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demonstrate the application of component content manage-
ment systems to a distinct set of data of the Department. 
(b) SELECTION OF DATA SET.—In selecting a distinct 
set of data of the Department for purposes of the pilot pro-
gram required by subsection (a), the Chief Information Offi-
cer shall consult with, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) The Office of the Secretary of Defense, with 
respect to directives, instructions, and other regu-
latory documents of the Department. 
(2) The Office of the Secretary of Defense and the 
Joint Staff, with respect to execution orders. 
(3) The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Research and Engineering and the military de-
partments, with respect to technical manuals. 
(4) The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Sustainment, with respect to 
Contract Data Requirements List documents. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS.—Subject 
to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of De-
fense may enter into contracts or other agreements with 
public or private entities to conduct studies and demonstra-
tion projects under the pilot program required by subsection 
(a). 
(c) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Infor-
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mation Officer shall provide to the congressional defense 
committees a briefing on plans to implement the pilot pro-
gram required by subsection (a). 
(d) COMPONENT CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘component content man-
agement system’’ means any content management system 
that enables the management of content at a component 
level instead of at the document level. 
SEC. 918. REPORT ON POTENTIAL TRANSITION OF ALL 
MEMBERS OF THE SPACE FORCE INTO A SIN-
GLE COMPONENT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than March 1, 
2023, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the proposal of the Air Force to 
transition the Space Force into a single component (in this 
section referred to as the Space Component)— 
(1) that consists of all members of the Space 
Force, without regard to whether such a member is, 
under laws in effect at the time of the report, in the 
active or reserve component of the Space Force; and 
(2) in which such members may transfer between 
duty statuses more freely than would otherwise be al-
lowed under the laws in effect at the time of the re-
port. 
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) A plan that describes any rules, regulations, 
policies, guidance, and statutory provisions that may 
be implemented to govern— 
(A) the ability of a member of the Space 
Component to transfer between duty statuses, the 
number of members authorized to make such 
transfers, and the timing of such transfers; 
(B) the retirement of members of the Space 
Component, including the determination of a 
member’s eligibility for retirement and the cal-
culation of the retirement benefits (including 
benefits under laws administered by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs) to which the member 
would be entitled based on a career consisting of 
service in duty statuses of the Space Component; 
and 
(C) the composition and operation of pro-
motion selection boards with respect to members 
of the Space Component, including the treatment 
of general officers by such boards. 
(2) A comprehensive analysis of how such pro-
posal may affect the ability of departments and agen-
cies of the Federal Government (including depart-
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ments and agencies outside the Department of Defense 
and the Department of Veterans Affairs) to accurately 
calculate the pay or determine the benefits, including 
health care benefits under chapter 55 of title 10, 
United States Code, to which a member or former 
member of the Space Component is entitled at any 
given time. 
(3) Draft legislative text, prepared by the Office 
of Legislative Counsel within the Office of the General 
Counsel of the Department of Defense, that com-
prehensively sets forth all amendments and modifica-
tions to Federal statutes needed to effectively imple-
ment the proposal described in subsection (a), includ-
ing— 
(A) amendments and modifications to titles 
10, 37, and 38, United States Code; 
(B) amendments and modifications to Fed-
eral statutes outside of such titles; and 
(C) an analysis of each provision of Federal 
statutory law that refers to the duty status of a 
member of an Armed Force, or whether such 
member is in an active or reserve component, 
and, for each such provision— 
(i) a written determination indicating 
whether such provision requires amendment 
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or other modification to clarify its applica-
bility to a member of the Space Component; 
and 
(ii) if such an amendment or modifica-
tion is required, draft legislative text for 
such amendment or modification. 
(4) An assessment of the feasibility and advis-
ability of— 
(A) exempting the proposed Space Compo-
nent from the existing ‘‘up or out’’ system of offi-
cer career advancement first established by the 
amendments to title 10, United States Code, 
made by the Defense Officer Personnel Manage-
ment Act (Public Law 96–513; 94 Stat. 2835); 
(B) combining active and reserve compo-
nents in a new, single Space Component and 
whether a similar outcome could be achieved 
using the existing active and reserve component 
frameworks with modest statutory changes to 
allow reserve officers to serve on sustained active 
duty; and 
(C) creating career flexibility for reserve 
members of the Space Component, including in 
shifting retirement points earned from one year 
to the next and allowing members of the Space 
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Component to move back and forth between ac-
tive and reserve status for prolonged periods of 
time across a career. 
(5) An assessment of the implications of the pro-
posed reorganization of the Space Force on the devel-
opment of space as a warfighting domain in the pro-
fession of arms, particularly with respect to officer 
leadership, development, and stewardship of the pro-
fession. 
(6) A determination of whether existing govern-
ment ethics regulations are adequate to address poten-
tial conflicts of interest for Space Component officers 
who seek to move back and forth between sustained 
active duty and working for private sector organiza-
tions in the space industry as reserve officers in the 
Space Component. 
(7) An analysis of the following: 
(A) Whether the proposed Space Component 
framework is consistent with the joint service re-
quirements of chapter 38 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(B) Budgetary implications of the establish-
ment of the Space Component. 
(C) The nature of the relationship with pri-
vate industry and civilian employers that would 
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be required and consistent with professional eth-
ics to successfully implement the Space Compo-
nent. 
(D) The effect of establishing a Space Com-
ponent on diversity and inclusion within the 
Space Force. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 
Sec. 1002. Sense of Congress relating to the corrective action plans review process. 
Sec. 1003. Annual reports on budgetary effects of inflation. 
Subtitle B—Counterdrug Activities 
Sec. 1011. Extension of authority to support a unified counterdrug and counter-
terrorism campaign in Colombia. 
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and Shipyards 
Sec. 1021. Modification to annual naval vessel construction plan. 
Sec. 1022. Navy consultation with Marine Corps on major decisions directly con-
cerning Marine Corps amphibious force structure and capa-
bility. 
Sec. 1023. Amphibious warship force structure. 
Sec. 1024. Modification to limitation on decommissioning or inactivating battle 
force ships before end of expected service life. 
Sec. 1025. Amphibious warfare ship assessment and requirements. 
Sec. 1026. Battle force ship employment, maintenance, and manning baseline 
plans. 
Sec. 1027. Withholding of certain information about sunken military crafts. 
Sec. 1028. Business case analyses on disposition of certain Government-owned 
dry-docks. 
Sec. 1029. Prohibition on retirement of certain naval vessels. 
Subtitle D—Counterterrorism 
Sec. 1031. Extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer or release of indi-
viduals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba, to the United States. 
Sec. 1032. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to construct or modify facili-
ties in the United States to house detainees transferred from 
United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1033. Modification and extension of prohibition on use of funds for transfer 
or release of individuals detained at United States Naval Sta-
tion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to certain countries. 
Sec. 1034. Extension of prohibition on use of funds to close or relinquish control 
of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
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Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 
Sec. 1041. Submission of national defense strategy in classified and unclassified 
form. 
Sec. 1042. Department of Defense support for funerals and memorial events for 
Members and former Members of Congress. 
Sec. 1043. Modification of authority for humanitarian demining assistance and 
stockpiled conventional munitions assistance. 
Sec. 1044. Modification of provisions relating to anomalous health incidents. 
Sec. 1045. Security clearances for recently separated members of the Armed 
Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1046. Integrated and authenticated access to Department of Defense systems 
for certain congressional staff for oversight purposes. 
Sec. 1047. Introduction of entities in transactions critical to national security. 
Sec. 1048. Joint training pipeline between United States Navy and Royal Aus-
tralian Navy. 
Sec. 1049. Standardization of sectional barge construction for Department of De-
fense use on rivers and intercoastal waterways. 
Sec. 1050. Department of Defense support for recently enacted commissions. 
Subtitle F—Studies and Reports 
Sec. 1051. Modification of annual report on unfunded priorities. 
Sec. 1052. Congressional notification of military information support operations 
in the information environment. 
Sec. 1053. Modification and continuation of reporting requirement relating to hu-
manitarian assistance. 
Sec. 1054. Briefing on Global Force Management Allocation Plan. 
Sec. 1055. Report and budget details regarding Operation Spartan Shield. 
Sec. 1056. Annual report on civilian casualties in connection with United States 
military operations. 
Sec. 1057. Extension of certain reporting deadlines. 
Sec. 1058. Extension and modification of reporting requirement regarding en-
hancement of information sharing and coordination of military 
training between Department of Homeland Security and De-
partment of Defense. 
Sec. 1059. Continuation of requirement for annual report on National Guard and 
reserve component equipment. 
Sec. 1060. Modification of authority of Secretary of Defense to transfer excess air-
craft to other departments of the Federal Government and au-
thority to transfer excess aircraft to States. 
Sec. 1061. Combatant command risk assessment for airborne intelligence, surveil-
lance, and reconnaissance. 
Sec. 1062. Study on military training routes and special use air space near wind 
turbines. 
Sec. 1063. Annual reports on safety upgrades to the high mobility multipurpose 
wheeled vehicle fleets. 
Sec. 1064. Department of Defense delays in providing comments on Government 
Accountability Office reports. 
Sec. 1065. Justification for transfer or elimination of certain flying missions. 
Sec. 1066. Reports on United States military force presence in Europe. 
Sec. 1067. Report on Department of Defense practices regarding distinction be-
tween combatants and civilians in United States military oper-
ations. 
Sec. 1068. Report on strategy and improvement of community engagement efforts 
of Armed Forces in Hawaii. 
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Sec. 1069. Report on Department of Defense military capabilities in the Carib-
bean. 
Sec. 1070. Quarterly briefings on Department of Defense support for civil au-
thorities to address immigration at the southwest border. 
Sec. 1071. Annual report on procurement of equipment by State and local govern-
ments through the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 1072. Briefing on financial oversight of certain educational institutions re-
ceiving Department of Defense funds. 
Sec. 1073. Report on effects of certain ethics requirements on Department of De-
fense hiring, retention, and operations. 
Sec. 1074. Joint Concept for Competing. 
Sec. 1075. Analysis of feasibility and advisability of relocating major units of the 
United States Armed Forces to certain European countries. 
Sec. 1076. Report on effects of strategic competitor naval facilities in Africa. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
Sec. 1081. Technical and conforming amendments. 
Sec. 1082. Department of Defense Civilian Protection Center of Excellence. 
Sec. 1083. Ronald V. Dellums Memorial Fellowship in STEM. 
Sec. 1084. Amendment to memorial for members of the Armed Forces killed in 
attack on Hamid Karzai International Airport. 
Sec. 1085. Public availability of cost of certain military operations. 
Sec. 1086. Combating military reliance on Russian energy. 
Sec. 1087. Establishment of joint force headquarters in area of operations of 
United States Indo-Pacific Command. 
Sec. 1088. National tabletop exercise. 
Sec. 1089. Personnel supporting the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict. 
Sec. 1090. Sense of Congress on redesignation of the Africa Center for Strategic 
Studies as the James M. Inhofe Center for Africa Strategic Stud-
ies. 
Sec. 1091. Integration of electronic warfare into Tier 1 and Tier 2 joint training 
exercises. 
Sec. 1092. National Commission on the Future of the Navy. 
Sec. 1093. Dynamic airspace pilot program. 
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 
2023 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 $6,000,000,000. 
(3) EXCEPTION FOR TRANSFERS BETWEEN MILI-
TARY
PERSONNEL
AUTHORIZATIONS.—A transfer of 
funds between military personnel authorizations 
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 Congress. 
(c) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A trans-
fer made from one account to another under the authority 
of this section shall be deemed to increase the amount au-
thorized for the account to which the amount is transferred 
by an amount equal to the amount transferred. 
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(d) NOTICE
TO
CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall 
promptly notify Congress of each transfer made under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 1002. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO THE COR-
RECTIVE ACTION PLANS REVIEW PROCESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Under Secretary 
of Defense (Comptroller) should— 
(1) take appropriate steps to improve the correc-
tive action plans review process, including by linking 
notices of findings and recommendations with the cor-
rective action plans to address such notices; and 
(2) update Department of Defense guidance to 
instruct the Department and its components to docu-
ment root cause analysis when needed to address defi-
ciencies auditors have identified. 
SEC. 1003. ANNUAL REPORTS ON BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF 
INFLATION. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the submission of the President’s budget for a 
fiscal year under section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code, the Secretary of Defense shall deliver to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on observed and antici-
pated budgetary effects related to inflation, including— 
(1) for each Department of Defense appropria-
tion account— 
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(A) the amount appropriated for the fiscal 
year preceding the fiscal year during which the 
report is submitted, the amount appropriated for 
the fiscal year during which the report is sub-
mitted, and the amount requested for the fiscal 
year for which the budget is submitted; 
(B) the relevant inflation index applied to 
each such account at the time of the budget sub-
mission for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal 
year during which the report is submitted, the 
fiscal year during which the report is submitted, 
and the fiscal year for which the budget is sub-
mitted; 
(C) the actual inflationary budgetary effects 
on each such account for the fiscal year pre-
ceding the fiscal year during which the report is 
submitted; 
(D) the estimated inflationary budgetary ef-
fects for the fiscal year during which the report 
is submitted and the fiscal year for which the 
budget is submitted; and 
(E) a calculation of estimated budgetary ef-
fects due to inflation using the estimated indices 
for the fiscal year during which the report is 
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submitted compared to the estimated indices for 
the fiscal year for the budget is submitted. 
(2) for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year 
during which the report is submitted, the fiscal year 
during which the report is submitted, and the fiscal 
year for which the budget is submitted, a summary 
of any requests for equitable adjustment, exercising of 
economic price adjustment (hereinafter referred to as 
‘‘EPA’’) clauses, or bilateral contract modifications to 
include an EPA, including the contract type and fis-
cal year and the type and amount of appropriated 
funds used for the contract; 
(3) a summary of any methodological changes in 
Department of Defense cost estimation practices for 
inflationary budgetary effects for the fiscal year dur-
ing which the report is submitted and the fiscal year 
for which the budget is submitted; and 
(4) any other matters the Secretary determines 
appropriate. 
(b) PERIODIC BRIEFING.—Not later than 60 days after 
the conclusion of the Department of Defense budget mid- 
year review, the Secretary of Defense shall provide the con-
gressional defense committees with a briefing on— 
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(1) any changes in the observed or anticipated 
inflation indices included in the report required 
under subsection (a); 
(2) any actions taken by the Department of De-
fense to respond to changes discussed in such report, 
with specific dollar value figures; and 
(3) any requests for equitable adjustment re-
ceived by the Department of Defense, economic price 
adjustment clauses exercised, or bilateral contract 
modifications to include an EPA made since the sub-
mission of the report required under subsection (a). 
(c) TERMINATION.—The requirement to submit a re-
port under subsection (a) and the requirement to provide 
a briefing under subsection (b) shall terminate on the date 
that is five years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
Subtitle B—Counterdrug Activities 
SEC. 1011. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT A 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 sec-
tion 1007 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
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cal Year 2022 (Public Law 117–81; 135 Stat. 1889), is fur-
ther amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2025’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2025’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORT ON PLAN COLOMBIA.—Not later 
than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year from 2023 
to 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees and the Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives a report that in-
cludes the following: 
‘‘(1) An assessment of the threat to Colombia 
from narcotics trafficking and activities by organiza-
tions designated as foreign terrorist organizations 
under section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 
‘‘(2) A description of the plan of the Government 
of Colombia for the unified campaign described in 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(3) A description of the activities supported 
using the authority provided by subsection (a). 
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‘‘(4) An assessment of the effectiveness of the ac-
tivities described in paragraph (3) in addressing the 
threat described in paragraph (1).’’. 
Subtitle C—Naval Vessels and 
Shipyards 
SEC. 1021. MODIFICATION TO ANNUAL NAVAL VESSEL CON-
STRUCTION PLAN. 
Section 231(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(J) For any class of battle force ship for which 
the procurement of the final ship of the class is pro-
posed in the relevant future-years defense program 
submitted under section 221 of this title— 
‘‘(i) a description of the expected specific ef-
fects on the Navy shipbuilding industrial base 
of— 
‘‘(I) the termination of the production 
program for the ship and the transition to 
a new or modified production program, or 
‘‘(II) the termination of the production 
program for the ship without a new or 
modified production program to replace it; 
and 
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