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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 2 of such title is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 118. 
SEC. 903. COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL DEFENSE STRAT-
EGY FOR THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established a 
commission to be known as the ‘‘Commission on the Na-
tional Defense Strategy for the United States’’. The pur-
pose of the commission is to examine and make rec-
ommendations with respect to national defense strategy 
for the United States. 
(b) COMPOSITION.— 
(1) MEMBERSHIP.—The commission shall be 
composed of 12 members appointed as follows: 
(A) Three members appointed by the chair 
of the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives. 
(B) Three members appointed by the rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(C) Three members appointed by the chair 
of the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate. 
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(D) Three members appointed by the rank-
ing minority member of the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate. 
(2) CHAIR; VICE CHAIR.— 
(A) CHAIR.—The chair of the Committee 
on Armed Services of the House of Representa-
tive and the chair of the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate shall jointly designate 
one member of the commission to serve as chair 
of the commission. 
(B) VICE
CHAIR.—The ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representative and the ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate shall jointly designate 
one member of the commission to serve as vice 
chair of the commission. 
(3) PERIOD
OF
APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.— 
Members shall be appointed for the life of the com-
mission. Any vacancy in the commission shall be 
filled in the same manner as the original appoint-
ment. 
(c) DUTIES.— 
(1) REVIEW.—The commission shall review the 
current national defense strategy of the United 
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States, including the assumptions, missions, force 
posture and capabilities, and strategic and military 
risks associated with the strategy. 
(2) ASSESSMENT
AND
RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
The commission shall conduct a comprehensive as-
sessment of the strategic environment, the size and 
shape of the force, the readiness of the force, the 
posture and capabilities of the force, the allocation 
of resources, and strategic and military risks to pro-
vide recommendations on national defense strategy 
for the United States. 
(d) COOPERATION FROM GOVERNMENT.— 
(1) COOPERATION.—In carrying out its duties, 
the commission shall receive the full and timely co-
operation of the Secretary of Defense in providing 
the commission with analysis, briefings, and other 
information necessary for the fulfillment of its re-
sponsibilities. 
(2) LIAISON.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
designate at least one officer or employee of the De-
partment of Defense to serve as a liaison officer be-
tween the Department and the commission. 
(e) REPORT.— 
(1) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than December 
1, 2017, the commission shall submit to the Presi-
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dent, the Secretary of Defense, the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
a report on the commission’s findings, conclusions, 
and recommendations. The report shall address, but 
not be limited to, each of the following: 
(A) The strategic environment, including 
security challenges, and the national security 
interests of the United States. 
(B) The military missions for which the 
Department of Defense should prepare and the 
force planning construct. 
(C) The roles and missions of the Armed 
Forces to carry out those missions and the roles 
and capabilities provided by other United States 
Government agencies and by allies and inter-
national partners. 
(D) The force size and shape, posture and 
capabilities, readiness, infrastructure, organiza-
tion, personnel, and other elements of the de-
fense program necessary to support the strat-
egy. 
(E) The resources necessary to support the 
strategy, including budget recommendations. 
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(F) The strategic and military risks associ-
ated with the strategy, including the relation-
ships and tradeoffs between missions, risks, and 
resources. 
(2) INTERIM BRIEFING.—Not later than June 
1, 2017, the commission shall provide to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Armed Services 
of the Senate a briefing on the status of its review 
and assessment, and include a discussion of any in-
terim recommendations. 
(f) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this 
Act to the Department of Defense, $5,000,000 is available 
to fund the activities of the commission. 
(g) TERMINATION.—The commission shall terminate 
6 months after the date on which it submits the report 
required by subsection (e). 
SEC. 904. REFORM OF DEFENSE STRATEGIC AND POLICY 
GUIDANCE. 
Subsection (g) of section 113 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) DEFENSE
STRATEGIC
AND
POLICY
GUID-
ANCE.— 
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‘‘(1) DEFENSE
STRATEGIC
GUIDANCE.—The 
Secretary of Defense, with the advice and assistance 
of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall 
provide every four years to the heads of the military 
departments, the unified and specified combatant 
commands, all other Defense Agencies and Depart-
ment of Defense Field Activities, and any other ele-
ments of the Department of Defense named in para-
graphs (1) to (10) of section 111(b) of this title, 
written strategic guidance expressing the national 
defense strategy of the United States. The strategic 
guidance shall— 
‘‘(A) support the most recent national se-
curity strategy report of the President under 
section 108 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043); 
‘‘(B) be a mechanism for— 
‘‘(i) setting priorities for sizing and 
shaping the force, guiding the development 
and sustainment of capabilities, allocating 
resources, and adjusting the organization 
of the Department of Defense to respond 
to changes in the strategic environment; 
‘‘(ii) monitoring, assessing, and hold-
ing accountable agencies within the De-
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partment of Defense for the development 
of policies and programs that support the 
national defense strategy; 
‘‘(iii) integrating and supporting other 
national and related interagency security 
policies and strategies with other Depart-
ment of Defense guidance, plans, and ac-
tivities; and 
‘‘(iv) communicating such national de-
fense strategy to the American public, 
Congress, relevant United States Govern-
ment agencies, and allies and international 
partners; 
‘‘(C) provide a comprehensive discussion 
of— 
‘‘(i) the assumed strategic environ-
ment, including security challenges, and 
the assumed or defined prioritized national 
security interests and objectives of the 
United States; 
‘‘(ii) the prioritized military missions 
for which the Department of Defense must 
prepare and the assumed force planning 
scenarios and constructs; 
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‘‘(iii) the roles and missions of the 
armed forces to carry out those missions, 
and the assumed roles and capabilities pro-
vided by other United States Government 
agencies and by allies and international 
partners; 
‘‘(iv) the force size and shape, pos-
ture, capabilities, readiness, infrastructure, 
organization, personnel, and other ele-
ments of the defense program necessary to 
support the strategy; 
‘‘(v) the resources necessary to sup-
port the strategy, including an estimated 
budget plan; and 
‘‘(vi) the strategic and military risks 
associated with the strategy, including the 
relationships and tradeoffs between mis-
sions, risks, and resources; and 
‘‘(D) include any additional or alternative 
views of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, including any military assessment of 
risks associated with the defense strategy. 
‘‘(2) POLICY GUIDANCE ON DEVELOPMENT OF 
FORCES.—In implementing the guidance in para-
graph (1), the Secretary of Defense, with the advice 
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and assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 
of Staff, shall provide annually to the heads of the 
military departments, the unified and specified com-
batant commands, all other Defense Agencies and 
Department of Defense Field Activities, and any 
other elements of the Department of Defense named 
in paragraphs (1) to (10) of section 111(b) of this 
title, written policy guidance for the preparation and 
review of the program recommendations and budget 
proposals of their respective components to guide the 
development of forces. Such guidance shall include— 
‘‘(A) the prioritized national security inter-
ests and objectives; 
‘‘(B) the prioritized military missions of 
the Department of Defense, including the as-
sumed force planning scenarios and constructs; 
‘‘(C) the force size and shape, posture, ca-
pabilities, readiness, infrastructure, organiza-
tion, personnel, and other elements of the de-
fense program necessary to support the strat-
egy; 
‘‘(D) the resource levels projected to be 
available for the period of time for which such 
recommendations and proposals are to be effec-
tive; and 
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‘‘(E) a discussion of any changes in the de-
fense strategy and assumptions underpinning 
the strategy, as required by paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) POLICY
GUIDANCE
ON
CONTINGENCY 
PLANNING.—In implementing the guidance in para-
graph (1), the Secretary of Defense, with the ap-
proval of the President and after consultation with 
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall pro-
vide, every two years or more frequently as needed, 
to the Chairman written policy guidance for the 
preparation and review of contingency plans, includ-
ing plans for providing support to civil authorities in 
an incident of national significance or a catastrophic 
incident, for homeland defense, and for military sup-
port to civil authorities. Such guidance shall include 
guidance on the employment of forces, including spe-
cific force levels and specific supporting resource lev-
els projected to be available for the period of time 
for which such plans are to be effective. 
‘‘(4) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—(A) Not later 
than February 15th in any calendar year in which 
any of the written guidance in paragraphs (1), (2), 
and (3) is required, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a 
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copy of such guidance developed under such para-
graphs. 
‘‘(B) In addition, not later than February 15th 
in any calendar year in which the written guidance 
in paragraph (1) is required, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a detailed summary of any classified aspects 
of the strategic guidance, including assumptions re-
garding the strategic environment; military missions; 
force planning scenarios and constructs; force size, 
shape, posture, capabilities, and readiness; and any 
additional or alternative views of the Chairman of 
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.’’. 
SEC. 905. REFORM OF THE NATIONAL MILITARY STRATEGY. 
Paragraph (1) of section 153(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) NATIONAL MILITARY STRATEGY.—(A) The 
Chairman shall determine each even-numbered year 
whether to prepare a new National Military Strategy 
in accordance with this subparagraph or to update 
a strategy previously prepared in accordance with 
this subsection. The Chairman shall provide such 
National Military Strategy or update to the Sec-
retary of Defense in time for transmittal to Con-
gress pursuant to paragraph (3), including in time 
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for inclusion of the report of the Secretary of De-
fense, if any, under paragraph (4). 
‘‘(B) Each National Military Strategy (or up-
date) under this paragraph shall be based on a com-
prehensive review conducted by the Chairman in 
conjunction with the other members of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff and the commanders of the unified 
and specified combatant commands. Each update 
shall address only those parts of the most recent Na-
tional Military Strategy for which the Chairman de-
termines, on the basis of this review, that a modi-
fication is needed. 
‘‘(C) Each National Military Strategy (or up-
date) submitted under this paragraph shall describe 
how the military will support the objectives of the 
United States as articulated in— 
‘‘(i) the most recent National Security 
Strategy prescribed by the President pursuant 
to section 108 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043); 
‘‘(ii) the most recent annual report of the 
Secretary of Defense submitted to the President 
and Congress pursuant to section 113 of this 
title; 
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‘‘(iii) the most recent defense strategic 
guidance provided by the Secretary of Defense 
pursuant to section 113 of this title; and 
‘‘(iv) any other national security or defense 
strategic guidance issued by the President or 
the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(D) At a minimum, each National Military 
Strategy (or update) submitted under this para-
graph shall be a mechanism for— 
‘‘(i) developing military ends, ways, and 
means to support the objectives referred to in 
subparagraph (C); 
‘‘(ii) assessing strategic and military risks, 
and developing risk mitigation options; 
‘‘(iii) establishing a strategic framework 
for the development of operational and contin-
gency plans; 
‘‘(iv) prioritizing joint force capabilities, 
capacities, and resources; and 
‘‘(v) establishing military guidance for the 
development of the joint force.’’. 
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SEC. 906. MODIFICATION TO INDEPENDENT STUDY OF NA-
TIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY FORMULATION 
PROCESS. 
Section 1064(b)(2) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 
Stat. 989) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing Congress,’’ after ‘‘Federal Government’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(E) The capabilities and limitations of 
the Department of Defense workforce respon-
sible for conducting strategic planning, includ-
ing recommendations for improving the work-
force through training, education, and career 
management.’’. 
SEC. 907. TERM OF OFFICE FOR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 
JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 152(a) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a term of two 
years’’ and all that follows through the end and in-
serting the following: ‘‘a term of four years, begin-
ning on October 1 of a year that is three years fol-
lowing a year evenly divisible by four. The limitation 
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of this paragraph on the length of term does not 
apply in time of war.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘exceeds six 
years’’ and all that follows through the end and in-
serting the following: ‘‘exceeds eight years. The limi-
tation of this paragraph does not apply in time of 
war.’’. 
(b) DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 
made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2019. 
SEC. 908. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 
JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF RELATING TO OPER-
ATIONS. 
Section 153(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and 
(6) as paragraphs (5), (6), and (7), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (4): 
‘‘(4) ADVICE ON OPERATIONS.—Advising— 
‘‘(A) the President and the Secretary of 
Defense on ongoing military operations; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary on the allocation and 
transfer of forces among geographic and func-
tional combatant commands, as necessary, to 
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address transregional, multi-domain, and multi- 
functional threats.’’. 
SEC. 909. ASSIGNED FORCES WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL 
UNITED STATES. 
Section 162(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ‘‘of this 
title’’ the following: ‘‘, other forces within the conti-
nental United States that are directed by the Sec-
retary of Defense to be assigned to a military de-
partment,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting after ‘‘unified 
combatant command’’ the following: ‘‘, other than 
forces within the continental United States that are 
directed by the Secretary to be assigned to a mili-
tary department,’’. 
SEC. 910. REDUCTION IN GENERAL OFFICER AND FLAG OF-
FICER GRADES AND POSITIONS. 
(a) GRADE OF SERVICE OR FUNCTIONAL COMPO-
NENT COMMANDER.—Section 164(e) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding after paragraph (4) 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) The grade of an officer serving as a com-
mander of a service or functional component com-
mand under a commander of a combatant command 
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shall be no higher than lieutenant general or vice ad-
miral.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 164 of such title is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
‘‘(1) a service component command is subordi-
nate to the commander of a unified command and 
consists of the service component commander and 
the service forces (such as individuals, units, detach-
ments, and organizations, including the support 
forces), as assigned by the Secretary of Defense, 
that have been assigned to that combatant com-
mander; and 
‘‘(2) a functional component command is a 
command normally, but not necessarily, composed of 
forces of two or more military departments which 
may be established across the range of military oper-
ations to perform particular operational missions 
that may be of short duration or may extend over 
a period of time.’’. 
(c) REDUCTION IN POSITIONS.— 
(1) REDUCTION.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall reduce the total number of officers in the grade 
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of general or admiral on active duty by five posi-
tions. 
(2) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on how the Department of Defense plans to im-
plement the reductions required by paragraph (1), 
including how to balance and reduce the total num-
ber of general officers and flag officers in accordance 
with sections 525 and 526 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(d) TREATMENT OF CURRENT COMMANDERS.—An 
officer serving on the date of the enactment of this Act 
as a commander of a service or functional component com-
mand under a commander of a combatant command shall 
serve in that position until the appointment of another of-
ficer in accordance with the amendment made by sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 911. ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFIED COMBATANT COM-
MAND FOR CYBER OPERATIONS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CYBER COMMAND.—Chap-
ter 6 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 169. Unified combatant command for cyber oper-
ations 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—With the advice and assist-
ance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the 
President, through the Secretary of Defense, shall estab-
lish under section 161 of this title a unified combatant 
command for cyber operations forces (hereinafter in this 
section referred to as the ‘cyber command’). The principal 
function of the command is to prepare cyber operations 
forces to carry out assigned missions. 
‘‘(b) ASSIGNMENT OF FORCES.—Unless otherwise di-
rected by the Secretary of Defense, all active and reserve 
cyber operations forces of the armed forces stationed in 
the United States shall be assigned to the cyber command. 
‘‘(c) GRADE OF COMMANDER.—The commander of 
the cyber operations command shall hold the grade of gen-
eral or, in the case of an officer of the Navy, admiral while 
serving in that position, without vacating his permanent 
grade. The commander of such command shall be ap-
pointed to that grade by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, for service in that posi-
tion. 
‘‘(d) COMMAND OF ACTIVITY OR MISSION.—(1) Un-
less otherwise directed by the President or the Secretary 
of Defense, a cyber operations activity or mission shall be 
conducted in coordination with the command of the com-
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mander of the unified combatant command in whose geo-
graphic area the activity or mission is to be conducted. 
‘‘(2) The commander of the cyber command shall ex-
ercise command of a selected cyber operations mission if 
directed to do so by the President or the Secretary of De-
fense. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORITY OF COMBATANT COMMANDER.—(1) 
In addition to the authority prescribed in section 164(c) 
of this title, the commander of the cyber command shall 
be responsible for, and shall have the authority to conduct, 
all affairs of such command relating to cyber operations 
activities. 
‘‘(2) The commander of such command shall be re-
sponsible for, and shall have the authority to conduct, the 
following functions relating to cyber operations activities 
(whether or not relating to the cyber command): 
‘‘(A) Developing strategy, doctrine, and tactics. 
‘‘(B) Preparing and submitting to the Secretary 
of Defense program recommendations and budget 
proposals for cyber operations forces and for other 
forces assigned to the cyber command. 
‘‘(C) Exercising authority, direction, and con-
trol over the expenditure of funds— 
‘‘(i) for forces assigned directly to the 
cyber command; and 
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‘‘(ii) for cyber operations forces assigned to 
unified combatant commands other than the 
cyber command, with respect to all matters cov-
ered by section 807 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public 
Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 886; 10 U.S.C. 2224 
note) and, with respect to a matter not covered 
by such section, to the extent directed by the 
Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(D) Training assigned forces. 
‘‘(E) Conducting specialized courses of instruc-
tion for commissioned and noncommissioned officers. 
‘‘(F) Validating requirements. 
‘‘(G) Establishing priorities for requirements. 
‘‘(H) Ensuring the interoperability of equip-
ment and forces. 
‘‘(I) Formulating and submitting requirements 
for intelligence support. 
‘‘(J) Monitoring the promotions, assignments, 
retention, training, and professional military edu-
cation of cyber operations forces officers. 
‘‘(3) The commander of the cyber command shall be 
responsible for— 
‘‘(A) ensuring the combat readiness of forces 
assigned to the cyber command; and 
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‘‘(B) monitoring the preparedness to carry out 
assigned missions of cyber forces assigned to unified 
combatant commands other than the cyber com-
mand. 
‘‘(C) The staff of the commander shall include 
an inspector general who shall conduct internal au-
dits and inspections of purchasing and contracting 
actions through the cyber operations command and 
such other inspector general functions as may be as-
signed. 
‘‘(f) INTELLIGENCE AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES.—This 
section does not constitute authority to conduct any activ-
ity which, if carried out as an intelligence activity by the 
Department of Defense, would require a notice to the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives under title V of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘169. Unified combatant command for cyber operations.’’. 
SEC. 912. REVISION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 
LENGTH OF JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS. 
(a) MINIMUM LENGTH
OF ASSIGNMENT.—Section 
664(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
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striking ‘‘assignment—’’ and paragraphs (1) and (2) and 
inserting ‘‘ assignment shall not be less than two years.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO INI-
TIAL ASSIGNMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND AVERAGE 
TOUR LENGTHS.—Section 664 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking subsections (c) and (e). 
(c) EXCLUSIONS FROM TOUR LENGTH.—Section 
664(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking in subpara-
graph (D) and inserting the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(D) a qualifying reassignment from a 
joint duty assignment as prescribed by the Sec-
retary of Defense by regulation.’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
(d) FULL TOUR OF DUTY.—Section 664(f) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘prescribed 
in’’ and inserting ‘‘prescribed under’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (4); 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (5) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 
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(4) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-
graph (4), and in that paragraph, by striking ‘‘, but 
not less than two years’’. 
(e) CONSTRUCTIVE CREDIT.—Section 664(h) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(1) The Secretary of Defense 
may accord’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary of De-
fense may award’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2). 
(f) CLERICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Section 664 of title 10, United States Code, is further 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d), (f), (g), 
and (h) as subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), respec-
tively; 
(2) in subsection (c), as redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘subsection (f)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(d)(2)’’; 
(3) in subsection (d), as redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘subsection (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’; 
(4) in subsection (e), as redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘ subsection (f)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘ subsection 
(d)(2)’’; and 
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(5) in subsection (f), as redesignated, by strik-
ing ‘‘paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of subsection (f)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(1)’’. 
SEC. 913. REVISION OF DEFINITIONS USED FOR JOINT OF-
FICER MANAGEMENT. 
(a) DEFINITION OF JOINT MATTERS.—Paragraph 
(1) of section 668(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) In this chapter, the term ‘joint matters’ means 
matters related to any of the following: 
‘‘(A) The development or achievement of stra-
tegic objectives through the synchronization, coordi-
nation, and organization of integrated forces in oper-
ations conducted across domains, such as land, sea, 
or air, in space, or in the information environment, 
including matters relating to any of the following: 
‘‘(i) National military strategy. 
‘‘(ii) Strategic planning and contingency 
planning. 
‘‘(iii) Command and control, intelligence, 
fires, movement and maneuver, protection or 
sustainment of operations under unified com-
mand. 
‘‘(iv) National security planning with other 
departments and agencies of the United States. 
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‘‘(v) Combined operations with military 
forces of allied nations. 
‘‘(B) Acquisition matters conducted by mem-
bers of the armed forces and covered under chapter 
87 of this title involved in developing, testing, con-
tracting, producing, or fielding of multi-service pro-
grams or systems. 
‘‘(C) Other matters designated in regulation by 
the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF INTEGRATED FORCES.—Section 
668(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended in 
the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘integrated military forces’’ and 
inserting ‘‘integrated forces’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the planning or execution (or 
both) of operations involving’’ and inserting ‘‘achiev-
ing unified action with’’. 
(c) DEFINITION OF JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT.—Sec-
tion 668(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(A) shall be limited to assignments in which— 
‘‘(i) the preponderance of the duties of the 
officer involve joint matters and 
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‘‘(ii) the officer gains significant experience 
in joint matters; and’’. 
(d) REPEAL OF DEFINITION OF CRITICAL OCCUPA-
TIONAL SPECIALITY.—Section 668 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking subsection (d). 
SEC. 914. INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF COMBATANT 
COMMAND STRUCTURE. 
(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall enter into a contract with an inde-
pendent entity with appropriate expertise to conduct an 
assessment on combatant command structure, and to pro-
vide recommendations for improving the overall effective-
ness of combatant command structures. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The assessment shall include an ex-
amination of the following: 
(1) The evolution of combatant command re-
quirements and resources over the last 15 years of 
conflict. 
(2) The organization, composition, and size of 
combatant commands. 
(3) The resources of combatant commands, in-
cluding the degree to which combatant commands 
are adequately resourced and the degree to which 
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combatant command requirements for forces are 
met. 
(4) The benefits, drawbacks, and resource im-
plications of eliminating, consolidating, or altering 
the structure of combatant commands. 
(5) A comparison of combatant command struc-
tures with alternative structures, including Joint 
Task Force or task-organized forces below the com-
batant command level. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2017, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the findings and rec-
ommendations of the independent entity. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
SEC. 921. MODIFICATIONS TO CORROSION REPORT. 
(a) MODIFICATIONS TO REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
Section 2228(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting after ‘‘2009’’ the following: ‘‘and ending 
with the budget submitted on or before January 31, 
2021’’; 
(2) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 
follows: 
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‘‘(B) The estimated composite return on invest-
ment achieved by implementing the strategy, and 
documented in the assessments by the Department 
of Defense of completed corrosion projects and ac-
tivities.’’; 
(3) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(D) If the full amount of funding require-
ments is not requested in the budget, the reasons for 
not including the full amount and a description of 
the impact on readiness, logistics, and safety of not 
fully funding required corrosion prevention and miti-
gation activities’’; and 
(4) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘pilot’’. 
(b) REPORT TO DIRECTOR OF CORROSION POLICY 
AND OVERSIGHT.—Section 2228(e)(2) of such title is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘Each report’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘a copy of’’ and all that follows 
through the period and inserting ‘‘a summary of the 
most recent report required by subparagraph (B)’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
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‘‘(B) Not later than December 31 of each year, 
through December 31, 2020, the corrosion control and 
prevention executive of a military department shall submit 
to the Director of Corrosion Policy and Oversight a report 
containing recommendations pertaining to the corrosion 
control and prevention program of the military depart-
ment. Such report shall include recommendations for the 
funding levels necessary for the executive to carry out the 
duties of the executive under this section. The report re-
quired under this subparagraph shall— 
‘‘(i) provide a summary of key accomplish-
ments, goals, and objectives of the corrosion control 
and prevention program of the military department; 
and 
‘‘(ii) include the performance measures used to 
ensure that the corrosion control and prevention pro-
gram achieved the goals and objectives described in 
clause (i).’’. 
(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 903(b) of Public 
Law 110–417 (10 U.S.C. 2228 note) is amended by strik-
ing paragraph (5). 
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SEC. 922. AUTHORITY TO EMPLOY CIVILIAN FACULTY MEM-
BERS AT JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNI-
VERSITY. 
Section 1595(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(5) The Joint Special Operations University.’’. 
SEC. 923. GUIDELINES FOR CONVERSION OF FUNCTIONS 
PERFORMED BY CIVILIAN OR CONTRACTOR 
PERSONNEL TO PERFORMANCE BY MILITARY 
PERSONNEL. 
Section 129a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) GUIDELINES FOR PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN 
FUNCTIONS BY MILITARY PERSONNEL.—(1) Except as 
provided in paragraph (2), no functions performed by ci-
vilian personnel or contractors may be converted to per-
formance by military personnel unless— 
‘‘(A) there is a direct link between the functions 
to be performed and a military occupational spe-
cialty; and 
‘‘(B) the conversion to performance by military 
personnel is cost effective, based on Department of 
Defense instruction 7041.04 (or any successor ad-
ministrative regulation, directive, or policy). 
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‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the following 
functions: 
‘‘(A) Functions required by law or regulation to 
be performed by military personnel. 
‘‘(B) Functions related to— 
‘‘(i) missions involving operation risks and 
combatant status under the Law of War; 
‘‘(ii) specialized collective and individual 
training requiring military-unique knowledge 
and skills based on recent operational experi-
ence; 
‘‘(iii) independent advice to senior civilian 
leadership in the Department of Defense requir-
ing military-unique knowledge and skills based 
on recent operational experience; and 
‘‘(iv) command and control arrangements 
under chapter 47 of this title (the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice).’’. 
SEC. 924. PUBLIC RELEASE BY INSPECTORS GENERAL OF 
REPORTS OF MISCONDUCT. 
(a) RELEASE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE ADMINISTRATIVE MISCONDUCT 
REPORTS.—Section 141 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(c) Within 60 days after issuing a final report, the 
Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall pub-
licly release any reports of administrative investigations 
that confirm misconduct, including violations of Federal 
law and violations of policies of the Department of De-
fense, of members of the Senior Executive Service, individ-
uals who are employed in positions of a confidential or 
policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart 
C of part 213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regula-
tions, or commissioned officers in the Armed Forces in 
pay grades O–6 promotable and above. In releasing the 
reports, the Inspector General shall ensure that informa-
tion that would be protected under section 552 of title 5 
(commonly known as the ‘Freedom of Information Act’), 
section 552a of title 5 (commonly known as the ‘Privacy 
Act of 1974’), or section 6103 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is not disclosed.’’. 
(b) RELEASE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE ARMY 
ADMINISTRATIVE MISCONDUCT REPORTS.—Section 3020 
of such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(f) Within 60 days after issuing a final report, the 
Inspector General of the Army shall publicly release any 
reports of administrative investigations that confirm mis-
conduct, including violations of Federal law and violations 
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of policies of the Department of Defense, of members of 
the Senior Executive Service, individuals who are em-
ployed in positions of a confidential or policy-determining 
character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of 
title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or commis-
sioned officers in the Armed Forces in pay grades O–6 
promotable and above. In releasing the reports, the In-
spector General shall ensure that information that would 
be protected under section 552 of title 5 (commonly known 
as the ‘Freedom of Information Act’), section 552a of title 
5 (commonly known as the ‘Privacy Act of 1974’), or sec-
tion 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is not 
disclosed.’’. 
(c) RELEASE OF NAVAL INSPECTOR GENERAL AD-
MINISTRATIVE MISCONDUCT REPORTS.—Section 5020 of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) Within 60 days after issuing a final report, the 
Naval Inspector General shall publicly release any reports 
of administrative investigations that confirm misconduct, 
including violations of Federal law and violations of poli-
cies of the Department of Defense, of members of the Sen-
ior Executive Service, individuals who are employed in po-
sitions of a confidential or policy-determining character 
under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of 
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the Code of Federal Regulations, or commissioned officers 
in the Armed Forces in pay grades O–6 promotable and 
above. In releasing the reports, the Naval Inspector Gen-
eral shall ensure that information that would be protected 
under section 552 of title 5 (commonly known as the 
‘Freedom of Information Act’), section 552a of title 5 
(commonly known as the ‘Privacy Act of 1974’), or section 
6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is not dis-
closed.’’. 
(d) RELEASE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE AIR 
FORCE ADMINISTRATIVE MISCONDUCT REPORTS.—Sec-
tion 8020 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) Within 60 days after issuing a final report, the 
Inspector General of the Air Force shall publicly release 
any reports of administrative investigations that confirm 
misconduct, including violations of Federal law and viola-
tions of policies of the Department of Defense, of members 
of the Senior Executive Service, individuals who are em-
ployed in positions of a confidential or policy-determining 
character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of 
title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or commis-
sioned officers in the Armed Forces in pay grades O–6 
promotable and above. In releasing the reports, the In-
spector General shall ensure that information that would 
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be protected under section 552 of title 5 (commonly known 
as the ‘Freedom of Information Act’), section 552a of title 
5 (commonly known as the ‘Privacy Act of 1974’), or sec-
tion 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is not 
disclosed.’’. 
SEC. 925. MODIFICATIONS TO REQUIREMENTS FOR AC-
COUNTING FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CI-
VILIAN EMPLOYEES LISTED AS MISSING. 
(a) LIMITATION OF DEFENSE POW/MIA ACCOUNT-
ING AGENCY TO MISSING PERSONS FROM PAST CON-
FLICTS.—Section 1501(a) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘from 
past conflicts’’ after ‘‘matters relating to missing 
persons’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A); 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), 
(C), (D), (E), and (F) as subparagraphs (A), 
(B), (C), (D), and (E), respectively; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘from past conflicts’’ after 
‘‘missing persons’’ each place it appears; 
(3) in paragraph (4)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘for personal recovery (in-
cluding search, rescue, escape, and evasion) 
and’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘from past conflicts’’ 
after ‘‘missing persons’’; and 
(4) by striking paragraph (5). 
(b) ACTION UPON DISCOVERY OR RECEIPT OF IN-
FORMATION.—Section 1505(c) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘designated Agency Director’’ in paragraphs (1), 
(2), and (3) and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’. 
(c) DEFINITION
OF ‘‘ACCOUNTED
FOR’’.—Section 
1513(3)(B) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘to the 
extent practicable’’ after ‘‘are recovered’’. 
SEC. 926. REFORM OF NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The National Security Council has increas-
ingly micromanaged military operations and central-
ized decisionmaking within the staff of the National 
Security Council. The size of the staff has contrib-
uted this problem. 
(2) As stated by former Secretary of Defense 
Robert M. Gates, ‘‘It was the operational micro-
management that drove me nuts of White House 
and [National Security Council] staffers calling sen-
ior commanders out in the field and asking them 
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questions, second guessing commanders’’, and by an-
other former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, 
‘‘[B]ecause of that centralization of that authority at 
the White House, there are too few voices being 
heard in terms of the ability to make decisions and 
that includes members of the cabinet.’’. 
(3) Gates stated, ‘‘You have 25 people working 
on a single military problem... They are going to be 
doing things they shouldn’t be doing,’’ and Panetta 
noted, ‘‘The National Security Council has grown 
enormously, which means you have a lot more staff 
people running around at the White House on these 
foreign policy issues.’’. 
(4) Press reports indicate that National Secu-
rity Council micromanagement has included select-
ing targets in ongoing military operations, specifying 
detailed parameters and limitations on military oper-
ations, and managing military planning and the exe-
cution of plans. 
(5) As stated in section 101(a) of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021(a)), the 
‘‘function of the Council shall be to advise the Presi-
dent with respect to the integration of domestic, for-
eign, and military policies relating to the national se-
curity so as to enable the military services and the 
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other departments and agencies of the Government 
to cooperate more effectively in matters involving the 
national security’’. 
(6) As stated in the November 1961 staff re-
ports and recommendations on ‘‘Organizing for Na-
tional Security’’ submitted to the Committee on Gov-
ernment Operations of the Senate by the Sub-
committee on National Policy Machinery, ‘‘The 
Council is an interagency committee: It can inform, 
debate, review, adjust, and validate... The Council is 
not a decisionmaking body; it does not itself make 
policy. It serves only in an advisory capacity to the 
President, helping him arrive at decisions which he 
alone can make.’’. 
(7) As noted in the 1987 Report of the Presi-
dent’s Special Review Board (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Tower Commission Report’’), ‘‘As a general 
matter, the [National Security Council] staff should 
not engage in the implementation of policy or the 
conduct of operations. This compromises their over-
sight role and usurps the responsibilities of the de-
partments and agencies.’’. 
(8) As noted in the ‘‘Addendum on Structure 
and Process Analyses: Volume II – Executive Office 
of the President,’’ accompanying the February 2001 
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U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Hart-Rudman Commis-
sion’’), ‘‘[T]he degree to which the [National Secu-
rity Council] gets involved in operational issues 
raises a question of congressional oversight. Today 
there is limited congressional oversight of the [Na-
tional Security Council]... Assigning the [National 
Security Council] greater operational responsibility 
would likely result in calls for more congressional 
oversight and legislative control...’’. 
(9) According to analysis from the Brookings 
Institution’s National Security Council Project, the 
size of the National Security Council staff from the 
early 1960s to the mid-1990s remained consistently 
under 60 personnel. Since then, it has grown signifi-
cantly in size. 
(10) As former National Security Advisor, 
Zbigniew Brzezinski, wrote in ‘‘The NSC’s Midlife 
Crisis’’ in Foreign Policy, Winter 1987–1988, 
‘‘There is no magic number, but it would appear 
that for successful strategic planning and policy co-
ordination 30-40 senior staff members are probably 
adequate. However, to ensure effective supervision 
over policy implementation as well, the size of the 
staff should be somewhat larger. An optimal figure 
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for the senior staff probably would be about 50 sen-
ior staff members.’’. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the function of the National Security Coun-
cil, consistent with the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), is to advise the 
President as an independent honest broker on na-
tional security matters, to coordinate national secu-
rity activities across departments and agencies, and 
to make recommendations to the President regard-
ing national security objectives and policy, and the 
size of the staff of the National Security Council 
should be appropriately aligned to this function; 
(2) the President is entitled to privacy in the 
Office of the President and to a confidential rela-
tionship with the National Security Advisor and the 
National Security Council; and 
(3) however, a National Security Council, en-
abled by a large staff, that assumes a central policy-
making or operational role is no longer advisory and 
should be publicly accountable to the American peo-
ple through Senate confirmation of its leadership 
and the activities of the Council subject to direct 
oversight by Congress. 
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(c) AMENDMENTS TO NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 
1947.—Section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3021), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) the Assistant to the President for National 
Security Affairs.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘shall receive 
compensation at the rate of $10,000 a year.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘shall report to, and be under the general 
supervision of, the Assistant to the President for 
National Security Affairs.’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsections (d) through (l) 
as subsections (e) through (m), respectively; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d)(1)(A) Except as provided by subparagraph (B), 
the Assistant to the President for National Security Af-
fairs shall be appointed by the President. 
‘‘(B) If the staff of the Council exceeds 100 covered 
employees at any point during a term of the President, 
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and for the duration of such term (without regard to any 
changes to the number of such covered employees), the 
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs 
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate. 
‘‘(2)(A) Beginning on the date on which the staff of 
the Council exceeds 100 covered employees, the person ap-
pointed as the Assistant under paragraph (1)(A), the per-
son nominated by the President to be appointed the As-
sistant under paragraph (1)(B), or any other person des-
ignated by the President to serve as the Assistant in an 
acting capacity, may serve in an acting capacity for no 
longer than 210 days. 
‘‘(B) If the person nominated by the President to be 
appointed the Assistant under paragraph (1)(B) is re-
jected by the Senate, withdrawn, or returned to the Presi-
dent by the Senate, the President shall nominate another 
person and the person serving as the acting Assistant may 
continue to serve— 
‘‘(i) until the second nomination is confirmed; 
or 
‘‘(ii) for no more than 210 days after the sec-
ond nomination is rejected, withdrawn, or returned. 
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‘‘(3) The President shall notify Congress in writing 
not more than seven days after the date on which the staff 
of the Council exceeds 100 covered employees. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘covered employees’ 
means each of the following officers and employees (count-
ed without regard to full-time equivalent basis): 
‘‘(A) Officers and employees occupying a posi-
tion funded by the Executive Office of the President 
performing a function of the Council. 
‘‘(B) Officers, employees, and members of the 
Armed Forces from any department, agency, or 
independent establishment of the executive branch of 
the Government that are on detail to the Council 
performing a function of the Council.’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3(12) of 
the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 
U.S.C. 6402(12)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 101(i)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 101(l)’’. 
Subtitle C—Department of the 
Navy and Marine Corps 
SEC. 931. REDESIGNATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE 
NAVY AS THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY 
AND MARINE CORPS. 
(a) REDESIGNATION OF MILITARY DEPARTMENT.— 
The military department designated as the Department of 
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the Navy is redesignated as the Department of the Navy 
and Marine Corps. 
(b) REDESIGNATION
OF SECRETARY
AND OTHER 
STATUTORY OFFICES.— 
(1) SECRETARY.—The position of the Secretary 
of the Navy is redesignated as the Secretary of the 
Navy and Marine Corps. 
(2) OTHER
STATUTORY
OFFICES.—The posi-
tions of the Under Secretary of the Navy, the four 
Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, and the General 
Counsel of the Department of the Navy are redesig-
nated as the Under Secretary of the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps, the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy 
and Marine Corps, and the General Counsel of the 
Department of the Navy and Marine Corps, respec-
tively. 
SEC. 932. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED 
STATES CODE. 
(a) DEFINITION OF ‘‘MILITARY DEPARTMENT’’.— 
Paragraph (8) of section 101(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(8) The term ‘military department’ means the 
Department of the Army, the Department of the 
Navy and Marine Corps, and the Department of the 
Air Force.’’. 
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(b) ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT.—The text of 
section 5011 of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘The Department of the Navy and Marine Corps is sepa-
rately organized under the Secretary of the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps.’’. 
(c) POSITION OF SECRETARY.—Section 5013(a)(1) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘There is a Secretary 
of the Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘There is a Secretary of the 
Navy and Marine Corps’’. 
(d) CHAPTER HEADINGS.— 
(1) The heading of chapter 503 of such title is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 503—DEPARTMENT OF THE 
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS’’. 
(2) The heading of chapter 507 of such title is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 507—COMPOSITION OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF THE NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS’’. 
(e) OTHER AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘Department of the Navy’’ and ‘‘Secretary 
of the Navy’’ each place they appear other than as 
specified in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) (includ-
ing in section headings, subsection captions, tables 
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of chapters, and tables of sections) and inserting 
‘‘Department of the Navy and Marine Corps’’ and 
‘‘Secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps’’, respec-
tively, in each case with the matter inserted to be in 
the same typeface and typestyle as the matter strick-
en. 
(2)(A) Sections 5013(f), 5014(b)(2), 5016(a), 
5017(2), 5032(a), and 5042(a) of such title are 
amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of the 
Navy’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretaries of the 
Navy and Marine Corps’’. 
(B) The heading of section 5016 of such title, 
and the item relating to such section in the table of 
sections at the beginning of chapter 503 of such 
title, are each amended by inserting ‘‘and Marine 
Corps’’ after ‘‘of the Navy’’, with the matter in-
serted in each case to be in the same typeface and 
typestyle as the matter amended. 
SEC. 933. OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW AND OTHER REF-
ERENCES. 
(a) TITLE 37, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 37, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Department 
of the Navy’’ and ‘‘Secretary of the Navy’’ each place they 
appear and inserting ‘‘Department of the Navy and Ma-
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rine Corps’’ and ‘‘Secretary of the Navy and Marine 
Corps’’, respectively. 
(b) OTHER REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law 
other than in title 10 or title 37, United States Code, or 
in any regulation, document, record, or other paper of the 
United States, to the Department of the Navy shall be 
considered to be a reference to the Department of the 
Navy and Marine Corps. Any such reference to an office 
specified in section 2(b) shall be considered to be a ref-
erence to that officer as redesignated by that section. 
SEC. 934. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This subtitle and the amendments made by this sub-
title shall take effect on the first day of the first month 
beginning more than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1001. GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 
the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 
amounts of authorizations made available to the De-
partment of Defense in this division for fiscal year 
2017 between any such authorizations for that fiscal 
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year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of au-
thorizations so transferred shall be merged with and 
be available for the same purposes as the authoriza-
tion to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), the total amount of authorizations that 
the Secretary may transfer under the authority of 
this section may not exceed $5,000,000,000. 
(3) EXCEPTION
FOR
TRANSFERS
BETWEEN 
MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS.—A trans-
fer of funds between military personnel authoriza-
tions under title IV shall not be counted toward the 
dollar limitation in paragraph (2). 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—The authority provided by sub-
section (a) to transfer authorizations— 
(1) may only be used to provide authority for 
items that have a higher priority than the items 
from which authority is transferred; and 
(2) may not be used to provide authority for an 
item that has been denied authorization by Con-
gress. 
(c) EFFECT
ON
AUTHORIZATION
AMOUNTS.—A 
transfer made from one account to another under the au-
thority of this section shall be deemed to increase the 
amount authorized for the account to which the amount 
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is transferred by an amount equal to the amount trans-
ferred. 
(d) NOTICE
TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
promptly notify Congress of each transfer made under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 1002. REQUIREMENT TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORK-
FORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND TO THE TREAS-
URY. 
(a) TRANSFER REQUIRED.—During fiscal year 2017, 
the Secretary of Defense shall transfer, from amounts 
available in the Department of Defense Acquisition Work-
force Development Fund from amounts credited to the 
Fund pursuant to section 1705(d)(2) of title 10, United 
States Code, $475,000,000 to the Secretary of the Treas-
ury for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury. 
(b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The transfer author-
ity provided by this section is in addition to any other 
transfer authority contained in this Act. 
SEC. 1003. REPORT ON AUDITABLE FINANCIAL STATE-
MENTS. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report ranking 
all military departments and Defense Agencies in order 
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of how advanced they are in achieving auditable financial 
statements as required by law. The report should not in-
clude information otherwise available in other reports to 
Congress. 
Subtitle B—Counter-Drug 
Activities 
SEC. 1011. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ADDI-
TIONAL SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. 
Section 1033(a)(2) of the National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 
Stat. 1881), as most recently amended by section 1012 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 963), is further 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 
SEC. 1012. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REVIEW OF CUR-
RICULA AND PROGRAM STRUCTURES OF NA-
TIONAL GUARD COUNTERDRUG SCHOOLS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 901 of the Office of Na-
tional Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109–469; 32 U.S.C. 112 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) through (g) 
as subsections (f) through (h), respectively; and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e) CURRICULUM REVIEW.—The Secretary of De-
fense may review and approve the curriculum and program 
structure of each school established under this section.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection (d)(1) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘section 112(b) of 
that title 32’’ and inserting ‘‘section 112(b) of title 32’’. 
SEC. 1013. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT UNI-
FIED 
COUNTERDRUG 
AND 
COUNTERTER-
RORISM CAMPAIGN IN COLOMBIA. 
Section 1021 of the Ronald W. Reagan National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 
108–375; 118 Stat. 2042), as most recently amended by 
section 1011(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 962), 
is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2017’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 1014. UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS TRAINING MIS-
SIONS. 
The Secretary of Defense shall coordinate unmanned 
aerial systems training missions along the southern border 
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of the United States in order to support the Department 
of Homeland Security’s counter-narcotic trafficking ef-
forts. 
SEC. 1015. FUNDING FOR COUNTER NARCOTICS OPER-
ATIONS. 
(a) INCREASE.—Notwithstanding the amounts set 
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated for drug interdiction and 
counterdrug activities, Defense-wide, as specified in the 
corresponding funding table in section 4501 is hereby in-
creased by $3,000,000. 
(b) OFFSET.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
to be appropriated for operation and maintenance, as 
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 
4301, for administration and servicewide activities, De-
fense Logistics Agency (Line 160) is hereby reduced by 
$3,000,000. 
SEC. 1016. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF UNITED STATES 
SOUTHERN COMMAND OPERATION TO DE-
TECT AND MONITOR DRUG TRAFFICKING. 
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress 
a report on the effectiveness of the United States South-
ern Command Operation to limit threats to the national 
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security of the United States by detecting and monitoring 
drug trafficking, specifically heroin and fentanyl. 
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and 
Shipyards 
SEC. 1021. DEFINITION OF SHORT-TERM WORK WITH RE-
SPECT TO OVERHAUL, REPAIR, OR MAINTE-
NANCE OF NAVAL VESSELS. 
Section 7299a(c)(4) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘six months’’ and inserting ‘‘10 
months’’. 
SEC. 1022. WARRANTY REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPBUILDING 
CONTRACTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 633 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 7318. Warranty requirements for shipbuilding con-
tracts 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—A contracting officer for a 
contract for which funds are expended from the Ship-
building and Conversion, Navy account shall require, as 
a condition of the contract, that the work performed under 
the contract is covered by a warranty for a period of at 
least one year. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—If the contracting officer for a con-
tract covered by the requirement under subsection (a) de-
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termines that a limited liability of warranted work is in 
the best interest of the Government, the contracting offi-
cer may agree to limit the liability of the work performed 
under the contract to a level that the contracting officer 
determines is sufficient to protect the interests of the Gov-
ernment and in keeping with historical levels of warranted 
work on similar vessels.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘7318. Warranty requirements for shipbuilding contracts.’’. 
SEC. 1023. NATIONAL SEA-BASED DETERRENCE FUND. 
(a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Section 1022(b)(1) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3487), as amended 
by section 1022(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92), is further 
amended by striking ‘‘or 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2017, or 
2018’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT OF 
CRITICAL COMPONENTS TO SUPPORT CONTINUOUS PRO-
DUCTION.—Section 2218a of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as 
subsections (j) and (k), respectively; and 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol-
lowing new subsection (i): 
‘‘(i) AUTHORITY FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT OF 
CRITICAL COMPONENTS TO SUPPORT CONTINUOUS PRO-
DUCTION.—(1) To implement the continuous production 
of critical components, the Secretary of the Navy may use 
funds deposited in the Fund, in conjunction with funds 
appropriated for the procurement of other nuclear-pow-
ered vessels, to enter into one or more multiyear contracts 
(including economic ordering quantity contracts), for the 
procurement of critical contractor-furnished and Govern-
ment-furnished components for national sea-based deter-
rence vessels. The authority under this subsection extends 
to the procurement of equivalent critical parts, compo-
nents, systems, and subsystems common with and re-
quired for other nuclear-powered vessels. 
‘‘(2) Any contract entered into pursuant to para-
graph (1) shall provide that any obligation of the United 
States to make a payment under the contract is subject 
to the availability of appropriations for that purpose and 
that the total liability to the Government for the termi-
nation of the contract shall be limited to the total amount 
of funding obligated for the contract as of the date of the 
termination.’’. 
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(c) DEFINITION OF NATIONAL SEA-BASED DETER-
RENCE VESSEL.—Subsection (k)(2) of such section, as re-
designated by subsection (b), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘any vessel’’ and inserting ‘‘any 
submersible vessel constructed or purchased after 
fiscal year 2016 that is’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘that carries’’. 
SEC. 1024. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OR 
INACTIVATION 
OF 
TICONDEROGA-CLASS 
CRUISERS OR DOCK LANDING SHIPS. 
(a) LIMITATION
ON RETIREMENT
OR INACTIVA-
TION.—None of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2017 may be obligated or 
expended— 
(1) to retire, prepare to retire, or inactivate a 
cruiser or dock landing ship; or 
(2) to place in a modernization status more 
than six cruisers and one dock landing ship identi-
fied in section 1026(a)(2) of the Carl Levin and 
Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 
113–291; 128 Stat. 3490). 
(b) HULL, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL MOD-
ERNIZATION.—Not more than 75 percent of the funds 
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made available for the Office of the Secretary of Defense 
for fiscal year 2017 may be obligated until the Secretary 
of the Navy— 
(1) enters into a contract for the modernization 
industrial period associated with four cruisers and 
one dock landing ship referred to in section 
1026(a)(2) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 
Stat. 3490); and 
(2) enters into a contract for the procurement 
of combat systems upgrades associated with six such 
cruisers and one such dock landing ship. 
SEC. 1025. RESTRICTIONS ON THE OVERHAUL AND REPAIR 
OF VESSELS IN FOREIGN SHIPYARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7310(b)(1) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In the case’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) 
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in the 
case’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘during the 15-month’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘United States)’’; 
(3) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘, other than in the case of voyage re-
pairs’’; and 
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(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) The Secretary of the Navy may waive the appli-
cation of subparagraph (A) to a contract award if the Sec-
retary determines that the waiver is essential to the na-
tional security interests of the United States.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the later of the following 
dates: 
(1) The date of the enactment of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018. 
(2) October 1, 2017. 
Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 
SEC. 1031. FREQUENCY OF COUNTERTERRORISM OPER-
ATIONS BRIEFINGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 485 of 
title 10, United States Code is amended by striking ‘‘quar-
terly’’ and inserting ‘‘monthly’’. 
(b) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading for 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘Quarterly’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Monthly’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 23 of such title is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 485 and inserting 
the following new item: 
‘‘485. Monthly counterterrorism operations briefings.’’. 
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SEC. 1032. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER 
OR RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT 
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA-
NAMO BAY, CUBA TO THE UNITED STATES. 
No amounts authorized to be appropriated or other-
wise made available for the Department of Defense may 
be used during the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2017, 
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 
or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after January 20, 
2009, at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 1033. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT 
OR MODIFY FACILITIES IN THE UNITED 
STATES 
TO 
HOUSE 
DETAINEES 
TRANS-
FERRED FROM UNITED STATES NAVAL STA-
TION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No amounts authorized to be ap-
propriated or otherwise made available to the Department 
of Defense may be used during the period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on De-
cember 31, 2017, to construct or modify any facility in 
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the United States, its territories, or possessions to house 
any individual detained at Guantanamo for the purposes 
of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the 
control of the Department of Defense unless authorized 
by Congress. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to any modification of facilities at United 
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) INDIVIDUAL DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘individual detained at 
Guantanamo’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
1034(f)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 971; 10 
U.S. C. 801 note). 
SEC. 1034. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER 
OR RELEASE TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES OF IN-
DIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES 
NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 
No amounts authorized to be appropriated or other-
wise made available for the Department of Defense may 
be used during the period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2017, 
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release of 
any individual detained in the custody or under the control 
of the Department of Defense at United States Naval Sta-
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tion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control 
of any country, or any entity within such country, as fol-
lows: 
(1) Libya. 
(2) Somalia. 
(3) Syria. 
(4) Yemen. 
SEC. 1035. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR REALIGN-
MENT OF FORCES AT OR CLOSURE OF 
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTA-
NAMO BAY, CUBA. 
No amounts authorized to be appropriated or other-
wise made available for the Department of Defense for 
fiscal year 2017 may be used— 
(1) to close or abandon United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; 
(2) to relinquish control of Guantanamo Bay to 
the Republic of Cuba; or 
(3) to implement a material modification to the 
Treaty Between the United States of America and 
Cuba signed at Washington, D.C. on May 29, 1934, 
that constructively closes United States Naval Sta-
tion, Guantanamo Bay. 
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SEC. 1036. MODIFICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICA-
TION OF SENSITIVE MILITARY OPERATIONS. 
Section 130f of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘no 
later than 48 hours’’ after ‘‘under this title’’; 
and 
(B) in the second sentence, by inserting 
‘‘and the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017’’ before the period at the 
end; and 
(2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(d) SENSITIVE MILITARY OPERATION DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘sensitive military operation’ 
means an operation— 
‘‘(1) conducted by the United States armed 
forces outside the United States, whether conducted 
by the United States acting alone or cooperatively; 
‘‘(2) conducted pursuant to— 
‘‘(A) the Authorization for the Use of Mili-
tary Force (Public Law 107–40; 50 U.S.C. 
1541); or 
‘‘(B) any other authority except— 
‘‘(i) a declaration of war; or 
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‘‘(ii) a specific statutory authorization 
for the use of force other than the author-
ization referred to in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(3) conducted outside a theater of major hos-
tilities; and 
‘‘(4) that is either— 
‘‘(A) a lethal operation; 
‘‘(B) a capture operation; or 
‘‘(C) an activity of self-defense, collective 
self defense, or in defense of a foreign partner 
during a cooperative operation.’’. 
SEC. 1037. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY FOR DETENTION 
OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 19, 2017, the 
Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Attor-
ney General and the Director of National Intelligence, 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port setting forth the details of a comprehensive strategy 
for the detention of current and future individuals cap-
tured and held pursuant to the Authorization for Use of 
Military Force (Public Law 107–40) pending the end of 
hostilities. 
(b) COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY.—The comprehen-
sive detention strategy required by subsection (a) shall 
contain the following: 
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(1) A policy and plan applicable to individuals 
lawfully detained under the effective control of the 
United States. 
(2) A description of how intelligence informa-
tion is currently gathered from individuals captured 
in theaters of combat operation. 
(3) A plan for the disposition of individuals 
captured in the future. 
(4) A description of how the United States will 
acquire intelligence information in the future. 
(5) A plan for the disposition of individuals 
held pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Mili-
tary Force who are currently detained at the United 
States Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
(c) FORM.—The comprehensive detention strategy re-
quired under subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form, but may include a classified annex. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; 
(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence of the House of Representatives and the Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 
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(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 1038. DECLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATION ON PAST 
TERRORIST 
ACTIVITIES 
OF 
DETAINEES 
TRANSFERRED FROM UNITED STATES NAVAL 
STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall— 
(1) complete a declassification review of intel-
ligence reports prepared by the National Counterter-
rorism Center prior to Periodic Review Board ses-
sions or detainee transfers on the past terrorist ac-
tivities of individuals detained at United States 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who were 
transferred or released from United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay; 
(2) make available to the public any informa-
tion declassified as a result of the declassification re-
view; and 
(3) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees, consistent with the protection of sources 
and methods, a report setting forth— 
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(A) the results of the declassification re-
view; and 
(B) if any information covered by the de-
classification review was not declassified pursu-
ant to the review, a justification for the deter-
mination not to declassify such information. 
(b) PAST TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.—For purposes of 
this section, the past terrorist activities of an individual 
shall include the terrorist activities conducted by the indi-
vidual before the transfer of the individual to the detention 
facility at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
including, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) The terrorist organization, if any, with 
which affiliated. 
(2) The terrorist training, if any, received. 
(3) The role in past terrorist attacks against 
the interests or allies of the United States. 
(4) The direct responsibility, if any, for the 
death of citizens of the United States or members of 
the Armed Forces. 
(5) Any admission of any matter specified in 
paragraphs (1) through (4). 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
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(1) the congressional defense committees; 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives; 
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate; 
(4) the Permanent Committee on Intelligence of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(5) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate. 
SEC. 1039. PROHIBITION ON ENFORCEMENT OF MILITARY 
COMMISSION RULINGS PREVENTING MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FROM CAR-
RYING OUT OTHERWISE LAWFUL DUTIES 
BASED ON MEMBER GENDER. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—No order, ruling, finding, or 
other determination of a military commission may be con-
strued or implemented to prohibit or restrict a member 
of the Armed Forces from carrying out duties otherwise 
lawfully assigned to such member to the extent that the 
basis for such prohibition or restriction is the gender of 
such member. 
(b) APPLICABILITY TO PRIOR ORDERS, ETC.—In the 
case of an order, ruling, finding, or other determination 
described in subsection (a) that was issued before the date 
of the enactment of this Act in a military commission and 
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is still effective as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, such order, ruling, finding, or determination shall be 
deemed to be vacated and null and void only to the extent 
of any prohibition or restriction on the duties of members 
of the Armed Forces that is based on the gender of mem-
bers. 
(c) MILITARY COMMISSION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘military commission’’ means a military 
commission established under chapter 47A of title 10, 
United States Code, and any military commission other-
wise established or convened by law. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous 
Authorities and Limitations 
SEC. 1041. EXPANDED AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORTATION 
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF NON- 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL AND 
CARGO. 
(a) TRANSPORTATION
OF ALLIED
AND CIVILIAN 
PERSONNEL AND CARGO.—Subsection (c) of section 2649 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘PERSONNEL’’ and inserting ‘‘AND CIVILIAN PER-
SONNEL AND CARGO’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘Until January 6, 2016, when’’ 
and inserting ‘‘When’’; and 
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(3) by striking ‘‘allied forces or civilians’’, and 
inserting ‘‘allied and civilian personnel and cargo’’. 
(b) COMMERCIAL INSURANCE.—Such section is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) COMMERCIAL INSURANCE.—The Secretary may 
enter into a contract or other arrangement with one or 
more commercial providers to make insurance products 
available to non-Department of Defense shippers using the 
Defense Transportation System to insure against the loss 
or damage of the shipper’s cargo. Any such contract or 
arrangement shall provide that— 
‘‘(1) any insurance premium is collected by the 
commercial provider; 
‘‘(2) any claim for loss or damage is processed 
and paid by the commercial provider; 
‘‘(3) the commercial provider agrees to hold the 
United States harmless and waive any recourse 
against the United States for amounts paid to an in-
sured as a result of a claim; and 
‘‘(4) the contract between the commercial pro-
vider and the insured shall contain a provision 
whereby the insured waives any claim against the 
United States for loss or damage that is within the 
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scope of enumerated risks covered by the insurance 
product.’’. 
(c) 
CONFORMING
CROSS-REFERENCE
AMEND-
MENTS.—Subsection (b) of such section is amended by 
striking ‘‘this section’’ both places it appears and inserting 
‘‘subsection (a)’’. 
SEC. 1042. LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT, DEACTIVATION, 
OR DECOMMISSIONING OF MINE COUNTER-
MEASURES SHIPS. 
Section 1090 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 111–92; 129 Stat. 
1016) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION
ON
RETIREMENT
OF
MCM 
SHIPS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds author-
ized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise 
made available for the Department of the Navy for 
fiscal year 2017 may be obligated or expended to re-
tire, deactivate, decommission, to prepare to retire, 
deactivate, decommission, or to place in storage 
backup inventory or reduced operating status any 
MCM-1 class ship. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 
Navy may waive the limitation under paragraph 
(1) with respect to any MCM-1 class ship if the 
Secretary provides to the congressional defense 
committees certification that the operational 
test and evaluation for replacement capabilities 
for the ship is complete and such capabilities 
are available in sufficient quantities to ensure 
sufficient mine countermeasures capacity is 
available to meet requirements as set forth in 
the Join Strategic Capabilities Plan, the cam-
paign plans of the combatant commanders, and 
the Navy’s Force Structure Assessment. 
‘‘(B) REPORT.—The first time the Sec-
retary of the Navy exercises the waiver author-
ity under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report that includes— 
‘‘(i) the recommendations of the Sec-
retary regarding MCM force structure; 
‘‘(ii) the recommendations of the Sec-
retary regarding how to ensure the oper-
ational effectiveness of the surface MCM 
force through 2025 based on current capa-
bilities and capacity, replacement sched-
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ules, and service life extensions or retire-
ment schedules; 
‘‘(iii) an assessment of the MCM ves-
sels, including the decommissioned MCM-1 
and MCM-2 ships and the potential of 
such ships for reserve operating status; 
and 
‘‘(iv) an assessment of the Littoral 
Combat Ship MCM mission package incre-
ment one performance against the initial 
operational test and evaluation criteria.’’. 
SEC. 1043. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF 
TRANSPORTATION TO ISSUE NON-PREMIUM 
AVIATION INSURANCE. 
Section 44310(b) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2019’’. 
SEC. 1044. EVALUATION OF NAVY ALTERNATE COMBINA-
TION COVER AND UNISEX COMBINATION 
COVER. 
(a) MANDATORY POSSESSION OR WEAR DATE.—The 
Secretary of the Navy shall change the mandatory posses-
sion or wear date of the alternate combination cover or 
the unisex combination cover from October 31, 2016, to 
October 31, 2020. 
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(b) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—The Secretary of 
the Navy may not implement or enforce any change to 
Navy female service dress uniforms until the Secretary 
submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives a report on the evalua-
tion of the Navy female service dress uniforms. Such eval-
uation shall include each of the following: 
(1) An identification of the operational need ad-
dressed by the alternate combination cover or the 
unisex combination cover. 
(2) An assessment of the individual cost of 
service dress uniform items to members of the 
Armed Forces as a percentage of their monthly pay. 
(3) The composition of each uniform item’s 
wear test group. 
(4) An identification of the costs to the Navy 
and to individual members of the Armed Forces for 
uniform changes identified in the Navy administra-
tive message 236/15 dated October 9, 2015. 
(5) The opinions of female members of the 
Navy active and reserve components. 
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SEC. 1045. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL SPECTRUM 
OPERATIONS. 
Section 1004 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 
(Public Law 114–74; 47 U.S.C. 921 note) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL SPECTRUM 
OPERATIONS.—If the report required by subsection (a) de-
termines that reallocation and auction of the spectrum de-
scribed in the report would harm national security by im-
pacting existing terrestrial Federal spectrum operations at 
the Nevada Test and Training Range, the Commission, 
in coordination with the Secretary shall, prior to the auc-
tion described in subsection (c)(1)(B), establish rules for 
licensees in such spectrum sufficient to mitigate harmful 
interference to such operations. 
‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to affect any requirement under 
section 1062(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2000 (47 U.S.C. 921 note; Public Law 
106–65).’’. 
SEC. 1046. TRANSPORTATION ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON A 
SPACE-AVAILABLE BASIS FOR MEMBERS AND 
FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
WITH DISABILITIES RATED AS TOTAL. 
(a) AVAILABILITY
OF TRANSPORTATION.—Section 
2641b of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection (f): 
‘‘(f) SPECIAL PRIORITY
FOR CERTAIN DISABLED 
VETERANS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall provide 
transportation on scheduled and unscheduled military 
flights within the continental United States and on sched-
uled overseas flights operated by the Air Mobility Com-
mand on a space-available basis for any member or former 
member of the armed forces with a disability rated as total 
on the same basis as such transportation is provided to 
members of the armed forces entitled to retired or retainer 
pay. 
‘‘(2) The transportation priority required by para-
graph (1) for veterans described in such paragraph applies 
whether or not the Secretary establishes the travel pro-
gram authorized by this section. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘disability rated as 
total’ has the meanings given that term in section 
1414(e)(3) of this title.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (f) of section 
2641b of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a), shall take effect at the end of the 90-day pe-
riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 
1047. 
NATIONAL 
GUARD 
FLYOVERS 
OF 
PUBLIC 
EVENTS. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 
of the Department of Defense that flyovers of public 
events in support of community relations activities may 
only be flown as part of an approved training mission at 
no additional expense to the Federal Government. 
(b) NATIONAL GUARD FLYOVER APPROVAL PROC-
ESS.—The Adjutant General of a State in which an Army 
National Guard or Air National Guard unit is based will 
be the approval authority for all Air National Guard and 
Army National Guard flyovers in that State, including any 
request for a flyover in any civilian domain at a nonavia-
tion related event. 
(c) FLYOVER RECORD MAINTENANCE; REPORT.— 
(1) RECORD MAINTENANCE.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall keep and maintain records of flyover 
requests, approvals, and the total costs of all flyover 
missions, including the costs of fuel, maintenance, 
and manpower, in a publicly accessible database that 
is updated annually. 
(2) GAO REPORT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
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Armed Services of the Senate a report on flyovers 
and the process whereby flyover requests are made 
and evaluated, including— 
(A) whether there is any cost to taxpayers 
associated with flyovers; 
(B) whether there is any appreciable public 
relations or recruitment value that comes from 
flyovers; and 
(C) the impact flyovers have to aviator 
training and readiness. 
(d) FLYOVER DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘flyover’’ means aviation support— 
(1) in which a straight and level flight limited 
to one pass by a single military aircraft, or by a sin-
gle formation of four or fewer military aircraft of 
the same type, from the same military department 
over a predetermined point on the ground at a spe-
cific time; 
(2) that does not involve aerobatics or dem-
onstrations; and 
(3) uses bank angles of up to 90 degrees if re-
quired to improve the spectator visibility of the air-
craft. 
(e) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘State’’ includes the District of Columbia, the Common-
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wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession 
of the United States. 
SEC. 1048. APPLICATION OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMA-
TION ACT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY 
COUNCIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 552(f)(1) of title 5, 
United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom 
of Information Act), is amended by inserting ‘‘and the Na-
tional Security Council’’ after ‘‘the Executive Office of the 
President’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.— 
(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date on 
which the first Assistant to the President for Na-
tional Security Affairs is appointed by the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 
pursuant to section 101(d)(1)(B) of the National Se-
curity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021(d)(1)(B)), as 
added by title IX of this Act. 
(2) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any record 
created by the National Security Council on or after 
the date specified in paragraph (1). 
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SEC. 1049. REQUIREMENT RELATING TO TRANSFER OF EX-
CESS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EQUIPMENT 
TO FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES. 
Section 2576a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) PREFERENCE
FOR BORDER SECURITY PUR-
POSES.—(1) In transferring the personal property de-
scribed in paragraph (2) under this section, the Secretary 
of Defense may give first preference to the Department 
of Homeland Security and then to Federal and State 
agencies that agree to use the property primarily for the 
purpose of strengthening border security along the south-
ern border of the United States. 
‘‘(2) The personal property described in this section 
is— 
‘‘(A) unmanned aerial vehicles; 
‘‘(B) the Aerostat radar system; 
‘‘(C) night-vision goggles; and 
‘‘(D) high mobility multi-purpose wheel vehicles 
(commonly known as ‘humvees’).’’. 
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Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 
SEC. 1061. TEMPORARY CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENTS. 
(a) EXCEPTIONS TO REPORTS TERMINATION PROVI-
SION.—Section 1080 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 
Stat. 1000; 10 U.S.C. 111 note) does not apply to any 
report required to be submitted to Congress by the De-
partment of Defense, or by any officer, official, compo-
nent, or element of the Department, pursuant to a provi-
sion of law specified in this section, notwithstanding the 
enactment of the reporting requirement by an annual na-
tional defense authorization Act or the inclusion of the re-
port in the list of reports prepared by the Secretary of 
Defense pursuant to subsection (c) of such section 1080. 
(b) FINAL TERMINATION DATE FOR SUBMITTAL OF 
EXEMPTED REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), each report required pursuant to a provi-
sion of law specified in this section that is still re-
quired to be submitted to Congress as of January 
31, 2021, shall no longer be required to be sub-
mitted to Congress after that date. 
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(2) 
REPORTS
EXEMPTED
FROM
TERMI-
NATION.—The termination dates specified in para-
graph (1) and section 1080 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 do not apply 
to the following: 
(A) The submission of the reports on the 
National Military Strategy and Risk Assess-
ment under section 153(b)(3) of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(B) The submission of the future-years de-
fense program (including associated annexes) 
under section 221 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(C) The submission of the future-years 
mission budget for the military programs of the 
Department of Defense under section 221 of 
such title. 
(D) The submission of audits of con-
tracting compliance by the Inspector General of 
the Department of Defense under section 
1601(b) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 
10 U.S.C. 2533a note). 
(c) REPORTS REQUIRED
BY TITLE 10, UNITED 
STATES CODE.—Subject to subsection (b), subsection (a) 
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applies to reporting requirements contained in the fol-
lowing sections of title 10, United States Code: 
(1) Section 127b(f), relating to a report on the 
administration of Department of Defense rewards 
program against international terrorism. 
(2) Section 127d(d), relating to a report on 
provision of logistic support, supplies, and services 
to allied forces participating in combined operations. 
(3) Section 139(h), relating to a report on oper-
ational test and evaluation activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense, including the report component re-
quired by section 2399(g) on operational test and 
evaluation of defense acquisition programs. 
(4) Section 139b(d), relating to a report on ac-
tivities of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Developmental Test and Evaluation. 
(5) Sections 153(c), relating to a report on the 
requirements of the combatant commands. 
(6) Section 179(f), relating to reports and as-
sessments regarding nuclear stockpile and stockpile 
stewardship program. 
(7) Section 196(d), relating to a report on the 
strategic plan reflecting the needs of the Depart-
ment of Defense with respect to test and evaluation 
facilities and resources. 
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(8) Section 229, relating to submission of budg-
et information regarding Department of Defense 
programs for combating terrorism. 
(9) Section 231, relating to submission of naval 
vessel construction plan and related certification. 
(10) Section 238, relating to submission of a 
budget justification display regarding cyber mission 
forces. 
(11) Section 401(d), relating to a report on the 
provision of humanitarian and civic assistance in 
conjunction with military operations. 
(12) Section 494(b), relating to a report on the 
nuclear weapons stockpile of the United States. 
(13) Section 526(j), relating to a report on gen-
eral officer and flag officer numbers. 
(14) Section 981(c), relating to a report on en-
listed aide numbers. 
(15) Section 1557(e), relating to a report on 
any failure to achieve timeliness standard for dis-
position of applications before Corrections Boards. 
(16) Section 2011(e), relating to a report on 
training of special operations forces with friendly 
foreign forces. 
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(17) Section 2166(i), relating to a report on the 
activities of the Western Hemisphere Institute for 
Security Cooperation. 
(18) Section 2218(h), relating to submission of 
budget requests for the National Defense Sealift 
Fund. 
(19) Section 2228(e), relating to a report on 
the long-term strategy and related matters regarding 
reducing corrosion and its effects on military equip-
ment and infrastructure. 
(20) Section 2229a, relating to a report on the 
status of materiel in the prepositioned stocks. 
(21) Section 2249c(c), relating to a report on 
the administration of the Regional Defense Com-
bating Terrorism Fellowship Program. 
(22) Section 2275, relating to reports on major 
satellite acquisition programs, including report up-
dates under subsection (f) of such section. 
(23) Section 2276(e), relating to a report on 
the funds, services, and equipment accepted and 
used in connection with commercial space launch co-
operation. 
(24) Section 2445b, relating to submission of 
budget justification documents regarding major 
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automated information system programs and other 
major information technology investment programs. 
(25) Section 2464(d), relating to a report on 
core depot-level maintenance and repair capabilities. 
(26) Section 2466(d), relating to a report on 
expenditures for performance of depot-level mainte-
nance and repair workloads. 
(27) Section 2561(c), relating to a report on 
the use of humanitarian assistance for providing 
transportation of humanitarian relief and for other 
humanitarian purposes. 
(28) Section 2684a(g), relating to a report on 
projects undertaken under agreements to limit en-
croachments and other constraints on military train-
ing, testing, and operations. 
(29) Section 2687a, relating to reports on the 
status of overseas closures and realignments and 
master plans, expenditures from the Department of 
Defense Overseas Facility Investment Recovery Ac-
count, and agreement of settlement with host coun-
tries regarding the release of facility improvements 
made by the United States. 
(30) Section 2711, relating to a report on de-
fense environmental programs. 
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(31) Sections 2831(e) and 2884(b)(4), relating 
to reports on quarters for general or flag officers. 
(32) Sections 2884(b) and (c), relating to re-
ports on the Department of Defense Housing Funds, 
provision of a basic allowance for housing to mem-
bers of the Armed Forces living in military 
privatized housing, plans for housing privatization 
activities, and the status of oversight and account-
ability measures for military housing privatization 
projects. 
(33) Section 2912(d), relating to a statement of 
the energy cost savings available for obligation. 
(34) Section 2925, relating to reports on De-
partment of Defense energy management and oper-
ational energy. 
(35) Section 4721(e), relating to submission of 
a budget request and related materials regarding 
Army National Military Cemeteries. 
(36) Section 7310(c), relating to a report on re-
pairs and maintenance performed on certain naval 
vessels in a foreign shipyard. 
(37) Section 10541, relating to a report on 
equipment of the National Guard and other reserve 
components. 
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(38) Section 10543, relating to a component of 
the future-years defense program regarding National 
Guard and other reserve components equipment pro-
curement and military construction funding and as-
sociated annexes and report. 
(d) REPORTS REQUIRED BY NATIONAL DEFENSE 
AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015.—Subject 
to subsection (b), subsection (a) applies to reporting re-
quirements contained in the following sections of the Carl 
Levin and Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113– 
291): 
(1) Section 232(e) (10 U.S.C. 2358 note), re-
lating to a report on the pilot program on assign-
ment to the Defense Advanced Research Projects 
Agency of certain private sector personnel. 
(2) Section 546(d) (10 U.S.C. 1561 note), re-
lating to a report on activities of the Defense Advi-
sory Committee on Investigation, Prosecution, and 
Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces. 
(3) Section 1003 (10 U.S.C. 221 note), relating 
to reporting of balances carried forward by the De-
partment of Defense at the end of each fiscal year. 
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(4) Section 1026(d) (128 Stat. 3490), relating 
to a report on the status of the modernization of Ti-
conderoga-class cruisers and dock landing ships. 
(5) Section 1055 (128 Stat. 3498), relating to 
a report on the Air Force response to the rec-
ommendations of the National Commission on the 
Structure of the Air Force. 
(6) Section 1204(b) (10 U.S.C. 2249e note), re-
lating to a report on administration of section 2249e 
of title 10, United States Code. 
(7) Section 1205(e) (128 Stat. 3537), relating 
to a report on the assessment of programs carried 
out under section 2282(f) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(8) Section 1206(e) (10 U.S.C. 2282 note), re-
lating to a report on the training of security forces 
and associated security ministries of foreign coun-
tries to promote respect for the rule of law and 
human rights. 
(9) Section 1207(d) (10 U.S.C. 2342 note), re-
lating to a report on loan of personnel protection 
and personnel survivability equipment to military 
forces of foreign nations. 
(10) Section 1211 (128 Stat. 3544), relating to 
a report on programs carried out by the Department 
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of Defense to provide training, equipment, or other 
assistance or reimbursement to foreign security 
forces. 
(11) Section 1225 (128 Stat. 3550), relating to 
a report on enhancing security and stability in Af-
ghanistan. 
(12) Section 1245 (128 Stat. 3566), relating to 
a report on military and security developments in-
volving the Russian Federation. 
(13) Section 2821(a)(3) (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), 
relating to notice of any adjustment to the funding 
limitation on implementation of the Record of Deci-
sion for the relocation of Marine Corps forces to 
Guam. 
(e) REPORTS REQUIRED
BY NATIONAL DEFENSE 
AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014.—Subject 
to subsection (b), subsection (a) applies to reporting re-
quirements contained in the following sections of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 
(Public Law 113–66): 
(1) Section 704(e) (10 U.S.C. 1074 note), re-
lating to a report on the pilot program on investiga-
tional treatment of members of the Armed Forces 
for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress 
disorder. 
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(2) Sections 713(f), (g), and (h) (10 U.S.C. 
1071 note), relating to providing a financial sum-
mary of efforts to develop interoperable electronic 
health records, updates on the progress of data shar-
ing, and information on executive committee activi-
ties. 
(f) REPORTS REQUIRED BY NATIONAL DEFENSE AU-
THORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013.—Subject to 
subsection (b), subsection (a) applies to reporting require-
ments contained in the following sections of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public 
Law 112–239): 
(1) Section 1009 (126 Stat. 1906), relating to 
a report on the use of funds in the Drug Interdic-
tion and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide ac-
count. 
(2) Section 1023 (126 Stat. 1911), relating to 
a report on recidivism of individuals who have been 
detained at United States Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba. 
(g) REPORTS REQUIRED BY NATIONAL DEFENSE 
AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011.—Subject 
to subsection (b), subsection (a) applies to reporting re-
quirements contained in the following sections of the Ike 
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Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383): 
(1) Section 123 (10 U.S.C. 167 note), relating 
to a report on use of combat mission requirements 
funds. 
(2) Section 1631(d) (10 U.S.C. 1561 note), re-
lating to a report on sexual assaults involving mem-
bers of the Armed Forces and improvement to sex-
ual assault prevention and response program. 
(h) REPORTS REQUIRED BY NATIONAL DEFENSE 
AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010.—Subject 
to subsection (b), subsection (a) applies to reporting re-
quirements contained in the following sections of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84): 
(1) Section 711(d) (10 U.S.C. 1071 note), re-
lating to a report on the comprehensive policy on 
pain management by the Military Health Care Sys-
tem. 
(2) Section 1003(b) (10 U.S.C. 2222 note), re-
lating to a report on implementation by the Depart-
ment of Defense of the Financial Improvement and 
Audit Readiness Plan. 
(3) Section 1245 (123 Stat. 2542), relating to 
a report on military power of Iran. 
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(i) REPORTS REQUIRED BY OTHER LAWS.—Subject 
to subsection (b), subsection (a) applies to reporting re-
quirements contained in the following provisions of law: 
(1) Section 717(c) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public Law 
104–106; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note), relating to a report 
on TRICARE Program effectiveness. 
(2) Section 1202 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 
106–65; 10 U.S.C. 113 note), relating to a report on 
military and security developments involving the 
People’s Republic of China. 
(3) Section 1208(f) of the Ronald W. Reagan 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2086), relat-
ing to a report on the provision of support for spe-
cial operations to combat terrorism. 
(4) Section 1405(d) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 
109–163; 10 U.S.C. 801 note), relating to a report 
on any modification made to the procedures for sta-
tus review of detainees outside the United States. 
(5) Section 1017(e) of the John Warner Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2007 (Public Law 109–364; 10 U.S.C. 2631 note), 
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relating to a report regarding overhaul, repair, and 
maintenance performed on certain vessels in the 
United States. 
(6) Section 1034(d) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 
110–181; 122 Stat. 309), relating to a report on the 
provision of support for non-Federal development 
and testing of material for chemical agent defense. 
(7) Section 1236 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 
112–81; 125 Stat. 1641), relating to a report on 
military and security developments involving the 
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. 
(8) Section 103A(b)(3) of the Sikes Act (16 
U.S.C. 670c–1(b)(3)), relating to a report on the 
disposition of certain appropriated funds provided 
under cooperative and interagency agreements for 
land management on installations. 
(9) Section 1511(h) of the Armed Forces Re-
tirement Home Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 411(h)), re-
lating to a report on the financial and other affairs 
of the Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
(10) Section 901(f) of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109–469; 32 U.S.C. 112 note), as 
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added by section 1008 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 
112–239), relating to a report on the activities of 
the National Guard counterdrug schools. 
(11) Section 14 of the Strategic and Critical 
Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h–5), relat-
ing to a report on the requirements of the National 
Defense Stockpile. 
(12) Sections 1412(i) and (j) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), 
as amended by section 1421 of the Ike Skelton Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2011 (Public Law 111–383), relating to reports on 
destruction of existing stockpile of lethal chemical 
agents and munitions, including implementation by 
the United States of its chemical weapons destruc-
tion obligations under the Chemical Weapons Con-
vention. 
(13) Section 1703 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (50 U.S.C. 
1523), relating to a report on chemical and biologi-
cal warfare defense. 
(14) Section 234 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (50 U.S.C. 
2367), relating to a report on acquisition of tech-
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nology relating to weapons of mass destruction and 
their threat. 
(15) Section 105A(b) of the Uniformed and 
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 
20308(b)), as added by section 586 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
(Public Law 111–84), relating to a report on effec-
tiveness of activities and utilization of certain proce-
dures under Federal Voting Assistance Program. 
(j) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1080(a) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016 (Public Law 114–92; 129 Stat. 1000; 10 U.S.C. 111 
note) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘on the date that is two years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘November 25, 2017’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘effective’’. 
SEC. 1062. MATTERS FOR INCLUSION IN REPORT ON DES-
IGNATION OF COUNTRIES FOR WHICH RE-
WARDS MAY BE PAID UNDER DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE REWARDS PROGRAM. 
Section 127b(h) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and jus-
tification’’ after ‘‘reason’’; and 
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(2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) An estimate of the amount or value of the 
rewards to be paid as monetary payment or pay-
ment-in-kind under this section.’’. 
SEC. 1063. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BIOLOGICAL 
SELECT AGENT AND TOXIN THEFT, LOSS, OR 
RELEASE INVOLVING THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE. 
(a) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
15 days after notice of any theft, loss, or release of a bio-
logical select agent or toxin involving the Department of 
Defense is provided to the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention or the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, as specified by section 331.19 of part 7 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations, the Secretary of Defense 
shall provide to the congressional defense committees no-
tice of such theft, loss, or release. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Notice of a theft, loss, or release 
of a biological select agent or toxin under subsection (a) 
shall include each of the following: 
(1) The name of the agent or toxin and any 
identifying information, including the strain or other 
relevant characterization information. 
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(2) An estimate of the quantity of the agent or 
toxin stolen, lost, or released. 
(3) The location or facility from which the 
theft, loss, or release occurred. 
(4) In the case of a release, any hazards posed 
by the release and the number of individuals poten-
tially exposed to the agent or toxin. 
(5) Actions taken to respond to the theft, loss, 
or release. 
SEC. 1064. REPORT ON SERVICE-PROVIDED SUPPORT TO 
UNITED 
STATES 
SPECIAL 
OPERATIONS 
FORCES. 
(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 written report on common service support con-
tributed from each of the military services toward special 
operations forces. Such report shall include— 
(1) detailed information about the resources al-
located by each military service for combat support, 
combat service support, and base operating support 
for special operations forces; and 
(2) an assessment of the specific effects that fu-
ture manpower and force structure changes are like-
ly to have on the capability of each of the military 
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services to provide common service support to special 
operations forces. 
(b) ANNUAL UPDATES.—For each of fiscal years 
2018 through 2020, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees an update to the 
report required under subsection (a). 
(c) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required under 
subsection (a) and each update provided under subsection 
(b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may con-
tain a classified annex. 
SEC. 1065. REPORT ON CITIZEN SECURITY RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES IN THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE OF CEN-
TRAL AMERICA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of State shall jointly prepare and sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
on military units that have been assigned to policing or 
citizen security responsibilities in Guatemala, Honduras, 
and El Salvador. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include each of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The following information, as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, with respect to military 
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units assigned to policing or citizen security respon-
sibilities in each of Guatemala, Honduras, and El 
Salvador: 
(A) The proportion of individuals in each 
such country’s military who participate in polic-
ing or citizen security activities relative to the 
total number of individuals in that country’s 
military. 
(B) Of the military units assigned to polic-
ing or citizen security responsibilities, the types 
of units conducting police activities. 
(C) The role of the Department of Defense 
and the Department of State in training indi-
viduals for purposes of participation in such 
military units. 
(D) The number of individuals who partici-
pated in such military units who received train-
ing by the Department of Defense, and the 
types of training they received. 
(2) Any other information that the Secretary of 
Defense or the Secretary of State determines to be 
necessary to help better understand the relationships 
of the militaries of Guatemala, Honduras, and El 
Salvador to public security in such countries. 
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(3) A description of the plan of the United 
States to assist the militaries of Guatemala, Hon-
duras, and El Salvador to carry out their respon-
sibilities in a manner that adheres to democratic 
principles. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 
a classified annex. 
(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The unclassified matter 
of the report required by subsection (a) shall be posted 
on a publicly available Internet website of the Department 
of Defense and a publicly available Internet website of the 
Department of State. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Armed Services and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
SEC. 1066. REPORT ON COUNTERPROLIFERATION ACTIVI-
TIES AND PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a biennial 
report on the counterproliferation activities and programs 
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of the Department of Defense. The Secretary shall submit 
the first such report by not later than May 1, 2017. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—Each report required 
under subsection (a) shall include each of the following: 
(1) A complete list and assessment of existing 
and proposed capabilities and technologies for sup-
port of United States nonproliferation policy and 
counterproliferation policy, with regard to— 
(A) interdiction; 
(B) elimination; 
(C) threat reduction cooperation; 
(D) passive defenses; 
(E) security cooperation and partner ac-
tivities; 
(F) offensive operations; 
(G) active defenses; and 
(H) weapons of mass destruction con-
sequence management. 
(2) For the existing and proposed capabilities 
and technologies identified under paragraph (1), an 
identification of goals, a description of ongoing ef-
forts, and recommendations for further enhance-
ments. 
(3) A complete description of requirements and 
priorities for the development and deployment of 
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highly effective capabilities and technologies, includ-
ing identifying areas for capability enhancement and 
deficiencies in existing capabilities and technologies. 
(4) A comprehensive discussion of the near- 
term, mid-term, and long-term programmatic op-
tions for meeting requirements and eliminating defi-
ciencies, including the annual funding requirements 
and completion dates established for each such op-
tion. 
(5) An outline of interagency activities and ini-
tiatives. 
(6) Any other matters the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(c) FORMS OF REPORT.—Each report under sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
may contain a classified annex. 
(d) TERMINATION
OF REQUIREMENT.—No report 
shall be required to be submitted under this section after 
January 31, 2021. 
SEC. 1067. INCLUSION OF BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE IN-
FORMATION IN ANNUAL REPORT ON RE-
QUIREMENTS OF COMBATANT COMMANDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2)(A) of section 
153(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting before the period the following: ‘‘, including the 
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integrated priorities list requirements for ballistic missile 
defense by the geographic combatant commands and the 
prioritized capabilities list for ballistic missile defense de-
veloped by the Commander of the United States Strategic 
Command’’. 
(b) REPORT DURATION.—Paragraph (1) of such sec-
tion is amended by striking ‘‘At or about’’ and inserting 
‘‘During the period preceding January 31, 2021, at or 
about’’. 
SEC. 1068. REVIEWS BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CON-
CERNING NATIONAL SECURITY USE OF SPEC-
TRUM. 
(a) REVIEW AND REPORT TO THE CONGRESSIONAL 
DEFENSE COMMITTEES.—Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and every two years 
thereafter until January 31, 2021, the Secretary of De-
fense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
containing the results of a comprehensive review con-
ducted by the Secretary and the Chairman of all uses by 
the Department of Defense of spectrum. Such review shall 
include the use of spectrum in military plans, training, 
test, and in military capabilities that are in development 
or have been fielded for any known or potential impacts 
of sharing or repurposing of spectrum used or allocated 
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to be used by the Department of Defense that may be 
reallocated or shared pursuant to a spectrum auction, 
sharing arrangement, or other arrangement, or that is 
otherwise identified as part of the 10-year plan developed 
by the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration, and whether there are known or possible 
mitigations in the event of reallocation or sharing that 
they recommend, including exclusion zones, equipment 
modifications, development or procurement of new tech-
nology, or any other mitigation they believe will protect 
Department of Defense use of such spectrum, including 
projected or estimated potential costs of the same, and 
whether such costs will be borne out of Defense of Defense 
total obligation authority. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—At the time of the submission 
of the report required under subsection (a), the Secretary 
and the Chairman shall both certify that they understand 
any potential impacts to Department of Defense use of 
spectrum that could result from a spectrum auction, re-
allocation, or sharing arrangement as of that date, and 
submit such certification to the congressional defense com-
mittees. 
(c) REPORT OF NON-CONCURRENCE OR VETO.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 
committees as to whether the Secretary has not concurred 
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with or otherwise objected to the most recent version of 
the 10-year plan developed by the National Telecommuni-
cations and Information Administration not later than 30 
days after the date of such non-concurrence or other objec-
tion. 
(d) FUNDING WITHHELD.—The Secretary of Defense 
and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff may not 
obligate more than 95 percent of the funding authorized 
to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal 
year 2017 for operation and maintenance for headquarters 
operations before the date that is 30 days after the date 
on which the report required by subsection (a) and the 
certification required under subsection (b) are submitted 
to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 1069. ANNUAL REPORT ON PERSONNEL, TRAINING, 
AND EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 
NON-FEDERALIZED 
NATIONAL 
GUARD 
TO 
SUPPORT CIVILIAN AUTHORITIES IN PRE-
VENTION AND RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC DIS-
ASTERS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Section 10504 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘REPORT.—’’ 
and inserting ‘‘REPORT
ON STATE
OF
THE NA-
TIONAL GUARD.—(1)’’; 
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(2) by striking ‘‘(b) SUBMISSION OF REPORT 
TO CONGRESS.—’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘annual report of the Chief of 
the National Guard Bureau’’ and inserting ‘‘annual 
report required by paragraph (1)’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section (b): 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORT ON NON-FEDERALIZED SERV-
ICE NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, TRAINING, AND 
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS.—(1) Not later than Janu-
ary 31 of each of calendar years 2017 through 2021, the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees and the officials speci-
fied in paragraph (5) a report setting forth the personnel, 
training, and equipment required by the National Guard 
during the next fiscal year to carry out its mission, while 
not Federalized, to provide prevention, protection mitiga-
tion, response, and recovery activities in support of civilian 
authorities in connection with natural and man-made dis-
asters. 
‘‘(2) To determine the annual personnel, training, 
and equipment requirements of the National Guard re-
ferred to in paragraph (1), the Chief of the National 
Guard Bureau shall take into account, at a minimum, the 
following: 
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‘‘(A) Core civilian capabilities gaps for the pre-
vention, protection, mitigation, response, and recov-
ery activities in connection with natural and man- 
made disasters, as collected by the Department of 
Homeland Security from the States. 
‘‘(B) Threat and hazard identifications and risk 
assessments of the Department of Defense, the De-
partment of Homeland Security, and the States. 
‘‘(3) Personnel, training, and equipment require-
ments shall be collected from the States, validated by the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau, and be categorized 
in the report required by paragraph (1) by each of the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Emergency support functions of the Na-
tional Response Framework. 
‘‘(B) Federal Emergency Management Agency 
regions. 
‘‘(4) The annual report required by paragraph (1) 
shall be prepared in consultation with the chief executive 
of each State, other appropriate civilian authorities, and 
the Council of Governors. 
‘‘(5) In addition to the congressional defense commit-
tees, the annual report required by paragraph (1) shall 
be submitted to the following officials: 
‘‘(A) The Secretary of Defense. 
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‘‘(B) The Secretary of Homeland Security. 
‘‘(C) The Council of Governors. 
‘‘(D) The Secretary of the Army. 
‘‘(E) The Secretary of the Air Force. 
‘‘(F) The Commander of the United States 
Northern Command. 
‘‘(G) The Commander of the United States 
Cyber Command.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 10504. Chief of the National Guard Bureau: annual 
reports’’. 
(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 following 
new section: 
‘‘10504. Chief of the National Guard Bureau: annual reports.’’. 
SEC. 1070. BRIEFING ON CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING LO-
CATIONS OF AIR FORCE INSTALLATION AND 
MISSION SUPPORT CENTER HEADQUARTERS. 
(a) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Air Force shall provide a briefing to the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives on the 
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Department of the Air Force’s process and reasoning for 
using proximity to primary medium commercial hub air-
ports as part of the mission criteria for the Air Force In-
stallation and Mission Support Center headquarters stra-
tegic basing process. 
(b) CONTENTS OF BRIEFING.—The briefing under 
subsection (a) will specifically address the rationale behind 
the distance categories used to allocate points under this 
mission criteria referred to in subsection (a), and shall 
provide references to any existing government guidance 
that supports use of these distance categories. In addition, 
the briefing shall include an analysis regarding the reasons 
why the Department did not consider commuting times 
as a more equitable way of determining proximity to com-
mercial hub airports that would account for the impact 
of different traffic conditions across the candidate loca-
tions. 
SEC. 1071. REPORT ON TESTING AND INTEGRATION OF 
MINEHUNTING SONAR SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE 
LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP MINEHUNTING CA-
PABILITIES. 
(a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than April 1, 
2018, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report that contains the 
findings of an assessment of all operational minehunting 
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(3) Section 883 (129 Stat. 942) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) Effective on the effective date specified in 
subsection (a)(1) of section 901 of the Carl Levin 
and Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 
113–291; 128 Stat. 3462; 10 U.S.C. 132a note), 
section 2222 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
‘‘(A) by striking ‘Deputy Chief Manage-
ment Officer of the Department of Defense’ 
each place it appears in subsections (c)(2), 
(e)(1), (g)(2)(A), (g)(2)(B)(ii), and (i)(5)(B) 
and inserting ‘Under Secretary of Defense for 
Business Management and Information’; and 
‘‘(B) by striking ‘Deputy Chief Manage-
ment Officer’ in subsection (f)(1) and inserting 
‘Under Secretary of Defense for Business Man-
agement and Information’. 
‘‘(2) The second paragraph (3) of section 
901(k) of such Act (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 
3468; 10 U.S.C. 2222 note) is repealed.’’. 
(4) Section 1079(a) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
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TITLE XIV—OTHER 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Military Programs 
SEC. 1401. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2017 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. NATIONAL DEFENSE SEALIFT FUND. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2017 for the National Defense Sealift Fund, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4501. 
SEC. 1403. CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUC-
TION, DEFENSE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2017 for expenses, not oth-
erwise provided for, for Chemical Agents and Munitions 
Destruction, 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 
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