Bureau regulations when specifically authorized by the 
Chief, National Guard Bureau, $7,267,399,000. 
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED 
FORCES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the United 
States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 
$21,243,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 may be used 
for official representation purposes. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, ARMY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Army, $190,870,000, to 
remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 
funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc-
tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 
buildings and debris of the Department of the Army, or 
for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 
this appropriation to other appropriations made available 
to the Department of the Army, to be merged with and 
to be available for the same purposes and for the same 
time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 
part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 
not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation:
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 
under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority provided elsewhere in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, NAVY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Navy, $368,949,000, to 
remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall, upon determining that such 
funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc-
tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 
buildings and debris of the Department of the Navy, or 
for similar purposes, transfer the funds made available by 
this appropriation to other appropriations made available 
to the Department of the Navy, to be merged with and 
to be available for the same purposes and for the same 
time period as the appropriations to which transferred: 
Provided further, That upon a determination that all or 
part of the funds transferred from this appropriation are 
not necessary for the purposes provided herein, such 
amounts may be transferred back to this appropriation: 
Provided further, That the transfer authority provided 
under this heading is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority provided elsewhere in this Act.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, AIR FORCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Air Force, $396,149,000, 
to remain available until transferred: Provided, That the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall, upon determining that 
such funds are required for environmental restoration, re-
duction and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of un-
safe buildings and debris of the Department of the Air 
Force, or for similar purposes, transfer the funds made 
available by this appropriation to other appropriations 
made available to the Department of the Air Force, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes 
and for the same time period as the appropriations to 
which transferred: Provided further, That upon a deter-
mination that all or part of the funds transferred from 
this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes pro-
vided herein, such amounts may be transferred back to 
this appropriation: Provided further, That the transfer au-
thority provided under this heading is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of Defense, $8,885,000, to re-
main available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Defense shall, upon determining that such funds
are required for environmental restoration, reduction and 
recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe buildings 
and debris of the Department of Defense, or for similar 
purposes, transfer the funds made available by this appro-
priation to other appropriations made available to the De-
partment of Defense, to be merged with and to be avail-
able for the same purposes and for the same time period 
as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided fur-
ther, That upon a determination that all or part of the 
funds transferred from this appropriation are not nec-
essary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 
may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided elsewhere in this Act. 
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION, FORMERLY USED 
DEFENSE SITES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Department of the Army, $235,156,000, to 
remain available until transferred: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Army shall, upon determining that such 
funds are required for environmental restoration, reduc-
tion and recycling of hazardous waste, removal of unsafe 
buildings and debris at sites formerly used by the Depart-
ment of Defense, transfer the funds made available by this
appropriation to other appropriations made available to 
the Department of the Army, to be merged with and to 
be available for the same purposes and for the same time 
period as the appropriations to which transferred: Pro-
vided further, That upon a determination that all or part 
of the funds transferred from this appropriation are not 
necessary for the purposes provided herein, such amounts 
may be transferred back to this appropriation: Provided 
further, That the transfer authority provided under this 
heading is in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided elsewhere in this Act. 
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID 
For expenses relating to the Overseas Humanitarian, 
Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of 
Defense (consisting of the programs provided under sec-
tions 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 2561 of title 10, 
United States Code), $100,793,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027. 
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
For assistance, including assistance provided by con-
tract or by grants, under programs and activities of the 
Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction 
Program authorized under the Department of Defense Co-
operative Threat Reduction Act, $282,830,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE 
DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT 
For the Department of Defense Acquisition Work-
force Development Account, $50,846,000: Provided, That 
no other amounts may be otherwise credited or transferred 
to the Account, or deposited into the Account, in fiscal 
year 2026 pursuant to section 1705(d) of title 10, United 
States Code.
TITLE III 
PROCUREMENT 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 
ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 
accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 
title; and procurement and installation of equipment, ap-
pliances, and machine tools in public and private plants; 
reserve plant and Government and contractor-owned 
equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the 
foregoing purposes, $3,625,324,000, to remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2028. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of missiles, equipment, including 
ordnance, ground handling equipment, spare parts, and 
accessories therefor; specialized equipment and training 
devices; expansion of public and private plants, including 
the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing purposes, 
and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired,
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and 
modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au-
thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 
for the foregoing purposes, $4,576,705,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2028. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, ARMY 
For construction, procurement, production, and 
modification of vehicles, including tactical, support, and 
non-tracked combat vehicles; the purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only; communications and 
electronic equipment; other support equipment; spare 
parts, ordnance, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment and training devices; expansion of public and 
private plants, including the land necessary therefor, for 
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 
in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern-
ment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and other 
expenses 
necessary 
for 
the 
foregoing 
purposes, 
$9,412,655,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2028. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of aircraft, equipment, including 
ordnance, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment; expansion of public and private plants, includ-
ing the land necessary therefor, and such lands and inter-
ests therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; and procurement and 
installation of equipment, appliances, and machine tools 
in public and private plants; reserve plant and Govern-
ment 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway, 
$17,239,853,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2028. 
WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For construction, procurement, production, modifica-
tion, and modernization of missiles, torpedoes, other weap-
ons, and related support equipment including spare parts,
and accessories therefor; expansion of public and private 
plants, including the land necessary therefor, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; and 
procurement and installation of equipment, appliances, 
and machine tools in public and private plants; reserve 
plant and Government and contractor-owned equipment 
layaway, $6,086,954,000, to remain available for obliga-
tion until September 30, 2028. 
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For construction, procurement, production, and 
modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au-
thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 
for the foregoing purposes, $1,098,630,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2028.
SHIPBUILDING AND CONVERSION, NAVY 
For expenses necessary for the construction, acquisi-
tion, or conversion of vessels as authorized by law, includ-
ing armor and armament thereof, plant equipment, appli-
ances, and machine tools and installation thereof in public 
and private plants; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway; procurement of critical, 
long lead time components and designs for vessels to be 
constructed or converted in the future; and expansion of 
public and private plants, including land necessary there-
for, and such lands and interests therein, may be acquired, 
and construction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of 
title, as follows: 
Columbia Class Submarine, $3,928,828,000; 
Columbia 
Class 
Submarine 
(AP), 
$5,350,766,000; 
Carrier 
Replacement 
Program 
(CVN–80), 
$1,046,700,000; 
Carrier 
Replacement 
Program 
(AP), 
$612,038,000; 
Carrier 
Replacement 
Program 
(CVN–81), 
$1,622,935,000; 
Virginia Class Submarine, $2,740,305,000; 
Virginia 
Class 
Submarine 
(AP), 
$3,126,816,000;
CVN Refueling Overhauls, $1,579,011,000; 
DDG–1000 Program, $52,358,000; 
DDG–51 Destroyer, $10,773,000; 
DDG–51 Destroyer (AP), $1,750,000,000; 
FFG–Frigate, $100,000,000; 
FF(X)–Frigate, $242,000,000; 
Medium Landing Ship, $800,000,000; 
TAO Fleet Oiler, $8,346,000; 
TAGOS Surtass Ships, $612,205,000; 
Towing, 
Salvage, 
and 
Rescue 
Ship, 
$141,500,000; 
Ship to Shore Connector, $320,000,000; 
Service Craft, $174,602,000; 
Auxiliary Personnel Lighter, $79,000,000; 
Auxiliary Vessels, $290,000,000; 
For outfitting, post delivery, conversions, and 
first destination transportation, $886,846,000; and 
Completion of Prior Year Shipbuilding Pro-
grams, $1,676,587,000. 
In all: $27,151,616,000, to remain available for obli-
gation until September 30, 2030: Provided, That addi-
tional obligations may be incurred after September 30, 
2030, for engineering services, tests, evaluations, and 
other such budgeted work that must be performed in the 
final stage of ship construction: Provided further, That
none of the funds provided under this heading for the con-
struction or conversion of any naval vessel to be con-
structed in shipyards in the United States shall be ex-
pended in foreign facilities for the construction of major 
components of such vessel: Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided under this heading shall be used for 
the construction of any naval vessel in foreign shipyards: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act for Columbia Class Submarine 
(AP) may be available for the purposes authorized by sub-
sections (f), (g), (h) or (i) of section 2218a of title 10, 
United States Code, only in accordance with the provisions 
of the applicable subsection. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 
For procurement, production, and modernization of 
support equipment and materials not otherwise provided 
for, Navy ordnance (except ordnance for new aircraft, new 
ships, and ships authorized for conversion); the purchase 
of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only; expan-
sion of public and private plants, including the land nec-
essary therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may 
be acquired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to 
approval of title; and procurement and installation of 
equipment, appliances, and machine tools in public and 
private plants; reserve plant and Government and con-
tractor-owned equipment layaway, $14,693,978,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2028: 
Provided, That such funds are also available for the main-
tenance, repair, and modernization of ships under a pilot 
program established for such purposes. 
PROCUREMENT, MARINE CORPS 
For expenses necessary for the procurement, manu-
facture, and modification of missiles, armament, military 
equipment, spare parts, and accessories therefor; plant 
equipment, appliances, and machine tools, and installation 
thereof in public and private plants; reserve plant and 
Government and contractor-owned equipment layaway; ve-
hicles for the Marine Corps, including the purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only; and expansion 
of public and private plants, including land necessary 
therefor, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title, $3,682,643,000, to remain available for ob-
ligation until September 30, 2028. 
AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of 
aircraft and equipment, including armor and armament, 
specialized ground handling equipment, and training de-
vices, spare parts, and accessories therefor; specialized 
equipment; expansion of public and private plants, Gov-
ernment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for 
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov-
ernment and contractor-owned equipment layaway; and 
other expenses necessary for the foregoing purposes in-
cluding 
rents 
and 
transportation 
of 
things, 
$19,964,954,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2028. 
MISSILE PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of 
missiles, rockets, and related equipment, including spare 
parts and accessories therefor; ground handling equip-
ment, and training devices; expansion of public and pri-
vate plants, Government-owned equipment and installa-
tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac-
quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re-
serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip-
ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore-
going purposes including rents and transportation of 
things, $3,963,961,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2028.
PROCUREMENT OF AMMUNITION, AIR FORCE 
For construction, procurement, production, and 
modification of ammunition, and accessories therefor; spe-
cialized equipment and training devices; expansion of pub-
lic and private plants, including ammunition facilities, au-
thorized by section 2854 of title 10, United States Code, 
and the land necessary therefor, for the foregoing pur-
poses, and such lands and interests therein, may be ac-
quired, and construction prosecuted thereon prior to ap-
proval of title; and procurement and installation of equip-
ment, appliances, and machine tools in public and private 
plants; reserve plant and Government and contractor-
owned equipment layaway; and other expenses necessary 
for the foregoing purposes, $773,327,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2028. 
OTHER PROCUREMENT, AIR FORCE 
For procurement and modification of equipment (in-
cluding ground guidance and electronic control equipment, 
and ground electronic and communication equipment), 
and supplies, materials, and spare parts therefor, not oth-
erwise provided for; the purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles for replacement only; lease of passenger motor vehi-
cles; and expansion of public and private plants, Govern-
ment-owned equipment and installation thereof in such 
plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land, for
the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon, prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov-
ernment 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway, 
$32,605,147,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2028. 
PROCUREMENT, SPACE FORCE 
For construction, procurement, and modification of 
spacecraft, rockets, and related equipment, including 
spare parts and accessories therefor; ground handling 
equipment, and training devices; expansion of public and 
private plants, Government-owned equipment and installa-
tion thereof in such plants, erection of structures, and ac-
quisition of land, for the foregoing purposes, and such 
lands and interests therein, may be acquired, and con-
struction prosecuted thereon prior to approval of title; re-
serve plant and Government and contractor-owned equip-
ment layaway; and other expenses necessary for the fore-
going purposes including rents and transportation of 
things, $4,036,035,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2028. 
PROCUREMENT, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments) 
necessary for procurement, production, and modification
of equipment, supplies, materials, and spare parts there-
for, not otherwise provided for; the purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles for replacement only; expansion of public 
and private plants, equipment, and installation thereof in 
such plants, erection of structures, and acquisition of land 
for the foregoing purposes, and such lands and interests 
therein, may be acquired, and construction prosecuted 
thereon prior to approval of title; reserve plant and Gov-
ernment 
and 
contractor-owned 
equipment 
layaway, 
$7,142,723,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2028. 
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES 
For activities by the Department of Defense pursuant 
to sections 108, 301, 302, and 303 of the Defense Produc-
tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4518, 4531, 4532, and 4533), 
$321,923,000, to remain available for obligation until ex-
pended, which shall be obligated and expended by the Sec-
retary of Defense as if delegated the necessary authorities 
conferred by the Defense Production Act of 1950. 
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE EQUIPMENT ACCOUNT 
For procurement of rotary-wing aircraft; combat, tac-
tical and support vehicles; other weapons; and other pro-
curement items for the reserve components of the Armed 
Forces, $800,000,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2028: Provided, That the Chiefs of
National Guard and Reserve components shall, not later 
than 30 days after enactment of this Act, individually sub-
mit to the congressional defense committees the mod-
ernization priority assessment for their respective Na-
tional Guard or Reserve component: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available by this paragraph 
may be used to procure manned fixed wing aircraft, or 
procure or modify missiles, munitions, or ammunition.
TITLE IV 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND 
EVALUATION 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
ARMY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci-
entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ-
ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa-
cilities and equipment, $16,705,760,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2027. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
NAVY 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci-
entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ-
ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa-
cilities and equipment, $28,099,776,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That funds appropriated in this paragraph which are 
available for the V–22 may be used to meet unique oper-
ational requirements of the Special Operations Forces. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
AIR FORCE 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci-
entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ-
ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa-
cilities and equipment, $50,614,595,000, to remain avail-
able for obligation until September 30, 2027. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
SPACE FORCE 
For expenses necessary for basic and applied sci-
entific research, development, test and evaluation, includ-
ing maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of fa-
cilities and equipment, $14,917,160,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027. 
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, 
DEFENSE-WIDE 
For expenses of activities and agencies of the Depart-
ment of Defense (other than the military departments), 
necessary for basic and applied scientific research, devel-
opment, test and evaluation; advanced research projects 
as may be designated and determined by the Secretary 
of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, 
lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, 
$35,248,875,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2027. 
OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the independent activities of the Director, Operational 
Test and Evaluation, in the direction and supervision of 
operational test and evaluation, including initial oper-
TITLE V 
REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 
DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 
For 
the 
Defense 
Working 
Capital 
Funds, 
$2,126,540,000. 
NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE TRANSACTION FUND 
For the National Defense Stockpile Transaction 
Fund, $5,700,000, for activities pursuant to the Strategic 
and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et 
seq.).
TITLE VI 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, for medical 
and health care programs of the Department of Defense 
as authorized by law, $41,770,246,000; of which 
$38,942,713,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, 
of which not to exceed one percent shall remain available 
for obligation until September 30, 2027, and of which up 
to $21,023,765,000 may be available for contracts entered 
into 
under 
the 
TRICARE 
program; 
of 
which 
$354,821,000, to remain available for obligation until Sep-
tember 30, 2028, shall be for procurement; and of which 
$2,472,712,000, to remain available for obligation until 
September 30, 2027, shall be for research, development, 
test and evaluation: Provided, That of the funds provided 
under this heading for research, development, test and 
evaluation, not less than $1,270,000,000 shall be made 
available to the Defense Health Agency to carry out the 
congressionally directed medical research programs: Pro-
vided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, of the amount made available under this heading 
for research, development, test and evaluation, not less 
than $15,000,000 shall be available for HIV prevention 
educational activities undertaken in connection with
United States military training, exercises, and humani-
tarian assistance activities conducted primarily in African 
nations: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees quar-
terly reports on the current status of the electronic health 
record program: Provided further, That the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall perform quarterly per-
formance reviews of the electronic health record program. 
CHEMICAL AGENTS AND MUNITIONS DESTRUCTION, 
DEFENSE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
for the destruction of the United States stockpile of lethal 
chemical agents and munitions in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 1412 of the Department of Defense Au-
thorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521), $213,282,000, of 
which $3,243,000 shall be for operation and maintenance, 
of which not less than $3,243,000 shall be for the Chem-
ical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program, con-
sisting of $2,340,000 for activities on military installa-
tions and $903,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027, to assist State and local governments; and 
$210,039,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, shall be for research, development, test and evalua-
tion, of which $210,039,000 shall only be for the Assem-
bled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program.
DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES, 
DEFENSE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For drug interdiction and counter-drug activities of 
the Department of Defense, for transfer to appropriations 
available to the Department of Defense for military per-
sonnel of the reserve components serving under the provi-
sions of title 10 and title 32, United States Code; for oper-
ation and maintenance; for procurement; and for research, 
development, test and evaluation, $1,148,675,000, of 
which $678,737,000 shall be for counter-narcotics sup-
port; $134,938,000 shall be for the drug demand reduc-
tion program; $305,000,000 shall be for the National 
Guard counter-drug program; and $30,000,000 shall be 
for the National Guard counter-drug schools program: 
Provided, That the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for obligation for the same time period 
and for the same purpose as the appropriation to which 
transferred: Provided further, That upon a determination 
that all or part of the funds transferred from this appro-
priation are not necessary for the purposes provided here-
in, such amounts may be transferred back to this appro-
priation: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro-
vided under this heading is in addition to any other trans-
fer authority contained elsewhere in this Act.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses and activities of the Office of the In-
spector General in carrying out the provisions of the In-
spector General Act of 1978, as amended, $517,599,000, 
of which $511,895,000 shall be for operation and mainte-
nance, of which not to exceed $700,000 is available for 
emergencies and extraordinary expenses to be expended 
upon the approval or authority of the Inspector General, 
and payments may be made upon the Inspector General’s 
certificate of necessity for confidential military purposes; 
of which $1,079,000, to remain available for obligation 
until September 30, 2028, shall be for procurement; and 
of which $4,625,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2027, shall be for research, development, test and eval-
uation.
TITLE VII 
RELATED AGENCIES 
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY RETIREMENT AND 
DISABILITY SYSTEM FUND 
For payment to the Central Intelligence Agency Re-
tirement and Disability System Fund, to maintain the 
proper funding level for continuing the operation of the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
System, $514,000,000. 
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT 
For necessary expenses of the Intelligence Commu-
nity Management Account, $629,128,000.
TITLE VIII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 8001. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda pur-
poses not authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 8002. During the current fiscal year, provisions 
of law prohibiting the payment of compensation to, or em-
ployment of, any person not a citizen of the United States 
shall not apply to personnel of the Department of Defense: 
Provided, That salary increases granted to direct and indi-
rect hire foreign national employees of the Department of 
Defense funded by this Act shall not be at a rate in excess 
of the percentage increase authorized by law for civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense whose pay is 
computed under the provisions of section 5332 of title 5, 
United States Code, or at a rate in excess of the percent-
age increase provided by the appropriate host nation to 
its own employees, whichever is higher: Provided further, 
That this section shall not apply to Department of De-
fense foreign service national employees serving at United 
States diplomatic missions whose pay is set by the Depart-
ment of State under the Foreign Service Act of 1980: Pro-
vided further, That the limitations of this provision shall 
not apply to foreign national employees of the Department 
of Defense in the Republic of Turkey.
SEC. 8003. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year, unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 8004. No more than 20 percent of the appro-
priations in this Act which are limited for obligation dur-
ing the current fiscal year shall be obligated during the 
last 2 months of the fiscal year: Provided, That this sec-
tion shall not apply to obligations for support of active 
duty training of reserve components or summer camp 
training of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8005. Upon determination by the Secretary of 
Defense that such action is necessary in the national inter-
est, the Secretary may, with the approval of the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, transfer not to 
exceed $6,000,000,000 of working capital funds of the De-
partment of Defense or funds made available in this Act 
to the Department of Defense for military functions (ex-
cept military construction) between such appropriations or 
funds or any subdivision thereof, to be merged with and 
to be available for the same purposes, and for the same 
time period, as the appropriation or fund to which trans-
ferred: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not 
be used unless for higher priority items, based on unfore-
seen military requirements, than those for which originally
appropriated and in no case where the item for which 
funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall notify 
the Congress promptly of all transfers made pursuant to 
this authority or any other authority in this Act: Provided 
further, That no part of the funds in this Act shall be 
available to prepare or present a request to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate for reprogramming of funds, unless for 
higher priority items, based on unforeseen military re-
quirements, than those for which originally appropriated 
and in no case where the item for which reprogramming 
is requested has been denied by the Congress: Provided 
further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings of 
funds using authority provided in this section shall be 
made prior to June 30, 2026: Provided further, That 
transfers among military personnel appropriations shall 
not be taken into account for purposes of the limitation 
on the amount of funds that may be transferred under 
this section. 
SEC. 8006. (a) With regard to the list of specific pro-
grams, projects, and activities (and the dollar amounts 
and adjustments to budget activities corresponding to 
such programs, projects, and activities) contained in the 
tables titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in
the explanatory statement regarding this Act and the ta-
bles contained in the classified annex accompanying this 
Act, the obligation and expenditure of amounts appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this Act for those 
programs, projects, and activities are hereby required by 
law to be carried out in the manner provided by such ta-
bles to the same extent as if the tables were included in 
the text of this Act. 
(b) Amounts specified in the referenced tables de-
scribed in subsection (a) shall not be treated as subdivi-
sions of appropriations for purposes of section 8005 of this 
Act: Provided, That section 8005 of this Act shall apply 
when transfers of the amounts described in subsection (a) 
occur between appropriation accounts, subject to the limi-
tation in subsection (c): Provided further, That the trans-
fer amount limitation provided in section 8005 of this Act 
shall not apply to transfers of amounts described in sub-
section (a) if such transfers are necessary for the proper 
execution of such funds. 
(c) During the current fiscal year, amounts specified 
in the referenced tables in titles III and IV of this Act 
described in subsection (a) may not be transferred pursu-
ant to section 8005 of this Act other than for proper exe-
cution of such amounts, as provided in subsection (b).
SEC. 8007. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense 
shall submit a report to the congressional defense commit-
tees to establish the baseline for application of reprogram-
ming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 2026: Pro-
vided, That the report shall include—
(1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 
due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation both by budget activity and program, 
project, and activity as detailed in the Budget Ap-
pendix; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 8005 of this Act, none 
of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for 
reprogramming or transfer until the report identified in 
subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense 
committees, unless the Secretary of Defense certifies in 
writing to the congressional defense committees that such 
reprogramming or transfer is necessary as an emergency 
requirement: Provided, That this subsection shall not
apply to transfers from the following appropriations ac-
counts: 
(1) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Army’’; 
(2) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Navy’’; 
(3) ‘‘Environmental Restoration, Air Force’’; 
(4) 
‘‘Environmental 
Restoration, 
Defense-
Wide’’; 
(5) 
‘‘Environmental 
Restoration, 
Formerly 
Used Defense Sites’’; and 
(6) ‘‘Drug Interdiction and Counter-drug Ac-
tivities, Defense’’. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8008. During the current fiscal year, cash bal-
ances in working capital funds of the Department of De-
fense established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10, 
United States Code, may be maintained in only such 
amounts as are necessary at any time for cash disburse-
ments to be made from such funds: Provided, That trans-
fers may be made between such funds: Provided further, 
That transfers may be made between working capital 
funds and the ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense’’ 
appropriation and the ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ ap-
propriation accounts in such amounts as may be deter-
mined by the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, ex-
cept that such transfers may not be made unless the Sec-
retary of Defense has notified the Congress of the pro-
posed transfer: Provided further, That except in amounts 
equal to the amounts appropriated to working capital 
funds in this Act, no obligations may be made against a 
working capital fund to procure or increase the value of 
war reserve material inventory, unless the Secretary of 
Defense has notified the Congress prior to any such obli-
gation. 
SEC. 8009. Funds appropriated by this Act may not 
be used to initiate, or materially modify the scope of, a 
special access program without prior notification 30 cal-
endar days in advance to the congressional defense com-
mittees. 
SEC. 8010. (a) None of the funds made available to 
the Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior 
fiscal year shall be available to initiate: (1) a multiyear 
contract that employs economic order quantity procure-
ment in excess of $20,000,000 in any one year of the con-
tract or that includes an unfunded contingent liability in 
excess of $20,000,000; or (2) a contract for advance pro-
curement leading to a multiyear contract that employs 
economic order quantity procurement in excess of 
$20,000,000 in any one year, unless the congressional de-
fense committees have been notified at least 30 days in
advance of the proposed contract award: Provided, That 
no part of any appropriation made available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal 
year shall be available to initiate a multiyear contract for 
which the economic order quantity advance procurement 
is not funded at least to the limits of the Government’s 
liability: Provided further, That no part of any appropria-
tion made available to the Department of Defense for this 
fiscal year or any prior fiscal year shall be available to 
initiate multiyear procurement contracts for any systems 
or component thereof if the value of the multiyear contract 
would exceed $500,000,000 unless specifically provided in 
this Act: Provided further, That no multiyear procurement 
contract can be terminated without 30-day prior notifica-
tion to the congressional defense committees: Provided 
further, That the execution of multiyear authority shall re-
quire the use of a present value analysis to determine low-
est cost compared to an annual procurement. 
(b) None of the funds made available to the Depart-
ment of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal 
year may be used for a multiyear contract executed after 
the date of the enactment of this Act unless in the case 
of any such contract—
(1) the Secretary of Defense has submitted to 
Congress a budget request for full funding of units
to be procured through the contract and, in the case 
of a contract for procurement of aircraft, that in-
cludes, for any aircraft unit to be procured through 
the contract for which procurement funds are re-
quested in that budget request for production be-
yond advance procurement activities in the fiscal 
year covered by the budget, full funding of procure-
ment of such unit in that fiscal year; 
(2) cancellation provisions in the contract do 
not include consideration of recurring manufacturing 
costs of the contractor associated with the produc-
tion of unfunded units to be delivered under the con-
tract; 
(3) the contract provides that payments to the 
contractor under the contract shall not be made in 
advance of incurred costs on funded units; and 
(4) the contract does not provide for a price ad-
justment based on a failure. 
(c) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 
the President for fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, that is in compli-
ance with subsection (b)(1), and notwithstanding sub-
section (b)(4)(B) of section 804 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119–
60), funds appropriated to the Department of Defense in
title III of this Act or in any other provision of law may 
be used for multiyear procurement contracts, for a period 
of not more than five years, as follows: Standard Missile–
6; Long Range Anti-Ship Missile; Joint Air-to-Surface 
Standoff Missile Extended Range; Advanced Medium-
Range Air-to-Air Missile; and Standard Missile–3 Block 
1B; and for a period of not more than seven years, as 
follows: PATRIOT Advanced Capability–3 Missile Seg-
ment Enhancement; Terminal High Altitude Area De-
fense; and Tomahawk Cruise Missile Systems: Provided, 
That until such submission is provided to the congres-
sional defense committees, to include P–1 and R–1 budget 
justification documents, which shall identify the allocation 
of funds by program, project, and activity, none of the 
funds made available to the Department of Defense for 
this fiscal year or any prior fiscal year may be obligated 
or expended to enter into any multiyear procurement con-
tracts: Provided further, That before entering into a 
multiyear procurement contract for Tomahawk Cruise 
Missile Systems, Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile Ex-
tended Range, or Standard Missile–6, the Secretary of De-
fense shall certify in writing to the congressional defense 
committees that such action is in the national security in-
terests of the United States.
SEC. 8011. Within the funds appropriated for the op-
eration and maintenance of the Armed Forces, funds are 
hereby appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10, 
United States Code, for humanitarian and civic assistance 
costs under chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code: 
Provided, That such funds may also be obligated for hu-
manitarian and civic assistance costs incidental to author-
ized operations and pursuant to authority granted in sec-
tion 401 of title 10, United States Code, and these obliga-
tions shall be reported as required by section 401(d) of 
title 10, United States Code: Provided further, That funds 
available for operation and maintenance shall be available 
for providing humanitarian and similar assistance by 
using Civic Action Teams in the Trust Territories of the 
Pacific Islands and freely associated states of Micronesia, 
pursuant to the Compact of Free Association as author-
ized by Public Law 99–239: Provided further, That upon 
a determination by the Secretary of Defense that such ac-
tion is beneficial for graduate medical education programs 
conducted at Defense Health Agency medical facilities lo-
cated in Hawaii, the Secretary of Defense may authorize 
the provision of medical services at such facilities and 
transportation to such facilities, on a nonreimbursable 
basis, for civilian patients from American Samoa, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Mar-
shall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, 
and Guam. 
SEC. 8012. None of the funds appropriated by this 
or any other Act, including prior year Acts, may be used 
to obligate and expend funds in the Defense Moderniza-
tion Account made available in accordance with subsection 
(c) of section 3136 of title 10, United States Code, except 
for the purposes described in paragraphs (d)(1) through 
(d)(4): Provided, That any program increases, as detailed 
in the tables titled Explanation of Project Level Adjust-
ments in the explanatory statement regarding this Act, 
may not be transferred to the Defense Modernization Ac-
count pursuant to subsection (c) of section 3136 of title 
10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8013. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used in any way, directly or indirectly, to in-
fluence congressional action on any legislation or appro-
priation matters pending before the Congress. 
SEC. 8014. None of the funds available in this Act 
to the Department of Defense, other than appropriations 
made for necessary or routine refurbishments, upgrades, 
or maintenance activities, shall be used to reduce or to 
prepare to reduce the number of deployed and non-de-
ployed strategic delivery vehicles and launchers below the 
levels set forth in the report submitted to Congress in ac-
cordance with section 1042 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8015. (a) Funds appropriated in title III of this 
Act for the Department of Defense Pilot Mentor-Prote´ge´ 
Program may be transferred to any other appropriation 
contained in this Act solely for the purpose of imple-
menting a Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program developmental assist-
ance agreement pursuant to section 4902 of title 10, 
United States Code, under the authority of this provision 
or any other transfer authority contained in this Act. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall include with the 
budget justification documents in support of the budget 
for fiscal year 2027 (as submitted to Congress pursuant 
to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) a descrip-
tion of each transfer under this section that occurred dur-
ing the last fiscal year before the fiscal year in which such 
budget is submitted. 
SEC. 8016. None of the funds in this Act may be 
available for the purchase by the Department of Defense 
(and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard 
anchor and mooring chain unless the anchor and mooring 
chain are manufactured in the United States from compo-
nents which are substantially manufactured in the United 
States: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, the
term ‘‘manufactured’’ shall include cutting, heat treating, 
quality control, testing of chain and welding (including the 
forging and shot blasting process): Provided further, That 
for the purpose of this section substantially all of the com-
ponents of anchor and mooring chain shall be considered 
to be produced or manufactured in the United States if 
the aggregate cost of the components produced or manu-
factured in the United States exceeds the aggregate cost 
of the components produced or manufactured outside the 
United States: Provided further, That when adequate do-
mestic supplies are not available to meet Department of 
Defense requirements on a timely basis, the Secretary of 
the Service responsible for the procurement may waive this 
restriction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate that such an acquisition must 
be made in order to acquire capability for national security 
purposes. 
SEC. 8017. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated 
funds activity of the Department of Defense that procures 
malt beverages and wine with nonappropriated funds for 
resale (including such alcoholic beverages sold by the 
drink) on a military installation located in the United 
States unless such malt beverages and wine are procured
within that State, or in the case of the District of Colum-
bia, within the District of Columbia, in which the military 
installation is located: Provided, That, in a case in which 
the military installation is located in more than one State, 
purchases may be made in any State in which the installa-
tion is located: Provided further, That such local procure-
ment requirements for malt beverages and wine shall 
apply to all alcoholic beverages only for military installa-
tions in States which are not contiguous with another 
State: Provided further, That alcoholic beverages other 
than wine and malt beverages, in contiguous States and 
the District of Columbia shall be procured from the most 
competitive source, price and other factors considered. 
SEC. 8018. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense may be used to demilitarize or dis-
pose of M–1 Carbines, M–1 Garand rifles, M–14 rifles, 
.22 caliber rifles, .30 caliber rifles, or M–1911 pistols, or 
to demilitarize or destroy small arms ammunition or am-
munition components that are not otherwise prohibited 
from commercial sale under Federal law, unless the small 
arms ammunition or ammunition components are certified 
by the Secretary of the Army or designee as unserviceable 
or unsafe for further use. 
SEC. 8019. No more than $500,000 of the funds ap-
propriated or made available in this Act shall be used dur-
ing a single fiscal year for any single relocation of an orga-
nization, unit, activity or function of the Department of 
Defense into or within the National Capital Region: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Defense may waive this re-
striction on a case-by-case basis by certifying in writing 
to the congressional defense committees that such a relo-
cation is required in the best interest of the Government. 
SEC. 8020. Of the funds made available in this Act 
under 
the 
heading 
‘‘Procurement, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
$24,613,000 shall be available only for incentive payments 
authorized by section 504 of the Indian Financing Act of 
1974 (25 U.S.C. 1544): Provided, That a prime contractor 
or a subcontractor at any tier that makes a subcontract 
award to any subcontractor or supplier as defined in sec-
tion 1544 of title 25, United States Code, or a small busi-
ness owned and controlled by an individual or individuals 
defined under section 4221(9) of title 25, United States 
Code, shall be considered a contractor for the purposes 
of being allowed additional compensation under section 
504 of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 
1544) whenever the prime contract or subcontract amount 
is over $500,000 and involves the expenditure of funds 
appropriated by an Act making appropriations for the De-
partment of Defense with respect to any fiscal year: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 1906 of title
41, United States Code, this section shall be applicable 
to any Department of Defense acquisition of supplies or 
services, including any contract and any subcontract at 
any tier for acquisition of commercial items produced or 
manufactured, in whole or in part, by any subcontractor 
or supplier defined in section 1544 of title 25, United 
States Code, or a small business owned and controlled by 
an individual or individuals defined under section 4221(9) 
of title 25, United States Code. 
SEC. 8021. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of the Air Force may convey at no 
cost to the Air Force, without consideration, to Indian 
tribes located in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Da-
kota, South Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and 
Washington relocatable military housing units located at 
Grand Forks Air Force Base, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 
Mountain Home Air Force Base, Ellsworth Air Force 
Base, and Minot Air Force Base that are excess to the 
needs of the Air Force. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall convey, at 
no cost to the Air Force, military housing units under sub-
section (a) in accordance with the request for such units 
that are submitted to the Secretary by the Operation 
Walking Shield Program on behalf of Indian tribes located 
in the States of Nevada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Montana, Oregon, Minnesota, and Washington. Any 
such conveyance shall be subject to the condition that the 
housing units shall be removed within a reasonable period 
of time, as determined by the Secretary. 
(c) The Operation Walking Shield Program shall re-
solve any conflicts among requests of Indian tribes for 
housing units under subsection (a) before submitting re-
quests to the Secretary of the Air Force under subsection 
(b). 
(d) In this section, the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means 
any recognized Indian tribe included on the current list 
published by the Secretary of the Interior under section 
104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103–454; 108 Stat. 4792; 25 U.S.C. 5131). 
SEC. 8022. Of the funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Defense under the heading ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Defense-Wide’’, not less than $12,000,000 may 
be made available only for the mitigation of environmental 
impacts, including training and technical assistance to 
tribes, related administrative support, the gathering of in-
formation, documenting of environmental damage, and de-
veloping a system for prioritization of mitigation and cost 
to complete estimates for mitigation, on Indian lands re-
sulting from Department of Defense activities.
SEC. 8023. Funds appropriated by this Act for the 
Defense Media Activity shall not be used for any national 
or international political or psychological activities. 
SEC. 8024. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Work-
ing Capital Fund, Army’’, $100,000,000 shall be available 
to maintain competitive rates at the arsenals. 
SEC. 8025. (a) Of the funds made available in this 
Act, not less than $79,000,000 shall be available for the 
Civil Air Patrol Corporation, of which—
(1) $57,900,000 shall be available from ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ to support Civil 
Air Patrol Corporation operation and maintenance, 
readiness, counter-drug activities, and drug demand 
reduction activities involving youth programs; 
(2) $17,800,000 shall be available from ‘‘Air-
craft Procurement, Air Force’’; and 
(3) $3,300,000 shall be available from ‘‘Other 
Procurement, Air Force’’ for vehicle procurement. 
(b) The Secretary of the Air Force should waive reim-
bursement for any funds used by the Civil Air Patrol for 
counter-drug activities in support of Federal, State, and 
local government agencies. 
SEC. 8026. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act are available to establish a new Department of De-
fense (department) federally funded research and develop-
ment center (FFRDC), either as a new entity, or as a 
separate entity administrated by an organization man-
aging another FFRDC, or as a nonprofit membership cor-
poration consisting of a consortium of other FFRDCs and 
other nonprofit entities. 
(b) Except when acting in a technical advisory capac-
ity, no member of a Board of Directors, Trustees, Over-
seers, Advisory Group, Special Issues Panel, Visiting Com-
mittee, or any similar entity of a defense FFRDC, or any 
entity that contracts with the Federal government to man-
age or operate one or more FFRDCs, or any paid consult-
ant to a defense FFRDC shall receive funds appropriated 
by this Act as compensation for services as a member of 
such entity: Provided, That a member of any such entity 
shall be allowed travel expenses and per diem as author-
ized under the Federal Joint Travel Regulations, when en-
gaged in the performance of membership duties: Provided 
further, That except when acting in a technical advisory 
capacity, no paid consultant shall receive funds appro-
priated by this Act as compensation by more than one 
FFRDC in a calendar year. 
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds available to the department from any source 
during the current fiscal year may be used by a defense 
FFRDC, through a fee or other payment mechanism, for
construction of new buildings not located on a military in-
stallation, for payment of cost sharing for projects funded 
by Government grants, for absorption of contract over-
runs, or for certain charitable contributions, not to include 
employee participation in community service and/or devel-
opment. 
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
the funds appropriated in this Act, not more than 
$2,886,300,000 may be funded for professional technical 
staff-related costs of the defense FFRDCs: Provided, That 
within such funds, not more than $461,300,000 shall be 
available for the defense studies and analysis FFRDCs: 
Provided further, That this subsection shall not apply to 
staff years funded in the National Intelligence Program 
and the Military Intelligence Program: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Defense shall, with the submission 
of the department’s fiscal year 2027 budget request, sub-
mit a report presenting the specific amounts of staff years 
of technical effort to be allocated for each defense FFRDC 
by program during that fiscal year and the associated 
budget estimates, by appropriation account and program. 
SEC. 8027. For the purposes of this Act, the term 
‘‘congressional defense committees’’ means the Armed 
Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the 
Armed Services Committee of the Senate, the Sub-
committee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee 
on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
SEC. 8028. For the purposes of this Act, the term 
‘‘congressional intelligence committees’’ means the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives, the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
the Senate, the Subcommittee on Defense of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 
and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate. 
SEC. 8029. During the current fiscal year, the De-
partment of Defense may acquire the modification, depot 
maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels 
as well as the production of components and other De-
fense-related articles, through competition between De-
partment of Defense depot maintenance activities and pri-
vate firms: Provided, That the Senior Acquisition Execu-
tive of the military department or Defense Agency con-
cerned, with power of delegation, shall certify that success-
ful bids include comparable estimates of all direct and in-
direct costs for both public and private bids: Provided fur-
ther, That Office of Management and Budget Circular A–
76 shall not apply to competitions conducted under this 
section. 
SEC. 8030. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act may be expended by an entity of the Department of 
Defense unless the entity, in expending the funds, com-
plies with the Buy American Act. For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘‘Buy American Act’’ means chapter 
83 of title 41, United States Code. 
(b) If the Secretary of Defense determines that a per-
son has been convicted of intentionally affixing a label 
bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription to any product 
sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 
in America, the Secretary shall determine, in accordance 
with section 4658 of title 10, United States Code, whether 
the person should be debarred from contracting with the 
Department of Defense. 
(c) In the case of any equipment or products pur-
chased with appropriations provided under this Act, it is 
the sense of the Congress that any entity of the Depart-
ment of Defense, in expending the appropriation, purchase 
only American-made equipment and products, provided 
that American-made equipment and products are cost-
competitive, quality competitive, and available in a timely 
fashion.
SEC. 8031. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available in this Act shall be used to procure carbon, alloy, 
or armor steel plate for use in any Government-owned fa-
cility or property under the control of the Department of 
Defense which were not melted and rolled in the United 
States or Canada: Provided, That these procurement re-
strictions shall apply to any and all Federal Supply Class 
9515, American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 
or American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) specifications 
of carbon, alloy or armor steel plate: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the military department responsible 
for the procurement may waive this restriction on a case-
by-case basis by certifying in writing to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate that adequate domestic supplies are not available 
to meet Department of Defense requirements on a timely 
basis and that such an acquisition must be made in order 
to acquire capability for national security purposes: Pro-
vided further, That these restrictions shall not apply to 
contracts which are in being as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 8032. (a)(1) If the Secretary of Defense, after 
consultation with the United States Trade Representative, 
determines that a foreign country which is party to an 
agreement described in paragraph (2) has violated the
terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain 
types of products produced in the United States that are 
covered by the agreement, the Secretary of Defense shall 
rescind the Secretary’s blanket waiver of the Buy Amer-
ican Act with respect to such types of products produced 
in that foreign country. 
(2) An agreement referred to in paragraph (1) is any 
reciprocal defense procurement memorandum of under-
standing, between the United States and a foreign country 
pursuant to which the Secretary of Defense has prospec-
tively waived the Buy American Act for certain products 
in that country. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Con-
gress a report on the amount of Department of Defense 
purchases from foreign entities in fiscal year 2026. Such 
report shall separately indicate the dollar value of items 
for which the Buy American Act was waived pursuant to 
any agreement described in subsection (a)(2), the Trade 
Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or any 
international agreement to which the United States is a 
party. 
(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Buy 
American Act’’ means chapter 83 of title 41, United 
States Code.
SEC. 8033. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act may be used for the procurement of ball and roller 
bearings other than those produced by a domestic source 
and of domestic origin: Provided, That the Secretary of 
the military department responsible for such procurement 
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi-
fying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, that ade-
quate domestic supplies are not available to meet Depart-
ment of Defense requirements on a timely basis and that 
such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire ca-
pability for national security purposes: Provided further, 
That this restriction shall not apply to the purchase of 
‘‘commercial products’’, as defined by section 103 of title 
41, United States Code, except that the restriction shall 
apply to ball or roller bearings purchased as end items. 
SEC. 8034. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State, to provide assist-
ance to the Lebanese Armed Forces, including training, 
equipment, logistics support, supplies and services, sti-
pends, 
infrastructure 
repair 
and 
renovation, 
and
sustainment: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that the Lebanese Armed Forces are vetted 
prior to providing assistance, including at a minimum, as-
sessing for associations with terrorist groups and receiving 
a commitment to promote respect for human rights and 
the rule of law: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Defense shall, not fewer than 15 days prior to obligating 
the funds provided in this section, notify the congressional 
defense committees in writing of the details of any such 
obligation: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
may waive a provision of law relating to the acquisition 
of items and support services or sections 40 and 40A of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780 and 2785) 
if the Secretary determines that such provision of law 
would prohibit, restrict, delay or otherwise limit the provi-
sion of such assistance and a notice of and justification 
for such waiver is submitted to the congressional defense 
committees, the Committees on Appropriations and For-
eign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Ap-
propriations and Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives: Provided further, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall provide quarterly reports to the congressional 
defense committees on the use of funds provided in this 
section, including, but not limited to, the number of indi-
viduals trained within the Lebanese Armed Forces, the na-
ture and scope of support and sustainment provided to 
the Lebanese Armed Forces, the area of operations for 
the Lebanese Armed Forces, and the contributions of 
other countries, groups, or individuals. 
SEC. 8035. None of the funds in this Act may be 
used to purchase any supercomputer which is not manu-
factured in the United States, unless the Secretary of De-
fense certifies to the congressional defense committees 
that such an acquisition must be made in order to acquire 
capability for national security purposes that is not avail-
able from United States manufacturers. 
SEC. 8036. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, on a 
case-by-case basis, waive with respect to a foreign country 
each limitation on the procurement of defense items from 
foreign sources provided in law if the Secretary determines 
that the application of the limitation with respect to that 
country would invalidate cooperative programs entered 
into between the Department of Defense and the foreign 
country, or would invalidate reciprocal trade agreements 
for the procurement of defense items entered into under 
section 4851 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
country does not discriminate against the same or similar 
defense items produced in the United States for that coun-
try. 
(b) Subsection (a) applies with respect to—
(1) contracts and subcontracts entered into on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) options for the procurement of items that 
are exercised after such date under contracts that 
are entered into before such date if the option prices 
are adjusted for any reason other than the applica-
tion of a waiver granted under subsection (a). 
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a limitation re-
garding construction of public vessels, ball and roller bear-
ings, food, and clothing or textile materials as defined by 
section XI (chapters 50–65) of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States and products classified 
under headings 4010, 4202, 4203, 6401 through 6406, 
6505, 7019, 7218 through 7229, 7304.41 through 
7304.49, 7306.40, 7502 through 7508, 8105, 8108, 8109, 
8211, 8215, and 9404. 
SEC. 8037. None of the funds made available in this 
Act, or any subsequent Act making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense, may be used for the purchase or 
manufacture of a flag of the United States unless such 
flags are treated as covered items under section 4862(b) 
of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8038. During the current fiscal year, amounts 
contained in the Department of Defense Overseas Military 
Facility Investment Recovery Account shall be available
until expended for the payments specified by section 
2687a(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 8039. During the current fiscal year, appropria-
tions which are available to the Department of Defense 
for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase 
items having an investment item unit cost of not more 
than $350,000: Provided, That upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary to meet 
the operational requirements of a Commander of a Com-
batant Command engaged in a named contingency oper-
ation overseas, such funds may be used to purchase items 
having an investment item unit cost of not more than 
$500,000. 
SEC. 8040. Up to $16,809,000 of the funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Navy’’ may be made available for the Asia Pacific Re-
gional Initiative Program for the purpose of enabling the 
United States Indo-Pacific Command to execute Theater 
Security Cooperation activities such as humanitarian as-
sistance, and payment of incremental and personnel costs 
of training and exercising with foreign security forces: 
Provided, That funds made available for this purpose may 
be used, notwithstanding any other funding authorities for 
humanitarian assistance, security assistance or combined 
exercise expenses: Provided further, That funds may not
be obligated to provide assistance to any foreign country 
that is otherwise prohibited from receiving such type of 
assistance under any other provision of law. 
SEC. 8041. The Secretary of Defense shall issue reg-
ulations to prohibit the sale of any tobacco or tobacco-
related products in military resale outlets in the United 
States, its territories and possessions at a price below the 
most competitive price in the local community: Provided, 
That such regulations shall direct that the prices of to-
bacco or tobacco-related products in overseas military re-
tail outlets shall be within the range of prices established 
for military retail system stores located in the United 
States. 
SEC. 8042. (a) During the current fiscal year, none 
of the appropriations or funds available to the Department 
of Defense Working Capital Funds shall be used for the 
purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquir-
ing a new inventory item for sale or anticipated sale dur-
ing the current fiscal year or a subsequent fiscal year to 
customers of the Department of Defense Working Capital 
Funds if such an item would not have been chargeable 
to the Department of Defense Business Operations Fund 
during fiscal year 1994 and if the purchase of such an 
investment item would be chargeable during the current
fiscal year to appropriations made to the Department of 
Defense for procurement. 
(b) The fiscal year 2027 budget request for the De-
partment of Defense as well as all justification material 
and other documentation supporting the fiscal year 2027 
Department of Defense budget shall be prepared and sub-
mitted to the Congress on the basis that any equipment 
which was classified as an end item and funded in a pro-
curement appropriation contained in this Act shall be 
budgeted for in a proposed fiscal year 2027 procurement 
appropriation and not in the supply management business 
area or any other area or category of the Department of 
Defense Working Capital Funds. 
SEC. 8043. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act for programs of the Central Intelligence Agency shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal 
year, except for funds appropriated for the Reserve for 
Contingencies, which shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027: Provided, That funds appropriated, 
transferred, or otherwise credited to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency Central Services Working Capital Fund 
during this or any prior fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That any funds appro-
priated or transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency 
for advanced research and development acquisition, for
agent operations, and for covert action programs author-
ized by the President under section 503 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093) shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided further, That any 
funds appropriated or transferred to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency for the construction, improvement, or al-
teration of facilities, including leased facilities, to be used 
primarily by personnel of the intelligence community, shall 
remain available until September 30, 2028. 
SEC. 8044. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) 
and (c), none of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used—
(1) to establish a field operating agency; or 
(2) to pay the basic pay of a member of the 
Armed Forces or civilian employee of the Depart-
ment of Defense who is transferred or reassigned 
from a headquarters activity if the member or em-
ployee’s place of duty remains at the location of that 
headquarters. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a mili-
tary department may waive the limitations in subsection 
(a), on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines, 
and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate that the grant-
ing of the waiver will reduce the personnel requirements 
or the financial requirements of the department. 
(c) This section does not apply to—
(1) field operating agencies funded within the 
National Intelligence Program; 
(2) an Army field operating agency established 
to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of im-
provised explosive devices, and, as determined by the 
Secretary of the Army, other similar threats; 
(3) an Army field operating agency established 
to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of bio-
metric activities and to integrate common biometric 
technologies throughout the Department of Defense; 
or 
(4) an Air Force field operating agency estab-
lished to administer the Air Force Mortuary Affairs 
Program and Mortuary Operations for the Depart-
ment of Defense and authorized Federal entities. 
SEC. 8045. (a) None of the funds appropriated by 
this Act shall be available to convert to contractor per-
formance an activity or function of the Department of De-
fense that, on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, is performed by Department of Defense civilian em-
ployees unless—
(1) the conversion is based on the result of a 
public-private competition that includes a most effi-
cient and cost effective organization plan developed 
by such activity or function; 
(2) the Competitive Sourcing Official deter-
mines that, over all performance periods stated in 
the solicitation of offers for performance of the ac-
tivity or function, the cost of performance of the ac-
tivity or function by a contractor would be less costly 
to the Department of Defense by an amount that 
equals or exceeds the lesser of—
(A) 10 percent of the most efficient organi-
zation’s personnel-related costs for performance 
of that activity or function by Federal employ-
ees; or 
(B) $10,000,000; and 
(3) the contractor does not receive an advan-
tage for a proposal that would reduce costs for the 
Department of Defense by—
(A) not making an employer-sponsored 
health insurance plan available to the workers 
who are to be employed in the performance of 
that activity or function under the contract; or 
(B) offering to such workers an employer-
sponsored health benefits plan that requires the
employer to contribute less towards the pre-
mium or subscription share than the amount 
that is paid by the Department of Defense for 
health benefits for civilian employees under 
chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b)(1) The Department of Defense, without regard 
to subsection (a) of this section or subsection (a), (b), or 
(c) of section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, and 
notwithstanding any administrative regulation, require-
ment, or policy to the contrary shall have full authority 
to enter into a contract for the performance of any com-
mercial or industrial type function of the Department of 
Defense that—
(A) is included on the procurement list estab-
lished pursuant to section 2 of the Javits-Wagner-
O’Day Act (section 8503 of title 41, United States 
Code); 
(B) is planned to be converted to performance 
by a qualified nonprofit agency for the blind or by 
a qualified nonprofit agency for other severely handi-
capped individuals in accordance with that Act; or 
(C) is planned to be converted to performance 
by a qualified firm under at least 51 percent owner-
ship by an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4(e) 
of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As-
sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)), or a Native Ha-
waiian Organization, as defined in section 8(a)(15) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(15)). 
(2) This section shall not apply to depot contracts 
or contracts for depot maintenance as provided in sections 
2469 and 2474 of title 10, United States Code. 
(c) The conversion of any activity or function of the 
Department of Defense under the authority provided by 
this section shall be credited toward any competitive or 
outsourcing goal, target, or measurement that may be es-
tablished by statute, regulation, or policy and is deemed 
to be awarded under the authority of, and in compliance 
with, subsection (h) of section 2304 of title 10, United 
States Code, for the competition or outsourcing of com-
mercial activities. 
(RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 8046. Of the funds appropriated in Department 
of Defense Appropriations Acts, the following funds are 
hereby rescinded from the following accounts and pro-
grams in the specified amounts: Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985:
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: FFG–
Frigate’’, 2020/2031, $240,245,000; 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: FFG–
Frigate’’, 2022/2026, $418,624,000; 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: FFG–
Frigate’’, 2023/2027, $483,391,000; 
‘‘Cooperative 
Threat 
Reduction 
Account’’, 
2024/2026, $33,936,000; 
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2024/2026, 
$15,000,000; 
‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2024/2026, 
$2,943,000; 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: FFG–
Frigate’’, 2024/2028, $1,271,572,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2024/2026, 
$25,397,000; 
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2024/2026, 
$41,189,000; 
‘‘Procurement, 
Space 
Force’’, 
2024/2026, 
$107,100,000; 
‘‘Defense 
Health 
Program’’, 
2024/2026, 
$10,473,000; 
‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Train 
and Equip Fund’’, 2025/2026, $50,000,000;
‘‘Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat 
Vehicles, Army’’, 2025/2027, $452,647,000; 
‘‘Other 
Procurement, 
Army’’, 
2025/2027, 
$119,887,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Navy’’, 2025/2027, 
$155,711,000; 
‘‘Weapons Procurement, Navy’’, 2025/2027, 
$200,272,000; 
‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy: FFG–
Frigate’’, 2025/2029, $151,230,000; 
‘‘Aircraft Procurement, Air Force’’, 2025/2027, 
$193,555,000; 
‘‘Missile Procurement, Air Force’’, 2025/2027, 
$209,045,000; 
‘‘Other Procurement, Air Force’’, 2025/2027, 
$186,638,000; 
‘‘Procurement, 
Space 
Force’’, 
2025/2027, 
$339,196,000; 
‘‘Procurement, 
Defense-Wide’’, 
2025/2027, 
$11,807,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Army’’, 2025/2026, $178,735,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Navy’’, 2025/2026, $82,461,000;
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Air Force’’, 2025/2026, $329,435,000; 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, 
Space Force’’, 2025/2026, $370,149,000; and 
‘‘Defense Modernization Account , Defense-
Wide’’, 2025/2028, $28,249,000. 
SEC. 8047. None of the funds available in this Act 
may be used to reduce the authorized positions for mili-
tary technicians (dual status) of the Army National 
Guard, Air National Guard, Army Reserve and Air Force 
Reserve for the purpose of applying any administratively 
imposed civilian personnel ceiling, freeze, or reduction on 
military technicians (dual status), unless such reductions 
are a direct result of a reduction in military force struc-
ture. 
SEC. 8048. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be obligated or ex-
pended for assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic 
of Korea unless specifically appropriated for that purpose: 
Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to any ac-
tivities incidental to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting 
Agency mission to recover and identify the remains of 
United States Armed Forces personnel from the Demo-
cratic People’s Republic of Korea.
SEC. 8049. (a) None of the funds available to the 
Department of Defense for any fiscal year for drug inter-
diction or counter-drug activities may be transferred to 
any other department or agency of the United States ex-
cept as specifically provided in an appropriations law. 
(b) None of the funds available to the Central Intel-
ligence Agency for any fiscal year for drug interdiction or 
counter-drug activities may be transferred to any other de-
partment or agency of the United States except as specifi-
cally provided in an appropriations law. 
SEC. 8050. In addition to the amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act, 
$49,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of 
Defense: Provided, That upon the determination of the 
Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter-
est, the Secretary shall make grants in the amounts speci-
fied as follows: $24,000,000 to the United Service Organi-
zations and $25,000,000 to the Red Cross. 
SEC. 8051. Notwithstanding any other provision in 
this Act, the Small Business Innovation Research program 
and the Small Business Technology Transfer program set-
asides shall be taken proportionally from all programs, 
projects, or activities to the extent they contribute to the 
extramural budget. The Secretary of each military depart-
ment, the Director of each Defense Agency, and the head
of each other relevant component of the Department of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees, concurrent with submission of the budget justifica-
tion documents to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of 
title 31, United States Code, a report with a detailed ac-
counting of the Small Business Innovation Research pro-
gram and the Small Business Technology Transfer pro-
gram set-asides taken from programs, projects, or activi-
ties within such department, agency, or component during 
the most recently completed fiscal year. 
SEC. 8052. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense under this Act shall be obligated or 
expended to pay a contractor under a contract with the 
Department of Defense for costs of any amount paid by 
the contractor to an employee when—
(1) such costs are for a bonus or otherwise in 
excess of the normal salary paid by the contractor 
to the employee; and 
(2) such bonus is part of restructuring costs as-
sociated with a business combination. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8053. During the current fiscal year, no more 
than $30,000,000 of appropriations made in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide’’ may be transferred to appropriations available for
the pay of military personnel, to be merged with, and to 
be available for the same time period as the appropriations 
to which transferred, to be used in support of such per-
sonnel in connection with support and services for eligible 
organizations and activities outside the Department of De-
fense pursuant to section 2012 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 8054. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may per-
mit the use of equipment of the National Guard Distance 
Learning Project by any person or entity on a space-avail-
able, reimbursable basis. The Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau shall establish the amount of reimbursement for 
such use on a case-by-case basis. 
(b) Amounts collected under subsection (a) shall be 
credited to funds available for the National Guard Dis-
tance Learning Project and be available to defray the costs 
associated with the use of equipment of the project under 
that subsection. Such funds shall be available for such 
purposes without fiscal year limitation. 
SEC. 8055. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this or prior Acts may be obli-
gated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in 
storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any C–40 
aircraft.
(b) The limitation under subsection (a) shall not 
apply to an individual C–40 aircraft that the Secretary 
of the Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to 
be no longer mission capable due to a Class A mishap. 
(c) If the Secretary determines under subsection (b) 
that an aircraft is no longer mission capable, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
certification in writing that the status of such aircraft is 
due to a Class A mishap and not due to lack of mainte-
nance, repairs, or other reasons. 
(d) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
necessary steps taken by the Department of Defense to 
meet the travel requirements for official or representa-
tional duties of members of Congress and the Cabinet in 
fiscal years 2026 and 2027. 
SEC. 8056. (a) None of the funds appropriated in 
title IV of this Act may be used to procure end-items for 
delivery to military forces for operational training, oper-
ational use, or inventory requirements: Provided, That this 
restriction does not apply to end-items used in develop-
ment, prototyping in accordance with an approved test 
strategy, and test activities preceding and leading to ac-
ceptance for operational use.
(b) If the number of end-items budgeted with funds 
appropriated in title IV of this Act exceeds the number 
required in an approved test strategy, the Under Secretary 
of Defense (Research and Engineering) and the Under 
Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Sustainment), in 
coordination with the responsible Service Acquisition Ex-
ecutive, shall certify in writing to the congressional de-
fense committees that there is a bonafide need for the ad-
ditional end-items at the time of submittal to Congress 
of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2027 pursu-
ant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That this restriction does not apply to programs 
funded within the National Intelligence Program. 
(c) The Secretary of Defense shall, at the time of the 
submittal to Congress of the budget of the President for 
fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report detailing the use of funds requested 
in research, development, test and evaluation accounts for 
end-items used in development, prototyping and test ac-
tivities preceding and leading to acceptance for operational 
use: Provided, That the report shall set forth, for each 
end item covered by the preceding proviso, a detailed list 
of the statutory authorities under which amounts in the 
accounts described in that proviso were used for such item:
Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, at 
the time of the submittal to Congress of the budget of 
the President for fiscal year 2027 pursuant to section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a certification that funds 
requested for fiscal year 2027 in research, development, 
test and evaluation accounts are in compliance with this 
section: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
may waive this restriction on a case-by-case basis by certi-
fying in writing to the Subcommittees on Defense of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate that it is in the national security 
interest to do so. 
SEC. 8057. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or other Department of De-
fense Appropriations Acts may be obligated or expended 
for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to 
military family housing units of the Department of De-
fense, including areas in such military family housing 
units that may be used for the purpose of conducting offi-
cial Department of Defense business. 
SEC. 8058. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-
Wide’’ for any new start Defense Innovation Acceleration
(PE 0603838D8Z) or Rapid Prototyping Program (PE 
0604331D8Z) demonstration project with a value of more 
than $5,000,000 may only be obligated 15 days after a 
report, including a description of the project, the planned 
acquisition and transition strategy and its estimated an-
nual and total cost, has been provided in writing to the 
congressional defense committees: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of Defense may waive this restriction on a case-
by-case basis by certifying to the congressional defense 
committees that it is in the national interest to do so. 
SEC. 8059. The Secretary of Defense shall continue 
to provide a classified quarterly report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, Subcommittees on Defense on certain matters as 
directed in the classified annex accompanying this Act. 
SEC. 8060. Notwithstanding section 12310(b) of title 
10, United States Code, a servicemember who is a member 
of the National Guard serving on full-time National Guard 
duty under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, 
may perform duties in support of the ground-based ele-
ments of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System. 
SEC. 8061. None of the funds provided in this Act 
may be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity 
ammunition held by the Department of Defense that has 
a center-fire cartridge and a United States military no-
menclature designation of ‘‘armor penetrator’’, ‘‘armor 
piercing (AP)’’, ‘‘armor piercing incendiary (API)’’, 
‘‘armor-piercing incendiary tracer (API–T)’’, ‘‘general 
purpose (GP)’’, ‘‘special purpose (SP)’’ except 9mm, or 
‘‘enhanced performance round (EPR)’’, except to an entity 
performing demilitarization services for the Department of 
Defense under a contract that requires the entity to dem-
onstrate to the satisfaction of the Department of Defense 
that the above listed projectiles are either: (1) rendered 
incapable of reuse by the demilitarization process; or (2) 
used to manufacture ammunition pursuant to a contract 
with the Department of Defense or the manufacture of 
ammunition for export pursuant to a License for Perma-
nent Export of Unclassified Military Articles issued by the 
Department of State. 
SEC. 8062. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their des-
ignee, may waive payment of all or part of the consider-
ation that otherwise would be required under section 2667 
of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a lease of 
personal property for a period not in excess of 1 year to 
any organization specified in section 508(d) of title 32, 
United States Code, or any other youth, social, or fra-
ternal nonprofit organization as may be approved by the
Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or their designee, 
on a case-by-case basis. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8063. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$218,015,597 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Defense is authorized to transfer such 
funds to other activities of the Federal Government: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary of Defense is authorized 
to enter into and carry out contracts for the acquisition 
of real property, construction, personal services, and oper-
ations related to projects carrying out the purposes of this 
section: Provided further, That contracts entered into 
under the authority of this section may provide for such 
indemnification as the Secretary determines to be nec-
essary: Provided further, That projects authorized by this 
section shall comply with applicable Federal, State, and 
local law to the maximum extent consistent with the na-
tional security, as determined by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 8064. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
or any other Act, including prior year Acts, may be used 
to implement a change to—
(1) the appropriations account structure for the 
National Intelligence Program budget, including
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through the creation of a new appropriation or new 
appropriation account; 
(2) how the National Intelligence Program 
budget request is presented in the unclassified P–1, 
R–1, and O–1 documents supporting the Depart-
ment of Defense budget request; 
(3) the process by which the National Intel-
ligence Program appropriations are apportioned to 
the executing agencies; or 
(4) the process by which the National Intel-
ligence Program appropriations are allotted, obli-
gated and disbursed. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to 
prohibit the merger of programs or changes to the Na-
tional Intelligence Program budget at or below the Ex-
penditure Center level, provided such change is otherwise 
in accordance with subsection (a). 
(c) The Director of National Intelligence and the Sec-
retary of Defense may jointly study and develop detailed 
proposals for alternative budget presentation and appro-
priation accounts. Such study shall include a comprehen-
sive counterintelligence risk assessment to ensure that 
none of the alternative processes will adversely affect 
counterintelligence.
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(d) Upon development of the detailed proposals de-
fined under subsection (c), the Director of National Intel-
ligence and the Secretary of Defense shall—
(1) provide the proposed alternatives to all af-
fected agencies; 
(2) receive certification from all affected agen-
cies attesting that the proposed alternatives will not 
adversely affect counterintelligence; and 
(3) not later than 30 days after receiving all 
necessary certifications under paragraph (2), present 
the proposed alternatives and certifications to the 
congressional defense and intelligence committees. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8065. In addition to amounts made available 
elsewhere in this Act, $25,000,000 is hereby appropriated 
to the Department of Defense and made available for 
transfer to operation and maintenance accounts, procure-
ment accounts, and research, development, test and eval-
uation accounts only for those efforts by the Commander, 
United States Africa Command to expand cooperation, 
share operational information, advance interoperability, or 
improve the capabilities of our allies and partners in their 
area of operation: Provided, That none of the funds pro-
vided under this section may be obligated or expended 
until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense provides to
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the congressional defense committees an execution plan: 
Provided further, That not less than 15 days prior to any 
transfer of funds, the Secretary of Defense shall notify 
the congressional defense committees of the details of any 
such transfer: Provided further, That upon transfer, the 
funds shall be merged with and available for the same pur-
poses, and for the same time period, as the appropriation 
to which transferred: Provided further, That the transfer 
authority provided under this section is in addition to any 
other transfer authority provided elsewhere in this Act. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8066. During the current fiscal year, not to ex-
ceed $11,000,000 from each of the appropriations made 
in title II of this Act for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Army’’, ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, and ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Air Force’’ may be transferred by 
the military department concerned to its central fund es-
tablished for Fisher Houses and Suites pursuant to sec-
tion 2493(d) of title 10, United States Code. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8067. In addition to amounts provided else-
where in this Act, $5,000,000 is hereby appropriated to 
the Department of Defense, to remain available for obliga-
tion until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, that upon the determination of the
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Secretary of Defense that it shall serve the national inter-
est, these funds shall be available only for a grant to the 
Fisher House Foundation, Inc., only for the construction 
and furnishing of additional Fisher Houses to meet the 
needs of military family members when confronted with 
the illness or hospitalization of an eligible military bene-
ficiary. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8068. Of the amounts appropriated for ‘‘Oper-
ation and Maintenance, Navy’’, up to $1,000,000 shall be 
available for transfer to the John C. Stennis Center for 
Public Service Development Trust Fund established under 
section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv-
ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105). 
SEC. 8069. None of the funds available to the De-
partment of Defense may be obligated to modify command 
and control relationships to give Fleet Forces Command 
operational and administrative control of United States 
Navy forces assigned to the Pacific fleet: Provided, That 
the command and control relationships which existed on 
October 1, 2004, shall remain in force until a written 
modification has been proposed to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided further, That the proposed modification may 
be implemented 30 days after the notification unless an
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objection is received from either the House or Senate Ap-
propriations Committees: Provided further, That any pro-
posed modification shall not preclude the ability of the 
commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command to 
meet operational requirements. 
SEC. 8070. Any notice that is required to be sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate under section 3601 of 
title 10, United States Code, as added by section 804(a) 
of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2023 shall be submitted pursuant to 
that requirement concurrently to the Subcommittees on 
Defense of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
SEC. 8071. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the headings ‘‘Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ and 
‘‘Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-
Wide’’, $500,000,000 shall be for the Israeli Cooperative 
Programs: Provided, That of this amount, $60,000,000 
shall be for the Secretary of Defense to provide to the Gov-
ernment of Israel for the procurement of the Iron Dome 
defense system to counter short-range rocket threats, sub-
ject to the U.S.-Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agree-
ment, as amended; $127,000,000 shall be for the Short 
Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD) program, in-
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cluding cruise missile defense research and development 
under the SRBMD program; $40,000,000 shall be for co-
production activities of SRBMD systems in the United 
States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements 
consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce-
dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 
for SRBMD, as amended; $100,000,000 shall be for an 
upper-tier component to the Israeli Missile Defense Archi-
tecture, of which $100,000,000 shall be for co-production 
activities of Arrow 3 Upper Tier systems in the United 
States and in Israel to meet Israel’s defense requirements 
consistent with each nation’s laws, regulations, and proce-
dures, subject to the U.S.-Israeli co-production agreement 
for Arrow 3 Upper Tier, as amended; and $173,000,000 
shall be for the Arrow System Improvement Program in-
cluding development of a long range, ground and airborne, 
detection suite. 
SEC. 8072. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, 
$1,676,587,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2026, to fund prior year shipbuilding cost increases for 
the following programs: 
(1) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2013/2026: Carrier Replacement 
Program, $150,000,000;
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(2) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2016/2026: Virginia Class Sub-
marine Program, $121,538,000; 
(3) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2016/2026: DDG 51 Program, 
$14,892,000; 
(4) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2017/2026: Virginia Class Sub-
marine Program, $99,116,000; 
(5) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2017/2026: DDG 51 Program, 
$62,365,000; 
(6) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2017/2026: LHA Replacement Pro-
gram, $93,603,000; 
(7) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2018/2026: Virginia Class Sub-
marine Program, $289,761,000; 
(8) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2018/2026: DDG 51 Program, 
$104,238,000; 
(9) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2018/2026: LPD Flight II Program, 
$93,442,000;
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(10) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2018/2026: Oceanographic Ships 
Program, $6,015,000; 
(11) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2019/2026: Littoral Combat Ship 
Program, $5,766,000; 
(12) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2019/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
gram, $15,400,000; 
(13) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2019/2026: Ship to Shore Connector 
Program, $15,480,000; 
(14) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2020/2026: CVN Refueling Over-
hauls, $483,100,000; 
(15) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2020/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
gram, $48,260,000; 
(16) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2022/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
gram, $19,650,000; 
(17) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2022/2026: Expeditionary Sea Base 
Program, $30,000,000;
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(18) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2022/2026: Expeditionary Fast 
Transport Program, $11,231,000; 
(19) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2023/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
gram, $6,530,000; and 
(20) Under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and Con-
version, Navy’’, 2024/2026: T–AO Fleet Oiler Pro-
gram, $6,200,000. 
SEC. 8073. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 
available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel-
ligence activities and intelligence-related activities not oth-
erwise authorized in the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2026 are deemed to be specifically authorized 
by the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094). 
SEC. 8074. None of the funds provided in this Act 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that creates or initiates a new 
program, project, or activity unless such program, project, 
or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest 
of national security and only after written prior notifica-
tion to the congressional defense committees. 
SEC. 8075. None of the funds in this Act may be 
used for research, development, test, evaluation, procure-
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ment or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a 
missile defense system. 
SEC. 8076. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of de-
commissioning more than one Littoral Combat Ship. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8077. The Secretary of Defense may transfer 
funds from any available Department of the Navy appro-
priation (except military construction) to any available 
Navy ship construction appropriation for the purpose of 
liquidating necessary changes resulting from inflation, 
market fluctuations, or rate adjustments for any ship con-
struction program appropriated in law: Provided, That the 
Secretary may transfer not to exceed $40,000,000 under 
the authority provided by this section: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may not transfer any funds until 30 
days after the proposed transfer has been reported to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate, unless a response from the Commit-
tees is received sooner: Provided further, That any funds 
transferred pursuant to this section shall retain the same 
period of availability as when originally appropriated: Pro-
vided further, That the transfer authority provided under 
this section is in addition to any other transfer authority 
contained elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That the
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transfer authority provided by this section expires on Sep-
tember 30, 2030. 
SEC. 8078. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available in this Act shall be used to reduce or disestablish 
the operation of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squad-
ron of the Air Force Reserve, if such action would reduce 
the WC–130 Weather Reconnaissance mission below the 
levels funded in this Act: Provided, That the Air Force 
shall allow the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron to 
perform other missions in support of national defense re-
quirements during the non-hurricane season. 
SEC. 8079. None of the funds provided in this Act 
shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence in-
formation unless the information has been lawfully col-
lected and processed during the conduct of authorized for-
eign intelligence activities: Provided, That information 
pertaining to United States persons shall only be handled 
in accordance with protections provided in the Fourth 
Amendment of the United States Constitution as imple-
mented through Executive Order No. 12333. 
SEC. 8080. None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act for programs of the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year, except for funds appropriated for
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research and technology, which shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027. 
SEC. 8081. For purposes of section 1553(b) of title 
31, United States Code, any subdivision of appropriations 
made in this Act under the heading ‘‘Shipbuilding and 
Conversion, Navy’’ shall be considered to be for the same 
purpose as any subdivision under the heading ‘‘Ship-
building and Conversion, Navy’’ appropriations in any 
prior fiscal year, and the 1 percent limitation shall apply 
to the total amount of the appropriation. 
SEC. 8082. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intel-
ligence shall submit a report to the congressional intel-
ligence committees to establish the baseline for application 
of reprogramming and transfer authorities for fiscal year 
2026: Provided, That the report shall include—
(1) a table for each appropriation with a sepa-
rate column to display the President’s budget re-
quest, adjustments made by Congress, adjustments 
due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 
fiscal year enacted level; 
(2) a delineation in the table for each appro-
priation by Expenditure Center and project; and 
(3) an identification of items of special congres-
sional interest.
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(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel-
ligence Program in this Act shall be available for re-
programming or transfer until the report identified in sub-
section (a) is submitted to the congressional intelligence 
committees, unless the Director of National Intelligence 
certifies in writing to the congressional intelligence com-
mittees that such reprogramming or transfer is necessary 
as an emergency requirement. 
SEC. 8083. Any transfer of amounts appropriated to 
the Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Devel-
opment Account in or for fiscal year 2026 to a military 
department or Defense Agency pursuant to section 
1705(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code, shall be cov-
ered by and subject to section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8084. (a) None of the funds provided for the 
National Intelligence Program in this or any prior appro-
priations Act shall be available for obligation or expendi-
ture through a reprogramming or transfer of funds in ac-
cordance with section 102A(d) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024(d)) that—
(1) creates a new start effort; 
(2) terminates a program with appropriated 
funding of $10,000,000 or more; 
(3) transfers funding into or out of the Na-
tional Intelligence Program; or
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(4) transfers funding between appropriations, 
unless the congressional intelligence committees are 
notified 30 days in advance of such reprogramming 
of funds; this notification period may be reduced for 
urgent national security requirements. 
(b) None of the funds provided for the National Intel-
ligence Program in this or any prior appropriations Act 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance with 
section 102A(d) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 3024(d)) that results in a cumulative increase or 
decrease of the levels specified in the classified annex ac-
companying the Act unless the congressional intelligence 
committees are notified 30 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds; this notification period may be re-
duced for urgent national security requirements. 
SEC. 8085. (a) Any agency receiving funds made 
available in this Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and 
(c), post on the public website of that agency any report 
required to be submitted by the Congress in this or any 
other Act, upon the determination by the head of the agen-
cy that it shall serve the national interest. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if—
(1) the public posting of the report com-
promises national security; or
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(2) the report contains proprietary information. 
(c) The head of the agency posting such report shall 
do so only after such report has been made available to 
the requesting Committee or Committees of Congress for 
no less than 45 days. 
SEC. 8086. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be expended for 
any Federal contract for an amount in excess of 
$1,000,000, unless the contractor agrees not to—
(1) enter into any agreement with any of its 
employees or independent contractors that requires, 
as a condition of employment, that the employee or 
independent contractor agree to resolve through ar-
bitration any claim under title VII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 or any tort related to or arising 
out of sexual assault or harassment, including as-
sault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional 
distress, false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, su-
pervision, or retention; or 
(2) take any action to enforce any provision of 
an existing agreement with an employee or inde-
pendent contractor that mandates that the employee 
or independent contractor resolve through arbitra-
tion any claim under title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964 or any tort related to or arising out of sex-
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ual assault or harassment, including assault and 
battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, 
false imprisonment, or negligent hiring, supervision, 
or retention. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be expended for any Fed-
eral contract unless the contractor certifies that it requires 
each covered subcontractor to agree not to enter into, and 
not to take any action to enforce any provision of, any 
agreement as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (a), with respect to any employee or independent 
contractor performing work related to such subcontract. 
For purposes of this subsection, a ‘‘covered subcon-
tractor’’ is an entity that has a subcontract in excess of 
$1,000,000 on a contract subject to subsection (a). 
(c) The prohibitions in this section do not apply with 
respect to a contractor’s or subcontractor’s agreements 
with employees or independent contractors that may not 
be enforced in a court of the United States. 
(d) The Secretary of Defense may waive the applica-
tion of subsection (a) or (b) to a particular contractor or 
subcontractor for the purposes of a particular contract or 
subcontract if the Secretary or the Deputy Secretary per-
sonally determines that the waiver is necessary to avoid 
harm to national security interests of the United States,
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and that the term of the contract or subcontract is not 
longer than necessary to avoid such harm. The determina-
tion shall set forth with specificity the grounds for the 
waiver and for the contract or subcontract term selected, 
and shall state any alternatives considered in lieu of a 
waiver and the reasons each such alternative would not 
avoid harm to national security interests of the United 
States. The Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Con-
gress, and simultaneously make public, any determination 
under this subsection not less than 15 business days be-
fore the contract or subcontract addressed in the deter-
mination may be awarded. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8087. From within the funds appropriated for 
operation and maintenance for the Defense Health Pro-
gram in this Act, up to $165,000,000, shall be available 
for transfer to the Joint Department of Defense—Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration 
Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 1704 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010, Public Law 111–84: Provided, That for purposes 
of section 1704(b), the facility operations funded are oper-
ations of the integrated Captain James A. Lovell Federal 
Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care
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Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined 
Federal medical facility as described by section 706 of 
Public Law 110–417: Provided further, That additional 
funds may be transferred from funds appropriated for op-
eration and maintenance for the Defense Health Program 
to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Vet-
erans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund upon 
written notification by the Secretary of Defense to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate. 
SEC. 8088. Notwithstanding price or other limita-
tions applicable to the purchase of passenger carrying ve-
hicles, appropriations available to the Department of De-
fense may be used for the purchase of: (1) heavy and light 
armored vehicles for the physical security of personnel or 
for force protection purposes up to a limit of $450,000 
per vehicle; and (2) passenger motor vehicles up to a limit 
of $75,000 per vehicle for use by military and civilian em-
ployees of the Department of Defense in the United States 
Central Command area of responsibility. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 8089. Upon a determination by the Director of 
National Intelligence that such action is necessary and in 
the national interest, the Director may, with the approval 
of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
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transfer not to exceed $1,500,000,000 of the funds made 
available in this Act for the National Intelligence Pro-
gram: Provided, That such authority to transfer may not 
be used unless for higher priority items, based on unfore-
seen intelligence requirements, than those for which origi-
nally appropriated and in no case where the item for which 
funds are requested has been denied by the Congress: Pro-
vided further, That a request for multiple reprogrammings 
of funds using authority provided in this section shall be 
made prior to June 30, 2026. 
SEC. 8090. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’, $290,000,000, 
to remain available for obligation until September 30, 
2030, may be used for the purchase of two used sealift 
vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet, established 
under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946 
(46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such amounts are 
available for reimbursements to the Ready Reserve Force, 
Maritime Administration account of the United States De-
partment of Transportation for programs, projects, activi-
ties, and expenses related to the National Defense Reserve 
Fleet: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
2218 of title 10, United States Code, none of these funds 
shall be transferred to the National Defense Sealift Fund 
for execution.
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SEC. 8091. The Secretary of Defense shall post grant 
awards on a public website in a searchable format. 
SEC. 8092. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used by the National Security Agency to—
(1) conduct an acquisition pursuant to section 
702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
1978 for the purpose of targeting a United States 
person; or 
(2) acquire, monitor, or store the contents (as 
such term is defined in section 2510(8) of title 18, 
United States Code) of any electronic communica-
tion of a United States person from a provider of 
electronic communication services to the public pur-
suant to section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Act of 1978. 
SEC. 8093. None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of any 
officer or employee of any agency funded by this Act who 
approves or implements the transfer of administrative re-
sponsibilities or budgetary resources of any program, 
project, or activity financed by this Act to the jurisdiction 
of another Federal agency not financed by this Act with-
out the express authorization of Congress: Provided, That 
this limitation shall not apply to transfers of funds ex-
pressly provided for in Department of Defense Appropria-
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tions Acts, or provisions of Acts providing supplemental 
appropriations for the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8094. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, $785,052,000, 
to remain available until expended, may be used for any 
purposes related to the National Defense Reserve Fleet 
established under section 11 of the Merchant Ship Sales 
Act of 1946 (46 U.S.C. 57100): Provided, That such 
amounts are available for reimbursements to the Ready 
Reserve Force, Maritime Administration account of the 
United States Department of Transportation for pro-
grams, projects, activities, and expenses related to the Na-
tional Defense Reserve Fleet. 
SEC. 8095. (a) None of the funds provided in this 
Act for the TAO Fleet Oiler program shall be used to 
award a new contract that provides for the acquisition of 
the following components unless those components are 
manufactured in the United States: Auxiliary equipment 
(including pumps) for shipboard services; propulsion 
equipment (including engines, reduction gears, and propel-
lers); shipboard cranes; spreaders for shipboard cranes; 
and anchor chains, specifically for the seventh and subse-
quent ships of the fleet. 
(b) None of the funds provided in this Act for any 
Frigate program shall be used to award a new contract
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that provides for the acquisition of the following compo-
nents unless those components are manufactured in the 
United States: Air circuit breakers; gyrocompasses; elec-
tronic navigation chart systems; steering controls; pumps; 
propulsion and machinery control systems; totally enclosed 
lifeboats; auxiliary equipment pumps; shipboard cranes; 
auxiliary chill water systems; and propulsion propellers: 
Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy shall incorporate 
United States manufactured propulsion engines and pro-
pulsion reduction gears into any Frigate program begin-
ning not later than with the eleventh ship of the program. 
SEC. 8096. None of the funds provided in this Act 
for requirements development, performance specification 
development, concept design and development, ship con-
figuration development, systems engineering, naval archi-
tecture, marine engineering, operations research analysis, 
industry studies, preliminary design, development of the 
Detailed Design and Construction Request for Proposals 
solicitation package, or related activities for the T–
ARC(X) Cable Laying and Repair Ship or the T–
AGOS(X) Oceanographic Surveillance Ship may be used 
to award a new contract for such activities unless these 
contracts include specifications that all auxiliary equip-
ment, including pumps and propulsion shafts, are manu-
factured in the United States.
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SEC. 8097. No amounts credited or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act to the Department of 
Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account may 
be transferred to: 
(1) the Rapid Prototyping Fund established 
under section 804(d) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 
2302 note); or 
(2) credited to a military-department specific 
fund established under section 804(d)(2) of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016. 
SEC. 8098. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for Government Travel Charge Card ex-
penses by military or civilian personnel of the Department 
of Defense for gaming, or for entertainment that includes 
topless or nude entertainers or participants, as prohibited 
by Department of Defense FMR, Volume 9, Chapter 3 
and Department of Defense Instruction 1015.10 (enclo-
sure 3, 14a and 14b). 
SEC. 8099. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network is designed to block access 
to pornography websites.
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(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities, 
or for any activity necessary for the national defense, in-
cluding intelligence activities. 
SEC. 8100. None of the funds provided for, or other-
wise made available, in this or any other Act, may be obli-
gated or expended by the Secretary of Defense to provide 
motorized vehicles, aviation platforms, munitions other 
than small arms and munitions appropriate for customary 
ceremonial honors, operational military units, or oper-
ational military platforms if the Secretary determines that 
providing such units, platforms, or equipment would un-
dermine the readiness of such units, platforms, or equip-
ment. 
SEC. 8101. (a) None of the funds made available by 
this or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 
memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 
with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 
to any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-
ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-
ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 
and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 
to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-
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lecting such tax liability, provided that the applicable Fed-
eral agency is aware of the unpaid Federal tax liability. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the applicable 
Federal agency has considered suspension or debarment 
of the corporation described in such subsection and has 
made a determination that such suspension or debarment 
is not necessary to protect the interests of the Federal 
Government. 
SEC. 8102. (a) Amounts appropriated under title IV 
of this Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the ta-
bles titled Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in 
the explanatory statement regarding this Act, may be used 
for expenses for the agile research, development, test and 
evaluation, procurement, production, modification, and op-
eration and maintenance, only for the following Software 
and Digital Technology Pilot programs—
(1) Defensive CYBER—Software Prototype 
Development (PE 0608041A); 
(2) 
Risk 
Management 
Information 
(PE 
0608013N); 
(3) Maritime Tactical Command and Control 
(PE 0608231N); 
(4) Space Domain Awareness/Planning/Tasking 
SW (PE 1208248SF);
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(5) Global Command and Control System (PE 
0303150K); 
(6) Acquisition Visibility (PE 0608648D8Z); 
(7) Enterprise Platforms and Capabilities—
Software Pilot Program (PE 0608140D8Z); and 
(8) Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of 
Innovative 
Technologies 
(APFIT) 
(PE 
0000000D8Z). 
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or prior 
Department of Defense Appropriations Acts may be obli-
gated or expended to initiate additional Software and Dig-
ital Technology Pilot Programs in fiscal year 2026. 
SEC. 8103. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to transfer 
the National Reconnaissance Office to the Space Force: 
Provided, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
limit or prohibit cooperation, collaboration, and coordina-
tion between the National Reconnaissance Office and the 
Space Force or any other elements of the Department of 
Defense. 
SEC. 8104. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of the following laws 
enacted or regulations promulgated to implement the 
United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other
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Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 
(done at New York on December 10, 1984): 
(1) Section 2340A of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(2) Section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 
and Restructuring Act of 1998 (division G of Public 
Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–822; 8 U.S.C. 1231 
note) and regulations prescribed thereto, including 
regulations under part 208 of title 8, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, and part 95 of title 22, Code of 
Federal Regulations. 
(3) Sections 1002 and 1003 of the Department 
of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and 
Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–
148). 
SEC. 8105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide arms, training, or other assist-
ance to the Azov Battalion. 
SEC. 8106. The Secretary of Defense may, in this 
fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, accept and re-
tain contributions, including money, personal property, 
and services, from foreign governments and other entities, 
to carry out assistance authorized by section 1250 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
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(Public Law 114–92): Provided, That such contributions 
received shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, 
with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to provide 
assistance authorized by such section, for replacement of 
any weapons or articles provided to entities described in 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1) of such 
section from the inventory of the United States, and to 
recover or dispose of equipment previously provided to 
such entities: Provided further, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall consult with the congressional defense commit-
tees in advance of the provision of support provided to 
forces or groups described in subparagraph (B) of such 
subsection: Provided further, That the Secretary of De-
fense shall notify the congressional defense committees in 
writing upon the receipt and upon the obligation of any 
contribution, delineating the sources and amounts of the 
funds received and the specific use of such contributions: 
Provided further, That any notification of obligation of 
funds received in this section shall specify an estimated 
timeline for the delivery of defense articles and defense 
services provided and shall identify if any equipment pro-
vided requires enhanced end-use monitoring: Provided fur-
ther, That contributions of money for the purposes pro-
vided herein from any foreign government or other entity 
may be credited to the Operation and Maintenance, De-
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fense-Wide account, to remain available for the following 
two fiscal years, and used for such purposes: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quarterly 
reports to the congressional defense committees on the use 
and status of funds received pursuant to this section. 
SEC. 8107. During the current fiscal year, the De-
partment of Defense is authorized to incur obligations of 
not to exceed $350,000,000 for purposes specified in sec-
tion 2350j(c) of title 10, United States Code, in anticipa-
tion of receipt of contributions, only from the Government 
of Kuwait, under that section: Provided, That, such con-
tributions shall, upon receipt, be credited to the appropria-
tions or fund which incurred such obligations. 
SEC. 8108. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$1,499,808,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, shall be available for International Security Co-
operation Programs and other programs to provide sup-
port and assistance to foreign security forces or other 
groups or individuals to conduct, support or facilitate 
counterterrorism, crisis response, or building partner ca-
pacity programs: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall, not less than 15 days prior to obligating funds made 
available in this section, notify the congressional defense
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committees in writing of the details of any planned obliga-
tion: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall 
provide quarterly reports to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 
the use and status of funds made available in this section. 
SEC. 8109. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide’’, for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, 
$267,298,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, shall be available for support authorized by sub-
paragraphs (A) through (E) and (G) through (I) of section 
1226(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2016 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note), of which not less 
than $150,000,000 shall be for Jordan: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior 
to obligating funds made available under this section, no-
tify the congressional defense committees in writing of the 
details of any planned obligation and the nature of the 
expenses incurred: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Defense shall provide quarterly reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on the use and status of funds made available in 
this section.
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SEC. 8110. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Res-
olution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.). 
SEC. 8111. None of the funds made available by this 
Act for excess defense articles, assistance under section 
333 of title 10, United States Code, or peacekeeping oper-
ations for the countries designated annually to be in viola-
tion of the standards of the Child Soldiers Prevention Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–457; 22 U.S.C. 2370c–1) may 
be used to support any military training or operation that 
includes child soldiers, as defined by the Child Soldiers 
Prevention Act of 2008, unless such assistance is other-
wise permitted under section 404 of the Child Soldiers 
Prevention Act of 2008. 
SEC. 8112. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be made available for any member of the Taliban. 
SEC. 8113. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any transfer of funds, appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act, for support to friendly foreign coun-
tries in connection with the conduct of operations in which 
the United States is not participating, pursuant to section 
331(d) of title 10, United States Code, shall be made in 
accordance with section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8114. (a) None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this or any other Act may
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be used by the Secretary of Defense, or any other official 
or officer of the Department of Defense, to enter into a 
contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative 
agreement with, or make a grant to, or provide a loan 
or loan guarantee to Rosoboronexport or any subsidiary 
of Rosoboronexport. 
(b) The Secretary of Defense may waive the limita-
tion in subsection (a) if the Secretary, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intel-
ligence, determines that it is in the vital national security 
interest of the United States to do so, and certifies in writ-
ing to the congressional defense committees that—
(1) Rosoboronexport has ceased the transfer of 
lethal military equipment to, and the maintenance of 
existing lethal military equipment for, the Govern-
ment of the Syrian Arab Republic; 
(2) the armed forces of the Russian Federation 
have withdrawn from Ukraine; and 
(3) agents of the Russian Federation have 
ceased taking active measures to destabilize the con-
trol of the Government of Ukraine over eastern 
Ukraine. 
(c) The Inspector General of the Department of De-
fense shall conduct a review of any action involving 
Rosoboronexport with respect to a waiver issued by the
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Secretary of Defense pursuant to subsection (b), and not 
later than 90 days after the date on which such a waiver 
is issued by the Secretary of Defense, the Inspector Gen-
eral shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report containing the results of the review conducted 
with respect to such waiver. 
SEC. 8115. The Secretary of Defense shall notify the 
congressional defense committees in writing not more than 
30 days after the receipt of any contribution of funds re-
ceived from the government of a foreign country for any 
purpose relating to the stationing or operations of the 
United States Armed Forces: Provided, That such notifi-
cation shall include the amount of the contribution; the 
purpose for which such contribution was made; and the 
authority under which such contribution was accepted by 
the Secretary of Defense: Provided further, That not fewer 
than 15 days prior to obligating such funds, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees in writing a notification of the planned use of such 
contributions, including whether such contributions would 
support existing or new stationing or operations of the 
United States Armed Forces. 
SEC. 8116. (a) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, 
in coordination with the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments and the Chiefs of the Armed Forces, shall submit
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to the congressional defense committees, not later than 30 
days after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year, 
a report on the use of operation and maintenance funds 
for activities or exercises in excess of $5,000,000 that have 
been designated by the Secretary of Defense as unplanned 
activities for fiscal year 2026. 
(b) Each report required by subsection (a) shall also 
include—
(1) the title, date, and location, of each activity 
and exercise covered by the report; 
(2) an identification of the military department 
and units that participated in each such activity or 
exercise (including an estimate of the number of 
participants); 
(3) the total cost of the activity or exercise, by 
budget line item (with a breakdown by cost element 
such as transportation); and 
(4) a short explanation of the objective of the 
activity or exercise. 
(c) The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classi-
fied annex. 
SEC. 8117. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate amounts made 
available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce
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Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Defense Fund for 
fiscal year 2026 pursuant to the transfer authority in sec-
tion 102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 
Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, in the 
amounts specified, and for the projects and activities spec-
ified, in the table titled ‘‘Department of Defense Alloca-
tion of Funds: CHIPS and Science Act Fiscal Year 2026’’ 
in the report accompanying this Act. 
(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo-
cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 
year under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 
if there is in effect an Act making or continuing appro-
priations for part of a fiscal year for the Department of 
Defense: Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter pre-
ceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation, appor-
tionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing adminis-
tration of programs allocated using funds transferred from 
the CHIPS for America Defense Fund, which may be allo-
cated pursuant to the transfer authority in section 
102(b)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 only in amounts that 
are no more than the allocation for such purposes in sub-
section (a) of this section. 
(c) The Secretary of Defense may reallocate funds 
allocated by subsection (a) of this section, subject to the 
terms and conditions contained in the provisos in section
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8005 of this Act: Provided, That amounts may be reallo-
cated pursuant to this subsection only for those require-
ments necessary to carry out section 9903(b) of the Wil-
liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283). 
(d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 
the President for fiscal year 2027, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate proposed 
allocations by account and by program, project, or activity, 
with detailed justifications, for amounts made available 
under section 102(b)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for 
fiscal year 2027. 
(e) The Department of Defense shall provide the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal-
ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 
America Defense Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to 
subsection (a) of this section, including all uncommitted, 
committed, and unobligated funds. 
SEC. 8118. Not later than 15 days after the date on 
which any foreign base that involves the stationing or op-
erations of the United States Armed Forces, including a 
temporary base, permanent base, or base owned and oper-
ated by a foreign country, is opened or closed, the Sec-
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retary of Defense shall notify the congressional defense 
committees in writing of the opening or closing of such 
base: Provided, That such notification shall also include 
information on any personnel changes, costs, and savings 
associated with the opening or closing of such base. 
SEC. 8119. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be obli-
gated or expended by the United States Government for 
any of the following purposes: 
(1) To establish any military installation or 
base for the purpose of providing for the permanent 
stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq. 
(2) To exercise United States control over any 
oil resource of Iraq or Syria. 
SEC. 8120. Up to $500,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide’’ for the Defense Security Co-
operation Agency may be used to support the armed forces 
of Jordan. 
SEC. 8121. The amounts appropriated in title II of 
this Act are hereby reduced by $1,050,000,000 to reflect 
excess cash balances in Department of Defense Working 
Capital Funds, as follows: 
(1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$100,000,000;
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(2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 
$450,000,000; and 
(3) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air 
Force’’, $500,000,000. 
SEC. 8122. Of the funds appropriated in this Act 
under the heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide’’, $47,000,000 shall be for continued implementation 
and expansion of the Sexual Assault Special Victims’ 
Counsel Program: Provided, That the funds are made 
available for transfer to the Department of the Army, the 
Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air 
Force: Provided further, That funds transferred shall be 
merged with and available for the same purposes and for 
the same time period as the appropriations to which the 
funds are transferred: Provided further, That this transfer 
authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided in this Act. 
SEC. 8123. In carrying out the program described in 
the memorandum on the subject of ‘‘Policy for Assisted 
Reproductive Services for the Benefit of Seriously or Se-
verely Ill/Injured (Category II or III) Active Duty Service 
Members’’ issued by the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and the guidance 
issued to implement such memorandum, the Secretary of
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Defense shall apply such policy and guidance, except 
that—
(1) the limitation on periods regarding embryo 
cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) 
and in part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not 
apply; and 
(2) the term ‘‘assisted reproductive technology’’ 
shall include embryo cryopreservation and storage 
without 
limitation 
on 
the 
duration 
of 
such 
cryopreservation and storage. 
SEC. 8124. The Secretary of Defense may obligate 
funds made available by this Act for procurement or for 
research, development, test and evaluation for the F–35 
Joint Strike Fighter to modify not fewer than nine F–
35 aircraft, including at least three F–35 aircraft of each 
variant, for any test configuration: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Defense shall, with the concurrence of the 
Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy, 
notify the congressional defense committees not fewer 
than 30 days prior to obligating funds under this section: 
Provided further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to 
the authority provided in this section shall be made in ac-
cordance with section 8005 of this Act. 
SEC. 8125. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act may be obli-
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gated to integrate an alternative engine on any F–35 air-
craft. 
SEC. 8126. The Secretary of Defense may use up to 
$650,000,000 of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available in this Act to the Department of Defense 
for the rapid acquisition and deployment of supplies and 
associated support services pursuant to section 3601 of 
title 10, United States Code, but only for the purposes 
specified in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subsection 
(c)(3)(B) of such section and subject to the applicable lim-
its specified in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of such subsection 
and, in the case of clause (iv) of such subsection, subject 
to a limit of $50,000,000, or for the purposes specified 
in section 229 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31) and subject 
to a limit of $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Defense shall notify the congressional defense commit-
tees promptly of all uses of this authority. 
SEC. 8127. Notwithstanding section 8056 of this Act, 
amounts appropriated under the heading ‘‘Research, De-
velopment, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide’’ of this 
Act, as detailed in budget activity eight in the tables titled 
Explanation of Project Level Adjustments in the explana-
tory statement accompanying this Act for ‘‘Defense Inno-
vation Unit (DIU) Fielding’’ line 301, may be used for
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expenses for agile research, development, test and evalua-
tion, procurement, production, modification, and operation 
and maintenance requirements, including the initial acqui-
sition of end-items for operational use: Provided, That 
none of these funds may be obligated or expended until 
15 days after the Secretary of Defense provides the con-
gressional defense committees a detailed execution plan 
for such funds. 
SEC. 8128. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to support any activity conducted by, 
or associated with, the Wuhan Institute of Virology. 
SEC. 8129. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to fund any work to be performed by 
EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. in China on research supported 
by the government of China unless the Secretary of De-
fense determines that a waiver to such prohibition is in 
the national security interests of the United States and, 
not later than 14 days after granting such a waiver, sub-
mits to the congressional defense committees a detailed 
justification for the waiver, including—
(1) an identification of the Department of De-
fense entity obligating or expending the funds; 
(2) an identification of the amount of such 
funds;
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(3) an identification of the intended purpose of 
such funds; 
(4) an identification of the recipient or prospec-
tive recipient of such funds (including any third-
party entity recipient, as applicable); 
(5) an explanation for how the waiver is in the 
national security interests of the United States; and 
(6) any other information the Secretary deter-
mines appropriate. 
SEC. 8130. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 
to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 
or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who—
(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 
(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 
at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 8131. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act may be used to transfer 
any individual detained at United States Naval Station 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of the 
individual’s country of origin, any other foreign country, 
or any other foreign entity except in accordance with sec-
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SEC. 8133. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out the closure or realignment 
of the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba. 
SEC. 8134. There is appropriated to the ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense Credit Program Account’’ established 
pursuant to section 149(e)(5) of title 10, United States 
Code, $97,770,000, to remain available until expended, to 
carry out a pilot program on capital assistance to support 
defense investment in the industrial base as authorized by 
section 149(e) of such title, of which up to $2,500,000 
may be used for administrative expenses and project-spe-
cific transaction costs: Provided, That costs of loans and 
loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 
loans and loan guarantees, shall be as defined in section 
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That such amounts are available to subsidize gross 
obligations for the principal amount of loans, and total 
loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not 
to exceed $4,390,000,000: Provided further, That, for the 
purposes of carrying out the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, the Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
may request, and the Secretary shall promptly provide 
documentation and information relating to a project re-
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ceiving capital assistance as authorized under section 
149(e) of such title. 
SEC. 8135. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to divest or 
prepare to divest more than eight U–2 aircraft. 
SEC. 8136. The amounts appropriated in title II of 
this Act are hereby reduced by $1,204,617,000 to reflect 
savings attributable to efficiencies, streamlining of func-
tions, and management improvements in the Department 
of Defense, as follows: 
(1) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Army’’, 
$563,288,000; 
(2) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, 
$109,159,000; 
(3) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Marine 
Corps’’, $9,467,000; 
(4) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Air 
Force’’, $319,765,000; 
(5) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Space 
Force’’, $6,493,000; and 
(6) From ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, De-
fense-Wide’’, $196,445,000: 
Provided, That such reduction may not be derived from 
amounts appropriated by this Act for the National Intel-
ligence Program or the Military Intelligence Program.
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SEC. 8137. (a) Concurrent with the annual budget 
submission of the President for fiscal year 2027, and each 
fiscal year thereafter, pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate the following with re-
spect to amounts made available by Public Law 119–21 
until all such amounts have been expended: 
(1) proposed allocations by account, by fiscal 
year, and by program, project, or activity, with de-
tailed justifications; 
(2) P–1 and R–1 budget justification docu-
ments, which shall identify the allocation of funds by 
program, project, and activity; and 
(3) budget justification documents, to be known 
as M–1 and O–1, which shall identify the allocation 
of funds by budget activity, activity group, and sub-
activity group. 
(b) Subsequent to the submission required in sub-
section (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal-
ances of projects and activities funded using amounts de-
scribed in subsection (a), including all uncommitted, com-
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mitted, and unobligated funds, until all such amounts have 
been expended. 
SEC. 8138. The Secretary of Defense shall obligate 
funds made available by this or any other Act, including 
prior year Acts, under the heading ‘‘Research, Develop-
ment, Test and Evaluation, Navy’’ for the Next Genera-
tion Fighter program for the purpose of executing the en-
gineering and manufacturing development contract for the 
Next Generation Fighter aircraft in a manner that 
achieves accelerated Initial Operational Capability: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Defense for this fiscal year or any prior fiscal 
year may be used to pause, cancel, or terminate the Next 
Generation Fighter program. 
SEC. 8139. Of the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Operation and Maintenance, Navy’’, not less than 
$80,000,000 shall be made available for the establishment 
of a Platform Supply Vessel Pilot Program (in this section 
referred to as the ‘‘Program’’) for the purpose of vali-
dating Service requirements necessary to meet at-sea and 
in-shore logistics operations: Provided, That the Program 
shall evaluate options to time charter no less than six, and 
enter into a contractual agreement for no less than two 
time charters: Provided further, That the condition of the 
time charter should consider existing United States-built
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platform supply vessels that are documented under the 
laws of the United States, owned by a citizen of the United 
States under 46 U.S.C. 50501, configured for logistics 
support in the Indo-Pacific region that can meet the regu-
latory and physical requirements to transport nearly 
500,000 gallons of various standard fuels, and provide up 
to 10,000 square feet of combined deck space for trans-
port of military equipment and personnel for delivery in 
and out of shallow draft ports in the Indo-Pacific region: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Navy shall pro-
vide a briefing within 180 days after the enactment of this 
Act to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees 
on the status of the Program and the effectiveness of 
using PSVs to fill this critical need. 
SEC. 8140. Funds made available for the UH–60 
Blackhawk aircraft program under this or any other Act, 
including prior year Acts, under the headings ‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, Army’’ and ‘‘Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Army’’ shall be obligated only for the pur-
poses for which such funds were appropriated and such 
funds may not be reprogrammed or transferred for other 
purposes: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
to the Department of Defense for this fiscal year or any 
prior fiscal year may be used to pause, cancel, or termi-
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nate the UH–60 Blackhawk aircraft program or to pre-
pare to pause, cancel, or terminate such program. 
SEC. 8141. Funds made available for the E–7 
Wedgetail aircraft program under this or any other Act, 
including prior year Acts, under the headings ‘‘Aircraft 
Procurement, Air Force’’ and ‘‘Research, Development, 
Test and Evaluation, Air Force’’ shall be obligated only 
for the purposes for which such funds were appropriated 
and such funds may not be reprogrammed or transferred 
for other purposes: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available to the Department of Defense for this fiscal year 
or any prior fiscal year may be used to pause, cancel, or 
terminate the E–7 Wedgetail aircraft program or to pre-
pare to pause, cancel, or terminate such program. 
SEC. 8142. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to close—
(1) the Rock Island Arsenal Museum located in 
Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois; 
(2) the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark 
and Museum located in Lawton, Oklahoma; 
(3) the United States Army Transportation 
Museum located at Fort Eustis, Virginia; or 
(4) the General George Patton Museum of 
Leadership located at Fort Knox, Kentucky.