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SEC. 1268. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON BROADENING AND EX-
PANDING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND 
ALLIES. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States is an ally-rich country and 
our potential competitors, such as Russia, China, and 
North Korea, are ally-poor countries; 
(2) United States allies and partners are critical 
to defending peace and prosperity throughout the 
world; 
(3) the rules-based international order supported 
by the United States and its allies has ensured, and 
will continue to promote, an international system 
that benefits all nations; 
(4) throughout the world, the United States will 
continue to foster relationships with countries with 
like minds and beliefs; 
(5) as the United States manages multiple stra-
tegic challenges, the enduring strength of the United 
States remains in alliances such as the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization, the Rio Treaty, and mutual de-
fense treaties with Japan, the Republic of Korea, Aus-
tralia, the Philippines, and Thailand; 
(6) the resolve of the United States remains as 
strong as ever to forge new alliances and partnerships 
with countries in order to jointly to work with one
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another on shared challenges in Europe, the Indo-Pa-
cific and throughout the world; 
(7) the United States will continue to invest in 
critical capabilities, build a force posture that de-
creases the vulnerabilities of the United States and 
increases resiliency, all of which will help reassure the 
allies and partners of the United States; 
(8) the United States will encourage allies and 
partners to be full and cooperative partners in their 
own defense and the defense of the free and open 
international order; and 
(9) the United States will continue to deepen 
and expand alliances, especially in the Indo-Pacific, 
and will take no ally for granted. 
SEC. 1269. REMOVAL OF TURKEY FROM THE F–35 PROGRAM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Government of the Republic of Turkey 
continues to unlawfully and wrongfully detain An-
drew Brunson, a United States citizen, and continues 
to deny Mr. Brunson due process rights consistent 
with international norms. 
(2) The Government of the Republic of Turkey 
has wrongly charged Andrew Brunson with belonging 
to a terrorist organization and engaging in terrorist 
activities.
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(3) The Government of the Republic of Turkey, 
including the senior leadership of the government, 
bears direct responsibility for the health and safety of 
Andrew Brunson while he remains in the custody of 
the Government of the Republic of Turkey. 
(4) Congress will not tolerate any foreign govern-
ment’s efforts to use United States citizens for polit-
ical leverage. 
(5) President Erdogan, along with other senior 
officials of the Government of the Republic of Turkey, 
have publicly and repeatedly stated the intention of 
the Government of the Republic of Turkey to purchase 
the S–400 system from Russia, an act that is 
sanctionable under current United States law. 
(6) Any effort by the Government of the Republic 
of Turkey to further enhance their relationship with 
Russia will degrade the general security of the NATO 
alliance, and NATO member countries, and degrade 
interoperability of the alliance. 
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to re-
move the Government of the Republic of Turkey from par-
ticipation in the F–35 program, to include industrial and 
military aspects of the program. The plan shall include:
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(1) steps required to unwind industrial partici-
pation of Turkish industry in the manufacturing and 
assembly of the F–35 program; 
(2) costs associated with replacing tooling and 
other manufacturing materials held by Turkish in-
dustry; 
(3) timelines associated with the removal of the 
Government of the Republic of Turkey and Turkish 
industry from participation in the F–35 program, so 
as to cause the least impact on the remaining inter-
national program partners; and 
(4) steps required to prohibit the transfer of any 
F–35 aircraft currently owned and operated, by the 
Government of the Republic of Turkey, from the terri-
tory of the United States. 
(c) LIMITATION ON THE TRANSFER OF THE F–35 TO 
TURKEY.—The Department of Defense may not transfer the 
title for any F–35 aircraft to the Government of the Repub-
lic of Turkey, until such time as the report identified in 
subsection (b) has been submitted. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; and
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(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 1270. INCREASE IN MINIMUM AMOUNT OF OBLIGA-
TIONS FROM THE SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISI-
TION FUND FOR PRECISION GUIDED MUNI-
TIONS. 
(a) INCREASE.—Section 114(c)(3) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘20 percent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘25 percent’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2018, and shall 
apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on and after 
that date. 
TITLE XIII—COOPERATIVE 
THREAT REDUCTION 
SEC. 1301. SPECIFICATION OF COOPERATIVE THREAT RE-
DUCTION FUNDS. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2019 COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUC-
TION FUNDS DEFINED.—In this title, the term ‘‘fiscal year 
2019 Cooperative Threat Reduction funds’’ means the funds 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 301 and made available by the funding 
table in section 4301 for the Department of Defense Cooper-
ative Threat Reduction Program established under section
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1321 of the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Re-
duction Act (50 U.S.C. 3711). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in section 
301 and made available by the funding table in section 
4301 for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Re-
duction Program shall be available for obligation for fiscal 
years 2019, 2020, and 2021. 
SEC. 1302. FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. 
Of the $335,240,000 authorized to be appropriated to 
the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2019 in section 
301 and made available by the funding table in section 
4301 for the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Re-
duction Program established under section 1321 of the De-
partment of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Act (50 
U.S.C. 3711), the following amounts may be obligated for 
the purposes specified: 
(1) For strategic offensive arms elimination, 
$2,823,000. 
(2) 
For 
chemical 
weapons 
destruction, 
$5,446,000. 
(3) For global nuclear security, $29,001,000. 
(4) 
For 
cooperative 
biological 
engagement, 
$197,585,000. 
(5) For proliferation prevention, $74,937,000.
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(6) For activities designated as Other Assess-
ments/Administrative Costs, $25,448,000. 
TITLE XIV—OTHER 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2019 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
providing capital for working capital and revolving funds, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1402. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUC-
TION, DEFENSE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department 
of Defense for fiscal year 2019 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruc-
tion, Defense, as specified in the funding table in section 
4501. 
(b) USE.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated 
under subsection (a) are authorized for— 
(1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and 
munitions in accordance with section 1412 of the De-
partment of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 
U.S.C. 1521); and
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(2) the destruction of chemical warfare materiel 
of the United States that is not covered by section 
1412 of such Act. 
SEC. 1403. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2019 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for Drug Interdiction and Counter- 
Drug Activities, Defense-wide, as specified in the funding 
table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1404. DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2019 for expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, for the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Defense, as specified in the fund-
ing table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1405. DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2019 for the Defense Health Program, as specified 
in the funding table in section 4501, for use of the Armed 
Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department 
of Defense in providing for the health of eligible bene-
ficiaries.
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Subtitle B—National Defense 
Stockpile 
SEC. 1411. CONSOLIDATION OF REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS UNDER THE STRATEGIC AND CRIT-
ICAL MATERIALS STOCK PILING ACT. 
Section 11 of the Strategic and Critical Materials 
Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h–2) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘January 15 
of’’ and inserting ‘‘February 15’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Not 
later’’ and all that follows through ‘‘report con-
taining’’ and inserting ‘‘Each report under sub-
section (a) shall also include’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Each such report’’ in 
the first sentence and inserting ‘‘Each re-
port under subsection (a) with respect to 
matters covered by this subsection’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘Each such report’’ in 
the second sentence and inserting ‘‘Each re-
port under subsection (a) with respect to 
such matters’’.
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Subtitle C—Armed Forces 
Retirement Home 
SEC. 1421. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2019 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust 
Fund the sum of $64,300,000 for the operation of the Armed 
Forces Retirement Home. 
SEC. 1422. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR RESIDENCE AT 
THE ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
Section 1512 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home 
Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 412) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1512. RESIDENTS OF RETIREMENT HOME. 
‘‘(a) PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO BE RESIDENTS.—Except 
as provided in subsection (b), the following persons who 
served as members of the Armed Forces, at least one-half 
of whose service was not active commissioned service (other 
than as a warrant officer or limited-duty officer), are eligi-
ble to become residents of the Retirement Home: 
‘‘(1) Persons who are 60 years of age or over and 
were discharged or released from service in the Armed 
Forces after 20 or more years of active service. 
‘‘(2) Persons who are determined under rules 
prescribed by the Chief Operating Officer to be suf-
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fering from a service-connected disability incurred in 
the line of duty in the Armed Forces. 
‘‘(3) Persons who served in a war theater during 
a time of war declared by Congress or were eligible 
for hostile fire special pay under section 310 or 351 
of title 37, United States Code, and who are deter-
mined under rules prescribed by the Chief Operating 
Officer to be suffering from injuries, disease, or dis-
ability. 
‘‘(4) Persons who served in a women’s compo-
nent of the Armed Forces before June 12, 1948, and 
are determined under rules prescribed by the Chief 
Operating Officer to be eligible for admission because 
of compelling personal circumstances. 
‘‘(b) PERSONS INELIGIBLE TO BE RESIDENTS.—The 
following persons are ineligible to become a resident of the 
Retirement Home: 
‘‘(1) A person who— 
‘‘(A) has been convicted of a felony; or 
‘‘(B) was discharged or released from service 
in the Armed Forces under other than honorable 
conditions. 
‘‘(2) A person with substance abuse or mental 
health problems, except upon a judgment and satisfac-
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tory determination by the Chief Operating Officer 
that— 
‘‘(A) the person has been evaluated by a 
qualified health professional selected by the Re-
tirement Home; 
‘‘(B) the Retirement Home can accommo-
date the person’s condition; and 
‘‘(C) the person agrees to such conditions of 
residency as the Retirement Home may require. 
‘‘(c) ACCEPTANCE.—To apply for acceptance as a resi-
dent of a facility of the Retirement Home, a person eligible 
to be a resident shall submit to the Administrator of that 
facility an application in such form and containing such 
information as the Chief Operating Officer may require. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITIES FOR ACCEPTANCE.—The Chief Oper-
ating Officer shall establish a system of priorities for the 
acceptance of residents so that the most deserving appli-
cants will be accepted whenever the number of eligible ap-
plicants is greater than the Retirement Home can accom-
modate. 
‘‘(e) SPOUSES OF RESIDENTS.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY TO ADMIT.—Except as other-
wise established pursuant to subsection (d), the spouse 
of a person accepted as a resident of a facility of the