the cost overruns and cost underruns for all covered 

17 major defense acquisition programs of the department 

18 in the fiscal year (including cost overruns or 

19 underruns allocated to the military department in ac20 cordance with paragraph (2)). 

21 (4) The cost overrun penalty for a military de22 partment in a fiscal year is three percent of the cu23 mulative amount of cost overruns of the military de24 partment in the fiscal year, as determined pursuant 
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1 to paragraph (3), except that the cost overrun penalty 

2 may not be a negative amount. 

3 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.— 

4 (1) REDUCTION OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 

5 TEST, AND EVALUATION ACCOUNTS.—Not later than 

6 60 days after the end of each fiscal year beginning 

7 with fiscal year 2015, the Secretary of each military 

8 department shall reduce each research, development, 

9 test, and evaluation account of the military depart10 ment by the percentage determined under paragraph 

11 (2), and remit such amount to the Secretary of De12 fense. 

13 (2) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—The percent14 age reduction to research, development, test, and eval15 uation accounts of a military department referred to 

16 in paragraph (1) is the percentage reduction to such 

17 accounts necessary to equal the cost overrun penalty 

18 for the fiscal year for such department determined 

19 pursuant to subsection (b)(4). 

20 (3) CREDITING OF FUNDS.—Any amount remit21 ted under paragraph (1) shall be credited to the 

22 Rapid Prototyping Fund established pursuant to sec23 tion 803 of this Act. 

24 (d) COVERED PROGRAMS.—A major defense acquisi25 tion program is covered under this section if the original 
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1 Baseline Estimate was established for such program under 

2 section 2435(d) (1) or (2) on or after the date of the enact3 ment of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 

4 2009 (Public Law 111–23). 

5 SEC. 850. STREAMLINING OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 

6 APPLICABLE TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF 

7 DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING 

8 REGARDING MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION 

9 PROGRAMS. 

10 (a) REPORTING TO UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

11 FOR ACQUISITION, TECHNOLOGY, AND LOGISTICS BEFORE

12 MILESTONE B APPROVAL.—Subparagraph (A) of para13 graph (8) of section 138(b) of title 10, United States Code, 

14 as amended by section 901(h)(2) of the Carl Levin and 

15 Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza16 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 

17 Stat. 3466), is further amended— 

18 (1) by striking ‘‘periodically’’; 

19 (2) by striking ‘‘the major defense acquisition 

20 programs’’ and inserting ‘‘each major defense acquisi21 tion program’’; 

22 (3) by inserting ‘‘before the Milestone B approval 

23 for that program’’ after ‘‘Department of Defense’’; 

24 and 
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1 (4) by striking ‘‘such reviews and assessments’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘such review and assessment’’. 

3 (b) ANNUAL REPORT TO SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND

4 CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES.—Subparagraph 

5 (B) of such paragraph is amended by inserting ‘‘for which 

6 a Milestone B approval occurred during the preceding fiscal 

7 year’’ after ‘‘Department of Defense’’. 

8 SEC. 851. CONFIGURATION STEERING BOARDS FOR COST 

9 CONTROL UNDER MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISI10 TION PROGRAMS. 

11 Section 814(c)(1) of the Duncan Hunter National De12 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 

13 110–417; 122 Stat. 4529) is amended— 

14 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), 

15 and (C) as subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), respec16 tively; and 

17 (2) by inserting after ‘‘for the following:’’ the fol18 lowing new subparagraph: 

19 ‘‘(A) Monitoring changes in program re20 quirements and ensuring all such changes receive 

21 the approval of the Chief of the relevant military 

22 service, in consultation with the Secretary of the 

23 relevant military department.’’. 
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1 SEC. 852. SUSTAINMENT ENHANCEMENT. 

2 (a) ASSESSMENT EXPANSION OF FUNCTIONS OF AS3 SISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR LOGISTICS AND MA4 TERIEL READINESS TO INCLUDE SUSTAINMENT FUNC5 TIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact6 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 

7 the congressional defense committees a report setting forth 

8 an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of— 

9 (1) assigning to the Assistant Secretary of De10 fense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness— 

11 (A) functions relating to the sustainment 

12 strategy required under section 2431a(c)(9) of 

13 Title 10, United States Code, as added by section 

14 841 of this Act; and 

15 (B) functions relating to manufacturing 

16 and industrial base policy currently being car17 ried out within the Office of the Secretary of De18 fense; and 

19 (2) redesignating such Assistant Secretary (with 

20 such functions so assigned and together with the cur21 rent logistics and material readiness functions of such 

22 Assistant Secretary) as the Assistant Secretary of De23 fense for Sustainment. 

24 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

25 that— 
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1 (1) the Department of Defense does not place suf2 ficient emphasis on sustainment of a weapon system 

3 during the entire acquisition process; and 

4 (2) the Department of Defense should address 

5 this deficiency and ensure that all aspect of weapon 

6 system sustainment are carefully considered through7 out the entire Integrated Defense Acquisition, Tech8 nology, and Logistics Life Cycle Management System. 

9 Subtitle D—Provisions Relating to 

10 Commercial Items 

11 SEC. 861. INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS AND REGU12 LATIONS TO THE ACQUISITION OF COMMER13 CIAL ITEMS AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE 

14 OFF-THE-SHELF ITEMS. 

15 (a) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 10, UNITED STATES

16 CODE.—Section 2375 of title 10, United States Code, is 

17 amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘§ 2375. Relationship of commercial item provisions to 

19 other provisions of law 

20 ‘‘(a) APPLICABILITY OF GOVERNMENT-WIDE STAT21 UTES.—(1) No contract for the procurement of a commer22 cial item entered into by the head of an agency shall be 

23 subject to any law properly listed in the Federal Acquisition 

24 Regulation pursuant to section 1906(b) of title 41. 
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1 ‘‘(2) No subcontract under a contract for the procure2 ment of a commercial item entered into by the head of an 

3 agency shall be subject to any law properly listed in the 

4 Federal Acquisition Regulation pursuant to section 1906(c) 

5 of title 41. 

6 ‘‘(3) No contract for the procurement of a commer7 cially available off-the-shelf item entered into by the head 

8 of an agency shall be subject to any law properly listed in 

9 the Federal Acquisition Regulation pursuant to section 

10 1907 of title 41. 

11 ‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY OF DEFENSE-UNIQUE STATUTES

12 TO CONTRACTS FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS.—(1) The Defense 

13 Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement shall include 

14 a list of defense-unique provisions of law that are inappli15 cable to contracts for the procurement of commercial items. 

16 A provision of law properly included on the list pursuant 

17 to paragraph (2) does not apply to purchases of commercial 

18 items by the Department of Defense. This section does not 

19 render a provision of law not included on the list inappli20 cable to contracts for the procurement of commercial items. 

21 ‘‘(2) A provision of law described in subsection (e) that 

22 is enacted after January 1, 2015, shall be included on the 

23 list of inapplicable provisions of law required by paragraph 

24 (1) unless the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 

25 Technology, and Logistics makes a written determination 
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1 that it would not be in the best interest of the Department 

2 of Defense to exempt contracts for the procurement of com3 mercial items from the applicability of the provision. 

4 ‘‘(c) APPLICABILITY OF DEFENSE-UNIQUE STATUTES

5 TO SUBCONTRACTS FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS.—(1) The De6 fense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement shall in7 clude a list of provisions of law that are inapplicable to 

8 subcontracts under a Department of Defense contract or 

9 subcontract for the procurement of commercial items. A pro10 vision of law properly included on the list pursuant to 

11 paragraph (2) does not apply to those subcontracts. This 

12 section does not render a provision of law not included on 

13 the list inapplicable to subcontracts under a contract for 

14 the procurement of commercial items. 

15 ‘‘(2) A provision of law described in subsection (e) 

16 shall be included on the list of inapplicable provisions of 

17 law required by paragraph (1) unless the Under Secretary 

18 of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics makes 

19 a written determination that it would not be in the best 

20 interest of the Department of Defense to exempt subcontracts 

21 under a contract for the procurement of commercial items 

22 from the applicability of the provision. 

23 ‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘subcontract’ includes 

24 a transfer of commercial items between divisions, subsidi25 aries, or affiliates of a contractor or subcontractor. The term 
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1 does not include agreements entered into by a contractor 

2 for the supply of commodities that are intended for use in 

3 the performance of multiple contracts with the Department 

4 of Defense and other parties and are not identifiable to any 

5 particular contract. 

6 ‘‘(4) This subsection does not authorize the waiver of 

7 the applicability of any provision of law with respect to 

8 any first-tier subcontract under a contract with a prime 

9 contractor reselling or distributing commercial items of an10 other contractor without adding value. 

11 ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY OF DEFENSE-UNIQUE STATUTES

12 TO CONTRACTS FOR COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE, OFF-THE13 SHELF ITEMS.—(1) The Defense Federal Acquisition Regu14 lation Supplement shall include a list of provisions of law 

15 that are inapplicable to contracts for the procurement of 

16 commercially available off-the-shelf items. A provision of 

17 law properly included on the list pursuant to paragraph 

18 (2) does not apply to Department of Defense contracts for 

19 the procurement of commercially available off-the-shelf 

20 items. This section does not render a provision of law not 

21 included on the list inapplicable to contracts for the pro22 curement of commercially available off-the-shelf items. 

23 ‘‘(2) A provision of law described in subsection (e) 

24 shall be included on the list of inapplicable provisions of 

25 law required by paragraph (1) unless the Under Secretary 
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1 of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics makes 

2 a written determination that it would not be in the best 

3 interest of the Department of Defense to exempt contracts 

4 for the procurement of commercially available off-the-shelf 

5 items from the applicability of the provision. 

6 ‘‘(e) COVERED PROVISION OF LAW.—A provision of 

7 law referred to in subsections (b)(2), (c)(2), and (d)(2) is 

8 a provision of law that the Under Secretary of Defense for 

9 Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics determines sets forth 

10 policies, procedures, requirements, or restrictions for the 

11 procurement of property or services by the Federal Govern12 ment, except for a provision of law that— 

13 ‘‘(1) provides for criminal or civil penalties; or 

14 ‘‘(2) specifically refers to this section and pro15 vides that, notwithstanding this section, it shall be 

16 applicable to contracts for the procurement of com17 mercial items.’’. 

18 (b) CHANGES TO DEFENSE FEDERAL ACQUISITION

19 REGULATION SUPPLEMENT.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—To the maximum extent prac21 ticable, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi22 tion, Technology, and Logistics shall ensure that— 

23 (A) the Defense Federal Acquisition Regula24 tion Supplement does not require the inclusion of 

25 contract clauses in contracts for the procurement 
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1 of commercial items or contracts for the procure2 ment of commercially available off-the-shelf 

3 items, unless such clauses are— 

4 (i) required to implement provisions of 

5 law or executive orders applicable to such 

6 contracts; or 

7 (ii) determined to be consistent with 

8 standard commercial practice; and 

9 (B) the flow-down of contract clauses to sub10 contracts under contracts for the procurement of 

11 commercial items or commercially available off12 the-shelf items is prohibited unless such flow13 down is required to implement provisions of law 

14 or executive orders applicable to such sub15 contracts. 

16 (2) SUBCONTRACTS.—In this subsection, the 

17 term ‘‘subcontract’’ includes a transfer of commercial 

18 items between divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of a 

19 contractor or subcontractor. The term does not include 

20 agreements entered into by a contractor for the supply 

21 of commodities that are intended for use in the per22 formance of multiple contracts with the Department 

23 of Defense and other parties and are not identifiable 

24 to any particular contract. 
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1 (c) REPORT ON INCLUSION OF CONTRACT CLAUSES.— 

2 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

3 this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con4 gressional defense committees a report listing all standard 

5 contract clauses included in contracts awarded using com6 mercial acquisition procedures under part 12 of the Federal 

7 Acquisition Regulation, including a justification for the in8 clusion of each such clause. 

9 SEC. 862. MARKET RESEARCH AND PREFERENCE FOR COM10 MERCIAL ITEMS. 

11 (a) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 

12 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec13 retary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics 

14 shall issue guidance to ensure that acquisition officials of 

15 the Department of Defense fully comply with the require16 ments of section 2377 of title 10, United States Code, re17 garding market research and commercial items. The guid18 ance issued pursuant to this subsection shall, at a min19 imum— 

20 (1) provide that the head of an agency may not 

21 enter into a contract in excess of the simplified acqui22 sition threshold for information technology products 

23 or services that are not commercial items unless the 

24 head of the agency determines in writing that no 

25 commercial items are suitable to meet the agency’s 
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1 needs as provided in subsection (c)(2) of such section; 

2 and 

3 (2) ensure that market research conducted in ac4 cordance with subsection (c) of such section is used, 

5 where appropriate, to inform price reasonableness de6 terminations. 

7 (b) REVIEW REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman 

9 and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in con10 sultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi11 tion, Technology, and Logistics, shall review Chairman of 

12 the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction 3170.01, the Manual 

13 for the Operation of the Joint Capabilities Integration and 

14 Development System, and other documents governing the re15 quirements development process and revise these documents 

16 as necessary to ensure that the Department of Defense fully 

17 complies with the requirement in section 2377(c) of title 

18 10, United States Code, and section 10.001 of the Federal 

19 Acquisition Regulation for Federal agencies to conduct ap20 propriate market research before developing new require21 ments. 

22 (c) MARKET RESEARCH DEFINED.—For the purposes 

23 of this section, the term ‘‘market research’’ means a review 

24 of existing systems, subsystems, capabilities, and tech25 nologies that are available or could be made available to 
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1 meet the needs of the Department of Defense in whole or 

2 in part. The review may include any of the techniques for 

3 conducting market research provided in section 

4 10.002(b)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation and 

5 shall include, at a minimum, contacting knowledgeable in6 dividuals in Government and industry regarding existing 

7 market capabilities. 

8 SEC. 863. CONTINUING VALIDITY OF COMMERCIAL ITEM DE9 TERMINATIONS. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

11 date of the enactment of this Act, the Defense Federal Acqui12 sition Regulation Supplement shall be modified to address 

13 the validity of commercial item determinations for multiple 

14 procurements. 

15 (b) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—The modification re16 quired by paragraph (1) shall, at a minimum— 

17 (1) provide that a written determination by an 

18 authorized agency official that an item is a commer19 cial item for the purposes of section 2306a of title 10, 

20 United States Code, shall be presumed to be valid for 

21 any subsequent procurement unless the contracting of22 ficer for such procurement determines in writing that 

23 the earlier determination was made in error or was 

24 based on inadequate information; and 
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1 (2) establish a process by which the contractor 

2 may appeal a determination by a contracting officer 

3 that an earlier determination was made in error or 

4 was based on inadequate information to the head of 

5 contracting for the agency. 

6 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

7 shall be construed to preclude the contracting officer for the 

8 procurement of a commercial item from requiring the con9 tractor to supply information that is sufficient to determine 

10 the reasonableness of price, regardless whether or not the 

11 contractor was required to provide such information in con12 nection with any earlier procurement. 

13 SEC. 864. TREATMENT OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS PURCHASED 

14 AS MAJOR WEAPON SYSTEMS. 

15 (a) AMENDMENTS TO REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO

16 MAJOR WEAPON SYSTEMS.—Section 2379 of title 10, 

17 United States Code, is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

21 ‘‘section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Pro22 curement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12))’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘section 103 of title 41, 

24 United States Code’’; and 
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1 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

2 the semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

3 and’’; 

4 (B) by striking paragraph (2); and 

5 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

6 paragraph (2); 

7 (2) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘section 35(c) of the Office 

9 of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 

10 431(c))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 104 of title 41, 

11 United States Code,’’; and 

12 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘in writing that—’’ 

14 and all that follows through ‘‘(A) the sub15 system’’ and inserting ‘‘in writing that the 

16 subsystem’’; 

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘section 4(12) of the 

18 Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 

19 (41 U.S.C. 403(12)); and’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘section 103 of title 41, United States 

21 Code.’’; and 

22 (iii) by striking subparagraph (B); 

23 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘section 35(c) of the Office 

25 of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
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1 431(c))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 104 of title 41, 

2 United States Code,’’; and 

3 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

4 (i) by striking ‘‘in writing that—’’ 

5 and all that follows through ‘‘(i) the compo6 nent’’ and inserting ‘‘in writing that the 

7 component’’; 

8 (ii) by striking ‘‘section 4(12) of the 

9 Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 

10 (41 U.S.C. 403(12)); and’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘section 103 of title 41, United States 

12 Code.’’; and 

13 (iii) by striking clause (ii); and 

14 (4) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol15 lows: 

16 ‘‘(d) INFORMATION SUBMITTED.—(1) To the extent 

17 necessary to determine the reasonableness of the price for 

18 items acquired under this section, the contracting officer 

19 shall require the offeror to submit— 

20 ‘‘(A) prices paid for the same or similar com21 mercial items under comparable terms and conditions 

22 by both government and commercial customers; 

23 ‘‘(B) if the contracting officer determines that the 

24 offeror does not have access to and cannot provide suf25 ficient information described in subparagraph (A) to 
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1 determine the reasonableness of price, information 

2 on— 

3 ‘‘(i) prices for the same or similar items 

4 sold under different terms and conditions; 

5 ‘‘(ii) prices for similar levels of work or ef6 fort on related products or services; 

7 ‘‘(iii) prices for alternative solutions or ap8 proaches; and 

9 ‘‘(iv) other relevant information that can 

10 serve as the basis for a price assessment; and 

11 ‘‘(C) if the contracting officer determines that the 

12 information submitted pursuant to subparagraphs 

13 (A) and (B) is not sufficient to determine the reason14 ableness of price, other relevant information regarding 

15 the basis for price or cost, including information on 

16 labor costs, material costs, and overhead rates. 

17 ‘‘(2) An offeror may not be required to submit infor18 mation described in paragraph (1)(C) with regard to a 

19 commercially available off-the-shelf item or any other item 

20 that was developed exclusively at private expense.’’. 

21 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TRUTH IN NEGOTIA22 TIONS ACT.—Section 2306a(d)(1) of such title is amended 

23 by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘If the 

24 contracting officer determines that the offeror does not have 

25 access to and cannot provide sufficient information on 
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1 prices for the same or similar items to determine the reason2 ableness of price, the contracting officer shall require the 

3 submission of information on prices for similar levels or 

4 work or effort on related products or services, prices for al5 ternative solutions or approaches, and other information 

6 that is relevant to the determination of a fair and reason7 able price.’’. 

8 SEC. 865. LIMITATION ON CONVERSION OF PROCUREMENTS 

9 FROM COMMERCIAL ACQUISITION PROCE10 DURES. 

11 (a) LIMITATION.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may 

13 not convert the procurement of commercial items or 

14 services from commercial acquisition procedures 

15 under part 12 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

16 to non-commercial acquisition procedures under part 

17 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation unless the 

18 Secretary, in consultation with the head of the acqui19 sition component, certifies to the congressional defense 

20 committees that the Department of Defense will real21 ize a significant cost savings compared to the cost of 

22 procuring a similar quantity or level of such item or 

23 service using commercial acquisition procedures. 
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1 (2) CERTIFICATION FACTORS.—In making a cer2 tification under paragraph (1), the Secretary of De3 fense shall consider the following factors: 

4 (A) The estimated cost of foregone research 

5 and development to be performed by the existing 

6 contractor to improve future products or services. 

7 (B) The transaction costs for the Depart8 ment of Defense and the contractor in assessing 

9 and responding to data requests to support a 

10 conversion to non-commercial acquisition proce11 dures. 

12 (C) Changes in purchase quantities. 

13 (D) Costs associated with potential procure14 ment delays resulting from the conversion. 

15 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

16 (1) INVENTORY.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

17 prepare an inventory of all contracts and sub18 contracts converted from commercial acquisition pro19 cedures to non-commercial procedures during the pre20 vious five years. 

21 (2) REPORTS.—Not later than one year after the 

22 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De23 fense shall submit to the congressional defense com24 mittees a report on each conversion identified in the 

25 inventory prepared under paragraph (1) that identi-
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1 fies and compares per unit costs and prices paid for 

2 the item or service under commercial acquisition pro3 cedures with those paid under non-commercial pro4 curement procedures. 

5 (c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.— 

6 (1) REVIEW OF REPORTS.—Not later than 180 

7 days after the Secretary of Defense submits a report 

8 under subsection (b)(2), the Comptroller General of 

9 the United States shall submit to the congressional de10 fense committees a review of the accuracy of the re11 port. 

12 (2) RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

15 annually thereafter, the Comptroller General 

16 shall submit to the congressional defense commit17 tees a report including any recommendations for 

18 additional costs and benefits that should be con19 sidered when the Department of Defense is plan20 ning to convert a procurement of items or serv21 ices from commercial to non-commercial procure22 ment procedures. 

23 (B) FACTORS.—In making recommenda24 tions under subparagraph (A), the Comptroller 

25 General shall consider the following factors: 
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1 (i) Industrial base considerations. 

2 (ii) The estimated cost of foregone re3 search and development to be performed by 

4 existing contractors to improve future prod5 ucts or services. 

6 (iii) The transaction costs for the De7 partment of Defense and contractors in as8 sessing and responding to data requests to 

9 support conversions to non-commercial ac10 quisition procedures. 

11 (iv) Costs associated with potential 

12 procurement delays resulting from conver13 sions. 

14 (d) SUNSET.—The requirements of this section shall 

15 terminate 5 years after the date of the enactment of this 

16 Act. 

17 SEC. 866. TREATMENT OF GOODS AND SERVICES PROVIDED 

18 BY NONTRADITIONAL CONTRACTORS AS COM19 MERCIAL ITEMS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 140 of title 10, United 

21 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

22 new section: 
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1 ‘‘§ 2380. Treatment of goods and services provided by 

2 nontraditional contractors as commercial 

3 items 

4 ‘‘Notwithstanding section 2376(1) of this title, items 

5 and services provided by nontraditional contractors (as that 

6 term is defined in section 2302(9) of this title) may be treat7 ed by the head of an agency as commercial items for pur8 poses of this chapter.’’. 

9 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

10 the beginning of chapter 140 of such title is amended by 

11 inserting after the item relating to section 2379 the fol12 lowing new item: 

‘‘2380. Treatment of goods and services provided by nontraditional contractors as 

commercial items.’’. 

13 Subtitle E—Other Matters 

14 SEC. 871. STREAMLINING OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 

15 DEFENSE BUSINESS SYSTEMS. 

16 (a) STREAMLINING OF REQUIREMENTS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2222 of title 10, 

18 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘§ 2222. Defense business systems: business process re20 engineering; enterprise architecture; man21 agement 

22 ‘‘(a) DEFENSE BUSINESS SYSTEMS GENERALLY.—The 

23 Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each covered defense 
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1 business system developed, deployed, and operated by the 

2 Department of Defense— 

3 ‘‘(1) is integrated into a comprehensive defense 

4 business enterprise architecture; 

5 ‘‘(2) is managed in a manner that provides visi6 bility into, and traceability of, expenditures for the 

7 system; and 

8 ‘‘(3) uses an acquisition and sustainment strat9 egy that prioritizes use of commercial software and 

10 business practices. 

11 ‘‘(b) DEFENSE BUSINESS PROCESSES GENERALLY.— 

12 The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that defense business 

13 processes are reviewed, and as appropriate revised through 

14 business process reengineering to match best commercial 

15 practices, to the maximum extent practicable, so as to mini16 mize customization of commercial business systems. 

17 ‘‘(c) ISSUANCE OF GUIDANCE.— 

18 ‘‘(1) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GUIDANCE.—The 

19 Secretary shall issue guidance to provide for the co20 ordination of, and decision making for, the planning, 

21 programming, and control of investments in covered 

22 defense business systems. 

23 ‘‘(2) SUPPORTING GUIDANCE.—The Secretary 

24 shall direct the Deputy Chief Management Officer of 

25 the Department of Defense, the Under Secretary of 
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1 Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, 

2 the Chief Information Officer, and the Chief Manage3 ment Officer of each of the military departments to 

4 issue and maintain supporting guidance for the guid5 ance of the Secretary issued under paragraph (1), 

6 within their respective areas of responsibility, as nec7 essary. 

8 ‘‘(d) GUIDANCE ELEMENTS.—The guidance issued 

9 pursuant to subsection (c)(1) shall include the following ele10 ments: 

11 ‘‘(1) Policy to ensure that the business processes 

12 of the Department of Defense are continuously evolved 

13 to— 

14 ‘‘(A) implement the most streamlined and 

15 efficient business process practicable; and 

16 ‘‘(B) eliminate or reduce the need to tailor 

17 commercial-off-the-shelf systems to meet unique 

18 requirements or incorporate unique requirements 

19 or incorporate unique interfaces to the maximum 

20 extent practicable. 

21 ‘‘(2) A process to establish requirements for cov22 ered defense business systems. 

23 ‘‘(3) Policy requiring the periodic review of cov24 ered defense business systems that have been fully de-
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1 ployed, by portfolio, to ensure that investments in 

2 such portfolios are appropriate. 

3 ‘‘(4) Policy to ensure full consideration of sus4 tainability and technological refreshment require5 ments, and the appropriate use of open architectures. 

6 ‘‘(e) DEFENSE BUSINESS COUNCIL.—The Secretary 

7 shall establish a Defense Business Council to provide advice 

8 to the Secretary on reengineering the Department’s business 

9 processes and developing and deploying defense business 

10 systems. The Council shall be chaired by the Deputy Chief 

11 Management Officer of the Department of Defense, and shall 

12 include membership from the public sector, defense indus13 try, and commercial industry. 

14 ‘‘(f) APPROVALS REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPMENT.—(1) 

15 The Secretary shall ensure that a covered defense business 

16 system program cannot proceed into development (or, if no 

17 development is required, into production or fielding) unless 

18 the appropriate approval officials (as specified in para19 graph (3)) have determined that— 

20 ‘‘(A) a business process has been, or is being, re21 engineered to be as streamlined and efficient as prac22 ticable, and the implementation of the business proc23 ess will maximize the elimination of unique software 

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1 ‘‘(B) the system has valid, achievable require2 ments and a viable plan for implementing those re3 quirements (including, as appropriate, market re4 search, business process reengineering, and proto5 typing activities); 

6 ‘‘(C) the system has an acquisition strategy de7 signed to eliminate or reduce the need to tailor com8 mercial-off-the-shelf systems to meet unique require9 ments or incorporate unique requirements or incor10 porate unique interfaces to the maximum extent prac11 ticable; and 

12 ‘‘(D) the system is in compliance with the De13 partment’s auditability requirements. 

14 ‘‘(2)(A) For any fiscal year in which funds are ex15 pended for development or sustainment pursuant to a cov16 ered defense business system program, the appropriate ap17 proval officials shall review the system and certify, certify 

18 with conditions, or decline to certify, as the case may be, 

19 that— 

20 ‘‘(i) it continues to satisfy the requirements of 

21 paragraph (1); 

22 ‘‘(ii) an acquisition program baseline has been 

23 established within two years of program initiation; 

24 and 
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1 ‘‘(iii) program requirements and have not 

2 changed in a manner that is increasing acquisition 

3 costs or schedule, without sufficient cause and only 

4 after maximum efforts to reengineer business processes 

5 prior to changing requirements. 

6 ‘‘(B) If an approval officially determines that full cer7 tification cannot be granted, the approval official shall no8 tify the acquisition milestone decision authority for the pro9 gram and provide a recommendation for corrective action, 

10 and provide a copy of such recommendations to the congres11 sional defense committees within 60 days. 

12 ‘‘(3) For purposes of paragraph (1), the appropriate 

13 approval officials with respect to a covered defense business 

14 system are the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) In the case of a priority defense business 

16 system, the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the 

17 Department of Defense. 

18 ‘‘(B) In the case of other covered business sys19 tems, an official designated under procedures estab20 lished by the Secretary of Defense. 

21 ‘‘(g) RESPONSIBILITY OF MILESTONE DECISION AU22 THORITY.—The milestone decision authority for a covered 

23 defense business system program shall be responsible for the 

24 acquisition of such system and shall ensure that acquisition 

25 process approvals are not considered for such system until 
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1 the relevant certifications and approvals have been made 

2 under this section. 

3 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 ‘‘(1) DEFENSE BUSINESS SYSTEM.—(A) The 

5 term ‘defense business system’ means an information 

6 system that is operated by, for, or on behalf of the De7 partment of Defense, including any of the following: 

8 ‘‘(i) A financial system. 

9 ‘‘(ii) A financial data feeder system. 

10 ‘‘(iii) A contracting system. 

11 ‘‘(iv) A logistics system. 

12 ‘‘(v) A planning and budgeting system. 

13 ‘‘(vi) An installations management system. 

14 ‘‘(vii) A human resources management sys15 tem. 

16 ‘‘(viii) A training and readiness system. 

17 ‘‘(B) The term does not include— 

18 ‘‘(i) a national security system; or 

19 ‘‘(ii) an information system used exclusively 

20 by and within the defense commissary system or 

21 the exchange system or other instrumentality of 

22 the Department of Defense conducted for the mo23 rale, welfare, and recreation of members of the 

24 armed forces using nonappropriated funds. 
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1 ‘‘(2) COVERED DEFENSE BUSINESS SYSTEM.— 

2 The term ‘covered defense business system’ means a 

3 defense business system that is expected to have a 

4 total amount of budget authority over the period of 

5 the current future-years defense program submitted to 

6 Congress under section 221 of this title, in excess of 

7 $50,000,000. 

8 ‘‘(3) COVERED DEFENSE BUSINESS SYSTEM PRO9 GRAM.—The term ‘covered defense business system 

10 program’ means a defense acquisition program to de11 velop and field a covered defense business system or 

12 an increment of a covered defense business system. 

13 ‘‘(4) PRIORITY DEFENSE BUSINESS SYSTEM PRO14 GRAM.—The term ‘priority defense business system’ 

15 means a defense business system that is— 

16 ‘‘(A) expected to have a total amount of 

17 budget authority over the period of the current 

18 future-years defense program submitted to Con19 gress under section 221 of this title in excess of 

20 $250,000,000; or 

21 ‘‘(B) designated by the Deputy Chief Man22 agement Officer of the Department of Defense as 

23 a priority defense business system, based on spe24 cific program analyses of factors including com-
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1 plexity, scope, and technical risk, and after noti2 fication to Congress of such designation. 

3 ‘‘(5) ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE.—The term 

4 ‘enterprise architecture’ has the meaning given that 

5 term in section 3601(4) of title 44. 

6 ‘‘(6) INFORMATION SYSTEM.—The term ‘informa7 tion system’ has the meaning given that term in sec8 tion 11101 of title 40, United States Code. 

9 ‘‘(7) NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM.—The term 

10 ‘national security system’ has the meaning given that 

11 term in section 3552(b)(2) of title 44. 

12 ‘‘(8) MILESTONE DECISION AUTHORITY.—The 

13 term ‘milestone decision authority’, with respect to a 

14 defense acquisition program, means the individual 

15 within the Department of Defense designated with the 

16 responsibility to grant milestone approvals for that 

17 program. 

18 ‘‘(9) BUSINESS PROCESS MAPPING.—The term 

19 ‘business process mapping’ means a procedure in 

20 which the steps in a business process are clarified and 

21 documented in both written form and in a flow 

22 chart.’’. 

23 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec24 tions at the beginning of chapter 131 of such title is 

25 amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘2222. Defense business systems: business process reengineering; enterprise architecture; management.’’. 

1 (b) IMPLEMENTATION OF PREVIOUSLY ENACTED

2 TITLE CHANGE.—Effective February 1, 2017, section 2222 

3 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection 

4 (a), is further amended by striking ‘‘the Deputy Chief Man5 agement Officer’’ each place that it appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘the Under Secretary of Defense for Business Management 

7 and Information’’. 

8 (c) DEADLINE FOR GUIDANCE.—The guidance re9 quired by subsection (b)(1) of section 2222 of title 10, 

10 United States Code, as amended by subsection (a)(1), shall 

11 be issued not later than December 31, 2016. 

12 (d) MODIFICATION OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL AS13 SESSMENT.—Section 332(d) of the Ronald W. Reagan Na14 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Pub15 lic Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 1856) is amended to read as 

16 follows: 

17 ‘‘(d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT.—In each 

18 odd-numbered year, the Comptroller General of the United 

19 States shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

20 an assessment of the extent to which the actions taken by 

21 the Department of Defense comply with the requirements 

22 of such section.’’. 
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1 SEC. 872. ACQUISITION WORKFORCE. 

2 (a) MODIFICATIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

3 ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND.—Section 

4 1705 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (d)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (2), by amending sub7 paragraph (C) to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(C) For purposes of this paragraph, the 

9 applicable percentage for a fiscal year is the per10 centage that results in the credit to the Fund of 

11 $500,000,000 in each fiscal year.’’; and 

12 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘24- 

13 month period’’ and inserting ‘‘36-month period’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘60 days’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘120 days’’; and 

16 (3) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘September 

17 30, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2023’’. 

18 (b) MODIFICATIONS TO BIENNIAL STRATEGIC WORK19 FORCE PLAN.—Section 115b(d) of title 10, United States 

20 Code, is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the defense 

22 acquisition workforce, including both military and ci23 vilian personnel’’ and inserting ‘‘the military, civil24 ian, and contractor personnel that directly support 

25 the acquisition processes of the Department of De26 fense, including persons serving in acquisition-related 
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1 positions designated by the Secretary of Defense under 

2 section 1721 of this title’’; 

3 (2) in paragraph (2)(D)— 

4 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

5 inserting a semicolon; 

6 (B) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause 

7 (iii); and 

8 (C) by inserting after clause (i) the fol9 lowing new clause: 

10 ‘‘(ii) a description of steps that will be 

11 taken to address any new or expanded critical 

12 skills and competencies the civilian employee 

13 workforce will need to address recent trends in 

14 defense acquisition, emerging best practices, 

15 changes in the government and commercial mar16 ketplace, and new requirements established in 

17 law or regulation; and’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following new para19 graph: 

20 ‘‘(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), contractor per21 sonnel shall be treated as directly supporting the acquisition 

22 processes of the Department if, and to the extent that, such 

23 contractor personnel perform functions in support of per24 sonnel in Department of Defense positions designated by the 

25 Secretary of Defense under section 1721 of this title.’’. 
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1 SEC. 873. UNIFIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. 

2 (a) BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

4 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Deputy 

5 Chief Management Officer, the Chief Information Of6 ficer of the Department of Defense, and the Under 

7 Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and 

8 Logistics shall jointly complete a business case anal9 ysis, using the resources of the Director of Cost Anal10 ysis and Program Evaluation, to determine the most 

11 effective and efficient way to procure and deploy in12 formation technology services. 

13 (2) ELEMENTS.—The business case analysis re14 quired by paragraph (1) shall include an assessment 

15 of whether the Department of Defense should— 

16 (A)(i) acquire a unified set of commercially 

17 provided common or enterprise information tech18 nology services, including such services as mes19 saging, collaboration, directory, security, and 

20 content delivery; or 

21 (ii) allow the military departments and 

22 other components of the Department to acquire 

23 such services separately; 

24 (B)(i) acquire such services from a single 

25 provider that bundles all of the services; or 
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1 (ii) require that each common service be 

2 independently defined and use open standards to 

3 enable continuous adoption of best commercial 

4 technology; and 

5 (C) enable availability of multiple versions 

6 of each type of service and application to enable 

7 choice and competition while supporting inter8 operability where necessary. 

9 (b) GOVERNANCE MECHANISM AND PROCESS.—Not 

10 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 

11 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the 

12 Deputy Chief Management Officer and the Chief Informa13 tion Officer, establish a governance mechanism and process 

14 to ensure essential interoperability across Department net15 works through the imposition of a minimum set of stand16 ards or common solutions. 

17 SEC. 874. CLOUD STRATEGY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DE18 FENSE. 

19 (a) CLOUD STRATEGY FOR SECRET INTERNET PRO20 TOCOL NETWORK.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Information Officer 

22 of the Department of Defense shall, in consultation 

23 with the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, 

24 the Director of National Intelligence, the Vice Chair25 man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Under Secretary 
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1 of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, 

2 and the chief information officers of the military de3 partments, develop a cloud strategy for the Secret 

4 Internet Protocol Network (SIPRNet) of the Depart5 ment. 

6 (2) MATTERS ADDRESSED.—This strategy re7 quired by paragraph (1) shall address the following: 

8 (A) Security requirements. 

9 (B) The compatibility of applications cur10 rently utilized within the Secret Internet Pro11 tocol Network with a cloud computing environ12 ment. 

13 (C) How a Secret Internet Protocol Network 

14 cloud capability should be competitively ac15 quired. 

16 (D) How a Secret Internet Protocol Network 

17 cloud system would achieve interoperability with 

18 the cloud systems of the intelligence community 

19 (as defined in section 3 of the National Security 

20 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) operating at the 

21 security level Sensitive Compartmented Informa22 tion. 

23 (b) PRICING POLICY AND COST RECOVERY PROCESS

24 FOR CERTAIN CLOUD SERVICES.—The Chief Information 

25 Officer of the Department of Defense shall, in coordination 
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1 with the Director of National Intelligence and in consulta2 tion with the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, 

3 develop a consistent pricing policy and cost recovery process 

4 for the use by Department of Defense components of the 

5 cloud services provided through the Intelligence Community 

6 Information Technology Environment. 

7 (c) ASSESSMENT OF FEASIBILITY AND ADVISABILITY

8 OF IMPOSING MINIMUM STANDARDS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Information Officer 

10 of the Department of Defense shall assess the feasi11 bility and advisability of imposing a minimum set of 

12 open standards for cloud infrastructure, middle-ware, 

13 metadata, and application programming interfaces to 

14 promote interoperability, information sharing, and 

15 ease of access to data, and competition across all of 

16 the cloud computing systems and services utilized by 

17 components of the Department of Defense. 

18 (2) COORDINATION.—The Chief Information Of19 ficer shall coordinate the assessment required by para20 graph (1) with the Director of National Intelligence 

21 with respect to the cloud services offered through the 

22 Intelligence Community Information Technology En23 vironment. 
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1 SEC. 875. DEVELOPMENT PERIOD FOR DEPARTMENT OF DE2 FENSE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYS3 TEMS. 

4 (a) FLEXIBLE LIMITATION ON DEVELOPMENT PE5 RIOD.—Section 2445b of title 10, United States Code is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 

8 (e); and 

9 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 

10 new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(d) TIME-CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT.—If the baseline 

12 documents prepared under subsection (c) for a major auto13 mated information system that is not a national security 

14 system provide for a period in excess of five years from the 

15 time of program initiation to the time of a full deployment 

16 decision, the documents submitted pursuant to subsection 

17 (a) shall include a written determination by the senior De18 partment of Defense official responsible for the program jus19 tifying the need for the longer period.’’. 

20 (b) REPEAL OF INCONSISTENT REQUIREMENTS.— 

21 (1) Section 2445c(c)(2) of title 10, United States 

22 Code, is amended— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

24 semicolon at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 

25 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 

26 and inserting a period; and 
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1 (C) by striking subparagraph (D), as added 

2 by section 802(a)(3) of the Carl Levin and How3 ard ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Author4 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 

5 113–291; 128 Stat. 3427). 

6 (2) Section 811 of the John Warner National De7 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public 

8 Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2316) is repealed. 

9 SEC. 876. REVISIONS TO PILOT PROGRAM ON ACQUISITION 

10 OF MILITARY PURPOSE NON-DEVELOP11 MENTAL ITEMS. 

12 Section 866 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Au13 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 

14 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘with non16 traditional defense contractors’’; and 

17 (2) in subsection (b)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘awarded 

19 using competitive procedures in accordance with 

20 chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking 

22 ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000’’. 
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1 SEC. 877. EXTENSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

2 MENTOR-PROTE ́ GE ́ PILOT PROGRAM. 

3 Section 831(j) of the National Defense Authorization 

4 Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amend5 ed— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘September 30, 

7 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘September 30, 

9 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 

10 SEC. 878. IMPROVED AUDITING OF CONTRACTS. 

11 (a) ADDRESSING AUDIT BACKLOG.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning October 1, 2016, 

13 the Defense Contract Audit Agency may provide audit 

14 support for non-Defense Agencies once the Secretary 

15 of Defense certifies that the backlog for incurred cost 

16 audits is less than 12 months of incurred cost inven17 tory. 

18 (2) ADJUSTMENT IN FUNDING FOR REIMBURSE19 MENTS FROM NON-DEFENSE AGENCIES.—The amount 

20 appropriated and otherwise available to the Defense 

21 Contract Audit Agency for a fiscal year beginning 

22 after September 30, 2016, shall be reduced by an 

23 amount equivalent to any reimbursements received by 

24 the Agency from non-Defense Agencies for support 

25 provided in violation of the limitation under para26 graph (1). 
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1 (b) USE OF THIRD PARTY AUDITS.—The Secretary of 

2 Defense shall use up to 5 percent of the auditing staff of 

3 the service audit agencies augmented by private sector audi4 tors to help eliminate the audit backlog in incurred cost, 

5 pre-award accounting systems audits and to reduce the time 

6 to complete pre-award audits. 

7 (c) USE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDITING STAFF.— 

8 The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of 

9 Defense shall make available 5 percent of its auditing staff 

10 to the Defense Contract Audit Agency to help eliminate the 

11 audit backlog in incurred cost, pre-award accounting sys12 tems audits and to reduce the time to complete pre-award 

13 audits. 

14 (d) DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY ANNUAL RE15 PORT.—Section 2313a(a) of title 10, United States Code, 

16 is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (2), by amending subpara18 graph (D) to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(D) the total costs of sustained or recovered 

20 costs both as a total number and as a percentage 

21 of questioned costs; and’’; 

22 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

23 inserting a semicolon; 

24 (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para25 graph (6); and 
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1 (4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol2 lowing new paragraphs: 

3 ‘‘(4) a description of actions taken to ensure 

4 alignment of policies and practices across the Defense 

5 Contract Audit Agency regional organizations, offices, 

6 and individual auditors; 

7 ‘‘(5) a description of outreach actions toward in8 dustry to promote more effective use of audit re9 sources; and’’. 

10 (e) ACQUISITION OVERSIGHT AND AUDITS.—The Sec11 retary of Defense shall review the oversight and audit struc12 ture of the Department of Defense with the goal of enhanc13 ing the productivity of oversight and program and contract 

14 auditing to avoid duplicative audits and the streamlining 

15 of oversight reviews. The Secretary shall take all necessary 

16 measures to streamline oversight reviews and avoid duplica17 tive audits and make recommendation for any necessary 

18 changes in law. 

19 (f) REPORT.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

21 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

22 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com23 mittees a report on actions taken to avoid duplicative 

24 audits and streamline oversight reviews. 
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1 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 

2 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 

3 (A) A description of actions taken to avoid 

4 duplicative audits and streamline oversight re5 views based on the review conducted under sub6 section (e). 

7 (B) A comparison of commercial industry 

8 accounting practices, including requirements 

9 under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public 

10 Law 107–204), with the Cost Accounting Stand11 ards (CAS) to determine if some portions of CAS 

12 compliance can be met through such practices or 

13 requirements. 

14 (C) A description of standards of materi15 ality used by the Defense Contract Audit Agency 

16 and the Inspector General of the Department of 

17 Defense for defense contract audits. 

18 (D) An estimate of average delay and range 

19 of delays in contract awards due to time nec20 essary for the Defense Contract Audit Agency to 

21 complete pre-award audits. 

22 (g) INCURRED COST INVENTORY DEFINED.—In this 

23 section, the term ‘‘incurred cost inventory’’ means the level 

24 of contractor incurred cost proposals in inventory from 
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1 prior fiscal years that are currently being audited by the 

2 Defense Contract Audit Agency. 

3 SEC. 879. SURVEY ON THE COSTS OF REGULATORY COMPLI4 ANCE. 

5 (a) SURVEY.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct 

6 a survey of the top ten contractors with the highest level 

7 of reimbursements for cost type contracts with the Depart8 ment of Defense during fiscal year 2014 to estimate indus9 try’s cost of regulatory compliance (as a percentage of total 

10 costs) with government unique acquisition regulations and 

11 requirements in the categories of quality assurance, ac12 counting and financial management, contracting and pur13 chasing, program management, engineering, logistics, mate14 rial management, property administration, and other 

15 unique requirements not imposed on contracts for commer16 cial items. 

17 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 

19 submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 

20 the findings of the survey conducted under subsection (a). 

21 The data received as a result of the survey and included 

22 in the report shall be aggregated to protect against the pub23 lic release of proprietary information. 
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1 SEC. 880. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT 

2 ON BID PROTESTS. 

3 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 270 days 

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

5 General of the United States shall submit to the congres6 sional defense committees a report on the prevalence and 

7 impact of bid protests on Department of Defense acquisi8 tions over the previous 10 years, including both protests to 

9 the Government Accountability Office and protests filed in 

10 Federal court. 

11 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 

12 shall include, at a minimum, the following elements: 

13 (1) A description of trends in the number of bid 

14 protests filed, and the rate of such bid protests com15 pared to the number of procurements. 

16 (2) A description of comparative rates for bid 

17 protests filed by incumbent contractors and bid pro18 tests filed by non-incumbent contractors. 

19 (3) An assessment of the cost and schedule im20 pact of successful and unsuccessful bid protests filed 

21 by incumbent contractors on contracts for services 

22 with a value in excess of $100,000,000. 

23 (4) A description of trends in the number of bid 

24 protests filed and the rate of such bid protests on con25 tracts for the procurement of major defense acquisi26 tion programs. 
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1 (5) An assessment of the cost and schedule im2 pact of successful and unsuccessful bid protests filed 

3 on contracts for the procurement of major defense ac4 quisition programs. 

5 (6) A description of any views the Comptroller 

6 General may have on the likely impact of a provision 

7 requiring a losing protester on a contract for the pro8 curement of a major defense acquisition program to 

9 pay the legal fees of the government. 

10 SEC. 881. STEPS TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS POTENTIAL 

11 UNFAIR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF TECH12 NICAL ADVISORS TO ACQUISITION OFFI13 CIALS. 

14 (a) GUIDANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Sec16 retary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics 

17 shall issue guidance on steps that should be taken to identify 

18 and evaluate, and to avoid, neutralize, or mitigate, any po19 tentially unfair competitive advantage of entities providing 

20 technical advice to acquisition officials in the award of re21 search and development work by such officials. 

22 (b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section— 

23 (1) the term ‘‘potentially unfair competitive ad24 vantage’’ means unequal access to acquisition officials 

25 responsible for award decisions or allocation of re-
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1 sources or to acquisition information relevant to 

2 award decisions or allocation of resources; and 

3 (2) the term ‘‘entity providing technical advice 

4 to acquisition officials’’ means a contractor, Feder5 ally-funded research and development center and 

6 other non-profit entity, or Federal laboratory that 

7 provides systems engineering and technical direction, 

8 participates in technical evaluations, helps prepare 

9 specifications or work statements, or otherwise pro10 vides technical advice to acquisition officials on the 

11 conduct of defense acquisition programs. 

12 SEC. 882. HUBZONE QUALIFIED DISASTER AREAS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

14 631 et seq.)) is amended— 

15 (1) in section 3(p) (15 U.S.C. 632(p))— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

18 ‘‘or’’; 

19 (ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

20 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 

21 and 

22 (iii) by adding at the end the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(F) qualified disaster areas.’’; and 
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1 (B) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end 

2 the following: 

3 ‘‘(E) QUALIFIED DISASTER AREA.— 

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified 

5 disaster area’ means any census tract or 

6 nonmetropolitan county located in an area 

7 for which the President has declared a 

8 major disaster under section 401 of the Rob9 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer10 gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) or 

11 located in an area in which a catastrophic 

12 incident has occurred, if— 

13 ‘‘(I) in the case of a census tract, 

14 the census tract ceased to be a qualified 

15 census tract during the period begin16 ning 5 years before and ending 2 years 

17 after the date on which— 

18 ‘‘(aa) the President declared 

19 the major disaster; or 

20 ‘‘(bb) the catastrophic inci21 dent occurred; or 

22 ‘‘(II) in the case of a nonmetro23 politan county, the nonmetropolitan 

24 county ceased to be a qualified non25 metropolitan county during the period 
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1 beginning 5 years before and ending 2 

2 years after the date on which— 

3 ‘‘(aa) the President declared 

4 the major disaster; or 

5 ‘‘(bb) the catastrophic inci6 dent occurred. 

7 ‘‘(ii) TREATMENT.—A qualified dis8 aster area shall only be treated as a 

9 HUBZone— 

10 ‘‘(I) in the case of a major dis11 aster declared by the President, during 

12 the 5-year period beginning on the date 

13 on which the President declared the 

14 major disaster for the area in which 

15 the census tract or nonmetropolitan 

16 county, as applicable, is located; and 

17 ‘‘(II) in the case of a catastrophic 

18 incident, during the 10-year period be19 ginning on the date on which the cata20 strophic incident occurred in the area 

21 in which the census tract or nonmetro22 politan county, as applicable, is lo23 cated.’’; and 

24 (2) in section 31(c)(3) (15 U.S.C. 657a(c)(3)), by 

25 inserting ‘‘the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
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1 gency Management Agency,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of 

2 Labor,’’. 

3 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub4 section (a) shall apply to a major disaster declared by the 

5 President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis6 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 5170) or a catastrophic incident that occurs on or after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act. 

9 SEC. 883. BASE CLOSURE HUBZONES. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(p)(5)(A)(i)(I) of the 

11 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(5)(A)(i)(I)) is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) in item (aa), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

14 (2) by redesignating item (bb) as item (cc); and 

15 (3) by inserting after item (aa) the following: 

16 ‘‘(bb) pursuant to subpara17 graph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) of 

18 paragraph (3), that its principal 

19 office is located in a HUBZone 

20 described in paragraph (1)(E) 

21 (relating to base closure areas) (in 

22 this item referred to as the ‘base 

23 closure HUBZone’), and that not 

24 fewer than 35 percent of its em25 ployees reside in— 
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1 ‘‘(AA) a HUBZone; 

2 ‘‘(BB) the census tract 

3 in which the base closure 

4 HUBZone is wholly con5 tained; 

6 ‘‘(CC) a census tract the 

7 boundaries of which intersect 

8 the boundaries of the base 

9 closure HUBZone; or 

10 ‘‘(DD) a census tract 

11 the boundaries of which are 

12 contiguous to a census tract 

13 described in subitem (BB) or 

14 (CC); or’’. 

15 (b) PERIOD FOR BASE CLOSURE AREAS.— 

16 (1) AMENDMENTS.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 152(a)(2) of title 

18 I of division K of the Consolidated Appropria19 tions Act, 2005 (15 U.S.C. 632 note) is amended 

20 by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘8 years’’. 

21 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

22 1698(b)(2) of National Defense Authorization Act 

23 for Fiscal Year 2013 (15 U.S.C. 632 note) is 

24 amended by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘8 

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1 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—The 

2 amendments made by paragraph (1) shall— 

3 (A) take effect on the date of enactment of 

4 this Act; and 

5 (B) apply to— 

6 (i) a base closure area (as defined in 

7 section 3(p)(4)(D) of the Small Business 

8 Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(4)(D))) that, on the 

9 day before the date of enactment of this Act, 

10 is treated as a HUBZone described in sec11 tion 3(p)(1)(E) of the Small Business Act 

12 (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(1)(E)) under— 

13 (I) section 152(a)(2) of title I of 

14 division K of the Consolidated Appro15 priations Act, 2005 (15 U.S.C. 632 

16 note); or 

17 (II) section 1698(b)(2) of National 

18 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

19 Year 2013 (15 U.S.C. 632 note); and 

20 (ii) a base closure area relating to the 

21 closure of a military instillation under the 

22 authority described in clauses (i) through 

23 (iv) of section 3(p)(4)(D) of the Small Busi24 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(4)(D)) that oc-
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1 curs on or after the date of enactment of 

2 this Act. 

3 SEC. 884. EXCEPTION FOR ABILITYONE GOODS FROM AU4 THORITY TO ACQUIRE GOODS AND SERVICES 

5 MANUFACTURED IN AFGHANISTAN, AND CEN6 TRAL ASIAN STATES. 

7 (a) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN ITEMS NOT MANUFAC8 TURED IN AFGHANISTAN.—Section 886 of the National De9 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (10 U.S.C. 

10 2302 note) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and except as 

12 provided in subsection (d),’’ after ‘‘subsection (b),’’; 

13 and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub15 section: 

16 ‘‘(d) EXCLUSION OF ITEMS ON THE ABILITYONE PRO17 CUREMENT CATALOG.—The authority under subsection (a) 

18 shall not be available for the procurement of any good that 

19 is contained in the procurement catalog described in section 

20 8503(a) of title 41 in Afghanistan if such good can be pro21 duced and delivered by a qualified non-profit agency for 

22 the blind or a non-profit agency for other severely disabled 

23 in a timely fashion to support mission requirements.’’. 

24 (b) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN ITEMS NOT MANUFAC25 TURED IN CENTRAL ASIAN STATES.—Section 801 of the 
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1 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 

2 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2399) is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and except as 

4 provided in subsection (h),’’ after ‘‘subsection (b),’’; 

5 and 

6 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub7 section: 

8 ‘‘(h) EXCLUSION OF ITEMS ON THE ABILITYONE PRO9 CUREMENT CATALOG.—The authority under subsection (a) 

10 shall not be available for the procurement of any good that 

11 is contained in the procurement catalog described in section 

12 8503(a) of title 41 if such good can be produced and deliv13 ered by a qualified non-profit agency for the blind or a non14 profit agency for other severely disabled in a timely fashion 

15 to support mission requirements.’’. 

16 SEC. 885. SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT OMBUDSMAN. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The small business offices in the Of18 fice of the Secretary of Defense and the military depart19 ments shall serve as intermediaries between small businesses 

20 and contracting officials prior to the award of contracts in 

21 cases where a small business prospective contractor notifies 

22 the small business office that it has reason to believe that 

23 the contracting process has been modified to preclude a 

24 small business from bidding on the contract or would give 

25 another contractor an unfair competitive advantage. 
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1 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

2 shall be construed to preclude a contractor from exercising 

3 the right to initiate a bid protest under a contract. 

4 SEC. 886. ANNUAL REPORT ON FOREIGN PROCUREMENTS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 137 of title 10, United 

6 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

7 new section: 

8 ‘‘§ 2338. Reporting on foreign purchases 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

10 end of fiscal year 2016, and each fiscal year thereafter, the 

11 Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate con12 gressional defense committees a report listing specific pro13 curements by the Department of Defense in that fiscal year 

14 of articles, materials, or supplies valued greater than 

15 $5,000,000, indexed to inflation, using the exception under 

16 section 8302(a)(2)(A) of title 41. This report may be sub17 mitted as part of the report required under section 8305 

18 of such title. 

19 ‘‘(b) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE20 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate congres21 sional committees’ means the congressional defense commit22 tees, the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern23 mental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Over24 sight and Government Reform of the House of Representa25 tives.’’. 
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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

2 the beginning of chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, 

3 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

4 2337 the following new item: 

‘‘2338. Reporting on foreign purchases.’’. 

5 TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DE6 FENSE ORGANIZATION AND 

7 MANAGEMENT 

8 SEC. 901. UPDATE OF STATUTORY SPECIFICATION OF FUNC9 TIONS OF CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS 

10 OF STAFF RELATING TO ADVICE ON REQUIRE11 MENTS, PROGRAMS, AND BUDGET. 

12 Section 153(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is 

13 amended by adding at the end the following new subpara14 graph: 

15 ‘‘(H) Advising the Secretary on development of 

16 joint command, control, communications, and cyber 

17 capabilities, including integration and interoper18 ability of such capabilities, through requirements, in19 tegrated architectures, data standards, and assess20 ments.’’. 

21 SEC. 902. REORGANIZATION AND REDESIGNATION OF OF22 FICE OF FAMILY POLICY AND OFFICE OF COM23 MUNITY SUPPORT FOR MILITARY FAMILIES 

24 WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. 

25 (a) OFFICE OF FAMILY POLICY.— 
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1 (1) REDESIGNATION AS OFFICE OF MILITARY

2 FAMILY READINESS POLICY.—Section 1781(a) of title 

3 10, United States Code, is amended— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘Office of Family Policy’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘Office of Military Family Readi6 ness Policy’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘Director of Family Policy’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘Director of Military Family 

9 Readiness Policy’’. 

10 (2) REQUIREMENT FOR DIRECTOR TO BE MEM11 BER OF SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE OR GENERAL OR

12 FLAG OFFICER.—Such section is further amended by 

13 adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The 

14 Director shall be a member of the Senior Executive 

15 Service or a general officer or flag officer.’’. 

16 (3) INCLUSION OF DIRECTOR ON MILITARY FAM17 ILY READINESS COUNCIL.—Subsection (b)(1)(E) of 

18 section 1781a of such title is amended by striking 

19 ‘‘Office of Community Support for Military Families 

20 with Special Needs’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Military 

21 Family Readiness Policy’’. 

22 (4) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

23 131(b)(7)(F) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘Di24 rector of Family Policy’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of 

25 Military Family Readiness Policy’’. 
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1 (5) HEADING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

2 (A) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of 

3 section 1781 of such title is amended to read as 

4 follows: 

5 ‘‘§ 1781. Office of Military Family Readiness Policy’’. 

6 (B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 

7 sections at the beginning of chapter 88 of such 

8 title is amended by striking the item relating to 

9 section 1781 and inserting the following new 

10 item: 

‘‘1781. Office of Military Family Readiness Policy.’’. 

11 (b) OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR MILITARY

12 FAMILIES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.— 

13 (1) REDESIGNATION AS OFFICE OF SPECIAL

14 NEEDS.—Subsection (a) of section 1781c of title 10, 

15 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Office of 

16 Community Support for Military Families with Spe17 cial Needs’’ and inserting ‘‘Office of Special Needs’’. 

18 (2) REORGANIZATION UNDER OFFICE OF MILI19 TARY FAMILY READINESS POLICY.—Such subsection is 

20 further amended by striking ‘‘Office of the Under Sec21 retary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘Office of Military Family Readiness Pol23 icy’’. 

24 (3) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR HEAD OF OF25 FICE TO BE MEMBER OF SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE
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1 OR GENERAL OR FLAG OFFICER.—Such section is fur2 ther amended by striking subsection (c). 

3 (4) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is 

4 further amended— 

5 (A) by redesignating subsections (d) through 

6 (i) as subsections (c) through (h), respectively; 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ each place 

8 it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 

9 (C) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by 

10 striking ‘‘subsection (f)’’ in paragraph (2) and 

11 inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’; and 

12 (D) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by 

13 striking ‘‘subsection (d)(4)’’ in paragraph (2)(B) 

14 and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)(4)’’. 

15 (5) HEADING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

16 (A) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of 

17 such section is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘§ 1781c. Office of Special Needs’’. 

19 (B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 

20 sections at the beginning of chapter 88 of such 

21 title is amended by striking the item relating to 

22 section 1781c and inserting the following new 

23 item: 

‘‘1781c. Office of Special Needs.’’. 
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1 SEC. 903. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL DEPART2 MENT OF DEFENSE FUNDING FOR OCEAN RE3 SEARCH ADVISORY PANEL. 

4 Section 7903 of title 10, United States Code, is amend5 ed by striking subsection (c). 

6 TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

7 Subtitle A—Financial Matters 

8 SEC. 1001. GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 

9 (a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 

10 (1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 

11 Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 

12 the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 

13 amounts of authorizations made available to the De14 partment of Defense in this division for fiscal year 

15 2016 between any such authorizations for that fiscal 

16 year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of au17 thorizations so transferred shall be merged with and 

18 be available for the same purposes as the authoriza19 tion to which transferred. 

20 (2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in para21 graph (3), the total amount of authorizations that the 

22 Secretary may transfer under the authority of this 

23 section may not exceed $4,500,000,000. 

24 (3) EXCEPTION FOR TRANSFERS BETWEEN MILI25 TARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS.—A transfer of 

26 funds between military personnel authorizations 
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1 under title IV shall not be counted toward the dollar 

2 limitation in paragraph (2). 

3 (b) LIMITATIONS.—The authority provided by sub4 section (a) to transfer authorizations— 

5 (1) may only be used to provide authority for 

6 items that have a higher priority than the items from 

7 which authority is transferred; and 

8 (2) may not be used to provide authority for an 

9 item that has been denied authorization by Congress. 

10 (c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A trans11 fer made from one account to another under the authority 

12 of this section shall be deemed to increase the amount au13 thorized for the account to which the amount is transferred 

14 by an amount equal to the amount transferred. 

15 (d) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 

16 promptly notify Congress of each transfer made under sub17 section (a). 

18 SEC. 1002. ANNUAL AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF 

19 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMPONENTS BY 

20 INDEPENDENT EXTERNAL AUDITORS. 

21 (a) AUDITS REQUIRED.—For purposes of satisfying 

22 the requirement under section 3521(e) of title 31, United 

23 States Code, for audits of financial statements of Depart24 ment of Defense components identified by the Director of 

25 the Office of Management and Budget under section 3515(c) 
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1 of such title, the Inspector General of the Department of 

2 Defense shall obtain each year audits of the financial state3 ments of each such component by an independent external 

4 auditor. 

5 (b) INSPECTOR GENERAL SELECTION AND OVER6 SIGHT.—The Inspector General shall— 

7 (1) select independent external auditors for pur8 poses of subsection (a) based, among other appro9 priate criteria, on their qualifications, independence, 

10 and capacity to conduct audits described in sub11 section (a) in accordance with applicable generally 

12 accepted government auditing standards; and 

13 (2) shall monitor the conduct of such audits. 

14 (c) REPORTS ON AUDITS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General shall 

16 require the independent external auditors conducting 

17 audits under subsection (a) to submit a report on 

18 their audits each year to the Secretary of Defense, the 

19 Controller of the Office of Federal Financial Manage20 ment in the Office of Management and Budget, and 

21 the appropriate committees of Congress. 

22 (2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

23 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 

24 committees of Congress’’ means— 
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1 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

2 Committee on Homeland Security and Govern3 mental Affairs, and the Committee on Appro4 priations of the Senate; and 

5 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

6 Committee on Oversight and Government Re7 form, and the Committee on Appropriations of 

8 the House of Representatives. 

9 (d) RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING LAW.—The require10 ments of this section— 

11 (1) shall be implemented in a manner that is 

12 consistent with the requirements of section 1008 of the 

13 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

14 2002 (10 U.S.C. 2222 note); 

15 (2) shall not be construed to alter the require16 ment under section 3521(e) of title 31, United States 

17 Code, that the financial statements of the Department 

18 of Defense as a whole be audited by the Inspector 

19 General or by an independent external auditor, as de20 termined by the Inspector General; and 

21 (3) shall not be construed to limit or alter the 

22 authorities of the Comptroller General of the United 

23 States under section 3521(g) of title 31, United States 

24 Code. 
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1 SEC. 1003. TREATMENT AS PART OF THE BASE BUDGET OF 

2 CERTAIN AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED FOR OVER3 SEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS UPON EN4 ACTMENT OF AN ACT REVISING THE BUDGET 

5 CONTROL ACT DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 

6 LIMITS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the event of the enactment of an 

8 Act revising in proportionally equal amounts the defense 

9 and non-defense discretionary spending limits for fiscal 

10 year 2016, the amount authorized to be appropriated by 

11 title XV that is in excess of the $50,900,000,000 that is au12 thorized to be appropriated by that title for revised security 

13 category activities, and is also not greater than the amount 

14 of the increase in the discretionary spending limit for re15 vised security category activities revised by that Act, shall 

16 be deemed to have been authorized to be appropriated by 

17 title III. 

18 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) The term ‘‘Act revising the defense and non20 defense discretionary spending limits for fiscal year 

21 2016’’ means an Act— 

22 (A) enacted after the date of enactment of 

23 this Act; and 

24 (B) that— 

25 (i) increases in proportionally equal 

26 amounts the discretionary spending limits 
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1 for fiscal year 2016 for the revised security 

2 category and the revised nonsecurity cat3 egory; and 

4 (ii) may include increases to the dis5 cretionary spending limits for fiscal years 

6 2017 through 2021. 

7 (2) The terms ‘‘discretionary spending limit’’, 

8 ‘‘revised nonsecurity category’’, and ‘‘revised security 

9 category’’ have the meanings given such terms in sec10 tion 250 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def11 icit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900). 

12 SEC. 1004. SENSE OF SENATE ON SEQUESTRATION. 

13 It is the sense of the Senate that— 

14 (1) the nation’s fiscal challenges are a top pri15 ority for Congress, and sequestration—non-strategic, 

16 across-the-board budget cuts—remains an unreason17 able and inadequate budgeting tool to address the na18 tion’s deficits and debt; 

19 (2) sequestration relief must be accomplished for 

20 fiscal years 2016 and 2017; 

21 (3) sequestration relief should include equal de22 fense and non-defense relief; and 

23 (4) sequestration relief should be offset through 

24 targeted changes in mandatory and discretionary cat25 egories and revenues. 
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1 SEC. 1005. SENSE OF SENATE ON FINDING EFFICIENCIES 

2 WITHIN THE WORKING CAPITAL FUND ACTIVI3 TIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

4 It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of De5 fense should, through the military departments, continue to 

6 find efficiencies within the working capital fund activities 

7 of the Department of Defense with specific emphasis on op8 timizing the existing workload plans of such activities to 

9 ensure a strong organic industrial base workforce. 

10 Subtitle B—Counter-Drug Activities 

11 SEC. 1011. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT UNI12 FIED COUNTERDRUG AND COUNTERTER13 RORISM CAMPAIGN IN COLOMBIA. 

14 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 1021 of the 

15 Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for 

16 Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2042), 

17 as most recently amended by section 1011(a) of the Carl 

18 Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense 

19 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113– 

20 291), is further amended— 

21 (1) In subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2016’’ and in22 serting ‘‘2017’’; and 

23 (2) In subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2016’’ and in24 serting ‘‘2017’’. 

25 (b) EXTENSION OF ANNUAL NOTICE TO CONGRESS ON

26 ASSISTANCE.—Section 1011(b) of the Carl Levin and How-
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1 ard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 

2 for Fiscal Year 2015 is amended by striking ‘‘(as amended 

3 by subsection (a)) using funds available for fiscal year 

4 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘using funds available for any fiscal 

5 year’’. 

6 SEC. 1012. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO 

7 PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR 

8 COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES OF CERTAIN 

9 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. 

10 (a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a)(2) of section 1033 of 

11 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

12 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 Stat. 1881), as most recently 

13 amended by section 1013 of the National Defense Authoriza14 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 

15 Stat. 844), is further amended by striking ‘‘2016’’ and in16 serting ‘‘2017’’. 

17 (b) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF SUPPORT.—Subsection 

18 (e)(2) of such section 1033, as so amended, is further 

19 amended by striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 

20 (c) ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENTS ELIGIBLE TO RE21 CEIVE SUPPORT.—Subsection (b) of such section 1033, as 

22 so amended, is further amended by adding at the end of 

23 the following new paragraphs: 

24 ‘‘(40) Government of Kenya. 

25 ‘‘(41) Government of Tanzania. 
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1 ‘‘(42) Government of Somalia.’’. 

2 Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and 

3 Shipyards 

4 SEC. 1021. STUDIES OF FLEET PLATFORM ARCHITECTURES 

5 FOR THE NAVY. 

6 (a) INDEPENDENT STUDIES.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

8 provide for the performance of three independent stud9 ies of alternative future fleet platform architectures 

10 for the Navy in the 2030 timeframe. 

11 (2) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

12 May 1, 2016, the Secretary shall forward the results 

13 of each study to the congressional defense committees. 

14 (3) FORM.—Each such study shall be submitted 

15 in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 

16 annex as necessary. 

17 (b) ENTITIES TO PERFORM STUDIES.—The Secretary 

18 of Defense shall provide for the studies under subsection (a) 

19 to be performed as follows: 

20 (1) One study shall be performed by the Depart21 ment of the Navy and shall include participants 

22 from— 

23 (A) the Office of Net Assessment within the 

24 Office of the Secretary of Defense; and 
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1 (B) the Naval Surface Warfare Center 

2 Dahlgren Division. 

3 (2) The second study shall be performed by a fed4 erally funded research and development center. 

5 (3) The final study shall be conducted by an 

6 independent, non-governmental institute which is de7 scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

8 Code of 1986, and exempt from tax under section 

9 501(a) of such Code, and has recognized credentials 

10 and expertise in national security and military af11 fairs. 

12 (c) PERFORMANCE OF STUDIES.— 

13 (1) INDEPENDENT PERFORMANCE.—The Sec14 retary of Defense shall require the three studies under 

15 this section to be conducted independently of each 

16 other. 

17 (2) MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In per18 forming a study under this section, the organization 

19 performing the study, while being aware of the cur20 rent and projected fleet platform architectures, shall 

21 not be limited by the current or projected fleet plat22 form architecture and shall consider the following 

23 matters: 

24 (A) The National Security Strategy of the 

25 United States. 
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1 (B) Potential future threats to the United 

2 States and to United States naval forces in the 

3 2030 timeframe. 

4 (C) Traditional roles and missions of 

5 United States naval forces. 

6 (D) Alternative roles and missions for 

7 United States naval forces. 

8 (E) Other government and non-government 

9 analyses that would contribute to the study 

10 through variations in study assumptions or po11 tential scenarios. 

12 (F) The role of evolving technology on fu13 ture naval forces, including unmanned systems. 

14 (G) Opportunities for reduced personnel 

15 and sustainment costs. 

16 (H) Current and projected capabilities of 

17 other United States military services that could 

18 affect force structure capability and capacity re19 quirements of United States naval forces. 

20 (d) STUDY RESULTS.—The results of each study under 

21 this section shall— 

22 (1) present the alternative fleet platform archi23 tectures considered, with assumptions and possible 

24 scenarios identified for each; 
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1 (2) provide for presentation of minority views of 

2 study participants; and 

3 (3) for the recommended architecture, provide— 

4 (A) the numbers, kinds, and sizes of vessels, 

5 the numbers and types of associated manned and 

6 unmanned vehicles, and the basic capabilities of 

7 each of those platforms; 

8 (B) other information needed to understand 

9 that architecture in basic form and the sup10 porting analysis; 

11 (C) deviations from the current Annual 

12 Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Ves13 sels required under section 231 of title 10, 

14 United States Code; 

15 (D) options to address ship classes that 

16 begin decommissioning prior to 2035; and 

17 (E) implications for naval aviation, includ18 ing the future carrier air wing and land-based 

19 aviation platforms. 

20 SEC. 1022. AMENDMENT TO NATIONAL SEA-BASED DETER21 RENCE FUND. 

22 Section 1022(b)(1) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

23 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 

24 Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291) is amended by 

25 striking ‘‘for the Navy for the Ohio Replacement Program’’. 
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1 SEC. 1023. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REIMBURSE2 MENT OF EXPENSES FOR CERTAIN NAVY 

3 MESS OPERATIONS AFLOAT. 

4 (a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (b) of section 1014 of the 

5 Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 

6 Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4585), 

7 as amended by section 1021 of the Ike Skelton National De8 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 

9 111–383; 124 Stat. 4348), is further amended by striking 

10 ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

11 (b) TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS.—Sub12 section (a) of such section, as so amended, is further amend13 ed— 

14 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

15 striking ‘‘not more that’’ and inserting ‘‘not more 

16 than’’; and 

17 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Naval vessels’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘such vessels’’. 

19 SEC. 1024. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SUPPORTING LONG20 RANGE PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 

21 NAVAL VESSELS. 

22 Section 231(b)(2)(C) of title 10, United States Code, 

23 is amended by inserting ‘‘by ship class in both graphical 

24 and tabular form’’ after ‘‘The estimated levels of annual 

25 funding’’. 
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1 SEC. 1025. REPORT AND ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL 

2 COSTS AND BENEFITS OF PRIVATIZING DE3 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMMISSARIES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 1, 2016, 

5 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 

6 Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representa7 tives a report assessing the viability of privatizing, in whole 

8 or in part, the Department of Defense commissary system. 

9 The report shall be so submitted to Congress before the devel10 opment of any plans or pilot program to privatize defense 

11 commissaries or the defense commissary system. 

12 (b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment required by sub13 section (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following: 

14 (1) A methodology for defining the total number 

15 and locations of commissaries. 

16 (2) An evaluation of commissary use by location 

17 in the following beneficiary categories: 

18 (A) Pay grades E–1 through E–4. 

19 (B) Pay grades E–5 through E–7. 

20 (C) Pay grades E–8 and E–9. 

21 (D) Pay grades O–1 through O–3. 

22 (E) Pay grades O–4 through O–6. 

23 (F) Pay grades O–7 through O–10. 

24 (G) Military retirees. 

25 (3) An evaluation of commissary use in locations 

26 outside the continental United States and in remote 
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1 and isolated locations in the continental United 

2 States when compared with other locations. 

3 (4) An evaluation of the cost of commissary op4 erations during fiscal years 2009 through 2014. 

5 (5) An assessment of potential savings and effi6 ciencies to be achieved through implementation of 

7 some or all of recommendations of the Military Com8 pensation and Retirement Modernization Commis9 sion. 

10 (6) A description and evaluation of the strategy 

11 of the Defense Commissary Agency for pricing prod12 ucts sold at commissaries. 

13 (7) A description and evaluation of the transpor14 tation strategy of the Defense Commissary Agency for 

15 products sold at commissaries. 

16 (8) A description and evaluation of the formula 

17 of the Defense Commissary Agency for calculating 

18 savings for its customers as a result of its pricing 

19 strategy. 

20 (9) An evaluation of the average savings per 

21 household garnered by commissary use. 

22 (10) A description and evaluation of the use of 

23 private contractors and vendors as part of the defense 

24 commissary system. 
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1 (11) An assessment of costs or savings, and po2 tential impacts to patrons and the Government, of 

3 privatizing the defense commissary system, including 

4 potential increased use of Government assistance pro5 grams. 

6 (12) A description and assessment of potential 

7 barriers to privatization of the defense commissary 

8 system. 

9 (13) An assessment of the extent to which patron 

10 savings would remain after the privatization of the 

11 defense commissary system. 

12 (14) An assessment of the impact of any rec13 ommended changes to the operation of the defense 

14 commissary system on commissary patrons, including 

15 morale and retention. 

16 (15) An assessment of the actual interest of 

17 major grocery retailers in the management and oper18 ations of all, or part, of the existing defense com19 missary system. 

20 (16) An assessment of the impact of privatiza21 tion of the defense commissary system on off-installa22 tion prices of similar products available in the sys23 tem. 

24 (17) An assessment of the impact of privatiza25 tion of the defense commissary system, and conversion 
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1 of the Defense Commissary Agency workforce to non2 appropriated fund status, on employment of military 

3 family members, particularly with respect to pay, 

4 benefits, and job security. 

5 (18) An assessment of the impact of privatiza6 tion of the defense commissary system on Exchanges 

7 and Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) quality8 of-life programs. 

9 (c) USE OF PREVIOUS STUDIES.—The Secretary shall 

10 consult previous studies and surveys on matters appro11 priate to the report required by subsection (a), including, 

12 but not limited to, the following: 

13 (1) The January 2015 Final Report of the Mili14 tary Compensation and Retirement Modernization 

15 Commission. 

16 (2) The 2014 Military Family Lifestyle Survey 

17 Comprehensive Report. 

18 (3) The 2013 Living Patterns Survey. 

19 (4) The report required by section 634 of the 

20 Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 

21 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Pub22 lic Law 113–291) on the management, food, and pric23 ing options for the defense commissary system. 

24 (d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF RE25 PORT.—Not later than May 1, 2016, the Comptroller Gen-
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1 eral of the United States shall submit to the Committees 

2 on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep3 resentatives a report setting forth an assessment by the 

4 Comptroller General of the report required by subsection 

5 (a). Section 652 of this Act shall be null and void. 

6 SEC. 1026. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEFINI7 TION OF AND POLICY REGARDING SOFTWARE 

8 SUSTAINMENT. 

9 (a) REPORT ON ASSESSMENT OF DEFINITION AND

10 POLICY.—Not later than March 15, 2016, the Secretary of 

11 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

12 and the President pro tempore of the Senate a report setting 

13 forth an assessment, obtained by the Secretary for purposes 

14 of the report, on the definition used by the Department of 

15 Defense for and the policy of the Department regarding soft16 ware maintenance, particularly with respect to the totality 

17 of the term ‘‘software sustainment’’ in the definition of 

18 ‘‘depot-level maintenance and repair’’ under section 2460 

19 of title 10, United States Code. 

20 (b) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT.—The assessment ob21 tained for purposes of subsection (a) shall be conducted by 

22 a federally funded research and development center 

23 (FFRDC), or another appropriate independent entity with 

24 expertise in matters described in subsection (a), selected by 

25 the Secretary for purposes of the assessment. 
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1 (c) ELEMENTS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The assessment obtained for 

3 purposes of subsection (a) shall address, with respect 

4 to software and weapon systems of the Department of 

5 Defense (including space systems), each of the fol6 lowing: 

7 (A) Fiscal ramifications of current pro8 grams with regard to the size, scope, and cost of 

9 software to the program’s overall budget, includ10 ing embedded and support software, percentage 

11 of weapon systems’ functionality controlled by 

12 software, and reliance on proprietary data, proc13 esses, and components. 

14 (B) Legal status of the Department in re15 gards to adhering to section 2464(a)(1) of such 

16 title with respect to ensuring a ready and con17 trolled source of maintenance and sustainment 

18 on software for its weapon systems. 

19 (C) Operational risks and reduction to ma20 teriel readiness of current Department weapon 

21 systems related to software costs, delays, re-work, 

22 integration and functional testing, defects, and 

23 documentation errors. 

24 (D) Other matters as identified by the Sec25 retary. 
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1 (2) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—For each of sub2 paragraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1), the as3 sessment obtained for purposes of subsection (a) shall 

4 include review and analysis regarding sole-source 

5 contracts, range of competition, rights in technical 

6 data, public and private capabilities, integration lab 

7 initial costs and sustaining operations, and total obli8 gation authority costs of software, disaggregated by 

9 armed service, for the Department. 

10 (d) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT.—The Sec11 retary of Defense shall provide the independent entity de12 scribed in subsection (b) with timely access to appropriate 

13 information, data, resources, and analysis so that the entity 

14 may conduct a thorough and independent assessment as re15 quired under such subsection. 

16 Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 

17 SEC. 1031. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT 

18 OR MODIFY FACILITIES IN THE UNITED 

19 STATES TO HOUSE DETAINEES TRANS20 FERRED FROM UNITED STATES NAVAL STA21 TION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 

22 (a) PROHIBITION.—No amounts authorized to be ap23 propriated by this Act or otherwise available for the Depart24 ment of Defense may be used, during the period beginning 

25 on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the 
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1 effective date specified in section 1032(f), to construct or 

2 modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or 

3 possessions to house an individual detained at Guantanamo 

4 for the purpose of detention or imprisonment in the custody 

5 or control of the United States Government unless author6 ized by Congress. 

7 (b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 

8 shall not apply to any modification of facilities at United 

9 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

10 (c) INDIVIDUAL DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO DE11 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘individual detained at 

12 Guantanamo’’ means any individual located at United 

13 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of Octo14 ber 1, 2009, who— 

15 (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 

16 member of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

17 (2) is— 

18 (A) in the custody or under the control of 

19 the Department of Defense; or 

20 (B) otherwise under detention at United 

21 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

22 (d) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROHIBITION.—Section 

23 1033 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

24 Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 850), as amended 

25 by section 1032 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 
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1 McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2 2015 (Public Law 113–291), is repealed. 

3 SEC. 1032. LIMITATION ON THE TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF 

4 INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES 

5 NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

7 (b), no amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act 

8 or otherwise available for the Department of Defense may 

9 be used to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or re10 lease to or within the United States, its territories, or pos11 sessions of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee 

12 who— 

13 (1) is not a United States citizen or a member 

14 of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 

15 (2) is or was held on or after January 20, 2009, 

16 at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

17 Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 

18 (b) TRANSFER FOR DETENTION AND TRIAL.—The Sec19 retary of Defense may transfer a detainee described in sub20 section (a) to the United States for detention pursuant to 

21 the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 

22 107–40), trial, and incarceration if the Secretary— 

23 (1) determines that the transfer is in the na24 tional security interest of the United States; 
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1 (2) determines that appropriate actions have 

2 been taken, or will be taken, to address any risk to 

3 public safety that could arise in connection with de4 tention and trial in the United States; and 

5 (3) notifies the appropriate committees of Con6 gress not later than 30 days before the date of the pro7 posed transfer. 

8 (c) NOTIFICATION ELEMENTS.—A notification on a 

9 transfer under subsection (b)(3) shall include the following: 

10 (1) A statement of the basis for the determina11 tion that the transfer is in the national security in12 terest of the United States. 

13 (2) A description of the action the Secretary de14 termines have been taken, or will be taken, to address 

15 any risk to the public safety that could arise in con16 nection with the detention and trial in the United 

17 States. 

18 (d) STATUS WHILE IN THE UNITED STATES.—A de19 tainee who is transferred to the United States under this 

20 section— 

21 (1) shall not be permitted to apply for asylum 

22 under section 208 of the Immigration and Nation23 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158) or be eligible to apply for 

24 admission into the United States; 
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1 (2) shall be considered to be paroled into the 

2 United States temporarily pursuant to section 

3 212(d)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

4 (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)); 

5 (3) shall not at any time be subject to, and may 

6 not apply for or obtain, or be deemed to enjoy, any 

7 right, privilege, status, benefit, or eligibility for any 

8 benefit under any provision of the immigration laws 

9 (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration 

10 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17)), or any 

11 other law or regulation; and 

12 (4) shall not, as a result of such transfer, have 

13 a change in designation as an unprivileged enemy 

14 belligerent eligible for detention pursuant to the Au15 thorization for Use of Military Force, as determined 

16 in accordance with applicable law and regulations. 

17 (e) LIMITATIONS ON JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 

18 (1) LIMITATIONS.—Except as provided for in 

19 paragraph (2), no court, justice, or judge shall have 

20 jurisdiction to hear or consider any action against 

21 the United States or its agents relating to any aspect 

22 of the detention, transfer, treatment, or conditions of 

23 confinement of a detainee described in subsection (a) 

24 who is held by the Armed Forces of the United States. 
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1 (2) EXCEPTION.—A detainee who is transferred 

2 to the United States under this section shall not be 

3 deprived of the right to challenge his designation as 

4 an unprivileged enemy belligerent by filing a writ of 

5 habeas corpus as provided by the Supreme Court in 

6 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (548 U.S. 557 (2006)) and 

7 Boumediene v. Bush (553 U.S. 723 (2008)). 

8 (3) NO CAUSE OF ACTION IN DECISION NOT TO

9 TRANSFER.—A decision not to transfer a detainee to 

10 the United States under this section shall not give rise 

11 to a judicial cause of action. 

12 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsections (b), (c), (d), and 

13 (e) shall take effect on the effective date of a joint resolution 

14 approved pursuant to subsection (h) on the plan on the dis15 position of detainees held at United States Naval Station, 

16 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, submitted pursuant to subsection 

17 (g). 

18 (g) PLAN FOR DISPOSITION OF DETAINEES.— 

19 (1) REPORT ON PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary 

20 of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees 

21 of Congress a report setting forth a comprehensive 

22 plan on the disposition of detainees held at United 

23 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

24 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para25 graph (1) shall contain the following: 
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1 (A) A case-by-case determination made for 

2 each individual detained at Guantanamo of 

3 whether such individual is intended to be trans4 ferred to a foreign country, transferred to the 

5 United States for the purpose of civilian or mili6 tary trial, or transferred to the United States or 

7 another country for continued detention under 

8 the law of armed conflict. 

9 (B) The specific facility or facilities that 

10 are intended to be used, or modified to be used, 

11 to hold individuals inside the United States for 

12 the purpose of trial, for detention in the after13 math of conviction, or for continued detention 

14 under the law of armed conflict. 

15 (C) The estimated costs associated with the 

16 detention inside the United States of individuals 

17 detained at Guantanamo. 

18 (D) A description of the legal implications 

19 associated with the detention inside the United 

20 States of an individual detained at Guanta21 namo, including but not limited to the right to 

22 challenge such detention as unlawful. 

23 (E) A detailed description and assessment, 

24 made in consultation with the Secretary of State 

25 and the Director of National Intelligence, of the 
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1 actions that would be taken prior to the transfer 

2 to a foreign country of an individual detained at 

3 Guantanamo that would substantially mitigate 

4 the risk of such individual engaging or re5 engaging in any terrorist or other hostile activ6 ity that threatens the United States or United 

7 States person or interests. 

8 (F) What additional authorities, if any, 

9 may be necessary to detain an individual de10 tained at Guantanamo inside the United States 

11 as an unprivileged enemy belligerent pursuant to 

12 the Authorization for Use of Military Force, 

13 pending the end of hostilities or a future deter14 mination by the Secretary of Defense that such 

15 individual no longer poses a threat to the United 

16 States or United States persons or interests. 

17 (G) A plan for the disposition of any indi18 viduals who are detained by the United States 

19 under the law of armed conflict after the date of 

20 the report, including a plan to detain and inter21 rogate such individuals for the purposes of— 

22 (i) protecting the security of the United 

23 States, its persons, allies, and interests; and 
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1 (ii) collecting intelligence necessary to 

2 ensure the security of the United States, its 

3 person, allies, and interests. 

4 (3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

5 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

6 include a classified annex. 

7 (h) CONSIDERATION BY CONGRESS OF SECRETARY OF

8 DEFENSE PLAN.— 

9 (1) TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION.—For purposes 

10 of this section the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means only 

11 a joint resolution which is introduced within the 10- 

12 day period beginning on the date on which the Sec13 retary of Defense submits to Congress a report under 

14 subsection (g) and— 

15 (A) which does not have a preamble; 

16 (B) the matter after the resolving clause of 

17 which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress approves the 

18 plan of the Secretary of Defense on the disposi19 tion of detainees held at United States Naval 

20 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, under section 

21 1032(g) of the National Defense Authorization 

22 Act for Fiscal Year 2016 as submitted by the 

23 Secretary of Defense to Congress on 

24 llllll’’, the blank space being filled in 

25 with the appropriate date; and 
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1 (C) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint 

2 resolution approving the plan of the Secretary of 

3 Defense on the disposition of detainees held at 

4 United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

5 Cuba.’’. 

6 (2) REFERRAL.—A resolution described in para7 graph (1) that is introduced in the House of Rep8 resentatives shall be referred to the Committee on 

9 Armed Services of the House of Representatives. A 

10 resolution described in paragraph (1) introduced in 

11 the Senate shall be referred to the Committee on 

12 Armed Services of the Senate. 

13 (3) DISCHARGE.—If the committee to which a 

14 resolution described in paragraph (1) is referred has 

15 not reported such resolution (or an identical resolu16 tion) by the end of the 20-day period beginning on the 

17 date on which the Secretary submits to Congress a re18 port under subsection (g), such committee shall be, at 

19 the end of such period, discharged from further con20 sideration of such resolution, and such resolution 

21 shall be placed on the appropriate calendar of the 

22 House involved. 

23 (4) CONSIDERATION.—(A) On or after the third 

24 day after the date on which the committee to which 

25 such a resolution is referred has reported, or has been 
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1 discharged (under paragraph (3)) from further con2 sideration of, such a resolution, it is in order (even 

3 though a previous motion to the same effect has been 

4 disagreed to) for any Member of the respective House 

5 to move to proceed to the consideration of the resolu6 tion. A Member may make the motion only on the 

7 day after the calendar day on which the Member an8 nounces to the House concerned the Member’s inten9 tion to make the motion, except that, in the case of 

10 the House of Representatives, the motion may be 

11 made without such prior announcement if the motion 

12 is made by direction of the committee to which the 

13 resolution was referred. All points of order against the 

14 resolution (and against consideration of the resolu15 tion) are waived. The motion is highly privileged in 

16 the House of Representatives and is privileged in the 

17 Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not subject 

18 to amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a 

19 motion to proceed to the consideration of other busi20 ness. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the 

21 motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in 

22 order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of 

23 the resolution is agreed to, the respective House shall 

24 immediately proceed to consideration of the joint reso25 lution without intervening motion, order, or other 
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1 business, and the resolution shall remain the unfin2 ished business of the respective House until disposed 

3 of. 

4 (B) Debate on the resolution, and on all debat5 able motions and appeals in connection therewith, 

6 shall be limited to not more than 2 hours, which shall 

7 be divided equally between those favoring and those 

8 opposing the resolution. An amendment to the resolu9 tion is not in order. A motion further to limit debate 

10 is in order and not debatable. A motion to postpone, 

11 or a motion to proceed to the consideration of other 

12 business, or a motion to recommit the resolution is 

13 not in order. A motion to reconsider the vote by which 

14 the resolution is agreed to or disagreed to is not in 

15 order. 

16 (C) Immediately following the conclusion of the 

17 debate on a resolution described in paragraph (1) and 

18 a single quorum call at the conclusion of the debate 

19 if requested in accordance with the rules of the appro20 priate House, the vote on final passage of the resolu21 tion shall occur. 

22 (D) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair re23 lating to the application of the rules of the Senate or 

24 the House of Representatives, as the case may be, to 
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1 the procedure relating to a resolution described in 

2 paragraph (1) shall be decided without debate. 

3 (5) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE.—(A) If, 

4 before the passage by one House of a resolution of that 

5 House described in paragraph (1), that House receives 

6 from the other House a resolution described in para7 graph (1), then the following procedures shall apply: 

8 (i) The resolution of the other House shall 

9 not be referred to a committee and may not be 

10 considered in the House receiving it except in the 

11 case of final passage as provided in clause 

12 (ii)(II). 

13 (ii) With respect to a resolution described in 

14 paragraph (1) of the House receiving the resolu15 tion— 

16 (I) the procedure in that House shall 

17 be the same as if no resolution had been re18 ceived from the other House; but 

19 (II) the vote on final passage shall be 

20 on the resolution of the other House. 

21 (B) Upon disposition of the resolution received 

22 from the other House, it shall no longer be in order 

23 to consider the resolution that originated in the re24 ceiving House. 
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1 (6) RULES OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF

2 REPRESENTATIVES.—This subsection is enacted by 

3 Congress— 

4 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 

5 of the Senate and House of Representatives, re6 spectively, and as such it is deemed a part of the 

7 rules of each House, respectively, but applicable 

8 only with respect to the procedure to be followed 

9 in that House in the case of a resolution de10 scribed in paragraph (1), and it supersedes other 

11 rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent 

12 with such rules; and 

13 (B) with full recognition of the constitu14 tional right of either House to change the rules 

15 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 

16 House) at any time, in the same manner, and 

17 to the same extent as in the case of any other 

18 rule of that House. 

19 (i) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF DE20 TAINEES TRANSFERRED TO THE UNITED STATES.— 

21 (1) LIMITATION PENDING ENACTMENT OF JOINT

22 RESOLUTION APPROVING PLAN.—Notwithstanding any 

23 other provision of law and subject to paragraph (2), 

24 any individual detained at Guantanamo who is 

25 transferred to the United States after the date of the 
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1 enactment of this Act shall not be released within the 

2 United States or its territories, and may only be 

3 transferred or released in accordance with the proce4 dures under section 1033. 

5 (2) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OVERSEAS AFTER

6 ENACTMENT OF JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVING

7 PLAN.—Effective on the effective date specified in sub8 section (f)— 

9 (A) the provisions of section 1035 of the Na10 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

11 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 851; 10 

12 U.S.C. 801 note), as previously repealed by sec13 tion 1033, shall be revived; 

14 (B) the procedures under such section 1035, 

15 as so revived, shall apply to the transfer of indi16 viduals detained at Guantanamo to foreign 

17 countries rather than the procedures under 

18 section1033; and 

19 (C) in the application of procedures under 

20 such section 1035 as described in subparagraph 

21 (B), any reference to an individual detained at 

22 Guantanamo shall be deemed to refer also to any 

23 such individual transferred to the United States 

24 after such effective date. 
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1 (j) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROHIBITION.—Section 

2 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

3 Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 851), as amended 

4 by section 1033 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 

5 McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

6 2015 (Public Law 113–291), is repealed. 

7 (k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con9 gress’’ means— 

10 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

11 Committee on Appropriations, and the Select 

12 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

13 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

14 Committee on Appropriations, and the Perma15 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

16 House of Representatives. 

17 (2) The term ‘‘individual detained at Guanta18 namo’’ means any individual located at United 

19 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of 

20 October 1, 2009, who— 

21 (A) is not a citizen of the United States or 

22 a member of the Armed Forces of the United 

23 States; and 

24 (B) is— 
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1 (i) in the custody or under the control 

2 of the Department of Defense; or 

3 (ii) otherwise under detention at 

4 United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

5 Bay, Cuba. 

6 SEC. 1033. REENACTMENT AND MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN 

7 PRIOR REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATIONS 

8 RELATING TO TRANSFER OF DETAINEES AT 

9 UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA10 NAMO BAY, CUBA, TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES 

11 AND OTHER FOREIGN ENTITIES. 

12 (a) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED PRIOR TO TRANS13 FER.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para15 graph (2) and subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense 

16 may not use any amounts authorized to be appro17 priated or otherwise available to the Department of 

18 Defense to transfer any individual detained at Guan19 tanamo to the custody or control of the individual’s 

20 country of origin, any other foreign country, or any 

21 other foreign entity unless the Secretary submits to 

22 the appropriate committees of Congress the certifi23 cation described in subsection (b) not later than 30 

24 days before the transfer of the individual. 
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1 (2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply 

2 to any action taken by the Secretary to transfer any 

3 individual detained at Guantanamo to effectuate an 

4 order affecting the disposition of the individual that 

5 is issued by a court or competent tribunal of the 

6 United States having lawful jurisdiction (which the 

7 Secretary shall notify the appropriate committees of 

8 Congress of promptly after issuance). 

9 (b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this 

10 subsection is a written certification made by the Secretary 

11 of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State 

12 and in consultation with the Director of National Intel13 ligence, that— 

14 (1) the government of the foreign country or the 

15 recognized leadership of the foreign entity to which 

16 the individual detained at Guantanamo is to be 

17 transferred— 

18 (A) is not a designated state sponsor of ter19 rorism or a designated foreign terrorist organi20 zation; 

21 (B) maintains control over each detention 

22 facility in which the individual is to be detained 

23 if the individual is to be housed in a detention 

24 facility; 
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1 (C) is not, as of the date of the certification, 

2 facing a threat that is likely to substantially af3 fect its ability to exercise control over the indi4 vidual; 

5 (D) has taken or agreed to take effective ac6 tions to ensure that the individual cannot take 

7 action to threaten the United States, its citizens, 

8 or its allies in the future; 

9 (E) has taken or agreed to take such actions 

10 as the Secretary of Defense determines are nec11 essary to ensure that the individual cannot en12 gage or reengage in any terrorist activity; and 

13 (F) has agreed to share with the United 

14 States any information that— 

15 (i) is related to the individual or any 

16 associates of the individual; and 

17 (ii) could affect the security of the 

18 United States, its citizens, or its allies; 

19 (2) the United States Government and the gov20 ernment of the foreign country have entered into a 

21 written memorandum of understanding (MOU) re22 garding the transfer of the individual and such 

23 memorandum of understanding has previously been 

24 transmitted to the appropriate committees of Con25 gress; and 
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1 (3) includes an assessment, in classified or un2 classified form, of the capacity, willingness, and past 

3 practices (if applicable) of the foreign country or enti4 ty in relation to the Secretary’s certifications. 

5 (c) PROHIBITION IN CASES OF PRIOR CONFIRMED RE6 CIDIVISM.— 

7 (1) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in para8 graph (2) and subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense 

9 may not use any amounts authorized to be appro10 priated or otherwise available to the Department of 

11 Defense to transfer any individual detained at Guan12 tanamo to the custody or control of the individual’s 

13 country of origin, any other foreign country, or any 

14 other foreign entity if there is a confirmed case of any 

15 individual who was detained at United States Naval 

16 Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, at any time after 

17 September 11, 2001, who was transferred to such for18 eign country or entity and subsequently engaged in 

19 any terrorist activity. 

20 (2) EXCEPTION.—Subject to subsection (e), para21 graph (1) shall not apply to any action taken by the 

22 Secretary to transfer any individual detained at 

23 Guantanamo to effectuate an order affecting the dis24 position of the individual that is issued by a court or 

25 competent tribunal of the United States having lawful 
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1 jurisdiction (which the Secretary shall notify the ap2 propriate committees of Congress of promptly after 

3 issuance). 

4 (d) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (e), the 

6 Secretary of Defense may waive the applicability to 

7 a detainee transfer of a certification requirement 

8 specified in subparagraph (D) or (E) of subsection 

9 (b)(1), or the prohibition in subsection (c), if the Sec10 retary certifies the rest of the criteria required by sub11 section (b) for transfers prohibited by subsection (c) 

12 and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State 

13 and in consultation with the Director of National In14 telligence, determines that— 

15 (A) alternative actions will be taken to ad16 dress the underlying purpose of the requirement 

17 or requirements to be waived; 

18 (B) in the case of a waiver of subparagraph 

19 (D) or (E) of subsection (b)(1), it is not possible 

20 to certify that the risks addressed in the para21 graph to be waived have been completely elimi22 nated, but the actions to be taken under subpara23 graph (A) will substantially mitigate such risks 

24 with regard to the individual to be transferred; 
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1 (C) in the case of a waiver of subsection (c), 

2 the Secretary has considered any confirmed case 

3 in which an individual who was transferred to 

4 the country subsequently engaged in terrorist ac5 tivity, and the actions to be taken under sub6 paragraph (A) will substantially mitigate the 

7 risk of recidivism with regard to the individual 

8 to be transferred; and 

9 (D) the transfer is in the national security 

10 interests of the United States. 

11 (2) REPORTS.—Whenever the Secretary makes a 

12 determination under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

13 shall submit to the appropriate committees of Con14 gress, not later than 30 days before the transfer of the 

15 individual concerned, the following: 

16 (A) A copy of the determination and the 

17 waiver concerned. 

18 (B) A statement of the basis for the deter19 mination, including— 

20 (i) an explanation why the transfer is 

21 in the national security interests of the 

22 United States; 

23 (ii) in the case of a waiver of para24 graph (D) or (E) of subsection (b)(1), an 

25 explanation why it is not possible to certify 
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1 that the risks addressed in the paragraph to 

2 be waived have been completely eliminated; 

3 and 

4 (iii) a classified summary of— 

5 (I) the individual’s record of co6 operation while in the custody of or 

7 under the effective control of the De8 partment of Defense; and 

9 (II) the agreements and mecha10 nisms in place to provide for con11 tinuing cooperation. 

12 (C) A summary of the alternative actions to 

13 be taken to address the underlying purpose of, 

14 and to mitigate the risks addressed in, the para15 graph or subsection to be waived. 

16 (D) The assessment required by subsection 

17 (b)(2). 

18 (e) RECORD OF COOPERATION.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—In assessing the risk that an 

20 individual detained at Guantanamo will engage in 

21 terrorist activity or other actions that could affect the 

22 security of the United States if released for the pur23 pose of making a certification under subsection (b) or 

24 a waiver under subsection (d), the Secretary of De-
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1 fense may give favorable consideration to any such 

2 individual— 

3 (A) who has substantially cooperated with 

4 United States intelligence and law enforcement 

5 authorities, pursuant to a pre-trial agreement, 

6 while in the custody of or under the effective con7 trol of the Department of Defense; and 

8 (B) for whom agreements and effective 

9 mechanisms are in place, to the extent relevant 

10 and necessary, to provide for continued coopera11 tion with United States intelligence and law en12 forcement authorities. 

13 (2) REPORTS.—Each certification under sub14 section (b) or report under subsection (d)(2) that in15 cludes an assessment in which favorable consideration 

16 was given an individual as described in paragraph 

17 (1) shall also include the following: 

18 (A) A description of the cooperation for 

19 which favorable consideration was so given. 

20 (B) A description of operational outcomes, 

21 if any, affected by such cooperation. 

22 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1)(A) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of 

24 Congress’’ means— 
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1 (i) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

2 Committee on Appropriations, and the Select 

3 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

4 (ii) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

5 Committee on Appropriations, and the Perma6 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

7 House of Representatives. 

8 (B) In connection with a certification made 

9 under subsection (b), the term also includes the Com10 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 

11 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep12 resentatives, but only with respect to the submittal to 

13 such committees of a copy of the written memo14 randum of understanding concerned described in sub15 section (b)(2). 

16 (2) The term ‘‘individual detained at Guanta17 namo’’ means any individual located at United 

18 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of 

19 October 1, 2009, who— 

20 (A) is not a citizen of the United States or 

21 a member of the Armed Forces of the United 

22 States; and 

23 (B) is— 

24 (i) in the custody or under the control 

25 of the Department of Defense; or 
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1 (ii) otherwise under detention at 

2 United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

3 Bay, Cuba. 

4 (3) The term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ 

5 means any organization so designated by the Sec6 retary of State under section 219 of the Immigration 

7 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

8 (4) The term ‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ has the 

9 meaning given that term in section 301(13) of the 

10 Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

11 Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8541(13)). 

12 (g) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED REQUIREMENTS AND

13 LIMITATIONS.—Section 1035 of the National Defense Au14 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 

15 127 Stat. 851; 10 U.S.C. 801 note) is repealed. 

16 SEC. 1034. AUTHORITY TO TEMPORARILY TRANSFER INDI17 VIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES 

18 NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, 

19 TO THE UNITED STATES FOR EMERGENCY OR 

20 CRITICAL MEDICAL TREATMENT. 

21 (a) TRANSFER FOR EMERGENCY OR CRITICAL MED22 ICAL TREATMENT AUTHORIZED.—Notwithstanding any 

23 other provision of this subtitle, or any other provision of 

24 law enacted after September 30, 2013, but subject to sub25 section (b), the Secretary of Defense may temporarily trans-
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1 fer any individual detained at Guantanamo to a Depart2 ment of Defense medical facility in the United States for 

3 the sole purpose of providing the individual medical treat4 ment if the Secretary determines that— 

5 (1) the Senior Medical Officer, Joint Task 

6 Force–Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has determined that 

7 the medical treatment is necessary to prevent death or 

8 imminent significant injury or harm to the health of 

9 the individual; 

10 (2) based on the recommendation of the Senior 

11 Medical Officer, Joint Task Force–Guantanamo Bay, 

12 Cuba, the medical treatment is not available to be 

13 provided at United States Naval Station, Guanta14 namo Bay, Cuba, without incurring excessive and un15 reasonable costs; 

16 (3) the Department of Defense has provided for 

17 appropriate security measures for the custody and 

18 control of the individual during any period in which 

19 the individual is temporarily in the United States 

20 under this subsection; and 

21 (4) except in cases involving the especially im22 mediate need for the provision of medical treatment 

23 to prevent death or imminent significant injury or 

24 harm to the health of the individual, the estimated ag25 gregate cost of providing the individual medical treat-
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1 ment in a Department of Defense medical facility in 

2 the United States (including the cost of transferring 

3 and securing the individual in such facility during 

4 any period in which the individual is temporarily in 

5 the United States for treatment and the cost of treat6 ment) would be less than the estimated cost of pro7 viding the individual such medical treatment at 

8 United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay. 

9 (b) NOTICE TO CONGRESS REQUIRED BEFORE TRANS10 FER.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the require12 ments in subsection (a), an individual may not be 

13 temporarily transferred under the authority in that 

14 subsection unless the Secretary of Defense submits to 

15 the appropriate committees of Congress the notice de16 scribed in paragraph (2)— 

17 (A) not later than 30 days before the date 

18 of the proposed transfer; or 

19 (B) if notice cannot be provided in accord20 ance with subparagraph (A) because of an espe21 cially immediate need for the provision of med22 ical treatment to prevent death or imminent sig23 nificant injury or harm to the health of the indi24 vidual, as soon as is practicable, but not later 

25 than 5 days after the date of transfer. 
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1 (2) NOTICE ELEMENTS.—The notice on the 

2 transfer of an individual under this subsection shall 

3 include the following: 

4 (A) A statement of the basis for the deter5 mination that the transfer is necessary to pre6 vent death or imminent significant injury or 

7 harm to the health of the individual. 

8 (B) The specific Department of Defense 

9 medical facility that will provide medical treat10 ment to the individual. 

11 (C) A description of the actions the Sec12 retary determines have been taken, or will be 

13 taken, to address any risk to the public safety 

14 that could arise in connection with the provision 

15 of medical treatment to the individual in the 

16 United States. 

17 (c) LIMITATION ON EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY.—The 

18 authority of the Secretary of Defense under subsection (a) 

19 may be exercised only by the Secretary of Defense or by 

20 another official of the Department of Defense at the level 

21 of Under Secretary of Defense or higher. 

22 (d) CONDITIONS OF TRANSFER.—An individual who 

23 is temporarily transferred under the authority in subsection 

24 (a) shall— 
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1 (1) while in the United States, remain in the 

2 custody and control of the Secretary of Defense at all 

3 times; and 

4 (2) be returned to United States Naval Station, 

5 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as soon as feasible after a 

6 Department of Defense physician determines that— 

7 (A) the individual is medically cleared to 

8 travel; and 

9 (B) in consultation with the Commander, 

10 Joint Task Force–Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, any 

11 necessary follow-up medical care may reasonably 

12 be provided the individual at United States 

13 Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

14 (e) STATUS WHILE IN UNITED STATES.—An indi15 vidual who is temporarily transferred under the authority 

16 in subsection (a), while in the United States— 

17 (1) shall be deemed at all times and in all re18 spects to be in the uninterrupted custody of the Sec19 retary of Defense, as though the individual remained 

20 physically at United States Naval Station, Guanta21 namo Bay, Cuba; 

22 (2) shall not at any time be subject to, and may 

23 not apply for or obtain, or be deemed to enjoy, any 

24 right, privilege, status, benefit, or eligibility for any 

25 benefit under any provision of the immigration laws 
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1 (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration 

2 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17)), or any 

3 other law or regulation; 

4 (3) shall not be permitted to avail himself of any 

5 right, privilege, or benefit of any law of the United 

6 States beyond those available to individuals detained 

7 at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

8 Cuba; and 

9 (4) shall not, as a result of such transfer, have 

10 a change in any designation that may have attached 

11 to that detainee while detained at United States 

12 Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pursuant to 

13 the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public 

14 Law 107–40), as determined in accordance with ap15 plicable law and regulations.. 

16 (f) JUDICIAL REVIEW PRECLUDED.— 

17 (1) NO CREATION OF ENFORCEABLE RIGHTS.— 

18 Nothing in this section is intended to create any en19 forceable right or benefit, or any claim or cause of ac20 tion, by any party against the United States, or any 

21 other person or entity. 

22 (2) LIMITATION ON JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Except 

23 as provided in paragraph (3), no court, justice, or 

24 judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider any 

25 claim or action against the United States or its 
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1 agents relating to any aspect of the detention, trans2 fer, treatment, or conditions of confinement of an in3 dividual transferred under this section. 

4 (3) HABEAS CORPUS.— 

5 (A) JURISDICTION.—The United States Dis6 trict Court for the District of Columbia shall 

7 have exclusive jurisdiction to consider an appli8 cation for writ of habeas corpus challenging the 

9 fact or duration of detention and seeking release 

10 from custody filed by or on behalf of an indi11 vidual who is in the United States pursuant to 

12 a temporary transfer under subsection (a). Such 

13 jurisdiction shall be limited to that required by 

14 the Constitution with respect to the fact or dura15 tion of detention. 

16 (B) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—A court order 

17 in a proceeding covered by paragraph (3) may 

18 not— 

19 (i) review, halt, or stay the return of 

20 the individual who is the object of the appli21 cation to United States Naval Station, 

22 Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including pursu23 ant to subsection (d); or 

24 (ii) order the release of the individual 

25 within the United States. 
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1 (g) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall no2 tify the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 

3 the House of Representatives of any temporary transfer of 

4 an individual under the authority in subsection (a) not 

5 later than 5 days after the transfer of the individual under 

6 that authority. 

7 (h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con9 gress’’ means— 

10 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

11 Committee on Appropriations, and the Select 

12 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

13 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

14 Committee on Appropriations, and the Perma15 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

16 House of Representatives. 

17 (2) The term ‘‘individual detained at Guanta18 namo’’ means any individual located at United 

19 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of 

20 October 1, 2009, who— 

21 (A) is not a citizen of the United States or 

22 a member of the Armed Forces of the United 

23 States; and 

24 (B) is— 
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1 (i) in the custody or under the control 

2 of the Department of Defense; or 

3 (ii) otherwise under detention at 

4 United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

5 Bay, Cuba. 

6 SEC. 1035. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER 

7 OR RELEASE TO YEMEN OF INDIVIDUALS DE8 TAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, 

9 GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 

10 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

11 amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or other12 wise available for the Department of Defense may be used, 

13 during the period beginning on the date of the enactment 

14 of this Act and ending on December 31, 2016, to transfer, 

15 release, or assist in the transfer or release of any individual 

16 detained in the custody or under the control of the Depart17 ment of Defense at United States Naval Station, Guanta18 namo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the Republic 

19 of Yemen or any entity within Yemen. 

20 SEC. 1036. REPORT ON CURRENT DETAINEES AT UNITED 

21 STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, 

22 CUBA, DETERMINED OR ASSESSED TO BE 

23 HIGH RISK OR MEDIUM RISK. 

24 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after 

25 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
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1 fense shall submit to the appropriate committees and mem2 bers of Congress a report, in unclassified form, setting forth 

3 a list of the individuals detained at Guantanamo as of the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act who have been determined 

5 or assessed by Joint Task Force Guantanamo, at any time 

6 before the date of the report, to be a high-risk or medium7 risk threat to the United States, its interests, or its allies. 

8 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) shall 

9 set forth, for each individual covered by the report, the fol10 lowing: 

11 (1) The name and country of origin. 

12 (2) The date on which first designated or as13 sessed as a high-risk or medium-risk threat to the 

14 United States, its interests, or its allies. 

15 (3) Whether, as of the date of the report, cur16 rently designated or assessed as a high-risk or me17 dium-risk threat to the United States, its interests, or 

18 its allies. 

19 (4) If the designation or assessment changed be20 tween the date specified pursuant to paragraph (2) 

21 and the date of the report, the year and month in 

22 which the designation or assessment changed and the 

23 designation or assessment to which changed. 

24 (5) To the extent practicable, without jeopard25 izing intelligence sources and methods— 
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1 (A) prior actions in support of terrorism, 

2 hostile actions against the United States or its 

3 allies, gross violations of human rights, and 

4 other violations of international law; and 

5 (B) any affiliations with al Qaeda, al 

6 Qaeda affiliates, or other terrorist groups. 

7 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate committees and mem9 bers of Congress’’ means— 

10 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

11 Committee on Appropriations, and the Select 

12 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; 

13 (B) the Majority Leader and the Minority 

14 Leader of the Senate; 

15 (C) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

16 Committee on Appropriations, and the Perma17 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

18 House of Representatives; and 

19 (D) the Speaker of the House of Representa20 tives and the Minority Leader of the House of 

21 Representatives. 

22 (2) The term ‘‘individual detained at Guanta23 namo’’ means any individual located at United 

24 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of 

25 October 1, 2009, who— 
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1 (A) is not a citizen of the United States or 

2 a member of the Armed Forces of the United 

3 States; and 

4 (B) is— 

5 (i) in the custody or under the control 

6 of the Department of Defense; or 

7 (ii) otherwise under detention at 

8 United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

9 Bay, Cuba. 

10 SEC. 1037. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON MEMORANDA OF UN11 DERSTANDING WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES 

12 REGARDING TRANSFER OF DETAINEES AT 

13 UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA14 NAMO BAY, CUBA. 

15 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

18 Defense shall transmit to the appropriate committees 

19 of Congress a report setting forth the written memo20 randum of understanding between the United States 

21 Government and the government of the foreign coun22 try concerned regarding each individual detained at 

23 Guantanamo who was transferred to a foreign coun24 try during the 18-month period ending on the date of 

25 the enactment of this Act. 
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1 (2) STATEMENT ON LACK OF MOU.—If an indi2 vidual detained at Guantanamo was transferred to a 

3 foreign country during the period described in para4 graph (1) and no memorandum of understanding ex5 ists between the United States Government and the 

6 government of the foreign country regarding such in7 dividual, the report under paragraph (1) shall in8 clude an unclassified statement of that fact. 

9 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con11 gress’’ means— 

12 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

13 Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 

14 on Appropriations, and the Select Committee on 

15 Intelligence of the Senate; and 

16 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

17 Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

18 Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Com19 mittee on Intelligence of the House of Represent20 atives. 

21 (2) The term ‘‘individual detained at Guanta22 namo’’ means any individual located at United 

23 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as of 

24 October 1, 2009, who— 
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1 (A) is not a citizen of the United States or 

2 a member of the Armed Forces of the United 

3 States; and 

4 (B) is— 

5 (i) in the custody or under the control 

6 of the Department of Defense; or 

7 (ii) otherwise under detention at 

8 United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 

9 Bay, Cuba. 

10 SEC. 1038. SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON USE OF UNITED 

11 STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, 

12 CUBA, AND ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DE13 FENSE OR BUREAU OF PRISONS PRISON OR 

14 OTHER DETENTION OR DISCIPLINARY FACIL15 ITY IN RECRUITMENT AND OTHER PROPA16 GANDA OF TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than six months after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act, and every six months 

19 thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation 

20 with the Director of National Intelligence, submit to Con21 gress a report on the use by terrorist organizations and 

22 their leaders of images and symbols relating to United 

23 States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and any 

24 other Department of Defense or Bureau of Prisons prison 

25 or other detention or disciplinary facility for recruitment 
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1 and other propaganda purposes during the six-month pe2 riod ending on the date of such report. Each report shall 

3 include the following: 

4 (1) A description and assessment of the effective5 ness of the use of such images and symbols for recruit6 ment and other propaganda purposes. 

7 (2) A description and assessment of the efforts of 

8 the United States Government to counter the use of 

9 such images and symbols for such purposes and to 

10 disseminate accurate information about such facili11 ties. 

12 (b) ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IN FIRST REPORT.—The 

13 first report under subsection (a) shall include a description 

14 of the use by terrorist organizations and their leaders of 

15 images and symbols relating to United States Naval Sta16 tion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and any other Department 

17 of Defense or Bureau of Prisons prison or other detention 

18 or disciplinary facility for recruitment and other propa19 ganda purposes before the date of the enactment of this Act. 

20 SEC. 1039. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 

21 TO MAKE REWARDS FOR COMBATING TER22 RORISM. 

23 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE REWARDS

24 THROUGH GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL OF ALLIED

25 FORCES.—Subsection (c)(3)(C) of section 127b of title 10, 
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1 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 

2 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2016’’. 

3 (b) MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

4 Subsection (f)(2) of such section is amended— 

5 (1) by striking subparagraph (D); 

6 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E), (F), 

7 and (G), as subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F), respec8 tively; and 

9 (3) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated by 

10 paragraph (2), by inserting before the period at the 

11 end the following: ‘‘, including in which countries the 

12 program is being operated’’. 

13 (c) REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF COUNTRIES FOR

14 WHICH REWARDS MAY BE PAID.—Such section is further 

15 amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

16 ‘‘(h) REPORT ON DESIGNATION OF COUNTRIES FOR

17 WHICH REWARDS MAY BE PAID.—Not later than 15 days 

18 after the date on which the Secretary designates a country 

19 as a country in which an operation or activity of the armed 

20 forces is occurring in connection with which rewards may 

21 be paid under this section, the Secretary shall submit to 

22 the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

23 House of Representatives a report on the designation. Each 

24 report shall include the following: 

25 ‘‘(1) The country so designated. 
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1 ‘‘(2) The reason for the designation of the coun2 try. 

3 ‘‘(3) A justification for the designation of the 

4 country for purposes of this section.’’. 

5 (d) CHANGE OF SECTION HEADING TO REFLECT

6 NAME OF PROGRAM.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The heading of such section is 

8 amended to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘§ 127b. Department of Defense Rewards Program’’. 

10 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec11 tions at the beginning of chapter 3 of such title is 

12 amended by striking the item relating to section 127b 

13 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘127b. Department of Defense Rewards Program.’’. 

14 SEC. 1040. REAFFIRMATION OF THE PROHIBITION ON TOR15 TURE. 

16 (a) LIMITATION ON INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES TO

17 THOSE IN THE ARMY FIELD MANUAL.— 

18 (1) ARMY FIELD MANUAL 2–22.3 DEFINED.—In 

19 this subsection, the term ‘‘Army Field Manual 2– 

20 22.3’’ means the Army Field Manual 2–22.3 entitled 

21 ‘‘Human Intelligence Collector Operations’’ in effect 

22 on the date of the enactment of this Act or any simi23 lar successor Army Field Manual. 

24 (2) RESTRICTION.— 
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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—An individual described 

2 in subparagraph (B) shall not be subjected to 

3 any interrogation technique or approach, or any 

4 treatment related to interrogation, that is not 

5 authorized by and listed in the Army Field Man6 ual 2–22.3. 

7 (B) INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED.—An indi8 vidual described in this subparagraph is an in9 dividual who is— 

10 (i) in the custody or under the effective 

11 control of an officer, employee, or other 

12 agent of the United States Government; or 

13 (ii) detained within a facility owned, 

14 operated, or controlled by a department or 

15 agency of the United States, in any armed 

16 conflict. 

17 (3) IMPLEMENTATION.—Interrogation techniques, 

18 approaches, and treatments described in Army Field 

19 Manual 2–22.3 shall be implemented strictly in ac20 cord with the principles, processes, conditions, and 

21 limitations prescribed by Army Field Manual 2–22.3. 

22 (4) AGENCIES OTHER THAN THE DEPARTMENT

23 OF DEFENSE.—If a process required by Army Field 

24 Manual 2–22.3, such as a requirement of approval by 

25 a specified Department of Defense official, is inap-
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1 posite to a department or an agency other than the 

2 Department of Defense, the head of such department 

3 or agency shall ensure that a process that is substan4 tially equivalent to the process prescribed by Army 

5 Field Manual 2–22.3 for the Department of Defense 

6 is utilized by all officers, employees, or other agents 

7 of such department or agency. 

8 (5) INTERROGATION BY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCE9 MENT.—Nothing in this subsection shall preclude an 

10 officer, employee, or other agent of the Federal Bureau 

11 of Investigation or other Federal law enforcement 

12 agency from continuing to use authorized, non-coer13 cive techniques of interrogation that are designed to 

14 elicit voluntary statements and do not involve the use 

15 of force, threats, or promises. 

16 (6) UPDATE OF THE ARMY FIELD MANUAL.— 

17 (A) REQUIREMENT TO UPDATE.— 

18 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one 

19 year after the date of the enactment of this 

20 Act, and once every three years thereafter, 

21 the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

22 with the Attorney General, the Director of 

23 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and 

24 the Director of National Intelligence, shall 

25 complete a thorough review of Army Field 
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1 Manual 2–22.3, and revise Army Field 

2 Manual 2–22.3, as necessary to ensure that 

3 Army Field Manual 2–22.3 complies with 

4 the legal obligations of the United States 

5 and reflects current, evidence-based, best 

6 practices for interrogation that are designed 

7 to elicit reliable and voluntary statements 

8 and do not involve the use or threat of force. 

9 (ii) AVAILABILITY TO THE PUBLIC.— 

10 Army Field Manual 2–22.3 shall remain 

11 available to the public and any revisions to 

12 the Army Field Manual 2–22.3 adopted by 

13 the Secretary of Defense shall be made 

14 available to the public 30 days prior to the 

15 date the revisions take effect. 

16 (B) REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES OF INTER17 ROGATIONS.— 

18 (i) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not 

19 later than 120 days after the date of the en20 actment of this Act, the interagency body es21 tablished pursuant to Executive Order 

22 13491 (commonly known as the High-Value 

23 Detainee Interrogation Group) shall submit 

24 to the Secretary of Defense, the Director of 

25 National Intelligence, the Attorney General, 
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1 and other appropriate officials a report on 

2 current, evidence-based, best practices for 

3 interrogation that are designed to elicit reli4 able and voluntary statements and do not 

5 involve the use of force. 

6 (ii) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report 

7 required by clause (i) may include rec8 ommendations for revisions to Army Field 

9 Manual 2–22.3 based on the body of re10 search commissioned by the High-Value De11 tainee Interrogation Group. 

12 (iii) AVAILABILITY TO THE PUBLIC.— 

13 Not later than 30 days after the report re14 quired by clause (i) is submitted such report 

15 shall be made available to the public. 

16 (b) INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS

17 ACCESS TO DETAINEES.— 

18 (1) REQUIREMENT.—The head of any depart19 ment or agency of the United States Government shall 

20 provide the International Committee of the Red Cross 

21 with notification of, and prompt access to, any indi22 vidual detained in any armed conflict in the custody 

23 or under the effective control of an officer, employee, 

24 contractor, subcontractor, or other agent of the United 

25 States Government or detained within a facility 
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1 owned, operated, or effectively controlled by a depart2 ment, agency, contractor, or subcontractor of the 

3 United States Government, consistent with Depart4 ment of Defense regulations and policies. 

5 (2) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection 

6 shall be construed— 

7 (A) to create or otherwise imply the author8 ity to detain; or 

9 (B) to limit or otherwise affect any other 

10 individual rights or state obligations which may 

11 arise under United States law or international 

12 agreements to which the United States is a 

13 party, including the Geneva Conventions, or to 

14 state all of the situations under which notifica15 tion to and access for the International Com16 mittee of the Red Cross is required or allowed. 

17 Subtitle E—Miscellaneous 

18 Authorities and Limitations 

19 SEC. 1041. ASSISTANCE TO SECURE THE SOUTHERN LAND 

20 BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall pro22 vide assistance to United States Customs and Border Pro23 tection for purposes of increasing ongoing efforts to secure 

24 the southern land border of the United States. 
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1 (b) CONCURRENCE IN ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under 

2 subsection (a) shall be provided with the concurrence of the 

3 Secretary of Homeland Security. 

4 (c) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The assist5 ance provided under subsection (a) may include the fol6 lowing: 

7 (1) Deployment of members and units of the reg8 ular and reserve components of the Armed Forces to 

9 the southern land border of the United States. 

10 (2) Deployment of manned aircraft, unmanned 

11 aerial surveillance systems, and ground-based surveil12 lance systems to support continuous surveillance of 

13 the southern land border of the United States. 

14 (3) Intelligence analysis support. 

15 (d) MATERIEL AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT.—The Sec16 retary of Defense is authorized to deploy such materiel and 

17 equipment and logistics support as is necessary to ensure 

18 the effectiveness of assistance provided under subsection (a). 

19 (e) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be appro20 priated for the Department of Defense by this Act, the Sec21 retary of Defense may use up to $75,000,000 to provide as22 sistance under this section. 

23 (f) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

24 of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, 

25 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
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1 defense committees a report on any provision of assistance 

2 under subsection (a) during the 90-day period ending on 

3 the date of such report. Each report shall include, for the 

4 period covered by such report, the following: 

5 (1) A description of the assistance provided. 

6 (2) A description of the sources and amounts of 

7 funds used to provide such assistance. 

8 (3) A description of the amounts obligated to 

9 provide such assistance. 

10 SEC. 1042. PROTECTION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN11 STALLATIONS. 

12 (a) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AUTHORITY.—Chapter 

13 159 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

14 after section 2671 the following new section: 

15 ‘‘§ 2672. Protection of buildings, grounds, property, 

16 and persons 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

18 protect the buildings, grounds, and property that are under 

19 the jurisdiction, custody, or control of the Department of 

20 Defense and the persons on that property. 

21 ‘‘(b) OFFICERS AND AGENTS.—(1)(A) The Secretary of 

22 Defense may designate military or civilian personnel of the 

23 Department of Defense as officers and agents to perform 

24 the functions of the Secretary under subsection (a), includ25 ing, with regard to civilian officers and agents, duty in 
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1 areas outside the property specified in that subsection to 

2 the extent necessary to protect that property and persons 

3 on that property. 

4 ‘‘(B) A designation under subparagraph (A) may be 

5 made by individual, by position, by installation, or by such 

6 other category of personnel as the Secretary determines ap7 propriate. 

8 ‘‘(C) In making a designation under subparagraph (A) 

9 with respect to any category of personnel, the Secretary 

10 shall specify each of the following: 

11 ‘‘(i) The personnel or positions to be included in 

12 the category. 

13 ‘‘(ii) Which authorities provided for in para14 graph (2) may be exercised by personnel in that cat15 egory. 

16 ‘‘(iii) In the case of civilian personnel in that 

17 category— 

18 ‘‘(I) which authorities provided for in para19 graph (2), if any, are authorized to be exercised 

20 outside the property specified in subsection (a); 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(II) with respect to the exercise of any such 

23 authorities outside the property specified in sub24 section (a), the circumstances under which co25 ordination with law enforcement officials outside 
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1 of the Department of Defense should be sought in 

2 advance. 

3 ‘‘(D) The Secretary may make a designation under 

4 subparagraph (A) only if the Secretary determines, with re5 spect to the category of personnel to be covered by that des6 ignation, that— 

7 ‘‘(i) the exercise of each specific authority pro8 vided for in paragraph (2) to be delegated to that cat9 egory of personnel is necessary for the performance of 

10 the duties of the personnel in that category and such 

11 duties cannot be performed as effectively without such 

12 authorities; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) the necessary and proper training for the 

14 authorities to be exercised is available to the personnel 

15 in that category. 

16 ‘‘(2) Subject to subsection (h) and to the extent specifi17 cally authorized by the Secretary, while engaged in the per18 formance of official duties pursuant to this section, an offi19 cer or agent designated under this subsection may— 

20 ‘‘(A) enforce Federal laws and regulations for the 

21 protection of persons and property; 

22 ‘‘(B) carry firearms; 

23 ‘‘(C) make arrests— 
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1 ‘‘(i) without a warrant for any offense 

2 against the United States committed in the pres3 ence of the officer or agent; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) for any felony cognizable under the 

5 laws of the United States if the officer or agent 

6 has reasonable grounds to believe that the person 

7 to be arrested has committed or is committing a 

8 felony; 

9 ‘‘(D) serve warrants and subpoenas issued under 

10 the authority of the United States; and 

11 ‘‘(E) conduct investigations, on and off the prop12 erty in question, of offenses that may have been com13 mitted against property under the jurisdiction, cus14 tody, or control of the Department of Defense or per15 sons on such property. 

16 ‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense 

17 may prescribe regulations, including traffic regulations, 

18 necessary for the protection and administration of property 

19 under the jurisdiction, custody, or control of the Depart20 ment of Defense and persons on that property. The regula21 tions may include reasonable penalties, within the limits 

22 prescribed in paragraph (2), for violations of the regula23 tions. The regulations shall be posted and remain posted 

24 in a conspicuous place on the property to which they apply. 
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1 ‘‘(2) A person violating a regulation prescribed under 

2 this subsection shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for 

3 not more than 30 days, or both. 

4 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.— 

5 The authority of the Secretary of Defense under subsections 

6 (b) and (c) may be exercised only by the Secretary or the 

7 Deputy Secretary of Defense. 

8 ‘‘(e) DISPOSITION OF PERSONS ARRESTED.—A person 

9 who is arrested pursuant to authority exercised under sub10 section (b) may not be held in a military confinement facil11 ity, other than in the case of a person who is subject to 

12 chapter 47 of this title (the Uniform Code of Military Jus13 tice). 

14 ‘‘(f) FACILITIES AND SERVICES OF OTHER AGEN15 CIES.—In implementing this section, when the Secretary of 

16 Defense determines it to be economical and in the public 

17 interest, the Secretary may utilize the facilities and services 

18 of Federal, State, Indian tribal, and local law enforcement 

19 agencies, with the consent of those agencies, and may reim20 burse those agencies for the use of their facilities and serv21 ices. Such services of State, Indian tribal, and local law 

22 enforcement, including application of their powers of law 

23 enforcement, may be provided notwithstanding that the 

24 property is subject to the legislative jurisdiction of the 

25 United States. 
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1 ‘‘(g) AUTHORITY OUTSIDE FEDERAL PROPERTY.—For 

2 the protection of property under the jurisdiction, custody, 

3 or control of the Department of Defense and persons on that 

4 property, the Secretary of Defense may enter into agree5 ments with Federal agencies and with State, Indian tribal, 

6 and local governments to obtain authority for civilian offi7 cers and agents designated under this section to enforce Fed8 eral laws and State, Indian tribal, and local laws concur9 rently with other Federal law enforcement officers and with 

10 State, Indian tribal, and local law enforcement officers. 

11 ‘‘(h) ATTORNEY GENERAL APPROVAL.—The powers 

12 granted pursuant to subsection (b)(2) to officers and agents 

13 designated under subsection (b)(1) shall be exercised in ac14 cordance with guidelines approved by the Attorney General. 

15 Such guidelines may include specification of the geo16 graphical extent of property outside of the property speci17 fied in subsection (a) within which those powers may be 

18 exercised. 

19 ‘‘(i) LIMITATION WITH REGARD TO OTHER FEDERAL

20 AGENCIES.—Nothing in this section shall be construed as 

21 affecting the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Secu22 rity to provide for the protection of facilities (including the 

23 buildings, grounds, and properties of the General Services 

24 Administration) that are under the jurisdiction, custody, 

25 or control, in whole or in part, of a Federal agency other 
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1 than the Department of Defense and that are located off 

2 of a military installation. 

3 ‘‘(j) COOPERATION WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

4 AGENCIES.—Before authorizing civilian officers and agents 

5 to perform duty in areas outside the property specified in 

6 subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall consult with, 

7 and is encouraged to enter into agreements with, local law 

8 enforcement agencies exercising jurisdiction over such areas 

9 for the purposes of avoiding conflicts of jurisdiction, pro10 moting notification of planned law enforcement actions, 

11 and otherwise facilitating productive working relationships. 

12 ‘‘(k) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 

13 Nothing in this section shall be construed— 

14 ‘‘(1) to preclude or limit the authority of any 

15 Federal law enforcement agency; 

16 ‘‘(2) to restrict the authority of the Secretary of 

17 Homeland Security under the Homeland Security Act 

18 of 2002 or of the Administrator of General Services, 

19 including the authority to promulgate regulations af20 fecting property under the custody and control of that 

21 Secretary or the Administrator, respectively; 

22 ‘‘(3) to expand or limit section 21 of the Internal 

23 Security Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 797); 

24 ‘‘(4) to affect chapter 47 of this title; 
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1 ‘‘(5) to restrict any other authority of the Sec2 retary of Defense or the Secretary of a military de3 partment; or 

4 ‘‘(6) to restrict the authority of the Director of 

5 the National Security Agency under section 11 of the 

6 National Security Agency Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C. 

7 3609).’’. 

8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

9 the beginning of chapter 159 of such title is amended by 

10 inserting after the item relating to section 2671 the fol11 lowing new item: 

‘‘2672. Protection of buildings, grounds, property, and persons.’’. 

12 SEC. 1043. STRATEGY TO PROTECT UNITED STATES NA13 TIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS IN THE ARCTIC 

14 REGION. 

15 (a) REPORT ON STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later 

16 than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

17 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 

18 defense committees a report that sets forth an updated mili19 tary strategy for the protection of United States national 

20 security interests in the Arctic region. 

21 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 

22 shall include the following: 

23 (1) A description of United States military in24 terests in the Arctic region. 
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1 (2) A description of operational plans and asso2 ciated military requirements for the protection of 

3 United States national security interests in the Arctic 

4 region, including United States citizens, territory, 

5 freedom of navigation, and economic and trade inter6 ests. 

7 (3) An identification of any operational seams 

8 and a plan to enhance unity of effort among the com9 batant commands with responsibility for the Arctic 

10 region, as well as among the Armed Forces. 

11 (4) A description of the security environment in 

12 the Arctic region, including the activities of foreign 

13 nations operating within the Arctic region. 

14 (5) A description of United States military ca15 pabilities required to implement the strategy required 

16 by subsection (a). 

17 (6) An identification of any capability gaps and 

18 resource gaps, including in installations, infrastruc19 ture, communications and domain awareness, and 

20 personnel in the Arctic region, that would impact the 

21 implementation of the strategy required by subsection 

22 (a) or the execution of any associated operational 

23 plan, and a mitigation plan to address such gaps. 

24 (7) A plan to enhance military-to-military co25 operation with partner nations that have mutual se-
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1 curity interests in the Arctic region, including by ex2 ploring opportunities for sharing installations and 

3 maintenance facilities. 

4 (c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 

5 be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi6 fied annex. 

7 SEC. 1044. EXTENSION OF LIMITATIONS ON THE TRANSFER 

8 TO THE REGULAR ARMY OF AH–64 APACHE 

9 HELICOPTERS ASSIGNED TO THE ARMY NA10 TIONAL GUARD. 

11 (a) EXTENSION.—Section 1712 of the Carl Levin and 

12 Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza13 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291) is 

14 amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ each place it ap15 pears and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’. 

16 (b) READINESS OF AIRCRAFT AND PERSONNEL.—Sub17 section (c) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

18 year 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2015 and 2016’’. 
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1 SEC. 1045. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PREVIOUSLY TRANS2 FERRED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD HELI3 COPTERS AS COUNTING AGAINST NUMBER 

4 TRANSFERRABLE UNDER EXCEPTION TO LIM5 ITATION ON TRANSFER OF ARMY NATIONAL 

6 GUARD HELICOPTERS. 

7 (a) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days 

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

9 of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense com10 mittees a report setting forth the number of AH–64D 

11 Apache helicopters that have been transferred from the 

12 Army National Guard to the original equipment manufac13 turer for the purpose of remanufacture to the AH–64E 

14 Apache helicopter variant. 

15 (b) TREATMENT AS COUNTING AGAINST NUMBER

16 TRANSFERRABLE.—The Secretary of the Army shall treat 

17 the number of helicopters specified in the report under sub18 section (a) as counting against the total number of AH– 

19 64 Apache helicopters that may be transferred from the 

20 Army National Guard to the regular Army pursuant to 

21 subsection (e) of section 1712 of the Carl Levin and Howard 

22 B. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 

23 Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3668). 

24 (c) CONSTRUCTION WITH REQUIRED CERTIFI25 CATION.—Nothing in this subsection may be construed to 

26 alter or terminate the requirement for a certification by the 
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1 Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (f) of section 

2 1712 of the Carl Levin and Howard B. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon 

3 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 

4 as a precondition for any action under subsection (e) of 

5 such section. 

6 SEC. 1046. MANAGEMENT OF MILITARY TECHNICIANS. 

7 (a) CONVERSION OF CERTAIN MILITARY TECHNICIAN

8 (DUAL STATUS) POSITIONS TO CIVILIAN POSITIONS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

10 convert not fewer than 20 percent of the positions de11 scribed in paragraph (2) as of January 1, 2017, from 

12 military technician (dual status) positions to posi13 tions filled by individuals who are employed under 

14 section 3101 of title 5, United States Code, and are 

15 not military technicians. 

16 (2) COVERED POSITIONS.—The positions de17 scribed in this paragraph are military technician 

18 (dual status) positions as follows: 

19 (A) Military technician (dual status) posi20 tions identified as general administration, cler21 ical, and office service occupations in the report 

22 of the Secretary of Defense under section 519 of 

23 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis24 cal Year 2011 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 

25 1397). 
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1 (B) Such other military technician (dual 

2 status) positions as the Secretary shall specify 

3 for purposes of this subsection. 

4 (b) PHASED-IN TERMINATION OF ARMY RESERVE, AIR

5 FORCE RESERVE, AND NATIONAL GUARD NON-DUAL STA6 TUS TECHNICIANS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 10217 of title 10, 

8 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

9 the following new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(d) PHASED-IN TERMINATION OF POSITIONS.—(1) No 

11 individual may be newly hired or employed, or rehired or 

12 reemployed, as a non-dual status technician for the pur13 poses of this section after December 31, 2016. 

14 ‘‘(2) Commencing January 1, 2017, the maximum 

15 number of non-dual status technicians employable by the 

16 Army Reserve and by the Air Force Reserve shall be reduced 

17 from the number otherwise provided by subsection (c)(1) by 

18 one for each individual who retires, is separated from, or 

19 otherwise ceases service as a non-dual status technician of 

20 the Army Reserve or the Air Force Reserve, as the case may 

21 be, after such date until the maximum number of non-dual 

22 status technicians employable by the Army Reserve or the 

23 Air Force Reserve, as the case may be, is zero. 

24 ‘‘(3) Commencing January 1, 2017, the maximum 

25 number of non-dual status technicians employable by the 
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1 National Guard shall be reduced from the number otherwise 

2 provided by subsection (c)(2) by one for each individual 

3 who retires, is separated from, or otherwise ceases service 

4 as a non-dual status technician of the National Guard after 

5 such date until the maximum number of non-dual status 

6 technicians employable by the National Guard is zero. 

7 ‘‘(4) Any individual newly hired or employed, or re8 hired or employed, to a position required to be filled by 

9 reason of the amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be 

10 an individual employed in such position under section 3101 

11 of title 5, and may not be a military technician. 

12 ‘‘(5) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 

13 terminate the status as a non-dual status technician under 

14 this section after December 31, 2016, of any individual who 

15 is a non-dual status technician for the purposes of this sec16 tion on that date.’’. 

17 (2) REPORT ON PHASED-IN TERMINATIONS.—Not 

18 later than February 1, 2016, the Secretary of Defense 

19 shall submit to Congress a report setting forth a plan 

20 for implementing the amendment made by paragraph 

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1 SEC. 1047. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CONSIDERATION OF 

2 THE FULL RANGE OF DEPARTMENT OF DE3 FENSE MANPOWER WORLDWIDE IN DECI4 SIONS ON THE PROPER MIX OF MILITARY, CI5 VILIAN, AND CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL TO 

6 ACCOMPLISH THE NATIONAL DEFENSE 

7 STRATEGY. 

8 It is the sense of Congress that, as the Department of 

9 Defense makes decisions on military end strength requests, 

10 proper sizing of the civilian workforce, and the proper mix 

11 of these sources of manpower with contractor personnel to 

12 accomplish the National Defense Strategy, the Secretary of 

13 Defense should consider the full range of manpower avail14 able to the Secretary in all locations worldwide in order 

15 to arrive at the proper mix and size of manpower to accom16 plish that Strategy without arbitrarily protecting or ex17 empting any particular group or location of manpower. 

18 SEC. 1048. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE UNITED STATES MA19 RINE CORPS. 

20 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find21 ings: 

22 (1) As senior United States statesmen Dr. Henry 

23 Kissinger wrote in testimony submitted to the Com24 mittee on Armed Services of the Senate on January 

25 29, 2015, ‘‘[t]he United States has not faced a more 
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1 diverse and complex array of crises since the end of 

2 the Second World War.’’. 

3 (2) The rise of committed, non-state forces and 

4 near peer competitors has introduced destabilizing 

5 pressures around the globe. 

6 (3) Advances in information and weapons tech7 nology have reduced the time available for the United 

8 States to prepare for a respond to crises against ei9 ther known or unknown threats. 

10 (4) The importance of the maritime domain can11 not be overstated. As acknowledged in the March 2015 

12 Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard maritime 

13 strategy entitled ‘‘A Cooperative Strategy for 21st 

14 Century Seapower: Forward, Engaged, Ready’’, 

15 ‘‘[o]ceans are the lifeblood of the interconnected global 

16 community. . .90 percent of trade by volume across 

17 the oceans. Approximately 70 percent of the world’s 

18 population lives within 100 miles of the coastline’’. 

19 (5) In this global security environment, it is 

20 critical that the United States possess a maritime 

21 forces whose mission and ethos is readiness, a fight to22 night force, forward deployed, that can respond imme23 diately to emergent crises across the full range of 

24 military operations around the globe either from the 

25 sea or home station. 
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1 (6) The need for such forces was recognized by 

2 the 82nd Congress during the Korean War, when it 

3 mandated a core mission for the Nation’s leanest 

4 force, the Marine Corps, to be most ready when the 

5 nation is least ready. 

6 (7) In recognition of this continued need and the 

7 wisdom of the 82nd Congress, the Senate reaffirms 

8 section 5063 of title 10, United States Code, uniquely 

9 charging the United States Marine Corps with this 

10 responsibility. 

11 (b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 

12 that— 

13 (1) the Marine Corps, within the Department of 

14 the Navy, should remain the Nation’s expeditionary, 

15 crisis response force; and 

16 (2) as provided in section 5063 of title 10, 

17 United States Code, the Marine Corps should— 

18 (A) be organized to include no less than 

19 three combat divisions and three air wings, and 

20 such other land combat, aviation, and other serv21 ices as may be organic to it; 

22 (B) be organized, trained, and equipped to 

23 provide fleet marine forces of combined arms, to24 gether with supporting air components, for serv25 ice with the fleet in the seizure or defense of ad-
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1 vanced naval bases and for the conduct of such 

2 land operations as may be essential to the pros3 ecution of a naval campaign; and 

4 (C) provide detachments and organizations 

5 for service on armed vessels of the Navy, provide 

6 security detachments for the protection of naval 

7 property at naval stations and bases, and per8 form such other duties as the President may di9 rect; 

10 (D) develop, in coordination with the Army 

11 and the Air Force, those phases of amphibious 

12 operations that pertain to the tactics, techniques, 

13 and equipment used by landing forces; and 

14 (E) be responsible, in accordance with the 

15 integrated joint mobilization plans, for the ex16 pansion of peacetime components of the Marine 

17 Corps to meet the needs of war. 

18 Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 

19 SEC. 1061. REPEAL OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

20 (a) REPORTS UNDER TITLE 10, UNITED STATES

21 CODE.— 

22 (1) ANNUAL REPORT ON GIFTS MADE FOR THE

23 BENEFIT OF MILITARY MUSICAL UNITS.—Section 

24 974(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 

25 striking paragraph (3). 
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1 (2) BIENNIAL REPORT ON SPACE SCIENCE AND

2 TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY.—Section 2272(a) of title 10, 

3 United States Code, is amended by striking para4 graph (5). 

5 (3) ANNUAL REPORT ON PRIZES FOR ADVANCED

6 TECHNOLOGY ACHIEVEMENTS.—Section 2374a of title 

7 10, United States Code, is amended— 

8 (A) by striking subsection (e); and 

9 (B) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub10 section (e). 

11 (b) REPORTS UNDER PUBLIC LAW 113–66.— 

12 (1) REPORTS ON USE OF TEMPORARY AUTHORI13 TIES FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS AT DOD RESEARCH AND

14 ENGINEERING FACILITIES.—Section 1107 of the Na15 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 

16 (10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended— 

17 (A) by striking subsection (g); and 

18 (B) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub19 section (g). 

20 (2) ANNUAL REPORT ON ADVANCING SMALL BUSI21 NESS GROWTH.—Section 1611 of the National Defense 

22 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (127 Stat. 

23 946) is amended by striking subsection (d). 

24 (c) REPORTS UNDER PUBLIC LAW 112–239.— 
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1 (1) ANNUAL REPORTS ON QUALITY ASSURANCE

2 PROGRAMS FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION BOARDS AND

3 PHYSICIAN EVALUATION BOARDS AND RELATED PER4 SONNEL.—Section 524 of the National Defense Au5 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 

6 112–239; 126 Stat. 1723; 10 U.S.C. 1222 note) is 

7 amended by striking subsection (c). 

8 (2) ANNUAL IMPACT STATEMENT ON NUMBER OF

9 MEMBERS IN INTEGRATED DISABILITY EVALUATION

10 SYSTEM ON READINESS REQUIREMENTS.—Section 528 

11 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

12 Year 2013 (126 Stat. 1725) is repealed. 

13 (3) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NOTICE ON UN14 FUNDED PRIORITIES.—Section 1003 of the National 

15 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (126 

16 Stat. 1903) is repealed. 

17 (d) ANNUAL UPDATES ON IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR

18 WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT VISION PRESCRIBED IN THE NA19 TIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY.—Section 1072 of the Na20 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub21 lic Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1592; 50 U.S.C. 3043 note) is 

22 amended— 

23 (1) by striking subsection (b); and 

24 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 

25 (b). 
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1 (e) REPORTS UNDER PUBLIC LAW 111–383.— 

2 (1) REPORTS ON DEFENSE RESEARCH AND DE3 VELOPMENT RAPID INNOVATION PROGRAM.—Section 

4 1073 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authoriza5 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 

6 124 Stat. 4366; 10 U.S.C. 2359 note) is amended— 

7 (A) by striking subsection (f); and 

8 (B) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub9 section (f). 

10 (2) REPORT ON TASK FORCE FOR BUSINESS AND

11 STABILITY OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN.—Section 

12 1535(a) of the Ike Skelton National Defense Author13 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (124 Stat. 4426) is 

14 amended by striking paragraph (6). 

15 (f) ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ELECTRONIC WARFARE

16 STRATEGY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—Section 

17 1053 of National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

18 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2458) is repealed. 

19 (g) REPORTS UNDER PUBLIC LAW 110–417.— 

20 (1) MITIGATION OF POWER OUTAGE RISKS FOR

21 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES AND ACTIVI22 TIES.—Section 335 of the Duncan Hunter Nation De23 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 

24 Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4422; 10 U.S.C. 2911 note) 

25 is amended by striking subsection (c). 
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1 (2) UPDATES OF INCREASES IN NUMBER OF

2 UNITS OF JROTC.—Section 548 of the Duncan Hunter 

3 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

4 2009 (122 Stat. 4466) is amended by striking sub5 section (e). 

6 (3) ANNUAL REPORTS ON CENTER OF EXCEL7 LENCE ON TRAUMATIC EXTREMITY INJURIES AND AM8 PUTATIONS.—Section 723 of the Duncan Hunter Na9 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 

10 (122 Stat. 4508) is amended by striking (d). 

11 (4) SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON STATUS OF NAVY

12 NEXT GENERATION ENTERPRISE NETWORKS PRO13 GRAM.—Section 1034 of the Duncan Hunter National 

14 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (122 

15 Stat. 4593) is hereby repealed. 

16 (h) REPORTS UNDER PUBLIC LAW 110–181.— 

17 (1) BIENNIAL UPDATE OF STRATEGIC MANAGE18 MENT PLAN.—Section 904(d) of the National Defense 

19 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 

20 110–181; 122 Stat. 275) is amended by striking para21 graph (3). 

22 (2) REPORTS ON ACCESS OF RECOVERING

23 SERVICEMEMBERS TO ADEQUATE OUTPATIENT RESI24 DENTIAL FACILITIES.—Section 1662 of the Wounded 
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1 Warrior Act (title XVI of Public Law 110–181; 122 

2 Stat. 479; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note) is amended— 

3 (A) by striking ‘‘(a) REQUIRED INSPEC4 TIONS OF FACILITIES.—’’; and 

5 (B) by striking subsection (b). 

6 (i) REPORTS UNDER PUBLIC LAW 109–364.— 

7 (1) ROADMAPS AND REPORTS ON HYPERSONICS

8 DEVELOPMENT.—Section 218 of the John Warner Na9 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 

10 (10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended— 

11 (A) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph 

12 (4); and 

13 (B) by striking subsection (f). 

14 (2) UPDATES OF ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL EDU15 CATIONAL AGENCIES EXPERIENCING GROWTH IN EN16 ROLLMENT DUE TO FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGE AND

17 OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.—Section 574 of the John 

18 Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

19 Year 2007 (20 U.S.C. 7703b note) is amended— 

20 (A) by striking subsection (c); and 

21 (B) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) 

22 as subsections (c) and (d), respectively. 

23 (3) ANNUAL REPORT ON OVERHAUL, REPAIR, 

24 AND MAINTENANCE OF VESSELS UNDER ACQUISITION

25 POLICY ON OBTAINING CARRIAGE BY VESSEL.—Section 
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1 1017 of the John Warner National Defense Authoriza2 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (120 Stat. 2379) is 

3 amended— 

4 (A) by striking subsection (e); and 

5 (B) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub6 section (e). 

7 (j) REPORTS ON ANNUAL REVIEW OF ROLES AND MIS8 SIONS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS.—Section 513(h) of 

9 the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act 

10 for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 1882; 

11 10 U.S.C. 10101 note) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking paragraph (2); and 

13 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para14 graph (2). 

15 (k) ANNUAL SUBMITTAL OF INFORMATION REGARDING

16 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL ASSETS.—Section 

17 351 of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act 

18 for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; 10 U.S.C. 221 

19 note) is hereby repealed. 

20 (l) REPORTS ON EXPERIMENTAL PERSONNEL MAN21 AGEMENT PROGRAM FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PER22 SONNEL.—Section 1101 of the Strom Thurmond National 

23 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (5 U.S.C. 

24 3104 note) is amended by striking subsection (g). 
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1 SEC. 1062. TERMINATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR SUB2 MITTAL TO CONGRESS OF REPORTS RE3 QUIRED OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

4 BY STATUTE. 

5 (a) TERMINATION.—Effective on the date that is two 

6 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, each report 

7 described in subsection (b) that is still required to be sub8 mitted to Congress as of such effective date shall no longer 

9 be required to be submitted to Congress. 

10 (b) COVERED REPORTS.—A report described in this 

11 subsection is a report that is required to be submitted to 

12 Congress by the Department of Defense, or by any officer, 

13 official, component, or element of the Department, by a pro14 vision of statute (including title 10, United States Code, 

15 and any annual national defense authorization Act) as of 

16 April 1, 2015. 

17 SEC. 1063. ANNUAL SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS OF MUNI18 TIONS ASSESSMENTS. 

19 Not later than March 1, 2016, and each year there20 after, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres21 sional defense committees each of the following: 

22 (1) The most current Munitions Assessments, as 

23 defined by Department of Defense Instruction Number 

24 3000.04, relating to the Department of Defense muni25 tions process. 
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1 (2) The most current Sufficiency Assessments, as 

2 defined by that Department of Defense Instruction. 

3 (3) The most current approved memorandum of 

4 the Joint Requirements Oversight Council resulting 

5 from the Munitions Requirements Process (MRP). 

6 SEC. 1064. POTENTIAL ROLE FOR UNITED STATES GROUND 

7 FORCES IN THE PACIFIC THEATER. 

8 (a) GENERAL ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense and 

10 the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly 

11 conduct a comprehensive operational assessment of a 

12 potential future role for United States ground forces 

13 in the island chains of the western Pacific in creating 

14 anti-access and area denial capabilities in coopera15 tion with host nations in order to deter and defeat ag16 gression in the western Pacific region. 

17 (2) CAPABILITIES TO BE EXAMINED.—In con18 ducting the assessment, the Secretary and the Chair19 man shall assess the feasibility and potential effective20 ness of the deployment by United States ground 

21 forces, jointly with host nations, of the following: 

22 (A) Anti-ship mines and mobile missiles as 

23 a means of neutralizing adversary naval forces, 

24 including amphibious forces, and inhibiting 

25 their movement, and protecting the shores of host 
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1 nations and friendly naval forces and supply op2 erations. 

3 (B) Mobile air defense surveillance and mis4 sile systems to protect host-nation territory and 

5 ground, naval, and air forces, and to deny access 

6 to defended airspace by adversaries. 

7 (C) Electronic warfare capabilities to sup8 port air and naval operations. 

9 (D) Hardened ground-based communica10 tions capabilities for host-nation defense and for 

11 augmentation and extension of naval, air, and 

12 satellite communications. 

13 (E) Maneuver forces to assist in host-nation 

14 defense, deny access to adversaries, and provide 

15 security for air and naval deployments. 

16 (b) GEOPOLITICAL IMPACT OF ENHANCED GROUND

17 FORCE ROLE.—The Secretary and the Chairman shall also 

18 jointly assess the potential geopolitical impact on the 

19 United States posture in the Pacific theater of a strategy 

20 of long-term engagement by United States ground forces 

21 with the island nations of the western Pacific to enhance 

22 United States strategic relationships with potential part23 ners in the region. 

24 (c) TYPES OF ANALYSES TO BE CONDUCTED.—The 

25 Secretary and the Chairman shall conduct the assessment 
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1 required by subsection (a) using operations research meth2 ods and war gaming, in addition to historical analysis of 

3 the use of ground forces by the United States and Japan 

4 in the Pacific theater during World War II. 

5 (d) RESOURCES.—In conducting the assessment re6 quired by subsection (a), the Secretary and the Chairman 

7 shall use the following, as appropriate: 

8 (1) The United States Pacific Command. 

9 (2) The Joint Requirements and Analysis Divi10 sion and the war gaming resources of the Warfighting 

11 Analysis Division of the Force Structure, Resources, 

12 and Assessment Directorate of the Joint Staff, aug13 mented as necessary and appropriate from the war 

14 colleges of the military departments. 

15 (3) The Office of Net Assessment. 

16 (4) Appropriate Federally funded research and 

17 development centers (FFRDCs). 

18 (e) COMPLETION DATE.—The assessments required by 

19 this section shall be completed not later than one year after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act 

21 (f) BRIEFING OF CONGRESS.—Upon the completion of 

22 the assessments required by this section, the Secretary and 

23 the Chairman shall provide a briefing on the assessments 

24 to— 
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1 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com2 mittee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on 

3 Appropriations of the Senate; and 

4 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com5 mittee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Ap6 propriations of the House of Representatives. 

7 SEC. 1065. REPORT ON PLANS FOR THE USE OF DOMESTIC 

8 AIRFIELDS FOR HOMELAND DEFENSE AND 

9 DISASTER RESPONSE. 

10 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

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

12 of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of 

13 Homeland Security and the Secretary of Transportation, 

14 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 

15 setting forth an assessment of the plans for airfields in the 

16 United States that are required to support homeland defense 

17 and local disaster response missions. 

18 (b) CONSIDERATIONS.—The report shall include the 

19 following items: 

20 (1) The criteria used to determine the capabili21 ties and locations of airfields in the United States 

22 needed to support safe operations of military aircraft 

23 in the execution of homeland defense and local dis24 aster response missions. 
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1 (2) A description of the processes and procedures 

2 in place to ensure that contingency plans for the use 

3 of airfields in the United States that support both 

4 military and civilian air operations are coordinated 

5 among the Department of Defense and other Federal 

6 agencies with jurisdiction over those airfields. 

7 (3) An assessment of the impact, if any, to logis8 tics and resource planning as a result of the reduction 

9 of certain capabilities of airfields in the United 

10 States that support both military and civilian air op11 erations. 

12 (4) A review of the existing agreements and au13 thorities between the Commander of the United States 

14 Northern Command and the Administrator of the 

15 Federal Aviation Administration that allow for con16 sultation on decisions that impact the capabilities of 

17 airfields in the United States that support both mili18 tary and civilian air operations. 

19 (c) FORM.—The report under subsection (a) shall be 

20 submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 

21 annex. 

22 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.— 

24 The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 

25 means— 
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1 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

2 Committee on Homeland Security and Govern3 ment Affairs, and the Committee on Commerce, 

4 Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and 

5 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

6 Committee on Homeland Security, and the Com7 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

8 the House of Representatives. 

9 (2) CAPABILITIES OF AIRFIELDS.—The term ‘‘ca10 pabilities of airfields’’ means the length and width of 

11 runways, taxiways, and aprons, the operation of 

12 navigation aids and lighting, the operation of fuel 

13 storage, distribution, and refueling systems, and the 

14 availability of air traffic control services. 

15 (3) AIRFIELDS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT

16 SUPPORT BOTH MILITARY AND CIVILIAN AIR OPER17 ATIONS.—The term ‘‘airfields in the United States 

18 that support both military and civilian air oper19 ations’’ means the following: 

20 (A) Airports that are designated as joint 

21 use facilities pursuant to section 47175 of title 

22 49, United States Code, in which both the mili23 tary and civil aviation have shared use of the 

24 airfield. 
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1 (B) Airports used by the military that have 

2 a permanent military aviation presence at the 

3 airport pursuant to a memorandum of agree4 ment or tenant lease with the airport owner that 

5 is in effect on the date of the enactment of this 

6 Act. 

7 SEC. 1066. ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE CHIEF OF THE NA8 TIONAL GUARD BUREAU ON THE ABILITY OF 

9 THE NATIONAL GUARD TO MEET ITS MIS10 SIONS. 

11 Section 10504(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Chief of the 

14 National Guard Bureau’’; 

15 (2) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by strik16 ing ‘‘, through the Secretaries of the Army and the 

17 Air Force,’’; 

18 (3) by striking the second sentence; and 

19 (4) by adding at the end the following new para20 graphs: 

21 ‘‘(2) Each report shall include the following: 

22 ‘‘(A) An assessment, prepared in conjunction 

23 with the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force, 

24 of the ability of the National Guard to carry out its 

25 Federal missions. 
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1 ‘‘(B) An assessment, prepared in conjunction 

2 with the chief executive officers of the States and ter3 ritories, of the ability of the National Guard to carry 

4 out emergency support functions of the National Re5 sponse Framework. 

6 ‘‘(3) Each report may be submitted in classified and 

7 unclassified versions.’’. 

8 Subtitle G—Other Matters 

9 SEC. 1081. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 

10 (a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED STATES

11 CODE.—Title 10, United States Code, is amended as fol12 lows: 

13 (1) The tables of chapters at the beginning of 

14 subtitle A, and at the beginning of part I of such sub15 title, are each amended by striking the item relating 

16 to chapter 19 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘19. Cyber Matters .................................................................................. 391’’. 

17 (2) The heading of section 130e is amended to 

18 read as follows: 

19 ‘‘§ 130e. Treatment under Freedom of Information Act 

20 of certain critical infrastructure security 

21 information’’. 

22 (3) The heading of section 153(a)(5) is amended 

23 to read as follows: ‘‘JOINT FORCE DEVELOPMENT AC24 TIVITIES.—’’. 
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1 (4) The table of sections at the beginning of 

2 chapter 19 is amended by striking the item relating 

3 to section 391 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘391. Reporting on cyber incidents with respect to networks and information systems of operationally critical contractors and certain other contractors.’’. 

4 (5) The table of sections at the beginning of sub5 chapter I of chapter 21 is amended by inserting after 

6 the item relating to section 429 the following new 

7 item: 

‘‘430. Tactical exploitation of national capabilities executive agent.’’. 

8 (6) Section 2006a is amended— 

9 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘August, 

10 1’’ and inserting ‘‘August 1’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘the such program or au12 thorities’’ and inserting ‘‘the program’’. 

13 (7) Sections 2222(j)(5), 2223(c)(3), and 2315 are 

14 each amended by striking ‘‘section 3552(b)(5)’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘section 3552(b)(6)’’. 

16 (8) Section 2229(d)(1) is amended by striking 

17 ‘‘certification’’ and inserting ‘‘a certification’’. 

18 (9) Section 2679, as transferred, redesignated, 

19 and amended by section 351 of the Carl Levin and 

20 Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Author21 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113– 

22 291; 128 Stat. 3346), is amended in subsection (a)(1) 

23 by striking ‘‘with’’ before ‘‘, on a sole source’’. 
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1 (10) Section 2684(d)(1) is amended by striking 

2 ‘‘section 101(a) of the National Historic Preservation 

3 Act (16 U.S.C. 470a(a))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

4 302101 of title 54’’. 

5 (11) Section 2687a(d)(2) is amended by insert6 ing ‘‘fair market’’ before ‘‘value’’. 

7 (12) Section 2926, as added and amended by sec8 tion 901(g) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 

9 McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fis10 cal Year 2015 (128 Stat. 3464), is amended in sub11 sections (a), (b), (c), and (d) by striking ‘‘for Installa12 tions, Energy,’’ each place it appears and inserting 

13 ‘‘for Energy, Installations,’’. 

14 (13) Section 9314a(b) is amended by striking 

15 ‘‘only so long at’’ and inserting ‘‘only so long as’’. 

16 (b) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR

17 FISCAL YEAR 2015.—Effective as of December 19, 2014, 

18 and as if included therein as enacted, the Carl Levin and 

19 Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza20 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291) is 

21 amended as follows: 

22 (1) Section 351(b)(1) (128 Stat. 3346) is amend23 ed by striking the period at the end of subparagraph 

24 (C) and inserting ‘‘; and’’. 
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1 (2) Section 901(g)(1)(F) (128 Stat. 3465) is 

2 amended by inserting ‘‘paragraph (4) of’’ before ‘‘sub3 section (b) of section 2926’’. 

4 (3) Section 1072(a)(2) (128 Stat. 3516) is 

5 amended by inserting ‘‘in the table of sections’’ before 

6 ‘‘at the beginning of’’. 

7 (4) Section 1079(a)(1) (128 Stat. 3561) is 

8 amended by striking ‘‘section 12102 of title 42, 

9 United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3 of the 

10 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

11 12102)’’. 

12 (5) Section 1104(b)(2) (128 Stat. 3526) is 

13 amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’. 

15 (6) Section 1208 (128 Stat. 3551) is amended by 

16 striking ‘‘of Fiscal Year’’ each place it appears and 

17 inserting ‘‘for Fiscal Year’’. 

18 (7) Section 2803(a) (128 Stat. 3696) is amended 

19 in paragraph (2) of the subsection (f) being added by 

20 the amendment to be made by that section by insert21 ing ‘‘section’’ before ‘‘1105 of title 31’’. 

22 (8) Section 2832(c)(3) (128 Stat. 3704) is 

23 amended by striking ‘‘United State Code’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘United States Code’’. 
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1 (9) Section 3006(i) (128 Stat. 3744) is amend2 ed— 

3 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Section 

4 8’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 18’’; and 

5 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘S1/2 

6 N1/2 SE’’ and inserting ‘‘S1/2 N1/2 SE1/4’’. 

7 (10) Section 3023 (128 Stat. 3762) is amend8 ed— 

9 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 

10 and (3) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respec11 tively; 

12 (B) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, in 

13 the matter being added by subparagraph (C)— 

14 (i) by inserting ‘‘has been waived,’’ 

15 after ‘‘expired,’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘the permit or lease re17 quired’’ and inserting ‘‘the allotment man18 agement plan, permit, or lease required’’; 

19 (C) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, in 

20 the matter being added as subsection (h)(1)— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘a grazing permit or 

22 lease’’ in the matter preceding subpara23 graph (A) of such subsection and inserting 

24 ‘‘an allotment management plan or grazing 

25 permit or lease’’; 
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1 (ii) in subparagraph (A) of such sub2 section, by striking ‘‘permit or lease’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘allotment management plan, per4 mit, or lease’’; and 

5 (iii) in subparagraph (B)(i) of such 

6 subsection, by striking ‘‘lease or permit’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘allotment management plan, 

8 permit, or lease’’; and 

9 (D) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so 

10 redesignated, the following new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘by the Sec12 retary of Agriculture, with respect to lands within 

13 National Forests in the sixteen contiguous Western 

14 States’ and inserting ‘on National Forest System 

15 land by the Secretary of Agriculture (notwith16 standing, for purposes of this section, the definition 

17 in section 103(p))’;’’. 

18 (11) Section 3024 (16 U.S.C. 6214; 128 Stat. 

19 3764) is amended— 

20 (A) in subsection (e), by inserting before the 

21 period at the end the following: ‘‘report using 

22 National Median Price values’’; and 

23 (B) in subsection (f)(3)— 

24 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

25 ‘‘by regulation establish criteria pursuant to 
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1 which the annual fee determined in accord2 ance with this section may be suspended or 

3 reduced temporarily’’ and inserting ‘‘pro4 vide for suspension or reduction tempo5 rarily of the annual fee determined in ac6 cordance with this section’’; and 

7 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

8 ‘‘by regulation’’. 

9 (c) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR

10 FISCAL YEAR 2014.—Section 1709(b) of the National De11 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 

12 113–66; 127 Stat. 962; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘RETALIATION AND PERSONNEL

14 ACTION DESCRIBED.—’’ and all that follows through 

15 ‘‘For purposes of the’’ and inserting ‘‘RETALIATION

16 DESCRIBED.—For purposes of the’’; 

17 (2) by striking ‘‘at a minimum—’’ and that fol18 lows through ‘‘ostracism’’ and inserting ‘‘at a min19 imum ostracism’’; and 

20 (3) by striking paragraph (2). 

21 (d) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR

22 FISCAL YEAR 2009.—Section 943(d)(1) of the Duncan 

23 Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

24 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4578) by striking the 

25 second period at the end of the first sentence. 
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1 (e) NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR

2 FISCAL YEAR 2005.—Section 1208(f)(2) of the Ronald W. 

3 Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

4 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2086), as amended 

5 by section 1202(a) of the National Defense Authorization 

6 Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 

7 363) and section 1202(c) of the National Defense Authoriza8 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat 

9 2512), is further amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating the paragraphs (1) through 

11 (8) added by section 1202(c) of the National Defense 

12 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 

13 111–84; 123 Stat 2512) as subparagraphs (A) 

14 through (H), respectively; and 

15 (2) by moving the margins of such subpara16 graphs, as so redesignated, two ems to the right. 

17 (f) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AMENDMENTS MADE

18 BY THIS ACT.—For purposes of applying amendments 

19 made by provisions of this Act other than this section, the 

20 amendments made by this section shall be treated as having 

21 been enacted immediately before any such amendments by 

22 other provisions of this Act. 
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1 SEC. 1082. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND SUP2 PORT TO PERSONNEL OF FOREIGN MIN3 ISTRIES OF DEFENSE. 

4 (a) AUTHORITY.—Section 1081 of the National De5 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (10 U.S.C. 

6 168 note), as amended by section 1047 of the Carl Levin 

7 and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Author8 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291), 

9 is further amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) 

11 as subsections (c) through (f), respectively; and 

12 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 

13 new subsection (b): 

14 ‘‘(b) TRAINING OF PERSONNEL OF FOREIGN MIN15 ISTRIES WITH SECURITY MISSIONS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

17 may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, 

18 carry out a program to provide training and associ19 ated training support services to personnel of foreign 

20 ministries of defense (or ministries with security force 

21 oversight) or regional organizations with security 

22 missions— 

23 ‘‘(A) for the purpose of— 

24 ‘‘(i) enhancing civilian oversight of 

25 foreign security forces; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) establishing responsible defense 

2 governance and internal controls in order to 

3 help build effective, transparent, and ac4 countable defense institutions; 

5 ‘‘(iii) assessing organizational weak6 nesses and establishing a roadmap for ad7 dressing shortfalls; and 

8 ‘‘(iv) enhancing ministerial, general or 

9 joint staff, or service level core management 

10 competencies; and 

11 ‘‘(B) for such other purposes as the Sec12 retary considers appropriate, consistent with the 

13 authority in subsection (a). 

14 ‘‘(2) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Each fiscal year 

15 quarter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 

16 appropriate committees of Congress a report on ac17 tivities under the program under paragraph (1) dur18 ing the preceding fiscal year quarter. Each report 

19 shall include, for the fiscal year quarter covered by 

20 such report, the following: 

21 ‘‘(A) A list of activities under the program. 

22 ‘‘(B) A list of any organization described in 

23 paragraph (1) to which the Secretary assigned 

24 employees under the program, including the 

25 number of such employees so assigned, the dura-
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1 tion of each assignment, a brief description of 

2 each assigned employee’s activities, and a state3 ment of the cost of each assignment. 

4 ‘‘(C) A comprehensive justification of any 

5 activities conducted pursuant to paragraph 

6 (1)(B).’’. 

7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is fur8 ther amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘MINISTRY OF

10 DEFENSE ADVISOR’’ before ‘‘AUTHORITY’’; 

11 (2) in subsections (d) and (e), as redesignated by 

12 subsection (a)(1) of this section, by striking ‘‘the Com13 mittees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations of 

14 the Senate and the Armed Services and Foreign Af15 fairs of the House of Representatives’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘the appropriate committees of Congress’’; and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub18 section: 

19 ‘‘(g) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE20 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘appropriate committees 

21 of Congress’ means— 

22 ‘‘(1) the Committees on Armed Services and For23 eign Relations of the Senate; and 

24 ‘‘(2) the Committees on Armed Services and For25 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives.’’. 
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1 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO SECTION HEADING

2 TO REFLECT NAME OF PROGRAM.—The heading of such sec3 tion is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 1081. DEFENSE INSTITUTION CAPACITY BUILDING 

5 PROGRAM.’’. 

6 SEC. 1083. EXPANSION OF OUTREACH FOR VETERANS 

7 TRANSITIONING FROM SERVING ON ACTIVE 

8 DUTY. 

9 (a) EXPANSION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—Subsection 

10 (c)(2) of section 5 of the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for 

11 American Veterans Act (Public Law 114–2; 38 U.S.C. 

12 1712A note) is amended— 

13 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

14 and inserting a semicolon; 

15 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 

16 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub18 paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(E) conducts outreach to individuals 

20 transitioning from serving on active duty in the 

21 Armed Forces who are participating in the 

22 Transition Assistance Program of the Depart23 ment of Defense or other similar transition pro24 grams to inform such individuals of the commu25 nity oriented veteran peer support network 
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1 under paragraph (1) and other support pro2 grams and opportunities that are available to 

3 such individuals.’’. 

4 (b) INCLUSION OF INFORMATION IN INTERIM RE5 PORT.—Subsection (d)(1) of such section is amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

7 and inserting a semicolon; 

8 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 

9 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub11 paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(E) the number of veterans who— 

13 ‘‘(i) received outreach from the Depart14 ment of Veterans Affairs while serving on 

15 active duty as a member of the Armed 

16 Forces; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) participated in a peer support 

18 program under the pilot program for vet19 erans transitioning from serving on active 

20 duty.’’. 
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1 SEC. 1084. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AP2 PLICABLE TO MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY 

3 LEASE FOR A DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF4 FAIRS OUTPATIENT CLINIC IN TULSA, OKLA5 HOMA. 

6 Section 601(b) of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Ac7 countability Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–146; 128 Stat. 

8 1793) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking out ‘‘IN TULSA.—’’ and all that 

10 follows through ‘‘In carrying out’’ and inserting ‘‘IN

11 TULSA.—In carrying out’’; 

12 (2) by striking paragraph (2); 

13 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through 

14 (E) as paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively, and 

15 adjusting the indentation of the margin of such para16 graphs, as so redesignated, two ems to the left; 

17 (4) in paragraph (1), as so redesignated, by 

18 striking ‘‘140,000 gross square feet’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘140,000 net usable square feet’’; 

20 (5) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by 

21 striking ‘‘not more than the average’’ and all that fol22 lows and inserting ‘‘not more than the average of 

23 equivalent medical facility leases executed by the De24 partment of Veterans Affairs over the last five years, 

25 plus 20 percent;’’; and 
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1 (6) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by 

2 striking ‘‘30-year life cycle’’ and inserting ‘‘20-year 

3 life cycle’’. 

4 SEC. 1085. COMPTROLLER GENERAL BRIEFING AND RE5 PORT ON MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY 

6 PROJECTS OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

7 AFFAIRS. 

8 (a) BRIEFING.—Not later than 270 days after the date 

9 of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 

10 United States shall provide to the appropriate committees 

11 of Congress a briefing on the administration and oversight 

12 by the Department of Veterans Affairs of contracts for the 

13 design and construction of major medical facility projects, 

14 as defined in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United 

15 States Code. 

16 (b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

17 of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 

18 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 

19 on the administration and oversight described in subsection 

20 (a). 

21 (c) ELEMENTS.—The briefing required by subsection 

22 (a) and the report required by subsection (b) shall each in23 clude an examination of the following: 

24 (1) The processes used by the Department for 

25 overseeing and assuring the performance of construc-
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1 tion design and construction contracts for major med2 ical facility projects, as so defined. 

3 (2) Any actions taken by the Department to im4 prove the administration of such contracts. 

5 (3) Such opportunities for further improvement 

6 of the administration of such contracts as the Comp7 troller General considers appropriate. 

8 (d) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE9 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 

10 of Congress’’ means— 

11 (1) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 

12 Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Af13 fairs, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Ap14 propriations of the Senate; and 

15 (2) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and the 

16 Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Af17 fairs and Related Agencies of the Committee on Ap18 propriations of the House of Representatives. 

19 SEC. 1086. SENSE OF SENATE. 

20 It is the sense of the Senate that— 

21 (1) the accidental transfer of live Bacillus 

22 anthracis, also known as anthrax, from an Army lab23 oratory to more than 28 laboratories located in at 

24 least 12 states and three countries discovered in May 

25 2015 represents a serious safety lapse; 
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1 (2) the Department of Defense, in cooperation 

2 with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

3 and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, should con4 tinue to investigate the cause of this lapse and deter5 mine if protective protocols should be strengthened; 

6 (3) the Department of Defense should reassess 

7 standards on a regular basis to ensure they are cur8 rent and effective to prevent a reoccurrence; and 

9 (4) the Department of Defense should keep Con10 gress apprised of the investigation, any potential pub11 lic health or safety risk, remedial actions taken and 

12 plans to regularly reassess standards. 

13 SEC. 1087. MELVILLE HALL OF THE UNITED STATES MER14 CHANT MARINE ACADEMY. 

15 (a) GIFT TO THE MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY.—The 

16 Maritime Administrator may accept a gift of money from 

17 the Foundation under section 51315 of title 46, United 

18 States Code, for the purpose of renovating Melville Hall on 

19 the campus of the United States Merchant Marine Acad20 emy. 

21 (b) COVERED GIFTS.—A gift described in this sub22 section is a gift under subsection (a) that the Maritime Ad23 ministrator determines exceeds the sum of— 

24 (1) the minimum amount that is sufficient to en25 sure the renovation of Melville Hall in accordance 
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1 with the capital improvement plan of the United 

2 States Merchant Marine Academy that was in effect 

3 on the date of enactment of this Act; and 

4 (2) 25 percent of the amount described in para5 graph (1). 

6 (c) OPERATION CONTRACTS.—Subject to subsection 

7 (d), in the case that the Maritime Administrator accepts 

8 a gift of money described in subsection (b), the Maritime 

9 Administrator may enter into a contract with the Founda10 tion for the operation of Melville Hall to make available 

11 facilities for, among other possible uses, official academy 

12 functions, third-party catering functions, and industry 

13 events and conferences. 

14 (d) CONTRACT TERMS.—The contract described in sub15 section (c) shall be for such period and on such terms as 

16 the Maritime Administrator considers appropriate, includ17 ing a provision, mutually agreeable to the Maritime Ad18 ministrator and the Foundation, that— 

19 (1) requires the Foundation— 

20 (A) at the expense solely of the Foundation 

21 through the term of the contract to maintain 

22 Melville Hall in a condition that is as good as 

23 or better than the condition Melville Hall was in 

24 on the later of— 
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1 (i) the date that the renovation of Mel2 ville Hall was completed; or 

3 (ii) the date that the Foundation ac4 cepted Melville Hall after it was tendered to 

5 the Foundation by the Maritime Adminis6 trator; and 

7 (B) to deposit all proceeds from the oper8 ation of Melville Hall, after expenses necessary 

9 for the operation and maintenance of Melville 

10 Hall, into the account of the Regimental Affairs 

11 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality or suc12 cessor entity, to be used solely for the morale and 

13 welfare of the cadets of the United States Mer14 chant Marine Academy; and 

15 (2) prohibits the use of Melville Hall as lodging 

16 or an office by any person for more than 4 days in 

17 any calendar year other than— 

18 (A) by the United States; or 

19 (B) for the administration and operation of 

20 Melville Hall. 

21 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 (1) CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘contract’’ includes 

23 any modification, extension, or renewal of the con24 tract. 
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1 (2) FOUNDATION.—In this section, the term 

2 ‘‘Foundation’’ means the United States Merchant Ma3 rine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, 

4 Inc. 

5 (f) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec6 tion may be construed under section 3105 of title 41, United 

7 States Code, as requiring the Maritime Administrator to 

8 award a contract for the operation of Melville Hall to the 

9 Foundation. 

10 SEC. 1088. CONFLICT OF INTEREST CERTIFICATION FOR IN11 VESTIGATIONS RELATING TO WHISTLE12 BLOWER RETALIATION. 

13 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section— 

14 (1) the term ‘‘covered employee’’ means a whis15 tleblower who is an employee of the Department of 

16 Defense or a military department, or an employee of 

17 a contractor, subcontractor, grantee, or subgrantee 

18 thereof; 

19 (2) the term ‘‘covered investigation’’ means an 

20 investigation carried out by an Inspector General of 

21 a military department or the Inspector General of the 

22 Department of Defense relating to— 

23 (A) a retaliatory personnel action taken 

24 against a member of the Armed Forces under 

25 section 1034 of title 10, United States Code; or 
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1 (B) any retaliatory action taken against a 

2 covered employee; and 

3 (3) the term ‘‘military department’’ means each 

4 of the departments described in section 104 of title 5, 

5 United States Code. 

6 (b) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each investigator involved in 

8 a covered investigation shall submit to the Inspector 

9 General of the Department of Defense or the Inspector 

10 General of the military department, as applicable, a 

11 certification that there was no conflict of interest be12 tween the investigator, any witness involved in the 

13 covered investigation, and the covered employee or 

14 member of the Armed Forces, as applicable, during 

15 the conduct of the covered investigation. 

16 (2) STANDARDIZED FORM.—The Inspector Gen17 eral of the Department of Defense shall develop a 

18 standardized form to be used by each investigator to 

19 submit the certification required under paragraph 

20 (1). 

21 (3) INVESTIGATIVE FILE.—Each certification 

22 submitted under paragraph (1) shall be included in 

23 the file of the applicable covered investigation. 
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1 SEC. 1089. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN MAJOR MEDICAL 

2 FACILITY PROJECTS OF THE DEPARTMENT 

3 OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR WHICH AMOUNTS 

4 HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED. 

5 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) The Consolidated and Further Continuing 

7 Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113–235) ap8 propriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs— 

9 (A) $35,000,000 to make seismic corrections 

10 to Building 205 in the West Los Angeles Medical 

11 Center of the Department in Los Angeles, Cali12 fornia, which, according to the Department, is a 

13 building that is designated as having an excep14 tionally high risk of sustaining substantial dam15 age or collapsing during an earthquake; 

16 (B) $101,900,000 to replace the community 

17 living center and mental health facilities of the 

18 Department in Long Beach, California, which, 

19 according to the Department, are designated as 

20 having an exceptionally high risk of sustaining 

21 substantial damage or collapsing during an 

22 earthquake; 

23 (C) $187,500,000 to replace the existing spi24 nal cord injury clinic of the Department in San 

25 Diego, California, which, according to the De26 partment, is designated as having an extremely 
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1 high risk of sustaining major damage during an 

2 earthquake; and 

3 (D) $122,400,000 to make renovations to 

4 address substantial safety and compliance issues 

5 at the medical center of the Department in 

6 Canandaigua, New York, and for the construc7 tion of a new clinic and community living cen8 ter at such medical center. 

9 (2) The Department is unable to obligate or ex10 pend the amounts described in paragraph (1) because 

11 it lacks an explicit authorization by an Act of Con12 gress pursuant to section 8104(a)(2) of title 38, 

13 United States Code, to carry out the major medical 

14 facility projects described in such paragraph. 

15 (3) Among the major medical facility projects de16 scribed in paragraph (1), three are critical seismic 

17 safety projects in California. 

18 (4) Every day that the critical seismic safety 

19 projects described in paragraph (3) are delayed puts 

20 the lives of veterans and employees of the Department 

21 at risk. 

22 (5) According to the United States Geological 

23 Survey— 
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1 (A) California has a 99 percent chance or 

2 greater of experiencing an earthquake of mag3 nitude 6.7 or greater in the next 30 years; 

4 (B) even earthquakes of less severity than 

5 magnitude 6.7 can cause life threatening damage 

6 to seismically unsafe buildings; and 

7 (C) in California, earthquakes of magnitude 

8 6.0 or greater occur on average once every 1.2 

9 years. 

10 (b) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Veterans Af11 fairs may carry out the major medical facility projects of 

12 the Department of Veterans Affairs specified in the explana13 tory statement accompanying the Consolidated and Further 

14 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113– 

15 235) at the locations and in the amounts specified in such 

16 explanatory statement, including by obligating and expend17 ing such amounts. 

18 SEC. 1090. REFORM AND IMPROVEMENT OF PERSONNEL SE19 CURITY, INSIDER THREAT DETECTION AND 

20 PREVENTION, AND PHYSICAL SECURITY. 

21 (a) PERSONNEL SECURITY AND INSIDER THREAT

22 PROTECTION IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— 

23 (1) PLANS AND SCHEDULES.—Consistent with 

24 the Memorandum of the Secretary of Defense dated 

25 March 18, 2014, regarding the recommendations of 
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1 the reviews of the Washington Navy Yard shooting, 

2 the Secretary of Defense shall develop plans and 

3 schedules— 

4 (A) to implement a continuous evaluation 

5 capability for the national security population 

6 for which clearance adjudications are conducted 

7 by the Department of Defense Central Adjudica8 tion Facility, in coordination with the Suit9 ability Executive Agent, the Security Executive 

10 Agent, and the Director of the Office of Manage11 ment and Budget; 

12 (B) to produce a Department-wide insider 

13 threat strategy and implementation plan, which 

14 includes— 

15 (i) resourcing for the Defense Insider 

16 Threat Management and Analysis Center 

17 (DITMAC) and component insider threat 

18 programs, and 

19 (ii) alignment of insider threat protec20 tion programs with continuous evaluation 

21 capabilities and processes for personnel se22 curity; 

23 (C) to centralize the authority, account24 ability, and programmatic integration respon25 sibilities, including fiscal control, for personnel 
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1 security and insider threat protection under the 

2 Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; 

3 (D) to align the Department’s consolidated 

4 Central Adjudication Facility under the Under 

5 Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; 

6 (E) to develop a defense security enterprise 

7 reform investment strategy to ensure a con8 sistent, long-term focus on funding to strengthen 

9 all of the Department’s security and insider 

10 threat programs, policies, functions, and infor11 mation technology capabilities, including detect12 ing threat behaviors conveyed in the cyber do13 main, in a manner that keeps pace with evolving 

14 threats and risks; 

15 (F) to resource and expedite deployment of 

16 the Identity Management Enterprise Services 

17 Architecture (IMESA); and 

18 (G) to implement the recommendations con19 tained in the study conducted by the Director of 

20 Cost Analysis and Program Evaluation required 

21 by section 907 of the National Defense Author22 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 

23 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 1564 note), including, specifi24 cally, the recommendations to centrally manage 
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1 and regulate Department of Defense requests for 

2 personnel security background investigations. 

3 (2) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 

4 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

5 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appro6 priate committees of Congress a report describing the 

7 plans and schedules required under paragraph (1). 

8 (b) PHYSICAL AND LOGICAL ACCESS.—Not later than 

9 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act— 

10 (1) the Secretary of Defense shall define physical 

11 and logical access standards, capabilities, and proc12 esses applicable to all personnel with access to De13 partment of Defense installations and information 

14 technology systems, including— 

15 (A) periodic or regularized background or 

16 records checks appropriate to the type of physical 

17 or logical access involved, the security level, the 

18 category of individuals authorized, and the level 

19 of access to be granted; 

20 (B) standards and methods for verifying the 

21 identity of individuals seeking access; and 

22 (C) electronic attribute-based access controls 

23 that are appropriate for the type of access and 

24 facility or information technology system in25 volved; 
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1 (2) the Director of the Office of Management and 

2 Budget and the Chair of the Performance Account3 ability Council, in coordination with the Secretary of 

4 Defense, and the Administrator of General Services, 

5 and in consultation with representatives from stake6 holder organizations, shall design a capability to 

7 share and apply electronic identity information 

8 across the Government to enable real-time, risk-man9 aged physical and logical access decisions; and 

10 (3) the Director of the Office of Management and 

11 Budget, in conjunction with the Director of the Office 

12 of Personnel Management and in consultation with 

13 representatives from stakeholder organizations, shall 

14 establish investigative and adjudicative standards for 

15 the periodic or regularized reevaluation of the eligi16 bility of an individual to retain credentials issued 

17 pursuant to Homeland Security Presidential Direc18 tive 12 (dated August 27, 2004), as appropriate, but 

19 not less frequently than the authorization period of 

20 the issued credentials. 

21 (c) SECURITY ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT.—Not later 

22 than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

23 Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall— 

24 (1) formalize the Security, Suitability, and 

25 Credentialing Line of Business; 
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1 (2) submit a report to the appropriate congres2 sional committee that describes plans— 

3 (A) for oversight by the Office of Manage4 ment and Budget of activities of the executive 

5 branch of the Government for personnel security, 

6 suitability, and credentialing; 

7 (B) to designate enterprise shared services 

8 to optimize investments; 

9 (C) to define and implement data standards 

10 to support common electronic access to critical 

11 Government records; and 

12 (D) to reduce the burden placed on Govern13 ment data providers by centralizing requests for 

14 records access and ensuring proper sharing of the 

15 data with appropriate investigative and adju16 dicative elements. 

17 (d) RECIPROCITY MANAGEMENT.—Not later than 2 

18 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chair of 

19 the Performance Accountability Council shall ensure that— 

20 (1) a centralized system is available to serve as 

21 the reciprocity management system for the Federal 

22 Government; and 

23 (2) the centralized system described in para24 graph (1) is aligned with, and incorporates results 
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1 from, continuous evaluation and other enterprise re2 form initiatives. 

3 (e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IMPLEMENTATION.— 

4 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

5 Act, the Chair of the Performance Accountability Council, 

6 in coordination with the Security Executive Agent, the 

7 Suitability Executive Agent, and the Secretary of Defense, 

8 shall jointly develop a plan to— 

9 (1) implement the Security Executive Agent Di10 rective on common, standardized employee and con11 tractor security reporting requirements; 

12 (2) establish and implement uniform reporting 

13 requirements for employees and Federal contractors, 

14 according to risk, relative to the safety of the work15 force and protection of the most sensitive information 

16 of the Government; and 

17 (3) ensure that reported information is shared 

18 appropriately. 

19 (f) ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS FOR NA20 TIONAL SECURITY AND OTHER PURPOSES.— 

21 (1) DEFINITION.—Section 9101(a) of title 5, 

22 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

23 the following: 

24 ‘‘(7) The terms ‘Security Executive Agent’ and 

25 ‘Suitability Executive Agent’ mean the Security Exec-
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1 utive Agent and the Suitability Executive Agent, re2 spectively, established under Executive Order 13467 

3 (73 Fed. Reg. 38103), or any successor thereto.’’. 

4 (2) COVERED AGENCIES.—Section 9101(a)(6) of 

5 title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

6 the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(G) The Department of Homeland Secu8 rity. 

9 ‘‘(H) The Office of the Director of National 

10 Intelligence. 

11 ‘‘(I) An Executive agency that— 

12 ‘‘(i) is authorized to conduct back13 ground investigations under a Federal stat14 ute; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) is delegated authority to conduct 

16 background investigations in accordance 

17 with procedures established by the Security 

18 Executive Agent or the Suitability Execu19 tive Agent under subsection (b) or (c)(iv) of 

20 section 2.3 of Executive Order 13467 (73 

21 Fed. Reg. 38103), or any successor thereto. 

22 ‘‘(J) A contractor that conducts a back23 ground investigation on behalf of an agency de24 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (I).’’. 
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1 (3) APPLICABLE PURPOSES OF INVESTIGA2 TIONS.—Section 9101(b)(1) of title 5, United States 

3 Code, is amended— 

4 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

5 through (D) as clauses (i) through (iv), respec6 tively, and adjusting the margins accordingly; 

7 (B) in the matter preceding clause (i), as 

8 redesignated— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘the head of’’; 

10 (ii) by inserting ‘‘all’’ before ‘‘criminal 

11 history record information’’; and 

12 (iii) by striking ‘‘for the purpose of de13 termining eligibility for any of the fol14 lowing:’’ and inserting ‘‘, in accordance 

15 with Federal Investigative Standards joint16 ly promulgated by the Suitability Executive 

17 Agent and Security Executive Agent, for the 

18 purpose of— 

19 ‘‘(A) determining eligibility for—’’; 

20 (C) in clause (i), as redesignated— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘Access’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘access’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking the period and insert24 ing a semicolon; 

25 (D) in clause (ii), as redesignated— 
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘Assignment’’ and in2 serting ‘‘assignment’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking the period and insert4 ing ‘‘or positions;’’; 

5 (E) in clause (iii), as redesignated— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘Acceptance’’ and in7 serting ‘‘acceptance’’; and 

8 (ii) by striking the period and insert9 ing ‘‘; or’’; 

10 (F) in clause (iv), as redesignated— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘Appointment’’ and in12 serting ‘‘appointment’’; 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘or a critical or sen14 sitive position’’; and 

15 (iii) by striking the period and insert16 ing ‘‘; or’’; and 

17 (G) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(B) conducting a basic suitability or fitness as19 sessment for Federal or contractor employees, using 

20 Federal Investigative Standards jointly promulgated 

21 by the Security Executive Agent and the Suitability 

22 Executive Agent in accordance with— 

23 ‘‘(i) Executive Order 13467 (73 Fed. Reg. 

24 38103), or any successor thereto; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) the Office of Management and Budget 

2 Memorandum ‘Assignment of Functions Relating 

3 to Coverage of Contractor Employee Fitness in 

4 the Federal Investigative Standards’, dated De5 cember 6, 2012; 

6 ‘‘(C) credentialing under the Homeland Security 

7 Presidential Directive 12 (dated August 27, 2004); 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(D) Federal Aviation Administration checks re10 quired under— 

11 ‘‘(i) the Federal Aviation Administration 

12 Drug Enforcement Assistance Act of 1988 (sub13 title E of title VII of Public Law 100–690; 102 

14 Stat. 4424) and the amendments made by that 

15 Act; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) section 44710 of title 49.’’. 

17 (4) BIOMETRIC AND BIOGRAPHIC SEARCHES.— 

18 Section 9101(b)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is 

19 amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(2)(A) A State central criminal history record deposi21 tory shall allow a covered agency to conduct both biometric 

22 and biographic searches of criminal history record informa23 tion. 

24 ‘‘(B) Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed 

25 to prohibit the Federal Bureau of Investigation from requir-
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1 ing a request for criminal history record information to be 

2 accompanied by the fingerprints of the individual who is 

3 the subject of the request.’’. 

4 (5) USE OF MOST COST-EFFECTIVE SYSTEM.— 

5 Section 9101(e) of title 5, United States Code, is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(6) If a criminal justice agency is able to provide the 

8 same information through more than 1 system described in 

9 paragraph (1), a covered agency may request information 

10 under subsection (b) from the criminal justice agency, and 

11 require the criminal justice agency to provide the informa12 tion, using the system that is most cost-effective for the Fed13 eral Government.’’. 

14 (6) SEALED OR EXPUNGED RECORDS; JUVENILE

15 RECORDS.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 9101(a)(2) of 

17 title 5, United States Code, is amended— 

18 (i) in the first sentence, by inserting 

19 before the period the following: ‘‘, and in20 cludes any analogous juvenile records’’; and 

21 (ii) by striking the third sentence and 

22 inserting the following: ‘‘The term includes 

23 those records of a State or locality sealed 

24 pursuant to law if such records are acces25 sible by State and local criminal justice 
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1 agencies for the purpose of conducting back2 ground checks.’’. 

3 (B) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

4 Congress that the Federal Government should not 

5 uniformly reject applicants for employment with 

6 the Federal Government or Federal contractors 

7 based on— 

8 (i) sealed or expunged criminal 

9 records; or 

10 (ii) juvenile records. 

11 (7) INTERACTION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND

12 INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES ABROAD.—Section 9101 of 

13 title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at 

14 the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(g) Upon request by a covered agency and in accord16 ance with the applicable provisions of this section, the Dep17 uty Assistant Secretary of State for Overseas Citizens Serv18 ices shall make available criminal history record informa19 tion collected by the Deputy Assistant Secretary with re20 spect to an individual who is under investigation by the 

21 covered agency regarding any interaction of the individual 

22 with a law enforcement agency or intelligence agency of a 

23 foreign country.’’. 

24 (8) CLARIFICATION OF SECURITY REQUIREMENTS

25 FOR CONTRACTORS CONDUCTING BACKGROUND INVES-
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1 TIGATIONS.—Section 9101 of title 5, United States 

2 Code, as amended by this subsection, is amended by 

3 adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(h) If a contractor described in subsection (a)(6)(J) 

5 uses an automated information delivery system to request 

6 criminal history record information, the contractor shall 

7 comply with any necessary security requirements for access 

8 to that system.’’. 

9 (9) CLARIFICATION REGARDING ADVERSE AC10 TIONS.—Section 7512 of title 5, United States Code, 

11 is amended— 

12 (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 

14 period and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 

15 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(F) a suitability action taken by the Office 

17 under regulations prescribed by the Office, subject to 

18 the rules prescribed by the President under this title 

19 for the administration of the competitive service.’’. 

20 (10) ANNUAL REPORT BY SUITABILITY AND SE21 CURITY CLEARANCE PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY

22 COUNCIL.—Section 9101 of title 5, United States 

23 Code, as amended by this subsection, is amended by 

24 adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(i) The Suitability and Security Clearance Perform2 ance Accountability Council established under Executive 

3 Order 13467 (73 Fed. Reg. 38103), or any successor thereto, 

4 shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services, the Com5 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 

6 the Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Com7 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate, and the Committee on 

8 Armed Services, the Committee on Oversight and Govern9 ment Reform, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 

10 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 

11 of Representatives, an annual report that— 

12 ‘‘(1) describes efforts of the Council to integrate 

13 Federal, State, and local systems for sharing criminal 

14 history record information; 

15 ‘‘(2) analyzes the extent and effectiveness of Fed16 eral education programs regarding criminal history 

17 record information; 

18 ‘‘(3) provides an update on the implementation 

19 of best practices for sharing criminal history record 

20 information, including ongoing limitations experi21 enced by investigators working for or on behalf of a 

22 covered agency with respect to access to State and 

23 local criminal history record information; and 

24 ‘‘(4) provides a description of limitations on the 

25 sharing of information relevant to a background in-
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1 vestigation, other than criminal history record infor2 mation, between— 

3 ‘‘(A) investigators working for or on behalf 

4 of a covered agency; and 

5 ‘‘(B) State and local law enforcement agen6 cies.’’. 

7 (11) GAO REPORT ON ENHANCING INTEROPER8 ABILITY AND REDUCING REDUNDANCY IN FEDERAL

9 CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION ACCESS CON10 TROL, BACKGROUND CHECK, AND CREDENTIALING

11 STANDARDS.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months 

13 after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

14 Comptroller General of the United States shall 

15 submit to the congressional defense committees, 

16 the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

17 House of Representatives, and the Committee on 

18 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 

19 the Senate a report on the background check, ac20 cess control, and credentialing requirements of 

21 Federal programs for the protection of critical 

22 infrastructure and key resources. 

23 (B) CONTENTS.—The Comptroller General 

24 shall include in the report required under sub25 paragraph (A)— 
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1 (i) a summary of the major character2 istics of each such Federal program, includ3 ing the types of infrastructure and resources 

4 covered; 

5 (ii) a comparison of the requirements, 

6 whether mandatory or voluntary in nature, 

7 for regulated entities under each such pro8 gram to— 

9 (I) conduct background checks on 

10 employees, contractors, and other indi11 viduals; 

12 (II) adjudicate the results of a 

13 background check, including the utili14 zation of a standardized set of dis15 qualifying offenses or the consideration 

16 of minor, non-violent, or juvenile of17 fenses; and 

18 (III) establish access control sys19 tems to deter unauthorized access, or 

20 provide a security credential for any 

21 level of access to a covered facility or 

22 resource; 

23 (iii) a review of any efforts that the 

24 Screening Coordination Office of the De25 partment of Homeland Security has under-
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1 taken or plans to undertake to harmonize or 

2 standardize background check, access con3 trol, or credentialing requirements for crit4 ical infrastructure and key resource protec5 tion programs overseen by the Department; 

6 and 

7 (iv) recommendations, developed in 

8 consultation with appropriate stakeholders, 

9 regarding— 

10 (I) enhancing the interoperability 

11 of security credentials across critical 

12 infrastructure and key resource protec13 tion programs; 

14 (II) eliminating the need for re15 dundant background checks or creden16 tials across existing critical infrastruc17 ture and key resource protection pro18 grams; 

19 (III) harmonizing, where appro20 priate, the standards for identifying 

21 potentially disqualifying criminal of22 fenses and the weight assigned to 

23 minor, nonviolent, or juvenile offenses 

24 in adjudicating the results of a com25 pleted background check; and 
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1 (IV) the development of common, 

2 risk-based standards with respect to the 

3 background check, access control, and 

4 security credentialing requirements for 

5 critical infrastructure and key resource 

6 protection programs. 

7 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

8 (1) the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con9 gress’’ means— 

10 (A) the congressional defense committees; 

11 (B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 

12 and the Committee on Homeland Security and 

13 Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and 

14 (C) the Permanent Select Committee on In15 telligence, the Committee on Oversight and Gov16 ernment Reform, and the Committee on Home17 land Security of the House of Representatives; 

18 and 

19 (2) the term ‘‘Performance Accountability Coun20 cil’’ means the Suitability and Security Clearance 

21 Performance Accountability Council established under 

22 Executive Order 13467 (73 Fed. Reg. 38103), or any 

23 successor thereto. 
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1 SEC. 1091. DESIGNATION OF CONSTRUCTION AGENT FOR 

2 CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BY DE3 PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

5 shall seek to enter into an agreement subject to subsections 

6 (b), (c), and (e) of section 1535 of title 31, United States 

7 Code, with the Army Corps of Engineers or another entity 

8 of the Federal Government to serve, on a reimbursable basis, 

9 as the construction agent on all construction projects of the 

10 Department of Veterans Affairs specifically authorized by 

11 Congress after the date of the enactment of this Act that 

12 involve a total expenditure of more than $100,000,000, ex13 cluding any acquisition by exchange. 

14 (b) AGREEMENT.—Under the agreement entered into 

15 under subsection (a), the construction agent shall provide 

16 design, procurement, and construction management services 

17 for the construction, alteration, and acquisition of facilities 

18 of the Department. 

19 TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 

20 MATTERS 

21 SEC. 1101. REQUIRED PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR NEW 

22 EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE23 FENSE. 

24 (a) REQUIRED PROBATIONARY PERIOD.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 81 of title 10, United 

2 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol3 lowing new section: 

4 ‘‘§ 1599e. Probationary period for employees 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 3321 

6 and 3393(d) of title 5, the appointment of a covered em7 ployee shall become final only after such employee has 

8 served a probationary period of two years. The Secretary 

9 of the military department concerned may extend a proba10 tionary period under this subsection at the discretion of 

11 such Secretary. 

12 ‘‘(b) COVERED EMPLOYEE DEFINED.—In this section, 

13 the term ‘covered employee’ means any individual— 

14 ‘‘(1) appointed to a permanent position within 

15 the competitive service at the Department of Defense; 

16 or 

17 ‘‘(2) appointed as a career appointee (as that 

18 term is defined in section 3132(a)(4) of title 5) within 

19 the Senior Executive Service at the Department. 

20 ‘‘(c) EMPLOYMENT BECOMES FINAL.—Upon the expi21 ration of a covered employee’s probationary period under 

22 subsection (a), the supervisor of the employee shall deter23 mine whether the appointment becomes final based on regu24 lations prescribed for such purpose by the Secretary.’’. 
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1 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec2 tions at the beginning of chapter 81 of such title is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘1599e. Probationary period for employees.’’. 

4 (b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub5 section (a) shall apply to any covered employee (as that 

6 term is defined in section 1599e of title 10, United States 

7 Code, as added by such subsection) appointed after the date 

8 of the enactment of this section. 

9 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Title 5, United 

10 States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) in section 3321(c)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘Service or’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘Service,’’; and 

14 (B) by inserting at the end before the period 

15 the following: ‘‘, or any individual covered by 

16 section 1599e of title 10’’; and 

17 (2) in section 3393(d), by adding at the end the 

18 following: ‘‘The preceding sentence shall not apply to 

19 any individual covered by section 1599e of title 10.’’. 

20 SEC. 1102. DELAY OF PERIODIC STEP INCREASE FOR CIVIL21 IAN EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE22 FENSE BASED UPON UNACCEPTABLE PER23 FORMANCE. 

24 (a) DELAY.—Under procedures established by the Sec25 retary of Defense, upon a determination by the Secretary 
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1 that the work of an employee is not at an acceptable level 

2 of competence, the period of time during which the work 

3 of the employee is not at an acceptable level of competence 

4 shall not count toward completion of the period of service 

5 required for purposes of subsection (a) of section 5335 of 

6 title 5, United States Code, or subsection (e)(1) or (e)(2) 

7 of section 5343 of such title. 

8 (b) APPLICABILITY TO PERIODS OF SERVICE.—Sub9 section (a) shall not apply with respect to any period of 

10 service performed before the date of the enactment of this 

11 Act. 

12 SEC. 1103. PROCEDURES FOR REDUCTION IN FORCE OF DE13 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN PER14 SONNEL. 

15 Section 1597 of title 10, United States Code, is amend16 ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

17 ‘‘(f) REDUCTIONS BASED PRIMARILY ON PERFORM18 ANCE.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish procedures 

19 to provide that, in implementing any reduction in force for 

20 civilian positions in the Department of Defense in the com21 petitive service or the excepted service, the determination 

22 of which employees shall be separated from employment in 

23 the Department shall be made primarily on the basis of 

24 performance, as determined under any applicable perform25 ance management system.’’. 
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1 SEC. 1104. UNITED STATES CYBER COMMAND WORKFORCE. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 81 of title 10, United 

3 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

4 new section: 

5 ‘‘§ 1599e. United States Cyber Command recruitment 

6 and retention 

7 ‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—(1) The Secretary of De8 fense may— 

9 ‘‘(A) establish, as positions in the excepted serv10 ice, such qualified positions in the Department as the 

11 Secretary determines necessary to carry out the re12 sponsibilities of the United States Cyber Command 

13 including— 

14 ‘‘(i) staff of the headquarters of the United 

15 States Cyber Command provided to the Com16 mand by the Air Force; 

17 ‘‘(ii) elements of the United States Cyber 

18 Command enterprise relating to cyberspace oper19 ations; 

20 ‘‘(iii) elements of the United States Cyber 

21 Command provided by the armed forces; and 

22 ‘‘(iv) positions formerly identified as— 

23 ‘‘(I) senior level positions designated 

24 under section 5376 of title 5; and 

25 ‘‘(II) positions in the Senior Executive 

26 Service; 
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1 ‘‘(B) appoint an individual to a qualified posi2 tion (after taking into consideration the availability 

3 of preference eligibles for appointment to the posi4 tion); and 

5 ‘‘(C) subject to the requirements of subsections 

6 (b) and (c), fix the compensation of an individual for 

7 service in a qualified position. 

8 ‘‘(2) The authority of the Secretary under this sub9 section applies without regard to the provisions of any other 

10 law relating to the appointment, number, classification, or 

11 compensation of employees. 

12 ‘‘(b) BASIC PAY.—(1) In accordance with this section, 

13 the Secretary shall fix the rates of basic pay for any quali14 fied position established under subsection (a)— 

15 ‘‘(A) in relation to the rates of pay provided for 

16 employees in comparable positions in the Department, 

17 in which the incumbent performs, manages, or super18 vises functions that execute the cyber mission of the 

19 Department; and 

20 ‘‘(B) subject to the same limitations on max21 imum rates of pay established for such employees by 

22 law or regulation. 

23 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may— 
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1 ‘‘(A) consistent with section 5341 of title 5, 

2 adopt such provisions of that title as provide for pre3 vailing rate systems of basic pay; and 

4 ‘‘(B) apply those provisions to qualified posi5 tions for employees in or under which the Department 

6 may employ individuals described by section 

7 5342(a)(2)(A) of such title. 

8 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, INCENTIVES, AND

9 ALLOWANCES.—(1) The Secretary may provide employees 

10 in qualified positions compensation (in addition to basic 

11 pay), including benefits, incentives, and allowances, con12 sistent with, and not in excess of the level authorized for, 

13 comparable positions authorized by title 5. 

14 ‘‘(2) An employee in a qualified position whose rate 

15 of basic pay is fixed under subsection (b)(1) shall be eligible 

16 for an allowance under section 5941 of title 5 on the same 

17 basis and to the same extent as if the employee was an em18 ployee covered by such section, including eligibility condi19 tions, allowance rates, and all other terms and conditions 

20 in law or regulation. 

21 ‘‘(d) PLAN FOR EXECUTION OF AUTHORITIES.—Not 

22 later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this sec23 tion, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate 

24 committees of Congress with a plan for the use of the au25 thorities provided under this section. 
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1 ‘‘(e) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.—Noth2 ing in subsection (a) may be construed to impair the con3 tinued effectiveness of a collective bargaining agreement 

4 with respect to an office, component, subcomponent, or 

5 equivalent of the Department that is a successor to an office, 

6 component, subcomponent, or equivalent of the Department 

7 covered by the agreement before the succession. 

8 ‘‘(f) REQUIRED REGULATIONS.—The Secretary, in co9 ordination with the Director of the Office of Personnel Man10 agement, shall prescribe regulations for the administration 

11 of this section. 

12 ‘‘(g) ANNUAL REPORT.—(1) Not later than one year 

13 after the date of the enactment of this section and not less 

14 frequently than once each year thereafter until the date that 

15 is five years after the date of the enactment of this section, 

16 the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, in co17 ordination with the Secretary, shall submit to the appro18 priate committees of Congress a detailed report on the ad19 ministration of this section during the most recent one-year 

20 period. 

21 ‘‘(2) Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 

22 include, for the period covered by the report, the following: 

23 ‘‘(A) A discussion of the process used in accept24 ing applications, assessing candidates, ensuring ad25 herence to veterans’ preference, and selecting appli-
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1 cants for vacancies to be filled by an individual for 

2 a qualified position. 

3 ‘‘(B) A description of the following: 

4 ‘‘(i) How the Secretary plans to fulfill the 

5 critical need of the Department to recruit and 

6 retain employees in qualified positions. 

7 ‘‘(ii) The measures that will be used to 

8 measure progress. 

9 ‘‘(iii) Any actions taken during the report10 ing period to fulfill such critical need. 

11 ‘‘(C) A discussion of how the planning and ac12 tions taken under subparagraph (B) are integrated 

13 into the strategic workforce planning of the Depart14 ment. 

15 ‘‘(D) The metrics on actions occurring during 

16 the reporting period, including the following: 

17 ‘‘(i) The number of employees in qualified 

18 positions hired, disaggregated by occupation, 

19 grade, and level or pay band. 

20 ‘‘(ii) The placement of employees in quali21 fied positions, disaggregated by directorate and 

22 office within the Department. 

23 ‘‘(iii) The total number of veterans hired. 
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1 ‘‘(iv) The number of separations of employ2 ees in qualified positions, disaggregated by occu3 pation and grade and level or pay band. 

4 ‘‘(v) The number of retirements of employees 

5 in qualified positions, disaggregated by occupa6 tion, grade, and level or pay band. 

7 ‘‘(vi) The number and amounts of recruit8 ment, relocation, and retention incentives paid 

9 to employees in qualified positions, disaggregated 

10 by occupation, grade, and level or pay band. 

11 ‘‘(E) A description of the training provided to 

12 supervisors of employees in qualified positions at the 

13 Department on the use of the new authorities. 

14 ‘‘(h) THREE-YEAR PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—The pro15 bationary period for all employees hired under the author16 ity established in this section shall be three years. 

17 ‘‘(i) INCUMBENTS OF EXISTING COMPETITIVE SERVICE

18 POSITIONS.—(1) An individual serving in a position on the 

19 date of enactment of this section that is selected to be con20 verted to a position in the excepted service under this sec21 tion shall have the right to refuse such conversion. 

22 ‘‘(2) After the date on which an individual who refuses 

23 a conversion under paragraph (1) stops serving in the posi24 tion selected to be converted, the position may be converted 

25 to a position in the excepted service. 
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1 ‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 ‘‘(1) The term ‘appropriate committees of Con3 gress’ means— 

4 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

5 Committee on Homeland Security and Govern6 mental Affairs, and the Committee on Appro7 priations of the Senate; and 

8 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 

9 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

10 Representatives. 

11 ‘‘(2) The term ‘collective bargaining agreement’ 

12 has the meaning given that term in section 

13 7103(a)(8) of title 5. 

14 ‘‘(3) The term ‘excepted service’ has the meaning 

15 given that term in section 2103 of title 5. 

16 ‘‘(4) The term ‘preference eligible’ has the mean17 ing given that term in section 2108 of title 5. 

18 ‘‘(5) The term ‘qualified position’ means a posi19 tion, designated by the Secretary for the purpose of 

20 this section, in which the incumbent performs, man21 ages, or supervises functions that execute the respon22 sibilities of the United States Cyber Command relat23 ing to cyber operations. 

24 ‘‘(6) The term ‘Senior Executive Service’ has the 

25 meaning given that term in section 2101a of title 5.’’. 
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3132(a)(2) of 

2 title 5, United States Code, is amended in the matter fol3 lowing subparagraph (E)— 

4 (1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

5 (2) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the 

6 semicolon; and 

7 (3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following 

8 new clause: 

9 ‘‘(iv) any position established as a qualified po10 sition in the excepted service by the Secretary of De11 fense under section 1599e of title 10;’’. 

12 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

13 the beginning of chapter 81 of title 10, United States Code, 

14 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

15 1599d the following new item: 

‘‘1599e. United States Cyber Command recruitment and retention.’’. 

16 SEC. 1105. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO WAIVE 

17 ANNUAL LIMITATION ON PREMIUM PAY AND 

18 AGGREGATE LIMITATION ON PAY FOR FED19 ERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WORKING OVER20 SEAS. 

21 Effective January 1, 2016, section 1101(a) of the Dun22 can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

23 Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4615), as most 

24 recently amended by section 1101 of the Carl Levin and 

25 Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza-
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1 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291), is 

2 further amended by striking ‘‘through 2015’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘through 2016’’. 

4 SEC. 1106. FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF EXPEDITED HIRING 

5 AUTHORITY FOR DESIGNATED DEFENSE AC6 QUISITION WORKFORCE POSITIONS. 

7 Section 1705(g)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 

8 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2017’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 

10 SEC. 1107. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF DISCRETIONARY AU11 THORITY TO GRANT ALLOWANCES, BENEFITS, 

12 AND GRATUITIES TO CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 

13 ON OFFICIAL DUTY IN A COMBAT ZONE. 

14 Paragraph (2) of section 1603(a) of the Emergency 

15 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global 

16 War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 

17 109–234; 120 Stat. 443), as added by section 1102 of the 

18 Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 

19 Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4616) 

20 and most recently amended by section 1102 of the Carl 

21 Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense 

22 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113– 

23 291), is further amended by striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘2017’’. 
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1 SEC. 1108. EXTENSION OF RATE OF OVERTIME PAY FOR DE2 PARTMENT OF THE NAVY EMPLOYEES PER3 FORMING WORK ABOARD OR DOCKSIDE IN 

4 SUPPORT OF THE NUCLEAR-POWERED AIR5 CRAFT CARRIER FORWARD DEPLOYED IN 

6 JAPAN. 

7 Section 5542(a)(6)(B) of title 5, United States Code, 

8 is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘September 30, 2017’’. 

10 SEC. 1109. EXPANSION OF TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO 

11 MAKE DIRECT APPOINTMENTS OF CAN12 DIDATES POSSESSING BACHELOR’S DEGREES 

13 TO SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING POSI14 TIONS AT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RE15 INVENTION LABORATORIES. 

16 (a) EXPANSION.—Section 1107(c)(1) of the National 

17 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (10 U.S.C. 

18 2358 note) is amended by striking ‘‘3 percent’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘5 percent’’. 

20 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub21 section (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2016, and shall 

22 apply with respect to appointments of candidates under sec23 tion 1107(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

24 for Fiscal Year 2014 on or after that date. 
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1 SEC. 1110. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE CIVILIAN 

2 ACQUISITION WORKFORCE PERSONNEL DEM3 ONSTRATION PROJECT. 

4 (a) EXTENSION.—Section 1762(g) of title 10, United 

5 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2017’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

7 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Such section is further 

8 amended by striking ‘‘demonstration program’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘demonstration project’’. 

10 SEC. 1111. PILOT PROGRAM ON DYNAMIC SHAPING OF THE 

11 WORKFORCE TO IMPROVE THE TECHNICAL 

12 SKILLS AND EXPERTISE AT CERTAIN DEPART13 MENT OF DEFENSE LABORATORIES. 

14 (a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

15 Defense shall carry out a pilot program to assess the 

16 feasability and advisability of the use of the authorities 

17 specified in subsection (b) at the Department of Defense lab18 oratories specified in subsection (c) to permit the directors 

19 of such laboratories to dynamically shape the mix of tech20 nical skills and expertise in the workforces of such labora21 tories in order to achieve one or more of the following: 

22 (1) To meet organizational and Department-des23 ignated missions in the most cost-effective and effi24 cient manner. 

25 (2) To upgrade and enhance the scientific qual26 ity of the workforces of such laboratories. 
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1 (3) To shape such workforces to better respond to 

2 such missions. 

3 (4) To reduce the average unit cost of such 

4 workforces. 

5 (b) WORKFORCE SHAPING AUTHORITIES.—The au6 thorities that may be used by the director of a Department 

7 of Defense laboratory under the pilot program are the fol8 lowing: 

9 (1) FLEXIBLE LENGTH AND RENEWABLE TERM

10 TECHNICAL APPOINTMENTS.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions 

12 of this paragraph, authority otherwise available 

13 to the director by law (and within the available 

14 budgetary resources of the laboratory) to appoint 

15 qualified scientific and technical personnel who 

16 are not currently Department of Defense civilian 

17 employees into any scientific or technical posi18 tion in the laboratory for a period of more than 

19 one year but not more than six years. 

20 (B) BENEFITS.—Personnel appointed under 

21 this paragraph shall be provided with benefits 

22 comparable to those provided to similar employ23 ees at the laboratory concerned, including profes24 sional development opportunities, eligibility for 

25 all laboratory awards programs, and designation 
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1 as ‘‘status applicants’’ for the purposes of eligi2 bility for positions in the Federal service. 

3 (C) EXTENSION OF APPOINTMENTS.—The 

4 appointment of any individual under this para5 graph may be extended at any time during any 

6 term of service of the individual under this para7 graph for an additional period of up to six years 

8 under such conditions as the director concerned 

9 shall establish for purposes of this paragraph. 

10 (D) CONSTRUCTION WITH CERTAIN LIMITA11 TION.—For purposes of determining the work12 force size of a laboratory in connection with 

13 compliance with section 955 of the National De14 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 

15 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1896; 10 U.S.C. 

16 129a note), any individual serving in an ap17 pointment under this paragraph shall be treated 

18 as a fractional employee of the laboratory, which 

19 fraction is— 

20 (i) the current term of appointment of 

21 the individual under this paragraph; di22 vided by 

23 (ii) the average length of tenure of a 

24 career employee at the laboratory, as cal25 culated at the end of the last fiscal year 
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1 ending before the date of the most recent ap2 pointment or extension of the individual 

3 under this paragraph. 

4 (2) REEMPLOYMENT OF ANNUITANTS.—Authority 

5 to reemploy annuitants in accordance with section 

6 9902(g) of title 5, United States Code, except that as 

7 a condition for reemployment the director may au8 thorize the deduction from the pay of any annuitant 

9 so reemployed of an amount up to the amount of the 

10 annuity otherwise payable to such annuitant allocable 

11 to the period of actual employment of such annuitant, 

12 which amount shall be determined in a manner speci13 fied by the director for purposes of this paragraph to 

14 ensure the most cost effective execution of designated 

15 missions by the laboratory while retaining critical 

16 technical skills. 

17 (3) EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVES.—Authority 

18 to authorize voluntary early retirement of employees 

19 in accordance with section 8336 of title 5, United 

20 States Code, without regard to section 8336(d)(2)(D) 

21 or 3522 of such title, and with employees so separated 

22 voluntarily from service under regulations prescribed 

23 by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of the pilot 

24 program. 
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1 (4) SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAY.—Authority to 

2 pay voluntary separation pay to employees in accord3 ance with section 8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United 

4 States Code, without regard to clause (iv) or (v) of 

5 such section or section 3522, of such title, and with— 

6 (A) employees so separated voluntarily from 

7 service under regulations prescribed by the Sec8 retary of Defense for purposes of the pilot pro9 gram; and 

10 (B) payments to employees so separated au11 thorized under section 3523 of such title without 

12 regard to— 

13 (i) the plan otherwise required by sec14 tion 3522 of such title; and 

15 (ii) paragraph (1) or (3) of section 

16 3523(b) of such title. 

17 (c) LABORATORIES.—The Department of Defense lab18 oratories specified in this subsection are the laboratories 

19 specified in section 1105(a) of the National Defense Author20 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 

21 Stat. 2486; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note). 

22 (d) EXPIRATION.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The authority in this section 

24 shall expire on December 31, 2023. 
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1 (2) CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITIES EXERCISED

2 BEFORE TERMINATION.—The expiration in paragraph 

3 (1) shall not be construed to effect the continuation 

4 after the date specified in paragraph (1) of any term 

5 of employment or other benefit authorized under this 

6 section before that date in accordance with the terms 

7 of such authorization. 

8 SEC. 1112. PILOT PROGRAM ON TEMPORARY EXCHANGE OF 

9 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACQUISITION 

10 PERSONNEL. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

12 carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and ad13 visability of the temporary assignment of covered employees 

14 of the Department of Defense to nontraditional defense con15 tractors and of covered employees of such contractors to the 

16 Department. 

17 (b) COVERED EMPLOYEES; NONTRADITIONAL DE18 FENSE CONTRACTORS.— 

19 (1) COVERED EMPLOYEES.—An employee of the 

20 Department of Defense or a nontraditional Defense 

21 contractor is a covered employee for purposes of this 

22 section if the employee— 

23 (A) works in the field of financial manage24 ment or in the acquisition field; 
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1 (B) is considered by the Secretary of De2 fense to be an exceptional employee; and 

3 (C) is compensated at not less than the GS– 

4 11 level (or the equivalent). 

5 (2) NONTRADITIONAL DEFENSE CONTRACTORS.— 

6 For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘nontraditional 

7 defense contractor’’ has the meaning given that term 

8 in section 2302(9) of title 10, United States Code. 

9 (c) AGREEMENTS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

11 provide for a written agreement among the Depart12 ment of Defense, the nontraditional defense contractor 

13 concerned, and the employee concerned regarding the 

14 terms and conditions of the employee’s assignment 

15 under this section. 

16 (2) ELEMENTS.—An agreement under this sub17 section— 

18 (A) shall require, in the case of an employee 

19 of the Department, that upon completion of the 

20 assignment, the employee will serve in the civil 

21 service for a period at least equal to three times 

22 the length of the assignment, unless the employee 

23 is sooner involuntarily separated from the service 

24 of the employee’s agency; and 
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1 (B) shall provide that if the employee of the 

2 Department or of the contractor (as the case may 

3 be) fails to carry out the agreement, or if the em4 ployee is voluntarily separated from the service 

5 of the employee’s agency before the end of the pe6 riod stated in the agreement, the employee shall 

7 be liable to the United States for payment of all 

8 expenses of the assignment unless that failure or 

9 voluntary separation was for good and sufficient 

10 reason, as determined by the Secretary. 

11 (3) DEBT TO THE UNITED STATES.—An amount 

12 for which an employee is liable under paragraph 

13 (2)(B) shall be treated as a debt due the United 

14 States. The Secretary may waive, in whole or in part, 

15 collection of such a debt based on a determination 

16 that the collection would be against equity and good 

17 conscience and not in the best interests of the United 

18 States. 

19 (d) TERMINATION.—An assignment under this section 

20 may, at any time and for any reason, be terminated by 

21 the Department of Defense or the nontraditional defense 

22 contractor concerned. 

23 (e) DURATION.—An assignment under this section 

24 shall be for a period of not less than three months and not 

25 more than one year. 
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1 (f) STATUS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO

2 CONTRACTORS.—An employee of the Department of Defense 

3 who is assigned to a nontraditional defense contractor 

4 under this section shall be considered, during the period of 

5 assignment, to be on detail to a regular work assignment 

6 in the Department for all purposes. The written agreement 

7 established under subsection (c) shall address the specific 

8 terms and conditions related to the employee’s continued 

9 status as a Federal employee. 

10 (g) TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PRIVATE SECTOR

11 EMPLOYEES.—An employee of a nontraditional defense 

12 contractor who is assigned to a Department of Defense orga13 nization under this section— 

14 (1) shall continue to receive pay and benefits 

15 from the contractor from which such employee is as16 signed; 

17 (2) shall be deemed to be an employee of the De18 partment of Defense for the purposes of— 

19 (A) chapter 73 of title 5, United States 

20 Code; 

21 (B) sections 201, 203, 205, 207, 208, 209, 

22 603, 606, 607, 643, 654, 1905, and 1913 of title 

23 18, United States Code, and any other conflict of 

24 interest statute; 
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1 (C) sections 1343, 1344, and 1349(b) of title 

2 31, United States Code; 

3 (D) the Federal Tort Claims Act and any 

4 other Federal tort liability statute; 

5 (E) the Ethics in Government Act of 1978; 

6 (F) section 1043 of the Internal Revenue 

7 Code of 1986; 

8 (G) chapter 21 of title 41, United States 

9 Code; and 

10 (H) subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, 

11 United States Code, relating to compensation for 

12 work-related injuries; and 

13 (3) may not have access, while the employee is 

14 assigned to a Department organization, to any trade 

15 secrets or to any other nonpublic information which 

16 is of commercial value to the contractor from which 

17 such employee is assigned. 

18 (h) PROHIBITION AGAINST CHARGING CERTAIN COSTS

19 TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.—A nontraditional defense con20 tractor may not charge the Department of Defense or any 

21 other agency of the Federal Government, as direct or indi22 rect costs under a Federal contract, the costs of pay or bene23 fits paid by the contractor to an employee assigned to a 

24 Department organization under this section for the period 

25 of the assignment. 
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1 (i) CONSIDERATION.—In providing for assignments of 

2 employees under this section, the Secretary of Defense shall 

3 take into consideration the question of how assignments 

4 might best be used to help meet the needs of the Department 

5 of Defense with respect to the training of employees in fi6 nancial management or in acquisition. 

7 (j) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.— 

8 (1) DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.—The number of 

9 employees of the Department of Defense who may be 

10 assigned to nontraditional defense contractors under 

11 this section at any given time may not exceed the fol12 lowing: 

13 (A) Five employees in the field of financial 

14 management. 

15 (B) Five employees in the acquisition field. 

16 (2) NONTRADITIONAL DEFENSE CONTRACTOR EM17 PLOYEES.—The total number of nontraditional de18 fense contractor employees who may be assigned to the 

19 Department under this section at any given time may 

20 not exceed 10 such employees. 

21 (k) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY FOR ASSIGN22 MENTS.—No assignment of an employee may commence 

23 under this section after September 30, 2019. 
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1 SEC. 1113. PILOT PROGRAM ON ENHANCED PAY AUTHORITY 

2 FOR CERTAIN ACQUISITION AND TECH3 NOLOGY POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF 

4 DEFENSE. 

5 (a) PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 

6 Defense may carry out a pilot program to assess the feasi7 bility and advisability of using the pay authority specified 

8 in subsection (d) to fix the rate of basic pay for positions 

9 described in subsection (c) in order to assist the Office of 

10 the Secretary of Defense and the military departments in 

11 attracting and retaining high quality acquisition and tech12 nology experts in positions responsible for managing and 

13 developing complex, high cost, technological acquisition ef14 forts of the Department of Defense. 

15 (b) APPROVAL REQUIRED.—The pilot program may be 

16 carried out only with approval as follows: 

17 (1) Approval of the Under Secretary of Defense 

18 for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, in the case 

19 of positions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 

20 (2) Approval of the Service Acquisition Execu21 tive of the military department concerned, in the case 

22 of positions in a military department. 

23 (c) POSITIONS.—The positions described in this sub24 section are positions that— 
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1 (1) require expertise of an extremely high level in 

2 a scientific, technical, professional, or acquisition 

3 management field; and 

4 (2) are critical to the successful accomplishment 

5 of an important acquisition or technology develop6 ment mission. 

7 (d) RATE OF BASIC PAY.—The pay authority specified 

8 in this subsection is authority as follows: 

9 (1) Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for a 

10 position at a rate not to exceed 150 percent of the rate 

11 of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive 

12 Schedule, upon the approval of the Under Secretary 

13 of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics 

14 or the Service Acquisition Executive concerned, as ap15 plicable. 

16 (2) Authority to fix the rate of basic pay for a 

17 position at a rate in excess of 150 percent of the rate 

18 of basic pay payable for level I of the Executive 

19 Schedule, upon the approval of the Secretary of De20 fense. 

21 (e) LIMITATIONS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The authority in subsection 

23 (a) may be used only to the extent necessary to com24 petitively recruit or retain individuals exceptionally 

25 well qualified for positions described in subsection (c). 
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1 (2) NUMBER OF POSITIONS.—The authority in 

2 subsection (a) may not be used with respect to more 

3 than five positions in the Office of the Secretary of 

4 Defense and more than five positions in each military 

5 department at any one time. 

6 (3) TERM OF POSITIONS.—The authority in sub7 section (a) may be used only for positions having 

8 terms less than five years. 

9 (f) TERMINATION.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to fix rates of 

11 basic pay for a position under this section shall ter12 minate on October 1, 2020. 

13 (2) CONTINUATION OF PAY.—Nothing in para14 graph (1) shall be construed to prohibit the payment 

15 after October 1, 2020, of basic pay at rates fixed 

16 under this section before that date for positions whose 

17 terms continue after that date. 

18 SEC. 1114. PILOT PROGRAM ON DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY 

19 FOR VETERAN TECHNICAL EXPERTS INTO 

20 THE DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE. 

21 (a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

22 carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and ad23 visability of appointing qualified veteran candidates to po24 sitions described in subsection (b) in the defense acquisition 

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1 provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United 

2 States Code. The Secretary shall carry out the pilot pro3 gram in each military department through the Service Ac4 quisition Executive of such military department. 

5 (b) POSITIONS.—The positions described in this sub6 section are scientific, technical, engineering, and mathe7 matics positions, including technicians, within the defense 

8 acquisition workforce. 

9 (c) LIMITATION.—Authority under subsection (a) may 

10 not, in any calendar year and with respect to any military 

11 department, be exercised with respect to a number of can12 didates greater than the number equal to 1 percent of the 

13 total number positions the acquisition workforce of that 

14 military department that are filled as of the close of the 

15 fiscal year last ending before the start of such calendar year. 

16 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 (1) The term ‘‘employee’’ has the meaning given 

18 that term in section 2105 of title 5, United States 

19 Code. 

20 (2) The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the meaning given 

21 that term in section 101 of title 38, United States 

22 Code. 

23 (e) TERMINATION.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to appoint can25 didates to positions under the pilot program shall ex-
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1 pire on the date that is five years after the date of 

2 the enactment of this Act. 

3 (2) EFFECT ON EXISTING APPOINTMENTS.—The 

4 termination by paragraph (1) of the authority in sub5 section (a) shall not affect any appointment made 

6 under that authority before the termination date spec7 ified in paragraph (1) in accordance with the terms 

8 of such appointment. 

9 SEC. 1115. DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY FOR TECHNICAL EX10 PERTS INTO THE DEFENSE ACQUISITION 

11 WORKFORCE. 

12 (a) AUTHORITY.—Each Secretary of a military de13 partment may appoint qualified candidates possessing a 

14 scientific or engineering degree to positions described in 

15 subsection (b) for that military department without regard 

16 to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, 

17 United States Code. 

18 (b) APPLICABILITY.—Positions described in this sub19 section are scientific and engineering positions within the 

20 defense acquisition workforce. 

21 (c) LIMITATION.—Authority under this section may 

22 not, in any calendar year and with respect to any military 

23 department, be exercised with respect to a number of can24 didates greater than the number equal to 5 percent of the 

25 total number of scientific and engineering positions within 
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1 the acquisition workforce of that military department that 

2 are filled as of the close of the fiscal year last ending before 

3 the start of such calendar year. 

4 (d) NATURE OF APPOINTMENT.—Any appointment 

5 under this section shall be treated as an appointment on 

6 a full-time equivalent basis, unless such appointment is 

7 made on a term or temporary basis. 

8 (e) EMPLOYEE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

9 ‘‘employee’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

10 2105 of title 5, United States Code. 

11 (f) TERMINATION.—The authority to make appoint12 ments under this section shall not be available after Decem13 ber 31, 2020. 

14 TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING 

15 TO FOREIGN NATIONS 

16 Subtitle A—Training and 

17 Assistance 

18 SEC. 1201. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF FUNDING LIMITA19 TIONS FOR AUTHORITY TO BUILD THE CA20 PACITY OF FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES. 

21 Section 1205(d) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

22 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 

23 Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291) is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (1)— 
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2015’’ and 

2 all that follows through ‘‘section 4301’’ and in3 serting ‘‘for fiscal year 2015 or 2016 for the De4 partment of Defense for operation and mainte5 nance’’; and 

6 (B) by inserting ‘‘, in such fiscal year’’ be7 fore the period; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 

9 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘for a fiscal year specified in 

10 that paragraph’’. 

11 SEC. 1202. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY FOR 

12 REIMBURSEMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF 

13 JORDAN FOR BORDER SECURITY OPER14 ATIONS. 

15 (a) EXPANSION TO GOVERNMENT OF LEBANON.—Sub16 section (a) of section 1207 of the National Defense Author17 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 

18 Stat. 902; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended— 

19 (1) by inserting ‘‘and the Government of Leb20 anon’’ after ‘‘the Government of Jordan’’ each place 

21 it appears; and 

22 (2) by striking ‘‘armed forces of Jordan’’ each 

23 place it appears and inserting ‘‘armed forces of the 

24 country concerned’’. 
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1 (b) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of such sec2 tion is further amended— 

3 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘maintaining’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘enhancing’’; and 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘increase security and sus7 tain increased security along the border between 

8 Jordan and Syria’’ and inserting ‘‘sustain secu9 rity along the border of Jordan with Syria and 

10 Iraq and increase or sustain security along the 

11 border of Lebanon with Syria, as applicable’’; 

12 and 

13 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘maintain’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘enhance’’; and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘increase security or sustain 

17 increased security along the border between Jor18 dan and Syria’’ and inserting ‘‘sustain security 

19 along the border of Jordan with Syria and Iraq 

20 or increase or sustain security along the border 

21 of Lebanon with Syria, as applicable’’. 

22 (c) FUNDS.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended 

23 to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(b) FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ASSISTANCE.—While the 

25 authority in this section is in effect, amounts may be used 
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1 to provide assistance under the authority in subsection (a) 

2 as follows: 

3 ‘‘(1) Amounts authorized to be appropriated for 

4 a fiscal year for the Department of Defense and avail5 able for reimbursement of certain coalition nations 

6 for support provided to United States military oper7 ations pursuant to section 1233 of the National De8 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public 

9 Law 110–81). 

10 ‘‘(2) Amounts authorized to be appropriated for 

11 a fiscal year for the Department of Defense for the 

12 Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund.’’. 

13 (d) LIMITATIONS.—Subsection (c) of such section is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may not ex16 ceed $150,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘in any fiscal year 

17 may not exceed $125,000,000’’; and 

18 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

19 following new paragraph (2): 

20 ‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENT OF LEB21 ANON.—Assistance provided under the authority in 

22 subsection (a) to the Government of Lebanon may be 

23 used only for the armed forces of Lebanon, and may 

24 not be used for or to reimburse Hezbollah or any 

25 forces other than the armed forces of Lebanon.’’. 
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1 (e) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (f) of 

2 such section is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

4 (f) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of such 

5 section is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 1207. ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF JORDAN 

7 AND THE GOVERNMENT OF LEBANON FOR 

8 BORDER SECURITY OPERATIONS.’’. 

9 SEC. 1203. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT ACTIVI10 TIES TO ENHANCE THE CAPABILITY OF FOR11 EIGN COUNTRIES TO RESPOND TO INCI12 DENTS INVOLVING WEAPONS OF MASS DE13 STRUCTION. 

14 Section 1204(h) of the National Defense Authorization 

15 Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 

16 897; 10 U.S.C. 401 note) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep17 tember 30, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2018’’. 

18 SEC. 1204. REDESIGNATION, MODIFICATION, AND EXTEN19 SION OF NATIONAL GUARD STATE PARTNER20 SHIP PROGRAM. 

21 (a) REDESIGNATION.—The heading of section 1205 of 

22 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

23 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 897; 32 U.S.C. 107 

24 note) is amended to read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 1205. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STATE PARTNER2 SHIP PROGRAM.’’. 

3 (b) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) of such sec4 tion is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a program of 

6 exchanges’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘a pro7 gram of activities described in paragraph (2) between 

8 members of the National Guard of a State or territory 

9 and any of the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) The military forces of a foreign coun11 try. 

12 ‘‘(B) The security forces of a foreign coun13 try. 

14 ‘‘(C) Governmental organizations of a for15 eign country whose primary functions include 

16 disaster response or emergency response.’’; and 

17 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

18 following new paragraph (2): 

19 ‘‘(2) STATE PARTNERSHIP.—Each program es20 tablished under this subsection shall be known as a 

21 ‘State Partnership’.’’. 

22 (c) LIMITATION.—Subsection (b) of such section is 

23 amended by striking ‘‘activity under a program’’ and all 

24 that follows through ‘‘State or territory,’’ and inserting ‘‘ac25 tivity with forces referred to in subsection (a)(1)(B) or orga-
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1 nizations described in subsection (a)(1)(C) under a pro2 gram established under subsection (a)’’. 

3 (d) STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FUND.—Not later 

4 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

5 the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Under 

6 Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall jointly submit to 

7 the congressional defense committees a report setting forth 

8 a joint assessment of the feasibility and advisability of es9 tablishing a central fund to manage funds for programs and 

10 activities under the Department of Defense State Partner11 ship Program under section 1205 of the National Defense 

12 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, as amended by this 

13 section. 

14 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (e)(2) of 

15 such section is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘a program’’ and inserting ‘‘each 

17 program’’; and 

18 (2) by striking ‘‘the program’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘such program’’. 

20 (f) PERMANENT AUTHORITY.—Such section is further 

21 amended by striking subsection (i). 

22 (g) ENHANCED SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection 

23 (a)(1) of such section, as amended by subsection (b)(1) of 

24 this section, is further amended by inserting after ‘‘activi-
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1 ties described in paragraph (2)’’ the following: ‘‘, to support 

2 the security cooperation objectives of the United States,’’. 

3 (h) PROCEDURES.—Such section, as amended by sub4 sections (b) through (f) of this section, is further amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) 

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

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 

8 new subsection (c): 

9 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.—The Chief of the 

10 National Guard Bureau shall designate a director for each 

11 State and territory to be responsible for the coordination 

12 of activities under a program established under subsection 

13 (a) for such State or territory and reporting on activities 

14 under the program.’’. 

15 (i) ANNUAL REPORT.—Paragraph (2)(B) of subsection 

16 (f) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (h)(1) of 

17 this section, is amended— 

18 (1) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘or other govern19 ment organizations’’ after ‘‘and security forces’’; 

20 (2) in clause (iv), by adding at the end before the 

21 period the following: ‘‘and country’’; 

22 (3) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘training’’ and in23 serting ‘‘activities’’; and 

24 (4) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(vi) An assessment of the extent to 

2 which the activities conducted during the 

3 previous year met the objectives described in 

4 clause (v).’’. 

5 SEC. 1205. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO NATIONAL 

6 MILITARY FORCES OF ALLIED COUNTRIES 

7 FOR COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATIONS IN 

8 AFRICA. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense is author10 ized, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide, 

11 on a nonreimbursable basis, logistic support, supplies, and 

12 services to the national military forces of an allied country 

13 conducting counterterrorism operations in Africa if the Sec14 retary of Defense determines that the provision of such logis15 tic support, supplies, and services, on a nonreimbursable 

16 basis, is— 

17 (1) in the national security interests of the 

18 United States; and 

19 (2) critical to the timely and effective participa20 tion of such national military forces in such oper21 ations. 

22 (b) NOTICE TO CONGRESS ON SUPPORT PROVIDED.— 

23 Not later than 15 days after providing logistic support, sup24 plies, or services under subsection (a), the Secretary of De-
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1 fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

2 a notice setting forth the following: 

3 (1) The determination of the Secretary specified 

4 in subsection (a). 

5 (2) The type of logistic support, supplies, or serv6 ices provided. 

7 (3) The national military forces supported. 

8 (4) The purpose of the operations for which such 

9 support was provided, and the objectives of such sup10 port. 

11 (5) The estimated cost of such support. 

12 (6) The intended duration of such support. 

13 (c) LIMITATIONS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may 

15 not use the authority in subsection (a) to provide any 

16 type of support that is otherwise prohibited by any 

17 other provision of law. 

18 (2) AMOUNT.—The aggregate amount of logistic 

19 support, supplies, and services provided under sub20 section (a) in any fiscal year may not exceed 

21 $100,000,000. 

22 (d) REPORTS.—Not later than six months after the 

23 date of the enactment of this Act, and every six months 

24 thereafter through the expiration date in subsection (f) of 

25 the authority provided by this section, the Secretary of De-
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1 fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

2 a report setting forth a description of the use of the author3 ity provided by this section during the six-month period 

4 ending on the date of such report. Each report shall include 

5 the following: 

6 (1) An assessment of the extent to which the sup7 port provided under this section during the period 

8 covered by such report facilitated the national mili9 tary forces of allied countries so supported in con10 ducting counterterrorism operations in Africa. 

11 (2) A description of any efforts by countries that 

12 received such support to address, as practicable, the 

13 requirements of their forces for logistics support, sup14 plies, or services for conducting counterterrorism op15 erations in Africa, including under acquisition and 

16 cross-servicing agreements. 

17 (e) LOGISTIC SUPPORT, SUPPLIES, AND SERVICES DE18 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘logistic support, sup19 plies, and services’’ has the meaning given that term in sec20 tion 2350(1) of title 10, United States Code. 

21 (f) EXPIRATION.—The authority provided by this sec22 tion may not be exercised after September 30, 2018. 
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1 SEC. 1206. AUTHORITY TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF FOR2 EIGN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE FORCES. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, with the 

4 concurrence of the Director of National Intelligence and the 

5 Secretary of State, is authorized to conduct or support a 

6 program or programs to train the military intelligence 

7 forces of a foreign county in order for that country to— 

8 (1) improve interoperability with United States 

9 and allied forces; 

10 (2) enhance the capacity of such forces to receive 

11 and act upon time-sensitive intelligence; 

12 (3) increase the capacity and capability of such 

13 forces to fuse and analyze intelligence; and 

14 (4) ensure the ability of such forces to support 

15 the military forces of that country in conducting law16 ful military operations in which intelligence plays a 

17 critical role. 

18 (b) TYPES OF SUPPORT.— 

19 (1) AUTHORIZED ELEMENTS.—A program under 

20 subsection (a) may include the provision of training, 

21 and associated supplies and support. 

22 (2) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—A program under 

23 subsection (a) shall include elements that promote the 

24 following: 

25 (A) Observance of and respect for human 

26 rights and fundamental freedoms. 
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1 (B) Respect for civilian control of the mili2 tary. 

3 (c) LIMITATIONS.— 

4 (1) ANNUAL FUNDING LIMITATION.—Of the 

5 amount authorized to be appropriated for the Depart6 ment of Defense for a fiscal year and available for the 

7 military intelligence program (MIP), the Secretary of 

8 Defense may use up to $25,000,000 in such fiscal 

9 year to carry out programs authorized by subsection 

10 (a). 

11 (2) ASSISTANCE OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY

12 LAW.—The Secretary of Defense may not use the au13 thority in subsection (a) to provide any type of assist14 ance described in subsection (b) that is otherwise pro15 hibited by any provision of law. 

16 (3) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.—The 

17 Secretary of Defense may not use the authority in 

18 subsection (a) to provide assistance described in sub19 section (b) to any foreign country that is otherwise 

20 prohibited from receiving such assistance under any 

21 other provision of law. 

22 (d) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not less than 15 

23 days before initiating activities under a program under 

24 subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
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1 appropriate committees of Congress a notice on the fol2 lowing: 

3 (1) The country whose capacity to engage in ac4 tivities in subsection (a) will be built under the pro5 gram. 

6 (2) The budget, implementation timeline with 

7 milestones, military department responsible for man8 agement and associated program executive office, and 

9 completion date for the program. 

10 (3) Assurances, if any, provided with respect to 

11 an enduring arrangement between the United States 

12 and the forces provided training pursuant to sub13 section (a). 

14 (4) The objectives and assessment framework to 

15 be used to develop capability and performance metrics 

16 associated with operational outcomes for the recipient 

17 forces. 

18 (5) An assessment of the capacity of the recipient 

19 country to absorb assistance under the program. 

20 (6) An assessment of the manner in which the 

21 program fits into the theater security cooperation 

22 strategy of the applicable geographic combatant com23 mand. 
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1 (e) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE2 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 

3 of Congress’’ means— 

4 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com5 mittee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Ap6 propriations, and the Select Committee on Intel7 ligence of the Senate; and 

8 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com9 mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appro10 priations, and the Permanent Select Committee on 

11 Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 

12 SEC. 1207. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO ENTITIES IN 

13 YEMEN CONTROLLED BY THE HOUTHI MOVE14 MENT. 

15 (a) PROHIBITION.—No amounts authorized to be ap16 propriated for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of De17 fense by this Act may be used to provide assistance to an 

18 entity in Yemen that is controlled by members of the Houthi 

19 movement. 

20 (b) NATIONAL SECURITY EXCEPTION.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition in subsection 

22 (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of Defense, in con23 sultation with the Director of National Intelligence, 

24 determines that the provision of assistance as de-
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1 scribed in that subsection is important to the national 

2 security interests of the United States. 

3 (2) NOTICE REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days 

4 after providing assistance under this subsection, the 

5 Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 

6 committees notice on such assistance, including the 

7 following: 

8 (A) The assistance provided. 

9 (B) The rationale for the provision of such 

10 assistance. 

11 (C) The national security interests of the 

12 United States in providing such assistance. 

13 (3) FORM.—Each notice under paragraph (2) 

14 shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may 

15 include a classified annex. 

16 SEC. 1208. REPORT ON POTENTIAL SUPPORT FOR THE VET17 TED SYRIAN OPPOSITION. 

18 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De20 fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

21 a report setting forth a detailed description of the military 

22 support the Secretary considers it necessary to provide to 

23 recipients of assistance under section 1209 of the Carl Levin 

24 and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Author25 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 
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1 Stat. 3541) upon their return to Syria to make use of such 

2 assistance. 

3 (b) COVERED POTENTIAL SUPPORT.—The support the 

4 Secretary may consider it necessary to provide for purposes 

5 of the report is the following: 

6 (1) Logistical support. 

7 (2) Defensive supportive fire. 

8 (3) Intelligence. 

9 (4) Medical support. 

10 (5) Any other support the Secretary considers 

11 appropriate for purposes of the report. 

12 (c) ELEMENTS.—The report shall include the fol13 lowing: 

14 (1) For each type of support the Secretary con15 siders it necessary to provide as described in sub16 section (a), a description of the actions to be taken by 

17 the Secretary to ensure that such support would not 

18 benefit any of the following: 

19 (A) The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 

20 (ISIS), the Al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda, the 

21 Khorasan Group, or any other extremist Islamic 

22 organization 

23 (B) The Syrian Arab Army or any group 

24 or organization supporting President Bashir 

25 Assad. 
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1 (2) An estimate of the cost of providing such 

2 support. 

3 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

4 shall be construed to constitute an authorization for the use 

5 of force in Syria. 

6 SEC. 1209. SUPPORT FOR SECURITY OF AFGHAN WOMEN 

7 AND GIRLS. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

9 (1) Through the sacrifice and dedication of mem10 bers of the Armed Forces, civilian personnel, and our 

11 Afghan partners as well as the American people’s gen12 erous investment, oppressive Taliban rule has given 

13 way to a nascent democracy in Afghanistan. It is in 

14 our national security interest to help prevent Afghan15 istan from ever again becoming a safe haven and 

16 training ground for international terrorism and to 

17 solidify and preserve the gains our men and women 

18 in uniform fought so hard to establish. 

19 (2) The United States through its National Ac20 tion Plan on Women, Peace, and Security has made 

21 firm commitments to support the human rights of the 

22 women and girls of Afghanistan. The National Action 

23 Plan states that ‘‘the engagement and protection of 

24 women as agents of peace and stability will be central 
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1 to United States efforts to promote security, prevent, 

2 respond to, and resolve conflict, and rebuild societies’’. 

3 (3) As stated in the Department of Defense’s Oc4 tober 2014 Report on Progress Toward Security and 

5 Stability in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense 

6 and the International Security Assistance Force 

7 (ISAF) ‘‘maintain a robust program dedicated to im8 proving the recruitment, retention, and treatment of 

9 women in the Afghan National Security Forces 

10 (ANSF), and to improving the status of Afghan 

11 women in general’’. 

12 (4) According to the Department of Defense’s Oc13 tober 2014 Report on Progress Toward Security and 

14 Stability in Afghanistan, the ‘‘Afghan MoI showed 

15 significant support for women in the MoI and is tak16 ing steps to protect and empower female police and 

17 female MoI staff’’. Although some positive steps have 

18 been made, progress remains slow to reach the MoI’s 

19 goal of recruiting 10,000 women in the Afghan Na20 tional Police (ANP) in the next 10 years. 

21 (5) According to Inclusive Security, women only 

22 make up approximately 1 percent of the Afghan Na23 tional Police. There are about 2,200 women serving in 

24 the police force, fewer than the goal of 5,000 women 

25 set by the Government of Afghanistan. 
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1 (6) According to the International Crisis Group, 

2 there are not enough female police officers to staff all 

3 provincial Family Response Units (FRUs). United 

4 Nations Assistance Mission Afghanistan and the Of5 fice of the High Commissioner for Refugees found that 

6 ‘‘in the absence of Family Response Units or visible 

7 women police officers, women victims almost never 

8 approach police stations willingly, fearing they will 

9 be arrested, their reputations stained or worse’’. 

10 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROMOTION OF SECURITY

11 OF AFGHAN WOMEN.—It is the sense of Congress that— 

12 (1) it is in the national security interests of the 

13 United States to prevent Afghanistan from again be14 coming a safe haven and training ground for inter15 national terrorism; 

16 (2) as an important part of a strategy to achieve 

17 this objective and to help Afghanistan achieve its full 

18 potential, the United States Government should con19 tinue to regularly press the Government of the Islamic 

20 Republic of Afghanistan to commit to the meaningful 

21 inclusion of women in the political, economic, and se22 curity transition process and to ensure that women’s 

23 concerns are fully reflected in relevant negotiations; 

24 (3) the United States Government and the Gov25 ernment of Afghanistan should reaffirm their commit-
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1 ment to supporting Afghan civil society, including 

2 women’s organizations, as agreed to during the meet3 ing between the International Community and the 

4 Government of Afghanistan on the Tokyo Mutual Ac5 countability Framework (TMAF) in July 2013; 

6 (4) the United States Government should con7 tinue to support and encourage efforts to recruit and 

8 retain women in the Afghan National Security 

9 Forces, who are critical to the success of NATO’s Res10 olute Support Mission and future Enduring Partner11 ship mission; and 

12 (5) the United States should bid on no less than 

13 one gender advisor billet within the Resolute Support 

14 Mission Gender Advisory Unit and continue to work 

15 with other countries to ensure that the Resolute Sup16 port Mission Gender Advisory Unit billets are fully 

17 staffed. 

18 (c) PLAN TO PROMOTE SECURITY OF AFGHAN

19 WOMEN.— 

20 (1) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 

21 of Defense, in conjunction with the Secretary of State, 

22 shall include in the report required under section 

23 1225 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 

24 McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
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1 cal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 

2 3550)— 

3 (A) an assessment of the security of Afghan 

4 women and girls, including information regard5 ing efforts to increase the recruitment and reten6 tion of women in the ANSF; and 

7 (B) an assessment of the implementation of 

8 the plans for the recruitment, integration, reten9 tion, training, treatment, and provision of ap10 propriate facilities and transportation for 

11 women in the ANSF, including the challenges as12 sociated with such implementation and the steps 

13 being taken to address those challenges. 

14 (2) PLAN REQUIRED.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

16 shall, in coordination with the Secretary of 

17 State, to the extent practicable, support the ef18 forts of the Government of Afghanistan to pro19 mote the security of Afghan women and girls 

20 during and after the security transition process 

21 through the development and implementation by 

22 the Government of Afghanistan of an Afghan-led 

23 plan that should include the elements described 

24 in this paragraph. 
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1 (B) TRAINING.—The Secretary of Defense, 

2 working with the NATO-led Resolute Support 

3 mission should encourage the Government of Af4 ghanistan to develop— 

5 (i) measures for the evaluation of the 

6 effectiveness of existing training for Afghan 

7 National Security Forces on this issue; 

8 (ii) a plan to increase the number of 

9 female security officers specifically trained 

10 to address cases of gender-based violence, in11 cluding ensuring the Afghan National Po12 lice’s Family Response Units (FRUs) have 

13 the necessary resources and are available to 

14 women across Afghanistan; 

15 (iii) mechanisms to enhance the capac16 ity for units of National Police’s Family 

17 Response Units to fulfill their mandate as 

18 well as indicators measuring the oper19 ational effectiveness of these units; 

20 (iv) a plan to address the development 

21 of accountability mechanisms for ANA and 

22 ANP personnel who violate codes of conduct 

23 related to the human rights of women and 

24 girls, including female members of the 

25 ANSF; and 
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1 (v) a plan to develop training for the 

2 ANA and the ANP to increase awareness 

3 and responsiveness among ANA and ANP 

4 personnel regarding the unique security 

5 challenges women confront when serving in 

6 those forces. 

7 (C) ENROLLMENT AND TREATMENT.—The 

8 Secretary of Defense, in cooperation with the Af9 ghan Ministries of Defense and Interior, shall 

10 seek to assist the Government of Afghanistan in 

11 including as part of the plan developed under 

12 subparagraph (A) the development and imple13 mentation of a plan to increase the number of fe14 male members of the ANA and ANP and to pro15 mote their equal treatment, including through 

16 such steps as providing appropriate equipment, 

17 modifying facilities, and ensuring literacy and 

18 gender awareness training for recruits. 

19 (D) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 

20 (i) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds avail21 able to the Department of Defense for the 

22 Afghan Security Forces Fund for Fiscal 

23 Year 2016, no less than $10,000,000 should 

24 be used for the recruitment, integration, re25 tention, training, and treatment of women 
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1 in the ANSF as well as the recruitment, 

2 training, and contracting of female security 

3 personnel for future elections. 

4 (ii) TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVI5 TIES.—Such programs and activities may 

6 include— 

7 (I) efforts to recruit women into 

8 the ANSF, including the special oper9 ations forces; 

10 (II) programs and activities of the 

11 Afghan Ministry of Defense Directorate 

12 of Human Rights and Gender Integra13 tion and the Afghan Ministry of Inte14 rior Office of Human Rights, Gender 

15 and Child Rights; 

16 (III) development and dissemina17 tion of gender and human rights edu18 cational and training materials and 

19 programs within the Afghan Ministry 

20 of Defense and the Afghan Ministry of 

21 Interior; 

22 (IV) efforts to address harassment 

23 and violence against women within the 

24 ANSF; 
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1 (V) improvements to infrastruc2 ture that address the requirements of 

3 women serving in the ANSF, including 

4 appropriate equipment for female secu5 rity and police forces, and transpor6 tation for policewomen to their station 

7 (VI) support for ANP Family Re8 sponse Units; and 

9 (VII) security provisions for high10 profile female police and army officers. 

11 Subtitle B—Matters Relating to 

12 Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq 

13 SEC. 1221. DRAWDOWN OF UNITED STATES FORCES IN AF14 GHANISTAN. 

15 (a) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 

16 that— 

17 (1) the drawdown of United States forces in Af18 ghanistan should be based on security conditions in 

19 Afghanistan and United States security interests in 

20 the region; and 

21 (2) as the Afghan National Defense Security 

22 Forces develop security capabilities and capacity, an 

23 appropriate United States and international presence 

24 should continue, upon invitation by the Government 

25 of Afghanistan, to provide adequate capability and 
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1 capacity to preserve gains made to date and continue 

2 counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan against 

3 terrorist organizations that can threaten United 

4 States interests or the United States homeland. 

5 (b) CERTIFICATION ON REDEPLOYMENTS OF US 

6 FORCES FROM AFGHANISTAN.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 days after 

8 the approval by the Secretary of Defense of orders to 

9 redeploy United States forces from Afghanistan in 

10 order to effect a reduction of the United States force 

11 presence in Afghanistan by a significant amount in 

12 accordance with plans approved by the President to 

13 drawdown United States forces in Afghanistan, the 

14 President shall certify to the congressional defense 

15 committees that the reduction of such force presence 

16 will result in an acceptable level of risk to United 

17 States national security objectives taking into consid18 eration the security conditions on the ground. 

19 (2) SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.—For the purposes of 

20 this subsection, a significant amount in the reduction 

21 of the force presence of United States forces shall be 

22 a reduction by the lesser of— 

23 (A) 1,000 or more troops; or 
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1 (B) the number of troops equal to 20 per2 cent of the troops in Afghanistan at the time of 

3 the reduction. 

4 (3) WAIVER.—The President may waive the re5 quirement for a certification under paragraph (1) if 

6 the making of the certification would impede national 

7 security objectives of the United States. The President 

8 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 

9 report on each such waiver, including the national se10 curity objectives that would otherwise be impeded if 

11 not for the waiver. 

12 SEC. 1222. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF COM13 MANDERS’ EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM. 

14 (a) ONE-YEAR EXTENSION.—Section 1201 of the Na15 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Pub16 lic Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1619), as most recently amended 

17 by section 1221 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 

18 McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

19 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3546), is further 

20 amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2015’’ in subsections (a), 

21 (b), and (f) and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’. 

22 (b) RESTRICTION ON AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—Sub23 section (e) of such section 1201, as so amended, is further 

24 amended by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘$500,000’’. 
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1 (c) SUBMITTAL OF REVISED GUIDANCE.—Not later 

2 than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

3 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 

4 defense committees a copy of the guidance issued by the Sec5 retary to the Armed Forces concerning the Commanders’ 

6 Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan as revised to 

7 take into account the amendments made by this section. 

8 (d) AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO REDRESS

9 INJURY AND LOSS IN IRAQ.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal year 2016, 

11 amounts available pursuant to section 1201 of the 

12 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

13 2012, as amended by this section, shall also be avail14 able for ex gratia payments for damage, personal in15 jury, or death that is incident to combat operations 

16 of the Armed Forces in Iraq. 

17 (2) AUTHORITIES APPLICABLE TO PAYMENT.— 

18 Any payment made pursuant to this subsection shall 

19 be made in accordance with the authorities and limi20 tations in section 8121 of the Department of Defense 

21 Appropriations Act, 2015 (division C of Public Law 

22 113–235), other than subsection (h) of such section. 

23 (3) CONSTRUCTION WITH RESTRICTION ON

24 AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—For purposes of the applica25 tion of subsection (e) of such section 1201, as so 
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1 amended, to any payment under this subsection, such 

2 payment shall be deemed to be a project described by 

3 such subsection (e). 

4 SEC. 1223. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER DE5 FENSE ARTICLES AND PROVIDE DEFENSE 

6 SERVICES TO THE MILITARY AND SECURITY 

7 FORCES OF AFGHANISTAN. 

8 (a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of section 1222 of the 

9 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 

10 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 1992), as amended by sec11 tion 1231 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 

12 McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

13 2105 (Public Law 113–291), is further amended by striking 

14 ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2016’’. 

15 (b) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Subsection (f)(1) of such 

16 section, as so amended, is further amended by striking 

17 ‘‘March 31, 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2017’’. 

18 (c) EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Subsection (i)(2) of 

19 such section, as so amended, is further amended by striking 

20 ‘‘, 2014, and 2015’’ each place it appears and inserting 

21 ‘‘through 2016’’. 
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1 SEC. 1224. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 

2 FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF CERTAIN COALI3 TION NATIONS FOR SUPPORT PROVIDED TO 

4 UNITED STATES MILITARY OPERATIONS. 

5 (a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 1233 of the 

6 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 

7 (Public Law 110–81; 122 Stat. 393), as most recently 

8 amended by section 1222 of the Carl Levin and Howard 

9 P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Act for Fiscal Year 

10 2015 (Public Law 113–291), is further amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2015’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’; and 

13 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Operation 

14 Enduring Freedom’’ and inserting ‘‘Operation Free15 dom’s Sentinel’’. 

16 (b) OTHER SUPPORT.—Subsection (b) of such section 

17 1233, as so amended, is further amended by striking ‘‘Oper18 ation Enduring Freedom’’ and inserting ‘‘Operation Free19 dom’s Sentinel’’. 

20 (c) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS AVAILABLE.—Subsection 

21 (d)(1) of such section 1233, as so amended, is further 

22 amended— 

23 (1) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘during 

24 fiscal year 2015 may not exceed $1,200,000,000’’ and 

25 inserting ‘‘during fiscal year 2016 may not exceed 

26 $1,160,000,000’’; and 
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1 (2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘during fis2 cal year 2015 may not exceed $1,000,000,000’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘during fiscal year 2016 may not exceed 

4 $900,000,000’’. 

5 (d) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Subsection (f) of such sec6 tion 1233, as added by section 1223(e) of the National De7 fense Authorization act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 

8 111–84; 123 Stat. 2520), is amended by striking ‘‘on any’’ 

9 and all that follows and inserting ‘‘on any reimbursements 

10 made during such quarter under the authorities as follows: 

11 ‘‘(1) Subsection (a). 

12 ‘‘(2) Subsection (b). 

13 ‘‘(3) Section 1224(h) of the National Defense Au14 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.’’. 

15 (e) EXTENSION OF NOTICE REQUIREMENT RELATING

16 TO REIMBURSEMENT OF PAKISTAN FOR SUPPORT PRO17 VIDED BY PAKISTAN.—Section 1232(b)(6) of the National 

18 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (122 Stat. 

19 393), as most recently amended by section 1222 of the Carl 

20 Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense 

21 Act for Fiscal Year 2015, is further amended by striking 

22 ‘‘September 30, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’. 

23 (f) EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON REIMBURSEMENT

24 OF PAKISTAN PENDING CERTIFICATION ON PAKISTAN.— 

25 Section 1227(d)(1) of the National Defense Authorization 
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1 Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 

2 2001), as so amended, is further amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

3 year 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’. 

4 (g) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON REIMBURSEMENT OF

5 PAKISTAN PENDING CERTIFICATION ON PAKISTAN.—Of the 

6 total amount of reimbursements and support authorized for 

7 Pakistan during fiscal year 2016 pursuant to the third sen8 tence of section 1233(d)(1) of the National Defense Author9 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (as amended by subsection 

10 (c)(2)), $300,000,000 shall not be eligible for the waiver 

11 under section 1227(d)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza12 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (126 Stat. 2001) unless the 

13 Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense 

14 committees that— 

15 (1) Pakistan has undertaken military operations 

16 in North Waziristan that have contributed to signifi17 cantly disrupting the safe haven and freedom of move18 ment of the Haqqani network in Pakistan; 

19 (2) Pakistan has taken actions that have dem20 onstrated a commitment to ensuring that North 

21 Waziristan does not return to being a safe haven for 

22 the Haqqani network; and 

23 (3) the Government of Pakistan has taken ac24 tions to promote stability in Afghanistan, including 
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1 encouraging the participation of the Taliban in rec2 onciliation talks with the Government of Afghanistan. 

3 (h) AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR STABILITY

4 ACTIVITIES IN FATA.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount of reim6 bursements and support authorized for Pakistan dur7 ing fiscal year 2016 pursuant to the third sentence of 

8 section 1233(d)(1) of the National Defense Authoriza9 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (as so amended), 

10 $100,000,000 may be available for stability activities 

11 undertaken by Pakistan in the Federally Adminis12 tered Tribal Areas (FATA), including the provision of 

13 funds to the Pakistan military and the Pakistan 

14 Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for activities 

15 undertaken in support of the following: 

16 (A) Building and maintaining border out17 posts. 

18 (B) Strengthening cooperative efforts be19 tween the Pakistan military and the Afghan Na20 tional Defense Security Forces in activities that 

21 include— 

22 (i) bilateral meetings to enhance border 

23 security coordination; 

24 (ii) sustaining critical infrastructure 

25 within the Federally Administered Tribal 
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1 Areas, such as maintaining key ground 

2 lines of communication; 

3 (iii) increasing training for the Paki4 stan Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; 

5 and 

6 (iv) training to improve interoper7 ability between the Pakistan military and 

8 the Pakistan Frontier Corps Khyber 

9 Pakhtunkwha. 

10 (2) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 2017, 

11 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appro12 priate congressional committees a report on the ex13 penditure of funds available under paragraph (1), in14 cluding a description of the following: 

15 (A) The purpose for which such funds were 

16 expended. 

17 (B) Each organization on whose behalf such 

18 funds were expended, including the amount ex19 pended on such organization and the number of 

20 members of such organization trained with such 

21 amount. 

22 (C) Any limitation imposed on the expendi23 ture of funds under that paragraph, including 

24 on any recipient of funds or any use of funds ex25 pended. 
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1 (3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

2 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 

3 congressional committees’’ has the meaning given that 

4 term in section 1233(g) of the National Defense Au5 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. 

6 SEC. 1225. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER TO VIOLENT EX7 TREMIST ORGANIZATIONS OF EQUIPMENT OR 

8 SUPPLIES PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES 

9 TO THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ. 

10 (a) PROHIBITION.—No assistance authorized by sec11 tion 1236 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 

12 McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

13 2015 (Public Law 113–291) may be provided to the Govern14 ment of Iraq after the date that is 30 days after the date 

15 of the enactment of this Act unless the Secretary of Defense 

16 certifies to Congress, after the date of the enactment of this 

17 Act, that appropriate steps have been taken by the Govern18 ment of Iraq to safeguard against transferring or otherwise 

19 providing such assistance to violent extremist organiza20 tions. 

21 (b) VIOLENT EXTREMIST ORGANIZATION.—For pur22 poses of this section, an organization is a violent extremist 

23 organization if the organization— 

24 (1) is a terrorist group or is associated with a 

25 terrorist group; or 
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1 (2) is known to be under the command and con2 trol of, or is associated with, the Government of Iran. 

3 (c) REPORTS ON TRANSFERS OF EQUIPMENT OR SUP4 PLIES TO VIOLENT EXTREMIST ORGANIZATIONS.— 

5 (1) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 

6 days after the Secretary of Defense makes any deter7 mination that equipment or supplies provided pursu8 ant to section 1236 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

9 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 

10 for Fiscal Year 2015 have been transferred to a vio11 lent extremist organization, the Secretary shall sub12 mit to Congress a report on the determination and 

13 the transfer. 

14 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under paragraph 

15 (1) shall include, for the transfer covered by such re16 port, the following: 

17 (A) An assessment of the type and quantity 

18 of equipment or supplies so transferred. 

19 (B) A description of the criteria used to de20 termine that the organization to which trans21 ferred was a violent extremist organization. 

22 (C) A description, if known, of how such 

23 equipment or supplies were transferred or ac24 quired by the violent extremist organization con25 cerned. 
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1 (D) If such equipment or supplies are deter2 mined to remain under the current control of 

3 any violent extremist organization, a description 

4 of each such organization, including its relation5 ship, if any, with the security forces of the Gov6 ernment of Iraq. 

7 (E) A description of end use monitoring or 

8 other policies and procedures in place for the 

9 equipment or supplies so transferred in order 

10 prevent the transfer or acquisition of such equip11 ment or supplies by violent extremist organiza12 tions. 

13 (d) SUBMITTAL TIME FOR QUARTERLY PROGRESS RE14 PORTS ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTER ISIL.—Section 

15 1236(d) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon 

16 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 

17 is amended by striking ‘‘30 days thereafter’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘90 days thereafter’’. 

19 SEC. 1226. REPORT ON LINES OF COMMUNICATION OF IS20 LAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND THE LEVANT AND 

21 OTHER FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZA22 TIONS. 

23 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after 

24 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
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1 fense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 

2 a report setting forth the following: 

3 (1) An assessment of the lines of communication 

4 that enable the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 

5 (ISIL), Jabhal al-Nusra, and other foreign terrorist 

6 organizations by facilitating the delivery of foreign 

7 fighters, funding, equipment, or other assistance 

8 through countries bordering on Syria. 

9 (2) An assessment of the impacts of the lines of 

10 communication described in paragraph (1) on the se11 curity of the United States homeland and the protec12 tion of personnel and installations of the Department 

13 of Defense and diplomatic facilities in Europe and 

14 the Middle East. 

15 (b) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE16 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 

17 of Congress’’ means— 

18 (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

19 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 

20 (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the 

21 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep22 resentatives. 

23 SEC. 1227. MODIFICATION OF PROTECTION FOR AFGHAN 

24 ALLIES. 

25 (a) COVERED AFGHANS.— 
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1 (1) TERM OF EMPLOYMENT.—Clause (ii) of sec2 tion 602(b)(2)(A) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act 

3 of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended by striking 

4 ‘‘year—’’ and inserting ‘‘year, or, if submitting a pe5 tition after September 30, 2015, for a period of not 

6 less than 2 years—’’. 

7 (2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

8 (A) SUCCESSOR NAME FOR INTERNATIONAL

9 SECURITY ASSISTANCE FORCE.—Subclause (II) of 

10 section 602(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Afghan Allies Pro11 tection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is 

12 amended— 

13 (i) in the matter preceding item (aa), 

14 by striking ‘‘Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Force 

15 (or any successor name for such Force)’’; 

16 (ii) in item (aa), by striking ‘‘Force,’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘Force (or any successor 

18 name for such Force),’’; and 

19 (iii) in item (bb), by striking ‘‘Force;’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘Force (or any successor 

21 name for such Force);’’. 

22 (B) SHORT TITLE.—Section 601 of the Af23 ghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 is amended 

24 by striking ‘‘This Act’’ and inserting ‘‘This 

25 title’’. 
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1 (C) EXECUTIVE AGENCY REFERENCE.—Sec2 tion 602(c)(4) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act 

3 of 2009 is amended by striking ‘‘section 4 of the 

4 Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 

5 U.S.C. 403)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 133 of title 

6 41, United States Code’’. 

7 (b) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.—Subparagraph (F) of 

8 section 602(b)(3) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 

9 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— 

10 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2015 AND 2016’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘2015, 2016, AND 2017’’; 

12 (2) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘and ending on September 

14 30, 2016,’’ and inserting ‘‘until such time that 

15 available special immigrant visas under sub16 paragraphs (D) and (E) and this subparagraph 

17 are exhausted,’’ and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘4,000.’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘7,000.’’; 

20 (3) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘September 30, 

21 2015;’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2016;’’; 

22 (4) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘December 31, 

23 2015;’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2016;’’; and 

24 (5) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘March 31, 2017.’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘the date such visas are exhausted.’’. 
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1 (c) REPORTS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Section 

2 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 

3 1101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(15) REPORTS INFORMING THE CONCLUSION OF

5 THE AFGHAN SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM.— 

6 Not later than June 1, 2016, and every six months 

7 thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in conjunction 

8 with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the Com9 mittee on Armed Services and the Committee on the 

10 Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 

11 Services and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

12 House of Representatives a report that contains— 

13 ‘‘(A) a description of the United States force 

14 presence in Afghanistan during the previous 6 

15 months; 

16 ‘‘(B) a description of the projected United 

17 States force presence in Afghanistan; 

18 ‘‘(C) the number of citizens or nationals of 

19 Afghanistan who were employed by or on behalf 

20 of the entities described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii) 

21 during the previous 6 months; and 

22 ‘‘(D) the projected number of such citizens 

23 or nationals who will be employed by or on be24 half of such entities. 
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1 ‘‘(16) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

2 Congress that the necessity of providing special immi3 grant status under this subsection should be assessed 

4 at regular intervals by the Committee on Armed Serv5 ices of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Serv6 ices of the House of Representatives, taking into ac7 count the scope of the current and planned presence 

8 of United States troops in Afghanistan, the current 

9 and prospective numbers of citizens and nationals of 

10 Afghanistan employed by or on behalf of the entities 

11 described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), and the security 

12 climate in Afghanistan.’’. 

13 SEC. 1228. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT OPER14 ATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE OF 

15 SECURITY COOPERATION IN IRAQ. 

16 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (f)(1) of 

17 section 1215 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

18 Fiscal Year 2012 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by strik19 ing ‘‘fiscal year 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’. 

20 (b) AMOUNT AVAILABLE.—Such section is further 

21 amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 

23 2015’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 

24 2016 may not exceed $80,000,000.’’; and 
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1 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 

2 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’. 

3 (c) SUPERSEDING REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—Sub4 section (g) of such section is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(g) REPORTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30, 

7 2015, and every 180 days thereafter until the author8 ity in this section expires, the Secretary of Defense 

9 shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State, sub10 mit to the appropriate committees of Congress a re11 port on the activities of the Office of Security Co12 operation in Iraq. 

13 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under this sub14 section shall include the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) A current description of capability 

16 gaps in the security forces of Iraq, including ca17 pability gaps relating to intelligence matters, 

18 protection of Iraq airspace, and logistics and 

19 maintenance, and a current description of the 

20 extent, if any, to which the Government of Iraq 

21 has requested assistance in addressing such capa22 bility gaps. 

23 ‘‘(B) A current description of the activities 

24 of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq and 

25 the extent, if any, to which the programs con-
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1 ducted by the Office in conjunction with other 

2 United States programs (such as the Foreign 

3 Military Financing program, the Foreign Mili4 tary Sales program, and the assistance provided 

5 pursuant to section 1236 of the Carl Levin and 

6 Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Au7 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 

8 Law 113–291)) will address the capability gaps 

9 described pursuant to subparagraph (A). 

10 ‘‘(C) A current description of how the ac11 tivities of the Office of Security Cooperation in 

12 Iraq are coordinated with, and complement and 

13 enhance, the assistance provided pursuant to sec14 tion 1236 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

15 ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Authorization 

16 Act for Fiscal Year 2015. 

17 ‘‘(D) A current description of end use moni18 toring programs, and any other programs or 

19 procedures, used to improve accountability for 

20 equipment provided to the Government of Iraq. 

21 ‘‘(E) A current description of the measures 

22 of effectiveness used to evaluate the activities of 

23 the Office of the Security Cooperation in Iraq, 

24 and an analysis of any determinations to ex-
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1 pand, alter, or terminate specific activities of the 

2 Office based on such evaluations. 

3 ‘‘(F) A current evaluation of the effective4 ness of the training described in subsection (f)(2) 

5 in promoting respect for human rights, military 

6 professionalism, and respect for legitimate civil7 ian authority in Iraq. 

8 ‘‘(3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

9 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate 

10 committees of Congress’ means— 

11 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

12 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Com13 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

14 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

15 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Com16 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep17 resentatives.’’. 

18 SEC. 1229. SENSE OF SENATE ON SUPPORT FOR THE 

19 KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT. 

20 (a) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 

21 that— 

22 (1) the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 

23 (ISIL) poses an acute threat to the people and terri24 torial integrity of Iraq, including the Iraqi Kurdistan 
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1 Region, and the security and stability of the Middle 

2 East and the world; 

3 (2) the United States should, in coordination 

4 with coalition partners, provide, in an expeditious 

5 and responsive manner and without undue delay, the 

6 security forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government 

7 associated with the Government of Iraq with defense 

8 articles and assistance described in subsection (b), de9 fense services, and related training to more effectively 

10 partner with the United States and other inter11 national coalition members to defeat the Islamic State 

12 of Iraq and the Levant; 

13 (3) defeating the Islamic State of Iraq and the 

14 Levant is critical to maintaining a unified Iraq in 

15 which all faiths, sects, and ethnicities are afforded 

16 equal protection and full integration into the Govern17 ment and society of Iraq; 

18 (4) due to the threat to United States national 

19 security and a free and inclusive Iraq brought by the 

20 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, section 1236 of 

21 the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon Na22 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 

23 (Public Law 113–291) authorizes the Secretary of De24 fense to provide assistance, including training, equip25 ment, logistics support, supplies, and services, sti-
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1 pends, facility and infrastructure repair and renova2 tion, and sustainment, to military and other security 

3 forces of or associated with the Government of Iraq, 

4 including Kurdish forces; 

5 (5) leaders of the Islamic State of Iraq and the 

6 Levant have stated that they intend to conduct ter7 rorist attacks internationally, including against the 

8 United States, its citizens, and its interests; and 

9 (6) the Kurdistan Regional Government is the 

10 democratically elected government of the Iraqi 

11 Kurdistan Region, and Iraqi Kurds have been a reli12 able, stable, and capable partner of the United States, 

13 particularly in support of United States military and 

14 civilian personnel during Operation Iraqi Freedom 

15 and Operation New Dawn. 

16 (b) DEFENSE ARTICLES AND ASSISTANCE.—The de17 fense articles and assistance described in this subsection in18 clude anti-tank and anti-armor weapons, armored vehicles, 

19 long-range artillery, crew-served weapons and ammunition, 

20 secure command and communications equipment, body 

21 armor, helmets, logistics equipment, night optical devices, 

22 and other excess defense articles and military assistance 

23 considered appropriate by the President. 
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1 SEC. 1230. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SECURITY AND 

2 PROTECTION OF IRANIAN DISSIDENTS LIV3 ING IN CAMP LIBERTY, IRAQ. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

5 (1) The residents of Camp Liberty, Iraq, re6 nounced violence and unilaterally disarmed more 

7 than a decade ago. 

8 (2) The United States recognized the residents of 

9 the former Camp Ashraf who now reside in Camp 

10 Liberty as ‘‘protected persons’’ under the Fourth Ge11 neva Convention and committed itself to protect the 

12 residents. 

13 (3) The deterioration in the overall security situ14 ation in Iraq has increased the vulnerability of Camp 

15 Liberty residents to attacks from proxies of the Ira16 nian Revolutionary Guards Corps and Sunni extrem17 ists associated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the 

18 Levant (ISIL). 

19 (4) The increased vulnerability underscores the 

20 need for an expedited relocation process and that 

21 these Iranian dissidents will neither be safe nor secure 

22 in Camp Liberty. 

23 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

24 that the United States should— 

25 (1) take prompt and appropriate steps in ac26 cordance with international agreements to promote 
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1 the physical security and protection of Camp Liberty 

2 residents; 

3 (2) urge the Government of Iraq to uphold its 

4 commitments to the United States to ensure the safety 

5 and well-being of those living in Camp Liberty; 

6 (3) urge the Government of Iraq to ensure con7 tinued and reliable access to food, clean water, med8 ical assistance, electricity and other energy needs, and 

9 any other equipment and supplies necessary to sus10 tain the residents during periods of attack or siege by 

11 external forces; 

12 (4) oppose the extradition of Camp Liberty resi13 dents to Iran; 

14 (5) implement a strategy to provide for the safe, 

15 secure, and permanent relocation of Camp Liberty 

16 residents that includes a relocation plan, including a 

17 detailed outline of the steps that would need to be 

18 taken by recipient countries, the United States, the 

19 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 

20 (UNHCR), and Camp residents to relocate the resi21 dents to other countries; 

22 (6) encourage continued close cooperation be23 tween the residents of Camp Liberty and the authori24 ties in the relocation process; and 
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1 (7) assist the United Nations High Commis2 sioner for Refugees in expediting the ongoing resettle3 ment of all residents of Camp Liberty to safe loca4 tions outside Iraq. 

5 Subtitle C—Matters Relating to 

6 Iran 

7 SEC. 1241. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF ANNUAL RE8 PORT ON THE MILITARY POWER OF IRAN. 

9 (a) ELEMENT ON CYBER CAPABILITIES IN DESCRIP10 TION OF STRATEGY.—Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of 

11 section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

12 Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2542) is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

15 the end; 

16 (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 

17 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub19 paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(D) Iranian strategy regarding offensive 

21 cyber capabilities and defensive cyber capabili22 ties.’’. 

23 (b) ELEMENTS ON CYBER CAPABILITIES IN ASSESS24 MENTS OF UNCONVENTIONAL FORCES.—Paragraph (3) of 

25 such subsection, as amended by section 1232(a) of the Na-
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1 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Pub2 lic Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 920), is further amended— 

3 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

4 the end; 

5 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 

6 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

7 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub8 paragraphs: 

9 ‘‘(F) offensive cyber capabilities and defen10 sive cyber capabilities; and 

11 ‘‘(G) Iranian ability to manipulate the in12 formation environment both domestically and 

13 against the interests of the United States and its 

14 allies.’’. 

15 (c) EXTENSION OF REPORTS.—Subsection (d) of such 

16 section 1245, as amended by section 1277 of the Carl Levin 

17 and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Author18 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 

19 Stat. 3592), is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

20 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 

21 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

22 subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the date of the 

23 enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to re24 ports required to be submitted under section 1245 of the 
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1 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, 

2 as so amended, after that date. 

3 Subtitle D—Matters Relating to the 

4 Russian Federation 

5 SEC. 1251. UKRAINE SECURITY ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE. 

6 (a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.—Of the 

7 amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 

8 by title XV and available for overseas contingency oper9 ations as specified in the funding tables in division D, 

10 $300,000,000 may be available to the Secretary of Defense, 

11 in coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide ap12 propriate security assistance and intelligence support, in13 cluding training, equipment, and logistics support, supplies 

14 and services, to military and other security forces of the 

15 Government of Ukraine for the purposes as follows: 

16 (1) To enhance the capabilities of the military 

17 and other security forces of the Government of 

18 Ukraine to defend against further aggression. 

19 (2) To assist Ukraine in developing the combat 

20 capability to defend its sovereignty and territorial in21 tegrity. 

22 (3) To support the Government of Ukraine in de23 fending itself against actions by Russia and Russian24 backed separatists that violate the ceasefire agree25 ments of September 4, 2014, and February 11, 2015. 
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1 (b) APPROPRIATE SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND INTEL2 LIGENCE SUPPORT.—For purposes of subsection (a), appro3 priate security assistance and intelligence support includes 

4 the following: 

5 (1) Real time or near real time actionable intel6 ligence. 

7 (2) Lethal assistance such as anti-armor weapon 

8 systems, mortars, crew-served weapons and ammuni9 tion, grenade launchers and ammunition, and small 

10 arms and ammunition. 

11 (3) Counter-artillery radars. 

12 (4) Unmanned aerial tactical surveillance sys13 tems. 

14 (5) Cyber capabilities. 

15 (6) Counter-electronic warfare capabilities such 

16 as secure communications equipment and other elec17 tronic protection systems. 

18 (7) Other electronic warfare capabilities. 

19 (8) Training required to maintain and employ 

20 systems and capabilities described in paragraphs (1) 

21 through (7). 

22 (9) Training for critical combat operations such 

23 as planning, command and control, small unit tac24 tics, counter-artillery tactics, logistics, countering im-
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1 provised explosive devices, battle-field first aid, and 

2 medical evacuation. 

3 (10) Training and best practices to identify and 

4 treat post-traumatic stress disorder among Ukrainian 

5 Armed Forces and National Guard personnel. 

6 (c) FUNDING AVAILABILITY AND LIMITATION.— 

7 (1) TRAINING.—Up to 20 percent of the amount 

8 described in subsection (a) may be used to support 

9 training pursuant to section 1207 of the National De10 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 

11 U.S.C. 2151 note), relating to the Global Security 

12 Contingency Fund. 

13 (2) LIMITATION.—Not more than 50 percent of 

14 the amount described in subsection (a) may be obli15 gated or expended until an amount equal to 20 per16 cent of such amount has been obligated or expended 

17 for appropriate security assistance described in sub18 paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (b) for the Gov19 ernment of Ukraine. 

20 (3) ALTERNATIVE OF FUNDS.—In the event funds 

21 otherwise available pursuant to subsection (a) are not 

22 used by reason of the limitation in paragraph (2), 

23 such funds may be used at the discretion of the Sec24 retary of Defense, with concurrence of the Secretary 

25 of State, to provide security assistance and intel-
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1 ligence support, including training, equipment, logis2 tics support, supplies and services to military and 

3 other national-level security forces of Partnership for 

4 Peace nations other than Ukraine that the Secretary 

5 of Defense determines to be appropriate to assist such 

6 governments in preserving their sovereignty and terri7 torial integrity against Russian aggression. 

8 (d) UNITED STATES INVENTORY AND OTHER

9 SOURCES.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any assistance 

11 provided pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of 

12 Defense is authorized, with the concurrence of the Sec13 retary of State, to make available to the Government 

14 of Ukraine weapons and other defense articles, from 

15 the United States inventory and other sources, and 

16 defense services, in such quantity as the Secretary of 

17 Defense determines to be appropriate to achieve the 

18 purposes specified in subsection (a). 

19 (2) REPLACEMENT.—Amounts for the replace20 ment of any items provided to the Government of 

21 Ukraine pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be derived 

22 from amounts authorized to be appropriated for the 

23 Department of Defense for overseas contingency oper24 ations for weapons procurement. 
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1 (e) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—Nothing in 

2 this section shall be construed to constitute a specific statu3 tory authorization for the introduction of United States 

4 Armed Forces into hostilities or into situations wherein hos5 tilities are clearly indicated by the circumstances. 

6 (f) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Assistance may 

7 not be provided under the authority in this section after 

8 December 31, 2017. 

9 SEC. 1252. EASTERN EUROPEAN TRAINING INITIATIVE. 

10 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense may, with 

11 the concurrence of the Secretary of State, carry out a pro12 gram (to be known as the ‘‘Eastern European Training Ini13 tiative’’) to provide training, and pay the incremental ex14 penses incurred by a country as the direct result of partici15 pation in such training, for the national military forces 

16 of the following: 

17 (1) A country that is a signatory to the Partner18 ship for Peace Framework Documents, but is not a 

19 member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

20 (NATO). 

21 (2) A country that became a member of the 

22 North Atlantic Treaty Organization after January 1, 

23 1999. 
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1 (b) TYPES OF TRAINING.—The training provided to 

2 the national military forces of a country under subsection 

3 (a) shall be limited to multilateral or regional training— 

4 (1) to maintain and increase interoperability 

5 and readiness; 

6 (2) to increase capacity to respond to external 

7 threats; 

8 (3) to increase capacity to respond to hybrid 

9 warfare; or 

10 (4) to increase capacity to respond to calls for 

11 collective action within the North Atlantic Treaty Or12 ganization. 

13 (c) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—Training provided to the 

14 national military forces of a country under subsection (a) 

15 shall include elements that promote— 

16 (1) observance of and respect for human rights 

17 and fundamental freedoms; and 

18 (2) respect for legitimate civilian authority with19 in that country. 

20 (d) FUNDING.— 

21 (1) ANNUAL FUNDING LIMITATION.—Of the 

22 amounts authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal 

23 year for the Department of Defense for operation and 

24 maintenance, up to $28,000,000 may be used to pro-
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1 vide training and pay incremental expenses under 

2 subsection (a) in that fiscal year. 

3 (2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR ACTIVITIES

4 ACROSS FISCAL YEARS.—Amounts available in a fis5 cal year to carry out the authority in subsection (a) 

6 may be used for training under that authority that 

7 begins in that fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal 

8 year. 

9 (e) BRIEFING TO CONGRESS ON USE OF AUTHORITY.— 

10 Not later that 90 days after the end of each fiscal year in 

11 which the authority in subsection (a) is used, the Secretary 

12 shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 

13 and the House of Representatives on the use of the authority 

14 during such fiscal year, including each country with which 

15 training under the authority was conducted and the types 

16 of training provided. 

17 (f) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 

18 provided in subsection (a) is in addition to any other au19 thority provided by law authorizing the provision of train20 ing for the national military forces of a foreign country, 

21 including section 2282 of title 10, United States Code. 

22 (g) INCREMENTAL EXPENSES DEFINED.—In this sec23 tion, the term ‘‘incremental expenses’’ means the reasonable 

24 and proper cost of the goods and services that are consumed 

25 by a country as a direct result of that country’s participa-
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1 tion in training under the authority of this section, includ2 ing rations, fuel, training ammunition, and transportation. 

3 Such term does not include pay, allowances, and other nor4 mal costs of a country’s personnel. 

5 (h) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority 

6 under this section shall terminate on September 30, 2018. 

7 Any activity under this section initiated before that date 

8 may be completed, but only using funds available for fiscal 

9 years 2016 through 2018. 

10 SEC. 1253. INCREASED PRESENCE OF UNITED STATES 

11 GROUND FORCES IN EASTERN EUROPE TO 

12 DETER AGGRESSION ON THE BORDER OF THE 

13 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION. 

14 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

15 that— 

16 (1) the increased presence of United States and 

17 allied ground forces in Eastern Europe since April 

18 2014 has provided a level of reassurance to North At19 lantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members in the 

20 region and strengthened the capability of the Organi21 zation to respond to any potential Russian aggression 

22 against Organization members; 

23 (2) at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

24 Wales summit in September 2014 member countries 

25 agreed on a Readiness Action Plan which is intended 
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1 to improve the ability of the Organization to respond 

2 quickly and effectively to security threats on the bor3 ders of the Organization, including in Eastern Eu4 rope, and the challenges posed by hybrid warfare; 

5 (3) the capability of the North Atlantic Treaty 

6 Organization to respond to threats on the eastern bor7 der of the Organization would be enhanced by a more 

8 sustained presence on the ground of Organization 

9 forces on the territories of Organization members in 

10 Eastern Europe; and 

11 (4) an increased presence of United States 

12 ground forces in Eastern Europe should be matched 

13 by an increased force presence of European allies. 

14 (b) REPORT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 

16 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

17 Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of 

18 State, submit to the congressional defense committees 

19 a report setting forth an assessment of options for ex20 panding the presence of United States ground forces 

21 of the size of a Brigade Combat Team in Eastern Eu22 rope to respond, along with European allies and part23 ners, to the security challenges posed by Russia and 

24 increase the combat capability of forces able to re25 spond to unconventional or hybrid warfare tactics 
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1 such as those used by the Russian Federation in Cri2 mea and Eastern Ukraine. 

3 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report under this sub4 section shall include the following: 

5 (A) An evaluation of the optimal location or 

6 locations of the enhanced ground force presence 

7 described in paragraph (1) that considers such 

8 factors as— 

9 (i) proximity, suitability, and avail10 ability of maneuver and gunnery training 

11 areas; 

12 (ii) transportation capabilities; 

13 (iii) availability of facilities, including 

14 for potential equipment storage and 

15 prepositioning; 

16 (iv) ability to conduct multinational 

17 training and exercises; 

18 (v) a site or sites for prepositioning of 

19 equipment, a rotational presence or perma20 nent presence of troops, or a combination of 

21 options; and 

22 (vi) costs. 

23 (B) A description of any initiatives by 

24 other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Or25 ganization, or other European allies and part-
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1 ners, for enhancing force presence on a perma2 nent or rotational basis in Eastern Europe to 

3 match or exceed the potential increased presence 

4 of United States ground forces in the region. 

5 SEC. 1254. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EUROPEAN DEFENSE 

6 AND NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZA7 TION SPENDING. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

9 (1) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 

10 countries, at the 2014 North Atlantic Treaty Organi11 zation Summit in Wales, pledged to ‘‘reverse the trend 

12 of declining defense budgets, to make the most effective 

13 use of our funds and to further a more balanced shar14 ing of costs and responsibilities’’. 

15 (2) Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel 

16 stated on May 2, 2014, that ‘‘[t]oday, America’s GDP 

17 is smaller than the combined GDPs of our 27 NATO 

18 allies. But America’s defense spending is three times 

19 our Allies’ combined defense spending. Over time, this 

20 lopsided burden threatens NATO’s integrity, cohesion, 

21 and capability, and ultimately both European and 

22 transatlantic security’’. 

23 (3) Former North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

24 Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen stated on 

25 July 3, 2014, that ‘‘[d]uring the last five years, Rus-
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1 sia has increased defense spending by 50 percent, 

2 while NATO allies on average have decrease their de3 fense spending by 20 percent. That is not sustainable, 

4 we need more investment in defense and security’’. 

5 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

6 that— 

7 (1) it is in the national security and fiscal inter8 ests of the United States that prompt efforts should be 

9 undertaken by North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

10 allies to meet defense budget commitments made in 

11 Declaration 14 of the Wales Summit Declaration of 

12 September 2014; 

13 (2) the United States Government should con14 tinue efforts through the Department of Defense and 

15 other agencies to encourage North Atlantic Treaty Or16 ganization allies towards meeting the defense spend17 ing goals set out at the Wales Summit; 

18 (3) some North Atlantic Treaty Organization al19 lies have already taken positive steps to reverse de20 clines in defense spending and should continue to be 

21 supported in those efforts; and 

22 (4) thoughtful and coordinated defense invest23 ments by European allies in military capabilities 

24 would add deterrence value to the posture of the North 

25 Atlantic Treaty Organization against Russian aggres-
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1 sion and terrorist organizations and more appro2 priately balance the share of Atlantic defense spend3 ing. 

4 SEC. 1255. ADDITIONAL MATTERS IN ANNUAL REPORT ON 

5 MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS IN6 VOLVING THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

7 (a) ADDITIONAL MATTERS.—Subsection (b) of section 

8 1245 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon 

9 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 

10 (Public Law 113–291) is amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (15) 

12 as paragraphs (6) through (17), respectively; and 

13 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol14 lowing new paragraphs (4) and (5): 

15 ‘‘(4) An assessment of the force structure and ca16 pabilities of Russian military forces stationed in each 

17 of the Arctic, Kaliningrad, and Crimea, including a 

18 description of any changes to such force structure or 

19 capabilities during the one-year period ending on the 

20 date of such report and with a particular emphasis 

21 on the anti-access and area denial capabilities of such 

22 forces. 

23 ‘‘(5) An assessment of Russian military strategy 

24 and objectives for the Arctic region.’’. 
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub2 section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 

3 of this Act, and shall apply with respect to reports sub4 mitted under section 1245 of the Carl Levin and Howard 

5 P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 

6 Fiscal Year 2015 after that date. 

7 SEC. 1256. REPORT ON ALTERNATIVE CAPABILITIES TO 

8 PROCURE AND SUSTAIN NONSTANDARD RO9 TARY WING AIRCRAFT HISTORICALLY PRO10 CURED THROUGH ROSOBORONEXPORT. 

11 (a) REPORT ON ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVE CAPA12 BILITIES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 

13 enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for 

14 Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall, in consulta15 tion with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, submit 

16 to the congressional defense committees a report setting 

17 forth an assessment, obtained by the Under Secretary for 

18 purposes of the report, of the feasibility and advisability 

19 of using alternative industrial base capabilities to procure 

20 and sustain, with parts and service, nonstandard rotary 

21 wing aircraft historically acquired through 

22 Rosoboronexport, or nonstandard rotary wing aircraft that 

23 are in whole or in part reliant upon Rosoboronexport for 

24 continued sustainment, in order to benefit United States 

25 national security interests. 
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1 (b) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT.—The assessment ob2 tained for purposes of subsection (a) shall be conducted by 

3 a federally funded research and development center 

4 (FFRDC), or another appropriate independent entity with 

5 expertise in the procurement and sustainment of complex 

6 weapon systems, selected by the Under Secretary for pur7 poses of the assessment. 

8 (c) ELEMENTS.—The assessment obtained for purposes 

9 of subsection (a) shall include the following: 

10 (1) An identification and assessment of inter11 national industrial base capabilities, other than 

12 Rosoboronexport, to provide one or more of the fol13 lowing: 

14 (A) Means of procuring nonstandard rotary 

15 wing aircraft historically procured through 

16 Rosoboronexport. 

17 (B) Reliable and timely supply of required 

18 and appropriate parts, spares, and consumables 

19 of such aircraft. 

20 (C) Certifiable maintenance of such air21 craft, including major periodic overhauls, dam22 age repair, and modifications. 

23 (D) Access to required reference data on 

24 such aircraft, including technical manuals and 

25 service bulletins. 
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1 (E) Credible certification of airworthiness of 

2 such aircraft through physical inspection, not3 withstanding any current administrative re4 quirements to the contrary. 

5 (2) An assessment (including an assessment of 

6 associated costs and risks) of alterations to adminis7 trative processes of the United States Government 

8 that may be required to procure any of the capabili9 ties specified in paragraph (1), including waivers to 

10 Department of Defense or Department of State re11 quirements applicable to foreign military sales or al12 terations to procedures for approval of airworthiness 

13 certificates. 

14 (3) An assessment of the potential economic im15 pact to Rosoboronexport of procuring nonstandard ro16 tary wing aircraft described in paragraph (1)(A) 

17 through entities other than Rosoboronexport. 

18 (4) An assessment of the risks and benefits of 

19 using the entities identified pursuant to paragraph 

20 (1)(A) to procure aircraft described in that para21 graph. 

22 (5) Such other matters as the Under Secretary 

23 considers appropriate. 

24 (d) USE OF PREVIOUS STUDIES.—The entity con25 ducting the assessment for purposes of subsection (a) may 
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1 use and incorporate information from previous studies on 

2 matters appropriate to the assessment. 

3 (e) FORM OF REPORT.—The report under subsection 

4 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

5 a classified annex. 

6 Subtitle E—Matters Relating to the 

7 Asia-Pacific Region 

8 SEC. 1261. SOUTH CHINA SEA INITIATIVE. 

9 (a) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 

11 with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, is au12 thorized, for the purpose of increasing maritime secu13 rity and maritime domain awareness of foreign coun14 tries along the South China Sea— 

15 (A) to provide assistance to national mili16 tary or other security forces of such countries 

17 that have among their functional responsibilities 

18 maritime security missions; and 

19 (B) to provide training to ministry, agency, 

20 and headquarters level organizations for such 

21 forces. 

22 (2) DESIGNATION OF ASSISTANCE AND TRAIN23 ING.—The provision of assistance and training under 

24 this section may be referred to as the ‘‘South China 

25 Sea Initiative’’. 
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1 (b) RECIPIENT COUNTRIES.—The foreign countries 

2 that may be provided assistance and training under sub3 section (a) are the following: 

4 (1) Indonesia. 

5 (2) Malaysia, 

6 (3) The Philippines. 

7 (4) Thailand. 

8 (5) Vietnam. 

9 (c) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.— 

10 (1) AUTHORIZED ELEMENTS OF ASSISTANCE.— 

11 Assistance provided under subsection (a)(1)(A) may 

12 include the provision of equipment, supplies, train13 ing, and small-scale military construction. 

14 (2) REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF ASSISTANCE AND

15 TRAINING.—Assistance and training provided under 

16 subsection (a) shall include elements that promote the 

17 following: 

18 (A) Observance of and respect for human 

19 rights and fundamental freedoms. 

20 (B) Respect for legitimate civilian authority 

21 within the country to which the assistance is 

22 provided. 

23 (d) PRIORITIES FOR ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—In 

24 developing programs for assistance or training to be pro25 vided under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall 
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1 accord a priority to assistance, training, or both that will 

2 enhance the maritime capabilities of the recipient foreign 

3 country, or a regional organization of which the recipient 

4 country is a member, to respond to emerging threats to 

5 maritime security. 

6 (e) INCREMENTAL EXPENSES OF PERSONNEL OF CER7 TAIN OTHER COUNTRIES FOR TRAINING.— 

8 (1) AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT.—If the Secretary 

9 of Defense determines that the payment of incre10 mental expenses in connection with training described 

11 in subsection (a)(1)(B) will facilitate the participa12 tion in such training of organization personnel of for13 eign countries specified in paragraph (2), the Sec14 retary may use amounts available under subsection 

15 (f) for assistance and training under subsection (a) 

16 for the payment of such incremental expenses. 

17 (2) COVERED COUNTRIES.—The foreign countries 

18 specified in this paragraph are the following: 

19 (A) Brunei. 

20 (B) Singapore. 

21 (C) Taiwan. 

22 (f) FUNDING.—Funds may be used to provide assist23 ance and training under subsection (a) as follows: 

24 (1) In fiscal year 2016, $50,000,000 from 

25 amounts authorized to be appropriated for the De-
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1 partment of Defense for that fiscal year for operation 

2 and maintenance, Defense-wide. 

3 (2) In fiscal year 2017, $75,000,000 from 

4 amounts authorized to be appropriated for the De5 partment of Defense for that fiscal year for operation 

6 and maintenance, Defense-wide. 

7 (3) In each of fiscal years 2018 through 2020, 

8 $100,000,000 from amounts authorized to be appro9 priated for the Department of Defense for such fiscal 

10 year for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide. 

11 (g) NOTICE TO CONGRESS ON ASSISTANCE AND TRAIN12 ING.—Not later than 15 days before exercising the authority 

13 under subsection (a) or (e) with respect to a recipient for14 eign country, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 

15 congressional defense committees a notification containing 

16 the following: 

17 (1) The recipient foreign country. 

18 (2) A detailed justification of the program for 

19 the provision of the assistance or training concerned, 

20 and its relationship to United States security inter21 ests. 

22 (3) The budget for the program, including a 

23 timetable of planned expenditures of funds to imple24 ment the program, an implementation timeline for 

25 the program with milestones (including anticipated 
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1 delivery schedules for any assistance under the pro2 gram), the military department or component respon3 sible for management of the program, and the antici4 pated completion date for the program. 

5 (4) A description of the arrangements, if any, to 

6 support host nation sustainment of any capability de7 veloped pursuant to the program, and the source of 

8 funds to support sustainment efforts and performance 

9 outcomes to be achieved under the program beyond its 

10 completion date, if applicable. 

11 (5) A description of the program objectives and 

12 an assessment framework to be used to develop capa13 bility and performance metrics associated with oper14 ational outcomes for the recipient force. 

15 (6) Such other matters as the Secretary considers 

16 appropriate. 

17 (h) EXPIRATION.—The authority provided under this 

18 section may not be exercised after September 30, 2020. 

19 SEC. 1262. SENSE OF CONGRESS REAFFIRMING THE IMPOR20 TANCE OF IMPLEMENTING THE REBALANCE 

21 TO THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. 

22 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

23 (1) The United States has a longstanding na24 tional interest in maintaining security in the Asia25 Pacific region. 
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1 (2) The Asia-Pacific region is home to the 

2 world’s three largest economies, four most populous 

3 countries, and five largest militaries. The Asia4 Pacific’s rapid economic growth and mounting secu5 rity tensions require a renewed focus from the United 

6 States on the region to maintain security, expand 

7 prosperity, and support common values. 

8 (3) In 2011, President Barack Obama an9 nounced that the United States would rebalance to the 

10 Asia-Pacific. Since then, there have been a number of 

11 actions taken to strengthen the United States posture 

12 and relationships in the region, including the negotia13 tion of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement 

14 with the Philippines, the distributed laydown of the 

15 United States Marines Corps in the Pacific, the rota16 tional stationing of the Littoral Combat Ship in 

17 Singapore, and a new comprehensive partnership 

18 with Vietnam on defense and security. 

19 (4) Leaders in regional states remain concerned 

20 about a variety of regional military challenges. These 

21 include China’s military modernization and its in22 creasingly assertive actions in the East and South 

23 China Sea and North Korea’s continued belligerence 

24 and its pursuit of nuclear and ballistic missile tech25 nology. United States allies and partners are looking 
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1 to the United States to demonstrate its willingness 

2 and ability to maintain regional peace and security 

3 by fully implementing the rebalance to the Asia-Pa4 cific. 

5 (5) In April 2015, the Commander of the United 

6 States Pacific Command Admiral Samuel Locklear 

7 warned, ‘‘Our relative superiority I think has de8 clined and continues to decline. . .we rely very heav9 ily on power projection, which means we have to be 

10 able to get the forces forward. . .’’. Admiral Locklear 

11 also noted, ‘‘Any significant force structure moves out 

12 of my AOR in the middle of a rebalance would have 

13 to be understood and have to be explained because it 

14 would counterintuitive to a rebalance to move signifi15 cant forces in another direction.’’ 

16 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

17 that— 

18 (1) in order to maintain the credibility of the 

19 United States rebalance, it is vital that the United 

20 States continue to shift forces to the Asia-Pacific re21 gion to strengthen the ability of the United States 

22 Armed Forces to project power to shape the choices of 

23 regional states and to deter, and if necessary defend, 

24 against hostile military actions; 
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1 (2) United States allies and partners in the 

2 Asia-Pacific region, as well as potential adversaries, 

3 would take note of any withdrawal of forces from the 

4 Asia-Pacific theater; 

5 (3) any withdrawal of United States forces from 

6 Outside the Continental United States (‘‘OCONUS’’) 

7 Asia-Pacific region or from United States Pacific 

8 Command would therefore seriously undermine the re9 balance; and 

10 (4) in order to properly implement United 

11 States rebalance policy, United States forces under 

12 the operational control of the United States Pacific 

13 Command should be increased consistent with com14 mitments already made by the Department of Defense 

15 and aligned with the requirement to maintain a bal16 ance of military power that favors the United States 

17 and United States allies in the Asia-Pacific region. 

18 SEC. 1263. SENSE OF SENATE ON TAIWAN ASYMMETRIC 

19 MILITARY CAPABILITIES AND BILATERAL 

20 TRAINING ACTIVITIES. 

21 It is the sense of the Senate that— 

22 (1) the United States, in accordance with the 

23 Taiwan Relations Act (Public Law 96–8), should con24 tinue to make available to Taiwan such defense arti-
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1 cles and services as may be necessary to enable Tai2 wan to maintain a sufficient self-defense; 

3 (2) the United States should continue to support 

4 the efforts of Taiwan to integrate innovative and 

5 asymmetric measures to balance the growing military 

6 capabilities of the People’s Republic of China, includ7 ing fast-attack craft, coastal-defense cruise missiles, 

8 rapid-runway repair systems, offensive mines, and 

9 submarines optimized for defense of the Taiwan 

10 straits; 

11 (3) the military forces of Taiwan should be per12 mitted to participate in bilateral training activities 

13 hosted by the United States that increase credible de14 terrent capabilities of Taiwan, particularly those that 

15 emphasize the defense of Taiwan Island from missile 

16 attack, maritime blockade, and amphibious invasion 

17 by the People’s Republic of China; 

18 (4) toward that goal, Taiwan should be encour19 aged to participate in exercises that include realistic 

20 air-to-air combat training, including the exercise con21 ducted at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, and Nellis 

22 Air Force Base, Nevada, commonly referred to as 

23 ‘‘Red Flag’’; and 

24 (5) Taiwan should also be encouraged to partici25 pate in advanced bilateral training for its ground 
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1 forces, Apache attack helicopters, and P–3C surveil2 lance aircraft in island-defense scenarios. 

3 SEC. 1264. MILITARY EXCHANGES BETWEEN SENIOR OFFI4 CERS AND OFFICIALS OF THE UNITED STATES 

5 AND TAIWAN. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense should 

7 carry out a program of exchanges of senior military officers 

8 and senior officials between the United States and Taiwan 

9 designed to improve military to military relations between 

10 the United States and Taiwan. 

11 (b) EXCHANGES DESCRIBED.—For the purposes of this 

12 section, an exchange is an activity, exercise, event, or obser13 vation opportunity between members of the Armed Forces 

14 and officials of the Department of Defense, on the one hand, 

15 and armed forces personnel and officials of Taiwan, on the 

16 other hand. 

17 (c) FOCUS OF EXCHANGES.—The exchanges under the 

18 program carried out pursuant to subsection (a) shall in19 clude exchanges focused on the following: 

20 (1) Threat analysis. 

21 (2) Military doctrine. 

22 (3) Force planning. 

23 (4) Logistical support. 

24 (5) Intelligence collection and analysis. 
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1 (6) Operational tactics, techniques, and proce2 dures. 

3 (7) Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. 

4 (d) CIVIL-MILITARY AFFAIRS.—The exchanges under 

5 the program carried out pursuant to subsection (a) shall 

6 include activities and exercises focused on civil-military re7 lations, including parliamentary relations. 

8 (e) LOCATION OF EXCHANGES.—The exchanges under 

9 the program carried out pursuant to subsection (a) shall 

10 be conducted in both the United States and Taiwan. 

11 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) The term ‘‘senior military officer’’, with re13 spect to the Armed Forces, means a general or flag of14 ficer of the Armed Forces on active duty. 

15 (2) The term ‘‘senior official’’, with respect to the 

16 Department of Defense, means a civilian official of 

17 the Department of Defense at the level of Assistant 

18 Secretary of Defense or above. 

19 SEC. 1265. STRATEGY TO PROMOTE UNITED STATES INTER20 ESTS IN THE INDO-ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. 

21 (a) STRATEGY.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

22 of the enactment of this Act, the President shall develop an 

23 overall strategy to promote United States interests in the 

24 Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Such strategy shall be informed 

25 by the following: 
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1 (1) The national security strategy of the United 

2 States for 2015 set forth in the national security 

3 strategy report required under section 108(a)(3) of the 

4 National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

5 5043(a)(3)), as such strategy relates to United States 

6 interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. 

7 (2) The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review 

8 (QDR), as it relates to United States interests in the 

9 Indo-Asia-Pacific region. 

10 (3) The 2015 Quadrennial Diplomacy and De11 velopment Review (QDDR), as it relates to United 

12 States interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. 

13 (4) The strategy to prioritize United States de14 fense interests in the Asia-Pacific region as contained 

15 in the report required by section 1251(a) of the Carl 

16 Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National De17 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 

18 Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3570). 

19 (5) The integrated, multi-year planning and 

20 budget strategy for a rebalancing of United States 

21 policy in Asia submitted to Congress pursuant to sec22 tion 7043(a) of the Department of State, Foreign Op23 erations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

24 2014 (division K of the Consolidated Appropriations 

25 Act, 2014 (Public Law 113–76)). 
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1 (b) PRESIDENTIAL POLICY DIRECTIVE.—The Presi2 dent shall issue a Presidential Policy Directive to appro3 priate departments and agencies of the United States Gov4 ernment that contains the strategy developed under sub5 section (a) and includes implementing guidance to such de6 partments and agencies. 

7 (c) RELATION TO AGENCY PRIORITY GOALS AND AN8 NUAL BUDGET.— 

9 (1) AGENCY PRIORITY GOALS.—In identifying 

10 agency priority goals under section 1120(b) of title 

11 31, United States Code, for each appropriate depart12 ment and agency of the United States Government, 

13 the head of such department or agency, or as other14 wise determined by the Director of the Office of Man15 agement and Budget, shall take into consideration the 

16 strategy developed under subsection (a) and the Presi17 dential Policy Directive issued under subsection (b). 

18 (2) ANNUAL BUDGET.—The President shall, act19 ing through the Director of the Office of Management 

20 and Budget, ensure that the annual budget submitted 

21 to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United 

22 States Code, includes a separate section that clearly 

23 highlights programs and projects that are being fund24 ed in the annual budget that relate to the strategy de-
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1 veloped under subsection (a) and the Presidential Pol2 icy Directive issued under subsection (b). 

3 Subtitle F—Reports and Related 

4 Matters 

5 SEC. 1271. ITEM IN QUARTERLY REPORTS ON ASSISTANCE 

6 TO COUNTER THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ 

7 AND THE LEVANT ON FORCES INELIGIBLE TO 

8 RECEIVE ASSISTANCE DUE TO A GROSS VIO9 LATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. 

10 (a) ITEM IN REPORTS.—Section 1236(d) of the Carl 

11 Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense 

12 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113– 

13 291) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

14 paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(11) A list of the forces or elements of forces re16 stricted from receiving assistance under subsection 

17 (a), unless waived pursuant to subsection (j), as a re18 sult of vetting required by subsection (e) or section 

19 2249e of title 10, United States Code, and a detailed 

20 description of the reasons for such restriction, includ21 ing for each force or element— 

22 ‘‘(A) information relating to gross violation 

23 of human rights by such force or element (includ24 ing the timeframe of the alleged violation); 
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1 ‘‘(B) the source of the information described 

2 in subparagraph (A), and an assessment of the 

3 veracity of the information; 

4 ‘‘(C) the association of such force or element 

5 with terrorist groups or groups associated with 

6 the Government of Iran; and 

7 ‘‘(D) the amount and type of any assistance 

8 provided such force or element by the Govern9 ment of Iran.’’. 

10 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub11 section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 

12 of this Act, and shall apply with respect to reports sub13 mitted pursuant to section 1236(d) of the Carl Levin and 

14 Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza15 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 after that date. 

16 SEC. 1272. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ANTI-TUNNEL COOPERA17 TION. 

18 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

19 (1) Tunnels can be used for criminal purposes, 

20 such as smuggling drugs, weapons, or humans, or for 

21 terrorist or military purposes, such as launching sur22 prise attacks or detonating explosives underneath ci23 vilian or military infrastructure. 

24 (2) Tunnels have been a growing threat on the 

25 southern border of the United States for years. 
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1 (3) In the conflict in Gaza in 2014, terrorists 

2 used tunnels to conduct attacks against Israel. 

3 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

4 that— 

5 (1) it is in the national security interests of the 

6 United States to develop technology to detect and 

7 counter tunnels, and the best way to do this is to 

8 partner with other affected countries; 

9 (2) the Administration should, on a joint basis 

10 with Israel, carry out research, development, test, and 

11 evaluation of anti-tunnel capabilities to detect, map, 

12 and neutralize underground tunnels that threaten the 

13 United States or Israel; and 

14 (3) the Administration should use developed 

15 anti-tunnel capabilities to better protect the United 

16 States and deployed United States military per17 sonnel. 

18 (c) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH ANTI-TUNNEL CAPA19 BILITIES PROGRAM WITH ISRAEL.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 

21 upon request of the Ministry of Defense of Israel and 

22 in consultation with the Secretary of State and the 

23 Director of National Intelligence, is authorized to 

24 carry out research, development, test, and evaluation, 

25 on a joint basis with Israel, to establish anti-tunnel 
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1 capabilities to detect, map, and neutralize under2 ground tunnels that threaten the United States or 

3 Israel. Such authority includes authority to construct 

4 facilities and install equipment necessary to carry out 

5 research, development, test, and evaluation so author6 ized. Any activities carried out pursuant to such au7 thority shall be conducted in a manner that appro8 priately protects sensitive information and United 

9 States and Israel national security interests. 

10 (2) REPORT.—The activities described in para11 graph (1) and subsection (d) may be carried out after 

12 the Secretary of Defense submits to the appropriate 

13 committees of Congress a report setting forth the fol14 lowing: 

15 (A) A memorandum of agreement between 

16 the United States and Israel regarding sharing 

17 of research and development costs for the capa18 bilities described in paragraph (1), and any sup19 porting documents. 

20 (B) A certification that the memorandum of 

21 agreement— 

22 (i) requires sharing of costs of projects, 

23 including in-kind support, between the 

24 United States and Israel; 
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1 (ii) establishes a framework to nego2 tiate the rights to any intellectual property 

3 developed under the memorandum of agree4 ment; and 

5 (iii) requires the United States Gov6 ernment to receive quarterly reports on ex7 penditure of funds, if any, by the Govern8 ment of Israel, including a description of 

9 what the funds have been used for, when 

10 funds were expended, and an identification 

11 of entities that expended the funds. 

12 (d) ASSISTANCE IN CONNECTION WITH PROGRAM.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense is 

14 authorized to provide procurement, maintenance, and 

15 sustainment assistance to Israel in support of the 

16 anti-tunnel capabilities research, development, test, 

17 and evaluation activities authorized in subsection 

18 (c)(1). 

19 (2) REPORT.—Assistance may not be provided 

20 under paragraph (1) until 15 days after the Secretary 

21 submits to the appropriate committees of Congress a 

22 report setting forth a detailed description of the as23 sistance to be provided. 

24 (3) MATCHING CONTRIBUTION.—Assistance may 

25 not be provided under this subsection unless the Gov-
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1 ernment of Israel contributes an amount not less than 

2 the amount of assistance to be so provided to the pro3 gram, project, or activity for which the assistance is 

4 to be so provided. 

5 (e) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—The Secretary of Defense 

6 shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress on 

7 a quarterly basis a report that contains a copy of the most 

8 recent quarterly report provided by the Government of 

9 Israel to the Department of Defense pursuant to subsection 

10 (c)(2)(B)(iii). 

11 (f) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE12 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate committees 

13 of Congress’’ means— 

14 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com15 mittee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Home16 land Security, and the Committee on Appropriations 

17 of the Senate; and 

18 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Com19 mittee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Home20 land Security, and the Committee on Appropriations 

21 of the House of Representatives. 

22 (g) SUNSET.—The authority in this section to carry 

23 out activities described in subsection (c), and to provide as24 sistance described in subsection (d), shall expire on the date 
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1 that is three years after the date of the enactment of this 

2 Act. 

3 SEC. 1273. SENSE OF SENATE AND REPORT ON QATAR 

4 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT CAPABILITY CONTRIBU5 TION TO REGIONAL SECURITY. 

6 (a) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 

7 that— 

8 (1) the United States should consider, in a time9 ly manner, opportunities to enhance the strike capa10 bility of fighter aircraft of the Qatar air force that 

11 would contribute to Qatar’s self-defense and deter 

12 Iran’s regional ambitions and simultaneously pre13 serve the qualitative military edge of Israel; and 

14 (2) Qatar should be afforded the opportunity 

15 through acquisition of appropriate technologies and 

16 exercises with the United States Armed Forces and 

17 the armed forces of partner nations to develop im18 proved self-defense and counter force aviation capa19 bilities that advanced fighter aircraft would provide. 

20 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 

22 2016, the Secretary of Defense, shall, in consultation 

23 with the Secretary of State, submit to the congres24 sional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign 

25 Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on For-
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1 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report 

2 on the risks and benefits under consideration as they 

3 relate to capabilities described in subsection (a). 

4 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para5 graph (1) shall include the following elements: 

6 (A) A description of the key assumptions re7 garding the increase to Qatar air force capabili8 ties as a result of potential pending transfer of 

9 technologies and weapons systems. 

10 (B) A description of the key assumptions re11 garding items described in subparagraph (A) as 

12 they impact considerations regarding preserva13 tion of Israel’s qualitative military edge. 

14 (C) Estimated timelines for final adjudica15 tion of decisions to approve such transfers. 

16 (3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

17 (1) may be submitted in classified or unclassified 

18 form. 

19 SEC. 1274. REPORT ON THE SECURITY RELATIONSHIP BE20 TWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE REPUB21 LIC OF CYPRUS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

23 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

24 and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appro25 priate congressional committees a report on the security re-
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1 lationship between the United States and the Republic of 

2 Cyprus. 

3 (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 

4 (a) shall include the following elements: 

5 (1) A description of ongoing military and secu6 rity cooperation between the United States and the 

7 Republic of Cyprus. 

8 (2) A discussion of potential steps for enhancing 

9 the bilateral security relationship between the United 

10 States and Cyprus, including steps to enhance the 

11 military and security capabilities of the Republic of 

12 Cyprus. 

13 (3) An analysis of the effect on the bilateral secu14 rity relationship of the United States policy to deny 

15 applications for licenses and other approvals for the 

16 export of defense articles and defense services to the 

17 armed forces of Cyprus. 

18 (4) An analysis of the extent to which such 

19 United States policy is consistent with overall United 

20 States security and policy objectives in the region. 

21 (5) An assessment of the potential impact of lift22 ing such United States policy. 

23 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro24 priate congressional committees’’ means— 

25 (1) the congressional defense committees; and 
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1 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

2 Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

3 House of Representatives. 

4 Subtitle G—Other Matters 

5 SEC. 1281. NATO SPECIAL OPERATIONS HEADQUARTERS. 

6 Section 1244(a) of the National Defense Authorization 

7 Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 

8 2541), as most recently amended by section 1272(a) of the 

9 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 

10 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2023), is further amended 

11 by striking ‘‘each of fiscal years 2013, 2014, and 2015’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018’’. 

13 SEC. 1282. TWO-YEAR EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF 

14 AUTHORIZATION FOR NON-CONVENTIONAL 

15 ASSISTED RECOVERY CAPABILITIES. 

16 (a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (h) of section 943 of the 

17 Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 

18 Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4579), 

19 as most recently amended by section 1261(a) of the National 

20 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 

21 Law 113–291), is further amended by striking ‘‘2016’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘2018’’. 

23 (b) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Subsection (a) of such section 

24 943, as amended by section 1205(a) of the National Defense 

25 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112– 
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1 81; 125 Stat. 1623), is further amended by striking ‘‘for 

2 ‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide’ ’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘for the Department of Defense for operation and mainte4 nance’’. 

5 (c) OVERSIGHT.—Subsection (b) of such section 943 is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘(b) PROCEDURES.—The Sec8 retary’’ and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(b) PROCEDURES AND OVERSIGHT.— 

10 ‘‘(1) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following new para12 graph: 

13 ‘‘(2) PROGRAMMATIC AND POLICY OVERSIGHT.— 

14 The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Oper15 ations and Low-Intensity Conflict shall have primary 

16 programmatic and policy oversight of non-conven17 tional assisted recovery activities authorized by this 

18 section.’’. 

19 TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE 

20 THREAT REDUCTION 

21 SEC. 1301. SPECIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE THREAT RE22 DUCTION FUNDS. 

23 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2016 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUC24 TION FUNDS DEFINED.—As used in this title, the term ‘‘fis25 cal year 2016 Cooperative Threat Reduction funds’’ means 
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1 the funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap2 propriations in section 301 and made available by the 

3 funding table in section 4301 for the Department of Defense 

4 Cooperative Threat Reduction Program established under 

5 section 1321 of the Department of Defense Cooperative 

6 Threat Reduction Act (50 U.S.C. 3711). 

7 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

8 pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 

9 301 and made available by the funding table in section 

10 4301 for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Re11 duction Program shall be available for obligation for fiscal 

12 years 2016, 2017, and 2018. 

13 SEC. 1302. FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. 

14 Of the $358,496,000 authorized to be appropriated to 

15 the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 in section 

16 301 and made available by the funding table in section 

17 4301 for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Re18 duction Program established under section 1321 of the De19 partment of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act (50 

20 U.S.C. 3711), the following amounts may be obligated for 

21 the purposes specified: 

22 (1) For strategic offensive arms elimination, 

23 $1,289,000. 

24 (2) For chemical weapons destruction, $942,000. 

25 (3) For global nuclear security, $20,555,000. 
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1 (4) For cooperative biological engagement, 

2 $264,608,000. 

3 (5) For proliferation prevention, $38,945,000. 

4 (6) For threat reduction engagement, $2,827,000. 

5 (7) For activities designated as Other Assess6 ments/Administrative Costs, $29,320,000. 

7 TITLE XIV—OTHER 

8 AUTHORIZATIONS 

9 Subtitle A—Military Programs 

10 SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 

11 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis12 cal year 2016 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 

13 activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 

14 providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, 

15 as specified in the funding table in section 4501. 

16 SEC. 1402. NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND. 

17 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis18 cal year 2016 for the National Defense Sealift Fund, as 

19 specified in the funding table in section 4501. 

20 SEC. 1403. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUC21 TION, DEFENSE. 

22 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

23 hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department 

24 of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not otherwise 

25 provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruc-
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1 tion, Defense, as specified in the funding table in section 

2 4501. 

3 (b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated 

4 under subsection (a) are authorized for— 

5 (1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and 

6 munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the De7 partment of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 

8 U.S.C. 1521); and 

9 (2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel 

10 of the United States that is not covered by section 

11 1412 of such Act. 

12 SEC. 1404. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC13 TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 

14 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 

15 Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not 

16 otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter17 Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding 

18 table in section 4501. 

19 SEC. 1405. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 

20 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 

21 Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not 

22 otherwise provided for, for the Office of the Inspector Gen23 eral of the Department of Defense, as specified in the fund24 ing table in section 4501. 
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1 SEC. 1406. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 

2 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis3 cal year 2016 for the Defense Health Program, as specified 

4 in the funding table in section 4501, for use of the Armed 

5 Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department 

6 of Defense in providing for the health of eligible bene7 ficiaries. 

8 Subtitle B—Other Matters 

9 SEC. 1411. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO JOINT 

10 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF 

11 VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM12 ONSTRATION FUND FOR CAPTAIN JAMES A. 

13 LOVELL HEALTH CARE CENTER, ILLINOIS. 

14 (a) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of the 

15 funds authorized to be appropriated by section 1406 and 

16 available for the Defense Health Program for operation and 

17 maintenance, $120,400,000 may be transferred by the Sec18 retary of Defense to the Joint Department of Defense–De19 partment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstra20 tion Fund established by subsection (a)(1) of section 1704 

21 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

22 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571). For purposes 

23 of subsection (a)(2) of such section 1704, any funds so 

24 transferred shall be treated as amounts authorized and ap25 propriated specifically for the purpose of such a transfer. 
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1 (b) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—For the purposes 

2 of subsection (b) of such section 1704, facility operations 

3 for which funds transferred under subsection (a) may be 

4 used are operations of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal 

5 Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet6 erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 

7 Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 

8 Federal medical facility under an operational agreement 

9 covered by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National De10 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 

11 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 

12 SEC. 1412. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

13 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 

14 There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

15 year 2016 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 

16 Fund the sum of $64,300,000 for the operation of the Armed 

17 Forces Retirement Home. 

18 SEC. 1413. INSPECTIONS OF THE ARMED FORCES RETIRE19 MENT HOME BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF 

20 THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

21 (a) INSPECTIONS.—Subsection (b)(1) of section 1518 

22 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24 

23 U.S.C. 418) is amended by striking ‘‘a comprehensive in24 spection of all aspects of each facility of the Retirement 

25 Home’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘an inspection 
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1 of the Retirement Home. The Inspector General shall deter2 mine the scope of each such inspection using a risk-based 

3 analysis of the operations of the Retirement Home.’’. 

4 (b) REPORTS.—Subsection (c)(1) of such section is 

5 amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘Not later than 

6 90 days after completing the inspection of the facility, the 

7 Inspector General’’ and inserting ‘‘The Inspector General’’. 

8 TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF 

9 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIA10 TIONS FOR OVERSEAS CON11 TINGENCY OPERATIONS 

12 Subtitle A—Authorization of 

13 Appropriations 

14 SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 

15 The purpose of this subtitle is to authorize appropria16 tions for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 

17 to provide additional funds for overseas contingency oper18 ations being carried out by the Armed Forces. 

19 SEC. 1502. OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 

20 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis21 cal year 2016 for the Department of Defense for overseas 

22 contingency operations in such amounts as may be des23 ignated as provided in section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal24 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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1 SEC. 1503. PROCUREMENT. 

2 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis3 cal year 2016 for procurement accounts for the Army, the 

4 Navy and the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense5 wide activities, as specified in the funding table in section 

6 4102. 

7 SEC. 1504. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUA8 TION. 

9 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis10 cal year 2016 for the use of the Department of Defense for 

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

12 the funding table in section 4202. 

13 SEC. 1505. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 

14 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis15 cal year 2016 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 

16 activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex17 penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and main18 tenance, as specified in the funding table in section 4302. 

19 SEC. 1506. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 

20 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis21 cal year 2016 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 

22 activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for ex23 penses, not otherwise provided for, for military personnel, 

24 as specified in the funding table in section 4402. 
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1 SEC. 1507. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 

2 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis3 cal year 2016 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 

4 activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 

5 providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, 

6 as specified in the funding table in section 4502. 

7 SEC. 1508. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC8 TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 

9 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 

10 Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not 

11 otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter12 Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding 

13 table in section 4502. 

14 SEC. 1509. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 

15 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 

16 Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not 

17 otherwise provided for, for the Office of the Inspector Gen18 eral of the Department of Defense, as specified in the fund19 ing table in section 4502. 

20 SEC. 1510. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 

21 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 

22 Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not 

23 otherwise provided for, for the Defense Health Program, as 

24 specified in the funding table in section 4502. 
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1 SEC. 1511. COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND. 

2 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

3 hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department 

4 of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for expenses, not otherwise 

5 provided for, for the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund, 

6 as specified in the funding table in section 4502. 

7 (b) DURATION OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appro8 priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 

9 subsection (a) shall remain available for obligation through 

10 September 30, 2017. 

11 Subtitle B—Financial Matters 

12 SEC. 1521. TREATMENT AS ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS. 

13 The amounts authorized to be appropriated by this 

14 title are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be 

15 appropriated by this Act. 

16 SEC. 1522. SPECIAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 

17 (a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 

18 (1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 

19 Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 

20 the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 

21 amounts of authorizations made available to the De22 partment of Defense in this title for fiscal year 2016 

23 between any such authorizations for that fiscal year 

24 (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authoriza25 tions so transferred shall be merged with and be 
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1 available for the same purposes as the authorization 

2 to which transferred. 

3 (2) LIMITATION.—The total amount of author4 izations that the Secretary may transfer under the 

5 authority of this subsection may not exceed 

6 $4,000,000,000. 

7 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Transfers under this 

8 section shall be subject to the same terms and conditions 

9 as transfers under section 1001. 

10 (c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The transfer authority 

11 provided by this section is in addition to the transfer au12 thority provided under section 1001. 

13 Subtitle C—Limitations, Reports, 

14 and Other Matters 

15 SEC. 1531. AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND. 

16 (a) CONTINUATION OF PRIOR AUTHORITIES AND NO17 TICE AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Funds available 

18 to the Department of Defense for the Afghanistan Security 

19 Forces Fund for fiscal year 2016 shall be subject to the con20 ditions contained in subsections (b) through (g) of section 

21 1513 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

22 Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 428), as amend23 ed by section 1531(b) of the Ike Skelton National Defense 

24 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111– 

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1 (b) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT CERTAIN

2 EQUIPMENT.—Section 1532(b)(1) of the Carl Levin and 

3 Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza4 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291) is 

5 amended by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘Acts enacted 

6 before the date of the enactment of the National Defense Au7 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.’’. 

8 SEC. 1532. JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT 

9 FUND. 

10 (a) USE AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Subsections (b) 

11 and (c) of section 1514 of the John Warner National De12 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 

13 109–364; 120 Stat. 2439), as in effect before the amend14 ments made by section 1503 of the Duncan Hunter Na15 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Pub16 lic Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4649), shall apply to the funds 

17 made available to the Department of Defense for the Joint 

18 Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund for fiscal year 

19 2016. 

20 (b) EXTENSION OF INTERDICTION OF IMPROVISED EX21 PLOSIVE DEVICE PRECURSOR CHEMICALS AUTHORITY.— 

22 Section 1532(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act 

23 for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2057) 

24 is amended— 
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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and for fis2 cal year 2016,’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 2013,’’; and 

3 (2) in paragraph (4), as most recently amended 

4 by section 1533(c) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

5 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 

6 for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291), by strik7 ing ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 

8 31, 2016’’. 

9 (c) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN AS10 SIGNMENTS OF PERSONNEL.—None of the funds authorized 

11 to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 

12 for fiscal year 2016 for the Joint Improvised Explosive De13 vice Defeat Organization may be used for the purposes of 

14 the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization 

15 assigning personnel or contractors on a permanent or tem16 porary basis, or as a detail, to the combatant commands 

17 or associated military components, or the combat support 

18 agencies, unless such personnel or contractors are sup19 porting— 

20 (1) Operation Freedom’s Sentinel or any suc21 cessor operation to that operation; 

22 (2) Operation Inherent Resolve or any successor 

23 operation to that operation; or 

24 (3) another operation that, as determined by the 

25 Secretary of Defense, requires the direct support of the 
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1 Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organiza2 tion. 

3 (d) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—If after the date of the en4 actment of this Act the Secretary of Defense makes a deter5 mination described in subsection (c)(3) that an operation 

6 requires the direct support of the Joint Improvised Explo7 sive Device Defeat Organization, the Secretary shall submit 

8 to the congressional defense committees a notice of the deter9 mination and the reasons for the determination. 

10 (e) LIMITATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF JIEDDO AS

11 COMBAT SUPPORT AGENCY.—Relating to the determination 

12 by the Deputy Secretary of Defense on March 11, 2015, to 

13 make the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organi14 zation a combat support agency, the Secretary of Defense 

15 is prohibited from implementing such determination until 

16 90 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to 

17 the congressional defense committees a report setting forth 

18 the following: 

19 (1) A detailed plan for the disposition of the Or20 ganization as a combat support agency, including the 

21 enduring requirements and key functions of the Orga22 nization, the chain of command for the Organization, 

23 and funding for the Organization as such an agency. 

24 (2) A statement of potential alternative means to 

25 achieving the objective of designating the Organiza-
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1 tion as a combat support agency, including the as2 sumption of one or more functions of the Organiza3 tion by one or more other components or elements of 

4 the Department of Defense, and an assessment of the 

5 feasibility and advisability of each such alternative. 

6 SEC. 1533. AVAILABILITY OF JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE 

7 DEVICE DEFEAT FUND FUNDS FOR TRAINING 

8 OF FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES TO DEFEAT 

9 IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES. 

10 (a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts author11 ized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for the Joint 

12 Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund, up to 

13 $30,000,000 may be available to provide training to foreign 

14 security forces in defeating improvised explosive devices 

15 under authority provided the Department of Defense under 

16 any other provision of law. 

17 (b) CONSTRUCTION OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The 

18 availability of funds under subsection (a) shall not be con19 strued as authority in and of itself for the provision of 

20 training as described in that subsection. 

21 (c) GEOGRAPHIC LIMITATION.—Training may be pro22 vided using funds available under subsection (a) only— 

23 (1) in locations in which the Department of De24 fense is conducting a named operation; or 
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1 (2) in geographic areas in which the Secretary 

2 of Defense has determined that a foreign security force 

3 is facing a significant threat from improvised explo4 sive devices. 

5 (d) COORDINATION WITH GEOGRAPHIC COMBATANT

6 COMMANDS.—The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, 

7 coordinate the provision of training using funds available 

8 under subsection (a) with requests received from the com9 manders of the geographic combatant commands. 

10 (e) EXPIRATION.—The authority to use funds described 

11 in subsection (a) in accordance with this section shall ex12 pire on December 31, 2018. 

13 TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PRO14 GRAMS, CYBER, AND INTEL15 LIGENCE MATTERS 

16 Subtitle A—Space Activities 

17 SEC. 1601. INTEGRATED POLICY TO DETER ADVERSARIES IN 

18 SPACE. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish an 

20 interagency process to provide for the development of a pol21 icy to deter adversaries in space— 

22 (1) with the objectives of— 

23 (A) reducing risks to the United States and 

24 allies of the United States in space; and 
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1 (B) protecting and preserving the rights, ac2 cess, capabilities, use, and freedom of action of 

3 the United States in space and the right of the 

4 United States to respond to an attack in space 

5 and, if necessary, deny adversaries the use of 

6 space capabilities hostile to the national interests 

7 of the United States; and 

8 (2) that integrates the interests and responsibil9 ities of the agencies participating in the process. 

10 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

12 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

13 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 

14 the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 

15 setting forth the policy developed pursuant to sub16 section (a). 

17 (2) FUNDING RESTRICTION.—If the President has 

18 not submitted the policy developed under subsection 

19 (a) and the answers to Enclosure 1, regarding offen20 sive space control policy, of the classified annex to 

21 this Act, to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

22 Senate and the House of Representatives by the date 

23 required by paragraph (1), an amount equal to 

24 $10,000,000 of the amount authorized to be appro25 priated or otherwise made available to the Depart-
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1 ment of Defense for fiscal year 2016 to provide sup2 port services to the Executive Office of the President 

3 shall be withheld from obligation or expenditure until 

4 the policy and such answers are submitted to such 

5 Committees. 

6 (3) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 

7 paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 

8 but may include a classified annex. 

9 SEC. 1602. PRINCIPAL ADVISOR ON SPACE CONTROL. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 135 of title 10, United 

11 States Code is amended by adding at the end the following 

12 new section: 

13 ‘‘§ 2279a. Principal Advisor on Space Control 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall des15 ignate an individual to serve as the Principal Space Con16 trol Advisor, who shall act as the principal advisor to the 

17 Secretary on space control activities. 

18 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Principal Space Con19 trol Advisor shall be responsible for the following: 

20 ‘‘(1) Supervision of space control activities re21 lated to the development, procurement, and employ22 ment of, and strategy relating to, space control capa23 bilities. 
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1 ‘‘(2) Oversight of policy, resources, personnel, 

2 and acquisition and technology relating to space con3 trol activities. 

4 ‘‘(c) CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM.—The Principal Space 

5 Control Advisor shall integrate the space control expertise 

6 and perspectives of appropriate organizational entities of 

7 the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the 

8 military departments, the Defense Agencies, and the com9 batant commands, by establishing and maintaining a full10 time, cross-functional team of subject-matter experts from 

11 those entities.’’. 

12 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

13 the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after 

14 the item relating to section 2799 the following new item: 

‘‘2279a. Principal Advisor on Space Control.’’. 

15 SEC. 1603. EXCEPTION TO THE PROHIBITION ON CON16 TRACTING WITH RUSSIAN SUPPLIERS OF 

17 ROCKET ENGINES FOR THE EVOLVED EX18 PENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM. 

19 Section 1608 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 

20 McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

21 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3626; 10 U.S.C. 2271 

22 note) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘subsections (b) 

24 and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (b), (c), and (d)’’; 

25 and 
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1 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub2 section: 

3 ‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR PHASE 1A COMPETITIVE OP4 PORTUNITIES.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For not more than 9 com6 petitive opportunities described in paragraph (2), the 

7 Secretary of Defense may award a contract— 

8 ‘‘(A) requiring the use of a rocket engine de9 signed or manufactured in the Russian Federa10 tion that is eligible for a waiver under subsection 

11 (b) or an exception under subsection (c); or 

12 ‘‘(B) if a rocket engine described in sub13 paragraph (A) is not available, requiring the use 

14 of a rocket engine designed or manufactured in 

15 the Russian Federation that is not eligible for 

16 such a waiver or exception. 

17 ‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITIES DE18 SCRIBED.—A competitive opportunity described in 

19 this paragraph is— 

20 ‘‘(A) an opportunity to compete for a con21 tract for the procurement of property or services 

22 for space launch activities under the evolved ex23 pendable launch vehicle program; and 

24 ‘‘(B) one of the 9 Phase 1A competitive op25 portunities for fiscal years 2015 through 2017, 
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1 as specified in the budget justification materials 

2 submitted to Congress in support of the budget of 

3 the President for fiscal year 2016 (as submitted 

4 to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, 

5 United States Code).’’. 

6 SEC. 1604. ELIMINATION OF LAUNCH CAPABILITIES CON7 TRACTS UNDER EVOLVED EXPENDABLE 

8 LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by subsections 

10 (b) and (c), on and after the date of the enactment of this 

11 Act, the Secretary of Defense may not award or renew a 

12 contract, or maintain a separate contract line item, for the 

13 procurement of property or services for space launch capa14 bilities under the evolved expendable launch vehicle pro15 gram. 

16 (b) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Defense may waive the 

17 prohibition under subsection (a) and award or renew a con18 tract or maintain a separate contract line item for the pro19 curement of property or services for space launch capabili20 ties if the Secretary of Defense determines, and reports to 

21 the congressional defense committees not later than 30 days 

22 before the waiver takes effect, that— 

23 (1) awarding or renewing such a contract or 

24 maintaining such a contract line item is necessary 

25 for the national security interests of the United States 
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1 and the contract or contract line item does not sup2 port space launch activities using rocket engines de3 signed or manufactured in the Russian Federation; 

4 and 

5 (2) failing to award or renew such a contract or 

6 maintain such a contract line item will have signifi7 cant consequences to national security and will result 

8 in the significant loss of life or property or economic 

9 harm. 

10 (c) EXCEPTION.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The prohibition under sub12 section (a) shall not apply to the placement of orders 

13 or the exercise of options under the contract numbered 

14 FA8811–13–C–0003 and awarded on December 18, 

15 2013. 

16 (2) TERMINATION.—The exception under para17 graph (1) shall terminate on September 30, 2019. 

18 (d) SPACE LAUNCH CAPABILITIES DEFINED.—In this 

19 section, the term ‘‘space launch capabilities’’ includes all 

20 work associated with space launch infrastructure mainte21 nance and sustainment, program management, systems en22 gineering, launch site operations, launch site depreciation, 

23 and maintenance commodities. 
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1 SEC. 1605. ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR EVOLVED EX2 PENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The amount requested in the budget 

4 of the President submitted to Congress under section 

5 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2017, 

6 2018, or 2019 for the Air Force for the launch of Air Force 

7 satellites under the evolved expendable launch vehicle launch 

8 capability program shall bear the same ratio to the total 

9 amount requested in that budget for that fiscal year for the 

10 launch of national security satellites under the evolved ex11 pendable launch vehicle launch capability program as the 

12 amount requested in that budget for that fiscal year for the 

13 procurement of cores for the Air Force for the launch of 

14 Air Force satellites under the evolved expendable launch ve15 hicle launch services program bears to the total amount re16 quested in that budget for that fiscal year for the procure17 ment of cores for the launch of national security satellites 

18 under the evolved expendable launch vehicle launch services 

19 program. 

20 (b) NATIONAL SECURITY SATELLITE DEFINED.—In 

21 this section, the term ‘‘national security satellite’’ is a sat22 ellite launched for national security purposes, including 

23 such a satellite launched by the Air Force, the Navy, or 

24 the National Reconnaissance Office, or any other element 

25 of the Department of Defense. 
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1 SEC. 1606. INCLUSION OF PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT AND 

2 FIELDING OF A FULL-UP ENGINE IN ROCKET 

3 PROPULSION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PRO4 GRAM. 

5 Section 1604(b) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

6 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 

7 Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3623; 

8 10 U.S.C. 2273 note) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

10 inserting a semicolon; 

11 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 

12 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(4) a plan for the development and fielding of 

15 a full-up engine.’’. 

16 SEC. 1607. LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 

17 THE DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE 

18 PROGRAM. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds authorized to be 

20 appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 

21 fiscal year 2016 for the Defense Meteorological Satellite pro22 gram (PE# 0305160F and line number MS0554) or for 

23 the launch of Defense Meteorological Satellite program sat24 ellite #20 (in this section referred to as ‘‘DMSP20’’), and 

25 none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise 

26 made available for fiscal year 2015 for that program or 
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1 the launch of DMSP20 that remain available for obligation 

2 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, may be obligated 

3 or expended until the Secretary of Defense and the Chair4 man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff jointly certify to the con5 gressional defense committees that— 

6 (1) relying on civil and international contribu7 tions to meet space-based environmental monitoring 

8 requirements is insufficient or is a risk to national 

9 security and launching DMSP20 will meet those re10 quirements; 

11 (2) launching DMSP20 is the most affordable so12 lution to meeting requirements validated by the Joint 

13 Requirements Oversight Council; and 

14 (3) nonmaterial solutions within the Department 

15 of Defense, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

16 Administration, and the National Aeronautics and 

17 Space Administration are incapable of meeting the 

18 cloud characterization and theater weather require19 ments validated by the Joint Requirements Oversight 

20 Council. 

21 (b) COMPARATIVE COST AND CAPABILITY ASSESS22 MENT.—If the Secretary and the Chairman determine that 

23 a material solution is required to meet the cloud character24 ization and theater weather requirements validated by the 

25 Joint Requirements Oversight Council, the Secretary and 
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1 the Chairman shall jointly submit to the congressional de2 fense committees a cost and capability assessment that com3 pares the cost of meeting those requirements with DMSP20 

4 and with an alternate material solution that includes 

5 electro-optical infrared weather imaging or other com6 parable solutions. 

7 SEC. 1608. QUARTERLY REPORTS ON GLOBAL POSITIONING 

8 SYSTEM III SPACE SEGMENT, GLOBAL POSI9 TIONING SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CONTROL 

10 SEGMENT, AND MILITARY GLOBAL POSI11 TIONING SYSTEM USER EQUIPMENT ACQUISI12 TION PROGRAMS. 

13 (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 

15 days thereafter, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit 

16 to the Comptroller General of the United States a report 

17 on the Global Positioning System III space segment, the 

18 Global Positioning System operational control segment, and 

19 the Military Global Positioning System user equipment ac20 quisition programs. 

21 (b) ELEMENTS.—Each report required by subsection 

22 (a) shall include, with respect to an acquisition program 

23 specified in that subsection, the following: 

24 (1) A statement of the status of the program with 

25 respect to cost, schedule, and performance. 
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1 (2) A description of any changes to the require2 ments of the program. 

3 (3) A description of any technical risks impact4 ing the cost, schedule, and performance of the pro5 gram. 

6 (4) An assessment of how such risks are to be ad7 dressed and the costs associated with such risks. 

8 (5) An assessment of the extent to which the seg9 ments of the program are synchronized. 

10 (c) BRIEFINGS BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The 

11 Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional de12 fense committees a briefing on a report submitted under 

13 subsection (a)— 

14 (1) in the case of the first such report, not later 

15 than 30 days after receiving that report; and 

16 (2) as the Comptroller General considers appro17 priate thereafter. 

18 (d) TERMINATION.—The requirement under subsection 

19 (a) shall terminate with respect to an acquisition program 

20 specified in that subsection on the date on which that pro21 gram reaches full operational capability. 
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1 SEC. 1609. PLAN FOR CONSOLIDATION OF ACQUISITION OF 

2 COMMERCIAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 

3 SERVICES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 31, 2016, 

5 the Department of Defense Executive Agent for Space shall 

6 submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for 

7 the consolidation, during the three-year period beginning 

8 on the date on which the plan is submitted, of the acquisi9 tion of commercial satellite communications services from 

10 across the Department of Defense into a program office in 

11 the Space and Missile Systems Center of the Air Force. 

12 (b) REQUIREMENTS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The plan required by sub14 section (a) shall include— 

15 (A) an assessment of the management and 

16 overhead costs relating to the acquisition of com17 mercial satellite communications services across 

18 the Department of Defense; and 

19 (B) an estimate of— 

20 (i) the costs of implementing the con21 solidation of the acquisition of such services 

22 described in subsection (a); and 

23 (ii) the projected savings of the consoli24 dation. 

25 (2) VALIDATION BY DIRECTOR OF COST ASSESS26 MENT AND PROGRAM EVALUATION.—The assessment 
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1 required by paragraph (1)(A) and the estimates re2 quired by paragraph (1)(B) shall be validated by the 

3 Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation. 

4 SEC. 1610. COUNCIL ON OVERSIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT 

5 OF DEFENSE POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, 

6 AND TIMING ENTERPRISE. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 135 of title 10, United 

8 States Code, as amended by section 1602, is further amend9 ed by adding at the end the following new section: 

10 ‘‘§ 2279b. Council on Oversight of the Department of 

11 Defense Positioning, Navigation, and Tim12 ing Enterprise 

13 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is within the Depart14 ment of Defense a council to be known as the ‘Council on 

15 Oversight of the Department of Defense Positioning, Navi16 gation, and Timing Enterprise’ (in this section referred to 

17 as the ‘Council’). 

18 ‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Council shall 

19 be as follows: 

20 ‘‘(1) The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. 

21 ‘‘(2) The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi22 tion, Technology, and Logistics. 

23 ‘‘(3) The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 

24 Staff. 
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1 ‘‘(4) The Commander of the United States Stra2 tegic Command. 

3 ‘‘(5) The Commander of the United States North4 ern Command. 

5 ‘‘(6) The Commander of United States Cyber 

6 Command. 

7 ‘‘(7) The Director of the National Security Agen8 cy. 

9 ‘‘(8) The Chief Information Officer of the De10 partment of Defense. 

11 ‘‘(9) Such other officers of the Department of De12 fense as the Secretary may designate. 

13 ‘‘(c) CO-CHAIR.—The Council shall be co-chaired by 

14 the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, 

15 and Logistics and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 

16 of Staff. 

17 ‘‘(d) RESPONSIBILITIES.—(1) The Council shall be re18 sponsible for oversight of the Department of Defense posi19 tioning, navigation, and timing enterprise, including posi20 tioning, navigation, and timing services provided to civil, 

21 commercial, scientific, and international users. 

22 ‘‘(2) In carrying out the responsibility for oversight 

23 of the Department of Defense positioning, navigation, and 

24 timing enterprise as specified in paragraph (1), the Council 

25 shall be responsible for the following: 
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1 ‘‘(A) Oversight of performance assessments (in2 cluding interoperability). 

3 ‘‘(B) Vulnerability identification and mitigation. 

4 ‘‘(C) Architecture development. 

5 ‘‘(D) Resource prioritization. 

6 ‘‘(E) Such other responsibilities as the Secretary 

7 of Defense shall specify for purposes of this section. 

8 ‘‘(e) ANNUAL REPORTS.—At the same time each year 

9 that the budget of the President is submitted to Congress 

10 under section 1105(a) of title 31, the Council shall submit 

11 to the congressional defense committees a report on the ac12 tivities of the Council. Each report shall include the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(1) A description and assessment of the activi15 ties of the Council during the previous fiscal year. 

16 ‘‘(2) A description of the activities proposed to be 

17 undertaken by the Council during the period covered 

18 by the current future-years defense program under 

19 section 221 of this title. 

20 ‘‘(3) Any changes to the requirements of the De21 partment of Defense positioning, navigation, and tim22 ing enterprise made during the previous year, along 

23 with an explanation for why the changes were made 

24 and a description of the effects of the changes to the 

25 capability of such enterprise. 
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1 ‘‘(4) A breakdown of each program element in 

2 such budget that relates to the Department of Defense 

3 positioning, navigation, and timing enterprise, in4 cluding how such program element relates to the oper5 ation and sustainment, research and development, 

6 procurement, or other activity of such enterprise. 

7 ‘‘(f) BUDGET AND FUNDING MATTERS.—(1) Not later 

8 than 30 days after the President submits to Congress the 

9 budget for a fiscal year under section 1105(a) of title 31, 

10 the Commander of the United States Strategic Command 

11 shall submit to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 

12 an assessment of— 

13 ‘‘(A) whether such budget allows the Federal 

14 Government to meet the required capabilities of the 

15 Department of Defense positioning, navigation, and 

16 timing enterprise during the fiscal year covered by 

17 the budget and the four subsequent fiscal years; and 

18 ‘‘(B) if the Commander determines that such 

19 budget does not allow the Federal Government to meet 

20 such required capabilities, a description of the steps 

21 being taken to meet such required capabilities. 

22 ‘‘(2) Not later than 30 days after the date on which 

23 the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff receives the assess24 ment of the Commander of the United States Strategic 
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1 Command under paragraph (1), the Chairman shall submit 

2 to the congressional defense committees— 

3 ‘‘(A) such assessment as it was submitted to the 

4 Chairman; and 

5 ‘‘(B) any comments of the Chairman. 

6 ‘‘(3) If a House of Congress adopts a bill authorizing 

7 or appropriating funds for the activities of the Department 

8 of Defense positioning, navigation, and timing enterprise 

9 that, as determined by the Council, provides insufficient 

10 funds for such activities for the period covered by such bill, 

11 the Council shall notify the congressional defense commit12 tees of the determination. 

13 ‘‘(g) NOTIFICATION OF ANOMALIES.—(1) The Sec14 retary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 

15 committees written notification of an anomaly in the De16 partment of Defense positioning, navigation, and timing 

17 enterprise that is reported to the Secretary or the Council 

18 by not later than 14 days after the date on which the Sec19 retary or the Council learns of such anomaly, as the case 

20 may be. 

21 ‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘anomaly’ means any 

22 unplanned, irregular, or abnormal event, whether unex23 plained or caused intentionally or unintentionally by a 

24 person or a system. 
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1 ‘‘(h) TERMINATION.—The Council shall terminate on 

2 the date that is 10 years after the date of the enactment 

3 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

4 2016.’’. 

5 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

6 the beginning of such chapter, as amended by section 1602, 

7 is further amended by inserting after the item relating to 

8 section 2799a the following new item: 

‘‘2279b. Council on Oversight of the Department of Defense Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Enterprise.’’. 

9 SEC. 1611. ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES FOR WIDE-BAND 

10 COMMUNICATIONS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall con12 duct an analysis of alternatives for a follow-on wide-band 

13 communications system to the Wideband Global SATCOM 

14 System that includes space, air, and ground layer commu15 nications capabilities of the Department of Defense. 

16 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 31, 

17 2017, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 

18 committees a report on the analysis conducted under sub19 section (a). 

20 SEC. 1612. EXPANSION OF GOALS FOR PILOT PROGRAM FOR 

21 ACQUISITION OF COMMERCIAL SATELLITE 

22 COMMUNICATION SERVICES. 

23 Section 1605(b) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

24 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
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1 Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3623; 

2 10 U.S.C. 2208 note) is amended— 

3 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

4 inserting a semicolon; 

5 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 

6 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

7 (3) by adding at the end the following new para8 graph: 

9 ‘‘(5) demonstrates the potential to achieve order10 of-magnitude improvements in satellite communica11 tions capability.’’. 

12 SEC. 1613. STREAMLINE COMMERCIAL SPACE LAUNCH AC13 TIVITIES. 

14 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

15 that eliminating duplicative requirements and approvals 

16 for commercial launch and reentry operations will promote 

17 and encourage the development of the commercial space sec18 tor. 

19 (b) REAFFIRMATION OF POLICY.—Congress reaffirms 

20 that the Secretary of Transportation, in overseeing and co21 ordinating commercial launch and reentry operations, 

22 should— 

23 (1) promote commercial space launches and reen24 tries by the private sector; 
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1 (2) facilitate Government, State, and private sec2 tor involvement in enhancing United States launch 

3 sites and facilities; 

4 (3) protect public health and safety, safety of 

5 property, national security interests, and foreign pol6 icy interests of the United States; and 

7 (4) consult with the head of another executive 

8 agency, including the Secretary of Defense or the Ad9 ministrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 

10 Administration, as necessary to provide consistent 

11 application of licensing requirements under chapter 

12 509 of title 51, United States Code. 

13 (c) REQUIREMENTS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor15 tation under section 50918 of title 51, United States 

16 Code, and subject to section 50905(b)(2)(C) of that 

17 title, shall consult with the Secretary of Defense, the 

18 Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 

19 Administration, and the heads of other executive 

20 agencies, as appropriate— 

21 (A) to identify all requirements that are im22 posed to protect the public health and safety, 

23 safety of property, national security interests, 

24 and foreign policy interests of the United States 

25 relevant to any commercial launch of a launch 
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1 vehicle or commercial reentry of a reentry vehi2 cle; and 

3 (B) to evaluate the requirements identified 

4 in subparagraph (A) and, in coordination with 

5 the licensee or transferee and the heads of the rel6 evant executive agencies— 

7 (i) determine whether the satisfaction 

8 of a requirement of one agency could result 

9 in the satisfaction of a requirement of an10 other agency; and 

11 (ii) resolve any inconsistencies and re12 move any outmoded or duplicative require13 ments or approvals of the Federal Govern14 ment relevant to any commercial launch of 

15 a launch vehicle or commercial reentry of a 

16 reentry vehicle. 

17 (2) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after the 

18 date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 

19 until the Secretary of Transportation determines no 

20 outmoded or duplicative requirements or approvals of 

21 the Federal Government exist, the Secretary of Trans22 portation, in consultation with the Secretary of De23 fense, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics 

24 and Space Administration, the commercial space sec25 tor, and the heads of other executive agencies, as ap-
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1 propriate, shall submit to the Committee on Com2 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the 

3 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 

4 House of Representatives, and the congressional de5 fense committees a report that includes the following: 

6 (A) A description of the process for the ap7 plication for and approval of a permit or license 

8 under chapter 509 of title 51, United States 

9 Code, for the commercial launch of a launch ve10 hicle or commercial reentry of a reentry vehicle, 

11 including the identification of— 

12 (i) any unique requirements for oper13 ating on a United States Government 

14 launch site, reentry site, or launch property; 

15 and 

16 (ii) any inconsistent, outmoded, or du17 plicative requirements or approvals. 

18 (B) A description of current efforts, if any, 

19 to coordinate and work across executive agencies 

20 to define interagency processes and procedures 

21 for sharing information, avoiding duplication of 

22 effort, and resolving common agency require23 ments. 

24 (C) Recommendations for legislation that 

25 may further— 
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1 (i) streamline requirements in order to 

2 improve efficiency, reduce unnecessary costs, 

3 resolve inconsistencies, remove duplication, 

4 and minimize unwarranted constraints; 

5 and 

6 (ii) consolidate or modify requirements 

7 across affected agencies into a single appli8 cation set that satisfies the requirements 

9 identified in paragraph (1)(A). 

10 (3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub11 section— 

12 (A) any applicable definitions set forth in 

13 section 50902 of title 51, United States Code, 

14 shall apply; 

15 (B) the terms ‘‘launch’’, ‘‘reenter’’, and ‘‘re16 entry’’ include landing of a launch vehicle or re17 entry vehicle; and 

18 (C) the terms ‘‘United States Government 

19 launch site’’ and ‘‘United States Government re20 entry site’’ include any necessary facility, at 

21 that location, that is commercially operated on 

22 United States Government property. 
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1 Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence 

2 and Intelligence-related Activities 

3 SEC. 1621. REPORT ON AIR NATIONAL GUARD CONTRIBU4 TIONS TO THE RQ–4 GLOBAL HAWK MISSION. 

5 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 

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

7 of the Air Force, in coordination with the Chief of Staff 

8 of the Air Force and the Chief of the National Guard Bu9 reau, shall submit to Congress a report on the feasibility 

10 of using the Air National Guard in association with the 

11 active duty Air Force to operate and maintain the RQ– 

12 4 Global Hawk. 

13 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required by (a) shall in14 clude the following: 

15 (1) An assessment of the costs, training require16 ments, and personnel required to create an associa17 tion for the Global Hawk mission consisting of mem18 bers of the Air Force serving on active duty and mem19 bers of the Air National Guard. 

20 (2) The capacity of the Air National Guard to 

21 support an association described in paragraph (1). 
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1 Subtitle C—Cyber Warfare, Cyber 

2 Security, and Related Matters 

3 SEC. 1631. AUTHORIZATION OF MILITARY CYBER OPER4 ATIONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title 10, United States 

6 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

7 section: 

8 ‘‘§ 130g. Authorities concerning military cyber oper9 ations 

10 ‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall develop, prepare, co11 ordinate, and, when authorized by the President to do so, 

12 conduct a military cyber operation in response to malicious 

13 cyber activity carried out against the United States or a 

14 United States person by a foreign power (as defined in sec15 tion 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 

16 (50 U.S.C. 1801)).’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

18 the beginning of chapter 3 of such title is amended by add19 ing at the end the following new item: 

‘‘130g. Authorities concerning military cyber operations.’’. 

20 SEC. 1632. DESIGNATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EN21 TITY RESPONSIBLE FOR ACQUISITION OF 

22 CRITICAL CYBER CAPABILITIES. 

23 (a) DESIGNATION.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

3 Defense shall, for each critical cyber capability de4 scribed in paragraph (2), designate an entity of the 

5 Department of Defense to be responsible for the acqui6 sition of the critical cyber capability. 

7 (2) CRITICAL CYBER CAPABILITIES DE8 SCRIBED.—The critical cyber capabilities described in 

9 this paragraph are all of the cyber capabilities that 

10 the Secretary considers critical to the mission of the 

11 Department of Defense, including the following: 

12 (A) The Unified Platform. 

13 (B) A persistent cyber training environ14 ment. 

15 (C) A cyber situational awareness and bat16 tle management system. 

17 (b) REPORT.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

20 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 

21 report on the designations made under subsection (a). 

22 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para23 graph (1) shall include the following: 

24 (A) Identification of each designation made 

25 under subsection (a). 
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1 (B) Estimates of the funding requirements 

2 and acquisition timelines for each critical cyber 

3 capability for which a designation was made 

4 under subsection (a). 

5 (C) An explanation of whether critical cyber 

6 capabilities could be acquired more quickly with 

7 changes to acquisition authorities. 

8 (D) Such recommendations as the Secretary 

9 may have for legislation or administrative ac10 tion to improve the acquisition of, or acquire 

11 more quickly, the critical cyber capabilities for 

12 which designations are made under subsection 

13 (a). 

14 SEC. 1633. INCENTIVE FOR SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS BY 

15 PRESIDENT OF INTEGRATED POLICY TO 

16 DETER ADVERSARIES IN CYBERSPACE. 

17 Until the President submits to the congressional de18 fense committees the report required by section 941 of the 

19 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 

20 (127 Stat. 837; Public Law 113–66), $10,000,000 of the un21 obligated balance of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 

22 made available to the Department of Defense to provide 

23 support services to the Executive Office of the President may 

24 not be obligated or expended. 
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1 SEC. 1634. AUTHORIZATION FOR PROCUREMENT OF 

2 RELOCATABLE SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED 

3 INFORMATION FACILITY. 

4 Of the unobligated amounts appropriated or otherwise 

5 made available in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 for procure6 ment for the Army, $10,600,000 may be used for the pro7 curement of a relocatable Sensitive Compartmented Infor8 mation Facility for the Cyber Center of Excellence at Fort 

9 Gordon, Georgia, as described in the reprogramming action 

10 prior approval request submitted by the Under Secretary 

11 of Defense (Comptroller) to Congress on February 6, 2015. 

12 SEC. 1635. EVALUATION OF CYBER VULNERABILITIES OF 

13 MAJOR WEAPON SYSTEMS OF THE DEPART14 MENT OF DEFENSE. 

15 (a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

17 complete an evaluation of the cyber vulnerabilities of 

18 each major weapon system of the Department of De19 fense by not later than December 31, 2019. 

20 (2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may waive the 

21 requirement of paragraph (1) with respect to a weap22 on system or complete the evaluation of a weapon sys23 tem required by such paragraph after the date speci24 fied in such paragraph if the Secretary certifies to the 

25 congressional defense committees before that date that 

26 all known cyber vulnerabilities in the weapon system 
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1 have minimal consequences for the capability of the 

2 weapon system to meet operational requirements or 

3 otherwise satisfy mission requirements. 

4 (b) PLAN FOR EVALUATION.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

7 shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

8 the plan of the Secretary for the evaluations of major 

9 weapon systems required by subsection (a), including 

10 an identification of each of the weapon systems to be 

11 evaluated and an estimate of the funding required to 

12 conduct the evaluations. 

13 (2) PRIORITY IN EVALUATIONS.—The plan under 

14 paragraph (1) shall accord a priority among evalua15 tions based on the criticality of major weapon sys16 tems, as determined by the Chairman of the Joint 

17 Chiefs of Staff based on an assessment of employment 

18 of forces and threats. 

19 (3) INTEGRATION WITH OTHER EFFORTS.—The 

20 plan under paragraph (1) shall build upon existing 

21 efforts regarding the identification and mitigation of 

22 cyber vulnerabilities of major weapon systems, and 

23 shall not duplicate similar ongoing efforts such as 

24 ‘‘Task Force Cyber Awakening’’ of the Navy or ‘‘Task 

25 Force Cyber Secure’’ of the Air Force. 
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1 (c) STATUS ON PROGRESS.—On a regular basis, the 

2 Secretary shall inform the congressional defense committees 

3 of the activities undertaken in the evaluation of major 

4 weapon systems under this section. 

5 (d) RISK MITIGATION STRATEGIES.—As part of the 

6 evaluation of cyber vulnerabilities of major weapon systems 

7 of the Department under this section, the Secretary shall 

8 develop strategies for mitigating the risks of cyber 

9 vulnerabilities identified in the course of such evaluations. 

10 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of 

11 amounts appropriated or otherwise made available under 

12 section 201, $200,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary 

13 to conduct the evaluations required by subsection (a)(1). 

14 SEC. 1636. ASSESSMENT OF CAPABILITIES OF UNITED 

15 STATES CYBER COMMAND TO DEFEND THE 

16 UNITED STATES FROM CYBER ATTACKS. 

17 (a) INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Principal Cyber Advisor, 

19 with the assistance of the Under Secretary of Defense 

20 for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, shall spon21 sor an independent panel to assess the ability of the 

22 National Mission Forces of the United States Cyber 

23 Command to reliably prevent or block large-scale at24 tacks on the United States by foreign powers with ca25 pabilities comparable to the capabilities of China, 
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1 Iran, North Korea, and Russia expected in the years 

2 2020 and 2025. 

3 (2) INDEPENDENT EXPERTS.—The panel spon4 sored under paragraph (1) shall include— 

5 (A) independent experts in cyber warfare 

6 technology, intelligence, and operations; and 

7 (B) independent experts in non-cyber mili8 tary operations. 

9 (b) WAR GAMES.—The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 

10 of Staff, in consultation with the Principal Cyber Advisor, 

11 shall conduct a series of war games through the Warfighting 

12 Analysis Division of the Force Structure, Resources, and 

13 Assessment Directorate to assess the strategy, assumptions, 

14 and capabilities of the United States Cyber Command to 

15 prevent large-scale cyber attacks by foreign powers with ca16 pabilities described in subsection (a)(1) from reaching 

17 United States targets. 

18 (c) FINDINGS.—Not later than one year after the date 

19 of the enactment of this Act— 

20 (1) the Principal Cyber Advisor shall convey to 

21 the congressional defense committees the findings of 

22 the Principal Cyber Advisor with respect to the as23 sessment conducted by the panel sponsored under sub24 section (a)(1); and 
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1 (2) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 

2 shall convey to the congressional defense committees 

3 the findings of the Chairman with respect to the war 

4 games conducted under subsection (b)(1). 

5 (d) FOREIGN POWER DEFINED.—In this section, the 

6 term ‘‘foreign power’’ has the meaning given the term in 

7 section 101 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 

8 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801). 

9 SEC. 1637. BIENNIAL EXERCISES ON RESPONDING TO 

10 CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST CRITICAL INFRA11 STRUCTURE. 

12 (a) BIENNIAL EXERCISES REQUIRED.—Not less fre13 quently than once every two years until the date that is 

14 six years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

15 Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Sec16 retary of Homeland Security, the Director of National In17 telligence, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga18 tion, and the heads of the critical infrastructure sector-spe19 cific agencies designated under Presidential Policy Direc20 tive-21 (entitled ‘‘Critical Infrastructure Security Resil21 ience’’ and dated February 12, 2013) and in consultation 

22 with governors of the States and the owners and operators 

23 of critical infrastructure, organize and execute one or more 

24 exercises based on scenarios in which— 
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1 (1) critical infrastructure of the United States is 

2 attacked through cyberspace; and 

3 (2) the President directs the Secretary to— 

4 (A) defend the United States; and 

5 (B) provide support to civil authorities in 

6 responding to and recovering from cyber attacks. 

7 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the exercises required 

8 by subsection (a) are as follows: 

9 (1) To improve cooperation and coordination be10 tween various parts of the Government and industry 

11 so that the Government and industry can more effec12 tively and efficiently respond to cyber attacks. 

13 (2) To exercise command and control, coordina14 tion, communications, and information sharing capa15 bilities under the stressing conditions of an ongoing 

16 cyber attack. 

17 (3) To identify gaps and problems that require 

18 new enhanced training, capabilities, procedures, or 

19 authorities. 

20 (4) To identify— 

21 (A) interdependencies; 

22 (B) strengths that should be leveraged; and 

23 (C) weaknesses that need to be mitigated. 

24 (c) REQUIREMENT FOR VARIATION OF ASSUMPTIONS

25 AND CONDITIONS.—In conducting the exercises required by 
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1 subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that there is an 

2 appropriate degree of variation from exercise to exercise of 

3 the following: 

4 (1) The size, scope, duration, and sophistication 

5 of the cyber attacks. 

6 (2) The degree of warning and knowledge that is 

7 available to the Department of Defense about the at8 tack and the means used in the attack and the degree 

9 of delegation of authority from the President to react, 

10 including with pre-planned responses. 

11 (3) The effectiveness of the National Mission 

12 Force of the United States Cyber Command in pre13 empting and defeating the attack. 

14 (4) The effectiveness of the attacks on critical in15 frastructure in general and particularly in specific 

16 industry sectors. 

17 (5) The effectiveness of resilience and recovery 

18 mechanisms. 

19 (d) COST SHARING AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary 

20 shall coordinate with those with whom the Secretary is re21 quired to coordinate under subsection (a) to develop equi22 table cost sharing agreements to defray the expenses of the 

23 exercises required by subsection (a). 
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1 SEC. 1638. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF DEPARTMENT OF DE2 FENSE TO SUPPORT CIVIL AUTHORITIES IN 

3 RESPONSE TO CYBER ATTACKS BY FOREIGN 

4 POWERS. 

5 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 

7 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

8 Defense shall develop a comprehensive plan for the 

9 United States Cyber Command to support civil au10 thorities in responding to cyber attacks by foreign 

11 powers (as defined in section 101 of the Foreign Intel12 ligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801)) 

13 against the United States or a United States person. 

14 (2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para15 graph (1) shall include the following: 

16 (A) A plan for internal Department of De17 fense collective training activities that are inte18 grated with exercises conducted with other agen19 cies and State and local governments. 

20 (B) Plans for coordination with the heads of 

21 other Federal agencies and State and local gov22 ernments pursuant to the exercises required 

23 under subparagraph (A). 

24 (C) Note of any historical frameworks that 

25 are used, if any, in the formulation of the plan 
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1 required by paragraph (1), such as Operation 

2 Noble Eagle. 

3 (D) Descriptions of the roles, responsibil4 ities, and expectations of Federal, State, and 

5 local authorities as the Secretary understands 

6 them. 

7 (E) Descriptions of the roles, responsibil8 ities, and expectations of the active components 

9 and reserve components of the Armed Forces. 

10 (F) A description of such legislative and ad11 ministrative action as may be necessary to carry 

12 out the plan required by paragraph (1). 

13 (b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

14 REVIEW OF PLAN.—The Comptroller General of the United 

15 States shall review the plan developed under subsection 

16 (a)(1). 

17 SEC. 1639. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON REVIEWING AND CON18 SIDERING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDA19 TIONS OF COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS ON 

20 CYBER CAPABILITIES OF THE ARMED 

21 FORCES. 

22 It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense 

23 should review and consider any findings and recommenda24 tions of the Council of Governors pertaining to cyber mis25 sion force requirements and any proposed reductions in and 
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1 synchronization of the cyber capabilities of active or reserve 

2 components of the Armed Forces. 

3 Subtitle D—Nuclear Forces 

4 SEC. 1641. DESIGNATION OF AIR FORCE OFFICIALS TO BE 

5 RESPONSIBLE FOR POLICY ON AND PRO6 CUREMENT OF NUCLEAR COMMAND, CON7 TROL, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS. 

8 (a) DESIGNATION OF OFFICIALS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 24 of title 10, United 

10 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing new section: 

12 ‘‘§ 499. Designation of Air Force officials to be respon13 sible for policy on and procurement of nu14 clear command, control, and communica15 tions systems 

16 ‘‘(a) PROCUREMENT.—The Secretary of the Air Force 

17 shall designate a senior acquisition official of the Air Force 

18 to be responsible for ensuring the procurement and integra19 tion of the nuclear command, control, and communication 

20 systems of the Air Force. 

21 ‘‘(b) POLICY.—The Secretary shall designate an offi22 cial of the Air Force to be responsible for— 

23 ‘‘(1) formulating an integrated policy for the nu24 clear command, control, and communications systems 

25 of the Air Force that includes long-term requirements 
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1 to satisfy the requirements of the Department of De2 fense for nuclear command, control, and communica3 tions; and 

4 ‘‘(2) ensuring that such policy is integrated 

5 across all Air Force systems using nuclear command, 

6 control, and communications systems.’’. 

7 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec8 tions at the beginning of chapter 24 of title 10, 

9 United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 

10 item relating to section 498 the following new item: 

‘‘499. Designation of Air Force officials to be responsible for policy on and procurement of nuclear command, control, and communications systems.’’. 

11 (b) DEADLINE.—The Secretary of the Air Force 

12 shall— 

13 (1) designate the officials required by section 499 

14 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection 

15 (a)(1), not later than 90 days after the date of the en16 actment of this Act; and 

17 (2) promptly notify the congressional defense 

18 committees of such designation. 

19 SEC. 1642. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 

20 STATES REVIEW OF RECOMMENDATIONS RE21 LATING TO THE NUCLEAR SECURITY ENTER22 PRISE. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 

24 United States shall, in each of fiscal years 2016 through 
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1 2021, conduct a review of the process of the Department 

2 of Defense for addressing the recommendations of the De3 partment of Defense Internal Nuclear Enterprise Review, 

4 the Independent Review of the Department of Defense Nu5 clear Enterprise, and the Nuclear Deterrence Enterprise Re6 view Group, that are evaluated by the Office of Cost Assess7 ment and Program Evaluation of the Department of De8 fense. 

9 (b) BRIEFING AND REPORT.—After conducting each 

10 review under subsection (a), the Comptroller General 

11 shall— 

12 (1) provide to the congressional defense commit13 tees an initial briefing on the review; and 

14 (2) after providing the briefing under paragraph 

15 (1), submit to those committees a written report on 

16 the review and such other topics as the committees re17 quest during the briefing. 

18 SEC. 1643. ASSESSMENT OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENVIRON19 MENT. 

20 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

21 (1) Nuclear competition among countries has be22 come both different and in some ways more complex 

23 than was the case during the Cold War. 

24 (2) During the 25 years preceding the date of the 

25 enactment of this Act, additional countries have ob-
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1 tained nuclear weapons. North Korea is a nuclear2 armed country and Iran aspires to acquire a nuclear 

3 weapons capability. 

4 (3) A regional nuclear competition has emerged 

5 in South Asia between India and Pakistan. Another 

6 such competition may emerge in the Middle East be7 tween Iran and Israel, triggering a nuclear prolifera8 tion cascade across the Middle East, involving Saudi 

9 Arabia, Turkey, and perhaps other countries as well. 

10 (4) The proliferation of nuclear weapons to coun11 tries the cultures of which are quite different from 

12 that of the United States raises concerns regarding 

13 how leaders in those countries calculate cost, benefit, 

14 and risk with respect to decisions regarding the use 

15 of nuclear weapons. 

16 (b) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Director of Net As17 sessment of the Department of Defense shall, in coordina18 tion with the Commander of the United States Strategic 

19 Command, conduct an assessment of the global environment 

20 with respect to nuclear weapons and the role of United 

21 States nuclear forces, policy, and strategy in that environ22 ment. 

23 (c) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the assessment re24 quired by subsection (b) are to inform the long-term plan25 ning of the Department of Defense and policies relating to 
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1 regional nuclear crises and operations that may involve the 

2 escalation of nuclear competition among countries. 

3 (d) REQUIREMENTS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—In conducting the assessment 

5 required by subsection (b), the Director shall develop 

6 and analyze a range of contingencies and scenarios, 

7 including crises that may emerge from nuclear com8 petition during the 10-year period beginning on the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act that involve the fol10 lowing: 

11 (A) The United States and one other coun12 try that possesses a nuclear weapon. 

13 (B) The United States and multiple such 

14 countries. 

15 (C) Two other such countries. 

16 (D) Three or more other such countries. 

17 (E) Regional and cross-regional geography, 

18 including contingencies and scenarios in Europe, 

19 the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia, and 

20 contingencies and scenarios that transcend re21 gions. 

22 (F) The long-term geopolitical and mili23 tary-technical competition as it relates to nu24 clear weapons and strategic warfare. 
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1 (2) ANALYSIS OF COMPETITIVE DISCONTINU2 ITIES.—In analyzing the long-term geopolitical and 

3 military-technical competition as it relates to nuclear 

4 weapons and strategic warfare under paragraph 

5 (1)(F), the Director shall identify— 

6 (A) prospective discontinuities in that com7 petition; and 

8 (B) strategies and capabilities the United 

9 States could adopt to improve its competitive po10 sition following such discontinuities. 

11 (e) STAFFING.—In conducting the assessment required 

12 by subsection (b), the Director shall engage the best talent 

13 available, with particular emphasis on engaging individ14 uals and independent entities with demonstrated expertise 

15 in strategy and net assessment methodology. 

16 (f) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than November 15, 

17 2016, the Director shall submit to the congressional defense 

18 committees a report on the assessment required by sub19 section (b). 

20 SEC. 1644. DEADLINE FOR MILESTONE A DECISION ON 

21 LONG-RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON. 

22 Not later than May 31, 2016, the Secretary of Defense 

23 shall make a Milestone A decision on the long-range stand24 off weapon. 
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1 SEC. 1645. AVAILABILITY OF AIR FORCE PROCUREMENT 

2 FUNDS FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL OFF-THE3 SHELF PARTS FOR INTERCONTINENTAL BAL4 LISTIC MISSILE FUZES. 

5 (a) AVAILABILITY OF PROCUREMENT FUNDS.—Not6 withstanding section 1502(a) of title 31, United States 

7 Code, of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

8 year 2016 by section 101 and available for Missile Procure9 ment, Air Force, as specified in the funding table in section 

10 4101, $13,700,000 shall be available for the procurement of 

11 covered parts pursuant to contracts entered into under sec12 tion 1645 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ 

13 McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

14 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3651). 

15 (b) COVERED PARTS DEFINED.—In this section, the 

16 term ‘‘covered parts’’ has the meaning given that term in 

17 section 1645(c) of such Act. 

18 SEC. 1646. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON POLICY ON THE NU19 CLEAR TRIAD. 

20 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

21 that— 

22 (1) the triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems 

23 plays a critical role in ensuring the national security 

24 of the United States; and 

25 (2) retaining all three legs of the nuclear triad 

26 is among the highest priorities of the Department of 
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1 Defense and will best maintain strategic stability at 

2 a reasonable cost, while hedging against potential 

3 technical problems and vulnerabilities. 

4 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

5 United States— 

6 (1) to operate, sustain, and modernize or replace 

7 the triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems con8 sisting of— 

9 (A) heavy bombers equipped with nuclear 

10 gravity bombs and air-launched nuclear cruise 

11 missiles; 

12 (B) land-based intercontinental ballistic 

13 missiles equipped with nuclear warheads that 

14 are capable of carrying multiple independently 

15 targetable reentry vehicles; and 

16 (C) ballistic missile submarines equipped 

17 with submarine launched ballistic missiles and 

18 multiple nuclear warheads; 

19 (2) to operate, sustain, and modernize or replace 

20 a capability to forward-deploy nuclear weapons and 

21 dual-capable fighter-bomber aircraft; 

22 (3) to deter potential adversaries and assure al23 lies and partners of the United States through strong 

24 and long-term commitment to the nuclear deterrent of 
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1 the United States and the personnel, systems, and in2 frastructure that comprise such deterrent; 

3 (4) to ensure that the members of the Armed 

4 Forces who operate the nuclear deterrent of the United 

5 States have the training, resources, and national sup6 port required to execute the critical national security 

7 mission of the members; and 

8 (5) to achieve a modern and responsive nuclear 

9 infrastructure to support the full spectrum of deter10 rence requirements. 

11 SEC. 1647. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE NUCLEAR FORCE IM12 PROVEMENT PROGRAM OF THE AIR FORCE. 

13 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senates makes the following find14 ings: 

15 (1) On February 6, 2014, Air Force Global 

16 Strike Command (AFGSC) initiated a force improve17 ment program for the Intercontinental Ballistic Mis18 sile (ICBM) force designed to improve mission effec19 tiveness, strengthen culture and morale, and identify 

20 areas in need of investment by soliciting input from 

21 airmen performing ICBM operations. 

22 (2) The ICBM force improvement program gen23 erated more than 300 recommendations to strengthen 

24 ICBM operations and served as a model for subse-
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1 quent force improvement programs in other mission 

2 areas, such as bomber operations and sustainment. 

3 (3) On May 28, 2014, as part of the nuclear 

4 force improvement program, the Air Force announced 

5 it would make immediate improvements in the nu6 clear mission of the Air Force, including enhancing 

7 career opportunities for airmen in the nuclear career 

8 field, ensuring training activities focused on per9 forming the mission in the field, reforming the per10 sonnel reliability program, establishing special pay 

11 rates for positions in the nuclear career field, and cre12 ating a new service medal for nuclear deterrence oper13 ations. 

14 (4) Chief of Staff of the Air Force Mark Welsh 

15 has said that, as part of the nuclear force improve16 ment program, the Air Force will increase nuclear17 manning levels and strengthen professional develop18 ment for the members of the Air Force supporting the 

19 nuclear mission of the Air Force in order ‘‘to address 

20 shortfalls and offer our airmen more stable work 

21 schedule and better quality of life’’. 

22 (5) Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee 

23 James, in recognition of the importance of the nuclear 

24 mission of the Air Force, proposed elevating the grade 

25 of the commander of the Air Force Global Strike 
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1 Command from lieutenant general to general, and on 

2 March 30, 2015, the Senate confirmed a general as 

3 commander of that command. 

4 (6) The Air Force redirected more than 

5 $160,000,000 in fiscal year 2014 to alleviate urgent, 

6 near-term shortfalls within the nuclear mission of the 

7 Air Force as part of the nuclear force improvement 

8 program. 

9 (7) The Air Force plans to spend more than 

10 $200,000,000 on the nuclear force improvement pro11 gram in fiscal year 2015, and requested more than 

12 $130,000,000 for the program for fiscal year 2016. 

13 (8) Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said on 

14 November 14, 2014, that ‘‘[t]he nuclear mission plays 

15 a critical role in ensuring the Nation’s safety. No 

16 other enterprise we have is more important’’. 

17 (9) Secretary Hagel also said that the budget for 

18 the nuclear mission of the Air Force should increase 

19 by 10 percent over a five-year period. 

20 (10) Section 1652 of the Carl Levin and Howard 

21 P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization 

22 Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–201; 128 

23 Stat. 3654; 10 U.S.C. 491 note) declares it the policy 

24 of the United States ‘‘to ensure that the members of 

25 the Armed Forces who operate the nuclear deterrent 
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1 of the United States have the training, resources, and 

2 national support required to execute the critical na3 tional security mission of the members’’. 

4 (b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 

5 that— 

6 (1) the nuclear mission of the Air Force should 

7 be a top priority for the Department of the Air Force 

8 and for Congress; 

9 (2) the members of the Air Force who operate 

10 and maintain the Nation’s nuclear deterrent perform 

11 work that is vital to the security of the United States; 

12 (3) the nuclear force improvement program of 

13 the Air Force has made significant near-term im14 provements for the members of the Air Force in the 

15 nuclear career field of the Air Force; 

16 (4) Congress should support long-term invest17 ments in the Air Force nuclear enterprise that sustain 

18 the progress made under the nuclear force improve19 ment program; 

20 (5) the Air Force should— 

21 (A) regularly inform Congress on the 

22 progress being made under the nuclear force im23 provement program and its efforts to strengthen 

24 the nuclear enterprise; and 
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1 (B) make Congress aware of any additional 

2 actions that should be taken to optimize perform3 ance of the nuclear mission of the Air Force and 

4 maximize the strength of the United States stra5 tegic deterrent; and 

6 (6) future budgets for the Air Force should reflect 

7 the importance of the nuclear mission of the Air Force 

8 and the need to provide members of the Air Force as9 signed to the nuclear mission the best possible support 

10 and quality of life. 

11 Subtitle E—Missile Defense 

12 Programs 

13 SEC. 1651. PLAN FOR EXPEDITING DEPLOYMENT TIME OF 

14 CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES INTER15 CEPTOR SITE. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

17 date on which the Secretary of Defense completes prepara18 tion of an environmental impact statement pursuant to sec19 tion 227(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

20 Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239), the Secretary of 

21 Defense shall— 

22 (1) develop a plan for expediting the deployment 

23 time for a potential future continental United States 

24 interceptor site by at least two years, in the case that 
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1 the President decides to proceed with such deploy2 ment; and 

3 (2) submit to the congressional defense commit4 tees a report on such plan. 

5 (b) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report submitted under 

6 subsection (a)(2) shall include the following: 

7 (1) A description of the plan, including estimates 

8 of the cost of carrying out the plan and a schedule for 

9 carrying out the plan. 

10 (2) A description of such legislative or adminis11 trative action as may be necessary to carry out the 

12 plan. 

13 (3) An assessment of the risks associated with de14 creasing the deployment time, including with respect 

15 to cost and the operational effectiveness and reli16 ability of interceptors. 

17 (4) Identification of any deviation in the plan 

18 from robust acquisition processes, including with re19 spect to testing prior to full operational capability 

20 designation. 

21 (c) ASSESSMENT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE

22 UNITED STATES.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

24 the date on which the Secretary submits a report 
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1 under subsection (a)(2), the Comptroller General 

2 shall— 

3 (A) complete a review of the report sub4 mitted under subsection (a)(2); and 

5 (B) submit to the congressional defense com6 mittees a report on the review conducted pursu7 ant to subparagraph (A). 

8 (2) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report required by 

9 paragraph (1)(B) shall include the following: 

10 (A) The findings of the Comptroller General 

11 with respect to the review conducted pursuant to 

12 paragraph (1)(A); and 

13 (B) such recommendations as the Comp14 troller General may have for legislative or ad15 ministrative action. 

16 SEC. 1652. ADDITIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE SENSOR COV17 ERAGE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE 

18 UNITED STATES HOMELAND. 

19 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

20 (1) According to the Director of the Missile De21 fense Agency, there are two fundamental means for 

22 improving homeland missile defense capability and 

23 capacity, ‘‘one, is the reliability of the interceptor, 

24 and two, is the discrimination capability of the sys25 tem’’. 
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1 (2) The Department of Defense will deploy a new 

2 midcourse tracking radar to provide persistent cov3 erage and improve discrimination capabilities 

4 against threats to the United States homeland from 

5 the Pacific region. 

6 (3) According to the Director of the Missile De7 fense Agency, a long-range discrimination radar will 

8 provide larger hit assessment coverage thereby ena9 bling improved warfighting capabilities to manage 

10 ground-based interceptor (GBI) inventory and im11 prove the capacity of the ballistic missile defense sys12 tem. 

13 (4) According to the Principal Deputy Under 

14 Secretary of Defense for Policy, ‘‘while Iran has not 

15 yet deployed an intercontinental ballistic missile, its 

16 progress on space launch vehicles—along with its de17 sire to deter the United States and its allies—pro18 vides Tehran with the means and motivation to de19 velop longer-range missiles, including an ICBM. Iran 

20 publically stated that it intends to launch a space21 launch vehicle as early as this year capable of inter22 continental ranges, if configured as such’’. 

23 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

24 that— 
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1 (1) the currently deployed ground-based mid2 course defense system protects the entire United States 

3 homeland, including the East Coast, against the 

4 threat of limited ballistic missile attack from North 

5 Korea and Iran; and 

6 (2) additional missile defense sensor discrimina7 tion capabilities are needed to enhance the protection 

8 of the United States homeland against potential long9 range ballistic missiles from Iran that, according to 

10 the Department of Defense, could soon be obtained by 

11 Iran as a result of its active space launch program. 

12 (c) DEPLOYMENT OF ADDITIONAL COVERAGE.—The 

13 Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall, in cooperation 

14 with the relevant combatant command, deploy by not later 

15 than December 31, 2020, a long-range discrimination radar 

16 or other appropriate tracking and discrimination sensor ca17 pabilities in a location optimized to support the defense of 

18 the homeland of the United States from emerging long-range 

19 ballistic missile threats from Iran. 

20 SEC. 1653. AIR DEFENSE CAPABILITY AT NORTH ATLANTIC 

21 TREATY ORGANIZATION MISSILE DEFENSE 

22 SITES. 

23 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

24 that the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the rel25 evant combatant command, should ensure that arrange-
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1 ments are in place, including support from other members 

2 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), to pro3 vide anti-air defense capability at all missile defense sites 

4 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in support of 

5 phases 2 and 3 of the European Phased Adaptive Approach. 

6 (b) REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 

8 the congressional defense committees a report describing— 

9 (1) the plan to provide anti-air defense capa10 bility as described in subsection (a); and 

11 (2) the contributions being made by the North 

12 Atlantic Treaty Organization and members of such 

13 organization to support the provision of the capa14 bility described in such subsection. 

15 SEC. 1654. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR IRON DOME 

16 SHORT-RANGE ROCKET DEFENSE SYSTEM. 

17 (a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amount author18 ized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 for Procure19 ment, Defense-wide, and available for the Missile Defense 

20 Agency, not more than $41,400,000 may be provided to the 

21 Government of Israel to procure the Iron Dome short-range 

22 rocket defense system, including for co-production of Iron 

23 Dome parts and components in the United States by indus24 try of the United States. 

25 (b) CONDITIONS.— 
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1 (1) AGREEMENT.—Funds described in subsection 

2 (a) to produce the Iron Dome short-range rocket de3 fense program shall be available subject to the terms 

4 and conditions in the ‘‘Agreement Between the De5 partment of Defense of the United States of America 

6 and the Ministry of Defense of the State of Israel 

7 Concerning Iron Dome Defense System Procurement’’, 

8 signed on March 5, 2014, including any terms and 

9 conditions applicable to coproduction of Iron Dome 

10 radar components under a negotiated amendment to 

11 that agreement. 

12 (2) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 30 days 

13 prior to the initial obligation of funds described in 

14 subsection (a), the Director of the Missile Defense 

15 Agency and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui16 sition, Technology, and Logistics shall jointly submit 

17 to the congressional defense committees— 

18 (A) a certification that the agreement speci19 fied in paragraph (1) is being implemented as 

20 provided in such agreement; and 

21 (B) an assessment detailing any risks relat22 ing to the implementation of such agreement. 
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1 SEC. 1655. ISRAELI COOPERATIVE MISSILE DEFENSE PRO2 GRAM CODEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIAL CO3 PRODUCTION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 

5 this section, of the amount authorized to be appropriated 

6 for fiscal year 2016 for Procurement, Defense-wide, and 

7 available for the Missile Defense Agency, $150,000,000 may 

8 be provided to the Government of Israel to procure the Da9 vid’s Sling Weapon System and $15,000,000 for the Arrow 

10 3 Upper Tier Interceptor Program, including for co-produc11 tion of parts and components in the United States by 

12 United States industry. 

13 (b) CERTIFICATION.—Following successful completion 

14 of milestones and production readiness reviews in the re15 search, development, and technology agreements for the Da16 vid’s Sling Weapon System and the Arrow 3 Upper Tier 

17 Development Program, the Director of the Missile Defense 

18 Agency may disburse amounts available pursuant to sub19 section (a) on the basis of a one-for-one cash match with 

20 such funds provided by the Government of Israel, or in 

21 amounts that otherwise meet best efforts (as mutually 

22 agreed by the United States and Israel), on or after the 

23 date that is 90 days after the date the Director and the 

24 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and 

25 Logistics jointly submit to the congressional defense com26 mittees a certification that the United States has entered 
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1 into a bilateral agreement with the Government of Israel 

2 that accomplishes the following: 

3 (1) Establishes the terms of co-production of 

4 parts and components of the respective systems— 

5 (A) on the basis of what will minimize non6 recurring engineering and facilitization ex7 penses; and 

8 (B) that ensures that, in the case of co-pro9 duction for the David’s Sling Weapon System, 

10 not less than half of such co-production is car11 ried out by United States persons. 

12 (2) Establishes complete transparency on the 

13 Israeli requirement for the number of interceptors and 

14 batteries of the respective systems that will be pro15 cured. 

16 (3) Allows the Director of the Missile Defense 

17 Agency and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui18 sition, Technology and Logistics to establish technical 

19 milestones for co-production and procurement of the 

20 respective systems. 

21 (4) Establishes joint approval processes for third 

22 party sales of such systems. 
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1 SEC. 1656. DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF MULTIPLE2 OBJECT KILL VEHICLE FOR MISSILE DE3 FENSE OF THE UNITED STATES HOMELAND. 

4 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

5 that— 

6 (1) the defense of the United States homeland 

7 against the threat of limited ballistic missile attack 

8 (whether accidental, unauthorized, or deliberate) is a 

9 national priority; and 

10 (2) as the threat described in paragraph (1) con11 tinues to evolve, the multiple-object kill vehicle could 

12 contribute critical capabilities to the future of the bal13 listic missile defense of the United States homeland. 

14 (b) MULTIPLE-OBJECT KILL VEHICLE.— 

15 (1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Director of the Missile 

16 Defense Agency shall develop a highly reliable, cost17 effective multiple-object kill vehicle for the ground18 based midcourse defense system. 

19 (2) DEPLOYMENT.—The Director shall— 

20 (A) conduct flight testing of the multiple-ob21 ject kill vehicle developed under paragraph (1) 

22 by not later than 2020; and 

23 (B) field such vehicle as soon as technically 

24 practicable. 

25 (c) CAPABILITIES AND CRITERIA.—The Director shall 

26 ensure that the multiple-object kill vehicle developed under 
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1 subsection (b)(1) meets, at a minimum, the following capa2 bilities and criteria: 

3 (1) Vehicle-to-vehicle communications. 

4 (2) Vehicle-to-ground communications. 

5 (3) Kill assessment capability. 

6 (4) The ability to counter advanced counter 

7 measures, decoys, and penetration aids. 

8 (5) Producibility and manufacturability. 

9 (6) Use of technology involving high technology 

10 readiness levels. 

11 (7) Options to be integrated onto other missile 

12 defense interceptor vehicles other than the ground13 based interceptors of the ground-based midcourse de14 fense system. 

15 (8) Sound acquisition processes, in coordination 

16 with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 

17 Technology, and Logistics and the Missile Defense Ex18 ecutive Board. 

19 (d) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.—The management of the 

20 multiple-object kill vehicle program under subsection (b) 

21 shall report directly to the Deputy Director of the Missile 

22 Defense Agency. 
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1 SEC. 1657. REQUIREMENT TO REPLACE CAPABILITY EN2 HANCEMENT I EXOATMOSPHERIC KILL VEHI3 CLES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Direc5 tor of the Missile Defense Agency shall ensure, to the max6 imum extent practicable, that all remaining ground-based 

7 interceptors of the ground-based midcourse defense system 

8 that are armed with the capability enhancement I 

9 exoatmospheric kill vehicle are replaced with the redesigned 

10 exoatmospheric kill vehicle before September 30, 2022. 

11 (b) CONDITION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if the 

12 Director determines that flight and intercept testing of the 

13 redesigned exoatmospheric kill vehicle is not successful. 

14 SEC. 1658. AIRBORNE BOOST PHASE DEFENSE SYSTEM. 

15 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

16 (1) To address the growing threat posed by in17 creasingly accurate and longer-ranged ballistic and 

18 cruise missiles, the Missile Defense Agency, in collabo19 ration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects 

20 Agency and the military services, is pursuing a suite 

21 of laser technologies that could serve as a cost-effective 

22 solution for destroying cruise missiles and ballistic 

23 missiles in the boost phase. 

24 (2) A successful airborne boost phase defense sys25 tem could transform United States missile defense ca26 pabilities against a broad range of missile threats, 
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1 and place defense on the winning side of the offense2 defense cost-curve. 

3 (b) POLICY.—The Secretary of Defense shall— 

4 (1) prioritize technology investments in the De5 partment of Defense to support efforts by the Missile 

6 Defense Agency to develop and field an airborne boost 

7 phase defense system by fiscal year 2025; 

8 (2) ensure that development and fielding of the 

9 airborne boost phase defense system supports multiple 

10 warfighter missile defense requirements, including, 

11 specifically, protection of the homeland and allies 

12 against cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, particu13 larly in the boost phase; 

14 (3) continue development and fielding of high-en15 ergy lasers and high-power microwave systems as 

16 part of a layered architecture to defend ships and the17 ater bases against air and cruise missile strikes; 

18 (4) encourage collaboration amongst the military 

19 services and the Defense Advanced Research Projects 

20 Agency with respect to their high energy laser and di21 rected energy efforts carried out in support of the 

22 Missile Defense Agency; and 

23 (5) ensure cooperation and coordination between 

24 the Missile Defense Agency in its plans to develop an 
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1 airborne laser and the Air Force in its requirements 

2 for unmanned aerial vehicles. 

3 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

6 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com7 mittees a report on the efforts of the Department of 

8 Defense to develop and deploy an airborne boost phase 

9 defense system for missile defense by fiscal year 2025. 

10 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para11 graph (1) shall include the following: 

12 (A) Such schedules, costs, warfighter re13 quirements, operational concept, constraints, po14 tential alternative boost phase approaches, and 

15 other information regarding the efforts described 

16 in paragraph (1) as the Secretary considers ap17 propriate. 

18 (B) Analysis of the efforts described in 

19 paragraph (1) with respect to the following cases: 

20 (i) A case in which the Department is 

21 under no funding constraints with respect 

22 to such efforts and progress is based on the 

23 state of the technology. 

24 (ii) A case in which the Department is 

25 under funding constraints and the efforts 
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1 are carried out in accordance with a mod2 erately aggressive schedule and are subject 

3 to moderate technical risk. 

4 (iii) A case in which the Department 

5 is under funding constraints and the efforts 

6 are carried out in accordance with a less 

7 aggressive schedule and are subject to less 

8 technical risk. 

9 (C) An update on related efforts of the De10 partment to develop high energy lasers and high 

11 power microwave systems to defend ships and 

12 theater bases against air and cruise missile 

13 strikes. 

14 (D) Such recommendations as the Secretary 

15 may have for legislative or administrative action 

16 to enable more rapid fielding of a directed-en17 ergy based missile defense system. 

18 (3) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

19 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 

20 include a classified annex. 

21 SEC. 1659. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON PROVIDING CER22 TAIN SENSITIVE MISSILE DEFENSE INFORMA23 TION TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

24 Section 1246(c)(2) of the National Defense Authoriza25 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 
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1 Stat. 923), as amended by section 1243(2)(A) of the Carl 

2 Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense 

3 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113– 

4 291; 128 Stat. 3564), is further amended by striking ‘‘for 

5 fiscal year 2014 or 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal years 

6 2014 through 2017’’. 

7 SEC. 1660. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT FOR COMP8 TROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 

9 REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF MISSILE DE10 FENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. 

11 Section 232 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

12 for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘through 

15 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2020’’; and 

16 (B) in paragraph (2), in the first sentence, 

17 by striking ‘‘through 2016’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘through 2021’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (b), in the matter before para20 graph (1), by striking ‘‘first three’’. 
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1 Subtitle F—Other Matters 

2 SEC. 1671. MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO VIOLATIONS OF 

3 THE INTERMEDIATE-RANGE NUCLEAR 

4 FORCES TREATY BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERA5 TION. 

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

7 (1) On July 31, 2014, the Department of State 

8 released its annual report entitled ‘‘Adherence to and 

9 Compliance With Arms Control, Nonproliferation, 

10 and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments’’, 

11 which included the finding that ‘‘[t]he United States 

12 has determined that the Russian Federation is in vio13 lation of its obligations under the INF Treaty not to 

14 possess, produce, or flight-test a ground-launched 

15 cruise missile (GLCM) with a range capability of 500 

16 km to 5,500 km, or to possess or produce launchers 

17 of such missiles’’. 

18 (2) The United States has undertaken diplomatic 

19 efforts to address with the Russian Federation its vio20 lations of the INF Treaty since 2013, and the Rus21 sian Federation has failed to respond to those efforts 

22 in any way. 

23 (3) The Commander of the United States Euro24 pean Command, and Supreme Allied Commander of 

25 Europe, General Philip Breedlove stated that ‘‘[a] 
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1 weapon capability that violates the I.N.F., that is in2 troduced into the greater European land mass, is ab3 solutely a tool that will have to be dealt with’’ and 

4 ‘‘[i]t can’t go unanswered’’. 

5 (4) The Secretary of Defense has informed Con6 gress that the range of options in response to the vio7 lation by the Russian Federation of the INF Treaty 

8 could include ‘‘active defenses to counter intermediate9 range ground-launched cruise missiles; counterforce 

10 capabilities to prevent intermediate-range ground11 launched cruise missile attacks; and countervailing 

12 strike capabilities to enhance U.S. or allied forces’’. 

13 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

14 that— 

15 (1) the development and deployment of a nuclear 

16 ground-launched cruise missile by the Russian Fed17 eration in violation of the INF Treaty would pose a 

18 dangerous threat to the United States and its allies; 

19 (2) the Russian Federation has established an 

20 increasing role for nuclear weapons in its military 

21 strategy; 

22 (3) efforts taken by the President to compel the 

23 Russian Federation to return to compliance with the 

24 INF Treaty must be persistent and are in the best in-
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1 terests of the United States, but cannot be open-ended; 

2 and 

3 (4) efforts by the United States to develop mili4 tary and nonmilitary options for responding to viola5 tions of the INF Treaty could encourage the Russian 

6 Federation to return to compliance with the INF 

7 Treaty. 

8 (c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there10 after, the President shall notify the appropriate congres11 sional committees with respect to whether the Russian Fed12 eration— 

13 (1) has flight-tested, has deployed, or possesses a 

14 military system that has achieved an initial oper15 ating capability that is either a ground-launched bal16 listic missile or ground-launched cruise missile with 

17 a flight-tested range of between 500 and 5,500 kilo18 meters; or 

19 (2) has begun taking measures to return to full 

20 compliance with the INF Treaty, including 

21 verification measures necessary to achieve high con22 fidence that any missile described in paragraph (1) 

23 will be eliminated. 

24 (d) UPDATES TO ALLIES.—Not later than 180 days 

25 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 
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1 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman 

2 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall, in coordination with the 

3 Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, 

4 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

5 that describes— 

6 (1) the status of updates provided to the North 

7 Atlantic Treaty Organization and other allies of the 

8 United States on the Russian Federation’s flight test9 ing, operating capability, and deployment of ground10 launched ballistic missiles or ground-launched cruise 

11 missiles with a flight-tested range of between 500 and 

12 5,500 kilometers; and 

13 (2) efforts to develop, with the North Atlantic 

14 Treaty Organization and such allies, collective re15 sponses, including economic and military responses, 

16 to arms control violations by the Russian Federation, 

17 including violations of the INF Treaty. 

18 (e) PLAN ON RESPONSE OPTIONS.— 

19 (1) MILITARY RESPONSE OPTIONS.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—If, as of the date of the 

21 enactment of this Act, the Russian Federation 

22 has not begun taking measures to return to full 

23 compliance with the INF Treaty, including by 

24 agreeing to verification measures necessary to 

25 achieve high confidence that any ground- 
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1 launched ballistic missile or ground-launched 

2 cruise missile with a flight-tested range of be3 tween 500 and 5,500 kilometers will be elimi4 nated, the Secretary of Defense shall, not later 

5 than 120 days after such date of enactment, sub6 mit to Congress a plan with respect to devel7 oping the following military capabilities: 

8 (i) Counterforce capabilities to prevent 

9 intermediate-range ground-launched bal10 listic missile and cruise missile attacks, 

11 whether or not such capabilities are in com12 pliance with the INF Treaty and including 

13 capabilities that may be acquired from al14 lies of the United States. 

15 (ii) Countervailing strike capabilities 

16 to enhance the forces of the United States or 

17 allies of the United States, whether or not 

18 such capabilities are in compliance with the 

19 INF Treaty and including capabilities that 

20 may be acquired from allies of the United 

21 States. 

22 (iii) Active defenses to defend against 

23 intermediate-range ground-launched cruise 

24 missile attacks. 
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1 (B) COST AND SCHEDULE ESTIMATES.—The 

2 Secretary shall include, in the plan required by 

3 subparagraph (A), with respect to each military 

4 capability described in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) 

5 of that subparagraph, an estimate of cost and the 

6 approximate time for achieving a Milestone A 

7 decision, if such a decision is required. 

8 (C) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR REC9 OMMENDED CAPABILITIES.—The Secretary may 

10 use funds authorized to be appropriated by this 

11 Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 

12 2016 for research, development, test, and evalua13 tion, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding 

14 table in section 4201, to carry out the develop15 ment of capabilities pursuant to subparagraph 

16 (A) that are recommended by the Chairman of 

17 the Joint Chiefs of Staff to meet military re18 quirements and current capability gaps. In mak19 ing such a recommendation, the Chairman shall 

20 give priority to such capabilities that the Chair21 man determines could be tested and fielded most 

22 expediently, with the most priority given to ca23 pabilities that the Chairman determines could be 

24 fielded in two years. 
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1 (2) OTHER RESPONSE OPTIONS.—The President 

2 shall include in the plan required by paragraph 

3 (1)(A) such other options as the President considers 

4 useful to encourage the Russian Federation to return 

5 to full compliance with the INF Treaty or necessary 

6 to respond to the failure of the Russian Federation to 

7 return to full compliance with the INF Treaty. 

8 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT10 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit11 tees’’ means— 

12 (A) the congressional defense committees; 

13 (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

14 and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

15 Senate; and 

16 (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

17 the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

18 of the House of Representatives. 

19 (2) INF TREATY.—The term ‘‘INF Treaty’’ 

20 means the Treaty between the United States of Amer21 ica and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on 

22 the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and 

23 Shorter-Range Missiles, signed at Washington Decem24 ber 8, 1987, and entered into force June 1, 1988 
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1 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Intermediate-Range 

2 Nuclear Forces Treaty’’ or ‘‘INF Treaty’’). 

3 SEC. 1672. MODIFICATION OF NOTIFICATION AND ASSESS4 MENT OF PROPOSAL TO MODIFY OR INTRO5 DUCE NEW AIRCRAFT OR SENSORS FOR 

6 FLIGHT BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

7 UNDER THE OPEN SKIES TREATY. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1242(b) of the Carl Levin 

9 and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Author10 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘30 days’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘90 days’’; and 

14 (2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 

15 following new sentence: ‘‘The assessment shall also in16 clude an assessment of the proposal by the commander 

17 of each combatant command potentially affected by 

18 the proposal, including an assessment of the potential 

19 effects of the proposal on operations and any poten20 tial vulnerabilities raised by the proposal.’’. 

21 (b) REPORTS ON MEETINGS OF OPEN SKIES CONSULT22 ATIVE COMMISSION.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

24 the date of any meeting of the Open Skies Consult25 ative Commission that occurs after the date of the en-
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1 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 

2 submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 

3 report setting forth a description of such meeting, in4 cluding a description of any agreements entered into 

5 during such meeting and whether any such agreement 

6 will result in a modification to the aircraft or sensors 

7 of any State Party to the Open Skies Treaty that will 

8 be subject to the Open Skies Treaty. 

9 (2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the term 

10 ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ and ‘‘Open 

11 Skies Treaty’’ have the meaning given such terms in 

12 section 1242 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

13 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 

14 for Fiscal Year 2015. 

15 SEC. 1673. MILESTONE A DECISION FOR THE CONVEN16 TIONAL PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE WEAPONS 

17 SYSTEM. 

18 The Secretary of Defense shall make a Milestone A de19 cision for the Conventional Prompt Global Strike Weapons 

20 System not later than the earlier of— 

21 (1) September 30, 2020; or 

22 (2) the date that is 8 months after the successful 

23 completion of Intermediate Range Flight 2 of that 

24 System. 
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1 SEC. 1674. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MAINTAINING AND EN2 HANCING MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT 

3 TO FORCE PROTECTION FOR INSTALLATIONS, 

4 FACILITIES, AND PERSONNEL OF THE DE5 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

7 (1) Maintaining appropriate force protection for 

8 deployed personnel of the Department of Defense and 

9 their families is a priority for Congress. 

10 (2) Installations, facilities, and personnel of the 

11 Department in Europe face a rising threat from 

12 international terrorist groups operating in Europe, 

13 from individuals inspired by such groups, and from 

14 those traversing through Europe to join or return 

15 from fighting the terrorist organization known as the 

16 ‘‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’’ (ISIL) in 

17 Iraq and Syria. 

18 (3) Robust military intelligence support to force 

19 protection is necessary to detect and thwart potential 

20 terrorist plots that, if successful, would have strategic 

21 consequences for the United States and the allies of 

22 the United States in Europe. 

23 (4) Military intelligence support is also impor24 tant for detecting and addressing early indicators 

25 and warnings of aggression and assertive military ac-
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1 tion by Russia, particularly action by Russia to de2 stabilize Europe with hybrid or asymmetric warfare. 

3 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

4 that the Secretary of Defense should maintain and enhance 

5 robust military intelligence support to force protection for 

6 installations, facilities, and personnel of the Department of 

7 Defense and the family members of such personnel, in Eu8 rope and worldwide. 

9 DIVISION B—MILITARY CON10 STRUCTION AUTHORIZA11 TIONS 

12 SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 

13 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc14 tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016’’. 

15 SEC. 2002. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AND 

16 AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO BE SPECIFIED BY 

17 LAW. 

18 (a) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AFTER THREE

19 YEARS.—Except as provided in subsection (b), all author20 izations contained in titles XXI through XXVII for military 

21 construction projects, land acquisition, family housing 

22 projects and facilities, and contributions to the North At23 lantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program 

24 (and authorizations of appropriations therefor) shall expire 

25 on the later of— 
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1 (1) October 1, 2018; or 

2 (2) the date of the enactment of an Act author3 izing funds for military construction for fiscal year 

4 2019. 

5 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to au6 thorizations for military construction projects, land acqui7 sition, family housing projects and facilities, and contribu8 tions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security 

9 Investment Program (and authorizations of appropriations 

10 therefor), for which appropriated funds have been obligated 

11 before the later of— 

12 (1) October 1, 2018; or 

13 (2) the date of the enactment of an Act author14 izing funds for fiscal year 2019 for military construc15 tion projects, land acquisition, family housing 

16 projects and facilities, or contributions to the North 

17 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment 

18 Program. 

19 TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY 

20 CONSTRUCTION 

21 SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

22 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

23 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap24 propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

25 in section 2104(a) and available for military construction 
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1 projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 

2 table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may ac3 quire real property and carry out military construction 

4 projects for the installations or locations inside the United 

5 States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Army: Inside the United States 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Alaska ......................... Fort Greely ......................................................... $7,800,000 

California .................. Concord .............................................................. $98,000,000 

Colorado ..................... Fort Carson ........................................................ $5,800,000 

Georgia ....................... Fort Gordon ....................................................... $90,000,000 

Maryland ................... Fort Meade ......................................................... $34,500,000 

New York .................... Fort Drum ......................................................... $19,000,000 

U. S. Military Academy ................................... $70,000,000 

Oklahoma ................... Fort Sill ............................................................. $69,400,000 

Texas .......................... Corpus Christi ................................................... $85,000,000 

Virginia ..................... Fort Lee .............................................................. $33,000,000 

6 (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

7 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria8 tions in section 2104(a) and available for military con9 struction projects outside the United States as specified in 

10 the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army 

11 may acquire real property and carry out the military con12 struction projects for the installations or locations outside 

13 the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol14 lowing table: 

Army: Outside the United States 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Cuba .............................. Guantanamo Bay ........................................... $76,000,000 

Germany ....................... Grafenwoehr .................................................... $51,000,000 
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1 SEC. 2102. FAMILY HOUSING. 

2 (a) CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION.—Using 

3 amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap4 propriations in section 2104(a) and available for military 

5 family housing functions as specified in the funding table 

6 in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may construct 

7 or acquire family housing units (including land acquisition 

8 and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations, 

9 in the number of units, and in the amounts set forth in 

10 the following table: 

Army: Family Housing 

State/Country Installation or Location Units Amount 

Florida ........... Camp Rudder ............................ Family Housing 

New Construction 

$8,000,000 

Illinois ............ Rock Island ................................ Family Housing 

New Construction 

$20,000,000 

Korea .............. Camp Walker ............................. Family Housing 

New Construction 

$61,000,000 

11 (b) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro12 priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 

13 section 2104(a) and available for military family housing 

14 functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 

15 the Secretary of the Army may carry out architectural and 

16 engineering services and construction design activities with 

17 respect to the construction or improvement of family hous18 ing units in an amount not to exceed $7,195,000. 
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1 SEC. 2103. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 

2 UNITS. 

3 Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, 

4 and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author5 ization of appropriations in section 2104(a) and available 

6 for military family housing functions as specified in the 

7 funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army 

8 may improve existing military family housing units in an 

9 amount not to exceed $3,500,000. 

10 SEC. 2104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, ARMY. 

11 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

12 hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years begin13 ning after September 30, 2015, for military construction, 

14 land acquisition, and military family housing functions of 

15 the Department of the Army as specified in the funding 

16 table in section 4601. 

17 (b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION

18 PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author19 ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 

20 any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 

21 of all projects carried out under section 2101 of this Act 

22 may not exceed the sum of the following: 

23 (1) The total amount authorized to be appro24 priated under subsection (a), as specified in the fund25 ing table in section 4601. 
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1 (2) $226,400,000 (the balance of the amount au2 thorized under section 2101(a) of the Military Con3 struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (di4 vision B of Public Law 113–291) for a Command 

5 and Control Facility at Fort Shafter, Hawaii). 

6 (3) $6,000,000 (the balance of the amount au7 thorized under section 2101(a) of the Military Con8 struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (di9 vision B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2119) for 

10 cadet barracks at the United States Military Acad11 emy, New York). 

12 (4) $78,000,000 (the balance of the amount au13 thorized under section 2101(a) of the Military Con14 struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (di15 vision B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2119), as 

16 amended by section 2105(d) of this Act, for a Secure 

17 Administration/Operations Facility at Fort Belvoir, 

18 Virginia). 

19 SEC. 2105. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

20 CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2013 PROJECT. 

21 In the case of the authorization contained in the table 

22 in section 2101(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza23 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (division B of Public Law 

24 112–239; 126 Stat. 2119) for the United States Military 

25 Academy, New York, for construction of a Cadet barracks 
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1 building at the installation, the Secretary of the Army may 

2 install mechanical equipment and distribution lines suffi3 cient to provide chilled water for air conditioning the nine 

4 existing historical Cadet barracks which are being ren5 ovated through the Cadet Barracks Upgrade Program. 

6 SEC. 2106. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 

7 FISCAL YEAR 2012 PROJECTS. 

8 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

9 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

10 2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1660), 

11 the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

12 as provided in section 2101 of that Act (125 Stat. 1661), 

13 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2016, or the date 

14 of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

15 construction for fiscal year 2017, whichever is later. 

16 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

17 as follows: 

Army: Extension of 2012 Project Authorizations 

State Installation 

or Location Project Amount 

Georgia ...... Fort Benning Land Acquisition .................... $25,000,000 

Fort Benning Land Acquisition .................... $5,100,000 

Virginia .... Fort Belvoir ... Road and Infrastructure Improvements .......................... $25,000,000 

18 SEC. 2107. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 

19 FISCAL YEAR 2013 PROJECTS. 

20 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

21 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
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1 2013 (division B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2118), 

2 the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

3 as provided in section 2101 of that Act (126 Stat. 2119) 

4 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2016, or the date 

5 of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

6 construction for fiscal year 2017, whichever is later. 

7 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

8 as follows: 

Army: Extension of 2013 Project Authorizations 

State or Country Installation or 

Location Project Amount 

District of Columbia.Fort McNair ...... Vehicle Storage Building, 

Installation ...................... $7,191,000 

Kansas ................ Fort Riley .......... Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 

Complex ............................ $12,184,000 

North Carolina .. Fort Bragg ........ Aerial Gunnery Range ........ $41,945,000 

Texas .................. Joint Base San 

Antonio .......... Barracks ............................... $20,971,000 

Virginia .............. Fort Belvoir ...... Secure Admin/Operations 

Facility ............................. $93,876,000 

Italy .................... Camp Ederle ..... Barracks ............................... $35,952,000 

Japan ................. Sagami .............. Vehicle Maintenance Shop .. $17,976,000 

9 SEC. 2108. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT CER10 TAIN FISCAL YEAR 2016 PROJECT. 

11 (a) PROJECT AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of the 

12 Army may carry out a military construction project to con13 struct a vehicle bridge and traffic circle to facilitate traffic 

14 flow to and from the Medical Center at Rhine Ordnance 

15 Barracks, Germany, in the amount of $12,400,000. 

16 (b) USE OF HOST-NATION PAYMENT-IN-KIND

17 FUNDS.—The Secretary may use available host-nation pay18 ment-in-kind funding for the project described in subsection 

19 (a). 
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1 SEC. 2109. LIMITATION ON CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FACILI2 TIES AT GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 

3 (a) LIMITATION.—None of the amounts authorized to 

4 be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 

5 for fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Defense may be 

6 used to construct new facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 

7 until the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional 

8 defense committees that any new construction of facilities 

9 at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has enduring military value 

10 independent of a high value detention mission. 

11 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in subsection 

12 (a) shall be construed as limiting the ability of the Depart13 ment of Defense to obligate or expend available funds to 

14 correct a deficiency that is life-threatening, health-threat15 ening, or safety-threatening. 

16 TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY 

17 CONSTRUCTION 

18 SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

19 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

20 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap21 propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

22 in section 2204(a) and available for military construction 

23 projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 

24 table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may ac25 quire real property and carry out military construction 
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1 projects for the installations or locations inside the United 

2 States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Inside the United States 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Arizona ..................... Yuma ................................................................... $50,635,000 

California ................. Coronado ............................................................. $4,856,000 

Lemoore ............................................................... $71,830,000 

Miramar .............................................................. $11,200,000 

Pendleton ............................................................. $83,800,000 

Point Mugu ......................................................... $22,427,000 

San Diego ........................................................... $37,366,000 

Twentynine Palms ............................................. $9,160,000 

Florida ..................... Jacksonville ......................................................... $16,751,000 

Mayport ............................................................... $16,159,000 

Pensacola ............................................................. $18,347,000 

Whiting Field ..................................................... $10,421,000 

Georgia ...................... Albany ................................................................. $7,851,000 

Kings Bay ........................................................... $8,099,000 

Townsend ............................................................ $43,279,000 

Hawaii ...................... Barking Sands .................................................... $30,623,000 

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam .................... $14,881,000 

Kaneohe Bay ....................................................... $106,618,000 

Marine Corps Base Hawaii .............................. $12,800,000 

Maryland .................. Patuxent River ................................................... $40,935,000 

North Carolina ......... Camp Lejeune ..................................................... $74,249,000 

Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station .......... $57,726,000 

New River ........................................................... $8,230,000 

South Carolina ......... Parris Island ...................................................... $27,075,000 

Virginia .................... Dam Neck ............................................................ $23,066,000 

Norfolk ................................................................. $126,677,000 

Portsmouth .......................................................... $45,513,000 

Quantico .............................................................. $75,399,000 

Washington ............... Bangor ................................................................. $34,177,000 

Bremerton ........................................................... $22,680,000 

Indian Island ..................................................... $4,472,000 

3 (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

4 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria5 tions in section 2204(a) and available for military con6 struction projects outside the United States as specified in 

7 the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy 

8 may acquire real property and carry out military construc9 tion projects for the installation or location outside the 

10 United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 

11 table: 
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Navy: Outside the United States 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Bahrain Island ............ Southwest Asia .................................................. $89,791,000 

Guam ............................ Joint Region Marianas ..................................... $181,768,000 

Italy .............................. Sigonella ............................................................ $102,943,000 

Japan ........................... Camp Butler ...................................................... $11,697,000 

Iwakuni .............................................................. $17,923,000 

Kadena Air Base ............................................... $23,310,000 

Yokosuka ............................................................ $13,846,000 

Poland .......................... RedziKowo Base ................................................ $51,270,000 

1 SEC. 2202. FAMILY HOUSING. 

2 (a) CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION.—Using 

3 amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap4 propriations in section 2204(a) and available for military 

5 family housing functions as specified in the funding table 

6 in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may construct 

7 or acquire family housing units (including land acquisition 

8 and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations, 

9 in the number of units, and in the amounts set forth in 

10 the following table: 

Navy: Family Housing 

State Installation or Location Units Amount 

Virginia .......... Wallops Island ........................... Family Housing 

New Construction 

$438,000 

11 (b) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro12 priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 

13 section 2204(a) and available for military family housing 

14 functions as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 

15 the Secretary of the Navy may carry out architectural and 

16 engineering services and construction design activities with 
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1 respect to the construction or improvement of family hous2 ing units in an amount not to exceed $4,588,000. 

3 SEC. 2203. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 

4 UNITS. 

5 Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, 

6 and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author7 ization of appropriations in section 2204(a) and available 

8 for military family housing functions as specified in the 

9 funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy 

10 may improve existing military family housing units in an 

11 amount not to exceed $11,515,000. 

12 SEC. 2204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NAVY. 

13 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

14 hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years begin15 ning after September 30, 2015, for military construction, 

16 land acquisition, and military family housing functions of 

17 the Department of the Navy, as specified in the funding 

18 table in section 4601. 

19 (b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION

20 PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author21 ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 

22 any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 

23 of all projects carried out under section 2201 of this Act 

24 may not exceed the sum of the following: 
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1 (1) The total amount authorized to be appro2 priated under subsection (a), as specified in the fund3 ing table in section 4601. 

4 (2) $274,099,000 (the balance of the amount au5 thorized under section 2201(a) of the Military Con6 struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (di7 vision B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1666) for 

8 an explosive handling wharf at Kitsap, Washington). 

9 (3) $68,196,000 (the balance of the amount au10 thorized under section 2201(b) of the Military Con11 struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (di12 vision B of Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2633) for 

13 ramp parking at Joint Region Marianas, Guam). 

14 SEC. 2205. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 

15 FISCAL YEAR 2012 PROJECTS. 

16 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

17 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

18 2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1660), 

19 the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

20 as provided in section 2201 of that Act (125 Stat. 1666) 

21 and extended by section 2208 of the Military Construction 

22 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (division B of Pub23 lic Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3678), shall remain in effect 

24 until October 1, 2016, or the date of the enactment of an 
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1 Act authorizing funds for military construction for fiscal 

2 year 2017, whichever is later. 

3 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

4 as follows: 

Navy: Extension of 2012 Project Authorizations 

State Installation or 

Location Project Amount 

California ................ Camp Pendleton ..... Infantry Squad Defense Range ......... $29,187,000 

Florida ...................... Jacksonville ............. P–8A Hangar Upgrades .................. $6,085,000 

Georgia ...................... Kings Bay ............... Crab Island Security Enclave ........ $52,913,000 

5 SEC. 2206. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 

6 FISCAL YEAR 2013 PROJECTS. 

7 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

8 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

9 2013 (division B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2118), 

10 the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

11 as provided in section 2201 of that Act (126 Stat. 2122), 

12 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2016, or the date 

13 of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

14 construction for fiscal year 2017, whichever is later. 

15 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

16 as follows: 

Navy: Extension of 2013 Project Authorizations 

State/Country Installation or 

Location Project Amount 

California ................ Camp Pendleton ..... Comm. Information 

Systems Ops 

Complex ............... $78,897,000 

Coronado ................. Bachelor Quarters ... $76,063,000 

Twentynine Palms .. Land Expansion 

Phase 2 ................ $47,270,000 
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Navy: Extension of 2013 Project Authorizations—Continued 

State/Country Installation or 

Location Project Amount 

Greece ........................ Souda Bay .............. Intermodal Access 

Road .................... $4,630,000 

South Carolina ......... Beaufort ................... Recycling/Hazardous Waste Facility .................... $3,743,000 

Virginia ..................... Quantico .................. Infrastructure— 

Widen Russell 

Road .................... $14,826,000 

Worldwide Unspecified ....................... Various Worldwide 

Locations ............. BAMS Operational 

Facilities ............. $34,048,000 

1 TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE 

2 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

3 SEC. 2301. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND 

4 LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

5 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap6 propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

7 in section 2304(a) and available for military construction 

8 projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 

9 table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may 

10 acquire real property and carry out military construction 

11 projects for the installations or locations inside the United 

12 States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Air Force: Inside the United States 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Alaska ..................................... Eielson Air Force Base ..................... $71,400,000 

Arizona ................................... Davis-Monthan Air Force Base ....... $16,900,000 

Luke Air Force Base ......................... $77,700,000 

Colorado ................................. U. S. Air Force Academy ................. $10,000,000 

CONUS Classified ................. Classified Location ........................... $77,130,000 

Florida .................................... Cape Canaveral Air Force Station $21,000,000 

Eglin Air Force Base ....................... $8,700,000 

Hurlburt Field .................................. $14,200,000 

Hawaii ................................... Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam ... $46,000,000 

Kansas .................................... McConnell Air Force Base ............... $15,500,000 

Louisiana ............................... Barksdale ........................................... $20,000,000 

Missouri ................................ Whiteman Air Force Base ................ $29,500,000 
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Air Force: Inside the United States—Continued 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Montana ................................. Malmstrom Air Force Base .............. $19,700,000 

Nebraska ................................. Offutt Air Force Base ....................... $21,000,000 

Nevada .................................... Nellis Air Force Base ....................... $68,950,000 

New Mexico ............................ Cannon Air Force Base .................... $7,800,000 

Holloman Air Force Base ................ $6,200,000 

Kirtland Air Force Base .................. $12,800,000 

New York ................................ Fort Drum ......................................... $6,000,000 

North Carolina ....................... Seymour Johnson Air Force Base ... $17,100,000 

Oklahoma ............................... Altus Air Force Base ........................ $28,400,000 

Tinker Air Force Base ...................... $49,900,000 

South Dakota ......................... Ellsworth Air Force Base ................. $23,000,000 

Texas ....................................... Joint Base San Antonio ................... $106,000,000 

Utah ........................................ Hill Air Force Base .......................... $38,400,000 

Wyoming ................................ F. E. Warren Air Force Base .......... $95,000,000 

1 (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

2 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria3 tions in section 2304(a) and available for military con4 struction projects outside the United States as specified in 

5 the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air 

6 Force may acquire real property and carry out military 

7 construction projects for the installation or location outside 

8 the United States, and in the amount, set forth in the fol9 lowing table: 

Air Force: Outside the United States 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Greenland ............................... Thule Air Base .................................. $41,965,000 

Guam ...................................... Joint Region Marianas .................... $50,800,000 

Japan ..................................... Kadena Air Base .............................. $3,000,000 

Yokota Air Base ................................ $8,461,000 

Niger ....................................... Agadez ................................................ $50,000,000 

Oman ...................................... Al Musannah Air Base ..................... $25,000,000 

United Kingdom .................... Royal Air Force Croughton ............. $130,615,000 

10 SEC. 2302. FAMILY HOUSING. 

11 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author12 ization of appropriations in section 2304(a) and available 

13 for military family housing functions as specified in the 
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1 funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force 

2 may carry out architectural and engineering services and 

3 construction design activities with respect to the construc4 tion or improvement of family housing units in an amount 

5 not to exceed $9,849,000. 

6 SEC. 2303. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 

7 UNITS. 

8 Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, 

9 and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author10 ization of appropriations in section 2304(a) and available 

11 for military family housing functions as specified in the 

12 funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force 

13 may improve existing military family housing units in an 

14 amount not to exceed $150,649,000. 

15 SEC. 2304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, AIR 

16 FORCE. 

17 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

18 hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years begin19 ning after September 30, 2015, for military construction, 

20 land acquisition, and military family housing functions of 

21 the Department of the Air Force, as specified in the funding 

22 table in section 4601. 

23 (b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION

24 PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author25 ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 
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1 any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 

2 of all projects carried out under section 2301 of this Act 

3 may not exceed the sum of the following: 

4 (1) The total amount authorized to be appro5 priated under subsection (a), as specified in the fund6 ing table in section 4601. 

7 (2) $21,000,000 (the balance of the amount au8 thorized under section 2301(a) of the Military Con9 struction Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (division B of 

10 Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 992) for the 

11 CYBERCOM Joint Operations Center at Fort Meade, 

12 Maryland). 

13 SEC. 2305. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

14 CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2010 PROJECT. 

15 In the case of the authorization contained in the table 

16 in section 2301(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza17 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (division B of Public Law 

18 111–84; 123 Stat. 2636), for Hickam Air Force Base, Ha19 waii, for construction of a ground control tower at the in20 stallation, the Secretary of the Air Force may install com21 munications cabling. 

22 SEC. 2306. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

23 CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2014 PROJECT. 

24 In the case of the authorization contained in the table 

25 in section 2301(b) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
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1 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (division B of Public Law 

2 113–66; 127 Stat. 993) for RAF Lakenheath, United King3 dom, for construction of a Guardian Angel Operations Fa4 cility at the installation, the Secretary of the Air Force may 

5 construct the facility at an unspecified worldwide location. 

6 SEC. 2307. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

7 CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2015 PROJECT. 

8 In the case of the authorization contained in the table 

9 in section 2301(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza10 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (division B of Public Law 

11 113–291; 128 Stat. 3679) for McConnell Air Force Base, 

12 Kansas, for construction of a KC–46A Alter Composite 

13 Maintenance Shop at the installation, the Secretary of the 

14 Air Force may construct a 696 square meter (7,500 square 

15 foot) facility consistent with Air Force guidelines for com16 posite maintenance shops. 

17 SEC. 2308. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN 

18 FISCAL YEAR 2012 PROJECT. 

19 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

20 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

21 2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1660), 

22 the authorization set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

23 as provided in section 2301 of that Act (125 Stat. 1670), 

24 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2016, or the date 
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1 of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

2 construction for fiscal year 2017, whichever is later. 

3 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

4 as follows: 

Air Force: Extension of 2012 Project Authorization 

Country Installation or 

Location Project Amount 

Italy ................... Sigonella Naval Air Station ............................... UAS SATCOM Relay 

Pads and Facility .. $15,000,000 

5 SEC. 2309. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN 

6 FISCAL YEAR 2013 PROJECT. 

7 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

8 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

9 2013 (division B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2118), 

10 the authorization set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

11 as provided in section 2301 of that Act (126 Stat. 2126), 

12 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2016, or the date 

13 of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

14 construction for fiscal year 2017, whichever is later. 

15 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

16 as follows: 

Air Force: Extension of 2013Project Authorization 

Country Installation or 

Location Project Amount 

Portugal ............. Lajes Field ....................... Sanitary Sewer Lift/ 

Pump Station ........ $2,000,000 
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1 TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGEN2 CIES MILITARY CONSTRUC3 TION 

4 SEC. 2401. AUTHORIZED DEFENSE AGENCIES CONSTRUC5 TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

6 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap7 propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

8 in section 2403(a) and available for military construction 

9 projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 

10 table in section 4601, the Secretary of Defense may acquire 

11 real property and carry out military construction projects 

12 for the installations or locations inside the United States, 

13 and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Defense Agencies: Inside the United States 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Alabama ..................... Fort Rucker ......................................................... $46,787,000 

Maxwell Air Force Base ..................................... $32,968,000 

Arizona ...................... Fort Huachuca .................................................... $3,884,000 

California ................... Camp Pendleton ................................................. $20,552,000 

Coronado ............................................................. $47,218,000 

Fresno Yosemite IAP ANG ................................ $10,700,000 

Colorado .................... Fort Carson ......................................................... $8,243,000 

CONUS Classified ..... Classified Location ............................................. $20,065,000 

Delaware ..................... Dover Air Force Base ......................................... $21,600,000 

Florida ........................ Hurlburt Field .................................................... $17,989,000 

MacDill Air Force Base ..................................... $39,142,000 

Georgia ....................... Moody Air Force Base ........................................ $10,900,000 

Hawaii ........................ Kaneohe Bay ....................................................... $122,071,000 

Schofield Barracks .............................................. $123,838,000 

Kentucky ................... Fort Campbell ..................................................... $12,553,000 

Fort Knox ............................................................ $23,279,000 

Maryland .................. Fort Meade .......................................................... $816,077,000 

Nevada ........................ Nellis Air Force Base ......................................... $39,900,000 

New Mexico ............... Cannon Air Force Base ..................................... $45,111,000 

New York .................... West Point ........................................................... $55,778,000 

North Carolina ......... Camp Lejeune ..................................................... $69,006,000 

Fort Bragg .......................................................... $168,811,000 

Ohio ............................. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base ...................... $6,623,000 

Oregon ......................... Klamath Falls IAP ............................................. $2,500,000 

South Carolina ......... Fort Jackson ....................................................... $26,157,000 

Texas ........................... Joint Base San Antonio .................................... $61,776,000 

Virginia ..................... Fort Belvoir ........................................................ $9,500,000 

Joint Base Langley-Eustis ................................ $28,000,000 
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Defense Agencies: Inside the United States—Continued 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Story .. $23,916,000 

1 (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

2 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria3 tions in section 2403(a) and available for military con4 struction projects outside the United States as specified in 

5 the funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of Defense 

6 may acquire real property and carry out military construc7 tion projects for the installations or locations outside the 

8 United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol9 lowing: 

Defense Agencies: Outside the United States 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Djibouti ............... Camp Lemonier .................................................. $43,700,000 

Germany ............... Garmisch ............................................................. $14,676,000 

Grafenwoehr ........................................................ $38,138,000 

Spangdahlem Air Base ...................................... $39,571,000 

Stuttgart-Patch Barracks .................................. $49,413,000 

Japan .................. Kadena Air Base ................................................ $37,485,000 

Poland ................... RedziKowo Base ................................................. $169,153,000 

Spain .................... Rota ..................................................................... $13,737,000 

10 SEC. 2402. AUTHORIZED ENERGY CONSERVATION 

11 PROJECTS. 

12 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap13 propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

14 in section 2403(a) and available for energy conservation 

15 projects inside the United States as specified in the funding 

16 table in section 4601, the Secretary of Defense may carry 

17 out energy conservation projects under chapter 173 of title 
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1 10, United States Code, for the installations or locations 

2 inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 

3 the following table: 

Energy Conservation Projects: Inside the United States 

State Installation or Location Amount 

American Samoa ....... Wake Island ........................................................ $5,331,000 

Edwards Air Force Base .................................... $4,550,000 

Fort Hunter Liggett ........................................... $22,000,000 

Colorado .................... Schriever Air Force Base ................................... $4,400,000 

District of Columbia .. NSA Washington/NRL ....................................... $10,990,000 

Guam ......................... Naval Base Guam ............................................... $5,330,000 

Hawaii ........................ Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam ..................... $13,780,000 

Marine Corps Recruiting Command Kaneohe 

Bay.

$5,740,000 

Idaho ........................... Moutain Home Air Force Base ......................... $6,471,000 

Montana ..................... Malmstrom Air Force Base ............................... $4,260,000 

Virginia ...................... Pentagon .............................................................. $4,528,000 

Washington ................. Joint Base Lewis-McChord ................................ $14,770,000 

Various locations ........ Various locations ................................................ $25,809,000 

4 (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

5 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria6 tions in section 2403(a) and available for energy conserva7 tion projects outside the United States as specified in the 

8 funding table in section 4601, the Secretary of Defense may 

9 carry out energy conservation projects under chapter 173 

10 of title 10, United States Code, for the installations or loca11 tions outside the United States, and in the amounts, set 

12 forth in the following table: 

Energy Conservation Projects: Outside the United States 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Bahamas ............. Ascension Aux Airfield St. Helena ................... $5,500,000 

Japan .................... Yokoska ................................................................ $12,940,000 

Various locations .. Various locations ................................................ $3,600,000 
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1 SEC. 2403. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, DEFENSE 

2 AGENCIES. 

3 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

4 hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years begin5 ning after September 30, 2015, for military construction, 

6 land acquisition, and military family housing functions of 

7 the Department of Defense (other than the military depart8 ments), as specified in the funding table in section 4601. 

9 (b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION

10 PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author11 ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 

12 any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 

13 of all projects carried out under section 2401 of this Act 

14 may not exceed the sum of the following: 

15 (1) The total amount authorized to be appro16 priated under subsection (a), as specified in the fund17 ing table in section 4601. 

18 (2) $747,435,000 (the balance of the amount au19 thorized under section 2401(a) of this Act for an oper20 ations facility at Fort Meade, Maryland). 

21 (3) $20,800,000 (the balance of the amount au22 thorized under section 2401(b) of the Military Con23 struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (di24 vision B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2129) for 

25 the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Complex at 

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1 (4) $141,039,000 (the balance of the amount au2 thorized under section 2401(a) of the Military Con3 struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (di4 vision B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1672), as 

5 amended by section 2404(a) of the Military Construc6 tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (division 

7 B Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2131), for a data 

8 center at Fort Meade, Maryland). 

9 (5) $50,500,000 (the balance of the amount au10 thorized under section 2401(a) of the Military Con11 struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (di12 vision B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1672) for 

13 an Ambulatory Care Center at Joint Base Andrews, 

14 Maryland). 

15 (6) $54,300,000 (the balance of the amount au16 thorized under section 2401(a) of the Military Con17 struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (di18 vision B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1672) for 

19 an Ambulatory Care Center at Joint Base San Anto20 nio, Texas). 

21 (7) $441,134,000 (the balance of the amount au22 thorized under section 2401(b) of the Military Con23 struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (di24 vision B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1673) for 
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1 a hospital at the Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Ger2 many). 

3 (8) $41,441,000 (the balance of the amount au4 thorized under section 2401(a) of the Military Con5 struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (di6 vision B of Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2640) for 

7 a hospital at Fort Bliss, Texas). 

8 (9) $123,827,000 (the balance of the amount au9 thorized as a Military Construction, Defense-Wide 

10 project by title X of the Supplemental Appropriations 

11 Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32; 123 Stat. 1888) for 

12 a data center at Camp Williams, Utah). 

13 SEC. 2404. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

14 CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2012 PROJECT. 

15 In the case of the authorization in the table in section 

16 2401(a) of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 

17 Fiscal Year 2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 125 

18 Stat. 1672), as amended by section 2404(a) of the Military 

19 Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (divi20 sion B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2131), for Fort 

21 Meade, Maryland, for construction of the High Performance 

22 Computing Center at the installation, the Secretary of De23 fense may construct a generator plant capable of producing 

24 up to 60 megawatts of back-up electrical power in support 

25 of the 60 megawatt technical load. 
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1 SEC. 2405. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 

2 FISCAL YEAR 2012 PROJECTS. 

3 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

4 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

5 2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1660), 

6 the authorization set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

7 as provided in section 2401 of that Act (125 Stat. 1672) 

8 and as amended by section 2405 of the Military Construc9 tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (division B 

10 of Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3685), shall remain in 

11 effect until October 1, 2016, or the date of the enactment 

12 of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for 

13 fiscal year 2017, whichever is later. 

14 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

15 as follows: 

Defense Agencies: Extension of 2012 Project Authorizations 

State Installation or 

Location Project Amount 

California .......... Naval Base Coronado ..... SOF Support Activity 

Operations Facility $38,800,000 

Virginia ............. Pentagon Reservation ..... Heliport Control 

Tower and Fire 

Station .................... $6,457,000 

Pedestrian Plaza ........ $2,285,000 

16 SEC. 2406. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 

17 FISCAL YEAR 2013 PROJECTS. 

18 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

19 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

20 2013 (division B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2118), 

21 the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), 
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1 as provided in section 2401 of that Act (126 Stat. 2127), 

2 shall remain in effect until October 1, 2016, or the date 

3 of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for military 

4 construction for fiscal year 2017, whichever is later. 

5 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

6 as follows: 

Defense Agencies: Extension of 2013 Project Authorizations 

State/Country Installation or 

Location Project Amount 

California .......... Naval Base Coronado ..... SOF Mobile Communications Detachment Support Facility ....................... $9,327,000 

Colorado ............. Pikes Peak ....................... High Altitude Medical 

Research Center ..... $3,600,000 

Germany ............ Ramstein AB ................... Replace Vogelweh Elementary School ...... $61,415,000 

Hawaii ............... Joint Base Pearl HarborHickam ........................ SOF SDVT–1 Waterfront Operations 

Facility ................... $22,384,000 

Japan ................. CFAS Sasebo ................... Replace Sasebo Elementary School ...... $35,733,000 

Camp Zama .................... Renovate Zama High 

School ...................... $13,273,000 

Pennsylvania ..... DEF Distribution Depot 

New Cumberland ........ Replace reservoir ........ $4,300,000 

United Kingdom RAF Feltwell ................... Feltwell Elementary 

School Addition ..... $30,811,000 

7 SEC. 2407. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY 

8 TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2014 

9 PROJECT. 

10 In the case of the authorization contained in the table 

11 in section 2401(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza12 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (division B of Public Law 

13 113–66; 127 Stat. 995) for Fort Knox, Kentucky, for con14 struction of an Ambulatory Care Center at that location, 

15 subsequently cancelled by the Department of Defense, sub-
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1 stitute authorization is provided for a 102,000-square foot 

2 Medical Clinic Replacement at that location in the amount 

3 of $80,000,000, using appropriations available for the origi4 nal project pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

5 in section 2403 of such Act (127 Stat. 997). This substitute 

6 authorization shall remain in effect until October 1, 2018, 

7 or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds 

8 for military construction for fiscal year 2019. 

9 TITLE XXV—NORTH ATLANTIC 

10 TREATY ORGANIZATION SE11 CURITY INVESTMENT PRO12 GRAM 

13 SEC. 2501. AUTHORIZED NATO CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

14 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

15 The Secretary of Defense may make contributions for 

16 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Invest17 ment Program as provided in section 2806 of title 10, 

18 United States Code, in an amount not to exceed the sum 

19 of the amount authorized to be appropriated for this pur20 pose in section 2502 and the amount collected from the 

21 North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a result of construc22 tion previously financed by the United States. 

23 SEC. 2502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NATO. 

24 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis25 cal years beginning after September 30, 2015, for contribu-
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1 tions by the Secretary of Defense under section 2806 of title 

2 10, United States Code, for the share of the United States 

3 of the cost of projects for the North Atlantic Treaty Organi4 zation Security Investment Program authorized by section 

5 2501 as specified in the funding table in section 4601. 

6 TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND 

7 RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 

8 Subtitle A—Project Authorizations 

9 and Authorization of Appropria10 tions 

11 SEC. 2601. AUTHORIZED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CON12 STRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISITION 

13 PROJECTS. 

14 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author15 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

16 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 

17 table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Army may ac18 quire real property and carry out military construction 

19 projects for the Army National Guard locations inside the 

20 United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 

21 table: 

Army National Guard 

State Location Amount 

Alabama ..................... Camp Foley ........................................................ $4,500,000 

Connecticut ................ Camp Hartell .................................................... $11,000,000 

Florida ....................... Palm Coast ........................................................ $18,000,000 

Georgia ....................... Fort Stewart ...................................................... $6,800,000 

Illinois ........................ Sparta ................................................................ $1,900,000 

Kansas ....................... Salina ................................................................. $6,700,000 

Maryland ................... Easton ................................................................ $13,800,000 

Mississippi ................. Gulfport .............................................................. $40,000,000 
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Army National Guard—Continued 

State Location Amount 

Nevada ....................... Reno .................................................................... $8,000,000 

Ohio ............................ Camp Ravenna .................................................. $3,300,000 

Oregon ........................ Salem .................................................................. $16,500,000 

Pennsylvania ............. Fort Indiantown Gap ....................................... $16,000,000 

Vermont ...................... North Hyde Park ............................................... $7,900,000 

Virginia ..................... Richmond ........................................................... $29,000,000 

1 SEC. 2602. AUTHORIZED ARMY RESERVE CONSTRUCTION 

2 AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

3 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts ap4 propriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

5 in section 2606 and available for the National Guard and 

6 Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 4601, 

7 the Secretary of the Army may acquire real property and 

8 carry out military construction projects for the Army Re9 serve locations inside the United States, and in the 

10 amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Army Reserve: Inside the United States 

State Location Amount 

California ............................ Miramar ................................................... $24,000,000 

Florida ................................. MacDill Air Force Base .......................... $55,000,000 

New York ............................. Orangeburg ............................................... $4,200,000 

Pennsylvania ...................... Conneaut Lake ......................................... $5,000,000 

Virginia ............................... A.P. Hill ................................................... $24,000,000 

11 (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

12 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria13 tions in section 2606 and available for the National Guard 

14 and Reserve as specified in the funding table in section 

15 4601, the Secretary of the Army may acquire real property 

16 and carry out a military construction project for the Army 
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1 Reserve location outside the United States, and in the 

2 amount, set forth in the following table: 

Army Reserve: Outside the United States 

Country Location Amount 

Puerto Rico ......................... Fort Buchanan ......................................... $10,200,000 

3 SEC. 2603. AUTHORIZED NAVY RESERVE AND MARINE 

4 CORPS RESERVE CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

5 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

6 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author7 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

8 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 

9 table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Navy may ac10 quire real property and carry out military construction 

11 projects for the Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 

12 locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, set 

13 forth in the following table: 

Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 

State Location Amount 

Nevada ................................. Fallon ........................................................ $11,408,000 

New York ............................. Brooklyn ................................................... $2,479,000 

Virginia ............................... Dam Neck ................................................. $18,443,000 

14 SEC. 2604. AUTHORIZED AIR NATIONAL GUARD CONSTRUC15 TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

16 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author17 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

18 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 

19 table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may 
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1 acquire real property and carry out military construction 

2 projects for the Air National Guard locations inside the 

3 United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 

4 table: 

Air National Guard 

State Location Amount 

Alabama .............................. Dannelly Field ......................................... $7,600,000 

California ............................ Moffett Field ............................................. $6,500,000 

Colorado .............................. Buckley Air Force Base ........................... $5,100,000 

Connecticut ......................... Bradley ..................................................... $6,300,000 

Florida ................................. Cape Canaveral ........................................ $6,100,000 

Georgia ................................ Savannah/Hilton Head IAP ................... $9,000,000 

Hawaii ................................ Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam .......... $9,700,000 

Iowa ..................................... Des Moines Map ....................................... $6,700,000 

Kansas ................................. Smokey Hill ANG Range ........................ $2,900,000 

Louisiana ............................ New Orleans ............................................. $10,000,000 

Maine ................................... Bangor IAP .............................................. $7,200,000 

New Hampshire .................. Pease International Tradeport ............... $4,300,000 

New Jersey .......................... Atlantic City IAP .................................... $10,200,000 

New York ............................. Niagara Falls IAP ................................... $7,700,000 

North Carolina ................... Charlotte/Douglas IAP ............................. $9,000,000 

North Dakota ...................... Hector IAP ............................................... $7,300,000 

Oklahoma ............................ Will Rogers World Airport ...................... $7,600,000 

Oregon ................................. Klamath Falls IAP .................................. $7,200,000 

West Virginia ...................... Yeager Airport .......................................... $3,900,000 

5 SEC. 2605. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE RESERVE CONSTRUC6 TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

7 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author8 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

9 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the funding 

10 table in section 4601, the Secretary of the Air Force may 

11 acquire real property and carry out military construction 

12 projects for the Air Force Reserve locations inside the 

13 United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 

14 table: 

Air Force Reserve 

State Location Amount 

California .......................... March Air Force Base ............................. $4,600,000 
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Air Force Reserve—Continued 

State Location Amount 

Florida ................................. Patrick Air Force Base ........................... $3,400,000 

Georgia ................................ Dobbins Air Reserve Base ....................... $10,400,000 

Ohio ..................................... Youngstown ............................................... $9,400,000 

Texas .................................... Joint Base San Antonio .......................... $9,900,000 

1 SEC. 2606. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NA2 TIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE. 

3 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis4 cal years beginning after September 30, 2015, for the costs 

5 of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, and 

6 construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve Forces, 

7 and for contributions therefor, under chapter 1803 of title 

8 10, United States Code (including the cost of acquisition 

9 of land for those facilities), as specified in the funding table 

10 in section 4601. 

11 Subtitle B—Others Matters 

12 SEC. 2611. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY 

13 TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2013 

14 PROJECT. 

15 (a) MODIFICATION.—In the case of the authorization 

16 contained in the table in section 2602 of the Military Con17 struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (division 

18 B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2135) for Aberdeen 

19 Proving Ground, Maryland, for construction of an Army 

20 Reserve Center at that location, the Secretary of the Army 

21 may construct a new facility in the vicinity of Aberdeen 

22 Proving Ground, Maryland. 
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1 (b) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding sec2 tion 2002 of the Military Construction Act for Fiscal Year 

3 2013 (division B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2118), 

4 the authorization set forth in subsection (a) shall remain 

5 in effect until October 1, 2016, or the date of the enactment 

6 of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for 

7 fiscal year 2017, whichever is later. 

8 SEC. 2612. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

9 CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2015 PROJECTS. 

10 (a) DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB.—In the case of the author11 ization contained in the table in section 2605 of the Mili12 tary Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 

13 (division B of Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3689) for 

14 Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, for construction 

15 of a Guardian Angel Operations facility at that location, 

16 the Secretary of the Air Force may construct a new 5,913 

17 square meter (63,647 square foot) facility in the amount 

18 of $18,200,000. 

19 (b) FORT SMITH.—In the case of the authorization 

20 contained in the table in section 2604 of the Military Con21 struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (division 

22 B of Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3689) for Fort Smith 

23 Municipal Airport, Arkansas, for construction of a consoli24 dated Secure Compartmented Information Facility at that 
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1 location, the Secretary of the Air Force may construct a 

2 new facility in the amount of $15,200,000. 

3 SEC. 2613. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 

4 FISCAL YEAR 2012 PROJECTS. 

5 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

6 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

7 2012 (division B of Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1660), 

8 the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

9 as provided in section 2602 of that Act (125 Stat. 1678), 

10 and extended by section 2611 of the Military Construction 

11 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (division B of Pub12 lic Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3690, 3691), shall remain in 

13 effect until October 1, 2016, or the date of the enactment 

14 of an Act authorizing funds for military construction for 

15 fiscal year 2017, whichever is later. 

16 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

17 as follows: 

Extension of 2012 National Guard and Reserve Project 

Authorization 

State Location Project Amount 

Kansas ............... Kansas City ..................... Army Reserve Center $13,000,000 

Massachusetts .... Attleboro ........................... Army Reserve Center $22,000,000 

18 SEC. 2614. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 

19 FISCAL YEAR 2013 PROJECTS. 

20 (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2002 of the 

21 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

22 2013 (division B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2118), 
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1 the authorizations set forth in the table in subsection (b), 

2 as provided in sections 2601, 2602, and 2603 of that Act 

3 (126 Stat. 2134, 2135) shall remain in effect until October 

4 1, 2016, or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing 

5 funds for military construction for fiscal year 2017, which6 ever is later. 

7 (b) TABLE.—The table referred to in subsection (a) is 

8 as follows: 

Extension of 2013 National Guard and Reserve Project 

Authorization 

State Location Project Amount 

Arizona .............. Yuma ................................ Reserve Training Facility—Yuma ......... $5,379,000 

California .......... Tustin .............................. Army Reserve Center $27,000,000 

Iowa ................... Fort Des Moines .............. Joint Reserve Center—Des Moines ..... $19,162,000 

Louisiana ........... New Orleans .................... Transient Quarters .... $7,187,000 

New York ........... Camp Smith (Stormville) Combined Support 

Maintenance Shop 

Phase 1 ................... $24,000,000 

9 TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGN10 MENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVI11 TIES 

12 SEC. 2701. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR BASE 

13 REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES 

14 FUNDED THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF DE15 FENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT. 

16 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis17 cal years beginning after September 30, 2015, for base re18 alignment and closure activities, including real property 

19 acquisition and military construction projects, as author-
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1 ized by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 

2 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 

3 U.S.C. 2687 note) and funded through the Department of 

4 Defense Base Closure Account established by section 2906 

5 of such Act (as amended by section 2711 of the Military 

6 Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (divi7 sion B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2140)), as speci8 fied in the funding table in section 4601. 

9 SEC. 2702. PROHIBITION ON CONDUCTING ADDITIONAL 

10 BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE (BRAC) 

11 ROUND. 

12 Nothing in the Act shall be construed to authorize an 

13 additional round of defense base closure and realignment. 

14 TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CON15 STRUCTION GENERAL PROVI16 SIONS 

17 Subtitle A—Military Construction 

18 Program and Military Family 

19 Housing Changes 

20 SEC. 2801. AUTHORITY FOR ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF CON21 TRIBUTIONS FOR CERTAIN MUTUALLY BENE22 FICIAL PROJECTS. 

23 (a) AUTHORITY.—Subchapter II of chapter 138 of title 

24 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

25 the following new section: 
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1 ‘‘§ 2350n. Construction, maintenance, and repair 

2 projects mutually beneficial to the Depart3 ment of Defense and armed forces of a 

4 partner nation 

5 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT CONTRIBUTIONS.—The 

6 Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary 

7 of State, may accept cash contributions from any partner 

8 nation for the purposes specified in subsection (c). 

9 ‘‘(b) ACCOUNTING.—Contributions accepted under sub10 section (a) shall be placed in an account established by the 

11 Secretary of Defense and shall remain available until ex12 pended for the purposes specified in subsection (c). 

13 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—Contribu14 tions accepted under subsection (a) shall be available only 

15 for payment of costs in connection with mutually beneficial 

16 construction (including military construction not otherwise 

17 authorized by law), maintenance, and repair projects. 

18 ‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO

19 OFFSET BURDEN SHARING CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED OF

20 PARTNER NATIONS.—Contributions accepted under sub21 section (a) may not be used to offset burden sharing con22 tributions that are otherwise required to be provided by 

23 partner nations. 

24 ‘‘(e) MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL DEFINED.—A project 

25 shall be considered to be ‘mutually beneficial’ for purposes 

26 of this section if— 
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1 ‘‘(1) the project is in support of a bilateral de2 fense cooperation agreement between the United States 

3 and a partner nation; or 

4 ‘‘(2) the Secretary of Defense determines that the 

5 United States may derive a benefit from the project, 

6 including— 

7 ‘‘(A) access to and use of facilities of the 

8 armed forces of a partner nation; 

9 ‘‘(B) ability or capacity for future force 

10 posture; and 

11 ‘‘(C) increased interoperability between the 

12 Department of Defense and the armed forces of 

13 a partner nation.’’. 

14 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 

15 the beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding at 

16 the end the following new item: 

‘‘2350n. Construction, maintenance, and repair projects mutually beneficial to the 

Department of Defense and armed forces of a partner nation.’’. 

17 SEC. 2802. CHANGE IN AUTHORITIES RELATING TO SCOPE 

18 OF WORK VARIATIONS FOR MILITARY CON19 STRUCTION PROJECTS. 

20 (a) LIMITED AUTHORITY FOR SCOPE OF WORK IN21 CREASE.—Section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, is 

22 amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘The scope 

2 of work’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in sub3 section (d), the scope of work’’; 

4 (2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

5 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 

6 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 

7 new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(d) The limitation in subsection (b)(2) on an increase 

9 in the scope of work does not apply if— 

10 ‘‘(1) the increase in the scope of work is not more 

11 than 10 percent of the amount specified for that 

12 project, construction, improvement, or acquisition in 

13 the justification data provided to Congress as part of 

14 the request for authorization of the project, construc15 tion, improvement, or acquisition; 

16 ‘‘(2) the increase is approved by the Secretary 

17 concerned; 

18 ‘‘(3) the Secretary concerned notifies the congres19 sional defense committees in writing of the increase 

20 in scope and the reasons therefor; and 

21 ‘‘(4) a period of 21 days has elapsed after the 

22 date on which the notification is received by the com23 mittees or, if over sooner, a period of 14 days has 

24 elapsed after the date on which a copy of the notifica-
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1 tion is provided in an electronic medium pursuant to 

2 section 480 of this title.’’. 

3 (b) CROSS-REFERENCE AMENDMENTS.— 

4 (1) Subsection (a) of such section is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘subsection (c) or (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub6 section (c), (d), or (e)’’. 

7 (2) Subsection (f) of such section, as redesignated 

8 by subsection (a)(2), is amended by striking ‘‘through 

9 (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘through (e)’’. 

10 (c) ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Sub11 section (a) of such section is further amended by inserting 

12 ‘‘of this title’’ after ‘‘section 2805(a)’’. 

13 SEC. 2803. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY, LIMITED AUTHOR14 ITY TO USE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

15 FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OUT16 SIDE THE UNITED STATES. 

17 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (h) of sec18 tion 2808 of the Military Construction Authorization Act 

19 for Fiscal Year 2004 (division B of Public Law 108–136; 

20 117 Stat. 1723), as most recently amended by section 2806 

21 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

22 Year 2015 (division B of Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 

23 3699), is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘December 31, 

25 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2016’’; and 
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1 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 

2 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2017’’. 

3 (b) LIMITATION ON USE OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection 

4 (c)(1) of such section is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2014’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘October 1, 2015’’; 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2015’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘December 31, 2016’’; and 

9 (3) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2016’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘fiscal year 2017’’. 

11 (c) ELIMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 

12 Such section is further amended by striking subsection (d). 

13 SEC. 2804. MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT 

14 ON IN-KIND CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVA15 TION PAYMENTS. 

16 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31, 

18 2016, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of De19 fense shall provide the congressional defense commit20 tees a report on in-kind construction and renovation 

21 payments received during the preceding fiscal year. 

22 (2) ELEMENTS.—Each report required under 

23 paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 
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1 (A) A listing of each facility constructed or 

2 renovated for the Department of Defense as pay3 ment in-kind. 

4 (B) An estimate of the value in United 

5 States dollars of that construction or renovation. 

6 (C) A description of the source of the in7 kind payment. 

8 (D) A description of the agreement pursu9 ant to which the in-kind payment was made. 

10 (E) A description of the purpose and need 

11 for the construction or renovation. 

12 (b) REPEAL OF EXISTING REPORTING REQUIRE13 MENT.—Section 2805 of the National Defense Authorization 

14 Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 

15 2149) is repealed. 

16 SEC. 2805. LAB MODERNIZATION PILOT PROGRAM. 

17 (a) AUTHORITY TO USE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 

18 TEST, AND EVALUATION FUNDS.—The Secretary of Defense 

19 may fund military construction projects at the Department 

20 of Defense science and technology reinvention laboratories 

21 (as designated by section 1105(a) of the National Defense 

22 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111– 

23 84; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note)), using amounts appropriated or 

24 otherwise made available to the Department of Defense for 

25 research, development, test, and evaluation. 
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1 (b) CONDITIONS.—Amounts made available pursuant 

2 to subsection (a) may be used for the purpose of funding 

3 major military construction projects that meet the following 

4 conditions: 

5 (1) Projects are subject to the requirements of 

6 section 2802 of title 10, United States Code. 

7 (2) Projects are included in the budget submitted 

8 to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 

9 United States Code. 

10 (3) Funds are specifically appropriated for the 

11 projects. 

12 (c) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall certify, as 

13 part of the budget submitted to Congress pursuant to section 

14 1105 of title 31, United States Code, that military construc15 tion projects proposed pursuant to subsection (a)— 

16 (1) will support the research and development 

17 activities at Department of Defense science and tech18 nology reinvention laboratories (as designated by sec19 tion 1105(a) of the National Defense Authorization 

20 Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 10 

21 U.S.C. 2358 note)) of more than one military depart22 ment or Defense Agency or a technology development 

23 program that is consistent with the fielding of offset 

24 technologies as described in section 212; 
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1 (2) have been endorsed for funding by more than 

2 one military department or Defense Agency; 

3 (3) will establish facilities that will have signifi4 cant potential for use by entities outside the Depart5 ment of Defense, including universities, industrial 

6 partners, and other Federal agencies; and 

7 (4) cannot be fully funded under the thresholds 

8 specified by section 2805 of title 10, United States 

9 Code. 

10 (d) FUNDS.—Amounts used for the pilot program es11 tablished under this section may not exceed $100,000,000 

12 for any fiscal year. 

13 (e) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority pro14 vided under this section terminates on October 1, 2020. 

15 SEC. 2806. CONVEYANCE TO INDIAN TRIBES OF CERTAIN 

16 HOUSING UNITS. 

17 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Execu19 tive Director’’ means the Executive Director of Walk20 ing Shield, Inc. 

21 (2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 

22 means any Indian tribe included on the list published 

23 by the Secretary of the Interior under section 104 of 

24 the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 

25 1994 (25 U.S.C.479a–1). 
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1 (b) REQUESTS FOR CONVEYANCE.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Executive Director may 

3 submit to the Secretary of the military department 

4 concerned, on behalf of any Indian tribe, a request for 

5 conveyance of any relocatable military housing unit 

6 located at a military installation in the United 

7 States. 

8 (2) CONFLICTS.—The Executive Director shall 

9 resolve any conflict among requests of Indian tribes 

10 for housing units described in paragraph (1) before 

11 submitting a request to the Secretary of the military 

12 department concerned under this subsection. 

13 (c) CONVEYANCE BY A SECRETARY.—Notwithstanding 

14 any other provision of law, on receipt of a request under 

15 subsection (b)(1), the Secretary of the military department 

16 concerned may convey to the Indian tribe that is the subject 

17 of the request, at no cost to such military department and 

18 without consideration, any relocatable military housing 

19 unit described in subsection (b)(1) that, as determined by 

20 such Secretary, is in excess of the needs of the military. 

21 Subtitle B—Real Property and 

22 Facilities Administration 

23 SEC. 2811. UTILITY SYSTEM CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY. 

24 Section 2688(j) of title 10, United States Code, is 

25 amended— 
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1 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘CON2 STRUCTION OF’’ and inserting ‘‘CONVEYANCE OF AD3 DITIONAL’’; and 

4 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (C); 

6 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 

7 and (D) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respec8 tively; 

9 (C) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated 

10 by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, by strik11 ing ‘‘utility system;’’ and inserting ‘‘, or oper12 ating the additional utility infrastructure would 

13 be in the best interest of the government using a 

14 business case analysis similar to the analysis re15 quired under subsection (d)(2); and’’; and 

16 (D) in subparagraph (B), as so redesig17 nated, by striking ‘‘amount equal to the fair 

18 market value of’’ and inserting ‘‘amount for’’. 

19 SEC. 2812. LEASING OF NON-EXCESS PROPERTY OF MILI20 TARY DEPARTMENTS AND DEFENSE AGEN21 CIES; TREATMENT OF VALUE PROVIDED BY 

22 LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCIES AND ELEMEN23 TARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 

24 Section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, is amend25 ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
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1 ‘‘(k) LEASES FOR EDUCATION.—Notwithstanding sub2 section (b)(4), the Secretary concerned may accept consider3 ation in an amount that is less than the fair market value 

4 of the lease, if the lease is to a local education agency or 

5 an elementary or secondary school (as those terms are de6 fined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

7 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)).’’. 

8 SEC. 2813. MODIFICATION OF FACILITY REPAIR NOTIFICA9 TION REQUIREMENT. 

10 Section 2811 of title 10, United States Code, is amend11 ed— 

12 (1) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘or 75 percent 

13 of the estimated cost of a military construction project 

14 to replace the facility, or the facility is located at an 

15 overseas location that has not been designated a main 

16 operating base or forward operating site’’ after ‘‘in 

17 excess of $7,500,000’’; 

18 (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 

19 (f); and 

20 (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 

21 new subsection: 

22 ‘‘(e) NOTIFICATION THRESHOLD.—The congressional 

23 notification requirement under subsection (d) does not 

24 apply to a repair project costing less than $1,000,000.’’. 
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1 SEC. 2814. INCREASE OF THRESHOLD OF NOTICE AND WAIT 

2 REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES FOR 

3 RESERVE COMPONENTS AND PARITY WITH 

4 AUTHORITY FOR UNSPECIFIED MINOR MILI5 TARY CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR 

6 PROJECTS. 

7 (a) NOTICE AND WAIT REQUIREMENT.—Subsection (a) 

8 of section 18233a of title 10, United States Code, is amend9 ed by striking ‘‘$750,000’’ and inserting ‘‘the amount speci10 fied in section 2805(b)(1) of this title’’. 

11 (b) REPAIR PROJECTS.—Subsection (b)(3) of such sec12 tion is amended by striking ‘‘$7,500,000’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘the amount specified in section 2811(b) of this title’’. 

14 SEC. 2815. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COORDINATION OF 

15 HUNTING, FISHING, AND OTHER REC16 REATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON MILITARY LAND. 

17 It is the sense of Congress that, in situations where 

18 military lands are open to public access for hunting, fish19 ing, and other recreational activities, the Department of De20 fense should seek to ensure that coordination with State fish 

21 and wildlife managers, tribes, and local governments occurs 

22 sufficiently in advance of traditional hunting, fishing, and 

23 recreational use seasons to facilitate communication with 

24 hunting, fishing, and recreational user groups. 
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1 SEC. 2816. EXEMPTION OF ARMY OFF-SITE USE AND OFF2 SITE REMOVAL ONLY NON-MOBILE PROP3 ERTIES FROM CERTAIN EXCESS PROPERTY 

4 DISPOSAL REQUIREMENTS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Excess or unutilized or underuti6 lized non-mobile property of the Army that is situated on 

7 non-excess land shall be exempt from the requirements of 

8 title V of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 11411 et seq.) upon a determination by the Sec10 retary of the Army that— 

11 (1) the property is not feasible to relocate; 

12 (2) the property is located in an area to which 

13 the general public is denied access in the interest of 

14 national security; and 

15 (3) the exemption would facilitate the efficient 

16 disposal of excess property or result in more efficient 

17 real property management. 

18 (b) CONSULTATION.—Before making an initial deter19 mination under the authority provided under subsection 

20 (a), and periodically thereafter, the Secretary of the Army 

21 shall consult with the Executive Director of the United 

22 States Interagency Council on Homelessness on types of 

23 non-mobile properties that may be feasible for relocation 

24 and suitable to assist the homeless. 

25 (c) SUNSET.—The authority under subsection (a) shall 

26 expire on September 30, 2017. 
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1 Subtitle C—Land Conveyances 

2 SEC. 2821. RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST RE3 TAINED AS PART OF CONVEYANCE TO THE 

4 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE OF JEF5 FERSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS. 

6 (a) RELEASE OF CONDITIONS AND RETAINED INTER7 ESTS.—With respect to a parcel of real property in Jeffer8 son County, Arkansas, consisting of approximately 1,447 

9 acres and conveyed by deed to the Economic Development 

10 Alliance of Jefferson County, Arkansas (in this section re11 ferred to as the ‘‘Economic Development Alliance’’) by the 

12 United States for use as the facility known as the ‘‘Bioplex’’ 

13 and related activities pursuant to section 2827 of the Na14 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Pub15 lic Law 104–201), the Secretary of the Army may release 

16 subject to the conditions of subsections (b) and (d) below, 

17 the conditions of conveyance of subsection (c) of such section 

18 2827 and the reversionary interest retained by the United 

19 States under subsection (e) of such section. 

20 (b) CONSIDERATION.— 

21 (1) EFFECT OF RECONVEYANCE.—Notwith22 standing subsection (d) of such section 2827, the re23 lease authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall 

24 be subject to the condition that, if the Economic De25 velopment Alliance reconveys all or any part of the 
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1 conveyed property during the 25-year period referred 

2 to in subsection (c)(2) of such section, the Economic 

3 Development Alliance shall pay to the United States, 

4 upon reconveyance, an amount equal to the fair mar5 ket value of the reconveyed property as of the time of 

6 the reconveyance, excluding the value of any improve7 ments made to the property by the Economic Develop8 ment Alliance. 

9 (2) DETERMINATION OF FAIR MARKET VALUE.— 

10 The Secretary of the Army shall determine fair mar11 ket value in accordance with Federal appraisal stand12 ards and procedures. 

13 (3) TREATMENT OF LEASES.—The Secretary of 

14 the Army may treat a lease of the property within 

15 such 25-year period as a reconveyance if the Sec16 retary determines that the lease is being used to avoid 

17 application of paragraph (1). 

18 (4) DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—The Secretary of 

19 the Army shall deposit any proceeds received under 

20 this subsection in the special account established pur21 suant to section 572(b) of title 40, United States 

22 Code. 

23 (c) INSTRUMENT OF RELEASE.—The Secretary of the 

24 Army may execute and file in the appropriate office a deed 

25 of release, amended deed, or other appropriate instrument 
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1 reflecting the release of conditions and retained interests 

2 under subsection (a). 

3 (d) PAYMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— 

4 (1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the 

5 Army shall require the Economic Development Alli6 ance to cover costs to be incurred by the Secretary, or 

7 to reimburse the Secretary for costs incurred by the 

8 Secretary, to carry out the release of conditions and 

9 retained interests under subsection (a), including sur10 vey costs, costs related to environmental documenta11 tion, and other administrative costs related to the re12 lease. If amounts paid to the Secretary in advance ex13 ceed the costs actually incurred by the Secretary to 

14 carry out the release, the Secretary shall refund the 

15 excess amount to the Economic Development Alliance. 

16 (2) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.— 

17 Amounts received under paragraph (1) as reimburse18 ment for costs incurred by the Secretary to carry out 

19 the release under subsection (a) shall be credited to 

20 the fund or account that was used to cover the costs 

21 incurred by the Secretary in carrying out the release. 

22 Amounts so credited shall be merged with amounts in 

23 such fund or account and shall be available for the 

24 same purposes, and subject to the same conditions 

25 and limitations, as amounts in such fund or account. 
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1 (e) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec2 retary of the Army may require such additional terms and 

3 conditions in connection with the release of conditions and 

4 retained interests under subsection (a) as the Secretary con5 siders appropriate to protect the interests of the United 

6 States, including provisions that the Secretary determines 

7 are necessary to preclude any use of the property that would 

8 interfere with activities at Pine Bluff Arsenal. 

9 SEC. 2822. LAND EXCHANGE, NAVY OUTLYING LANDING 

10 FIELD, NAVAL AIR STATION, WHITING FIELD, 

11 FLORIDA. 

12 (a) LAND EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 

13 the Navy may convey to Escambia County, Florida (in this 

14 section referred to as the ‘‘County’’), all right, title, and 

15 interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real prop16 erty, including any improvements thereon, containing Navy 

17 Outlying Landing Field Site 8 in Escambia County associ18 ated with Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, Milton, Flor19 ida. 

20 (b) LAND TO BE ACQUIRED.—In exchange for the 

21 property described in subsection (a), the County shall con22 vey to the Secretary of the Navy land and improvements 

23 thereon in Santa Rosa County, Florida, that is acceptable 

24 to the Secretary and suitable for use as a Navy outlying 
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1 landing field to replace Navy Outlying Landing Field Site 

2 8. 

3 (c) PAYMENT OF COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.— 

4 (1) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the 

5 Navy shall require the County to cover costs to be in6 curred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary 

7 for such costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry out 

8 the land exchange under this section, including survey 

9 costs, costs for environmental documentation, other 

10 administrative costs related to the land exchange, and 

11 all costs associated with relocation of activities and 

12 facilities from Navy Outlying Landing Field Site 8 

13 to the replacement location. If amounts are collected 

14 from the County in advance of the Secretary incur15 ring the actual costs, and the amount collected exceeds 

16 the costs actually incurred by the Secretary to carry 

17 out the land exchange, the Secretary shall refund the 

18 excess amount to the County. 

19 (2) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.— 

20 Amounts received as reimbursement under paragraph 

21 (1) shall be credited to the fund or account that was 

22 used to cover those costs incurred by the Secretary in 

23 carrying out the land exchange. Amounts so credited 

24 shall be merged with amounts in such fund or ac25 count, and shall be available for the same purposes, 
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1 and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as 

2 amounts in such fund or account. 

3 (d) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 

4 and legal description of the property to be exchanged under 

5 this section shall be determined by surveys satisfactory to 

6 the Secretary of the Navy. 

7 (e) CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT.—The exchange of real 

8 property under this section shall be accomplished using a 

9 quit claim deed or other legal instrument and upon terms 

10 and conditions mutually satisfactory to the Secretary of the 

11 Navy and the County, including such additional terms and 

12 conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect 

13 the interests of the United States. 
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1 DIVISION C—DEPARTMENT OF 

2 ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

3 AUTHORIZATIONS AND 

4 OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

5 TITLE XXXI—DEPARTMENT OF 

6 ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

7 PROGRAMS 

8 Subtitle A—National Security 

9 Programs Authorizations 

10 SEC. 3101. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRA11 TION. 

12 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 

13 hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 

14 Energy for fiscal year 2016 for the activities of the National 

15 Nuclear Security Administration in carrying out programs 

16 as specified in the funding table in section 4701. 

17 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF NEW PLANT PROJECTS.— 

18 From funds referred to in subsection (a) that are available 

19 for carrying out plant projects, the Secretary of Energy 

20 may carry out the following new plant project for the Na21 tional Nuclear Security Administration: 

22 Project 16–D–621, Substation Replacement at 

23 Technical Area 3, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 

24 Los Alamos, New Mexico, $25,000,000. 
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1 SEC. 3102. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP. 

2 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 

3 Department of Energy for fiscal year 2016 for defense envi4 ronmental cleanup activities in carrying out programs as 

5 specified in the funding table in section 4701. 

6 SEC. 3103. OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES. 

7 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 

8 Department of Energy for fiscal year 2016 for other defense 

9 activities in carrying out programs as specified in the fund10 ing table in section 4701. 

11 Subtitle B—Program Authoriza12 tions, Restrictions, and Limita13 tions 

14 SEC. 3111. RESPONSIVE CAPABILITIES PROGRAM. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XLII of the 

16 Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2521 et seq.) is 

17 amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 4220. RESPONSIVE CAPABILITIES PROGRAM. 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall establish 

20 and carry out a program to exercise the technical capabili21 ties of the Administration with respect to design and pro22 duction of nuclear weapons to ensure that the Administra23 tion is ready to respond to future uncertainties not ad24 dressed by existing life extension programs. 

25 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The Administrator shall 

26 ensure that the program required by subsection (a)— 
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1 ‘‘(1) is integrated across the science, engineering, 

2 design, and manufacturing cycle of the Administra3 tion; 

4 ‘‘(2) results in— 

5 ‘‘(A) physics models of components and sys6 tems the understanding of which will ensure ex7 isting models and experimental capabilities are 

8 robust, capable of being certified as safe and reli9 able in the absence of testing, and contribute to 

10 the predictive design framework; 

11 ‘‘(B) shortened engineering design cycles 

12 that minimize the amount of time leading to an 

13 engineering prototype; and 

14 ‘‘(C) rapid manufacturing capabilities to 

15 reduce the time and cost of production; and 

16 ‘‘(3) integrates physics, engineering, and produc17 tion capabilities into joint test assemblies and de18 signs.’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 

20 the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting 

21 after the item relating to section 4219 the following new 

22 item: 

‘‘Sec. 4220. Responsive capabilities program.’’. 
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1 SEC. 3112. LONG-TERM PLAN FOR MEETING NATIONAL SE2 CURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR 

3 UNENCUMBERED URANIUM. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XLII of the 

5 Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2521 et seq.), as 

6 amended by section 3111, is further amended by adding at 

7 the end the following new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 4221. LONG-TERM PLAN FOR MEETING NATIONAL SE9 CURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR 

10 UNENCUMBERED URANIUM. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Concurrent with the submission to 

12 Congress of the budget of the President under section 

13 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, in each even-num14 bered year beginning in 2016, the Secretary of Energy shall 

15 submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for 

16 meeting national security requirements for unencumbered 

17 uranium through 2065. 

18 ‘‘(b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan required by 

19 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

20 ‘‘(1) An inventory of unencumbered uranium 

21 (other than depleted uranium), by program source 

22 and enrichment level, that, as of the date of the plan, 

23 is allocated to national security requirements. 

24 ‘‘(2) An inventory of unencumbered uranium 

25 (other than depleted uranium), by program source 

26 and enrichment level, that, as of the date of the plan, 
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1 is not allocated to national security requirements but 

2 could be allocated to such requirements. 

3 ‘‘(3) An identification of national security re4 quirements for unencumbered uranium, by program 

5 source and enrichment level. 

6 ‘‘(4) A description of any shortfall in obtaining 

7 unencumbered uranium to meet national security re8 quirements and an assessment of whether that short9 fall could be mitigated through the blending down of 

10 uranium that is of a higher enrichment level. 

11 ‘‘(5) An inventory of unencumbered depleted ura12 nium, an assessment of the portion of that uranium 

13 that could be allocated to national security require14 ments through re-enrichment, and an estimate of the 

15 costs of re-enriching that uranium. 

16 ‘‘(6) A description of the swap and barter agree17 ments involving unencumbered uranium needed to 

18 meet national security requirements that are in effect 

19 on the date of the plan. 

20 ‘‘(7) An assessment of whether additional enrich21 ment of uranium will be required to meet national se22 curity requirements and an estimate of the time for 

23 production operations and the cost for each type of 

24 enrichment being considered. 
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1 ‘‘(8) A description of changes in policy that 

2 would mitigate any shortfall in obtaining 

3 unencumbered uranium to meet national security re4 quirements and the implications of those changes. 

5 ‘‘(c) FORM OF PLAN.—The plan required by subsection 

6 (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

7 a classified annex. 

8 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) The term ‘depleted’, with respect to ura10 nium, means that the uranium is depleted in ura11 nium-235 compared with natural uranium. 

12 ‘‘(2) The term ‘unencumbered’, with respect to 

13 uranium, means that the United States has no obliga14 tion to foreign governments to use the uranium for 

15 only peaceful purposes.’’. 

16 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 

17 the Atomic Energy Defense Act, as amended by section 

18 3111, is further amended by inserting after the item relat19 ing to section 4220 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 4221. Long-term plan for meeting national security requirements for 

unencumbered uranium.’’. 

20 SEC. 3113. DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION MAN21 AGEMENT PLAN. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XLIII of the Atomic Energy 

23 Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2563 et seq.) is amended by adding 

24 at the end the following new section: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 4309. DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION MAN2 AGEMENT PLAN. 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Concurrent with the submission to 

4 Congress of the budget of the President under section 

5 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, in each odd-num6 bered year beginning in 2017, the Administrator shall sub7 mit to the congressional defense committees a five-year 

8 management plan for activities associated with the defense 

9 nuclear nonproliferation programs of the Administration. 

10 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 

11 shall include, with respect to each defense nuclear non12 proliferation program of the Administration, the following: 

13 ‘‘(1) A description of the following: 

14 ‘‘(A) The policy context in which the pro15 gram operates, including— 

16 ‘‘(i) a list of relevant laws, policy di17 rectives issued by the President, and inter18 national agreements; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) nuclear nonproliferation activi20 ties carried out by other Federal agencies. 

21 ‘‘(B) The objectives and priorities of the 

22 program during the year preceding the submis23 sion of the plan required by subsection (a). 

24 ‘‘(C) The activities carried out under the 

25 program during that year. 
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1 ‘‘(D) The accomplishments and challenges of 

2 the program during that year. 

3 ‘‘(2) Plans for activities of the program during 

4 the five-year period beginning on the date on which 

5 the plan required by subsection (a) is submitted, in6 cluding activities with respect to the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) Preventing nuclear and radiological 

8 proliferation and terrorism, including through— 

9 ‘‘(i) material management and mini10 mization; 

11 ‘‘(ii) global nuclear material security; 

12 ‘‘(iii) nonproliferation and arms con13 trol; 

14 ‘‘(iv) defense nuclear research and de15 velopment; and 

16 ‘‘(v) nonproliferation construction pro17 grams, including activities associated De18 partment of Energy Order 413.1 (relating 

19 to program management controls). 

20 ‘‘(B) Countering nuclear and radiological 

21 proliferation and terrorism. 

22 ‘‘(C) Responding to nuclear and radio23 logical proliferation and terrorism, including 

24 through— 

25 ‘‘(i) crisis operations; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) consequences management; and 

2 ‘‘(iii) emergency management, includ3 ing international capacity building. 

4 ‘‘(3) A threat analysis in support of the plans 

5 described in paragraph (2). 

6 ‘‘(4) A plan for funding the program during the 

7 five-year period beginning on the date on which the 

8 plan required by subsection (a) is submitted. 

9 ‘‘(5) A description of funds for the program re10 ceived through contributions from or cost-sharing 

11 agreements with foreign governments consistent sec12 tion 3132(f) of the Ronald W. Reagan National De13 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (50 

14 U.S.C. 2569(f)). 

15 ‘‘(6) Such other matters as the Administrator 

16 considers appropriate. 

17 ‘‘(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The plan required by sub18 section (a) may be submitted to the congressional defense 

19 committees in classified form if necessary.’’. 

20 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 

21 the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting 

22 after the item relating to section 4308 the following new 

23 item: 

‘‘Sec. 4309. Defense nuclear nonproliferation management plan.’’. 

24 (c) CONFORMING REPEALS.— 
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1 (1) Section 3122 of the National Defense Author2 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112– 

3 81; 125 Stat. 1710) is amended— 

4 (A) by striking subsections (a) and (b); 

5 (B) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), 

6 and (e) as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respec7 tively; and 

8 (C) in paragraph (2) of subsection (b), as 

9 redesignated by subparagraph (B), by striking 

10 ‘‘subsection (c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

11 (a)(2)’’. 

12 (2) Section 3145 of the National Defense Author13 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112– 

14 239; 126 Stat. 2197) is repealed. 

15 SEC. 3114. PLAN FOR DEACTIVATION AND DECOMMIS16 SIONING OF NONOPERATIONAL DEFENSE NU17 CLEAR FACILITIES. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title XLIV of the 

19 Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2602 et seq.) is 

20 amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

21 ‘‘SEC. 4423. PLAN FOR DEACTIVATION AND DECOMMIS22 SIONING OF NONOPERATIONAL DEFENSE NU23 CLEAR FACILITIES. 

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—During each even-numbered year 

25 beginning in 2016, the Secretary of Energy shall develop 
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1 a plan to provide guidance for the activities of the Depart2 ment of Energy relating to the deactivation and decommis3 sioning of nonoperational defense nuclear facilities. 

4 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subsection (a) 

5 shall include the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) A list of nonoperational defense nuclear fa7 cilities, prioritized for deactivation and decommis8 sioning based on the potential to reduce risks to 

9 human health, property, or the environment and to 

10 maximize cost savings. 

11 ‘‘(2) An assessment of the life cycle costs of each 

12 nonoperational defense nuclear facility during the pe13 riod beginning on the date on which the plan is sub14 mitted under subsection (c) and ending on the earlier 

15 of— 

16 ‘‘(A) the date that is 25 years after the date 

17 on which the plan is submitted; or 

18 ‘‘(B) the estimated date for deactivation 

19 and decommissioning of the facility. 

20 ‘‘(3) An estimate of the cost and time needed to 

21 deactivate and decommission each nonoperational de22 fense nuclear facility, if available. 

23 ‘‘(4) An estimate of the time at which the Office 

24 of Environmental Management anticipates accepting 
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1 nonoperational defense nuclear facilities for deactiva2 tion and decommissioning. 

3 ‘‘(5) An estimate of costs that could be avoided 

4 by— 

5 ‘‘(A) accelerating the cleanup of non6 operational defense nuclear facilities; or 

7 ‘‘(B) other means, such as reusing such fa8 cilities for another purpose. 

9 ‘‘(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

10 March 31 of each even-numbered year beginning in 2016, 

11 the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense com12 mittees a report that includes— 

13 ‘‘(1) the plan required by subsection (a); 

14 ‘‘(2) a description of the deactivation and decom15 missioning actions expected to be taken during the 

16 following fiscal year pursuant to the plan; and 

17 ‘‘(3) in the case of a report submitted during 

18 2018 or any year thereafter, a description of the deac19 tivation and decommissioning actions taken at each 

20 nonoperational defense nuclear facility during the 

21 preceding fiscal year. 

22 ‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—The requirements of this section 

23 shall terminate after the submission to the congressional de24 fense committees of the report required by subsection (c) to 

25 be submitted not later than March 31, 2026. 
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1 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 ‘‘(1) The term ‘life cycle costs’, with respect to a 

3 facility, means— 

4 ‘‘(A) the present and future costs of all re5 sources and associated cost elements required to 

6 develop, produce, deploy, or sustain the facility; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(B) the present and future costs to deacti9 vate, decommission, and deconstruct the facility. 

10 ‘‘(2) The term ‘nonoperational defense nuclear 

11 facility’ means a production facility or utilization fa12 cility (as those terms are defined in section 11 of the 

13 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014)) under 

14 the control or jurisdiction of the Secretary of Energy 

15 and operated for national security purposes that is no 

16 longer needed for the mission of the Department of 

17 Energy, including the National Nuclear Security Ad18 ministration.’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 

20 the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting 

21 after the item relating to section 4422 the following new 

22 item: 

‘‘Sec. 4423. Plan for deactivation and decommissioning of nonoperational defense 

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1 SEC. 3115. HANFORD WASTE TREATMENT AND IMMOBILIZA2 TION PLANT CONTRACT OVERSIGHT. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of title XLIV of the 

4 Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2621 et seq.) is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 4446. HANFORD WASTE TREATMENT AND IMMO7 BILIZATION PLANT CONTRACT OVERSIGHT. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization 

10 Act for Fiscal Year 2016, the Secretary of Energy shall ar11 range to have an owner’s agent assist the Secretary in car12 rying out the oversight responsibilities of the Secretary with 

13 respect to the contract described in subsection (b). 

14 ‘‘(b) CONTRACT DESCRIBED.—The contract described 

15 in this subsection is the contract between the Office of River 

16 Protection of the Department of Energy and Bechtel Na17 tional, Inc. or its successor relating to the Hanford Waste 

18 Treatment and Immobilization Plant (contract number 

19 DE–AC27–01RV14136). 

20 ‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The duties of the owner’s agent under 

21 subsection (a) shall include the following: 

22 ‘‘(1) Performing design, construction, nuclear 

23 safety, and operability oversight of each facility cov24 ered by the contract described in subsection (b). 

25 ‘‘(2) Beginning not later than one year after the 

26 date of the enactment of the National Defense Author-
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1 ization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, ensuring that the 

2 preliminary documented safety analyses for all facili3 ties covered by the contract meet the requirements of 

4 all applicable Department of Energy regulations and 

5 guidance, including section 830.206 of title 10, Code 

6 of Federal Regulations, and the Department of En7 ergy Standard on the Integration of Safety into the 

8 Design Process (DOE–STD–1189–2008). 

9 ‘‘(3) Assisting the Secretary in ensuring that, 

10 until the Secretary approves the documented safety 

11 analysis for each facility covered by the contract, the 

12 contractor ensures that each preliminary documented 

13 safety analysis is current. 

14 ‘‘(4) Ensuring that the contractor acts to 

15 promptly resolve any unreviewed safety questions. 

16 ‘‘(d) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 

18 the date of the enactment of the National Defense Au19 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, and every 180 

20 days thereafter, the owner’s agent specified in sub21 section (a) shall submit to the Secretary and the con22 gressional defense committees a report on the assist23 ance provided by the owner’s agent to the Secretary 

24 under that subsection with respect to oversight of the 

25 contract described in subsection (b). 
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1 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para2 graph (1) shall include the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) Information on the status of, and the 

4 plan for resolving, each unreviewed safety ques5 tion at each facility covered by the contract de6 scribed in subsection (b). 

7 ‘‘(B) An identification of each instance of 

8 disagreement between the owner’s agent and the 

9 contractor with respect to whether an unreviewed 

10 safety question exists and the plan for resolution 

11 of the disagreement. 

12 ‘‘(C) An identification of each aspect of each 

13 preliminary documented safety analysis that is 

14 not current, the plan for making that aspect cur15 rent, and the status of the corrective efforts. 

16 ‘‘(D) Information on the status of, and the 

17 plan for resolving, each unresolved technical 

18 issue at each facility covered by the contract, and 

19 the status of corrective efforts. 

20 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 ‘‘(1) The term ‘contractor’ means Bechtel Na22 tional, Inc. 

23 ‘‘(2) The term ‘current’, with respect to a docu24 mented safety analysis, means that the documented 

25 safety analysis includes any design changes approved 
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1 by the contractor and any safety evaluation reports 

2 issued by the Secretary with respect to the facility 

3 covered by the analysis before the date that is 60 days 

4 before the date of the analysis. 

5 ‘‘(3) The terms ‘documented safety analysis’, 

6 ‘safety evaluation report’, and ‘unreviewed safety 

7 question’ have the meanings given those terms in sec8 tion 830.3 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (or 

9 any corresponding similar ruling or regulation). 

10 ‘‘(4) The term ‘owner’s agent’ means a private 

11 third-party entity with nuclear safety management 

12 expertise and without any contractual relationship 

13 with the contractor or conflict of interest.’’. 

14 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 

15 the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting 

16 after the item relating to section 4445 the following new 

17 item: 

‘‘Sec. 4446. Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant contract oversight.’’. 

18 SEC. 3116. ASSESSMENT OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 

19 OF DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XLVIII of the 

21 Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2781 et seq.) is 

22 amended by inserting after section 4802 the following new 

23 section: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 4802A. ASSESSMENTS OF EMERGENCY PREPARED2 NESS OF DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES. 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall in4 clude, in each award-fee evaluation conducted under section 

5 16.401 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations, of a man6 agement and operating contract for a Department of En7 ergy defense nuclear facility in 2016 or any even-numbered 

8 year thereafter, an assessment of the adequacy of the emer9 gency preparedness of that facility, including an assessment 

10 of the seniority level of employees and contractors of the 

11 Department of Energy that participate in emergency pre12 paredness exercises at that facility. 

13 ‘‘(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 

14 after conducting an assessment under subsection (a), the 

15 Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense commit16 tees a report on the assessment.’’. 

17 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 

18 the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended by inserting 

19 after the item relating to section 4802 the following new 

20 item: 

‘‘Sec. 4802A. Assessments of emergency preparedness of defense nuclear facilities.’’. 

21 SEC. 3117. LABORATORY- AND FACILITY-DIRECTED RE22 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. 

23 (a) FUNDING FOR LABORATORY-DIRECTED RESEARCH

24 AND DEVELOPMENT.—Section 4811(c) of the Atomic En-
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1 ergy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2791(c)) is amended by strik2 ing ‘‘not to exceed 6 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘of not less than 

3 5 percent and not more than 8 percent’’. 

4 (b) FACILITY-DIRECTED RESEARCH AND DEVELOP5 MENT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title XLVIII of 

7 such Act (50 U.S.C. 2791 et seq.) is amended by in8 serting after section 4811 the following new section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 4811A. FACILITY-DIRECTED RESEARCH AND DEVEL10 OPMENT. 

11 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—A covered facility that is funded 

12 out of funds available to the Department of Energy for na13 tional security programs may carry out facility-directed re14 search and development. 

15 ‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Energy shall 

16 prescribe regulations for the conduct of facility-directed re17 search and development under subsection (a). 

18 ‘‘(c) FUNDING.—Of the funds provided by the Depart19 ment of Energy to covered facilities, the Secretary shall pro20 vide a specific amount, not to exceed 4 percent of such 

21 funds, to be used by such facilities for facility-directed re22 search and development. 

23 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 ‘‘(1) COVERED FACILITY.—The term ‘covered fa25 cility’ means a nuclear weapons production facility 
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1 or the Nevada Site Office of the Department of En2 ergy. 

3 ‘‘(2) FACILITY-DIRECTED RESEARCH AND DEVEL4 OPMENT.—The term ‘facility-directed research and de5 velopment’ means research and development work of 

6 a creative and innovative nature that, under the regu7 lations prescribed pursuant to subsection (b), is se8 lected by the director or manager of a covered facility 

9 for the purpose of maintaining the vitality of the fa10 cility in defense-related scientific disciplines.’’. 

11 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con12 tents for the Atomic Energy Defense Act is amended 

13 by inserting after the item relating to section 4811 the 

14 following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 4811A. Facility-directed research and development.’’. 

15 SEC. 3118. LIMITATION ON BONUSES FOR EMPLOYEES OF 

16 THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINIS17 TRATION WHO ENGAGE IN IMPROPER PRO18 GRAM MANAGEMENT. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of the National Nuclear 

20 Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2441 et seq.) is 

21 amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 3245. LIMITATION ON BONUSES FOR EMPLOYEES 

2 WHO ENGAGE IN IMPROPER PROGRAM MAN3 AGEMENT. 

4 ‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—If the Secretary of Energy or the 

5 Administrator determines that a senior employee of the Ad6 ministration committed improper program management, 

7 the Secretary and the Administrator may not pay a bonus 

8 to that employee during the one-year period beginning on 

9 the date of the determination. 

10 ‘‘(b) WAIVER.—The Secretary or the Administrator 

11 may waive the limitation on the payment of bonuses under 

12 subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if— 

13 ‘‘(1) the Secretary or the Administrator, as the 

14 case may be, notifies the congressional defense com15 mittees of the waiver; and 

16 ‘‘(2) a period of 60 days elapses following the no17 tification before the bonus is paid. 

18 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) The term ‘bonus’ means any bonus or cash 

20 award, including— 

21 ‘‘(A) an award under chapter 45 of title 5, 

22 United States Code; 

23 ‘‘(B) an additional step-increase under sec24 tion 5336 of title 5, United States Code; 

25 ‘‘(C) an award under section 5384 of title 

26 5, United States Code; 
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1 ‘‘(D) a recruitment or relocation bonus 

2 under section 5753 of title 5, United States Code; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(E) a retention bonus under section 5754 

5 of title 5, United States Code. 

6 ‘‘(2) The term ‘covered project’ means— 

7 ‘‘(A) a construction project of the Adminis8 tration that is not a minor construction project 

9 (as defined in section 4703(d) of the Atomic En10 ergy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2743(d))); or 

11 ‘‘(B) a life extension program. 

12 ‘‘(3) The term ‘improper program management’ 

13 means actions relating to the management of a cov14 ered project that significantly— 

15 ‘‘(A) delay the project; 

16 ‘‘(B) reduce the scope of the project; or 

17 ‘‘(C) increase the cost of the project.’’. 

18 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 

19 such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating 

20 to section 3244 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 3245. Limitation on bonuses for employees who engage in improper program management.’’. 
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1 SEC. 3119. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL 

2 LEVELS OF THE OFFICE OF THE ADMINIS3 TRATOR FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY. 

4 Section 3241A(b)(3) of the National Nuclear Security 

5 Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2441a(b)(3)) is amended by 

6 adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

7 ‘‘(E) 100 employees in positions established 

8 under section 3241.’’. 

9 SEC. 3120. MODIFICATION OF SUBMISSION OF ASSESS10 MENTS OF CERTAIN BUDGET REQUESTS RE11 LATING TO THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS STOCK12 PILE. 

13 Section 3255(a)(2) of the National Nuclear Security 

14 Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2455(a)(2)) is amended by 

15 inserting ‘‘in each even-numbered year and 150 days in 

16 each odd-numbered year’’ after ‘‘90 days’’. 

17 SEC. 3121. REPEAL OF PHASE THREE REVIEW OF CERTAIN 

18 DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP 

19 PROJECTS. 

20 Section 3134 of the National Defense Authorization 

21 Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 

22 2713), as amended by section 3134(a) of the National De23 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 

24 112–239; 126 Stat. 2193), is further amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a series of 

26 three reviews, as described in subsections (b), (c), and 
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1 (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘two reviews, as described in sub2 sections (b) and (c)’’; and 

3 (2) by striking subsection (d). 

4 SEC. 3122. MODIFICATIONS TO COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES 

5 FOR COMPETITION OF MANAGEMENT AND OP6 ERATING CONTRACTS. 

7 Section 3121 of the National Defense Authorization 

8 Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 

9 2175), as amended by section 3124 of the National Defense 

10 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113– 

11 66; 127 Stat. 1062), is further amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (b)— 

13 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 

14 (5) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; and 

15 (B) by striking paragraphs (1) through (3) 

16 and inserting the following new paragraphs: 

17 ‘‘(1) a clear and complete description of the cost 

18 savings the Administrator expects to result from the 

19 competition for the contract over the life of the con20 tract, including associated analyses, assumptions, and 

21 information sources used to determine such cost sav22 ings; 

23 ‘‘(2) a description of any key limitations or un24 certainties that could affect such costs savings, includ-
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1 ing costs savings that are anticipated but not fully 

2 known; 

3 ‘‘(3) the costs of the competition for the contract, 

4 including the immediate costs of conducting the com5 petition; 

6 ‘‘(4) a description of any expected disruptions or 

7 delays in mission activities or deliverables resulting 

8 from the competition for the contract; 

9 ‘‘(5) a clear and complete description of the bene10 fits expected by the Administrator with respect to 

11 mission performance or operations resulting from the 

12 competition;’’; 

13 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

14 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 

15 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 

16 new subsection (c): 

17 ‘‘(c) INFORMATION QUALITY.—A report required by 

18 subsection (a) shall be prepared in accordance with— 

19 ‘‘(1) the information quality guidelines of the 

20 Department of Energy that are relevant to the clear 

21 and complete presentation of information on each 

22 matter required to be included in the report under 

23 subsection (b); and 
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1 ‘‘(2) best practices of the Government Account2 ability Office and relevant industries for cost esti3 mating, if appropriate.’’; 

4 (4) in subsection (d), as redesignated by para5 graph (2), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 

6 the following new paragraph (1): 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para8 graph (2), the Comptroller General of the United 

9 States shall submit to the congressional defense com10 mittees a review of each report required by subsection 

11 (a) with respect to a contract not later than 3 years 

12 after the report is submitted to such committees that 

13 includes an assessment, based on the most current in14 formation available, of the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) The actual cost savings achieved com16 pared to cost savings estimated under subsection 

17 (b)(1), and any increased costs incurred under 

18 the contract that were unexpected or uncertain at 

19 the time the contract was awarded. 

20 ‘‘(B) Any disruptions or delays in mission 

21 activities or deliverables resulting from the com22 petition for the contract compared to the disrup23 tions and delayed estimated under subsection 

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1 ‘‘(C) Whether expected benefits of the com2 petition with respect to mission performance or 

3 operations have been achieved.’’; and 

4 (5) in subsection (e), as so redesignated— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2013 

6 through 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2015 through 

7 2020’’; 

8 (B) by striking paragraph (2); 

9 (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 

10 paragraph (2); and 

11 (D) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by 

12 subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘subsections (a) 

13 and (d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 

14 SEC. 3123. REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDA15 TIONS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY 

16 PANEL ON THE GOVERNANCE OF THE NU17 CLEAR SECURITY ENTERPRISE. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Nu20 clear Security shall enter into an agreement with the Na21 tional Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of 

22 Public Administration (in this section referred to as the 

23 ‘‘joint panel’’) to review the implementation of the rec24 ommendations specified in subsection (b) of the Congres25 sional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Se-
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1 curity Enterprise established by section 3166 of the Na2 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Pub3 lic Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2208). 

4 (b) RECOMMENDATIONS SPECIFIED.—The rec5 ommendations specified in this subsection are recommenda6 tions 4 through 10, 12, 13, and 15 through 19 in the table 

7 of recommendations in the report of the Congressional Advi8 sory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security En9 terprise entitled ‘‘A New Foundation for the Nuclear Secu10 rity Enterprise’’ and submitted to Congress pursuant to sec11 tion 3166 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis12 cal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2208), as 

13 amended by section 3142 of the National Defense Authoriza14 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 

15 Stat. 1069). 

16 (c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 31, 

17 2016, and annually thereafter through 2020, the joint panel 

18 shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re19 port on the review required by subsection (a) that includes 

20 an assessment of— 

21 (1) the status of the implementation of the rec22 ommendations specified in subsection (b); and 

23 (2) the extent to which the implementation of the 

24 recommendations is resulting in the desired effect as 
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1 envisioned by the Congressional Advisory Panel on 

2 the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise. 

3 TITLE XXXII—DEFENSE NU4 CLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY 

5 BOARD 

6 SEC. 3201. AUTHORIZATION. 

7 There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 

8 2016, $29,150,000 for the operation of the Defense Nuclear 

9 Facilities Safety Board under chapter 21 of the Atomic En10 ergy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.). 

11 TITLE XXXV—MARITIME 

12 ADMINISTRATION 

13 SEC. 3501. CADET COMMITMENT AGREEMENTS. 

14 Section 51306(a) of title 46, United States Code, is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

17 striking ‘‘must’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; 

18 (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol19 lows: 

20 ‘‘(2) obtain a merchant mariner license, unlim21 ited as to horsepower or tonnage, issued by the United 

22 States Coast Guard as an officer in the merchant ma23 rine of the United States, accompanied by the appro24 priate national and international endorsements and 

25 certifications required by the Coast Guard for service 
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1 aboard vessels on domestic and international voyages, 

2 without limitation, before graduation from the Acad3 emy;’’; 

4 (3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol5 lows: 

6 ‘‘(3) for at least 6 years after graduation from 

7 the Academy, maintain— 

8 ‘‘(A) a valid merchant mariner license, un9 limited as to horsepower or tonnage, issued by 

10 the United States Coast Guard as an officer in 

11 the merchant marine of the United States, ac12 companied by the appropriate national and 

13 international endorsements and certifications re14 quired by the Coast Guard for service aboard 

15 vessels on domestic and international voyages, 

16 without limitation; 

17 ‘‘(B) a valid transportation worker identi18 fication credential; and 

19 ‘‘(C) a United States Coast Guard medical 

20 certificate;’’; and 

21 (4) by amending paragraph (4) to read as fol22 lows: 

23 ‘‘(4) apply for, and accept if tendered, an ap24 pointment as a commissioned officer in the Navy Re25 serve (including the Strategic Sealift Officer Pro-
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1 gram, Navy Reserve), the Coast Guard Reserve, or 

2 any other reserve component of an armed force of the 

3 United States, and, if tendered the appointment, to 

4 serve, meet the participation requirements, and main5 tain active status in good standing, as determined by 

6 the program manager of the appropriate military 

7 service, for at least 8 years after the date of commis8 sioning;’’. 

9 SEC. 3502. STUDENT INCENTIVE PAYMENT AGREEMENTS. 

10 Section 51509 of title 46, United States Code, is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (b)— 

13 (A) by inserting ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZED USES.— 

14 ’’ before the last sentence and indenting accord15 ingly; 

16 (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (3), 

17 by striking ‘‘Payments’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) IN

18 GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph 

19 (2), payments’’ and indenting accordingly; and 

20 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1), the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may modify 

23 the payments made to an individual under para24 graph (1), but the total amount of payments to that 

25 individual may not exceed $32,000.’’; 
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1 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Merchant Ma2 rine Reserve’’ and inserting ‘‘Strategic Sealift Officer 

3 Program’’; 

4 (3) in subsection (d)— 

5 (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

6 follows: 

7 ‘‘(2) obtain a merchant mariner license, without 

8 limitation as to tonnage or horsepower, from the 

9 United States Coast Guard as an officer in the mer10 chant marine of the United States, accompanied by 

11 the appropriate national and international endorse12 ments and certification required by the Coast Guard 

13 for service aboard vessels on domestic and inter14 national voyages, without limitation, within three 

15 months of completion of the course of instruction at 

16 the academy the individual is attending;’’; 

17 (B) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

18 follows: 

19 ‘‘(3) for at least 6 years after graduation from 

20 the academy, maintain— 

21 ‘‘(A) a valid merchant mariner license, un22 limited as to horsepower or tonnage, issued by 

23 the United States Coast Guard as an officer in 

24 the merchant marine of the United States, ac25 companied by the appropriate national and 
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1 international endorsements and certifications re2 quired by the Coast Guard for service aboard 

3 vessels on domestic and international voyages, 

4 without limitation; 

5 ‘‘(B) a valid transportation worker identi6 fication credential; and 

7 ‘‘(C) a United States Coast Guard medical 

8 certificate;’’ and 

9 (C) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 

10 follows: 

11 ‘‘(4) apply for, and accept, if tendered, an ap12 pointment as a commissioned officer in the Navy Re13 serve (including the Strategic Sealift Officer Pro14 gram, Navy Reserve), the Coast Guard Reserve, or 

15 any other reserve component of an armed force of the 

16 United States, and, if tendered the appointment, to 

17 serve and meet the participation requirements and to 

18 maintain active status in good standing, as deter19 mined by the program manager of the appropriate 

20 military service, for at least 8 years after the date of 

21 commissioning;’’; 

22 (4) by amending subsection (e)(1) to read as fol23 lows: 

24 ‘‘(1) ACTIVE DUTY.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of De2 fense may order an individual to serve on active 

3 duty in the armed forces of the United States for 

4 a period of not more than 2 years if— 

5 ‘‘(i) the individual has attended an 

6 academy under this section for more than 2 

7 academic years, but less than 3 academic 

8 years; 

9 ‘‘(ii) the individual has accepted the 

10 payments described in subsection (b) in an 

11 amount totaling at least $8,000; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) the Secretary of Transportation 

13 has determined that the individual has 

14 failed to fulfill the part of the agreement de15 scribed in subsection (d)(1). 

16 ‘‘(B) 3 OR MORE YEARS.—The Secretary of 

17 Defense may order an individual to serve on ac18 tive duty in the armed forces of the United 

19 States for a period of not more than 3 years if— 

20 ‘‘(i) the individual has attended an 

21 academy under this section for 3 or more 

22 academic years; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the individual has accepted the 

24 payments described in subsection (b) in an 

25 amount totaling at least $16,000; and 
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1 ‘‘(iii) the Secretary of Transportation 

2 has determined that the individual has 

3 failed to fulfill the part of the agreement de4 scribed in subsection (d)(1). 

5 ‘‘(C) HARDSHIP WAIVER.—In cases of hard6 ship as determined by the Secretary of Transpor7 tation, the Secretary of Transportation may 

8 waive this paragraph in whole or in part.’’; and 

9 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(h) ALTERNATIVE SERVICE.— 

11 ‘‘(1) SERVICE AS COMMISSIONED OFFICER.—An 

12 individual who, for the 5-year period following grad13 uation from an academy, serves as a commissioned 

14 officer on active duty in an armed force of the United 

15 States or as a commissioned officer of the National 

16 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the Pub17 lic Health Service shall be excused from the require18 ments of paragraphs (3) through (5) of subsection (d). 

19 ‘‘(2) MODIFICATION OR WAIVER.—The Secretary 

20 may modify or waive any of the terms and conditions 

21 set forth in subsection (d) through the imposition of 

22 alternative service requirements.’’. 

23 SEC. 3503. FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT TAX ACT. 

24 Section 3305 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 

25 U.S.C. 3305) is amended by striking ‘‘Secretary of Com-
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1 merce’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 

2 Transportation’’. 

3 SEC. 3504. SHORT SEA TRANSPORTATION DEFINED. 

4 Paragraph (1) of section 55605 of title 46, United 

5 States Code, is amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’; 

7 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(C) shipped in discrete units or packages 

10 that are handled individually, palletized, or 

11 unitized for purposes of transportation; or 

12 ‘‘(D) freight vehicles carried aboard com13 muter ferry boats; and’’. 

14 SEC. 3505. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NA15 TIONAL SECURITY ASPECTS OF THE MER16 CHANT MARINE FOR FISCAL YEARS 2016 AND 

17 2017. 

18 (a) FISCAL YEAR 2016.—Funds are hereby authorized 

19 to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016, to be available with20 out fiscal year limitation if so provided in appropriations 

21 Acts, for the use of the Department of Transportation for 

22 Maritime Administration programs associated with main23 taining national security aspects of the merchant marine, 

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1 (1) For expenses necessary for operations of the 

2 United States Merchant Marine Academy, 

3 $96,028,000, of which— 

4 (A) $71,306,000 shall remain available 

5 until expended for Academy operations; 

6 (B) $24,722,000 shall remain available 

7 until expended for capital asset management at 

8 the Academy. 

9 (2) For expenses necessary to support the State 

10 maritime academies, $34,550,000, of which— 

11 (A) $2,400,000 shall remain available until 

12 expended for student incentive payments; 

13 (B) $3,000,000 shall remain available until 

14 expended for direct payments to such academies; 

15 (C) $1,800,000 shall remain available until 

16 expended for training ship fuel assistance pay17 ments; 

18 (D) $22,000,000 shall remain available 

19 until expended for maintenance and repair of 

20 State maritime academy training vessels; 

21 (E) $5,000,000 shall remain available until 

22 expended for a National Security Multi-Mission 

23 Vessel Design Program; and 
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1 (F) $350,000 shall remain available until 

2 expended for improving the monitoring of grad3 uates’ service obligation. 

4 (3) For expenses necessary to support Maritime 

5 Administration operations and programs, 

6 $54,059,000. 

7 (4) For expenses necessary to dispose of vessels in 

8 the National Defense Reserve Fleet, $8,000,000 to re9 main available until expended. 

10 (5) For expenses to maintain and preserve a 

11 United States-flag merchant marine to serve the na12 tional security needs of the United States under chap13 ter 531 of title 46, United States Code, $186,000,000. 

14 (6) For the cost (as defined in section 502(5) of 

15 the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 

16 661a(5)) of loan guarantees under the program au17 thorized by chapter 537 of title 46, United States 

18 Code, $3,135,000, of which $3,135,000 shall remain 

19 available until expended for administrative expenses 

20 of the program. 

21 (b) FISCAL YEAR 2017.—Funds are hereby authorized 

22 to be appropriated for fiscal year 2017, to be available with23 out fiscal year limitation if so provided in appropriations 

24 Acts, for the use of the Department of Transportation for 

25 Maritime Administration programs associated with main-
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1 taining national security aspects of the merchant marine, 

2 as follows: 

3 (1) For expenses necessary for operations of the 

4 United States Merchant Marine Academy, 

5 $96,028,000, of which— 

6 (A) $71,306,000 shall remain available 

7 until expended for Academy operations; 

8 (B) $24,722,000 shall remain available 

9 until expended for capital asset management at 

10 the Academy. 

11 (2) For expenses necessary to support the State 

12 maritime academies, $34,550,000, of which— 

13 (A) $2,400,000 shall remain available until 

14 expended for student incentive payments; 

15 (B) $3,000,000 shall remain available until 

16 expended for direct payments to such academies; 

17 (C) $1,800,000 shall remain available until 

18 expended for training ship fuel assistance pay19 ments; 

20 (D) $22,000,000 shall remain available 

21 until expended for maintenance and repair of 

22 State maritime academy training vessels; 

23 (E) $5,000,000 shall remain available until 

24 expended for a National Security Multi-Mission 

25 Vessel Design Program; and 
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1 (F) $350,000 shall remain available until 

2 expended for improving the monitoring of grad3 uates’ service obligation. 

4 (3) For expenses necessary to support Maritime 

5 Administration operations and programs, 

6 $54,059,000. 

7 (4) For expenses necessary to dispose of vessels in 

8 the National Defense Reserve Fleet, $8,000,000 to re9 main available until expended. 

10 (5) For expenses to maintain and preserve a 

11 United States-flag merchant marine to serve the na12 tional security needs of the United States under chap13 ter 531 of title 46, United States Code, $186,000,000. 

14 (6) For the cost (as defined in section 502(5) of 

15 the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 

16 661a(5)) of loan guarantees under the program au17 thorized by chapter 537 of title 46, United States 

18 Code, $3,135,000, of which $3,135,000 shall remain 

19 available until expended for administrative expenses 

20 of the program. 

21 DIVISION D—FUNDING TABLES 

22 SEC. 4001. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS IN FUNDING TA23 BLES. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever a funding table in this 

25 division specifies a dollar amount authorized for a project, 
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1 program, or activity, the obligation and expenditure of the 

2 specified dollar amount for the project, program, or activity 

3 is hereby authorized, subject to the availability of appro4 priations. 

5 (b) MERIT-BASED DECISIONS.—A decision to commit, 

6 obligate, or expend funds with or to a specific entity on 

7 the basis of a dollar amount authorized pursuant to sub8 section (a) shall— 

9 (1) be based on merit-based selection procedures 

10 in accordance with the requirements of sections 

11 2304(k) and 2374 of title 10, United States Code, or 

12 on competitive procedures; and 

13 (2) comply with other applicable provisions of 

14 law. 

15 (c) RELATIONSHIP TO TRANSFER AND PROGRAMMING

16 AUTHORITY.—An amount specified in the funding tables in 

17 this division may be transferred or reprogrammed under 

18 a transfer or reprogramming authority provided by another 

19 provision of this Act or by other law. The transfer or re20 programming of an amount specified in such funding tables 

21 shall not count against a ceiling on such transfers or 

22 reprogrammings under section 1001 or section 1522 of this 

23 Act or any other provision of law, unless such transfer or 

24 reprogramming would move funds between appropriation 

25 accounts. 
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1 (d) APPLICABILITY TO CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—This sec2 tion applies to any classified annex that accompanies this 

3 Act. 

4 (e) ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS.—No oral 

5 or written communication concerning any amount specified 

6 in the funding tables in this division shall supersede the 

7 requirements of this section. 

8 SEC. 4002. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY OF UNDIS9 TRIBUTED REDUCTIONS OF CERTAIN OPER10 ATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING AMONG 

11 ALL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUND12 ING. 

13 Any undistributed reduction in funding available for 

14 fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Defense for operation 

15 and maintenance, as specified in the funding table in sec16 tion 4301, that is attributable to savings in connection with 

17 foreign currency fluctuations or bulk fuel purchases, may 

18 be applied against any funds available for that fiscal year 

19 for the Department for operation and maintenance, regard20 less of whether available as specified in the funding table 

21 in section 4301 or available as specified in the funding table 

22 in section 4302. 
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1 TITLE XLI—PROCUREMENT 

2 SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT. 

SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 

FIXED WING 

2 UTILITY F/W AIRCRAFT ............................................................................................................... 879 879 

4 MQ–1 UAV .......................................................................................................................................... 260,436 260,436 

ROTARY 

6 HELICOPTER, LIGHT UTILITY (LUH) ..................................................................................... 187,177 187,177 

7 AH–64 APACHE BLOCK IIIA REMAN ........................................................................................ 1,168,461 1,168,461 

8 AH–64 APACHE BLOCK IIIA REMAN (AP) ............................................................................... 209,930 209,930 

11 UH–60 BLACKHAWK M MODEL (MYP) ..................................................................................... 1,435,945 1,435,945 

12 UH–60 BLACKHAWK M MODEL (MYP) (AP) ............................................................................ 127,079 127,079 

13 UH–60 BLACK HAWK A AND L MODELS ................................................................................. 46,641 46,641 

14 CH–47 HELICOPTER ...................................................................................................................... 1,024,587 1,024,587 

15 CH–47 HELICOPTER (AP) ............................................................................................................ 99,344 99,344 

MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT 

16 MQ–1 PAYLOAD (MIP) .................................................................................................................... 97,543 97,543 

19 MULTI SENSOR ABN RECON (MIP) ........................................................................................... 95,725 95,725 

20 AH–64 MODS ..................................................................................................................................... 116,153 116,153 

21 CH–47 CARGO HELICOPTER MODS (MYP) ............................................................................. 86,330 86,330 

22 GRCS SEMA MODS (MIP) .............................................................................................................. 4,019 4,019 

23 ARL SEMA MODS (MIP) ................................................................................................................ 16,302 16,302 

24 EMARSS SEMA MODS (MIP) ........................................................................................................ 13,669 13,669 

25 UTILITY/CARGO AIRPLANE MODS ............................................................................................ 16,166 16,166 

26 UTILITY HELICOPTER MODS .................................................................................................... 13,793 13,793 

28 NETWORK AND MISSION PLAN ................................................................................................. 112,807 112,807 

29 COMMS, NAV SURVEILLANCE ..................................................................................................... 82,904 82,904 

30 GATM ROLLUP ................................................................................................................................ 33,890 33,890 

31 RQ–7 UAV MODS .............................................................................................................................. 81,444 81,444 

GROUND SUPPORT AVIONICS 

32 AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 56,215 56,215

33 SURVIVABILITY CM ....................................................................................................................... 8,917 8,917 

34 CMWS .................................................................................................................................................. 78,348 104,348 

Army UPL for AH–64 ASE: urgent survivability requirement ................................................ [26,000] 

OTHER SUPPORT 

35 AVIONICS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................. 6,937 6,937 

36 COMMON GROUND EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................ 64,867 64,867 

37 AIRCREW INTEGRATED SYSTEMS ........................................................................................... 44,085 44,085 

38 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ............................................................................................................... 94,545 94,545 

39 INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ............................................................................................................ 1,207 1,207 

40 LAUNCHER, 2.75 ROCKET ............................................................................................................ 3,012 3,012 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY ............................................................... 5,689,357 5,715,357 

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 

SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE SYSTEM 

1 LOWER TIER AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE (AMD) .............................................................. 115,075 115,075 

2 MSE MISSILE ................................................................................................................................... 414,946 614,946 

Army UPL for Patriot PAC 3 for improved ballistic missile defense ....................................... [200,000] 

AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE SYSTEM 

3 HELLFIRE SYS SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... 27,975 27,975 

4 JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MSLS (JAGM) ..................................................................................... 27,738 27,738 

ANTI-TANK/ASSAULT MISSILE SYS 

5 JAVELIN (AAWS-M) SYSTEM SUMMARY .................................................................................. 77,163 77,163 

6 TOW 2 SYSTEM SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 87,525 87,525 

8 GUIDED MLRS ROCKET (GMLRS) ............................................................................................. 251,060 251,060 

9 MLRS REDUCED RANGE PRACTICE ROCKETS (RRPR) ..................................................... 17,428 17,428 

MODIFICATIONS 

11 PATRIOT MODS ............................................................................................................................... 241,883 241,883 

12 ATACMS MODS ................................................................................................................................. 30,119 20,119 

Early to need .................................................................................................................................. [–10,000] 

13 GMLRS MOD ..................................................................................................................................... 18,221 18,221 

14 STINGER MODS ............................................................................................................................... 2,216 2,216 

15 AVENGER MODS .............................................................................................................................. 6,171 6,171 

16 ITAS/TOW MODS ............................................................................................................................. 19,576 19,576 

17 MLRS MODS ...................................................................................................................................... 35,970 35,970 

18 HIMARS MODIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................ 3,148 3,148 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

19 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ..................................................................................................... 33,778 33,778 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

20 AIR DEFENSE TARGETS .............................................................................................................. 3,717 3,717 

21 ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M (MISSILES) ..................................................................................... 1,544 1,544 

22 PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT ................................................................................................... 4,704 4,704 
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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

TOTAL MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY .................................................................... 1,419,957 1,609,957 

PROCUREMENT OF W&TCV, ARMY 

TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES 

1 STRYKER VEHICLE ....................................................................................................................... 181,245 181,245 

MODIFICATION OF TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES 

2 STRYKER (MOD) ............................................................................................................................. 74,085 74,085 

3 STRYKER UPGRADE ...................................................................................................................... 305,743 305,743 

5 BRADLEY PROGRAM (MOD) ........................................................................................................ 225,042 225,042 

6 HOWITZER, MED SP FT 155MM M109A6 (MOD) .................................................................... 60,079 60,079 

7 PALADIN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT (PIM) ...................................................................... 273,850 273,850 

8 IMPROVED RECOVERY VEHICLE (M88A2 HERCULES) ...................................................... 123,629 195,629 

16 M88A2s to supports modernization of ABCTs and industrial base ..................................... [72,000] 

9 ASSAULT BRIDGE (MOD) ............................................................................................................. 2,461 2,461 

10 ASSAULT BREACHER VEHICLE ................................................................................................ 2,975 2,975 

11 M88 FOV MODS ................................................................................................................................ 14,878 14,878 

12 JOINT ASSAULT BRIDGE ............................................................................................................. 33,455 33,455 

13 M1 ABRAMS TANK (MOD) ............................................................................................................. 367,939 367,939 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

15 PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT (TCV-WTCV) ........................................................................... 6,479 6,479 

WEAPONS & OTHER COMBAT VEHICLES 

16 MORTAR SYSTEMS ......................................................................................................................... 4,991 4,991 

17 XM320 GRENADE LAUNCHER MODULE (GLM) ..................................................................... 26,294 26,294 

18 PRECISION SNIPER RIFLE ......................................................................................................... 1,984 0 

Early to need .................................................................................................................................. [–1,984] 

19 COMPACT SEMI-AUTOMATIC SNIPER SYSTEM .................................................................... 1,488 0 

Early to need .................................................................................................................................. [–1,488] 

20 CARBINE ............................................................................................................................................ 34,460 34,460 

21 COMMON REMOTELY OPERATED WEAPONS STATION ...................................................... 8,367 14,767 

Transferred funds ........................................................................................................................... [6,400] 

22 HANDGUN ......................................................................................................................................... 5,417 0 

RFP release delayed, early to need ............................................................................................... [–5,417] 

MOD OF WEAPONS AND OTHER COMBAT VEH 

23 MK–19 GRENADE MACHINE GUN MODS ................................................................................. 2,777 2,777 

24 M777 MODS ....................................................................................................................................... 10,070 10,070 

25 M4 CARBINE MODS ........................................................................................................................ 27,566 27,566 

26 M2 50 CAL MACHINE GUN MODS ............................................................................................... 44,004 44,004 

27 M249 SAW MACHINE GUN MODS ............................................................................................... 1,190 1,190 

28 M240 MEDIUM MACHINE GUN MODS ....................................................................................... 1,424 1,424 

29 SNIPER RIFLES MODIFICATIONS ............................................................................................. 2,431 1,031 

Early to need .................................................................................................................................. [–1,400] 

30 M119 MODIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................... 20,599 20,599 

32 MORTAR MODIFICATION ............................................................................................................. 6,300 6,300 

33 MODIFICATIONS LESS THAN $5.0M (WOCV-WTCV) .............................................................. 3,737 3,737 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

34 ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M (WOCV-WTCV) ................................................................................. 391 2,891 

Transfer funds ................................................................................................................................. [2,500] 

35 PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT (WOCV-WTCV) ....................................................................... 9,027 9,027 

36 INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS ................................................................................................... 304 304 

37 SMALL ARMS EQUIPMENT (SOLDIER ENH PROG) ............................................................. 2,392 2,392 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF W&TCV, ARMY ............................................................... 1,887,073 1,957,684 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 

SMALL/MEDIUM CAL AMMUNITION 

1 CTG, 5.56MM, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................................. 43,489 43,489 

2 CTG, 7.62MM, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................................. 40,715 40,715 

3 CTG, HANDGUN, ALL TYPES ....................................................................................................... 7,753 6,801 

Program funding ahead of need .................................................................................................... [–952] 

4 CTG, .50 CAL, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................................. 24,728 24,728 

5 CTG, 25MM, ALL TYPES ................................................................................................................ 8,305 8,305 

6 CTG, 30MM, ALL TYPES ................................................................................................................ 34,330 34,330 

7 CTG, 40MM, ALL TYPES ................................................................................................................ 79,972 69,972 

Early to need .................................................................................................................................. [–10,000] 

MORTAR AMMUNITION 

8 60MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................................ 42,898 42,898 

9 81MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................................ 43,500 43,500 

10 120MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES ...................................................................................................... 64,372 64,372 

TANK AMMUNITION 

11 CARTRIDGES, TANK, 105MM AND 120MM, ALL TYPES ....................................................... 105,541 105,541 

ARTILLERY AMMUNITION 

12 ARTILLERY CARTRIDGES, 75MM & 105MM, ALL TYPES .................................................... 57,756 57,756 

13 ARTILLERY PROJECTILE, 155MM, ALL TYPES ..................................................................... 77,995 77,995 

14 PROJ 155MM EXTENDED RANGE M982 ................................................................................... 45,518 45,518 

15 ARTILLERY PROPELLANTS, FUZES AND PRIMERS, ALL ................................................ 78,024 78,024 

ROCKETS 

16 SHOULDER LAUNCHED MUNITIONS, ALL TYPES .............................................................. 7,500 7,500 

17 ROCKET, HYDRA 70, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................... 33,653 33,653 
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Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

OTHER AMMUNITION 

18 CAD/PAD, ALL TYPES .................................................................................................................... 5,639 5,639 

19 DEMOLITION MUNITIONS, ALL TYPES ................................................................................... 9,751 9,751 

20 GRENADES, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................................... 19,993 19,993 

21 SIGNALS, ALL TYPES .................................................................................................................... 9,761 9,761 

22 SIMULATORS, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................................... 9,749 9,749 

MISCELLANEOUS 

23 AMMO COMPONENTS, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................ 3,521 3,521 

24 NON-LETHAL AMMUNITION, ALL TYPES ............................................................................... 1,700 1,700 

25 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION (AMMO) ................................................................................ 6,181 6,181

26 AMMUNITION PECULIAR EQUIPMENT .................................................................................... 17,811 17,811 

27 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION (AMMO) ............................................................... 14,695 14,695 

PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT 

29 PROVISION OF INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES .............................................................................. 221,703 221,703 

30 CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS DEMILITARIZATION ............................................................. 113,250 113,250 

31 ARMS INITIATIVE ........................................................................................................................... 3,575 3,575 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY ................................................ 1,233,378 1,222,426 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 

TACTICAL VEHICLES 

1 TACTICAL TRAILERS/DOLLY SETS .......................................................................................... 12,855 12,855 

2 SEMITRAILERS, FLATBED: ......................................................................................................... 53 53 

4 JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE ........................................................................................... 308,336 308,336 

5 FAMILY OF MEDIUM TACTICAL VEH (FMTV) ....................................................................... 90,040 90,040 

6 FIRETRUCKS & ASSOCIATED FIREFIGHTING EQUIP ....................................................... 8,444 8,444 

7 FAMILY OF HEAVY TACTICAL VEHICLES (FHTV) ............................................................... 27,549 27,549 

8 PLS ESP ............................................................................................................................................. 127,102 127,102 

10 TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLE PROTECTION KITS .......................................................... 48,292 48,292 

11 MODIFICATION OF IN SVC EQUIP ............................................................................................ 130,993 130,993 

12 MINE-RESISTANT AMBUSH-PROTECTED (MRAP) MODS .................................................. 19,146 19,146 

NON-TACTICAL VEHICLES 

14 PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES .......................................................................................... 1,248 1,248 

15 NONTACTICAL VEHICLES, OTHER ........................................................................................... 9,614 9,614 

COMM—JOINT COMMUNICATIONS 

16 WIN-T—GROUND FORCES TACTICAL NETWORK ................................................................. 783,116 583,116 

Delayed obligation of prior year funds ......................................................................................... [–200,000] 

17 SIGNAL MODERNIZATION PROGRAM ...................................................................................... 49,898 49,898 

18 JOINT INCIDENT SITE COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY .................................................. 4,062 4,062 

19 JCSE EQUIPMENT (USREDCOM) ............................................................................................... 5,008 5,008 

COMM—SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 

20 DEFENSE ENTERPRISE WIDEBAND SATCOM SYSTEMS .................................................. 196,306 196,306 

21 TRANSPORTABLE TACTICAL COMMAND COMMUNICATIONS .......................................... 44,998 29,998 

Early to need in FY16 due to one year delay .............................................................................. [–15,000] 

22 SHF TERM ........................................................................................................................................ 7,629 7,629 

23 NAVSTAR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (SPACE) ........................................................... 14,027 14,027 

24 SMART-T (SPACE) ........................................................................................................................... 13,453 13,453 

25 GLOBAL BRDCST SVC—GBS ....................................................................................................... 6,265 6,265 

26 MOD OF IN-SVC EQUIP (TAC SAT) ............................................................................................ 1,042 1,042 

27 ENROUTE MISSION COMMAND (EMC) ..................................................................................... 7,116 7,116 

COMM—C3 SYSTEM 

28 ARMY GLOBAL CMD & CONTROL SYS (AGCCS) .................................................................... 10,137 10,137 

COMM—COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS 

29 JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM ............................................................................................. 64,640 64,640 

30 MID-TIER NETWORKING VEHICULAR RADIO (MNVR) ....................................................... 27,762 27,762 

31 RADIO TERMINAL SET, MIDS LVT(2) ...................................................................................... 9,422 9,422 

32 AMC CRITICAL ITEMS—OPA2 .................................................................................................... 26,020 26,020 

33 TRACTOR DESK .............................................................................................................................. 4,073 4,073 

34 SPIDER APLA REMOTE CONTROL UNIT ................................................................................ 1,403 1,403 

35 SPIDER FAMILY OF NETWORKED MUNITIONS INCR ........................................................ 9,199 9,199 

36 SOLDIER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM COMM/ELECTRONICS ........................................... 349 349 

37 TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND PROTECTIVE SYSTEM .............................................. 25,597 25,597 

38 UNIFIED COMMAND SUITE ......................................................................................................... 21,854 21,854 

40 FAMILY OF MED COMM FOR COMBAT CASUALTY CARE .................................................. 24,388 24,388 

COMM—INTELLIGENCE COMM 

42 CI AUTOMATION ARCHITECTURE ............................................................................................ 1,349 1,349 

43 ARMY CA/MISO GPF EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................. 3,695 3,695 

INFORMATION SECURITY 

45 INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY PROGRAM-ISSP ........................................................... 19,920 19,920 

46 COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY (COMSEC) ............................................................................... 72,257 72,257

COMM—LONG HAUL COMMUNICATIONS 

47 BASE SUPPORT COMMUNICATIONS ......................................................................................... 16,082 16,082 

COMM—BASE COMMUNICATIONS 

48 INFORMATION SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................. 86,037 86,037 

50 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MODERNIZATION PROGRAM .............................................. 8,550 8,550 

51 INSTALLATION INFO INFRASTRUCTURE MOD PROGRAM ............................................... 73,496 73,496 

ELECT EQUIP—TACT INT REL ACT (TIARA) 

54 JTT/CIBS-M ....................................................................................................................................... 881 881 
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Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

55 PROPHET GROUND ....................................................................................................................... 63,650 48,650 

Unjustified program growth .......................................................................................................... [–15,000] 

57 DCGS-A (MIP) ................................................................................................................................... 260,268 260,268 

58 JOINT TACTICAL GROUND STATION (JTAGS) ...................................................................... 3,906 3,906 

59 TROJAN (MIP) .................................................................................................................................. 13,929 13,929 

60 MOD OF IN-SVC EQUIP (INTEL SPT) (MIP) ............................................................................ 3,978 3,978

61 CI HUMINT AUTO REPRTING AND COLL(CHARCS) ............................................................ 7,542 7,542 

62 CLOSE ACCESS TARGET RECONNAISSANCE (CATR) ......................................................... 8,010 8,010 

63 MACHINE FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SYSTEM-M ............................................ 8,125 8,125 

ELECT EQUIP—ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) 

64 LIGHTWEIGHT COUNTER MORTAR RADAR .......................................................................... 63,472 63,472 

65 EW PLANNING & MANAGEMENT TOOLS (EWPMT) .............................................................. 2,556 2,556 

66 AIR VIGILANCE (AV) ...................................................................................................................... 8,224 8,224 

67 CREW .................................................................................................................................................. 2,960 2,960 

68 FAMILY OF PERSISTENT SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITIE ................................................. 1,722 1,722 

69 COUNTERINTELLIGENCE/SECURITY COUNTERMEASURES ........................................... 447 447 

70 CI MODERNIZATION ...................................................................................................................... 228 228 

ELECT EQUIP—TACTICAL SURV. (TAC SURV) 

71 SENTINEL MODS ............................................................................................................................ 43,285 43,285 

72 NIGHT VISION DEVICES .............................................................................................................. 124,216 124,216 

74 SMALL TACTICAL OPTICAL RIFLE MOUNTED MLRF ........................................................ 23,216 23,216 

76 INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION FAMILY OF SYSTEMS ........................................................ 60,679 60,679 

77 FAMILY OF WEAPON SIGHTS (FWS) ........................................................................................ 53,453 53,453 

78 ARTILLERY ACCURACY EQUIP .................................................................................................. 3,338 3,338 

79 PROFILER ......................................................................................................................................... 4,057 4,057 

81 JOINT BATTLE COMMAND—PLATFORM (JBC-P) ................................................................. 133,339 133,339 

82 JOINT EFFECTS TARGETING SYSTEM (JETS) ..................................................................... 47,212 47,212 

83 MOD OF IN-SVC EQUIP (LLDR) .................................................................................................. 22,314 22,314 

84 COMPUTER BALLISTICS: LHMBC XM32 .................................................................................. 12,131 12,131 

85 MORTAR FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM ............................................................................................ 10,075 10,075 

86 COUNTERFIRE RADARS ............................................................................................................... 217,379 142,379 

Under execution of prior year funds ............................................................................................. [–75,000] 

ELECT EQUIP—TACTICAL C2 SYSTEMS 

87 FIRE SUPPORT C2 FAMILY ......................................................................................................... 1,190 1,190 

90 AIR & MSL DEFENSE PLANNING & CONTROL SYS ............................................................. 28,176 28,176 

91 IAMD BATTLE COMMAND SYSTEM ........................................................................................... 20,917 20,917 

92 LIFE CYCLE SOFTWARE SUPPORT (LCSS) ............................................................................ 5,850 5,850 

93 NETWORK MANAGEMENT INITIALIZATION AND SERVICE ............................................. 12,738 12,738 

94 MANEUVER CONTROL SYSTEM (MCS) ..................................................................................... 145,405 145,405 

95 GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM-ARMY (GCSS-A) ....................................................... 162,654 146,654 

Program growth .............................................................................................................................. [–16,000] 

96 INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM-ARMY (IPP ............................................... 4,446 4,446 

98 RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEYING INSTRUMENT SET .................................................. 16,218 16,218 

99 MOD OF IN-SVC EQUIPMENT (ENFIRE) .................................................................................. 1,138 1,138 

ELECT EQUIP—AUTOMATION 

100 ARMY TRAINING MODERNIZATION .......................................................................................... 12,089 12,089 

101 AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING EQUIP ............................................................................... 105,775 93,775 

Reduce IT procurement .................................................................................................................. [–12,000] 

102 GENERAL FUND ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SYSTEMS FAM ............................................... 18,995 18,995 

103 HIGH PERF COMPUTING MOD PGM (HPCMP) ...................................................................... 62,319 62,319 

104 RESERVE COMPONENT AUTOMATION SYS (RCAS) ............................................................. 17,894 17,894 

ELECT EQUIP—AUDIO VISUAL SYS (A/V) 

106 ITEMS LESS THAN $5M (SURVEYING EQUIPMENT) ........................................................... 4,242 4,242 

ELECT EQUIP—SUPPORT 

107 PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT (C-E) ........................................................................................ 425 425 

108 BCT EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ............................................................................................. 7,438 7,438 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

108 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................................................. 6,467 6,467 

CHEMICAL DEFENSIVE EQUIPMENT 

109 PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS ................................................................................................................ 248 248 

110 FAMILY OF NON-LETHAL EQUIPMENT (FNLE) .................................................................... 1,487 1,487 

112 CBRN DEFENSE .............................................................................................................................. 26,302 26,302 

BRIDGING EQUIPMENT 

113 TACTICAL BRIDGING .................................................................................................................... 9,822 9,822 

114 TACTICAL BRIDGE, FLOAT-RIBBON ........................................................................................ 21,516 21,516 

115 BRIDGE SUPPLEMENTAL SET .................................................................................................. 4,959 4,959 

116 COMMON BRIDGE TRANSPORTER (CBT) RECAP ................................................................. 52,546 52,546 

ENGINEER (NON-CONSTRUCTION) EQUIPMENT 

117 GRND STANDOFF MINE DETECTN SYSM (GSTAMIDS) ...................................................... 58,682 58,682 

118 HUSKY MOUNTED DETECTION SYSTEM (HMDS) ............................................................... 13,565 13,565 

119 ROBOTIC COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM (RCSS) ...................................................................... 2,136 2,136 

120 EOD ROBOTICS SYSTEMS RECAPITALIZATION .................................................................. 6,960 6,960 

121 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL EQPMT (EOD EQPMT) .............................................. 17,424 17,424 

122 REMOTE DEMOLITION SYSTEMS ............................................................................................. 8,284 8,284 

123 < $5M, COUNTERMINE EQUIPMENT ....................................................................................... 5,459 5,459 

124 FAMILY OF BOATS AND MOTORS ............................................................................................. 8,429 8,429 

COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

125 HEATERS AND ECU’S ................................................................................................................... 18,876 18,876 
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127 SOLDIER ENHANCEMENT ........................................................................................................... 2,287 2,287 

128 PERSONNEL RECOVERY SUPPORT SYSTEM (PRSS) .......................................................... 7,733 7,733 

129 GROUND SOLDIER SYSTEM ........................................................................................................ 49,798 49,798 

130 MOBILE SOLDIER POWER .......................................................................................................... 43,639 43,639 

132 FIELD FEEDING EQUIPMENT .................................................................................................... 13,118 13,118 

133 CARGO AERIAL DEL & PERSONNEL PARACHUTE SYSTEM ............................................ 28,278 28,278 

135 FAMILY OF ENGR COMBAT AND CONSTRUCTION SETS ................................................... 34,544 34,544 

136 ITEMS LESS THAN $5M (ENG SPT) .......................................................................................... 595 595 

PETROLEUM EQUIPMENT 

137 QUALITY SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT .................................................................................. 5,368 5,368

138 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS, PETROLEUM & WATER ............................................................ 35,381 35,381 

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT 

139 COMBAT SUPPORT MEDICAL ..................................................................................................... 73,828 73,828 

MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT 

140 MOBILE MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS .................................................................. 25,270 25,270 

141 ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M (MAINT EQ) ..................................................................................... 2,760 2,760 

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT 

142 GRADER, ROAD MTZD, HVY, 6X4 (CCE) .................................................................................. 5,903 5,903 

143 SCRAPERS, EARTHMOVING ........................................................................................................ 26,125 26,125 

146 TRACTOR, FULL TRACKED ......................................................................................................... 27,156 27,156 

147 ALL TERRAIN CRANES ................................................................................................................. 16,750 16,750 

148 PLANT, ASPHALT MIXING ........................................................................................................... 984 984 

149 HIGH MOBILITY ENGINEER EXCAVATOR (HMEE) ............................................................. 2,656 2,656 

150 ENHANCED RAPID AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION CAPAP ..................................................... 2,531 2,531 

151 FAMILY OF DIVER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................ 446 446 

152 CONST EQUIP ESP ......................................................................................................................... 19,640 19,640 

153 ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M (CONST EQUIP) ............................................................................. 5,087 5,087

RAIL FLOAT CONTAINERIZATION EQUIPMENT 

154 ARMY WATERCRAFT ESP ............................................................................................................ 39,772 39,772 

155 ITEMS LESS THAN $5.0M (FLOAT/RAIL) ................................................................................. 5,835 5,835 

GENERATORS 

156 GENERATORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIP ............................................................................... 166,356 166,356 

157 TACTICAL ELECTRIC POWER RECAPITALIZATION ........................................................... 11,505 11,505 

MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

159 FAMILY OF FORKLIFTS ............................................................................................................... 17,496 17,496 

TRAINING EQUIPMENT 

160 COMBAT TRAINING CENTERS SUPPORT ................................................................................ 74,916 74,916 

161 TRAINING DEVICES, NONSYSTEM ............................................................................................ 303,236 278,236 

Unjustified program growth .......................................................................................................... [–25,000] 

162 CLOSE COMBAT TACTICAL TRAINER ...................................................................................... 45,210 45,210 

163 AVIATION COMBINED ARMS TACTICAL TRAINER .............................................................. 30,068 30,068 

164 GAMING TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF ARMY TRAINING ............................................... 9,793 9,793 

TEST MEASURE AND DIG EQUIPMENT (TMD) 

165 CALIBRATION SETS EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................. 4,650 4,650 

166 INTEGRATED FAMILY OF TEST EQUIPMENT (IFTE) ......................................................... 34,487 34,487 

167 TEST EQUIPMENT MODERNIZATION (TEMOD) ................................................................... 11,083 11,083 

OTHER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

169 RAPID EQUIPPING SOLDIER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................ 17,937 17,937 

170 PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEMS (OPA3) .................................................................................. 52,040 52,040 

171 BASE LEVEL COMMON EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................ 1,568 1,568 

172 MODIFICATION OF IN-SVC EQUIPMENT (OPA–3) ................................................................. 64,219 64,219 

173 PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT (OTH) ...................................................................................... 1,525 1,525 

174 SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR USER TESTING .......................................................................... 3,268 3,268 

176 TRACTOR YARD ............................................................................................................................... 7,191 7,191 

OPA2 

177 INITIAL SPARES—C&E ................................................................................................................ 48,511 48,511 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY ....................................................................... 5,899,028 5,541,028 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 

COMBAT AIRCRAFT 

2 F/A–18E/F (FIGHTER) HORNET ................................................................................................. 0 1,150,000 

Additional 12 aircraft, unfunded requirement ............................................................................. [1,150,000] 

3 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER CV ....................................................................................................... 897,542 873,042 

Efficiencies and excess cost growth ................................................................................................ [–24,500] 

4 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER CV (AP) ............................................................................................. 48,630 48,630 

5 JSF STOVL ........................................................................................................................................ 1,483,414 2,508,314 

Efficiencies and excess cost growth ................................................................................................ [–25,100] 

Additional 6 aircraft, unfunded requirement ............................................................................... [1,050,000] 

6 JSF STOVL (AP) ............................................................................................................................... 203,060 203,060 

7 CH–53K (HEAVY LIFT) .................................................................................................................. 41,300 41,300 

8 V–22 (MEDIUM LIFT) ..................................................................................................................... 1,436,355 1,436,355 

9 V–22 (MEDIUM LIFT) (AP) ............................................................................................................ 43,853 43,853 

10 H–1 UPGRADES (UH–1Y/AH–1Z) ................................................................................................ 800,057 800,057 

11 H–1 UPGRADES (UH–1Y/AH–1Z) (AP) ...................................................................................... 56,168 56,168 

12 MH–60S (MYP) .................................................................................................................................. 28,232 28,232 

14 MH–60R (MYP) ................................................................................................................................. 969,991 969,991 

16 P–8A POSEIDON .............................................................................................................................. 3,008,928 3,008,928 
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Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

17 P–8A POSEIDON (AP) ..................................................................................................................... 269,568 269,568 

18 E–2D ADV HAWKEYE ..................................................................................................................... 857,654 857,654 

19 E–2D ADV HAWKEYE (AP) ........................................................................................................... 195,336 195,336 

TRAINER AIRCRAFT 

20 JPATS ................................................................................................................................................. 8,914 8,914 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

21 KC–130J .............................................................................................................................................. 192,214 192,214 

22 KC–130J (AP) .................................................................................................................................... 24,451 24,451 

23 MQ–4 TRITON ................................................................................................................................... 494,259 494,259 

24 MQ–4 TRITON (AP) ......................................................................................................................... 54,577 54,577 

25 MQ–8 UAV .......................................................................................................................................... 120,020 120,020 

26 STUASL0 UAV .................................................................................................................................. 3,450 3,450 

MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT 

28 EA–6 SERIES .................................................................................................................................... 9,799 9,799 

29 AEA SYSTEMS .................................................................................................................................. 23,151 23,151 

30 AV–8 SERIES .................................................................................................................................... 41,890 45,190 

AV–8B Link 16 upgrades, unfunded requirement ....................................................................... [3,300] 

31 ADVERSARY ...................................................................................................................................... 5,816 5,816 

32 F–18 SERIES .................................................................................................................................... 978,756 1,148,756 

Jamming protection upgrades, unfunded requirement ................................................................ [170,000] 

34 H–53 SERIES .................................................................................................................................... 46,887 46,887 

35 SH–60 SERIES ................................................................................................................................. 107,728 107,728 

36 H–1 SERIES ...................................................................................................................................... 42,315 42,315 

37 EP–3 SERIES .................................................................................................................................... 41,784 41,784 

38 P–3 SERIES ...................................................................................................................................... 3,067 3,067 

39 E–2 SERIES ...................................................................................................................................... 20,741 20,741 

40 TRAINER A/C SERIES ................................................................................................................... 27,980 27,980 

41 C–2A .................................................................................................................................................... 8,157 8,157 

42 C–130 SERIES ................................................................................................................................... 70,335 70,335 

43 FEWSG ............................................................................................................................................... 633 633 

44 CARGO/TRANSPORT A/C SERIES ............................................................................................... 8,916 8,916 

45 E–6 SERIES ...................................................................................................................................... 185,253 185,253 

46 EXECUTIVE HELICOPTERS SERIES ........................................................................................ 76,138 76,138 

47 SPECIAL PROJECT AIRCRAFT ................................................................................................... 23,702 23,702 

48 T–45 SERIES .................................................................................................................................... 105,439 105,439 

49 POWER PLANT CHANGES ............................................................................................................ 9,917 9,917 

50 JPATS SERIES ................................................................................................................................. 13,537 13,537 

51 COMMON ECM EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................................ 131,732 131,732 

52 COMMON AVIONICS CHANGES ................................................................................................... 202,745 202,745 

53 COMMON DEFENSIVE WEAPON SYSTEM ................................................................................ 3,062 3,062 

54 ID SYSTEMS ..................................................................................................................................... 48,206 48,206 

55 P–8 SERIES ...................................................................................................................................... 28,492 28,492 

56 MAGTF EW FOR AVIATION .......................................................................................................... 7,680 7,680 

57 MQ–8 SERIES ................................................................................................................................... 22,464 22,464 

58 RQ–7 SERIES ................................................................................................................................... 3,773 3,773 

59 V–22 (TILT/ROTOR ACFT) OSPREY ........................................................................................... 121,208 144,208 

MV–22 Integrated Aircraft Survivability ..................................................................................... [15,000] 

MV–22 Ballistic Protection ............................................................................................................ [8,000] 

60 F–35 STOVL SERIES ...................................................................................................................... 256,106 256,106 

61 F–35 CV SERIES .............................................................................................................................. 68,527 68,527 

62 QRC ..................................................................................................................................................... 6,885 6,885 

AIRCRAFT SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

63 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ..................................................................................................... 1,563,515 1,563,515 

AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIP & FACILITIES 

64 COMMON GROUND EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................ 450,959 450,959 

65 AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ...................................................................................... 24,010 24,010 

66 WAR CONSUMABLES ..................................................................................................................... 42,012 42,012 

67 OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES ............................................................................................... 2,455 2,455 

68 SPECIAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .............................................................................................. 50,859 50,859 

69 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION ............................................................................... 1,801 1,801 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY ................................................................ 16,126,405 18,473,105 

WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 

MODIFICATION OF MISSILES 

1 TRIDENT II MODS .......................................................................................................................... 1,099,064 1,099,064 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

2 MISSILE INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES .......................................................................................... 7,748 7,748 

STRATEGIC MISSILES 

3 TOMAHAWK ...................................................................................................................................... 184,814 214,814 

Combined with 47 FY15 OCO missiles, returns production to MSR ........................................ [30,000] 

TACTICAL MISSILES 

4 AMRAAM ............................................................................................................................................ 192,873 207,873 

Additional captive air training missiles ...................................................................................... [15,000] 

5 SIDEWINDER ................................................................................................................................... 96,427 96,427 

6 JSOW ................................................................................................................................................... 21,419 21,419 

7 STANDARD MISSILE ...................................................................................................................... 435,352 435,352 

8 RAM ..................................................................................................................................................... 80,826 80,826 
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Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

11 STAND OFF PRECISION GUIDED MUNITIONS (SOPGM) ................................................... 4,265 4,265 

12 AERIAL TARGETS .......................................................................................................................... 40,792 40,792 

13 OTHER MISSILE SUPPORT ......................................................................................................... 3,335 3,335 

MODIFICATION OF MISSILES 

14 ESSM .................................................................................................................................................. 44,440 44,440 

15 ESSM (AP) ......................................................................................................................................... 54,462 54,462 

16 HARM MODS ..................................................................................................................................... 122,298 122,298 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES 

17 WEAPONS INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ....................................................................................... 2,397 2,397 

18 FLEET SATELLITE COMM FOLLOW-ON .................................................................................. 39,932 39,932 

ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

19 ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .......................................................................................... 57,641 61,309 

Classified Program ......................................................................................................................... [3,668] 

TORPEDOES AND RELATED EQUIP 

20 SSTD ................................................................................................................................................... 7,380 7,380 

21 MK–48 TORPEDO ............................................................................................................................. 65,611 65,611 

22 ASW TARGETS ................................................................................................................................. 6,912 6,912 

MOD OF TORPEDOES AND RELATED EQUIP 

23 MK–54 TORPEDO MODS ................................................................................................................ 113,219 113,219 

24 MK–48 TORPEDO ADCAP MODS ................................................................................................. 63,317 63,317 

25 QUICKSTRIKE MINE ...................................................................................................................... 13,254 13,254 

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

26 TORPEDO SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................ 67,701 67,701 

27 ASW RANGE SUPPORT .................................................................................................................. 3,699 3,699 

DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION 

28 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION ............................................................................... 3,342 3,342 

GUNS AND GUN MOUNTS 

29 SMALL ARMS AND WEAPONS ..................................................................................................... 11,937 11,937 

MODIFICATION OF GUNS AND GUN MOUNTS 

30 CIWS MODS ....................................................................................................................................... 53,147 53,147 

31 COAST GUARD WEAPONS ............................................................................................................ 19,022 19,022 

32 GUN MOUNT MODS ........................................................................................................................ 67,980 67,980 

33 AIRBORNE MINE NEUTRALIZATION SYSTEMS ................................................................... 19,823 19,823 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

35 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ..................................................................................................... 149,725 149,725 

TOTAL WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY ................................................................. 3,154,154 3,202,822 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMO, NAVY & MC 

NAVY AMMUNITION 

1 GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS ...................................................................................................... 101,238 101,238 

2 AIRBORNE ROCKETS, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................ 67,289 67,289 

3 MACHINE GUN AMMUNITION ..................................................................................................... 20,340 20,340 

4 PRACTICE BOMBS .......................................................................................................................... 40,365 40,365 

5 CARTRIDGES & CART ACTUATED DEVICES ......................................................................... 49,377 49,377 

6 AIR EXPENDABLE COUNTERMEASURES ............................................................................... 59,651 59,651 

7 JATOS ................................................................................................................................................. 2,806 2,806 

8 LRLAP 6′′ LONG RANGE ATTACK PROJECTILE .................................................................... 11,596 11,596 

9 5 INCH/54 GUN AMMUNITION ..................................................................................................... 35,994 35,994 

10 INTERMEDIATE CALIBER GUN AMMUNITION ..................................................................... 36,715 36,715 

11 OTHER SHIP GUN AMMUNITION .............................................................................................. 45,483 45,483 

12 SMALL ARMS & LANDING PARTY AMMO ................................................................................ 52,080 52,080

13 PYROTECHNIC AND DEMOLITION ............................................................................................ 10,809 10,809 

14 AMMUNITION LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................... 4,469 4,469 

MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION 

15 SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION ........................................................................................................ 46,848 46,848 

16 LINEAR CHARGES, ALL TYPES ................................................................................................. 350 350 

17 40 MM, ALL TYPES ......................................................................................................................... 500 500 

18 60MM, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................................................... 1,849 1,849 

19 81MM, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................................................... 1,000 1,000 

20 120MM, ALL TYPES ......................................................................................................................... 13,867 13,867 

22 GRENADES, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................................... 1,390 1,390 

23 ROCKETS, ALL TYPES .................................................................................................................. 14,967 14,967 

24 ARTILLERY, ALL TYPES .............................................................................................................. 45,219 45,219 

26 FUZE, ALL TYPES .......................................................................................................................... 29,335 29,335 

27 NON LETHALS ................................................................................................................................. 3,868 3,868 

28 AMMO MODERNIZATION .............................................................................................................. 15,117 15,117 

29 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................................ 11,219 11,219 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMO, NAVY & MC .................................................... 723,741 723,741 

SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 

OTHER WARSHIPS 

1 CARRIER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM ....................................................................................... 1,634,701 1,634,701 

2 CARRIER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM (AP) ............................................................................. 874,658 874,658 

3 VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE .................................................................................................... 3,346,370 3,346,370 

4 VIRGINIA CLASS SUBMARINE (AP) .......................................................................................... 1,993,740 2,793,740 

Accelerate shipbuilding funding .................................................................................................... [800,000] 
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Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

5 CVN REFUELING OVERHAULS .................................................................................................. 678,274 678,274 

6 CVN REFUELING OVERHAULS (AP) ......................................................................................... 14,951 14,951 

7 DDG 1000 ........................................................................................................................................... 433,404 433,404 

8 DDG–51 ............................................................................................................................................... 3,149,703 3,549,703 

Incremental funding for one DDG–51 .......................................................................................... [400,000] 

10 LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP ............................................................................................................ 1,356,991 1,356,991 

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS 

12 LPD–17 ............................................................................................................................................... 550,000 550,000 

13 AFLOAT FORWARD STAGING BASE ......................................................................................... 0 97,000

Accelerate shipbuilding funding .................................................................................................... [97,000] 

15 LHA REPLACEMENT ..................................................................................................................... 277,543 476,543 

Accelerate LHA–8 advanced procurement .................................................................................... [199,000] 

XX LX (R) AP ........................................................................................................................................... 0 51,000 

Accelerate LX (R) ........................................................................................................................... [51,000] 

XXX LCU Replacement ............................................................................................................................... 0 34,000 

Accelerate LCU replacement .......................................................................................................... [34,000] 

AUXILIARIES, CRAFT AND PRIOR YR PROGRAM COST 

17 TAO FLEET OILER ......................................................................................................................... 674,190 674,190 

19 MOORED TRAINING SHIP (AP) .................................................................................................. 138,200 138,200 

20 OUTFITTING ..................................................................................................................................... 697,207 697,207 

21 SHIP TO SHORE CONNECTOR ................................................................................................... 255,630 255,630 

22 SERVICE CRAFT ............................................................................................................................. 30,014 30,014 

23 LCAC SLEP ....................................................................................................................................... 80,738 80,738 

24 YP CRAFT MAINTENANCE/ROH/SLEP ...................................................................................... 21,838 21,838 

25 COMPLETION OF PY SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS ............................................................... 389,305 389,305 

XX T-ATS(X) Fleet Tug ........................................................................................................................... 0 75,000 

Accelerate T-ATS(X) ...................................................................................................................... [75,000] 

TOTAL SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY .............................................. 16,597,457 18,253,457 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 

SHIP PROPULSION EQUIPMENT 

1 LM–2500 GAS TURBINE ................................................................................................................. 4,881 4,881 

2 ALLISON 501K GAS TURBINE ..................................................................................................... 5,814 5,814 

3 HYBRID ELECTRIC DRIVE (HED) ............................................................................................ 32,906 32,906 

GENERATORS 

4 SURFACE COMBATANT HM&E ................................................................................................... 36,860 36,860 

NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT 

5 OTHER NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................ 87,481 87,481 

PERISCOPES 

6 SUB PERISCOPES & IMAGING EQUIP ..................................................................................... 63,109 63,109 

OTHER SHIPBOARD EQUIPMENT 

7 DDG MOD .......................................................................................................................................... 364,157 424,157 

Restore additional DDG BMD modernization (CNO UPL) ....................................................... [60,000] 

8 FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................................... 16,089 16,089 

9 COMMAND AND CONTROL SWITCHBOARD ............................................................................ 2,255 2,255 

10 LHA/LHD MIDLIFE ........................................................................................................................ 28,571 28,571 

11 LCC 19/20 EXTENDED SERVICE LIFE PROGRAM ................................................................. 12,313 12,313 

12 POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................ 16,609 16,609 

13 SUBMARINE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ....................................................................................... 10,498 10,498 

14 VIRGINIA CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................... 35,747 35,747

15 LCS CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .......................................................................................... 48,399 48,399 

16 SUBMARINE BATTERIES ............................................................................................................. 23,072 23,072 

17 LPD CLASS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .......................................................................................... 55,283 55,283 

18 STRATEGIC PLATFORM SUPPORT EQUIP ............................................................................. 18,563 18,563 

19 DSSP EQUIPMENT ......................................................................................................................... 7,376 7,376 

21 LCAC ................................................................................................................................................... 20,965 20,965 

22 UNDERWATER EOD PROGRAMS ............................................................................................... 51,652 51,652 

23 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................................ 102,498 102,498 

24 CHEMICAL WARFARE DETECTORS ......................................................................................... 3,027 3,027 

25 SUBMARINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM ..................................................................................... 7,399 7,399 

REACTOR PLANT EQUIPMENT 

27 REACTOR COMPONENTS .............................................................................................................. 296,095 296,095 

OCEAN ENGINEERING 

28 DIVING AND SALVAGE EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................ 15,982 15,982 

SMALL BOATS 

29 STANDARD BOATS ......................................................................................................................... 29,982 29,982 

TRAINING EQUIPMENT 

30 OTHER SHIPS TRAINING EQUIPMENT ................................................................................... 66,538 66,538 

PRODUCTION FACILITIES EQUIPMENT 

31 OPERATING FORCES IPE ............................................................................................................ 71,138 71,138 

OTHER SHIP SUPPORT 

32 NUCLEAR ALTERATIONS ............................................................................................................. 132,625 132,625 

33 LCS COMMON MISSION MODULES EQUIPMENT .................................................................. 23,500 23,500 

34 LCS MCM MISSION MODULES .................................................................................................... 85,151 29,351 

Procurement in excess of need ahead of satisfactory testing ....................................................... [–55,800] 

35 LCS SUW MISSION MODULES .................................................................................................... 35,228 35,228 

36 REMOTE MINEHUNTING SYSTEM (RMS) ............................................................................... 87,627 22,027 
935 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Procurement in excess of need ahead of satisfactory testing ....................................................... [–65,600] 

LOGISTIC SUPPORT 

37 LSD MIDLIFE ................................................................................................................................... 2,774 2,774 

SHIP SONARS 

38 SPQ–9B RADAR ................................................................................................................................ 20,551 20,551 

39 AN/SQQ–89 SURF ASW COMBAT SYSTEM ............................................................................... 103,241 103,241 

40 SSN ACOUSTICS .............................................................................................................................. 214,835 234,835 

Towed Array-unfunded requirement ............................................................................................. [20,000] 

41 UNDERSEA WARFARE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .................................................................... 7,331 7,331 

42 SONAR SWITCHES AND TRANSDUCERS ................................................................................. 11,781 11,781

ASW ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

44 SUBMARINE ACOUSTIC WARFARE SYSTEM ......................................................................... 21,119 21,119 

45 SSTD ................................................................................................................................................... 8,396 8,396 

46 FIXED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM ............................................................................................... 146,968 146,968 

47 SURTASS ........................................................................................................................................... 12,953 12,953 

48 MARITIME PATROL AND RECONNSAISANCE FORCE ......................................................... 13,725 13,725 

ELECTRONIC WARFARE EQUIPMENT 

49 AN/SLQ–32 ......................................................................................................................................... 324,726 352,726 

SEWIP Block II unfunded requirement ....................................................................................... [28,000] 

RECONNAISSANCE EQUIPMENT 

50 SHIPBOARD IW EXPLOIT ............................................................................................................ 148,221 148,221 

51 AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AIS) ..................................................................... 152 152 

SUBMARINE SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT 

52 SUBMARINE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT PROG ........................................................................... 79,954 79,954 

OTHER SHIP ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

53 COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT CAPABILITY .......................................................................... 25,695 25,695 

54 TRUSTED INFORMATION SYSTEM (TIS) ................................................................................ 284 284 

55 NAVAL TACTICAL COMMAND SUPPORT SYSTEM (NTCSS) ............................................... 14,416 14,416 

56 ATDLS ................................................................................................................................................ 23,069 23,069 

57 NAVY COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (NCCS) ................................................................ 4,054 4,054 

58 MINESWEEPING SYSTEM REPLACEMENT ............................................................................. 21,014 21,014 

59 SHALLOW WATER MCM ................................................................................................................ 18,077 18,077 

60 NAVSTAR GPS RECEIVERS (SPACE) ........................................................................................ 12,359 12,359 

61 AMERICAN FORCES RADIO AND TV SERVICE ...................................................................... 4,240 4,240 

62 STRATEGIC PLATFORM SUPPORT EQUIP ............................................................................. 17,440 17,440 

TRAINING EQUIPMENT 

63 OTHER TRAINING EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................. 41,314 41,314 

AVIATION ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

64 MATCALS ........................................................................................................................................... 10,011 10,011 

65 SHIPBOARD AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ...................................................................................... 9,346 9,346 

66 AUTOMATIC CARRIER LANDING SYSTEM .............................................................................. 21,281 21,281 

67 NATIONAL AIR SPACE SYSTEM ................................................................................................. 25,621 25,621 

68 FLEET AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS ............................................................................. 8,249 8,249 

69 LANDING SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................................ 14,715 14,715 

70 ID SYSTEMS ..................................................................................................................................... 29,676 29,676 

71 NAVAL MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS .................................................................................... 13,737 13,737 

OTHER SHORE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT 

72 DEPLOYABLE JOINT COMMAND & CONTROL ....................................................................... 1,314 1,314 

74 TACTICAL/MOBILE C4I SYSTEMS ............................................................................................. 13,600 13,600 

75 DCGS-N ............................................................................................................................................... 31,809 31,809 

76 CANES ................................................................................................................................................ 278,991 278,991 

77 RADIAC .............................................................................................................................................. 8,294 8,294 

78 CANES-INTELL ................................................................................................................................ 28,695 28,695 

79 GPETE ................................................................................................................................................ 6,962 6,962 

80 MASF ................................................................................................................................................... 290 290 

81 INTEG COMBAT SYSTEM TEST FACILITY .............................................................................. 14,419 14,419

82 EMI CONTROL INSTRUMENTATION ......................................................................................... 4,175 4,175 

83 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................................ 44,176 44,176 

SHIPBOARD COMMUNICATIONS 

84 SHIPBOARD TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS ........................................................................... 8,722 8,722 

85 SHIP COMMUNICATIONS AUTOMATION .................................................................................. 108,477 108,477 

86 COMMUNICATIONS ITEMS UNDER $5M .................................................................................. 16,613 16,613 

SUBMARINE COMMUNICATIONS 

87 SUBMARINE BROADCAST SUPPORT ........................................................................................ 20,691 20,691 

88 SUBMARINE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT ........................................................................ 60,945 60,945 

SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 

89 SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ............................................................................. 30,892 30,892 

90 NAVY MULTIBAND TERMINAL (NMT) ...................................................................................... 118,113 118,113 

SHORE COMMUNICATIONS 

91 JCS COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT ....................................................................................... 4,591 4,591 

92 ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS ................................................................................................ 1,403 1,403 

CRYPTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT 

93 INFO SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM (ISSP) ........................................................................ 135,687 135,687 

94 MIO INTEL EXPLOITATION TEAM ............................................................................................ 970 970 

CRYPTOLOGIC EQUIPMENT 

95 CRYPTOLOGIC COMMUNICATIONS EQUIP ............................................................................. 11,433 11,433 

OTHER ELECTRONIC SUPPORT 

96 COAST GUARD EQUIPMENT ....................................................................................................... 2,529 2,529 
936 

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SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

SONOBUOYS 

97 SONOBUOYS—ALL TYPES ........................................................................................................... 168,763 168,763 

AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

98 WEAPONS RANGE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 46,979 46,979 

100 AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................... 123,884 123,884 

103 METEOROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT .............................................................................................. 15,090 15,090 

104 DCRS/DPL ......................................................................................................................................... 638 638 

106 AIRBORNE MINE COUNTERMEASURES .................................................................................. 14,098 14,098 

111 AVIATION SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................. 49,773 49,773 

SHIP GUN SYSTEM EQUIPMENT 

112 SHIP GUN SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................ 5,300 5,300 

SHIP MISSILE SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT 

115 SHIP MISSILE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................................... 298,738 298,738 

120 TOMAHAWK SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................ 71,245 71,245 

FBM SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

123 STRATEGIC MISSILE SYSTEMS EQUIP .................................................................................. 240,694 240,694 

ASW SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

124 SSN COMBAT CONTROL SYSTEMS ............................................................................................ 96,040 96,040 

125 ASW SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ....................................................................................................... 30,189 30,189 

OTHER ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

129 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL EQUIP ............................................................................ 22,623 22,623 

130 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................................ 9,906 9,906 

OTHER EXPENDABLE ORDNANCE 

134 TRAINING DEVICE MODS ............................................................................................................ 99,707 99,707 

CIVIL ENGINEERING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

135 PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES .......................................................................................... 2,252 2,252 

136 GENERAL PURPOSE TRUCKS .................................................................................................... 2,191 2,191 

137 CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE EQUIP ............................................................................. 2,164 2,164 

138 FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT ..................................................................................................... 14,705 14,705 

139 TACTICAL VEHICLES .................................................................................................................... 2,497 2,497 

140 AMPHIBIOUS EQUIPMENT .......................................................................................................... 12,517 12,517 

141 POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................ 3,018 3,018 

142 ITEMS UNDER $5 MILLION ......................................................................................................... 14,403 14,403 

143 PHYSICAL SECURITY VEHICLES .............................................................................................. 1,186 1,186 

SUPPLY SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

144 MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................... 18,805 18,805 

145 OTHER SUPPLY SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................................ 10,469 10,469

146 FIRST DESTINATION TRANSPORTATION ............................................................................... 5,720 5,720 

147 SPECIAL PURPOSE SUPPLY SYSTEMS ................................................................................... 211,714 211,714 

TRAINING DEVICES 

148 TRAINING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................ 7,468 7,468 

COMMAND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

149 COMMAND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................... 36,433 36,433 

150 EDUCATION SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................ 3,180 3,180 

151 MEDICAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................. 4,790 4,790 

153 NAVAL MIP SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .......................................................................................... 4,608 4,608 

154 OPERATING FORCES SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ....................................................................... 5,655 5,655 

155 C4ISR EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................................................ 9,929 9,929 

156 ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 26,795 26,795 

157 PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT .......................................................................................... 88,453 88,453 

159 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ......................................................................... 99,094 99,094 

OTHER 

160 NEXT GENERATION ENTERPRISE SERVICE ........................................................................ 99,014 99,014 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

160 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................................................. 21,439 21,439 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

161 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ..................................................................................................... 328,043 328,043 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY ....................................................................... 6,614,715 6,601,315 

PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 

TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES 

1 AAV7A1 PIP ....................................................................................................................................... 26,744 26,744 

2 LAV PIP .............................................................................................................................................. 54,879 54,879 

ARTILLERY AND OTHER WEAPONS 

3 EXPEDITIONARY FIRE SUPPORT SYSTEM ............................................................................ 2,652 2,652 

4 155MM LIGHTWEIGHT TOWED HOWITZER ........................................................................... 7,482 7,482 

5 HIGH MOBILITY ARTILLERY ROCKET SYSTEM .................................................................. 17,181 17,181 

6 WEAPONS AND COMBAT VEHICLES UNDER $5 MILLION ................................................. 8,224 8,224 

OTHER SUPPORT 

7 MODIFICATION KITS ..................................................................................................................... 14,467 14,467 

8 WEAPONS ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM .................................................................................... 488 488 

GUIDED MISSILES 

9 GROUND BASED AIR DEFENSE ................................................................................................ 7,565 7,565 

10 JAVELIN ............................................................................................................................................ 1,091 1,091 

11 FOLLOW ON TO SMAW .................................................................................................................. 4,872 4,872 

12 ANTI-ARMOR WEAPONS SYSTEM-HEAVY (AAWS-H) ........................................................... 668 668 

OTHER SUPPORT 
937 

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SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

13 MODIFICATION KITS ..................................................................................................................... 12,495 152,495 

Additional missiles ......................................................................................................................... [140,000] 

COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS 

14 UNIT OPERATIONS CENTER ....................................................................................................... 13,109 13,109 

15 COMMON AVIATION COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (C ............................................. 35,147 35,147 

REPAIR AND TEST EQUIPMENT 

16 REPAIR AND TEST EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................... 21,210 21,210 

OTHER SUPPORT (TEL) 

17 COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM ....................................................................................................... 792 792 

COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (NON-TEL) 

19 ITEMS UNDER $5 MILLION (COMM & ELEC) ........................................................................ 3,642 3,642 

20 AIR OPERATIONS C2 SYSTEMS ................................................................................................. 3,520 3,520 

RADAR + EQUIPMENT (NON-TEL) 

21 RADAR SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................................ 35,118 35,118 

22 GROUND/AIR TASK ORIENTED RADAR (G/ATOR) ............................................................... 130,661 98,546 

Not meeting performance reqs reduce until technology is refined .............................................. [–32,115] 

23 RQ–21 UAS ........................................................................................................................................ 84,916 84,916 

INTELL/COMM EQUIPMENT (NON-TEL) 

24 FIRE SUPPORT SYSTEM .............................................................................................................. 9,136 9,136 

25 INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ................................................................................. 29,936 29,936

28 DCGS-MC ............................................................................................................................................ 1,947 1,947 

OTHER COMM/ELEC EQUIPMENT (NON-TEL) 

31 NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................................ 2,018 2,018 

OTHER SUPPORT (NON-TEL) 

32 NEXT GENERATION ENTERPRISE NETWORK (NGEN) ...................................................... 67,295 67,295 

33 COMMON COMPUTER RESOURCES .......................................................................................... 43,101 43,101 

34 COMMAND POST SYSTEMS .......................................................................................................... 29,255 29,255 

35 RADIO SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................................. 80,584 80,584 

36 COMM SWITCHING & CONTROL SYSTEMS ............................................................................. 66,123 66,123 

37 COMM & ELEC INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT ....................................................................... 79,486 79,486 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

37 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................................................. 2,803 2,803 

ADMINISTRATIVE VEHICLES 

38 COMMERCIAL PASSENGER VEHICLES ................................................................................... 3,538 3,538 

39 COMMERCIAL CARGO VEHICLES .............................................................................................. 22,806 22,806 

TACTICAL VEHICLES 

41 MOTOR TRANSPORT MODIFICATIONS .................................................................................... 7,743 7,743

43 JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE ........................................................................................... 79,429 79,429 

44 FAMILY OF TACTICAL TRAILERS ............................................................................................. 3,157 3,157 

OTHER SUPPORT 

45 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................................ 6,938 6,938 

ENGINEER AND OTHER EQUIPMENT 

46 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL EQUIP ASSORT ....................................................................... 94 94 

47 BULK LIQUID EQUIPMENT ......................................................................................................... 896 896 

48 TACTICAL FUEL SYSTEMS .......................................................................................................... 136 136 

49 POWER EQUIPMENT ASSORTED ............................................................................................... 10,792 10,792 

50 AMPHIBIOUS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................... 3,235 3,235 

51 EOD SYSTEMS ................................................................................................................................. 7,666 7,666 

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

52 PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT .......................................................................................... 33,145 33,145 

53 GARRISON MOBILE ENGINEER EQUIPMENT (GMEE) ....................................................... 1,419 1,419 

GENERAL PROPERTY 

57 TRAINING DEVICES ....................................................................................................................... 24,163 24,163 

58 CONTAINER FAMILY ...................................................................................................................... 962 962 

59 FAMILY OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT ............................................................................. 6,545 6,545 

60 FAMILY OF INTERNALLY TRANSPORTABLE VEH (ITV) .................................................... 7,533 7,533 

OTHER SUPPORT 

62 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................................ 4,322 4,322 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

63 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ..................................................................................................... 8,292 8,292 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS .................................................................. 1,131,418 1,239,303 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 

TACTICAL FORCES 

1 F–35 ..................................................................................................................................................... 5,260,212 5,161,112 

Efficiencies and excess cost growth ................................................................................................ [–99,100] 

2 F–35 (AP) ........................................................................................................................................... 460,260 460,260 

TACTICAL AIRLIFT 

3 KC–46A TANKER ............................................................................................................................. 2,350,601 2,326,601 

FY15 excess to need by $24 million due to program delays ....................................................... [–24,000] 

OTHER AIRLIFT 

4 C–130J ................................................................................................................................................. 889,154 889,154 

5 C–130J (AP) ....................................................................................................................................... 50,000 50,000 

6 HC–130J ............................................................................................................................................. 463,934 463,934 

7 HC–130J (AP) .................................................................................................................................... 30,000 30,000 

8 MC–130J ............................................................................................................................................. 828,472 828,472 

9 MC–130J (AP) .................................................................................................................................... 60,000 60,000 
938 

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SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

MISSION SUPPORT AIRCRAFT 

11 CIVIL AIR PATROL A/C ................................................................................................................. 2,617 2,617 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

12 TARGET DRONES ........................................................................................................................... 132,028 132,028 

14 RQ–4 .................................................................................................................................................... 37,800 37,800 

15 MQ–9 ................................................................................................................................................... 552,528 1,032,528 

Accelerating procurement schedule to meet CCDR demand ........................................................ [480,000] 

STRATEGIC AIRCRAFT 

17 B–2A .................................................................................................................................................... 32,458 32,458 

18 B–1B .................................................................................................................................................... 114,119 114,119 

19 B–52 ..................................................................................................................................................... 148,987 148,987 

20 LARGE AIRCRAFT INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES ......................................................... 84,335 84,335 

TACTICAL AIRCRAFT 

22 F–15 ..................................................................................................................................................... 464,367 713,671 

EPAWSS upgrade .......................................................................................................................... [11,600] 

F–15C AESA radars ...................................................................................................................... [48,000] 

F–15D AESA radars ...................................................................................................................... [192,500] 

ADCP II upgrades .......................................................................................................................... [10,000] 

F–15C MIDS JTRS transfer to RDT&E ..................................................................................... [–6,387] 

F–15E MIDS JTRS transfer to RDT&E .................................................................................... [–6,409] 

23 F–16 ..................................................................................................................................................... 17,134 17,134 

24 F–22A .................................................................................................................................................. 126,152 126,152 

25 F–35 MODIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................... 70,167 70,167 

26 INCREMENT 3.2B ............................................................................................................................ 69,325 69,325 

AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT 

28 C–5 ....................................................................................................................................................... 5,604 5,604 

30 C–17A .................................................................................................................................................. 46,997 46,997 

31 C–21 ..................................................................................................................................................... 10,162 10,162 

32 C–32A .................................................................................................................................................. 44,464 44,464 

33 C–37A .................................................................................................................................................. 10,861 10,861 

TRAINER AIRCRAFT 

34 GLIDER MODS ................................................................................................................................. 134 134 

35 T–6 ....................................................................................................................................................... 17,968 17,968 

36 T–1 ....................................................................................................................................................... 23,706 23,706 

37 T–38 ..................................................................................................................................................... 30,604 30,604 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

38 U–2 MODS .......................................................................................................................................... 22,095 22,095 

39 KC–10A (ATCA) ................................................................................................................................. 5,611 5,611 

40 C–12 ..................................................................................................................................................... 1,980 1,980 

42 VC–25A MOD ..................................................................................................................................... 98,231 98,231 

43 C–40 ..................................................................................................................................................... 13,171 13,171 

44 C–130 ................................................................................................................................................... 7,048 130,248 

C–130H Electronic Prop Control System – UPL ....................................................................... [13,500] 

C–130H In-flight Prop Balancing System – UPL ...................................................................... [1,500] 

C–130H T–56 3.5 Engine Mods .................................................................................................... [33,200] 

Funds added to comply with Sec 134, FY15 NDAA ................................................................... [75,000] 

45 C–130J MODS .................................................................................................................................... 29,713 29,713 

46 C–135 ................................................................................................................................................... 49,043 49,043 

47 COMPASS CALL MODS .................................................................................................................. 68,415 97,115 

Modification for restored EC–130H .............................................................................................. [28,700] 

48 RC–135 ................................................................................................................................................ 156,165 156,165 

49 E–3 ....................................................................................................................................................... 13,178 13,178 

50 E–4 ....................................................................................................................................................... 23,937 23,937 

51 E–8 ....................................................................................................................................................... 18,001 18,001 

52 AIRBORNE WARNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM ..................................................................... 183,308 183,308 

53 FAMILY OF BEYOND LINE-OF-SIGHT TERMINALS ............................................................. 44,163 44,163 

54 H–1 ...................................................................................................................................................... 6,291 6,291 

55 UH–1N REPLACEMENT ................................................................................................................. 2,456 2,456 

56 H–60 .................................................................................................................................................... 45,731 45,731 

57 RQ–4 MODS ....................................................................................................................................... 50,022 50,022 

58 HC/MC–130 MODIFICATIONS ....................................................................................................... 21,660 21,660 

59 OTHER AIRCRAFT .......................................................................................................................... 117,767 115,521 

C2ISR TDL transfer to COMSEC equipment ............................................................................. [–2,246] 

60 MQ–1 MODS ....................................................................................................................................... 3,173 3,173 

61 MQ–9 MODS ....................................................................................................................................... 115,226 115,226 

63 CV–22 MODS ...................................................................................................................................... 58,828 58,828 

AIRCRAFT SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

64 INITIAL SPARES/REPAIR PARTS .............................................................................................. 656,242 656,242 

COMMON SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

65 AIRCRAFT REPLACEMENT SUPPORT EQUIP ....................................................................... 33,716 33,716 

POST PRODUCTION SUPPORT 

67 B–2A .................................................................................................................................................... 38,837 38,837 

68 B–52 ..................................................................................................................................................... 5,911 5,911 

69 C–17A .................................................................................................................................................. 30,108 30,108 

70 CV–22 POST PRODUCTION SUPPORT ....................................................................................... 3,353 3,353 

71 C–135 ................................................................................................................................................... 4,490 4,490 

72 F–15 ..................................................................................................................................................... 3,225 3,225 

73 F–16 ..................................................................................................................................................... 14,969 14,969 
939 

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SEC. 4101. PROCUREMENT 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

74 F–22A .................................................................................................................................................. 971 971 

76 MQ–9 ................................................................................................................................................... 5,000 5,000 

INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS 

77 INDUSTRIAL RESPONSIVENESS ............................................................................................... 18,802 18,802 

WAR CONSUMABLES 

78 WAR CONSUMABLES ..................................................................................................................... 156,465 156,465 

OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES 

79 OTHER PRODUCTION CHARGES ............................................................................................... 1,052,814 1,111,900 

Transfer from RDT&E for NATO AWACS ................................................................................. [59,086] 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

79 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................................................. 42,503 42,503 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ................................................... 15,657,769 16,472,713 

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 

MISSILE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT—BALLISTIC 

1 MISSILE REPLACEMENT EQ-BALLISTIC ............................................................................... 94,040 94,040 

TACTICAL 

3 JOINT AIR-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE ............................................................................ 440,578 440,578

4 SIDEWINDER (AIM–9X) ................................................................................................................. 200,777 200,777 

5 AMRAAM ............................................................................................................................................ 390,112 390,112 

6 PREDATOR HELLFIRE MISSILE ............................................................................................... 423,016 423,016 

7 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB ............................................................................................................ 133,697 133,697 

INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES 

8 INDUSTR’L PREPAREDNS/POL PREVENTION ....................................................................... 397 397 

CLASS IV 

9 MM III MODIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................... 50,517 50,517 

10 AGM–65D MAVERICK ..................................................................................................................... 9,639 9,639 

11 AGM–88A HARM ............................................................................................................................... 197 197 

12 AIR LAUNCH CRUISE MISSILE (ALCM) .................................................................................. 25,019 25,019 

MISSILE SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

14 INITIAL SPARES/REPAIR PARTS .............................................................................................. 48,523 48,523 

SPECIAL PROGRAMS 

28 SPECIAL UPDATE PROGRAMS ................................................................................................... 276,562 276,562 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

28 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................................................. 893,971 893,971 

TOTAL MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ........................................................ 2,987,045 2,987,045 

SPACE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 

SPACE PROGRAMS 

1 ADVANCED EHF .............................................................................................................................. 333,366 333,366 

2 WIDEBAND GAPFILLER SATELLITES(SPACE) ..................................................................... 53,476 53,476 

3 GPS III SPACE SEGMENT ............................................................................................................ 199,218 0 

GPS III SV10 early to need .......................................................................................................... [–199,218] 

4 SPACEBORNE EQUIP (COMSEC) ................................................................................................ 18,362 18,362 

5 GLOBAL POSITIONING (SPACE) ................................................................................................ 66,135 66,135 

6 DEF METEOROLOGICAL SAT PROG(SPACE) ......................................................................... 89,351 0 

Cut DMSP #20 .............................................................................................................................. [–89,351] 

7 EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH CAPABILITY .................................................................. 571,276 571,276 

8 EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEH(SPACE) .................................................................. 800,201 800,201 

9 SBIR HIGH (SPACE) ...................................................................................................................... 452,676 452,676 

TOTAL SPACE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ............................................................ 2,584,061 2,295,492 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 

ROCKETS 

1 ROCKETS ........................................................................................................................................... 23,788 23,788 

CARTRIDGES 

2 CARTRIDGES ................................................................................................................................... 131,102 169,602 

Increase to match size of A–10 fleet .............................................................................................. [38,500] 

BOMBS 

3 PRACTICE BOMBS .......................................................................................................................... 89,759 89,759 

4 GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS ...................................................................................................... 637,181 637,181 

5 MASSIVE ORDNANCE PENETRATOR (MOP) ........................................................................... 39,690 39,690 

6 JOINT DIRECT ATTACK MUNITION .......................................................................................... 374,688 374,688 

OTHER ITEMS 

7 CAD/PAD ............................................................................................................................................ 58,266 58,266 

8 EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (EOD) ............................................................................. 5,612 5,612 

9 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ..................................................................................................... 103 103 

10 MODIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 1,102 1,102 

11 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................................ 3,044 3,044 

FLARES 

12 FLARES .............................................................................................................................................. 120,935 120,935 

FUZES 

13 FUZES ................................................................................................................................................ 213,476 213,476 

SMALL ARMS 

14 SMALL ARMS ................................................................................................................................... 60,097 60,097 
940 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE .................................... 1,758,843 1,797,343 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 

PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES 

1 PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES .......................................................................................... 8,834 8,834 

CARGO AND UTILITY VEHICLES 

2 MEDIUM TACTICAL VEHICLE .................................................................................................... 58,160 58,160 

3 CAP VEHICLES ................................................................................................................................ 977 977 

4 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................................ 12,483 12,483 

SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES 

5 SECURITY AND TACTICAL VEHICLES ..................................................................................... 4,728 4,728 

6 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................................ 4,662 4,662 

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT 

7 FIRE FIGHTING/CRASH RESCUE VEHICLES ........................................................................ 10,419 10,419 

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

8 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................................ 23,320 23,320 

BASE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT 

9 RUNWAY SNOW REMOV & CLEANING EQUIP ........................................................................ 6,215 6,215 

10 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................................ 87,781 87,781 

COMM SECURITY EQUIPMENT(COMSEC) 

11 COMSEC EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................................... 136,998 139,244 

Transfer for Link 16 upgrades ...................................................................................................... [2,246] 

12 MODIFICATIONS (COMSEC) ......................................................................................................... 677 677 

INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS 

13 INTELLIGENCE TRAINING EQUIPMENT ................................................................................. 4,041 4,041 

14 INTELLIGENCE COMM EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................ 22,573 22,573 

15 MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS ................................................................................................... 14,456 14,456 

ELECTRONICS PROGRAMS 

16 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL & LANDING SYS ............................................................................... 31,823 31,823 

17 NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM .................................................................................................. 5,833 5,833 

18 BATTLE CONTROL SYSTEM—FIXED ....................................................................................... 1,687 1,687 

19 THEATER AIR CONTROL SYS IMPROVEMENTS ................................................................... 22,710 22,710 

20 WEATHER OBSERVATION FORECAST ..................................................................................... 21,561 21,561 

21 STRATEGIC COMMAND AND CONTROL ................................................................................... 286,980 286,980 

22 CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX ............................................................................................ 36,186 36,186 

24 INTEGRATED STRAT PLAN & ANALY NETWORK (ISPAN) ................................................ 9,597 9,597 

SPCL COMM-ELECTRONICS PROJECTS 

25 GENERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................ 27,403 27,403 

26 AF GLOBAL COMMAND & CONTROL SYS ................................................................................ 7,212 7,212 

27 MOBILITY COMMAND AND CONTROL ...................................................................................... 11,062 30,962 

Additional battlefield air operations kits to meet need ............................................................... [19,900] 

28 AIR FORCE PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEM ........................................................................... 131,269 131,269

29 COMBAT TRAINING RANGES ...................................................................................................... 33,606 33,606 

30 MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY COMM N ....................................................................... 5,232 5,232 

31 C3 COUNTERMEASURES .............................................................................................................. 7,453 7,453 

32 INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM ..................................................................... 3,976 3,976 

33 GCSS-AF FOS .................................................................................................................................... 25,515 25,515 

34 DEFENSE ENTERPRISE ACCOUNTING AND MGMT SYSTEM ........................................... 9,255 9,255 

35 THEATER BATTLE MGT C2 SYSTEM ....................................................................................... 7,523 7,523 

36 AIR & SPACE OPERATIONS CTR-WPN SYS ............................................................................ 12,043 12,043 

37 AIR OPERATIONS CENTER (AOC) 10.2 ..................................................................................... 24,246 24,246 

AIR FORCE COMMUNICATIONS 

38 INFORMATION TRANSPORT SYSTEMS .................................................................................... 74,621 74,621 

39 AFNET ................................................................................................................................................ 103,748 86,748 

Restructure program ...................................................................................................................... [–17,000] 

41 JOINT COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT ELEMENT (JCSE) .................................................... 5,199 5,199 

42 USCENTCOM ..................................................................................................................................... 15,780 15,780 

SPACE PROGRAMS 

43 FAMILY OF BEYOND LINE-OF-SIGHT TERMINALS ............................................................. 79,592 79,592 

44 SPACE BASED IR SENSOR PGM SPACE .................................................................................. 90,190 90,190 

45 NAVSTAR GPS SPACE .................................................................................................................... 2,029 2,029 

46 NUDET DETECTION SYS SPACE ............................................................................................... 5,095 5,095 

47 AF SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK SPACE ........................................................................ 76,673 76,673 

48 SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM SPACE ........................................................................................ 113,275 113,275 

49 MILSATCOM SPACE ....................................................................................................................... 35,495 35,495 

50 SPACE MODS SPACE ..................................................................................................................... 23,435 23,435 

51 COUNTERSPACE SYSTEM ............................................................................................................ 43,065 43,065 

ORGANIZATION AND BASE 

52 TACTICAL C-E EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................................ 77,538 113,538 

Increase JTAC training and rehearsal simulators per AF unfunded priority list .................. [36,000] 

54 RADIO EQUIPMENT ....................................................................................................................... 8,400 8,400 

55 CCTV/AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................. 6,144 6,144 

56 BASE COMM INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................... 77,010 77,010 

MODIFICATIONS 

57 COMM ELECT MODS ...................................................................................................................... 71,800 71,800 

PERSONAL SAFETY & RESCUE EQUIP 

58 NIGHT VISION GOGGLES ............................................................................................................. 2,370 2,370 
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Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

59 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................................ 79,623 79,623 

DEPOT PLANT+MTRLS HANDLING EQ 

60 MECHANIZED MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIP ....................................................................... 7,249 7,249 

BASE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

61 BASE PROCURED EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................. 9,095 9,095 

62 ENGINEERING AND EOD EQUIPMENT .................................................................................... 17,866 17,866 

64 MOBILITY EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................................ 61,850 61,850 

65 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................................ 30,477 30,477 

SPECIAL SUPPORT PROJECTS 

67 DARP RC135 ...................................................................................................................................... 25,072 25,072 

68 DCGS-AF ............................................................................................................................................ 183,021 183,021 

70 SPECIAL UPDATE PROGRAM ..................................................................................................... 629,371 629,371 

71 DEFENSE SPACE RECONNAISSANCE PROG. ......................................................................... 100,663 100,663 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

71 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................................................. 15,038,333 15,038,333 

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 

73 SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS ..................................................................................................... 59,863 59,863 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE .......................................................... 18,272,438 18,313,584 

PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DCAA 

1 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................................ 1,488 1,488 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DCMA 

2 MAJOR EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................................................... 2,494 2,494 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DHRA 

3 PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION ................................................................................................. 9,341 9,341 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DISA 

7 INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY ........................................................................................ 8,080 18,080 

Sharkseer increase .......................................................................................................................... [10,000] 

8 TELEPORT PROGRAM ................................................................................................................... 62,789 62,789 

9 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ................................................................................................ 9,399 9,399 

10 NET CENTRIC ENTERPRISE SERVICES (NCES) ................................................................... 1,819 1,819 

11 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEM NETWORK ...................................................................... 141,298 141,298 

12 CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE ................................................................................................... 12,732 12,732 

13 WHITE HOUSE COMMUNICATION AGENCY ........................................................................... 64,098 64,098 

14 SENIOR LEADERSHIP ENTERPRISE ....................................................................................... 617,910 617,910 

15 JOINT INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT ..................................................................................... 84,400 84,400 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DLA 

16 MAJOR EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................................................... 5,644 5,644 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DMACT 

17 MAJOR EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................................................... 11,208 11,208 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DODEA 

18 AUTOMATION/EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT & LOGISTICS ...................................................... 1,298 1,298 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DSS 

20 MAJOR EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................................................... 1,048 1,048 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY 

21 VEHICLES ......................................................................................................................................... 100 100 

22 OTHER MAJOR EQUIPMENT ...................................................................................................... 5,474 5,474 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY 

23 THAAD ............................................................................................................................................... 464,067 464,067 

24 AEGIS BMD ....................................................................................................................................... 558,916 706,681 

Increase SM–3 Block IB purchase ................................................................................................ [117,880] 

Increase SM–3 Block IB canisters ................................................................................................ [2,565] 

Undifferentiated Block IB test and evaluation costs ................................................................... [27,320] 

25 AEGIS BMD (AP) ............................................................................................................................. 147,765 0 

Early to need .................................................................................................................................. [–147,765] 

26 BMDS AN/TPY–2 RADARS ............................................................................................................. 78,634 78,634 

27 AEGIS ASHORE PHASE III .......................................................................................................... 30,587 30,587 

28 IRON DOME ...................................................................................................................................... 55,000 41,100 

Request excess of requirement ........................................................................................................ [–13,900] 

XX DAVIDS SLING ................................................................................................................................. 0 150,000 

Increase for David’s Sling co-production ..................................................................................... [150,000] 

XXX ARROW 3 ............................................................................................................................................ 0 15,000 

Increase for Arrow 3 co-production .............................................................................................. [15,000] 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, NSA 

35 INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM (ISSP) ..................................................... 37,177 37,177 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, OSD 

36 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, OSD ............................................................................................................ 46,939 46,939 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, TJS 

38 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, TJS ............................................................................................................ 13,027 13,027 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, WHS 

40 MAJOR EQUIPMENT, WHS ........................................................................................................... 27,859 27,859 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

40 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................................................. 617,757 617,757 

AVIATION PROGRAMS 

41 MC–12 .................................................................................................................................................. 63,170 0 

SOCOM requested realignment ...................................................................................................... [–63,170] 
942 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

42 ROTARY WING UPGRADES AND SUSTAINMENT .................................................................. 135,985 135,985 

44 NON-STANDARD AVIATION .......................................................................................................... 61,275 61,275 

45 U–28 .................................................................................................................................................... 0 63,170 

SOCOM requested realignment ...................................................................................................... [63,170] 

47 RQ–11 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE ..................................................................................... 20,087 20,087 

48 CV–22 MODIFICATION ................................................................................................................... 18,832 18,832 

49 MQ–1 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE ....................................................................................... 1,934 1,934 

50 MQ–9 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE ....................................................................................... 11,726 21,726 

MQ–9 capability enhancements ..................................................................................................... [10,000] 

51 STUASL0 ............................................................................................................................................ 1,514 1,514 

52 PRECISION STRIKE PACKAGE ................................................................................................... 204,105 204,105 

53 AC/MC–130J ....................................................................................................................................... 61,368 61,368 

54 C–130 MODIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................. 66,861 31,412 

C–130 TF/TA adjustments ............................................................................................................. [–35,449] 

SHIPBUILDING 

55 UNDERWATER SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................. 32,521 32,521 

AMMUNITION PROGRAMS 

56 ORDNANCE ITEMS <$5M ............................................................................................................. 174,734 174,734 

OTHER PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS 

57 INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................... 93,009 93,009 

58 DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS .................................................... 14,964 14,964 

59 OTHER ITEMS <$5M ..................................................................................................................... 79,149 79,149 

60 COMBATANT CRAFT SYSTEMS ................................................................................................... 33,362 33,362 

61 SPECIAL PROGRAMS ..................................................................................................................... 143,533 143,533 

62 TACTICAL VEHICLES .................................................................................................................... 73,520 73,520 

63 WARRIOR SYSTEMS <$5M ........................................................................................................... 186,009 186,009 

64 COMBAT MISSION REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................... 19,693 19,693 

65 GLOBAL VIDEO SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES ....................................................................... 3,967 3,967 

66 OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS INTELLIGENCE .............................................................. 19,225 19,225 

68 OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS .............................................................................................. 213,252 213,252 

CBDP 

74 CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ....................................................... 141,223 141,223 

75 CB PROTECTION & HAZARD MITIGATION ............................................................................ 137,487 137,487

UNDISTRIBUTED 

XX USCC CYBER CAPABILITIES ...................................................................................................... 0 75,000 

Cyber capabilities ........................................................................................................................... [75,000] 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE .................................................................. 5,130,853 5,341,504 

JOINT URGENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS FUND 

JOINT URGENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS FUND 

1 JOINT URGENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS FUND ...................................................................... 99,701 99,701 

TOTAL JOINT URGENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS FUND ...................................... 99,701 99,701 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT ........................................................................................................ 106,967,393 111,847,577 

1 SEC. 4102. PROCUREMENT FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY 

2 OPERATIONS. 

SEC. 4102. PROCUREMENT FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 

FIXED WING 

3 AERIAL COMMON SENSOR (ACS) (MIP) ....................................................................................... 99,500 99,500 

4 MQ–1 UAV .............................................................................................................................................. 16,537 16,537 

MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT 

16 MQ–1 PAYLOAD (MIP) ........................................................................................................................ 8,700 8,700 

23 ARL SEMA MODS (MIP) .................................................................................................................... 32,000 32,000 

31 RQ–7 UAV MODS .................................................................................................................................. 8,250 8,250 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY .................................................................... 164,987 164,987 

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 

AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE SYSTEM 

3 HELLFIRE SYS SUMMARY ............................................................................................................... 37,260 37,260 

TOTAL MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY ........................................................................ 37,260 37,260 

PROCUREMENT OF W&TCV, ARMY 

WEAPONS & OTHER COMBAT VEHICLES 
943 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

16 MORTAR SYSTEMS ............................................................................................................................. 7,030 7,030 

21 COMMON REMOTELY OPERATED WEAPONS STATION .......................................................... 19,000 19,000 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF W&TCV, ARMY ................................................................... 26,030 26,030 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 

SMALL/MEDIUM CAL AMMUNITION 

4 CTG, .50 CAL, ALL TYPES ................................................................................................................. 4,000 4,000 

MORTAR AMMUNITION 

8 60MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................................ 11,700 11,700 

9 81MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................................ 4,000 4,000 

10 120MM MORTAR, ALL TYPES .......................................................................................................... 7,000 7,000 

ARTILLERY AMMUNITION 

12 ARTILLERY CARTRIDGES, 75MM & 105MM, ALL TYPES ........................................................ 5,000 5,000 

13 ARTILLERY PROJECTILE, 155MM, ALL TYPES ......................................................................... 10,000 10,000

15 ARTILLERY PROPELLANTS, FUZES AND PRIMERS, ALL ..................................................... 2,000 2,000 

ROCKETS 

17 ROCKET, HYDRA 70, ALL TYPES ................................................................................................... 136,340 136,340 

OTHER AMMUNITION 

19 DEMOLITION MUNITIONS, ALL TYPES ....................................................................................... 4,000 4,000 

21 SIGNALS, ALL TYPES ........................................................................................................................ 8,000 8,000 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY .................................................... 192,040 192,040 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 

TACTICAL VEHICLES 

5 FAMILY OF MEDIUM TACTICAL VEH (FMTV) ........................................................................... 243,998 243,998 

9 HVY EXPANDED MOBILE TACTICAL TRUCK EXT SERV ....................................................... 223,276 223,276 

11 MODIFICATION OF IN SVC EQUIP ................................................................................................ 130,000 130,000 

12 MINE-RESISTANT AMBUSH-PROTECTED (MRAP) MODS ...................................................... 393,100 393,100 

COMM—SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 

21 TRANSPORTABLE TACTICAL COMMAND COMMUNICATIONS .............................................. 5,724 5,724 

COMM—BASE COMMUNICATIONS 

51 INSTALLATION INFO INFRASTRUCTURE MOD PROGRAM ................................................... 29,500 29,500 

ELECT EQUIP—TACT INT REL ACT (TIARA) 

57 DCGS-A (MIP) ....................................................................................................................................... 54,140 54,140 

59 TROJAN (MIP) ...................................................................................................................................... 6,542 6,542 

61 CI HUMINT AUTO REPRTING AND COLL(CHARCS) ................................................................ 3,860 3,860 

ELECT EQUIP—ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) 

68 FAMILY OF PERSISTENT SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITIE ..................................................... 14,847 14,847 

69 COUNTERINTELLIGENCE/SECURITY COUNTERMEASURES ................................................ 19,535 19,535 

ELECT EQUIP—TACTICAL SURV. (TAC SURV) 

84 COMPUTER BALLISTICS: LHMBC XM32 ...................................................................................... 2,601 2,601 

ELECT EQUIP—TACTICAL C2 SYSTEMS 

87 FIRE SUPPORT C2 FAMILY ............................................................................................................. 48 48 

94 MANEUVER CONTROL SYSTEM (MCS) ......................................................................................... 252 252 

ELECT EQUIP—AUTOMATION 

101 AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING EQUIP ................................................................................... 652 652 

CHEMICAL DEFENSIVE EQUIPMENT 

111 BASE DEFENSE SYSTEMS (BDS) .................................................................................................. 4,035 4,035 

COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

131 FORCE PROVIDER .............................................................................................................................. 53,800 53,800 

133 CARGO AERIAL DEL & PERSONNEL PARACHUTE SYSTEM ................................................ 700 700 

MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

159 FAMILY OF FORKLIFTS .................................................................................................................... 10,486 10,486 

OTHER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

169 RAPID EQUIPPING SOLDIER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ............................................................ 8,500 8,500 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY ........................................................................... 1,205,596 1,205,596 

JOINT IMPR EXPLOSIVE DEV DEFEAT FUND 

FORCE TRAINING 

3 TRAIN THE FORCE ............................................................................................................................ 7,850 7,850 

JIEDDO DEVICE DEFEAT 

2 DEFEAT THE DEVICE ....................................................................................................................... 77,600 77,600 

NETWORK ATTACK 

1 ATTACK THE NETWORK .................................................................................................................. 219,550 215,086 

Adjustment due to low execution in prior years .............................................................................. [–4,464] 

STAFF AND INFRASTRUCTURE 

4 OPERATIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 188,271 144,464 

Maintain prior year funding level .................................................................................................... [–43,807] 

TOTAL JOINT IMPR EXPLOSIVE DEV DEFEAT FUND ........................................... 493,271 445,000 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

26 STUASL0 UAV ....................................................................................................................................... 55,000 55,000 

MODIFICATION OF AIRCRAFT 
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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

30 AV–8 SERIES ........................................................................................................................................ 41,365 41,365 

32 F–18 SERIES ......................................................................................................................................... 8,000 8,000 

37 EP–3 SERIES ........................................................................................................................................ 6,300 6,300 

47 SPECIAL PROJECT AIRCRAFT ....................................................................................................... 14,198 14,198 

51 COMMON ECM EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................................ 72,700 72,700 

52 COMMON AVIONICS CHANGES ....................................................................................................... 13,988 13,988 

59 V–22 (TILT/ROTOR ACFT) OSPREY ................................................................................................ 4,900 4,900 

AIRCRAFT SUPPORT EQUIP & FACILITIES 

65 AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES ........................................................................................... 943 943 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY .................................................................... 217,394 217,394 

WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 

TACTICAL MISSILES 

10 LASER MAVERICK .............................................................................................................................. 3,344 3,344 

TOTAL WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY ..................................................................... 3,344 3,344 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMO, NAVY & MC 

NAVY AMMUNITION 

1 GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS ........................................................................................................... 9,715 9,715 

2 AIRBORNE ROCKETS, ALL TYPES ................................................................................................ 11,108 11,108 

3 MACHINE GUN AMMUNITION ......................................................................................................... 3,603 3,603 

6 AIR EXPENDABLE COUNTERMEASURES ................................................................................... 11,982 11,982 

11 OTHER SHIP GUN AMMUNITION .................................................................................................. 4,674 4,674 

12 SMALL ARMS & LANDING PARTY AMMO .................................................................................... 3,456 3,456 

13 PYROTECHNIC AND DEMOLITION ................................................................................................ 1,989 1,989 

14 AMMUNITION LESS THAN $5 MILLION ....................................................................................... 4,674 4,674 

MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION 

20 120MM, ALL TYPES ............................................................................................................................. 10,719 10,719 

23 ROCKETS, ALL TYPES ...................................................................................................................... 3,993 3,993 

24 ARTILLERY, ALL TYPES .................................................................................................................. 67,200 67,200 

26 FUZE, ALL TYPES .............................................................................................................................. 3,299 3,299 

25 DEMOLITION MUNITIONS, ALL TYPES ....................................................................................... 518 518 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMO, NAVY & MC ........................................................ 136,930 136,930 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 

CIVIL ENGINEERING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

135 PASSENGER CARRYING VEHICLES .............................................................................................. 186 186 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

160 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................................................................. 12,000 12,000 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY ........................................................................... 12,186 12,186 

PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 

GUIDED MISSILES 

10 JAVELIN ................................................................................................................................................. 7,679 7,679 

OTHER SUPPORT 

13 MODIFICATION KITS ......................................................................................................................... 10,311 10,311 

COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS 

14 UNIT OPERATIONS CENTER ........................................................................................................... 8,221 8,221 

OTHER SUPPORT (TEL) 

18 MODIFICATION KITS ......................................................................................................................... 3,600 3,600 

COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (NON-TEL) 

19 ITEMS UNDER $5 MILLION (COMM & ELEC) ............................................................................ 8,693 8,693 

INTELL/COMM EQUIPMENT (NON-TEL) 

27 RQ–11 UAV ............................................................................................................................................. 3,430 3,430 

MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT 

52 PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT .............................................................................................. 7,000 7,000 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS ...................................................................... 48,934 48,934 

AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

15 MQ–9 ........................................................................................................................................................ 13,500 13,500 

OTHER AIRCRAFT 

44 C–130 ....................................................................................................................................................... 1,410 1,410 

56 H–60 ........................................................................................................................................................ 39,300 39,300 

58 HC/MC–130 MODIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................... 5,690 5,690 

61 MQ–9 MODS ........................................................................................................................................... 69,000 69,000 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ....................................................... 128,900 128,900 

MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 

TACTICAL 

6 PREDATOR HELLFIRE MISSILE ................................................................................................... 280,902 280,902 

7 SMALL DIAMETER BOMB ................................................................................................................ 2,520 2,520 
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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

CLASS IV 

10 AGM–65D MAVERICK ......................................................................................................................... 5,720 5,720 

TOTAL MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ............................................................ 289,142 289,142 

PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 

CARTRIDGES 

2 CARTRIDGES ........................................................................................................................................ 8,371 8,371 

BOMBS 

4 GENERAL PURPOSE BOMBS ........................................................................................................... 17,031 17,031 

6 JOINT DIRECT ATTACK MUNITION .............................................................................................. 184,412 184,412 

FLARES 

12 FLARES .................................................................................................................................................. 11,064 11,064 

FUZES 

13 FUZES .................................................................................................................................................... 7,996 7,996 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE ........................................ 228,874 228,874 

OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 

SPCL COMM-ELECTRONICS PROJECTS 

25 GENERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................... 3,953 3,953 

27 MOBILITY COMMAND AND CONTROL .......................................................................................... 2,000 2,000 

AIR FORCE COMMUNICATIONS 

42 USCENTCOM ......................................................................................................................................... 10,000 10,000 

ORGANIZATION AND BASE 

52 TACTICAL C-E EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................................ 4,065 4,065 

56 BASE COMM INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................................................................... 15,400 15,400 

PERSONAL SAFETY & RESCUE EQUIP 

58 NIGHT VISION GOGGLES ................................................................................................................. 3,580 3,580 

59 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ..................................................................................................... 3,407 3,407 

BASE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

62 ENGINEERING AND EOD EQUIPMENT ........................................................................................ 46,790 46,790 

64 MOBILITY EQUIPMENT .................................................................................................................... 400 400 

65 ITEMS LESS THAN $5 MILLION ..................................................................................................... 9,800 9,800 

SPECIAL SUPPORT PROJECTS 

71 DEFENSE SPACE RECONNAISSANCE PROG. ............................................................................. 28,070 28,070

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

71 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................................................................. 3,732,499 3,732,499 

TOTAL OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE ............................................................... 3,859,964 3,859,964 

PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 

MAJOR EQUIPMENT, DISA 

8 TELEPORT PROGRAM ....................................................................................................................... 1,940 1,940 

CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS 

40 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .................................................................................................................. 35,482 35,482 

AVIATION PROGRAMS 

41 MC–12 ...................................................................................................................................................... 5,000 5,000 

AMMUNITION PROGRAMS 

56 ORDNANCE ITEMS <$5M ................................................................................................................. 35,299 35,299 

OTHER PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS 

61 SPECIAL PROGRAMS ......................................................................................................................... 15,160 15,160 

63 WARRIOR SYSTEMS <$5M ............................................................................................................... 15,000 15,000 

68 OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS .................................................................................................. 104,537 104,537 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE ...................................................................... 212,418 212,418 

TOTAL PROCUREMENT ............................................................................................................ 7,257,270 7,208,999 
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1 TITLE XLII—RESEARCH, DEVEL2 OPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUA3 TION 

4 SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUA5 TION. 

SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2016 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, ARMY 

BASIC RESEARCH 

1 0601101A IN-HOUSE LABORATORY INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ....................... 13,018 13,018 

2 0601102A DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES ............................................................. 239,118 279,118 

Basic research program increase ................................................................... [40,000] 

3 0601103A UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES ................................................... 72,603 72,603 

4 0601104A UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH CENTERS .......................... 100,340 100,340 

SUBTOTAL, BASIC RESEARCH ......................................................... 425,079 465,079 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

5 0602105A MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY .......................................................................... 28,314 28,314 

6 0602120A SENSORS AND ELECTRONIC SURVIVABILITY ...................................... 38,374 38,374 

7 0602122A TRACTOR HIP .................................................................................................. 6,879 6,879 

8 0602211A AVIATION TECHNOLOGY .............................................................................. 56,884 56,884 

9 0602270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE TECHNOLOGY .................................................. 19,243 19,243 

10 0602303A MISSILE TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................ 45,053 45,053 

11 0602307A ADVANCED WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY ...................................................... 29,428 29,428 

12 0602308A ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND SIMULATION ............................................. 27,862 27,862 

13 0602601A COMBAT VEHICLE AND AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY ....................... 68,839 68,839 

14 0602618A BALLISTIAG TECHNOLOGY ......................................................................... 92,801 92,801 

15 0602622A CHEMICAL, SMOKE AND EQUIPMENT DEFEATING TECHNOLOGY 3,866 3,866 

16 0602623A JOINT SERVICE SMALL ARMS PROGRAM .............................................. 5,487 5,487 

17 0602624A WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY ........................................... 48,340 48,340 

18 0602705A ELECTRONIAG AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES ......................................... 55,301 55,301 

19 0602709A NIGHT VISION TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................... 33,807 33,807 

20 0602712A COUNTERMINE SYSTEMS ............................................................................ 25,068 25,068 

21 0602716A HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY ................................ 23,681 23,681 

22 0602720A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY ........................................... 20,850 20,850 

23 0602782A COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ................ 36,160 36,160 

24 0602783A COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY ......................................... 12,656 12,656 

25 0602784A MILITARY ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY ............................................... 63,409 63,409 

26 0602785A MANPOWER/PERSONNEL/TRAINING TECHNOLOGY ........................... 24,735 24,735 

27 0602786A WARFIGHTER TECHNOLOGY ...................................................................... 35,795 35,795 

28 0602787A MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................... 76,853 76,853 

SUBTOTAL, APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................... 879,685 879,685 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

29 0603001A WARFIGHTER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .............................................. 46,973 46,973 

30 0603002A MEDICAL ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ....................................................... 69,584 69,584 

31 0603003A AVIATION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ....................................................... 89,736 89,736 

32 0603004A WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .................... 57,663 57,663 

33 0603005A COMBAT VEHICLE AND AUTOMOTIVE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY 113,071 113,071 

34 0603006A SPACE APPLICATION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................................. 5,554 5,554 

35 0603007A MANPOWER, PERSONNEL AND TRAINING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ......................................................................................................... 12,636 12,636 

37 0603009A TRACTOR HIKE ............................................................................................... 7,502 7,502 

38 0603015A NEXT GENERATION TRAINING & SIMULATION SYSTEMS ............... 17,425 17,425 

39 0603020A TRACTOR ROSE ............................................................................................... 11,912 11,912 

40 0603125A COMBATING TERRORISM—TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ............. 27,520 27,520 

41 0603130A TRACTOR NAIL ................................................................................................ 2,381 2,381 

42 0603131A TRACTOR EGGS ............................................................................................... 2,431 2,431 

43 0603270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE TECHNOLOGY .................................................. 26,874 26,874 

44 0603313A MISSILE AND ROCKET ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ............................. 49,449 49,449 

45 0603322A TRACTOR CAGE ............................................................................................... 10,999 10,999 

46 0603461A HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING MODERNIZATION PROGRAM 177,159 167,159 

Encourage use of commercial technology ...................................................... [–10,000] 

47 0603606A LANDMINE WARFARE AND BARRIER ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .. 13,993 13,993 

48 0603607A JOINT SERVICE SMALL ARMS PROGRAM .............................................. 5,105 5,105 

49 0603710A NIGHT VISION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .............................................. 40,929 40,929 

50 0603728A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS ..... 10,727 10,727 

51 0603734A MILITARY ENGINEERING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ........................ 20,145 20,145 

52 0603772A ADVANCED TACTICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE AND SENSOR TECHNOLOGY ......................................................................................................... 38,163 38,163 
947 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2016 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

53 0603794A C3 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................... 37,816 37,816 

SUBTOTAL, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 895,747 885,747 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPES 

54 0603305A ARMY MISSLE DEFENSE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ............................ 10,347 10,347 

55 0603308A ARMY SPACE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ................................................... 25,061 25,061 

56 0603619A LANDMINE WARFARE AND BARRIER—ADV DEV ................................ 49,636 49,636 

57 0603627A SMOKE, OBSCURANT AND TARGET DEFEATING SYS-ADV DEV ..... 13,426 13,426 

58 0603639A TANK AND MEDIUM CALIBER AMMUNITION ........................................ 46,749 46,749 

60 0603747A SOLDIER SUPPORT AND SURVIVABILITY ............................................. 6,258 6,258 

61 0603766A TACTICAL ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM—ADV DEV ....... 13,472 13,472 

62 0603774A NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ....................... 7,292 7,292 

63 0603779A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY—DEM/VAL ..................... 8,813 8,813 

65 0603790A NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT .................................................. 6,075 6,075 

67 0603804A LOGISTIAG AND ENGINEER EQUIPMENT—ADV DEV ........................ 21,233 21,233 

68 0603807A MEDICAL SYSTEMS—ADV DEV .................................................................. 31,962 31,962 

69 0603827A SOLDIER SYSTEMS—ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT .............................. 22,194 22,194 

71 0604100A ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVES ................................................................... 9,805 9,805 

72 0604115A TECHNOLOGY MATURATION INITIATIVES ............................................ 40,917 40,917 

73 0604120A ASSURED POSITIONING, NAVIGATION AND TIMING (PNT) .............. 30,058 30,058 

74 0604319A INDIRECT FIRE PROTECTION CAPABILITY INCREMENT 2– 

INTERCEPT (IFPC2) ................................................................................... 155,361 155,361 

SUBTOTAL, ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & 

PROTOTYPES.

498,659 498,659 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION 

76 0604201A AIRCRAFT AVIONIAG ..................................................................................... 12,939 12,939

78 0604270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ............................................... 18,843 18,843 

79 0604280A JOINT TACTICAL RADIO .............................................................................. 9,861 9,861 

80 0604290A MID-TIER NETWORKING VEHICULAR RADIO (MNVR) ....................... 8,763 8,763 

81 0604321A ALL SOURCE ANALYSIS SYSTEM .............................................................. 4,309 4,309 

82 0604328A TRACTOR CAGE ............................................................................................... 15,138 15,138 

83 0604601A INFANTRY SUPPORT WEAPONS ................................................................ 74,128 76,628 

Transfer from WTCV ...................................................................................... [2,500] 

85 0604611A JAVELIN ............................................................................................................. 3,945 3,945 

87 0604633A AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ................................................................................ 10,076 10,076 

88 0604641A TACTICAL UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE (TUGV) ............................. 40,374 40,374 

89 0604710A NIGHT VISION SYSTEMS—ENG DEV ........................................................ 67,582 67,582 

90 0604713A COMBAT FEEDING, CLOTHING, AND EQUIPMENT .............................. 1,763 1,763 

91 0604715A NON-SYSTEM TRAINING DEVICES—ENG DEV ...................................... 27,155 27,155 

92 0604741A AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, CONTROL AND INTELLIGENCE—ENG 

DEV ................................................................................................................. 24,569 24,569 

93 0604742A CONSTRUCTIVE SIMULATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ................. 23,364 23,364 

94 0604746A AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT ................................. 8,960 8,960 

95 0604760A DISTRIBUTIVE INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS (DIS)—ENG DEV ..... 9,138 9,138 

96 0604780A COMBINED ARMS TACTICAL TRAINER (CATT) CORE ........................ 21,622 21,622 

97 0604798A BRIGADE ANALYSIS, INTEGRATION AND EVALUATION ................... 99,242 99,242 

98 0604802A WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS—ENG DEV .................................................. 21,379 21,379 

99 0604804A LOGISTIAG AND ENGINEER EQUIPMENT—ENG DEV ........................ 48,339 48,339 

100 0604805A COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS—ENG DEV ... 2,726 2,726 

101 0604807A MEDICAL MATERIEL/MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT—ENG DEV ........................................................................................ 45,412 45,412 

102 0604808A LANDMINE WARFARE/BARRIER—ENG DEV .......................................... 55,215 55,215 

104 0604818A ARMY TACTICAL COMMAND & CONTROL HARDWARE & SOFTWARE .............................................................................................................. 163,643 163,643 

105 0604820A RADAR DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................ 12,309 12,309 

106 0604822A GENERAL FUND ENTERPRISE BUSINESS SYSTEM (GFEBS) .......... 15,700 15,700 

107 0604823A FIREFINDER .................................................................................................... 6,243 6,243 

108 0604827A SOLDIER SYSTEMS—WARRIOR DEM/VAL .............................................. 18,776 18,776 

109 0604854A ARTILLERY SYSTEMS—EMD ...................................................................... 1,953 1,953 

110 0605013A INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ..................................... 67,358 67,358 

111 0605018A INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM-ARMY (IPPS-A) ........ 136,011 86,011 

Restructure program ....................................................................................... [–50,000] 

112 0605028A ARMORED MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE (AMPV) .................................... 230,210 230,210 

113 0605030A JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK CENTER (JTNC) ....................................... 13,357 13,357 

114 0605031A JOINT TACTICAL NETWORK (JTN) ........................................................... 18,055 18,055 

115 0605032A TRACTOR TIRE ................................................................................................ 5,677 5,677 

116 0605035A COMMON INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES (CIRCM) .......................... 77,570 101,570 

Army UPL for AH–64 ASE development .................................................... [24,000] 

117 0605051A AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY DEVELOPMENT ......................................... 18,112 78,112 

Army UPL for AH–64 ASE development .................................................... [60,000] 

118 0605350A WIN-T INCREMENT 3—FULL NETWORKING .......................................... 39,700 39,700 

119 0605380A AMF JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM (JTRS) ..................................... 12,987 6,155 

Only for SALT program ................................................................................ [–6,832] 

120 0605450A JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MISSILE (JAGM) ............................................... 88,866 88,866 

121 0605456A PAC–3/MSE MISSILE ...................................................................................... 2,272 2,272

122 0605457A ARMY INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE (AIAMD) ............ 214,099 214,099 
948 

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SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2016 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

123 0605625A MANNED GROUND VEHICLE ...................................................................... 49,247 49,247 

124 0605626A AERIAL COMMON SENSOR .......................................................................... 2 2 

125 0605766A NATIONAL CAPABILITIES INTEGRATION (MIP) ................................... 10,599 10,599 

126 0605812A JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE (JLTV) ENGINEERING AND 

MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT PH ............................................... 32,486 32,486 

127 0605830A AVIATION GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT .......................................... 8,880 8,880 

128 0210609A PALADIN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT (PIM) ....................................... 152,288 152,288 

129 0303032A TROJAN—RH12 ................................................................................................ 5,022 5,022 

130 0304270A ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ............................................... 12,686 12,686 

SUBTOTAL, SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION.2,068,950 2,098,618 

RDT&E MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

131 0604256A THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT .................................................... 20,035 20,035 

132 0604258A TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .......................................................... 16,684 16,684 

133 0604759A MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT ........................................................................... 62,580 62,580 

134 0605103A RAND ARROYO CENTER ............................................................................... 20,853 20,853 

135 0605301A ARMY KWAJALEIN ATOLL ........................................................................... 205,145 205,145 

136 0605326A CONCEPTS EXPERIMENTATION PROGRAM ........................................... 19,430 19,430 

138 0605601A ARMY TEST RANGES AND FACILITIES ................................................... 277,646 277,646 

139 0605602A ARMY TECHNICAL TEST INSTRUMENTATION AND TARGETS ........ 51,550 51,550 

140 0605604A SURVIVABILITY/LETHALITY ANALYSIS .................................................. 33,246 33,246 

141 0605606A AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION ......................................................................... 4,760 4,760 

142 0605702A METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT TO RDT&E ACTIVITIES ...................... 8,303 8,303 

143 0605706A MATERIEL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ................................................................ 20,403 20,403 

144 0605709A EXPLOITATION OF FOREIGN ITEMS ....................................................... 10,396 10,396 

145 0605712A SUPPORT OF OPERATIONAL TESTING ................................................... 49,337 49,337 

146 0605716A ARMY EVALUATION CENTER ...................................................................... 52,694 52,694 

147 0605718A ARMY MODELING & SIM X-CMD COLLABORATION & INTEG ........... 938 938 

148 0605801A PROGRAMWIDE ACTIVITIES ....................................................................... 60,319 60,319 

149 0605803A TECHNICAL INFORMATION ACTIVITIES ................................................ 28,478 28,478 

150 0605805A MUNITIONS STANDARDIZATION, EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY 32,604 24,604 

Under execution of prior year funds ............................................................. [–8,000] 

151 0605857A ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGY MGMT SUPPORT .......... 3,186 3,186 

152 0605898A MANAGEMENT HQ—R&D ............................................................................. 48,955 48,955 

SUBTOTAL, RDT&E MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ....................... 1,027,542 1,019,542 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 

154 0603778A MLRS PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM .......................................... 18,397 18,397 

155 0603813A TRACTOR PULL ............................................................................................... 9,461 9,461 

156 0607131A WEAPONS AND MUNITIONS PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS ............................................................................................................ 4,945 4,945 

157 0607133A TRACTOR SMOKE ........................................................................................... 7,569 7,569 

158 0607135A APACHE PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM .................................... 69,862 69,862 

159 0607136A BLACKHAWK PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ........................... 66,653 66,653 

160 0607137A CHINOOK PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM .................................. 37,407 37,407 

161 0607138A FIXED WING PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ............................ 1,151 1,151 

162 0607139A IMPROVED TURBINE ENGINE PROGRAM .............................................. 51,164 51,164 

163 0607140A EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FROM NIE ................................................. 2,481 2,481 

164 0607141A LOGISTIAG AUTOMATION ............................................................................ 1,673 1,673 

166 0607665A FAMILY OF BIOMETRIAG ............................................................................. 13,237 13,237 

167 0607865A PATRIOT PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT ........................................................ 105,816 105,816 

169 0202429A AEROSTAT JOINT PROJECT—COCOM EXERCISE ............................... 40,565 40,565 

171 0203728A JOINT AUTOMATED DEEP OPERATION COORDINATION SYSTEM 

(JADOAG) ....................................................................................................... 35,719 35,719 

172 0203735A COMBAT VEHICLE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS ................................... 257,167 297,167 

Stryker modification and improvement ........................................................ [40,000] 

173 0203740A MANEUVER CONTROL SYSTEM .................................................................. 15,445 15,445 

175 0203752A AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM .......... 364 364 

176 0203758A DIGITIZATION ................................................................................................. 4,361 4,361 

177 0203801A MISSILE/AIR DEFENSE PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ....... 3,154 3,154 

178 0203802A OTHER MISSILE PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS .................. 35,951 35,951 

179 0203808A TRACTOR CARD ............................................................................................... 34,686 34,686 

180 0205402A INTEGRATED BASE DEFENSE—OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEV ....... 10,750 10,750 

181 0205410A MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT ...................................................... 402 402 

183 0205456A LOWER TIER AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE (AMD) SYSTEM ............ 64,159 64,159 

184 0205778A GUIDED MULTIPLE-LAUNCH ROCKET SYSTEM (GMLRS) ................ 17,527 17,527 

185 0208053A JOINT TACTICAL GROUND SYSTEM ......................................................... 20,515 20,515 

187 0303028A SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ........................................ 12,368 12,368 

188 0303140A INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ................................... 31,154 31,154 

189 0303141A GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM ...................................................... 12,274 12,274 

190 0303142A SATCOM GROUND ENVIRONMENT (SPACE) ........................................... 9,355 9,355 

191 0303150A WWMCAG/GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM ..................... 7,053 7,053 

193 0305179A INTEGRATED BROADCAST SERVICE (IBS) ............................................ 750 750 

194 0305204A TACTICAL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES ........................................... 13,225 13,225 

195 0305206A AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS ............................................... 22,870 22,870 

196 0305208A DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS .................... 25,592 25,592 

199 0305233A RQ–7 UAV ........................................................................................................... 7,297 7,297 
949 

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SEC. 4201. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2016 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

201 0310349A WIN-T INCREMENT 2—INITIAL NETWORKING ..................................... 3,800 3,800 

202 0708045A END ITEM INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES ..................... 48,442 48,442 

9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................. 4,536 4,536 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ..... 1,129,297 1,169,297 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, 

ARMY.

6,924,959 7,016,627 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, NAVY 

BASIC RESEARCH 

1 0601103N UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES ................................................... 116,196 116,196 

2 0601152N IN-HOUSE LABORATORY INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ....................... 19,126 19,126 

3 0601153N DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES ............................................................. 451,606 506,606 

Basic research program increase ................................................................... [55,000] 

SUBTOTAL, BASIC RESEARCH ......................................................... 586,928 641,928 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

4 0602114N POWER PROJECTION APPLIED RESEARCH .......................................... 68,723 68,723 

5 0602123N FORCE PROTECTION APPLIED RESEARCH .......................................... 154,963 154,963 

6 0602131M MARINE CORPS LANDING FORCE TECHNOLOGY ................................ 49,001 49,001 

7 0602235N COMMON PICTURE APPLIED RESEARCH .............................................. 42,551 42,551 

8 0602236N WARFIGHTER SUSTAINMENT APPLIED RESEARCH ......................... 45,056 45,056 

9 0602271N ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS APPLIED RESEARCH ....................... 115,051 115,051 

10 0602435N OCEAN WARFIGHTING ENVIRONMENT APPLIED RESEARCH ........ 42,252 42,252 

11 0602651M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS APPLIED RESEARCH ....................... 6,119 6,119 

12 0602747N UNDERSEA WARFARE APPLIED RESEARCH ........................................ 123,750 142,350 

Accelerate undersea warfare research ............................................................ [18,600] 

13 0602750N FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES APPLIED RESEARCH ...................... 179,686 179,686 

14 0602782N MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE APPLIED RESEARCH ....... 37,418 37,418 

SUBTOTAL, APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................... 864,570 883,170 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

15 0603114N POWER PROJECTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................................ 37,093 37,093 

16 0603123N FORCE PROTECTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................................. 38,044 38,044 

17 0603271N ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .............. 34,899 34,899 

18 0603640M USMC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION (ATD) .............. 137,562 137,562 

19 0603651M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ..... 12,745 12,745 

20 0603673N FUTURE NAVAL CAPABILITIES ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................................. 258,860 248,860 

Capable manpower, enablers, and sea basing .............................................. [–10,000] 

21 0603680N MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ......................................... 57,074 57,074 

22 0603729N WARFIGHTER PROTECTION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................... 4,807 4,807 

23 0603747N UNDERSEA WARFARE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY .............................. 13,748 13,748 

24 0603758N NAVY WARFIGHTING EXPERIMENTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS ...... 66,041 66,041 

25 0603782N MINE AND EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ......................................................................................................... 1,991 1,991 

SUBTOTAL, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 662,864 652,864 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPES 

26 0603207N AIR/OCEAN TACTICAL APPLICATIONS .................................................... 41,832 41,832 

27 0603216N AVIATION SURVIVABILITY .......................................................................... 5,404 5,404 

28 0603237N DEPLOYABLE JOINT COMMAND AND CONTROL .................................. 3,086 3,086 

29 0603251N AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS ...................................................................................... 11,643 11,643

30 0603254N ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .................................................................. 5,555 5,555 

31 0603261N TACTICAL AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE .............................................. 3,087 3,087 

32 0603382N ADVANCED COMBAT SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY ..................................... 1,636 1,636 

33 0603502N SURFACE AND SHALLOW WATER MINE COUNTERMEASURES ...... 118,588 118,588 

34 0603506N SURFACE SHIP TORPEDO DEFENSE ...................................................... 77,385 77,385 

35 0603512N CARRIER SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ........................................................ 8,348 8,348 

36 0603525N PILOT FISH ...................................................................................................... 123,246 123,246 

37 0603527N RETRACT LARCH ............................................................................................ 28,819 28,819 

38 0603536N RETRACT JUNIPER ........................................................................................ 112,678 112,678 

39 0603542N RADIOLOGICAL CONTROL ........................................................................... 710 710 

40 0603553N SURFACE ASW ................................................................................................. 1,096 1,096 

41 0603561N ADVANCED SUBMARINE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ............................. 87,160 98,160 

Accelerate unmanned underwater vehicle development ................................ [11,000] 

42 0603562N SUBMARINE TACTICAL WARFARE SYSTEMS ........................................ 10,371 10,371 

43 0603563N SHIP CONCEPT ADVANCED DESIGN ........................................................ 11,888 11,888 

44 0603564N SHIP PRELIMINARY DESIGN & FEASIBILITY STUDIES ................... 4,332 4,332 

45 0603570N ADVANCED NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS ................................................ 482,040 482,040 

46 0603573N ADVANCED SURFACE MACHINERY SYSTEMS ...................................... 25,904 25,904 

47 0603576N CHALK EAGLE ................................................................................................. 511,802 511,802 

48 0603581N LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LAG) ................................................................ 118,416 118,416 

49 0603582N COMBAT SYSTEM INTEGRATION ............................................................... 35,901 35,901 

50 0603595N OHIO REPLACEMENT .................................................................................... 971,393 971,393

51 0603596N LAG MISSION MODULES .............................................................................. 206,149 206,149 

52 0603597N AUTOMATED TEST AND RE-TEST (ATRT) ............................................. 8,000 8,000 
950 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2016 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

53 0603609N CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS ...................................................................... 7,678 7,678 

54 0603611M MARINE CORPS ASSAULT VEHICLES ...................................................... 219,082 219,082 

55 0603635M MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORT SYSTEM ..................... 623 623 

56 0603654N JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT ............... 18,260 18,260 

57 0603658N COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT .................................................................... 76,247 76,247 

58 0603713N OCEAN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ...................... 4,520 4,520 

59 0603721N ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ................................................................ 20,711 20,711 

60 0603724N NAVY ENERGY PROGRAM ............................................................................ 47,761 47,761 

61 0603725N FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT ....................................................................... 5,226 5,226 

62 0603734N CHALK CORAL ................................................................................................. 182,771 182,771 

63 0603739N NAVY LOGISTIC PRODUCTIVITY ................................................................ 3,866 3,866 

64 0603746N RETRACT MAPLE ............................................................................................ 360,065 360,065 

65 0603748N LINK PLUMERIA ............................................................................................. 237,416 237,416 

66 0603751N RETRACT ELM ................................................................................................. 37,944 37,944 

67 0603764N LINK EVERGREEN ......................................................................................... 47,312 47,312 

68 0603787N SPECIAL PROCESSES ................................................................................... 17,408 17,408 

69 0603790N NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT .................................................. 9,359 9,359 

70 0603795N LAND ATTACK TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................... 887 887 

71 0603851M JOINT NON-LETHAL WEAPONS TESTING .............................................. 29,448 29,448 

72 0603860N JOINT PRECISION APPROACH AND LANDING SYSTEMS—DEM/ 

VAL .................................................................................................................. 91,479 91,479 

73 0603925N DIRECTED ENERGY AND ELECTRIC WEAPON SYSTEMS ................. 67,360 67,360 

74 0604112N GERALD R. FORD CLASS NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER (CVN 

78—80) ............................................................................................................ 48,105 127,205 

Full ship shock trials for CVN–78 ................................................................. [79,100] 

75 0604122N REMOTE MINEHUNTING SYSTEM (RMS) ................................................ 20,089 20,089 

76 0604272N TACTICAL AIR DIRECTIONAL INFRARED COUNTERMEASURES 

(TADIRCM) .................................................................................................... 18,969 18,969 

77 0604279N ASE SELF-PROTECTION OPTIMIZATION ................................................ 7,874 7,874 

78 0604292N MH-XX ................................................................................................................ 5,298 5,298 

79 0604454N LX (R) ................................................................................................................. 46,486 75,486 

Accelerate LX (R) ........................................................................................... [29,000] 

80 0604653N JOINT COUNTER RADIO CONTROLLED IED ELECTRONIC WARFARE (JCREW) ............................................................................................. 3,817 3,817 

81 0604659N PRECISION STRIKE WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ............. 9,595 9,595 

82 0604707N SPACE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE (SEW) ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING SUPPORT .............................................................................. 29,581 29,581 

83 0604786N OFFENSIVE ANTI-SURFACE WARFARE WEAPON DEVELOPMENT 285,849 285,849 

84 0605812M JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE (JLTV) ENGINEERING AND 

MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT PH ............................................... 36,656 36,656 

85 0303354N ASW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT—MIP ...................................................... 9,835 9,835 

86 0304270N ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT—MIP ................................... 580 580 

SUBTOTAL, ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & 

PROTOTYPES.

5,024,626 5,143,726 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION 

87 0603208N TRAINING SYSTEM AIRCRAFT ................................................................... 21,708 21,708 

88 0604212N OTHER HELO DEVELOPMENT ................................................................... 11,101 11,101 

89 0604214N AV–8B AIRCRAFT—ENG DEV ...................................................................... 39,878 39,878 

90 0604215N STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................... 53,059 53,059 

91 0604216N MULTI-MISSION HELICOPTER UPGRADE DEVELOPMENT .............. 21,358 21,358 

92 0604218N AIR/OCEAN EQUIPMENT ENGINEERING ................................................ 4,515 4,515 

93 0604221N P–3 MODERNIZATION PROGRAM .............................................................. 1,514 1,514 

94 0604230N WARFARE SUPPORT SYSTEM .................................................................... 5,875 5,875 

95 0604231N TACTICAL COMMAND SYSTEM ................................................................... 81,553 81,553 

96 0604234N ADVANCED HAWKEYE .................................................................................. 272,149 272,149 

97 0604245N H–1 UPGRADES ............................................................................................... 27,235 27,235 

98 0604261N ACOUSTIC SEARCH SENSORS .................................................................... 35,763 35,763 

99 0604262N V–22A ................................................................................................................... 87,918 87,918 

100 0604264N AIR CREW SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ...................................................... 12,679 12,679 

101 0604269N EA–18 .................................................................................................................. 56,921 56,921 

102 0604270N ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ............................................... 23,685 23,685 

103 0604273N EXECUTIVE HELO DEVELOPMENT .......................................................... 507,093 507,093 

104 0604274N NEXT GENERATION JAMMER (NGJ) ......................................................... 411,767 411,767 

105 0604280N JOINT TACTICAL RADIO SYSTEM—NAVY (JTRS-NAVY) ..................... 25,071 25,071 

106 0604307N SURFACE COMBATANT COMBAT SYSTEM ENGINEERING ................ 443,433 443,433 

107 0604311N LPD–17 CLASS SYSTEMS INTEGRATION ................................................. 747 747 

108 0604329N SMALL DIAMETER BOMB (SDB) ................................................................ 97,002 97,002 

109 0604366N STANDARD MISSILE IMPROVEMENTS .................................................... 129,649 129,649 

110 0604373N AIRBORNE MCM .............................................................................................. 11,647 11,647 

111 0604376M MARINE AIR GROUND TASK FORCE (MAGTF) ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) FOR AVIATION ...................................................................... 2,778 2,778 

112 0604378N NAVAL INTEGRATED FIRE CONTROL—COUNTER AIR SYSTEMS 

ENGINEERING ............................................................................................. 23,695 23,695 

113 0604404N UNMANNED CARRIER LAUNCHED AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE 

AND STRIKE (UCLASS) SYSTEM ........................................................... 134,708 0 

Excess FY15 funds buy down FY16 requirements ....................................... [–134,708] 

114 0604501N ADVANCED ABOVE WATER SENSORS ...................................................... 43,914 43,914 
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Senate 

Authorized 

115 0604503N SSN–688 AND TRIDENT MODERNIZATION ............................................. 109,908 109,908 

116 0604504N AIR CONTROL .................................................................................................. 57,928 57,928 

117 0604512N SHIPBOARD AVIATION SYSTEMS .............................................................. 120,217 120,217 

118 0604522N AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE RADAR (AMDR) SYSTEM ...................... 241,754 241,754 

119 0604558N NEW DESIGN SSN ........................................................................................... 122,556 122,556 

120 0604562N SUBMARINE TACTICAL WARFARE SYSTEM .......................................... 48,213 60,213 

Accelerate submarine combat and weapon system modernization .............. [12,000] 

121 0604567N SHIP CONTRACT DESIGN/ LIVE FIRE T&E ........................................... 49,712 49,712 

122 0604574N NAVY TACTICAL COMPUTER RESOURCES ............................................. 4,096 4,096 

123 0604580N VIRGINIA PAYLOAD MODULE (VPM) ........................................................ 167,719 167,719 

124 0604601N MINE DEVELOPMENT ................................................................................... 15,122 15,122 

125 0604610N LIGHTWEIGHT TORPEDO DEVELOPMENT ............................................ 33,738 33,738 

126 0604654N JOINT SERVICE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT ............... 8,123 8,123 

127 0604703N PERSONNEL, TRAINING, SIMULATION, AND HUMAN FACTORS ..... 7,686 7,686 

128 0604727N JOINT STANDOFF WEAPON SYSTEMS ..................................................... 405 405 

129 0604755N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (DETECT & CONTROL) ...................................... 153,836 153,836 

130 0604756N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (ENGAGE: HARD KILL) ..................................... 99,619 99,619 

131 0604757N SHIP SELF DEFENSE (ENGAGE: SOFT KILL/EW) ............................... 116,798 116,798 

132 0604761N INTELLIGENCE ENGINEERING ................................................................. 4,353 4,353 

133 0604771N MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................... 9,443 9,443 

134 0604777N NAVIGATION/ID SYSTEM .............................................................................. 32,469 32,469 

135 0604800M JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (JSF)—EMD ..................................................... 537,901 525,401 

F–35B Block 4 development early to need .................................................... [–12,500] 

136 0604800N JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (JSF)—EMD ..................................................... 504,736 492,236 

F–35C Block 4 development early to need .................................................... [–12,500] 

137 0604810M JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER FOLLOW ON DEVELOPMENT—MARINE 

CORPS ............................................................................................................ 59,265 59,265 

138 0604810N JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER FOLLOW ON DEVELOPMENT—NAVY ...... 47,579 47,579 

139 0605013M INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ..................................... 5,914 5,914 

140 0605013N INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ..................................... 89,711 89,711 

141 0605212N CH–53K RDTE .................................................................................................. 632,092 632,092 

142 0605220N SHIP TO SHORE CONNECTOR (SSC) ........................................................ 7,778 7,778 

143 0605450N JOINT AIR-TO-GROUND MISSILE (JAGM) ............................................... 25,898 25,898 

144 0605500N MULTI-MISSION MARITIME AIRCRAFT (MMA) ..................................... 247,929 247,929 

145 0204202N DDG–1000 ........................................................................................................... 103,199 103,199 

146 0304231N TACTICAL COMMAND SYSTEM—MIP ....................................................... 998 998 

147 0304785N TACTICAL CRYPTOLOGIC SYSTEMS ......................................................... 17,785 17,785 

148 0305124N SPECIAL APPLICATIONS PROGRAM ......................................................... 35,905 35,905 

SUBTOTAL, SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION.6,308,800 6,161,092 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

149 0604256N THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT .................................................... 30,769 30,769 

150 0604258N TARGET SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .......................................................... 112,606 112,606 

151 0604759N MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT ........................................................................... 61,234 61,234 

152 0605126N JOINT THEATER AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION .... 6,995 6,995 

153 0605152N STUDIES AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT—NAVY ........................................... 4,011 4,011 

154 0605154N CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES ............................................................... 48,563 48,563 

155 0605285N NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER ................................................................... 5,000 5,000 

157 0605804N TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICES ................................................... 925 925 

158 0605853N MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL & INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ............. 78,143 78,143 

159 0605856N STRATEGIC TECHNICAL SUPPORT .......................................................... 3,258 3,258 

160 0605861N RDT&E SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT ........................ 76,948 76,948 

161 0605863N RDT&E SHIP AND AIRCRAFT SUPPORT ................................................. 132,122 132,122 

162 0605864N TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT .......................................................... 351,912 351,912 

163 0605865N OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION CAPABILITY ....................... 17,985 17,985 

164 0605866N NAVY SPACE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE (SEW) SUPPORT .......... 5,316 5,316 

165 0605867N SEW SURVEILLANCE/RECONNAISSANCE SUPPORT ........................... 6,519 6,519 

166 0605873M MARINE CORPS PROGRAM WIDE SUPPORT .......................................... 13,649 13,649 

SUBTOTAL, MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ......................................... 955,955 955,955 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 

174 0101221N STRATEGIC SUB & WEAPONS SYSTEM SUPPORT ............................... 107,039 107,039 

175 0101224N SSBN SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ............................................ 46,506 46,506 

176 0101226N SUBMARINE ACOUSTIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ........................... 3,900 4,700 

Accelerate combat rapid attack weapon ........................................................ [800] 

177 0101402N NAVY STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS ..................................................... 16,569 16,569 

178 0203761N RAPID TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION (RTT) .............................................. 18,632 18,632 

179 0204136N F/A–18 SQUADRONS ....................................................................................... 133,265 133,265 

181 0204163N FLEET TELECOMMUNICATIONS (TACTICAL) ........................................ 62,867 62,867 

182 0204228N SURFACE SUPPORT ....................................................................................... 36,045 36,045 

183 0204229N TOMAHAWK AND TOMAHAWK MISSION PLANNING CENTER 

(TMPC) ............................................................................................................ 25,228 25,228

184 0204311N INTEGRATED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM .................................................. 54,218 54,218 

185 0204413N AMPHIBIOUS TACTICAL SUPPORT UNITS (DISPLACEMENT 

CRAFT) ........................................................................................................... 11,335 11,335 

186 0204460M GROUND/AIR TASK ORIENTED RADAR (G/ATOR) ................................ 80,129 80,129 

187 0204571N CONSOLIDATED TRAINING SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ...................... 39,087 39,087 
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Line Program 

Element Item FY 2016 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

188 0204574N CRYPTOLOGIC DIRECT SUPPORT ............................................................. 1,915 1,915 

189 0204575N ELECTRONIC WARFARE (EW) READINESS SUPPORT ....................... 46,609 46,609 

190 0205601N HARM IMPROVEMENT .................................................................................. 52,708 52,708 

191 0205604N TACTICAL DATA LINKS ................................................................................ 149,997 149,997

192 0205620N SURFACE ASW COMBAT SYSTEM INTEGRATION ................................. 24,460 24,460 

193 0205632N MK–48 ADCAP ................................................................................................... 42,206 47,706 

Accelerate torpedo upgrades ........................................................................... [5,500] 

194 0205633N AVIATION IMPROVEMENTS ......................................................................... 117,759 117,759 

195 0205675N OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS ......................................... 101,323 101,323 

196 0206313M MARINE CORPS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ..................................... 67,763 67,763 

197 0206335M COMMON AVIATION COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (CAC2S) ... 13,431 13,431 

198 0206623M MARINE CORPS GROUND COMBAT/SUPPORTING ARMS SYSTEMS 56,769 56,769 

199 0206624M MARINE CORPS COMBAT SERVICES SUPPORT .................................... 20,729 20,729 

200 0206625M USMC INTELLIGENCE/ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS (MIP) ... 13,152 13,152 

201 0206629M AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT VEHICLE ............................................................. 48,535 48,535 

202 0207161N TACTICAL AIM MISSILES ............................................................................ 76,016 76,016 

203 0207163N ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM) ....... 32,172 32,172 

208 0303109N SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS (SPACE) ................................................ 53,239 53,239 

209 0303138N CONSOLIDATED AFLOAT NETWORK ENTERPRISE SERVICES 

(CANES) ......................................................................................................... 21,677 21,677 

210 0303140N INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ................................... 28,102 28,102 

211 0303150M WWMCAG/GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM ..................... 294 294 

213 0305160N NAVY METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEAN SENSORS-SPACE (METOC) 599 599 

214 0305192N MILITARY INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM (MIP) ACTIVITIES ................. 6,207 6,207 

215 0305204N TACTICAL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES ........................................... 8,550 8,550 

216 0305205N UAS INTEGRATION AND INTEROPERABILITY ..................................... 41,831 41,831 

217 0305208M DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS .................... 1,105 1,105 

218 0305208N DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS .................... 33,149 33,149 

219 0305220N RQ–4 UAV ........................................................................................................... 227,188 227,188 

220 0305231N MQ–8 UAV .......................................................................................................... 52,770 52,770 

221 0305232M RQ–11 UAV ......................................................................................................... 635 635 

222 0305233N RQ–7 UAV ........................................................................................................... 688 688 

223 0305234N SMALL (LEVEL 0) TACTICAL UAS (STUASL0) ....................................... 4,647 4,647 

224 0305239M RQ–21A ............................................................................................................... 6,435 6,435 

225 0305241N MULTI-INTELLIGENCE SENSOR DEVELOPMENT ................................ 49,145 49,145 

226 0305242M UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS (UAS) PAYLOADS (MIP) .................... 9,246 9,246 

227 0305421N RQ–4 MODERNIZATION ................................................................................ 150,854 150,854 

228 0308601N MODELING AND SIMULATION SUPPORT ............................................... 4,757 4,757 

229 0702207N DEPOT MAINTENANCE (NON-IF) ............................................................... 24,185 24,185 

231 0708730N MARITIME TECHNOLOGY (MARITECH) .................................................. 4,321 4,321 

231 A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................. 1,252,185 1,252,185 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ..... 3,482,173 3,488,473 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, 

NAVY.

17,885,916 17,927,208 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, AF 

BASIC RESEARCH 

1 0601102F DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES ............................................................. 329,721 374,721 

Basic research program increase ................................................................... [45,000] 

2 0601103F UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES ................................................... 141,754 141,754 

3 0601108F HIGH ENERGY LASER RESEARCH INITIATIVES ................................ 13,778 13,778 

SUBTOTAL, BASIC RESEARCH ......................................................... 485,253 530,253 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

4 0602102F MATERIALS ...................................................................................................... 125,234 115,234 

Nanostructured and biological materials ...................................................... [–10,000] 

5 0602201F AEROSPACE VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES ................................................. 123,438 123,438 

6 0602202F HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS APPLIED RESEARCH ................................. 100,530 100,530 

7 0602203F AEROSPACE PROPULSION .......................................................................... 182,326 182,326 

8 0602204F AEROSPACE SENSORS .................................................................................. 147,291 147,291 

9 0602601F SPACE TECHNOLOGY .................................................................................... 116,122 116,122 

10 0602602F CONVENTIONAL MUNITIONS ...................................................................... 99,851 99,851 

11 0602605F DIRECTED ENERGY TECHNOLOGY .......................................................... 115,604 115,604 

12 0602788F DOMINANT INFORMATION SCIENCES AND METHODS ...................... 164,909 164,909 

13 0602890F HIGH ENERGY LASER RESEARCH .......................................................... 42,037 42,037 

SUBTOTAL, APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................... 1,217,342 1,207,342 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

14 0603112F ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR WEAPON SYSTEMS ............................... 37,665 37,665 

15 0603199F SUSTAINMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (S&T) ........................... 18,378 18,378 

16 0603203F ADVANCED AEROSPACE SENSORS ........................................................... 42,183 42,183 

17 0603211F AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY DEV/DEMO .................................................. 100,733 100,733 

18 0603216F AEROSPACE PROPULSION AND POWER TECHNOLOGY .................... 168,821 168,821 

19 0603270F ELECTRONIC COMBAT TECHNOLOGY ..................................................... 47,032 47,032 

20 0603401F ADVANCED SPACECRAFT TECHNOLOGY ................................................ 54,897 54,897 

21 0603444F MAUI SPACE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (MSSS) .................................... 12,853 12,853 

22 0603456F HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................................. 25,448 25,448
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Senate 

Authorized 

23 0603601F CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY ............................................. 48,536 48,536 

24 0603605F ADVANCED WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY ...................................................... 30,195 30,195 

25 0603680F MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM ......................................... 42,630 42,630 

26 0603788F BATTLESPACE KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION ................................................................................................................ 46,414 46,414 

SUBTOTAL, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 675,785 675,785 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPES 

27 0603260F INTELLIGENCE ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT ......................................... 5,032 5,032 

29 0603438F SPACE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY ................................................................ 4,070 4,070 

30 0603742F COMBAT IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY .............................................. 21,790 21,790 

31 0603790F NATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT .................................................. 4,736 4,736 

33 0603830F SPACE SECURITY AND DEFENSE PROGRAM ........................................ 30,771 30,771 

34 0603851F INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE—DEM/VAL ...................... 39,765 39,765 

36 0604015F LONG RANGE STRIKE ................................................................................... 1,246,228 786,228 

Delayed EMD contract award ....................................................................... [–460,000] 

37 0604317F TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ........................................................................... 3,512 3,512 

38 0604327F HARD AND DEEPLY BURIED TARGET DEFEAT SYSTEM 

(HDBTDS) PROGRAM ................................................................................. 54,637 54,637 

40 0604422F WEATHER SYSTEM FOLLOW-ON ............................................................... 76,108 76,108 

44 0604857F OPERATIONALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE ................................................... 6,457 19,957 

Increase to match previous year funding level ............................................. [13,500] 

45 0604858F TECH TRANSITION PROGRAM ................................................................... 246,514 246,514 

46 0605230F GROUND BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT ........................................... 75,166 75,166 

49 0207110F NEXT GENERATION AIR DOMINANCE ..................................................... 8,830 8,830 

50 0207455F THREE DIMENSIONAL LONG-RANGE RADAR (3DELRR) ................... 14,939 14,939 

51 0305164F NAVSTAR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (USER EQUIPMENT) 

(SPACE) .......................................................................................................... 142,288 142,288 

52 0306250F CYBER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ......................... 81,732 96,732 

Increase USCC Cyber Operations Technology Development ....................... [15,000] 

SUBTOTAL, ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & 

PROTOTYPES.

2,062,575 1,631,075 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION 

55 0604270F ELECTRONIC WARFARE DEVELOPMENT ............................................... 929 929 

56 0604281F TACTICAL DATA NETWORKS ENTERPRISE .......................................... 60,256 60,256 

57 0604287F PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT .......................................................... 5,973 5,973 

58 0604329F SMALL DIAMETER BOMB (SDB)—EMD ................................................... 32,624 32,624 

59 0604421F COUNTERSPACE SYSTEMS .......................................................................... 24,208 24,208 

60 0604425F SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS SYSTEMS ........................................... 32,374 32,374 

61 0604426F SPACE FENCE .................................................................................................. 243,909 243,909 

62 0604429F AIRBORNE ELECTRONIC ATTACK ............................................................ 8,358 8,358 

63 0604441F SPACE BASED INFRARED SYSTEM (SBIRS) HIGH EMD ................... 292,235 292,235 

64 0604602F ARMAMENT/ORDNANCE DEVELOPMENT ................................................ 40,154 40,154 

65 0604604F SUBMUNITIONS ............................................................................................... 2,506 2,506 

66 0604617F AGILE COMBAT SUPPORT ........................................................................... 57,678 57,678 

67 0604706F LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS ............................................................................ 8,187 8,187 

68 0604735F COMBAT TRAINING RANGES ...................................................................... 15,795 15,795 

69 0604800F F–35—EMD ........................................................................................................ 589,441 564,441 

F–35A Block 4 development early to need .................................................... [–25,000] 

71 0604853F EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM 

(SPACE)—EMD ............................................................................................ 84,438 84,438 

72 0604932F LONG RANGE STANDOFF WEAPON .......................................................... 36,643 36,643 

73 0604933F ICBM FUZE MODERNIZATION ................................................................... 142,551 142,551 

74 0605213F F–22 MODERNIZATION INCREMENT 3.2B ............................................... 140,640 140,640 

75 0605214F GROUND ATTACK WEAPONS FUZE DEVELOPMENT .......................... 3,598 3,598 

76 0605221F KC–46 .................................................................................................................. 602,364 402,364 

Schedule delay and availability of unobligated prior year funds .............. [–200,000] 

77 0605223F ADVANCED PILOT TRAINING ..................................................................... 11,395 11,395 

78 0605229F AGAR HH–60 RECAPITALIZATION ............................................................ 156,085 156,085 

80 0605431F ADVANCED EHF MILSATCOM (SPACE) .................................................... 228,230 228,230 

81 0605432F POLAR MILSATCOM (SPACE) ...................................................................... 72,084 72,084 

82 0605433F WIDEBAND GLOBAL SATCOM (SPACE) ................................................... 56,343 56,343 

83 0605458F AIR & SPACE OPS CENTER 10.2 RDT&E ................................................. 47,629 47,629 

84 0605931F B–2 DEFENSIVE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ............................................... 271,961 271,961 

85 0101125F NUCLEAR WEAPONS MODERNIZATION .................................................. 212,121 212,121 

86 0207171F F–15 EPAWSS ................................................................................................... 186,481 215,981 

NRE for ADCPII upgrade ............................................................................. [28,000] 

Flight test support .......................................................................................... [1,500] 

87 0207701F FULL COMBAT MISSION TRAINING .......................................................... 18,082 18,082 

88 0305176F COMBAT SURVIVOR EVADER LOCATOR ................................................. 993 993 

89 0307581F NEXTGEN JSTARS .......................................................................................... 44,343 44,343 

91 0401319F PRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFT REPLACEMENT (PAR) .............................. 102,620 102,620 

92 0701212F AUTOMATED TEST SYSTEMS ..................................................................... 14,563 14,563 

SUBTOTAL, SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION.3,847,791 3,652,291 
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Senate 

Authorized 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

93 0604256F THREAT SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT .................................................... 23,844 23,844 

94 0604759F MAJOR T&E INVESTMENT ........................................................................... 68,302 68,302 

95 0605101F RAND PROJECT AIR FORCE ....................................................................... 34,918 34,918 

97 0605712F INITIAL OPERATIONAL TEST & EVALUATION ..................................... 10,476 10,476 

98 0605807F TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT .......................................................... 673,908 673,908 

99 0605860F ROCKET SYSTEMS LAUNCH PROGRAM (SPACE) ................................. 21,858 21,858 

100 0605864F SPACE TEST PROGRAM (STP) .................................................................... 28,228 28,228 

101 0605976F FACILITIES RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION—TEST AND 

EVALUATION SUPPORT ............................................................................ 40,518 40,518 

102 0605978F FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT—TEST AND EVALUATION SUPPORT 27,895 27,895 

103 0606017F REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS AND MATURATION .................................. 16,507 16,507 

104 0606116F SPACE TEST AND TRAINING RANGE DEVELOPMENT ....................... 18,997 18,997 

106 0606392F SPACE AND MISSILE CENTER (SMC) CIVILIAN WORKFORCE ........ 185,305 185,305 

107 0308602F ENTEPRISE INFORMATION SERVICES (EIS) ........................................ 4,841 4,841 

108 0702806F ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ........................................ 15,357 15,357 

109 0804731F GENERAL SKILL TRAINING ........................................................................ 1,315 1,315 

111 1001004F INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES .................................................................... 2,315 2,315 

SUBTOTAL, MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ......................................... 1,174,584 1,174,584 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 

112 0603423F GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM III—OPERATIONAL CONTROL 

SEGMENT ...................................................................................................... 350,232 350,232 

113 0604233F SPECIALIZED UNDERGRADUATE FLIGHT TRAINING ....................... 10,465 10,465 

114 0604445F WIDE AREA SURVEILLANCE ...................................................................... 24,577 24,577 

117 0605018F AF INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM (AF-IPPS) ........... 69,694 24,294 

Restructure program ....................................................................................... [–45,400] 

118 0605024F ANTI-TAMPER TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE AGENCY ........................... 26,718 26,718 

119 0605278F HC/MC–130 RECAP RDT&E ........................................................................... 10,807 10,807 

121 0101113F B–52 SQUADRONS ........................................................................................... 74,520 74,520 

122 0101122F AIR-LAUNCHED CRUISE MISSILE (ALCM) ............................................. 451 451 

123 0101126F B–1B SQUADRONS .......................................................................................... 2,245 2,245 

124 0101127F B–2 SQUADRONS ............................................................................................. 108,183 108,183 

125 0101213F MINUTEMAN SQUADRONS ........................................................................... 178,929 178,929 

126 0101313F STRAT WAR PLANNING SYSTEM—USSTRATCOM ................................ 28,481 28,481 

127 0101314F NIGHT FIST—USSTRATCOM ....................................................................... 87 87 

128 0101316F WORLDWIDE JOINT STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS ......................... 5,315 5,315 

131 0105921F SERVICE SUPPORT TO STRATCOM—SPACE ACTIVITIES ................. 8,090 8,090 

132 0205219F MQ–9 UAV .......................................................................................................... 123,439 123,439 

134 0207131F A–10 SQUADRONS ........................................................................................... 0 16,200 

Sustain avionics software development ......................................................... [16,200] 

135 0207133F F–16 SQUADRONS ........................................................................................... 148,297 148,297 

136 0207134F F–15E SQUADRONS ........................................................................................ 179,283 192,079 

Transfer from procurement ............................................................................ [12,796] 

137 0207136F MANNED DESTRUCTIVE SUPPRESSION ................................................. 14,860 14,860 

138 0207138F F–22A SQUADRONS ........................................................................................ 262,552 262,552 

139 0207142F F–35 SQUADRONS ........................................................................................... 115,395 115,395 

140 0207161F TACTICAL AIM MISSILES ............................................................................ 43,360 43,360 

141 0207163F ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE (AMRAAM) ....... 46,160 46,160 

143 0207224F COMBAT RESCUE AND RECOVERY ........................................................... 412 412 

144 0207227F COMBAT RESCUE—PARARESCUE ............................................................ 657 657 

145 0207247F AF TENCAP ....................................................................................................... 31,428 31,428 

146 0207249F PRECISION ATTACK SYSTEMS PROCUREMENT .................................. 1,105 1,105 

147 0207253F COMPASS CALL ............................................................................................... 14,249 14,249 

148 0207268F AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMPONENT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM .......... 103,942 103,942 

149 0207325F JOINT AIR-TO-SURFACE STANDOFF MISSILE (JASSM) .................... 12,793 12,793 

150 0207410F AIR & SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER (AOC) ........................................... 21,193 21,193 

151 0207412F CONTROL AND REPORTING CENTER (CRC) .......................................... 559 559 

152 0207417F AIRBORNE WARNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM (AWAAG) ................... 161,812 161,812 

153 0207418F TACTICAL AIRBORNE CONTROL SYSTEMS ............................................ 6,001 6,001 

155 0207431F COMBAT AIR INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM ACTIVITIES ........................... 7,793 7,793 

156 0207444F TACTICAL AIR CONTROL PARTY-MOD ..................................................... 12,465 12,465 

157 0207448F C2ISR TACTICAL DATA LINK ...................................................................... 1,681 1,681 

159 0207452F DCAPES .............................................................................................................. 16,796 16,796 

161 0207590F SEEK EAGLE .................................................................................................... 21,564 21,564 

162 0207601F USAF MODELING AND SIMULATION ........................................................ 24,994 24,994 

163 0207605F WARGAMING AND SIMULATION CENTERS ............................................ 6,035 6,035 

164 0207697F DISTRIBUTED TRAINING AND EXERCISES .......................................... 4,358 4,358 

165 0208006F MISSION PLANNING SYSTEMS ................................................................... 55,835 55,835 

167 0208087F AF OFFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS ......................................... 12,874 12,874 

168 0208088F AF DEFENSIVE CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS ......................................... 7,681 7,681 

171 0301017F GLOBAL SENSOR INTEGRATED ON NETWORK (GSIN) ...................... 5,974 5,974 

177 0301400F SPACE SUPERIORITY INTELLIGENCE .................................................... 13,815 13,815 

178 0302015F E–4B NATIONAL AIRBORNE OPERATIONS CENTER (NAOC) ............ 80,360 80,360 

179 0303001F FAMILY OF ADVANCED BLOS TERMINALS (FAB-T) ............................ 3,907 3,907 

180 0303131F MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK (MEECN) ........................................................................................... 75,062 75,062 

181 0303140F INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ................................... 46,599 46,599 
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Line Program 

Element Item FY 2016 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

183 0303142F GLOBAL FORCE MANAGEMENT—DATA INITIATIVE .......................... 2,470 2,470 

186 0304260F AIRBORNE SIGINT ENTERPRISE .............................................................. 112,775 112,775 

189 0305099F GLOBAL AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (GATM) ..................................... 4,235 4,235 

192 0305110F SATELLITE CONTROL NETWORK (SPACE) ............................................ 7,879 7,879 

193 0305111F WEATHER SERVICE ...................................................................................... 29,955 29,955

194 0305114F AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, APPROACH, AND LANDING SYSTEM 

(ATCALS) ....................................................................................................... 21,485 21,485 

195 0305116F AERIAL TARGETS ........................................................................................... 2,515 2,515 

198 0305128F SECURITY AND INVESTIGATIVE ACTIVITIES ....................................... 472 472 

199 0305145F ARMS CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION ........................................................ 12,137 12,137 

200 0305146F DEFENSE JOINT COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES .................. 361 361 

203 0305173F SPACE AND MISSILE TEST AND EVALUATION CENTER .................. 3,162 3,162 

204 0305174F SPACE INNOVATION, INTEGRATION AND RAPID TECHNOLOGY 

DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................... 1,543 1,543 

205 0305179F INTEGRATED BROADCAST SERVICE (IBS) ............................................ 7,860 7,860 

206 0305182F SPACELIFT RANGE SYSTEM (SPACE) ..................................................... 6,902 6,902 

207 0305202F DRAGON U–2 .................................................................................................... 34,471 34,471 

209 0305206F AIRBORNE RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS ............................................... 50,154 50,154 

210 0305207F MANNED RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS ................................................... 13,245 13,245 

211 0305208F DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS .................... 22,784 22,784 

212 0305219F MQ–1 PREDATOR A UAV ............................................................................... 716 716 

213 0305220F RQ–4 UAV ........................................................................................................... 208,053 208,053 

214 0305221F NETWORK-CENTRIC COLLABORATIVE TARGETING ........................... 21,587 21,587 

215 0305236F COMMON DATA LINK EXECUTIVE AGENT (CDL EA) .......................... 43,986 43,986 

216 0305238F NATO AGS .......................................................................................................... 197,486 138,400 

Transfer from procurement for NATO AWACS ........................................... [¥59,086] 

217 0305240F SUPPORT TO DCGS ENTERPRISE ............................................................. 28,434 28,434 

218 0305265F GPS III SPACE SEGMENT ............................................................................ 180,902 180,902 

220 0305614F JSPOC MISSION SYSTEM ............................................................................. 81,911 81,911 

221 0305881F RAPID CYBER ACQUISITION ....................................................................... 3,149 3,149 

222 0305913F NUDET DETECTION SYSTEM (SPACE) .................................................... 14,447 14,447 

223 0305940F SPACE SITUATION AWARENESS OPERATIONS .................................... 20,077 20,077 

225 0308699F SHARED EARLY WARNING (SEW) ............................................................. 853 853 

226 0401115F C–130 AIRLIFT SQUADRON .......................................................................... 33,962 33,962 

227 0401119F C–5 AIRLIFT SQUADRONS (IF) ................................................................... 42,864 42,864 

228 0401130F C–17 AIRCRAFT (IF) ....................................................................................... 54,807 54,807 

229 0401132F C–130J PROGRAM ............................................................................................ 31,010 31,010 

230 0401134F LARGE AIRCRAFT IR COUNTERMEASURES (LAIRCM) ...................... 6,802 6,802 

231 0401219F KC–10S ................................................................................................................ 1,799 1,799 

232 0401314F OPERATIONAL SUPPORT AIRLIFT ........................................................... 48,453 48,453 

233 0401318F CV–22 ................................................................................................................... 36,576 36,576 

235 0408011F SPECIAL TACTIAG / COMBAT CONTROL ................................................. 7,963 7,963 

236 0702207F DEPOT MAINTENANCE (NON-IF) ............................................................... 1,525 1,525 

237 0708610F LOGISTIAG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (LOGIT) ............................. 112,676 81,676 

Program growth .............................................................................................. [–31,000] 

238 0708611F SUPPORT SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ....................................................... 12,657 12,657 

239 0804743F OTHER FLIGHT TRAINING .......................................................................... 1,836 1,836 

240 0808716F OTHER PERSONNEL ACTIVITIES ............................................................. 121 121 

241 0901202F JOINT PERSONNEL RECOVERY AGENCY ................................................ 5,911 5,911 

242 0901218F CIVILIAN COMPENSATION PROGRAM ...................................................... 3,604 3,604 

243 0901220F PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION ................................................................. 4,598 4,598 

244 0901226F AIR FORCE STUDIES AND ANALYSIS AGENCY .................................... 1,103 1,103 

246 0901538F FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................................. 101,840 101,840 

246 A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................. 12,780,142 12,945,142 

Three program increases ................................................................................ [165,000] 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ..... 17,010,339 17,068,849 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, AF .... 26,473,669 25,940,179 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, DW 

BASIC RESEARCH 

1 0601000BR DTRA BASIC RESEARCH INITIATIVE ...................................................... 38,436 38,436 

2 0601101E DEFENSE RESEARCH SCIENCES ............................................................. 333,119 333,119 

3 0601110D8Z BASIC RESEARCH INITIATIVES ................................................................ 42,022 42,022 

4 0601117E BASIC OPERATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH SCIENCE ..................... 56,544 56,544 

5 0601120D8Z NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION PROGRAM ....................................... 49,453 49,453 

6 0601228D8Z HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES/MINORITY INSTITUTIONS ..................................................................................... 25,834 25,834 

7 0601384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM ........................... 46,261 46,261 

SUBTOTAL, BASIC RESEARCH ......................................................... 591,669 591,669 

APPLIED RESEARCH 

8 0602000D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY ............................................................. 19,352 19,352 

9 0602115E BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ....................................................................... 114,262 114,262 

10 0602234D8Z LINCOLN LABORATORY RESEARCH PROGRAM ................................... 51,026 51,026 

11 0602251D8Z APPLIED RESEARCH FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF S&T PRIORITIES .............................................................................................................. 48,226 33,226 
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Line Program 

Element Item FY 2016 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

General program decrease .............................................................................. [–15,000] 

12 0602303E INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY .......................... 356,358 356,358 

14 0602383E BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE ........................................................... 29,265 29,265 

15 0602384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM ........................... 208,111 208,111 

16 0602668D8Z CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH ................................................................... 13,727 13,727 

18 0602702E TACTICAL TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................. 314,582 309,582 

Multi-azimuth defense fast intercept round engagement system ................. [–5,000] 

19 0602715E MATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY ...................................... 220,115 210,115 

Decrease in program growth .......................................................................... [–10,000] 

20 0602716E ELECTRONIAG TECHNOLOGY .................................................................... 174,798 174,798 

21 0602718BR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION DEFEAT TECHNOLOGIES ...... 155,415 155,415 

22 0602751D8Z SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE (SEI) APPLIED RESEARCH ......................................................................................................... 8,824 8,824 

23 1160401BB SOF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ......................................................... 37,517 37,517 

SUBTOTAL, APPLIED RESEARCH ................................................... 1,751,578 1,721,578 

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 

24 0603000D8Z JOINT MUNITIONS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ...................................... 25,915 25,915 

26 0603122D8Z COMBATING TERRORISM TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT ............................ 71,171 71,171 

27 0603133D8Z FOREIGN COMPARATIVE TESTING .......................................................... 21,782 21,782 

28 0603160BR COUNTERPROLIFERATION INITIATIVES—PROLIFERATION PREVENTION AND DEFEAT ............................................................................ 290,654 290,654 

30 0603176C ADVANCED CONCEPTS AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT ............ 12,139 12,139 

31 0603177C DISCRIMINATION SENSOR TECHNOLOGY ............................................. 28,200 28,200 

32 0603178C WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY ............................................................................. 45,389 75,389 

Fiber laser prototype development ................................................................. [20,000] 

Divert attitude control tech to support MOKV ............................................ [10,000] 

33 0603179C ADVANCED C4ISR ........................................................................................... 9,876 9,876 

34 0603180C ADVANCED RESEARCH ................................................................................ 17,364 17,364 

35 0603225D8Z JOINT DOD-DOE MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ......... 18,802 18,802 

36 0603264S AGILE TRANSPORTATION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY (AT21)— 

THEATER CAPABILITY ............................................................................. 2,679 2,679 

37 0603274C SPECIAL PROGRAM—MDA TECHNOLOGY .............................................. 64,708 64,708 

38 0603286E ADVANCED AEROSPACE SYSTEMS ........................................................... 185,043 185,043 

39 0603287E SPACE PROGRAMS AND TECHNOLOGY ................................................... 126,692 126,692 

40 0603288D8Z ANALYTIC ASSESSMENTS ........................................................................... 14,645 9,645 

General program decrease .............................................................................. [–5,000] 

41 0603289D8Z ADVANCED INNOVATIVE ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTS ......................... 59,830 59,830 

42 0603294C COMMON KILL VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ................................................. 46,753 66,753 

Increase for Multiple Object Kill Vehicle ...................................................... [20,000] 

43 0603384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM—ADVANCED 

DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................... 140,094 140,094 

44 0603527D8Z RETRACT LARCH ............................................................................................ 118,666 118,666 

45 0603618D8Z JOINT ELECTRONIC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY ................................... 43,966 43,966 

46 0603648D8Z JOINT CAPABILITY TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS ..................... 141,540 131,540 

General program decrease .............................................................................. [–10,000] 

47 0603662D8Z NETWORKED COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES ................................ 6,980 6,980 

50 0603680D8Z DEFENSE-WIDE MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 

PROGRAM ...................................................................................................... 157,056 157,056 

51 0603699D8Z EMERGING CAPABILITIES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .............. 33,515 33,515 

52 0603712S GENERIC LOGISTIAG R&D TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS ....... 16,543 16,543 

53 0603713S DEPLOYMENT AND DISTRIBUTION ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY 29,888 29,888 

54 0603716D8Z STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM ...................... 65,836 65,836 

55 0603720S MICROELECTRONIAG TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT ............................................................................................................... 79,037 79,037 

56 0603727D8Z JOINT WARFIGHTING PROGRAM .............................................................. 9,626 9,626 

57 0603739E ADVANCED ELECTRONIAG TECHNOLOGIES ......................................... 79,021 79,021 

58 0603760E COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ................. 201,335 201,335 

59 0603766E NETWORK-CENTRIC WARFARE TECHNOLOGY ..................................... 452,861 432,861 

Decrease to reduce inefficiency ...................................................................... [–20,000] 

60 0603767E SENSOR TECHNOLOGY ................................................................................. 257,127 257,127 

61 0603769SE DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................................. 10,771 10,771

62 0603781D8Z SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE .................................................. 15,202 15,202 

63 0603826D8Z QUICK REACTION SPECIAL PROJECTS .................................................. 90,500 70,500 

Program decrease ............................................................................................ [–20,000] 

66 0603833D8Z ENGINEERING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ............................................. 18,377 18,377 

67 0603941D8Z TEST & EVALUATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ................................ 82,589 82,589 

68 0604055D8Z OPERATIONAL ENERGY CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT ....................... 37,420 37,420 

69 0303310D8Z CWMD SYSTEMS .............................................................................................. 42,488 42,488 

70 1160402BB SOF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT .................................. 57,741 57,741 

SUBTOTAL, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 3,229,821 3,224,821 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND PROTOTYPES 

71 0603161D8Z NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT RDT&E ADC&P ................................................................................ 31,710 31,710 

73 0603600D8Z WALKOFF .......................................................................................................... 90,567 90,567 
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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2016 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

74 0603714D8Z ADVANCED SENSORS APPLICATION PROGRAM ................................... 15,900 19,900 

Increase to match previous year funding level ............................................. [4,000] 

75 0603851D8Z ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY TECHNICAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAM .............................................................................................................. 52,758 52,758

76 0603881C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TERMINAL DEFENSE SEGMENT .. 228,021 228,021 

77 0603882C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE MIDCOURSE DEFENSE SEGMENT 1,284,891 1,284,891 

78 0603884BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM—DEM/VAL ..... 172,754 172,754 

79 0603884C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SENSORS .............................................. 233,588 233,588 

80 0603890C BMD ENABLING PROGRAMS ....................................................................... 409,088 409,088 

81 0603891C SPECIAL PROGRAMS—MDA ........................................................................ 400,387 400,387 

82 0603892C AEGIS BMD ....................................................................................................... 843,355 843,355 

83 0603893C SPACE TRACKING & SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM ..................................... 31,632 31,632 

84 0603895C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM SPACE PROGRAMS .......... 23,289 23,289 

85 0603896C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE COMMAND AND CONTROL, BATTLE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATI ............................................ 450,085 450,085 

86 0603898C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE JOINT WARFIGHTER SUPPORT ... 49,570 49,570 

87 0603904C MISSILE DEFENSE INTEGRATION & OPERATIONS CENTER 

(MDIOC) ......................................................................................................... 49,211 49,211 

88 0603906C REGARDING TRENCH ................................................................................... 9,583 9,583 

89 0603907C SEA BASED X-BAND RADAR (SBX) ........................................................... 72,866 72,866 

90 0603913C ISRAELI COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS ........................................................ 102,795 268,795 

Increase for Arrow/David’s Sling .................................................................. [166,000] 

91 0603914C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TEST ...................................................... 274,323 274,323 

92 0603915C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TARGETS .............................................. 513,256 513,256 

93 0603920D8Z HUMANITARIAN DEMINING ........................................................................ 10,129 10,129 

94 0603923D8Z COALITION WARFARE ................................................................................... 10,350 10,350

95 0604016D8Z DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CORROSION PROGRAM ......................... 1,518 11,518 

Program Increase ............................................................................................ [10,000] 

96 0604115C TECHNOLOGY MATURATION INITIATIVES ............................................ 96,300 96,300 

97 0604250D8Z ADVANCED INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES ............................................. 469,798 469,798 

98 0604400D8Z DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (UAS) COMMON DEVELOPMENT .................................................. 3,129 3,129 

103 0604826J JOINT C5 CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION AND 

INTEROPERABILITY ASSESSMENTS ................................................... 25,200 25,200 

105 0604873C LONG RANGE DISCRIMINATION RADAR (LRDR) ................................. 137,564 137,564 

106 0604874C IMPROVED HOMELAND DEFENSE INTERCEPTORS ........................... 278,944 298,944 

Redesigned kill vehicle development .............................................................. [20,000] 

107 0604876C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TERMINAL DEFENSE SEGMENT 

TEST ............................................................................................................... 26,225 26,225 

108 0604878C AEGIS BMD TEST ........................................................................................... 55,148 55,148 

109 0604879C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SENSOR TEST .................................... 86,764 86,764 

110 0604880C LAND-BASED SM–3 (LBSM3) ....................................................................... 34,970 34,970 

111 0604881C AEGIS SM–3 BLOCK IIA CO-DEVELOPMENT .......................................... 172,645 172,645 

112 0604887C BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE MIDCOURSE SEGMENT TEST ....... 64,618 64,618 

114 0303191D8Z JOINT ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY (JET) PROGRAM ........... 2,660 2,660 

115 0305103C CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE ................................................................... 963 963 

SUBTOTAL, ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & 

PROTOTYPES.

6,816,554 7,016,554 

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION 

116 0604161D8Z NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT RDT&E SDD ..................................................................................... 8,800 8,800 

117 0604165D8Z PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT .................. 78,817 88,817 

CPGS development and flight test ................................................................. [10,000] 

118 0604384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM—EMD .............. 303,647 303,647 

119 0604764K ADVANCED IT SERVICES JOINT PROGRAM OFFICE (AITS-JPO) .... 23,424 23,424 

120 0604771D8Z JOINT TACTICAL INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (JTIDS) 14,285 14,285 

121 0605000BR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION DEFEAT CAPABILITIES ......... 7,156 7,156 

122 0605013BL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ..................................... 12,542 12,542 

123 0605021SE HOMELAND PERSONNEL SECURITY INITIATIVE ............................... 191 191 

124 0605022D8Z DEFENSE EXPORTABILITY PROGRAM ................................................... 3,273 3,273 

125 0605027D8Z OUSD(C) IT DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES .............................................. 5,962 5,962 

126 0605070S DOD ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION ................................................................................................................ 13,412 13,412 

127 0605075D8Z DCMO POLICY AND INTEGRATION ........................................................... 2,223 2,223 

128 0605080S DEFENSE AGENCY INTIATIVES (DAI)—FINANCIAL SYSTEM .......... 31,660 31,660 

129 0605090S DEFENSE RETIRED AND ANNUITANT PAY SYSTEM (DRAS) ........... 13,085 13,085 

130 0605210D8Z DEFENSE-WIDE ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT CAPABILITIES ..... 7,209 7,209 

131 0303141K GLOBAL COMBAT SUPPORT SYSTEM ...................................................... 15,158 5,158 

Early to need ................................................................................................... [–10,000] 

132 0305304D8Z DOD ENTERPRISE ENERGY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 

(EEIM) ............................................................................................................ 4,414 4,414 

SUBTOTAL, SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION.545,258 545,258 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

133 0604774D8Z DEFENSE READINESS REPORTING SYSTEM (DRRS) ........................ 5,581 5,581 

134 0604875D8Z JOINT SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPMENT ............................. 3,081 3,081 
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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2016 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

135 0604940D8Z CENTRAL TEST AND EVALUATION INVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT 

(CTEIP) ........................................................................................................... 229,125 229,125 

136 0604942D8Z ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS ......................................................... 28,674 28,674 

138 0605100D8Z JOINT MISSION ENVIRONMENT TEST CAPABILITY (JMETC) .......... 45,235 45,235 

139 0605104D8Z TECHNICAL STUDIES, SUPPORT AND ANALYSIS ............................... 24,936 24,936 

141 0605126J JOINT INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ORGANIZATION (JIAMDO) ............................................................................................ 35,471 35,471 

144 0605142D8Z SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ............................................................................. 37,655 32,655 

Reducing reporting and inefficiencies ........................................................... [–5,000] 

145 0605151D8Z STUDIES AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT—OSD ............................................. 3,015 3,015 

146 0605161D8Z NUCLEAR MATTERS-PHYSICAL SECURITY ........................................... 5,287 5,287 

147 0605170D8Z SUPPORT TO NETWORKS AND INFORMATION INTEGRATION ........ 5,289 5,289 

148 0605200D8Z GENERAL SUPPORT TO USD (INTELLIGENCE) ................................... 2,120 2,120 

149 0605384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM ........................... 102,264 102,264 

158 0605790D8Z SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR)/ SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER ........................................................... 2,169 2,169 

159 0605798D8Z DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS ......................................................... 13,960 13,960 

160 0605801KA DEFENSE TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER (DTIC) .................... 51,775 51,775 

161 0605803SE R&D IN SUPPORT OF DOD ENLISTMENT, TESTING AND EVALUATION ................................................................................................................ 9,533 9,533

162 0605804D8Z DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION ............................................... 17,371 17,371 

163 0605898E MANAGEMENT HQ—R&D ............................................................................. 71,571 71,571 

164 0606100D8Z BUDGET AND PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS ............................................... 4,123 4,123 

165 0203345D8Z DEFENSE OPERATIONS SECURITY INITIATIVE (DOSI) .................... 1,946 1,946 

166 0204571J JOINT STAFF ANALYTICAL SUPPORT ..................................................... 7,673 7,673 

169 0303166J SUPPORT TO INFORMATION OPERATIONS (IO) CAPABILITIES ..... 10,413 10,413 

170 0303260D8Z DEFENSE MILITARY DECEPTION PROGRAM OFFICE (DMDPO) .... 971 971 

171 0305193D8Z CYBER INTELLIGENCE ................................................................................. 6,579 6,579 

173 0804767D8Z COCOM EXERCISE ENGAGEMENT AND TRAINING TRANSFORMATION (CE2T2)—MHA .................................................................... 43,811 43,811 

174 0901598C MANAGEMENT HQ—MDA ............................................................................. 35,871 35,871 

176 0903230D8W WHS—MISSION OPERATIONS SUPPORT - IT ........................................ 1,072 1,072 

176 A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................. 49,500 49,500

SUBTOTAL, MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ......................................... 856,071 851,071 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

178 0604130V ENTERPRISE SECURITY SYSTEM (ESS) ................................................. 7,929 7,929 

179 0605127T REGIONAL INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH (RIO) AND PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE INFORMATION MANA ............................................. 1,750 1,750 

180 0605147T OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE SHARED INFORMATION SYSTEM (OHASIS) ........................................................................... 294 294 

181 0607210D8Z INDUSTRIAL BASE ANALYSIS AND SUSTAINMENT SUPPORT ........ 22,576 22,576 

182 0607310D8Z CWMD SYSTEMS: OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ........... 1,901 1,901 

183 0607327T GLOBAL THEATER SECURITY COOPERATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (G-TSCMIS) ....................................................... 8,474 8,474 

184 0607384BP CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE (OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT) ............................................................................. 33,561 33,561 

186 0208043J PLANNING AND DECISION AID SYSTEM (PDAS) .................................. 3,061 3,061 

187 0208045K C4I INTEROPERABILITY .............................................................................. 64,921 64,921 

189 0301144K JOINT/ALLIED COALITION INFORMATION SHARING ......................... 3,645 3,645 

193 0302016K NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND SYSTEM-WIDE SUPPORT ............. 963 963 

194 0302019K DEFENSE INFO INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING AND INTEGRATION ........................................................................................................ 10,186 10,186 

195 0303126K LONG-HAUL COMMUNICATIONS—DAG ................................................... 36,883 36,883 

196 0303131K MINIMUM ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK (MEECN) ........................................................................................... 13,735 13,735 

197 0303135G PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE (PKI) ................................................... 6,101 6,101 

198 0303136G KEY MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE (KMI) ..................................... 43,867 43,867 

199 0303140D8Z INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ................................... 8,957 8,957 

200 0303140G INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROGRAM ................................... 146,890 146,890 

201 0303150K GLOBAL COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM ......................................... 21,503 21,503 

202 0303153K DEFENSE SPECTRUM ORGANIZATION ................................................... 20,342 20,342 

203 0303170K NET-CENTRIC ENTERPRISE SERVICES (NCES) ................................... 444 444 

205 0303610K TELEPORT PROGRAM ................................................................................... 1,736 1,736 

206 0304210BB SPECIAL APPLICATIONS FOR CONTINGENCIES .................................. 65,060 65,060 

210 0305103K CYBER SECURITY INITIATIVE ................................................................... 2,976 2,976 

215 0305186D8Z POLICY R&D PROGRAMS ............................................................................. 4,182 4,182 

216 0305199D8Z NET CENTRICITY ............................................................................................ 18,130 18,130 

218 0305208BB DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS .................... 5,302 5,302 

221 0305208K DISTRIBUTED COMMON GROUND/SURFACE SYSTEMS .................... 3,239 3,239 

225 0305327V INSIDER THREAT ........................................................................................... 11,733 11,733 

226 0305387D8Z HOMELAND DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM ......... 2,119 2,119 

234 0708011S INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS ................................................................... 24,605 24,605 

235 0708012S LOGISTIAG SUPPORT ACTIVITIES ........................................................... 1,770 1,770 

236 0902298J MANAGEMENT HQ—OJAG ........................................................................... 2,978 2,978 

237 1105219BB MQ–9 UAV .......................................................................................................... 18,151 23,151 

MQ–9 capability enhancements ..................................................................... [5,000] 

238 1105232BB RQ–11 UAV ......................................................................................................... 758 758 
959 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2016 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

240 1160403BB AVIATION SYSTEMS ....................................................................................... 173,934 191,141 

ISR payload technology improvements ......................................................... [2,000] 

C–130 TF/TA Program Adjustment .............................................................. [15,207] 

241 1160405BB INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ............................................ 6,866 6,866 

242 1160408BB OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS .............................................................. 63,008 63,008 

243 1160431BB WARRIOR SYSTEMS ....................................................................................... 25,342 25,342 

244 1160432BB SPECIAL PROGRAMS ..................................................................................... 3,401 3,401 

245 1160480BB SOF TACTICAL VEHICLES ........................................................................... 3,212 3,212 

246 1160483BB MARITIME SYSTEMS ..................................................................................... 63,597 63,597 

247 1160489BB GLOBAL VIDEO SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES ....................................... 3,933 3,933 

248 1160490BB OPERATIONAL ENHANCEMENTS INTELLIGENCE .............................. 10,623 10,623 

248 A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS .............................................................................. 3,564,272 3,564,272 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ..... 4,538,910 4,561,117 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

xx xxxxx DEFENSE WIDE CYBER VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT ................. 0 200,000 

Assess all major weapon systems for cyber vulnerability ............................ [200,000] 

xxx xxxxxx UCAS-D DEVELOPMENT AND FOLLOW ON PROTOTYPING ............... 0 725,000 

Supports continued efforts on UCAS-D and follow on prototyping ........... [725,000] 

x xxxxx TECHNOLOGY OFFSET INITIATIVE ......................................................... 0 400,000 

Supports innovative technology development ............................................... [400,000] 

SUBTOTAL, UNDISTRIBUTED ........................................................... 0 1,325,000 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, DW .. 18,329,861 19,837,068 

OPERATIONAL TEST & EVAL, DEFENSE 

MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 

1 0605118OTE OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION ................................................ 76,838 76,838 

2 0605131OTE LIVE FIRE TEST AND EVALUATION ........................................................ 46,882 46,882 

3 0605814OTE OPERATIONAL TEST ACTIVITIES AND ANALYSES ............................. 46,838 46,838 

SUBTOTAL, MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ......................................... 170,558 170,558 

TOTAL OPERATIONAL TEST & EVAL, DEFENSE ................... 170,558 170,558 

TOTAL RDT&E ............................................................................................ 69,784,963 70,891,640 

1 SEC. 4202. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUA2 TION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPER3 ATIONS. 

SEC. 4202. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2016 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, ARMY 

ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT & PROTOTYPES 

60 0603747A SOLDIER SUPPORT AND SURVIVABILITY ............................................ 1,500 1,500 

SUBTOTAL, ADVANCED COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT 

& PROTOTYPES.

1,500 1,500 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, 

ARMY.

1,500 1,500 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, NAVY 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 

231 A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................................. 35,747 35,747 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ... 35,747 35,747 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, 

NAVY.

35,747 35,747 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, AF 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT 

133 0205671F JOINT COUNTER RCIED ELECTRONIC WARFARE ............................. 300 300 

246 A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................................. 16,800 16,800 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT ... 17,100 17,100 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, AF .. 17,100 17,100 
960 

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SEC. 4202. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Program 

Element Item FY 2016 Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, DW 

OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT 

248 A 9999999999 CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ............................................................................. 137,087 137,087 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ...... 137,087 137,087 

TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, DW 137,087 137,087 

TOTAL RDT&E ........................................................................................... 191,434 191,434 

1 TITLE XLIII—OPERATION AND 

2 MAINTENANCE 

3 SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 

SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MANEUVER UNITS ................................................................................... 1,094,429 0 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA .................................... [–1,094,429 ] 

020 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES ......................................................... 68,873 68,873 

030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE ............................................................... 508,008 508,008 

040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS ..................................................................... 763,300 0 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA .................................... [–763,300 ] 

050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT ............................................ 1,054,322 0 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA .................................... [–1,054,322 ] 

060 AVIATION ASSETS .................................................................................... 1,546,129 0 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA .................................... [–1,546,129 ] 

070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT .................................. 3,158,606 0 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA .................................... [–3,158,606 ] 

080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS ............................................... 438,909 438,909 

090 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE ............................................. 1,214,116 1,291,316 

Readiness funding increase ...................................................................... [77,200 ] 

100 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT ............................................................. 7,616,008 7,626,508 

Readiness funding increase ...................................................................... [10,500 ] 

110 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ......................................................................................................... 2,617,169 2,651,169 

Kwajalein facilities restoration ............................................................... [34,000 ] 

120 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ................ 421,269 421,269 

130 COMBATANT COMMANDERS CORE OPERATIONS .......................... 164,743 164,743 

170 COMBATANT COMMANDS DIRECT MISSION SUPPORT ................ 448,633 436,276 

Streamlining of Army Combatant Commands Direct Mission Support ........................................................................................................ [–12,357 ] 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES ............................................ 21,114,514 13,607,071 

MOBILIZATION 

180 STRATEGIC MOBILITY ........................................................................... 401,638 401,638 

190 ARMY PREPOSITIONED STOCKS ......................................................... 261,683 261,683 

200 INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS ............................................................ 6,532 6,532 

SUBTOTAL, MOBILIZATION ......................................................... 669,853 669,853 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

210 OFFICER ACQUISITION .......................................................................... 131,536 131,536 

220 RECRUIT TRAINING ................................................................................ 47,843 47,843 

230 ONE STATION UNIT TRAINING ............................................................ 42,565 42,565 

240 SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS ........................... 490,378 490,378 

250 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ......................................................... 981,000 1,014,200 

Readiness funding increase ...................................................................... [33,200 ] 

260 FLIGHT TRAINING ................................................................................... 940,872 940,872 

270 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ................................ 230,324 230,324 

280 TRAINING SUPPORT ................................................................................ 603,519 603,519 

290 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ....................................................... 491,922 491,922 

300 EXAMINING ................................................................................................ 194,079 194,079 
961 

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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

310 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ....................................... 227,951 227,951 

320 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING .............................................. 161,048 161,048 

330 JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS ............................. 170,118 170,118 

SUBTOTAL, TRAINING AND RECRUITING .......................... 4,713,155 4,746,355 

ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES 

350 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION ..................................................... 485,778 485,778 

360 CENTRAL SUPPLY ACTIVITIES ........................................................... 813,881 813,881 

370 LOGISTIC SUPPORT ACTIVITIES ........................................................ 714,781 714,781 

380 AMMUNITION MANAGEMENT ............................................................... 322,127 322,127 

390 ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................... 384,813 384,813 

400 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ..................................................... 1,781,350 1,781,350 

410 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT .................................................................. 292,532 292,532 

420 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT ........................................................... 375,122 375,122 

430 OTHER SERVICE SUPPORT .................................................................. 1,119,848 1,115,348 

Army outreach reduction ......................................................................... [–4,500 ] 

440 ARMY CLAIMS ACTIVITIES ................................................................... 225,358 225,358 

450 REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT .............................................................. 239,755 239,755 

460 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT READINESS ................... 223,319 223,319 

470 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY HEADQUARTERS .............................. 469,865 469,865 

480 MISC. SUPPORT OF OTHER NATIONS ............................................... 40,521 40,521 

480 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................ 1,120,974 1,146,474 

Additional SOUTHCOM ISR and intel support .................................. [20,000 ] 

Readiness increase .................................................................................... [5,500 ] 

xx UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................... 0 –238,451 

Streamlining of Army Management Headquarters ............................... [–238,451 ] 

SUBTOTAL, ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES .................... 8,610,024 8,392,573 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

xx UNDISTRIBUTED FOREIGN CURRENCY ADJUSTMENT .............. 0 –281,500 

Foreign currency adjustment ................................................................... [–281,500 ] 

xxx UNDISTRIBUTED BULK FUEL SAVINGS .......................................... 0 –260,100 

Bulk fuel savings ...................................................................................... [–260,100 ] 

SUBTOTAL, UNDISTRIBUTED .................................................... 0 –541,600 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY .................. 35,107,546 26,874,252 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY RES 

OPERATING FORCES 

020 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES ......................................................... 16,612 16,612 

030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE ............................................................... 486,531 486,531 

040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS ..................................................................... 105,446 105,446 

050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT ............................................ 516,791 516,791 

060 AVIATION ASSETS .................................................................................... 87,587 87,587 

070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT .................................. 348,601 348,601 

080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS ............................................... 81,350 81,350 

090 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE ............................................. 59,574 91,974 

Readiness funding increase ...................................................................... [32,400 ] 

100 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT ............................................................. 570,852 570,852 

110 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ......................................................................................................... 245,686 245,686 

120 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ................ 40,962 40,962 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES ............................................ 2,559,992 2,592,392 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

130 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION ..................................................... 10,665 10,665 

140 ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................... 18,390 18,390 

150 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ..................................................... 14,976 14,976 

160 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT .................................................................. 8,841 8,841 

170 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ....................................................... 52,928 52,928 

xx UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................... 0 –6,011 

Streamlining of Army Reserve Management Headquarters ................. [–6,011 ] 

SUBTOTAL, ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES .................... 105,800 99,790 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

xxx UNDISTRIBUTED BULK FUEL SAVINGS .......................................... 0 –7,600 

Bulk fuel savings ...................................................................................... [–7,600 ] 

SUBTOTAL, UNDISTRIBUTED .................................................... 0 –7,600 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY RES ....... 2,665,792 2,684,581 
962 

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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARNG 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MANEUVER UNITS ................................................................................... 709,433 709,433 

020 MODULAR SUPPORT BRIGADES ......................................................... 167,324 167,324 

030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE ............................................................... 741,327 741,327 

040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS ..................................................................... 88,775 96,475 

ARNG border security enhancement ....................................................... [7,700 ] 

050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT ............................................ 32,130 32,130 

060 AVIATION ASSETS .................................................................................... 943,609 996,209 

Readiness funding increase ...................................................................... [39,600 ] 

ARNG border security enhancement ....................................................... [13,000 ] 

070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT .................................. 703,137 703,137 

080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS ............................................... 84,066 84,066 

090 LAND FORCES DEPOT MAINTENANCE ............................................. 166,848 189,348 

Readiness funding increase ...................................................................... [22,500 ] 

100 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT ............................................................. 1,022,970 1,022,970 

110 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ......................................................................................................... 673,680 673,680 

120 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS ................ 954,574 954,574 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES ............................................ 6,287,873 6,370,673 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

130 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION ..................................................... 6,570 6,570 

140 ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................... 59,629 59,379 

Reduction to National Guard Heritage Paintings ................................ [–250 ] 

150 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ..................................................... 68,452 68,452 

160 MANPOWER MANAGEMENT .................................................................. 8,841 8,841 

170 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT ........................................................... 283,670 272,170 

Reduction to Army Marketing Program ................................................ [–11,500 ] 

180 REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT .............................................................. 2,942 2,942 

xx UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................... 0 –26,631 

Streamlining of Army National Guard Management Headquarters ... [–26,631 ] 

SUBTOTAL, ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES .................... 430,104 391,723 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

xxx UNDISTRIBUTED BULK FUEL SAVINGS .......................................... 0 –25,300 

Bulk fuel savings ...................................................................................... [–25,300 ] 

SUBTOTAL, UNDISTRIBUTED .................................................... 0 –25,300 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARNG .................. 6,717,977 6,737,096 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS ................................. 4,940,365 0 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA ................................ [–4,940,365 ] 

020 FLEET AIR TRAINING ............................................................................. 1,830,611 1,830,611 

030 AVIATION TECHNICAL DATA & ENGINEERING SERVICES ........ 37,225 37,225 

040 AIR OPERATIONS AND SAFETY SUPPORT ...................................... 103,456 103,456 

050 AIR SYSTEMS SUPPORT ........................................................................ 376,844 390,744 

Readiness funding increase ...................................................................... [13,900 ] 

060 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE ..................................................... 897,536 0 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA .................................... [–897,536 ] 

070 AIRCRAFT DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT ..................................... 33,201 33,201 

080 AVIATION LOGISTICS .............................................................................. 544,056 549,356 

Readiness funding increase ...................................................................... [5,300 ] 

090 MISSION AND OTHER SHIP OPERATIONS ...................................... 4,287,658 0 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA .................................... [–4,287,658 ] 

100 SHIP OPERATIONS SUPPORT & TRAINING ..................................... 787,446 787,446 

110 SHIP DEPOT MAINTENANCE ................................................................ 5,960,951 0 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA .................................... [–5,960,951 ] 

120 SHIP DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT ............................................... 1,554,863 1,554,863 

130 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS ................................................................. 704,415 704,415 

140 ELECTRONIC WARFARE ........................................................................ 96,916 96,916 

150 SPACE SYSTEMS AND SURVEILLANCE ............................................ 192,198 192,198 

160 WARFARE TACTICS ................................................................................. 453,942 453,942 

170 OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY ............... 351,871 351,871 

180 COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES ................................................................. 1,186,847 1,186,847 

190 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE ................................................................ 123,948 123,948 

200 DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT .......................................................... 2,443 2,443 
963 

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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

210 COMBATANT COMMANDERS CORE OPERATIONS .......................... 98,914 98,914 

220 COMBATANT COMMANDERS DIRECT MISSION SUPPORT .......... 73,110 67,628 

Streamlining of Navy Combatant Commanders Direct Mission Support ........................................................................................................ [–5,483 ] 

230 CRUISE MISSILE ...................................................................................... 110,734 110,734 

240 FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE ................................................................. 1,206,736 1,206,736 

250 IN-SERVICE WEAPONS SYSTEMS SUPPORT ................................... 141,664 141,664 

260 WEAPONS MAINTENANCE ..................................................................... 523,122 523,122 

270 OTHER WEAPON SYSTEMS SUPPORT ............................................... 371,872 371,872 

280 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION ................................................................ 896,061 896,061 

290 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION .............. 2,220,423 2,220,423 

300 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT ................................................................ 4,472,468 4,486,468 

Funding increase for Behavioral Counseling ......................................... [14,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES ............................................ 34,581,896 18,523,103 

MOBILIZATION 

310 SHIP PREPOSITIONING AND SURGE ................................................ 422,846 422,846 

320 AIRCRAFT ACTIVATIONS/INACTIVATIONS ....................................... 6,464 6,964 

Readiness funding increase ...................................................................... [500 ] 

330 SHIP ACTIVATIONS/INACTIVATIONS ................................................. 361,764 361,764 

340 EXPEDITIONARY HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEMS .......................... 69,530 69,530 

350 INDUSTRIAL READINESS ...................................................................... 2,237 2,237 

360 COAST GUARD SUPPORT ....................................................................... 21,823 21,823 

SUBTOTAL, MOBILIZATION ......................................................... 884,664 885,164 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

370 OFFICER ACQUISITION .......................................................................... 149,375 149,375 

380 RECRUIT TRAINING ................................................................................ 9,035 9,035 

390 RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS ........................................... 156,290 156,290 

400 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ......................................................... 653,728 653,728 

410 FLIGHT TRAINING ................................................................................... 8,171 8,171 

420 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ................................ 168,471 168,471 

430 TRAINING SUPPORT ................................................................................ 196,048 196,048 

440 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ....................................................... 234,233 234,233 

450 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ....................................... 137,855 137,855 

460 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING .............................................. 77,257 77,257 

470 JUNIOR ROTC ............................................................................................ 47,653 47,653 

SUBTOTAL, TRAINING AND RECRUITING .......................... 1,838,116 1,838,116 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

480 ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................... 923,771 923,771 

490 EXTERNAL RELATIONS ......................................................................... 13,967 13,967 

500 CIVILIAN MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT ............ 120,812 120,812 

510 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT .......... 350,983 350,983 

520 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT ........................................................... 265,948 265,948 

530 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ..................................................... 335,482 335,482 

550 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION ..................................................... 197,724 197,724 

570 PLANNING, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN ......................................... 274,936 274,936 

580 ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ................................ 1,122,178 1,122,178 

590 HULL, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SUPPORT ...................... 48,587 48,587 

600 COMBAT/WEAPONS SYSTEMS .............................................................. 25,599 25,599 

610 SPACE AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEMS ............................ 72,768 72,768 

620 NAVAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE ....................................................... 577,803 577,803 

680 INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS AND AGENCIES .................... 4,768 4,768 

680 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................ 560,754 560,754 

xx UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................... 0 –209,823 

Streamlining of Navy Management Headquarters ................................ [–209,823 ] 

SUBTOTAL, ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES .................... 4,896,080 4,686,257 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

xx UNDISTRIBUTED FOREIGN CURRENCY ADJUSTMENT .............. 0 –59,900 

Foreign currency adjustment ................................................................... [–59,900 ] 

xxx UNDISTRIBUTED BULK FUEL SAVINGS .......................................... 0 –482,300 

Bulk fuel savings ...................................................................................... [–482,300 ] 

SUBTOTAL, UNDISTRIBUTED .................................................... 0 –542,200 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY .................. 42,200,756 25,390,440 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 

OPERATING FORCES 
964 

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SEC. 4301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

010 OPERATIONAL FORCES ......................................................................... 931,079 0 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA .................................... [–931,079 ] 

020 FIELD LOGISTICS .................................................................................... 931,757 0 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA .................................... [–931,757 ] 

030 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ........................................................................... 227,583 227,583 

040 MARITIME PREPOSITIONING ............................................................... 86,259 86,259 

050 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION .................... 746,237 746,237 

060 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT ................................................................ 2,057,362 2,058,562 

Readiness funding increase for Criminal Investigative Equipment .... [1,200 ] 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES ............................................ 4,980,277 3,118,641 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

070 RECRUIT TRAINING ................................................................................ 16,460 16,460 

080 OFFICER ACQUISITION .......................................................................... 977 977 

090 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ......................................................... 97,325 97,325 

100 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ................................ 40,786 40,786 

110 TRAINING SUPPORT ................................................................................ 347,476 347,476 

120 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ....................................................... 164,806 164,806 

130 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ....................................... 39,963 39,963 

140 JUNIOR ROTC ............................................................................................ 23,397 23,397 

SUBTOTAL, TRAINING AND RECRUITING .......................... 731,190 731,190 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

150 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION ..................................................... 37,386 37,386 

160 ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................... 358,395 358,395 

180 ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ................................ 76,105 76,105 

180 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................ 45,429 45,429 

xx UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................... 0 –32,588 

Streamlining of Marine Corps Management Headquarters .................. [–32,588 ] 

SUBTOTAL, ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES .................... 517,315 484,727 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

xx UNDISTRIBUTED FOREIGN CURRENCY ADJUSTMENT .............. 0 –19,800 

Foreign currency adjustment ................................................................... [–19,800 ] 

xxx UNDISTRIBUTED BULK FUEL SAVINGS .......................................... 0 –17,000 

Bulk fuel savings ...................................................................................... [–17,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL, UNDISTRIBUTED .................................................... 0 –36,800 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MARINE 

CORPS ................................................................................................... 6,228,782 4,297,758 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY RES 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS ................................. 563,722 563,722 

020 INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE ......................................................... 6,218 6,218 

030 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE ..................................................... 82,712 82,712 

040 AIRCRAFT DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT ..................................... 326 326 

050 AVIATION LOGISTICS .............................................................................. 13,436 13,436 

070 SHIP OPERATIONS SUPPORT & TRAINING ..................................... 557 557 

090 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS ................................................................. 14,499 14,499 

100 COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES ................................................................. 117,601 117,601 

120 ENTERPRISE INFORMATION ................................................................ 29,382 29,382 

130 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION .............. 48,513 48,513 

140 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT ................................................................ 102,858 102,858 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES ............................................ 979,824 979,824 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

150 ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................... 1,505 1,505 

160 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT .......... 13,782 13,782 

170 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ..................................................... 3,437 3,437 

180 ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ................................ 3,210 3,210 

xx UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................... 0 –1,386 

Streamlining of Navy Reserve Management Headquarters .................. [–1,386 ] 

SUBTOTAL, ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES .................... 21,934 20,548 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

xxx UNDISTRIBUTED BULK FUEL SAVINGS .......................................... 0 –39,700 

Bulk fuel savings ...................................................................................... [–39,700 ] 

SUBTOTAL, UNDISTRIBUTED .................................................... 0 –39,700 
965 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY RES ........ 1,001,758 960,672 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MC RESERVE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 OPERATING FORCES ............................................................................... 97,631 97,631 

020 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ........................................................................... 18,254 18,254 

030 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION .............. 28,653 28,653 

040 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT ................................................................ 111,923 111,923 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES ............................................ 256,461 256,461 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

050 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION ..................................................... 924 924 

060 ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................... 10,866 10,866 

070 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ....................................................... 8,785 8,785 

xx UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................... 0 –1,473 

Streamlining of Marine Corps Reserve Management Headquarters .... [–1,473 ] 

SUBTOTAL, ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES .................... 20,575 19,102 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

xxx UNDISTRIBUTED BULK FUEL SAVINGS .......................................... 0 –1,000 

Bulk fuel savings ...................................................................................... [–1,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL, UNDISTRIBUTED .................................................... 0 –1,000 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MC RESERVE 277,036 274,563 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES .................................................................. 3,336,868 0 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA .................................... [–3,336,868 ] 

020 COMBAT ENHANCEMENT FORCES ..................................................... 1,897,315 0 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA .................................... [–1,897,315 ] 

030 AIR OPERATIONS TRAINING (OJT, MAINTAIN SKILLS) .............. 1,797,549 1,757,249 

Cancel transition of A–10 to F–15E training ....................................... [–78,000 ] 

Readiness increase .................................................................................... [37,700 ] 

040 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ........................................................................... 6,537,127 0 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA .................................... [–6,537,127 ] 

050 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ......................................................................................................... 1,997,712 1,997,712 

060 BASE SUPPORT ......................................................................................... 2,841,948 2,841,948 

070 GLOBAL C3I AND EARLY WARNING ................................................... 930,341 930,341 

080 OTHER COMBAT OPS SPT PROGRAMS ............................................. 924,845 924,845 

100 LAUNCH FACILITIES .............................................................................. 271,177 271,177 

110 SPACE CONTROL SYSTEMS .................................................................. 382,824 382,824 

120 COMBATANT COMMANDERS DIRECT MISSION SUPPORT .......... 900,965 885,586 

Streamlining of Air Force Combatant Commanders Direct Mission 

Support ................................................................................................. [–15,380 ] 

130 COMBATANT COMMANDERS CORE OPERATIONS .......................... 205,078 164,078 

Cutting Joint Enabling Capabilities Command ................................... [–41,000 ] 

xxx CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................ 907,496 924,296 

Increase One Program .............................................................................. [20,000 ] 

Unjustified increase .................................................................................. [–3,200 ] 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES ............................................ 22,931,245 11,080,055 

MOBILIZATION 

140 AIRLIFT OPERATIONS ............................................................................ 2,229,196 2,229,196 

150 MOBILIZATION PREPAREDNESS ........................................................ 148,318 148,318 

160 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ........................................................................... 1,617,571 0 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA .................................... [–1,617,571 ] 

170 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ......................................................................................................... 259,956 259,956 

180 BASE SUPPORT ......................................................................................... 708,799 708,799 

SUBTOTAL, MOBILIZATION ......................................................... 4,963,840 3,346,269 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

190 OFFICER ACQUISITION .......................................................................... 92,191 92,191 

200 RECRUIT TRAINING ................................................................................ 21,871 21,871 

210 RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) ............................ 77,527 77,527 

220 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ......................................................................................................... 228,500 228,500 

230 BASE SUPPORT ......................................................................................... 772,870 772,870 
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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

240 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ......................................................... 359,304 402,404 

Readiness increase for RPA training ..................................................... [43,100 ] 

250 FLIGHT TRAINING ................................................................................... 710,553 710,553 

260 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ................................ 228,252 228,252 

270 TRAINING SUPPORT ................................................................................ 76,464 76,464 

280 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ........................................................................... 375,513 375,513 

290 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ....................................................... 79,690 79,690 

300 EXAMINING ................................................................................................ 3,803 3,803 

310 OFF-DUTY AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION ....................................... 180,807 180,807 

320 CIVILIAN EDUCATION AND TRAINING .............................................. 167,478 167,478 

330 JUNIOR ROTC ............................................................................................ 59,263 59,263 

SUBTOTAL, TRAINING AND RECRUITING .......................... 3,434,086 3,477,186 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

340 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS ....................................................................... 1,141,491 1,141,491 

350 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ACTIVITIES .................................................... 862,022 852,022 

Acquisition Management Adjustment ..................................................... [–10,000 ] 

360 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ........................................................................... 61,745 61,745 

370 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ......................................................................................................... 298,759 298,759 

380 BASE SUPPORT ......................................................................................... 1,108,220 1,096,220 

Reduce IT procurement ............................................................................ [–12,000 ] 

390 ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................... 689,797 669,097 

DEAMS reduction-Funding ahead of need ............................................ [–20,700 ] 

400 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ..................................................... 498,053 498,053 

410 OTHER SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ................................................... 900,253 900,253 

420 CIVIL AIR PATROL ................................................................................... 25,411 25,411 

450 INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT .................................................................. 89,148 89,148 

450 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................ 1,187,859 1,182,959 

Unjustified increase .................................................................................. [–4,900 ] 

xx UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................... 0 –276,203 

Streamlining of Air Force Management Headquarters ......................... [–276,203 ] 

SUBTOTAL, ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES .................... 6,862,758 6,538,955 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

xx Restore EC–130 Compass Call .................................................................... 0 27,300 

Costs associated with preventing divestiture of EC–130 ....................... [27,300 ] 

x Restore A–10 ................................................................................................. 0 235,300 

Costs associated with preventing divestiture of A–10 fleet .................... [235,300 ] 

xxx UNDISTRIBUTED BULK FUEL SAVINGS .......................................... 0 –618,300 

Bulk fuel savings ...................................................................................... [–618,300 ] 

UNDISTRIBUTED FOREIGN CURRENCY ADJUSTMENT .............. 0 –137,800 

Foreign currency adjustment ................................................................... [–137,800 ] 

SUBTOTAL, UNDISTRIBUTED .................................................... 0 –493,500 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE ..... 38,191,929 23,948,965 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AF RESERVE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES .................................................................. 1,779,378 1,779,378 

020 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS ....................................................... 226,243 226,243 

030 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ........................................................................... 487,036 487,036 

040 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ......................................................................................................... 109,342 109,342 

050 BASE SUPPORT ......................................................................................... 373,707 373,707 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES ............................................ 2,975,706 2,975,706 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 

060 ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................... 53,921 53,921 

070 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ....................................................... 14,359 14,359 

080 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERS MGMT (ARPC) ......................... 13,665 13,665 

090 OTHER PERS SUPPORT (DISABILITY COMP) ................................. 6,606 6,606 

xx UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................... 0 –2,116 

Costs associated with preventing divestiture of A–10 fleet .................... [2,500 ] 

Streamlining of Air Force Reserve Management Headquarters ........... [–4,616 ] 

SUBTOTAL, ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE 

ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................ 88,551 86,435 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

xxxx UNDISTRIBUTED BULK FUEL SAVINGS .......................................... 0 –101,100 
967 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Bulk fuel savings ...................................................................................... [–101,100 ] 

SUBTOTAL, UNDISTRIBUTED .................................................... 0 –101,100 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AF RESERVE .. 3,064,257 2,961,041 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ANG 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS ........................................................................ 3,526,471 3,526,471 

020 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS ....................................................... 740,779 743,379 

ARNG border security enhancement ....................................................... [2,600 ] 

030 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ........................................................................... 1,763,859 1,763,859 

040 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ......................................................................................................... 288,786 288,786 

050 BASE SUPPORT ......................................................................................... 582,037 582,037 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES ............................................ 6,901,932 6,904,532 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE ACTIVITIES 

060 ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................... 23,626 23,626 

070 RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING ....................................................... 30,652 30,652 

xx UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................... 0 –3,015 

Streamlining of Air National Guard Management Headquarters ....... [–3,015 ] 

xxx UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................... 0 42,200 

Costs associated with preventing divestiture of A–10 fleet .................... [42,200 ] 

SUBTOTAL, ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE 

ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................ 54,278 93,463 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

xxxx UNDISTRIBUTED BULK FUEL SAVINGS .......................................... 0 –162,600 

Bulk fuel savings ...................................................................................... [–162,600 ] 

SUBTOTAL, UNDISTRIBUTED .................................................... 0 –162,600 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ANG ..................... 6,956,210 6,835,395 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ...................................................................... 485,888 505,888 

Middle East Assurance Initiative ........................................................... [20,000 ] 

020 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ................................... 534,795 530,795 

DOD Rewards reduction-funding ahead of need ................................... [–4,000 ] 

030 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND/OPERATING FORCES ........... 4,862,368 4,862,368 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES ............................................ 5,883,051 5,899,051 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

040 DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIVERSITY .............................................. 142,659 142,659 

050 NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY ..................................................... 78,416 78,416 

060 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND/TRAINING AND RECRUITING ............................................................................................................ 354,372 354,372 

SUBTOTAL, TRAINING AND RECRUITING .......................... 575,447 575,447 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 

070 CIVIL MILITARY PROGRAMS ................................................................ 160,320 160,320 

090 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY .............................................. 570,177 570,177 

100 DEFENSE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AGENCY .............................. 1,374,536 1,374,536 

110 DEFENSE HUMAN RESOURCES ACTIVITY ...................................... 642,551 642,551 

120 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY ................................. 1,282,755 1,292,755 

Sharkseer increase .................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

140 DEFENSE LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY ............................................... 26,073 26,073 

150 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY ............................................................ 366,429 366,429 

160 DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY .................................................................. 192,625 192,625 

180 DEFENSE PERSONNEL ACCOUNTING AGENCY .............................. 115,372 115,372 

190 DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY ............................... 524,723 517,723 

Reduction to Combating Terrorism Fellowship ..................................... [–7,000 ] 

200 DEFENSE SECURITY SERVICE ............................................................ 508,396 508,396 

230 DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ............. 33,577 33,577 

240 DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY ....................................... 415,696 415,696 

260 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY ................... 2,753,771 2,784,021 

Impact Aid ................................................................................................ [30,000 ] 

School lunches for territories ................................................................... [250 ] 

270 MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY ................................................................. 432,068 432,068 

290 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ............................................... 110,612 57,512 
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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Guam outside the fence infastructure ..................................................... [–20,000 ] 

Defense industry adjustment ................................................................... [–33,100 ] 

300 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ................................... 1,388,285 1,378,785 

BRAC 2017 Planning and Support ....................................................... [–10,500 ] 

OSD fleet architecture study ................................................................... [1,000 ] 

310 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND/ADMIN & SVC-WIDE ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................. 83,263 83,263 

320 WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES .................................... 621,688 621,688 

320 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ........................................................................ 14,379,428 14,379,428 

xx UNDISTRIBUTED ..................................................................................... 0 –897,552 

Streamlining of Department of Defense Management Headquarters ... [–897,552 ] 

SUBTOTAL, ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICE-WIDE 

ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................ 25,982,345 25,055,443 

UNDISTRIBUTED 

xx UNDISTRIBUTED FOREIGN CURRENCY ADJUSTMENT .............. 0 –51,900 

Foreign currency adjustment ................................................................... [–51,900 ] 

xxx UNDISTRIBUTED BULK FUEL SAVINGS .......................................... 0 –36,000 

Bulk fuel savings ...................................................................................... [–36,000 ] 

SUBTOTAL, UNDISTRIBUTED .................................................... 0 –87,900 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSEWIDE ....................................................................................................... 32,440,843 31,442,041 

MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS 

US COURT OF APPEALS FOR ARMED FORCES, DEF 

010 US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES, DEFENSE ...................................................................................................... 14,078 14,078 

SUBTOTAL, US COURT OF APPEALS FOR ARMED 

FORCES, DEF .................................................................................... 14,078 14,078 

OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC 

AID 

010 OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER AND CIVIC AID ............ 100,266 100,266 

SUBTOTAL, OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, 

AND CIVIC AID ................................................................................. 100,266 100,266 

COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT 

010 FORMER SOVIET UNION (FSU) THREAT REDUCTION ................ 358,496 358,496 

SUBTOTAL, COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT ................................................................................................... 358,496 358,496 

DOD ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 

FUND 

010 ACQ WORKFORCE DEV FD .................................................................... 84,140 84,140 

SUBTOTAL, DOD ACQUISITION WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND ................................................................................ 84,140 84,140 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 

040 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY ......................................... 234,829 234,829 

SUBTOTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 234,829 234,829 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY 

050 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY .......................................... 292,453 292,453 

SUBTOTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY 292,453 292,453 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE 

060 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE .............................. 368,131 368,131 

SUBTOTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR 

FORCE ................................................................................................... 368,131 368,131 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE 

070 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE ................................. 8,232 8,232 

SUBTOTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE .................................................................................................... 8,232 8,232 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION FORMERLY USED 

SITES 

080 ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION FORMERLY USED SITES ..... 203,717 203,717 
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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

SUBTOTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION FORMERLY USED SITES ...................................................................... 203,717 203,717 

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS ................... 1,664,342 1,664,342 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ........................... 176,517,228 134,071,146 

1 SEC. 4302. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR OVERSEAS 

2 CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 

SEC. 4302. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MANEUVER UNITS ..................................................................................... 257,900 1,352,329 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA ...................................... [1,094,429 ] 

040 THEATER LEVEL ASSETS ...................................................................... 1,110,836 1,874,136 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA ...................................... [763,300 ] 

050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT ............................................. 261,943 1,316,265 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA ...................................... [1,054,322 ] 

060 AVIATION ASSETS ..................................................................................... 22,160 1,568,289 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA ...................................... [1,546,129 ] 

070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT ................................... 1,119,201 4,277,807 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA ...................................... [3,158,606 ] 

080 LAND FORCES SYSTEMS READINESS ................................................ 117,881 117,881 

100 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT ............................................................... 50,000 50,000 

140 ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES ........................................................................ 4,500,666 4,500,666 

150 COMMANDERS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM ...................... 10,000 10,000 

160 RESET ............................................................................................................ 1,834,777 1,834,777 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES .............................................. 9,285,364 16,902,150 

MOBILIZATION 

190 ARMY PREPOSITIONED STOCKS .......................................................... 40,000 40,000 

SUBTOTAL, MOBILIZATION ........................................................... 40,000 40,000 

ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES 

350 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION ....................................................... 529,891 529,891 

380 AMMUNITION MANAGEMENT ................................................................. 5,033 5,033 

420 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT ............................................................. 100,480 100,480 

450 REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT ............................................................... 154,350 154,350 

480 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ......................................................................... 1,267,632 1,267,632 

SUBTOTAL, ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES ...................... 2,057,386 2,057,386 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY ................... 11,382,750 18,999,536 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY RES 

OPERATING FORCES 

030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE ................................................................ 2,442 2,442 

050 LAND FORCES OPERATIONS SUPPORT ............................................. 813 813 

070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT ................................... 779 779 

100 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT ............................................................... 20,525 20,525 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES .............................................. 24,559 24,559 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARMY RES ......... 24,559 24,559 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARNG 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MANEUVER UNITS ..................................................................................... 1,984 1,984 

030 ECHELONS ABOVE BRIGADE ................................................................ 4,671 4,671 

060 AVIATION ASSETS ..................................................................................... 15,980 15,980 

070 FORCE READINESS OPERATIONS SUPPORT ................................... 12,867 12,867 

100 BASE OPERATIONS SUPPORT ............................................................... 23,134 23,134 

120 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS .................. 1,426 1,426 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES .............................................. 60,062 60,062 
970 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

150 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ....................................................... 783 783 

SUBTOTAL, ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES ...................... 783 783 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ARNG ................... 60,845 60,845 

AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND 

MINISTRY OF DEFENSE 

010 SUSTAINMENT ............................................................................................ 2,214,899 2,214,899 

030 EQUIPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION ................................................. 182,751 182,751 

040 TRAINING AND OPERATIONS ................................................................. 281,555 281,555 

SUBTOTAL, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ....................................... 2,679,205 2,679,205 

MINISTRY OF INTERIOR 

060 SUSTAINMENT ............................................................................................ 901,137 901,137 

080 EQUIPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION ................................................. 116,573 116,573 

090 TRAINING AND OPERATIONS ................................................................. 65,342 65,342 

SUBTOTAL, MINISTRY OF INTERIOR ...................................... 1,083,052 1,083,052 

TOTAL AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND ........... 3,762,257 3,762,257 

IRAQ TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 

IRAQ TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 

010 IRAQ TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND ............................................................. 715,000 715,000 

SUBTOTAL, IRAQ TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND ....................... 715,000 715,000 

TOTAL IRAQ TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND .................................. 715,000 715,000 

SYRIA TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 

SYRIA TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 

010 SYRIA TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND ........................................................... 600,000 600,000 

SUBTOTAL, SYRIA TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND ..................... 600,000 600,000 

TOTAL SYRIA TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND ................................ 600,000 600,000 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS ................................... 358,417 5,302,082 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA ...................................... [4,940,365 ] 

Readiness funding increase ....................................................................... [3,300 ] 

030 AVIATION TECHNICAL DATA & ENGINEERING SERVICES .......... 110 110 

040 AIR OPERATIONS AND SAFETY SUPPORT ........................................ 4,513 4,513 

050 AIR SYSTEMS SUPPORT .......................................................................... 126,501 126,501 

060 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE ....................................................... 75,897 990,433 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA ...................................... [897,536 ] 

Readiness funding increase ....................................................................... [17,000 ] 

070 AIRCRAFT DEPOT OPERATIONS SUPPORT ...................................... 2,770 2,770 

080 AVIATION LOGISTICS ............................................................................... 34,101 34,101 

090 MISSION AND OTHER SHIP OPERATIONS ........................................ 1,184,878 5,472,536 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA ...................................... [4,287,658 ] 

100 SHIP OPERATIONS SUPPORT & TRAINING ...................................... 16,663 16,663 

110 SHIP DEPOT MAINTENANCE ................................................................. 1,922,829 7,883,780 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA ...................................... [5,960,951 ] 

130 COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS ................................................................... 33,577 33,577 

160 WARFARE TACTICS ................................................................................... 26,454 26,454 

170 OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY ................. 22,305 22,305 

180 COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES ................................................................... 513,969 513,969 

190 EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE .................................................................. 10,007 10,007 

250 IN-SERVICE WEAPONS SYSTEMS SUPPORT ..................................... 60,865 60,865 

260 WEAPONS MAINTENANCE ....................................................................... 275,231 275,231 

290 SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION AND MODERNIZATION ................ 7,819 7,819 

300 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT .................................................................. 61,422 61,422 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES .............................................. 4,738,328 20,845,138 

MOBILIZATION 

340 EXPEDITIONARY HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEMS ............................ 5,307 5,307 

360 COAST GUARD SUPPORT ........................................................................ 160,002 160,002 

SUBTOTAL, MOBILIZATION ........................................................... 165,309 165,309 
971 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

400 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ........................................................... 44,845 44,845 

SUBTOTAL, TRAINING AND RECRUITING ........................... 44,845 44,845 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

480 ADMINISTRATION ...................................................................................... 2,513 2,513 

490 EXTERNAL RELATIONS ........................................................................... 500 500 

510 MILITARY MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT ............ 5,309 5,309 

520 OTHER PERSONNEL SUPPORT ............................................................. 1,469 1,469 

550 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION ....................................................... 156,671 156,671 

580 ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT .................................. 8,834 8,834 

620 NAVAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE ......................................................... 1,490 1,490 

680 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ......................................................................... 6,320 6,320 

SUBTOTAL, ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES ...................... 183,106 183,106 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY .................... 5,131,588 21,238,398 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 OPERATIONAL FORCES ........................................................................... 353,133 1,284,212 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA ...................................... [931,079 ] 

020 FIELD LOGISTICS ...................................................................................... 259,676 1,191,433 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA ...................................... [931,757 ] 

030 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ............................................................................. 240,000 240,000 

060 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT .................................................................. 16,026 16,026 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES .............................................. 868,835 2,731,671 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

110 TRAINING SUPPORT ................................................................................. 37,862 37,862 

SUBTOTAL, TRAINING AND RECRUITING ........................... 37,862 37,862 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

150 SERVICEWIDE TRANSPORTATION ....................................................... 43,767 43,767 

180 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ......................................................................... 2,070 2,070 

SUBTOTAL, ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES ...................... 45,837 45,837 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MARINE 

CORPS ..................................................................................................... 952,534 2,815,370 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY RES 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 MISSION AND OTHER FLIGHT OPERATIONS ................................... 4,033 4,033 

020 INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE ........................................................... 60 60 

030 AIRCRAFT DEPOT MAINTENANCE ....................................................... 20,300 20,300 

100 COMBAT SUPPORT FORCES ................................................................... 7,250 7,250 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES .............................................. 31,643 31,643 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, NAVY RES ......... 31,643 31,643 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MC RESERVE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 OPERATING FORCES ................................................................................ 2,500 2,500 

040 BASE OPERATING SUPPORT .................................................................. 955 955 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES .............................................. 3,455 3,455 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MC RESERVE .. 3,455 3,455 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 PRIMARY COMBAT FORCES .................................................................... 1,505,738 4,839,106 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA ...................................... [3,336,868 ] 

Retain Current A–10 Fleet ........................................................................ [–1,400 ] 

Unjustified Increase ................................................................................... [–2,100 ] 

020 COMBAT ENHANCEMENT FORCES ....................................................... 914,973 2,802,588 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA ...................................... [1,897,315 ] 

Unjustified Increase ................................................................................... [–14,000 ] 

Readiness funding increase ....................................................................... [4,300 ] 

030 AIR OPERATIONS TRAINING (OJT, MAINTAIN SKILLS) ................ 31,978 31,978 

040 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ............................................................................. 1,192,765 7,729,892 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA ...................................... [6,537,127 ] 
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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

050 FACILITIES SUSTAINMENT, RESTORATION & MODERNIZATION ........................................................................................................... 85,625 85,625 

060 BASE SUPPORT .......................................................................................... 917,269 917,269 

070 GLOBAL C3I AND EARLY WARNING ..................................................... 30,219 30,219 

080 OTHER COMBAT OPS SPT PROGRAMS ............................................... 174,734 174,734 

100 LAUNCH FACILITIES ................................................................................ 869 869 

110 SPACE CONTROL SYSTEMS .................................................................... 5,008 5,008 

120 COMBATANT COMMANDERS DIRECT MISSION SUPPORT ............ 100,190 100,190 

xxx CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ......................................................................... 22,893 22,893 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES .............................................. 4,982,261 16,740,371 

MOBILIZATION 

140 AIRLIFT OPERATIONS ............................................................................. 2,995,703 2,995,703 

150 MOBILIZATION PREPAREDNESS ......................................................... 108,163 108,163 

160 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ............................................................................. 511,059 2,128,630 

Transfer base requirement to OCO due to BCA ...................................... [1,617,571 ] 

180 BASE SUPPORT .......................................................................................... 4,642 4,642 

SUBTOTAL, MOBILIZATION ........................................................... 3,619,567 5,237,138 

TRAINING AND RECRUITING 

190 OFFICER ACQUISITION ............................................................................ 92 92 

240 SPECIALIZED SKILL TRAINING ........................................................... 11,986 11,986 

SUBTOTAL, TRAINING AND RECRUITING ........................... 12,078 12,078 

ADMIN & SRVWD ACTIVITIES 

340 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS ........................................................................ 86,716 86,716 

380 BASE SUPPORT .......................................................................................... 3,836 3,836 

400 SERVICEWIDE COMMUNICATIONS ....................................................... 165,348 165,348 

410 OTHER SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES ..................................................... 204,683 141,683 

Reduction to the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq ........................ [–63,000 ] 

450 INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT .................................................................... 61 61 

450 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ......................................................................... 15,463 15,463 

SUBTOTAL, ADMIN & SRVWIDE ACTIVITIES ...................... 476,107 413,107 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE ....... 9,090,013 22,402,694 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AF RESERVE 

OPERATING FORCES 

030 DEPOT MAINTENANCE ............................................................................. 51,086 51,086 

050 BASE SUPPORT .......................................................................................... 7,020 7,020 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES .............................................. 58,106 58,106 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AF RESERVE .... 58,106 58,106 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ANG 

OPERATING FORCES 

020 MISSION SUPPORT OPERATIONS ......................................................... 19,900 19,900 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES .............................................. 19,900 19,900 

TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, ANG ....................... 19,900 19,900 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 

OPERATING FORCES 

010 JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ........................................................................ 9,900 9,900 

030 SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND/OPERATING FORCES ............. 2,345,835 2,345,835 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATING FORCES .............................................. 2,355,735 2,355,735 

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE ACTIVITIES 

090 DEFENSE CONTRACT AUDIT AGENCY ................................................ 18,474 18,474 

120 DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY ................................... 29,579 29,579 

140 DEFENSE LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY ................................................ 110,000 110,000 

160 DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY ................................................................... 5,960 5,960 

190 DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY ................................. 1,677,000 1,577,000 

Reduction from Coalition Support Funds ............................................... [–100,000 ] 

260 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY ..................... 73,000 73,000 

300 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ..................................... 106,709 106,709 

320 WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES ...................................... 2,102 2,102 

320 A CLASSIFIED PROGRAMS ......................................................................... 1,427,074 1,427,074 

SUBTOTAL, ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICEWIDE 

ACTIVITIES .......................................................................................... 3,449,898 3,349,898 
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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSEWIDE ......................................................................................................... 5,805,633 5,705,633 

TOTAL OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ............................. 37,638,283 76,437,396 

1 TITLE XLIV—MILITARY 

2 PERSONNEL 

3 SEC. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 

SEC. 4401. MILITARY PERSONNEL 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

MILITARY PERSONNEL 

MILITARY PERSONNEL APPROPRIATIONS 

MILITARY PERSONNEL APPROPRIATIONS .............................. 130,491,227 129,236,727 

Military Personnel Underexecution .................................... [–987,200 ] 

Additional support for the National Guard’s Operation 

Phalanx ............................................................................. [21,700 ] 

Reduction for anticipated cost of TRICARE consolidation .................................................................................... [–85,000 ] 

TRICARE program improvement initiatives .................... [15,000 ] 

Financial literacy improvement ......................................... [85,000 ] 

Reduction from Foreign Currency Gains, Army ............... [–65,200 ] 

Reduction from Foreign Currency Gains, Navy ................ [–81,400 ] 

Reduction from Foreign Currency Gains, Marine Corps [–27,000 ] 

Reduction from Foreign Currency Gains, Air Force ........ [–130,400 ] 

SUBTOTAL, MILITARY PERSONNEL APPROPRIATIONS ............................................................................................. 130,491,227 129,236,727 

MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE RETIREE HEALTH FUND 

CONTRIBUTIONS 

MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE RETIREE HEALTH FUND CONTRIBUTIONS ................................................................................... 6,243,449 6,243,449 

SUBTOTAL, MEDICARE-ELIGIBLE RETIREE 

HEALTH FUND CONTRIBUTIONS ................................. 6,243,449 6,243,449 

TOTAL, MILITARY PERSONNEL ......................................... 136,734,676 135,480,176 

4 SEC. 4402. MILITARY PERSONNEL FOR OVERSEAS CONTIN5 GENCY OPERATIONS. 

SEC. 4402. MILITARY PERSONNEL FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

MILITARY PERSONNEL 

MILITARY PERSONNEL APPROPRIATIONS 

MILITARY PERSONNEL APPROPRIATIONS .............................. 3,204,758 3,204,758 

SUBTOTAL, MILITARY PERSONNEL APPROPRIATIONS ............................................................................................. 3,204,758 3,204,758 

TOTAL, MILITARY PERSONNEL ......................................... 3,204,758 3,204,758 
974 

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1 TITLE XLV—OTHER 

2 AUTHORIZATIONS 

3 SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS. 

SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY 

020 SUPPLY MANAGEMENT—ARMY ..................................................................... 50,432 50,432 

SUBTOTAL, WORKING CAPITAL FUND, ARMY ........................... 50,432 50,432 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE 

010 SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS ........................................................................... 62,898 62,898 

SUBTOTAL, WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE ............... 62,898 62,898 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE 

030 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY (DLA) .......................................................... 45,084 45,084 

SUBTOTAL, WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE ..... 45,084 45,084 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DECA 

020 WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DECA .................................................................. 1,154,154 1,154,154 

SUBTOTAL, WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DECA ............................ 1,154,154 1,154,154 

TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND ...................................................... 1,312,568 1,312,568 

NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND 

040 POST DELIVERY AND OUTFITTING ............................................................. 15,456 15,456 

060 LG MED SPD RO/RO MAINTENANCE ............................................................ 124,493 124,493 

070 DOD MOBILIZATION ALTERATIONS ............................................................ 8,243 8,243 

080 TAH MAINTENANCE .......................................................................................... 27,784 27,784 

090 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT .................................................................. 25,197 25,197 

100 READY RESERVE FORCE ................................................................................ 272,991 272,991 

SUBTOTAL, NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND .................. 474,164 474,164 

TOTAL NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND ............................. 474,164 474,164 

CHEM AGENTS & MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE 

01 CHEM DEMILITARIZATION—O&M ............................................................... 139,098 139,098 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATION & MAINTENANCE ................................. 139,098 139,098 

RDT&E 

02 CHEM DEMILITARIZATION—RDT&E .......................................................... 579,342 579,342 

SUBTOTAL, RDT&E ..................................................................................... 579,342 579,342 

PROCUREMENT 

03 CHEM DEMILITARIZATION—PROC .............................................................. 2,281 2,281 

SUBTOTAL, PROCUREMENT .................................................................. 2,281 2,281 

TOTAL CHEM AGENTS & MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION ......... 720,721 720,721 

DRUG INTERDICTION & CTR-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEF 

DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER DRUG ACTIVITIES 

010 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE ................................................................................................................ 739,009 761,009 

SOUTHCOM Operational support ................................................................... [30,000] 

Transfer to Demand Reduction Program ......................................................... [–8,000] 

SUBTOTAL, DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER DRUG 

ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................... 739,009 761,009 

DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM 

020 DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM ..................................................... 111,589 119,589 

Expanded drug testing ....................................................................................... [8,000] 

SUBTOTAL, DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM ............ 111,589 119,589 

TOTAL DRUG INTERDICTION & CTR-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

DEF .................................................................................................................... 850,598 880,598 
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SEC. 4501. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

010 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ..................................................... 310,459 310,459 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE .......................... 310,459 310,459 

RDT&E 

020 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ..................................................... 4,700 2,100 

Funding ahead of need ....................................................................................... [–2,600] 

SUBTOTAL, RDT&E ..................................................................................... 4,700 2,100 

PROCUREMENT 

030 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ..................................................... 1,000 0 

Funding ahead of need ....................................................................................... [–1,000] 

SUBTOTAL, PROCUREMENT .................................................................. 1,000 0 

TOTAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ........................ 316,159 312,559 

DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE 

010 IN-HOUSE CARE ................................................................................................. 9,082,298 9,082,298 

020 PRIVATE SECTOR CARE .................................................................................. 14,892,683 14,892,683 

030 CONSOLIDATED HEALTH SUPPORT ........................................................... 2,415,658 2,405,368 

Reduction of funds related to Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria 

(CARB) project ............................................................................................... [–10,290] 

040 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ....................................................................... 1,677,827 1,677,827 

050 MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES ............................................................................. 327,967 327,967 

060 EDUCATION AND TRAINING ........................................................................... 750,614 750,614 

070 BASE OPERATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS ...................................................... 1,742,893 1,742,893 

xx UNDISTRIBUTED FOREIGN CURRENCY ADJUSTMENT ........................ 0 –36,400 

Foreign currency adjustment ............................................................................. [–36,400] 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATION & MAINTENANCE ................................. 30,889,940 30,843,250 

RDT&E 

090 R&D RESEARCH ................................................................................................. 10,996 10,996 

100 R&D EXPLORATRY DEVELOPMENT ............................................................. 59,473 56,323 

Reduction of funds related to Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria 

(CARB) project ............................................................................................... [–3,150] 

110 R&D ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT .................................................................. 231,356 228,256 

Reduction of funds related to Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria 

(CARB) project ............................................................................................... [–3,100] 

120 R&D DEMONSTRATION/VALIDATION ........................................................... 103,443 103,443 

130 R&D ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT ........................................................... 515,910 515,910 

140 R&D MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT ............................................................. 41,567 41,567 

150 R&D CAPABILITIES ENHANCEMENT .......................................................... 17,356 17,356 

SUBTOTAL, RDT&E ..................................................................................... 980,101 973,851 

PROCUREMENT 

160 PROC INITIAL OUTFITTING ............................................................................ 33,392 33,392 

170 PROC REPLACEMENT & MODERNIZATION ............................................... 330,504 330,504 

180 PROC THEATER MEDICAL INFORMATION PROGRAM ........................... 1,494 1,494 

190 PROC IEHR ........................................................................................................... 7,897 7,897 

SUBTOTAL, PROCUREMENT .................................................................. 373,287 373,287 

TOTAL DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM ............................................. 32,243,328 32,190,388 

TOTAL OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS .................................................... 35,917,538 35,890,998 

1 SEC. 4502. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS FOR OVERSEAS CON2 TINGENCY OPERATIONS. 

SEC. 4502. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
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SEC. 4502. OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Line Item FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE 

020 TRANSPORTATION OF FALLEN HEROES ................................................... 2,500 2,500 

SUBTOTAL, WORKING CAPITAL FUND, AIR FORCE ............... 2,500 2,500 

WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE 

030 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY (DLA) .......................................................... 86,350 86,350 

SUBTOTAL, WORKING CAPITAL FUND, DEFENSE-WIDE ..... 86,350 86,350 

TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL FUND ...................................................... 88,850 88,850 

DRUG INTERDICTION & CTR-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEF 

DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER DRUG ACTIVITIES 

010 DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, DEFENSE ................................................................................................................ 186,000 186,000 

SUBTOTAL, DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER DRUG 

ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................... 186,000 186,000 

TOTAL, DRUG INTERDICTION & CTR-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 

DEF .................................................................................................................... 186,000 186,000 

OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 

OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

010 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ..................................................... 10,262 10,262 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE .......................... 10,262 10,262 

TOTAL, OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ....................... 10,262 10,262 

DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 

OPERATION & MAINTENANCE 

010 IN-HOUSE CARE ................................................................................................. 65,149 65,149

020 PRIVATE SECTOR CARE .................................................................................. 192,210 192,210 

030 CONSOLIDATED HEALTH SUPPORT ........................................................... 9,460 9,460 

060 EDUCATION AND TRAINING ........................................................................... 5,885 5,885 

SUBTOTAL, OPERATION & MAINTENANCE ................................. 272,704 272,704 

TOTAL, DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM ............................................ 272,704 272,704 

COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND 

COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND 

090 COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND ......................................... 2,100,000 1,000,000 

Request excess to need ......................................................................................... [–1,100,000] 

SUBTOTAL, COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND 2,100,000 1,000,000 

TOTAL, COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS FUND ........ 2,100,000 1,000,000 

UKRAINE SECURITY ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE 

UKRAINE SECURITY ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE 

xxx UKRAINE SECURITY ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE ....................................... 0 300,000 

Provides assistance to Ukraine .......................................................................... [300,000] 

SUBTOTAL, UKRAINE SECURITY ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE .................................................................................................................. 0 300,000 

TOTAL, UKRAINE SECURITY ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE ....... 0 300,000 

TOTAL OTHER AUTHORIZATION ....................................................... 2,657,816 1,857,816 
977 

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1 TITLE XLVI—MILITARY 

2 CONSTRUCTION 

3 SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION. 

SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State or Country and 

Installation Project Title Budget Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

MILCON, ARMY 

Alaska 

MILCON, ARMY Fort Greely Physical Readiness Training Facility .......................... 7,800 7,800 

California 

MILCON, ARMY Concord Pier .................................................................................. 98,000 98,000 

Colorado 

MILCON, ARMY Fort Carson, Colorado Rotary Wing Taxiway ................................................... 5,800 5,800 

Georgia 

MILCON, ARMY Fort Gordon Command and Control Facility .................................... 90,000 90,000 

Germany 

MILCON, ARMY Grafenwoehr Vehicle Maintenance Shop ............................................. 51,000 51,000 

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 

MILCON, ARMY Guantanamo Bay Unaccompanied Personnel Housing ............................. 0 76,000 

Maryland 

MILCON, ARMY Fort Meade Access Control Point-Reece Road .................................. 0 19,500 

MILCON, ARMY Fort Meade Access Control Point-Mapes Road ................................. 0 15,000 

New York 

MILCON, ARMY Fort Drum, New York NCO Academy Complex ................................................. 19,000 19,000 

MILCON, ARMY U.S. Military Academy Waste Water Treatment Plant ....................................... 70,000 70,000 

Oklahoma 

MILCON, ARMY Fort Sill Reception Barracks Complex Ph2 ................................. 56,000 56,000 

MILCON, ARMY Fort Sill Training Support Facility ............................................ 13,400 13,400 

Texas 

MILCON, ARMY Corpus Christi Powertrain Facility (Infrastructure/Metal) ................. 85,000 85,000 

MILCON, ARMY Joint Base San Antonio Homeland Defense Operations Center .......................... 43,000 0 

Virginia 

MILCON, ARMY Fort Lee Training Support Facility ............................................ 33,000 33,000 

MILCON, ARMY Joint Base Myer-Henderson Instruction Building ...................................................... 37,000 0 

Worldwide Unspecified 

MILCON, ARMY Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Host Nation Support ..................................................... 36,000 36,000 

MILCON, ARMY Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Minor Construction ........................................................ 25,000 25,000 

MILCON, ARMY Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design ..................................................... 73,245 73,245 

MILCON, ARMY Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Prior Year Unobligated Amounts .................................. 0 –52,000 

SUBTOTAL, MILCON, ARMY ..................................................................................................... 743,245 721,745 

MIL CON, NAVY 

Arizona 

MIL CON, NAVY Yuma Aircraft Maint. Facilities & Apron (So. CALA) ......... 50,635 50,635 

Bahrain Island 

MIL CON, NAVY SW Asia Mina Salman Pier Replacement ................................... 37,700 37,700 

MIL CON, NAVY SW Asia Ship Maintenance Support Facility ............................. 52,091 52,091 

California 

MIL CON, NAVY Camp Pendleton, California Raw Water Pipeline Pendleton to Fallbrook ................ 44,540 0 

MIL CON, NAVY Camp Pendleton, California Pendleton Ops Center ..................................................... 0 25,000 

MIL CON, NAVY Coronado Coastal Campus Utilities ............................................... 4,856 4,856 

MIL CON, NAVY Lemoore F–35C Hangar Modernization and Addition .............. 56,497 56,497 

MIL CON, NAVY Lemoore F–35C Training Facilities ............................................ 8,187 8,187 

MIL CON, NAVY Lemoore RTO and Mission Debrief Facility ............................... 7,146 7,146 

MIL CON, NAVY Miramar KC–130J Enlisted Air Crew Trainer ........................... 0 11,200 

MIL CON, NAVY Point Mugu E–2C/D Hangar Additions and Renovations .............. 19,453 19,453 

MIL CON, NAVY Point Mugu Triton Avionics and Fuel Systems Trainer ................. 2,974 2,974 

MIL CON, NAVY San Diego LCS Support Facility .................................................... 37,366 37,366 

MIL CON, NAVY Twentynine Palms, 

California 

Microgrid Expansion ..................................................... 9,160 9,160 

Florida 

MIL CON, NAVY Jacksonville Fleet Support Facility Addition ................................... 8,455 8,455 

MIL CON, NAVY Jacksonville Triton Mission Control Facility ................................... 8,296 8,296 

MIL CON, NAVY Mayport LCS Mission Module Readiness Center ........................ 16,159 16,159 

MIL CON, NAVY Pensacola A-School Unaccopanied Housing (Corry Station) ...... 18,347 18,347 

MIL CON, NAVY Whiting Field T–6B JPATS Training Operations Facility ............... 10,421 10,421 
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SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State or Country and 

Installation Project Title Budget Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Georgia 

MIL CON, NAVY Albany Ground Source Heat Pumps ......................................... 7,851 7,851 

MIL CON, NAVY Kings Bay Industrial Control System Infrastructure .................... 8,099 8,099 

MIL CON, NAVY Townsend Townsend Bombing Range Expansion Phase 2 ........... 48,279 43,279 

Guam 

MIL CON, NAVY Joint Region Marianas Live-Fire Training Range Complex (NW Field) ......... 125,677 125,677 

MIL CON, NAVY Joint Region Marianas Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Closure ...................... 10,777 10,777 

MIL CON, NAVY Joint Region Marianas Sanitary Sewer System Recapitalization .................... 45,314 45,314 

Hawaii 

MIL CON, NAVY Barking Sands PMRF Power Grid Consolidation ................................. 30,623 30,623 

MIL CON, NAVY Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam UEM Interconnect Sta C to Hickam ............................ 6,335 6,335 

MIL CON, NAVY Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Welding School Shop Consolidation ............................. 8,546 8,546 

MIL CON, NAVY Kaneohe Bay Airfield Lighting Modernization ................................... 26,097 26,097 

MIL CON, NAVY Kaneohe Bay Bachelor Enlisted Quarters ........................................... 68,092 68,092 

MIL CON, NAVY Kaneohe Bay P–8A Detachment Support Facilities ........................... 12,429 12,429 

MIL CON, NAVY Mcb Hawaii LHD Pad Conversions MV22 Landing Pads ............... 0 12,800 

Italy 

MIL CON, NAVY Sigonella P–8A Hangar and Fleet Support Facility .................. 62,302 62,302 

MIL CON, NAVY Sigonella Triton Hangar and Operation Facility ....................... 40,641 40,641 

Japan 

MIL CON, NAVY Camp Butler Military Working Dog Facilities (Camp Hansen) ...... 11,697 11,697 

MIL CON, NAVY Iwakuni E–2D Operational Trainer Complex ............................ 8,716 8,716 

MIL CON, NAVY Iwakuni Security Modifications—CVW5/MAG12 HQ ............... 9,207 9,207 

MIL CON, NAVY Kadena AB Aircraft Maint. Shelters & Apron ................................. 23,310 23,310 

MIL CON, NAVY Yokosuka Child Development Center ............................................. 13,846 13,846 

Maryland 

MIL CON, NAVY Patuxent River Unaccompanied Housing ............................................... 40,935 40,935 

North Carolina 

MIL CON, NAVY Camp Lejeune Range Safety Improvements .......................................... 0 19,400 

MIL CON, NAVY Camp Lejeune, North 

Carolina 

Simulator Integration/Range Control Facility ............ 54,849 54,849 

MIL CON, NAVY Cherry Point Marine 

Corps Air Station 

Air Field Security Improvements ................................. 0 23,300 

MIL CON, NAVY Cherry Point Marine 

Corps Air Station 

KC130J Enlsited Air Crew Trainer Facility .............. 4,769 4,769 

MIL CON, NAVY Cherry Point Marine 

Corps Air Station 

Unmanned Aircraft System Facilities ......................... 29,657 29,657 

MIL CON, NAVY New River Operational Trainer Facility ........................................ 3,312 3,312 

MIL CON, NAVY New River Radar Air Traffic Control Facility Addition .............. 4,918 4,918 

Poland 

MIL CON, NAVY RedziKowo Base AEGIS Ashore Missile Defense Complex ...................... 51,270 51,270 

South Carolina 

MIL CON, NAVY Parris Island Range Safety Improvements & Modernization ............ 27,075 27,075 

Virginia 

MIL CON, NAVY Dam Neck Maritime Surveillance System Facility ....................... 23,066 23,066 

MIL CON, NAVY Norfolk Communications Center ................................................. 75,289 75,289 

MIL CON, NAVY Norfolk Electrical Repairs to Piers 2,6,7, and 11 ..................... 44,254 44,254 

MIL CON, NAVY Norfolk MH60 Helicopter Training Facility ............................ 7,134 7,134 

MIL CON, NAVY Portsmouth Waterfront Utilities ........................................................ 45,513 45,513 

MIL CON, NAVY Quantico ATFP Gate ...................................................................... 5,840 5,840 

MIL CON, NAVY Quantico Electrical Distribution Upgrade ................................... 8,418 8,418 

MIL CON, NAVY Quantico Embassy Security Guard BEQ & Ops Facility .......... 43,941 43,941 

MIL CON, NAVY Quantico TBS Fire Station Replacement ..................................... 0 17,200 

Washington 

MIL CON, NAVY Bangor WRA Land/Water Interface ........................................... 34,177 34,177 

MIL CON, NAVY Bremerton Dry Dock 6 Modernization & Utility Improve. ........... 22,680 22,680 

MIL CON, NAVY Indian Island Shore Power to Ammunition Pier ................................ 4,472 4,472 

Worldwide Unspecified 

MIL CON, NAVY Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MCON Design Funds ..................................................... 91,649 91,649 

MIL CON, NAVY Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction ................................... 22,590 22,590 

SUBTOTAL, MIL CON, NAVY .................................................................................................... 1,605,929 1,665,289 

MILCON, AIR FORCE 

Alaska 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Eielson AFB F–35A Flight Sim/Alter Squad Ops/AMU Facility .... 37,000 37,000 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Eielson AFB Rpr Central Heat & Power Plant Boiler Ph3 ............. 34,400 34,400 

Arizona 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Davis-Monthan AFB HC–130J Age Covered Storage ..................................... 4,700 4,700 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Davis-Monthan AFB HC–130J Wash Rack ..................................................... 12,200 12,200 
979 

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Installation Project Title Budget Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Luke AFB Communications Facility .............................................. 0 21,000 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Luke AFB F–35A ADAL Fuel Offload Facility ............................. 5,000 5,000 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Luke AFB F–35A Aircraft Maintenance Hangar/Sq 3 ................. 13,200 13,200 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Luke AFB F–35A Bomb Build-Up Facility ................................... 5,500 5,500 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Luke AFB F–35A Sq Ops/AMU/Hangar/Sq 4 ............................... 33,000 33,000 

Colorado 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

U.S. Air Force Academy Front Gates Force Protection Enhancements ............... 10,000 10,000 

Florida 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Cape Canaveral AFS Range Communications Facility .................................. 21,000 21,000 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Eglin AFB F–35A Consolidated HQ Facility ................................. 8,700 8,700 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Hurlburt Field ADAL 39 Information Operations Squad Facility ..... 14,200 14,200 

Greenland 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Thule AB Thule Consolidation Ph 1 .............................................. 41,965 41,965 

Guam 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Joint Region Marianas APR—Dispersed Maint Spares & SE Storage Fac .... 19,000 19,000 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Joint Region Marianas APR—Installation Control Center ............................... 22,200 22,200 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Joint Region Marianas APR—South Ramp Utilities Phase 2 .......................... 7,100 7,100 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Joint Region Marianas PRTC Roads ................................................................... 2,500 2,500 

Hawaii 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam F–22 Fighter Alert Facility .......................................... 46,000 46,000 

Japan 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Yokota AB C–130J Flight Simulator Facility ................................ 8,461 8,461 

Kansas 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

McConnell AFB Air Traffic Control Tower ............................................. 0 11,200 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

McConnell AFB KC–46A ADAL Deicing Pads ....................................... 4,300 4,300 

Louisiana 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Barksdale AFB Consolidated Communications Facility ........................ 0 20,000 

Maryland 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Fort Meade CYBERCOM Joint Operations Center, Increment 3 .. 86,000 86,000 

Missouri 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Whiteman AFB Consolidated Stealth Ops & Nuclear Alert Fac ........... 29,500 29,500 

Montana 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Malmstrom AFB Tactical Response Force Alert Facility ........................ 19,700 19,700 

Nebraska 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Offutt AFB Dormitory (144 RM) ...................................................... 21,000 21,000 

Nevada 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Nellis AFB F–35A Airfield Pavements ............................................. 31,000 31,000 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Nellis AFB F–35A Live Ordnance Loading Area ........................... 34,500 34,500 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Nellis AFB F–35A Munitions Maintenance Facilities .................... 3,450 3,450 

New Mexico 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Cannon AFB Construct AT/FP Gate—Portales .................................. 7,800 7,800 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Holloman AFB Marshalling Area ARM/DE-ARM Pad D .................... 3,000 3,000 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Holloman AFB Fixed Ground Control .................................................... 0 3,200 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Kirtland AFB Space Vehicles Component Development Lab ............... 12,800 12,800 

New York 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Fort Drum, New York ASOS Expansion ............................................................ 0 6,000 

Niger 
980 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State or Country and 

Installation Project Title Budget Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Agadez Construct Airfield and Base Camp ............................... 50,000 50,000 

North Carolina 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Seymour Johnson AFB Air Traffic Control Tower/Base Ops Facility .............. 17,100 17,100 

Oklahoma 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Altus AFB Dormitory (120 RM) ...................................................... 18,000 18,000 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Altus AFB KC–46A FTU ADAL Fuel Cell Maint Hangar ........... 10,400 10,400 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Tinker AFB Air Traffic Control Tower ............................................. 12,900 12,900 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Tinker AFB KC–46A Depot Maintenance Dock ................................ 37,000 37,000 

Oman 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

AL Musannah AB Airlift Apron ................................................................... 25,000 25,000 

South Dakota 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Ellsworth AFB Dormitory (168 RM) ...................................................... 23,000 23,000 

Texas 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Joint Base San Antonio BMT Classrooms/Dining Facility 3 ............................. 35,000 35,000 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Joint Base San Antonio BMT Recruit Dormitory 5 ............................................ 71,000 71,000 

United Kingdom 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Croughton Raf Consolidated SATCOM/Tech Control Facility ............. 36,424 36,424 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Croughton Raf JIAC Consolidation—Ph 2 ............................................ 94,191 94,191 

Utah 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Hill AFB F–35A Flight Simulator Addition Phase 2 ................. 5,900 5,900 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Hill AFB F–35A Hangar 40/42 Additions and AMU ................. 21,000 21,000 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Hill AFB Hayman Igloos ............................................................... 11,500 11,500 

Worldwide Classified 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Classified Location Long Range Strike Bomber ........................................... 77,130 77,130 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Classified Location Munitions Storage .......................................................... 3,000 3,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Prior Year Unobligated Amounts .................................. 0 –50,000 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Various Worldwide Locations Planning and Design ..................................................... 89,164 89,164 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

Various Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Military Construction .................... 22,900 22,900 

Wyoming 

MILCON, AIR 

FORCE 

F. E. Warren AFB Weapon Storage Facility ............................................... 95,000 95,000 

SUBTOTAL, MILCON, AIR FORCE ......................................................................................... 1,354,785 1,366,185 

MIL CON, DEF-WIDE 

Alabama 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fort Rucker Fort Rucker ES/PS Consolidation/Replacement ......... 46,787 46,787 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Maxwell AFB Maxwell ES/MS Replacement/Renovation ................... 32,968 32,968 

Arizona 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fort Huachuca JITC Buildings 52101/52111 Renovations .................. 3,884 3,884 

California 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Camp Pendleton, California SOF Combat Service Support Facility ........................ 10,181 10,181 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE 

Camp Pendleton, California SOF Performance Resiliency Center-West ................... 10,371 10,371 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Coronado SOF Logistics Support Unit One Ops Fac. #2 .......... 47,218 47,218 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fresno Yosemite IAP 

ANG 

Replace Fuel Storage and Distrib. Facilities ............... 10,700 10,700 

Colorado 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fort Carson, Colorado SOF Language Training Facility ................................ 8,243 8,243 

Conus Classified 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Classified Location Operations Support Facility ......................................... 20,065 20,065 
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Account State or Country and 

Installation Project Title Budget Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Delaware 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Dover AFB Construct Hydrant Fuel System ................................... 21,600 21,600 

Djibouti 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Camp Lemonier, 

Djibouti 

Construct Fuel Storage & Distrib. Facilities ............... 43,700 43,700 

Florida 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Hurlburt Field SOF Fuel Cell Maintenance Hangar ............................ 17,989 17,989 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE MacDill AFB SOF Operational Support Facility .............................. 39,142 39,142 

Georgia 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Moody AFB Replace Pumphouse and Truck Fillstands ................... 10,900 10,900 

Germany 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Garmisch Garmisch E/MS-Addition/Modernization ..................... 14,676 14,676 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Grafenwoehr Grafenwoehr Elementary School Replacement ............. 38,138 38,138 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Rhine Ordnance Barracks Medical Center Replacement Incr 5 .............................. 85,034 85,034 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Spangdahlem AB Construct Fuel Pipeline ................................................. 5,500 5,500 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Spangdahlem AB Medical/Dental Clinic Addition .................................... 34,071 34,071 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Stuttgart-Patch Barracks Patch Elementary School Replacement ........................ 49,413 49,413 

Hawaii 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Kaneohe Bay Medical/Dental Clinic Replacement .............................. 122,071 122,071 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Schofield Barracks Behavioral Health/Dental Clinic Addition .................. 123,838 123,838 

Japan 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Kadena AB Airfield Pavements ......................................................... 37,485 37,485 

Kentucky 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fort Campbell, Kentucky SOF Company HQ/Classrooms ..................................... 12,553 12,553 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fort Knox Fort Knox HS Renovation/MS Addition ..................... 23,279 23,279 

Maryland 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fort Meade NSAW Campus Feeders Phase 2 ................................... 33,745 33,745 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fort Meade NSAW Recapitalize Building #2 Incr 1 ..................... 34,897 34,897 

Nevada 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Nellis AFB Replace Hydrant Fuel System ...................................... 39,900 39,900 

New Mexico 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Cannon AFB Construct Pumphouse and Fuel Storage ...................... 20,400 20,400 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Cannon AFB SOF Squadron Operations Facility ............................. 11,565 11,565 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Cannon AFB SOF ST Operational Training Facilities .................... 13,146 13,146 

New York 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE West Point West Point Elementary School Replacement ............... 55,778 55,778 

North Carolina 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Camp Lejeune, North 

Carolina 

SOF Combat Service Support Facility ........................ 14,036 14,036 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Camp Lejeune, North 

Carolina 

SOF Marine Battalion Company/Team Facilities ...... 54,970 54,970 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE 

Fort Bragg Butner Elementary School Replacement ...................... 32,944 32,944 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fort Bragg SOF 21 STS Operations Facility ................................. 16,863 16,863 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fort Bragg SOF Battalion Operations Facility .............................. 38,549 38,549 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fort Bragg SOF Indoor Range ......................................................... 8,303 8,303 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fort Bragg SOF Intelligence Training Center ................................ 28,265 28,265 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fort Bragg SOF Special Tactics Facility (PH 2) .......................... 43,887 43,887 

Ohio 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Wright-Patterson AFB Satellite Pharmacy Replacement .................................. 6,623 6,623 
982 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State or Country and 

Installation Project Title Budget Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Oregon 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Klamath Falls IAP Replace Fuel Facilities ................................................... 2,500 2,500 

Pennsylvania 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Philadelphia Replace Headquarters .................................................... 49,700 0 

Poland 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE RedziKowo Base Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Complex ............ 169,153 169,153 

South Carolina 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fort Jackson Pierce Terrace Elementary School Replacement .......... 26,157 26,157 

Spain 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Rota Rota ES and HS Additions .......................................... 13,737 13,737 

Texas 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fort Bliss Hospital Replacement Incr 7 ........................................ 239,884 239,884 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Joint Base San Antonio Ambulatory Care Center Phase 4 .................................. 61,776 61,776 

Virginia 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fort Belvoir Construct Visitor Control Center ................................... 5,000 5,000 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Fort Belvoir Replace Ground Vehicle Fueling Facility .................... 4,500 4,500 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Joint Base LangleyEustis Replace Fuel Pier and Distribution Facility .............. 28,000 28,000 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Joint Expeditionary 

Base Little Creek— 

Story 

SOF Applied Instruction Facility ................................ 23,916 23,916 

Worldwide Unspecified 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Contingency Construction .............................................. 10,000 10,000 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

ECIP Design ................................................................... 10,000 10,000 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Energy Conservation Investment Program .................. 150,000 150,000 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Exercise Related Minor Construction ........................... 8,687 8,687 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design ..................................................... 118,632 118,632 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction ................................... 23,676 23,676 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Prior year savings, including rescoped medical facility at Fort Knox.0 –120,000 

MIL CON, DEFWIDE Various Worldwide Locations Planning & Design ......................................................... 31,772 31,772 

SUBTOTAL, MIL CON, DEF-WIDE .......................................................................................... 2,300,767 2,131,067 

MILCON, ARNG 

Alabama 

MILCON, ARNG Camp Foley Vehicle Maintenance Shop ............................................. 0 4,500 

Connecticut 

MILCON, ARNG Camp Hartell Ready Building (CST-WMD) ........................................ 11,000 11,000 

Delaware 

MILCON, ARNG Dagsboro National Guard Vehicle Maintenance Shop ................. 10,800 10,800 

Florida 

MILCON, ARNG Palm Coast National Guard Readiness Center ................................ 18,000 18,000 

Georgia 

MILCON, ARNG Fort Stewart Tactical Aerial Unmanned Systems ............................. 0 6,800 

Illinois 

MILCON, ARNG Sparta Basic 10M–25M Firing Range (Zero) .......................... 1,900 1,900 

Kansas 

MILCON, ARNG Salina Automated Combat Pistol/MP Firearms Qual Cour ... 2,400 2,400 

MILCON, ARNG Salina Modified Record Fire Range .......................................... 4,300 4,300 

Maryland 

MILCON, ARNG Easton National Guard Readiness Center ................................ 13,800 13,800 

Mississippi 

MILCON, ARNG Gulfport Aviation Classification and Repair .............................. 0 40,000 

Nevada 

MILCON, ARNG Reno National Guard Vehicle Maintenance Shop Add/A ..... 8,000 8,000 

Ohio 

MILCON, ARNG Camp Ravenna Modified Record Fire Range .......................................... 3,300 3,300 

Oregon 

MILCON, ARNG Salem National Guard/Reserve Center Bldg Add/Alt (J ........ 16,500 16,500 

Pennsylvania 

MILCON, ARNG Fort Indiantown Gap Training Aids Center ..................................................... 16,000 16,000 
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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State or Country and 

Installation Project Title Budget Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Vermont 

MILCON, ARNG North Hyde Park National Guard Vehicle Maintenance Shop Addit ...... 7,900 7,900 

Virginia 

MILCON, ARNG Richmond National Guard/Reserve Center Building (JFHQ) ..... 29,000 29,000 

Washington 

MILCON, ARNG Yakima Enlisted Barracks, Transient Training ....................... 19,000 19,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

MILCON, ARNG Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design ..................................................... 20,337 20,337 

MILCON, ARNG Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction ................................... 15,000 15,000 

SUBTOTAL, MILCON, ARNG ..................................................................................................... 197,237 248,537 

MILCON, ANG 

Alabama 

MILCON, ANG Dannelly Field TFI—Replace Squadron Operations Facility ............. 7,600 7,600 

California 

MILCON, ANG Moffett Field Replace Vehicle Maintenance Facility .......................... 6,500 6,500 

Colorado 

MILCON, ANG Buckley Air Force Base ASE Maintenance and Storage Facility ...................... 5,100 5,100 

Connecticut 

MILCON, ANG Bradley Ops and Deployment Facility ....................................... 0 6,300 

Florida 

MILCON, ANG Cape Canaveral AFS Space Control Facility ................................................... 0 6,100 

Georgia 

MILCON, ANG Savannah/Hilton Head 

IAP 

C–130 Squadron Operations Facility .......................... 9,000 9,000 

Hawaii 

MILCON, ANG Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam F–22 Composite Repair Facility .................................. 0 9,700 

Iowa 

MILCON, ANG Des Moines Map Air Operations Grp/CYBER Beddown-Reno Blg 430 6,700 6,700 

Kansas 

MILCON, ANG Smokey Hill ANG 

Range 

Range Training Support Facilities .............................. 2,900 2,900 

Louisiana 

MILCON, ANG New Orleans Replace Squadron Operations Facility ........................ 10,000 10,000 

Maine 

MILCON, ANG Bangor IAP Add to and Alter Fire Crash/Rescue Station ............... 7,200 7,200 

New Hampshire 

MILCON, ANG Pease International 

Trade Port 

Bidg Mo KC–46 Fuselage Trainer ................................ 0 1,500 

MILCON, ANG Pease International 

Trade Port 

KC–46A ADAL Flight Simulator Bldg 156 ................ 2,800 2,800 

New Jersey 

MILCON, ANG Atlantic City IAP Fuel Cell and Corrosion Control Hangar ..................... 10,200 10,200 

New York 

MILCON, ANG Niagara Falls IAP Remotely Piloted Aircraft Beddown Bldg 912 ............. 7,700 7,700 

North Carolina 

MILCON, ANG Charlotte/Douglas IAP Replace C–130 Squadron Operations Facility ............ 9,000 9,000 

North Dakota 

MILCON, ANG Hector IAP Intel Targeting Facilities ............................................... 7,300 7,300 

Oklahoma 

MILCON, ANG Will Rogers World Airport Medium Altitude Manned ISR Beddown ..................... 7,600 7,600 

Oregon 

MILCON, ANG Klamath Falls IAP Replace Fire Crash/Rescue Station ............................... 7,200 7,200 

West Virginia 

MILCON, ANG Yeager Airport Force Protection—Relocate Coonskin Road ................. 3,900 3,900 

Worldwide Unspecified 

MILCON, ANG Various Worldwide Locations Planning and Design ..................................................... 5,104 5,104 

MILCON, ANG Various Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Construction ................................... 7,734 7,734 

SUBTOTAL, MILCON, ANG ........................................................................................................ 123,538 147,138 

MILCON, ARMY R 

California 

MILCON, ARMY 

R 

Miramar Army Reserve Center ...................................................... 24,000 24,000 

Florida 

MILCON, ARMY 

R 

MacDill AFB AR Center/AS Facility ................................................... 55,000 55,000 

Mississippi 

MILCON, ARMY 

R 

Starkville Army Reserve Center ...................................................... 9,300 9,300 
984 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State or Country and 

Installation Project Title Budget Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

New York 

MILCON, ARMY 

R 

Orangeburg Organizational Maintenance Shop ............................... 4,200 4,200 

Pennsylvania 

MILCON, ARMY 

R 

Conneaut Lake DAR Highway Improvement ......................................... 5,000 5,000 

Puerto Rico 

MILCON, ARMY 

R 

Fort Buchanan Access Control Point ....................................................... 0 10,200 

Virginia 

MILCON, ARMY 

R 

Fort AP Hill Equipment Concentration .............................................. 0 24,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

MILCON, ARMY 

R 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design ..................................................... 9,318 9,318 

MILCON, ARMY 

R 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction ................................... 6,777 6,777 

SUBTOTAL, MILCON, ARMY R ................................................................................................ 113,595 147,795 

MIL CON, NAVY RES 

Nevada 

MIL CON, NAVY 

RES 

Fallon NAVOPSPTCEN Fallon ................................................ 11,480 11,480 

New York 

MIL CON, NAVY 

RES 

Brooklyn Reserve Center Storage Facility .................................... 2,479 2,479 

Virginia 

MIL CON, NAVY 

RES 

Dam Neck Reserve Training Center Complex ................................ 18,443 18,443 

Worldwide Unspecified 

MIL CON, NAVY 

RES 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MCNR Planning & Design ............................................ 2,208 2,208 

MIL CON, NAVY 

RES 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

MCNR Unspecified Minor Construction ....................... 1,468 1,468 

SUBTOTAL, MIL CON, NAVY RES .......................................................................................... 36,078 36,078 

MILCON, AF RES 

California 

MILCON, AF 

RES 

March AFB Satellite Fire Station ..................................................... 4,600 4,600 

Florida 

MILCON, AF 

RES 

Patrick AFB Aircrew Life Support Facility ...................................... 3,400 3,400 

Georgia 

MILCON, AF 

RES 

Dobbins Fire Station/Security Complex ..................................... 0 10,400 

Ohio 

MILCON, AF 

RES 

Youngstown Indoor Firing Range ...................................................... 9,400 9,400 

Texas 

MILCON, AF 

RES 

Joint Base San Antonio Consolidate 433 Medical Facility ................................. 9,900 9,900 

Worldwide Unspecified 

MILCON, AF 

RES 

Various Worldwide Locations Planning and Design ..................................................... 13,400 13,400 

MILCON, AF 

RES 

Various Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Military Construction .................... 6,121 6,121 

SUBTOTAL, MILCON, AF RES .................................................................................................. 46,821 57,221 

NATO SEC INV PRGM 

Worldwide Unspecified 

NATO SEC INV 

PRGM 

NATO Security Investment Program NATO Security Investment Program ........................... 120,000 120,000 

SUBTOTAL, NATO SEC INV PRGM ....................................................................................... 120,000 120,000 

TOTAL MILITARY CONSTRUCTION .................................................................................... 6,641,995 6,641,055 

FAMILY HOUSING 

FAM HSG CON, ARMY 

Florida 

FAM HSG CON, 

ARMY 

Camp Rudder Family Housing Replacement Construction ................ 8,000 8,000 

Germany 

FAM HSG CON, 

ARMY 

Wiesbaden Army Airfield Family Housing Improvements .................................... 3,500 3,500 
985 

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SEC. 4601. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State or Country and 

Installation Project Title Budget Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Illinois 

FAM HSG CON, 

ARMY 

Rock Island Family Housing Replacement Construction ................ 20,000 20,000 

Korea 

FAM HSG CON, 

ARMY 

Camp Walker Family Housing New Construction .............................. 61,000 61,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FAM HSG CON, 

ARMY 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Family Housing P & D ................................................. 7,195 7,195 

SUBTOTAL, FAM HSG CON, ARMY ....................................................................................... 99,695 99,695 

FAM HSG O&M, ARMY 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FAM HSG O&M, 

ARMY 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Furnishings ..................................................................... 25,552 25,552 

FAM HSG O&M, 

ARMY 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Leased Housing ............................................................... 144,879 144,879 

FAM HSG O&M, 

ARMY 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Maintenance of Real Property Facilities ..................... 75,197 75,197 

FAM HSG O&M, 

ARMY 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Management Account ..................................................... 48,515 48,515 

FAM HSG O&M, 

ARMY 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Military Housing Privitization Initiative ................... 22,000 22,000 

FAM HSG O&M, 

ARMY 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Miscellaneous ................................................................... 840 840 

FAM HSG O&M, 

ARMY 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Services ............................................................................ 10,928 10,928 

FAM HSG O&M, 

ARMY 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Utilities ........................................................................... 65,600 65,600 

SUBTOTAL, FAM HSG O&M, ARMY ...................................................................................... 393,511 393,511 

FAM HSG CON, N/MC 

Virginia 

FAM HSG CON, 

N/MC 

Wallops Island Construct Housing Welcome Center .............................. 438 438 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FAM HSG CON, 

N/MC 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Design .............................................................................. 4,588 4,588 

FAM HSG CON, 

N/MC 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Improvements .................................................................. 11,515 11,515 

SUBTOTAL, FAM HSG CON, N/MC ......................................................................................... 16,541 16,541 

FAM HSG O&M, N/MC 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FAM HSG O&M, 

N/MC 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Furnishings Account ...................................................... 17,534 17,534 

FAM HSG O&M, 

N/MC 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Leasing ............................................................................ 64,108 64,108 

FAM HSG O&M, 

N/MC 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Maintenance of Real Property ...................................... 99,323 99,323 

FAM HSG O&M, 

N/MC 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Management Account ..................................................... 56,189 56,189 

FAM HSG O&M, 

N/MC 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Miscellaneous Account .................................................... 373 373 

FAM HSG O&M, 

N/MC 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Privatization Support Costs .......................................... 28,668 28,668 

FAM HSG O&M, 

N/MC 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Services Account ............................................................. 19,149 19,149 

FAM HSG O&M, 

N/MC 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Utilities Account ............................................................. 67,692 67,692 

SUBTOTAL, FAM HSG O&M, N/MC ........................................................................................ 353,036 353,036 

FAM HSG CON, AF 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FAM HSG CON, 

AF 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Improvements .................................................................. 150,649 150,649 

FAM HSG CON, 

AF 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design ..................................................... 9,849 9,849 

SUBTOTAL, FAM HSG CON, AF ............................................................................................... 160,498 160,498 

FAM HSG O&M, AF 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FAM HSG O&M, 

AF 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Furnishings Account ...................................................... 38,746 38,746 
986 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State or Country and 

Installation Project Title Budget Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

FAM HSG O&M, 

AF 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Housing Privatization ................................................... 41,554 41,554 

FAM HSG O&M, 

AF 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Leasing ............................................................................ 28,867 28,867 

FAM HSG O&M, 

AF 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Maintenance .................................................................... 114,129 114,129 

FAM HSG O&M, 

AF 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Management Account ..................................................... 52,153 52,153 

FAM HSG O&M, 

AF 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Miscellaneous Account .................................................... 2,032 2,032 

FAM HSG O&M, 

AF 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Services Account ............................................................. 12,940 12,940 

FAM HSG O&M, 

AF 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Utilities Account ............................................................. 40,811 40,811 

SUBTOTAL, FAM HSG O&M, AF .............................................................................................. 331,232 331,232 

FAM HSG O&M, DW 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FAM HSG O&M, 

DW 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Furnishings Account ...................................................... 4,203 4,203 

FAM HSG O&M, 

DW 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Leasing ............................................................................ 51,952 51,952 

FAM HSG O&M, 

DW 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Maintenance of Real Property ...................................... 1,448 1,448 

FAM HSG O&M, 

DW 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Management Account ..................................................... 388 388 

FAM HSG O&M, 

DW 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Services Account ............................................................. 31 31 

FAM HSG O&M, 

DW 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Utilities Account ............................................................. 646 646 

SUBTOTAL, FAM HSG O&M, DW ............................................................................................ 58,668 58,668 

TOTAL FAMILY HOUSING ......................................................................................................... 1,413,181 1,413,181 

DEFENSE BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE 

DOD BRAC—ARMY 

Worldwide Unspecified 

DOD BRAC— 

ARMY 

Base Realignment & 

Closure, Army 

Base Realignment and Closure ..................................... 29,691 29,691 

SUBTOTAL, DOD BRAC—ARMY .............................................................................................. 29,691 29,691 

DOD BRAC—NAVY 

Worldwide Unspecified 

DOD BRAC— 

NAVY 

Base Realignment & 

Closure, Navy 

Base Realignment & Closure ......................................... 118,906 118,906 

DOD BRAC— 

NAVY 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DON–100: Planing, Design and Management ............. 7,787 7,787 

DOD BRAC— 

NAVY 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DON–101: Various Locations ........................................ 20,871 20,871 

DOD BRAC— 

NAVY 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DON–138: NAS Brunswick, ME ................................... 803 803 

DOD BRAC— 

NAVY 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DON–157: MCSA Kansas City, MO ............................. 41 41 

DOD BRAC— 

NAVY 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DON–172: NWS Seal Beach, Concord, CA .................. 4,872 4,872 

DOD BRAC— 

NAVY 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DON–84: JRB Willow Grove & Cambria Reg AP ...... 3,808 3,808 

SUBTOTAL, DOD BRAC—NAVY ............................................................................................... 157,088 157,088 

DOD BRAC—AIR FORCE 

Worldwide Unspecified 

DOD BRAC—AIR 

FORCE 

Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DoD BRAC Activities—Air Force ................................ 64,555 64,555 

SUBTOTAL, DOD BRAC—AIR FORCE .................................................................................. 64,555 64,555 

TOTAL DEFENSE BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ........................................ 251,334 251,334 

TOTAL MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, FAMILY HOUSING, AND BRAC .............. 8,306,510 8,305,570 
987 

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1 TITLE XLVII—DEPARTMENT OF 

2 ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

3 PROGRAMS 

4 SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY 

5 PROGRAMS. 

SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Discretionary Summary By Appropriation 

Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies 

Appropriation Summary: 

Energy Programs 

Nuclear Energy .............................................................................................. 135,161 135,161 

Atomic Energy Defense Activities 

National nuclear security administration: 

Weapons activities ................................................................................. 8,846,948 9,026,948 

Defense nuclear nonproliferation ......................................................... 1,940,302 1,945,302 

Naval reactors ........................................................................................ 1,375,496 1,375,496 

Federal salaries and expenses ............................................................... 402,654 402,654 

Total, National nuclear security administration ................................. 12,565,400 12,750,400 

Environmental and other defense activities: 

Defense environmental cleanup ............................................................ 5,527,347 5,075,550 

Other defense activities ......................................................................... 774,425 774,425 

Total, Environmental & other defense activities ................................... 6,301,772 5,849,975 

Total, Atomic Energy Defense Activities ..................................................... 18,867,172 18,600,375 

Total, Discretionary Funding .......................................................................... 19,002,333 18,735,536 

Nuclear Energy 

Idaho sitewide safeguards and security ........................................................................ 126,161 126,161 

Used nuclear fuel disposition ........................................................................................ 9,000 9,000 

Total, Nuclear Energy ......................................................................................... 135,161 135,161 

Weapons Activities 

Directed stockpile work 

Life extension programs 

B61 Life extension program ......................................................................... 643,300 643,300 

W76 Life extension program ......................................................................... 244,019 244,019 

W88 Alt 370 ................................................................................................... 220,176 220,176 

W80–4 Life extension program .................................................................... 195,037 195,037 

Total, Life extension programs ....................................................................... 1,302,532 1,302,532 

Stockpile systems 

B61 Stockpile systems ................................................................................... 52,247 52,247 

W76 Stockpile systems .................................................................................. 50,921 50,921 

W78 Stockpile systems .................................................................................. 64,092 64,092 

W80 Stockpile systems .................................................................................. 68,005 68,005 

B83 Stockpile systems ................................................................................... 42,177 42,177 

W87 Stockpile systems .................................................................................. 89,299 89,299 

W88 Stockpile systems .................................................................................. 115,685 115,685 

Total, Stockpile systems ...................................................................................... 482,426 482,426 

Weapons dismantlement and disposition 

Operations and maintenance ........................................................................ 48,049 48,049 

Stockpile services 

Production support ........................................................................................ 447,527 447,527 

Research and development support .............................................................. 34,159 34,159 

R&D certification and safety ....................................................................... 192,613 192,613 

Management, technology, and production ................................................... 264,994 264,994 

Total, Stockpile services ..................................................................................... 939,293 939,293 
988 

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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Nuclear material commodities 

Uranium sustainment ................................................................................... 32,916 32,916 

Plutonium sustainment ................................................................................. 174,698 174,698 

Tritium sustainment ..................................................................................... 107,345 107,345 

Domestic uranium enrichment ..................................................................... 100,000 100,000 

Total, Nuclear material commodities ......................................................... 414,959 414,959 

Total, Directed stockpile work ........................................................................ 3,187,259 3,187,259 

Research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) 

Science 

Advanced certification ................................................................................... 50,714 50,714 

Primary assessment technologies .................................................................. 98,500 98,500 

Dynamic materials properties ...................................................................... 109,000 109,000 

Advanced radiography .................................................................................. 47,000 47,000 

Secondary assessment technologies ............................................................... 84,400 84,400 

Total, Science ........................................................................................................... 389,614 389,614 

Engineering 

Enhanced surety ............................................................................................ 50,821 50,821 

Weapon systems engineering assessment technology ................................... 17,371 17,371 

Nuclear survivability ..................................................................................... 24,461 24,461 

Enhanced surveillance ................................................................................... 38,724 48,724 

Program increase ................................................................................... [10,000 ] 

Total, Engineering ................................................................................................ 131,377 141,377 

Inertial confinement fusion ignition and high yield 

Ignition ........................................................................................................... 73,334 73,334 

Support of other stockpile programs ............................................................ 22,843 22,843 

Diagnostics, cryogenics and experimental support ..................................... 58,587 58,587 

Pulsed power inertial confinement fusion ................................................... 4,963 4,963 

Joint program in high energy density laboratory plasmas ....................... 8,900 8,900 

Facility operations and target production .................................................. 333,823 333,823 

Total, Inertial confinement fusion and high yield ............................... 502,450 502,450 

Advanced simulation and computing ................................................................... 623,006 623,006 

Response Capabilities Program ............................................................................ 0 20,000 

Supports flexible design capability for national labs ................................. [20,000 ] 

Advanced manufacturing 

Component manufacturing development ...................................................... 112,256 112,256 

Processing technology development ............................................................... 17,800 17,800 

Total, Advanced manufacturing .................................................................... 130,056 130,056 

Total, RDT&E .......................................................................................................... 1,776,503 1,806,503 

Readiness in technical base and facilities (RTBF) 

Operating 

Program readiness ......................................................................................... 75,185 75,185 

Material recycle and recovery ....................................................................... 173,859 173,859 

Storage ............................................................................................................ 40,920 40,920 

Recapitalization ............................................................................................. 104,327 104,327 

Total, Operating ..................................................................................................... 394,291 394,291 

Construction: 

15–D–302, TA–55 Reinvestment project, Phase 3, LANL ......................... 18,195 18,195 

11–D–801 TA–55 Reinvestment project Phase 2, LANL ........................... 3,903 3,903 

07–D–220 Radioactive liquid waste treatment facility upgrade project, 

LANL .......................................................................................................... 11,533 11,533 

07–D–220-04 Transuranic liquid waste facility, LANL ........................... 40,949 40,949 

06–D–141 PED/Construction, Uranium Capabilities Replacement 

Project Y–12 ............................................................................................... 430,000 430,000 

04–D–125 Chemistry and metallurgy replacement project, LANL ........... 155,610 155,610 

Total, Construction ............................................................................................... 660,190 660,190 

Total, Readiness in technical base and facilities ................................. 1,054,481 1,054,481 

Secure transportation asset 

Operations and equipment .................................................................................... 146,272 146,272 

Program direction .................................................................................................. 105,338 105,338 

Total, Secure transportation asset ............................................................... 251,610 251,610 
989 

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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Infrastructure and safety 

Operations of facilities 

Kansas City Plant ......................................................................................... 100,250 100,250 

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory .................................................. 70,671 70,671 

Los Alamos National Laboratory ................................................................. 196,460 196,460 

Nevada National Security Site .................................................................... 89,000 89,000 

Pantex ............................................................................................................. 58,021 58,021 

Sandia National Laboratory ........................................................................ 115,300 115,300 

Savannah River Site ..................................................................................... 80,463 80,463 

Y–12 National security complex ................................................................... 120,625 120,625 

Total, Operations of facilities ......................................................................... 830,790 830,790 

Safety operations ................................................................................................... 107,701 107,701 

Maintenance ........................................................................................................... 227,000 227,000 

Recapitalization ..................................................................................................... 257,724 407,724 

Increase to support deferred maintenance ................................................... [150,000 ] 

Construction: 

16–D–621 Substation replacement at TA–3, LANL .................................. 25,000 25,000 

15–D–613 Emergency Operations Center, Y–12 ......................................... 17,919 17,919 

Total, Construction ............................................................................................... 42,919 42,919 

Total, Infrastructure and safety .................................................................... 1,466,134 1,616,134 

Site stewardship 

Nuclear materials integration ............................................................................... 17,510 17,510 

Minority serving institution partnerships program ........................................... 19,085 19,085 

Total, Site stewardship ....................................................................................... 36,595 36,595 

Defense nuclear security 

Operations and maintenance ................................................................................ 619,891 619,891 

Construction: 

14–D–710 Device assembly facility argus installation project, NV .......... 13,000 13,000 

Total, Defense nuclear security ...................................................................... 632,891 632,891 

Information technology and cybersecurity ................................................................... 157,588 157,588 

Legacy contractor pensions ........................................................................................... 283,887 283,887 

Total, Weapons Activities ................................................................................... 8,846,948 9,026,948 

Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D 

Global material security ............................................................................... 426,751 426,751 

Material management and minimization ................................................... 311,584 311,584 

Nonproliferation and arms control .............................................................. 126,703 126,703 

Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D ...................................................... 419,333 419,333 

Nonproliferation Construction: 

99–D–143 Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility, SRS ..... 345,000 345,000 

Analysis of Alternatives ........................................................................ 0 5,000 

Assess alternatives to MOX .......................................................... [5,000 ] 

Total, Nonproliferation construction .......................................................... 345,000 350,000 

Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs ............................ 1,629,371 1,634,371 

Legacy contractor pensions ........................................................................................... 94,617 94,617 

Nuclear counterterrorism and incident response program ......................................... 234,390 234,390 

Use of prior-year balances ............................................................................................. –18,076 –18,076 

Subtotal, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ........................................... 1,940,302 1,945,302 

Total, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation .................................................. 1,940,302 1,945,302 

Naval Reactors 

Naval reactors operations and infrastructure .............................................................. 445,196 445,196 

Naval reactors development ........................................................................................... 444,400 444,400 

Ohio replacement reactor systems development ........................................................... 186,800 186,800 

S8G Prototype refueling ................................................................................................ 133,000 133,000 

Program direction .......................................................................................................... 45,000 45,000 

Construction: 

15–D–904 NRF Overpack Storage Expansion 3 ................................................ 900 900 

15–D–903 KL Fire System Upgrade ................................................................... 600 600 

15–D–902 KS Engineroom team trainer facility ............................................... 3,100 3,100 
990 

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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

14–D–902 KL Materials characterization laboratory expansion, KAPL ......... 30,000 30,000 

14–D–901 Spent fuel handling recapitalization project, NRF .......................... 86,000 86,000 

10-D–903, Security upgrades, KAPL .................................................................. 500 500 

Total, Construction ............................................................................................... 121,100 121,100 

Total, Naval Reactors .......................................................................................... 1,375,496 1,375,496 

Federal Salaries And Expenses 

Program direction .......................................................................................................... 402,654 402,654 

Total, Office Of The Administrator .............................................................. 402,654 402,654 

Defense Environmental Cleanup 

Closure sites: 

Closure sites administration ................................................................................. 4,889 4,889 

Hanford site: 

River corridor and other cleanup operations: 

River corridor and other cleanup operations .............................................. 196,957 196,957 

Central plateau remediation: 

Central plateau remediation ......................................................................... 555,163 555,163 

Richland community and regulatory support ............................................ 14,701 14,701 

Construction: 

15–D–401 Containerized sludge removal annex, RL .................................. 77,016 77,016 

Total, Hanford site ................................................................................................ 843,837 843,837 

Idaho National Laboratory: 

Idaho cleanup and waste disposition ................................................................... 357,783 357,783 

Idaho community and regulatory support .......................................................... 3,000 3,000 

Total, Idaho National Laboratory ................................................................ 360,783 360,783 

NNSA sites 

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory .......................................................... 1,366 1,366 

Nevada .................................................................................................................... 62,385 62,385 

Sandia National Laboratories .............................................................................. 2,500 2,500 

Los Alamos National Laboratory ......................................................................... 188,625 208,625 

Accelerate cleanup of transuranic waste ...................................................... [20,000 ] 

Total, NNSA sites and Nevada off-sites ...................................................... 254,876 274,876 

Oak Ridge Reservation: 

OR Nuclear facility D & D 

OR Nuclear facility D & D .......................................................................... 75,958 75,958 

Construction: 

14–D–403 Outfall 200 Mercury Treatment Facility .......................... 6,800 6,800 

Total, OR Nuclear facility D & D .................................................................. 82,758 82,758 

U233 Disposition Program ................................................................................... 26,895 26,895 

OR cleanup and disposition: 

OR cleanup and disposition ......................................................................... 60,500 60,500 

Total, OR cleanup and disposition ............................................................... 60,500 60,500 

OR reservation community and regulatory support ................................................... 4,400 4,400 

Solid waste stabilization and disposition 

Oak Ridge technology development ..................................................... 2,800 2,800 

Total, Oak Ridge Reservation ......................................................................... 177,353 177,353 

Office of River Protection: 

Waste treatment and immobilization plant 

01–D–416 A-D/ORP-0060 / Major construction ......................................... 595,000 595,000 

01–D–16E Pretreatment facility .................................................................. 95,000 95,000 

Total, Waste treatment and immobilization plant ............................... 690,000 690,000 

Tank farm activities 

Rad liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition ................................. 649,000 649,000 

Construction: 

15–D–409 Low Activity Waste Pretreatment System, Hanford ....... 75,000 75,000 

Total, Tank farm activities ............................................................................... 724,000 724,000 

Total, Office of River protection ..................................................................... 1,414,000 1,414,000 

Savannah River sites: 
991 

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SEC. 4701. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Program FY 2016 

Request 

Senate 

Authorized 

Savannah River risk management operations .................................................... 386,652 386,652 

SR community and regulatory support ............................................................... 11,249 11,249 

Radioactive liquid tank waste: 

Radioactive liquid tank waste stabilization and disposition .................... 581,878 581,878 

Construction: 

15–D–402—Saltstone Disposal Unit #6 ............................................ 34,642 34,642 

05–D–405 Salt waste processing facility, Savannah River .............. 194,000 194,000 

Total, Construction ............................................................................................... 228,642 228,642 

Total, Radioactive liquid tank waste .......................................................... 810,520 810,520 

Total, Savannah River site ............................................................................... 1,208,421 1,208,421 

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 

Waste isolation pilot plant .................................................................................... 212,600 212,600 

Construction: 

15–D–411 Safety significant confinement ventilation system, 

WIPP ......................................................................................... 23,218 23,218 

15–D–412 Exhaust shaft, WIPP .................................................. 7,500 7,500 

Total, Construction ............................................................................................... 30,718 30,718 

Total, Waste Isolation Pilot Plant ................................................................. 243,318 243,318 

Program direction .......................................................................................................... 281,951 281,951 

Program support ............................................................................................................ 14,979 14,979 

Safeguards and Security: 

Oak Ridge Reservation .......................................................................................... 17,228 17,228 

Paducah .................................................................................................................. 8,216 8,216 

Portsmouth ............................................................................................................. 8,492 8,492 

Richland/Hanford Site .......................................................................................... 67,601 67,601 

Savannah River Site ............................................................................................. 128,345 128,345

Waste Isolation Pilot Project ................................................................................ 4,860 4,860 

West Valley ............................................................................................................. 1,891 1,891 

Technology development ................................................................................................. 14,510 14,510 

Subtotal, Defense environmental cleanup ................................................ 5,055,550 5,075,550 

Uranium enrichment D&D fund contribution ............................................................ 471,797 0 

Requires industry match authorization that will not be forthcoming ............... [–471,797 ] 

Total, Defense Environmental Cleanup ..................................................... 5,527,347 5,075,550 

Other Defense Activities 

Specialized security activities ....................................................................................... 221,855 221,855 

Environment, health, safety and security 

Environment, health, safety and security ............................................................ 120,693 120,693 

Program direction .................................................................................................. 63,105 63,105 

Total, Environment, Health, safety and security ................................... 183,798 183,798 

Enterprise assessments 

Enterprise assessments .......................................................................................... 24,068 24,068 

Program direction .................................................................................................. 49,466 49,466 

Total, Enterprise assessments ......................................................................... 73,534 73,534 

Office of Legacy Management 

Legacy management .............................................................................................. 154,080 154,080 

Program direction .................................................................................................. 13,100 13,100 

Total, Office of Legacy Management ............................................................ 167,180 167,180 

Defense-related activities 

Defense related administrative support 

Chief financial officer ............................................................................................ 35,758 35,758 

Chief information officer ....................................................................................... 83,800 83,800 

Management ........................................................................................................... 3,000 3,000 

Total, Defense related administrative support ....................................... 122,558 122,558 

Office of hearings and appeals ...................................................................................... 5,500 5,500

Subtotal, Other defense activities .................................................................. 774,425 774,425 

Total, Other Defense Activities ....................................................................... 774,425 774,425 
992 

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Attest: 

Secretary. 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 1735 

AMENDMENT