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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1215 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of 

the Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 

military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 11, 2019 

Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. REED) (by request) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military 

activities of the Department of Defense and for military 

construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths 

for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Au5 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

7 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 


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DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 

TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 101. Army. 

Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps. 

Sec. 103. Air Force. 

Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities. 

Sec. 105. Defense Production Act purchases. 

Subtitle B—Defense-Wide, Joint, and Multiservice Matters 

Sec. 111. Economic order quantity contracting authority F–35 joint strike 

fighter program. 

TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 

Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. 

Subtitle B—Energy and Environment 

Sec. 311. Expediting Federal agency environmental reviews. 

Sec. 312. Native American lands environmental mitigation program. 

Sec. 313. Inclusion of over-the-horizon radars in early outreach procedures and 

voluntary contributions. 

Subtitle C—Logistics and Sustainment 

Sec. 321. Inclusion of product support providers in public-private partnerships 

with respect to Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence. 

Sec. 322. Inclusion of depot services as eligible for sales by industrial facilities. 

Sec. 323. Logistics support and services for weapon systems contractors. 

Subtitle D—Other Matters 

Sec. 331. Updating and modernizing the Department of Defense explosives 

safety board. 

Sec. 332. Officers authorized to command Army dental units. 

Sec. 333. Expanded transfer and adoption of military animals. 

Sec. 334. Repeal of statutory requirement for Commander of the Defense Logistics Agency to be notified three years prior to implementing 

changes to any uniform or uniform component. 

Sec. 335. Transition from service-specific Defense Readiness Reporting Systems. 

TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 

Subtitle A—Active Forces 

Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 

Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 


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Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 

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

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

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

duty for operational support. 

Sec. 415. Authorized strengths for Marine Corps Reserves on active duty. 

Sec. 416. Authorized strength: exclusion of certain reserve component general 

and flag officers on active duty. 

Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 

Sec. 421. Military personnel. 

Subtitle D—Other Matters 

Sec. 431. Authorities of Secretary of Defense and Service Secretaries to vary 

personnel end strengths. 

TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 

Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 

Sec. 501. Revision to management policies for joint qualified officers. 

Sec. 502. Repeal of report on end-of-quarter strength levels. 

Sec. 503. Original appointment authority. 

Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 

Sec. 511. Repeal of requirement for review of certain Army reserve officer unit 

vacancy promotions by commanders of associated active duty 

units. 

Subtitle C—General Service Authorities and Correction Military Records 

Sec. 521. Reduction in required number of members of discharge review boards. 

Sec. 522. Privacy Act exclusion for courts-martial to allow for public access to 

dockets, filings, and court records. 

Subtitle D—Military Justice 

Sec. 531. Revisions to requirements relating to Department of Defense policy 

on evidence retention to reflect the length of time a sexual assault forensic examination (SAFE) kit must be retained. 

Sec. 532. Command influence under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 

Subtitle E—Member Education, Training, Resilience, and Transition 

Sec. 541. Enhancing joint professional military education. 

Sec. 542. Eligibility of additional enlisted members for associate degree programs of the Community College of the Air Force. 

Sec. 543. Degree granting authority for United States Army Armament Graduate School. 

Sec. 544. Authority for the military departments’ accredited institutions to accept research grants. 

Sec. 545. Preparation of budget requests for operation of professional military 

education schools. 

Subtitle F—Decorations and Awards 


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Sec. 551. Expansion of Gold Star Lapel Button eligibility to stepbrothers and 

stepsisters. 

Sec. 552. Authority to award or present a decoration following a congressionally requested review. 

Subtitle G—Other Matters 

Sec. 561. Expansion of personal property tax relief for servicemembers. 

Sec. 562. Clarification regarding military orders required for termination of 

leases pursuant to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. 

Sec. 563. Clarification of requirements for residence and domicile tax relief 

under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. 

Sec. 564. Determination of residence or domicile for tax purposes of spouses of 

military personnel. 

Sec. 565. Extension of protections for servicemembers against default judgments. 

TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 

Sec. 601. Inclusion of active duty service for a preplanned mission as eligible 

service for reduction of eligibility age for a non-regular retirement. 

Sec. 602. Authority to waive recoupment of separation pay, severance pay, or 

readjustment pay for involuntary discharge for members who 

subsequently become entitled to retired or retainer pay. 

Sec. 603. Authority for payment of death gratuity to trusts. 

Sec. 604. Payment of transitional compensation for certain dependents. 

Sec. 605. Treatment of commissary user fees. 

Sec. 606. One-year extension of certain expiring bonus and special pay authorities. 

TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 

Sec. 701. Reauthorization of demonstration project for health care coverage 

through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program. 

Sec. 702. Revision of authority for sole source contracts with designated providers. 

Sec. 703. Five-year extension of authority to continue the DOD–VA health care 

incentive fund. 

Sec. 704. Clarification of Office of Special Needs policy for individualized services plans. 

Sec. 705. Military health system fraud and abuse prevention program. 

Sec. 706. Extension and clarification of authority for the joint Department of 

Defense–Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility demonstration project. 

Sec. 707. Strengthening the Department of Defense Academic Health System 

in the National Capital Region. 

Sec. 708. Endowments at the Uniformed Services University of the Health 

Sciences. 

Sec. 709. Authority to plan, design, and construct, or lease, shared medical facilities with Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Sec. 710. TRICARE payment options for retirees. 

Sec. 711. Modification of eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select and 

TRICARE Retired Reserve of certain members of the reserve 

components. 


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TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, 

AND RELATED MATTERS 

Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management 

Sec. 801. Senior Military Acquisition Advisor eligibility. 

Sec. 802. Reestablishment of authority for Joint Urgent Operational Needs 

Fund. 

Sec. 803. Authority for life-of-type buys to prevent materiel shortages associated with diminishing manufacturing sources and obsolescence. 

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

Limitations 

Sec. 811. Use of technical data during challenges. 

Sec. 812. Codification and permanent authorization of the Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program. 

Sec. 813. Removal of prohibition on delegation of determinations for improved 

conventional defense capabilities in cooperative research and 

development agreements. 

Sec. 814. Authority to cease selected acquisition reporting on certain major defense acquisition programs. 

Sec. 815. Pilot program to accelerate contracting and pricing processes. 

Sec. 816. Extension of authority to acquire products and services produced in 

countries along a major route of supply to Afghanistan. 

Sec. 817. Extension and revision of direct hire authority for technical experts 

into the defense acquisition workforce. 

Sec. 818. Amendments to research project transaction authorities to eliminate 

cost-sharing requirements and reduce burdens on use. 

Sec. 819. Defense Modernization Account. 

Subtitle C—Matters Relating to Small Business 

Sec. 821. Change of basis for calculating required expenditure amount for 

SBIR and STTR. 

Sec. 822. Phase flexibility permanency for Small Business Innovation Research 

and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. 

Sec. 823. Permanency of administrative funds pilot program. 

Sec. 824. Clarification of eligibility for sequential phase II awards. 

Sec. 825. Partnership intermediary pilot program. 

Subtitle D—Other Matters 

Sec. 831. Timeliness rules for filing bid protests at the United States Court of 

Federal Claims. 

Sec. 832. Removing barriers to, and extension of, the Defense Production Act. 

Sec. 833. Authority to enter into contracts for contracted adversary air and 

contracted close air support. 

TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND 

MANAGEMENT 

Sec. 901. Update of authorities relating to nuclear command, control, and communications. 

Sec. 902. Codification and permanent extension of Government lodging program. 

TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 


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Sec. 1001. Refueling and complex overhaul of USS John C. Stennis. 

Sec. 1002. Reduction in the minimum number of Navy carrier air wings and 

carrier air wing headquarters required to be maintained. 

Sec. 1003. Ensuring operational readiness of littoral combat ships on extended 

deployments. 

Sec. 1004. Regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operations of a 

vessel of the Armed Forces under the Federal Water Pollution 

Control Act. 

Sec. 1005. Providing protection to the National Museum of the Marine Corps 

and the National Museum of the United States Army. 

Sec. 1006. Revisions to working-capital funds statute. 

Sec. 1007. Access to and use of military postal service by U.S. citizens employed overseas by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization who 

perform functions in support of military operations of the 

Armed Forces of the United States. 

Sec. 1008. Permanent authority of Secretary of Transportation to issue nonpremium aviation insurance. 

Sec. 1009. Extension of authority for Secretary of Defense to use Department 

of Defense reimbursement rate for transportation services provided to certain non-Department of Defense entities. 

Sec. 1010. Increase of minimum dollar threshold for Department of Defense interest penalty payments. 

Sec. 1011. Technical and grammatical corrections and repeal of obsolete provisions relating to energy. 

Sec. 1012. Inclusion of veterans on temporary disability or permanent disabled 

retirement lists in military adaptive sports programs. 

Sec. 1013. Revision to authorities relating to mail service for members of the 

Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilians overseas. 

Sec. 1014. Clarification of inspector general authorities concerning overseas 

contingency operations. 

Sec. 1015. Licensure requirements for Department of Defense veterinary professionals: emergencies and disasters. 

Sec. 1016. Elimination of requirement to submit reports to Congress in paper 

format. 

Sec. 1017. Clarification of the authority of military commissions established 

under chapter 47A to punish contempt. 

Sec. 1018. Tariffs on aircraft traveling through channel routes. 

Sec. 1019. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction and control over public lands 

located in Arlington, Virginia. 

TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL MATTERS 

Sec. 1101. Enhancement of capabilities to manage civilian faculty at Army and 

Navy educational institutions. 

Sec. 1102. Employment authority for civilian faculty at certain military department schools. 

Sec. 1103. One-year extension of authority to waive annual limitation on premium pay and aggregate limitation on pay for Federal civilian 

employees working overseas. 

Sec. 1104. One-year extension of temporary authority to grant allowances, benefits, and gratuities to civilian personnel on official duty in a 

combat zone. 

Sec. 1105. Revision to certain overseas contingency operations-related inspector 

general authorities: hiring authorities. 

TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING TO FOREIGN NATIONS 


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Sec. 1201. Extension of cross-servicing agreements for loan of personnel protection and survivability equipment in coalition operations. 

Sec. 1202. Extension of Commanders’ Emergency Response Program. 

Sec. 1203. Authority to reimburse National Guard and reserve salaries for certain activities in support of the Department of State. 

Sec. 1204. Department of Defense support to stabilization activities in the national security interest of the United States. 

Sec. 1205. Extension of authority for support of special operations for irregular 

warfare. 

Sec. 1206. Extension of authority for reimbursement of certain coalition nations for support provided to United States military operations. 

Sec. 1207. Extension of Afghan Special Immigrant Program. 

Sec. 1208. NATO special operations headquarters. 

Sec. 1209. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. 

Sec. 1210. Extension of authority to support operations and activities of the 

Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq. 

Sec. 1211. Extension of authority to provide assistance to the vetted Syrian opposition. 

Sec. 1212. Extension of authority to provide assistance to counter the Islamic 

State of Iraq and Syria. 

Sec. 1213. Provision of goods and services at Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the 

Marshall Islands. 

Sec. 1214. Availability of appropriations for Ri’katak Guest Student Program 

at United States Army Garrison–Kwajalein Atoll. 

Sec. 1215. Two-year extension of program authority for the Global Security 

Contingency Fund. 

TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION 

Sec. 1301. Authority to carry out Department of Defense Cooperative Threat 

Reduction Program. 

Sec. 1302. Use of contributions to Department of Defense Cooperative Threat 

Reduction Program. 

TITLE XIV—OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS 

Subtitle A—Military Programs 

Sec. 1401. Working capital funds. 

Sec. 1402. Joint Urgent Operational Needs Fund. 

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

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

Sec. 1405. Defense Inspector General. 

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. 

TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 

FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 


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Sec. 1501. Purpose. 

Sec. 1502. Army procurement. 

Sec. 1503. Navy and Marine Corps procurement. 

Sec. 1504. Air Force procurement. 

Sec. 1505. Defense-wide activities procurement. 

Sec. 1506. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 

Sec. 1507. Operation and maintenance. 

Sec. 1508. Military personnel. 

Sec. 1509. Working capital funds. 

Sec. 1510. Defense Health Program. 

Sec. 1511. Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide. 

Sec. 1512. Defense Inspector General. 

TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PROGRAMS, CYBER, AND INTELLIGENCE 

MATTERS 

Subtitle A—Space Activities 

Sec. 1601. Demonstration of backup and complementary positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities of global positioning system. 

Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities 

Sec. 1611. Authority to provide additional allowances and benefits for Defense 

Clandestine Service employees. 

Sec. 1612. Modification of integration of Department of Defense intelligence, 

surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. 

Sec. 1613. Renaming the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence to Under 

Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security. 

Sec. 1614. Expenditure of funds for Department of Defense intelligence and 

counterintelligence activities. 

Subtitle C—Cyberspace-Related Matters 

Sec. 1621. Authority to use operation and maintenance funds for cyber operations-peculiar capability development projects. 

Sec. 1622. Expansion of authority for access and information relating to 

cyberattacks on Department of Defense operationally critical 

contractors. 

Subtitle D—Other Matters 

Sec. 1631. Additional protection of certain facilities and assets from unmanned 

aircraft threats. 

TITLE XVII—SPACE FORCE 

Subtitle A—United States Space Force 

Sec. 1701. Establishment of United States Space Force in the Department of 

the Air Force. 

Sec. 1702. Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space. 

Sec. 1703. Inclusion of the Space Force on the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Joint 

Staff. 

Sec. 1704. Civilian personnel supporting the Space Force. 

Sec. 1705. Decorations and awards. 

Sec. 1706. Repeal of provision related to Air Force Space Command. 


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Sec. 1707. Transfer of personnel, property, and resources and other transition 

matters. 

Subtitle B—Conforming Amendments 

Sec. 1711. Department of the Air Force provisions in title 10, United States 

Code. 

Sec. 1712. Other provisions of title 10, United States Code. 

Sec. 1713. Title 5, United States Code. 

Sec. 1714. Title 14, United States Code. 

Sec. 1715. Title 18, United States Code. 

Sec. 1716. Title 31, United States Code. 

Sec. 1717. Title 37, United States Code. 

Sec. 1718. Title 38, United States Code. 

Sec. 1719. Title 41, United States Code. 

Sec. 1720. Title 51, United States Code. 

Sec. 1721. Other provisions of law. 

DIVISION B—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS 

Sec. 2001. Short title. 

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

by law. 

Sec. 2003. Effective date. 

TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

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

Sec. 2102. Family housing. 

Sec. 2103. Authorization of appropriations, Army. 

Sec. 2104. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 

project. 

TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

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

Sec. 2202. Family housing. 

Sec. 2203. Improvements to military family housing units. 

Sec. 2204. Authorization of appropriations, Navy. 

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 2015 

project. 

Sec. 2306. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2016 

project. 

Sec. 2307. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2017 

project. 

Sec. 2308. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2018 

projects. 

Sec. 2309. Modification of authority to carry out certain fiscal year 2019 

projects. 

TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGENCIES MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 


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Sec. 2401. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition 

projects. 

Sec. 2402. Authorized energy conservation projects. 

Sec. 2403. Authorization of appropriations, Defense Agencies. 

TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS 

Subtitle A—North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program 

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

Sec. 2502. Authorization of appropriations, NATO. 

Subtitle B—Host Country In-Kind Contributions 

Sec. 2511. Republic of Korea funded construction projects. 

TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 

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

projects. 

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

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

and land acquisition projects. 

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

projects. 

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

projects. 

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

TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES 

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

Account. 

TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 2801. Revision to architectural and engineering services and construction 

design authority. 

Sec. 2802. Expansion of temporary authority for acceptance and use of contributions for certain construction, maintenance, and repair 

projects mutually beneficial to the Department of Defense and 

the military forces of Kuwait and the Republic of Korea. 

Sec. 2803. Authorized cost variations for unspecified minor military construction. 

Sec. 2804. Modification of alternative authority for acquisition and improvement of military housing. 

TITLE XXIX—OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS MILITARY 

CONSTRUCTION 

Sec. 2901. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. 

Sec. 2902. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. 

Sec. 2903. Authorized Air Force construction and land acquisition projects. 

Sec. 2904. Authorized Defense Agencies construction and land acquisition 

projects. 

Sec. 2905. Authorization of appropriations. 


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TITLE XXX—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION FUNDING 

Sec. 3001. Authorization of amounts in funding tables. 

Sec. 3002. Military construction table. 

Sec. 3003. Military construction table for overseas contingency operations. 

Sec. 3004. Military construction table for emergency funding. 

1 DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF 

2 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS 

3 TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 

4 Subtitle A—Authorization of 

5 Appropriations 

6 SEC. 101. ARMY. 

7 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

8 fiscal year 2020 for procurement for the Army as follows: 

9 (1) For aircraft, $3,696,429,000. 

10 (2) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 

11 $4,715,566,000. 

12 (3) For other procurement, $7,443,101,000. 

13 SEC. 102. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. 

14 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

15 fiscal year 2020 for procurement for the Navy and Marine 

16 Corps as follows: 

17 (1) For aircraft, $18,522,204,000. 

18 (2) For shipbuilding and conversion, 

19 $23,783,710,000. 

20 (3) For other procurement, $9,652,956,000. 

21 (4) For procurement, Marine Corps, 

22 $3,090,449,000. 


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1 SEC. 103. AIR FORCE. 

2 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

3 fiscal year 2020 for procurement for the Air Force as fol4 lows: 

5 (1) For aircraft, $16,784,279,000. 

6 (2) For missiles, $2,889,187,000. 

7 (3) For space procurement, $2,414,383,000. 

8 (4) For other procurement, $20,687,857,000. 

9 SEC. 104. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES. 

10 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

11 fiscal year 2020 for Defense-wide procurement in the 

12 amount of $5,109,416,000. 

13 SEC. 105. DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES. 

14 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

15 fiscal year 2020 for purchases under the Defense Produc16 tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) in the amount 

17 of $34,393,000. 

18 Subtitle B—Defense-Wide, Joint, 

19 and Multiservice Matters 

20 SEC. 111. ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY CONTRACTING AU21 THORITY F–35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PRO22 GRAM. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (b) 

24 through (e), from amounts made available for obligation 

25 under the F–35 aircraft program, the Secretary of De26 fense may enter into one or more contracts, beginning 


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1 with the fiscal year 2020 program year, for the procure2 ment of economic order quantities of material and equip3 ment that have completed formal hardware qualification 

4 testing for the F–35 aircraft program for use in procure5 ment contracts to be awarded for such program during 

6 fiscal years 2021 through 2023. 

7 (b) LIMITATION.—The total amount obligated under 

8 all contracts entered into under subsection (a) shall not 

9 exceed $574,000,000. 

10 (c) PRELIMINARY FINDINGS.—Before entering into a 

11 contract under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make 

12 each of the following findings with respect to such con13 tract: 

14 (1) The use of such a contract will result in sig15 nificant savings of the total anticipated costs of car16 rying out the program through annual contract. 

17 (2) The minimum need for the property to be 

18 procured is expected to remain substantially un19 changed during the contemplated contract period in 

20 terms of production rate, procurement rate, and 

21 total quantities. 

22 (3) There is a reasonable expectation that, 

23 throughout the contemplated contract period, the 

24 Secretary will request funding for the contract at 

25 the level required to avoid contract cancellation. 


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1 (4) There is a stable design for the property to 

2 be procured and the technical risks associated with 

3 such property are not excessive. 

4 (5) The estimates of both the cost of the con5 tract and the anticipated cost avoidance through the 

6 use of an economic order quantity contract are real7 istic. 

8 (6) Entering into the contract will promote the 

9 national security interests of the United States. 

10 (d) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Except as pro11 vided in subsection (e), the Secretary of Defense may not 

12 enter into a contract under subsection (a) until a period 

13 of 30 days has elapsed following the date on which the 

14 Secretary certifies to the congressional defense commit15 tees, in writing, that each of the following conditions is 

16 satisfied: 

17 (1) A sufficient number of end items of the sys18 tem being acquired under such contract have been 

19 delivered at or within the most recently available es20 timates of the program acquisition unit cost or pro21 curement unit cost for such system to determine 

22 that the estimates of the unit costs are realistic. 

23 (2) During the fiscal year in which such con24 tract is to be awarded, sufficient funds will be avail25 able to perform the contract in such fiscal year, and 


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1 the future-years defense program submitted to Con2 gress under section 221 of title 10, United States 

3 Code, for that fiscal year will include the funding re4 quired to execute the program without cancellation. 

5 (3) The contract is a fixed-price type contract. 

6 (4) The proposed contract provides for produc7 tion at not less than minimum economic rates given 

8 the existing tooling and facilities. 

9 (5) The Secretary has determined that each of 

10 the conditions described in paragraphs (1) through 

11 (6) of subsection (c) will be met by such contract 

12 and has provided the basis for such determination to 

13 the congressional defense committees. 

14 (6) The determination under paragraph (5) was 

15 made after the completion of a cost analysis per16 formed by the Director of Cost Assessment and Pro17 gram Evaluation for the purpose of section 

18 2334(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code, and the 

19 analysis supports that determination. 

20 (e) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (d), 

21 the Secretary of Defense may enter into a contract under 

22 subsection (a) on or after December 1, 2019, if— 

23 (1) the Director of Cost Assessment and Pro24 gram Evaluation has not completed a cost analysis 


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1 of the preliminary findings made by the Secretary 

2 under subsection (c) with respect to the contract; 

3 (2) the Secretary certifies to the congressional 

4 defense committees, in writing, that each of the con5 ditions described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of 

6 subsection (d) is satisfied; and 

7 (3) a period of 30 days has elapsed following 

8 the date on which the Secretary submits the certifi9 cation under paragraph (2). 

10 TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP11 MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA12 TION 

13 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

15 fiscal year 2020 for the use of the Department of Defense 

16 for research, development, test, and evaluation as follows: 

17 (1) For the Army, $12,192,771,000. 

18 (2) For the Navy, $20,270,499,000. 

19 (3) For the Air Force, $45,616,122,000. 

20 (4) For Defense-wide activities, 

21 $24,346,953,000. 

22 (5) For the Director of Operational Test and 

23 Evaluation, $221,200,000. 


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1 TITLE III—OPERATION AND 

2 MAINTENANCE 

3 Subtitle A—Authorization of 

4 Appropriations 

5 SEC. 301. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING. 

6 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

7 fiscal year 2020 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 

8 activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 

9 expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and 

10 maintenance, in amounts as follows: 

11 (1) For the Army, $22,797,873,000. 

12 (2) For the Navy, $25,952,718,000. 

13 (3) For the Marine Corps, $3,928,045,000. 

14 (4) For the Air Force, $21,278,499,000. 

15 (5) For the Space Force, $72,436,000. 

16 (6) For Defense-wide activities, 

17 $37,399,341,000. 

18 (7) For the Army Reserve, $1,080,103,000. 

19 (8) For the Navy Reserve, $261,284,000. 

20 (9) For the Marine Corps Reserve, 

21 $61,090,000. 

22 (10) For the Air Force Reserve, 

23 $2,231,445,000. 

24 (11) For the Army National Guard, 

25 $3,335,755,000. 


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1 (12) For the Air National Guard, 

2 $3,612,156,000. 

3 (13) For the United States Court of Appeals 

4 for the Armed Forces, $14,771,000. 

5 (14) For Environmental Restoration, Army, 

6 $207,518,000. 

7 (15) For Environmental Restoration, Navy, 

8 $335,932,000. 

9 (16) For Environmental Restoration, Air Force, 

10 $302,744,000. 

11 (17) For Environmental Restoration, Defense12 wide, $9,105,000. 

13 (18) For Environmental Restoration, Formerly 

14 Used Defense Sites, $216,499,000. 

15 (19) For Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and 

16 Civic Aid programs, $108,600,000. 

17 (20) For Cooperative Threat Reduction pro18 grams, $338,700,000. 

19 (21) For Department of Defense Acquisition 

20 Workforce Development Fund, $400,000,000. 


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1 Subtitle B—Energy and 

2 Environment 

3 SEC. 311. EXPEDITING FEDERAL AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL 

4 REVIEWS. 

5 (a) DEFINITION OF SERVICE.—In this section the 

6 term ‘‘Service’’ means the National Marine Fisheries 

7 Service or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

8 as appropriate. 

9 (b) AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of a military 

11 department is authorized to enter into an agreement 

12 with a Service to expedite an environmental review, 

13 planning, consultation, permitting, or approval proc14 ess under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 

15 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) or the Endangered 

16 Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) for a 

17 project or program undertaken by the military de18 partment. 

19 (2) AGREEMENT CONTENTS.—Each such agree20 ment shall— 

21 (A) provide for a payment to a Service for 

22 the estimated or actual expenses of undertaking 

23 an expedited environmental review, planning, 

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1 a project or program undertaken by the mili2 tary, including payment for— 

3 (i) support of or participation in mili4 tary planning activities that precede the 

5 initiation of the environmental review proc6 ess; 

7 (ii) activities directly related to the 

8 environmental review process, including 

9 any associated permitting, authorization, 

10 consultation or approval process; 

11 (iii) dedicated staffing of agency per12 sonnel; 

13 (iv) information gathering or map14 ping; or 

15 (v) development of programmatic 

16 agreements; 

17 (B) specify the amount of and basis for the 

18 payment the Secretary will provide to the Serv19 ice pursuant to the agreement; and 

20 (C) require the Director of the Service to 

21 use the payment received pursuant to the agree22 ment only to contribute toward undertaking the 

23 environmental review, planning, consultation, 

24 permitting, or approval process within the time 

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1 (c) PAYMENT CONDITIONS.—The Secretary of a mili2 tary department may provide a payment pursuant to an 

3 agreement under this section only if— 

4 (1) the Secretary determines that it is in the in5 terest of national defense to complete an environ6 mental review, planning, consultation, permitting, or 

7 approval process by a Service under an Act de8 scribed in subsection (b) for a project or program 

9 undertaken by the military department within a par10 ticular time period; and 

11 (2) the Director of a Service provides to the 

12 Secretary notice that the Service does not have suffi13 cient funds or adequate personnel to complete such 

14 environmental review, planning, consultation, per15 mitting, or approval process within such time period. 

16 (d) PAYMENT FUNDING.—The Secretary of a mili17 tary department may use funds available for operations 

18 and maintenance to make payments pursuant to an agree19 ment under this section. 

20 (e) CREDITING OF PAYMENTS.—Payments to a Serv21 ice under this section, including any payments provided 

22 in advance, may be credited to the appropriations of such 

23 agency for salaries and expenses. Subject to satisfaction 

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1 Service, amounts so paid shall be merged with and shall 

2 be available for the same purposes and for the same time 

3 period as the appropriations so credited. 

4 (f) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the 

5 date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense 

6 shall issue guidance to implement this section. 

7 SEC. 312. NATIVE AMERICAN LANDS ENVIRONMENTAL 

8 MITIGATION PROGRAM. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 160 of title 10, United 

10 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing new section: 

12 ‘‘§ 2712. Native American lands environmental mitiga13 tion program 

14 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 

15 may establish and carry out a program to mitigate the 

16 environmental effects of Department of Defense actions 

17 on Indian lands and culturally connected locations. 

18 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—The activities that may 

19 be carried out under the program established under sub20 section (a) are the following: 

21 ‘‘(1) Identification, investigation, and docu22 mentation of suspected environmental effects attrib23 utable to past Department of Defense actions. 

24 ‘‘(2) Development of mitigation options for such 

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1 to-complete estimates and a system for prioritizing 

2 mitigation actions. 

3 ‘‘(3) Direct mitigation actions that the Sec4 retary determines are necessary and appropriate to 

5 mitigate the adverse environmental effects of past 

6 Department of Defense actions. 

7 ‘‘(4) Demolition and removal of unsafe build8 ings and structures used by, under the jurisdiction 

9 of, or formerly used by or under the jurisdiction of 

10 the Department of Defense. 

11 ‘‘(5) Training, technical assistance, and admin12 istrative support to facilitate the meaningful partici13 pation of Indian tribes in mitigation actions under 

14 the program. 

15 ‘‘(6) Development and execution of a policy gov16 erning consultation with Indian tribes that have 

17 been or may be affected by Department of Defense 

18 actions, including training Department of Defense 

19 personnel to ensure compliance with the policy. 

20 ‘‘(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—(1) In carrying 

21 out the program established under subsection (a), the Sec22 retary of Defense may enter into a cooperative agreement 

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1 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, a coop2 erative agreement under this section may be used to ac3 quire property or services for the direct benefit of the 

4 United States Government. 

5 ‘‘(3) Any cooperative agreement under this section 

6 for the procurement of severable services may begin in one 

7 fiscal year and end in another fiscal year provided the 

8 total period of performance does not exceed two calendar 

9 years. 

10 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 ‘‘(1) The term ‘Indian land’ includes— 

12 ‘‘(A) any land located within the bound13 aries and a part of an Indian reservation, pueb14 lo, or rancheria; 

15 ‘‘(B) any land that has been allotted to an 

16 individual Indian but has not been conveyed to 

17 such Indian with full power of alienation; 

18 ‘‘(C) Alaska Native village and regional 

19 corporation lands; and 

20 ‘‘(D) lands and waters upon which any 

21 federally recognized Indian tribe has rights re22 served by treaty, act of Congress, or action by 

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1 ‘‘(2) The term ‘Indian tribe’ has the meaning 

2 given such term in section 2701(d)(4)(A) of this 

3 title. 

4 ‘‘(3) The term ‘culturally connected location’ 

5 means a location or place that has demonstrable sig6 nificance to Indians or Alaska Natives based on its 

7 association with the traditional beliefs, customs, and 

8 practices of a living community, including locations 

9 or places where religious, ceremonial, subsistence, 

10 medicinal, economic, or other lifeways practices have 

11 historically taken place.’’. 

12 (b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 

13 sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by 

14 inserting after the item relating to section 2711 the fol15 lowing new item: 

‘‘2712. Native American lands environmental mitigation program.’’. 

16 SEC. 313. INCLUSION OF OVER-THE-HORIZON RADARS IN 

17 EARLY OUTREACH PROCEDURES AND VOL18 UNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS. 

19 Section 183a of title 10, United States Code, is 

20 amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (c)(6) in the second sentence, 

22 by striking ‘‘or airport surveillance radar’’ and in23 serting ‘‘, airport surveillance radar, or wide area 

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1 (2) in subsection (f) in the first sentence, by 

2 striking ‘‘applicant for a project filed with the Sec3 retary of Transportation pursuant to section 44718 

4 of title 49’’ and inserting ‘‘entity requesting a review 

5 by the Clearinghouse under this section’’. 

6 Subtitle C—Logistics and 

7 Sustainment 

8 SEC. 321. INCLUSION OF PRODUCT SUPPORT PROVIDERS 

9 IN PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH 

10 RESPECT TO CENTERS OF INDUSTRIAL AND 

11 TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 2474 of 

13 title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

14 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

15 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

16 (A), by inserting ‘‘or the head of a component 

17 that provides product support to the Center (in 

18 this section referred to as a ‘product support 

19 provider’)’’ after ‘‘the head of the Center’’; 

20 (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘a 

21 product support provider,’’ after ‘‘employees of 

22 the Center,’’; and 

23 (C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or 

24 a product support provider’’ after ‘‘the Center’’; 

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1 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

3 ‘‘and product support providers’’ after ‘‘Center 

4 of Industrial and Technical Excellence’’; 

5 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or 

6 a facility of a product support provider’’ after 

7 ‘‘Center’’; 

8 (C) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or 

9 a facility of a product support provider’’ after 

10 ‘‘Center’’; and 

11 (D) in subparagraph (D)— 

12 (i) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or a 

13 product support provider’’ after ‘‘Center’’; 

14 and 

15 (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘at a 

16 Center’’ and inserting ‘‘of a Center or a 

17 product support provider’’. 

18 (b) PRIVATE SECTOR USE OF EXCESS CAPACITY.— 

19 Subsection (c) of such section is amended by inserting ‘‘or 

20 a product support provider’’ after ‘‘Center of Industrial 

21 and Technical Excellence’’. 

22 (c) CREDITING OF AMOUNTS FOR PERFORMANCE.— 

23 Subsection (d) of such section is amended in the first sen24 tence by inserting ‘‘or a product support provider’’ after 

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1 (d) AVAILABILITY OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT TO PRI2 VATE-SECTOR PARTNERS.—Subsection (e) of such section 

3 is amended— 

4 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

5 inserting ‘‘or a product support provider’’ after 

6 ‘‘Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence’’; 

7 and 

8 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or a product 

9 support provider’’ after ‘‘Center’’. 

10 SEC. 322. INCLUSION OF DEPOT SERVICES AS ELIGIBLE 

11 FOR SALES BY INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2563 of title 10, United 

13 States Code, is amended— 

14 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘facilities’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘facilities or operations’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (a)(2)— 

17 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

18 ‘‘working-capital funded industrial facility’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘working-capital funded industrial fa20 cility or industrial operation’’; and 

21 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘a 

22 working-capital funded Army industrial facility’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘a working-capital funded Army 

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1 (3) in subsection (b)— 

2 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FACILI3 TIES’’ and inserting ‘‘FACILITIES OR OPER4 ATIONS’’; and 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘facilities’’ each place it 

6 appears and inserting ‘‘facilities or operations’’; 

7 (4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘facility’’ each 

8 place it appears and inserting ‘‘facilities or oper9 ation’’; and 

10 (5) in subsection (g)— 

11 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

12 (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 

13 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

14 following new paragraph: 

15 ‘‘(2) The term ‘industrial operation’ means a 

16 working-capital funded organization, a depot repair 

17 organization, or a product support activity sup18 porting these organizations.’’. 

19 (b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 

20 sections at the beginning of chapter 152 of title 10, United 

21 States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to 

22 section 2563 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘2563. Articles and services of industrial facilities or operations: sale to persons 

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1 SEC. 323. LOGISTICS SUPPORT AND SERVICES FOR WEAP2 ON SYSTEMS CONTRACTORS. 

3 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense may 

4 make available logistics support and logistics services to 

5 a contractor, including contractors of F–35 participant 

6 nations, in support of the performance by the contractor 

7 of a contract for the construction, modification, or mainte8 nance or repair of the F–35 Lightning II weapon system. 

9 (b) SUPPORT CONTRACTS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any logistics support and lo11 gistics services to be provided under this section to 

12 a contractor in support of the performance of a con13 tract described in subsection (a) shall be provided 

14 under a separate contract that is entered into by the 

15 Director of the Defense Logistics Agency with that 

16 contractor. The requirements of section 2208(h) of 

17 title 10, United States Code, and the regulations 

18 prescribed pursuant to such section shall apply to 

19 the contract between the Director of the Defense Lo20 gistics Agency and the contractor. 

21 (2) LIMITATION.—The number of contracts de22 scribed in subsection (a) for which the Secretary of 

23 Defense makes logistics support and logistics serv24 ices available under the authority of this section may 

25 not exceed 10 contracts. No contract entered into by 

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1 subsection (b) may be for a period in excess of five 

2 years, including periods for which the contract is ex3 tended under options to extend the contract. 

4 (c) SCOPE OF SUPPORT AND SERVICES.—The logis5 tics support and logistics services that may be provided 

6 under this section in support of the performance of a con7 tract described in subsection (a) are the cataloging, stor8 age and distribution, disposal, and supply chain manage9 ment, including supply and provisioning, of materiel and 

10 parts necessary for the performance of that contract. 

11 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 

12 regulations implementing this section. The regulations 

13 shall include the following: 

14 (1) A requirement that the solicitation of offers 

15 for a contract described in subsection (a) that will 

16 be awarded by a military department or the Depart17 ment of Defense, for which logistics support and lo18 gistics services are to be made available under this 

19 section, shall include— 

20 (A) a statement that the logistics support 

21 and logistics services are to be made available 

22 under the authority of this section to any con23 tractor awarded the contract, but only on a 

24 basis that does not require acceptance of the 

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1 (B) a description of the range of the logis2 tics support and logistics services that are to be 

3 made available to the contractor. 

4 (2) A requirement for the rates charged a con5 tractor for logistics support and logistics services 

6 provided to a contractor under the authority of this 

7 section to reflect the full cost to the United States 

8 of the resources used in providing the support and 

9 services, including the costs of resources used, but 

10 not paid for, by the Department of Defense. 

11 (3) A prohibition on the imposition of any 

12 charge on a contractor for any effort of the con13 tractor to correct a deficiency in the performance of 

14 logistics support and logistics services provided to 

15 the contractor under this section. 

16 (4) A requirement that logistics support and lo17 gistics services provided under the authority of this 

18 section may not interfere with the mission of the De19 fense Logistics Agency or of any military depart20 ment involved with the program. 

21 (e) RELATIONSHIP TO TREATY OBLIGATIONS.—The 

22 Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of State to en23 sure that the exercise of authority under the authority of 

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1 United States under any treaty or other international 

2 agreement. 

3 (f) REPORTS.— 

4 (1) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—Not later than 

5 the end of the fourth year of operation of the au6 thority under this section, the Secretary of Defense 

7 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 

8 of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 

9 report describing— 

10 (A) the cost effectiveness for both the Gov11 ernment and industry of operation of the au12 thority; and 

13 (B) the effects, if any, on the performance 

14 of prime contracts being supported by support 

15 contracts awarded under the authority of this 

16 section. 

17 (2) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—Not later than 

18 the end of the fifth year of operation of the author19 ity under this section, the Comptroller General of 

20 the United States shall review the report of the Sec21 retary under paragraph (1) for sufficiency and pro22 vide such recommendations in a report to the Com23 mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 

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1 (g) SUNSET.—The authority to enter into contracts 

2 under the authority of this section shall expire six years 

3 after the date of the enactment of this Act. Any contracts 

4 entered into before such date shall continue in effect ac5 cording to their terms. 

6 (h) F–35 PARTICIPANT NATIONS DEFINED.—In this 

7 section, the term ‘‘F–35 participant nations’’ means each 

8 of the following: 

9 (1) The United States. 

10 (2) The United Kingdom. 

11 (3) Italy. 

12 (4) The Netherlands. 

13 (5) The Republic of Turkey. 

14 (6) Canada. 

15 (7) Australia. 

16 (8) Denmark. 

17 (9) Norway. 

18 (10) Any additional nations given participant 

19 nation status by the Secretary of Defense with the 

20 concurrence of the Secretary of State. 

21 Subtitle D—Other Matters 

22 SEC. 331. UPDATING AND MODERNIZING THE DEPARTMENT 

23 OF DEFENSE EXPLOSIVES SAFETY BOARD. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 172 of title 10, United 

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1 ‘‘§ 172. Explosives safety board 

2 ‘‘(a) EXPLOSIVES SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENT.— 

3 The Secretary of Defense, acting through a joint board 

4 composed of members as described in subsection (b), shall 

5 develop guidance for oversight of the explosives safety mu6 nitions risk management life-cycle of the production, stor7 age, and transportation of supplies of military munitions 

8 for use of the organizations listed in section 111(b) of this 

9 title, with particular regard to keeping those supplies 

10 properly dispersed and stored and to preventing hazardous 

11 conditions from arising to endanger life and property in12 side or outside of storage reservations. 

13 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION OF BOARD.—The joint board re14 ferred to in subsection (a) shall include members selected 

15 by the Secretaries of the military departments and be com16 posed of military officers, civilian officers and employees 

17 of the Department of Defense, or both. The joint board 

18 may, under agreement with the Secretary of Homeland 

19 Security, include a member from the Coast Guard, when 

20 the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the De21 partment of the Navy.’’. 

22 (b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 

23 sections at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is 

24 amended by striking the item relating to section 172 and 

25 inserting the following new item: 

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1 SEC. 332. OFFICERS AUTHORIZED TO COMMAND ARMY 

2 DENTAL UNITS. 

3 Section 3081(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 

4 amended by striking ‘‘Dental Corps Officer’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘Army Medical Department Officer’’. 

6 SEC. 333. EXPANDED TRANSFER AND ADOPTION OF MILI7 TARY ANIMALS. 

8 Section 2583 of title 10, United States Code, is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 

12 ‘‘TRANSFER OR’’ before ‘‘ADOPTION’’; and 

13 (B) by striking ‘‘adoption’’ each place it 

14 appears and inserting ‘‘transfer or adoption’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b)— 

16 (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 

17 ‘‘TRANSFER OR’’ before ‘‘ADOPTION’’; 

18 (B) in the first sentence, by striking 

19 ‘‘adoption’’ and inserting ‘‘transfer or adop20 tion’’; and 

21 (C) in the second sentence, by striking 

22 ‘‘adoptability’’ and inserting ‘‘transferability or 

23 adoptability’’; 

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1 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

2 (A), by inserting ‘‘transfer or’’ before ‘‘adop3 tion’’; 

4 (B) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by in5 serting ‘‘adoption’’ before ‘‘by’’; 

6 (C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or 

7 organizations’’ after ‘‘persons’’; and 

8 (D) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘by’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘transfer to’’; 

10 (4) in subsection (e)— 

11 (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 

12 ‘‘OR ADOPTED’’ after ‘‘TRANSFERRED’’; 

13 (B) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking 

14 ‘‘transferred’’ each place it appears and insert15 ing ‘‘transferred or adopted’’; and 

16 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘trans17 fer’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘trans18 fer or adoption’’; 

19 (5) in subsection (f)— 

20 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

21 ‘‘TRANSFER OF RETIRED’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘TRANSPORTATION OF RETIRING’’; and 

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1 (6) in subsection (g)(3), by striking ‘‘adoption 

2 of military working dogs’’ and all that follows 

3 through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘trans4 fer of military working dogs to law enforcement 

5 agencies before the end of the dogs’ useful working 

6 lives.’’; and 

7 (7) in subsection (h)(2), by striking ‘‘A horse’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘An equid (horse, mule, or donkey)’’. 

9 SEC. 334. REPEAL OF STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR COM10 MANDER OF THE DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGEN11 CY TO BE NOTIFIED THREE YEARS PRIOR TO 

12 IMPLEMENTING CHANGES TO ANY UNIFORM 

13 OR UNIFORM COMPONENT. 

14 Section 356 of the John S. McCain National Defense 

15 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115– 

16 232; 132 Stat. 1636) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking subsection (a); 

18 (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 

19 subsections (a) and (b), respectively; and 

20 (3) in subsections (a) and (b), as so redesig21 nated, by striking ‘‘Commander’’ each place it ap22 pears and inserting ‘‘Director’’. 


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1 SEC. 335. TRANSITION FROM SERVICE-SPECIFIC DEFENSE 

2 READINESS REPORTING SYSTEMS. 

3 Section 358(c) of the John S. McCain National De4 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 

5 115–232) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2019’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘October 1, 2020’’. 

7 TITLE IV—MILITARY 

8 PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 

9 Subtitle A—Active Forces 

10 SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 

11 The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active 

12 duty personnel as of September 30, 2020, as follows: 

13 (1) The Army, 480,000. 

14 (2) The Navy, 340,500. 

15 (3) The Marine Corps, 186,200. 

16 (4) The Air Force, 332,800. 

17 Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 

18 SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 

20 strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve 

21 components as of September 30, 2020, as follows: 

22 (1) The Army National Guard of the United 

23 States, 336,000. 

24 (2) The Army Reserve, 189,500. 

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1 (5) The Air National Guard of the United 

2 States, 107,700. 

3 (6) The Air Force Reserve, 70,100. 

4 (7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 7,000. 

5 (b) END STRENGTH REDUCTIONS.—The end 

6 strengths prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Re7 serve of any reserve component shall be proportionately 

8 reduced by— 

9 (1) the total authorized strength of units orga10 nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of 

11 such component which are on active duty (other 

12 than for training) at the end of the fiscal year; and 

13 (2) the total number of individual members not 

14 in units organized to serve as units of the Selected 

15 Reserve of such component who are on active duty 

16 (other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici17 pation in training) without their consent at the end 

18 of the fiscal year. 

19 (c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or 

20 individual members of the Selected Reserve for any reserve 

21 component are released from active duty during any fiscal 

22 year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for 

23 the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be 

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1 of such units and by the total number of such individual 

2 members. 

3 SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE 

4 DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES. 

5 Within the end strengths prescribed in section 

6 411(a), the reserve components of the Armed Forces are 

7 authorized, as of September 30, 2020, the following num8 ber of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or 

9 full-time duty, in the case of members of the National 

10 Guard, for the purpose of organizing, administering, re11 cruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components: 

12 (1) The Army National Guard of the United 

13 States, 30,595. 

14 (2) The Army Reserve, 16,511. 

15 (3) The Navy Reserve, 10,155. 

16 (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,386. 

17 (5) The Air National Guard of the United 

18 States, 22,637. 

19 (6) The Air Force Reserve, 4,431. 

20 SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS 

21 (DUAL STATUS). 

22 The minimum number of military technicians (dual 

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1 standing section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall 

2 be the following: 

3 (1) For the Army National Guard of the United 

4 States, 22,294. 

5 (2) For the Army Reserve, 6,492. 

6 (3) For the Air National Guard of the United 

7 States, 13,573. 

8 (4) For the Air Force Reserve, 8,848. 

9 SEC. 414. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU10 THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 

11 OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 

12 During fiscal year 2020, the maximum number of 

13 members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 

14 who may be serving at any time on full-time operational 

15 support duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United 

16 States Code, is the following: 

17 (1) The Army National Guard of the United 

18 States, 17,000. 

19 (2) The Army Reserve, 13,000. 

20 (3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200. 

21 (4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000. 

22 (5) The Air National Guard of the United 

23 States, 16,000. 

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1 SEC. 415. AUTHORIZED STRENGTHS FOR MARINE CORPS 

2 RESERVES ON ACTIVE DUTY. 

3 (a) OFFICERS.—Section 12011(a)(1) of title 10, 

4 United States Code, is amended by striking those parts 

5 of the table pertaining to the Marine Corps Reserve and 

6 inserting the following: 

‘‘Marine Corps Reserve: 

Major Lieutenant 

Colonel 

Colonel

2,400 .............................................. 143 105 34

2,500 .............................................. 149 109 35

2,600 .............................................. 155 113 36

2,700 .............................................. 161 118 37

2,800 .............................................. 167 122 39

2,900 .............................................. 173 126 41

3,000 .............................................. 179 130 42’’. 

7 (b) SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS.—Section 12012(a) 

8 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 

9 those parts of the table pertaining to the Marine Corps 

10 Reserve and inserting the following: 

‘‘Marine Corps Reserve: 

E–8 E–9

2,400 ....................................................................... 106 24

2,500 ....................................................................... 112 25

2,600 ....................................................................... 116 26

2,700 ....................................................................... 121 27

2,800 ....................................................................... 125 28

2,900 ....................................................................... 130 29

3,000 ....................................................................... 134 30’’. 


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1 SEC. 416. AUTHORIZED STRENGTH: EXCLUSION OF CER2 TAIN RESERVE COMPONENT GENERAL AND 

3 FLAG OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY. 

4 Section 526a of title 10, United States Code, is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 

7 following new paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(3) CERTAIN RESERVE COMPONENT GENERAL

9 AND FLAG OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY.—(A) The 

10 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff may designate 

11 up to 15 general and flag officer positions in the 

12 unified and specified combatant commands, and up 

13 to three general and flag officer positions on the 

14 Joint Staff, as positions to be held only by reserve 

15 component officers who are in a general or flag offi16 cer grade below lieutenant general or vice admiral. 

17 Each position so designated shall be considered to be 

18 a joint duty assignment position for purposes of 

19 chapter 38 of this title. 

20 ‘‘(B) A reserve component officer serving in a 

21 position designated under subparagraph (A) while on 

22 active duty under a call or order to active duty that 

23 does not specify a period of 180 days or less shall 

24 not be counted for purposes of the limitations under 

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1 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (h) 

2 as subsections (d) through (i), respectively; and 

3 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol4 lowing new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(c) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN RESERVE OFFICERS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) GENERAL OR FLAG OFFICERS SERVING

7 LESS THAN 180 DAYS.—The limitations of this sec8 tion do not apply to a reserve component general or 

9 flag officer who is on active duty for training or who 

10 is on active duty under a call or order specifying a 

11 period of less than 180 days. 

12 ‘‘(2) GENERAL OR FLAG OFFICERS SERVING 365

13 DAYS OR LESS.—The limitations of this section also 

14 do not apply to a number, as specified by the Sec15 retary of the military department concerned, of re16 serve component general or flag officers authorized 

17 to serve on active duty for a period of not more than 

18 365 days. The number so specified for an armed 

19 force may not exceed the number equal to 10 per20 cent of the authorized number of general or flag offi21 cers, as the case may be, of that armed force under 

22 section 12004 of this title. In determining such 

23 number, any fraction shall be rounded down to the 

24 next whole number, except that such number shall 

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1 ‘‘(3) GENERAL OR FLAG OFFICERS SERVING

2 MORE THAN 365 DAYS.—The limitations of this sec3 tion do not apply to a reserve component general or 

4 flag officer who is on active duty for a period in ex5 cess of 365 days but not to exceed three years, ex6 cept that the number of such officers from each re7 serve component who are covered by this paragraph 

8 and not serving in a position that is a joint duty as9 signment for purposes of chapter 38 of this title may 

10 not exceed 5 per component, unless authorized by 

11 the Secretary of Defense.’’. 

12 Subtitle C—Authorization of 

13 Appropriations 

14 SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 

15 There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

16 military personnel for fiscal year 2020 a total of 

17 $143,476,503,000. 

18 Subtitle D—Other Matters 

19 SEC. 431. AUTHORITIES OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND 

20 SERVICE SECRETARIES TO VARY PERSONNEL 

21 END STRENGTHS. 

22 (a) AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

23 VARIANCES.—Section 115(f)(2) of title 10, United States 

24 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘increase’’ and inserting 

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1 (b) AUTHORITY FOR SERVICE SECRETARY

2 VARIANCES.—Section 115(g) of title 10, United States 

3 Code, is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

6 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

7 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘increase’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘vary’’; and 

10 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

11 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(C) vary the end strength authorized pur14 suant to subsection (a)(1)(B) for a fiscal year 

15 for the Active Guard and Reserve category of 

16 the Selected Reserve of the reserve component 

17 of the armed force under the jurisdiction of 

18 that Secretary or, in the case of the Secretary 

19 of the Navy, for the Active Guard and Reserve 

20 category of the Selected Reserve of the reserve 

21 component of any armed force under the juris22 diction of that Secretary, by a number equal to 

23 not more than 1 percent of such authorized end 

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1 (A) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘in2 crease’’ each place it occurs and inserting ‘‘vari3 ance’’; and 

4 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

5 sentence: ‘‘Any variance under paragraph 

6 (1)(C) of the end strength for the Active Guard 

7 and Reserve category of the Selected Reserve of 

8 an armed force for a fiscal year shall be count9 ed as part of the variance for that Selected Re10 serve for that fiscal year authorized under sub11 section (f)(2).’’. 

12 TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 

13 POLICY 

14 Subtitle A—Officer Personnel 

15 Policy 

16 SEC. 501. REVISION TO MANAGEMENT POLICIES FOR JOINT 

17 QUALIFIED OFFICERS. 

18 Section 661(d)(3)(B) of title 10, United States Code, 

19 is amended in the third sentence by inserting ‘‘or a des20 ignee of the Chairman who is a member of the Armed 

21 Forces in grade O–8 or higher’’ before the period. 

22 SEC. 502. REPEAL OF REPORT ON END-OF-QUARTER 

23 STRENGTH LEVELS. 

24 Section 115(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 

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1 SEC. 503. ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY. 

2 Section 531 of title 10, United States Code, is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘and captain’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘captain, major, and lieutenant colonel’’; 

7 and 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘and lieutenant’’ and in9 serting ‘‘lieutenant, lieutenant commander, and 

10 commander’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (a)(2)— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘grades’’ both places it ap13 pears and inserting ‘‘grade’’; 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘major, lieutenant colonel, 

15 and’’; and 

16 (C) by striking ‘‘lieutenant commander, 

17 commander, and’’. 

18 Subtitle B—Reserve Component 

19 Management 

20 SEC. 511. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR REVIEW OF CER21 TAIN ARMY RESERVE OFFICER UNIT VA22 CANCY PROMOTIONS BY COMMANDERS OF 

23 ASSOCIATED ACTIVE DUTY UNITS. 

24 Section 1113 of the Army National Guard Combat 

25 Readiness Reform Act of 1992 (10 U.S.C. 10105 note) 

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1 Subtitle C—General Service Au2 thorities and Correction Mili3 tary Records 

4 SEC. 521. REDUCTION IN REQUIRED NUMBER OF MEMBERS 

5 OF DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARDS. 

6 Section 1553(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘five’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than 

8 three’’. 

9 SEC. 522. PRIVACY ACT EXCLUSION FOR COURTS-MARTIAL 

10 TO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC ACCESS TO DOCKETS, 

11 FILINGS, AND COURT RECORDS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 940a of title 10, United 

13 States Code (article 140a of the Uniform Code of Military 

14 Justice), is amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Defense’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘(a) The Secretary of Defense, in consulta17 tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security,’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (a) (as designated by para19 graph (1) of this section) in the matter preceding 

20 paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘(including with respect 

21 to the Coast Guard)’’ after ‘‘military justice sys22 tem’’; 

23 (3) in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) (as so 

24 designated), by inserting ‘‘public’’ before ‘‘access to 

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1 (4) by adding at the end the following new sub2 sections: 

3 ‘‘(b) Section 552a of title 5 shall not apply to records 

4 of trial produced or distributed within the military justice 

5 system or docket information, filings, and records made 

6 publicly accessible in accordance with the uniform stand7 ards and criteria for conduct established by the Secretary 

8 under subsection (a). 

9 ‘‘(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to pro10 vide public access to docket information, filings, or records 

11 that are classified, subject to a judicial protective order, 

12 or ordered sealed.’’. 

13 (b) EXISTING STANDARDS AND CRITERIA.—The Sec14 retary of Homeland Security shall apply to the Coast 

15 Guard the standards and criteria for conduct established 

16 by the Secretary of Defense under section 940a of title 

17 10, United States Code (article 140a of the Uniform Code 

18 of Military Justice), in effect on the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act until such time as the Secretary of Defense, 

20 in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

21 prescribes revised standards and criteria for conduct 

22 under such section that implement the amendments made 

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1 Subtitle D—Military Justice 

2 SEC. 531. REVISIONS TO REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DE3 PARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY ON EVI4 DENCE RETENTION TO REFLECT THE 

5 LENGTH OF TIME A SEXUAL ASSAULT FOREN6 SIC EXAMINATION (SAFE) KIT MUST BE RE7 TAINED. 

8 Section 586 of the National Defense Authorization 

9 Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 10 U.S.C. 

10 1561 note) is amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub12 section (e); 

13 (2) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, in the 

14 subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘IN UNRESTRICTED

15 REPORTING CASES’’ after ‘‘PROCEEDINGS’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub17 section: 

18 ‘‘(f) RETURN OF PERSONAL PROPERTY IN RE19 STRICTED REPORTING CASES.—(1) The Secretary of De20 fense shall prescribe procedures under which a victim who 

21 files a restricted report on an incident of sexual assault 

22 may request, at any time, the return of any personal prop23 erty of the victim obtained as part of the sexual assault 

24 forensic examination. 

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1 ‘‘(A) a request of a victim under paragraph (1) 

2 may be made on a confidential basis and without af3 fecting the restricted nature of the restricted report; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(B) at the time of the filing of the restricted 

6 report, a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator or 

7 Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Victim Ad8 vocate— 

9 ‘‘(i) informs the victim that the victim may 

10 request the return of personal property as de11 scribed in paragraph (1); and 

12 ‘‘(ii) advises the victim that such a request 

13 for the return of personal property may nega14 tively impact a subsequent case adjudication, if 

15 the victim later decides to convert the restricted 

16 report to an unrestricted report. 

17 ‘‘(3) Except with respect to personal property re18 turned to a victim under this subsection, nothing in this 

19 subsection shall affect the requirement to retain a sexual 

20 assault forensic examination (SAFE) kit for the period 

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1 SEC. 532. COMMAND INFLUENCE UNDER THE UNIFORM 

2 CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. 

3 (a) ARTICLE 37.—Section 837 of title 10, United 

4 States Code (article 37 of the Uniform Code of Military 

5 Justice), is amended— 

6 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Unlawfully 

7 influencing action of court’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘Command influence’’; 

9 (2) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘(a) No authority con11 vening a general, special, or summary court12 martial’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(1) No court-martial 

13 convening authority’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (1) (as designated by 

15 subparagraph (A) of this paragraph), by strik16 ing ‘‘proceeding. No person’’ and inserting the 

17 following: ‘‘proceeding. 

18 ‘‘(3) No person’’; 

19 (C) by inserting before paragraph (3) (as 

20 designated by subparagraph (B) of this para21 graph) the following new paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(2) No court-martial convening authority, nor any 

23 other commanding officer, may deter or attempt to deter 

24 a potential witness from participating in the investigatory 

25 process or testifying at a court-martial. The denial of a 

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1 a witness available shall not by itself constitute unlawful 

2 command influence.’’; 

3 (D) in paragraph (3) (as so designated)— 

4 (i) by inserting ‘‘attempt to’’ before 

5 ‘‘influence’’; 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘with respect to his ju7 dicial acts’’ and inserting ‘‘or preliminary 

8 hearing officer with respect to such acts 

9 taken pursuant to this chapter as pre10 scribed by the President’’; and 

11 (iii) by striking the second sentence; 

12 and 

13 (E) by adding at the end the following new 

14 paragraphs: 

15 ‘‘(4) Paragraphs (1) through (3) shall not apply with 

16 respect to— 

17 ‘‘(A) general instructional or informational 

18 courses in military justice if such courses are de19 signed solely for the purpose of instructing members 

20 of a command in the substantive and procedural as21 pects of courts-martial; 

22 ‘‘(B) statements regarding criminal activity or a 

23 particular criminal offense that do not advocate a 

24 particular disposition, or a particular court-martial 

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1 ‘‘(C) statements and instructions given in open 

2 court by the military judge or counsel. 

3 ‘‘(5)(A) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) through (3), 

4 but subject to subparagraph (B)— 

5 ‘‘(i) a superior convening authority or officer 

6 may generally discuss matters to consider regarding 

7 the disposition of alleged violations of this chapter 

8 with a subordinate convening authority or officer; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(ii) a subordinate convening authority or offi11 cer may seek advice from a superior convening au12 thority or officer regarding the disposition of an al13 leged offense under this chapter. 

14 ‘‘(B) No superior convening authority or officer may 

15 direct a subordinate convening authority or officer to 

16 make a particular disposition in a specific case or other17 wise substitute the discretion of such authority or such 

18 officer for that of the subordinate convening authority or 

19 officer.’’; 

20 (3) in subsection (b)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘to be advanced, in grade’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘to be advanced in grade’’; and 

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1 (4) by adding at the end the following new sub2 sections: 

3 ‘‘(c) No finding or sentence of a court-martial may 

4 be held incorrect on the ground of a violation of this sec5 tion, or the doctrine of apparent unlawful command influ6 ence, unless the violation materially prejudices the sub7 stantial rights of the accused. 

8 ‘‘(d)(1) A superior convening authority or com9 manding officer may withhold the authority of a subordi10 nate convening authority or officer to dispose of offenses 

11 in individual cases, types of cases, or generally. 

12 ‘‘(2) Except as otherwise authorized by this chapter, 

13 a superior convening authority or commanding officer may 

14 not limit the discretion of a subordinate convening author15 ity or officer to act with respect to a case for which the 

16 subordinate convening authority or officer has authority 

17 to dispose of the offenses.’’. 

18 (b) ARTICLE 53a.—Section 853a(b)(5) of title 10, 

19 United States Code (article 53a of the Uniform Code of 

20 Military Justice), is amended by striking ‘‘the President’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘the President, the Secretary of Defense, 

22 or the Secretary concerned.’’. 

23 (c) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 

24 sections at the beginning of subchapter VII of chapter 47 

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1 the item relating to section 837 (article 37 of the Uniform 

2 Code of Military Justice) and inserting the following new 

3 item: 

‘‘837. Art. 37. Command influence.’’. 

4 Subtitle E—Member Education, 

5 Training, Resilience, and Tran6 sition 

7 SEC. 541. ENHANCING JOINT PROFESSIONAL MILITARY 

8 EDUCATION. 

9 Section 2154(a)(2)(A) of title 10, United States 

10 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the Joint Forces Staff Col11 lege or a’’ and inserting ‘‘a joint or’’. 

12 SEC. 542. ELIGIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL ENLISTED MEM13 BERS FOR ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS 

14 OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR 

15 FORCE. 

16 Section 9415(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

17 amended by adding at the end the following new para18 graph: 

19 ‘‘(3) Enlisted members of the armed forces 

20 other than the Air Force who are participating in 

21 Community College of the Air Force affiliated joint22 service training and education courses.’’. 


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1 SEC. 543. DEGREE GRANTING AUTHORITY FOR UNITED 

2 STATES ARMY ARMAMENT GRADUATE 

3 SCHOOL. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 401 of title 10, United 

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 4322. Degree granting authority for United States 

8 Army Armament Graduate School 

9 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Under regulations prescribed by 

10 the Secretary of the Army, the Chancellor of the United 

11 States Army Armament Graduate School may, upon the 

12 recommendation of the faculty and provost of the college, 

13 confer appropriate degrees upon graduates who meet the 

14 degree requirements. 

15 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—A degree may not be conferred 

16 under this section unless— 

17 ‘‘(1) the Secretary of Education has rec18 ommended approval of the degree in accordance with 

19 the Federal Policy Governing Granting of Academic 

20 Degrees by Federal Agencies; and 

21 ‘‘(2) the United States Army Armament Grad22 uate School is accredited by the appropriate civilian 

23 academic accrediting agency or organization to 

24 award the degree, as determined by the Secretary of 

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1 ‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIRE2 MENTS.—(1) When seeking to establish degree granting 

3 authority under this section, the Secretary of Defense 

4 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

5 Senate and the House of Representatives— 

6 ‘‘(A) a copy of the self-assessment questionnaire 

7 required by the Federal Policy Governing Granting 

8 of Academic Degrees by Federal Agencies, at the 

9 time the assessment is submitted to the Department 

10 of Education’s National Advisory Committee on In11 stitutional Quality and Integrity; and 

12 ‘‘(B) the subsequent recommendations and ra13 tionale of the Secretary of Education regarding the 

14 establishment of the degree granting authority. 

15 ‘‘(2) Upon any modification or redesignation of exist16 ing degree granting authority, the Secretary of Defense 

17 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

18 Senate and the House of Representatives a report con19 taining the rationale for the proposed modification or re20 designation and any subsequent recommendation of the 

21 Secretary of Education on the proposed modification or 

22 redesignation. 

23 ‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 

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1 nation of any action by the appropriate academic accred2 iting agency or organization not to accredit the United 

3 States Army Armament Graduate School to award any 

4 new or existing degree.’’. 

5 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

6 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

7 at the end the following new item: 

‘‘4322. Degree granting authority for United States Army Armament Graduate 

School.’’. 

8 SEC. 544. AUTHORITY FOR THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS’ 

9 ACCREDITED INSTITUTIONS TO ACCEPT RE10 SEARCH GRANTS. 

11 (a) ARMY INSTITUTIONS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7487 of title 10, 

13 United States Code, is amended— 

14 (A) by striking subsection (a) and insert15 ing the following new subsection: 

16 ‘‘(a) ACCEPTANCE OF RESEARCH GRANTS.—(1) The 

17 Secretary of the Army may authorize the Commandant of 

18 the United States Army War College or the head of any 

19 other accredited institution of the Army to accept quali20 fying research grants. Any such grant may only be accept21 ed if the work under the grant is to be carried out by 

22 a professor or instructor of the College or institution, as 

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1 ‘‘(2) A civilian member of the faculty of the Army 

2 War College or any other accredited institution of the 

3 Army may accept a grant to conduct research in the civil4 ian faculty member’s personal capacity, but such research 

5 may not be accomplished in direct support of lectures, in6 struction, curriculum development, or special duties as as7 signed at the College or institution, as appropriate. For 

8 the purpose of determining rights with respect to any in9 vention made under such a grant, the civilian faculty 

10 member shall be deemed a Government employee.’’; 

11 (B) in the second sentence of subsection 

12 (d), by inserting ‘‘or the head of any other ac13 credited institution of the Army, as appro14 priate,’’ after ‘‘The Commandant’’; and 

15 (C) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Army 

16 War College’’ and all that follows through the 

17 period and inserting ‘‘Army War College or any 

18 other accredited institution of the Army may be 

19 used to pay expenses incurred by the College or 

20 institution, as appropriate, in applying for, and 

21 otherwise pursuing, the award of qualifying re22 search grants.’’. 

23 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

24 (A) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of 

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1 other accredited institutions of the 

2 Army’’ after ‘‘United States Army War 

3 College’’. 

4 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of 

5 sections at the beginning of chapter 757 of such 

6 title is amended by striking the item relating to 

7 section 7487 and inserting the following new 

8 item: 

‘‘7487. United States Army War College and other accredited institutions of the 

Army: acceptance of grants for faculty research for scientific, 

literary, and educational purposes.’’. 

9 (b) NAVY INSTITUTIONS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8593 of such title is 

11 amended— 

12 (A) by striking subsection (a) and insert13 ing the following new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(a) ACCEPTANCE OF RESEARCH GRANTS.—(1) The 

15 Secretary of the Navy may authorize the President of the 

16 Naval War College or the head of any other accredited 

17 institution of the Navy to accept qualifying research 

18 grants. Any such grant may only be accepted if the work 

19 under the grant is to be carried out by a professor or in20 structor of the College or institution, as appropriate, for 

21 a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. 

22 ‘‘(2) A civilian member of the faculty of the Naval 

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1 ian faculty member’s personal capacity, but such research 

2 may not be accomplished in direct support of lectures, in3 struction, curriculum development, or special duties as as4 signed at the College or institution, as appropriate. For 

5 the purpose of determining rights with respect to any in6 vention made under such a grant, the civilian faculty 

7 member shall be deemed a Government employee.’’; 

8 (B) in the second sentence of subsection 

9 (d), by inserting ‘‘or the head of any other ac10 credited institution of the Navy, as appro11 priate,’’ after ‘‘Naval War College’’; and 

12 (C) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Naval 

13 War College’’ and all that follows through the 

14 period and inserting ‘‘Naval War College or any 

15 other accredited institution of the Navy may be 

16 used to pay expenses incurred by the College or 

17 institution, as appropriate, in applying for, and 

18 otherwise pursuing, the award of qualifying re19 search grants.’’. 

20 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

21 (A) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of 

22 such section is amended by inserting ‘‘and 

23 other accredited institutions of the 

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1 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of 

2 sections at the beginning of chapter 859 of such 

3 title is amended by striking the item relating to 

4 section 8593 and inserting the following new 

5 item: 

‘‘8593. Naval War College and other accredited institutions of the Navy: acceptance of grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, and 

educational purposes.’’. 

6 (c) MARINE CORPS INSTITUTIONS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8594 of such title is 

8 amended— 

9 (A) by striking subsection (a) and insert10 ing the following new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(a) ACCEPTANCE OF RESEARCH GRANTS.—(1) The 

12 Secretary of the Navy may authorize the President of the 

13 Marine Corps University or the head of any other accred14 ited institution of the Marine Corps to accept qualifying 

15 research grants. Any such grant may only be accepted if 

16 the work under the grant is to be carried out by a pro17 fessor or instructor of the University or institution, as ap18 propriate, for a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. 

19 ‘‘(2) A civilian member of the faculty of the Marine 

20 Corps University or any other accredited institution of the 

21 Marine Corps may accept a grant to conduct research in 

22 the civilian faculty member’s personal capacity, but such 

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1 ties as assigned at the University or institution, as appro2 priate. For the purpose of determining rights with respect 

3 to any invention made under such a grant, the civilian fac4 ulty member shall be deemed a Government employee.’’; 

5 (B) in the second sentence of subsection 

6 (d), by inserting ‘‘or the head of any other ac7 credited institution of the Marine Corps, as ap8 propriate,’’ after ‘‘Marine Corps University’’; 

9 and 

10 (C) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Marine 

11 Corps University’’ and all that follows through 

12 the period and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps Univer13 sity or any other accredited institution of the 

14 Marine Corps may be used to pay expenses in15 curred by the University or institution, as ap16 propriate, in applying for, and otherwise pur17 suing, the award of qualifying research 

18 grants.’’. 

19 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

20 (A) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of 

21 such section is amended by inserting ‘‘and 

22 other accredited institutions of the 

23 Marine Corps’’ after ‘‘Marine Corps 

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1 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of 

2 sections at the beginning of chapter 859 of such 

3 title is amended by striking the item relating to 

4 section 8594 and inserting the following: 

‘‘8594. Marine Corps University and other accredited institutions of the Marine 

Corps: acceptance of grants for faculty research for scientific, 

literary, and educational purposes.’’. 

5 (d) AIR FORCE INSTITUTIONS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9487 of title 10, 

7 United States Code, is amended— 

8 (A) by striking subsection (a) and insert9 ing the following: 

10 ‘‘(a) ACCEPTANCE OF RESEARCH GRANTS.—(1) The 

11 Secretary of the Air Force may authorize the Com12 mandant of the Air War College or the head of any other 

13 accredited institution of the Air Force to accept qualifying 

14 research grants. Any such grant may only be accepted if 

15 the work under the grant is to be carried out by a pro16 fessor or instructor of the College or institution, as appro17 priate, for a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. 

18 ‘‘(2) A civilian member of the faculty of the Air War 

19 College or any other accredited institution of the Air Force 

20 may accept a grant to conduct research in the civilian fac21 ulty member’s personal capacity, but such research may 

22 not be accomplished in direct support of lectures, instruc23 tion, curriculum development, or special duties as assigned 

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1 pose of determining rights with respect to any invention 

2 made under such a grant, the civilian faculty member shall 

3 be deemed a Government employee.’’; 

4 (B) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘or the 

5 head of any other accredited institution of the 

6 Air Force, as appropriate,’’ after ‘‘Com7 mandant’’; and 

8 (C) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Air War 

9 College’’ and all that follows through the period 

10 and inserting ‘‘Air War College or any other ac11 credited institution of the Air Force may be 

12 used to pay expenses incurred by the College or 

13 institution, as appropriate, in applying for, and 

14 otherwise pursuing, the award of qualifying re15 search grants.’’. 

16 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

17 (A) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of 

18 such section is amended by inserting ‘‘and 

19 other accredited institutions of the 

20 Air Force’’ after ‘‘Air War College’’. 

21 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of 

22 sections at the beginning of chapter 957 of such 

23 title is amended by striking the item relating to 

24 section 9487 and inserting the following new 

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‘‘9487. Air War College and other accredited institutions of the Air Force: acceptance of grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, 

and educational purposes.’’. 

1 SEC. 545. PREPARATION OF BUDGET REQUESTS FOR OPER2 ATION OF PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDU3 CATION SCHOOLS. 

4 Section 2162(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 

5 is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘as a separate 

6 budget request’’ and inserting ‘‘as part of the budget re7 quest for the Joint Staff’’. 

8 Subtitle F—Decorations and 

9 Awards 

10 SEC. 551. EXPANSION OF GOLD STAR LAPEL BUTTON ELIGI11 BILITY TO STEPBROTHERS AND STEP12 SISTERS. 

13 Section 1126 of title 10, United States Code, is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘and next of 

16 kin’’ and inserting ‘‘, next of kin, stepbrother, and 

17 stepsister’’; 

18 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘may be re19 placed’’ and all that follows before the period at the 

20 end and inserting ‘‘may be replaced upon application 

21 and without cost’’; and 

22 (3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 

23 following: 


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1 ‘‘(9) The terms ‘stepbrother’ and ‘stepsister’ 

2 shall be defined in regulations prescribed by the Sec3 retary of Defense under subsection (b).’’. 

4 SEC. 552. AUTHORITY TO AWARD OR PRESENT A DECORA5 TION FOLLOWING A CONGRESSIONALLY RE6 QUESTED REVIEW. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1130 of title 10, United 

8 States Code, is amended— 

9 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘and 

10 award or presentation’’ after ‘‘for review’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘shall’’ each 

12 place it appears and inserting ‘‘may’’; 

13 (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub14 section (e); and 

15 (4) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(d)(1) A decoration may be awarded or presented 

18 following submission of a favorable recommendation for 

19 the award or presentation under subsection (b). 

20 ‘‘(2) An award or presentation under paragraph (1) 

21 may not occur before the expiration of a 60-day period 

22 for congressional review beginning on the date of submis23 sion of the favorable recommendation under subsection (b) 

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1 ‘‘(3) The authority to make an award or presentation 

2 under this subsection shall apply notwithstanding any lim3 itation described in subsection (a).’’. 

4 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

5 at the beginning of chapter 57 of title 10, United States 

6 Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 

7 1130 and inserting the following: 

‘‘1130. Consideration of proposals for decorations not previously submitted in 

timely fashion: procedures for review and award or presentation.’’. 

8 Subtitle G—Other Matters 

9 SEC. 561. EXPANSION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX RE10 LIEF FOR SERVICEMEMBERS. 

11 Paragraph (1) of section 511(d) of the 

12 Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 4001(d)) is 

13 amended— 

14 (1) by inserting ‘‘, whether leased or owned,’’ 

15 after ‘‘spouse of a servicemember’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The re17 lief from personal property taxes extends to a serv18 icemember or the spouse of a servicemember who 

19 leases a motor vehicle, as well as to a lessor who 

20 leases a motor vehicle to the servicemember or 

21 spouse. When a servicemember or the spouse of the 

22 servicemember leases a motor vehicle, the leased 

23 motor vehicle shall not be deemed to be located or 

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1 jurisdiction in which the servicemember is serving in 

2 compliance with military orders unless the service3 member or spouse has adopted that tax jurisdiction 

4 as the legal residence of the servicemember or 

5 spouse, respectively.’’. 

6 SEC. 562. CLARIFICATION REGARDING MILITARY ORDERS 

7 REQUIRED FOR TERMINATION OF LEASES 

8 PURSUANT TO THE SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL 

9 RELIEF ACT. 

10 Section 305(i) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 

11 (50 U.S.C. 3955) is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘including 

13 orders for separation or retirement,’’ after ‘‘official 

14 military orders,’’; and 

15 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

16 paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(3) PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION.—The 

18 term ‘permanent change of station’ includes separa19 tion or retirement from military service.’’. 

20 SEC. 563. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR RESI21 DENCE AND DOMICILE TAX RELIEF UNDER 

22 THE SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 511 of the 

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1 amended by adding at the end the following new sub2 section: 

3 ‘‘(h) DETERMINATION OF SERVICEMEMBER’S TAX

4 JURISDICTION.—For purposes of this section, the State 

5 or political subdivision where a servicemember is serving 

6 in compliance with military orders includes any State or 

7 political subdivision within 150 miles of the 

8 servicemember’s assigned duty location.’’. 

9 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub10 section (a) shall apply with respect to a State or local in11 come tax return filed for any taxable year beginning on 

12 or after January 1, 2016. 

13 SEC. 564. DETERMINATION OF RESIDENCE OR DOMICILE 

14 FOR TAX PURPOSES OF SPOUSES OF MILI15 TARY PERSONNEL. 

16 Section 511(a)(2) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 

17 Act (50 U.S.C. 4001(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘if the 

18 residence or domicile, as the case may be, is the same for 

19 the servicemember and the spouse’’. 

20 SEC. 565. EXTENSION OF PROTECTIONS FOR 

21 SERVICEMEMBERS AGAINST DEFAULT JUDG22 MENTS. 

23 (a) CLARIFICATION OF AFFIDAVIT REQUIREMENT.— 

24 Paragraph (1) of section 201(b) of the Servicemember 

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1 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 

2 (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 

3 (2) in the matter preceding clause (i), as redes4 ignated by paragraph (1)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘the court, before entering 

6 judgment for the plaintiff, shall require the 

7 plaintiff to’’ and inserting ‘‘the plaintiff, when 

8 seeking a default judgment, shall’’; and 

9 (B) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘In any ac10 tion’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(B) The affidavit shall set forth all steps 

14 taken to determine the defendant’s military status 

15 and shall have attached the records on which the 

16 plaintiff relies in preparing the affidavit. Attached 

17 records shall include at least a copy of the certificate 

18 produced by the Department of Defense Manpower 

19 Data Center or a certificate produced by a successor 

20 to such Center.’’. 

21 (b) EXTENSION OF PROTECTIONS FOR

22 SERVICEMEMBERS AGAINST DEFAULT JUDGMENTS.— 

23 Paragraph (2) of section 201(b) of the Servicemembers 

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1 (1) by inserting after the first sentence the fol2 lowing new sentence: ‘‘The court may not appoint an 

3 attorney to represent a defendant who is selected by, 

4 or has a business affiliation with, the plaintiff, an 

5 attorney representing the plaintiff, or an employee of 

6 an entity that has a business affiliation with an at7 torney representing the plaintiff.’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following new sen9 tence: ‘‘Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed 

10 to prohibit a court from assessing court-appointed 

11 attorney fees and costs against the plaintiff.’’. 

12 (c) SEARCHES OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MAN13 POWER DATA CENTER DATABASE.—Subsection (b) of 

14 such section is further amended by adding at the end the 

15 following new paragraphs: 

16 ‘‘(5) REQUIRED SEARCH OF DEPARTMENT OF

17 DEFENSE DATABASE.—Before filing an affidavit 

18 under subsection (b)(1), the plaintiff shall conduct a 

19 diligent and reasonable investigation to determine 

20 whether or not the defendant is in military service, 

21 including a search of available Department of De22 fense Manpower Data Center records or records 

23 from a successor to such Center, and of any other 

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1 shall obtain and provide to the court copies of any 

2 status reports obtained through such search. 

3 ‘‘(6) DUTIES OF COURT-APPOINTED ATTOR4 NEY.—(A) An attorney appointed to represent a de5 fendant under subsection (b)(2) shall act only in the 

6 best interests of the defendant. 

7 ‘‘(B) The court appointed attorney, when ap8 propriate to represent the best interests of the de9 fendant, shall request a stay of proceedings under 

10 this Act. 

11 ‘‘(C) The plaintiff shall provide to the court ap12 pointed attorney all contact information the plaintiff 

13 has for the defendant. 

14 ‘‘(D) The court appointed attorney shall con15 duct a diligent and reasonable investigation to con16 firm the defendant’s military status, including a 

17 search of the Department of Defense Manpower 

18 Data Center or a successor to such Center. The at19 torney shall file any status reports obtained through 

20 such search with the court. 

21 ‘‘(E) Upon making contact with the defendant, 

22 the court appointed attorney shall advise the defend23 ant of the nature of the lawsuit and the defendant’s 

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1 ligation. The attorney shall communicate to the 

2 court whether or not the defendant requests a stay 

3 or requests a continuance to obtain counsel. 

4 ‘‘(F) If the court appointed attorney is unable 

5 to make contact with the defendant, the attorney 

6 shall assert rights provided by this Act on behalf of 

7 the defendant, provided there is an adequate basis in 

8 law and fact. 

9 ‘‘(G) A court appointed attorney unable to 

10 make contact with the defendant shall report to the 

11 court on all of the attorney’s efforts to make contact 

12 by filing an affidavit indicating the following: 

13 ‘‘(i) The date such attorney reviewed the 

14 court record and pleadings to ascertain contact 

15 information for the defendant. 

16 ‘‘(ii) All of the attorney’s attempts to con17 tact the defendant, including the date, time, 

18 and method of communication. 

19 ‘‘(iii) That such attorney was unable to 

20 contact the defendant. 

21 ‘‘(7) EFFECT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

22 DISCONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—If 

23 the Department of Defense discontinues the avail24 ability of active duty status information through the 

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1 successor to such Center, or another related entity, 

2 then all requirements under this subsection that are 

3 related to the Department of Defense Manpower 

4 Data Center, the successor to such Center, or the 

5 other related entity shall cease to apply until such 

6 time as the Department of Defense resumes making 

7 such information available.’’. 

8 TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND 

9 OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 

10 SEC. 601. INCLUSION OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE FOR A 

11 PREPLANNED MISSION AS ELIGIBLE SERVICE 

12 FOR REDUCTION OF ELIGIBILITY AGE FOR A 

13 NON-REGULAR RETIREMENT. 

14 Section 12731(f)(2)(B)(i) of title 10, United States 

15 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or 12304b’’ after ‘‘section 

16 12301(d)’’. 

17 SEC. 602. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE RECOUPMENT OF SEPARA18 TION PAY, SEVERANCE PAY, OR READJUST19 MENT PAY FOR INVOLUNTARY DISCHARGE 

20 FOR MEMBERS WHO SUBSEQUENTLY BE21 COME ENTITLED TO RETIRED OR RETAINER 

22 PAY. 

23 Section 1174(h) of title 10, United States Code, is 

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1 ‘‘(3)(A) The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary 

2 of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard 

3 when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, may 

4 waive the requirement to repay separation pay, severance 

5 pay, or readjustment pay under paragraph (1) if such Sec6 retary determines that repayment would be against equity 

7 and good conscience or would be contrary to the best inter8 ests of the United States. 

9 ‘‘(B) The authority of the Secretary of Defense in 

10 this paragraph may be delegated to the Under Secretary 

11 of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and the Principal 

12 Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 

13 Readiness.’’. 

14 SEC. 603. AUTHORITY FOR PAYMENT OF DEATH GRATUITY 

15 TO TRUSTS. 

16 Section 1477(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 

17 amended by adding at the end the following new para18 graph— 

19 ‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘person’ in20 cludes— 

21 ‘‘(A) the estate of the member; or 

22 ‘‘(B) a trust legally established under any 

23 Federal, State, or territorial law, including a 

24 supplemental or special needs trust established 

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1 1917(d)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 1396p(d)(4)) for the sole benefit of a 

3 dependent child considered disabled under sec4 tion 1614(a)(3) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 1382c(a)(3)) who is incapable of self-support 

6 because of mental or physical incapacity.’’. 

7 SEC. 604. PAYMENT OF TRANSITIONAL COMPENSATION 

8 FOR CERTAIN DEPENDENTS. 

9 Section 1059(m) of title 10, United States Code, is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting 

12 ‘‘MEMBERS OR’’ after ‘‘DEPENDENTS OF’’; 

13 (2) by inserting ‘‘member or’’ before ‘‘former 

14 member’’ each place it appears; and 

15 (3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol16 lows: 

17 ‘‘(3) For the purposes of this subsection, a member 

18 is considered separated from active duty upon the earliest 

19 of— 

20 ‘‘(A) the date an administrative separation is 

21 initiated by a commander of the member; 

22 ‘‘(B) the date the court-martial sentence is ad23 judged if the sentence, as adjudged, includes a dis24 missal, dishonorable discharge, bad conduct dis25 charge, or forfeiture of all pay and allowances; or 


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1 ‘‘(C) the date the member’s term of service ex2 pires.’’. 

3 SEC. 605. TREATMENT OF COMMISSARY USER FEES. 

4 Section 2483(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 

5 amended by inserting ‘‘fees on services provided,’’ after 

6 ‘‘handling fees for tobacco products,’’. 

7 SEC. 606. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN EXPIRING 

8 BONUS AND SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES. 

9 (a) AUTHORITIES RELATING TO RESERVE

10 FORCES.—Section 910(g) of title 37, United States Code, 

11 relating to income replacement payments for reserve com12 ponent members experiencing extended and frequent mo13 bilization for active duty service, is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 

15 2020’’. 

16 (b) TITLE 10 AUTHORITIES RELATING TO HEALTH

17 CARE PROFESSIONALS.—The following sections of title 

18 10, United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘Decem19 ber 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’: 

20 (1) Section 2130a(a)(1), relating to nurse offi21 cer candidate accession program. 

22 (2) Section 16302(d), relating to repayment of 

23 education loans for certain health professionals who 

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1 (c) AUTHORITIES RELATING TO NUCLEAR OFFI2 CERS.—Section 333(i) of title 37, United States Code, is 

3 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 

5 (d) AUTHORITIES RELATING TO TITLE 37 CONSOLI6 DATED SPECIAL PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AU7 THORITIES.—The following sections of title 37, United 

8 States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 

9 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’: 

10 (1) Section 331(h), relating to general bonus 

11 authority for enlisted members. 

12 (2) Section 332(g), relating to general bonus 

13 authority for officers. 

14 (3) Section 334(i), relating to special aviation 

15 incentive pay and bonus authorities for officers. 

16 (4) Section 335(k), relating to special bonus 

17 and incentive pay authorities for officers in health 

18 professions. 

19 (5) Section 336(g), relating to contracting 

20 bonus for cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the 

21 Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 

22 (6) Section 351(h), relating to hazardous duty 

23 pay. 

24 (7) Section 352(g), relating to assignment pay 

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1 (8) Section 353(i), relating to skill incentive 

2 pay or proficiency bonus. 

3 (9) Section 355(h), relating to retention incen4 tives for members qualified in critical military skills 

5 or assigned to high priority units. 

6 (e) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY INCREASE

7 IN RATES OF BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING.—Section 

8 403(b)(7)(E) of title 37, United States Code, is amended 

9 by striking ‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem10 ber 31, 2020’’. 

11 TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 

12 PROVISIONS 

13 SEC. 701. REAUTHORIZATION OF DEMONSTRATION 

14 PROJECT FOR HEALTH CARE COVERAGE 

15 THROUGH THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 

16 HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM. 

17 Section 1108 of title 10, United States Code, is 

18 amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a), by striking the last sen20 tence; 

21 (2) in subsection (b)— 

22 (A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert23 ing the following new paragraph: ‘‘(1) An eligi24 ble beneficiary under this subsection is a bene25 ficiary under section 1074(a) of this title or a 


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1 covered beneficiary under this chapter, but does 

2 not include a person who is entitled to hospital 

3 insurance benefits under part A of title XVIII 

4 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395c et 

5 seq.).’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘who is 

7 a family member for purposes of such chapter’’; 

8 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘(except 

9 as provided in paragraph (1)(C) or (1)(D))’’; 

10 and 

11 (D) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); 

12 (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘In estab13 lishing the areas’’ and all that follows through the 

14 end of the subsection; 

15 (4) in subsection (d)(2)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘2021’’; 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘2020’’; and 

20 (C) by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘2023’’; 

22 (5) in subsection (f), by striking paragraphs (1) 

23 and (2) and the paragraph designation for para24 graph (3); 

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1 (7) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as 

2 subsections (g) and (h), respectively; 

3 (8) by striking subsection (j); and 

4 (9) by adding at the end the following new sub5 sections: 

6 ‘‘(i) HEALTH ALLOWANCE.—The Secretary of De7 fense may make additional payments to a beneficiary 

8 under section 1074(a) of this title as a health allowance 

9 for payment of health and medical services (including pre10 mium and cost sharing) in the demonstration project 

11 under this section. 

12 ‘‘(j) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 

13 Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Per14 sonnel Management are authorized to establish such other 

15 terms and conditions for the operation of the demonstra16 tion authorized by this section as they determine appro17 priate.’’. 

18 SEC. 702. REVISION OF AUTHORITY FOR SOLE SOURCE 

19 CONTRACTS WITH DESIGNATED PROVIDERS. 

20 Subtitle C of title VII of the National Defense Au21 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104– 

22 201; 110 Stat. 2586 et seq.) is amended— 

23 (1) in section 721— 

24 (A) by amending paragraph (7) to read as 

25 follows: 


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1 ‘‘(7) The term ‘health care services’ means the 

2 health care services referred to in section 723(a).’’; 

3 and 

4 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

5 paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(10) The term ‘TRICARE Select program’ 

7 means the program required by section 1075 of title 

8 10, United States Code.’’; 

9 (2) in section 723, by amending subsections (a) 

10 and (b) to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(a) UNIFORM BENEFIT REQUIRED.—A designated 

12 provider shall offer to enrollees a uniform benefit that— 

13 ‘‘(1) covers the services covered under the pro14 grams authorized by sections 1074g, 1075, and 

15 1086(d) of title 10, United States Code, and parts 

16 A and B of the Medicare program; and 

17 ‘‘(2) does not exceed the accompanying enroll18 ment fee and cost-sharing requirements, except that 

19 the benefit may include a special rule for amounts 

20 without referrals comparable to that under section 

21 1075a(c) of title 10, United States Code. 

22 ‘‘(b) TIME FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF BENEFIT.—A 

23 designated provider shall offer the health benefit option 

24 described in subsection (a) to enrollees beginning on Janu25 ary 1, 2020.’’; 


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1 (3) in section 724, by striking subsection (g); 

2 and 

3 (4) in section 726(b), by striking ‘‘TRICARE 

4 program’’ and inserting ‘‘TRICARE Select pro5 gram’’. 

6 SEC. 703. FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CON7 TINUE THE DOD–VA HEALTH CARE INCEN8 TIVE FUND. 

9 Section 8111(d)(3) of title 38, United States Code, 

10 is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and insert11 ing, ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 

12 SEC. 704. CLARIFICATION OF OFFICE OF SPECIAL NEEDS 

13 POLICY FOR INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICES 

14 PLANS. 

15 Section 1781c(d)(4) of title 10, United States Code, 

16 is amended by striking subparagraph (F) and inserting 

17 the following new subparagraph: 

18 ‘‘(F) Procedures for the development of an 

19 individualized services plan for those military 

20 family members with special needs who have re21 quested support and have a completed family 

22 needs assessment.’’. 


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1 SEC. 705. MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM FRAUD AND ABUSE 

2 PREVENTION PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, United 

4 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1073d 

5 the following new section: 

6 ‘‘§ 1073e. Health care fraud and abuse prevention 

7 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—(1) The Secretary of Defense is 

8 authorized to conduct a program to prevent and remedy 

9 fraud and abuse in health care programs of the Depart10 ment of Defense, including all programs carried out under 

11 this chapter. 

12 ‘‘(2) At the discretion of the Secretary, the program 

13 may be administered jointly by the Inspector General of 

14 the Department of Defense and the Director of the De15 fense Health Agency. 

16 ‘‘(b) CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES.—(1) The au17 thorities granted to the Secretary of Defense and the In18 spector General of the Department of Defense under sec19 tion 1128A(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 1320a–7a(m)) shall be available to the Secretary and the 

21 Inspector General in carrying out the program authorized 

22 by subsection (a). 

23 ‘‘(2) Except to the extent inconsistent with this sec24 tion, the provisions of such section 1128A apply to civil 

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1 ‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS COLLECTED.—(1) 

2 Amounts collected under subsection (b) shall be credited 

3 to appropriations currently available at the time of collec4 tion for expenses of the affected Department of Defense 

5 health care program. 

6 ‘‘(2) Any such amounts may be used to support the 

7 administration of the program authorized by subsection 

8 (a), including support for interagency agreements entered 

9 into under subsection (d). 

10 ‘‘(3) The authority provided under this subsection 

11 shall be in addition to the authority provided under section 

12 1079a of this title. 

13 ‘‘(d) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of 

14 Defense is authorized to enter into agreements with the 

15 Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Attorney 

16 General, and heads of other Federal agencies for the effec17 tive and efficient implementation of the program author18 ized by subsection (a). 

19 ‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec20 tion may be construed as limiting any authority of the In21 spector General of the Department of Defense under any 

22 other provision of law. 

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1 ‘‘(1) The term ‘fraud and abuse’ means any 

2 conduct for which a civil monetary penalty may be 

3 assessed under subsection (b). 

4 ‘‘(2) The term ‘Defense Health Agency’ means 

5 the organizational entity established by the Sec6 retary of Defense under section 191 of this title for 

7 the administration of programs under this chapter.’’. 

8 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

9 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

10 after the item relating to section 1073d the following new 

11 item: 

‘‘1073e. Health care fraud and abuse prevention.’’. 

12 SEC. 706. EXTENSION AND CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 

13 FOR THE JOINT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE– 

14 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MED15 ICAL FACILITY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 

16 Title XVII of the National Defense Authorization Act 

17 for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 

18 2567) is amended— 

19 (1) in section 1701(a)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘Subject to subsection (b), 

21 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 

22 (B) by striking subsection (b); and 

23 (C) by redesignating subsections (c) 

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1 (2) in section 1702(a)(1), by striking ‘‘hereafter 

2 in this title’’ and inserting ‘‘hereafter in this sec3 tion’’; 

4 (3) in subsections (a) and (c) of section 1703, 

5 by striking ‘‘the facility’’ and inserting ‘‘the James 

6 A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center’’; 

7 (4) in section 1704— 

8 (A) in subsections (a)(3), (a)(4)(A) and 

9 (b)(1), by striking ‘‘the facility’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘the James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Cen11 ter’’; and 

12 (B) in subsection (e), as amended by sec13 tion 722 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

14 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authoriza15 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 

16 113–291; 128 Stat. 3417), section 723 of the 

17 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

18 Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 

19 869), section 741 of the National Defense Au20 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 

21 Law 114–328; 129 Stat. 2237), section 719 of 

22 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis23 cal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 

24 1283), and section 731 of the John S. McCain 

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1 Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232) by striking 

2 ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep3 tember 30, 2023’’; and 

4 (5) in section 1705— 

5 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the fa6 cility’’ and inserting ‘‘the James A. Lovell Fed7 eral Health Care Center (hereafter in this sec8 tion referred to as the ‘JALFHCC’)’’; 

9 (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) 

10 of subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the facility’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘the JALFHCC’’; and 

12 (C) in subsection (c)— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘the facility’’ each 

14 place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 

15 JALFHCC’’; and 

16 (ii) by adding at the end the following 

17 new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(4) To permit the JALFHCC to enter into 

19 personal services contracts to carry out health care 

20 responsibilities in the JALFHCC to the same extent 

21 and subject to the same conditions and limitations 

22 as apply under section 1091 of title 10, United 

23 States Code, to the Secretary of Defense in relation 

24 to health care responsibilities in medical treatment 

25 facilities of the Department of Defense.’’. 


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1 SEC. 707. STRENGTHENING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

2 ACADEMIC HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE NA3 TIONAL CAPITAL REGION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 104 of title 10, United 

5 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2113a 

6 the following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 2113b. Department of Defense Academic Health 

8 System 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may 

10 establish an Academic Health System to integrate the 

11 health care, health professions education, and health re12 search activities of the Military Health System in the Na13 tional Capital Region. 

14 ‘‘(b) LEADERSHIP.—The Secretary may, under the 

15 authority of this chapter, appoint employees to leadership 

16 positions in the Academic Health System. Such positions 

17 may include responsibilities for management of the health 

18 care, health professions education, and health research ac19 tivities of the Military Health System in the National Cap20 ital Region. Such positions are in addition to similar lead21 ership positions for members of the Armed Forces. 

22 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary may use 

23 other authorities under this chapter for the administration 

24 of the Academic Health System authorized by this section. 

25 ‘‘(d) NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION DEFINED.—In this 

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1 area, or portion thereof, as determined by the Secretary, 

2 in the vicinity of Washington, DC.’’. 

3 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

4 at the beginning of chapter 104 of such title is amended 

5 by inserting after the item relating to section 2113a the 

6 following new item: 

‘‘2113b. Department of Defense Academic Health System.’’. 

7 SEC. 708. ENDOWMENTS AT THE UNIFORMED SERVICES 

8 UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES. 

9 Section 2113(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 

10 is amended— 

11 (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

12 the end; 

13 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub14 paragraph (G); and 

15 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol16 lowing new subparagraph: 

17 ‘‘(F) to establish endowments, under 

18 agreement with the Henry M. Jackson Founda19 tion for the Advancement of Military Medicine, 

20 including with funding from gifts and bequests 

21 received under this section or royalties received 

22 under chapter 63 of title 15, to carry out med23 ical research, medical consultation, and medical 

24 education, with such endowment funds available 

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1 SEC. 709. AUTHORITY TO PLAN, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCT, 

2 OR LEASE, SHARED MEDICAL FACILITIES 

3 WITH DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, United 

5 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1104 

6 the following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 1104a. Shared medical facilities with Department 

8 of Veterans Affairs 

9 ‘‘(a) AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary of Defense may 

10 enter into agreements with the Secretary of Veterans Af11 fairs for the planning, design, and construction, or the 

12 leasing, of facilities to be operated as shared medical facili13 ties. 

14 ‘‘(b) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BY SECRETARY OF DE15 FENSE.—(1) The Secretary of Defense may transfer to 

16 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs amounts as follows: 

17 ‘‘(A) Amounts, not in excess of the amount au18 thorized by law for an unspecified minor military 

19 construction project, for the construction of a shared 

20 medical facility if— 

21 ‘‘(i) the amount of the share of the De22 partment of Defense for the estimated cost of 

23 the project does not exceed the amount author24 ized under section 2805(a)(2) of this title; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the other requirements of such section 

2 have been met with respect to funds identified 

3 for transfer. 

4 ‘‘(B) Amounts appropriated for the Defense 

5 Health Program for the purpose of the planning, de6 sign, and construction, or the leasing of space, for 

7 a shared medical facility. 

8 ‘‘(2) The authority to transfer funds under this sec9 tion is in addition to any other authority to transfer funds 

10 available to the Secretary of Defense. 

11 ‘‘(3) Section 2215 of this title does not apply to a 

12 transfer of funds under this subsection. 

13 ‘‘(c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO SECRETARY OF DE14 FENSE.—(1) Any amount transferred under title 38 to the 

15 Secretary of Defense by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

16 for necessary expenses for the planning, design, and con17 struction of a shared medical facility, where the amount 

18 of the share of the Department of Defense for the cost 

19 of such project does not exceed the amount specified in 

20 section 2805(a)(2) of this title, may be credited to ac21 counts of the Department of Defense available for the con22 struction of a shared medical facility. 

23 ‘‘(2) Amounts transferred under title 38 to the Sec24 retary of Defense by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for 

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1 space, for a shared medical facility may be credited to ac2 counts of the Department of Defense available for such 

3 purposes, and may be used for such purposes. 

4 ‘‘(3) Using accounts credited with transfers from the 

5 Secretary of Veterans Affairs under paragraph (1), the 

6 Secretary of Defense may carry out unspecified minor 

7 military construction projects, if the share of the Depart8 ment of Defense for the cost of such project does not ex9 ceed the amount specified in section 2805(a)(2) of this 

10 title. 

11 ‘‘(d) MERGER OF AMOUNTS TRANSFERRED.—Any 

12 amount transferred to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

13 pursuant to subsection (b), and any amount transferred 

14 to the Secretary of Defense as described in subsection (c), 

15 shall be merged with, and be available for the same pur16 poses and the same time period as, the appropriation or 

17 fund to which transferred. 

18 ‘‘(e) SHARED MEDICAL FACILITY DEFINED.—In this 

19 section, the term ‘shared medical facility’ means a building 

20 or buildings, or a campus, intended to be used by both 

21 the Department of Defense and the Department of Vet22 erans Affairs for the provision of health-care services, 

23 whether under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense 

24 or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and whether or not 

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1 the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Such 

2 term includes any necessary building and auxiliary struc3 ture, garage, parking facility, mechanical equipment, abut4 ting sidewalks, and accommodations for attending per5 sonnel.’’. 

6 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

7 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

8 after the item relating to section 1104 the following new 

9 item: 

‘‘1104a. Shared medical facilities with Department of Veterans Affairs.’’. 

10 SEC. 710. TRICARE PAYMENT OPTIONS FOR RETIREES. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1099 of title 10, United 

12 States Code, is amended— 

13 (1) by amending the section designation and 

14 heading to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘§ 1099. Health care enrollment system and payment 

16 options’’; 

17 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub18 section (e); and 

19 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol20 lowing new subsection: 

21 ‘‘(d) PAYMENT OPTIONS.—(1) A member or former 

22 member of the uniformed services, or a dependent thereof, 

23 eligible for medical care and dental care under section 

24 1074(b) or 1076 of this title shall pay premiums charged 

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1 ‘‘(2) To the maximum extent practicable, the pre2 miums shall be withheld from the retired, retainer, or 

3 equivalent pay of the member, former member, or depend4 ent. In all other cases, the premiums shall be paid in a 

5 frequency and method determined by the Secretary.’’. 

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1097a of 

7 title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘; pay9 ment options’’; 

10 (2) by striking subsection (c); and 

11 (3) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and 

12 (f) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively. 

13 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections 

14 at the beginning of chapter 55 of such title is amended— 

15 (1) by striking the item relating to section 1097 

16 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘1097a. TRICARE Prime: automatic enrollments.’’; 

17 and 

18 (2) by striking the item relating to section 1099 

19 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘1099. Health care enrollment system and payment options.’’. 


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1 SEC. 711. MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR TRICARE RE2 SERVE SELECT AND TRICARE RETIRED RE3 SERVE OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE RE4 SERVE COMPONENTS. 

5 (a) TRICARE RESERVE SELECT.—Section 1076d(a) 

6 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1) Except as 

8 provided in paragraph (2), a member’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘A member’’; and 

10 (2) by striking paragraph (2). 

11 (b) TRICARE RETIRED RESERVE.—Section 

12 1076e(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1) Except as 

14 provided in paragraph (2), a member’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘A member’’; and 

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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. SENIOR MILITARY ACQUISITION ADVISOR ELIGI8 BILITY. 

9 Section 1725(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 

10 is amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘30 years’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘26 years’’. 

12 SEC. 802. REESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORITY FOR JOINT 

13 URGENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS FUND. 

14 Section 2216a(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 

15 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 

17 SEC. 803. AUTHORITY FOR LIFE-OF-TYPE BUYS TO PRE18 VENT MATERIEL SHORTAGES ASSOCIATED 

19 WITH DIMINISHING MANUFACTURING 

20 SOURCES AND OBSOLESCENCE. 

21 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Chapter 141 of title 10, 

22 United States Code, is amended by inserting before sec23 tion 2389 the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 2388. Life-of-type buys 

2 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding section 

3 1502 of title 31, the Secretary of Defense may authorize 

4 the use of life-of-type buys to prevent weapon systems ma5 teriel shortages associated with diminishing manufac6 turing sources and obsolescence in such quantities that do 

7 not exceed the quantity reasonably expected to be required 

8 by the Department of Defense before a replacement item 

9 is identified. 

10 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary shall issue guid11 ance, as necessary, to ensure appropriate use of the au12 thorization in this section. The guidance, at a minimum, 

13 shall require the Department— 

14 ‘‘(1) to establish that either the original manu15 facturer and all alternative sources intend to stop 

16 production on repair parts that are used on Govern17 ment weapon systems, or all commercial sources are 

18 expected to stop production on commercial items 

19 that use older technology and are expected to be20 come obsolete; 

21 ‘‘(2) to perform an analysis of alternatives be22 fore buying spares for more than two years; and 

23 ‘‘(3) to require approval of the Secretary (with24 out redelegation) if the procurement is to cover re25 quirements for a period exceeding seven years. 


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1 ‘‘(c) LIFE-OF-TYPE BUY DEFINED.—In this section, 

2 the term ‘life-of-type buy’ means a one-time procurement 

3 for the total future requirement of an item that the Sec4 retary determines is no longer expected to be produced.’’. 

5 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

6 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 

7 before the item relating to section 2389 the following new 

8 item: 

‘‘2388. Life-of-type buys.’’. 

9 Subtitle B—Amendments to Gen10 eral Contracting Authorities, 

11 Procedures, and Limitations 

12 SEC. 811. USE OF TECHNICAL DATA DURING CHALLENGES. 

13 Section 2321(i) of title 10, United States Code, is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 

16 paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 

17 (2) by striking paragraph (1) and adding at the 

18 end the following new paragraphs: 

19 ‘‘(1)(A) Upon issuance of a decision by a contracting 

20 officer under subsection (g) that an asserted use or release 

21 restriction is not justified, the Secretary of Defense or the 

22 Secretary of a military department may, after providing 

23 notice to the contractor or subcontractor, authorize re24 lease, disclosure, or use of the technical data in dispute 

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1 department, respectively, determines in writing that it is 

2 in the national security interests of the United States to 

3 authorize such release, disclosure, or use before— 

4 ‘‘(i) the filing of an appeal with the agency 

5 Board of Contract Appeals; 

6 ‘‘(ii) the provision to the contracting officer of 

7 a written notice of intent to file suit in the United 

8 States Court of Federal Claims; 

9 ‘‘(iii) the filing of a suit in the United States 

10 Court of Federal Claims; or 

11 ‘‘(iv) the final decision by the agency Board of 

12 Contract Appeals or the United States Court of Fed13 eral Claims. 

14 ‘‘(B) The authority in subparagraph (A) may be dele15 gated only to the senior procurement executive of the 

16 agency designated pursuant to section 1702(c) of title 41. 

17 ‘‘(C) A determination under subparagraph (A) shall 

18 not affect the right of a contractor or subcontractor to 

19 damages against the United States where an asserted use 

20 or release restriction is sustained or to pursue other relief, 

21 if any, as may be provided by law. 

22 ‘‘(2) If a contractor or subcontractor does not, not 

23 later than 90 days after the issuance of a decision under 

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1 to file suit in the United States Court of Federal Claims, 

2 or file suit in the United States Court of Federal Claims 

3 pursuant to chapter 71 of title 41, the United States may 

4 cancel or ignore the asserted use or release restriction and 

5 the contractor or subcontractor shall be deemed to have 

6 agreed to such action by the United States.’’. 

7 SEC. 812. CODIFICATION AND PERMANENT AUTHORIZA8 TION OF THE MENTOR-PROTE ́ GE ́ PROGRAM. 

9 (a) CODIFICATION.—Chapter 137 of title 10, United 

10 States Code, is amended by adding at the end a new sec11 tion 2339a consisting of— 

12 (1) a heading as follows: 

13 ‘‘§ 2339a. Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program’’; 

14 and 

15 (2) the text of subsections (a) through (n) of 

16 section 831 of the National Defense Authorization 

17 Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note). 

18 (b) PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION.—Section 2339a of 

19 title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) 

20 of this section, is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (a)— 

22 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘PILOT’’; 

23 and 

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1 (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘pilot’’ each 

2 place it appears; 

3 (3) by striking subsection (j); 

4 (4) by redesignating subsections (k) through 

5 (n) as subsections (j) through (m), respectively; 

6 (5) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘pilot’’ each place it ap8 pears; and 

9 (B) by striking the third and fourth sen10 tences; and 

11 (6) in subsection (m) (as so redesignated), by 

12 striking ‘‘has less than half’’ in paragraph (2) and 

13 inserting ‘‘is not more than’’. 

14 (c) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 

15 sections at the beginning of chapter 137 of title 10, United 

16 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol17 lowing new item: 

‘‘2339a. Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ Program.’’. 

18 (d) REPEAL OF EXISTING PROVISION.—Section 831 

19 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

20 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is hereby repealed. 

21 (e) APPLICABILITY OF EXISTING REGULATIONS.— 

22 Regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under 

23 section 831 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

24 Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as in effect the 

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1 continue to apply to section 2339a of title 10, United 

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

3 until such time as the Secretary of Defense prescribes reg4 ulations under such section 2339a. 

5 SEC. 813. REMOVAL OF PROHIBITION ON DELEGATION OF 

6 DETERMINATIONS FOR IMPROVED CONVEN7 TIONAL DEFENSE CAPABILITIES IN COOPER8 ATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

9 AGREEMENTS. 

10 Section 2350a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘(1)’’; and 

13 (2) by striking paragraph (2). 

14 SEC. 814. AUTHORITY TO CEASE SELECTED ACQUISITION 

15 REPORTING ON CERTAIN MAJOR DEFENSE 

16 ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. 

17 Section 2432(g) of title 10, United States Code, is 

18 amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘shall cease to apply after 90 

20 percent’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘shall cease to 

21 apply— 

22 ‘‘(1) after 90 percent’’; 

23 (2) in paragraph (1), as designated by para24 graph (1) of this section, by striking the period and 

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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(2) if— 

4 ‘‘(A) the procurement unit cost for a fully 

5 configured end item is less than $500,000 in 

6 fiscal year 2019 constant dollars; 

7 ‘‘(B) more than five years have passed 

8 since the full-rate production decision for the 

9 program; and 

10 ‘‘(C) the program is stable and the pro11 curement unit cost has not increased by a per12 centage equal to or greater than the significant 

13 cost threshold or the critical cost threshold (as 

14 those terms are defined in section 2433 of this 

15 title).’’. 

16 SEC. 815. PILOT PROGRAM TO ACCELERATE CONTRACTING 

17 AND PRICING PROCESSES. 

18 Section 890 of the National Defense Authorization 

19 Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232) is amend20 ed— 

21 (1) by striking subsection (b); 

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1 (3) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated), by 

2 striking ‘‘and an assessment of whether the program 

3 should be continued or expanded’’; 

4 (4) by inserting after subsection (b) (as so re5 designated) the following new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTION TO PAPERWORK REDUCTION

7 ACT.—For purposes of developing and submitting the re8 port required by subsection (b), the Department of De9 fense shall not be subject to the requirements of section 

10 3507 of title 44, United States Code.’’; and 

11 (5) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘January 2, 

12 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 2, 2023’’. 

13 SEC. 816. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE PROD14 UCTS AND SERVICES PRODUCED IN COUN15 TRIES ALONG A MAJOR ROUTE OF SUPPLY 

16 TO AFGHANISTAN. 

17 Section 801(f) of the National Defense Authorization 

18 Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 

19 2399), as most recently amended by section 1214 of the 

20 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 

21 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1649), is further amended 

22 by striking ‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem23 ber 31, 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 817. EXTENSION AND REVISION OF DIRECT HIRE AU2 THORITY FOR TECHNICAL EXPERTS INTO 

3 THE DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE. 

4 Section 1113 of the National Defense Authorization 

5 Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘Each’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

9 Secretary of Defense and each’’; 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘possessing a scientific or 

11 engineering degree’’; and 

12 (C) by striking ‘‘for that military depart13 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘for the Department of 

14 Defense or for that military department, respec15 tively,’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘scientific and 

17 engineering positions’’ and inserting ‘‘scientific, 

18 technical, engineering, and mathematics positions, 

19 including technicians,’’; 

20 (3) by amending subsection (c) to read as fol21 lows: 

22 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The total number of persons ap23 pointed by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of 

24 a military department under subsection (a) during a fiscal 

25 year may not exceed the number equal to 5 percent of 

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1 neering, and mathematics positions, including technicians, 

2 within the acquisition workforce of the Department of De3 fense or that military department, respectively.’’; 

4 (4) by striking subsection (e); 

5 (5) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub6 section (e); and 

7 (6) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), by 

8 striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘De9 cember 31, 2023’’. 

10 SEC. 818. AMENDMENTS TO RESEARCH PROJECT TRANS11 ACTION AUTHORITIES TO ELIMINATE COST12 SHARING REQUIREMENTS AND REDUCE BUR13 DENS ON USE. 

14 (a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR RESEARCH

15 PROJECTS.—Section 2371(e) of title 10, United States 

16 Code, is amended— 

17 (1) by striking paragraph (2); 

18 (2) by striking paragraph (1)(B); 

19 (3) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

20 and inserting a period; and 

21 (4) by striking ‘‘(e) CONDITIONS.—(1) The Sec22 retary of Defense’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(A) 

23 to the maximum extent practicable’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘(e) CONDITIONS.—The Secretary of Defense, to the 

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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2371b(b) 

2 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘(b) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY.—’’ and all that follows 

4 through ‘‘(2) To the maximum extent practicable’’ and in5 serting ‘‘(b) EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY.—To the max6 imum extent practicable’’. 

7 SEC. 819. DEFENSE MODERNIZATION ACCOUNT. 

8 Section 2216 of title 10, United States Code, is 

9 amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 

11 following new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(5) For paying development, integration and 

13 validation, and permanent platform alteration costs 

14 associated with a technology prototype project un15 dertaken under subchapter II of chapter 144B of 

16 this title.’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the 

18 following new paragraph: 

19 ‘‘(4) Amounts transferred under such authority 

20 shall be merged with and be available for the same 

21 purposes and for the same time period as the fund 

22 or appropriations to which transferred.’’; and 

23 (3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 

24 (c)(1)(B)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

25 (c)(1)(B)(ii)’’. 


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1 Subtitle C—Matters Relating to 

2 Small Business 

3 SEC. 821. CHANGE OF BASIS FOR CALCULATING REQUIRED 

4 EXPENDITURE AMOUNT FOR SBIR AND STTR. 

5 Section 9(e)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

6 638(e)(1)) is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘except that for the Agency’’ 

8 and inserting the following: ‘‘except that— 

9 ‘‘(A) for the Agency’’; and 

10 (2) in subparagraph (A), as designated by para11 graph (1) of this section, by striking ‘‘foreign coun12 tries, and except that for’’ and inserting the fol13 lowing: ‘‘foreign countries; 

14 ‘‘(B) for the Department of Defense, the 

15 Secretary of Defense shall determine the 

16 amount not later than 120 days after the date 

17 of the enactment of an appropriations Act or 

18 continuing resolution that appropriates funds 

19 for the Department of Defense through the end 

20 of the fiscal year concerned; and 

21 ‘‘(C) for’’. 


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1 SEC. 822. PHASE FLEXIBILITY PERMANENCY FOR SMALL 

2 BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH AND 

3 SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 

4 PROGRAMS. 

5 Section 9(cc) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

6 638(cc)) is amended by striking ‘‘During fiscal years 2012 

7 through 2022, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’. 

8 SEC. 823. PERMANENCY OF ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS PILOT 

9 PROGRAM. 

10 Section 9(mm)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 

11 U.S.C. 638(mm)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘and until 

12 September 30, 2022’’. 

13 SEC. 824. CLARIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SEQUEN14 TIAL PHASE II AWARDS. 

15 Section 9(ff) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

16 638(ff)) is amended by adding at the end the following 

17 new paragraphs: 

18 ‘‘(3) CLARIFICATION OF SEQUENTIAL PHASE II

19 AWARDS.—The head of a Federal agency shall en20 sure that any sequential Phase II award is made in 

21 accordance with the limitations on award sizes under 

22 subsection (aa). 

23 ‘‘(4) CROSS-AGENCY SEQUENTIAL PHASE II

24 AWARDS.— 

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1 or Phase II STTR award for a project from a 

2 Federal agency is eligible to receive an addi3 tional sequential Phase II award that continues, 

4 or logically extends to other applications, the 

5 work on that project from another Federal 

6 agency. 

7 ‘‘(B) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.—In ap8 plying subparagraph (A), each component of 

9 the Department of Defense shall be considered 

10 a separate Federal agency.’’. 

11 SEC. 825. PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY PILOT PROGRAM. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 

13 may authorize the Commander of United States Special 

14 Operations Command to use not more than 10 percent 

15 of the funds required to be expended by the Department 

16 of Defense under section 9(f)(1) of the Small Business 

17 Act (15 U.S.C. 638(f)(1)) for a pilot program to increase 

18 participation by small business concerns in the develop19 ment of technology-enhanced capabilities for special oper20 ations forces. 

21 (b) USE OF PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY.— 

22 (1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Commander of 

23 United States Special Operations Command may 

24 enter into an agreement with a partnership inter25 mediary to assist the Commander in carrying out 


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1 the pilot program under this section, including with 

2 respect to the award of Small Business Innovation 

3 Research Program contracts, Small Business Tech4 nology Transfer Program contracts, and other con5 tracts and agreements to small business concerns. 

6 (2) USE OF FUNDS.—None of the funds re7 ferred to in subsection (a) shall be used to pay a 

8 partnership intermediary for any administrative 

9 costs associated with the pilot program. 

10 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) PARTNERSHIP INTERMEDIARY.—The term 

12 ‘‘partnership intermediary’’ has the meaning given 

13 the term in section 23(c) of the Stevenson-Wydler 

14 Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 

15 3715(c)). 

16 (2) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 

17 ‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given the 

18 term in section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 

19 U.S.C. 632(a)). 

20 (3) SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH

21 PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Small Business Innovation 

22 Research Program’’ has the meaning given the term 

23 in section 9(e)(4) of the Small Business Act (15 

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1 (4) SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER

2 PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Small Business Technology 

3 Transfer Program’’ has the meaning given the term 

4 in section 9(e)(5) of the Small Business Act (15 

5 U.S.C. 638(e)). 

6 (d) SUNSET.—The authority to carry out a pilot pro7 gram under this section shall terminate on September 30, 

8 2022. 

9 Subtitle D—Other Matters 

10 SEC. 831. TIMELINESS RULES FOR FILING BID PROTESTS 

11 AT THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL 

12 CLAIMS. 

13 (a) JURISDICTION.—Paragraph (1) of section 

14 1491(b) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— 

15 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Both the’’ 

16 and all that follows through ‘‘shall have’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘The United States Court of Federal Claims 

18 shall have’’; and 

19 (2) in the second sentence— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘Both the’’ and all that fol21 lows through ‘‘shall have’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

22 United States Court of Federal Claims shall 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘is awarded.’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘is awarded, but such jurisdiction is subject 

3 to time limits as follows: 

4 ‘‘(A) A protest based upon alleged improprieties 

5 in a solicitation that are apparent before bid opening 

6 or the time set for receipt of initial proposals shall 

7 be filed before bid opening or the time set for receipt 

8 of initial proposals. In the case of a procurement 

9 where proposals are requested, alleged improprieties 

10 that do not exist in the initial solicitation but that 

11 are subsequently incorporated into the solicitation 

12 shall be protested not later than the next closing 

13 time for receipt of proposals following the incorpora14 tion. A protest that meets these time limitations that 

15 was previously filed with the Comptroller General 

16 may not be reviewed. 

17 ‘‘(B) A protest other than one covered by sub18 paragraph (A) shall be filed not later than 10 days 

19 after the basis of the protest is known or should 

20 have been known (whichever is earlier), with the ex21 ception of a protest challenging a procurement con22 ducted on the basis of competitive proposals under 

23 which a debriefing is requested and, when requested, 

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1 known either before or as a result of the debriefing, 

2 the initial protest shall not be filed before the de3 briefing date offered to the protester, but shall be 

4 filed not later than 10 days after the date on which 

5 the debriefing is held. 

6 ‘‘(C) If a timely agency-level protest was pre7 viously filed, any subsequent protest to the United 

8 States Court of Federal Claims that is filed within 

9 10 days of actual or constructive knowledge of initial 

10 adverse agency action shall be considered, if the 

11 agency-level protest was filed in accordance with 

12 subparagraphs (A) and (B), unless the contracting 

13 agency imposes a more stringent time for filing the 

14 protest, in which case the agency’s time for filing 

15 shall control. In a case where an alleged impropriety 

16 in a solicitation is timely protested to a contracting 

17 agency, any subsequent protest to the United States 

18 Court of Federal Claims shall be considered timely 

19 if filed within the 10-day period provided by this 

20 subparagraph, even if filed after bid opening or the 

21 closing time for receipt of proposals. 

22 ‘‘(D) Under no circumstances may the United 

23 States Court of Federal Claims consider a protest 

24 that is untimely because it was first filed with the 

25 Comptroller General.’’. 


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1 (b) AVAILABLE RELIEF.—Paragraph (2) of such sec2 tion is amended by inserting ‘‘monetary relief shall not 

3 be available if injunctive relief is or has been granted, 

4 and’’ after ‘‘except that’’. 

5 (c) AGENCY DECISIONS OVERRIDING STAY OF CON6 TRACT AWARD OR PERFORMANCE.—Such section is fur7 ther amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as 

9 paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; and 

10 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol11 lowing new paragraph (5): 

12 ‘‘(5) The United States Court of Federal 

13 Claims shall have jurisdiction to render judgment on 

14 an action by an interested party challenging an 

15 agency’s decision to override a stay of contract 

16 award or contract performance that would otherwise 

17 be required by section 3553 of title 31. Such an ac18 tion shall be filed within 10 days of actual or con19 structive notification of the agency’s written deter20 mination to proceed with the award or performance 

21 of the contract.’’. 

22 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3556 of title 31, 

24 United States Code, is amended— 


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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘instead of with the 

2 Comptroller General’’ before the period at the 

3 end of the first sentence; and 

4 (B) by striking the second sentence. 

5 (2) SECTION HEADING AMENDMENT.—The 

6 heading of such section is amended by striking ‘‘; 

7 matter included in agency record’’. 

8 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

9 this section shall apply to any cause of action filed 180 

10 days or more after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

11 SEC. 832. REMOVING BARRIERS TO, AND EXTENSION OF, 

12 THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT. 

13 (a) LOANS TO PRIVATE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.— 

14 Section 302 of the Defense Production Act (50 U.S.C. 

15 4532) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (c)(1)— 

17 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

18 (A), by striking ‘‘or guaranteed’’; 

19 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

20 ‘‘guarantees’’ and inserting ‘‘loans’’; and 

21 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘that 

22 may be guaranteed’’ and inserting ‘‘disbursed’’; 

23 and 

24 (2) in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘, on a 

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1 (b) PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS.—Section 303(a) of the 

2 Defense Production Act (50 U.S.C. 4533(a)) is amend3 ed— 

4 (1) in paragraph (5), in the matter preceding 

5 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘on a nondelegable 

6 basis’’ and inserting ‘‘or the Secretary of Defense if 

7 so delegated’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (6), by striking subparagraph 

9 (C). 

10 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

11 711 of the Defense Production Act (50 U.S.C. 4561) is 

12 amended by striking ‘‘is authorized to be appropriated 

13 $133,000,000 for fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year 

14 thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘are hereby authorized to be ap15 propriated such sums as may be necessary and appro16 priate’’. 

17 SEC. 833. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS FOR 

18 CONTRACTED ADVERSARY AIR AND CON19 TRACTED CLOSE AIR SUPPORT. 

20 (a) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS.—In 

21 accordance with section 2401 of title 10, United States 

22 Code, the Secretary of a military department may enter 

23 into a long-term contract for contracted adversary air and 

24 contracted close air support to provide for the training of 

25 military personnel. 


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1 (b) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN REQUIRE2 MENTS.—The notification and certification requirements 

3 of section 2401(b) of title 10, United States Code, do not 

4 apply to contracted adversary air and contracted close air 

5 support training services authorized under this section. 

6 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall be effective 

7 for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

8 TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DE9 FENSE ORGANIZATION AND 

10 MANAGEMENT 

11 SEC. 901. UPDATE OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO NU12 CLEAR COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COMMU13 NICATIONS. 

14 (a) DUTIES AND POWERS OF UNDER SECRETARY OF

15 DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION AND SUSTAINMENT.—Sec16 tion 133b(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), 

18 and (7) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8), respec19 tively; 

20 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol21 lowing new paragraph (4): 

22 ‘‘(4) establishing policies for, and providing 

23 oversight, guidance, and coordination for, nuclear 

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1 (3) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by in2 serting after ‘‘overseeing the modernization of nu3 clear forces’’ the following: ‘‘, including the nuclear 

4 command, control, and communications system,’’. 

5 (b) CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.—Section 

6 142(b)(1) of such title is amended— 

7 (1) by striking subparagraph (G); and 

8 (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (H) and (I) 

9 as subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively. 

10 SEC. 902. CODIFICATION AND PERMANENT EXTENSION OF 

11 GOVERNMENT LODGING PROGRAM. 

12 (a) CODIFICATION.—Subchapter II of chapter 8 of 

13 title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

14 section 464 a new section 465 consisting of— 

15 (1) a heading as follows: 

16 ‘‘§ 465. Authority to require the occupation of quar17 ters on a rental basis while performing 

18 official travel’’; 

19 and 

20 (2) a text consisting of the text of subsections 

21 (a) and (c) of section 914 of the Carl Levin and 

22 Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Au23 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (5 U.S.C. 5911 

24 note). 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 465 of title 37, 

2 United States Code, as inserted by subsection (a) of 

3 this section, is amended— 

4 (A) in subsection (a)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘, United States 

6 Code’’; and 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘, for the period of 

8 time described in subsection (b),’’; 

9 (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub10 section (b); and 

11 (C) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated) 

12 by striking ‘‘, United States Code’’. 

13 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

14 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by in15 serting after the item relating to section 464 the fol16 lowing new item: 

‘‘465. Authority to require the occupation of quarters on a rental basis while 

performing official travel.’’. 

17 (3) REPEAL OF PILOT PROGRAM.—Section 914 

18 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon 

19 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

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1 TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

2 SEC. 1001. REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL OF USS 

3 JOHN C. STENNIS. 

4 (a) REFUELING AND COMPLEX OVERHAUL.—The 

5 Secretary of the Navy may carry out the nuclear refueling 

6 and complex overhaul of the USS John C. Stennis (CVN– 

7 74). 

8 (b) USE OF INCREMENTAL FUNDING.—With respect 

9 to any contract entered into under subsection (a) for the 

10 nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the USS John 

11 C. Stennis, the Secretary may use incremental funding for 

12 a period not to exceed six years after advance procurement 

13 funds for such nuclear refueling and complex overhaul ef14 fort are first obligated. 

15 (c) CONDITION FOR OUT-YEAR CONTRACT PAY16 MENTS.—Any contract entered into under subsection (a) 

17 shall provide that any obligation of the United States to 

18 make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after 

19 fiscal year 2020 is subject to the availability of appropria20 tions for that purpose for that later fiscal year. 


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1 SEC. 1002. REDUCTION IN THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF NAVY 

2 CARRIER AIR WINGS AND CARRIER AIR WING 

3 HEADQUARTERS REQUIRED TO BE MAIN4 TAINED. 

5 Section 5062(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 

6 amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting 

7 the following new paragraphs: 

8 ‘‘(1) the Navy maintains a minimum of 9 car9 rier air wings until the date on which additional 

10 operationally deployable aircraft carriers can fully 

11 support a 10th carrier air wing on a long-term sus12 tainable basis; 

13 ‘‘(2) after the date referred to in paragraph (1), 

14 the Navy maintains a minimum of 10 carrier air 

15 wings; and’’. 

16 SEC. 1003. ENSURING OPERATIONAL READINESS OF LIT17 TORAL COMBAT SHIPS ON EXTENDED DE18 PLOYMENTS. 

19 Section 8680(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 

20 is amended by striking subparagraph (D). 

21 SEC. 1004. REGULATION OF DISCHARGES INCIDENTAL TO 

22 THE NORMAL OPERATIONS OF A VESSEL OF 

23 THE ARMED FORCES UNDER THE FEDERAL 

24 WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT. 

25 Subparagraph (B) of section 312(n)(6) of the Fed26 eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1322(n)) is 


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1 amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘When con2 ducted in compliance with regulations promulgated pursu3 ant to paragraph (4), any discharge incidental to the nor4 mal operation of a vessel of the Armed Forces is consid5 ered a federally permitted release within the meaning of 

6 paragraph (10) of section 101 of the Comprehensive Envi7 ronmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 

8 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601(10)), and is excluded from the defi9 nition of solid waste under paragraph (27) of section 1004 

10 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6903(27)).’’. 

11 SEC. 1005. PROVIDING PROTECTION TO THE NATIONAL MU12 SEUM OF THE MARINE CORPS AND THE NA13 TIONAL MUSEUM OF THE UNITED STATES 

14 ARMY. 

15 Section 2465(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

16 amended by adding at the end the following new para17 graph: 

18 ‘‘(5) A contract for the performance of on-site 

19 armed security guard functions to be performed— 

20 ‘‘(A) at the Marine Corps Heritage Center 

21 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, including the 

22 National Museum of the Marine Corps; or 

23 ‘‘(B) at the Heritage Center for the Na24 tional Museum of the United States Army at 

25 Fort Belvoir, Virginia.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1006. REVISIONS TO WORKING-CAPITAL FUNDS STAT2 UTE. 

3 Section 2208(l)(3) of title 10, United States Code, 

4 is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The dollar 

5 limitation in the preceding sentence on advance billing of 

6 a customer of a working-capital fund shall not apply with 

7 respect to advance billing for humanitarian assistance or 

8 for relief efforts following a declaration of a major disaster 

9 or emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

10 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).’’. 

11 SEC. 1007. ACCESS TO AND USE OF MILITARY POSTAL 

12 SERVICE BY U.S. CITIZENS EMPLOYED OVER13 SEAS BY THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY OR14 GANIZATION WHO PERFORM FUNCTIONS IN 

15 SUPPORT OF MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE 

16 ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 

17 Section 406 of title 39, United States Code, is 

18 amended by adding at the end the following new sub19 section: 

20 ‘‘(c) The Secretary of Defense may authorize the use 

21 of Armed Forces post offices in overseas locations by 

22 United States citizens who are employed by the North At23 lantic Treaty Organization when such citizens perform 

24 functions in support of the Armed Forces of the United 

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1 Defense and that such a grant is otherwise authorized by 

2 applicable host nation law or agreement. No funds may 

3 be obligated or expended to establish, maintain, or expand 

4 an Armed Forces post office for this purpose.’’. 

5 SEC. 1008. PERMANENT AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF 

6 TRANSPORTATION TO ISSUE NON-PREMIUM 

7 AVIATION INSURANCE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 44310(b) of title 49, 

9 United States Code, is repealed. 

10 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 44310(a) of 

11 title 49, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘(a) 

12 IN GENERAL.—’’. 

13 SEC. 1009. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR SECRETARY OF 

14 DEFENSE TO USE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

15 REIMBURSEMENT RATE FOR TRANSPOR16 TATION SERVICES PROVIDED TO CERTAIN 

17 NON-DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ENTITIES. 

18 Section 2642(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2019’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘October 1, 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 1010. INCREASE OF MINIMUM DOLLAR THRESHOLD 

2 FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTEREST 

3 PENALTY PAYMENTS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3902(c) of title 31, 

5 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(4) In the case of payments due from the Depart8 ment of Defense, paragraph (1) shall be applied by sub9 stituting ‘$20.00’ for ‘$1.00’.’’. 

10 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub11 section (a) shall apply to payments that first become due 

12 from the Department of Defense after the date of the en13 actment of this Act. 

14 SEC. 1011. TECHNICAL AND GRAMMATICAL CORRECTIONS 

15 AND REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS RE16 LATING TO ENERGY. 

17 (a) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Title 10, United 

18 States Code, is amended— 

19 (1) in section 2913(c), by striking ‘‘govern20 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘government or’’; and 

21 (2) in section 2926(d)(1), in the second sen22 tence, by striking ‘‘and Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘and 

23 the Defense’’. 

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1 (1) in section 2922a(d), by striking ‘‘resilience 

2 are prioritized and included’’ and inserting ‘‘energy 

3 resilience are included as critical factors’’; and 

4 (2) in section 2925(a)(3), by striking ‘‘impact5 ing energy’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘de6 grading energy resilience at military installations 

7 (excluding planned outages for maintenance rea8 sons), whether caused by on- or off-installation dis9 ruptions, including the total number of outages and 

10 their locations, the duration of each outage, the fi11 nancial effect of each outage, whether or not the 

12 mission was affected, the downtimes (in minutes or 

13 hours) the mission can afford based on mission re14 quirements and risk tolerances, the responsible au15 thority managing the utility, and measures taken to 

16 mitigate the outage by the responsible authority.’’. 

17 (c) CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY OF CON18 FLICTING AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE 2018 DEFENSE

19 AUTHORIZATION ACT.—Section 2911(e) of such title is 

20 amended— 

21 (1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in22 serting the following new paragraphs: 

23 ‘‘(1) Opportunities to reduce the current rate of 

24 consumption of energy, the future demand for en25 ergy, and the requirement for the use of energy. 


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1 ‘‘(2) Opportunities to enhance energy resilience 

2 to ensure the Department of Defense has the ability 

3 to prepare for and recover from energy disruptions 

4 that affect mission assurance on military installa5 tions.’’; and 

6 (2) by amending paragraph (13) to read as fol7 lows: 

8 ‘‘(13) Opportunities to leverage financing pro9 vided by a non-Department entity to address instal10 lation energy needs.’’. 

11 (d) UPDATED SECTION HEADING.—Section 2926 of 

12 such title is amended in the heading, by striking ‘‘activi13 ties’’. 

14 (e) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS.—Sections 

15 2922b and 2922d of such title are repealed. 

16 (f) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENTS.—The table 

17 of sections— 

18 (1) at the beginning of subchapter II of chapter 

19 173 of such title is amended by striking the items 

20 relating to sections 2922b and 2922d; and 

21 (2) at the beginning of subchapter III of chap22 ter 173 of such title is amended by striking the item 

23 relating to section 2926 and inserting the following 

24 new item: 

‘‘2926. Operational energy.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1012. INCLUSION OF VETERANS ON TEMPORARY DIS2 ABILITY OR PERMANENT DISABLED RETIRE3 MENT LISTS IN MILITARY ADAPTIVE SPORTS 

4 PROGRAMS. 

5 (a) INCLUSION OF VETERANS.—Section 2564a(a)(1) 

6 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘for members of the armed forces who’’ and all that fol8 lows through the period at the end and inserting the fol9 lowing: ‘‘for— 

10 ‘‘(A) any member of the armed forces who 

11 is eligible to participate in adaptive sports be12 cause of an injury, illness, or wound incurred in 

13 the line of duty in the armed forces; and 

14 ‘‘(B) any veteran (as defined in section 

15 101 of title 38), during the one-year period fol16 lowing the veteran’s date of separation, who— 

17 ‘‘(i) is on the Temporary Disability 

18 Retirement List or Permanently Disabled 

19 Retirement List; 

20 ‘‘(ii) is eligible to participate in adapt21 ive sports because of an injury, illness, or 

22 wound incurred in the line of duty in the 

23 armed forces; and 

24 ‘‘(iii) was enrolled in the program au25 thorized under this section prior to the vet26 eran’s date of separation.’’. 


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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2564a(b) 

2 of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘and veterans’’ after 

3 ‘‘members’’. 

4 SEC. 1013. REVISION TO AUTHORITIES RELATING TO MAIL 

5 SERVICE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 

6 FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CI7 VILIANS OVERSEAS. 

8 (a) ELIGIBILITY FOR FREE MAIL.—Subsection (a) of 

9 section 3401 of title 39, United States Code, is amended 

10 to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(a)(1) First Class letter mail correspondence shall 

12 be carried, at no cost to the sender, in the manner pro13 vided by this section, when mailed by an eligible individual 

14 described in paragraph (2) and addressed to a place within 

15 the delivery limits of a United States post office, if— 

16 ‘‘(A) such letter mail is mailed by the eligible 

17 individual at an Armed Forces post office estab18 lished in an overseas area designated by the Presi19 dent, where the Armed Forces of the United States 

20 are deployed for a contingency operation as deter21 mined by the Secretary of Defense; or 

22 ‘‘(B) the eligible individual is hospitalized as a 

23 result of disease or injury incurred as a result of 

24 service in an overseas area designated by the Presi25 dent under subparagraph (A). 


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1 ‘‘(2) An eligible individual referred to in paragraph 

2 (1) is— 

3 ‘‘(A) a member of the Armed Forces of the 

4 United States on active duty, as defined in section 

5 101 of title 10; or 

6 ‘‘(B) a civilian employee of the Department of 

7 Defense or a military department who is providing 

8 support to military operations.’’. 

9 (b) SURFACE SHIPMENT OF MAIL AUTHORIZED.— 

10 Such section is further amended— 

11 (1) by striking subsection (c); 

12 (2) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), 

13 and (g) as subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), respec14 tively; and 

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

17 ‘‘(b) There shall be transported by either surface or 

18 air, consistent with the service purchased by the mailer, 

19 between Armed Forces post offices or from an Armed 

20 Forces post office to a point of entry into the United 

21 States, the following categories of mail matter which are 

22 mailed at any such Armed Forces post office: 

23 ‘‘(1) Letter mail communications having the 

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1 ‘‘(2) Any parcel exceeding one pound in weight 

2 but less than 70 pounds in weight and less than 130 

3 linear inches (length plus girth). 

4 ‘‘(3) Publications published once each week or 

5 more frequently and featuring principally current 

6 news of interest to members of the Armed Forces 

7 and the general public.’’. 

8 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading for such 

9 section, and the item relating to such section in the table 

10 of sections at the beginning of chapter 34 of such title, 

11 are each amended by striking the last five words. 

12 SEC. 1014. CLARIFICATION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL AU13 THORITIES CONCERNING OVERSEAS CONTIN14 GENCY OPERATIONS. 

15 Section 8L(d)(2) of the Inspector General Act of 

16 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 8L(d)(2)) is amended— 

17 (1) in subparagraph (D)— 

18 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘to exercise 

19 responsibility for discharging oversight respon20 sibilities in accordance with this Act with re21 spect to such matter’’ and inserting ‘‘to identify 

22 and coordinate with the Inspector General with 

23 primary jurisdiction over the matter to ensure 

24 effective oversight’’; and 


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1 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

2 clause: 

3 ‘‘(iii) Upon the written request of an 

4 Inspector General with primary jurisdiction 

5 over a matter with respect to the contin6 gency operation, and with the approval of 

7 the lead Inspector General, an Inspector 

8 General specified in subsection (c) may 

9 provide investigative support or may con10 duct an independent investigation of an al11 legation of criminal activity by United 

12 States personnel, contractors, subcontrac13 tors, grantees, or vendors within the the14 ater of operations that relates to the mat15 ter. If the lead Inspector General deter16 mines that no Inspector General has pri17 mary jurisdiction over the matter, the lead 

18 Inspector General may conduct an inde19 pendent investigation or may request that 

20 another Inspector General specified in sub21 section (c) conduct an independent inves22 tigation.’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(I) An Inspector General responsible for 

2 conducting oversight of any program or oper3 ation performed in support of the contingency 

4 operation shall coordinate such oversight activi5 ties with the lead Inspector General and shall 

6 provide information requested by the lead In7 spector General relating to the lead Inspector 

8 General’s responsibilities specified in subpara9 graphs (B), (C), and (G).’’. 

10 SEC. 1015. LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT 

11 OF DEFENSE VETERINARY PROFESSIONALS: 

12 EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS. 

13 (a) LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS.—Chapter 55 of title 

14 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec15 tion 1094a the following new section: 

16 ‘‘§ 1094b. Licensure requirement for veterinary pro17 fessionals: emergencies and disasters 

18 ‘‘(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law regarding 

19 the licensure of veterinary care and service providers, a 

20 veterinary professional described in subsection (b) may 

21 practice the veterinary profession of the veterinary profes22 sional at any location in any State, the District of Colum23 bia, or a territory or possession of the United States, with24 out regard to where such veterinary professional or the 

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1 scope of the authorized Federal duties of such veterinary 

2 professional. 

3 ‘‘(b) A veterinary professional described in this sub4 section is a person who is— 

5 ‘‘(1) certified as a veterinary professional by a 

6 certification recognized by the Secretary of Defense; 

7 ‘‘(2) currently licensed by a State, the District 

8 of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the 

9 United States to practice veterinary care and serv10 ices; and 

11 ‘‘(3)(A) a member of the armed forces, a civil12 ian employee of the Department of Defense, or oth13 erwise credentialed and privileged at a Federal vet14 erinary institution or location designated by the Sec15 retary for purposes of this section and is performing 

16 authorized duties for the Department of Defense for 

17 the purposes described in subsection (c); or 

18 ‘‘(B) a member of the National Guard who is 

19 performing authorized veterinary care or services for 

20 the Department of Defense in a duty status pursu21 ant to section 502(f) of title 32 for the purposes de22 scribed in subsection (c). 

23 ‘‘(c) The purposes described in this subsection are 

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1 ‘‘(1) a national emergency declared by the 

2 President pursuant to the National Emergencies Act 

3 (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); 

4 ‘‘(2) a major disaster or emergency (as those 

5 terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert T. 

6 Stafford Disaster and Emergency Assistance Act 

7 (42 U.S.C. 5122)); 

8 ‘‘(3) a public health emergency, as determined 

9 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

10 under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 

11 (42 U.S.C. 247d); or 

12 ‘‘(4) an extraordinary emergency, as determined 

13 by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 10407 

14 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 

15 8306).’’. 

16 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

17 at the beginning of chapter 55 of such title is amended 

18 by inserting after the item relating to section 1094a the 

19 following new item: 

‘‘1094b. Licensure requirement for veterinary professionals: emergencies and 

disasters.’’. 

20 SEC. 1016. ELIMINATION OF REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT RE21 PORTS TO CONGRESS IN PAPER FORMAT. 

22 Section 480 of title 10, United States Code, is 

23 amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a copy of’’; 


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1 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub2 section (d); and 

3 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol4 lowing new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(c) ELIMINATION OF PAPER SUBMISSION REQUIRE6 MENT.—Whenever the Secretary (or other official) pro7 vides a report to Congress (or any committee of either 

8 House of Congress) in an electronic medium under sub9 section (a), the Secretary (or other official) shall not be 

10 required to submit an additional copy of the report in a 

11 paper format.’’. 

12 SEC. 1017. CLARIFICATION OF THE AUTHORITY OF MILI13 TARY COMMISSIONS ESTABLISHED UNDER 

14 CHAPTER 47A TO PUNISH CONTEMPT. 

15 (a) CLARIFICATION.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter IV of chapter 

17 47A of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 

18 adding at the end the following new section: 

19 ‘‘§ 949o–1. Contempt 

20 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO PUNISH.—(1) With respect to 

21 any proceeding under this chapter, a judicial officer speci22 fied in paragraph (2) may punish for contempt any person 

23 who— 


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1 ‘‘(A) uses any menacing word, sign, or gesture 

2 in the presence of the judicial officer during the pro3 ceeding; 

4 ‘‘(B) disturbs the proceeding by any riot or dis5 order; or 

6 ‘‘(C) willfully disobeys a lawful writ, process, 

7 order, rule, decree, or command issued with respect 

8 to the proceeding. 

9 ‘‘(2) A judicial officer referred to in paragraph (1) 

10 is any of the following: 

11 ‘‘(A) Any judge of the United States Court of 

12 Military Commission Review. 

13 ‘‘(B) Any military judge detailed to a military 

14 commission or any other proceeding under this chap15 ter. 

16 ‘‘(b) PUNISHMENT.—The punishment for contempt 

17 under subsection (a) may not exceed confinement for 30 

18 days, a fine of $1,000, or both. 

19 ‘‘(c) REVIEW.—(1) A punishment under this sec20 tion— 

21 ‘‘(A) is not reviewable by the convening author22 ity of a military commission under this chapter; 

23 ‘‘(B) if imposed by a military judge, shall con24 stitute a judgment, subject to review in the first in25 stance only by the United States Court of Military 


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1 Commission Review and then only by the United 

2 States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 

3 Circuit; and 

4 ‘‘(C) if imposed by a judge of the United States 

5 Court of Military Commission Review, shall con6 stitute a judgment of the court subject to review 

7 only by the United States Court of Appeals for the 

8 District of Columbia Circuit. 

9 ‘‘(2) In reviewing a punishment for contempt imposed 

10 under this section, the reviewing court shall affirm such 

11 punishment unless the court finds that imposing such pun12 ishment was an abuse of the discretion of the judicial offi13 cer who imposed such punishment. 

14 ‘‘(3) A petition for review of punishment for contempt 

15 imposed under this section shall be filed not later than 

16 60 days after the date on which the authenticated record 

17 upon which the contempt punishment is based and any 

18 contempt proceedings conducted by the judicial officer are 

19 served on the person punished for contempt. 

20 ‘‘(d) PUNISHMENT NOT CONVICTION.—Punishment 

21 for contempt is not a conviction or sentence within the 

22 meaning of section 949m of this title. The imposition of 

23 punishment for contempt is not governed by other provi24 sions of this chapter applicable to military commissions, 

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1 dures for contempt proceedings and punishments, pursu2 ant to the authority provided in section 949a of this 

3 title.’’. 

4 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The 

5 table of sections at the beginning of such subchapter 

6 is amended by adding at the end the following new 

7 item: 

‘‘949o–1. Contempt.’’. 

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 950t of 

9 title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

10 (1) by striking paragraph (31); and 

11 (2) by redesignating paragraph (32) as para12 graph (31). 

13 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The amendments 

14 made by subsections (a) and (b) shall not be construed 

15 to affect the lawfulness of any punishment for contempt 

16 adjudged prior to the effective date of such amendments. 

17 (d) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub18 sections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the date of the 

19 enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to con20 duct by a person that occurs on or after such date. 

21 SEC. 1018. TARIFFS ON AIRCRAFT TRAVELING THROUGH 

22 CHANNEL ROUTES. 

23 Section 2652 of title 10, United States Code, is 

24 amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 

25 the following: ‘‘, except that such prohibition shall not 


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1 apply if costs are incurred by United States Transpor2 tation Command in supporting the passengers and cargo 

3 of that military service transported in such aircraft, or in 

4 support of the aircraft itself.’’. 

5 SEC. 1019. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION 

6 AND CONTROL OVER PUBLIC LANDS LO7 CATED IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA. 

8 (a) TRANSFER TO SECRETARY OF THE ARMY.— 

9 (1) TRANSFER.—Effective on the date of the 

10 enactment of this Act, administrative jurisdiction 

11 and control is transferred from the Secretary of the 

12 Interior to the Secretary of the Army over the ap13 proximately 16.09 acre parcel of real property de14 scribed in paragraph (2). 

15 (2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcel of real 

16 property described in this paragraph is the parcel in 

17 Arlington, Virginia, adjacent to and comprising Me18 morial Avenue from the western side of the Route 

19 110 overpass west to and including the hemicycle 

20 used by the Women in Military Service for America 

21 Memorial, as depicted in blue on the map titled ‘‘Ar22 lington National Cemetery, Memorial Ave – NPS 

23 Parcel’’, dated November 25, 2018. 

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1 (1) TRANSFER.—Effective on the date of the 

2 enactment of this Act, administrative jurisdiction 

3 and control is transferred from the Secretary of the 

4 Army to the Secretary of the Interior over the ap5 proximately 1.04 acre parcel of real property de6 scribed in paragraph (2). 

7 (2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcel of real 

8 property described in this paragraph is the parcel in 

9 Arlington, Virginia, adjacent to the Chaffee parking 

10 lot and comprising of one structure and bounded on 

11 the northeast by Sherman Drive, as depicted in 

12 green on the map titled ‘‘Arlington National Ceme13 tery – Chaffee NPS Land Swap’’, dated October 31, 

14 2018. 

15 (c) LAND SURVEYS.—The exact acreage and legal de16 scription of the parcels of real property described in sub17 sections (a)(2) and (b)(2) shall be determined by a survey 

18 satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army and the Sec19 retary of the Interior. 

20 (d) AUTHORITY TO CORRECT ERRORS.—The Sec21 retary of the Army and the Secretary of the Interior may 

22 correct clerical and typographical errors in the maps re23 ferred to in subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2). 

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1 (1) NO REIMBURSEMENT OR CONSIDER2 ATION.—The transfers under subsections (a) and (b) 

3 shall be without reimbursement or consideration. 

4 (2) MANAGEMENT OF PARCEL TRANSFERRED

5 TO SECRETARY OF THE ARMY.—The real property 

6 transferred to the Secretary of the Army under sec7 tion (a) shall be administered as part of Arlington 

8 National Cemetery in accordance with applicable 

9 laws and regulations, including section 2409 of title 

10 38, United States Code, which shall govern the erec11 tion of monuments on the property. 

12 (3) MANAGEMENT OF PARCEL TRANSFERRED

13 TO SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.—The land trans14 ferred to the Secretary of the Interior under sub15 section (b) shall be included within the boundary of 

16 the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Arlington House) and 

17 shall be administered as part of that park in accord18 ance with applicable laws and regulations. 

19 TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 

20 MATTERS 

21 SEC. 1101. ENHANCEMENT OF CAPABILITIES TO MANAGE 

22 CIVILIAN FACULTY AT ARMY AND NAVY EDU23 CATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7371 of title 10, 

2 United States Code, is amended— 

3 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘and 

4 United States Army Command and 

5 General Staff College’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

6 United States Army Command and 

7 General Staff College, and Army Uni8 versity’’; 

9 (B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or the 

10 United States Army Command and General 

11 Staff College’’ and inserting ‘‘, the United 

12 States Army Command and General Staff Col13 lege, or the Army University’’; and 

14 (C) by striking subsection (c) and inserting 

15 the following new subsections: 

16 ‘‘(c) WORK SCHEDULE.—The Secretary of the Army 

17 may, notwithstanding the provisions of subchapter V of 

18 chapter 55 of title 5 or section 6101 of such title, prescribe 

19 for persons employed under this section the work schedule, 

20 including hours of work and tours of duty, set forth with 

21 such specificity and other characteristics as the Secretary 

22 determines appropriate. 

23 ‘‘(d) AGENCY RIGHTS.—Notwithstanding chapter 71 

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1 exercised at the sole and exclusive discretion of the Sec2 retary of the Army, or the Secretary’s designee.’’. 

3 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The 

4 table of sections at the beginning of chapter 373 of 

5 such title is amended by striking the item relating 

6 to section 7371 and inserting the following new 

7 item: 

‘‘7371. Army War College, United States Army Command and General Staff 

College, and Army University: civilian faculty members.’’. 

8 (b) FACULTY MEMBERS AT NAVY AND MARINE

9 CORPS INSTITUTIONS.—Section 8748 of such title is 

10 amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the fol11 lowing new subsections: 

12 ‘‘(c) WORK SCHEDULE.—The Secretary of the Navy 

13 may, notwithstanding the provisions of subchapter V of 

14 chapter 55 of title 5 or section 6101 of such title, prescribe 

15 for persons employed under this section the work schedule, 

16 including hours of work and tours of duty, set forth with 

17 such specificity and other characteristics as the Secretary 

18 determines appropriate. 

19 ‘‘(d) AGENCY RIGHTS.—Notwithstanding chapter 71 

20 of title 5, the authority conferred by this section shall be 

21 exercised at the sole and exclusive discretion of the Sec22 retary of the Navy, or the Secretary’s designee.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1102. EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITY FOR CIVILIAN FAC2 ULTY AT CERTAIN MILITARY DEPARTMENT 

3 SCHOOLS. 

4 (a) ADDITION OF ARMY UNIVERSITY AND ADDI5 TIONAL FACULTY.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7371 of title 10, 

7 United States Code, is amended— 

8 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the 

9 Army War College or the United States Army 

10 Command and General Staff College’’ and in11 serting ‘‘the Army War College, the United 

12 States Army Command and General Staff Col13 lege, and the Army University’’; and 

14 (B) by striking subsection (c). 

15 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

16 (A) SECTION HEADING.—Section 7371 of 

17 such title is amended by striking the section 

18 designation and heading and inserting the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘§ 7371. Army War College, United States Army Com21 mand and General Staff College, and 

22 Army University: civilian faculty mem23 bers’’. 

24 (B) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of 

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1 title is amended by striking the item relating to 

2 section 7371 and inserting the following: 

‘‘7371. Army War College, United States Army Command and General Staff 

College, and Army University: civilian faculty members.’’. 

3 (b) NAVAL WAR COLLEGE AND MARINE CORPS UNI4 VERSITY.—Section 8748 of such title is amended by strik5 ing subsection (c). 

6 (c) AIR UNIVERSITY.—Section 9371 of such title is 

7 amended by striking subsection (c). 

8 SEC. 1103. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO WAIVE 

9 ANNUAL LIMITATION ON PREMIUM PAY AND 

10 AGGREGATE LIMITATION ON PAY FOR FED11 ERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WORKING OVER12 SEAS. 

13 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 1101(a) of 

14 the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act 

15 for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 

16 4615), as most recently amended by section 1104 of the 

17 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for 

18 Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232), is further 

19 amended by striking ‘‘through 2019’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘through 2020’’. 

21 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

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1 SEC. 1104. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY AUTHOR2 ITY TO GRANT ALLOWANCES, BENEFITS, AND 

3 GRATUITIES TO CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ON OF4 FICIAL DUTY IN A COMBAT ZONE. 

5 Paragraph (2) of section 1603(a) of the Emergency 

6 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global 

7 War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (Public 

8 Law 109–234; 120 Stat. 443), as added by section 1102 

9 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization 

10 Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 

11 4616) and as most recently amended by section 1115 of 

12 the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act 

13 for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232), is further 

14 amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

15 SEC. 1105. REVISION TO CERTAIN OVERSEAS CONTIN16 GENCY OPERATIONS-RELATED INSPECTOR 

17 GENERAL AUTHORITIES: HIRING AUTHORI18 TIES. 

19 Section 8L(d) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 

20 (5 U.S.C. App. 8L(d)) is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (2)(E), by inserting ‘‘(but 

22 without regard to subsection (b)(2) of such section)’’ 

23 after ‘‘United States Code,’’; 

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1 ‘‘(C)(i) An annuitant receiving an annuity under the 

2 Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System or the 

3 Foreign Service Pension System under chapter 8 of title 

4 I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4041 

5 et seq.) who is reemployed under this subsection shall con6 tinue to receive such annuity and shall not be considered 

7 a participant for purposes of chapter 8 of title I of the 

8 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4041 et seq.) or 

9 an employee for purposes of subchapter III of chapter 83 

10 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code. 

11 ‘‘(ii) An annuitant described in clause (i) may elect 

12 in writing for the reemployment of such annuitant under 

13 this subsection to be subject to section 824 of the Foreign 

14 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064). A reemployed an15 nuitant shall make an election under this clause not later 

16 than 90 days after the date of the reemployment of such 

17 annuitant.’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

19 paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(5)(A) A person employed by a lead Inspector Gen21 eral for an overseas contingency operation under this sec22 tion is eligible for noncompetitive conversion to a career23 conditional or career appointment in the same position 

24 upon the completion of two years of service as an employee 

25 under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(B) No person may be converted to a career-condi2 tional or career appointment under subparagraph (A) 

3 after December 31, 2024.’’. 

4 TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING 

5 TO FOREIGN NATIONS 

6 SEC. 1201. EXTENSION OF CROSS-SERVICING AGREEMENTS 

7 FOR LOAN OF PERSONNEL PROTECTION AND 

8 SURVIVABILITY EQUIPMENT IN COALITION 

9 OPERATIONS. 

10 Section 1207(e) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 

11 ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 

12 Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 10 U.S.C. 2342 

13 note) is amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘2024’’. 

15 SEC. 1202. EXTENSION OF COMMANDERS’ EMERGENCY RE16 SPONSE PROGRAM. 

17 Section 1201 of the National Defense Authorization 

18 Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 

19 1619) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘December 

21 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘2019’’ 

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1 (3) in subsection (f) in the first sentence, by 

2 striking ‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘De3 cember 31, 2020’’. 

4 SEC. 1203. AUTHORITY TO REIMBURSE NATIONAL GUARD 

5 AND RESERVE SALARIES FOR CERTAIN AC6 TIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT 

7 OF STATE. 

8 Section 503(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

9 (22 U.S.C. 2311(a)) is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and 

11 (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively; 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘(a) The’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(1) 

13 The’’; 

14 (3) in the matter following subparagraph (C) 

15 (as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this section), 

16 by striking ‘‘Sales which’’ and inserting the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(2) Sales that’’; and 

19 (4) in paragraph (2) (as designated by para20 graph (3) of this section)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (3)’’ and in22 serting ‘‘paragraph (1)(C)’’; and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘United States’’ and all 

24 that follows and inserting the following: 

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1 ‘‘(A) the Coast Guard; and 

2 ‘‘(B) the reserve components of the Army, 

3 Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps who are or4 dered to active duty pursuant to chapter 1209 

5 of title 10, United States Code, and at the re6 quest of the Secretary of State.’’. 

7 SEC. 1204. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT TO STA8 BILIZATION ACTIVITIES IN THE NATIONAL 

9 SECURITY INTEREST OF THE UNITED 

10 STATES. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may, 

12 with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and in con13 sultation with the Administrator of the United States 

14 Agency for International Development and the Director of 

15 the Office of Management and Budget, designate a foreign 

16 area under subsection (b), provide support for the sta17 bilization activities of other Federal agencies under sub18 section (c), or carry out transitional stabilization activities 

19 under subsection (d). 

20 (b) DESIGNATION OF FOREIGN AREAS.—Amounts 

21 authorized to be provided pursuant to this section shall 

22 be available only for stabilization activities— 

23 (1) in a foreign area designated by the Sec24 retary of Defense as being necessary to address con25 flict and instability; and 


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1 (2) that are in the national security interest of 

2 the United States. 

3 (c) SUPPORT TO OTHER AGENCIES.—The Secretary 

4 of Defense may provide logistic support, supplies, and 

5 services and training on a reimbursable or non-reimburs6 able basis to the Department of State, the United States 

7 Agency for International Development, or other Federal 

8 agencies to support stabilization in foreign areas des9 ignated under subsection (b). 

10 (d) TRANSITIONAL STABILIZATION ACTIVITIES.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

12 may carry out transitional stabilization activities if 

13 such activities are in the national security interest of 

14 the United States. 

15 (2) COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES.—Transi16 tional stabilization activities carried out under this 

17 section should complement, and should not dupli18 cate, any other form of social or economic assistance 

19 which may be provided to the country concerned by 

20 any other department or agency of the United 

21 States. 

22 (e) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense 

23 may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, waive 

24 sections 40 and 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

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1 mines that such provision of law would prohibit, restrict, 

2 delay, or otherwise limit the provision of assistance under 

3 this section and a notice of and justification for such waiv4 er is submitted to the appropriate committees of Congress. 

5 (f) AUTHORITY IN ADDITION TO OTHER AUTHORI6 TIES.—The authority to provide assistance under this sec7 tion is in addition to any other authority to provide assist8 ance to foreign nations. 

9 (g) USE OF FUNDS.— 

10 (1) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Amounts for activities 

11 carried out under this section in a fiscal year shall 

12 be derived only from amounts authorized to be ap13 propriated for such fiscal year for the Department 

14 of Defense for Operation and Maintenance, Defense15 wide. 

16 (2) LIMITATION.—Not more than $25,000,000 

17 in each fiscal year is authorized to be used to pro18 vide non-reimbursable logistic support, supplies, and 

19 services or training under subsection (c) or to carry 

20 out transitional stabilization activities under sub21 section (d) during the period in which this section is 

22 in effect. 

23 (h) EXPIRATION.—The authority provided under this 

24 section may not be exercised after September 30, 2021. 

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1 may be completed, but only using funds available for fiscal 

2 years 2020 through 2021. 

3 (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON5 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con6 gress’’ means— 

7 (A) the Committee on Armed Services and 

8 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen9 ate; and 

10 (B) the Committee on Armed Services and 

11 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

12 of Representatives. 

13 (2) LOGISTIC SUPPORT, SUPPLIES, AND SERV14 ICES.—The term ‘‘logistic support, supplies, and 

15 services’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

16 2350(1) of title 10, United States Code. 

17 (3) TRANSITIONAL STABILIZATION ACTIVI18 TIES.—The term ‘‘transitional stabilization activi19 ties’’ means transitional activities, excluding human20 itarian assistance, conducted to create conditions 

21 where legitimate local authorities and systems can 

22 peaceably manage conflict and prevent a resurgence 

23 of violence, including— 

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1 (B) providing or restoring essential basic 

2 services for the immediate needs of the popu3 lation; and 

4 (C) repairing, restoring, and protecting 

5 critical infrastructure. 

6 SEC. 1205. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR SUPPORT OF 

7 SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR IRREGULAR WAR8 FARE. 

9 Section 1202(a) of the National Defense Authoriza10 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 131 

11 Stat. 1639) is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘2024’’. 

13 SEC. 1206. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REIMBURSE14 MENT OF CERTAIN COALITION NATIONS FOR 

15 SUPPORT PROVIDED TO UNITED STATES 

16 MILITARY OPERATIONS. 

17 (a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 1233 of 

18 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

19 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 393), as most re20 cently amended by section 1225 of the John S. McCain 

21 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 

22 (Public Law 115–232), is further amended in the matter 

23 preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2018, 

24 and ending on December 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘Octo25 ber 1, 2019, and ending on December 31, 2020’’. 


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1 (b) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS AVAILABLE.—Sub2 section (d)(1) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘Oc3 tober 1, 2018, and ending on December 31, 2019, may 

4 not exceed $350,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 

5 2019, and ending on December 31, 2020, may not exceed 

6 $450,000,000’’. 

7 SEC. 1207. EXTENSION OF AFGHAN SPECIAL IMMIGRANT 

8 PROGRAM. 

9 Section 602(b)(3)(F) of the Afghan Allies Protection 

10 Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— 

11 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2015, 2016, AND

12 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2015 THROUGH 2020’’; 

13 (2) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik14 ing ‘‘18,500’’ and inserting ‘‘22,500’’; 

15 (3) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘December 31, 

16 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’; and 

17 (4) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘December 31, 

18 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 

19 SEC. 1208. NATO SPECIAL OPERATIONS HEADQUARTERS. 

20 Section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization 

21 Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 

22 2541), as most recently amended by section 1280 of the 

23 National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2016 

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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘each of the 

2 fiscal years 2013 through 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘each 

3 of the fiscal years 2013 through 2025’’; 

4 (2) by striking section (c); and 

5 (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub6 section (c). 

7 SEC. 1209. AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND. 

8 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 

9 are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 

10 2020 for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund, as estab11 lished by section 1513 of the National Defense Authoriza12 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 

13 Stat. 428), as most recently amended by section 1223(b) 

14 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization 

15 Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232), in the 

16 amount of $4,803,978,000. 

17 (b) CONTINUATION OF PRIOR AUTHORITIES AND NO18 TICE AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Funds available 

19 to the Department of Defense for the Afghanistan Secu20 rity Forces Fund for fiscal year 2020 shall be subject to 

21 the conditions contained in subsections (b) through (f) of 

22 such section 1513. 

23 (c) USE OF FUNDS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b)(1) of such 

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1 of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of the 

2 Interior of the Government of the Islamic Republic 

3 of Afghanistan’’ and inserting ‘‘security forces of Af4 ghanistan’’. 

5 (2) TYPE OF ASSISTANCE.—Subsection (b)(2) 

6 of such section 1513 is amended by inserting ‘‘(in7 cluding program and security assistance manage8 ment support)’’ after ‘‘services’’. 

9 (d) EQUIPMENT DISPOSITION.— 

10 (1) ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.— 

11 Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense 

12 may accept equipment that is procured using 

13 amounts in the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund 

14 authorized under this Act and is intended for trans15 fer to the security forces of Afghanistan, but is not 

16 accepted by such security forces. 

17 (2) CONDITIONS ON ACCEPTANCE OF EQUIP18 MENT.—Before accepting any equipment under the 

19 authority provided by paragraph (1), the Com20 mander of United States forces in Afghanistan shall 

21 make a determination that the equipment was pro22 cured for the purpose of meeting requirements of the 

23 security forces of Afghanistan, as agreed to by both 

24 the Government of Afghanistan and the United 

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1 forces or was damaged before transfer to such secu2 rity forces. 

3 (3) ELEMENTS OF DETERMINATION.—In mak4 ing a determination under paragraph (2) regarding 

5 equipment, the Commander of United States forces 

6 in Afghanistan shall consider alternatives to Sec7 retary of Defense acceptance of the equipment. An 

8 explanation of each determination, including the 

9 basis for the determination and the alternatives con10 sidered, shall be included in the relevant quarterly 

11 report required under paragraph (5). 

12 (4) TREATMENT AS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

13 STOCKS.—Equipment accepted under the authority 

14 provided by paragraph (1) may be treated as stocks 

15 of the Department of Defense upon notification to 

16 the congressional defense committees of such treat17 ment. 

18 (5) QUARTERLY REPORTS ON EQUIPMENT DIS19 POSITION.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

20 the enactment of this Act and every 90-day period 

21 thereafter during which the authority provided by 

22 paragraph (1) is exercised, the Secretary of Defense 

23 shall submit to the congressional defense committees 

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1 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 127 Stat. 938; 10 U.S.C. 

3 2302 note), and under section 1532(b) of the Carl 

4 Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National De5 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Pub6 lic Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3612) during the period 

7 covered by the report. Each report shall include a 

8 list of all equipment that was accepted during the 

9 period covered by the report and treated as stocks 

10 of the Department, and copies of the determinations 

11 made under paragraph (2), as required by para12 graph (3). 

13 SEC. 1210. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT OPER14 ATIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE OF 

15 SECURITY COOPERATION IN IRAQ. 

16 Subsections (c), (d), and (f)(1) of section 1215 of the 

17 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 

18 (10 U.S.C. 113 note), as most recently amended by section 

19 1235 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

20 Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232), are each amended by 

21 striking ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 

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1 SEC. 1211. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSIST2 ANCE TO THE VETTED SYRIAN OPPOSITION. 

3 (a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 1209 of 

4 the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 

5 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 

6 Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3541), as most recently amended 

7 by section 1231 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

8 for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232), is further 

9 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 

11 (b) REPROGRAMMING REQUIREMENT.—Subsection 

12 (f)(1) of such section 1209, as most recently amended by 

13 section 1231 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

14 for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232), is further 

15 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 

17 SEC. 1212. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSIST18 ANCE TO COUNTER THE ISLAMIC STATE OF 

19 IRAQ AND SYRIA. 

20 (a) EXTENSION.—Subsection (a) of section 1236 of 

21 the Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National 

22 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 

23 Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3559), as most recently amended 

24 by section 1233 of the National Defense Authorization Act 

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1 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 

3 (b) FUNDING.—Subsection (g) of such section 1236, 

4 as most recently so amended, is further amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’; and 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘$850,000,000’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘$745,000,000’’. 

9 SEC. 1213. PROVISION OF GOODS AND SERVICES AT KWAJA10 LEIN ATOLL, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL 

11 ISLANDS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 767 of title 10, United 

13 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing new section: 

15 ‘‘§ 7596. Goods and services at Kwajalein Atoll 

16 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—(1) Subject to the requirements 

17 of this section, the Secretary of the Army may, with the 

18 concurrence of the Secretary of State, provide goods and 

19 services, including inter-atoll transportation, to the Gov20 ernment of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and to 

21 other eligible patrons, as determined by the Secretary, at 

22 Kwajalein Atoll. 

23 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may not provide goods or services 

24 under this section if doing so would be inconsistent, as 

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1 of Free Association between the Government of the United 

2 States of America and the Government of the Republic 

3 of the Marshall Islands or any subsidiary agreement or 

4 implementing arrangement. 

5 ‘‘(b) REIMBURSEMENT.—(1) The Secretary of the 

6 Army may collect reimbursement from the Government of 

7 the Republic of the Marshall Islands and eligible patrons 

8 for the provision of goods and services under subsection 

9 (a). 

10 ‘‘(2) Any amount collected for goods or services under 

11 this subsection shall not be greater than the total amount 

12 of the actual costs to the United States of providing the 

13 goods or services. 

14 ‘‘(c) NECESSARY EXPENSES.—Amounts appropriated 

15 to the Department of the Army may be used for all nec16 essary expenses associated with providing goods and serv17 ices under this section. 

18 ‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Army 

19 shall issue regulations to carry out this section.’’. 

20 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

21 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

22 at the end the following new item: 

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1 SEC. 1214. AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

2 RI’KATAK GUEST STUDENT PROGRAM AT 

3 UNITED STATES ARMY GARRISON–KWAJA4 LEIN ATOLL. 

5 (a) AUTHORITY FOR RI’KATAK GUEST STUDENT

6 PROGRAM.—The Secretary of the Army, with the concur7 rence of the Secretary of State, is authorized to conduct 

8 an assistance program to educate up to five local national 

9 students per grade, per academic year, on a space-avail10 able basis at the contractor-operated schools on United 

11 States Army Garrison–Kwajalein Atoll. Such program 

12 shall be known as the ‘‘Ri’katak Guest Student Program’’. 

13 (b) SOLE SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Amounts for the pro14 gram carried out pursuant to subsection (a) may be de15 rived only from amounts authorized to be appropriated for 

16 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army and 

17 available for the operation and maintenance of the activi18 ties of the United States Army Garrison–Kwajalein Atoll. 

19 (c) STUDENT ASSISTANCE.—Assistance that may be 

20 provided to students participating in the program carried 

21 out pursuant to subsection (a) includes the following: 

22 (1) Classroom instruction. 

23 (2) Extracurricular activities. 

24 (3) Student meals. 

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1 SEC. 1215. TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF PROGRAM AUTHORITY 

2 FOR THE GLOBAL SECURITY CONTINGENCY 

3 FUND. 

4 Section 1207 of the National Defense Authorization 

5 Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in subsection (i)(1), by striking ‘‘September 

8 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (o)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘through 2019’’ and in13 serting ‘‘through 2021’’. 

14 TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE 

15 THREAT REDUCTION 

16 SEC. 1301. AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT DEPARTMENT OF 

17 DEFENSE COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUC18 TION PROGRAM. 

19 (a) AUTHORITY.—Section 1321(a) of the Carl Levin 

20 and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Au21 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (50 U.S.C. 3711(a)) 

22 is amended by adding at the end the following new para23 graph: 

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1 national organization intended to accomplish goals 

2 described in paragraphs (1) through (6).’’. 

3 (b) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—Section 1321(c) of such 

4 Act (50 U.S.C. 3711(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘and serv5 ices’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘services, and 

6 other support, but does not include authority to provide 

7 funds directly to a country receiving assistance under the 

8 Program.’’. 

9 SEC. 1302. USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEPARTMENT OF 

10 DEFENSE COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUC11 TION PROGRAM. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1325 of the Carl Levin 

13 and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Au14 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (50 U.S.C. 3715) 

15 is amended— 

16 (1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘PROMOTE

17 THE GOALS OF THE’’ before ‘‘DEPARTMENT’’; 

18 and 

19 (2) in subsection (a)(1)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘agreements with any per21 son’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘agreements 

22 with— 

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1 (B) in subparagraph (A), as designated by 

2 subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by striking 

3 the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

4 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

5 subparagraph: 

6 ‘‘(B) a foreign government or international 

7 organization under which the Department of 

8 Defense may contribute to a program of such 

9 foreign government or international organiza10 tion that is intended to accomplish goals de11 scribed in section 1321(a).’’. 

12 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is 

13 further amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘subsection 

15 (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(A)’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘subsection 

17 (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(A)’’; 

18 (3) in subsection (d)— 

19 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

20 (i) in the matter preceding subpara21 graph (A), by striking ‘‘funds contributed’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘or contributing funds’’; and 

23 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

24 ‘‘or identifying the foreign government or 

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1 contribution, as the case may be’’ before 

2 the period; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sub4 section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

5 (a)(1)(A)’’; and 

6 (4) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection 

7 (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(A)’’. 

8 TITLE XIV—OTHER 

9 AUTHORIZATIONS 

10 Subtitle A—Military Programs 

11 SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 

12 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

13 fiscal year 2020 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 

14 activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 

15 providing capital for working capital and revolving funds 

16 in the amount of $1,426,211,000. 

17 SEC. 1402. JOINT URGENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS FUND. 

18 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

19 fiscal year 2020 for the Joint Urgent Operational Needs 

20 Fund in the amount of $99,200,000. 

21 SEC. 1403. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUC22 TION, DEFENSE. 

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1 erwise provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions 

2 Destruction, Defense, in the amount of $985,499,000, of 

3 which— 

4 (1) $107,351,000 is for Operation and Mainte5 nance; 

6 (2) $875,930,000 is for Research, Development, 

7 Test, and Evaluation; and 

8 (3) $2,218,000 is for Procurement. 

9 (b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated 

10 under subsection (a) are authorized for— 

11 (1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents 

12 and munitions in accordance with section 1412 of 

13 the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 

14 (50 U.S.C. 1521); and 

15 (2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel 

16 of the United States that is not covered by section 

17 1412 of such Act. 

18 SEC. 1404. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC19 TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 

20 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

21 the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 for ex22 penses, not otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction 

23 and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide, in the amount 

24 of $799,402,000. 


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1 SEC. 1405. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 

2 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

3 the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 for ex4 penses, not otherwise provided for, for the Office of the 

5 Inspector General of the Department of Defense, in the 

6 amount of $363,499,000, of which— 

7 (1) $360,201,000 is for Operation and Mainte8 nance; 

9 (2) $2,965,000 is for Research, Development, 

10 Test and Evaluation; and 

11 (3) $333,000 is for Procurement. 

12 SEC. 1406. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 

13 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

14 the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 for ex15 penses, not otherwise provided for, for the Defense Health 

16 Program, in the amount of $32,998,687,000, of which— 

17 (1) $31,812,090,000 is for Operation and 

18 Maintenance; 

19 (2) $732,273,000 is for Research, Development, 

20 Test, and Evaluation; and 

21 (3) $454,324,000 is for Procurement. 


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1 Subtitle B—Other Matters 

2 SEC. 1411. AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO JOINT 

3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE–DEPARTMENT OF 

4 VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM5 ONSTRATION FUND FOR CAPTAIN JAMES A. 

6 LOVELL HEALTH CARE CENTER, ILLINOIS. 

7 (a) AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Of the 

8 funds authorized to be appropriated for section 1406 and 

9 available for the Defense Health Program for operation 

10 and maintenance, $127,000,000 may be transferred by the 

11 Secretary of Defense to the Joint Department of Defense– 

12 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Dem13 onstration Fund established by subsection (a)(1) of sec14 tion 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 

15 Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2571). 

16 For purposes of subsection (a)(2) of such section 1704, 

17 any funds so transferred shall be treated as amounts au18 thorized and appropriated specifically for the purpose of 

19 such a transfer. 

20 (b) USE OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS.—For the pur21 poses of subsection (b) of such section 1704, facility oper22 ations for which funds transferred under subsection (a) 

23 may be used are operations of the Captain James A. 

24 Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting of the 

25 North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy 


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1 Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting facilities des2 ignated as a combined Federal medical facility under an 

3 operational agreement covered by section 706 of the Dun4 can Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

5 Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4500). 

6 SEC. 1412. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

7 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 

8 There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis9 cal year 2020 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home 

10 Trust Fund the sum of $64,300,000 for the operation of 

11 the Armed Forces Retirement Home. 

12 TITLE XV—AUTHORIZATION OF 

13 ADDITIONAL APPROPRIA14 TIONS FOR OVERSEAS CON15 TINGENCY OPERATIONS 

16 SEC. 1501. PURPOSE. 

17 The purpose of this title is to authorize appropria18 tions for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 

19 to provide additional funds for overseas contingency oper20 ations being carried out by the Armed Forces. 

21 SEC. 1502. ARMY PROCUREMENT. 

22 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

23 fiscal year 2020 for procurement for the Army in amounts 

24 as follows: 

25 (1) For aircraft procurement, $381,541,000. 


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1 (2) For missile procurement, $4,645,755,000. 

2 (3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 

3 $353,454,000. 

4 (4) For ammunition procurement, 

5 $2,843,230,000. 

6 (5) For other procurement, $1,139,650,000. 

7 SEC. 1503. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS PROCUREMENT. 

8 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

9 fiscal year 2020 for procurement for the Navy and Marine 

10 Corps in amounts as follows: 

11 (1) For aircraft procurement, Navy, 

12 $119,045,000. 

13 (2) For weapons procurement, Navy, 

14 $4,332,710,000. 

15 (3) For ammunition procurement, Navy and 

16 Marine Corps, $1,186,128,000. 

17 (4) For other procurement, Navy, 

18 $357,600,000. 

19 (5) For procurement, Marine Corps, 

20 $20,589,000. 

21 SEC. 1504. AIR FORCE PROCUREMENT. 

22 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

23 fiscal year 2020 for procurement for the Air Force in 

24 amounts as follows: 

25 (1) For aircraft procurement, $309,110,000. 


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1 (2) For missile procurement, $201,671,000. 

2 (3) For ammunition procurement, 

3 $2,607,394,000. 

4 (4) For other procurement, $4,193,098,000. 

5 SEC. 1505. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES PROCUREMENT. 

6 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

7 fiscal year 2020 for the procurement account for Defense8 wide activities in the amount of $452,047,000. 

9 SEC. 1506. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUA10 TION. 

11 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

12 fiscal year 2020 for the use of the Department of Defense 

13 for research, development, test, and evaluation as follows: 

14 (1) For the Army, $204,124,000. 

15 (2) For the Navy, $164,410,000. 

16 (3) For the Air Force, $450,248,000. 

17 (4) For Defense-wide activities, $827,950,000. 

18 SEC. 1507. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 

19 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

20 fiscal year 2020 for the use of the Armed Forces for ex21 penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and 

22 maintenance, in amounts as follows: 

23 (1) For the Army, $37,987,549,000. 

24 (2) For the Navy, $31,734,683,000. 

25 (3) For the Marine Corps, $5,123,470,000. 


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1 (4) For the Air Force, $33,028,712,000. 

2 (5) For Defense-wide activities, 

3 $8,448,612,000. 

4 (6) For the Army Reserve, $1,986,599,000. 

5 (7) For the Navy Reserve, $886,868,000. 

6 (8) For the Marine Corps Reserve, 

7 $239,693,000. 

8 (9) For the Air Force Reserve, $1,195,131,000. 

9 (10) For the Army National Guard, 

10 $4,376,939,000. 

11 (11) For the Air National Guard, 

12 $3,291,982,000. 

13 (12) For the Afghanistan Security Forces 

14 Fund, $4,803,978,000. 

15 (13) Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 

16 Train and Equip Fund, $1,045,000,000. 

17 SEC. 1508. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 

18 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

19 fiscal year 2020 to the Department of Defense for military 

20 personnel accounts in the total amount of $4,485,808,000. 

21 SEC. 1509. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 

22 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

23 fiscal year 2020 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 

24 activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 


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1 providing capital for Defense Working Capital Funds in 

2 the amount of $20,100,000. 

3 SEC. 1510. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 

4 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

5 the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 for ex6 penses, not otherwise provided for, for the Defense Health 

7 Program in the amount of $347,746,000 for operation and 

8 maintenance. 

9 SEC. 1511. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC10 TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 

11 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

12 the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 for ex13 penses, not otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction 

14 and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide in the amount 

15 of $163,596,000. 

16 SEC. 1512. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 

17 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

18 the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 for ex19 penses, not otherwise provided for, for the Office of the 

20 Inspector General of the Department of Defense in the 

21 amount of $24,254,000. 


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1 TITLE XVI—STRATEGIC PRO2 GRAMS, CYBER, AND INTEL3 LIGENCE MATTERS 

4 Subtitle A—Space Activities 

5 SEC. 1601. DEMONSTRATION OF BACKUP AND COMPLEMEN6 TARY POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, AND TIM7 ING CAPABILITIES OF GLOBAL POSITIONING 

8 SYSTEM. 

9 Effective on June 1, 2019, section 1606 of the Na10 tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 

11 (Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1725) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘the date 

13 that is 18 months after the date of the enactment 

14 of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’; 

15 and 

16 (2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘18 months 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in18 serting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 


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1 Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence 

2 and Intelligence-Related Activities 

3 SEC. 1611. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ALLOW4 ANCES AND BENEFITS FOR DEFENSE CLAN5 DESTINE SERVICE EMPLOYEES. 

6 Section 1603 of title 10, United States Code, is 

7 amended by adding at the end the following new sub8 section: 

9 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCES AND BENEFITS FOR

10 EMPLOYEES OF THE DEFENSE CLANDESTINE SERV11 ICE.—In addition to the authority to provide compensation 

12 under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may pro13 vide an employee in a defense intelligence position who is 

14 assigned to the Defense Clandestine Service allowances 

15 and benefits under paragraph (1) of section 9904 of title 

16 5 without regard to the limitations in that section— 

17 ‘‘(1) that the employee be assigned to activities 

18 outside the United States; or 

19 ‘‘(2) that the activities to which the employee is 

20 assigned be in support of Department of Defense ac21 tivities abroad.’’. 


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1 SEC. 1612. MODIFICATION OF INTEGRATION OF DEPART2 MENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEIL3 LANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILI4 TIES. 

5 (a) REPEAL.—Section 426 of title 10, United States 

6 Code, is hereby repealed. 

7 (b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 

8 sections at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 21 

9 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 

10 the item relating to section 426. 

11 SEC. 1613. RENAMING THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DE12 FENSE FOR INTELLIGENCE TO UNDER SEC13 RETARY OF DEFENSE FOR INTELLIGENCE 

14 AND SECURITY. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 137 of title 10, United 

16 States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘and Secu18 rity’’ after ‘‘Intelligence’’; and 

19 (2) in subsections (a), (b), and (c), by striking 

20 ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence’’ each 

21 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary of 

22 Defense for Intelligence and Security’’. 

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

24 (1) TITLE 5.—Sections 5314 and 5315 of title 

25 5, United States Code, are amended by striking 

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1 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary of 

2 Defense for Intelligence and Security’’. 

3 (2) TITLE 10.—Title 10, United States Code, is 

4 amended by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense 

5 for Intelligence’’ each place it appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and 

7 Security’’ in the following provisions: 

8 (A) The table of sections at the beginning 

9 of chapter 4. 

10 (B) Section 131(b)(3)(F). 

11 (C) Section 137a(c)(6). 

12 (D) Section 139a(d)(6). 

13 (E) Section 139b(c)(2)(E). 

14 (F) Section 181(d)(1)(B). 

15 (G) Section 393(b)(2)(C). 

16 (H) Section 426. 

17 (I) Section 430. 

18 (c) OTHER REFERENCES IN LAW.—Any reference to 

19 the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence in a provi20 sion of law in effect on the date of the enactment of this 

21 Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the Under Sec22 retary of Defense for Intelligence and Security. 


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1 SEC. 1614. EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR DEPARTMENT OF 

2 DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTER3 INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 21 of title 

5 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after sec6 tion 423 the following new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 423a. Expenditure of funds by the Secretary of De8 fense 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (b) and 

10 (c), the Secretary of Defense may expend covered funds 

11 for objects of a confidential, extraordinary, or emergency 

12 nature without regard to the provisions of law relating to 

13 the expenditure of Government funds. 

14 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT.—The Secretary of 

15 Defense may not expend more than five percent of covered 

16 funds made available in a fiscal year for objects described 

17 in subsection (a) unless— 

18 ‘‘(1) the Secretary notifies the congressional de19 fense committees and the congressional intelligence 

20 committees of the intent to expend the amounts; and 

21 ‘‘(2) 30 days have elapsed from the date on 

22 which the Secretary provides the notice described in 

23 paragraph (1). 

24 ‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION.—For each expenditure of funds 

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1 expenditure was made for an object of a confidential, ex2 traordinary, or emergency nature. 

3 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—Not later than December 31 of each 

4 year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres5 sional defense committees and the congressional intel6 ligence committees a report on expenditures made under 

7 this section during the preceding fiscal year. 

8 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) The term ‘congressional intelligence com10 mittees’ has the meaning given the term in section 

11 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

12 3003). 

13 ‘‘(2) The term ‘covered funds’ means amounts 

14 made available to the Secretary of Defense for the 

15 Military Intelligence Program for intelligence and 

16 counterintelligence activities.’’. 

17 (b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 

18 sections at the beginning of such subchapter is amended 

19 by inserting after the item relating to section 423 the fol20 lowing new item: 

‘‘423a. Expenditure of funds by the Secretary of Defense.’’. 


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1 Subtitle C—Cyberspace-Related 

2 Matters 

3 SEC. 1621. AUTHORITY TO USE OPERATION AND MAINTE4 NANCE FUNDS FOR CYBER OPERATIONS-PE5 CULIAR CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT 

6 PROJECTS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 134 of 

8 title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

9 section 2243 the following new section: 

10 ‘‘§ 2243a. Authority to use operation and maintenance 

11 funds for cyber operations-peculiar capa12 bility development projects 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense and 

14 each Secretary concerned may use $3,000,000 of amounts 

15 authorized to be appropriated for operation and mainte16 nance in each fiscal year to carry out cyber operations17 peculiar capability development projects. 

18 ‘‘(b) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—The author19 ity in subsection (a) may be used without regard to any 

20 provision of law establishing a limit on the unit cost of 

21 an investment item that may be purchased with funds 

22 made available for operation and maintenance.’’. 

23 (b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 

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1 by inserting after the item relating to section 2243 the 

2 following new item: 

‘‘2243a. Authority to use operation and maintenance funds for cyber operationspeculiar capability development projects.’’. 

3 SEC. 1622. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY FOR ACCESS AND IN4 FORMATION RELATING TO CYBERATTACKS 

5 ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OPERATION6 ALLY CRITICAL CONTRACTORS. 

7 Section 391(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (3)— 

10 (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 

11 as follows: 

12 ‘‘(A) include mechanisms for Department 

13 personnel— 

14 ‘‘(i) if requested by an operationally 

15 critical contractor, to assist the contractor 

16 in detecting and mitigating penetrations; 

17 or 

18 ‘‘(ii) at the request of the Depart19 ment, to obtain access to equipment or in20 formation of an operationally critical con21 tractor necessary to conduct a forensic 

22 analysis, in addition to any analysis con23 ducted by the contractor; and’’; and 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘to determine whether 

2 information’’ and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘to determine whether— 

4 ‘‘(i) information’’; 

5 (ii) in clause (i), as so designated— 

6 (I) by inserting ‘‘or compromised 

7 on’’ after ‘‘exfiltrated from’’; and 

8 (II) by striking the period at the 

9 end and inserting ‘‘or compromised; 

10 or’’; and 

11 (iii) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing new clause: 

13 ‘‘(ii) the ability of the contractor to 

14 provide operationally critical support has 

15 been affected and, if so, how and to what 

16 extent it has been affected.’’; 

17 (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, so as to 

18 minimize delays in or any curtailing of the Depart19 ment’s cyber response and defensive actions’’ after 

20 ‘‘specific person’’; and 

21 (3) in paragraph (5)(C), by inserting ‘‘or coun22 terintelligence activities’’ after ‘‘investigations’’. 


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1 Subtitle D—Other Matters 

2 SEC. 1631. ADDITIONAL PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FACILI3 TIES AND ASSETS FROM UNMANNED AIR4 CRAFT THREATS. 

5 Section 130i of title 10, United States Code, is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or a tempo8 rarily covered facility or asset’’ after ‘‘a covered fa9 cility or asset’’; 

10 (2) by striking subsection (i); 

11 (3) by redesignating subsection (j) as sub12 section (i); and 

13 (4) in subsection (i) (as so redesignated)— 

14 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), 

15 (5), and (6) as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and 

16 (9), respectively; 

17 (B) in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (4) 

18 (as so redesignated)— 

19 (i) in clause (viii), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 

20 and inserting a semicolon; 

21 (ii) in clause (ix), by striking the pe22 riod and inserting a semicolon; and 

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1 ‘‘(x) command and control of armed 

2 forces by commanders of unified and speci3 fied combatant commands to perform mili4 tary operations directed by the Secretary 

5 and approved by the President in support 

6 of a covered contingency operation; 

7 ‘‘(xi) deployment and sustainment of 

8 armed forces; 

9 ‘‘(xii) organizing, training, equipping, 

10 and other functions in preparation to de11 ploy and conduct military operations in 

12 support of a covered contingency operation; 

13 ‘‘(xiii) assistance in support of De14 partment of Justice activities during an 

15 emergency situation involving a weapon of 

16 mass destruction pursuant to section 282 

17 of this title; 

18 ‘‘(xiv) transportation, storage, treat19 ment, and disposal of nondefense toxic and 

20 hazardous materials by the Department 

21 pursuant to section 2692 of this title; 

22 ‘‘(xv) production, storage, transpor23 tation, or decommissioning of chemical or 

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1 ‘‘(xvi) assistance to Federal, State, or 

2 local officials in responding to threats in3 volving nuclear, radiological, biological, or 

4 chemical weapons, or high-yield explosives, 

5 or related materials or technologies, includ6 ing assistance in identifying, neutralizing, 

7 dismantling, and disposing of nuclear, ra8 diological, biological, or chemical weapons, 

9 or high-yield explosives, and related mate10 rials and technologies pursuant to section 

11 1414(a) of the Defense Against Weapons 

12 of Mass Destruction Act of 1996 (50 

13 U.S.C. 2314(a)); 

14 ‘‘(xvii) detainee operations pursuant 

15 to lawful authority, which may include an 

16 authorization for the use of military force 

17 or a declaration of war; and 

18 ‘‘(xviii) physical protection and per19 sonal security of senior leaders of the De20 partment of Defense in accordance with 

21 section 714 of this title.’’; 

22 (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

23 following new paragraph: 

24 ‘‘(3) The term ‘covered contingency operation’ 

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1 paragraph (A) of section 101(a)(13) of this title.’’; 

2 and 

3 (D) by inserting after paragraph (6) (as so 

4 redesignated) the following new paragraphs: 

5 ‘‘(7) The terms ‘specified combatant command’ 

6 and ‘unified combatant command’ have the meaning 

7 given the terms in section 161 of this title. 

8 ‘‘(8) The term ‘temporarily covered facility or 

9 asset’ means a facility or asset determined by the 

10 Secretary of Defense to be temporarily at high risk 

11 of loss due to a specific, highly significant vulner12 ability or due to specific indications that such a fa13 cility or asset is a target for hostile action.’’. 

14 TITLE XVII—SPACE FORCE 

15 Subtitle A—United States Space 

16 Force 

17 SEC. 1701. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNITED STATES SPACE 

18 FORCE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR 

19 FORCE. 

20 Part I of subtitle D of title 10, United States Code, 

21 is amended by adding at the end the following new chap22 ter: 

23 ‘‘CHAPTER 909—THE SPACE FORCE 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘9091. Establishment of the Space Force. 

‘‘9092. The Space Staff: function; composition. 

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‘‘9094. Chief of Staff of the Space Force. 

‘‘9095. Vice Chief of Staff of the Space Force. 

1 ‘‘§ 9091. Establishment of the Space Force 

2 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 

3 United States Space Force as an armed force within the 

4 Department of the Air Force. 

5 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—(1) The Space Force shall be or6 ganized, trained, and equipped— 

7 ‘‘(A) to provide for freedom of operations in, 

8 from, and to the space domain for the United 

9 States; 

10 ‘‘(B) to provide independent military options for 

11 joint and national leadership; and 

12 ‘‘(C) to enable the lethality and effectiveness of 

13 the joint force. 

14 ‘‘(2) The Space Force includes both combat and com15 bat-support functions to enable prompt and sustained of16 fensive and defensive space operations and joint oper17 ations in all domains. 

18 ‘‘(c) COMPOSITION.—The Space Force consists of— 

19 ‘‘(1) the Regular Space Force and associated 

20 reserve components; 

21 ‘‘(2) all persons appointed or enlisted in, or 

22 conscripted into, the Space Force, including those 

23 not assigned to units, necessary to form the basis 

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1 national defense in the event of a national emer2 gency; and 

3 ‘‘(3) all Space Force units and other Space 

4 Force organizations, including installations and sup5 porting and auxiliary combat, training, administra6 tive, and logistic elements. 

7 ‘‘(d) DUTIES.—Except as otherwise specifically pre8 scribed by law, the Space Force shall be organized in such 

9 manner, and the members of the Space Force shall per10 form such duties and have such titles, as the Secretary 

11 of the Air Force may prescribe. 

12 ‘‘§ 9092. The Space Staff: function; composition 

13 ‘‘(a) FUNCTION.—There is in the executive part of 

14 the Department of the Air Force a Space Staff to assist 

15 the Secretary of the Air Force in carrying out the respon16 sibilities of the Secretary. 

17 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The Space Staff is composed of 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) The Chief of Staff of the Space Force. 

20 ‘‘(2) The Vice Chief of Staff of the Space 

21 Force. 

22 ‘‘(3) Such other offices and officials as may be 

23 established by law or as the Secretary of the Air 

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1 ‘‘(4) Other members of the Air Force and 

2 Space Force assigned or detailed to the Space Staff. 

3 ‘‘(5) Civilian employees in the Department of 

4 the Air Force assigned or detailed to the Space 

5 Staff. 

6 ‘‘(c) ORGANIZATION.—Except as otherwise specifi7 cally prescribed by law, the Space Staff shall be organized 

8 in such manner, and the members of the Space Staff shall 

9 perform such duties and have such titles, as the Secretary 

10 of the Air Force may prescribe. 

11 ‘‘§ 9093. The Space Staff: general duties 

12 ‘‘(a) PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE.—The Space Staff 

13 shall furnish professional assistance to the Secretary of 

14 the Air Force, the Chief of Staff of the Space Force, and 

15 other personnel of the Office of the Secretary of the Air 

16 Force or the Space Staff. 

17 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—Under the authority, direction, 

18 and control of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Space 

19 Staff shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) subject to subsections (c) and (d) of sec21 tion 9014 of this title, prepare for such employment 

22 of the Space Force, and for such recruiting, orga23 nizing, supplying, equipping (including research and 

24 development), training, servicing, mobilizing, de25 mobilizing, administering, and maintaining of the 


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1 Space Force, as will assist in the execution of any 

2 power, duty, or function of the Secretary of the Air 

3 Force or the Chief of Staff of the Space Force; 

4 ‘‘(2) investigate and report upon the efficiency 

5 of the Space Force and its preparation to support 

6 military operations by commanders of the combatant 

7 commands; 

8 ‘‘(3) prepare detailed instructions for the execu9 tion of approved plans and supervise the execution 

10 of those plans and instructions; 

11 ‘‘(4) as directed by the Secretary of the Air 

12 Force or the Chief Staff of the Space Force, coordi13 nate the action of organizations of the Space Force; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(5) perform such other duties, not otherwise 

16 assigned by law, as may be prescribed by the Sec17 retary of the Air Force. 

18 ‘‘§ 9094. Chief of Staff of the Space Force 

19 ‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT.—(1) There is a Chief of Staff 

20 of the Space Force, appointed by the President, by and 

21 with the advice and consent of the Senate, from the gen22 eral officers of the Space Force. The Chief of Staff shall 

23 serve at the pleasure of the President. 

24 ‘‘(2) The Chief of Staff shall be appointed for a term 

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1 gency declared by Congress, the Chief of Staff may be re2 appointed for a term of not more than four years. 

3 ‘‘(3) The President may appoint an officer as Chief 

4 of Staff only if— 

5 ‘‘(A) the officer has had significant experience 

6 in joint duty assignments; and 

7 ‘‘(B) such experience includes at least one full 

8 tour of duty in a joint duty assignment (as defined 

9 in section 664(d) of this title) as a general officer. 

10 ‘‘(4) The President may waive paragraph (3) in the 

11 case of an officer if the President determines such action 

12 is necessary in the national interest. 

13 ‘‘(b) GRADE.—The Chief of Staff of the Space Force, 

14 while so serving, has the grade of general without vacating 

15 the permanent grade of the officer. 

16 ‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP TO THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR

17 FORCE.—Except as otherwise prescribed by law and sub18 ject to section 9013(f) of this title, the Chief of Staff of 

19 the Space Force performs the duties of such position 

20 under the authority, direction, and control of the Sec21 retary of the Air Force and is directly responsible to the 

22 Secretary. 

23 ‘‘(d) DUTIES.—Subject to the authority, direction, 

24 and control of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Chief 

25 of Staff of the Space Force shall— 


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1 ‘‘(1) preside over the Space Staff; 

2 ‘‘(2) transmit the plans and recommendations 

3 of the Space Staff to the Secretary of the Air Force 

4 and advise the Secretary with regard to such plans 

5 and recommendations; 

6 ‘‘(3) after approval of the plans or rec7 ommendations of the Space Staff by the Secretary 

8 of the Air Force, act as the agent of the Secretary 

9 in carrying them into effect; 

10 ‘‘(4) exercise supervision, consistent with the 

11 authority assigned to commanders of unified or spec12 ified combatant commands under chapter 6 of this 

13 title, over such of the members and organizations of 

14 the Space Force and the Air Force as the Secretary 

15 of the Air Force determines; 

16 ‘‘(5) perform the duties prescribed for the Chief 

17 of Staff by sections 171 and 2547 of this title and 

18 other provisions of law; and 

19 ‘‘(6) perform such other military duties, not 

20 otherwise assigned by law, as are assigned to the 

21 Chief of Staff by the President, the Secretary of De22 fense, or the Secretary of the Air Force. 

23 ‘‘(e) JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF.—(1) The Chief of 

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1 scribed for the Chief of Staff as a member of the Joint 

2 Chiefs of Staff under section 151 of this title. 

3 ‘‘(2) To the extent that such action does not impair 

4 the independence of the Chief of Staff in the performance 

5 of the duties of the Chief of Staff as a member of the 

6 Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Chief of Staff shall inform the 

7 Secretary of the Air Force regarding military advice ren8 dered by members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on matters 

9 affecting the Department of the Air Force. 

10 ‘‘(3) Subject to the authority, direction, and control 

11 of the Secretary of Defense, the Chief of Staff shall keep 

12 the Secretary of the Air Force fully informed of significant 

13 military operations affecting the duties and responsibilities 

14 of the Secretary of the Air Force. 

15 ‘‘§ 9095. Vice Chief of Staff of the Space Force 

16 ‘‘(a) APPOINTMENT.—There is a Vice Chief of Staff 

17 of the Space Force, appointed by the President, by and 

18 with the advice and consent of the Senate, from the gen19 eral officers of the Space Force. 

20 ‘‘(b) GRADE.—The Vice Chief of Staff of the Space 

21 Force, while so serving, has the grade of general without 

22 vacating the permanent grade of the officer so serving. 

23 ‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Vice Chief of Staff has such au24 thority and duties with respect to the Space Force as the 

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1 the Secretary of the Air Force, may delegate to or pre2 scribe for the Vice Chief of Staff. Orders issued by the 

3 Vice Chief of Staff in performing such duties have the 

4 same effect as those issued by the Chief of Staff. 

5 ‘‘(d) VACANCY IN OFFICE OF CHIEF OF STAFF.— 

6 When there is a vacancy in the office of Chief of Staff 

7 of the Space Force or during the absence or disability of 

8 the Chief of Staff— 

9 ‘‘(1) the Vice Chief of Staff shall perform the 

10 duties of the Chief of Staff until a successor is ap11 pointed or the absence or disability ceases; or 

12 ‘‘(2) if there is a vacancy in the office of the 

13 Vice Chief of Staff or the Vice Chief of Staff is ab14 sent or disabled, unless the President directs other15 wise, the most senior officer of the Space Force in 

16 the Space Staff who is not absent or disabled and 

17 who is not restricted in performance of duty shall 

18 perform the duties of the Chief of Staff until a suc19 cessor to the Chief of Staff or the Vice Chief of 

20 Staff is appointed or until the absence or disability 

21 of the Chief of Staff or Vice Chief of Staff ceases, 

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1 SEC. 1702. UNDER SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE FOR 

2 SPACE. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 9015 of title 10, 

4 United States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘Under Sec6 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Under Secretaries’’; 

7 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘is an Under 

8 Secretary of the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘are two 

9 Under Secretaries of the Air Force’’; and 

10 (3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 

11 following new subsections: 

12 ‘‘(b)(1) One of the Under Secretaries shall be the 

13 Under Secretary of the Air Force. 

14 ‘‘(2) The Under Secretary of the Air Force shall be 

15 the first assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force and 

16 shall assist the Secretary in the performance of the duties 

17 of the Secretary and shall act for, and exercise the powers 

18 of, the Secretary when the Secretary dies, resigns, or is 

19 otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of 

20 the office. 

21 ‘‘(c)(1) One of the Under Secretaries shall be the 

22 Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space, who shall also 

23 be known as the Under Secretary for Space. 

24 ‘‘(2) The Under Secretary for Space shall be respon25 sible for the overall supervision of space matters. 


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1 ‘‘(d) In addition to the duties and powers described 

2 in subsections (b) and (c), the Under Secretaries shall per3 form such duties and exercise such powers as the Sec4 retary of the Air Force may prescribe.’’. 

5 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

6 (1) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 

7 at the beginning of chapter 903 of such title is 

8 amended by striking the item relating to section 

9 9015 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘9015. Under Secretaries of the Air Force.’’. 

10 (2) SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE.—Section 

11 9013(f) of such title is amended— 

12 (A) in the first sentence, by striking 

13 ‘‘Under Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Under Secre14 taries’’; and 

15 (B) in the second sentence, by striking 

16 ‘‘the Under Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘either 

17 Under Secretary’’. 

18 (3) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR

19 FORCE.—Section 9014(b)(1) of such title is amend20 ed by striking ‘‘Under Secretary’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘Under Secretaries’’. 

22 (4) SUCCESSOR TO DUTIES.—Section 9017 of 

23 such title is amended— 


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1 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

2 through (4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), re3 spectively; and 

4 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

5 following new paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(2) The Under Secretary of the Air Force for 

7 Space.’’. 

8 SEC. 1703. INCLUSION OF THE SPACE FORCE ON THE JOINT 

9 CHIEFS OF STAFF AND JOINT STAFF. 

10 (a) MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE

11 SPACE FORCE ON THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF.—Sec12 tion 151(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para14 graph (8); and 

15 (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol16 lowing new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(7) The Chief of Staff of the Space Force.’’. 

18 (b) APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN.—Section 

19 152(b)(1)(B) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘or the 

20 Commandant of the Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

21 Commandant of the Marine Corps, or the Chief of Staff 

22 of the Space Force’’. 

23 (c) INCLUSION OF THE SPACE FORCE ON THE JOINT

24 STAFF.—Section 155(a)(2)(C) of such title is amended by 

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1 SEC. 1704. CIVILIAN PERSONNEL SUPPORTING THE SPACE 

2 FORCE. 

3 (a) ORGANIZATION OF CHAPTER.— 

4 (1) CHAPTER 947.—Chapter 947 of title 10, 

5 United States Code, is amended— 

6 (A) by striking the table of sections and 

7 inserting the following: 

‘‘Subchapter Sec. 

‘‘I. General Civilian Personnel Matters ................................... 9371 

‘‘II. Space Force Civilian Personnel Matters ......................... 9375 

8 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL CIVILIAN 

9 PERSONNEL MATTERS 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘9371. Air University: civilian faculty members. 

‘‘9372. Production of supplies and munitions: hours and pay of laborers and mechanics. 

‘‘9373. Civilian special agents of the Office of Special Investigations: authority 

to execute warrants and make arrests.’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) by redesignating sections 9375 and 

12 9377 as sections 9372 and 9373, respectively. 

13 (2) CHAPTER 949.—Chapter 949 of title 10, 

14 United States Code, is amended— 

15 (A) in the table of sections, by striking the 

16 item relating to section 9381 and inserting the 

17 following new item: 

‘‘9391. Fatality reviews.’’; 

18 and 

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1 (b) CIVILIAN PERSONNEL SUPPORTING THE SPACE

2 FORCE.—Chapter 947 of title 10, United States Code, as 

3 amended by subsection (a) of this section, is further 

4 amended by adding at the end the following new sub5 chapter: 

6 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—SPACE FORCE CIVILIAN 

7 PERSONNEL MATTERS 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘9375. Definitions and implementation. 

‘‘9376. Space Force civilian personnel: general authority to establish excepted 

positions, appoint personnel, and fix rates of pay. 

‘‘9377. Basic pay. 

‘‘9378. Additional compensation, allowances, and incentives. 

‘‘9379. Limitation on certain payments. 

‘‘9380. Benefits for certain employees assigned outside the United States. 

‘‘9381. Space Force Senior Executive Service. 

‘‘9382. Space Force Senior Level positions. 

‘‘9383. Time-limited appointments. 

‘‘9384. Termination of Space Force employees. 

‘‘9385. Reductions and other adjustments in force. 

‘‘9386. Postemployment assistance: certain terminated Space Force employees. 

‘‘9387. Appointment of Space Force employees to competitive service positions 

in the Department of Defense. 

‘‘9388. Merit system principles; civil service protections; right of appeal. 

8 ‘‘§ 9375. Definitions and implementation 

9 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this subchapter: 

10 ‘‘(1) The term ‘competitive service’ has the 

11 meaning given such term in section 2102 of title 5. 

12 ‘‘(2) The term ‘excepted service’ has the mean13 ing given such term in section 2103 of title 5. 

14 ‘‘(3) The term ‘preference eligible’ has the 

15 meaning given such term in section 2108(3) of title 

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1 ‘‘(4) The term ‘Senior Executive Service posi2 tion’ has the meaning given such term in section 

3 3132(a)(2) of title 5. 

4 ‘‘(5) The term ‘Space Force position’ means a 

5 position as a civilian employee of the Department of 

6 the Air Force supporting the Space Force or United 

7 States Space Command, as determined by the Sec8 retary of Defense. 

9 ‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Defense 

10 may implement this subchapter without regard to any pro11 vision of chapter 71 of title 5. 

12 ‘‘§ 9376. Space Force civilian personnel: general au13 thority to establish excepted positions, 

14 appoint personnel, and fix rates of pay 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may— 

16 ‘‘(1) establish, as positions in the excepted serv17 ice, such positions in the Department of the Air 

18 Force as the Secretary of Defense determines nec19 essary to support the Space Force, including— 

20 ‘‘(A) Space Force Senior Level positions 

21 designated under section 9382 of this title; and 

22 ‘‘(B) positions in the Space Force Senior 

23 Executive Service; 

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1 those positions (except with respect to positions re2 ferred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para3 graph (1)), appoint individuals to those positions; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(3) fix the compensation of such individuals 

6 for service in those positions. 

7 ‘‘(b) CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER LAWS.—The au8 thority of the Secretary of Defense under subsection (a) 

9 applies without regard to the provisions of any other law 

10 relating to the appointment, number, classification, or 

11 compensation of employees. 

12 ‘‘§ 9377. Basic pay 

13 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO FIX RATES OF BASIC PAY.— 

14 The Secretary of Defense shall fix the rates of basic pay 

15 for positions established under section 9376 of this title 

16 in relation to the rates of pay provided for comparable 

17 positions in the Department of Defense and subject to the 

18 same limitations on maximum rates of pay established for 

19 employees of the Department of Defense by law or regula20 tion, or based upon compensation for similar positions in 

21 a labor market, as necessary to recruit and retain employ22 ees in support of the Space Force. The rate of basic pay 

23 for any position under the authority of this subchapter 

24 may not exceed the rate payable for a position at Level 

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1 ‘‘(b) PREVAILING RATE SYSTEMS.—Notwithstanding 

2 any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense may, 

3 consistent with section 5341 of title 5, adopt such provi4 sions of that title as to provide for prevailing rate systems 

5 of basic pay and may apply those provisions to positions 

6 for civilian employees in or under which the Department 

7 of Defense may employ individuals described by section 

8 5342(a)(2)(A) of that title. 

9 ‘‘§ 9378. Additional compensation, allowances, and in10 centives 

11 ‘‘(a) ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.—The Secretary 

12 of Defense may provide employees in Space Force posi13 tions compensation in addition to basic pay, including ben14 efits, incentives, and allowances, consistent with and not 

15 in excess of the level authorized for comparable positions 

16 authorized by title 5. 

17 ‘‘(b) ALLOWANCES BASED ON LIVING COSTS AND

18 ENVIRONMENT.—(1) In addition to basic pay, employees 

19 in Space Force positions who are citizens or nationals of 

20 the United States and are stationed outside the conti21 nental United States or in Alaska may be paid an allow22 ance, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 

23 Secretary of Defense, while they are so stationed. 

24 ‘‘(2) An allowance under this subsection shall be 

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1 ‘‘(A) living costs substantially higher than in 

2 the District of Columbia; or 

3 ‘‘(B) conditions of environment that— 

4 ‘‘(i) differ substantially from conditions of 

5 environment in the continental United States; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(ii) warrant an allowance as a recruit8 ment incentive. 

9 ‘‘(3) An allowance under this subsection may not ex10 ceed the allowance authorized to be paid by section 

11 5941(a) of title 5 for employees whose rates of basic pay 

12 are fixed by statute. 

13 ‘‘§ 9379. Limitation on certain payments 

14 ‘‘No allowance, differential, bonus, award, or other 

15 similar cash payment under this title may be paid to an 

16 employee in a calendar year if, or to the extent that, when 

17 added to the total basic pay paid or payable to such em18 ployee for service performed in such calendar year, such 

19 payment would cause the total to exceed the total annual 

20 compensation payable to the Vice President under section 

21 104 of title 3 as of the end of such calendar year. 

22 ‘‘§ 9380. Benefits for certain employees assigned out23 side the United States 

24 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may 

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1 lowances and benefits comparable to those provided by the 

2 Secretary of State to officers and employees of the Foreign 

3 Service under paragraphs (2) through (8) and (13) of sec4 tion 901 and sections 705 and 903 of the Foreign Service 

5 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081 (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), 

6 (8), and (13), 4025, 4083) and under section 5924(4) of 

7 title 5. 

8 ‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall apply to 

9 civilian personnel of the Department of Defense who— 

10 ‘‘(1) are United States nationals; 

11 ‘‘(2) are assigned to duty outside the United 

12 States; and 

13 ‘‘(3) are designated by the Secretary of Defense 

14 for the purposes of subsection (a). 

15 ‘‘§ 9381. Space Force Senior Executive Service 

16 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 

17 may establish a Space Force Senior Executive Service for 

18 Space Force positions established pursuant to section 

19 9376(a) of this title that are equivalent to Senior Execu20 tive Service positions. 

21 ‘‘(b) REGULATIONS CONSISTENT WITH TITLE 5 

22 PROVISIONS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall pre23 scribe regulations for the Space Force Senior Executive 

24 Service that are consistent with the requirements set forth 

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1 5384, and 6304 of title 5, subsections (a), (b), and (c) 

2 of section 7543 of such title (except that any hearing or 

3 appeal to which a member of the Space Force Senior Ex4 ecutive Service is entitled shall be held or decided pursu5 ant to those regulations), and subchapter II of chapter 

6 43 of such title. 

7 ‘‘(2) To the extent that the Secretary determines it 

8 practicable to apply to members of, or applicants for, the 

9 Space Force Senior Executive Service other provisions of 

10 title 5 that apply to members of, or applicants for, the 

11 Senior Executive Service, the Secretary shall also pre12 scribe regulations to implement those provisions with re13 spect to the Space Force Senior Executive Service. 

14 ‘‘(c) AWARD OF RANK TO MEMBERS OF THE SPACE

15 FORCE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE.—The President, 

16 based on the recommendation of the Secretary of Defense, 

17 may award a rank referred to in section 4507 of title 5 

18 to a member of the Space Force Senior Executive Service. 

19 The award of such rank shall be made in a manner con20 sistent with the provisions of that section. 

21 ‘‘(d) PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS.—(1) The Space 

22 Force Senior Executive Service shall be subject to a per23 formance appraisal system that, as designed and applied, 

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1 of title 5 as making meaningful distinctions based on rel2 ative performance. 

3 ‘‘(2) The performance appraisal system applicable to 

4 the Space Force Senior Executive Service under para5 graph (1) may be the same performance appraisal system 

6 that is established and implemented within the Depart7 ment of Defense for members of the Senior Executive 

8 Service. 

9 ‘‘§ 9382. Space Force Senior Level positions 

10 ‘‘(a) DESIGNATION OF POSITIONS.—The Secretary of 

11 Defense may designate as a Space Force Senior Level po12 sition any Space Force position that, as determined by the 

13 Secretary— 

14 ‘‘(1) is classifiable above grade GS–15 of the 

15 General Schedule; 

16 ‘‘(2) does not satisfy functional or program 

17 management criteria for being designated a Space 

18 Force Senior Executive Service position; and 

19 ‘‘(3) has no more than minimal supervisory re20 sponsibilities. 

21 ‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—Subsection (a) shall be carried 

22 out in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Sec23 retary of Defense. 

24 ‘‘(c) AWARD OF RANK TO EMPLOYEES IN SPACE

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1 on the recommendation of the Secretary of Defense, may 

2 award a rank referred to in section 4507a of title 5 to 

3 an employee in a Space Force Senior Level position des4 ignated under subsection (a). The award of such rank 

5 shall be made in a manner consistent with the provisions 

6 of that section. 

7 ‘‘§ 9383. Time-limited appointments 

8 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY FOR TIME-LIMITED APPOINT9 MENTS.—The Secretary of Defense may authorize time10 limited appointments to Space Force positions. 

11 ‘‘(b) REVIEW OF USE OF AUTHORITY.—The Sec12 retary of Defense shall review each time-limited appoint13 ment in a Space Force position at the end of the first 

14 year of the period of the appointment and determine 

15 whether the appointment should be continued for the re16 mainder of the period. 

17 ‘‘(c) CONDITION ON PERMANENT APPOINTMENT TO

18 SPACE FORCE SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE.—An em19 ployee serving in a Space Force position pursuant to a 

20 time-limited appointment is not eligible for a permanent 

21 appointment to a Space Force Senior Executive Service 

22 position (including a position in which the employee is 

23 serving) unless the employee is selected for the permanent 

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1 ‘‘(d) TIME-LIMITED APPOINTMENT DEFINED.—In 

2 this section, the term ‘time-limited appointment’ means an 

3 appointment for a period not to exceed three years. 

4 ‘‘§ 9384. Termination of Space Force employees 

5 ‘‘(a) TERMINATION AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding 

6 any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense may 

7 terminate the employment of any employee in a Space 

8 Force position if the Secretary— 

9 ‘‘(1) considers that action to be in the interests 

10 of the United States; and 

11 ‘‘(2) determines that the procedures prescribed 

12 in other provisions of law that authorize the termi13 nation of the employment of such employee cannot 

14 be invoked in a manner consistent with the national 

15 security. 

16 ‘‘(b) FINALITY.—A decision by the Secretary of De17 fense to terminate the employment of an employee under 

18 this section is final and may not be appealed or reviewed 

19 outside the Department of Defense. 

20 ‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE

21 COMMITTEES.—Whenever the Secretary of Defense termi22 nates the employment of an employee under the authority 

23 of this section, the Secretary shall promptly notify the con24 gressional defense committees of such termination. 


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1 ‘‘(d) PRESERVATION OF RIGHT TO SEEK OTHER EM2 PLOYMENT.—Any termination of employment under this 

3 section shall not affect the right of the terminated em4 ployee to seek or accept employment with any other de5 partment or agency of the United States if that employee 

6 is declared eligible for such employment by the Director 

7 of the Office of Personnel Management. 

8 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON DELEGATION.—The authority 

9 of the Secretary of Defense under this section may be dele10 gated only to the Deputy Secretary of Defense or the Sec11 retary of the Air Force. An action to terminate employ12 ment of an employee by the Deputy Secretary of Defense 

13 or the Secretary of the Air Force may be appealed to the 

14 Secretary of Defense. 

15 ‘‘§ 9385. Reductions and other adjustments in force 

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

17 prescribe regulations for the separation of employees in 

18 Space Force positions, including members of the Space 

19 Force Senior Executive Service and employees in Space 

20 Force Senior Level positions, during a reduction in force 

21 or other adjustment in force. Such regulations shall apply 

22 to such a reduction in force or other adjustment in force 

23 notwithstanding sections 3501(b) and 3502 of title 5. 

24 ‘‘(b) DETERMINATIONS.—The determination of 

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1 Space Force positions during a reduction in force or other 

2 adjustment in force shall be made primarily on the basis 

3 of performance. 

4 ‘‘(c) REGULATIONS RELATING TO SPACE FORCE

5 SES.—The regulations prescribed under this section re6 lating to removal from the Space Force Senior Executive 

7 Service in a reduction in force or other adjustment in force 

8 shall be consistent with section 3595(a) of title 5. 

9 ‘‘§ 9386. Postemployment assistance: certain termi10 nated Space Force employees 

11 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Subject to subsections (b) and 

12 (c), the Secretary of Defense may, in the case of any indi13 vidual who is a qualified former Space Force employee, 

14 use appropriated funds to— 

15 ‘‘(1) assist that individual in finding and quali16 fying for employment other than in a Space Force 

17 position; 

18 ‘‘(2) assist that individual in meeting the ex19 penses of treatment of medical or psychological dis20 abilities of that individual; and 

21 ‘‘(3) provide financial support to that individual 

22 during periods of unemployment. 

23 ‘‘(b) CONDITIONS.—Assistance may be provided to a 

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1 (a) only if the Secretary determines that such assistance 

2 is essential to— 

3 ‘‘(1) maintain the judgment and emotional sta4 bility of the qualified former Space Force employee; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(2) avoid circumstances that might lead to the 

7 unlawful disclosure of classified information to which 

8 the qualified former Space Force employee had ac9 cess. 

10 ‘‘(c) DURATION OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance may 

11 not be provided under this section in the case of any indi12 vidual after the end of the five-year period beginning on 

13 the date of the termination of the employment of the indi14 vidual in a Space Force position. 

15 ‘‘(d) QUALIFIED FORMER SPACE FORCE EMPLOYEE

16 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘qualified former 

17 Space Force employee’ means an individual who was em18 ployed in a Space Force position— 

19 ‘‘(1) who has been found to be ineligible for 

20 continued access to information designated as ‘Sen21 sitive Compartmented Information’ and employment 

22 in the Space Force; or 

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1 ‘‘§ 9387. Appointment of Space Force employees to 

2 competitive service positions in the De3 partment of Defense 

4 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Subject to subsection (b), the 

5 Secretary of Defense may appoint an employee serving in 

6 a Space Force position in the excepted service to a position 

7 in the Department of Defense in the competitive service 

8 without competition. 

9 ‘‘(b) CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may only exercise 

10 the authority under subsection (a) if— 

11 ‘‘(1) the employee concerned has served con12 tinuously for at least two years in a Space Force po13 sition that is not time-limited under an excepted ap14 pointment or has been involuntarily separated from 

15 such position without personal cause within the pre16 ceding 12 months; 

17 ‘‘(2) the employee concerned meets the quali18 fication standards and requirements for the competi19 tive service position in accordance with Office of 

20 Personnel Management standards; and 

21 ‘‘(3) the employee concerned is considered for 

22 selection to competitive service positions in the same 

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1 ‘‘§ 9388. Merit system principles; civil service protec2 tions; right of appeal 

3 ‘‘(a) MERIT SYSTEM PRINCIPLES.—Section 2301 of 

4 title 5 shall apply to the exercise of authority under this 

5 subchapter (other than sections 9380 and 9386). 

6 ‘‘(b) CIVIL SERVICE PROTECTIONS.—(1) If, in the 

7 case of a position established under authority other than 

8 section 9376(a)(1) of this title that is reestablished as an 

9 excepted service position under that section, the provisions 

10 of law referred to in paragraph (2) applied to the person 

11 serving in that position immediately before the position is 

12 so reestablished and such provisions of law would not oth13 erwise apply to the person while serving in the position 

14 as so reestablished, then such provisions of law shall, sub15 ject to paragraph (3), continue to apply to the person with 

16 respect to service in that position for as long as the person 

17 continues to serve in the position without a break in serv18 ice. 

19 ‘‘(2) The provisions of law referred to in paragraph 

20 (1) are the following provisions of title 5: 

21 ‘‘(A) Section 2302, relating to prohibited per22 sonnel practices. 

23 ‘‘(B) Chapter 75, relating to adverse actions. 

24 ‘‘(3)(A) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 75 

25 of title 5, an appeal of an adverse action by an individual 

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1 within the Department of Defense if the employee so 

2 elects. 

3 ‘‘(B) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the 

4 procedures for initiating and determining appeals of ad5 verse actions pursuant to elections made under subpara6 graph (A). 

7 ‘‘(c) RIGHT OF APPEAL.—The Secretary of Defense 

8 shall prescribe regulations to provide a right of appeal re9 garding a personnel action under this subchapter. The ap10 peal shall be determined within the Department of De11 fense. An appeal determined at the highest level provided 

12 in the regulations shall be final and not subject to review 

13 outside the Department of Defense. A personnel action 

14 covered by the regulations is not subject to any other pro15 vision of law that provides appellate rights or proce16 dures.’’. 

17 SEC. 1705. DECORATIONS AND AWARDS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 937 of title 10, United 

19 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol20 lowing new section: 

21 ‘‘§ 9287. General authority to provide Space Force 

22 decorations and awards 

23 ‘‘In addition to the decorations and awards available 

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1 of the Air Force may provide such awards and decorations 

2 as the Secretary considers appropriate to any person who, 

3 while serving in any capacity with the Space Force, distin4 guished himself or herself.’’. 

5 (b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 

6 sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by 

7 adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘9287. General authority to provide Space Force decorations and awards.’’. 

8 SEC. 1706. REPEAL OF PROVISION RELATED TO AIR FORCE 

9 SPACE COMMAND. 

10 (a) REPEAL.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2279c of title 10, 

12 United States Code, is repealed. 

13 (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The 

14 table of sections at the beginning of chapter 135 of 

15 title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 

16 the item relating to section 2279c. 

17 (b) CONTINUATION OF PROCUREMENT AUTHOR18 ITY.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 963 of title 10, 

20 United States Code, is amended by inserting before 

21 section 9532 the following new section: 

22 ‘‘§ 9531. Procurement of commercial satellite commu23 nications services 

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1 fense, shall be responsible for the procurement of commer2 cial satellite communications services for the Department 

3 of Defense.’’. 

4 (2) APPLICABILITY.—Section 9531 of title 10, 

5 United States Code, as added by paragraph (1) of 

6 this subsection, shall apply with respect to services 

7 procured after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

8 (3) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The 

9 table of sections at the beginning of chapter 963 of 

10 such title is amended by inserting before the item 

11 relating to section 9532 the following new item: 

‘‘9531. Procurement of commercial satellite communications services.’’. 

12 SEC. 1707. TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL, PROPERTY, AND RE13 SOURCES AND OTHER TRANSITION MATTERS. 

14 (a) TRANSITION PERIOD.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

16 for purposes of this section, the transition period is 

17 the period that ends on the date that is five years 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

19 (2) EXTENSION.—The Secretary of Defense 

20 may extend the transition period described in para21 graph (1) for not more than two years if the Sec22 retary— 

23 (A) determines an extension is necessary to 

24 accomplish the initial establishment of the 

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1 (B) submits to the congressional defense 

2 committees notice of the Secretary’s intent to 

3 extend the transition period. 

4 (b) TRANSFER OF MILITARY MEMBERS.— 

5 (1) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding 

6 any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense, 

7 in the sole and exclusive discretion of the Secretary, 

8 may, during the transition period, transfer officers 

9 and enlisted members of the Armed Forces within 

10 the Department of Defense to become officers and 

11 enlisted members of the United States Space Force. 

12 (2) BASIS.—A transfer under paragraph (1) 

13 may be made on a voluntary or involuntary basis. 

14 (3) STATUS OF PERSONNEL.— 

15 (A) RETENTION OF GRADE AND STATUS.— 

16 Military personnel transferred to the Space 

17 Force from another Armed Force within the 

18 Department of Defense pursuant to this sub19 section shall retain the grade and date of ob20 taining such grade that the individual person 

21 had before the date of the transfer unless other22 wise altered or terminated in accordance with 

23 law. For all purposes under law, the length, 

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1 culated to include the same length, character, 

2 and type of service in the Armed Force from 

3 which such personnel are transferred as if there 

4 was no break in service. 

5 (B) RIGHTS AND BENEFITS.—No transfer 

6 under this subsection shall alter or prejudice 

7 the status of any individual so transferred, so 

8 as to deprive the individual of any right, ben9 efit, or privilege to which the individual may be 

10 entitled under law due to the service of the indi11 vidual in an Armed Force within the Depart12 ment of Defense other than the Space Force. 

13 (C) BONUSES.—No funds previously paid 

14 to a military member as a valid pay or bonus 

15 provided pursuant to chapter 5 of title 37, 

16 United States Code, may be recouped if a mem17 ber’s disqualification for the pay or bonus is 

18 solely due to a transfer under this subsection. 

19 (c) TRANSFER OF CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.— 

20 (1) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other 

21 provision of law, the Secretary of Defense, in the 

22 sole and exclusive discretion of the Secretary, may, 

23 during the transition period— 

24 (A) establish regulations to effectuate any 

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1 the military departments and other components 

2 of the Department of Defense, and any nec3 essary reductions or adjustments in force; and 

4 (B) effectuate such transfers (on a vol5 untary or involuntary basis) and reductions or 

6 adjustments in force pursuant to the regula7 tions established in subparagraph (A). 

8 (2) NO REDUCTION IN PAY.—No employee 

9 transferred in accordance with this subsection shall 

10 suffer any loss of or decrease in pay as a result of 

11 that transfer. 

12 (3) EFFECT OF TRANSFER.—A personnel action 

13 taken pursuant to this subsection is final and is not 

14 subject to any other provision of law that provides 

15 appellate rights or procedures for civilian employees 

16 of the Department of Defense. 

17 (d) TRANSFER OF EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, OTHER

18 PROPERTY, AND RECORDS.—Notwithstanding any other 

19 provision of law, the Secretary of Defense, in the sole and 

20 exclusive discretion of the Secretary, may, during the tran21 sition period, direct the transfer of equipment, supplies, 

22 other property not deemed to be real property, and records 

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1 (e) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—Notwithstanding 

2 any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense, in 

3 the sole and exclusive discretion of the Secretary, may, 

4 during the transition period, transfer organizations or 

5 functions within the Department of Defense to the Space 

6 Force, including civilian personnel, assets, equipment, and 

7 obligations of those organizations or functions. 

8 (f) TRANSFER OF FUNDS DURING TRANSITION PE9 RIOD.— 

10 (1) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any other 

11 provision of law, the Secretary of Defense, in the 

12 sole and exclusive discretion of the Secretary, may, 

13 during the transition period— 

14 (A) transfer to the Department of the Air 

15 Force balances from appropriations or funds 

16 currently available for obligation by the military 

17 departments and other components of the De18 partment of Defense from which personnel, 

19 equipment, supplies, property, or records have 

20 been transferred pursuant to subsections (b), 

21 (c) and (d), to be used for a purpose for which 

22 the appropriations or funds were originally 

23 available; and 

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1 fund, to be merged with and to be available for 

2 the same time period as the appropriation or 

3 fund, to which transferred. 

4 (2) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAWS.—The au5 thority under this subsection is in addition to any 

6 other transfer authority provided by law. 

7 (g) MISSION ASSURANCE DURING TRANSITION PE8 RIOD.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

9 Secretary of Defense may, during the transition period, 

10 authorize space forces, organizations, functions, personnel, 

11 installations, or facilities transferred to the Department 

12 of the Air Force to be funded, operated, or controlled by 

13 another Department of Defense component, including a 

14 military department, without compensation or reimburse15 ment, if the Secretary determines that action is essential 

16 to maintain space mission integrity and readiness. 

17 (h) EXCLUSION OF SPACE ORGANIZATIONS FROM

18 FISCAL YEAR 2020 AND 2021 HEADQUARTERS COSTS

19 CEILINGS.— 

20 (1) EXCLUSION.—The amounts expended on 

21 space organizations shall be excluded from the cal22 culation of the amounts that may be obligated and 

23 expended on major headquarters activities pursuant 

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1 lic Law 115–232) and major Department of Defense 

2 headquarters activities pursuant to section 346(b) of 

3 the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 

4 Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 111 note). 

5 (2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the term 

6 ‘‘space organizations’’ means the following: 

7 (A) The office of the Under Secretary of 

8 the Air Force for Space. 

9 (B) The Space Staff. 

10 (i) SUSPENSION OF MANPOWER LIMITATIONS DUR11 ING TRANSITION PERIOD.—Notwithstanding any other 

12 provision of law, during the transition period, members of 

13 the Armed Forces appointed, assigned, or transferred to 

14 the Space Force and civilian employees appointed, as15 signed, or transferred to or within the Department of the 

16 Air Force to support the Space Force shall not count 

17 against any limitation on manpower that may apply to the 

18 Department of the Air Force, including— 

19 (1) sections 517, 523, 525, 526, 526a, 9014, 

20 and 9110 of title 10, United States Code; 

21 (2) section 3133 of title 5, United States Code; 

22 and 

23 (3) sections 501 and 1109 of the National De24 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (10 

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1 Subtitle B—Conforming 

2 Amendments 

3 SEC. 1711. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE PROVISIONS 

4 IN TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE. 

5 (a) ORGANIZATION.— 

6 (1) SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE.—Section 

7 9013 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

8 (A) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘and 

9 Space Force’’ after ‘‘Officers of the Air Force’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) in subsection (g)(1), by inserting ‘‘and 

12 Space Force’’ after ‘‘members of the Air 

13 Force’’. 

14 (2) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR

15 FORCE.—Section 9014 of such title is amended— 

16 (A) in subsection (c)— 

17 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and 

18 the Air Staff’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Air 

19 Staff, and the Space Staff’’; 

20 (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 

21 the Space Staff’’ after ‘‘the Air Staff’’; 

22 (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘to 

23 the Chief of Staff and to the Air Staff’’ 

24 and all that follows through the period and 

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1 Force and the Air Staff, and to the Chief 

2 of Staff of the Space Force and the Space 

3 Staff, and shall ensure that each such of4 fice or entity provides each Chief of Staff 

5 such staff support as the Chief of Staff 

6 concerned considers necessary to perform 

7 the Chief’s duties and responsibilities.’’; 

8 and 

9 (iv) in paragraph (4)— 

10 (I) by inserting ‘‘and the Space 

11 Staff’’ after ‘‘the Air Staff’’; and 

12 (II) by striking ‘‘Chief’’ and in13 serting ‘‘Chiefs’’; 

14 (B) in subsection (d)— 

15 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and 

16 the Air Staff’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Air 

17 Staff, and the Space Staff’’; 

18 (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting 

19 ‘‘and the Space Staff’’ after ‘‘the Air 

20 Staff’’; and 

21 (iii) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘to 

22 the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and to 

23 the Air Staff’’ and all that follows through 

24 the period and inserting ‘‘to the Chief of 

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1 and to the Chief of Staff of the Space 

2 Force and the Space Staff, and shall en3 sure that such office or entity provides 

4 each Chief of Staff such staff support as 

5 the Chief of Staff concerned considers nec6 essary to perform the Chief’s duties and 

7 responsibilities.’’; and 

8 (C) in subsection (e)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘and the Air Staff’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘, the Air Staff, and the 

11 Space Staff’’; and 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘to the other’’ and in13 serting ‘‘to any of the others’’. 

14 (3) SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE: SUCCES15 SORS TO DUTIES.—Section 9017(5) of such title, as 

16 redesignated by section 1702 of this Act, is amended 

17 by inserting before the period the following: ‘‘of the 

18 Air Force and the Chief of Staff of the Space Force, 

19 in the order prescribed by the Secretary of the Air 

20 Force and approved by the Secretary of Defense’’. 

21 (4) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Section 9020 of 

22 such title is amended— 

23 (A) in subsection (a)— 

24 (i) by inserting ‘‘Department of the’’ 

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1 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 

2 after ‘‘general officers of the Air Force’’; 

3 (B) in subsection (b)— 

4 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

5 (1), by striking ‘‘or the Chief of Staff’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘, the Chief of Staff of the Air 

7 Force, or the Chief of Staff of the Space 

8 Force’’; 

9 (ii) in paragraph (1), by inserting 

10 ‘‘Department of the’’ before ‘‘Air Force’’; 

11 and 

12 (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 

13 Chief’’ and inserting ‘‘either Chief’’; and 

14 (C) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘or the 

15 Space Force’’ before ‘‘for a tour of duty’’. 

16 (5) THE AIR STAFF: FUNCTION; COMPOSI17 TION.—Section 9031(b) of such title is amended— 

18 (A) in each of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 

19 and (4), by inserting ‘‘of the Air Force’’ before 

20 the period; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (8), by inserting ‘‘or the 

22 Space Force’’ after ‘‘of the Air Force’’. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The heading of section 

2 9033 of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘of 

3 the Air Force’’ after ‘‘Staff’’. 

4 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relat5 ing to section 9033 in the table of sections at 

6 the beginning of chapter 905 of such title is 

7 amended to read as follows: 

‘‘9033. Chief of Staff of the Air Force.’’. 

8 (7) VICE CHIEF OF STAFF.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The heading of section 

10 9034 of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘of 

11 the Air Force’’ after ‘‘Staff’’. 

12 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relat13 ing to section 9034 in the table of sections at 

14 the beginning of chapter 905 of such title is 

15 amended to read as follows: 

‘‘9034. Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force.’’. 

16 (8) DEPUTY CHIEFS OF STAFF AND ASSISTANT

17 CHIEFS OF STAFF.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 9035 of such 

19 title is amended— 

20 (i) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘of 

21 the Air Force’’ after ‘‘Staff’’ both 

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1 (ii) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘of 

2 the Air Force’’ after ‘‘Staff’’ both places it 

3 appears. 

4 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relat5 ing to section 9035 in the table of sections at 

6 the beginning of chapter 905 of such title is 

7 amended to read as follows: 

‘‘9034. Deputy Chiefs of Staff of the Air Force and Assistant Chiefs of Staff 

of the Air Force.’’. 

8 (9) SURGEON GENERAL: APPOINTMENT; DU9 TIES.—Section 9036 of such title is amended— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Sec11 retary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff 

12 of the Air Force on all health and medical mat13 ters of the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary 

14 of the Air Force, the Chief of Staff of the Air 

15 Force, and the Chief of Staff of the Space 

16 Force on all health and medical matters of the 

17 Air Force and the Space Force’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and 

19 the Space Force’’ after ‘‘of the Air Force’’ both 

20 places it appears. 

21 (10) JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL, DEPUTY

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1 (A) in subsection (e)(2)(B), by inserting 

2 ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘of the Air Force’’; 

3 and 

4 (B) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘the 

5 Secretary of the Air Force or the Chief of Staff 

6 of the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary 

7 of the Air Force, the Chief of Staff of the Air 

8 Force, or the Chief of Staff of the Space 

9 Force’’. 

10 (11) CHIEF OF CHAPLAINS: APPOINTMENT; DU11 TIES.—Section 9039(a) of such title is amended by 

12 striking ‘‘in the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘for the 

13 Air Force and the Space Force’’. 

14 (12) PROVISION OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL

15 FUNCTIONS FOR THE SPACE FORCE.—Section 9067 

16 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 

17 (A) in subsections (a) through (i), by strik18 ing ‘‘in the Air Force’’ each place it appears 

19 and inserting ‘‘in the Air Force and the Space 

20 Force’’; and 

21 (B) in subsection (i), as amended by sub22 paragraph (A) of this paragraph, by inserting 

23 ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘members of the 

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1 (13) COMMANDS: TERRITORIAL ORGANIZA2 TION.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 909 of such 

4 title, as added by section 1701 of this Act, is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following 

6 new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 9096. Commands: territorial organization 

8 ‘‘(a) Except as otherwise prescribed by law or by the 

9 Secretary of Defense, the Space Force shall be divided into 

10 such organizations as the Secretary of the Air Force may 

11 prescribe. 

12 ‘‘(b) For Space Force purposes, the United States, 

13 its possessions, and other places in which the Space Force 

14 is stationed or is operating, may be divided into such areas 

15 as directed by the Secretary. Officers of the Space Force 

16 may be assigned to command Space Force activities, in17 stallations, and personnel in those areas. In the discharge 

18 of the Space Force’s functions or other functions author19 ized by law, officers so assigned have the duties and pow20 ers prescribed by the Secretary.’’. 

21 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of 

22 sections at the beginning of such chapter is 

23 amended by adding at the end the following 

24 new item: 

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1 (14) OFFICER CAREER FIELD FOR SPACE.— 

2 Section 9084 of such title is repealed. The table of 

3 sections at the beginning of chapter 907 of such title 

4 is amended by striking the item relating to such sec5 tion. 

6 (15) REGULAR SPACE FORCE.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 909 of such 

8 title, as added by section 1701 of this Act, is 

9 further amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing new section: 

11 ‘‘§ 9097. Regular Space Force: composition 

12 ‘‘(a) The Regular Space Force is the component of 

13 the Space Force that consists of persons whose continuous 

14 service on active duty in both peace and war is con15 templated by law, and of retired members of the Regular 

16 Space Force. 

17 ‘‘(b) The Regular Space Force includes— 

18 ‘‘(1) the officers and enlisted members of the 

19 Regular Space Force; and 

20 ‘‘(2) the retired officers and enlisted members 

21 of the Regular Space Force.’’. 

22 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of 

23 sections at the beginning of such chapter is 

24 amended by adding at the end the following 

25 new item: 

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1 (16) TABLE OF CHAPTERS.—The table of chap2 ters for part I of subtitle D of title 10, United 

3 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

4 following new item: 

‘‘909. The Space Force ..................................................................... 9091’’. 

5 (b) PERSONNEL.— 

6 (1) GENDER-FREE BASIS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF

7 ORIGINAL ENLISTMENTS.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 9132 of such 

9 title is amended— 

10 (i) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘and 

11 Regular Space Force’’ before the 

12 colon; and 

13 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or the Regular 

14 Space Force’’ after ‘‘Regular Air Force’’. 

15 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relat16 ing to section 9132 in the table of sections at 

17 the beginning of chapter 913 of such title is 

18 amended to read as follows: 

‘‘9132. Regular Air Force and Regular Space Force: gender-free basis for acceptance of original enlistments.’’. 

19 (2) REENLISTMENT AFTER SERVICE AS AN OF20 FICER.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 9138 of such 

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1 (i) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘and 

2 Regular Space Force’’ before the 

3 colon; and 

4 (ii) in subsection (a)— 

5 (I) by inserting ‘‘or the Regular 

6 Space Force’’ after ‘‘Regular Air 

7 Force’’ both places it appears; and 

8 (II) by inserting ‘‘or the Space 

9 Force’’ after ‘‘officer of the Air 

10 Force’’ both places it appears. 

11 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relat12 ing to section 9138 in the table of sections at 

13 the beginning of chapter 913 of such title is 

14 amended to read as follows: 

‘‘9138. Regular Air Force and Regular Space Force: reenlistment after service 

as an officer.’’. 

15 (3) APPOINTMENTS IN THE REGULAR AIR

16 FORCE AND THE REGULAR SPACE FORCE.— 

17 (A) The heading of chapter 915 of such 

18 title is amended by adding ‘‘AND REG19 ULAR SPACE FORCE’’ after ‘‘AIR 

20 FORCE’’, and the item relating to such chap21 ter in the table of chapters at the beginning of 

22 part II of subtitle D of such title is amended 

23 by inserting ‘‘and Regular Space Force’’ 

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1 (B) Section 9151 of such title is amended 

2 by inserting ‘‘and the Regular Space Force’’ 

3 after ‘‘Regular Air Force’’. 

4 (C) Section 9160 of such title is amend5 ed— 

6 (i) by inserting ‘‘or the Regular Space 

7 Force’’ after ‘‘Regular Air Force’’; and 

8 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 

9 before the period. 

10 (4) RETIRED COMMISSIONED OFFICERS: STA11 TUS.—Section 9203 of such title is amended by in12 serting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’. 

13 (5) DUTIES: CHAPLAINS; ASSISTANCE RE14 QUIRED OF COMMANDING OFFICERS.—Section 

15 9217(a) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the 

16 Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’. 

17 (6) RANK: COMMISSIONED OFFICERS SERVING

18 UNDER TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS.—Section 9222 

19 of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space 

20 Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’ both places it appears. 

21 (7) REQUIREMENT OF EXEMPLARY CONDUCT.— 

22 Section 9233 of such title is amended by inserting 

23 ‘‘and the Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’ each 

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1 (8) ENLISTED MEMBERS: OFFICERS NOT TO

2 USE AS SERVANTS.—Section 9239 of such title is 

3 amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after 

4 ‘‘Air Force’’ both places it appears. 

5 (9) PRESENTATION OF UNITED STATES FLAG

6 UPON RETIREMENT.—Section 9251(a) of such title 

7 is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after 

8 ‘‘member of the Air Force’’. 

9 (10) SERVICE CREDIT: REGULAR ENLISTED

10 MEMBERS; SERVICE AS AN OFFICER TO BE COUNTED

11 AS ENLISTED SERVICE.—Section 9252 of such title 

12 is amended— 

13 (A) by inserting ‘‘or the Regular Space 

14 Force’’ after ‘‘Regular Air Force’’; and 

15 (B) by inserting ‘‘in the Space Force,’’ 

16 after ‘‘in the Air Force,’’. 

17 (11) WHEN SECRETARY MAY REQUIRE HOS18 PITALIZATION.—Section 9263 of such title is amend19 ed by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘member 

20 of the Air Force’’. 

21 (12) DECORATIONS AND AWARDS.—(A) Chapter 

22 937 of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the 

23 Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’ each place it ap24 pears in the following provisions: 

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1 (ii) Section 9273. 

2 (iii) Section 9281 other than the first ref3 erence in subsection (a). 

4 (iv) Section 9286(a) other than the first 

5 reference. 

6 (B) Section 9272 of such title is amended by 

7 inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘with the Air 

8 Force’’. 

9 (C) Section 9275 of such title is amended by in10 serting ‘‘or space’’ after ‘‘separate air’’. 

11 (D) Section 9276 of such title is amended by 

12 inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘with the Air 

13 Force’’. 

14 (E)(i) Such chapter is further amended by in15 serting after section 9280 the following new section: 

16 ‘‘§ 9280a. Space Force Medal: award; limitations 

17 ‘‘(a) The President may award a decoration called the 

18 ‘Space Force Medal’, of appropriate design with accom19 panying ribbon, to any person who, while serving in any 

20 capacity with the Space Force, distinguishes himself or 

21 herself by heroism not involving actual conflict with an 

22 enemy. 

23 ‘‘(b) Not more than one Space Force Medal may be 

24 awarded to a person. However, for each succeeding act 

25 that would otherwise justify award of such a medal, the 


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1 President may award a suitable bar or other device to be 

2 worn as the President directs.’’. 

3 (ii) The table of sections at the beginning of 

4 such title is amended by inserting after the item re5 lating to section 9280 the following new item: 

‘‘9280a. Space Force Medal: award; limitations.’’. 

6 (13) TWENTY YEARS OR MORE: REGULAR OR

7 RESERVE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.—Section 

8 9311(a) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the 

9 Space Force’’ after ‘‘officer of the Air Force’’. 

10 (14) TWENTY TO THIRTY YEARS: ENLISTED

11 MEMBERS.—Section 9314 of such title is amended 

12 by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘member of 

13 the Air Force’’. 

14 (15) THIRTY YEARS OR MORE: REGULAR EN15 LISTED MEMBERS.—Section 9317 of such title is 

16 amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after 

17 ‘‘Air Force’’. 

18 (16) THIRTY YEARS OR MORE: REGULAR COM19 MISSIONED OFFICERS.—Section 9318 of such title is 

20 amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after 

21 ‘‘Air Force’’. 

22 (17) FORTY YEARS OR MORE: AIR FORCE OFFI23 CERS.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 9324 of such 

25 title is amended— 


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1 (i) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘and 

2 Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’; and 

3 (ii) in subsections (a) and (b), by in4 serting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air 

5 Force’’. 

6 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relat7 ing to section 9324 in the table of sections at 

8 the beginning of chapter 941 of such title is 

9 amended to read as follows: 

‘‘9124. Forty years or more: Air Force and Space Force officers.’’. 

10 (18) COMPUTATION OF YEARS OF SERVICE: 

11 VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT; ENLISTED MEMBERS.— 

12 Section 9325(a) of such title is amended by insert13 ing ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 

14 (19) COMPUTATION OF YEARS OF SERVICE: 

15 VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT; REGULAR AND RESERVE

16 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.—Section 9326(a) of such 

17 title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 

18 after ‘‘Air Force’’ both places it appears. 

19 (20) COMPUTATION OF RETIRED PAY: LAW AP20 PLICABLE.—Section 9329 of such title is amended 

21 by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air 

22 Force’’. 

23 (21) RETIRED GRADE.— 

24 (A) Section 9341 of such title is amend25 ed— 


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1 (i) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or 

2 the Space Force’’ after ‘‘regular commis3 sioned officer of the Air Force’’; and 

4 (ii) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘or 

5 a Regular of the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air 

6 Force’’. 

7 (B) Section 9344 of such title is amend8 ed— 

9 (i) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or 

10 the Space Force’’ after ‘‘member of the Air 

11 Force’’; 

12 (ii) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting 

13 ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’; 

14 and 

15 (iii) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting 

16 ‘‘or the Regular Space Force’’ after ‘‘Reg17 ular Air Force’’. 

18 (C) Section 9345 of such title is amended 

19 by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘mem20 ber of the Air Force’’. 

21 (D) Section 9346 of such title is amend22 ed— 

23 (i) in subsections (a) and (d), by in24 serting ‘‘or the Regular Space Force’’ after 

25 ‘‘Regular Air Force’’; 


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1 (ii) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting 

2 before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, or 

3 for commissioned officers of the Space 

4 Force other than of the Regular Space 

5 Force’’; and 

6 (iii) in subsections (b)(2) and (c), by 

7 inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air 

8 Force’’. 

9 (22) RECOMPUTATION OF RETIRED PAY TO RE10 FLECT ADVANCEMENT ON RETIRED LIST.—Section 

11 9362(a) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the 

12 Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 

13 (23) FATALITY REVIEWS.—Section 9391(a) of 

14 such title, as redesignated by section 1704(a)(2) of 

15 this title, is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space 

16 Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’ in each of paragraphs (1), 

17 (2), and (3). 

18 (c) TRAINING.— 

19 (1) MEMBERS OF AIR FORCE: DETAIL AS STU20 DENTS, OBSERVERS, AND INVESTIGATORS AT EDU21 CATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, INDUSTRIAL PLANTS, AND

22 HOSPITALS.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 9401 of title 

24 10, United States Code, is amended— 


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1 (i) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘and 

2 Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’; 

3 (ii) in subsection (a), by inserting 

4 ‘‘and the Space Force’’ after ‘‘members of 

5 the Air Force’’; 

6 (iii) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘or 

7 the Regular Space Force’’ after ‘‘Regular 

8 Air Force’’; 

9 (iv) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘or 

10 the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’; and 

11 (v) in subsection (f)— 

12 (I) by inserting ‘‘or the Regular 

13 Space Force’’ after ‘‘Regular Air 

14 Force’’; and 

15 (II) by inserting ‘‘or the Space 

16 Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’. 

17 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relat18 ing to section 9401 in the table of sections at 

19 the beginning of chapter 951 of such title is 

20 amended to read as follows: 

‘‘9401. Members of Air Force and Space Force: detail as students, observers, 

and investigators at educational institutions, industrial plants, 

and hospitals.’’. 

21 (2) ENLISTED MEMBERS OF AIR FORCE: 

22 SCHOOLS.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 9402 of such 

24 title is amended— 


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1 (i) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘or 

2 Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’; 

3 (ii) in subsection (a)— 

4 (I) in the first sentence, by in5 serting ‘‘and the Space Force’’ after 

6 ‘‘members of the Air Force’’; and 

7 (II) in the third sentence, by in8 serting ‘‘and Space Force officers’’ 

9 after ‘‘Air Force officers’’; and 

10 (iii) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘or 

11 the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’ each 

12 place it appears. 

13 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relat14 ing to section 9402 in the table of sections at 

15 the beginning of chapter 951 of such title is 

16 amended to read as follows: 

‘‘9402. Enlisted members of Air Force or Space Force: schools.’’. 

17 (3) AVIATION STUDENTS: DETAIL OF ENLISTED

18 MEMBERS OF AIR FORCE.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 9404 of such 

20 title is amended— 

21 (i) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘or 

22 Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’; and 

23 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 

24 after ‘‘Regulars of the Air Force’’. 


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1 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relat2 ing to section 9404 in the table of sections at 

3 the beginning of chapter 951 of such title is 

4 amended to read as follows: 

‘‘9402. Aviation students: detail of enlisted members of Air Force or Space 

Force.’’. 

5 (4) SERVICE SCHOOLS: LEAVES OF ABSENCE

6 FOR INSTRUCTORS.—Section 9406 of such title is 

7 amended by inserting ‘‘or Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air 

8 Force’’. 

9 (5) DEGREE GRANTING AUTHORITY FOR

10 UNITED STATES AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECH11 NOLOGY.—Section 9414(d)(1) of such title is 

12 amended by inserting ‘‘and the Space Force’’ after 

13 ‘‘needs of the Air Force’’. 

14 (6) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF

15 TECHNOLOGY: ADMINISTRATION.—Section 

16 9414b(a)(2) is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space 

17 Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’ each place it appears. 

18 (7) COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE: 

19 ASSOCIATE DEGREES.—Section 9415 of such title is 

20 amended— 

21 (A) in subsection (a) in the matter pre22 ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘in the Air 

23 Force’’ and inserting ‘‘in the Department of the 

24 Air Force’’; 


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1 (B) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘or 

2 the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’; and 

3 (C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘other 

4 than’’ and all that follows through ‘‘schools’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘other than the Air Force or the 

6 Space Force who are serving as instructors at 

7 Department of the Air Force training schools’’. 

8 (8) AIR FORCE ACADEMY ESTABLISHMENT; SU9 PERINTENDENT; FACULTY.—Section 9431(a) of such 

10 title is amended by striking ‘‘Air Force cadets’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘cadets’’. 

12 (9) AIR FORCE ACADEMY SUPERINTENDENT; 

13 FACULTY: APPOINTMENT AND DETAIL.—Section 

14 9433(a) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the 

15 Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 

16 (10) AIR FORCE ACADEMY PERMANENT PRO17 FESSORS; DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS.—Section 9436 

18 of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Regular 

19 Space Force’’ after ‘‘Regular Air Force’’ each place 

20 it appears. 

21 (11) CADETS: APPOINTMENT; NUMBERS, TERRI22 TORIAL DISTRIBUTION.—Section 9442 of such title 

23 is amended— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘Air Force Cadets’’ each 

25 place it appears and inserting ‘‘cadets’’; and 


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1 (B) in subsection (b)— 

2 (i) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 

3 the Regular Space Force’’ after ‘‘Regular 

4 Air Force’’; and 

5 (ii) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or 

6 the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 

7 (12) CADETS: AGREEMENT TO SERVE AS OFFI8 CER.—Section 9448(a)(2)(A) of such title is amend9 ed by inserting ‘‘or the Regular Space Force’’ after 

10 ‘‘Regular Air Force’’. 

11 (13) CADETS: ORGANIZATION; SERVICE; IN12 STRUCTION.—Section 9449 of such title is amended 

13 by striking subsection (d). 

14 (14) CADETS: HAZING.—Section 9452(c) of 

15 such title is amended— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘Air Force cadet’’ and in17 serting ‘‘cadet’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ and in19 serting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force’’. 

20 (15) CADETS: DEGREE AND COMMISSION ON

21 GRADUATION.—Section 9453(b) of such title is 

22 amended by inserting ‘‘or the Regular Space Force’’ 

23 after ‘‘Regular Air Force’’. 

24 (16) SUPPORT OF ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.—Sec25 tion 9462(c)(2) of such title is amended by striking 


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1 ‘‘personnel of the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘per2 sonnel of the Department of the Air Force’’. 

3 (17) SCHOOLS AND CAMPS: ESTABLISHMENT: 

4 PURPOSE.—Section 9481 of such title is amended by 

5 inserting ‘‘, the Space Force,’’ after ‘‘members of 

6 the Air Force,’’. 

7 (18) SCHOOLS AND CAMPS: OPERATION.—Sec8 tion 9482 of such title is amended— 

9 (A) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or the 

10 Regular Space Force’’ after ‘‘Regular Air 

11 Force’’; and 

12 (B) in paragraph (7) in the matter pre13 ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or 

14 Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 

15 (d) SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT.— 

16 (1) EQUIPMENT: BAKERIES, SCHOOLS, KITCH17 ENS, AND MESS HALLS.—Section 9536 of title 10, 

18 United States Code, is amended in the matter pre19 ceding paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘or the Space 

20 Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’. 

21 (2) RATION.—Section 9561 of such title is 

22 amended— 

23 (A) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (i) in the first sentence, by inserting 

2 ‘‘and the Space Force ration’’ after ‘‘the 

3 Air Force ration’’; and 

4 (ii) in the second sentence, by insert5 ing ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air 

6 Force’’; and 

7 (B) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘or the 

8 Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’. 

9 (3) CLOTHING.—Section 9562 of such title is 

10 amended by inserting ‘‘and the Space Force’’ after 

11 ‘‘the Air Force’’. 

12 (4) CLOTHING: REPLACEMENT WHEN DE13 STROYED TO PREVENT CONTAGION.—Section 9563 

14 of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space 

15 Force’’ after ‘‘member of the Air Force’’. 

16 (5) COLORS, STANDARDS, AND GUIDONS OF DE17 MOBILIZED ORGANIZATIONS: DISPOSITION.—Section 

18 9565 of such title is amended— 

19 (A) in subsection (a) in the matter pre20 ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or the 

21 Space Force’’ after ‘‘organizations of the Air 

22 Force’’; and 

23 (B) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘or the 

24 Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’. 


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1 (6) UTILITIES: PROCEEDS FROM OVERSEAS OP2 ERATIONS.—Section 9591 of such title is amended 

3 by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air 

4 Force’’. 

5 (7) QUARTERS: HEAT AND LIGHT.—Section 

6 9593 of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘and the 

7 Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’. 

8 (8) AIR FORCE MILITARY HISTORY INSTITUTE: 

9 FEE FOR PROVIDING HISTORICAL INFORMATION TO

10 THE PUBLIC.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 9594 of such 

12 title is amended— 

13 (i) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘De14 partment of the’’ before ‘‘Air 

15 Force’’; 

16 (ii) in subsections (a) and (d), by in17 serting ‘‘Department of the’’ before ‘‘Air 

18 Force Military History’’ each place it ap19 pears; and 

20 (iii) in subsection (e)(1)— 

21 (I) by inserting ‘‘Department of 

22 the’’ before ‘‘Air Force Military His23 tory’’; and 


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1 (II) by inserting ‘‘and the Space 

2 Force’’ after ‘‘materials of the Air 

3 Force’’. 

4 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relat5 ing to section 9594 in the table of sections at 

6 the beginning of chapter 9657 of such title is 

7 amended to read as follows: 

‘‘9594. Department of the Air Force Military History Institute: fee for providing 

historical information to the public.’’. 

8 (9) SUBSISTENCE AND OTHER SUPPLIES: MEM9 BERS OF ARMED FORCES; VETERANS; EXECUTIVE OR

10 MILITARY DEPARTMENTS AND EMPLOYEES; 

11 PRICES.—Section 9621 of such title is amended— 

12 (A) in subsection (a)— 

13 (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting 

14 ‘‘and the Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air 

15 Force’’; and 

16 (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting 

17 ‘‘and the Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air 

18 Force’’; 

19 (B) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘or the 

20 Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’; 

21 (C) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or the 

22 Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’; 


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1 (D) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘or Ma2 rine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or 

3 Space Force’’; 

4 (E) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘or the 

5 Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’ each place 

6 it appears; 

7 (F) in subsection (f), by inserting ‘‘or the 

8 Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’; and 

9 (G) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘or the 

10 Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’ each place 

11 it appears. 

12 (10) RATIONS: COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN

13 FIELD.—Section 9622 of such title is amended by 

14 inserting ‘‘and the Space Force’’ after ‘‘officers of 

15 the Air Force’’. 

16 (11) MEDICAL SUPPLIES: CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES

17 OF THE AIR FORCE.—Section 9624(a) of such title 

18 is amended— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘air base’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘Air Force or Space Force military installa21 tion’’; and 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘Air Force when’’ and in23 serting ‘‘Department of the Air Force when’’. 


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1 (12) ORDNANCE PROPERTY: OFFICERS OF

2 ARMED FORCES; CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF AIR

3 FORCE.—Section 9625 of such title is amended— 

4 (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or the 

5 Space Force’’ after ‘‘officers of the Air Force’’; 

6 and 

7 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Air 

8 Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of the Air 

9 Force’’. 

10 (13) SUPPLIES: EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.— 

11 Section 9627 of such title is amended— 

12 (A) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 

13 after ‘‘for the Air Force’’; 

14 (B) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 

15 after ‘‘officer of the Air Force’’; and 

16 (C) by inserting ‘‘and space’’ after ‘‘pro17 fessor of air’’. 

18 (14) AIRPLANE PARTS AND ACCESSORIES: CI19 VILIAN FLYING SCHOOLS.—Section 9628 of such 

20 title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 

21 after ‘‘airplanes of the Air Force’’. 

22 (15) SUPPLIES: MILITARY INSTRUCTION

23 CAMPS.—Section 9654 of such title is amended by 

24 inserting ‘‘or Space Force’’ after ‘‘an Air Force’’. 


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1 (16) DISPOSITION OF EFFECTS OF DECEASED

2 PERSONS BY SUMMARY COURT-MARTIAL.—Section 

3 9712(a) of such title is amended— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or the 

5 Space Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’; and 

6 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 

7 Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 

8 (17) ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS: LAND FOR

9 MOBILIZATION, TRAINING, SUPPLY BASE, OR AVIA10 TION FIELD.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 9771 of such 

12 title is amended— 

13 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘or 

14 aviation field’’ and inserting ‘‘avia15 tion field, or space-related facil16 ity’’; and 

17 (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 

18 space-related facility’’ after ‘‘aviation 

19 field’’. 

20 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relat21 ing to section 9771 in the table of sections at 

22 the beginning of chapter 979 of such title is 

23 amended to read as follows: 

‘‘9771. Acceptance of donations: land for mobilization, training, supply base, 

aviation field, or space-related facility.’’. 


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1 (18) ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION: AIR

2 BASES AND DEPOTS.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 9773 of such 

4 title is amended— 

5 (i) in subsection (a)— 

6 (I) by striking ‘‘permanent air 

7 bases’’ and inserting ‘‘permanent Air 

8 Force and Space Force military in9 stallations’’; 

10 (II) by striking ‘‘existing air 

11 bases’’ and inserting ‘‘existing instal12 lations’’; and 

13 (III) by inserting ‘‘or the Space 

14 Force’’ after ‘‘training of the Air 

15 Force’’; 

16 (ii) in the heading and in subsections 

17 (b) and (c), by striking ‘‘air bases’’ each 

18 place it appears and inserting ‘‘installa19 tions’’; and 

20 (iii) in subsection (c)— 

21 (I) in paragraph (1), by inserting 

22 ‘‘or Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’; 

23 and 

24 (II) in paragraphs (3) and (4), 

25 by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 


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1 after ‘‘Air Force’’ both places it ap2 pears. 

3 (B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relat4 ing to section 9773 in the table of sections at 

5 the beginning of chapter 979 of such title is 

6 amended to read as follows: 

‘‘9773. Acquisition and construction: installations and depots.’’. 

7 (19) EMERGENCY CONSTRUCTION: FORTIFICA8 TIONS.—Section 9776 of such title is amended by 

9 striking ‘‘air base’’ and inserting ‘‘installation’’. 

10 (20) USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.—Section 

11 9779(a) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the 

12 Space Force’’ after ‘‘economy of the Air Force’’. 

13 (21) DISPOSITION OF REAL PROPERTY AT MIS14 SILE SITES.—Section 9781(a)(2) of such title is 

15 amended— 

16 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

17 (A), by striking ‘‘Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘De18 partment of the Air Force’’; 

19 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Air 

20 Force’’ the first two places it appears and in21 serting ‘‘Department of the Air Force’’; and 

22 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Air 

23 Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of the Air 

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1 (22) MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF REAL

2 PROPERTY.—Section 9782 of such title is amended 

3 in subsections (c) and (d) by inserting ‘‘or the Space 

4 Force’’ after ‘‘the Air Force’’ both places it appears. 

5 (23) SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS: REMISSION

6 OR CANCELLATION OF INDEBTEDNESS OF MEM7 BERS.—Section 9837(a) of such title is amended by 

8 inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘member of the 

9 Air Force’’. 

10 (24) FINAL SETTLEMENT OF OFFICER’S AC11 COUNTS.—Section 9840 of such title is amended by 

12 inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 

13 (25) PAYMENT OF SMALL AMOUNTS TO PUBLIC

14 CREDITORS.—Section 9841 of such title is amended 

15 by inserting ‘‘or Space Force’’ after ‘‘official of Air 

16 Force’’. 

17 (26) SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS OF LINE OF18 FICERS.—Section 9842 of such title is amended— 

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 

20 after ‘‘Air Force’’; and 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘Comptroller General’’ 

22 both places it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary 

23 of the Air Force’’. 


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1 SEC. 1712. OTHER PROVISIONS OF TITLE 10, UNITED 

2 STATES CODE. 

3 (a) TABLE OF SUBTITLES.—The table of subtitles at 

4 the beginning of title 10, United States Code, is amended 

5 by striking the item relating to subtitle D and inserting 

6 the following new item: 

‘‘D. Air Force and Space Force .................................................... 9011’’. 

7 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 101 of such title is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘Space 

11 Force,’’ after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’; and 

12 (B) in paragraph (9)(C), by inserting ‘‘and 

13 the Space Force’’ after ‘‘concerning the Air 

14 Force’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (b)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘or Ma17 rine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or 

18 Space Force’’; and 

19 (B) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘or Ma20 rine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or 

21 Space Force’’. 

22 (c) OTHER PROVISIONS OF SUBTITLE A.— 

23 (1) SPACE FORCE I.—Subtitle A of such title is 

24 further amended by striking ‘‘and Marine Corps’’ 


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1 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, 

2 and Space Force’’ in the following provisions: 

3 (A) Section 116(a)(1) in the matter pre4 ceding subparagraph (A). 

5 (B) Section 533(a)(2). 

6 (C) The item relating to section 632 in the 

7 table of sections at the beginning of subchapter 

8 III of chapter 36. 

9 (D) The heading of section 632. 

10 (E) Section 645(1)(A). 

11 (F) Section 646. 

12 (G) Section 661(a). 

13 (H) Section 712(a). 

14 (I) Section 717(c)(1). 

15 (J) Section 741 (including the table in 

16 subsection (a)). 

17 (K) Section 1111(b)(4). 

18 (L) Subsections (a)(2)(A) and (c)(2)(A)(ii) 

19 of section 1143. 

20 (M) Section 1174(j). 

21 (N) Subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section 

22 1370(a)(2). 

23 (O) Section 1463(a). 

24 (P) Section 1566. 

25 (Q) Section 2217(c). 


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1 (R) Section 2259(a). 

2 (S) Section 2640(j). 

3 (2) SPACE FORCE II.—Such subtitle is further 

4 amended by striking ‘‘Marine Corps,’’ each place it 

5 appears and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, Space Force,’’ 

6 in the following provisions: 

7 (A) Section 123(a). 

8 (B) Section 172(a). 

9 (C) Section 518. 

10 (D) The item relating to section 747 in the 

11 table of sections at the beginning of chapter 43. 

12 (E) Section 747 (including the heading). 

13 (F) Section 749. 

14 (G) Section 1552(c). 

15 (H) Section 2632(c). 

16 (I) Section 2686(a). 

17 (J) Section 2733(a). 

18 (3) SPACE FORCE III.—Such subtitle is further 

19 amended by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ each place 

20 it appears and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space 

21 Force’’ in the following provisions: 

22 (A) Section 125(b). 

23 (B) Section 275. 

24 (C) Subsection (b)(2) and the first place it 

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1 (D) Section 541(a). 

2 (E) Section 601(a). 

3 (F) Section 603(a). 

4 (G) Section 605. 

5 (H) Section 611(a). 

6 (I) Section 619(a). 

7 (J) Section 619a(a). 

8 (K) Section 623(c). 

9 (L) Section 625(b). 

10 (M) Section 631. 

11 (N) Section 632(a). 

12 (O) Section 637(a)(2). 

13 (P) Section 638(a). 

14 (Q) Section 741. 

15 (R) Section 771. 

16 (S) Section 772. 

17 (T) Section 773. 

18 (U) Section 1123. 

19 (V) Section 1143(d). 

20 (W) Section 1174(a)(2). 

21 (X) Section 1251(a). 

22 (Y) Section 1252(a). 

23 (Z) Section 1253(a). 

24 (AA) Paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) of section 

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1 (BB) Section 1375. 

2 (CC) Section 1413a(h). 

3 (DD) Section 1551. 

4 (EE) Section 1561(a). 

5 (FF) Section 1733(b)(1)(A)(ii). 

6 (GG) Section 2102(a). 

7 (HH) Section 2103a(a). 

8 (II) Section 2104. 

9 (JJ) Section 2107. 

10 (KK) Section 2421. 

11 (LL) Section 2631(a). 

12 (MM) Section 2787(a). 

13 (4) REGULAR SPACE FORCE I.—Such subtitle is 

14 further amended by striking ‘‘or Regular Marine 

15 Corps’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Regular 

16 Marine Corps, or Regular Space Force’’ in the fol17 lowing provisions: 

18 (A) Section 531(c). 

19 (B) Section 532(a) in the matter preceding 

20 paragraph (1). 

21 (C) Subsections (a)(1), (b)(1), and (f) of 

22 section 533. 

23 (D) Section 633(a). 

24 (E) Section 634(a). 

25 (F) Section 635. 


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1 (G) Section 636(a). 

2 (H) Section 647(c). 

3 (I) Section 688(b)(1). 

4 (J) Section 1181. 

5 (5) REGULAR SPACE FORCE II.—Such subtitle 

6 is further amended by striking ‘‘Regular Marine 

7 Corps,’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Reg8 ular Marine Corps, Regular Space Force,’’ in the 

9 following provisions: 

10 (A) Section 505. 

11 (B) Section 506. 

12 (C) Section 508. 

13 (6) ARMED FORCES POLICY COUNCIL.—Section 

14 171 of such title is amended— 

15 (A) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘and’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (13), by striking the pe17 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

18 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

19 paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(14) the Chief of Staff of the Space Force.’’. 

21 (7) JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUN22 CIL.—Section 181(c)(1) of such title is amended by 

23 adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

24 ‘‘(F) A Space Force officer in the grade of 

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1 (8) UNFUNDED PRIORITIES.—Section 222a(b) 

2 of such title is amended— 

3 (A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

4 paragraph (6); and 

5 (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

6 following new paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(5) The Chief of Staff of the Space Force.’’. 

8 (9) THEATER SECURITY COOPERATION EX9 PENSES.—Section 312(b)(3) of such title is amended 

10 by inserting ‘‘the Chief of Staff of the Space Force,’’ 

11 after ‘‘the Commandant of the Marine Corps,’’. 

12 (10) WESTERN HEMISPHERE INSTITUTE.—Sec13 tion 343(e)(1)(E) of such title is amended by insert14 ing ‘‘or Space Force’’ after ‘‘for the Air Force’’. 

15 (11) ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS OF COMMIS16 SIONED OFFICERS.—Section 531(a) of such title is 

17 amended by striking ‘‘and Regular Marine Corps’’ 

18 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Regular Marine 

19 Corps, and Regular Space Force’’. 

20 (12) SERVICE CREDIT.—Section 533(e) of such 

21 title is further amended by striking ‘‘Air Force or 

22 Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Air Force, Marine 

23 Corps, or Space Force’’. 

24 (13) SENIOR MEMBERS OF MILITARY STAFF

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1 such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or Space Force’’ 

2 after ‘‘Air Force’’. 

3 (14) RANK: CHIEF OF STAFF.—Chapter 43 of 

4 such title is amended— 

5 (A) in the table of sections at the begin6 ning by striking the item relating to section 743 

7 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘743. Rank: Chief of Staff of the Army; Chief of Naval Operations; Chief of 

Staff of the Air Force; Commandant of the Marine Corps; 

Chief of Staff of the Space Force.’’; 

8 and 

9 (B) in section 743— 

10 (i) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘; 

11 Chief of Staff of the Space Force’’ 

12 after ‘‘Commandant of the Marine 

13 Corps’’; 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘and the Commandant 

15 of the Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

16 Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the 

17 Chief of Staff of the Space Force’’; and 

18 (iii) by striking ‘‘and Marine Corps’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, and Space 

20 Force’’. 

21 (15) UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE.— 

22 Chapter 47 of such title (Uniform Code of Military 

23 Justice) is amended— 

24 (A) in section 822(a) (article 22)— 


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1 (i) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘or 

2 Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine 

3 Corps, or Space Force’’; and 

4 (ii) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘or 

5 Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘, Marine 

6 Corps, or Space Force’’; 

7 (B) in section 823(a) (article 23)— 

8 (i) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (I) by striking ‘‘Air Force base’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘Air Force or Space 

11 Force military installation’’; and 

12 (II) by striking ‘‘or the Air 

13 Force’’ and inserting ‘‘the Air Force, 

14 or the Space Force’’; and 

15 (ii) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or 

16 a corresponding unit of the Space Force’’ 

17 after ‘‘Air Force’’; and 

18 (C) in section 824(a)(3) (article 24), by in19 serting ‘‘or a corresponding unit of the Space 

20 Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 

21 (16) SERVICE AS CADET OR MIDSHIPMAN NOT

22 COUNTED FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE.—Section 

23 971(b)(2) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘or 

24 Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘, Air Force, or Space 

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1 (17) REFERRAL BONUS.—Section 1030(h)(3) of 

2 such title is amended by inserting ‘‘and the Space 

3 Force’’ after ‘‘concerning the Air Force’’. 

4 (18) RETURN TO ACTIVE DUTY FROM TEM5 PORARY DISABILITY.—Section 1211(a) of such title 

6 is amended— 

7 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

8 by striking ‘‘or the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

9 the Air Force, or the Space Force’’; and 

10 (B) in paragraph (6)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘or the Air Force, 

12 who’’ and inserting ‘‘the Air Force, or the 

13 Space Force who’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘or the Air Force, as’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘the Air Force, or the Space 

16 Force, as’’. 

17 (19) YEARS OF SERVICE.—Section 1405(c) of 

18 such title is amended by striking ‘‘or Air Force’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘, Air Force, or Space Force’’. 

20 (20) RETIRED PAY BASE FOR PERSONS WHO

21 BECAME MEMBERS BEFORE SEPTEMBER 8, 1980.— 

22 Section 1406 of such title is amended— 

23 (A) in the heading of subsection (e), by in24 serting ‘‘AND SPACE FORCE’’ after ‘‘AIR

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1 (B) in subsection (i)(3)— 

2 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

3 (I) by redesignating clause (v) as 

4 clause (vi); and 

5 (II) by inserting after clause (iv) 

6 the following new clause: 

7 ‘‘(v) Chief of Staff of the Space 

8 Force.’’; 

9 and 

10 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

11 (I) by redesignating clause (v) as 

12 clause (vi); and 

13 (II) by inserting after clause (iv) 

14 the following new clause: 

15 ‘‘(v) Chief Master Sergeant of the 

16 Space Force.’’. 

17 (21) SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MILITARY

18 PERSONNEL IN ACQUISITION FIELD.—Section 

19 1722a(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘and 

20 the Commandant of the Marine Corps (with respect 

21 to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, 

22 respectively)’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Commandant of 

23 the Marine Corps, and the Chief of Staff of the 

24 Space Force (with respect to the Army, Navy, Air 


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1 Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force, respec2 tively)’’. 

3 (22) SENIOR MILITARY ACQUISITION ADVI4 SORS.—Section 1725(e)(1)(C) of such title is 

5 amended by inserting ‘‘and Space Force’’ before the 

6 period. 

7 (23) MILITARY FAMILY READINESS COUNCIL.— 

8 Section 1781a(b)(1) of such title is amended by 

9 striking ‘‘Marine Corps, and Air Force’’ each place 

10 it appears and inserting ‘‘Air Force, Marine Corps, 

11 and Space Force’’. 

12 (24) ACQUISITION-RELATED FUNCTIONS OF

13 CHIEFS OF THE ARMED FORCES.—Section 2547(a) 

14 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘and the Com15 mandant of the Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

16 Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the Chief of 

17 Staff of the Space Force’’. 

18 (25) AGREEMENTS RELATED TO MILITARY

19 TRAINING, TESTING, AND OPERATIONS.—Section 

20 2684a(i) of such title is amended by inserting 

21 ‘‘Space Force,’’ before ‘‘or Defense-wide activities’’ 

22 each place it appears. 

23 (d) PROVISIONS OF SUBTITLE B.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of such title is 

25 amended by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ each place 


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1 it appears and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space 

2 Force’’ in the following provisions: 

3 (A) Section 7452(c). 

4 (B) Section 7621(d). 

5 (2) COMPUTATION OF YEARS OF SERVICE.— 

6 Section 7326(a)(1) of such title is amended by strik7 ing ‘‘or the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Air 

8 Force, or the Space Force’’. 

9 (e) PROVISIONS OF SUBTITLE C.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle C of such title is 

11 amended by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ each place 

12 it appears and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space 

13 Force’’ in the following provisions: 

14 (A) Section 8464(f). 

15 (B) Section 8806(d). 

16 (2) SALES PRICES.—Chapter 879 of such title 

17 is amended— 

18 (A) in the table of sections at the begin19 ning by striking the item relating to section 

20 8802 and inserting the following: 

‘‘8802. Sales: members of Army, Air Force, and Space Force; prices.’’; 

21 and 

22 (B) in section 8802— 

23 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘and 

24 Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘, Air Force, 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘or the Air Force’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘, the Air Force, or the 

3 Space Force’’. 

4 (3) SALES TO CERTAIN VETERANS.—Section 

5 8803 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘or the 

6 Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘the Marine Corps, or 

7 the Space Force’’. 

8 (4) SCOPE OF CHAPTER ON PRIZE.—Section 

9 8851 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘or the Air 

10 Force’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Air Force, or the Space 

11 Force’’. 

12 SEC. 1713. TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE. 

13 (a) ARMED FORCES DEFINITION.—Section 2101(2) 

14 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

15 after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’ the following: ‘‘Space Force,’’. 

16 (b) POSITION AT LEVEL III.—Section 5314 of such 

17 title is amended by striking ‘‘Under Secretary of the Air 

18 Force’’ and inserting ‘‘Under Secretaries of the Air 

19 Force.’’. 

20 SEC. 1714. TITLE 14, UNITED STATES CODE. 

21 (a) VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT.—Section 291 of title 

22 14, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or Ma23 rine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space 

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1 (b) COMPUTATION OF LENGTH OF SERVICE.—Sec2 tion 467 of such title is amended by inserting after ‘‘Air 

3 Force,’’ the following: ‘‘Space Force,’’. 

4 SEC. 1715. TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE. 

5 (a) POSSE COMITATUS.—Section 1385 of title 18, 

6 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or the Air 

7 Force’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Air Force, or the Space 

8 Force’’. 

9 (b) FIREARMS AS NONMAILABLE.—Section 1715 of 

10 such title is amended by inserting ‘‘Space Force,’’ after 

11 ‘‘Marine Corps,’’. 

12 SEC. 1716. TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE. 

13 (a) DEFINITIONS RELATING TO CLAIMS.—Section 

14 3701(a)(7) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

15 by inserting ‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’. 

16 (b) COLLECTION AND COMPROMISE.—Section 

17 3711(f) of such title is amended in paragraphs (1) and 

18 (3) by inserting ‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’ 

19 each place it appears. 

20 SEC. 1717. TITLE 37, UNITED STATES CODE. 

21 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 101 of title 37, United 

22 States Code, is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraphs (3) and (4), by inserting 

24 ‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’ each place it 

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1 (2) in paragraph (5)(C), by inserting ‘‘and the 

2 Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air Force’’. 

3 (b) BASIC PAY RATES.— 

4 (1) COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.—Footnote 2 of 

5 the table titled ‘‘COMMISSIONED OFFICERS’’ in 

6 section 601(c) of the John Warner National Defense 

7 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 

8 109–364; 37 U.S.C. 1009 note) is amended by in9 serting after ‘‘Commandant of the Marine Corps,’’ 

10 the following: ‘‘Chief of Staff of the Space Force,’’. 

11 (2) ENLISTED MEMBERS.—Footnote 2 of the 

12 table titled ‘‘ENLISTED MEMBERS’’ in section 

13 601(c) of the John Warner National Defense Au14 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 

15 109–364; 37 U.S.C. 1009 note) is amended by in16 serting after ‘‘Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps,’’ 

17 the following: ‘‘Chief Master Sergeant of the Space 

18 Force,’’. 

19 (c) PAY GRADES: ASSIGNMENT TO; GENERAL

20 RULES.—The table in section 201(a) of title 37, United 

21 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and Marine Corps’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, and Space Force’’ in the 

23 heading for the second column. 

24 (d) PAY OF SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS.—Section 

25 210(c) of such title is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para2 graph (6); and 

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol4 lowing new paragraph (5): 

5 ‘‘(5) The Chief Master Sergeant of the Space 

6 Force.’’. 

7 (e) ALLOWANCES OTHER THAN TRAVEL AND TRANS8 PORTATION ALLOWANCES.— 

9 (1) PERSONAL MONEY ALLOWANCE.—Section 

10 414 of such title is amended— 

11 (A) in subsection (a)(5), by inserting 

12 ‘‘Chief of Staff of the Space Force,’’ after 

13 ‘‘Commandant of the Marines Corps,’’; and 

14 (B) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘the 

15 Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force,’’ 

16 after ‘‘the Sergeant Major of the Marine 

17 Corps,’’. 

18 (2) CLOTHING ALLOWANCE: ENLISTED MEM19 BERS.—Section 418(d) of such title is amended— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Space 

21 Force,’’ after ‘‘Air Force,’’; and 

22 (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘the 

23 Space Force,’’ after ‘‘the Air Force,’’. 

24 (f) TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES: 

25 PARKING EXPENSES.—Section 481i(b) of such title is 


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1 amended by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space Force’’. 

3 (g) LEAVE.— 

4 (1) ADDITION OF SPACE FORCE.—Chapter 9 of 

5 such title is amended by inserting ‘‘Space Force,’’ 

6 after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’ each place it appears in the 

7 following provisions: 

8 (A) Subsections (b)(1) and (e)(1) of sec9 tion 501. 

10 (B) Section 502(a). 

11 (C) Section 503(a). 

12 (2) ADDITION OF REGULAR SPACE FORCE.— 

13 Section 501(b)(5)(C) of such title is amended by 

14 striking ‘‘or Regular Marine Corps’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘Regular Marine Corps, or Regular Space Force’’. 

16 (h) CONTRACT SURGEONS.—Subsections (a), (c), and 

17 (d) of section 701 of such title are each amended by insert18 ing ‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Air Force,’’. 

19 (i) FORFEITURE OF PAY.—Chapter 15 of such title 

20 is amended— 

21 (1) in section 802, by striking ‘‘or Marine 

22 Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or Space 

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1 (2) in section 803, by striking ‘‘or the Air 

2 Force’’ and inserting ‘‘the Air Force, or the Space 

3 Force’’. 

4 (j) EFFECT ON PAY OF EXTENSION OF ENLIST5 MENT.—Section 906 of such title is amended by inserting 

6 ‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Marine Corps,’’. 

7 (k) ADMINISTRATION OF PAY.—Chapter 19 of such 

8 title is amended— 

9 (1) in section 1005, by striking ‘‘and of the Air 

10 Force’’ and inserting ‘‘the Air Force, and the Space 

11 Force’’; and 

12 (2) in section 1007— 

13 (A) in subsections (b), (d), (f), and (g), by 

14 striking ‘‘or the Air Force’’ and inserting ‘‘, the 

15 Air Force, or the Space Force’’; and 

16 (B) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘or Ma17 rine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine Corps, or 

18 Space Force’’. 

19 SEC. 1718. TITLE 38, UNITED STATES CODE. 

20 (a) REFERENCES TO MILITARY, NAVAL, OR AIR

21 SERVICE AMENDED TO ADD SPACE SERVICE.—Title 38, 

22 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or air serv23 ice’’ and inserting ‘‘air, or space service’’ each place it ap24 pears in the following provisions: 


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1 (1) Paragraphs (2), (5), (12), (16), (17), (18), 

2 and (24) of section 101. 

3 (2) Section 105. 

4 (3) Section 106. 

5 (4) Section 1101. 

6 (5) Section 1103. 

7 (6) Section 1110. 

8 (7) Section 1112. 

9 (8) Section 1113. 

10 (9) Section 1131. 

11 (10) Section 1132. 

12 (11) Section 1133. 

13 (12) Section 1137. 

14 (13) Section 1141. 

15 (14) Section 1153. 

16 (15) Section 1154. 

17 (16) Section 1301. 

18 (17) Section 1302. 

19 (18) Section 1310. 

20 (19) Section 1521(j). 

21 (20) Section 1541(h). 

22 (21) Section 1703. 

23 (22) Section 1710(a)(2)(B). 

24 (23) Section 1712. 

25 (24) Section 1712A. 


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1 (25) Section 1717. 

2 (26) Section 1720A. 

3 (27) Section 1720D. 

4 (28) Section 1720E(a). 

5 (29) Section 1720G. 

6 (30) Section 1720I. 

7 (31) Section 1781. 

8 (32) Section 1783. 

9 (33) Section 1922. 

10 (34) Section 2002. 

11 (35) Section 2101A. 

12 (36) Section 2301. 

13 (37) Section 2302. 

14 (38) Section 2303. 

15 (39) Section 2306. 

16 (40) Section 2402(a)(1). 

17 (41) Section 3018B. 

18 (42) Section 3102. 

19 (43) Section 3103. 

20 (44) Section 3113. 

21 (45) Section 3501. 

22 (46) Section 3512. 

23 (47) Section 3679. 

24 (48) Section 3701. 

25 (49) Section 3712. 


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1 (50) Section 3729. 

2 (51) Section 3901. 

3 (52) Section 5103A. 

4 (53) Section 5110. 

5 (54) Section 5111. 

6 (55) Section 5113. 

7 (56) Section 5303. 

8 (57) Section 6104. 

9 (58) Section 6105. 

10 (59) Section 6301. 

11 (60) Section 6303. 

12 (61) Section 6304. 

13 (62) Section 8301. 

14 (b) DEFINITIONS.— 

15 (1) ARMED FORCES.—Paragraph (10) of sec16 tion 101 of such title is amended by inserting 

17 ‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Air Force,’’. 

18 (2) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—Paragraph 

19 (25)(C) of such section is amended by inserting ‘‘or 

20 the Space Force’’ before the semicolon. 

21 (3) FORMER PRISONER OF WAR.—Paragraph 

22 (32) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘naval 

23 or air service’’ and inserting ‘‘naval, air, or space 

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1 (c) PLACEMENT OF EMPLOYEES IN MILITARY IN2 STALLATIONS.—Section 701 of such title is amended— 

3 (1) by striking ‘‘and Air Force’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘Air Force, and Space Force’’; and 

5 (2) by striking ‘‘or air service’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘air, or space service’’. 

7 (d) SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PENSION.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1562(a) of such title 

9 is amended by inserting ‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Air 

10 Force,’’ both places it appears. 

11 (2) SUBCHAPTER HEADING.—The heading of 

12 subchapter IV of chapter 15 of such title is amended 

13 by inserting ‘‘SPACE FORCE,’’ after ‘‘AIR 

14 FORCE,’’, and the item relating to such subchapter 

15 in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 

16 15 of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘SPACE 

17 FORCE,’’ after ‘‘AIR FORCE,’’. 

18 (e) PREMIUM PAYMENTS.—Section 1908 of such title 

19 is amended by inserting ‘‘Space Force’’ after ‘‘Marine 

20 Corps,’’. 

21 (f) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—Section 3020(l)(3) of 

22 such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ 

23 before the semicolon. 


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1 (g) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3301(2)(C) of such title 

2 is amended by inserting ‘‘or the Space Force’’ after ‘‘Air 

3 Force’’. 

4 (h) PROVISION OF CREDIT PROTECTION AND OTHER

5 SERVICES.—Section 5724(c)(2) of such title is amended 

6 by striking ‘‘or Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Marine 

7 Corps, or Space Force’’. 

8 SEC. 1719. TITLE 41, UNITED STATES CODE. 

9 Section 6309 of title 41, United States Code, is 

10 amended by inserting ‘‘Space Force,’’ after ‘‘Marine 

11 Corps,’’. 

12 SEC. 1720. TITLE 51, UNITED STATES CODE. 

13 Section 20113(l) of title 51, United States Code, is 

14 amended by striking ‘‘and Marine Corps’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘, Marine Corps, and Space Force’’. 

16 SEC. 1721. OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW. 

17 (a) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AUTHORITY.—The au18 thority of the Secretary of Defense with respect to the Air 

19 Force or members of the Air Force under any covered pro20 vision of law may be exercised by the Secretary with re21 spect to the Space Force or members of the Space Force. 

22 (b) SECRETARY OF AIR FORCE AUTHORITY.—The 

23 authority of the Secretary of the Air Force with respect 

24 to the Air Force or members of the Air Force under any 


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1 covered provision of law may be exercised with respect to 

2 the Space Force or members of the Space Force. 

3 (c) BENEFITS FOR MEMBERS.—A member of the 

4 Space Force shall be eligible for any benefit under a cov5 ered provision of law that is available to a member of the 

6 Air Force under the same terms and conditions as the pro7 vision of law applies to members of the Air Force. 

8 (d) COVERED PROVISION OF LAW DEFINED.—In this 

9 section, the term ‘‘covered provision of law’’ means a pro10 vision of law other than a provision of title 5, 10, 14, 18, 

11 31, 37, 38, 41, or 51, United States Code. 

12 DIVISION B—MILITARY CON13 STRUCTION AUTHORIZA14 TIONS 

15 SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 

16 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc17 tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020’’. 

18 SEC. 2002. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AND 

19 AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO BE SPECIFIED BY 

20 LAW. 

21 (a) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AFTER FIVE

22 YEARS.—Except as provided in subsection (b), all author23 izations contained in titles XXI through XXVII for mili24 tary construction projects, land acquisition, family housing 

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1 lantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program 

2 (and authorizations of appropriations therefor) shall ex3 pire on the later of— 

4 (1) October 1, 2024; or 

5 (2) the date of the enactment of an Act author6 izing funds for military construction for fiscal year 

7 2025. 

8 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 

9 authorizations for military construction projects, land ac10 quisition, family housing projects and facilities, and con11 tributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Se12 curity Investment Program (and authorizations of appro13 priations therefor), for which appropriated funds have 

14 been obligated before the later of— 

15 (1) October 1, 2024; or 

16 (2) the date of the enactment of an Act author17 izing funds for fiscal year 2025 for military con18 struction projects, land acquisition, family housing 

19 projects and facilities, or contributions to the North 

20 Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment 

21 Program. 

22 SEC. 2003. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

23 Titles XXI through XXVII and title XXIX shall take 

24 effect on the later of— 

25 (1) October 1, 2019; or 


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2 TITLE XXI—ARMY MILITARY 

3 CONSTRUCTION 

4 SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

5 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

6 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

7 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria8 tions in section 2103(a) and available for military con9 struction projects inside the United States as specified in 

10 the funding table in section 3002, the Secretary of the 

11 Army may acquire real property and carry out military 

12 construction projects for the installations or locations in13 side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 

14 the following table: 

Army: Inside the United States 

State Installation Amount 

Alabama ................... Redstone Arsenal ......................................... $38,000,000 

Colorado ................... Fort Carson, Colorado ................................. $71,000,000 

Georgia .................... Fort Gordon ................................................. $107,000,000 

Hunter Army Airfield .................................. $62,000,000 

Kentucky .................. Fort Campbell .............................................. $61,300,000 

Massachusetts ........ Soldier Systems Center Natick .................... $50,000,000 

Michigan .................. Detroit Arsenal ............................................ $24,000,000 

New York ................. Fort Drum ................................................... $23,000,000 

North Carolina ........ Fort Bragg ................................................... $12,500,000 

Oklahoma ................. Fort Sill ....................................................... $73,000,000 

Pennsylvania ............ Carlisle Barracks ......................................... $98,000,000 

South Carolina ......... Fort Jackson ................................................ $54,000,000 

Texas ....................... Corpus Christi Army Depot ......................... $86,000,000 

Fort Hood .................................................... $32,000,000 

Virginia .................... Fort Belvoir ................................................. $60,000,000 

Joint Base Langley-Eustis ........................... $55,000,000 

Washington .............. Joint Base Lewis-McChord .......................... $46,000,000 

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1 struction projects outside the United States as specified 

2 in the funding table in section 3002, the Secretary of the 

3 Army may acquire real property and carry out the military 

4 construction project for the installations or locations out5 side the United States, and in the amount, set forth in 

6 the following table: 

Army: Outside the United States 

Country Installation Amount 

Honduras ................... Soto Cano Air Base ................................... $34,000,000 

7 SEC. 2102. FAMILY HOUSING. 

8 (a) CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION.—Using 

9 amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap10 propriations in section 2103(a) and available for military 

11 family housing functions as specified in the funding table 

12 in section 3002, the Secretary of the Army may construct 

13 or acquire family housing units (including land acquisition 

14 and supporting facilities) at the installations or locations, 

15 in the number of units, and in the amounts set forth in 

16 the following table: 

Army: Family Housing 

State/ 

Country Installation Units Amount 

Pennsylvania Tobyhanna Army Depot ......... Family Housing 

Replacement 

Construction.

$19,000,000 

17 (b) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro18 priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 

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1 functions as specified in the funding table in section 3002, 

2 the Secretary of the Army may carry out architectural and 

3 engineering services and construction design activities 

4 with respect to the construction or improvement of family 

5 housing units in an amount not to exceed $9,222,000. 

6 SEC. 2103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, ARMY. 

7 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 

8 are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 

9 beginning after September 30, 2018, for military con10 struction, land acquisition, and military family housing 

11 functions of the Department of the Army as specified in 

12 the funding table in section 3002. 

13 (b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION

14 PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author15 ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 

16 any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 

17 of all projects carried out under section 2101 of this Act 

18 may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro19 priated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding 

20 table in section 3002. 

21 SEC. 2104. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

22 CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2019 PROJECT. 

23 In the case of the authorization contained in the table 

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1 115–232; 132 Stat. xxxx) for Anniston Army Depot, Ala2 bama, for construction of a weapon maintenance shop, the 

3 Secretary of the Army may construct a 21,000 square foot 

4 weapon maintenance shop. 

5 TITLE XXII—NAVY MILITARY 

6 CONSTRUCTION 

7 SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

8 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

9 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

10 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria11 tions in section 2204(a) and available for military con12 struction projects inside the United States as specified in 

13 the funding table in section 3002, the Secretary of the 

14 Navy may acquire real property and carry out military 

15 construction projects for the installations or locations in16 side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 

17 the following table: 

Navy: Inside the United States 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Arizona .................... Yuma ............................................................ $90,160,000 

California ................. Camp Pendleton ........................................... $185,569,000 

China Lake ................................................... $64,500,000 

Coronado ...................................................... $86,830,000 

Seal Beach ................................................... $95,310,000 

Travis Air Force Base ................................. $64,000,000 

Connecticut .............. New London ................................................. $72,260,000 

Florida ..................... Jacksonville .................................................. $32,420,000 

Hawaii ..................... Kaneohe Bay ................................................ $134,050,000 

West Loch .................................................... $53,790,000 

North Carolina ........ Camp Lejeune .............................................. $229,010,000 

Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station ...... $114,570,000 

New River .................................................... $11,320,000 

Virginia .................... Norfolk ......................................................... $79,100,000 

Portsmouth .................................................. $48,930,000 

Quantico ....................................................... $143,350,000 

Washington .............. Bremerton .................................................... $51,010,000 

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1 (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

2 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria3 tions in section 2204(a) and available for military con4 struction projects outside the United States as specified 

5 in the funding table in section 3002, the Secretary of the 

6 Navy may acquire real property and carry out military 

7 construction projects for the installation or location out8 side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 

9 the following table: 

Navy: Outside the United States 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Bahrain Island ........... SW Asia ..................................................... $53,360,000 

Guam .......................... Joint Region Marianas .............................. $226,000,000 

Italy ............................ Sigonella .................................................... $77,400,000 

Japan ......................... Iwakuni ...................................................... $15,870,000 

Yokosuka ................................................... $174,692,000 

10 SEC. 2202. FAMILY HOUSING. 

11 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author12 ization of appropriations in section 2204(a) and available 

13 for military family housing functions as specified in the 

14 funding table in section 3002, the Secretary of the Navy 

15 may carry out architectural and engineering services and 

16 construction design activities with respect to the construc17 tion or improvement of family housing units in an amount 

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1 SEC. 2203. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 

2 UNITS. 

3 Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States 

4 Code, and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the 

5 authorization of appropriations in section 2204(a) and 

6 available for military family housing functions as specified 

7 in the funding table in section 3002, the Secretary of the 

8 Navy may improve existing military family housing units 

9 in an amount not to exceed $41,798,000. 

10 SEC. 2204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NAVY. 

11 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 

12 are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 

13 beginning after September 30, 2019, for military con14 struction, land acquisition, and military family housing 

15 functions of the Department of the Navy, as specified in 

16 the funding table in section 3002. 

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 2201 of this Act 

22 may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro23 priated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding 

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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 

6 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria7 tions in section 2304(a) and available for military con8 struction projects inside the United States as specified in 

9 the funding table in section 3002, the Secretary of the 

10 Air Force may acquire real property and carry out mili11 tary construction projects for the installations or locations 

12 inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth 

13 in the following table: 

Air Force: Inside the United States 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Alaska ...................... Eielson Air Force Base ................................ $8,600,000 

Arkansas .................. Little Rock Air Force Base ......................... $47,000,000 

California ................. Travis Air Force Base ................................. $26,100,000 

Colorado ................... Schriever Air Force Base ............................. $148,000,000 

Illinois ...................... Scott Air Force Base ................................... $100,000,000 

Montana ................... Malmstrom Air Force Base ......................... $235,000,000 

Nevada ..................... Nellis Air Force Base .................................. $65,200,000 

New Mexico ............. Kirtland Air Force Base .............................. $37,900,000 

North Dakota .......... Minot Air Force Base .................................. $5,500,000 

Texas ....................... Joint Base San Antonio ............................... $207,300,000 

Utah ......................... Hill Air Force Base ..................................... $114,500,000 

Washington .............. Fairchild Air Force Base ............................. $31,000,000 

Wyoming .................. F. E. Warren Air Force Base ...................... $18,100,000 

14 (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

15 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria16 tions in section 2304(a) and available for military con17 struction projects outside the United States as specified 

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1 Air Force may acquire real property and carry out mili2 tary construction projects for the installation or location 

3 outside the United States, and in the amount, set forth 

4 in the following table: 

Air Force: Outside the United States 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Australia ..................... Tindal ........................................................ $70,600,000 

Cyprus ........................ Royal Air Force Akrotiri ........................... $27,000,000 

Guam .......................... Joint Region Marianas .............................. $65,000,000 

Japan ......................... Yokota Air Base ........................................ $12,400,000 

Jordan ........................ Azraq ......................................................... $66,000,000 

Mariana Islands ......... Tinian ........................................................ $316,000,000 

United Kingdom ......... Royal Air Force Lakenheath ..................... $14,300,000 

5 SEC. 2302. FAMILY HOUSING. 

6 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author7 ization of appropriations in section 2304(a) and available 

8 for military family housing functions as specified in the 

9 funding table in section 3002, the Secretary of the Air 

10 Force may carry out architectural and engineering serv11 ices and construction design activities with respect to the 

12 construction or improvement of family housing units in an 

13 amount not to exceed $3,409,000. 

14 SEC. 2303. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 

15 UNITS. 

16 Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States 

17 Code, and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the 

18 authorization of appropriations in section 2304(a) and 

19 available for military family housing functions as specified 

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1 Air Force may improve existing military family housing 

2 units in an amount not to exceed $53,584,000. 

3 SEC. 2304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, AIR 

4 FORCE. 

5 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 

6 are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 

7 beginning after September 30, 2019, for military con8 struction, land acquisition, and military family housing 

9 functions of the Department of the Air Force, as specified 

10 in the funding table in section 3002. 

11 (b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION

12 PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author13 ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 

14 any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 

15 of all projects carried out under section 2301 of this Act 

16 may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro17 priated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding 

18 table in section 3002. 

19 SEC. 2305. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

20 CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2015 PROJECT. 

21 In the case of the authorization contained in the table 

22 in section 2301(b) of the Military Construction Authoriza23 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (division B of Public Law 

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1 for JIAC Consolidation Phase 1, the location shall be 

2 Royal Air Force Molesworth. 

3 SEC. 2306. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

4 CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2016 PROJECT. 

5 In the case of the authorization contained in the table 

6 in section 2301(b) of the Military Construction Authoriza7 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (division B of Public Law 

8 114–92; 129 Stat. 1153), as modified by section 2305 of 

9 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

10 Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 

11 xxxx) for an unspecified location in the United Kingdom, 

12 for JIAC Consolidation Phase 2, the Secretary of the Air 

13 Force may construct a 5,152 square meter Intelligence 

14 Analytic Center, a 5,234 square meter Intelligence Fusion 

15 Center, and a 807 square meter Battlefield Information 

16 Collection and Exploitation System Center at Royal Air 

17 Force Molesworth, United Kingdom. 

18 SEC. 2307. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

19 CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2017 PROJECT. 

20 In the case of the authorization contained in the table 

21 in section 2301(b) of the Military Construction Authoriza22 tion Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (division B of Public Law 

23 114–328; 130 Stat. 2697), as modified by section 2305 

24 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

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1 xxxx) for an unspecified location in the United Kingdom, 

2 for JIAC Consolidation Phase 3, the Secretary of the Air 

3 Force may construct a 1,562 square meter Regional Joint 

4 Intelligence Training Facility and a 4,495 square meter 

5 Combatant Command Intelligence Facility at Royal Air 

6 Force Molesworth, United Kingdom. 

7 SEC. 2308. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

8 CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2018 PROJECTS. 

9 (a) JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO.—In the case of the 

10 authorization contained in the table in section 2301(a) of 

11 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

12 Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 

13 1826) for Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, for construction 

14 of a Dining and Classroom Facility, the Secretary of the 

15 Air Force may construct a 750 square meter equipment 

16 building. 

17 (b) JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND.—In the 

18 case of the authorization contained in table in section 

19 2301(a) of the Military Construction Authorization Act 

20 for Fiscal Year 2018 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 

21 131 Stat. 1825) for Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, 

22 Texas, for construction of an Air Traffic Control Tower, 

23 the Secretary of the Air Force may construct a 636 square 

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1 (c) INCIRLIK AIR BASE.—In the case of the author2 ization contained in the table in section 2903 of the Mili3 tary Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 

4 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1876) for 

5 Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, for Relocating Main Base Main 

6 Access Control Point, the Secretary of the Air Force may 

7 construct a 176 square meter pedestrian search building. 

8 (d) RYGGE AIR STATION.—In the case of the author9 ization contained in the table in section 2903 of the Mili10 tary Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 

11 (division B of Public Law 115–91; 131 Stat. 1876) for 

12 Rygge Air Station, Norway, for Repair and Expand Quick 

13 Reaction Alert Pad, the Secretary of the Air Force may 

14 construct 1,327 square meters of Aircraft Shelter and a 

15 404 square meter fire protection support building. 

16 SEC. 2309. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 

17 CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2019 PROJECTS. 

18 (a) HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE.—In the case of the 

19 authorization contained in the table in section 2301(a) of 

20 the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 

21 Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 

22 xxxx) for Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, for the 

23 construction of a semi-conductor/microelectronics lab facil24 ity, the Secretary of the Air Force may construct a 1,000 

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1 (b) ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH.—In the case 

2 of the authorization contained in the table in section 

3 2301(b) of the Military Construction Authorization Act 

4 for Fiscal Year 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–232; 

5 132 Stat. xxxx) for Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United 

6 Kingdom, for the construction of an F–35 Dormitory, the 

7 Secretary of the Air Force may construct a 5,900 square 

8 meter dormitory. 

9 TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE AGEN10 CIES MILITARY CONSTRUC11 TION 

12 SEC. 2401. AUTHORIZED DEFENSE AGENCIES CONSTRUC13 TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

14 (a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 

15 appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria16 tions in section 2403(a) and available for military con17 struction projects inside the United States as specified in 

18 the funding table in section 3002, the Secretary of De19 fense may acquire real property and carry out military 

20 construction projects for the installations or locations in21 side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 

22 the following table: 

Defense Agencies: Inside the United States 

State Installation or Location Amount 

California ................. Beale Air Force Base ................................... $33,700,000 

Camp Pendleton ........................................... $17,700,000 

CONUS Classified ... Classified Location ....................................... $82,200,000 

Florida ..................... Eglin Air Force Base ................................... $16,500,000 

Hurlburt Field ............................................. $108,386,000 


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Defense Agencies: Inside the United States—Continued 

State Installation or Location Amount 

Key West ...................................................... $16,000,000 

Hawaii ..................... Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam ................ $67,700,000 

Maryland .................. Fort Detrick ................................................. $27,846,000 

Mississippi ............... Columbus Air Force Base ............................ $16,800,000 

North Carolina ........ Camp Lejeune .............................................. $13,400,000 

Fort Bragg ................................................... $84,103,000 

Oklahoma ................. Tulsa International Airport ......................... $18,900,000 

Rhode Island ............ Quonset State Airport .................................. $11,600,000 

South Carolina ......... Joint Base Charleston .................................. $33,300,000 

South Dakota Ellsworth Air Force Base ............................ $24,800,000 

Virginia .................... Dam Neck .................................................... $12,770,000 

Def Distribution Depot Richmond ............... $98,800,000 

Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek - 

Story ......................................................... $45,604,000 

Pentagon ...................................................... $28,802,000 

Washington .............. Joint Base Lewis-McChord .......................... $47,700,000 

Wisconsin ................. General Mitchell International Airport ........ $25,900,000 

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 

5 in the funding table in section 3002, the Secretary of De6 fense may acquire real property and carry out military 

7 construction projects for the installations or locations out8 side the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in 

9 the following table: 

Defense Agencies: Outside the United States 

Country Installation or Location Amount 

Germany ..................... Geilenkirchen Air Base .............................. $30,479,000 

Guam .......................... Joint Region Marianas .............................. $19,200,000 

Japan ......................... Yokota Air Base ........................................ $136,411,000 

Worldwide Classified .. Classified Location .................................... $52,000,000 

10 SEC. 2402. AUTHORIZED ENERGY CONSERVATION 

11 PROJECTS. 

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1 for energy conservation projects as specified in the funding 

2 table in section 3002, the Secretary of Defense may carry 

3 out energy conservation projects under chapter 173 of title 

4 10, United States Code, in the amount set forth in the 

5 table. 

6 SEC. 2403. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, DE7 FENSE AGENCIES. 

8 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 

9 are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 

10 beginning after September 30, 2019, for military con11 struction, land acquisition, and military family housing 

12 functions of the Department of Defense (other than the 

13 military departments), as specified in the funding table 

14 in section 3002. 

15 (b) LIMITATION ON TOTAL COST OF CONSTRUCTION

16 PROJECTS.—Notwithstanding the cost variations author17 ized by section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, and 

18 any other cost variation authorized by law, the total cost 

19 of all projects carried out under section 2401 of this Act 

20 may not exceed the total amount authorized to be appro21 priated under subsection (a), as specified in the funding 

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1 TITLE XXV—INTERNATIONAL 

2 PROGRAMS 

3 Subtitle A—North Atlantic Treaty 

4 Organization Security Invest5 ment Program 

6 SEC. 2501. AUTHORIZED NATO CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

7 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

8 The Secretary of Defense may make contributions for 

9 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Invest10 ment Program as provided in section 2806 of title 10, 

11 United States Code, in an amount not to exceed the sum 

12 of the amount authorized to be appropriated for this pur13 pose in section 2502 and the amount collected from the 

14 North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a result of con15 struction previously financed by the United States. 

16 SEC. 2502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NATO. 

17 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Funds are hereby authorized 

18 to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after Sep19 tember 30, 2019, for contributions by the Secretary of De20 fense under section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, 

21 for the share of the United States of the cost of projects 

22 for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security In23 vestment Program authorized by section 2501 as specified 

24 in the funding table in section 3002. 


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1 (b) AUTHORITY TO RECOGNIZE NATO AUTHORIZA2 TION AMOUNTS AS BUDGETARY RESOURCES FOR

3 PROJECT EXECUTION.—When the United States is des4 ignated as the Host Nation for the purposes of executing 

5 a project under the NATO Security Investment Program 

6 (NSIP), the Department of Defense construction agent 

7 may recognize the NATO project authorization amounts 

8 as budgetary resources to incur obligations for the pur9 poses of executing the NSIP project. 

10 Subtitle B—Host Country In-Kind 

11 Contributions 

12 SEC. 2511. REPUBLIC OF KOREA FUNDED CONSTRUCTION 

13 PROJECTS. 

14 Pursuant to agreement with the Republic of Korea 

15 for required in-kind contributions, the Secretary of De16 fense may accept military construction projects for the in17 stallations or locations, set forth in the following table: 

Republic of Korea Funded Construction Projects 

Country Component Installation 

or Location Project Amount 

Korea ... Army ..... Camp Carroll ............. Army Prepositioned 

Stock-4 Wheeled 

Vehicle Maintenance Facility.

$51,000,000 

Army ..... Camp Humphreys ..... Unaccompanied Enlisted Personnel 

Housing, P1.

$154,000,000 

Army ..... Camp Humphreys ..... Unaccompanied Enlisted Personnel 

Housing, P2.

$211,000,000 

Army ..... Camp Humphreys ..... Satellite Communications Facility.$32,000,000 

Air Force Gwangju Air Base ..... Hydrant Fuel System.$35,000,000 

Air Force Kunsan Air Base ...... Upgrade Electrical 

Distribution System.

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Republic of Korea Funded Construction Projects—Continued 

Country Component Installation 

or Location Project Amount 

Air Force Kunsan Air Base ...... Dining Facility ........ $21,000,000 

Air Force Suwon Air Base ........ Hydrant Fuel System.$24,000,000 

1 TITLE XXVI—GUARD AND 

2 RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 

3 SEC. 2601. AUTHORIZED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CON4 STRUCTION AND LAND ACQUISITION 

5 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 fund9 ing table in section 3002, the Secretary of the Army may 

10 acquire real property and carry out military construction 

11 projects for the Army National Guard locations inside the 

12 United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol13 lowing table: 

Army National Guard 

State Location Amount 

Alabama ................... Foley ............................................................ $12,000,000 

California ................. Camp Roberts .............................................. $12,000,000 

Idaho ........................ Orchard Training Area ................................ $29,000,000 

Maryland .................. Havre De Grace ........................................... $12,000,000 

Massachusetts .......... Camp Edwards ............................................. $9,700,000 

Minnesota ................ New Ulm ...................................................... $11,200,000 

Mississippi ............... Camp Shelby ................................................ $8,100,000 

Missouri ................... Springfield .................................................... $12,000,000 

Nebraska .................. Bellevue ........................................................ $29,000,000 

New Hampshire ....... Concord ........................................................ $5,950,000 

Pennsylvania ............ Moon Township ............................................ $23,000,000 

Washington .............. Richland ....................................................... $11,400,000 


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1 SEC. 2602. AUTHORIZED ARMY RESERVE CONSTRUCTION 

2 AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

3 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author4 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

5 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the fund6 ing table in section 3002, the Secretary of the Army may 

7 acquire real property and carry out military construction 

8 projects for the Army Reserve locations inside the United 

9 States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 

10 table: 

Army Reserve 

State Location Amount 

Delaware .................. Dover Air Force Base .................................. $21,000,000 

Wisconsin ................. Fort McCoy .................................................. $25,000,000 

11 SEC. 2603. AUTHORIZED NAVY RESERVE AND MARINE 

12 CORPS RESERVE CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

13 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

14 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author15 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

16 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the fund17 ing table in section 3002, the Secretary of the Navy may 

18 acquire real property and carry out military construction 

19 projects for the Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 

20 locations inside the United States, and in the amounts, 

21 set forth in the following table: 


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Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 

State Location Amount 

Louisiana ................. New Orleans ................................................. $25,260,000 

1 SEC. 2604. AUTHORIZED AIR NATIONAL GUARD CONSTRUC2 TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

3 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author4 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

5 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the fund6 ing table in section 3002, the Secretary of the Air Force 

7 may acquire real property and carry out military construc8 tion projects for the Air National Guard locations inside 

9 the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the 

10 following table: 

Air National Guard 

State Location Amount 

Georgia .................... Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport.$24,000,000 

Missouri ................... Rosecrans Memorial Airport ........................ $9,500,000 

Wisconsin ................. Truax Field .................................................. $34,000,000 

11 SEC. 2605. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE RESERVE CONSTRUC12 TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

13 Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author14 ization of appropriations in section 2606 and available for 

15 the National Guard and Reserve as specified in the fund16 ing table in section 3002, the Secretary of the Air Force 

17 may acquire real property and carry out military construc18 tion projects for the Air Force Reserve locations inside 


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1 the United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the 

2 following table: 

Air Force Reserve 

State Location Amount 

Georgia .................... Robins Air Force Base ................................. $43,000,000 

3 SEC. 2606. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NA4 TIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE. 

5 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

6 fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2019, for the 

7 costs of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, 

8 and construction of facilities for the Guard and Reserve 

9 Forces, and for contributions therefor, under chapter 

10 1803 of title 10, United States Code (including the cost 

11 of acquisition of land for those facilities), as specified in 

12 the funding table in section 3002. 

13 TITLE XXVII—BASE REALIGN14 MENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVI15 TIES 

16 SEC. 2701. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

17 BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ACTIVI18 TIES FUNDED THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF 

19 DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT. 

20 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

21 fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2019, for base 

22 realignment and closure activities, including real property 

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1 ized by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act 

2 of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 

3 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) and funded through the Department 

4 of Defense Base Closure Account established by section 

5 2906 of such Act (as amended by section 2711 of the Mili6 tary Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 

7 (division B of Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2140)), as 

8 specified in the funding table in section 3002. 

9 TITLE XXVIII—MILITARY CON10 STRUCTION GENERAL PROVI11 SIONS 

12 SEC. 2801. REVISION TO ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEER13 ING SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION DESIGN 

14 AUTHORITY. 

15 Section 2807(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘$5,000,000’’. 


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1 SEC. 2802. EXPANSION OF TEMPORARY AUTHORITY FOR 

2 ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS 

3 FOR CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION, MAINTE4 NANCE, AND REPAIR PROJECTS MUTUALLY 

5 BENEFICIAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DE6 FENSE AND THE MILITARY FORCES OF KU7 WAIT AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. 

8 Section 2804 of the National Defense Authorization 

9 Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 2350j note) is 

10 amended— 

11 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘KUWAIT MILI12 TARY FORCES’’ and inserting ‘‘THE MILITARY

13 FORCES OF KUWAIT AND THE REPUBLIC OF

14 KOREA’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (a)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘government of Kuwait’’ 

17 and inserting ‘‘government of Kuwait and the 

18 Republic of Korea’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘Kuwait military forces’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘military forces of the contrib21 uting country’’; 

22 (3) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘for contribu23 tions from the contributing country’’ after ‘‘Sec24 retary of Defense’’; 


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1 (4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘government 

2 of Kuwait’’ and inserting ‘‘government of the con3 tributing country’’; and 

4 (5) in subsection (e)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘govern6 ment of Kuwait’’ and inserting ‘‘government of 

7 the contributing country’’; and 

8 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

10 ‘‘Kuwait military forces’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘military forces of the contributing coun12 try’’; and 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

14 ‘‘Kuwait military forces’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘military forces of the contributing coun16 try’’. 

17 SEC. 2803. AUTHORIZED COST VARIATIONS FOR UNSPEC18 IFIED MINOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION. 

19 Section 2853 of title 10, United States Code, is 

20 amended— 

21 (a) in subsection (a)— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘the cost authorized for a mili23 tary construction project’’ and all that follows; 

24 (2) by adding a new subsection (a)(1) as fol25 lows: 


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1 ‘‘(1) the cost authorized for a military construc2 tion project or for the construction, improvement, 

3 and acquisition of a military family housing project 

4 may be increased or decreased by not more than 25 

5 percent of the amount appropriated for such project 

6 or 200 percent of the minor construction project 

7 ceiling specified in section 2805(a) of this title, 

8 whichever is less, if the Secretary concerned deter9 mines that such revised cost is required for the sole 

10 purpose of meeting unusual variations in cost and 

11 that such variations in cost could not have reason12 ably been anticipated at the time the project was au13 thorized by Congress; and’’; and 

14 (3) by adding a new subsection (a)(2) as fol15 lows: 

16 ‘‘(2) the cost of an unspecified minor military 

17 construction project undertaken pursuant to section 

18 2805(b)(1) or section 2805(d) of this title may be 

19 increased above the applicable ceiling in section 

20 2805(a)(2) or section 2805(d)(1) of this title by not 

21 more than 25 percent of such ceiling, if the Sec22 retary concerned determines that such revised cost is 

23 required for the sole purpose of meeting unusual and 

24 unanticipated variations in cost occurring after 

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1 (b) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 

2 (c)(1); 

3 (c) in the newly redesignated subsection (c)(1)— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘The limitation on’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘The limitations on the amount of’’; 

6 (2) by striking ‘‘or’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’; 

7 (3) by striking ‘‘does’’ and inserting ‘‘do’’; 

8 (4) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

9 subparagraphs (A) and (B) respectively; and 

10 (5) in the redesignated subparagraph (A), by 

11 redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 

12 (i) and (ii) respectively; and 

13 (d) by adding a new subsection (c)(2) as follows: 

14 ‘‘(2) An unspecified minor military construction 

15 project undertaken pursuant to section 2805(b)(1) 

16 or section 2805(d) may be decreased in cost or re17 duced in scope at the discretion of the Secretary 

18 concerned.’’. 

19 SEC. 2804. MODIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVE AUTHORITY 

20 FOR ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT OF 

21 MILITARY HOUSING. 

22 Section 2872a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

23 amended by adding at the end the following new para24 graphs: 

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1 ‘‘(14) Tree trimming and removal.’’. 

2 TITLE XXIX—OVERSEAS CONTIN3 GENCY OPERATIONS MILI4 TARY CONSTRUCTION 

5 SEC. 2901. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

6 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

7 The Secretary of the Army may acquire real property 

8 and carry out the military construction projects for the 

9 installations outside the United States, and in the 

10 amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Army: Outside the United States 

Country Installation Amount 

Cuba ........................... Guantanamo Bay ....................................... $122,300,000 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations .............. $42,200,000 

11 SEC. 2902. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 

12 ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

13 The Secretary of the Navy may acquire real property 

14 and carry out the military construction projects for the 

15 installations outside the United States, and in the 

16 amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Navy: Outside the United States 

Country Installation Amount 

Spain .......................... Rota ........................................................... $69,570,000 

17 SEC. 2903. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND 

18 LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

19 The Secretary of the Air Force may acquire real 

20 property and carry out the military construction projects 


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1 for the installations outside the United States, and in the 

2 amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Air Force: Outside the United States 

Country Installation Amount 

Iceland ........................ Keflavik ..................................................... $57,000,000 

Spain .......................... Moron ........................................................ $8,500,000 

Worldwide Unspecified Unspecified Worldwide Locations .............. $175,000,000 

3 SEC. 2904. AUTHORIZED DEFENSE AGENCIES CONSTRUC4 TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 

5 The Secretary of Defense may acquire real property 

6 and carry out the military construction projects for the 

7 installations outside the United States, and in the 

8 amounts, set forth in the following table: 

Defense Agencies: Outside the United States 

Country Installation Amount 

Germany ..................... Gemersheim ............................................... $46,000,000 

9 SEC. 2905. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 

11 fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2019, for the 

12 military construction projects outside the United States 

13 authorized by this title as specified in the funding table 

14 in section 3003. 


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1 TITLE XXX—MILITARY 

2 CONSTRUCTION FUNDING 

3 SEC. 3001. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS IN FUNDING TA4 BLES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever a funding table in this 

6 title specifies a dollar amount authorized for a project, 

7 program, or activity, the obligation and expenditure of the 

8 specified dollar amount for the project, program, or activ9 ity is hereby authorized, subject to the availability of ap10 propriations. 

11 (b) MERIT-BASED DECISIONS.—A decision to com12 mit, obligate, or expend funds with or to a specific entity 

13 on the basis of a dollar amount authorized pursuant to 

14 subsection (a) shall— 

15 (1) be based on merit-based selection proce16 dures in accordance with the requirements of sec17 tions 2304(k) and 2374 of title 10, United States 

18 Code, or on competitive procedures; and 

19 (2) comply with other applicable provisions of 

20 law. 

21 (c) RELATIONSHIP TO TRANSFER AND PROGRAM22 MING AUTHORITY.—An amount specified in the funding 

23 tables in this title may be transferred or reprogrammed 

24 under a transfer or reprogramming authority provided by 

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1 or reprogramming of an amount specified in such funding 

2 tables shall not count against a ceiling on such transfers 

3 or reprogrammings under any other provision of this Act 

4 or any other provision of law, unless such transfer or re5 programming would move funds between appropriation ac6 counts. 

7 (d) APPLICABILITY TO CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—This 

8 section applies to any classified annex that accompanies 

9 this Act. 

10 (e) ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS.—No 

11 oral or written communication concerning any amount 

12 specified in the funding tables in this division shall super13 sede the requirements of this section. 

14 SEC. 3002. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION TABLE. 

SEC. 3002. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country 

and Installation Project Title 

FY 2020 

Budget 

Request 

Alabama 

Army Redstone Arsenal Aircraft and Flight Equipment Building .................................. 38,000 

Colorado 

Army Fort Carson Company Operations Facility .................................................... 71,000 

Georgia 

Army Fort Gordon Cyber Instructional Fac (Admin/Command) ............................ 107,000 

Army Hunter Army Airfield Aircraft Maintenance Hangar ................................................... 62,000 

Hawaii 

Army Fort Shafter Command and Control Facility, Incr 5 .................................... 60,000 

Honduras 

Army Soto Cano AB Aircraft Maintenance Hangar ................................................... 34,000 

Kentucky 

Army Fort Campbell Automated Infantry Platoon Battle Course .............................. 7,100 

Army Fort Campbell Easements ................................................................................. 3,200 

Army Fort Campbell General Purpose Maintenance Shop ......................................... 51,000 

Massachusetts 

Army Soldier Systems Center 

Natick 

Human Engineering Lab .......................................................... 50,000 

Michigan 

Army Detroit Arsenal Substation ................................................................................. 24,000 

New York 

Army Fort Drum Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Hangar ............................................ 23,000 

North Carolina 

Army Fort Bragg Dining Facility .......................................................................... 12,500 

Oklahoma 

Army Fort Sill Adv Individual Training Barracks Cplx, Ph2 ........................... 73,000 

Pennsylvania 

Army Carlisle Barracks General Instruction Building .................................................... 98,000 

South Carolina 

Army Fort Jackson Reception Complex, Ph2 ........................................................... 54,000 

Texas 

Army Corpus Christi Army 

Depot 

Powertrain Facility (Machine Shop) ......................................... 86,000 


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SEC. 3002. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country 

and Installation Project Title 

FY 2020 

Budget 

Request 

Army Fort Hood Barracks .................................................................................... 32,000 

Virginia 

Army Fort Belvoir Secure Operations and Admin Facility ..................................... 60,000 

Army Joint Base LangleyEustis Adv Individual Training Barracks Cplx, Ph4 ........................... 55,000 

Washington 

Army Joint Base LewisMcChord Information Systems Facility .................................................... 46,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Host Nation Support ................................................................ 31,000 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design ................................................................. 94,099 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction ............................................... 70,600 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Worldwide Construction ........................................ 211,000 

Total Military Construction, Army ...................................................................................................................... 1,453,499 

Arizona 

Navy Yuma Hangar 95 Renovation & Addition ........................................... 90,160 

Bahrain Island 

Navy SW Asia Electrical System Upgrade ........................................................ 53,360 

California 

Navy Camp Pendleton 62 Area Mess Hall and Consolidated Warehouse ..................... 71,700 

Navy Camp Pendleton I MEF Consolidated Information Center ................................. 113,869 

Navy China Lake Runway & Taxiway Extension .................................................. 64,500 

Navy Coronado Navy V-22 Hangar .................................................................... 86,830 

Navy San Diego Pier 8 Replacement (INC) ........................................................ 59,353 

Navy Seal Beach Ammunition Pier ....................................................................... 95,310 

Navy Travis AFB Alert Force Complex ................................................................. 64,000 

Connecticut 

Navy New London SSN Berthing Pier 32 .............................................................. 72,260 

District of Columbia 

Navy Naval Observatory Master Time Clocks & Operations Fac (INC) .......................... 75,600 

Florida 

Navy Jacksonville Targeting & Surveillance Syst Prod Supp Fac ......................... 32,420 

Guam 

Navy Joint Region Marianas Bachelor Enlisted Quarters H .................................................. 164,100 

Navy Joint Region Marianas EOD Compound Facilities ........................................................ 61,900 

Navy Joint Region Marianas Machine Gun Range (INC) ....................................................... 91,287 

Hawaii 

Navy Kaneohe Bay Bachelor Enlisted Quarters ....................................................... 134,050 

Navy West Loch Magazine Consolidation, Phase 1 ............................................. 53,790 

Italy 

Navy Sigonella Communications Station ........................................................... 77,400 

Japan 

Navy Iwakuni VTOL Pad - South ................................................................... 15,870 

Navy Yokosuka Pier 5 (Berths 2 and 3) ............................................................ 174,692 

North Carolina 

Navy Camp Lejeune 10th Marines HIMARS Complex .............................................. 35,110 

Navy Camp Lejeune 2nd MARDIV/2nd MLG Ops Center Replacement .................. 60,130 

Navy Camp Lejeune 2nd Radio BN Complex, Phase 2 (INC) .................................. 25,650 

Navy Camp Lejeune ACV-AAV Maintenance Facility Upgrades ............................... 11,570 

Navy Camp Lejeune II MEF Operations Center Replacement .................................. 122,200 

Navy Cherry Point Marine 

Corps Air Station 

Aircraft Maintenance Hangar (INC) ........................................ 73,970 

Navy Cherry Point Marine 

Corps Air Station 

ATC Tower & Airfield Operations ............................................ 61,340 

Navy Cherry Point Marine 

Corps Air Station 

F-35 Training and Simulator Facility ...................................... 53,230 

Navy Cherry Point Marine 

Corps Air Station 

Flightline Utility Modernization (INC) .................................... 51,860 

Navy New River CH-53K Cargo Loading Trainer .............................................. 11,320 

Utah 

Navy Hill AFB D5 Missile Motor Receipt/Storage Fac (INC) .......................... 50,520 

Virginia 

Navy Norfolk Mariner Skills Training Center ................................................. 79,100 

Navy Portsmouth Dry Dock Flood Protection Improvements ............................... 48,930 

Navy Quantico Wargaming Center .................................................................... 143,350 

Washington 

Navy Bremerton Dry Dock 4 & Pier 3 Modernization ......................................... 51,010 

Navy Keyport Undersea Vehicle Maintenance Facility .................................... 25,050 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design ................................................................. 167,715 

Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction ............................................... 81,237 


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SEC. 3002. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country 

and Installation Project Title 

FY 2020 

Budget 

Request 

Total Military Construction, Navy ...................................................................................................................... 2,805,743 

Alaska 

AF Eielson AFB F-35 AME Storage Facility ...................................................... 8,600 

Arkansas 

AF Little Rock AFB C-130H/J Fuselage Trainer Facility ........................................ 47,000 

Australia 

AF Tindal APR - RAAF Tindal/Earth Covered Magazine ........................ 11,600 

AF Tindal APR-RAAF Tindal/Bulk Storage Tanks .................................. 59,000 

California 

AF Travis AFB KC-46A Alter B181/B185/B187 Squad Ops/AMU .................. 6,600 

AF Travis AFB KC-46A Regional Maintenance Training Facility .................... 19,500 

Colorado 

AF Schriever AFB Consolidated Space Operations Facility .................................... 148,000 

Cyprus 

AF RAF Akrotiri New Dormitory for 1 ERS ........................................................ 27,000 

Guam 

AF Joint Region Marianas Munitions Storage Igloos III ..................................................... 65,000 

Illinois 

AF Scott AFB Joint Operations & Mission Planning Center ........................... 100,000 

Japan 

AF Yokota AB Fuel Receipt & Distribution Upgrade ....................................... 12,400 

Jordan 

AF Azraq Air Traffic Control Tower ......................................................... 24,000 

AF Azraq Munitions Storage Area ............................................................ 42,000 

Mariana Islands 

AF Tinian Airfield Development Phase 1 ................................................... 109,000 

AF Tinian Fuel Tanks w/ Pipeline/Hydrant System .................................. 109,000 

AF Tinian Parking Apron ........................................................................... 98,000 

Maryland 

AF Joint Base Andrews Presidential Aircraft Recap Complex Inc 3 .............................. 86,000 

Massachusetts 

AF Hanscom AFB MIT-Lincoln Lab (West Lab CSL/MIF) Inc 2 ........................ 135,000 

Montana 

AF Malmstrom AFB Weapons Storage and Maintenance Facility ............................. 235,000 

Nevada 

AF Nellis AFB 365th ISR Group Facility ......................................................... 57,000 

AF Nellis AFB F-35A Munitions Assembly Conveyor Facility ......................... 8,200 

New Mexico 

AF Kirtland AFB Combat Rescue Helicopter Simulator (CRH) ADAL ............... 15,500 

AF Kirtland AFB UH-1 Replacement Facility ...................................................... 22,400 

North Dakota 

AF Minot AFB Helo/TRFOps/AMUFacility ...................................................... 5,500 

Ohio 

AF Wright-Patterson AFB ADAL Intelligence Prod. Complex (NASIC) Inc 2 .................. 120,900 

Texas 

AF Joint Base San Antonio Aquatics Tank ........................................................................... 69,000 

AF Joint Base San Antonio BMT Recruit Dormitory 8 ........................................................ 110,000 

AF Joint Base San Antonio T-XA DAL Ground Based Trng Sys (GBTS) Sim .................. 9,300 

AF Joint Base San Antonio T-XMX Trng Sys Centrailized Trng Fac ................................. 19,000 

United Kingdom 

AF Royal Air Force 

Lakenheath 

F-35A PGM Facility ................................................................. 14,300 

Utah 

AF Hill AFB GBSD Mission Integration Facility .......................................... 108,000 

AF Hill AFB Joint Advanced Tactical Missile Storage Fac ........................... 6,500 

Washington 

AF Fairchild AFB Consolidated TFI Base Operations ........................................... 31,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

AF Various Worldwide Locations Planning and Design ................................................................. 142,148 

AF Various Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Construction ............................................... 79,682 

Wyoming 

AF F. E. Warren AFB Consolidated Helo/TRF Ops/AMU and Alert Fac .................... 18,100 

Total Military Construction, Air Force ............................................................................................................. 2,179,230 

California 

Def - Wide Beale AFB Hydrant Fuel System Replacement .......................................... 33,700 

Def - Wide Camp Pendleton Ambul Care Center/Dental Clinic Replacement ........................ 17,700 

CONUS Classified 

Def - Wide Classified Location Battalion Complex, Ph 3 ........................................................... 82,200 

Florida 

Def - Wide Eglin AFB SOF Combined Squadron Ops Facility .................................... 16,500 

Def - Wide Hurlburt Field SOF AMU & Weapons Hangar ................................................ 72,923 

Def - Wide Hurlburt Field SOF Combined Squadron Operations Facility ......................... 16,513 

Def - Wide Hurlburt Field SOF Maintenance Training Facility ......................................... 18,950 

Def - Wide Key West SOF Watercraft Maintenance Facility ..................................... 16,000 


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SEC. 3002. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country 

and Installation Project Title 

FY 2020 

Budget 

Request 

Germany 

Def - Wide Geilenkirchen AB Ambulatory Care Center/Dental Clinic ..................................... 30,479 

Guam 

Def - Wide Joint Region Marianas Xray Wharf Refueling Facility ................................................. 19,200 

Hawaii 

Def - Wide Joint Base Pearl HarborHickam SOF Undersea Operational Training Facility .......................... 67,700 

Japan 

Def - Wide Yokosuka Kinnick High School Inc 2 ....................................................... 130,386 

Def - Wide Yokota AB Bulk Storage Tanks PH1 116,305 

Def - Wide Yokota AB Pacific East District Superintendent’s Office ........................... 20,106 

Maryland 

Def - Wide Bethesda Naval Hospital MEDCEN Addition/Altertion Incr 3 ........................................ 96,900 

Def - Wide Fort Detrick Medical Research Acquisition Building ..................................... 27,846 

Def - Wide Fort Meade NSAW Recapitalize Building #3 Inc 2 .................................... 426,000 

Mississippi 

Def - Wide Columbus AFB Fuel Facilities Replacement ...................................................... 16,800 

Missouri 

Def - Wide Fort Leonard Wood Hospital Replacement Incr 2 .................................................... 50,000 

Def - Wide St Louis Next NGA West (N2W) Complex Phase 2 Inc. 2 .................... 218,800 

North Carolina 

Def - Wide Camp Lejeune SOF Marine Raider Regiment HQ ........................................... 13,400 

Def - Wide Fort Bragg SOF Assessment and Selection Training Complex ................... 12,103 

Def - Wide Fort Bragg SOF Human Platform-Force Generation Facility .................... 43,000 

Def - Wide Fort Bragg SOF Operations Support Bldg ................................................. 29,000 

Oklahoma 

Def - Wide Tulsa IAP Fuels Storage Complex ............................................................. 18,900 

Rhode Island 

Def - Wide Quonset State Airport Fuels Storage Complex Replacement ........................................ 11,600 

South Carolina 

Def - Wide Joint Base Charleston Medical Consolidated Storage & Distrib Center ....................... 33,300 

South Dakota 

Def - Wide Ellsworth AFB Hydrant Fuel System Replacement .......................................... 24,800 

Virginia 

Def - Wide Dam Neck SOF Demolition Training Compound Expansion ..................... 12,770 

Def - Wide Def Distribution Depot 

Richmond 

Operations Center Phase 2 ....................................................... 98,800 

Def - Wide Joint Expeditionary Base 

Little Creek - Story 

SOF NSWG-10 Operations Support Facility ........................... 32,600 

Def - Wide Joint Expeditionary Base 

Little Creek - Story 

SOF NSWG2 JSOTF Ops Training Facility ........................... 13,004 

Def - Wide Pentagon Backup Generator ..................................................................... 8,670 

Def - Wide Pentagon Control Tower & Fire Day Station ........................................... 20,132 

Washington 

Def - Wide Joint Base LewisMcChord SOF 22 STS Operations Facility ............................................. 47,700 

Wisconsin 

Def - Wide Gen Mitchell IAP POL Facilities Replacement ..................................................... 25,900 

Worldwide Classified 

Def - Wide Classified Location Mission Support Compound ...................................................... 52,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Def - Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Contingency Construction ......................................................... 10,000 

Def - Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

ERICP ....................................................................................... 150,000 

Def - Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Exercise Related Minor Construction, TJS .............................. 11,770 

Def - Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction, Defense Level Activities ....... 3,000 

Def - Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction, DODEA ............................... 8,000 

Def - Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction, MDA ..................................... 10,000 

Def - Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction, NSA ..................................... 3,228 

Def - Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction, SOCOM ................................ 31,464 

Def - Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction, WHS .................................... 4,950 

Def - Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

ERCIP Design .......................................................................... 10,000 

Def - Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design, Defense Level Activities ........................ 14,400 

Def - Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design, DODEA ................................................. 29,679 

Def - Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design, MDA ...................................................... 35,472 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country 

and Installation Project Title 

FY 2020 

Budget 

Request 

Def - Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design, NSA ....................................................... 15,000 

Def - Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design, WHS ...................................................... 4,890 

Def - Wide Various Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Construction, DHA ..................................... 10,000 

Def - Wide Various Worldwide Locations Unspecified Minor Construction, DLA ..................................... 16,736 

Def - Wide Various Worldwide Locations Planning and Design, DHA ...................................................... 63,382 

Def - Wide Various Worldwide Locations Planning and Design, DLA ...................................................... 27,000 

Def - Wide Various Worldwide Locations Planning and Design, SOCOM ................................................. 52,532 

Total Military Construction, Defense-Wide 2,504,190 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Def-Wide Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Administrative Expenses - UHIF ............................................. 500 

Total Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund 500 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Def-Wide NATO Security Investment Program NATO Security Investment Program ....................................... 144,040 

Total NATO Security Investment Program ...................................................................................................... 144,040 

Alabama 

Army NG Foley National Guard Readiness Center ............................................ 12,000 

California 

Army NG Camp Roberts Automated Multipurpose Machine Gun Range ......................... 12,000 

Idaho 

Army NG Orchard Training Area Railroad Tracks ......................................................................... 29,000 

Maryland 

Army NG Havre De Grace Combined Support Maintenance Shop ...................................... 12,000 

Massachusetts 

Army NG Camp Edwards Automated Multipurpose Machine Gun Range ......................... 9,700 

Minnesota 

Army NG New Ulm National Guard Vehicle Maintenance Shop .............................. 11,200 

Mississippi 

Army NG Camp Shelby Automated Multipurpose Machine Gun Range ......................... 8,100 

Missouri 

Army NG Springfield National Guard Readiness Center ............................................ 12,000 

Nebraska 

Army NG Bellevue National Guard Readiness Center ............................................ 29,000 

New Hampshire 

Army NG Concord National Guard Readiness Center ............................................ 5,950 

Pennsylvania 

Army NG Moon Township Combined Support Maintenance Shop ...................................... 23,000 

Washington 

Army NG Richland National Guard Readiness Center ............................................ 11,400 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Army NG Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design ................................................................. 20,469 

Army NG Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction ............................................... 15,000 

Total Military Construction, Army National Guard ..................................................................................... 210,819 

Delaware 

Army Res Dover AFB Army Reserve Center/BMA ....................................................... 21,000 

Wisconsin 

Army Res Fort McCoy Transient Training Barracks .................................................... 25,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Army Res Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design ................................................................. 6,000 

Army Res Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction ............................................... 8,928 

Total Military Construction, Army Reserve .................................................................................................... 60,928 

Louisiana 

Navy Res New Orleans Entry Control Facility Upgrades .............................................. 25,260 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Navy Res Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design ................................................................. 4,780 

Navy Res Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction ............................................... 24,915 

Total Military Construction, Naval Reserve .................................................................................................... 54,955 

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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country 

and Installation Project Title 

FY 2020 

Budget 

Request 

Air NG Savannah/Hilton Head 

IAP 

Consolidated Joint Air Dominance Hangar/Shops ................... 24,000 

Missouri 

Air NG Rosecrans Memorial Airport C-130 Flight Simulator Facility ............................................... 9,500 

Puerto Rico 

Air NG Luis Munoz-Marin IAP Communications Facility ........................................................... 12,500 

Air NG Luis Munoz-Marin IAP Maintenance Hangar ................................................................. 37,500 

Wisconsin 

Air NG Truax Field F-35 Simulator Facility ............................................................ 14,000 

Air NG Truax Field Fighter Alert Shelters ............................................................... 20,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Air NG Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction ............................................... 31,471 

Air NG Various Worldwide Locations Planning and Design ................................................................. 17,000 

Total Military Construction, Air National Guard Total .............................................................................. 165,971 

Georgia 

AF Res Robins AFB Consolidated Misssion Complex Phase 3 .................................. 43,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

AF Res Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design ................................................................. 4,604 

AF Res Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Minor Construction ............................................... 12,146 

Total Military Construction, Air Force Reserve ............................................................................................ 59,750 

Germany 

FH Con Army Baumholder Family Housing Improvements ................................................. 29,983 

Korea 

FH Con Army Camp Humphreys Family Housing New Construction Incr 4 ............................... 83,167 

Pennsylvania 

FH Con Army Tobyhanna Army Depot Family Housing Replacement Construction ............................. 19,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FH Con Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Family Housing P & D ............................................................. 9,222 

Total Family Housing Construction, Army ...................................................................................................... 141,372 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Furnishings ............................................................................... 24,027 

FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Housing Privatization Support ................................................. 18,627 

FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Leasing ...................................................................................... 128,938 

FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Maintenance .............................................................................. 81,065 

FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Management .............................................................................. 38,898 

FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Miscellaneous ............................................................................. 484 

FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Services ...................................................................................... 10,156 

FH Ops Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Utilities ...................................................................................... 55,712 

Total Family Housing Operation & Maintenance, Army ............................................................................ 357,907 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FH Con Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Construction Improvements ...................................................... 41,798 

FH Con Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design .................................................................... 3,863 

FH Con Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

USMC DPRI/Guam PLANNING AND DESIGN ................... 2,000 

Total Family Housing Construction, Navy ....................................................................................................... 47,611 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Furnishings ............................................................................... 19,012 

FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Housing Privatization Support ................................................. 21,972 

FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Leasing ...................................................................................... 64,126 

FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Maintenance .............................................................................. 82,611 

FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Management .............................................................................. 50,122 


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Account State/Country 

and Installation Project Title 

FY 2020 

Budget 

Request 

FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Miscellaneous ............................................................................. 151 

FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Services ...................................................................................... 16,647 

FH Ops Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Utilities ...................................................................................... 63,229 

Total Family Housing Operation & Maintenance, Navy & Marine Corps ........................................... 317,870 

Germany 

FH Con AF Spangdahlem AB Construct Deficit Military Family Housing .............................. 53,584 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FH Con AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Construction Improvements ...................................................... 46,638 

FH Con AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning & Design .................................................................... 3,409 

Total Family Housing Construction, Air Force .............................................................................................. 103,631 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Furnishings ............................................................................... 30,283 

FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Housing Privatization ............................................................... 22,593 

FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Leasing ...................................................................................... 15,768 

FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Maintenance .............................................................................. 117,704 

FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Management .............................................................................. 56,022 

FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Miscellaneous ............................................................................. 2,144 

FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Services ...................................................................................... 7,770 

FH Ops AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Utilities ...................................................................................... 42,732 

Total Family Housing Operations & Maintenance, Air Force .................................................................. 295,016 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Furnishings ............................................................................... 727 

FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Leasing ...................................................................................... 52,128 

FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Maintenance .............................................................................. 32 

FH Ops DW Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Utilities ...................................................................................... 4,113 

Total Family Housing Operations & Maintenance, Defense-Wide .......................................................... 57,000 

Worldwide Unspecified 

FH IF DW Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Administrative Expenses - FHIF ............................................. 3,045 

Total Family Housing Improvement Fund, Defense-Wide ......................................................................... 3,045 

Worldwide Unspecified 

BRAC Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Base Realignment & Closure, Army ......................................... 66,111 

BRAC Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Base Realignment & Closure, Navy .......................................... 158,349 

BRAC Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

DoD BRAC Activities - Air Force ............................................ 54,066 

Total Base Realignment and Closure Account ............................................................................................... 278,526 

1 SEC. 3003. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION TABLE FOR OVER2 SEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 

SEC. 3003. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country 

and Installation Project Title 

FY 2020 

Budget 

Request 

Cuba 

Army Guantanamo Bay Naval 

Station 

OCO: Communications Facility ................................................ 22,000 


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(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country 

and Installation Project Title 

FY 2020 

Budget 

Request 

Army Guantanamo Bay Naval 

Station 

OCO: Detention Legal Office and Comms Ctr ......................... 11,800 

Army Guantanamo Bay Naval 

Station 

OCO: High Value Detention Facility ........................................ 88,500 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

EDI/OCO Planning and Design ............................................... 19,498 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

EDI: Bulk Fuel Storage ........................................................... 36,000 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

EDI: Information Systems Facility .......................................... 6,200 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

EDI: Minor Construction .......................................................... 5,220 

Total Military Construction, Army ...................................................................................................................... 189,218 

Spain 

Navy Rota EDI: In-Transit Munitions Facility .......................................... 9,960 

Navy Rota EDI: Joint Mobility Center ....................................................... 46,840 

Navy Rota EDI: Small Craft Berthing Facility ......................................... 12,770 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Navy Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Planning and Design ................................................................. 25,000 

Total Military Construction, Navy ...................................................................................................................... 94,570 

Iceland 

AF Keflavik EDI-Airfield Upgrades - Dangerous Cargo PAD ..................... 18,000 

AF Keflavik EDI-Beddown Site Prep ........................................................... 7,000 

AF Keflavik EDI-Expand Parking Apron ..................................................... 32,000 

Spain 

AF Moron EDI-Hot Cargo Pad .................................................................. 8,500 

Worldwide Unspecified 

AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

EDI-ECAOS DABS/FEV EMEDS Storage ............................ 107,000 

AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

EDI-Hot Cargo Pad .................................................................. 29,000 

AF Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

EDI-MUNITIONS STORAGE AREA ..................................... 39,000 

AF Various Worldwide Locations EDI-Planning and Design ........................................................ 61,438 

AF Various Worldwide Locations EDI-Minor Construction ........................................................... 12,800 

Total Military Construction, Air Force ............................................................................................................. 314,738 

Germany 

Def - Wide Gemersheim EDI: Logistics Distribution Center Annex ............................... 46,000 

Total Military Construction, Defense-Wide ..................................................................................................... 46,000 

Total Military Construction For Overseas Contingency Operations ..................................................... 644,526 

1 SEC. 3004. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION TABLE FOR EMER2 GENCY FUNDING. 

SEC. 3004. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION FOR EMERGENCY FUNDING 

(In Thousands of Dollars) 

Account State/Country 

and Installation Project Title 

FY 2020 

Budget 

Request 

Worldwide Unspecified 

Army Unspecified Worldwide 

Locations 

Unspecified Worldwide Construction ........................................ $9,200,000 

Total Emergency Military Construction, Army .............................................................................................. $9,200,000 

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