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partment of Defense, or Executive Order 13985 of Janu-
ary 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009, relating to advancing 
racial equity and support for under-served communities 
through the Federal Government), Executive Order 14035 
of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34593, relating to diver-
sity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the Federal 
workforce), Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 2023 
(88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relating to further advancing racial 
equity and support for underserved communities through 
the Federal government), or shall be used to execute ac-
tivities that promote or perpetuate divisive concepts re-
lated to race or sex, such as the concepts that one race 
or sex is inherently superior to another, or that an individ-
ual’s moral character or worth is determined by their race 
or sex. 
SEC. 8148. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used for any office 
of diversity, equity, or inclusion. 
SEC. 8149. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be made available 
to NewsGuard Technologies Inc. 
SEC. 8150. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used in contraven-
tion of Department of Defense Instruction 3216.01, ‘‘Use 
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of Animals in DoD Conducted and Supported Research 
and Training’’, dated March 20, 2019. 
SEC. 8151. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to divest or 
prepare to divest more than eight U-2 aircraft. 
SEC. 8152. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to divest or 
prepare to divest any F-15 aircraft unless the Secretary 
of Defense certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate that such 
aircraft will be replaced in a manner that maintains the 
current total aircraft assigned at a given unit and the 
readiness of such unit. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8153. The Secretary of Defense may transfer 
funds from any available Department of the Navy appro-
priation (except military construction) to any available 
Navy ship construction appropriation for the purpose of 
liquidating necessary changes resulting from inflation, 
market fluctuations, or rate adjustments for any ship con-
struction program appropriated in law: Provided, That the 
Secretary may transfer not to exceed $40,000,000 under 
the authority provided by this section: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall, not less than 30 days prior to 
the transfer of any funds, notify the Committees on Ap-
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propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate in writing of the details of any proposed transfer: Pro-
vided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to this 
section shall retain the same period of availability as when 
originally appropriated: Provided further, That the trans-
fer authority provided under this section is in addition to 
any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this 
Act. 
SEC. 8154. The total amount appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act is hereby reduced by 
$3,000,000,000 to reflect savings and efficiencies attrib-
utable to proposed appropriations set forth in title II of 
H.R. 1 (as engrossed in the House of Representatives on 
May 22, 2025): Provided, That such reduction may not 
be derived from amounts appropriated by this Act for the 
National Intelligence Program or the Military Intelligence 
Program. 
SEC. 8155. The total amount appropriated or other-
wise made available in title II of this Act is hereby reduced 
by $1,000,000,000 to reflect savings due to favorable bulk 
fuel rates: Provided, That such reduction may not be de-
rived from amounts appropriated by this Act for the Na-
tional Intelligence Program or the Military Intelligence 
Program. 
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SEC. 8156. The total amount appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act is hereby reduced by 
$3,750,000,000 to reflect savings resulting from Depart-
ment of Defense cooperation with the Department of Gov-
ernment Efficiency: Provided, That such reduction may 
not be derived from amounts appropriated by this Act for 
the National Intelligence Program or the Military Intel-
ligence Program. 
SEC. 8157. The total amount appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act is hereby reduced by 
$1,000,000,000 to reflect savings attributable to effi-
ciencies, streamlining of functions, and management im-
provements in the Department of Defense: Provided, That 
such reduction may not be derived from amounts appro-
priated by this Act for the National Intelligence Program 
or the Military Intelligence Program. 
SEC. 8158. (a) In the event a law affecting the budg-
et of the Department of Defense is enacted through the 
reconciliation process under section 310 of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 pur-
suant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, the concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of 
Defense shall, not later than 45 days after the enactment 
of such law and at the time of the submittal to Congress 
of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2027 and 
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each fiscal year thereafter pursuant to section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code, submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate the following with respect to amounts made avail-
able by such law: 
(1) Proposed allocations by account and by pro-
gram, project, or activity, with detailed justifica-
tions. 
(2) P-1 and R-1 budget justification documents, 
which shall identify the allocation of funds by pro-
gram, project, and activity. 
(3) Budget justification documents, to be 
known as M-1 and O-1, which shall identify the allo-
cation of funds by budget activity, activity group, 
and sub-activity group. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal-
ances of projects and activities funded using amounts de-
scribed in subsection (a), including all uncommitted, com-
mitted, and unobligated funds. 
SEC. 8159. (a) The total amount appropriated or oth-
erwise made available by this Act may not be used for 
the salary or expenses of more than 75 full-time equivalent 
personnel, including Government employees and employees 
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of Federal contractors, for Cost Assessment and Program 
Evaluation. 
(b) Any reduction in full-time equivalent personnel by 
operation of subsection (a) shall not apply to any per-
sonnel— 
(1) performing cost assessment functions; or 
(2) capability enabling functions, including de-
fense industrial base, economic, and manpower anal-
ysis. 
SEC. 8160. The Secretary of Defense shall obligate 
funds made available by this Act and prior appropriations 
Acts under the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test, 
and Evaluation, Navy’’ for the Next Generation Fighter 
program in a manner that achieves accelerated Initial 
Operational Capability for the Next Generation Fighter 
aircraft: Provided, That not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and on a quarterly basis 
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees reports on the status of 
such program. 
SEC. 8161. Amounts appropriated in this Act under 
the heading ‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evalua-
tion, Defense-Wide’’ for the Defense Advanced Research 
Projects Agency shall remain available until September 
30, 2027, as detailed in the tables titled Explanation of 
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Project Level Adjustments in the explanatory statement 
accompanying this Act: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate quarterly 
reports on the execution of such funds, detailed at the 
project level. 
SEC. 8162. In addition to any other funds made 
available for such purposes, there is appropriated 
$90,000,000, for an additional amount for the ‘‘National 
Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund’’, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028, for activities pursuant to the 
Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 
U.S.C. 98 et seq.): Provided, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this section $10,000,000 shall be for tita-
nium requirements: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided under this section may be obligated or ex-
pended until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense pro-
vides the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a detailed execution plan 
for such funds. 
SEC. 8163. Of the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, not less than 
$80,000,000 shall be made available for the establishment 
of a Platform Supply Vessel Pilot Program (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) for the purpose of vali-
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dating Service requirements necessary to meet at-sea and 
in-shore logistics operations: Provided, That the Program 
shall evaluate options to time charter no less than six, and 
enter into a contractual agreement for no less than two 
time charters: Provided further, That the condition of the 
time charter should consider existing United States-built 
platform supply vessels that are documented under the 
laws of the United States, owned by a citizen of the United 
States under 46 U.S.C. 50501, configured for logistics 
support in the Indo-Pacific region that can meet the regu-
latory and physical requirements to transport nearly 
500,000 gallons of various standard fuels, and provide up 
to 10,000 square feet of combined deck space for trans-
port of military equipment and personnel for delivery in 
and out of shallow draft ports in the Indo-Pacific region: 
Provided further, The Secretary of the Navy shall provide 
a briefing within 180 days after the enactment of this Act 
to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on 
the status of the Program and the effectiveness of using 
PSVs to fill this critical need. 
SEC. 8164. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used— 
(1) to transfer the headquarters functions of 
the United States Southern Command from Miami, 
Florida to another location; or 
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(2) in the event the United States Southern 
Command is merged with another combatant com-
mand, to transfer the headquarters functions admin-
istered by the United States Southern Command 
prior to such merger from Miami, Florida to another 
location. 
SEC. 8165. Funds made available for the UH-60 
Blackhawk aircraft program under this Act and prior ap-
propriations Acts under the headings ‘‘Aircraft Procure-
ment, Army’’ and ‘‘Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Army’’ shall be obligated only for the purposes 
for which such funds were appropriated and such funds 
may not be reprogrammed or transferred for other pur-
poses: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act or prior appropria-
tions Acts may be used to pause, cancel, or terminate the 
UH-60 Blackhawk aircraft program or to prepare to 
pause, cancel, or terminate such program. 
SEC. 8166. Funds made available for the E–7 
Wedgetail aircraft program under this Act and prior ap-
propriations Acts under the headings ‘‘Aircraft Procure-
ment, Air Force’’ and ‘‘Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Air Force’’ shall be obligated only for the pur-
poses for which such funds were appropriated and such 
funds may not be reprogrammed or transferred for other 
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purposes: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act or prior appropria-
tions Acts may be used to pause, cancel, or terminate the 
E–7 Wedgetail aircraft program or to prepare to pause, 
cancel, or terminate such program. 
SEC. 8167. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be used in contravention to the Posse Comitatus 
Act of 1878. 
SEC. 8168. None of the funds in this Act may be 
used to discontinue or restrict access to sexual assault fo-
rensic examinations that were available to civilian per-
sonnel as of January 20, 2025. 
SEC. 8169. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for the transmittal of classified informa-
tion or war or operational plans over unsecured networks. 
SEC. 8170. Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
publish on the public website of the Department of De-
fense a report itemizing all expenses and contracts associ-
ated with the planning and execution of the military pa-
rade in Washington, D.C. on President Trump’s 79th 
birthday, including but not limited to post-event cleaning 
and repairs. 
SEC. 8171. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
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Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$12,000,000 shall be for the Irregular Warfare Center. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 8172. $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 129 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 4016 
[Report No. 119–162] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Department of De-
fense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2026, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 16, 2025 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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