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‘‘(G) The Commander of the United States 
Northern Command. 
‘‘(H) The Commander of the United States Pa-
cific Command. 
‘‘(I) The Commander of the United States 
Cyber Command. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘covered period’ 
means the fiscal year beginning after the date on which 
a report is submitted under paragraph (1).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 10504. Chief of National Guard Bureau: annual re-
ports’’. 
(2) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 1011 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 10504 and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘10504. Chief of National Guard Bureau: annual reports.’’. 
SEC. 334. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY WORKING DOGS 
USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) CAPACITY.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Executive Agent for Military Working Dogs 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Executive 
Agent’’), shall—
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(1) identify the number of military working 
dogs required to fulfill the various missions of the 
Department of Defense for which such dogs are 
used, including force protection, facility and check 
point security, and explosives and drug detection; 
(2) take such steps as are practicable to ensure 
an adequate number of military working dog teams 
are available to meet and sustain the mission re-
quirements identified in paragraph (1); 
(3) ensure that the Department’s needs and 
performance standards with respect to military 
working dogs are readily available to dog breeders 
and trainers; and 
(4) coordinate with other Federal, State, and 
local agencies, nonprofit organizations, universities, 
and private sector entities, as appropriate, to in-
crease the training capacity for military working dog 
teams. 
(b) MILITARY WORKING DOG PROCUREMENT.—The 
Secretary, acting through the Executive Agent, shall work 
to ensure that military working dogs are procured as effi-
ciently as possible and at the best value to the Govern-
ment, while maintaining the necessary level of quality and 
encouraging increased domestic breeding.
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(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, and annually thereafter 
until September 30, 2021, the Secretary, acting through 
the Executive Agent, shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the procurement and retire-
ment of military working dogs for the fiscal year preceding 
the fiscal year during which the report is submitted. Each 
report under this subsection shall include the following for 
the fiscal year covered by the report: 
(1) The number of military working dogs pro-
cured, by source, by each military department or De-
fense Agency. 
(2) The cost of procuring military working dogs 
incurred by each military department or Defense 
Agency. 
(3) The number of domestically bred and 
sourced military working dogs procured by each mili-
tary department or Defense Agency, including a list 
of vendors, their location, cost, and the quantity of 
dogs procured from each vendor. 
(4) The number of non-domestically bred mili-
tary working dogs procured from non-domestic 
sources by each military department or Defense 
Agency, including a list of vendors, their location,
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cost, and the quantity of dogs procured from each 
vendor. 
(5) The cost of procuring pre-trained and green 
dogs for force protection, facility and checkpoint se-
curity, and improvised explosive device, other explo-
sives, and drug detection. 
(6) An analysis of the procurement practices of 
each military department or Defense Agency that 
limit market access for domestic canine vendors and 
breeders. 
(7) The total cost of procuring domestically 
bred military working dogs versus the total cost of 
procuring dogs from non-domestic sources. 
(8) The total number of domestically bred dogs 
and the number of dogs from foreign sources pro-
cured by each military department or Defense Agen-
cy and the number and percentage of those dogs 
that are ultimately deployed for their intended use. 
(9) An explanation for any significant dif-
ference in the cost of procuring military working 
dogs from different sources. 
(10) An estimate of the number of military 
working dogs expected to retire annually and an 
identification of the primary cause of the retirement 
of such dogs.
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(11) An identification of the final disposition of 
military working dogs no longer in service. 
(d) MILITARY WORKING DOG DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘military working dog’’ 
means a dog used in any official military capacity, as de-
fined by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 335. ANNUAL BRIEFINGS ON ARMY EXPLOSIVE ORD-
NANCE DISPOSAL. 
Not later than 60 days after the last day of each of 
fiscal years 2018 through 2021, the Secretary of the Army 
shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and House of Representatives briefings on the ac-
tions the Army has taken to address the following: 
(1) Programmed funding and manpower to es-
tablish and implement the explosive ordnance dis-
posal (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘EOD’’) assistant 
commandant position in the Army Ordnance School. 
(2) EOD personnel talent management, includ-
ing command opportunities and promotion within 
the Army logistics cohort, and career broadening op-
portunities, including participation in joint, inter-
agency, and multinational EOD commissioned offi-
cer and non-commissioned officer positions.
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(3) How the EOD career path ensures and 
maintains technical proficiency for EOD-qualified 
personnel. 
(4) Efforts to improve EOD proponency and 
advocacy across the Army, including activities of the 
EOD Board of Advisors. 
(5) Efforts to enhance synchronization of EOD 
with other Army missions and functions and retain 
critical interdependencies. 
(6) Annual funding programmed through the 
future-years defense program and executed during 
the preceding fiscal year for EOD requirements in-
cluding personnel, training, and equipment. 
SEC. 336. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Secretary of Defense James Mattis has 
stated: ‘‘It is appropriate for the Combatant Com-
mands to incorporate drivers of instability that im-
pact the security environment in their areas into 
their planning.’’. 
(2) Secretary of Defense James Mattis has 
stated: ‘‘I agree that the effects of a changing cli-
mate — such as increased maritime access to the
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Arctic, rising sea levels, desertification, among oth-
ers — impact our security situation.’’. 
(3) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Jo-
seph Dunford has stated: ‘‘It’s a question, once 
again, of being forward deployed, forward engaged, 
and be in a position to respond to the kinds of nat-
ural disasters that I think we see as a second or 
third order effect of climate change.’’. 
(4) Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates 
has stated: ‘‘Over the next 20 years and more, cer-
tain pressures-population, energy, climate, economic, 
environmental-could combine with rapid cultural, so-
cial, and technological change to produce new 
sources of deprivation, rage, and instability.’’. 
(5) Former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army 
Gordon Sullivan has stated: ‘‘Climate change is a 
national security issue. We found that climate insta-
bility will lead to instability in geopolitics and impact 
American military operations around the world.’’. 
(6) The Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence (ODNI) has stated: ‘‘Many countries will en-
counter climate-induced disruptions—such as weath-
er-related disasters, drought, famine, or damage to 
infrastructure—that stress their capacity to respond, 
cope with, or adapt. Climate-related impacts will also
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contribute to increased migration, which can be par-
ticularly disruptive if, for example, demand for food 
and shelter outstrips the resources available to assist 
those in need.’’. 
(7) The Government Accountability Office 
(GAO) has stated: ‘‘DOD links changes in precipita-
tion patterns with potential climate change impacts 
such as changes in the number of consecutive days 
of high or low precipitation as well as increases in 
the extent and duration of droughts, with an associ-
ated increase in the risk of wildfire. . . this may re-
sult in mission vulnerabilities such as reduced live- 
fire training due to drought and increased wildfire 
risk.’’. 
(8) A three-foot rise in sea levels will threaten 
the operations of more than 128 United States mili-
tary sites, and it is possible that many of these at- 
risk bases could be submerged in the coming years. 
(9) As global temperatures rise, droughts and 
famines can lead to more failed states, which are 
breeding grounds of extremist and terrorist organi-
zations. 
(10) In the Marshall Islands, an Air Force 
radar installation built on an atoll at a cost of
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$1,000,000,000 is projected to be underwater within 
two decades. 
(11) In the western United States, drought has 
amplified the threat of wildfires, and floods have 
damaged roads, runways, and buildings on military 
bases. 
(12) In the Arctic, the combination of melting 
sea ice, thawing permafrost, and sea-level rise is 
eroding shorelines, which is damaging radar and 
communication installations, runways, seawalls, and 
training areas. 
(13) In the Yukon Training Area, units con-
ducting artillery training accidentally started a wild-
fire despite observing the necessary practices during 
red flag warning conditions. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) climate change is a direct threat to the na-
tional security of the United States and is impacting 
stability in areas of the world both where the United 
States Armed Forces are operating today, and where 
strategic implications for future conflict exist; 
(2) there are complexities in quantifying the 
cost of climate change on mission resiliency, but the 
Department of Defense must ensure that it is pre-
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pared to conduct operations both today and in the 
future and that it is prepared to address the effects 
of a changing climate on threat assessments, re-
sources, and readiness; and 
(3) military installations must be able to effec-
tively prepare to mitigate climate damage in their 
master planning and infrastructure planning and de-
sign, so that they might best consider the weather 
and natural resources most pertinent to them. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a report on vulnerabilities to mili-
tary installations and combatant commander re-
quirements resulting from climate change over the 
next 20 years. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report on vulnerabilities 
to military installations and combatant commander 
requirements required by paragraph (1) shall include 
the following: 
(A) A list of the ten most vulnerable mili-
tary installations within each service based on 
the effects of rising sea tides, increased flood-
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ing, drought, desertification, wildfires, thawing 
permafrost, and any other categories the Sec-
retary determines necessary. 
(B) An overview of mitigations that may 
be necessary to ensure the continued oper-
ational viability and to increase the resiliency of 
the identified vulnerable military installations 
and the cost of such mitigations. 
(C) A discussion of the climate-change re-
lated effects on the Department, including the 
increase in the frequency of humanitarian as-
sistance and disaster relief missions and the 
theater campaign plans, contingency plans, and 
global posture of the combatant commanders. 
(D) An overview of mitigations that may 
be necessary to ensure mission resiliency and 
the cost of such mitigations. 
(3) FORM.—The report required subparagraph 
(1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
contain a classified annex. 
SEC. 337. UPDATED GUIDANCE REGARDING BIENNIAL 
CORE REPORT. 
To ensure that the biennial core reporting procedures 
of the Department of Defense align with the requirements 
of section 2464 of title 10, United States Code, and that
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each reporting agency provides accurate and complete in-
formation, the Secretary of Defense should direct the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology 
and Logistics to update the Department of Defense Guid-
ance, in particular Department of Defense Instruction 
4151.20, to require future biennial core reports include 
instructions to the reporting agencies on how to— 
(1) report additional depot workload performed 
that has not been identified as a core requirement; 
(2) accurately capture inter-service workload; 
(3) calculate shortfalls; and 
(4) estimate the cost of planned workload. 
SEC. 338. REPORT ON ARCTIC READINESS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to Congress a report on arctic readiness. 
Such report shall include— 
(1) an analysis of the challenges posed by the 
rapidly changing arctic region, including the reasons 
why the arctic region is changing at such a rapid 
rate; 
(2) an analysis of how the changes will affect 
other regions, particularly coastal communities; 
(3) an analysis of how the changes will affect 
military infrastructure; and
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(4) recommendations for congressional action to 
address the needs of the Armed Forces, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security with 
respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating 
as a service in the Navy, resulting from changes in 
the arctic. 
(b) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
this section shall be unclassified, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
SEC. 339. REPORT ON CYBER CAPABILITY AND READINESS 
SHORTFALLS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit 
to Congress a report on the Army Combat Training Cen-
ters and the current resident cyber capabilities and train-
ing at such centers to examine potential training readiness 
shortfalls and ensure that pre-rotational cyber training 
needs are met. In preparing the report, the Secretary shall 
take into account nearby cyber assets that could con-
tribute to addressing potential cyber capability and readi-
ness shortfalls.
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(5) a description of any training necessary for 
workers affected by automation to more easily tran-
sition to new types of jobs within the defense manu-
facturing industry; and 
(6) any actions taken, or planned to be taken, 
by the Department of Defense to assist in worker 
transition. 
SEC. 340A. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE COST MODELS USED IN 
MAKING PERSONNEL DECISIONS. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General 
of the United States shall conduct a review of— 
(1) the extent to which the Department of De-
fense has incorporated feedback and lessons learned 
from cost comparisons of the performance of De-
partment of Defense functions by members of the 
Armed Forces, Department of Defense employees, 
and contractor personnel in making workforce deci-
sions; 
(2) the extent to which the Department has 
used such feedback and lessons learned to improve 
guidance, including DODI 7041.04 and the full cost 
of manpower tool; and 
(3) any other related matter the Comptroller 
determines appropriate.
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(b) REPORT AND BRIEFING.— 
(1) BRIEFING.—Not later than March 1, 2018, 
the Comptroller General shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and House 
of Representatives an interim briefing on the review 
required by subsection (a). 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to such committees a report on 
such review. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 341. EXPLOSIVE SAFETY BOARD. 
(a) MODIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AMMUNI-
TION STORAGE BOARD.—Section 172 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Secretaries of the military de-
partments’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘that includes members’’ after 
‘‘joint board’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘selected by them’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘selected by the Secretaries of the military de-
partments,’’; 
(4) by inserting ‘‘military’’ before ‘‘officers’’;
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(5) by inserting ‘‘designated as the chair and 
voting members of the board for each military de-
partment’’ after ‘‘officers’’; 
(6) by inserting ‘‘and other’’ before ‘‘civilian of-
ficers’’; 
(7) by striking ‘‘or both’’ and inserting ‘‘as nec-
essary’’; and 
(8) by striking ‘‘keep informed on stored’’ and 
inserting ‘‘provide oversight on storage and trans-
portation of’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of section 
172 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘Ammunition storage’’ and inserting 
‘‘Explosive safety’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amend-
ed by striking the item relating to section 172 and 
inserting the following new item: 
‘‘172. Explosive safety board.’’. 
SEC. 342. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR MILI-
TARY SERVICE MEMORIALS AND MUSEUMS 
THAT HIGHLIGHT THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN 
THE ARMED FORCES. 
The Secretary of Defense may provide financial sup-
port for the acquisition, installation, and maintenance of
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exhibits, facilities, historical displays, and programs at 
military service memorials and museums that highlight 
the role of women in the Armed Forces. The Secretary 
may enter into a contract with a nonprofit organization 
for the purpose of performing such acquisition, installa-
tion, and maintenance. 
SEC. 343. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR AD-
VANCED SKILLS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 
SYSTEM OF THE NAVY. 
(a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of Defense may 
be obligated or expended for the enhancement of the ad-
vanced skills management software system of the Navy 
until a period of 60 days has elapsed following the date 
on which Secretary of the Navy makes the submission re-
quired under subsection (b)(3). 
(b) BRIEFING AND CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary 
of the Navy shall— 
(1) provide to the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives a briefing on 
any enhancements that are needed for the advanced 
skills management software system of the Navy; 
(2) after providing the briefing under para-
graph (1), issue a request for information for such
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enhancements in accordance with part 15.2 of the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation; and 
(3) submit to the Committee on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives— 
(A) the results of the request for informa-
tion issued under paragraph (2); and 
(B) a written certification that— 
(i) as part of the request for informa-
tion, the Secretary solicited information on 
commercially available off-the-shelf soft-
ware solutions that may be used to en-
hance the advanced skills management 
software system of the Navy; and 
(ii) the Secretary has considered using 
such solutions. 
(c) ADVANCED SKILLS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 
SYSTEM DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘advanced 
skills management software system’’ means a software ap-
plication designed to— 
(1) identify job task requirements for Navy per-
sonnel; 
(2) assist in determining the proficiencies of 
such personnel; 
(3) document qualifications and certifications of 
such personnel; and
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(4) track the technical training completed by 
Navy aviation maintenance personnel. 
SEC. 344. COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF UNIFORM SPECI-
FICATIONS FOR AFGHAN MILITARY OR SECU-
RITY FORCES. 
Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
whenever the Secretary of Defense enters into a contract 
for the provision of uniforms for Afghan military or secu-
rity forces, the Secretary shall conduct a cost-benefit anal-
ysis of the uniform specification for the Afghan military 
or security forces uniform. Such analysis shall deter-
mine— 
(1) whether there is a more effective alternative 
uniform specification, considering both operational 
environment and cost, available to the Afghan mili-
tary or security forces; 
(2) the efficacy of the existing pattern com-
pared to other alternatives (both proprietary and 
non-proprietary patterns; and 
(3) the costs and feasibility of transitioning the 
uniforms of the Afghan military or security forces to 
a pattern owned by the United States, using existing 
excess inventory where available, and acquiring the 
rights to the Spec4ce Forest pattern.
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SEC. 345. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR CIVIL MILITARY PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated for operation and mainte-
nance, Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding 
funding table in section 4301, for Civil Military Programs 
is hereby increased by $25,000,000 (to be used in support 
of the National Guard Youth Challenge Program). 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated for operation and maintenance, De-
fense-wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
in section 4301, for Operation and Maintenance, Defense- 
wide is hereby reduced by $25,000,000. 
SEC. 346. REPORT ON MATERNITY UNIFORMS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall issue to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report regarding maternity uniforms for preg-
nant members of the Armed Forces. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall address the following: 
(1) The design of maternity uniforms. 
(2) Materials used in the fabrication of mater-
nity uniforms.
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(3) The sizing of maternity uniforms. 
(4) Prices of maternity uniforms. 
(5) The availability of maternity uniforms. 
(6) The quality of maternity uniforms. 
(7) The utility of maternity uniforms. 
SEC. 347. STATUS OF COMPLIANCE WITH PROCESS FOR 
COMMUNICATING AVAILABILITY OF SURPLUS 
AMMUNITION. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Ac-
quisition, Technology, and Logistics shall provide to the 
congressional defense committees a briefing on the status 
of compliance with section 344 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114– 
328; 130 Stat. 2084). 
SEC. 348. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR NATIONAL GUARD 
COUNTER-DRUG PROGRAMS. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated in section 1403 for drug inter-
diction and counter-drug activities, Defense-wide, as speci-
fied in the corresponding funding table in section 4501, 
for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, Defense- 
wide, is hereby increased by $10,000,000 (to be used in 
support of the National Guard counter-drug programs).
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(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated in section 201 for research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, as specified in 
the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for Oper-
ational System Development, Global Command and Con-
trol System, Line 210, is hereby reduced by $10,000,000. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY 
PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 
The Armed Forces are authorized strengths for active 
duty personnel as of September 30, 2018, as follows: 
(1) The Army, 486,000. 
(2) The Navy, 327,900. 
(3) The Marine Corps, 185,000. 
(4) The Air Force, 325,100. 
SEC. 402. REVISIONS IN PERMANENT ACTIVE DUTY END 
STRENGTH MINIMUM LEVELS. 
Section 691(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and in-
serting the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) For the Army, 486,000. 
‘‘(2) For the Navy, 327,900. 
‘‘(3) For the Marine Corps, 185,000.
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‘‘(4) For the Air Force, 325,100.’’. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized 
strengths for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve 
components as of September 30, 2018, as follows: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 347,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 202,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 59,000. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 38,500. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 106,600. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 69,800. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 7,000. 
(b) 
END
STRENGTH
REDUCTIONS.—The 
end 
strengths prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Re-
serve of any reserve component shall be proportionately 
reduced by— 
(1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of 
such component which are on active duty (other 
than for training) at the end of the fiscal year; and 
(2) the total number of individual members not 
in units organized to serve as units of the Selected
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Reserve of such component who are on active duty 
(other than for training or for unsatisfactory partici-
pation in training) without their consent at the end 
of the fiscal year. 
(c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or 
individual members of the Selected Reserve for any reserve 
component are released from active duty during any fiscal 
year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for 
the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be 
increased proportionately by the total authorized strengths 
of such units and by the total number of such individual 
members. 
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE 
DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES. 
Within the end strengths prescribed in section 
411(a), the reserve components of the Armed Forces are 
authorized, as of September 30, 2018, the following num-
ber of Reserves to be serving on full-time active duty or 
full-time duty, in the case of members of the National 
Guard, for the purpose of organizing, administering, re-
cruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 30,155. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 16,261. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 10,101.
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(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 16,260. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 3,588. 
SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS 
(DUAL STATUS). 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The authorized number of mili-
tary technicians (dual status) as of September 30, 2018, 
for the reserve components of the Army and the Air Force 
(notwithstanding section 129 of title 10, United States 
Code) shall be the following: 
(1) For the Army National Guard of the United 
States, 25,507. 
(2) For the Army Reserve, 7,427. 
(3) For the Air National Guard of the United 
States, 21,893. 
(4) For the Air Force Reserve, 10,160. 
(b) VARIANCE.—Notwithstanding section 115 of title 
10, United States Code, the end strength prescribed by 
subsection (a) for a reserve component specified in that 
subsection may be increased— 
(1) by 3 percent, upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that such action is in the na-
tional interest; and
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(2) by 2 percent, upon determination by the 
Secretary of the military department concerned that 
such action would enhance manning and readiness in 
essential units or in critical specialties or ratings. 
SEC. 414. FISCAL YEAR 2018 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF 
NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) NATIONAL GUARD.—Within the limitation 
provided in section 10217(c)(2) of title 10, United 
States Code, the number of non-dual status techni-
cians employed by the National Guard as of Sep-
tember 30, 2018, may not exceed the following: 
(A) For the Army National Guard of the 
United States, 1,600. 
(B) For the Air National Guard of the 
United States, 350. 
(2) ARMY RESERVE.—The number of non-dual 
status technicians employed by the Army Reserve as 
of September 30, 2018, may not exceed 420. 
(3) AIR FORCE RESERVE.—The number of non- 
dual status technicians employed by the Air Force 
Reserve as of September 30, 2018, may not exceed 
90. 
(b) NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘non-dual status technician’’ has the
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meaning given that term in section 10217(a) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 415. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AU-
THORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR 
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 
During fiscal year 2018, the maximum number of 
members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 
who may be serving at any time on full-time operational 
support duty under section 115(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is the following: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 17,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 13,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 6,200. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 16,000. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2018 for the use of the Armed Forces and other activities 
and agencies of the Department of Defense for expenses,
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not otherwise provided for, for military personnel, as spec-
ified in the funding table in section 4401. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The au-
thorization of appropriations in subsection (a) supersedes 
any other authorization of appropriations (definite or in-
definite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2018. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY 
Subtitle A—Regular and Reserve 
Component Management 
SEC. 501. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 
CONVERSION OF CERTAIN MILITARY TECHNI-
CIAN (DUAL STATUS) POSITIONS TO CIVILIAN 
POSITIONS. 
(a) REVISED REDUCTION AND DEADLINE.—Section 
1053(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 10 U.S.C. 10216 
note), as amended by section 1084(a)(1) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2421), is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘October 1, 2018’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘20 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘4.8 
percent’’.
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(b) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
March 1, 2018, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform of the House of Representatives 
a report containing such recommendations as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate for revising section 709 of 
title 32, United States Code, regarding the employment, 
use, and status of military technicians in the National 
Guard. The Secretary shall prepare the recommendations 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Army, the Sec-
retary of the Air Force, and the Chief of the National 
Guard Bureau. 
SEC. 502. PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF RETIRED SENIOR 
ENLISTED MEMBERS OF THE ARMY NA-
TIONAL GUARD AS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
RECRUITERS. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 
of the Army may carry out a pilot program for the Army 
National Guard under which retired senior enlisted mem-
bers of the Army National Guard would serve as contract 
recruiters for the Army National Guard. 
(b) OBJECTIVES
OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary of the Army shall design any pilot program con-
ducted under this section to determine the following:
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(1) The feasibility and effectiveness of hiring 
retired senior enlisted members of the Army Na-
tional Guard who have retired within the previous 
two years to serve as recruiters. 
(2) The merits of hiring such retired senior en-
listed members as contractors or as employees of the 
Department of Defense. 
(3) The best method of providing a competitive 
compensation package for such retired senior en-
listed members. 
(4) The merits of requiring such retired senior 
enlisted members to wear a military uniform while 
performing recruiting duties under the pilot pro-
gram. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In developing a pilot program 
under this section, the Secretary of the Army shall consult 
with the operators of a previous pilot program carried out 
by the Army involving the use of contract recruiters. 
(d) COMMENCEMENT
AND DURATION.—The Sec-
retary of the Army may commence a pilot program under 
this section on or after January 1, 2018, and all activities 
under such a pilot program shall terminate no later than 
December 31, 2022. 
(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—If a pilot program 
is conducted under this section, the Secretary of the Army
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shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report con-
taining an evaluation of the success of the pilot program, 
including the determinations described in subsection (b). 
The report shall be submitted not later than January 1, 
2020. 
SEC. 503. EQUAL TREATMENT OF ORDERS TO SERVE ON AC-
TIVE DUTY UNDER SECTION 12304A AND 
12304B OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE COMPONENT MEM-
BERS FOR PRE-MOBILIZATION HEALTH CARE.—Section 
1074(d)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘in support of a contingency operation under’’ 
and inserting ‘‘under section 12304b of this title or’’. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY OF RESERVE COMPONENT MEM-
BERS
FOR
TRANSITIONAL
HEALTH
CARE.—Section 
1145(a)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘in support of a contingency operation’’ and 
inserting ‘‘under section 12304b of this title or a provision 
of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of this title’’. 
SEC. 504. DIRECT EMPLOYMENT PILOT PROGRAM FOR 
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RE-
SERVE. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of De-
fense may carry out a pilot program to enhance the efforts
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of the Department of Defense to provide job placement 
assistance and related employment services directly to 
members in the National Guard and Reserves. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The pilot program shall be 
offered to, and administered by, the adjutants general ap-
pointed under section 314 of title 32, United States Code. 
(c) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.—As a condition 
on the provision of funds under this section to a State 
to support the operation of the pilot program in the State, 
the State must agree to contribute an amount, derived 
from non-Federal sources, equal to at least 30 percent of 
the funds provided by the Secretary of Defense under this 
section. 
(d) DIRECT EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM MODEL.—The 
pilot program should follow a job placement program 
model that focuses on working one-on-one with a member 
of a reserve component to cost-effectively provide job 
placement services, including services such as identifying 
unemployed and under employed members, job matching 
services, resume editing, interview preparation, and post- 
employment follow up. Development of the pilot program 
should be informed by State direct employment programs 
for members of the reserve components, such as the pro-
grams conducted in California and South Carolina.
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(e) EVALUATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop outcome measurements to evaluate the success of 
the pilot program. 
(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than Janu-
ary 31, 2022, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a report describ-
ing the results of the pilot program. The Secretary 
shall prepare the report in coordination with the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau. 
(2) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—A report under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description and assessment of the ef-
fectiveness and achievements of the pilot pro-
gram, including the number of members of the 
reserve components hired and the cost-per- 
placement of participating members. 
(B) An assessment of the impact of the 
pilot program and increased reserve component 
employment levels on the readiness of members 
of the reserve components. 
(C) Any other matters considered appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
(g) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to carry out 
the pilot program expires September 30, 2020. 
(2) EXTENSION.—Upon the expiration of the 
authority under paragraph (1), the Secretary of De-
fense may extend the pilot program for not more 
than two additional fiscal years. 
SEC. 505. DESIGNATING THE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DIS-
POSAL CORPS AS A BASIC BRANCH OF THE 
ARMY. 
Section 3063(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (13) as para-
graph (14); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (12) the fol-
lowing new pargraph (13): 
‘‘(13) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Corps; 
and’’.
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Subtitle B—General Service Au-
thorities and Correction of Mili-
tary Records 
SEC. 511. CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL MEDICAL EVI-
DENCE BY BOARDS FOR THE CORRECTION 
OF MILITARY RECORDS AND LIBERAL CON-
SIDERATION OF EVIDENCE RELATING TO 
POST-TRAUMATIC 
STRESS 
DISORDER 
OR 
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1552 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as 
subsections (i) and (j), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing new subsection (h): 
‘‘(h)(1) This subsection applies to a former member 
of the armed forces whose claim under this section for re-
view of a discharge or dismissal is based in whole or in 
part on matters relating to post-traumatic stress disorder 
or traumatic brain injury as supporting rationale, or as 
justification for priority consideration, and whose post- 
traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury is re-
lated to combat or military sexual trauma, as determined 
by the Secretary concerned.
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‘‘(2) In the case of a claimant described in paragraph 
(1), a board established under subsection (a)(1) shall— 
‘‘(A) review medical evidence of the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs or a civilian health care provider 
that is presented by the claimant; and 
‘‘(B) review the claim with liberal consideration 
to the claimant that post-traumatic stress disorder 
or traumatic brain injury potentially contributed to 
the circumstances resulting in the discharge or dis-
missal or to the original characterization of the 
claimant’s discharge or dismissal.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1553(d)(3)(A)(ii) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘discharge of a lesser characteriza-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘discharge or dismissal or to the origi-
nal characterization of the member’s discharge or dis-
missal’’. 
SEC. 512. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION RE-
LATED TO DISPOSITION OF CLAIMS REGARD-
ING DISCHARGE OR RELEASE OF MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES WHEN THE CLAIMS 
INVOLVE SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
(a) BOARDS FOR THE CORRECTION OF MILITARY 
RECORDS.—Subsection (i) of section 1552, United States
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Code, as redesignated by section 511, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The number and disposition of claims de-
cided during the calendar quarter preceding the cal-
endar quarter in which such information is made 
available in which sexual assault is alleged to have 
contributed, whether in whole or in part, to the 
original characterization of the discharge or release 
of the claimant.’’. 
(b) DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARDS.—Section 1553(f) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The number and disposition of claims de-
cided during the calendar quarter preceding the cal-
endar quarter in which such information is made 
available in which sexual assault is alleged to have 
contributed, whether in whole or in part, to the 
original characterization of the discharge or release 
of the claimant.’’. 
SEC. 513. PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF VIDEO TELECONFER-
ENCING TECHNOLOGY BY BOARDS FOR THE 
CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS AND 
DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARDS. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 
of Defense may carry out a pilot program under which
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boards for the correction of military records established 
under section 1552 of title 10, United States Code, and 
discharge review boards established under section 1553 of 
such title are authorized to utilize video teleconferencing 
technology in the performance of their duties. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the pilot program is 
to evaluate the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of utilizing 
video teleconferencing technology to allow persons who 
raise a claim before a board for the correction of military 
records, persons who request a review by a discharge re-
view board, and witnesses who present evidence to such 
a board to appear before such a board without being phys-
ically present. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—As part of the pilot program, 
the Secretary of Defense shall make funds available to de-
velop the capabilities of boards for the correction of mili-
tary records and discharge review boards to effectively use 
video teleconferencing technology. 
(d) NO EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY.—Nothing in the 
pilot program is intended to alter the eligibility criteria 
of persons who may raise a claim before a board for the 
correction of military records, request a review by a dis-
charge review board, or present evidence to such a board.
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(e) TERMINATION.—The authority of the Secretary 
of Defense to carry out the pilot program shall terminate 
on December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 514. INCLUSION OF SPECIFIC EMAIL ADDRESS BLOCK 
ON 
CERTIFICATE 
OF 
RELEASE 
OR 
DIS-
CHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY (DD FORM 214). 
(a) MODIFICATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall modify the Certificate of Release or Dis-
charge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to include a spe-
cific block explicitly identified as the location in which a 
member of the Armed Forces may provide one or more 
email addresses by which the member may be contacted 
after discharge or release from active duty in the Armed 
Forces. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR MODIFICATION.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall release a revised Certificate of Release 
or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214), modified 
as required by subsection (a), not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 515. PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON NATURALIZA-
TION THROUGH MILITARY SERVICE. 
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that members 
of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps who are 
aliens lawfully admitted to the United States for perma-
nent residence are informed of the availability of natu-
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ralization through service in the Armed Forces under sec-
tion 328 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1439) and the process by which to pursue naturalization. 
The Secretary shall ensure that resources are available to 
assist qualified members of the Armed Forces to navigate 
the application and naturalization process. 
SEC. 516. TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) MEMBERS OF BOARDS FOR THE CORRECTION OF 
MILITARY RECORDS.—Section 534(c)(1) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
Law 114–328; 10 U.S.C. 1552 note) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘This cur-
riculum shall also address the proper handling of claims 
in which a sex-related offense is alleged to have contrib-
uted to the original characterization of the discharge or 
release of the claimant, including guidelines for the consid-
eration of evidence substantiating such allegations in ac-
cordance with the requirements of section 1554b(b)(3) of 
title 10, United States Code.’’. 
(b) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL WHO 
INVESTIGATE CLAIMS OF RETALIATION.—Section 546(a) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–328) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion.’’ and inserting ‘‘section, including guidelines for the 
consideration of evidence substantiating such allegations
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in 
accordance 
with 
the 
requirements 
of 
section 
1554b(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code.’’. 
SEC. 517. CONFIDENTIAL REVIEW OF CHARACTERIZATION 
OF TERMS OF DISCHARGE OF MEMBERS WHO 
ARE SURVIVORS OF SEX-RELATED OFFENSES. 
(a) CODIFICATION
OF
CURRENT
CONFIDENTIAL 
PROCESS.— 
(1) CODIFICATION.—Chapter 79 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 1554a a new section 1554b consisting of— 
(A) a heading as follows: 
‘‘§ 1554b. Confidential review of characterization of 
terms of discharge of members of the 
armed forces who are survivors of sex-re-
lated offenses’’; and 
(B) a text consisting of the text of section 
547 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015 (10 U.S.C. 1553 note, 
Public Law 113–291). 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 79 of such title is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 1554a the following new item: 
‘‘1554b. Confidential review of characterization of terms of discharge of mem-
bers of the armed forces who are survivors of sex-related of-
fenses.’’.
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(3) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 547 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015 (10 U.S.C. 1553 note, Public Law 113–291) 
is repealed. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY TO INDIVID-
UALS WHO ALLEGE SEX-RELATED OFFENSES DURING 
MILITARY SERVICE.—Subsection (a) of section 1554b of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a) 
of this section, is amended by striking ‘‘sex-related of-
fense’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘sex-related offense, or 
alleges that the individual was the survivor of a sex-related 
offense,’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1554b of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 
is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Armed Forces’’ each place it 
appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting 
‘‘armed forces’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘boards for the correction 
of military records of the military department 
concerned’’ and inserting ‘‘boards of the mili-
tary department concerned established in ac-
cordance with this chapter’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘such an offense’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a sex-related offense’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), striking ‘‘boards for the 
correction of military records’’ in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘boards of the 
military department concerned established in accord-
ance with this chapter’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e), as redesignated by sub-
section (d)(1)— 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘title 10, 
United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’; 
and 
(C) in paragraphs (2) and (3), by striking 
‘‘such title’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’. 
Subtitle C—Military Justice and 
Other Legal Issues 
SEC. 521. CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE 
UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE RE-
FORM BY THE MILITARY JUSTICE ACT OF 
2016. 
(a) ENFORCEMENT OF RIGHTS OF VICTIMS OF OF-
FENSES UNDER UCMJ.—Section 806b(e)(3) of title 10, 
United States Code (article 6b(e)(3) of the Uniform Code 
of Military Justice), is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’;
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(2) by striking ‘‘President, and, to the extent 
practicable, shall have priority over all other pro-
ceedings before the court.’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing; ‘‘President, subject to section 830a of this 
title (article 30a).’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(B) To the extent practicable, a petition for a writ 
of mandamus described in this subsection shall have pri-
ority over all other proceedings before the Court of Crimi-
nal Appeals. 
‘‘(C) Review of any decision by the Court of Criminal 
Appeals on a petition for a writ of mandamus described 
in this subsection shall have priority in the Court of Ap-
peals for the Armed Forces, as determined under the rules 
of the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.’’. 
(b) REVIEW OF CERTAIN MATTERS BEFORE REFER-
RAL
OF CHARGES
AND SPECIFICATIONS.—Subsection 
(a)(1) of section 830a of title 10, United States Code (ar-
ticle 30a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as 
added by section 5202 of the Military Justice Act of 2016 
(division E of Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2904), is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph:
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‘‘(D) Pre-referral matters under subsection (c) 
or (e) of section 806b of this title (article 6b).’’. 
(c) DEFENSE COUNSEL ASSISTANCE IN POST-TRIAL 
MATTERS
FOR ACCUSED CONVICTED
BY COURT-MAR-
TIAL.—Section 838(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code 
(article 38(c)(2) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), 
is amended by striking ‘‘section 860 of this title (article 
60)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 860, 860a, or 860b of this 
title (article 60, 60a, or 60b)’’. 
(d) LIMITATION ON ACCEPTANCE OF PLEA AGREE-
MENTS.—Subsection (b) of section 853a of title 10, 
United States Code (article 53a of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), as added by section 5237 of the Military 
Justice Act of 2016 (division E of Public Law 114–328; 
130 Stat. 2917), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) is prohibited by law; or 
‘‘(5) is contrary to, or is inconsistent with, a 
regulation prescribed by the President with respect
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to terms, conditions, or other aspects of plea agree-
ments.’’. 
(e) APPLICABILITY
OF STANDARDS
AND PROCE-
DURES
TO
SENTENCE
APPEAL
BY
THE
UNITED 
STATES.—Subsection (d)(1) of section 856 of title 10, 
United States Code (article 56 of the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), as added by section 5301 of the Military 
Justice Act of 2016 (division E of Public Law 114–328; 
130 Stat. 2919), is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting after ‘‘concerned,’’ the following: ‘‘and 
consistent with standards and procedures set forth 
in regulations prescribed by the President,’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, as determined 
in accordance with standards and procedures pre-
scribed by the President’’. 
(f) SENTENCE
OF
REDUCTION
IN
ENLISTED 
GRADE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 
858a of title 10, United States Code (article 58a of 
the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as amended 
by section 5303(1) of the Military Justice Act of 
2016 (division E of Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2923), is further amended in the matter after para-
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graph (3) by striking ‘‘, effective on the date’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘, if such a reduction is au-
thorized by regulation prescribed by the President. 
The reduction in pay grade shall take effect on the 
date’’. 
(2) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of section 
858a of title 10, United States Code (article 58a of 
the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 858a. Art 58a. Sentences: reduction in enlisted 
grade’’. 
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of subchapter VIII of chapter 
47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice) is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 858a (article 58a) and in-
serting the following new item: 
‘‘858a. 58a. Sentences: reduction in enlisted grade.’’. 
(g) CONVENING AUTHORITY AUTHORITIES.—Section 
858b(b) of title 10, United States Code (article 58b(b) of 
the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended in the 
first sentence by striking ‘‘section 860 of this title (article 
60)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 860a or 860b of this title (ar-
ticle 60a or 60b)’’. 
(h) APPEAL
BY
THE
UNITED
STATE.—Section 
862(b) of title 10, United States Code (article 62(b) of
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the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by 
striking ‘‘, notwithstanding section 866(c) of this title (ar-
ticle 66(c))’’. 
(i) REHEARING AND SENTENCING.—Subsection (b) 
of section 863 of title 10, United States Code (article 63 
of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as added by sec-
tion 5327 of the Military Justice Act of 2016 (division 
E of Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2929), is amended 
by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
‘‘, subject to such limitations as the President may pre-
scribe by regulation’’. 
(j) COURTS OF CRIMINAL APPEALS.—Section 866 of 
title 10, United States Code (article 66 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), as amended by section 5330 of 
the Military Justice Act of 2016 (division E of Public Law 
114–328; 130 Stat. 2932), is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)(2)(C), by inserting after 
‘‘required’’ the following: ‘‘by regulation prescribed 
by the President or’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(3), by adding at the end 
the following new sentence: ‘‘If the Court of Appeals 
for the Armed Forces determines that additional 
proceedings are warranted, the Court of Criminal 
Appeals shall order a hearing or other proceeding in
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accordance with the direction of the Court of Ap-
peals for the Armed Forces.’’. 
(k) MILITARY JUSTICE REVIEW PANEL.—Subsection 
(f) of section 946 of title 10, United States Code (article 
146 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as added 
by section 5521 of the Military Justice Act of 2016 (divi-
sion E of Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2962), is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 
2020’’ in the first sentence and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
year 2021’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the sentence 
beginning ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘The analysis under this para-
graph shall be included in the assessment required 
by paragraph (1).’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
following new paragraph (5): 
‘‘(5) REPORTS.—With respect to each review 
and assessment under this subsection, the Panel 
shall submit a report to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives. Each report— 
‘‘(A) shall set forth the results of the re-
view and assessment concerned, including the
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findings and recommendations of the Panel; 
and 
‘‘(B) shall be submitted not later than De-
cember 31 of the calendar year in which the re-
view and assessment is concluded.’’. 
(l) TRANSITIONAL COMPENSATION
FOR DEPEND-
ENTS
OF
MEMBERS
SEPARATED
FOR
DEPENDENT 
ABUSE.—Section 1059(e) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘the ap-
proval of’’ and all that follows through ‘‘as ap-
proved,’’ and inserting ‘‘entry of judgment under 
section 860c of this title (article 60c of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice) if the sentence’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘by a 
court-martial’’ the second place it appears and all 
that follows through ‘‘include any such punishment,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘for a dependent-abuse offense and 
the conviction is disapproved or is otherwise not part 
of the judgment under section 860c of this title (ar-
ticle 60c of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) or 
the punishment is disapproved or is otherwise not 
part of the judgment under such section (article),’’. 
(m) BENEFITS FOR DEPENDENTS WHO ARE VIC-
TIMS OF ABUSE BY MEMBERS LOSING RIGHT TO RE-
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TIRED PAY.—Section 1408(h)(10)(A) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘the approval’’ and 
all that follows through the end of the subparagraph and 
inserting ‘‘entry of judgment under section 860c of this 
title (article 60c of the Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice).’’. 
(n) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN OFFENSES PENDING 
EXECUTION OF MILITARY JUSTICE ACT OF 2016 AMEND-
MENTS.— 
(1) CHILD ABUSE OFFENSES.—With respect to 
offenses committed before the date designated by the 
President under section 5542(a) of the Military Jus-
tice Act of 2016 (division E of Public Law 114–328; 
130 Stat. 2967), subsection (b)(2)(B) of section 843 
of title 10, United States Code (article 43 of the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice), shall be applied 
as in effect on December 22, 2016. 
(2) FRAUDULENT
ENLISTMENT
OR
APPOINT-
MENT OFFENSES.—With respect to the period begin-
ning on December 23, 2016, and ending on the day 
before the date designated by the President under 
section 5542(a) of the Military Justice Act of 2016 
(division E of Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2967), in the application of subsection (h) of section 
843 of title 10, United States Code (article 43 of the
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Uniform Code of Military Justice), as added by sec-
tion 5225(b) of that Act (130 Stat. 2909), the ref-
erence in such subsection (h) to section 904a(1) of 
title 10, United States Code (article 104a(1) of the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice), shall be deemed 
to be a reference to section 883(1) of title 10, 
United States Code (article 83(1) of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice). 
(o) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect immediately after the amend-
ments made by the Military Justice Act of 2016 (division 
E of Public Law 114–328) take effect as provided for in 
section 5542 of that Act (130 Stat. 2967). 
SEC. 522. MINIMUM CONFINEMENT PERIOD REQUIRED FOR 
CONVICTION OF CERTAIN SEX-RELATED OF-
FENSES COMMITTED BY MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) MANDATORY PUNISHMENTS.—Section 856(b)(1) 
of title 10, United States Code (article 56(b)(1) of the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice), as amended by section 
5301 of the Military Justice Act of 2016 (division E of 
Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2919), is further amended 
by striking ‘‘shall include dismissal or dishonorable dis-
charge, as applicable.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘shall 
include, at a minimum—
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‘‘(A) dismissal or dishonorable discharge, as ap-
plicable; and 
‘‘(B) confinement for two years.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect immediately after the 
amendments made by the Military Justice Act of 2016 (di-
vision E of Public Law 114–328) take effect as provided 
for in section 5542 of that Act (130 Stat. 2967). 
SEC. 523. PROHIBITION ON WRONGFUL BROADCAST OR 
DISTRIBUTION OF INTIMATE VISUAL IMAGES. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Subchapter X of chapter 47 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 917 (article 117 of the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice) the following new section (article): 
‘‘§ 917a. Art. 117a. Wrongful broadcast or distribution 
of intimate visual images 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Any person subject to this chap-
ter who— 
‘‘(1) knowingly and wrongfully broadcasts or 
distributes an intimate visual image of a private 
area of another person who— 
‘‘(A) is at least 18 years of age at the time 
the intimate visual image was created;
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‘‘(B) is identifiable from the image itself or 
from information displayed in connection with 
the image; and 
‘‘(C) does not explicitly consent to the 
broadcast or distribution of the intimate visual 
image; 
‘‘(2) knows or reasonably should have known 
that the intimate visual image was made under cir-
cumstances in which the person depicted in the inti-
mate visual image retained a reasonable expectation 
of privacy regarding any broadcast or distribution of 
the intimate visual image; and 
‘‘(3) knows or reasonably should have known 
that the broadcast or distribution of the intimate 
visual image is likely— 
‘‘(A) to cause harm, harassment, intimida-
tion, emotional distress, or financial loss for the 
person depicted in the intimate visual image; or 
‘‘(B) to harm substantially the depicted 
person with respect to that person’s health, 
safety, business, calling, career, financial condi-
tion, reputation, or personal relationships; 
is guilty of wrongful distribution of intimate visual images 
and shall by punished as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section (article):
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‘‘(1) BROADCAST.—The term ‘broadcast’ means 
to electronically transmit a visual image with the in-
tent that it be viewed by a person or persons. 
‘‘(2) 
DISTRIBUTE.—The 
term 
‘distribute’ 
means to deliver to the actual or constructive posses-
sion of another person, including transmission by 
mail or electronic means. 
‘‘(3) INTIMATE VISUAL IMAGE.—The term ‘inti-
mate visual image’ means a photograph, video, film, 
or recording made by any means that depicts a pri-
vate area of a person. 
‘‘(4) PRIVATE AREA.—The term ‘private area’ 
means the naked or underwear-clad genitalia, anus, 
buttocks, or female areola or nipple. 
‘‘(5) REASONABLE
EXPECTATION
OF
PRI-
VACY.—The term ‘reasonable expectation of privacy’ 
refers to circumstances in which a reasonable person 
would believe that an intimate visual image of a pri-
vate area of the person would not be broadcast or 
distributed to another person.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of subchapter X of chapter 47 of title 
10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice), is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 917 (article 117) the following new item: 
‘‘917a. 117a. Wrongful broadcast or distribution of intimate visual images.’’.
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SEC. 524. INFORMATION FOR THE SPECIAL VICTIMS’ COUN-
SEL OR VICTIMS’ LEGAL COUNSEL. 
Section 1044e(b)(6) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘If there is a military prosecution of the alleged 
sex-related offense, the Special Victims’ Counsel or Vic-
tims’ Legal Counsel shall be entitled to a copy of all case 
information and documentation that is in the possession 
of the prosecutor, relevant to such military prosecution, 
and not privileged.’’ 
SEC. 525. SPECIAL VICTIMS’ COUNSEL TRAINING REGARD-
ING 
THE 
UNIQUE 
CHALLENGES 
OFTEN 
FACED BY MALE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL AS-
SAULT. 
The baseline Special Victims’ Counsel training estab-
lished under section 1044e(d)(2) of title 10, United States 
Code, shall include training for Special Victims’ Counsel 
to recognize and deal with the unique challenges often 
faced by male victims of sexual assault. 
SEC. 526. GARNISHMENT TO SATISFY JUDGMENT REN-
DERED 
FOR 
PHYSICALLY, 
SEXUALLY, 
OR 
EMOTIONALLY ABUSING A CHILD. 
(a) GARNISHMENT AUTHORITY.—Section 1408 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection:
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‘‘(l) GARNISHMENT TO SATISFY A JUDGMENT REN-
DERED FOR PHYSICALLY, SEXUALLY, OR EMOTIONALLY 
ABUSING A CHILD.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any 
payment of retired pay that would otherwise be made to 
a member shall be paid (in whole or in part) by the Sec-
retary concerned to another person if and to the extent 
expressly provided for in the terms of a child abuse gar-
nishment order. 
‘‘(2) A court order providing for the payment of child 
support or alimony or, with respect to a division of prop-
erty, specifically providing for the payment of an amount 
of the disposable retired pay from a member to the spouse 
or a former spouse of the member, shall be given priority 
over a child abuse garnishment order. However, the limita-
tions on the amount of disposable retired pay available for 
payments set forth in paragraphs (1) and (4)(B) of sub-
section (e) do not apply to a child abuse garnishment 
order. 
‘‘(3) In this section, the term ‘court order’ includes 
a child abuse garnishment order. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘child abuse garnish-
ment order’ means a final decree issued by a court that— 
‘‘(A) is issued in accordance with the laws of 
the jurisdiction of that court; and
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‘‘(B) provides in the nature of garnishment for 
the enforcement of a judgment rendered against the 
member for physically, sexually, or emotionally abus-
ing a child. 
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, a judgment ren-
dered for physically, sexually, or emotionally abusing a 
child is any legal claim perfected through a final enforce-
able judgment, which claim is based in whole or in part 
upon the physical, sexual, or emotional abuse of an indi-
vidual under 18 years of age, whether or not that abuse 
is accompanied by other actionable wrongdoing, such as 
sexual exploitation or gross negligence. 
‘‘(6) If the Secretary concerned is served with more 
than one court order with respect to the retired pay of 
a member, the disposable retired pay of the member shall 
be available to satisfy such court orders on a first-come, 
first-served basis, with any such process being satisfied 
out of such moneys as remain after the satisfaction of all 
such processes which have been previously served. 
‘‘(7) The Secretary concerned shall not be required 
to vary normal pay and disbursement cycles for retired 
pay in order to comply with a child abuse garnishment 
order.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—Subsection (l) 
of section 1408 of title 10, United States Code, as added
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by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to a court order 
received by the Secretary concerned on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, regardless of the date of the 
court order. 
SEC. 527. INCLUSION OF INFORMATION IN ANNUAL SAPRO 
REPORTS 
REGARDING 
MILITARY 
SEXUAL 
HARASSMENT AND INCIDENTS INVOLVING 
NONCONSENSUAL 
DISTRIBUTION 
OF 
PRI-
VATE SEXUAL IMAGES. 
(a) ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Sec-
tion 1631(b) of the Ike Skelton National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 
10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(13) Information and data collected on official 
and unofficial reports of sexual harassment involving 
members of the Armed Forces during the year cov-
ered by the report, as follows: 
‘‘(A) The number of substantiated and un-
substantiated reports. 
‘‘(B) A synopsis of each substantiated re-
port. 
‘‘(C) The action taken in the case of each 
substantiated report, including the type of dis-
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ciplinary or administrative sanction imposed, if 
any, such as— 
‘‘(i) conviction and sentence by court- 
martial; 
‘‘(ii) imposition of non-judicial punish-
ment under section 815 of title 10, United 
States Code (article 15 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice); or 
‘‘(iii) administrative separation or 
other type of administrative action im-
posed. 
‘‘(14) Information and data collected during the 
year covered by the report on each reported incident 
involving the nonconsensual distribution by a person 
subject to chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code 
(the Uniform Code of Military Justice) of a private 
sexual image of another person, including the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) The number of substantiated and un-
substantiated reports. 
‘‘(B) A synopsis of each substantiated re-
port. 
‘‘(C) The action taken in the case of each 
substantiated report, including the type of dis-
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ciplinary or administrative sanction imposed, if 
any, such as— 
‘‘(i) conviction and sentence by court- 
martial; 
‘‘(ii) imposition of non-judicial punish-
ment under section 815 of title 10, United 
States Code (article 15 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice); or 
‘‘(iii) administrative separation or 
other type of administrative action im-
posed.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—The amendment 
made by this section shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and apply beginning with the re-
ports required to be submitted by March 1, 2018, under 
section 1631 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 
10 U.S.C. 1561 note). 
SEC. 528. INCLUSION OF INFORMATION IN ANNUAL SAPRO 
REPORTS 
REGARDING 
SEXUAL 
ASSAULTS 
COMMITTED BY A MEMBER OF THE ARMED 
FORCES AGAINST THE MEMBER’S SPOUSE OR 
OTHER FAMILY MEMBER. 
Beginning with the reports required to be submitted 
by March 1, 2018, under section 1631 of the Ike Skelton
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 
(Public Law 111–383; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note), information 
regarding a sexual assault committed by a member of the 
Armed Forces against the spouse or intimate partner of 
the member or another dependent of the member shall be 
included in such reports in addition to the annual Family 
Advocacy Program report. The information shall be pro-
vided in such reports in the same manner as information 
is provided with respect to other official and unofficial re-
ports of sexual assault. 
SEC. 529. NOTIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES UNDERGOING CERTAIN ADMINIS-
TRATIVE SEPARATIONS OF POTENTIAL ELIGI-
BILITY FOR VETERANS BENEFITS. 
(a) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—A member of the 
Armed Forces who receives an administrative separation 
or mandatory discharge under conditions other than hon-
orable shall be provided written notification that the mem-
ber may petition the Veterans Benefits Administration of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs to receive, despite the 
characterization of the member’s service, certain benefits 
under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs. 
(b) DEADLINE
FOR
NOTIFICATION.—Notification 
under subsection (a) shall be provided to a member de-
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scribed in such subsection in conjunction with the mem-
ber’s notification of the administrative separation or man-
datory discharge or as soon thereafter as practicable. 
SEC. 530. CONSISTENT ACCESS TO SPECIAL VICTIMS’ COUN-
SEL FOR FORMER DEPENDENTS OF MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall revise 
Navy policy regarding the eligibility of former dependents 
of members of the Armed Forces to representation by a 
Victims’ Legal Counsel so that Navy policy is consistent 
with Army and Air Force policy regarding Special Victims’ 
Counsel, which provides that a former dependent is eligible 
for such representation if, while entitled to legal assist-
ance, the dependent was the victim of an alleged sex-re-
lated offense by a member of the Armed Forces. 
SEC. 531. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN AN-
NUAL SAPRO REPORTS. 
Section 1631 of the Ike Skelton National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111– 
383; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) SEXUAL ASSAULT DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘sexual assault’ includes rape, sexual
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assault, forcible sodomy, aggravated sexual contact, 
abusive sexual contact, and attempts to commit such 
offenses, as those terms are defined in the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice. 
‘‘(2) SEXUAL COERCION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘sexual coercion’ includes unwanted 
vaginal, oral, or anal sex after the perpetrator pres-
sured the victim by means including— 
‘‘(A) repeated requests to the victim for 
sex; 
‘‘(B) expressions of unhappiness due to the 
victim refusing to have sex with the perpe-
trator; 
‘‘(C) lies; 
‘‘(D) threats; and 
‘‘(E) sexual harassment as that term is de-
fined in section 1561(e) of title 10, United 
States Code.’’. 
SEC. 532. SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE. 
(a) ARMY.—The Secretary of the Army, in coordina-
tion with the Chiefs of the National Guard Bureau and 
the Army Reserve shall— 
(1) conduct an evaluation of staffing ap-
proaches used to administer the sexual assault pre-
vention and response program in the Army National
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Guard and the Army Reserve. In conducting such 
evaluation, the Secretary consider opportunities to 
leverage resources across all Army components and 
shall conduct an assessment of the number and allo-
cation of full-time and collateral-duty personnel, the 
fill rates for program positions, and the types of po-
sitions used; and 
(2) direct the Chief of the Army Reserve to de-
velop and implement an expedited line-of-duty deter-
mination process for Army Reserve sexual assault 
victims, along with a method for tracking the length 
of time to make the determinations, that ensure 
members of the Armed Forces who wish to file a 
confidential or restricted report are able to go 
through the determination process without disclosing 
their circumstances to the chain of command. 
(b) SHARP PROGRAM OFFICE.—The Director of the 
SHARP Program Office of the Army National Guard 
shall— 
(1) communicate and disseminate its guidance 
on budget development and execution for the 
SHARP program to all full-time SHARP program 
personnel; 
(2) develop clear guidance on budget develop-
ment and execution for the SHARP program and
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disseminate this guidance to its full-time SHARP 
program personnel; and 
(3) expand the scope of the midyear review to 
include monitoring and providing oversight of 
SHARP program expenditures at the Army National 
Guard state and Army Reserve command level. 
(c) NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.—The Chief of the 
National Guard Bureau, in collaboration with the Secre-
taries of the military departments concerned, shall reas-
sess the Office of Complex Administrative Investigation’s 
timeliness and resources to determine how to improve the 
timeliness of processing sexual assault investigations in-
volving members of the Army National Guard and identify 
the resources needed to improve the timeliness of such in-
vestigations. 
Subtitle 
D—Member 
Education, 
Training, Resilience, and Tran-
sition 
SEC. 541. PROHIBITION ON RELEASE OF MILITARY SERV-
ICE ACADEMY GRADUATES TO PARTICIPATE 
IN PROFESSIONAL ATHLETICS. 
(a) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.—Section 
4348(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(5) That the cadet will not seek release from 
the commissioned service obligation of the cadet to 
pursue a career as a professional athlete and under-
stands that the appointment alternative described in 
paragraph (3) will not be used to allow the cadet to 
pursue such a career.’’. 
(b) UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.—Section 
6959(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) That the midshipman will not seek release 
from the commissioned service obligation of the mid-
shipman to pursue a career as a professional athlete 
and understands that the appointment alternative 
described in paragraph (3) will not be used to allow 
the midshipman to pursue such a career.’’. 
(c) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.—Section 
9348(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) That the cadet will not seek release from 
the commissioned service obligation of the cadet to 
pursue a career as a professional athlete and under-
stands that the appointment alternative described in 
paragraph (2) will not be used to allow the cadet to 
pursue such a career.’’.
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(d) APPLICATION
OF AMENDMENTS.—The Secre-
taries of the military departments shall promptly revise 
the cadet and midshipman service agreements under sec-
tions 4348, 6959, and 9348 of title 10, United States 
Code, to reflect the amendments made by this section. The 
revised agreement shall apply to cadets and midshipmen 
who are attending the United States Military Academy, 
the United States Naval Academy, or the United States 
Air Force Academy on the date of the enactment of this 
Act and to persons who begin attendance at such military 
service academies on or after that date. 
SEC. 542. ROTC CYBER INSTITUTES AT THE SENIOR MILI-
TARY COLLEGES. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of De-
fense may carry out a program to establish a Reserve Offi-
cers’ Training Corps Cyber Institute (referred to in this 
Act as an ‘‘ROTC Cyber Institute’’) at each of the senior 
military colleges for purposes of accelerating the develop-
ment of foundational expertise in critical cyber operational 
skills for future military and civilian leaders of the Armed 
Forces and Department of Defense including such leaders 
of the reserve components. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each ROTC Cyber Institute estab-
lished under the program authorized by subsection (a) 
shall include the following:
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(1) Programs to provide future military and ci-
vilian leaders of the Armed Forces or the Depart-
ment of Defense, as the case may be, who possess 
cyber operational expertise from beginning through 
advanced skill levels. Such programs shall include in-
struction and practical experiences that lead to rec-
ognized certifications in the cyber field. 
(2) Programs of targeted strategic foreign lan-
guage proficiency training for such future leaders 
that— 
(A) are designed to significantly enhance 
critical cyber operational capabilities; and 
(B) are tailored to current and anticipated 
readiness requirements. 
(3) Programs related to mathematical founda-
tions of cryptography and courses in cryptographic 
theory and practice designed to complement and re-
inforce cyber education along with the strategic lan-
guage programs critical to cyber operations. 
(4) Programs designed to develop early interest 
and cyber talent through summer programs for ele-
mentary school and secondary school students and 
dual enrollment opportunities for cyber, strategic 
language, and cryptography related courses.
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(5) Training and education programs to expand 
the pool of qualified cyber instructors necessary to 
support cyber education in regional school systems. 
(c) PARTNERSHIPS WITH DEPARTMENT
OF DE-
FENSE AND THE ARMED FORCES.—Any ROTC Cyber In-
stitute established under the program authorized by sub-
section (a) may enter into a partnership with one or more 
components of the Armed Forces, active or reserve, or any 
agency of the Department of Defense to facilitate the de-
velopment of critical cyber skills for students who may 
pursue a military career. 
(d) PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER SCHOOLS.—Any 
ROTC Cyber Institute established under the program au-
thorized by subsection (a) may enter into a partnership 
with one or more local educational agencies to facilitate 
the development of critical cyber skills under the program 
among students attending the elementary schools and sec-
ondary schools of such agencies who may pursue a military 
career. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 
school’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘local educational 
agency’’ have the meanings given the terms in sec-
tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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(2) SENIOR
MILITARY
COLLEGES.—The term 
‘‘senior military colleges’’ means the senior military 
colleges described in section 2111a(f) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 543. LIEUTENANT HENRY OSSIAN FLIPPER LEADER-
SHIP SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Army shall 
carry out a program to be known as the ‘‘Lieutenant 
Henry Ossian Flipper Leadership Scholarship Program’’ 
under which the Secretary may provide financial assist-
ance, in accordance with this section, to a person— 
(1) who is pursuing a recognized postsecondary 
credential at a minority-serving institution; and 
(2) who enters into an agreement with the Sec-
retary as described in subsection (b). 
(b) SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIP RE-
CIPIENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To receive financial assist-
ance under this section— 
(A) a member of the Army shall enter into 
an agreement to serve on active duty in the 
Army for the period of obligated service deter-
mined under paragraph (2); and 
(B) a person who is not a member of the 
Army shall enter into an agreement to enlist or
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accept a commission in the Army and to serve 
on active duty in Army for the period of obli-
gated service determined under paragraph (2). 
(2) PERIOD OF OBLIGATED SERVICE.—The pe-
riod of obligated service for a recipient of financial 
assistance under this section shall be the period de-
termined by the Secretary of Army as being appro-
priate to obtain adequate service in exchange for the 
financial assistance. The period of service required 
of a recipient shall be not less than the period equal 
to three-fourths of the total period of pursuit of a 
credential for which the Secretary agrees to provide 
the recipient with financial assistance under this sec-
tion. The period of obligated service is in addition to 
any other period for which the recipient is obligated 
to serve on active duty. 
(3) TERMS OF AGREEMENT.—An agreement en-
tered into under this section by a person pursuing 
a recognized postsecondary credential shall include 
the following terms: 
(A) SERVICE START DATE.—The period of 
obligated service will begin on a date after the 
award of the credential, as determined by the 
Secretary of the Army.
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(B) ACADEMIC
PROGRESS.—The person 
will maintain satisfactory academic progress, as 
determined by the Secretary, and that failure to 
maintain such progress constitutes grounds for 
termination of the financial assistance for the 
person under this section. 
(C) OTHER TERMS.—Any other terms and 
conditions that the Secretary determines to be 
appropriate for carrying out this section. 
(c) AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—The amount of the fi-
nancial assistance provided for a person under this section 
shall be the amount determined by the Secretary of the 
Army as being necessary to pay the person’s cost of at-
tendance at the minority-serving institution. 
(d) USE OF ASSISTANCE FOR SUPPORT OF INTERN-
SHIPS.—The financial assistance for a person under this 
section may also be provided to support internship activi-
ties of the person at the Department of Defense in periods 
between the academic years leading to the credential for 
which assistance is provided the person under this section. 
(e) REPAYMENT FOR PERIOD OF UNSERVED OBLI-
GATED SERVICE.—A member of the Army who does not 
complete the period of active duty specified in the service 
agreement under subsection (b) shall be subject to the re-
payment provisions of section 303a(e) of title 37.
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(f) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port that includes— 
(1) an assessment of the progress of the Sec-
retary in carrying out the scholarship program 
under this section; 
(2) the number of scholarships that the Sec-
retary intends to award in the academic year begin-
ning after the date of the submission of the report; 
and 
(3) a description of the Secretary’s efforts to 
promote the scholarship program at minority-serving 
institutions. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) COST OF ATTENDANCE.—The term ‘‘cost of 
attendance’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 472 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1087ll). 
(2) 
MINORITY-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘minority-serving institution’’ means an insti-
tution of higher education described in section 
371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1067q(a)).
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(3) RECOGNIZED
POSTSECONDARY
CREDEN-
TIAL.—The term ‘‘recognized postsecondary creden-
tial’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3102). 
SEC. 544. EXTENSION OF SUICIDE PREVENTION AND RESIL-
IENCE PROGRAM. 
Section 10219(g) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘October 1, 2019’’. 
SEC. 545. ANNUAL TRAINING REGARDING THE INFLUENCE 
CAMPAIGN OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
In addition to any currently mandated training, the 
Secretary of Defense may furnish annual training to all 
members of the Armed Forces and all civilian employees 
of the Department of Defense, regarding attempts by the 
Russian Federation and its proxies and agents to influence 
and recruit members of the Armed Forces as part of its 
influence campaign. 
SEC. 546. PROGRAM TO ASSIST MEMBERS IN OBTAINING 
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS. 
Section 2015(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ and inserting ‘‘or’’.
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SEC. 547. EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE UNITED 
STATES MILITARY APPRENTICESHIP PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall expand eligibility for the United Services Military 
Apprenticeship Program to include any member of the 
uniformed services. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘uni-
formed services’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 101 of title 10, United States Code. 
Subtitle 
E—Defense 
Dependents’ 
Education and Military Family 
Readiness Matters 
SEC. 551. CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DE-
PENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CI-
VILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT 
NUMBERS OF MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS.—Of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2018 
by section 301 and available for operation and mainte-
nance for Defense-wide activities as specified in the fund-
ing table in division D, $50,000,000 shall be available only 
for the purpose of providing assistance to local educational
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agencies under subsection (a) of section 572 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 
(Public Law 109–163; 20 U.S.C. 7703b). 
(b) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 7013(9) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7713(9)). 
SEC. 552. EDUCATION FOR DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN RE-
TIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
Section 2164(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, dependents of retirees,’’ 
after ‘‘dependents of members of the armed 
forces’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and the dependents of 
such retirees’’ after ‘‘such members of the 
armed forces’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘re-
tiree’ means a member or former member of the armed 
forces who is entitled to retired or retainer pay under this
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title, or who, but for age, would be eligible for retired or 
retainer pay under chapter 1223 of this title.’’. 
SEC. 553. CODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT FAM-
ILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR IMMEDIATE 
FAMILY MEMBERS OF MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES ASSIGNED TO SPECIAL OP-
ERATIONS FORCES. 
(a) CODIFICATION OF EXISTING AUTHORITY.—Chap-
ter 88 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting after section 1788 a new section 1788a consisting 
of— 
(1) a heading as follows: 
‘‘§ 1788a. Family support programs: immediate family 
members of members of special oper-
ations forces’’; and 
(2) a text consisting of subsections (a), (b), (d), 
and (e) of section 554 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 
113–66; 10 U.S.C. 1788 note), redesignated as sub-
sections (a), (b), (c), and (d), respectively. 
(b) FUNDING.—Subsection (c) of section 1788a of 
title 10, United States Code, as added and redesignated 
by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by striking 
‘‘specified’’ and all that follows through the end of the sub-
section and inserting ‘‘, from funds available for Major
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Force Program 11, to carry out family support programs 
under this section.’’. 
(c) ELIMINATION OF PILOT PROGRAM REFERENCES 
AND
OTHER
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
1788a of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a) of this section, is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Armed Forces’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘armed forces’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘pilot’’ each place it appears; 
(3) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘PILOT’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘up to three’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘providing’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
grams to provide’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d), as redesignated by sub-
section (a) of this section— 
(A) in paragraph (2). by striking ‘‘title 10, 
United States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘such 
title’’ and inserting ‘‘this title’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 88 of title 10,
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United States Code, is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 1788 the following new item: 
‘‘1788a. Family support programs: immediate family members of members of 
special operations forces.’’. 
(e) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 554 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 
(Public Law 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 1788 note) is repealed. 
SEC. 554. REIMBURSEMENT FOR STATE LICENSURE AND 
CERTIFICATION COSTS OF A SPOUSE OF A 
MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES ARISING 
FROM RELOCATION TO ANOTHER STATE. 
(a) REIMBURSEMENT AUTHORIZED.—Section 476 of 
title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(p)(1) The Secretary concerned may reimburse a 
member of the armed forces for qualified relicensing costs 
of the spouse of the member when— 
‘‘(A) the member is reassigned, either as a per-
manent change of station or permanent change of 
assignment, from a duty station in one State to a 
duty station in another State; and 
‘‘(B) the movement of the member’s dependents 
is authorized at the expense of the United States 
under this section as part of the reassignment.
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‘‘(2) Reimbursement provided to a member under 
this subsection may not exceed $500 in connection with 
each reassignment described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘qualified relicensing 
costs’ means costs, including exam and registration fees, 
that— 
‘‘(A) are imposed by the State of the new duty 
station to secure a license or certification to engage 
in the same profession that the spouse of the mem-
ber engaged in while in the State of the original 
duty station; and 
‘‘(B) are paid or incurred by the member or 
spouse to secure the license or certification from the 
State of the new duty station after the date on 
which the orders directing the reassignment de-
scribed in paragraph (1) are issued.’’. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO EX-
PEDITE
LICENSE
PORTABILITY
FOR
MILITARY 
SPOUSES.— 
(1) CONSULTATION
WITH
STATES.—The Sec-
retary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security with respect to the Coast Guard, shall con-
sult with States— 
(A) to identify barriers to the portability 
between States of a license, certification, or
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other grant of permission held by the spouse of 
a member of the Armed Forces to engage in an 
occupation when the spouse moves between 
States as part of a permanent change of station 
or permanent change of assignment of the 
member; and 
(B) to develop recommendations for the 
Federal Government and the States, together or 
separately, to expedite the portability of such li-
censes, certifications, and other grants of per-
mission for military spouses. 
(2) SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting 
the consultation and preparing the recommendations 
under paragraph (1), the Secretaries shall consider 
the feasibility of— 
(A) States accepting licenses, certifi-
cations, and other grants of permission de-
scribed in paragraph (1) issued by another 
State and in good standing in that State; 
(B) the issuance of a temporary license 
pending completion of State-specific require-
ments; and 
(C) the establishment of an expedited re-
view process for military spouses.
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(3) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 
15, 2018, the Secretaries shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees and the States a re-
port containing the recommendations developed 
under this subsection. 
(4) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees’’ means the congressional 
defense committees, the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Government Affairs of the Senate, and 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 555. FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELAT-
ING TO THE TRANSITION AND SUPPORT OF 
MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS TO LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. 
Section 574(c)(3) of the John Warner National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (20 U.S.C. 
7703b note), as most recently amended by section 572 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2141), is amended 
by striking ‘‘September 30, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2022’’.
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SEC. 556. ENHANCING MILITARY CHILDCARE PROGRAMS 
AND ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE. 
(a) HOURS OF OPERATION OF CHILDCARE DEVELOP-
MENT CENTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The hours of operation of 
each childcare development center (CDC) of the De-
partment of Defense shall, to the extent practicable, 
be set and maintained in manner that takes into ac-
count the demands and circumstances of members of 
the Armed Forces, including members of the reserve 
components, who use such center in facilitation of 
the performance of their military duties. 
(2) MATTERS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.— 
The demands and circumstances to be taken into ac-
count under paragraph (1) for purposes of setting 
and maintaining the hours of operation of a 
childcare development center shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Mission requirements of units whose 
members use such center. 
(B) The unpredictability of work schedules, 
and fluctuations in day-to-day work hours, of 
such members.
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(C) The potential for frequent and pro-
longed absences of such members for training, 
operations, and deployments. 
(D) The location of such center on the 
military installation concerned, including the lo-
cation in connection with duty locations of 
members and applicable military family hous-
ing. 
(E) The geographic separation of such 
members from their extended family. 
(F) The extent to which spouses of such 
members are employed or pursuing educational 
opportunities, whether on a full-time basis or a 
part-time basis. 
(G) Such other matters as the Secretary of 
the military department concerned considers ap-
propriate for purposes of this section. 
(b) CHILDCARE COORDINATORS FOR MILITARY IN-
STALLATIONS.— 
(1) CHILDCARE
COORDINATORS.—Each Sec-
retary of a military department shall provide for a 
childcare coordinator at each military installation 
under the jurisdiction of such Secretary at which are 
stationed significant numbers of members of the
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Armed Forces with accompanying dependent chil-
dren, as determined by such Secretary. 
(2) NATURE OF POSITION.—The childcare coor-
dinator for a military installation may be an indi-
vidual appointed to that position on full-time or 
part-time basis or an individual appointed to another 
position whose duties in such other position are con-
sistent with the discharge by the person of the du-
ties of childcare coordinator. 
(3) DUTIES.—Each childcare coordinator for an 
installation shall carry out the duties as follows: 
(A) Act as an advocate for military fami-
lies at the installation on childcare matters both 
on-installation and off-installation. 
(B) Work with the commander of the in-
stallation in order to seek to ensure that the 
childcare development centers at the installa-
tion, together with any other available childcare 
options on or in the vicinity of the installa-
tion— 
(i) provide a quality of care (including 
a caregiver-to-child ratio) commensurate 
with best practices of private providers of 
childcare services; and
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(ii) are responsive to the childcare 
needs of members stationed at the installa-
tion and their families. 
(C) Work with private providers of 
childcare services in the vicinity of the installa-
tion in order to-— 
(i) track vacancies in the childcare fa-
cilities of such providers; 
(ii) seek to obtain favorable prices for 
the use of such services by members sta-
tioned at the installation; and 
(iii) otherwise ease the use of such 
services by such members. 
(D) Such other duties as the Secretary of 
the military department concerned shall specify. 
Subtitle F—Decorations and 
Awards 
SEC. 561. REPLACEMENT OF MILITARY DECORATIONS AT 
THE REQUEST OF RELATIVES OF DECEASED 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
Subsection (a) of section 1135 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) REPLACEMENT.—(1) The Secretary concerned 
shall replace, on a one-time basis, a military decoration 
upon the request of—
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‘‘(A) the recipient of the military decoration; 
‘‘(B) the immediate next of kin of a deceased 
recipient of a military decoration; or 
‘‘(C) a relative of a deceased recipient of a mili-
tary decoration who is related within the second or 
third degree of consanguinity to the deceased recipi-
ent. 
‘‘(2) The replacement of a military decoration under 
subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) shall be pro-
vided without charge. The replacement of a military deco-
ration under subparagraph (C) of such paragraph shall 
be provided at no cost to the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(3) The authority provided by this subsection is in 
addition to any other authority available to the Secretary 
concerned to replace a military decoration.’’. 
SEC. 562. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 57 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 1136. Congressional Defense Service Medal 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall award, at the behest of and on behalf of Congress, 
a Congressional Defense Service Medal to a group or other 
entity to recognize, subject to subsection (c)(1), the exem-
plary service or significant achievement of the group or
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other entity in furtherance of the defense and national se-
curity of the United States. 
‘‘(b) DESIGN AND CONTENT.—A Congressional De-
fense Service Medal shall be a gold medal of appropriate 
design, with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions. 
The Secretary of Defense may design a Congressional De-
fense Service Medal to recognize the specific group or 
other entity and the service or achievement for which the 
Congressional Defense Service Medal is being awarded. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) NATURE OF SERVICE OR ACHIEVEMENT.— 
For a group or other entity to be eligible for the 
award of a Congressional Defense Service Medal, the 
service or achievement to be recognized must— 
‘‘(A) be in the field of endeavor of the 
group or other entity; and 
‘‘(B) represent either a lengthy period of 
continuous superior service or achievement or a 
single act of service or achievement so signifi-
cant that the group or other entity is recog-
nized and acclaimed by others in the same field 
of endeavor, as evidenced by the recipient hav-
ing received the highest honors in the field. 
‘‘(2) EFFECT
OF
OTHER
FEDERAL
RECOGNI-
TION.—A group or other entity may not receive a
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Congressional Defense Service Medal in recognition 
of service or achievement for which the group or 
other entity received a medal from the United States 
previously for the same or substantially the same 
service or achievement. 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITION
ON
AWARD
TO
AN
INDI-
VIDUAL.—A Congressional Defense Service Medal 
may not be awarded to a single individual. 
‘‘(d) TIME LIMITATIONS.—A Congressional Defense 
Service Medal may not be awarded to a group or entity— 
‘‘(1) until at least five years after the conclu-
sion of the exemplary service or significant achieve-
ment for which the Congressional Defense Service 
Medal is being awarded; and 
‘‘(2) unless the award is made within 25 years 
after the conclusion of the exemplary service or sig-
nificant achievement for which the Congressional 
Defense Service Medal is being awarded. 
‘‘(e) DUPLICATE MEDALS.—The Secretary of De-
fense may arrange for the striking and sale of duplicates 
in bronze of a Congressional Defense Service Medal, at 
a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, including labor, 
materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses, 
and the cost of the gold Congressional Defense Service 
Medal.’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 57 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘1136. Congressional Defense Service Medal.’’. 
SEC. 563. LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORITY TO REVOKE CER-
TAIN MILITARY DECORATIONS AWARDED TO 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) ARMY.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—Chapter 357 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3757. Military decorations: limitations on revoca-
tion 
‘‘(a) LIMITATIONS.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), the President or the Secretary of the Army 
may not authorize the revocation of a military decoration 
after the actual award of the military decoration to a 
member of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—(1) Subsection (a) does not 
apply to the revocation of a military decoration if the rev-
ocation is ordered on account of — 
‘‘(A) the acquisition of new or additional infor-
mation that calls into question the service for which 
the member was awarded the military decoration; or
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‘‘(B) the conviction of the member for a serious 
violent felony. 
‘‘(2) In applying the exception described in paragraph 
(1)(B), the President and the Secretary of the Army shall 
take into account, as an extenuating factor, whether the 
member has been diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury 
(TBI) or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘military decoration’ means the 
distinguished-service 
cross, 
distinguished-service 
medal, silver star, distinguished flying cross, or Sol-
dier’s Medal. The term does not include the medal 
of honor. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘serious violent felony’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3559(c)(2)(F) of 
title 18.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘3757. Military decorations: limitations on revocation.’’. 
(b) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—Chapter 567 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section:
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‘‘§ 6259. Military decorations: limitations on revoca-
tion 
‘‘(a) LIMITATIONS.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), the President or the Secretary of the Navy 
may not authorize the revocation of a military decoration 
after the actual award of the military decoration to a 
member of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—(1) Subsection (a) does not 
apply to the revocation of a military decoration if the rev-
ocation is ordered on account of — 
‘‘(A) the acquisition of new or additional infor-
mation that calls into question the service for which 
the member was awarded the military decoration; or 
‘‘(B) the conviction of the member for a serious 
violent felony. 
‘‘(2) In applying the exception described in paragraph 
(1)(B), the President and the Secretary of the Navy shall 
take into account, as an extenuating factor, whether the 
member has been diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury 
(TBI) or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘military decoration’ means the 
Navy cross, distinguished-service medal, silver star 
medal, distinguished flying cross, or Navy and Ma-
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rine Corps Medal. The term does not include the 
medal of honor. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘serious violent felony’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3559(c)(2)(F) of 
title 18.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘6259. Military decorations: limitations on revocation.’’. 
(c) AIR FORCE.— 
(1) LIMITATIONS.—Chapter 857 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 8757. Military decorations: limitations on revoca-
tion 
‘‘(a) LIMITATIONS.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), the President or the Secretary of the Air Force 
may not authorize the revocation of a military decoration 
after the actual award of the military decoration to a 
member of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—(1) Subsection (a) does not 
apply to the revocation of a military decoration if the rev-
ocation is ordered on account of —
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‘‘(A) the acquisition of new or additional infor-
mation that calls into question the service for which 
the member was awarded the military decoration; or 
‘‘(B) the conviction of the member for a serious 
violent felony. 
‘‘(2) In applying the exception described in paragraph 
(1)(B), the President and the Secretary of the Air Force 
shall take into account, as an extenuating factor, whether 
the member has been diagnosed with Traumatic Brain In-
jury (TBI) or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘military decoration’ means the 
Air Force cross, distinguished-service medal, silver 
star, distinguished flying cross, or Airman’s Medal. 
The term does not include the medal of honor. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘serious violent felony’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 3559(c)(2)(F) of 
title 18.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘8757. Military decorations: limitations on revocation.’’.
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SEC. 564. AWARD OF VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL TO VET-
ERANS WHO PARTICIPATED IN MAYAGUEZ 
RESCUE OPERATION. 
(a) AWARD AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of the 
military department concerned shall, upon the application 
by or on behalf of an individual who is an eligible veteran, 
award that individual the Vietnam Service Medal, notwith-
standing any otherwise applicable requirements for the 
award of that medal. Any such award shall be made in 
lieu of any Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal awarded 
the individual for the individual’s participation in the Ma-
yaguez rescue operation. 
(b) TREATMENT OF DECEASED VETERANS.—In the 
case of a veteran who is deceased, the application de-
scribed in subsection (a) may be submitted by the next 
of kin of the veteran. 
(c) ELIGIBLE VETERAN.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘eligible veteran’’ means a veteran of the 
Armed Forces— 
(1) who was awarded the Armed Forces Expe-
ditionary Medal for participation in military oper-
ations known as the Mayaguez rescue operation of 
May 12–15, 1975; or 
(2) who participated in such operation.
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SEC. 565. AWARD OF MEDALS OR OTHER COMMENDATIONS 
TO HANDLERS OF MILITARY WORKING DOGS 
AND MILITARY WORKING DOGS. 
(a) PROGRAM
OF AWARD REQUIRED.—Each Sec-
retary of a military department shall carry out a program 
to provide for the award of one or more medals or other 
commendations to handlers of military working dogs, and 
to military working dogs, under the jurisdiction of such 
Secretary to recognize valor or meritorious achievement by 
such handlers and dogs. 
(b) MEDAL AND COMMENDATIONS.—Any medal or 
commendation awarded pursuant to a program under sub-
section (a) shall be of such design, and include such ele-
ments, as the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned shall specify. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—Medals and commendations 
shall be awarded under programs under subsection (a) in 
accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary 
of Defense for purposes of this section. 
SEC. 566. ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS OF OPERATION END 
SWEEP FOR VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL. 
The Secretary of the military department concerned 
shall, upon the application of an individual who is a vet-
eran who participated in Operation End Sweep, award 
that individual the Vietnam Service Medal, notwith-
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standing any otherwise applicable requirements for the 
award of that medal. 
SEC. 567. EXPEDITED REPLACEMENT OF MILITARY DECO-
RATIONS FOR VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II 
AND THE KOREAN WAR. 
Section 1135 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘When’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (c), when’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) RECIPIENTS OF MILITARY DECORATIONS FOR 
SERVICE IN WORLD WAR II OR THE KOREAN WAR.—If 
the recipient was awarded the military decoration for 
which a replacement is requested for service in World War 
II or the Korean War, the Secretary concerned shall per-
form all actions described— 
‘‘(1) in subsection (b)(1) in not more than 180 
days; and 
‘‘(2) in subsection (b)(2) in not more than 60 
days.’’.
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SEC. 568. ATOMIC VETERANS SERVICE MEDAL. 
(a) SERVICE MEDAL REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall design and produce a military service medal, 
to be known as the ‘‘Atomic Veterans Service Medal’’, to 
honor retired and former members of the Armed Forces 
who are radiation-exposed veterans (as such term is de-
fined in section 1112(c)(3) of title 38, United States 
Code). 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF MEDAL.— 
(1) ISSUANCE TO RETIRED AND FORMER MEM-
BERS.—At the request of a radiation-exposed vet-
eran, the Secretary of Defense shall issue the Atom-
ic Veterans Service Medal to the veteran. 
(2) ISSUANCE TO NEXT-OF-KIN.—In the case of 
a radiation-exposed veteran who is deceased, the 
Secretary may provide for issuance of the Atomic 
Veterans Service Medal to the next-of-kin of the per-
son. 
(3) APPLICATION.—The Secretary shall prepare 
and disseminate as appropriate an application by 
which radiation-exposed veterans and their next-of- 
kin may apply to receive the Atomic Veterans Serv-
ice Medal.
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Subtitle G—Miscellaneous Reports 
and Other Matters 
SEC. 571. EXPANSION OF UNITED STATES AIR FORCE INSTI-
TUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ENROLLMENT AU-
THORITY TO INCLUDE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES 
OF THE HOMELAND SECURITY INDUSTRY. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Subsection (b) of section 9314a of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) COVERED PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEE DE-
FINED.—(1) In this section, the term ‘covered private sec-
tor employee’ means— 
‘‘(A) an individual employed by a private firm 
that is engaged in providing to the Department of 
Defense significant and substantial defense-related 
systems, products, or services; or 
‘‘(B) an individual employed by a private firm 
in one of the critical infrastructure sectors identified 
in Presidential Policy Directive 21 (Critical Infra-
structure Security and Resilience). 
‘‘(2) A covered private sector employee admitted for 
instruction at the United States Air Force Institute of 
Technology remains eligible for such instruction only so 
long as the person remains employed by the same firm.’’.
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(b) USE OF DEFINED TERM.—Section 9314a of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘defense industry em-
ployees described in subsection (b)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘a covered private sector em-
ployee’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Any such defense in-
dustry employee’’ and inserting ‘‘A covered 
private sector employee’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘defense 
industry employees’’ and inserting ‘‘covered pri-
vate sector employees’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘defense 
industry employee’’ both places it appears and 
inserting ‘‘covered private sector employee’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Defense industry employ-
ees’’ and inserting ‘‘A covered private sector 
employee’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘defense industry employ-
ees’’ and inserting ‘‘covered private sector em-
ployees’’;
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(3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘defense 
industry employees’’ and inserting ‘‘a covered pri-
vate sector employee’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘defense in-
dustry employees’’ and inserting ‘‘covered private 
sector employees’’. 
(c) OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 
9314a of title 10, United States Code, is further amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘a defense 
focused’’ and inserting ‘‘a defense-focused or home-
land security-focused’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or 
homeland security’’ after ‘‘and defense’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘or the De-
partment of Homeland Security, as applicable’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of section 
9314a of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
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‘‘§ 9314a. United States Air Force Institute of Tech-
nology: admission of certain private sec-
tor civilians’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 901 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the item relat-
ing to section 9314a and inserting the following new 
item: 
‘‘9314a. United States Air Force Institute of Technology: admission of certain 
private sector civilians.’’. 
SEC. 572. SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE. 
Section 1967(f)(4) of title 38, United States Code, 
is amended by striking the second sentence. 
SEC. 573. VOTER REGISTRATION. 
Section 705 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 
(50 U.S.C. 4025(a)), is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) REGISTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of voting 
in any election for Federal office (as defined in sec-
tion 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101)) or State or local office, a 
servicemember who registers to vote in a State in 
which the servicemember is present in compliance 
with military orders for a permanent change of sta-
tion shall not, solely by reason of that registration—
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‘‘(A) be deemed to have acquired a resi-
dence or domicile in that State; 
‘‘(B) be deemed to have become a resident 
in or a resident of that State; or 
‘‘(C) be deemed to have lost a residence or 
domicile in any other State, without regard to 
whether or not the person intends to return to 
that State. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION
BY
THE
SERVICEMEM-
BER.—A servicemember who elects to register to 
vote in the State in which the servicemember is 
present in compliance with military orders for a per-
manent change of station shall notify the Service 
Voting Action Officer of the military department 
concerned not later than 10 days after such registra-
tion. 
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION BY THE SERVICE VOTING 
ACTION OFFICER.—A Service Voting Action Officer 
who receives a notification under paragraph (2) shall 
notify the chief State election official of the State in 
which the servicemember resides or is domiciled of 
such registration not later than 10 days after such 
registration.’’.
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SEC. 574. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SECTION 504 
OF TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE, ON EX-
ISTING AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE TO ENLIST INDIVIDUALS, NOT OTH-
ERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR ENLISTMENT, WHOSE 
ENLISTMENT IS VITAL TO THE NATIONAL IN-
TEREST. 
It is the sense of Congress that a statute currently 
exists, specifically paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of sec-
tion 504 of title 10, United States Code, which states that 
‘‘the Secretary concerned may authorize the enlistment of 
a person not described in paragraph (1) [of that sub-
section] if the Secretary determines that such enlistment 
is vital to the national interest’’. 
SEC. 
575. 
SENSE 
OF 
CONGRESS 
REGARDING 
NON-
DISCRIMINATION AT UNITED STATES MILI-
TARY ACADEMY. 
Congress affirms the nondiscrimination policy of the 
United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, 
including as applied to female cadets, staff, and faculty. 
SEC. 576. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TO PROVIDE FOR THE 
CONDUCT OF MEDICAL DISABILITY EXAMINA-
TIONS BY CONTRACT PHYSICIANS. 
Section 704(c) of the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 
(Public Law 108–183; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note) is amended
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by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2018’’. 
SEC. 577. ISSUANCE OF CONSOLIDATED PREGNANCY AND 
PARENTHOOD INSTRUCTION. 
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each mili-
tary department issues a single, consolidated instruction 
that addresses the decisions, actions, and requirements for 
members of the Armed Forces relating to pregnancy, the 
postpartum period, and parenthood. 
SEC. 578. PROOF OF PERIOD OF MILITARY SERVICE FOR 
PURPOSES OF INTEREST RATE LIMITATION 
UNDER THE SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF 
ACT. 
Section 207(b)(1) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
Act (50 U.S.C. 3937(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) PROOF OF MILITARY SERVICE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of a servicemember’s termi-
nation or release from military service, in order 
for an obligation or liability of the servicemem-
ber to be subject to the interest rate limitation 
in subsection (a), the servicemember shall pro-
vide to the creditor written notice and a copy 
of—
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‘‘(i) the military orders calling the 
servicemember to military service and any 
orders further extending military service; 
or 
‘‘(ii) any other appropriate indicator 
of military service, including a certified let-
ter from a commanding officer. 
‘‘(B) INDEPENDENT
VERIFICATION
BY 
CREDITOR.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Regardless of 
whether a servicemember has provided to a 
creditor the written notice and documenta-
tion under subparagraph (A), the creditor 
may use, in lieu of such notice and docu-
mentation, information retrieved from the 
Defense 
Manpower 
Database 
Center 
through the creditor’s normal business re-
views of the Database Center for purposes 
of obtaining information indicating that 
the servicemember is on active duty. 
‘‘(ii) SAFE HARBOR.—A creditor that 
uses the information retrieved from the 
Defense Manpower Database Center under 
clause (i) with respect to a servicemember 
has not failed to treat the debt of the serv-
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icemember in accordance with subsection 
(a) if— 
‘‘(I) such information indicates 
that, on the date the creditor retrieves 
such information, the servicemember 
is not on active duty; and 
‘‘(II) the creditor has not, as of 
such date, received the written notice 
and documentation required under 
subparagraph (A) with respect to the 
servicemember.’’. 
SEC. 579. REPORT REGARDING POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS 
TO PROCESSING RETIREMENTS AND MED-
ICAL DISCHARGES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, shall issue a report to the congressional defense 
committees and the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the Senate and House of Representatives regarding pos-
sible improvements to the transition of members of the 
Armed Forces to veteran status. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall address the following:
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(1) Feasibility of requiring members of the 
Armed Forces to apply for benefits administered by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs before such mem-
bers complete discharge from the Armed Forces. 
(2) Feasibility of requiring members of the 
Armed Forces to undergo compensation and pension 
examinations (to be administered by the Secretary of 
Defense) for purposes of obtaining benefits described 
in paragraph (1) before such members complete dis-
charge from active duty in the Armed Forces. 
(3) Possible improvements to the timeliness of 
the process for transitioning members who undergo 
medical discharge to care provided by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 580. ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATION OATH FOR 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The United States Armed Forces is the 
largest, all-volunteer military force in the world, yet 
less than one percent of the American population 
serves in the Armed Forces. 
(2) Each branch of the Armed Forces (Army, 
Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard) in-
stills in its members a sense of duty and obligation
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to the United States, their branch of service, and 
their comrades-in-arms. 
(3) The Department of Veterans Affairs esti-
mates that approximately 20 veterans of the Armed 
Forces commit suicide each day and a veteran’s risk 
of suicide is 21 percent higher compared to an adult 
who has not served in the Armed Forces. 
(4) The Department of Veterans Affairs is ag-
gressively undertaking measures to prevent these 
tragic outcomes, yet suicide rates among veterans 
remain unacceptably high. 
(5) Upon enlistment or appointment in the 
Armed Forces, a new member is obligated to take an 
oath of office or oath of enlistment. 
(6) Most members of the Armed Forces view 
this oath not as an imposition, but as a promise that 
they are bound to fulfill. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATION OATH.—Sec-
tion 502 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c) and, in such subsection, by striking ‘‘The 
oath’’ and inserting ‘‘An oath established by this 
section’’; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b):
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‘‘(b) SEPARATION OATH.—Prior to retirement or 
other separation from the armed forces, other than sepa-
ration pursuant to the sentence of a court-martial, a mem-
ber of an armed force may take the following oath: 
‘‘ ‘I, l l l l l l l l l l, recog-
nizing that my oath to support and defend the Con-
stitution of the United States against all enemies, 
foreign and domestic, has involved me and my fellow 
members in experiences that few persons, other than 
our peers, can understand, do solemnly swear (or af-
firm) to continue to be the keeper of my brothers- 
and sisters-in-arms and protector of the United 
States and the Constitution; to preserve the values 
I have learned; to maintain my body and my mind; 
and to not bring harm to myself without speaking to 
my fellow veterans first. I take this oath freely and 
without purpose of evasion, so help me God.’ ’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of section 
502 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘§ 502. Enlistment oath and separation oath: who 
may administer’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 31 of title 10, United
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States Code, is amended by striking the item relat-
ing to section 502 and inserting the following new 
item: 
‘‘502. Enlistment oath and separation oath: who may administer.’’. 
SEC. 581. EXTENSION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENT RE-
GARDING DIVERSITY IN MILITARY LEADER-
SHIP. 
Section 115a(g) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND 
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
SEC. 601. ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF BASIC MONTHLY PAY. 
The adjustment in the rates of monthly basic pay re-
quired by subsection (a) of section 1009 of title 37, United 
States Code, to be made on January 1, 2018, shall take 
effect, notwithstanding any determination made by the 
President under subsection (e) of such section with respect 
to an alternative pay adjustment to be made on such date.
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SEC. 602. LIMITATION ON BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUS-
ING MODIFICATION AUTHORITY FOR MEM-
BERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES RESID-
ING IN MILITARY HOUSING PRIVATIZATION 
INITIATIVE HOUSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section 403(b) 
of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) The Secretary of Defense may not reduce the 
rate of basic allowance for housing in effect on December 
31, 2017, for a member of a uniformed service who resides 
in a housing unit acquired or constructed under the alter-
native authority of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 
10 (known as the Military Housing Privatization Initia-
tive) until January 1, 2019.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subparagraph (B) 
of such paragraph is amended in clause (iv) by striking 
‘‘Four’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subparagraph (C), 
four’’. 
(c) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than March 1, 2018, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a review of the following: 
(1) An analysis of the impact of reductions in 
the rate of the basic allowance for housing under 
section 403 of title 37, United States Code, on the
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long-term viability of the Military Housing Privatiza-
tion Initiative (MHPI). 
(2) An analysis of projected revenue for the 
MHPI, considering projected reductions in such 
basic allowance for housing, which compares pro-
jected revenue under the assumption that members 
of the armed forces will make out-of-pocket pay-
ments in addition to rent and under the assumption 
that members will not make such out-of-pocket pay-
ments. 
(3) An analysis of the extent to which the De-
partment of Defense has relied and continues to rely 
on the assumption that members of the armed forces 
who live in housing units acquired or constructed 
under the MHPI will make out-of-pocket payments 
in addition to basic rent in order to offset reductions 
in such basic housing allowance. 
(4) An analysis of the future military construc-
tion costs that will be necessary to offset reduced re-
investment account distributions as a result of re-
ductions in such basic housing allowance, consistent 
with the requirement included in project ground 
leases under the MHPI that all assets will be in like- 
new condition at the end of the lease.
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(5) The impact on maintenance of housing 
units acquired or constructed under the MHPI be-
cause of the reductions in revenue for the MHPI 
that will result from reductions in such basic hous-
ing allowance. 
(6) The impacts of the costs described in para-
graph (4) and the reduction in revenue described in 
paragraph (5) on occupancy and revenue generated 
by occupancy under the MHPI, and the impact of 
changes in occupancy and associated revenue on the 
costs described in paragraph (4) and the reduction 
in revenue described in paragraph (5). 
(7) The process for establishing the criteria for 
and the execution of market surveys used to estab-
lish the rates of such basic housing allowance. 
SEC. 603. HOUSING TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES, 
AND 
THEIR 
SPOUSES AND OTHER DEPENDENTS, UNDER-
GOING A PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION 
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) HOUSING TREATMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
403 the following new section:
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‘‘§ 403a. Housing treatment for certain members of 
the Armed Forces, and their spouses and 
other dependents, undergoing a perma-
nent change of station within the United 
States 
‘‘(a) HOUSING TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS 
WHO HAVE A SPOUSE OR OTHER DEPENDENTS.— 
‘‘(1) HOUSING
TREATMENT
REGULATIONS.— 
The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations 
that permit a member of the armed forces described 
in paragraph (2) who is undergoing a permanent 
change of station within the United States to re-
quest the housing treatment described in subsection 
(b) during the covered relocation period of the mem-
ber. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE
MEMBERS.—A member de-
scribed in this paragraph is any member who— 
‘‘(A) has a spouse who is gainfully em-
ployed or enrolled in a degree, certificate or li-
cense granting program at the beginning of the 
covered relocation period; 
‘‘(B) has one or more dependents attend-
ing an elementary or secondary school at the 
beginning of the covered relocation period; 
‘‘(C) has one or more dependents enrolled 
in the Exceptional Family Member Program; or
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‘‘(D) is caring for an immediate family 
member with a chronic or long-term illness at 
the beginning of the covered relocation period. 
‘‘(b) HOUSING TREATMENT.— 
‘‘(1) CONTINUATION
OF
HOUSING
FOR
THE 
SPOUSE AND OTHER DEPENDENTS.—If a spouse or 
other dependent of a member whose request under 
subsection (a) is approved resides in Government- 
owned or Government-leased housing at the begin-
ning of the covered relocation period, the spouse or 
other dependent may continue to reside in such 
housing during a period determined in accordance 
with the regulations prescribed pursuant to this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(2) 
EARLY
HOUSING
ELIGIBILITY.—If 
a 
spouse or other dependent of a member whose re-
quest under subsection (a) is approved is eligible to 
reside in Government-owned or Government-leased 
housing following the member’s permanent change 
of station within the United States, the spouse or 
other dependent may commence residing in such 
housing at any time during the covered relocation 
period. 
‘‘(3) TEMPORARY USE OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED 
OR GOVERNMENT-LEASED HOUSING INTENDED FOR
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MEMBERS WITHOUT A SPOUSE OR DEPENDENT.—If 
a spouse or other dependent of a member relocates 
at a time different from the member in accordance 
with a request approved under subsection (a), the 
member may be assigned to Government-owned or 
Government-leased housing intended for the perma-
nent housing of members without a spouse or de-
pendent until the member’s detachment date or the 
spouse or other dependent’s arrival date, but only if 
such Government-owned or Government-leased hous-
ing is available without displacing a member without 
a spouse or dependent at such housing. 
‘‘(4) EQUITABLE BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUS-
ING.—If a spouse or other dependent of a member 
relocates at a time different from the member in ac-
cordance with a request approved under subsection 
(a), the amount of basic allowance for housing pay-
able may be based on whichever of the following 
areas the Secretary concerned determines to be the 
most equitable: 
‘‘(A) The area of the duty station to which 
the member is reassigned. 
‘‘(B) The area in which the spouse or 
other dependent resides, but only if the spouse 
or other dependent resides in that area when
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the member departs for the duty station to 
which the member is reassigned, and only for 
the period during which the spouse or other de-
pendent resides in that area. 
‘‘(C) The area of the former duty station 
of the member, but only if that area is different 
from the area in which the spouse or other de-
pendent resides. 
‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATED TO CERTAIN 
BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING PAYMENTS.—Nothing 
in this section shall be construed to limit the payment or 
the amount of basic allowance for housing payable under 
section 403(d)(3)(A) of this title to a member whose re-
quest under subsection (a) is approved. 
‘‘(d) HOUSING TREATMENT EDUCATION.—The regu-
lations prescribed pursuant to this section shall ensure the 
relocation assistance programs under section 1056 of title 
10 include, as part of the assistance normally provided 
under such section, education about the housing treatment 
available under this section. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED RELOCATION PERIOD.—(A) Sub-
ject to subparagraph (B), the term ‘covered reloca-
tion period’, when used with respect to a permanent
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change of station of a member of the armed forces, 
means the period that— 
‘‘(i) begins 180 days before the date of the 
permanent change of station; and 
‘‘(ii) ends 180 days after the date of the 
permanent change of station. 
‘‘(B) The regulations prescribed pursuant to 
this section may provide for a lengthening of the 
covered relocation period of a member for purposes 
of this section. 
‘‘(2) DEPENDENT.—The term ‘dependent’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 401 of this 
title. 
‘‘(3) PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION.—The 
term ‘permanent change of station’ means a perma-
nent change of station described in section 452(b)(2) 
of this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 7 such title is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 403 the following new item: 
‘‘403a. Housing treatment for certain members of the armed forces, and their 
spouses and other dependents, undergoing a permanent change 
of station within the United States.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and shall apply with respect to permanent
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changes of station of members of the Armed Forces that 
occur on or after October 1 of the fiscal year that begins 
after such date of enactment. 
SEC. 604. PER DIEM ALLOWANCE POLICIES. 
(a) POLICY AND REGULATIONS.— 
(1) EXISTING POLICY AND REGULATIONS.—The 
Secretary of each military department may not im-
plement the policy in the memorandum dated Octo-
ber 1, 2014, titled ‘‘UTD/CTS for MAP 118-13/ 
CAP 118-13 – Flat Rate Per Diem for Long Term 
TDY’’, regarding per diem allowances, or any regu-
lations prescribed pursuant to such memorandum, 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) FUTURE POLICY AND REGULATIONS.—(A) 
The Secretary of each military department con-
cerned may not implement a new policy regarding 
per diem allowances under section 474 of title 37, 
United States Code, until after the Secretary of De-
fense issues the report under subsection (b). 
(B) The Secretary of the military department 
concerned shall notify the appropriate congressional 
committees not less than 30 days before imple-
menting a new policy regarding per diem allowances 
under section 474 of title 37, United States Code.
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall issue a report to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees regarding options to reduce travel costs incurred 
by the Department of Defense, including the adoption of 
practices used by private entities. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the congressional defense committees, the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 605. REEVALUATION OF BAH FOR THE MILITARY 
HOUSING AREA INCLUDING STATEN ISLAND. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, using the most 
recent data available to the Secretary, shall reevaluate the 
basic housing allowance prescribed under section 403(b) 
of title 37, United States Code, for the military housing 
area that includes Staten Island, New York. 
SEC. 606. APPLICATION OF BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUS-
ING TO MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERV-
ICES IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(b) of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended—
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(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND THE VIR-
GIN ISLANDS’’ after ‘‘THE UNITED STATES’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and the Vir-
gin Islands’’ after ‘‘the United States’’; and 
(3) in paragraphs (2), (3)(A), and (6), by in-
serting ‘‘or the Virgin Islands’’ after ‘‘the United 
States’’ each place it appears. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 403(c) of 
title 37, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘OR THE VIR-
GIN ISLANDS’’ after ‘‘THE UNITED STATES’’; and 
(2) in paragraphs (1), (2), (3)(A)(i), and 
(3)(B), by inserting ‘‘or the Virgin Islands’’ after 
‘‘the United States’’ each place it appears. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and shall apply to payments under section 403 
of title 37, United States Code, beginning on January 1, 
2018.
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Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special 
and Incentive Pays 
SEC. 611. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND 
SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR RESERVE 
FORCES. 
The following sections of title 37, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2018’’: 
(1) Section 308b(g), relating to Selected Re-
serve reenlistment bonus. 
(2) Section 308c(i), relating to Selected Reserve 
affiliation or enlistment bonus. 
(3) Section 308d(c), relating to special pay for 
enlisted members assigned to certain high-priority 
units. 
(4) Section 308g(f)(2), relating to Ready Re-
serve enlistment bonus for persons without prior 
service. 
(5) Section 308h(e), relating to Ready Reserve 
enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with 
prior service. 
(6) Section 308i(f), relating to Selected Reserve 
enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with 
prior service.
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(7) Section 478a(e), relating to reimbursement 
of travel expenses for inactive-duty training outside 
of normal commuting distance. 
(8) Section 910(g), relating to income replace-
ment payments for reserve component members ex-
periencing extended and frequent mobilization for 
active duty service. 
SEC. 612. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND 
SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR HEALTH 
CARE PROFESSIONALS. 
(a) TITLE 10 AUTHORITIES.—The following sections 
of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2018’’: 
(1) Section 2130a(a)(1), relating to nurse offi-
cer candidate accession program. 
(2) Section 16302(d), relating to repayment of 
education loans for certain health professionals who 
serve in the Selected Reserve. 
(b) TITLE 37 AUTHORITIES.—The following sections 
of title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2018’’: 
(1) Section 302c-1(f), relating to accession and 
retention bonuses for psychologists.
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(2) Section 302d(a)(1), relating to accession 
bonus for registered nurses. 
(3) Section 302e(a)(1), relating to incentive 
special pay for nurse anesthetists. 
(4) Section 302g(e), relating to special pay for 
Selected Reserve health professionals in critically 
short wartime specialties. 
(5) Section 302h(a)(1), relating to accession 
bonus for dental officers. 
(6) Section 302j(a), relating to accession bonus 
for pharmacy officers. 
(7) Section 302k(f), relating to accession bonus 
for medical officers in critically short wartime spe-
cialties. 
(8) Section 302l(g), relating to accession bonus 
for dental specialist officers in critically short war-
time specialties. 
SEC. 613. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF SPECIAL PAY AND 
BONUS AUTHORITIES FOR NUCLEAR OFFI-
CERS. 
The following sections of title 37, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2018’’:
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(1) Section 312(f), relating to special pay for 
nuclear-qualified officers extending period of active 
service. 
(2) Section 312b(c), relating to nuclear career 
accession bonus. 
(3) Section 312c(d), relating to nuclear career 
annual incentive bonus. 
SEC. 614. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELAT-
ING TO TITLE 37 CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL 
PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AUTHORI-
TIES. 
The following sections of title 37, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2018’’: 
(1) Section 331(h), relating to general bonus 
authority for enlisted members. 
(2) Section 332(g), relating to general bonus 
authority for officers. 
(3) Section 333(i), relating to special bonus and 
incentive pay authorities for nuclear officers. 
(4) Section 334(i), relating to special aviation 
incentive pay and bonus authorities for officers. 
(5) Section 335(k), relating to special bonus 
and incentive pay authorities for officers in health 
professions.
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(6) Section 336(g), relating to contracting 
bonus for cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the 
Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
(7) Section 351(h), relating to hazardous duty 
pay. 
(8) Section 352(g), relating to assignment pay 
or special duty pay. 
(9) Section 353(i), relating to skill incentive 
pay or proficiency bonus. 
(10) Section 355(h), relating to retention incen-
tives for members qualified in critical military skills 
or assigned to high priority units. 
SEC. 615. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELAT-
ING TO PAYMENT OF OTHER TITLE 37 BO-
NUSES AND SPECIAL PAYS. 
The following sections of title 37, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2018’’: 
(1) Section 301b(a), relating to aviation officer 
retention bonus. 
(2) Section 307a(g), relating to assignment in-
centive pay. 
(3) Section 308(g), relating to reenlistment 
bonus for active members.
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(4) Section 309(e), relating to enlistment 
bonus. 
(5) Section 316a(g), relating to incentive pay 
for members of precommissioning programs pur-
suing foreign language proficiency. 
(6) Section 324(g), relating to accession bonus 
for new officers in critical skills. 
(7) Section 326(g), relating to incentive bonus 
for conversion to military occupational specialty to 
ease personnel shortage. 
(8) Section 327(h), relating to incentive bonus 
for transfer between Armed Forces. 
(9) Section 330(f), relating to accession bonus 
for officer candidates. 
SEC. 616. REIMBURSEMENT FOR STATE LICENSURE AND 
CERTIFICATION COSTS OF A MEMBER OF THE 
ARMED FORCES ARISING FROM SEPARATION 
FROM THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) REIMBURSEMENT AUTHORIZED.—Section 1143 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) REIMBURSEMENT FOR STATE LICENSURE AND 
CERTIFICATION COSTS.—(1) The Secretary concerned 
may reimburse a member of the armed forces who sepa-
241 
rates from the armed forces for qualified relicensing costs 
of the member. 
‘‘(2) Reimbursement provided to a member under 
this subsection may not exceed $500. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘qualified relicensing 
costs’ means costs, including exam and registration fees, 
that— 
‘‘(A) are imposed by the State in which the 
member resides after separation from the armed 
forces to secure a license or certification to engage 
in a profession; and 
‘‘(B) are paid or incurred by the member to se-
cure the license or certification from the State in 
which the member resides after separation from the 
armed forces.’’. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO EX-
PEDITE LICENSE PORTABILITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES.— 
(1) CONSULTATION
WITH
STATES.—The Sec-
retary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland 
Security with respect to the Coast Guard, shall con-
sult with States— 
(A) to identify barriers to the portability 
between States of a license, certification, or 
other grant of permission held by a member of
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the Armed Forces to engage in an occupation 
when the member separates from the Armed 
Forces; and 
(B) to develop recommendations for the 
Federal Government and the States, together or 
separately, to expedite the portability of such li-
censes, certifications, and other grants of per-
mission for separated members of the Armed 
Forces. 
(2) SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting 
the consultation and preparing the recommendations 
under paragraph (1), the Secretaries shall consider 
the feasibility of— 
(A) States accepting licenses, certifi-
cations, and other grants of permission de-
scribed in paragraph (1) issued by another 
State and in good standing in that State; 
(B) the issuance of a temporary license 
pending completion of State-specific require-
ments; and 
(C) the establishment of an expedited re-
view process for separated members of the 
Armed Forces. 
(3) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 
15, 2018, the Secretaries shall submit to the appro-
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priate congressional committees and the States a re-
port containing the recommendations developed 
under this subsection. 
(4) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 
congressional committees’’ means the congressional 
defense committees, the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Government Affairs of the Senate, and 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 617. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF AVIATION 
BONUS FOR 12-MONTH PERIOD OF OBLI-
GATED SERVICE. 
Section 334(c)(1)(B) of title 37, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘$35,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$50,000’’. 
SEC. 618. TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS RELAT-
ING TO 2008 CONSOLIDATION OF CERTAIN 
SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES. 
(a) REPAYMENT PROVISIONS.— 
(1) TITLE
10.—Section 510(i), subsections 
(a)(3) and (c) of section 2005, paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of section 2007(e), section 2105, section 
2123(e)(1)(C), section 2128(c), section 2130a(d), 
section 2171(g), section 2173(g)(2), paragraphs (1)
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(e) REST AND RECUPERATION ABSENCE: CERTAIN 
MEMBERS UNDERGOING EXTENDED DEPLOYMENT TO A 
COMBAT
ZONE.—Section 705a(b)(1)(B) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting or ‘‘352(a)’’ 
after ‘‘section 305’’. 
(f) MILITARY PAY AND ALLOWANCES CONTINUANCE 
WHILE IN A MISSING STATUS.—Section 552(a)(2) of title 
37, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or para-
graph (2) of section 351(a)’’ after ‘‘section 301’’. 
(g) MILITARY
PAY
AND
ALLOWANCES.—Section 
907(d) of title 37, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or 
351’’ after ‘‘section 301’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or 
352’’ after ‘‘section 301c’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘or 
353(a)’’ after ‘‘section 304’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘or 
352’’ after ‘‘section 305’’; 
(E) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘or 
352’’ after ‘‘section 305a’’; 
(F) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ‘‘or 
352’’ after ‘‘section 305b’’;
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(G) in subparagraph (G), by inserting ‘‘or 
352’’ after ‘‘section 307a’’; 
(H) in subparagraph (I), by inserting ‘‘or 
352’’ after ‘‘section 314’’; 
(I) in subparagraph (J), by striking ‘‘316’’ 
and inserting ‘‘353(b)’’; and 
(J) in subparagraph (K), by striking 
‘‘323’’ and inserting ‘‘355’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or 
352’’ after ‘‘section 307’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘308’’ and inserting ‘‘331’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘309’’ and inserting ‘‘331’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘or 
353’’ after ‘‘section 320’’. 
(h) PAY AND ALLOWANCES.—Section 208(a)(2) of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 210(a)(2)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or 373’’ after ‘‘303a(b)’’.
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SEC. 619. IMPROVED EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND VET-
ERANS. 
(a) 
IMPROVED
EMPLOYMENT
SKILLS 
VERIFICATION.—Section 1143(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary of 
Defense’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) In order to improve the accuracy and complete-
ness of a certification or verification of job skills and expe-
rience required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to 
the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in 
the Navy shall— 
‘‘(A) establish a database to record all training 
performed by members of the armed forces that may 
have application to employment in the civilian sector; 
and 
‘‘(B) make unclassified information regarding 
such information available to States and other po-
tential employers referred to in subsection (c) so 
that State and other entities may allow military 
training to satisfy licensing or certification require-
ments to engage in a civilian profession.’’.
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(b) IMPROVED ACCURACY
OF CERTIFICATES
OF 
TRAINING
AND SKILLS.—Section 1143(a) of title 10, 
United States Code, is further amended by inserting after 
paragraph (2), as added by subsection (a), the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when 
it is not operating as a service in the Navy shall ensure 
that a certification or verification of job skills and experi-
ence required by paragraph (1) is rendered in such a way 
that States and other potential employers can confirm the 
accuracy and authenticity of the certification or 
verification.’’. 
(c) IMPROVED RESPONSIVENESS TO CERTIFICATION 
REQUESTS.—Section 1143(c) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘For the pur-
pose’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) A State may use a certification or verification 
of job skills and experience provided to a member of the 
armed forces under subsection (a) and request the Depart-
ment of Defense or the Coast Guard, as the case may be, 
to confirm the accuracy and authenticity of the certifi-
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cation or verification. A response confirming or denying 
the information shall be provided within five business 
days.’’. 
(d) IMPROVED
NOTICE
TO
MEMBERS.—Section 
1142(b)(4)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, includ-
ing State-submitted and approved lists of military training 
and skills that satisfy occupational certifications and li-
censes’’. 
Subtitle C—Disability Pay, Retired 
Pay, and Survivor Benefits 
SEC. 621. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING 
THE SPECIAL SURVIVOR INDEMNITY ALLOW-
ANCE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Dependency and indemnity compensation 
administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs 
provides financial support to the surviving spouses, 
children, and dependent parents of deceased vet-
erans. 
(2) The survivor benefit plan administered by 
the Department of Defense provides an inflation-ad-
justed annuity to the eligible survivors of certain de-
ceased military personnel.
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(3) The amount of compensation a surviving 
spouse may receive under the survivor benefit plan 
is offset on a dollar-for-dollar basis by any amount 
of dependency and indemnity compensation the sur-
viving spouse receives. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the special survivor indemnity allowance 
was created to assist surviving spouses and begin to 
repay the offset described in subsection (a)(3); and 
(2) such offset should be repealed as soon as 
possible. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 631. LAND CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY, ARMY AND AIR 
FORCE EXCHANGE SERVICE PROPERTY, DAL-
LAS, TEXAS. 
(a) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Army and Air 
Force Exchange Service may convey, by sale, exchange, 
or a combination thereof, all right, title, and interest of 
the United States in and to a parcel of real property, in-
cluding improvements thereon, that is located at 8901 
Autobahn Drive in Dallas, Texas, and was purchased 
using nonappropriated funds of the Army and Air Force 
Exchange Service. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Consideration for the real 
property conveyed under subsection (a) shall be at 
least equal to the fair market value of the property, 
as determined by the Army and Air Force Exchange 
Service. 
(2) TREATMENT OF CASH CONSIDERATION.— 
Any cash consideration received from the conveyance 
of the property under subsection (a) may be retained 
by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service since 
the property was acquired using nonappropriated 
funds. 
(c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The exact acreage 
and legal description of the real property to be conveyed 
under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satis-
factory to the Army and Air Force Exchange Service. The 
recipient of the property shall be required to cover the cost 
of the survey. 
(d) ADDITIONAL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The 
Army and Air Force Exchange Service may require such 
additional terms and conditions in connection with the 
conveyance under subsection (a) as the Army and Air 
Force Exchange Service considers appropriate to protect 
the interests of the United States.
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SEC. 632. REPORT REGARDING MANAGEMENT OF MILITARY 
COMMISSARIES AND EXCHANGES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report regarding management practices of mili-
tary commissaries and exchanges. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under this sec-
tion shall include a cost-benefit analysis with the goals 
of— 
(1) reducing the costs of operating military 
commissaries and exchanges by $2,000,000,000 dur-
ing fiscal years 2018 through 2022; and 
(2) not raising costs for patrons of military 
commissaries and exchanges. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other 
Health Care Benefits 
SEC. 701. PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF A 
RESERVE 
COMPONENT 
WHO 
ARE 
SEPA-
RATING FROM THE ARMED FORCES. 
Section 1145 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and
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(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection (d): 
‘‘(d) PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS FOR CERTAIN MEM-
BERS OF A RESERVE COMPONENT.—(1) The Secretary 
concerned shall provide a physical examination pursuant 
to subsection (a)(5) to each member of a reserve compo-
nent who— 
‘‘(A) during the two-year period before the date 
on which the member is scheduled to be separated 
from the armed force served on active duty in sup-
port of a contingency operation for a period of more 
than 30 days; 
‘‘(B) will not otherwise receive such an exam-
ination under such subsection; and 
‘‘(C) elects to receive such a physical examina-
tion. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned shall— 
‘‘(A) provide the physical examination under 
paragraph (1) to a member during the 90-day period 
before the date on which the member is scheduled to 
be separated from the armed forces; and 
‘‘(B) issue orders to such a member to receive 
such physical examination. 
‘‘(3) A member may not be entitled to health care 
benefits pursuant to subsection (a), (b), or (c) solely by
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reason of being provided a physical examination under 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(4) In providing to a member a physical examination 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall pro-
vide to the member a record of the physical examination.’’. 
SEC. 702. MENTAL HEALTH EXAMINATIONS BEFORE MEM-
BERS SEPARATE FROM THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1145(a)(5)(A) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and a men-
tal health examination conducted pursuant to section 
1074n of this title’’ after ‘‘a physical examination’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1074n(a) 
of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘(and before separa-
tion from active duty pursuant to section 1145(a)(5)(A) 
of this title)’’ after ‘‘each calendar year’’. 
SEC. 703. PROVISION OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY 
FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES. 
(a) HBOT TREATMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 1074n the following new section:
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‘‘§ 1074o. Provision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for 
certain members 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may furnish 
hyperbaric oxygen therapy available at a military medical 
treatment facility to a covered member if such therapy is 
prescribed by a physician to treat post-traumatic stress 
disorder or traumatic brain injury. 
‘‘(b) COVERED MEMBER DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘covered member’ means a member of the armed 
forces who is— 
‘‘(1) serving on active duty; and 
‘‘(2) diagnosed with post-traumatic stress dis-
order or traumatic brain injury.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 1074n 
the following new item: 
‘‘1074o. Provision of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for certain members.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 704. MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS FOR MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED IN SUP-
PORT OF A CONTINGENCY OPERATION. 
Section 1074m(a)(1)(B) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Until January 1, 2019, 
once’’ and inserting ‘‘Once’’. 
SEC. 705. COUNSELING AND TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE 
USE DISORDERS AND CHRONIC PAIN MAN-
AGEMENT SERVICES FOR MEMBERS WHO 
SEPARATE FROM THE ARMED FORCES. 
Section 1145(a)(6)(B)(i) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subclause (I)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, substance use dis-
order,’’ after ‘‘post-traumatic stress disorder’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause 
(III); and 
(3) by inserting after subclause (I) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(II) chronic pain management 
services, including counseling and 
treatment 
of 
co-occurring 
mental 
health disorders and alternatives to 
opioid analgesics; and’’.
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SEC. 706. EXPANSION OF SEXUAL TRAUMA COUNSELING 
AND TREATMENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE RE-
SERVE COMPONENTS. 
Section 1720D(a)(2)(A) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘on active duty’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘that was suffered by the member while 
serving on active duty, active duty for training, or 
inactive duty training.’’. 
Subtitle B—Health Care 
Administration 
SEC. 711. CLARIFICATION OF ROLES OF COMMANDERS OF 
MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES 
AND SURGEONS GENERAL. 
(a) ROLE OF COMMANDERS.—Section 1073c(a)(2) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting before subparagraph (B) the 
following new subparagraph (A): 
‘‘(A) the operation of such facility;’’. 
(b) ROLE OF SURGEONS GENERAL.— 
(1) SURGEON GENERAL OF THE ARMY.—Sec-
tion 3036(f) of title 10, United States Code, is
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amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) The Surgeon General is responsible— 
‘‘(i) for the medical readiness provided by the 
military medical treatment facilities of the Army; 
and 
‘‘(ii) for maintaining a ready medical force of 
the Army. 
‘‘(B) In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Surgeon 
General shall provide operational oversight of readiness 
matters of the military medical treatment facilities of the 
Army.’’. 
(2) SURGEON GENERAL OF THE NAVY.—Section 
5137(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) The Surgeon General is responsible— 
‘‘(i) for the medical readiness provided by the 
military medical treatment facilities of the Navy; 
and 
‘‘(ii) for maintaining a ready medical force of 
the Navy. 
‘‘(B) In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Surgeon 
General shall provide operational oversight of readiness 
matters of the military medical treatment facilities of the 
Navy.’’.
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(3) SURGEON GENERAL OF THE AIR FORCE.— 
Section 8036(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) The Surgeon General is responsible— 
‘‘(i) for the medical readiness provided by the 
military medical treatment facilities of the Air 
Force; and 
‘‘(ii) for maintaining a ready medical force of 
the Air Force. 
‘‘(B) In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Surgeon 
General shall provide operational oversight of readiness 
matters of the military medical treatment facilities of the 
Air Force.’’. 
SEC. 712. MAINTENANCE OF INPATIENT CAPABILITIES OF 
MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES 
LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. 
In carrying out section 1073d of title 10, United 
States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
each military medical treatment facility located outside the 
United States maintains, at a minimum, the inpatient ca-
pabilities of such facility as of September 30, 2016.
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SEC. 713. REGULAR UPDATE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG 
PRICING STANDARD UNDER TRICARE RETAIL 
PHARMACY PROGRAM. 
Section 1074g(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) With respect to the TRICARE retail pharmacy 
program described in subsection (a)(2)(E)(ii), the Sec-
retary shall ensure that a contract entered into with a 
TRICARE pharmacy program contractor includes require-
ments described in section 1860D–12(b)(6) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–112(b)(6)) to ensure the 
provision of information regarding the pricing standard 
for prescription drugs.’’. 
SEC. 714. RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR PODIATRISTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—In addition to any other quali-
fication required by law or regulation, the Secretary of De-
fense shall ensure that to serve as a podiatrist in the 
Armed Forces, an individual must have successfully com-
pleted a three-year podiatric medicine and surgical resi-
dency. 
(b) APPLICATION.—Subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to an individual who is commissioned as an officer 
in the Armed Forces on or after the date that is one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 715. TRAINING REQUIREMENT FOR HEALTH CARE 
PROFESSIONALS PRESCRIBING OPIOIDS FOR 
TREATMENT 
OF 
PAIN 
IN 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that to serve as a health care professional 
in the Department of Defense as an individual who is au-
thorized to prescribe or otherwise dispense opioids for the 
treatment of pain, the professional (other than a phar-
macist) must comply with the 12-hour training require-
ment of paragraph (2) at least once during each 3-year 
period or be licensed in a State that requires equivalent 
(or greater) training described in paragraph (2) with re-
spect to the prescribing or dispensing of opioids for the 
treatment of pain. 
(2) The training requirement of this paragraph is 
that the professional has completed not less than 12 hours 
of training (through classroom situations, seminars at pro-
fessional society meetings, electronic communications, or 
otherwise) with respect to— 
(A) pain management treatment guidelines and 
best practices; 
(B) early detection of opioid addiction; and 
(C) the treatment and management of opioid- 
dependent patients,
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that is provided by the American Society of Addiction 
Medicine, the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, 
the American Medical Association, the American Osteo-
pathic Association, the American Psychiatric Association, 
the American Academy of Pain Management, the Amer-
ican Pain Society, the American Academy of Pain Medi-
cine, the American Board of Pain Medicine, the American 
Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, or any other or-
ganization that the Secretary of Defense determines is ap-
propriate for purposes of this subsection. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRAINING MODULES.—(1) 
The Secretary of Defense shall establish or support the 
establishment of one or more training modules to be used 
to meet the training requirement under subsection (a). 
(2) To be eligible to receive support under paragraph 
(1), an entity shall be— 
(A) one of the organizations listed in paragraph 
(2) of subsection (a); or 
(B) any other organization that the Secretary 
determines is appropriate to provide training under 
such subsection.
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Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 721. ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR 
PRESCRIPTION 
DRUG 
ACQUISITION 
COST 
PARITY IN THE TRICARE PHARMACY BENE-
FITS PROGRAM. 
Section 743(d) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘October 1, 2018’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
SEC. 722. PILOT PROGRAM ON HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE 
SYSTEM. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall carry out a pilot program to provide a health care 
assistance service to certain covered beneficiaries enrolled 
in TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Select to improve the 
health outcomes and patient experience for covered bene-
ficiaries with complex medical conditions. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The pilot program under subsection 
(a) may include the following elements: 
(1) Assisting families with complex medical con-
ditions to understand and use the health benefits 
under the TRICARE program.
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(2) Supporting such families in accessing and 
navigating the health care delivery system. 
(3) Providing such families with information to 
allow the families to make informed decisions with 
health care providers. 
(4) Improving the health outcomes for such 
families. 
(c) DURATION.—The Secretary shall carry out the 
pilot program for an amount of time determined appro-
priate by the Secretary during the five-year period begin-
ning January 1, 2018. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2021, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives and the Senate a re-
port containing an evaluation of the success of the pilot 
program under subsection (a), including an analysis of the 
implementation of the elements under subsection (b). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘cov-
ered beneficiary’’, ‘‘TRICARE Prime’’, ‘‘TRICARE pro-
gram’’, and ‘‘TRICARE Select’’ have the meaning given 
those terms in section 1072 of title 10, United States 
Code.
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SEC. 
723. 
RESEARCH 
OF 
CHRONIC 
TRAUMATIC 
ENCEPHALOPATHY. 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 for 
advanced development for research, development, test, and 
evaluation for the Defense Health Program, not more than 
$25,000,000 may be used to award grants to medical re-
searchers and universities to support research into early 
detection of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. 
SEC. 724. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ELIGIBILITY OF VICTIMS 
OF ACTS OF TERROR FOR EVALUATION AND 
TREATMENT AT MILITARY TREATMENT FA-
CILITIES. 
Section 717 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) is amend-
ed by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following 
new subsections: 
‘‘(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the civilians covered by this section include 
United States victims of domestic and international ter-
rorism. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘act of terror’ means an act of 
domestic terrorism or international terrorism, as 
those terms are defined in section 2331 of title 18, 
United States Code.
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‘‘(2) The term ‘covered beneficiary’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1072 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘victim’, with respect to an act 
of terror, means an individual who suffered physical 
injury as a direct result of the act of terror.’’. 
SEC. 725. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
TERMINATION OF VETS4WARRIORS CRISIS 
HOTLINE PROGRAM. 
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by 
this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 
for the Department of Defense may be obligated or ex-
pended to terminate the Vets4Warriors crisis hotline pro-
gram unless the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 
the congressional defense committees a report describing 
a sufficient replacement to such program. 
SEC. 726. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO REC-
OMMENDATIONS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
a report to the congressional defense committees on the 
implementation by the Department of Defense of the rec-
ommendations from the Government Accountability Office 
report entitled ‘‘Actions Needed to Ensure Post-Trau-
matic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Are
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Considered in Misconduct Separations’’ and published 
May 16, 2017. 
SEC. 
727. 
AUTHORIZATION 
OF 
INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
AGREEMENTS 
FOR 
THE 
PROVISION 
OF 
HEALTH SCREENINGS. 
Section 2679(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Such term includes health screenings for condi-
tions relating to the exposure of perfluorooctanesuflonic 
acid and perfluorooctanoic acid in communities near for-
merly used defense sites that have been identified by the 
Secretary of Defense as sources of such acids.’’ 
SEC. 728. STUDY ON SAFE OPIOID PRESCRIBING PRAC-
TICES. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct 
a study on the effectiveness of the training provided to 
military health care providers regarding opioid prescribing 
practices, initiatives in opioid safety, the use of the VA/ 
DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of 
Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain, and other related train-
ing. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study under subsection (a) 
shall address the effectiveness of training with respect to 
the following:
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(1) Reducing the total number of prescription 
opioids dispensed by the Department of Defense to 
beneficiaries of health care furnished by the Depart-
ment. 
(2) Reducing the average dosage prescribed by 
a military health care provider to such beneficiaries. 
(3) Reducing the average number of doses per 
prescription for treatment of acute pain. 
(4) Reducing the average duration of opioid 
therapy for chronic pain. 
(5) Reducing the number of overdoses due to 
prescription opioids for patients with acute pain and 
patients undergoing opioid therapy for chronic pain. 
(6) Providing counseling and referrals to treat-
ment alternatives to opioid analgesics. 
(7) Providing education on the risks of opioid 
medications to individuals for whom such medica-
tions are prescribed, and to their families, with spe-
cial consideration given to raising awareness among 
adolescents on such risks. 
(8) Effectiveness in communicating to military 
health care providers changes in Department policies 
regarding opioid safety and prescribing practices. 
(c) BRIEFING.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro-
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vide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a briefing on the results 
of the study under subsection (a). 
SEC. 729. TICK-BORNE DISEASES. 
Using funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 for 
the Defense Health program, the Secretary of Defense 
may authorize grants to medical researchers and univer-
sities to support testing ticks for the purpose of improving 
the detection and diagnosis of tick-borne diseases. 
SEC. 730. REPORT. 
For each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2021, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
on the Department of Defense’s— 
(1) activities and programs with respect to in-
fectious disease; 
(2) priority areas with respect to infectious dis-
ease; and 
(3) current policy and planning documents with 
respect to infectious disease.
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SEC. 731. PROVISION OF SUPPORT BY DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS 
REGARDING 
ELECTRONIC 
HEALTH 
RECORD SYSTEM. 
(a) SUPPORT.—The Secretary of Defense may sup-
port the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to the extent the 
Secretaries jointly consider feasible and advisable, in the 
development and implementation of an electronic health 
record system that— 
(1) is derivative of the Military Health System 
Genesis record currently being developed and imple-
mented by the Secretary of Defense; and 
(2) achieves complete interoperability with the 
Military Health System Genesis. 
(b) ANNUAL REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary Veterans Affairs shall jointly conduct an an-
nual review of the efforts undertaken by the Secretaries 
to achieve complete interoperability between the electronic 
health record of the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
the Military Health System Genesis. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(1) REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days after 
completing each annual review under subsection (b), 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs shall jointly submit to the Committees 
on Armed Services and the Committees on Veterans’
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Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives a report on the review. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under paragraph 
(1) shall include an assessment of the following: 
(A) Milestones reached as part of the 
schedule of development and acquisition as de-
veloped by the Department of Defense and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(B) Costs associated with development and 
implementation. 
(C) Actions, if any, of the Secretary of De-
fense in supporting the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs pursuant to subsection (a) with respect 
to the development and implementation of an 
electronic health record system and in achieving 
complete interoperability with the Military 
Health System Genesis. 
(D) Status of the adoption of the national 
standards and architectural requirements iden-
tified by the Interagency Program Office of the 
Departments and in collaboration with the Of-
fice of the National Coordinator for Health In-
formation Technology of the Department of 
Health and Human Services.
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(d) TERMINATION.—The requirements under sub-
section (b) and (c) shall terminate on the date on which 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs jointly certify to the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices and the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-
ate and the House of Representatives that the electronic 
health records of both the Department of Defense and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs are completely interoper-
able. 
(e) INTEROPERABILITY DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘interoperability’’ refers to the ability of different 
electronic health records systems or software to meaning-
fully exchange information in real time and provide useful 
results to one or more systems. 
SEC. 732. INCREASED COLLABORATION WITH NIH TO COM-
BAT TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER. 
The Office of Health of the Department of Defense 
shall work in collaboration with the National Institutes of 
Health to— 
(1) identify specific genetic and molecular tar-
gets and biomarkers for triple negative breast can-
cer; and 
(2) provide information useful in biomarker se-
lection, drug discovery, and clinical trials design that 
will enable both—
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(A) triple negative breast cancer patients 
to be identified earlier in the progression of 
their disease; and 
(B) the development of multiple targeted 
therapies for the disease. 
SEC. 733. ENCOURAGING TRANSITION OF MILITARY MED-
ICAL PROFESSIONALS INTO EMPLOYMENT 
WITH VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall es-
tablish a program to encourage an individual who serves 
in the Armed Forces with a military occupational specialty 
relating to the provision of health care to seek employment 
with the Veterans Health Administration when the indi-
vidual has been discharged or released from service in the 
Armed Forces or is contemplating separating from such 
service. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to— 
(1) create any additional authority not other-
wise provided in law to convert a former member of 
the Armed Services to an employee of the Veterans 
Health Administration; or 
(2) circumvent any existing requirement relat-
ing to a detail, reassignment, or other transfer of
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such a former member to the Veterans Health Ad-
ministration. 
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POL-
ICY, ACQUISITION MANAGE-
MENT, AND RELATED MAT-
TERS 
Subtitle A—Defense Acquisition 
Streamlining and Transparency 
PART I—ACQUISITION SYSTEM STREAMLINING 
SEC. 801. PROCUREMENT THROUGH ONLINE MARKET-
PLACES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Adminis-
trator of General Services shall establish a program to 
procure commercial products through online marketplaces 
for purposes of expediting procurement and ensuring rea-
sonable pricing of commercial products. The Adminis-
trator shall carry out the program in accordance with this 
section, through more than one contract with more than 
one online marketplace provider, and shall design the pro-
gram to enable Government-wide use of such market-
places. 
(b) USE
OF PROGRAM
BY SECRETARY
OF DE-
FENSE.—The Secretary of Defense shall purchase, as ap-
propriate, commercial products for the Department of De-
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fense using the program established pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
(c) CRITERIA FOR ONLINE MARKETPLACES.—The 
Administrator shall ensure that an online marketplace 
used under the program established pursuant to sub-
section (a)— 
(1) is used widely in the private sector, includ-
ing in business-to-business e-commerce; 
(2) provides dynamic selection, in which sup-
pliers and products may be frequently updated, and 
dynamic pricing, in which product prices may be fre-
quently updated; 
(3) enables offers from multiple suppliers on 
the same or similar products to be sorted or filtered 
based on product and shipping price, delivery date, 
and reviews of suppliers or products; 
(4) does not feature or prioritize a product of 
a supplier based on any compensation or fee paid to 
the online marketplace by the supplier that is exclu-
sively for such featuring or prioritization on the on-
line marketplace; 
(5) provides the capability for procurement 
oversight controls, including spending limits, order 
approval, and order tracking;
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(6) provides consolidated invoicing, payment, 
and customer service functions for all transactions; 
(7) satisfies requirements for supplier and prod-
uct screening in subsection (d); and 
(8) collects information necessary to fulfill the 
information requirements in subsection (h). 
(d) SUPPLIER AND PRODUCT SCREENING.—The Ad-
ministrator shall— 
(1) provide or ensure electronic availability to 
an online marketplace provider awarded a contract 
pursuant to subsection (a), no less frequently than 
the first day of each month— 
(A) the list of suspended and debarred 
contractors contained in the System of Award 
Management maintained by the General Serv-
ices Administration, or any successor system; 
(B) a list of suppliers, by product, that 
certify compliance with the requirements of sec-
tion 2533a or 2533b of title 10, United States 
Code; 
(C) a list of suppliers, by product, that 
comply with the requirements of, or are subject 
to an exception under, chapter 83 of title 41, 
United States Code;
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(D) a list of suppliers, by product, with re-
spect to which the President has issued a waiv-
er under section 301 of the Trade Agreements 
Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2511); 
(E) a list of products, by supplier, that are 
suitable for the Federal Government to procure 
pursuant to section 2410n of title 10, United 
States Code, or section 8503 of title 41, United 
States Code; and 
(F) a list of suppliers, by product, that are 
small business concerns; 
(2) conduct reviews of suppliers to establish the 
lists required under paragraph (1); 
(3) ensure that an online marketplace used 
under the program established pursuant to sub-
section (a) provides the ability to search suppliers 
and products and identify such suppliers and prod-
ucts as authorized or not authorized for purchase 
during the procurement and order approval process 
based on the most recent lists provided pursuant to 
paragraph (1). 
(e) RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
PROVISIONS
OF 
LAW.—(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
procurement of a product made through an online market-
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place under the program established pursuant to sub-
section (a)— 
(A) is deemed to satisfy requirements for full 
and open competition pursuant to section 2304 of 
title 10, United States Code, and section 3301 of 
title 41, United States Code, if there are offers from 
two or more suppliers of such a product or similar 
product with substantially the same physical, func-
tional, or performance characteristics on the online 
marketplace; and 
(B) is deemed to be an award of a prime con-
tract for purposes of the goals established under sec-
tion 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
644(g)), if the purchase is from a supplier that is 
a small business concern. 
(2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as 
limiting the authority of a department or agency to re-
strict competition to small business concerns. 
(f) REQUIREMENT TO USE STANDARD TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS
OF
ONLINE
MARKETPLACES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, a procurement of a 
product through a commercial online marketplace used 
under the program established pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall be made under the standard terms and conditions 
of the marketplace relating to purchasing on the market-
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place, and the Administrator shall not require an online 
marketplace to modify its standard terms and conditions 
as a condition of receiving a contract pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
(g) PROCEDURES FOR AWARD OF CONTRACT.—Not-
withstanding section 2304 of title 10, United States Code, 
or any other provision of law, the award of a contract to 
an online marketplace provider pursuant to subsection (a) 
may be made without the use of full and open competition. 
(h) ORDER INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall re-
quire each online marketplace provider awarded a 
contract pursuant to subsection (a) to provide to the 
General Services Administration, not less frequently 
than the first day of each month, the ability to elec-
tronically access the following information with re-
spect to each product ordered during the preceding 
month: 
(A) The product name and description. 
(B) The date and time of the order. 
(C) The product price. 
(D) The person or entity within the de-
partment or agency that purchased the product 
and, if appropriate, the official who authorized 
the purchase.
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(E) The delivery address specified in the 
order for the product. 
(F) The number of suppliers that offered 
the same product or a similar product with sub-
stantially the same physical, functional, or per-
formance characteristics on the same date and 
time that the product was ordered. 
(2) DATA
SYSTEM.—The Administrator shall 
ensure that order information listed in paragraph 
(1) is entered into the Federal Procurement Data 
System described in section 1122 of title 41, United 
States Code. 
(i) LIMITATION ON INFORMATION DISCLOSURE.—In 
any contract awarded to an online marketplace provider 
pursuant to subsection (a), the Administrator shall require 
that the provider agree not to sell or otherwise make avail-
able to any third party any of the information listed in 
subsection (h)(1) in a manner that identifies the Federal 
Government, or any of its departments or agencies, as the 
purchaser, except with written consent of the Adminis-
trator. 
(j) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW
OF SMALL 
BUSINESS PARTICIPATION.— 
(1) REPORT
REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
three years after a contract with an online market-
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place provider is awarded pursuant to subsection 
(a), the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the committees listed in paragraph 
(2) a report on small business participation in the 
program established pursuant to subsection (a). The 
report shall include— 
(A) the number of small business concerns 
that have registered or that have sold goods 
with at least one online marketplace provider; 
(B) trends in small business participation; 
(C) the effect, if any, of the program on 
the ability of agencies to meet goals established 
under section 15(g) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 644(g)); and 
(D) a discussion of the limitations, if any, 
to small business participation in the program. 
(2) COMMITTEES.—The committees listed in 
this paragraph are the following: 
(A) The Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and House of Representatives. 
(B) The Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form of the House of Representatives.
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(C) The Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Small Business of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ONLINE
MARKETPLACE
PROVIDER.—The 
term ‘‘online marketplace provider’’ means a com-
mercial, non-Government entity providing an online 
portal for the purchase of commercial products ag-
gregated, distributed, sold, or manufactured by such 
entity. The term does not include an online portal 
managed by the Government for, or predominantly 
for use by, Government agencies. 
(2) COMMERCIAL PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘com-
mercial product’’ means a commercially available off- 
the-shelf item, as defined in section 104 of title 41, 
United States Code, except the term does not in-
clude services. 
(3) SMALL
BUSINESS
CONCERN.—The term 
‘‘small business concern’’ has the meaning given 
such term under section 3 of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632).
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SEC. 802. PERFORMANCE OF INCURRED COST AUDITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 137 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2313a 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2313b. Performance of incurred cost audits 
‘‘(a) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS OF RISK AND 
MATERIALITY.—Not later than October 1, 2020, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall comply with commercially accepted 
standards of risk and materiality in the performance of 
each incurred cost audit of costs associated with a contract 
of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(b) CONDITIONS FOR THE USE OF QUALIFIED PRI-
VATE AUDITORS
TO PERFORM INCURRED COST AU-
DITS.—(1) The Secretary shall use a qualified private 
auditor to perform a sufficient number of incurred cost 
audits of contracts of the Department of Defense in order 
to ensure that— 
‘‘(A) any backlog of incurred cost audits of the 
Defense Contract Audit Agency is eliminated by Oc-
tober 1, 2020; 
‘‘(B) incurred cost audits are completed not 
later than one year after the date of receipt of a 
qualified incurred cost submission; 
‘‘(C) sufficient private sector capacity exists to 
meet the current and future needs of the Depart-
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ment of Defense for the performance of incurred 
cost audits; 
‘‘(D) qualified private auditors are used to per-
form a substantial number of incurred cost audits on 
an ongoing basis to improve the efficiency and effec-
tiveness of the performance of incurred cost audits; 
‘‘(E) the Defense Contract Audit Agency is able 
to devote ample resources to high priority audits; 
and 
‘‘(F) multi-year auditing is conducted only to 
address outstanding incurred cost audits for which a 
qualified incurred cost submission was submitted to 
the Defense Contract Audit Agency more than 12 
months before the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(2)(A) Not later than October 1, 2018, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a copy of the acquisition 
plan required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
for the task order contract to be awarded under sub-
paragraph (B). Such plan shall also include— 
‘‘(i) a description of the incurred cost au-
dits that the Secretary determines are appro-
priate to be conducted by qualified private audi-
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tors, including the approximate number and 
dollar value of such incurred cost audits; and 
‘‘(ii) an estimate of the number and dollar 
value of incurred cost audits to be conducted by 
qualified private auditors for each of the fiscal 
years 2019 through 2025 necessary to meet the 
requirements of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) Not later than October 1, 2019, the Sec-
retary of Defense or a Federal department or agency 
authorized by the Secretary shall award an indefinite 
delivery-indefinite quantity task order contract to 
two or more qualified private auditors to perform in-
curred cost audits of costs associated with contracts 
of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(C) The Defense Contract Management Agen-
cy, a contract administration office of a military de-
partment, or an authorized entity outside of the De-
partment of Defense shall issue a task order to per-
form an incurred cost audit to a qualified private 
auditor under a task order contract awarded under 
subparagraph (B), if issuing such task order will as-
sist the Secretary in meeting the requirements of 
paragraph (1). Such task order may be issued only 
to a qualified private auditor that certifies that the
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qualified private auditor possesses the necessary 
independence to perform such an audit. 
‘‘(D) A qualified private auditor performing an 
incurred cost audit of a contract of the Department 
of Defense shall develop and maintain complete and 
accurate working papers on each incurred cost audit. 
All working papers and reports on the incurred cost 
audit prepared by such qualified private auditor 
shall be the property of the Department of Defense, 
except that the qualified private auditor may retain 
a complete copy of all working papers to support 
such reports made pursuant to this section. 
‘‘(E) The Defense Contract Audit Agency may 
not conduct further audit or review of an incurred 
cost audit performed by a qualified private auditor 
pursuant to this section unless requested to do so as 
part of conducting contract quality assurance func-
tions in accordance with the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation. 
‘‘(3)(A) Effective October 1, 2022, the Defense 
Contract Audit Agency may issue unqualified audit 
findings for an incurred cost audit only if the De-
fense Contract Audit Agency is peer reviewed by a 
commercial auditor and passes such peer review. 
This peer review shall be conducted in accordance
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with the peer review requirements of generally ac-
cepted government auditing standards of the Comp-
troller General of the United States and shall be 
deemed to meet the requirements of the Defense 
Contract Audit Agency for a peer review under such 
standards. 
‘‘(B) The peer review referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) shall occur not less frequently 
than once every three years. 
‘‘(C) Not later than October 1, 2019, the 
Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives an update on the process of secur-
ing a commercial auditor to perform the peer 
review referred to in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(4) The Secretary of Defense shall consider 
the results of an incurred cost audit performed 
under this section without regard to whether the De-
fense Contract Audit Agency or a qualified private 
auditor performed the audit. 
‘‘(5) The contracting officer for a contract that 
is the subject of an incurred cost audit shall have 
the sole discretion to accept or reject an audit find-
ing on direct costs of the contract.
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‘‘(c) MATERIALITY STANDARDS FOR INCURRED COST 
AUDITS.—(1) Not later than October 1, 2020, and except 
as provided in paragraph (2), the minimum materiality 
standard used by an auditor shall— 
‘‘(A) for an incurred cost audit of costs in 
an amount less than or equal to $100,000, be 
4 percent of such costs; 
‘‘(B) for an incurred cost audit of costs in 
an amount greater than $100,000 but less than 
$500,000, be $2,000 plus 2 percent of such 
costs; 
‘‘(C) for an incurred cost audit of costs in 
an amount greater than $500,000 but less than 
$1,000,000, be $5,000 plus 1 percent of such 
costs; 
‘‘(D) for an incurred cost audit of costs in 
an amount greater than $1,000,000 but less 
than $5,000,000, be $8,000 plus 0.9 percent of 
such costs; 
‘‘(E) for an incurred cost audit of costs in 
an amount greater than $5,000,000 but less 
than $10,000,000, be $13,000 plus 0.8 percent 
of such costs; 
‘‘(F) for an incurred cost audit of costs in 
an amount greater than $10,000,000 but less
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than $50,000,000, be $23,000 plus 0.7 percent 
of such costs; 
‘‘(G) for an incurred cost audit of costs in 
an amount greater than $50,000,000 but less 
than $100,000,000, be $73,000 plus 0.6 per-
cent of such costs; 
‘‘(H) for an incurred cost audit of costs in 
an amount greater than $100,000,000 but less 
than $500,000,000, be $153,000 plus 0.52 per-
cent of such costs; and 
‘‘(I) for an incurred cost audit of costs in 
an amount greater than $500,000,000, be 
$503,000 plus 0.45 percent of such costs. 
‘‘(2) An auditor that performs an incurred cost 
audit under this section may use a materiality 
standard of a lesser amount than the materiality 
standard described under paragraph (1) with respect 
to a particular qualified incurred cost submission 
from a contractor based on an assessment of risk 
presented by such qualified incurred cost submis-
sion. The risk shall be assessed by the auditor in ac-
cordance with generally accepted government audit-
ing standards and guidance issued by the Secretary 
of Defense.
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‘‘(3) Not later than March 1, 2019, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on 
practices for assessing risk and materiality in audit-
ing, which shall include— 
‘‘(A) a summary of commercially accepted 
standards of risk and materiality and Govern-
ment standards for risk and materiality as re-
lated to incurred cost audits; 
‘‘(B) examples of how commercial auditing 
firms apply such standards in developing meth-
odologies for conducting incurred cost audits; 
and 
‘‘(C) recommendations, if appropriate, to 
modify the minimum materiality standards 
under paragraph (1) to be consistent with com-
mercially accepted standards of risk and mate-
riality. 
‘‘(4) Not later than October 1, 2019, and every 
5 years thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on commercially accepted standards of risk and 
materiality as related to incurred cost audits. The 
report may contain recommendations to modify the 
materiality standards under paragraph (1) to be
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consistent with such commercially accepted stand-
ards of risk and materiality. 
‘‘(d) TIMELINESS OF INCURRED COST AUDITS.—(1) 
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that all incurred 
cost audits performed pursuant to subsection (b) are per-
formed in a timely manner. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall notify a 
contractor within 60 days after receipt of an in-
curred cost submission from the contractor whether 
the submission is a qualified incurred cost submis-
sion. 
‘‘(3) With respect to qualified incurred cost 
submissions received on or after the date of the en-
actment of this section, audit findings shall be 
issued for an incurred cost audit not later than one 
year after the date of receipt of such qualified in-
curred cost submission. 
‘‘(4) If audit findings are not issued within one 
year after the date of receipt of a qualified incurred 
cost submission, such qualified incurred cost submis-
sion shall be considered accepted in its entirety un-
less the Secretary of Defense can demonstrate that 
the contractor unreasonably withheld information 
necessary to perform the incurred cost audit.
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‘‘(f) REVIEW OF AUDIT PERFORMANCE.—Not later 
than April 1, 2025, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall provide a report to the congressional defense 
committees that evaluates for the period beginning on Oc-
tober 1, 2019, and ending on August 31, 2023— 
‘‘(1) the timeliness, individual cost, and quality 
of incurred cost audits, set forth separately by in-
curred cost audits performed by the Defense Con-
tract Audit Agency and by qualified private auditors; 
‘‘(2) the cost to contractors of the Department 
of Defense for incurred cost audits, set forth sepa-
rately by incurred cost audits performed by the De-
fense Contract Audit Agency and by qualified pri-
vate auditors; 
‘‘(3) the effect, if any, on other types of audits 
conducted by the Defense Contract Audit Agency 
that results from incurred cost audits conducted by 
qualified private auditors; and 
‘‘(4) the capability and capacity of commercial 
auditors to conduct incurred cost audits for the De-
partment of Defense. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘commercial auditor’ means a 
private entity engaged in the business of performing 
audits.
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‘‘(2) 
The 
term 
‘flexibly 
priced 
contract’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) a cost-type contract, fixed-price in-
centive fee contract, or price-redeterminable 
contract, or a task order issued under an indefi-
nite delivery-indefinite quantity task order con- 
10 tract, for which final payment is based on 
actual costs incurred; or 
‘‘(B) the materials portion of a time-and- 
materials contract or labor-hour contract of the 
Department of Defense. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘incurred cost audit’ means an 
audit of charges to the Government by a contractor 
under a flexibly priced contract. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘materiality standard’ means a 
dollar amount of misstatements, including omissions, 
contained in an incurred cost audit that would be 
material if the misstatements, individually or in the 
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to influence 
the economic decisions of the Government made on 
the basis of the incurred cost audit. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘qualified incurred cost submis-
sion’ means a submission by a contractor of costs in-
curred under a flexibly priced contract that has been
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qualified by the Department of Defense as sufficient 
to conduct an incurred cost audit. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘qualified private auditor’ means 
a commercial auditor— 
‘‘(A) that performs audits in accordance 
with generally accepted government auditing 
standards of the Comptroller General of the 
United States; and 
‘‘(B) that has received a passing peer re-
view rating, as defined by generally accepted 
Government auditing standards.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 2313a the following new 
item: 
‘‘2313b. Performance of incurred cost audits.’’. 
SEC. 803. MODIFICATIONS TO COST OR PRICING DATA AND 
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) MODIFICATIONS TO SUBMISSIONS OF COST OR 
PRICING DATA.— 
(1) TITLE 10.—Subsection (a) of section 2306a 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘December 5, 1990’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2018’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘December 5, 1991’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2018’’;
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(C) by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘$750,000’’; 
(D) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraphs (A)(i), (B)(i), 
(C)(i), (C)(ii), and (D)(i), by striking 
‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500,000’’; 
and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$750,000’’; 
(E) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘Decem-
ber 5, 1990’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2018’’; 
and 
(F) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘to the 
amount’’ and all that follows through ‘‘higher 
multiple of $50,000.’’ and inserting ‘‘in accord-
ance with section 1908 of title 41.’’. 
(2) TITLE 41.—Section 3502 of title 41, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘October 13, 1994’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘June 
30, 2018’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘$750,000’’;