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SEC. 224. None of the funds in this Act may be avail-
able for the doctoral dissertation research grant program 
at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 
SEC. 225. Section 24 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (m)(1), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2018.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (o), by striking ‘‘September’’ 
and all that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2018.’’. 
SEC. 226. None of the funds in this Act provided to 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development may 
be used to make a grant award unless the Secretary noti-
fies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
not less than 3 full business days before any project, 
State, locality, housing authority, tribe, nonprofit organi-
zation, or other entity selected to receive a grant award 
is announced by the Department or its offices. 
SEC. 227. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to require or enforce the Physical Needs 
Assessment (PNA). 
SEC. 228. None of the funds made available in this 
Act shall be used by the Federal Housing Administration, 
the Government National Mortgage Administration, or the
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Department of Housing and Urban Development to in-
sure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of any 
mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or 
otherwise replaces a mortgage that has been subject to 
eminent domain condemnation or seizure, by a State, mu-
nicipality, or any other political subdivision of a State. 
SEC. 229. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to terminate the status of a unit of gen-
eral local government as a metropolitan city (as defined 
in section 102 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 
grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306). 
SEC. 230. Amounts made available under this Act 
which are either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a 
reimbursable basis, or transferred to the Office of Policy 
Development and Research in the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development and functions thereof, for re-
search, evaluation, or statistical purposes, and which are 
unexpended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 
or cooperative agreement, may be deobligated and shall 
immediately become available and may be reobligated in 
that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the re-
search, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which the 
amounts are made available to that Office subject to re-
programming requirements in section 405 of this Act.
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SEC. 231. Employees of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development who are subject to administrative 
discipline in fiscal year 2018, including suspension from 
work, shall not receive awards (including performance, 
special act, or spot) for the remainder of fiscal year 2018 
after the effective date of the disciplinary action. 
SEC. 232. With respect to grant amounts awarded 
under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ for fis-
cal years 2016, 2017, and 2018 for the continuum of care 
(CoC) program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, costs 
paid by program income of grant recipients may count to-
ward meeting the recipient’s matching requirements, pro-
vided the costs are eligible CoC costs that supplement the 
recipients CoC program. 
SEC. 233. (a) From amounts made available under 
this title under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance 
Grants’’, the Secretary may award 1-year transition 
grants to recipients of funds for activities under subtitle 
C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) to transition from one Continuum 
of Care program component to another. 
(b) No more than 50 percent of each transition grant 
may be used for costs of eligible activities of the program 
component originally funded.
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(c) Transition grants made under this section are eli-
gible for renewal in subsequent fiscal years for the eligible 
activities of the new program component. 
(d) In order to be eligible to receive a transition 
grant, the funding recipient must have the consent of the 
Continuum of Care and meet standards determined by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 234. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development to direct a grantee to undertake spe-
cific changes to existing zoning laws as part of carrying 
out the final rule entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair 
Housing’’ (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) or the 
notice entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing 
Assessment Tool’’ (79 Fed. Reg. 57949 (September 26, 
2014)). 
SEC. 235. Section 579 of the Multifamily Assisted 
Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f note) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2017’’ 
each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Octo-
ber 1, 2022’’. 
SEC. 236. None of the funds made available under 
this Act for new guarantees of mortgages insured under 
the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund may be used to 
guarantee or insure any mortgage on a property that is
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subject to a loan or other obligation, including those billed 
as taxes or assessments, for the purpose of financing any 
improvements under a Property Assessed Clean Energy 
or substantially similar program, if any portion of such 
loan or obligation is or has the potential to be in a lien 
position superior to the mortgage to be insured or guaran-
teed under the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. 
SEC. 237. The matter under the heading ‘‘Rental As-
sistance Demonstration’’ in the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2012 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f note), as amended, is amended— 
(1) in the 14th proviso— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or nonprofit’’ before ‘‘en-
tity, then a capable entity,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘preserves its interest’’ and 
inserting ‘‘or a nonprofit entity preserves an in-
terest’’; 
(2) by striking the 18th proviso and inserting 
the following: ‘‘Provided further, That for fiscal year 
2012 and hereafter, owners of properties assisted or 
previously assisted under section 101 of the Housing 
and Urban Development Act of 1965, section 
236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act, or section 
8(e)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 
for which a contract expires or terminates due to
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prepayment on or after October 1, 2006, has caused 
or results in the termination of rental assistance or 
affordability restrictions or both and the issuance of 
tenant protection vouchers under section 8(o) or sec-
tion 8(t) of the Act, or with a project rental assist-
ance contract under section 202(c)(2) of Housing 
Act of 1959, shall be eligible, subject to require-
ments established by the Secretary, including but 
not limited to tenant consultation procedures, for 
conversion of assistance available or provided for 
such vouchers or assistance contracts, to assistance 
under a long-term project-based subsidy contract 
under section 8 of the Act, which shall have a term 
of no less than 20 years, which shall have initial 
rents set at comparable market rents for the market 
area, with subsequent rent adjustments only by an 
operating cost factor established by the Secretary, 
and which shall be eligible for renewal under section 
524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f 
note), or, subject to agreement of the administering 
public housing agency, to assistance under section 
8(o)(13) of the Act, to which the limitation under 
subparagraph (B) of section 8(o)(13) of the Act 
shall not apply and for which the Secretary may
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waive or alter the provisions of subparagraphs (C) 
and (D) of section 8(o)(13) of the Act (‘Second 
Component’ herein):’’; 
(3) by inserting before the 19th proviso the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Provided further, That conversions of assist-
ance under the Second Component may not be the 
basis for re-screening or termination of assistance or 
eviction of any tenant family in a property partici-
pating in the demonstration:’’; 
(4) in the 20th proviso, as so reordered by the 
amendments made by the preceding provisions of 
this section, by striking ‘‘previous proviso’’ and all 
that follows through the end of the proviso and in-
serting ‘‘Second Component, except for conversion of 
section 202 project rental assistance contracts, shall 
be available for project-based subsidy contracts en-
tered into pursuant to the Second Component:’’; 
(5) in the 21st proviso, as so reordered by the 
amendments made by the preceding provisions of 
this section, by striking ‘‘previous two provisos’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Second Component, except for conversion 
of section 202 project rental assistance contracts,’’; 
(6) in the 22nd proviso, as so reordered by the 
amendments made by the preceding provisions of 
this section, by striking ‘‘three previous provisos’’
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and inserting ‘‘Second Component, except for con-
version of section 202 project rental assistance con-
tracts,’’; 
(7) by inserting before the last proviso the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Provided further, That the Secretary may 
transfer amounts made available under the heading 
‘Housing for the Elderly’ to the accounts under the 
headings ‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’ or ‘Ten-
ant-Based Rental Assistance’ to facilitate any sec-
tion 202 project rental assistance contract conver-
sions under the Second Component, and any in-
crease in cost for ‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’ 
or ‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’ associated with 
such conversion shall be equal to amounts so trans-
ferred:’’; and 
(8) in the last proviso, by striking ‘‘previous 
four provisos’’ and inserting ‘‘Second Component, as 
applicable’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2018’’.
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TITLE III 
RELATED AGENCIES 
ACCESS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as au-
thorized by section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
as amended, $8,190,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received for publications and training 
expenses. 
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime 
Commission as authorized by section 201(d) of the Mer-
chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended (46 U.S.C. 307), in-
cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
1343(b); and uniforms or allowances therefore, as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902, $27,490,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses.
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NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act 
of 1978, as amended, $23,274,000: Provided, That the In-
spector General shall have all necessary authority, in car-
rying out the duties specified in the Inspector General Act, 
as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 3), to investigate allegations 
of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to 
regulation by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That the Inspector General may 
enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, 
studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies 
and with private persons, subject to the applicable laws 
and regulations that govern the obtaining of such services 
within the National Railroad Passenger Corporation: Pro-
vided further, That the Inspector General may select, ap-
point, and employ such officers and employees as may be 
necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and du-
ties of the Office of Inspector General, subject to the appli-
cable laws and regulations that govern such selections, ap-
pointments, and employment within the Corporation: Pro-
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vided further, That concurrent with the President’s budget 
request for fiscal year 2018, the Inspector General shall 
submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations a budget request for fiscal year 2018 in similar 
format and substance to those submitted by executive 
agencies of the Federal Government. 
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Transpor-
tation Safety Board, including hire of passenger motor ve-
hicles and aircraft; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 
diem rate equivalent to the rate for a GS–15; uniforms, 
or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901–5902), $106,000,000, of which not to exceed $2,000 
may be used for official reception and representation ex-
penses. The amounts made available to the National 
Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 
necessary to make lease payments on an obligation in-
curred in fiscal year 2001 for a capital lease. 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Cor-
poration for use in neighborhood reinvestment activities,
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as authorized by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corpora-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 8101–8107), $140,000,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be for a multi-family rental housing pro-
gram. 
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $37,100,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees 
established by the Chairman of the Surface Transpor-
tation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as off-
setting collections and used for necessary and authorized 
expenses under this heading: Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be 
reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis as such offsetting col-
lections are received during fiscal year 2018, to result in 
a final appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
no more than $35,850,000. 
UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For closure of the United States Interagency Council 
on Homelessness, $570,000, notwithstanding section 209
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of title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act, as amended. 
TITLE IV 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 401. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 
expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 
funded in this Act. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-
tions, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 403. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through a pro-
curement contract pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro-
vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 
training that—
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(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-
edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties; 
(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-
els of emotional response or psychological stress in 
some participants; 
(3) does not require prior employee notification 
of the content and methods to be used in the train-
ing and written end of course evaluation; 
(4) contains any methods or content associated 
with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 
‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-
ployment 
Opportunity 
Commission 
Notice 
N– 
915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-
ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 
workplace. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 
bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 
SEC. 405. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 
none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-
vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-
ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-
penditure in fiscal year 2018, or provided from any ac-
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counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 
and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
available for obligation or expenditure through a re-
programming of funds that— 
(1) creates a new program; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by the Congress; 
(4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific 
activity by either the House or Senate Committees 
on Appropriations for a different purpose; 
(5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less; 
(6) reduces existing programs, projects, or ac-
tivities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
less; or 
(7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a 
branch, division, office, bureau, board, commission, 
agency, administration, or department different from 
the budget justifications submitted to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations or the table accompanying 
the explanatory statement accompanying this Act, 
whichever is more detailed, unless prior approval is
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received from the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, each 
agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
of the House of Representatives to establish the 
baseline for application of reprogramming and trans-
fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided 
further, That the report shall include— 
(A) a table for each appropriation with a 
separate column to display the prior year en-
acted level, the President’s budget request, ad-
justments made by Congress, adjustments due 
to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; 
(B) a delineation in the table for each ap-
propriation and its respective prior year enacted 
level by object class and program, project, and 
activity as detailed in the budget appendix for 
the respective appropriation; and 
(C) an identification of items of special 
congressional interest. 
SEC. 406. Except as otherwise specifically provided 
by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 
remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2018 from
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appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 
for fiscal year 2018 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2019, for each such account for 
the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 
be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Ap-
propriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 
funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made 
in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under sec-
tion 405 of this Act. 
SEC. 407. No funds in this Act may be used to sup-
port any Federal, State, or local projects that seek to use 
the power of eminent domain, unless eminent domain is 
employed only for a public use: Provided, That for pur-
poses of this section, public use shall not be construed to 
include economic development that primarily benefits pri-
vate entities: Provided further, That any use of funds for 
mass transit, railroad, airport, seaport or highway 
projects, as well as utility projects which benefit or serve 
the general public (including energy-related, communica-
tion-related, water-related and wastewater-related infra-
structure), other structures designated for use by the gen-
eral public or which have other common-carrier or public- 
utility functions that serve the general public and are sub-
ject to regulation and oversight by the government, and 
projects for the removal of an immediate threat to public
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health and safety or brownfields as defined in the Small 
Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 
Act (Public Law 107–118) shall be considered a public 
use for purposes of eminent domain. 
SEC. 408. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 
SEC. 409. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person 
filling a position, other than a temporary position, for-
merly held by an employee who has left to enter the Armed 
Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily com-
pleted his or her period of active military or naval service, 
and has within 90 days after his or her release from such 
service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge 
for a period of not more than 1 year, made application 
for restoration to his or her former position and has been 
certified by the Office of Personnel Management as still 
qualified to perform the duties of his or her former posi-
tion and has not been restored thereto. 
SEC. 410. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 
Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 
that in expending the assistance the entity will comply
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with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 
(41 U.S.C. 8301–8305, popularly known as the ‘‘Buy 
American Act’’). 
SEC. 411. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act shall be made available to any 
person or entity that has been convicted of violating the 
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301–8305). 
SEC. 412. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for first-class airline accommodations in 
contravention of sections 301–10.122 and 301–10.123 of 
title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 413. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this Act may be used to approve a new foreign air carrier 
permit under sections 41301 through 41305 of title 49, 
United States Code, or exemption application under sec-
tion 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding 
an air operators certificate issued by a country that is 
party to the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport 
Agreement where such approval would contravene United 
States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Nor-
way Air Transport Agreement. 
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or 
otherwise preclude the Secretary of Transportation from 
granting a foreign air carrier permit or an exemption to 
such an air carrier where such authorization is consistent
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with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agree-
ment and United States law. 
SEC. 414. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees of a single agency or de-
partment of the United States Government, who are sta-
tioned in the United States, at any single international 
conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 
5 days in advance that such attendance is important to 
the national interest: Provided, That for purposes of this 
section the term ‘‘international conference’’ shall mean a 
conference occurring outside of the United States attended 
by representatives of the United States Government and 
of foreign governments, international organizations, or 
nongovernmental organizations. 
SEC. 415. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available under this Act may be used by the 
Surface Transportation Board to charge or collect any fil-
ing fee for rate or practice complaints filed with the Board 
in an amount in excess of the amount authorized for dis-
trict court civil suit filing fees under section 1914 of title 
28, United States Code. 
SEC. 416. (a) All unobligated balances, including re-
captures and carryover, remaining from funds appro-
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SEC. 417. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
REFERENCES TO ACT 
SEC. 418. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 
any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this division shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of this divi-
sion. 
REFERENCE TO REPORT 
SEC. 419. Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying 
this Act’’ contained in this division shall be treated as a 
reference to House Report 115–237. The effect of such 
Report shall be limited to this division and shall apply for 
purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided 
by, and the implementation of, this division. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 420. $0. 
SEC. 421. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to establish or collect tolls on Interstate 
Route 80 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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SEC. 422. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 5309 of title 
49, United States Code. 
SEC. 423. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into an agreement for the estab-
lishment or collection of tolls on Interstate Route 5 or 
Interstate Route 205 in the State of Oregon or Wash-
ington. 
SEC. 424. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce— 
(1) the final rule entitled ‘‘On-Site Completion 
of Construction of Manufactured Homes’’, published 
by the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment in the Federal Register on September 8, 2015 
(80 Fed. Reg. 53712 et seq.); 
(2) the ‘‘Interpretative Bulletin for Model Man-
ufactured Home Installation Standards Foundation 
requirements in Freezing Temperature Areas Under 
CFR 3285.312(b)’’, published for comment in the 
Federal Register on June 21, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 
28279 et seq.); and 
(3) the memorandum titled ‘‘Construction of 
On-Site Installation of Add-Ons, such as an At-
tached Garage’’ published by the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development on June 12, 2014.
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SEC. 425. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to finalize the notice of proposed rule-
making entitled ‘‘Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; Parts and Ac-
cessories Necessary for Safe Operation; Speed Limiting 
Devices’’ published by the National Highway Traffic Safe-
ty Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration on September 7, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 
61941). 
SEC. 426. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for a new hire who has not been verified 
through the E-Verify program. 
SEC. 427. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 642(a) of the 
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373(a)). 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 
DIVISION I—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for military func-
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tions administered by the Department of Defense and for 
other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 
between permanent duty stations, for members of the 
Army on active duty (except members of reserve compo-
nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 
for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and 
for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97– 
377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Depart-
ment 
of 
Defense 
Military 
Retirement 
Fund, 
$41,427,054,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 
between permanent duty stations, for members of the 
Navy on active duty (except members of the Reserve pro-
vided for elsewhere), midshipmen, and aviation cadets; for
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members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and for 
payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97–377, 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Department 
of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $28,707,918,000 
(reduced by $2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000). 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 
between permanent duty stations, for members of the Ma-
rine Corps on active duty (except members of the Reserve 
provided for elsewhere); and for payments pursuant to sec-
tion 156 of Public Law 97–377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
402 note), and to the Department of Defense Military Re-
tirement Fund, $13,165,714,000. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, individual clothing, subsistence, 
interest on deposits, gratuities, permanent change of sta-
tion travel (including all expenses thereof for organiza-
tional movements), and expenses of temporary duty travel 
between permanent duty stations, for members of the Air 
Force on active duty (except members of reserve compo-
nents provided for elsewhere), cadets, and aviation cadets; 
for members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps; and
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for payments pursuant to section 156 of Public Law 97– 
377, as amended (42 U.S.C. 402 note), and to the Depart-
ment 
of 
Defense 
Military 
Retirement 
Fund, 
$28,738,320,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Re-
serve on active duty under sections 10211, 10302, and 
3038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United 
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au-
thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 
and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 
Retirement Fund, $4,721,128,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Navy Re-
serve on active duty under section 10211 of title 10, 
United States Code, or while serving on active duty under 
section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, in con-
nection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) 
of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing re-
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serve training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 
10, United States Code; and for payments to the Depart-
ment 
of 
Defense 
Military 
Retirement 
Fund, 
$1,987,662,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Marine 
Corps Reserve on active duty under section 10211 of title 
10, United States Code, or while serving on active duty 
under section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, 
in connection with performing duty specified in section 
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going reserve training, or while performing drills or equiv-
alent duty, and for members of the Marine Corps platoon 
leaders class, and expenses authorized by section 16131 
of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the 
Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$762,793,000. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Force 
Reserve on active duty under sections 10211, 10305, and 
8038 of title 10, United States Code, or while serving on 
active duty under section 12301(d) of title 10, United
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States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
while undergoing reserve training, or while performing 
drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses au-
thorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; 
and for payments to the Department of Defense Military 
Retirement Fund, $1,808,434,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Army Na-
tional Guard while on duty under sections 10211, 10302, 
or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United 
States Code, or while serving on duty under section 
12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United 
States Code, in connection with performing duty specified 
in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or 
while undergoing training, or while performing drills or 
equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by 
section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for pay-
ments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement 
Fund, $8,252,426,000. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, 
travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air Na-
tional Guard on duty under sections 10211, 10305, or
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12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States 
Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of 
title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 
in connection with performing duty specified in section 
12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while under-
going training, or while performing drills or equivalent 
duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 
16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments 
to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, 
$3,406,137,000. 
TITLE II 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of the Army, as author-
ized by law, $38,483,846,000 (reduced by $5,000,000) 
(reduced by $5,600,000) (reduced by $6,000,000): Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $12,478,000 can be used for 
emergencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended 
on the approval or authority of the Secretary of the Army, 
and payments may be made on his certificate of necessity 
for confidential military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of the Navy and the
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Marine Corps, as authorized by law, $45,980,133,000 (re-
duced by $598,000) (reduced by $7,000,000): Provided, 
That not to exceed $15,055,000 can be used for emer-
gencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the 
approval or authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and 
payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for 
confidential military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of the Marine Corps, 
as authorized by law, $6,885,884,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of the Air Force, as 
authorized by law, $38,592,745,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $7,699,000 can be used for emergencies and ex-
traordinary expenses, to be expended on the approval or 
authority of the Secretary of the Air Force, and payments 
may be made on his certificate of necessity for confidential 
military purposes. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance of activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military
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departments), as authorized by law, $33,771,769,000 (in-
creased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (re-
duced by $100,000) (increased by $100,000) (reduced by 
$194,897,000) (increased by $194,897,000) (reduced by 
$26,200,000) (reduced by $20,000,000) (reduced by 
$6,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced by 
$20,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $2,500,000) (reduced by 
$2,000,000) (reduced by $8,000,000) (reduced by 
$6,250,000) (reduced by $10,000,000) (reduced by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $30,000,000) (reduced by 
$34,734,000) (reduced by $60,000,000): Provided, That 
not more than $15,000,000 may be used for the Combat-
ant Commander Initiative Fund authorized under section 
166a of title 10, United States Code: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $36,000,000 can be used for emer-
gencies and extraordinary expenses, to be expended on the 
approval or authority of the Secretary of Defense, and 
payments may be made on his certificate of necessity for 
confidential military purposes: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided under this heading, not less than 
$38,458,000 shall be made available for the Procurement 
Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, of 
which not less than $3,600,000 shall be available for cen-
ters defined in 10 U.S.C. 2411(1)(D): Provided further,
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That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to plan or implement 
the consolidation of a budget or appropriations liaison of-
fice of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the office 
of the Secretary of a military department, or the service 
headquarters of one of the Armed Forces into a legislative 
affairs or legislative liaison office: Provided further, That 
$9,385,000, to remain available until expended, is avail-
able only for expenses relating to certain classified activi-
ties, and may be transferred as necessary by the Secretary 
of Defense to operation and maintenance appropriations 
or research, development, test and evaluation appropria-
tions, to be merged with and to be available for the same 
time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 
Provided further, That any ceiling on the investment item 
unit cost of items that may be purchased with operation 
and maintenance funds shall not apply to the funds de-
scribed in the preceding proviso: Provided further, That 
of the funds provided under this heading, $415,000,000, 
of which $100,000,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, shall be available to provide support and 
assistance to foreign security forces or other groups or in-
dividuals to conduct, support or facilitate counterter-
rorism, crisis response, or other Department of Defense 
security cooperation programs: Provided further, That the
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transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided elsewhere in 
this Act. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Army Reserve; re-
pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications, $2,870,163,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Navy Reserve; re-
pair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications, $1,038,507,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Marine Corps Re-
serve; repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger
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motor vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; 
recruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications, $282,337,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the operation and maintenance, including training, or-
ganization, and administration, of the Air Force Reserve; 
repair of facilities and equipment; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; travel and transportation; care of the dead; re-
cruiting; procurement of services, supplies, and equip-
ment; and communications, $3,233,745,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL 
GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and admin-
istering the Army National Guard, including medical and 
hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 
hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc-
tures and facilities; hire of passenger motor vehicles; per-
sonnel services in the National Guard Bureau; travel ex-
penses (other than mileage), as authorized by law for 
Army personnel on active duty, for Army National Guard 
division, regimental, and battalion commanders while in-
specting units in compliance with National Guard Bureau 
regulations when specifically authorized by the Chief, Na-
tional Guard Bureau; supplying and equipping the Army
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National Guard as authorized by law; and expenses of re-
pair, modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 
equipment (including aircraft), $7,275,820,000. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For expenses of training, organizing, and admin-
istering the Air National Guard, including medical and 
hospital treatment and related expenses in non-Federal 
hospitals; maintenance, operation, and repairs to struc-
tures and facilities; transportation of things, hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; supplying and equipping the Air 
National Guard, as authorized by law; expenses for repair, 
modification, maintenance, and issue of supplies and 
equipment, including those furnished from stocks under 
the control of agencies of the Department of Defense; 
travel expenses (other than mileage) on the same basis as 
authorized by law for Air National Guard personnel on 
active Federal duty, for Air National Guard commanders 
while inspecting units in compliance with National Guard 
Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the 
Chief, National Guard Bureau, $6,735,930,000. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED 
FORCES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces,
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$14,538,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used 
for official representation purposes. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Army, $215,809,000, to 
remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 
funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc-
tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 
buildings and debris of the Department of the Army, or 
for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 
this appropriation to other appropriations made available 
to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and 
to be available for the same purposes and for the same 
time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 
part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 
not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 
under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority provided elsewhere in this Act.
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Navy, $288,915,000 (in-
creased by $34,734,000) (increased by $30,000,000), to 
remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such 
funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc-
tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 
buildings and debris of the Department of the Navy, or 
for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 
this appropriation to other appropriations made available 
to the Department of the Navy, to be merged with and 
to be available for the same purposes and for the same 
time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 
part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 
not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 
under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Air Force, $308,749,000 
(increased by $30,000,000), to remain available until
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transferred: Provided, That the Secretary of the Air Force 
shall, upon determining that such funds are required for 
environmental restoration, reduction and recycling of haz-
ardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of 
the Department of the Air Force, or for similar purposes, 
transfer the funds made available by this appropriation 
to other appropriations made available to the Department 
of the Air Force, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes and for the same time period as 
the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, 
That upon a determination that all or part of the funds 
transferred from this appropriation are not necessary for 
the purposes provided herein, such amounts may be trans-
ferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, That 
the transfer authority provided under this heading is in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided else-
where in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of Defense, $9,002,000 (in-
creased by $10,000,000), to remain available until trans-
ferred: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense shall, 
upon determining that such funds are required for envi-
ronmental restoration, reduction and recycling of haz-
ardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings and debris of
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the Department of Defense, or for similar purposes, trans-
fer the funds made available by this appropriation to other 
appropriations made available to the Department of De-
fense, to be merged with and to be available for the same 
purposes and for the same time period as the appropria-
tions to which transferred: Provided further, That upon 
a determination that all or part of the funds transferred 
from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 
provided herein, such amounts may be transferred back 
to this appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer 
authority provided under this heading is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED 
DEFENSE SITES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Army, $233,673,000, to 
remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 
funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc-
tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 
buildings and debris at sites formerly used by the Depart-
ment of Defense, transfer the funds made available by this 
appropriation to other appropriations made available to 
the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to 
be available for the same purposes and for the same time
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period as the appropriations to which transferred: Pro-
vided further, That upon a determination that all or part 
of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 
necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 
may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided elsewhere in this Act. 
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID 
For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 
Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of 
Defense (consisting of the programs provided under sec-
tions 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, 
United States Code), $107,900,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018. 
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
For assistance, including assistance provided by con-
tract or by grants, under programs and activities of the 
Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction 
Program authorized under the Department of Defense Co-
operative Threat Reduction Act, $324,600,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NATIONAL DEFENSE 
RESTORATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act, there is appropriated $5,000,000,000, for the ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, National Defense Restoration 
Fund’’: Provided, That such funds provided under this 
heading shall only be available for programs, projects and 
activities necessary to implement the 2018 National De-
fense Strategy: Provided further, That such funds shall not 
be available for transfer until 30 days after the Secretary 
has submitted, and the congressional defense committees 
have approved, the proposed allocation plan for the use 
of such funds to implement such strategy: Provided fur-
ther, That such allocation plan shall include a detailed jus-
tification for the use of such funds and a description of 
how such investments are necessary to implement the 
strategy: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
may transfer these funds only to operation and mainte-
nance accounts: Provided further, That the funds trans-
ferred shall be merged with and shall be available for the 
same purposes and for the same time period, as the appro-
priation to which transferred: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available under this heading may be 
transferred to any program, project, or activity specifically
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limited or denied by this Act: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority available to the De-
partment of Defense. 
TITLE III 
PROCUREMENT 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 
ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 
accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 
title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap-
pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 
foregoing purposes, $4,456,533,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including 
ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and
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accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 
title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap-
pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 
foregoing purposes, $2,581,600,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
PROCUREMENT OF WEAPONS AND TRACKED COMBAT 
VEHICLES, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and 
modification of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, 
equipment, including ordnance, spare parts, and acces-
sories therefor; specialized equipment and training devices; 
expansion of public and private plants, including the land 
necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
layaway; and other expenses necessary for the foregoing
1343 
purposes, $3,556,175,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2020. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and 
modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au-
thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 
for the foregoing purposes, $1,811,808,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and 
modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and 
non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and 
electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 
parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and
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private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 
in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern-
ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses 
necessary 
for 
the 
foregoing 
purposes, 
$6,356,044,000 (increased by $30,000,000), to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 
ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ-
ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter-
ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 
in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern-
ment 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway, 
$17,908,270,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2020.
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WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap-
ons, and related support equipment including spare parts, 
and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
layaway, $3,387,826,000 (increased by $26,200,000), to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For construction, procurement, production, and 
modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au-
thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private
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plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 
for the foregoing purposes, $735,651,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi-
tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ-
ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli-
ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public 
and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, 
long lead time components and designs for vessels to be 
constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of 
public and private plants, including land necessary there-
for, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 
title, as follows: 
Ohio 
Replacement 
Submarine 
(AP), 
$842,853,000; 
Carrier Replacement Program, $1,869,646,000; 
Carrier 
Replacement 
Program 
(AP), 
$2,561,058,000; 
Virginia Class Submarine, $3,305,315,000; 
Virginia 
Class 
Submarine 
(AP), 
$1,920,596,000;
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CVN Refueling Overhauls, $1,569,669,000; 
CVN Refueling Overhauls (AP), $75,897,000; 
DDG–1000 Program, $164,976,000; 
DDG–51 Destroyer, $3,499,079,000; 
DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $90,336,000; 
Littoral Combat Ship, $1,566,971,000; 
Expeditionary Sea Base, $635,000,000; 
LHA Replacement, $1,695,077,000; 
TAO Fleet Oiler, $449,415,000; 
TAO Fleet Oiler (AP), $75,068,000; 
Ship to Shore Connector, $390,554,000; 
Service Craft, $23,994,000; 
Towing, 
Salvage, 
and 
Rescue 
Ship, 
$76,204,000; 
LCU 1700, $31,850,000; 
For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 
first destination transportation, $542,626,000; and 
Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro-
grams, $117,542,000. 
In all: $21,503,726,000, to remain available for obli-
gation until September 30, 2022: Provided, That addi-
tional obligations may be incurred after September 30, 
2022, for engineering services, tests, evaluations, and 
other such budgeted work that must be performed in the 
final stage of ship construction: Provided further, That
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none of the funds provided under this heading for the con-
struction or conversion of any naval vessel to be con-
structed in shipyards in the United States shall be ex-
pended in foreign facilities for the construction of major 
components of such vessel: Provided further, That none 
of the funds provided under this heading shall be used 
for the construction of any naval vessel in foreign ship-
yards: Provided further, That funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act for production of the com-
mon missile compartment of nuclear-powered vessels may 
be available for multiyear procurement of critical compo-
nents to support continuous production of such compart-
ments only in accordance with the provisions of subsection 
(i) of section 2218a of title 10, United States Code (as 
added by section 1023 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328)). 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For procurement, production, and modernization of 
support equipment and materials not otherwise provided 
for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new 
ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expan-
sion of public and private plants, including the land nec-
essary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may 
be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to
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approval of title; and procurement and installation of 
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 
private plants; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway, $7,852,952,000, to re-
main available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manu-
facture, and modification of missiles, armament, military 
equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 
equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 
thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; ve-
hicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion 
of public and private plants, including land necessary 
therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval 
of 
title, 
$1,818,846,000 
(increased 
by 
$20,000,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2020. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of 
aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 
specialized ground handling equipment, and training de-
vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized
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equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Gov-
ernment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov-
ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes in-
cluding 
rents 
and 
transportation 
of 
things, 
$16,553,196,000 (increased by $16,000,000), to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of 
missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 
parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equip-
ment, and training devices; expansion of public and pri-
vate plants, Government-owned equipment and installa-
tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac-
quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re-
serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip-
ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore-
going purposes including rents and transportation of
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things, $2,203,101,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2020. 
SPACE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of 
spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including 
spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling 
equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and 
private plants, Government-owned equipment and installa-
tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac-
quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re-
serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip-
ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore-
going purposes including rents and transportation of 
things, $3,210,355,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2020. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, production, and 
modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au-
thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
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quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor- 
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 
for the foregoing purposes, $1,316,977,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For procurement and modification of equipment (in-
cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment, 
and ground electronic and communication equipment), 
and supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not oth-
erwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehi-
cles; and expansion of public and private plants, Govern-
ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon, prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov-
ernment 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway, 
$19,318,814,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2020.
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PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments) 
necessary for procurement, production, and modification 
of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts there-
for, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public 
and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in 
such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land 
for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov-
ernment 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway, 
$5,239,239,000 (reduced by $10,000,000), to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2020. 
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES 
For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant 
to sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Produc-
tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4518, 4531, 4532, and 4533), 
$67,401,000, to remain available until expended. 
PROCUREMENT, NATIONAL DEFENSE RESTORATION 
FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act, there is appropriated $12,622,931,000, for the ‘‘Pro-
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curement, National Defense Restoration Fund’’: Provided, 
That such funds provided under this heading shall only 
be available for programs, projects and activities necessary 
to implement the 2018 National Defense Strategy: Pro-
vided further, That such funds shall not be available for 
transfer until 30 days after the Secretary has submitted, 
and the congressional defense committees have approved, 
the proposed allocation plan for the use of such funds to 
implement such strategy: Provided further, That such allo-
cation plan shall include a detailed justification for the use 
of such funds and a description of how such investments 
are necessary to implement the strategy: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense may transfer these funds 
only to procurement accounts: Provided further, That the 
funds transferred shall be merged with and shall be avail-
able for the same purposes and for the same time period, 
as the appropriation to which transferred: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading may be transferred to any program, project, or 
activity specifically limited or denied by this Act, except 
for missile defense requirements resulting from urgent or 
emergent operational needs: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority available to the De-
partment of Defense.
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TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 
EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
ARMY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci-
entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ-
ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa-
cilities and equipment, $9,674,222,000 (increased by 
$6,000,000) (increased by $4,000,000) (increased by 
$12,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000), to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2019. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
NAVY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci-
entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ-
ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa-
cilities and equipment, $17,196,521,000 (increased by 
$598,000) (increased by $20,000,000) (reduced by 
$2,500,000) (increased by $24,000,000), to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are 
available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique oper-
ational requirements of the Special Operations Forces.
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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
AIR FORCE 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci-
entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ-
ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa-
cilities and equipment, $33,874,980,000 (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $6,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (reduced by $30,000,000) (increased by 
$30,000,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments), 
necessary for basic and applied scientific research, devel-
opment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects 
as may be designated and determined by the Secretary 
of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, 
lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 
$20,698,353,000 (reduced by $16,000,000) (reduced by 
$12,000,000) (reduced by $2,500,000) (reduced by 
$12,500,000) (increased by $20,000,000) (reduced by 
$20,000,000) (reduced by $4,135,000) (increased by 
$4,135,000) (reduced by $27,500,000) (increased by
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$10,000,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: Provided, That, of the funds made avail-
able in this paragraph, $250,000,000 for the Defense 
Rapid Innovation Program shall only be available for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, to include program 
management and oversight, to conduct research, develop-
ment, test and evaluation to include proof of concept dem-
onstration; engineering, testing, and validation; and tran-
sition to full-scale production: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense may transfer funds provided herein 
for the Defense Rapid Innovation Program to appropria-
tions for research, development, test and evaluation to ac-
complish the purpose provided herein: Provided further, 
That this transfer authority is in addition to any other 
transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not 
fewer than 30 days prior to making transfers from this 
appropriation, notify the congressional defense committees 
in writing of the details of any such transfer. 
OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the independent activities of the Director, Operational 
Test and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of 
operational test and evaluation, including initial oper-
ational test and evaluation which is conducted prior to,
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and in support of, production decisions; joint operational 
testing and evaluation; and administrative expenses in 
connection therewith, $210,900,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2019. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
NATIONAL DEFENSE RESTORATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act, there is appropriated $1,000,000,000, for the ‘‘Re-
search, Development, Test and Evaluation, National De-
fense Restoration Fund’’: Provided, That such funds pro-
vided under this heading shall only be available for pro-
grams, projects and activities necessary to implement the 
2018 National Defense Strategy: Provided further, That 
such funds shall not be available for transfer until 30 days 
after the Secretary has submitted, and the congressional 
defense committees have approved, the proposed allocation 
plan for the use of such funds to implement such strategy: 
Provided further, That such allocation plan shall include 
a detailed justification for the use of such funds and a 
description of how such investments are necessary to im-
plement the strategy: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Defense may transfer these funds only to research, de-
velopment, test and evaluation accounts: Provided further, 
That the funds transferred shall be merged with and shall
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be available for the same purposes and for the same time 
period, as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available under 
this heading may be transferred to any program, project, 
or activity specifically limited or denied by this Act, except 
for missile defense requirements resulting from urgent or 
emergent operational needs: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority available to the De-
partment of Defense. 
TITLE V 
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 
For 
the 
Defense 
Working 
Capital 
Funds, 
$1,586,596,000. 
TITLE VI 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 
and health care programs of the Department of Defense 
as authorized by law, $33,931,566,000 (increased by 
$7,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000); of which
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$31,735,923,000 (increased by $2,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) shall be for operation and maintenance, of 
which not to exceed one percent shall remain available for 
obligation until September 30, 2019, and of which up to 
$15,349,700,000 may be available for contracts entered 
into 
under 
the 
TRICARE 
program; 
of 
which 
$895,328,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, shall be for procurement; and of which 
$1,300,315,000 (increased by $7,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$2,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by 
$10,000,000), to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2019, shall be for research, development, test 
and evaluation: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, of the amount made available under this 
heading for research, development, test and evaluation, 
not less than $8,000,000 shall be available for HIV pre-
vention educational activities undertaken in connection 
with United States military training, exercises, and hu-
manitarian assistance activities conducted primarily in Af-
rican nations: Provided further, That of the funds provided 
under this heading for research, development, test and 
evaluation, not less than $627,100,000 shall be made 
available to the United States Army Medical Research and
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Materiel Command to carry out the congressionally di-
rected medical research programs. 
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 
DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal 
chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Au-
thorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), and for the de-
struction of other chemical warfare materials that are not 
in the chemical weapon stockpile, $961,732,000, of which 
$104,237,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, of 
which no less than $49,401,000 shall be for the Chemical 
Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, consisting of 
$21,045,000 for activities on military installations and 
$28,356,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, to assist State and local governments; $18,081,000 
shall be for procurement, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020, of which $18,081,000 shall be for the 
Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program to 
assist State and local governments; and $839,414,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2019, shall be for 
research, development, test and evaluation, of which 
$750,700,000 shall only be for the Assembled Chemical 
Weapons Alternatives program.
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DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 
DEFENSE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 
the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 
available to the Department of Defense for military per-
sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi-
sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper-
ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 
development, test and evaluation, $854,814,000, of which 
$532,648,000 shall be for counter-narcotics support; 
$120,813,000 shall be for the drug demand reduction pro-
gram; and $201,353,000 shall be for the National Guard 
counter-drug program: Provided, That the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available for obligation 
for the same time period and for the same purpose as the 
appropriation to which transferred: Provided further, That 
upon a determination that all or part of the funds trans-
ferred from this appropriation are not necessary for the 
purposes provided herein, such amounts may be trans-
ferred back to this appropriation: Provided further, That 
the transfer authority provided under this heading is in 
addition to any other transfer authority contained else-
where in this Act.
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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses and activities of the Office of the In-
spector General in carrying out the provisions of the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended, $336,887,000, 
of which $334,087,000 shall be for operation and mainte-
nance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for 
emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended on 
the approval or authority of the Inspector General, and 
payments may be made on the Inspector General’s certifi-
cate of necessity for confidential military purposes; and 
of which $2,800,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2019, shall be for research, development, test and eval-
uation. 
TITLE VII 
RELATED AGENCIES 
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND 
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Re-
tirement and Disability System Fund, to maintain the 
proper funding level for continuing the operation of the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
System, $514,000,000. 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu-
nity Management Account, $522,100,000.
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TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses not authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions 
of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em-
ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States 
shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense: 
Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi-
rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of 
Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess 
of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is 
computed under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, 
United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percent-
age increase provided by the appropriate host nation to 
its own employees, whichever is higher: Provided further, 
That this section shall not apply to Department of De-
fense foreign service national employees serving at United 
States diplomatic missions whose pay is set by the Depart-
ment of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Pro-
vided further, That the limitations of this provision shall 
not apply to foreign national employees of the Department 
of Defense in the Republic of Turkey.
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SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appro-
priations in this Act which are limited for obligation dur-
ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the 
last 2 months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this sec-
tion shall not apply to obligations for support of active 
duty training of reserve components or summer camp 
training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of 
Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter-
est, he may, with the approval of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, transfer not to exceed $4,500,000,000 
of working capital funds of the Department of Defense 
or funds made available in this Act to the Department 
of Defense for military functions (except military con-
struction) between such appropriations or funds or any 
subdivision thereof, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as 
the appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided, 
That such authority to transfer may not be used unless 
for higher priority items, based on unforeseen military re-
quirements, than those for which originally appropriated
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and in no case where the item for which funds are re-
quested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the Congress 
promptly of all transfers made pursuant to this authority 
or any other authority in this Act: Provided further, That 
no part of the funds in this Act shall be available to pre-
pare or present a request to the Committees on Appropria-
tions for reprogramming of funds, unless for higher pri-
ority items, based on unforeseen military requirements, 
than those for which originally appropriated and in no 
case where the item for which reprogramming is requested 
has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, That 
a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds using au-
thority provided in this section shall be made prior to June 
30, 2017: Provided further, That transfers among military 
personnel appropriations shall not be taken into account 
for purposes of the limitation on the amount of funds that 
may be transferred under this section. 
SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific pro-
grams, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts 
and adjustments to budget activities corresponding to 
such programs, projects, and activities) contained in the 
tables titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in 
the explanatory statement regarding this Act, the obliga-
tion and expenditure of amounts appropriated or other-
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wise made available in this Act for those programs, 
projects, and activities for which the amounts appro-
priated exceed the amounts requested are hereby required 
by law to be carried out in the manner provided by such 
tables to the same extent as if the tables were included 
in the text of this Act. 
(b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivi-
sions of appropriations for purposes of section 8005 of this 
Act: Provided, That section 8005 shall apply when trans-
fers of the amounts described in subsection (a) occur be-
tween appropriation accounts. 
SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act, the Department of Defense shall submit 
a report to the congressional defense committees to estab-
lish the baseline for application of reprogramming and 
transfer authorities for fiscal year 2018: Provided, That 
the report shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 
due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by budget activity and program,
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project, and activity as detailed in the Budget Ap-
pendix; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none 
of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for 
reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in 
subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense 
committees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in 
writing to the congressional defense committees that such 
reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 
requirement: Provided, That this subsection shall not 
apply to transfers from the following appropriations ac-
counts: 
(1) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Army’’; 
(2) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Navy’’ ; 
(3) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Air Force’’; 
(4) 
‘‘Environmental 
Restoration, 
Defense- 
Wide’’ 
(5) 
‘‘Environmental 
Restoration, 
Formerly 
Used Defense Sites’’; and 
(6) ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Ac-
tivities, Defense’’.
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash bal-
ances in working capital funds of the Department of De-
fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, 
United States Code, may be maintained in only such 
amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disburse-
ments to be made from such funds: Provided, That trans-
fers may be made between such funds: Provided further, 
That transfers may be made between working capital 
funds and the ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’ 
appropriation and the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ ap-
propriation accounts in such amounts as may be deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of 
the Office of Management and Budget, except that such 
transfers may not be made unless the Secretary of Defense 
has notified the Congress of the proposed transfer: Pro-
vided further, That except in amounts equal to the 
amounts appropriated to working capital funds in this Act, 
no obligations may be made against a working capital fund 
to procure or increase the value of war reserve material 
inventory, unless the Secretary of Defense has notified the 
Congress prior to any such obligation. 
SEC. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not 
be used to initiate a special access program without prior
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cution of multiyear authority shall require the use of a 
present value analysis to determine lowest cost compared 
to an annual procurement: Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided in this Act may be used for a multiyear 
contract executed after the date of the enactment of this 
Act unless in the case of any such contract— 
(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 
Congress a budget request for full funding of units 
to be procured through the contract and, in the case 
of a contract for procurement of aircraft, that in-
cludes, for any aircraft unit to be procured through 
the contract for which procurement funds are re-
quested in that budget request for production be-
yond advance procurement activities in the fiscal 
year covered by the budget, full funding of procure-
ment of such unit in that fiscal year; 
(2) cancellation provisions in the contract do 
not include consideration of recurring manufacturing 
costs of the contractor associated with the produc-
tion of unfunded units to be delivered under the con-
tract; 
(3) the contract provides that payments to the 
contractor under the contract shall not be made in 
advance of incurred costs on funded units; and
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(4) the contract does not provide for a price ad-
justment based on a failure to award a follow-on 
contract. 
Funds appropriated in title III of this Act may be used, 
subject to section 2306b of title 10 , United States Code, 
for multiyear procurement contracts as follows: V–22 Os-
prey aircraft variants; up to 13 SSN Virginia Class Sub-
marines and Government-furnished equipment; and 
DDG–51 Arleigh Burke class Flight III guided missile de-
stroyers, the MK 41 Vertical Launching Systems, and as-
sociated Government-furnished systems and subsystems. 
SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the op-
eration and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are 
hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, 
United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance 
costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code. 
Such funds may also be obligated for humanitarian and 
civic assistance costs incidental to authorized operations 
and pursuant to authority granted in section 401 of chap-
ter 20 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga-
tions shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of 
title 10, United States Code: Provided, That funds avail-
able for operation and maintenance shall be available for 
providing humanitarian and similar assistance by using 
Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the Pacific
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Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, pursu-
ant to the Compact of Free Association as authorized by 
Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination by the Secretary of the Army that such action 
is beneficial for graduate medical education programs con-
ducted at Army medical facilities located in Hawaii, the 
Secretary of the Army may authorize the provision of med-
ical services at such facilities and transportation to such 
facilities, on a nonreimbursable basis, for civilian patients 
from American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North-
ern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Federated 
States of Micronesia, Palau, and Guam. 
SEC. 8012. (a) During the current fiscal year, the 
civilian personnel of the Department of Defense may not 
be managed on the basis of any end-strength, and the 
management of such personnel during that fiscal year 
shall not be subject to any constraint or limitation (known 
as an end-strength) on the number of such personnel who 
may be employed on the last day of such fiscal year. 
(b) The fiscal year 2019 budget request for the De-
partment of Defense as well as all justification material 
and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2019 
Department of Defense budget request shall be prepared 
and submitted to the Congress as if subsections (a) and
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(b) of this provision were effective with regard to fiscal 
year 2019. 
(c) As required by section 1107 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 
113–66; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) civilian personnel at the 
Department of Army Science and Technology Reinvention 
Laboratories may not be managed on the basis of the 
Table of Distribution and Allowances, and the manage-
ment of the workforce strength shall be done in a manner 
consistent with the budget available with respect to such 
Laboratories. 
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply 
to military (civilian) technicians. 
SEC. 8013. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in-
fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro-
priation matters pending before the Congress. 
SEC. 8014. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be available for the basic pay and allowances of 
any member of the Army participating as a full-time stu-
dent and receiving benefits paid by the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs from the Department of Defense Education 
Benefits Fund when time spent as a full-time student is 
credited toward completion of a service commitment: Pro-
vided, That this section shall not apply to those members
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who have reenlisted with this option prior to October 1, 
1987: Provided further, That this section applies only to 
active components of the Army. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8015. Funds appropriated in title III of this Act 
for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote´ge´ Pro-
gram may be transferred to any other appropriation con-
tained in this Act solely for the purpose of implementing 
a Mentor-Prote´ge´
Program developmental assistance 
agreement pursuant to section 831 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 
101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note), as amended, under the 
authority of this provision or any other transfer authority 
contained in this Act. 
SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be 
available for the purchase by the Department of Defense 
(and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard 
anchor and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under 
unless the anchor and mooring chain are manufactured 
in the United States from components which are substan-
tially manufactured in the United States: Provided, That 
for the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘manufactured’’ 
shall include cutting, heat treating, quality control, testing 
of chain and welding (including the forging and shot blast-
ing process): Provided further, That for the purpose of this
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section substantially all of the components of anchor and 
mooring chain shall be considered to be produced or manu-
factured in the United States if the aggregate cost of the 
components produced or manufactured in the United 
States exceeds the aggregate cost of the components pro-
duced or manufactured outside the United States: Pro-
vided further, That when adequate domestic supplies are 
not available to meet Department of Defense requirements 
on a timely basis, the Secretary of the service responsible 
for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case- 
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 
on Appropriations that such an acquisition must be made 
in order to acquire capability for national security pur-
poses. 
SEC. 8017. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dis-
pose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, 
.22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or 
to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or am-
munition components that are not otherwise prohibited 
from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small 
arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified 
by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable 
or unsafe for further use.
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SEC. 8018. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap-
propriated or made available in this Act shall be used dur-
ing a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an orga-
nization, unit, activity or function of the Department of 
Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re-
striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
to the congressional defense committees that such a relo-
cation is required in the best interest of the Government. 
SEC. 8019. Of the funds made available in this Act, 
$20,000,000 shall be available for incentive payments au-
thorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 
1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor 
or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract 
award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in sec-
tion 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small busi-
ness owned and controlled by an individual or individuals 
defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States 
Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes 
of being allowed additional compensation under section 
504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 
1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 
is over $500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds 
appropriated by an Act making appropriations for the De-
partment of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Pro-
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vided further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title 
41, United States Code, this section shall be applicable 
to any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or 
services, including any contract and any subcontract at 
any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or 
manufactured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor 
or supplier defined in section 1544 of title 25, United 
States Code, or a small business owned and controlled by 
an individual or individuals defined under section 4221(9) 
of title 25, United States Code. 
SEC. 8020. Funds appropriated by this Act for the 
Defense Media Activity shall not be used for any national 
or international political or psychological activities. 
SEC. 8021. During the current fiscal year, the De-
partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of 
not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec-
tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa-
tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government 
of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That, upon re-
ceipt, such contributions from the Government of Kuwait 
shall be credited to the appropriations or fund which in-
curred such obligations. 
SEC. 8022. (a) Of the funds made available in this 
Act, not less than $43,100,000 shall be available for the 
Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which—
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(1) $30,800,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 
Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 
readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 
reduction activities involving youth programs; 
(2) $10,600,000 shall be available from ‘‘Air-
craft Procurement, Air Force’’; and 
(3) $1,700,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other 
Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim-
bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 
counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and 
local government agencies. 
SEC. 8023. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act are available to establish a new Department of De-
fense (department) federally funded research and develop-
ment center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a 
separate entity administrated by an organization man-
aging another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership cor-
poration consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and 
other nonprofit entities. 
(b) No member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, 
Overseers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting 
Committee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, 
and no paid consultant to any defense FFRDC, except
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when acting in a technical advisory capacity, may be com-
pensated for his or her services as a member of such enti-
ty, or as a paid consultant by more than one FFRDC in 
a fiscal year: Provided, That a member of any such entity 
referred to previously in this subsection shall be allowed 
travel expenses and per diem as authorized under the Fed-
eral Joint Travel Regulations, when engaged in the per-
formance of membership duties. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds available to the department from any source 
during the current fiscal year may be used by a defense 
FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism, for 
construction of new buildings not located on a military in-
stallation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded 
by Government grants, for absorption of contract over-
runs, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include 
employee participation in community service and/or devel-
opment. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
the funds available to the department during fiscal year 
2018, not more than 6,000 staff years of technical effort 
(staff years) may be funded for defense FFRDCs: Pro-
vided, That, of the specific amount referred to previously 
in this subsection, not more than 1,180 staff years may 
be funded for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs:
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Provided further, That this subsection shall not apply to 
staff years funded in the National Intelligence Program 
(NIP) and the Military Intelligence Program (MIP). 
(e) The Secretary of Defense shall, with the submis-
sion of the department’s fiscal year 2019 budget request, 
submit a report presenting the specific amounts of staff 
years of technical effort to be allocated for each defense 
FFRDC during that fiscal year and the associated budget 
estimates. 
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs 
is hereby reduced by $210,000,000. 
SEC. 8024. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, 
or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned fa-
cility or property under the control of the Department of 
Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United 
States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement re-
strictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 
9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 
or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications 
of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the military department responsible 
for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case- 
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees
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on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available 
to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order 
to acquire capability for national security purposes: Pro-
vided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to 
contracts which are in being as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 8025. For the purposes of this Act, the term 
‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed 
Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the 
Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Sub-
committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives. 
SEC. 8026. During the current fiscal year, the De-
partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot 
maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels 
as well as the production of components and other De-
fense-related articles, through competition between De-
partment of Defense depot maintenance activities and pri-
vate firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Execu-
tive of the military department or Defense Agency con-
cerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that success-
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ful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and in-
direct costs for both public and private bids: Provided fur-
ther, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A– 
76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this 
section. 
SEC. 8027. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after 
consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 
determines that a foreign country which is party to an 
agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the 
terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain 
types of products produced in the United States that are 
covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 
rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy Amer-
ican Act with respect to such types of products produced 
in that foreign country. 
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any 
reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under-
standing, between the United States and a foreign country 
pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec-
tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 
in that country. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con-
gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense 
purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2018. Such 
report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items
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for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to 
any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade 
Agreement Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any 
international agreement to which the United States is a 
party. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term Buy Amer-
ican Act means chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 
SEC. 8028. During the current fiscal year, amounts 
contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 
Facility Investment Recovery Account established by sec-
tion 2921(c)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
of 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) shall 
be available until expended for the payments specified by 
section 2921(c)(2) of that Act. 
SEC. 8029. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no 
cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian 
tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Da-
kota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 
Washington relocatable military housing units located at 
Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force 
Base, and Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the 
needs of the Air Force.
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(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at 
no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub-
section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 
that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation 
Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located 
in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any 
such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the 
housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 
of time, as determined by the Secretary. 
(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re-
solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for 
housing units under subsection (a) before submitting re-
quests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection 
(b). 
(d) In this section, the term Indian tribe means any 
recognized Indian tribe included on the current list pub-
lished by the Secretary of the Interior under section 104 
of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 479a– 
1). 
SEC. 8030. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions which are available to the Department of Defense 
for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase
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items having an investment item unit cost of not more 
than $250,000. 
SEC. 8031. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) disestablish, or prepare to disestablish, a 
Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program in 
accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 
Number 1215.08, dated June 26, 2006; or 
(2) close, downgrade from host to extension 
center, or place on probation a Senior Reserve Offi-
cers’ Training Corps program in accordance with the 
information paper of the Department of the Army 
titled ‘‘Army Senior Reserve Officers’ Training 
Corps (SROTC) Program Review and Criteria’’, 
dated January 27, 2014. 
SEC. 8032. The Secretary of Defense shall issue reg-
ulations to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco- 
related products in military resale outlets in the United 
States, its territories and possessions at a price below the 
most competitive price in the local community: Provided, 
That such regulations shall direct that the prices of to-
bacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military re-
tail outlets shall be within the range of prices established 
for military retail system stores located in the United 
States.
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SEC. 8033. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 
of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 
of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the 
purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir-
ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur-
ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 
customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 
Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 
to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund 
during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an 
investment item would be chargeable during the current 
fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of 
Defense for procurement. 
(b) The fiscal year 2019 budget request for the De-
partment of Defense as well as all justification material 
and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2019 
Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and sub-
mitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment 
which was classified as an end item and funded in a pro-
curement appropriation contained in this Act shall be 
budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2019 procurement 
appropriation and not in the supply management business 
area or any other area or category of the Department of 
Defense Working Capital Funds.
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SEC. 8034. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for 
Contingencies, which shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019: Provided, That funds appropriated, 
transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund 
during this or any prior or subsequent fiscal year shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
any funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency for advanced research and development ac-
quisition, for agent operations, and for covert action pro-
grams authorized by the President under section 503 of 
the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall 
remain available until September 30, 2019. 
SEC. 8035. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds made available in this Act and hereafter for 
the Defense Intelligence Agency may be used for the de-
sign, development, and deployment of General Defense In-
telligence Program intelligence communications and intel-
ligence information systems for the Services, the Unified 
and Specified Commands, and the component commands. 
SEC. 8036. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Main-
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tenance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 shall 
be made available only for the mitigation of environmental 
impacts, including training and technical assistance to 
tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in-
formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de-
veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 
to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re-
sulting from Department of Defense activities. 
SEC. 8037. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of 
Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, com-
plies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this 
subsection, the term Buy American Act means chapter 83 
of title 41, United States Code. 
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a per-
son has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label 
bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product 
sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 
in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance 
with section 2410f of title 10, United States Code, wheth-
er the person should be debarred from contracting with 
the Department of Defense. 
(c) In the case of any equipment or products pur-
chased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is 
the sense of the Congress that any entity of the Depart-
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ment of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase 
only American-made equipment and products, provided 
that American-made equipment and products are cost- 
competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely 
fashion. 
SEC. 8038. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 
and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used— 
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or 
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the 
Armed Forces or civilian employee of the depart-
ment who is transferred or reassigned from a head-
quarters activity if the member or employee’s place 
of duty remains at the location of that headquarters. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a mili-
tary department may waive the limitations in subsection 
(a), on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, 
and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate that the grant-
ing of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements 
or the financial requirements of the department. 
(c) This section does not apply to— 
(1) field operating agencies funded within the 
National Intelligence Program;
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(2) an Army field operating agency established 
to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of im-
provised explosive devices, and, as determined by the 
Secretary of the Army, other similar threats; 
(3) an Army field operating agency established 
to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of bio-
metric activities and to integrate common biometric 
technologies throughout the Department of Defense; 
or 
(4) an Air Force field operating agency estab-
lished to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs 
Program and Mortuary Operations for the Depart-
ment of Defense and authorized Federal entities. 
SEC. 8039. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 
this Act shall be available to convert to contractor per-
formance an activity or function of the Department of De-
fense that, on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, is performed by Department of Defense civilian em-
ployees unless— 
(1) the conversion is based on the result of a 
public-private competition that includes a most effi-
cient and cost effective organization plan developed 
by such activity or function; 
(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter-
mines that, over all performance periods stated in
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the solicitation of offers for performance of the ac-
tivity or function, the cost of performance of the ac-
tivity or function by a contractor would be less costly 
to the Department of Defense by an amount that 
equals or exceeds the lesser of— 
(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi-
zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 
of that activity or function by Federal employ-
ees; or 
(B) $10,000,000; and 
(3) the contractor does not receive an advan-
tage for a proposal that would reduce costs for the 
Department of Defense by— 
(A) not making an employer-sponsored 
health insurance plan available to the workers 
who are to be employed in the performance of 
that activity or function under the contract; or 
(B) offering to such workers an employer- 
sponsored health benefits plan that requires the 
employer to contribute less towards the pre-
mium or subscription share than the amount 
that is paid by the Department of Defense for 
health benefits for civilian employees under 
chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.
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(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard 
to subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or 
(c) of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and 
notwithstanding any administrative regulation, require-
ment, or policy to the contrary shall have full authority 
to enter into a contract for the performance of any com-
mercial or industrial type function of the Department of 
Defense that— 
(A) is included on the procurement list estab-
lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner- 
O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 
Code); 
(B) is planned to be converted to performance 
by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by 
a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi-
capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or 
(C) is planned to be converted to performance 
by a qualified firm under at least 51 percent owner-
ship by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) 
of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As-
sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Ha-
waiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)).
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(2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts 
or contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 
2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States Code. 
(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the 
Department of Defense under the authority provided by 
this section shall be credited toward any competitive or 
outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be es-
tablished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed 
to be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance 
with, subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United 
States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of com-
mercial activities. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 8040. Of the funds appropriated in Department 
of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 
hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro-
grams in the specified amounts: Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 
Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended: 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2016/2018, 
$274,000,000;
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‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2016/2018, 
$82,700,000; 
‘‘Missile 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2017/2019, 
$19,319,000; 
‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat 
Vehicles, Army’’, 2017/2019, $9,764,000; 
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2017/2019, 
$10,000,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2017/2019, 
$105,600,000; 
‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2017/2019, 
$54,122,000; 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 2017/ 
2021, $45,116,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2017/2019, 
$63,293,000; 
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2017/2019, 
$31,639,000; 
‘‘Space Procurement, Air Force’’, 2017/2019, 
$15,000,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2017/2019, 
$105,000,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Navy’’, 2017/2018, $34,128,000;
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‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Air Force’’, 2017/2018, $41,700,000. 
SEC. 8041. None of the funds available in this Act 
may be used to reduce the authorized positions for mili-
tary technicians (dual status) of the Army National 
Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force 
Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively 
imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on 
military technicians (dual status), unless such reductions 
are a direct result of a reduction in military force struc-
ture. 
SEC. 8042. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 
of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose. 
SEC. 8043. Funds appropriated in this Act for oper-
ation and maintenance of the Military Departments, Com-
batant Commands and Defense Agencies shall be available 
for reimbursement of pay, allowances and other expenses 
which would otherwise be incurred against appropriations 
for the National Guard and Reserve when members of the 
National Guard and Reserve provide intelligence or coun-
terintelligence support to Combatant Commands, Defense 
Agencies and Joint Intelligence Activities, including the 
activities and programs included within the National Intel-
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ligence Program and the Military Intelligence Program: 
Provided, That nothing in this section authorizes deviation 
from established Reserve and National Guard personnel 
and training procedures. 
SEC. 8044. (a) None of the funds available to the 
Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug inter-
diction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to 
any other department or agency of the United States ex-
cept as specifically provided in an appropriations law. 
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 
counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de-
partment or agency of the United States except as specifi-
cally provided in an appropriations law. 
SEC. 8045. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used for the procurement of ball and roller 
bearings other than those produced by a domestic source 
and of domestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of 
the military department responsible for such procurement 
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi-
fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, that ade-
quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart-
ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that 
such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire ca-
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pability for national security purposes: Provided further, 
That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of 
‘‘commercial items’’, as defined by section 103 of title 41, 
United States Code, except that the restriction shall apply 
to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 
SEC. 8046. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle service com-
petitive procurements may be used unless the competitive 
procurements are open for award to all certified providers 
of Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle-class systems: Pro-
vided, That the award shall be made to the provider that 
offers the best value to the government. 
SEC. 8047. In addition to the amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 
$44,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 
Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the 
Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter-
est, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts speci-
fied as follows: $20,000,000 to the United Service Organi-
zations and $24,000,000 to the Red Cross. 
SEC. 8048. None of the funds in this Act may be 
used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manu-
factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of De-
fense certifies to the congressional defense committees 
that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire
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capability for national security purposes that is not avail-
able from United States manufacturers. 
SEC. 8049. Notwithstanding any other provision in 
this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 
and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set- 
asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs, 
projects, or activities to the extent they contribute to the 
extramural budget. 
SEC. 8050. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or 
expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the 
Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by 
the contractor to an employee when— 
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in 
excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor 
to the employee; and 
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as-
sociated with a business combination. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8051. During the current fiscal year, no more 
than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’ may be transferred to appropriations available for 
the pay of military personnel, to be merged with, and to 
be available for the same time period as the appropriations
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to which transferred, to be used in support of such per-
sonnel in connection with support and services for eligible 
organizations and activities outside the Department of De-
fense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 8052. During the current fiscal year, in the case 
of an appropriation account of the Department of Defense 
for which the period of availability for obligation has ex-
pired or which has closed under the provisions of section 
1552 of title 31, United States Code, and which has a 
negative unliquidated or unexpended balance, an obliga-
tion or an adjustment of an obligation may be charged 
to any current appropriation account for the same purpose 
as the expired or closed account if— 
(1) the obligation would have been properly 
chargeable (except as to amount) to the expired or 
closed account before the end of the period of avail-
ability or closing of that account; 
(2) the obligation is not otherwise properly 
chargeable to any current appropriation account of 
the Department of Defense; and 
(3) in the case of an expired account, the obli-
gation is not chargeable to a current appropriation 
of the Department of Defense under the provisions 
of section 1405(b)(8) of the National Defense Au-
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thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law 
101–510, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1551 note): Pro-
vided, That in the case of an expired account, if sub-
sequent review or investigation discloses that there 
was not in fact a negative unliquidated or unex-
pended balance in the account, any charge to a cur-
rent account under the authority of this section shall 
be reversed and recorded against the expired ac-
count: Provided further, That the total amount 
charged to a current appropriation under this sec-
tion may not exceed an amount equal to 1 percent 
of the total appropriation for that account. 
SEC. 8053. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may per-
mit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance 
Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-avail-
able, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for 
such use on a case-by-case basis. 
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be 
credited to funds available for the National Guard Dis-
tance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs 
associated with the use of equipment of the project under 
that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 
purposes without fiscal year limitation.
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SEC. 8054. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense may be obligated to modify command 
and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command 
operational and administrative control of United States 
Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That 
the command and control relationships which existed on 
October 1, 2004, shall remain in force until a written 
modification has been proposed to the House and Senate 
Appropriations Committees: Provided further, That the 
proposed modification may be implemented 30 days after 
the notification unless an objection is received from either 
the House or Senate Appropriations Committees: Provided 
further, That any proposed modification shall not preclude 
the ability of the commander of United States Pacific 
Command to meet operational requirements. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8055. Of the funds appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
Wide’’, $25,000,000 (increased by $10,000,000) shall be 
for continued implementation and expansion of the Sexual 
Assault Special Victims’ Counsel Program: Provided, That 
the funds are made available for transfer to the Depart-
ment of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the 
Department of the Air Force: Provided further, That funds 
transferred shall be merged with and available for the
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same purposes and for the same time period as the appro-
priations to which the funds are transferred: Provided fur-
ther, That this transfer authority is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided in this Act. 
SEC. 8056. None of the funds appropriated in title 
IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for deliv-
ery to military forces for operational training, operational 
use or inventory requirements: Provided, That this restric-
tion does not apply to end-items used in development, 
prototyping, and test activities preceding and leading to 
acceptance for operational use: Provided further, That this 
restriction does not apply to programs funded within the 
National Intelligence Program: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case- 
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate that it is in the national security interest to do 
so. 
SEC. 8057. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 
case-by-case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country 
each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 
foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 
that the application of the limitation with respect to that 
country would invalidate cooperative programs entered 
into between the Department of Defense and the foreign
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country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 
for the procurement of defense items entered into under 
section 2531 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
country does not discriminate against the same or similar 
defense items produced in the United States for that coun-
try. 
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to— 
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) options for the procurement of items that 
are exercised after such date under contracts that 
are entered into before such date if the option prices 
are adjusted for any reason other than the applica-
tion of a waiver granted under subsection (a). 
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re-
garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear-
ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 
section XI (chapters 50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States and products classified 
under headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 
6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 
7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 
8211, 8215, and 9404. 
SEC. 8058. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or other Department of De-
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fense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended 
for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to 
military family housing units of the Department of De-
fense, including areas in such military family housing 
units that may be used for the purpose of conducting offi-
cial Department of Defense business. 
SEC. 8059. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 
Wide’’ for any new start advanced concept technology 
demonstration project or joint capability demonstration 
project may only be obligated 45 days after a report, in-
cluding a description of the project, the planned acquisi-
tion and transition strategy and its estimated annual and 
total cost, has been provided in writing to the congres-
sional defense committees: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-by-case 
basis by certifying to the congressional defense committees 
that it is in the national interest to do so. 
SEC. 8060. The Secretary of Defense shall continue 
to provide a classified quarterly report to the House and 
Senate Appropriations Committees, Subcommittees on 
Defense on certain matters as directed in the classified 
annex accompanying this Act.
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SEC. 8061. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 
10, United States Code, a Reserve who is a member of 
the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard 
duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 
may perform duties in support of the ground-based ele-
ments of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 
SEC. 8062. None of the funds provided in this Act 
may be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity 
ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has 
a center-fire cartridge and a United States military no-
menclature designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor 
piercing (AP)’’, ‘‘armor piercing incendiary (API)’’, or 
‘‘armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API–T)’’, except to an 
entity performing demilitarization services for the Depart-
ment of Defense under a contract that requires the entity 
to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of 
Defense that armor piercing projectiles are either: 
(1) rendered incapable of reuse by the demili-
tarization process; or 
(2) used to manufacture ammunition pursuant 
to a contract with the Department of Defense or the 
manufacture of ammunition for export pursuant to 
a License for Permanent Export of Unclassified 
Military Articles issued by the Department of State.
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SEC. 8063. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his des-
ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider-
ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 
of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of 
personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to 
any organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, 
United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fra-
ternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or his designee, on 
a case-by-case basis. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8064. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$66,881,780 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such 
funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized 
to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition 
of real property, construction, personal services, and oper-
ations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this 
section: Provided further, That contracts entered into 
under the authority of this section may provide for such 
indemnification as the Secretary determines to be nec-
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essary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 
section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and 
local law to the maximum extent consistent with the na-
tional security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 8065. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act may be used to take any action to mod-
ify— 
(1) the appropriations account structure for the 
National Intelligence Program budget, including 
through the creation of a new appropriation or new 
appropriation account; 
(2) how the National Intelligence Program 
budget request is presented in the unclassified P–1, 
R–1, and O–1 documents supporting the Depart-
ment of Defense budget request; 
(3) the process by which the National Intel-
ligence Program appropriations are apportioned to 
the executing agencies; or 
(4) the process by which the National Intel-
ligence Program appropriations are allotted, obli-
gated and disbursed. 
(b) Nothing in section (a) shall be construed to pro-
hibit the merger of programs or changes to the National 
Intelligence Program budget at or below the Expenditure
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Center level, provided such change is otherwise in accord-
ance with paragraphs (a)(1)–(3). 
(c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec-
retary of Defense may jointly, only for the purposes of 
achieving auditable financial statements and improving 
fiscal reporting, study and develop detailed proposals for 
alternative financial management processes. Such study 
shall include a comprehensive counterintelligence risk as-
sessment to ensure that none of the alternative processes 
will adversely affect counterintelligence. 
(d) Upon development of the detailed proposals de-
fined under subsection (c), the Director of National Intel-
ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af-
fected agencies; 
(2) receive certification from all affected agen-
cies attesting that the proposed alternatives will help 
achieve auditability, improve fiscal reporting, and 
will not adversely affect counterintelligence; and 
(3) not later than 30 days after receiving all 
necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present 
the proposed alternatives and certifications to the 
congressional defense and intelligence committees. 
SEC. 8066. In addition to amounts provided else-
where in this Act, $5,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000)
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is hereby appropriated to the Department of Defense, to 
remain available for obligation until expended: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, that 
upon the determination of the Secretary of Defense that 
it shall serve the national interest, these funds shall be 
available only for a grant to the Fisher House Foundation, 
Inc., only for the construction and furnishing of additional 
Fisher Houses to meet the needs of military family mem-
bers when confronted with the illness or hospitalization of 
an eligible military beneficiary. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8067. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense- 
Wide’’, $705,800,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative 
Programs: Provided, That of this amount, $92,000,000 
shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov-
ernment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 
defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, sub-
ject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agree-
ment, as amended; $221,500,000 shall be for the Short 
Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, in-
cluding cruise missile defense research and development 
under the SRBMD program, of which $120,000,000 shall 
be for co-production activities of SRBMD missiles in the
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United States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense re-
quirements consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, 
and procedures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production 
agreement for SRBMD, as amended; $205,000,000 shall 
be for an upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile De-
fense Architecture, of which $120,000,000 shall be for co- 
production activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier missiles in 
the United States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense 
requirements consistent with each nation’s laws, regula-
tions, and procedures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-pro-
duction agreement for Arrow 3 Upper Tier, as amended; 
$105,000,000 shall be for testing of the upper-tier compo-
nent to the Israeli Missile Defense Architecture in the 
United States; and $82,300,000 shall be for the Arrow 
System Improvement Program including development of 
a long range, ground and airborne, detection suite: Pro-
vided further, That the transfer authority provided under 
this provision is in addition to any other transfer authority 
contained in this Act. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8068. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 
$117,542,000 shall be available until September 30, 2018, 
to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases: Provided, 
That upon enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
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Navy shall transfer funds to the following appropriations 
in the amounts specified: Provided further, That the 
amounts transferred shall be merged with and be available 
for the same purposes as the appropriations to which 
transferred to: 
(1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2012/2018: Carrier Replacement 
Program $20,000,000; 
(2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2008/2018: DDG–51 Destroyer 
$19,436,000; 
(3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2012/2018: Littoral Combat Ship 
$6,394,000; 
(4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2012/2018: LHA Replacement 
$14,200,000; 
(5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2013/2018: DDG–51 Destroyer 
$31,941,000; 
(6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2014/2018: Litoral Combat Ship 
$20,471,000; and 
(7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2015/2018: LCAC $5,100,000.
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SEC. 8069. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel-
ligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized 
by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094) during fiscal 
year 2018 until the enactment of the Intelligence Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. 
SEC. 8070. None of the funds provided in this Act 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new 
program, project, or activity unless such program, project, 
or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest 
of national security and only after written prior notifica-
tion to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8071. The budget of the President for fiscal 
year 2018 submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall include sepa-
rate budget justification documents for costs of United 
States Armed Forces’ participation in contingency oper-
ations for the Military Personnel accounts, the Operation 
and Maintenance accounts, the Procurement accounts, 
and the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation ac-
counts: Provided, That these documents shall include a de-
scription of the funding requested for each contingency op-
eration, for each military service, to include all Active and
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Reserve components, and for each appropriations account: 
Provided further, That these documents shall include esti-
mated costs for each element of expense or object class, 
a reconciliation of increases and decreases for each contin-
gency operation, and programmatic data including, but 
not limited to, troop strength for each Active and Reserve 
component, and estimates of the major weapons systems 
deployed in support of each contingency: Provided further, 
That these documents shall include budget exhibits OP– 
5 and OP–32 (as defined in the Department of Defense 
Financial Management Regulation) for all contingency op-
erations for the budget year and the two preceding fiscal 
years. 
SEC. 8072. None of the funds in this Act may be 
used for research, development, test, evaluation, procure-
ment or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a 
missile defense system. 
SEC. 8073. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, to reflect savings due to favorable foreign ex-
change rates, the total amount appropriated in this Act 
is hereby reduced by $289,000,000. 
SEC. 8074. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish 
the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad-
ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce
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the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the 
levels funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force 
shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to 
perform other missions in support of national defense re-
quirements during the non-hurricane season. 
SEC. 8075. None of the funds provided in this Act 
shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence in-
formation unless the information has been lawfully col-
lected and processed during the conduct of authorized for-
eign intelligence activities: Provided, That information 
pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled 
in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth 
Amendment of the United States Constitution as imple-
mented through Executive Order No. 12333. 
SEC. 8076. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 
this Act may be used to transfer research and develop-
ment, acquisition, or other program authority relating to 
current tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (TUAVs) from 
the Army. 
(b) The Army shall retain responsibility for and oper-
ational control of the MQ–1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aer-
ial Vehicle (UAV) in order to support the Secretary of De-
fense in matters relating to the employment of unmanned 
aerial vehicles.
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SEC. 8077. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act for programs of the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for 
research and technology, which shall remain available until 
September 30, 2019. 
SEC. 8078. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 
31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 
made in this Act under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and 
Conversion, Navy’’ shall be considered to be for the same 
purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship-
building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 
prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply 
to the total amount of the appropriation. 
SEC. 8079. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel-
ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 
of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 
2018: Provided, That the report shall include— 
(1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 
due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level;
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(2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation by Expenditure Center and project; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel-
ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re-
programming or transfer until the report identified in sub-
section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 
committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence 
certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence com-
mittees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary 
as an emergency requirement. 
SEC. 8080. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to eliminate, restructure, or realign Army 
Contracting Command—New Jersey or make dispropor-
tionate personnel reductions at any Army Contracting 
Command—New Jersey sites without 30-day prior notifi-
cation to the congressional defense committees. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 8081. Of the unobligated balances available to 
the Department of Defense, the following funds are per-
manently rescinded from the following accounts and pro-
grams in the specified amounts to reflect excess cash bal-
ances in the Department of Defense Acquisition Work-
force Development Fund:
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From ‘‘Department of Defense Acquisition 
Workforce 
Development 
Fund, 
Defense’’, 
$10,000,000. 
SEC. 8082. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 
333 of title 10, United States Code, or peacekeeping oper-
ations for the countries designated annually to be in viola-
tion of the standards of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) may 
be used to support any military training or operation that 
includes child soldiers, as defined by the Child Soldiers 
Prevention Act of 2008, unless such assistance is other-
wise permitted under section 404 of the Child Soldiers 
Prevention Act of 2008. 
SEC. 8083. (a) None of the funds provided for the 
National Intelligence Program in this or any prior appro-
priations Act shall be available for obligation or expendi-
ture through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in ac-
cordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that— 
(1) creates a new start effort; 
(2) terminates a program with appropriated 
funding of $10,000,000 or more; 
(3) transfers funding into or out of the Na-
tional Intelligence Program; or
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(4) transfers funding between appropriations, 
unless the congressional intelligence committees are 
notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming 
of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 
urgent national security requirements. 
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel-
ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with 
section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or 
decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex ac-
companying the Act unless the congressional intelligence 
committees are notified 30 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds; this notification period may be re-
duced for urgent national security requirements. 
SEC. 8084. The Director of National Intelligence 
shall submit to Congress each year, at or about the time 
that the President’s budget is submitted to Congress that 
year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, a future-years intelligence program (including asso-
ciated annexes) reflecting the estimated expenditures and 
proposed appropriations included in that budget. Any such 
future-years intelligence program shall cover the fiscal
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year with respect to which the budget is submitted and 
at least the four succeeding fiscal years. 
SEC. 8085. For the purposes of this Act, the term 
‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ means the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8086. During the current fiscal year, not to ex-
ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made 
in title II of this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by 
the military department concerned to its central fund es-
tablished for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to sec-
tion 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8087. Not to exceed $500,000,000 appropriated 
by this Act for operation and maintenance may be avail-
able for the purpose of making remittances and transfer 
to the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund
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in accordance with section 1705 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 8088. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 
available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and 
(c), post on the public website of that agency any report 
required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if— 
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or 
(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
SEC. 8089. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for 
any Federal contract for an amount in excess of 
$1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to— 
(1) enter into any agreement with any of its 
employees or independent contractors that requires, 
as a condition of employment, that the employee or 
independent contractor agree to resolve through ar-
bitration any claim under title VII of the Civil
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Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 
out of sexual assault or harassment, including as-
sault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional 
distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, su-
pervision, or retention; or 
(2) take any action to enforce any provision of 
an existing agreement with an employee or inde-
pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 
or independent contractor resolve through arbitra-
tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sex-
ual assault or harassment, including assault and 
battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, 
false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, 
or retention. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be expended for any Fed-
eral contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires 
each covered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and 
not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any 
agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (a), with respect to any employee or independent 
contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 
For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcon-
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tractor’’ is an entity that has a subcontract in excess of 
$1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a). 
(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 
respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements 
with employees or independent contractors that may not 
be enforced in a court of the United States. 
(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica-
tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 
subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 
subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per-
sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 
harm to national security interests of the United States, 
and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 
longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina-
tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 
waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, 
and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 
waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not 
avoid harm to national security interests of the United 
States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Con-
gress, and simultaneously make public, any determination 
under this subsection not less than 15 business days be-
fore the contract or subcontract addressed in the deter-
mination may be awarded.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8090. From within the funds appropriated for 
operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Pro-
gram in this Act, up to $115,519,000, shall be available 
for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense-Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010, Public Law 111–84: Provided, That for purposes 
of section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are oper-
ations of the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal 
Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care 
Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 
Federal medical facility as described by section 706 of 
Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That additional 
funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for op-
eration and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 
to the Joint Department of Defense-Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 
written notification by the Secretary of Defense to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate. 
SEC. 8091. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used by the De-
1425 
partment of Defense or a component thereof in contraven-
tion of the provisions of section 130h of title 10, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 8092. Appropriations available to the Depart-
ment of Defense may be used for the purchase of heavy 
and light armored vehicles for the physical security of per-
sonnel or for force protection purposes up to a limit of 
$450,000 per vehicle, notwithstanding price or other limi-
tations applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying 
vehicles. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8093. Upon a determination by the Director of 
National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 
the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 
of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to 
exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made available in this 
Act for the National Intelligence Program: Provided, That 
such authority to transfer may not be used unless for 
higher priority items, based on unforeseen intelligence re-
quirements, than those for which originally appropriated 
and in no case where the item for which funds are re-
quested has been denied by the Congress: Provided further, 
That a request for multiple reprogrammings of funds 
using authority provided in this section shall be made 
prior to June 30, 2017.
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SEC. 8094. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 
or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 
at United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, 
Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8095. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available in this or any other Act may be 
used to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the 
United States, its territories, or possessions to house any 
individual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of 
detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the ef-
fective control of the Department of Defense. 
(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 
Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 
individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, and who—
1427 
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 
member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 
and 
(2) is— 
(A) in the custody or under the effective 
control of the Department of Defense; or 
(B) otherwise under detention at United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba. 
SEC. 8096. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer 
any individual detained at United States Naval Station 
Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 
individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 
or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec-
tion 1034 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92) and section 1034 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–328). 
SEC. 8097. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Res-
olution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 
SEC. 8098. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this or any other Act may 
be used by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official 
or officer of the Department of Defense, to enter into a
1428 
contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 
agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan 
or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary 
of Rosoboronexport. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limita-
tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intel-
ligence, determines that it is in the vital national security 
interest of the United States to do so, and certifies in writ-
ing to the congressional defense committees that, to the 
best of the Secretary’s knowledge: 
(1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of 
lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 
existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern-
ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 
(2) The armed forces of the Russian Federation 
have withdrawn from Crimea, other than armed 
forces present on military bases subject to agree-
ments in force between the Government of the Rus-
sian Federation and the Government of Ukraine; 
and 
(3) Agents of the Russian Federation have 
ceased taking active measures to destabilize the con-
trol of the Government of Ukraine over eastern 
Ukraine.
1429 
(c) The Inspector General of the Department of De-
fense shall conduct a review of any action involving 
Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the 
Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not 
later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver 
is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector Gen-
eral shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report containing the results of the review conducted 
with respect to such waiver. 
SEC. 8099. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for the purchase or manufacture of a 
flag of the United States unless such flags are treated as 
covered items under section 2533a(b) of title 10, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 8100. (a) Of the funds appropriated in this Act 
for the Department of Defense, amounts may be made 
available, under such regulations as the Secretary of De-
fense may prescribe, to local military commanders ap-
pointed by the Secretary, or by an officer or employee des-
ignated by the Secretary, to provide at their discretion ex 
gratia payments in amounts consistent with subsection (d) 
of this section for damage, personal injury, or death that 
is incident to combat operations of the Armed Forces in 
a foreign country.
1430 
(b) An ex gratia payment under this section may be 
provided only if— 
(1) the prospective foreign civilian recipient is 
determined by the local military commander to be 
friendly to the United States; 
(2) a claim for damages would not be compen-
sable under chapter 163 of title 10, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Foreign Claims 
Act’’); and 
(3) the property damage, personal injury, or 
death was not caused by action by an enemy. 
(c) NATURE OF PAYMENTS.—Any payments provided 
under a program under subsection (a) shall not be consid-
ered an admission or acknowledgement of any legal obliga-
tion to compensate for any damage, personal injury, or 
death. 
(d) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary of De-
fense determines a program under subsection (a) to be ap-
propriate in a particular setting, the amounts of pay-
ments, if any, to be provided to civilians determined to 
have suffered harm incident to combat operations of the 
Armed Forces under the program should be determined 
pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary and 
based on an assessment, which should include such factors
1431 
as cultural appropriateness and prevailing economic condi-
tions. 
(e) LEGAL ADVICE.—Local military commanders 
shall receive legal advice before making ex gratia pay-
ments under this subsection. The legal advisor, under reg-
ulations of the Department of Defense, shall advise on 
whether an ex gratia payment is proper under this section 
and applicable Department of Defense regulations. 
(f) WRITTEN RECORD.—A written record of any ex 
gratia payment offered or denied shall be kept by the local 
commander and on a timely basis submitted to the appro-
priate office in the Department of Defense as determined 
by the Secretary of Defense. 
(g) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall report 
to the congressional defense committees on an annual 
basis the efficacy of the ex gratia payment program in-
cluding the number of types of cases considered, amounts 
offered, the response from ex gratia payment recipients, 
and any recommended modifications to the program. 
SEC. 8101. None of the funds available in this Act 
to the Department of Defense, other than appropriations 
made for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades 
or maintenance activities, shall be used to reduce or to 
prepare to reduce the number of deployed and non-de-
ployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below the
1432 
levels set forth in the report submitted to Congress in ac-
cordance with section 1042 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 
SEC. 8102. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 
awards on a public Website in a searchable format. 
SEC. 8103. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to fund the performance of a flight dem-
onstration team at a location outside of the United States: 
Provided, That this prohibition applies only if a perform-
ance of a flight demonstration team at a location within 
the United States was canceled during the current fiscal 
year due to insufficient funding. 
SEC. 8104. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Security Agency to— 
(1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 
702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States 
person; or 
(2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 
such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 
United States Code) of any electronic communica-
tion of a United States person from a provider of 
electronic communication services to the public pur-
suant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Act of 1978.
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SEC. 8105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 
Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 
ratification for the Treaty. 
SEC. 8106. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 
officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who 
approves or implements the transfer of administrative re-
sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 
project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 
of another Federal agency not financed by this Act unless 
explicity provided for in a Defense Appropriations Act: 
Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to transfers 
of funds expressly provided for in Defense Appropriations 
Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental appro-
priations for the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8107. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated for activities authorized under sec-
tion 1208 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 112– 
81; 125 Stat. 1621) to initiate support for, or expand sup-
port to, foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or individ-
uals unless the congressional defense committees are noti-
fied in accordance with the direction contained in the clas-
sified annex accompanying this Act, not less than 15 days
1434 
before initiating such support: Provided, That none of the 
funds made available in this Act may be used under sec-
tion 1208 for any activity that is not in support of an 
ongoing military operation being conducted by United 
States Special Operations Forces to combat terrorism: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may waive 
the prohibitions in this section if the Secretary determines 
that such waiver is required by extraordinary cir-
cumstances and, by not later than 72 hours after making 
such waiver, notifies the congressional defense committees 
of such waiver. 
SEC. 8108. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used with respect to Iraq in contravention of 
the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.), in-
cluding for the introduction of United States armed forces 
into hostilities in Iraq, into situations in Iraq where immi-
nent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the 
circumstances, or into Iraqi territory, airspace, or waters 
while equipped for combat, in contravention of the con-
gressional consultation and reporting requirements of sec-
tions 3 and 4 of such Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1542 and 
1543). 
SEC. 8109. None of the funds provided in this Act 
for the T–AO Fleet Oiler or the Towing, Salvage, and Res-
cue Ship programs shall be used to award a new contract
1435 
that provides for the acquisition of the following compo-
nents unless those components are manufactured in the 
United States: Auxiliary equipment (including pumps) for 
shipboard services; propulsion equipment (including en-
gines, reduction gears, and propellers); shipboard cranes; 
and spreaders for shipboard cranes. 
SEC. 8110. The amount appropriated in title II of 
this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’ is here-
by reduced by $75,000,000 to reflect excess cash balances 
in Department of Defense Working Capital Funds. 
SEC. 8111. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, to reflect savings due to lower than anticipated 
fuel costs, the total amount appropriated in title II of this 
Act is hereby reduced by $1,007,267,000. 
SEC. 8112. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex-
penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 
of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 
topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 
by Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 
and Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclo-
sure 3, 14a and 14b). 
SEC. 8113. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new
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or additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 
round. 
SEC. 8114. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $289,255,000, 
to remain available until expended, may be used for any 
purposes related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet 
established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales 
Act of 1946 (50 U.S.C. 4405): Provided, That such 
amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready 
Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the 
United States Department of Transportation for pro-
grams, projects, activities, and expenses related to the Na-
tional Defense Reserve Fleet. 
SEC. 8115. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar Sys-
tem recapitalization program may be obligated or ex-
pended for pre-milestone B activities after March 31, 
2018, except for source selection and other activities nec-
essary to enter the engineering and manufacturing devel-
opment phase. 
SEC. 8116. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 
of the United States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, 
Cuba.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8117. Additional readiness funds made available 
in title II of this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, ‘‘Operation 
and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, and ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred to and 
merged with any appropriation of the Department of De-
fense for activities related to the Zika virus in order to 
provide health support for the full range of military oper-
ations and sustain the health of the members of the Armed 
Forces, civilian employees of the Department of Defense, 
and their families, to include: research and development, 
disease surveillance, vaccine development, rapid detection, 
vector controls and surveillance, training, and outbreak re-
sponse: Provided, That the authority provided in this sec-
tion is subject to the same terms and conditions as the 
authority provided in section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8118. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network is designed to block access 
to pornography websites. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities,
1438 
or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in-
cluding intelligence activities. 
SEC. 8119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any transfer of funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act to the Global Engagement Center 
pursuant to section 1287 of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) 
shall be made in accordance with section 8005 or 9002 
of this Act, as applicable. 
SEC. 8120. No amounts credited or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act to the Department of 
Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund may be 
transferred to: 
(1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established 
under section 804(d) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 
2302 note); or 
(2) credited to a military-department specific 
fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016 (as amended by section 897 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017). 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER FUND) 
SEC. 8121. In addition to amounts provided else-
where in this Act for military personnel pay, including ac-
1439 
tive duty, reserve and National Guard personnel, 
$206,400,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 
of Defense and made available for transfer only to military 
personnel accounts: Provided, That the transfer authority 
provided under this heading is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 
SEC. 8122. In addition to amounts provided else-
where in this Act, there is appropriated $235,000,000, for 
an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Defense-Wide’’, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall only be available to the Sec-
retary of Defense, acting through the Office of Economic 
Adjustment of the Department of Defense, or for transfer 
to the Secretary of Education, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, to make grants, conclude cooperative 
agreements, or supplement other Federal funds to con-
struct, renovate, repair, or expand elementary and sec-
ondary public schools on military installations in order to 
address capacity or facility condition deficiencies at such 
schools: Provided further, That in making such funds 
available, the Office of Economic Adjustment or the Sec-
retary of Education shall give priority consideration to 
those military installations with schools having the most 
serious capacity or facility condition deficiencies as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense: Provided further, That
1440 
as a condition of receiving funds under this section a local 
educational agency or State shall provide a matching share 
as described in the notice titled ‘‘Department of Defense 
Program for Construction, Renovation, Repair or Expan-
sion of Public Schools Located on Military Installations’’ 
published by the Department of Defense in the Federal 
Register on September 9, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 55883 et 
seq.): Provided further, That these provisions apply to 
funds provided under this section, and to funds previously 
provided by Congress to construct, renovate, repair, or ex-
pand elementary and secondary public schools on military 
installations in order to address capacity or facility condi-
tion deficiencies at such schools to the extent such funds 
remain unobligated on the date of enactment of this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 8123. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the changes to the Joint 
Travel Regulations of the Department of Defense de-
scribed in the memorandum of the Per Diem Travel and 
Transportation Allowance Committee titled ‘‘UTD/CTD 
for MAP 118–13/CAP 118–13 - Flat Rate Per Diem for 
Long Term TDY’’ and dated October 1, 2014. 
SEC. 8124. In carrying out the program described in 
the memorandum on the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted 
Reproductive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Se-
1441 
verely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service 
Members’’ issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the guidance 
issued to implement such memorandum, the Secretary of 
Defense shall apply such policy and guidance, except 
that— 
(1) the limitation on periods regarding embryo 
cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) 
and in part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not 
apply; and 
(2) the term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 
shall include embryo cryopreservation and storage 
without 
limitation 
on 
the 
duration 
of 
such 
cryopreservation and storage. 
TITLE IX 
OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL 
WAR ON TERRORISM 
MILITARY PERSONNEL 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Army’’, $2,635,317,000: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op-
erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
1442 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Navy’’, $377,857,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Marine Corps’’, $103,800,000: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con-
tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Military Personnel, 
Air Force’’, $912,779,000: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 
Army’’, $24,942,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
1443 
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 
Navy’’, $9,091,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 
Marine Corps’’, $2,328,000: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RESERVE PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Reserve Personnel, 
Air Force’’, $20,569,000: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Op-
erations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
1444 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per-
sonnel, Army’’, $184,589,000: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con-
tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per-
sonnel, Air Force’’, $5,004,000: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con-
tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MILITARY PERSONNEL, NATIONAL DEFENSE 
RESTORATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act, there is appropriated $1,000,000,000, for the ‘‘Mili-
tary Personnel, National Defense Restoration Fund’’: Pro-
vided, That such funds provided under this heading shall 
only be available for programs, projects and activities nec-
essary to implement the 2018 National Defense Strategy: 
Provided further, That such funds shall not be available 
for transfer until 30 days after the Secretary has sub-
1445 
mitted, and the congressional defense committees have ap-
proved, the proposed allocation plan for the use of such 
funds to implement such strategy: Provided further, That 
such allocation plan shall include a detailed justification 
for the use of such funds and a description of how such 
investments are necessary to implement the strategy: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer 
these funds only to military personnel accounts: Provided 
further, That the funds transferred shall be merged with 
and shall be available for the same purposes and for the 
same time period, as the appropriation to which trans-
ferred: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading may be transferred to any 
program, project, or activity specifically limited or denied 
by this Act: Provided further, That the transfer authority 
provided under this heading is in addition to any other 
transfer authority available to the Department of Defense: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Army’’, $16,126,403,000: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con-
tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Navy’’, $5,875,015,000, of which up to 
$161,885,000 may be transferred to the Coast Guard 
‘‘Operating Expenses’’ account: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas Con-
tingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Marine Corps’’, $1,116,640,000: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
1447 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Air Force’’, $10,266,295,000: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $6,944,201,000: Provided, That 
of the funds provided under this heading, not to exceed 
$900,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019, shall be for payments to reimburse key cooperating 
nations for logistical, military, and other support, includ-
ing access, provided to United States military and stability 
operations in Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic 
State of Iraq and the Levant: Provided further, That such 
reimbursement payments may be made in such amounts 
as the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of State, and in consultation with the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, may determine, 
based on documentation determined by the Secretary of 
Defense to adequately account for the support provided, 
and such determination is final and conclusive upon the 
accounting officers of the United States, and 15 days fol-
1448 
lowing notification to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees: Provided further, That funds provided under this 
heading may be used for the purpose of providing special-
ized training and procuring supplies and specialized equip-
ment and providing such supplies and loaning such equip-
ment on a non-reimbursable basis to coalition forces sup-
porting United States military and stability operations in 
Afghanistan and to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and 
the Levant, and 15 days following notification to the ap-
propriate congressional committees: Provided further, 
That funds provided under this heading may be used to 
support the Government of Jordan, in such amounts as 
the Secretary of Defense may determine, to enhance the 
ability of the armed forces of Jordan to increase or sustain 
security along its borders, upon 15 days prior written noti-
fication to the congressional defense committees outlining 
the amounts intended to be provided and the nature of 
the expenses incurred: Provided further, That of the funds 
provided under this heading, not to exceed $750,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2019, shall be 
available to provide support and assistance to foreign secu-
rity forces or other groups or individuals to conduct, sup-
port, or facilitate counterterrorism, crisis response, or 
other Department of Defense security cooperation pro-
grams: Provided further, That such amount is designated
1449 
by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 
Global 
War 
on 
Terrorism 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Army Reserve’’, $24,699,000: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Navy Reserve’’, $23,980,000: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Marine Corps Reserve’’, $3,367,000: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism
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pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Air Force Reserve’’, $58,523,000: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress for Overseas 
Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL 
GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Army National Guard’’, $108,111,000: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Air National Guard’’, $15,400,000: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress for Over-
seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NATIONAL DEFENSE 
RESTORATION FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
In addition to amounts provided elsewhere in this 
Act, there is appropriated $2,000,000,000, for the ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, National Defense Restoration 
Fund’’: Provided, That such funds provided under this 
heading shall only be available for programs, projects and 
activities necessary to implement the 2018 National De-
fense Strategy: Provided further, That such funds shall not 
be available for transfer until 30 days after the Secretary 
has submitted, and the congressional defense committees 
have approved, the proposed allocation plan for the use 
of such funds to implement such strategy: Provided fur-
ther, That such allocation plan shall include a detailed jus-
tification for the use of such funds and a description of 
how such investments are necessary to implement the 
strategy: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
may transfer these funds only to operation and mainte-
nance accounts: Provided further, That the funds trans-
ferred shall be merged with and shall be available for the 
same purposes and for the same time period, as the appro-
priation to which transferred: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available under this heading may be 
transferred to any program, project, or activity specifically
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limited or denied by this Act: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided under this heading is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority available to the De-
partment of Defense: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency 
Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND 
For the ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’, 
$4,937,515,000 (reduced by $12,000,000), to remain 
available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That such 
funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose 
of allowing the Commander, Combined Security Transi-
tion Command—Afghanistan, or the Secretary’s designee, 
to provide assistance, with the concurrence of the Sec-
retary of State, to the security forces of Afghanistan, in-
cluding the provision of equipment, supplies, services, 
training, facility and infrastructure repair, renovation, 
construction, and funding: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of Defense may obligate and expend funds made 
available to the Department of Defense in this title for 
additional costs associated with existing projects pre-
viously funded with amounts provided under the heading
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‘‘Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund’’ in prior Acts: Pro-
vided further, That such costs shall be limited to contract 
changes resulting from inflation, market fluctuation, rate 
adjustments, and other necessary contract actions to com-
plete existing projects, and associated supervision and ad-
ministration costs and costs for design during construc-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary may not use 
more than $50,000,000 under the authority provided in 
this section: Provided further, That the Secretary shall no-
tify in advance such contract changes and adjustments in 
annual reports to the congressional defense committees: 
Provided further, That the authority to provide assistance 
under this heading is in addition to any other authority 
to provide assistance to foreign nations: Provided further, 
That contributions of funds for the purposes provided 
herein from any person, foreign government, or inter-
national organization may be credited to this Fund, to re-
main available until expended, and used for such purposes: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall no-
tify the congressional defense committees in writing upon 
the receipt and upon the obligation of any contribution, 
delineating the sources and amounts of the funds received 
and the specific use of such contributions: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not fewer than 
15 days prior to obligating from this appropriation ac-
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count, notify the congressional defense committees in writ-
ing of the details of any such obligation: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall notify the congres-
sional defense committees of any proposed new projects 
or transfer of funds between budget sub-activity groups 
in excess of $20,000,000: Provided further, That the 
United States may accept equipment procured using funds 
provided under this heading in this or prior Acts that was 
transferred to the security forces of Afghanistan and re-
turned by such forces to the United States: Provided fur-
ther, That equipment procured using funds provided under 
this heading in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred 
to the security forces of Afghanistan or transferred to the 
security forces of Afghanistan and returned by such forces 
to the United States, may be treated as stocks of the De-
partment of Defense upon written notification to the con-
gressional defense committees: Provided further, That of 
the funds provided under this heading, not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be for recruitment and retention of 
women in the Afghanistan National Security Forces, and 
the recruitment and training of female security personnel: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 
War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of
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the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
COUNTER-ISIL TRAIN AND EQUIP FUND 
For the ‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and the Le-
vant Train and Equip Fund’’, $1,769,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That such 
funds shall be available to the Secretary of Defense in co-
ordination with the Secretary of State, to provide assist-
ance, including training; equipment; logistics support, sup-
plies, and services; stipends; infrastructure repair and ren-
ovation; and sustainment, to foreign security forces, irreg-
ular forces, groups, or individuals participating, or pre-
paring to participate in activities to counter the Islamic 
State of Iraq and the Levant, and their affiliated or asso-
ciated groups: Provided further, That these funds may be 
used in such amounts as the Secretary of Defense may 
determine to enhance the border security of nations adja-
cent to conflict areas including Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, 
and Tunisia resulting from actions of the Islamic State 
of Iraq and the Levant: Provided further, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be available to 
provide assistance only for activities in a country des-
ignated by the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the Secretary of State, as having a security mission to 
counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and fol-
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lowing written notification to the congressional defense 
committees of such designation: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Defense shall ensure that prior to providing 
assistance to elements of any forces or individuals, such 
elements or individuals are appropriately vetted, including 
at a minimum, assessing such elements for associations 
with terrorist groups or groups associated with the Gov-
ernment of Iran; and receiving commitments from such 
elements to promote respect for human rights and the rule 
of law: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating from this 
appropriation account, notify the congressional defense 
committees in writing of the details of any such obligation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense may ac-
cept and retain contributions, including assistance in-kind, 
from foreign governments, including the Government of 
Iraq and other entities, to carry out assistance authorized 
under this heading: Provided further, That contributions 
of funds for the purposes provided herein from any foreign 
government or other entity may be credited to this Fund, 
to remain available until expended, and used for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
may waive a provision of law relating to the acquisition 
of items and support services or sections 40 and 40A of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785)